#Welp I'm gonna be annoying as hell about this

[gravemations]

Welp turns out there is Gravity falls X TMA content

[star-sim]

"is your girlfriend single?" ☆ enha maknaes

☆ youtuber! non-idol! bf! enhypen maknae line x fem! reader ☆ summary: when your youtuber boyfriend finally shows you for the first time to his audience. ☆ genre: fluff, very dumb, jelly boys ☆ warning(s)? no! ☆ ygs seemed to like the hyung version so here's the maknae version!! reblogs and comments are appreciated <3

hyung ver.

sunoo ☆

OKAY HEAR ME OUT

this one is gonna be a lil different

paranormal investigator sunoo

he's like buzzfeed unsolved

and for one of his seasons, he goes and investigates haunted places and reviews their histories yk?

for the season finale

sunoo visits the bellaire house, which is notorious for being super haunted and ghost-infested

i like to think that sunoo is honestly skeptical abt ghosts

like he definitely has tried to talk to them, but hasn't discovered anything conclusive to definitively prove the existence of ghosts

anyways because it's the season finale

sunoo has a special guest...

you! his gf!

i think he'd be low key about your relationship, but his viewers know who you are

the video starts off normal

sunoo gives a rundown of the history of the bellaire house, like when it was built, the people that lived in it, the strange occurences in there, etc

the bickering between you and sunoo as you go over the bellaire house is very cute and sweet

it definitely makes it into those "sunoo and [name] being a comedic duo" compilations aw

anyways now its time to investigate the bellaire house head on 😈

sunoo pulls out all his cool ghost-catching gadgets

he tries everything

like the thermal camera, EMF meter, even the goddamn magnetic field detector

sunoos getting annoyed bc why are none of the ghosts talking to him :(

on the other hand

you're clinging onto him, hiding behind ur bf scared shitless

i mean like.... why would you not the bellaire house is known for having DEMONS 😭😭

sunoo huffs and turns to the camera, "welp it looks like there's no ghosts here"

one of the people in his camera crew suggest having you ask instead of him

even though youre scared you do it for ur bf

you're like "hi ghosts..... if you're here with us... please flicker the lights"

.

.

.

THE LIGHTS BEGIN TO FLICKER AAAAAAAA

AND SUNOOS HYPED OUT OF HIS MIND

"BABE BABE BABE ASK THEM THEIR NAME"

so youre like "ghosts... whats your name"

and NO JOKE

A WIND BLOWS PAST THE ROOM

AND EVERYONE IN THE ROOM SWEARS THEY HEAR SOMEONE WHISPER FAINTLY

"robert"

so that's how you and sunoo meet robert the ghost

BUT THAT'S NOT THE END

BECAUSE SUNOO HAS THE BRILLIANT IDEA OF PULLING OUT HIS OUIJA BOARD

tbh you both look dumb as hell

sitting on the crusty bellaire house floor

hunched over a ouija board

sunoo is now asking questions

but the ouija board doesn't even move

but when you ask

"robert, how are you today? yes for good, and no for bad"

THE GODDAMN PLANCHETTE MOVES TO YES AKA GOOD 😭

you and sunoo then introduce yourselves

again, when sunoo introduces himself nothing happens

but when you introduce yourself

the candle that's lit beside you goes out

someone in sunoo's camera crew jokes that they think that robert the ghost likes you

so sunoo jokingly asks "robert are you flirting with my girlfriend?"

AND THE OUIJA BOARD SAYS YES 😭😭😭

and when you kiss sunoo the doors in the house start slamming and shit like SOMEONES MAD

sunoo is lowk offended

and then he starts to beef with robert the ghost

except robert the ghost never respond to anything that sunoo says

bro leaves sunoo on heard

sunoos like "HEY ROBERT I DON'T CARE IF YOURE A DEMON YOU BETTER BACK THE FUCK UP!!"

later when ygs review the emf recorder it picks up robert the ghost whispering "i don't care 🙄"

sassy ass ghost

on the other hand

robert responds to EVERYTHING you say

atp you're not scared anymore

"hai robert i'm [name], knock over that doll over there if you want to be my friend"

and the doll knocks over 😭

"robert knock on the window if you think i'm cute :3"

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

the camera crew is just laughing their asses off

at some point

the ouija board starts moving on its own

everyones like WOAHHH IT'S ACTUALLY MOVING!!! QUICK GET A PIECE OF PAPER SO WE CAN RECORD WHAT ITS SAYING!!!

sunoo is taking such dilligent notes

it starts with i, then s, then it spells out your name, and then s, i, n, g, l, e

" ' IS [NAME] SINGLE' ???"

is what the ouija board says

yes a goddamn ghost just asked that

SUNOO IS NOT HAVING IT

while you and the camera crew are cracking up

sunoo starts telling off robert

"listen bro just because you died in the bellaire house doesn't mean that you can try to take my gf 😐"

robert the ghost is being sassy too

so sunoo literally just snaps the ouija board in half

"haha you can't talk anymore robert .😐."

yk how in buzzfeed unsolved they take turns staying in the haunted place alone with all the lights off

sunoo kicks everyone out so that he can have a "man to man" talk with robert

robert isn't a physical person but everyone swears they hear crying

.... and it sure isn't coming from sunoo 😇

i think this would go really viral

"[name] is so beautiful that even dead people want her"

"robert the ghost is so me"

"even ghosts aren't immune to beautiful women"

"robert saw a hot woman and took his chance"

this would become an inside joke within sunoo's fandom fs

sunoo isn't having it though

he definitely still tweets about it

"i remember when some loser ghost tried to take my girlfriend"

"robert fuck you i'm glad you died"

"see you hell robert"

i def think robert is scared of sunoo now

LMAO

jungwon ☆

jungwon is documentary youtuber

he likes to make short documentaries about topics that he likes

kinda like wendigoon or fern or real horror

i feel like he'd have a super high quality mic that's super crisp

i think he'd like to make iceberg videos, or videos about obscure missing people stories

anyways

jungwon has a whiteboard that he uses to explain things

esp like timelines

but in one of his videos he doesn't use the whiteboard so it's in the background

so you write a little message on it

its just a very simple

"[name] was here :3 !!"

i feel like only a few people notice it

but as more and more videos pass

and jungwon doesn't use the whiteboard

your little messages get bigger and bigger

until one day the entire board is filled up with just "[NAME] WAS HERE!!!"

sorry i think a lot of jungwon's viewerbase would be redditors, just given what his content is like

r/jungwon LMAAOAOAO

on there someone brings it up

theyre like "who is [name]"

some ppl suggest that it's probably a friend or his gf

it's pretty chill tbh, his viewerbase isn't really too concerned

until one day

jungwon does one of those investigating 411 missing persons cases

except ygs live near one of the places where someone went missing

so he's physically walking along the path where someone went missing as he tells the story

poor baby is lowk kinda scared tho so he takes you along with him

youre mostly behind the camera but you do talk

at the beginning of the video he's like

"hi guys i'm joined by my girlfriend today"

you pop into frame to say hi

anyways like i said you do talk during this video

like as jungwon tells the story you're reacting behind the camera

"it's crazy that a 4 year old traversed 30 miles up a mountain in a matter of 30 hours..."

and behind the camera you're like "omg no way that's wild 😱😱😱"

youre like genuinely invested

you're also cracking a lot of jokes w him too

its really sweet bc most of his videos jungwon is alone, but since youre in this w him, he's smiling so much ;(

and like everytime he makes a joke you can see him looking off-camera to look at your reaction

and when you laugh everyone can literally see how proud he is

this video so SUPER well received

his comment section is so sweet

"i've never seen jungwon smile so much, he's so in love with [name] :("

"the way you can tell jungwon is proud when [name] laughs at his jokes"

but i think the most common type of comment are those type stamp ones

"at 1:23 [name]'s laugh is so cute!"

"0:58 when the camera panned over to [name] my jaw dropped... she's gorgeous!"

"5:29 [NAME] IS SO FUNNY I LOVE HER"

"at 4:40 i love the way [name] completes jungwon's sentence, i've never seen two people that are just so perfect for each other"

yk how on youtube there's that feature where you can see the most replayed part?

when you pop into frame that's the most replayed part of his video 😭

his viewerbase on reddit probably posts you

like its a screenshot from the video and theyre like "it's [name]! the one on the whiteboard!"

i think his fanbase would be really nice on reddit too :(

"she's so pretty!"

"jungwon has immaculate taste"

indeed he does <3

he's so proud of you, like i think he definitely looks at the comments and screenshots them to keep reading them

like YES THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND

HOWEVER

jungwon makes those "going through my subreddit" videos

and he comes across a post hyping you up

at first hes liek "YES YES YES MY GF IS SO BEAUTIFUL"

but then the comments on the post are like

"she's so beautiful, do ygs think she's single?"

"hi [name] 😏 (i am the ceo of amazon and read feminist literature books btw)"

obv all jokes

and jungwon's face visibly drops

he gives the camera a MAD side eye

a STINK EYE

jungwons like "all right, who said that 🤨"

AND THEN HE REPORTS AND BANS THEM 😭

he makes posts on his subreddit like "all of u are going missing next time i see shit like this"

HELP

riki ☆

sorry he's a shitposter

i think riki posts those genshin impact and fortnite playthroughs

but he also posts other gamer things

but he actually has a good fanbase

he's at like 900k subscribers even though he doesn't have a fixed upload schedule or specific genre of post

he's never showed his face like ever on his channel, but he definitely shows his personality through editing, video descriptions, and community posts

one day though

riki randomly posts a video titled "me and my girlfriend at the arcade"

and its a video of you and him on an arcade date :(

the majority of it is him behind the camera recording you as you play games

the way you can hear him chuckling behind the camera as you have cute reactions :((((

but there's also times where he's on camera

like when he's playing with the claw machine

and bc riki is a pro

he wins a you giant teddy bear!!

your cute lil cheers when he wins are like the most replayed part of the video

he takes such cute pictures of you hugging the bear aw

honestly his viewers are surprised when he posts the video

bc he used to be posting genshin impact videos why is there a vlog

but theyre not complaining

this video becomes one of his most viewed

since youre most of the video there's a lot of comments abt you

and i think his audience is close enough with riki to shit on him LMAAOAO

"[name] is so sweet i wanna hug her"

"i wish i was a teddy bear..."

