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does-this-look-inanimate-to-you · 2 years

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the sexyman polls: who should have won?

spamton g. spamton. loki laufeyson. megamind. what do these characters have in common? they, and 29 others, were a part of the 2022 tumblr sexyman poll and the 2023 rematch. if you frequent tumblr as much as i do, you are well aware of this poll. in said poll, tumblr users were instructed to choose their favourite of two presented sexymen. it proceeded like a sports bracket, where the winners of each round were then pitted against each other.

in the initial poll, the final two were sans undertale and reigen arataka from mob psycho 100. sans won this poll. he was also featured in the finals of the rematch, this time against cecil gershwin palmer of welcome to night vale. this time, cecil came out on top. i do understand why this was the case, but i personally believe that the results should have been different.

what is a tumblr sexyman?

to explain why i think so, we need to define a tumblr sexyman. a tumblr sexyman is defined as a male fictional character that becomes wildly popular on tumblr. they are often white, tall, skinny, well-dressed, and either morally grey or just plain evil. sometimes not all of the traits apply, but i believe that the best sexymen are the ones who meet the criteria for each.

let’s look at our sexymen and see if they meet these standards. reigen is white, and so is sans in a literal sense. in my research i have not found anything about cecil’s race, as he does not have a concrete physical appearance, so i cannot confirm whether he is white or not. however, the wtnv fandom wiki states that he is neither tall nor short. sans also remarkably squat, and reigen, while relatively tall, lacks the characteristic lankiness. sans does not wear the typical sexyman clothes, though reign does. because cecil is not a physical being, it is unknown whether he dresses the way a tumblr sexyman seems to. as far as i know, neither sans nor cecil are anywhere close to evil, though reigen seems at least questionable.

all three of these characters are easily identifiable as sexymen by definition. however, there is another piece of criteria i want to discuss: popularity.

sans is iconic. even people who have never played undertale, such as myself, know who he is. alongside his theme song, “megalovania”, sans is an icon both in and out of tumblr. i cannot say the same about reigen or cecil. i hadn’t even heard of reigen before the polls, and before cecil won i was unaware of his sexyman status. out of the three, i believe that sans the most deserving of the win.

there is one character, though, that i believe to be a better option than all three of the aforementioned options. a character who meets and surpasses the expectations of what a sexyman is. a character who defined the sexyman characteristics as a whole. a character whose name strikes fear into the hearts of those who were on tumblr in its golden age.

the onceler.

why the onceler?

for the uninitiated, the onceler is one of the main characters of the 2012 film adaptation of dr. seuss's the lorax. when the film came out, thousands of teenagers latched onto him, and he became one of the first ever sexymen. he is often used as a model to compare other sexymen to, as i am doing now. in fact, the onceler is more than just a sexyman; he is also the face of an ancient piece of tumblr history: the onceler fandom.

i was not around for the onceler fandom days, but i know far more than i likely should. essentially, the onceler’s fanbase wanted to ship him with a man, a common tradition of tumblrinas. an issue arose from this, however: there were no men to ship him with. this did not deter the fangirls, though. they essentially split him into two people. one of them was simply called “the onceler”, and he was the kind and innocent persona shown by the character at the beginning of the film. the other one was known as “the greedler”, representing the greedy side of him. the fandom made countless pieces of fanart and fanfiction the two of them being romantically and sexually involved. eventually, this evolved into multiple “onceler-sonas”, who were essentially just ocs whose names ended in “ler” and partially resembled the original character.

the fandom died out after a while, but the onceler lives on in the memories of thousands. there are few tumblr users who can hear the opening notes of “how bad can i be” without feelings a shiver down their spine. the onceler is an icon of tumblr’s prime.

and yet, he didn’t even make it to the finals.

why didn’t he win?

the onceler was, of course, a part of the sexyman poll. he made it into the semifinals both times, but he had been up against sans. sans is what i like to call “onceler lite”. he has many of the onceler’s qualities, even being a part of aus in which he was shipped with different versions of him.

sans is a more well-known character by most people, and there are many who weren’t there to witness the terrible glory of the onceler fandom. sans, though, has persisted as a popular character over the seven or so years since his debut in undertale. if you don’t know the importance of the onceler to tumblr’s past, then you would be more likely to vote for him instead.

conclusion

i can’t change the results of the poll, and i can’t deny that the winners didn’t deserve their places. both sans and cecil were good choices for winning. the poll seemed like more of a question of “who’s your favourite sexyman?” and less of a question of “who is the quintessential tumblr sexyman?” if the results had been up to me, though, i would have chosen the onceler to win in a landslide.

#please note that i'm not upset with the results at all #i'm very happy for the winners and their stans #why did i spend time on this #tumblr sexyman #tumblr sexyman poll #sexyman poll #sans #sans undertale #sanssweep #mp100 reigen #mob psycho 100 reigen #cecil palmer #cecil gershwin palmer #wtnv cecil #cecilsweep #the onceler #the onceler fandom #onceler fandom #koda life update

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ms-demeanor · 4 years

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Just because capitalism is bad doesn't make rioting a good or effective means of change.

As much as I hate cops I feel like it pretty much proves my point to START with the article in the cop magazine about how the Rodney King riots changed policing in LA:

Shortly after the riot, Chief Willie Williams was sworn in as the first outside police chief in 45 years. The voters created a new system where the chief could serve only a five-year term, renewable once at the city's option. On two occasions so far, the city has sent the chief packing after five years.

(Police Mag April 2012)

Here’s Anaheim City Councilman Stephen Fassell talking about changes after riots in Anaheim due to police shooting people:

We now have a representative government that we did not have before. We now have a city government that listens more. We’re only six or seven months into this, so we still have to learn our way around. Overall, the city is taking a renewed interest in that neighborhood (Anna Drive) and others. Neighborhoods, in general, have higher visibility in the eyes of the city government from one end to another.

(OC Register, July 2017)

Here’s some historians talking to Vox about rioting:

The 1960s unrest, for example, led to the Kerner Commission, which reviewed the cause of the uprisings and pushed reforms in local police departments. The changes to police ended up taking various forms: more active hiring of minority police officers, civilian review boards of cases in which police use force, and residency requirements that force officers to live in the communities they police."

This is one of the greatest ironies. People would say that this kind of level of upheaval in the streets and this kind of chaos in the streets is counterproductive," Thompson said. "The fact of the matter is that it was after every major city in the urban north exploded in the 1960s that we get the first massive probe into what was going on — known as the Kerner Commission."

(Vox, September 2016)

This is from an abstract of a study done on the 1992 LA riots

Contrary to some expectations from the academic literature and the popular press, we find that the riot caused a marked liberal shift in policy support at the polls. Investigating the sources of this shift, we find that it was likely the result of increased mobilization of both African American and white voters. Remarkably, this mobilization endures over a decade later.

(American Political Science Review, 2019)

There’s a whole-ass article about this in Jacobin this week

Even the case of the 1960s is more complicated than the liberal story about scared white Nixon voters suggests. For one thing, there is substantial evidence that the riots led to higher government expenditures in the deprived cities where they erupted. James W. Button’s pathbreaking 1978 book Black Violence documented the ways the riots forced policymakers to pay attention to the effects of their policies on the urban poor, a group they had been happy to neglect previously. At a time when many social scientists viewed even protest movements as a kind of mass psychosis, Button showed that riots were a rational response to being ignored. Later research showed that riots could increase welfare expenditures, even in areas where white racism was strongest. In other words, even if riots pushed white public opinion in a conservative direction, they also brought important benefits to the areas where they occurred.

(Jacobin, June 2020)

And here is the full 17-page PDF of an article published by the American Political Science Association in their journal, I’m linking to the whole thing but I’m only going to reproduce the conclusion here:

We focus on violent protest as a political tool for a low-status group in the United States. While other scholarship has examined other forms of political action and asked if it is efficacious for racial minorities and other low-status groups, the scholarly literature has largely failed to ask whether rioting is a useful tool for building policy support, even though, from the perspective of the rioters, this question is paramount. Here we show that violent political protest can spur political participation among people who share an identity with the rioters.

