#Hottest Mascots

[micahdotgov]

too scared to watch secretary 2002 bc i worry it will reveal to myself that i do in fact only find james spader hot when he is voicing a killer robot

[hauntedppgpaints]

Hottest Player on Each Team Poll Results!!

GOOOOOOD MORNING HOCKEYBLR!

I've got the piping hot results of the poll I posted last week, served fresh and ready to be read! The final count was 319 submissions!

TOP 10 ACROSS THE LEAGUE:

Leon Draisaitl, 215 points

Mat Barzal, 188

Nico Hischier, 178

Roman Josi, 167

Jeremy Swayman, 153

Matthew Tkachuk, 152

Claude Giroux, 138

Alex Lyon, 123

Sidney Crosby, 119

Brady Skjei, 114

Detailed tallies, pie charts, fun facts, and odd answers are below the cut! Sorry about how the teams are paired together, there's a 30 image limit on posts :(

DUCKS

one of two teams to have both goalies in their top three, the other being the Jets

19 unique answers

Funny other answers included: jamie drysdale rip, Donald Duck, Travis

BRUINS

22 unique answers

one person put Patrice Bergeron

SABRES

20 unique answers

2 people put Erik Johnson

weird answer: that one teenager that Tanger beat up

FLAMES

24 unique answers

2 people put Chris Tanev, one person put "it was hanifin"

HURRICANES

21 unique answers

BLACKHAWKS

23 unique answers

one person wrote Jonathan Toews. one person wrote Tommy Hawk, the team's mascot

with 13 of them, the blackhawks take the lead with the most non-answers. one of them was "skipping racist logo team". another was "this team is ugly".

AVALANCHE

23 unique answers

BLUE JACKETS

25 unique answers

STARS

19 unique answers

someone put "Nick Robinson" as an answer. that's not a player. i don't know who that is.

RED WINGS

18 unique answers

someone put "the ginger". someone else put "that cat guy"

OILERS

20 unique answers

someone put "anyone but Leon"

PANTHERS

27 unique answers

KINGS

21 unique answers

someone put Wayne Gretzky

WILD

23 unique answers

2 people put Connor Dewar. 1 person put Brandon Duhaime. 1 person just wrote "Bordeleau"

CANADIENS

21 unique answers

One person put PK Subban. One person put Chris Wideman

PREDATORS

17 unique answers

One of the weirdest answers across the whole poll: "they all looked pretty ugly when they beat the pens in OT that one time"

DEVILS

21 unique answers

someone put "one of the hughes kids"

ISLANDERS

17 unique answers

RANGERS

24 unique answers

one person put Henrik Lundqvist

SENATORS

16 unique answers

one person put "not that one guy"

FLYERS

20 unique answers

One person put Claude Giroux. One person put Nolan Patrick. 5 people put Gritty

PENGUINS

16 unique answers

SHARKS

28 unique answers

4 people put Anthony Duclair. 1 person put Tomas Hertl

KRAKEN

22 unique answers

1 person put Buoy

BLUES

22 unique answers

someone said "anyone but the goalie"

LIGHTNING

21 unique answers

MAPLE LEAFS

24 unique answers

another weird answer: "that sid lookalike kid mitch or marner or something"

COYOTES/UTAH

23 unique answers

one person put Jason Zucker

CANUCKS

23 unique answers

one person put Clayton Keller. one person put "that weird luke kid"

GOLDEN KNIGHTS

28 unique answers

one person put Nolan Patrick. one person put "Steve Aoki #77". Steve Aoki is a DJ. There is no #77 for the golden knights. i have no idea where this came from.

CAPITALS

22 unique answers

JETS

one of two teams to have both goalies in their top three, the other being the Ducks

26 unique answers

one person put Jesse Pollock. :|

FUN STATS!

2 teams are tied with the most amount of single-vote answers: the Rangers and the Panthers both had 10 players only voted for once.

4 teams are tied with the least amount of single-vote answers: the Senators, the Penguins, the Lightning, and the Maple Leafs all had 2 players only voted for once.

2 teams are tied with the most amount of unique answers: the Sharks and the Golden Knights both had 28 unique answers

2 teams are tied with the least amount of unique answers: the Senators and the Penguins both had 16 unique answers

Unsurprisingly, the top three teams that have the biggest gap between first and second place are the Oilers (195 points), Islanders (149), and Devils (145)

The top three teams with the closest gap between first and second place are the Sharks (2), Ducks & Canucks (3), and Blue Jackets & Blackhawks (4)

7 teams have a goalie in 1st place: Jets, Sharks, Wild, Red Wings, Blue Jackets, Bruins, and Ducks

18 teams don't have a goalie in their top three. Shame.

the team with the oldest 1st place is the Wild, with Marc-Andre Fleury being 39 years old

the team with the youngest 1st place is the Sabres, with Owen Power being 21 years old

A breakdown of first place nationalities:

Canadian: 15

American: 10

Swiss: 3

Swedish: 1

Latvian:1

German:1

Dual citizen (Swedish/Canadian): 1

[new-revenant]

For the amusement park au

Danny consults Tucker on updating the park mascots so they're more appropriate for the modern day and still be ok for kids. Tucker, being the resident furry (which is canon), delivers. The characters are Wilfred Wolf, Robby Raccoon, Benson Beagle, Samson Skunk, and Hudson Hare. The mascots actually have their own attractions in the park on the kid's side

Yeah that checks out. Honestly really love Tucker being a furry, it’s so funny. I bet Wilfred is the hottest one. Robby is the second hottest and she and Samson are the only girl mascots.

[respectthepetty]

The Monster Next Door & Livid Lad

I squeezed in all three episodes of Monster Next Door while traveling with a 7" Chromebook, so now that I have truly no time and no patience (because this thirty image limit is stifling), I'm jumping straight into what I came for - COLORS!

The promo for this show gave me introverted Diew in blue and extroverted God in yellow/orange, which would make perfect sense for the characters and this story!

