#It doesn’t make sense to you but it does to me AHAHAHAHAHAHA

[sluttish-armchair]

Working on a model of the actual historical building next to his shop before I do anything with the second story, because I need to determine where the prole woman lives. I’m leaning towards behind the shop, but I’d like to just have a layout of the street first.

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 297: We’re Bustin’ Outta This Joint

Previously on BnHA: Horikoshi did his best to undo all of the good vibes from the Girl Power arc by killing off Midnight. It sucks and I still don’t like it, but it is what it is. Unfortunately, Not Killing Off Your One Female Teacher Character With Any Character Development was worth 30% of his grade for the semester, so it brought his average down all the way to a C-, and so he and his report card will just have to live with that. Meanwhile Ochako did some rescuing, and the other U.A. kids lay around unconscious and/or traumatized. The chapter ended with an abrupt cut to Tartarus, where AFO is apparently just chilling and waiting for the Nearly High Ends to come bust him free. What kind of a cliffhanger is that to leave your fans hanging on for three whole weeks. Who’s suffering more here, the characters or the readers.

Today on BnHA: Horikoshi is all “okay I know you all want to know what happens to Deku and Shouto and the rest, but have you considered finding out what happens to Overhaul and Muscular and Moonfish and New Girl Character instead?” Fandom is all, “you had us at New Girl Character.” Seiji’s dad is all, “I’m just going to say a bunch of stuff to help make sure none of the readers feel conflicted about cheering on a bunch of mass murderers escaping from prison.” Tomura is all, “dammit AFO why are you still here.” AFO is all, “shhh, Tomura, go back to sleep.” Tomura is all, “wtf but you’re literally hijacking my body and continuing to shred it to bits while we break into BnHA Alcatraz to recruit your own personal Suicide Squad.” AFO is all, “:).” Real!AFO is all, “HERE I AM, EVERYONE, SORRY TO KEEP YOU WAITING.” And then the chapter ends. Geez.

oh shit lol it’s a whole big fucking page all about Tartarus

my very first thought was “that’s a long-ass fucking bridge”, and then I went to go google “longest bridges”, and Wikipedia was all “son there are literally a hundred and fifty bridges in the real world longer than 5km, and the longest one is actually 165km”, and I was all “oh shit I really don’t know jack shit about bridges.” then I looked at the list for a few more minutes and realized that the super-long bridges were all built over land, and that the longest bridge over water is only 38km. which is way more reasonable, but also still really fucking long though?? ngl I would freak the fuck out on that bridge. what does any of this have to do with Tartarus you ask?? absolutely nothing, I literally forgot I was reading a chapter for a sec lol uh

anyway, my parting thought on the bridge is that it kind of defeats the whole purpose of having a giant island fortress prison, but whatever. moving on

and the six levels thing is straight out of One Piece lol. something tells me BnHA’s prison break arc isn’t going to be quite as fun. hmm

so now we’re cutting to “the Bronze Gate”, which is the main entrance off of the bridge, and some goat-looking motherfucker is out here trying to become my new favorite character. bro

SON OF A BITCH WHAT’S WITH THE BULLETS FLYING IN THE BACKGROUND. DON’T TELL ME THEY’RE SHOOTING AT GYGES. THEY CAN’T KILL OFF MY FRESHEST HOMIE GYGES. SURELY THEY WOULDN’T

ooh and now, giant robots!

giant robots with machine guns. “I’m very sorry I killed off Midnight, makeste” you know what, fuck you Horikoshi. thinking you can buy my affections back so easily

does Gyges have six arms??? look how fucking calm he is announcing the code red security lockdown, holy shit. GYGES

NOOOO

NO NOT BRIAREUS. THIS DAY EXACTS A HEAVY TOLL

YO, WHAT

he came there himself?? so much for making the Noumus do his dirty work. and based on the speech bubble shape and font, this is still AFO talking

uh oh what’s happening

is he using Decay or is his arm just sort of crumbling to pieces because he hasn’t had time to heal up yet? if it’s the former this prison break is going to set a record for shortest arc yet isn’t it

now we’re cutting to B10 which is apparently the lowest level. but do they mean lowest as in the least security, or lowest as in the deepest underground, a.k.a. the most security? idk it’s confusing and I think they should be more specific. is it B like in basement?? are there six levels or ten?? stupid Tartarus

anyway so the guards are talking about how Gigantomachia is scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning. heh. will there even be a Tartarus tomorrow morning

(ETA: WELL, UH.)

wow they’re talking about just killing him outright. damn

I kinda feel like “prison guard” is one of those jobs that just sort of naturally attracts shitty people. anyways yeah, Seiji your dad is a real piece of work

and he’s even doubling down on it after the other guy repeatedly keeps trying to hush him up. dude we get it, you’re an asshole

ooh and now we’re getting an interesting look at the various prisoners, some of whom look suspiciously familiar!

for starters, that’s definitely Moonfish in the upper left corner, I’m like 99% sure. not quite clear who that is across from him in the upper right, but it’s been a hot minute since we saw Muscular, so maybe?

and could that be Overhaul in the panel beneath him?? they’re not showing his face so I assume it’s someone we’d recognize, and he’s the only currently-incarcerated villain with that haircut as far as I can recall. though it seems weird that he’s not restrained more given his quirk. I thought Horikoshi mentioned in Ultra Analysis that he’d gotten it back somehow. eh well we will wait for answers

I don’t recognize the person to his left either (though she has an oddly familiar look to her?). but the person on the bottom right, next to Kurogiri... is it Stain?? the hair and body language are sure giving off Stain vibes. if someone had told the me from two years ago that I’d actually be excited to see Stain again I would have said you were full of shit. and yet here we are. these sure are interesting times

anyway so now the Code Red intruder alarm is blaring. and I gotta say, that one scene sure was effective at killing any sympathy I might have been inclined to feel for these guards lol. bring on the imminent massacre

“what horrible timing” lol yes. it’s almost as if they planned it that way

uh oh

is he omae wa shindeiruing. watch your six, Mr. Prison Guard

oh shit

WHAT DID I SAY. WHAT DID I FUCKING SAY. but nooo, you all were all, “but a bridge is more convenient!” VERY WELL THEN, LIE IN THE BED THAT YOU HAVE MADE

anyway so it’s the High Ends lol. I mean we already knew it was them. let’s just get on with it

omfg Tomura ARE YOU RIDING ONE

WHAT ARE YOU, A NAZGUL. WHY IS THIS MY FAVORITE THING

and it looks like it actually is Tomura again, too (as opposed to AFOmura)

-- is he using Decay on himself?? is that what it is?? or no wait, is this just more of the weird side effect shit that’s been happening since he Awakened. actually yeah never mind that’s clearly what it is

y’all this man is out here having a full blown argument with himself

so this is equal parts compelling and hilarious to me right now lol. like I feel so bad for Tomura, but I also lowkey want to see how far this escalates. like do you think he’d go as far as to punch himself in the face. where will this journey lead us

fucking look at this shit

other people have already mentioned this, but with this scene especially it makes me really curious how they’re going to show this in the anime. will it be AFO’s voice coming out of Tomura’s mouth? or Tomura’s voice using AFO’s speech patterns? more importantly, will it be cool and dramatic, or will it actually wind up being hilarious? or both?? never count out both

also he’s looking pretty good there in that bottom panel with his one eye just barely visible. that doesn’t have anything to do with anything, but here I am, pointing it out

also also, lol at Tomura being all, “the fuck do you mean, ‘rest’, you’re the one that dragged my body out here to raid a fucking prison,” and AFO being all, “oh yeah, lol, true true, but I meant rest after that.” yes, this man clearly has nothing but the purest intentions, Tomura. trustworthy af

this fucking guy. Tomura is your bullshit radar finally operational yet?? can you see yet that it was always his intention to use you right from the very start?? oh man I am starting to get fidgety now listening to this

so Tomura’s saying he doesn’t just want to be used as a chess piece. and AFO is all, “well okay but what if it’s a VERY NICE AND IMPORTANT chess piece.” bro DID HE STUTTER

-- AHH BUT NEVER MIND THAT, HERE IT IS, THIS IS WHERE THE FUN STARTS OMG

GO ON AND ACQUIRE THEM THEN! omg. why am I so fucking excited. it seriously makes no sense. like seriously, ‘hooray, our old buddies, Overhaul and Stain!!’ -- come again now?? who is this person that I have become

meanwhile AFO is making all this fuss and I really don’t understand it though

why would you need to plow directly through the building. why can’t you just use doors like a normal person. it’s not like they can lock you out, like hello, you can literally turn anything you touch into dust, what’s with all the melodrama

anyway so he’s apparently hitting the prison with some sort of EMP attack now and shutting down all their systems

omg the suspense is killing me. this is going to be so badass once it’s animated, but right now all I keep thinking is “YES, GREAT, CAN WE PLEASE JUST MOVE IT ALONG”

the doors are opening ahhhhhhh come on come on come on let’s go let’s get to the excitement already

now the guards are running over to try and regain control. but, like

yeah that’s pretty much how I’m expecting the rest of this to go basically

so now they’re shooting at the dust cloud lol. well if there’s one thing movies have taught me, it’s that bad guys who wait inside clouds of dust while panicked cops blindly rain bullets at them until they run out of ammo are basically invincible lol. soooooo

OHHHHH SHIT

AHAHAHAHAHAHA. THEY ARE SO FUCKED LOL, SHIT

YEP, AND HERE’S ANOTHER ONE

is this the first time we’ve seen Moonfish’s face? I feel like we might have caught a glimpse of it before on an omake page or something. either way, it wasn’t anything I actually needed to see again. thanks...?? I guess??

okay but seriously, are we supposed to actually know who this badass lady is?? like I don’t know her but I feel like I know her, you feel?

(ETA: lol there are already like 60 different theories about how she’s related to every single character in the series. will be interesting to see if anything comes of this. although we did just get three “this villain was secretly related to [insert character(s) here] all along” reveals just in the last arc, so idk, it might be better if we pass on it this time lol.)

girl who are you. please stick around. for the love of god don’t let this man kill you off too

????

wait so is this Overhaul? boy sure has seen better days huh. but the floppy sleeves... yeah, it’s gotta be him

anyway so then the only ones missing are Stain and Kurogiri, yes?? omg. and one page left to go

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO CONVINCE ME HE COULDN’T HAVE DONE THIS SHIT RIGHT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. FUCKING TIME-BIDING DRAMA QUEEN

AND HE’S JUST FLOATING HIS LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM ALONG BEHIND HIM SOB. THIS FUCKING GUY

AND IS HE JUST ABSENTMINDEDLY DRAGGING SOME POOR SCHLUB’S CORPSE ALONG BESIDE HIM LIKE A SLEEPY TODDLER CARRYING THEIR TEDDY BEAR. I FUCKING CAN’T. REST IN PEACE, FRIEND. GIVE MY REGARDS TO GOOD OLD BRIAREUS

so that’s it! and we still don’t have any idea what AFO is actually planning to do now, after all of that. are they going to merge bodies?? or is he going to try to switch with him?? either way Tomura’s body has to be part of the plan somehow since he keeps making so much of a fuss over it. flkhglkhlk. dammit I need answers lol

[mego42]

Hey, so I have a question and I LOVE your analytical skills. Can you explain to me, why Rio got arrested? Because I don’t get why it is enough to just see him going through a bunch of fake cash. Dave and Phoebe didn’t see what he does with it or where he takes it. And both of them said multiple times they want to see/track where he takes the money and what he does with it. And in that scene they didn’t. Idk this doesn’t make much sense to me because they’ve literally only seen him with Beth sitting at the picknick bench with aaaa lot of boxes with fake cash, but he didn’t do anything with it. (Plus when basically the girls were the ones printing it) Thank youu

ahahahahahaha OKAY NO GUYS SOMETHING HAS GONE HORRIBLY WRONG I DO NOT HAVE ANALYTICAL SKILLS I’M JUST A HYPERACTIVE HYPERFOCUSER!!!! but i mean thank you??? am flattered that you’re into whatever the hell is happening here.

that said, alas, no, i cannot explain to you why rio got arrested bc it makes no sense. i mean okay, sure, v technically it makes sense in the way that the US legal system is a series of excuses and loopholes meant to trap people in the senseless meatgrinder of it for whatever reason law enforcement feels like invoking. so with that in mind, as soon as rio took possession of the fake cash it was enough to arrest him. but, in the way that you’re talking about it, no, arresting him at that moment did not satisfy dave and phoebe’s stated objective of figuring out where the money goes.

if i squint i can connect it as an extension of dave and phoebe’s opening scene where they lay out the ticking clock that is their budget and supervisor’s patience so they just decided to say fuck it and arrest him and see what they got out of him in interrogation bc otherwise they were def going home empty-handed but those dots are far enough apart that i could probs also draw a unicorn between them as a connection, so.

again, this show is not true crime (which is somehow both smarter and stupider, go figure). 

[discotreque]

LwD 1.10, “No Small Parts”

Well, that was the most fun I've had watching Star Trek in literally a quarter of a century.

I had high hopes for this series. I love TAS, largely because of its wacky outsized concepts that could only have worked in animation—not that they all did work, but the potential was so apparent to me, even as a kid reading the Alan Dean Foster novelizations—and as an adult, there's something about the imagination of Lower Decks's FX setpieces that transcends even the glorious CGI bonanzas of Discovery.