Although it often seems extreme from the American perspective, political violence is not isolated to particular regions or eras and is still common in many parts of the world. Moreover, the implicit threat of violence underlies the relationship between governments and citizens in many places. As the use of violence continues to be an active feature of our political system, our findings and approach may help future scholars better understand this important topic.

(American Political Science Review, June 2019)

And also just because riots may or may not be politically expedient doesn’t prevent them.

I want to talk for a second about the concept of a state monopoly on violence.

The deal is that in most states (here meaning countries or governments, not US States) the State (or government) is the only entity that is allowed to be violent. You’re not allowed to break down your neighbor’s door, your partner isn’t allowed to hit you, you’re not allowed to smash your boss’s windshield. The state and its agents are the only things allowed to be violent and their violence is supposed to be used to curtail societal violence. The cops outnumber your partner and have the legal power to lock them in a cage if your partner hits you, this is in theory supposed to prevent your partner from hitting you. Fear of state violence is supposed to act as a deterrent to crime and interpersonal violence.

BUT there are supposed to be rules. The state is the only one allowed to be violent but they’re not allowed to be wantonly, willfully violent. The state doesn’t get to hit you with no evidence of a crime, the cops aren’t supposed to smash in your windshield, sheriffs aren’t supposed to break down your door if you haven’t committed a crime that warrants a violent response from the state.

The state isn’t holding up its end of the bargain.

The state has lost its right to a monopoly on violence.

Yes, the violence is unfortunate. Yes, the violence is not ideal. No, I’m not applauding when people set fire to local businesses.

I am maybe applauding a little when they set fire to a massive corporation that has utilized the violence of the state against citizens while working hard to protect itself against workers (Target) and I’m applauding the destruction of symbols of inequality and institutionalized racism (Rodeo Drive in LA and the Market House in NC and all the statues of racists on this list) and I’ma be real here, I kind of always think police stations should be torn down brick by brick or forcibly converted into libraries or low income housing.

So while the violence is not ideal I don’t think that it’s illegitimate. The state has lost its right to a monopoly on violence and a violent response is certainly one way to make that point.

But here’s the other thing:

All these riots started with peaceful protests against state violence. There are thousands of photos and videos of peaceful protestors peacefully protesting and having speeches and asking for change.

And there are hundreds of videos and photos of cops launching tear gas and rubber bullets at these peaceful protestors. There is a staggering amount of evidence that in city after city police escalated tensions and introduced violence to peaceful protests.

(and please let’s remember: all of this started in response to an act of police violence. These riots didn’t fall out of a clear blue sky, they are a direct reaction to four police officers killing a man by kneeling on his neck for eight minutes while he begged for his mother and his life. That is, in my opinion, something completely worth burning down a police station over even if that act never accomplishes anything further than burning down that police station)

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hijitae · 3 years

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HijiTae Poll #2 Results

Thank you to all those who voted in the second HijiTae Blog Poll! This poll closed on January 31. Here are the results:

I expected the majority of votes to go to “Thought about them and their moments while reading/watching Gintama” because that’s how it usually happens. And, wow, did Sorachi ever surprise and bless us!

“Read fan fic about them” and “Through meta posts” were the next couple of reasons to gain the most votes. Fan fic for rare pairs is a blessing; not every rare pair is lucky to have even one. There have been a few meta posts over the years, sometimes found as brief comments in old forum topics in places like Yorozuya Soul, Crunchyroll, and others. I’ve written a fair amount myself, and I’m glad they have helped to bring in new fans.

Next were the reasons: “Discovered fan art featuring them”, “I love shipping rare pairs”, and “Through fandom edits”. Luckily, HijiTae fan art has existed since forever, basically, though quite a bit has been lost over the years as old fan sites went offline. Some artists have re-uploaded to Pixiv now, some to DeviantArt. I’ve commissioned two HijiTae art pieces among the latest batch of new art. Hope we get more fan art soon!

I completely relate to those who voted for “I love shipping rare pairs,” because so do I. I have plenty of other faves in different fandoms. I love going against the norm, going with my instincts on possibilities, and thinking outside the box. Sometimes, it’s just more fun to go that route.

Fandom edits, like gifs, fan vids, and more -- here I want to give a special shout-out here to @arirna, who has contributed much to the HijiTae fandom with gifs. Thank you so much! I’ve no doubt that those gifs of yours and other fandom edits have brought in more HijiTae fans.

“Other reasons” also had the same number of votes. No one came forward to share what other reasons got them into HijiTae. I think I covered all the major reasons – although I did forget to include old HijiTae fan listing site as an option. It lasted from 2007 to 2009, if I recall correctly. It was started by an old friend of mine, and I have her to thank for being the first to provide a place for HijiTae fans to gather in the international fandom.

“Through the HijiTae Tumblr blog” (yay!) and “A friend got me into them” were the last reasons to receive votes. I’m glad my side blog has introduced someone to HijiTae, because that’s one of the reasons I created it.

“Through general fandom discussion” didn’t receive any votes, but I’m not surprised – you mostly see the same crop of ships pop up in general discussions and rarely anything that deviates from the norm. HijiTae doesn’t even qualify as a “Pair the Spares” kind of thing since they’re both tied to more popular ships. Fewer people will object to spare, “leftover” characters being paired together since the new ships won’t interfere with the popular ships of majority preference. Unfortunately, not everyone is open to different or unpopular ships, so I don’t blame people for not bringing their rare pairs up in general discussions. I know from experience.

Well, that was a fun poll and useful for determining how people find their way to HijiTae. Thanks again for voting! Please feel free to make new content for this tiny fandom – art, fic, edits, etc.

#gintama #hijitae #shimura tae #hijikata x tae #hijikata toushirou #shimura otae #tae shimura #otae shimura #otaehiji #hijiotae #taehiji #hijikata toshiro #toshiro hijikata #hijikata x otae #tae x hijikata #otae x hijikata #土妙

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perlukafarinn · 3 years

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I posted two polls yesterday, asking who is your favorite potential love interest for Dean besides Cas and vice versa. I’ve tallied the votes for both polls and reblogged them with the results and some commentary but I thought it’d be nice to gather them in one post, plus some extra thoughts from me below the cut.

Potential love interests for Dean:

Benny (116). And yes, correct.

Cassie (77). Also correct. A few of you pointed out that Dean should have gone to her in season six instead of Lisa and are you wrong?

Victor (34). Tbh I wasn’t expecting Victor in the top three but I am very happy with all of you!

No one (28). Very Cas coded of you, very sexy.

Crowley (25). This is the one I feel like the character in question would be the most upset about. Only number 5??

Bela (13). I’d also like to interject that demon!Dean/demon!Bela should have happened.

Lee (8). Good for him, I guess.

Jo (5). I don’t know if I’m surprised by Jo’s ranking or not.

Donna (4). This one had a lot of support when her first episode aired, if I remember correctly.

Tessa (3). Good for her, I guess.

The rest got either one or two votes. With two we’ve got: Aaron (surprised he didn’t get more), Anna, Ash, Cain (very disappointed he didn’t get more), Deacon, Garth, Ketch (uhhh), Rhonda Hurley.

One vote: Balthazar, Daphne (lowkey feel like the two people who picked them read the question wrong), Donnie, Lisa (I also don’t know whether to be surprised by this ranking or not. On the one hand she’s Dean’s longest running textual love interest. On the other, they kinda forgot to give her a personality beyond ‘love interest’ and ‘mother’), Lydia (????), Me (lmao), Michael, Mick (also ???), Robin, Ronald (ngl I had to look him up), Sam (😶), Sarah Blake (this voter did admit they might be projecting) The Impala if it turned into a guy (this one might have the most canon support), That one hot desk officer from season 1 you know the one I mean (I don’t).

Potential love interests for Cas:

No one (33). I was expecting this option to be high up but not number one! Quite a few people specified he should be a single parent but what I really appreciate are the few of you who wrote dissertations in the tags on why this makes sense for Cas’ character.

Meg (26). Correct and very sexy.

Mick (25). I’ve seen like one episode with Mick so idgi but good for him!

Balthazar (6). Thought he’d get way more votes?? Idk might be my bias speaking.

Sam (6). Love the one of you who specified that Cas should not like him back.

