#I have one more ask to answer. but send me more anyway

[suiana]

80s yandere bully and reader who's more than eager to show him what it means to be a student in the current age.

it starts out like any normal day. you're at your locker, scrolling social media because you have nothing better to do while your friend yaps to you. all seems well, until it isn't. why? because there, in the middle of the corridor, stands a guy that looks like he belongs in some Disney movie. to be specific, he would most likely be casted as the jock bully.

pale skin, blond hair, blue eyes that look like they're staring into your soul, and that red varsity jacket that shouts peaking at high school...

"hey nerd! why don't you hand me all your lunch money?"

pause.

you look up, one eyebrow raised. wow, even his voice sounds like some stereotypical disney bully. you look around, trying to find the hidden camera. none. this... this youtube prank is kinda well made, you've got to admit.

"uh... double it and give it to the next person."

yeah, that should do it. you go back to scrolling your phone, feeling satisfied in your answer. mhm, that's right, it's probably just some stupid prank anyway.

but all you got was a mocking laugh and a hand coming up to cage you by the locker.

"what? what nonsense are you spouting dummy? I'm asking for lunch money! why don't you hand it over?"

oh... it, uh, sounds like he's serious huh? you awkwardly scratch at your neck, placing your phone into your pocket. hm...

seeing him closely, he does have some scratches and bruises. ah, you see.

"look man, I don't have any cash on me right now. do you accept cashapp? paypal? apple pay? i can send some money over. i know times are tough right now, with the economy and stuff."

he must be poor, that's what you deducted obviously. i mean, lunch money? you feel bad for him, he seems to be suffering more than you.

but if anything, he looks almost offended?

"what?" he gets into your personal space, teeth bared at you. "are you taking me for some joke, nerd?"

"aren't you like, asking for money? I'll give it to you. gotta hit my daily good person quota for the month."

"you-!" he hisses at you, cheeks turning a light pink. you're confused, lips pursing. well, he seems... that he doesn't need money?

"well since you're so smart... why don't you do my homework for me?"

he then shoves a stack of papers at you, face desperately trying to hide the nervous quiver of his lip. damn it...! what's going on?! he knows he travelled into the future but... but he didn't expect this! this... this arrogance! no one would've stood up to him back in his time! what on earth is this?!

unfortunately it's only getting worse.

"dude just use chatgpt, I don't have the answers to these. matter of fact, I don't even take this class."

his jaw tightens.

"so? do it for me! if you don't... well I'll just publicly humiliate you tomorrow!"

a snort.

"kinky, I'm into that just so you know."

he lets out a frustrated groan. what the hell? just... just what is going on?! he's trying his best to intimidate this... this awfully adorable looking nerd but it's not working at all! not in the slightest!

he's using all his best tactics but it's no use in the face of you. just what the hell do you want him to do?

"you're lowkey kinda a loser and that's my type. you wanna date?"

he swears he feels his heart stop. a... loser? him? this 80s bully quickly looks around, trying to figure out if you're talking to someone else or him. no one. he feels that tight knot in his stomach relax. just... something about hearing you date someone else makes him uncomfortable. jealous.

isn't that weird? he just met you. is this love at first sight?

"don't you dare call me a loser you nerd!"

"sorry my man, you just act like one."

he shoots a glare at you, hands fisting. calm down, don't show them how much they affect you. he pushes away after clicking his tongue.

"urgh! just you wait! I'll be back to show you who's in charge, nerd!"

and then he stomps off, leaving a trail of papers in his wake. damn, did he even realize he was doing this in a public server? there's so many people around.

meanwhile you're just left there with one question.

"so are we dating?"

[ecto-phool]

[in Justice league meeting one of first times being fully introduced, directly after cyborg]

Cyborg finally recovered, clearly dizzy and clutching his head, “why do I want a book about gorillas?”

“Wait- purple back gorillas?” Red Robin gets interrupted before cyborg can respond

“Who are you and what are your goals with hacking into cyborg” Batman demands the disembodied voice that had been coming from cyborg.

“First of all- you’re welcome. I was not hacking cyborg I was killing the program that HAD hacked him. It was complete happen stance that I even saw the alert and realized I could help.” The voice was now coming from the main monitor of the watchtower.

“How did you get access to this computer.” Batman demands again

“Dude after getting through the stuff oracle set up for the bat computer? I could do this in my sleep.”

“Who are you.”

“Uhhhhhhhhh you can call me pharaoh.”

“Wait pharaoh? THE PHARAOH! YOU FUCKER STOP SENDING SONIC MEMES!” Red Robin shouts

“Red Robin you know this person?”

“No just that he has completely gotten into the bat computer just to send shitty memes and horrifically incorrect conspiracy theories.”

