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kushami-hime · 2 years

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I posted 1,743 times in 2022

That's 226 more posts than 2021!

924 posts created (53%)

819 posts reblogged (47%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

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I tagged 1,039 of my posts in 2022

Only 40% of my posts had no tags

#kushami asks - 365 posts

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#snz kink - 207 posts

#snzfucker - 202 posts

#sneeze kink - 144 posts

#snz - 100 posts

#kushami wavs - 96 posts

#snz wav - 34 posts

#b/akugou - 30 posts

Longest Tag: 100 characters

#knowing that you all care so deeply for a stranger on the internet has restored my faith in humanity

My Top Posts in 2022:

CW: Sneezing, Stifles, Wet Sneezes, Half Stifles, BakuBrats stank attitude, embarrassment, 3 noseblows.

One morning at the local hero agency, the newest generation fresh to the scene is called to a meeting by their serious colleague, Tenya Iida. Everyone is in attendance, including Ground Zero and Deku. But as they get settled in, a strong smell in the cramped room begins to set off Deku’s nose...this won’t end well.

FIRST wav since...the dragon!baku one? That was done a hot minute ago I feel like but whatever lol. I cant find the proper anon question atm and to be honest I dont remember if its the same person but when you see this, I hope it’s alright! All I remember was that someone asked for D/eku dealing with someones strong perfume either in a mission/meeting/college lecture so I went with a meeting setting. I put my own little spin on it with music from the OST and using background sounds and stuff to give it more...immersion? idk lmao.

Anyway! It’s bedtime for me but horni hours for you guys. Enjoy! <3

102 notes - Posted April 6, 2022

After waking up with a terrible fever, D/eku finds himself being taken care of by B/akugou, who’s usual rash behavior covers up his worrisome feelings over his lovers illness.

CW: Sneezing (dur) Baku being a tsundere mother hen, bratty sick Deku, Baku getting sneezed on (twice I think?), general caretaking, you know the drill.

OK guys wtf HOW did this get so goddamn long!? This is my longest wav YET! And yet...I don’t think it lived up to the hype? Im just being hard on myself I guess, you all be the judge.

I really missed doing Deku and I got like, REALLY mess and REALLY stuffy during this wav and you can totally hear it nearer to the end/in the second half.

This was originally for THIS ask and Im sorry if it sucks (I know you said soft caretaker Baku but he’s pretty angry in the first half) but HEY its super long so there’s that? Lol. I also apologize for the quality, I had to knock it down during the export cause it was too big for Discord lol...

Anyway, um...enjoy I guess! It’s been a harsh week so Im gonna go eat something and watch anime I guess @-@

102 notes - Posted January 29, 2022

CW: SLOW BURN, B/akugou being tied up/restrained, slight BDSM vibes, feather use, a LOT of sneezing (like...a LOT) long, drawn out holdbacks/build ups, some NSFW sounds if you squint, mess/hints at a lot of mess, feather allergy, my OC Tsumeko being a real bitch to blasty boi, established Pro Hero AU, hands free stifles, forced stifles, B/akugou being loud and having an absolute potty mouth, growly noises (cause yknow angry B/akubrat), forced false starts (if thats a thing), B/akugou being winded/out of breath on a few occassions, cameo from T/odoroki and D/eku at the end, shirt being used as a tissue/noseblowing into shirt.

CHARACTERS DEPICTED ARE IN PRO HERO AU AND ARE 25+!

K/atsuki wakes up tied to a support beam in a structurally unsound building seemingly underground. When he realizes his captor is a well known thief he's been chasing for weeks, he's completely seeing red. Will he be able to tough it out against her strange test of endurance or crack under the pressure with a weakness he didn't even know he had?

Holy fuck guys...this shit is the length of a full on anime episode and idk whether to be proud of myself or ashamed like...idk what to think. All I know is that a LOT of anons wanted this wav and well...here it is lol. It took like 3 - 4 weeks of repeat sessions of JUST sneezing and also holdback training if you will. Most of them were seperate but 90% of the holdbacks in this are 100% real so enjoy my genuine battle against fresh vials of Chinknii xux;

I'm also sort of on the fence with this one, cause it's been a hot minute since I've done a B/akugou wav and I pretty much forgot how to sneeze like him, and I rerecorded certain sneezes but without much improvement so sorry about that u.u Hopefully they get better as I do a few more wavs with him coming up.

SO! Um...hopefully this does some numbers cause I have to be up early and I stayed up to finish this and um...yeah! Im gonna go pass out now-

102 notes - Posted October 22, 2022

CW: Nose blowing, wet sneezes, sniffling, buildups/hitching breaths, somewhat horny Bakubrat, very teasing and dominant/demanding! Listener is in a servant position so there’s that if you’re into domestic servitude lmao

After a long day away from the palace, B/akugou returns from an outing drenched in freezing rain, and sneezing almost uncontrollably. He claims he’s fine...typical B/akugou. But once Y/N pesters him enough, he admits that he may have caught himself an awful illness by the name of Dragon Fever. With human blood running through their veins, Y/N is immune to this disease, so it’s up to them to nurse the suddenly teasing and feverish king back to health...

AS YOU CAN SEE, this file was too big and too horni for tumblr so I had to use soundcloud instead. A lot of people have been waiting for this, so I really REALLY hope it came out OK. You guys know Im too hard on myself these days like, ugh. The self loathing is so real...

But, it’s here. And I’ll probably take some time to write scripts and maaaaybe write a short fic? I dunno yet, Im really tired, lol Enjoy!

Minors DNI. Non-Kink blogs DO NOT REBLOG! Love you guys!

103 notes - Posted February 23, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

A shy, nerdy type of guy you've been friends with for so long that you've decided to tell about your kink. He thinks nothing of it, even reassures you that it's natural and it's not weird at all! He even totally forgets it...even as he's struggling with his usual hayfever.

You can't help but squirm as he's humiliating himself by struggling to fish out his used tissues to wipe his streaming nose, holding back his sneezes with messy half stifles into his hands. He looks down at the shiny mess in his palms as he hides himself from you, flushed red in the face. That's when he remembers.

"W-wait...y-you...l-like this sort of thing...don't you?"

133 notes - Posted March 25, 2022

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theluckiestrose · 2 years

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This is kind of a DHMIS spoiler but it happens in ep 2: Death

I thought everyone in the main tag was ignoring it but i saw someone who didnt even notice it so im pointing it out: duck guy didn't kill Stain at the end. Stain killed duck guy. My evidence? Well.

Stain was standing on the left before the "4 of us" sequence.

During "4 of us" we see Stain and duck guy each have a photo on the fridge. Stain's photo has him smudging around with pink goo, duck guy's has him using a power drill

After the sequence, left duck kills right duck. The dont seem to have moved around much...

After ep 2, duck guy's photo disappears from the intro sequence. Stain's photo remains

Anyway. It feels extremely thematically important that Stain, the replacement duck, is the survivor of ep 2. The show depicts mourning and replacement quite often, and i can feel myself trying to spin this one detail out into a whole analysis. Maybe sometime, idk

Edit: just rewatched the first episode's intro sequence. Duck's fridge picture is the one i thought was Stain's. I guess theory busted? Oops 😂

#dont hug me im scared #dhmis #keep having fun but fr duck guy is gone its only stain now #dhmis has so many little details its wild this one just feels the most thematically important to me

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danglovely · 8 months

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Regrading Taskmaster: S06E03 One warm prawn.

Alex's cape rocks. Moving on.

Prize Task: The Most Magnificent Day Trip

Because instead of water, they use piss.

Honestly, I would love to win any of these. This is the best prize task they've ever done.

Russell is bringing you to Aqualand with his mum. Asim is bringing you to museums, Alice is bringing you to the subway, Tim is showing you his favorite parts of his hometown, and Liza fucked it.

She actually still does beat Alice, because it's the subway.

Alice: 1 (0) Asim: 3 (+1) Liza: 2 (-2) Russell: 5 (+2) Tim: 4 (-1)

VT 01: Write, illustrate, and read out a bedtime story for grown-ups.

I'd like some pencils and pens . . . and a side of attitude, apparently.

Alice's would be the worst if Tim didn't completely forget what the task was about. Liza is actually kind of an impressive calligrapher. I'm also impressed with the simplicity of a story about a man eating something he shouldn't and crapping himself to death.

Asim's story is surprisingly similar, but he's a worse artist (also he pronounced "paella" as pie-ella.

Hahaha -- Tim is getting last. Vote Green Party.

Russell didn't draw anything . . . he's lucky Tim and Alice limbo'd under him.

Alice: 2 (+1) Asim: 4 (+1) Liza: 5 (0) Russell: 3 (0) Tim: 1 (-1)

VT 02: Make something spin for the longest.

And then you buggered a toy lizard.

So ten minutes to prepare and one attempt at spinning. Sorry to Alice but "spin a record" isn't a common turn-of-phrase for "play an MP3. I'd give her the rolling barrel, which was longer than the bottle. Tim's attempt seems perfectly timed.

Liza's lizard-drill is obviously the best. Per Alex, Asim's bike beats Tim. And Russell . . . so funny how terrible it ended up being.

Alice: 1 Asim: 4 Liza: 5 Russell: 2 Tim: 3

VT 03: Work out the flavors of these baby foods. Also there is a bonus point for whoever eats the most baby food.

And I think you look the most like a baby out of all of us.

It's tough to argue against Alex's scoring system here.

Alice: 2 Asim: 5 + 1 Liza: 4 Russell: 3 Tim: 1

Live Task: Catch the most socks and put them in your laundry basket. You must stare straightforward throughout the task. You must not touch any pants. You must not move your laundry basket and if you drop a sock, you can't then pick it up. Every time you touch some pants, you lose a sock.

Two angels rocked up and that's my lazy eye coming into play.

Russell figured out the hack. Honestly, this game kind of sucks if you play it earnestly. ROUUUGHH scoring for Alice because three people came in joint second.

Alice: 1 Asim: 4 Liza: 4 Russell: 5 Tim: 4

F I N A L

Alice: 6 (0) Asim: 21 (+2) Liza: 20 (-2) Russell: 18 (+2) Tim: 12 (-3)

Holy bad episode for Alice. Liza won the first time, but I'm giving it to Asim.

#taskmaster #tm regrade #alice levine #asim chaudhry #liza tarbuck #russell howard #tim vine

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galactic-pirates · 1 year

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Liveblog of Ahsoka episode 4. I didn’t have the spoons to watch yesterday which is why I am a day late.

Usual drill. Here there be spoilers. Also much autistic flapping because [redacted] but oh man!!!!! So so so happy to see it :) :) :)

“Can I count on you?” - I am offended on Sabine’s behalf. I mean I get what Ahsoka is asking. Can Sabine put aside her desire to save Ezra and do what is necessary for the ‘greater good’? And Ahsoka should know better than to ask because the answer is obvious - it depends. Sabine would never risk it if people would be hurt immediately, but future harm that they could still prevent later? Maybe. Ahsoka asking that question is just pointless and yes offensive. It’s not like Sabine doesn’t understand sacrifice - she knows how to fight a war. Ahsoka should have shown faith in Sabine. It’s what Kanan would have done. He always knew that Sabine would make the right choice because it was her choice.

Yay Sabine’s blasters have returned. I was afraid she hadn’t packed them.

“Sometimes we have to do what’s right regardless of our personal feelings” … really? Tell me Ahsoka doesn’t know Sabine at all without telling me. Ugh. What a thing to say to someone that was exiled and branded a traitor to her people, who lost her family, when she realised what the Empire would do with her research. Sabine willingly sacrificed everything in the hope of saving lives, and then joined the Rebellion and kept on fighting. She had no idea that she would ever be able to return home, or that her family would ever know the truth. Yes it worked out in terms of them knowing but she didn’t know that at the time. Sabine’s response of “you really believe that” was odd because to me it can’t be taken at face value. Sabine knows the pain of sacrifice far too deeply. Maybe it was a test like really saying “are you kidding is that what you think of me?” as same Sabine, roll those eyes.