"SHE'S SO CUTE"

"move aside riki"

"is [name] single by any chance"

"omg who is that weird random guy (riki) that keeps coming near you [name] is he bothering you queen"

"[name] who is this random guy are you cheating on me"

riki responds to these comments too

"you can't have her" "too bad she's lying in my arms right now" "she just kissed me" "do want want my girlfriend or a black eye"

he definitely starts fights

i think his video is so viral that he gets ppl outside his audience

and some ppl get mad when riki fights back 😭😭😭

“why is he fighting people they’re clearing joking” and riki responds like “yeah why is he fighting 🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡”

and then riki gets petty

and makes a video called

"addressing everything."

its like a logan paul apology video

it's also like 30 seconds 😭

"hi all... i just wanted to come here and apologize... for having a HOT GIRLFRIEND" and then he flips off the camera and it cuts off with you saying "babe?--"

lowk goes viral for it LMAO

behold the keyboard warrior trilogy- heehoonki ☠️

in the future riki does post more of your cute vlogs

and in the descriptions he's just ranting abt how much he loves you

lowk all the vlogs are basically just him admiring you

cuties

[aluria-sevhex]

HELL FUCKING YESSSSSSSS

hey if you wanna read all of my posts as i play through ISAT, they are all tagged as #Aluria plays ISAT for the first time (please don't spoil)

notes:

-aight i'm back yippee

-title theme my beloved

-i always find it so funny when an enemy tries to freeze Mira

-gonna try this boss again

-ok i think i'll just replay Floor 3 on this loop instead of looping forward after i find out another one of Bonnie's favorite foods so i can build up everybody's stats

-OH. BONNIE OVERHEARD THE DEATH CONVERSATION.

-heh Bonnie slapped Siffrin

-uh... the audio is REALLY ominous...

-oh, Bonnie...

-WAIT WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT DID I JUST LOOP SLIGHTLY BACK IN THE PAST?

-Siffrin you ok i don't think that was helping ur mental health issues your eye is covered in shadow in your dialogue portrait

-i will once again NOT kill Siffrin via anaphylaxis. i will take the fish head

-...i didn't. get info on Bonnie's favorite foods this time.

-ok according to the save screen that didn't count as a loop

-anyway time to try looping to get the Bonnie snack info

-hey... the Tear dialogue isn't as silly anymore (it just says yes or no without the 'looping time' or 'living time')

-hey i didn't skip any loops this time!

-time to kill this pair of assholes again

-"carry my ashes with you" aw that's a sweet dialogue option

-i am so tempted to kill Siffrin. but i won't.

-awwww... i talked to Bonnie and now Sif is comforting them

-ok how the fuck do i get the info. BONNIE PLS.

-hold up. does Siffrin no longer nod when zoning out? :((((

-WAIT FUCK DID I FORGET TO GET THE KEY ON FLOOR 2.

-...Mira's roommate. was learning to make bombs. why???

-lol Isa knows how to make a bomb

-Mira has anti-anxiety meds. this makes a lot of sense tbh

-...what are these papers for???

-so i decided to try using the silver coin since a person said that you can do something with it related to the croissant lore. and it said "you think about the Incident" or smth like that lol

-lol Sif forgot the term 'stuffed animal'

-idk why but it feels like a lot of Craft skills are like. slower. or have bigger cooldowns in Act 3. even tho i KNOW they don't and my brain is fucking with me

-ok the game accounted for the key thing

-in the bathroom again

-Sif is calming themself again and figuring out what to do

-Siffrin, self-loathing and calling yourself stupid won't help :(

-i zoned out at some minor dialogue but i don't remember what the dialogue was the first time so i am fucking clueless about what was going on with a choice i made. sorry Mira idk why i 'saved you' by smacking your mouth ;_;

-i love getting to obliterate weaker Rock enemies with Paper α V

-i have now gotten Sif to level 60

-sometimes it's nice to take a break and talk to Loop

-wait a sec. doesn't one of the lower floors have a sharpening stone?

-ok it's been a while and now i have everybody back to level 52. time to kick the asses of the 3rd floor boss

-ooo Odile got a new skill

-time for the last snack break!

-Bonnie's upset now because i didn't try the fritters D:

-time to face the King again... and hopefully talk to him

-welp. *that* didn't work

-oh nvm now i can ask him questions via the Craft menu!

-you. you can give the King the flower.

-yeah the characters have a point! why Vaugarde specifically?

-the King is NOT responsible but he says Siffrin has an odd smell. huh... the only other things where an odd smell has been noted is Bonnie saying the star crest Sadnesses smell odd... but if Sif had that smell then it would've been noticed sooner...

-dude. how rude to say that if Siffrin doesn't understand Time Craft they can't understand the King's methods. maybe i should read more on Time Craft in one of the libraries? or that one book on craftonomy...

-the "you have heard this before" for zoning out got more and more annoyed

-once again. what does the King need to say?

-hm i was talking to Odile and Bonnie piped in really excitedly that they have more pineapple in their pocket

-GOD FUCKING DAMMIT MIRABELLE I LOVE YOU BUT YOU STOPPED ISA'S CONFESSION ToT

-time to talk to Euphrasie and loop again ig

-hey what's that in her hair?

-"you inhale sharply, almost choking on the smell of burnt sugar around you" BURNT SUGAR BURNT SUGAR THAT'S THE SMELL OF TIME SHENANIGANS AS SEEN WITH THOSE SADNESSES

-SAY SOMETHING ELSE EUPHRASIE

-how do i get the familytale?

-ok i talked to Odile and i'm gonna help her!

-am i gonna have to go all over town for this?

lmao yeah i think i will

-oh hey the wizard-loving kid is named Manon

-oh my god. i have to go back to the boulanger

-FINALLY

-:O THERE IS NO RESEARCH???

-oh THAT'S why Odile is in Vaugarde

-oh... her mom left... all of her travels here have been to try to reconnect with that part of her...

-HEY SIFFRIN I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING WHERE THE *FUCK* ARE YOU FROM?

-damn. bro has amnesia

-LMAO I ASKED MIRA ABOUT THE PAPERS AND THE BATTLE THEME STARTED

-...bonding proposals???

-oh my god Mira joined a dating website group

-"we have one of those at home"

-"oh, i don't have a type! i like all kinds of people equally!" is this in a bi way or an aro way

-YEAH AROMANTIC REPRESENTATION

-DIVERSITY WIN! THE KICKASS HANDMAIDEN WHO'S IMMUNE TO BEING FROZEN IN TIME AND THE SORT-OF CHOSEN ONE IS ARO!!! I FUCKING CALLED IT YEAHHHHHHHH :D

-oh, Mira :( you're not the problem you don't have to do anything like that you're not comfortable with

-hm this game is dealing with personal identity a lot

-:( :( :( oh, Mira...

-DIVERSITY WIN!!! THE SKETCHY WANDERER STUCK IN A TIME LOOP WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IS ACE!!!

-MY BLORBOS ARE ACE AND AROACE FUCK YEAH I AM SO HAPPY

-FUCK IT I'M POSTING NOW

SERIOUSLY THO I DON'T THINK I CAN ACCURATELY CONVEY HOW FUCKING HAPPY THIS PART IS MAKING ME. TWO OF MY FAVORITES ARE ACE AND AROACE HELL FUCKING YES

[genderlesssinner]

I keep forgetting they're in a temple and I don't know how to feel about it

Marisha having not been present for the Planning because of makeup and then being first while Orym is last in initiative is kind of funny kind of terrifying

Laudna, Chet, Braius, Snowdinus, Ashton, Fearne, Dorian, Gloamglut, Unseelie Emissary, Imogen, Orym

Oo new form of dread hell yes

Ooh yes I do remember the Spooktacular nice nice

Ludinus's notes???

Fucking Travis with the cpop brand. The rocking horse is good too though

Samuel holy shit with the art

Oh shit Laudy get this fucken counterspell please

Power Word spells are fucken nasty man

Travis said if Fearne is stunned their plan is fucked and I'm so curious about what they're trying to do

🤞🤞🤞🤞

YAAASSS

Okay okay okay Ash going for seige damage hell yes

"I can swing my hammer underground, right?" I love him

LET'S FUCKING GOOOO FEARNE

Yet another accidental phrase Matt will never live down. Spreading her legs

Uppies!! 🤣

Whatcha got Dorian

Ooooo force cage okay okay okay

Two witches in a hole and one in a box - Liam 🤣

This dragon mini is too big one wing fucken blocks Marisha's whole face holy fuck

"He doesn't care."

DUSK HUNGER? Did I hear that right? That's a badass name

I'm so curious about Zathuda but also want him far away from the party (or like dead but I'm not sure they can take him rn)

I forgot this fucker has legendaries ugh

Laudna, Chet, Braius, Snowdinus, Ashton, Fearne, Dorian, Gloamglut, Unseelie Emissary, Unseelie Gaurdians, Imogen, Orym, Ira

Hell I forgot to add Zathuda now I'm not sure where he's supposed to be (I never remembered to pay attention enough to when his turn was whoops)

Ooo Imogen on Gloamgut interesting. The vibes.

Combat with this many people is such a pain sometimes and takes so long.. Orym's turn is the end of the first round man. Fuck. Well. Ira actually maybe

I FORGOT THEY BROUGHT IRA FUCK YEAH

Oh shiiitt Zathuda being like "Fuck!" at Ira showing up oooohhhh

"He has advantage against magic because fey."

"Annoying, okay." Mood Marisha.

The forcecage 'if yo know, you know' is one of the few references they make that I don't know and it makes me a lil sad

(about Snowdinus) "He's not even a real wizard." TALIESIN I mean it's true but like damn

(Bonus for Matt's "That's not nice.")

Weird name for a flail, Sam.

