#Them bois are fightingggg

[kiutotakulady]

There I was trying so hard to concentrate with intense hotpot while the chat popped up with them bois catfight & am like you know what...Imma leave you guys with the fight cause I can't concentrate sht with all those chat popup 🤦🏻

[ssahotchnerr]

hi babe! was wondering if you could write something abt hotch + reader having their daughter’s first birthday and all of the team is there and it’s so cute and we get big brother jack.

maybe it including light bickering between them but it’s so clear they love each other so much still and it really is just pointless bickering. something fluffy for sure.

up to you! i trust your wonderful writing , thank u bunches !

- 🕷️ [is this anon emoji taken yet? oops if it is!]

take the bench

AHH that's so adorable 🥹 cw; fem!reader, jack calls reader mom, domestic banter <3 and aaron being very dad <3

"are you kidding, look how cute!" you exclaimed, holding up the little outfit for all to see. your daughter's tiny hands immediately made a grab at it. "this is perfect for spring."

"after two boys, i can't express enough how fun it is shopping for a girl." jj gushed, resting her chin comfortably on her hand. "new section of the store unlocked."

all had gathered for baby girl's very first birthday, and it's been quite the eventful afternoon. lively conversations, a plentiful spread of food, cake on the horizon.

currently your daughter was sat comfortably on your lap, while you orchestrated the whole present-opening extravaganza.

at her young age, she could pull the tissue paper out of the gift bags as instructed, you and jack helped with the actual paper ripping as needed. whether it was you tearing off a starter piece, or jack proudly fulfilling his big brother duties - simply unwrapping it entirely himself and excitably showing his sister what she had received.

and meanwhile, aaron had the most dad job: trash bag duty. it was right up his alley naturally, being sure to punctually collect the scraps of paper before they touched the ground; preventing a mess at all costs.

which ultimately, led up to a new game.

"jack," aaron grabbed his son's focus, holding the bag open and jack caught on instantly. he grinned, balling up and throwing the tissue paper in hand in aaron's direction.

it started off gentle; quiet cheers when jack made the shot, not to mention the growing smiles on both ends. but then it soon turned into them firing off at each other, a bit too aggressive in the constraints of the living room. jack's laughter heightened with each throw, and henry even began to join in from time to time.

while still enamored by the gifts, all thanks to her brother and father's volume, baby girl's attention was quickly drawn to them. she let out a high pitched squeal every time wrapping paper flew over her head and through the air, attempting to wiggle her way off your lap.

as much as you loved aaron and jack carelessly enjoying themselves, and the addictive giggles emitting from your daughter, you also didn't want to take the focus away from everyone's generous gifts. they had spent time, and money, and deserved the proper recognition in return.

"aaron." you warned lightly, raising an eyebrow when his gaze shot to yours - a silent, but loving nonetheless, quit it.

"alright bud," aaron caught the last makeshift ball from jack with his hand, shoving it into the trash. "take the bench. the ref is giving me that look."

"but dad-"

"you heard me. and your mother."

jack let out a small whine, but promptly complied. he returned to the stack of his sister's presents, shifting through and looking for the next one to give her.

"for someone on clean up duty, you sure are making quite the mess." you teased once you caught aaron's eyes again, jack placing the next gift in front of you, "a larger one, if i may add."

"mess isn't in my vocabulary." aaron quipped right back, a delightfully smug look on his face. "you shouldn't be the one talking."

you cocked your head to the side, comically, "oh?"

"who's side of the closet is currently exploding?"

"who's sock drawer has seen better days?"

"the parents are fightingggg." derek stretched out his voice, murmuring humorously under his breath and nudging penelope with an elbow. while the soft tone, his statement was for all to hear.

now, it was your turn to (lightly, as to not jostle baby girl) chuck a ball of wrapping paper at him. derek ducked, barely, laughing loudly as he straightened his posture back upright.

"good try, but not good enough mamas. you gotta work on your aim."

"see, i'm not making a mess." aaron teased as he came near to grab it off the carpet, taking a detour as well to give your lips a quick peck. "you have that title perfectly under control, darling."

you playfully rolled your eyes, a smile dancing its way onto your lips. aaron couldn't resist the sight, kissing you once more. "oh bite me, hotchner."

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

Has anyone asked you about erisol?

If no, then what's your opinion on them! :-)

I feel like people will be upset at me for this, but a completely platonic and completely lukewarm mutual dislike... they don't really like each other, but take no great issue with each other either. The boys are not fightingggg

So like. A common thing in fandoms is taking things at face value and not really reading any deeper into them. You see this a shitton with Eridan in general - lots of people take it 100% at face value that he's a casteist genocide liker, when it's pretty clear upon further examination that he's pretty much lying about being casteist and doesn't actually want to murder his friends. So, at face value, Eridan hates Sollux, and either wants to do spadesies with him, or go ashen with him. And so this has become a really popular ship, but the thing is... at basically every turn, the story kind of goes out of its way to point out that there's actually nothing between them. At least romantically.

See, Eridan does not actually hate Sollux, at least not to the level of pitch/ashen. TWICE before Sollux and Feferi start hanging out all the time, we see Eridan commenting on Sollux in a fairly neutral-negative way - the first time calling him "a drama machine" and noting that "it is fuckin pathetic," and the second time as "the dead guy who saved [Feferi]". And let's be clear about the former, Eridan is just kind of Like That, he's rude as fuck even about people he LIKES (calling his BFF Karkat an "assblood" and sarcastically referring to Feferi by her royal titles), so that's actually one of the less nasty things he's said about someone.

Meanwhile, on Sollux's end, he LITERALLY says "not interested" to what he perceives as pitch/ashen advances from Eridan. Like, actually just says those words out loud. Not even in a pesterlog, he actually just says those words with his mouth.

So it seems to me that there's a pretty clear case to be made here that Eridan and Sollux kind of just... don't really give a shit about each other, and probably wouldn't have interacted in any substantial way if not for Feferi's involvement. Especially because Eridan's chosen method of hitting on Sollux is with casteism, something he's already faking in the first place.

If we really want to dig into this, though, it's kind of - in my eyes - a lukewarm case of the hedgehog dilemma. They're a bit too similar, and it winds up causing them both mild pain to get too close.

