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justatalkingface · 1 year ago

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The 'Great' MHA Read Along, Part Three (Chapters 8-11): "Support" Gear and Dodging Death.

Well. You asked for this, so I deliver; upon your head be it.

So. We start off with talking about costumes... actually pretty interesting, though, with companies doing these costumes, I'm kind of surprised there's not brand names on them; All Might, Brought To You By Sony, or something. I guess that was a level of realism Hori wasn't prepared to deal with.... (Note Bakugou's costume comments; 'kill with my knees'?) but then we get to Izuku. And I can't help but feel jipped by this, in a couple of ways. Izuku ends up looking... well, like his mom made his costume, a sore, underdressed thumb compared to all the professionally dressed heroes... and he's also the only one whose face is entirely covered for some reason?

On the other hand, though, it is a nice touching scene, the family reconnecting, Inko admitting her mistakes and that she'll support Izuku.... but couldn't it have been done differently? As is, it feels like Inko is being used as a blatant emotional tool to make Izuku different, and that's rough since her character is barely existent in the first place, and quickly fades away into oblivion as time passes. In the same way that Izuku is the only one who can't actually use his Quirk, the same way he's the only one who is so completely unprepared for UA, he's now the only one who who doesn't actually have a proper costume.

I mean, I get it; on one hand, it's symbolic, and the way he eventually updates it shows his evolution as a hero. But at the same time, I've already made it clear what I think of Izuku starting off so behind, so I don't actually like that symbolism, and even if I was, the narrative feels like it's going a little too hard on the 'he doesn't belong' thing at this point. First time around, I was fine with how Izuku was, and even now my dislike of the starting situation is more on a meta scale than anything, despite the bad logic behind it, because it's written in so engagingly, but I never once liked the costume thing.

There's also the question of why she's OK with Izuku going to UA with either, A, no Quirk that she knows of, or B, a Quirk he just... randomly got, somehow, while applying? When, according to a literal doctor (Dr. Diabolus Ex Machina himself; is the fact that AFO's most loyal minion apparently was Izuku's doctor going to be relevent at some point or...?), that was never going to happen? Ever?

There's... there's a lot of questions she should be asking, here, and as far as we can tell, that just never happens. This whole dynamic here, there was all sorts of room to play with it, expand it, develop Inko as a character and Izuku's background more (and look at the fact that she found out her son was Quirkless and... got fat? Because she handled that guilt badly? The way they talk is like they never talked about Inko saying he couldn't be a hero until just then. Did they... did they really just never ever talk about this again until just now? The more you think about all, the more things don't make sense) and Hori didn't just drop the ball with this, he spiked it into the ground rather than use it.

I'm... sort of grudgingly OK with All Might being a not great teacher here, but not really. I mean, it's still in line with how his brain got ripped out of his head after Arc One, which at this point is something I have a well established history of being... not well pleased about, but it'd track that he wouldn't know how to train students in basic heroism, unlike exercising....

But that leads back to the question of, 'Then why is he a teacher if he can't teach?' Him doing something he explicitly has no idea how to do makes no sense. It's super double dumb though since, again, this is All Might's precious powered-time, and he's using it to... not just to teach kids when he could be saving lives, but teach kids badly, and again, that's stupid, and everyone involved, including Nezu, Super Genius, should realize this.

God, he's so badly shoe-horned into all this I'm actually wondering if he was supposed to die in Arc One and pass on his Quirk to Izuku that way, and him being in at all is Hori changing that plan at the last minute.

So, before I start on Bakugou vs Izuku... let's pause it here so I can go on a tangent: Bakugou's support gear.

There's several problems with it as an in-setting item, all focused around a simple fact: they're not there for 'support', they're weapons. Fundamentally, Bakugou's Gauntlets are just... giant explosive cannons, just like the literal grenades he gets, or the edgy machine guns in late story. No other hero's support gear we see are like that, pure weapons based only around harming others (I remember later, a Random Civilian gets his hand on support gear, I think from Detnerat gear, and that's a weapon, but A, that's from Detnerat, and so made to bring society to its knees, literally, and two, the entire point of that little scene was to show how stupid and helpless civilians are, and how they should dare get above themselves and try to defend themselves (which is clearly set up to support sheep narrative of civilians Hri loves to pull, while also making it make less sense since, if civilians doing anything backfires that badly, then yeah, maybe they're right to do literally nothing so they can't fuck it up) and so I am far from giving it the benefit of the doubt.)

I know later, Bakugou take one off and Izuku uses it, and so they're just... literally giant explosive guns, literally just a pair of guns he has strapped to his arms. Everyone else has gear that supports their Quirks, even Snipe with his actual gun (which enhances his Quirk, which is dependant on a projectile), while Bakugou alone has something that replaces it.

Thematically, that's weird and has bad vibes. On a more practical level, someone, somewhere, must have approved this thing, looked at this design with the more or less literal description of 'giant bomb', and said, 'Yeah, this is OK, let's do it'. This basiclly has no purpose other than to kill people or to cause massive property damage; there's no... safe mode, no limiting, it's just point and FIRE EVERYTHING!!! Why? Why did they just hand it to him? (And, as a side note, how was it full enough to use when Bakugou had just got it? There's no way he sweat enough to fill that thing; otherwise he would have collapsed from dehydration.)

So. Yeah. I have problems with that. And now the fight, and I find this fact distinctive:

Bakugou starts off this fight by proclaiming he's going to use this to beat up Izuku. I'm going to be honest here; if I was a teacher? I would absolutely respond to that, somehow, even if it's simple as, 'Bakugou, no, also now I'm watching you'. It's not exactly a reach to call that an obvious red flag.

(Side note; 'Rage You Damn Nerd' or 'Ferocity of a Fucking Nerd'? Really? What the hell is this chapter title.)

Flashback: Bakugou, as a kid, saying to murder those villains. God, really? Was nobody ever concerned about that?

And then Izuku counters Bakugou, and he just... loses it. Completely. Because of course; how dare Izuku fight back! How dare he resist Bakugou's righteous anger?!

And yet another reminder of the cringy fact that Bakugou was first place, despite the fact it's against his narrative set up of being the little fish, just because of how much Hori hypes him up.

Bakugou: I've been torturing you for all these years, and you've been sitting back and taking it. Clearly, you've been hiding your Quirk all this time, just so you could laugh at me!

Me: ????

Holy fuck, the ego on that comment. I've heard about 'everything being about you', but this is nuts.

Izuku builds up courage to face his fears/bully, and meanwhile Bakugou flashes back to how useless everyone else is, and how great he is, and how dare Izuku stand up to him, when he gave him the perfect name to describe how worthless he is? How dare he try to rescue him that one time when they were kids?! How dare he have concern?!?!?!

*leans back in chair*

Hoolyyy fuck, Bakugou, that is a lot of clusterfuck in such a small, three page sequence.

'Ah, Iida. What a wholesome palate cleanser', I think, more or less in lockstep with Uraraka. I love how his big plan is literally cleaning; I mean, I get the logic, but still.

Alas. All good things end.

So, for a lot of people, the big, defining moment of Bakugou's story and how bad they think he is is Chapter One and the suicide baiting. That's obviously shit, but to me, this is the big moment, the, if you pardon the drama (I can't think of a way to phrase it better), the 'original sin' of MHA as a whole: Bakugou tries to kill someone, and absolutely nothing happens.

This isn't an exaggeration, BTW; let me lay out the scene here:

Bakugou is armed with, as I said before, an insanely aggressive weapon, one that has no purpose other than to kill people or destroy things. He is given this weapon with, apparently, absolutely no comments about being careful with it, not to harm someone with it, or anything, and then takes it into an exercise with his classmates.

This exercise takes place in a building, one that can easily be damaged by the blast of that thing. As this is a multi-story building, even a blast not aimed at someone could easily get someone killed if part of the building collapses on top of them.

Bakugou takes this weapon, and he aims it at a human being. To top it off, All Might, who by all means should be an authority in, 'Yeah, this could definitely kill someone', explicitly tells him that, 'No, you'll kill him!' before he fires.

Bakugou's response? 'He'll be fine if he dodges!"

And then he fires.

And the fact that, not only does this happen at all, but this fight continues afterwords, is inexcusable. Blatantly, obviously, inexcusable. This is, unironically, Bakugou attempting to kill someone.

On tape, no less!

I mean, hell, with this one chapter, we have the means (the gauntlet), the motive (Izuku's... existence? The fact that he dares to stand against Bakugou?), and the opportunity (this entire exercise), along with witnesses watching him do it in real time. If this had hit Izuku, the trial against Bakugou would have been a cakewalk.

And the thing is? Everything before this, everything, is something that could be excused. Granted, it would strain the suspension of belief to the breaking point at times, but everyone could be that stupid and/or that biased, in theory.

But this? There is absolutely no way that this could happen, and be acceptable in the logic of this story. I don't care if All Might is literally missing his brain, I don't care if Aizawa just.... hates Izuku with a deep and unexplainable loathing (BTW, I think I forgot to mention last time that Aizawa sabotaged Izuku's scores? Well, considering how Izuku with his super toss was in a contest against a girl that only is invisible, there's no way he was in last place, so... yeah. Aizawa sabotaged him). Forget their heroic instincts, forget all of that; if they let this happen, everyone involved with this would have their lives destroyed. They can't cover it up, because at some point, Inko is really going to wonder, 'Hey, where is my kid at?' and the second she asks that everything crumbles.

That, and why would they try to cover it up? Bakugou's character is, in many ways, the cliche of the sports star from a small school, who the entire school, if not the town, bends over backwards to keep him in that position (which, ironically, never would have helped Aldera that much, because Bakugou, as is, would never give them credit, respect, or money. Bakugou, if he improved enough to give them that? Would give them shit for what they let him do instead. That plan was doomed from the start). The thing is? That tolerance only goes so far; sure, he can bully the nerd all day long, and hell, he can beat him half-to-literal-death if there's no one there of importance to serve as witness, but this? This isn't just attacking the nerd. This is chasing him in a car. And, when the nerd escapes into the school? The jock then drives into the school, and only stops when the car itself gets jammed in a wall.

There's a point, in other words, where all that tolerance ends. This is waay past that point.

That, and the fact that UA isn't a small school, with a sports department propped up by their one good athlete; UA is the school that athlete wants to go to. To UA, Bakugou the metaphorical athlete is completely replaceable; how many students were trying to get in again?

And all of that? All of that is assuming that every single one of them is, in fact, the absolute worse, trash, shallow self-serving shit versions of them possible, instead of being heroes, in a school for heroes, for whom there should be standards all over the place.

So the fact that he fires this shot, and that the flash-stepping All Might doesn't just bitch slap him out of it beforehand, or at least make it clear if he does his heroic life is over, and then afterwards he allows this fight to continue, and then after that, there's barely even a harsh word said in response to this, by anyone, much less any sort of consequences for it, school based or otherwise, shatters my SOD into dust.

The logic and foundation of this setting can not support this sequence of events. So... why? Why did this happen? Why was this allowed to happen?

Bakugou. The completely irrational, completely assholish Bakugou, who would do this, because this falls in line with his behavior from what we've seen of him thus far... if he was held to account for this? Given consequences, realistic consequences, for his realistically horrific behavior? He'd be gone, at least. Out of UA, out of Izuku's life (if only), and out of the story.

But... for whatever reason, even before all the polls came in (I think), Hori just wanted Bakugou to stay in the story. Why? Maybe there was a more proper redemption arc in the works. Maybe it was always going to be like it was now. Maybe Hori just likes Bakugou. Who knows?

The point is Bakugou, The Living Idiot Ball, is born into the story at this moment, a character who makes everyone around him their impossibly worse selves. His behavior will improve, somewhat, but the behavior of those around him won't.

Well, thankfully, the building doesn't collapse on all of them after that (thought maybe it should have? I'm not an expert, but that is a big hole there)... and here's something else that bothers me.

I can't understand All Might's motivation here for not stopping the match, as in I'm looking at his stated motivation for that, and it doesn't make sense.

In his head, he's talking about this will fuel Izuku's growth, basiclly. And, maybe it does, but that's not the problem here. The problem is Izuku could die, and is getting some serious injuries as Bakugou beats the living shit out of him; it's not worth all of that for some extra growth now, when he still has his entire school life to improve. And sure, we know that, in a meta sense, this is A, prep for the villains soon to show up, and that, B, Izuku does not, in fact, have his entire school life to get better. But All Might doesn't know that; All Might doesn't have any reason to think AFO is still alive, much less masterminding an attack. So... why the rush?

Before, he was rushing Izuku's training, but there was a concrete reason: Izuku needed to get into U.A. Well... mission accomplished; he's in. So why the push?

To give a somewhat in character reason, I guess, to try and excuse Bakugou, The Living Idiot Ball.

Meanwhile, all the characters can't stop talking up about how great a fighter Bakugou is, because it's not enough to excuse him from a murder attempt, apparently everyone needs to make sure the audience knows about how much of a 'beast' Bakugou is!

And, all of this, while Bakugou has this crazed sounding rant about how Izuku is 'looking down' on him, when until five seconds ago he thought he was beneath your boot. Even while they're fighting, Izuku can't help but talk up the person who single handedly ruined his entire life.

*sighs for forever*

Anyways, Izuku barely claims a win with teamwork, determination, and the magically ability to remember what his objective is!

(cue funny little omake where Mt Lady breaks her office with puns)

And... the last chapter of this arc: 'Bakugou's Starting Line'. Ugh.

Anyways, Bakugou beats Izuku half to death, but he loses. He loses, and has a mental break down because of that, and All Might is remarkably fine with this whole situation.

