#My awful terrible love wah

[sebille]

[touches screen] I miss you

[sirfrogsworth]

The (Almost) Flood of Frog Manner

If you followed me wayyyy back in the day, you might remember a flood ravaged our basement in 2012.

This is what I wrote about it back then.

It was bad. In order to show you a picture of it I had to convert it to black and white because the color version has a shade of brown that churns the stomach just to look at.

I am still traumatized from having to walk barefoot in that. And I still have a very vivid memory of sitting on the edge of my bed as the water started slowly creeping in and and surrounding me. It literally felt like being in a horror film.

I think my estimate of 6 inches may have been what it *felt* like at the time. I was pretty shaken by the experience and you can see why eyewitness testimony is often shite. Though I think our basement isn't completely level and it was a bit deeper in my room. I just remember my feet being completely submerged as I was escaping.

A few of the pedal casualties...

A vintage Boss Harmonist that had awful pitch tracking which is why I loved it. A Big Muff, because everyone needs a Big Muff in their life. A Fulltone Fulldrive 2 and Clyde Wah. And about 10 others I don't have a picture of including an EHX Mircosynth, Digitech Whammy, Boss DD-5 delay, and a vintage 1977 MXR Flanger—better known as the Eddie Van Halen pedal that made his guitar sound like it was in space.

Everything had to be torn out and washed with commercial machinery. My room was the cleanest it had ever been—scientifically speaking.

In the aftermath, while we restored the basement (another long story), I was relegated to my mom's "purse room."

To make matters worse our air conditioner broke and I have terrible temperature regulation. So I started going mad living in the purse room.

I was convinced one of them was staring at me.

And trying to murder me in my sleep.

So... why am I talking about a 12 year old flood?

The other night I woke up from a nap and saw this out the window.

And it was still pouring.

I started to hear a clunking noise from the basement and when I went to investigate, water had begun to back up into the laundry room through the main drain.

It was reminding me of 2012 all over again.

Except back then I think our pump was underpowered and unable to deal with that much water. And now that we have a much better pump, it seemed to be handling things much better.

I was also concerned because water was leaking in from the basement windows. I guess they were filling up faster than the water could saturate into the ground and the windows are not 100% water sealed.

Just in case, I piled up a bunch of old towels and bed clothes that were in the laundry room (mostly my dad's stuff) and made a moat around the drain that was starting to back up. I was hoping that would hold back any minor flooding if things got worse. I probably ruined everything, but I am still glad I did that even though it wasn't really necessary.

I also did something stupid.

I went outside to look at the area of the yard where the pump is buried to check on it. And I started to go out through our main garage door, but when I opened it, I let in a bunch of water. And that is where we are storing all of the goods for the next estate auction. So, not sure if there is any water damage yet. I was too tired from pushing out water to inspect things further.

I made a little video compilation of the not-quite-a-flood incident.

I'm very glad it wasn't as bad as in 2012. But this is still going to be a pain in my patoot to clean up.

[alohajun]

♡ PRETTY YOU — SO JUNGHWAN

junghwan x fem!reader | wc : 0.5k words | content : possible grammar and spelling mistakes, lowercase intended, fluff, swearing, strangers to friends (?) | request — hiii :) can you write a fic for junghwan? tysm i love your writings 🥰

"ah, fuck my life."

you cursed your luck, sitting at the bus stop while contemplating your life decisions.

should've watched my step. you wondered, looking down at your arm that was in a cast. but i could've sworn that step wasn't there before.

after a minor accident that resulted with your arm in a cast, you were informed you had an appointment for your passport picture.

and with your roommate away for the weekend, you had absolutely no one to help you. it took you all your effort to get your clothes prim and proper, but you forgot about your hair in the process.

upon seeing your phone's reflection, you realised you needed to be absolutely professional for the picture — and this meant having a proper hairstyle.

and as last resort, you took a deep breath, turning towards the male beside you who was also waiting for the bus. he looks nice. you wondered, politely smiling.

"hi. i'm really sorry for disturbing you," you apologised as you greeted him. "but could you please help me tie my hair?"

so junghwan seemed confused at first, wondering why you were asking him before he saw the cast on your arm.

"i, uh, haven't really done this before," he admitted honestly, feeling bad when he saw your mood deflate. "i could try, though."

"that'd be much appreciated," you thanked him. "i have to get my passport pictures done and my roommate's also not home. i'm really sorry for troubling you like this!"

you felt terrible and weirdly enough that brought a smile on junghwan's face. he knew you genuinely meant every word you spoke, and your politeness warmed his heart.

"i'll touch your hair now," he announced awkwardly, standing behind as he gathered your hair in his hand. "is your fracture really bad? does it hurt?" he asked, trying to make some conversation as he tried to figure out what to do.

"it's a minor one, but it hurts a lot more than i thought," you replied, oddly feeling comfortable with this stranger. "i'm sorry about this, really."

junghwan chuckled, shaking his head, though you couldn't see it. "it's alright. if anything, i'm sorry if i'm doing anything wrong," he apologised. "i don't want you to ruin your picture because of me," he muttered.

his touch on your hair was very gentle, and you could feel him trying his best and you deeply appreciated that.

once he had tied your hair, junghwan stood in front of you, taming your flyaways before taking out his phone and turning the camera towards you.

"wah," you exclaimed, totally in awe. "you are really good at this! thank you very much!"

the male only smiled in response, relieved to hear his shoddy work of tying your hair was acceptable. "well, that's a relief," he muttered, nodding politely as he moved away.

"seriously, i mean it," you commented, grateful for the help. "it came out exactly like i would do it. i can't believe you've never done this before!"

the raven-haired male shyly smiled as he looked at you, admiring the absolute golden retriever energy that was radiating off you.

for the time first time in his life, so junghwan wanted to get know to someone, and the someone who pulled on his heartstrings was none other than you.

"ah, well, i'm glad i was able to pull off a pretty hairstyle for a pretty you."

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[missygoesmeow]

might try and start using Instagram again?

I stopped using it as the algorithm is terrible and I personally don’t use it as I never see anything I actually want to see. but I don’t really want to use Twitter anymore (I never really liked it and lately it just makes me feel awful). people say it’s the best place for artists but I have never been able to grow there. I always feel like an outsider anyway, I think it requires being super engaged with other accounts? and I’m just too shy to do that and I don’t really have the time. I always just feel like the silly court jester from tumblr.

I just don’t know where to post my art these days. I like tumblr but I don’t get a lot of engagement unless I’m lucky and it’s more community based here so I’m never really going to grow. plus the reblogs to likes ratio is depressing.

people from Twitter have moved to blue sky? but I looked it up and I don’t like the sound of their terms.

I try using tiktok but apart from a few going viral it’s just useless (also it’s a lot of effort to make video content). and I think I’m just too old for tiktok haha

wah. sorry. maybe my art just isn’t ever going to be as popular as others and that’s okay, I just put a lot of effort in and it’s disappointing when they don’t do very well. I mean, I’ll never stop making art - I don’t think that’s possible for me to do. I love it too much.

if you got this far well done, I hope nobody feels like I don’t appreciate the support of you have engaged with my work - I really do. just feeling so hopeless about it all. I hate how much fandom in particular has changed and how fast paced everything is. I am a very slow artist and so that’s why I mostly post sketches as colouring/rendering takes me another 50 years.

anyway, time to work 🤡

[cdyssey]

Abbott 2.14 Thoughts:

Finally have time to watch the new ep!! The conference has been great so far, but I’m glad I can just decompress for the rest of the evening.

“Don’t listen to what the eighth graders say about the way you dress. You are making a fashion statement.” AKDNSNS, I love the way that Jacob is always there for Janine. Their friendship has subtly but so genuinely evolved from from S1 to now.

