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[goro-majima-second-wife]

OH BOY!!!!

Name: Miyumi Satou (or Majima depending on the year) Nicknames: Oni of Yokohama, Mad Dog's wife, Majima's Hannya (2012 exclusive title)

Likely locations: Yokohama ( ??? - 1981 gang leader times), Sotenbori (1982 - '88 Hostessing, late 2019 - current Security Firm times), Kamurocho (2000 - early 2019 Bar tending/Odd jobs)

Active period(s): 1981 - present, different designs and jobs between each city change though (for the most part)

Role: Currently a receptionist for a security firm + secretary for Majima at said firm. Previously a bar owner, hostess, and gang leader. She also temporarily took control of Majima family in 2012 until someone proper could watch over while Majima was "dead". Games wise she's like any other NPC, you could visit her bar for a quick drink, or you could find her in the security firm and talk to her to get directions. Sometimes you could find her doing odd jobs like hostessing and you could interact with her that way. Yakuza 0 would have the most hostess Miyumi content ofc. She's done a bit of everything!

Likely first/quick impression: Stuck in the past, party-er, and quite the flirt. Tattoos?

More detailed impression: Glittery and low-cut bodycon dresses, pearls, and plenty of skin to show off. So much skin that, in some cases, she's showing off a lot more ink that it seems purposeful. She'd look like she came straight out of the bubble era with how she dresses. Ningyo is the name of the mercreature on her back, a koi on each arm. Turns out she is way older than she looks. Also waaaaaaay more into fighting than she looks. way too into fighting. Also she hates talking about what she did in the 90s. We don't talk about the 90s. Miyumi loves talking, but not about herself and her relationships if she can help it.

Likely scenarios: Cleaning whiskey glasses while in her bar, singing karaoke with her friends, orbiting around her husband, or just hanging around and enjoying the sights. Doing random jobs just to get some extra cash in her wallet, or she's off on the sidelines watching a brawl go down, or even in one herself. Unless it's '81, then she's riding around on her motorbike and fighting anyone she can see. She's also never seen without her metal bat, and probably covered head to toe in blood, mud, and any other grime.

Canon relationships:

Goro Majima mainly. Miyumi was hired to work at Club Sunshine when they first met, they then grew apart, but reconnected sometime between 2005-2006. Their relationship sprouted from there and they got married (on paper) while Goro was in hiding (anywhere between 2017-2019), the official wedding was in 2020 :)! It is to be said that she's a little too attached to him at times, esp post 2012. He's also one of the reasons

Members of Majima Family / Majima Construction. Miyumi used to visit the offices and come around the construction site from time to time just to visit :)! She also like to bring snacks for the guys

Kazuma Kiryu (kinda). They know of eachother, but never really talk (I like to think that he used to visit Miyumi's bar sometimes). She really wants to fight him.

Taiga Saejima. I doubt they talk to eachother much, but there is a mutual respect. She also really wants to fight him-

Homare Nishitani (the first one). They used to date back in the 80s :)

Habu. iykyk. 👍

What can you do: Do whatever, but probably don't kill her… I don't have a death planned for her yet- OH BUT SHE LOVES FIGHTING. Plenty of blood and bruises can do her good! It's enrichment for her 👍

More info about her can be found here! It's her blog!!!

Yakuza OC registry

The idea is to reblog this post and list your OC with just enough basic info so that others can easily name drop or reference them as an easter egg! feel free to also link any other more substantial informational posts you have; for this thread let's keep it nice and quick! I'll go first

Name: Kadokura Kenshi

Likely locations: Sapporo, Tokyo, Osaka

Active period(s): 1970s+. Depends on AU. hes alive or dead whenever he needs to be

Role: powerful CEO of Sapporo-based arms company Rachi Heavy Industries. Has ties with yakuza, but more or less a reputable businessman.

Likely first/quick impression: smiling, sharply dressed businessman.

More detailed impression: very strong jawline, short wavy black hair, gregarious and friendly—in a way acts more American than Japanese. Expressive hands.

Likely scenarios: being polite to service workers/giving good tips, schmoozing with powerful people, speaking foreign languages, getting very intoxicated at clubs or parties, (rarely) serial killing a homeless person or someone else 'no one will miss.'

Canon relationships: friends with Sagawa and Andre Richardson. Close professional relationship with Kitakata Daizo. Ties with Jingweon before the massacre. Knows all the yakuza brass in both Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance. Koga Matsuhisa started out as an intern with Rachi Heavy Industries and they're friends now.

What can you do : no holds barred. kill him brutally if you want. i will laugh heartily.

[its-a-me-mango]

my two cents to the whole SMG4 situation: it's very confusing and saddening, especially in regards to Celeste- she's been doing Tari for 6+ years, so it is, in her words, absolutely devastating for this to happen in the way that it did, and Robyn's claim that the "why" Celeste got replaced is "messed up" and "not good" doesn't make me feel any better about it.

And also Lottie! I'm genuinely scared for her because, even with Celeste saying that Lottie was thrown through the ringer just as much as she was, I won't be surprised if people are harassing her over this.

I hope Glitch speaks up about this and gives a proper apology, and Celeste gets the closure she deserves.

That's a fair enough stance to have and it's probably the one most people have towards this whole situation. The thought of just getting dropped for a role you've been doing for that long and getting replaced without any warning is devastating to think about.

We know from Celeste's statement that the reason she was given was that they "assumed she was busy", which is total horse shit how do you know if someones busy if you don't check. Of course that's from all the info Celeste has shared with us, there's maybe more that she left out or couldn't say, but you know speculation is bad for situations like these so we just have to take her word for it for now.

I really do hope she's doing alright after this, and that hopefully she can get some kind of closure at some point. I also hope the other talented VA's that have left Glitch as a response to this are doing well and I wish them all the best in whatever they decide to do next, I don't blame them for leaving.

IDK if i've said it yet, but anyone harassing Lottie over this is a huge piece of shit, Celeste's and Robyn's statements both confirm that Lottie had no idea any of this was happening, this is not her fault in any way. I can imagine she probably feels bad over this too, I mean just try and put yourself in her situation, unknowingly replacing someone who wasn't up for replacement in the first place must suck so bad. I hope she's at least doing ok from all this, we'll just have to see what she decides to do as well, either way I'll respect her decision.

I also hope Glitch speaks up about this situation, however given their silence towards it so far, and their rampant advertising of TADC merch during all this, it's getting more and more unlikely that we'll get anything from them, but who knows I might be proven wrong. For now, keep talking about this and don't let them think we've forgotten about it already, trying to distract us with shiny objects is something you do to babies. It's not gonna work on us lol.

I say hope like a billion times in this but that's all we really have left at this point, just the hope that this can be resolved and we can move on from this sooner rather than never.