Then, Momo proves that she's smart and on top of things (enjoy that while it lasts), the other fights happen, which... brutally honest, I can't care much about, beyond Todoroki proving that, suprise suprise, he's actually the big fish in the 1A lake (enjoy that while it lasts as well! The nerfs are coming for everyone not named Bakugou or Izuku), which is yet more mental damage on Bakugou's oh so sensitive ego.

Izuku, unsurprisingly, ends up needing to be put back together after all that, and Recovery Girl has a rare positive portrayal where she says that Izuku getting beat to hell and back is, in fact, bad, which All Might agrees with like a sheepish child rather than an adult who has carried massive responsibilities for years now and who, need I remind you all, was not too long ago competent and did in fact avoid letting Izuku be permanently harmed... you know, the good old days.

Anyways, everyone is impressed by Izuku, cool, cool, and then... Izuku shits on it by telling Bakugou, 'This isn't my Quirk!', thus locking in his participation in late story stuff forever.

And again... why? Why does he feel responsible for this? Why does he need to make sure he's not... accidently, tricking Bakugou by letting him be an idiot and think he was just... holding back his entire life, and instead all but blows a secret of nigh incalculable value. To his bully. Because his bully felt bad.

*resists the urge to scream into my desk*

And, for a second time this sequence... why? Why would he do that? Why is he simping so damn hard for him?

*spreads hands*

Bakugou, The Living Idiot Ball, whom proximity to drives idiotic and irrational behavior into all.

And then Bakugou has tears in his eyes as he realizes he's not the top dog, and we're apparently supposed to feel sorry for him, and then All Might shows up, burning more of his precious time to talk to Bakugou, not long after his murder attempt, and rather than trying to... chastise him or anything, he rushes to tell Bakugou to cheer up!

I don't know about you, but if I could only give Bakugou one piece of advice, it would definitely be, 'protect your ego!'

Then Izuku affirms to the audience that Bakugou is still the standard he's chasing after, just in case we didn't get the message that Bakugou is the best, because Hori wants to make that very clear in our minds.

Finally: villians. ...Why is the mindless Nomu in the bar?

#bnha critical #mha critical #The 'Great' MHA Read Along #bakugou critical #izuku deserves better #bakugou the living idiot ball #the arc the SOD breaks and never quite recovers #i have no idea what i'm doing #what the fuck did i just bring upon this cursed land

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felassan · 2 years ago

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A few more snippets of interest and insight from Mark Darrah, from an older Mark Darrah on Games YouTube video where he was livestreaming playing Dragon Age: Origins some months ago -

Chat said "One day we will get a BioWare game with good hair. One day." Mark replied, "I hope they have good hair this time. I think they'll have good hair. There's some really cool tech in Frostbite now that FIFA is using for pretty good hair, so might be expensive, but."

[please note this video streamed 4 months ago] "I've been pretty inaccurate on my predictions for DA:D news. I mean I would be shocked if they don't plan to do something for EA Play 2023, but then there would be no reason for them to do anything before then, to try to make their own event, but. Yeah, I would say that, if they're planning to release this year [2023], which would still be my expectation, they'll announce at, they'll have stuff at EA Play and probably date, so they can open up preorders in Europe. If they're still concerned about their date then they won't date. Normally EA Play would be in June, same time as E3. Do we have confirmation of an E3 this year?" Here chat commented, "Could you see them potentially showing up at something like the rumored Microsoft conference?" Mark replied, "It's possible, the problem with going to a console-specific conference is it's implying things that you don't necessarily want to imply. If you're a really big game like GTA or COD or something then it's fine, but for something like DA you never want to even softly imply, you have to be really careful about potentially softly implying that this is a Microsoft exclusive or a Sony exclusive. They could do it, if Microsoft made the deal sweet enough, there's always that possibility. But it's a lot easier for the really big games, you're never gonna be confused that GTA is Microsoft exclusive or that COD is a Sony exclusive, but you could make that mistake with DA, and they'd want to be very careful not to make that happen. But it could happen, but I doubt it."

Chat asked "So for whoever ends up giving the live presentation - would you have any advice for them? I imagine it's a stressful time." Mark replied, "Live, it is stressful, it's interesting though because the press conferences, the stage press conferences, you have a live audience but it's a lot quieter than say doing a PowerPoint presentation to a roomful of say 50 people. So in a way it's a lot easier, but you have to kind've get over the fact that there's 3000 people in the room with you. But if you can then it's easier than a normal presentation, because you can just practise and get smooth. Now EA practises a lot for their press conferences, which is good if you're nervous, but it does have a tendency to kind've squeeze a lot of the authenticity out of the presentation style. You can really see that in the Anthem one where it's me and Casey Hudson. We practised that like fifty times. Maybe not fifty times. At least a couple of times. It's not a good format. It takes a format that's supposed to be authentic and on the fly and turns it into something where all of the spontaneity has been squeezed out of the thing. I do think authenticity is the key, but the problem with authenticity is sometimes you get someone like at TGA saying that the Oscars are garbage. So EA would rather have 20% less authenticity, with 50% less chance of someone going massively off-script. I actually don't agree, I think it's the wrong tradeoff, but they would rather take the safe route."

Chat said "I feel like the Warden and Darkspawn story arcs have taken a back seat to the templars and mages. Do you think it's likely they will ever revisit the Blight threads?" Mark replied "I think the Blight will be probably relevant."

"I would be very surprised if the Architect showed up in DA:D. They could collapse the quantum of him though, if they wanted to bring him back, they would just do that. If he was killed, he body-hopped, same as Corypheus did. They could do that. I don't think they will."

"Isabela is quite quantum."

"Boss design like the Mother in Awakening definitely would not fly today."

"Any of the books that happen after a game are canon only so much in that they, the events that happen in them are treated as happening, but they aren't necessarily treated as 'whose alive and whose dead', for canon. But things that happen before stuff, like The Calling, I think are treated as fully canon. Like I think Absolution will be treated as canon, like Fairbanks will be dead. There's nothing in there that violates any possible worldstate. But sort've like, from a canon perspective, there's sort've like several layers. There's, what is, base canon, in terms of what we choose, like fully canon would mean it applies, is canon for everyone. Whereas there's also the, like, what is the default, what is default canon, what is written to. But if things that can potentially be violated by different playstates, the writers will tend to try to write away from them so that we don't suddenly have something happening that violates your playthrough. So something that can be true for everyone is more likely to occur. Something that might happen for someone else, I mean, obviously that's been violated, like Leliana shows up even if she's dead in DA:I, but that's why it's lampshaded. So that if you kill her, it's explained why she's alive. Masked Empire is fully canon for the same reason, because it doesn't have any way of violating anything. Doesn't mean that some things that are presented aren't recontextualized, but."

"RPGs don't demo [at conferences and events] super-well because they require so much context. The best I ever saw honestly was probably, I saw Skyrim once at an E3 but I didn't play it. They'd set it up in such a way that when you were standing in line to play it or just kinda walking by you could see other people playing it. I actually didn't play it at that E3. Standing there for five or ten minutes watching other people play it was probably the best RPG demo I've ever seen, because you were distant from it, so you kind've accepted a little bit less context. So you kinda want that, but you can't really get that, so you either ended up doing what BioWare usually does which is a behind-closed-doors 45 minute demo, which gives the context, but you can only get a certain number of people through it. Or you have something that's really tight for stage. When demo-ing an RPG you need to set up the story, the conflict, but you also need to somehow sort've establish how this plays. With a shooter you kind've know. Do you show character generation in an RPG demo? You never do but kind've people care about that a lot so you kinda should."

"One of the best [demos] from a story perspective that I ever saw was Mass Effect 2, it showed the beginning of the game, the bit with you walking through, the bit where Shepard dies, and showed it as if it was the end of the game. So a big misdirection. But I think that you kind've have to do some sort've, and I guess we did something, not as effective, but kind've the same in DA:I where we showed Future Redcliffe essentially as an ending of the game or as something that would happen."

"The PAX demo of DA:I was the game as we understood it at the time. A lot of stuff we showed at PAX ended up not getting into the final game, so people get mad when demos misrepresent the game, but sometimes that's happening because the game changes after the demo. Not because it was a lie, it was the truth at the moment, it's much more likely to happen with an RPG than it is to happen with other things. With shooters you might get something like big fidelity degradation but you're unlikely to get significant changes to mechanics."

"Hira in Absolution starts out being really bad at [levitating/flying on a disc], and then gets really good in like a later episode, I feel like she should've, or I guess it's in the same episode, she's way better all of a sudden at levitating, at flying."

[source]

He also talked more generally about DA:O and the franchise and things in general. These bits are collected under a cut due to length -

Chat said "I still say Velanna would have made way more sense for turning Justice into Vengeance." Mark said "Yeah, Velanna definitely has a lot more revenge in her than Anders does at this point." Chat then commented "Like, if it was about justice for the elves, that would have been a better fit for Velanna." Mark replied "Yeah it wouldn't have made sense for DAII, like what is she doing in Kirkwall?"

"With darkspawn [structures and items] it's always a little over, there's a lot of decoration for something darkspawn cobble together"

"Awakening is a bit blobby"

In the Mother's Lair, chat said "The lair is the same as the place Morrigan found the eluvian. Is this on purpose or just asset reuse?" Mark replied "I think it was asset reuse"

"The Sacred Ashes trailer was made by Blur. Blur is not cheap. I don't think you can compare it with in-game cutscenes"

Chat asked "Was the thrown dagger mechanic in Mark of the Assassin too large a file packet to be in the base game? It changed everything for rogues." Mark replied, "It didn't exist in the base game, it was added just to give them a ranged weapon, it's not that it couldn't fit. Why didn't it get put back in? It's not so much that it was definitely going to be big, but it would be hard to know for sure without very carefully testing the whole game all over again. Because it is extra memory. Some of the stuff in Awakening for example does actually blow memory on consoles on the main game if you take it back, which, there was some way you could do that. It did something bad, so it had to be changed"

When the Architect appears to the Warden before the confrontation with the Mother, chat mentioned that he doesn't mention how the Fifth Blight started and refers to being "born". Chat said "I wonder if the Architect is just a magister like Corypheus? He says he was 'born' but maybe that's just a play on words." Mark said "At this point he's acting like he doesn't remember. Yeah, he's acting like he doesn't know what he is. Yeah I don't think you learn any of that stuff here. Does he not know/remember? Or is he hiding it?"

Chat said "I've never killed Leliana, what was the explanation in DA:I for her being alive?" Mark replied "The explanation is pretty loose but it's basically, the Urn was right there so it brought her back to life. Though it is possible that you decapitate her in that fight, so that is a bit of a stretch in certain circumstances."

"Solas is the master of 'didn't think this through'"

"It wasn't that it wasn't being contemplated, DA was just never intended to be a series. DA:O was always conceived of as a standalone game, which is why there are all these weird things in the end screens of DA:O, especially where it's like 'oh, you know, the entire world fell into a volcano'. By the time that DA:O was coming out, EA wanted a sequel. It was actually before EA that it was conceived of as a single franchise, it was to work on a sequel to DAII before DA:O was even out. That's when/why I came on. So it wasn't, what became DAII wasn't what was being worked on in that time. The SW:TOR delay made DAII, but it didn't make there be a sequel"

"I don't know if they'll ever do a Dragon Age legendary edition. EA does not like spending money. With DA:O you kinda have to decide if you're remastering or remaking. If you're remastering, you just let all of the iffy bits stand"

"A lot of the end screens in DA:O and Awakening, they're causing weird things for the future. The one I used to bring up a lot was the werewolves. You could literally end DA:O with werewolves just rampaging over parts of Ferelden. Or there's also like a potential dwarven civil war coming."

"DA:I was definitely considering collapsing the quantum state as much as it could, whereas DA:O doesn't care, it's just like whatever, make the world be a completely ridiculous quantum state, you're basically not guaranteed that anyone makes it through this alive"

"The problem with Oghren in Awakening is it's like they rewind him back to how he is when you meet him, so it undoes everything. Oghren is very 2D in Awakening"

"An RPG is more like a buffet, it's about providing a lot of features and you engage with some of them, you kind've like some of them, you can tolerate some of them, you don't engage with other ones. Whereas a lot of other game genres are much more about excellent execution on your core loop. An RPG isn't really about that as much. I think that's to some degree one of the problems with Anthem has, is that, you know, it's made by a company that's used to 70 B features combining into an A+ feature. And for a looter shooter it's not really that, it's two or three A features combining into an A+ feature. So there's just a friction in some of the pieces of Anthem that are fine for RPGs but not fine for a looter shooter. And you know, looter shooters aren't even the pinnacle of that"

[source]

(pls note that in places there is a bit of paraphrasing of the info, the best source is always the primary source with full quotes in their original context)

#dragon age #bioware #video games #long post #longpost #dragon age: dreadwolf #dragon age 4 #the dread wolf rises #da4 #dragon age: absolution #dragon age: absolution spoilers #solas #sw:tor #anthem #mass effect #morrigan #queen of my heart

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greensagephase · 9 months ago

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Alondra I just read part 13 and I'm screaming!

Life have been very hectic for me lately as I started my new masters, and I needed the time to sit down and properly read the thing that I know now that is my favourite thing to wait for

Its currently 3am, I'm sleepless just like Miguel, chronically staring at my screens as I go through coding and other complex stuff (fr my O'hara era) but I needed comfort and I was like you know what? F this, I'm reading NVC, idk I was gonna stay up late anyways.

