#IM GONNA LEARN HOW TO DO THE HANDSHAKE

[monzterbatz]

dear Liam Vickers:

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(check notes for more insane ramblings)

[p-taryn-dactyl]

way down we go: the before (i)

the series: (i) (ii) (the aftermath)

a/n: hi! i really liked writing for this AU so I decided to give a little backstory! this is the story of the first meeting/date of reader and Agatha who is in her less than legal hobby phase. hope you enjoy!

word count: 2k

warning(s): reader is a little bit oblivious...or is agatha a mastermind?; cursing oh no; mentions of stalking; did i mess up the timeline i myself created? maybe shh; also guys, it feels weird to write about the police when im not their biggest fan...eh it makes a good AU so; theres a murder! but who did it 👀 ; made up forsenics; hehe i have a plan; i kinda just throw MCU names around as characters in here sorry

You were convinced the universe had a vendetta against you as you rushed through your morning routine. You had slept in forty minutes past your alarm, much to the distaste of your neighbors, who had been the ones to wake you with pounding knocks on your door.

"Why do I have so many fucking creams and serums?" You muttered angrily about the purchases your past self had bought as a celebration of getting the job. The new job that you were now dangerously close to running late to your first day. Finally your frustration came to a head and you finally just started on your makeup, pausing your blending and swiping to pull on pants and a sweater. A sweater you realized was on backwards and inside out once you were in your car and in front of your regular coffee stand. You had pulled the sweater off and was in the process of turning it right side out when you realized you had caught the eye of one of the coffee stand customers. You also realized you were only in your bra and your car windows were far from tinted. Heat rose to your face and you sheepishly pulled your sweater on over your head. If you ever had done the walk of shame, you imagined it would feel like how you did as you got out of the car. The customer who you had made eye contact with smirked at you as you made your way to join the coffee line.

"If I known I would be getting a show, I would've brought more cash."

While her voice held a joking tone, you saw no malicious intent in her blue eyes. Dear lord you had just flashed the most beautiful woman in the world. Forget your new job, you were just gonna run away to Argentina and change your name. You gave a small laugh, embarassment still coursing through you. The woman seemed to realize and bumped your shoulder with hers.

"Oh come on now, don't be shy. I liked what I saw." She whispered into your ear and made even more heat rise to your cheeks. The blatant flirting made you genuinely smile and a small burst of confidence had you responding.

"I guess the next logical step is to buy you dinner...or coffee! This coffee, I don't know why I jumped straight to dinner." You trailed off to a mumble, the burst of confidence gone. But the woman just looked at you with a fondness that you didn't know someone could have for a stranger.

"You'll offer me dinner before you learn my name?"

Your eyes widened and your hand shot out in front of you for a handshake.

"I'm sorry, that's just rude of me honestly. First I flash you and now this!" You started to pull your hand back, wondering why you even put it out but she grabbed it, shaking your hand softly. Her eyes shone with humor as she told you her name.

"Agatha Harkness, lovely to meet you dear."

You smiled but it quickly fell as you noticed the time on her watch and how long the coffee line was.

"Oh shit, I have to go. Guess I'll push through the day without a caffeine boost."

Agatha laughed, a sound you knew you wanted to hear more of in the future.

"Dinner?" You anxiously asked as you fumbled with your car keys, unlocking your car. Agatha nodded, cocking her head to the side as she smiled at you.

"I'll meet you here around 6? We can walk to The Bistro just around the corner."

While it was a question, Agatha spoke as if it was a demand. You smiled and nodded, internally hoping Agatha wouldn't take you up on your buying dinner offer. The Bistro was a delicious restaurant but was known for prices that normally took weeks saving up for. You waved at your date, climbing in your car with a giant smile on your face. Before you shut your door, Agatha called out.

"See you later, Y/N!"

It didn't occur to you that you never told her your name.

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Agatha watched as you drove away, a smirk pulling on her lips. Finally. She had been keeping tabs on you for weeks, the new forensic scientist who was the new obstacle in her way. Over the weeks, she memorized your schedule, where you frequented and when. This coffee shop was a constant, a perfect place for an impromtu meeting. But even with all the information she collected about you, she didn't expect to genuinely like you. You were adorable, both in your mannerisms and how you spoke. If she didn't already know your history, she would be more concerned about the profession you had chose.

She also didn't expect you to ask her out, an interesting development. Agatha was prepared to inch her way into your life as a friend, slowly coercing information out of you as the friendship progressed. But this, this dinner would would change everything.

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The universe definitely had it out for you.

Almost the second after you situated yourself in your new lab, after meeting the team and thankfully clicking with them, a call came into the precinct.

A body had been found.

The excitement of your first officical case made the whole process become a blur. But reality became stark the second you crossed the yellow tape. Red and blue illuminated the air, flashing in your eyes as you made your way to the body. Almost immediately, you were grabbing the arm of Detective Jimmy Woo, the man who had been kind enough to let you have the last of the coffee pot.

"This isn't where they were killed. This is a body dump."

Jimmy, quick to grab his notepad, started jotting down what you said before looking up at you, a quizzical look on his face.

"How do you know?"

You slowly started circling the body, Jimmy following you as you explained, careful to not disrupt the photos Darcy, the CSP, was taking.

"The way he's positioned," Jimmy looked like he was about to ask how you knew the sex but you held up a hand as if to say you'll come back to that, "His arms are up against his chest and so are his legs, rigor mortis sets in after death, meaning since there's no outward indicators on the scene of a struggle and from what flesh is left, it looks like the wrists and ankles were tied, creating the position he's in now. If I'm allowed to make an educated guess, he was stuffed in the back of a vehicle of some sort and died while back there. He probably was dumped when whoever put him in the vehicle realized."

Jimmy just stared at you and you fidgeted in place. The excitement of being in a crime scene made you break a rule you learned while completeing an internship at the Jeffersonian. Never make assumptions about how the victim died, wait until you have evidence for a hypothesis. But Jimmy just nodded, an impressed look on his face as he taped his notepad with his pen.

"We're lucky to have you as our main analyst, Y/N. Welcome to the team."

Jimmy went to talk with the couple who had found the body while fishing. If you had to guess, you would say they would be staying away from seafood for a long time.

Along with your new forensic team, you inspected the scene, collecting and bagging everything and anything that seemed out of place. Finally, it was time to head back to the lab.

Dental records of the victims skull gave you an identification quickly.

Vis Maximoff, 32, reported missing two weeks ago by a neighbor, who had chosen to stay anonymous. You were surprised to see a pending case attatched to his name in the system, one that had been open for almost a year. Vis's wife, Wanda, was reported as deceased under unusual circumstances but all evidence detectives had to even start thinking about arresting Vis was either circumstancial or non-existent.

You passed on this information to Jimmy, who had a confirmation from the coroner, Hela, that your theory of how Vis died was correct. Fibers found on his body matched those of the floor of a 2017 Buick Verano. He died of asphyxiation, meaning either he had no air in the trunk of the car, or something had been covering up his nose and mouth, keeping him quiet and ultimately leading to his demise.

The rest of the day went by in what felt like a second. Soon, it was coming close to your date with Agatha and you had no time to change. Darcy proved to be your savior as she walked into your lab without knocking, quickly clocking the panicked look on your face.

"Girl are you okay? I mean you did have to look at a dead man for hours so I guess that could be it but I'm also going to guess this is about something else because you keep picking at your sweater."

You looked up at Darcy, forcing yourself to stop plucking at your clothes.

"Maybe you should be a detective," you joked, Darcy snorted as she leaned on the table across from you, silently prompting you to explain, "It's just, I have a date with someone I met at the coffee stand and she's gorgeous - I mean really pretty, and we're going to a super nice place and I'm pretty sure I have dead man juice on my pants."

Darcy shuddered before coming around to loop her arms through yours.

"Well thankfully, this department has plenty of clothes used for undercover assignments and stake outs. I'm sure we can find something that screams 'FUCK ME' in time for your date."

If you had pearls, you would have clutched them. Darcy just rolled her eyes at your dramatic reaction. She pulled you up, dragging you to the giant walk in closet where the undercover clothes resided.

"Ok don't give me that scandalized bullshit, do you or do you not want her to fuck you?"

You murmmured under your breath as you looked at the racks of clothing. Darcy crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. You sighed, making eye contact with the brunette.

"I mean I was mostly hoping that she even likes me after this date, but yes, that would be nice."

Darcy laughed, shaking her head as she joined you in looking for an outfit.

"You're a funny one, Y/N. This woman better not break your heart because you just gained yourself a best friend and- ew no not that dress, it makes you look like a corpse." -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Agatha tapped her foot against the concrete as she waited for you. A small part of her wondered if you had forgotten about the date that was made so quickly, and she hated how that thought made her stomach sink.

"Agatha!"

Your voice called out as you turned the corner, looking slightly out of breath as you walked over to her as quickly as possible. You came to stand next to her as Agatha's eyes raked over you, taking in the dress Darcy and you had agreed on.

"Oh I don't know if we can go into the restaurant like this." Agatha said while slightly shaking her head. Your smile fumbled as you looked down at the dress, surprised at how much you ended up loving it.

"Oh I thought it was ni- I don't- Why is there a dress code it's breaking?"

Your panicked flurry of words made Agatha come to stand close to you, cupping your face in her hands and lifting slightly so you could make direct eye contact.

"I just don't know if I'm okay with everyone staring at my date."

You rolled your eyes jokingly as Agatha pulled away, swatting at her shoulder lightly.

"You scared me! Now if anyone is going to be staring, it's going to be at you. Did you literally jump out of my fantasies?"

You only realized what you had said once you saw the growing smirk on Agatha's face.

"Fantasies huh? We only met this morning and you're already fantasizing about me?"

You felt heat rising to your face, a seemingly normal occurence around Agatha.

"Let's go to The Bistro! Probably a long line to wait in, should get to that!"

Agatha wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you close as she whispered in your ear.

"This is going to be fun."

a/n: hihi! God I love this AU! This and The Aftermath parts of Way Down We Go are going to be two parts each, and then there's something else i have planned that hopefully y'all enjoy too!! thank you for reading!

[lyrakanefanatic]

Thoughts that I wanted to share about the brothers Hawthorne/ the grandest game bc I don’t wanna make a million posts about each one 💀

1: Phone girls dad literally shot himself ON. HER. BIRTHDAY. 😭😭

2: Skye Hawthorne MIGHT be in the grandest game, because when Avery got bombed and Ricky and skye got arrested for it, they found out that it actually wasn’t them which means they prob got out of jail (maybe not Ricky but probably skye) and she might be controlling one of the players

3: WE’LL PROBABLY GET TO SEE A SUNSHINE X GRUMPY TROPE!! (Mathias and Gigi)

4: we’ll see which 7 contestants avery will pick for the game!! (While I was writing that instead of contestants I accidentally put tributes 💀)

5: we might learn more about Toby’s backstory (or just the Hawthorne backstories in general, like Zara’s, nans or Alice’s)

6: speaking of Alice, SOMEHOW THAT OLD GRANDMAS GOING TO BE ALIVE

7: this isn’t really a prediction but more just like a possible hint for the grandest game, but when grayson tells his brothers about the riddle “what begins a bet? Not that”, Jameson says this

He says “what’s the opposite of a handshake?” And I found a picture online that shows multiple different options of what could be the opposite of a handshake

Basically most of the words on there kind of show “misinterpretation” or just different words for some sort of mistake, so would that mean that the “beef” (im just gonna call it that bc I don’t rlly know what went down) between tobias and thomas thomas was maybe accidental?? Or maybe they got into a disagreement that ended in thomas ending his life? All the book really shows is that one paragraph (that I highlighted in green) that talks about what Jameson thought of the riddle, and then Jameson was talking to Avery about the game (probs bc jlb didn’t wanna drop too many hints lmao) And then if you add it in with the “abet” theory ⬇️

It said that one of the opposites of a handshake were “refusal” and “disagreement”, so what if tobias had wanted thomas to aid one of his crimes and thomas refused, and maybe tobias gave him an ultimatum which is why he shot himself?? It’s so confusing bc what would tobias even do that was so horrible that thomas had to shoot himself, I really don’t know. but if anyone has some theory’s on this pls lmk! 🫶

8: holy guacamole 7 was a long one, but anyway i feel like there are definitely more hints on the grandest game in the brothers Hawthorne then there were in the final gambit, even though in (i think tig is the one that clue was from?) the inheritance games “special” edition bc idk what their called it said “hints in the final gambit”. (although one loose end from tig was David Golding, and @riddles-n-games had a good theory about that) But i read the final gambit entirely and didn’t find a single clue other than David, so that’s kinda weird (unless somebody else found something else they found interesting in that book?)