They're both nihilists that kind of hate themselves. Sollux's mutated brain causes him a not-insignificant amount of discomfort, his visions of the future and of the "imminently doomed" have made him lose a lot of hope, and he blames himself for killing Aradia, something so painful that he didn't tell anyone else she died, to the point where most of the team - including Terezi and Tavros - had to find out after entering the game. Meanwhile, Eridan struggles with the perceived inevitability of a lifestyle that causes him nothing but distress, and his constant, overwhelming anxiety about it leads to constant stressing over whether or not he's "good enough"; whenever he's in severe emotional distress, he starts beating up on himself.

They also both front at being more okay with their problems than they actually are. Sollux has his 1337 hacker, two cool for you persona that he puts on, and Eridan is always trying to be the big bad sea dweller. For example, Sollux goes "I'm not trolling the humans, it's beneath me," but he's in Jade's trollslum, so the implication there is that he totally did try trolling, it went badly for him, and now he's pretending that he was always better than that. And I don't think I need to tell you how hard Eridan works to try and present himself as badass and scary and totally not deep in the throes of emotional anguish at all times.

And these are the similarities that ultimately make Erisolsprite so stable. Erisolsprite speculates that maybe the reason he hasn't exploded yet is that deep down, he loves to suffer. The truth is, there's nothing between the two that's really so objectionable that they would ACTUALLY hate each other; Eridan isn't actually casteist, and Eridan never really hated Sollux in the first place.

Neither would they bring each other any comfort or joy - Eridan doesn't have any sympathy for Sollux's baggage, since, like, what, he only killed ONE person, and was even under mind control, so it's not like it was really his fault. He's a drama machine. And Sollux wouldn't have sympathy for Eridan's problems, partially because they manifest in such cringeworthy, embarrassing ways (and Sollux is highly sensitive to not being cringe, seeing as he's always commenting on other people being embarrassing or overly earnest), and partially because - I mean, fuck it, he's a rich-ass sea dweller who doesn't need to worry about being harvested to be a battery for a living ship. And also he's an idiot.

That's kind of what their relationship is to me, you know? A tepid and lukewarm dislike. They're just similar enough to each other to understand the other, and just different enough to be like "ugh, but that guy suuuuuuuucks". It's very funny, but not really a ship, hahaha.

So what you really get from that is two guys that just kind of dislike each other. Not vehemently or diametrically enough for pitch or ashen, and not a trace of the requisite pity for flushed or pale. When you throw the two together into one sprite, it won't shut up about how much it hates itself, how each part of itself is flabberghasted by the other, and how much practically the only reason it doesn't explode is a resounding "meh."

Eridan likes to validate his despair; ironically, since it's all he's ever known, it's where he feels comfortable - and nobody would provide better doomscrolling material than the doom player. Similarly, Sollux likes to torment himself, suffering his guilt in silence, and Eridan has SO MUCH to feel guilty over. Combine them into one entity, and you have a guy who can reach SUCH levels of revelling in his own misery, you don't even KNOW.

Not that it's healthy or positive for either of them... just that it would be incredibly stable. It's their worst tendencies being satisfied by each other. Maybe that's a form of leprechaun romance, but it's certainly not a quadrant.

[yiga-hellhole]

hiii i was going to make more of these but i realized i cant be arsed for all of them in one big batch. anyway @smilesrobotlover thank you bestie for reminding me this template exists. too bad there isnt a slider for "beats the other up - is beaten up" because you know the boys are FIGHTINGGGG

some rambling under the cut

big spoon and little spoon is a straightforward one because well, you're not going to get a bigger damn spoon than zant. he's massive. but sometimes even he likes feeling small and cared for, so they're not beyond having him fold his spindly limbs up like he's a dead spider and let ghirahim scoop him into his arms

i don't see them as a big "sharing clothes" type of couple. ghirahim's are far too small for him and his wardrobe flusters zant to no end. inversely, ghirahim wouldn't be caught dead in most of zant's things. but zant would find a lot of enjoyment in giving him clothes

pet names, ghirahim has like 2~3 for zant that he uses, and they're never particularly sappy or anything. zant however makes up new ones every other day. he's sick in the head

introverted-extroverted scale is a little complicated because ghirahim strikes me as more ambiverted. he's well-versed socially and loves attention, specifically loves bullying people, but after spending so long in solitude without proper peers, i think being alone has grown rather comforting for him too. who knows how it'll pack out when he has more like-minded individuals around him? i'm not sure yet.

for love-language, like i said, ghirahim isn't very sappy. he's far more touchy-feely in that aspect where he will just grab and kiss and tease when he feels the need. zant is a solid 50-50 because he loves being touched but also makes up sappy little nicknames on the spot or a long-winded declaration of love to the point it starts getting a little annoying. he's just kind of intense.

confession... well ghirahim would be quick to start doing things that typically denote a couple, but leaves it up to zant to actually officiate the whole thing. partly because he has issues. but also because he loves any chance at making him flustered (issues... 2!)

i don't think either of them are scared of bugs. but ghirahim is callous in getting rid of them and zant will just add them to his personal collection if he can catch em

twili society is rather high-tech. they probably have vehicles of some kind, and zant strikes me as the kind of guy who can drive. irresponsibly, i'll grant, but he'll do it. ghirahim would know how, but he refuses to. he's spoiled like that

the cooking one is funny because anyone in my server will know about the 'zant meal' phenomenon. he can cook, at least to keep himself alive, but the things he makes are horrifying to witness. unprecedented flavor profiles and chaotic execution. just don't worry about it. ghirahim, meanwhile, has a built-in chemical compendium and a heat sensor. theoretically he'd make an excellent cook and baker. he just doesn't want to.

zant loves affection, but is a very private person. he knows ghirahim is very showy and obnoxious, so if he lets him get away with slobbering his face even once, he;d have to deal with it every single hour of the day. and that'd embarrass him!!

theyre BOTH overprotective. it's a problem. though, zant in the sense of, "i want him to be all mine, i want to be all he thinks about, i want him by my side every minute of the day", and ghirahim in the sense of, livestock guard dog with spiked collar to murder wolves.

ghirahim has more relationship experience in that he's met many faces in his millennia of living.... but this kind of romantic intimacy is unknown to him. the whole song-and-dance of courtship he knows, but genuine love, he doesn't. zant had one FWB in college that he fell in fairy-tale love with and planned their wedding in his head after one (1) kiss. needless to say when that guy broke up wih him he was very normal.

i think the horny-awkwardness-jealousy levels speak for themselves.