After all my rant here are my thoughts, in order probably of how I felt about the fic:

-First of all the SCARF are you kidding me?!? The fact that Miggy keeps it for comfort and reader knows and decides to trick him out on wearing it so her scent lingers on it, fixing it around her aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhhhhhhhh i mean come onnnnnnnnnnn kiss already

-And then Miguel just casually putting the scarf on her cause whatever YOLO just do it, my heart exploded

-AND LORD HAVE MERCY SEND HELP I'M GOING CRAZY ABOUT WEARING MIGUEL'S JACKET

-istg I felt it around me, like a thousand sizes bigger than me, being cozy like a blanket? My heart aches!

-Miguel telling reader to be careful and then she sayind "I'll see you at home" I literally had to bite my arm not to scream and wake up my roomates LOL

-This part got me sooooo longing, cause this is istg my brother and I dynamic with my mom and grandma, is latino coded that I love it, it filled my heart to remember those days.

-AND ALSO HELLO NOT YOU REFERRING EDUARDO YAÑEZ LOOKING LIKE MIGUEL IM HISTERICALLY LAUGHING OMGGGGGGGGG (gotta say destilando amor is an amazing novela lol)

-I can't… are we saying we have a crush on him? Cause… sighs I do.. I long for him -I'm sorry I'm making this notes as I go and I'm ranting but this..

-Miguel… you can hug me any day baby you don't need to stuff a pillow.

-The blanket, the canelita, the talk in the couch… the yearning for physical touch, the new playfulness of Miguel… I was in tears for at least 20 min before I could continue reading.

-Little side note on this… phrase… my mind started to go places where it didn't need to be about my theories on spiderverse lol,please SONY IM BEGGING, I need for 2025 to come asap, I need answers and more Miggy.

-Anyways know that I'm writing this as a live reaction and I just stood up from my chair to go scream at mi pillow when I saw the word

GARIBALDIS, you finally did it I love so much MY HEARTTT IS GONNA EXPLODE!

You have no idea how happy this just made me! AAAAH!

-And in this angsty part… OMG… I swear I needed like 20 more minutes to recollect myself...meanwhile I'll give you this gaby doodle

-Okay add like another 20 minutes after you mentioned that Gaby sang Luna de Xelajú on the guitar, this whole Gabriella convo has my heart aching more, I need this little girl in my life...

-Not Miguel telling reader about his dreams of her interacting with Gabi and Gabriel, I'm on the floor once again, and telling her that they love her and she admitting she loves them too

-So for the next part when reader and Miguel hold hands while sleeping… I'll just share my doodle with you.... I went insane...

-The image of this alone will have me dreaming all night of him i swear, this became to much for my heart to quickly, I can freaking assure you that this is the best piece of FF reading of my life I'm not even kidding, I'll hold your hand as miguel did 🥺

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

OMG WE ARE OFFICIALLY BEST FRIENDS THIS IS NOT A DRILL PEOPLE

I had to doodle them both, cause hello they for sure were so cute admitting it to each other, and Miguel laughing... AAAAAAAAH!

My friend you ended up killing me with the Chilaquiles part AND YOU MENTIONING IT WAS FOR ME AND THE GARIBALDIS TOO?!?!

ISTG I LOVE YOU, it means a lot to me 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I want Miguel to cook me some spicy chilaquiles!!!! awww! this was just perfect I swear!!

Well my rant ends up here, I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to get to you, but life has been chaotic! I'm so glad I took my proper time to read and enjoy this because I felt so many things reading this chapter, it was amazing as always and can't wait for what's next!!

Sending you pinky finger hugs!

Hola, Ana!! I'm so happy you got to read part 13 despite now busy you are!! Congrats on starting your new masters!!!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 I'm so proud of you!!!! Also, I'm screaming about you being in your O'Hara era, haha!! You're truly embodying him with all the screens and staying up!! But in all seriousness, I hope you're doing well and taking some well deserved time off, at least a few minutes for your mental health :)

Also, I loved reading all your reactions as you were reading the part, haha (I hope you didn't wake up your roommates)!! But now, time for me to rant about this chapter, too, because it's been one of my favorite to write so far!!

The scarf moment - the way reader tricked Miguel so she could wear it and keep her scent on it, him placing it on her the next time!! He was bold for that and playful which skjksjh, I love this side of him !! But | agree, need them to kiss already !!!! (currently fighting thoughts on them kissing and doing more 🫣🫣 the thoughts are just too much)

Reader WEARING MIGUEL'S JACKET, I'M SO GLAD YOU MENTION IT BECAUSE I WAS SCREAMING ABOUT IT AND MIGUEL'S REACTION - mans brain was buffering 💀 but also imagine wearing his jacket?? I need it 😮‍💨 imagine how comforting it would feel? And his SCENT (I'm normal about this, I promise)

sjshJSsk reader telling Miguel, " I'll see you at home" - just me being silly, and giving you guys and myself a little taste of the future 😌 (once again, the thoughts are consuming me)

Okay for the telenovela part, I was like gotta include this because this was also an evening thing for my siblings and me with my parents. I also love thinking about Miguel having these Latin experiences, so I was like imagine Miguel and Gabriel sitting at the dining table doing homework while Conchata watches the telenovela? Plus, it gave me an excuse to include Gabriel because I seriously love him so much!! So, I'm so happy that this little scene allowed you to reminisce on your childhood!! 🥺

ANA I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD MENTION THE EDUARDO YAÑEZ REFERENCE - THANK YOU!!! I had to after seeing people on tiktok saying Miguel kinda looked like him months ago lol and well, me personally, I had the biggest crush on him growing up 🤭 (and real! Destilando Amor is one of my favorite telenovelas !!)

About reader maybe having a crush on him because she realizes she's found someone like Peter in Miguel....um, no comment. But I definitely have a crush on him (I love him)!!!

And Miguel stuffing a pillow into reader's sweatshirt - SAME!! I'm like, just come and hug me, Miguel, no need for the pillow (imagining things right now)

The whole moment with the blanket and canelita to have this talk about Miguel's past - I wanted the moment to be as comforting as possible for Miguel with how heavy and sad the talk was going to be. 😭 And then, both of them yearning for physical contact (because Miguel is definitely yearning for it, if it's not clear!!) I just really loved it because now we have not only reader but also Miguel wanting more physical touch!!! I can't wait for them to finally hug fr!!!

Ana, I would love to know about your theories regarding the multiverse and universes collapsing because it's something I've been thinking about. I literally think about it and then just stop because I feel like I'm losing my mind over it. I NEED ANSWERS!! And more Miggy content, too 😭😭

THE GABY DOODLE HAS KILLED ME - SHES SO CUTE!!! LOOK AT HER CHEEKY SMILE - THE WAY I WOULD'VE CRIED IF I SAW THAT PIC LIVE WITH MIGUEL !!! The Luna de Xelajú mention with Gaby - I hurt myself with that one ngl and I feel you!! I know Gaby has little screen time in the movie but I just love her so much and I wish we had more content of her and Miggy (Sony I'm begging for more content of them happy plssss)!! But no, seriously, I would love to have her in my life and look after her (I would even raise her, let's be real) She's such an angel 🥺🥺

The part with Miguel telling reader about his dreams and her being part of them, and how she interacts with Gaby and Gabriel and how they love her !! And then you also have reader revealing that she loves them, too - AHHH!!! It's like, you guys should marry already pls (Gaby and Gabriel are probably watching from somewhere like, "éstos dos..." 🫠 Gabriel probably tells Gaby that, "Your dad has one of the brightest minds of all time, but he's never been good at this romance thing. So, I guess we need to give him time.")

OK OK OK OK YOUR DOODLE OF MIGUEL SLEEPING AND HOLDING HANDS WITH READER AHHHHH!!!!

He looks so dreamy and cute 🥺🥺🥺 I love it so much I'm just staring at my screen (again) with heart eyes!!!! Thank you Ana ❤️❤️❤️ I'm so happy you liked this moment because I was screaming and ventilating the whole time while writing it!!!!!

AND YES, IT'S HAPPENING, WE OFFICIALLY HAVE THE BEST FRIEND TITLE (almost 200k words later) BUT WE GOT HERE!!!! And we had some hand holding action (I've been waiting for this for months ngl!!!) I'm so proud of them finally admitting it!!!

MIGGY AND YOU, ANA -IM- THEY'RE SO CUTE AND MIGGY LAUGHING 🥺😭I LOVE THIS!!! You guys look so cute!!! I hope you draw your spidersona with Miggy more because they just look so cute together!!!!!! (when do we get a spidersona reveal fr?) BUT SERIOUSLY LOOK AT MIGGY !!! NEED THIS MAN TO SMILE AND LAUGH

Omg and the food and mention- I told you I was going to add the garibaldis and chilaquiles!! I was planning on including them in part 12 but then the flow of the chapter changed, so I decided to leave it for part 13!! I'm glad it made you happy!!! I thought it would be nice since you've told me you love both things (and I also love chilaquiles with all my heart), so I'm happy you loved it!!!! And girl, me, too!!! I want to sit down and drink coffee with Miguel and eat pan dulce, and then have him cook spicy chilaquiles - PLSSS !!!

I'm so so happy you enjoyed this chapter, friend!! I enjoyed reading your live reactions to it hehe, it made my heart explode with happiness!! And please don't apologize, I understand completely about being busy!! I hope school, work, and life in general is going smoothly for you!! I'm rooting for you and again, CONGRATS ON STARTING YOUR NEW MASTERS!!! I'm so, so proud of you 🥹

ALSO NOT YOU SIGNING OFF WITH PINKY FINGER HUGS !!!! AHHHHH I LOVE THAT AND YOU!!! THANK YOU FRIEND!!!!💖💖

Sending you pinky finger hugs back!!! <333

#non violent communication fan art #miguel o'hara #nonviolent communication #miguel ohara #nonviolent communication fanart #asked and answered #the doodle of Gaby - my heart is still hurting from that but in a good way!!!#Thank you for the support Ana ❤️

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x-heesy · 1 year ago

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Ph̶̨̢̺̪̻̱̞̓̓͊ͅư̵̛̞̙̩͔̭̠̅̈́̊͆͝c̶̡̙̙̞̊̅̋́̒̔̈̑̑ķ̴̢̨̻̲͖͋͌̏͛̕ y̵̧̛̝͙̪̘͑͋͌͂̓͌̉ͅe̵̯̞̎̈́̀͑̂̓̽̕͝ǎ̸̹͔̅̈́͘: ǵ̷̦̈͐̓̀̉͌ǎ̸̹͔̅̈́͘ṋ̷͆̽̍͊ǵ̷̦̈͐̓̀̉͌s̶̢͎̮̝̭̫̞̏̒͛͗͜t̵͎̳̠̏͐͒͆̐ǎ̸̹͔̅̈́͘ r̵̠͖̂̀̄́́̕ǎ̸̹͔̅̈́͘p̸͎̝̲̬̗̳̺̥͗͌̑̽͑̍̈͒

Yeah

Cut the head off the basilisk, in the grass hunting

Anybody coming after me, get no pass from me

Oh my god, this is blasphemous, they don't blast for me

Just trying to get this fast money, you a crash dummy

Fill my heart with the darkness, I feel like Ansem

Get them grumpy at the game, oh, they're Arin Hanson

SP where I came boy, I stay advancing

CRT ghosting, I am Danny Phantom

Shit, I'm going off on tangents, still I get the cosine

Lay them on they back, wait, that shit is no lie

Younging's stepping to me saying that my shit is old time

I've been Lo-fi since before you called it Lo-fi, bitch

In a bull fight pit, trying to hold my shit

Wave a flag same color as a old spice stick

Read the scrolls I writ, how you've grown to exist

What is Jar Jar Binks, to the four five six?

When I die, put the bullet on my tombstone

Sorry, who are you? Couldn't tell like this a new phone

Covered up in gold, buried underneath a dark sky

If you're trying to rob me you're gonna have to find the clue scroll

Pharaoh cloth wrapping me, caught in this catastrophe

You ain't been the same since we dropped, boy, that's sad to see

Captains at the wheel, you don't want to be a casualty

Lost in my lane, if you're hating, get the savagery

Doubled up on bad investment

Probably try if I had contestants

Got 'em gasping like asthma breaths and

They all mad, looking sad and desperate

Love the looks that I get, when I pass pedestrians

And all the words that you got ain't

Mean shit when the devil speak in Latin

You can possum and piss on yourself when he passing

'Cause it's all in the fist, like the heart of the dragon

You a passionate kid, but you old now, what happened?

