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yuzuocha · 10 months ago

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𝚢𝚞·𝚣𝚞·𝚘·𝚌𝚑𝚊 | ユズオチャ

noun

1. a type of citrus tea that originated from China and is now also widely produced and consumed in Japan and Korea.

2. the owner of this ridiculous blog.

‣ about me

hi there and welcome to my primarily sfw blog! i am yuzuocha but call me yuzu :D

they/them

日本語/한국어/ENG

i write mainly for love and deepspace, but there might be some other fandom content here and there (i.e. project sekai)

this is a fic, art and incorrect quotes blog that is 16+! while i know i can't prevent under 16 folks from reading, content here can get freaky.

INBOX IS OPEN. PLEASE SEND A MESSAGE IM LONELY HERE

‣ please click below for more info and a masterlist!

‣ requests

i only accept up to three characters per headcanon/drabble request. you're free to request the same headcanon/drabble for different characters, though; this is to make requests into bite-sized pieces for me! you are welcome to also request one-shots or even multi-chapter fics >:D do your worst!

however do know that i only accept these requests as suggestions, not explicitly favors i have to do. if it interests me, you're in luck. if it doesn't interest me, you ain't in luck. only times i'd take it as a request is if it's for a friend i personally know or whatnot.

this blog will be NON-EXPLICIT for the most part, anyway. obviously there's going to be suggestive themes, plenty of implications and a whole lot of softcore (like c'mon look at my first post kek), however i absolutely refuse to write or draw outright smut. we got enough smut artists and writers in the lds fandom and i think we don't got enough fluff-angst writers HAHA

‣ things to know

this blog is 16+ — while I don't explicitly discourage readers under the aforementioned age from consuming my content, most, if not all of my content contains somewhat suggestive themes and contain suggestive, violent and/or triggering themes. additionally, the game itself holds aforementioned themes, so i thought i might as well put a soft-minimum just to give myself some peace and mind lol. please use your personal discretion before you consume my work!

i have a taglist! please let me know if you'd like to be a part of it through commenting here or through my inbox! i'll give you lots of smooches as a ty <3

finally — i have commissions available for both art and writing! please contact me through my discord yuzuocha for details :D

‣ masterlist

headcanon

‣ the horrors of gacha. — Xavier & Zayne & Rafayel

‣ kith? kith. [pt. i] — Xavier & Zayne

‣ moments of panic. — All

‣ back in the days. — All

‣ domestic times. — All

‣ a living proof of your love. — All

one-shot + drabble

‣ heartstring fortissimo. — Xavier

‣ eclipse. — Xavier

‣ drunk mind, sober feelings. — Xavier

‣ a second love at second sight. — Rafayel

‣ post-care. — Zayne

multi-fic

‣ player one, player two. — Xavier

‣ illuminate. — Xavier

but really really fast

main story ‣ prologue

main story ‣ chapter ɪ

main story ‣ chapter ɪɪ

main story ‣ chapter ɪɪɪ

main story ‣ chapter ɪᴠ

main story ‣ chapter ᴠ

main story ‣ chapter ᴠɪ

main story ‣ chapter ᴠɪɪ

main story ‣ chapter ᴠɪɪɪ

incorrect quotes

ɪ ‣ truth conundrum

ɪɪ ‣ caleb v. ladder

ɪɪɪ ‣ xavier's mc sensor

ɪᴠ ‣ rafayel's morals

ᴠ ‣ anti-consolation

ᴠɪ ‣ following directions with faith

ᴠɪɪ ‣ rafayel's rancid rizzing

ᴠɪɪɪ ‣ who let xavier cook

ɪx ‣ "helping out"

x ‣ false alarm

xɪ ‣ fiery motivation

xɪɪ ‣ self love

xɪɪɪ ‣ vroom vroom

xɪᴠ ‣ how to treat a short person

xᴠ ‣ is rafayel into choking?

xᴠɪ ‣ sanity loss documentary

xᴠɪɪ ‣ spooky broccoli

xᴠɪɪɪ ‣ xavier's tendencies

xɪx ‣ "what keeps you up at night"

xx ‣ speling is hahrd

xxɪ ‣ subway surfers was fire ngl

xxɪɪ ‣ whoever threw that shell, fuck you

xxɪɪɪ ‣ innocent until proven guilty

xxɪᴠ ‣ happy middle fingers

xxᴠ ‣ single when drunk?

xxᴠɪ ‣ a cursed bless

xxᴠɪɪ ‣ serotonin, too!

xxᴠɪɪɪ ‣ he isn't wrong, per se

xxɪx ‣ lie detector

xxx ‣ an artist's perspective, apparently

xxxɪ ‣ yeah no he bucked up

xxxɪɪ ‣ a cursed bless 2.0

xxxɪɪɪ ‣ caleb's sick of it lol

xxxɪᴠ ‣ propriety over honesty

xxxᴠ ‣ words of (questionable) truth

xxxᴠɪ ‣ caleb technically didn't lie

xxxᴠɪɪ ‣ she thought she was playing chess, he was playing 4d chess

xxxᴠɪɪɪ ‣ as long as rafayel's happy, i guess

xxxɪx ‣ who let xavier cook 2.0

xʟ ‣ nice card, shitty purpose

xʟɪ ‣ put a price tag in bed

xʟɪɪ ‣ mission accomplished (?)

xʟɪɪɪ ‣ asshole of the year

xʟɪᴠ ‣ "KILL IT KILL IT KILL ITTTTTT"

xʟᴠ ‣ local fish intentionally stranded on walmart parking lot

xʟᴠɪ ‣ cereal hits when drunk

xʟᴠɪɪ ‣ zayne can't be left alone, poor him

xʟᴠɪɪɪ ‣ a chair that can kick you

xʟɪx ‣ needs and wants

ʟ ‣ honesty so brutal it hurts

ʟɪ ‣ yea just buy whipped cream instead

ʟɪɪ ‣ words v. stones

ʟɪɪɪ ‣ living in the present

ʟɪᴠ ‣ popcorn doesn't last

ʟᴠ ‣ war of words

ʟᴠɪ ‣ it is trash can, not trash cannot

ʟᴠɪɪ ‣ newton's rolling in his grave

ʟᴠɪɪɪ ‣ carnival avocado

ʟɪx ‣ how much white stuff can fit in a mouth?

ʟx ‣ 6 cm per second, which is frankly impressive

ʟxɪ ‣ xavier v. jeremiah getting punched

ʟxɪɪ ‣ hunter's "reflexes"

ʟxɪɪɪ ‣ declaration (?) of love

ʟxɪᴠ ‣ double friendzone'd

ʟxᴠ ‣ rafayel's garden

ʟxᴠɪ ‣ reminiscence (?)

ʟxᴠɪɪ ‣ xavier the almighty sun

ʟxᴠɪɪɪ ‣ xavier the almighty mosquito

ʟxɪx ‣ the duality of fish

ʟxx ‣ didn't happen if there ain't no evidence

ʟxxɪ ‣ life is just one big capitalist experience fr

ʟxxɪɪ ‣ oof lmfao

ʟxxɪɪɪ ‣ you something get eat might

ʟxxɪᴠ ‣ father v. further v. farther

ʟxxᴠ ‣ hobbies

ʟxxᴠɪ ‣ the ends justify the means, right?

ʟxxᴠɪɪ ‣ so short they can duck liability

ʟxxᴠɪɪɪ ‣ cashed in the wrong way

ʟxxɪx ‣ love is an open door

ʟxxɪx ‣ efficiency > flirting

ʟxxx ‣ viral for all the wrong reasons

ʟxxxɪ ‣ killer fashion

ʟxxxɪɪ ‣ package

ʟxxxɪɪɪ ‣ cancelling out

#yuzuocha ‣ works #yuzuocha ‣ questions #yuzuocha ‣ rambles #yuzuocha ‣ comments

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yourlocalartsonist · 3 months ago

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MONTLY MFIP UPDATE

8/13 | Month 1 | Next Month

Hey hey hey folks! Been a while, I know but we’re here now! If you’re wondering “what the fuck is this” basically I decided to take notes from my bestie @yosajaeofficial and do monthly updates for MFIP the way they do em for their story JMC so it doesn’t look like I’m dead :D (BTW Please go check out the Jayce Myles Comics, it’s gonna be a rise comic and hasn’t debuted yet but Jae’s been working super hard on it and I guarantee if you guys like MFIP, then you’ll love the JMC too so give em a follow to stay updated~)

Anywhizzle, I know I don’t update often but truth be told, I don’t usually have much publishable material. Most of the MFIP related artwork I do are usually things I can’t reveal till future chapters. They’re lore-significant and would be kinda spoilerish if I posted them before the chapters are ready so womp womp on me. All the other art I do are either for different stories, sketches, or just not things I really wanna publish at least as their own posts. I do, however, wanna show I’m not speaking out my ass so I’mma show a few of em here actually :3

First one’s like one of my favorite things ever even if it’s pretty simple. I just wanted to explore Salena’s dynamics with some of the villains and sketch em out for funsies but only got as far as Meatsweats and Kendra. Still one of the funniest shit to me ESPECIALLY the random ass beef Salena and Meatsweats have. It came out of fucking nowhere but both have accepted it as just their dynamic now. Funfact, it wasn’t even planned; I accidentally made Meatsweats the villain for chapters 1 and 3 and decided “fuck it, the bond is funny” so now they’re mortal enemies for no reason other than pure coincidence💀✨

Wanted to show this one because it’s cute and I love it. It’s one of my more recent sketches (hence the brush being changed) I did on a day I wasn’t really feeling too well and kinda craved Raph’s big-brother comfort. I might go in and actually finish this one ngl cuz it’s just really sweet to me

SPOILER!

I also wanted to show a sneak peek at one of the chapter artworks that I mentioned earlier I cannot post yet. I’m not revealing any of the context or what chapter it’s from, but trust me y’all are in for a ride🤭✨✨✨

Alrighty, so that’s all I have for the art section. It’s not all though since I do wanna talk about the actual chapter progress itself in this next section

So, all y’all know the last chapter posted was chapter 9 and the one I’m working on currently is chapter 10. It’s got 19 pages so far in the docs but still kinda near the beginning. Chapter 9 was HUGE for me to write and I kinda think it’s the longest chapter I’ve written in general even including chapters from other stories I’ve written in the past so it really put me through a trip. I’m really happy and proud with how it turned out but it did burn me out a little so I’ve spent most of my summer break resting and regaining my energy. I’ve dabbled into other projects, other stories, AUs, etc. A lot of it was self-indulgent stuff which may still be posted on a separate account but it does mean I wasn’t progressing much with MFIP itself. I never abandoned it though or even properly stepped away from it tbh, it stayed in my mind and I kept having ideas that I added to my notes or just random brainrot I liked expanding on. It also gave me a chance to approach chapter 10 with a new lens cuz it had to be mentally reworked a few times to properly convey what I wanted it to. It’s still not fully figured out but it’s planned out in my head enough for me to ball it when writing the actual chapter itself as usual

I’ve also been working on some oneshots too! They’re kinda optional treats for anyone who wants to read em. They do have significance in the story but it’s not gonna leave you completely lost about the lore or anything if you choose not to read them. I’ll be posting at least the first one soon, I’m not sure yet cuz the order is indeed important for the timeline sake. But anywho, expect to see some of that as fun bonus content!