9: Eve might also be behind one of the players, or just trying to get involved with the game so she could get the cash prize or whatever else it is that that psycho needs 🙄

10: we’ll (most likely, bc I’m 99.9% sure that she’ll be in tgg) see what phone girl looks like and see which one of us were right 😜

11: kinda random but i will bet a whole 5 dollars that phone girls name is either gonna be flower related, or just straight up be lily. Or maybe both, but just think of how ironic that would be (there are calla lilys all over the cover of tgg… 🤷‍♀️)

12: LIBBY NASH WEDDING!!! 🤭🤭🤭💗

13: so off topic but WHERE DO GRAYSON AND JAMESON GET THEIR MONEY FROM??? like I’m sure jameson probably gets some cash from his billionaire girlfriend, but what about grayson?? he says in tbh that he’s “buried in work” but what kind of work does he do?? and who does he work for?? 🤨

14: Okay this is gonna be the last one bc i need to shut up, but does anybody have an idea on what some things in the grandest game cover might symbolize? we know about the lilys and the opal rings, but other than that i CANT seem to figure out anything else on there 😭😭

and okay that’s all thank you for coming to my ted talk 🫶😊🙌

[pomegranateflesh]

"Fabulously wandering around! Cure Fabulous! Let us be friends forever!"

HELL YEAH WONDERFUL PRECURE SATURDAY WOO111!!!!!

this is Cure Fabulous my Wonderful! Precure Oc/Curesona, pronouns: they/it. But how did they exactly become a Precure? Find out down below!

they are originally a Kirarin Animal Red Panda, one who is an extrovert at heart just get them talking and they won't be able to stop! This Kirarin Animal is always eager to make new friends, still they are quite shy and anxious.. they are very self conscious and scared that they will make a bad impression, or receive a deceiving look that they are incredibly afraid to even try to reach out and make new friends. One day they escaped to the human realm feeling as they do not fit in the Niko Garden in their current state, in Animal Town they found themselves face to face to the Mirror Stone, already aware of its legendary status as a wish granting stone they made a wish, "I WISH.. I WISH I COULD BE STRONG AND CONFIDENT! I WANT TO BE STRONG LIKE THE PRECURE BEFORE US! TO HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH ANYONE!!"

The stone didn't react, disappointed they were about to head back to the Niko Garden they feel a terribly strong presence.. one they've never felt before.. afraid for the others they immediately head back.. only to find everything destroyed.. what was once everyone's home was now gone.. they didn't fully appreciate it before, it was just the common everyday but with it gone not having a home to return to can really break one's heart, desperately they try and gather all the eggs up, suddenly the GaruGaru's leader appears in front of them.

"Out of my way." It says in a terribly cold voice.

"NO! I WILL NOT BE AFRAID ANYMORE! EVERYONE NEEDS MY HELP! IM THE ONLY HERE SO IM GONNA PROTECT THEM!"

With a single kick the GaruGaru's leader throws the Kirarin Red Panda far far away, thinking it's over its ready to leave however they come right back and pulls at it's cape. "I WON'T LET YOU TAKE THEM! I WON'T LET YOU HURT ANYONE ANYMORE!!" as they say that with such a strong determination with their heart, their wish is finally granted! There and then they transform into Cure Fabulous!

"Precure! Fabulous Paw Punch!!!"

As it hits them it barely makes an scratch.. Fabulous is slightly afraid but they stay strong! Throwing everything they got, they channel their emotions into each attack, their anxieties of meeting new friends.. their regrets of not reaching out before.. their absolute happiness at being able to be a Cure.. all of it into a final attack. They put their arms up and yell:

"PRECURE!! FABULOUS FANFARE!!!!"

(imagine something like the Cure Prism, Prism Shot but instead of a ball it's a sun and with the colors of all of the Kirarin Animals gems, it shines bright with orange and red lights)

Before the attack can hit the coward leader finally goes away, leaving Cure Fabulous all by themselves.. alone in the rubble of what used to be their home. They stay alone like this until the Iroha, Komugi and Mey Mey get back, Mey Mey is incredibly surprised and glad to find that a single Kirarin Animal survived unharmed and says they are terribly sorry for what happened and to leave them alone, Kirarin Red Panda is just happy to be with someone again and hugs Mey Mey.

Later on as more Kirarin Animals return and things get more stable they talk to Mey Mey and show them their ability to transform, absolutely floored by this Mey Mey tells them to help the Precure right away! And schedules a meeting with them, until the meeting they are incredibly anxious.. even trembling however they snap out of it, thinking of how wonderful it will be to fight alongside the Precure and save their future friends. They transform into their Cure form(they are only able to turn human after learning it with Komugi) and meets Iroha and Komugi with a handshake and a smile, the meeting goes very well! It's more of a tea party than a serious corporate meeting, the evening goes by smoothly time passes it's as if they have been friends forever already. Now part of the team, they switch between worlds to join in fights and everyday activities! This is but just the start of Cure Fabulous story!

I looooved designing them, you will probably see slight changes here and there, especially in the hairstyle, but anything else I'm more than satisfied with! I have still to come up with a proper human design for them(originally I wasn't even going to bother but as I normally only make the Cure designs but imma give it a try), and a GaruGaru version just for funsies.

imitating the Wonderful Precure artstyle was as tricky as it was fun, and I'm still not TOTALLY sold on WonPre buuuut I'm liking it well enough, it has a weird comical/light feel that reminds me of Tropical Rouge so that made me like it even more, I don't really like how practically EVERYONE now knows that they are involved with the Niko Garden stuff, like the main team is fine for them to know, I still would've preferred more suspense and a little more time until Mayu discovered everything but oh well.

hope you guys enjoyed Cure Fabulous backstory! see you on the next one

[skylardoesthings]

PLEASE DOOOOO drop more or elaborate your hcs I'm starting to feel the eiliea illness creeping back up so might as well (the illness was never gone in the first place) also just realized your blog title. handshaking u on that we are in this asylum together 🤝 - @kumagorosh

LMFAO??? Yeah guys, im ill abt these guys, its funny that theyre not my favourite characters though.

Anyways i hope you like my insane ramblings, this is gonna be REALLY long so, you can see em all under the cut 👍

For the "in go, to the public Kiyama is Kira Hiroto, to his friends and family, hes Kiyama Tatsuya" hc, the reason why they found out his name is Tatsuya is because of Touko. No one knows how she found out, all they know is that one day during summer she appeared, saw Kiyama and went "HEY TATSUYA!" And watched him panic,

Inazuma Japan noticed that Kiyama and Mido sometimes tend to not answer them whenever they say their names, so they would say their alien names. When the two do reply by their alien names, they would yell "WRONG TRY AGAIN!" bc they are Not Gran and Reize anymore and they have to learn to not reply to those names

As for "The reason why InaJap was so nice to kimido was because of Dark Emperors" hc, it sorta came to me out of the blue while rewatching s3, Mido and Kaze are good freinds despite aliea and my hc is that is the reason why everyone warmed up to them – if DE didn't happen, Kaze wouldn't feel like he understood what Reize had to go through ans that feeling of inadequicy that followed them, if this makes any sense. (Note; if DE didn't happen, they would've either A. Not even be a part of InaJap or B. Be a part of it and get treated like outcasts, kinda like Fudou.)

Also all the sun garden kids, areori or og, knows how to fight btw. Og sun garden is just, better and stronger because of the Aliea Meteorite

ALSO BTW. This is game canon but like, aliea???! Is so fucked up in the games? Like Seijirou rlly was going to sell those kids as weapons of war and we went "wow, normal IE stuff." And Garshield too. Like what the hell

Anyways back to the hcs; Demonio, Kiyama, and Ronijo are friends! "How so?" You might ask, its the child experiments.

Prominence is very used to the heat and prefers it, they hate the cold.

Diamond Dust player, menawhile are the opposite, whenever it snows Hitomiko always has to remind them that they're human and need to be warm, so "Don't go outside without gloves or jackets–!" And they absolutely hate the heat.

Ok this is just semi canon bcz mido, but Gemini Storm totally has a inferior complex.

This is dubiously canon? But all of Eisei are on given name status with each other, and for the og cast, they're still a bit to awkward (well, more like strangers) with each other to do that, but in go they totally call each other by their given names

Ok now for my hyper specific hc where i have no idea where this came from but its something i like and kept

Reina is a psychologist! Maki is a nurse, why? Because honestly, with the way they grew up, they were probably frustrated a lot by all these different things would probably want to help themselves and others. Why them specifically? Idfk it just happened. Same thing with Mutou being a techie, Nagumo being a choach to bunch of kids (like handa in canon), and a bunch of other stuff

Ngl, my hc is that all the Kira's were probably in the spotlight post-aliea, so the hc that Shuugo probably lost a of friends when he was a kid was born,

Which takes me to the hc that he loves his friends and family. He's not ashamed to be a Kira, he holds so much pride for being one. One of his goal's for when hes an adult is to probably just make something for himself, be someone he himself could be proud of,

I honestly have ZERO idea where i got my "Kiyama sees a lot of himself in Kariya" hc, but i think it was when i was rewatching s2 and went "wow thid guy has a lot of similar mannarisms as Kariya" whenever i saw covert Kiyama+Gran

Which takes me to the, "Shuugo and Kariya are just mini versions of the aliea captains" hc, which is mostly by mannerisms. They probably unconsciously mimicked them or just adopted it into the way they do things or smthn idk. Hitomiko finds this adorable.

Ehm. Here's some of Shuugo and Kariya actually why not, mostly shuugo because... he's my favourite.

The whole "they're complete opposites of each other" bit is mostly based on my other headcanons, but also from Shuugo's recruitment needs + kariya's canon behaviour. (shuugo's talks for the both of them, and kariya in turn, insults people for fun)

Shuugo likes to fist-fight people btw, he's nice and calm, but he has anger issues, and when someone pisses him off bad he'd start fist-fighting people, which is pretty often. (Kariya in turn, gaslight people. for fun. like father like son, I guess?)

Nagumo taught both Shuugo and Kariya curse words.

Shuugo was the one who came up with the idea of Masaki transferring to Raimon (the moment he joined the soccer club, shuugo went through all five stages of grief at once)

oh yeah kariya and shuugo have a sibling-like relationship. idk if you can tell from all the previous hcs.

literally no one knew that they know each other, so one day during the match of raimon 1gun vs raimon 2gun in s1 of go, they started talking to each other post-match and everyone was just "????? since when ???" and the revelation that kariya is an orphan and shuugo knows him because his cousin(??) is the "owner" of the orphanage opened,

also because of kariya and shuugo knowing each other, the two of them (along with ichino and aoyama!) sorta become the bridge between raimon 1gun and raimon 2gun! they have a lot more joint practises and team 2 are able to play in official/friendly matches!

Also fun fact, Shuugo was supposed to have a character arc similar to Hikaru's when he was first introduced in the sequel for go s1, aka, Chrono Stone, but as we can see that never happened. Anyways, i totally do NOT have a whole ass plot and am writing a fic of this for myself. nope, Nuh-uh.

(i am, i just stopped writing it cause i got stuck with a bit I cannot write to save my life :sob:)

wow this is. really long, i am so sorry if this makes no sense, and I'm sorry in general.

[amourkive]

LOVE ME AGAIN | KTH

a/n:I actually wrote this for my sister 💀 stay gold⁷- miri

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"we can't - this isn't gonna work." taehyung spoke as softly as he could, as if it was gonna make it hurt less. And you, who had just got home, furrowed your eyebrows, placing your keys on the counter top.

"what?" you asked in disbelief, because this was so sudden. He sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose, running a hand through his hair.

