#Mirror!Number One

[tinynerdycthulu]

blah blah blah moshang/bingqiu fic that seems like your stereotypical bodyguard/noble fic but no one realizes shang qinghua is the noble and shen yuan is actually just the third son of a mildly prestigious family who became a knight.

shang qinghua is arranged to be married to mobei-jun and luo binghe, mbj's assistant, is the one whoe escorts him and his knight sy to the castle. the journey is pretty long so they end up talking to each other and luo binghe somehow comes to the conclusion that shen yuan is the prince.

shang qinghua doesnt bother to correct him and he orders cucumber-bro not to. to him it makes sense because hes not really princely. plus he can admit shen yuan is extremely unintentionally seductive and lbh is clearly already smitten anyway. plus its super fucking funny to see cucumber-bro completely oblivious to lbh's desperate pining.

(luo binghe's inner monologue: i can't,,,he's my lord's betrothed,,,but he's so kind,,,so lovely,,,i must Resist my base urges,,,)

anyway they finally make it to the palace and lbh is crushed that shen yuan doesnt seem sad at all (is he just fine with marrying a complete stranger? even his bodyguard is sadder than he is!)

before the "official meeting" shang qinghua literally runs into mobei-jun. b/c he's gotten into the bodyguard role he immediately prostates himself and apologizes. cue shock from lbh when mobei-jun falls over himself (well, reaches down 1% quicker than usual) to help his fiance up.

lbh: is my lord smitten with...the ugly rat man? ths servant? when yuan-ge is right there???

(yes they've dropped honorifics, they dropped honorifics like 1 day into the journey bc shen yuan doesnt know what boundaries are)

mobei-jun for his part is completely perplexed. shang qinghua is obviously his future empress, who else would it be?

lbh ofc doesnt care about the whole trickery thing once he realizes he can court shizun to his hearts desire.

bonus cumplane double wedding. everyone thinks mobing were the ones who arranged it because cumplane get into a violent fight during the feast. actually luo binghe cried for 10 straight hours at his shizun's feet trying to convince him to change his mind.

[supernowa-art]

i'm on a roll with the sanji collab fits! @sanjiartcollab organises the event!

[fourswords]

to be quite honest shadow's characterization in the fsa manga was always something that raised more questions than answers for me because it's like. he's got a mile-wide inferiority complex about being link's shadow we all know this but when did he have the time to develop that inferiority complex in the first place. how long was he lurking around after ganon created him before the events of the manga actually started. what did he witness or hear or both to make him so fucking angry

[whatwooshkai]

hey!!! could i request a 6 for the smoke and mirrors ask game? or really whatever number hasn't been requested yet lol

No one knows how it started. No one ever does.

And yet, here they are, listening to Heatwave and Chase argue about something petty again.

"Ooh, trouble in paradise," Blades croons, letting his helm loll over the back of the couch. "Mom and Dad are fighting again."

Boulder heaves a full frame sigh from next to him.

Heatwave and Chase have long since shorted out their universal translators, as they can't handle the amount of words being spit out at once, now the humans are watching on in a mix of confusion and fascination.

But it's not like Blades can really understand it either. Both Heatwave and Chase have really thick regional accents that tend to come out in full force when they fight, and they start slipping back into their mother languages the further and further they get into it.

The problem is, neither of them speak the other's.

"What are they arguing about?" Cody hazards to ask, wandering up to the couch. "They stopped speaking English a while ago."

"They never started," Blades mutters. "But I don't know. For Chase, I think he's speaking Iaconi, but I have no idea what Heatwave's speaking."

"They're speaking different languages?" Dani wanders over, putting her hands on her hips. "I thought you guys only had one language on Cybertron."

"I hope you realize how stupid that sounds," Blades drawls, and Dani at least has the decency to look a little embarrassed. "Of course we have different languages. We speak what the titans spoke."

"The titans?" Dani and Cody ask at the same time.

Blades sighs. "Boulder, you know more about this," he says, tapping the mech's shoulder. "Linguistics and shit. History."