Now that the chapter update’s done, I did wanna talk more to you guys about writing and the story itself. I know I’ve become incredibly slow at updating the story but I do wanna reassure you guys that I still love MFIP and have a lot of passion for it, as well as working on it as hard as I can. The reason these chapters take longer is ironically because of that. I used to be able to pump out a chapter within a few weeks but those were the REALLY early days. My chapters grew to be much longer than I ever thought they’d be and they’re filled to the brim with important details and crucial moments that I can’t take out or rush without it feeling sloppy and lacking. The quality’s also increased thanks to my wonderful team editing the chapters for any typos or continuity errors and working on MFIP with as much passion as I am but that means they need to be given enough time to do their jobs properly. My love for MFIP is greater than it’s ever been and that’s saying something cuz I was quite obsessed since day one. But since there’s so much to do and I wanna be able to make the quality worthwhile, it takes me much longer to complete chapters. On top of that, there’s obviously life stuff going on too. I still have to focus on college and study for it, especially since I’m majoring in physics, and I have to take care of my mom a lot since she’s a breast cancer survivor (officially been a decade now🦾) so we got A LOOOOOOT of doctor appointments every month. It’s just our normal. I do wish there was a way I could work faster or increase the amount of hours in a day but hey, at least we’re all waiting together. I can promise you this much: if I ever decide to drop the story—which I believe is VERY HIGHLY UNLIKELY—I’ll be sure to let y’all know. I won’t ghost or randomly delete it out of nowhere someday. As far as I’m aware, I have full intent to keep this story going and keep communication clear between us :3

But yea, all in all, I think that’s all from me for this month’s update!

I hope this was a satisfying update to read (and to know the story ain’t abandoned—) and I hope next month I’ll have some cool things to show too. Maybe I’ll consider showing a written WIP next month? I’m not too sure since I usually like keeping my chapters a surprise till they’re fully done but I’ll consider it depending on how far the chapter is. For now though, I must bid y’all farewell! I’ll still be here to answer asks or do fun tag games and maybe post here and there if I have something. If ya made it this far, thank you for reading and enjoy the rest of your day everyone. Love ya guyssss🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

ROTTMNT: Moths Fly In Packs

#save rottmnt #rottmnt moths fly in packs #rottmnt fanfiction #rottmnt oc x canon #mfip updates #rottmnt season 3 #rottmnt #fanfic update #tmnt fanfiction #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt oc #oc x canon #found family trope #accidental therapy #coming of age #long fic #rottmnt mfip

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mochibuni · 3 months ago

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Monthly Update - September

Like every month these last few years, I'm always shocked that the next month has come lol. I actually did and didn't meet my traditional art goals last month, and by that I mean I actually did make quite a few pieces with different supplies and I feel that I learned and improved so much. I didn't get as far with watercolors as I wanted, because I found out on my first attempt with them I was vastly unskilled with them and needed even more baby steps! I do plan on revisiting watercolors in the future, so I'll need to pick up a work book for then.

This month I have so many ideas for pieces I'd like to do, as well as get back to ones I started earlier this year. I also joined a mobile wallpaper project which will take some precedence. All the WIPs I've seen have been so nice, I hope you guys like it when it's released!

The main things I'd like to get done before the end of the year, in some kind of chrono order:

1) Snake wallpaper

2) Outers Witches around a cauldron (for Halloween)

3) Triple Moon Goddess

4) Furby Venus

5) New icon and banner

6) Logo work for Vchan

I think this might be a little ambitious of me for the remaining months of 2024 because, and many of you already know this, my physical health is still pretty crap and it just feels worse because it's been so frustrating for me mentally to be less active and having chronic pain. Some days it drives me a little nuts, ngl. I've also been told it's pretty likely my frozen shoulders will be along term recovery since I've already passed the normal recovery time and they aren't improving. The idea of this kind of pain and limited mobility continuing for at least another year is pretty discouraging, so I'm taking the time to give myself more self care and yell at myself when I feel guilty for it.

I've mentioned previously I wanted to do more blog posts and entertained the idea of including reviews and recs on books and other media I've been in to, and that might just become a thing I do since I'm drawing less. These will still be free membership level.

Tarkin's health continues to decline, so streaming is still on hold.

Other than that, the art community feels like it's really taking off on BlueSky. If you're there and want to follow Magical Girl artists, please find my starter pack here for just that purpose: https://go.bsky.app/MvU3rEC Originally posted on Patreon, click here to become a free member!

#patreon #life with mochi

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stars-tonight · 3 months ago

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Hi! I love reading your other match ups, and am curious to see who you would match me up with! Can I use 🌸 as my emoji?

1) Long matchup please!

2) Romantic matchup

3) she/her/hers and I would like to be paired with a guy

4) My ideal partner is someone who values and prioritizes communication! I look for someone with a sense of humor that can take sarcasm and snarky remarks. I like someone who's responsible, but knows when to take it easy and have fun.

5) I'm an ambivert, but leaning towards introverted nowadays. I can be outgoing and friendly, but I definitely show my snarky side with closer friends. I love cooking for people, and I'm always labeled a mom friend. I'm a little scatter brained, and I could work on my organization for my personal life. On my days off, I enjoy going on little adventures into random nearby cities and finding little mom and pop shops or hole in the wall restaurants!

6) My long lasting hobbies include digital art, painting, gaming (Nier, League, and comfy games), and cooking new recipes. I have a tendency to try and pick new hobbies, but I drop them after a couple of months or so.

7) Physical touch and words of affirmation for giving, words of affirmation and quality time for receiving!

8) My ideal date would be an arcade or the aquarium.

9) My MBTI is INFP. When I find a movie or show that I love, I hyper fixate to a point where I memorize entire scenes and dialogue. My party trick is quoting the Muffin Man scene from Shrek, voices and all!

headcanons

🥛 kuroo is one of the best talkers in the series, and he definitely prioritizes communication in any relationship, romantic or not

🥛 he's also pretty snarky himself so you'd definitely have fun teasing each other

🥛 but he's also a responsible friend and captain (and student XD) so it's not like he's crazy all the time

🥛 i also believe kuroo is an ambivert or an extroverted introvert like you

🥛 while kuroo strikes me as the type of person to care for and take care of others, i doubt he can cook

🥛 so you'll probably end up cooking for him some time or another

🥛 he'll try to learn (he might be good at it because chemistry lol) though

🥛 i see him as either really good or really really bad

🥛 spontaneous city trips are totally up kuroo's alley, he's pretty relaxed and easygoing so it'd be easy for you two to just be like "hey wanna go explore" and then literally just leave

🥛 and since he's more on the spontaneous side you could definitely be like "hey wanna try a pottery class tomorrow" and if he's free he'd probably say yes

🥛 so kuroo definitely played video games a lot (especially as an elementary / middle schooler) because he was friends with kenma

🥛 so he'd totally be up for a cozy video game date with you, whether you like to play more action games or cozy games

🥛 he'd be a sucker for his partner's touches ngl

🥛 and yeah he'd be great at words of affirmation (although he secretly really likes it when you praise him too)

🥛 kuroo on an arcade date??? you'd have competitions about who can win the most games, get the best prizes, etc. etc.

🥛 and at an aquarium he'd probably be a little more chill (mimics dolphin noises to try to make you laugh)

🥛 omg and he'd love to see your impressions

🥛 would probably learn a scene just to act it out with you

runner up for you was sugawara kōshi!

A/N: hi 🌸anon! i hope you liked your matchup :)

#haikyuu #haikyuu!!#hq #haikyu x reader #haikyuu headcanons #haikyu headcanons #haikyuu hcs #hq headcanons #haikyuu matchup #matchups #haikyuu x reader

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littlemisstfc · 2 years ago

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EARTHSPARK IS SO GOOD, YOU GUYS. OH MY FUCKING GOD. 😩

Hello boyos, gorls, and nonbinary pals. It’s been a while since I’ve written a huge writing on this silly platform, huh? Lol.

Anyways, quick updates: I’m releasing a new video sometime this month, which is me ranting about the misogyny of the Bayverse. Fun times. Fun times. :D Also, I’ll be at TFCon LA 2023 next week for Saturday and Sunday. Feel free to come by and say hi to me. :)

Back to the review…so….the 2010s to early 2020s has been a very weird decade for Transformers. Not only for the Bayverse movies (my beloathed), but for the tv shows. While Age of Extinction is my guilty pleasure and Dark of The Moon is legitimately good, the movies are declining in popularity and quality, thus resulting in a huge reboot to fix up Bay’s mess. That resulted in Bumblebee (2018), a gem that was the light at the end of a very frustrating tunnel. Transformers Prime started strong, but then turned into a mish mash of wasted potential and became a frustrating chore to watch by the end. RID 2015 is a show that exists. Rescue Bots is great, and Academy is fine for what it is. If you read my review of BotBots before the accidental deletion, that show is pretty good. However, it’s a show where someone might gotta have to take it or leave it. In the middle of the downward spiral of the Aligned continuity and the movie universe rebuilding itself from Bayverse’s mess, Transformers Cyberverse is the true outlier. It’s so great I made an entire video about it that you can check it out in the link below. 🤭

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Now, I wanted to bring this up when talking about Earthspark because ngl, I was worried about the potential likelihood of the show falling into the pittraps of the Aligned continuity in the first round. Now that I’ve watched the show, I can confidently tell you that IT’S EVEN BETTER THAN I EXPECTED. WE HAVE A FUCKING MIRACLE AT THE END OF A TURBULENT DECADE.

This show is thankfully so much amazing and cool and wholesome, JUST LIKE IT HAS NO RIGHT IN BEING THIS GOOD. True, like I always say, there is no such thing as a perfect show. This show definitely have flaws, but they’re not detriment to the show’s quality. It’s basically everything I ever want from a Transformers show, including even subversions of the Transformers formula like Cyberverse.

Let’s go on this little journey together on everything I like and dislike about the show. Spoiler warning here since this show is best experienced blind and I’m not like some people who decided it’s a good idea to not put spoilers behind a tag or filter. Don’t be like these people. Don’t spoil the show for those who cannot access it. Don’t do it. 🙂

Anyways. 3, 2, 1, Pingu.