Want my cash little bitch? Didn't think so

Please don't ever hit me up on my cellphone

Said my cash low, bitch? Didn't think so

Better get the price right, this ain't Plinko

Want my cash little bitch? Didn't think so

Please don't ever hit me up on my cellphone

Said my cash low, bitch? Didn't think so

Better get the price right, this ain't Plinko

I want that cash money, rap money

Everything is trash money

Bitch, I feel like Jimmy Neutron

'Cause I got that blast on me

Watch my wrist, it does glisten, fridge

You is just a pussy bitch

I can tell 'cause your mom's dressed you in that Rip and Dip

Yeah, welcome to the Black Parade

We saving face like labor day

We doing shit the fatal way

You cannot keep up with the pace

It's cloud mac with that booky shit

Music biz, lucrative

Bitch, I feel like Harrison

I'm a fucking fugitive

Bumping MCR, Sony MDRs on me

I fill up every bar fully, feel my empty heart

Jody Highroller never love a bitch, could've made the league

Rap game whoever, just throw a name on the beat

The flow is ever discreet, I am anything but

Like our denim we tough, so tie an enemy up

And I'll fry them granted he fucked, the ire in me is spilling over

Akin to cobras how I spit before I kill them slowly

Rest in peace, tearing throats open like they mezzanines

Blow like Desert Eagle let the smoke up out my chest to breath

Keenly coded with the meanest kinda motus

And the coldest soul eroded no condolence 'til I'm older, got a

Callous style it's all malice a foul paladin

Silence I found solace in sliding these sly talons in

Blessed with maligned madness and chatter that chall acquiesce

Black is my soul agonous bragging, we so back in this

Want my cash little bitch? Didn't think so

Please don't ever hit me up on my cellphone

Said my cash low, bitch? Didn't think so

Better get the price right, this ain't Plinko

Want my cash little bitch? Didn't think so

Please don't ever hit me up on my cellphone

Said my cash low, bitch? Didn't think so

Better get the price right, this ain't Plinko

Bǎ̸̹͔̅̈́͘s̶̢͎̮̝̭̫̞̏̒͛͗͜i̴̛͕͍̤̐͆͆͂̇̈́̍̍͊l̵̡̬̹̙͕͍͙̜̂͌̾i̴̛͕͍̤̐͆͆͂̇̈́̍̍͊s̶̢͎̮̝̭̫̞̏̒͛͗͜ķ̴̢̨̻̲͖͋͌̏͛̕ b̵̧̙̮̰̜̳̟͈̞̓̀͋̅̓̔ͅy̵̧̛̝͙̪̘͑͋͌͂̓͌̉ͅ Ce̵̯̞̎̈́̀͑̂̓̽̕͝m̵̖͌̈́͜͠e̵̯̞̎̈́̀͑̂̓̽̕͝t̵͎̳̠̏͐͒͆̐e̵̯̞̎̈́̀͑̂̓̽̕͝r̵̠͖̂̀̄́́̕y̵̧̛̝͙̪̘͑͋͌͂̓͌̉ͅ Dr̵̠͖̂̀̄́́̕i̴̛͕͍̤̐͆͆͂̇̈́̍̍͊v̷̛̼̣͍͈̮̉̾͗̄̋̉̄̀̄e̵̯̞̎̈́̀͑̂̓̽̕͝

@bigbonzo @boanerges20

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alarrytale · 8 months ago

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I personally share your opininon (that they are still together) and I'm not the anon who asked about their breakup, but here is one opinion why they broke up:

https://www.tumblr.com/caralara/747812079110651904/hey-can-i-ask-what-makes-you-think-theyve-been?source=share

Hi, anon!

I know there are people who think they broke up. I obviously don't agree, and i think their arguments are weak, they lack understanding and they're projecting.

I also question why they're still fans of someone they believe tried as hard as they could to combat the gaslighting that were happening around their relationship. They tried to show their fans who they really were, that they had no agency and were forced into stunting. And then they broke up and decided to start gaslighting these fans themselves by pretending to still be together? Talking about absolutely fucking up your own fandom? Gaslighted by both label and H and L from two different sides? For what?

I could see Louis doing it perhaps because he's got mostly larrie fans, but he hardly caters to us anyway? He's the one doing all the denials and shitting on us to try to to invalidate us? It's also him bringing media attention to larry. It's him that at the same time sings "i love him, i hate it". If he was gay and single there would be no need to continue bg. Bg is stopping him from gaining new fans. It would be to his career advantage if it ended. Yes, it would put a spotlight on larry and people would start questioning H's sexuality, but why would L care if they've broken up? Sony might, but they got what they wanted, a broken up larry. I don't think they would be able to continue it then, because it's not in Louis best interest anymore (they hid behind that when they were together).

And Harry, what's his excuse for wearing that umbro shirt? He doesn’t need to keep his larrie fans. In fact if he got more fans thinking larry isn't real and that he's straight, he'd have to stunt less? Harry being able to finally do a proper denial of their relationship would be advantagous for him. He'd be able to do it now because it wouldn't be a lie.

People are allowed to have an opinion. But people, please sort your thoughts out. Do you believe that H and L broke up after trying to show fans that their relationship is real and are now gaslighting us into still believing, by what, yelling about chicken and calling us conspiracy theorists? If they broke up, but they both still want to signal that they're both gay to us fans, why conflate the two? When you sing i love him, i hate it and wear blue and green people will assume the "him" is Harry and not that you're trying to signal that you're gay? And when on earth did their label go from kill the larry rumours at any cost, give him a fake kid to finally kill it, to keep larriebaiting them even if you've broken up? And you think H and L would go along with that? Their teams coordinating with each other to make sure L wears that rose shirt and Harry wears that dagger looking shirt next? While being broken up?

At the end of the day it's all down to who you think H and L are as people and how far they're both willing to go to make money and advance their careers. It's about how much you think they both value integrity, truth, authenticity, kindness and sincerity. How much they respect their fans. And how greedy, egotistical and selfish you believe they are as people.

#not broken up #gaslighting #hshq #lthq #harry image #louis image #larry denials #larry evidence #babygate for ts

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jasntodds · 1 year ago

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I don't understand how we're not getting the titans redhood spin off, bro it would be so perfect and I miss seeing Gotham on tv :(( ahh devastated

I'm still so irrationally mad about it actually lmao Like, I physically do not understand why James Gunn thinks people can't differentiate between what's his universe vs snyder vs reeves vs HBO+CW like ????? Titans AND The Flash established the multiverse by doing all the different Earths and showing us Grant Gustin's Flash and hearing Shazam!'s Billy meaning all of that are different universes ANYWAY which we already knew?????????? Like all of our faves can and should co-exist lmao How the fuck is he like "I want my universe to be the only one so fans aren't confused!!" but we're getting 2 Batmans????? Battinson and whoever he's gonna cast for The Bold And The Brave???? Like please what is happening AND IF rumors are true about them bringing in a Robin into The Batman 2, it would likely be Dick which also means that we would have to have 2 Dick Grayson's because James Gunn is weirdly starting with Damian???????????????????????????????? (I love Damian, of course, but it's an odd take to start at Robin #4 when we know he wants his universe to extend like the MCU so there's plenty of time to introduce not only Damian but Steph, Cass, and Duke as well?? I do think it'll be good, I mean I think James Gunn is good at directing and everything but ya know??)

Like why is Titans, The Flash, and Doom Patrol scrapped BUT Peacemaker gets looped into James Gunn's universe?? Why are all the other DC movies not his universe but Shazam!, Aquaman, and E*** M*****'s The Flash are ????????????????????????????????

I mean okay he's worried people will be confused (not a single MCU fan was confused with Netflix Marvel vs Sony Marvel vs Disney Marvel but alright whatever) so like make a neat little title before the shows and movies to indicate what universe they're a part of and then maybe it'd be cool to actually have a multiverse merger for a major film just for fun??????? (I mean it worked for Marvel lmao and that movie isn't even that good jkdfhgdjfk)

The Red Hood spinoff would have been interesting given the last bit we see of Jason in Titans. Like I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF HIS HEAD. Is he okay? (no) Are him and Bruce on good terms because Bruce killed the Joker? (that'd be nice ngl) How did him and Rose make up? What about him and Molly? Does he hold any resentment for the Hood? How does he feel about Crane? How is dealing with the guilt of the mess he's caused? What IS he even doing? I NEED ANSWERS.

Also also I mean a lot of people also lost their literal jobs with him canceling so many things and I'm also bitter about that

James Gunn canceled Titans right in the middle of my hyperfixation and I will not be letting that go lmao

#bet when you sent this ask you did not expect that lmao #sorry but everytime i think about it i get mad again #like why #why does 1 (one) man get to control ALL of the superheros in a single publisher?#I think that's shit #I'm also looking at marvel btw #anonymous #alex answers

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astrolotte · 2 years ago

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Sorry for reblogging this again but I wanted to address these prev tags:

I'm gonna be awfully bold here and say that they are definitely not doing that. In part because it's a huge no-no to kill a baby in films/books/etc, but also in part because... well, she's an established character.

If you don't already know, they didn't invent May "Mayday" Parker for this movie. In fact, she was one of the original Spider-Verse characters, if not the first ever (I'm not an expert lol)

Mayday first appeared in a What-If? comic in the 90s, a series dedicated to random what if scenarios, and the prompt for this one was "What if Spider-Man had a daughter who also had powers?"

Soon after she got her own comic that went on for 100 issues before being renewed, which is the longest unbroken comic line for any female Marvel character.

Actually, Mayday almost didn't get those 100 issues. Spider-Girl faced cancellation many times, but every time fans would write letters to Marvel, begging them to not cancel the comic. And it worked all the way up until comic 100 :p

She may not have had the most fans in the world, but those who loved her loved her dearly. Her comics are fun to read and she's a very enjoyable character :)

This is all to say that... well. If they were to kill her off it would be a HUGE mistake. Mayday has a lot of history (and a record), and a very dedicated fanbase. There are many people who want to see her finally be in a movie, and this is her first chance at that, baby or not. If they killed her off a lot of us would be devastated... We love Mayday as a character, and want more people to love her too.

(also if people like the idea of Mayday in the movie they might bring back her comic/finally introduce her into the mainline Spider-Man series please Marvel please)

But along the note of them not killing Mayday off: I don't think they're gonna kill of Peter B, either. One bit of Mayday's original comic that I liked is the fact that she didn't have a treasured family member die to teach her about responsibility: she didn't need to. She's the daughter of Peter Parker, of course he's gonna teach her about responsibility. Girl's gonna have that ingrained into her skull. Neither Peter nor MJ nor her eventual brother Benji had to die in order to teach her anything. She was able to figure it out by herself.

They did eventually kill Peter off, to my personal chagrin, in order to get her to join the plot of the original Spider-Verse comics. I regard this as a dumb bitch move because Mayday didn't need anyone to die in order to join a fight that threatened the multiverse (which her universe is obviously part of), but I'm unfortunately not writing these comics.

(also the writer for Spider-Verse, Dan Slott, would come out with a comic series about his own spider-daughter character, Annie-May Parker, just a few months after Spider-Verse ended. I'm not accusing him of ruining Mayday to promote his own character but I am very miffed with his decisions.)

But anyway I bring this up because I feel like it'd be weird to kill off a major character in your story like that, along with the fact that May's (original :/) story didn't include his death as all, so there'd be no reason to write it into this version. She doesn't need any lesson to be responsible in the future or anything, and it'd just be a little weird to give her a big tragic backstory out of nowhere. Girl doesn't need that she's cool on her own.

Anyway. Sorry for the long ass history lesson um my excuse is I have a hyperfixation <3 If they kill off my fav superhero I will march straight up to Sony and idk probably kill someone

Papa Peter B. Parker and his daughter Mayday Parker 🕷

#/J SONY EXECS IT'S A JOKE #me writing ~12 paragraphs about Mayday Parker unprovoked. like a normal person would.

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y-make-art · 2 years ago

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A bit more budy.

"Venom didn't wanted to go out, didn't wanted to spread all over Eddie's body because he was afraid, no, terrified. Dread was drowning him. But Eddie was in danger, he couldn't just nest and hide deep inside his chest while seeing his host sacrificing his mortal body to take them out of this hell. So, reluctantly, Venom spread his matter on Eddie's hands giving him his claws, also he gave his eyes and teeth. This should be enogh, isn't it? (...) Venom couldn't keep chicken out the danger, he should spread all over Eddie and heal his wounds, but every time he tried his tendrils trembled and waved and then sank deep inside again. "It's ok buddy, I can handle it" soothed Eddie, still with his body bathed in his own blood, he wasn't hurrying the symbiote, since when he was the braver of them?"

I need something like this in the third movie please please pretty please idc if it's not so bloody but I need Eddie to save Venom and not the way arround like in the other two movies.

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draftingteacups · 3 years ago

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Okay I’m not sure if you done this before but can you imagine Soni suddenly turned into a child and everyone is either freaking out or don’t know what to do to her since she’s a child XD similar to that oneshot of the dorm leaders being taken care as children from Soni and now the tables have turned and it’s Soni who is a child 😂 How would the dorm leaders react to it or how would they take care of her?

refers to this ask; I somehow found it!

I'm so pleased that I get to talk about Child!Soni. Let's get to the ask! Fair warning, it's long.

When Soni got turned into a child, everyone freaked out. After the other Dorm Heads turned into children, Soni had been the one to help them out and take care of them. Now the tables were turned and there was a small, little girl with pigtails tied back with white bows sitting on the floor, completely wide-eyed at the crowd of boys that surrounded her.

It was a Potion that was way more potent and lasted for a full week because we need a way to keep Soni small for longer alkdsfjal.

Anyways, since the Braincell Trio were the ones to do this, they were in charge of looking after Soni. That was a challenge because of Child!Soni has little to no want to stay with the dumb heart boy who made fun of her bows.

Child!Soni: "My Mama thinks they're cute and she did them for me!" *hits him as hard as possible* "Take it back!"

Ace: "OW! What the heck, teacher's pet?!"

Child!Soni hits him harder: "Meanie! You big butt!"

Child!Soni is a hard hitter because she used to fight a lot with the other students/children in her school, so she knows where it hurts. After Child!Soni is done with picking on Ace who's getting laughed at by Deuce comes to the task of alerting the Dorm Head who sees the small version of Soni that hides away from him.

When Child!Soni sees the sweets that Trey makes though, she gets extremely happy. She goes and eats them, looking happier than they've ever seen her being. When Child!Soni sees the Alcremies, she gets even more excited, spinning around in circles and just giggling all the way.

Imagine if not only Soni turning into a child, but because Grim has a habit of being near her shoulders, Grim gets turned into a kitten. Kitten!Grim- how has no one done a thing with that already-

He'd be a small puffball and Soni would absolutely love him on sight.