Luca (4). Okay so there is a canon character named Luca who is a priest but I’m pretty sure y’all mean the Luca from In the Shadow of your Wings by ao3 user Enochian Things, who is also a priest (esp since a couple of you did say he’s not a canon character) and who actually meets Cas.

Benny (3). It should be noted that two out of three of you wanted to include Dean in this ship.

Crowley (3). Just as with Dean’s list, he’d be very insulted by placing so low.

Hannah (3). Hannah got three votes, two specifying in a male vessel and one just specifying “trans”.

Kelly (3). Makes sense, as she is the mother of his child and they have a friendly relationship. Also makes sense this didn’t get more votes since they have no chemistry and she is a republican.

These all got two votes: Djinn queen, Me, Pastor Sexy.

And now, a special category of those with one vote from people I’m pretty sure read the question wrong: Cassie, Lisa, Ash, Victor.

Another special category of Dean alternates who got one vote but don’t count because they’re still Dean: AU Dean, Amnesia Dean, Dean Smith.

And the rest all got one vote: Dabb-era OC, Hypothetical guy from centuries ago (from one of those times Cas’ mind got wiped), Jesus Christ (asdjifsdkl), Miguel from The Love Story of the Runner-Up by ao3 user Margo_Kim, Sergei (???), That angel dude who wanted him for his hands (okay who and what episode).

Okay so what jumped out to me immediately was “no one” topping Cas’ list (it placed pretty high on Dean’s list but Benny, Cassie and Victor still beat that option handily).

A lot of people straight up did not like the thought of Cas with someone else (very Dean coded of them) but a lot of others just couldn’t picture it. Which I think can be attributed to none of Cas’ relationships with others being all that developed on the show, besides with Jack which is obviously not romantic. Tbh there aren’t a lot of deeply developed relationships on Supernatural that don’t include Sam or Dean (and lbr, mostly Dean).

People were also explaining their choices a lot more in the Cas poll. Idk what that means but I just thought it was interesting. There also wasn’t a consensus on Cas’ sexuality; while Meg and other female characters got votes a lot of other voters said they see him as gay and can’t picture him with a woman.

Most delightfully surprising result: Cassie taking second place! Honestly, it’s what she deserves. And Victor in third! The taste!

Most expected result: Benny winning the Dean poll in a landslide.

Most surprising low placement: Balthazar only getting six votes in Cas’ poll. I thought this ship was more popular but that’s probably my bias speaking since I happen to like it.

Funniest vote: Those three of you who wanna shoot your shot with Dean/Cas. Go for it, I’m rooting for you!

Favorite specification on a vote: “Meg in a deeply lavender marriage way”

#spn #dean #cas #long post #results are probably skewed by the polls receiving a very different number of votes #but whatever this was just in good fun

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1kook · 4 years

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THE RESULTS !

i have to say thanks bc i didnt expect a silly poll to get 400 VOTES IN 2 DAYS 😳she is shocked! flabbergasted! poquito shy👉🏻👈🏻 also, i started doodling on this pic of jk. the colors reminded me of the results wheels in the poll. so of course an obnoxiously named poll needs an obnoxiously colorful/ugly banner so here we are <3 with the power of justice and claire’s retail stores across the nation, i present to u this....

anyway, you’ve all seen them but after 400 votes (again, wow!!!), here are the FINAL RESULTS FOR THE 1KOOK JK BEAUTY PAGEANT ELECTION SEMFINAL QUALIFYING MATCH (YUP THAT’S RIGHT) !!!!

☆HOTTEST JK IN THE 1KOOK NOCHUVERSE.... netflix & chill jk! with a landslide win. he amassed 192 votes (48%) which is nearly HALF of all who voted. as to be expected of the most fic having, kink trying, movie obsessive, girlfriend loving jk. long live the king <3 our bae skirt chasers comes in second, only barely beating out swsh 😨

☆MOST LIKELY TO SURVIVE AN APOCALYPSE.... explorer jk with 236 votes!!! honestly, makes sense. this man from outer space he’s probably witnessed the most unimaginable shit. the hunger games? already happened on planet h-57 -_- come on now

☆WHICH VAGUE JK IDEA DESERVES ITS OWN FIC? model jK! with 167 (41.8%) of the votes. honestly, this one was also not a surprise because he is our most popular hypothetical jk rn... concert jk im sorry u deserved better....

☆WHICH JK WOULD YOU BEAT UP IN A FIGHT? the most controversial question probably and it ended up being a TIE -__- baecation and church boy both received 149 votes for this (idk why the % is weird) and the two main reasons why were 1) u wanna rob baecation and 2)u can easily win against church boy. YALL R FUCKIN EVIL!!!!

☆WHICH JK CROSSOVER MAKES THE MOST SENSE? the blue option ( aint typin all that out again -_-)!! no surprise because that one included the three most popular jks so of course the hoes wanna see them win

☆BEST JK TO QUARANTINE WITH nc jk (wow! im so surprised!!!11!1!) wins 55% of the popular vote, beating out zoom jk whose... entire... arc... is... quarantine... (embarrassing)

☆BEST COLLEGE JK.... DESERVED! skirt chasers jk aka our original blueprint jk, wins this one with 213 votes! surprisingly, however, zoom jk takes second 😨 despite having a 2 part baby series with no smut

☆JK THAT DESERVES MOST SCREENTIME.... we dont talk about these jks bc um. yeah anyway 🤠 milestone jk aka our first ever... 1kook jk.... (soungs of cryeing) wins this one but just BARELY

☆AND FINALLY, IF NC JK SUDDENLY DROPPED DEAD, WHO WOULD BE THE RIGHTFUL HEIR TO THE 1KOOK NOCHUVERSE? skirt chasers jk of course 🤩

anyway!!! ty for everyone who voted im still really surprised that 400 of u voted for this stupid poll 😭 i had a lot of fun seeing the results change and the justifications people gave, so hoepfully we’ll do another stupid poll like this in the future!!!! it was very fun and made me very happy to see so many people interact with my ideas anew /.\

#poll results #the jks

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famedroleplayarchive · 3 years

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As promised, here’s an admin update post. This addresses several topics you all probably knew were coming and might have been waiting for the answers on, as well as some other topics, additions, and changes! Please take your time to read this thoroughly, and thanks again for four years of Famed! There’s a lot here, so take your time reading it.

URL change

The main blog’s URL has changed to famedroleplay. Some links are still being updated, but if you notice anything still links back incorrectly after a week or so, please do let me know!

Faceclaims

After hearing out the opinion of everyone who shared theirs regarding banning faceclaims involved in bullying scandals and taking that into consideration, face claims will be banned if they are linked to outside crimes or severe such as sexual assault, molka, or bullying in connection to suicide / suicide attempts. This means the initial ban on actor Kim Jisoo and April members Kim Chaewon, Lee Naeun, Yang Yena, Lee Jinsol, and and ex-member Jeon Somin remain in tact.

Bullying allegations not linked to these outside factors will still be grounds for someone to be allowed to ask to change a faceclaim before their faceclaim change waiting period is up, though, if they are uncomfortable continuing to use a faceclaim because of bullying allegations. If a faceclaim leaves the industry and/or removes themselves from the public eye for the foreseeable future for any reason, they are also still unusable, but this rule was already in place.

As for how this will affect parts of the roleplay other than faceclaims, please see the section further down about Element. Two April songs (”Oh My Mistake!” and “Love Clock”) were previously used for the first season of base’s COLLA3ORATE. These will be retroactively replaced with Elris’s “Jackpot” and “Like I Do” respectively, but if you had a muse involved in “Oh My Mistake” and would prefer to remove them from COLLA3ORATE season one entirely, just message me and they will be removed. I assigned the lines trying to match the positions and line distributions up similarly, but if your muse was involved and you’d like to keep them in “Jackpot” but want to switch to an untaken position, you’re welcome to request that as well. Otherwise, any references to that can simply use those songs instead now.

