#This is just a brief overview lol

[pangolinsandnewts]

please tell me more about your movie au

Sorry this took so long I had to go march in a stadium for an hour

Okay so in terms of plot... there is no plot. It's only a horrible mass of headcanons slapped together haphazardly.

I kind of mushed season 5 and 8 together so that I could have citrus and Morro and Harumi interactions so Harumi's got her Evil Plan but also Morro's dealing with God shenanigans

I could do a whole rant about Morro's whole deal (and I might still) but the main story is the sons of Garmadon just doing emo theater kid stuff. Morro gets the much darker and more severe b plot.

[xcziel]

b*t*s recognition for older, western, beginners (me): (pls ignore if you are experienced army this is for funsies only) (or add more, or corrections, or whatever, i can't tell you what to do lol)

kim namjoon (rm) hyung-line: tall, rapper, perfect english, brainy smart, leader: so often mc-ing and/or wrangling bag of catsmembers, longsuffering, sarcastic and funny, big boy, accidental breaker-of-things

kim seokjin (jin) hyung-line: also tall, singer, princely handsome, fashion plate, actor, oldest but only pulls the card occasionally, from money, suave but also dork, well-traveled since childhood *enlisted in december 2022

min yoongi (suga, agustd) hyung-line: short, rapper, has the producer/songwriter/rapping archetype going for him, mostly in black off-duty, pretty cat man, introvert, deep speaking voice, lil bit of a godfather vibe but tiny cute godfather?, stealth fond and affectionate (yes my bias shhh)

jung hoseok (hobi, j-hope) hyung-line: medium height tier, dancer & rapper, distinctive high cheekbones and sunshine smile, laughs a lot but has that dance practice stern face when he's not joking, often indulgent wine aunt vibes, actual pre-debut street cred like rm and suga *just recently went for enlistment

kim taehyung (v) maknae line: shorter but not short, singer: has a husky breathy register out of several modes, it boy and model, princess mode needs care and attention, poor boy made good, emotional (actually they all cry a lot if you go by videos)

jeon junkook (jk, kookie) maknae line: medium tall, main singer: often a clear r&b flavored tenor, "the one with the tattoos" (right hand and full sleeve most visible) and the calvin klein ad, lip-piercing as well now i believe, strong, extremely hip, excitable, good at everything, the youngest and Baby

park jimin (jimin) maknae line: technically shortest, singer: clear high tenor, trained dancer like *whoa*, flirt, smooth and stylish, pretty as a personality trait, maknae gremlin but with hyung maturity (caretaker), abs, falls off chairs (and only chairs? otherwise immune to gravity)

- these are some busy, busy elite-caliber performers at the very top of the game and i definitely am in awe. like the guys who technically aren't "dancers" in the group are still leagues above many regular official 'lead dancers' in skill - as a whole they are just functioning on another level and it is impressive. i understand army a lot more now

[reshinless]

Hear me out..Jealous!kinich x reader smut...also I love your writing style it makes me wanna explode🤭

──── bet you feel it now, baby

⠀ ۪ ⠀✧ synopsis. you didn't have to laugh that hard at his joke. it wasn't even that funny. he's better, it's fine, he'll just show you how much better he is.

⠀ ۪ ⠀✧ pairings. kinich x gn!afab!reader, !!NSFW CONTENT AHEAD!!

⠀ ۪ ⠀✧ director's notice. posting wip list in a bit plus brief overview of 800 special fic (it'll probably be genshin/hsr :3)

۪ ⠀✧ warnings. possessive behavior (kinich), jalosi /j, kinda ass/pussy eating (see to it however you like, i used no real specific term, reader is blindfolded for some parts, jealous behavior, rough sex, sex itself, y'all get walked in on (be ready for this to be implied into more of my kinich works LOL), establish relationship

"ahhn- kinich i said 'm sorry.. pleasef- slow down!" your face in the pillows, your words muffled and long gone into the night. the black-haired man's raspy voice spoke from behind— your boyfriend, kinich, of course. "he wasn't all that entertaining, why laugh like how you do with me?"

it was torture to him, seeing how it went from an awkward laugh, a polite smile, to a more genuine appearance to the stupid guy that just had to come up to you while he was busy getting a little snack for ajaw— even ajaw wouldn't comment on how his face looked this time, keeping his own silence as he ate the delicious candy.

"fffuck- he was an old classmate i had at the akademiya- 'm sorry, i-i really am kin-!" he almost laughed at your words. classmate? doesn't mean you should be playfully hitting shoulder like that. or teasing him like that. it's all his, no one else should be able to have it.

you shuddered, what felt like cumming again for the umpteenth time in a row, he hadn't stopped pinning you against the wall, and making you see stars over and over again ever since you saw your "classmate".

"doesn't matter." he groans, finishing inside you once more, your eyes were blindfolded by his headwear, previously on his forehead. he carries you onto the mattress, laying you down a little roughly. "w- what are you doing?"

you shivered once more, feeling warm exhales near your entrance, his cheek resting suddenly on one of your thighs. "all mine, right?" the blunt tone present in his tone definitely made it out as if you couldn't tell him anything other than yes (because it was true). his lips start to scatter a plethora of glossy little kisses all over your thighs, the sensation of getting him to cover every inch of your legs felt like a fever dream.. was this really a punishment?

you could feel his other hand snake to one of yours, which was somewhere on the bed. holding it tight as he started to place wet pecks over your hole. "hhnnn.. kin stop- ... stop teasing me.." you felt yourself moan into his touch, your other hand reaching out for wherever his head was. your fist grabbing at his hair, almost trying to push him into you further.

you felt him groan into you, you could sense he was whipped for your taste. the way you moaned his name. his.. name. "ahh- ahhh fffuck!— kin it's all yours, i promise!" his hand left yours, and stopped lapping at your hole for a moment- you heard a small grunt, and two things landing on the floor.. was he taking his gloves off?!

you could feel him sitting you up with one of his other hands, arms setting you down onto his face, arms locking around your thighs. straddling you over his mouth, as he started to devour what was his. no other guy could do this to you, not without making you feel as good as he did.

shit and he definitely did, the way he made you feel wasn't like the stupid losers who'd try to hook up with you back in the akademiya. or tried to pick you up in the streets. they can't make you feel turned on as much as you did when kinich blindfolded your eyes with something he doesn't usually take off and hear his belt buckle start to come off- ahhh nothing was better!

oh you felt yourself almost creaming on his face just thinking about it. not to mention how good he worked his tongue into you, definitely tasting every little bit, every little nook & cranny his tongue could reach.

he made a small sound, looking up to see you slowly riding his face as is, trying to rub yourself near against his nose. his authorative hold was more than enough to stop you from moving again, one of his palms moving over your stomach to feel the way his tongue moved inside you.

his head busily buried itself more into your scent, glossing his tongue so carefully, making sure you feel it. you started to feel something pool in your stomach- ssshit you were gonna cum again! your hands trail back down to his hair, gripping it harshly again, him seeing signs that you're close, he fastens his pace, licking as much as he could, no longer concentrating on the taste, more on your facial expression.

"ahhn- kin i'm g'na-!" "mmm there it is, such a good kitty." were the words he moaned into your hole, as he gladly lapped up every inch of your delicious juice/cum.

as he placed a kiss onto your entrance once more, he places more than just one kiss onto your lips, making out with you for a bit. letting him taste what he's been tasting for the past hour, the shared, mix of both of your cum.

your lips finally parting from his, your eyes still shut close 'till you feel a fist of your hair being gripped, "not done yet." is all kinich whispers, his voice a little coarse as he continues to kiss you. "all.. yours," you feel him take your hand, putting it over his heart while you both pull away from the kiss, a string of saliva being created. "and all mine, please?" he points to where your heart is in your chest.

his blunt attitude could only make you laugh, planting a kiss onto his head, and nodding to an agreement. "mmm- yeah. all yours."

"you guys are reaaaaaaalll corny! you're lucky i like your partner this time!" ajaw butts in as you laugh, while kinich simply scoffs- looking the other way and burying his face into your chest.

not as cool as my other works, and it's more cringe if i keep looking back on it, cute request tho !!!!<3333

[shijiujun]

A Summary: The Spirealm | 致命游戏 (Kaleidoscope of Death 死亡万花筒 Live Action) & Why You Should (Eventually) Watch It

Talk about the most short-lived drama release ever, not even totalling two hours if I recall. Creating this summary as I've seen a handful of confused friends, so here it goes!

It's going to be a long review because I sped through all 78 episodes and only properly watched the first two doors, but I got you. You'll get both the brief book rundown and the drama parts!

If you just wanna see the bromance (LOVE) parts please skip to section 4!!!!

1. Overview

Title: The Spirealm (kinda awful I'm sorry it's a mouthful) or 致命游戏 which means fatal game

Adapted From: Danmei (BL) Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zixu

Novel Prints: There are GORGEOUS Thai, Vietnamese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese versions printed, AND Singapore publisher Rosmei has signed the license for the ENGLISH version, probably going on sale this year (preview is here). You can still access fan translations by Taida on I think wordpress and someone else on Tumblr sorry bad memory (they did half and half each) if you'd like to read it for context. It is one of my FAVE danmeis EVER and I am a die-hard OG book fan, check out my full danmei review here.