[galraluver]

Hello again, I hope your well or at least better than you have been lately.

I'd like to request a platonic reader x Alfor scenario at the juniberry festival. Idk if you or anyone else remembers it but it was briefly talked about in episode 9 I believe of season 1, when Allura is talking with hologram Alfor

🖤🖤🖤💜💜💜❤️❤️❤️✨✨

I'll try my best. I wish that DreamWorks gave us a little more info about the Juniberry festival because it honestly sounds fascinating

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With the juniberry festival coming up Alfor had been busy seeing to the preparations; the juniberry festival was the biggest celebration on Altea and every year everyone looked forward to it. (Y/n) couldn't wait to see Alfor, her childhood best friend, at the festival since they couldn't hang out while he was busy. The young altean woman got to see Alfor's fiance, Melenor, a couple of times and they had the chance to hang out together at one of the little cafés near the palace. Melenor didn't mind Alfor being friends with (Y/n) since the other altean woman wasn't attracted to Alfor, Melenor knew Alfor only had eyes for her. The juniberry festival was everyone's favorite event of the year, adults and children alike looked forward to it all year.

On the day of the festival (Y/n) put her favorite outfit and shoes on, styled her long silky hair by curling and made sure she was ready before leaving her house which was located near the palace where the festivities would be held. The juniberry fields were in full bloom which made the area nearby smell absolutely heavenly, not to mention it was finally juniberry berry season. Juniberry berries had a particularly sweet flavor that everyone on Altea loved, not to mention they could be used for all kinds of baked goods, drinks and so much more. (Y/n) had a look around the festival grounds before she went to go look for Alfor and Melenor so they could go get some juniberry berry cookies at one of the food stands. After searching around for a while (Y/n) was confused because she couldn't find her best friend and his wife, thankfully the altean king and queen saw her before she saw them.

"(Y/n)! We're over here!" Alfor called out when he and Melenor quickly walked over to the young altean woman, happy to see his friend.

(Y/n) waved to her friends before she began weaving through the crowd, politely excusing herself each time she accidentally bumped into someone. Sometimes people from neighboring planets would come to the juniberry festival because of how popular it was and everyone always had a good time. Blaytz, Gyrgan and Trigel were somewhere, although they were at different parts of the festival during that particular moment; Zarkon was usually a killjoy and didn't come to the festival, although Sendak and a few of his buddies did. By the time (Y/n) made it to Alfor and Melenor the back of her hair was a little messy; she reached back so she could smooth it down so that it hopefully wouldn't get too tangled. Alfor and Melenor held each other's hands while they waited for (Y/n) to make her way through the sea of people; that year's festival was particularly crowded, they weren't expecting so many guests.

"I don't remember last year's juniberry festival being this crowded. Anyway, I'm starving after looking for you two, shall we go get some juniberry cookies before they run out." (Y/n) commented before she suggested they go get some cookies; there were a lot of people, which meant the bakery might actually run out before the end of the day.

"That sounds wonderful." Alfor agreed wholeheartedly, since the festival officially started he and Melenor could finally just enjoy themselves for a while.

(Y/n) beamed and the three of them headed to the local bakery in hopes of buying some freshly made juniberry cookies; the soon-to-be married couple were exhausted after everything they'd done and they could barely wait to have a normal day at the festival. On the way to their destination the three young adults crossed paths with Coran and invited him to tag along, it was only proper for the king of Altea to have his royal advisor nearby. The sound of people chatting and the scent of food in the air was certainly different compared to the usually calmness near the castle, the juniberry festival was fun for everyone. Thankfully the bakery hadn't run out of juniberry cookies by the time they arrived and there was even a table available for the four of them to sit at, although it helped that Alfor was the king and Melenor would soon be his wife. Later they would go play some of the carnival games together, but until then they enjoyed eating the juniberry cookies they bought.

[queens-nightmare]

Writing is an interesting process. Sometimes you manage to write something on the first try and besides maybe a few adjustments, it's pretty much the final draft. And then sometimes you write something that doesn't fit (anymore after a while), so you have to scrap it.

I was talking to some friends on some RP server about my writing and told them how Step 24 was rewritten into 4 new steps (which pushed the steps after that back). It was a mess because rewriting them meant I had to rewrite the steps coming after the pushed steps.

...This might sound confusing, let me draw something quickly, lol

Quick info: Step 24 was the original end of what I call "The third floor (mini) arc". But with the rewriting, Step 27 became the actual ending.

Okay, and how was the stuff rewritten? :) Let's look at the scrapped Step 24 for this (under the cut. Also long post)

Read it? Good.

When I write stuff, I have a problem with exposition. I love giving it, and explaining stuff so that hopefully everyone understands what I try to convey. Probably comes from the fact that I have a harder time understanding subtext often, so this gets mirrored in my own writing ^^;

The panel with Snatcher explaining #76's backstory was a response to an ask I got ages ago. Which... in retrospect wasn't a good move on my part. I shoehorned it in, so that I could answer something about this Minion. And just, the whole page feels just "a speedrun of clearing the problem between Snatcher and Moonjumper."

No.

No, no, no, no! Snatcher had gotten a burst of uncontrollable emotions after learning that the letters from his family are still intact. He wouldn't be this calm menace who just tells Moonjumper his reasoning. Even it maybe could make sense that Snatcher is calm about it because, well, it's been 300 years, and he probably got calm about his own death and everything surrounding it...

But on the other hand, everyone and everything in Subcon must be in a more emotional and irrational state currently, because it's been only like 2 - 3 weeks since Vanessa was rescued and it's been only a day since Moonjumper appeared.

There is tension in the air.

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So, with scrapping this calm conclusion to the "third floor arc", I wanted these steps to be an emotional rollercoaster between the characters. After all, Snatcher as quite a lot of bottled up emotions, and so does Vanessa too.

After making Snatcher and Moonjumper have an actual physical fight, and also making it as long as it felt natural for Snatcher wanting to get that steam out of his system, I wanted to give Vanessa a little bit of an emotional spotlight too.

But there were two options how to go about it in Step 26.

In the scrapped version, Vanessa is delusional about it. She doesn't want to believe that the issue of the freezing isn't just easily talked out with some snacks and tea. So, she, as a naive young woman who was friends with a dream being for 10 years, thinks during the fight between her "BFs" (Best friend and (former) boyfriend) that all this must be a bad dream.

Right? She probably is just dreaming all this and Moonjumper here could change it to a good ending, where everyone gets along. But this isn't a dream, this is reality and so Snatcher has to swoop in and bring her to her senses.

However, I felt that this version took something away from Vanessa, which is something that is important to all this:

Vanessa is selfish.