Oh shit also totally forgot Ira gets legendaries, fuck yeah

Love a good counterspell train

I love when Tal gets excited about rage effects

"Bold of you to assume you have advantage. Nah you totally can." Maaaatt

Get it Ash fuck yes natty 20

I both love and hate the vague DM comments that has the whole party like wait what what do you mean. "yeah use all your stuff." *panic around the table*

Get fucked Snowdinus, fuck your Dimension Door

This motherfucker 'sploded

The 20s tonight

After this, Braius being like, 'welp my mission is done, Ludinus got exploded. Bye guys good luck' would be hilarious to me

"oops, a murder"

Laudna, Chet, Braius, Snowdinus, Ashton, Fearne, Dorian, Gloamglut, Unseelie Emissary, Unseelie Gaurdians, Imogen, Orym, Ira

YES FEARNE GET IT GIRRRRL Nat 20 for a fucken 33 yessss girrrl

I love Ashley so much "I have a defenses box?"

I would love to see how Zathuda v. Ira showdown would turn out honestly

Okay okay okay Sorrowlord wants to chat

Nat 1 with a -3 goddamn. The latest reaction time

Is this actually gonna fucken work? What's about it happen akdbfjchf

The whole building is about to come down too

Yes talk to the dragon Imogen

Okay but knowing the Fey dragon has a negative wisdom mod could come in handy

Okay baby boy defending the Emissary makes sense I think

Ira no we don't trust you either my guy

Aah his journal and the stuff about the funnel okay okay

Well I don't like the sound of that. Except the uh taking out Ludinus part but um yeah no

WHISPERS!

Yep okay he wants Fearnie to become the vessel for Predathos no thank you

Okay look I'm not saying this is the right line of thinking but I love this whole exchange

"It's a tomorrow problem."

"What if there is no tomorrow?"

"Well then it's not a problem, is it?"

So the Unseelie want to be free of the gods? Am I understanding this right

Seems the Emissary is also disappointed in the Zathuda heir

I do not like the way Zathuda talks about Fearne

I'm not against fighting them right now but Gloamglut at the very least would fuck them up and I don't think we know too much about what Zathuda is capable of and literally nothing about the Emissary or guards.

Yeah I guess the better shot is to let them go I don't know man ugh

Oh shit okay Imogen

Shadow daddy 🤣

New initiative okay

Orym, Zathuda, Emissary, Imogen, Gloamglut, Fearne, Braius, Chet, Ash, Dorian, Ira, Laudna

Okay Emissary out immediately

Aaand the pillar okay well that gives us a bit of a time table eh

The guards are like aw hell no

FEARNE. ASHLEY. AAAAAAAA

Fuck me man. Get out guys.

He really just Fastball Special'd Fearne with thunder wave didn't he

It's bad we're running guys

Motherfucken Nightmare King got spookier damn

Breaking out the big guns okay damn Laudy. Fucking Disintegrate

And empowering it fuuuuccckk

Stress math. It was almost enough

You know. I'm not sure I would have reminded Matt about the wing attack. (I probably would have but like. Sjxbhch)

This damn dragon man.

Love Imogen for throwing the Shadowlord to Braius

The whole thing is coming down

So Gloamglut being the only one to make it away from this (assuming BH kills the Emissary and Zathuda) isn't terrible, I think. But I suppose that depends on how intelligent it is and maybe on the abilities of whoever it goes to.

SAMUEL stop trying to piss off literally all of the gods

I'm here for this but what the hell are you doing Ash. Aaaaah forced movement coolcoolcool

Holy fucking shit

This is what the Tweet was about isn't it

I knew someone would get caught inside fuuuccck

Break time..

WolfChet being a garbage disposal

Whaaaaat the fuuuuccckkk

Let the dice decide, that *always* goes well. Sure.

TRAVIS. You gotta stop with the fake outs man

Though I would be very curious to see what abilities they got from either of these two high ranking Fey

Oooo shit MATT WHAT

ABU?? What the fuck

That fucking smile though holy shit

"We're gonna have words" -Travis

Ashley with the Mister plush in her head is absolutely a mood

What is even happening right now

I'm loving Braius / Sam being singled out so far

Did they just get yoinked by the Arch Heart? And now he's pulling the join me or die, fun stuff

Ooooo heartbeat in the audio nice

I absolutely adore Abu's portrayal of the Arch Heart, gods

Did he yoink them through the Gate????

Yes flatter the god of art, I'm sure that'll go well (this is only sort of sarcastic)

THE TITAN FIRE oh shit

Heeee does not seem happy about the presence of titan powers which uh tracks though

Oh no Ashton baby uhoh

"I feel like I've met you before" UH WELL YOU SEE

This could be such a big info gain opportunity

I really want to know who the other god is who wants to leave exandria

I'm having so much trouble processing all of this right now shit man

UM hi Asmodeus???? Fuuuuck

Okay okay okay wild

So many big high stakes decisions that need to be decided oooooff

✨Flattery✨ 🤣

The star is the woman who made the wish to spread the knowledge of how to build the weapon in Aeor holy shit

Robbie's grabby hands as Abu left though man

"Braius doesn't wake up." this is why you don't fuck with the dm yall, one day it won't be a joke 🤣

Holy fucking shit man.

That ring! Damn.

Since I'm just watching 107, I'll obviously not be watching 108 live tonight which means another weekend of no tumblr until Monday afternoon at least.

See yall again then ♥️

Remember to be kind to one another

[pitviperofdoom]

I finally remember why I didn't return to Mariel of Redwall a lot back when I was reading and rereading my Redwall books until they fell apart, and it's because Mother Mellus frustrated the hell out of me.

Like. Okay. Mariel gets her memories back and decides to go back and take on Gabool the Wild so he can't hurt anyone else like he hurt her, Dandin says "great, I'm going with you" and Mellus immediately vetoes that. Which, ok yeah it's annoying but it's understandable, Dandin's an abbey kid and it's Mellus's job to take care of abbey kids, even if that means preventing them from running off on dangerous quests.

But then! That's when Martin the Warrior steps in, pops in to Simeon's dreams to say "ACTUALLY Dandin's my pick for Sword Wielding Abbey Badass, here's the sword, just slip this to him and play it cool when he sneaks out, thanks bud you're doing great love you"

And then the next day when they realize Dandin's gone, Mellus is up in arms about it and vowing to go after that little rapscallion and drag him back home by the ear and tan his hide for being a disobedient little wretch, when Simeon--and keep in mind! Simeon is an old and venerable member of the Abbey's leadership! this guy commands respect for good reason!--Simeon's like "oh yeah, no, it's cool, actually it turns out he's the Chosen One, and--hey you know that legendary sword that we lost track of? Yeah Martin gave it to him, it's fine, there's prophecy stuff going on and we better not mess with it--"

And Mellus just. Stands up right when Simeon is starting to tell them this and basically says "WELP I'm gonna go to bed and tomorrow morning I'm proceeding with that drag-him-home-and-tan-his-hide plan, goodnight everybody" and straight up WALKS OUT while Simeon is explaining that the legendary warrior spirit of the Abbey gave Dandin the okay to go questing.

When I was a kid I was mentally screaming at her to turn her ass around and fucking listen to what Simeon is saying, it's relevant to your concerns--and I am doing the same thing now. And obviously Mellus doesn't get the chance to go after Dandin because Graypatch rolls up shortly after, but I couldn't help wondering how it would've gone down if she had. Would Dandin have successfully argued his case, or would Martin have had to pop into Mellus's dreams to tell her to lay off?

This was especially infuriating when I was a kid and saw myself in Dandin's place, and resented Mellus for dismissing him without a thought, without considering that he might be old enough to be ready. And it's infuriating now because I just read Redwall so this brings to mind Matthias and Constance, another young-mouse-and-responsible-badger pair, and by contrast Constance respected Matthias pretty much from the jump and didn't just shut him down for being a kid when he started making tough calls.

So yeah, Mellus, not one of my favorites. Not as bad as Banjon Wildlough but still frustrating to read.

[toujokaname]

Mischief / Episode 8

Characters: Rinne, Kohaku, HiMERU, Niki

"—With that in mind, I went ahead and rigged the furniture they bought in episode six with bombs."

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Season: Spring

Location: Shopping Mall 2F

The mysterious program footage that was uploaded to the same channel about the same time as JoyLife's 7th episode.

Rinne: "It's Rinne Amagi-kun's~♪"

"Plan to totally wreck their 'joyful life'~♪"

"—So, here's the deal. I'm pissed off that those guys are so popular, sooo I've decided to totally fuck everything up!"

"I get it! Oh, I get it, I know what y'all are gonna say!"

"Since your unit buddies are killin' it, shouldn't you be happy for 'em? Congratulate 'em instead of getting all weirdly jealous?"

"Uh, hell no! I can't stand it if only they get to be happy—I'm gonna drag 'em down to the same muddy misery Niki and I are stuck in! Gyahahaha! ☆"

"—With that in mind, I went ahead and rigged the furniture they bought in episode six with bombs."

Location: Café Cinnamon

Kohaku: What the hell's he doin'?!

HiMERU: Amagi has been unusually subdued as of late—

It seems he's up to some more lousy schemes again.

Niki: Ack! If he's gonna do something shady, I'd rather he just go ahead and do it by himself! Don't drag my name into this, it's really freaking annoying~?!

I-I don't wanna get mixed up in Rinne-kun's mess!

Kohaku: Welp, might be best to just give up on that front, Niki-han. You're probably stuck with that fate, like it or not.

Niki: Anything but thaaat! I just wanna live a normal life without involving myself with criminaaals!

HiMERU: Please calm down, Shiina. It's precisely during these emergencies that one should remain composed and handle things rationally.

First, let's assess the current situation. Oukawa, please contact the JoyLife management team.

Then, find out how this strange video was uploaded in the first place.

Amagi can be dealt with later.

Kohaku: Dealt with, huh... Yeah. I reckon we need to do just that.

HiMERU: Indeed. Just when everything was going so smoothly. As punishment, it's necessary to execute that brainless imbecile for acting out of turn.

Kohaku: Uh, execute? I meant dealt with, not have him killed. But anyway, why's Rinne-han pullin' these bizarre stunts again...?

HiMERU: ...Could it be that... he simply couldn't stomach seeing us be more popular than him?

Kohaku: Hm, I dunno... Rinne-han kept pokin' fun, but it kinda felt like he was cheerin' us on in his own weird way.

HiMERU: Perhaps deep down, he harbored a simmering jealousy towards us. Hmph, he clearly lacks the maturity of a proper person.

Kohaku: Hnn... I ain't so sure. Doesn't seem very "Rinne-han-like," does it?

Niki: But anyway, the video said something about a bomb. Were you guys okay?

