#OF COURSE THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP SAVES THE DAY!!!!!!!!! SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scarlettcryptid]

i know there’s some issues but i feel like the people who complain specifically about the villain trio and redemption are lacking reading comprehension since these topics/themes of corruption and hero society’s failings have been a part of the story since the beginning. they’re completely missing the point. what does it mean to be a hero? sure as heck not mercilessly killing villains, even if they are guilty of murder. 

i always found uraraka’s “who saves the heroes?” thing interesting because this series has shown the ugly and the good sides of heroes and villains, right? and then the togachako events of the 290s was frustrating to see because of uraraka’s response, but it still felt like there was still more that needed to happen for her to truly understand. the things toga was saying before she hopped off of gigantomachia made it feel like it would also swing in the other direction, a direction where villains could be seen in a human way.

ALSO do the people complaining not realize that the villain trio were literally affected by the quirk singularity. lmao?

[limeandorange]

The worst part about Nessian is that I can make it work so well in my head… without even changing their original personalities.

Like, seriously. I didn’t need a different Nesta. I didn’t need a different Cassian. I just needed:

Cassian with a bit more humor. Not the self-deprecating kind—actual wit and charm. You know, a Cassian who is more confident, even if it’s a front at first.

No need to write Nesta as someone coping through self-medication. Keep her pride, her sharpness, her walls, those were already powerful traits to explore.

One or two scenes where both of them defend each other without meaning to—where it just slips out, instinctively.

A little less pressure, a little more space. Let the tension simmer instead of forcing it to boil. Here is my idea:

The book could’ve opened with Nesta’s nightmares—her shutting people out, brushing off offers of help, refusing to train her powers. Cassian, unsure of what else he can do, offers what he knows best: physical training, to give her some structure, a way to regain some control. She turns it down because she's tired of being told what to do, of being watched, judged by Feyre's family.

Then, of course, she decides to help when it comes to the troves matter, keep her instinct to shelter Elain, keep the sisters fighting about that. the Kelpie scene goes wrong, bad enough to shake her. And maybe that’s what finally cracks the wall and she agrees to train. She tells herself it’s practical, that staying in the House of Wind means getting an earlier start. Easier than being winnowed from Velaris (or because they kept sending Rhys and she is scared of him).

Cassian leaves for Illyria to work... she ends up in the library to fill the silence, meets Gwyn and eventually they talk about training. Also eventually, she’s introduced to Emerie through Cassian. The friendships form slowly, and so does the training, but with no forcing.

Keep the Cassian and Nesta dynamic charged with mutual push-and-pull and sexual tension.

And then the truth drops. Both the mating bond and Feyre’s pregnancy risks, and something inside Nesta spirals. First, because mating bonds aren't human—another reminder that she no longer is. But more than that, the thought creeps in: that she stole from the Cauldron, took what wasn’t meant for her, and now it's punishing her. Giving her a power she can’t control. A mate who, one day, might kill her—or a future child.

And finally, it settles in her chest that suffocating sense of debt. She remembers watching her sisters waste away from hunger, doing nothing to stop it. And now, even when she wants to do something, all she hears is that there’s no salvation. Feyre saved her but she doesn’t know how to save Feyre.

Meanwhile, Cassian mirrors Nesta’s despair in his own way. He couldn’t save her from the Cauldron. They would’ve died together at Hybern’s hands if not for Elain. Now, Nesta won’t let him in—especially after discovering the mating bond—and he watches, powerless, as she spirals.

He carries other regrets, too. Fifty years locked in Velaris while Rhysand suffered alone. The Illyrians misted by Hybern’s army, etc. His failure to protect those under his command weighs as heavily as her power does on her.

The tension between them builds, sharp words, cold silences, until Nesta finally snaps: “Enough. I need to do something. I have to try.” She refuses to sit and watch her sister fade away like she once did as human. And slowly, she and Cassian begin to work together.

Somehow, that uneasy alliance softens, they start training, researching the Troves or solutions to Feyre’s condition, following ancient clues through Prythian.

If we dont want to change the book ending at all, Nesta can still use her bargaining to save Feyre and give her power back, but maybe make this a more informed choice? Not a deus ex machina.

We can even have the Blood Rite. Briallyn is moving in the shadows, manipulating Illyrians for her own ends. But this time, when Cassian realizes Nesta is missing, he goes after and tracks her, but faces Briallyn in his way to Nesta and gets imprissioned. And in the end, they don’t fight alone, make something more interesting with some Illyrians and the Valkyries deciding to help their generals... It would show that Cassian is respected, not just tolerated, for once.

Sigh. What could’ve been.

[bayfuzzball7050]

My favourite jjba character(s) from each part bc I know it will be more appreciated here than in a Reddit thread

I’ll use this header from now on to yap

Phantom Blood: Speedwagon. Regardless if it’s a whole meme in the community, o genuinely think it’s very brave of him to follow along in an adventure where everyone has powers but he doesn’t. He just raw dog’s every supernatural event and tries his best to be useful. It’s a noble thing.

Battle Tendency: Definitely Caesar Zeppeli. A much more complex and interesting character than his predecessor (William Zeppeli, I mean). I loved his design, personality and charisma regardless if I couldn’t resonate at all with his backstory. I also really enjoyed his rivalry/friendship with Joseph. I’ve always loved the smart/snarky guy x himbo dynamic!

Stardust Crusaders: I love kakyoin with all my heart and soul and I will never shut up about it. I resonated deeply with him since I know personally what it is like to be alone. I like how Araki portrayed his loneliness in a ‘im different than everyone I know’ way where he couldn’t relate to people the way others that. That childhood monologue— god! It hit so, so close to home. I couldn’t help but cry when the scene came up. That is when I realized how much the crusaders mattered to him. A bunch of people ‘like him’ and it’s such a sacred feeling when you’ve been feeling ‘off’ all your life. I also like that he’s always giving little fun facts he’s a bit like yapdollar

Diamond Is Unbreakable: Okuyasu. No question needed. Unlike his brother, Okuyasu is a very kind soul that has never killed anyone (at least on screen) even when he has endured so much abuse from his brother and father alike, something that would ‘justify it’ if he did became an evil character. He stopped looking for a way to kill his father because he can see the good in people and ‘accept them for who they are’. I can’t help but feel a deep sympathy for him. He had taken what his brother had told him about being better off dead so personally to the point where his first question after being healed by Josuke was (paraphrasing bc I don’t remember well) was something like “why did you save me when it would’ve been easier to let me die?”. Josuke came just in time to make him realize how much he actually mattered so he could evolve into the little goofball we all know and love.

Golden Wind: Giorno. I think most people who call him a ‘boring’ or ‘plain’ character often seem to forget that, of course, Giorno will not be a charismatic, sociable, talkative, — joseph — kind of guy. He was severely emotionally and physically neglected in his childhood to the point where showing emotions became useless since he knew he’d be left shaking in his craddle. From this emotional neglect, he started looking up at a gangster as some sort of parental figure. Someone who showed him basic human decency. Later, we get to see his ingenuity in battle. But I think one of the reasons he was so clever in life or death situations was because he has been in a ‘fight or flight’ mode since a very young age. He isn’t even ‘bottling up’ his emotions, he had repressed them deeply inside his brain to survive.

Stone Ocean: The main three. But mainly Foo Fighters bc they’re so silly >_< and I can’t begin to imagine how marvellous it has to be to, one day, become a sentient being

Steel Ball Run: I can’t quite decide between Gyro and Johnny tbh. Johnny is a character who had been always pampered with his ‘rich life’ and was then shocked with the fact that once you’re not useful, or worse, become inconvenient for people, they stop caring about you. I often think about how bad his father was with him, not only rubbing Nicholas’ death all over his face rather often, the whole “God, you took the wrong son” page or just how he never went by to visit him when he had just gotten crippled. It was just plain cruel. Also when they followed Hot Pants to a church and Johnny had to relive some of his most traumatic life experiences again and still try to win. It was one of the best arcs in sbr imo.

Gyro, on another note, wasn’t a son of a wealthy family but had to carry the weight of generations and generations of knowledge on top of the family profession on his shoulders, having to execute a child. He’s also a silly goofball with his jokes that make little to no sense and him trying to explain the spin to johnny in life or death situations always has me cackling up ngl.

Jojolion: I haven’t started to read JOJOLION, but from what I’ve seen, Gappy seems to be a silly goofball who lacks direction and I love that in a man. Also that he’s a 2 x 1 combo, literally.