She is selfish for wanting that Snatcher just accepts Moonjumper and gets along with him. And also getting potentially back into a relationship with her since she was trapped for 300 years in her mind, so she technically is still the Vanessa right before the freezing (plus like 2 weeks of slowly adjusting to the new Subcon).

But Snatcher wasn't. He had a mindful journey of 300 years of experiences that changed him. He is Snatcher now, not that naive young man anymore named Phoenix Burnbright.

So, to give the hint for this, I shifted the text so that Vanessa is aware of how selfish she is. And Snatcher knows this too because he uses Moonjumper to stop Vanessa from turning the room into a fridge.

Not himself, or the Subconites, or anything else. He chose Moonjumper to stop this as quickly as possible. Oh and of course, Snatcher acknowledges that it technically makes sense from Vanessa's POV to have these wishes.

Who wouldn't wish that everything can be solved that easily?

Wait, I just realize that Vanessa isn't as delusional about life as you maybe think now. It's true that she probably has a false sense of real life because of Moonjumper allowing her to have beautiful dreams each night, but she also had to dance around her mother Elizabeth for 10 years, so she knows not everything can be just solved with the snap of a finger.

Also unbeknownst to Elizabeth, she technically prepared her daughter for the harsh would of the nobles, lmao. Y'know, putting on a mask around other people to keep your real thoughts a secret.

But yeah, Vanessa isn't screaming for Moonjumper to stop this bad dream but instead states very clearly that "If you [Snatcher] can have an emotional outburst, that I should be allowed to have one too."

And so I shifted it to exactly this. At least I think I did. I know my writing, but it always depends on the readers if the author managed to get their point across.

Thanks for reading, hope my text wasn't a tangled mess :'D

[stormclouds-chainmail]

[Image description: several Reddit screenshots. Image 1 and 2 described here. Images 3 to 5 have alt text which I've included here too as Tumblr sometimes loses alt text.

Image 1: Reddit user Dependent_Top_4425: Robins see their reflection in your glasses and go into attack mode.

Reddit user RazorFlea: Why the fuck did Batman teach them that

Image 2: Reddit user MyCatCalledLuna on Dec 26, 2023: My favourite Reddit post is someone whose sis-in-law is pregnant with a girl and her brother wants to name her Stephanie which SIL doesn't like (brother will not accept another name). You then find out they have two boys already, Richard and Jason, named by brother. Someone asked if he liked batman and it ended badly for the brother.

Reddit user gibbsith on Dec 27, 2023: @ MyCatCalledLuna i'd never seen that post before so i looked it up and Yes its crazy but my fave comment was on the update post where someone was like "i cant believe someone was a big enough robin stan to fabricate this lie and keep it going!" to which someone rightfully responded "tim drake behavior"

Image 3: an AITA post by u/JustBeingHonest4 titled AITA for telling my SIL that no one in our family is named Stephanie?

Verdict: Not the A-hole

I can't figure out if I did anything wrong, or if so, what, because I honestly have no idea what's going on. Hopefully someone here can give me a clue. Here's the relevant info, as far as I know.

My brother and his wife are expecting their first girl after two boys. I love Ricky and Jace, and so does my SIL, but she has always wanted a girl and is very excited to be having one. She also wants to name the girl Chloe, as she loves that name. My brother hates the name Chloe and really wants to name their daughter Stephanie. They have been arguing about it for a few weeks, since finding out the gender.

I got to my parents house late last night and my SIL was the only person still awake. We talked for a little bit, and she asked me the weirdest question. She asked me if I knew any stories about great aunt Stephanie. I was so confused. I literally said "who?"

SIL clarified that she was talking about our grandmother's older sister that died when grandma was a little girl. Our grandma had two sisters, but their names were Judy and Lynn. There's no one in our family named Stephanie, as far as I know. I told as much to my SIL. She changed the subject after that, and we soon went to bed.

This morning my brother and his wife were both sulking during breakfast. Even the kids could tell. Ricky kept saying "stop being grumpy on Christmas." So it wasn't just my imagination. I got my brother alone and confronted him. He snapped at me for "meddling" and told me to stay out of his marriage.

My brother is pissed at me, and my SIL won't even talk to me. I'm afraid to say anything to my parents and drag them into this, especially since I still don't know what this is. Either my grandmother had a secret sister that I don't know about but my brother does for some reason, or my brother lied to his wife to convince her to name their baby Stephanie. Both options seem equally weird to me. Maybe there's a third possibility I'm not seeing?

Reddit, am I the asshole? If so, please explain to me why. I don't want to be the reason Christmas is ruined.

Update: Most awkward Christmas Eve dinner ever. Gotta keep this short; lots going on. Everyone now knows what my brother was doing with the kids names(except the kids obviously). They are pissed. Weirdly my mom is the most pissed. A Christmas truce is in place for the kids, so no fighting on the holiday. However the baby is definitely going to be named Chloe. My brother very quickly backed down when my mom said some few choice words to him. The topic is completely banned for the rest of festivities, so, for now at least, they've tied a bow on the situation.

Image 4: Christmas morning update: Aside from some glaring over a couple of the boy's stocking stuffers (Robin Funko pops) everything went well with the gift opening (as well as being woken up at 5:30 AM by being jumped on by one's nephews can). I think my brother realizes he crossed a line and has been very attentive to his wife. He mentioned getting Chloe's name embroidered on some stuff when they get home. He even told mom he would do the Christmas breakfast so she could have a break and he gave me an "I'm sorry" grin when I opened his gift. I think everything is going to be fine.

Image 5: Comment from Chandak562: Your brother is a comics fan, right? Is he by any chance a big Batman fan, because I'm seeing a kind of pattern with these names.

Reply from op: Yeah, big time. How did you know?

Reply from FKAlag: Let's just say that if this baby had been a boy he would have suggested Tim.

Reply from op: That was the name he wanted if they were having a boy! How did you know that?!

Reply from FKAlag: These are all the names of former Robins. As in BATMAN & ...

Richard Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown and Damian Wayne.

EDIT: In all fairness, it was u/Chandak562 who figured the Robin connection out.

Reply from op: I am going to confirm this on Wikipedia, but if you're right, and I can't imagine why you would make this up, my brother is about to be in so much trouble.

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i’ve always thought reddit is a hellscape but my friend just sent me this and yk what maybe i’ll give it a chance

[dadsbongos]

spiriting

Insert Coin - Chapter 2 / Series Masterlist

Waking up to the cursed sound of Monokuma’s voice, (Y/n) let her body remain in the warm confines of her duvet. Her eyes were heavy and burned whether she had them open or not. Turning, she let her back rest against the mattress, endless stare settled on the ceiling.