Pause for a confession. I've long pushed back against criticism of serialization in new Trek. That's just how TV is now, okay? Might as well complain about it being in widescreen. But I'm backing down a little, because I've realized there is something about Star Trek that's inextricable from at least a partially-episodic format. And while Picard was telling a different kind of story, I can't deny that my favourite episodes of Disco have been the ones with a mostly self-contained A-plot. After 10 delightfully episodic instalments of LwD, its focus on long-term development of characters instead of a season-spanning puzzle-plot (okay, mostly just Mariner, but we only have 10 × 22 minutes and she is the star) has been downright refreshing.

So here we are, at the end of the most consistent and well-executed Season 1 of a Star Trek series since, arguably, Those Old Scientists. And sure, if they'd had to produce another... yikes, 42 episodes? Then sure, they probably would have dropped a clunker or two—but they didn't, and winning on a technicality is still winning. I'm practically vibrating with excitement for Disco to come back next week, but damn, I'm going to miss this little show while it's on hiatus.

Spoilers below:

Something I've been keeping track of finally paid off this week! (Which never happens to me, lol.) The destruction of the USS Solvang marked the first present-day death(s) of any Starfleet officer on Lower Decks, the only other on-screen killing at all being a flashback in "Cupid's Errant Arrow". Which makes sense, being (a) a comedy, and (b) about typically "expendable" characters: it hasn't been afraid to flirt with a little darkness here and there, but killing people off at Star Trek's usual pace wouldn't just be wrong for the tone, it would be downright bizarre.

But... people die on Star Trek. That's one of the core themes of the show, really: space is full of knowledge and beauty, but also danger and terror, and believing that the former is worth the risk of the latter is (according to Trek) one of humanity's most noble traits. I'm the least bloodthirsty TV watcher I know, but the longer we went with a body count of nil—ships completely evacuated before they were destroyed, main characters hilariously maimed without permanent consequences, etc.—well, I didn't mind per se, but the absence of truly deadly stakes was definitely getting conspicuous.

Turns out they were saving it up for maximum impact. And holy fuck, I've never felt such a pit in my stomach watching a ship get destroyed that wasn't named Enterprise. It felt grim and brutal and somehow both much too quick and dreadfully inevitable—and yeah, it looked extremely fucking cool—and I'd like every other Star Trek property for the rest of time to take notes under a large bold heading labeled RESTRAINT.

Comedy doesn't need to do this, but my favourite comedy does, and in a way that few other art forms can even approach: lower my emotional defences by making me laugh, endear character(s) to me with goofy-but-relatable antics—then BAM, sucker-punch me in the motherfucking feels. M*A*S*H is probably the classic example on TV, Futurama was notorious for it, and even Archer has pulled it off a few times; it's also a staple of some of my favourite standup. I wasn't sure if Lower Decks was going to go there in Season 1—and wasn't sure if they'd earn it—but I knew if they did, that they'd nail it, and damn. Feels good to be right.

Last batch of notes for the season!!! I rambled enough already, so let's do it liveblog-style:

I fucking KNEW they were going to use "archive" visuals from TAS at some point, I KNEW IT :D

"THOSE OLD SCIENTISTS" ahahahahahahahahahahahaha

I like chill and confident Boimler a lot? You can really see—

oh bRADWARD NOOOOO

That opening shot of the Solvang tracking down to the red giant was extremely Discovery-esque... minus the motion sickness, that is

A lady captain AND a lady first officer? That's—oh hey, it's Captain Dayton's brand-new ship. Hahaha, that means they're totally fucked, right?.

Yep! They sure a—umm, wh—shit, okay, but—oh no—no, you can't—wait DON'T

...fuck

FUCK.

Narrator: "And then Amy needed a five-hour break."

[live-action Star Trek showrunner voice] "Gee, Mike! Why does CBS let you have two cold opens?"

Okay, yes, the bit with Rutherford cycling through all the different attitudes in his implant was transparently an excuse for Eugene Cardero to vamp while waiting for something to do in the story, but as far as I'm concerned they can contrive a reason for him to do a bunch of different silly Rutherfords in a row any time they damn well want, because that was classic!!!

EXOCOMP EXOCOMP EXOCOMP EXOCOMP

AND THE EXOCOMP IS PAINTED LIKE THE EXOCOMP IS WEARING A LITTLE EXOCOMP-SIZED STARFLEET UNIFORM

EXOCOMP!!!!!

The slow burn and now the payoff of the Mariner-is-Freeman's-secret-daughter plot has been executed so well. I'm beyond impressed with this writer's room, y'all—they are threading a hell of a needle here

"Wolf 359 was an inside job" would have been a spit-take if I'd had anything in my mouth

...how many memos do you think Starfleet Command has had to issue asking people to stop calling the USS Sacramento "the Sac"?

CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW THEY'VE DECORATED THE SHUTTLECRAFT SEQUOIA THOUGH

Is, uh, is it weird if I'm starting to ship Tendi and Peanut Hamper a little? It is weird, isn't it. I knew it was weird...

Coital barbs??? I take back everything I said about wanting to know more about Shaxs/T'Ana.

The "good officer" version of Mariner is... kind of hot, tbh! But Tawny Newsome has done such a great job of building this character all season that her voice getting uncharacteristically clipped and martial and "sir! yes, sir!" is also deeply, deeply weird

Ah, so this is literally exactly like when TNG (and DS9) would bring in, and then blow up, a never-before-seen Galaxy-class ship, just to underscore that we're facing a real threat this week, baby. And hey, it fucking worked—my heart was in my throat, omg, for the reveal of the—

PAKLEDS?????????

The fucking PAKLEDS have been gluing weapons to their ships for the last 15 years. GREAT.

(We interrupt the SHIP BEING SLICED INTO SCRAP for an interesting bit of world-building: on Earth, the traditional First Contact Day meal is salmon!)

"I need a dangerous, half-baked solution that breaks Starfleet codes and totally pisses me off! That's an order." I'm starting to think Captain Freeman might actually be overqualified for the Cerritos, y'all—she's REALLY awesome

OH SHIT IT'S BADGEY, this is a TERRIBLE IDEA

"How much contraband have you hidden on my ship?" "I don't know! A lot!"

Awwww, Boims!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHA, FUCK THIS, PEANUT HAMPER OUT

BADGEY NOOOOO

AUGHHHHH WHAT THE CHRIST DID HE JUST—BUT—RUTHERFORD'S IMPLANT????

RUTHERFORD!!!!!!!!!!

SHAXS!!!!!!

F U C K ! ! ! ! !

ahaIOPugdfhagntpgjrq90e5mgu90qe5;oigoqgw4ouegrw5SP;IAEHURVa IT’S THE TITAN???????????

IT'S CAPTAIN WILLIAM T. RIKER ON THE MOTHERFUCKING TITAN??????????

i'm screaming I'M SCREAMINGGGGGG​TGGGTGQER;​LBHAOIBVNV;​OAPBIJNVagr;h;​oagruipuwtnaetbaetgq35ghqet

I'M SO GLAD THIS WASN'T SPOILED FOR ME WTF

I AM WEEPING LIKE A CHILD

...

(Just a brief 20-minute pause this time)

And oh wow, seeing Will and Deanna hits different after Picard too, in a few different ways, which I may even get into later now that my heartrate is back to normal, lmao

Oh, I am always here for some jokes at the expense of the Sovereign class. The Enterprise-E sucked. They should have built a new bigger model of the D and new Galaxy-class interiors for the TNG movies, and I will die on that hill

OKAY, FINE, YOU GOT ME, RUTHERFORD × TENDI WOULD BE ADORABLE AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A PRETTY GOOD SETUP FOR IT

Awwww, Shaxs though :( Congrats on the single most badass death in Star Trek history, dude. The Prophets would—well, the actual Prophets would probably be slightly confused about most of it, but Kira Nerys would be proud of you and I feel like that probably counts for more. RIP, Papa Bear

I am here all damn DAY for the Mariner–Riker parallels, ahahahahaha

Pausing it to record my prediction that Boimler's commitment to not caring about rank anymore is going to last 3... 2...

Yep.

Bradward, how DARE YOU.

"Those guys had a long road, getting from there to here." OH FOR THE LOVE OF—

What a brilliant way to resolve and renew the various character arcs and relationships moving into Season 2! The writers could easily have brought everything back to status quo—chaotic Mariner fighting with her mom and being a bad influence on Boimler, etc.—and done another 10 just like these, but I suspect that wouldn't have been ambitious enough for these writers. What a blast. I cannot wait for more.

Thanks for following along, friends! Stay tuned for my (similarly patchy and amateur) coverage of Discovery, starting next week!

[twilightofthe]

Chapter Nine liveblog of The Mandalorian Season 2!  Let’s go!!!

Recap time!

Oh shit the ARMORER I MISSED HER even if it’s just her voiceover lol

Y’all I am fucking PUMPED

Oh shit yeah Fennec Shand’s not dead I wonder if she’ll show up again too 

GOD I MISSED THE SOUNDTRAAAAAACK

OOOP OOP OOP OOP OOP HERE WE GO HERE WE GO HERE WE GOOOOOOO

THAT’S MY FUCKING SON AND HUSBAND

THERE THEY ARE

LOOK AT THEM

THEY’RE JUST WALKING AND I’M IN LOVE AGAIN

BABYBABYBABYBABYYYYYYYYYY

HIS WIDDLE FUCKING FACE

OH NO HE’S WHIMPERING

OH BABY YODA GOD HOW I MISSED YOU

YES MR TWI’LEK LET THE CUTE BABY IN

YES LOOK HOW CUTE HE IS

*cinemasins voice* Space wrestling!

Oh yeah it’s those green pig species guys from ROTJ whose names I never remember, Gamoreans?

Wherever I go he goes KILL MEEEEEEEE

Lol bruh looking for other Mandos won’t teach you how to find Jedi, it teaches you to pick fights with ‘em 

HAHAHA THE BABY IS CASUALLY LEARNING MORE VIOLENCE YES I LOVE IT

Heyyy it was Gamorrean!

I feel like I know Cyclops’s voice for some reason

Lol look at Din he has sense

Ohhhh boy fight time

Time to see my husband kick ass

Oh shit shit shiiiiit is there like, a valuable underground trade for beskar and Mandalorians???  SHIIIIIIIIIT

LOL YEP GO HIDE WHILE DADDY WORKS BABY

EPIC GUITAR WAILING NOISES YESSS

ARMOR HUSBAND KICKING ABSOLUTE ASS YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

THAT WAS A FUCKING SASSY HEADBUTT LOOOOOOOOK

HE’S SO AWESOME I’M ;_;

HELL YEAH GET THAT TRAFFICKER BABY

AND CUE THE AWESOME ASS RECORDER THEME

I LOVE ME A MAN WHO NEGOTIATES

Whaaaaaat a Mando on Tatooine?  Good thing my Mando on Tatooine fic is an AU!

Mos Pelgo, huh?  New city!

Pfff it’s been literally less than ten minutes and I’ve already typed THIS much

OHHH SHIIIIIIT HE’S LETTING THE TRAFFICKER GET EATEN ALIVE DAMN SON

BADASS RECORDER NOISES INTENISFY

Oho, “The Marshal”, huh?

WAIT MARSHAL AS IN LIKE “MARSHAL COMMANDER”

ARE WE GETTING FUCKING CLONES?

OH GOD PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

And there’s Peli!!!!!

Holy shit my fic did pretty well predicting that xD

Lol I love her

She is Me

BABYYYYYYYYY

wrinkled critter

Din she doesn’t know what a Mandalorian Armorer means

I LOVE PELI

HOLY SHIT WE’RE GETTING A MAP OF TATOOINE

SHIT I CAN USE THIS

BABY STILL LIKES CAR RIDES

Omg he’s actually sitting with the Tuskens!

TREAT THE TUSKENS LIKE PEOPLE AND NOT UGLY STEREOTYPES 2KFOREVERRRRRRRRRRR

Dang the way he walks tho

(sorry I had to *coughs*)

“Someone who looks like me” pfff Din

Wait hang on a second this “Marshal” isn’t fucking Boba Fett is he he better not

But shit this is on Tatooine it makes sense--

I’M BAD AT MANDO ARMOR IS THAT BOBA IDK I CAN’T TELL IN THE BACKLIGHTING

Ah a blissful stranger.  Not a clone tho, dammit, that would have been nice

He sounds young too, I recognize his voice

WAIT A FUCK THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BOBA FETT’S HELMET I MIGHT BE BAD AT MANDO STUFF BUT I’M FUCKING POSITIVE

oh damn and he just took it off in front of Din The Orthodox Mando WHOOP

Shit I know that guy’s actor who is he

OH NO OH NOPE HE’S NOT EVEN A REAL MANDALORIAN HE’S JUST AN ARMOR THIEF WHO STOLE BOBA’S ARMOR THIS BOI IS GONNA DIE AHAHAHAHA

Ahhh we’re going cowboy movies again

Wait so Boba wears real beskar now?  I thought his wasn’t

Lol yep here we go Din’s goin’ after him now

“He’s seen worse” Din NO, THAT IS HOW YOUR CHILD LEARNS TO STRANGLE PEOPLE FOR ARM WRESTLING

Tatooine’s got earthquakes?

