#Someone yell with meeee

[hidingoutbackstage]

oh my gosh i made both ashley and piers from texas

[thistlekiss]

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[yourlittlettoy]

FIRST “NEST” HIGHLIGHTS ✨

Just for the sake of using this blog like an actual blogging space 💁🏻‍♀️✨ let me tell you about how my first NEST went!!

For those of you that aren’t familiar, NEST is one of the biggest fetish gatherings in North America for us t-word enthusiasts! I’ve known about it since forever ago, and this may it was my first time actually attending. It was: everything I’d hoped it would be (˘▽˘ʃƪ)・ﾟ✧♡ here are some highlights!

This gathering was probably one of the biggest I’ve ever been to in terms of the amount of friends I saw alone! There were pals from our Tumblr community, friends from Japan, everyone from my gathering friend groups, and lots of friends from my local community as well. It was really heaven to just be with all of my favourite people all at once and in one place (˘▽˘ʃƪ)・ﾟ✧♡

The events were REALLY COOL! Definitely a gathering with one of the most comprehensive schedules I’ve ever experienced! I participated in as much as I could, but notably the squid games, auctions, and t-word-theatre (which is a big public t-word show where someone get’s got in front of an audience in a very theatrical way!) was super cool! Having said that…

I GOT KIDNAPPED!! Well, “napped” 😅 don’t worry, no real felonies here hahaha. When I applied to be ‘napped like back in the beginning of the year, I didn’t hear anything back at all about the process of how that was going. Knowing not every applicant ends up getting chosen, I didn’t let myself keep my hopes up. Long story short.. after I excitedly went to the t-word theatre event all pumped to watch someone get got… to my great surprise, that person was gonna be me lmao ‼️😱 I was kinda *taken* from my seat and tied to a chair in front of everyone, then a game show-dating show scenario played out with 3 bachelors behind a curtain answering questions (really funny and witty answers, might I add) that the show host threw their way 😆. Of course, then the host eventually asks the question “our bachelorette loves to laugh, how would you make her laugh?” … and basically I watched as all of them came through the curtain to come get me 😱 one by one…. And then !!! OF COURSE ALL THREE HAD TO COME AT ONCE 😱💀😵!!! And I couldn’t take it right so I was yelling “help meeee” hahaha ya know cause pooOOooOoOor meeeee 🤪😇. And the host was like… “sure I’ll help them” AND JOINED IN ON THE LERS SIDE 💀💀💀! ANYWAYYYY despite how extremely evil that was 😜🥺, it was 10/10 one of the coolest experiences of my life, I got an “I got napped” certificate AND it made me really happy when people approached me later saying they liked my scene (˘▽˘ʃƪ)・ﾟ✧♡ THANK U NEST FOR CHOOSING MEEEE! 🩷

This was the first gathering I been to with a partner and he was beyond lovely and supportive and we didn’t struggle with feeling any kind of restrictions due to each other .. and this means a lot because I intend on going to gatherings for as long as I can and the fact that that won’t interfere with my love life is truly a dream come true for me :)

Oh, and I experienced getting t-worded by one of my most sadistic gal pals in a fully nylon body suit and 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 I think my soul left my body that day lmaoooo RIP ME

Those are the highlights!!! This post really is a summary but happy to share more details if there are any questions 😁 thank you for reading and for following along this lil journey with me <3 I adore and appreciate all of you here with me right now! We’ve come a long way 🥰 maybe see some of you next year!!! 👀😙 that would be amazing!

[owlcomics101]

Task force 141 dog hybrid AU?

OKAY HEAR ME OUT-

but what if the task force were dog hybrids 🤔

(I think I ate too much chocolate cake when thinking about this-)

Price would definitely be a bulldog hybrid no doubt-

(GIF belongs to the Bored Dog Show)

Aaaa it would be so cute! He’d have this slight underbite like bulldogs normally do with a tooth or two sticking out. Oh god it would be so derpy! He would always try to hide his ears with his bucket hat or beanie and if you find him in a deep sleep (Which is very rare) his tongue pokes out and yes, he runs in his sleep. He doesn’t like being pet (Or at least he makes you think he doesn’t). He’s completely touch starved but never wants to admit to wanting such affection. The only time you get to pet him is in his sleep and when you do he lets out a low groan and starts kicking in his sleep.

Beagle Gaz YESSS!

GIF by: nala-thebeagle

(Okay so I went to my aunts house and she had two cute beagle puppies! And they were the sweetest Damm thing. One was definitely a cuddler but the other one not as much. The other one liked to be pet sometimes but not always and let out a growl if you pet him too much and I guess it kinda reminds me of Gaz?)

So beagle hybrid Gaz’s tail would definitely wag every time he sees you, but he tries his hardest not to show it. He tends to bury things and ‘save them for later’ only for you to find whatever he buried outside weeks or months later and show it to him. Of course he always blames it on Soap to try and make himself look less like a fool, but you know he did it and yes, he hunts rabbits and brings them to you even though there’s no need for that….but he just looks so happy bringing them to you.

look….I don’t wanna be basic but….Scottish Terrier Soap-

GIF by: animals-in-old-films

Scottish terriers are known for their independence, aggression, loudness, and even playfulness and that checks all the boxes for Soap also the fact that they are short like Soap-

Soap is….very loud to say the least. Whenever someone new comes by or someone he doesn’t like he kinda just starts yelling (Mostly swears) at them in hopes his yelling will scare them off and if he sees you pull up he immediately goes to the door or window and starts yelling out for you awhile the others try to stop him from completely tackling you.

Soap: *Bangs on the window* “Y/n tis me-soap! keek! loook at meeee!-wait how come urr ye traivelin awa'?! come back-“

Blood Hound Ghost

GIF by: Laff

This might be a strange one but I think blood hound hybrid Ghost works. Ghost’s father hunted animals and even tormented Ghost with them. With this in mind I thought a tracker doggo should do the trick. All Ghost needs is to find you once and there’s no where you could hide from him. His smell is impeccable but also very sensitive to certain smells. Yes he has the long floppy bloodhound ears but like Price he tries his dammest to hide them and same with his tail. He hates it when anyone touches or attempts to pet him. He’s a light sleeper so even tiniest change in air movement sets him off. The most affection you ever got from him was a gently brush of his hands against yours, almost wanting to hold your hand before pulling away again. Poor Ghost :(

[somewhereinneptune]

Astrology Observations II

Note : these are based on experiences and personal observations. Observations mentioned may not accurately apply to everyone 🩷

🫀Someone's life path number could be the number which is strongly tied to that person's signature sign in their chart, either being the number of the house that originally rules their signature sign or a characteristic that is tied with that signature sign.

Examples: My signature sign is Aquarius and I'm a life path number 9 , life Path 9 is associated with being the humanitarian and serving the collective

My mother is a life path 3 and her signature sign is Gemini , which is originally ruled by the 3rd house. My brother is a life path 6 and his signature sign is Virgo, which is Virgo’s house. I also read about life path 4 being strategists and I've known someone who's signature sign is Capricorn which corresponds with such energy

🫀Unpopular opinion but if I had to switch the signs elements, I'd put Scorpio as a fire sign and Aquarius as a water sign. With Scorpio it's probably because it was originally ruled by Mars, Scorpio always gives me such a fire energy compared to Pisces and Cancer. Not exactly Scorpio sun but dominating Scorpio energy in the chart, i think it's also the intensity they ooze and the level of confidence and also self- assertion, they have such a commanding presence which gives me fire energy too

As for Aquarius, despite having the characteristics of being quite distant at times or having difficulty with opening up, it's usually for how intense they are, it's a form of protection. I've made the mistake in the past of seeing aquas as detached until they actually unfolded which shocked me, the amount of depth and intensity of emotions they hold is a 360 and I've observed the same in my chart. It might be due to them being a fixed sign,but definitely that depth doesn't give the air sign vibe. Another reason is how they tend to be more introverted or reserved compared to Gemini and Libra, it gives me that water energy too

🫀Chiron in first is such a difficult placement in my opinion. It either puts you in a constant self - conscious state or you project your trauma on every situation and blur reality from there

🫀Uranus and Neptune in third 🤝 mental illness. That's it, that's the post

🫀Pets and the 6th house man….Aries / Taurus on the cusp is a cuddly adorable pet but one that will literally not do what you say no matter what, also energetic asf and has attitude esp when you say no to them- oh and very reckless, will do things that will have you question your life choices and have a heart attack on the spot because they were curious about something like jump off a high desk and not care or run into something that would harm them, literally no brain cells just impulse

🫀The degree of the planet could indicate the age that planet unlocks for you , and weird thought but hear me out : that degree could stretch up until it's time for the next planet to unlock

Example : I have Jupiter at 24 and I'm turning 25 this May . Yes I've been in my Jupiter theme and actually it seems it's only going to properly expand even more. Now the only planet left for me is Saturn at 29, and I have the theory i’d be living the Jupiter theme until I turn 29 or untill I officially start my Saturn return

I  also have most planets at 5 too like Uranus , and Venus and Neptune at 1 : i was literally the calm kid that has a crush each time she gets (and sometimes is front about it without shame 😭😭 literally one time in second grade my crush's tummy was in pain and the teacher asked who knows their house to help them go home and i stood and said MEEEE in front of everyone and kept asking to be the one to take them home til i got yelled at 💀) i also had 4687357766 anime crushes as a kid and for Uranus , was the type to get mad and throw things on the ground when told no (I threw my tea mug once cause i didn't wanna go to school and slapped my kindergarten teacher cause she didn't let me go home with mom when i saw her visiting the principal 😭😭😭)

🫀Saturn in Aries 🤝 almost dying of cringe and shame at the thought of acting child - like and doing goofy stuff/ having fun

🫀 this is popular but Leo placements and secretly checking your own posts and stories and giggling at them lmao

[gaylordscooter]

Note This Down So I Don't Forget

Blue closed his journal and tucked it under his arm. He just finished up his entry on Epic Sans. He didn't actually know too much about him so he had to consult Cross.

