#I laugh really loud and randomly and it used to be super disruptive in like. high school. and my housemate gets creeped out

[weirdo-with-a-nametag]

Favorite part of living in my own structure with no shared walls: I can fill the entire space with my deranged laughter as abruptly as I want whenever I see or think something funny, and nobody gets woken up or startled anymore!! My cat is even used to it!

[onyxiana-is-obsessed]

Notes | Denki Kaminari x Foreign!Reader

Summary: You’re super new to Japan and you barely know the language. You’ve transferred into class 1A and you have your own translator! Except, you start to like a certain electric blond!

It’s long; 4.1k words

Pronouns used: She/her

Name: (f/n) (l/n) Quirk: You're the avatar, jk but you can control all 4 elements and all of them together for a short period. Age: (14/15)

She didn't have much of a choice, she was told two weeks prior to her leave. Here she was, in Musutafu, with her translator, Ryu Kyoji, right next to her. Her frown was prominent as the two waited on their cab.

"What's wrong, (f/n)?" He inquired, earning a scoff from the girl.

"I just... I just hate how I'm in this situation." She mumbled. He gave her an understanding nod. It must've been hard. She didn't know any bit of Japanese, only English, she was here in a different country, different cultures, different laws. Just because her parents believed she would fair better at UA instead. The cab arrived only a few minutes later and the two got in.

~**~

They arrived at Ryu's house and placed (f/n)'s luggage in her bedroom. The girl was left alone to unpack while Ryu's sister prepared dinner. Ryu was a 20-year-old translator that worked with the heroes association in situations like this. (f/n)'s parents were high ranking pro heroes in North America and they were quite close with some pro heroes in Japan, including All Might. That's when the number 1 hero suggested that their daughter attend UA. She would be with a personal translator who would help her in school and whatnot. Her parents were quick to agree.

They failed to realize how it would affect (f/n) though. She would have to attend a school filled with people who didn't speak her language. Just the thought brought tears to her eyes. She had friends back in America. She had a life... all she was forced to drop.

After unpacking, (f/n) looked at her phone. She had gotten a text from her mother telling her to purchase an app that was the best translator app in the world. The girl sighed and did so and now had a way to text any new friends or whatever. She glared at the ceiling. How unfair.

~**~

(f/n) stood in front of the large door with Ryu next to her. Inside, she could hear the pro-hero Eraserhead talking and Ryu was translating for her. He was introducing her.

"We have a transfer student here from America. She's really shy and she doesn't know any Japanese but she has a translator here with her. Please be nice to her and welcome her, future heroes." With that, Aizawa approached the door and opened it, his eyes landing on the two people. He said something and a second later, Ryu translated.

"Welcome to our class, please introduce yourself." The two walked in and (f/n)'s eyes widened in fear as everyone stared at her. She froze up, clenching her fists in order to calm herself. She looked down when Ryu whispered something to her. "Just give them a light bow and introduce yourself, I'll translate for you." She inhaled and did so.

"Hello. My n-name is (f/n) (l/n). P-pleased to make your acquaintance." Ryu then translated for her and she looked at the ground, refusing to make eye contact with anyone. Aizawa then walked to her and spoke, Ryu translating it afterward.

"Take your seat at the back, this will allow your translator to speak with you, without disruption from the other students." She nodded and moved to the back, where she shared a desk with Ryu.

Throughout the class, Aizawa did his best to slow down and accommodate for (f/n) in class. (f/n) did her best to take notes based on what Ryu would translate for her. Ryu was also taking notes of his own, which allowed him easier translation.

The class was out for lunch and (f/n) watched as everyone started to get up and get into groups and leave. When they were alone, Ryu let her know that he was going to the bathroom and that he'd be back right away. She nodded and got her phone out, in case she needed help. After he left, her eyes traveled to the window and she stared at the sky. She could feel the anger build up. How unfair. How dare they?!

The girl stared at her notebook, where she made little doodles in. She grabbed her pencil and started to sketch a moon. While she did that, the door opened and her eyes shot up, expecting Ryu, but seeing someone else. He was blond with yellow eyes and a black lightning bolt in his hair. He seemed surprised to see her there. He gave her a smile as he approached his desk and grabbed something. She watched him silently and as he started to leave, she stopped him. He looked back at her and she looked down, feeling stupid but wanted to help nonetheless.

She stood up and approached him, her (e/c) eyes meeting his. She cautiously reached out and grabbed his arm, pulling it gently, signaling him to turn. He did and she pulled off a sticky note off of his back. She turned him back around held it out to him. His eyes widened and he looked over it, a frown replacing his shocked look. However, he looked up at her and gave her a nod.

"Arigato." She knew that to be thank you. She'd heard it plenty of times, so it stuck in her head. She gave him and nod and watched as he left, Ryu returning through the open door.

"Everything ok?"

"Yeah, he just had this sticky note on his back. I stopped him to give it to him." Ryu nodded and with that the two were off to get some food.

~**~

The class was currently waiting for Aizawa to show up and during that time, (f/n) and Ryu sat in the back going over some notes and whatnot. Aizawa had already told Ryu what he was planning for the day so that it would be easier for (f/n).

During their time, (f/n) watched as five kids were chatting away. She sort of knew them. She knew their names, thanks to Ryu. Katsuki Bakugou was the ash blond, Mina Ashido was the pink girl, Eijiro Kirishima was the redhead, Hanta Sero was the raven-haired male, and last but not least, Denki Kaminari the cute blond.

"Hey Ryu, what are they talking about?" They were quite loud but (f/n) noticed how the others actually ignored them.

"It's a private conversation, (f/n)." The girl rolled her eyes.

"Doesn't sound very private." Ryu only smiled at her and translated.

"The group is making fun of the one you think is cute for not being able to get a date with anyone." She recalled the sticky note, unfortunately, it was written in Japanese, so she had no idea what it said, but it made him frown.

"It must've been something similar..." She muttered.

"What?"

"The note, remember a few days ago when you saw him leave. I told you about the note. He made a similar face."

"Well, now they're making fun of him because he likes someone who they don't think would like him back." (f/n) watched as the group laughed, causing Kaminari to frown and look away. Ryu's eyes were on his notebook while (f/n)'s were on her phone, both avoiding looking at the group so they wouldn't be able to tell that they were listening. At one point, Ryu perked up. "How cute, looks like you're the one he likes." At this, the girl turned red. Her eyes were on her screen, but her head was elsewhere. Her phone buzzed and she noticed she had a text from her friend back home. It was a picture message of all of her friends. Her mind was now off of Kaminari and returned to the memories she shared with her girls. Tears started to well up as stared at their smiling faces.

She clicked on the little camera icon and turned the camera to face herself. She moved her hair around and tapped Ryu's arm.

"Take this picture with me." He happily obliged and she raised her arm. A couple of classmates caught sight of them and some caught sight of the tears as well. She ignored them as she took a couple of pictures and giggled, saying something to Ryu to which he let out a chuckle. She turned the phone to show him and for once, it was the opposite. Instead of her wanting to be in her classmates' world, they wanted to be in hers.

Aizawa had arrived and explained that they would be training with their quirks. He didn't do much explaining until they were at the training grounds. When they were, the first the Aizawa did was pair up the students. They were all split up into five groups of four. Unfortunately for (f/n), Ryu was not allowed to participate but her group was given earpieces. Her group included herself, Midoriya, Kaminari, and Todoroki. Aizawa handed all four of them, including Ryu an earpiece.

"These will do nothing but make it so that Ryu can translate for (f/n)," Aizawa explained to the class, so it didn't seem like everyone was at an unfair disadvantage. Aizawa then explained that they were all going to be facing another group and were basically sparring. It wasn't too difficult but this would test how well everyone would work together. For (f/n)'s group, it would test how well they could fair with a foreigner.

They were going up against Kirishima, Tokoyami, Shoji, and Momo. (f/n) didn't know too much about them so through the earpiece, the group heard Aizawa tell Ryu to explain who their rivals were briefly to (f/n). This was because everyone in the class knew each other and (f/n) had just arrived, so she didn't know anyone.

"I won't say much here, forgive me. Tokoyami's quirk allows him to summon Dark Shadow. Kirishima's quirk allows him to harden his skin, Momo can create any non-living material through exposed skin. Shoji's quirk is called Dupli-arms and it allows him to re-create body parts such as eyes, ears, mouth, etc." The girl nodded from where she stood.

"Thank you." Aizawa then proceeded to explain what type of training this was. It was going to be tournament-style where two groups go and the winner of those groups will be facing the next group. In this case, there were five groups, but the fifth group was going to have to sit out until the first four finished their fight. Each group had a number that Aizawa would draw randomly.