2012 is that you?  Lion King antelope stampede hello

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT IS THAT A KRAYT DRAGON

I’VE WANTED ONE OF THOSE FOREVER

IT’S AN ALASKAN BULL WORM

No really damn what is that thing lol

Could be a Krayt dragon?  But idk their designs

DIN YOU JUST ABANDONED YOUR CHILD IN A POT MY DUDE WHY

AHAHAHAHAHAHA YESSSSSS A KRAYT FUCKING DRAGON HELL YEAH HELL YEAH FINALLY AFTER FORTY FUCKING YEARS.

Ngl I was hoping it would look a little more stereotypically “dragon-ish” cuz I’ve been entertaining this ridiculous fantasy of Obi Wan befriending one in the Kenobi show and learning how to make the noise

But giant angry sand worm friend is also good!

Din bro careful last time you agreed to hunt something on Tatooine with someone new that dude betrayed you

Ohhhh flashback!

Oh for fuck’s sake why are we adding MORE slavery

Y’all know you can also have literally anything fucking else on Tatooine besides slavery

Gah sorry y’all

Lol Jawas again

And more Wilrow Hood ice cream machines!

Ok but so did the Jawas literally fish this off of Boba’s body, did the Sarlaac shit it out and they found it, or did Boba actually sell it to them?

Oh damn and these ppl probs knew who Boba was too

Oooh dinosaur-hyena thingies

DIN SPEAKS TUSKEN

I LOVE HIM

MARRY ME

Ok but now I REALLY wanna know how Din learned the Tusken traditions

GOOD BOY ALERT!  GOOD BOY!  IT’S A GOOD BOY!  DINOSAUR-HYENA IS A VERY GOOD BOY

TUSKEN CULTURE OH MY GOD I’M LOVING THIS

This is not a time to be a picky eater bruh

Ok there Anakin let’s settle down a bit

DIPLOMACY BY FLAMETHROWER DIN I LOVE YOU

Ok so if you eat a sarlaac does that also technically count as eating two meals since you’re also eating whatever it’s been digesting in its stomach for a thousand years?

Yep Alaskan Bull Worm

OH NO IT SCARED THE BABY :O

Din training a village to fight this thing is a wee bit harder than training them to fight an AT-STsaurus Rex

WHY DON’T WE JUST TAKE THE TOWN AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE?

This really is just the stereotypical Western episode but kinder to the natives

Damn

“Are you trying to blow us up?” ooooof they WENT THERE

More teamwork!

“Belly is the weak spot” hey so like Smaug!

Wait a fucking second I wasn’t paying attention did they bring Baby Yoda to where he could possibly get eaten by a dragon again

Oh yeah “dank ferrik” is another SW curse

Wait why are they just standing there and letting the Tuskens get eaten

Gahhh everyone’s being so brave I’m proud of them!!!!! :_:

OH EW FUCKING GROSS GROSS GROSS GROSS

Gah I HATE vomit scenes especially unexpected ones

Sorry that’s like, a super major squick for me

And dammit they didn’t even kill the worm

Oh and now it’s up there and VOMITING AGAIN I HATE THAT

Oh shite that’s acid

Oh please be careful baby

Ok wait wait wait how did the Jawas even salvage Boba’s jetpack enough to make it fly the whole reason Boba got eaten was because the pack broke

Oh and now I’m seeing a bit of Jaws in this too

Bro noooo are you gonna blow up that bantha?

DIN NO YOU RECKLESS-ASS BITCH

B o i

Actually let himself get eaten

Din where are your braincells

Aw Baby nooooooo

Uh oh I sense more vomit

Or not!

Ok bro that was p badass

Ok yeah Marshal is p hot 

There I said it

ASLDKJFSDLKFKL OF COURSE BABY YODA EATS THE RAW DRAGON MEAT

That guy is hoooooooot

“You tell your people I wasn’t the one who broke that” lol yep Han better look out

Huh?  We getting excited over MORE eggs?

Oh goddammit and there is Boba Fett because of course

Knew it was too good to be true

Lol sorry y’all just wasn’t particularly excited to see him

Guess that means he willingly gave up his armor, huh?

BUT ANYWAY THIS WAS A BRILLIANT EPISODE

AND I LOVED IT

AND THE TUSKENS GOT THE RESPECT THEY DESERVED

Ok but it also seems at least Marshal and the rest of the townsfolk had the same backwards view towards the Tuskens as Anakin did, now I REALLY want to see RESPECTFUL discussion on colonialism on Tatooine, I gotta know more about this

Still super excited for the next ep!

Aaaaaaaaa!

[victorie552onepiecespeedrun]

Reading One Piece pt 146: Robin Gets Beat Up

Chapter 382

Thoughts:

- Fpos/cs: what the heck, it’s Mr.3. What is he doing on Vacation Island? I mean metaphorically, I can see he’s trying to escape. How did he even got here. And damn, he’s really committed to his 3s, isn’t he

- More battle

- Aw, Sanji got the reins! This is great for some reason

- Meanwhile, CP9 finally made Franky stop trying to eat Spandam

- Spandam is trying to be a cool villain now. It’s too late for that bro

- Oh, he’s talking about Iceburg now?

- Ah, he’s complaining how much of a great businessman Iceburg is, he made himself untouchable, even for government (for a time at least). You go, Iceburg

- Admiral Aokiji mention!

- Ok, he’s basically retelling what we already knew before. Do we have to listen to this

- “Why would Aokiji entrust you with the power of the Buster Call?” You know what Robin, I am mystified too. I mean, giving Buster Call privileges to  shady organization like Cp9? That make sense, though I don’t approve. Giving these privileges to Spandam personally? No, just no

- …he just hit her. Spandam just hit Robin.

- Uh

- Ok then. Beyond unnecessary but villain gotta villain I guess

- “You should at least be thankful!” uhm. No

- Don’t you tell her she’s about to be tortured and stuff! Goddamn, she’s not even restrained! I don’t know about CP9 but YOU can be killed by her in literal seconds, Spandam! At least try to use your brain

- Ok, WHY is everyone telling her very existence is sinful, this is nonsense. She’s the only one who gets that treatment

- “oh yeah, by the way, your ex-boss is here” way to tell her about Luffy, man

- “He’s probably have been caught by the guards by now!” AHAHAHAHAHAHA denial still going strong, I see

- “He’ll be taken to Impel Down” lol, no

- Robin’s super shaken by this

- She says they promised to leave Straw Hats alone if she’ll go with them. Spandam says they promised to let them leave Water Seven in peace

- I mean. They kept that promise, Robin. And it’s not like they can leave Straw Hats alone while Straw Hats demolish their main base. You got lawyered, Robin

- Franky is telling Robin to save her breath, they aren’t worth arguing with

- The heck is Spandam doing. Is he kicking both of them

- Spandam is laughing maniacally now

- You can die together… You’re powerless before the great Justice.” *rolls eyes* Justice this, Justice that, I wonder if they know what that word even means

- Luffy is still hitting things

- Ok, so Spandam wants guards to take Robin to Marine HQ but Franky goes to Impel Down

- Huh? Looks like Lucci has enough of Spandam talking. Can’t blame him. And he doesn’t care for Spandam’s ideas of rewards

- “Well then, what do you want?”

- “Blood” WOW OK calm down, Terminator. Didn’t think you are the type but you clearly are

- Hah, Spandam got scared of him for a second. And he’s happy about it!

- “What promising individuals! Now I feel like I won’t lose to anyone!” Spandam really likes his power trips

- (Spandam is a really good villain. He’s a bad person obviously but as a character? Scheming corrupted official with petty ambitions dreaming of fame and power he totally shouldn’t get but totally does cause he’s a bastard in a bastard system? Beautiful. I am impressed. Good job, Oda)

- Luffy got to the Courthouse. This is where CP9 is, right

- Hm?

- Freddy! No! Get out!

- Looks like Freddy (Blueno The Door Guy) and Luffy will fight

Is it me or is Lucci like crazy?

rOP 145  rOP 147

[lucidpantone]

So everything is magically solve and Kato super horrible and strict parents are now cool ahahahahahaha omg this show makes no sense

similar anon: Hook that never reels is the perfect way to describe this mess. But like, it’s the last ep (Christ I hope it’s the last ep) and there have been so few light, fun moments throughout this whole misery fest this would have been the perfect opportunity to lighten the load of the season a little at the end. They just can’t do anything right its such poor writing I know we keep banging on about it but it’s so frustrating and I can’t understand the logic with this season at all. Kato has been moody and mopey and miserable so so often. Did they really even enjoy writing all this moping about?

similar anon: You known what is another horrible thing about this season? We always know what's gonna happen next is so predictable and Skam is the contrary even if you already know the OG plot you don't really know what's gonna happen next....this is not Skam

similar anon: My initial reaction to ur theory about a potential cut clip: "that'd be another idiotic move! that clip would add a layer to Kato" But then I remembered. It's Wtfock. They would have made sure to do the most damage with the least amount of care for their audience. A scene like that in incapable hands? No thx. But if they are in a cutting mood, they should go ahead and cut the rest of s4, issue an apology (yh, right) and fill the rest of the slots w bts footage/ bloopers of the show.

similar anon: I find so funny how lose yourself, going through thinking you got raped, struggling with your sexuality and a homophobic bash is on the same level as not getting into a dance competition, she's the racist and the naive person so the ploblems she got for that doesn't count and all the consequences of her actions are gonna be justify because she hurts herself or autistic which annoys me more because those two things are not for that, you can't play with those for drama or justification of stupid shit and clearly are not even going to get properly representative.

Thoughts after the cut

I think we can all agree that s4 was a slew of narrative plot mistakes after another. Firstly, THIS IS SKAM. Why is the concept of Skam so hard to understand for some remakes they get so caught up on the drama they can’t just focus on one/two decent topic(s) and evolve it properly. Or you could have Kato be an influencer and self harming but you needed to get to that point pretty quick so we could see 6/7 weeks of her presenting herself as this super fake influencer persona online and behind closed doors being monitored constantly by her parents due to her self harm issue. You dont introduce self harm in like ep8 and then try to build a last minute relapse plot like wtf. Even Lola we knew from jump that lola had addiction issues and we spent 10 weeks unpacking that. Also, why did wtfock cut the parents scenes? once again this makes no sense because it is SKAM (remember Jana and her mom s1). We need to see Kato being micro-managed to then link her frustrations as to why she feels the way she does. We need to see her pov to make us understand her actions. This season was so predictable but in the worse way and lets also remember that the season was meant to end with the dance competition and she probably would have won the only reason we got the ankle thing was because of corona. So it would have made an already predictable season more predictable even tho personally at that point I would have preferred the dance competition because we spend so much damn time on it may as well have resolved it. IDK I cant rant anymore about the writing this season aside from the simple THIS IS SKAM......please remakes remember that fact.

[solargroup09]

Hi everyone!! I hope you're well and able to get some rest~~ I was wondering if everyone could choose one thing (music, a book, object whatever as long as it's not alive) to describe you, what would it be??? ~🏹

Skitz: Heyyoooo 🏹 anon! We've been doin good outside of practice and training and stuff! (What is rest? Is that a thing?) Now let's see.....so...Im'a choooooooose a song; and it's by Pentagon! Ever heard Alien? .....it....pretty much is my brain constant ahahahahahaha! I am quite alienish with thought process 😉 Hopefully you're doin well too!

Mina: hello our lovely hunter anon 💞 we‘re doing very well, thank you!! we’re planning lots of excited stuff, so stay tuned 🥰 and wow, that’s honestly quite a difficult question 🤔 ... but I think I’d go with a music box (not a bluetooth box, btw! I mean an old mechanical one that can play only one song). it‘s special, very cute, and often connected to and with different memories and emotions, so it’s also nostalgic in a way, I’d say - or well, that’s what my music box is like for me! and, of course, it can play music! as a main vocal as well as one of the members constantly listening to music, I think it‘s quite fitting for me 😊 and how are you? 💞

Ari: Hi there!!! One thing to describe me? Hmmm... I think I would choose.... my purple backpack! It’s one I take with me almost everywhere (even if it doesn’t go with my outfit hehehe) - it’s literally full of anything I could want or need during the day, from snacks, to my notebooks and pens, to a sweatshirt and extra things like medication and bandaids! You need anything, I might have it! And I picked my backpack because well... I like to think I’m prepared for everything, and if I’m not, I can adapt and use my skills to figure it all out. I’m also down to do anything - want to go hiking? Lets’s go! Wanna chill and snack and play video games? Let’s do it! You wanna work on some music? You got it! So yea... my backpack 😂🧡

Yueliang: we're doing good, thank you hunter anon! 💕 What an interesting question!!! I thought about it a lot and was very torn about it! Is there a book that represents me? Is there a song that describes me? I could see myself being a diary, a journal. It's about possibilities, creativity and inspiration. It's about feelings and very nostalgic. It could be shared or can be the keeper of your secrets. You can rip the pages you don't want to see anymore, like you do with bad memories or you can transform them into beautiful pages, like you do when you learn good things from bad experiences. I'm not sure it this makes sense at all but I'm happy with it! 😍

Rin: hello! that's a very interesting question! i think i would go with a notebook, those that you use for anything and everything you know? you scribble on it, doodle, maybe there's some important things here and there, you write nonsense or maybe sometimes you write poems. yeeee like just a book full of everything hehe

AJ: Hello dear 🏹 ! This is such an interesting question! I think I’d use a playlist to describe myself, there’s many songs that have literally been the soundtrack of my life, and I think you can get to know a lot about a person by the music they listen to! My actual playlists have over a thousand songs so I think I’d have to choose the ones that are most like me, but still, you can find bits of yourself in every song! One of them would definitely be Famous Last Words by My Chemical Romance!