It wasn't like he could talk to the source when he was missing.

Speaking of him missing, Blue turned his head, and saw the mistakenly-dubbed “protector of the universe” peeking over his shoulder to look at the journal.

He rolled his eyelights once he noticed Blue’s gaze on him. “I don't see the point in making an entry about that one.”

Blue squinted at him. “Because you killed him?”

Ink gasped dramatically, “Whaaat? Nooo!” He cleared his throat, putting on a serious face. “I didn't do that.”

“Sure.”

“You don't believe meeee!” He whined and draped himself over Blue’s shoulders.

“I’ll believe you when he’s found.” He shrugged him off.

“When he's found, you and I probably won't even remember this conversation!” Ink pointed out. He was shocked by his own words, regretting them the second he said them. It was meant to be playful banter but…

Blue deflated, looking like his namesake. He tightened his hold on his journal. His eyelights darted away. “Right,” he huffed.

Guilt showed through his eyelights. “I didn't mean it like that.” How else could he have meant it? Their horrible memories had them having the same conversations over and over like they were new each time. There was a reason they both wrote stuff down.

Writing stuff down could only do so much.

“it's true,” Blue said in a quiet voice.

Ink hated when he talked in all lowercase, because most of the time it meant he was sad or tired. Well, hate’s a strong word for someone like him. Speaking about someone like him, his faulty memory had a clear cut reason that made sense. He did this. He ripped his soul apart. He signed up for this, really.

But Blue? He didn't even get to choose. It wasn't his fault his universe decided to go on and erase itself.

“It's not your fault,” Ink said.

Blue looked surprised when he looked back at Ink, and then his expression melted into something more like concern. “No, no, Ink it isn’t either of our faults. You don't choose to have a shitty memory,” he almost laughed at the absurdity of that thought process. Really, forgetting stuff on purpose is hard!

“Well, I kinda did!” he argued. “Ripped my soul right in half, damning the consequences.”

Blue sputtered, looking even more concerned now. “You didn't know the consequences!” he yelled. He looked shocked at the volume of his own voice, but he continued, “You were just a kid! Looking for any way out. Even if you technically caused it doesn't mean it's your fault.”

Ink was confused. “But when I don't do anything to stop something it's my fault, how the hell does that work?!”

“That's not true either, people are just looking for someone to blame—”

“And! Epic was supposed to die! Why’s that my fault?!” Ink shouted.

Blue was stunned into silence. He studied Ink’s eyelights, they were changing too rapidly to discern any single emotion.

“I just…can't understand. Why are you my friend? I’m not a good…” he trailed off. “I’m not good. Do you think I learn anything from your kindness? I still do the same things. I still don't care. I’m going to keep sticking to what the creators want, okay?”

Blue sighed, “I know that.”

“So why don't you just leave like everyone else? Why stay friends with me when you know I’m going to disappoint you?!”

Blue put his hands on Ink’s cheeks making sure they made eye contact. “You don't disappoint me!” He looked distressed. “I’m not leaving you. I know you have your flaws but that doesn't mean you're bad.”

Ink scoffed, “A lot of people would disagree…”

“Well, they don't understand you, so their opinion doesn't count,” Blue asserted.

Right, because Blue totally understood him. Now that he thought about it, he kinda did…He definitely understood him more than anyone else. There were a lot less misunderstandings with him and it was always easier to explain things to him.

Why did he bother being so patient with him? It's not like he deserved it. Was it because he rescued him from his crumbling universe? That might've been it.

Of course his only friends were the “monster who literally couldn't hate anyone” and “monster whose life he saved”.

He was very likable, couldn't you tell?

“Hey Ink?” Blue’s voice dragged him back to reality.

He blinked, adjusting his demeanor so that he didn't look as pathetic as he felt. “Yeah, Blue?”

“Can I write something down on your scarf?”

“Oh!” he couldn't help but exclaim. No one else has ever done that before. There wasn't a reason to. He couldn't imagine what Blue had in mind. Leave it to him to catch him off guard sometimes.

He was the only one who did.

“So is that a no?”

“Yes—No? I mean—yes you can. Write on my scarf. But there's not that many blank spaces left.” He grabbed one of the tails of his scarf, scrutinizing for any free spaces. “What do you want to put, anyway?”

Blue grabbed his pen and clicked it. “A little reminder from me about how much I care about you.”

Ink’s sockets widened. Wordlessly he handed his scarf over to Blue, pointing to where he could write.

Blue used his journal as support underneath as he wrote. Once he finished, he signed his name below with a smiley face drawn next to it. “There you go.”

He looked down at his scarf and read his message.

“I’m glad we're best friends - Blue :)”

Ink was never one to get emotional, but for once a smile was able to come to him naturally. “Aw, cute,” he said. No, that wasn't enough, say what you want to say, you bozo. “I’m glad we're best friends too.”

[ricegobbler]

Hi I Been wondering if you could do the tfp bots meeting a baby toddler who one of the kids is babysitting and the baby is so fascinating by the giant robots and wants to play with them

TFP Bots meeting a baby toddler the kids are babysitting!!!

THIS IS SO CUTEEEE!! AWHHHDHDJKDKD

ANYWAYS, TY FOR REQUESTING!! LOVE YOU SMMMMMM<3333

ENJOY!!!!<333

WARNINGS‼️: NONE JUST CUTE BABIES!!:3

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One day in base, it was just all the bots, including Raf and Miko. Bulk, Bee, Smokescreen, and Wheeljack were just playing some basketball (I forgot what they called it so I’m just gonna call it basketball-) with a ball of scrapped metal while Arcee, Raf, and Miko watched. Ratchet, our sunshine, was just doing some random stuff. Optimus and Ultra Magnus were just doing important stuff.

Just then, everyone was surprised by June and Jack. “Hey everyone!” June called out, smiling and waving. Jack would’ve done the same, buttttttt….something, more like someone, was in his hands. “Hey guys.” Jack said with a flat tone.

“WOAH. IS THAT A BABY??” Miko yelled, running over to Jack and BEGGING to hold it. “GIVE ME GIVE MEEEE!!” Jacks eyes widened and he quickly turned the baby away from Miko, “woah woah woah, calm down Miko!..” Raf then walked towards them, “where’d you get it, Jack?” He asked, “First off, he’s a he. Second, [story where they got the baby bc I’m too lazy to think abt where they could’ve got it</3]” The bots then started to walk towards the humans and the first that spoke was Smokescreen, “is that a human sparkling?? Gosh, they’re so small!!” “Of course they are, it’s a human!” Ratchet said with a slightly sarcastic tone.

“What’s his name??” Miko asked. “His names Ryan.” Jack answered. “Ryan huh? Kinda sounds like Orion..!” Bulkhead said, making everyone stare at Optimus. “I have no similarities with this human sparkling” said Optimus.

a couple hours goes by, and Jack was still caring for Ryan. Eventually he got hungry, so Jack went off and gently sat him on the couch and said he’d go get him something to eat/drink. As Ryan waited on the couch he was curious about his surroundings, I mean, there’s a ton of alien robots around him!! Who wouldn’t be curious? So, he started to babble loud, loud enough for some bots to hear. The first ones to hear was the boys playing basketball.

All four of them surrounded Ryan and looked down at him confusingly, “uh.” Started Bulkhead, “What do you think he wants?..” “not sure.” Wheeljack answered back. “What if he wants to play basketball with us??” Smokescreen suggested, taking the metal scrapped ball over Ryan’s head like he was gonna drop it on him. “BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEPPPDJXJSJSJ” (SMOKESCREEN PLS DONT. AHHHHHH) Bee screamed, slapping the ball out of smokescreens hand. “Hey! What gives??” Smokescreen said. “I don’t think you’re supposed to offline the thing.” Wheeljack said, blinking at smokescreen. “oh. We’re not?..” said smokescreen. Arcee was just watching the whole thing disappointed 🤦🏻‍♀️

Next, Ryan got ratchets attention. “You human sparklings are quite…squishy looking..” Ratchet said as he looked closely at Ryan. “What if I just…” he then gently used one digit and squish Ryan’s stomach, making the little baby giggle🥹 Ratchets optics shimmered, “oh primus..” he’s now in full mother hen mode. He is going to care for little Ryan forever now. 😭

Last, he got Optimus and Ultra Magnus’s attention. Ultra magnus was reciting some boring ass rules to Ryan as Optimus just watched dumbfounded. “Do you understand, soldier.” Ultra magnus said. “Ultra Magnus..I don’t think the sparkling can understand you..” Optimus said.

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OKKK. THATS KINDA ALL I FEEL LIKE DOIN BC IM SO LAZY RN AND TIRED.

BUT, HOPE YOU LIKED THIS!!

(I’m not good with this stuff, don’t judge me☹️)

REQUESTS ARE STILL OPEN!!