"us, it's not gonna work." he stated, heart hurting at the sight of your eyes tearing up.

"but-wh-why? We are doing so fucking good! Our apartment, financially, I thought-I thought we were doing good." you mumbled, intertwining you hands together, to keep from falling apart.

"we were...yeah. But it's just, Im just not sure anymore." taehyung spoke, sitting down, scratching at his head. "then we'll figure it out together! Together taehyung, don't push me away." you sobbed, and taehyung wanted to wrap you in his arms and take the pain he caused away.

Instead, he stood up, and grabbed his jacket, and keys. "I'm sorry, really" and with a small hug, and chaste kiss to the head, he was out the door, taking your heart with him.

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"don't you dare! I am not getting splas-you bitch!" shrieking as you felt the water from the water gun squirt on you. "it's summer! It's a crime not to get wet!" jimin laughed, refilling the gun up.

You smiled, going to grab water balloons, before stopping in front of someone you never really thought you'd encounter again. "...hey." taehyung greeted, waving slightly. He knew he'd find you here. You was always here, especially during summer. He smiled thinking of the times they'd come to the park to play with the water.

"hey taehyung, uhm, how are you?" you asked, feeling a tad bit awkward, turning around looking at a confused jimin. You raised your hand, notifying him to give you a minute.

Taehyung watched, and felt sour."I'm good, how are you? Here with a friend?" he asked, kicking the floor. you nodded, "uhm yeah-I'm with my boyfriend actually. Jimin, jimin!" yelling behind yourself, a man with green hair ran up next to her.

"what's up, babe? Ah-Hey, I'm Jimin." he smiled, putting his hand out for a handshake. Taehyung swallowed harshly, before shaking Jimin's hand, smiling. "hey, I'm taehyung."

Taehyung.

Jimin nodded, he knew about taehyung, it was hard not to, considering how he left you, but jimin wasn't going to hold grudges, not when you didn't.

"Nice to meet you. You okay, lovely?" jimin asked her quietly, holding her hand, and she turned to him, smiling brightly, and more freely, "I'm more than okay Jiminie." He smiled back, kissing her cheek.

"I'll let you two talk. Nice seeing you, Taehyung" jimin stated, walking back to where they had their stuff, hoping his glances at the two didn't get noticed by them.

"he seems nice." taehyung mumbled, "I'm sorry for you know.."

She waved him off, "don't worry about it. It was well-you know a year ago, I've learned to be okay. Plus, Jimin's really, really nice." she blushed, at the thought of him.

Taehyung watched her, and hated how he left her, a year ago, at their prime, all because he didn't want to share his doubts with her.

"that's nice. That's great, really." he said, he didn't really want to leave her just yet. He missed her. He really did "yeah it is. Uhm, yeah..take care Tae. It was nice seeing you again. Bye!" she waved, running back towards jimin, who grabbed her, lifting her up in the air.

She giggled, and taehyung swore there was nothing else prettier than her. But this was his lost, and now he had to pay the price. At least he knew jimin would treat her better than he did.

[voiceofsword]

Psssst. If you have any headcannons to spare, how do you think Crazy: B is at handshake/fan events 👀 Ever since Mika mentions a fans itabag I’ve been obsessed

OK this one wont be super long bc ill be accompanying it with doodles but, u know the drill, under read more so i dont stretch people’s dashboards out

im gonna start with rinne i think he is VERY enthusiastic. he’s so happy to be there man. like he’s usually loud and kind of obnoxious regardless but this brings it out even more, most fans eat it up bc thats just his persona now, right. if any older fans show up he gets a bit softer/quieter to accommodate for them because he trusts them. 

if he notices fans being too shy/awkward he’ll try his best to hype them up and make them feel welcome i.e everybody be nice to this fan or i’ll blow this whole place up! but at the same time it’s like the second he sniffs out that they’re nervous he becomes a bit more pushy (WELL-MEANING OFC) AND IT CAN GET TO BE ALMOST SCARY… HE WILL EITHER GET SOFT AND UNDERSTANDING OR HE WILL EXPLODE ON U AND TRY TO MAKE U EXCITED WITH HIM THERES NO IN-BETWEEN… he will point out that ur nervous and ask u why that is. maybe poke a little bit of fun. obviously not enough to make you cry or whatever but enough for you to shake a little bit, so that after you leave you can look back at the pictures and memories like damn im actually glad rinne amagi helped me out of my shell

hes like an apex predator he can sense fear but instead of k wording you he forces you to do peace signs with him in photos

niki like always is super friendly and welcoming. he tries his best to make fans have fun! he isn’t nearly as pushy as rinne and doesn’t really pry. he makes small talk and if he thinks you smell nice he Will point it out! he will compliment and laugh a lot and overall be very silly. 80% of any event he’s playing footsie with rinne under the table and occasionally during fan meets they’ll start play bickering both for The Bit and also because they cant go too long without doing it it sustains them. 

one concerning thing about niki is that regardless of the circumstances he will always ALWAYS accept food, even though he is not supposed to. he sneaks off to eat snacks to prevent hunger pangs and if any fan catches him while offering food he will most assuredly be like oh hell ya, which is why the other guys are constantly on the look-out for him. while almost all fans do it in good faith i can imagine he’s gotten sick from at least one instance of this happening but he never learns because he cannot for the life of him turn down stuff he can eat. kohaku and rinne literally always have an eye on him to make sure his breaks stay short and to haul his ass back to the table 

himeru is perfect. like as a meet and greet idol he is exemplary. it’s almost scary. he gives the perfect amount of small talk, compliments you just enough, smiles the whole time. holds your hand for enough time, brushes his hair behind his ear acting all handsome, laughs at anything and everything that might be a joke….it’s like he has a mental checklist for every encounter. he studies this shit every night before an event so he has it down to a T. he makes meeting the others feel like youre talking to the teletubbies 

like rinne he senses fear and while he doesnt push like rinne does it’s almost like. he’s smug about it. he knows he’s that good! HE’S SO RADIANT YOU CAN’T LOOK AT HIM FOR TOO LONG…

ok lastly kohaku! kohaku i feel like would definitely try his best to copy himeru. he thinks the other two are not good examples, so partly himeru’s trying to show off because he knows kohaku is watching. being good friends with aira also has him practicing this a lot with him, too. but on his own kohakuchan is good at talking to people, slightly less good at maintaining eye contact or handshakes but he’s working on it! you can tell he’s new to it but he’s trying his best so it makes it all the more endearing. 

the other three point it out a lot when they think he or the fans can’t hear. not in a malicious way theyre just happy to see kohaku’s having fun. his encounters definitely feel a little more rushed but not because he necessarily wants it to be over you can tell hes just a bit more nervous to be 1 on 1. sometimes the other guys do something stupid in the sidelines so he can get angry and have him let loose. anyways Be nice to him 

[hunted-moth]

Forest Of Dreams PT6: Dear Diary

Neytiri x reader

Wordcount // 7k

Summary // Lynn documents her progress in video logs as Neytiri updates her mother on the skills she's passing on to Lynn.

Warning // talks about death, language, animal death,

A/N //Ok so this chapter is gonna be a little different just a warning, it's not gonna be drastic just a different I guess idk. So you know that scene where Jake does a video log of what he's learning that's what this is but it also sprinkles in some solely Neytiri scenes with her family

Also I’m so done writing this if it’s bad or really fast paced that’s why

Speaking Na’vi (unless were with just Neytiri)

[Y/n is talking in a video log]

«Neytiri's memory»

‘Thoughts’

*Whispering*

*Mini time skip, like a small location change

You sat down on a table with the camera, adjusting it to make your face more in frame, and flicked it on. You were so tired you half debated on just sleeping in the pod that night

[ alright, so this is… vid log 15, times 1357 hours or just 1:57 now 58,] you slouched your shoulder and dragged your hands across your face [do I have to do this like now, I'm exhausted grace,] You tried to plea with Grace [“nope, do it now when you still remember”] you turned back and continued your log of the day

[alright im in the cabin right now and the days go by in a bink]

*

[the language is a pain in the ass sometimes]

“No no it is Mikyun, MIK-YUN, try again” “Maiky-” she smacked your forehead “MIKYUN” she pointed to her ears while you rubbed your forehead “Mikjan?” she flicked your ears “Mikyuun” “Mikyun” you had finally got the word right, she nodded her head before moving onto eyes “Nari”

[some words I know by heart now, like skxawng, which means moron or idiot, get called that a lot by her]

You are in the river hopping from rock to rock “Hey Neytiri, race ya” You begin to jump from rock to rock before your foot slips on a particularly slippery rock, Neytiri just rolled her eyes while looking down at you “skxawng”

*

[Norm and Jake's attitude towards each other has gotten better though. when Norm helps me with the language, Jake joins sometimes]

You were sitting on the table while Norm was teaching you to pronounce ‘oel ngati kameie’ correctly. you knew how to say it already. It being the first phrase Neytiri drilled into you

“Ok so the hand movement is important, it's like giving a handshake to someone important” you explained to Jake “Yeah it's like I see you but not seeing physically but spiritually like I understand you” Norm elaborated on the social side of the greeting

*

[on typical days we go in the treetops and explore, My feet are getting tougher, my legs are moving faster by the day, and my body is stronger the more im here. Neytiri says ‘I have to trust my body, don't think just do’]

You and Neytiri were running along the canopy going from branch to branch, she was ahead and you had to keep up with her. She grabbed ahold of a branch and swung to another one, you slowed for a moment before leaping towards the branch and running with her again

[but sometimes I think she's trying to kill me]

As you and Neytiri were running you saw her leap off a branch deeper into the canopy of huge leaves. You saw her glide and slide to each leaf effortlessly, and eventually land gracefully. You looked down in awe at her before you realized you'd have to jump down to her as well. You debated in your mind if you really wanted to risk this but Neytiri beckoned you to come with her hand

“fuck it, you only live once” You tilted your head and looped your bow around you, backing up before running off, throwing yourself into the air. you're pretty sure all of Pandora could hear your terrified screams as you descended. You hit every leaf on your way down rather harshly. And unlike Neytiri, you somehow got caught in a few vines

You attempted to grab the leaves to slow the fall but it was useless. Neytiri was just wincing at you as you fell. She jumped back a bit when your bow landed near her before you finally came down. You landed on an oversized mushroom which, thankfully, broke your fall. You rolled off it hitting the ground hard though. You stood up looking up trying to act nonchalantly as possible as you brushed off your collected vines and picked up your bow

*

[she even showed me some na'vi costumes and such]

As you were walking on the forest floor doing some tracking when you came across a fruit. It looked like a banana, though a heavily misshapen banana. You picked it up to examine it. It looked fresh as well

“Hey Neytiri, what's this kind of fruit?” She looked up from the tracks to see you holding a utumauti, she got up and walked over to you “You found a utumauti, a canopy fruit. They are very hard to find fresh and untouched.” she took the fruit from you to expect it “it's considered lucky to find one like this” and handed the fruit back to you

“Eat it you deserve it” You nodded your head and tried to find a way to open it, “you want some Neytiri?” she shook her head “It is considered rude to take” You shrugged your shoulders before taking a bite out of the fruit “I won't find it rude if you take some” you offered a big pice to her. She reached out her hand hesitantly before finally taking it and eating it. Some of the juice squirted out of her mouth, and without thinking you went to whip it away with your thumb

She stood frozen, her cheeks darkened a little bit, she smacked your hand away and went back to the trails she “skxawng” she muttered under her breath. Only then did you realize your action and apologized

*

[I have come to realize that archery is not my forte, and I believe it's because of my posture. ]

Your archery abilities were far from desired. You had a bad stance, and you couldn't aim for shit. On your first few days, Neytiri would often smack your arms into place and pat your core to get you to strengthen it

“Txur ni’ul, stronger” She gestured to her core and breathed in deep, you readjusted your posture hoping it would be correct this time. But apparently, this was worse cause she just approached you and manually adjusted your posture, and told you to shoot before slapping your elbow back into place again.