JANINE’S SISTER!!!!!! AW, Ayesha is so cute. Oh, my God, Janine’s very erroneous and self-revealing side-comments about her. (Girl, I want to study you under a microscope.)

Jacob explaining his and Zach’s happiness and LISA clearly breaking.

The idea of Mel taking herself out to a steakhouse all alone. Oh, my God.

Barb and Ger!!!! I think it’s very charming that they’ve both been too preoccupied to really plan anything? That’s the sort of detail that feels true to some long-established couples?? My parents, who are in their seventies, don’t really plan anything either. They just sort of remember it’s Valentine’s Day and then go grab a steak, lol.

QKQJSNSSN, BARBARA ASKING ABOUT AMBER LIKE THAT. I love when the work wives are work moms.

Melissa having her glasses in her mouth for the rest of that scene.

“He looks like men do before they have kids.” OOQJWNWJDDJAJISDJS.

“… because if you think about it, underpaying a white teacher to teach Black history is almost reparation.” GHEEJDID. They give Ava the goddamn best one-liners.

Donnie: “I need a woman.” THAT KID’S LOOK AT THE CAMERA WIWNDNE.

Ava looking invested/putting down her phone as she listens to Jacob… 🥺

Barb being so excited about the airplane date is very cute. Also, Cibo Bistro is an Italian place, so that’s a tiny Work Wives win if you really think about it and put ur clown nose on.

Mel’s mind jumping straight to cheating. God. That’s the suspicion of someone who has been cheated on before and utterly hurt by it.

WAH, BARB NOT KNOWING SHE HAS TO BUY A PLANE TICKET. SEA BARBARA!! CRUISES ONLY.

Janine going to Mel for advice. 😭 I love work mom moments.

“That’s puppy love, Dolittle. It’ll pass.” This is a very cute line, but if I really wanted to, I could write the angstiest gd fic about “It’ll pass.” <3 *Twirls hair. owo*

JACOB SPILLING THE SECRET EEJFNEN. Janine’s expression as she digests this information—dear god, the utter vulnerability and confusion of it.

“Only a handful of them do. Say, like, 30% to 60%.” ajwjweAhqsjs.

Ava still observing Jacob. LISTEN, pls tell me the plot line is that she’s actually enjoying learning. I will start sobbing.

“Like an anti-racist Icarus.” QIQJWNSENS.

QNWSNSN, EVERYONE IN THE TEACHER’S LOUNGE KNOWING ABOUT GREGORY.

“Although I think that workplace romances are a terrible idea” and Melissa nodding in agreement. I could also write terribly angsty fanfic abou—

Barb: “But you do like him, right?” Everyone being a Teddie shipper is so good and so right.

“Sweetheart, it is possible to like two people at the same time.” ON GOD, DID THAT JUST COME OUT OF BARBARA HOWARD’S MOUTH?!!

Janine tenderly and sadly imagining domestic intimacy with Gregory. I want to cry.

ZACH!! I love his fit. I love a good bomber jacket.

“Sounds like you’re actually enjoying learning.” YESSSSSSSSSSSS.

“I will kick your Jacob-loving Saint Valentine ass right out of this school.” AAkqjwwidj

“I never liked school. It got in the way of college.” QOQKQNS.

“No offense.” / “None taken.” Goddamn, this show is so funny.

I love that Ava is sharing this vulnerable moment with Zach, tho, and I love the fact that he immediately is able to intuit what the difference is. Ava has grown and matured since her younger days, and she’s continuing this journey every day. The same principal who misappropriated school funds to buy a sign of herself isn’t the one who’s sitting across Zach admitting to being invested in learning about Black history.

Janine thinking Gregory is talking about them. 😭😭😭 GOD.

LEGO flowers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right pairing, wrong timing ships always get to me. Jesus.

“Well, people can like more than one person.” I love that this is the second time this has been said in the episode. The Abbott writers know relationships and people are messy and complicated. It’s never about neatly partitioned feelings when you really love someone.

AVA MAKING THEM TURN AROUND. AVA GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. SOBBBBBBINN G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM SOBBINNG!

Ava standing up for Jacob!!!!!!!! I fucking love that!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m very not fashion-aware because I had to go look up the value of a Telfar bag ANSDNS.

JANINE NOT KNOWING EITHER WIWNDSNNW. Solidarity. I love you, ma’am.

LMAO, Mo and Amber are gonna end up together.

Not Gregory looking baaaaack.

BARBARA INVITINT MEL TO THE AIRPORT DATE. THIS IS ALL I’VE EVER WANTED.

“Oh, we don’t mind.” THIS IS MY WIFE, BARBARA, AND THIS IS MY WIFE’S WIFE MELISSA.

Barbara so tenderly worrying about Melissa, and Melissa gently shrugging the effort off because she wants Barbara to have a nice night. I love this ship that we have all collectively made up in our heads. <33

WRAP IT UP, FOLKS. WE GOT AN I LOVE YOU AND AN I LOVE YOU TOO, BARB. THAT’S ALL I NEED TO BE HAPPY AND CONTENT WITH MY LIFE. OH, MY GOD. MELISSA SAID IT SO CASUALLY.

And then the episode ended. <3 The end.

[waitmyturtles]

Um, WOW, okay, ha -- I did NOT see an Ohm-and-Film fight scene happening in my lifetime. Thoughts on Double Savage, episode 7: 

1) I wrote this morning that I’m just beginning to dive into New Siwaj’s oeuvre, and I’m wondering for this screenplay, if New Siwaj is really New Siwaj-ing himself here. The writing in this episode was choppy at best. Vignette after vignette with not the most connective tissue. 

I’m not convinced by Win’s continued and growing intensity against Korn -- although I like that Korn finally talked back, but again, without context (unless he was commenting on Win’s sheer IDIOCY for flashing a gun at a funeral, which fucking makes TOTAL sense). 

We’re also not getting enough of WHY Rung would make such a drastic change in her life to go to the same life that Korn is living. Plus, she knows something about her parents that we don’t, I think, but that’s also not made entirely clear.

With that crazy-ass test at the end, along with the previews for episode 8, I am thinking that episode 7 can’t stand alone without episode 8 (Li taking care of Ah’s wound?! What?). Anyway. 

2) Back to Win for a second. Does he continue to spiral because of the pressures at work? He’s clearly NOT getting pressure from his (very good-looking, cough) superiors to, like, arrest his own brother. 

I’m trying to figure out if there’s supposed to be a parallel between Win’s temper and his father’s temper. A patriarchially-inspired temper, basically given unto a man through societal expectations and not through, say, merit or empathic love for his family.

I mean, in other words, Win’s fuckin’ it up left and right, but I honestly am not sure how convincing it is on screen. UNLESS -- because he’s written so choppily -- if he’s MEANT to come off as inconsistent and terribly weak, then THAT’S working. That’s REALLY working. (Again, this might be New New-ing himself -- using an unfamiliar order of operations to make a character look like a fucking lame ass.)

One thing that I can think of on Win’s part is that Win never HAD to learn how to control his temper, the way Korn had to, in order to survive during their childhood. Win received all the praise. We continue to see it in the previews for tomorrow’s episode. Win hasn’t learned self-control -- and we see it emanating.

3) You know what I liked the best of this episode? (Besides Film’s drip, which WE’LL GET TO IN A SECOND.) 

I liked that the mother finally, FINALLY SAID to Win: “But why are you acting like you don’t know why [Korn] chose [his way of life]?”

And petty Win retorts: “You’re taking his side like you’ve always done.”

Come awn, Win. Maybe THAT’S what’s missing for me.