[itzsana-kiddingmenow]

Hey! Could you do a lee! Minho and Han - ler!chan and seungmin? I think it would be Soo cute if it was Minsung vs chanmin xx

UnSurprise:

words: 720 tw: surprise tickles, chase a/n: thisissocuteimcrying🤍 lee: minho and jisung ler: chan and seungmin taglist: @someone-who-loves-kpop-saranghae @jeonginsdiary @leeknowstan33 @v--143 @wereallgonnadieonedaybutnottoday @inkytornpages @lajanaa this fic is about tickling, if it's not your cup of tea pls scroll!~

"HELP MEEEE!" Jisung squealed, running through the dorm.

"Wha-WHAT THE HELL?!" Changbin yelled, staring wide-eyed as Hannie almost knocked his coffee over, heavily pursued by Chan and Seungmin.

"Ugh. So immature." Changbin scoffed, adding more cream and sugar to his coffee.

"What? Why do you want me to hide you?" Lino asked, exasperated.

"Please! I love you so muchhh..." Hannie tried, wrapping his arms around his hyung lovingly and pressing a singular kiss to his cheek, which flushed pink.

"Ugh...fine. The closet's there."

Jisung ran and jumped into the closet, slamming the door just as Chan and Seungmin entered the room, determined to find him at all costs.

"Where's Han? He's got some wrecking to go through..." Channie cracked a knuckle threateningly before wiggling his fingers.

"Wrecking?! If I knew where he was I would help you, you know that." Minho shook his head, trying not to give himself away.

"Your ears are red." Seungmin pointed out, smirking evilly.

"O-Oh. I wonder why." Lino shrugged, cursing himself for stuttering.

"Minho...where is he?" Chan asked, approaching the blushy boy slowly.

"I don't k-know..." Minho stuttered again.

"He's in there." Changbin sipped his coffee and pointed at the door.

"...Really?" Lino deadpanned, watching as Seungmin opened the closet door and pulled a very squirmy Han out of it.

"NO! This is unfair!" Minho screeched when Chan pinned his arms high above his head.

"I didn't even do anything!" He complained loudly.

"You lied." Channie smirked.

Lino had no words.

"Okay, let's play a game!" Chan suggested.

"No! Your games always end up with one of us getting wrecked!" Jisung whined.

"Exactly! Now both of you are getting wrecked." Chan giggled.

"So you," He pointed at Jisung, "Will get light tickles, while Minho here, will get rough tickles."

"HEY! That's not fair!" Min yelled.

"UnSurprise!" Seungmin immitated the older's iconic meme, with a little twist.

"The thing is, Jisung will choose whether he gets rough or light, while you get the other choice. Do you understand?" Chan clarified gently.

"Okahahay! Okay okahahay!" Jisung giggled out as Seungmin's fingers moved gently along his stomach and neck, and he tried to get adjusted to the feeling.

"NOHOHOHO!"

Hannie whipped his head to the other side, watching Chan blow agonizingly ticklish raspberries into Lino's v-line.

The poor boy bucked his hips up and squealed when another raspberry was pressed into his hip.

"CHAHAHAHAN!"

"plehehaha!"

"They're so cute!~" Changbin cooed from the door, sipping his coffee amusingly.

"HAHAHANNIE! PLEHEHEASE SWIHIHITCH IHIHIT!" Minho couldn't handle the raspberries much longer, especially when Channie decided to tickle his ribs at the same time and nibble gently at the skin.

"i-i dohohont wanna!" Jisung wasn't scared.

Okay, maybe he was a little scared. Who could blame him, after watching Minho go practically insane.

"PLEHEHEHEASE!"

After a second of thinking, paired with his giggles, Jisung gave in to help his hyung.

"fine, switch..."

In less than a second, Chan had let up on Minho, giving the younger a small break and patting and rubbing lightly on his stomach.

However, things had gotten much worse for Jisung.

Seungmin scratched at Hannie's ribs with his fingernails, slinging one leg over Hanji's stomach to hold him down.

Jisung fell apart in laughter, the scratching tickling him wayyy more than he would like to admit.

"SEHEHEHEUNGMIHIN! SEUNGMIN PLEHEHEHEASE!" Jisung squealed loudly, blushing a bright red when Changbin cooed again.

"hahahah! chahahannie thihihis ihihis wohohohorse!" Minho whined as Chan traveled around his underarm lightly with one finger.

"I know, baby." Chan giggled, scratching at a sensitive spot he had found and watching Minho whimper through his loud giggles.

"IHIHIM DOHOHONE! DOHOHONE SEUNGMIN PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE! OHO MY GOHOHOHOSH!"

"Okay, you big baby! There's no way it tickled that much!"

"Yah! I'm stihill your hyuhung!" Jisung scolded, though the bright smile on his face contrasted his tone.

Seungmin shrugged, moving his nails closer to Han's sensitive ribs and watching the older immediately beg and apologize.

Minho sat up promptly once he regained his strength, wiping the tears of mirth off of his face before crossing his arms childishly.

"They're definitely the cutest lees ever." Changbin finished off his coffee, walking towards the kitchen sink to place his cup.

"Who bets Binnie's cuter?" Minho grinned, watching four hands go up.

"Well, he's next."

Poor Changbin had no idea what was coming.

[beevean]

@hypermascbishounen hope you don't mind if I save these comments because you explained very well one of the core, yet subtle issues with NFCV

I'm thinking now of all the interpersonal conflicts in NFCV; and they're all... lacking.

Dracula vs. the Church: the Bishop dies at the end of Blue Fangs. Indirectly, Dracula got his revenge, but obviously this amounts to little since Dracula is furious at mankind and the Bishop was ultimately small potatoes.

Trevor vs. Alucard: the idea is that they're rivals and foils in true CV fashion. The reality is that Alucard is a dry cunt to Trevor for petty reasons like "wah the vampire hunters hunt vampires :(" or "I'm insecure that I made the right choice :(". Anyway, this is resolved by the two fighting Dracula together, then Alucard is ditched until the end. Riveting.

Alucard vs. Dracula: as pointed out in the past, Alucard feels less heartbroken over having to kill his only remaining parent, and more displeased that the Science Man was pushed to be evil. I don't care if Dracula cries that he's killing his boy because we aren't even granted one flashback to flesh out their relationship.

Dracula vs. everyone: he's depressed and apathetic. If he doesn't give a shit, why should we?

Bonus: Dracula has no personal connection to the Belmonts. Trevor isn't even the one who kills him.

Hector vs. Isaac and Dracula: what relationship? They sit around calling him the R-slur, and he has no idea that they resent him so much. He himself only remembers Isaac exists when he needs him. Isaac has very little reason to hate Hector after Dracula's death, since Carmilla, Dracula and he did way more damage. (this makes their reconciliation in S4 hollow and forced)

Hector vs. Carmilla: unresolved. Lenore replaces her in S3, and Hector barely contributes to the final battle against Carmilla - he stays behind to coddle Lenore. Carmilla herself only sees Hector as a defective tool, and is barely concerned about him stalling.

Isaac vs. the Magician: who gives a shit? The Magician is nothing more than a deus ex machina to give Isaac what he wants.

Trepha vs. the cult that wants to resurrect Dracula: this one's a decent conflict, although the cult is more of an obstacle obviously.

Alucard vs. the twins: the relationship is superficially nice, but the betrayal comes so out of nowhere that it really feels like shock value. The indication that he would have fallen into misanthropy due to the trauma goes unresolved, he got better offscreen.

Hector vs. Lenore: as I said, Hector has no reason to oppose Lenore since he has no moral qualms about working for vampires and she would have given him what he wanted. She still tricks him for shock/humiliation purposes. The betrayal has no fallout whatsoever, the two become besties like nothing happened. Even Lenore's suicide comes out of nowhere, she expresses the desire with no gravitas, and he let her die with barely any torment.

Lenore vs. the Council: kind of? I am very generous in interpreting Lenore resorting to raping Hector because she feels insecure in her methods. She whines a lot about feeling sidelined in S4, but we see very little of it. Carmilla yells at her a bit, and she immediately spirals into "she lied to meeee :<". The two are actually excellent foils when it comes to their methods and objectives, but they don't butt heads about it.

Isaac vs. Carmilla: in theory they should have a personal reason to fight, since Carmilla was the one who eventually lead to Dracula's death. But the fight takes place after Isaac let go of Dracula, and is now simply playing hero stopping the villain from conquering the world. She, naturally, doesn't give a shit about him since the dude has the presence of a log in S2.

Trevor vs. Death: again, Death at this point is more of an obstacle than someone who matters personally to Trevor.

since you mentioned game Richter and his conflict with his family legacy: hey you know how Trevor has trauma over his family being killed when he was a kid because considered enemies of the Church? No? That's okay, the show didn't either, he finished his arc in S1 and that's it :D

To this, add another complaint I had, that friendships and romantic relationships are all banter (some of it even rather mean), no warmth.

It really is pathetic when compared to the gripping, interwoven relationships in the games. Juste and Maxim, Hector and Isaac, Shanoa and Albus, even Leon and Mathias for what little we see of them, they would all eat this for breakfast. The show pretends to be moved by characters, but honestly, it feels more moved by dialogue, which is very different.