You didn't even hit the target…

You heard laughing in the distance to see Salau coming towards you with her bow in hand “Haha Lynn your so bad” she pointed her finger at you, you looked down at her with annoyance on your face “Well if you're so good why don't you give it a try kid” you challenge and she just smirked at you, she got into position and released her arrow

It was a bullseye…damnit

She looked at you with a shit-eating grin while you scowled down at her and stuck your tongue at her. Neytiri eventually sent her away to get back to your lessons

*

[Every day, we watch the trails, look at the tracks near the watering hole, and listen carefully for any noises. Or changes in the smell of the air]

Neytiri said you two would track some nantangs. First, she had you identify what their tracks looked like. You found some trails and followed them for a long distance until you thought you had lost them.

Neytiri stopped at new tracks. She inspected the dirt, her head went in a direction before you both heard something in the distance. She went towards it as you followed her

You two crawled up a small incline to see a family a nantangs, a mother, and some pups. Now you were a little scared because the last time you had a run-in with them they tried to kill you. But the more you looked the more you cooed at the pups, you couldn't help but think of dogs when you saw them

[she talks about the energy of the forest and how it flows in the animal's spirits- “Hope the tree-hugging craps, not your final”] Jake interrupted your log with a laugh [“It isn't all about the eye-hand coronation and studying for some test”] Grace also chimed into your log [“she needs to listen to what Neytiri is teaching her”] jake gave a look and used a hand to mock grace, you just rolled your eyes

[“Try to see the forest through her eyes”] You turned around to them with an annoyed look on your face [“hey im kinda busy doing something, could you two quit it”] Jake put his hands up in mock surrender with a grin, while grace hummed and went back to her work.

*

[I managed to gather some courage to talk to Neytiri's parents. Asked if Grace, Norm, and Jake could visit the village sometime, Eytukan was hesitant, but Mo’at looked excited at the idea]

Norm walked up to Mo’at with his head down in fear and respect, he introduced himself and Jake was right behind him ready to go “I see you tsahik Mo’at, may the great mother smile down on our first meeting” Mo’at leaned over to Grace “he speaks well”

When it was Jake's turn “I See You…Tshakik Mo’At. May Mother Smile…To Us…First Meeting” it was botched, so botched you couldn't hold in your laughter, Mo’at leaned over again “Him not so much” The two older women laughed at this meeting

Sometime later you brought Grace over to the group of children you grew fond of

“Hello, children” Grace walked to a group of children, salau’s popped her head towards to voice and practically ran to Grace with the other excited children behind her. Grace kneeled down to accept them in a hug

“You all grew so big” The children all surrounded her with smiles so big it looked like their faces would split. the girls grabbed at her small braids “You all are so pretty” The girls giggled at the compliment

“You still remember your English lessons” They all nodded their heads, especially Salau. She got to practice by talking to you. She pointed to her ears and all the children said ‘ears’ in English. Then she started to count on her fingers, they all counted up to three on their fingers, but Grace continued up to four on her, she wiggled her pinky and all the kids giggled at it

In the corner of your eyes, you could see Jake looking around the village, many of the warriors eyeing him suspiciously, especially Tsu'tey. You walked towards him and threw your arm around his shoulder “Brother, your Na’vi is terrible” he scoffed and unlatched you from your grasp, but you took his arm o show him some stuff

*

[Neytiri finally takes me to hunt with her, sometimes we find animals and just admire them together]

You and Neytiri were looking at tracks again when you two came across a herd of sturmbeast. You went to draw your bow but Neytiri stopped you. “You are not ready, for now just watch” She went back to observing the animals. She looked calm and collected, she was just admiring the animals, something she always did when you would into the forest.

*

[sometimes she takes me out at night, she says it to bask in the great mother's beauty, but I think she just wants to hang out]

While exploring at night you came across some fan lizards or kenten as they called them. You saw it on a branch, Neytiri shook your shoulder encouraging you to touch it. You reached your hand out to it slowly, when you grazed it its wings shot out in a circle and floated away, you laughed and looked to Neytiri. She laughed and went to some tall grass and scared some more kenten and chased them around trying to catch them.

You looked around to see them all fly away, Neytiri acted kinda…cute in a way, she chased them around while grunting at them, you reached towards one, and another came flying towards you. You leaped for it but it was too high, both you and Neytiri couldn't stop laughing.

One flew past you both, you looked at each other, you grinned, and started to race towards it, she took after you not long after. She was catching up with you, so you ran faster, you hopped over logs and branches trying to catch the kenten.

You hopped onto a branch while Neytiri ran under it. You made your final leap to the kenten but alas it flew too high, you fell to the forest floor and landed with a thud. You open your eyes to see Neytiri looking at you. You stare at each other for a moment before you start to laugh. She was still under when you popped yourself onto your knees, she started to laugh to when she pushed you off her.

You landed in the dirt still laughing when a kenten landed near you. you were quick to grab it. It rested in your hands as you inspected it, Neytiri brushed up against you to get a better look at it, and you moved it closer to her. You two let it walk on your hands before letting it go. You two just sat in silence letting yourselves catch your breaths.

Now you were admiring eyes beauty, everything glowed, as the now familiar greens, blues, and purples glowed like stars. You didn't know it but while you were admiring the forest, someone else was admiring you, like you were stars.

*

[I even get to ride on neytiris ikran seze. That was pretty fun but also terrifying]

You once again made the trek up Home Tree to the canopy. Neytiri was dressed in raiding clothes, as you had come to learn.

“What are we doing today? You already showed me your Ikran” Once you made it to the top she turned towards you giving you a piece of meat “I am showing you how to fly, so you know what to do when you become taronyu” You nodded to show you understood

“But how will I do that” Neytiri smirked and then turned her back to you. She proceeded to make the same calls that she did when she first showed you this place. That's when you connected the dots “Oh no don't tell me-” you were caught off by an ikran flying out from the tree, the same one Neytiri rides “This is Seze, my ikran, She has seen many hunts with me” she beckoned you forward, you kept your head down as to avoid her eyes

Neytiri took your wrist and held it up to Seze's mouth “We will ride her together, but first she must be comfortable with you” You looked up and looked at her mouth and offered the meat to her. She took it happily, and when she finished it she chirped happily.

Neytiri praised the animal before giving her another piece of meat. She made the bond with her and hopped on, she held out her hand to you, and you looked at it for a moment before eventually grabbing her hand. You swung your body over seze and sat behind Neytiri. You were unsure where to put your hands but just decided to put them on her shoulders.

“Are you ready?” you made your sitting more comfortable “Yep” and with the confirmation, she took off fast, out of instinct you wrapped your arms around her waist to get a better grip, scared you'd fall off. You could faintly hear a gasp leave Neytiri's lips, out of the shock neytiri lost focus and seze reacted by declining a bit. But Neytiri quickly focused again and seze flew straight again.

After overcoming your initial panic, you looked around and noticed that you were actually up in the air. You could feel the wind blowing on your face and your hair whipping around in the breeze. You loosened your hold on Neytiri's waist to get a better look over the waterfall you flew over, as Neytiri looked over at you, she couldn't help but notice the look of amazement on your face. She gave you a grin that could’ve made your day if you saw it.

"Hold on tight," she said as she got into position. You both began to ascend at an angle, with Seze flying higher and higher until she suddenly stopped and began to fall backward, causing the three of you to plummet downwards. You let out a scream of terror and once again your hold on her waist tightened, you could hear Neytiri laughing, you wanted to yell at her but you could feel seze turn upwards

Your tight hold on her loosened a bit when she leveled out, at this point, you had an iron grip on her and seze. You heaved heavily, your heart fell to your ass and you felt dizzy “Never- never do that again” You placed a hand over your heart to calm it down. But she just laughed as you both flew.

[Thankfully Neytiri didn't try anything else, or I would’ve died on seze]

*

[well that's all that happened today, now I'm going to take my happy ass to bed, Lynn Sully signing off]

The log turned off and showed your other logs, Jake just stared at himself. He went to download the newest entry you recorded. He felt conflicted, he could see just how happy you were, how much you were learning, so to just take it and hand it over to Quaretch made him feel like he was backstabbing you, well in a way he was.

“We're buying time Jake” Trudy came over to him “If we dont give him something they’ll pull the plug on us” Jake took her words into consideration and handed her the port. Just as he did both Grace and Norm came into the cabin, talking about the samples they just took.

“Alright I'm about to head out, Do we need anything” “Yeah could you pick us some cocoa and peanut butter, Jake what does Lynn like” Jake looked up at her “Hmm, oh she likes pudding cups, any flavor…really”

////

[LOCATION- CABINS/Hometree]

“Ok so tomorrow HQ is making us do medical checkups, unfortunately, we can't get out of those,” Grace said with a hint of annoyance, it was a rare moment where all five of you sat eating dinner together “They will take all day so that means you will have to take a break from lessons with Neytiri” you paused midbite at that information “but-” “no buts, you have to, you’ll have to tell her”

*

The next morning you got up early and got into the link pod to talk to Neytiri. you woke up to see Neytiri already awake staring at you. Her eyes were wide like she just got caught doing something

“Umm morning” you waved to her while sitting up “Oh yes, good morning” she to started to get up, getting out of her snonivi, she noticed that you didn't make any attempts “Why aren't you getting up?” you scratched your head “umm well I have to go to home base for a medical check-up, it's mandatory so I can't do lessons with you. Sorry” you offered an empathic smile to her

“Oh, ok I understand” For some unknown reason she felt saddened by the thought of not spending time with you “If I have time ill try and come down, but can't make any promises” She shook her head “No, it's fine, you don't need to come”

there was an awkward silence in the air before she turned away, she could hear rustling in the air before she descended the spiral

* (Pass this point all na’vi will be typed normally)

She used to train for her tsahik duties with her mother, but your lessons had interrupted them. She entered the healing tent and sat with her mother “My child, why are you here and not training LynnSuli?” Mo’at was grinding some herbs “She is busy today and can't make it” Neytiri looked away, only looking in her mother's direction when she handed her some paste she had made earlier

Mo’at hummed at the explanation, “Well, how has the dream walker been doing?” neytiri's tail swished to the side a bit “Well, her language has gotten better, she can hold a conversation before reverting to her tongue”

« “Umm…could you please hand me the wrap, please” You Na’vi had improved immensely, you could actually talk to people without pausing every second to remember a word, “you're getting better, you dont sound like a child” You had puffed your chest out at the compliment, “Of course, it has, I have the best teacher” You winked at her before you started to eat your food »

“Hmm, I heard from Tsu'tey that her shooting was that of a child, is that still true” Mo’at had a grin on her face as she elbowed her daughter “No, her shooting has gotten better too, she actually hits the target” she chuckled a bit

« you drew the bow back, your posture almost perfect, key word almost. You had gotten better to the point that Neytiri had stopped smacking you into the correct place. As she adjusted your elbow and forearm you couldn't help but notice how close she had gotten, her face was practically next to yours before she noticed the closeness. She backed away and motioned to shoot. You shook your head with a small smile and released the arrow, this time it was really close to a bullseye. You had a big smile on your face and turned to Neytiri “Hey look, I hit the target, and so close to the center!” you went over to the target to retrieve the arrow while Neytiri shook her head in amusement. »

*

The day had passed by rather slowly for Neytiri, without your usual banter.

Currently, she was eating lunch with her family, along with Tsu'tey. “My daughter, why do you look sad” Neytiris's father, Eytukan, had asked as she didn't really engage in conversation

“Nothing Father” her mother scoffed at that “She misses her Tawtute, she was mopping around all day in the hut” Eytukan seemed interested in this information “Why do you miss this Tawtute my daughter?” she looked embarrassed at the question “I do not miss her, just…umm…board without her, her dumb antics are funny” she straightened her posture to make it look like she knew what she was saying, when in fact she was just bull shitting her response, she really did miss you

“Hmm, well if your so board without her, why dont you entertain us with stories about her little antics” her mother tried to help her daughter, “it's what I do when your father is away from me” but she also wanted to know a little about you, since you tend to avoid her out of fear “she seems to have plenty river stone beads in her hair” Neytiri seemed to think about it

« “Hey Neytiri look at this stone!” you two were by the river, and your eye happened to catch a really pretty teal stone “Yes, it is really pretty, will you do something with it?” you looked up at her with curiosity “what do you mean” she nealed down with you “you can turn these rocks into beads and craft them into something, or you can put them into your hair” she pulled a bundle of her braids “like mine, these were carved from wood”

Where her hair was braided with little beads in them, your hair on the other hand was very basic and plain at the moment, it had a few small braids done by Salau but the rest of it was loses and tied back “yeah sure can you show me how?”