Total Episodes: 78 (20 minutes each with the exception of last episode which 10 minutes, with several BTS not that I think we will get to see all of them yet)

Where to Watch (LOL): Erm considering that iQIYI China AND International took the episodes down, there is no legal way to watch this, BUT thanks to some cnetz with super fast and great wifi, we managed to get ripped HD versions without subs. iQIYI is very hard on copyright though, they've taken down several subbed and unsubbed versions already on YouTube, but you should type the titles of show into Twitter and the top tags will tell you where to access the raws and very little subbed episodes, that may also be taken down at any point. I have the Chinese raws but as it's hosted on a cloud, I had to pay to access it.

Main Characters: Lin Qiushi & Ruan Nanzhu/Ruan Baijie (in the novel) and Ling Jiushi & Ruan Nanzhu/Ruan Baijie (in the drama)

Produced By: iQIYI so for SURE they won't film it fully BL even if the original is, but I've seen enough bromance cuts

Main Actors: Xia Zhiguang (Ruan Nanzhu/Ruan Baijie) + Huang Junjie (Ling Jiushi)

2. Summary

Book (drama follows closely if not removing the supernatural premises): Lin Qiushi, a designer, opens the door to his home one day from inside and sees 12 iron doors outside. Confused, he opens one of them and arrives at a snow covered village in the mid of winter, and meets Ruan Baijie, who's a pretty, unusually tall and whiny/timid woman. They realise that they're in a horrifying door game, and they'll have to find a door and a key to get out, while battling a long-haired, human-eating deity. They, along with a few others, have to survive day after day until they get out, and on the first night, two people have died in gory ways. Ruan Baijie and Lin Qiushi partner each other, and despite seemingly timid and crying all the time, she saves Lin Qiushi a few times mysteriously, and Lin Qiushi finds himself trusting in Ruan Baijie.

They get through the door together and when they leave successfully, Lin Qiushi realizes that the people who died in the door will die in real life by some freak accident too - car accidents, forced suicides, a robbery gone wrong, a lift trapped in the air and going ablaze, and more. That night, Lin Qiushi wakes up to see a super handsome and tall Ruan Nanzhu at his bedside and this man feels familiar to him, but he can't put a finger on it. All he can think of when Ruan Nanzhu says his name is Ruan Baijie (ahem he would later find out who it is of course). Ruan Nanzhu takes him to his mansion in the suburbs where he meets a group of other people just like them, who're forced to go through the doors for survival. Ruan Nanzhu then invites him to join Obsidian, his organization.

Through various doors, Lin Qiushi grows and supports a super intelligent and powerful Ruan Nanzhu, falls in love with him, gets through many many scary doors with him and some of their other team members, makes friends, loses them to the cruelty of the doors as they ponder over what the door means, and what being alive/dying means.

And at the end of it, at the end of of it all, when they're all good and living their life, Lin Qiushi also finds out what Ruan Nanzhu's secret is, and the lengths to which Ruan Nanzhu went to, just to be with him.

Drama: Ling Jiushi is a VR game designer who gets pulled into a game, and he meets Ruan Baijie (in his male form) right off the bat (SO NOT CROSSDRESSING I AM SAD). All the parts are actually the same as the novel, albeit with the game setting and Ling Jiushi and Ruan Nanzhu's identity adjustments to suit the game premise. Most of the other doors and their lines are the same, just that the ending is a bit more confusing than it could be. There's a big bad as well and they actually show the opposing organizations when in the novel, these other organizations aside from Obsidian didn't even actually have a face or goal to them.

3. Characters

^ Them in the book (based on manhua that never got to go live LOL) (RNZ/RBJ left, LQS right)

^ Them in the show (LJS left, RNZ right)

Ruan Nanzhu/Ruan Baijie: MY HANDSOME CROSSDRESSING INTELLIGENT ALOOF BUT WHINY (WHEN IT COMES TO LIN QIUSHI) SASSY BOSS!!!! He's super mysterious and super thick-skinned too, and all he wants is Lin Qiushi's attention the moment he meets him. He's intrigued by Lin Qiushi's calm and his brains and the way he handles things, and has a lot of trust for him right from the get-go. This is also shown in the drama itself. As the leader of Obsidian, he cares a lot for his team members and his friends even if he doesn't show it most of the time, and the last thing he wants to do is lose Lin Qiushi, and he would do ANYTHING for Lin Qiushi, ANYTHING!!! Just look at him whining:

Ling Jiushi (Lin Qiushi): In the novel he's super calm, has quite a lot of brains, a little bit of a blur in the beginning but he's super smart as well. Worries a lot for Ruan Nanzhu and is also a loyal friend to some of his only friends, and feels a lot when he loses them. Falls gradually in love with Ruan Nanzhu in the novel, like they just belong together. In this drama, Ling Jiushi holds that same trust for Ruan Nanzhu, but in demeanour he seems a bit more like a klutz and and not as cool as he was in the novel, but I guess it's acceptable. Literally like the only thing he loves more than RNZ (maybe) is his cat Chestnut LOL and RNZ is NOT really happy about that but Chestnut LOVES RNZ

Yixie and Qianli: CUTEST TWINS ;-; WHO TREAT RNZ and LQS as their big brothers LOOK AT THEM BOWING AND RNZ/LJS like parents LMAO

A handful of other characters who will keep turning up and get your hearts ;-;

4. ALL FAVE BROMANCE MOMENTS + TROPES

THEY TOUCH EACH OTHER A LOT LIKE HOLDING HANDS AND TOUCHING FACES, PIGGY BACKING?!?! DID I MENTION FACE TOUCHING

WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP THEY HELP EACH OTHER WHEN HURT OR GET HURT FOR EACH OTHER

AND WHEN THEY WAKE UP IN BED THE OTHER IS AT THEIR BEDSIDE

AND DID I MENTION HE FEEDS HIM IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE

AND THAT THEY DATED UNDER THE FIREWORKS LIKE THE NOVEL DOES NOT EVEN HAVE THIS SHIT

AND THE KABEDONS

AND FINALLY RUAN NANZHU RIZZ OMG

5. Settings

They REALLY OUTDID THEMSELVES. THIS JUST FROM DOORS 1-6:

THEY LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE NOVEL DESCRIBED!!!!

6. Overall Thoughts

PROS: This was NOT a cheap production, I'm telling you, they followed the cases very well and there're a lot of super recognisable lines, if not ALL of them, even if they changed the cases a little. I think they did it because in the novel originally, the author DOES leave a lot of details hanging like someone dies and you know he had a background and there are some shady things happening but the author NEVER actually goes into detail. So the drama did their best to cover these loopholes, even if it felt a little awkward at times. Money went into settings and attires and every damn thing, this looks EXPENSIVE. And if you've ever imagined each door and the bosses inside in your head, you might have felt chills go down your spine because damn did they really colour the book's settings for me (despite its differences). DID I MENTION that Xia Zhiguang really got the damn memo and he was a passable Ruan Nanzhu/Ruan Baijie who knew how to turn on his BL eyes. PLUS they really did some of the character deaths really well - they're technically some of the biggest parts of this story so ;-; (not two main of course)

CONS (maybe): They did away with the supernatural/horror premise and replaced it with a GAME premise, which means that there's a scientific element to it and the try to explain away stuff with the game, including the ending. I don't 100% get the ending, but the feel/vibe is about the same. Might not be for hardcore reader fans tho! They skipped out on a couple of doors, some of which were my faves, but it's fine, it's long enough LOL. They give away/explain some of the clues and surprises super early which means you don't get that added boom at the back as well. Despite that, I have to say they tried to round up the loopholes from the book as much as they could and give it an explanation while tying elements/conspiracies across doors (probably also to save cast fees LOL). And as always it's not a solid ending, it's an open confusing one, and even more confusing than the book itself because THERE IS NO CERTAIN HAPPILY EVER AFTER WITH HUBBY for it (there is in the book tho, they live together happily every after). Secondl,y, I'd say HJJ's acting is a bit stiff and OOC compared to the novel, but Xia Zhiguang really made up for it.

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HOPE THIS HELPS YOU GUYS!!! But I guess if you need subs it's going to be a long LONGGGG ride, considering that iQIYI doesn't seem to be going to be able to put it up anytime soon CRIES.