(Nocturne is a little better. While Sun Thundercat is a pathetic villain and giving Richter the dead mom trauma is lazy as hell, at least we have more interpersonal conflicts: Richter vs. Olrox, Maria vs. the Abbot, Tera vs. Sun Thundercat, Annette vs. Vaublanc. The characters themselves are very paper thin, though)

[menlove]

I found the different version you mentioned on your third (?) reblog of Lennon’s cover of Be My Baby. and wow. He REALLY fucking did that! Not going to lie to you, I thought it was a bit of a stretch to say the cover was about McCartney but no! It really was. There is no heterosexual explanation for why he said “I need him” and then “I won’t say ANYTHING, I won’t say a WORD” and then started to shout “Give it to me” in the most desperate fucking voice. I’m sorry I’m rambling in your ask box but I literally can’t get over this without yelling to someone about it.

TEHHDSHS THE THIRD (?) IS KILLING MEEEE I love that song I'll rb it constantly. but oh my god I know. like idec if it's about paul (in my heart and mind it is), I'm 100% certain it's at least about getting fucked by a man. which is absolutely great. like he spends the 4 minute mark on moaning like he's Getting Fucked and then throws in "I need HIM" and "I won't say anything, I won't say a word" like okay man lmfaoooo. it makes me absolutely insane. and I think it's even crazier that they kept it off the album like 💀 whoooo heard him moaning about getting fucked by a man and said "john we are Not putting this out there" I think they should be stoned bc that cover would have changed LIVES. also @ the lennon estate put it on spotify please

[evertidings]

Just played chapter ten and while I spent the entirety of it worrying about A (I love them so much) I need to say that Ciel annoyed the fuck out of me. Great character and your writing made them very. Realistic? If that's the word. Could almost see them being a real person. but at the end with them yelling etc I need my hunter to stand the fuck up and leaveeeeeee. Bc yes they're right about the organization imo but also you don't know anything about meeee shut upppp

finally someone who found Ciel annoying in that scene loll. i was writing that thinking it would finally put people off them and, well, that didn’t work. quite the character, aren’t they?

[actorsmask]

Happy Birthday, Blythe.

Blythe’s birthday throughout the years.

Words: 1,816

HBD, Blythe Throughout the Years. -> HBD, Blythe (Present day) -> HBD, Blythe (Extra)

5 years old.

Confetti was scattered amongst the ground, colorful streamers hung from wooden poles carrying the street lights, presents stacked on top of each other on a table, delicious food both homemade and ordered on another, and multiple children ran around the field of grass with toy swords. A banner with the words 'Happy Birthday' was also hung up. 

The children were all play-fighting with their swords, laughing and yelling with each other as they ran around. Some of the older children had gotten the cardboard dragon costume they made to play with them, pretending as if the young ones were knights and they were the evil dragons.

Amongst one of the younger children was Blythe Solace, who just so happened to be the young boy celebrating his birthday today. Everyone decided to make him the princess that needed to be saved since it was his birthday. The young boy laughed as he was chased by his sister, Alaia, who was dressed as a dragon as well.

“Save meeee!!! One of the dragons is chasing me arouuuund!!!!”

“Onwards, save the princess from the dragons!”

“You’ll never stop me! I’m gonna gobble up the princess!!”

Blythe squealed as the head of Alaia’s dragon costume nudged against him, making him trip onto the grass and laugh even more as he was tickled by her. The rest of the kids all charged at her and helped Blythe esacpe again. This repeated itself a few times until Blythe and Alaia’s parents called everyone over.

After everyone was gathered around the table, they all started singing happy birthday to Blythe, who was standing on a chair so he could reach the top of the cake to blow his candles.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! Happy biiirthdaaay dear Blythe~! Happy birthday to you!!”

“Make a wish, Blythe! Make sure not to tell.”

“Tell us, tell us!”

“Nuh uh, it’s my wish, and I’m gonna keep it!”

“Awwww, please???”

“Let Blythe blow out his candles, dear.”

That made him laugh, and after a deep breath, Blythe finally blew out his candles. His wish? That everything would stay the way it was, that he could celebrate his birthday like this every year.

10 years old.

“HALT!! GIVE BACK WHAT YOU STOLE THIS INSTANT, YOUNG MAN!!”

Another bullet dodged, another hand to escape from, another escape route taken, and another wall climbed. It took more than usual to shake off the guards chasing them, but this planet was remote, so they were eventually able to distract all of them long enough to vanish without a trace.

Quickly running back to the abandoned shed that they were staying in, they stepped inside and blocked off the door with some of the wooden planks inside. Finally, alone at last…

Usually, Blythe would’ve been able to shake off the guards faster. But the food they stole this time was rather fragile, and needed to be handled with care. When they opened their bag and saw the cake still intact, they sighed in relief. It even came with candles too!

They lit the small fireplace and used the fire to light the candles and placed them on the cake, then they brought out all the other stuff they smuggled. It consisted of assorted berries and fruits, some chocolate they managed to nab, and some peanuts and hazelnuts. Oh! And they also got some orange juice and water. 

If they remember correctly, they turned 10 today, so it seemed right to celebrate more than usual!

Now that everything was all set, they started to sing happy birthday. 

“Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear Blythe…~... 

Happy birthday to… You..”

Blythe made their wish and blew out the candles. Their wish? That sometime soon, they could have someone to celebrate with.

16 years old

It’s their first birthday off the streets… And they couldn’t feel more grateful. When they woke up, Maeve was kind enough to prepare breakfast in bed and gave them a large teddy bear that they had eye’d in the store a few days ago. 

Blythe was ecstatic! They went down the stairs to find the place decorated with streamers, balloons, confetti, and all of the things they had heard about from Maeve. It was so colorful it made their eyes hurt, but they didn’t care! It was amazing!

“Thank you so much, Mae! Thank you, thank you, thank you!”

“Hahaha, it’s no problem, doll! I’m just making sure to give my Blythey Wythey the best birthday ever! You deserve that much dear~ Now come, come! Blow out the candles!”

“Huh? But shouldn’t we wait for the others?”

“It’s our little secret, doll! Consider it a private celebration.”

They liked the sound of that and nodded, laughing as they followed her into the kitchen and saw the cake. It looked beautiful, just like her…

Blythe made sure to shake that thought out of their head, they can think of how pretty Maeve is after blowing out their candles! Speaking of candles, Maeve had gotten a lighter and lit the candles before starting to sing happy birthday. 

When she was done singing, Blythe looked at her before blowing their candles out. Their wish? To always celebrate this happily.

17 years old

It was just another day. They needed to get the groceries in time or else Maeve would get mad. 

19 years old

It was a Sunday, and Sampo had said they’d be staying on this particular planet a bit longer, so they had used the opportunity to sleep in a bit more.

Want to take a guess who decided to wake them up before the sun has even risen? If you guessed Sampo fucking Koski, you’re correct. He practically dragged Blythe out of their bed and made them wash their face so they’d wake up a bit more.

“Ughhh… Why’d you wake me up..? You said we aren’t leaving the planet yet, so there’s no need to wake up so early, big brother…”

“I promise it's still important, my dearest sibling! Don’t you trust your big brother?”

“Not when you woke me up so early on a Sunday…”

“So grumpy! That thing hasn’t changed about you, ya know?”

They just waved their hand dismissively with a grumble, making Sampo laugh again as he led them through the hallway of the apartment he had rented out for the duration of their stay. All of a sudden, he stopped walking.

“Are we there yet?”

“Nearly! But first, I need you to put on this blindfold!”

Sampo held up said blindfold in his hand, immediately making Blythe wary as they took a step back and looked up at him suspiciously. Even if the two of them had gotten significantly close ever since they first met, there were still some things that Sampo doesn’t know about what happened to Blythe before the Fools.

He reached a hand out, looking at them for permission and placing it on their shoulder when they nodded. “I won’t do anything bad, trust me. I just got a small surprise for you is all!”

“You promise me there’s nothing bad?” Then he made a small gesture of making a cross over his heart and smiled.

“Cross my heart and hope to die, and I swear on my mask!”

“Wow, that’s a tall order.”

“All the more reason to trust good ol’ big brother!”

It made Blythe laugh a bit, Sampo following shortly after. When they stopped laughing, they let out a sigh and nodded. “Alright, I’ll put on the blindfold. Just don’t make me run into a wall or something.” “I’d never!” Another laugh let out as Sampo stood behind them and tied the cloth around their eyes.

“Can you see my hand?”

“Nope.”

“Perfect! Now follow me, walk slowly alright?”

Honestly, Blythe was scared. Not because of Sampo, but more like they really didn’t want to bump into something and get a bruise. Or worse, trip and fall and break something. But since Sampo was guiding them, the journey to wherever they were going was short and safe.

“Stand here and don’t take off the blindfold till I say so, okay?”

Blythe nodded and stayed where they stood. They could hear Sampo walking around a bit, and some stuff being placed down on something. After a few minutes, he spoke up again.

“Alright, take it off!”

And so they took off the blindfold, blinking a few times before dropping the cloth in shock as they processed what was in front of them.

Of course, Sampo was there. But what surprised them was what was around him. A few rainbow balloons were tied to the chairs, a small shiny gold streamer curtain hung from the ceiling to serve as the background. The round table was covered with a cloth and colorful confetti. The lights were dimmed down so it wasn’t too bright, but not completely dark either.

What really caught Blythe’s attention was the chocolate cake decorated with frosting and sprinkles. A few things were frosted on like their mask, some stars and planets, a sun, and a few flames. There were two small sparklers, and ‘Happy Birthday Blythe!’ was also frosted onto the middle of the cake.