(AN: This is awful I know, but everyone needs to see how cool the transfer student is and this is the best I could come up... what a bad start xD)

Another component of this training was a flag. Aizawa had placed two flags somewhere that would represent a team's color and they had to retrieve it, on top of fighting another group.

So far, (f/n) was ok with everything as the group waited until (f/n) called out through the ear-piece.

"Hey, Ryu?"

"Yes, (f/n)?"

"Can you ask the guy with the two hair colors if he can freeze water?"

"Sure." With that, (f/n) listened to the two talk for a moment before Ryu called back through the earpiece. "He says he can only create ice from his body and that's it. Once it's outside, he can no longer control it." (<- I think that's how it works)

"Is he allowed to demonstrate for me?" Ryu, who was right next to Aizawa, asked him if that was ok. Aizawa agreed and encouraged the three to show her their quirks.

"Yes, would you like to see them all?" He then asked all three to show their quirks off with Todoroki going first since she was most interested in him, with Kaminari, and Midoriya. "Todoroki's quirk is half cold half hot. He can basically create ice with his right side and fire with his left. Midoriya has a simple strength-enhancing quirk, it allows him to hit really hard and move very quickly. Kaminari quirk is electricity, he can use up to 1.3 million volts, but if he uses too much, his brain short circuits."

"Just Todoroki's. Do they know mine?"

"I don't think so, allow me to inform them." With that, Ryu went on to explain her quirk. She watched as their faces went from interested to shocked. She didn't think it was that special. He added that (f/n) wanted to see Todoroki's abilities, especially the ice. Then Ryu let her know, she'd see that demonstration now.

Todoroki created an ice sheet in front of him and then used his fire-side to melt it. She then asked if he could create another one, but leave it up, Ryu translating it a second later. He nodded and did so. The girl placed her hands on the cold ice and attempted to see if she could melt it a bit, enough to turn it into water.

The heat from her hands started to melt the ice and slowly, the entire thing was melted, but it turned into a giant ball of water. She then moved her arms, causing the water to swirl around above her head. She moved back a little and they watched as she held the water up with one hand and with another, caused the earth to shoot up, creating a platform-like structure. She then returned to the water and they watched as it swirled around then seemingly sliced through the rocks. Nothing happened at first, but then they watched as she cut rocks slipped off of each other and fell to the ground.

That was the only thing she could do though. Her quirk was a bit more than that. She stood in front of them all and waved her hands around the air and they watched as she pulled water from the air. She then froze the water and melted it again. Impressed was too simple of a word to use, but they were beyond impressed.

Soon it was their turn and the group approached their starting positions. They had made a simple strategy, for which Ryu was there with them. Todoroki and (f/n) were going to be their offense and their way up to the flag, since (f/n) could fly using her air quirk. Kaminari and Midoriya were going to be bait while they fought. (f/n)'s job was to trap them in the earth structures she had made earlier, especially since some of their opponents were dangerous. Her and Todoroki needed to use light to keep Dark Shadow down since they were the best qualified. (f/n) more than Todoroki due to him neglecting his fire quirk for so long.

The training had begun and the groups were off. The first thing they did was a search for their flags, but ended up running into each other instead. The fight wasn't too long and for the most part, (f/n) avoided attacking back. She also avoided talking since the other group didn't have an earpiece.

However, in the corner of her eye, she noticed Shoji and Kirishima both attacking Midoriya. He was doing fine and it allowed her the perfect opportunity. She bent down slightly and raised her arms, causing the earth to shoot up and trap them both. She made sure it was strong enough and that they couldn't escape.

Tokoyami's dark shadow was under control due to Todoroki while Momo was busy prepping something. Not wanting to give them time, (f/n) used her Ultimate form (There you is: Avatar (f/n)). Her eyes glowed white and her hair caught fire as she was lifted up off the ground. She used her air quirk to pull both Tokoyami and Momo to her and then slammed them into the structures holding Kirishima and Shoji. She pulled her allies away from the fight, levitating them in the air beside her. She trapped Momo and Tokoyami as well, but created a moat around the small island they were on. She pulled water out of the air and trees around her, filling it up and then looked at Kaminari and pointed to the water. He knew exactly what she meant.

Kaminari landed on the ground and he released some of his electricity into the water. Now the other group couldn't leave. She then raised Kaminari off the ground and the group flew into the air, searching for the flag.

Todoroki quickly spotted it and she landed on the ground, releasing herself from her Ultimate form. As she approached the flag as well, her legs gave out, but both Kaminari and Midoriya caught onto the girl, holding her upright as Aizawa declared them the winners of the training.

~**~

As the group walked back to class, (f/n) stopped. She was behind everyone with Ryu next to her. He stopped as well, which caused the group to stop and look at them. (f/n) kicked the ground and a slab of rock shot out, landing in her hands. It wasn't too big, but it was perfect for what she needed. Once she noticed the group looking at her, she spoke up.

"Personal project." Ryu translated and Aizawa gave her a lazy nod as they continued back to class.

**

It was lunch break and instead of leaving for lunch, Ryu and (f/n) stayed in class. Ryu offered to go get her lunch to which she accepted. While she waited, she decided to proceed with her "personal project". It was going to be a gift for Kaminari.

She waved her hands, pulling the moisture from the air and used the water to cut the slab of rock into a heart. Once she was happy with the shape, she used the water to smooth it down some more. Using the water like a knife or some sort of carving utensil, she perfected her shape.

Once it was to her liking, she grabbed a marker from her little pouch and sketched out Denki's name. She then grabbed a ballpoint pen and took out the ink, leaving the pen empty. She touched the pen to her fingertip, causing it to heat up immensely, then used it to carve out Kaminari's name into the rock.

Once she was done and happy with the outcome, she traced over it, causing her to get nervous. Wh-what if he didn't like it? What if he didn't like her back? What if this was just a cruel joke from Ryu? Or he heard wrong?!

As (f/n) stared at her creation, she heard the door slide open. She didn't even bother looking up as negative thoughts took over her head.

"Ryu, what if you heard wrong?" She heard someone respond in Japanese and her head shot up. N-no way. It was Kaminari. She was shocked at first, but gave him a smile and shook her head. He said something else, approaching her and she held her hand up. She had used the translator app with Ryu to see how well it worked and according to him, it was amazing.

She opened up the app and stood up, walking towards Kaminari. She held the phone close to him and pressed the microphone button. He got the hint and asked his question again. It took seconds before it was translated for her through text.

"Why do you always stay in the classroom for lunch?" She gave him a light smile, before repeating the process and letting him read the text.

"I have no here besides Ryu." He grabbed her hand, his warm touch causing her cheeks to heat up. He pressed the microphone button and spoke again, giving her a second to read it.

"You could always sit with me and my friends." She gave him a smile.

"You're sweet, but I don't wanna impose on you and your friends."

"Nonsense! It'll be fun! I'll be your friend, if you'll have me." She let out a giggle and nodded. The door opened again and their fun was cut short by his friends joining him. They said something and he gave them a smile, returning to his desk grabbing something. During this time, she watched as they teased him again. She pressed the button on her app and watched as it translated what they were saying to him.

"It's a lost cause, Kaminari. You still can't get a girl, especially not her. She has standards." Sero laughed.

"Oh shove it. She's my friend, ya know." Kaminari responded as he dug through his desk.

"So you've been friend-zoned?" Mina laughed, causing Sero and Kirishima to laugh as well. (f/n) rolled her eyes as she returned to her seat, but not before spotting her little creation.

"What is this? An attempt at getting out of the friend zone? Listen, you're a bit better than Mineta, but you can't get her!" Sero laughed, causing Kaminari to grumble something. Once had what he needed he let them know and they walked towards the door, but Kaminari walked towards (f/n). She quickly cleared the previous conversation she had heard and gave him a smile, hiding the little rock. He pointed to her and phone and she handed it to him. He spoke and held it out to her.

"Last chance to join." She took her chance. Whether he truly liked her or not, at least his friends would stop bugging him. She grabbed his hand causing his cheeks to flush a bit. She reached into her desk and pulled out the little rock and placed it in his palm. Her fingers released his hand and he inspected it, eyes widening. Grabbing her phone, she spoke.

"I made it for you. I hope you like it, Kaminari." Although he didn't understand what other words she said, he liked the use of his name. He read the text and a smile fell on his lips as he gave her a slight nod. She grabbed a pen from her desk and opened her palm, which inadvertently asked Denki for permission to write on him. He gave her a nod and followed her actions. She wrote her number down then made a little heart next to it.