Every time she went to close her eyes, Byakuya’s bloody corpse was staring her in the face. His voice festered between her ears as it called her name. Quite possibly the last thing he’d said to anybody was him calling her name for help.

Stabbed over ten times between his abdomen and throat.

It must’ve been excruciating. To be working to bring everyone together only to be brutally murdered in your endeavors.

She can only hope death was quick to lay its merciful hands upon Byakuya’s soul.

And to be boiled alive, even.

A hand came up and over her heart, scrunching up the fabric of her sleepshirt, a new wave of misery banging at her brain as she thought of Teruteru. The Ultimate Cook. No, their Ultimate Chef. The least she could do was honor his wishes in her mind.

To be slathered in slimy batter and caked with breading was a mere inconvenience in comparison to being boiled - being cooked. The heat. The bubbling and popping of your skin as you quickly simmer.

It made her queasy just to think about.

All that pain, all that suffering - brought about by the hands of Nagito Komaeda. The sweet-faced, gentle-smiled boy of luck. The same boy she was planning on meeting in the dining hall.

Sighing through her nose, (Y/n) slowly rose from her bed before swinging her legs over the edge of her bed frame and pushing up to a complete stand. Her body felt like gelatin, mind in a foggy haze as she moved towards her closet, pulling off her makeshift pajamas and trading them in for cleaner versions of the clothes she already had on.

Exiting her cottage, (Y/n) was sure to lock her door before stowing the key away and heading towards the dining hall before anybody sent out a search party for her. The sand crunched under her shoes as she made her way to the dining hall, hopefully, the others had somehow forgotten about the entire night prior. If she could be the only one with the horrid memory of their friends’ deaths, she’d be happy.

Ultimate Peacekeeper and yet she couldn’t even keep two people alive.

Clenching her teeth, (Y/n) shook her head - if she thought like that then she’d be too busy throwing herself a pity party to focus on any of her peers. She reached out to open the dining hall door and stepped inside, and for a split second, her heart picked up at the thought of finding another body.

A corpse laid across the floor and Monokuma’s wretched voice bringing about another body discovery announcement.

Once again, she forcefully shook off her thoughts and pushed forward. Everyone was there. No, two people were missing.

Fuyuhiko, which was no surprise, seemed an avid supporter of being the “lone wolf” of their group. Nagito, on the other hand, was almost never by himself - despite his previous exclamations of being unworthy of a friend, he surely liked the company of the people on the island.

(Y/n) sidled herself up beside Hajime, giving the boy’s side profile a gentle, unnoticed smile - he looked exhausted, “How’re you feeling?”

“Hm,” Hajime flinched at the sudden noise, turning to lock eyes with the mediator, “I feel…” he looked down at his plate sadly, “fine.”

“Alright,” she pat his back, “if you need anything, I’m always available. It’s what I’m here for, Hajime.”

“Right,” the brunette nodded, he let his shoulders droop, defenses falling ever so slightly, “thanks, (Y/n).”

“Of course,” she nodded, looking around the dining hall once again and quirking a brow, “is it just me or… are there people missing?”

Before Hajime could answer her question, Monokuma appeared suddenly inside the cafeteria - frightening a few of the students. Hajime’s brows furrowed, “You can't just pop up out of nowhere like that!"

"Puhuhuhu, but I can!" what a high-pitched drawl, (Y/n) suddenly thought - she’d always been taught that villains have sickeningly deep voices and here Monokuma was, proving her entire life wrong, "I'm here to deliver the next motive!"

"A motive?" Hajime tilted his head in the midst of his confusion.

"It's not that I don't think you all love participating in my super fun killing game or anything..." Monokuma fidgeted, faking a new shy persona, "But, of course, I thought it would be even more fun to give you guys a motive!"

"Well, we've taken care of everything,” Kazuichi immediately rebuffed, “No one is going to kill anymore, no matter what your motive is!"

(Y/n) swung her head to look at the Ultimate Mechanic, “‘Taken care of’, what are you talking about?”

"Whatever you say!" the black-and-white bear waved off, clearly in disbelief of the boy’s words anyway, "If you're interested, there's an arcade machine in Jabberwock Park with a game on it that might have some cool info for you! And that’s as much as you’re getting from me, bye for now!"

"Ooh, fun!" Ibuki blurted out as Monokuma disappeared.

"Fun?” Hajime shook his head, irritation clear on his face, “No! Guys, we absolutely cannot play that game. This is Monokuma's attempt to trap us. Who knows? The game could be filled with lies to get us to kill each other!"

“Hajime’s right,” (Y/n) nodded, “If anyone plays that game, a murder is likely. I know it’ll be hard but we have to do our best to keep alive.”

Hajime could be a good leader. Strong, independent, commanding - a good man. He could be great. Then again, so was Byakuya.

Mahiru looked around and asked the question (Y/n) had before Monokuma arrived, "Wait, where's Nagito?"

Hiyoko giggled, covering her mouth with her hands as she did so, "He's probably too ashamed to show his ugly face around here.”

"No," (Y/n) interrupted, “I don’t think he’d be so self-conscious.”

"Don't worry about it,” Kazuichi waved off, locking his hands behind his head, “He isn't going to bother us anymore."

"What did you do?" (Y/n) pushed herself away from Hajime and toward the mechanic.

"Kazuichi, you probably shouldn't say stuff like that..." Nekomaru’s voice was strange - hasty, as if he was trying to hide something.

"Nekomaru, Kazuichi," (Y/n)’s brows furrowed as she looked between the boys, “Tell me, right now, what did you two do?”

"Well, we..." Kazuichi glanced at Nekomaru, "Took care of him this morning."

"You guys killed someone?" Mahiru exclaimed, face running pale.

"No! What the hell? Of course, not, we didn't do that!" Nekomaru shook his head as if he couldn’t fathom how his suspicious behavior could lead to that conclusion, "We found him on the way here and... tied him up. So he couldn't do anything drastic again! He's on the floor of the room we had the party in, he's- he'll be fine."

"So you guys - without telling anyone - kidnapped Nagito this morning and just left him tied up?" Hajime turned his head between the two, obviously done with the idiots, "Do you understand why that possibly wasn't the most fantastic idea?"

"What were we supposed to do, just let him run around acting like that?" Kazuichi asked, exasperated, "It's fine! He'll live, we just have to bring him food or something once in a while..."

"Now that we're in this mess, it will be difficult to pull us out," (Y/n) crossed her arms, thinking over the situation, “I’ll keep watch over him. I was going to do so anyway, but two people,” she glared directly at the boys of the hour, “decided to act without consulting the group,” as Mahiru prepared a plate, (Y/n) continued, “Just leave Nagito to me, I’ll be a babysitter for him - if anybody has an issue with him, please don’t act on your own until necessary. It could do more harm than good.”