Jojolands: I haven’t read jojolands either, but good lord they sold me Dragona and Paco when I heard ‘transgender’ and ‘laburantes’. Plus everyone from the Jodio team also seems to be lacking direction and being a pinch silly

[basimdasasonst]

snw spock rant

i've been watching strange new worlds recently, and the prevailing feeling i always leave with, no matter the episode, is that i would like it if not for spock.

don't get me wrong; i'm a tos fan to my core. star trek launched me into a love of sci-fi and space fiction and is the whole reason i'm in university studying astrophysics, why i'm writing a book using said inner astrophysics nerd, why i have any sense of purpose to me, cliche as it is to say. star trek was an integral, important part of my upbringing, and continues to be one of my main interests to this day. i love jim (and i love snw jim! especially after aos kirk (shudders)) and i love bones (i really hope he joins snw soon....leonard mccoy save us....save us leonard mccoy...) and i love scotty and i love spock. but not snw spock.

here's the thing about spock: his internal character conflicts have always had some sort of root in him being not enough/not vulcan enough/not human enough/etc. his struggles with relationships as a result – because, lets face it, both humans and vulcans are social creatures and need friends otherwise society as a whole wouldn't be a thing on either world – make up a core part of his character. in tos, his relationship struggles were nearly purely platonic, with a few offhand remarks about stray crew members having crushes on him (uhura in early first season, chapel in amok time). 

s1e4 "the naked time". spock, right before losing his figurative Marbles, sees "love mankind" written on a wall. later, he goes on to say to jim: "when i feel friendship for you, i'm ashamed." other posts have done and will do better jobs of explaining it, but in conjunction with "sinner" written on the turbolift near jim (about not being able to form lasting relationships with other crewmates because its too much of a power imbalance), the writing on the wall (literally) is that spock is inherently ashamed of his humanity. he has been raised on vulcan to be a vulcan.

his internal conflict is always about him struggling with his human side. he struggles with friendship, he struggles with his humanity, he struggles to be something that people don't immediately deem wrong. as a gay man, and certainly as a young queer child first watching tos, i felt closest to spock not just because of feeling ashamed of part of my cultural heritage, but also because of repression. spock represses these feelings of insecurity, of friendship, of the need for connection in others in a certain way, so much that it causes him pain. growing up gay, his pain was very real to me. writing on the wall. he’s silly and a cool character of course, but he resonated with me in a way that, at the time, i didn’t have anything to resonate with. 

what does this all have to do with me hating snw spock so much? i want to preface this by saying i went into snw really wanting to love it. i saw the intro and the planets and the nebulae and the black hole and the music and was like "damn, this is fucking cool." star trek, to some part of me, was also about the space exploration aspect as much as the characters. the whims of wacky crewmembers and sentient rocks. the impossibly infinite things nature can form on its own. snw looked fun. i really wanted to like it. and you know what? i almost like it.

except for spock. quite literally the only character i have any quarrels with is spock. dehydrated, glistening, oiled up spock. wtf. why is he in a relationship with t'pring? why does he (almost) cheat on her with chapel? and why chapel??????????? chapel has a one-sided (VERY CLEARLY ONE SIDED) crush on him in tos. why is it two sided now. 

what, and i can't stress this enough, the fuck? 

and don't come into my house and tell me "oh you know, it makes sense, because, because then spock gets all hard and Logical and shuts himself off and obviously the reason for that is a breakup–" No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no no no no. i don't care if it makes “sense” it feels so intrinsically wrong to his character. i’ve had much more character development from losing life-long friends than ending barely a year long relationships. spock wouldn’t immediately shut down because he kissed a girl once and then she said “acshually sowwy my work is more important” when that’s the exact sentiment he echoed to t’pring when they broke up.

more importantly, snw spock barely has friends. he calls pike a friend once or twice, but i hardly believe that they're friends. he barely interacts with la'an or erica, he has a few passing conversations with uhura in season 1 on episodes about her that don't really carry into season 2, and otherwise he's just There. he doesn't have friends in snw. the writers are prioritising him having a romantic relationship over a friendship. snw spock needs a friend way more than he needs a bone buddy. and it really rubs me the wrong way the way the relationship with chapel was portrayed to be first friendly and then romantic. i never believed for a second that he and chapel were friends – despite the screenwriters trying. every time they talked prior to s2e5 there was this odd undercurrent of sexuality that seemed to follow them. lingering looks, touching fingertips, long pauses – it was so unbelievably awkward and obvious that they were setting up a relationship between the two. i mean, for fucks sake, s1e1 uhura calls chapel "spock's girlfriend." boy did my blood boil when i figured out that was where the show was going. s1e5 was actually painful for me to get through (chapel sits down, gives spock relationship advice, giggles, smacks him upside the head, and calls him an idiot. 2017 wattpad is calling, they want their material back) and i had to take two full days to get through s2e5 because i was in anguish the whole time. it was a constant mental barrage of "spock wouldn't say that," and "spock wouldn't do that," and "this is not spock."

for the most part, i couldn't figure out why spock and chapel's relationship specifically bothered me so much. i mean i have my quarrels with la'an and jim, and i really don't give much of a care about pike and batel so why was spock and chapel grating on me so badly? was it because it was being shoved in my face? was the writing that much more atrocious than the others? was it the decimation of spock's character?

it was, i found, a product of all of those and the issue of queerness. 

look; i've survived sherlock bbc, i’ve survived the golden age of quotev fandom in 2016, i've bared witness to so much queerbaiting in my life that i don't even bother trying to hope for any sort of main character queer representation anymore. we’re going to be a footnote until someone does something about it. unfortunately, that’s not going to be me because i’m not a film director. so i look the other way and steam about it on twitter or tumblr or whatever hoping that i, like many other frustrated queer people, get noticed one day in the far future when it’s ok to have a queer romance in mainstream, it’s ok to have a queer main character, and it’s ok to let it simmer slowly and burn instead of jumping into it to say “look guys we’re woke!!!!!” (star trek literally was the pioneer for most of these things back in the day. but that’s another discussion on the heterosexualisation of progressive media that i wont get into. it just feels bitterly funny that this is happening to star trek of all things.) these days i just pretend the relationships dont exist and skip over them when they happen. i've developed a sixth sense for when weird, forced heterosexuality is about to be shoved down my oesophagus. i've just gotten used to it. 

but sphapel (or whatever it's called) burned through me. i've never felt quite this angry at an on screen relationship. and, trust me, i saw AOS. i didn't like spuhura then and i don't like it now but i wasn't angry so much as i was just tired and annoyed. but spock was – and always is to me, confused, queer 10 year old me – a queer character. his struggle with humanity, with friendship, with fitting in, with just being as a perceived "other" was what made him an interesting character to me to begin with. he was a certain outlet to vent that frustration for being "wrong" in society no matter how hard you try to conform one way or another. the knowledge that even if you are different, you still have people backing you up. his fucking friendships, guys. jim and bones. yes i know his friendship with jim is also inherently romantic dont worry im spirk #1 shipper but that’s not relevant here because, and forgive me for being pessimistic, i don’t believe for a second that these writers are going to lean into spirk anytime soon. their relationship went beyond friendship or romance or any of that stuff. coughs in the roddenberry footnote.

what i’m trying to say here, in layman’s terms, is that giving a friendless character a romantic relationship is exactly how you alienate a character. name one person you know in real life that can survive healthily with one single relation, that being their romantic partner that they have no friendly base of. you can’t. that’s a toxic relationship. that’s not romance, that’s alienation. that’s isolation. that’s loneliness. and that’s the OPPOSITE OF WHAT EXPLORING SPOCK’S HUMAN SIDE IS SUPPOSED TO DO TO HIM .

by stripping spock of his friends, and forcing his arc to be purely romantic, you have essentially stripped the character of all he is. i'd be mad if chapel was a dude, too, honestly speaking. but beyond that, corralling spock of all people into a heterosexual romantic relationship is – well. it's a choice i don't think i can ever agree with. the best way i can describe such a choice is like a dissonant chord – you can pluck the notes and they'll sound fine on their own, but when you put them together they will clash. there is nothing you can do with your fingers to play the same notes and not cause the clash. they will always clash. it is dissonance ringing through you, an inherent wrongness coupled with writing that is lazy and clearly meant for a very specific audience. snw spock is bad writing, fanservice, and extraordinarily out of character. notes i can tolerate on their own, but strung together – dissonant.

i really want to like snw. fuck, i love la'an, i love erica, i love jim (!!! thank you paul wesley for making him a nerd, and kind (glares at AOS), and generally a jim kirk that i can look at and say, "yeah, that's jim alright"), i love uhura, i love una, i love m'benga and i love pike but i hate spock. i really, truly, cannot like snw when i have to pause the show and take an irritated deep breath in every time i see chapel approach spock. it's – frustrating, and alienating, and wrong. so, so wrong. 

[pocket-watcher]

Maybe an isekai where the transported FeMC knows one of the characters has hypnosis powers (love rival? twist villain? Just The Villain?) and does everything she can to avoid him. That makes him suspicious, so he corners her and uses his powers & learns a lot more than he was expecting...

Anon you have reached into my soul with this prompt. I am SO excited to write this I can’t even EXPLAIN.

What’s worse than being hit by a truck and magically waking up inside of your favourite show?

Knowing all of the plot twists ahead of time.

She could never feel comfortable around her new magical friends! Whenever she looked at them all she saw was the plot:

Casey would lose the love of her life.

Danell would turn to the dark side to try and save her family.

Trevor would permanently lose all of his memories of their time together.

And Ryan?

“Something the matter?” Ryan said, clocking in on her checked-out look.

Ryan was the villain.

“Oh. Sorry, I totally spaced. What did you say?” she replied.

Who was she, you ask? The main character, of course.