The two failed to notice Kaminari's friend approach until Mina let out a small scream as she caught the numbers, causing them both to jump.

"SHE GAVE HIM HER NUMBER!"

"So she does like him?!" Sero yelled in disbelief.

"No way! Wait till Bakubro hears about this!" As their conversation overlapped, Kaminari stopped them.

"Chill! You're gonna scare her, she doesn't understand us, remember?" It was adorable how he cared for her.

"Lemme talk to her!" Mina cheered. Kaminari pressed the talk button and held it out for her. "Hi! I'm Mina Ashido! Nice to meet you!" Kaminari then handed (f/n) the phone and the girl read the text with a smile.

"(f/n) (l/n), nice to meet you. You have the acid quirk, it's super cool." Mina then read the text and gave her a smile and nodded.

"Arigato!" The only word she understood so far, so she gave a smile and nodded.

"Lemme talk to her too!"

"Me too!" While they were talking, they heard someone yelling.

"HEY! What the hell is taking so long?!" It was Bakugou. He entered the classroom and saw his friends standing around (f/n).

"Bakubro! Say hi! Look! She has this translator app and you can use it to talk to her!" Bakugou approached and listened as Kirishima explained the app, his eyes flickering between the phone and (f/n). So he decided to 'talk' to her. He said something and (f/n) watched as his friends grumbled, Mina even slapping his arm, which caused him to scream at her but Mina didn't seem phased. (f/n) read the text as the group bickered.

"I saw you earlier. Just know, I'm gonna kick your ass and be the number 1 hero!" A smile took on her face and their bickering was interrupted by her laughter. They watched as she laughed until her cheeks turned red and she was wiping tears from her eyes. She spoke and then turned it to face him.

"Challenge accepted, Katsuki Bakugou. I look forward to beating you." This only caused his friends to laugh as Bakugou almost lost it. (f/n) pressed the microphone button as he went on a rampage. She laughed as she read the text which only made him angrier.

Her eyes flickered to Kaminari who was laughing as well. The two looked at each other and smiled. A language barrier didn't matter, they could easily overcome stuff like that, especially for each other.

[nightwingshero]

For Blair and Veronica, maroon, peach, amber, and honey :)

Omg, Blair and Veronica!!! Yessss! Thank you hun!!! It’s uh...under the cut, and normally I would separate them out in different sections for each character...but they apparently wanted to interact with each other...which is a bit amusing, considering they’re both technically DC, but in very different universes (and medias). I am so sorry lol 

Send me a shade of color for my oc(s) to answer!

Maroon - What are you most passionate about?

Blair: “Oh! Space and physics. Well...I guess just science in general? I love figuring out problems and equations, which comes in handy often at S.T.A.R. Labs and on the Waverider. But I’ve always loved space, my dad and I would spend hours in our backyard with a telescope! I can map out all the constellations and name all the planets and their moons. And a lot more...this is usually the part where the you say ‘neerrrd’.”

Veronica: “Passionate about? Phew, not sure. I mean, I love music. I kinda miss my band. But I suppose I’m passionate about helping people--”

Blair: “Oh, add that one to mine too! Helping people...kinda comes with the hero gig.”

Veronica: “Yeah, but you’ve said yours, so it doesn’t count--”

Blair: “It totally counts!”

Veronica: “I guess just my chosen family and saving people. It changes for me, you know? It used to be stealing pretty stuff, but well, people change. I just love working with Dinah and the team.”

Blair: “Wait...my Dinah or your Dinah?”

Veronica: *sigh*

Peach - Are you generally a more gentle and soft spoken person or a louder and rougher person?

Blair: I’m definitely the former. I speak softly and gentle unless I’m mad, but even then my tone is just...soft. My voice can become stern when I’m frustrated. But it can be a bit...harder than normal when I get pushed past my limit. I can be loud, though, especially when excited. I just naturally have a soft voice.”

Veronica: Right. Well, I’m more loud and rough, if I’m being honest. Don’t get me wrong, I can be quiet--trained by Catwoman and Batman, remember? So I know how to sneak around and be silent. But most of the time, I like things loud, I’m a loud person. You should have seen Alfred’s face when I used the Manor as a place to practice for my band...or any of the other times Jay and I did something disruptive...”

Amber - Do you wield any sort of superpower? If so, what is it?

Blair: *nervous laugh* “About that...”

Veronica: “Oh boy...”

Blair: “Okay, so, it wasn’t my fault...even though I did help with making the Particle Accelerator--” 

Veronica: “And apparently helping it explode, then?”

Blair: “Shush. So...I can actually manipulate energy with my mind and...hands...? It actually manifests around my hands...which is...I guess cool...? It’s pretty to look at, especially when I make energy fields, kinda like shields, they look like...moving nebulas, blues and purples. Really pretty. But well...there are moments--rare moments--where I lose control and the atmosphere around me just turns to into space-like conditions. I’ve sucked the oxygen out of a room and made the temperature just...plummet. But I’ve had it do the opposite only once, where I turned it into uh...a star? It was kinda like a solar flare, but not. It was just...really bright and hot. Don’t tell Mick, he’ll get excited and try to poke it out of me.”

Veronica: “Metas...right, no, I don’t have a superpower. I’m just really good at fighting and stealing things. I took ballet, gymnastics, and even was on the swim team for a minute. So I’m flexible and can fight pretty well--Batman and Black Canary made sure of it. So I guess...yeah, I’m just a regular human.”

 Blair: “I mean, who is really normal, though?”

Honey - Have you ever considered marrying someone? What is your opinion on marriage in general?

Blair: “Oh...so, I mean...I was engaged once, her name was Carmen, and she left before I woke from my coma--”

Veronica: “That’s pretty cold. And super shitty. Who is this?”

Blair: “Right, so, I did consider marrying her. But...I don’t know, there was someone else. Leonard...mentioned, you know, thinking about life after the Vandal Savage stuff. The future for him, for me...for us. And I mean, yeah, I considered it, I could see it...until you know, he sacrificed himself. But when Barry did Flashpoint, I asked what it was like, just to see, even though the others didn’t want to know...and it just...for Barry to tell me that in an alternate timeline, Leonard and I were actually engaged was just...it hurt at first, because I wanted that. But then the more I thought about it, the more hollow it felt. I would rather have something real, in the timeline I currently live in. So...yeah, I would consider marrying someone, and I hope maybe one day I can have it.”

Veronica: “...what? What kind of...what?”

Blair: “Listen, it’s a bit complicated and Captain Cold isn’t--”

Veronica: “CAPTAIN COLD? Are you--?”

Blair: “Things are DIFFERENT in my verse, thank you!”

Veronica: “What the fu--yeah, no, I’m not...okay, back to the question. I’m not against marriage, it sounds like something that would be very nice, but I never really thought it was in the cards for me, you know? I may or may not have feelings for someone--”

Blair: “Dick Grayson--”

Veronica: “Shut it. But I mean, it never became a thing, he was dating Babs when I left, so...

Blair: “And now...?”

Veronica: “Well...I mean, I did just pack up and leave in the middle of the night without really telling anybody. I left Selina a note, though. There’s that. So I think it would be a bit awkward to just hop back randomly in his life after pulling that. He’s probably hurt because I skipped out of town without a word. Can’t blame him.”

Blair: “I feel...like, you’re going to have to face that at some point. You’ll end up in...”

Veronica: “Gotham.”

Blair: “Gotham...really? I know Star City is bad, but Gotham? I heard its way worse.”

Veronica: “You live in Star City?”

Blair: “From Central City, lived in Star City, might be moving back to Central City. But the point is, you never know, you might find yourself having to bounce back to Gotham. Time wants to happen, my friend, and it’s probably going to want you to face your past.”

Veronica: “You a psychologist or something?”

Blair: “Astrophysicist.” 

Veronica: “...Right.”

[aj-draws]

Future Sanders Sides Teacher AU Fic Ideas (Pt 1)

Just a little something I’ve been thinking about writing for a long time now??

 These are just ideas!! I might make oneshots here and there, but I want to try and make this into an actual story on Wattpad or something during summer vacation.

[[Thank you so very much for getting me to post this @royallyanxious you’re amazing :) Oh and btw I was that anon that said they liked your Logicality FBI agent AU fanfic. I’m super anxious but I hope you like this anyway!]]

[[Tag list: @izzynuggets, @diadrip]] 

Summary: The sides are teachers in a highschool that Thomas and his friends go to. 