Handing over the plate, Mahiru gave the peacekeeper a nervous smile, "Be careful, okay? Just run outta there if anything weird happens."

“Right,” (Y/n) nodded, taking the plate, “Kazuichi, Nekomaru,” the two hesitantly looked over to her - it felt horribly similar to facing a disappointed parent - she pursed her lips before giving a sympathetic grin, “I get where you two were coming from and I appreciate it, but don’t do something like this again. It’s dangerous.”

The two murmured out their agreements as (Y/n) left.

Crossing from the dining hall to the old building, (Y/n) flexed her fingers as she walked, gut knotting up inside her. Byakuya died there. Her friend, and to some extent, a role model. All because of the man she was going to be spending the rest of their stay at Jabberwock with. She had to. She needed to keep tabs over him if they wanted to avoid something like the party again.

Her hand stopped at the door handle, fingers resting against the cool metal.

She could just let him starve, it’s not like anybody would care. Nobody would check the old building anyway.

Shaking her head, (Y/n) pushed the door open - she’s supposed to be the Ultimate Peacekeeper and she was already dropping the ball with two deaths and a kidnapping. Letting Nagito starve was just a cruel and unusual punishment. An impulsive thought she'd never act on.

And so, putting one foot in front of the other, she continued down the hall Teruteru did. To find Nagito.

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8th time rewatch of S1: HOT TAKES (but maybe not even that hot)

I will only be talking about the last ep. in the season, because I think that is one of the most important and core ones, because a lot happens in such a short period of time. Anyways, it my head this sounded way better when I watched the ep. and I didn't make notes, so if this is super messy for you, I'm sorry.

First things first, when I first watched Fate, I found Aisha a snitch too (just like Stella told her) and I was super angry at her for throwing her "friends" under the bus and not helping Bloom in her quest to find out who she is and where she is from. Aisha wanted to be close to Bloom troughout the whole season, she was even "called out" by Musa I think about this. But now as I watched it for the 8th I realized Aisha was just trying to protect Bloom from her own destruction. I don't know if the other girls weren't listening to how dangerous it is to let Rosalind out, and only Aisha realized the severity of the problem. So, her snitching on them to Farah is totally fair and I have to give the girl what she deserves. Actually Aisha was saving everyone's ass pretty much the whole season and she got so much shit for being a good and carying friend. And I love this arch for her, being a good friend and being the one rationaly thinking of all of them. But I am hoping to see for Aisha also something different. Here she felt like more like a support character to save everyone from their problems. My girl deserves much more than just being a support character, and hopefully she is getting that in S2.

Bloom is reckless. Very reckless and the doesn't think beforehand about her actions. We could clearly see it when thanks to her Rosalind got out, she let the burned ones in the school. Ok, she defeated them and it was super cool for Bloom to take responsibility for what she had done in her quest to find her answers. Her realization dawn on her the moment she saw Sam struggling for his life. I think she should have thought about it way beforehand. On the other side, I understand that she was desperate for questions and I can't blame her for that. But if she waited just one more day as Farah told her, nothing of this would have happened. For Bloom it was enough to have the support of her suitmates (-Aisha) to just go trough with everything.

They are all collectively responsible for what happened. It's 👏 not 👏 only 👏 Bloom's 👏 fault 👏This was brought up to me by @mindfairies a longer time ago when we had a talk about this fact. I like my faves and it's hard to acept the fact your faves do something bad (I am looking right at you miss STELLA). But I do accept that they all have a hand in what happened that night at Alfea. Including Farah, no matter how some try to explain her out of this problem. She wasn't honest with Bloom from the begining and if something, Bloom deserves to know everything what Farah knows about her. It isn't much, but still just a little info would have made Bloom a little more bearable. She promised her to help, but she put Bloom on the other track because she had different things to deal with. Of course, from a realistic point of view, you gotta do the things that matter more first. But when I see a 16 year old girl, who is super confused about who she is, I make my time to explain everything. Including Aster Dell. The adults are responsible for these kids and they don't want to endanger them, that is why they don't speak of the past. But hey listen, if they told at least Terra and Sam about Rosalind, who she was and what she has done, maybe Bloom wouldn't be so easily convinced about freeing her. Terra is a voice of reason many times, and I am sure if she KNEW who Rosalind was, she wouldn't let Bloom go trough with her plans. And same with Sam, who, if he knew, could have stopped them. So Ben Harvery, you're a sweet guy, but still you have your hand in this. So does Silva. Then we have Terra, Musa and Stella, who encouraged their friend to go trough with it. None of them knew the severity of what will happend if they help Bloom and they wanted to be good friends, that is why they supported her. Understandable. Still, Bloom isn't the only one to blame here for what happened, because every aspect in her life helped her to get there (minus Aisha, because I feel she is the only one left with a sense and self-preservation).

Riven is such a sub it's so hard not to see. I will say as it is: Riven will do anything for a pussy (especially for Beatrix's). Him seeing Dane trying to revive Beatrix and him being like yeah fuck that, let's go. But then staying when Dane reasons with him about how Beatrix is the only one to accept them. (Miss girl really said gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss on these two). AND HE STAYS!!! Him and Dane are so pussy-struck by Beatrix, I- anyways...

I wanna know WHY IS ANDREAS IN DEBT TO ROSALIND! LISTEN, they throw these accusations around like it's nothing and then they don't elaborate further!!!!

Did Rosalind put some kind of magic on Dane and Riven? Their eyes glowed when she walked in the greenhouse and for me, it's still a myster what happened. I am super uber scared.

Hopefully this is all and as I said, it's not even that much of hot takes anyway. Next time, I am making notes.

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CHARMED 03X01 REVIEW SPOILERS!!!!!!!

First of all, I am sooo excited that Charmed is back for season 3. I am honestly so conflicted about this first episode. Entertainment value-wise the episode was a solid 8/10 for me maybe even a 9/10, but it was filled with so many little tropes that bother me that by the end of watching I was left half smiling and half confused and dissatisfied.

But, there was some nice OG Charmed references that I thought were clever so maybe I should go 9/10.

Anyways, I think I'll stick to form. Dislikes first, likes, and then memorable moments.

DISLIKES

1) Jimmy and the memory manipulation/wipe troupe.

I am probably biased because I've hated this move since OG Charmed and especially since Supernatural and its "solution" to Lisa and Ben.

My biggest issue with this sort of thing is that there is no guarantee that changing someone's memories or even how they see themselves/interact with others will PROTECT them.

Granted the girls may not be thinking of protecting Jimmy, but they seem to he continually forgetting that his and Harry's lives are connected. Also that the Faction is everywhere. People believing Jimmy is a good man won't stop people from hurting him or from finding out he has powers. Heck! The guy could get hit by a bus and that's the end of Harry.