If Soni and Grim were de-aged, Soni would be carrying Kitten!Grim in her arms all the time and just taking care of the little kitten that let out words like "Tuna" and "magician" every once in a while.

Cater takes pictures of the two of them because it's so cute, although Soni is shy about the pictures and tells him to delete them because "I don't like pictures because the other kids always make me look funny" and that has connotations that Cater didn't want to pry into.

Child!Soni is honest as all children are, so when Deuce is taking care of Soni, he asks her about her home and gets an entire stream of thoughts.

Child!Soni: "I think it's pretty! There's a shiny tower. The nice cafe near our home. Mama's got a birdbath for all the Bird Pokemon to use, although Daddy's Corviknight tends to hover near the balcony because it wants to soak in there. He's a big bird Pokemon!"

Ace treats Soni like a little sibling and she just tries to hit him. He takes away her stuff and holds it over her head until she tackles him for it.

Child!Soni points to Deuce: "He's my favorite!"

Deuce: "H-Huh?"

Ace: "Why?!"

Child!Soni hides behind Deuce as a shield: "He's not a jerk like you!"

When Riddle finally gets Child!Soni to talk to him, she's on the fence with him.

He tells her to sit with him; she sits the farthest that she can away from him. He tells her to do something and she does so in the most painful manner as though it was killing her. Finally, he asks her why she's so against him, or at the very least, dislikes him so much.

Child!Soni fidgets with her clothes: "... Your voice sounds like the teachers at school and you're scary! 'You misbehave so much! You're acting so childish! You should be more behaved!' I always hear that from the teachers and they suck!"

It's... not very fun to learn about how Soni was treated, much like how Riddle was forced to act the way he did under his mother's rules. Child!Soni certainly would've been the absolute bane of his mother's life if they knew each other as children.

If Happiny and Child!Soni met, I feel like Happiny would love this smaller version of her Mama while Child!Soni would find Happiny adorable. They play together and Soni's super excited by how strong Happiny is. The Heartslabyul Gang has to stop Happiny from throwing Soni too high into the air though alksfdjlkaslj

On Leona's Day, he leaves her to the care of Ruggie and Jack. Soni, carrying Kitten!Grim, is just wondering about their ears and tails and asks to touch them because "They're so fluffy!"

Kitten!Grim is unhappy at the lack of petting on this day and competes with them for affection. Kitten!Grim recognizes some things, but can't fully speak words yet.

Child!Soni is extremely active though. She can run around and explore the dorm with the help of Ruggie and Jack, the latter making sure she doesn't hurt herself in the process. I feel like Jack's Younger Sibling senses go off at the moment that Soni arrives because she's very curious about everything in the dorm, but most especially about the animal appendages. Ruggie's just used to handling little kids like this from the slums, so he's quite quick at snatching her up should she go leaning too closely at the pool in the lounge.

It's really weird how she can't find any Pokemon when there were a bunch in Heartslabyul, but she'll find them eventually!

When she's all tired out for a nap, Ruggie deposits her next to Leona and the two of them snoozing away until dinner. Child!Soni is sleeping right next to the grumpy lion, clutching onto him because she's cold. Leona's just reminded of his nephew and just brings the kid with him like a sack of potatoes.

Child!Soni slung on his back: "Hmuph? Where am I?"

Leona: "You're awake, herbivore. You can walk for yourself now."

Yeah, no. Child!Soni just maneuvers onto his back and will not let go now until they reach their destination of the dinner area where it goes silent when they see Child!Soni clutching onto him for dear life. Kitten!Grim found his way onto her head, so he's just mewing for food until everyone slowly goes back to normal.

She happily eats dinner and eats a ton of food before sneaking back into Leona's bed. He would try and kick her out, but she was already asleep by the time he noticed.

Octavinelle is an underwater place where there were all sorts of cool things around. Floyd would immediately take Child!Soni and Kitten!Grim on an adventure because "Shrimpy was a Krill now!" Azul has to save Child!Soni from getting yeeted from the rooftops, although the child is very hesitant to trust him. At least there was one consistent thing from her normal self.

When she's questioned by Jade as Sobble and Kitten!Grim cuddles with her as to why she's hesitant with them, it goes something like:

Child!Soni: "You remind me of the scary people on the television."

Jade: "Oya? And what does that entail?"

Child!Soni: "They do a lot of scary things like hurt people, hurt Pokemon, take money that doesn't belong to them, that stuff! Also, the one with glasses is weird!"

Azul who is within hearing range just chokes. Floyd is holding his laughter back as to not startle Child!Soni.

Jade holding his own amusement back: "In what way?"

Child!Soni: "He wants me to sign something and I said no, but he keeps telling me junk and how it's good for me in the future. I said no. No means no!"

Yeah, Soni's seen the stuff on the TV about the crime organizations in her world but doesn't fully understand the context of that. Oh, how cruel time is to a person.

Kitten!Grim reacts accordingly whenever Child!Soni is distressed by something, responding to it by purring and getting pets.

When Kalim came over and took care of her, Jamil (having been the one to de-age) made sure that she didn't get hurt. It was the most fun that Child!Soni had so far with the carpet ride been the highlight of her stay. It'd been a while since she went on a trip through the sky, her dad being the one to take her out with Corviknight.

Kalim: "Ah, Soni! You're crying!"

Child!Soni with big tears in her eyes: "I-I'm not!"

Kalim: "What's wrong?"

Child!Soni: "I don't know... I just feel sad."

There was something weird that Soni wasn't getting at this point and that frustrated her.

Getting back to the palace with a teary-eyed Child!Soni was something that Jamil did not want to see. I feel like Jamil would just get reminded of his little sister. When Kalim tells him to watch over Soni for a little bit as he gets something that would definitely cheer her up, he does so. Jamil holds her and just doesn't say anything.

When Soni calms down, she's quiet and holding onto Kitten!Grim like she was afraid to let go of him. Jamil doesn't talk to Child!Soni about her tears because she definitely wouldn't say anything to a bunch of strangers that she hardly knows. He can see that even though she's a child, there's a faint, yet familiar look in her eyes as she looks at all of them. Unease is the correct term.

Kalim: "I'm back with a friend!"

Jamil turns with Child!Soni: "What's- AHHHHH! GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!"

Child!Soni leans forward at the idea of a Pokemon: "A Joltik? I've never seen one before!"

Jamil runs away from Kalim, carrying Soni with him in the process. Kalim tries to show Soni the cool bug and Child!Soni is like, "Stop! I wanna see the bug!"

Jamil: "WHY? DON'T YOU DISLIKE THOSE THINGS?"

Child!Soni: "It's small, fluffy, and cute! It's a Pokemon, silly!"

RIP Jamil, he forgot that he was dealing with a future Pokemon Trainer that saw Pokemon as unique and interesting creatures.

Pomefiore has to remind Child!Soni of home the most in terms of the flashiness and beauty. It's also the place where she suffered the most because Vil decided to dress Child!Soni up in clothes to make her fit in and she was upset by the whole experience. She felt her head was itchy from all the stuff they put in her hair and that it was super tight.

Every time that she tried to escape, Rook would bring her back, kicking and screaming like she was going through torture. Epel honestly agreed, but there was little that he could do about this situation.

When all was said and done, Child!Soni managed to sneak away and have some alone time with Kitten!Grim trying his best to save her, but was locked out of the room. Soni as a child was very accustomed to being alone, so having to deal with so many people at all different times was overwhelming for her.

Eventually, she fell asleep and woke up to a person with big horns on his head.

Malleus: "Child of Man?"

Child!Soni, looking up at this super tall person: "...You have horns on your head!"

Malleus laughed at that, but it reminds him so much of his Child of Man when she was older: "Fufufu, that I do, little one. What are you doing so far from home?"

Child!Soni: "I dunno! No one's told me when I can go home. They just said just to wait, but I don't want to do that! Mama's gonna be sad if I don't go home. She's going to be lonely. Granny can't stay in Kalos for very long and she's old. Daddy's traveling again because of his job and junk."

When Child!Soni falls asleep, Malleus tries to pick her up and Kitten!Grim was not having it. Little thing tried to keep him away from her because Child!Soni was already tired enough. Eventually, Malleus managed to get around the little spicy kitten and bring the two of them back to Pomefiore.

Vil made sure to ask Soni if she was alright and she was still grumpy from earlier, so she said, "No, I'm not because I'm here and not home" before running away. Epel has to carry her back on a broom.

Epel: "Hold still, I know you don't wanna go back. I don't either-"

Child!Soni: "Then bring me back home! I don't wanna be here!"

It ends on a frustrating note for Vil, but Rook manages to calm Soni down when she begins to get frustrated. He soothes her with French lullabies that do the trick to calm her down. It worked wonders as that's a language that they both can speak in. No one can understand what little Soni says to Rook, but the hunter just looks at her with a soft gaze and tells her to not worry too much.

Ignihyde was a lot calmer than anyone expected, mostly because Idia left Soni to her own devices and let her explore the dorm with Ortho beside her. Ortho would be super excited at the idea of having someone younger than he is with him. Makes him feel like an older brother.

Child!Soni would think Ortho's a superhero and they just get along like a house on fire. When Ortho stops by Idia's room, Child!Soni just asks a million questions about what Idia was doing. They spend the rest of the day just relaxing and not doing much other than playing games. The Pokemon that live in the dorm just cuddle with Child!Soni and she's just glad to not be forced into doing things.

She finally found Pokemon in the dorms!

Diasomnia was spooky-looking at a first glance. Lilia made it better for Soni by making it colorful, which was easy enough to do with a simple spell. Soni just gets interested in the whole concept of magic and Lilia tells her stories that she listens to.

Sebek takes it one step further and tells her about the tales of Waka-sama.

Sebek: "And this power of his is immense, human-"

Malleus walks in.

Child!Soni runs over to him: "Mr. Horns!"

At one point, Soni touches his horns with his permission and is in awe of the touch. It's very different from what she was expecting. I think Silver would be her nap buddy during her stay when she conks out. After that, they would go out and explore in the wilderness, which Child!Soni gets to see the animals that live around NRC for the first time.

Child!Soni had that weird feeling of knowing there was something wrong in the forest. One that is very familiar to her older self when she went to the Dwarfs' Mountain and saw a dead quiet forest. That's when Dior shows up, thanks to Lilia inviting her over.

Child!Soni is just in amazement at the Pokemon because the one she knew was a Ralts. "Dior! You're big now!"

Dior herself is just surprised by how small Soni was as a child, but then again, as a Ralts, Dior wasn't tall. She does her best to comfort Soni. However, Child!Soni can't understand her like her older form can, so Dior has to take it slow for the meaning to come across.

She interprets this as "She can't go home just yet" without any real reason as to why.

Child!Soni gets carried by Silver to the dorm where Lilia comforts the child with a lullaby. Malleus entertains Soni with magic spells that really capture her attention, bringing a sense of wonder to her. She makes herself dinner when she sees the food that Lilia made and fights Sebek when he tries to sneak eat it from her.

Child!Soni: "No swiping my food!" *smacks his hand with a wooden spoon*

Dior, now that she's there, helps Soni and brings a sense of calm over the child who was very overwhelmed by everything in TWST. This does help when Soni encounters Crowley for the first time.

Child!Soni staring at the Headmaster, pointing at him: "Run away, it's a big crow!"

Crowley has to chase down Soni as she screams about the big bird person that's trying to hunt her down. Diasomnia has to help out because at one point, she manages to climb a tree to escape them.

Crowley: "I'm going to bring you back to normal. Please come with me!"

Child!Soni: "No! That's dumb! Granny said that spooky things like children, so no!"

Crowley: "I'm not spooky! I'm a person!"

Child!Soni: "Why are you dressed so weird?! Why a big bird costume?!"

At the end, Kitten!Grim is the one to convince her to go down.

Child!Soni: "I just want to go home... Grim, do you know how?"

Kitten!Grim can't really speak, but he does pat her cheeks with his paws and meow out, "Home."

She pouts. "He's still a weirdo. I don't like him. I want Mr. Horns to carry me. He's super nice. I don't know why that weird green person screamed at me for calling him Mr. Horns though. He's rude."

As Child!Soni was brought back, she stared at Crowley, "Crow! You better bring me home, or else I'm gonna tell on you!"

Crowley is exhausted at this point by this child: "By who?"

Child!Soni: "My Daddy! He's the strongest person I know! And my Granny too! She'll beat you up!"

Crowley, losing the last of his patience: "Well, it's a different world, so it would be quite difficult for them to reach us here."

Child!Soni freezes: "Huh?"

That's when Crowley, with all the prowess of a man who's trained at avoiding problems, just tells Child!Soni that there's no way home that he discovered just yet in the blunt tone of someone who's very tired. This causes her to burst into tears from everything that she's been exposed to, surprising the crow because never had he seen her cry before or wail as loudly as this.

Child!Soni: *cries*

Crowley: "Calm down now! Shh!"

Child!Soni: *cries louder and longer*

Lilia's just glaring at Crowley for causing this much distress onto a young child, "You truly had no other way of saying such a topic on a little one like this? For shame."

Child!Soni: "I wanna go home!"

Her eyes are red and are sparkling blue from the tears that won't stop coming. Even Crowley, who's been exasperated with this child, can't help but feel guilty. When she finally stops, Kitten!Grim drives away the Headmaster with a well-aimed Fire Shot at his cape, causing havoc because his human is unhappy! How dare you!

Kitten!Grim is very snuggly with Child!Soni and she only holds him as she cries even more at the idea of her Mama being alone without her. People had a tendency to pick on her Mama if she wasn't there. She had no reason why they did so, but they were awful people regardless.