[pseudophan]

okay I could probably find this if I tried but I don't want to fight tumblrs search function. could you give a brief overview of how m&g usually goes with them during tour? like what happens/how long? Ive never gotten a m&g ticket before and I'm discovering that I'm getting nervous about it and want to be kinda mentally prepared. very much appreciated

when it's your turn you walk up and if you want you can hug them but you're obviously not like forced to if you don't want to (i feel like they used to go for a hug quicker but now they seem to hesitate if you don't initiate it), then if you have something specific you wanna say you try your best to get it out while they sign whatever you want to get signed, but if you don't have anything specific you wanna say/you're too nervous they're usually good at taking the lead. from the second he's done signing dan will be doing his best to get a hold of your phone which we clown on him for a lot but he also kind of has to cause otherwise people will just drag it out forever lmao, but again if you have something you want to finish saying just don't give it to him immediately. that being said also don't be one of the people i keep seeing who say they manage to drag their m&g out to like 5-6 minutes? that's a dick move. you can push it a little but you know, within reason. otherwise the people at the back of the line get rushed by security and nobody wants that. once you've said your piece or dan's managed to grab your phone when you weren't paying attention he's gonna take the selfie and that's about it. if you want a specific pose you just have to tell them and they'll usually go along with it! alas i'm far too pussy to ask for anything at all i always just smile awkwardly and hope for the best, but i recommend everyone else ask for fun things cause i like seeing them lol

idk if this was helpful but there's a rough summary. good luck! oh and also if you have a letter for them usually you hand it to someone collecting them right before the m&g, though that might be different. as for gifts they're generally not allowed (unless it's small, think like fits in an envelope. i just know they're gonna get so many bracelets) but often they'll let you bring them anyway though be aware they might not be able to keep it like i see people say they're giving dnp bigger things no matter what and that's perfectly fine but don't be upset if they give it to the venue staff y'know?

[agendabymooner]

lifted ! lewis h. x ofc (korean!idol!ofc)

“you don’t know me, and you don’t know my style.”

summary: sir lewis hamilton and his wife, a korean rapper who now goes by the name lady cho hamilton, are the most fashionable couple of formula one. there were times when they served too much that absurd complaints were sent to the racing association’s table. OR it’s just a brief overview of lewis’ life in public with cho.

content warning: established relationship, use of explicit language, christian horner mentioned, lewis and ofc being fashion icons and rich, absolute nonsense just vibes, this is just some content lol, kpop group references (2ne1), blackjack = fans of kpop group 2ne1, ofc is a korean idol (2nd generation).

masterlist

tagged daraxxi, _minzy_mz

liked by lewishamilton, benballer, daraxxi

user1 you really made me wish i had the money for coachella 😭����

alexanderwangny 🔥🔥

lewishamilton i was there for the whole set 😍 liked by chohamilton

chohamilton i know babe i saw 🤣 ur too good for me

lewishamilton proud of you and the girls 🙌 liked by chohamilton

user2 i love me some husband lewis hamilton

mercedesamgf1 we weren’t there but WOOHOOO FOR 2NE1 REUNION #CHOchella liked by chohamilton

user3 even the admin knows what’s up

user4 the admin knows that their merch money comes from kpop fans 🤣🤣

daraxxi come back to seoul 🤭 liked by chohamilton

chohamilton when the husband takes a break from 🏎️

tagged chohamilton

liked by charles_leclerc, landonorris, georgerussell63

mercedesamgf1 we love our favourite blackjack lewis 🫶❤️♠️

user1 he took off his shirt knowing it was getting hotter in his wife’s set 🥵

user2 that man was getting it good that night 😭😭

user3 i can’t believe we all went from being a formula one fan to listening to kpop songs recommended by sir lewis hamilton

user4 can you believe that christian called her a distraction for dressing this well on the paddock? me neither

user5 haters gonna hate. shake it off. taylor swift 😌

chohamilton you’re the best 🔥😫 liked by lewishamilton

lewishamilton proud of you for your performance this weekend, partner 🥰❤️

daraxxi you lewis! liked by lewishamilton

[lowkeyren]

hello !! i really love your aventurine fics <3 i was wondering how you go about characterising him?

ahh thank you!! (,,>﹏<,,) i'll js use this chance to give a brief overview of my understanding of aventurine!! so feel free to scroll below for my take on aven characterization on my fics. for now, tw: yapping (lol)

at face value, aventurine is js a cocky bastard (/aff) with a rlly fucked up backstory; in which i believe that he fakes his confidence to mask his insecurities + his inability to let go of his past (evident from quest desc, reddit user compiled it here). 

his self loathing words are also kind of an inferiority complex (??) though he hides it really well. plus he often puts himself down because he genuinely doesn't believe that he's worthy (was literally sold for 60 tanbas, definitely fucked with his mental, thinking his life is only worth that much) + his tendency to overcompensate in money cus he isn't able to believe that people would genuinely want his company if not for his fortune or riches.

CN: 

没了那块「砂金石」，你就只是个被公司判了死刑的茨冈尼亚奴隶���—还是说，你脖子上那行「商品编码」也是琥珀王的恩赐？

translation: without that piece of "aventurine", you're nothing more than a sigonian slave sentenced to die by the IPC —or is the line of "commodity code" on your neck also a gift from the amber lord?

he was favoured by gaiathra, but does he really see his luck as a blessing, or a curse? i’m sure we’re aware of his tendency to hide his hand behind his back because he’s terrified of losing despite being known to “have nothing to lose” when gambling; well his mantra on "all or nothing" also breaks me deeply cus it’s the same thing the man who bought him said (fits his character too i guess). 

i genuinely started tweaking when he (indirectly) said he attempted on his own life 3 times in penacony + when we had to take a photo of kakavasha, and there were 3 other empty spots for his parents and sister. 

tldr: aventurine fans are allergic to happiness because aventurine himself is allergic to happiness.

OKAY IM (not) DONE, SORRY LET ME ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION LMAOO

for my aventurine fics, i have yet to write one that actually deep-dives into his character, not one that mainly focuses on his character at least!! 

but i digress, dwst was written with “aventurine often wears a smile that masks his true motives, but when he's drunk that facade crumbles.” in mind. (though it didn’t come out exactly that way? up to your interpretation honestly!) 

from heartfelt embrace: “but nonetheless, maybe one day aventurine will open his heart to you, and you’ll find the courage to speak your truth. until then, you’ll find comfort in the warmth of his embrace.”

^ aventurine's guarded nature is evident in his emotional reticence. as he’s not ready to reveal his vulnerable side just yet, he yearns to provide warmth and security to you even if he struggles to express his feelings verbally.

incandescent feelings overflow was also kinda like “haha he has a nonchalant facade, but in reality he does have smt to hide” (can be interpreted as his romantic interest in you or he simply finds teasing you amusing) 

anyway live laugh love aventurine!!!!

good question google

[rei-ismyname]

X-Men: The End - Review

Book 1: Dreamers and Demons

In one of Chris Claremont's many ill-advised returns to the X-books, he set about writing a hypothetical and non-canon end to the series. Set about 15 years in the future, the story travels to every corner of the X universe - if briefly - so if nothing else everyone gets an answer for where their favourite character ends.

Greg Land did the cover. I hate Greg Land.

I praise it mostly on a conceptual level. Pretty much every long running corner of the MU received a 'The End' mini, but Claremont split it up into 3 separate miniseries. Captain America and Iron Man both got 5 issues, KISS (yes, the band) got 3, the X-Men got 18. As someone who always wanted characters to die, grow and retire but was often foiled or undone by fiat - I respect that he'd want to do it properly. However, more is not always better. It's fun, cringe, and nonsensical at times. A LOT of people die unceremoniously. Don't take it too seriously.

The first few pages sets up that that 15 years have seriously passed. People are dead and retired, some have kids that look exactly like them, the never aging kids grew up. The Shi'Ar are killing X-Men, like a lot of them, except they're doing it in disguise. Jean Grey has returned as the Phoenix and is hanging out with (kidnapped him while he was doing Letterman lol) Nightcrawler, Carol Danvers' hologram, and Aliyah - the child of Bishop and Deathbird.

Here she is going for an expository jog down memory lane.

We spend a little time getting to know her, as she's the closest thing to a viewpoint character. She's inexperienced and way out of her depth, but her heroic instincts are sharp. Interestingly she 'doesn't really care about the Shi'Ar.' Aliyah lives on the Starjammer with a pretty impressive holodeck, she's never met her dad, her mum is holding the Shi'Ar empire together and her best mate is holo Danvers. Lilandra is apparently 'mad.'

Immediately Kree slavers approach Chandilar and Claremont begins clearing the board. Madrox and Siryn die for real, Nocturne is a hound and Aliyah manages to knock her out and take her to the ship. Phoenix comes out of nowhere and begins wrecking shit and the Kree do the same.

Also, WarSkrulls.

If it sounds like confusing nonsense, that's because it is. The first third of the miniseries is about establishing Aliyah and checking in on various X-Men before killing most of them. Seriously, it's easier for me to list who lives rather than who dies. It's confusing but I think it works as front loading the deaths so books 2 and 3 have a more manageable cast of characters. If you plan to stick the landing, it's going to be easier to trim the decades of bloat/worldbuilding the X-books have received.

We get a brief overview of Earth stuff before they start to die, though everyone in these panels lives (mostly hehe). Kitty Pryde is running for president with Rachel as her campaign manager! Storm and Logan live together and he's her full time caretaker. Emma and Scott have two kids. Cable hunts terrorists apparently.

Here's the Summerses. A lot of people wear speed dealer sunnies in the future, with Cyclops even saying SPEED right there. Coincidence? Also their children are boring.

You'll note the daughter may as well be a clone of Emma (she isn't but you know what I mean.) The baby is called Alex after long dead Havok, definitely tempting fate there. I'd sooner call my child Omega Red, but I'm not a parent. Chuck pokes his big bald head in and Emma tells him to beat it. Scott checks in with folks all over the globe, many of whom die. He is concerned of course.