“There was a breach in the bar computer and you didn’t think to tell me”

“I may have done that first but everyone else has too.” Red Robin completely ignored Batman to turn back to the monitor. “What’s the fucking deal with purple back gorillas!”

The resulted in a long suffering sigh followed by a slightly muffled response, “my greatest achievement and worst mistake, it was code to get rid of one of our rouges but now I can’t get it out of almost every code I create I have no idea what I did to do it and I have never managed to do it again or get rid of it! I made it in high school! In the middle of an attack with like three hours of sleep! Why is it the most powerful thing ever!!!

…

Anyway it annoys me to no end, if it keeps bothering you actual read up a bit on purple back gorillas and it should go away.”

“How long have you been in our system?” Wonder Woman asks

“The league…a couple hours the bats like a year, your guys’ security really is top notch no one has gotten even halfway through your stuff, completely venerable to ghosts but the security I added should take care of that!”

“Where do your allegiances lie?”

“Uhhh with phantom…I mean you guys are great, but in terms of heroes that guy has taken on shit just as bad if not worse than y’all and he’s completely on his own. I mean I’m cool with you guys but if my friend meets you she might either punch you or give you a talking to about distress signals and answering calls for help…actually knowing her it will be both at the same time…”

The justice league seemed to be prepared to jump in with more questions and demands but before anyone could break their shock pharaoh spoke again

“Oh shit the ghost alarm just went off I have to go see what that’s about, anyway your welcome for the save and Red Robin I’ll message you later! Toodles!!!!”

“Please don’t—” but the click of the disconnect interrupted RR

“Ghosts is a Constantine thing right?”

Short DPXDC Prompts #682

Tucker finally gets his hands on a Wayne Tech phone. It’s far more powerful than his PDA. The universe trembles in fear with what he can do with just a little upgrade.

[aeribbon]

bf ollie bearman x f1 interviewer!reader

starring; ollie bearman x f1 interviewer!reader

warnings; english isn't my first language and its not proofread (yet)

navigation masterlist request

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who 100% flirted with you on camera before even daring to ask you out, ''“you ask the hard-hitting questions, don’t you?” he asked one day “depends. do you give good answers?”. you didn’t mean for that to sound flirty but you absolutely did.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who makes your life harder as you painfully try to be professional during interviews, "ollie, how do you feel heading into Sunday ?'' you questioned, ''well pretty good since someone promised me a dinner if I got into Q3". he smirked as you tried your best to not blush on camera.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who lingers after post-quali/race interviews are over, waits for everyone to leave to have a few minutes with you before heading back to his motorhome.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who is always softer when answering your questions and people are starting to catch up on it.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who lives for the tiny mic you clip into his collar at every start of the interview. ''you're taking so much time because you like being that close to me'' he jokes one time, ''I like a clear audio thank you but I might think you do since you won't stop moving'' .

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who before dating you, used to observe you in the media tent, learned you favorite color based on what you'd wear, which drink you took while getting prepared for the interviews.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who asked you out for the first time by asking ''is it unprofessional to ask you out right now'' while your cameraman turned the live on, ''indeed it is but later you can'' you quickly answered making his blush.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who always gives content for the fans to ship you guys, someone even tweeted ''ollie looks at yn like they're a pole position", it did numbers as people answered with compilations of the stolen glances you exchange in the paddock and media tent.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who caught you watching one of his interviews one night and teased you about it, ''you reviewing me'' he said jokingly. ''im studying my body language actually". he answered making you fall more in love with him "then i should probably show you what i look like when i’m in love".

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who recognizes your voice before even seeing you in the media tent. he'll even sometimes look for your eyes in mid-interviews.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who sends you pics of him asking you to use them for your written articles, you keep remembering him that you're not his PR but you still end up using them anyway.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who asked you to be officially his girlfriend after scoring his first points in the haas

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who looked at you like you've said something so stupid after you nervously asked at the start of your relationship if all the teasing was just for the media, for show. ''I'll never use you to fake anything on track, or off. you're way too precious to me for me to do that'' he reassured you.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who sneaks off during pre-quali to find you and get his good luck kiss. your ''I'm gonna get a quick coffee'' and ollie's ''I'm gonna take this call really quick'' when you're actually secretly sharing a 5 minutes break and stolen kisses at the back of the paddock.

⋆˚࿔ BF!OLLIE who calls you late at night when you're not in the same hotel room and you have extra work to finish before the next morning, ''why did your team booked you a room to the wrong hotel, I hate this, next time, I'll be the one booking your hotel''.

[team-free-avengers]

A New Team 5

Summary: It’s been a few months since you and Bucky moved back into the apartment and things are great until you decide to invite everyone over for dinner to share some news.