HiMERU: Obviously. We're here precisely because we were fine.

Kohaku: But, if you think 'bout it, there were some odd points. Like today, along with this bizarre video, the seventh episode of JoyLife got uploaded...

We were supposed to arrange the furniture we bought in the last episode. But when we got to the set...

HiMERU: Ah, yes, the furniture had already been properly arranged.

Niki: Wait, really? But didn't you say in the preview for the sixth episode that the next one was all about arranging furniture?

So what did you do in episode seven?

HiMERU: In a hurry, we decided to alter our plans and focus on testing the furniture's usability, skipping the layout phase and starting with practical use.

Kohaku: Yeah. We just lazed around on that sofa we bought and stuffed the fridge with food for no reason at all.

And then we cooked with the ingredients we bought and ended up sittin' down to eat together.

Niki: Huh?! Why didn't you call me to help with the cooking?!

Kohaku: I can never quite figure out what triggers Niki-han's berserk button...

HiMERU: On the contrary, isn't it the most straightforward of all?

At any rate, the seventh episode wrapped up rather peacefully.

Kohaku: Mhm. Just the usual, peaceful and carefree JoyLife—

So, we hadn't noticed Rinne-han's disturbing actions until just now.

HiMERU: Hmm...? What on earth could that nuisance really be up to...?

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[icgaminglogs]

Nightwing's Log, Night 24

We know about three Man-Bats. Tim and the others are trying to trace the signal controlling them. If I can take care of the monsters that's one less thing for them to worry about; once the signal's gone we shouldn't have to worry quite so much. I hope, anyway.

One down. I'm a little annoyed this one chose WayneTech as its roost, but it won't be making any more trouble. Two to go.

Two down. These things like high places, clearly. Makes it a little easier to find them, at least. But high also means less interference for the control signal, so who knows if it's their preference or something built in by Talia?

And that's three. The hospital this time. But that should be all of the ones running loose right now, I hope. We've tracked their point of origin to the cemetery, as if I needed another nod to Bram Stoker. Though these things aren't as charming as Dracula was. Should I stop off somewhere and grab a stake and mallet, just in case

The Wayne family crypt? Really? You really can't just let him be, can you? There is nothing sacred to you, is there, Talia? I bet you think this is nicely symbolic, don't you, you absolute bitch. Leave the dead in peace!

Great. Another secret cave system. At least this one has a convenient trail of lanterns to follow. I guess the League hasn't mastered echolocation yet. Lucky me.

...Lanterns that double as booby traps. Really should have seen that coming.

A dino-....oh...oh no...why here...?

This is...something's off. Why did that cave lead here? It wasn't a part of the Batcave system, I'd have recognized it. I don't like this...

What was that?

Welp. Found the League. I don't like that they're here, mostly because I don't like what that implies, but so long as this means I'm on the right track I'll take it.

How far do these caves go? How did Bruce not know about them? Hell, maybe he didn't know how far they went; they weren't naturally connected to the Batcave, the League did that tunneling themselves. Where even am I at this point?

...Looks like I found it. How long has this place been down here...?

Oh god. No. No no no no....no, please don't let me be right, please, I lost him once, I can't...

Fuck.

You would want me to stop you. I know you would. So I will.

Come on, come back to me, I know you're in there. Jason was. So are you. Come back to me, Bruce. I'm not gonna let her do this to you, not without a fight, come on!

Oh thank god.

No!

I'm not losing him again, I can't lose him again, we can't...! Bruce, stand down, I got this. You passed the job onto us, remember? Let us finish it. Let me finish it.

Kinda figured taking Kane out wouldn't end the Court. Didn't expect them down here, though. But they're outmatched; especially here next to a damn Lazarus Pit, Talia's got power they can't even imagine. At least I don't have to fight on two fronts, though.

Time to end this? Gladly.

Shit.

Wait.

Bruce, what are you doing...?

Oh god...

...it's over. I'm going home.

[neptuniadoesstuff]

Doodle Hell #06? (Kasi Edition)

Its all... Kasikah??? Always has been-

(TW/CW btw: Bl00d/Gørə)

So here is the full pick of this week's Doodle Hell. This time featuring a OC of mine that I have been kinda obsessive over since their conceptualization.

Chapter 1, The original Kasi:

No context here just.. Some drawings of the original Kasikah featuring her hubba, Rudy Williams (Goober who is missing a eye).

This includes:

A Sketch of what normal Kasikah is supposed to look like.

Her just... loafing like a cat? (Phoraloxes can do that apparently)

Idk just some wholesome garbage bcs we more of that where the he'll I'm going.

& a "Hehe >:3" moment lol.

(Both Kasikah & Rudy belong to me)

Chapter 2, Uh... a more accurate depiction of what Kasi!Phen looks like (Phen 228/The Boiled One but with Kasi's attributes & bits of her personality)

MMMMMMM YEH MORE SPOOPS AHHAHAH. (& yes I know I have Kasi!Phen legs but for the most part they don't hab legs, instead he be melted on the floor, being stinky, & waiting for the time to steal yur spine.. THE PHENLINGS NEED TO EAT SOMEHOW!)

This Includes:

A portrait of that spine stealing sleep paralysis demon.

Just them... occasionally having no frikin legs (as Phen 228 do).

They are just doing their job beo, why u annoyed? (Featuring cameos of JJ & Neppy)

The demon is just saying hi. :3

(Phen 228 belongs to Doctor Nowhere but KasiPhen was created by me as part of a AU of them called "Mother Phen")

Chapter 3, "Nice Opnion, one small issue, I am inside your home." -The Intruder from The Mandela Catalogue.

Im just not gonna explain this one. Does this have any true importance? Eh not rlly I just wanted to draw Kasi as the child stealer from that horror series on YT about some demons taking over earth by telling ppl to [REDACTED] themselves with info that is way too complex for the human mind itself.

This includes:

"TFW when you get caught doin yur job by one of the parents"

Whoop Whoop Meem

No context tbh I just donno what I'm doing with my life.

(The Mandela Catalogue series belongs to Alex Kister but Kasi belongs to me)

Lil Bonus of the Brimthorne Family.

From Left to Right, we have:

Kasikah, Rudy, Ravine, Klynka, Theo, & Kryssi (Krystal). (All of these guys belong to me)

(Yes, I know it says Kyssi in the pic but that's a typo bro)

Character credits are in the descriptions of each chapter which includes credit to the original creators of the drawings/designs I based on.

Art is uh.. welp, all mine.

Program is Ibispaint bcs that's my main program u goof.

Bubs' TOS: Plz don't repost/steal, trace, or recolor my art WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! If you do, I'll take yur femur and pelvis.. SO, DON'T THINK ABOUT IT! (The PNS on my Blog's pinned project clearly means "Please No Steal" plz follow that rule.) If you do post my art on anything like yur blog or somewhere else (With my permission) PEASE CREDIT ME!

[nochi-quinn]

campaign 3 episode 50: there's only seven of you (for now)

Let's see if I can do a liveblog after six weeks of not watching!

(it started to feel like a job)

I miss jester

IT IS BEGIN

I know we're probably getting Keyleth but god would I love a Dorian cameo

aw, I miss marisha's "girls" tank

liam with the thumbhole hoodie is very good tho

liam

"orgy 2.0"

if a skyship leaves the dock at 8pm going 120 feet per round

"ira get the FUCK up here"

enjoying the corruption arc of the changebringer entirely through fcg

anyone: ludinus liam: >:[

"bacchanalian" greek mythology exists in exandria, canon

"you would turn into a bird - " "and fly far, far far away" what a reference

man I got noise canceling headphones for christmas for the first time ever and I've barely taken them off since, imogen is a mood

this whole "crash the ship" plan is big "ram the blade ship" energy

stop saying final destination

oh THAT was a throwback

oh we've reached Marisha Chair Perch and we're not even in combat yet

relax she's just putting it out there

"no plan survives contact with bells hells" is not as catchy as "no plan survives contact with the mighty nein" but is equally as true

matt changing the light to move them along like turning the light off in a daycare to signal naptime

uh oh spaghettios

laura literally stopping mid-sentence to let them meme sdkfjsl

matt stop death flagging xandis

meanwhile ira is living his best life

"I'll look for a tree" oh the flashbacks

laudna puts on skin tone foundation but doesn't blend the neck

fearne: you shut the FUCK up

"don't do anything stupid" "oh this is ALL stupid"

I am not prepared

neither are they

if xandis dies I riot

sam

I'm not okay

ASHTON

where the fearne/ashton shippers at, come get your juice

you know liam's distracted, he didn't reach up instead of out

no plan survives etc etc

DISLIKE

"that's above your pay grade, son" holy shit imogen

oh shit

DON'T SPLIT THE PARTY kdjflks

tag urself I'm ashley

"welp, we gotta kill them" sam reads my persona 5 liveblogs

guards: purple sus

TRAVIS

sam

HIM BIG

all this cool stuff I can't afford makes me wish I had an in-person game

or any game, lbr

TREE OF DREAD

"titties?"

"good thing I got this ring of fire protection" slkdfjf

"now we're playing with portals"

IN-TENTS

"testicles" I heard that liam

"can I try to - fuck it" right in front of my salad?

their bane noises are starting to sound like furbies

ykw travis had a point can we have fjord's ring of fire protection

"I'm gonna use a toy" ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

YEAH

hey

hey matt

hey matt what the fuck

SHE??

"she looks like an asshole" marisha: fuck yeah she does

"is the dirt wizard here?"

"he's quite a loyal dog" something something dog of the military FMA joke

HE

liam exploded

the accent

travis also exploded

extremely funny to hear beau try to talk shit about anybody else's stealth plans

"cool if we kill your mom?" beauregard

"shut the fuck up, wolfy"

l i a m

"they're level nine you guys"

(level nein)

quick somebody ask caleb what time it is

all of the german is slowly leeching out of matt's accent

travis had the same thought as me sldjfsk

marisha's goblin crouch perch

chetney

liam finally got to be on the other side of that

nobody told you to wolf out, chet

laudna's crush on ira is funny when it's fucking around but when she starts genuinely arguing he wouldn't do some fuck shit in a heartbeat it's annoying

I THOUGHT SO

oh that timing gives me anxiety

[wench-and-jezebel]

Ten Inch Hero Reaction:

Jezebel (@typicalopposite) reacts [with occasional asides by Wench (@scripted-downfall)]

Such a different vibe from Devour ☠️☠️☠️☠️  [alksdjf Tis true]

“Normal people need not apply” ☠️☠️☠️ we’d fit in there  [We would indeed]

Danneeellll

Oh noooo

Sir

I wanna work here [:)) I KNOW]

[I love that the customers get to vote]  The dog.  I love it  [Yes, and the dog]

Hmmm

Ahhhhh!  Omg! He’s here!