The Good, The Bad, The Skullcruncher:

Let’s get the elephant in the room clear: the art style is…an art style that exists. It’s not for everyone and it did take me a while to warm up to it. However, over time, I’ve gotten used to it since the amazing animation and fight choreography are great enough to make up for the art style.

The school episode is meh. It’s nothing interesting of note except the Terran parts and frankly, I find the two bullies pretty annoying. However, it does deserve points for having the amazing Daran Norris back in a Transformers show. At least it is not boring, but it’s not worth noting.

The humor sometimes doesn’t land, especially since modern humor such as the iPad environment we’re in is a delicate line these days. The humor is Yeessss tier most of the time though.

I’m glad that Hashtag didn’t keep her weird accent when she first appeared. That’s a plus. 👍🏽

Bee did come across as a bit of an asshole at first, which was admittingly something I wasn’t vibing with. However, thanks to the power of good character development, I warmed up to him. However, a counterpoint is that it’s a unique subversion of how Bee is introduced from other Transformers media.

I have no idea how to feel about Mandroid. It feels like he really doesn’t have much of a significant impact on the story, since GHOST are the main antagonist and the Decepticons being more of a morally gray chaotic neutral type characters. After the end of the first part, I only have questions of where the hell is he. It’s such a shame, since he has a lot of interesting potential and he has a banger voice actor behind him. At least he came back in the finale episode for reasons I’ll get to in the positives section of this review.

Anyways…yeah, that’s all I have to talk about in terms of critiques. Let’s move onto the good stuff: EVERYTHING ELSE. 🥳

A Night of a Thousand Bumblebees:

This show gets points for referencing the Optimist Prime and Negatron meme.

The main characters are just so charming and lovable, I WILL PROTECT THEM WITH MY LIFE. The Malto family is the main human characters done right. Dot is such a badass with such an enduring friendship with Megatron, along with being a loving mom and best wife to Alex. She’s also really great disability representation, showing that even with the prosthetic leg, she’s still a badass. Speaking of Alex…this man has no right in being such a lovable dork who loves his family and having so much swag. I want that Bumblebee suit. Mo and Robbie are very likable and adorable, especially regarding to their relationship with their Terran siblings. Speaking of the Terrans, they’re just utter darlings and a joy to watch. Twitch is hyperactive and cute, Thrash has a lot of funny moments and a likable personality, Hashtag is surprisingly enjoyable considering her powers of the Internet, I would die for Jawbreaker, AND NIGHTSHADE IS THE AUTISM CREATURE. I fucking love them, not only for being already being great nonbinary representation but also has a lot of relatable quirks such as their mechanic hyperfixation and their difficulty in having social interactions with other people. And…THE SCENE WHERE THEY SAY THEY ARE THEY/THEM HAD ME SOBBING SO HARD. It’s just amazing to see the franchise that helped me out so much throughout my life validate my existence and the existence of so many others like me. ✨😭✨

LOOK AT FLUFFY EARS. SHE’S SO ADORABLE. 🥺

ELITA IS MY PINK WIFE. I FUCKING LOVE HER. SHE CAN TOP ME. ✨😩✨

Bumblebee took a while for me to warmed up to him, but he eventually becomes the Bubblewrap we all know and love. Also, his relationship with Breakdown, although brief, is so wholesome. 🥺

Other things I love is the voice acting, including the welcomed returns of Transformers alumni such as Steven Blum and Roger Craig Smith, the animation is beautiful, the fight scenes are bonkers and well choreographed, the humor is yeesss tier, and overall, the messages such as having a good relationship with your family and good teamwork. Delicious food. ✨

I really love what this show is doing with Megatron and Optimus. Their relationship is perhaps my favorite part of the show. You can definitely feel not only how close they are as fwiends, but you can see both sides of the idea they represent: what if every bot deserve second chances? I appreciate the nuance to the Autobot vs Decepticon conflict, something that is definitely built up from Cyberverse. Here, it explores in depth about the more gray and complex areas of the conflict, where neither side is right nor wrong. However, it’s a reasonable two sides of a coin story that is explained well enough to appeal to both kids and adults. I also like how Megatron and Optimus are willing to hear each other out even through their disagreements. Optimus is also very likable and adorable, being a big ol dork you cannot help but be charmed by. Now…let’s focus on Megatron now.

I thought “Decay” was my favorite episode for exploring Optimus’ and Megatron’s relationship in depth, and bitter divorce ex Soundwave…until “Warzone” came out. This Megatron manages to fix the main issue of Autobot Megatron: it makes sure that he has to work hard to earn trust in his journey of redemption. He is someone with a lot of regrets over how much destruction and devastation done to Cybertron, because of his actions. It doesn’t sugarcoat the realities of his redemption: there are people who are not gonna accept that he wants to end the war nor understand how much the war costed the Cybertronian people everything. The cherry on top of his lessons to the baby boo boos about not repeating the same mistakes the Transformers did is the presence of the flowers from the IDW. Quick summary: they represent how much lives are lost in a conflict. Just…the way it fell from the monument at the Spacebridge Memorial to Megatron gently picking it up and putting it back on it, symbolizing how much he truly changed for the better. After the fight with Shockwave, including all the heartbreaking LAYERS of the gravity of Megatron’s redemption, it concludes on a beautiful message that many people came learn from, especially in these current times. you cannot change the past, but if we learn about it, we will be able to not make those same mistakes ever again. Thus, “Warzone” is my favorite episode in the entire season. In fact, I want to dedicate an entire essay to how this series portrayed Megatron once everything is done and finished. We’ll come back to the topic soon, lads.

Also, I really love how the show is exploring the not so bright side of having bots on planet Earth. The finale episode is perhaps the episode that rivals “Warzone” for not only bringing more amazing nonbinary representation in the form of Sam (looking forward to seeing her and their relationship with Nightshade in future episodes), but for managing to tell a story of how to deal with racism (through the Terrans being treated as outsiders in the big city) without sugarcoating it and telling it in a way that kids can understand. Hashtag feels the most pain in being treated as an outsider, even with her family there to tell her that everything will be okay. Then…perhaps one of the darkest scenes of Transformers as a whole is when Mandroid took over her as an attempt to get rid of the baby boo bops and try to get Bumblebee’s parts, and feeds into her insecurities over whether or not she has the right to live on Earth. Through the use of mind tricks, he is a representation of all the disgusting ignorance and stupidity plaguing our real world right now, trying to “prove” that marginalized people, who are represented by the Terrans here, have no right to exist. However…then the Malto kids used the power of the Green Prime to reach out to Hashtag and let her know that everything will be okay. True, not everybody is going to be compassionate and understanding of people who are different from them. There are genuinely evil and hateful people who will never be negotiated with and will never understand the concept of being a decent human being. However…it doesn’t mean that you should let them get to you. You deserve the right to be yourself and live your life the way you want to live it. You are surrounded by people who love you and understand what you’re going through. You are not alone. You are good enough. In a time where we experience such amount of racism, misogyny, and homophobia in places in and out of the Transformers fandom…we need this message more than ever. We should not follow Mandroid’s hateful ideology. Instead, we should be the Maltos. Love will triumph over hate, and no matter how much the world tries to crush you, you are more than meets the eye in beautiful ways.

Conclusion: This is number three on the Transformers ranking list as of the time I am writing this. 💕

Transformers Earthspark is incredible. It has no right in getting everything so right. It’s a fantastic love letter to the Transformers franchise as a whole. Let the haters talk smack. I am confident in saying that this show is the ever rare Ultra Yesss tier 10/10.

Please check it out if you have accessibility to the show on any platform. I promise that you’ll not regret this fantastic start of a promising new future for Transformers. ❤️

#transformers #transformers: earthspark #transformers earthspark #val talks #Youtube

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a-very-fond-farewell · 8 months ago

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15 questions, 15 people:

I was tagged by the lovely @lienwyn 💕 hi dear. thank you for the opportunity to overshare 😈🔥 (also, you own a loom?? amazing flex. I’m honestly jealous ahah. and the dog-longing word?? 🥺 heartwarming 😔💕 I feel you on the pain in the back tho, that must have been quite intense for you to have such a reaction. big hugs 💜)

here we go!

1. are you named after anyone?

unfortunately yes, but it was a mistake. my parents thought the name was elegant.. little did they know a historical figure had it too ahah

2. when was the last time you cried?

so. weird thing. I cry when I see animals. or when I look at people and go “........ earthlings just like me <3”. or when I think too much about how much I love my people. but spontaneous, SAD crying......? not sure. Ik I’ve been down recently, yeah. but if I start crying it’s the end for me. I end up with a stuffy nose all night, if I do. (my hand recently had me seeing stars tho, ngl)

3. do you have kids?

I’m glad I don’t.

4. do you use sarcasm a lot?

I try not to IRL bc you never know how smart people can be. in the sense that I used to use it when I was younger and people smarter than me called me out for it enough times to make me lose any interest in it. I’m also not really good at knowing when someone is being sarcastic with me, period. so.. yeah. not really. no.

5. what’s the first thing you notice about people?

I’m oblivious. I’m so oblivious I don’t even notice large scars on their faces or the color of their eyes sometimes?? from afar I’m quite proficient at reading people’s mood tho?? like, if they are belligerent or not?? is that a thing?? also I can hear them before I can see them almost all the time. I’m a bat, I can hear everything.

6. what’s your eye color?

green? possibly? I have a colorblind mother who tells me they’re blue tho. but she might be convinced of that only because she sees her own eyes as gray when they are green. so I’m not sure about that. my dad tells me we have the same eye color..........but that’s not true. like. his are blue-blue. mine are not like that at all.

fun fact, I love dark eyes. keep talking, gorgeous, I’m not gonna argue with someone with beautiful big brown eyes.

7. scary movies or happy endings?

I’m a scaredy-cat :( I wish I could watch scary movies tho. that seems so much fun! so imma stick to happy endings for now, yes.

8. any special talents?

I craft? a lot? oh but I want to learn woodcarving *-* that would be so much fun. and I guess I’m semi-proficient in the Dad-Art of “collecting weirdly-shaped objects that will eventually come in handy to slot somewhere when they are needed”. yeah :D

9. where are you born?

in the bog. the foggy countryside. the cul-de-sac. but also. northern italy.

10. what are your hobbies?

felt punching, drawing, writing, nagging people, watching old detective shows, reading, petting cats, telling dogs they are good bois (or good girls!), cleaning cupboards, researching, taking notes, horror vacui, listening to people tell me all about their special interests, naps.

11. do you have any pets?

parents have 2 dorky kitties. I long for a silky anteater or a lobster tho. a fat loaf of a cat to call mine would be nice too one day tho, yes.

12. what sports do you/have you played?

I was pretty good at crab soccer when I was younger. and I liked skiing. ;-; too expensive for me where I lived tho.