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader  

Warnings:

Word Count: 2194

Things have been quiet since you and Bucky left the tower, it’s nice to have your own place the two of you can escape to after a mission. There hasn’t been much activity lately so there hasn’t been a need for you which is a good thing for everyone involved. Yelena has been trying to figure out a plan for Valentina and Bucky has decided to help her while you continue to sift through the files, so even without missions everyone has been busy.

It has been a while since everyone has had a real break so you decide they are all coming over to the small one bedroom apartment you and Bucky share for a nice family dinner. You have news to share with them anyways so it’s the perfect time. Most of the day is spent preparing food and trying to rearrange furniture so everybody has a seat with the help of Bucky of course.

Everything is going perfect and according to plan until you notice you forgot to get any drinks, trying to trick yourself into thinking you just overlooked them you look once more before releasing a deep sigh.

“What is it?” Bucky asks from the living room area in concern.

“We never bought drinks for tonight, all we have in here is milk and water,” you explain walking to the island where you can see him better, “You wouldn’t mind going to get some stuff would you? They should be arriving within the next half an hour and I have to watch the food.”

“Of course I don’t mind, did you just want me to run to the liquor store or stop somewhere else as well?” he asks as he goes to grab his wallet and keys from the dish by the door.

“Stop somewhere else just in case someone doesn’t want alcohol,” you answer walking towards him for a goodbye kiss before he’s out the door and you’re returning to the food on the stove.

You don’t notice how much time has passed until there is a knock at the door pulling you from your thoughts, “I’ll be right there!” you call, turning off the stove before you head to answer the door.  

As you open the door you are greeted with the sight of Yolena, Ava, John, and Alexi all waiting huddled in a group around the door frame, “Hey! I'm so sorry I lost track of time, come on in guys,” you say apologetically stepping aside to let everyone in. 

“Where’s Bucky?” John asks, looking around the living room expectantly.  

“He went to get some drinks since I forgot to get them apparently. He should be back any minute, he left a while ago,” you explain, pulling out a tray of cheese and crackers while everyone waits, “we can just snack on this until he gets back.”

Another ten minutes goes by everyone casually talking and snacking, but you are beginning to get nervous about where your boyfriend could be. A knock at the door interrupts everything and John stands to answer it for you, “that’s probably him now and he just forgot his key.”

As he is undoing the lock you remember Bucky took his key so there is no reason he would have to knock, “John waite!” you call out walking towards the door yourself but it's too late, he's already unlocked it.

Whoever is on the other side forces the door open sending the two of you backwards and onto the ground forcefully. Your head smacks off the corner of the end table and black spots begin taking over your vision as you attempt to not pass out. You have to shake this off and help everyone. You have to find out what is going on with Bucky, now is not the time to lose consciousness but it doesn’t matter because soon enough everything is black.

When you come to you’re tied up with your back pressed against Yelena’s in the middle of some dimly lit room. Instantly you begin fighting with your restraints trying to untie both of you and waking Yelena up in the process. 

“What is going on?” she questions now trying to break free herself. 

“I was hoping you could tell me, the last thing I remember is trying to stop Walker from opening the door but he was already doing it when I walked up,” you explain, finally freeing one of your wrists and beginning to work on the other. 

“I don’t remember much, we heard a bang and I went to investigate but on the way there was this gas. It must have made me pass out since after that I remember seeing these men in all black coming towards me but nothing else,” Yelena explains just as confused as you are. 

By the time she is done you have freed yourself completely you turn to help her, “Do you think Valentina has to do with this?” 

“I don’t see why she would keep us together if that was the case. If she wants the files or any information it would be smarter for her to keep us separate.” 

“That is true but let's be honest, when has Valentina been known to make a smart decision?” you retort as you examine your surroundings trying to find a way out since the door is clearly locked. 

“Well she saved her own ass by telling everyone she was our team founder,” Yelena says with a shrug, searching the other half of the room opposite of you. 

After what felt like forever but was probably another ten minutes of searching you both give up on finding a different way out and instead decide to come up with a plan for when someone comes into the room. You’ll use your powers to disarm whoever comes through so Yelena can take their weapon and you can find everyone else. At least that is what you both intended but you weren’t expecting three people to come through the door. 

You took down the first person no problem and turned your attention to the second person making their way through the door hoping to buy Yelena enough time to get to guard number one's gun. The second guard falls back into the third pushing both of them to the floor in the hallway with a large thud drawing the attention of anyone in the area. Looking at Yelena with wide eyes as more guards make their way down the hall the two of you dash through the doorway nearly tripping over the guards passed out on the floor. 

Unsure where to go you look for an opening in the now forming crowd and pull Yelena with you in that direction, “pretty soon they are going to have alarms going off and more people looking for us, right now it just matters that we get out of this area then we can worry about where everyone else is and how we’re going to get them,” You explain sending guards and different workers flying out of your way as you go down the hallway when an alarm goes off almost as if on cue.

