#Leave the poor guy alone

[lewalrus]

Grumpy old shirtless man can't retire because he has to hit the road and start a new journey or something...

[baby-girl-aaron-dessner]

Y’all need to stop body shaming people I’m so serious.

[under-my-pillow]

Now that we are finally on the doorsteps of the prophecy, I must say I am curious and scared about how many things are going to play out.

Darkness has fallen upon the land. - Well, that has indeed happened.

The blood of the dragons will revive once again - Hmm, I wonder, does it mean the instance where the dragon gods retrieve their powers from their warriors or is it saying that the dragon warriors will regain the powers they have presently lost?

That would be pretty tragic. Especially for Zeno and the future generations and sort of makes Yona's whole trip to the Gods pointless.

The ancient pact will be kept when the four dragons are gathered - Here again, it seems to be alluding the pact between the dragon warriors and Gods where they vow to give life, soul and generation to the Crimson Dragon King, but I wonder if it is referring to some different kind of pact?

The line seems to specifically mention four dragons. And in the recent chapters guess who is missing from their little tea party line up?— Ouryuu.

Why is Ouryuu alone missing from this passionate reunion? Why was it not Ouryuu that punished Zeno? Technically, since Ouryuu was the one who gave Zeno his immortality and bound Zeno to obey the Crimson dragon king, it would make sense only if Ouryuu himself made Zeno mortal again.

The sword and shield which will protect the king shall awaken - Protect the King from what exactly? I don't care about Hak, but I am worried for Soo-won. I am desperately praying he is neither going to be anyone's sword or shield.

Leave. Him. Alone.

And the Red Dragon shall restore the dawn at last. - Well, that part's pretty self explanatory. But does this mean that dawn will return when Yona returns to the heavens? Are the dragon gods going to compromise or will someone be taking Yona's place?

It better not be who I think it is.

Or will Yona overturn the so-called prophecy itself. I dont know what I would feel if the Dragon Gods suddenly did a 180 like Mei-nyan did , and started waving poms-poms in my face. That would be a pretty lame ending, but as long as Soo-won doesn't sacrifice himself for Yona I am good.

I'll be pretty darn heart broken if he does.

[specialagent0911]

Spot the difference 💔

"Excuse me? I think the difference is one photo is a picture of a plate of spaghetti with my face poorly edited onto it, and the other is a picture of my mutilated corpse."

[oicuperp]

rewatching hannibal is being an experience bc is will really joking when he says he doesnt like visiting psychiatric hospitals bc hes afraid they arent gonna let him out

[unreliablesnake]

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks all those interviews recently focusing on Pedro Pascal being a "daddy" for some fans are so fucking cringe.

[unwillingwriter]

I’m not a twink (Gorou X Itto)

“For the last time I’m not a twink I’m just small I’m respected with my status.” Gorou huffed, pinching the bridge of his nose in irritation.

“Don’t sweat it doggy general I think you’re pretty jacked for a tiny dog.” Itto grinned.

“…Was that a compliment?.”

“Yes ^_^✨”

[someominousecho]

The Handler being all like "I am just one cog in a much bigger machine" in season 1 then in season 2 she's fighting so hard to get back to where she was before in the commission. like excuse me you know you're replaceable, you knew this would happen and you even admitted it yourself, let it go

you do not have to ruin someone else's life (Five's) to gain all of that power back. there's no point in it. manipulating people does get you places, but fuck... it really isn't necessary

[suau-raised-by-corrupted-gems]

Getting deeper into the spicy angst, oh boy.

How does our corrupt boi do with his Crystal Gem kin?

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"Hi! I'm Lil Quartz! What's your name?"

"...Connie... Connie Maheswaran."

1.) I've mentioned it before before that Steven's already learned how to manage some of his gem powers, like his bubble shield and bubble ability in general since he's used them to play with his aunts.

That being said, he and Connie don't end up stuck in a bubble meaning Bubble Buddies doesn't exactly happen. While he still creates a bubble out of instinct when the quake happens, he has no trouble dispelling it.

Also it should be stated that upon meeting Connie face to face, he's not very awkward around Connie.

I mean, he was raised by a doting fluffy mother that did nothing but shower him in adoration, a one-eyed aunt who constantly reminded him to do what he thought was right, and a six-eyed aunt who told him to not be afraid and to just go for it.

And coupled with the fact they lived without the restrictions or knowledge of being civilized, he was pretty much very confident. Maybe a tad over confident.

That being said, while he many not have full knowledge of purebred humans, he still has no trouble in approaching Connie, with some flowers in hand- after all, from what he's seen, humans like flowers- and introducing himself as Lil Quartz.

As one would expect, Connie's initially put off by his appearance, but given his friendly nature, she's quick to warm up to him, and is even excited to befriend him; he looks as though he walked out of one of those fantasy fictions she sometimes reads. After a brief, lighthearted chat about themselves, with them both technically being newcomers to Beach City and letting Connie touch his horns, they make a promise to meet up again sometime.