Win clearly understood the trauma of what his family was facing when they were younger. I think I’m realizing that I don’t believe, convincingly, that Win has TOTALLY forgotten it. I wrote last week that what Win is the most influenced by, at this adult time of his life, is the extrasocial factor of jealousy that’s driving his worldview. 

But I appreciate his mom calling him out for straight-up FORGETTING that it was patriarchal ABUSE that caused all of this. His mom is like -- COME AWN. YOU KNOW THIS. And you used to love your brother so much.

And Win is like, aw, Ma, I’m a tired old man, wah wah, I’m going home.

Weak ass. I mean, again, if the writing is SUPPOSED to shape Win like this, then great job. But I think the writing (COME ON, NEW) could have been a lot sharper and more convincing. Perth is like, electric with talent in this and could have had a lot more to work with.

4) Quick note on Korn. Korn’s failing in life is that he lacks subtlety, and I think Ah is taking advantage of it. Korn would be a much smarter and wiser person -- and maybe he’s gonna get there with Rung back at his side -- if he could be more sophisticated about the life he’s living and the illegal things he’s doing. He’s still holding onto a child’s black-and-white perspective, like almost everyone else around him (EXCEPT Ah, Mek, and Rung) -- and I wonder if his maturing into the gray is going to be a storyline for the rest of the series.

5) I have thoughts on the Asian compulsions for saving face and playing the blame game vis à vis Korn’s father, but I might save those for tomorrow -- I’ve been crazy writing the last couple of days. Let me just say this about Korn’s dad, and that interaction they had in the apartment. 

I understood it all. Very unfortunately. As HORRIBLY as that dad has treated Korn for the entirety of Korn’s life, I understood why Korn continued to help his dad, even when his dad went silent. I have that filial piety guilt on me every minute of every day. 

Seeing the dad shed a tear was a touch of karmic satisfaction, but it didn’t make me happy. Ugh. It was painful to watch. 

6) Let’s appreciate Film’s leather-and-eyeliner era. And those CARGO SWEATPANTS! And MOCK TURTLENECK gym shirt! I will submit a request to GMMTV to please get Film some muscle tees and a strength trainer, because I’d like to see some poppin’ biceps on my girl. I LOVE YOU, FILM, I LOVE YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH.

7) Finally, I just want to note that I have previously loved Foei in the few shows of his that I’ve watched on GMMTV (most notably Dirty Laundry, which I was obsessed with; his work in 10 Years Ticket, and the few episodes of Midnight Museum that I watched), and I’m really fucking horrified and disappointed by his social media behavior this weekend.

[cicadasong]

"I'm not generalizing but here's me generalizing based on my bad experiences!! check mate! ☝🏻🤓"

are you genuinely mentally bankrupt? buddy just because you have an attraction to terrible bisexual women doesn't mean every bisexual woman is awful :3 if that kind of logic was considered sound then every instance of prejudice would be justified which we both know is not the case. also going out of your way to start drama on a positivity post isn't going to get you the good attention you wanted from your parents or loved ones. the condescending tone that accompanied your dogshit "uwu did I generalize? sowwy 🥺" response? pathetic. it's obvious and it was a sorry ass attempt to make it seem like you weren't calling an entire group of women, who cannot choose their sexuality, manipulative and without conscience.

your bad experiences with bi women don't give you an excuse to demonize a demographic of people. this is common sense you absolute walnut. "wah wah wah a few bi women broke my heart so they're all evil!!" grow a pair of balls and stop with that primitive thinking. I hope bisexual women (and women in general) steer clear of you and your hatred towards people who simply like more than one gender. maybe that rank ass attitude and cornball smegma alpha male profile picture is why they keep leaving you. I am sorry if you take offense 🤷‍♀️

Pride season is approaching and if I hear ANYONE speak poorly of bisexual women with boyfriends/husbands I’ll pop all your tires okay thx for listeninggg <3

[zackieboyo]

that moment when a pro-sh!pper interacts with your stuff 🤢🤮

I'm a minor, dude, you're ok with normalising the sexualisation of minors via media that paints such sexualisation in a positive light? you're a pedo or you're a child being groomed by pedos. why would you like the idea of a child being sexualised? like it's not a normal feeling to have go to a fucking therapist.

funny thing was this moron also had "AAM" aka "adult attracted minors" in their DNI list aka... normal people?? like- minors who feel romantic attraction(as not all people experience romantic attraction and that's normal and valid) are most likely going to be attracted to people around their age or older, younger is wrong because the person is much less developed than you and humans are wired to NOT be attracted to humans significantly less developed physically and mentally, which is part of the reason WHY being a pedophile is wrong, it's inherently harmful for both the pedophile and especially the minor they are attracted to, it's an uncontrollable sexual desire that is literally classified scientifically as a mental illness. a minor being attracted to an adult is extremely normal, it's part of growing up for someone with romantic attractions, in fact it's a GOOD sign(again, specifically for kids with romantic attractions) as it shows their attractions are developing and not stuck at a certain age. it's so disgusting how these freaks will pretend that children are disgusting for being normal ass people just growing up while they're the mentally ill sickos who wanna fuck kids, which is ACTUALLY HARMFUL.

"wah wah they're fictional" and? you're getting turned on by a character your brain perceives as a child.

"wah wah what about violence in fiction!" it's usually showcased in a negative or unrealistic light, and if it's not it's by an edgy teen who's trying to cope with their knowledge of death in an unhealthy way, showing a naked kid doing a hentai face or getting raped by an adult as "cute" or "hot" is showing pedophilia in a positive light and has ONLY negative effects. violence shouldn't be shown as positive either, but the thing is, again, it almost NEVER is. slapstick is unrealistic cartoonishness which helps humans to remove themselves from the violence, it's also usually in retaliation to another character trying to hurt them, as in, it's self defense.

"wah wah it's my coping mechanism because I'm a CSA survivor!" and it's been proven to be an unhealthy coping mechanism, it's literally your brain trying to normalise those acts so they feel less gross and awful, but they WERE gross and awful and your brain should KNOW that, and PROCESS that rather than hide from it via unhealthy coping. get a therapist, and if your therapist is the one who suggested this terrible coping mechanism, get a different therapist. that sort of coping mechanism is what turns CSA survivors into the abuser themself, there's several accounts of people who were raped as children becoming attracted to children later in life because of it.

"wah wah anti!" GOOD. I FUCKING LOVE BEING AN ANTI. I HATE PEDOPHILES AND SO SHOULD LITERALLY EVERYONE. aww antis harass you? good. you're literally giving pedophiles an in to groom kids with of you're not the pedophile yourself(which you most likely are) and both of those options mean you absolutely deserve to be "harassed", you actually deserve to be ARRESTED, so consider yourself LUCKY that all that happens is people you can block at any time rightfully telling you how disgusting you are. fucking kill yourself assholes, you make the internet a safespace for child rapists.

[sketching-shark]

why the hell does "shadowpeach" exist lol. this is just another toxic shipping like "catradora" and I swear both are incestuous since they are siblings (not sure about wukong and lieur but its implied they are brothers), plus they both hate each other with a passion and tried to kill each other.

fdsaewaef okay anon because I have Opinions & know that people can get pretty upset over shipping I'm going to put my thoughts under the cut. Don't like don't read goes both ways <3

lmao fully aware that I'm probably the only one to think so but I really do find it funny that people keep comparing the dynamics of Sun Wukong & Macaque to Adora and Catra because from what I remember Adora was extremely hesitant to fight Catra no matter how awful she was whereas Sun Wukong was trying to kill Macaque from day 1 as soon as he found out he was going after Xiaotian. Monkie Kid does have its flaws, but I am glad that they kept the monkey king's og classic characterization of immediately going for the throat of anyone who tries to kill his friends and family.