And the first episode started with God bursting onto the scene with his orange bike and yellow lightning bolt helmet versus Diew walking in his gray.

But I've seen this color-story before from another WeTV offering!

And in this story (Cooking Crush), there was a Blue Boy who didn't like people touching him, had a difficult time communicating, and lived a pretty isolated life.

But . . . that's because he wasn't really blue. He was livid!

Some history and a little bit of science: *deep breath* Livid is the term for the color "blue-gray" and comes from a Latin word meaning "a dull gray blue" however, we associate livid with red because red means anger which we also connect to heat and flames, but the hottest part of a flame is its center which is actually blue not red, so although in color theory we say warm colors are red, yellow, and orange, and cool colors are blue, green, and purple, in the universe, it's the opposite, so our Sun for example isn't that hot because it's only red, yellow, and orange because if our Sun was really hot, it'd be blue (or even white!), and we'd all be fried and dead because that'd be super duper uber hot! Make sense? *another deep breath* The point is that Diew is a Livid Lad.

He is gray-blue.

He is calm and stable like a Blue Boy. He is sad and lonely like a Gray Guy. He is rigid and smart like both.

But just like his fellow Livid Lad Ten in Cooking Crush, who gave the sweetest compliments then punched a guy, Diew is not to be toyed with.

So we see his notes in his color scheme telling God to stop being loud, stop giving him snacks, and stop drawing on the table.

Which brings me to God, who should be this bright and loud yellow/oranege extrovert according to the promo material for the show, but . . . once again, I've seen this color-story before, and as colorful as I thought Prem was compared to his Livid Lad, all roads lead to pink.

In Cooking Crush, it was stated often that Prem put his heart into cooking which is why people could taste the love in his food. Interesting.

The American baseball team Cleveland Indians changed its name and mascot in 2021 because it's the 21st-century and we need to stop doing offensive shit, but even with the name change to Cleveland Guardians, the team has always been a vibrant red.

I noticed immediately that the show is softening the red on God's body so it almost becomes pink when he gets help from Diew in the beginning, and it happens again when he reads the time-traveling romance novel Diew suggests since God is wearing a shirt from the American soda company Dr. Pepper, which its color is maroon(ish), yet in the show, it is soft.

But much like Cooking Crush's Prem, God seems like a Multicolored Menace compared to his Livid Lad.

He wears different colors while Diew wears mostly grays and blues.

His apartment has colorful cool lighting while Diew's apartment has warm natural-looking lighting.

And when he has a bad day at band practice, he loses his color.

But when God asked Diew to date him, he was wearing that soft Dr. Pepper shirt, and when Diew agreed to it a few nights later, Diew was wearing pink on his shirt, which is the first color we have seen on his body, and God was wearing gray. Diew also wore this shirt when he got Khun Shy, his turtle.

And when God just stands in complete silence eating a chocolate bar even though he doesn't like sweets but remembers that Diew likes eating chocolate to make himself happy, he is wearing blue.

But the thing is, Diew isn't just blue and God isn't all colorful, which is why this blueish-(purple) pink doesn't work.

God's core is pink because he puts his heart into what he does. He loves being with his friends (and hates being alone! Don't think I didn't pick that up when he mentioned he originally intended to have a roommate). He loves being on stage and playing music. He loves meeting new people and helping them. He's a lover!

He is bright pink when Diew takes care of him.

But he is also pink when he is giving his friend advice to sit in his feelings and to share them.

And that's why his sticky notes are pink.

These color-coded boys are communicating to each other in their own language and their own color by exchanging the notes. God is a kind and caring (and sometimes immature) Pink Person who gives love in all these tiny ways, and Diew is a calm and quiet (and sometimes a little pissed off) Livid Lad who puts up a fight in all these tiny ways, but when the wall between them (and their balconies) come down, they'll have to create a new middle ground between the Monster Next Door and a Livid Lad because wanting to put so much love into everything versus being so terrified to put love into anything is going to make them re-evaluate how to show love to each other.

They'll have to find ~balance~ not only with each other, but also within themselves.

[novankenn]

Double Barreled MFK

(A/N - I've seen these around, and I enjoy reading them. Check out @arc-misadventures and Master Posts of Posts V and V.V for some really interesting and entertaining combinations. This is inspired by their collection of much better written posts.)

Jaune Arc and Coco Adel were seated on the edge of Beacon's fountain, examining and discussing the various apparel that was being worn by Beacon Academy's "Hottest Huntress/Huntsman" poll.

For reasons unbeknownst to them they were neither on the list, nor had they been allowed to participate in the judging.

Nora: Jaune-Jaune!

Jaune: (Without looking up from his Coco's scroll) No.

Nora: But...

Jaune: (Looks up at Nora) I'm not...

Coco: Is she doing MFK with you again?

Jaune: Probably... (Looks at Nora) No... definitely.

Nora: Please? Last one... I promise!

Jaune: You said that the last time, and the time before that, and the time before that, and...

Nora: Okay. Sheesh beating a dead-horse there Fearless Leader.

Coco: Who were the choices?

Jaune: Coco?

Coco: Don't look at me like that. I'm curious on who she was going to try and temp you with.

Jaune: You know she's only going to try and rope you into this frustration if you pry.

Coco: I'm still curious. Who are the choices?

Nora: Yeah! Okay... Mr Arc. Ms Adel... Marry Fuck Kill...

Jaune: I never agr...

Coco: Shush!

Nora: Bachelorette number one! Fearless Leader's one and only partner, the mascot of Pumpkin Pete's... Pyrrha Nikos!

Pyrrha: Hi?

Jaune: What is she blackmailing you with... this time?

Pyrrha: Nothing?

Jaune: Nora?

Nora: Bachelorette number two! She is the fantasy MILF for tens of thousands! Her origins are shadowed in Mystery... the Tarnished Spartan!

TS!Pyrrha: Ah... hello?

Coco: OMG!

Jaune: How?