Yeah, a bit overly simple, but I see a bit of a contrast; OG Steven looked normal, but he nearly drowned at the bottom of the ocean befriending Connie.

Here, there's a brief bubble snag, but the encounter isn't exactly trauma inducing.

2.) “You know, I’d think dragons would horde things like gold rather than donuts. Do you breath sprinkles, horns?”

*disgruntled gem-boy noises*

while some residents are still a bit weary around the little pink tiefling, his charm earns him a somewhat good reputation in the small town.

...but on the other hand, he's not exactly on friendly terms with the more… annoying of residents.

Lars, he was surprisingly civil with since neither boy wanted to engage much with each other, but where it fell short is with Kevin and Ronaldo.

Probably cliche to put Kevin in the bunch, but I kinda see him taunting him, but only when around his friends.

And… Ronaldo needs no explanation.

And as much as Steven would like to maul the two in retaliation, he can’t lest he wanted his reputation to shatter.

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3.) “Steven, your slacking has gotten far out of hand! Just look at this place! It’s a mess! The least you can do is—*steven zones out*”

As far as the Crystal Gem duties go... Well, he's just not very enthusiastic to carry out missions as his OG counterpart was.

No matter how many times Garnet tells him "it's for their own good", he'll never be able to take part in the ritual of poofing and bubbling other gems, and imprisoning them in their lava room. Doing so would be an insult to his foster family.

And because of this, he'd mostly stay in his loft by himself, watching TV, reading those fantasy books Connie lent him, chewing on toys his father had gifted him or stuffing himself with junk food. He'd maybe go on missions, but only if bribed with food and didn't involve gem hunting.

Even then, he wasn't really too excited, since his mother wasn't there to see it all with him. Even upon meeting Lion, he felt a pang of somber nostalgia just at the sight of his mane. Because of that, he hardly had interest in tampering with any artifacts or trapped gems, stars forbid they come across.

Garnet wasn't too bothered by this, seeing that he was still going on missions, and Amethyst was content with his "lazy days" and would often join him. But the Pearl insisted that he needed to get over his Corrupt Gem past eventually in order to be a proper Crystal Gem.

4.) Speaking of Crystal Gems, his relationship as a whole with the team is actually quite strained.

I mean, all's he's ever seen and heard them do was assault other gems and bubble them against their will. And the term Corrupt is harsh and insulting in and of itself. Heck, they even had a gem that wasn't '"corrupt" stuck in a mirror and they didn't seem to give two sand specs about her.

He's at least thankful Garnet's cooperative with him, even using the term Feral Gems to not insult him nor his foster family. He's already quite close with Amethyst, since her laid-back, carefree nature reminded him so much of his dear aunt Tri-T. But the pearl always seemed like she had an entire oak tree jammed up her rump, and had a haughty air about her.

Nevertheless, the whole team still managed to under his skin sometimes.

And by sometimes, I mean often.

If "Warp Tour" is any indication, they never exactly took his feelings into account. They also seemed to focus more on his Gem half rather than his Human half, meaning they didn't always acknowledge that he was a hybrid of the two, only focusing on the gem traits more often then not.

And who could forget the fighting between Amethyst and the Pearl?

While he's learned to block it out, he'd often side with Amethyst, for obvious reasons. What bugged him was how Garnet didn't seem to do anything to stop it. She only seemed to intervene when Steven's hostility picked up.

It was a pain in the flank to deal with this on a somewhat regular basis, but it's not like it could get any worse...

...Right?

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...goes about as well as you'd expect.

See everything from season one play out, only its all completely different.

I mean, it's an alternate universe, of course it's gonna be different. So it shouldn't be any surprise when I say that some events are altered entirely or just didn't occur.

But yeah, Stevie's not a very hammy, happy boi in this circumstance, and is in face quite grumpled with this hooey destiny.

But if you think that's bad, hohoh, just wait til we get to parts that revolved around Rose...

As a challenge, try to decipher what episodes didn't happen using everything you just read.

Getting deeper into the spicy angst, oh boy.

[serkanxulusoy]

[voxsymphonia]

headcanon: jake ends up spending a lot of time at rose & kanaya's house on earth c, because that's the only place he isn't sexualized and lusted over

[thatoneanonymoussnake]

This man holds too much power- Twitch appeartly

what do you mean fi1nn5ter got banned from twitch for “female presenting” tit streaming how does that even happen 😭

[pangur-and-grim]

I think he likes me

[linnytheseagull]

More classic literature YouTubers because it's so funny to me

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[raidendefender]

@piliiiiiconfusionf

https://twitter.com/smraikov_372/

After he was picked up, dusted off and fixed up, Otacon got him the following book. 

[yoraely]

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