Other heroes when some absolute ass of a villain makes an attempt on the lives of those they care about: "Sure, you've been terrorizing me for days & have tried your damnedest to murder & destroy everything I love & have repeatedly demonstrated that there is no depths you won't sink to in your vindictive quest to break me into what you want, but I'm not going to hurt you because you're still my friend & I will bend over backwards to help you 'redeem' yourself no matter how many times you brutalize me!"

Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the second someone threatens his loved ones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6y6chb0Qq8

but anyway yeah it has been a pretty annoying trend over the past couple of years that the ships people keep hyping to frankly ridiculous degrees as the best out there are those where the characters involved loathe each other up until the last second when the plot suddenly decides that wuv conquers all actshually or where it's the same ol' story of "wah you were my friend but then you weren't & so now I'm going to be a violently miserable asshole to you & everyone you love all while the plot & fanbase refuse to hold me accountable for my shit & also where you get blamed for my atrocious behavior but we're still paired together anyway even though everyone's mad at you for me being a shitgoblin."

Now I do need to note that I haven't seen Season 3 myself at this stage, but I do know that in Monkie Kid Sun Wukong did apparently literally kill Macaque. So in that regard the shadow monkey does have a very understandable reason to be enraged at the monkey king. And honestly that just makes me dislike shadowpeach even more than I did beforehand. Besides that just being a terrible place to start from, Sun Wukong is now more than ever left holding the blame for Macaque's relentlessly shitty behavior (but stg one of the funniest things about this is seeing people in the Monkie Kid fandom pour over JTTW to figure out other character's motivations but when it comes to the Six Eared Macaque & his og background of trying to murder-replace Sun Wukong everyone's like "suddenly I could not read <3") & for as much romantic tension as people keep insisting they have it's more like Macaque is just violently obsessed with getting revenge on Sun Wukong to the detriment of literally everything else in his 2nd chance life while Sun Wukong couldn't care less about Macaque unless Mr. Six Ears is barging into his business to try to ruin it. So it's like...why am I supposed to find this romantic?

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN GOING INTO THE WEIRD WAYS IN WHICH THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF SUN WUKONG & THE SIX EARED MACAQUE'S STORY KEEPS GETTING PUSHED ASIDE FOR THE SAKE OF SHIPPING.

Look, I totally get that when you're taking on a myth for a fan continuation or a reinterpretation then things are going to change. And I'll be the first to acknowledge that there is a metric ton of exceedingly cursed JTTW reinterpretations out there that make even the worst flaws of Monkie Kid seem benign. But honestly it's really disappointing that the og interpretation of Sun Wukong and the Six Eared Macaque as two manifestations of the same mind (or mind monkey, if you will), that the Six Eared Macaque is in fact the embodiment of Sun Wukong's worst traits that he must overcome, that as such they have often been interpreted as brothers, keeps getting buried in western fandom. Honestly to me that dynamic is just so much more interesting & holds so many more possibilities than anything you could do with a shipping dynamic, not just because it presents a really fascinating way that you could explore the contradictory thoughts and desires that every person has, but also how personal ambitions can get warped into frightening things to the point where you don't even recognize yourself, and then how you might go from there. idk, kind of feels like another bit of monoculturalization :(

Plus it's like friends of all the figures on God's green Earth that you could have shipped everyone's favorite overpowered simian with you really insist on pairing him with the dude who is literally famous for having run around in a Sun Wukong fursuit declaring that he's the one and only monkey king (X_X)

[lynxfrost13]

wah ty for the tag Remornia!!!

1. named after anyone? For my real name my ma named me after some princess or other + my dad agreed bc it was a US state too lmao. Lee comes from that so it also counts I guess?

2. last time I cried? Aw geez its been a good minute, I'm not really a crier

3. kids? pregnancy terrifies me!! I don't think I'd be a good parent and I don't really want kids (I do like em tho, they're fun! I'm just a pushover and would be terrible at being firm with my own hypothetical kiddos)

4. sports? used to be big into basketball, I wasn't good necessarily but I did like it!

5. sarcasm? I participate in it pretty often!

6. first thing i notice about something? uhhh for like physical things? Shapes i guess! With people I tend to notice nose shapes a lot??

7. eye color? hazel (the dominantly green type)

8. scary movies / happy endings? I like both, but my ass is a sucker for tragedy...

9. talents? art I guess? but thats more of a skill lmao!

10. place of birth? USA! u don't get state this time sorry

11. hobbies? art, video games, swing dancing, worldbuilding

12. pets? one single beaft hound

13. height? 5'4

14. fav school subject? english was my strongest and favorite

15. dream job? I'd LOVE to be a concept artist one day for video games n movies n such

@thewrldlooksred @bi-pan-whiteout @kestrel-wylde @star-ar512 @zazanyanya @yaoi-goth @dudelymantits and anyone else who wants to!! No pressure to yall who I've tagged ^^

Tagged by @vampvalerian , ty :>

1. named after anyone? My deadname was after my great grandfather but none of my chosen names are after anyone.

2. last time I cried? Unsure, I dont cry often.

3. kids? I would never want to give birth but i am not opposed to having kids if i found the right person / i would be willing to adopt.

4. sports? Used to be really into horseback riding when I was younger and did competitions. I wish i could get back into it.

5. sarcasm? I am very sarcastic but i sometimes struggle to understand when other people are being sarcastic.

6. first thing i notice about something? Word choice, the way they speak, typing style, etc.

7. eye color? Blue

8. scary movies / happy endings? I love horror movies where everyone is miserable.

9. talents? Drawing i guess. Music has always come very naturally to me but I can't read sheet music most of the time. I'd like to think I am an okay writer but i'm not really sure.

10. place of birth? New York

11. hobbies? Video games, drawing, autistic elopement, writing / rp, doing various crafts, researching things i'm interested in.

12. pets? 2 cats and 2 leeches

13. height? 5'4

14. fav school subject? Any kind of science (particularly life sciences). Fav class in high school was my forensics elective.

15. dream job? Forensic pathologist or pathologist assistant.

Tagging @malecius @lynxfrost13 @vampirephlebotomy @luvtm @pegasicore and whoever else wants to

[imsodishy]

Tag 10 people you want to get to know better!

tagged by @biillyhargroves Thanks! 🥰

Relationship Status: Single, with no interest in mingling

Favourite Colour: Purple. Specifically lavender, but I also like darker jewel tone purples too.

Favourite Food: Potatoes. Not to sound like a hobbit but there is a million ways to use them and they’re all delicious. If I could live on scalloped potatoes I would.

Song Stuck In Your Head: The Guitar Man by Bread, which mostly means I’ve been walking around my apartment making wah-waaAAHHhhaaa-wah guitar noises.

Time: 7:44 pm

Dream Trip: I have absolutely zero wanderlust. I am a terrible tourist, i just wanna stay home... I guess maybe Montreal, simply because my best friend lives there and I miss her.

Last Book You Read: It has honestly been a while since I read anything new, but I think it was Vicious by V.E. Schwab, which I quite liked. And interesting take on superpowers and the people who have them.

Last Book You Enjoyed Reading: Other thank Vicious (which i did enjoy) I reread Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk recently, which I imprinted on in highschool and still enjoy. (Currently rereading the Shining which I always enjoy)

Last Book You Hated Reading: I gave up on a book called... I don’t actually remember the name, but it was awful. Terrible case of teenage girls being written by a middle aged man and I just couldn’t take it. I just checked my bookcase and I seem to have gotten rid of it. It was horror, a haunting story. I think it had ‘ghost’ in the title? I really don’t remember but it  was terrible.