Malleus summons ice magic for her swelled eyes and she sniffles all the while. "You are a very strong one for making it this far."

"R-Really?"

"Yes. One of the strongest humans I know."

"The kids back home would pick on me all the time. Calling me weak and stuff. I don't know why though. All I know is that I have to be strong because Mama's always worried about things, especially with Daddy doing his job. If I'm missing..."

Malleus puts her to sleep with a spell, the little girl drifting away into dreams. The Potion wears off and things go back to normal.

Soni doesn't really remember much from her time as a child, only the faintest sense of feeling upset and unhappy near the end. Grim is very much aware of what happened, although he doesn't ever bring it up to her ever again. Grim just distracts her by stealing a tuna can and running away as fast as possible.

Soni: "Grim! Get back here you little gremlin!"

And so ends a week in the school year of NRC.

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JUST IN CASE: A SULTRY 3 PART 1 SHOT

Request from Anon: Can you please write a garvez one shot inspired by the song lingerie by lizzo?

Paring: Penelope Garcia x Luke Alvez

Content: Steamy Summer Sex

Words: Approximately 4000

Lizzo's Lingerie

Source of Lyrics: LyricFind

Songwriters: Eric Frederic / Melissa Jefferson / Nate Mercereau / Theron Thomas

Lingerie lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc

PART 1: PENELOPE

Hair down, moonlit

Look at my lipstick

So thick, so fit

Wanna put your lips in places, oh

The sun don't shine there

The moon hangs huge in the sky - like an unshed tear heavy with feeling.

Penelope Garcia stands by the open window in her bedroom - gazing out longingly across the dark city.

It has been sweltering for days and the A/C is out. There’s a fan in the corner - but the night air is delicious - and the sounds of the hot city are magical - like everyone is out on a stoop with a beer and their best friend or have just kissed a lover, slow and sultry in a private corner of a park, and are now baying at the stars in ecstasy.

The window is open and Penelope’s skin is dewy, slick, glowing with sweat. As she tilts her head back to catch the caress of the night breeze - a single bead of salt and water is set free and it rolls down the skin of her throat like the touch of a lover.

At the thought, Penelope can’t help but bend her head so her loose hair hides her hot cheeks - but it’s not enough and so she closes her eyes against the longing that has built a nest in her heart.

But what can’t be, can’t be.

So Penelope does what she always does when the loneliness gets too sharp…she crosses to the vanity and even though it is time for bed and it will stain her pillows - more battle scars of this unrequited love - even though she will have to wash it off and start fresh again in the morning… Penelope will put on her face.

She starts with her worst and best sin.

She picks up her newest most-prized never-to-be-washed never-to-be-admitted possession.

The burgundy silk of the manly thong feels soft against her cheek.

She still can’t believe she actually took them from the open gym bag that was on his desk.

What was she thinking?

Oh she know what she was thinking…She was thinking about his smile, his spicy smell when they sit beside each other in the conference room, his hands… damn. His hands. She was thinking that she would just take a peek and then… when this was what she found? Well she just wanted something of him - with her - when he was away.

Just in case…

It was more what she was not thinking… that she worked with a team full of profilers - of law enforcement professionals - who might be slightly shocked if they ever found out that she had purloined one of Luke’s unmentionables.

Hell, she was shocked!!!

And counter to her first impulse - she's never home when he's away on a case… so she only sees them…touches them… when home… when he is achingly close… just across the city… yet so so far away…

Ahh well. Who doesn’t have a secret or two… and if he ever gives her the chance - she’ll repay the favour tenfold..

Whatever doesn't kill you makes you older…

Penelope gathers the pouch of the thong - his thong - as though it is the finest antique handkerchief and dabs her face free of sweat - looking all the world like a 1950’s pinup… even when she finally gives in and strokes her cheek intimately against the soft lustrous fabric…

She is flooded with elicit tingles as she imagines being close to the thong not because of her petty crime - but because she is kneeling at his feet - her wide eyes full of his cock straining against the silk - his fingers running through her lose hair… her mouth watering and ready to please…

Damn.

Penelope licks her lips and lovingly but decisively sets down her handkerchief.

Enough.

She picks up her favourite eyebrow pencil. Filling in her brows with a deft quick hand.

It is too hot for this - but she doesn't stop - the routine she learned oh so many years ago is too soothing .. too seductive… so she chooses a shimmery eye-shadow to stroke across her heavy lids..sweeps on kohl black liner to shape her eyes into those of a cat…brushes on mascara so her lashes go for miles…there. Bedroom eyes now peer back at her from the mirror - she lowers her lids and peers ups through her lashes…imagining again him standing tall and loving in front of her. She purses her lips and smiles…just one last thing and then…

Penelope picks up her current favourite lipstick not questioning why this deep burgundy came into favour - this match for the thong now almost-but-not-quite forgotten on the table in front of her…

Penelope smooths the luscious lipstick over her lips - pouting at herself in the mirror…

She looks good.

She feels good.

She stands…undoing the skimpy sultry robe… letting it fall to floor… walking to the bed… already smoothing her hands over her silky top that barely covers her nipples… over the edges of her gossamer panties…

He must know she has his thong. He must know what he does to her… so she's just going to lounge around and…

I like that right there (I like that)

Keep goin' and goin' and keep it flowin', uh

You know what you doin', don't you?

So I lounge around in my lingerie

I wanna be prepared for you just in case

PART 2: LUKE

You better come my way

I don't got no secrets

You don't know these panties are see-through

I'm exposed, yeah

Treat you with my body, my eyes closed

It is too hot.

Roxy pants in the corner despite her chilled bed and the fan he's directed to blow over her.

Bad week for the A.C. to conk out - apparently he's not the only one with this problem either. He overhead Garcia - Penelope - telling J.J. that her building A/C had busted last week.

Too hot.

Luke is standing naked at his bedroom window. The lights off and he's standing just far enough back so he's sure noone would be able to see him from the street. He towels off his hair after the cold shower he just made himself take - ostensibly to wash off the grime and sweat of the day - but more truthfully to deflate his cock which has

been pretty much at half mast or higher since Penelope arrived at work late last week with that damn burgundy lipstick pout.

And there it is again… his cock tingles as it swells. He closes his eyes against the sweetness of the feeling…but that just brings the images that have haunted his minds eye for a week now…hell,.since he met her…into sharper focus…

He growls as he pictures her - legs wide - perfect pout - clever fingers - clever mouth… sprawled on her bed - his pouchy satiny thong pulled tight against her downy pussy lips - strung even tighter between her ass cheeks - giving lots of room for her to slip a hand between fabric and flesh and stroke and play and think of him…

Luke is completely hard now and he can't help but reach down and grasp his cock - stroking slowly as he lets his brain play with thoughts of his favourite blond curvy perfect sexy naughty bombshell… he can almost feel her lips… her rounded hips…her thick thighs.. her tongue… her warm wet smart mouth… wet pussy peekabooing at him through crotchless panties…his cock would fit…so slick…

That's it.

It's been long enough.

He pulls on the twin of the thong he knows she purloined.

He has only ever owned two of these little numbers in his entire life and only bought both a couple weeks ago…

His cock gets impossibly harder as he remembers the day he bought them...

He had been at the mall and had by complete chance watched unseen from the concourse as Penelope and Emily and Tara has browsed a fancy underwear store.

Holding confections up against themselves - raising eyebrows - wiggling suggestively - laughing fit to burst.

Or at least he assumes they all were - he couldn't tear his eyes off Penelope. He remembers the feelings he got when she left the store with the biggest of the three bags…

"And now," he had overheard her say, "all I need is someone special to wear these for…ahh well…best to be ready just in case…I just wish men thought that way. I MEAN, how many of the guys we know would buy speculative lingerie? Lounge around in it all day? Just in case some unrequited love came along? Pathetic."

He wasn't sure if she had meant it was pathetic that she did that or pathetic that men didn't…

He had bought the thongs that day.

He had left one for her to find the next.

He closes his eyes...he picks up the phone…takes a deep breath…it has been long enough… and as he dials a sultry hand strokes his cock through the silky burgundy fabric that he has learned to love the feeling of…

Damn.

Time for no more secrets….

PART 3: CRESCENDO

Baby let me feel you close

You make me crescendo, I'm going up

Oh, oh, oh

Yeah, let's open the window

And let the world know

Oh, oh, oh

So I lounge around in my lingerie

I wanna be prepared for you just in case

So I lounge around in my lingerie

You better come my way

Penelope lets herself into his town house with the key she has for his place. All the members of the team leave her one…just in case. In this job…

"Luke? It's me? I'm so glad you called me - a fever in this weather could be fatal for anyone! Hi Roxy gorgeous - don't worry - I'm here…I'll take care of everything…I promise."

Roxy's knowing tail wags in response. She doesn't get up though - she knows she's not invited for the shenanigans her Luke has planned.

"Up here, Penny… my bed… room…

Penelope huriedly climbs the stairs pausing only to kick off her kitten heels. Her long trench - which, in her worry, she had just pulled over the gausy garments she had worn to bed - must stay on. A bag stuffed with cold and flu meds, Gatorade, and a frozen container of her homemade chicken soup is heavy on her shoulder - but when she gets to the door of his bedroom she drops the bag with a thump…her jaw drops…her heart drops to her stomach…

Her pulse leaps.

In the glow of just the bedside lamp, Luke is lying…lounging…on his bed.

There is slow husky jazz riff filtering in on the hot night breeze through the open window from the street.

Penelope's skin beads with sweat, a single drop rolls wet and salty between her breasts.

His bed is made with black silk sheets.

Her legs turn to water.

He is wearing only his - her - burgundy silk thong and a smile.

She flushes everywhere. She is glad for the gloam. She can't help but babble…

"Oh. You said you had a fever and needed my help… oh. Damn."

His voice is secrets and dark places and unshed ready kisses:

"I didn't lie Penelope… are you willing to help a man out. Me…a man feverish with longing…who is lounging around in his lingerie…just in case? It seems only fair…since you are here now, my hopefully requited love."

Her voice is hope and lipstick and see-through panties:

"Love?"

"If you'll have me? It's always been you."

Luke's eyes are anxious…has he gone too far? He curls his fingers hard into the sheets - holding himself back - she has to come to him…

"Well…it's a good thing it's always been you too."

And Penelope's fingers go to the buttons of her coat and button by button she reveals her own sexy silky burgundy lingerie… the trench pools at her feet…her breasts - nipples barely covered - heave against fabric… her pussy held close by the edges of her crotchless panties floods with juice…and she takes her first step toward the bed… towards her future… towards their love…

Luke moans deep and wanting at the sight of his sexy beloved - swings around to sit on the edge of the bed - legs wide - chest and arms gleaming with sweat - cock heavy in the pouch of his thong - reaching out to touch her…

He cups her cheek. Looks up into her face - eyes caught - brushes his thumb across her lips.

"You started wearing this plummy shade the day after you took up my unspoken invitation to steal my thong..."

Penelope presses a kiss to the pad of his thumb with her painted lips and he gasps - her eyes are luminous and shining with ancient knowing - so he rasps out his next words with a voice that somehow has found a way to be even more aching - rough with summer night heat and the weight of a harvest moon and the call of a wild thing for its mate.

"We matched. It gave me hope. Gave me courage that you might want me how I want you."

Penelope forms just one word but four times - once a realisation - twice an escalation - once a prayer of thanks.

"Ooh oh oh ooh"

Luke answers with movement - doesn't break eye contact but slides his hand down her neck, over her shoulder - his thumb marking her soft skin with a smear of burgundy lipstick - his fingers sliding under the strap of her barely-there camisole - riding the generous swinging curve of her breast - over the silk that covers the mounds of flesh he loves so much - rubbing the silk into her taut tight nipple - then down down - tracing a line between her breasts with one finger - past where the skimpy top ends - over the flesh of her belly - dipping just for the briefest moment into her navel - then cupping her beloved belly with his palm - his thumb catches on and then strokes the slight pucker of her decade old scar.

Penelope lets out the tiniest squeak of alarm.

He catches the flash of pure terror in her eyes. Is it fear of pain? Fear of rejection? Fear of memories? Fear of violence?

Whatever it is - he wants to help vanquish it if he can. He lets his thumb move over the scar again…

"Does it hurt?"

"Not anymore."

Luke finally breaks eye contact. Raking his gaze down her body - following the path his fingers followed - keeping his hand in place on her belly - warm and comforting… tingling with satisfaction that she has not pulled away - that he is touching her in what he knows may be one of the most personal - most intimate of her body - perhaps for her - like some women - more intimate than even the swell of her breasts, the soft-flesh hidden from the sun between her legs, the jiggly squeezable joy of her ass cheeks…

Bringing his second hand up to mirror the first, he cups her round stomach and then slowly slowly presses first a kiss - then when her hands thread into his hair - his whole face into her pillowy perfect belly. He breaths her in - nuzzling deeper - closing his eyes with the bliss of finally being allowed to touch her like this - treat her with the care and attention and love that he knows she deserves.

With my body I thee worship.

He pulls back. Pressing another kiss to her belly - he - no Penelope lets his hands go lower - slipping under the weight and roundness of her stomach - caressing part skin part silk - lifting the bounty of her belly which overflows in his hand to his lips.

Penelope arches back and into him - closing her eyes with the sweetness of the moment - his hair rough and slick against her fingers. Another moan of relief - pleasure - thanks escapes her.

"Ooh oh oh ooh."

She is going to melt with happiness…melt into his ministrations….melt into her aching wanting body… but then a new urge hits her.