[redjayson]

Oh, I recognize girls are fighting from an old progress update and I'd been wondering if that one had already been posted and I missed it! What's up with it?

OMG I FUCKING FORGOR TO ANSWER THIS. sorry for the late reply nonny. it's not been posted yet, this is still a WIP! here's the original bullet points from my svsss ideas folder, which is why the working title is what it is:

binghe interrupts the punishment protocol dream bc meng mo calls out to him like “hey come get your man he’s being fucked up by some dream realm even I can’t break into” but binghe can break into it bc Protagonist Halo (+ xin mo?)

bingge vs. bingmei happens early and oh boy the girls are fightingggg

luo binghe truly lives in an endless cycle of having to fight other versions of himself in defense of his shizun 😭

"You dare address Shizun in such a way?" Binghe snarls, further delineating the differences between the two of them. "You dare to hurt him?!" Even as he says that, Shen Qingqiu can feel a familiar squirming in his guts and through his body. His physical body may be confused about which Heavenly Demon's blood is in his body, but that doesn't seem to matter in the Dream Realm! He can feel the bleeding slow, the pain fade—though not disappear—as Binghe deadens the nerves in and near his shoulder.  Luo Bingge sneers. "How did you get inside my dreamscape? Who are you?" "Why did you take Shizun?" Binghe returns. Luo Bingge tilts his head slightly as he studies them. "I didn't," he says slowly. "But...since he's here..." His smile is one that Shen Qingqiu had once admired. It had been on multiple pieces of fanart, including some posters that Shen Yuan may or may not have hung in his bedroom. It is mirthless and merciless and Shen Qingqiu had never realized the way it doesn't reach his eyes, leaving them flat and dead.  "Why not keep having fun together?" Luo Bingge finishes his thought.

[mysteriouslyjovialcolor]

Brazil 2019

-No quali, so here we are

-First time watching a 2019 race

-Extremely uneasy about witnessing Kimi in something other than red

-But excited about the 2019 rookies! (And Carlos in McLaren)

-Max pole?! Let’s go!

-(I forgot Alex was in Red Bull 🫣)

-Carlos Sainz p20?!

-This is Max’ 2nd pole ever!

-“It’s Verstappen, Hamilton, Vettel”!

-“This is Charles Leclerc and Daniel Ricciardo! And now he’s gone past Lando Norris as well!”

-That move on Stroll from Carlos?!

-Charles is on fire here!

-“He is very much the favorite of those in red” And in his first year

-Lando dropped down to p20? Did he and Carlos somehow exchange places?! How the hell did that happen?!

-Charles and Kimi?!

-This race has definitely just been about Charles so far

-Ohmygod the timing screen glitched. Lando’s p11

-Ah contact between Daniel and Kevin :/

-“Well they’re neighbors in the pit lane, so I can see the mechanics in the Haas garage shooting evils at Daniel Ricciardo” Haha

-With the race he’s running, I need Charles to make it to the podium

-Seeing Daniel in p20 is harrowing (it’s giving his last few days at VCarb, I don’t like it)

-And he got a 5s time penalty

-Aah Mercedes undercut???

-Oh bloody hell that pit stop from Red Bull was so good!!

-What the hellll was that Williams doing?!?

-Oh wow Max and Lewis double overtake on Charles

-Aaaah Max has done it!!!

-I’m so proud!!!

-“Feels a bit no man’s land for Ferrari” what are you talking about Charles just went from p14 to p4

-How have they not put in radio subtitles yet?

-Lando and Carlos making it to p7 and p8

-“It’s very hard to keep up with him man” Lewis?

-“Yeah, I think we got the wrong tire” Oh?

-“Well what are we waiting for? We’re not getting any close!” Lewis basically driving and strategizing all by himself

-This Red Bull pit crew is insanely good

-“Leclerc doesn’t make it any easier for him”

Charles defense masterclass!!

-If Sebastian somehow wins this race after all the strategies from Red Bull and Mercedes, that would be hilarious

-I am actually so so impressed by Charles defending from Valterri right now

-“By the way, Carlos Sainz up to p10 from back of the grid”

-Oh no Valterri out of the race

-Safety car?

-No, yellow flag.

-Oh never mind, full safety car

-“Box, box, opposite to Verstappen” and the pit stop games are back

-Every other team pitting as well

-Charles got newer tires. I really need him on the podium now

-“The safety car needs to speed up man” Has there been a safety car race where this has not been said?

-Aaaaaah any time Lewis and Max go wheel to wheel, I just have to hold my breath and watch cause I know it’s going to be good

-Also Alex p3!!!

-“the youngster in his rookie season, never been on the podium before, finds himself in third place” (oh please let him make podium)

-Carlos p7!

-Daniel back in the points!!

-“You just can’t get too much of Hamilton versus Verstappen can you” you really can’t

-Oh wow really thought Sebastian would get past there!

-“Albon, it’s really his first time up with the big boys and he’s handling it well”

-Let’s go Charles!!!

-Aaah the Ferrari’s are fightingggg!

-Oh no!

-Oh no! They both hit each other!! Ohmygodd

-Both of them cursing each other out?

-Another safety car??

-Maybe Lewis will get new tires now

-He’s come out p4! What? Why was that a good idea?!

-Is this going to be a Red Bull 1-2?!?

-Where is this race going??

-“That reminded me of Vettel and Webber at Turkey” They’ll never let go of those two teammates

-“I do think Mercedes have pitted Lewis Hamilton off the podium” like why??

-If the race ends like this, Max, Alex and Pierre will be on the podium- which is extremely crazy, especially for Pierre

-Aah Lewis got back, I shouldn’t have doubted him

-Oh come on!! That’s such bad luck for Alex!! Lewis whyyyy!? He was p2!!!

-Woah Pierre’s p2 now?! Where did he slip in from?!

-I’m actually so sad about Alex right now! That’s so disappointing!

-“The Brazilian Grand Prix goes to Max Verstappen!”

-“Gasly comes home to take second place! His first podium in Formula 1”

-I mean that is some great karma there for real (for the team obviously, not for Alex)

-“It’s the best finish for Toro Rosso since Sebastian Vettel won” Like insane levels of karma

-“Absolutely bossed it! Well done Max!” “Haha! We did it as a team guys” They’re so family coded your honor

-Aaaah Pierre on the radio!!! Aaah I’m cryingggg!!