Favourite Thing To Cook/Bake: I love cooking a stew (potatoes!) it’s such high reward for relatively low effort, plus yummy.

Favourite Craft To Do In Your Free Time: The only crafts I do these days are with my niece so it’s mostly like, toilet paper roll butterflies, which are pretty fun ngl.

Most Niche Dislike: The smell of cut grass. Hate it.

Opinion On Circus(es): My older sister did trampoline and acrobatics in her teens so Cirque du Soleil was a big deal in our house, been to see it live a bunch of times, and I enjoyed it.

Do You Have A Sense Of Direction: Yeah, a pretty good one. I don’t know like, which way is north, but if I wander around an unfamiliar city for a day I can pretty successfully find my way back to the hotel or whatever.

Tagging: @grabmyboner @ghostlynimbus @emeraldwitches @ariesbilly @hephaestn as ever, no pressure, but also @ anyone who wants to!

[teruthecreator]

happy birthday mich my friend mich i love u so much... u are genuinely one of THE funniest fucking people i have ever known full stop you are quick and witty and such a genuinely kind person.. i love seeing u in my notes and whenever u rb my deltarune posts with tag novels i get SO excited to read them and add them to show everyone like look! look how funny and galaxy brain my friend michelle is!! and u give such great advice and i appreciate it so much and take it all to heart u are so clever and creative and your fics have actually made me tear up bc theyre that good mich i love u SO MUCH u have no idea!

OROSWELL MY FRIEND ROSWELL I LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUU i literally so loved today WAH. I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH I HUG AND KISS ALL OF YOU. but oh my god roswell it is a delight to goof around with you i still remember when we watched h*lluva b*ss and it was so bad and terrible but then i started bossifying marshal mathers and you just went INSANE and were like reminding me to add bits and it's moments like that where i'm just genuinely so happy i found the people in my life. BAD AND AWFUL AS OUR PAST MAY BE......................taz amnesty did one thing right.

ONE. ABSOLUTELY ONE. I SHIT YOU NOT I DONT THINK I AM IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE FROM THAT ERA OTHER THAN YOU. and it was meant to be <3 also love how i assume ur a fellow undertale historian but i have more years on you gjgrjhrgbhjrgbgrhjgrhj but AGH i just love you so much thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! screaming crying sobbing etc

[pocket-luv101]

Summary: Tetsu calls Misono and tells her their son is missing. (Tetsono, Fem Misono)

“I feel bad for leaving Tetsu to take care of Yuu alone while I go out for drinks. He was the one who insisted I go out to relax but he has a lot on his hands. Business has picked up now that it’s winter break and a lot of people are visiting for vacation.” Misono sat in a restaurant with her sister and friends. “I’m sorry I’m not much company today. I can’t help but worry about Yuu and Tetsu.”

“Alicein woman are a lot of things but mostly worriers when it comes to their family.” Lily chuckled as he glanced between Misono and Mikuni. The sisters pouted at him but their expression only made him smile wider. It was moments like these where he could see the resemblance between the two sisters. “You are both very bright but you tend to over think the problem and drive yourselves crazy.”

He recalled a memory of when they were children and said: “When you first came to the manor, Misono, you had your own wing. Mikuni was worried people wouldn’t hear you cry so far away. She took a sleeping bag and camped next to your crib. Later, I went to check on Mikuni and thought she was missing after I found her bed empty. The entire staff spent hours searching for Mikuni but she was only protecting her sister.”

“You said we overreact but that story just shows that we’re not as bad as others.” Misono retorted and everyone at the table laughed. “Yuu started crawling a month ago and we have to chase him down the halls sometimes. When Tetsu takes him to work, we have to keep the nursery’s door closed or else he’ll escape into the onsen. Imagine when he starts to walk.”

Tetsu had converted a room at the onsen into a nursery for Yuu. He inherited his family’s business and he felt responsible to do his best. Yet, he also wanted to be a good father. Between the staff at the Alicein manor and Tetsu’s onsen, they were fortunate enough to have a lot of people to help them watch over their son. “I can’t believe it’s almost his birthday.”

“We must throw a big party!” Mikuni decided. “I already have my presents for him picked out. We should talk about what you’re going to get him so we don’t buy the same thing.”

Their conversation was interrupted when her phone rang. Tetsu’s name flashed on the screen and she became worried that something happened at the resort. The others must’ve noticed her fears because Mahiru placed a hand on her shoulder. Misono forced a smile to reassure them. “Tetsu’s calling but it’s probably nothing.”

Misono answered the call. She couldn’t hear Yuu crying through the phone so she was slightly reassured. She hoped that he merely needed her help to find one of Yuu’s toys. “Misono, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that Yuu started walking.”

“He took his first steps? This is great! I wish he would’ve waited for me to come home so I could’ve seen him walk for the first time. You have to send me a video, Tetsu. I’m coming home right now.” Misono excitedly jumped to her feet. She had a proud smile on her face and it was so wide that it started to hurt her cheeks. Lily stood and jingled his car keys, signalling that he would drive them to the onsen.

She placed a few bills on the table but then she paused. “Wait, you said there was bad news too. Did he fall and hurt himself? We babyproofed the nursery already.”

“I was playing with him and I forgot to close the nursery door. He walked out and I lost him in the crowd. I think he’s still in the resort but I haven’t found him yet.”

“What?” Misono screamed.

“There’s another good news. Yuu’s pretty fast.” She knew that Tetsu was trying to say something to make her feel better but his words didn’t help.

A million terrible scenarios appeared in her mind and she started to panic. Yuu was still a small toddler so people could accidentally walk into him without seeing him. He might wandered into a hot spring. What if someone decided to kidnap her son? “Lily, we need to go to the onsen right now! Get me there as quickly as possible. I don’t care how many people we run over!”

“Misono, let’s stay calm.” Mahiru took her friend’s arm. She was a mother as well so she understood why she was worried for her child’s safety. “It’ll be quicker if I take you home on my broom. We don’t have to worry about traffic. Mikuni, Lily, meet us at the hot spring.”

With Mahiru’s help, Misono was able to return home quickly. They landed near the back entrance and Misono rushed inside. She ran down the hall to Yuu’s nursery and noticed Tetsu in the hall ahead of her. She stopped in front of him and he caught her when she started to fall forward. Between the short run and the panic, she was out of breath.

“I already told the staff to help look for Yuu. My sister is watching the front entrance so no one can leave with him.” He told her. Tetsu felt Misono relax in his arms but that only made his guilt rise. When he saw Yuu take his first steps, he was in awe that he could only watch him. The moment Yuu walked out the door, he jumped back to reality. He chased after him but he lost him in the hall. “I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. We just need to find Yuu.” She said and he nodded. Misono knew that Tetsu loved their son and he wouldn’t let anything happen to him. Her mind raced as she thought of the most effective way to find Yuu. “Tell me the area you’ve already searched. Maybe we can play that nursery song he likes. He might make him sing along and we’ll be able to hear him.”

She stopped when she felt something run into her leg. Misono looked down and she was relieved to find Yuu hugging her. She sank onto her knees and gathered his tiny body into her arms. She felt strong arms around her and she knew that it was Tetsu hugging them. “You gave me a heart attack, Yuu. Where were you?”

“Wah?” He was too young to answer her question. She was so relieved that she forgot her early panic and merely stroked his violet hair. Misono didn’t know where he went but she noticed small crumbs on his cheeks. She wondered if he went into the kitchen but the staff would’ve seen him and told Tetsu.

“Did you go on an adventure?” Tetsu asked and Yuu tilted his head slightly. Their answer came when they notice Hugh walking down the hall.