TS!Pyrrha: Nora asked me?

Jaune: But...

Nora: Jaune-Jaune... I. Have. My. Ways.

Jaune: But...

Nora: Don't. Question. Just. Accept. Understood?

Jaune: ...

Coco: Can I ask?

Nora: No.

Coco: Okay then.

Nora: And finally Bachelor number one...

Jaune / Coco: KILL!

Nora: Huh? But? I didn't get to...

Jaune: You said bachelor. That means it's a guy. I'm not into guys. Kill.

Coco: I'm not either. Kill.

Nora: Should have seen that one coming. Oh well. Jaune?

Jaune: I'd fuck the Tarnished Spartan and Marry Pyrrha.

Nora / TS!Pyrrha / Pyrrha: Why!?!

Jaune: (Sighs) The Tarnished Spartan... has always been a fantasy and I'd like to see if what I dreamt up matches reality, but in the end I want to have a family and live out my life with the one person here who has lifted me up and given me everything of themselves. So I'd marry Pyrrha.

Pyrrha: YES! I'll call my mom and get the preparations started!

Jaune: Huh?

Coco: Looks like you're off the market! Congratulations!

Nora: Okay, so... Coco... who are you going to Marry, and who are you going to Fuck?

Coco: I'm not a homewrecker so I'd have to get my brother from another mother's permission to give his waifu the time of her life at her Hen Party, and then I'd marry the Tarnished Spartan... preferably at the same ceremony as the man who would be my best man! Besides, as much fun as Nikos looks like she'll be... I want someone a little more mature.

TS!Pyrrha: I accept!

Coco: YES!

Nora: So... hmmmm....

Jaune: Nora?

Nora: So you both want to fuck the other's would-be wife. Sounds like you both are into partner swapping! NICE!

Jaune: I am n...

Coco: I'm game if you are.

Jaune: What???

Coco: Ladies, what say you? You up for some consensual fun before the nuptials?

Pyrrha and TS!Pyrrha look at each other...

Pyrrha/ TS!Pyrrha: YES!

Jaune: WHAT???

(A/N 2 - The third choices was Pyrros Nikos a character from @arc-misadventures' Swap Au which can be found here IV. A very talented writer with some awesome ideas/stories. If you haven't give them a look.)

[bloatedandalone04]

Wrapped Around Your Finger - Part 0.7

Series Masterlist | Original Fic

➪in which you receive praise from your instructor and want nothing more than to share the excitement with anakin, but he isn’t as happy as you thought he’d be, and he receives an earful from his bandmate about it later on.

PSA: strongly suggested to read the warnings before proceeding.

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The light tapping against your window was so quiet, you wouldn’t have been able to hear it if you weren’t right next to it. 

Your brows furrow a bit as you stand up from your bed and pull back the curtain, your mouth opening in shock as you meet the eyes of Anakin. He was wearing grey sweats, black converse and a black hoodie that had the name and mascot of your high school on it, which was a bull. 

Opening the window, you steady yourself against the frame as you call out to him, “What are you doing?” 

He drops the pebble he was holding with a grin. “I missed you,”

You laugh quietly, not wanting to wake up your parents since it was nearing one in the morning. “You just saw me at school, like, less than ten hours ago,”

Anakin shrugged. “That’s too long,” 

You shake your head again as he stares up at you, a mischievous look in his eyes. “What?” 

“Come with me,” he said and you laughed again. 

“And go where? It’s one in the morning on a Saturday, Ani, nothing is open,” 

He grinned, “I know one place that’s open,”

And that was how you found yourself on the deserted beach, sand seeping into your clothes as you sat next to Anakin. It was dark out and the rides along the boardwalk had been turned off for the night. The only sound that could be heard was the waves against the shore and the occasional cricket. 

It was kind of cold out, especially since you were by the water, but you wouldn’t dare ask to leave and go someplace warmer. No, not with the way he is looking at you as if you’re the prettiest thing he had ever seen. 

Without so much as a thought for your wellbeing, Anakin lifts his hand and tucks your hair behind your ear, exposing more of your face to him. You were almost positive that he could see your blush, even in the darkness. The moon reflecting off the water was really the only source of light, but it was somehow enough. “You’re really pretty,” he murmured, running his knuckles softly along the curve of your jaw. “You know that?”

You blush a bit more, turning away from him. “You’re really sweet,”

His lips turned up into a smirk as he shook his head, dragging his hand down a bit and tugging at your lower lip with his thumb. “No, I’m not sweet,” was all he said before he leaned in and pressed his lips to yours.

You kiss him back instantly, your hands reaching up and gripping the back of his neck. Out of the few kisses you’ve shared with him so far, you could easily say you are becoming addicted to them. And him. 

Because of your busy and very different schedules, Anakin has only been able to take you out on three dates, and the most recent one you had made it official. Rushed greetings and longing looks have been all you’ve shared during school, not that Anakin wouldn’t love to show you off, he is just constantly late for everything and would have to risk his attendance in his classes if he were to take you into his arms and kiss you in the way he wanted to. 

Though, if he had to admit it, he would not mind his attendance getting completely messed up if it meant he got to see you for more than three seconds before class everyday. 

He also knew you weren’t really ready for everyone to know that you are together yet, something about being nervous to receive all the death glares from the girls since you had made things official with the hottest guy in school and they no longer had a chance.

The kiss was getting messy, with both your lips now shining with each other’s saliva, and he pulled away as he asked, “Where is the one place in the world you want to go to the most?” 

His thumb and index finger gently massage your jaw as you take in his question, your head spinning a bit. “Um, France,” you answer as you run your fingers through the hair on the back of his neck. “Paris.”

Anakin grins at you and you can’t help but look at his mouth, and more specifically at his lip ring. “We’ll go there one day,” he offered and you were powerless to stop the way you immediately nod. He laughed at your response, further heating up your body at the sound. “Okay.”

“Okay,” you agree, bumping his nose with yours as you move closer to him. “Where do you want to go?” 