I love the sentiment and idea of Jimmy getting a chance to live a life where he isn't carrying the weight of the trauma from being in darkness and believing he is nothing but the bad/irredeemable parts of James (the "whole" person).

I assume because of the fact the potion probably cannot do those things (protect jimmy or strip powers) that we may seem him back if not for the next two episodes, which were supposed to be the end of season 2, then later this season.

2) Mel's Meltdown

So...I have no problem with Mel freaking out about the situation. But I thought they all had collectively done this and moved forward last season. Wasn't that what the whole episode of them getting back thier powers was about? Also, did they really make Mel's freak out about a woman/relationship. Mel who has navigated similar issues seasons past? Mel who gave Maggie a hard time about it last season (technically earlier om the same season since this episode was written to be a part of last season). Growth isn't a straight line to walk and I am okay with similar insecurities and patterns arising in characters behaviors/storyline, but this feels lazy. I want more for and from Mel at this point especially when last season they gave her sloppy and quick "growth and acceptance" storylines (really just a few minutes on the whole of season 2).

3) No explanation of Maggie's power mismanagement

I will say that because her powers are a new development I dont have issue with her not being able to handle them perfectly. If only we could all be automatically perfect at any new skill we want. I take issue with not having a real explanation or solution

Was it an issue of her own repressed emotions making her powers too strong? Was it that these were new emotions she had to try to push onto Mel (chill versus calm in wording). And then the solution was just that the emotions would fade away.

I mean they didn't need a big thing. And the fading away isn't really a big issue with me, but is it unclear because it may happen again? If they don't plan on similar misshaps then I would have preferred to have some understanding of why this was happening to her. But if we something similar later on I can forgive it.

LIKES

1) Hacy

I like that they get right to Macy knowing about what Harry asked Maggie to do. I still felt they hadn't resolved the issue fully at the end of this episode, but I like that everything was laid on the table. I especially love the clarity of thier feelings "I dont want anyone else"/"Neither do I" because some shows take these situations in the direction of having playing up insecurities and jealousy. Aka they spend so much time fighting about how the person wants to be with someone else or being jealous of other relationships the character has *cough* CAOS *cough*. And honestly that was so 2020. I am glad we left that in last year. I crave open and honest communication even if the solution isn't quick and easy.

2) Jordan and Abby's side quest.

I loved Jordan and Harry's day out last season. I think I loved this more.

Not just the possible hints that maybe Abby could be part of a dark trio of sisters, but I love the references to og charmed and the times the girls had to release people from art or got trapped in art. "It happens more often than you think".

I also loved Jordan's sassy-ness with Abby and that reference to Abby and Harry's "deal" last season. Lol to the horrified "Not that!".

The actors did a really good job together and the storyline was strong and entertaining.

3) Viv confirmed mastermind/Julian confirmed dope and more info on black amber.

I mean we knew and it doesn't absolve Julian of blame, but confirming that Vivian's plans have nothing to do with helping or healing and everything to do with amassing power for herself is nice to finally have especially when it gives us more insight into black amber.

Seriously, last season was actually really bad at world building as far as setting up deeper lore. I mean the extent of what black amber can do was still largely a mystery. It can be used to raise the dead, but can't heal human illness????? It can give Maggie and Mel new powers, but couldn't do the same for Macy??? Also how did the girls reach that conclusion given what little we all know of black amber???

Anyways, those plotholes aside, they at least gave us that information. Hopefully it is true and not just misunderstanding.

Moving on....

Episode Highlights

Jimmy riling up Mel: "come on"

Lol

"I just want us"

Jordan to Abby; *grossed out* "Not that."

Viv and Juliana looking at glowing box and talking about magic.

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'Back to work' : New chapter of "Redemption of a Spirit in a Cold War' is out !

'Back to work'

Chapter Summary : Bell is finally recovering from her passing out after 3 days in bed before getting her first lead on Perseus....

To read it on AO3, click here !

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After Mason & Woods left the dorm to leave me alone as I requested, I wanted to get up and join the others but unfortunately, I was still feeling sick even if I took the aspirin and my legs were hurting so much that moving them just by an little inch was impossible to do for me. It was feeling like someone just shot my kneecaps. I could just move my upper body without hurting myself and because of my legs, I was forced to stay on that bed for an undetermined time while the others are at work in the room just next to me.

Park came to me and I explained my case, saying that I wasn't feeling okay at all and she adviced me to stay in bed to rest a lot for the moment. She gave me back my backpack that I left near her desk, allowing me to write down in my book the different memories I have gotten back except the fake one and after that, she will come back time to time to see how I was feeling and to give me either something to drink or to eat.

When the night came, I was surprised when only Park came to have a sleep in the dorm and the reasons of it was, according to her, that the others preferred to give me some rest and some lonely moments for me. She decided to stay next to me in case of something wrong happened to me and I was grateful for that even if I wasn't really understanding why the others wouldn't go in here to take a sleep because it wasn't going to disturb me.

During 3 days, it was getting the usual for me : waking up in the bed, move a little to avoid staying motionless, drink and eat something, trying to think of a memory to come back and listen to some relaxing music. That was how my days were going now except with the fact that I wasn't able to catch a single memory for 3 days as my state weren't in shape to think right. I was getting better during the fourth day and I could feel my legs moving again but I preferred to take a last day in bed before I could finally walking again.....and a little sleep wasn't going to hurt me....

I wasn't sleeping so well that night, something was irritating me a lot and because of that, I was moving a lot in the bed like if I was getting a nightmare in my head, something I couldn't see but it was something very bad. I was also sweating a lot as it was very hot in the room and each second, I was getting worst and worst.....hearing the clock was stressing me a lot...tick.....tack....tick....tack....

Suddenly, I started to talk alone in my sleep, it was about Freya and it was mainly pleads about saving her and trying the best to do it but my voice.....my moves was saying to me that it was just getting worst and then I woke up with an start.

"Freya !" I almost screamed, getting the blankets off me, staying on the bed and my arms were shaking a damn lot "Freya !" This time, I screamed loudly, my voice breaking itself because of it before I started to cry in my bed and then, I started to hear some footsteps outside the room like if someone was running until the door opened.

"Yirina !" It was Freya, worried as help, wearing her casual clothes, she turned on the lights of the room before she walk to get to me

"Freya...." I started before I cut myself, seeing her getting next to me and still crying.

"I'm here, Yiri....I'm here." She put her arms around me to recomfort me but I was still in tears. "Bad dreams ?" She asked normally

"I thought....I thought to have lost you." I replied, getting my arms around too, wanting to feel her close to me "I relived the day I saved you from the NIS but....here....I wasn't able to do it."

