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A worthwhile website -- Super Team Family: the Lost Years. Admittedly I am spotty on mainstream superhero reference points. In the category of Archie (a mark of something that over a quarter of which are Captain Hero), I do think the "Archie -- Wonder Woman" cover is cheating -- what is that? A Dan Parent commission of Veronica in costume?
#Archie Comics#Super Team Family: The Lost Issues#Comic book crossovers#Jughead#Captain Hero#Dagwood#Condiment King#Bill Vigoda#Blondie#Paul Fung Jr#1974#1966#Batman: the Animated Series#Hamburgers#Chic Young
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This would've been a great crossover!
For more fun crossovers like this go to:
#Superman#Kal-L#Clark Kent#Kent Allyn#Lois Lane#Noel Neill#Flash Gordon#Buster Crabbe#Dale Arden#Jean Rogers#Gort#The Day the Earth Stood Still#robot#movie serials#Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues
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MATILDA
Aaron Hotchner
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cw; childhood trauma, panic attacks, illusions to drinking, abuse, self-worth issues, mentions of the bau's traumas, hurt, blood, violence, bit of a persistent and overbearing hotch at the end. PLEASE DO NOT READ IF ANY MENTION OF THESE THINGS TRIGGER YOU. This is a very deep and raw piece.
this has not been edited because it feels a bit too personal to reread lol
you have been warned.
You were always conditioned to brush off your feelings. It became a coping mechanism to get through the torment of your past. Physically you were fine but emotionally you were bruised and tainted with the colour indigo, that led to the bottled up pain.
No one knew your history or the treatment you went throuh as a child, in fact you often believed you history inferior due to your friends' upbringings. With Morgan being manipulated and molested, Emiy being dragged city to city to escape bible bashings, JJ losing a most beoved sister, Penelope losing her parents, Spencer's father leaving and him becoming a prodigy of the education system, Rossi watching his friends die right in front of him and Hotch. Well, Hotch's past had been a blurred line to the team, similar to yours. Though they knew something had happened to destroy you mentally for you to be where you were today- it was practically alien to have a member of the bau come from a happy home.
Your team had lost people around them, family, friends- life's true tragedy. But, you didn't. You lost no one but yourself.
You could argue that you lost you parents but it would be insensitive, they were still alive but they simply were never parents to you. They were strangers who barely even knew of your existence when you were present and a burden now that you were no longer around for them. No longer there to be their punching bag, no longer there to be their outlet of anger and cutthroat insults.
When the topic comes up, you deny, deny, deny.
"It's no big deal really," you would tell them with a large smile, diverting their attention and you had given them no reason to doubt you until one case.
A case that focused on parents abusing their children. You had almost gone quiet but it was not noticed, you played it off as exhaustion considering you had all been working back to back for weeks straight.
The jet felt colder that Tuesday morning, the seats glassed with a coat of ice as you sat down, letting out a shiver, Hotch takes his usual seat besides you and raises an eyebrow at you. "You okay?"
You nod with a smile, "Yeah it's no big deal, just a bit cold." You shrug, looking out the window, ready to set off for New Orleans. Midway through the flight, you feel a material rest over your legs, seeing Hotch reading the case file and hardly even looking at you. `like he could sense your need for some sort of comfort, whether it be from the sudden breeze or the pain inside your heart.
You arrive swiftly at the precinct, everyone getting up and getting to work. The team rarely struggled on a case but as you were all slumped around a board finishing your takeout. You look over the case files again and look up, causing eyes to dart over to you.
"Oh she's on-to something." Morgan exclaims.
"Let it download, almost there." Emily smirks slightly, watching the cogs turn in their head.
"A child can form a negative sense of love from super young, right?"
"Yeah, it's called our 'love map', it's the ideology of our internal software being developed from around the ages 5 to 6 based on our surroundings and the environment we grew up in." Spencer adds and agrees, seeing where you are going with this.
"And am i right in saying that it is effects our ability to process, receive and distribute love?" You inquire and Spencer nods along.
"Yeah, the result of a healthy development of self-cohesion, self-constancy, and self-agency is self-esteem. Positive affect becomes integrated with self-representation. A negative love map, essentially a distorted internal representation of what a healthy relationship looks like based on negative past experiences, can lead to significant issues in romantic relationships, including difficulty forming deep connections, distrust, emotional withdrawal, anxiety, and a tendency to repeat unhealthy patterns." Spencer nods along.
"So, this unsub had a broken home? Let's get Garcia to check records of social service calls to residents with multiple visits." Emily says to the team as they dial Garcia and are met with a sigh at the vast load she has to sieve through.
"I wouldn't rely on it there are so many left unreported." You added, shaking your head. "Look for school reports, teachers may have noticed suspicious behaviour and markings on a child- it's not much and hardly narrows it down but it is something."
The team nod impressed and you catch Hotch's eye as he narrows his eyes softly, like he was trying to read into your soul. You were, simply put, a book he could read one hundred times and still be unable to decode every last detail.
"Garcia, cross check school reports with silent 911 calls." You heart ached as you say the words, a rush of memories flooding back to you as you ran up the stairs of your house, hearing your father shouting up at you and your mother knocking on your door harshly. You'll never forget those knocks, like a constant reminder that you were always wrong. You had stolen the landline phone, really scared for your life in that moment. You were sat in you closet, knees tucked to your chest as silent tears glass your eyes.
"911, what's your emergency?"
Silence.
Bang.
Bang.
Bang.
"Hello?"
Bang.
Bang.
Bang.
"This is 911, are you in danger?"
Yes, help. Please. I'm scared.
Your shallow breaths cut through the silence before the call ended and your inevitable fate had drawn closer.
"I've cross checked teachers note with 911 calls and i think i have something." Garcia informs the team over the phone, "It may be a long shot but a man named Dane Kirighan called 911 twice but they were both silent, as our pretty girl said." She starts. "His mom Janet Kirighan recently passsed away... it says... oh- she was bludgened to death by a flat object four months ago.."
"That could be our stressor." Aaron nods at the team as Garcia continues.
"It gets worse, his father was sentenced to life for the murder of Janet Kirighan but he was deemed deceased only last month."
You stay silent. "He has abandonment issues, as much as he hated them both for the pain they inflicted, they left him again..."
"What's his address?"
The case was long, almost a week long and you were sure it was torturous. Memories came back in floods to the point that you could no longer focus on the situation at hand but rather the pain in Dane Kirighan's voice as he screamed in the line of crossfire.
One harsh scream then silence.
That silence you knew all too well, you left the scene quickly, getting into the back of one of the SUV's. You talk to no one, you look at no one, you react to nothing. Right now, you're as lifeless as Dane. The little boy who was manipulated and formed into a killer. You shouldn't but you empathise for him. You sympathise.
You knew that there were two sides to a coin and you and Dane Kirighan were one of the same. Heads vs Tales, you saw different lives but deep down you were made from the same foundations and ou were terrified.
You excused yourself from the car, heading into the bathroom to freshen up. No one joined you, which you were grateful for because currently, you hamd was stretched against the painted wall, clawing for something to hold you body up as your other dug into the skin of your chest as if it would help you breathe. Suddenly you were back in that closet, rocking back and fourth as you hear footsteps growing nearer to you.
You heart rate picked up at the memory, you breathing becoming shallow and uneven and suddenly the all too familiar burning sensation infiltrated your lungs. The need of oxygen grew stronger as you slid down the wall of the bathroom, feeling pathetic and completely naked on that tile flooring.
Bang.
Bang.
Bang.
Your mind became your biggest enemy as your heartbeat rung through you ears like a cry for help.
Footsteps.
The echo of your parent's footsteps grew louder in you mind as they neared the bathroom door.
Your heart was racing. Fuck. Breathing. You need to breathe. Come on. You gotta keep trying. In and Out. They're not here. You're safe.
Until silence, once again.
A laugh echoed from outside and you realised you were safe, you were home. Not all family was bad, but you didn't know how to be in the family. What was your role?
You walk back to the team after freshing up a bit, swearing an oath to yourself to avoid the topic of your panic attack.
You walk up to the team and they greet you with warm smiles.
"Nice call kid, you may not feel like it was positive but you helped." Rossi pulled you into a hug, a tight hug and you realised that the team knew. Fuck, they knew.
"How did you know?" Emiy inquires, breaking the ice to the topic. "How did you know to check for 911 calls?"
"I did it a few times," you shrug, being honest. This is what a family des right. "I knew nothing would come out of it but it felt like I was doing something."
Faces softened and you hated that.
You pull you hair into a ponytail and smile, though it is far from real. "it's no big deal."
"You were abused." Hotch's voice cuts the silence and zones his vision on you. "Do you hear me?"
"Hotch man-" Derek tries to intervene but Hotch cuts him off.
"You were abused." he repeats.
"Stop."
"You are a victim." he states so boldly with no judgement whatsoever.
"Stop," You repeat, urgently, feeling your emotions swell.
"It is a big deal. You. Were. Abused." He repeats and you are getting angry now, you hardly notice that Hotch had gestured for the others to leave.
"Hotch- stop it."
"Why are you defending them?"
"I'm not."
"The people you should trust the most hurt you, in every way they could."
"Hotch-" you feel tears threaten your eyes.
"That's why you don't trust easy. It's why you don't talk about your experiences. It's why you never miss a deadline because you think you will be punished. You think that your a burden and you bottle up your feelings and belittle them until they are overwhelming for you. Its why you can tell who is nearing you because you have our footsteps memorised. Do you know what these are?"
"Stop profiling me." You burst, your voice echoing through the walls.
A tear.
He lifts his hand.
You flinch.
He moves gently.
You look down.
He tilts your head up.
"It's all trauma responses. You are a victim of abuse and you're too thoughtful to ask for help because you don't want to gain friendships where people will leave you."
Your eyes are full of silent tears as you look up at him.
His heart breaks.
"You can let it go." He whispers to you, resting his hand on your cheek. "Do you hear me?"
You nod, you eyes rimmed red and glossy with pain.
"You-" he points at your chest, more specifically your heart. "You don't have to invite your blood related family to the party of your soul."
"Your heart, honey, truly is a party. It is beautiful, it is flourished, it is fun and it reflects every ounce of who you are. Your parents never showed you love but I do, we all do. Never be sorry for growing up surrounded by pain, never belittle your past experiences until you are on the edge okay?"
"What are you asking of me?"
"I'm asking you to let me love you... let me take care of you. You talk of all this pain like it's alright, it isn't so stop. A part of you feels like a lost cause but baby, you shine like the brightest star. You showed me a power that is strong enough to bring sun to the darkest days."
"I'm asking you to let me into your heart, your mind."
In that moment, you realised that you were starting a family who will always show you love and though it will be a long process, it will be worth it in the end.
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My pirate AU drawing has been getting a lot of love, so I thought I'd share my ideas about each character within this universe!
Yaz's Crew: Brooklynn and Ben
Sammy's Crew: Darius and Kenji
Yasmina:
Runs a very organized ship
Super skilled with a sword
Worked as a member of the royal navy, and went rogue when she realized how corrupt their organization was. She often targets ships owned by the navy to steal supplies and anything else of value.
She's considered a major threat by authorities due to her knowledge of their system, and how successfully she uses that knowledge against them.
Has issues with teamwork sometimes, as well as trusting people to complete tasks up to her standards
Brooklynn:
Has an uncanny sense of direction
Was famous for leading her own crew, but after losing a battle to another infamous pirate, she lost her ship, her crew, and her hand.
Yaz found her drifting in the sea and brought her back to good health.