The fact that she knew she was a main character was awful. I mean, the first thing she did was dye her naturally bright pink hair a nice earthy brown. And get blue contacts for her purple eyes.

It didn’t counteract the curse of a main character, though.

Love interests of every gender threw themselves at her feet. Mysteries and prophecies popped up every two days. She couldn’t even walk three steps without stumbling across a mystical artefact to help her and her friends save the world through the ✨power of friendship✨.

Yay.

So, as they sat around chatting she tried to pretend this group was as normal as possible.

But she couldn’t do that with Ryan.

Ryan had these powers, ways of controlling and manipulating the main cast. He rarely used them this early on in the series.

But that didn’t mean he wouldn’t.

She started out by avoiding him as much as possible. Putting her earbuds in as soon as he spoke. Switching classes (which she always sat in the back of, by the window).

He clocked on pretty quickly - which was annoying.

Then, when cornered about why she was acting so weirdly around him she claimed it was because she had some crush on him which only made him more suspicious and led to three episodes of her friends trying to force them together.

And now?

He was watching her. He knew something was up. He knew that she knew something she shouldn’t.

And she had run out of excuses to avoid him.

One by one her friends left to deal with some side plot that had cropped up, and before she could react she was sitting alone with him.

“So, penny for your thoughts?” He started, pushing the emo black hair out of his eyes.

Total villain stereotype.

“Oh, nothing!”

Being the main character, her smooth, easy lie, came out jumbled and awkward. Just a by-product of being in the presence of a villain. Or maybe he was activating the part of his powers that made them slip up.

Either way he could read her like a book.

“Come on, I don’t bite.” He let some of his deep tone sink into the words and she felt her head go slightly fuzzy.

She jumped to attention at once to snap out of it.

“Oh! Wow! I uh, I forgot about the - thing! Gotta go do the thing, yep. See you later, Ryan!” She tripped over air, steadying herself. She was still affected by whatever he had done to her.

“…did I do something?” He asked, voice surprisingly small.

“What? No! I told you. I have to go get the thing!” She said, eyes darting away from his gaze.

“Really?” He said, something shifting in his facial expression. He began to raise his hand, and she instinctively shut her eyes to block them out.

He stopped. Looking between her and the glow of his fingertips.

“Oh.”

She’d played her card, hearing the curiosity and amusement in his voice.

“How long have you known?” He asked, calmly. She stood firm, unyielding, eyes squeezed tight.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Is that so?” He laughed. “Then why don’t you open your eyes?”

She felt the temptation, his magic at work, tugging at her. She wanted to open her eyes. No, he wanted her to feel that way.

Stay strong.

“Come on… just a little peek?” His hands glowed more, her face relaxing as his power sank into her. She’d feared this day for a while, but now she was living it her mind couldn’t find the will to fight back.

Her eyes opened low, and that was enough.

The glow filled her vision, her eyes wide and jaw slack.

“There you go. That wasn’t so hard, was it?” He said, and if she could think she’d have realised that was the exact quote he said during the grand reveal…

But she couldn’t think. She couldn’t begin to imagine resisting.

“Now, why don’t you tell me how you knew about my powers hmmm?” His glowing finger beconning her closer.

Her legs moved on their own.

“Well?”

She froze, what little part of her was aware tried to fight it. But it was no use.

She spilled it all. How she ended up here. The plot of the show. Everyone’s hidden subplots and character arcs.

By the end of it he simply sat and contemplated what she had told him for a moment.

He stared at the broken woman before him.

“Well, I guess now is when things get interesting…”

[starryevermore]

the house of snow (29) ✧ coriolanus snow

the house of snow ✧ a royal coryo au | pinterest board| ao3

pairing: king!coriolanus snow x fem!reader

series summary: the king of panem is in search of a bride. and, for reasons you can never understand, coriolanus snow has set his sights on you. it would never be a happy marriage, you’re sure of that. but none of that matters, because when snow decides he wants something, he will do everything in his power to ensure it is his. 

chapter summary: all is not well. 

word count: 1,034

series warnings?: 18+ MINORS DNI, royal au, regency au, arranged marriage, rivals to lovers, obsessive!coryo, jealous!coryo, protective!coryo, eventual smut, eventual pregnancy, more tags to be added later

chapter warnings?: surprise pov, the boys are fighting, angst, not proofread

Coriolanus Snow did not move from your side for a week. Sejanus would come in and out, make sure that he was eating enough and drinking water—the staff was too scared of the King after learning how he attacked Sejanus. They didn’t have to worry though, Sejanus was sure. Every time he came into the room, Coriolanus was in the same position, lying next to you, running his fingers through your hair, whispering for you to come back to him. Sejanus’s heart ached for his friends. 

“She asked for you,” Sejanus whispered one evening as he brought up dinner.

He turned, the first sign of movement in days.

“I kept telling her you were on your way. I didn’t know for certain, of course, but I knew she needed you.” Sejanus sighed as he set the platter on the nightstand. “I do not know what happened between the two of you. She never told me. But she said enough to make it clear that she still cares for you. I think the hope that you were coming was what helped her hold on for so long.”

“Stop.” Coriolanus’s voice was hoarse. Sejanus passed him the glass of water, which he reluctantly drank. “Why are you still here?”

Sejanus let out another sigh as he set on the edge of the bed. Coriolanus’s eyes narrowed at him. He ignored it. “You’re my friend, and so is she.” 

“You tried to take her from me. Do you really think I’ll believe that you’re only here because of friendship?” Coriolanus very nearly spat the last word. 

“You hated each other for so long. Or, at least, I thought you did. I was worried that she would not be happy with you,” Sejanus defended. Coriolanus maintained his glare, and Sejanus loosed a sigh. He sat on the edge of the bed, ignoring the snarl from his friend. “And I was being selfish. I cared for her, too. I still do.”

“I thought you cared about me, as well. Color me surprised when I found out you were as horrible as all the rest,” Coriolanus said. He sat up, still holding on your hand. “I went to you. I told you that she considered marriage with you, and you said you would never do anything to hurt me. What you did is tantamount to treason.”

Sejanus shut his eyes. “Not every slight against you is treasonous, Coryo.”

“When you try to take the only person I ever love from me, it sure as hell is.” Coriolanus’s glare hardened. “I have lost everything before. I have lost my parents, I have lost my Grandma’am. Tigris is as conniving as the rest, convinced I only know how to harm, so I may as well have lost her, too. I have lost my fortune and was only saved from ruin because of your family. I have only done all of this for her. Everything I have done, every step I have taken to the top has been because I love her.”

“Coryo—”

“If I could have provided her a good life without your family’s assistance, I would have. You know me. You know I am a proud man. I do not accept help. I came to you in my darkest hours, and you offered me a way out. You never wanted to follow in your father’s footsteps, and I was happy to if it meant I could win her heart. You have known I cared for her long before anyone else. For you to come in at the eleventh hour to convince her to run away…Yes. Yes, that is treason in my eyes.”

“You are not the only one who loves her, Coryo.”

“I might as well be! You would have only given her a life of hardship! How romantic, give up your entire life just to suffer. She would have never been happy with you. She loves the arts, the opera, beautiful dresses. She is a woman with an eye for more, though she would never admit it. You would have taken her from all of that. How soon would she have tired from your grand romantic gesture?”

Sejanus’s jaw ticked. “And how happy would she have been with you? Coryo, I am not a fool. I am her friend, too. I know she was putting on an act in front of the rest of the ton.”

Coriolanus scoffed. 

“I know you tried to exclude me from her life. If you were willing to do that, what else would you have been willing to do to have her?”

“Do not act like a knight in shining armor. It does not suit you well. And don’t you dare presume to know my intentions when you were a snake waiting for the perfect moment to strike.”

“Fine. I do not know your intentions, I do not know what happened between you and her. But, Coryo, I do know how lonely she felt before she came here.”

“Do you desire to torment me?” Coryo looked back to you. He stroked a thumb over your cheek. Where they were once full, they had now become hollowed. You looked like a shell of the woman you had been. Sejanus worried that the more you laid there, the more likely it would be that you would never leave.

“What has the physician said about her condition?” Sejanus asked. 

Coriolanus shrugged. “More of the same. Take it day by day, be prepared for her time to come, make her comfortable in the mean time.” He leaned down, his lips ghosting over your forehead. “I should have been here for you, petal.”

“Be there for your child, Coryo,” Sejanus said. “The wet nurse says she seems to miss her family. You haven’t even given her a name.”

When Coriolanus looked back at him, Sejanus tried to ignore the tears lining his eyes. “I can’t leave her.”

“She needs time, Coryo.”

“That is all I have given her, and look where we are now.”

“There is nothing you can do for her. If she comes back, it has to be her choice.”

“Bring our child here.”

Sejanus held back his sigh. He supposed this was better than nothing.