Luna: Hello my dear 🏹 !! This question is so interesting but it was also hard for me to choose. I think I'd be a flower, I personally find that each time they bloom, they get more and more beautiful and I find their cycle in life pretty similar to how life is in general. There are times where things don't always work out the way you would like them to but once it does, it's the most beautiful thing ever in my opinion. I hope that, as a member of Solar, I can help you heal as well as finding peace and beauty in life itself ♡

[chikkampli]

That one crappy 7 page angsty Saiouma fic NOBODY asked for (vague mentions of suic*de i guess???)

It was just another day.

  Another day in which the unstoppable Supreme Leader of Evil™ was bawling his eyes out.

  Kokichi didn't know why he was crying, he just was. Who am I kidding, of course he knew why he was crying, but this wasn't a common occurrence. The small, purple-haired male knew his mental stability was slowly deteriorating and falling away into nothing, but he still kept up his act of being the unbreakable and strong leader. Nobody understood that he just *had* to keep up this facade; it was the only thing keeping him from feeling even more emotionally vulnerable than he already felt. He hates it, he hates everything and everybody. He hates his parents, he hates his classmates, everybody.

  He hated how they let him suffer. He hated how they never asked if he was okay. He hated how nobody cared. He hated that he was treated like he didn't matter. He hated that everybody hated him, so he had to act like the actual villain. Kokichi knew nothing was his fault, he tried telling himself that every single day. His inner voice chanting things like It's not your fault. They're just messed up people. You're a good person. It's not your fault. But now...he just felt like he was lying to himself. He made them hate him. The Supreme Leader of Evil™, Kokichi Oma, made everybody hate him. Why? Because he sucked.

  He was weak and frail, too kind for his own good. He was taken advantage of. And that's why people hated him in the past. Now, he's become stronger. Stronger in a sense of hiding your true feelings behind fake confidence, malice, and lies. Now that's why people hated him now. He is no good, messed up, stupid, unworthy of forgiveness, and a liar. That was the part people hated about him so, so much.

  His lies. He lied so much that it made people assault him multiple times before, but he always got back at them with his petty nature, often succeeding. People hated how he always got his way, no matter what. And his way was what most people call "bad". That his way was the worst way humanly possible.

  Kokichi sniffled, “...This...this is what you wanted right? For people to hate you? Stop being a baby and man up. You chose to be this way, you chose to be the villain. You made this decision on your own. Don't go crying over how you're all sad and lonely and unloved. You are a nuisance,  and you will always be a nuisance. You stupid, low-life liar.”

   His tone gradually became more and more angry each letter he spit out, “You're so stupid! Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid! Continue how you are! Nobody will ever love you and nobody will ever help you. You're happiest this way,” his voice was wavering, “Y-You're happiest this way. Nobody...Nobody will ever mistreat you ever again. You're so smart. The greatest!” 

   Kokichi chuckled a bit, until he started laughing as loudly as he could. “AHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA AAAAAAA! NEE-HEEHEE...HEE...Hee...hee...heh…” The boy started breaking down into tears again, shaking uncontrollably. He couldn't help it. Today was the worst.

  “Try to catch me if you can, Harumaki-chan!! Maki-Roll! Harukawa-san!! Maki-chan! Nee-heehee!” Kokichi ran as fast as he could around the school, hiding in every place possible. His small frame was handy after all, being 5 '1 AND 19 (almost 20) had its perks. Why was he running from the female assassin, you may ask? Well the answer was simple.

   He stole her promise ring. Only because they had a rivalry going on. Definitely not because he was jealous of Maki Harukawa finding a person she loved and not him (Spoiler alert: he was jealous because of that!). He spotted the boys’ locker room, clearly having a chance to hide and rest before moving on, he ran inside. He stopped running once he entered the boy's locker room. He tried to take in as much air as he could quietly and started to regulate his breathing. He looked around. ‘Hm...it's empty in here. That's weird.’ Kokichi held back a chuckle as he decided to hide in one of the lockers. Yes, he was that small. Once he was fully inside and in a comfortable position, he covered his mouth with his left hand, breathing quietly through his nose, and used his right hand to fish for the ring in his pocket. The moment he set his hands on it, he felt around in his other pocket for his phone. He hadn't had a good look at it since he basically stole it and got caught by the one and only Maki Harukawa. He turned on his phone and shined the brightness onto the ring, it was gorgeous in every single possible way a ring could be. It was a golden ring, with leaves and vines engraved on it, leading up to the gem. It was a crimson-colored gem, Kokichi assumed it was a ruby, he wasn't good with jewels at all. The ruby complimented the whole entire ring, making it 10000× more beautiful. On the perimeter of the ring were white, clear gems. Kokichi assumed that they were diamonds.

   On the inside was a sentence. The engraved words said, “Forever mine, Kaito Momota”. Kokichi almost felt bad. Almost. This was a very pretty ring. ‘For a very ugly girl.’ Kokichi snickered at his butthole-eyness. It was very classic, but it never gets old. He looked down at the ring and decided that he should return it to Maki as soon as possible. He always returned the things he stole from his classmates, but this one was urgent. He had return it ASAP. He didn't know why he felt like he had to, maybe it was because he felt a bit of compassion for his arch nemesis. Or maybe because he felt he was stealing a symbol of love. Kokichi didn't know. He smiled, Kaito really loved her. Even though Kaito was always at his neck for things he did, Maki and Kaito made a cute couple. Kokichi would've felt horrible if something like this happened to one of his real-life OTPs. Kokichi sighed contently and exited the locker.

   Once he got out, he stretched his petite body. He was sure he hadn't been in there for long, but his limbs were kind of stiff. But the thing is, he was there for a long time. He just lost track of time. He walked out of the locker room, only to see a raging Kaito sprinting towards him. ‘Well shit.’ Once Kaito caught up to him, he slapped the Kokichi. 

   Kokichi stumbled back a few steps and looked up at the male, hand touching where he slapped him. The smaller boy started grinning. “Well...that was different from your usual punch. What's the hold up, Momo-kun? Kaito? Hero?”

   Kaito clenched his teeth, “You know what I want. So give it to me. Now!” 

   This was unusual for Kaito. He would usually be more reckless and loud, but this time...the rage was quietly emitting off of him. The negative energy present, even in a 50-mile radius. Kokichi felt nervous, but he didn't show it. The purple-haired fetus put on a bored expression, “Geez, fine, here's the stupid ring.” He flung it at his chest, the gem reflecting the sun beautifully. Man, Kokichi was *super* jealous. “What does it matter anyway? You guys are probably gonna get divorced or whatnot, so why promise something that might not happen? Hey, where's Maki anyway? I'm surprised she isn't here,” he gasped dramatically, “Is she scared of me? O-Omigod. Score-!”

   “Shut up.” Kaito stared at Kokichi, his purple eyes glowing. Like Maki's, but Maki's is way more intense. “You have no idea what you've done, do you even know how important that ring is to the both of us? No, you don't. Why? Because you don't have anybody to love, and nobody to love you back. Isn't that right, Kokichi?”

   Kokichi's bored expression didn't falter. Moments later, it turned into a huge grin. He was so good at acting like nothing phased him at all. “Aw, Kaito! Your words are pathetic! A Supreme Leader of Evil™ doesn't need or want anybody to love them, or anybody to love! Oh my GOD, you're so dumb! Look,” he chuckled, “you already have the ring. Go back to your little Harumaki or whatever. You're wasting my precious time!” he stomped his right foot onto the ground, smirking smugly as he looked Kaito in the eyes. “Read my lips. I. Don't. Care.”

   Kaito exhaled deeply, trying to not beat the other boy until he's dead. “...I'll see you later, Kokichi.” He walked off leaving a grinning Kokichi alone.

   Once Kokichi was sure Kaito left, and more importantly, that he was alone, he sighed sadly. His grin turned into a frown, and his once confident pose turned into an insecure slouch. No, he was not going to cry right now, not today, not ever. Crying is for the weak, you can’t cry! Kokichi Oma, the Supreme Leader of Evil™, cannot cry! The people who look up to your evil cannot see this act of weakness. It’s pathetic, and a supreme leader is not pathetic! Kokichi Oma is not pathetic! Kokichi told himself this for the remainder of the day, before he came home from school. Those words that came out of Kaito’s mouth really hurt him. He had never expected someone like...like Kaito to tell him that he was basically unloveable. It only further proved to him that his entire existence was a mistake. It should be erased. Nobody needs someone like himself in this world. He only causes problems and...and he doesn’t deserve love. He doesn’t deserve life. He is just a waste of space. A waste of life. His life is meaningless. He only brings despair and all those negative feelings into the world, so why should he exist? Why should people like him exist?

   Kokichi Oma deserves to die.

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   Kokichi took several deep, shaky breaths, trying to calm himself. He didn’t need nor want to be in this emotional state so he tried breathing exercises. It didn’t work, he relapsed into, once again, ugly sobbing. 

   “Why…? Why? Why am I like this?! What did I do to deserve this? Maybe it’ll just be better if I just die.”

   Little did he know, a certain navy blue-haired male was listening on the other side of the wall, devastated at the state his neighbor was in. Their apartment walls were thin, and Shuichi Saihara was Kokichi Oma’s next-door neighbor. Shuichi was just enjoying his evening tea and reading one of his new mystery novels he picked up at the bookstore, when he heard quiet sobs from the wall. He ears were immediately fixated on the sobs, but he didn't know if he should comfort the boy next door or not, so he kept quiet and tried to focus on his novel, but he couldn’t. The sobbing had gotten louder and louder, and even sentences started coming out. Shuichi felt very uncomfortable. Then it stopped for a few moments, shaky breaths and little hiccups resounding in his bedroom. After those moments, Kokichi started to cry even louder than before. ‘I can’t just leave him alone…he’s obviously hurting! I have to help him in any way I possibly can! Maybe talking through the wall might help...since his sobs are so prominent…’

   Shuichi bookmarked the page he was on and scooted over to the wall the sobs were most prominent. He was a little reluctant to speak, he didn't know how to comfort the other person. Once he had fully prepared himself, he spoke. “Hello? Do you need somebody to talk to?”  Shuichi spoke like he was doing a school or work presentation. 

   The sobbing abruptly stopped, the person’s breathing was still uneven and little hiccups could be heard. Shuichi fidgeted. Was this a bad idea? Probably. Some people get nervous and anxious around new people. It was quiet for a moment until a weak, hoarse voice called out.

   “Am I going crazy? Oh god, no. I don’t want a voice inside my head! Not now, not ever! Go away, you stupid voice!”

   The vulnerability and harshness of the voice startled Shuichi for a second, then he spoke up. “I’m not a voice inside your head, I’m your neighbor. My name’s Shuichi Saihara. I want to help you. I heard you...crying on the other side of the wall. Today was horrible, wasn’t it?”

   Kokichi stayed quiet for a moment. He was caught! Oh, the embarrassment he has to deal with later! But for now, he didn’t care. He wanted and needed anything to make him feel better. 

“Kokichi Oma. My name is Kokichi Oma.”

   Shuichi recognized that name. It was the name of the person Maki and Kaito hated so much. They said he had no sympathy, no true emotions, and that he couldn’t genuinely cry. That Kokichi Oma was heartless. Shuichi never believed that, and he definitely doesn’t believe that now. This Kokichi Oma was crying. Sobbing. 

   “Well, it’s nice to meet you, Kokichi. So...let’s start with the basics. What happened today that made you feel the way you feel right now?”

   Kokichi shifted into a more comfortable position, and leaned a bit closer to the wall. His bed wasn't touching the wall, so it would've been impossible to touch it without falling over. “Well, I deserve to feel this way. I took my arch nemesis’s promise ring. I know, a pretty shitty move if you ask me. Well anybody, really. I knew it was a shitty move. I have to be the villain after all. Don’t pretend you didn’t know what I said to myself before you butted in, I know you heard it. These walls are so hopelessly thin,” Kokichi frowned at the thought. Somebody just had to hear him sobbing his little heart out. As if this day couldn’t get any worse. “Anyway...I do a lot of unnecessary things. Like stealing, teasing, just to make people hate me. So I stole her promise ring. Then her boyfriend found me, I guess he already knew I took it so he got scarily mad and ordered me to give it back to him. I did, but I threw it at his chest. Classic Kokichi move. I basically told him that they were probably gonna get divorced or break up anyway so it wouldn’t matter in the long run,” Kokichi yawned, all this crying made him kind of sleepy. “He got mad and then told me that basically nobody loves me. And he couldn’t be any more right then. I, being me, told him that he was stupid for thinking that was an insult because I don’t need anybody to love or anybody to love me. But his words stuck with me. It made me think about my whole life from beginning to end. How I was abused, to the bullies at school, to my parents, even the rest of my family. Nobody has ever shown me genuine love and genuine patience. Even now they don’t. I put up this front so I couldn’t be hurt anymore...but everything hurts so much. I can’t take it anymore, Shuichi. I can’t!”