The argument seems to be winding down, as Heatwave is taking deep vents and is clearly waiting for Chase to stop calmly speaking in a language he doesn't understand.

Boulder perks up almost immediately. "Hold on," they say, beginning to pull datapads from their subspace. "Let me pull up stuff on the titans. It really is incredibly interesting, there's a great article in here about language and how if it's instinctual only to sparks from hot spots or learned, and the difference between language code between cold constructs, forged mechs, and those who's sparks were born of bonds-"

Dani's gone visibly pale while Cody has absolutely lit up, immediately peppering Boulder with questions.

Blades sighs and turns back to the TV. With all that taken care of, he can finally get back to his game.

[windandwater]

Ed + being a whole adhd mood, part 2 (part 1)

note: first, this isn't a diagnosis, only a very familiar pattern. also I know that we have contextual clues to hint that breaking the record was about more than boredom, but. that is such an adhd line.

[dalandduh]

Goober...

[mezucore]

original english translation by releska

[sesamestreep]

“requiem for methuselah” crazy ass episode for many reasons. Kirk is being fully insane, like I don’t actually think, even controlling for how quickly and easily and readily he seems to fall in love with anybody at the slightest encouragement, that he’d go that bonkers for that android woman he just met while everyone on the ship was this close to dying, but that’s neither here nor there, because in the background you’ve got an equally but much more subtly insane episode for Spock, who extremely uncharacteristically admits to experiencing an emotion (or nearly experiencing, whatever) and that emotion is ENVY of all things. And then spends the rest of the episode warning Kirk away from this new love interest (something that doesn’t usually happen, even when Kirk has very inadvisable love interests) and is, in the end, the person who accurately identifies that Rayna’s competing love for Kirk and Flint is ultimately what overwhelms and destroys her with the most killer line in maybe history???

And then to wrap it up we get an equally uncharacteristic sort of denouement scene (TOS loooves to cut an episode off right after the actual climax, leaving little time for falling action or character reflection, or to stick a sitcom-y button on the end where the gang all smiles and laughs at their misadventures and everything resets to zero, which is not a criticism, it’s just the style of that era of tv, honestly) where Kirk is literally miserable over Rayna’s death (again, kind of unusual for a lot of his love interests, he tends to be able to move on pretty quickly) and Spock goes to see him and he falls asleep right in front of Spock (also odd) and then when Bones comes in to give the final word on Flint, Spock waves him off from waking the Captain (tender) and Bones gives him that awful speech about how it’s sadder that Spock can’t even imagine the love Kirk felt for this random android woman than it is that Kirk lost her in the first place (debatable but also rude) and how his great tragedy is that he can’t love at all like they can and how all he wishes is that Kirk could forget about all of this and move on. AND THEN, to have Bones leave and Spock go over to Kirk and very gently, tenderly, reluctantly touch him and put his hand to his forehead and tell him to forget and HAVE THAT BE THE END OF THE EPISODE??? What am I supposed to do with that??

[mechazushi]

Kaiju Number 8 Incorrect Quotes <take11>

Mina: We need to talk about your maturity...

Kafka(standing on the office couch with Reno, Hoshina, Kikoru, Iharu, Aoi, Haruichi, Minase, and Hakua): Bold words for someone standing in lava!

[pestilentbrood]

bearer of the curse

[wrinkleintime]

enterprise text posts: featuring the mirror universe

[microwave-core]

If I asked you to give me some wedding Leon headcanons, would you? Pretty please 🥺

This is from July 4th I'm so sorry anon. Leon wedding headcanons be upon ye.

Jesus I wrote this in my drafts and hit save and it didn't immediately update and I just thought I lost it and would have to rewrite it

Alright, first things first. Leon wants a small, private wedding. More than half of his life has been spent in the spotlight. Privacy is a rare commodity for him, and he'll fight tooth and nail to keep the most important day of his life hidden from the public eye. It's about him and you, baby, not about the paparazzi or tabloids.

The guest list will be small, just family and friends. Probably in a small place in the countryside, away from the public's prying eyes. He's a farm boy at his core, reconnecting with his roots.