They stepped closer and stared at the cake, then looked at all the decorations(even if there weren’t that many), then at Sampo. Who was carefully watching their reaction with a smile on his face.

“August 12. Your birthday, mentioned it once. You also mentioned how you didn’t get to celebrate it properly due to reasons, right?”

Blythe nodded, still a bit too shocked to speak. Sampo laughed and reached out to ruffle their hair, making them squeak. But this didn’t stop them from tackling him into a tight hug, which he reciprocated quickly.

“... Thank you...”

“Hey, don’t thank me yet, you haven’t gotten to blow out the candles!”

As Sampo said that, he got out a lighter and lit the candles. He sat Blythe down and stood beside them, clearing his throat before starting to sing them happy birthday.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Blythe~”

Blythe laughed when Sampo poked their nose and messed with their hair again.

“Happy birthday to you~”

With that, Blythe made their wish and blew out the candles. Almost immediately, they stood up and hugged Sampo again. He hugged them back and rubbed their back. “Now you can say thank you.”

“Pfft–... Thank you, big brother… It… It means a lot…”

“I know, that’s why I did it! You’re welcome, Blythe. Wanna tell me your wish?”

“Hmmm… Nah, I think I’ll keep it to myself.”

“Alright, alright~... Happy birthday, Blythe.”

“Thank you, big brother.”

What was their wish, you ask? Simple. Blythe wished they could celebrate their birthday with the best big brother in the world as much as they can!

It's Blythe's birthday! Also known as the day I decided to make this blog. Even if it started as an anon blog, I'm very glad it turned into a full blown OC. I don't regret making Blythe at all.

Thank you guys for your support, and for following and reblogging and liking!

P.S: There's just one more fic to watch out for :)

[annabelle-creart]

Life of Rescue Bots Shenanigans. Part 22:

This is also long, take your time

...

"Heatwave" Cody asked from behind, Heatwave was in front of the principal door, watching he rain fall "is everything alright?"

"What? Yes, sure!" Heatwave replied with a soft tune "why are you awake?"

"I couldn't sleep" the kid replied "are you sure you're okay? Today's not your shift"

"I'm okay, I promise" but his elbows were low, and his smile wasn't good, but how could Cody make him say what's wrong?

"Are you sure? You can talk with me"

"Don't worry about that, kid, it's just a thing of mine"

Ahg, always this excuse! The typical 'you're too young to understand', Cody really hated that feeling

---

"Heatwave, you can't really be serious!" Boulder tried to catch his attention

"Boulder, please, I don't want to talk about that"

"But you need to tell it to someone! It is not okay to deal with everything by yourself"

"I don't want to fight with you"

"I'm not fighting!"

A crash interrupted the scene, Boulder looked out of the ship, Salvage just let something fall

"I'm sorry, I-"

"No, no, it's okay!" Boulder got closer and helped Salvage get the pieces

"Thanks" Salvage said "I didn't want to snoop or something, but are you and Heatwave, okay?"

"Yeah! Sure! Just something! Don't worry about that!"

But Boulder seemed worried, nonetheless, Salvage preferred not to ask anymore and go

---

"GIVE IT TO MEEEEEEE!!!!"

"BUT YOU ALREADY PLAYED WITH IT!!!!"

"BUT CODY GAVE IT TO MEEEE!" the twins were fighting, again, for the toy, Frenzy was doing anything on his servos to not to let Rumble have it

"BUT HE ALSO GAVE IT TO MEE!!" Rumble was pulling as much as she could, unfortunately, the pull was hard, and the force of it made them fall afterwards, noticing they broke the toy

"NOOOOOO!!"

"No..."

"You broke it!" Frenzy's optics started to drop liquid, also, his voice box sounded shattered

"Frenzy, I-"

"What are you two doing?!" A big, imponent voice sounded from behind both sparklings "what is this?"

"Am..." Rumble didn't know what to say, Frenzy was still crying loudly

"Ahg" Soundwave yelled "fine, let's make this easy" they said before sitting on the floor near the two sparklings "what happened?"

"I..."

"It's easy, just split it up"

"I wanted to play with Cody's gift, but Rumble didn't want to let go"

"IT WAS MY FAVORITE!!" Frenzy again started to cry harder and louder, Soundwave didn't enjoy the sound of it, but to ignore wouldn't make any good

"Hey, Frenzy" Soundwave called "look at me" Frenzy tried to stop a bit to hear the bigger bot better "some things broke easily, that's normal, but what have I told you it's better?"

"Sniff. To f-fix it?"

"Exactly" Soundwave pet Frenzy's helm while getting Rumble closer "now, what if we get calm, and we fix this later, okay?" Both sparklings moved their heads on agreement at the same time "good" Soundwave stood up, letting the twins climb on their shoulder "let's see if I can do something for it. And you will learn to share! Okay?"

"Okay..."

"F-fine"

“Fine, I like that, you´re learning, now, what do you say to each other?” Soundwave asked

“Sorry?”

“Yes”

“Sorry”

“I like that, Frenzy. Now you feel better?”

“Yes” both sparklings said simultaneously

“I like that”

---

"IIIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" the little thing started to cry, again, how was that possible? It was already fed, and okay? Shockwave was driving crazy on it, he had to shut him immediately or the thing will wake the other two

"Frag, frag, frag, frag, frag" Shockwave started to repeat to himself, it was already a waste of time to ask the rest to take care of them while he couldn't, he didn't want to ask the rest again "c'mon, what do you need? Please, don't cry!" Shockwave took the creature on his arms; it was so tiny that it was a shame "what do you need?" Shock already was about to collapse, the only thing he could do was to cradle the creature on him, it didn't even have a name, none of them. What could he do? Sing to them? Tell them a story? "Ah... once upon a time, something? A thing like you? That was on a big, old and abandoned building..." Shock didn't knew or understood, but the sound of his voice actually relaxed the creature, maybe that was what it needed "ah, it lived alone? No! With other two creatures like... whatever, ah..." Shockwave continued with his relate, and the creature started to calm down, breathing normally, but their optics still looked inflated.

Shockwave managed to tell as much as he could, it had passed a lot of time since he tell anything that he just invented, only for his little siblings when they were sparklings, finally, the creature felt asleep, Shock relaxed again, but seeing the creature so peaceful again... Shockwave wondered if the creature felt all the love and care he never felt from Core, his tutor...

It hurt him, but he was glad that the creature felt secure on his arms, despite all the bad things he had done with those

---

"Aw" Break's voice was elongated and sweet as never before

"They look fine" Knock Out told to Shockwave "I don't see anything out of normal"

"They're so cuuteeeeee!" Break said with passion and love, but the creature bites his finger with such fervor that it seemed it wanted to eat it "it is hunting!"

"Yes- frag!" Shock took the creature from Break's arms "I'm sorry"

"No, it's okay! Is a sparkling"

"They're too little to be sparklings" Shock said, putting the creature again on something that seemed a cradle "I was thinking to call them 'new sparks', as a combination of newborns and sparks"

"Aw"

"Pff- Break, you're such a crybaby!" Knock Out laughed at his conjux emotion, happy of him being this vulnerable

"I like that name!" Cody got closer from Heatwave´s shoulder, he could see the three creatures easily "and their individual names?"

"I think something with 'wave' would match" Heatwave chuckled

"Haha! That's a good idea"

"Please, no, at least not today" Shock excused himself "I still don't know how to name them-"

"Oh- fuck!" Blurr cursed when she trips up, she wanted to move through the room but instead made something fall "oh- frag-fuck- I'm sorry!"

"Are you okay?!" Break asked quickly, getting closer to see her properly

"Yes! Yes- I'm sorry. Please, tell me that wasn't important!"

"Fortunately for you, it wasn't" Shock wave said sarcastically, but unfortunately for him, his sense of humor was so broken no one believed it was a joke "sorry, don't worry, I can fix it later"

"Frag! Thanks, Shocky, can I call you like that?"

"No"

"Sorry, Shockwave"

"Well, at least while you're alright" Breakdown pet Blurr's shoulders with care, like greeting she was okay, she smiled back at him

"Thanks, big guy"

"No problem, kiddo!"

---

"But-"

"Oh, Blades! I'll be okay! Stop worrying so much!" Sissi shouted fiercely at Blades, who was about to do like the five complaint of the day "it's just a little trick!"

"And you're like my little sister! I can't let you hurt yourself"

"Oh, don't worry!"

"At least let me call Dani or Graham if we need back up!"

"Too late" Sissi said, about to jump the cliff, the rings were already set up, so, it would be a fast track "bye!"

"AAAHHH!" Blades shocked when she saw Sissi jump into the abyss, transforming in a drone quickly and reaching height

For a moment, Blades felt her spark was going to explode in that moment, until Sissi started to play around the rings, she usually wasn't this brave, and that killed Blades deeply

Actually, Sissi was really good, she was fast but also mastered the air perfectly, compared to Blades, Sissi had her flyer alt mode since a lot of years ago, she was better at flying than Blades and was really good.

She was about to land when suddenly...

"SISSI!!" Blades shouted loudly the moment she watched the sparkling fall on the ground, her frame didn't seem okay, like half-transformed. Blades transformed and flew quickly to her position "Are you okay?! Are you hurt?! Why are you-?! Let me see that!"

"Ay!" Sissi yelled when Blades tried to touch her "That hurts!"

"I know, that happens, but I need to touch it"

"No!" For Sissi was impossible to move again, everything hurts "you were right!"