Told you. Rogue and Gambit live and they definitely saw The Matrix. This isn't plot relevant - this is just how they roll apparently.

Hank and Cecilia McCoy live and they do *something* in Africa. Doctor stuff I think? This book moves so damn quickly. They live but everyone around them dies. Hank is right about the mutant problem. The named X-Men body count is at 18 by book 3.

Hey Yukio! Come to homoerotically kill Ororo, huh? DW, she wins despite full paralysis. Don't fuck with Storm. At this point we find out ALL these assassins are WarSkrulls sent by the Shi'Ar. Storm's powers have wrecked her body btw to the point Logan feeds her and she kinda wants to die. 😭

Madeline Pryor, Stryfe, and some weirdo I don't know come for the X-Mansion. Dust dusts Maddie Pryor. That dude getting punched by Not!Stryfe is the son of Colossus and Polaris. Yeah he looks exactly like Colossus. Nice to get confirmation of Polaris' awful taste in men. She does have a dope butch short hair look that slaps, so it's not all bad choices and emotionally stunted communists.

Nearly everyone else not pictured is dead as a doornail, ash and bone at best. Claremont was pretty damn thorough - 90% of the X-Men and their allies dead. Apocalypse bit the dust too, in a pretty embarrassing way. Of course Sinister lives because he's working with the Shi'Ar but has his own agenda, as usual. They're starting to realise that the Shi'Ar sent the WarSkrulls, but the preemptive strikes were super effective. Book 1 ends on the Starjammer with the passengers realising Cassandra Nova has been Lilandra all this time.

I'm sorry, CHUCKY sends me. No cap. I could write an essay on this panel and invite speculation.

The last page has the Xavier Institute's singularity power core exploding after that lot end up also being WarSkrulls sent by the Shi'Ar - looks like having the school be built mostly from Shi'Ar tech backfired. The school is definitely gone - along with at least the state of New York but I suspect much more - then a smash cut to this masterpiece. Callisto with fucking tentacles for arms saying 'Chucky?' as Chuck is overwhelmed by grief. I'm assuming they're in a polycule with Mags over here, but it must gall him to be the third most dramatic person in a scene. It's just too much to respond without some kind of levity, but if it wasn't clear by now - the stage is being cleared ruthlessly. Northstar was at the school, so maybe some people survived but Claremont is not half arsing it. This is definitely a whole arse situation, maybe even more.

DUN DUN DUN 🫠

Wait what? Chuck's evil twin, the Mummudrai? Hectic! So we know we've just seen Cassandra Nova send many WarSkrull strike teams after X-Men in the form of people that will hurt them psychologically and it was very successful. Hmm... it's 15 years in the future - does that mean she's been leading Bird Gang this whole time? No Xandra in this timeline but the X-Men interact with the Shi'Ar a lot. That's some wild patience for Cassandra Nova, and the notion that she's been preparing all this time is terrifying. My God, all the X-Men are going to die aren't they? Maybe, though I can't stop thinking about how Lilandra Nova would have handled a booty call from Chucky. Ughh gross.

I think it's worth saying that the high amount of action is a YMMV sitch - I personally can do without no punching at all in a book, and get frustrated when a mandated and arbitrary fight happens just because that's what cape comics do. Just because action has to be special to wow me doesn't mean I don't recognise its value, mainly I believe we can demand more from our comics - as an evolved art form instead of the pulp it began as. What I said earlier about front loading the death applies to the action too. I suspect your enjoyment of this book will come down to your feelings on action or ability to appreciate it ironically/unseriously.

I'll leave part one there, though I want to point out that Sunspot is whitewashed so badly he looks like Shawn Mullins. At least he dies - I love Bobby Da Costa but I'd prefer no Sunspot to dorky white guy Sunspot. Stay tuned for part 2 and thank fuck that's over. Spinning a coherent narrative from a book without one is a challenge, especially with only 10 pictures to work with. I considered counting and listing all the deaths, but I got to 30 and realised I wasn't enjoying it and doubted anyone else would. I'm not a wiki, and hopefully I've done my job while leaving some meat on the bones for folks who still want to read it. Don't worry, Kitty's presidential run is still live and it's implied she won the primaries. Independent? As if. Definitely a democrat, because the X-Men are mostly centrist bitches. Still, I hope she wins and First Lady Rachel and her achieve something.

I haven't been doing much long form lately so I welcome any feedback you might have. 💜💜❤️

[blackstarmylove]

5th Anniversary Songs Guide [Updated]

It's been so long since I wrote a Starless guide. This one will be slightly long, so put your teams on auto-rehearse and grab a cup of coffee, tea, or water.

The guide contains parts that can be used for any song, as they contain general information and tips for getting high scores.

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Table of Contents:

Brief Housekeeping

Event Points vs. High Score

Gauge Fill

Choosing Team for Anniversary Songs

Songs Overview

Tips to Increase Score

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Brief Housekeeping

I get many messages asking me how my scores are this high. I have played the game since the day it was released, and I do spend money on the gatchas. If you are a beginner, don't be disheartened and keep increasing your heroine level by rehearsing.

Just a quick reminder, my heroine level is almost 300 (THIS IS not Sparta, lol.) Also, keep in mind that skill activation/gauge fill time will vary depending on your heroine level.

If you are at a lower heroine level, remember to use skills with a longer time (ex, 15 seconds instead of 8 seconds) because stacking can be difficult if your gauge doesn't fill fast enough.

The support card I used is 40% K gauge.

Event Points vs. High Score

People like seeing high scores, but remember, your goal is to get high event points (EP). The only way for you to do that is to use event cards. So modify your team to use as many event cards as possible, but keep in mind that using too many event cards will cause a low score, which will give you less EP. Yes, I just said to do something and then not do it. 😂

What do I mean?

The team below has 4 event cards, but the score is not that high (comparatively), but the EP is decent.

Now, if I replace Gui's event card with Ginsei's 5* card, I get more EP and a higher score.

Why? Gui's skill is gauge fill, but Ginsei's skill is much more powerful. Gui's skill is useless for me because I can stack all the skills without needing a gauge fill card.

Now, if I replace Kokuyou's event card with Gui's 5* star, the score is higher, but the EP goes down A LOT.

This is the reason why you want to use EP cards when you can, even if it doesn't give you the highest score.

How do you figure out the perfect balance?

Unfortunately, you will have to experiment with that because the balance will depend on your heroine level and team.

Gauge Fill

Regardless of which heroine level you are on, you will notice that the gauge will fill faster in song event songs and slower on others. No, it's not your team...Donuts has purposely slowed the gauge fill.

Fastest event song to slowest gauge fill: K > C > B > W=P

Yes, W and P's gauge fills are painfully slow, even with 40% gauge up support. 😭

Like...seriously...the score and EP difference between fast filling gauge vs. slow gauge. Team W...WHY!? 😭😭😭 I used the same team for both songs.

Choosing Team for Anniversary Songs

K : Bomb skill works best, short skills should stack (depends on heroine level)

P : Slow gauge so use gauge fill card, gauge support, and avoid using short skills

C: Bomb skill works well, short skills don't stack as well (compared to Team K) so try using gauge fill card

W: odd setup for bomb so avoid, slow gauge so use gauge fill card, avoid short skills

B: Bomb skill works well

Songs Overview

⭐ = gives (me) highest score using bomb skill

✨= gives (me) highest score with long notes skill

Team K

Normal - bomb skill, bomb notes around 1/3 and 2/3 of the songs ⭐

Hard - bomb skill

Adv - bomb skill

Team P

Normal - long notes skill, long note at the end ✨

Hard - long notes skill, long note at the end

Adv - bomb team, possible to bomb notes more than once but focus on stacking then bombing near 3/4 of the song ⭐

Team C

Normal - very odd beatmap...for both bomb and long note skill

Hard - bomb team

Adv - bomb team, focus on stacking and bombing after halfway through ⭐

Team W

Normal - Bomb team, bomb notes half and 3/4 ⭐

Hard - long notes skill, long note at the end ✨

Adv - long notes skill, long note at the end

Team B

Normal - Bomb team, bomb notes around 3/4 of the song ⭐

Hard - bomb team

Adv - bomb team

Tips to Increase Score

For bomb team comp, you want to use a combination of combo up, lane score up, p-lock, center color steal, and bomb skill (of course, lol).

For long note team comp, you want to use a combination of lane score up, center color steal, long note score up, and p-lock.

Get rehearsal levels to 100.

Pay attention to skills and team member placement. For example, Ginsei's 5* card is only for Team K members.

Paired with Kokuyou's bomb skill for the center and outer lanes, it makes more sense for me to place Team K members in the center and outer lanes. If I move the team around, you can see how that changes my scores.

You may say that the difference isn't that big, but let's do the math. The difference between my highest EP and above is 236,808. This means for every 10 plays (2x), I will lose 2.37 million. So, pay attention to team member placement.