-(I’m still extremely sad for Alex)

-Max running to his team>>>>

-So so happy for Pierre 😭😭

-Pierre really looks so young here. Him just taking everything in>>

-“I massively apologize to Albon” :((

-“I was praying for that Honda engine to give me everything” 😭😭

-All three of them talking so animatedly to each other

-I’m not getting over this podium anytime soon 😭😭

(Had to look up if Lewis did end up getting a penalty for his move on Alex. He did. Went down to p7)

[egtotaldramatakes]

I seriously need to talk about some new characters but I was thinking one day about Avatar: The Last Airbender and keep in mind I'm getting so close to rewatching it for like the 5 or 6th I love ATLA since I was a tiny 8 year old

..okay so then I was just thinking about Azula and Zuko's dynamics.

I have a really bad habit where with my current hyper fixation I apply it to like,

things..

so guess who said "José and Azula are sorta similar"

they're deranged (José is deranged, in my eyes), better than their brother in which causes said brother try so hard to be at least on par with them, .............b l u e,

this is more of a fanon José but basically they're only like that 'cause they want their respective fathers to love them..I'm pretty sure there was more lore on Azula 's side but you all get it..right??

Plus their brothers that both wear red are both Mama's boys so if we start doting on fanon José then he's gonna start thinking the same way Azula did with her mother

not to mention the nickname they give their brothers, José with "Al" and Azula with "Zu-zu" and their brothers don't like it

....okay like the only difference is that Zuko and Azula are more traumatized then the Burromuertos that what I can think of other than that ..and that they can't firebend..and that..there's not really an Uncle Iroh for Ale..and that Alejandro doesn't really get a redemption arc the way Zuko does..

Yea..

clock is done

Bridgette is next I swear

found this on Pinterest ALERT ALERT THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTINGGGG!!! MY MONEY IS ON BRIDGETTE!! FIGHT OF THE CENTURY GUYS AHHHHEGDVSGSH

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[coffeeandcalligraphy]

happy fostered bday! i’m really curious to know what binds the characters together through the different books and as the story progresses. is it a goal they have in common, is it love, revenge...? and did 13 year old rachel consciously think about this or did it occur naturally?

Hehe ty! This is so fun!

BOOKS 1-2

The “good” squad in these books is Reeve/Harrison/Foster & they’re really allied by trying to stay alive and get away from bad guys (in book 1 the group of antagonists is different but in book 2 the group is Lonan et al. LOL).

BOOKS 3-5

In book 3 we actually get a huge split in loyalty because Reeve allies with Lonan where Foster and Harrison rightfully distrust him. That causes some group conflict especially with Harrison who wants to kill Lonan so bad! But when they get over that, the main 4 come together quite nicely for books 4-5 where the boys especially make Reeve’s mental health their priority.

In book 5, Lonan starts experiencing some Horrors and the whole squad rallies around him for a bit.

BOOK 6

Book 6 is so interesting because Harrison and Lonan are FIGHTINGGGG. So Lonan and Foster have an alliance (Reeve almost too), and Harrison is alone because he’s angry at everyone LOL. They do eventually though come together again for Lonan.

For the Moth Work spin-offs, love absolutely is what brings the characters together even when it tears them apart—everything is about love! In MW, Lonan is afraid of love and Harrison wants love. In FH, Harrison is harmed by love and Lonan is searching for it. In BODY BACK Harrison is trying to forget about love and in Hallowed Bodies Lonan is desperate for it. In Changing States Jeremiah is trying to heal from love and find it again.

In Seventh Virtue, the goal is just Lonan LOL. Everybody trying to save that man or hurt that man for power or reunite with that man or help a loved one reunite with that man like he’s really the moment!

It’s my book’s birthday! Send asks about the series!

[heretic-altias]

FFXIVWrite Day 26 - Last

I march on for the final stretch despite incredible sleep deprivation, so this might be a little all over the place but it's DONE. The boys are fightingggg.

Don’t know my characters? Here’s a basic breakdown to help you out!

~

“Did you really expect to be left in peace after getting back from the First? Because that’s what it sounds like” Kito argued fiercely.

He and his brother were fighting. Again. It was not the first time they’d fought since returning to the Source and it would most definitely not be the last. This had started over dinner, and still went on long after the sun outside had faded, leaving the stars to shine above.

“No I didn’t! But you know I’ve always wanted to see Sharlayan! Did you expect me to be happy you’re all going without me?” Kotah shouted back, his ears lying flat.

“The only reason you’re not going is because you have the criminal record of a serial killer! You’re lucky the Alliance let the Scions keep you in Mor Dhona at all! Our influence is the only reason you’re not dead, you’re lucky the Alliance trusts us that much because anyone else in your spot would be dead. You brought this on yourself” Kito snapped.

“Look I know you all hate me. I know you only keep me around because you owe me after everything on the First. If I could have stayed there without dying, I would have. But by the Twelve just let me be upset about this!”

“I don’t know why you picked me to complain to then! Go talk to Urianger, he likes you! Or G’raha who was busy sleeping through everything you did and only knows you as the hero you somehow became on the First!”

Your anger is getting the better of you Twintania interjected to Kito.

I don’t really care. He came to me complaining he couldn’t go visit Sharlayan because he killed innocents. I know he’s my brother but I just… I can’t bring myself to care. I trust him now but I don’t like him, you know? Kito sighed mentally, sharing the jumble of emotions along with his words in the hopes Twintania would understand.

Kotah meanwhile continued to argue, entirely unaware of the second conversation happening in Kito’s mind.

“I just thought you’d at least understand! You knew how badly I wanted to go when we were kids!”

“But we’re not kids anymore, and the person you’ve become is not someone I like,” Kito finished, walking away.

Twintania was right. He would go too far if he kept this up. As much as he wanted to spell out exactly how he felt, this wasn’t the time or place.

There might never be one.

Twintania understood him, but at the same time didn’t. She usually tried to encourage peace between them despite her usual fierceness. Their shared minds allowed them to see from each other’s perspectives very easily, but that meant Kito knew how much dragons valued their kin. Kito and Kotah weren’t blood related, but they’d grown up as siblings both adopted by the same father. To Twintania, they were connected in the same way she was to her own siblings or the great wyrms were to each other. But Kito was human, and humans didn’t work the same way.

They both understood and couldn’t understand each other on this matter at the same time.