-It’s also sort of a human AU as well. The sides will naturally have different last names, which I have not entirely decided yet. (+Afterschool they all have part time jobs across the street from each other but there’ll be more about that in a part two or three I’ll try getting to in the future)

[[Characters]]

Logan:

-Science teacher (Living Environment honors and/or Chemistry)  

-Part time job as a librarian

-Wants to keep being a teacher

-Speaks fluently in salty

-His choice of wear is a mix between casual and formal. Slicked back hair (with hair gel), tightly fitted polo shirts, leather belts, jeans and his signature blue and black tie 

-Definitely wears different ties with a theme fitted for each and every holiday 

-Can accurately quote books off the top of his head

-When he's too tired to do anything, he just binges Doctor Who and Sherlock with his classes

-(Based on this one Logan skit on Thomas’ insta I think y’all know what I’m talking about) He brought an entire toaster that he keeps in his classroom just so he could eat toast with Crofter’s 24/7.

-He eats Crofter’s with everything he eats and it scares everyone sometimes. Like he’ll just be casually teaching as he spreads the jam onto a slice of pizza and everyone’s a little concerned 

-Once during a test he sees one of his students struggling and suddenly their stomach rumbles loudly and as everyone laughs he just makes them a sandwich and tells them that they could take the test tomorrow

-Whenever a student doodles on one of their assignments, he finishes the picture with a crayon and he loves it when they see it and smile it makes his day

-He’s that teacher that you’re terrified of at first but then you realize they’re awesome (He has a resting bitchface that scares the heck out of everyone on the first day of school)

-Him being a sort of psychologist toward his students and they come to him (and Patton) with problems and mental breakdowns. He’s terrible at the comforting part of what to do when a person’s crying, but he’s excellent at figuring out the students’ problem or problems at helping them change their schedule/bad habits to fix it

-Him reassuring his students that-no matter what society says-just because they aren't good at math or science doesn't mean that they're useless and stupid+grades are not everything

-His students adoring him for being so realistic and understanding that school can be stressful sometimes

-His students calling him mom

-Him being so sleep deprived one day that as he was writing something on the board, he used incorrect grammar and once he got corrected, he just slowly walks over to his desk and sits under it for a solid minute 

-He hardly ever loses his cool. Ever. He handles those few immature kids in his class with ease, threatening them firmly or just completely roasting them so that they’re too busy laughing/being stunned to disrupt class. 

-But once he just gave up. He silently turns around and s n a p s. 

-He lets out this unholy screech that echoes throughout the school and shakes the nearby classrooms and scares away the birds perched on a tree outside and the chalk in his hand breaks in half the students are terrified they’ve never heard a sound of that volume from Logan’s mouth and they’re wondering if this is is what they’ll hear when the pits of hell breaks open at their feet-

-And then Logan just pauses. He takes a long drink from the water bottle on his desk, sets it down, adjusts his tie, clears his throat, then continues on with the lesson like nothing happened. Everyone agrees that that’s the scariest thing they’ve ever seen and heard in their lives. 

Patton:

-Art and home economics teacher (He has one homeroom art class in the morning, then a home ec class after lunch where he teaches stuff like cooking/baking, time management, money management, food, etc...)

-Part time job as a barista

-Wants to own his own bakery (or just be a stay at home dad)

-Speaks fluently in puns

-Whenever he has a student that he thinks is in a bad mood, he personally tapes some sort of dessert he baked to their locker on a plate with a nice post-it note taped to it

-His students call him dad

-During a rainy day, he sees some kid waiting for their late parent to pick them up outside at dismissal and he walks up to them and covers their head with his cardigan and invites them inside his classroom instead of waiting in the rain

-He frequently gets into pun/prank wars with his students

-Depending on how he’s feeling, when he sees a student sleeping in class, he’ll either blast an airhorn into their ear or lay a blanket on their back there’s no in between

-Once his class was so loud and rambunctious and he got so stressed out because he didn’t know how to deal with it that he just started crying and his students had to comfort him and no one dared to make him cry ever again

-He once forgot where he lost his glasses while he was cooking something and he asked his students to help him find them and they looked for them the entire period and no one could find it

-No one told him his glasses were right atop his head.

Roman:

-Drama teacher (Sometimes subs for the Chorus teacher, who is always absent because she's very sickly)  

-Part time job as a florist/works at a flower shop

-Wants to be a future actor on broadway

-Speaks fluently in Disney songs/musical references

-The most fashionable out of the four. He has a bunch of different outfits depending on the season. For winter and fall, he wears lots of sweaters, leather jackets, dress pants, scarves and sometimes flannel around the waist. For summer and spring, he’ll be wearing button downs, sunglasses, loose t-shirts, and jeans/shorts. 

-During play rehearsal, he puts on a red sash (and his Princey clothing basically) because he claims he needs to get ‘in the play spirit’ (when in reality he just likes wearing his old prince costume from a play he was in in the past)

-Not all of his students like him (he can be vv loud and extravagant), but his theater kids honestly adore him. They love his passion for singing, acting and musicals.

-They cheer Roman on and completely support his dream of performing on broadway one day. They secretly (and shamelessly) support him every chance they can get on social media.

-That teacher that, when he sees an artsy student, will catch them drawing during class and instead of telling them to pay attention will fanboy over their art and tell them how amazing it looks so usually art students also love him

-Knows the latest gossip about a lot of the students in the school

-Purposely casts the two students he knows has a crush on each other as the two main characters that have to stage kiss 

-One of his students gave him a Burger King crown and he cried and wore it for the rest of the week and attacked any other teacher that tried to take it off his head (*cough cough* Virgil *cough*)

Virgil:

-English teacher

-Part time job as a tattoo artist/works at a tattoo shop

-Wants to be a YouTuber/blogger (and write stories online)

-Speaks fluently in sarcasm/memes

-On the first day of school he wears normal teacher like clothing, but then the rest of the year he wears hoodies and casual t-shirts and sweatpants that he hides under a long jacket (he’s technically supposed to be all formal and whatever, but he ain’t got time for that)

-He dreams to get this original story he's been working on for years published one day. This story is basically a fantasy AU involving characters based off him, Logan, Patton and Roman.

-When he reads excerpts from books, his kids go wild because he can do Thomas' narrator/storyteller voice (the one where his voice drops a million octaves) 

-Whenever a woman/girl speaks, his voice jumps up a million octaves and he purposely squeaks/sounds like someone on helium and it gets his classes cracking up

-The kind of guy that uses the dankest of memes on worksheets/in presentations

-A lot of students really love him. The ones who like ELA are in love with his writing and storytelling. The one who don't even like ELA still like his class because he's good at keeping them engaged.

-Just like Logan, he has a natural talent for mercilessly roasting those immature kids that fool around in his class

-He'll randomly ramble away and sink into a hole of existential crisis but his students still like that side of him because it's just relatable.

-He's incredibly flexible and he can be found sitting/lying on places that probably shouldn't be sat/laid on. Once he was just casually reading a book sitting in one of those pretzels on his desk and a student screeched.

-He constantly gets compared to a cat. He hisses at Roman when he's frustrated with him, the students find him on top of furniture that isn't meant to be sat on, he says perfect as 'purrfect' and his noise twitches a lot. He used to be like nahh whatcha talking about until Roman gifted him with a cat plushie one day and he finally admitted that cats were his favorite animal (Bonus-His students joke about him being a furry a lot)

-His artsy students draw him fanart all the time and he loves it sooo much. (Bonus-Someone drew him, Pat, Roman and Lo as cats and he almost cried)

((There’s part one! Part two will either be about their part time jobs, or their interactions with each other as teachers. Feedback is greatly appreciated, thank you!!))

[swordandquill]

What Every Little Kid Wants

Summary: It’s Shiro’s birthday, and the team has a surprise for him.

Notes: This is for day three of Platonic Voltron Week (a little late). The prompt was technically lion/bond, but they said we could roll Shiro into this day too, since we’re celebrating his birthday, so hopefully this is okay.

“You have to close your eyes,” Keith gave Shiro a stubborn look.

“Why?” Shiro narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

“I can’t tell you,” Keith huffed.

Shiro raised an eyebrow at him.

“Come on Shiro,” Keith prodded, “we worked really hard on this.”

“We?” Shiro’s suspicion deepened.

“Everyone,” Keith clarified, “stop being such a baby.”

“Well, when you put it that way,” Shiro rolled his eyes, then closed them.

“Don’t look,” Keith took his hand, tugging him down the hall.

Shiro couldn’t be sure, but he thought they were heading in the direction of the commons room. If the sound of laughter and loud voices was any indication, the team was indeed gathered together, along with Allura and Coran.