The rest of the world fell silent as you waited for his answer, your fingers beginning to tug at his hair now. Anakin looked you in the eyes as he remained quiet, his blue orbs saying what felt like a million things at once. 

His hand fell from your face and grabbed onto one of yours, his eyes glancing down when you laced your fingers together. 

You were expecting him to say New York or something like that, knowing his love for places that were full of life and opportunities, but what his answer was instead of that had your heart beating wildly. “Wherever you are,”

Neither of you knew how to say goodbye to each other later on when he brought you back home, dumb smiles on your cold faces when you held each other as if it would be the last time. In reality, you would be seeing each other the following Monday, but you both ignored that fact. 

After all, it was easy to fall into pretend worlds with each other.

-

Anakin woke up with a splitting headache, and he groaned rather loudly when he stood up from the couch of the bus. “Fuck,” he muttered as he gripped his head with one hand. 

He had gotten so drunk last night, he couldn’t even make it to his bunk before he passed out. How many drinks did he even have? The last time he felt this fucking awful was the night after the first tour ended, when you, Theo and Vinny all went out drinking in celebration. 

He was so happy that night, mainly because he had you tucked to his side the whole time with a permanent smile on your lips. Your achingly pretty smile.

You.

Anakin dropped his hand as he felt his pockets, turning around to look at the couch when he didn’t feel his phone. Reaching in between the cushions, he pulls it out and finds that it was nearly dead, but he still had enough battery to read your text. 

Princess: I hope you’re having fun, Ani. I’m sorry again. I love you. 

Guilt seeped into his body as he tried to blink away the blurriness in his eyes. Why didn’t he answer you? He clearly saw your text but didn’t bother answering it, like a fucking asshole. 

He sat back down on the couch when he felt a bit light headed, his fingers quickly typing out a response to you that was much too late in his opinion, but it was still better than nothing.

I love you more. I’m sorry I didn’t text you back last night, I don’t really remember much but I do know that I acted like a total dick to you. I’m sorry, princess. I miss you so much. 

He knew it wouldn’t make up for much, but it was all his foggy brain could come up with right now. 

Anakin swiped out of his messages and opened Instagram, where he was a bit mortified to see that Liz had somehow managed to secretly take a multitude of photos of him last night. He looked wasted in each one, with the last one being a selfie with her he didn’t remember taking. 

She had posted it to her photography account, despite the pictures clearly being taken by a phone and not a professional camera. The comments were flooded with people saying he looks so different, how they wanted to see this side of him more often, and how good he and Liz look together. 

He wanted to throw up as even more guilt took over his body. There were a few comments asking where you are, and he had to hold back on answering every single one of them with an overly proud response about how you’re in fucking London after getting accepted into an amazing program. 

When he clicked on his profile, he noticed that he was now following five people instead of four, and when he checked to see who that fifth person was, he was only half surprised to find that it was Liz. 

Wow, he really couldn’t remember a fucking thing he did last night. He assumed Liz asked him to follow her at some point, and clearly he agreed, he just wished he had some recollection of it. 

His phone died pretty quickly after that, with Anakin not receiving a reply from you before the screen went black and it shut off. With a huff, he stood up and plugged it in, tugging his shirt off on the way to the bathroom. 

He assumed Vinny and Clara were still sleeping, and he could hear Theo scrolling through some app on his phone in his bunk so he knew he was awake, but he decided against asking him about what exactly he did last night as he felt a bit embarrassed about the whole thing and didn’t know if he wanted to remember it or not. 

-

You had just finished packing up your books when Kenneth called your name and beckoned you over to him. You pause, giving Evan a confused look as you set your stuff back down and make your way over to your instructor. “Yes?” You asked when you reached his desk. He was holding your assignment, an unreadable expression on his face, and you were quickly beginning to feel nervous. “Did I do it wrong?”

“No,” he answered, putting some of your worries at ease as you glanced at Evan and gave him a thumbs up, giving him the okay to go ahead without you. “Quite the opposite.”

Your eyes widened at that. “Oh,”

“Yeah, it’s good,” Kenneth said, setting the papers aside as he looked up at you. “It’s really good. I didn’t know you were in this seemingly chaotic relationship with a guy in a band. That’s exciting stuff, Miss Y/l/n, and you portrayed it well in this piece.”

Your jaw dropped just a bit but you caught yourself just in time to stop the gasp from leaving your lips. “I did?”

He nodded, “You did. I’m looking forward to reading some more of your stuff,” he said as he stood up. “Have you begun your short story?” 

“I have,” you tell him and adjust your bag strap. “It’s having a bit of a slow start, but I promise I’m working on it.”

Kenneth smiled down at you. “Glad to hear it,” he gestured for you to walk and he followed you as you made your way to the door, where you could see Evan waiting for you in the hall. “Keep up the good work, Miss Y/l/n, and you may have a decent shot at getting your story published.”

Your face broke out into a grin, and though you were sure he hyped up every student like he just did with you, his words still gave you a tremendous amount of confidence. “I will,” you firmly say as he opens the door for you and you hold back a laugh as Evan quickly straightens up as he pretends like he wasn’t eavesdropping the whole time. “Thank you, Kenneth.”

The instructor smiles at you before closing the door and heading down the hall. 

You turn and throw your arms around Evan, who stumbled a bit as he hugged you back. “Did you hear that?” You excitedly ask and pull away after a second or two.

Evan nods and drops his arms to his sides after handing you your book and bag. “Told you I should just drop out,”

You roll your eyes as you begin walking with him to the exit. “He probably says things like that to all his students,”

“He hasn’t said anything like that to me,” Evan pointed out as he held the door open for you. “He’s barely even looked in my direction.” 

You bite back a laugh and give him a teasing smile. “Yet,” you say. “He hasn’t said anything like that to you yet. The program just started, there’s lots of time to impress him.” 

Evan gave you a pointed look and you quickly became uncomfortable and changed the subject, “We got a new reading assignment today, right? Want to work on it together?”