He does not like himself either. It shows in how he carries himself, Twintania noted as Kito left the conversation.

He shouldn’t. Was all Kito had to say on the matter.

Of course Kotah didn’t like himself. He had proven on the First in the end that he had changed, enough for Kito to trust him. But how can you like someone you can’t forgive? It was all too complicated, and Kito had a feeling this strain between them would remain for the rest of their lives.

And yet you will be cordial again in the morning. Mortals and their conflicts. So short, yet so intense. Capable of burning with all of Nidhogg’s rage for the most fleeting of moments… Twintania mused to herself.

You are not helping Kito grumbled, stomping off to bed.

But he had to admit he probably would feel better with some rest. While the feelings were always there, the arguments never lasted more than a day. Somehow, they remained friendly enough the rest of the time.

Knowing that would not stop the famous Warrior of Light from having a bit of a pathetic tantrum once alone though.

[llycaons]

ep36 (2/2): the juniors are running a comedy club out here

cue me muttering 'who the fuck is the poison sage?' and googling it and not getting anywhere and then listening to it again and hearing 'sandu senshou' and going 'oohhhh it's jc', why is he dressed in pink

HELP all the kids saying they hate jc lmao

AND WWX LOVES IT

oh this is so endearing. he's so rarely off-kilter and hesitant like this. so much different from his stiff noncommunication from previous episodes

here too, he's so unsure and concerned. showing some feeling! I love it

it's so nice that wwx accommodates his autistic boy best friend by clarifying when he's joking and when he's not

oh, it goes both ways huh

this is such a creepy opening to this arc. most definitely cursed, this city

in this scene in the book, wwx buys makeup from some girls. it makes me a little sad how tough-guy he still is even postres. get in tough with your more feminine side, beloved

the animals are FIGHTINGGGG actually tho this is really sad

nooo little apple!! it's so cute how wwx loves her so much. in the donghua he opened his arms for a hug and yelled "I missed you so much!!!" they're so cute. AUs where wwx never died will never have little apple and that's a shame

THAT HYPOCRITE. 'ohhh don't use jgy to scare me. I'll use lwj to scare YOU' WHICH IS SUCH A LIE god he's so funnyth

realistic teenage dialogue in all honesty. I'm laughing so hard

smash cut to lwj being like 'christ these kids never shut up time to use my magic spells to unethically force them to stop fucking arguing' yet another example of wwx being a big ol hypocrite because he loves when the kids get silenced he thinks it's funny

lwj just loves descending dramatically from the sky. his favorite hobby

wtffff did he just vanish them????

SAID AT FULL VOLUME in front of like 20 kids who know exactly who used the yin iron last. god. I can't believe nobody said anything. lwj spoke way quieter than that

ooh! spooky

he goes full toddler teacher here it is so funny

LEGENDARY WWX LINES

neat shot here

when they're like 'why isn't the door closing?' and wwx is like ' listen we're getting in here one way or another'

and finishing this off with yet another forgotten classic by our favorite necromancer. 'yeah I was just wearing it because it looked so cool. no other reason'

personal highlights:

wwx's little 'aww, he hasn't changed at all'

lwj being all dopey and honest when drunk and almost making wwx cry and then being all unsure/vulnerable the next morning 🥺

the little fake moustache on the kid acting as nmj

the fact that all the kids hate jc???? or they know that everyone else hates him??? that's so funny

the comedy of the kids arguiing over animal names

wwx threatening jl with a LIE and being a hypocrite

the lie about the mask

[tsuki-sennin]

Disaster has struck! A silver-colored imitation of God Kuwagata has taken control of King-Ohger! Confusion, joyfulness, and now fear has overtaken the people of Shugoddam as Gira's reputation tanks once more. Racles's machinations and the sudden aggression of God Scorpion have now completely solidified Gira's image as an insurrectionist. Now yet more baffled than ever before, Gira stands by himself in the night air...

Hoohoohoooooo boy, Spoilers, I guess...

-"OH GOD, I'M A REAL CRIMINAL NOW!?"

-From one CGI shot to another.

-"Those vile Bugnarok!"

-Hail Britannia, huh Racles?

-He doesn't need the other royals anymore.

-I have to give Racles credit, he's a legitimately scary villain.

-Oh goddammit Kaguragi, what're you trying now?

-Rita's just like "This is between you two, I'm just arbitration".

-Doctor of Engineering vs. Doctor of Medicine.

-Oh hello, Dezzy. Kamji.

-Gundajim?

-Ant!

-The manhunt begins.

-Kogane's a good friend.

-I'm assuming Gundy here's our second general.

-Man... there's something so cruel about hearing a kid admit he can't see a Red get out of this one.

-I see Kaguragi's kindness isn't just limited to his subjects.

-The girlies are fightingggg!

-Yanma doesn't need chairs.

-Oooooh... Parents, eh?

-Kami Ikari...

-It was never natural.

-That's a whole ton of locusts!

-What happened that day, fifteen years ago, Himeno Ran will never forget. After all... it was the day her mother and father died. In the haze of fire throughout Fraputal, medics and grieving families hurriedly ran through the shaking hall. Off to the side, by a fallen pillar and a bouquet of flowers, a young blonde-haired girl was tending to a wounded maid, her eyes occasionally glancing over to her parents. Luminaries of the world, both as doctors and rulers. It was only natural she'd do as they ask. ...perhaps by that same logic, it was only natural they'd not live to see the end of the disaster. As Mama and Papa writhed out their last breath, the hooded figure walked off. She was certain she saw them sneer as they latched onto the Shugod.

-Scorpion venom.

-Revenge ain't gonna help them now.

-"You know what, yeah! I wouldn't know!"

-"Keep working. We're taking out this trash."

-Oh fuck, Kabutan.

-Ooogh

-Beeg Bugs

-"Move it, maggots!"

Yanma: Where the FUCK is he?! Himeno: How should I know!? If Gira had any sense, he'd be out of Shugoddam! Gira: Sasoriiiiinne!

-"Shut up, you stupid bitch! Hi-yah!" (smack)

-They wouldn't tell him :<

-Nice dodge!

-Teamwork~!

-Yaaaay!

-Yanma :)

-Besties~!

-"Huh? ...HUH?!"

-"You leave me out of this, Geeks of Evil!"

-The Gods have come back~!

-Back to kicking ass we go!

-Here comes the queen!

-The sheer audacity Himeno has is absolutely admirable.