[jenyifer]

So bad news I may started writing a fic for SVSSS. Now will it be poly like my only friends fic? Ehhh??? Probably not *squints* maybe. 🤔 anyways thought I’d share incase there is already a fic like it or if people won’t enjoy it. Came up with the idea as I thought about how LBH is SQH’s self insert as an author it’s easier to put a lot of yourself into the main character. Yeah it’s an idealized sexy man meat mountain of a man but I think the chaotic clingy curly hair comes from Airplane. So I thought welll what if SQQ is an idealized version of an older student bully who was cold collected things Airplane had a big fat gay crush on which is why he wanted his self insert to be changed by SQQ and kill him.

So just a simple not so simple reversal. MBJ and LBH are friends irl. LBH unknowingly reads and simps for the universe MBJ writes in his free time. The plot of (yet to be named web novel) is more about demon emperor SQQ solving mystery’s and crisis by being intelligent and alluring he’s also overly powerful with his ally Northern King SQH who is chaotic and resourceful. Most people ship SQQ and SQH together even though the romance elements in the webnovel are few and far between and usually some unobtainable one night stands with the villain or tragic woman who will be killed the next day. LBH loves SQQ has all the merch. LBH finds out MBJ is the writer after he reads the latest chapter where SQH is cursed with demise under his skin making him weaken to be a shell of his demonic self. The dialogue between SQQ and SQH is creepily reminiscent of the conversation LBH had with MBJ when LBH had revealed he is dying because of late stage cancer. Of course SQQ is prepared to do anything to save his best friend sacrificing who he was because their friendship means more than the demon empire or SQQ’s morals. SQQ sacrifices his demonic energy to save his friend. Accompanying this chapter was an extra of a clumsy drawing saying this is what the ice king’s original drafts of the characters for the artists. LBH couldn’t help but notice how similar his characteristics are to SQH curly hair terribly thin and short while radiating power through his crazy expression and SQQ was tall and stoic and LBH is horrified to realize his best friend MBJ sees himself this way tall with straight hair with an aura of superiority. When LBH confronts MBJ about the webnovel MBJ who is normally silent and a shut in exclaims that of course it’s his novel. MBJ wanted to dream about a world where they could go out and have adventures together was that such an evil thing? LBH shouts that in this reality he’s going to die and what will MBJ do then. Everything shifts into a portal and they are brought into the webnovel. LBH a half Demon hiding his identity on one of the peaks a student under MBJ who is a peak lord. They decided if they are there they might as well find SQH and SQQ for plot reasons. Haha anyways idk if I can write something like that since… I have to work…. Also the cancer thing might be too real for me (I think it’s been 15 years since I lost a close friend to cancer) But I want to write it 😭

[robobrainrot]

What’s Past is Prologue

An Earthspark Post-S1, Pre-S2 summary fic

If you were left unsatisfied by the jarring time gap and tone shift between S1 and S2, here's a mini fic to help fill the void. I'm going to write out the full version on Ao3. But this is the short and sweet summary~

It had been a month since The Battle of Witwicky. The Maltos are still picking up the pieces, both literally and figuratively. While they succeeded in their goal of defeating Mandroid, saving all Transformers on Earth, and quite possibly, the world as a whole, some things were left shattered. Most notably, Quintus Prime’s Emberstone. The pieces were scattered across the globe and, for a moment, Team Prime feared they would be lost forever.

However, Quintus Prime would never leave his chosen stranded. Prime Power or not, the kids did not give up hope. The shards of the Emberstone dispersed, but they were not lost forever. Starting right in their backyard, The Maltos found their first shard in the cow pasture… With the help of Fluffy-Ears, of course. Less than a week later, another was found by Breakdown while racing across the countryside with Bumblebee.

At first, the alliance between Autobots and Decepticons had been tense. Both sides were anxious that the other might sell them out or deceive them. But with the help of the newly declared “Malto-bots,” tensions eased. It was hard not to enjoy their company. It had been centuries since any of them had interacted with bots so young. It was refreshing to have such young and enthusiastic faces around.

Every day, the Maltos searched for more ways to find the missing shards. Some they stumbled across accidentally. Some ended up in museums- dazzling archeologists. Schloder and Optimus Prime had to be the ones to get those. Nightshade created a way of scanning for the shards, but their device’s range was limited so the scouting parties had to travel the world to identify possible locations. Did someone say road trip? The Trine were quick to point out that they were much better suited for the job thanks to the help of Skywarp’s powers.

Starscream had to admit, he was fascinated by these ancient Cybertronian artifacts. His volunteering to help the Maltos was not entirely altruistic. It was an opportunity to show off the superiority of himself and his fellow Seekers and gain knowledge about these strange crystal shards. That’s what he told himself at least. The fact that he often hoovered around the Malto residents when Hashtag was around, and Megatron was not, was purely so he could gather intel.

As for the Malto-bots, they enjoyed the month of relative peace. While not all the Decepticons were eager to become ‘friends’, the ones that stuck around would do their best to teach the kids something while they were there.

Breakdown was the first. Never one to turn down a chance to show off, he was happy to oblige Thrash when he asked for racing tips. He showed the young bot a few flashy new moves, including one that Robby insisted was called “The Akira Slide.” Breakdown maintained that it was a Stunticon specialty, and certainly not inspired by a cartoon.

Swindle tried to teach the kids how to override security locks at the junkyard, but was quickly shut down by Elita-One. He complained to Hardtop about what a wasted opportunity it was for three days straight.

Skullcrusher, Grimlock, and Jawbreaker formed a special alliance that Jawbreaker dubbed “The Beastie Boys.” They spent their down time sparing and seeing who could leave the biggest dent in scrap metal pieces.

Soundwave and his casseticons taught Hashtag how to utilize her radio to scramble comm frequencies. In return, she taught them about the wonders of the internet. This was a terrible decision, as Frenzy quickly became engrossed by internet subcultures. Soundwave had to step in with what Mo would call his “Mad Dad Voice.” On the bright side, the discovery of Kandi culture led to a group friendship bracelet making party.

Even Shockwave took some time to mentor the bots. Well. Realistically it was just Nightshade in the lab, but The Great Shockwave was cool enough that the other Maltos pretended to pay attention for half of his science monolouge.

The Decepticons started creating their own home base in between Emberstone shard scouting missions. Led by Starscream, with Shockwave as his Second, they found a suitable location far enough away from the former-GHOST base, but not so far away that it would be impossible to reach the Terrans if needed.

This was one area that walked the line of the treaty. The Decepticons were entitled to make a home on Earth. Optimus Prime respected their wishes on this matter. He instructed the other Autobots and Maltos to stay out as well. If there was going to be a chance at lasting peace, they needed to build trust. Many of the Decepticons had been imprisoned by GHOST for years. They deserved a safe space without surveillance as much as anyone. Freedom was the right of all sentient beings, and Prime would sooner go offline than go back on that principle.

There was still much they didn’t know. With every new answer about the emberstones came more questions. Between chaos and confusion, there was also stillness and affection. For these precious moments, both Autobots, Decepticons and Maltobots could enjoy the time of respite.

However, nothing really lasts forever.

[zangoonse]

yesterday we had an urge to make a sonic oc, but then we remembered we already had one, he just didn't have a proper design. this is marvel! more details under the cut

short version: this is neo metal sonic after fang saves him from getting scrapped and builds him a new body to recruit him into team hooligan

long version: after the events of sonic heroes, eggman gets rid of neo to make a new, less-intelligent version of metal sonic, which is the version we see in future games. however, little does he know, fang snuck in and snatched neo's ai chip, partly out of pity and partly because having a robot powered by advanced ai on the side of team hooligan sounds like a golden opportunity to him

so fang takes neo's ai chip back home, builds him a spiffy new body (albeit weaker than the regular metal sonic body, and a lot weaker than the neo body), and wakes him up. neo takes this opportunity to immediately bolt and try to hunt down and kill sonic, since from his perspective, it's only been like a day since sonic kicked his ass with "tHe PoWeR oF fRiEnDsHiP." sonic trounces him - neo couldn't get the better of sonic at his most powerful, much less in this crappy body built by some guy in his garage over the course of a week - to the point where he can barely make it back to team hooligan hq before collapsing on their doorstep.

so fang fixes neo up, chews him out a little, and finally properly introduces him to bean and bark, who receive him somewhat coldly. they're a bit miffed that their boss/buddy shut himself off for a week to work on a weird project that immediately backfired, and that he's still trying to make it work.

this tense relationship gradually warms up, as neo learns to trust his new teammates. eventually, he accepts that he's not going to be able to out-sonic sonic, and that he's found a new place for himself on team hooligan, changing his name to marvel. this does not make him any less pissed when he finds out that eggman built a new, unintelligent metal sonic, which takes eggman from "leave marvel at home if you're going to negotiate with him" to "do not work with him or marvel WILL find out and he WILL have a fit" in terms of viability of employment

[decibelcoatl]

Healing Scarred Hearts - Part 1

Read on AO3

Summary: After their first difficult battle against Jihl and the Belenos, the children of the Exo-Taranis find time to rest and recuperate. But Vanilla refuses to rest, and is determined to make Jihl pay, no matter how many injuries she sustains!

[Takes place after Chapter 6 of Fuga 2; Kyle and Vanilla friendship/established relationship]

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The giggling noises of a little girl could be heard throughout the streets of the port town as the Exo-Taranis arrived. As soon as the giant tank had stopped, Mei had immediately hopped out and began running down to the marketplace.