“What if they are on this floor too?” Yelena questions slowing down to look in one of the little windows attached to the door closest to her.

“They were stupid enough to keep us in the same room but do you think they’re stupid enough to put us all on the same floor?” you question.

Before either of you can say anything else a scream breaks through the sound of the alarm and you turn to Yelena shocked, “that sounded like it was coming from the end of the hallway,” she says motioning in the direction with her head.

“That sounded like it was Bucky,” you respond, heading in that direction before you’ve even finished talking. You’ve heard that pained scream before and would recognize it anywhere after the years with Bucky helping him through his night terrors. 

“Y/N slow down we don’t know what they are doing in there we need to come up with a plan first,” she tries to reason behind you. 

“I don’t care what they are doing, they are hurting him and I need to stop them,” you argue almost to the door with Yelena close behind.

“So what are you going to do? Charge in there and get yourself killed right in front of him?” 

“No, I'll be able to handle them just like I’ve been able to handle every other person so far. You just wanted to check every room a few minutes ago and now you want to stop and figure out a plan?” you ask slowly, getting annoyed with Yelena. 

“Was that not what you were just saying we needed to do right before you realized Bucky was the one in trouble? Unlike you I’m trying to think about the fact that we have more people to save and if you get us killed over your boyfriend then we can’t do that,” she argues clearly annoyed about more than just this but now's not the time for that.

“Whatever, you go find everyone else if you want to but I’m not going to walk away when I can hear someone clearly being tortured,” you snap and begin walking towards the room again fed up with this sudden shift in her attitude. 

“Oh look, you’re walking away from those who care about you once again. You did it twice already and now you’re going for a third time,” Yelena calls after you before making her way down the hall in the opposite direction.

Her words hurt but that’s something you have to worry about later you remind yourself finally in front of the door the screams are coming from. Peeking inside you try your best not to be seen while also trying to assess the situation going on inside the room. Bucky is inside strapped to what looks like a high tech dentist chair while these two guards periodically poke him with these rods that look like they’re electrocuting him while periodically looking at someone off to the side gives them a command. You can’t tell who the person is but they are clearly calling the shots in this situation so you know who to leave alive for questioning. 

You decide that it would be easier to lure at least one of them out before you enter the room and end up being trapped as well. Backing up you use your powers to pull the door open as wide as possible before making random objects in the hallway move in to get one or both of the guards out of the rooms. When footsteps walk towards the commotion you’re causing in the hallway you duck behind the door not wanting anyone to see you before they are fully in the hall. Once the guard is fully in the hallway you step out from behind the door revealing yourself to the man though he doesn’t have a chance to react since you are instantly sending him flying backwards down the hallways where he slams into the wall getting knocked out. The commotion draws the other guard towards the doorway, giving you the perfect opening to drag him the rest of the way out of the room and send him down the hallway the same way you did with the last person before you enter the room yourself.

Your eyes meet Bucky’s and instantly can see the exhaustion and sadness he’s trying to hide causing a knot to form in your stomach. There’s not much time to say or do anything because the person who was hidden in the corner finally steps forward and begins to speak, “It didn’t have to be like this Y/N. You caused this when the two of you left the tower and started turning my team against me. All you had to do was be a team player and give me those files.”

“Your team? Your team?! This team was never yours, it was just something you manipulated people into thinking was yours so you didn’t end up in jail, did you ever think that is why the team is falling apart? And no I will never give you MY files so you can do to others what you did to Bob and those people already did to me,” you argue, your body getting hotter with each word as you lose control of your emotions and powers for the first time in what feels like forever. 

Before anyone can say or do anything else an extreme wave of energy rips through your body causing things to start flying around the room smashing into other stuff along the way as you drop to your knees in exhaustion momentarily. With no time to waste since things are still being destroyed around you, you try to gather all the strength you can and begin crawling over to Bucky to release him. It’s hard but eventually you do reach him and manage to get almost every strap free except for one when darkness takes over your vision and you’ve passed out once again.

[izzyfishie]

Oke as someone who just watched the trailer abt 3 minutes ago:

The only reason I’d gotten into the show and fandom was the 457 shitposts, only to come out with the bloody hands that is the overarching theme of the show that delves into the terrifying implications of capitalism, humanity’s ability to just be kind to others, and friends the characters along the way (with a little fondness for sagihun)

I’ve said this before, but this is the first time a show has gotten me so fucking terrified for a final season (is this what other shows felt like???)