-"Oh hey Sasorinne, what's up?"

-Time for the queen to take center stage.

-For a terrifying gigantic robot scorpion, Sasorinne is quite adorable.

-"Soooo... are you dating~?"

-Can't ask for a better wingwoman than the queen.

-Let's do it!

-God Scorpion!

-Scorpi?

-Hm. Good for them.

-We did it!

-Rest in peace, Gundajim. You were kinda funny, and your salute shall not go unappreciated.

-Thank you :)

-Ahem, oh noooooo! He's gooooone!

-Oh well, at least we're better friends now :)

-Oh no

-Rita bby pls

-So like

-Is Racles gonna slaughter all of these children if Gira doesn't do the duel? That's pretty low, even for him.

-Oh shit, Racles!

-SIlver Bug~!

-Ohkuwgata Ohger.

-He really wants you to know he's the king, huh?

[aluminumallium]

"live" blogging arcane spoilers in a single post but i post it after im done watching

i just started the episode and ALREADY vi is replaced by maddie HELP so obvious shes still not over vi anyways like damn. cope

miss isha is so cute he he i love you isha. reddit could never make me hate you

lest content lets goooo. OMG VIKTOR MENTION YAYYYYY

this is so hype. jail breakkk.

jinx feeling validation for the first time in forever 😭 guys they love her GUYS SHE LOVES ISHA!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

this blood thing is awesome. omg like emotions? OH MY GOD?

OH MY GOD ITS VANDER GUYS! IN THE FLESH! THATS YOUR DAD!

next episode. emo lesbian win hell yea. black hair on vi is so good LOL love it. oh no emo lesbian lose :( sadge

sisterly love is when you choke her out <3

caitlyn looks so good with that middle part wow. alucard ass fit (ive never watched castlevania)

omg get mel out of thereuhhh.. omg kino! i dont remember any mention of this guy. to be fair i didnt rewatch all of season 1 before watching any of season 2 :p

boy why you so bubble. you should probably not eat that. the girls are fightingggg

for love? omg his something. daughter? idk.

how did kino never figure out the puzzle shit. hasnt he been down there for years. oh hes like not alive lol. oh hes not kino

yes omg beat their ass mel!

big fan of this bubble shit. me when pearlescent

?????????? OK? who is felicia. shes pregnert. THEYRE SWEET!!! THATS THEIR MOM AWW THEY KNEW EACHOTHER

THEY LOVE EACHOTHER 😭😭😭😭 family reunionnnnn

where is jayce omfg im going to freak out. oh there he is YES YES BEARD JAYCE LETS GO

BAH!!!!!! dont even get me started. ooohh my god dude

AND ME LMFAO. WOW HES SO SEXY LIKE WOW. LIKE WOW. the switch up is so funny. omg hextech saved you! no im fucking sucks this is bad. omg hextech is saving everyone! no it fucking curse this is bad

you seem different HI? GO TO HIM. oh my god dude. where has he even been. i feel batshit btw like im so obsessed with them

sorry. laughed

he looks so stupid sorry. is that his gf wait i forgot what she looks like. yes it is. clouded by emotion until u realized u can like conjure ur dead gf like ok

i wont lie and say that every second something else is on screen im waiting for my viktor content sorry. i like him a lot. thats not to say im not enjoying the rest i just have priorities LMFAO

wrong. not a beast thats a father.

omg theyre going to viktors church cult place yayyyy. THE HERALD WHAT LMFAO could he have chosen a better name for himself

place of peace yeah of course. ugh the building design goes so insane hnnngh. YES ARCANE JESUS I LOVE YOU i was conflicted abt his long hair in the teaser posters or whatver but as soon as he pulled up YUPPPP im in love with him. sorry to the og viktor lovers btw i didnt fw him that crazy in season 1 i was a jayce stan day 1

love the ombre going on here. his outfit goes hard mmm yummers. COOKIE? new slur just dropped. hes so sweetness STOP BRINGING BACK THAT FUCKASS HAIRCUT IN THESE DREAM TYPE SEQUENCES ITS SO BAD

lets gooo vi and jinx cultists era!!! oh no.

viktor based for ever btw

ohhh girl fight. ANGRY OIL SLICK. unreal. ohhh the nickname got her. world is fucked btw.

JAYCEEE JAYCEEE YES YEAY HAHAA YES! YES! itd be cool if they were gay idk lol. just saying

omg girl eat the whole thing dont be wasteful thats just rude.

YAYYY GIRL BOSS beat her ass. OMG JAYCE YAY! can you be kind to that child be gentle go see your bffstie pls YAY YAY YAY!!!!! guys im so hype im so hype

im abt to pass out sorry hes just so everything to me. uh oh YES JINX this is awesome guyz. YAY VANDER hes so awesome i love you vander. uh oh

thats not good. EVERYONE DROPPING DEAD? OR SOMETHING? holy shit dude. holy shit. holy shit. boy why you so lava

FUCK THIS ENDING im killing myself YOU BUILD ME UP JUST TO KNOCK ME DOWN LIKE THIS. something needs to happen ISHA SAVE THE WORLD. wait im scared IM SCARED NOT LIKE THAT NO WAIT WHAT THE FUCK

WHAT THE FUCK

ITS OVER ITS SO OVER. ILL NEVER MAKE IT THIS TIME THIS IS THE END

i take it back.

final thoughts im ending it all they could never make me hate you jayce but this is your fault and im never going to recover

[dleena2023]

bismillahirrahmanirrahim

beloved zofgk & ktr

today is the day of arafah! and alhamdulillah i'm fasting now 😃 it's my first time fasting on arafah because usually i'm unable to due to abc or i just... didn't care about it much. it's kinda suprirising to say this but this year is actually my first time reading that the first 10 days of zul hijjah are the best days of the year 🥲 either i really didn't know that or i have read but the info didn't process and harbour in my mind. but nevertheless alhamdulillah, i learnt something new today 🤍 and in sha Allah on this day of arafah, where if you fast, your sins from the previous year and next year will be forgiven. and your deeds will be multiplied by a loooot. in sha Allah. and tomororrow is adiladha already, and i tried to learn how to solat sunnat hari adilfitri haha and alhamdulillah it looked confusing at first but it's actually easy. 2 raka'at tambah some takbir hehe. may i have the rezeki to solat sunat adilifitri in the monring (for the first time jugak!) di masjid + volunteering along the way cos i signed up for it hehehe. a bit nervous because i'm going alone🥺but issokay, Allah is always there for me. so i have nothing yo worry about in sha Allah amin.