   “It's okay, Kokichi. Cry it out, I know you're holding your sobs. Everything will be fine within time, it's okay to cry. It's okay to feel vulnerable at times. It's okay. Let it all out,” Shuichi said in the most melodic and comforting tone he could muster, hoping and praying it would help the other male in the slightest.

   It was silent for a moment, before he heard soft whimpers. Soft whimpers turned into crying, crying turned into sobbing, and sobbing turned into ugly sobbing. Shuichi swore he could feel the other boy's body shaking and fidgeting. He could feel it.

   “I...I just don't know if I can k-keep on d-doing this, S-Shuichi. I've been lying a-and p-pranking and doing this and that for a-a-all these years and just look at me! I'm not e-even an o-o-ounce stronger than I was before. I'm j-just as w-weak, but now I can hide it better. Nothing changed.”

   Shuichi just listened to the other male. The broken sobs escaping Kokichi's mouth almost made him cry, but he had to stay strong. Kokichi seemed like the person who didn't want their feelings affecting themselves and others, so he'd just have to cry later.

   Kokichi continued, “I'm just the same. They were right. I have no place in this world. I'm not worthy of anything,” he got quiet, his shaky breaths the only thing Shuichi could hear.

   “No, that's wrong! I may not know you that well, but I know damn well that you do have a place in this world, and you ARE worthy of things! You are worth more than you think you do. I can't really say anything about your personality, because I don't know much,” Shuichi voice softened, “but I know you're a very good person deep down. You're just troubled, is all. All you need is a loving environment. And that environment can start with me. I, Shuichi Saihara, will become your friend.”

   The lilac-eyed male went silent. This stranger, he barely knows...wants to be his friend? Does he know what he's getting into? Being friends...with a liar like him. Can this stranger become any stupider? “...I don't think you want that…”

   “I want it, I'm sure of it.”

   “Plenty of people didn't want me in the first place. Why you?”

   “Because I know you're a good person.”

   “I'm not that great. I'm a nuisance.”

   “No you're not. You are very great.”

   “You barely even know me.”

   “So?”

   “So? You have no idea what I'm like normally.”

    “But I know who you are on the inside, and that beats everything.”

   “That's stupid.”

   “No it's not.”

   The two bickered on for a while, before Kokichi finally gave in. “Fine. Don't regret it.”

   Shuichi smiled, “I won't.”

[katsidhe]

I love your meta so much! It's beautiful and how I write them but also interesting because for me, part of how I write them is Lucifer also wants attention, worship, and love, even if it's forced, because Dad and Michael won't. So how would you say Nick's motives differ from Lucifer's? What kind of dynamic do you think Lucifer had with Nick, and Nick has with Sam, and does Lucifer care about Nick's interactions with Sam because of Sam's usefulness or utility based on what we can extrapolate?

Thank you so much, Nonny! I’m enjoying the opportunity to wax poetic on this subject, ahaha.

More Cage talk to follow. 

I’d say that straight up attention is higher on Lucifer’s emotional needs list than love or worship, because I do think Lucifer prefers Sam “genuine”. Which certainly isn’t to say he never demands love or worship from Sam, I think he definitely did, and he definitely relished the amount of anguish he could wring out of Sam by forcing him to be complicit in those emotions. But… I don’t think Lucifer ever really prioritized making Sam love him. Or at least, not for the sake of Lucifer’s own sense of being worshipped or valued; more just to mock Sam and see him squirm. 

Two reasons I think that:

1) As amusing and satisfying as it is to watch Sam profess love and worship… thing is, even when Sam’s twisted up enough to really, truly, mean it, Lucifer is well aware that he can get that response out of anyone. He can use torture and fear and psychological tricks to create those emotions from whole cloth any time he pleases, in pretty much anyone, so, to his ego, what’s the point? It’s not the brand of genuine he wants—nothing like the woman in s12 who carves Vince’s name into her chest with only the barest prompting. There’s not any sport in it.

Unthinking worship is what Lucifer has demons for; I think it’s why he created them in the first place, he wanted servants to love him uncritically—and then he realized that actually, that’s not very fulfilling after all. So he prefers Sam closer to his “natural” state. If Sam worshipped him long enough, he wouldn’t be Sam anymore; Lucifer’s got to be careful. 

2) Lucifer doesn’t want or need acceptance from Sam—he’d be insulted at the prospect; Sam isn’t and was never his equal. Sam’s emotional significance to Lucifer is that he’s so different from Lucifer’s family but Lucifer sees hints of his own story in Sam anyway. In s5 and even after, Lucifer is, to an extent, looking to use Sam’s history as proof to legitimize his own sense of being wronged by his family; however, I don’t for a moment think that Lucifer has ever respected Sam (or pretty much anyone, lol) in a station higher than a disciple—and after season 5, Lucifer doesn’t want him as a disciple either. 

As for Nick: I see no evidence that Lucifer had… any dynamic with Nick at all. After Lucifer nabs him in season 5, I think he barely bothers to remember Nick’s name, much less spend any time on a relationship. Once Nick’s attempting to bring Lucifer back in s14, Lucifer’s no doubt smugly gratified by Nick’s loyalty, but I don’t think it’s anything he’d have predicted–he gives Nick instructions and probably butters him up a touch, but that’s it.

In the beginning of s14, Nick’s having understandable trouble differentiating himself from Lucifer, but he seems to be making a good-faith effort at recovering and wresting back a bit of his life. He’s cordial and cooperative; he apologizes for his outbursts; he’s undoubtedly traumatized. S14 goes on to follow Nick’s descent into insanity after spending years locked in his own head, marinating in the thoughts of an alien being of unfathomable power who didn’t care or even notice that he ruined Nick’s life—who, in fact, entirely IGNORED him in favor of larger game, and that’s the pertinent point. That’s how Nick’s suffering got turned into seething, rotting jealousy. (Because why blame Lucifer when Sam’s suuuuch an easy target, ahahahahahaha.) 

Nick’s motives barely resemble Lucifer’s: I don’t think Nick gives a rat’s ass about any part of Lucifer’s agenda; he just wants his own suffering to stop. Nick’s feelings about Sam have certainly been influenced by his long-term soak in Lucifer’s grudge, but Nick is quite convinced that he hates Sam for his own personal reasons (and I don’t think he’s wrong). 

I don’t think Lucifer would much care about Nick’s interactions with Sam, except for laughing really really hard whenever Nick antagonizes Sam, and getting furious when the Winchesters manage to ruin his escape bid. 

[orangeoctopi7]

A Minor Inconvenience

@stanuary Week 3 is dreams, so I dusted off a little ficlet I stated on my mission and never finished. I think it fits with the theme.

Inspired by this comic: http://tateratots.tumblr.com/post/144146684592/so-what-if-stan-gains-some-of-bills-powers-and-it

It had been a long time since they’d started their journey. They didn’t think there was anything to worry about anymore. They’d left the nightmare that was the end of last summer behind. They both still had actual nightmares, of course, but that was nothing new, really. Sure, some of Stan’s were a little too real, a little too different from the rest, but he shrugged it off. What was ‘normal’ to a dream, anyway? So they sailed along, going about their business, until the fact that something was up became undeniable.

The night had started off normally enough, with the twin brothers playing a game of Egyptian Rat Slap. Stan, deciding that a stinging red welt on the back of the loser’s hand wasn’t prize enough, proposed a wager.

“Loser does the winner’s chores for a week.” He said.

Ford contemplated the offer for a moment.

“Including dish duty?” The old scientist asked.

“Well yeah, what other chores are there? You’ve got nerd gadgets rigged up to do everything else on this boat.”

“Not everything. There’s still cleaning and maintaining said gadgets, not to mention the bathroom and--”

“Hey we can go over the details and junk later, have we got a deal or not?”

“Alright, it’s a deal.”  Ford said, extending his arm to shake on it.

“Deal!” Stan agreed, extending his own hand. Only something was wrong. It was enshrouded in blue flames.

Ford jerked back with a yelp, while Stan just stared in bewilderment as the flames died away.

“What the heck was that?” Stan wondered, looking to his brother for an answer as he often did when they ran into paranormal shenanigans on their voyage. Only Ford wasn’t standing there taking notes with an excited grin as he usually did. He was backed up against the wall, watching his brother cautiously.

“Uh, Ford, you ok?”

“Stanley?” Ford asked warily, unsure of who he was really talking to.

This was lost on Stan. “Uh, I’m good. Didn’t get burned somehow.”

Ford moved so he was between Stan and the exit and pulled out his penlight. “Come here.” he demanded curtly.

It took Stan a few seconds to realize what his brother was getting at, but he sighed in exasperation the moment it dawned on him. “Seriously? I’m not--” But it looked as though Ford would check by force if necessary. Stan stepped over, his hands in the air placatingly, and let Ford shine the light in his eyes, searching for the tell-tale yellow. But the scientist couldn’t find anything; Stan’s eyes were their usual earthy brown color.

“There, you feel better now?” Stan asked, rubbing his eyes.

“This doesn’t make any sense…” Ford murmured to himself, then noticed his brother’s discomfort. “Stan, I’m sorry.”

“Yeah, you’d better be, I’ve got a headache now.”

Ford still looked troubled.

“Hey, don’t worry.” Stan comforted his brother, “Bill’s gone, we killed him, remember?”

“Yes, I remember, but you shouldn’t! I’m glad that you recovered, yes, more than I’ve been about anything, but if your memories weren’t completely erased, how can we be sure Bill was? What else could explain what just happened?”

“I dunno, something else?” Stan shrugged. “There’s gotta be other things that make blue fire, right?”

Ford looked ready to launch into a lengthy explanation of exactly how many other things make blue fire and why none of them fit this situation.

“I just don’t want you to fall into that same crazed paranoia I found you in before… you know….”

Ford shifted his gaze, ashamed, “I’ll never let that happen again.”

“Neither will I.” Stan promised him.

“Then will you let me do one more thing to ease my suspicions?”

Stan groaned. “It doesn’t involve getting hooked up to some of your science junk, does it?”

“No, in fact it involves you going to bed early.” Ford assured him.

“I like the sound of that.”

**Linebreak** 

Stan was usually the first to fall asleep and the last to wake up on top of being a frequent napper. Yet he had a hard time falling asleep on demand. Ford watching him didn’t help.

“Could you find something else to do while I’m trying to fall asleep?” The old con man asked irritably, “I can’t relax with you here.”

“I’m usually here when you sleep.” Ford pointed out.

“Yeah, in the other hammock, not staring me down like some hungry owl!”

“Well I’m not leaving you alone until I figure out what caused that phenomenon earlier!”

“Y’mean my hand catching fire.”

Ford sighed and pulled out a large textbook.

“You wouldn’t dare.” Stan gasped, trying to call his brother’s bluff.

“Transition State Theory made a breakthrough in the early 30’s when three independent researchers, Eyring, Polanyi, and Evans, each derived the same equation based on the assumption that activated components are in quasi-equilibrium with the reactants, and thus can be described with a classical thermodynamic treatment.”

“You play dirty.” Stan grumbled through a yawn.

“This is not always true, as has been shown in semiconductors and insulators where the initial excited state may exceed the energy of the saddle point. However, where Potential Energy Surfaces are concerned, the equation is viable, and is thus derived. Consider the reaction…” Before Ford had finished the first step, Stan was asleep.

Ford put his book down and quickly pulled out candles for the spell. Once they were all lit, he recited the incantation to enter into the dreamscape.

The old researcher didn’t know exactly what he expected to find in his brother’s mind. He’d heard Mabel, Dipper, and Soos recount how they entered Stan’s mind to chase Bill earlier last summer, but he hadn’t expected to see the same thing tonight. Minds were transient, constantly changing as personal experiences added to the mental landscape. Stan had been through enough in the few months since then to completely change the face of him mindscape many times over.

Still, whatever Ford had or hadn’t expected, it wasn’t this.

He stood on the deck of a ship, at once like their own and yet infinitely bigger and grander. It sailed on a dark, foreboding sea, and a large fishing net was currently dropped over the side, trawling for what, Ford could only guess. Strewn about the deck were many treasure chests of all shapes and sizes. Stray thoughts flew about like seagulls overhead.

I’m gonna get him for that book trick. Ford heard one call. He couldn’t help by smirk.

Don’t get so smug, Poindexter, you’re on my turf now! Another thought sounded overhead.

Ford’s smirk switched to a look of surprise. Stan’s mindscape seemed to be aware of his presence. He decided to try a little experiment and walked over to the net to examine it.

“I wonder what this does?” He said aloud. Immediately a pulley started to bring it up from the depths. A few small chests were tangled inside. Ford reached up and pulled the net over the deck, emptying the catch out at his feet. He picked up the smallest chest and, unable to resist his curiosity, opened it.

The inside was like a tiny window into another time and place. He saw a slightly younger Stan and a much younger Soos.

“Who the heck’s that brat tearing up my dirt parking lot with his mountain bike?” Stan asked.

“Oh, that’s my cousin Reggie.” Soos replied.

“Would you care if I shot rock-salt at him?”

Ford closed the lid and put the chest down. “So they’re memories.”

You coulda just asked, genius.

And

Gotta tell Soos I remembered his bratty cousin’s name.

Called out from the seagulls above.