Her missing hand was replaced with a hook
She and Yaz clash sometimes because Brooklynn is used to being a leader, but with time they've learned to get along.
Ben:
Loves cannons and will find any excuse to fire them
Yaz saved him from imprisonment by another crew of pirates, and he was so grateful he pledged his loyalty to her forever (even though she didn't really want it). His background was pretty sheltered and comfortable, so he had a lot to learn about being a pirate.
Bumpy is his pet crocodile, he found her as an egg and raised her on Yaz's ship. Yaz and Brooklynn freaked out when they saw her for the first time and told Ben to chuck her in the ocean. He set Bumpy free, but she follows the ship everywhere because she sees Ben as her mother.
Sammy:
A bit of an unexperienced leader, but her attitude makes up for it most of the time
Skills in carpentry have saved her ship from sinking on multiple occasions
Became a pirate to fight back against a crew that targeted her village and her family. After winning the fight, she was able to take over the ship, form a crew, and travel around to more towns in need of defending.
Her intentions are often misunderstood because through word of mouth, a lot gets mixed up. Her association with village raids gets her in trouble, even though it's her apprehending the raiders.
Darius:
Most recent addition to Sammy's crew
Has great aim with a pistol
Wanted to study sea creatures, but didn't have the money for higher education. When Sammy stopped at his village, he snuck on the boat to see it up close. The boat left the port while he was still on it.
Sammy was impressed that Darius was able to go unnoticed for so long, and she offered him a place in her crew. Darius was conflicted because it meant it would be a long time before he saw his family again, but living at sea was the future he'd wished for since he was a kid.
Brand was distraught when Darius went missing. He finds out he's alive by seeing him on a wanted poster.
Kenji:
Likes hanging out in the crow's nest
There is no financial reason he needed to become a pirate, he came from a rich family. He got into a big fight with his father one night and went to a bar to get drunk, which is how he met Sammy. They got along instantly, and he impulsively agreed to join her crew to get away from his dad.
He regretted joining the crew once he realized he'd have to work
The sense of community on the boat gave him a reason to stay, they were like his first real family
I wish I had the commitment to write a fanfic about this, but knowing myself I don't! Someone else is gonna have to step up and take one for the team
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G.U.N's lessons in Hedgehogs
Sonic 3 spoilers, but some of GUN's actions has been questionable, but I think Shadow's existence helps explain things.
Like why did GUN allow Tom, who had just broken into GUN headquarters and was involved in stealing a super weapon, was allowed to be brought to a hospital and why the entire Wachowski family was left alone?
Or why the Wachowski family IS largely left alone after Sonic 2.
And I think Shadow is why GUN changed up their approach after the wedding scene.
Commander Walters was there when Shadow was imprisoned and is of the opinion Shadow was too dangerous to be free, but too valuable to destroy. So an imprisoned Hedgehog for whenever they might find a use for him.
Obviously GUN was approaching Sonic with much the same thought process. He's valuable, but also needs to be controlled. And of course their first thought is to imprison him.
But after the escape at the wedding, they are content to leave them alone. As long as they stay in Green Hills. The fact they are tracking if the trio leave Green Hills shows they are still concerned about them being a danger. Sure, Sonic saved the world from Robotnik, but this is GUN and most of the soldiers have trust issues with aliens, including Commander Walters who did Operation Catfish.
So it seems doubtful Sonic was given a pass SOLELY because he stopped Robotnik. Shady organizations like their control too much. So what happened?
Commander Walters saw how far Sonic's family would go for him. And how protective Sonic was of them.
Commander Walters saw what happened with Shadow. Shadow was running with Maria and Gerald. Shadow was, at no point, engaging in any sort of combat until AFTER Maria was killed. Shadow only became a threat once he was in mourning and he blamed GUN. Likely whatever use they could make of Shadow would have to be VERY careful and very desperate.
But Sonic (and Tails and Knuckles) had a family. Sonic did want to help people. Which meant, suddenly, Commander Walters saw a containment FAR more effective than a stasis chamber and a way that would mean being able to use Sonic Team easier.
Walters recognized this difference between the two. Shadow had lost his family and he was a danger. Sonic had a family and was determined as a usable asset.
The reason GUN is worried about them leaving Green Hills is a concern because it might mean trouble in the family.
The reason GUN let a man who broke into their headquarters to steal a super weapon be brought to a hospital.
The reason GUN left them alone after movie three and all those stunts.
Its because GUN has PROTOCOLS to keep the Wachowski's alive and the family content. Because as long as Sonic has a family to love and protect, he's going to want to protect the world. And with promise of largely leaving them in peace, GUN could have a lot of leverage to getting Sonic's help when needed.
Because Walters saw what happened with Shadow and he'd rather keep Sonic happy as long as possible because he's a far more useful asset when he's content.
Which, honestly, would be a nice change of pace for a shady organization. Remember folks, if you're nice to your superweapons, they're far more likely to do what you want.
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nobody look at me I'm fine
So Gale gets incredibly distressed if you approach him to discuss an open relationship with Halsin, stating that he should never have believed he'd ever been enough for you and that you find him lacking
But a Gale origin run CAN engage in an open relationship with Halsin, if he's romancing Shadowheart or Astarion just like a Tav can
Which, arguably, is just for ease of mechanics so there was less coding for the game but BUT. it does open the door to the possibility that Gale DOES have the capacity to be comfortable with polyamory when he's the one in control and initiating things and feels like he's not being abandoned or discarded and such
which is to say, I hadn't looked at the fallout of the most recent Salvatore drow book to see what the extended Baenre clan were up to NOW because it only came out fairly recently, I'd only looked at the first two in detail
Gromph marries an ally of Quenthel in the 1480s as per her demands, and the two of them have a daughter who, due to rituals conducted by the Baenre family USING AN ILLITHID?????, is the reincarnation of Yvonnel Baenre, the greatest matriarch of the family and mother of both Quenthel and Gromph, who ruled with an iron fist for literal centuries. She promptly overtakes Quenthel's daughters to become the heir to the throne of Menzoberranzan, and because she is born fully awakened and has all of her centuries of magic, she immediately starts draining her mother of life and sanity (??????) and upcasts repeat aging spells to make herself age up to a young adult in the space of a few months. Yvonnel II then seems to be handed the reins to the Underdark without restraint???? I guess???? I guess Quenthel just decided she was fine being a seat warmer for her mother reborn as her niece??????
But this seems to kill Minolin as I cannot find references to her after Yvonnel like. psychically eats her or whatever happens.
Yvonnel II then becomes UTTERLY obsessed with Drizzt. Because of course she does. Because it wouldn't be a Salvatore book if Faerun's most specialest boy isn't being the most special. She becomes infatuated with him and psycho-sexually tortures him a bit and tries to get him to kill Cattie-brie and then has a change of heart and decides that she's good or at least neutral now because she LOVES drizzt so much. god I hate that fucker
So she runs away to the surface! Joins adventuring teams!! And now gromph has lost a SECOND daughter to THE FORCES OF GOOD and his wife is presumably dead and he's been banished from Menzoberranzan (spoiler, that's coming up in a future Rhyme chapter but it is canon and it's on his wiki, so anyone who was SUPER interested in him would have seen it already)
Which is all to say that Gromph seems to be living on the surface in the 1490s, single again, unemployed, and once again lacking an heir. His two daughters slash daughter-mother are running around doing god knows what and apparently want nothing to do with him
WHICH IS A LONG-WINDED WAY OF SAYING THAT Gromph Baenre, former Master of Sorcere, the academy of drow wizardry, MIGHT be inclined to look at Blackstaff Academy which has PREVIOUSLY employed a half-drow woman as the Blackstaff and go. Hmm.
And he might take a look at chronic-daddy-issues and praise kink Gale Dekarios, Chosen of Mystra married to his ex-situationship, famously known for being tempted by knowledge and new powers, and go "lmfao. Bet." and immediately try to ingratiate himself with promises of all the secrets of drow wizardry and his own personal library curated over the last 800 years. To try to get a job at Blackstaff? Sure. But also for the perverse fun of playing magical sugar daddy to a red-faced stammering Dekarios AND trying to weasel in to become the third to Gale and Rhyme?
Leave me alone I didn't sleep last night, I'm fine
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Ok… honestly I hate to accept that but gotten have to accept that… I do deeply need Timmy cause I miss him! 😭
I do like Hazel, she’s great! Same for Dev! I hope he will have redemption!
Poor this child…
Anyway, I don’t care if we have the original series to watch and Timmy may have been selfish and crazy, but in New Wish series, I would love to see the canon adulthood of Timmy, how he grow up and mature, and have a wife and maybe a toddler or not yet, but it would be cool to see his wife pregnant with their first child.
Timmy’s lost memories of fairies, magic and his fairy family could return somehow, probably not fully, not all. Depends on what the team plan on him.
I would love to see Timmy and Hazel’s relationship, like him giving her some advice or something. Same with Timmy and Deb’s relationship too!
I have those ideas stuck in my mind for a bit, that could be be ideas for New Wish series future seasons, I don’t know why I found those….
Interesting.
Galaxy Institute is probably the bad news because it got the weapons and those types, that COULD can kill or hurt the humans even if they were meant to be for fairies and creatures. I mean we saw what happened to Crocker in “Crocker To Future” episode. It would be great idea for plot in future…
Remember that part in “Crocker To Future” episode, AJ mentioned that fairies are dangerous, might be killed?
THAT MAN IS NOT SWEET BOY WE KNOW! 😭
He’s not AJ at all! I know people change as they grow, but it breaks my heart! It got me thinking….
What if he turned out to be villain?! I don’t know what kind of villain, but he wouldn’t understand, like why heck did he think they’re dangerous if he never met one?!
(I know he did before but his memories got erased of course, but that’s not the point.)
AJ could wants to protect humans from them or something. There gotten reason why he’s like that… I know he looks nice but still. Maybe his family or something.
It could destroy Chester and Timmy’s friendship with him. Timmy would feel betrayed and don’t understand. He would definitely be on fairies side! You should not kill them without knowing them, and more! It would be hard to forgive AJ…
Hazel would time travel into past, to young Timmy’s timeline, Jorgen would sand her back. Hazel will have to avoid and try not mass the timeline up or something, she needs to warn young Timmy. He won’t remember but will remember those words what Hazel warn him once she found him: “Be careful who you trust… trust me with that!”
Of course young Timmy would be confused but listened to her. This would take place after season 8 of the original. He would be bit mature.
Honestly… I really really REALLY DISLIKE THIS ONE! I don’t know about you but what if…
Marcus turned out to be kinda of villain too?! I mean he work at Galaxy Institute as well! He could be kind of that loves his family and just wants to protect them especially Hazel.
Like there’s a villain from Star Wars, Luke’s father loved his family and wanted to protect them, and other villains from other series/movies that loved their family. Not having Marcus turning to evil fully, of course not. He would be not understanding, he’s just… him. I don’t know how to explain.
I know it’s going to hurt and worry Hazel. She would be fear and try to understand this issue. Antony would have to protect his sister even if has goes against his own father. Hazel needs this. Antony promised he would protect Hazel no matter what, it would be why. Angela would be upset with her husband and don’t even understand him.
Dev will definitely supports Hazel and on her side.
But, but, but! What I’m hoping that… they hopefully could have redemption by realizing their mistakes or something! Right?! 😃
I’m not sure if any fans ever thought about whole villains thing, I only saw one poster about AJ villain but I don’t remember it-
Okay… it must sound super heavy angst!