You two would often come to this bed and pick out rocks you'd find cool or pretty “Back on earth we call these rocks Basalt, there are made up of plagioclase and pyroxene minerals” You went to pick up another one “and this one would be granite, its made up of quartz, potassium feldspar, and sodium feldspar” you looked to Neytiri to make sure she understood, she nodded her head so you continued, in truth she didn't understand a word you were saying but you looked happy

“Typically, these rocks have rough edges, but being near a body of water caused them to erode over time due to the constant washing. This process usually takes years, but I believe that the water in Pandora has a higher level of acidity, which accelerates the erosion.” you went on and on about the rocks and Neytiri just sat there and listened and tried to understand what you were saying. You had collected so many stones that they decorated your once bare hair »

“Lynn really likes rocks, we go by to the river and she picks up the stones and admirer them-” a loud laugh cut Neytiri “HAHA, that demon likes rocks, HAHA, of course, she likes rocks she is dumb as one-” Tsu'tey yelped when Neytiri pinched him “she is not dumb! She says back on earth she was the smartest eveng in her school, she went to a school to be knowledgeable in stones to”

she tried to defend you but Tsu'tey still insulted you “If she was so smart then why does she learn rocks” Neytiri and Tsu'tey arguing were starting to grate on Eytukans nerves “ENOUGH! Tsu'tey” Mo’at then stepped in “Lynnsuli is strange but we must value all of Eywas creations, even ones as small as rocks” Tsu’tey huffed at the notion and Neytiri wore a smirk showing she won the augment

The four of them continued their meal before they heard someone come up to them “NEYTIRI!” she looked over her shoulder to see Salau running towards them “Have you seen Lynn? I haven't seen her all day” she huffed like she just ran a lap around hone tree “She had to do Tawtute things so is not here” Salau shoulders slumped a bit “Aww, I was hopping she could play with me” Neytiri patted the ground “Well, why dont you sit with us for a bit” Salau ears perked up before sitting down

The five of them sat and talked and finished eating their lunches. They all left at one point, Salau and Tsu’tey to do lessons, Eytukan was requested, and Mo’at went back to the healing tent. Leaving only Neytiri. When she finished her food she went out to the riverbed. She was just walking when she noticed a nugget of amber, she picked it up and walked back to home tree with it

////

[LOCATION- HELLS GATE Hours before]

You were just finishing up your check-up when someone from the bridge came over to you and the doctor “Mr. Selfrige requested Lynn Sully, alone” You looked to Grace, he seemed to tack that alone because of her. She nodded to you “alright I'm almost done just give me a minute

*

You and the guy from earlier walk into the bridge to see Selfridge playing mini golf again, it seems that’s every time you see him he's playing golf, “Mr. Selfridge, Lynn Sully is here” The man presented you to him and walked back to his station. “Ms. Sully, happy to you in the flesh again” he didn't even look up to look at you “Yeah, whatcha need me for sir, if I may ask?”

He finally looked up at you “Yes,” he pointed at you “if you just wait for a minute for my other guest ill explain everything to you” he walked over to his office and you followed, once you got in there another man entered. He just happened to be Colonel Quaritch “You must be the Lynn sully I've heard so much about” he stuck out his hand for you to shake it “Oh um yeah, nice to meet you *I guess*” you shook his hand then retracted it back into your pocket.

Selfridge spoke up catching your attention “Well I'm sure you wonder why I called you in,” he took a swig of his coffee before continuing “The thing is we need you to hurry up your process of moving the natives out, so, for now, I want you to report to Quaritch-” that confused you “why do I need to report to him?” he gave a blank stare

“Before I was interrupted, I was going to say that we plan on actively making them move, by force. And your reports will be nice to have” Quaritch stepped in “Think of it as an extra motivator for you, if you don't get them out peacefully, my team will have to get them out with force”

“And what if I refuse?” you were getting pissed, your fist were balled up in anger, Selfridge answered “We’ll pull you from the program and send you back to earth” Quaritch also added to the pile of bad news “and we’ll go ahead and remove them, it can be done as soon as now” there really was nothing you could do, if you refused they go ahead with it, but if you agreed you could at least get them out naturally.

You hung your head in both shame and anger “Fine, ill do it” Selfridge perked up “Good, you already wasted two months and a half, just speed it up and you'll be fine” he dismissed you both, you looked out the many windows to see it was already nightfall, you plans of spending time with Neytiri were squashed.

*

By the time you all got back to the cabin, you wanted to sleep. But grace all made you eat dinner together again

Your mood had spilled into the room, Jake kept looking back at you and then to Grace “Hey, what's wrong with you?” Jake asked while stuffing his sandwich in his mouth “I was planning to spend time with Neytiri” Norm looked at you sympathetically “Yeah that does suck, I would kill to be learning the Omatikaya ways” Jake looked at Norm with a blank face “I dont think that's what she meant” he looked at you “what does she mean then?” Jake put his hand on your shoulder and then on his heart “She just misses her girlfriend Neytiri”

“Lay off man, I dont like Neytiri like that, besides, she promised to that guy Tsu’tey” Jake didn't buy it “Yeah, and I can breathe the air here” “fuck off jarhead” you bit into your sandwich with some aggression behind it

You got up and went to bed, just wanting this dreadful day to end

You settled into your top bunk, and you looked at the ceiling that was bare, on normal nights you could see the stars before you woke up in the link pod, but tonight you'd have to imagine the stars to go to bed. Sooner than later you felt sleep take you in its arms.

*

You were chasing someone in the beautiful forest of Pandora. You hopped over bioluminescent logs and branches. Ducked under branches. And crossed over a small river before you finally caught the mystery woman. The two of you were laughing before she escaped your grasp and ran away again.

You chased after her with the biggest smile on your face, her laughter could be heard echoing through the forest.

By the time you caught up to her again, you were at a tree, it glowed like the stars in the night. She stopped running by this time, she was standing, just admiring the tree. You came up behind her and grabbed her by her waist. She giggled and writhed and you grasp. You set her down on the ground. She turned around, and when she did you couldn't help but gasp. Cause who was this mystery woman exactly?

Nytiri

You two just stared into each other's eyes. You studied every detail on her face. Her freckles glowed against her skin, and the markings on her face framed it beautifully. Some braids fell in front of her face, you slowly went to brush them behind her ear. You went to lean in closer, her doing the same. Just as your lips were about to meet

*

You gasped awake. Your heart was racing and sweat coated your forehead. You checked the time to see it was 3 in the morning. You laid down again, instead of sleeping again, you were thinking about what your mind just conjured up. Yes, you had dreamed about girls before, but they were just girls you found cute. You never really thought of Neytiri like that, or at least that's what you thought

Yeah, there had been times you thought she was pretty, and times when you thought she was more beautiful than the moons. But you never thought you could think of her in the light.

While staring at your ceiling you fell back asleep again.

*

Hours later you woke up to both your alarm and the strike of thunder. You sighed and got down from your bunk and went to get ready for the day.

You eat breakfast and brush your teeth, by the time you were ready Norm was awake

“Hey Norm, sleep well” you waved to him as you walked over to the pod bay “Yeah it was alright, though you waking up didn't help” you paused “Oh you heard that? My bad didn't know I was that loud” you rudded your neck while looking at him “its fine, but what woke you up?”

‘crap, do I tell him? He's not Jake I'm sure he wouldn't make fun of me, but what if he tells Jake, ill never hear the end of it from him’

“Oh umm, a dream is all” You shuffled off to your link pod before he could ask any more questions

////

[LOCATION- HOME TREE]

You descended down the spiral to see Neytiri walking towards you. You waved to her while walking over to her. Your dream from last night flashed in your mind giving you pause. You quickly snapped out of it when she stopped in front of you

“Hey Neytiri, sorry I couldn't come yesterday” Neytiri had a small smile on her face and had her hands behind her back “It is fine, though it was boring without you” You cocked a smile on your face “Really, so what your saying is that you missed me” her cheeks burned at that notion “no, it's just your dumb antics are funny, and without it, it is dull”

You shook your head “Ahh, well glad to know I can be funny to you” Neytiri shifted her weight on her other leg, and you noticed she had her hand behind her back “Whatcha got there Neytiri?” her eyes widen before she hesitantly pulled her hands to her front. In her hands was a necklace

“I made this yesterday, it's made from amber I found near the river, figured you’d like it”. You took the necklace out of her hands and examined it. The necklace had teal thread. And a polished amber rod in the middle, it was beautiful. You looked at her with big eyes, and she looked back at you with expecting eyes “Neytiri-” she cut you off “If you don't like it I can just keep it” She reached for it but you held her back and held it in the air away from her

“WOAH hold your horses! I really like it, do you think you could put it on for me?” you laughed at her reaction, she was clearly nervous about you rejecting her gift. She stopped her attempts. you turned around and moved any hair out of the way. She tied a knot in the necklace and tapped your shoulder

“Too bad I don't have a mirror, But I bet I look good” You smiled down at her, and she gave you a small smile “We should go eat” She took your arm “I'm sure this body is hungry” and as if on cue, your stomach rumbled, you blushed a bit before being taken by her.

*

You two walked over to where the other people ate, your presence had become so common that the people no longer stared at you with disgust or fear, now they looked at you with indifference or just waved and smiled at you.

The two of you walked over to where you normally sat but Neytiri just kept walking, she looked back and nodded her head for you to follow her.

The more you walked the closer you got to where you'd be sitting, and wouldn't you know it, it was with her parents and Tsu’tey.

She sat down and looked at you, seeing you frozen in place. She rolled her eyes and yanked you down.

“Hello, Lynnsuil, trust that we won't bite '' her mother teased, clearing the tension “I might'' tsu'tey jokes, you giggled a little bit. You opened your wrap, it was just some vegetable that was cooked.

Her father was the next to say something “I see my daughter finally gave you that necklace to you” he eyed your neck well your new necklace to be specific. In the corner of your eye you could see Neytiri freeze, her father continued “She's been working on it for weeks now, yesterday she finished when she found the amber.” “Oh yeah, hehe, it's beautiful” You didn't know what to say really “She gets her craftiness from her mother” he smirked at Mo’at

You all sat in the circle talking and eating. Moat and Eytukan share embarrassing stories about Neytiri and Tsu’tey, both of them objecting whenever a new story was shared

“There was this one time Neytiri was running with her sister in the river, they were jumping from rock to rock, Neytiri challenged her sister to a race, and as soon as it started she slipped into the river” Both Eytukan and Mo’at laughed, Neytiri groaned and hid behind her hair. You laughed though, cause she constantly made fun of you or lecture you when you'd make mistakes.

Though one thing was clawing at the back of your mind, where was her sister? Grace mentioned that she had one but you never saw her. And she came up in storys

“Hey if you dont mind me asking, where is her sister? I haven't seen her since I got here, is she doing something outside of a home tree?” they all went silent, they stared at you, Tsu’tey stood up and stormed off. “She died at the hands of the sky people” was all Eytukan told you before he to stood up and left. Your eyes widened “Oh I'm so sorry, I didn't know” Mo’at put a hand on your shoulder “It is ok child, you didn't know, her death still plagues our hearts” You looked to Neytiri, she looked upset you could tell she was resisting the urge to cry “why dont you two go start your lessons for the day?”

*

The two of you walked. The only words Neytiri had spoken was that you two would hunt.

You want to say something, but comforting wasn't your strong suit, hell the way you and Jake comforted each other after toms funeral was getting drunk.