I want to google behind the scenes because that neck means Hyung isn’t a dude in a suit unless there is some green screen erasing going on?

Yay blasters and armour and Mandalorian tricks like that rope pull. This is what I like to see :) :)

“Stay together you always did better that way” - foreshadowing you are not subtle. Clearly they are going to split up and everything will go wrong because of it. But my sniggering about the ‘bad breakup’ vibes is continuing. It’s the little things that bring me joy.

Gasps Jacen! Chopper, Hera and I CAN SEE THE GHOST!!!!! Cue much hand flapping, stimming overload. Beloved Ghost ship I am so excited. “You can’t leave without authorisation” “watch me” - peak Hera!!! Oh I love it I love it I love it. I am so happy and oh for fucks sake. The Lego model I knew it was wrong with the blue engines from Rebels but then Ahsoka’s ship was blue and I thought maybe in this show it had been upgraded. Nope still yellow /sigh. That makes two obvious inaccuracies (Jacen’s hairpiece colour is the other). Lego you are better than this I am disappointed.

Phoenix leader!!!!! Ahhhh I am screaming. I am screaming and flapping. That was so cool!!!! Ok that was the scene that makes this whole show worth it. I am indescribably happy to see the Ghost and Hera was awesome, and hey it was the Rebel pilot from the Mandalorian cool cool. My smile is so wide right now my face hurts.

I wonder why Ahsoka only ignited the one blade to fight the Inquisitor guy, Marrock I think his name is. Aaaand they split up. I mean Sabine ran off pursuing Shin and Ahsoka stayed put. I guess she didn’t want Marrock chasing her, better to fight him face to face than an enemy at the back. Yikes her helmet just flew off when she hit the tree. That doesn’t seem like a very good helmet design… and she is back to the lightsaber. Did she drop her blasters? Not that they were doing much good I guess as they can be reflected. At least for this battle she is wearing her armour so shouldn’t be stabbed like before. Oooh he does know it spins, so why didn’t he fly with it?

Ok dust is not the usual response to being sliced almost in half… night sister. I have seen that in the Jedi game. Was Marrock already undead?

Oh and they aren’t as far apart as I thought but now they really are splitting up. “I’ve got this” - Shin says Sabine will regret that and I suspect she will sadly as much as I would like her to have the win.

Haha oh it’s the classic cape drop before battle. I love the callback. And she is only igniting the one blade again. Is her other one damaged? I don’t recall seeing that but I don’t get why she wouldn’t use it otherwise.

The panning shot of Sabine’s abandoned helmet gives me shivers. I am really feeling a foreshadowing vibe of her death and I hate it. Do not want. Sabine must live.

“You have no power” - that is the line that gave me such hope in the trailer. It seems to be true I think so at least there’s no real retcon to Kanan not realising Sabine had the force. But all this padawan stuff anyway just ugh why (but I ranted enough about that last week).

Haha yes!! Oh I adore Sabine using a Mando trick and blasting her. That is Sabine’s power and I love that. She is enough as herself.

It’s interesting that Baylan knew Anakin became Vader as not many ever knew that. I read the Thrawn books and Vader himself denied it even almost to himself sometimes. I wonder how he found out.

Did Sabine forget to pick up her helmet? Beskar is rare you know. I love that Ahsoka thought Shin had killed Sabine and just threw her into a wall. The clear relief when she then realised she was alive, this is what we like to see.

“Ezra Bridger is the only family you have left” erm no. Important yes, part of the family yes, but not the only family. There is Hera, and Zeb, and Jacen at minimum. Auntie Sabine - it’s canon.

“Your family died on Mandalore because your master didn’t trust you”… ok we’re going to have to come back to that. There’s clearly more information needed.

I can almost see Sabine’s thoughts. They need the power of the bad guys ship to get there. She can always take out the bad guys later. It’s the kind of bargain they made a couple of times on Rebels. Shin choking Sabine is very dark side even if the ‘fallen Jedi’ do seem to waver as to how dark they are. Baylan seems to have some code.

Hera! The Ghost!!! Ooooh pretty ship in clouds. You know if it took that long to destroy the orb with a lightsaber a blaster bolt wouldn’t have done shit anyway. OMG that was scary when the hyperspace jump exploded but the Ghost was fine, same can’t be said about all the X-Wings sadly :( and Jacen has a bad feeling. Jedi vibes? Or just common sense because the situation would make anyone go uh-oh.

How did Absoka fall into the world between worlds? Oh yikes that is super creepy. It looks like they tried to deage him and his face looks weird.

So in conclusion I am worried about Sabine’s helmet. Also if it requires a ton of power to make the jump then no regular ship (aka the Ghost or Ahsoka’s ship) can follow. I had thought when Hera was racing to the evil ring that she would get caught in their hyperspace bubble and go along for the ride but nope.

So I guess in order for Ahsoka to catch up on the adventure she will use the world between worlds, and leap through into a moment. I am confused as to how she just fell into it though. I mean I have headcanoned that as it’s basically the force which connects all things across time and space made manifest, that means it is essentially everywhere all the time. There doesn’t have to be a specific doorway (like the Lothal Jedi temple) but maybe points were set up for some reason, otherwise entrance is as the force wills it? Like the force needs a champion and boom. Plus Ahsoka has a really close connection having been revived by the daughter, and saved through the world between worlds before.

Hmm ok! This was a good episode. Very exciting. Mostly I am screaming about the Ghost!!!! But Sabine had blasters again. I liked seeing her fight full Mando with helmet. I hope Hyung retrieves her helmet and she gets it back.

Next Wednesday is very far away.

#star wars: ahsoka #ahsoka spoilers

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ecargmura · 10 months

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Dog Signal Episode 4 Review - A Border Collie's Dysfunctional Family

Before I get into the review, I want to talk about some interesting trivia about this anime. The director of this show is Kazuhiro Furushashi. If you look him up, you can see that he’s the director of Spy x Family. Because he’s the director of that anime, that means he’s the reason he casted voice actor Kenichiro Matsuda to voice Ourson, Niwa’s dog. Yes, this man made Mr. Matsuda voice yet another gentle big dog. Also, Singe’s voice actor is a rather new face named Anna Mugiho. I looked her up and she has voiced animal mascots in the past, which means she was most likely casted as Singe because of this. Not only she voices Singe, she also voices Ricochet, the main dog for this episode. I’m surprised with how good her dog voices are.

Onto the review, I can’t believe how dysfunctional the Miyake family is. Mrs. Miyake is taken for granted by her husband and her daughter Kanon. Mr. Miyake even said that walking the dog was his wife’s job and failed to see that Ricochet was under a lot of stress due to mental confusion and lack of exercise. Unfortunately, there are a lot of dog owners who have such dynamics as the Miyake family. They only walk the dog for a few minutes, thinking it’s enough, but fail to comprehend why the dog starts behaving in ways they normally don’t.

A fun little fact about Border Collies, they’re one of the most abandoned dog breeds out there. They have a lot of energy and constantly need exercise in order to relieve their stress and for them to be stable. Because they’re sheepdogs, they’re most suited for rural places like farms and such because of more space for them to run around and be intact with their instincts. They’re also very intelligent, which is why they’re easy to train. Unfortunately, that is why the Miyake family got a Border Collie, thinking she’ll be easy to train. Niwa had to drill it into their brains that just because a dog is easy to train doesn’t always mean they’ll automatically be like that.

Mr. Miyake and Kanon spoil the dog very much. That is why it was obvious that Ricochet ran to her dad and started licking his face as soon as she got home; he’s her favorite human. Kanon states that Ricochet sleeps with her. While Mrs. Miyake walks the dog, she’s very tense around the dog and the dog feels the same as she’s always misbehaving whenever she’s around her. She’s also the only one who yells at the dog and scolds her, which is why Ricochet is very confused because one person scolds her while the other two spoil her, so she’s unsure who is in the right or wrong.

It was sad to see Mrs. Miyake show signs of her being afraid of Ricochet. I think I saw it the moment she threw the dog bowl in front of her. The breaking point was when Miyu got a call from Kanon about how Ricochet bit her mom. Man, that was so sad to see. The family never knew about previous cases of Ricochet biting her. It was only when they realize that Ricochet could be taken away that the family finally got their act together. I’m glad that they do love their dog, but realize that what they were doing was wrong. Just seeing Mrs. Miyake getting along better with her family made me smile. I was also happy to see her participate in frisbee tournaments with Ricochet too! Just seeing her change positively made me happy and I’m glad that they were able to do so in the end. Some dog owners can be so stubborn and never change their ways.

I do like that this experience is good training for Miyu. He’s not an expert dog trainer like Niwa, but he’s just his assistant for now. It’s still good practice for Miyu. I felt bad when he had to witness the dysfunctional Miyake family and then got hit on by Kanon, who’s a cute high schooler. However, Miyu is proven to be a good listener as he does everything Niwa tells him to do from recording Ricochet’s spinning to giving out his contact information to Kanon as a way to contact her as well.

Niwa still proves to be anime Kang Hyungwook as he does solve the family’s dog problems. Though, he still cares more about dogs than people, so Miyu had to be the human-expert of the two again and had to tell him that humans need praising too! I can see that Niwa’s very socially awkward with anybody who’s not Miyu, Ritsuka, Dr. Kubo and dogs. I do wonder who that rugged man was at the end. He seems to know both Niwa and Ritsuka. Is he Niwa’s dad? His uncle? All I know is that both Ritsuka and Niwa don’t have a good relationship with him, meaning he’s definitely not a good person.

This was the most emotional episode by far. I really like seeing the different types of issues that revolves around dog and dog care. I’d personally like to see an episode about adoption. What would you like to see from this anime? What are your thoughts about this episode?

#dog signal #Miyu samura #Shinichiro Niwa #Ricochet #border collie #Mrs. Miyake #Mr. Miyake #Kanon Miyake #review #anime #anime review #ecargmura #arum journal

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where-theres-smoak-2 · 2 years

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Shadow and Bone 2x04 Review

Here it is ep 4 of season 2 there are spoilers book spoilers will be between 2 * yeah you know the drill by now if you’ve read my other reviews. Jumping straight on in then.

Nikolai, Alina and the Spinning Wheel

As usual I am starting with Alina’s storyline and the events that happen at the spinning wheel. At the end of the previous episode Alina accepts Nikolai’s proposal and so the plot for Alina is kind of centred around that this episode along with her being named the leader of the second army. What I did like was that when Nikolai announced that she was going to be the new leader the other grisha didn’t just immediately jump for joy and say that she’s going to be an amazing leader which I would have found really unrealistic. But you do get Adrik and Zoya voicing a bit of concern and Zoya pointing out that just because she can summon light doesn’t mean she’s going to know about military strategy. This is something fans have pointed out themselves so I am glad its being addressed in the show.

Another thing I am happy about is that they did have Mal question and kind of disagree with Alina about her being the leader of the second army. It was starting to feel like Mal was nothing more than a yes man, there was no nuance to him or personality, it was just yes alina, of course alina, go marry that other man Alina. At least here he is voicing his own opinion. I do think at points that opinion was somewhat naive though especially the part about once the fold is gone so to will the reason for hating grisha, like sorry no Mal honey, people never needed a reason to hate grisha they just do and they were doing long before the fold was created.