But what if somewhere, AJ or someone, used the weapon to shot Jorgen, Cosmo, Peri or Wanda… but instead of them, Timmy saved their live, instead he got hit and was knocked out, unconscious.. it would be worse if he saved Jorgen, his reaction would be confused and shock that Timmy saved his life. So, he decided to take Timmy back with Hazel, Dev and fairies, got out of the danger, back to fairy world, or Fairy Council would take them all back. Like they somehow knew there’s danger. There was a way to save Timmy. They would also take Tootie (and child) with them to protect them.
I know it might sound crazy and terrible! Ugh, I’m so sorry! So sorry that I had to drop this ideas here! I just feel like I need to talk about it!
It just that my ideas and theories sometimes just don’t make sense or probably wouldn’t be canon in New Wish series-
Now…please, excuse me…. (Run off crying cause I seriously need help-)😭
Speak of that… I wonder what happened to Mark Crang… we lest saw him that he’s still on earth, right? Maybe he went back to his home planet but yeah- (season 9-10 doesn’t exist as I heard I think)
Honestly those would be great ideas for fanfics too….
So… what do you think?
To be honest I was kind of scared to talk about it because I’m not quite sure if you or anyone would like or not-
Does any of this make sense?
This makes so much sense and I just posted a small ramble about what if Timmy was a villan LMAOOOO, I love ur ramble asks their some of my fav things ever?? I love the idea of Timmy and AJ having a rocky friendship and the time travel aspect as a episode idea, and Marcus as a villan is crazy work/pos
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Zero Hour: Crisis in Time #3 (September 1994)
Our eternal September continues as we reach Zero Hour #3 (the second issue), a.k.a. "The One With All The Elder Abuse." Putting Old Flash crying over Old Hourman's body on the cover was not false advertisement -- any '90s kids who bought this issue hoping to see some grandpas getting their asses kicked absolutely got their money's worth.
As seen in ZH #4 (the first issue), Superman has asked every spandex wearer in the DC Universe to gather outside the United Nations building so they can tackle the ongoing time crisis, but he's running late because he stopped to see his parents (all four of them) in Superman #93. Superman is further delayed when he hears screams coming from Keystone City, which turn out to come from a super-fast, video game-addicted child from the future fighting time-displaced dinosaurs.
Superman recruits "Don't Call Me Kid Flash!" here (a.k.a. Impulse) and reaches New York to meet the gathered heroes, including but not limited to: the Justice Leagues (including everyone's favorite founding member, Triumph), the Super-Family, the Bat-Family (including an able-bodied Batgirl), the New Teen Titans, the Team Titans, a few time-lost Legion of Super-Heroes members, the new Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner), the new Darkstar (Donna Troy), a newly armored Guy Gardner, a newly unkempt and one-handed Aquaman, our old pal Agent Liberty (who's probably very thankful to be invited), and, of course, the protector of Metropolis: Alpha Centurion! (The rando with the orange helmet on the far left, who we'll learn more about in the next issue of Adventures.)
Oh, and that lady in the purple dress is Power Girl, who suddenly went from dressing like a sex goddess to wearing grandma clothes when her magical pregnant belly started showing.
The heroes quickly decide Superman should be their leader (even though Guy volunteered first), and he proposes trying to figure out where this mess even started. It turns out someone's way ahead of them: the Justice Society of America has already traveled to the time crisis' point of origin, Vanishing Point, aided by Waverider, the loose cannon among the DCU's time cops. Problem is, Waverider and the JSA's Hawkman and Hawkwoman got lost on their way to Vanishing Point and ended up in the latest issue of Hawkman, where all the various Hawkpeople get hit by "cosmic energy" and condensed into a single Hawkperson (a sequence I'm sharing mostly because it reminds me of Superman and the Eradicator getting hit by the kryptonite beam in "Reign of the Supermen").
Meanwhile, at Vanishing Point, the JSA meets the guy who seems to be behind the time crisis: Hank Hall, a former C-list hero who recently got a massive power upgrade and became the A-list villain known as Extant (well, "A-list for a single month in 1994," anyway). Extant has time-based powers, which is unfortunate for the JSA, who have been cheating time by looking young when they should all be in their 80s, considering they're old enough to have punched Hitler. Extant corrects that by turning all of them super old, instantly killing the Golden Age Atom in the process. Only the Golden Age Green Lantern is spared thanks to his power ring and remarkable blondness.
(No you're not, Hourman. You also die one page later.)
Anyway, RIP the JSA. Thank you for your service; off you go into "elderly supporting character" status for several years. Back in New York, the time anomalies are getting more chaotic and threaten to destroy entire cities. Speaking of destroyed cities, one interesting moment is when the heroes learn that a young, non-crazy Hal Jordan seemingly died last issue and Guy Gardner wonders if that means present-day, yes-crazy Hal is dead too, and whether they could use the time anomalies to save Coast City and prevent Hal's downfall. That's... a pretty good idea, actually. Maybe Guy should have been the leader instead of Superman after all.
Waverider eventually remembers he left the old geezers back at Vanishing Point and goes to check in on them, but he's too late to save them from getting Extant'd. The issue ends with Extant pulling out his mask to reveal that he's... another Waverider?! How?! Why?! I legitimately don't remember anything about that plotline, so we'll have to find out together next issue. TO BE CONTINUED IN ZERO HOUR #2 (THE THIRD ISSUE)!
But first: a word from resident art expert Don Sparrow! Several words, actually...
Art-Watch (by @donsparrow):
As with last issue, with this art team, both of them giants in my eyes, it’s hard to narrow down the best panels, because there’s not a bad one in the book. So I’ll do my best not to just select each and every panel as a highlight! We start with the cover, and it’s kind of a jumble. The art is great, but, almost every issue of the original Crisis on Infinite Earths had an iconic, eye catching cover—here’s there’s just a lot going on. It’s certainly representative of the story within, but to me doesn’t make it feel like a must-read as you pass it on the shelf.
The first splash is a great one, an emotional Jay Garrick clutching the uniform of still another (apparently) dead Flash. On the very next page turn, we get a two page spread of the JSA, and it’s a stunner.
Though they’re all just standing around, the fact that they each have such distinct features and body types is a real feat—plus with Ordway’s DC work kicking off with these characters in the unfortunately monogrammed All Star Squadron, it’s always neat to see him work on WWII characters. I’m especially entranced by the way Jurgens and Ordway render Hawman’s helmet. The thatchy, mottled texture really gives a sense of how it would really look and feel. In more recent years, they tend to depict Hawkman’s helmet as shiny, golden metallic, but this stiff, feathery look really makes it seem organic and solid. Awesome stuff.
A recurring theme in this mini-series is the introduction of a new generation of heroes, and they’re helped out a lot by how great the art is—some of these characters, and their extremely 90’s looking designs will look far better here than they ever will in their own pages. I read that Impulse’s first official appearance was in Flash #91, but his appearance in this issue was the first time I’d seen him, and with a design this simple and attractive, it’s hard to make Bart Allen look anything but cool. Jurgens and Ordway’s natural realism still manages to convey some of the cartooniness that most defined Impulse, particular as he grins on page 5, phasing through a wall.
[Max: As a kid, as cool as Impulse looks here and in his early Flash appearances, it always bugged me that he looks older than he will in his solo series and Young Justice. My headcanon was that the accelerated aging mentioned in his origin was unstable and made him older for a while before settling on his real age.]
Page 8 has the showstopper panel, as the collected heroes rain down on the plaza in front of the United Nations building. Booster Gold’s armour is probably the most glaring example of what I mentioned before—in these hands Booster’s costume is dynamic and functional—a far cry from how ugly the same costume will look in the upcoming “Extreme Justice” era. Wonder Woman and Maxima look particularly great here, but it’s generally a great showcase for the characters who DC was pushing at the time. Page 10 has a great panel for me personally, as I was (and remain) a huge Captain Marvel fan, so seeing the Big Red Cheese interact with Big Blue is a thrill.
The arrival of the new Hawkman is a cool moment, and as truly awful as his own comic became around this time (so, so bad!), this costume design was one of the very best looks for Hawkman, in my opinion, though I admit owning the Total Justice action figure with that look helped.
On the whole, this might be the least eventful issue of Zero Hour—apart from the editorially mandated wiping of the decks for the JSA, not a ton happens to move the story forward. But it sure looked pretty!
SPEEDING BULLETS:
Granted, a woman in the late stages of pregnancy isn’t supposed to look particularly dynamic, even if that woman is a superhero, but Power Girl looks pretty matronly throughout Zero Hour. The lavender sweatshirt doesn’t help, I suppose. We’ll get into it in subsequent issues, but Power Girl’s magical pregnancy is one of my very favourite Bad Ideas that Went Nowhere™ of this era, and perhaps all time.
I’ll admit, I had to reconsult old issues around this time to remember why Despero was responding to a summons from the Justice League (his body was possessed by L-Ron, the robotic assistant to Maxwell Lord, who was more or less a throwaway L. Ron Hubbard joke from the Bwah-ha-ha era of Justice League, who inexplicably survived several writer changes).
It’s small wonder I love this event so much—apart from the Super-team members writing and drawing it, it’s a very Superman-centric storyline. I have to admit, I get a small thrill out of Superman being chosen as leader with Batman just standing there looking on in silence.
Another instance where I had to look up old issues to understand what was going on was the short aside with space Hawkman (Katar Hol) merging with Earth Hawkman and Hawkwoman (Carter and Shiera Hall) and the weird giant Hawkgod, but the summary we’re shown is pretty much exactly what happened in the Hawkman books at the time. All the many different Hawkmen would eventually pave the way for Geoff Johns’ excellent conceptual revamping of the character, explaining that the character was cursed to be reborn again and again.
The ever-likeable Kyle Rayner winning over Guy Gardner by treating him with respect is a great moment (and a funny use of font size). [Max: Guy mostly behaves himself during this series, especially considering Ice just died. I wonder if they already told him and he's taking it remarkably well or if they decided to wait until the universal emergency was over.]
I went through Justice League stories from around this time, and I couldn’t find any reference to Maxima’s costume flickering of phasing—was this just a tossed-off line, or does someone else remember this coming up in a book other than this? [Max: I've skimmed through the issues, making careful note of Maxima's suit, and found no instances of this.]
I kinda like Ray Palmer and Guy Gardner being close enough friends to conspire together. [Max: Ray didn't seem very fond of Guy during Jurgens' JLA -- in fact, wasn't he so disappointed in seeing Guy fighting Superman that he mystically summoned a fascist alternate timeline JLA dreamworld? I kinda suspect Jurgens had Guy talking to him here because he'd be easier to fit into the panel than a regular-sized hero.]
While I’m an ardent defender of Zero Hour, I know a lot of JSA fans hate it, and from that perspective, it’s easy to see why—they really do go out like punks while fighting Extant, and it’s hard to watch.
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#superman#dan jurgens#jerry ordway#zero hour#justice society of america#waverider#hawkpeople#new gods#impulse#justice league#new teen titans#wonder woman#batman#captain marvel#alpha centurion#green lantern#kyle rayner#guy gardner#aquaman#hank hall#legion of super-heroes#agent liberty#superboy#steel#darkstars#green arrow#the atom#robin#nightwing#bloodlines characters whose names i don't care to remember
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The X-Men vs X-Men Beef feels inorganic
From The Ashes has begun in earnest, and we're being told that the Uncanny X-Men have irreconcilable problems with Cyclops' X-Men. However, we're not really being shown that. Spoilers for all From The Ashes books released so far.