13. how tall are you?

166cm (5’5??)

14. favourite subject in school?

Dante :) no but fr, italian literature and english. German was cool too, but now I can’t remember any of it :(

15. dream job?

I’m considering either sheparding or...... are there non-religious monasteries out there? that aren’t sects or cults? tax-free, honest labor? no? just me? ok. no but fr, restoring old furniture or working in a library. but I don’t have the qualifications for either of those unfortunately.

it’s time to open that lobster sanctuary of my dreams then 😤 that will cure me.

here we go! thank you for the lovely game! Imma tag......... idt I have 15 peeps to tag. but I’ll tag some, in case they want to join (or simply to snoop around my business, always nice to be seen :) no pressure to play): @goaheadandflysomeplane , @fismoll7secinv , @shhhsoftnwet , @kinslayersadvocate , @sssrha , @thepointlessmasterpiece !

#tag game #lienwyn #lovely mutuals #so pretty soon I will go on a mini hiatus on tumblr #but messages are open #me is busy IRL #my financial situation requires my attention but #but mutuals if you need me you know where to catch me :D #sneaky niki

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onespookygoblin · 1 year ago

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cactus, orchid, aloe vera, chamomile, papyrus, and sage :]

Cactus: Probably my most boring answer, I’m not learning anything in particular right now :( But i’m always looking for interesting animal facts! For example did you know that the most widespread land carnivore is actually the fox? Specifically the red fox!

Orchid: To me there are so many perfect songs, but the first to come to mind is Chasing Daylight by NOAHFINNCE! It’s about seeing people you love suffering, and wanting to be able to take their pain away (which really resonates with me after an old friendship i had) I think the song does a really good job of balancing the softer aspects with the more punk rock sound!

Aloe Vera: Something mundane I want to experience. It might sound kind of depressing but Waking up early enough to see the sunrise (maybe not every day but a lot of them). I’ve got insomnia and so i always go to bed really late (usually around 1-2 am) and can’t wake up until around 10-11 (though recently it’s been more around 11-12) I guess really i just want to be healthy and not depressed But that’s not exactly super realistic right now. 99% of the time if i see the sunrise it’s because we have an early flight to get to.

Chamomile: What I like receiving as gifts. Truth be told I don’t like getting gifts that much. I much prefer giving people gifts, whether it’s something I baked, something I made out of resin, or just buying them something they want. But if i am on the receiving end of gifts, I really like things like sweatshirts, hoodies, crystals, rocks, bones (especially skulls), jars, old coins, jewelry, or something they DIY’ed! Basically anything that activates the gremlin part of my brain >:3

Papyrus: ngl i just manually picked a song i could ramble about Devil town by Cavetown Tbh Cavetown carried me on their back from like 10-12. At that time i was kind of being kicked in the face by life. Cavetown became my comfort band. A lot had been going on at that point. So when I was really depressed about it all I picked up Cavetown and got really attached. Now i’ve got other comfort music, but cavetown will always be kind of special.

Sage: What art medium resonates with me the most? It might be pretty obvious, but definitely music. I’ve always been pretty sensitive about my hearing (in part due to sensory issues but i digress) And especially now with my ear acting up like a little bitch. But music makes me feel emotions in ways I don’t normally. Fun fact about me but i don’t feel emotions very strongly which probably isn’t a good sign but oh well But I’ve always really liked music and analyzing lyrics. Music is my favorite!

Anyway Thanks for the ask! This took forever to type out though.

#ask game #response #faggotful-enby #<3 #sort of long post

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mommalosthermind · 1 year ago

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Ooooh, tagged by @hawkstincan!

15 questions 15 mutuals. Do I have 15 mutuals? No idea.

1-are you named after anyone?

I am named after a soap opera character my mother wanted to bang. In her defense she was a teen fresh out of Juvie who was playing straight to keep her mom happy so like. Decisions were made. Possibly decisions I’ve been mocking my entire life. That aside, it’s also boring as fuck and I can’t stand hearing it in relation to myself. It’s like nails on chalkboard. I’ve been poking around to find something to change it to for uhh probably like twenty years. Why is naming myself so daunting.

2-when was the last time you cried?

Oh, yesterday. I caught the tail end of the Namona movie, and absolutely teared up over Holy Shit They Kiss And Get A Happy Ending? And then had to explain things like Xena and Gabby, BTVS’s Willow and Tara and the kill your gays trope to baffled kids

3-do you have kids?

Lmao yep. Three monsters. That’s where the username comes from, a very sleep deprived ‘oh my god if I don’t find a space that isn’t overrun with my kids I might actually die’ moment

4- do you use sarcasm a lot?

Fluently, even.

5-what sports do/have you played?

I’ve done softball, soccer and track. I decided I have better things to do with my time in high school and don’t miss it. Team sports are not for me.

6-what’s the first thing you notice about people?

Ah, that’s a weird one heavily depending on the person? It’s body language. If that doesn’t twig anything in my brain, then typically I take note of eyes or voice.

7-what’s your eye color?

Brown. Except for when I’m being told it’s orange. (It is not. It is so very brown. This is still funny every time I hear it. Even funnier when I point out things like Sunlight.)

8-scary movies or happy endings?

Cannot do scary movies, I have enough nightmares organically,I don’t need to give that machine more fodder. The real world is already sad and scary and I’d rather have happy endings in my media.

9-any special talents?

I have no idea how to answer this one, ever. What counts as a special talent? I am so very good at forgetting about both my tea and the goddamn laundry.

10-where were you born?

In a hospital.

11-what are your hobbies?

Does collecting hobbies count as a hobby? I read, write, sew, and die in video games mostly, with a side of falling down the YouTube theories hole but I’ve dabbled in art, building, baking, gardening, calligraphy, knitting, embroidery…

12-do you have pets?

We’ve got a calico kitty that’s about the same age as my eldest, and still acts like That’s Just My Really Tall Kitten. It’s adorable.

13-how tall are you?

Supposedly 5’5. I find this hard to believe.

14- favorite subject in school?

Always liked history. Literature was fun when the teacher wasn’t a pretentious ass. Some of my education classes were fascinating, but that was more of the human nature side of things. Oh! and my psych classes were amazing. Do not ever take a psych class lmao you will inevitably poke at too many of your own bruises, and realize your folks are about three times as fucked up as you realized.

I like learning. I just don’t like being told what I should be learning.

15- dream job?

As a kid, I wanted to be like, a vet or something with animals. Then I went into teaching and realized it’s not worth it.

As for things I don’t think I knew to even want, I’ve kind of got it? I don’t have any interest in the traditional work force— the idea of going back into that makes me violent ngl, between dealing with parents and The System during my five seconds as a teacher or dealing with The Public as a retail employee…I’m… no.

I’m home, being a side-kick teacher to the kids while they attend virtual classes. They need me less now that they’re older, but it’s still nice to have one of them wander out at random hours to info dump at me between classes or ask for help with a project. I dunno, as a kid who’d go literal days between seeing the adult in my house (and therefor became the adult in the house at Entirely Too Young) because she was working three jobs, being home and an active participant in my kids’ lives is just. I can’t top that.

Feel free to jump in if you’d like to play!

#momma talks #ask game #I’m on mobile and it’s being a pain about tagging people lmao whoops

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madschiavelique · 2 years ago

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A Crown Of Ink : chapter 4 - Five of Wands

summary : heimerdinger takes the class to the museum, reader and viktor have more banter, they go back to the academy to eat, oh look more banter, class happens, heimerdinger is a lil bitch.

content warnings : nothing that I know of (if you do find some elements that might be triggering please don't hesistate to tell me so that I can add it)

word count : 5,5k

author's note : hi besties, hope you're having a wonderful day/night/moment. kinda disappeared from the writing realm for a while ngl but life happened a LOT sooo i wasn't very present and i'm sorry. but here i give u some content and some kisses <3 (literally did not re-read this hdfqfdsv i'm tired i got uni tomorrow so there might be some orthograph mistakes I'M SO SORRY)

masterlist : 1 — 2 — 3 — 4 — 5

(not proofread, english is not my first language ✦)

tag list : @wincestisasincest @doctorho

Your week had been as thorny and bristling with problems as a porcupine.

Your schedule had been given to you a while before, and you'd considered math an illegal subject on a Monday since your first day. If only math had been your only problem...

From the first class you had with Viktor, you knew that the competition would be tough. Every time the teacher asked a question, you could expect that among the hands raised was not only your own, but also his.

And even when the forest of hands buried itself in the ground like falling leaves in autumn when a too complex question was faced, his persisted as a yellow hyacinth like his eyes, ready for the challenge.

Not being able to tolerate that the latter overtake you even more, you tried in turn to participate more in class to the great happiness of all the professors who were apparently impatiently waiting for the lessons where you and the skeleton were present.

One would answer a question posed by the teacher, the other would be quizzed afterwards, and the hand-raising ping-pong would be timed to whoever raised their hand the fastest.

You'd heard that students were starting to keep track of how many times you two were involved, and that the teachers were probably in on it.

And for good reason, the teachers obviously liked this Viktor who was bringing more participation, who seemed regular in his assignments and who was pleasant in class. In short, the perfect student.

And the truth is, if you were ever wrong, you suddenly felt as stupid as an inside-handled suitcase.

At least you felt a little less stupid about your cards. You had learned many things about them, from the meaning of the colors, to the gender of the person on the cards, to trying to find connections between the elements on them.

Sometimes you asked Sélène for advice, she knew much more about this art than you did, although you didn't visit her often because of your school work. You still managed from time to time to cross her in the corridors between two classes. You had been able to talk to her more during your first astronomy class, which in your eyes included basics that you knew only too well.

The end of your days were going on as usual. You'd come home, neaten up your day's notes, start making revision sheets, then chat with Sky.

She had quickly adjusted to life in Piltover, learning the customs, becoming familiar with the studies and the people. At first, making friends seemed like a complex thing for her to do, you almost feared that she would get hung up on you just by the fact that you were her room-mate and the only person she knew.

Fortunately, for both you and her, the options she took on her side were not the same as yours, which allowed her to meet other students and make friends.

"I don't understand why you have such a hard time with Viktor." Sky sighed.

You were at your shuttle stop, the mornings were getting cooler and cooler and the early morning sky was lazily letting the blue blanket of night languish, dreading the moment when the sun should truly rise and the quiet of the evening should give way to the life of the day.

Today was the first day of the week, and this morning was the famous field trip organized by the teachers to the Museum of the History of Revolutionary Inventions. The professors had insisted that the students invited to this outing should meet in front of the Academy, to avoid anyone with a doubtful sense of direction from getting lost.

Viktor, a being equivalent to a human compass always pointing in an impossible direction, would probably have ended up at the exact opposite end of the museum if his sense of direction was faulty enough to get lost in a hallway with no change in direction.