Element update

Due to the recent allegations involving Somin, a major revamp of Element has had to be conducted. After discussing the situation with the current muns of the group, the past model discography of Element has been replaced using Checkmate, K-Tigers Zero, and Lucky J, and they will be making their final comeback on April 12. After those promotions end, Element will be disbanded and the members will re-debut later in the year in a boy group, Quicksilver, with model groups of Ateez and Treasure and a girl group, Marigold, with model groups of BVNDIT and Melody Day with two new members each. The Element spots have been reopened, but the new positions in the new groups won’t be opened until after Element have finished promoting. This will be a major plotline for the roleplay and Gold Star in particular so expect to see it brought up in schedules and in some articles on the Exclusive blog as the storyline unfolds.

The new debuts in Quicksilver and Marigold will be available on May 13.

Fuse’s model discography update

Thanks to everyone’s suggestions, I was able to find two groups to add to Fuse’s model discography that I felt could align with their sound, direction, storyline, and positions enough to be happy with for now. These groups are Cherry Bullet and Weki Meki. The updated line distribution can be found on Fuse’s page.

There are other groups I’m looking into adding onto the model discographies of, but Fuse was the most urgent, so they’re the only official update I have today!

Canon soloists

Ultimately, after the poll, more people voted to remove canon soloists than to keep them, and they are officially being removed from the roleplay.

Those discographies previously used for the soloists will begin to be open for points claims at midnight/12AM EDT on April 12.

With the removal of canon soloists, the plan is to allow a solo music career to become a more prominent claiming option, and there are plans for some additional claim options to become available in relation to such a career, but those will be added and addressed at a later time.

As for storylines linked to some of the soloists, this is how those will be retconned:

BC Soloist 1: Instead of BC signing and debuting a known Gold Star trainee, BC hired a high profile creative director from Gold Star known from working with Gold Star since their inception and had worked on some of their most defining comebacks and announced she would be taking over as one of the company’s main creative directors. She has since worked on conceptualizing several group’s comeback as well as most heavily on Chroma’s pre-debut project.

Dimensions Soloist 3: Instead of Dimensions buying out a small and brand new company created by a crew of popular music producers with one soloist who they transferred to their label, in early 2020, Dimensions bought out a music production company that was created by a top music production team with several rising producers signed with them and made the producers in-house producers for Dimensions. Since then, the new producers have helped to produce several hit Dimensions songs since.

While Gold Star Soloist 1 no longer exists as an IU stand-in, Gold Star still had an incredibly popular and loved NPC soloist as one of their first artists that helped give their name prominence. At the beginning of 2021, she announced her departure from the agency to create her own label, citing her reasoning as feeling she needed a more focused environment than Gold Star’s growth could provide. There are rumors she was alluding to dissatisfaction with Gold Star’s recent management and gossip that Gold Star was pushing for her to pursue activities in overseas markets she wasn’t interested in.

Anyone who had a feature or MV appearance claim on a soloist can contact me and let me know whether they’d like to just drop the claim (and, if a points claim, recollect those points), keep it as a claim in an unspecified work, or try to replace it with something else. The following muses had claims this applies to:

Features:

Cha Kyonghwa (Kami) (app claim) Kang Sunghee (app claim) Park Jaewon (points claim, 10 points) dropped! Choi Joosung (Sun) (points claim, 10 points) Moon Chaeyeon (Dita) (app claim) Park Duri (points claim, 10 points) kept as unspecified!

MV appearances:

Kim Kyongmin (Alice) (app claim) Ryu Jaein (points claim, 5 points) dropped! Seo Minjung (points claim, 10 points) points reclaimed! Moon Chaeyeon (Dita) (app claim)

Points shop updates

There have been a few updates to the points shop!

Firstly, the nation’s title claim checklist now requires a headcanon on the muse’s image and how it relates to their claims and career to be completed. This is just so I can see a mun’s own intentions for how everything ties in with their image. This headcanon shouldn’t focus on the title itself since that isn’t ever guaranteed for approval, but the muse’s general image as the mun has shaped it. The viral moment requirement for a nation’s title is now also specified to need to relate to the image involved in the desired title.

In the wake of canon soloists being removed, I’m planning on being a little more strict regarding music claims aligning well with positions.This applies to both individual songs and whole discographies. Still, the intent is to be reasonable. Chungha having a rap-like verse in “Bicycle” won’t require someone to have a rap position to claim it since it’s not a lot of the song and she’s not known as a rapper, but I also wouldn’t approve a muse whose most prominent position is main rapper or a main dancer making their entire discography IU releases since IU is primarily a singing-focused artist.

There used to be a rule requiring that muns seek admin approval before claiming songs written by deceased artists, but that rule has now been removed. Keep it respectful, though, please. If any issue arises with muns breaking the fourth wall in relation to these songs to be disrespectful about a real person’s passing, that claim may be revoked and the rule may be reinstated. Songs performed by deceased artists still cannot be claimed.

There’s also a new claim available — a YouTube variety show or talk show. Please see the variety page for examples and more information, but note that this is separate from both a reality show claim. I’ve tried to specify the difference, but if you’re ever unsure which one what you want to claim would fit into, feel free to ask! Both will now be uploaded in-’verse to base’s Youtube Channel. Likewise, there has been a small change so that future radio show claims are now through base Radio, a radio streaming application (think Naver Now).

Company building pages + Pinterest

I’m currently working on pages that give more detail on the layout of the company headquarters. They aren’t quite finished yet, but I have created a Famed Pinterest account for those of you who find more muse visually or who are into visual worldbuilding! One of the sections on the boards there gives a rough idea of company building visuals. There are group concept boards as well, so if you’re struggling to decide where your muse might fit, looking at those might help you if you’re more of a visual person. No one is required to follow it and I won’t be answering messages or anything of the sort there, but I thought it might be a helpful way to visually convey locations and concepts! I’ll make a small post to let everyone know when the pages with in-depth information on the company buildings is available.

Activity rules updates

I mentioned there’d be a few more touch-ups to the activity rules to fill in loopholes that have been around a while, so here they are.

- There is now a formal hiatus request form that must be submitted to request a hiatus. Simply sending the main an IM that you want a hiatus will no longer qualify as a valid request and it will not be processed.

- There will no longer be a week-long grace period after a hiatus ends. You are responsible for being active for the next activity check after your hiatus ends.

- The maximum length of a hiatus is now three weeks (and the minimum one week). The initial hiatus request maximum is still two weeks with one week extensions, but extensions may not be stacked to exceed three weeks total without a passed activity check in between. If you can’t be around for a longer period of time, it might be best to rejoin at a later time when you’re more available! In total, a mun is allotted a maximum of four weeks of hiatus over any twelve week period.

- If a muse reaches three activity warnings in a month, they will be automatically moved to the unfollow list on their third warning instead. If a muse is removed and refollowed three times over the course of six months, they will not be able to be re-followed again and will have to re-apply.

New points opportunity

As of this post going up, muses may now collect one point for every first closed thread with a new muse after it has reached ten posts. This will no longer only apply during events and the ten post requirement is new. Members should be interacting with new muses all the time, not just during events, so it felt right to adjust this accordingly. This applies only to threads started after this post goes up.

Chroma

As schedules have been made quarterly, all remaining Chroma roles will be made available for reserves and applications in at midnight/12AM EDT on April 12.

Suggestions + Feedback

I want to end off this post by reminding everyone that I’m always taking suggestions for events, tasks, etc! I plan on opening an official suggestion submission blog at some point down the line, but I’m happy to take suggestions through the ask box or submit if you have any. I’m also open to feedback as well. If you do send in either of these things, please specify if you’d like a reply from me, since sometimes I might be naturally inclined to keep a message simply giving a suggestion or idea without any questions instead of responding to it.

Thanks for reading this very long update! There are more additions to the roleplay in the works, some I’ve hinted at here and some I’ve not, but I hope Famed’s fifth year is able to be its best one yet!

#fmdadmin #queued post

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crystalelemental · 3 years

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The best solution to all this brave nonsense with colors is if Marianne ends up with Blutgang. Her OG form alredy uses anima magic, and although a backup, she also has a healer alt in the game. That'll let things open for both Marth and Eirika to see who gets the Staff and who gets the Tome (or end up being two tome units, one green and the other colorless, since Starlight doesn't have an element attached to it). Gatekeeper's definitely taking blue, so that's out of question.