in about excatly 2 hours time (as i am typing this, the clock striked 2.30pm!) my bois, you will be playing against your longest nemesis & soulmate aka geng 😹 i know i know, it's gonna be really tough and it feels impossible just to beat them because we have never won over them for the past like 2 years? even in lck season too... and the idea of winning against them just seems.. unattainable. it's like we have a barrier against them or something. or like the universeis just against us and don't want us to win over them for some reason hmmm. and i know you bois will definitely feel frustrated, like whyyy?!?!??! we are almost close! we almost win against them! but in the end, it just didn't happen 😣 and to think about it... i guess good things take time, right? so even if we might not win against geng today, i just hope that each one of you know that it's another medium for us to constantly improve on ourselves and as a team, okay! let's draft and communicate megaaaaaaa well today! let's take today's match as an opportunity to adapt the current meta well, learn from our mistakes , be better and be more confident. also my dearest coaches, pls do give guma some good carry adc champs!! we miss him playing some carry champs!! no more senna duty pleasee let's us cook many dishes during this summer season!! manifesting for today and throughout the season!!💫 and for my beloved bois, let's play safe with no regrets and most importantly, to have fun and faith in yourselves and each other. although it's only the 1st week of summer but let's not be complacent and do our best to play well, okay fightingggg!!! let's qualify for playoffs and secure a spot in worlds! my prayers and do'a-do'as are for you as well so never lose hope!! nothing is impossible if you believe. and against geng? oh, we will win. WE WILL DEFINITELY WIN. in sha Allah. will be rooting for each one of you from the beginning till the end through thick and thin. no matter what :) take care loves and see you guys soon in an hour plus!!😘❤️‍🔥🤍🌹

doing well individually;

but even better as a team

rooting and believing in zofgk always

addie

here are some loves so support the boissss, take one each! :

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[semimedieval]

some addendums

"Rim! But that's actually a fake name, a code name if you like. Cause names have power so you don't just want go and give your name away to everybody" wait i did not fuuuucking know this line that rim says in 2.0 is fucking attributable back to 1.0 and to moopy. wow.

2. THE BOYS ARE FIGHTINGGGG

WOLFLOVER21: (Hey guys hard to say this but I don't think I can keep up with this fast pace!) SCRATCHLOVER999: I can hardly keep up too. TOESOCKSQUEEN: It only takes like 5 minutes to reread things. :) RASSBERRYCALLING: Hey my caras practically the main one right now and even the pace is so fast, I ain't top dog any more.

everyone is showing themselves excellently here. my own comments, if any existed, have been lost to scratch 2.0 update selective deletion. jack wins "scariest" - his 12 year old self's "i'm going to put a smiley face at the end of something kinda mean" strats scare me to this day. rp structure precludes "main characters", the word augustine is looking for is "plot driver", but we appreciate his diplomacy in reaching out to the other team. the katia jack and augustine school of friend group beef: "when you guys are being mean to virginia it is for petty and ridiculous reasons and you should apologize right now. when i am being mean to virginia my rage is holy and righteous and it is the only reasonable thing to be doing." so it continued for like two whole years.

3. rim asking monoceros "did you burn down goatville and if so why" was deeply embarrassing to me even at the time because my ass did NOT have a good answer for him

4. monoceros says he "used a fire extranei" to set fire to goatville, a fact that never reoccurs and is worth considering as an alternate plot for adventure 3.3 but i'm on the fence

5. captain pathetic perking up when he hears vague reaffirmations that his girlfriend has not dumped him yet (she has expressed no intention of doing so)

Chuji turned her attention away from James and quietly walked across the room. "Quartz honestly.. You torture my obsidian to much." she giggled. Obsidian perked up slightly and smiled at Chuji.

Also: this follows a completely insipid argument between obsidian and quartz that (if you adjust for Bad Writing Behaviors) reveals sad and real things about Quartz being very afraid of anything bad happening, from death to mild inconvenience, to the only family she has left. And also: "tozi stared at the wall, wanting them to shut up." omg the boys are fightinggggg what will happen????

6. as a final note before i start reading this summary of contributions: checking in with the quartz and spark show.

"Are you okay?" She placed the back of her hand on Quartz's forehead. "Nope. Not a fever." "Nothing like that," she muttered. "Just a bad mood..." "What is it? You can tell me. We're best friends remember?" She grinned. "Of course. But don't tell anyone." Quartz looked down. "I acted like a bit of an idiot in the morning today, sort of overreacted." she began. "But it gets the message across.. I'm worried about Obsidian. He's the only family I have left, and I love him more than anyone on earth." "He used to be so happy, but now....It's Chuji isn't it?" "Maybe," she replied, kicking moodily at a stone. "Tozi, that is. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad he's back,but... Well, Obsidian had always reacted to Tozi in strange ways. Ever since he came." Spark looked at the ground. She loved Tozi, but knew it would never work out. He loved Chuji and that was the way things were. Quartz glanced sideways at her. "We're wallowing in self-pity, Spark," she laughed. "BACON!" Spark giggled. Love wasn't everything, she still had a great best friend.

Then they yell a bunch of other ~omgeh so random X3~ words like "biscuits" and "totoro" because sometimes they are mild to moderate self inserts of how jack and katia see themselves at age 12. and within that context, it's quite sweet. the end <3 next time on the ill advised aote reread: the infamous poppyworth scene, and then OMG! LUPUS AND KY BROKE UP LAST NIGHT

[joltning]

the amount of time I spend thinking about pre All Of That pfl is actually comical. Did they forget rvb is the Stand around and talk show. Literally how am I supposed to assume these people were ever friends when they’re all at each others throats all the time

ct in particular as a “b plot” needed more not just for herself but also for charon. rvb is all about “Noooo Theres bad people and good people on every side of war………stop fightingggg” but the most we get outside of the leader for charon as a remotely humanized force is demo and girlie talking shit about ct like 😭😭 this goes for the pirates in chorus too Like ok Now Ur ok with gunning down criminals….. either way like What was she doing. Her ass was Not trusted at all how did she find out about Tex and alpha and everything. They were too busy focusing on golden boy york to care or smth /j

this also goes for the twins and how people interpret one or the other as more ‘correct’ or whatever Maybe we wouldn’t have this issue if you had them talk like normal people. Do they even have a proper conversation???