We also see Alina training and trying to develop her powers which are a bit unstable after the second amplifier. She debates whether to learn to use the cut or not as well. We also have David arrive and again I think its understandable that Alina doesn’t trust him right away but still listens to what they say. She learns about the Nichevo’ya and how there still may be a link between her and Aleks so she is definitely catching up on a lot of the information the audience already knew in this episode.

Mal discovers something in this episode to that wasn’t in the books something about a mystical lightening sword called Neshyenyer, that can cut through shadow. The theory is that the sword will work against the Nichevo’ya. It also looks like this is how they are going to tie in the crows with the grisha plotline as the plan is to hire them to get the sword form Shu han. Honestly I am excited to see shu han and this does sound like it could be an interesting plotline.

We finally learn the context of the first army general uniform/kefta that Alina was wearing in the trailer and yup I hate it. Turns out she chose it herself and had it made with the help of grisha. Look again I get what they were going with its supposed to show that she is becoming part of the royal family and that she is a leader and that they are trying to unite the two armies etc but it just looks so much like Zlatan’s uniform that I can’t disconnect the two. She is dressed in the uniform of the Kings army who have oppressed the grisha for hundreds of years who thought this was a good idea? Honestly it might have been over the top but I much preferred the gold dress the Queen had made for her not going to lie.

I did like the scene though where Nikolai gives her the Lantsov Emerald, not only does the emerald itself look really beautiful but again they both have good chemistry with each other and I really like the friendship they’ve developed.

Obviously one of the big things that happened this episode was Aleks’ attack on the Spinning Wheel during Alina and Nikolai’s engagement dinner. *It does seem like they have combined the attack on the palace and the attack on the spinning wheel from the books here as it has elements from both.* I did think it was clever how Aleks used their connection to draw Alina away from the fighting and to keep her safe. The scene where his image appears before her in the hall and he tells her he is trying to help her is interesting because of the way her powers react. Even though he is not really there her powers react when he gets closer to her and cradles her face.

The Nichevo’ya are as terrifying as always and one of them does get a hold of Adrik when he is trying to save his sister and even though Alina saves him I feel like he might still lose that arm looking at how badly injured it was and that we know wounds caused by the Nichevo’ya don’t heal very well.

Aleks is spitting out facts again, his speech about how her obsession with the fold is naive and how the grisha were hated long before its creation is spot on. Destroying the fold won’t change that. He also says one of my favourite lines from the book, ‘I have seen what you truly are and I have never turned away, I never will, can they say the same?’ But he is also makes a good point when Alina says that he is obsessed with power and control and he retorts that power must be controlled and that she is playing a dangerous game with it. He’s pointing out that she too has sought more power and is still seeking more power and that this comes along with its own dangerous, yet he also isn’t judging her for seeking that power, as he said earlier the power suits her.

I will confess that I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get the chapel scene but then I remembered a shot from the trailer that showed the gang including the crows and nikolai facing off against the nichevo’ya in front of a stained glass window which wasn’t in this episode so it seems like we may get another attack scene that does take place in the chapel so we still might yet see a version of my favourite scene on screen.

Genya and Baghra

Meanwhile over in Aleksander's camp his alchemist is grinding up Baghra’s finger bones for some mysterious reason and Genya is having a real tough time and honestly it is making me sad. She does have some scenes with Baghra though which is a dynamic I didn’t think we would see. If Aleks says one of my favourite lines in this episode Baghra says on of my least favourite. ‘Suffering is as cheap and clay and twice as common. What matters is what you make of it.’ She says it in very different circumstances in the books but I still hate the implication behind the words. That somehow you can control your own suffering or choose how suffering effects you when the truth is traumatic experiences effect every person differently. Whilst some might be able to push on through and carry on others can be crippled by it and have a harder fight, that doesn’t make them weak. I just think the line is a very callous way of looking at things. However I did have a bit more respect for Baghra when she called out Aleks for the way he was treating Genya. For reminding him that she suffered under the king because she was spying for Aleks and that she served him loyally since she was a child only for him to reduce her to an example now. Whilst I can understand that Aleks feels betrayed and abandoned by Genya because she tried to run that doesn’t make his actions towards her ok.

Genya and Baghra do manage to escape and the scene where Genya sees her reflection in the tray was so sad. The way she just screamed and smashed all of the experiments the Alechemist was working on just showed how much pain she is in. I am really hoping she will make it back to David next episode and that he can help her heal some.

The Crows.

Boy did Kaz Brekker get brutal in this episode. So the time had arrived to take down Rollins and honestly not only was the plan genius but there was something kind of poetic about, sure I did feel a bit bad for all those people who came into contact with Wylan’s compound and for a few hours believed they had actually caught firepox and could potentially die but well at least no one actually did die so silver lining right. I’ll also admit that using Rollins son as bait and telling Rollins that he had buried with whilst kind of brutal to watch was a clever ploy on Kaz’s part. But lets talk about everything in a bit more detail.

Once again Kaz and Inej had a moment of connection. The scene where he tells her to run and never look back if the plan goes wrong and her replying the only promise she can make is that Rollins will beg for his death. It is just so obvious that these two really do care and love each other but the both, Kaz in particular, struggle to communicate that. You can see it when Kaz says that he’ll find comfort in knowing she is there, Despite the dark topic of making a man beg for his death the scene is actually really sweet.

I knew they were going to do a cop out with Nina and make it seem like she had turned against Kaz when she was actually still working with him. But the whole scene of Kaz confronting Rollins was intense. You know how sometimes you are right but you really didn’t want to be right? Well I was right and I really didn’t want to be. Turns out Kaz’s older brother, Jordie, did die from firepox because they ended up on the streets after Rollins conned them out of everything they owned. The fact that Rollins can’t even remember the name of his brother just makes the whole thing worse. The idea that Kaz puts out that he has buried a child, Rollins son, is also really dark though I did suspect that it was a con but damn was Kaz convincing. Seriously the acting in this scene was really amazing.

Another moment of note is when Kaz makes the speech about love and how its a mistake to let anyone in because it makes you weak. I think this really does show how Kaz views his relationship for Inej. I also think it links back to that conversation they had about tells and weaknesses and he says no one looked for his true one. Inej is the one that he loves, the one that he let in and he believes that makes him weak as if someone discovered it they could use it against him.

Even though he never gets Rollins to remember his brother’s name Kaz does manage to clear the crows names and get Inej’s freedom. Which should be something to celebrate about but then Kaz driven by his fear of having a weakness decides to kick Inej out of the crow club. You can see how afraid he was when he talks about how he didn’t know where she was, whether rollins had tried to have her killed again. He is very much being driven by that fear in this scene and even her reassurances that she is fine don’t help. So he cuts her loose calling her a weak link. It is a hard scene to watch but it does make sense for Kaz’s character.

On to happier things though. Jesper and Wylan. I am really loving their relationship I loved when they are trying on the masks and Jesper says he happens to like Wylan’s face its so adorable. And obviously I loved the scene in Wylan’s workshop where Wylan admits that he left the first night they met because he didn’t think Jesper would want anything more and Jesper says that he would like to find out if there could be. I also liked that kind of awkwardness that they have where they don’t really know where they stand with the other but there is still that undeniable attraction between them and then Wylan just goes for it. The whole scene was perfect.

A small scene I would like to mention and I didn’t really know where else to put it was Jesper's speech to Kaz before the mission about how Kaz is going to say that he can’t do this without him, that he hates when they are angry but brothers fight and that he can have a tab at the club of his choosing. And Kaz just confirming that was exactly what he was going to say, it just reminds you that this is a found family and that when it comes to it they’ve got each other’s backs.

So that was episode 4 and we are at the midseason point. I do think this had quite a bit more action in it than the other episodes what with Aleks’ attack on the spinning wheel and the Crows taking down Rollins. I am going to assume that we’ll be moving into the hunt for the firebird and this sword in the second half of the season. I am still a little worried about the pacing as it does seem a bit rushed but none the less I am also still enjoying the show so far.

Favourite Lines

‘I have seen what you truly are and I have never turned away, I never will, can they say the same?’

‘The trick is not to love anything. Your mistake was that you let someone get in. Someone you would sacrifice everything for and it makes you weak.’

‘After all, that gelatin deer gave its life for your entertainment.’

#shadow and bone #s&b season 2 spoilers #darklina

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I had the weirdest dream about Lieutenant Columbo

I dont usually remember my dreams (in fact I'm not sure if I ever have before), but I quite vividly remember this one. Somehow Columbo got rebooted with Peter Falk in it, and he looked pretty much as he did in the last episode in 2003, with fully grey hair and all that. The first few episodes were normal, but then episodes 4 and 5 were a two parter. In Episode 4 for some reason Columbo was involved in an investigation to find out where persistent earthquakes affecting somehow the whole world were coming from. He was in a helicopter using some form of scanner to trace back fault lines, and it ended up in a half-fallen down house with no furniture in it in rural Sardinia. The owner tried to resist the investigation team, but them Columbo said "one last thing sir" and drop kicked him. Somehow we go from that to a massive internationally organised drilling project to dig down and figure out whats causing the earthquakes. You might think it was tectonic plates but nope. Anyway, the drilling project installs a massive elevator the size of a full on train, with multiple carriages and stuff, that goes down at a 45 degree angle.

Eventually they break through to a massive cavernous space, but inside there is this human-like entity that breaks free and escapes. One of the team tries to block off the drill hole with a carriage but its too late.

So the human like being breaks out at super high speed and transforms into a gigantic several km tall eldritch entity that has mind control powers it curiously only uses on farm animals.

Episode 5 starts, revealing that whilst all this is going on Columbo is in a public bathroom, and all of his friends from 1970s Columbo episodes come in to watch him use the urinal (idk man). At this point Columbo somehow has a flash of inspiration and figures out that the eldritch entity is being powered by the fervent prayers of people that have gone missing and ended up in the caverns subjected to mind control.

So he goes back to the dig site, having to fight off mind controlled sheep (which are surrounded by a kind of blue aura), whilst the eldritch entity fights against a giant Pacific Rim style robot in the far distance - humans have started mass constructing those, knowing they'll get destroyed but will spare most of the world from further damage by distracting the eldritch being.

Columbo and his team enter the tunnels and free the mind controlled people by using martial arts moves on them, stopping the eldritch entity's power source and causing it to disappear into a fine mist.

Now you might be wondering about the earthquakes. Those had nothing to do with the eldritch being, but were because a pair of stone looking fingers underground (which were wearing sunglasses on the joins) kept trying to do the cool single finger basketball spin move with a giant perfect sphere of rock, but kept dropping it over and over again.

#oh yeah mind control lmao #tbh this is the columbo episode i want to see #the stone fingers seem like chill guys #why the world decided the answer to earthquakes is to drill towards them idk #who funded this #even dream state me was kinda like wtf guys #it was like a full on train service to the centre of the world #i also dont know how columbo would just be like #he's just that good

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winter soldier. bucky barnes

word count: 2348

warnings: a bit of violence

requested: N/A

plot: you have to watch bucky fight like the winter soldier

a/n: i wrote this literally like thirty minutes after i watched ep.3 of tfatws! it is basically bucky's fight scene in the club because it's literally all i can think about after that episode (jesus christ it had me feeling a lot of things) but from your perspective. so i wrote this, same idea, some things changed slightly, e.g. you are also working with sam and bucky-- anyway! hope you like!

pt.2 / pt.3 / pt.4 / masterlist

"winter soldier."

you clenched your jaw, your teeth grinding together, eyes glued to bucky's vacant expression. your stomach was in knots. you were against the plan to begin with, but you had no choice but to take zemo's lead on this. that didn't mean you trusted him one bit, not after what he put your friends through. your hand remained firmly tucked against your thigh, where your knife was strapped to your leg.

you could feel your chest rising and falling faster as the man approached zemo from behind, your heart beating harder in your chest. the main reason behind your not wanting to go through with this mission was bucky. you knew how hard he worked every day to remove himself from his past, and here he was, again, placed right in the middle of everything he wanted to forget. the only reason you agreed to it was bucky's reassurance that he could handle it.

but right now, you were reminded of the man you met many years ago for the first time, only without the mask.

the man's hand fell onto zemo's shoulder. "attack," he spoke in the eerily familiar tongue.

he didn't hesitate, his vibranium arm snatched the man's hand away from zemo, you swore you heard something crack. you clutched your knife, yanking it out of it's holder, but before you got any further, sam's hand was restraining you. he didn't look your way, holding his cover, instead you both watched bucky drag the man away from the three of you, twisting his arm behind his back to where you heard another disturbingly loud crack.

you tried to keep your cover, but you couldn't help but flinch watching him use his full force to plough his vibranium arm against the mans chest, knocking him off his feet. his body slammed against the hard floor and you gulped, sam's hand tightening around your wrist when you made to move again.