Higher heroine level = faster gauge fill (every 5 levels, I believe) & higher score

Use 40% team gauge support. A little warning about this, the support card might not work with lower heroine levels. Experiment with the Da/Ac/Vo and 40% support cards. Generally, if you use 40% support, you want 3 or more team members from that team; meaning, if you use 40% W support, you want 3 or more W members. Some compositions work with just 2 members, but the more, the faster the gauge fills.

If you have bloomed event Menou, use him instead of Qu's off day card. If you have bloomed event Aogiri, use him instead of Takami's off day card.

Low heroine level - use longer skill cards, especially if the short skills don't stack.

Higher heroine level - experiment with powerful skills, even if they are short (ex, use Menou's event card instead of Aogiri's.)

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Author's Note:

Some might look through this guide and say, "Hey, where are the team compositions and skills you used?"

I didn't include the skill comp because every time I do, I get responses/messages saying that I use paid cards and have a strong team, so of course, I will get a high score. Then, I get messages from people feeling discouraged because they can't mimic my scores. So, I thought it would be more helpful if I paved a pathway for you to figure out your own team and skill comp.

If I get questions or requests to add more things to this guide, I will keep updating it. Also, I will put [Updated] in title.

[heartsoji]

"i'm sure. i promise."

suna rintaro x reader

summary: you're feeling a little insecure about you and rin's relationship. but who could blame you? you're at a party with a bunch of people you don't know and your boyfriend is catching up with an "old friend." that would be fine except for the fact that this so-called "old friend" is his ex and looks like she came out of a magazine.

hurt to comfort so its kinda angsty ig?? but not rly bc my heart can't take it lol

warnings: insecurities, body image, post time skip, mentions of alcohol

a/n: THIS IS MY WORK! TRANSFERRED FROM MY OLD ACC

a/n pt. 2: i wrote this at like 1am bc i woke up and this is low-key inspired by the dream i had hehe bc u should always follow ur dreams 😀👍

this. was. the worst.

to give a brief overview, you were at a club with at least a bajillion people because your boyfriend told you that it would be a "fun new experience." he gave you a kiss on the forehead upon seeing that you were nervous and the two of you walked in together.

now, you were sitting at the bar by yourself watching as another girl flirted with your boyfriend.

you were filled in on the backstory earlier. she went to inarizaki and she and suna dated for their first year and a small part of their second year of high school. she then had to move to the united states (specifically los angeles) and they ended up breaking up.

you had transferred to inarizaki in the middle of your second year, and you and suna started dating 3/4 through your third year, so you had never met her before. your classmates had never mentioned her before either. and when suna introduced you to the girl as his girlfriend, she shot you the nastiest glare before smiling sweetly at your boyfriend.

anyways, one thing led to another, and they got so caught up in chatting that they hadn't noticed how bored you were, nor had they noticed when you silently walked away.

after taking another sip of your drink, you let your eyes wander to the two of them.

a fatal mistake.

she was beautiful. no, stunning. no, show-stopping-looks-like-she-just-stepped-out-of-the-front-page-of-a-magazine-absolute-drop-dead-gorgeous was probably more accurate.

she was wearing a tiny black figure-hugging bodycon dress with a cutout just above her chest that looked amazing on her beautiful hourglass figure. she had platinum blond hair that was pulled up into a long high ponytail, big grey eyes, and shiny, clear skin.

you looked down at your own figure. then at hers. then back at yours. then hers.

though you knew it wouldn't do any good, your mind began to wander.

are these the kinds of girls rin likes?

she's so beautiful.. her waist is so tiny

i wish i could be half as pretty as her

what if rin still likes her?

what if rin doesn't actually love me..?

you knew that you needed to stop. you decided to slip out to get some fresh air.

you sat down on a bench at the park across the street (don't question why a place where children play is directly across from a club. just don't mention it) and inhaled the cool air. you were so relieved to be out of that club. so relieved that your eyelids began to feel heavy.

you awoke to a string of "ping! ping! ping!" rubbing your eyes sleepily, you opened your phone to see who would be texting you so urgently.

rinnie <3: where'd u go

rinnie <3: where r u

rinnie <3: hey bb where'd u go

rinnie <3: bubs?

rinnie <3: hey r u mad at me

rinnie <3: what did i do

rinnie <3: im sorry

rinnie <3: ok srsly where r u

rinnie <3: r u ok

rinnie <3: WHERE R U

rinnie <3: no srsly im actually worried where did u go

rinnie <3: BABE

rinnie <3: WHERE R U

There are 83 more messages from rinnie &lt;3. Click to continue!

oops.

you: sorry babe

rinnie <3: WHERE R U

you: i went outside for some fresh air

you: im at the park across the street

the club doors swing open and see your boyfriend's head furiously whipping around, trying to find you. when he sees you, he sprints over to where you're sitting.

"sorry babe." you apologize. "i didn't mean to worry you." you had never seen him look so frantic before.

"so you mean to say.." he starts before pausing to catch his breath, "that you thought that leaving without telling me and not responding to my texts wouldn't worry me?"

"i'm sorry." you say, before adding on a quick and quiet "to be fair though, you were having such a great time with ms. los angeles model that i didn't think that you would notice."

though it was quiet and muttered under your breath, suna heard it loud and clear. he sighed.

"look, we didn't break up because she was moving. we broke up because i was sick and tired of her nasty attitude. i just didn't want to be rude and say that in front of her. the only thing that's changed about her is that she's learned how to put a smile mask over her disgusting personality. a really phony one that's made out cling wrap with a sharpie smile and a bow."

you giggled slightly at this.

"look," he says softly, lifting up your chin to look you in the eyes. "you're the only one that i love. i promise, ok? you're so beautiful and sweet and it's crazy to me that god finally decided to give me some help and give me a chance with you."

he gave you a small smile.

"i love you, y/n. i love you so, so much."

and with that, he swooped you up in his arms bridal style and started walking.

"WOAH- rin where are we going?"

"home."

"but it'll take a while to walk home from here. shouldn't we just uber like we did here?"

"walking gives me more time to be close to you and talk to you."

"but you'll be walking while simultaneously holding me for a while."

he blinked. "i play professional volleyball. if you think that i can't take a walk home with my girlfriend in my arms, i'd honestly be pretty offended."

"right."

there was a brief moment of silence between the two of you.

"i'm sorry if i made you feel sad today, bubs. i love you so so much and i'll stop at nothing to make sure that you know that."

you smiled softly.

"that's what i like to see." he said, peppering ticklish kisses onto your neck to make you giggle a little.

"rin! stahahap-!" you giggle, trying to scrunch up and protect your neck.

"your laugh and smile are the two most precious things in the world."

you and rin talked the rest of the way home and he kept reminding you of how much he loved you.

when you finally got home, you asked him one final question.

"rin, are you sure that there's no more chemistry going on between you and ms. los angeles model?"

he pressed a kiss to your forehead.

"i'm sure. i promise."

[1-have-no-idea]

Boxer’s crush

Character(s): Hunter, reader, Wolffe is a senior and works as a commander for the military and other martial arts, Boost and Sinker, Boil, Wrecker, brief mention of Cody

Genre: crack kinda, it’s pretty normal lol

Overview: Wolffe was your teacher in martial arts,and you knew about how today you were being mixed with another one of his groups. What you didn’t know was that they were all buff military men. Not to mention the heart-throb that you ended up having to wrestle with…

Warning(s): terms of endearment (doe eyes, sweetheart, pup, mesh’la,) Hunter and reader kinda flirt the entire time, SEXUAL TENSION???? Yeah kinda, reader’s the only girl and is extremely strong, they don’t really box, they wrestle-, Wolffe is referred to as ‘master’, some sexual innuendos, brief cursing, reader’s a freshman

2165 words

First meet with Hunter!

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Bare feet padded across the matted floor. You sighed through your nose as you tied your hair up and fixed your uniform. Today was mixed martial arts. Usually, taekwondo was a separate sport, though, today, when the teachers wanted to see how their students were doing and how they interacted, all types were combined. However, a new type was joining today. Boxing. Today, the students enrolled in the military were joining. Was boxing even a martial arts? You wondered. You didn’t even know. All you knew, was that you were nervous. Maybe you wouldn’t have been if you had a team. You weren’t the only student in the martial arts area, but for some reason, no one else showed up (you silently cursed Cody under your breath). It wasn’t popular. You checked yourself in the mirror, smoothing down your white uniform, before tightening your belt. Black. You were well taught in the area, having done it for your whole life, but it didn’t make you any less nervous to go up against boxers, or literal military men. Suddenly, a hand clapped on her shoulder, making your form jump, before whipping over to who it was. Wolffe stood behind her, military uniform on as he rose a brow at you. Your teacher in taekwondo. He taught every martial arts or boxing and military team. You happened to be in one of his clubs.

“Jumpy today, aren’t we?” He asked sarcastically, making you let out a nervous sigh. “Yeah- I mean, it’s just because, well, I’ll have to go up against some of your cadets, Master Wol-“ he placed both hands on your shoulders, patting them awkwardly. He grimaced, before clearing his throat. “Don’t call me that right now, name. I’m not your master today, remember?” He asked. Yeah. He definitely could not allow you to call him by that title, especially not in front of his men. Maker knows how they’d take it. The thought made him shiver. You blushed in embarrassment, but nodded. “Good. Just refer to me as commander, got it?” You beamed up at him. “Yes, mast- commander.” You corrected yourself. He gave you a rare smile, and hummed, before placing a hand on your back and guiding you to where the others were.