But you decided you should at least try, she was your friend after all. You put your hand on her shoulder, preventing her from walking. “Do you, uhh, want to talk about it?” her shoulders tensed before she turned her head to you. She had a debate in her head before she quietly nodded her head. The two of you sat on an exposed root,

It was silence before she started to talk “My sister was a kind woman, wise beyond her years” She had a faint smile when remembering her sister “It was her and Tsu’tey who would've led the clan after my parents, but she was taken by the sky people, murdered where she stood in graces school, for trying to fight against the sky people poisoning our waters” you remembered the bullet holes at graces school, your heart dropped for Neytiri. You grabbed her hand and squeezed it

You looked into her eyes, with words she thanked you. You understood her grief. Only three days before you left your brother was ripped out of your life

“You know how I mentioned my brother Jake and the stupid stuff we did? Well I have another older brother, his name was Tom” you started to tell her about tom, before this you spoke of him, it hurt to much

Lhe and Jake were twins but we're nothing alike” you joked “Jake was dumb as a rock but good at anything physical while Tom was the Brains, couldn’t run for the life of him”

You could feel tears sting your eyes but you continued “After our parents died, he took me in while Jake served, when we were accepted into the avatar program we were so happy, we trained together, studied together” Your grip on her hand tightened

“but he was murdered by a thief, all he wanted was his money” by this time tears slipped through your eyes. This was the first time you cried since your brother's death, the first time you cried for him

You felt Neytiri's hand leave you and move to your back “I'm sorry for your loss” you wiped the tears from your eyes, “yeah, I'm sorry for your sister as well, she sounded brave” you looked into her eyes, they were big and looked glossed over. She stood up and grabbed her bow “we must continue our hunt”

When you got up you noticed an imprint on the soil, you crouched down to notice and yerik tracks “hey i found some tracks, they seem fresh” you looked around a bit “they seem to lead this way” you pointed with your bow

*

It was started to rain by now, making reading the trails a bit difficult but you still manage to find a yerik grazing.

You crouched low to the ground, and drew you bow. It seemed to noticed you when it hissed at you and flared its frills at you to scare you off. You drew your bow back taking aim, you let your arrow go, it hit it dead center on its torso.

As it feel to the ground you both rushed to its side, you drew your knife and crouched next to the animal howling in pain.

“I See you, Brother, and thank you.” you started the prayer before finally ending its pain “Your spirit goes with Eywa, your body stays behind to become part of the People.” you sheathed your knife and took the arrow “a clean kill” you looked to Neytiri

“you are ready”

Next // PT 7 coming soon

Previous // PT 5 New Friends

Taglist // @msboucles , @kitty-chan33

// Masterlist //

A/N // holy shit this took so long… but hey my summer break just started for me so I have more time to write.

Oh also if you want to be added to a tag list let me know I can totally make that happen :D

[kyublivion]

Could Vitus Beat the MK1 roster? (plus a few others) based on my limited knowledge

Im copy-pasting this from my google docs and i don't know why I'm posting this here, but i am. Based on a Konvo between my friends and I on discord. Long Post incoming

Liu Kang- LMAO NO

Liu Kang (MK-Mk11)- No (legally maybe but he's the protag so no)

Sub-Zero- Bi-Han gets treated like the Noob he is, this Saibot tho gets the Angie Treatment and keeps his Ice powers.

Scorpion- Kuai Liang? Bye Liang.

Kitana- Yes probably but I wish he couldn't...

Johnny Cage- No (Legally Yes, unfortunately)

Kenshi- Yeah, unfortunately

Kung Lao- Hats off to Kung Lao. Literally. Vitus knocked his hat off and won.

Mileena- another unfortunate yes. GET TARKAT THOUGH IDIOT!

Raiden (mk1)- He may have gotten Liu-Kang's protag position but right now the answer is yes. Not without lightning burns tho.

Raiden (mk-mk11)- Not Sure actually, unlike God Liu this Raiden isn't the keeper of time so it's a possibility. I am leaning No tho.

Rain- Vitus makes Rain's actions in Seido look like he just made a swimming pool.

Smoke- This Thomas :handshake: Thomas Sr. Getting obliterated by Vitus

Li Mei- Probably? I don't know enough about her.

Baraka- GET TARKAT IDIOT. But unfortunately yes.

Tanya- Same problem as Li-Mei

Gearas- LMAO NO

Reptile- Syzoth deserves better, but unfortunately yes...

Havik- let's see you Out-Heal Oblivion wing, bitch.

Ashrah- Absolution denied. Also Possible Angie treatment.

Sindel- He'd lose his ear drums but probably would take it in the end.

General Shao- Again, Vitus was likely a warrior King, in reality, they'd probably work together, but the answer is yes. Not an easy fight tho, I'd imagine.

Shao Khan- See above but Vitus would likely have more broken bones and it's a possible No actually.

Reiko- We now know who hurt Reiko.

Nitara- *bored voice work* yes.

Shang Tsung- I'm more afraid of the team-up, but yes.

Titan Shang Tsung- Legally no for the same reason as God Liu, but we have to get Marcus somehow so yes (I'll stop with the joke if it gets old, Strike)

Omni-Man- No. Legally, however, it’s a possibility, because Vitus IS Death, it'd just be a matter of who could kill the other faster.

Cronchy (Quan Chi)- HA. HA. The idea of Quan Chi having even the SLIGHTEST chance of beating Vitus is HILARIOUS. Vitus bodies, hands down.

Peacemaker- I know nothing about him other than he is played by John Cena, and as much as that part alone makes me want to say no, Vitus could not win, I'm going to have to say yes because Death. Now this might change depending on what I learn about Peacemaker.

Ermac- Part of me wants to say yes because Ermac is a collective of Souls, another part of me isn't sure because Ermac is already dead. I'm gonna go with Yes though because I'm not sure how skilled at Kombat Ermac actually is.

Homelander- Yes. I do not care HOW strong Homelander is, if I get asked “Could X beat Homelander?” the answer is always yes. Jokes aside, the answer is yes, Vitus could, in fact, Beat Homelander. Future DLC Characters MAY be added as they are announced and if I feel like it.

[tsckcyomi-archived]

sup bitch im going around giving out random end of year appreciation asks and ig :/// u get one :/// HERE HAVE FREE SIMPING IG :/// idk i love u a lot okay. we've had our ups and downs of course which has allowed me to learn and grow from so gosh do i heckin appreciate u in my life. you're such a sweet person and we can handshake a lot in toxicity okay LMAOOOOO if u go down i go down with u ok i have ur back always and forever bitch

but gosh ur writing style has really developed so well over the years i've been writing with u. i love ur attention to detail and the inner monologue u give ur muses. u have such a good analytical eye for everything that i love to read and see everywhere. HONESTLY I SAID IT BEFORE BUT ILL SAY IT AGAIN WITH EVEN MORE FERVOUR: I LITERLLY COULD BE FOOLED INTO THINKING THAT ENGLISH IS UR FIRST LANGUAGE CONSIDERING HOW DAMN GOOD U WRITE IN IT LKJASLKFJ

but gosh yeah im gonna stop here but just know i love u a lot and thank u for ur patience with me <333 KEES KEES U DESERVE ALL THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE AND UR DREAM FARM AND ANIMALS AND I KNOW U HATE EMOTIONAL SHIT BUT WELL HERE HAVE THIS ANYWAY JUST TAKE IT NERD

:T why tf are you being so musHY YOU KNOW I CAN’T HANDLE THAT WELL but also i love how you follow up ‘you’re such a sweet person’ with ‘we can handshake in toxicity’ ig that makes up for it 🤝 we go down together or not at all. AND READING ALL THIS MAKES ME CRY

OKI but do u know how you also taught me a thing or two like. seeing you not take shit from certain people just taught me how to take less shit from other people as well, very helpful, 10/10. i’m not as much of a doormat anymore because of you, you may take credit for that. and you definitely know that i love your writing, i keep re-reading that fic you gave me for my birthday <33  yotsuyu still deserves that tiger. but yeah we went a long way from giving each other shit in the ffxv fandom back in 2018 and now giving each other shit in general all of the time and talking about everything whenever and i’m really happy we do that.

and whenever i get the farm of my dreams with all the cows and pigs and chickens and sO MANY MORE ANIMALS you better visit. i love u and appreciate u too and thanks for sticking around and well you know you aren’t getting away easily anymore at this point oki bye have a great rest of the holidays i disappear again

[wrestlezon]

aew dynamite 2/8/23 liveblog containment zone

wrestling!!

ooo starting it off with mjf new jacket. put that on the list of mjf outfits oh hes fighting takeshita right, its all coming back to me omg he got black and pink briefs too

[ mjf vs takeshita ]

takeshita dont fall for the handshake!! HE FELL FOR IT NOOO its cool seeing a rare MJF Match™ hes doing all the bits. ref shield im anti-spraytan. come on dude just dont have it wow the crowd is loud. what are they saying? lets go nashville nashville sucks??? BITING... unhinged takeshita is cool. im a little mad i got the uh. wrong ddt tickets for march though -_- ok i lied im pretty mad. im obsessed with how mad i am. im not going to get over it forever what a good bit that lead into the deadlift german suplex. takeshita is soooooo strong mjf so smug. your hubris!! ok im gonna need to see that midair corner flip thing again. what the. how did he end up on his feet so smoothly and nonchalantly hes doing a lot of this "psyche!!! IM FINE ACTUALLY!!!!!" stuff. its fun i like it. ARMBAR!!!!!!! BITING i think mjf is a good wrestler. i like to see him wrestle, which is rarely, because he rarely wrestles. takeshita bare knee attack. rolled ref shield part TWO his knee attack is silly looking im sorry aha! knee damage revenge!!! unless hes doing some sort of pretending-to-sell thing like how hes been doing this whole time ok takeshitas powerbomb thing ruled senton!! i am so scared every time i see one ok thrusting armbar? real mad he lost to garcia in the tumblr babygirl tournament huh

lmfao the catcall from the crowd when he put away his ring oh! its danielson omg takeshita bladed from the ring??? hes all blooded now LMAO NOO THE CAMERA CAUGHT THE BLADEPASS...

[ samoa joe video promo ]

samoa joe is just like "im gonna beat you up wardlow" joe i have to say thank you for giving wardlow a haircut

[ the bunny vs jamie hayter ]

the bunny!! she had a big match a while ago she had to cancel due to illness or injury, right? itll be cool to see this match hayter's hair buns look cool. theyre like lil animal ears. nekomimi ringrope leg choke :)c what is britt baker doing with this gatorade sign. advertisement? LMAO "how did u like that jamie" taking turns doing apron combat ohhhhhh thats a hayterade sign i get it now oof the bunny had hayter land right on her face huh that ended fast... <:( i hope shes good

[ backstage with saraya and toni storm ]

dang saraya pulling out the babygirl nice ok thats like 4 babygirls in short succession. cmon dont wear it out ladies youre gonna need to learn how to spraypaint Ls if youre gonna make this your thing. distance and speed im just being a hater u_u they will have to win me over from square one

[ backstage with mjf ]

hey nice its an mjf interview lmao ok the blood on the armwraps buddy? sick and twisted mjf hes damp. hes talking about picking up girls in his car but im kinda distracted by how he kinda looks like wolverine with his hair and beard where is this going mjf oh i see. he is telling a story about how he is a real scumbag badguy, criminal style im sorry hold on im not doing my part as an audience member and believing his fake story. give me a second to internalize it

[ ricky starks vs the JAS gauntlet ]

oh he has to fight all of them in succession? that would explain why this angelo parker match was short i dont know if they explained it on commentary i was still trying to suspend my disbelief enough to be angered at mjf's story about being evil and unforgivable matt menard got mopped up i love garcia :) i dont love sammy guevara but hes making garcia suffer and i can appreciate that part nooo i love rickys spear dont counter it with a headlock. garciaaaaaaa whoa stood up into big powerbomb. ricky is so strong i will say this every time someone slowly lifts another person up. sorry wait what the hell??? why do they have to do this to ricky. god