-

After scrolling through the photos Liz had taken of him last night, Anakin picked out a few of the ones he didn’t look completely plastered in and posted them to his Instagram. 

He still didn’t understand the hype of the app, but he also wanted to put in a decent effort, mainly for you since you had bugged him about making an account for years now. 

Anakin tossed his phone aside and twirled his pencil around his fingers as he stared down at the blank page of his notebook. He had been procrastinating for a while now, and the day was dragging on without him actually coming up with good enough lyrics to put in a song. 

Vinny and Theo had been working on a rhythm for a few days now, and all Anakin had to do was write the lyrics for it, but he couldn’t think of anything. He was growing frustrated since he used to be able to come up with great lyrics within seconds, but that was because he had you around to inspire him. Now he just felt like an idiot for not being able to do his part, all because he hadn’t seen his muse in a couple of weeks. 

With a groan, he pushes the notebook onto the floor of the bus and runs his hand down his face. Vinny was out with Clara and God knows where Theo spends his time nowadays, so Anakin was able to let out his frustration in peace. 

That peace was quickly interrupted by his phone ringing. Huffing, he grabs it again and sees that it’s you who is calling him. “Hi, pretty girl,” he answered as he used his free hand to rub at his eyes. 

“Hi, Ani,” your greeting had him feeling the smallest bit calmer, like usual, and he forced himself to drop his poor attitude as you really didn’t deserve to be rudely spoken to by him right now. “How was your day?” 

But now he was reminded of how shitty today had been for him. “Not great,” he answered shortly, hoping you would just leave it at that. 

“Why?” You quietly ask and he should’ve known you would press further. 

With a sigh, he leans back on the couch and rests his head against the top of the backrest. “The guys came up with a new beat for a song and are waiting for me to write the lyrics, but I can’t,” he mumbled. “I don’t know why I’m struggling so much to come up with decent fucking words, but here we are.”

His tone was harsh, but he was too annoyed to think about that right now. “I’m sorry, Ani,” you murmur. “You’re really good at writing lyrics, though. You’ll come up with something amazing soon.” 

It was easy for you to say that, and he was growing more agitated by the second, which never happened whenever he was talking to you. “Yeah, well, it would be a hell of a lot easier if I had you with me,” he rasped. “You know all the songs I’ve written are about you.”

You were quiet for a few seconds and now he felt even worse. “It’s hard for me, too,” you nearly whispered, and he felt like the worst boyfriend in the world. “I miss you all the time, Anakin, but it’s only a few months out of forever. Try to hold onto that.”

Anakin sighed and closed his eyes as he took in your words. Forever sounded amazing with you, and he knew that he would be with you for the rest of his life, so he tried to get over himself for your sake. “I know,” he said. “I know, baby, I’m sorry. I’m sorry about last night, too. Tell me about your day.”

“My instructor, Kenneth, really liked the piece I wrote about you,” while you sounded a bit happier now, Anakin was still able to tell that you were holding back. “He talked to me after class and told me he was looking forward to reading more from me.”

Anakin smiled at that, running his hand through his messy hair. “You wrote about me, princess?”

“Of course I wrote about you,” came your instant reply. “And he loved it. See, Ani? You’re my inspiration, too.” 

He didn’t know why, but that last sentence stuck with him all night, and he was still thinking about it once he got off stage and headed to his bunk for the night. 

You really are far too sweet and so out of his league, he couldn’t comprehend why you are still with him, especially after the shit he pulled last night. 

He felt bad that he had been so stubborn with you and complained that you weren’t here with him when you were literally trying to make a career for yourself, something he had been doing since he was fifteen years old and singing covers during the school’s talent shows. 

You had supported him for as long as you’ve known him, and he really needed to hold onto that fact before he disregarded your feelings again. 

-

“Everything okay?” Bailey asks as you toss your phone aside and lay back on your pillow. 

“Yeah,” you answer as you stare up at the ceiling. “Just boyfriend things.”

She laughed from her spot on her bed. “Boyfriend things? You poor thing,” she teased, moving to lay on her stomach to face you. “What did the rockstar do this time?”

You huffed, grabbing a pillow and wrapping your arms around it. “He basically said that he can’t write songs without me there and got really pissy with me,” you tell her. “He got better towards the end of the call, but I don’t know. It’s hard to be excited about my own accomplishments when I know he’s not happy right now.”

When you lifted your head and saw her near-blank expression, you dropped it back down onto your pillow. 

“I know, I know, girlfriend of rockstar problems,”

“I wasn’t thinking that,” Bailey said as she propped herself up on her own  pillow. “You told me that this is the first thing you’ve done for yourself since high school, right?”

You sit up and nod at her, “Yeah, pretty much,”

“And you’ve been supporting him and by his side since this whole band thing took off?” When you nod again she scoffs, “Babe, I’d be pissed. How unfair is it of him to be mad that he can’t write without you when he’s literally on tour and you’ve just started a really fucking good program? You’re a better person than me, because I would’ve broken up with him right then and there.”

You laugh and roll your eyes. “We’ve been together for five years,”

She shrugged, “I’ll be surprised if you guys make it to six after the way he’s been acting,” 

Playing with the pillowcase, you chew on your lip as you process her words. “Maybe it makes me weak,” you trail off, looking up at her with a tired expression. “But I don’t think Anakin could do anything that would make me leave him. Well, except for cheat, but he’d never do that.”

Bailey raised a brow, “Are you sure about that?”

You try not to take offense to her question, but you were actually quite appalled. “Of course I’m sure about it,” you answer. “We’ve been together for so long- he would never do that.” 

She raised her hands in defense. “Okay,” she said, standing up and walking over to her wardrobe. “Wanna do something tonight? I think there’s a party happening later on.” she offered and you kind of wanted to say yes, but you knew you needed to refine your assignment from earlier. Evan had already edited for you, but you still didn’t feel satisfied with it just yet. 