“You don’t have anything to fear, name. My squad is quite harmless. In fact, stupid almost,” he said, chuckling, making you snort. “Oh, I doubt that-“ he opened the doors for you, and you stepped in, before gasping. They towered over you. Your mouth dropped, staring at them. You saw one soldier with red hair in the shape of an equal sign jumping at another with silver hair, shouting and laughing, then another, with shaggy, long brown hair and a red bandanna who was shorter than most of them, but was definitely stronger, another with a mustache doing curl-ups, and a really tall, really, really, big GIANT of a man in the gym area. You were regretting this. Only girl, only martial artist, smaller and most definitely weaker compared to them, you’d be murdered here. You silently freaked out, eyes darting around everywhere, heartbeat picking up. No, no, no, no, HELL no. Wolffe seemed to pick up on your distress, and found it humorous.

“Oh, c’mon, pup, they’re harmless, see?” He asked, gesturing to them. You looked at him incredulously. “One of them is being choked out by the other right now.” You stated, making his eyes widen a little, before turning to see them. He grunted under his breath, before yelling. “Boost! Sinker! Get off each other right now before I make you! We have a guest!” He shouted, making them separate and cower like guilty puppies. “Yes, commander!” They both said at the same time. The one with the bandanna rose a brow. “A guest?” He parroted. Wolffe made a noise of acknowledgement, nodding, before walking up to them, you taking doe-like steps behind him, his form covering yours.

“Yes, we do. It’s another one of my students, as you know, I teach other kinds of martial arts too,” he started, the others lining up to listen to him, looking around curiously. “Where?” Boost cut off, making Wolffe send him a ‘cut me off again, I dare you,’ look, shutting him up, before Wolffe clicked his tongue, reaching behind him and grabbing your wrist and dragging you out. Your knees buckled as all eyes landed on you, making you shrink under their gaze. Their eyes widened slightly, the biggest one of them gasping loudly. The bandanna one tilted his head at you. “This,” Wolffe patted her shoulder, making her blush more. “Is name. My student. She’s a black belt in taekwondo, and today, as all you guys know, she’ll be observing us and how we do things, and will also be training with us.” Boost choked on his spit at the information that you were a black belt. Wolffe cleared his throat, pushing you close to the others, making you go tense as you went even redder.

“Okay, say hi, name.” You cleared your throat, raising a hand and waving shyly. “Hi.” You mumbled, and then Wolffe took her back. “As you pups know, she’s a girl. And also, is notably smaller than you guys,” he stated, making you sigh in embarrassment. No shit, Sherlock.

“So you pups will have to be gentle. Don’t go too soft now, she can handle a lot, but don’t go around breaking bones.” He glared at the biggest one when he said that, who averted his eyes. Wolffe finally sighed out, before nodding at them. “Alright. You big pups can finally say hi and chat with our little puppy. You have 20.” He said, and immediately, Boost and Sinker ran up to you, shooting question after question. “You’re a black belt?! How long have you been doing this-?!” Sinker asked. “Uhm- since, like, fifth grade?” “What grade are you?” Boost asked.

“Uhm- freshman-“ you responded, making him chuckle. “Ah, a freshie. Cool beans!” He said, grinning at you, before you were turned to the man with a mustache. “I’m Boil,” he introduced. “It’s nice to meet you.” He said. “And if those two idiots are ever too much for you, just lemme know, okay? Don’t be afraid to just slap them in the back of their heads.” He said, making you laugh a little.

“I- oh, well, I don’t think I ever will, but okay! Nice to meet you too!” You said, before she was turned to the last two people. Bandanna and giant. “Hunter,” he introduced, extending a hand, you shaking it. “Nice to meet you,” you said, giving a small smile, which he returned. “Feeling’s mutual,” he said, before gesturing up to the larger man. “And this here, is Wrecker. He isn’t fighting, but he’s watching. He’s on the football team.” He introduced, Wrecker bending down on his knees to be face to face with you. “Hey there, doe-eyes!” He shouted, making you back up a little, taking him all in. But you matched his energy. Kinda. You smiled at him. “Hi!” You replied, making him laugh loudly and stand up, really seeing the height difference between them. You barely reached his chest. He squealed, arms reaching out for you before retreating, as if he was having some inner conflict, and then settling on picking you up. “Woahoho!!! Yer short!” He shouted. “Who knew a l’il lady like ya could be a black belt!” He said, before setting you down with Wolffe whistled.

“Okay, pups. Fun time’s over, let’s get to work.” You immediately padded up to him, the others following. “For the first thing, I need Name to lift all of you up, to see who and what her limits are. I know all of you can lift her up, but I need to see who her best match up would be.” Wolffe stated, making Sinker raise a questioning brow. “Can she even do that, sir?” Wolffe let out a chuckle, nodding. “You’ll see.” He stated.

“Line up, pups, lightest to heaviest.” Wrecker went and sat on the bleachers, watching them as he fished out some bagged cereal from his pocket. The line went Sinker, Boost, Boil and Hunter. For the first one, you seemed confident in this, smiling before approaching Sinker. “Okay, I don’t want you hurting yourself, so when you-“ you immediately squatted down, up to his upper thighs, before wrapping your arms around them, arms under his butt and wrapped securely around his thighs, resting your chin just below where his belly button was, and staring up at him with big eyes, making him avert his eyes and clear his throat while pink cheeks. Wow- ain’t that a sight—

“‘Kay, ready? One, two, three—“

“Wait- don’t-“

He was cut off and gasped and yelped in surprise as he was suddenly lifted up, hands moving to grasp your shoulders. You stumbled as he thrashed, but held him up, stammering. “Hey, hey, calm down! I got you, it’s okay!” You comforted, and slowly he calmed down, going still as you held him comfortably. Boost watched with a dropped mouth, Wrecker cheering on the sidelines as Wolffe chuckled. Boil made a noise of awe, as Hunter let out a small laugh. Then, gently, you leaned down and sat him down, making Sinker look at you with wide eyes. You just gave him a cheeky grin. “You’re surprisingly light,” you commented, shrugging, making him yelp. “I-I! I’ve never- that was my first time being lifted!” He shouted, making you laugh. Boost went similarly, except he was cheering and whooping as you lifted him up, and Boil was quiet and just stared down at you with a calm and proud smile, and finally, it was Hunter. Again, you squatted down, taking your place.

“Don’t drop me, yeah?” He jabbed playfully, making you laugh. “Course not,” you replied, before lifting him with a grunt. You swayed, stumbled a bit, struggling with him as he had more weight, straining, making him coo at you comfortingly, and then, you stilled. Your legs trembled slightly, but you held him up. Hunter sent you a boyish smile. “Good job, sweetheart. M’proud of ya.” Yeah, okay, he was done, your knees almost buckled from that. You placed him down, cheeks red from a small blush and nodded.

“Thank you,” you spoke quietly. Wolffe hummed, catching your attention. “Thanks, pup, I think we found your match.” He said, placing a hand on both you and Hunter’s shoulders. Then, he turned to Boil. “Boil, you’re with me. Boost and Sinker, you team up with one another,” he ordered, and a string of ‘yes commander!’s coming out their mouths. You wiped the sweat off your face, before turning to Hunter, who was already in stance.

“Okay. I hope ya know I’m not goin’ easy on ya, mesh’la.” He teased again, and although you had no idea what that foreign word meant at the end, you laughed. “That’s okay. I won’t either.” You said. You got in stance, and you both circled one another, before Hunter swung, making you duck. Sweeping his leg, you made him fall with a little laugh, him looking up at you in awe as you got up. Wrecker cackled, but then, Hunter grabbed your ankle, pulling you to the floor with him and climbing on top of you, but you thrashed around, until he got you in a locking position, making you go still as you panted. Hunter panted above you, grinning. “That was a smart move.” He complimented, but as he let his guard down, you thrusted her hips up, making him bounce on you a bit, before twisting them, making him fall off you almost, which you took advantage of and swapped with him, pinning him down. Wrecker gasped, looking at you in shock. Hunter looked at you in shock as well, eyes wide, before he did the same, but you stayed on. For you, it was like riding a mechanical bull, and you held on for dear life, before he held your hands down, and kicked his legs up and wrapped them around your head, making her yelp as he flipped them again. Fighting with him continued a lot like this, until finally, you ended up on your forearms and knees, Hunter above you and holding you in a headlock as the both regained their breath. Wolffe clapped his hands, signaling it was over, and you both got up, you on shaky legs and Hunter with exhausted ones. He stared you up and down, thinking of something, before smirking at you.

“You’re a tough little thing. Fight well. Let’s do this again, sometimes. I’d love a new training partner,” he said, extending a hand, and you let out a tired laugh and nodding, shaking his hand. “I would too.” “This Sunday at three? Stop by a cafe after?” He offered. You nodded, grinning at him. “Sure. I’ll give you my number after this.” After all, you needed a training partner anyways.