“I must say, Stan, I’m impressed by how aware you are of everything here.” Ford complimented him.

The seagulls cawed out stray thoughts proudly, mostly falsely modest acceptance of the praise.

“You know why I’m here. Can you help me find Bill, or whatever caused that phenomenon earlier?”

The gulls’ cawing became more nervous.

No Bill here!

I have no idea what’s going on!

Just dreams, nothing to worry about.

It’s probably nothing.

I don’t want him to worry.

Ford’s expression hardened. “What dreams?”

Then he saw it, out of the corner of his eye, a little wedge of yellow no larger than a cornchip, wiggling out from the confines of the net he’d just pulled up and scrambling across the deck. Ford sprang into action and pounced on it just as it reached the corner of the cabin.

“You!” He cried angrily, trapping the tiny triangle beneath his sizable hand, “I knew it had to be you!”

Then another, slender, black, inhuman hand grabbed onto the tiny triangle and plucked it from his grasp.

“I’LL TAKE THAT, SIXER.” Bill said.

To say Bill looked worse for wear was an understatement. The triangle was missing several of the bricks from his pyramid-esque form. Ford watched the piece he had caught scurry up and take its place at the apex.

Oh how the mighty have fallen. He couldn’t help but think.

“I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU’D FIGURE OUT I WAS STILL HERE.” Bill said.

“How did you survive the memory erasure!?” Ford demanded, cutting straight to the chase.

Bill laughed sardonically. “AHAHAHAHAHAHA! SURVIVE? I WAS SHATTERED INTO PIECES, AND THEN EVERY PIECE BURNED UNTIL NOT EVEN ASHES REMAINED!!” The triangle yelled, suddenly glowing an intense blue. “LUCKILY I KNOW A GUY IN THE DEATH BUSINESS, SO I ASKED FOR A FAVOR. AND BOY, IT IS JUST LIKE XOLOTL TO CHEAP OUT ON ME AND ONLY RESTORE ME TO THIS PITIFUL STATE.”

“I don’t care what sort of state you’re in, get out of my brother’s mind now, or I’ll--”

“OR YOU’LL WHAT, IQ?” Bill mocked. “YOU ALREADY DESTROYED YOUR LAST WEAPON AGAINST ME!”

But Ford recalled Stan’s story about his confrontation with Bill, and one of the last things Stan remembered doing.

“I don’t need a weapon.” The scientist said defiantly, dealing a powerful straight-armed punch to the dream-demon. Bill shattered again into dozens of tiny bricks. The seagulls above cawed excitedly and dove down onto the deck, pecking at the little pieces as they scattered.

“SHATTER ME ALL YOU WANT!” Bill’s voice echoed from every piece. “I’LL JUST PULL MYSELF BACK TOGETHER LIKE I DID BEFORE!”

The screaming was silenced as the gulls scooped up the pieces and dropped them back over the side, into the dark water of the ocean.

Ford watched the gold flecks disappear beneath the waves and into the abyss. Bill’s last cry still left an unsettling lump in his gut. If the demon had come back before, what was to stop him from doing it again? What permanent solution could there be?

**Linebreak**

Ford awoke first. He was back on his feet in an instant, shaking his brother awake.

“Uhg… I just had the weirdest dream. You were up on deck fightin’ Bill, and there were seagulls everywhere… and Soos’s cousin was there for some reason?”

Ford looked at his brother like a doctor about to give an awful diagnosis.

“It wasn’t a dream, was it?”

“Well, technically it was a dream, but it was real.”

Stan thought he’d feel better if he had just found out he had a terminal illness.

“So… that thing… really is still in my head?”

Ford nodded grimly.

“What’re we gonna do?”

“I’m not sure yet.” Was all Ford could reply. He plopped down on the hammock next to Stan, and they both sat in silence for a few moments. “What’ll we tell the kids?” Stanford finally asked his own question.

“I don’t think we should tell ‘em, not yet anyway.” Stan replied.

“They have a right to know, Stan. They’re just as involved with this as we are.”

“I don’t want ‘em to worry about it, especially if we don’t have all the facts yet.”

“They might be able to help us. They’ve done well handling Bill on their own in the past.”

“They’re just kids, Stanford!” Stan yelled, “They shouldn’t have to handle Bill at all! They should be free to enjoy being young while they still can!”

“Well, ideally, yes, but we’re not dealing with ideal circumstances here!” Ford argued. “This goes beyond our family; if Bill could return we’ll have the whole multiverse to consider!”

“Well you don’t know that it’s that bad yet, genius!” Stan shot back, “It’s been months, and this is the first time anything has happened. For all we know he could just be a minor inconvenience! And until we do find out just how bad it is, I don’t want to worry the kids about it!”

Ford couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “A minor inconvenience!? This is Bill Cipher we’re talking about! The extradimensional being who nearly brought time and space to an end! Master of the Nightmare Realm, feared throughout the multiverse!”

“Yeah, and now he’s a pathetic pile of poo that can’t even pull himself together without my mind pulling him apart again!”

“This time, yes, but how can we know he won’t pull himself together again? What will he be capable of if he gets more of himself together?”

“This time and every time he’s tried it so far!”

“What!?” Ford asked in shock. “What do you mean every time? This has happened before!?”

Stan’s face fell, as though he’d just said something he wasn’t supposed to. “I… ok I’m not really sure, but… maybe?”

“Maybe isn’t good enough, Stanley!” Ford shouted, “Not where Bill’s involved! What if he does something to hurt you?”

Stan sighed in frustration, “I’ve had these kinda dreams before, ok?”

Ford’s anger abated just a bit. He’d heard something about dreams in Stan’s mindscape.

“You’ve been having dreams about Bill?”

“I didn’t know it was him until just now.” Stan explained. “I’d just have dreams where there were pieces of gold, or corn chip crumbs, or LEGOs scattered all over the deck, and they’d start gathering themselves up. But they never got far before seagulls or crabs or gnomes or something threw them back into the sea. I never really figured out what it meant until you were there and started fighting him.”

“Why didn’t you tell me before?”

“I told you, I didn’t know it was Bill. I didn’t know it was important… and I didn’t want you to worry.”

Ford’s first instinct was to be mad. Stan had been withholding important information and now his worst nightmare was becoming a reality. But he had learned over the past few months that his first reactions of anger never led to anything good. He had to stop and look at things from Stan’s perspective. His brother really hadn’t known, and certainly hadn’t meant any harm.

“Can you tell me any time you have this dream again?” Ford asked.

“Of course I will, what do you take me for?”

A hysterical little laugh bubbled it’s way out of Ford unbidden. “I-I’m sorry. Sorry. I don’t mean to be so… difficult about this. I know it can’t be easy for you either. That demon’s in your head after all. It’s just… Stanley, this terrifies me!”

To be perfectly honest, it terrified Stan too. But he knew he had to be strong for Ford’s sake right now. Couldn’t have them both breaking down. And what’s more, now that he knew little bits of Bill were floating around in his mind, he couldn’t show any weakness.

“Yeah, of course it does. I’d be more worried if it didn’t.” Stan agreed, “But we’re gonna get through this together, ok? I got him under control for now, right? We just need to make sure it stays that way and find some way to get him out.”

Ford nodded. It sounded so simple and logical when Stan put it like that. He could work with simple and logical.

“In that case, we’ve got a lot of research to do!”

[bluerosesburnblue]

Ahah. Ahaha. AHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh, she actually thinks she can get me with this? Really? Sorry, but no. Merula absolutely does not deserve to be on the Frog Choir and I’m going to go into every single reason why her sob story means absolutely nothing

So, first off: Merula forfeited any right she had to a position on the choir when she attacked MC over it. I think MC themself says it best when you choose to dismiss her story:

Congratulations, Merula. You just showed us that you don’t think the rules of fair competition apply to you. Aggression like that shouldn’t be rewarded. I’m not going to let her get what she wants because she decided to act like a brat about it. No, you can’t just attack people and force them to give you what you want because you want it, you entitled little brat. And for a contest? It’s completely disrespectful to Professor Flitwick to try and supersede his decisions in selecting who he wants on the choir. So no. There’s no way in hell I’m letting her in the choir now, just on the principle of not encouraging her bullying behavior

Second: she’s a goddamned hypocrite. Merula gives you this sad story about her mom and expects MC to absolve her of any wrongdoing out of sympathy. But I can guarantee you that she’d never return the favor. Because that’s just typical Merula behavior. She’ll endlessly mock MC over what happened to their brother, but expects everyone to not only sympathize with her, but reward her for what happened to her parents

[I’m just putting this out there for my MC, but singing was always a very private thing between her and Jacob because Jacob was so terrified of singing in front of anyone but her. So singing, especially to each other with no one else around, became their thing. It has severe emotional weight to her, and she is so protective of Jacob’s memory and anything having to do with him. The Frog Choir Quest has been hard for her, because she’s spent the whole thing struggling to let go for Tulip’s sake. But you know what Merula would do if she heard that? She’d laugh in MC’s face. And even if you decide that this isn’t a Year 3 quest and occurs after she lets up a little in Year 5, she’d still find some way to insult Jacob. Because let’s not forget those lovely moments in Year 5 where MC calls her out on what she does and she tells them to “Get over it.”]

And that’s not even getting into the fact that a sympathetic backstory does not absolve you of bullying and harassment! An explanation is not an excuse. She gives you this sob story and expects it to absolve her of literally just attacking you. It. Doesn’t.

Third: She’s lying! Yeah! The first post I saw confirming it was this one here. When I first chose the option of dismissing her and MC said this:

I actually thought they were going too far! But no, that’s exactly what she did! And people still think she deserves sympathy when she readily admits that she emotionally manipulated MC, an equally emotionally vulnerable person, just to get her way?

Fourth: It’s unfair to every single person involved to give up your spot to Merula. It’s unfair to MC, who worked really hard by both practicing their singing and making sure they were bonding with Dennis so that both of them were at their best. It’s unfair to Professor Flitwick, whose authority you’d be undermining by handing over the position because, need I remind you, Flitwick doesn’t say that Merula was his second choice until AFTER you decide to overrule his authority to give her your spot. It’s unfair to everyone who tried out for the choir, most of whom probably practiced just as hard as MC did and probably had sympathetic reasons for wanting to join the choir, too, since most of MC’s generation are children of war. At the time MC can decide to give up their position, they legitimately don’t know if one of those kids was actually Flitwick’s second choice or not, so now they’re screwing someone else over because, again, you’ve now decided that Merula violently attacking another student and acting like her story absolves her of consequences deserves to be rewarded for that behavior (and, from a meta perspective, that her emotionally manipulating people deserves to be rewarded!) It’s unfair to the kids already in the choir, because being in a choir requires more than just singing well. You have to be able to harmonize with your toad and with the other students in the choir. You have to be able to let others have the spotlight, and Merula has repeatedly shown that she’s not willing to do that. I have no doubt that she’d constantly be trying to undermine other students to make herself the star if she was put in the choir

And, in a way, it’s unfair to Merula to give her the position. She wouldn’t have gotten in on her own merits. And rewarding her behavior is only going to hurt her in the long run. You’re just going to make her spiral even harder into her tendencies to bully and manipulate others, and that’s not good for her either.

Look, I know how Merula stans are. There’s going to be people accusing me of needlessly hating on her. Here’s the thing though: I actually wouldn’t mind a redemption arc for her, but a redemption arc isn’t what she’s gotten so far. She’s so wrapped up in being right all the time that she won’t actually look inside and fix her problems. She just makes excuses as to why you shouldn’t be mad at her for being an awful person. She refuses to apologize for her behavior. Okay, so she hasn’t been as awful to MC in Year 5. So what? She deserves to be rewarded for basic decency? And only to one person at that?

Merula isn’t special. Like, almost every single person in HPHM has lost someone close to them or had a bad childhood. Both of Talbott’s parents are dead and you don’t see him locking people into a room with a deadly plant. Barnaby has an abusive family and he’s one of the sweetest members of the cast. Her backstory doesn’t absolve her of being an aggressive, verbally abusive, childish brat who is so wrapped up in being a childish brat that she won’t actually admit that she was wrong or take steps to try and better herself. She has no sense of self-awareness. All I want is an apology, at bare minimum

But I’m playing a Hufflepuff, not an idiot

[hermionesterrier]

More Than Human: Chapter 9 Liveblog Pt. 2!

Something about it made her look very feminine, and Butch held his breath a little longer before exhaling. He stared at her awhile, then realized she had just asked him something. 

He lets her playfully shove him. He's not even high but he's letting her think he is. He thinks it's the only way she'll open up to him. But he's watching her and observing her and he's focusing on every little move she makes. He's so painfully aware of her presence, of her proximity. He's thinking about how easy it would be to kiss her right then and there and he's careful enough not to blow the smoke he knows she doesn't like in her face. Oh Butch....he's so head over heels for her that it's just painfully obvious at this point.

Those quiet Green moments are part of the reason why I'm so in love with this ship. It doesn't need big love gestures to be epic. The text just lets them...be. The writing for them specifically is so unique that they make every scene they're in comforting yet electrifying. Kudos to SBJ 💚 PLEASE DON'T TAKE THEM AWAY FROM ME

BOOMER WANTS BUBBLES TO SING AND PLAY FOR THE BOTH OF THEM I'M C R Y I N G

Protective Brick, battling the creeps away, one glare at a time xD

AHAHAHAHAHAHA BLOSSOM WANTS TO LICK BRICK OMG

BRICK AND BLOSSOM KISSING. HE. KISSED. HER. KISSSING. I CAN'T. DEAD. SEND. HELP. I REPEAT. BRICK AND BLOSSOM K I S S I N G!!!!!!!!