Her eyes snap open - she straightens - she smiles.

HE had been the one lounging around in lingerie - waiting for her - HER - the one always cursed to wait and worry - left behind as those she loves surge forward - nearly helpless - merely a bystander to the central action - staying on the line just in case.

No. Not this time.

He had made a gift of himself for her - not the other way around.

Damn, if she wasn't going to be the one doing the unwrapping.

Her voice is margaritas after midnight and the twirl of a new dress against waxed legs and a gilded invitation to a dance sent on heavy paper through the mail:

"Luke? My turn now. Stand Baby. Let me look at you."

So with one last kiss to her belly - he stands stepping back - does a little twirl.

Now it is him who feels nervous. He stills and clings to his old army "at ease" posture for sanity…waiting on tenterhooks until she breaks into a smile and licks her lips.

Her voice is whipped cream and plum jam and homemade peach popsicles:

"You look even more delicious than I imagined Luke Alvez. Let me taste?"

His voice is wooden docks warmed by the sun and wind blowing in off the sea and diving deep deep to where all is silent and green:

"Please."

So Penelope steps forward - pressing a kiss to the corner of his mouth - not wiping away the smudge of lipstick that now marks him as hers.

"Don't move, Love."

First she takes off her panties sliding them down over her legs then tossing them to one side.

Luke swallows hard - his adam's apple rippling in his throat.

Next she pulls her camisole over her head - letting her breast bounce free - her nipples proud and unashamedly taught - her areolas a dusky pink.

Luke moans but does not blink.

And like that - with the power of being the one bared when the other is clothed in nothing but provocation - she is ready to unwrap her present.

With a kiss to his shoulder - his breastbone - his abdomen - she folds to her knees until she's kneeling at his feet. She spreads her ringed fingers wide across his belly. Looking up through her lashes just as she imagined earlier tonight and so many times before.

Luke makes a fist - clenches his jaw - but doesn't move - slowly relaxes.

A satisfied smirk quirks her smile when she sees that his tan lines do not match the lines of his thong.

This is all for her.

Just in case she felt the same…

Her next kiss is pressed high on his thigh - her cheek so so close to the very taught pouch of the thong. She turns her face towards the bulging burgundy package and presses her nose and lips into the crook of his hip. And then - finally - so slowly - with just a whisper of pressure she brushes first cheek - then lips - across his straining silk wrapped cock.

A full body shudder ripples through Luke - he can't help but bury a hand in her hair - his cock jerks up to meet her questing ghost of a touch. The ache pumping through his veins is the clamour and seduction of cool jazz.

Penelope slides her hands around behind him to cup his ass cheeks - hugging into him as she nuzzles more firmly into his cock - leaving wetspots on the silk from her wide open kisses. Her fingers are busy behind him - playing first with the band - slipping along and underneath like he did with the strap of her camisole - and then sliding down along the narrow strip that runs down - plucking it like a harp where it disappears into delicious secret places where the sun don't shine. She pulls it back again - like a bow string - pulling the pouch she is kissing tighter against his rampant cock… even though if asked a moment ago if it were possible… she would have stated categorically that sure as 'there is a moon in the sky' there was no way 'by all that is bright and made of unicorns' that the thong could be tighter - but it does…

…and the grunt he makes as he arches into the pressure? Better than rhubbarb strawberry pie. Better than summer thunder. Better than cats and dogs lounging on a back porch in the shade.

She moans.

Damn.

Now it is her who is not sure she can wait - keep playing out this oh so slow sultry tune…

So she lets the string go slack and sweeps her hands back around to the front of him. Hooking her thumbs into the waistband - she slowly - carefully peels down the pouch of the thong - giving her a very first look at his naked cock - with one hand she holds the band away from his body - aware that she needs to be careful not to hurt him - she carefully cups her hand around his balls.

He sucks in a breath - fast and hard - and even as another tremor runs through him - he schools himself to not move a muscle- trusting her as she gently lifts his most sensitive part and tucks band and pouch beneath that delicate flesh - he's afraid for a moment it will hurt - but it doesn't and now all of him is on glorious display…

…and when he has another flash of self consciousness and worry that she won't like what she unpacked - Penelope's happy sigh and smile and the long lick she gives him from root to tip quickly dispelled his fear.

His cock is in her mouth now.

She's lubbing him up real good. No, that joke was not for you Newbie… oh but this is. Ooh oh oh ooh…

The ache. Oh the ache.

His cock is making these little jerky movements now. His balls are burning with ache.

Damn. Oh. Damn.

"Pen-"

Penelope pops off his cock - a wild wide smile stretching her lips.

"You better cum for me, Luke,"

She straightens then. Lifting her breasts up so that they wrap around him - his cock slick with spit - her breasts slick with sweat.

"Fuck me between my titts, Luke. Cum on me. Coat my tongue - my titties."

And Luke's hands come to help her hold her breasts - high and tight - and he cannot hold back but thrusts hard and fast - reeling with the feelings - everything is building - boiling - so damn hot - so damn hot.

Luke intertwines his fingers with Penelope's pressing against the sharp edges of her rings - not caring - not caring… pumping… straining…his balls slapping hard against the undersides of her breast…then pulling…dragging….sliding almost tip out…then surging back…tight…deep…sweat running off him…his neck cording…Penelope's "yes. yes. yesses." echoing through his brain…driving him on and on and on and then - oh and then - he is there. He is cumming hard and hard - jizz pumping onto her chest, her throat, her tongue, her hair…his fingers so tight so tight on hers…his jaw clenched around a muffled howl…his neck corded as he flies into a million pieces…a Midsummer meteor shower of love and sex…with his head thrown back and his eyes closed.

And as he cums so does Penelope - high and tight - her pussy clenching in time to his grunts - her body coiled and then released…

oh sweet release.

And then….

Like magic as they both relax… uncoil… come down.. they share shy glances… bashful smiles…

Penelope helps him step out of the thong and he uses it to tidy her up a little and then tosses it into the corner where her things landed oh so many moments ago…

Luke offers her a hand and just then, through the open window comes a single voice - singing clear as a July day…

"At laaaaaaaaaast my loooooooove has come alooong…"

The voice is raw but good. Perfect.

Luke looks down at Penelope and helps her to stand.

"Dance with me, Pen."

And so? They did. Slow and sultry. Swaying to the accapella voice - Penelope is held tight in his arms.

They caress. Long slow loving touches.

Sweet nothings pass from lips to ear as they move together. Secret words of love…

And even when the singer has grown quiet - still they dance…. and then they are kissing sure and slow and deep…. kissing… kissing… kissing…until…

"Really? Again? Already?"

"Nearly."

And Luke pushes Penelope back on the bed.

Soft and slow… and now he kisses her… first just on her lips… but slowly gently everywhere… slowly gently building up the ache…the need anew in both of them…

His lips find her clit and soft kiss after soft kiss sends her higher and higher… and when she cums it is a soft full body wave…a shudder and a prayer.

And then he is rolling on a condom.

Covering her - pushing inside - and then he just holds deep and still inside her until she opens her eyes for him.

A question in her eyes and then….ohhhhh…..

It is like this that they join - never looking away - connection building - friction building - slowly oh so slowly…

IN Feel You Close OUT

IN FEEL. YOU. CLOSE. OUT

….over and over- like layering paint on a canvas or notes in a piece of music - over and over - until something is made out of nothing - and so this builds.

IN… FEEL. YOU. CLOSE. …OUT

damn oh damn oh damn oh damn

And their voices rise together - rise and rise and rise - until they are shouting their love - cumming hard and loud and deep and together.

And as their bodies surge and rush and then calm into quiet - a new sound drifts in through the window.

A group of voices cheering and clapping and "way to going".

And who cares?

They are each other's now.

…and the world? Might as well know it.

So I lounge around in my lingerie

I wanna be prepared for you just in case

So I lounge around in my lingerie

You better come my way

Ooh oh oh ooh

So I lounge around in my lingerie

I wanna be prepared for you just in case, yeah

So I lounge around in my lingerie

Oh, you better come my way

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x-heesy · 2 years ago

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Hell y Ass 🤘

Gif mood board 🏄‍♀️

Yeah

Cut the head off the basilisk, in the grass hunting

Anybody coming after me, get no pass from me

Oh my god, this is blasphemous, they don't blast for me

Just trying to get this fast money, you a crash dummy

Fill my heart with the darkness, I feel like Ansem

Get them grumpy at the game, oh they're Arin Hanson

SP where I came boy, I stay advancing

CRT ghosting, I am Danny Phantom

Shit, I'm going off on tangents, still I get the cosine

Lay them on they back, wait, that shit is no lie

Younging's stepping to me saying that my shit is old time

I've been Lo-fi since before you called it Lo-fi, bitch

In a bull fight pit, trying to hold my shit

Wave a flag same color as a old spice stick

Read the scrolls I writ, how you've grown to exist

What is Jar Jar Binks, to the four five six?

When I die, put the bullet on my tombstone

Sorry who are you? Couldn't tell like this a new phone

Covered up in gold, buried underneath a dark sky

If you're trying to rob me you're gonna have to find the clue scroll

Pharaoh cloth wrapping me, caught in this catastrophe

You ain't been the same since we dropped, boy that's sad to see

Captains at the wheel, you don't want to be a casualty

Lost in my lane, if you're hating, get the savagery

Doubled up on bad investment

Probably try if I had contestants

Got 'em gasping like asthma breaths and

They all mad, looking sad and desperate

Love the looks that I get, when I pass pedestrians

And all the words that you got ain't

Mean shit when the devil speak in Latin

You can possum and piss on yourself when he passing

Cause it's all in the fist, like the heart of the dragon

You a passionate kid, but you old now, what happened?

Want my cash little bitch? Didn't think so

Please don't ever hit me up on my cellphone

Said my cash low, bitch? Didn't think so

Better get the price right, this ain't Plinko

Want my cash little bitch? Didn't think so

Please don't ever hit me up on my cellphone

Said my cash low, bitch? Didn't think so

Better get the price right, this ain't Plinko

I want that cash money, rap money

Everything is trash money

Bitch, I feel like Jimmy Neutron

'Cause I got that blast on me

Watch my wrist, it does glisten, fridge

You is just a pussy bitch

I can tell 'cause your mom's dressed you in that Rip and Dip

Yeah, welcome to the Black Parade

We saving face like labor day

We doing shit the fatal way

You cannot keep up with the pace

It's cloud mac with that booky shit

Music biz, lucrative

Bitch I feel like Harrison

I'm a fucking fugitive

Bumping MCR, Sony MDRs on me

I fill up every bar fully, feel my empty heart

Jody Highroller never love a bitch, could've made the league

Rap game whoever, just throw a name on the beat

The flow is ever discreet, I am anything but

Like our denim we tough, so tie an enemy up

And I'll fry them granted he fucked, the ire in me is spilling over

Akin to cobras how I spit before I kill them slowly

Rest in peace, tearing throats open like they mezzanines

Blow like desert eagle let the smoke up out my chest to breath

Keenly coded with the meanest kinda motus

And the coldest soul eroded no condolence till I'm older, got a

Callous style it's all malice a foul paladin

Silence I found solace in sliding these sly talons in

Blessed with maligned madness and chatter that chall acquiesce

Black is my soul agonous bragging, we so back in this

Want my cash little bitch? Didn't think so

Please don't ever hit me up on my cellphone

Said my cash low, bitch? Didn't think so

Better get the price right, this ain't Plinko

Want my cash little bitch? Didn't think so

Please don't ever hit me up on my cellphone

Said my cash low, bitch? Didn't think so

Better get the price right, this ain't Plinko

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mellometal · 3 years ago

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WHAT'S GOING ON? THIS IS PART TWO OF ME RIPPING APART DHAR MANN'S VIDEOS ABOUT FATPHOBIA! Whoo-hoo!

Before I get started, here's an obligatory trigger warning: This post will be talking about fatphobia, bullying, homelessness, mentioned ED, fat shaming, shaming a person FOR EATING, and the abused thanking his abuser AS AN ADULT for tormenting him as a young, impressionable teenage boy.

If any of that is triggering, upsetting, or makes you uncomfortable in any way, you don't have to read this post. Please consume media that sparks joy for you.

This time, there won't be a response from me about this video, like I usually do with all my Dhar Mann posts. If you want to see my response, refer to my first post about fatphobia (the one about the plus-size woman being fat shamed). It does tie in with this post, as my thoughts on this video are the exact same here. Yes, even though this is about a (at the time) plus-size black teenage boy being targeted. Search for the "dhar mann talk" tag and it's one of the most recent posts. I don't believe anyone should be shamed for their weight. Your weight doesn't hold any significance to your worth as a person. Don't let anything or anyone tell you otherwise.

With all of that out of the way, let's get to the video!

To sum up the video, it starts out with a plus-size black teenage boy (Kurt or "Big Boy", as he's called almost throughout the entire video) who's on a basketball court at school with his friend (Mike), a few other teenage boys, and Mike's uncle (Frank) is their coach. Mike is the captain on one team, Frank is the captain on the other team. They're picking teammates, and everyone is on a team except for Kurt and another boy. Frank says to his nephew to not pick Kurt (he called him "Big Boy" instead) because "he'd never win with him". LIKE THEY WERE PLAYING FOR THE NBA. CALM YOUR DICK. HOLY FUCKING HELL. THEY'RE KIDS.