“Don’t wander too far off, Mei,” came the voice of her older brother. Malt had just followed suit, looking out for the little pup. Though his voice carried out a warning, his expression seemed to show a smile – one that he hadn’t shown in quite a long while.

Mei spun around, her eyes twinkling with excitement and a little bit of mischief. “Don’t worry, Malt,” she called out. “I’ll be careful! I promise!”

“You better not break that promise, little lady!”

Right after he said that, Malt felt a cream-coloured paw on his shoulder, prompting him to turn around to face Kyle. The Felineko had a wry smirk on his face as he shook his head.

“Aw, don’t sweat it,” Kyle chuckled. “I’m pretty sure Mei gets the memo. Besides, she’s growing up pretty quickly – if there’s anyone who can hold her own, it’s definitely Mei.”

“I-I know,” Malt replied with a sigh. “It’s just…I worry for her every day, y’know?”

Kyle frowned as he slowly nodded. “Yeah. Especially given the recent events that happened.”

Both boys knew that it had been a difficult time for them, along with the rest of their crew. It was only a few days ago since Hanna had been seemingly killed during the teleportation accident when they (along with Mei, Socks, Boron, Chick, Hack, and Sheena) were trying to save her and Britz from the rogue Taranis and bring them aboard the Tarascus. They succeeded in saving Britz, but were unable to get Hanna back when Jihl fired the Belenos upon them, destroying the Tarascus and badly damaging the Taranis, along with disintegrating Hanna’s body.

Having been the closest to Hanna, Malt and Kyle were deeply scarred in different ways – Kyle was left heartbroken due to his crush on her, whereas Malt became a soulless shell of his former self. It had taken Wappa and Jin – the only two children who weren’t present during that time – to coax them out and remember the good memories they shared with the girl. It wasn’t an easy task, but eventually it worked.

Gone were the days of moping about, replaced by a rekindled fire of hope – a fire that only recently began to burn even brighter following the aftermath of the children’s first battle against Jihl and the Belenos. Right after the mysterious tank had left, they had heard a voice call to them on the Taranis’s communicator. There was definitely no mistaking it…Hanna was alive, and somewhere inside the Belenos!

“How’s Vanilla doing, by the way,” asked Malt.

During said battle, their newest recruit Vanilla had received the brunt of a particularly powerful blast from the Belenos. The result was a particularly nasty burn on her right shoulder – a wound that Kyle found incredibly difficult to patch up. Not physically, of course – he had some knowledge on basic first-aid, having read a few medical books alongside Hanna, after all – but emotionally, as he simply couldn’t bear seeing a lady like Vanilla in pain. There was also the fact that he had been practically looking away from her injured form while keeping his eyes shut, requiring her frustrated voice to guide him as he dressed her wounds.

“She’s doing fine,” he replied. “Though pretty damn stubborn. She keeps insisting that she can handle herself, despite me telling her to take it easy.”

Malt chuckled, though it sounded melancholic than anything. “She’s got a thick skull, that’s for sure,” he remarked.

The conversation was interrupted by a loud crash, followed by Mei’s surprised yelp. They turned their attention to the little Caninu sitting on the ground, rubbing her forehead in pain. Nearby, a tall yet stout Caninu man was scolding her, despite his face showing more worry than anger (though it didn’t help to console the little child). Broken wooden cages lay scattered around them, releasing several clucken that wasted no time in running amok, causing panic among the residents.

“I better go check on Mei, and help out with wrangling a few clucken,” said Malt as he began sprinting towards the commotion. “See you in a bit!”

Kyle grinned as he watched the older boy run off. It had been a good while since the last time he’d seen Malt return to his usual self.

Now, there was the matter of trying to get Vanilla to see reason. Like Malt had said before, the president’s daughter had one hell of a thick skull. If they were going to really get through to her, someone was going to have to be extra blunt with their words.

…That didn’t mean Kyle had to be heartless regarding her feelings, though. She had been through hell and back, after all. Probably more so than the rest of the Taranis kids combined.

His thoughts were interrupted by a brown-and-tan furry arm snaking itself around his neck, pulling him into a headlock.

“Wha—?”

Before he could utter so much as a complete syllable, a gloved fist rubbed itself roughly against the crown of his head, ruffling his carefully-brushed ginger hair.

“Ack! Jin, knock it off! I just finished brushing my hair this morning! Stop!”

The Caninu boy barked out a laughter as he released Kyle, giving him time to catch his breath. Still, he couldn’t help but ruffle Kyle’s hair a little more, much to his chagrin.

“C’mon, man,” Jin said, unable to contain himself. “You get way too wound up when you’re like that. Why not just loosen up a little every now and again?”

Kyle pouted as he got to work on combing his fingers through his hair, trying to get the loose strands back to where they were before. “In case you’ve forgotten, and God forbid you have forgotten, I’ve got an image to maintain! You of all people should know that I really hate it when my clothes get dirty, or my fur is messed up.”

“Yes, but don’t you think he also has a point?” Britz’s quieter voice spoke up behind Kyle as the younger Caninu strolled up behind him. “Besides, it’ll be a while before we can resume our pursuit of the Belenos. We should just take this opportunity to relax every now and again.”

Kyle looked thoughtful for a moment. Then, he sighed. “I suppose,” he said. “I mean, we haven’t really had a chance to just be ourselves.”

“Then, why don’t we just stroll around for a bit, just the three of us,” Jin suggested. “After all, it’s been a whole year since the last time we met, and I wanna get up to speed as soon as possible.” He smacked the Felineko in the back a little too hard, almost causing him to stumble forward.

“Eesh, you really missed the lot of us, eh,” Kyle huffed, rubbing at the spot where Jin had smacked him.

“Well, duh!”

“Where should we start first?” Britz asked. “I was thinking of the nearby textile shop to get some new threads and fabrics for Sheena. She said she had some ideas for a couple of new outfits she wanted to make.”

“As long as I don’t end up being her little guinea pig, it doesn’t matter what she makes.”

“I wouldn’t mind trying out whatever she makes, to be honest,” Kyle piped up. “And while we’re at it, I wouldn’t mind dropping by a clothing store to see what they’ve got.”

Jin chuckled. “Ever the guy with the fashion sense, eh,” he snorted.

“Well, I…”

The sound of someone hopping out of the Taranis interrupted him for the second time. All three boys turned around to find none other than Vanilla herself. A swathe of bandages covered her right shoulder as well as her waist, and she had on a spare shirt in place of her usual jacket and cravat. Despite putting on a neutral face, her pained grunts betrayed how she truly felt deep inside.

Jin frowned and crossed his arms. “Well, well,” he said, catching the girl’s attention. “Look who decided to join us.”

“Vanilla,” Kyle asked. “What are you doing out here? Aren’t you supposed to be resting in the dormitory?”

“I…” Vanilla’s eyes darted from side to side, unable to look at either one of them. She clutched her burned shoulder tightly. “I-I just…couldn’t stand being cooped up in here all the time. So, I thought I’d take a walk around. You know, just to get a little bit of cardio.” She gave a small smile. “No need to worry about me. I’ll be fine.”

Kyle didn’t need Sheena’s Nono abilities to know that the blue-grey Felineko was lying. His brow furrowed as his tail flicked, as it usually did whenever he got annoyed at something or someone. “Are you sure,” he asked again. “Because your tired expression says otherwise.” He gestured to his own eyes, indicating that, yes, he could tell that she was still exhausted. Her injured shoulder was sagging a little, her ears were slightly drooped, and she had noticeable bags underneath her eyes.

Vanilla hissed under her breath as soon as she realized that Kyle had seen right through her thinly-veiled lie. “Look, I can’t think while I’m laying still in the bunks,” she growled. “I need to be out here, and there’s just so much to process.”

“And you need to rest,” Kyle insisted. “Otherwise, you’ll never be able to fully recover!”

“You’re not my father, so don’t tell me what to do,” she spat. “If I want to rest, then I will rest! Until then, stay out of my way!”

Kyle flinched at the amount of venom that laced her voice, but held his ground nonetheless. “I’m not trying to be your dad, and I’m not ordering you around,” he said, keeping his voice calm and steady. “Besides, do you really think that he would have wanted you walking around with an injury like that? We may not be fighting in a war anymore, but we’re still out there fighting for our lives, and any one of us could perish within an eye’s blink!”

Normally, Kyle had been the one to make a sharp rebuttal like that, and there would have been some kind of discussion. It was strange having his role be the exact opposite. Maybe Hanna and Malt were rubbing off on him in more ways than he’d imagined?

Vanilla’s muzzle crinkled in disgust and anger as she squeezed her injured shoulder. “You don’t understand,” she muttered. “None of you do. Just…leave me alone. Please.” Before any of the boys could stop her, she turned on her heel and marched down the street, leaving them all on their own.

“Vanilla…” Kyle murmured, sadness crossing his visage.

Jin and Britz exchanged worried glances. It was rare for Kyle to be so down in the dumps like this. Perhaps there was something in him that actually cared for Vanilla a lot more than he’d prefer to let on?