"Hmm?" You ask, not fully hearing her question as you both climb into the vehicle.

"Why so much animosity towards Viktor?"

People were abusing that name a little too much for your taste since it had entered their vocabulary only a week ago.

"I don't know..." you didn't really dare to say out loud that you hated him for the simple fact that he was ahead of you in the ranking of students and that number 1 was now him and not you, so you came up with a kind of half-thought lie, "I find him haughty."

"Haughty?" Sky repeats, surprised, "I've never seen him in that light before."

Of course, no one saw it that way. It was always 'Viktor solved Professor Panvos' equation so quickly, he's so impressive', or 'Did you see how Viktor corrected the arithmetic teacher the other day? He is so smart' and even 'The joke he told the other day was so funny, the whole class laughed for at least two minutes'. Viktor here, Viktor there, Viktor the smart one, Viktor the amazing one, Viktor, Viktor, Viktor.

If math hadn't already made you hate certain letters of the alphabet and put them in exercises, his name would be enough to make you hate those six poor letters.

"And that's it?"

"What do you mean?"

"Is that the only reason you can't stand him?"

Maybe it was time you revealed to Sky the fact that the mere number 2 horrified you and that being considered so by your school system might give you enough valid reasons to hate Viktor.

And you would have told her, but at the time two things would have disturbed your explanation: first, you were on the morning shuttle bus to the Academy, which meant that other eavesdroppers might linger a little too close to your discussion. And second, one of Sky's new friends had just approached to greet her. What was her name again?

"Hey Orcelyia." Ah, yes there you go, Orcelyia. Very nice, at least from what you knew of her.

"Nice little trip to the museum," she smiled, "if only the Academy offered this kind of program more often."

You didn't really know how you felt about this visit, whether you would actually learn something interesting from it, or whether you would regret going when you could have studied more.

"Isn't this kind of activity a recurring thing?" asks Sky.

"A field trip? Doing it more often would be like giving them a nervous breakdown. The counselors are apparently far more interested in maintaining their finances and increasing their profits than sending their students to learn in ways other than reading."

Apparently she was taking a business or finance related option. It seems to be a pretty practical option if you want to sell your inventions, but you just never got into it. She did seem to know a lot about the financial side of Piltover, as the rest of the way she had blurted out a lot of information about how Piltover's money came in and out.

"I haven't ventured any further into Zaun's treasury functioning, but it looks much less sophisticated than Piltover's."

Sophisticated is indeed a term that does not fit Zaun's financial models. The corresponding words would be closer to "random," "barter" or " tricky". Just imagining how finance works in Zaun is extremely complex.

One neighborhood will have a totally different tariff from the next, one street will use one currency and the one next to it will use another. It is not the law of the richest, but of the one who has the most to offer.

A small group of students was already gathered in front of the golden gates of the Academy. The shuttle you had just gotten off of was the last one before roll call was made, which would allow enough time for the small town train to arrive.

"Where are Jayce and Viktor?"

Not really having the reflex to care about the presence of either of them, you started to glance over the small crowd. There was no sign of the tall naive man and the vicious gnome in sight.

"Let's hope for them that they won't be late," you said without any real interest.

You sometimes wondered about the origins of the meeting between Jayce and Viktor. What could have brought them together? Was it a previous meeting about the Academy? Were they childhood friends?

Not possible, Zaun's children don't mix with those from above. So why? How?

"Come near, come near, let everyone be properly counted." Calls Heimerdinger.

As his high pitched voice begins the call and the students respond, you find yourself watching in the distance, waiting any moment for the one built like a tank and a broomstick to cross the horizon.

But the call is finished, and still no sign. It's almost a relief that you don't have to see the man-whose-first-name-starts-with-a-V for the morning. The relief wears off soon enough, though, when, as you climb into one of the last cars in the back that had miraculously - and to your delight - remained empty, you see Jayce out of breath, followed by his colleague in the same state.

They go first to the locomotive where Heimerdinger and the second teacher, Mrs. Agrane, are, to indicate their presence. You sigh, the train is made of five cars with four seats each, and as yours is the last one where there are still seats, the two latecomers don't hesitate a single second more before coming towards you.

They took their seats, both facing you in the car as the train started its journey.

This little city train was usually reserved for tourism, quite practical to entice customers and let them see lots of little shops that could please them and make them come back to buy souvenirs and other trinkets that were sold for way too much money. But hey, it's Piltover, somehow it has to stay golden.

You look at them, they're catching their breath, they look like they just ran a marathon. Both pair their eyes with dark circles under them, did they even sleep last night to look like ghosts? Probably not.

"The alarm didn't ring," Jayce warned, raising his hand above him to soften the morning sun that bathed him all in an orange light as if he were blessed.

Yes, Jayce had the true look of a deity. He always looked as if he came straight out of a mythological story where he was a hero filled with beauty, glory and strength of mind.

It was all the more complex not to see this aspect of him once the group arrived at the museum. Because once inside, the corridor that welcomed you were two parallel lines of sculptures of various figures of Change.

Inventors, Scientists, Philosophers, Craftsmen, Creators, all the greatest were gathered. On the right row of statues were all the greats of Piltover sculpted in bronze, on the left, the revolutionaries of Zaun, sculpted in copper.

Jayce and his tanned skin, like the statues in the Piltovian line, seemed to blend in perfectly with all these icons of technology, knowledge and revolutionary change. It was as if he had been created, right here, sculpted among all the greats.

That he had been shaped, drawn between strokes of pure power, might, and traits of tenderness, kindness, generosity. Sculpted in the most beautiful of bronzes, the one that attracts the sun and keeps it close.

Because he would be nothing in the night.

The night belongs to those below, and even if those above can reach the sky, they will never catch the stars.

No, here, side by side with Viktor, Jayce could never be king of the night. Not the same porcelain skin, not the moles formed into constellations, not the dragging fatigue, not the intense calm, not the silent wisdom.

Strict opposites, brought together by a single objective. Let the opposites attract, and let the balance be.

"Well, please gather around, so come follow us." Informed Heimerdinger, followed closely by Ms. Agrane. "I suppose that most of you know the statues of the people staying in this hall. They have been placed here for the simple reason that, as the main creators in this city and the one across the river, they benefit from the entrance, the beginning, the commencement of the museum, since they are the founders."

Needless to say, even as the teachers began to ask questions about the founders, the first hands raised were yours and Viktor's. You exchanged a look, him with an amused sneer, your eyes ready to melt statues if your eyes had lasers.

Always putting sticks in your wheels. Speaking of sticks, this morning you had drawn the five of wands. The points that came up the most were about conflict and competition and blah blah blah. This morning you hadn't really read carefully what was written in the booklet about this card.

Maybe you should have looked into it more.

Professor Heimerdinger's questions had finally turned to the great creators of Zaun, much to the disappointment of some students and for most even to their disgust.

"They shouldn't even be in this gallery, rats aren't worth having statues of them." Spat silently a fool a little ahead in the group.

Near Viktor and not far from Sky, you couldn't help but notice their reaction to such a statement - one lowered her head, the other tensed and clenched his jaw.

Don't make waves, don't stray from the line, don't let anyone know where you're from: that's the rule if you want to fit in at the Academy.

Viktor's eyes narrow under his furrowed brows, his hand tightens on the handle of his cane. He is upset, obviously, but it is a bitterness he must swallow silently.

Heimerdinger, not having heard or probably ignored the student's intervention, continues his questions:

"You probably know the founders of Zaun since this is elementary level, but can any of you name the current Zaun leaders?"

Without raising his hand, Viktor speaks up :

"There are six of them, Chross, Finn, Margot, Renni, Smeech and Silco."

Wrong, wrong. Well, not all of his answer is wrong of course, but part of his answer is not complete. You're not sure if you should actually speak up and point out this error. In truth you would love to correct it, it would probably give you a dose of pleasure and personal satisfaction enough to keep you proud for the next two days.

But you wondered if that very idea was a good one, if responding to correct him would reveal too much about you. Too much knowledge can be fatal, you have to know how to measure it.

However, Heimerdinger intervened:

"Do either of you have anything to add to Viktor's answer?"

The offer was too tempting, too tempting for you to prevent this moment of glory. So you took it.

"The account is not good."

Your heart suddenly starts to race, as if it's stripping away from the muddy fog inside you and up into your throat. It's strange how you can forget it exists until it manifests itself. Your cheeks begin to heat up as eyes slowly converge on you, including and obviously Viktor's.

"What's wrong with it?" The latter asks, visibly troubled.

It was almost to wonder if you were not ready to do anything, even to invent lies, if it could allow you to be ahead of him.

"There are seven, not six. The last one is Tytos."

The attention turns to Heimerdinger this time, waiting for his answer. His little eyes sparkle with a special, satisfied glow and energy.

"Excellent, excellent..." He admits. "Let's continue the tour."

That name had escaped your lips like a curse word, like a whisper turned scream, as if the snowflakes had metamorphosed into ash and burned the pale freshness of oblivion.

You continued your visit, the parade of statues being now over, you passed to the last statue and you finally turned to enter a different part of the exhibition. After a while, the teachers finally let the students walk around the museum. The appointment to meet and return to the Academy was made for 11:45 in front of the museum entrance.

You found yourself in the section about some of the great inventors of Zaun, which was much less populated than the Piltovian section. Obviously, the Piltovians don't look at the lights that persist in their shadows, they ignore them, perhaps they will go out, for even the most ardent coals eventually soften and eventually fade away.

Not the flames of Zaun, no, they persist as much as the vermin that roam its streets.

However, flames cannot be kept in place in a museum without the risk of burning the surrounding works.

It is said that it is easy to be afraid of water and oceans, because in them live as much life as death - the story is similar for flames. Flames are fierce, devastating and uplifting. They are power, for they bring as much success as they can cause damage.

Your eyes wander over the paintings, the portraits, the schematics, the glass panes housing the very first prototypes that the inventors had put into the world. Incredible to think that these same prototypes dating from several decades ago have now evolved in an unequalled way.

Impressive to think that with these prototypes were born wars, that we have won and we have lost, that have allowed life, and that have built cemeteries.

The dead have built graves more beautiful than the houses of the living.

"Since when are there seven Chem-Barons in Zaun?"

You turn around, the skeleton is there, coming to beg for answers to his questions.

"As far back as I can remember," you say, returning to your notes taken between two inventions.

"I've never heard of them, though," he says as he steps forward a little more, coming to stand next to you to observe the prototype, "what do they work in?"

"Why ask me that? Isn't the library big enough for you?"

"God knows on which shelf three meters above the ground the books on Zaun's politics should be." he murmurs, lightly tapping his cane on the varnished parquet, "So what do they work in, you who know so much about it." The hint of bitterness is present in his tone from his precedent failure, and you revel in it.