Despite his desire for privacy, it's only a matter of time before pictures get out. The public already knew about your engagement, and are incredibly disappointed that they won't be privy to, what they describe as, the wedding of the century. Thankfully for them, a certain social media addict is in attendance-

Yeah, Raihan ends up leaking photos from your wedding. It's not on purpose, prommy. It's expected, and as much as Leon wants his privacy for just one day, he loves Raihan too much to cut him from the invite list. Thankfully, the only photos that get out look good.

Honestly, Leon doesn't care that much about the décor. He knows his sense of style isn't... the best. He doesn't mind that fact, it's just how he is. He cares about getting married to you, that's all. He'll give his opinion when prompted, but he's more than happy to let you pick whatever you want. You could pick the gaudiest color scheme, the most abysmal floral arrangements, and the worst venue known to man, and he'd think it's perfect because it was all hand picked by you. Man is down bad.

Again, his only real input is having the ceremony at a small venue. Somewhere outdoors in the country side, or maybe in a barn. The specifics don't matter to him.

Raihan would definitely be his best man, followed by Sonia, his childhood bestie, and Charizard, because it's Leon what else do you expect. They hype him up, especially during the leadup to the actual ceremony. He won't admit it to you, but he was sweating bullets when waiting. He knows you love him dearly, but can't help but worry, you know?

In terms of attire, he dresses rather normally. Just a simple white suit, likely with a yellow tie. I saw someone headcanon yellow as his favorite color once, and it stuck with me. He even ditches his hat for the day, his hair instead braided elegantly.

You could literally wear a trash bag for your attire and he'd love you all the same. It doesn't matter how you're dressed-whether you wear a dress or suit, traditional or out there-he'll find you breathtaking all the same. He tries his best to hold back his tears when you walk down the aisle, only letting a few fall. He's so unbelievably lucky to have you.

The reception doesn't particularly matter to him, either. He does enjoy himself, being surrounded by the people that matter the most to him, around his loved one's without putting up a face for once. It's liberating for him, actually, but his eyes always find their way back to you, as if trying to sear your image into his mind.

Perhaps the best part of the whole event, aside from getting married to you, obviously, is the fact that none of his friends make fun of him for how hopelessly in love he is. On any other day, they would poke fun at him, teasing him gently for the warmth in his eyes and stupid grin that comes onto his face when he spots you, but his wedding day is different. He's more than allowed to think of nothing except for how much he absolutely positively adored you, on lookers be damned.

He's got two left feet when it comes to dancing. He's bad at it. Laughably so. And no amount of practice can truly fix that fact. He'll stumble, step on your toes a few times, forget the next steps more than once, but he can't be bothered to feel embarrassed about it. Slow dancing with you is a dream for him, makes it feel like there's no one else in the world but the pair of you. He might cry again, holding you in his arms, having officially tied the knot. Wipe away his tears with a gentle touch, and he might somehow fall for you even harder.

In general, Leon would pretty much let you do whatever you want for your wedding, both ceremony and reception. He doesn't care, tailor it to your preferences, it's already going to be the best day of his life, knowing you're happy with everything just makes everything so much better.

Your ring can be whatever you want it to be. Leon doesn't have a budget, no amount of money is too much for him, not when it comes to you. I imagine his ring would be pretty plain, a simple gold band. If he's still champion, he ends up taking it off fairly frequently, not wanting it to get dirty and smudged during battles. In his chairman era, it's on 24-7.

Make no mistake, though, he will let the public know how much he loves being your husband. If he had the choice, he would talk about you in every single interview, simply gushing with praise. No force on Earth could ever make him feel ashamed for loving you.

Similarly, the honeymoon can happen wherever you want. As long as he's with you, he's happy. He is restricted by time, however, he can't be gone for too long, unfortunately. You can stay in Galar, or go to any other region, to do any activity your pretty mind could dream of. (Although, if you asked him where he wanted to go, he'd probably say Alola.)

I can't promise he won't get into battles on the actual trip. I can actually almost guarantee that he will. He can't help it, battling is his passion in life. He does spend most of the time glued to your side, though, wanting to spend as much time with you as humanly possible before having to go back to the regular grind of life.