☠️☠️☠️☠️  “Well he’s employed here”  [That line bothers me so but anyway]

🤣🤣🤣 “And now you’re hiring people who fail the interview?”

Well.  Shit.  [She’s lying, dear]

🤣🤣🤣  Poor buddy

[Zo!  I love her]

Oh, man, chat rooms  [I know!  We'd never talk long distance on an electronic device]

☠️☠️☠️☠️ His look

Idek what this movie is about and I love it

It just is so chill and nothing is happening (so far) but it’s like 😍😍  [This is the vibe throughout]

☠️☠️☠️☠️ This lady 🤣🤣🤣🤣  [I told you I loved her]

Welp. Now I’ll think of that next time I eat eggs.

☠️☠️☠️ DoorDash.  Back in the day

She ain’t even look both ways; she’s definitely a witch

Ooooo

OHHHHH WELL SHIT.  WELP SHIT.

THIS WHOLE MOVIE JUST YEETED ITSELF A DIFFERENT DIRECTION

Damn, that’s sad af

Ma’am.  You stop that.  Flirt.

Awwwww.  Well that was wholesome as helll

[Buddy is not subtle okay]  ☠️☠️☠️

Bruh this is the one I wanted to watch the most and I’m gonna struggle commenting because I’m too into it 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

They have the same sketch book 🥺🥺🥺

Oooooooh is this going where I think it is [*whistles*]  Oh nooooo tho.  Cause it’s gonna be drama first.  That’s a big no no in adopting

I WANT THAT VANNNNNN

Priestly is adorable

Oh, douchebags

☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

Well that’s what you get you ass

Bruh.  Why am I not loving Danneel?  I wanna love Danneeel!

☠️☠️☠️☠️ Not the eye flutters!  I’m ded  [I love him]  I knowwww

Awwwwww muh heart.  I can’t take it!

Plz tell me Jen doesn’t get hurt

This kid is ADORABLE

AWWWWWW

[I love Priestly flipping the bottle, btw; watch for it]

Oooof  [Poor buddy :(]

Ngl she deserved the door in the face

Poorrrr buddyyyy

[Us if we ever met in person: "we tell each other everything-"]  ☠️☠️☠️☠️

HE IS THE COOOOLEST BOSS

POOOOR BUDDDDYYYY

[THIS SCENE]  OH I KNOW THIS SCENE  [I've made you watch it]

[Sharky boy 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣]

[The first scene that made me like Tish]  Yess!!

Oooooo that’s the face of someone who likes someone pjhhhh

Omg, buddy

Well shit it worked

That’s adorable omg

This is soooo awkward cause it’s gonna look so bad when he realizes

Also ooof; everyone putting feet in mouths

The phone cord ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ Deceased

[Poor pup looks Unhappy]  Oh poor Bam Bam

Oh the buzz ☠️☠️☠️☠️

Oh my god

[Return of Jezebel the Deed critic]  BRUH.  I GOT NO WARNING.   [I forgot alskfdj]

DANEEEL  YOUR HUSBAND IS LIKE😭👏🏼👏🏼 not him

WELP 👀 *sigh*

[Sheeeeee]

Sweetie dump his assssss

He’s getting bent over by brad anyway [ALKSDJF;LKADSJF]

[It was a demogorgon]  ☠️🤣🤣🤣

[The little girl shouting "FRAT PARTY" tho]

I love this 😭😭😭

Whooooa awkwarddddddddd

Ohhhhhhh just tell me what happens.  I can’t take it!  [About?]  When he finds out  [Wait and see :)]

☠️☠️☠️☠️ [I love him; Priestly's my beloved]

Hell, I love all of them! Even Tish is coming around

Bruh this lady is a witch

[Priestly reacting like that as if he hasn't been doing about the same with Tish tho alksdjflkadsjf]  🤣🤣🤣🤣

I WANT THIS VANNNNNN

Why would you chase a goose

[Okay, I'm warning you now that Jen kindaaaaa annoys me here, but anyway.  (Give it a few minutes.)]   Oooof ok

TISH

JEN

WOTS HAPPENING

Oh, pity party.  Oh, I see

[MA'AM YOU JUST LEFT HIM SITTING BY HIMSELF WDYM]  This is definitely not ok

But like… why are they not saying she’s not ugly 👀👀  This isn’t okay either

[And btw.  I've been in a similar position to her.  So like.  I understand.  I just don't respect it.]

I WANT THIS JOBBBBB

["I was sitting by the phone, waiting, wondering..."  BUDDY.  "There's a perfectly good reason we didn't call" NO?!?!?  THAT’S ALL THE MORE REASON TO CALL HIM AND TELL HIM NOT TO BRING IT UP OR SOMETHING?!?!?]

Ooooh get her

Bruh he speaks truth

["Why are you suddenly Fuzzy's best friend?"  Because he didn't deserve that shit, wdym]

Oooof  [BUDDYYYY]

[The voice crack tho]  OOOOOFFFF

OOOOO WHATCHUUU DOING buddy  [Priestly be meddling]

Oh my goddddd 

OH MY GOD

BRUHHH

BRUHHH BRAD

DOUCHEEEEEBAGS

OH SHIT

WEAK ASS PUNK FELL LIKE A FEATHER

OH BOY

Oh boy

Well shit

Oooooofta

Beat.  His.  Ass.

Someone please do it

Oooo- Get him

Ok?  And? 🤣

[This be go well]

GETTTTTT HIMMM

OH SHIT  YESSSS TRUCKERRRRRR

“YOU DICKLESS YUPPIE”  THAT WAS AMAZING

💕💕💕💕 Preistlyyyyyy

[Tish, ma’am.  You came onto every dude in the shop… Defy gender norms and ask Priestly first instead of making him do it.]

I’m trying to think of who Zo is.  I’ve seen her in something else.  I love her!  She’s so calming

[He has the dark half of a yin-yang tattoo, and I want her to have the other half; I think it'd be so cute]

😭😭😭😭😭 Loveeeeee.  So much loveeeeee!

☠️☠️☠️☠️ What. Are.  [These dudes did not learn the lesson] 🤣🤣🤣🤣

“Keep the lubeeee” [The look tho]

Well she gets A Julia.  Not her Julia, but she also gets a Noah.  So like… Win win

Awwwww

Oh OHHHHH

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Fuzzzyyyyy

[Also, the music here is from the Deckerstar prom.  It's the song he plays for her]  Oh my gawdddddddd

😭😭😭😭

Aight cmon gimme the bad ending

Priestly was like nope I’m getting credit for this

Why can’t they just kiss and let it end here

[Look at himmmm!!!  Buddy's so nervous slkdfj;laksdjf]

In her head (Danneel, not Tish), she’s like yep I’m marrying him

[Who gave him permission to be this adorable tho.  The wide-eyed curious stare thing is just ack.]

Ahhhhh

Aight so headcanon he swaps right back

But omg he rubbed his lips

I’m ded

I’m not even mad, that was adorable

[Hmph.]

Wot Is Happening??? Sweet lord.  [They’re getting married]  Nekked  [Yup]

��� – – 

Endpoint Reaction:

Jezebel: That was really good!  😭😭😭😭😭  10/10  (Hah)

Wench: Glad it lived up

Jezebel: Ok I do hate he completely changed for her.  That sucks.  They should have had the scene on the beach him back like before.  Also… Boaz & Platisha  *sigh*  What names.  This was the strangest, most all-over-the-place-yet-all-connected movie I’ve ever seen! But omg no one died!  And everyone got a happy ending, minus Priestley’s style!  (RIP it was not deserved.)

Wench: Yup, ‘tis true

Jezebel: For Jen… I’m glad she got a happy ending. I think I’m even happier he called her pretty. Because I would have been like 👀👀👀☠️ had he walked in and been like… you’re a good person ☠️ And like, no, looks should not matter, but it’s like.. friendship code to lift your friends up… not agree with them *sigh* 🤣  And they didn’t agree, but they didn’t DISAGREE either

Wench: Right

Jezebel: Idk that bugged tf out of me

Wench: Makes sense.  Do we know what we're doing next?

Jezebel: Hmm…

Wench: We still have our shows to be doing, technically-

Jezebel: So we could do one of each show-  SBC

Wench: Sounds good!  Til then!

[bitterarcs]

The voice appeared to conjure from thin air. Neighboring chatter vibrating too-thin office walls coupled with the mechanical hum of active operating systems and the air conditioning system working on overdrive could have masked approaching footsteps . . especially if one took the care to play the dramatic entrance card. Truly, it was nothing out of the ordinary for both of them — a relationship of lukewarm and cold. In Reno's perspective, it all stemmed from Jae's side of things; Reno would not consider his indifference as either lukewarm or frigid.

Oh, great, was he being compared to those ancient crime lords again? Too raptured by surprise to feel irritated, his lips curled with amusement. What did Verdot's little welp know anything about Reno? If people compared the red head's ego to that of the size of ShinRa headquarters, then surely Jae's was comparable to the size of Midgar; nothing quite like lecturing about how someone's else life actually was which made them a complete tool.

Jenova's tits! — did the kid stay up all night creating this long winded and unnecessary call out? Half way through, Reno really settled into his seat with thighs splayed wide and mouth hanging slightly agape. Then it continued, and it continued. He waited several breaths at the end to actually make sure the rant was done and gone with. Reno cocked his head to the side and scratched his cheek, not quite sure whether to be creeped out, annoyed, or just fucking confused. He chose the latter.

(  ❛  . . and to think the worst prank I pulled on ya' was putting fake roaches on your lunch when ya' weren't looking. I thought about using jizz, but, y'know, I was being nice. ❜  )

Reno stomped feet clad in dress shoes down against the tile ground and jerked up from his seat with a swiftness that caused the chair behind him to slide backwards several centimeters.