[ backstage with the acclaimed ]

bowens a little somber here

[ backstage with danielson and takeshita ]

uh oh. they locked him in is danielson gonna walk out with door fragments because thatd be cool his. tracksuit we've reached critical babygirl calls tonight. no more babygirl. dont ruin babygirl for me oh he just shouldered down the door regular style. thats fine too aubrey you could count slower. whats mjf gonna do? enroll in referee school and come back in time to count him out??? danielson appeared that was a really loud chair dropkick oh no hes blee-- DONT LICK THAT AUGH THANK YOU AUBREY blood on da camera lens its hard to pay attention to this match between the action and also the active commentary i can only ever pay attention to one at a time omg that tumble off the apron rush stop taking a shower during your matches lmfao mjf and taz are just chit chatting right now mjf is in casual chat mode its funny. hes not doing his mjf voice as much danielson looks sooooo red and pink right now. wild. good color what a match

oh mjf is so mad hes fighting off all the security!! good. nice

[ backstage with the uh. impractical jokers ]

i hate the impractical jokers btw. i cant handle that much secondhand embarrassment. so i am not enjoying this crossover i am enjoying the distant match happening in the background i didnt have time to get lunch before dynamite and my friend had connection issues during so we're just barely behind enough to skipping through the commercial breaks. im so hungry

[ ar fox + top flight vs the elite ]

wait is this the main event. this is going to be a hella long match dante with the verticality the three flipmasters are here and theyre fighting against the young bucks, also flipmasters. i dont think kenny is a flipmaster? but he sure can wrestle ive been informed that the acclaimed match also exists. im sorry acclaimed i forgot. to be fair im just afraid of them losing the belts lmao ar fox following through to senton on nick(?) back to back jumping outta the ring attacks those kinds of corner backflipping slams, i never know who is the one taking the brunt of the damage there HOW does dante just gain altitude while being horizontal matt jackson with the triple pin god lmao YES top flight teamwork moves :)c and then the elite win. well it wasnt gonna turn out any other way

[ hook video promo ]

this is an extremely quiet video oh its just a "hook is a cool guy" video

[ stokely backstage ]

hes mad at hook!? LMAO HOOK ok i get it. i like this

[ main event time! acclaimed vs gunn club ]

wow we caught up to live yo listen the gunns are in so much glitter right now lmao excalibur criticizing himself during pip... schiavone is right youll get another chance to pronounce picture in picture king i am zoned into this match. or zoned out of it. no reports man bowens really getting into it time for everyone to just lie down for a bit OH NO!!!!!!! THE REF GASP!!!!!!!!! BILLY GUNN OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no way billy goes back to them. they hit him with a belt yeah!!! kill them acclaimed!!!!!! slow count ref debuff NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ?????????????????????????????????????????????????

billy gunn holding bowens' hand............

[eternal-learner]

October 2024

Book

👻 Bear by Marian Engel

Movies

🦇 Salem's Lot (2024) 🦇 Scary Movie (2000) 🦇 Evil Dead Rise (2023) 🦇 Brain Damage (1988) 🦇 The Relic (1997) 🦇 Evil Dead (2013) 🦇 Basket Case (1982) 🦇 Chasing Cain (2001) 🦇 The Substance (2024) 🦇 Smile (2002)

Other

Design Your Career with a Whiteboard

Human Behavioral Biology 4. Molecular Genetics I / 5. Molecular Genetics II / 6. Behavioral Genetics

Podcasts

🎃 Anatomy and Physiology - Bit by Bit 1. Body Organization / 2. Homeostasis / 3. Cells and the Plasma Membrane

🎃 And Colossally That's History! Imola '94: F1's blackest weekend (Part 1, 2, 3)

🎃 Aria Code Puccini's Madama Butterfly: When My Ship Comes In

🎃 Articles of Interest Clergy

🎃 Automotive Repair Tips Automotive Brake Systems, Lines and Components Explained

🎃 Bean to Bar World Melanie with 20Nord20Sud of France

🎃 Canada: A Yearly Journey 1894 / 1895 / 1896 / 1897 / 1898 / 1899 / 1900

🎃 Canadian History Ehx One Long Terrible Journey: The March West / Bringing the Bard to Life: The Stratford Festival / Canada's Titanic: The Empress of Ireland / When Germans Invaded Winnipeg: If Day / The SS Viking Disaster / The Story and Tragedy of Henry Hudson / Exploring the Christmas Stories and Traditions of Canada / The History Behind 24 Sussex Drive

🎃 The Chess Angle 123. The Most Confusing Chess Concepts for Developing Players / 127. Chess Study Plans & Formulas

🎃 Completely Arbortrary The Phantom Fir (Douglas-fir) / Squirrel Talk (Oregon White Oak) / Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Tree (Arborvitae)

🎃 Draftsmen Karl Kopinski on Discipline, Sketching, and Making it as a Freelance Illustrator / Creativity Insights Artists can Pull from Writers / Developing an Illustration / Reinventing Yourself / How to Study Masters

🎃 The Evolution of Horror What is Horror? / Slashers Pt 1: An Introduction / Slashers Pt. 2: Psycho & Peeping Tom (1960)

🎃 F1 Explains Guenther Steiner on his hardest decision / Bernie Collins + Ruth Buscombe on strategy secrets / Liam Lawson answers your questions / Inside the safety car / How F1 helmets are made / Mika Hakkinen on high-speed tracks / Meet the mechanics in an F1 garage / Damon Hill on F1 title fights / How Formula 1 plans its races / Coaching F1 drivers / DRS: how the Drag Reduction System has changed F1 racing / What we learned in 2023 / Overtaking, breaking, and qualifying / Mick Schumacher + Bernie Collins explain the F1 race start / F1 race suits, boots + gloves: what F1 drivers wear / Pedro de la Rosa explains F1 car set-up / Downforce + why F1 cars have wings

🎃 Formula Once Upon A Time Senna, the Hills and Monaco / "Niki was the first real professional driver" - Daniel Audetto / Lauda "You're gonna have to shoot me down." / Show me the Money - what people get paid in F1 / The $10m Handshake

🎃 How To Chess 1. GM Eugene Perelshteyn on How to Limit Blunders / 2. How to Choose an Opening / 3. How to Get Past a Rating Plateau / 5. The Right Way to Read Chess Books / 7. How to Choose Your Opening Repertoire / 9. How to Review Grandmaster Games / 12. How to Improve Your Chess Away From the Board / 15. How to Choose a Chess Coach / NM Han Schut on Getting to the Root of Your Chess Mistakes / GM Sahaj Grover - How to Approach Studying the Endgame / GM Johan Hellsten - How to Analyze Your Own Chess Games / NM Bryan Tillis - How to Remember Opening Sequences / IM Alex Astaneh on How His Coach Accidentally Taught Him Board Visualization

🎃 Learn to Paint Dean Mitchell

🎃 The Listening Service What's the point of Listening? / Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto / Transcendence / Chasing a Fugue / How do you describe a teaspoon in music? / How Do You Make a National Anthem?

🎃 The Nations of Canada The Basques / An Alchemist Matter / Mystery on the St. Lawrence / False Starts

🎃 Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast Sibling Rivalry: Basket Case (1982)

🎃 The Race F1 Tech Show The pros and cons of Renault ending its F1 engine programme / Lifting the lid on F1 helmet technology / Unpicking the strengths and weaknesses of F1's "Big 4" teams / The secrets of F1 simulators / Secrets of F1 suspension

🎃 The Science of Birds Bird Songs - Part 2 / Vision in Birds / Hummingbirds / The Biggest Global Threats to Birds

🎃 Shop Talk Live - Fine Woodworking 318 - Back to School / 324 - Bridging creativity and technicality

🎃 Song Exploder Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over / New Order - Blue Monday / MUNA - What I Want / Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out / AURORA - Runaway

🎃 Stella Culinary School Flavor Structure Part 1 and 2 / S is for Sauce Part 1 and 2

🎃 The Tucker Carlson Show JD Vance: The Immigration Crisis, How Polls Are Used to Fool You, and the Left's Plan to Stop Trump

[hirokiyuu]

anyways im gonna ramble a bit based on the second set of qs i rb'd last night

How’s their etiquette? Do they hold the door for people behind them? How do they handle handshakes and other kinds of typical contact? Does their language change or become more formal when speaking to strangers? To their elders? To their superiors? 

^this one is one of the ones that really stuck in my head bc yuujin is very like......... automatically polite. A Nice Young Man polite. but the politeness is in some ways a bit of a distance thing like uhhhh

when theyre in a good mood the politeness is default and thats fine. they refer to vil as "senpai" bc they do genuinely look up to vil as someone who can teach them abt the world and they can trust. but at the same time there a bit of a sense of distance in that kind of rship u kno. theyre not equals and they wont be and yuujin wont close that distance either

similarly a lot of classmates are "-kun" to be polite but ace is just. ace. ace+yuujin as bffs is actually smth i think a lot abt bc like. ace is the first person yuujin ever g ets to be Mean to. and its not a bad thing! for once in their life yuujin can talk shit and take potshots and not act respectful and not only does ace completely roll with it but would probably be way more uncomfortable if yuujin was polite! its the rudeness closing the distance

on a similar note leona is not "leona-senpai" but "leona-san" which is an important distinction www like. leona is still someone yuujin respects, who's older with a higher status, but also. thats not a senpai. they dont rely on him the same way they rely on vil. the distnace of "senpai-kohai" doesnt exist in their rship; leonas technically an upperclassman but that same barrier of "someone to learn from" isnt quite there w/him teh way it is with some of the other 2/3rd years in nrc

basically w/yuujin its like........ being polite to someone doesnt necessarily mean that yuujin isnt close w/them or doesnt like them but NOT being polite w/someone absolutely indicates the distance has been closed. yuujin would not tell just anyoen to go die but ace? their bestie ace? yuujin would absolutely tell that guy to go jump off a fucking cliff. and thats love

[darkfinch]

i am thinking about it i am thinking about the undercover eliot au i am staring blankly at a wall i am experiencing an emotional turmoil about it

like. eliot joins the team, and the entire time, he's working for moreau. trying to be buddy-buddy with nate about his kid and the paintings he recovered. catching parker when she jumps out a window. smiling down at his paycheck and thinking....could i keep it. would he let me. could i ever hide it well enough.

offering to kill that psychic for parker and meaning it 100%. being on atrocity duty full time between seasons. making food for them because that's what he does for moreau and then he trips and falls and hes doing it out of love. maybe he was always doing it out of love. im yelling

THE RISK OF THE TWO-HORSE JOB.......the maneuvers.....he's on a long enough leash that he's not being babysat, so when he knows moreau's off closing some business deal on the other side of the world.... he takes the team to aimee. looking over his shoulder the entire time. and they Help. later during his debrief moreau asks him if he knows anyone there and he's like well you might not know this, sir, but oklahoma and kentucky actually aren't the same state and moreau laughs and eliot tries really hard not to look like hes having an anxiety attack

like just. im thinking about it. eliot telling moreau every single new thing he learns about them and feeling guiltier and guiltier about it as time goes on. knowing he's getting attached and not being able to help it. doing his secret handshake with hardison and thinking what the fuck am i gonna do if he tells me to kill you, and knowing the answer, and hating himself for it

also!!!!! eliot's still presently in the Moreau Brain Zone so there is Potential for some Angst about like. what does he think of nate and what does he Expect from nate and how is he interpreting the team dynamics and

this au may kill me. it might. it may. im on the floor its fine

[discet]

This is mostly for comment responses for AO3 feel free to scroll on

@Violetcore Re: "...i know marcy didn’t take sides so is that why sasha said that marcy didn’t like the handshakes either?" This is a good guess, but no. Sasha just didn't want to do the handshakes anymore(Word of God: Cause of peer pressure). She lied to Anne about how Marcy felt and banked on her not being confident enough to bring it up with Marcy.

@LostCoffee Re: is aWiW going to have sequel fics in the vein of Season 2 & 3 That's the plan! Chapter 21 is now the ‘season finale’ for the fic

@Ku Re: The possibility of Marcy blowing up at Anne. You didn't really ask a question, but I thought this was really interesting and wanted to comment on it. I think your right... if Marcy had avoided her trip to Toad Tower. If this was still just a fantasy adventure to her, I could see Anne getting under her skin a lot more. This Marcy however is a little more traumatized wiser and too aware of her own flaws to really hate Anne for hers. 

@InternetFri3nd left a sprinkling of questions as they caught up on the series

@InternetFri3nd Re: What was Sasha mad about? (Chapter 9 Flashback)

It was mostly an example fight, it wasn't particularly deep. Sasha came up with a game for her and Anne to play, but it wasn't well thought out and Sasha got hurt. She blamed Anne, but Anne wasn't really responsible so when she protested it blew up into a big kid-argument. 