“No, I should get some more schoolwork done,” you say, dropping the pillow and reaching for your laptop from its place in your bag. “But thanks for offering.”

She shrugged, pulling out a crop top and jeans. “No worries. Next time,” she smiled at you before turning around and beginning to get dressed, leaving you to look down at your laptop and seriously think about her words.

Anakin would never cheat on you. Ever. He was an amazing guy and an even better boyfriend, he would never risk all you’ve gone through together for a one night stand. 

Yeah, maybe he came off a little selfish sounding earlier, but you understood for the most part. You just wished he realized that it was extremely hard to be away from him, too. 

-

With another location crossed off the list, the guys were left to wait on the bus until they arrived at their next destination. Vinny and Clara hadn’t left their room all night, leaving Anakin and Theo to sit in silence at the table together. 

It was a bit awkward since Theo didn’t really talk to either Anakin or Vinny anymore whenever they weren’t on stage together, and it made Anakin feel like a pathetic excuse of a friend, but he didn’t know what to say to get through to the bass player. 

He knew he was going through a tough time right now with his mom, and Anakin didn’t want to say the wrong thing, leading him to walk on eggshells around Theo. 

The silence dragged on for a few more minutes before Anakin decided he had to break it. “Y/n said she’s doing well in her class. It’s only been a week, but her instructor thinks she has potential,” it was the first thing he could think of, and he knew Theo would continue the conversation since he is your friend, too.

The black haired musician looked up from his phone, a small smile on his lips at the information. “That’s great,” he said, setting it aside. “We all knew she’d do amazing in that program.”

Anakin nodded in agreement, tracing your handwriting he had inked on his wrist. “Yeah, she told me she wrote a piece about me that her instructor really liked,” he continued, meeting Theo’s blue eyes. “Said I’m her inspiration.”

Theo laughed, looking at the passing scenery through the small window beside the table. “Tell me something that I don’t already know,” he joked. “You’re her inspiration, just like how she’s yours. Speaking of…”

He trailed off and Anakin’s small grin dropped, sensing where this was going and not wanting to talk about his inability to write at the moment. While he was happy Theo was actually talking to him, he didn’t want that to be the topic. 

“How are those lyrics coming?” 

He knew it.

Anakin huffed, slumping back in his chair. “Not great,” he replied, repeating the answer he gave you earlier when he was a total prick to you. “I can’t come up with fuckall without her here. I’ve discovered that.”

Theo gave him a weary look. “But you’re a great songwriter, Anakin, she doesn’t have to physically be here for that to still be true,” he tried to reassure him, but now Anakin felt on edge again. 

“Yeah, but it would help,” he muttered, looking out the window now. “I wish the program was a few months from now, not during the second part of our tour.”

He felt selfish again, but he couldn’t help it, and Theo understood to an extent. “I bet she wishes the same about the tour so you could be with her in London, instead of her being there all by herself,” that had Anakin’s expression softening tremendously. Theo was so aware sometimes and often thought about how others were feeling, much like you, and that was something Anakin admired about him. But before he could say anything, Theo continued, “I’m sorry I’ve been distant lately. I don’t mean to be, it’s just….”

Anakin looked over at him when he stopped talking, his brows furrowed in concern. “It’s just what?” 

Theo was quiet for a few seconds, his gaze conflicted as he tried to blink away tears. “My mom…Mary took her in for some scans or something,” he said, inhaling deeply as he met Anakin’s stare. “The results came back a few days ago and…they weren’t good.”

Anakin didn’t want to push him any further, but he could also tell that Theo needed an outlet right now, and he was more than happy to be that for his friend. “They weren’t good…how?”

Another moment of silence passes before Theo forces himself to say, “She has cancer,” 

Everything fell quiet at that and Anakin’s face dropped in dread. He brought one hand up to rub at his jaw as he tried to think of what to say, but he knew there was literally nothing he could tell Theo right now that would make the situation better. 

That was the worst outcome that could’ve happened, and Anakin felt awful. He couldn’t imagine what Theo was feeling right now, and how he had been keeping this news to himself for days now. 

Anakin felt like the definition of a scumbag at how selfish he’s been acting towards both his friends and to you. 

With a heavy sigh, he reaches over and wraps his hand around Theo’s wrist. He gives him a comforting squeeze, knowing that was the bare minimum amount of comfort he could provide his friend, but not knowing what else he could do to fix the mess he’s made of everything.

[resident-idiot-simp]

Everyone please love my new profile picture that I just made. For those who are not aware this is a bit that I have done for many many years 😔 It started with Gabriel from supernatural someone made one of these cats into him and I've just stolen it and made it for every fandom I've been in sense

Today we morn for Captain MacTavish BUT we will not forget him No no no! He will forever live in our hearts as one of the hottest characters ever made and he is still my mascot as of current.

[8-rae-rae-8]

Trick or Treat with Phillip Graves and Russell the Opossum, aka, the shadow company mascot

(U can remove Russell if u want to)

I'm so sorry anon but I haven't watched or played anything with Russel yet 😔 if you can tell me what order to watch the games in, then I'll write something new for you 🫡

(edit: I learned he's an OC and y'all aren't insane)

BUT ANYWAY

I wrote this as 4:20am so if it's shit... Y'know oh well (just under 300 words)

Trick 🎃

(cw for heavy religious themes, lots of blood and wounds (not self inflicted/metaphorical wounds (this warning is important, trust me)))

Phillip Graves always thought of himself as a religious man, for better or for worse. Figured himself smart for fearing an all-mighty being above, judging his every move.

There's no good or bad in this line of work. Friends just as common as foes. He kept that close to his chest. Any wrong move, and his friends could suddenly be what hunted him for weeks on end.

The blood on his praying hands never seemed to wash away under the hottest of waters. Phillip Graves likes to tell himself he's a good man, the blood is a testament to his determination, his loyalty to the God above and the men that depend on him for their next meals.