It sounded like a party, and it had been a few months since they had last had one, so Shiro supposed they were about due. They didn’t really track earth dates too closely, because it had proved to be too much of a double edged sword for them. To constantly be reminded of everything they were missing at home just hurt too much.

They held onto a general sense of how much time had passed on earth, and sometimes someone on the team would randomly announce that they absolutely had to have a party for some obscure holiday that none of them had ever celebrated before.

The last party they had had hadn’t been for a holiday at all. Lance had cornered him after training to tell him Hunk had been working really hard lately and was really homesick, so they needed to have a party for him. Shiro really couldn’t find a reason to say no to that. Well, he could have, but what sort of heartless person said no to cheering Hunk up.

That had been a while ago though, so Shiro supposed it was about time for another one. Hopefully, this one wasn’t because the team thought he needed cheering up. Shiro started sifting through his behavior the last few weeks, trying to figure out if he had done anything that would have made the team worry. He really couldn’t come up with anything that was out of the ordinary, which wasn’t to say there weren’t things he did ordinarily that made the team worry. He didn’t really have much control over that.

“Stand here,” Keith stopped moving, pulling Shiro to a halt, “but don’t open your eyes yet.”

The giggles and whispered continued, the team obviously not trying to be stealthy. Surprise parties were really not Shiro’s thing, and the team knew that.

“Okay, now you can open them,” Lance said, and Shiro realized Keith wasn’t standing next to him anymore.

Shiro opened his eyes and stared blankly at the huge banner strung across the room. ‘Happy Birthday Shiro!’ was written in large, colorful letters.

“Happy Birthday Shiro!” the shout was accompanied by noise makers and clackers, and followed by awful off-key singing.

Shiro laughed and grinned brightly at the team. It had been a long time since he had had a birthday party.

“Is it really my birthday?” he asked once the shouting had singing had stopped.

“Well, technically, you don’t have a birthday this year,” Pidge smirked at him, “but we figured it was close enough.”

“Thank you,” Shiro said sincerely, “this is really great.”

“You haven’t even gotten your presents yet,” Lance grinned at him.

“You guys really didn’t need to get me presents,” Shiro protested.

“We needed to get you this one,” Lance’s grin got bigger, and he nudged Keith with his elbow.

Shiro raised an eyebrow at him, suddenly wondering if he should be concerned.

“Shut your eyes again,” Hunk demanded cheerfully.

Shiro sighed, but obeyed. Whatever it was, Allura and Coran were in on it, so it couldn’t have been that bad. He heard someone leave the room, and it only took a minute or two for them to return and come stand in front of him. He almost opened his eyes when he heard something that sounded like panting, but he forced himself to keep them shut, not wanting to ruin their fun.

“You can open them,” Keith said from right in front of him.

Shiro opened them, then had to blink to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.

There was what appeared to be a puppy in Keith’s arms, wagging its tail happily and wigging in Keith’s grip.

“Happy birthday,” Keith beamed at him.

“It’s a puppy,” Shiro reached out for it eagerly.

“A space puppy,” Lance came to lean cheerfully on Keith’s shoulder as the puppy was transferred over to Shiro’s arms, “it was Keith’s idea, but we all helped.”

The puppy wiggled and whined happily in Shiro’s arms, sniffing at his face, and then proceeding to cover it in licks. Shiro grinned and buried his face in the soft fur. It was curly and a rich, warm black, with the occasional teal highlight.

“Technically, they’re called abjaxians,” Hunk supplied, “but everything we’ve read on them makes them seem a lot like dogs. Slightly different diet, and some different behaviors, but really close.”

“Keith picked her out,” Lance grinned, “and we helped him hide her until your birthday.”

“We also helped him figure out if we would be able to feed her,” Pidge put in, “and made sure she wasn’t going to grow up to be a monster, or develop weird alien super powers and take control of our minds in our sleep.”

Keith rolled his eyes.

“Well, really, he was going to get her for you anyway as soon as he saw her,” Hunk added, “we just sort of helped make sure it would work out the way he thought it would when we found out.”

“Coran helped us hide her once we brought her on board,” Lance motioned in the direction of the Alteans, “and Allura didn’t kill us when she found out.”

Allura snorted softly and shook her head. This was hardly the strangest or most disruptive thing her paladins had tried to do under her nose.

“She’s been on the ship a little over a week now,” Allura smiled, “our paladins have been doing an excellent job caring for her and beginning her training.”

“Do you like her?” Keith asked, sounding almost shy.

Shiro actually hadn’t been listening to much of what they were saying, his attention absorbed by the warm, vibrating bundle of joy in his arms. She even smelt good, like the herbal shampoo Lance and Pidge liked to use.

At Keith’s question though, he lifted his face from her fur. Trying to take care of a dog, even a space dog, on a spaceship, in the middle of a war, with all the unpredictabilities and time restraints that that entailed, seemed inadvisable, at the least, and certainly impractical.

And Shiro didn’t care. He didn’t care at all.

“She’s perfect,” he beamed, “thank you!”

Keith smiled widely, looking nearly as happy as the puppy.

“I told you he’d like her,” Lance rumpled Keith’s hair, “what little kid doesn’t want a puppy.”

“Stop that right now,” Shiro poked at Lance’s nose, “or I’m not sharing my cake.”

The team laughed, and Shiro gave as many of them one armed hugs as he could manage, the other arm occupied with holding the puppy to his chest. Eventually, he made it to the couch and flopped down, finally releasing the puppy to wander around the room and play. She immediately started trying to chase the floating platters. They were too high for her to reach, but that didn’t dim her enthusiasm.

“You have to name her,” Keith sat next to him, snagging two purple cupcakes off a platter and offering him one.

“We’ve been calling her ‘extra laps,’” Pidge tucked herself against Shiro’s side, snagging her own cupcake.

“Why?” Shiro laughed, reaching down to scratch the puppy’s ears when she ran back to him, tail wagging so hard it shook her body.

“It was a code name,” Lance pulled a ball out of his pocket, squeezing it.

It squeaked, and the puppy barks and jumped excitedly.

“She’s good at chasing it, but we’re still working on her actually bringing it back,” Lance held the ball out to Shiro, “the code name was Hunk’s idea.”

“Okay, but why?” Shiro threw the ball, and the puppy raced after it, tripping over herself in her excitement.

“Because then we could say things like ‘I’m going to go run extra laps’ and we all knew that meant we were going to take care of the puppy, but you thought we were just being extra dedicated,” Hunk explained.

Shiro snorted, holding his cupcake out of the puppy’s reach when she returned without the ball and seemed to think the purple frosting looked similar enough to be a new toy.

“Well, that should have tipped me off right there,” he passed his cupcake to Pidge, not caring if she ate it as long as it freed up his hands to hold his puppy again.

“Are you implying we’re lazy?” Pidge smirked at him, licking the frosting off of her newly acquired cupcake.

“No, never,” Shiro buried his face back in the puppy’s fur.

“She does need a real name though,” Hunk reached down to scratch the puppy’s ears.

“Well,” Shiro straightened, arms still wrapped loosely around his new companion, “she looks like a Grace to me.”

The puppy barked, clearly in total agreement.

[fuck-customers]

THE CUSTOMER. COMES. FIRST.

I work at a grocery store and was scheduled to attend self scan when I got this older middle aged maggot of a woman who lives in a perpetual state of wanting to feel wronged and offended. You know the type.

I was standing at my podium when a coworker walking by said something to me. I turned my head to reply and in the 5 seconds that took, this woman got all outraged that I didn't immediately notice she needed help. At least I assume that's what happened, because she did this super exaggerated wave coupled with a sarcastic "HelloooOOooOoo!!!!!" to get my attention. It was so over the top, you'd think she'd been having trouble getting my attention for 5 minutes. Also if you need help there's a button you can press that summons me over and it's harder for me to miss than you silently glaring at me or w/e it was she was originally doing to try to get my attention.

I went over and she was immediately like "How are you?" in this incredibly passive aggressive and almost accusatory tone. It was weird. I think she was angry at me for talking to my coworker for what was literally like 5 seconds? I could tell she wanted me to respond rudely so she'd have an excuse to flip out. I didn't take the bait and responded "I'm good! How are you?" Disappointed, she didn't bother to respond before jumping into the issue she was having. Basically, she just needed to scan a coupon, drop it in the slot, and then press the continue button. idk why she couldn't figure out how to do this herself, especially seeing as the machine was issuing directions, but I guess that's what I'm there for as far as she's concerned.