Okay, I need to say this now or no one will believe me later: I don't think Marianne will have Blutgang in her Brave. We all assume she will because her base form didn't, but consider this.

Her base form was planned before CYL5 ended, and they had no way to know the outcome. So why hold off? Prior, we all expected base form Blutgang because of Annette having her relic, but that's like one character. Ingrid has hers too, but Ingrid can obtain Luin pre-timeskip, while Annette was not. So this was entirely based on Annette. But Annette showed up in March 2020. Which means she was in development prior to CYL4's results, and before they knew how severely Three Houses would dominate the poll. Meaning they likely gave it to Annette anticipating this would be her only form ever, barring seasonals.

But they know better by Marianne. Three Houses dominated the rest of the series in unprecedented ways, and they've pandered to it so hard that all but one student is in the game, as are half the church and NPC characters at this point, less than two years after Three Houses released. And it continues to do so. We're getting unnamed NPCs outright winning CYL, even if it was through bullshit. They know this sells, and by all metrics they're right; FEH had it's first increase in profits by following this. So why wouldn't base Marianne have Blutgang?

Because now they know they can make her timeskip version and she'll still sell like hotcakes. Blutgang will be on timeskip Marianne one day, mark my words. Her Brave alt will likely be a healer since she's known for her healing ability, though she could take green tome due to her association with light magic (which could also be blue, but that's less likely). Marianne is the only one who can tech into any color and make sense.

Gatekeeper, by comparison, is almost definitely armor. BST will increase, such that armors hit 190BST. And he gets a PRF skill, which will definitely be his B-skill, and likely be buffed Obstruct to hard counter the current AR L!Sigurd/Nott meta. He'll also have Far Save, as the first introduction of that skill to the general pool now that they have more options that can Windsweep/NFU through it. So consider: are they really going to make him a lance, and have him compete with Bector over who's the better Far Save user? Keeping in mind that this would essentially come down to what kind of nonsense they give him to compete with Bector's armor effectiveness negation and removal of debuffs. Either Bravekeeper is irrelevant on arrival, or Bector becomes irrelevant, neither of which is good. Similarly, he won't be axe, because same issue but Bedelgard. The most open and obviously available niche he can occupy as an armor is sword. Take after Byleth and have that be a connecting point, and make him a sword armor with Far Save. No conflict with the other two popular Braves that way, and can still be a massive threat.

Which leaves Marth and Eirika. If Blue and one of Colorless or Green are left, then I'm confident Marth would take blue. Either through Starlight as a light magic tome like some people want, or with a reference to Caeda's Wing Spear. I actually feel relatively confident saying he might even be flying if they go with the Caeda connection, since no Marth alt has blue or flying yet. Yes that means lance flier, but there's always one that's a bit too oversaturated in the movement type department (Alm with sword infantry, Edelgard with axe armor). That leaves Eirika with the color Marianne doesn't take. I think it's more likely she gets green, in which case it's most likely Excalibur. I just hope she's on a horse. I think she will be. Much like Saves, I'm anticipating Marianne and/or Eirika to be the main pool introduction of Trace skills. It's been long enough, and more than likely IS will want those skills made more easily available on units that players want to merge instead of fodder.

So, my final guess before the reveal later this month:

Bravekeeper - sword armor, signature B that buffs Obstruct and packs Far Save, as the AR meta counter

Marth - I'm sticking with blue lance flier, fully aware he could be blue tome infantry. The lance flier seems more likely as a reference to Caeda.

Marianne - Most likely colorless for her healing support, definitely on a horse that will likely be Dorte. Strong possibility of green for light magic. I'm actually going to guess her signature skill will be a C-slot, maybe a buffed Recovery skill.

Eirika - Most likely green, guessing Excalibur in that situation. Really hoping for a cav mage, since flying and infantry green mage is very much accounted for. I do see people saying bow and I'll be fine with that but I want Excalibur.

As a last note: it is possibly the theme is deep connections. Bravekeeper referencing Byleth, Marth with Caeda, etc. In such a situation, Fado and Ephraim are pretty impossible references for Eirika, because Fado's accounted for with Bephraim, and lance is accounted for in Marth. So my guess is they'd reference L'Arachel and make Eirika the healer, while Marianne would reference Hilda and possibly get an axe. I'm sticking with my first answers, but I want everyone to have this as by backup answer I didn't pick so you can laugh at me if this one's correct.

#fire emblem heroes #cyl5 #brave eirika #brave marianne #brave gatekeeper #brave marth

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elgaberino-mcoc · 5 years

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JUBILEE

Jubilation Lee

Update Upon Release

SUCCESS! Jubilee’s Champion Spotlight has been published for January 2021. Thanks for your support, Summoners!

FINAL MCOC WISHLIST RANK: #10 most-wanted champ

CHAMPION SPOTLIGHT https://playcontestofchampions.com/champion-spotlight-jubilee/

EDITOR’S REVIEW The community asked for a lot of things for this champ, and MCOC came through. Flavor: perfect. Bright pink, yellow, and blue with the proper colored fireworks animations, and a jubilant, youthful attitude. Her mechanics are similar to the way the community envisioned. Things we got right: energy basic attacks, a variety of non-damaging utility debuffs, Prowess. Differences: speculation that she might be a plasma champ, like Havok, was empty: the word “plasmoids” comes up in her Spotlight, but it is apparently only for flavor. Instead her energy plasma damage gives her alternating Shock and Incinerate DOT debuffs. ImagineJim’s idea for persistent charges did not end up in the build, but the persistence of her pre-fight mode selection isn’t totally dissimilar. It is not known whether anyone in the community expected a mode-switching champ. My ideas for light-based debuffs like Dazzle or Fleeting Blindness didn’t happen. My thought she might reduce the effectiveness of her opponent was exactly right, including my suggestion she would reduce Accuracy, which she does by placing Concussion. But she also does it through Suppression (combat power dampening), Slow (disabling Evade and Unstoppable), and perhaps most appropriately Taunt (increasing Special chance). ImagineJim’s idea, that she could consume her Prowess effects came true, but she does it to increase S3 damage, not to Power Gain, as Jim supposed. The “Slippery Mind” trivia piece, that Jubilee is telepath resistant or immune, slipped through the cracks. There’s nothing about Telepathy immunity or resistance in her Spotlight.

ORIGINAL MCOC WISHLIST POLL (RANKER.COM) DESCRIPTION Probable Class: Mutant (1980s Classic) and/or Mystic (Vampire); #X-Men; Plasma-light blasts look like fireworks. Youthful, exuberant animations. Brightness/blinding/flashbang/dazzle. Telepathy immune.

FULL DESCRIPTION OF PAST SPECULATIONS

High-Level Champ Idea

A playable Jubilee in Marvel Contest of Champions would be Mutant Class. While she has been at times depowered and became a vampire, she’s quintessentially a mutant character.

There are few more colorful, iconic looks among the X-Men than that of Jubilee, with her bright fuchsia accents and electric canary yellow trench coat matching the X-Men logo. She would likely have brightly colorful character design and fireworks attacks, with body language that expresses exuberance and youthful style.

In terms of utility, Summoners would expect a myriad of Energy Damage options, and maybe some kind of sight impairment, Distraction, or Plasma.

In terms of synergies, she should pair up with Wolverine and the 1990s X-Men blue team. Other sparkly-shiny female champs could include Dazzler and Karolina Dean.

Jubilee in Other Games

She’s been in many games, including most recently

Marvel Super War, Marvel Puzzle Quest, and Marvel Future Fight. Update December 2020: she has been teased for Marvel Strike Force, which means she’s now in all the major Marvel mobile games except for MCOC. She was also in the Marvel mobile deck-building games Marvel: War of Heroes and X-Men: Battle of the Atom, and games on other platforms including Marvel Heroes, X-Men Legends and Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (1998).

Jubilee and Summoners

She enjoys more than 100 mentions in the Wishlist 3.0 thread on the message boards. She has more than 900 upvotes on the MCOC Wishlist Poll on Ranker, having lived in the top 15-20 on that list for a very long time.