(  ❛  Didn't know you dreamed that strongly to become a little girl, buuut you're gonna have to be someone else's. Like hell I'm getting chained down with a wife and a god damn kid. I'd castrate my own damn self before creating a little shit head. I'm probably the last person to recommend a therapist . . but consider it; sounds like it could help, bud. ❜  )

"You seem to have a beef with me. Don’t really know why or what for, but I get owing people and having to pay interest. So I’ll give you that," Jae starts in, rubbing at the back of his neck while he paces lazily around the redhead.

"You're walking around and think that having laid your eyes on a little badness, had life kick your ass a few times, that means you’ve seen it all. Look at you- You haven’t been touched by anything. Do you honestly think your life was the worst it could have been? You don’t have the right to be looking down on anyone when you’d do no different than any of us. I’ve got so many stories to tell you, Reno.”

A pauses, taking a deep breath in and considering his options.

“How’s this? Sometime down the road, you’ll meet some pretty little lady and she’ll pop out a kid, you’ll buy a house, have an attached house because you and Rude are still wiping each other’s asses. You already have a nice job, plenty of good food, your kid’s getting ready to go to school and all is good with the world. Then, surprise: It’s a girl this time! Except there’s something wrong with this one. You thought I was a screw up? Well, this future kid of yours will be just as bad: can’t do anything right, getting into all sorts of trouble, meeting all the wrong sorts of people and if the men in her life aren’t fucking her, they hate her. Absolutely hate her. So- How do I know this, you ask? The short of it is, I'm gonna die. Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow. But when I come back, that kid? She’s gonna be me. And that’s when you’ll get your chance to show me how a real ‘harder than a coffin nail’ guy like you manages to survive having the cards and the damn boxes they came in stacked against you. And who knows? Maybe it won’t be your family. Maybe I’ll have racked up enough negative points to end up a fuckin’ rock, but if there was any cock I could suck in the spirit world to gain access to the reincarnation jacuzzi where I get to choose where I end up? I’d do it. Just to look smug little assholes like you in the eye and spit in it. Or maybe I’ll get to show you how little it takes for you to look your own daughter in the eye and realize how easy it is to hate her. No, I’m not gonna ‘fuck off’ and I’m not gonna bow down and kiss your ass just because you think you’re better than me.” @gcldfanged         (   is this a love confession, jae ?  )

[retphienix]

Me and the bestie contemplating the purpose of my very existence while I repeatedly submit, succumb, and bow my head to their power entirely out of curiosity for what I may learn by doing so.

I do find myself rather put off by some of the tone of this quest line- just a whole lot of my character accepting their place not through acceptance or defiance- but rather.... kinda lame like, like a lamb following the flock.

I keep pushing forward for the Atlas seeds out of curiosity- out of a natural development of my previous interest in exploring the universe- now I wish to KNOW the universe- and my character's internal dialogue in all of this is a whole lot of "Nothing matters, I obey. Everything is meaningless- especially myself- I submit." like dude, chill.

There were some lines I really enjoyed from my character- like REALLY enjoyed-

whenever they dwell on their purpose (and don't just say their purpose is to obey like a cringelord) they instead put a lens towards what they ARE to the Atlas.

Namely, a lens for them to look upon themselves- which is- funnily enough- how I like to think of myself in the real universe.

Just a bit of the universe experiencing and witnessing itself.

So that's sick as hell!

The whole bit where my character seemingly shrugged their shoulders and decided they will simply worship the Atlas like any other NPC- simultaneously belittling this unique journey and dumbing down all their interesting self reflection in favor of "Welp, you know better, guess I'm just nothing." isn't sick at all. It's lame lmao.

I DO like some of the themes involved alongside my character's whole submission nonsense- I like the weight of knowing- I like the implication of being burdened by the power of creation- it's just, like dude, chill already- focus more on what you are to the Atlas and on the weight of these decisions- less on how best you can kiss the feet of the orb and call yourself weak.

All the "Obeys" and "Succumbs" are annoying, especially when most of what the Atlas actually says is just "Things are gonna end. Can you find meaning in this?" like the Atlas is pretty much being straight forward with us(themselves) that it wants to know this means something- it's screaming and dying and surrounded by only itself and this has become an infinite loop of diving deep to try and understand its purpose and pain- and then we're like "IDK, you want me to pray about it? I'll start praying about it."

Ironically, the ending of this quest line (or what seems to be) kind of just. Agrees with me?

At the end it's like my character finally fucking listens to the Atlas' words and goes "OOOOOOOOH, Oh shit I was SUPER reacting incorrectly. I getcha!" but my own sarcastic read on the whole put aside- I do enjoy that moment of realization as well- ALMOST enough to say I'm fine with the previous attitude shift my character took....almost lol.

But that moment of realization does well to paint this interaction more along the lines of what I said earlier. The Atlas is desperate- they want meaning- they want to feel anything but alone in a dying husk- and we are in this moment the User of their Program.

Whether the game is leaning into implying THE PLAYER's impact on the narrative through this talk of "Users" or whether the narrative is playing further towards what I implied- the Atlas is pouring themselves into creating to the point of creating a Traveller capable of experiencing and knowing itself- IE- they made their own User and it is our Traveller so this is very much still "Atlas playing itself to know itself" etc. IDK

But I like it!

I'm currently leaning towards the latter- and part of that is the text displayed even now.

We spark life into the universe and give it creatures to give it meaning.

In that moment we are Atlas.

--

The Atlas is the creator of a universe filled with planets, plants, stars- and it finds meaning in the individual life it puts amongst these galaxies.

So the Traveller's job is to supply that meaning by exploring, learning, and beholding all that the Atlas has created.

We are the Atlas' attempting to find perspective and grant meaning to the infinite lines of code it was designed to maintain by doing what it struggles to do by virtue of being the machine holding it all together- living.

--

Having come this far, I'm left with my own assumption on the final notes of the story once I reach the center.

I have no reason to believe we will help the Atlas survive.

We are just a part of the Atlas' mind. A thought run rampant. The Atlas is currently experiencing a physical catastrophe- what was it- nearly 10,000 generators all shutting down in one of the Atlas' logs about 16?

The Atlas is dying- no amount of good thoughts running through its head are going to suddenly fix the physical technology that makes it up.

But I think the narrative is leaning towards granting a sense of acceptance within the Atlas- and that the ending will sit bitter- with us reaching the center and enacting some protocol that demands the Atlas create a multi-verse that we are sent to.

By Null's claim, this will erase all that currently is, and by my guess this means everything will be cloned to a new universe in order to "run away" from the destruction just a little longer.

We dive deeper; The immense weight on the system effectively "gives us time" but further corrupts the system. Our 16 minutes will last forever because we will simply run more and more subroutines until the system simply can't anymore.

Another layer of obfuscation from reality's ticking clock, but no real "solution", just postponement and at best a moment of relief for the Atlas's worries before (perhaps) the corruption of diving deeper while the physical devices fry causes it to forget once more.

Excited to see no matter how wrong I end up bein'- been a fun ride :)

[sharksa-shivers]

Wrong shampoo, oops lol

(We see Kristy coming downstairs, she's obviously just taken a shower and we see her sniffing her hair as she comes down and talks to Max whoms sitting on the couch)

Kristy:(confused)Hey, Max, you…Usually use the shampoo that smells like green apple right or…?

Max:(looking up at her from his phone)Uh, yeah? Why?

Kristy:(stares)I think i might have accidentally used yours instead of mine…My hair smells weird now…

Max:(smirks)Oh ya think? Welp!!! On the bright side, don't gotta worry about fleas AND the bonus is it'll make your coat nice and shiny!!!

Kristy:(staring)I…What, dude, i-

Max:(smirking still)Heyyyyyy, don't worry, i use the anti crunch stuff too! Don't gotta worry about it!!!

Kristy:(a bit annoyed)Why the hell did you leave your shampoo in MY shower stall???? Does this mean you've been using my cherry blossom shampoo?!?!?

Max:(amused)Oh wow, YOUR shower stall? Wow, i had no clue you had carved your name into it, guess i'll have to pay better attention next time heheheheh…

Kristy:(annoyed)Dude, did you use my shampoo or???

Max:(shrugs)I dunno, does it matter? It's all the same shit, who cares? It gets you clean…

Kristy:(annoyed)UGHHHHHHHHHH, I'm gonna go see if Lady can maybe help me get this weird smell out, god, i hope this doesn't mess up my hair!!!!

Max:(staring)…….It's shampoo, do you think you're gonna melt or something? The fuck…? -------------- Well at least Kristy doesn't have to worry about flees now lol, idk, you'd think she'd be happy bout that, smh...Humans amiright??

[meant-to-be-a-hero]

Season Six, Episode Ten: Riders On The Storm

Taking a break for Christmas after this so I can watch some movies and stuff, then I'll hit the last 10 between Christmas and New Year.

So who's even left at this point? Scott, Lydia, Malia, Liam, and now Stiles? That's it?

Didn't they stop filming the season for a while at some point, so DOB could come back? So like, Theo's hair is really long when he gets out of the Hunt, among other things.

Ominous ticket board is ominous.

Well this is heartbreaking.

And he came back in Roscoe instead of the forest because...dramatic effect, presumably?

Uh. Who put those there? That's some speedy construction.

"A Stiles?" - Yesssssss

Yeah, you can tell there's been a time jump behind the scenes, DOB looks different. His hair's longer, and his face is a little chunkier.

Ooh, green fire. Parrish got a Wild Hunt upgrade.

This is the Corey-is-a-machine bit, isn't it? Time for pain.

That's Corey's voice!

Parrishtinguished.

Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow? Or divert the tracks, same thing.

Corey is the VIP for this episode, I'm calling it now. He's the key here.

"Wanna split up?" "Never again." <3

Theooooooo. They probably let him out for being too much of a bastard and annoying them all tbh.

Liam, comedy genius.

"Welp, guess everyone dies." - Speaking of comedy genius.

Malia's never called Peter 'dad' before, has she? That's why it works this time, especially since there really isn't an emotional connection there other than mutual irritation.

Should Liam not be...on fire? Or is the rift just wide open now?

Pfft, gone again, well done Stiles.

I guess because the worlds are merging it makes less difference. Same reason why Scott and Stiles don't end up in the train station.