"hold it," you glanced at sam for a split second, his eyebrows knitted tightly together watching the winter soldier in action, but he knew the consequences if he made to intervene. you could tell it was unsettling sam just as much as it was you, to watch bucky like this. but you had no choice but to stand and watch your boyfriend ruin anyone who came within a foot of him.

the bar was silent, the only sounds to be heard were the muffled groans coming from the man at bucky's feet. you noticed some of the people surrounding the fight had pulled out their phones and began recording the scene. you wanted to snatch them away and crumple them, but resolved to taking a deep breath and biting down on your tongue as hard as you could. you just had to endure for a little while longer and then it would be over.

you watched as bucky took apart two more men who came swinging towards him, zemo's expression was full of more amusement than you cared for. you felt blood trickling in your mouth, the metallic taste filling your taste buds after you had flinched and bit down harder on your tongue.

if sam hadn't been there to physically restrain you, you would've intervened long before this could start. you knew bucky was no longer controlled by zemo, but watching him fight like this was a brutal reminder of everything bucky had done and been through. you dreaded to think how it was making him feel having to slip back into the mindlessly violent nature that had been drilled into him.

sam's eyes darted around, watching bucky take out one guy after the next. zemo couldn't keep himself out of it, he shoved forward a bystander, watching, almost gleefully, as bucky threw a swing at the man, spinning him backwards before delivering another blow so forceful it took out another man standing behind him. your breath hitched in your throat, you couldn't stop yourself from cringing when another man was thrown off his feet, his spine cracking harshly against the metal joists when bucky's metal arm collided with his torso and sent him flying.

your ears were ringing slightly, your throat tightening the longer you watched this go on. "didn't take much for him to fall back into form," you heard zemo lean into sam's ear to mumble this but you caught it. you were going to kill that man yourself after this mission was over.

sam's grip loosened on your wrist when bucky clenched his metal hand around one man's neck, lifting him off his feet and slamming him down against the bar. you moved away from sam before he could stop you, your eyes wide with fear when bucky tightened his grip, the man's gasps for air were all that could be heard, that, and the cocking of several guns.

your hand moved from its position on your knife, to the cool metal of bucky's arm where he stood slowly cutting off this mans air supply. you clenched your hand tightly to pull him away, but he didn't shift, his intense gaze was locked on the man beneath him.

"stay in character or the whole bar turns on us," zemo muttered under his breath, his eyes wide and locked on yours. you hesitated, but pulled yourself away, not wanting to be the reason this mission was unsuccessful after everything you'd done to get to this point. you knew how much was riding on this.

you let out short, strained breaths, your eyes still locked on bucky's unwavering expression. you wondered how much he still felt in control of himself, or whether he was simply just keeping up the act.

"well done, soldier," zemo spoke after a brief silence. your stomach churned every time he would use that tongue to speak to bucky.

you watched bucky's eyes shift up to the bartender, his eyebrows slightly knitted and his hand slowly unclenching from around the mans throat. the man let out a strained wheeze, the breath returning to his lungs as bucky released his grip and let him fall to the ground with a thud behind him.

bucky could hear your loud, jagged breathing as you stood as close as possible to him without raising suspicion. he almost broke away when he felt your hand grip his arm earlier. but he didn't dare look to you, instead he kept his stare locked on the bartender in front of him, waiting for the words.

"silby will see you now," the bartender was watching bucky with an uneasy expression across his face. you watched bucky's chest rising and falling, you wanted desperately to reach out and touch his hand but you had to remind yourself why you were in this position to begin with. you needed to follow zemo's lead, find the source of the super-soldier serum and then you could deal with how you were feeling later.

"you good?" your voice came out smaller than you intended it to. you studied his expression from his profile, his tight lips and clenched jaw, waiting for him to break and look at you, but he didn't. he let out a quiet, hmph, nodding once before following zemo and sam to the back of the club.

you wished you were back in the club watching bucky beat those guys to a pulp, because after the past few hours, things somehow managed to go from bad to worse. your lead was now dead, literally, you bumped into sharon, of all people, who was meaner than you ever remember her being, and there was also a bounty on all of your heads.

currently, you were sat alone after having picked out fresh clothes from sharon's closet. she had reluctantly let you guys crash at her place, agreeing to help find a lead to doctor nagel.

you weren't sure how long you'd been sat staring at the wall in front of you until you heard footsteps approaching the room you were in. you didn't have to look to know who it was, you already knew. he sat beside you quietly, without saying a word. you could feel his eyes on you for a while before you forced yourself to meet his gaze. it was the first time you'd looked at him as himself, since the incident earlier. you gulped, his blue eyes not shifting from your own for even a second.

"hey," he mumbled softly. your eyebrows knitted into a delicate frown, you found yourself biting down on your tongue again. "you good?" you nodded, close lipped as you shifted your eyes from his face and down to your hands. you hadn't noticed your hands had clenched into tight fists.

after a brief silence, you felt your fingers uncurl, bucky's hand now enclosed in your fist. you let out a shaky breath, revelling in the comfort his touch brought you. you fiddled with his fingers, a habit you had when you were anxious that bucky let you use him for.

"are you good?" you gulped, glancing at him for a second before focusing on your tangled hands again. he nodded, letting out a quiet hum.

"i wouldn't've gone in there if i thought i couldn't handle it," you nodded, feeling his hand squeeze yours briefly. "i came to check on you."

your eyes fluttered, a wave of tire washing over you suddenly. you shook your head. "i'm fine, don't worry," you said it out of habit, but you knew bucky was the type to always worry. especially when it came to you.

"i never wanted you to have to see that again," you knew he was referring to the winter soldier. you had fought him back in the day with sam, nat and steve, before any of you knew who he really was. you'd been through a lot together, only recently had you become more than friends. or at least, you were trying to give it a go, things just kept getting in the way.

"i hardly saw anything," you tried to lie to ease his conscience. you sighed, looking up into his eyes again, they were soft and inviting, his lashes fluttering slightly when you met his gaze.

"you've always been a terrible liar," he tightened his lips into a halfhearted, closed-mouthed smile, trying to ease some of your anxiety. you mimicked his weak attempt at a smile, moving closer to him and leaning your head atop his shoulder. he shifted his free arm around your waist, tugging you as close to him as possible, leaning down to press a lingering kiss atop your head.

"i just want you to be safe, buck," you admitted. "i don't like that you're having to go through all this again-- what with zemo-- and this place-- i see how people look at you, how they talk to you."

"i know, doll," he mumbled, his lips resting softly against your temple now. you tried to relish in the short amount of time you had alone with him, your eyes closing for a moment as you breathed in his scent. "i don't like it either, but it's just for a bit longer."

you hummed quietly, letting yourself relax in his arm. your hand was still tangled with his own, your fidgeting had stopped and instead you let your fingers intertwine with his, him squeezing your hand now and again for reassurance.

"thank you for looking out for me," he spoke after a while of you two embracing each others company. "it's been a while, but it's a nice feeling."

you lifted your head, tilting your head back to get a good look at his face. he looked tired, but still wore a small, appreciative smile on his lips, along with his soft gaze. you felt your stomach flutter, you couldn't disguise a similar smile working it's way onto your lips. something about bucky was so sweet, in his nature, he cared so much for the people around him even if he was bad at communicating it sometimes. you wanted a better and quieter life for him when this was all finally over.

"it's nice to have someone to look out for," you muttered truthfully. you had spent such a long time fighting with the avengers, you'd never had the time to even go out on a date, never mind figuring out a relationship. and though it was difficult, sometimes, navigating your relationship with bucky, you knew at the end of the day, you liked him a lot, and you only wanted to be with him. and you were pretty sure he felt the same way towards you.

bucky's hand moved away from yours, to your chin, using his forefinger and thumb to tilt your chin upwards, your face moving closer to his. he leaned down and caught his lips against yours, his hand drifting to your jawline, where he held your face in the palm of his hand. your mind thought of nothing but the feeling of his lips moving against yours, soft and slow.

it didn't matter what was going to happen next, as long as bucky was there with you.

"oh-- shit-- i should've knocked," you pulled away, chuckling against bucky's lips, peeking out the corner of your eye to see sam had walked in and frozen once he realised what he'd walked in on. bucky groaned, his eyes rolling. of course, sam was interrupting.

"please-- get out," he shot a stone-cold glare towards sam, who chuckled uncomfortably.

"oh-- i wish i could," he groaned. "that was something i wish i'd never seen-- but the party is starting soon-- we gotta get out there."

you broke away, realising your short, but sweet moment was over. you kissed bucky quickly, one last time before pushing yourself up trying to shake your head clear of any thoughts of your boyfriend so you could focus on the mission.

you heard sam lower his voice, thinking somehow you wouldn't be able to hear him as he hung back with bucky, you walking ahead. "how you still got game like that? you're like a hundred and two--"

"hundred and six," he corrected, frowning at his partner. " and stop talking about my game."

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Just listened to: “Stranger Things Season Four (Soundtrack From The Netflix Series) (Deluxe Edition)”

Track listing:

Journey - “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) [Bryce Miller/Alloy Tracks Remix]”

The Beach Boys - “California Dreamin’“

Talking Heads - “Psycho Killer”

Kate Bush - “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”

Dead Or Alive - “You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)”

Mae Arnette - “Chica Mejicanita”

Extreme - “Play With Me”

Kiss - “Detroit Rock City (Single Version)”

The Cramps - “I Was A Teenage Werewolf”

Musical Youth - “Pass The Dutchie”

The Surfaris - “Wipeout”

Starpoint - “Object Of My Desire (Single Version)”

Falco - “Rock Me Amadeus (The Gold Mix)”

Ricky Nelson - “Travelin’ Man”

Baltimora - “Tarzan Boy”

Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - “Dream A Little Dream Of Me”

Rick Derringer - “Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo (Single Version)”

James Taylor - “Fire And Rain”

Siouxsie & The Banshees - “Spellbound”

Metallica - “Master Of Puppets”

Moby - “When It’s Cold I’d Like To Die”

Journey & Steve Perry - “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Steve Perry and Bryce Miller Extended Remix)”

[Bit annoyed about this one. I just did the original version of this soundtrack not too long ago when the first seven episodes of Season 4 came out. Now, with the last two episodes coming out this weekend, they’ve elected to release a new version of the soundtrack with six bonus tracks. No indication that this is a new version of the soundtrack (the Deluxe Edition tag is my own addition) so no way of telling which version to get just on sight. Either they’ve should’ve released this version when the first seven episodes dropped or they’ve should’ve waited to drop the soundtrack until this weekend alongside the score. Side note: the score is long. Like, over three hours long.]

[Oh, major side note to Kate Bush: congrats on “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)” getting to #1 in the UK (and pretty damn close in the US). Any particular reason why this is the only song on the soundtrack not available in the streaming package?]