"What?! No!" Blades tried to put again her servos on Sissi, talking softly "that was incredible!"

"Really?"

"Yes! I would never do something like that! I mean, you are really good, almost as good as Dani, and she is the best pilot I've ever met"

"You're lying!"

"I'm not! Sissi, if it really makes you happy, you shouldn't let it because it could hurt, that's what bravery is about and you did it really good, you inspired me"

"...thank you- AHHHH! FRAG!"

"Language" Blades joked, using her words as distraction for Sissi to not to notice she was getting closer to rearrange her piece, so, she could transform properly

"That hurts!"

"The best things hurt, I guess..."

"Pff, well… thanks"

"You're welcome, Sis"

"Hm! Now I get why everyone was mad about me having an alt mode, sparklings are not supposed to transform"

"Is actually because the pieces of the alt mode don’t grow with the bot, but whatever it happens, I will help you"

"Thanks, big sis"

"Lil sis, yes!"

---

“Heatwave?”

“Boulder, I-”

“Don´t start! Heatwave, I know something´s wrong” Boulder sat at his side, as close as they could “please, you can´t just hide everything from us! I´m worried, and I don´t want to live like this”

“You´re not living in a lie! Don´t exaggerate”

“See? You promise me you would be more honest!”

“I know, and I´m being honest!”

“Then, tell me! What´s wrong?” Boulder looked at Heatwave like a puppy, hoping for him to react, Boulder knew Heatwave enough to understand something was off, and Cody already told him “Okay, first, why don´t you want to tell me?”

“Boulder-”

“Reply that first!”

“ahg… I feel better staying with it, not to sharing it is easier”

“Is easier, but is better? Do you really feel better by keeping this for yourself?”

Heatwave for a moment was like frozen, deep in his spark he knew his siblings were feeling the same

“Did someone tell you?”

“Cody, Shockwave, Soundwave, Blades had noticed you more sad, Salvage had saw you decayed! Even Kade had told me you´re not as humorous as before”

“Everyone?”

“Yes… please, tell me if something´s wrong, so we can help you, but I can’t do anything if you act like nothing´s happening”

Wait, it actually remembered him of something…

“Let´s talk, properly”

He promised himself while ago he would never lie… what was he doing now?

It has sense now, the weird feeling of not telling Cody what he had, to sub estimate a kid is the worst thing someone could do, but here he was, acting and lying like his tutor

“Heatwave?”

“I… you´re right, I don´t feel the same ultimately”

“Since Shockwave arrived?”

“Before, since the cadets arrived”

“Why? They´re doing really good!”

“It is not because of that, is because…” Heatwave paused a moment, like trying to formulate the words correctly “Boulder, am I doing it fine? Am I a good tutor?”

“Why do you say that?” Boulder was both surprised and puzzled “Heatwave, haven´t you see them? How they arrived and how are they doing?”

“I´m not alone! Boulder, you´re so kind and good, and Chase is maybe the best teacher I had met, and Blades is a really good big sibling for them; Soundwave already has experience, Chief always manages to keep them array, Kade always makes them laugh, Graham and Dani always show them the good and teach them the bad, Cody shows them responsibility. Even Shockwave, Knock Out and Breakdown do what they need, and now the new sparks! I…” Heatwave hugged his knees, trying not to shatter his voice “I feel sometimes I´m what´s left over and the only thing I do is to yell at them”

“No!” Boulder took Heatwave´s cheekplates with their servos “Heatwave, please, don´t say that! You´re doing as much as you can and that´s what really matters! When we noticed Sissi was sick, who was the first one to stay with her?”

“Blades”

“You! Even if Blades was there, you never leave her side unless there was a rescue! And when Cody wants to show something to the rest, who is the first one to look at it?”

“Chief Burns”

“You! Heatwave, Cody really cares and wants to include you in his life! And when Blurr got in problems, who was the first one to look for her?”

“Chase”

“You! Chase was there, yes, but you also maintain at her side while Chase was fixing everything. And when Salvage almost burns the junkyard?”

“You”

“You also were there! The first thing you did was too get inside and search for him!” Boulder kept Heatwave´s faceplate placed to look at them “Heatwave, you protect them and care for them, maybe there´s things to fix but this is the way you show them you care! This is the way you tell them you love them! If you never cared, you wouldn´t ask me this!”

“Do you… really think I´m doing it right?”

“I don´t think it, I believe it, so, think everything you want, the answer is in front of you. And if you want some help, here we are”

Heatwave placed his servos on Boulder´s, trying not to drop a glint or something

“Don´t make yourself the strong one in front of me”

Boulder was too kind, Heatwave let himself fall on Boulder´s embrace, Heatwave finally felt a little relieved with the answer “Thank you”

---

“Chaseeeeeey!”

“We already talked about nicknames”

“Fine!” Blurr sighed, rolling her optics as usual “but that wasn´t what I wanted to say”

“What is it then?”

“Ta-dah!” Blurr showed Chase a paper, which Chase took to look at it better

“Do you want me to give my opinion?”

“Yeeeeesssss…”

“Okay. It has a lot of studs, the calligraphy is terrible, the answers are poorly described…” Chase was about to continue, but for accident, he looked at Blurr´s sad look, then, Chase realized the tune she had a moment ago was of happiness and attention, which was not usual this days, she retired her gaze when Chase looked at her, but even if Chase was bad with facial expressions, the rest of her corporal language tell everything, it actually reminded him of something he lived time ago, the moment that marked an after and a before in his story, one of the reasons why he was like that “you have made your job, stay like that.” He remembered his tutor told him when he was a sparkling. He looked again at the paper, noticing also compared to other days…

“you´re answers are correct this time”

“Really?” she looked at him straight in the optic

“Yes, we can work on the calligraphy later, and maybe you should use a pencil instead of a pen to evade the studs, but everything is correct.” Chase took a pen and marked the answers as correct “you had improved a lot since you started, stay like that-” Chase wanted to finish his sentence, but instead, Blurr hugged him before

“THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!”

“My audials!”

“Ah! Sorry, I forgot, hehe, sorry, but thank you, I will do better with my calligraphy! I promise!”

“Good.”

Blurr retired with paper in hand, celebrating with emotion and about to shout to the world she did something good and that matters, Chase wasn´t a fan of this type of hypes, but seeing his apprentice like this, celebrating her own achievements without comparing herself with him was… nice, it felt warm in his spark, he genuinely felt happy, this was how his tutor felt? Was she really proud of him? Or did she said all of that, so he could become the bot that he is now, because if that´s the case, there´s better ways, and now was his duty to search for it, but whatever it was, he was happy with her improvement

“This is how it feels, eh, Mural?”

[rosallora]

I SAW WICKED (spoilers)

So I saw Wicked last night with my roommate! We got all dressed up in the girls' colors, got our popcorn, our snacks, and settled in for an AWESOME time. Unfortunately, I was disappointed.

NOTE: I am someone who read the book at age 13-14, and has seen the musical twice - once when I was about 13, once in my 20s! I'm almost 30. So I have a history with the musical and the book that do inform my interaction with the movie.

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Music: Yeah it's not a good sign when I have bad things to say here. Despite the fact I KNOW that they must have had an absolute orchestra doing the score, somehow half of the instruments DON'T SOUND REAL. There is a synthesized feel to the backing and even some of the main orchestral pieces that SOAR in the theater but are not good enough in this movie. My roommate was the one who pointed out that the backing track is also at times legitimately not loud enough. They were very disappointed with the part of the score that is supposed to "melt" into the background. It doesn't do its job. There are leitmotifs played throughout the dialogue, mostly to indicate tone and what's going on (eg: oh Fieryo's onscreen! Quick! Play a Dancing Through Life leitmotif!) but there's nothing meaningful. I pointed out that there's something that isn't right in the choice of INSTRUMENT. There is something deeply missing in the Wicked movie's score that has to do with originality of instrument choice. The music from Wicked is GOOD. It is banger after banger after banger (other than you know. Sentimental Man). But they don't take advantage of it. The lower, bassy register of the libretto is strangely absent. There are numbers like No One Mourns the Wicked where the use of STOMPING is good - but there's a strange lack of percussion that haunts the movie. It's MISSING the lower tones. No idea why. The music doesn't stand up to the musical.

To be clear: Most vocal performances are stunning. Our two main girls were definitely GREAT fits vocally for the characters. Madame Morrible and Mr. Oz himself needed to be cast differently - based on just the singing of the characters. Everyone else, vocally, was completely on-point and serviceable. Great ensemble. Unfortunately, because of extended time onscreen, there's also a habit of EXTENDING the pauses between song bits. EG: in Popular, after Glinda does the little transformation on Elphaba, there's a pause. Glinda says Elphaba is BEAUTIFUL, Elphaba is emotionally overwhelmed and has to leave. She runs offstage, and Glinda yells "you're welcome..!" after her before finishing "and although you protest / your disinterest / I know clandestinely / you're gonna grin and bear it / your newfound popularity" does some la la las... and then does the ending "you'll be popular! / just not quite as popular / as / meeee". In the MOVIE, after "newfound popularity", Glinda looks at HERSELF in the mirror and has a "hello beautiful" moment, completely arresting the pace of the song. I have experienced blue balls via Wicked. It's denying the audience the last bit of your song. They also do this during DEFYING. GRAVITY. Can you IMAGINE??