Is Peter in 6B? I feel like he isn't, or not much if he is.

There's that blue hallway again.

Unnecessary flippy shit, my one true love.

Oh Corey, sweetie.

Puppy Pack reunited though.

Stiles with a gun to his head in a locker room. We've been here before.

Yesssss Lydia!

"I didn't say it back." "You didn't have to." - :')

What's the point of having ghostly cowboys if you're not gonna have a Mexican standoff?

Woooo, snog time!

"That was so hot!" - Melissa, oh my god lmao.

"You would have made an excellent Nazi youth." - He's Latino, so I doubt it, but also, what a fucking insult.

Fake Claudia making one last attempt at being a horrible cow.

Ew, that make-up's not...nice...

"No one likes a Nazi." - Line of the episode.

You lose, you Nazi scumbag.

Scott doesn't have his split fangs any more? Aww.

Banshee scream powered bullet? Now that's what I call teamwork.

Someone pushed his luck too far, didn't he? Nazi Ghost Rider is a bad look.

So yeah, Beacon Hills is safe, but won't the Hunt just go take somewhere else? They're not really defeated as much as diverted away from the people we care about.

The Nine Herbs have become a bit of a deus ex machina at this point, haven't they?

Aww, baseball bat bequeathment.

"They'll always need us." - Hell yeah they will. 06x01 callback.

With a little more epilogue, that could have been a series finale tbh. But nope, 10 more episodes to go!

I do hope everyone got to finish college between 06x20 and the movie, they deserve at least that much.

[lordartsy]

A3! 5 year anniversary countdown: ~After-talk~

This is basically an annoyingly long A/N, none of you have to read it.

January's now over...!! How'd you guys do in the event? I was completely and utterly destroyed by it! ☆

I mean, imagine me, alright? I'm just a little guy. I've got like 300 something something gems to spend, and I have two favorite characters, I'm gonna try getting them both!

So I get kazu, right? Cool! My future's looking bright! Maybe I can get tsuzu too, right? Wrong!

I could sit here and complain about my rolls in detail, but the long and short of it is that I got a LOT of itarus and citrons (one full bloomed r itaru, one full bloomed sr itaru, an ssr christmas itaru, and SIX anniversary citrons!! Thats enough citrons to form a whole wakiwaki-gumi!!). I call them the Partners In Crime Duo (Sr +60%) because they basically robbed me blind

Murder! I spent like 800+ on the spring scout alone, dude!

And tsuzuru's in the tease for the next event...!!? All this pain and suffering...!!

.... Welp, setting my grudges aside.

Doing the anniversary series was a real educational experience for me. I learned a lot of things, like:

- doing something that takes as much time as this series did requires a lot of planning ahead, and its my bad for winging it

- how to draw like 23 different flowers

- being passionate about your work is cool and all but not sleeping and forgetting to eat will land you in the hospital! (twice!!)

- a weak tablet (broken screen) + pointy finger (worn out from drawing/gaming) is NOT an optimized drawing set-up (and one of these days im gonna get me a proper drawing tablet but for now, I'll have to make do)

Because of said unoptimized set-up on top of an already bumpy schedule, there were a lot of ideas i had to throw out the window in order to make room for time (even though compromising on backgrounds/shading/details/etc. was already supposed to give me more time, :ugly_crying:). Of course there are sketches and ideas thats completely different from the final product, but i also wanted to draw some minor characters as part of the countdown if i had the time to. Unfortunately, Sakoda decked out in full "Sakyo Oshi" gear is gonna have to wait.

Speaking of concepts and ideas, here are the anniversary pictures that i had planned to go together! (read: PLANNED to go together— they don't, but i hastily edited it to make it kinda look like it does??)

Hindsight powers activating, i really should've drawn them together THEN separated them instead of drawing them separately from the start. Ahh, let this be yet another learning experience for me.

Yknow, the original idea was to have a very simple piece of the character just going about their day, followed by a <100 words essay about something i like about them. It was like that for the first few days and then I completely threw it out the window the more into it I got. Sorry for making you guys read essays about my thoughts on the characters, I literally didn't mean it.

.... No, screw it. I promised myself not to say anything mean about the game or the characters during the entire run, but im sick of being nice to these guys! I'm gonna say something mean about every single one of them!!

Sakuya's an airhead, dense main character edition! Masumi's a creep! Tsuzuru's ordinary as hell! Itaru's a goddamn gremlin! Citron's a weirdo! Chikage :/ Tenma's a pompous rich kid! Yuki's an asshole! Muku's head is stuffed with nothing but clouds! Misumi is literally some kind of alien! Kazunari's annoying! Kumon's obnoxious! Banri :/ Juza's an airhead, socially incompetent edition! Taichi has nothing going on in the brain! Omi kindly shares his brain cells with Taichi, but at what cost! Sakyo's a boomer! Azami's a brat! Tsumugi and Tasuku share a single brain cell, and they lost it during a street act! Hisoka acts like a pain in the ass! Homare's pretentious! Azuma's a slut! Guy is an airhead, language barrier edition!

..... If you've read any of my posts you would know i dont mean any of that (... some of these, at least). Coming up with some of those was very hard; insulting these guys was a lot harder than i thought it'd be.

If you somehow read through all of that, then thank you! Thank you for putting up with the things I say, and thank you for supporting the countdown series! Seeing the things people say in the tags has been a wonderful experience for me, and I'm glad to have provided some sort of entertainment for you all! Thank you again, and see you next time!

[keichanz]

Reminisce

was thinking about moroha and then started thinking about how there is a lack of teenage moroha and papayasha bonding so i was like "shit i'm gonna have to write it aren't i" and welp this happened.

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He didn’t have to open his eyes to know he was being stalked. Hell, he didn’t even need his sense of smell on account of she was being loud enough to wake the freakin’ dead.

From his location lounging against the base of Goshinboku, arms behind his head and legs crossed at the ankle, Inuyasha easily tracked her movements through the boughs of the great tree. From what it sounded she was almost directly above him and was trying - and failing - to inconspicuously slide that last inch to catch him unawares before attempting, what he suspected, was a dive bomb aimed straight toward him.

He inwardly snorted and fought to keep his features lax as if in sleep. His goal had been to catch a nap before dinner, but apparently that wasn’t going to happen now. Not with his pursuer breathing way too hard and rustling the leaves and muttering every time her clothes snagged on the branches. Actually, judging by the rate of speed she was moving through boughs, Inuyasha suspected that a piece of her regular attire was absent and as such allowed her to move much more smoothly. He had to wonder if maybe that was why she thought she could get away with it this time, even when every time she’d tried in the past, he’d thwarted every attempt.

Barely managing to keep himself from smirking in amusement – her misplaced confidence would be her downfall – Inuyasha listened carefully and started a mental countdown when she suddenly grew silent.

Three…two…one—

“Do it and die,” Inuyasha called out in a lazy drawl without even bothering to open his eyes just as his unknown attacker prepared to leap into action.

There was a gasp, the sound of nails scraping against rough bark, and then a short shriek followed by a rush of air before a solid thud landed right beside him. She groaned, and a golden eye cracked open briefly to ascertain her welfare before closing once again after deeming she was fine. A fall like that would leave a bruise and nothing more.

“Ooow, my poor butt.”

“Serves you right.”

“My back.”

“You’ll live.”

“I’m dying.”

He snorted. So dramatic. Just like her mother.

“How’d you know?” There was a definite whine to her tone and he knew if he opened his eyes, he’d see her face screwed up into a pout.

“I know everything.”

She snorted. “My ass.”

He frowned. “Language.”

Another snort and he felt her slight weight lean against his side. “Like you're any better. Where do you think I learned it from? Mom?”

“If she knew half the shit that came outta your mouth, you’d be grounded for life and there’s fuck all I can do about that.”

“I guess we know who wears the pants in that relationship.” He could hear the grin in her voice, the brat.

He scowled. “Smartass.”

“Takes one to know one.”

“Wanna know why your eyes are brown? ‘Cause you’re full of shit.”

“Wanna know why your eyes are yellow? ‘Cause you’re full of p—”

He groaned, and she cackled. Christ, was he this bad when he was a teenage whelp?

“Seriously, though,” she said a minute later and he heard her shifting around as she got comfortable beside him. “How’d you know? I was being really careful and even took off my cloak so it wouldn't get caught!”

“You reek. I smelled you from a mile away—”

“Dad.”

He sighed. “You’re still breathing too hard and you're being careless with your claws. I could hear ‘em scraping against the bark, and the leaves were rustlin’ too much for it to be any normal tree critter going from branch to branch.”

She was silent as she digested that and Inuyasha wondered if now he could get that nap.

“So I just need to be quieter—hey, wait a minute, are you calling me fat?!”

“Well, you’re definitely not a pup anymore—oomph. Dammit, runt, ow. Don’t you have anything better to do than abuse your old man? Like annoy your mother?”

At that his kid went suspiciously quiet and he was just about to ask what happened when she spoke up. “She, um, might have…sent me off to find you after I…uh, helped…light the fire for dinner…”

There was something in the way she said that that gave Inuyasha pause. Suspicious tugged his brows down over his eyes as he opened them to glance down at his daughter for the first time. Leaning against his side as she was, his view of her was of the top of her head, the red bow standing out amidst her dark hair.

“What happened?” he asked slowly, cautiously.

She didn’t answer right away and ducked her head. His frown deepened.

“Moroha.”

It was a warning and it was one she knew not to ignore.

Hunching her shoulders a little and worrying her bottom lip, Moroha wrinkled her nose as she idly twirled a long blade of grass between her fingers. “I…might have…addedmorefirewoodtomakesureitdidn’tgoout—”

Inuyasha closed his eyes and bit back a groan. “Moro, that’s three times now you almost—”

“But it didn’t!” she protested. “I got it under control in time and it only singed Mom’s hakama a little—”

He was unable to hold back a sigh as he shook his head. “Just—tell me that you or your mom didn’t get burned.”

“We didn’t,” she replied, her voice small and slightly petulant. The blade of grass was now in numerous tiny pieces across her lap and she was working on her second one.

They fell into silence then, and Inuyasha was thinking that maybe it’d be a good idea to find ways to fireproof their home when his daughter broke the silence once more.