I want Gi-hun to shoot In-ho in the dick once

I want the Hwang brothers to interact

I want the players to survive and I know they will (I’m delusional)

This trip to the fandom was supposed to be a 20 minute adventure :(

Just wanted to send this to get it all out, have a good one 👍

UR SO REAL FOR THIS!!!!

i’m so glad i’ve found this fandom. and i’m so glad that i will be HERE TO STAY!!!! this has been so much fun and i cannot wait for more. 💗💗💗💗

(ur so real for the sangihun comment. they live rent-free up in my brain permanently now and i third-wheel them every waking and sleeping hour. heheh.)

i love you all so fucking much, you know that? i talk about you guys (my tumblr mutuals) ALL THE TIME to my friends because i love being here so much.

mwah!

I AN ALSO SO FUCKING TERRIFIED. MY HEART RATE SHOT UP WHEN THE EXTRA CLIPS TODAY CAME OUT AND APPARENTLY WE’RE GETTING AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK TOMORROW???? FUCKING HELLLL /VPOS

i wish gi-hun would shoot in-ho in the dick. we need to revoke his cock privileges. and all of his privileges, actually. stupid bitch.

i can almost guarantee hwang brothers interactions, since they’ve clearly been building up to that.

i’m pretty sure most/everyone will be dying sadly. :( gi-hun might make it out alive? but who even knows at this point,,,,

anyways, i’m off to the beach now, so adios!!!! see you all soon 💗💗 (when i come back) i will be back to answer more asks later tonight!!!! <3333

it’s also my father’s 50th birthday today, so everybody please wish him a happy birthday!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[ganondoodle]

okay, bc i have seen this argument alot now (and it also seems to be the view point of aonuma himself..) is that "zelda cant do everything link does bc whats the point then"

and i take personal offense on that bc its a stupid argument (in. my. very. personal. opinion.- not judging people for liking it. its a ME thing)

whats the point? its that its her. its still a different character, different in story, background, personality, but i WANT to play zelda and she can do everything link does, why does she have to be so restricted and be bend over backwards to find some new way to make her 'useful' when link gets to do basically everything no questions asked (the only thing thats hers is like .. sealing power and sacrificial maiden, which i find a little underwhelming to say the least), if theres no point to it why are there always modders that model swap link with someone else, and in that case it has even less impact bc its an artificial model swap with no changes to the story (which can and should still be different when its the vanilla game with a different protagonist... its still a different character), clearly theres joy in just the model being a different one- and that isnt even to mention the story possibilities, since, again, its stil a different character

if we ever (never ... i know who we are talking about here) get to play as ganondorf i want to him to be just as versatile and active as link is, if we got a point and click adventure game for him instead bc 'whats the point' id be disappointed too- you can find any sort of excuse/explanation for zelda to be singled out but the fact remains it tracks with how female characters are often treated, and that hits a very sore spot for me

i guess i am unfortunately one of those annoying people that want to see female characters be treated exactly the same as male characters, possibly bc i am myself afab but identify as agender and have a deeply personal dislike for anything 'traditional' feminine bc i cannot and never will be able to truly live as myself in real life, it influences all of my work, my work is as just as much as my opinion on this, very personal

and in line with my point about modding, i see theres joy in just beign able to play as her even if its like this, i get that, i also get it for the creative aspect (though that mechanic worries me even more for the future bc it really seems to be the path now that -freedom = good, linear anything = bad-) it is a different idea and its not like i cant see that value- im not trying be "right" either, just bc i have that opinion doesnt mean i need everyone to agree, its a very personal thing, if you like it good for you! not for me though, and i think both of that is equally valid

i just personally wish she was allowed to be just like link, fight just like him but be different bc its still her and not him in the end- to be physically/playstyle like jsut like him, but you know ... as her, i dont think shed stop being zelda if she could wield a sword just like him

i dont really know how to get my point/feelings across, i dont want to step too much into personal stuff nor spam people with something that ultimately doesnt interest me alot, im just saddened by it really

(EDIT: bc i forgot to add this on here again; this isnt as much of a problem as it might sound like here, just the main topic i wanted to talk about; why im so uninterested in it is MAINLY bc i dont trust them to write anything interesting/care about lore anymore after totk, im always on the more pessimistic side that thinks its most likely worse than id hope and i know even the past games arent perfect or super interestingly written, but now its much more just a general distrust, together with everything like the price ... im just much less hopeful and cant get excited until i see more of it, like im waiting for the game to get out and reveal that its just as much of a mess and money i regret spending- kind of fear)

[luimagines]

Soooo… with you putting this blog on hiatus, should we stop sending in asks, stories, and stuff? Just to respect your wishes of putting this blog aside?

Of course keep sending them in!!

I don't know if you read my post explaining my decision buuuuut

"Don't get me wrong, I don't want to bring this blog to a full stop. I still want to talk to people. I still want to hear your ideas and your stories as well."

^^Link to post^^

Just gotta say that louder for the people in the back and those who came a bit late to the party.

I was just saying that I wouldn't work on requests for the foreseeable future and that requests were indefinitely closed.