[The soundtrack is currently only available digitally (Apple Music, Spotify, iTunes, you know the drill). There will be a physical release but a) it’s vinyl only and b) it won’t be until November 4th.]

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danwhobrowses · 3 years

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One Piece Chapter 1019 - Initial Thoughts

And we return!

A week break and an excellent anime episode later and we can continue on from the raid to settle more fights.

One hopes that 1020 is gonna bring us something huge like 1000 and 1010 but we'll have to get through this one first and see

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Starting this one with a color spread this time, a fancy bikini shot for the ladies as they ride on Jimbei's shark bros with the rest of the crew. Nothing to look too deeply into I don't think

Starting with the chapter we have Sanji vs Queen about to commence, as well as Miyagi trying to give the healing remedy to Zoro through the bandages in vain

What's the bet that Zoro will be pissed at Sanji for bandaging him up so thick that it took longer for him to get back in the fight?

In the Polar Tang Luffy is urged to wake up too, but of course when he does it's one thing on his mind: Meshi!

But Sanji's mention of Franky being intrigued by Queen's lasers leads into his fight with Sasaki

Sasaki doesn't like that his Armoured Squadron has turned on him and is ready to kill anyone regardless of whether they're controlled, though Franky can at least plea ignorance since he hasn't seen Tama's power before

New Sword though, WW had the disappointing dagger but Sasaki has a kinda drill sword

And he's in his hybrid form, which is twice the size of General Franky

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa? He's using his triceratops frame to spin like a propeller...he's literally hovering with his neck...

Paired with his sword the 'Triceracopter' attack is effective, but Oda really is drinking the wild juice today

'The Triceratops is a pretty special breed of dinosaur' - maybe, but it don't fucking fly Sasaki!

Sasaki looks to prepare a tackle, but as Franky guards himself with his mini-shield, Sasaki is using his propulsion to get more distance instead, charging Franky with more momentum

The mech suit is taking some damage, but Franky uses that momentum to hit a headache of a German Suplex

He tries for the Victory Slash again, but Sasaki copters out and his sword is broken

Pushed to a corner, this means Franky has to use his big guns: the big gun

Also interesting note that they're near the performance floor, the battle is once again converging into the same spot

The General Cannon sends Sasaki in the air, but not KO'd and hammers head first into Franky

Also noticing that there are some weapon-themed names among the flying six; X-Calibur, Ulti Mortar, Fang Pistol, now Tricera Bullet/Magnum

The mech is lost but Franky ejects out of it, leaving Sasaki open to a Radical Beam

That finishes Sasaki off, for now at least, I don't think you can write off most of the Flying Six being KO'd for good right now. But still, 4 down, Black Maria to go

Finally back up to Kaido and Yamato and Kaido is lamenting how Yamato refuses to be a feather in his military cap, and that he even went out of his way to get a devil fruit for him

But Yamato also sees it differently, he only ate it because Kaido starved him, and was unaware of its powers too - since he likely spent most of his life in Wano which is mostly ignorant to what DFs are

We finally get to see it though, at first I thought he was a Kitsune but Devon has that, so my guess is that Yamato has the Inu Inu no Mi: Model Okami

So a fair bit of coverage there.

Luffy's awake, Zoro is being delayed a little, Franky got his win and we know what Yamato's Zoan form looks like.

While I understand that people wanted more from Sasaki character wise I won't fault Oda because we envisioned a narrative he wasn't following. Would it have been cool for him to be related to Kokoro? Sure, but it wasn't all necessary, and we can't undermine Sasaki's durability; he was jumped by Denjiro first (who is still AWOL), had his belly cut open early into the fight, got suplexed right on the head, plus he took a General Cannon and survived - the same kinda attack that even knocked Big Mom back a bit. Franky was clever in his fight too, using the deception of his mechsuit to carve an opening - I do however wonder if the suit will return into play, the docking system is already jammed by the Numbers and now the shoulder cannon and shield are tattered, maybe it's cause for an upgrade?

Luffy being awake will of course set us on a path to get him back in the fight, and Zoro's delay seems to be leading to him arriving only at a decisive moment - perhaps when King comes to outnumber Sanji or someone attacks Tiny Tiny Chopper.

Yamato's Zoan form looks cool, though I do worry like others about how feminine it looks. I trust Oda not to make Yamato go back to identifying as a woman when Kaido's defeated but it is a small voice in the back of the mind, I know a lot were set on the White Tiger as well to counter the Azure Dragon and it might still be the case but it does look to be more canine. It is kinda strange how similar it looks to Su Long as well, the argument of Yamato or Carrot continues in that regard and maybe a plus for whoever thinks that Momo and Tama will join the crew as apprentices with Carrot and Yamato as retainers to parallel Oden, Toki, Inu and Neko (Yamato being Inu as the Okami and Carrot being Neko since Su Long is Moon Lion).

Alas, more questions will be due for next week, one expects Robin to get that W over Maria next time around, though the fact that we're running out of big names is still cause for worry, their converging on the Performance Hall implies there might be a battle royale at the end, army vs 2 yonko or something? No Week break for now so we shall have to wait and see.

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VIOLA'S ETN DEATH CHART.

y’all know the drill by now (i think). under the cut is the breakdown of events (most notably deaths) in viola’s etn au. please be mindful of spoilers for the show, as many of the events that take place in etn will be carried over for the au!

VIOLA CADAVERINI, THE MAFIA PRINCESS (SEASON 1).

before the events of etn, viola was very close to tim and andrea, as they all worked together in less-than-legal contexts. tim is loyal to viola since she outranks him in the mob.

episode 1 : same as canon ; shane gets poisoned by the estate and dies. when searching for the antidote, viola joins andrea and tim in the library. surviving: sierra, oli, glozell, andrea, lele, joey, eva, matt, justine, tim, viola challenge survivors: n/a

episode 2 : viola, deeming eva suspicious, decides to vote her in. however, she is picked alongside andrea. viola picks tim to defend her and andrea picks justine. andrea is killed. surviving: sierra, oli, glozell, lele, joey, eva, matt, justine, tim, viola challenge survivors: viola, justine(?), tim(?)

episode 3 : tim and viola are both quite upset at justine’s attitude towards andrea, though viola is less vocal about it. though viola’s creepy demeanour does get her some votes in the hat, justine is picked to be buried alive. surviving: sierra, oli, glozell, lele, joey, eva, matt, tim, viola challenge survivors: viola, tim(?)

episode 4 : matt and lele are picked to play perverse games with the mannequins. when they discover the death journal, they realize they probably can’t kill each other with it and therefore start deliberating. both agree to kill off the most useless person, but matt thinks that’s sierra and lele thinks it’s viola. matt doesn’t want to upset tim by killing viola, and lele likes sierra and wants her to live. they spin the bottle to decide, but when it lands on matt, he chickens out and lele doesn’t want to accept the outcome anyway. after re-deliberating, they both decide to take the “easy way out” by using their betrayal death to protect joey — i.e. by killing glozell. lele is the one to write glozell’s name in the book. surviving: sierra, oli, lele, joey, eva, matt, tim, viola challenge survivors: viola, lele, matt, tim(?)

episode 5 : same as canon ; oli and tim are picked for the show, but neither die. however, oli gets very upset with joey for voting him in. surviving: sierra, oli, lele, joey, eva, matt, tim, viola challenge survivors: viola, lele, matt, oli, tim

episode 6 : sierra is heavily voted, and oli votes for joey because of his grudge from the previous episode. joey knowingly kills sierra. surviving: oli, lele, joey, eva, matt, tim, viola challenge survivors: viola, lele, matt, oli, tim, joey

episode 7 : eva gets massively pissed with joey for killing sierra, and joey tries to protect himself by turning the group against eva. somewhere in there, though, a vote is cast for oli, and eva and oli go into the challenge together. eva wins and oli dies. surviving: lele, joey, eva, matt, tim, viola challenge survivors: viola, lele, matt, tim, joey, eva

episode 8 : lele convinces eva to stop voting for joey, and the group reaches a relative peace, though some contestants are visibly disturbed by eva’s girlboss behaviour. everyone puts their own name in the hat, and viola and tim are chosen. tim sacrifices himself for viola. surviving: lele, joey, eva, matt, viola challenge survivors: viola, lele, matt, joey, eva

episode 9 : once again, everyone lets the house choose the names. lele and viola are picked, and since they have to choose a man to assist them, eva can’t help. to everyone’s surprise, lele chooses matt to help her, and viola therefore chooses joey. however, neither of them can get three rings in time, and both lele and viola are electrocuted. surviving: joey, eva, matt challenge survivors: matt, joey, eva

final survivors: joey, eva, matt

#tbt #one day ill make a s4 au for her i guess but god. her arc is so good in this one already #maybe ill just leave it alone

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Never-Ending Encore, ch. 4

Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5

Chapter Summary: Eden is just fine, thank you very much. Stitches? Hospitals? Noooooo thank you, sir.

Warning: minor swearing, minor blood, injured character, nonchalance towards death

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Chapter 4:

“Hey, you okay?”

“Gah!” Eden snapped toward the sudden voice — too fast. Her vision went black.

Someone swore as the earth careened under her, spinning like a carousel gone wild. She slipped into the darkness, her stomach doing somersaults. It was as if a powerful storm had caught her and twisted her outrageously high into the air, leaving her hurtling blindly toward the earth.

Something strong grabbed her, holding her steady. Eden blinked, her sight gradually returning from the blackness. Everything continued to sway and she groaned in dizzy displeasure.

“Easy there,” the strange, familiar voice urged. “Easy.”

She did her best to focus on the red figure in front of her. It swam around in her vision before eventually settling in place. A shiny red… something above a strong pair of shoulders. A… head? No, no. It was a… a… Eden furrowed her brows, trying to pull the word from her murky mind.

A helmet. That’s what it was. And she knew the man wearing it. She remembered the angry look of his “eyes” and the way he’d towered over her. He’d frightened her. But then he laughed with her — and then he laughed at her. She squirmed as the memory grew clearer.

“Hold still,” he ordered, his voice sounding more robotic than human. Under his brown jacket, a red symbol popped against the dark grey of the rest of him. A red bat.

Was that his name? No, no— it was Red Hood. He wore a red helmet and a red bat, but Red Hood was his name. He’d made a joke about it. She remembered.

“Shit,” he hissed, looking down. “You’ve lost a lot of blood.”

Blood?

Slowly, Eden became aware of the pressure on her neck and the sticky wetness there that went all the way down her shirt. Then she noticed the same with her left hand. She tried looking down at them, but Red Hood forced her chin up. For that brief moment, her hand was empty.

“Hold still,” he said again.

“Okay,” she murmured, still struggling to come out of her daze. She felt the pressure on her hand again. “Are you holding my hand?”

“No. I’m trying to stop the bleeding.”

“Oh, okay.” She furrowed her brows. “Why?”

“Because you’ll die if I don’t.”

“Well, that’s not such a big deal,” she mumbled, confused by the gravity of his words. “It’s fine if I die, you know.”

Red Hood shifted and stared straight at her. Despite being unable to see it, his gaze was piercing. It drilled right through the fog in her mind, making Eden realize what she’d said. More importantly, she realized what it sounded like. Especially to someone who didn’t know.

“I’m sorry!” she said jolting forward. Red Hood pushed harder against her neck, forcing her to lay against the building again. “That wasn’t—” She glanced down, embarrassed but trying not to move her head. “That wasn’t what I meant to say, I swear. I meant to say… um… I don’t know what I meant to say but it wasn’t, uh, that.”

Red Hood didn’t respond. The angry glare etched into his helmet’s white eyes amplified the intense, unreadable emotion coming off him.