[everybodyknows-everybodydies]

okay so before I can talk about some things I have to establish some other things, and I'm shaking all the bees out of my brain today with great vigor, which means, without further ado: a brief overview of How Does Restoration Work (according to people named Mouse who are me)

point zero: for the most part, simplistically, each school of magic can be thought of as a manipulation of something. enchanting and conjuration fall under different strains of manipulation of souls, illusion as manipulation of the mind, and so forth. restoration is manipulation of the body.

now first (and this might be stating the obvious lol, but I have to state it): it does not work 1:1 exactly like it does in-game. people do not actually have the handy-dandy HP bar, illness/injury does not translate to a single number ticking downwards, and healing is definitely not just "make number go back up" in a matter of seconds. when you're at a point where a hypothetical HP bar would be nearly depleted, anything that's fast is not going to have the kind of long-term payoff that you need, but it might get you somewhere safer so you have the time to dedicate to actually properly healing.

secondly: in order to fix something, you have to know how it works. magic is a tool; any tool is only as effective as whoever is wielding it. it doesn't take a lot of knowledge to close a paper cut that didn't even bleed, but a severed tendon is going to be a very different story. an accomplished healer must have extensive knowledge of the body and its various systems in order to ensure their healing attempt is not going to inadvertently cause a whole slew of other problems. doctors today go through over a decade of schooling and training; in the US at least you're looking at a minimum of four years of premed, four years of med school, and three to seven years of residency. personally I think healers should also be the school of magic that requires the longest time spent learning because... there IS so much to learn! an additional note is that restoration has the benefit we do not of being magic, though: I think that in a world where healing is executed largely through the hands with magic, it stands to follow that you are not going to want to physically open someone up every time you need to check something inside the body, and so for my purposes this leads us to healers cultivating a specialized, passive sense of the bodily interior through touch. I've described this previously as a bit like echolocation as magic is channelled through the body and allows the healer a sort of "sixth sense" of precisely what's going on and where, though an in-universe analog might be a highly-refined version of "detect life".

(but Mouse, one might say, that's not a restoration spell! correct! the classification of magic is arbitrary! now put a pin in that thought because it will be important at a later date. not today though stay with me here.)

thirdly: as any tool should not be alone in the toolbox, magic can be used as a supplement or supplemented by mundane resources. if you have the time for it, an open wound will benefit from being stitched together to hold shape before applying magical healing, resulting in the need to produce far less scar tissue than a wound that you try to heal without closing it first. you still need to know how to use a tourniquet, how to handle a dislocated shoulder, how to drain an abscess, etc. just like you wouldn't whip out your power tools to hang a single photo frame, you have to know when to rely on magical healing and when to take whatever steps you can non-magically.

fourthly: magical healing has limits. manipulation of the body is not an all-powerful solution. no deus ex machina healing here. the two major restrictions are (1) the body's natural capabilities, and (2) the body's preexisting material. a body is capable of much more than we generally achieve in day-to-day life and nobody is running at 100% capacity 24/7 (because you would die, very fast). restoration can amplify measures that are already in place, such as stimulating platelet clotting/fibrin production over a cut to scab it over rapidly - and then, if taken further, providing the energy for tissue repair to move entirely from cut to scab to scar. crucially you will note that you cannot skip a stage! the healer is using what the body already has available, just allowing it to happen on a compressed timescale by boosting the energy available and providing external direction. there is a LOT of potential regarding what a healer could be capable of just by stimulating production of different hormones or shuffling brain chemistry alone. but! to reiterate! restoration is manipulative, not additive: a healer may be able to reattach a limb if they get to you in time, but they can't grow you a new arm out of nothing.

fourthly, subpoint: magical healing has cost, for both the healer and the patient. the more severe the injury/illness is, the longer it will take to heal and to recover fully from the expedited healing process, and thus the more energy the healer has to expend. a healer is limited most sharply by the depth of their own magicka reserve; practicing to expand the amount of magicka one has access to is just as fundamental a skill as learning anatomy and physiology. this is why most healers don't work alone! being able to literally split up the work - I'll take the broken leg; you focus on the slipped rib - reduces the probability of running out of magicka mid-patient and allows for fewer required follow-up sessions to ensure recovery is proceeding the way it should.

(fourthly, sub-subpoint: this is also why Colette Marence, the only professional healer in Winterhold, deserves a significant raise and a vacation and if anyone asks "is there a healer around" somebody ELSE can take care of it for once-)

fifthly: potions! we know that alchemical concoctions are a separate beast entirely from magic as executed by a mage - namely, I point here to spell absorption/spell reflection not being triggered by drinking a potion. this could take us down a separate rabbit hole about alchemy tapping into the innate magicka stored in reagents and the way THAT works, but for now the relevant question is: how does a healing potion differ from a healing spell? primarily the difference is capacity for intent and direction: a healer, being a person, can focus in on the specific site of injury and identify exactly what's wrong and exactly what steps need to be taken to fix it most efficiently. a potion does not have this capacity for specificity and is instead subject to the direction of the body's natural systems. ingested, it will be dispersed through the digestive system and through the bloodstream; applied as a salve it may work faster, but this usage is limited to external injuries. strong healing potions therefore are great for boosting your natural healing capacities long enough to get you to an actual healer for more serious cases, and may be all someone relies on for less serious cases - similar to using over-the-counter medication for a cold versus going to see a doctor for bronchitis.

tldr: restoration IS a perfectly valid school of magic, and just because it emphasizes mundane knowledge alongside esoteric magical knowledge does not make it any less fascinating or worthwhile. thank you <3

[sgiandubh]

Good morning! Grandma did some networking last week, huh? https://www.instagram.com/p/C5GjhJVoSLc/?igsh=MW96NXdmYnlzZnR5Mg%3D%3D&img_index=

Dear Networking Anon, good evening to you (the day after, sorry: it is what it is),

As you probably know, I have written a bit about it last week, prompted by another Anon (who apparently lived in my own time zone, unlike you) - https://www.tumblr.com/sgiandubh/746032880210296832/good-afternoon-mrs-grandma-published-stories

Now what you send me is also very interesting. Let's unpack:

This guy is just not your regular Joe:

According to LinkedIn, Smith is the Head of Corporate Relations at Diageo Scotland and the current Chair of the Keepers of the Quaich Management Committee. His resume is also very instructive and rich: a network guy, with two postgraduate diplomas in PR and Journalism (Strathclyde University for Journalism and Queen Margaret University, for PR), followed by a rich professional experience in those fields (The Tribune, The Scotsman, Daily Mail and Daily Record - various reporting appointments; Movement to Work - a leading 'British business coalition, which really means an NGO, primarily dealing with fostering the access of young people on the labor market). He's been at Diageo for 13 years already, but (and this is somehow important) only at a regional level.

But this time, it's something else that is more interesting than just a brief overview of someone's professional life, because he posted exactly the same thing and exactly the same photos on his LinkedIn account:

157 likes, 14 comments - barely enough to judge the real impact on a broader scale, more than clear when scale is reduced to that guy's own network. And because herd instinct is very much a corporate world characteristic, we have many people from Diageo itself (the North America and Asia branches, for example), along with a smattering of old press friends, the odd Scottish Parliament member or several people from the spirits industry, mainly local (EDI and GLA). Only one comment mentions Outlander and just another one mentions 'Erself and McGrandma: funnily enough, from somebody who works for Johnnie Walker, another Diageo-owned whisky company #lipservice.

You call that networking? I call that an amateur attempt at that, Anon. After Paul Novielli's recent departure from McTavish Spirits, something had to be done in order to keep people interested and intrigued by the idea McGrandma was a spirits connoisseur, even if his 'life long dream' (🙄) was bourbon and continuity be damned. And forgive me again for quoting myself but... remember (LOL forever, really) what I wrote not so long ago?

(you'll find more about that, here: https://www.tumblr.com/sgiandubh/744768055641604096/no-amontillado-in-that-cask?source=share)

Now I know others want things to be drama-free and are completely blind to patterns. But it's plain to see what the game is about, here: envy, lack of ingenuity and repressed lust come to mind. But hey, maybe it's me, Anon. And at face value, clearly looking for alternative contacts and opportunities, in the UK.

Interesting. Let's see what the next hand's gonna give, at this poker game. Not much, I think and probably not what was hoped for.

I hope this answers your question. I took time I can't really afford to answer it, but I did it with pleasure.

[astrowitch-devotee]

Since you know about astrology.. What would it mean for me as a person, to be a Cancer sun, Sagitarrius moon, and Virgo rising? /gen is it a bad mashup lol :sob:

Thanks for asking! I want to preface this by saying that there are no ‘bad mixes’ in astrology! You would need a lot more information from your chart to pinpoint negative aspects vs positive aspects. There are some placements that are weaker than others (such as placements being in detriment) but that doesn’t mean that you are flawed or inherently bad or anything like that. Everyone has a mix of negative and positive in their charts and that’s a completely normal and human experience ~

- Sun in Cancer -

The Sun represents the core of our spirit and identity or our soul. I describe it to people as: “When you get to the end of your life and you look back on it, you will want to have achieved the best characteristics of the sign your Sun is in.” It’s an important placement for sure, but in traditional Hellenistic astrology it does not have as much emphasis as modern more pop culture astrology places on it. Having ones Sun in Cancer would indicate someone who, at their core, is nurturing, intuitive, and compassionate. Instead of being lead by outward authority or ambition, a Cancer Sun would lead their life by empathy, emotional intelligence, and loyalty. You will want to look back on your life and feel that you have embodied these qualities, to really feel complete in your soul.