Jubilee is also a fond favorite of the UMCOC Podcast’s celeb host, Dragon, and a favorite of several other well-known content creators. MCOC Futurism Society member TheRealApoc reacted to the announcement in 2020 of The Summoner’s Choice Champion Vote event: “the champion that should be on that poll is for my @McocSociety team member @umcoc_Dragon . . . is Jubilee!” Profile image creator Universal Soldier has also done a piece or two based on the idea of an MCOC Jubilee.

How Summoners Imagine a Jubilee Kit

Summoner HankSpector suggested some synergies here.

The original write up by Other MCOC Gabe, from the MCOC Wishlist Poll, was as follows:

she is an energy-output champ with really fun implications for game animation: fireworks. She can Blind opponents with harmless but bright flashes, or detonate explosions to cause serious Armor Break and Energy Damage. True to the comics, her mind would also be Immune to telepathy.

Content creator ImagineJim, who makes very popular and widely-circulated fan builds of different characters, finally posted his build on June 14, 2020. The editor of this blog, Other MCOC Gabe, collaborated on the build. This is the fan build Jim posted:

In a Theory Thursday feature in June 2020, Other MCOC Gabe tweeted a fan idea for a brightness debuff that Kabam could call “Dazzle,” or something similar, and listed Jubilee among future champs (such as Living Laser, Monica Rambeau, Moonstone, and obviously Dazzler) who could introduce this debuff.

NEWS

Keep an eye out for other blog entries focusing on Jubilee variants, such as her vampire and Tech-class variants.

January 4, 2020: Jubilee’s Champion Spotlight has been published.

December 28, 2020: the official MCOC Twitter account has teased Jubilee for January 2021, announcing her in the v29.2 release notes!

December 3, 2020, Jubilee was teased by Marvel Strike Force’s Twitter account. Her release in MSF would leave MCOC as the only major Marvel mobile game still not featuring Jubilee.

September 29, 2020, Jubilee has broken back into the top 10 on the MCOC Wishlist Poll on Ranker.

On March 6, 2020, content creator umcoc_Dragon, who helped design the 2020 International Women’s Day Boss Rush event, said that “If Jubilee had been an option? She would have been selected!”

On February 25, 2020, Gabe said that of imaginejim’s three 36-character grids, “about 15 of those are in our plans one way or another for the next couple of years.” He did not clarify how many of those 15 were from the original 36-character #jimgrid. (I hashtagged the mystery champs the #mcocjim15.)

On February 14, 2020, Kabam’s creative director Gabriel Frizzera commented of Twitter-user imaginejim’s grid of 36 requested characters (which I afterward hashtagged the #jimgrid for reference, and which included Jubilee), that “a bunch of those” were planned for champ development.

#jubilee #blind #x men #x men the animated series #dazzle #imaginejim #JimGrid #mcocjim15 #Plasma #brightness #light #Asian #Asian female #Chinese #mcoc class mutant #character spotlight

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kewltie · 4 years

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omfgggg pregnant!deku. imagine where no. 1 hero is not only an omega but is pregnant and it's still early in his first trimester so he's running around kicking ass but IT'S DEKU so ppl frets and worry over his safety that even villains r like uh i dont wanna mess w/ that. deku is like ridiculously popular & well like even among criminal bc he believes in 2nd chances & rehab of the criminals/villains & fight for disenfranchised youths who fell on the wrong side of the track. so yea, they fight against him but they're also kinda soft for him!!!

so when they found out their fav hero is pregnant & still patrolling there's like some super-secret nonverbal agree among them that they won't stop doing what they are doing but like,,,, nobody fucking touch deku ok or you'll deader than dead. which is ALL KIND OF HILARIOUS bc deku coming to a bank robbery & the criminals doesnt stop their crime but when they fight him, they're like super careful w/ him making sure he doesn't get knock back, fall, or hurt himself too much.

when deku finally captured them and as they're about to taken away, they happily congratulated him on his pregnancy & ask if he'd thought of names yet & one of them is like, "oh, when my husband was pregnant eating X & Y really help with the nausea." and izuku is like,,, thanks???

there's like so many ppl invested in deku's pregnancy that it bizarre bc he's not the first or the last omega to ever be pregnant but he's deku, prohero, no.1 rank, and symbol of hope. all that means is there's a hyper fixation on everything about him esp now that he's pregnant. talk shows, news channel, & celeb gossip show are all talking about it one way or another. whether he's should take an early leave of work or not bc of the danger of his job, the baby's sex, his pregnancy craving, bump watch (I KNOW), & even a countdown to his due date.

the entire country is in a baby fever just bc of deku. everybody talk obsessively about it & even if you find that one person who does not care they def know someone who does. all this happen while deku just go about his day like all of Japan isnt watching his every move lol. the strangest thing about deku's pregnancy is that there's no sign of the other parent?? deku isnt even dating anyone. he never mention any alpha AT ALL, only declaring that he plans to raise his baby all by himself as a single parent which blew their fucking mind bc wtfffff.

look, deku is the most famous omega around, sitting high atop of the world as the no. 1 hero & is adore by the mass--he's greatest omega of his generation some would say so yea there's lot of expectation & hope place on him but deku is deku & he does what he wants. ppl speculate that maybe he's pregnant bc he had a one night stand and this was accident, maybe he has been in a secret relationship all this time, maybe this baby was from a spurned lover or WORST yet a produce of rape... LIKE there's so many rumor swirling around but the answer is actually v v v simple. deku has always wanted a child and since he's nearing 30 right now, he thought it's hightime he has one and the other father? JUST A DONOR. it's nothing serious or complicated as ppl imagine to be.

deku wants a kid and now he has one!! but ppl just can't comprehend how it could be that simple when the most notoble omega in all of japan decide he wants a kid W/O having a mate and he's going to raise this baby all by himself and nope he's not even going to quit his job at ALL to have a family. deku is just--blowing their mind lol

the world doesn't so much get over it as they just kinda get dragged along bc deku does not give a single fuck wut other think and proceed to be immersed in his pregnancy and try to survive the next 6 months while everyone waited on bated breath to see what deku does next. the only thing that stick is the constant rumor mill of who is the donor of deku's baby. they assume that deku wouldn't just pick a stranger bc he's sentimental like that so speculations run amok about every alpha that is closely associate with deku.

there are public polls, betting rings w/ billions on the line, televised debates, internet flame wars, and ACTUAL ARGUMENTS B/T FAMILY/FRIENDS/COWORKERS on who the fuck is deku's donor! even more than deku's baby, they're fucking obsessed on finding out who is the actual donor. the thing is it's not THAT big of a secret. all of class A are in the loop, his mom know (ofc), and even his agency but they all managed to keep it a secret bc deku's privacy is the utmost important & beside the other father would literally MURDER them if it ever get expose.

this is how it went: bullied by his pr team, deku went on a variety show where they have to babysit kids & put through various childbearing challenge while cameras record them for entertainment purpose. It's there when deku realized "ah, I WANT THIS. I WANT THIS V BADLY." deku is climbing close to his 30 now, he's well established presence in the hero world, and his life is pretty stable so it's high time he have his own little family but the thing is babies are two ppl business. they don't just come from thin air so deku did the next best thing.

katsuki would like to say he didn't see this coming the same way you would not expect to be attack by a shark on land, but in this case deku is that fucking shark & katsuki is the idiot that get completley blindsided by him when deku cornered him one day and asked for his sperm.

ok, bakudeku aint dating. they have deep & complicated history that is not only confusing o everybody else but also confusing to them. 'friend' would be to light of a word but anything else is left undefined bc how do you explain more than 2 decades of w/e they are to each other. katsuki doesn't want to talk about the amount of time he'd used image of deku to get off while in rut just so he can survive through it, while the next few days trying to resist punching deku in the face bc he act like a sacrificial idiot who got a cross he wants to bear.

it's not 100% healthy his therapist unhelpfully pointed out but the core of all his volatile feelings have always been named deku & katsuki doesn't know how to compartmentalize it properly bc katsuki may have squashed to something small & insignificant but it's heavy & permanent. so when deku laid his fucked up request at katsuki's feet, he broke the table they were using and nearly walked out if deku didn't catch him by the arm in time.

"kacchan, pls here me out first," deku begged of him, his sweet permeating the air; he's NOT PLAYING FAIR AT ALL. whoever said alphas are the dominate sex in the world have never met an omega, a determine goal focus omega with babies on the brain like deku.