“I think she’s mad, though.”

“Who?”

“…Mom.”

Inuyasha snorted his opinion of that. “Doubt it. Takes more than a little fire and singed pants to piss off your mom.”

A pause. Then, “How do you figure?’

The look he sent her, though she couldn’t see it, was slightly incredulous. “She married me. The fact that she hasn’t cut off my balls and fed them to me by now after all the shit I put her through is more’n enough proof, kiddo. Trust me, she ain’t mad.”

Finally Moroha cracked a small grin and tipped her head back enough to stare up at him. “Yeah, I guess Mom would need the patience of a saint to put up with you for, what is it now, twenty years—”

Inuyasha’s hand coming down on her head and shoving cut her off and Moroha laughed, lifting her hands and unsuccessfully trying to pry his off her head. There was a brief struggle in which quarter-demon tried to overpower half-demon, but her strength was no match to his and she ended up flat on her back with a clawed hand pinning her down. After a dramatic show of surrender - she really was so much like her mother - Inuyasha removed his hand and watched as his skid scooted back until her head was pillowed on his thigh.

He raised his brows in surprise, but didn’t object to the new position. She hadn’t done that since she was a pup, and Inuyasha would be lying if he said he didn’t miss it, didn’t miss the days when she would grin so brightly up at him as she held her arms up and called him “Papa.”

Inuyasha blinked at the sudden tide of emotion and leaned his head back against the tree, closing his eyes as he put his hand back behind his head. Their girl had been so affectionate when she was little, always giving out hugs and kisses and “I love you’s.” Now that she was older, her affections were scarcer; while she may hold many traits of her mother, there was no doubt in anybody’s mind that she was her father’s daughter when it came to matters of the heart. Sure, she didn’t show it often, but both Inuyasha and Kagome knew Moroha loved her parents very deeply, and they loved her fiercely in return.

Once more, they fell into companionable silence and Inuyasha was content to sit there, listening to the leaves rustle and the gentle beating of Moroha’s heart. He was finally able to slip into a light doze, his breathing deepening, his limbs becoming heavy—

“…Hey, Dad?”

His ear flicked and Inuyasha withheld a sigh. “Hm?” He gave up. That nap was nothing more than a pipe dream now.

“…Can you tell me about the day you and Mom met? The second time, I mean.”

Inuyasha’s brow furrowed as he tried to make sense of her question. The second time they met? Assuming the first was on her fifteenth birthday, then the second had to be…

Oh. He opened his eyes and glanced down at her, brow arched. “You already know about that day. You ask your mom all the time, and if I remember, she just told you again last night over dinner.”

Moroha shrugged. “Yeah, but that’s Mom’s version. I’ve never heard it from you before.”

Her gaze met his, dark depths identical to her mother’s filled with genuine curiosity as she smiled up at him, and Inuyasha knew there was no way he’d ever deny her anything. His expression softened and he sighed, giving a minute shake of his head. Big surprise that both of his girls knew how to manipulate him. Fuck, but he was getting to be such a soft bastard in his old age.

“You wanna hear it from me, huh,” he rumbled and Moroha’s smile widened as she nodded enthusiastically.

“Well,” he began, tipping his head back against the tree and staring up into the thick branches as he gathered his thoughts. “It was just like any other day. I didn’t have anything better to do, so I was hanging around your aunt and uncle and their brood. Hisui was just a couple days old, and the twins had some sick fascination with my ears.”

Moroha snorted and aimed a cheeky grin at him. “Don’t you mean they still do?”

He shot her a mild glare. “Don’t remind me,” he mumbled and rolled her eyes when she started snickering. “Shippou, the little runt, likened me to their fucking toy. I had just asked Miroku to do something about them when a scent…came to me on the breeze.”

Dark eyes stared up at her father’s face, studying the far off look on his features, the small frown that knitted his brow, the way he stared at something that only he could see. She’d never seen anything like that expression on the older demon’s face before and Moroha was absolutely drawn in, to both the story and the lull of her father’s nostalgic-laden voice. She yawned and snuggled further into her father’s warmth, completely enraptured.

“I didn’t think,” he continued, still staring off into the middle distance. “I grabbed the twins, dumped them on the fox with the suggestion to slay him, and took off without a word of explanation. I remember…I was terrified. I was so scared that it wouldn’t be true, that my nose was playing a cruel trick on me. So often I dreamed of this day that it was almost surreal. But the closer I got to the well, the stronger the scent became, and I started to hope, for the first time in three years, that it wasn’t a dream. And then…”

His voice cracked slightly, and Inuyasha had to clear his throat before he could continue. “Then I reached into the well, and your mom grabbed my hand, and…I pulled her out. And she was there. Here. With me again, after three long years. She was real. She wasn’t a dream, she wasn’t one of Shippou’s illusions. Then Kagome – your mom – smiled at me and she was crying and she—”

He chuckled, shaking his head in fond remembrance. “Your damn mother apologized. In true Kagome fashion, she apologized and asked if I was waiting for her. And you know what I said back?”

Moroha did know, but she shook her head, still smiling.

With a soft smile of his own, Inuyasha recounted, word for word, “‘You idiot. What have you been doing all this time?’”

Moroha sighed and closed her eyes, painting a picture in her head, trying to imagine the day her parents had reunited after three long years separated from each other. It was one of her favorite things to imagine, especially when she was having trouble falling asleep at night. For some reason, thinking about the story her mother retold with a warm, loving smile on her face always made her so drowsy…

“Yeah,” Inuyasha said on a sigh and chuckled again. “First time I see her in three years, and the first thing I do is call her an idiot. But by some miracle, she stayed with me, a half-breed with nothing to his name but a sword and the clothes on his back, and she…she gave me a family. She gave me a home, and she gave me you. And to this day I don’t think she realizes that I would have waited a hundred more years - five hundred, even - to see that smile again, for her to apologize, and for me to call her an idiot.”

Closing his eyes, Inuyasha sucked in a breath and swallowed the ball of emotion that welled in his throat. It was amazing, how even nearly twenty years later and thinking about that day still evoked the same response, the same thoughts and feelings but at least this time he was more prepared for them. Raising a rowdy quarter-demon that was much like himself when he was younger taught him a thing or two about patience and how to properly assess and handle the accompanying emotions.

When he opened his eyes again, he was feeling more composed and he released the breath in a long, shaky sigh. He felt lighter, however, and wondered if this is what Kagome meant by “channeling your strong emotions into something positive” or whatever.

“Well, kiddo,” he murmured when his kid had been uncharacteristically silent for too long. “Whaddaya think?”

He looked down and he blinked in surprise before his face softened in fatherly affection.

She was asleep. Having turned onto her side at some point, she was facing him with her hands tucked beneath her cheek, lips parted as soft little snores escaped. She was drooling and he grinned, a fond upward curl of his lips. For a moment Inuyasha simply stared at her, taking in her features lax in sleep, and he was suddenly reminded of all those times when she’d fall asleep in the strangest places as a pup – on the roof, in a rice barrel, in a damn cooking pot – and the surge of love he felt for her was powerful.

Moroha, his precious daughter. It didn’t matter how old she was – sixteen, twenty-two, fucking thirty-five – she would always be his little girl.

When Kagome found them an hour later, it was dusk and the sight that greeted her brought a smile to her lips. Their daughter, fast asleep and curled up with her head on her father’s lap while Inuyasha idly ran his fingers through her hair as he stared off at something only he could see. When he registered her presence, however, he flicked his gaze toward her, his expression open, soft.

Quietly Kagome crossed the distance between them and settled by his side, smiling down at their slumbering daughter. She sighed and combed her fingers through her bangs.

“Little birdie told me you had an eventful day,” Inuyasha murmured quietly, reluctant to disturb the snoozing teenager.

Kagome hummed. “Yes,” she agreed just as softly. “But nothing we couldn’t handle.”

“No casualties, huh?”

She side-eyed him and her grin was a little wry. “Unless you count singed hakama, I’m pleased to report there were no fatalities.”

Inuyasha chuckled and Kagome joined in with a quiet laugh.

“She thinks you’re mad,” he revealed, looking down at the girl in question as he once more ran his fingers through her dark hair. She was out like a light, not even stirring at the presence of her mother.

Kagome looked surprised, her brows rising up into her bangs as she turned her attention toward her husband. But then she sighed and wrinkled her nose, shaking her head.

“I was…exasperated,” she revealed at length, brow knitted slightly as she recalled the day’s events. “But not mad. I just wish she’d be more careful. Think before she acts.”

Inuyasha grinned. “Sounds like someone else I know.”

“I wonder who,” Kagome mused, the corner of her lip kicking up into a matching grin as she cast him another sidelong glance. Her husband looked completely unrepentant and she had to laugh.

Moroha grunted, mumbled something in her sleep, and uttered a soft sigh before stilling once more.

Kagome’s smile was one of motherly affection as she regarded her sleeping daughter. “We should get her home,” she murmured, just loud enough for Inuyasha to hear.

Inuyasha nodded in wordless agreement and gazed at his little girl, just taking a moment to commit the sight to memory. Then, being careful not to disturb her, he slipped his arms beneath her slim body and pushed to his feet in one fluid movement, Moroha cradled to his chest as she slept on, oblivious. Kagome stood as well and together they walked home, his wife’s hand tucked into his bent elbow.

Kagome held the reed mat open so Inuyasha could duck inside with their passed-out daughter in his arms and stepped in after him. She watched with a fond, loving smile as he put her to bed, gently laying her down on her futon and covering her up with a blanket. Chances were she’d wake up an hour or so later to eat dinner, but for now they were content to let her rest. Her heart fluttered in her chest, as it always did when she watched her little family, as Inuyasha bent down to kiss his daughter’s forehead before joining her at the fire.

She wasn’t expecting him to grab her chin after he sank next to her and pull her into a long, leisurely kiss that had a lick of fire curling in her stomach and warmth to suffuse her cheeks. Nonetheless he returned it with an appreciative hum and she was smiling when he pulled back.

“Love you, wench,” he whispered and kissed her forehead, just as he’d done to his daughter not even thirty seconds ago.

“I love you,” Kagome breathed in return, basking in her husband’s tender affections and thinking, not for the first time, just how incredibly, immeasurably happy she was with her little family, safe and warm and here.