- Moon in Sagittarius -

This is a placement we share! The Moon represents our inner emotional landscape. Having a Sagittarius Moon can indicate someone who has a yearning for exploration, and feels emotionally fulfilled when seeking to experience new ideas, philosophies, and even cultures. Often Sagittarius Moons can feel a bit restless. They crave emotional freedom, and are often optimistic. They can be direct and honest about how they are feeling, and their emotional landscapes can lean a bit idealistic.

- Ascendant in Virgo -

The Ascendant (or sometimes called rising sign or AC for short) is a point on the chart that that marks the beginning of the first house (1H) and represents the sign that was rising on the eastern horizon at the moment of your birth. This point and house describes who a person is completely, both inwards and outwards. This point is held as, I don’t want to say ‘more’ important than the Sun in traditional Hellenistic astrology, but it tells a person and astrologer a lot more about a person than the Sun placement. Where the sun represents one’s soul the AC is YOU to the fullest extent. The Ascendant is also very important as it lays the groundwork for all of the other 12 housing placements in your natal chart. Someone’s Ascendant being in the sign of Virgo indicates a person who’s personality, approach to life, outward appearance, etc is grounded, analytical, intellectual, and detail oriented. These are quite observant folk, and they can appear outwardly to be very thoughtful and conscientious. They can be quite organized, and have a desire to be of service to others and enjoy self improvement. They probably appear a bit more reserved, but not necessarily shy. This sign is ruled my Mercury (which makes Mercury your chart ruler), so they love to learn and exchange ideas with like minded individuals. These are endlessly curious yet humble people.

That is a very brief overview of your Big Three placements! Just from the very little I see here I actually see a lot of harmony. Cancer & Virgo go well together as Cancer is a Water sign and Virgo is an Earth Sign. The empathetic and nurturing qualities of the Cancer Sun placement would work well with the humble, grounded, and service oriented nature of a Virgo AC person. Plus, paired with the highly optimistic and adventurous spirit and emotional landscape of a Sagittarius Moon, this makes a very interesting mix!

I hope this helps you understand a bit more, and I highly encourage you to continue to learn more about your chart to see what other secrets will be revealed ~

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I do offer full natal chart readings for a sliding scale price! This chart reading goes through all of the inner and outer planets along with a couple of Astroids and astrological points. It would have in depth interpretations of: Placements, Houses, And Strongest Aspects. DM me or send me an ask to inquire ~

[skiiyoomin]

I was wondering if you could write a saiki & reader oneshot fic with a reader who has DID & C-PTSD and paranoid tendencies? I understand that that might be a bit too hard to write but just in case I got some recorces that might be handy, here is the link to DID listing from my own copy of the newest version of the DSM https://www.dropbox.com/sh/htaraej65e34tg9/AADBATmelRQFUBfTMxaJ3W6wa?dl=0 as well as this website that has a lot of good info on it https://did-research.org/ and this page I found that has a brief overview of C-PTSD https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/24881-cptsd-complex-ptsd but I also recommend quickly reading thru the different types of flashbacks (shouldn't be that hard to find info on)

The main idea is that because of the mix dissociation,switching,paranoia, different types of flashbacks etc that the readers thoughts are very fucking confusing to saiki (feel free to use this premise for any kind of plot you want just try not to make it overly angsty is all I ask, well as un-angsty as you can get with C-PTSD anyways lol) I just wanna see more y/n / reader inserts that I can actually relate to but the saiki K fandom is so small

Can be platonic or romantic

Hi!! So sorry for the late reply, I researched as much as I could so if theres anything remotely wrong or different please tell me! Ngl, im not very sure i like how it turned out, nevertheless I hope you enjoy :))

Also i totally get that its hard finding stuff for saiki k which is the reason why i write for it in the first place, they totally deserve more recognition!! Feel free to send more requests in the future!!

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Content: somewhat angsty but not really, i tried to be as vague as possible so as not to trigger anyone, reader suffers from trauma, DID, CPTSD, swearing, fluffy ending? slightly oc saiki

Summary: Saiki was used to listening to many types of thoughts, and at one point, nothing he heard surprised him. However when you came around, he was beyond confused. What sparks as a little curiosity might turn into something more.

✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ:

ღNo matter what

He was used to it, or at least that's what he used to tell himself. Throughout the years he had heard all sorts of thoughts, at one point, he learned to tune them out when need be, having listened in on weird enough ideas that now don't surprise him anymore.

When you came in the picture, he was...baffled, to say the least. Confusing wasn't even close of a word to express how he felt. Your thought process was anything but simple. At times it'd be a fuzzy mess almost as if you lost part of your memory, other times, you'd think as if you were a completely different person, contradicting many of your previous thoughts. But what disturbed him most was the series of traumatic thoughts that would cross your mind. Flashbacks he realized in that moment.

In the beginning he felt annoyed, as per usual. Often times, he'd find you in class with a dazed expression, which to be frank, he had seen enough times to not give it a second thought. But then his attention would be caught when your mind would wander and you'd start thinking in a very unusual way. They were so unlike the person you presented to be, so much so that Saiki was left perplexed and in need to understand exactly what was going on.

The more it happened the more worried he'd be. There were days where you acted a certain way, and other days where you acted completely different. He could tell you weren't being fake trying to act differently for attention, after all, your thoughts lined up with the you acted and the things you said. Rather, it was the abrupt changes in your behaviour that had him thinking for far longer than he normally would.

Along the way, he also picked up how you'd flinch if you were in sudden physical contact, the way your shoulders would tense and the way your heart beat would speed up. Saiki wasn't stupid of course, he was aware that all of this was caused by some form of trauma.

He knew not to pry, yet his heart strings pulled everytime he saw you having a bad moment. So he began to follow you, in disguise of course, and even if he seemed like a stalker, he couldn't help it. Eventually he began to connect the dots, your reactions, behaviors, everything. It made sense now.

Unconciously, his words began to soften around you, his touch became gentler, he looked out for you in ways he had never done so with others. You began to notice but in no way did you mind, if anything, Saiki was someone you took great comfort in. What started of small slowly grew into something neither of you expected.

Of course, that didn't make it any less hard for either of you. Like right now. You were laying in Saikis bed, your head resting on his shoulder as you watched a movie, when suddenly a specific scene had triggered an anxiety attack. Your mind was racing through flashbacks of the many disturbing events you had gone through. Saiki was up almost immediately, having read your mind and sensed your reaction.

His touch was soft, his hands cupping your face so gently you'd think he was scared to break you, which he was. He was in no way someone who could comfort others easily. Nevertheless he tried his best. He attempted to lower your heart rate, rubbing small circles against your back as his other hand held the back of your head. No words were needed, they never were. He had, in a way, been there for you, way before you two even became a thing, so none of this was a surprise for either of you.

That didn't ease the guilt in your heart any less. You always felt bad. You knew Saiki could read you, literally. And well, it wasn't pretty. Countless times you had attempted to push him away, yet he never budged.

"'m sorry" you mumbled against his shoulder as your rested your head on it.

He cupped your face in his hands, pulling you to look at him.

`I won't let you push me away. The things you went through won't make me see you any differently, because to me you'll still be someone I cherish'

Your eyes welled up as you looked him deep in the eyes, finding nothing but love for you. Still cupping your face, he ran his thumbs under your eyes, wiping the tears away. He leaned forward, pressing a gentle kiss to your forehead.

'I love you'

"No matter what?"

`No matter what'

[mewhenthhe]

can you tell me more about nico?

oooo what do u want to know?

i can try and give a brief overview um,,,

he’s talented with technology—where avery is the software expert, he’s the hardware guy. excellent welder and mechanic. knows which wires to connect to each other. knows more than i do because obviously i’m just saying words here.

he was raised primarily by one parent after his mom died when he was fairly little, and though he was good in school, he had to spend a lot of time working to support his dad, so his actually grades suffered. when he was around 17 his dad died and he inherited the house & any assets they had from their mechanic business, which he essentially overhauled.

he’s got a cool (old and broken) black truck. avery, who was previously homeless, took shelter in the truck bed one day during a storm and nico took her in…cat distribution system but with people i guess. he was kinda bossy at first which she was not a fan of (read: he made her take showers consistently) but she warmed up to him extremely fast.

since she is not, legally, his child/sister/whatever and has no clear records, he decided to move out to the mountains away from the public (but he is actively making sure avery still goes to online classes. this child WILL be getting an education)

he is a tired single mom. now that mercy is in the picture he has TWO illegal siblings/children and is very tired all the time but also supportive. determined to do what he can to make the people around him happy, even if he’s not great at talking about it.

🎉LORE DUMP OVER 🎉

(lmk if there is more specific info you were looking for lol)