“I want to respect her wishes,” Kyle said. “But I can’t just leave her be. Who knows what’s out there?”

Jin approached Kyle and put a paw on his shoulder. “Then go and catch up to her,” he said. “Don’t worry about us – we’ll be fine.”

Kyle still seemed hesitant.

“You’re right about not wanting to leave her be,” added Britz. “Besides, in her current state, she shouldn’t be wandering around at all. It’s best if she had someone close by to check on her.”

Kyle took the time to reflect upon this. Then, he took a deep breath to calm himself. “You know what, you’re right,” he said. “Even if she tells me to leave her alone, I’ll stick by her side until she’s ready to return.”

He turned to Jin and Britz with a small smile. “Thanks, guys,” he said. “I guess the clothes store will have to wait a bit.”

“Good grief,” Jin huffed as Kyle began dashing after Vanilla’s trail. “I was hoping to find an excuse to weasel my way outta that one!”

Britz chuckled. “Well, you never know,” he remarked. “Knowing Kyle and his fashion passion, there’s still a chance he might find us and drag us over. And he likely won’t stop until Malt finds us and says that it’s time to go.” That caused Jin to let out a disgruntled groan, which only made the Berman boy snicker a bit more. He hated it when Britz was right.

[amemberoftheosc]

Thoughts on S2, Ep18 of II (AKA, The Finale of II)

Due to this being the finale, I'll be live-blogging my thoughts! Spoilers below!

THERE'S A SONG WHAT THAT'S CRAZY SO SAD WHAT THE HECK ;-; WHAT DID OJ AND MEPHONE BUILD HOTEL OJ TOGETHER? NOOOO MEPHONE AND MEPAD BONDING WHY IS GOING THROUGH ALL THE FIGHTS AWWWWWW THE AUDTIONS SECTION NOOOOOOOOOOOOO EVERYBODY HATING HIM WHY CAN'T THEY BE LIKE BOT AND BE GRATEFUL THEY'RE ALIVE LOL "JUST SKIP SEASON ONE" LIKE HALF OF THE II FANDOM TRYING TO GET FANS INTO IT ALWAYS SAYS OMGA THE SHIMMERS AND THE VOICE CLIP! WAIT THERE'S AN AFTERLIFE? YOOOOOO SPRINGY!!! NOOO SUITCASES HALLUCINATIONS BEING REAL? BOX? OMGA SHE BROKE THROUGH!!! BOX BEING DEAD THEORY WAS TRUE THAT'S CRAZY NOOOOO PRIME SHIMMER GETTING STABBED HOW COULD COBS DO THIS NAH WHY IS COBS DOING "I PUT YOU INTO THIS WORLD, I CAN TAKE YOU OUT OF IT" MEPHONE GOT SHATTERED INSTANTLY WHAT OMGA, THEY GOT EVERYBODY EVEN THE ONE-OFFS MEPHONE4S!!! EVERYONE DEAD EXCEPT FOR BOT!!!! OMGA I LOVE BOX GOOOO BOX'S HUMOR AHA MEPHONE PROJECTING ONTO BOX 11:11 IS THE ANGEL NUMBER WHAT WHY IS IT ON BOX'S PHONE WAS BOX SUPPOSED TO BE SUITCASE? S3 REFERENCE ON HOW BOX DIED? BOX WAS FIRST ON MELIFE? MEPHONE LEARNED FROM HIS MISTAKES AND PUT MELIFE IN PLACE YOOOO I STILL LOVE STEVE COBS, EVEN IF HE ABUSES MEPHONE LOVE HIS CHARACTER, NOT HIS ACTIONS YOOOO MEPAD, DOUGH, AND BOW YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I HOPE BOT JOINS IN AND INTERACTS WITH BOW I LOVE HOW MEPHONE4S IS A REGULAR IN THIS AFTERLIFE OOO PIXNIX TABLES MEPHONE4S BODY YES, THEY REMEMBERED KNIFE RETHINKING HIS STANCE HIS DEATH YO KNIFE'S ANGER, I UNDERSTAND IT DISSOCIATION YES I UNDERSTAND MEPHONE4S BEING ANGRY FOR STEVE COBS AYYYY MEPHONE4S AND KNIFE TEAMING UP AND MARSHPLE!!!! WAIT BOW AND DOUGH TAIL STORIES? WHAT? HUH WHAT HAPPENED? "A CRUEL CHILD" I KIND OF FEEL THAT SUITCASE IS GIVING ME A PEP TALK "DOING SOMETHING GOOD DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL HAPPEN BACK" I NEED THIS SUITLOON!!! FAN AYYYY FANTUBE!!!! CUTE CUTE CUTE CUTE!!!! LIGHTBRUSH!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSS CUTE AND CUTE PAYJAY OMGA THIS IS AMAZING HOTEL PAYJAY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THE BLUSH THEY'RE SO GAY THEY'RE MAKING ME ILL/POS LESBIANS PEPSALT PEPPER SO SUPPORTIVE OF PAYJAY

OMGA WE PREDICTED IT THE 30 DAYS BEFORE COMPLETE ERASURE WE WERE RIGHTTTTTTTT!!!! DDLC BRUH, IT REALLY IS YESSS YOU GO SUITCASE!!! KNIFECASE IS REALLLLLLLL OM NOM NOM SUITCASE IS THE LEADER DANG COBS REALLY REMOVE THE KERNELS BOW CALLED DOUGH HER BROTHER AND WAIT, TOILET IS REAL? AND MEPAD PULLED A CABBY? OMGA THE EGG IN MEPHONE4 AND FAN BEING HAPPY HIS THEORY IS FINALLY RIGHT AHA, FAN AND TEST TUBE INSTINCTIVELY GO FOR THE EGG YOOOO THEY CALLED MEPHONE MEPHONE BEING HESITANT TO REMOVE HIS REALITY-BENDING POWERS CABBY AND GOOD FRIENDSHIP IS REALLLLLLLL LET'S GO AND PAYJAY HOLDING HANDS! BASEBALL AND NICKEL LET'S GOOOO NOOOO POOR MEPHONE, HE'S SHIVERING AND CRYING MEPAD SACRIFICE NOOOOOO THERE'S ALWAYS A SACRIFICE EACH SEASON TACO AND MIC NEXT TO EACH OTHER NOOOO THE HALLUCINATIONS SOAP AND TISSUES!!! TACOMIC IS REALLL NICEEEEEEE THE TEAMWORK!!!! KNIFECASE IS REAL MARSHMALLOW GOOOOOO SAVE 'EM YESSSSSSSS KEEP RUNNING DON'T LET THE PAST PUT YOU DONE BUT DON'T FORGET IT DON'T DIE KNIFE SHUT UP STEVE COBS! HE'S STILL SPECIAL EITHER WHY AHA MY LOST ^^ REF TO S3 FOR BALLOON BEING NEVER RECOVERED? OMGA THEY DID TURN HIM INTO POPCORN LIKE EVERYONE WANTED BOMB AND CHEESE FRIENDSHIP SHIMMERS BACK FOR THEIR EGG YIPPIE! FAN AND TEST TUBE GET TO SEE THEIR CHILD AGAIN AWWWW TOILET MEPHONE RECOGNIZES HIS MISTAKES FOR HIM AND MEPAD SACRIFICE (TACOPAD AND TOIPAD YOOOO?) WAIT KNIFE IS A GHOST??? HE SACRIFICED HIMSELF MAIN FOUR BRIGHT LIGHTS SCENE YO SUITCASE DID WIN (SO THE SPOILERS WERE RIGHT) LOL MEPHONE LOVED HIS ARC AW MEPHONE LEFT AND TAOCMIC IS REAL? AW, MEPHONE3GS AND MEPHONE4 MATCH WITH CRACKS AW THE MEPAD APPRECIATION CEREMONY OF COURSE MARSHMALLOW TALKS IT YOOO SPOILED LEMON NICE OMGA THE FANTUBE THEM GIVING EACH OTHER A KIND OF HUG KEEP ON CLEANING MENTION AFTERLIFE IN THE LIMELIGHT MENTION A PARTY MENTION JUST LIKE ME MENTION (LIGHTBRUSH) TACO'S TIRADE (TACOPAD AND TACOMIC) FUTURE IS SO YESTERDAY (FANTUBE TOO?) A BALL MENTION SHE FORGOT MENTION SPRINGTASTIC MENTION KNIFECASE? AW BALLOON'S POEM THE END WHAT NOOOOO NICE CREDIT SEQUENCE THOUGH THE SONG IS NEAT TOO KIND OF FANBRUSH IN THE CREDITS (I KNOW IT'S THE THEORY RAMBLING BUT STILL YAY!) NICE TRANSITION FROM DICTIONARY(?) DYING TO MEPAD BEING DEAD THANK YOU EGG FOR THE I.I LOGO LOL S1 EPISODES BEING IN THE BACKGROUND AS THE CREDITS ROLL AND A PARTY BEING PLAYED NICE

AND WE'RE DONE ;-; NOOOOOO THANK YOU INANIMATE INSANITY, FOR EVERYTHING IT'S BEEN A BLAST WATCHING, WRITING, AND DRAWING ABOUT INANIMATE INSANITY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THANK YOU FOR THE EXPERIENCE TRULY, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!