@InternetFri3nd Re: Horse n' Sword

Yeah that was a Mount & Blade reference ^_^

@InternetFri3nd Re: "I thought they were giving up their powers in the temples? Returning them to the box? Hence the color draining from their eyes and Andrias' surprise at Anne still having her's. Am I remembering that wrong?"

So this was left on chapter 12, and I'm not sure what in that chapter provoked this, but yeah, that was what happened in Canon. They only learn about all that in Season 2 though, and Marcy has no idea about the temples in this AU yet

Finally, @Sederap had a lot to say!

So first, I am so glad you’ve been a fan since chapter 1. Thank you for your huge review of the fic up to chapter 16. I really appreciate all the positive things you had to say for the fic, but Im gonna focus on the criticisms here just cause I have more to say about them. 

Also, I know you wrote it all in Spanish originally, unfortunately I had to use google translate to read it, and that’s what's posted below. So if there’s any miscommunication, I apologize.

“But regarding the Toad Tower chapter, although I loved it from start to finish, something that hasn't convinced me so far was the appearance of RAM, I know it's a Fic and you want to make a totally analytical (and dangerous) representation of Marcy but I'm just not convinced by that "character" even though technically they are the same person, I know it's probably some kind of power of the gems like Anne's magic but I think it's more than enough with the Marcy that everyone we want (just an opinion).”

This is fair if you don’t like RAM or Calamity powers on a conceptual level. As for Ram part of his existence was to enhance the prose. Marcy having just an internal struggle in her own mind would have been... kind of boring. Giving her a conversation partner (even one who is a mirror) I think makes the scene a lot more interesting. 

“And another detail is that I don't think all of Marcy's plans or works always turn out the way they want (even in your Fanfic she has stumbles then she continues unstoppable). In the series, wherever Marcy appears, she does wonders almost out of nowhere, but I think you forget the important detail that this is the Marcy of NewTopia.”

I actually have to disagree with this. In chapters 4, 5, 7, and especially in 11; Marcy’s plans backfire or fail in some regard. They end up working out or she fixes them, but (except again 11) cause that's kind of the tone of the show.

As for your next point that Marcy is only as capable and confident in canon cause of Andrias’ support, I think this is an agree to disagree situation. I don’t think Marcy was ever unconfident or insecure about her intelligence or abilities, that was Anne’s bag. In the All In flashback, Marcy is casual about hacking into the schools PA system for their plan and takes the principles praise in stride.  Marcy is insecure in her social skills. 

The training Andrias offered definitely gave her the physical capabilities she needed as an adventurer, but I think she was a capable polymath before coming to Amphibia. I don’t think ranger training covers rebuild an entire town, renovating a sewer system, or building an entire working clock. 

“Marcy is playing the victim a lot simply because she found new friends who like the same things as her and it's painful to see the little put-downs she gives Anne, directly or indirectly and I honestly hope you take this into something big.”

I’m not sure what you mean by put downs. Aside from Marcy’s crack about Anne not being much of a reader before Amphibia, I can’t really find anything else like that in the fic. Obviously they have that confrontation in chapter 16, but that was at Anne’s insistence. Marcy tried to avoid anything that would make Anne blame herself, but couldn’t lie or delay without putting Anne’s life in jeopardy.

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Finally there’s Sasha, so you had a lot to say, 

“And finally. Sasha Waybright.

For some reason she's my favorite character on the show and I loved the episode you dedicated to her, but I think you're missing out on a lot of positive aspects of her as she's not just a callous, callous manipulator

For me she is and always will be the leader of the group that motivates the girls to enhance all kinds of activities together. I dare say that without her both Anne and Marcy wouldn't have half the skills or confidence that they had before Amphibia.

Simply with the band they created, I dare to say that she encouraged them to try things that neither Anne nor Marcy would dare to do. Yes, you're right that at some point Sasha probably stopped inviting Marcy to some activities, but remember that Marcy was probably just playing her video games while the other two were doing other things, which is why she didn't invite her if she knew Marcy would be there. in your own Zone.”

Agreed. I think that Sasha is a super interesting character, I can’t wait to explore her more in more depth Season 2. I got plans friend, plans on plans. so much depth to explore. She is going to be pretty villainized for this first season, because my read is that a lot of core issues stemmed from Sasha’s controlling nature. And I want to explore Anne piecing that together prior to their reunion in the future.

Cause looking back on the show, with the obvious exception of Marcy kidnapping her, there is no evidence that Anne or Marcy wronged Sasha in their Pre-Amphibia dynamic. Meanwhile looking at S1 Anne and The Beginning of the End scene with Marcy, somehow both Marcy and Anne seemed to view themselves as the odd ones out in the trio. And I don’t think that was an accident. Which is partially my answer for this next thing.

“I also don't think Sasha was that cruel to speak ill of Marcy behind her back, I honestly don't think so and it was the main reason I decided to write this huge Review. I would believe you if Sasha came up with a somewhat dangerous or unethical plan that would surely hurt someone's self-esteem so they don't talk badly about Marcy, involving Anne again in something she didn't want and from which they would both earn some scolding”

This I’m gonna push back on a little bit. Pre Amphibia Sash is fuckin mean. I don’t think she was only mean, there’s a reason why Anne wants to salvage their relationship in Season 2. But she was also really mean. She talks down to Anne constantly in Reunion both in the flashback and in the present. In Beginning of the End she doesn’t even try to hide how little she cares about Marcy’s favorite movie. 

There is a deeper reason for all this that we are going to explore in season 2, but I don’t think talking down about Marcy’s quirk was outside Sasha’s character, especially if it was in an effort to put a wedge between Anne and Marcy so they value Sasha’s opinions more and listen to her implicitly. Her desire for control over her friends is super well documented and toxic. She almost murders Sprig for interfering in her manipulation of Anne. She backs and organizes a revolution so she can bring her friends to heel. 

“And I also have to mention that Sasha has her Geek side, even if it was just a dialogue with mother Olm that can imply more of the character, remember that by then she was more honest with herself, the others and surely she no longer cared share their tastes no matter how much they left that image that was created of the most popular girl in school.”

Agreed. Rest assured this side of Sasha will be showing up in Season 2. 

[sanutopia]

ateez as boyfriends ♡

hi so this is my first drabble-ish thing on here so if u like it or want some more things like this please let me know :D  

im a sucker for ateez as it is, let alone ateez as soft boyfriends so find me crawling in a hole and crying 

seonghwa: 

loves to cuddle you while playing with your hair

loves when you go shopping and use his card because he enjoys the fashion shows you put on for him

loves taking pictures of you 

leaving random love notes all over the house? of course

fancy candlelit dinner (he almost burnt the house down)

soft video calls at 3 am while they’re on tour so he can tell you how much he misses you while pouting 

please compliment him a lot because he lives for it and won’t stop blushing for at least 30 minutes after

loves going to the park and taking long walks with you while holding your hand (he’s needy for attention and pouts when you don’t give it to him)

oh and also he does the thingy with his thumb where he caresses your hand as hes holding it yanno

loves to kiss your forehead

hongjoong: 

GO TO THE STUDIO WITH HIM AND LISTEN TO HIS WORK 

“baby i’m gonna send you this song, can you tell me what you think?”

matching/coordinating couple outfits with you... period

loves sending you cute pics of him while hes away or probably just in a separate room “do i look cute in this? i’m cute aren’t i?”

loves taking pictures of you as well and then won’t shut up about how good you look in them and how lucky he is to be with someone like you

loves to ask you about your day while eating dinner- he probably has his chin resting in the palm of his hand giving you his full attention

you make couple bracelets on his days off

loves surprising you with spontaneous dates

kisses your hand as hes holding it i’m not okay

you have rap battles at 3 am when neither of you can sleep

he’s the little spoon. i won’t budge on that

best pet names ever

yunho:

PLEASE CUDDLE HIM 24/7!!! back hugs!!! 

loves when you bury your head in his chest while hugging him because he can kiss the top of your head

hes literally a giant baby imagine when he’s away for a long time and sees you for the first time in a while?? he’s smiling BIG

loves to tease you jokingly and call you stupid names because he knows you hate that

steal all of his sweatshirts ALL OF THEM

constant dance battles (he incorporates dance moves into daily activities so please follow along)

i can’t stress this enough he is a giant baby and needs to be loved and appreciated at all times 

if he doesn’t get what he wants he will give you the face (you know the one with the big puppy eyes) its devastating truly

you play with his hair, not the other way around

loves squishing your cheeks and then kissing them

yeosang:

he falls in love very quickly so he’s willing to do absolutely anything and everything for you

GIGGLES 

compliments you a lot (sometimes it might be cringe worthy but he means every word and won’t let you forget it)

loves to cuddle up with lots of blankets and watch movies with you

sings you to sleep

sees you as his safe place- he trusts you with everything and will tell you everything after a bad day

shy in public

you get to see him daily without makeup.......kiss his birthmark for me

you also get to see his cute little sweater paws 

lowkey gets jealous but doesn’t show it

he’s a soft baby

take bubble baths with him!!!

loves picking flowers while on walks so he can give them to you :(

san:

when you kiss him too many times he starts giggling

he is so dramatic and extra.... i don’t think i have to explain that one

loves when you kiss his neck and pay extra attention to his neck freckles i’m absolutely broken

lives for hugs and his hugs seem like they last hours

he’s going to serenade you whenever possible (mainly when you’re busy) to get your attention

loves the game ‘just dance’ and will NOT hesitate to let you know he has the highest score 

he’s broken two vases and a lamp because he dances so hard

brings you a plushie from every place he goes - he ends up stealing every single one of them

loves taking naps with you and rubbing your back while you lay on top of him

sleeping until noon

TICKLE FIGHTS (imagine his laugh while you tickle his tummy....this is so sad)

make him smile so you can see his dimples!

loves writing you letters 

mingi:

he’s a huge dork

keeps you up until 2 am because he wants to tell you about conspiracy theories he has

“hey do you think-” “mingi please go to sleep”

movie marathons on a friday night, tipsy and full of junk food 

super clingy and very playful with you 

same with yunho, but will not let you forget how much bigger he is than you

“oh you can’t reach that?? that’s so sad..... i guess i can reach it for you since i’m tall boy :D”

evening walks in the city

loves introducing you to new music and new places

if he learns a new choreo he’s ACHING to show it to you

purposely buys two of every sweatshirt because he knows you’ll steal one

tells you stupid jokes just to see you laugh

also shy, gets embarrassed easily 

wooyoung:

wooyoung BABY

pillow fights, couch cushion forts, you name it

secret handshake? duh

POUTS and looks up at you with his big starry eyes

ᵗᵃˡᵏˢ ᶦⁿ ᵗᶦⁿʸ ʷʰᵉⁿ ʰᵉ ᵈᵒᵉˢⁿ'ᵗ ᵍᵉᵗ ʰᶦˢ ʷᵃʸ

loves to bicker with you simply because he finds it entertaining

won’t let you get out of bed because he won’t let go of you for the love of god

loves to cuddle you and will be the big spoon or little spoon

loves to spoil you and be spoiled and hes so cute when receiving gifts because he has the cutest reactions 

he is your number one fan and won’t hesitate to let the entire world know that

went to the grocery store once for milk and came back with 3 puppies 

“what else was i supposed to do, you wanted one and they were right there” 

“theyre cute like me right???” 

loves pecking your cheeks and booping your nose 

please make him laugh all the time his laugh cures cancer

jongho:

you get to hear him singing in the shower

loves to lay his head in your lap while you watch movies so you can pet his head

cheek kisses are so soft :(

hes so gentle with you and everything he does :(

loves putting his arm around you 

half asleep i love you’s 

kisses all over your face in the morning to wake you up

he loves you so much, probably more than you love him 

remembers every special occasion and sometimes treats regular days like special occasions 

will take you anywhere you want to go and would go get the moon for you if you asked

i’m not going to say this again imagine hearing his singing just.... sitting there like please acknowledge how talented he is and how proud of him you are

he works hard for you and loves laying in bed and watching movies when he gets home