We've had 3 issues of X-Men and 2 of Uncanny X-Men so far, plus answers promised for why Wolverine doesn't want to be one in the first issue of his solo (the reason is trauma, it turns out but he's still wearing his uniform ten pages in. Not especially satisfying.) From The Ashes (henceforth FTA) has had a scattershot approach to plotting so far, but one unifying theme has been that mutants in general are a scattered diaspora as well as interpersonal issues that I'm just not seeing.

Here's Gail at the end of Uncanny X-Men #1.
Let's break this down a bit. 'Recovering from grief' absolutely makes sense. They lost Krakoa only months ago and different people deal with that in different ways. Except Rogue seems pretty happy tbh, aside from select moments when the Big Picture is being discussed. The rest of the time she's talking loudly about sex and generally seems in high spirits.
'Rogue and Cyclops has replaced the relationship between Xavier and Magneto.' For one, that relationship has been a close one for years at this point. Secondly, I'm not buying that at all because it's not on the page.

They seem to be on great terms here, working together for mutual goals. Zero animosity. Friends, family, obviously. Why wouldn't they be? This is issue 1.

This is issue 2, like 6 hours later in universe. The Jubilee comment confirms they're sharing information, and Scott's team are very publicly being X-Men. The reader doesn't have perfect information here, but obviously these kids have said something that spurs Rogue into action immediately, fuck Scott/Hank/everyone else's plans.

Here's the moment just before the call. 'Last guy I want to talk to.' What the hell is that about? It's very at odds with either phone call, which were friendly and collaborative. As you'd think they'd be, you know having been family for decades now.

'Are there even going to be X-Men anymore?' You know there are, you're working with them. 'We almost had Xavier's 'dream'. No, you didn't. You had a nation, and it was great. It was the opposite of The Dream, because the Dream is solving bigotry. You should all know this by now. Also, aren't you all super mad at Chuck for his war crimes? I know Wolverine tried to kill him a few months ago - is he over that?
They discuss heading up to join Cyclops, in the former sentinel factory given as part of a settlement for six months of torture and being readied for a Kangaroo court and execution - you were all there for that. 'Imagine a community run by Scott Summers... I ain't going back there, it ain't the X-Men...'
Dude, you've been living with him, Jean and their family for the past 4 years in a polycule. Why are you talking like you're Schism era Wolverine? Your beef is ancient history, you're family. He definitely wasn't 'everywhere you turn' when you were banging his wife. Y'all are about to go break into a government sanctioned prison to retrieve your war criminal mentor that one of you tried to kill very recently - so I'm not seeing a difference in methodology or ideology. In fact you're doing that and he's compromising his team's plans around you!

Here's Scott's side of that conversation. Looks like she hung up on him for some reason, but this dude is being polite and trying to collaborate with his peers. When he gets hung up on and ignored he changes his plans, with the primary concern being everyone's safety. There's nothing in any of these issues indicating otherwise, aside from Logan shooting down anything to do with Scott and Gail Simone kinda saying so in editorial.
So why is this conflict happening? Logan has been running naked with wolves since Krakoa (despite being in ten different books) so there's been no opportunity for an incident. Everyone else is talking like they're friends. Sure, there's the grief and trauma, but everyone is making 'back to work' choices. I'm definitely not seeing an ideological divide, just being told that in editorial.
Even Kitty Pryde is telling everyone to fuck off, except we know she's in Exceptional X-Men on a team. Little hard to believe she'd turn away from all her family, except Emma Frost. Their relationship was in a good place on Krakoa, but why a team with her and refuse to even see anyone else?
It's really not that hard to give characters goals and beliefs, and ideas on the best way to achieve them. At the moment it just feels like they're apart because writers/editorial want them to be, while giving us the kind of disagreements teenagers would get over quickly. I'm not feeling it as a good start to FTA, and the implication that 'we're the X-Men now' implies Scott's team isn't. We've been here before, idiot plots leading to needless divides amongst a people in severe crisis. I have to ask - is that really the best Marvel can do?
I really want to like or even love this reboot, but nostalgia and forced conflict is the definition of old hat. There's so many ways to use nostalgia in fresh ways, but this isnt it. Worse, I'm being told otherwise. I know you don't hire Tom Brevoort as editor to take risks, so I'm really hoping this is just a slow start with everyone finding their feet.
I've definitely noticed that Magneto has been sitting in a chair doing nothing for 3 issues too. I want to know how his ideological awakening is going to be paid off, and I'm wary it's just going to be ignored. I'll be coming back to this topic when there's actually something to talk about, and perhaps foolishly being cautiously optimistic.


Maybe this kind of stuff isn't for everyone, but at least make it make sense, yo. How are you finding it? What are you loving? What are you looking forward to? I'd love to hear.
#x comics#x men#xmen#uncanny x men#cyclops#rogue#wolverine#gambit#beast#scott summers#remy lebeau#magneto#marvel#charles xavier#comics#krakoa#professor x#from the ashes
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As somebody who literally grew up in the same neighborhood and went to the same high school as the daughter of Steve Jobs, I have interacted with a lot of people who vaguely fit into the intersection of James Potter - and let me tell you NOBODY would be defending him if they did the same. You haven't known sheer evil until you've seen an incredibly wealthy, white, who despite his parents' and society's efforts instill good values in him, has no moral compass whatsoever, teenage boy commit atrocities against his poorer classmates. You can just see him smile because he knows he won't ever see any consequences, because his parents are rich and they've probably donated a building to the school, and he's athletic so they wouldn't dare to compromise his position on the water polo team.
And from somebody who was a gay male in the 2000's California, I couldn't imagine the horrors the other James Potters of the world would have inflicted in 1970's England. The Marauders absolutely would have bullied anyone who has the gall to defend them to the edge of hell and back. The cognitive distance from these people is absolutely insane.
ALL of us who have known someone like that. All of us who have ever interacted with rich people from progressive families and suddenly a kid appears who, despite having everything to be a good person—including supposedly good ideas from his parents who supposedly educated him with values—turns out otherwise. All of us. Absolutely ALL of us can see James Potter in that person, and it horrifies us that he is defended. Even if we weren’t the victims, even if he never did anything to us, just knowing the case up close is enough.
I’m going to go a little further since we are talking about personal experiences. I started militating in left-wing political groups when I was 15, and why not say it, at that time I started with the communist youth. Well, I remember this guy (who later turned out to be a not-so-rare profile within the different unions I’ve been in) who, when we were about sixteen or seventeen years old, was the most committed person in the world. He always took the lead and was the first to get into fights with ultra groups at demonstrations (because many ended in fights due to political tensions), and people held him in high esteem because he was super committed despite coming from a mega-rich family. His parents were involved in the traditionally left-wing party here in my country and had always been in politics, but they also came from money. Well, the fact is that I got to know his parents, and they were really charming, especially his mother, who was involved in issues against gender violence and things like that. So the kid had everything to be a decent person because not only did he have everything, but his parents also had decent values. I always though he was a prick but because i found his personality awful but that’s another story about me and men on my life trying to be the leaders all the time lol
Years later, I coincidentally ran into one of the people who is now a great friend of mine. It was already in university times, and I had lost track of this guy. This girl had gone to the same school as him (a typical private school for kids with rich but progressive or left-wing parents, as you want to call it, that tries not to seem elitist but is lololol), and we happened to talk one day and came to the conclusion that we knew him. WELL. She told me all kinds of crap, especially about how he actively participated in mocking and bullying a girl in their class, tormenting her FOR BEING FAT. And he and his friends spent the day calling her nicknames without stopping. The thing is that my friend told me this girl had a tough time because at that time her house was a mess with her parents divorcing very badly, and she couldn’t really count on them. My friend told me that it was the other students who had to stop the bullying because they made her cry several times, and my friend later found out that the girl had developed an eating disorder that almost killed her.
I ran into that guy again sometime later; he was still actively involved in left-wing politics and had even opened an Instagram and was posing as a feminist ally because that was what was trendy then. He was involved in a very progressive political party in this country that anyone from Spain can guess which party it was around 2018 lol. Well, the guy wasn’t a well-known public figure but one of the minion supporters who probably aspired to someday become something within that party (to give more details, that party is in shambles today, but this is a reference for my Spanish folks). He was sent to debates from time to time and podcasts and hated the right and crapped on contemporary fascists and was super belligerent with his socially focused ideology and hating businessmen. Well, let’s say I knew one of the top guys in that party in the Madrid area, and let’s say that asshole was kicked out, and we even did a public shaming on Twitter, showing his face and ruining his career. I guess if he wants to become a politician now, he’ll have to go for the right.
But social justice aside, what I want to say with this is that the guy was a James Potter type. He was a rich kid with parents who supposedly educated him with values, and he decided to torment a girl and mock her and mess with her to the point of causing her a disorder just because he COULD. Because he knew he had power over that girl, and that girl wouldn’t be able to defend herself properly. And the guy at the same time (like many James Potter fans argue) was super into politics, fighting “the bad guys,” and had “the good ideas.” But the moral of this story is that it doesn’t matter if you go to war against the Nazis or directly confront fucking fascists; that doesn’t mean you can’t be a piece of shit. Your quality as a person isn’t shown by having progressive ideas; it’s shown in how you treat people. And well, I’ve known several similar cases to the one I just mentioned; my issue with the James Potters of the world is something very personal.
And sorry for this rant, but well, it’s seven, I have to go to work, and I don’t want to lol.
#james potter#anti james potter shoud be called anti classist rich dicks#james potter was a prick#james potter was a bully
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Sonic Movie 3 Spoilers
Positivity this time! Celebrating the peak moments!
I will say, despite my gripes with the movie, there were some really well done, PEAK moments.
When we see Super Shadow for the first time, and he and Sonic clash, and Sonic is like fighting to land a hit, and Shadow is practically yawning holding him back??? That was everything. What a fucking way to introduce Super Shadow and raise the stakes from Super Sonic in the 2nd movie. Shadow was the one effortlessly stopping the punch this time. I was like "That's my GUY right there!"
Also, when Shadow and Sonic put themselves in front of the laser to stop it and Shadow is like "THIS was your plan???" That was a perfect Shadow and Sonic characterization moment. Shadow looking at Sonic and being like "what are you doing?" And Sonic being like "winging it, bro." Nailed it.
Also Gerald calling both Shadow and Maria "kids" lives rent free in my mind. Thems are his kids. That's my lil family right there. Would have been cool if we got another scene or two with Gerald and Maria, and Gerald and Shadow from the past.
Jim Carrey's acting when Maria dies and the short bits when he reveals his true plans and intentions where we see the lost, revenge obsessed man? So good! I wish we got way more of that and got to see Jim Carrey really flex his chops instead of... Dancing. Those brief moments were SO GOOD!
Knuckles is my man, dude. The movies have such good Knuckles characterization. He's not dumb. He's honorable, he's brave, he's just done so good. I love him. Any time I hear another Knuckles at this point and it's not Idris Elba, I'm like. Who is that.
Amy Rose looks amazing. She looks fantastic. I love her. She is my queen, second only to Rouge (Shadow series with Team Dark when?????)
There was stuff I truly really did love. I just have some major issues with the editing and pacing, and certain characters hogging screentime.