It's why I kept answering the little asks that I had even after I posted the hiatus. I thought that would have been enough to encourage the engagement to keep coming but uhhh.... guess not.

[stillness-in-green]

Dabi also is my least favorite of the league, as a matter of fact. I dont like how he is written very much. But what makes him your least favorite?

(Sent in re: a post from earlier this year where I talked about Shouto's arc. Footnotes are at the end today; they're fairly long but there are only two of them and the post itself is pretty short, so readers shouldn't have to scroll too far to find them.)

I’d say it’s part Dabi’s characterization running afoul of a trope I strongly dislike, part mismatch between what draws me most to the League versus what I like most about Dabi, and part reaction to the way he’s long been treated in fanon/by certain of his more hyper-defensive fans.

To the first, I realized several years ago that I have got no taste and less time for relationship dynamics – particularly romantic ones, but not limited to them! – in which Party A is plain-spoken and genuine about their feelings and Party B is a jackass who makes fun of Party A for having those feelings.  Regardless of whether Party B has feelings for Party A that they’re denying and why, and regardless of whether Party A is actually bothered by it or not, it almost universally comes off to me as one-sided verbal abuse masquerading as funny, romantic or touching.

Now, I’m not saying that a dynamic like that Is Definitely Abusive, nor that it’s an insurmountable hurdle or an unforgivable offense, nor that people who do like the dynamic are problematic or wrong in some way.  But for me personally, I just find it deeply unpleasant and unappealing.  So, asking me to get invested in Dabi’s deep and genuine (sic) feelings about the League when I’ve spent most of the series watching him insult and dismiss them?  Sorry, fam, I’m just a lost cause there, and I was from the start.

To the second, there are things I like about Dabi, but the things I like about him (his role in the family drama, his dynamic with Endeavor, in particular his interplay with Skeptic) just don’t have much overlap with the things I like about the League.

Basically, I like the League for being scrappy underdogs with sympathetic backstories finding refuge in each other from a world that fiercely, unceasingly rejects them, who get radicalized even harder than they already were for their own sakes because of their growing care for one another.  Dabi just doesn’t play into that aspect of the narrative, at least not with any kind of consistency.  He's absent from a big chunk of important, emotional League scenes,[1] and even when he is there, he’s usually acting like an asshole to someone (see again the first point).

So if I’m fairly sanguine about Dabi as a League character, it’s only because I think Dabi in the canon is, too, that while I believe he has a sense of camaraderie and fellow-feeling towards the League,[2] I also believe those emotions are far overshadowed by the roaring furnace that is his derangement, hatred and obsession towards Endeavor, to the extent that, for the greater part of the series, I don’t know if Dabi himself is aware that those warm feelings for the League exist within his heart.  Since what I like the most about the League is the sense of camaraderie and fellow-feeling among them, and I actively dislike being told that I should be interested in relationships where one party is consistently derogatory towards a party that’s consistently sincere, then yeah, of course Dabi is the one of them I like least.

As to the fandom…  Well, that’s a whole-ass rant that would be much more negative towards specific, identifiable (albeit mostly blocked) parties than I really want to be in this space.  Let me simply say that, back when I was first getting into the BNHA fandom, I realized pretty early on that I profoundly disliked Fanon Dabi and the spillover effects he tended to have on fanwork/meta containing him; I therefore found his wild overrepresentation in the villain side of the fandom deeply wearying.

Also too, while Fanon Dabi himself was annoying, I care even less for the people who were so staunchly married to their belief in Dabi’s absolute incapacity to harm a single character who might not deserve it that they were willing to not only trot out repackaged discriminatory rhetoric and bog-standard victim blaming to redirect criticism onto otherwise blameless characters, but also to send hate mail and harassment to real life people who were less than deferent in the face of defenses of Dabi’s obvious snow-driven innocence.  The behavior of his fans is, of course, not Canon Dabi’s fault, but it’s not like I even liked the in-series version of the guy much to begin with!

With all those factors working together, I trust it’s not hard to see how Dabi wound up at the bottom of my personal LOV Faves List.  For what it’s worth, though, that’s only true for the core MVA-era League!  If only for reasons of greater exploration and exposure, he (probably) wouldn’t be at the bottom of a more expansive list that included e.g. everyone from the training camp attack + AFO and his cabal.

In any case, on the occasions when my own fanwork/meta touches on him, I try to be as fair and balanced towards him and his clear importance to the story as can reasonably be expected, but I don’t feel an obligation to go beyond that.  Lord knows there’s no shortage of Plus Ultra Dabi fans out there to take up all of my share of attention and more.

Thanks for the ask!