"He's a smuggler, mostly, some trafficking, but what chem-baron doesn't get into that after all?"

"Surprising that I haven't heard of him. " You move on to the next prototype, maybe he'll leave you alone. "What did you say his name was?

"Are you going to follow me around like a duckling?"

"I think it was ending in Os. What was it again? Carlos, Mynthos..." You sigh, he's like a sticky mud on your shoes, a persistent gum that's not so easily overcome.

"Tytos." You sigh.

"Ah, there it is, Tytos. Sounds like the name of a virus."

"He has a similar effect on the city. "

"Is he that obnoxious?"

"Are chem-barons generous?"

Finding nothing more to say to your answer, you took advantage of this moment of silence to once again evade and take the option of fleeing.

Fleeing? No, rather a dodge, a parry. You weren't running away.

Talking about Tytos did not really enchant you, and even if this subject of conversation was very simple, you could not help feeling a certain uneasiness when his name was pronounced or when his subject was evoked.

So you put his presence out of your mind and continued the visit until it was time for the appointment. You found Sky who had spent the whole time with Orcelyia. They got along like real friends, which delighted you. Seeing her blossom like that filled you with joy in a way.

Because she had succeeded at something you had failed at, and in it you felt no defeat.

Viktor and Jayce climbed back into your carriage to your delight, and Jayce then began to fidget, probably trying to lighten the mood as best he could.

"What lovely weather today."

Both you and Viktor turned to him, his friend the first to respond.

"Did you really just start talking about the weather, Jayce?"

"What, it's a taboo subject?" The latter inquired.

"You can do better than that."

"Okay," he says, pretending to look for a topic of conversation, "what's your favorite color?"

"Wow, what a depth in your words, I guess the next question will be something like 'what are your hobbies' or 'what are your favorite foods'?" you say, the conversation sounding very much like a discussion that might be had by school children meeting on the first day of school.

"No," he said, crossing his arms.

He was going to ask those questions next.

You sigh, leaning against the side of the car and resting your chin on your hand.

"Purple."

You turn your head slightly, watching Viktor for a moment, meeting his gaze completely neutral but... expectant.

"Purple?" Jayce repeats, "Why?"

"I don't know. It's beautiful, it's calm, in lavender as well as plum, in cassis as well as grape, in wisteria as well as... whatever, it's the one I prefer."

"Interesting, I prefer warm colors, like orange for example. Pumpkins, carrots, clementines." Jayce gushes.

"Are you listing the five fruits and vegetables a day right now?" you say.

"Go ahead and tell us your favorite color so we can discuss it." Jayce suggests, slightly annoyed.

"None of your business." You answer simply, deviating again your glance towards the paved streets of the city.

"Conversation is a dying art." Viktor sighs.

It doesn't matter if you like the danger of red, the warmth of orange, the joy of yellow, the serenity of green, the wisdom of blue, the calmness of purple, the eroticism of pink, the security of brown, the depth of black, the sadness of grey or the shrill timidity of white.

Viktor is not your friend, he doesn't deserve to know this, no matter how small and insignificant this information is.

You could see what Jayce was trying to do - find common ground between you. But how many times should you tell him that you were not trying to get closer to Viktor? The very idea of becoming his friend made your hair stand on end.

And the saying that goes 'you have to befriend your enemy to beat him' - or something along the line - doesn't help.

Why did he have to come and ruin everything?

The train eventually stopped in front of the golden gates of the Academy, and if you didn't know the nature of the building, you could have easily convinced yourself that this golden portal led straight to heaven. Only for you, it was going to be the portal to hell.

"Well," announced Heimerdinger, "we'll meet again later after lunch to discuss this visit and the organisation of your first assignment."

To the general protests and grumbling generated by these few words and the certain disgust evoked by the simple word `assignment' led Heimerdinger to raise his hands to soften the crowd.

"Don't worry, the work won't be very complex, besides, you won't be working alone! But I won't say any more, I'll let you go back to the refectory. We'll discuss all this once we're in class."

After wishing the students a great meal, the teachers and students dispersed to go about their business.

You were about to turn back. You'd forgotten to take your packed lunch that morning and were going to head to the bakery to get a sandwich or a salad. But Jayce blocked your way with the wall that is his chest: "Where are you going?"

"Is this a trick question?"

"It depends on your answer?"

"I'm trying to eat my five fruits and vegetables a day so unless I have to give you a super secret password, can you please let me through?"

"No need, I'm inviting you to the cafeteria!"

"How romantic."

"Come on, I'm paying and the menu looks pretty good today." You know what's coming, the meal for three where he'll find every possible topic of discussion so he can introduce you to Viktor in a more subtle way and try to calm the somewhat tempestuous climate you two share.

However, Jayce is paying, and that's an offer you can't refuse. You sigh, turning back. The meal better be really good.

***

It almost pains you to touch the plate in front of you. It looks like it's come straight out of a Michelin-starred restaurant, or a culinary arts competition. It's almost the kind of dish that could inspire enough to be painted.

For the entrée, a slice of crab pie. For the main course, bronzed quail dipped in a creamy orange sauce accompanied by small potatoes with crispy skin and southern herbs. Half a cabécou was served as cheese and to conclude the meal, the dessert consisted of a small sloe tart.

Were the students of the Academy regularly so well served? Who had been hired to make every lunchtime meal a real feast?

You almost felt guilty for having to actually eat such a plate, but hunger won out over reason, and so you ended up taking the end of your slice of pie into your mouth.

"So, what are you up to these days when you're not at school?"

"Careful Jayce, you're treading on thin ice." You warn.

"Really?" He says, stopping cutting his quail on the spot.

"No." You close your mouth and pick up another piece of quail as Jayce looks at you with a look that varies between surprise and fatigue.

"So you don't want to talk about anything?" He said before bringing his bite into his mouth as if what he was about to eat was one of the simplest foods you could have at home.

"No," you say, taking a sip of water to clear your throat, "tell me how did you two meet?"

Suddenly, those who wanted to stop talking were the two concerned. They exchanged a knowing look.

"Anyway, our meeting between me and Jayce turned out to be much less thorny than ours," Viktor informed you, quietly chewing his food.

"One more word and I'll throw Sodium Chloride in your eyes." You point.

"Are you really threatening me with salt?

"It's a very effective weapon."

"I'm almost tempted to provoke you further to see how far you can go."

"Oh, that won't be necessary," you say, grabbing the bottle of salt.

"You wouldn't dare," Viktor smiles.

"That's an interesting theory," you point out as you start to unscrew the bottle.

" Hop hop hop let's calm down immediately," Jayce interjects, putting his hand on yours to remove the bottle from your fingers and place it next to him on the table.

"No, Jayce, come on, let her do it, let's stop talking theory and start practicing."

"Okay, you're not helping me at all Vik," Jayce confirms, sighing more as he runs his hand through the side of his hair. "When is your little war going to end?"

"War? We're only at the beginning of a meager battle. And for good reason, she failed to surpass me on the pre-test which... doesn't really count as an actual test."

It's amazing how his words and voice could give you an impulse to commit reprehensible acts.

You felt like an armour in a statue garden, where the red roses of wrath flourish in ruby anger all over the metal of reason that covers your rage, prepared to fight.

When conflict is added to desire, you get rivalry.

"As you say so well, the test doesn't really count, therefore you haven't outdone me in any way."

"Is everything just a competition to you?" Viktor remarked, his gaze shifting between intrigue and mockery.

"Isn't it to you, too?" You confirm, locking your gaze in his as your fork penetrates the tender of the quail.

"You guys are Grade A idiots," cuts in Jayce, who was probably beginning to regret having kept you around for lunch.

This meal was beginning to look like the very personification of a migraine. You looked down at your lunch tray.

Now that you were nearing the end of your orange quail, your plum tart was looking delicious.

It's beautiful, it's quiet, lavender as well as plum...

You were almost disgusted with your dessert because of the words he had spoken earlier. But you ate it anyway, because waste is not a primary value in Zaun.

"I wonder what Heimerdinger meant earlier, 'Don't worry, the work won't be too complex, and what's more, you won't be working alone!' What is he up to?" Jayce wonders.

"You know him, his little riddles bring us surprises every year." You answer.

"That's true," he laughs, turning to Viktor. "Last year he brought some kids we had to work with, the goal was that the kid we were paired with would tell us an invention they had in mind, something doable, and that we would end up doing the project in the time allowed over several weeks. His argument was that 'children are the future of this world'," he imitated in a voice that sounded more like a squeaky door than the teacher's, "'so show them what the world can already offer.' Or something like that."

"Jayce, for the common good, I feel compelled to inform you that you must never, under any circumstances whatsoever, imitate Professor Heimerdinger again." Viktor confirmed.

This was probably one of the few points on which you agreed with him in this discussion.

***

"As I said earlier this morning, we are going to discuss the organisation of your first assignment."

The small amphitheatre was listening, most of them anticipating the session, some of them stunned by their lunch break and wanting only to take a nap.

"As I told you, and I hope you paid attention this morning, the work you will do this year will not be done by letting you work alone! So you will be working in pairs between students."

Some people are already starting to get excited, with best friends already deciding to get together to do the project. You don't know if this will really be beneficial. The person you're paired with might slow you down and you'll end up doing the whole thing by yourself to get a good grade.

"This work will be based on collaboration, because it is important as an inventor to be able to work with other people. This allows you to be more objective, because the eye of others is important as an external opinion. If nobody ever contradicted us, we would end up saying nothing but nonsense. And since we tend to work with people we get along with at first sight, I'll have to spare you the right of choice. Therefore, I have decided to do the groups myself."

Those who were giggling begin to grumble and protest, as if this will sincerely change anything in the professor's opinion.

"All right, I'll give you your duets right now. After that I will give you the instructions for the assignment, and finally we will start the class."

The call begins. The idea that you would have to work in pairs bothered you, but the fact that you couldn't choose your pair added an extra parameter of constraint.

The names go by, some seem more delighted than others, but your name has not yet been mentioned. You hear Orcelyia's, then later Sky's, then Jayce's, but still not yours.

Again, your heart is pounding.

And what you feared most happened: Your name and Viktor's name were called together. There was silence in the room, much to Heimerdinger's delight, and then after a few seconds the whispering began.

You couldn't really hear what was being said, your mind divided, oscillating between denial and anger.

You really should have paid more attention to your map reading this morning.

"Incendiary events. Protests. Angry people. Drama. Exciting conflicts.

In the five of wands, five men appear to be fighting each other, using their wands as weapons. However, on closer inspection, their sticks are raised but not hitting or hurting anyone. It is as if there is no real purpose or outcome in this chaotic scene, except to create conflict and discord within the group. Each man is wearing a different outfit, symbolising the diversity of their backgrounds and belief systems, and suggesting that because of their differences they cannot find harmony and common ground with each other.