wash as comic relief is definitely A choice. on one hand it highlights his change from pfl to recovery one. on the other hand….on retrospect wouldn’t it be more strategically advantageous to Keep that personality going forwards so the councilor A. Doesn’t see the shift in demeanor towards the project and B. Underestimates him…? u theorize that’s what he’s doing in pfl as well so I don’t really see why he would change so drastically. “Woobified Wet cat” is much less likely to betray than “Serious Seruous Guy”…..but I guess comic wash lead to the creation of agent Georgia so I can’t be mad, legally

Ur fuckdijsngsg../!!!!! Yr red and blue segment idea i needs thruwj I need it Now!.:/ Red vs blue make this canon Now. Tbh I totally even forgot that caboose calling him a friend was what got him to switch I thought he was just.like that. I want them all to be friends…………… or at the very least, teammates. always advocate for slowburn multiple events leading to revelations and relations over one big event…………..even if I can’t personally write that shit for the life of me

@joltning I present to thee the elaboration requested:

When broken down to the bare essentials Wash and C.T fulfill the same function within the story, and the differences between them as characters mostly results from how the story was executed when it came to them fulfilling that function. 

For example, everybody (myself included) complains about how C.T exists solely as a plot device in the Freelancer Saga, but nobody complains about how Wash also exists solely as a plot device in Recovery One and Recollection. I mean Reconstruction is literally the ‘omg theres a plot!?!?!?!?” season of RvB, and without Wash there is no story. 

The main reason Wash isn’t perceived in the same way as C.T is due to the level of freedom the writers had when it came to telling the story they wanted to tell. The Blood Gulch Chronicles and Out of Mind set the foundations for Recovery One and Recollection, but it was through Wash that the lore of RvB was reconstructed into a cohesive story. The unexplainable was explained, the unelaborated was elaborated upon, and all the wacky hijinks and random bits and bobs of the previous seasons were tied together in a way that answered the question asked in episode one: Why are all of these idiots stuck in a canyon in the middle of nowhere while being separated into color coded teams that are fighting each other?

C.T however did not have the same level of freedom as Wash, and this is because of pfl’s nature as a prequel combined with the pacing of those seasons. We pretty much already knew everything about her that there was to know, so there was no point in hiding anything or taking it slow because of that, hence the painfully obvious foreshadowing. This approach to the Freelancer Sage, and C.T’s story is what leads to her essentially having the same arc as Wash, just reversed—or more accurately described; mirrored, like Chief and Arbiter in Halo 2.

A majority of the reversal and/or mirroring between them manifests in their personalities, which I actually talk about some here, but some examples of the phenomenon in regards to actual plot points are:

They are both introduced as recovery agents (or rather fake C.T, who was the real C.T at the time, was introduced as a recovery agent). Wash is a single agent recovering human technology from dead Freelancers, and he uses explosives to destroy the rest of the equipment to prevent information leaks. C.T is attempting to recover alien technology from a long dead civilization with the help of other aliens, and he uses explosives to make sure anyone who knows of their operation and presents a problem will be destroyed to prevent information leaks. 

We knew exactly who Wash was, who he worked for, and why he was reassembling the blues. We didn’t know who C.T was, who he worked for, and why he was fighting Tucker in the desert. 

Wash was shot in the back and survived, but failed to subdue the enemy. C.T was shot in the chest and died just as they were going to subdue the enemy.

In regards to the real C.T, some examples include:

The Meta was portrayed as the primary conflict for Wash, but in reality he had always been aiming for the destruction of Freelancer. On the flip side, C.T’s fight to take down Freelancer is portrayed as the main conflict, but in reality, while poorly explained, tracking down the alien artifacts seemed to be her real goal (which is not as insane as it sounds when you remember that Charon Industries was more aligned with the UNSC proper than pfl was). 

Wash never hinted towards his plan of taking out the Meta in Recovery One to South, or his plan for destroying Freelancer to the Reds and Blues until he had the perfect opportunity to strike, and by then he had built enough trust that they were willing to help him out despite his secrecy. If they weren’t, well, he knew what to say to change their minds. C.T however wasn’t exactly subtle with her thoughts and feelings, and she didn’t build any trust with the people around her, so when she finally defected—which didn’t take a genius to see coming—no one was willing to listen to her or take her at her word, and there was nothing she could say or do to change their minds except offering concrete evidence. “I’m starting not to trust you.” vs “I can’t trust you.”

This one isn’t a plot point, but I’m going to mention it anyway because I think it’s a nice example of this subtle yet obvious mirroring I’m talking about, and shows what I was trying to replicate in my blurb that spurred me to finally write this analysis:

Counselor: Agent Washington? Agent Washington? Washington: Sorry, what were you saying? Counselor: Were you thinking about Epsilon again, Agent Washington? Washington: No. Counselor: What happened with Epsilon was not your fault, Agent Washington. Washington: I didn't think it was. Counselor: We have safeguards for the unstable emotional patterns of an artificial intelligence. Sometimes these algorithms fail. Washington: Oh. So then it's your fault. Counselor: We prefer to think of it as no one's fault.

Vs:

Washington: It wasn't your fault, Connie. Connie: Easy for you to say. You didn't drop the ball. Washington: The ball got dropped. We were all there, it's everyone's responsibility. Connie: Dammit, why are you doing that? Washington: What am I doing? Connie: Making excuses for me. I'm not making excuses for myself...why are you?

All I've mentioned above is also why C.T’s relationship with the leader and the plot twist that the C.T in the desert wasn’t the real C.T are disliked by so many, as there was nothing to justify the sudden bait and switch like there was at the end of S6. I mean, considering we see both Tex and South use voice mods to sound like men, it reads as though that was supposed to be the case with C.T as well, which makes it feel like it was changed at the last second because everyone saw it coming.

This is an issue because A) There's nothing inherently wrong with being predictable—a good plot twist always has foreshadowing, even if it won’t be registered as foreshadowing until the twist happens in certain cases—and B) The story of the Freelancer Saga as a prequel was confined in a box created by the previous seasons, and all they were doing was connecting the aforementioned events to tie up a few loose ends and properly establish Carolina's driving force in present day S10.

[liaredacteddnd]

TFW you tell a kid a bunch of things about belonging that you’re not even sure you believe