“Did something happen?” He asked when he saw the family. Hugh could see the slight tension in their shoulders and how they held Yuu protectively. “Yuu walked into the waiting room and I gave him some biscuits. You two didn’t tell me that he could walk yet so I was surprised when he came in. Then, he heard your voices and walked out to go to you.”

“He just started walking a few minutes ago.” Misono was glad that the situation was resolved quickly. She leaned her head against Tetsu’s strong shoulder and melted into his reassuring warmth. Now that the panic was gone, she could see how frantic she was acting and began to giggle. Yuu didn’t understand why she was laughing but he started laugh along with her.

“He’s fast like I told you he was.” Tetsu said proudly and patted his head.

They heard a commotion from the entrance where Mikuni and Lily crash into the onsen. “Who kidnapped my nephew?”

[peach-pops]

hi bby could i maybe get a romantic haikyuu matchup🥺👉🏻👈🏻 im a straight female w she/her pronouns. im just under 5'1 w medium-long straight blonde hair that i usually leave down or in 2 french braids and have blue eyes. in summer i wear flowy cute shirts and graphic tees w jean shorts and in cooler weather leggings and sweater, and i basically live in Birkenstocks lol. I love reading, playing video games (Pokemon, overwatch, Minecraft, Skyrim etc) sewing/costuming, acting/musical theatre 1/2

im v active/athletic & love hiking/backpacking, surfing, gymnastics, etc. Im often both the mom and baby of the group and always try to be available, helpful, & caring to the people around me esp friends. Im v responsible & respectful but when Im around friends it can def turn into crackhead hours. i look for someone who can make me laugh & puts in equal effort into a relationship, & tbh im probably a lil touch starved oop. My anthem would probs be everybody wants to rule the world hehe 2/2💖

I’ve never heard anything more relatable than “both the mom and baby of the group”. It makes no sense but at the same time, I completely understand. I hope you like your ship and btw Sweetheart,You’re Glowing is literally one of my fav Shinsou pieces 🥰 Matchups are open and you can find the rules here or in my bio!

I ship you with Bokuto!

I don’t think just anyone can handle Bokuto’s chaotic personality, but your active personality is a perfect match for him. If hiking, surfing, AND gymnastics doesn’t wear you out, being with Bokuto is a BREEZE!

There will be occasional days where you two would lounge around and relax at home but for the most part, your weekends would consistent of leaving pretty early in the morning and then arriving back at home fairly late in the evening. 

I’m talking jam-packed dates that last HOURS cause ya know it’s always an adventure with Bo. There’s a nature ground not too far from where you two live so you can bet you both work it into your routine but no matter how many times you both hike, it’s always a diff experience each time

“ WOAH Y/N! Check this lil guy out!”

“ Wah- don’t touch it! You don’t know where that lizard has been!”

“ Aw but babe! It looks like Tsuki!” 

“ Bokuto that’s kinda rude- oh wait it kinda does...”

Also, lets take a moment to imagine Bokuto learning how to surf

I don’t think he’s too clumsy but I think he would have a hard time trying to stay up on the board BUT unlike volleyball, everytime he fell off (no matter how nasty of a fall it was) he would always swim back up and smile back at you like “ Ah one more time! I think I got it down!” 

The funniest part would be while you two are on your boards waiting for a wave and because this man can’t physically be quiet, he’ll say the weirdest things

“Babe-There are fish in here-like actual fish swimming and living in the water.”

“ Uh yeah dude, it’s the ocean.”

“ Do you have a favorite fish? Mine is an octopus but Kuroo says that they aren’t considered fish which doesn’t even make sense since they live in the water and swim-what do you think?”

“ Sorry Bo but Kuroo is right, an octopus is a cephalopod, ya know like a squid or whatever.” 

“...damn it...”

( to cheer him up, you bought him a lil octopus plushie and now, it’s his favorite so good job of feeding his addiction of animal plushies)

One day before a game of his, he INSISTED on trying to learn how to french braid your hair and you were a bit hesitant since it probably wouldn’t turn out the best but you can’t ignore a pouty Bo u just cant. 

Of course, you were right and the braids were a lil messy and he got sooo emo so to cheer him up, you told him you would wear the braids to his game (even tho yes they were REALLY sloppy) and I swear he visably swooned 

The best thing about dating Bokuto is that he really does his best to make sure you’re always happy and content. Whether it’s him asking a billion times “are you sure you’re not cold?” and then still giving you his jacket even when you say no or him trying to do terrible impressions of his teammates to make you laugh when you’re feeling down, he always puts you first

[whitetigerdemoness]

The epilogue! Just wrapping some loose ends up.

A fox will tell you a thousand lies without once saying anything that isn't true.

Master Post of All Chapters

“Today the most sensational trial of the decade concluded with a guilty plea from Gabriel Agreste, better known to most as Hawkmoth. Mr. Agreste has been sentenced to serve only ten years of prison time, a most controversial decision. One month ago his final akuma rampage killed no less than forty one people, this reporter included. By only one deciding vote the jury has decided ‘not guilty’ to the accusations as thanks to Ladybug no permanent damage was found to be done. Additional charges included-”

Nathaniel tapped the x in the corner of the video to close it and shut his eyes with a sigh. Nadia looked tense in the report, clearly not agreeing with the verdict, and he sympathized with her. That same sympathy was why the jury had voted the way they did. Mr. Agreste may have pleaded guilty, but he still had very good lawyers. They spun a thrilling tale of desperation and love, a man grieving his fallen wife (who had secretly been a superhero) and doing anything he could to revive her. The fact that Paon was now a public hero (the peacock miraculous being repaired) only helped matters for him. With Hawkmoth gone Paon was more of an everyday hero, using her sentimonsters to help with things such as construction and rescuing kittens from trees, but the city adored her. Knowing Mrs. Agreste personally Nathaniel knew she did it out of guilt for what Gabriel had done to the city to revive her. 

Speaking of heroes he knew personally, Marinette had been lightly hinting that he and Marc should come out with her, Adrien, and Luka on a double date. Nathaniel supposed being the embodiment of a luck based superhero was good for something. Nathaniel was felt he was lucky just to have one boyfriend. A boyfriend he was currently hiding on the school roof to avoid. Not that there was a problem with Marc! No the problem was entirely with Nathaniel, or rather his memories. In his final moments, Reverser had attempted to use his powers to allow Nathaniel to keep his memories of his time as an akuma. Due to the miraculous cure it had half worked. One moment he could be looking into Marc’s dazzling green eyes in the art room, and the next he would be looking into a different, otherworldly pair of green. His treacherous mind giving him flashes of warm lips and an even warmer body against his own. He was sixteen, male, and not at all equipped to deal with sudden feelings bowling him over out of nowhere.

So he did what any boy his age would do in that situation and ran away to hide on the roof in hopes that the cold air would help those ‘feelings’ go away. Why did his akuma self have to be so-so...bold! Penknight might have been able to just kiss his boyfriend whenever and wherever he wanted, but Nathaniel sometimes worried his heart was going to explode just holding hands. Sure, he was a little more confident in private, but a sudden urge to heavily makeout in the middle of a public space? Not possible. 

“Nath?” Marc popped his head around the corner. The sound Nathaniel made was not manly. The bastard had the nerve to laugh at him. Face burning, Nathaniel scooted back to where he had been sitting before Marc decided to jump-scare him halfway across the roof. Said boy sat down next to him, their shoulders touching.

“It happened again, didn’t it?” Marc asked, resting his head on his knees. “Judging from the look on your face before you ran I’d say it was a pleasant memory.” He teased.

“It um,” Nathaniel coughed to try and prevent his throat from closing up, “It was.” They both blushed and looked away from each other.