#Sonic movie 3 spoilers#Sonic movie 3#Shadow the Hedgehog#Maria Robotnik#Ark siblings#professor gerald robotnik#Sonic the hedgehog#knuckles the echidna
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hiii mootie ! i'd love to hear about your naruto dr if you feel comfortable sharing !! :D
hi moot! love to see you again! hope you have been doing alright 🫶 and like omg? thanks for asking? it made my day! 💕
so I'm not sure what to share or talk about but might just talk about the most known and basic things and yes, I will also mention Sasuke too for you
so i'll go with my name and the last time I minishifted there, my age was 16 in my Naruto dr. I just recalled that last time, I told you my name was Riya but I noticed that I misspelled my own name! the horror, it's actually Risa (because 🇺🇸🇲🇽 here and I want to have some connection to my 🇲🇽 heritage no matter what). I DONT KNOW HOW I MISSED THAT! but yeah.
so basic backstory: I come from a lost clan 〔Root Flower—inspired by Danzō's Root—IK but it has nothing to do with him. I will make a post about it because I gave it a lot of thought but...I need to find my notes first heh...〕 due to political issues, two sides divided by different opinions on whether we should reveal our clan or not because of the previous wars before and conflicts. it's truly a recurring theme honestly 💀 but anyway, my mom was from that clan and my dad was not. they met when my mom's clan fell and her and her family met my dad in their journey.
along the way they made it to Hidden Leaf, there they settled down and some things were fine. not completely peaceful as you know but fine. both my parents did meet Naruto's parents and were not super close but interacted a lot because they were around the same age group. unfortunately, my parents did die the day Naruto was born. I was born a year before everything happened. my mom was one of the midwives that helped Kushina give birth. My dad was in the village, he got the worse of the destruction or so they say. I'm not entirely sure because no one really talks about it.
It's a pretty gloomy day. I'm not entirely sure how or why but since both Naruto and I were orphans, somehow they thought it would've been a great idea to raise us together since our parents knew each other and since my mom died protecting Kushina, it was a way to honor the link between mothers. Let me tell you, Naruto and I didn't actually get along quite that well growing up. We just didn't have a lot in common growing up but somehow we always spend time together. Forced Proximity lol.
I also scripted that I am a fast learner and a natural talent so I was a Genin pretty quickly WHICH YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW NARUTO WAS ACTING! but in all honesty? I helped him a bit but since I follow the canon plot, a lot didn't make sense to him quite yet. He has to go through his character development.
let's see...what else...oh! since I was Genin pretty young, I was mentored by Kakashi until I became Chūnin at the age 11 and for some reason (probably the universe :p) I wasn't in a team for a long time after the exams, I did go on some missions but mostly stayed in the village because people noticed that Naruto was a little "more behaved" when I was around. take in fact that I had no romantic thoughts or feelings for him. I never scripted them in so I'm surprised how things rolled out. another detail, nothing to do with Naruto, is that I added that the events of the anime take a little longer, so example like the Chūnin exam, instead of taking it with 8+ missions under your belt, I made it 11+ missions.
honestly there is a lot but not a lot because I haven't shifted as much there but it's those memories I get when I think of Naruto that all this knowledge comes to me. Also it might be the reason I haven't shifted cause I haven't finished the show. Like I know all the main events and ending cause you can't avoid it, yk? but I wanna watch the show and form a much better established connection.
now—LMAO just noticed how long this is, so sorry!—Sasuke. oh boy, oh boy. what can I say that you don't you already know? hmmmm...well, I can say that when people mention he's really handsome, it's true! dude, I was like wow, they weren't lying. he's also pretty smart but the few times I interacted with him, he always had something in his mind. he's really resourceful and those days that the anime doesn't have, Sasuke is either training or taking a walk alone. I noticed when I got a core memory of walking home and I saw Sasuke walking in the opposite direction to have time for himself—and then probably training afterwards. also when I say he's pretty smart, I mean smart smart because it sometimes feels pointless to teach him anything cause he gets it right away but it can also cause some issues because you know that sometimes learning everything can make you believe that you don't need to learn anymore, which is where he is wrong, you never stop learning.
oh, one final thing. I do know cause I got a core memory of my own wedding with Naruto, Sasuke seems to he single. I do know that Sakura doesn't end up with him—cause I don't like the ship and to me, it just doesn't click. I tried, I have but I don't see it—and she had her own boyfriend at my wedding. As for Hinata, she's so nice and sweet but sorry girly, Naruto is mine.
I think that's it for now on things that I remember because I had a whole notebook on the clan, ninjutsu I created because my cr mom studies reiki so I did go into some research about it to get inspired BUT I LOST MY NOTEBOOK so I have to find it again cause I don't want to look like a liar and be like "oh it was something like this and this", find my notebook and have everything mixed up 💀 I'm sorry if what I answered with isn't all you wanted or wanted to know but I promise to find those notes of my dr to give you better dr lore lol 🫶.
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hii more manager thoughts but angst bc angst with hurt/comfort is my fav trope
- i totally agree that she has some kind of mommy or daddy issues and thats why she throws herself into academics
- the only time she really was applauded or was told “im proud of you” was probably when she did really well on a test/presentation
- i feel like maybe she has mommy issues but her dad was also super busy all the time so she kind of had to take cwre of everything
- she has an older sister who taught her most things but she totally felt super lost when her sister left for college and maybe she found stability through managing and thats why she started it
- she was probably mad at her dad for years bc she was really left to fend for herself and her little sisters, but they reconnected through basketball
- theyre closer than they used to be but i think manager does still rightfully so have grudges against him
- she’s always taking care of other ppl and she forgets to take care of herself SO OFTEN
- it really scares her at first bc she isnt used to it but when she finally gets taken care of it’s like a breath of fresh air
- if shes sick, injured, or upset the team immediately drops everything to see jf they can help and tell her its okay to let herself be taken care of
- i think bc she really was alone most of her life she is super shy and a little closed off when she first meets people
- the team is really her found family and they definitely pulled her out of her shell
- i think it took a LONGGG time before she really started to be herself but the team never stopped trying
- i think as much as she loves sports it does remind her of her parents and she sometimes hates it, so she drifted to art as an escape. she loves to draw and i can also see her playing piano, guitar and other instruments
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AAAAAAAA YYAYAYAYAY MORE FAMILY CONTENT!!!!!!
again def agreed with the whole mommy issues thing, it just makes sense. they def all reconnected through basketball but like you said there’s still some unresolved issues yk but that’s with every family, i feel like she’s still closer to her younger sister cause she doesn’t wanna feel like her to feel like she abandoned her
the team is SOOOOO her found family and they make her feel so comfortable and safe and just overall happy :) she takes care of them and they take care of her and it’s all good!!!!!!!
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1. Hi! For the next ITMF can you recommend me a protective sibling JYL and JWY. I want them to tell LWJ if he just want to fight/berate/scolding WWX, he better stay away from WWX because of LWJ's attitude not only hurt WWX feeling but hurting WWX reputation and social standing.
Bonus if they team up with WQ and WN
Another bonus if they are angry at LXC at forcing a situation where LWJ and WWX forced to be together when LWJ is not ready to accept his own feeling. They are angry because it only benefit LWJ (he learn to deal with his feeling and socialize) and hurting WWX. Thank you! @idontknowwhattowriteforusername
could you find a way to let me down slowly, if you’re leaving baby let me down slowly by ravenditefairylights (M, 36k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Golden Core Reveal, Implied/Referenced Sex, Miscommunication, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Twin Prides of Yúnmèng Dynamics, Hurt WWX, Mutual Pining, Unreliable Narrator, Self-Esteem Issues, Twin Prides of Yúnmèng Feels, Protective Siblings, Trauma, Slightly dubious consent, courtesy of drunk sex, Inventor WWX, Genius WWX, Phoenix Mountain, Chronic Pain, Getting Together, Fix-It of Sorts, One Braincell Trio, PTSD)
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2. Hello! First of all thank you for all your recommendations, my brain would probably rot without them. Do you know any fic where wwx has to marry/court/fake marry lxc but is in love with lwj, with the first jade knowing this and absolutely supporting it?
still left with the river by TooSel (E, 77k, WangXian, ChengQing, Canon Divergence, Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies, Fix-It, Arranged Marriage, Political Alliances, Yílíng Wèi Sect, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Jealousy, Infidelity, Adoption, Angst with a Happy Ending, Golden Core Reveal, Cultivation Sect Politics) still left with the river is pretty damn close
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3. ITMF: Hello! I recently read “Turn Left” and it gave me lots of Twin Jades of Lan feels. I’d love to read more fics where LWJ + LXC are separated while young and reunite as adults. I’ve read “we could turn the world to gold,” but those are the only fics I know of with a long-lost-brothers premise. It doesn’t need to be the whole focus, but I’d like something emotional that explores LWJ + LXC’s relationship. No incest, please, and if LWJ has romance I’d prefer wangxian endgame. Thanks so much!!
Across the street to another life by danegen (M, 99k, wangxian, modern, unleashed au, Family Fluff, Set in America, Hurt/Comfort, Past Child Abuse, Addiction, Crime, Amnesia, Ableist Language, another fridged mother, POV Alternating, past wwx/ofc, past wwx/omc, Medium parent YZY, A-Yuan is wwx's biological son, Musicians, Happy Ending) nowhere near the focus of the story, as lwj and lxc were separated very young, but i found it interesting anyway
The Dreams of Youth by sami (E, 85k, WangXian, YZY/TLJ, Canon Divergence, Time Travel, Fix-It, Family, Not Lan Sect Friendly, Bad Dads, good dads, JFM's A+ parenting, Qingheng-Jun's F- Existence, Childhood Friends to Lovers, Sort Of, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Explicit Sexual Content, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Some People Live/Not Everyone Dies, Canonical Character Death) This technically happens in the Lan Zhan only part of the Same Moon Shines series
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4. Hope you guys are well!! IITMF Dark Lan Wangji being super protective of Wei WuXian.
Bonus if it's Dark Gusu Lan being protective of our bunny. Please rec only completed fics or the ones that are regularly being updated.