Eden looked away, her face hot. From the corner of her eye, she caught the sight of one of her dead attackers.

“Um. So. About those guys…”

“Don’t worry,” Red Hood said gruffly. “They’re not dead.”

“Oh.”

“Don’t sound so disappointed,” he scoffed.

“I’m not disappointed!” she said quickly. “Just…”

“Surprised?”

“No! … Okay, maybe a little,” she admitted. “But are they really not dead? You kinda shot them, Mr. Hood. Where I come from, that generally kills people.”

He made a short noise. “They’re alive, I promise.” He moved her head slightly, readjusting the pressure on her neck. “You’re the cookie girl,” he said after a moment.

Eden blinked at him in surprise. She didn’t think someone like him – a masked vigilante, an ex-mob boss and killer, a hero – would remember a random spaz like her.

It wasn’t a question, but she still nod—

“Don’t nod.”

She totally did not nod.

“I’m the cookie girl,” she confirmed with a smile. “Nice to see you again, Mr. Hood. Though I wish it was under better circumstances.”

Red Hood hummed, then quietly dipped his head. He glanced down to where the two men lay in the street, apparently still alive.

She couldn’t know for sure, but Eden had the sneaking suspicion his face held the same pensive look Mama's sometimes did. The one she slipped on when someone hunting for their spouse or kids started crossing a line. The look that warned people just how dangerous her mother could be. The silent reminder of what she could, would, do to scumbags stupid enough to push their luck.

“I’m glad you liked them by the way,” Eden suddenly chirped, relieved when his attention returned to her. “The cookies, I mean. I got your note; it was very sweet of you to leave one. I guess everything went okay with the, uh,” she gestured vaguely in the direction of her apartment, “the vigilante thing on my street last week?”

He stared at her a moment. “Uh… yeah. Yeah, it worked out,” he said sounding more than a little baffled.

Eden grinned, pleased to have distracted him. “Glad to hear it, Mr. Hood."

After another moment, Red Hood suddenly moved forward, tilting his head as the pressure on her neck lessened briefly. Then he did the same with her hand, checking it.

“The bleedings almost stopped,” he muttered to himself, almost in disbelief.

“Well, that’s good!”

He looked up at her again. She lifted her brows, smiling innocently. A small sound escaped him, either a scoff or a chuckle.

“And it doesn’t sound like you’re choking on blood.”

“More good news,” she said happy to hear the amusement in his distorted voice.

“And you have your chatty, chipper attitude back.”

“I’m not chatty and chipper,” she shot back. “I’m a witty bundle of nerves that doesn’t know how to shut up.”

“Oh, is that what you are?” Red Hood asked with a snicker.

“Unfortunately, yes. As you can see, it’s worked out very well for me so far.”

He mumbled something – too garbled by whatever it was that garbled his voice for Eden to understand – and shook his head. He looked over her wounds again. She could almost feel him frowning at her neck.

“You’re gonna need stitches for that.”

A hearty chuckle came from her throat. Her – her! Eden Smith! – with stitches! The boys would howl at the moon if they heard!

But her humor quickly evaporated when a sudden, sharp pain followed the laugh.

She gasped as her body jerked. A stinging, burning feeling in her neck dug down into her chest. Every ounce of air hissed out of her lungs. She clutched at Red Hood’s hands — already on top of the deep cut and forcing more pressure back onto it.

“Don’t move. You’re okay,” he urged. “You’re okay, Cookie Girl.”

Eden – gapping like a fish out of water, blinking through the pain – still had the good sense to glare at him.

“Breathe,” he told her.

She forced a deep breath of air into her lungs. Then another. And another.

“There you go,” he soothed. “You got it, Cookie Girl. Keep it up.”

“My name’s—” wheeze “—not—” wheeze “—Cookie Girl!”

“No offense, but I really don’t care right now.”

“Well, I do! My name’s Eden,” she said stubbornly. “Eden Smith.” She took one more good breath then forced her body to relax as the pain slowly ebbed. A few seconds passed; Red Hood kept applying the same amount of force to her neck. “You can stop that now. I’m fine.”

He made a gruff noise. She gave him a small shove with her good hand but was like a breeze pushing against a rock; ridiculously ineffective. He got the hint though, and the pressure eased. She took another big breath right after, to reassure him.

“Thank you.”

“Yeah,” he grumbled. “You need to get to a hospital.”

“Absolutely not, but thank you.”

Red Hood tilted his head. “Did you hit your head, too? I already said you needed stitches, and after that little episode—”

“No, I’m fine, thank you,” she said hurrying to her feet.

The world veered off its center again and Eden leaned too far over trying to correct it. Her body stumbled and fell into Red Hood as he came up after her. He caught her with unfair ease and Eden’s face exploded with heat.

“That was on purpose,” she grumbled, desperately ignoring how firm his muscles were as she used his arms to balance herself. “I’m fine.”

“You are definitely not fine, Cookie Girl.”

“Eden.”

“Whatever. I’m taking you to the hospital.”

She’d just about gotten her footing back when he moved his hands around her. Surprised at the action, she jolted and slipped. Red Hood caught her a second time, with even greater ease.

“Did you do that on purpose, too?” he mocked.

“I might’ve,” she said indignantly, her nose in the air.

He shook his head at her. He turned her so she could lean into his hold as he budged her forward, but Eden just used the position to dig her heels in. He huffed.

“You realize I can just throw you over my shoulder if you're gonna keep being difficult, right?"

“Mr. Hood, please!”

He stopped, startled perhaps by the seriousness of her plea. Eden took the opportunity to turn and face him again. She took a gloved hand in her good one, holding it as tightly as she could, begging him to listen.

“I’m sorry I’m being difficult – I really am – but you don’t understand. I can’t go to the hospital, Mr. Hood, it’s… I'm...” She looked down, not sure what to say.

It wasn’t dangerous, necessarily. Or bad, or unsafe. She could go to the hospital and get treated. The victim of a mugging-gone-wrong needing some stitches wouldn’t raise any red flags. And if they told her to come back for a checkup, she could just cancel the visit later or skip it entirely.

The problem was her name. Specifically, them putting her name into their databases.

Did hospitals let patients go by Jane Doe if they asked nicely? Maybe. But anonymous patients still have to tell the staff their name at some point, don't they? For payments or whatever? That was a risk Eden couldn't take, especially not for something as small as two little cuts.

Chances were, Mama already knew where she was. That was the first thing a person learned living under her roof: Louanne Smith always knows more than you think she does.

She was probably just leaving Eden alone for now; giving her space until she was ready to reach back out unprompted. She probably checked in on her from time to time, too; in some invisible way Eden could only guess at.

But if her name popped up at a hospital, or an urgent care, or – heaven forbid – a morgue? There was no doubt in her mind that her mother would swoop into Gotham City and be standing face-to-face with her in mere hours. Eden couldn't handle that right now. And if Frank somehow caught wind of it, too? Now that he – apparently – cared about her well being again?

Eden really could not handle that possibility right now. Or ever.

“Alright.”

Eden peered up at Red Hood's sudden verdict. “Alright?” she said.

“I won’t take you to a hospital.”

"You... You won't?" A breath of relief spilled from her lungs as her worries left her body. With a sincere, gracious smile, she put a hand on his chest. The metallic-like material of the bat symbol was cool against her sliced palm. “Thank you, Mr. Hood. Thank you very, very much.”

Red Hood shifted, moving his hand up and across his helmet as if to push his hair back, then gripped the nape of his neck. “Yeah, you’re welcome,” he grumbled. The distortion nearly garbled his voice completely, making him sound more embarrassed than he probably was.

Eden snickered at the idea – the dangerous, infamous Red Hood embarrassed by little ol' her – then gagged and shoved her good hand on top of her stinging neck. She put up the other hand to stop Red Hood from grabbing her. The pain wasn’t as intense this time, nor did it dig quite as deeply into her throat and chest. She was starting to heal — not that it sounded like it, the way she was gasping.

“You still need help,” he said, serious again as she took long, deep breaths. He tilted his head upward, toward the rooftops. After a moment of silent contemplation, he huffed and wrapped a tight hand around Eden’s waist.

Her entire face went up in flames as he pulled her close. She wanted to ask what he was doing, but what came out instead was a very proper and dignified “Gyuhh!?” sound.

“Hold on tight,” he said pulling out and aiming a— a grappling hook!?

“Waitwaitwaitwaitwait!”

Red Hood, with his finger on the trigger, jerked to a halt. He looked down at her, his head tilting to the side.

“I almost died going to the store so I could make some bread,” she said pointing to her nearly forgotten grocery bags. “I sure as heck ain’t leaving my stuff behind now!”

He stared at her, his hold on her faltering. Eden felt her face heating up again. She wondered if he was beginning to regret coming to her aid.

Even so, she did not dip her head or back down. She’d paid for those ingredients fair and square, and if dying wasn’t on the menu tonight, there was absolutely no reason for her to have to go back to the store and buy the same things a second time.

“You’re serious, aren’t you?” he muttered.

“Incredibly so,” she said nodding firmly.

He stared at her another few seconds, then sighed. Letting her go, he went and quickly collected her things. Picking up the last bag, he glanced into it and looked back over at Eden.

“You seriously went to the store in the middle of the night to bake bread?” he asked in disbelief.

“I just said I was serious."

“Yeah, but I didn’t think you were serious serious.” He shuffled her bags around as he walked up to her again, looking through them. “This is literally just eggs, flour… yeast...”

“Yes. We’ve been over this, Mr. Hood. I just told you I was serious, like, two seconds ago.”

“There’s not even any booze,” he said mystified.

Eden blinked at him. “Mr. Hood, I’m starting to think you need more medical attention than I do.” She reached out to take the bags from him, but Red Hood just slid them up his arm, scoffing.

“I think you need help in the head, Cookie Girl.”

“Keep it up, mister," she said with a glare, "and I’m gonna start calling you Red Bat.”

“You know,” he contemplated, pulling her close again and taking out his grappling hook, “I could just bring you to a hospital. It’d be much faster and easier than me—”

“Actually!” She threw her arms around him, talking in a high, fast pitch. “I suddenly feel Cookie Girl growing on me, Mr. Red Hood, sir! It’s a real sweet nickname; you can 100% call me that anytime!”

Red Hood chuckled at her. The vibrations from his chest ran through to hers, reminding Eden just how tightly he was holding her. “Then hang on, Cookie Girl.”

She nodded, lowering her head and tightening her grip on him. This wasn’t her first time traveling through Gotham via grappling hook; she’d done it once before, years ago, on her first visit to the city. She could still remember the breathless thrill of soaring across the city's skyline; her remaining fears transformed to smiles and laughter. Her hero had laughed with her.

She would try not to do that now that she was an adult. Especially not with Red Hood. He would certainly tease her.

"Ready?"

"Ready."

He lifted the grappling hook and lowered himself slightly. Eden followed his lead. He pushed off the ground and they were brought high into the air.

Eden immediately grinned, weightless and free in the city's skies. It was as amazing as she remembered it. —

Any feedback is loved and appreciated! 💕🥰💕

Chapter 5

#red hood #jason todd #red hood x oc #jason todd x oc #red hood x reader #jason todd x reader #jason peter todd #oc: Eden Smith #Never-Ending Encore #jason todd fanfiction #red hood fanfiction #my writing #cross posted on ao3

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grumpy-zane · 3 years

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((NS15 thoughts Under the cut! Fromatted as a live blog. Stopped at episode 4

EPISODE ONE

why has no one drawn the fire city lady. Miss. Demeanor.

WHAT, CRIMINALS *WANT* to be targets of the ninja??? Criminal Syndicate??

Property Damage follows the ninja no matter where they go.

Zane why are you so w e a k what. just un-spin the tornado.