Wounds cut deep on his stained palms. Crimson red painted them before, but he can no longer tell if it's his own sacrificial blood, or the enemies he dared to cross. He'd bleed for his God, and weep for his men. As any true leader should—feel the loss and aches deep in his chest as he leads his lambs to slaughter. Another dead is another slash along his tiring frame, another failure to protect and serve.

Phillip Graves can no longer count the high number of unclaimed tags sitting on his wall. Does he stare in remembrance or jealousy? Too few men would ever end up going back to their families, caught dead in the crossfire somewhere that Graves couldn't call out for. Bodies sit in morgues where no one comes to claim. Will his tags sit up there someday soon?

His crimson slicked hands fold together as his knees sit on the painful tile floors. Quiet prayers mumbled to the dark room around him. His voice cracks as he mutters; "please, tell me you're listening now."

—————

Can you tell I grew up Catholic and Christian yet

[penguwastaken]

This might be the hottest take of the century but I genuinely believe that despite having like a collective 10 minutes of screen time, Monokuma is utilized significantly better in DR3 than he is in V3.

What made Monokuma work as a villain and antagonist in the early entries is that while he's silly, he's genuinely a threat and he has a consistent looming presence. There's always a feeling of helplessness surrounding him and the sense that you can't escape from him no matter where you go that balances out his comedic side.

Take DR1 for example, Monokuma feels like he's always on your back and giving you no time to be alone or in peace. It feels like he could do something horrible if you do something as simple as looking at him funny.

DR2 takes a slightly different approach. Monokuma is more lighthearted but way more chaotic. Now he feels like a trigger happy god who will do whatever he wants whenever he wants just because he can. That feeling of helplessness remains because now he feels like an unstoppable force of nature without a care in the world.

On paper, V3 attempts to do something similar, but there's one problem… HE'S BARELY IN THE GAME. 😭

Almost all of the screen time that would have been dedicated to Monokuma is now dedicated to the last minute additions that are the Monokubs, AKA the exact opposite of an intimidating threat.

Monokuma feels pathetic in V3, he feels like a washed up old man who's only there because it's Danganronpa and they need to have the mascot in it. There's no sense of helplessness because he doesn't even feel like an actual threat, he's a boring joke now.

It feels like in V3 they wanted to go for the more chaotic Monokuma from DR2, but they forgot that what made Monokuma work in DR2 is that he was a consistent presence who actually meant business.

It feels like he's only ever there either to tell a joke or to sit around in the class trials. He never asserts himself and whenever he shows up I go "oh it's Monokuma again" instead of "oh shit what does he want this time."

As the series goes on, Monokuma gets more increasingly flanderized. The twisted, sadistic side gets less and less focus compared to his more silly chaotic side, which completely kills any threat factor he once had. You can argue that this is "the point" in V3, however whether it's the point or not means nothing if it actively harms the experience instead of benefitting it.

The scene in DR2 where Monokuma tells you just how many of him there are is extremely effective at making you hopeless, it makes you feel like you lost before you even started. DR1 and DR2 have plenty of moments like these, I can't name one from V3.

Now you might be thinking: "ermmm but Pengu, if Monokuma fails in V3 because he's barely there, then how come he works in DR3 when he has even less screen time in there?"

The answer is simple, they actually do something with his minimal presence. There's a thematic purpose that actually enhances the experience.

Monokuma in DR3 is very different from other depictions in the sense that he's not even there, not just in the sense that he's prerecorded. Junko is dead and so is Monokuma by extension.

But you know what isn't dead? The memory of them.

Monokuma may be dead, but the trauma he and the tragedy left behind still remains, THAT is the consistent looming presence in DR3.

Guilt and trauma are a consistent theme in DR3, so it makes sense that the big lingering threat would be the embodiment of them. The symbol of despair.

What do I mean by this? Well just look at the first episode. Just Monokuma's mere laugh is enough to send Makoto and the rest of the room into a panic.

You know what video is used to cause every single member of the Future Foundation to be overloaded with despair to the point where they commit suicide? Why, it's a video of just Monokuma, of course.

Just when things are starting to cool down, just when you're starting to think it's all over, the memories and the despair linger.

And that's why Monokuma's minimal presence works so well in DR3 and not V3, because now in DR3 he's just a haunting memory, one that will be with you forever. Because of that, his consistent looming presence is still there even if he's not.

Note: I updated a few things to hopefully make my point clearer

[ch3rr13zk1n]

Why Preston/Clone Riggy is the hottest shorts wars character

Incase you probably don't know, Shorts wars is a arg made by a bunch of dudes that make shorts and was created because of the clone accounts ( get it?? ) that steal their content. Basically when it started there were different bunch of QR codes that popped up on their shorts and when our scanned them they took you to a video where a guy named The Boss in a unpleasant gradient says that if they don't quit making shorts and rotting people's brains then they will get replaced. While a few listened, The rest didn't. And the other stuff happened blah blah blah. Anyways i also gotta say one of the creators was a guy named Danno and uh he makes shorts (obviously i mean this is fucking shorts wars what do you expect??) and he has a mascot character named Riggy who is a blue rabbit with red shorts, green eyes and a very interesting kill count.

Also Preston/Clone Riggy didn't get the name Preston until he decided to get a new name on Phaleur's stream where he went through Phaleur's bag and eventually found his driver's license where Clone Riggy stole the name Preston and went with it calling himself " THE GREAT AND MIGHTY PRESTON!! "

Also sorry i have to highlight Preston/Clone Riggy's name in purple. There's no option to make the text dark blue ;-;

Anyways now with that explanation out of the way I'm here to explain why Preston/Clone Riggy is breedable and sexy.