Thank you ~ @tinyfoxpeach
A Matter of Time by mrcformoso (E, 44k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, POV LWJ, POV JC, Dark LWJ, Manipulation, Grooming, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Consensual Underage Sex, Except problematic please read warning in first chapter, Blood and Violence, Insane LWJ, Manic LWJ, Conditioning, WWX is a Lán, Minor Character Death, Confused JC, Golden Core Reveal, Good Friend NHS, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiāngs, Abusive Jiāng Family, Jiāng Family Bashing, Jiāng Family Critical, POV NHS, Dark NHS, Anal Sex, Marathon Sex, Dual Cultivation, Qīnghéng-jūn Lives, LWJ Has a Big Dick, WWX Self-Lubricates, Plot Twists, Porn With Plot, Scheming NHS, Manipulative NHS, BAMF LWJ, BAMF WWX) link in #14
💖 Hoards and treasures by apathyinreverie (T, 21k, WangXian, Siblings, Family, not particularly Jiang friendly, YZY Bashing, slightly darker Gusu Lans, LXC being the best brother, Some manipulation, But with the best of intentions, and not between wangxian, Dragon LWJ, Fox WWX, Smitten LWJ, Fluff, perfect happiness, adorable WWX, Romance, Some worldbuilding, courting)
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5. I’m in the Mood for a Fic where WWX can use LWJ sword maybe LWJ can also use his, it doesn’t have to be the main point of the story. It could just maybe be a little moment in a bigger story would be great as well @zerokogane
when you’re doing all the leaving (then it’s never your love lost) by tardigradeschool (T, 26k, wangxian, canon divergence, hurt/comfort, canon-typical violence, sharing clothes, sharing a bed, fix-it, golden core transfer) has a few moments where WWX gets to wield Bichen
come home to my heart by occultings (microcomets) (M, 29k, WangXian, Bodyswap, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn, Canon Divergence, First Time, Getting Together, Confessions, Sharing a Bed, Misunderstandings, and a little bit of hurt/comfort as a treat)
❤️ Gentians in bloom by teawater (M, 251k, wangxian, Canon Divergence, AU after cold spring, Political Marriage, Dysfunctional Family, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Fix-It, Hurt/Comfort, LQR bashing (not really), POV Multiple, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Eventual Happy Ending, BAMF WWX, JC is actually a lot better than canon, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, YZY bashing (again not completely)) has something like that at one point if i remember correctly 😊
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6. I just want to ask , is there a fiction where wei wuxian dies at xuanwu cave @random-online-reader
Blood of the Black Earth by wirevix (M, 16k, wangxian, JC & WWX, JC & LWJ, canon divergence, major character death, Xuánwǔ of Slaughter Cave, Sunshot Campaign, Sad with a Happy Ending, Ghost WWX, Monster WWX, Canonical Character Death, Although not at the canonical time, Grief/Mourning, Good Sibling JC, WIP)
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7. A friend recommended I put a request. I'm in the mood for something like making out to hide from the bad guys, wangxian, modern or not, doesn't matter, I read Shifting Suspicion by scifigeek14 and loved it
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8. #itmf in the mood for a fic where lan zhan is protective of wei ying in canon verse; but in a more direct way, like someone said something or did something ? and lan zhan is frost chill angered @wutheringskies
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9. I’m in the mood for fic where A) it’s a Wangxian Disney inspired au of sorts anything works or B) Wangxian Detective au @selkie-hi
9A)
all your life you'll dream of this by Attila (T, 22k, WangXian, Fairy tale, Cinderella Fusion, Pining)
Frog, Beast, Fish, Idiot by Attila (T, 3k, WangXian, Fairy Tale, DumbassesStarring in:, The Frog Prince, Beauty and the Beast, The little mermaid)
9B)
Keep Track of Losing Days by giraffeter (T, 74k, WangXian, NieLan, Modern AU, Case Fic, Mystery, Getting Together, Flashbacks, Detective LWJ, antifa WWX, Sharing a Bed, First Kiss, First Meetings, Seattle, Mutual Pining, nonfatal car accident, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Friends to Lovers) wwx is missing and lwj is a detective
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10. Hi! I have two requests for itmf. A) Anyone know of any good crow!WWX fics? I’ve had a craving for this recently. B) Also, I want everyone’s favorite modern wangxian fics pretty please! Thank you!
10A)
you by sami (T, 6k, wangxian, modern w magic, shapeshifter au, accidental baby acquisation)
💖 [insert bird pun here] by nienie (T, 7k, wangxian, canon divergence, Animal Transformation, Reincarnation, Thirteen Years of WWX's Death, Crow WWX, Light Angst w Happy Ending, Fluff, Light-Hearted)
❤️ chasing you by jaws_3 (T, 10k, wangxian, shapeshifting, identity porn, pining)
10B)
💖 Pentimento. by orange_crushed (E, 73k, wangxian, modern, college/university au, art conservation, museums, pining, not actually unrequited love, angst w/ happy ending, misunderstandings, smut, major character injury, hospitalization, hurt/comfort, past incarceration, forgery)
Come Around and Stay by trippednfell (M, 160k, wangxian, modern, slow burn, kid fic, found family, it gets worse before it gets better, PTSD, blood and injury, dissociation, trauma, angst w happy ending, musicals, alternating pov, JC & WWX reconciliation, hurt/comfort, panic attacks)
together, we’re just enough by lulu_kitty (E, 134k, wangxian, past WWX/OFC, modern, younger LWJ, bartender LWJ, older WWX, rich WWX, fluff, yearning, smut, bottom LWJ, LWJ has scoliosis, slow burn)
With No Particular Affection by Chrononautical (E, 92k, WangXian, Modern AU, Arranged Marriage, Kid Fic, Miscommunication, Family Drama, JFM and YZY’s A+ Parenting, Good Uncle JC, Wedding Fluff, Genius WWX, Street Kid WWX, Homelessness, Rich LWJ, Oblivious WWX, Cinnamon Roll WN, Implied/Referenced Suicide, WWX Has a Pregnancy Kink, Domestic Fluff, Fluff and Angst)
The Right to Care by travelingneuritis (E, 61k, WangXian, Modern AU, Mood Whiplash, musician LWJ, nanny wwx, Developing Relationship, Breakup, Texting, Pining, Eventual Happy Ending, Adoption, Child Abuse, abuse intervention, Miscommunication)
Waiting for Spring by thievinghippo (E, 130k, WangXian, Modern AU, MLB AU, Baseball AU, Mutual Pining, Pining while fucking, slight angst, Happy Ending)
Tempo Rubato by Spodumene (E, 107k, WangXian, Modern AU, Angst with a Happy Ending, Romance, Persuasion au, Separations, Mutual Pining, Depression, Miscommunication, Emotional Roller Coaster, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Reconciliation, Eventual Smut, Jane Austen Fusion, Underage Kissing)
He is Wei Wuxian’s by devinokaze (T, 41k, WangXian, Modern AU, Celebrity, actor!wwx, singer!dancer!lwj, Social Media, Entertainment Industry, POV Outsider, Fluff and Humor)
You & Me Baby, We’ll Eclipse The Sun Series by 2501987 (M/E, 130k, WangXian, XiCheng, MIND THE TAGS, Modern AU, Mafia, Murder husbands, Torture, Possessive Behavior, Blood and Violence, Older JC, Younger WWX, Hurt/Comfort, Dark)
INSTAnt Attraction by CaliKayeTylers (T, 41k, wangxian, LXC/NMJ, JGY/NHS, JC/WQ, JYL/JZX, modern, Fluff, Meet-Cute, Getting Together, Age Difference, Mental Health Issues, Instagram Model)
Lan Zhan's University Days (JAFFY) by sami (T, 10k, wangxian, modern (with cultivation), immortality, University, outsider pov, Wei Wuxian is a chaos gremlin, ridiculous future bullshit, wwx vs Local Culture)
the minor fall, the major lift by Fleetling (T, 5k, wangxian, modern, Depression, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Musicians, Canon Divergence, Oblivious WWX, Good Sibling LXC, Supportive LXC)
To See You (Again) by FrameofMind, Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle) (E, 84k, wangxian, modern, London au, LWJ fucks, bottom LWJ, friends to lovers, self-discovery, pining, grindr, light bondage, experienced LWJ, less experienced WWX, straight boy WWX) link in #17
Truth Will Out (when caught on video) - End_OTW_Racism! by KizuKatana (E, 90k, WIP, wangxian, WN & WWX & WQ, graphic depictions of violence, modern cultivation, canon divergence, YZY abuses WWX , caught on camera, partial core removal, WWX kicked out of Jiang sect, livestreamer WWX, meet ugly, dual cultivation, smut, no war)
The Fifth Type of Non-Contact Force by Caixx (Not Rated, 83k, WangXian, Modern AU, High School, Slice of Life, Slow Burn, Fluff and Humor, Actually Somewhat Canon, Mutual Pining, Horny Teenagers, Angst with a Happy Ending, Non-Graphic Smut)
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11. helloooo, hope your day is lovely.
(i guess this would be a itmf) Do you have anything where past and future characters meet. any characters is fine but like hopefully they all meet as a group @twlaei
A Room Full of Dead People by BurningBlueDiamond (T, 10k, wangxian, time travel, fix-it, but not really, canon divergence, Conference in Qinghe but canonically they stay in Gusu, pov outsider)
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12. hello! please, for the next iitmf: song lan/xiao xingchen, preferably modern au, no song lan/xiao xingchen/xue yang, no abo, no mpreg. thank you!
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13. for the next itmf, i was wondering if you have any fics set in novel post-canon before they return to cloud recesses? maybe about their elopement or getting married or just them being happy after finally getting together. thank you for your hard work!
Honeymoon Every Day series by Admiranda, Rynne (E, 103k, WangXian, Established Relationship, Married WangXian, Oral Sex, Snowballing, Hand Jobs, Blindfolds, Dom/sub Undertones, Soft WangXian, Frottage, Clothed Sex, Outdoor Sex, Fluff, Bathtub Sex, Riding, Cockwarming, Hair Washing, Post-Canon, Hair Brushing, Gift Giving, Case Fic, Drunkji, Masturbation, Dirty Talk, Pillow Talk, Post-Coital Cuddling, Come Marking, WWX is a Tease, Domestic Fluff, WWX's debatably self-lubing ass, Night Hunting, Grumpy Ghosts, meteor showers, Intercrural Sex, Non-Penetrative Sex, LWJ Has a Biting Kink, Rough Sex, Minor Masochism, Minor Sadism, WWX is a Brat, Face-Fucking, Anal Sex, Bondage, Forehead Ribbon Bondage, Nightmares, Mild Hurt/Comfort, WangXian Have a Breeding Kink, Mischievous WWX, Inventor WWX)
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14. For an IITMF, can y'all rec me some LWJ time travel fics? Was thinking about Same Moon Shines series again, and now I'm craving some good LWJ going back in time, whether purposefully or by accident, and loving his Wei Ying properly from the start 🥺
A Matter of Time by mrcformoso (E, 44k, WangXian, Time Travel Fix-It, POV LWJ, POV JC, Dark LWJ, Manipulation, Grooming, WangXian Get a Happy Ending, Consensual Underage Sex, Except problematic please read warning in first chapter, Blood and Violence, Insane LWJ, Manic LWJ, Conditioning, WWX is a Lán, Minor Character Death, Confused JC, Golden Core Reveal, Good Friend NHS, WWX Isn’t Adopted by the Jiāngs, Abusive Jiāng Family, Jiāng Family Bashing, Jiāng Family Critical, POV NHS, Dark NHS, Anal Sex, Marathon Sex, Dual Cultivation, Qīnghéng-jūn Lives, LWJ Has a Big Dick, WWX Self-Lubricates, Plot Twists, Porn With Plot, Scheming NHS, Manipulative NHS, BAMF LWJ, BAMF WWX)
Looking at You Always, All Ways by Keysmashed (T, 29k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Time Travel Fix-It, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Nostalgia, Subtly Assertive LWJ, very mild angst, Angst with a Happy Ending)
A Narrow Bridge by FrameofMind, Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle) (E, 700k, wangxian, time travel fix-it, slow burn, getting together, first time, pining, pining while fucking, burial mounds settlement days, angst w happy ending)
Brother-In-Law's by Loveable_Psychopath (M, 324k, JYL/JZX, wangxian, JC/WQ, canon divergence, time travel fix-it, Memories, Butterfly Effect, Sexual assualt, Self Harm, Self Doubt, BAMF JC, Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending, Rape/Non-con Elements, Rape Recovery, Threats of Rape/Non-Con, Everyone Lives au, PTSD, good parent YZY, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Depression, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Canon-Typical Violence, Warning: JGS, Emotional Manipulation, Manipulation, Second Chances, WIP)
Unlikely Trio by YumichanHamano (T, 112k, wangxian, JYL/JZX, canon divergence, time travel, transmigration, Fluff, Attempt at humour, Some Canon Character Deaths, Cloud Recesses study days)
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15. I'm struggling a bit atm so I've come crawling back for another ITMF request. Are there any fics that have rusong in them? Alive? Preferably complete (I know of at least 2 wips that haven't been updated in over a year)? And failing that, any where wwx and/or lwj adopt mo xuanyu? Thank you again for all your hard work and thank you to all the people that share their recs ❤ @theladypeartree
🧡 Resplendence by FrozenMarVel ( E, 166k, WIP, WangXian, CS Lives, Rouge cultivator WWX, Crossdressing, Canon Divergence, Fix-It of sorts, Fluff, Explicit smut) link in #17
Lan Xichen's Home For Politically Inconvenient Children by Lysces (T, 65k, LXC & LWJ, LWJ & LSZ, LXC & LSZ, JRS & QS, JGY/QS, JC/WQ, wangxian, JGY & LXC & NMJ, Canon Divergence, Post-Bloodbath of Nightless City, Fix-It, Fluff and Angst, Kid Fic, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Intentional Baby Acquisition, LXC pov, Canon Half-Sibling Incest, Minor Character Death, Off-screen torture, Aftermath of Torture, mild medical descriptions, Grief/Mourning, Necromancy, Adoption, good brother LXC)
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16. itmf nmj/lxc centric fics! mentions of relationships with jgy are ok, but pls be endgame nmj/lxc and jgy getting kicked to the curb and/or getting his just desserts. tyvm!