This card indicates that you are in the midst of a battle, tension and competition with others and that this is impacting your ability to move forward with your goals. Rather than being able to work towards a common goal, you are faced with constant opposition. Energy is dispersed but if forces work together, powerful results occur. There is a need for unity. You are hindered by people who do not act as you expect. Free yourself by embracing the present moment. Why did he have to come and ruin everything?

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#academic rivals to lovers #academic rivals #arcane #viktor #arcane viktor #viktor x reader #arcane x reader #viktor arcane #viktor arcane x reader #enemies to lovers #slow burn #tarot cards #tarot #viktor x you #viktor x y/n #arcane viktor x reader

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stormkpr · 4 years ago

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Barca/Pietros fic recs!

As promised, a list of my top 8 favorite Barca/Pietros fics. Thank you @lareinedulune and @toalltheshipsilovedbefore for weighing in.

Listed alphabetically by author name. The summaries are exactly as the authors themselves described. I won’t list any TWs here, so just be careful to read any warnings when you click a link.

1. Desperate Games by Aldiara

Summary: In a life that requires deception to survive, Pietros is ever bent on truth, and Barca fears every day it might mark their undoing.

Why I loved it: This is a glimpse of one moment in Pietros and Barca’s lives inside the ludus, the danger and treachery they face and the love they share. It absolutely feels like it was ripped from an episode of the show, had the show focused on them. Also –hot!

2. Journeyman by Azarias

Summary: So Barca got his money from Ashur or wherever, and bought himself and Pietros free, and then ...

Why I loved it: This one might just be the very best. There’s a reason why it has 320 kudos and two pages of comments. It breaks your heart only to build it back up. It is filled with nuance and moments of astonishment. I have re-read it many times. Side note: the ending line is hilarious.

3. As Freemen by GayGreekGladiator

Summary: Barca and Pietros earn their freedom and return to Barca’s homeland. However, Carthage holds painful memories that may drive a rift between them.

Why I love it: Complete with an art prompt, this story is just so beautifully imaginative! We get Barca’s backstory and the couple dealing with conflict as they return to Carthage, and all written in a way that gives me goosebumps.

4. Not a Kind Man by Pegasus Eridana

Summary: Barca is not a kind man

Why I loved it: The writer just gets Barca and his feelings perfectly, capturing him in all of his beautiful and horrible contradictions. Each scene feels fully real and within canon, and the ending lines provide a perfect little twist and some hope.

5. The Taste of Freedom by Shirasade

Summary: The magistrate came just in time.

Why I loved it: Not only is it a fix-it for Season 1, but it also contains a beautiful flashback showing how Barca/Pietros got together the first time.

6. Sweet Wines and Lost Minds by SteeleStingray

Summary: Spartacus has arranged for wine to be brought to the Rebel temple in hopes of fostering friendships in their group. But it also causes Agron and Barca to neglect their lovers in favor of friendly scuffles.

Pietros and Nasir must take their desire into their own hands...

Why I love it: So every fic rec list needs at least one fic that makes the cut mostly due to smut. NGL the smut here is first-class. Bonus Nagron if you love them too, as I do. (And we get the Nasir-Pietros friendship that we were deprived of in canon). And despite what I just said, the story is good too.

7. I Do What I Must by Stormkpr

Summary: A series of Barca/Pietros one-shots, with each chapter standing alone.

Why I loved it: I feel funny reccing my own stuff, but I asked the fandom beforehand and I got the go ahead! This one has the most kudos of all my Barca/Pietros works, so I picked this one. I will say there is something for everyone here, with its one-shot format. Whether you want a fic showing how they might have first gotten together, or you want to read about the couple successfully purchasing their freedom and flying the ludus, or you prefer an angsty piece on how they handle it when Pietros is forced to ‘entertain’ a guest of Batiatus, it’s all here.

8. let love be the water - strawb3rryshake

Summary: "He thinks of Pietros, of his sweet face and the upturn of his nose and the tiny curls like perfect corkscrews that hide at the nape of his neck. A vision of Pietros is before him now, clucking his tongue like he does when the birds sulk. You fool, he says as he takes a knee in front of Barca and cradles his face in tender hands, again you leave without words."

Why I loved it: Beautiful, poetic writing. Softly heartbreaking. Sentences like: “ And in his dream, he lies with Pietros in bed, in a forgotten Carthage, with the spring rain coming in torrents and the sprawl of the sea in full view to the east, pockmarked with raindrops and shining like a thousand precious gems.”

#spartacus #beast of carthage #barca x pietros #spartacus fanfic #bartrios #spartacus fanfiction #barca of carthage

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sarahjtv · 3 years ago

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BNHA Chapter 319 Spoiler Analysis: Found Family

Holy crap what a phenomenal chapter! This arc in general has been great, but this chapter might be one of my favorites of the arc. Not just because it focuses on Class 1-A (I’m so glad to see the kids again), but because of the growth we see in these kids in general especially Bakugo and Shoto IMO. Like, holy shit ESPECIALLY BAKUGO! I stand by my opinion that Bakugo is one of the best developed characters in the series. There’s so much I want to say about this chapter and I’ll try my best to do so if my poor injured left hand will let me 😭:

The chapter starts off with the first of 3 colored pages we’re going to get over the next few weeks to celebrate 7 YEARS OF MY HERO ACADEMIA!!! CONGRATS, HORIKOSHI-SENSEI!!! This series revived my love of anime/manga and really helped me in some really rough spots in my life. I will forever be grateful towards Horikoshi for bringing this series to life and blessing us with such an incredible story full of beautiful characters. MHA may be a little overrated, but I still think it deserves all the love it can get.

Anyway, the color page. It shows Uraraka, Iida (who has red eyes here, so IDK why the anime gives him blue eyes though I do think they work better for him personally *shrugs*), Shoto, Tokoyami, and Bakugo after basically figuring out where Deku went. Bakugo is shown tearing up his letter (which says something like “Thank you for being there, Kacchan”; there’s more but I can’t translate it 😭) and you can kinda see some bandage wrap around his arm where he was stabbed. Also, both Bakugo and Shoto still have some visible injuries on their faces and Bakugo’s hands, so they’re still recovering from the War. It’s a really pretty page in general and I can’t wait to see what the next 2 color pages are going to look like. I also kinda want Horikoshi to take a break after this too again so he doesn’t overwork himself. Maybe he’ll treat himself to the MHA: World Heroes Mission movie 🍿.

So, Shoto and Bakugo have figured out that Deku is most likely with Endeavor, Hawks, and Best Jeanist. Problem is that none of them are answering their phones. I like that Bakugo calls Best Jeanist “Pair of Denim Pants” 😂 and Shoto’s image of Endeavor is still a very angry version of his old man. Shoto’s still making amends with his father, but he’s still not THERE yet. Regardless, these kids are smart enough to know that something’s up. Especially since All Might hasn’t returned to UA either.

It’s basically confirmed by Ojiro that because classes have been suspended, our Class 1-A kids are still 1-A; they haven’t moved into their second year yet. That clears up the confusion on whether we should still refer these group of kids as 1-A still or not.

Now Bakugo’s showing how much of a genius he really is despite his personality. Bakugo figures out that the Top 3 and All Might are working together as a group based on how they all connected with each other back at Central Hospital. Also, Bakugo concludes that All Might snuck Deku’s letters under their doors while Deku started running. Ultimately, Bakugo does know more about Deku and All Might more than anyone else does. He’s been around his childhood friend and he’s admired his idol longer than most people have. Bakugo understands how bad the situation is and he’s ready to take action.

As are the other kids. You can see how determined they are and you can see Kirishima’s black roots coming in 🥺! Even Uraraka gets some shine here by bringing up the idea to trick Endeavor to come via getting help from Principle Nezu as Endeavor was a UA student. It’s really interesting to see Ochako in a more serious roll than usual, but I actually like it. I hope she’s still as bubbly as she always was at the end of the day, but she’s definitely matured and grown a lot over the corse of the series. Even the simple things like her hair show it as it’s not as floaty as it was before. I love it when Horikoshi shows small details like this. It adds to the characters and stories a lot. Also, the art in this chapter is amazing.

And now it’s Endeavor vs. Class 1-A in a much needed conversation. All the kids are wearing their school uniforms to make this as formal and serious as they can. EVEN BAKUGO IS PROPERLY WEARING HIS TIE YOU KNOW SHIT’S ABOUT TO GO DOWN!!! And, I must say, Bakugo looks damn good with a tie 😳. You can also get a decent height measurement on the kids here if you want. Ngl, sometimes I forget that Shoto’s about 2 inches taller than Bakugo. It’s definitely the hair.

Shoto’s the first to step up and he scolds the hell out of his old man. Rightfully so tbh. Endeavor shouldn’t have ignored Shoto’s calls even though I kind of understood why. Shoto reminds Endeavor of their plan to stop Dabi though thankfully that’s what’s pushing Endeavor forward so he hasn’t forgotten. Shoto calls his father “Endeavor” and gets mad at him fro leaving Deku and All Might alone. The rough translations say he called Izuku “Deku” here too btw. Endeavor has no response. I think this anger Shoto’s unleashing is very justified and has been burning inside him since Deku left UA. His best friend just up and left him and his friends with nothing but a letter to kinda explain things. Also, Shoto and the rest of 1-A (minus Bakugo) have basically been lied to for about a year. I’d want answers too if someone did that to me.

Bakugo steps in by putting a hand on Shoto’s shoulder (🥺) to calm him down a bit and to say his piece. Ultimately, he thinks what Deku is doing is right, but that the way they’re all doing it is wrong. I love Deku and All Might, but they’re sacrificial idiots. They care more about others than they probably ever will themselves. That’s how All Might lost his OFA in the first place. It’s because of that that All Might doesn’t have it in him to stop Deku from going down this path. They shouldn’t have been left alone. Someone should’ve kept a closer eye on them. I know the Top 3 were all worried about getting too close to Deku before, but really, someone should’ve been watching them closer on the sidelines.

The next page is a really cool drawing of Endeavor flinging his phone to the kids to catch. The previous panels showed Endeavor with this face that’s regretful and I think he realized something: That Bakugo is right and that the kids might be better off finding Deku than he is. So he basically gives the kids his GPS on his phone. Those are just my thoughts, but it does look like that. I don't think Endeavor’s just going to up and give up though. He’s probably going to start rethinking things though.