Lighting: Wicked has an atmosphere problem. I wish I had pictures from the movie. There is from the jump in Munchkintown during the No One Mourns the Wicked this BRIGHT, GLARING LIGHT that covers everything. It is absolutely oppressive. When Arianna Grande came down in her bubble, all I could think is that she looked fake and almost GRAY. There is almost no color in the lighting at all. I have no idea why this is the case. There are maybe three scenes where this is different: During Dancing Through Life at the Oz Dust Ballroom, during PARTS of Loathing, and during Popular. At the Oz Dust Ballroom, a night scene (at a now illict club?? Spoilers for the weird reframing of the Oz Dust Ballroom???) there is a cooler toned light, and during Popular there is a section where all the lighting is blessedly pink - during Loathing, which was the best choreographed and shot part of the movie (aside from Defying Gravity, I'm talking about that later) where there was use of pink/green light in the dorm room, but not anywhere else on Shiz campus. The costuming of the characters was pretty spot on stylistically (more on that later) but the light did not emphasize or highlight any aspect of the atmosphere.

The Greatest Showman is an enjoyable movie musical because it does one thing EXTREMELY well: atmosphere. I know I know, I'm bringing up Greatest Showman. The music is nowhere in the same ballpark range of quality. But here's the thing - the deep saturations, moody colors, and beautiful contrast of Greatest Showman's showmanship is a huge reason why I revisit the movie. It LOOKS INCREDIBLE. It is not carried by its music. In comparison, Wicked's atmosphere is oppressively bland. For a series that took something impressionistic and made it dark (in the book) and then extremely saturated (in the musical) the movie has chosen to make a nothing burger of its own atmosphere. The use of CGI for backgrounds and objects is desperately obvious. Everything is too smooth, and it can't be SAVED by lighting. No idea how they messed this up this hard.

Set Design:

This is building directly off of lighting so I want it here - it's not great, but other parts are FANTASTIC. There are sections of Munchkinland (the girls' house in the art deco style, as well as Shiz University's hallways) that are really beautiful. External environments suffered from the worst of the LIGHTING issues mentioned above, which made them hard to save. I was really aware that they were probably shooting on a lot or a sound stage or something - and if they weren't, it was impressive that they gave off that feeling so effortlessly.

When you look around at Oz in any shot of externals, it looks bland and white. The colors are completely washed out in all directions. I would expect this maybe of the BOOK in a way, in which there's definitely a more dreary tone, but that isn't what the movie is going for at all. Wicked is supposed to have some fun, iconic looks! Where is it?

The forest and green spaces also have this surprisingly bland feel to them. Maybe because they FEEL (granted, I don't know for sure) extremely CGI. There isn't a feeling that the characters are able to really interact with their surroundings in a meaningful way. I think that there needed to be more lighting contrast between layers of the forest, or more... grime? I don't know how to express that the movie needed more TEXTURE. Everything felt very SMOOTH.

Also. The field that Elphaba runs through in Wizard and I is absolutely unforgivable. Nothing more to say on that front.

Cinematography: There are two modes for this movie: commercial footage and everything else. There is a blandness to the camera angles that when the movie decided to do SOMETHING INTERESTING, I immediately took notice and was like "wait what the heck, why haven't we been having interesting camera shots???". Loathing, Dancing Through Life, Popular, and Defying Gravity are the only places in the movie where there are more interesting camera techniques happening. Especially when it comes to Defying Gravity, there's a full sense that they only used interesting camera angles on the parts that would be in the commercials and advertising???

In Dancing Through Life, there's the use of this rotating library set that looks straight outta cirque du soileil. They get points for that one. Again (gestures above) the lack of proper, toned lighting makes it less exciting than it should be. At the Oz Dust Ballroom portion, there's some good use of close-up to show Elphaba's feelings vs. the mask she puts on to try and convince people she doesn't care. It's effective, but it's basic. There's some camera tracking on movements as well, but the pacing of the scene is TOO SLOW for it to be fully effective. The movie is ALLERGIC to letting things like, "pass by?". Like no no, we need to SEE Glinda getting ready for Oz Dust Ballroom, we can't just let them TRANSPORT there or go there via montage. it's insane. There's no artistry.

Loathing is the best choreographed and shot part of this movie. The use of pink and green lighting to show struggle is good, they FINALLY do some interesting match cut shots and some time-passing shots as well. There's also some good dance choreography here. Unfortunately all I can say about Loathing is that it wasn't nearly as bland as the other pieces?

Popular has actual props. Glinda has all sorts of shoes and makeup and stuff that spring out of her travel boxes. The two characters interact with mirrors, vanity lighting, the props that were obviously THERE WITH THEM IN THE SCENE. It highlights that in other areas of the movie, there's a lack of ACTUAL sets/props. There's an amazing overhead shot of Glinda as she pushes herself around on the floor doing the la-las. They leaned into Popular and what it should be, there's more interesting things happening here. Popular kind of needs that to be the case though.

Defying Gravity was so focused on being part of the commercial. It is the only part of the movie where we have VERY interesting angles (like a low shot of Elphaba from the floor/broom's perspective) and the use of slow-motion for emphasis on action and motion. It makes the scene stick out like a sore thumb. All I could think was "oh this is where they're stylistically trying to do something because these are all shots for the commercial". Extremely disappointing. The techniques used in Dedying Gravity, mind, are GOOD. They're not even REALLY GOOD. But they are at least interesting.

Other than these exceptions, there were extremely simple shots. No fun angles, no hyper zooms, nothing. In the sequence for Defying Gravity when the girls are running from Chistory and the other monkeys, I should be on the EDGE OF MY SEAT. There was nothing done with the cuts and angles to make it seem like they were in more danger. I knew what I was SUPPOSED to feel - worry for the fate of our duo heroines. What I got was "oh the monkey has Glinda's little jacket I guess". There's a lack of originality and creativity in how the movie is shot. It's suffering from lack of style because of a desire to be universal, would be my diagnosis.

Costuming: There's a consistent commitment to structured, well-tailored garments in an off-kilter Edwardian style. They took notes from the musical's way of costuming for sure, though elements of it are toned down. However, there's a lack of more textured fabrics that are interesting??? Glinda's classic pink ballgown and the "petal dress" she wears to the Oz Dust Ballroom are the exception here. I don't know why they decided that everyone at Shiz was going to wear uniforms, this isn't a prep school. It makes everyone seem younger than they are, which they shouldn't be doing seeing as the actors are adults PLAYING adults (college age ones at least!) and the intimate content that will be present in Act 2. At Oz Dust they're also some girls in FLAPPER attire - My roomie mentioned that they would've loved to see more of that style incorporated as well. I completely agree. Something I liked is the "off-kilter"ness of the costuming. Everything's sort of costumed at a Dutch angle, with small exceptions like Morrible's outfit (even if her hair abides by the rule). And I think it adds style to almost every piece of clothing. Fieryo does not have the blue diamond tattoos that he has in the book which was personally distressing for me. It made me sad. I was so hoping they'd do that. The costuming otherwise was solid! Not INTERESTING, not offensive.

Plot/Changes: Yeah I know I'm doing this last. Sue me, honestly, it felt both the most and least important. Elphaba is mostly raised by a character named Dulcibear (cute portmanteau of Dulce, sweet, and bear) which gives her the sort of spark for being kind to or having a connection to Animals on the whole. Honestly I'm not a fan of this. Elphaba's struggle for Animal rights should not have to be connected to personal early experience with this group. It should be enough that they're oppressed and she is disgusted by their treatment. I don't DISLIKE Dulcibear but I don't enjoy that she represents an ongoing trend in video-media that in order to CARE about a cause, you have to have an individual, personally invested moment of CONNECTING with an oppressed group on an interpersonal/emotional level instead of just understanding that it's. Uh. Wrong. Duh.

Elphaba not originally intending to be a student and being DISCOVERED by Morrible, I think, is a good change. It makes everything a bit more charged, there's that inciting incident with the magic - I just think it adds to the narrative and flows well.

They have Chenoweth and Menzel (the OG Elphaba and Glinda) in the middle of One Short Day do this little Wizomania mini-song/explanation. This is PARTLY in the musical, but partly new. This addition is the BEST of the entire movie because it explains the Grimmerie and how no one can read it, and that presumably Oz can read it (it is later revealed that he cannot). The explanation of the Grimmerie is MISSING in the stage version and always struck me as a weird bald spot in a really solid musical, so I was happy to see that amended very naturally via the Wizomania section of One Short Day.

Something Bad is now an Animal meeting! This was a great choice - smaller set, the lighting is finally less harsh because everything's sort of in this secretive yellow-candlelit tone, and there are shadow effects to tell parts of the story that are genuinely interesting to watch (borrowing from Greatest Showman though, haha). After the "Animals Should Be Seen and Not Heard" is on Dillamond's board, he leaves the school to go talk to other Animals in town about what's happened and the whispers he's been hearing about Animals going missing or being oppressed. Elphaba is listening from the sidelines, being a bit of a sneaky gal. Dillamond LATER realizes someone is there, everyone else flees, and then he and Elphaba do the last bit of the song as a duet after he realizes it's just her, and she has a rapport with him. it's a great choice to allow the audience to see and experience the perspective of Animals in Oz and feels like a natural change to the story. The stakes feel much more real, and it feels like a nice reference to the darker tone of the book.