He can breed. In a Danno short about if you can be invisible, Riggy was about to pull his pants down to demonstrate that you might have to be naked to be invisible. Luckily (or unluckily) Danno told him to NOT do that, Which basically says that Riggy might have a... Yknow. And then after that Riggy says " What? There was already Riggy rule 34! " ( i would've called this fanservice but i changed my mind ) so since Preston/Clone Riggy is a clone of Riggy then there's chance he has one. Since Danno confirmed Preston/Clone Riggy is canonically not anything other than a male so uhh that's something. But hey atleast he can insert something in me-

2. He's a fucking Tumblr sexyman.

"A male fictional character (often conventionally unattractive or non-human) with a particularly devoted fanbase on Tumblr." - Wikitonary.

He's unattractive and nonhuman. DUDE THATS HIM!!!

Idk about the fanbase part but yeah its him

Not to mention the other sexyman traits like being an antagonist, a perpetual smiler, glitches, dominating, a tsundere, has a theme song, powerful, HES A TUMBLR SEXYMAN. And that proves he's hot

Idk what else to say so ill just end this post with uhh

Ok guys end of the post you an scroll now!! :3

[shigayokagayama]

i feel like post claw shimazaki got a job as one of those people who flips signs outside a pizza place in an oversized mascot suit in the middle of the hottest summer on record

[kairiscorner]

Hi po! Can I request tito/tita era with Noir? Salamat!

HI POOOO YES YOU MAY !! we love tito peter sm <33

tito/tita era with spider noir (tito peter !!!)

you can't tell me this man doesn't fucking spoil kids, HE GETS BABY FEVER WHEN HE SEES YOUR NEPHEWS AND NIECES, HE WANTS TO ADOPT THEM ALL !!

he loves treating them all to going to a timezone or jollibee, even if you remind him his next paycheck is coming in a few weeks and he's gotta save up, he'll argue that he only gets to see the kids sometimes–he wants every moment with them to be joyful <3

he plays with the kids, HE'S CRAZY GOOD AT PATINTERO ????????

though he's hopeless when it comes to video games, he gets blinded momentarily by the flashing lights and abundance of colors 😭😭😭

he's the hottest tito around man, LIKE........ as opposed to the other titos at family gatherings, HE HAS THE FITTEST BOD OK he doesn't drink in the afternoon, i don't think that's his style 😔

when he gets asked for the mano po, HE GETS FUCKING SENTIMENTAL ABOUT IT, he smiles so widely and chuckles at how sweet the kid is, and then he pats their head and asks them if they want some ice cream later TEEHEE

he asks the kids if they like spider man, and if they said yes but said they like gagamboy more........ he tries not to get affected 😔

he dances with the jollibee mascot at birthday parties to get the kids joining in YUHHHH

[sergeifyodorov]

does your team have a name/mascot/theme yet? maybe that can help decide the colour pallet so everything meshes well together !

No name or nothin. It's a team in a place that gets bitterly cold in winter, so the main passion of the place is its hockey team. Think Edmonton. Or Beartown. I want the team to evoke the sort of heraldry you'd get from living somewhere where even the hottest days are still what some would consider cool.

[largerthanaveragearmadillo]

Conversation in Discord server #1: "Here is some wholesome art :)))))) If someone reacts to it with the pregnant man emoji again I'm gonna fucking lose ittt."

Conversation in Discord server #2: "My conspiracy theory is that the Damn Daniel guy was wearing fake Vans."

Conversation in Discord server #3: "[INSERT JOKE BLATANTLY STOLEN FROM TUMBLR POST THAT IS MINIMUM THREE YEARS OLD]"

Conversation in Discord server #4: "[257 CONSECUTIVE POSTS OF JEUS.jpg]"

Conversation in Discord server #5: "Estate sale save me. Estate sale. Save me estate sale."

Conversation in Discord server #6: "Yeah no but if Brazilians can double jump it would make sense for Romanians to harness the backwards long jump right?"

Conversation in Discord server #7: "If I miss another flare gun shot on a fleeing medic I'm officially killing myself."

Conversation in Discord server #8: "You have. No. Taste. The witch doctor is *clearly* the hottest character in the game. Why do you think I always rush queen bee?

Conversation in Discord server #9: "I STAY SILLY. I STAY SILLY. I STAY SILLY. I ST-"

Conversation in Discord server #10: "Yeah everybody knew they were trans. We literally took bets on how long it would take them to come out."

Conversation in discord server #11: "What if we vored the president?"

Conversation in discord server #12: "Which insurance mascot is the sexiest?"

Conversation in discord server #13: "I've already added a tax evasion employee, stop asking."

Conversation in discord server #14: "All I'm saying is that Dedede would be hotter if he could say fuck."

Conversation in discord server #15: "...and that's how I would run a religious scam better than than Joseph Smith.

[bonniehooper]

COMMUNITY REWATCH, 1x22: “The Art of Discourse”

-Oh, I hate these high school kids. God, this is reminding me why I don't like teenagers.... hell, I didn't like them even when I was a teenager.

-Yes, Jeff, the teenagers' words didn't affect you at all.

-Abed, what the hell?!

-Oh, it's an Animal House reference.

-I love how Annie and Britta assume they're the hottest girls on campus when Troy is reading off of Abed's list.

-Also, this is still their first year of college. With how many classes they take and drop, it felt like the fourth.

-There's no way I just watched Pierce pants Shirley.

-Okay, I'm already over these teenagers.

-The fact that Pierce actually thought they'd choose you over Shirley is ridiculous.

-Chang, did you steal cookies from girl scouts?

-Why does Troy and Abed have a goat?

-Oh, they stole the other school's mascot, makes sense.

-I love how they all agree that they can't make fun of Abed.

-Pierce, did you really go and sit down next to another black woman instead of Shirley? SERIOUSLY?!

-Troy: "Just pretend that you're asleep." Troy in what world would that work?!

-Jeff and Britta being excited about the idea of him banging that annoying teenager's mom is so freaking weird, but also so something they'd do.

-Wait, Annie's still dating Vaughn?

-Oh shit, his mom is just as bad as him.

-Are they really having a "Duh" off in the middle of the cafeteria?

-WHO THE HELL IS GONNA CLEAN ALL THAT UP, YOU GUYS?!

-What the hell was that ending scene?