Problem solved, I went back to my podium. Then I had a different customer who needed help with something. As I was helping him one of the scan it gun alarms went off. At my store we have these scan it guns customers can use to scan their groceries as they shop, bagging as they go and then using the gun to pull their order up at a register or self scan machine. Customers get the guns from one of two charging racks on either end of the store but naturally they can't be bothered to actually return them to the rack despite the fact that they're located next to the doors that they exit through, BUT WHATEVER. So basically, self scan is located next to a charging rack and all the charging stations on that one are kept full by me but I can't run to the other end of the store every time a customer leaves one of the guns behind, so as I collect them off the machines I just put them in a hand basket. When someone comes round to do baskets they grab the basket of guns and put them in the other charging rack.

The guns are designed to go into an alarm mode if they're carried past the doors to prevent theft or being forgotten in carts. The only way to get the alarm to stop is to place the gun in a charging station. The alarm is LOUD and incredibly annoying by design. Whenever one goes off customers whip their heads around because they think someone's stealing or something. So needless to say, when a gun goes off dealing with it becomes a bit of a priority. It's disruptive, headache inducing, etc. For some unknown reason, a gun can randomly go off even if it's nowhere near the door. It happens maybe once a week.

That's what happened on this occasion. The customer I was currently helping was like "WOAH what IS that?" because it's so loud and annoying. I explained as I finished fixing his issue and then went to grab the gun to place it in the charging rack. The rack was full but fortunately there was a customer there about to get one and a spot would be freed up. So I was standing behind that gentleman, waiting on him, when I heard the woman from before trying to get my attention, her tone none improved. It was the same weirdly aggressive, overly exaggerated shouting, like "HELLLOOO I NEED HELP OVER HERRREEEE!!!"

I ignored her. I could have turned around and motioned that I'd be right with her or whatever, and for any other decent customer I would have, but not this woman. Like, anyone could see that I was clearly dealing with something and the alarm was loud enough to lend plausibility that I couldn't hear her. It was also only going to take like 10 seconds so I figured she could suffer the great injustice of having to wait. I was wrong. She came stomping over, furious, telling me that she needed help. I told her I'd be right with her once I put the ear splitting alarm emitting gun in the rack. She stomped back to the machine.

When I went over, she was PISSED. I can't even remember what the issue was this second time, but it was another simple fix. She demanded my name despite the fact that we wear very prominent name tags. I kept my tone light, acting like I was unaware of how angry she was. I think this made her angrier, lol. I told her my first name and she was like "[FIRST NAME] WHAT?" I wasn't about to give this woman my last name so I told her I was the only person with my name working at the store which seemed good enough for her, because then she moved on to being like "I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOUR MANAGER. WHO'S YOUR MANAGER?" I gestured out over the front end and told her anyone wearing a certain color uniform shirt, which is half true. Our supervisors and the front end manager all wear the same color shirt but the managers above that don't wear uniforms, they wear business casual. But I wasn't going to be like "Oh, today it's Rick~ Let me go fetch him for you~" Like, if this blight of a woman wanted to go complain about me she could do the legwork herself. I wasn't about to do her any favors, lol.

She paid and then stomped off to the customer service desk, where she encountered Diana. Now, none of the supervisors really take customer complaints seriously but Diana gives ZERO FUCKS. She has a policy that customer complaints stay with her. Unless the customer asks to speak to a manager above her and complains to them personally, no one higher up than her ever hears the complaint. She knows customers are full of shit 99% of the time. So she probably nodded and was like "Oh no! She made you wait 10 seconds? I'll have a word with her right away!" without actually caring.

I don't think the woman was totally convinced because on her way out she stopped by self scan to scold me herself. I can't even accurately describe her tone, but it had me half laughing at how outraged she was. She was like "[FIRST NAME]! THE CUSTOMER. COMES. FIRST." I told her there was an alarm going off that I couldn't just ignore. I think she was kind of caught off guard that I defended myself because she had the lamest response ever, which was something like "I! DON'T! CARE! NO ONE COULD HEAR IT BUT YOU!!!" Which was obviously untrue, lol. Like, no one misses that alarm unless they're hard of hearing or deaf. I don't think she was either, she just didn't know how to respond to logic.

Clearly she's incapable of realizing that she's not the only customer in a store and that most customers don't appreciate loud obnoxious alarms when they're trying to shop and speak to their cashier. I was putting the well being of the ENTIRE store first, requiring her to wait what amounted to SECONDS. I don't think I've ever encountered a more impatient and entitled customer before. Reading back on this story I don't think I'm really accurately capturing just how angry she was. She was livid. If she had the ability to fire me, I'm sure she would have. The way she was behaving was absurd.

Also kind of funny to note is that the first time I went over to help her there was a man with her who I assume is her husband. He disappeared as soon as she started freaking out, probably too embarrassed to stick around. And I realize the absurdity of all of this makes it sound like a fake story. You might already have thought to yourself "Okay, OP totally changed minutes to seconds to make them sound more sympathetic. They were probably talking to their coworker for a long time and ignoring the customer that needed help or they're leaving out some other really important detail" but no, it was literally seconds and I'm not leaving anything out. This woman became enraged because she had to wait literal SECONDS for my help, which she wouldn't have even needed in the first place if not for her own incompetency and incapability to follow simple directions.

I was actually really angry about this for like 24 hours after it happened. She was so abusive and outrageous. The way she used knowing my name as part of her power trip kind of grosses me out. Like ngl, I've done some stupid ACTUAL complaint worthy shit while working and have legitimately screwed up before without anyone complaining about me. So the one time someone DOES complain about me, it's over something totally petty? It's ridiculous. But I'm starting to find the humor in it.

This woman needs to get a grip and/or therapy for her anger issues. I bet she does this type of shit everywhere she goes with her husband noping out immediately and disappearing to the car.

[sambart93]

2018.08.23-24 Saraba, Gold Mountain [Review]

I was super excited for this stage because Bancho are consistently churning out great plays, and I've been so impressed every time I've been (and what I’ve seen on DVD), which is actually only twice including this one (see my Amakuhanaize 3 review here and also ALL their event reports can be found here), SO I couldn't wait and see what this one was all about!

Official Website here Official Twitter here Online Website here Press Coverage 1, 2

CAST and CHARACTERS

Futaba Kaname as Katou Sunhara Kensuke as Masuda Nishihara Kenta as Taisho Chiwata Yuhei as Matsumoto Kikuchi Shuji as Okamoto Domoto Shohei as Shacho / Factory Boss Oosumi Yuuta as Okada

Higawari (Daily-Change) Guests: Oribe Yoshinari (8/22 and 8/25) Futaba Yuu (8/23) Yasui Kazuma (8/24) Momiki Yoshito (8/26)

NON-SPOILER REVIEW Overall: As expected, I was NOT disappointed! They made a GOLD stage once again! This one was far more funny than anything I've seen of theirs yet! There was a LOT of room for adlibbing and improv. as well as scripted comedy and all of it landed so well! It was so well timed, so enjoyable. The boys were enjoying it JUST as much as the audience! And what made it even better is that the audience (primarily girls) were DOWN for loud laughter. Usually at 2.5 stages and such, with a predominantly female audience, the audience tends to just giggle, just laugh oh-so femininely and politely. But at this one, I was not the only one bursting out into gigantic laughter. Everyone felt comfortable enough and everyone was tickled enough that they could not hold it in and everyone was laughing so loudly and so hard, and that made the experience even more amazing! I am super thankful that everyone in the room unspokenly agreed and felt comfortable with proper, actually laughing. This stage is absolutely hilarious! I watched this twice and both time I was clutching my stomach because it HURT from laughing so much! I got SUCH a good workout from this show! It's absolutely hilarious. The story is so simple that it's easy to follow and thanks to all the boys' personalities we could get different types of adlibbing and different types of comedy. They all brought their A-game and they were all hilarious - AND charming(!) at the same time! Of course, comedy aside, the story is simple yet charming and great. The characters are very well done, as usual great acting from them all! I enjoyed every aspect of this stage! It was pretty unique too. It had a very realistic theme but they were able to change it into something ridiculous, enjoyable and funny. I give kudos to all the boys! Especially the Higawari cast! Some of them only had like one or two rehearsals before their performance days came and each one of them had their own style and both times (I had Futuba Yu and Yasui Kazuma) they brought great energy to the show and they were such a nice and little addition to the stage! I think even the main cast didn't really know what to expect from their higawari characters xD I went in with high expectations and they gave me what I wanted AND more. They topped it! Once again! Seriously, go watch a god damn Bancho stage (I shamelessly link you to this DL here)! They are amazing! Rating: 9/10 - only loses a mark because it was just a tad short (it’s just under 90s minutes.) I wanted more!