Synced by theherocomplex (T, 23k, LXC/NMJ, scifi au, romance, falling in love, light body horror, character study)
found in translation by sysrae (E, 12k, LXC/NMJ, wangxian, modern cultivation, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Panic Attacks, not LQR friendly, Meddling brothers, Coming Out, Loss of Virginity, Under-negotiated Kink, slight breathplay, Light Dom/sub, Aftercare, Angst with a Happy Ending)
yeah it's true (that I fell for you) by ThirtySixSaveFiles (E, 7k, LXC/NMJ, modern, Online Dating, conference attendance, Mistaken Identity, Interfering Siblings, Sexting)
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17. hello! for the next itmf, can you guys rec fic: a) wwx and lan qiren being besties, like they're in good terms, or something like lan qiren realizes that wwx is a genius. b) maybe your fav fic/s for this month, any tag/s is okay :)) thank you! @httpskaixx
17A)
💖 Lessons relearned by Iamnotawriter (T, 44k, WangXian, LQR & WWX, Not Madam Yu Friendly, Time Travel Fix-It, Angst with a Happy Ending, Canon-Typical Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Inventor WWX, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, No Golden Core Transfer, YZY Bashing)
🧡 Stunted, Starving Juvenility by TomatenMark (E, 663k, WangXian, WIP, Fix-it of sorts, Talisman master WWX, Not JFM Friendly, Study Arc, Getting together, Fluff and Angst, Engagement)
17B)
To See You (Again) by FrameofMind, Jo Lasalle (Jo_Lasalle) (E, 84k, wangxian, modern, London au, LWJ fucks, bottom LWJ, friends to lovers, self-discovery, pining, grindr, light bondage, experienced LWJ, less experienced WWX, straight boy WWX)
Hua Xianle by Tiffany_Guinne (Not rated, 170k, hualian, wangxian, not jiang friendly, not YZY friendly, not JC friendly, not JFM friendly, WWX adopted by hualian, no golden core transfer, WIP)
🧡 Resplendence by FrozenMarVel ( E, 166k, WIP, WangXian, CS Lives, Rouge cultivator WWX, Crossdressing, Canon Divergence, Fix-It of sorts, Fluff, Explicit smut)
Ghost of Mine by SasukiMimochi (E, 113k, LSZ & WWX, LSZ & LWJ, LSZ & WWX & LWJ, wangxian, Golden Core Reveal, Gūsū Lán Forehead Ribbon, Demonic Cultivation, YLLZ WWX, Canon Temporary Character Death, Found Family, Hurt/Comfort, Supernatural Elements, Canon-Typical Violence, Post-First Siege of the Burial Mounds, Romance, Domestic Fluff, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Suicide, Past JYL/JZX, WIP)
The water keeps on flowing by IsilmeLasgalen (E, 114k, wangxian, WKX/ZZS, BSSR/LY, JYL/JZX, MXY/NHS, Cultivation Sect Politics, YLLZ WWX, WWX Isn't Adopted by the Jiāngs, Gūsū Lán Sect Rules, LWJ pov, WWX pov, The mistery of Madam Lan, The Power of Communication, Soft wangxian, The Ghost Path, Yīn Iron, outsider pov, multiple pov, Protective WWX, Morally Gray WWX, Bottom LWJ, Smut, Shameless wangxian, Angst, Fluff, Everyone Lives au)
The Scarlet Lotus by rainbowninja167 (M, 137k, WangXian, Marriage of Convenience, Secret Identity, Fix-It, Angst with a Happy Ending, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Canon-Typical Violence, canon-typical war crimes, Yunmeng Bros, the mortifying ordeal of getting seduced by your own husband, nonlinear chronology we die like cql, just kidding nobody dies in this fic, Slow Burn, Mutual Pining, Miscommunication)
for you, andante by xuanxuanwo (ostentatiouslyrealistic) (T, 35k, WangXian, Modern AU, Music, Musicians, Pianist LWJ, Guitarist WWX, Kid Fic, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Existential Crisis, Unrelated JGY & QS, Friendship, Romance, Light Angst, Happy Ending)
The Twin Blades of Yunmeng by GhostySword & ofmindelans (T, 82k, JC & WWX, wangxian, JC/NHS, canon divergence, JC & WWX, reconciliation, BAMF JC, protective LWJ, golden core reveal, angst w/ happy ending, slow burn, sect leader QS, WIP)
Hanlong by micratus (E, 282k, WangXian, Modern AU, Case Fic, Cloud Recesses Study Arc, But not only Cloud Recesses, Slow Burn, Oblivious WWX, Drunken Shenanigans, References to Drugs, Canon-Typical Violence, Action & Romance, Eventual Smut, Reincarnation, Humor, This is a translation, Modern with Cultivation)
burning camellias by AvoOwO (M, 284k, WangXian, Canon Divergence, Prisoner of War, Genius WWX, Aftermath of Torture, Blood and Violence, Blood and Injury, BAMF WQ, BAMF WWX, BAMF WN, POV WWX, Hurt WWX, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Non-Consensual Body Modification, Sentient Burial Mounds, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, Attempted Sexual Assault, No Golden Core Transfer, WWX Has No Golden Core, Golden Core Destruction | Golden Core Melting, Poisoning, Protective WQ, Medical Torture, Cannibalism, PTSD, Dubious Consent Consent Issues, Heavy Angst, MIND THE TAGS)
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Warrior Cats bloat and character lifelessness;
(A kinda guide I made on a whim for fun, written as if I was addressing a writer!)
Are you struggling to read through the endless pages of allegiances? Being confused when characters seemingly pop up out of no where, or disappointed that a cat you got attached to didn't have any lines?
Or perhaps your a fanfic writer, and want to rewrite the books or write within their canon, and you end up floundering with the excess background cats and not know what to do with them? Are you tired of all the INBREEDING?
If you are a fan of warriors in any capacity, you have definitely run into this issue before, or at least have seen people complain about it. I've definitely have!
Obviously we can't control the books and get rid of the actual problem, but we can come up with solutions on how to deal with the bloat for if you need to make a family tree, au, fanfic and more!
Now I had a goal in mind; reduce bloat and make the additional cast feel more life-like. But how would I go about doing that?
So in my quest to brainstorm some ideas, I decided to list down every single modern Thunderclan cat in the most recent book; The Elder's quest!
KC = Kate Cary/Old team
NT = New Team
Leader: Squirrelstar (KC)
Deputy: Ivypool (KC)
Med.cat/s: Jayfeather (KC), Alderheart (NT)
Warriors:
Whitewing (KC)
Birchfall (KC)
Mousewhisker (KC)
Bayshine (NT)
Bristleclaw (NT)
Poppyfrost (KC)
Lilyheart (KC)
Nightheart (NT)
Wafflepelt (NT/fan submission)
Bumblestripe (KC)
Cherryfall (KC)
Molewhisker (KC)
Stemtail (NT)
Cinderheart (KC)
Finchlight (NT)
Graywhisker (NT)
Blossomfall (KC)
Eaglewing (NT)
Dewnose (KC)
Stormcloud (KC)
Hollytuft (Both technically)
Fernsong (Both technically)
Honeyfur (NT)
Sparkpelt (NT)
Sorrelstripe (Both technically)
Twigbranch (NT)
Finleap (NT)
Shellfur (NT)
Fernstripe (NT)
Plumstone (NT)
Flipclaw (NT)
Leafshade (NT)
Lionblaze (KC)
Spotfur (NT)
Queens:
Daisy (KC)
Sunbeam (NT)
Thriftear (NT)
Myrtlebloom (NT)
Elders;
Brambleclaw (KC)
Thornclaw (KC)
Cloudtail (KC)
Brightheart (KC)
Brackenfur (KC)
Kits:
Moonkit (NT)
Shinekit (NT)
Goldenkit (NT)
Hazelkit (NT)
Sunkit (NT)
(Sorry if I accidentally missed anybody!)
As you can see, this group is massive! With 31 cats created by the new team, and 25 cats created by the old team kicking around, leaving us with a total of 56!! Many of these characters barely get get screen time, and if they do become important, they are often discarded right after they are used. There's also the issue of characters that are given personality being killed off, and the fact that there are very few deaths overall leads to a over full cast.
So, what to do about the bloat?
Here are some very simple ideas that I came up with, many of which are ones that other people have used or continue to use! I no way am trying to say that I am fixing warrior cats or I am super original, but I wanted to try a fun thought experiment, and if this turns out useful to some, then that's great!!
(Also I apologize if I come off as condescending or patronizing, that was not the intention!)
Idea 1; Keep the large cast, but give everyone at least two individualized personality traits, and a few cats that they have UNIQUE interactions with that aren't their direct family members and aren't related to hunting, patrols, or training. Make use of this cast to diversify everything, which will make the characters feel more alive. This method can even apply to former main characters. To go along with this, everyone should have at least one major line so they don't get lost in the crowd.
(Obviously this doesn't apply to major or main characters, and you should pre-plan their traits and their relationships so their isn't any inconsistency. You can even give them their own motivations and reasoning if your feeling spicy!)
(Ex; Bristleclaw is talented and snooty. Mousewhisker avoids Lionblaze and Poppyfrost because they are xenophobic towards him, despite being from the same generation. Thriftear, her mate Bayshine, and their close mutual friend Plumstone, have a few lines each discussing recent gossip they obtained from the gathering from Shadowclan. Wafflepelt hates birds because he finds their songs annoying, and complains about it to his former mentor.)
Idea 2; Kill off your characters more frequently. This can be done in between arcs, before the story itself starts, to drive the plot forward, what have you. The killed character could have a major personality, could not if you don't really care. This most important thing with this method is to make the deaths memorable, and effect the cats around them. This allows the cast to be smaller, add drama to your story, and raise the stakes. Having cats grieve also makes it feel like the relationships of the characters are more real and deep, even if we don't see them all that much. However, don't kill off your characters all the time, especially if your doing it for shock value. It'll lose weight after a while, and potentially could drive readers away.
(Ex; Stormcloud dies in a similar storm that killed his brother, making their deaths an echo of each other. Cherryfall feels conflicted over his death, as they had a weird complicated romance going on that was never resolved. Sparkpelt, his best friend, is in deep distress about it because it reminds her of Larksong. Molewhisker is glad he's gone. Sorrelstripe, Stormcloud's former apprentice, is sad but quickly recovers.)