"kacchan, recently i realized that im only getting older so i want a child when i still can," deku explained. "so won't you help me? i know settling down right now is the farthest thing from your mind, but im not asking you anything like that," he continued as katsuki quietly fumed in the background. "i just want your help in making this selfish wish of mine come true. you're among my top choices, kacchan."

Katsuki jerked up. "wait, you mean to say there's a fucking list of alphas you plan to extort their sperm from?" he seethed, feeling like deku had took a goddamn knife to his pride and butcher it completely. "how many other ppl have you asked before you even came to me?!"

"im not extorting anything from anyone." Deku frowned. "and, well, you always lectured me about diving head first w/o any backup plans," he pointed out, "so i made sure to leave several options open just in case the first one fell through. see? i did thought this one thru."

katsuki nearly broke another piece of furniture at the thought of deku asking someone else to father his child as though he was just another face in a long list of ppl deku could use. "What did every alpha on ur shitty list rejected u already so now have to come to me for help?"

deku, who was no.1 for a reason, narrowed his eyes and the air crackled around them. "kacchan, this is extremely important to me so i wouldnt just chose anyone. i only know a handful of alphas i can trust and someone im happy to share the other half of my child with. you're the 1st person that came to my mind when i thought about a child growing inside of me," he said, wrapping his arm around his flat tummy. "despite our many differences you're the one i admire the most. your strength & ambition, grounded by your strong drive & work ethics. the fact that you got where you are w/ your own hands & wits to guide you, i think you're just amazing. so how could i not want those kind of qualities for my own child," deku explained. "im sure a child born from half of your genes you will shine just brightly as you do."

katsuki felt so taken back that found his tongue heavy and words were escaping him. on one hand he felt a rush of pride and a strange sensation of happiness that deku had specifically chosen him out of his potential candidates bc of the greatness he had seem in katsuki but he'd also narrowed katsuki out not bc of some sentimental bullshit or lingering feelings but he thought of providing his future child with the best gene pool as possible so his child can flourish. it's a damn ego busting for katsuki but deku was clearly a man on a mission.

katsuki hesitated and thought what it would mean to have a child out there who carry a lil part of him in them; it's unnerving and humbling at the same time. he never thought of it himself but deku had dream of this, wanted this so badly enough to beg katsuki for help.

"alright," he said finally, not knowing exactly what compelled him to agree, but the look of utter happiness spreading across deku's face as he can barely contain his joy. a single word from him had caused deku's word to shift and rearranged itself to make room for another life.

and that's how katsuki got con into helping izuku make a baby lol. but, really katsuki was the one who agreed to it out of his own will bc he's an idiot & also terribly whipped; omegas are the ones ppl should be frighten of bc once they make up their mind it's hard to move them. they're an unstoppable force, something to be reckon w/ esp when that omega is the no.1 hero who fought his way to the top of the rankings and maintain that status quo for many years despite how many times katsuki tried to topple him from that perch LOL.

katsuki already lost the war before he'd even put a foot down on battlefront the moment deku'd opened his mouth & demanded his sperm AND HE KNEW IT TOO. so that was how katsuki found himself preparing to empty his balls in front of a two-way mirror in a mating clinic bc of deku. omegas, esp males, are the most fertile when they're in heat & when an alpha go in a rut, but the both of them have this arrangment that's more of a duty than any feelings involve bc they cant risk getting mix up in the hormones. this is for deku & his future child!!! so the clinic had prepared a large room w/ two way dividing mirrors& open air vents circulating b/t the two rooms so they can breathe in each other scene where deku can have his heat on one side and katsuki can watch BUT NOT TOUCH and get his rut on so he can produce sperm.

it's uh, not supposed to be v sexy since it's all clinical & shit but bakudeku being bakudeku they nearly tear the room apart to get to each other in heat/rut madnes. deku had blushed earlier as he asked to be bind with quirk restrictions cuff just in case he go crazy which HE DID. at first the nurses there was more worry about katsuki going crazy and out of control bc he has been known to fall pretty high on the alpha aggression and they fear it would be katsuki who would be dangerous; BUT NOPE it's deku all all along who almost broke the REINFORCED MIRROR just so he can get to katsuki!!!! DEKU WHO PPL SOMETIMES FORGET IS LIKE THE NO. 1 HERO FOR A REASON. soft and sweet deku who single handedly can fuck you up with just his fingers if he want to. he's an omega on a mission and he wants that knot up his ass AND HE WANTS IT NOW.

the nurses & docs have to use everything in their toolkit to pull bakudeku apart. when it's all said and done, katsuki embarrassingly produce buckets of cum enough to last deku a looooooong long time if the first one didn't take lol while deku couldn't look at katsuki in the eyes. they are both horridly embarrass about their 'not mating' and their action toward each other there even though they never actually touch each other through out the whole heat/rut procedure. despite the fact that they DIDN'T HAVE ANY SEX, it was still the hottest exp for both.

katsuki never seen more more feral and fierce omega who nearly broke the entire room just to get to him, in that moment if katsuki wasn't in love already he would have been half way there and izuku didn't expect KATSUKI AT ALL. the way he had handle izuku was completely diff. in izuku's heat fever, katsuki was the lone anchor who'd provided him grounding. he tried to calm deku down from his ramp up hormones even though he was as clearly affected as deku. forceful but not unforgiving, commanding not unyielding, firm but gentle.

it was electric.

it was as though izuku was a wild animal unleashed and katsuki managed to tamed him and he never had even had to raise a single finger to do it. it was all in his words that cut through izuku's hazy feverish wants and desires. the kind of alpha that made deku's knees weak.

after that, they have wordless mutual agreement to never talk about it. deku got the sperms he wanted and katsuki had finally fullfiedd his obligation and isn't responsible for deku or his future child. HE'S DONE. they dont have anything to do w/ each other anymore. RIGHT??? ha.

it's funny bc izuku had his hope on a child but didn't think it would take so soon! he'd thought he would fail a few times first before he get really lucky w/ conception bc of his age now that he's older, this 'psuedo mating' can't replace real mating, & biology is fucking weird. even the fertility doc couldn't promise this procedure to insert bkg's sperm in him when he's still got in a heat fever will work 100% and if they fail, they have to wait for another HEAT to come before it could work. which mean months of waiting in b/t so izuku is desperate. BUT it took one try. THAT'S ALL IT TOOK as izuku anxiously waited for the news in next couple of weeks. he took at home pregnacy tests and when hall 3 results were positive he'd cried and called his mom but even then he didn't tell anyone bc he was so scare it just was a fluke.

he'd kept this secret until he finally got the visit to his doc and could get the firm confirmation he needed! when the doc revealed that he was indeed pregnant, izuku fell to his knees in relief bc finally, FINALLY, his dream of having a baby had came true. he's a father now!!

the doc had warned that the first trimester would be rough on him bc of his age and miscarriage is more likely for him than most male omega. maybe he should consider taking an early pregnacy leave bc of the danger his job poses to him & the unborn baby. deku had agonized over it. ultimately, he decided to continue w/ his hero work but won't take on as much stuff as before. he plans to be more careful & attentive to his safety, and defer his more dangerous work to his colleagues instead. all his friends and coworkers go out of their way to help him w/ this

izuku got an entire community of heroes WHO DO THEIR BEST TO ENSURE HIS PREGNACY GO SMOOTHLY bc look izuku may be doing this alone but HE'S NOT ACTUALLY ALONE bc he got his friends, colleagues, and mom to support him through this bc they know how much this means to him!!

katsuki was one of the last to find out but only bc deku plan to see him in person to tell him bc katsuki HAD GIVEN HIM ONE OF THE BEST GIFTS (beside OFA) and he wanted to thank katsuki in person but class A are a bunch of gossip mongers so he found out through their groupchat. it started as a joke about katsuki & his super seed bc what a fucking stud bakugou katsuki to have ONE TRY and is able to knocked izuku up so quickly lmao. w/e the fuck katsuki is doing or eating, apparently it works wonder for him bc one of his sperm luck out & hit jackpot. his so called friends cant stop ribbing into him for knocking up deku so quickly bc they know from deku's worry that it wasn't going to be an easy conception but IT'S BAKUGOU KATSKUKI, outdoing himself once more bc he never does anything by half, not even his own sperm lol.

izuku met up with katsuki right outside his agency bc he knew wassup and how to corner katsuki effectively by trapping him when he just high off his patrol when he least expect an ambush esp when he was too busy avoiding izuku's attempts to reach him bc of COMPLICATED FEELS.

it's not cowardice that kept katsuki away, but izuku was the source of all his confusing feelings already & now w/ the news that he's carrying katsuki's child now it'd gotten worst. izuku, though, was nothing if not persistent. he zeroed in katsuki right away w/ purposeful steps.