As Sero manages to catch Endeavor’s phone, he and the rest of the kids think about how even though they’ve only known Deku for a year, they still think of him as family and cannot let him go down this thorny path alone. They’ll carry the OFA burden with him if they have to. They can’t smile without Deku around. These kids truly have become a family over the year. It’s amazing to see. Everyone’s like a brother and sister and it’s really nice to see. I just love Found Family stories, guys 😭❤️

And really quick, I want to focus on my ❄️🔥 boy, Shoto, really quick. As he’s thinking about Deku, he mentions how shocked he still is about Deku keeping OFA from them and how Deku thought just a letter would suffice. He has this sad look on his face like he’s trying to say: “I still can’t believe my best friend hid this from me for so long. Why? Did he not trust me?” That’s just my interpretation. Still, I can’t imagine how upset Shoto must feel. I think he still cares a lot about Deku enough to go out and find him, but he’s gotta feel some sort of betrayal. More so than the other students outside of Bakugo because, again, Deku was essentially Shoto’s best and closest friend 💙😭

Endeavor is rightfully worried about letting the kids out in the state of Japan right now, but now Principle Nezu speaks up and praises the kids on growing up so well. He’s also took into account Deku's feelings about his mission which is why he agreed to the team up. Also, Deku’s still welcome back to UA whenever he wants thank god ☺️. He’s a student who has to be protected. There’s a cute panel of Uraraka and her mom crying happily after getting her acceptance letter too. Not 100% why this is shown other than Acceptance Letter part, but it’s cute to see. Maybe Ochako realizes how much Deku needs to be protected or something.

As for the refugees, Nezu had the security system strengthened in time for the Cultural Festival earlier, but they never used it before. It’s call The UA Barrier. God, how strong is this thing? Is it strong enough to stop Shigaraki who was able to Decay the last barrier? This seems like something that’ll be used in the final battle TBH.

So, Nezu trust the 1-A kids to bring Deku back home. Which is exactly what they plan to do as all 19 of them enter Kamino in a badass full page. I actually wasn’t sure if all 19 of them were there at first since I couldn’t find Shoto for the life of me, but then my eyes saw the BIG-ASS ICE WALL IN THE BACK AND I THOUGHT “OH THERE HE IS!!!” LOL 😂

The next panel actually does show Shoto with Momo as they capture the villain from the last chapter. Momo politely calls Bakugo “Bakugo-san”, but Bakugo demands that he be called his insane hero name: “GREAT EXPLOSION MURDER GOD DYNAMIGHT”! I CAN’T WITH THIS DUDE SOMETIMES WHY DO I LOVE HIM SO MUCH 💥🧡

Deku sees his friend and wonders why they came. Ochako answers because that they were worried about him, but Deku tries to convince everyone (including himself) that he’s fine. He’s obviously not and Bakugo calls TF out on him! He even drops a good F-bomb for good measure. Bakugo mocks Deku for trying to act like All Might and asks Deku if he can even smile right now. I actually really like it that Bakugo’s calling Deku out on his shit. I think Deku needs some good tough love right now to knock some sense into him. Who would be better to do that than Katsuki Bakugo himself?

As Deku is trying to convince everyone that’s he’s fine (while still looking like a demon btw), there’s a small focus on Iida. Actually, a few panels this chapter have focused on Iida. Maybe he’s remembering the time Deku saved him back when they went up against Stain. Deku saved him then so it’s now Iida’s turn to save Deku. Also, Iida hasn’t gotten much focus lately and I really like his character, so I’m glad he’s being brought back to the forefront again. Also, I like hearing Kaito-san’s voice in general so I’d be happy to hear him again (thanks for that one, Haikyuu).

The final spread shows Deku telling everyone to move away while Bakugo, Iida, and Ochako get ready to stop him. IT’S DEKU VS. CLASS 1-A!!! WE’RE ENTERING CIVIL WAR FOLKS!!! Seriously, though, this is great. I was thinking that it would be just Bakugo and a few other students finding Deku. Instead we got the whole class. And looks like that “helping hand” thing will happen later because we got a battle to fight first.

Bakugo’s become a damn fine leader and I love to see his growth every freaking time🧡! I like how Iida has his hand on Bakugo’s back to support him btw. It’s weird that Shoto’s not in this page though. He’s one of Deku’s best friends, so I would think he would be in this page along with Bakugo and his first 2 friends (Ochako and Iida). Maybe Horikoshi’s saving Shoto for a more 1-on-1 conversation with Deku. God, I hope that happens because I think along with Bakugo, Shoto deserves a good talk with Deku the most.

Honestly, I’m not sure who would win this battle. I’ve been going through scenarios in my head on who would win, but I can’t come to a solid answer. Class 1-A has 19 versatile Quirks under their belt and they have more energy than Deku to fight, but Deku still has 6 insanely powerful Quirks that he’s been practicing for a while. The kids could probably win if they strategize enough and use Deku’s exhaustion against him, but again, Deku has OFA and multiple other Quirks. If he could beat Lady Nagant, one of the best snipers around, he might be able to beat the 1-A kids. He could just escape with Smoakscreen, Black Whip, and Float if he wants to really. That would put 1-A on another wild goose chase. There’s also Deku’s Danger Sense which will be a pain to deal with. Also, Deku said that he’s as strong as All Might was in his prime with Fa-Jin and OFA combined. Only AFO and Shigaraki were strong enough to take on THAT. Plus, we still don’t know what the 2nd OFA Holder’s Quirk is yet. Deku might use it in this battle. God, I have so many theories in my head now. I think this battle will be awesome, but ultimately, I want Deku to come home 😭💚

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Even though a translation is probably already out there, I translated the ETtoday article with the ChrisJake interview of 19 April 2019 into English. My heart! They are super cute and flirty, but some things also made my heart hurt a bit, ngl.

Picture credit of course also by ETtoday.

Interview | Wu Chengyang (Chris) outrageously flirts with Xu Junhao (Jake) - Taking a picture together they almost kiss - Managers shocked "Stand a bit further away from each other"

Author/interviewer: Li Xingrong 14 April 2019

Jake and Chris play the roles of a criminal police officer and a mob gang boss respectively in the BL drama <Trapped>. While investigating the same case, they go from not getting along at all to falling in love with each other. From the moment Chris opens his mouth, he flirts with Jake. "He's really so handsome, so you better prepare, because you will automatically fall in love with him." This causes Jake to not know whether to laugh or cry. He calls out: "He's always like this, he flirts with me me all the time!" [literally: in every corner of my life]

Jake had a secret crush on Cao Yanhao (Yen Tsao) in <Close Your Eyes Before It's Dark>, and thus is no stranger to shooting male-male love parts. It was Chris' first time shooting a BL drama; he thought bed scenes and kissing scenes would be challenging.

But after shooting started he discovered that the real challenge was to conceal his angry or sad expressions. "My character needed to be calm and composed, and even if I was throwing a raging fit I couldn't show it. The same with falling in love with him (Jake), it's obvious [Tang Yi] likes him but I couldn't reveal it too much." And this is similar to his own personality: "I can ugly cry while watching a movie, the kind of crying that gets embarrassing when the lights turn back on."

Even though it's the first time that Chris and Jake are working together, the two, born on the same day and month, have excellent chemistry. Laughing, Chris recalls the first time they met each other. "That day I was really tired. We were already shooting the boxing scenes from <Da San Yuan> for two days, and I was tired and dizzy. When I saw him (Jake) at the auditions, I remember saying, hey, this guy is pretty cute, but why does he have a head full of golden hair to play a police officer? Is that even right?" Jake stood on the side, amused, and explained that it was his hairstyle from a previous drama he was in. After dying it back he instantly felt back in place again.

As if they have known each other for a long time, Chris and Jake shared a lot of stories about the filming process and couldn't stop talking about it. They praise each other but they will still make fun of each other too. Chris looks at Jake with an expression full of love, and even when taking pictures he is/they are very committed. They gave the photographer ample 'love poses', among which one where their faces were nearly glued together, almost on the verge of kissing, which caused both their managers to break out in a cold sweat, saying 'they should stand apart a bit'.(1)

Maybe it’s because they share the same birthday, but Chris revealed that when he played scenes with Jake, he had a kind of feeling as if he was falling in love with himself. "He (Jake) acted out [Shaofei's] stubbornness very well, and gave me a lot of feelings. In order to be on his best efforts towards me, it felt like a reaction I would have when meeting a person I like in real life."(2)

To measure up, Jake's next words wetted the appetite of the audience when he said "we were only worried about whether or not they'd be able to broadcast it." Hearing this, Chris laughed and said "Basically there was almost nothing left to expose [literally: there was no dew point, but this is apparently a slang of exposing nipples and/or genitals], we did what we had to do."

Starting when he was shooting his previous movie <Da San Yuan>, Chris, in order to maintain his figure and to look good in front of a camera, reduced his body fat from 14 to 8%. Joining the <Trapped> cast, he trained on a daily basis during shooting, and he started his diet. "I couldn't eat the cast and crew's bentos/lunches. I only ate vegetables and meat."

Jake feels that this pressure/burden was undescribably big. He reports that in the early stages of shooting, when they were training in martial arts, the staff ordered roast chicken for dinner one day. "In the end, the two of us received a plate of salad, of which the dressing had been removed. We thought it was a hint that we had to lose weight." (3)

Also because the drama has many fight scenes, and the styles of fighting of the police and the mob are different, the two are not careless in practicing their hand and foot movements. Often they were shooting until their hands were full of bruises. Simultaneously fighting each other and protecting each other was both a physical and mental test.

Even though they shot a male-male love show, it all returns to the essence of love; [the show is about] wanting to protect the other person, about showing tolerance for the other's feelings, regardless of gender. When watching the trailer, both Jake and Chris' eyes unconsciously turned red-rimmed [they became teary-eyed], as if those on the screen were not them, but Meng Shaofei and Tang Yi. (4)

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(1) This may have given rise to the rumours of their managers keeping their apart because they caught feelings.

(2) Okay this is a typical Chinese vague sentence, omitting subjects and other words that might make it easier for me to translate this. Native people, feel free to help out! I believe Chris is saying that playing with Jake made him really fall in love with Jake a bit 😋

(3) I hate this!! It makes me so angry. Like, honestly! Having a fat percentage of 8% is really low, that’s basically an athlete’s body! There’s this other interview which I can’t locate immediately where Chris is like “the cast ordered fried chicken wings and sweet potatoes, and I would just sniff the food a bit.” Then there’s him saying he was going to ‘enjoy’ the kissing scene with the whipped cream because it tasted sweet, and eating their dessert on the Hong Kong date. It’s all very telling. For heaven’s sake, let the man eat. 😒 This kind of restrictive dieting is how eating disorders are developed, honestly.

(4) I think they started crying because they were so invested in Shaofei and Tang Yi’s story, forgetting it was them portraying the characters. ❤

By the way, these pictures were shot on the same day as this press conference, where they just shamelessly continued their flirting. You gotta love these two.

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