‘vengestone has few practical uses’ hello??

Lloyd a ‘100 ft tall tornado of water’ is a water spout. WHY IS UR TECH NO WATER PROOF HELLO??

Wojira is a ‘Storm Spirit’ .

Merlopians are the first of Ninjago, Nyad is also a Merlopian. It sounds like Wojira was some sort of artificial construct, since she does not operate without both amulets. Perhaps resurrected, kept awake by the gems in her head?

Ray and Maya, hahaahah~ Waaaaa, I like them a lot.

EPISODE TWO

Maya really shoudl cool it a little bit, maybe understand your daughter first before whipping everything up.

Maya is a Vegetarian.

Maya is simply repeating what what drilled into her for the battle against the time twins/ serpentine wars at the ripe age of probably 16 %D

Kai ninjago. Got dang it.

Pixal and Zane hecking leave and do their own thing. ‘oh we got a mission’ takes a nice walk in the park first.

‘Tautaurus trench’ - deepest point in the oceans of Ninjago

EPISODE THREE

Pixal you built that submarine all by yourself? Borg is crying tears of joy, proud of his daughter.

Kai ninjago. Dang it. Care about him, he’s so. Kai ninjago.

Maya let your daughter live her life. I get it, you had no time to be a mom, but Kai is litterally RIGHT THERE.

Zane ninjago being weird again. Please do thousands of terabytes of cowboys next. Pixal how do you put up with him.

A good face to redraw.

‘as we go deeper, I can feel its elemental power growing, it’s almost oveerwhelming...’ Okay I wonder if this applies to morro as well when it comes to strong storms?

‘No ones ever been this deep before’ do you mean no human living? Probably crushed by the pressure.

Ducklesworth the Butler

Nya forcibly ejects Maya out the airlock. One Imposter remains.

‘Reduce speed!’ ship moves faster

EPSIDOE FOUR

Zane plunger.

Once again, I am glad that the submarine isn’t nuclear, that means pressure won’t lead to an explosion and/or radiation leakage, but just a compression!

the whoel thing about Jay not being permitted to charge the battery is the same feeling of when No one listened to kai in Decoded.

The water is surprisingly clear despite all of the geothermal activity.

‘Go no further ye who seek [Wojira], for the sleeper in the deep must not be disturbed until the end of days’ in a primitive dialect that predates the FSM. This could be taken multiple ways, either that it is a form of Old Ninjargon, serpentine, or flat out a different language completely. > I am ruling out the last option, for if it was completely different and that old, the data on it should be more scarce, especially if it was exclusive to the merlopian people.

#mun rambles

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turning-dreams-into-chaos · 5 years

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Banished (Part 28)

*Not My Gif*

Summary: When the 100 was sent to the ground, Y/N Y/L/N was one of them. Having been locked up for almost 8 years, how will she react to surviving on Earth? Especially when she gets banished…

Post Date: 12-13-19

Paring: Bellamy Blake x Reader

Word Count: 3.2K

~Master~

~Banished Master~

*Based off episode 2x15 of The 100, Blood Must Have Blood (Part 1)

Since you thought you saw your mom, you’ve been trying to take it easy. You wanted to be here. You needed to be here, but everything seemed to be going a million miles a minute. The Grounders hadn’t made your life any easier, neither had seeing your dead mom though. You didn’t know what was happening but no matter how much you tried to shake off the feeling and thoughts, it just didn’t work and you found yourself thinking more and more about Mount Weather.

Clarke caught on quickly. She was shocked her mom even allowed you to leave Camp Jaha after the injuries you’ve endured without a proper check up. But here you were. And something was up.

Your non-stitched leg bounced against the ground as you fixated on your mom sitting by the fire in front of you. Her eyes met yours with for a split second before Clarke tapped your shoulder, pulling your attention away as you jumped.

“Are you okay?” She asked as you looked back to your mom, only for her to have disappeared once again. You let out a shaky breath and plastered on a smile.

“Yeah. Everything’s great.” You lied as Clarke took the spot next to you, eying your leg and the bruises that had formed across your collarbone from the building.

She shook her head. “My mom shouldn’t have let you leave.”

“Yeah, didn’t really give her much of a choice.” Lexa caught your attention as Stg. Miller walked into the camp, a container of hydrazine in his hands. “Let’s go, Lexa wants us.” You stood up as you wavered. Clarke was on her feet, holding you up as her eyes widened.

“Y/N, you need to get checked out, if not for your blood loss then for your head. I think you have a concussion.” You ignored her concern as you moved towards Lexa. “You can’t do this.”

“You’re not in charge of me. You’re not my leader Clarke.” You snapped, spinning on your heel to face her. Clarke looked away from you, her jaw locking.

“I’m saying this as a friend Y/N.”

You scoffed and bit your lip. “Yeah, you aren’t much of that either.” Her eyes dropped to the floor. “You let a bomb drop on my head. And Octavia’s, your mom, Kane, Indra. You didn’t even try to save us.”

“That’s not true.” Her voice cracked as she held back a layer of tears. You looked at her, the face of a girl regretful of her choices as you took a seat again. Clarke felt hopeful as she joined you, pulling her knees up to her chest.

“I need to do this Clarke. I need to be a part of this fight.” You whispered. It felt like years before Clarke looked at you, her tears finally settled against her eyelids.

“Why?”

You took in a deep breath as you and Clarke stood up, moving towards Lexa’s tent. “I’m tired of being the reason why people die. I... I want to save someone.” Clarke understood completely. After everything, killing people was the last thing she wanted to do. But if that was how she was going to save her friends, then so be it.

You walked into the tent with Clarke, but you moved to stand on the other side of Lexa before Sgt. Miller entered. They gave Clarke the hydrazine, apologizing for Abby’s absence before Clarke said it was fine.

“The wounded in Tondc need her more.” She glanced at you which went unnoticed by all but you and Lexa. David walked away as the field commanders circled around the table in front of you.

“Today’s the day we get our people back.” Lexa announced, getting everyone’s attention. “The enemy thinks they are safe behind their door and they’re not. When realize that, they will fight back. Hard.”

Clarke looked down at the map of the mountain. “This is a rescue mission. We are not here to wipe them out. There are people inside that mountain that have helped us, children who have nothing to do with this war. We kill their soldiers, their leadership if we have to, but we are there to rescue our people. Is that clear?” Mumbles came from everyone as they agreed to Clarke’s conditions. “Good. Then let’s begin.” She explained the plan with the 4 groups, Raven and Wick go to the Dam, Indra and Octavia leading through the mines, Bellamy and the Grounders in Mount Weather, and Clarke, Lexa, and you by the front door. “According to Maya, the electromagnetic locking system has one flaw. When the power goes out, it disengages. That's where Raven's team comes in. The mountain's electricity is generated at Philpott Dam. By now, they've taken the turbine room.” Clarke told you all about Raven and Wick who were supposed to blow the power.

“There is a catch.”

Of course there was, you thought.

“A backup generator inside the mountain. If the lock is still functioning when that backup power kicks in, we'll never get that door open, we'll never get our people back.”

“How long do we have before Backup power kicks in?” You asked as you crossed your arms, stepping closer to the map.

Clarke sighed. “One minute. That’s the window.” You nodded slowly. You weren’t sure if this was going work. Even if everything went perfectly, one minute was a hard deadline. David agreed with your thoughts and suggested having Bellamy do it, but Clarke shook her head. “Leaving them without power that long would kill them. And besides, we lost contact with Bellamy.”

“What?” You glared at her, obviously not getting that memo. “When?”

“After he took out the fog.” She admitted and frowned, her head tilting apologetically. You scoffed, forgetting the other people in the room.

“You weren’t going to tell me?” You asked as Lexa grabbed your shoulder.

“Bellamy’s a warrior. He’ll be fine.” She tried to convince you as you stopped glaring at Clarke.

“He better be.” You muttered to yourself. Lexa heard you but made no indication as Clarke moved on and finished explaining the plan.

When she was done, Lexa stepped up, looking everyone in their eyes as she made her final speech. “The mountain has cast a shadow over these woods for too long. They've hunted us, controlled us, turned us into monsters. That ends today. Thanks to our alliance with the Sky People, the mountain will fall. As Clarke said, we spare the innocent. As for the guilty... Jus dren just daun.”

The grounders chanted the words over and over again and Clarke joined in, but you couldn’t. All you could think about was the possibility of Bellamy in Mount Weather and you no longer have contact with him. What if he was caught? What if he was already gone and you had no idea.

Losing this war was not an option.

You flickered your sights to the corner of the room, the sun filtered in through the rip of the tents as your breathing picked up and your mom stood there once again.

Why? Why was she always there?!

“Y/N?” Lincoln came up next to you, his hand landing on the small of your back but you didn’t look at him. “Y/N.”

“What?” You finally pulled your eyes away and looked at him. He narrowed his eyes and looked where you had been staring off but saw nothing.

“Bellamy will be fine.” He wasn’t sure what caused your worries but he assumed it involved Bellamy’s safety. “Come on. Let’s talk.” He lead you outside, away from the masses before you both sat against two trees, looking at each other.

Neither of you said anything as you sat in each other’s comfort, listening to the calls of the grounders around you. Your eyes were shut as you stared into the sky and Lincoln watched you closely.

“This is nice.” You told him as he nodded, looking up into the sky.

“It’s a good distraction. Gets you out of your head.”

“I could really use that.” You let out a quiet laugh as Lincoln furrowed his brow.

“What’s going on with you Y/N?” He asked as you groaned, falling onto the ground completely.

“Why does everyone keep asking me that?”

Lincoln watched your actions, seeing the way you took deep breaths as he moved to lie next to you. “Well maybe if you let people in they would stop asking.”

You turned to look at him, your mouth down turned as you sigh. “You really want to know what’s going on in my head?” He nodded. You didn’t know what to say, was he serious? “Maybe some other time.” You whispered before looking up at the sky. Lincoln was disappointed you didn’t open up a little but he knew you heard him. He knew you’d let someone in, even if it wasn’t him. “Do you think we’re gonna win?” You asked him, peaking through one eye. Lincoln didn’t know how to answer you as he glanced over to Lexa, seeing her talking to Clarke before he sighed. “You don’t have to answer. It was a dumb question.”

“There’s no winning in war, Y/N.” You gave him a sad smile before standing up, wiping the dirt off your pants before looking down at Lincoln.

“Why do you have be so depressing, Lincoln?” You joked as the man chuckled, standing on his feet before the two of you walked back. “Thanks for the quick distraction. Now, let’s go open a door.”

It wasn’t that long afterwards where you were standing outside Mount Weather, watching Monroe drill holes into the door. The sound of the drilling stopped and made you look up, Monroe turning around in satisfaction. “That should do it. Bombs away.”

Sgt. Miller walked up to the door as Clarke told him to be careful and he nodded. You and Lincoln shared a look before following Miller’s father. He pulled out the container of Hydrazine, his hands shaking heavily as you placed yours over his, comforting him. “You can do this.” You told him as he looked up at you then to Lincoln.

“What if we’re too late?” He asked you as you felt a lump form in your throat at the similarity of your fears.

“What if we aren’t? Draw your strength from your son.”

David looked between the two of you and himself. All coming from different backgrounds, a Grounder, a Guard, and a prisoner, but all in the same place. “The mountain has taken too much from all of us, hasn’t it.” You felt Lincoln’s eyes on you as your hand trailed off David’s hand, letting him put the bomb in the hole.

You needed to wait for Raven and Wick before the bombs could go off, so you stood there staring at the door and playing with the handle of the sword on your hip as Clarke approached you for the second time that day.

“Think this will work?” She asked as you nodded slowly.