I am commenting from the grave kbye

Brick's gonna be very upset the guys ate his cereal

Despite the length, her hair still curled in circular, wavy patterns against the carpet, like black ink on a blank canvas. Butch is very artisty when it comes to his Buttercup thoughts isn't he xD

This scene KILLS ME I AM TALKING FROM THE GRAVE RN OKAY I CAN'T WITH THIS DAMN CHAPTER

Butch completely fascinated with Buttercup like wow too fucking cute

Mitch had said that they'd never done anything worth mentioning, which sounded stupid to Butch. He didn't understand how any guy could stand to keep his hands off her when Buttercup looked like this. Except him. But Butch was different. He didn't know how, but he was different. Uh huh sure Butch. It's definitely not you who can't stop staring at her and you're tooootally not attracted to her that you actually have to force yourself to stop looking nopppe not at alllll

Reds are a mess...more so Brick tho hehehehe 

Fuck it begins...watch as I curl into a ball and wrench my own heart out...

SHE IS SO HAPPY SO FUCKING HAPPY I CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS NOPE SORRY NO

Buttercup, after a horrified moment's contemplation, reached for Blossom's glass of milk and sniffed it. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Smooth Bubbles lol xD

"No part of my brain is in that girl's body, I swear." The suspicion is real tho hahahahahaha

Awww @ the boys showing genuine concern over Brick ❤

Yea sure Brick because hormonal kissing totally normally shifts the earth like something heavenly and puts puzzle pieces into place like duh ofc....fucking idiot gives me headaches why are boys so stupid?

Boomer & Butch barged into Brick's room to keep him company and cheer him up with some weed even though they don't know what's wrong with him SINCERE BROTHERLY MOMENTS ARE MY BREAD AND BUTTER OKAY

Oh my god Blossom is so hopeful and waiting and making excuses for him and it's breaking my fucking heart 

This part is so triggering for me ngl I fucking hate it

FUCK YOU BRICK FUCK YOU AND YOUR STUPID PLAN HOW DARE YOU GIVE HER HOPE JUST TO CRUSH IT LIKE THAT YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE

SOMEONE HOLD BLOSSOM PLEASE THIS IS TOO PAINFUL I'M NOT OKAY

Crying does help

How could he ask her to just forget a moment in her life that was one of the happiest she'd ever experienced? I thought, she started, and then tried to stop, but it finished itself. I thought he liked me. FUCK MY LIFE I AM BAWLING

Oh man Buttercup's so concerned and Blossom's trying to get herself together and fuck I can't handle this

Stop stop STOP THIS FUCKING HURTS PLEASE STOP

Is it wrong that I feel just as betrayed and excluded as Buttercup? I feel so much for Blossom but that's her sister! And it's really unfair to exclude her like that especially since she knows she went through her own emotional breakdown after Mitch so she would understand....she IS her sister too :/ i'm very protective shhh

"...Okay. Is she okay?" Both of his brothers looked up at him. "Who?" Butch said sharply. "Is who okay?" Brick stared at Boomer, wide-eyed, one hand still on the doorknob. Can we just take a moment to deduce that Butch was definitely asking if Buttercup's okay? He got worried about Buttercup and no one can convince me otherwise nope na uh....AND BRICK YOU FUCK YOU BETTER BE WORRIED ABOUT BLOSSOM

And the first person Buttercup chooses to go vent to is....? #besties

Butch's "Whoa, whoa, whoa" totally reminded me of Noah Centineo, that's like his catchphrase! Anyone else think he'd make an awesome Butch? I already casted him in my head sorry not sorry xD

Buttercupppp :'(

Brick suddenly hated himself, more than anything. GOOD YOU SHOULD

IT'S THE ASTEROID SCENES I AM CHOKING GREENS WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME I SWEAR I LOVE THEM AND THESE SCENES SO FUCKING MUCHHHHH

Oh he's pissing her off real good oh god

A+ to Butch for instinctively knowing exactly what she needed 💚

"No boys are smart when it comes to girls." Truer words have never been spoken

"Why doesn't he like me?" Blossom mumbled, her tone childlike, plaintive. / Instead she kissed her sister on the forehead and whispered, "To Hell with him. I like you." I AM FUCKING C R Y I N G this is one of my absolute F A V O R I T E sister moments it is FUCKING PAINFUL AND BEAUTIFUL AND BUBBLES LET ME LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER ❤❤❤

Buttercup panted for breath, her muscles aching and joints sore. Butch was draped on top of her, his elbows shaking as he propped himself up; he, too, was panting. Her fist opened against his stomach, skimming along the tense muscle before gliding over that chest of his, rising and falling in an incessant, almost calming pattern of movement. She bumped her forehead against his shoulder as she pressed her cheek to his sweaty neck and whispered, "Thanks. I needed that." I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE SBJ I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE :D this totally threw me off the first time I read it ahahahahahaha panting sweaty touching muscle aching greeeeens *_*

I love how after they beat the shit out of each other they still have to make sure the other's okay xD

A small, slow smile worked its way onto his face. She watched it form, almost mesmerized at the gradualness with which it appeared. Like how Butch stared at her smile in those photos and videos? Is this his head over heels in love smile? :D

"Don't see your bra showing." "I like to let it all hang out there, you know." That cracked me up hehehehe

Butch actually apologizing for staring at a pretty girl's boobs? That's a first xD

SHE SAW THE STARS REFLECTED IN HIS DEEP GREEN EYES LIKE WHO THINKS THAT ABOUT SOMEONE THEY CONSIDER "ONLY A FRIEND" HUH???

Butch reeeeeally doesn't like her hair long...and what it represents to him.

This whole scene is everything okay like they're just (ironically considering what they'd just finished doing) so fucking gentle with each other and so quietly comfortably touchy and total comfort zone like I LOVE EVERY LITTLE THING ABOUT THIS SCENE E V E R Y T H I N G greeeeeens 💚💚💚

Yup Buttercup knows, Blossom. She gets it. She understands

I'm better than that, she thought again, jaw set and face hard. I'm stronger. DAMN STRAIGHT LEADER GIRL!

Oh my god Brick fuck off and grow up! You chose to reject the best thing that's ever happened to you so deal with the consequences....idiot.

I still feel bad for him even though I harp on him so much ngl xD BUT WTF IS WRONG WITH HIM LIKE HE'S ACTUALLY UPSET THAT SHE DOESN'T LOOK MORE UPSET WHAT DO YOU EXPECT YOU EGOTISTICAL MORON WTFFFF

Only Blossom would use the 3 day rule to force her sisters into doing their homework hehehehe

Brick you grinch, leave the Blues alone not everyone has to be as miserable as you are.

Brick almost went after him, ready to beat some God damn sense into him, because fuck, what did Boomer know? What did he know about anything? He didn't get that this was all his stupid teenage emotions getting in the way of rational thought, that he was blinded by affection for her, and she had no idea, she wasn't looking at him, she wasn't talking to him, no matter if she was only doing exactly what Brick had suggested they do— STOP PROJECTING YOUR ISSUES ONTO THE BLUES YOU ASSHOLE YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF AND BROKE MY BABY'S HEART....this was so well done and human though kudos sbj :D

Wait is that the first time Boomer's said the L word seriously? B A B I E S

"Something tells me Brick's not going to get a lot of things," Bubbles said cheerfully. Like a girlfriend. Shots fired :D

Oh my god Boomer is KILLING MEEEEEE LITTLE BOY BLUE LET ME HUG YOU

He's so insecure and he feels like not even Bubbles trusts him to be strong enough to handle shit. I see where he's coming from and him being so upset is making me so upset :'(

She hadn't realized how much of a little boy Boomer was, how much he bought into this idea that he was the dumb one who couldn't do anything, to the point where he assumed everyone thought that of him and resented them for it. :'(((

He is a little boy who actually doesn't know any better. Man the boys' upbringing was so messed up and they're still teenagers.

BUT SHE DIDN'T TELL HIM TO GO HOME AND HE FOLLOWED HER ANYWAY AWWWW BUTCH YOU BIG SOFTIE 💚

Aaaand Boomer told Bubbles. Now the only one who doesn't know about JS Inc. is the one who probably shouldn't know....I feel like this is gonna blow up when she finally finds out.

SAY BYE TO YOUR MULLET BRICK AHAHAHAHAHAHA

All the haircuts though...symbol for the boys' character evolution or a big change coming up?

ROBIN WEARING MIKE'S JACKET!!! I love these little throwaways for them. THOSE TWOOO ❤

Sidenote: 3 guesses who Mike was looking for in the prom chapter :D

Watch as Brick turns into a big baby craving attention *rolls eyes*

"I'd rather kiss Brick than you," Butch sniped at Boomer. "Holy crap, I'd pay twice as much to see that happen!" Buttercup shouted, raising both hands, and the rest of the girls whooped and hollered. HOLY SHIT YESSSS PLEEEEASE GIMME *_*

I would also pay to see Butch and Buttercup kiss just putting that out there...

Buttercup's inner panic at the possibility that Butch might kiss her tho xD

HER SHOULDERS GOT TENSE WHEN BUTCH KISSED ANOTHER GIRL TELL ME THAT ISN'T A SIGN OF JEALOUSY I FUCKING DARE YOU

Butch licked his lips thoughtfully. "Cherry soda." He winked at Julie as he sat down, and as Buttercup stared furtively at him it seemed to her that he was avoiding meeting her eyes. Hmmm am I overthinking or is Butch feeling kind of...guilty or ashamed that he kissed someone else?

Coincidence or use of powers that Butch's spin landed squarely on Buttercup?

SHE'S DOING IT! SHE'S ACTUALLY FUCKING DOING IT OH MY GODDDD THAT'S SO LIT HOLY SHIT

A few of the other guys voiced their hearty thanks to him. Butch, meanwhile, stared at the full bowl, the image of Buttercup's jaw, open wide and with her cheeks slightly sucked in, playing over and over again in his memory. He suddenly felt a strong, strong craving for cherries. SCREAMS INCOHERENTLY!!!!!!!

Buttercup kisses Brick. Was talking about Brick contemplating the kiss with my best friend (shoutout! 💚). She was saying she's hoping it doesn't turn into a cheesy love triangle or some shit like that but I really don't think SBJ will travel down that road....hopefully xD

Butch is pisssssed af hehehe...wonder if this will come back later.

Let Him come, Bubbles thought, her face hardening for a second, for one brief moment where she forgot to keep it inside, to herself. He can bring it. Let Him try. She focused on Boomer's bright expression, on that happy smile, and summoned up a cheer. Let Him come, she thought again. Her hands tensed, gripping the cushion of the couch. He won't take Boomer from me. I won't let Him. I swear to God, I swear, if He lays a hand on Boomer, if He so much as touches a single hair on his head, I swear I will make Him regret it. I am very much looking forward to that point in the future where Bubbles goes all ~haaardcooore on Him's ass to protect Boomer :D

TEENAGERS HAVING FUN YAYYY

That ended on a pretty depressing note though :(

AND NOW COMES THE NEWEST CHAPTER THAT I HAVEN'T READ YET

God help me when I'm done with it because I will probably be a m e s s

Time for you to join the dark side!

[calyssmarviss]

Calyss Watches the Clone Wars - 51

03x10 - Heroes on Both Sides.

WHY ARE THOSE GUYS STILL ALLOWED IN THE SENATE.

OKAY SO I WENT AND ASKED WOOKIEEPEDIA because I just can't stand not understanding that shit and Lott Dod the Neimoidian apparently once said that they had "Nothing to do with the Separatists. Nute Gunray is an extremist. His views do not reflect those of the Trade Federation." But he was also working with Rush and Poggle (which I forgot) on that droid factory so, yeeeeeeah, the Trade Fed isn't that loyal to the Republic.

Is that Ahsoka in the background? I'm not sure with this shitty image but it really looks like her.

Don't other Senators have the *hover to the center of the Senate* function? They're all like *wave fist and shout* but Padmé just presses a button and suddenly everyone has to listen to her.

"Members of the senate. Do you hear yourselves? More money, more clones, more war. Say nothing of fiscal responsibility, What about moral responsibility? Hasn't this war gone on long enough?"

THAT'S NOT THE POINT PADME!!! The other side has droids, they can go as long as they want because those aren't sentient lives that they're wasting (and even if they were, I doubt that would bother them that much) and they probably don't hesitate taking credit from the Banking Clans in order to keep making them.

(Btw why doesn't the Republic use droids??? That would solve so many of their problems)

Well at least I'm pleased to see my characterization of her in my fic is spot on on that point: SHE WANTS TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE SEPARATISTS!!! Tho I'm for the right of the people to decide if they wanna belong to a nation or whatev' (like, for what I care, Corsica can fuck off if they don't wanna be french??? That's how democracy should work: If enough people in an administrative sector wants independence, it should be granted to them.) I'm not sure that it's what they really want. Like, sure that must be what local governments were promised by Dooku, but that's not what Palpatine wants.