“...You know,” Marc began “One of these days you’re going to have to actually give me more details about what you keep seeing other than ‘hrk’ ‘gack’ ‘hnnng!’ and changing the subject. I mean, with how red your face goes I can guess, but it would be nice to have it confirmed if I still have my virginity or not.” ‘Hrk’, ‘gack’, and ‘hnnng!’, plus more were included in the intelligent reply Nathaniel tried to stammer out. His only consolation was Marc looked just as embarrassed. 

“We-” The redhead started, then took a deep breath for strength. “We didn’t go...that far. Hawkmoth was...watching.” Nathaniel left out the part where the villain had been gone for several hours, leaving the two to their own devices. He was in the area of 90% sure they hadn’t gone farther than making out, and fervently hoped he was right. If just remembering kissing sent him into fits, he would probably die if he suddenly recalled...other things. Time to change the subject.

“So um, you usually don’t come after me when I get overwhelmed from remembering stuff. What are you up here hiding from?” Marc had offered, when the flashbacks first started, but Nathaniel needed the time alone to sort out what he was feeling, after.

“Berger and his cronies are here.” Ugh, that man. 

“They really don’t seem to care about those restraining orders, do they?” Nathaniel sighed. “Who are they after today, Adrien, Lila, or us?” While Adrien still roamed the city as Chatnoir, only a select few knew who was behind the mask. The Wah Wah were more interested in him as the son of Hawkmoth and Paon. The interviews and public admissions to her identity the first time she had become Volpina had really come back around to bite Lila in the ass. She had been publicly declared innocent of any all and crimes committed while Volpina, as cured akumas were acknowledged to have no memory or control of their akuma actions, but the zealous Office of Akuma Affairs hounded her without mercy. Nathaniel had zero sympathy for her, as she had outed him and Marc as Penknight and Prism the first chance she got to try and take some pressure off her own skin. It didn’t work, and now all three of them had to deal with idiots stalking them.

“Anyone they can sink their claws in I guess. Principal Damocles was arguing with them by the entrance when Rose let me know they were here. I figured freezing my ass off up here with you was the better alternative than trying to sneak past them.” Marc grumbled, pulling his knees in tighter. Early March in Paris was not the best weather to be sitting around outside without a coat in. Nathaniel hesitantly put an arm around him. Marc snuggled into his side with a sigh. 

“Sorry, the roof seemed like a good idea at the time.” Nathaniel apologized. Marc didn’t reply, only scooting closer. “We could probably sneak into the library from here if you would like to go back inside?” 

“Oh my god yes. If I stay out here any longer I’m going to be a popsicle.” Marc wasted no time jumping to his feet and pulling Nathaniel along with him. Letting himself be pulled along, Nathaniel smiled, grateful that this entire ordeal had ended on a happy note.

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“Thank you so much for letting me wait for Marinette! She’s been so helpful tutoring me.” Lila waved to Mr and Mrs Dupain-cheng, her smile fading as she climbed into Marinette’s room and out of sight. She didn’t know how it had happened, but after being cured she had lost her place as the class favorite to Marinette. She had tried every trick she could think of, saying that Nadia and Jagged had been forced by Penknight to claim not to know her. That Hawkmoth had manipulated her for his own ends. That she was just a poor victim in that awful fiasco, but nothing had worked. The class had neatly split down the middle between her supporters and Marinette’s. Heck, Nathaniel had been outright hostile to her.

She had used his animosity as an excuse to switch classes and while her new class was happy to give her the admiration she deserved, she could not, would not, accept that Marinette had beaten her. Glancing about the girl’s room she looked for anything she could use to incriminate her. To blackmail her. Hell, even to just plain HURT her. She picked up a ladybug bug shaped box on Marinette’s desk and looked for a way to open it. Figures the girl would be a Ladybug fan. Running her hands over the spots, she felt one give slightly. When she pressed again a compartment opened, revealing a silver and purple butterfly pin. 

The compartment came all the way out and could be folded over into a small box. Much more convenient than taking the entire thing. Lila pocketed the first box and reached out to touch another spot, only to hear footsteps coming up the stairs. Hastily, she set the box back on the desk just in time for Marinette to appear.

“What are you doing here?” Marinette growled. 

“Marinette! I came to apologize.” Lila turned up the charm. “This past month, in my new class, well some distance from the situation really made me realize how horribly I treated you and-” Marinette cut her off.

“I don’t believe any of that for a second.” She fumed. “What are you really doing here?”

“Marinette” Lila sighed. “Can’t we ever put all this passed us and be friends?” She smiled.

“Not until you prove you’ve actually changed. Sneaking into my room while I’m not here is a terrible start.”

“If we can’t have an honest conversation, I should just go…” Lila trailed off, schooling her expression into a remorseful one.

“Please do.” Marinette was not moved. She did hold the door open for Lila and walk her all the way out, no doubt to keep an eye on her. Lila didn’t mind. She might not have gotten anything world ending from this trip, but maybe she could at least pawn the pin in her pocket for some cash. The thing looked as though it was made of real silver, sure to be worth a good amount.

Oh yes, she had a good feeling about how this was going to end.

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Well there you have it, that's it for Holloa. Will there be a sequel? Perhaps. It is canon that there is a Hawkmoth several years in the future. Not sure how I would go with making that Hawkmoth Lila without her knowing who Ladybug was, or at least where to get the rest of the miraculous since she picked up the Butterfly from Marinette. Oh wait I do have an idea....hm. Maybe. I'll think about it ok. Lila makes the most sense out of everyone to be Hawkmoth 2.0

[confusedcuriousjungleambivert]

This is my contribution for the Nanbaka Secret Santa Event of this year! My giftee was @darkthiefofamestris and I hope you will like it at least! You can also read it under the cut. Enjoy :D

A pill for the heart

Nico wasn’t a big fan of waking up. When he was younger he didn’t have a roof over his head and sometimes found himself wishing to not wake up. Then he ended up in the medical reform school, where his trypanophobia implemented its roots. He couldn’t have a good night’s rest, having nightmares about the horrifying needles and medications he had to endure only to escape few days before it came. But even then it wasn’t good, going back to being a child on the streets.

But then he met (or, better said, re-met) with three other boys his age that made his days happier. And together the four of them ended in Nanba Prison, becoming cellmates. Slowly and surely, they became like family to him. And one of them became even his lover.

Even if his blanket was puffier and warmer, his mangas and animes came more frequently than before and his medicaments became strictly oral, accompanied with his favorites flavours, waking up didn’t become a treasured moment in his day.

But because of Uno it did.

Their beds were always right next to each other, even before they became an official couple, but only recently did they start to only share one, cuddling under the same blanket in a mess of limbs and long hair. Sometimes Uno left his hair unbraided for the night and Nico really enjoyed having it around him, with a sweet scent of coconut shampoo embracing him (sometimes it got in his mouth and it wasn’t that funny anymore, especially when it got tangled in his uniform’s zipper, but it was comfortable nonetheless).

It was all worth it, though. Now he got to wake up in a sweet embrace and look sleepily at the one boy he felt closer than with anyone else he had ever met. Sure, it still felt weird to have someone’s hot breathe into your face or that close to it, but in Nico’s sleepy state it didn’t matter that much. He usually woke up for a few minutes during the night, not used yet to long periods of rest, found himself looking up at his boyfriend and fell asleep back with a small smile on his lips, safe and happy.

Yamamoto coming in their cell in waking everyone up, though, made it all harder to like waking up. Nico hated exercising, especially so early in the morning.

“Good morning, my friends! It is time for our morning workout, hahaha!”