Fieryo and Elphaba meet via meet-cute in the woods a-la Ella Enchanted or Ever After. He immediately hits on her???? WHY??? My roommate pointed this one out because they're like "it undermines I'm Not That Girl" and they are COMPLETELY correct. Fieryo should think Elphaba is stinky all the way up to the Lion Cub Rescue. He should have eyes for Glinda and only Glinda because after all "now that [they've] met one another / It's clear [they] deserve each other", etc etc. This was a STUPID decision. Do not let them meet cute! They also commented on this saying that everything involving Fieryo being a bit more attracted to or pulled towards Elphaba is likely to be in order to soften the blow of his infidelity in Act 2. I completely agree, but coward's move.

Speaking of Fieryo. Fieryo's actor feels much older than the girls when he is OSTENSIBLY the same age. He just... he doesn't seem right. I think his acting is great! I just don't think he quite fits in the case the same way with the way he's lit sometimes (I mean it, he's cute, but there's a way that they're lighting him that isn't charitable). They also have him be more reflective, more thoughtful, than he should be. He should only REALLY be changing during Lion Cub Rescue and then he goes back to normal until the start of Act 2 when he's like "wait!!! that's a lie!" when everyone's talking about Elphaba being the epitome of evil. There's way too much of him being thoughtful. Remove that man's brain (iykyk, ofc).

The changes with Nessa were greatly appreciated. The way that her narrative is constructed around her independence and wanting to have control of her chair, choices, and life are really peak. I appreciated that when Boq says "let's dance", he comes around to the FRONT of her wheelchair to offer her his hands - he doesn't take the chair, which is oftentimes how it's choreographed in the musical. I also like that Boq says she's beautiful in RESPONSE to seeing Fieryo and Glinda kissing - good change! Gives his character a little bit of a cutthroat edge.

Anyways, those are all my thoughts. Maybe you disagree with me. Maybe you agree! I'd love to hear about them regardless.

[supervillain-smut]

I would like to request hcs for Vulpes Inculta being affectionate with the reader. What does his romantic side look like when he actually cares about someone?

(Gonna put my own Legion headcanons in here, just gonna slip those right innnn, don't mind meeee... alsopleaseaskaboutthem)

Vulpes is aware that divorce is in fact an option for couples in the Legion. A long, lengthy, arduous, biased, Caesar himself approved, must-have-another-spouse-in-mind process, but a process nonetheless. With that being established, it's not actually that difficult for Vulpes to keep his beloved. To him, what others struggle with is natural, and to be expected in the exchange; he wouldn't want to be treated the way some men in the Legion treat their wives, either.

Vulpes is affectionate, his favourite ways to express this is quietly. He wraps his arms around his partner, pulling them into him as he rests his head atop theirs, or places a soft kiss onto their shoulder, resting his chin there. He pulls them into him when relaxing, letting their weight lean on him, reminding him they're there as he rubs small circles into whatever skin he can reach.

He gives frequent, small kisses throughout the day when no one is looking. If he needs to pass his spouse during work, he does so closely, possibly even grabbing their waist to move them just to have an excuse to touch them; the fox is cuddly.

He encourages their dreams and ideas, listens to stories, exactly everything his mother told him to do to be a good husband, whether his spouse be man, woman, both or neither. He listens during arguments, and while he won't verbally admit he was wrong, his silence speaks for itself. He dares not hit his spouse, does not yell, it doesn't come naturally to him anyways, but he will walk away to gain some thinking space and breathe. He won't ignore, if he walks away in the middle of the argument he will be willing to listen again when he returns, never wanting to go to bed angry, or leave things unfinished.

He negotiates and compromises to find a middle ground, to make things so that both parties are happy. He gives up events that are relatively unimportant to him to stay with his spouse, and he brings them to the important ones, keeping them involved and integrated in any conversation so they don't feel like a mere object at his side, but a person that also deserves to be heard, even if it's his moment.

Most women in the Legion want Vulpes as a spouse; while vindictive and awful to profligates, and a mean streak in the bedroom, they all know at his core, when he cares, the fox is gentle.

[soombee]

🫂 ｡ﾟ⊹ you’ve built a home in my heart — 10. drunk confessions

:: u got up at 2 am to get some snacks at the convenience store down the street. for your inconvenience, you quietly opened the door to meet a peculiar sight, someone trying to sleep on the floor across the hallway because their roommate has their gf over .. ?

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yunjins apartment, 09:47 pm

the rest of the day was boring. from seven am till now, nothing eventful as happened, hyunjin wasnt even home so you decided to visit yunjin. honestly, you forgot about drinking till you saw rikis twt

“oh” how thoughtful it was for him to remind you,

10:06 pm — drinking w yunjin

“yunjiiinnnn, this isnt faiirr!!” you sulk, face is hot and sweaty from the soju. “that shouldve been meeee..”

“ynnn, what if shes his sister or something??” yunjin pats your hair, “its okay baby, we’ll ask him tomorrow”

“but i wanna talk to him now, we havent talked since yesterday” you can’t believe youre acting so soft for a Man..

“no ml, uve already had too much to drink” she snatched your phone out of your hands, and damn you wish you hadnt been so stubborn that night

quickly, you took your phone back from her grasps and opened imessage,,

🔍 search : my loser baby 🙈🙈 🎙️

riki didnt even realize he dropped everything he was doing just to come and take care of you,

“im so doomed..”

1:38 am

ding dong, the doorbell rang and yunjin went running to it

“thank god youre here, just go straight n take a right and she should be over there”

“alright, thank you.” he bowed as a sign of respect, “im riki, btw” reaching his hand out to the brown haired girl in front of him

��yunjin” they shake hands

whys he so sweaty… - yunjin

“ugh hes so pretty its so annoying.” you yelled from the room you were in, not realizing you were shouting “i cant keep pretending like i dont wanna kiss his plump ass lips when i see him..” you cried out, tears falling down your cheeks

“youre so dramatic, yn!” yunjin made sure u heard her, “why are you crying!?”

whos she talking abt ..? — riki

suddenly, you felt a hand lift your chin up, forcing you look up to riki with teary eyes. the sight tugged his heart strings, he cant bear to look at you like this. he took a seat beside u, and with a gentle touch, he reached out and wiped away the tears from your cheeks, his fingers lingering for a moment longer than usual, a flicker of romantic tension between you two

“stop crying, u look so ugly”

“…”

“why were u crying anyways”

“cause i fuckign hate you”

“wtf did i do”

“i hate you so much, u do all of this just to get my hopes up” you punch his chest

“what..?” rikis heart skipped a beat

“i dont even know how i liked you in the first place, youre such an ass to me.” what a blatant lie you just told, even he treated you better than most of your exes

“…”

“you make me jealous even though you arent mine,,”

“yn, youre drunk go home” yunjin cuts you off but was too late to save you from the embarrassment in the morning.

rikis car, 2:22 am

riki watched as you stumbled out of yunjins apartment, steps unsteady and words slurred. concerned, he approached you with caution

“yn, are you alright?” riki asked

you looked up at him, eyes glassy and cheeks flushed. you giggled, swaying slightly as you tried to maintain your balance

“riki!” you exclaimed, voice overly enthusiastic. “i have something important to tell you!” the anger from earlier left your body

“yn, maybe its best if we wait until youre sober,” riki suggested gently, his voice filled with concern and nervousness

you pouted, your expression morphing from excitement to disappointment. you leaned closer to him, he can smell the alcohol from your breath

“why do u have to be so cute..” — riki

he sighed as his heartbeat raised, “lets get you home, and we can talk about this when you’re feeling better, alr?”

you nodded, eyes still filled with a mix of nothing and everything at the same time. riki guided you gently, supporting you as you walked into his car. the silence between you two felt heavy with tension, both aware of the awkwardness that hung in the air

your apartment, 2:48am

upon reaching your doorstep, riki helped u unlock the door. you stepped inside, and flopped down on the couch, head spinning from the alcohol

“hyunjin??” riki looked around the apartment for him, looking for someone to take care of you when he leaves, but he wasnt there “ig ill do it..” his ears turned red

riki gently led u to the bathroom to help u freshen up. with a warm washcloth, he began wiping away the remnants of the night, gently dabbing at your flushed cheeks and smoothing ur disheveled hair (niki husband material era😍)

with u cleaned up, he led u to the bedroom. he helped you settle under the covers, making sure you were comfortable. as he turned to leave, your hand shot out, gripping his tightly

“dont go,” you pleaded, voice vulnerable. “stay..”

riki paused, his heart fluttered at your touch and your words. he could sense the sincerity in your plea but he also knew you were drunk. like yunjin said, u werent able to think on your own yet

“i dont want to take advantage of you, yn” riki replied, his voice filled w concern. “youve had a lot to drink, ill be back in the morning dw”

your grip on his hand tightened, your eyes pleading him not to leave

“i know im drunk, riki,” she admitted, her voice tinged with vulnerability. “i have known ever since you washed my face. i dont want you to go, i need you here with me, please”

riki looked into your eyes, searching for sincerity and clarity amidst the haze of alcohol. in exchange, he saw the raw honesty and the fear of losing his presence.

“alr then,” riki conceded softly. “ill stay with you but we need to promise each other that we’ll talk abt this conversation when ure fully sober”

you nodded, relief washing over your features

as your breathing steadied, riki stayed by your side, hands intertwined. he watched over you, his presence offering solace in the midst of your vulnerability

“goodnight, yn” he whispered gently as he thought about everything

did u guys miss me 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🩷🤍🩷

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