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SPOILER REVIEW

Going into this stage I had some pre-thoughts: 

It's Bancho! It's Domoto! I'm excited! Domoto said it was going to be European inspired so I’m expecting something LIKE D-Boys' Garantido where it's just their everyday working life, and maybe something comes to disrupt the peace. (<<< which, turns out, I WAS right about!). And because it's Bancho, we're obviously going to have some of the actual members realities thrown in there as themes, and we're going to have some serious and possibly crying moments, but also lots of comedy and higawaris and pure stupidity! I am excited!!

Turns out... I was pretty god damn accurate about it xD

STORY

A manager (Kaname) and his new employee (Sunahara) go out for drinks one night, but when they get the bill, they soon learn that Japan, along with the rest of the worldwide, is suffering from Inflation, and something that once cost 3000yen (about 30USD or 25GBP), now costs 30,000,000yen (300,000USD or 250,0000GBP). So until they pay the entirety of their bill, the owner (Nishihara) will not let them leave his bar. A table over with had another boss (Kikuchi) and employee (Yuhei) who were fully aware and prepared for such a bill and belittle Kaname and Sunahara for their stupidity. But they too couldn’t predict that over the course of the night, the Inflation would get worse and they TOO would be forced to stay til they paid in full. So the entire story takes place at this Outside Food/Drink Stall and a few colourful characters make their way to the bar too. And hilarity and ridiculousness ensues.

Of course, in true Bancho Boys style it goes from funny to absolutely ridiculous in 0.1 seconds. So let’s break it down! I’ll do the main things and stuff that happened in both performances that I saw; and then I’ll go into what was different.

THE STAGE

☆ I love when Sunahara and Kaname are told about the bill that they react in the most manzai (comedian-duets in Japan) way ever and pretend to collapse to the floor. And even after NishiKen tells them 3 times that he's not lying and that the bill really comes to 30,000,000 yen, they still proceeded to fall down comedically xD I love how they also drag Kikuchi and Yuhei's character into joining them in the falling.

☆  I love how part way through, they randomly reveal the back left side of the stage which is a giant, magnified phone screen and it projected the currency and the news about inflation on it. NishiKen's reaction to the reveal of this prop is hilarious. It's funny just purely because they acknowledge it so normally! xD

☆ There's a part of the play where Sunahara gets really angry, and he does his EH?! which we all immediately recognised and was reminiscent of a skit (this one) and we all died laughing. It was even more hilarious by the fact that his reaction was aimed towards Yuhei. It was perfectly pitch and the perfect timing during both shows I saw!

☆ I really loved the buddy action between and the character development for Yuhei and Shuji's characters! They start as very normal, serious Japanese businessmen who are looking down on the foolish Kaname and Sunahara who were too dumb to see the world news going crazy about Inflation. But as the stage progresses, you can slowly seeing their normalness cracking. There are some gold moments where Kikuchi uses Chiwata almost like a body guard or shield sometimes (both physically and metaphorically)  from other people. Shinji would use Yuhei as a shield whenever people came over to pummel them. One good example of this is towards the end when they're all starting to argue and fight with one another and Kikuchi says something that pisses off Yuuta and Kikuchi throws Yuhei in the way so Yuuta pushes and corners Yuhei into a corner and has a go at him, while Yuhei is just shriveling up in complete and pure fear; and at that time he had such a squeemy face. It was great slowly seeing their true colours coming out; and seeing just how fucked they were just like everyone else.

☆ At certain point of the play, everyone in the scene would freeze while one point was on in the center. Here, Kaname would step into it and give a narration of the story and it's events. He was the protagonist and the narrator. But there was one moment towards the end of the show where Kaname was doing this narration and Yuta starts moving, eyes the spotlight and Kaname really weirdly, before finally coming over like ‘who the fuck you talking to?!’. So obviously Kaname freaks out and resumes back into the story but Yuta is still staring out into the audience completely puzzled, and obviously we were all cracking up laughing as he tries to figure out WHO Kaname was narrating to xD

☆ SPEAKING of Yuta! Yuta is just the king when it comes to ridiculous comedy!! His character is completely stupid anyway; he's a rich, mafia(?) guy who is just too stupid for his own good. He gets incredibly angry because one of them accidentally scratches his car, so naturally he wants someone to pay (a ridiculous amount) for it, but he very easily gets wrapped up in their talk of Inflation and how they'll survive and then Yuta decides he too won't leave until someone pays for his car, but then he something simple catches his eye and he starts fighting the others for it. He is absolutely pompous! He had some many funny moments and had everyone in hysterics (including himself) and he was just amazing in it!

☆ The story is set in Osaka so naturally the script and their accents were in Kansai-Ben. Hearing them use Kansai Ben was GREAT!! I enjoyed hearing it so much!! Quite a few of them are from the Kansai area (NishiKen and Kaname. Although Sunahara is from Kyoto, he said the Osaka dialect is different to his Kyoto one so NishiKen had to help him xD) so it would've been easy for them!

☆ Kaname plays a superior or boss at his company. He's the narrator of the play, taking moments out to talk directly to the audience and to narrate the story at times. He's oblivious and he can't quite understand what is going on around him. But he is good hearted and tries. Also he's married --- a point that all the cast on stage get shocked about even though he has a ring on xD

☆ Sunahara plays Kaname's kouhai/younger coworker. As he's younger, he's full of energy! I remember him and Kaname had a great comedy duo going on, they worked very well together and their chemistry was great!

☆ NishiKen is the owner of the outdoor bar/food stall where the four businessmen end up stuck because their bills are too expensive. In true NishiKen style he is tsukkomi-ing like hell, has perfect comedic timing and is the perfect balance of going from a pissed/angry owner to insulting others to being scared for him life. His acting was great and he had some many great moment!! The comedy TIMING of this boy never ceases to amaze me!

☆ Kikuchi had the perfect balance of being stoic and acting as if he's from a higher class when he realises Kaname and Sunahara knew nothing about the Inflation, but as the stage progresses, he's able to slowly show cracks in his character until the story becomes absolutely ridiculous and he's just as ridiculous as everyone else xD

☆ Yuhei is Kikuchi's younger coworker and he is kind hearted but he definitely gets thrown into situations he doesn't want to be in. He's sort of weak and kind of a wimp; he definitely freaks in all the scary and tough situations with the most hilarious, squeemish looks on his face.

☆ Domoto plays the owner of a factory; he's your typical factory man who, after he finished work just wants a good beer and some quiet time to himself. Even though he seems dumb, he quickly proves he's just as many parts clever as he is stupid. He is clever enough to figure out a system to get around the Inflation without having to worry about money, but he fights over silly things such as not wanting to share food. It was a different role that we've seen from Domoto so far and I think he did a great job! His body language in his characters is definitely his strong point. From his body language alone he FELT like a factory owner (I don't really know how to explain this but you catch my drift right?), and when he was scared he was able to make himself look very small and timid etc. He did a great job -- course he did! I'm bias as hell! xD

☆ Yuta definitely stole the show in this one. He plays a rich, mafia (I assume) guy who is very hot-headed and pretty stupid, which causes him to start fights with everyone on stage even if it's a miss understanding. Yuta SHINES when it comes to comedy. He is both intentionally and unintentionally funny. He's great with scripted comedy, adlibbing/improvised comedy and he is just naturally amusing to watch. He did amazing in this if you ask me! He was, for me at least, the star of this show, even though he isn't in it for the first half at all!

☆ The Higawari Cast's character was.... odd. I think he was supposed to be the friend of Yuhei/Kikuchi but he is, what's the best word to describe him as, eccentric. At least from what Kazuma and YuuKun did; their character was ridiculous and completely over the top. In true Kazuma style, the character was dramatic and ridiculous. I absolutely loved that during Kazuma's performance, he started reciting who scenes and lines from Death Note and put on this huge act; the audience seemed to get the references straight away which was great so we could all die laughing together. I think the guys on stage too were at a loss as to how to react. In true YuuKun style, he was very funny, ridiculous, and a little stupid. I was so happy that when he first came on stage, he immediately went to Kaname and the two of them looked at each other very puzzled and said 'have I seen you somewhere before? You look familiar.' the audience ADORED this moment for very obvious reasons! <<< if you didn't know Futaba Kaname and Futaba Yuu are twins.

I really, really hope they've learned from past plays and have filmed ALL the higawaris from the boys because I'd really want to see the other performances too!