[hauntingmiser]

MERMAY DAY XXX

( ayyy today's the last day of this lore it's going to come into a close here so let's get it!!!! Also I tried to make her face look decrepit cuz idk)

And as our heroes swim many miles into the fog they found the main core

the entrance to the underworld.....

the door was locked in near right in front of it was a torii gate was made with sacred wood with a crimson red, while being covered in seaweed & barnacles due to a long time of abandonment

The rocks feel like they're watching the crystals grow as one

The fog is mixing with the rocks as it flows and flows

And then standing at the middle of it all it's the culprit themselves

The almighty goddess of the dead

Izanami

"ah." Izanami looks in awe "so you finally came here to seal my doom by eradicating me-" "OF COURSE WE ARE!"

"that's we came here for."

izanami gets interrupted by yosuke and yu by yelling at her

"of course that we came here to prevent you!"

"from killing innocent lives to pretending to be mother nature and cursing this sea of radioactive crystals, you izanami. are a phony to poseidon"

Naoto said after yukiko and Chile both said first

"you fools! trolling poseidon as mother nature was only just the beginning! so I'm not pho-" "SHUT UP" izanami gets her mouth shut by kanji but also him yelling "TROLLING AS MOTHER NATURE WILL NOT HELP YOU WITH YOUR DAMN SITUATIONS!"

"you make me sick! what's wrong with you! you almost contaminated the water we breathe, you let several shadows kidnap us, transformed a mermaid into a merzombie and made the bottom of the sea lethal and killed dojima's wife!"

Rise said aggressively, as she feels like she needs to throw hands with izanami really bad

"....and that's why we need to seal your ignorant self, it's the reason why we came here in the first place. with the power of friendship, I shall beat you to silicon so freshwater Inaba can thrive again"

Yu says, determined to save his not so forever home

"and not rise up again?"

Yu nods

"very well....prove to me your strength is more than me..."

The fog moves closer and grows deeper into the sky and transform into a spiral-like tornado

"because I will not be holding back"

{ THERE IS NO FUN FACT ONLY LORE }

teddie however did not say a word... He however is waiting for the time they attack and he can do the final strike

[sugiwa]

“Hack at it with a sword until all the was wrong was so thoroughly wounded that it would never recover.” this sentence is really neat to me i just thought i would tell you that.

“…Back home—we were supposed to go back home together.” this is when the tears started coming. question: would home to penny be the red force?

“There was no twinkling clang of the bells, not even a hum of response. Nothing but silence.” I’m telling my therapist about you. Also this sentence reminds me of Caliban’s monologue from the Tempest when he talks about his island and it makes me even more sad.

“Amid the ruin, it was the only thing untouched.” THE SOUL OF HER SHIP, their friendship and the love and the story that brought her ship to life is the only thing untouched- i’m not okay

“I missed you a lot when you were gone.” SHUT UP-

[If people never got their wishes answered, then they’d lose hope in the world/ a wish was only as powerful as the will behind it.] sugiwa everyday i get closer and closer to the truth of her devil fruit, mark my words i will figure it out😩

“Do you remember when we sailed all the way to Elbaf, only to have the fish blow us back?” I chuckled at this lol, Penny would be Odysseus hitting her crewmates over the head and calling them idiots if she had them

(“Oh, of course,” laughed her ship.) no because i thought the exact same thing when penny said that. it’s such a simple solution but of course she would resort back to it because the same love for writing and stories is the love that created the looking glass and binds them together. writing created the looking glass, why wouldn’t it be the same way penny keeps her alive.

i genuinely felt such relief when she said that and all the sorrow that i felt over what seemed like their farewell was soothed because nothing disappears or goes away forever as long as there is someone telling the story.

This is so lovely, so thank you for all the wonderful details in here. Home to Penny very much is the Red Force these days and I think it kinda fits within this theme of each of the Straw Hats having that one person to return to, only Penny's is somewhere ahead of them rather than behind them. We'll get into more details as to what Penny said to Shanks after that argument they had, but essentially, she was always going to go back (And as Beckmen told her, bring the World's Greatest Story with her).

It's not so much that Shanks replaced her parents or anything--she doesn't really view him as a father. Even when she didn't have all her memories, Penny knew that she was Lucy and Belle's daughter--she just didn't remember them (their voices, the things they did together, what they were like, etc.) What she did know about the Stage Pirates was only what she could bear to remember: that they had all died at the Navy's hand and because the World Government did such a wonderful job of making even saying Lucy's name a huge taboo (we will explore this further in Thriller Bark).

Hehehehe, her Devil Fruit....if Penny had been on Skypeia, she might have learned a bit more about it but, we'll wait for Robin to reveal something later on 👀

The Looking Glass's death was something I had written a while back. At first, I was going to keep her around as a shikigami (a paper spirit like in Spirted Away), but then I thought about the logistics of that and decided it was a bit messy and thought of what else I could do which is where we happened upon the ink. Using the ashes of her dream ship as the ink of her future story is so Penny, so I went with that angle. I also think that Penny needed some closure after losing so many of her friends without being able to save any of them--she's talked about it a bit, but we'll see later on that this build up of loss will prepare her for what happens at Marineford later on.

Also, if we think about the ink that is used on the Thousand Sunny--Nami's maps, Robin's studies, the Poneglyph etchings, and one day, Penny's stories--Penny's sharing a lot more of herself with the Straw Hats than she has with anyone else so far.

[reverie-opaline]

I had a dream and needed to get something off my chest. I will not be mentioning any names- and know that I wish no harm to my lost friend

Aside from karmic debt, but I’m not in control of that

So enjoy this unedited journal entry <3

I woke up, trying to piece together my dreams- yet I couldn’t remember a single thing.

But as the morning went on the dream solely began to creep up on me and I remembered- I remembered dreaming of him

He didn’t show up specifically, but I had somehow managed to discover his portfolio

And I remember wanting to keep it.

I should have known even when I got over him he would infiltrate my life

I dreamed of him several days and nights when the two of us were close, dreaming of him always came easy.

But now? After I made so much progress? After I finally stopped shedding tears of a friend who long considered me obsolete

Perhaps that’s not true, but what else can I say?

I should have seen it coming, him telling me how he broke up with his long distance girlfriend because he couldn’t give her what he thought she needed

How he never seemed the type to like messaging.

Had the signs been there the entire time? Was I too hopeful?

Nonetheless, in the end I felt like nothing to him- once a close friend, I was now just a bothersome notification popping up

I remember him, he used to be the sweetest boy I knew- person I knew

But he was young and life can be cruel

And it was sure cruel to him

Having been torn away from his mother and brother, his hometown- stuck with his grandmother that only hurt him with her words and his father that had no room in his home.

I always felt bad for him, he never deserved any of it

And life pulled him away from me before we got too close.

I keep getting signs of him, like he may come back.

And I’m thinking…do I want that?

The boy that so effortlessly gave up on us-

Whom claimed I never told him how I felt - and I had multiple times scattered around in the past

Who seemed to make no effort when I was trying my best.

I hoped with everything in me that I could save this, I could save us

But I believe he was opposite, that he had long given up on us.

Maybe his declining mental health played a part, but it didn’t matter

I knew I wasn’t much to him at that point

Especially when his reply to my message came

Did I ever want to let him go? Of course not- I prayed, hoped, pleaded that it would be the last thing I had to do.

But when the expectation of a response was gone…I felt…free

Yes I was hurt, and yes I deleted my sweet goodbye in place of a bittersweet one, calling him out on his lack of effort and pulling the plug

But it felt liberating and I felt powerful

Then his friend came after me, with an essay of how I’m a horrible person and my friend would be better without me

I didn’t read the full thing, no- it would have broken me

The funny thing was I was blocked

Going after me and then not even giving me the opportunity to defend myself? At the time it pissed me off-

At the time I felt horrible for what I did and tried to message him, telling him I would be here if he ever needed me- but I was blocked

Now, I see it as nothing but cowardice and proving me right for me decision

I never wanted to leave him

He was one of the best people I’d known

But I didn’t know him, not anymore

All I ever wanted was to talk to him more, like we used to

Not the ‘how are you?’ Barely lasting 4 messages in…with me always being the last

But I had to come to terms that it’s not my job to keep this friendship going

I was trying all I could, and he shut down my ideas before we could give them a try.

He hurt me.

Which, isn’t a hard thing to do, but this hurt so much worse than had he just broken the friendship off

I tried to play games, I tried to get to know him again, I tried everything I could think of

And no matter what I did

It was never enough.

Do I believe he had malicious intent to hurt me?

No, but I was hurting every single time he appeared in my mind.

Which was nearly everyday

I missed him, so dearly

But I knew what had to be done, not for him, not even for us…but for me.

I had to come to terms that the lingering feelings only brought me sorrow, and as I waited, I realized I couldn’t do this anymore.

I couldn’t just say everything was fine because it wasn’t.

I couldn’t be patient anymore

Hadn’t I been patient enough?