"It's okay, I'm here." She repeated again, giving me some taps in the back with her hands while her head was on my shoulder "You saved me, remember ?" She tried to recomfort me, wanting me to remember that she was alive....and in her arms.

"Yes but....." I started, taking a deep breath

"But ?" Freya said, concerned, withdrawing her from me, her hands still on my shoulders

"But I don't want to lose you." I responded, catching my breath from all the stress I got and closing my eyes as I get my arms around her again. "I can't...lose you." She was looking confused before she smiled

"I don't want to lose you either." She said in a good voice

"Can you.."

"Yes." She replied, cutting me, having guessed my question in advance "I will." She then moved to get inside my bed alongside me, getting her arms around my chest as I was looking outside of a window, admiring the snow falling. "How do you feel ?" She asked

"Good...with you." I grinned a little from it as I know that she was there for me. I could feel her getting her grab around me more stronger like if she was meaning her words,

"I will never lose you, Yiri."

Another memory with Freya, another one showing me how close I was with her, she was there to recomfort me in case and apparently, those types of events were getting frequent in these days inside Perseus group. Back in these days, I was already getting bad and the memories I got back make me realize how bad I was feeling when I was an Perseus agent. Making bad things wasn't helping me to get well and I hope I can remedy to this.

When I woke up, opening my eyes, I thought at first I was still in my memory since I was feeling someone's arms around my chest before I realized that it was Park herself behind me, on an bed. I thought that it was strange since she was using the bed at my right but having her arms around me recomforted me a lot. She then woke up, feeling that I was awake, giving me a little kiss on the forehead before heading to the main room to give me a coffee with something to eat.

I redressed myself into the bed, finally moving my legs and for the first time in 4 days, they were not hurting anymore. I took my book and start to write down the memory I had in my head before I could start at least to draw Freya's face in the book. I did make Zasha's face the first day when I woke up but I never had a chance to make Freya so it was time for me to do it. It took me 5 minutes to draw it and it was perfect. I was so focused that when I finished the drawing, I saw Park standing next to me with an cup of coffee and a cake.

"Oh, I'm sorry." I started, apologizing to not have seen her arrive before I took what she was handing to me, putting the book on the nightstand "Didn't hear you." She smiled before she sat down on the bed she used,

"That's okay." She said as she was fully seated and when I took a sip from the cup.

"Been busy to draw something." I added, giving a look to the book.

"Oh, what did you draw ?" She asked, starting to lean to get the book in her hands before looking at me with an questioning face, maybe wanting to know if she can read the book.

"You can, you have the honors." I guessed and she smiled as she could finally take the book in hands and start seeing what I wrote & draw.

"Is that Freya ?" She pointed the drawing to me, I nodded "She's looking cute."

"I wanted to draw her face if it can help me to know more about her." I told her, saying the truth as drawing Zasha's face allowed me to be able to remember more memories about them. She put the book back on the nightstand, looking worried,

"I...I hear you this night, panicking and calling for Freya." She breathed, joining her hands together "I decided that it was better if I joined you to feel better."

"I'm sorry." I excused myself

"Don't need to be like that." She grinned a little before she got her left hand next to me. "I'm here, next to you and you know that I will never let you down." I smiled as we both joined our hands together

"You're sounding like Freya." I exclaimed with my smile, making her blush "Always there for me." I added....before my smile disappeared "And now, I want to know where is she. "

"I know and I will be there at your side." She moved away from the bed, getting sit next to me "I tried to have some informations about Freya in the NIS."

"And ?"

"They remembered her but her records...." She took a deep breath "Her records was erased by them since a long time, can't find anything about her life. I'm sorry."

"It's okay." I said, my voice cracking in the middle of it, feeling bad that I can't know more about Freya "And about Zasha ?"

"Zasha ?" She started, looking away "Same thing for Freya, the KGB has erased their records, got the info by Belikov." I looked down, sad,

"My memories are the only things that can help me find them again...and maybe, save them from Perseus." I whispered to myself and I was right....my memories can only help me to know more about them.

"We will." She said, having heard me "About Perseus, we have something." She looked back at the door leading to the main room "And for that, I need you."

"Something to decypher ?" I asked, she nodded,

"A transmission we got early in the morning thanks to Sims." She breathed "If you want, I can bring you the transmission here and....."

"Don't worry." I grinned "My legs are just fine and I'm ready to work again." I then started to get up from the bed and it was feeling weird to stand up after all these days but at least, I wasn't going to fall back on the bed for a while.

Hopefully, Park allowed me to use a part of her clothes on me and I started to dress up while she was looking at me. When I was finished to put on the pants and then the shoes, I looked behind me to see Park....looking worried at the ground, her left hand on her right arm.

"Something's wrong ?" I asked

"It's just....." She started before looking back at me in the eyes "I'm happy to have you back." I smiled but she was still looking worried

"But, there's something ?" I repeated, getting myself worried

"It's better that.....we kept our relation a secret to everyone." I could see her holding back her tears before she sit back on the bed and I decided to join her, getting next to her.

"Hey, it's okay about that. I'm also....not willing to display to everyone our relation..." I joined her hands with mine "PDA is not my thing." I tried to joke but she wasn't laughing.

"The MI6....well, they are not very liking the agents who has....homosexual relationships." She looked at me, trying to not cry "They thought that they are posing as an threat to the national security and if they spotted one, the agent will be fired."

"Seriously ?" I was taken aback by learning that and now I was fearing the worst.

"Adler...one day...three years ago....when he discover that I was also like you, he wanted to blackmail me to stop our relation because if we didn't do it, he was going to tell them and I was going to get fired." I could see a tear coming from her right eye and I cleaned it up with difficulty, hoping that what she was saying wasn't going to go bad.

"But, we didn't stop right ?" I asked, having forgetten that part "Right ?" I repeated and she shook her head,

"No, what I created with you, I never wanted to break it." She replied, looking sure and taking a breath "Even with what the MI6 is saying, I don't want to break it." It was relieving me to hear that she wasn't going to stop our relation because of what the MI6 was thinking. Then, she put her hand on my chin "I just need you."

"I need you too." I added before we both leaned forwards towards each other to kiss on our lips.....a kiss that was so recomforting and that lasted at least 2 minutes as we almost got in bed to continue further but we decided to focus back on the situation.

After we finished, we made a quick hug to each other before we got up from the bed and walking to get to the main room, ready for me to get to work on the lead they have found on Perseus. I wanted to join my hands with her but our previous discussion showed that it was better for us to keep our relation a secret to everyone else including the MI6 even if Adler was the only one aware of it but....him, I don't need a advice from him about how I do my life. That's something I was willing to tell him at his face but not now.