Now back to some key moments and comedy that I loved! Although this may be very Yuta heavy xD

☆ There is a scene where Domoto, Sunahara, Kikuchi and Yuhei fight over the money that is left on NishiKen's shop counter. This is another scene where everyone slows down, and NishiKen tries to get between them to break up the fight but then they start attacking NishiKen instead (more on this below because it was different every show). In this fight, I’m pretty sure Domoto ended up on the floor in defeat and he stayed there for a long time xD

☆ Another scene is when Yuta is obsessed with this Family Pack of sweets/snacks -- it is actually what gets thrown into Yuta's car, causing him to get angry and to join their madness -- so he fights Domoto for it. They start fighting for it, so there is a scene where they are pulling the family pack away from each other and neither of them will give up. They do it in slow motion so everytime one of them has the upperhand, they did these funny faces, which of course Yuta's were better and were very, very hilarious!

☆ Towards the climax of the story, Yuta gets stabbed accidentally. His reaction is GOLD. He reacts so slowly reacts to it and then yells very loudly 'ITAI!!! / OUCH!!!!!' and then proceeds to mope around the stage, 'this really hurts! It's hurts!! Argh!!!' and he was so comical.

I am NOT doing ANY of this comedy justice. It's hilarious, okay! Just trust me xD

☆ Then right at the end, Yuta loses it and just takes his gun out and shoots everyone! again, we get a slow-mo scene so everyone in the audience is laughing. Also, the way they fall to the floor is very funny. I specifically remember YuuKun's death because he gets shot and, similar to Yuta, his reaction is very late and delayed so he get's shot.... ARGH! And then he proceeded to do this flying wing action as he fell to the floor. It was hysterical!

☆ Another scene I remember is right at the beginning (backtracking a little I apologise. But y'know my reviews are always all over the place xD) when NishiKen explains how much their bill is and why it costs so much, NishiKen lists off the food they had and Kaname is like 'that is not what we had!', and he grabs the yakitori stick/skewer and goes to points at what they ate but he doesn't remember so he asks Sunahara and he slowly labels off types of yakitori (illustration example here) but every show he said something different so Kaname had to quickly get on board and remember what he said, but I remember at the first show he was like 'what? Does that even exist?!' clearly it was a yakitori that's not usually on the menu, or Sunahara made it up completely xD

☆ I love when Yuta first comes into the scene and he sits down next to Domoto at the counter, but Domoto is just full of fear and is slowly trying to turn away from him while Yuta is talking.

☆ The final moment I remember is when Sunahara slaps Yuhei. It was so unexpected and the timing is perfect and just made everyone laugh out loud.

DIFFERENCES

I went to this show twice and there was a LOT of adlib and improvisations, and as you know, one of the characters was a different actor everyday or every performance, and of course each actor has their own sense of humour and comedy style which they brought to the stage. So here are some differences between the two show I saw.

First Show - Thursday 23rd November Night Show

☆ During the scene where Nishiken is being lifted up by Yuhei and Suna were holding Nishi in med-air for ages, but then they finally put him down. Nishi was holding onto them for dear life xD

☆ YuuKun's performance was, as I already mentioned above, GOLD! He had people screaming with laughter. Our stomachs were all hurting from the amount of comedy he threw at us. He was so good! Also, as mentioned, they did the whole 'brothers meeting' and when YuuKun came on Kaname was like ‘hang on... ain’t I seen you somewhere before?!’ these boys know what we want to see!

☆ Yuta completely broke character and was pissing himself laughing when YuuKun came on stage. Yuta tried so hard to keep it together and it keep looking mean, but he had to turn away from the audience, and you could tell he was dying inside of laughter. That's just HOW FUNNY YuuKun is okay! His comedy, even when he speaks normally is GOLD. He is so, so unbelievably funny!

☆ I really have to reiterate how funny YuuKun was doing that flying winged movement when he died. It was like something inspired from a RedBull advert xD

☆ Towards the end of the show, Nishi's character gets really pissed off at the ridiculousness of everything and just wants everyone to stop so he took his shirt off in anger. The audience died naturally. And then sometime after that scene, he just starts flexing his chest/breast muscles which killed the audience even more.

☆ NishiKen is another who is so naturally funny and his timing is great! There was a point where Kaname was talking really seriously about the situation but NishiKen slipped out a really quick but insulting comment causing the entire audience to die of laughter while poor Kaname tried to continue on without cracking up himself.

☆ During the curtain call, YuuKun got to speak and they all commented that he had only had one rehearsal for the show (because he was so busy with Saiyuuki at the time, review here), and they were all so impressed he was able to do such a great performance regardless of that. I figure he probably practise when he had time at home because he lives with his brother so they could've easily done their scenes together in their free time at home.

☆ Sunahara also spoke at the curtain call this night and commented on how even though he's from Kyoto, in the Kanto region, the boys like NishiKen had to help him with the Osaka Kansai accent and dialect because he felt it was different to how Kyoto people speak.

☆ There is a scene where Domoto acts out and gets angry, seriously there are so many ridiculous fights and out-spurts in this show xD and at this show, he ended up really kicking NishiKen who took it like a champ. I think Domoto surprised himself at how well he could do it but NishiKen kept in character and was like 'wtf you doing?!' xD

☆ There were two curtain calls / rounds of applause and when they went off both times, Kaname always took something off stage with him. At this show he took some of the money with him as he walked off.

Second Show - Friday 24th November Night Show

☆ The highlight of this performance was definitely: Yuta forgetting his lines completely. It was during his character was this center monologue scene and he just forgot completely. Yuta forgot then tried to start over (the audience and himself was already cracking up at this point), and Domoto just blurted out 'oh don’t start ALL over!’ which cracked Yuta up even more but he got himself together and when he finally did his moment from start to finish, he got a huge applause from the audience, to which Domoto (in character and according to the script) responded, ‘I don’t get it (= I don't understand what you just said)’, and Yuta (completely out of character) replied ‘I don’t get it either’ and we all lost it again xD Yuta was so OVER it at that moment. Because this stage is suppose to be ridiculous and funny and comedic, it was totally acceptable and okay for Yuta to mess up as much as he did. He's a great guy, he's funny, we all love him, this stage was a comedy; we all accepted his massive mess up and we all joyed in on the fun of it!

☆ For Kazuma's higawari he was essentially himself -- I feel he only ever plays himself if I'm being honest -- and was being overdramatic and ridiculous. Which IS enjoyable and fun! But what made his character amazing was the fact that his moments were completely full of Death Note lines and scenes xD his characters main introduction had him reciting Ryuk lines and then at the climax of the stage he started doing the lines and actions from the final Light vs Near scene in Death Note. It was clear that most of the audience got the reference (BBs audience are pretty young. I'd say like late high school to my age, mid-20s) and loved Death Note too by the fact everyone was laughing at him. Even the boys on stage were like 'who you acting with? Who you talking to?' and either had puzzled or amused expressions on their faces xD

☆ Instead of NishiKen doing the chest flex today, we had Kazuma singing his lines rather than saying them (like a normal person!) and once Kazuma had finished NishiKen's PERFECT comedic timing kicked on and he said 'your arms are so skinny!' xD

☆ Speaking of NishiKen, he wasn't lifted up this time when they were fighting over the money. Instead, Yuhei took off his shoe and shoved it in his face but because it was a scene where we go from slow-motion to everyone freezing and Kaname going into narrator mode, NishiKen had to stay there with the boot in his face and his face didn't not look impressed. It must've been stinky~~~ xD

☆ When Kazuma first appears on stage, Yuhei tries to talk to him but Kazuma immediately said to him 'speak in a lower voice' and everyone died of laughter. So Yuhei said his line again IN a lower tone xD There was another point during the stage also where he asks him to lower his voice xD

☆ Also Kazuma squealing his line out just barely because it was a long line and he was running out of breath, killed everyone too. Especially when Yuhei immediately responded with 'even mine doesn't go that high' xD

☆ The curtain call had Kazuma and Kikuchi do a small speech. Unfortunately I do not remember what they said.

☆ And finally, Kaname took a drink after the first curtain call/applause, and then at the second one took two big wads of money xD

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Extras

After the second show, I got Chekis with Domoto and for once I had something to say and a question ALL set up for once! So here's a quick summary of that:

Me: Yoroshiku onegaishimasu Domoto: Yoroshiku onegaishimasu Me: let's do a peace pose! Domoto: Okay! *pose for cheki/polaroid* Me: Thanks for the good work! Domoto: Thank you! Me: Are you sleeping okay now? (He mentioned recently that he was having trouble sleeping) Domoto: Oh yeah! I'm okay now, thanks! *takes cheki and says goodbye

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GOODS

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This was heavily overdue and my memory is not serving me the best but it is done now! Turns out I have ANOTHER Bancho Stage left to review and upload -- which is absolutely ridiculous, I really shouldn’t be this far behind but... oh well!