I deserved to feel happy, to feel loved, and not that I was a bother

I had spent so much time watering myself down for others joy, claiming everything was fine even though it hurt just so my friends would feel alright.

And I had spent so much time - destroying that part of me

So I did what I had to.

But what if he were to come back? Would I greet him with open arms, smile and tell him how much I truly missed him?

No.

I won’t be cruel or mean but I cannot let him back in so easily

For that would be betraying myself, my lord, and everything I worked so hard to build within myself

If he wants to come back to me, if he truly feels sorrow that he lost me - he’ll have to prove it

Because I’m tired of the games, of hanging off every little word people say to me

I’ve come so far and I won’t let some guy who didn’t seem to care about me ruin it all

[lividria]

Funny Story: Sonic the Hedgehog

I'm going to preface this post with the fact that i am 9 times out of 10 bad at video games unless i have grinded them for days (as in like the game will say i've put 100+ hours in it of nothing but playtime) and even then i'm usually still pretty bad at them, and the fact that i really like sonic games in theory, i like the characters, love most of the music, i like going fast in platformers, i've taken some ideas from the games as inspiration for my own projects, you get the idea

i have tried, multiple times over the course of my life, to play sonic games and enjoy them, and every time i have either failed or been personally singled out by the universe and had my experience ruined, here's the list

Sonic CD: Mobile port has ads that play when you unpause, I got an ad for a mobile Friday Night Funkin' rip-off reusing shit from the fucking Sonic.EXE mod and the ad BROKE AND FROZE THE ENTIRE APP AND I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING AND I LOST SO MUCH PROGRESS so I deleted the app

Sonic 1: Do people actually enjoy Sonic 1 nowadays

Sonic Rush: Had to use some cheats to beat the game but I beat both campaigns and got all the emeralds... but i tried to pause the game during the true final boss, accidentally hit my emulator's Reset button and that somehow fucking deleted my save data and i couldn't get the true final boss unlocked again even with cheats to get as much progress back as possible, also I hate the power of friendship trope and I hated the way it was used in the ending too

Sonic Generations DS: I couldn't beat Time Eater as a kid and it's the only time a video game has ever made me cry because I got so frustrated (The closest I've gotten since was hearing Reunited in Undertale having finally played it years after first getting into it but I made it without a single tear haha I'm only kinda cringe), I never went back and beat the game and I honestly don't think I want to

Sonic Mania Plus: Rage quit at Chemical Plant I forgot why lol, may give it another go but

Sonic Forces: One of the worst games I've ever played (I'd say the worst is DangerZone from the Minecraft OreSpawn guy)

Sonic Frontiers: I have no clue who designed that stupid "herd the rock chao in the time limit also some can blow up" minigame and made it required to progress but I hope they got fired and then thrown out of a high-up window because that is bar none the worst minigame in any game I've ever played, no I did not beat it but it wouldn't matter because I wasn't really enjoying the main gameplay anyways

Sonic Dash: I hate grinding

Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog (I know it was a joke, shut up): I already mentioned I hate the power of friendship trope and I hated the ending as a result

The only Sonic game I've had no negative experiences with is Sonic Robo Blast 2. The fucking fangame made with a modified Doom engine. I never finished it, I don't know how close I got, but I have no bad memories with it.

Why does this happen to me.

[madraleen]

Attack on Titan - Hajime Isayama Vol.34: The "It's Done, It's Finally Done" Commentary

(*final verdict: i currently consider this one of my favorite stories of all time)

-oh. oh i don't like that cover. i mean it’s a great cover, but it feels like a eulogy for someone is what i'm saying

-me to me, trying to get through the final volume without getting unhinged again: DEDICATE YOUR HEART!

-no body no crime, armin's fiiine, he's hanging out with ymir i'm sure. that wasn’t a painful enough way to die, just pointless, and we’re not doing ‘pointless’ in this manga.

-heh, jean saved reiner :)

-'but they dragged him off toward eren's ass.' never change, levi, never change.

-OH! THE NINE TITANS FROM THROUGHOUT THE AGES! SPLENDID! THAT ISN'T HELL ON EARTH AT ALL! THAT'S JUST GREAT! THAT'S- that's not a titan, that's the Thing from Fantastic 4.

-the visual of titan eren looking like he's in chains and hanging down his head is deliberate i assume

-oh so you're saying eren isn't attacking you, it's ymir

-jean and reiner bonding moment as they hang on for dear life

-mikasa 'bring it on' <3

-help from the skies. literally. thank you falco et al

-i am very afraid that i won't like the ending and i'm bracing myself for disappointment but i'm still holding on to hope and i want to work with what i'm given, and if that's not a parallel to the fight we're having with eren and the gang's feelings on it, i don't know what it is

-so few of the core cast have died that i honestly wouldn't be shocked at a rocks-fall-everyone-dies ending.

-gabi babe, WE can't fight at this point, let alone you. THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP DIDN'T WORK!

-yeah no, i see the parallels - gabi a child born to hate turning to kindness, eren a child born to (sort of) kindness turning to hate, it's nice.

-lmao annie, 'so how's armin' <3

-the fact that levi uses the word 'worrying' when he says 'we don't have the luxury of worrying about eren.’ awfully sentimental, for levi. 

-marleyans: LET'S ALL VOW FOR WORLD PEACE AND ELIMINATION OF HATE IF WE SURVIVE! marleyans two minutes later, seeing the eldians: I'LL SHOOT YOU, SCUM!

-i don't know why, but seeing jean and reiner work together makes me happy

-'your turn, jean!!' 'hold on, reiner!!' ASFSFHS

-oH INTERESTING, levi not having regrets about not choosing erwin. 'because i entrusted the future to that kid who had the same look in his eyes as all of you.' yes levi why don't you twist the knife in a little deeper, why don't you stomp my heart to the ground while you're at it

-'useless' that's what eren called armin too, coincidence?

-oh! zeke! hi! thoughts? 'hello. mr zeke.' oh armin.

-LOOK AT ZEKE'S SAND CASTLE

-BERTOLT SAVED ANNIE?!?! LESSSGOOOO! OOOH OUR TITANS ARE FIGHTING FOR US YESSS

-i'm very glad to see that all in all levi isn't stupid and isn't randomly trying to fight even though he can't

-oh man these fights are so messy (in a good way) that the panels just can't do them justice compared to what it'll be like in the anime i think

-the times connie has saved armin's ass. armin's specifically

-TITAN GRISHA! ! !

-please stop torturing levi, his eyes have never been so wide

-I WAS JUST SAYING THAT LEVI ISN'T STUPID AND HE JUST FLEW OFF AND DECAPITATED ZEKE, WHAT! FALCO, CATCH HIM! DON'T LET LEVI DIE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! (iconic moment tho)

-oh eren DID need zeke to use the founding titan? despite being given the founding titan’s power, he still needed the royal blood? interesting.

-some of jean's action panels with his hair all swept back are so cool

-'goodbye, you suicidal blockhead' shut up shut up shut upppp

-imagine having to wait monthly for the next chapter? torture

-OH THAT ONE BABY WAS SAVED! YAY!

-enough death for now, yeah? if eren's dead, let him be the last.

-oh of course. eren version 5.1 or something. because if his titans can't march, he'll march himself. now i assume it's mikasa's time to use the power of love

-some day i'll be able to make jokes on the progression of eren's hair. this is not that day. this chapter is called ‘a long dream,’ but i'd call it a nightmare. respectfully.

-oh. oh i see. we gathered everyone here just to see them turn into titans for maximum pain, i see.  you didn't have TO DO THIS, SENSEI, YOU DID NOT

-jean and connie holding each other before the end help me.

-don't show me young eren. please don't show me young eren, you know it makes this harder

-er. mikasa is kissing eren's decapitated head... (thrice decapitated). at least ymir is enjoying the sight...?

-is he really...? is eren really...? was that really...? did we really never get to talk to him...?

-i won't pretend to understand what's going on. i'm just sad at seeing little eren and little armin talk at the moment

-so time works all at once? so baby eren is blissfully ignorant while older eren sends dina to inadvertently attack his mother?

-HA ARMIN PUNCHED EREN

-i am like... i am close to tears, then i'm laughing at eren's breakdown over not wanting mikasa to love anyone else, what the hell is happening

-eren I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE EITHER

-well, you CAN'T be forgiven. that doesn't change.

-'i swear i won't let this terrible mistake you're making be in vain' jesus, armin

-EREN CRADLING ARMIN'S HEAD WHEN THEY HUG

-the gang are humans again,  i'm happy i promise. i’m just. it’s a lot. eren visited them all. on paths!zoom. which we didn’t see. which why.

-i'm surprised so many of the core cast had plot armor, but i'm not complaining

-the way they're just holding eren's head

-i can't believe eren's dead

-can we wrap this up, eren is dead and i'm exhausted

-three years time skip and please let this be the end, it's been enough, i can't take anymore

-i'm tired. i'm done. it's done. i get it. eren had to bring it all to pass in order for mikasa to kill him and get rid of the titans. he had to push them away to get them to that point, but he explained it all to us through the paths. he couldn't possibly survive. but. eren. god. there’s so much to wrap my head around, imma need a minute.