Idea 3; Add an age ranking system on the allegiance list, or at the very least give some of them reasons to be listed so high on them. Mess around with the allegiances in general actually, have more cats retire, more cats as queens. This is the closest you can get to modifying the allegiances without adding new roles if your not into that sort of thing! You can have have the younger warriors and the older ones sperated by giving them titles like "Senior" or "Fresh-paws", you can even include a middling rank for cats in between the two. Make sure to explain why some cats are in these categories despite their age or experience. Is it due to special talents or skills? A highly respected family? Are some lower down because they are disgraced and have done something wrong? What are the qualifications of these ranks? Play around with it, there's a lot of ideas to explore!
(Ex; Whitewing and Birchfall are currently the eldest clan warriors, so they rank on top of the senior rank. Shellfur is rather young, so he's a Fresh-paw. Graywhisker ranks pretty high because of his parents, Stemleaf and Spotfur, despite being younger than Shellfur. Thornclaw refuses to retire.)
Idea 4; If your stuck, running out of traits and relationships to give a character, or you feel the cast is a bit TOO big for your liking, than you can always combine characters. This method works great if you have big litters, or characters that are too similar to each other. This'll massively help reduce bloat because not only can you remove at least one kitten from every big litter, but it'll also allow you to give everybody more attention and how their relationships might change because of this combined character! You can do this with any kind of character, including main ones!!
(Ex; Combining Leafshade and Honeyfur together. Or Fernsong with one of his siblings.)
Idea 5; Similarly to the method above, you can just remove a character from the story or books entirely. You can even save them for later to use if you need them for a generation that's looking pretty sparse! It's always good to have backups!
(Ex; Removing Eaglewing for later use.)
Idea 6; Keeping track of everyone's familiar relations to prevent a "super couple" from producing too many litters, and then those litters having even more children, and etc. Having a tree or recording down character's family will make so the clan isn't entirely related to each other, allowing more complex relationships and believable romance, and help everything feel a little more clean. You can even adjust your cast even further if your still not happy with it's size. However, if you still want to keep the litters, try to stagger them a little so everyone has a chance to develop.
(Ex; Cinderheart and her mate don't need so many kittens. Brightheart and Cloudtail's second litter is swapped to someone else. Myrtlebloom's litter's sire is unknown.)
Idea 7; And finally, give the characters routines and special places you can find them on the territory, either in camp or around landmarks. This method could make the characters feel less like NPC's who only react to things or the plot in camp, and again give them that smidge of extra personality. Having the chance to randomly bump into somebody on the territory through the eyes of our POV could allow us to explore those background characters more and depth and evaluate what their interests are. This is something applicable to patrols too! Who wants to go with whom what pair or trio work best together? Who shouldn't be put on the same patrol as each other and why?
(Ex; Brambleclaw often goes to stomp around the forest randomly in anger because he's an elder, Squirrelstar tries to steer clear of him when this happens. Flipclaw likes to climb around on rocks near the territory outskirts, sometimes joined by his mother Ivypool or his little niece Moonkit and her parents. Sunbeam and Finchlight are super chatty when paired together, but are really good at duo hunting in exchange. Stemtail doesn't like eating with other cats, and sits in a secluded corner in camp. Brackenfur loves to sleep in a sunny spot in front of the Elder's den.)
Now with all of those ideas in mind, here's an allegiance list constructed using most of those concepts, baring the ones that aren't applicable on it;
Leader; Squirrelstar (Temperamental and passionate)
Deputy; Ivypool (Level-headed but avoidant of personal problems)
Med.cat/s; Alderheart (Anxious and sensitive)
Senior warriors;
Thornclaw (Crotchety and stubborn)
Birchfall (Dependent and easily impressed)
Poppyfrost (Calculated and cold)
Bristleclaw (Talented and snooty) (young)
Mousewhisker (Submissive and quiet)
Middling warriors;
Bayshine (Jolly and upbeat) (young)
Lilyseed (Lily + Seed, grandmotherly but prone to panic)
Dewnose (Reserved and thoughtful)
Blossomfall (Gossipy and rude)
Hollytuft (Snappy and pessimistic)
Cherryfall (Flirtatious and non-committal)
Spotfur (Justice-oriented, righteous) (young)
Stemwhisker (Stem + Gray, pressured and longing) (young)
Sunbeam (Helpful and a people pleaser) (young)
Sparkpelt (Energetic and adventurous)
Young warriors ("Fresh-paws");
Twigbranch (wise and knowledgeable)
Shellfur (rude and abrasive, but learning to be kinder)
Flipear (Flip + Thrift, silly and scatterbrained)
Honeyshade (Leaf + Honey, passive-aggressive and patronizing)
Finchlight (A problem solved and a thinker)
Plumstone (Popular and friendly)
Nightheart (Whiny and entitled)
Apprentices;
Wafflepaw (Endearing and naive)
Goldenpaw ("Golden child", and attention-seeking)
Shinepaw (Confirmative and indecisive)
Moonpaw (Weird and a daydreamer)
Queens;
Daisy (Stern and compassionate)
Sorrelsong (Fern + Sorrel, sweet and nurturing)
Fernstripe (Creative and talkative)
Myrtlebloom (Blunt and honest) (young)
Kits;
Sunkit (Myrtle's, undecided traits)
Oak-kit (Myrtle's, undecided traits)
Hazelkit (Shell's and Fern's, undecided traits)
Elders;
Brackenfur (Responsible and dutiful)
Cloudtail (Sassy and hot-headed)
Brightheart (Elegant and poised)
Brambleclaw (Irrational and bitter)
"Missing" warriors; Jayfeather, Whitewing, Stormcloud, Molewhisker, Bumblestripe, Cinderheart, Eaglewing, Finleap, Stemtail, Thriftear, Fernsong, Leafshade, and Lionblaze.
The cast is now down to a nice 40 instead of 56! (unless I did my math wrong somewhere or forgot somebody which could definitely be the case.)
Obviously the personality traits wouldn't actually be included in the alligence list, but I provided them to be used as examples! I'm really happy with how this turned out, and I hope some people try these methods out for themselves!! It's honestly very fun!
This list is also free for public use, so have fun with it! :)
If you've made it all the way down here, thank you for clicking on this post, and reblog it if you'll liked it! I put a lot of time and effort into it!
#warrior cats#warrior cats family tree#? technically#alligence list#writing tips#Writing advice#characters#personalities#relationships#character concepts#new type of content! Hope you guys enjoy! :)#character writing
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Tell me why Kara Zor-L is one of my your favs! I'm been meaning to make the jump from the CW show to the comics. Any recommendations?
- @cicero-in-gotham
@cicero-in-gotham oh i would LOVE to!! Kara Zor-L is my darling beloved.
firstly for suggestions, i'll be honest Kara can be... a hard character to read for. you have to slog through a lot of really shitty "male gaze" content to get scraps of interesting stuff. the top comics i'd recommend are
Power Girl: Power Trip
Power Girl Returns
Power Girl (2023)
some people like Harley Quinn & Power Girl. i'll be honest... i did not. and Power Girl (2009) has... ups and downs, is the nicest way i'll say it. but it's also solid for what it is. certainly better than her New-52 content so i can't really complain.
anyhow, i always am enamoured by characters who are disconnected from their "family", especially due to trauma. bc no one really counts Power Girl as part of the Superfamily. and even within the Superfamily if people are talking about the "outcast" of the family, they always say Kon. (which, eh? maybe New-52!Kon but i wouldn't say the main Kon is an outcast, his issues are internal) but to me, Kara far better suites that role. it's one thing to be one of the last survivors of Krypton. it's another thing to be one of the last survivors of your entire *universe* as well. she lost everyone, *twice*.
i adore characters who feel like imposters and Kara is *peak* imposter syndrome. everything about her identity is constructed around not feeling like a "real" Super, or a "real" Zor-L. she has to live with knowing she's on an earth that has Supergirl, meaning they don't need her. she didn't wear the S crest for so long even on her own earth, because she felt like she didn't server it.the only thing she feels like she has going for her is her sexual appeal and so it's so amped up she lacks a personality outside of it. she has been isolated again and again by her trauma and she struggles to face her grief, masking with humor and oversexual appearances. i find that to be so interesting. she lost *everything*, twice. and now she's an imposter who will always hold herself at a distance from the Supers because she doesn't want to make them uncomfortable with her existence. she has to live on an Earth and know everyone is... slightly off. she has Clark, but it's not *her* Clark. she has the Justice Society of America, but it's not *her* JSA. and she doesn't have her best friend, Helena Wayne at *all*, because this earth has Helena Bertinelli as Huntress. (unless you count New Golden Age stuff but that's future timeline nonsense)
i find Kara's lack of identity interesting, and the way she just sort of drifts. she has done a lot of things, but lacks a sense of self importance bc she will never view herself as a "real" Kryptonian of this universe. she's just so neat to me. i also love the JSA personally, they're one of my favorite superhero teams, so i love any character connected to the JSA, they're always so underrated.
the Power Girl Special (which is collected in Power Girl Returns) is like, genuinely one of my favorite single issues ever. that comic just lives in my bones. it also has one of the *best* internal monologues i've ever read. something something comics are art. this is cutting some stuff out but just to show you have beautiful the writing is, this is an excerpt from that comic
people tend to think of hatred as love's opposite. but i disagree- i think hatred is just love's sharpened edge. it's the same passion. the same potency, the same intensity. just a different flavor. so no, hatred isn't love's opposite. grief is. grief is the void left behind after something you once loved was violently ripped away. grief is what happens in love's sudden absence. love is when your cup runneth over. but grief is hollow. a chasm. there is no negotiating with grief. it does what it wants to you, when it wants. you will never outgrow or outrun it. but... you can find ways to grow around it. i never got to say goodbye. i was loved, once. i was once loved so much that my life was prioritized above all else. i will never feel worthy of that love or sacrifice. but i'm realizing now that to freeze or falter in the shadow of that love is the only way to fail their sacrifice. i have to live in the light. i can step out into the sunlight, and still carry them with me.
like that is??? so Character to me. she is Everything. i'm just. so unwell over her internal struggles and how she faces the world, i cannot recommend her enough. she means the world to me and that comic has stuck with me since i read it for it's conversation about handling grief. i am begging everyone to be a Power Girl fan i know she's confusing but once you get the hang of her backstory she's so cool i swear-
#necrotic answerings#kara zor-l#power girl#comic recommendations#listen you can skip everything before power trip and skip all the new-52#just start at power trip#the 1988 mini series deifnitely skip#that's from when they made her an atalantean mage it's not canon anymore#her history is *really* confusing#but just run with it#it'll click sooner or later#i am very defensive of ppl considering kon the otusider of the superfam and not her#like??? it's her. it's always her.#kon is accepted and loved by clark. outsider where-#i actually don't know much about supergirl#so i don't know if i could go too in depth with their differences#but i do know a lot of power girl's issues with supergirl are all projection#and i think supergirl was done well in power girl returns when she showed up#i'm so serious the power girl special rewired me#and i thikn it's proof of how comics are an artform yk#i just cannot recommend enough of her#she's so neat.#also idk if i should tag ppl who sign asks? like does that help you find it easier?#idk the ettiquiette on that one#i will find ways to work kara into my fics someday#shame i can't self-rec my kara-centric fic bc it's on my mian ao3 account.#it's about kara zor-l and helena bertinelli forming a friendship#i'm proud of it#tbh you could find it off that description#ty for asking i am SO happy to talk about her tho she's everything and SO underrated.
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