1: In fairness to Dabi, I suspect many of his absences are due to the fact Horikoshi just never got a good handle on incorporating his quirk into the story.  Dabi’s nominally really dangerous, so his presence creates complications in a battle if he isn’t distracted or taken out of commission early on; see e.g. his absence from the scuffle with the CRC, how he spends the entire Kamino fight unconscious, how the version of him that actually confronts Aizawa at the training camp is a clone, and how, when Horikoshi finally stops being able to sequester him away from open combat, those ludicrously Not Safe For Life flames of his suddenly become about as meaningfully dangerous as an accident with the kitchen range.  That said, as with the "asshole who belittles others for caring about things" issue, the reasoning behind the reality doesn’t change the reality itself, in this case that Dabi's participation/effectiveness in fight scenes is frequently disjointed and arbitrary compared to the rest of the League having much more clearly defined, consistent capabilities in combat, and that has an unavoidable impact on my view of him as a member of the League.

2: My citations for Dabi actually caring about the League as anything other than a stepping stone towards his goals would consist of the following: his manic reaction to Twice’s death, my belief in Toga as a reasonably reliable judge of character when she calls Dabi “kind” for burning down her family home, and Dabi’s inclusion of other Villains/the League specifically in his rhetoric about the limitations of super-powered society when he fights Shouto in Hosu.  Note how the latter incidents come only after he’s revealed the truth about Todoroki Enji’s abuse and Todoroki Touya’s survival.

[somegrumpynerd]

Had a cool idea for an askblog type thing, might do that someday if I'm less scared

[crescentfool]

I noticed you're a Ryomina!!! How did you get into it? And do you have any good fanfics/doujinshi you can advice me to read? ANYTHING on Ryomina actually? I'm dying for anything about them!!! Thanks!!

yes!!! it's me!!! i'm ryomina fan (one of many)!!! thank you for visiting my askbox, i'll do my best to answer all of the questions because it always makes me happy to see that ryomina sparks joy for people! :D

...this got really long because i like linking to things, so i'm putting it under a read more (IM VERY NORMAL ABOUT THEM)

how did i get into it? i got into persona 3 around august 2021 through the movies- at the time my only experience with the persona series was with P5R / P5S / P5D. p3 was the one that interested me the most (i thought minato was very pretty + i caught wind that the themes of the game were very resonant with people). i picked the movies over the game because i'm a guy who plays games at a snails pace, haha.

admittedly, i did latch onto ryomina because of the scenes in the third and fourth movie (i have mentioned in the tags of this art i drew how much i felt like i was exploding and blasting off to the moon watching it).

but what really dug me into the ryomina hole (and what has kept me there) was thinking about how much ryoji encapsulates the themes of p3- and how interconnected his fate is with minato. i wrote some musings about their dynamic here, if you're interested!

tl;dr: what if we were both boys and we were mirror images of each other and i inherited your kindness and looks but god doomed our narrative even though we're soulmates

on ryomina fanworks recommendations:

regarding fics: i'm going to assume that you've probably read the fics that have the highest kudo ratings on them, so i won't really be listing those.

a personal favorite fic that i always hold close to my heart is Eurydice's Vow by crescentmoontea, which explores the idea of ryomina in p5r's third semester. this was the first fic i read about ryomina and it made me tear up lots...

i also think a lot about I Alone Await You by Nail_gun, literally scrumptious writing that captures the ryomina dynamic so so well. actually check out Nail_gun's other ryomina fics while you're at it too!

other fun fic i'm fond of: can't get my mind out of those memories (what were they?) by foxmulder_whereartthou. ryoji being homeless lives rent free in my head and it's all because of this fic. there's a bunch of other fun ryominas from the same author too (i still need to read them)

BkZa555 also has some fun AU scenarios if you're into that too, notably with Zagreus (P5-Setting, Ryoji focus) and The Definition of Insanity (TIME LOOP fuckery!), but they're currently ongoing.

these were some ones that came to my mind first- as i have the strongest recollection reading them. admittedly i haven't really been reading fic this year, so i don't have many recommendations from fic that came out this year. but if you're so inclined to let ryomina consume your soul, i definitely recommend giving the newer works in the ryomina tag a look-see and see if it strikes your fancy!

as a side note, i do have a few ryomina fics that i've bookmarked on my ao3 here, though i have to say that i'm not sure how well they hold up in terms of like... what i would seek out of a fic these days. but they made past me happy so i bookmarked them, LOL. it's kind of outdated (my collection of fic recs has my old username *disintegrates*).

regarding doujinshi: i have not read all the ryomina doujinshi available, but as a starting point, please take a look at this list from pandora-scans from livejournal!

notably, this is where you can find the strawberry-chan say good bye doujin- which features a small and cute comic from shuji sogabe (the p3/p4 manga artist), as well as other artists. the existence of this doujinshi is the funniest thing to me because it's like "HEY if you're wondering what the volume 8 cover is really gay it's because sogabe contributed to a ryomina doujin." this fact makes my head spin (positive). it explains a lot about the manga.