“Don’t really have any other choice, now do we?” You gave her a playful smile which she happily returned. “Clarke. About this morning, what I said? I don’t blame you for Tondc. I can’t imagine if you told us where we’d end up. Bellamy would’ve been caught and we’d be dead anyways. That’s not on you.”

Clarke didn’t know what to say, she was grateful you understood and wasn’t holding it over her head. “Thank you.” She said before glancing over at Lexa. You followed her gaze as Lexa walked up to the two of you.

“This is taking too long.” Clarke told her as Lexa stood in between the two of you, staring at the metal in front of you all. You let the two girls be as you moved to stand alone, needing to sort your thoughts out. You could’ve sworn you heard your name followed by come to Polis but you didn’t listen to their conversation. You wished things would hurry up, but your stomach dropped to the ground when gunshots came across the forest you turned to Clarke quickly. “It’s coming from the damn.”

“They know we’re going for the power.”

“They know we’re going for the door.” Lexa finished for her. You didn’t know what was going to happen next as Lincoln shouted something in Trig.

“As soon as those lights go off, you push that button.” David told Clarke, putting a hand on your shoulder to comfort you like you had for him.

Lincoln nodded, looking at the grounders around him before Clarke. “We’ll do the rest.”

The lights on the door went out and Clarke and you shared a look. “She did it.”

“One minute starting.” David said as you Lincoln tossed you a bow he had.

“It’s not yours-”

“But it will work.” You assured him with a smirk. Time kept ticking as the shield wall not 10 feet in front of you fell and David tried to run and trigger it manually. You knew he wasn’t going to make it and Clarke stopped him, telling him they will find a new way.

“There is no other way.” Lexa said as you looked past the rock you hid behind, Lincoln by your side as you both looked at the door.

“You don’t need one.” You said as you got Lincoln’s attention, pointing at the door with your bow as Lincoln nodded.

“10 seconds!” You both lit an arrow on fire and placed it in your bow. Clarke counted down from 5 as Lincoln and you aimed, taking one last breath before firing and hitting the bomb straight on.

It worked.

The door almost exploded as everyone paused, turning towards Lexa and Clarke for their next command.

“We need to get to the ridge and take out the shooters.” Lexa said as you nodded, grabbing some more arrows.

“I’m on it.”

“No!” She practically screamed, grabbing onto your arm. Her eyes bore into your as you crouched back down to her eye level. “You and Lincoln stay with Clarke. When the shooting stops, get that door open.” She commanded you. You were taken back by the fact she didn’t want you to go with her but non the less, you obliged. She took off, leaving you all there watching.

Lincoln was the first to move after Lexa left, moving from behind your cover as you shouted his name.

“Lexa did it.” He announced as you sighed in relief, letting him pull you off the ground. Sergeant Miller groaned under the scraps of metal as Clarke told everyone to make sure he’s okay before turning to you.

“They’ll be waiting just inside the door.”

“Good.” You mumbled before Lincoln led two lies towards the door and attached ropes. Everyone pulled, the door barely as you tapped your foot. “Come on.” You whispered eagerly, watching the men strain against the rope before the door finally inched open.

“Attack!”

Everyone cheered, about to fulfill her order before Lexa returned. She yelled for everyone to stand down as you loosened your stance, looking for her in the crowd.

She walked with Emerson. You and Clarke froze before you meeting her halfway.

“Lexa?” You eyed Emerson up and down but he remain unfazed. “What is this?”

The door pushed open more as you spun around. “Lexa?” You whispered as grounder after grounder came stumbling out of Mount Weather.

Just grounders.

“They’re surrendering?” Clarke asked as she came to your side, watching everyone before looking at Lexa.

Emerson just smirked. “Not quite.” Clarke didn’t get it but you did. Lexa cut a deal, her people and the grounders stop fighting.

“Please don’t do this.” Clarke pled as you stared at lexa, unable to form any words.

“I’m sorry Clarke.” She said and glanced to you but her eyes left almost as quickly.

“You didn’t tell me?” Lexa refused to look in your eyes as you took a step closer. “Why didn’t you tell me?” A grounder stepped between you and her as you glared at him, your fists clenched together and you could feel your shaking as you separated yourself from the man, your head dropping almost instantly.

“Commander, let us fight.” Lincoln stepped forward taking your place as you took a few steps back. Lexa declined Lincoln’s request before turning to you.

“All our people withdraw. Those are our terms.” She said but you didn’t move or say anything. Clarke’s mouth dropped open as

Lexa began walking, standing in front of you. “Choose Y/N.”

What were you supposed to do?

Follow Clarke? Save your friends and possibly get kicked out again? Or Follow Lexa? Join her at Polis where she promised you could join.

Your feet worked faster than your mind and you found yourself walking behind Lexa in the forest.

“Y/N!” Clarke called after you. “Bellamy’s in there. Jasper, Monty, Harper. You can’t just leave them.” Clarke yelled at you as you slowed down, barely turning to her before carrying on. Your mind was reeling as Lexa glanced at you and nodded, both of you moving forward before you were out of the Skypeople’s view.

You stared down at the ground as you walked, falling more and more behind as Lexa turned to look. She said your name, gaining your attention as you finally stopped.

“I can’t.” You whispered into the night air. She sent the rest of her people ahead a little before joining you. “I can’t leave them.”

“Them or him?” She asked as you sucked in a breath, avoiding her eyes. She knew what you were doing, she knew you needed to do this. “Hodnes laik kwelnes.” You gave her a sad smile before grabbing your sword off your hip and held it out to her.

“I know. But you’re right. I can’t leave him.” Lexa just stared at you, inhaling deeply as she looked down a your silver blade. The handle was shaking as you gripped it, waiting for Lexa to take it from you but she didn’t. Instead she gave a small smile and pushed the blade towards you. You were surprised but didn’t want her to see.

“We will meet again.” She told you as you nodded, your mouth opening slightly as you chuckled.

“Yes we will.” You took one last glance around the grounder before turning back to Mount Weather where Bellamy waited for a rescue.

Clarke had watched as you followed Lexa, turning to the door in hopes of finding another plan.

“Clarke! Let’s go, we’ll find reinforcements.” David called out to her as she remained planted to the ground.

“Clarke. Come on.” Clarke turned around, facing Monroe as she sighed. “It’s over.” She said before leaving Clarke. Clarke didn’t want to listen as she turned around.

“It can’t be over.” Clarke whispered to herself as she stared at the doors to Mount Weather. She didn’t know what to do to save her friends.

You came up behind her, hesitating before touching her shoulder to make her turn around. “It’s not over until we get our friends back.”

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Fate: Winx Saga episode 2. No Strangers Here

Ah, more exposition fever

ah, this monster that i can't see is very scary in this supposed daylight lighting

I think that I will go this entire SIX episode season (thank god) not ever seeing what a Burned One (the monster) looks like...

Oh, right, I completely forgot that Bloom gave up on the school ON THE FIRST DAY!!!

"How are you feeling?" GAH, A NORMAL CONVERSATION STARTER

"well suck it up!" scratch that, the show doesn't want any good writing between teenagers

Wow, for being the friendliest of the bunch (it is a low standard considering this group), Terra sure is being rude to Musa.

Oh. MY GOD. I hate their interactions

"No one says anything to anyone" Teen tv drama in a nutshell.

Ah, evil villain of the series. I didn't recognize you without the braids for a minute.

Beatrix is her name apparently... not THAT I HEARD IT IN THE VERY FIRST EPISODE (or forgot about it, same thing really)

Wow, could she BE ANYMORE SUSPICIOUS? Next thing she says will propably be "Can I feed the Burned One you have currently locked in a shed in the woods behind a powerful barrier where only you have the key headmistress?" *blinks innocently*

Ah, yes brown nosing, that was what she was doing...

pop song number 1 (4 if you count the first episode)

Is Beatrix SERIOUSLY MAKING AN EVIL FACE while showcasing her power TO THE WHOLE CLASS?!?!?!?

I really want Bloom to actually have more control in her power in this scene. It only showcases how STUPID IT WAS THAT SHE WENT ON HER OWN ON THE OPENING DAY TOWARDS DANGER TO PRACTICE HER POWERS. And then giving up on the school.

"Focus on clear, positive feelings" *the entire class gossiping about her control of her powers*

Yes, focus on your parents and how they took away YOUR DOOR to FORCE YOU TO BE "MORE OPEN"

It is surreal to me, when the show becomes self aware of how stupid this plot can be. "why didn't you tell me about my parents headmistress? Instead I get to hear it from my roommates!"

"Eventually the answers will come" in a form of exposition monologue probably in the next 1 or 2 episode

Cryptic and vague?

Show: all this talk about feelings and learning more about your powers is getting boring... LET'S HAVE AN ACTION SEQUENCE WITH HOMOEROTIC UNDERTONES!!!!

"could you be 50% less of a dick" My motto watching this show made it in apparently...

JUST FUCK ALREADY!

That is the first scene where I actually feel that they have healthy mother/daughter relationship. Not, whatever the fuck those scenes from the last episode was

"I can actually hear your eyes roll" Oh, sorry, was I too loud?

Wow, and she end this conversation with an insult to her own daughter...

Holding a sign over her head saying "I am the evil student" would be less subtle for Beatrix!

No matter how many emotional scenes we get with Terra about her struggles, I will ALWAYS find her ANNOYING

I get so distracted in this scene because honestly, I think that this actress who plays Bloom would have been perfect for the role of Clary Fray in the Mortal instruments series. Now whether Kathryn McNamara would be better as Bloom that is another story, because she KILLED IT in Arrow and honestly I think that McNamara isn't cut for Teen drama... where were we again? Oh that's right

I mean she dresses the part of Clary Fray rather than Bloom

*snores*-GAH! What did I miss? Oh, nothing, just Bloom doing things herself rather than getting help and Stella being a bitch.

Stella: "Here, let me help you with controlling your power, you just need positive emotions. I'll just go ahead and bully you like the bitch I am"

I literally had to take a 10 minute break from this episode

This GREENhouse is unnaturally YELLOW considering all the plants

"you wanna see something cool?" "Sure" Me: No

This show makes me numb...

"Show, don't tell" And yet another one of my mantras made it in.

"That's Mr. Silva, who is fighting for his life, let's just stand here and where the hell has Bloom gone off to? That silly girl"

Oh, my god! That Burned one just went through Bloom's fire like it was nothing! Just kept on parkouring!

TOXIC RELATIONSHIP ALERT!

IS THERE SERIOUSLY NO BACK ENTRANCE OR A MEDICAL FACILITY THEY CAN DRAG SILVA THROUGH? THEY JUST HAD TO GO THROUGH THE MAIN CORRIDOR????

WOW BEATRIX! COULD YOU BE ANY MORE FAKE? "Oh, poo, headmistress"*blink blink*"Headmister Silva was hurt by that monster thing you kept in the barn in the woods"*proceeds to put eyedrops in her own eyes to produce tears*

I have no idea where anybody is in this scene.

There really is no medical facility in this school. Also "Someone released the burned one before we got there" "But who would do such a thing?" Beatrix:

Honestly I had no idea that the assistant was in on the evil scheme.

Dear god, that electric toothbrush is louder than my neighbor's drill... and our walls are made out of concrete, so if he hammers or drills on the wall, we can hear it as if he is doing it right next to us!

That toothbrush isn't even on. I mean it is not spinning, isn't it supposed to spin?

Stella: "I had to cover for us of what we were doing there trespassing." Me: So... what did you say?

Here's how the Hate to Like spectrum is to me so far: Stella and Terra, Bloom and Musa, then Aisha.

PFFT! OH MY GOD THAT CLIFFHANGER!

And I think this gif sums up my feelings about the episode:

#fate winx saga #fate the winx saga #live reaction series #not kidding I had to take a break

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