Mike, not listening to his uncle (good for him), picks Kurt anyway. Kurt is happy and thanks his friend for picking him. Mike gives Kurt a shirt that looks at least a couple sizes too small for him and would be pretty uncomfortable to wear. This isn't Mike's fault, obviously. Kurt politely asks if they had a bigger shirt. Obviously not an unreasonable request. They're playing a sport that requires lots of movement (honestly, pretty much any sport would apply here, except for maybe golf or cricket) so it's understandable to want to at least be comfortable and have room to move around. Frank mocks A LITERAL TEENAGER with the whole "You think you're shopping at Big&Tall?" line and then says that's the only size they had (why couldn't they supply inclusive sizes in the first place, or at least ASK Kurt what his size was IN ADVANCE?), which....umm, I'm actually GLAD plus-size clothing for men (Big&Tall, in this case) is more readily available and accessible now. I'm happy plus-size clothing in GENERAL is like that now.

Mike comforts Kurt and says the shirt might fit. The shirt does KIND OF fit Kurt, but it's obvious he's uncomfortable. Look at this screenshot here:

Frank laughs at Kurt, says he looks like Barney The Dinosaur, and the other kids laugh along with their coach. This is NOT setting a good example for children, Frank. You're a fucking teacher. You're a COACH. You're supposed to be teaching these kids about sports and shit. You're supposed to be setting a good example for these kids about teamwork and sportsmanship. WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO A TEENAGE BOY, WHO IS MOST LIKELY ONE OF YOUR STUDENTS, IS TEACHING NONE OF THOSE THINGS. You're teaching these kids that bullying their peers for things they can't help having is okay. Do better. (I'd say that he's an adult and should act like one, but I'm an adult and I barely act like one a lot of the time, so that'd make me a hypocrite.)

While I may be fortunate to have had a physical education teacher who never bashed on me or shamed me for my weight and she would cheer me on for whatever amount of effort I made the first and only year I had actual P.E., I know that many other kids who are plus-size most likely has/had horrible P.E. teachers or coaches like Frank.

To anyone who has/had a teacher or coach like Frank, I'm so sorry, kiddos. You don't deserve to be bullied by your own teachers. I wish I could give all of you a hug, but I can give y'all virtual hugs instead! *virtual hugs* /p

So they play a game of basketball, and Kurt is struggling to fully play because the shirt he was given was probably cutting off some circulation, especially in his arms (again, do I need to reiterate that this was NOT Mike's fault and is FRANK'S fault for his ignorance and negligence). Frank mocks his nephew Mike by saying that he told him not to pick Kurt. Why? Because according to him, Kurt will never make anything of himself in life due to him being fat. (AGAIN, THIS IS NOT TRUE.)

Then it cuts to Kurt sitting with Mike, who's working on his car and Kurt's working on his own thing. Mike says he believes one day he'll own a nice, brand new Cadillac. Kurt is very supportive and cheers his friend on. He says that he believes he'll be one of the biggest radio show hosts and has a title for it called "Big Boy's Neighborhood". Both of them are hyping each other up. Love to see men supporting men. Mike pulls out his Walkman (they were HUGE back in the 80s and 90s because you could listen to the radio from anywhere, I have a Sony Walkman mp3 player, but it's a newer model), and Kurt says that he's always wanted one but couldn't afford it. (I'll go into why in a second.)

Frank comes over to reprimand Mike, who has done NOTHING WRONG, for talking to Kurt. Instead of working, which Mike WAS actually doing. He tries to tell his uncle this, but he wasn't having it. Frank then reprimands Kurt, who also has done NOTHING WRONG, for just sitting and apparently "distracting Mike" (he wasn't). He asks if there's any work he was supposed to do. Kurt FINALLY stands up to Frank in a polite, mature manner. He says that just because he wasn't working with his hands, it didn't mean he wasn't working. Frank ridicules Kurt some more, Mike tells his uncle to leave his friend alone, and Kurt stands up to Frank AGAIN, still being polite and mature. UNLIKE THE ACTUAL ADULT ACTING LIKE A CLICHÉ MIDDLE SCHOOL BULLY WHO PROBABLY PEAKED IN HIGH SCHOOL. How fucking ironic.

What does Frank do in response to Kurt standing up to him? INSULTS THE KID SOME MORE. He tells Kurt that he must have "pig fat for brains" (which is not only insulting to Kurt, but also insulting to pigs, because pigs are intelligent animals), takes his small bag of Doritos, and says that he "doesn't need to be eating anything." He eats Kurt's Doritos IN FRONT OF HIM, tells Mike to quit letting his friend make him lazy (he wasn't doing that at all), and to get back to work.

THAT line made me livid. I've actually thought that I didn't deserve to eat anything because I'm plus-size as a teenager, and into my adulthood at a few points in my life. NEVER say that someone doesn't need to be eating anything. (Obviously except for poisonous things, inedible objects, and things that could and will kill them.) You could cause them to develop an ED, or trigger an ED if they already have one. THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING. EDs are no joke. Whether it be starving, purging, or binge eating, none of them are fun to have and/or to deal with. Even if they DON'T develop an ED, their relationship with food will be all sorts of fucky-wucky. Some even for the rest of their lives. Unless you get proper treatment, of course.

When Frank leaves, Kurt is obviously upset. Rightfully so. How he's feeling is justified. Mike comforts him and says to not let Frank get to him. Mike offers to take Kurt home, but then realizes that his friend and his mom got evicted and are homeless. (This is why Kurt couldn't afford to buy a Walkman.) Kurt, still distraught, says that he'll just walk. Mike invites him over for dinner and that he'd drop him off after, which Kurt agrees to.

They're at Mike's house, having dinner, and Mike's parents are talking to Kurt. They're being supportive. Frank walks in to have his sister's cooking. He sees that Kurt's there. Mike's parents introduce Frank to Kurt, tells him Kurt's gonna be on the radio one day, Frank laughs and says Kurt's not gonna be anything. Kurt brushes it off. He says that his mom says that he can achieve whatever he wants (which is true, to a reasonable extent), Frank cuts him off and says his mom was lying to him, and that his mom knows he's gonna be a big loser.

Mike's dad tells Frank to leave Kurt alone. Mike's mom also says the same thing. Frank asks Kurt if his mom doesn't feed him at home, and what he was doing "eating up all their food" (he wasn't; he just had a singular plate). Mike and his mom tell Frank to stop. His mom explains that they invited Kurt over for dinner, and she tells her brother to sit down and eat. Frank then asks Kurt again if his mom doesn't feed him at home. Mike tells Frank that Kurt and his mom don't have a home because they just got evicted, which is a shock to the parents. Instead of having sympathy for a teenage boy who was on the streets with his mom, HE MOCKS HIM. WHO THE FUCK DOES THAT? Especially to a teenage boy who didn't do anything whatsoever to deserve being evicted from his home and be out on the streets with his mom. I've dealt with being evicted. I've dealt with homelessness. Out of no fault of my own. It's not funny, cool, glamorous, or anything like that. It's terrifying. I'm still traumatized by that experience and it happened four years ago. Sometimes I have nightmares about that kind of thing. The very possibility of becoming homeless and going through that again scares the shit out of me. The thought of it is so triggering for me that I will resort to reverting back to things I used to do when I was a kid. It also doesn't help that I will NEVER be able to afford an apartment on my own where I live now and will probably have to rely on at least two or three roommates and/or family to get by. Thanks a lot, Boomers.

I would never wish what I went through on anyone. Anyways, back to the whole summary of the video.

Kurt gets up and leaves the table. Mike tries to go after his friend to make sure he was okay, but Frank stops his nephew. ONLY WHEN KURT LEAVES DOES FRANK ALL NONCHALANTLY SAY THAT HE'S STARVING AND THAT THEY SHOULD ALL EAT. Despite Frank making Kurt as well as his (Frank's) own family upset.

Kurt walks to where his mom is. His mom notices that he's upset. Kurt tells his mom that it's because of Frank. His mom comforts him and gives him the advice that she gave him before. Kurt is still obviously too upset to take anything she's telling him, bringing up that they're homeless and broke, and his mom is desperate to help comfort her son. She gives him his birthday present early, which happens to be a Walkman. Kurt is shocked. He thought they didn't have that kind of money. His mom says not to worry about that. She pokes some lighthearted fun at her son, he thanks her, and he asks her a question. He asks if she believes he'll be successful or if she's saying that to make him feel better. She asks if he believes he'll be successful (yep), and he tells her that when he succeeds, he'll buy them a house so they don't have to be homeless anymore or worry about getting evicted.

Fast forward to adulthood, Kurt becomes a bouncer, meets someone who works at a radio station, and he goes there. Just to have people laughing at him. He's distraught again and leaves the station, thinking that he made a bad decision. Frank happens to come by, see that Kurt was upset, and asks what's wrong. Kurt tells him what happened, and Frank mocks him AGAIN with the same shit he told him when he was a TEENAGE BOY, now as a YOUNG ADULT. He walks off, laughing.

Nice going! /s Kicking Kurt while he's down JUST LIKE OLD TIMES, RIGHT? FUCK YOU.

Kurt then decides that he's gonna lose weight and be the best radio show host. (Toxic much? Why would you try to preach that your weight = your worth as a person? If you're losing weight for yourself, great! I'm happy for you! If you don't want to lose weight, you don't give a fuck about what people say, and you're happy in your own skin, that's awesome too! Do it for yourself, not for anyone's approval. Try to love yourself and accept yourself in any form you're in. Don't fall for the bullshit that you have to be a certain size or look a certain way for you to love and accept yourself. The weight may be gone, but the rest of your issues will still be there. I have to clarify that I meant this in GENERAL, not necessarily for extremities on either side of the spectrum of weight...because there are things you MUST follow.)

Kurt gets back to the station, ignores all the people being assholes, he's doing his thing, and he's climbing up.

Fast forward to when Kurt is middle-aged. He has his own radio show, and he's one of the biggest names in the radio industry. After he finishes up his show, he goes outside to see a couple of young fans. A young black girl with her brother, a plus-size boy. They say how much they love his show, they got his merch, and the boy tells Kurt that he wants to be just like him. The boy doubts himself though because of people abusing him JUST LIKE what Kurt went through. Kurt empathizes with the boy and tells him a little bit about his own experience. Following them is Frank as an old man. They're his grandkids.

Frank recognizes Kurt, and actually apologizes to him for the torment he put him through as a teenager. WHAT A SHOCK. /srs

Kurt takes it with grace, but says that he should be thanking Frank for all the torment. Why? Because it "motivated him". The girl says that she loves that. (Okay, since she's a kid and there's still time for her to change her mind about certain things, I'm not going to be as harsh here. I don't bash on the kids unless they're doing or saying extremely fucked up things willingly. She didn't say this with bad intentions. I understand you're coming from a good place, and I appreciate that, but please hear me out. This wasn't at all like dealing with edgy thirteen year olds on the internet. This man you look up to was abused by your grandfather in his youth. Your brother is experiencing that same torment your idol went through...at a younger age too, it seems like. The kid looks no older than middle school age [ten or eleven at the YOUNGEST to maybe thirteen or fourteen at the OLDEST]. That's a huge problem. Kurt may have "toughed it out", but that might not be the case for your brother. Please don't excuse that kind of behavior.)

Dude...what the actual fuck? I can understand not being bothered by the hate, but this grown ass man literally VERBALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ABUSED YOU AS A YOUNG, IMPRESSIONABLE TEENAGE BOY, CONTINUING INTO ADULTHOOD, and you're THANKING Frank for all of that? Why should you thank your abuser for what he put you through? He didn't contribute ANYTHING to your success. So I guess abuse is a GREAT contribution to people's success now, right? /s It doesn't contribute to anything, in my opinion. Yes, what doesn't kill you can make you stronger, but can we normalize people becoming weaker to a point due to traumatic events? Because they exist. Demonizing survivors who have become weaker to some degree or just flat-out ignoring them isn't helping. You did the thing you wanted to do, Kurt. Frank didn't help you. The person who really helped you was YOU and your mom.

MOVING ON.

The boy asks Kurt if he thinks he'll ever be able to make it as a radio show host. Kurt asks if HE believes that. The boy says he does. Kurt gives him some advice and gives the boy his Walkman. The boy's ecstatic, they leave, and Kurt goes to meet up with his mom.

Keeping to his promise, Kurt bought his mom a house so she'd never be homeless again and never have to worry about being evicted. (HOW LONG WAS SHE HOMELESS FOR? OH MY GOD. THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. I hope you at least let her stay with you or something. They never went into that, unfortunately.) She's very grateful. The video ends there.

My personal thoughts on the video: Another piss poor video....but worse! Because it was a COLLAB. And based on a true story. Good going with taking this man's story of being abused by a grown adult to exploit for your personal gain, Dhar Mann! WOW. LOVE THAT! Totally a good look. /s

What I took from this video is that if you're plus-size, according to Dhar Mann, you'll apparently NEVER be successful, let alone be taken seriously...which is an absolute lie. There are many plus-size people who are very successful. Another thing I took from the video is that apparently according to Dhar Mann, being verbally and emotionally abused as a teenager by a grown adult all the way into adulthood is "motivation" for you to work harder to reach your goals. (Nice going, Dhar Mann. Justifying grown adults abusing children. Who would've thought? /s)

Oh, and it's like MANDATORY to thank your abusers for tormenting you when you become successful! (Obviously this is an exaggeration. This is me using Dhar Mann's logic against him.) You want to thank them for making you stronger? Fine. You want to spit in their face and say, "Fuck you." to them? Also fine. You want to just never acknowledge them ever again? Totally fine. Whatever you want to do, that's fine by me, but can you not imply that "thanking" your abusers is mandatory in some way?

If you made it this far, thank you! I hope you're having a good morning/day/afternoon/evening/night. Stay safe, y'all. Love you. /p

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