regarding persona side material:

i know you didn't ask for these but i thought that i mine as well list these too, since i feel that the side materials have some fun expansions on ryoji and minato's interactions. i haven't... watched/read all of these but, hey, i like to share these things!

for comic anthologies for the persona series (some of which have ryoji!). if you're interested in reading them, here's a scanlation index from maboroshi-no on tumblr. i don't think this is a comprehensive list, but i think it will be a great starting point!

for some translations of the persona 3 drama cds, check out imaginary-numbers on dreamwidth! ryoji and minato interactions can specifically be found in the persona 3 character drama cd vol. 1, and for the audio + english subs, you can watch this video on youtube:

and ohh the musical. ryoji singing and dancing gives me so much joy. i haven't watched the musical in it's entirety (only fragments), but here are some links that may be of interest to you:

Ao no Kakusei (The Blue Awakening), Sakuya version - playlist for the first p3 musical, translated by Phoenix Maiika.

Ao no Kakusei (The Blue Awakening), Kotone version - playlist for the femc version!! also translated by Phoenix Maiika on YouTube.

Persona 3: The Weird Masquerade (English Subtitles) - playlist by rumio!

P3 Weird Musical DVD & Soundtrack Booklet Scans by rumio_k - twitter thread that links to these funsies, if you don't have twitter, here's the publicly shared drive link.

god. these sure are a lot of links, huh? i hope you enjoy them- pick and choose whatever sounds most appealing! (if this overwhelmed you im sorry GKLHLDH i just like being very comprehensive in my answers about things so i got carried away).

and as a reminder, you (and anyone else reading) are always welcome to browse my tags/archive and reblog things from there anytime! i have... nearly 300 ryomina posts which, while mostly consists of art, has a few fics, meta, hcs, gifs, memes, and whatnot scattered about.

or browse the minato and ryoji tags too! there's.. nearly 1k minato. and 500 ish ryoji. and they're going to keep on growing because i can't stop being obsessed with archiving these things. god help me i am so deep in this hole called ryomina hell and now you're here too. welcome aboard!

there's always going to be a lot of fun ways to enjoy rotating ryomina around in one's brain, i think- they're a pairing with such fun symbolic imagery that is So Deep (to me) but ALSO they're immensely hilarious and weird guys (affectionate). so i love to share these things in hopes that it gives you joy too! they are the most couple ever (to me) (i'm biased)

thank you again for the ask! i hope it can satiate your need for more ryomina, and be a nice aide in exploring the p3 fanspace :)

[clumsypuppy]

MAN your art, but especially the latest pieces of Walking Fire Friend and Sparkle Dog really have the vibes of like, sanrio?? I want stickers and half a dozen accessories with them plastered all over so bad

!!! thank u for the kind words!! im playing around with the halftone effect, i like how it makes it look like a newspaper comic ^_^

[leviiackrman]

Okay yall, pls enjoy Chika’s full story now up on her page: read here

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[piningpercussionist]

(ooc)

Fellas. What if I just. Replied to shit completely out of order? How would we feel abt that?

(I'm still having blockage of the writer's variety... but I want to try to respond to things. So badly. But also my inherent desire to be as chronological as possible...... sgchdhhdjcshdj)

[silverskye13]

and death shall have no dominion by dylan thomas

And Death Shall Have No Dominion

By Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953

And death shall have no dominion.

Dead men naked they shall be one

With the man in the wind and the west moon;

When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,

They shall have stars at elbow and foot;

Though they go mad they shall be sane,

Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;

Though lovers be lost love shall not;

And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.

Under the windings of the sea

They lying long shall not die windily;

Twisting on racks when sinews give way,

Strapped to a wheel, yet they shall not break;

Faith in their hands shall snap in two,

And the unicorn evils run them through;

Split all ends up they shan't crack;

And death shall have no dominion.

And death shall have no dominion.

No more may gulls cry at their ears

Or waves break loud on the seashores;

Where blew a flower may a flower no more

Lift its head to the blows of the rain;

Though they be mad and dead as nails,

Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;

Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,

And death shall have no dominion.

[thatfaerieprincess]

if one more well meaning relative asks me if i have done any drawing recently i will start screaming and flip a table 🤪🙃

[gu6chan]

99% just my autism speaking here but something ive been noticing lately that im sorta kinda 😶 about is when ppl are like "I think you'll like this" but not bc they ACTUALLY think you'll like it, rather they just got into it and want you to also get into it so "I think you'll like this" is a nice personal hook. i love chill stuff as much as any other person ofc but given i don't divulge that EVER, what makes you think my berserk reading, made in abyss watching, drakengard playing ass would like YURU CAMP????