I do think Leon and Cynthia are a bit similar, hence why I think their weddings would be similar, with the shedding of tears at the altar and whatnot. That is to say, on your wedding night, you will be getting dicked down. Lovingly. Leon just wants to show you how much he loves you, and, after a long day surrounded by other's, professing his love directly to your face, the best way to do that is with his action. Specifically, action involving his dick-

[ferryfoam]

I think about The Seige of AR-558 all the time. It's probably one of my absolute favourite ds9 episodes (along with In Purgatory's Shadow and By Inferno's Light which can not be topped) that one part where Julian is treating the wounds of one of the star fleet officers who've been essentially abandoned in this war zone and the officer is clearly so deeply traumatised by his experiences there is one of the most poignant moments in the entire show to me. The dialogue is so good and it really reminds you that this is an actual war theyre having, not just some flashy space battle where the good guys win and then everything is fine- it's had lasting impacts on these people who star fleet is meant to protect but really they send out a group of officers to a planet and then leave them there for months longer than they were supposed to be and so utterly do not care about these people because they see them as disposable. Even after Sisko and the ds9 crew realised how awful the conditions were everyone was expected to stay there - a position too important to the federation for them to let these people go home but not important enough for them to send backup or replacement officers (I though Quarks presence in the episode was really good as well for providing a perspective of someone not in StarFleet and a lot of the things he said about human nature and the actions of the federation really reflected how I was feeling about it as well haha)

Also the music was really good

(Edit if you want to hear more of my take on star fleet corruption I have put it in the tags)

[sysig]

Destined to lose an eye in every timeline (Patreon)

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[apnourry]

❄️first snow day in 6 years❄️

[shmobugsbrainrot]

having thoughts about g----- and her alters (who I'll be referring to as the mirror system from now on) and how they all dealt with their issues

frankly, the most overhated character in pocket mirror is fleta. I understand why people may not enjoy her as a person, she's kind of a brat, and she doesn't treat g----- well at all in her area. HOWEVER. I feel as though a lot of y'all forget that g----- was very young when the mirror system developed, maybe 12 years old at the max. when fleta developed, all she wanted to do was live in her escapist world. a place with her favorite doll where she can just be a kid and forget that they ever read that letter in the first place. fleta regressed, and Hard. it was the only way for her to stay sane. how many times was she abandoned? twice by her parents and once by her host? of course that'd affect how she acts. she just wants someone to stay with her, and she said herself that she's been extremely lonely without g-----. she has a meltdown whenever she's alone, because each time she is, she's back in that cursed room with that cursed letter. fleta is terrified of living in g-----'s world again.

then there's harpae. kind, compassionate, and protective. someone who decided to placate the mirror system's family whenever she fronted. harpae has good intentions of course, but she tended to ignore whenever she herself was in pain or needed comfort. she convinced herself her only purpose, her "role," was to be g-----'s protector. unfortunately, she made the choice to become blind to everything else, to be solely devoted to her host. this made her unstable, irritable whenever g----- didn't want her to do that. so much so that she hurt her. harpae knew she could never be g-----, and so did her family. no matter what she did, it was never good enough. but she still chose to be there for her host, no matter the cost. even if she refused. harpae is terrified of living in g-----'s world again.

and of course, lisette. holy shit. she was a scapegoat, someone the others could blame when they failed, someone who was taunted and tormented by g----- herself. every horrid action, impure thought, or cruel word was made to be lisette's fault. she was spoonfed hate ever since she developed in the mirror system. and so, she did everything she could to purge herself from it. created mirror images of herself, versions of lisette that could carry the cruelty and the anger and the bitterness for her. hid herself away behind layers and layers of labyrinths and mirrors and thorny flowers. lisette realized the only way for her to be free of this pain, as well as all the others, was to get g-----'s pocket mirror and destroy it herself, and the rest of the system with it. she was sick of it, of years of abuse both inside their head and their home. even when she reconciles with g-----, she still is adverse to leaving the grave she had made for herself. lisette is terrified of living in the g-----'s world again.