"kacchan, i'm so glad to meet you here," izuku says as though he hadn't coordinate this w/ katsuki's coworkers, who are all SOFT for izuku anyway lmao, to get katsuki alone JUST LIKE THIS. katsuki knew he was caught bc every one his friends & colleagues are FUCKING TRAITORS.

"what," he snapped, clenching the hands at his side as he tried to keep his gaze from izuku's still very flat tummy. it's weird to think a life was quickly taking shape there when it's not like izuku looked any diff but he smiling more brightly & warmth coming from his person. was this what they call the pregnancy glow? bc deku was fucking blinding that katsuki wanted to shove his hand to deku's face to block it out.

"what you want," he demanded again even tho they both know why deku was here.

unperturbed, deku smiled. "im pregnant now so thank you. you'd helped fulfilled one of my biggest dreams & im ever so grateful for it!" he continued, rocking happily back & forth on his heels but the words barely registered katsuki kept staring at the way deku's body swing out & he opened his mouth before he could think better of it.

"should you be even moving liek that ?" he asked BC SINCE FINDING OUT IZUKU IS PREGNANT HE LOST HIS MIND. as soon as the words left his mouth he knew he was a dead man walking.

izuku leveled him a glare so fierce that he actually took a step back w/ chills running up his back. "kacchan i may be pregnant but im not an invalid," izuku said with the sharp edge of a smile and thinly veiled steel in his voice. the scariest part was that he hadn't drop a single smile but the ominous threas was there. "do you want me to show you how much of not invalid i am?"

katsuki scowled, face pinching at the thought whether this was just the usual deku's bs or this was deku's bs + the pregnancy hormones that get him so rile up. either way, katsuki no matter how much of an ass he was, he wasn't going to punch a pregnant omega to prove a point.

"fine, that was dumb sorry," he said, scratching the back of his ear in annoyance. "so was that all you wanted to say?"

deku's eyes crinkle in amusement as katsuki's scowl deepens. "yea, i just wanted you to hear the news from me personally and expressed my thanks."

"i'll take good care of them," he said softly, a stray hand caressing his stomach carefully. "I promise i'll be good to them so you dont have to worry."

katsuki paused and then, "I know," he said bc he does. deku was going to be a good parent w/o a doubt. That is a truth.

deku's eyes light up at katsuki's words and there was a hint of wetness in them that katsuki had the unnerving fear that he was going to cry right here and katsuki's entire agency going to charge out & murder him for making a pregnant omega, THE PREGNANT OMEGA DEKU cry in public.

"t-thank you," he sniffs, but THANKFULLY NO ACTUAL CRYING INVOLE, "it makes me so happy to hear that you in believe me. i won't fail you, i swear!" he said it like he was making a vow for world peace or some shit bc of how serious it had sounded but this was important to him.

"yea, okay," katsuki said, looking away bc got this entire conversation was agonizing bc here he was talking to the person, but not JUST ANY RANDOM PERSON, who is carrying a baby w/ half of katsuki's dna & they're not fucking each other. like,,, that's fucking weird okay.

"that's all i wanted to say," deku told him, fully aware how uncomfortable this talk was making him, "so I won't bother you anymore." he gave one last smile and turned to go but KATSUKI WHO SHOULD HAVE LET IT END THERE found himself opening his mouth and grabbing deku by the arm.

it was careful, a firm but gentle hand placed his forearm like deku was glass that stopped him for a moment. "if--if," katsuki said, swallowing around a stone in his throat, "you find yourself needing anything, call me ok? ANYTHING i dont care just call me and i'll be there."

a slow but the brightest fucking smile he had ever seen bloom on deku's flushed face. "ok, i'll let you know," he replied, bc this was KATSUKI PUTING HIMSELF OUT THERE AND WANTING TO GET INVOLVE IN IZUKU'S PREGNACY even tho deku had given him a clean break from it. HE CHOSE THIS.

katsuki doesn't know what he was thinking then but the words slipped passed his guard before he can stop it & now he fucking doomed himself, doom himself to 3am late night calls of deku crying in hysteric at his home bc he ran out of some rare hard to find fruit bc CRAVINGS. so now katsuki had to dragged himself all the way across town to hunt for this shit. the morning news of that day was hero ground zero harrassing shopkeeper in the FUCKING ASS'S OCLOCK FOR SOME FRUIT AND DEMANDING IT NOW FOR W/E REASON, WHILE LOOKING SO FURIOUS & UNHINGED.

look, it's not like deku doesn't have an entire network of ppl to reach out to if he ever needed anything bc they would even laid down their life for him but even when he's cursing a storm trying to get deku's his midnight craving, he's so relief it's him that deku called first. besides, he firmly knew wut he had signed up for the moment he had opened his mouth. offering is help in the pregnancy process was him choosing to get involve and commit to deku & his (god fucking damn shit, he can't think of it as *theirs* bc that's too dangerous) baby. and bc this is bakugou katsuki and he never does any by halves so even though he may have been reluctant at first but now that he's firmly on board he's going in full throttle w/ no break in sight. katsuki dumps all his $$ on pregnacy & prenatal care books.

he read papers, argued on pregnancy forum, & even harassed his parents on it just so he can come at this like a fucking boss bc while he has full faith in deku to put the safety of the fetus first but also HE DOESN'T FUCKING TRUST DEKU TO PUT HIMSELF FIRST which is just as import. deku has the self-preservation of a damn child & he can't expect a *child* to take care of himself so KATSUKI OBVIOUSLY GOT TO DO IT FOR HIM. so he make diet plans, prepare prep meals for deku ahead of them, annoyed deku's coworkers to watch out for him lest he does something stupid. he make it his firm mission that this pregnancy will go smoothly as possible so even when he's running errands for deku, getting his weird ass food craving, and taking deku to visit his ob-gyn, sitting in the waiting room anxiously for any news in case SOMETHING GO WRONG.

He even drives himself crazy learning about the things a pregnant person can't do/is at risk of doing & he doesn't know how anyone can fucking take this for 10 months bc it's like walking on a precarious tight rope. it's scary & humbling and he just want deku & the baby to be ok.

there are still crimes and villains to wrangle, and the world keeps on spinning; nothing really change all that much now that deku's pregnant but katsuki finds himself personally accolating his precious time and energy toward deku & the baby. he became one of those *PEOPLE*, ugh. he never got it even when his friends had popped out spawns of their own. he wasn't going to get dragged down by biology & all that general bullshit about settling down. he's at the top of his game & prize to take over deku's position as no.1. he got no time for playing family.

yet here he is standing in the middle of a fucking baby store, staring down a damn baby crib and having a melt down. who the fuck knew that baby cribs come in so many fucking versions and THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY OF THEM. he thought he had come prepare but no this was toughs shit. he only saw this store in passing while on a patrol & thought he should drop by but the next thing he knew he got trapped here for three fucking hours just looking at baby cribs. he already got several people walking passed him, eyeing him weirdly as he internally freak out.

there are ridiculous amount of info floating on the internet about crib buying guide like the bars could only be certain inches apart, non-toxic paints, diff kind of mattress, safe headboards, etc etc. all of that to ensure the baby doesn't fucking DIE bc babies are like FRAGILE.

he calls deku & as soon as he picks up, the first thing katsuki says is, "last year, there were 1,842 babies death due to sudden infant death syndrome."

a long pointed pause, and then, "oh geez," deku answers, "where are you? I'll be right there, okay? don't go anywhere!"

#bakudeku #not!fic #sperm donor au

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