Every prisoner groaned, despising that time of the day. They were still teenagers, after all, if they could they would have slept all morning. Nico especially, nuzzling back in Uno’s chest, trying to hide under the cover.

No luck, though, as Yamamoto grabbed him by the collar and held him up like he weight nothing.

“Come on, inmate 25! Some exercise would do you good, you are young at heart and your body has to be prepared for the responsibilities of adulthood!”

“Wah, Yamamoto, I don’t wanna, it’s way too early in the morning! Why do you take me up and not Jyugo-kun, we are the same age and he’s weaker than me!”

“Number 25, stop whining!” a familiar voice came from down the hall, followed by the heavy steps of Hajime. “Yamamoto, put number 25 down. He’s going to come and take his medicine first. Now come.”

“Yay, Hajime saved me!” Nico jumped out of Yamamoto’s grip with a new found force and energy, fueled up by his happiness.

“Awe, that’s not fair, why does Nico get to always play the medicine card?” Rock complained loudly, being shaken by a laughing Yamamoto.

“Because we all know what happens when he doesn’t get his medicine.” A shiver run through Nico’s inmates spines at the same time and Hajime frowned, everyone recalling the limited memories they had with that side of Nico. They hoped they would never see it again.

“Nico, bring me something sweet back from the doctor, okay?” Uno screamed after his boyfriend, dragged by Yamamoto before he even had the time to braid his long hair.

“Okay!” Nico waved at the pile of boys dragged by a normal Yamamoto, skipping along  in the other direction with a pacing Hajime. “Which medicine is today, Hajime-chan?”

“I don’t know.”

“Is it for my low sugar level?”

“I don’t know.”

“My short term memory loss?”

“I don’t know.”

“My blood cells problem?”

“I don’t know.”

“Oh, do you think they discovered something new?” Nico gasped, momentarily stopping in his tracks, little stars sparkling in his eye. “What if they discovered something out of this world in my DNA, like in that new manga I started reading?” he gasped again. “This means I will have to burden the big responsibility of saving the planet from a great force they have never anticipated! Wait, but does this mean that I will have to train myself? Ugh, I hate training myself, especially with Yamamoto, he has no limits! But also, I heard that in the new volume the protagonist’s love interest will be kidnapped and used as bait to lure him out.” His arms franatically fly around, planting his feet in front of the guard to stop him. “Hajime-chan, what if someone kidnaps Uno?! I am still weak, I haven’t trained yet!”

“That would be impossible, no one escaped Nanba Prison before.” He moved the inmate around with ease, making sure he wouldn’t try anything out of his normal behavior.

“Ah, that’s right, only Jyugo is still playing around. Oh, then if he can escape Nanba will he become some sort of celebrity? Will tv people come here and take interviews? I always wondered how it is like to be famous. Have you ever appeared on TV, Hajime-chan? Though I guess your brother is more the type to do that, he is very cute and would make a wonderful TV host.”

“Inmate, stop talking about my brother. We have arrived.”

“Huh? Where were we going again?”

“To get your medicine. You obviously need your memory ones.”

Nico giggled at Hajime’s unintentional joke. He had to admit, he was always looking forward to his medication time because everything tasted so good and he felt better after he took his pills. He could take one of his pills and then eat a strawberry from the cake Rock gave him to try while escaping prison and he couldn’t tell the difference when it came to taste.

He was always wondering what flavor he would get that day, maybe lemon or something more salty, like caramel, or maybe even tiramisu. He was once afraid he would get obsessed by the pills unhealthily, but the doctor knew how to make each one feel like enough for his tummy.

In the infirmary, the doctor greeted by announcing that today he had to take a new special treatment made especially for his heart. Nico was a little puzzled, he couldn’t remember what heart problems he had, but then again he couldn’t count on two hands half his affections. Nonetheless, he took it and left out an ecstatic noise at the cherry flavor. The doctor run some more tests and then let him go.

On the way back, Nico skipped happily, ranting about everything and anything that crossed his mind. From his favourite flavours to the next coming anime he wished to watch immediately.

And then he felt like his left foot hit something and he hit the ground, face first.

“Inmate, watch your steps! You almost squashed Kuu under you?”

“Kuu?” Nico asked, confused. “Hajime, I can’t see no Kuu.”

There was an indignant ‘meow’ and a little stab of claws on his leg, but Nico still couldn’t see anything. He shrieked and jumped on Hajime out of fear.

“Hajime, I think Kuu is dead and his ghost is hunting the jail!”

“What are you babbling about, idiot? Kuu was just here and left because you tripped over him.” Hajime was silent for a few seconds, inspecting the way Nico was looking around frantically. “Please tell me you are not having any side from the treatment.”

Nico gasped in shock. “It could be! But I was never blind before! Or… partially blind? I can see you and the walls and I could still see everything at the infirmary when we left.”

“That damn doctor, didn’t he say anything about side effects?”

“Not in a while.”

Hajime sighed and took the inmate off of him. They walked back to Nico’s cell, everything going normal so far since the incident with Kuu. Hajime really hoped it would be the only surprise of the day.

“Inmate, we have arrived.”

Nico stared at a wall, his eyes empty of any emotion. He stared for a good few seconds more and then turned to the guard. “Hajime, this is a wall.”

Hajime face palmed, feeling a terrible ache in his stomach.

“Hey, Nico, that’s not nice, man.”

Nico looked around. He was sure the sound came from straight ahead, but he could only see a the wall.

“Yeah, is that a way to talk to your boyfriend? At least say that my muscles are hard like a wall, damn it!”

“Uno, you barely have muscles.”

“Look who’s talking, mister I-Can-Only-Escape-From-Jail!”

“Where is everyone?! I can’t see anyone!”

“They are right in front of you inmate, try to walk forward and you will get into the cell.”

Nico tried Hajime’s advice and made a few steps. It looked like he did nothing, to him the wall was at the exact same distance as before. He turned his head at Hajime, who made a hand gesture to press him on. Nico tried again. The same result. “What the-“ he thought to himself. He tried taking more determined steps. Nothing. And then he started running. It felt like was running on the same patch of earth and not at the same time. The wall even started to get more far away. He tried running faster, but he was already becoming tired.

“Nico, are you okay?” asked Jyugo’s voice.

“Yeah, you look a little sick.” Added Rock from somewhere, somehow feeling like from everywhere.

“What happened?” asked Uno.

“I dunno!” shouted Nico in desperation. “I just went and took my heart medicine and now I can’t see some stuff!” His breathing became sharp, sweat forming on his forehead. Maybe he shouldn’t have skipped working out with Yamamoto. “Ah, I shouldn’t have taken the pill!”

“What pill?”

Nico opened his eyes and jolted up, trying to catch his eratic breathing. Looking around, he was in his cell, early in the morning, with all his sleepy cellmates looking at him worried.

“Nico, did you take some weird experimental thing again?” Uno asked, a little angry. “I swear to God, I will go to that doctor and give him a piece of-“

“It’s okay, I just had a weird dream.” Nico laughed a little, calm now. “Maybe I shouldn’t have eaten so many trusted cherries before sleep.”

“Weird you should say that,” started Jyugo.

“Yeah, Hajime came by some minutes ago and left us this package for you from the doctor, saying he and his wife went on a little vacation.” Rock opened the little zip bag slowly. “He said they are for some heart things and they smell so sickly of cherries.”

“No!” Nico jumped up from his bed and started running around, as away from that bag as possible. “I am NOT taking them!”

“Nico, don’t!” the trio looked all suddenly scared, remembering what will happen if Nico doesn’t take his medication. “Nico, you know you have to take them!” said Uno, running after him with Jyugo and Rock. “Please, for me?”

“No, keep those away from me!”

Just a normal morning at Nanba prison.