Oh, yeah, that's Ahsoka, with Anakin. What are they doing there? Don't they have someplace to be like, I don't know... Fighting in the Clone Wars???

Bail's like "Why don't we, like WAIT for any EMERGENCY bill, uh??"

I really like this conversation for some reason:

Nix Card: "That legislation would have meant billions for us." Gume Saam: "I tried my best to push the bill through." Lott Dod: "You did your part, representative. Senator Amidala is the problem." Nix Card: "I thought age might temper her idealism."

(That guy needs to meet Satine. She's like 10 years older than Padmé and there is nothing temperate about her.)

Gume Saam: “I know people who could do something about her." Lott Dod, getting genre savvy: "That task is more difficult than you presume." Nix Card: "Gentlemen, the Banking Clan and Trade Federation are about business, not violence." Lott Dod: "Hmm, in this case, our business is violence." Nix Card: "Precisely.With or without senator Amidala, the Galactic Senate is unlikely to de-regulate the banks... Until this war hits home." Lott Dod: "What exactly are you proposing?" Nix Card: "Perhaps some unexpected bloodshed on Coruscant, uh, may change a few minds." Lott Dod: "Coruscant? Coruscant has not been attacked in over 1,000 years." Nix Card: "Then it has a false sense of security. There are some powerful clients on the other side who could help us, uh, shall we say, make the point?" Gume Saam: "Ooh, I like this plan." Nix Card: "No one cares what you think."

:'D

Padmé to Anakin: “You must ask the Jedi Council to...”

Imma gonna stop you right there, Padmé. Do you think the Council is going to listen to him???

“... speak with Chancellor Palpatine.” Anakin: “Don’t involve me in this!”

I love Anakin so much.

WAIT

DID IT JUST HAPPENED WHILE OBI-WAN WAS CHASING ZIRO WITH QUIN? DID ANAKIN HAD HIS MAKEOVER????

ANAKIN YOU’RE KILLING ME

"War's complicated, Ahsoka. But let me simplify it. The Separatists believe the Republic is corrupt, But they're wrong, and we have to restore order."

You sweet summer child.

Also did no-one thought to explain it to Ahsoka before?

Ahsoka: "Master Skywalker said you should teach me about politics." Padmé: "Right." Ahsoka: "You know, you two have more in common than you think. It's no wonder you get along well." Padmé: "Huh. Of course."

Oh, Ahsoka, baby... How do I explain to you... :’D

GRIEVOUS'S SPEECH TO THE DROIDS

I love this?

How the fuck was Mina Padmé's mentor? What was she doing on Naboo?

I want that house Uh. Mina's voice sounds older than she looks. And Ahsoka looks already done with Lux :'D

Seriously what a dollface.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA AHSOKA I LOVE YOU GIRL.

So it’s been a while but I’m pretty sure this was referring to Ahsoka and Lux and “seems like boys are the same weither they are Republic or Separatist.”

Padmé: "I sense Dooku's dirty hand in all of this."

Boy does he has dirty hands. Have you seen his fingernails?

Mina: "Too peace, then." Padmé: "To hope."

URGH. Can they talk about something else than hope in Star Wars? I'm growing tired of the optimism here. Like they could toast to common sense that would be refreshing.

That looks a lot like the british parliament.

So the Separatist Parliament agrees on meeting with the Senate to talk peace, which we all know is gonna fail obv... 

Grievous really gets all the best stuff. Look at this fancy chair! :o

Clone working directly for the Senate?

Because that's the Senate symbol... Don't they have their own guards? That's a rhetorical question I know they have guards I killed a whole bunch of them in my fic it was glorious. (No actually it wasn't I was too busy killing Temple Guards the Senate Guard got a bit overlooked)

Cleaning murder bots fucking stupid they don' teven know where the power generators are *eyeroll*

Senate Clone: "Stupid droids."

OMG SHEEV SHUT YOUR DIRTY FUCKING MOUTH. AND PADME YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MORE CLEVER THAN THIS JUST DON'T SQUINT AT HIM LIKE "I don't understand" OF COURSE YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND BITCH NO ONE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU'RE ALL FUCKING MORONS.

You gross Amedda.

What is this I love it. OH SHIT IT'S, LIKE, UNDER THE SENATE???? ARE THOSE THE POWER GENERATORS???? OMG.

1) are those radar technicians? no they're not but who cares they're the Matts from now one. 2) the Matts are all humans dudes so I think some higher up is both specist and mysoginist

Well shit. Oh much do you wanna bet no one is gonna suspect the Banking Clans when obviously there are the one who beneficiate the most from the vote not happening? AND HERE THEY GO. LET'S DEREGULATE THE BANKS. WHAT A BUNCH OF FUCKING IDIOTS.

For once Padmé is feeling the stupid too.

OH HELLO ANAKIN I'VE MISSED YOU. You're talking shit tho man. He's like "we have eyes and ears everywhere so ofc we know it's the Sepies". Ans also:

"It was dangerous and careless to go to Raxus, not to mention illegal. You went to far this time."

LIKE EXCUSE ME SKYWALKER BUT "DANGEROUS, CARELESS, ILLEGAL , and GOING TO FAR"???? That's you in a nutshell buddy.

Ahsoka: "You would do the same. You do the same all the time!"

THANK YOU SNIPS.

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[themanicgalaxy]

SPN 4X9 I Know What You Did Last Summer

huh well...let’s see where this goes

ANNA?

also apparently 4x04 is when Dean calls Castiel Cas the first time :)

look I know Anna does some Dubious Stuff but she IS very pretty, actress v pretty

look “so...smoke em if you got em” was...ouch. well delivered

boy this has to suck, also gives me cassandra vibes

ooo the *hundreds of seals but Lillith has to only break a random 66* is INTERESTING! and an interesting way to establish it too

ooo she’s got the angelic true sight!

also , why was she scared? why was she loopy? I Must Know oh this is INTERESTING

heh the double con was neat up until he saw Ruby

aw I miss how Ruby one and Dean interacted 

“let’s trade stories” GOTTEM

Sam but the booze down oh boy

S4 Sam is just Giant Ball of Angst

ooo red/black eyes instead of just black

y’all fuckers need to Stop making deals I SWEAR

“I’ve made peace with my lord” IS ALSO really nicely delivered

journalism => schizophrenia, yeah ok that makes sense somehow?

see they clearly know the bible, at least a little

and the miltons are...Dead

but how does she have parents I want EXPLANATION

ask not for who the church bell tolls

I’m sorry I always wanted to say that

is this the “the Dean” thing?

THE DEAN!

“the angels talk about you” I’m so sorry but Cas gabbing about his crush is great

she can hear angels oh ouch

ANGEL RADIO

aw she’s glad to be believed

ah I get where the Romance Undertones are coming from

heh same day he got out of hell

poor Anna, ouch

OH GOOD THE ANGEL ICONS ARE CRYING BLOOD WELL THAT’S FUN

“hello, again??”:”

Alastair?

YEET OUT THE WINDOW JUST  Y E E T

eyy alcohol as disinfectant 

dislocated shoulder oop

Dean’s FINALLY trying to come around

What the FUCk did Sam do why are you fuckers so bad at grieving

boy Ruby and Sam are....a Time

it’s nice to see Sam at least a Little affected, he wasn’t that bad at the beginning

ah so she possesses someone who would have died 

Boy Sam looks real old when he gets Sad

how do I miss the Simplicity of season 3 wow

hey she at least makes sure that Sam’s sober

hey quick q: what the FUCK happened to just...normally exorcising people

ah yeah this is 100% where that was going

I...don’t get why this would be beneficial to Ruby or of it’s on purpose or

like she’s manipulating him, right? that’s the twist

eh whatever I guess they needed a sex scene for Main Character Boi

and hey! they got married! it appeared to work!

“Sam....too much information” YOU MEAN TO TELL ME HE TOLD DEAN AHAHAHAHAHAHA

self...sacrificial...bastards can you PLEASE Stop dying for each other

and hold a knife to Ruby’s throat yeah that’s a healthy relationship

boy Sam’s got some heavy eye backs

I do appreciate Ruby being the Muscle in this scenario

ah and he does it to save Ruby

See, I could see a fun/toxic y romance out of this, if they kept that angle

like it’s icky but I feel like that’s on purpose, yk?

ok but Ruby possessing the housekeeping lady was pretty neat

“ruby’s not like other demons” PFFTTT

I do miss the *When they got along* bits

“don’t strain yourself” “ok moment over” AHAHA

god no this 100% sucks for her

THE ELECTRICITY

the squad gearing up is Fun tho

“thanks a lot” *smile*

Boy do i love it when Cas gets to be scary

wING FLAP AND C A S 

HE looks so...betrayeD? sad? at Dean

ohohoho

I do love the Sam(Tall) Dean(mid ish) Ruby(very smol) shot

and the Instant Demonification

Uriel ur a punk ass bitch

“she has to die” why do y’all fuckers have to keep doing this

wrap:

1. OH cas was sad cuz he didn’t wanna kill Anna. Like he didn’t agree with killing her OH that makes way more sense

Like he’s pleading over at Dean to figure something out, or do his Righteous Man thing

boy mans stole the show and he was on for like 2 minutes in this episode

2. Poor Anna. Like I’m well aware she does fucked up things? I think? based on how fanfic portrays her, but Normal Girl who’s getting harassed by both Angels and Demons alike has to suck so hard, and she handles it...pretty well all things considered?

3. Ruby and Sam is like. Ok I know something happens at the end of the season but now they’re like. the fun toxic type of romances you get on these shows, you know? like...it’s kinda fun?

something happens, I KNOW something happens

4. Sam doesn’t handle grief well. Apparently neither of them do

5. Anna having Subtle Angel Powers was absolutely fire and I loved it

aight that’s all I got

[seyne93]

23 February 2021

Today was the last day of the CBE days, or the awarding day. I have participated in the essay writing contest, just because a friend of mine in the student government forced me to. (He always does!) He was loading his friends (unfortunately, I am one of them) for them to join every contest that he will be handling. I was convinced to join, as long as it doesn’t have a conflict with academic schedules. 

So I participated yesterday, I gave my best, and copied my essay-entry here on tumblr. Awhile ago, while I was taking a shower, I heard someone said, “mananalo ka.” and it made me weak! Literally, I felt cold, I don’t know if it was because of the cold water, but didn’t felt that way when the water first poured onto my skin. It gave me goosebumps. 

I remembered, having the same scenario when I was in 2nd year college, We had an exam, and someone whispered, “Ikaw na susunod na tatawagin jan. Hindi ka bagsak, pasado ka.” As our professor was calling the names the students. (The people who failed will pay a fine of 3 pesos for the test papers, and I was expecting that I am one of them that’s why I readied my three peso coins even the voice said that I have aced the exams), The moment I placed my supposed to be “fines” on the table, our professor called my name and my score. To my surprise, the voice was right! I passed! and I was the only one to make it among my friends. I was shocked, and amazed at the same time. 

Who was that voice?

That voice was actually the same persona who whispered to me awhile ago, implying that I have to believe, encouraging me that I did my best, that I deserve a spot on the rankings of the winners. I was thinking, “my mind is just imagining things.” or “Naga-assume ka lang.” idk even what to think of. My heart started racing, considering the possibility that the voice was right. 

After I took a bath, I opened my phone, and received a confirmation of the voice that spoke to me. My friend, who is the Secretary of our department, told me to attend the awarding ceremony, without any details. He said:

H:  NOOD KA AWARDING MAMAYA AAHHHHHH

M:  DI KO ALAM KUNG MAY KLASE KAMI

H:  MANOOD KA LANG PLSSSS, UNTIL DULO

M:  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA PAG ALAWS KLASE MANONOOD AKO

H:  MAY REMARKS AKO,  Closing Remarks hahahaha

M:  AHAHAHAHAHAHA IMEMENTION MO BA AKO JAN  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA CHZ SIGE TIGNAN KO

H:  MALAY MO

During this point of the conversation, I was unconsciously declaring and prophesying. I didn’t know that it would really take place though! (How favored am I huhu) then ayon, I waited for the awarding to happen, scheduled at 5:20 pm.

The awarding started afterwards. I was patiently waiting for the host to announce the winners of the CBE Youth Writers, then it later came. 

Host: And now, Ladies and Gentlemen, enough for the suspense! Right here are the winners of the CBE Celebration 2021, CBE Youth Writers, an online essay writing contest, held at the 22nd day of February...

My heart started pounding as the host announced the name of the 2nd runner-up. It pounded harder when she was already going to announce the 1st runner-up. 

My friend sent me a message saying: 

H: SANA NANONOOD KA NA NGAYON

Then the host continued. 

Host: Moving forward to our 2nd place, on the 2nd place, we have...

THEN I HEARD MY NAME!

I wasn’t jumping and shouting for joy, but my heart did it for me. I won a spot! The voice was right. I won. I did not only won, but the experience and the way I felt, was incomparable, incomprehensible. 

It was a great fight! My esteem boosted, and my faith grew. The voice was there to remind and encourage me of the things uncertain for me as of the moment. The voice wanted me to believe and  have faith. 

The voice given me a sense of confidence, and has never failed, ever since. 

Lord, I may not be a perfect daughter, I may have done things intentionally against Your will, but you never fail to amaze and surprise me. All things and glory belongs to You alone! :<