We both arrived at the same time in the main room, everyone was getting at work at their respectives workplaces including Adler who when he saw me arrive, start to look at me....and he wasn't going to move his eyes away from me. Focus on something else, Yirina, I told to myself before Park showed me the way to her desk as she wanted my help for the lead they have found. I looked at the transmission Sims was able to get and once I had a piece of paper in hand and a pen, I started to work on it.

As I was checking the transmission, I started to realized that it was the same code that Perseus was using in 1981 and thanks for that, I will be able to decrypt that in less time since I had the old work back from my first days in the safehouse to help me thanks to Park who were able to give me what I did three years ago.

"I found something." I whispered, getting Park's attention on me after more than 20 minutes on trying to decrypt the transmission

"What did you find ?" She asked, getting her seat next to me.

"That transmission is talking about a Perseus warehouse used for arms trafficking." I then pointed with the pen each decrypted "And apparently, it's in West-Berlin."

"So, Perseus has an warehouse in West-Berlin...." She looked at it with wide eyes "We heard rumors of it days ago but we had nothing concrete and now, you gave me a proof that it's real." She looked back at me with a proud smile "Do you know where it is exactly in the city ?"

"Well, it's saying that the warehouse was located somewhere in the city's outskirts and I think that there aren't a lot of warehouses in the outskirts." I exclaimed before I had an bad impression inside of me, like if someone was observing me and when I looked around, I could see Adler....still looking at me. "Do you have a problem ?" I asked him in an harsh voice

"Yeah." He replied before getting up from his chair, pointing me with his hand "You !" He added, raising an eyebrow.

"What ? You didn't had enough days ago ?" I said, clenching my fists and getting up from my seat before I decided to face him as Park was following me up close in case.

"You should have died." He told me at my face....be calm, Yiri !

"I should have lived and you know that very well." I almost poked him at his chest before I retract myself from doing that "Perseus's threat could have be done if I was still around." I sniffed, keeping my cool as he was smoking his cigarette"But no, you were stupid enough to do what the CIA wanted to do." Then, he was clenching his fists after I said 'stupid.'

"Don't call me stupid, kid !" He exclaimed, almost angered

"Don't call me kid." I ordered to him, did he still see me as a kid ? "I'm not the same person that were your 'best-friend from Vietnam' 3 years ago."

"Oh, 'Bell', can you just behave well in front of your boss ?" He smirked at my face and I was ready to get closer to him until Park decided to get between.

"Ok, that is enough." She said, getting her both arms between me & Adler as I realized that everyone was looking at us and witnessing the scene. She looked at Adler with deadly eyes "For the last time, she's not Bell anymore." She clarified before Adler almost laughed to her face

"Come on, who's telling you that we can really trust her ?" He added, looking at me "Who's saying that she's not playing everyone around ?" He then poked Park "Who's telling you that she don't play you around ?" He said, silently, only making it listenable from me & Park

"I told the truth 3 years ago !" I admitted "I brought you to Solovetsky !" I added, getting angry more and more "Those questions, ask it to yourselves."

"Please, Yirina, calm down." Park started, giving a little smile, hoping to calm me down "She found something about the transmission Sims got : Perseus has an warehouse in the city, used for arms trafficking."

"Pfff, it's just rumors." Adler was sounding annoyed "And for me, she's still 'Bell' !"

"Tell it one more time...." Park got closer to him, getting her fist ready "And I'm breaking your stupid jaw off you." She then withdrawed herself from me & Adler and I stepped back as she was getting next to the dashboard "You need to know now that Yirina is under my responsability and that's she no longer your property....and even, she's not an object at all, she's an human being." Adler rolled his eyes on the ceilling at hearing that

"And where the safehouse at ?" Mason said, intervening in the discussion

"In the city's outskirts." I replied, looking at him. "It will be in no time until we found it out where exactly it is."

"I will prepare the equipment to scout out the places that can be suspicious, the others, get yourself up too." Park ordered before she decided to head to the armory of the safehouse, leaving the others to prepare themselves and me.....going back at her desk because I had nothing to prepare...except just an M1911. When I joined the desk, I could see that Woods came by.

"Hey, you're okay, Yirina ?" He asked curious, I nodded

"Think that it's going to be like that with Adler everyday now." I scoffed around, trying to not think negatively about what just happened

"At least, you got lucky to have Park on your side and ours too." He exclaimed before getting me a friendly tap on the back of the shoulder, giving me an smile. "I can say something....

.....you're an lucky girl, Yirina Grigoriev !"

[sobbingdistantnoises]

FINISHED, okay okay, first horror movie ever has been watched, general thoughts from right afterwards, includes some spoilers but probably (???) not mayjor ones, probably don't read if you wanna watch the movie spoiler free:

I feel really bad for Harry (the dog) and did the whole time

I feel like I was oddly neutral to a lot of the stuff I was supposed to be more scared of, like I'm shivering but it's actually irl really cold since I refuse to put on the heater (kinda funny with what happened with the husband guy being obsessive over being warm), but maybe it's because of the thing as well. I do not feel overly frightened (I don't think I do at all??? Not in the way I've seen people describe it at least), but it was fun

I don't get people going like "oh no, I won't be able to sleep after this", maybe this will change because I do have to sleep, but I somewhat doubt that

I kinda wish more about the ghost thing was actually explained since there don't appear to be any rules for it besides that it's a proper entity, but I guess it makes sense because there wasn't ever clarification for the characters?? I just wish there was actual logic behind what happened since it all seems really random (bugs, being cold, a voice, existing to just one character, blood in the walls or something??), even just a list of what the ghost thing can or can't do and why it has its powers/limitations. Like, why did the bugs happen?? Why did it say to get out but then want the girl to stay?? It makes zero sense, and that kinda aaaas me because it's just a gimmick now. Maybe there's more info in the book, but who knows because I've read like 10% of it

The "get out" thing had a bunch of potential, plus the whole thing with the blood in the walls. It 100% could have been a lot cooler had an explanation for how it happened was provided, but I already did like the effects it gave. Floor breaking at the end was very cool, am glad that husband came back for Harry :)

The closet trapping of whoever the older girl with the wire things on her mouth was very cool too, probably the thing that had the greatest effect on me

Soundtrack was also very very cool!! One of my favorite parts of it, it was just great, and the theme coming up throughout the movie in small bits was very fun :))

Overall, very fun while watching! Just in hindsight, the lack of explanation and the randomness of the events kinda leaves me confused in a not too great way, but it was still a good movie if you're just looking for entertainment for the moment and don't care too much about that

Written at what should be almost 4 am apparently, whoops, I am not rereading this because I wish to sleep, so hopefully it makes sense anyway

I'M WATCHING THE AMITYVILLE HORROR !!