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extrasfromthevoid · 9 months ago

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Hamato Yoshi's Accidental Child Acquisition (part 6/?)

@tmntbestsibscompetiton

Summary: Yoshi takes action.

OR: Divorce Time Baby!

As the lab around Yoshi explodes and devolves into chaos, he gathers the four little turtles securely in his arm and makes a break for the exit. The pain of his rapidly changing body is nearly blinding, but Yoshi fights through it. He does not have the time to ride it out. Not with the ceiling threatening to collapse on him and fire nipping at his heels.

There’s a piercing scream to his left.

The little girl. He had not realized she was here to witness this. Yoshi changes direction before he even fully realizes. The bottoms of his shoes tear away with the sudden turn. The rat-like claws curling from his toes ripping through the sides of shoes that have survived the worse the Battle Nexus had to offer and gouging the floor as he runs, but he pays it no mind. There will be time for that later, when they are all safe.

Yoshi finds the little girl is hunkered down under one of the lab tables, eyes screwed tightly shut and hands over her head. It takes a little maneuvering with four squirming baby turtles in his arms already, but the girl makes it easier for Yoshi to collect her by clinging to him the moment he pulls her from under the table.

“You will be alright, little one!” Yoshi assures.

“But Baba! And my brothers!” She cries.

“Your brothers are here,” Yoshi says. “We need to go!”

He bolts for the exit as larger chunks of stone rain down and eerie green flames choke the disintegrating room with smoke. As he passes the threshold, he catches a whiff of fresh air. His first in many years.

“No!”

Behind him, Draxum yells from amidst the flames. Yoshi spares him a single harsh glare before he flees with his precious load. The doorway collapses soon after. ——— Yoshi doesn’t stop running until he feels the cool sting of rain against his now furry face. The city around him thrums with activity. Cars roar down roads, horns blaring, people clammer and shout, dogs bark in the distance. It all smells strongly of wet trash and car exhaust but it nearly brings Yoshi to tears. It’s been so long since he’s been to the surface world.

And he’s not alone, as the chirping, wiggling babies in his arms remind him. The little girl, however, is still as stone, hands clutching his jumpsuit like a vice.

“Are you hurt, little one?” Yoshi asks.

She shakes her head against his chest. It seems she’s in too much shock to speak at the moment, poor girl.

The most Yoshi can do is move on for now. The rain is coming down and he doesn’t want to risk the babies catching a cold from this.

Unfortunately, Yoshi is exhausted and his is body sore in ways he didn’t even know were possible.

One step at a time, Yoshi…, he thinks.

He winds through the back alleys, sticking to the shadows as much as possible. It’s a little unsettling how natural this feels to him. Even years later, Yoshi still remembers the lessons of stealth Grandpa Sho drilled into him.

Eventually, Yoshi gets far enough from where he exited the Hidden City that he doesn’t feel the persistent paranoia that Draxum will be right behind him. He even finds a conveniently sized cardboard box!

It smells…a little unpleasant and squelches as Yoshi settles inside, handing the little turtles over to the girl as she huddles closer to his side, but it shelters them from the worst of the wind and rain, so he’ll take it.

They sit in silence for a long while, listening to the ambiance of the city around them. Gradually, the baby turtles quiet, lulled to sleep by the girl’s body warmth.

And then…

“What about Baba? Do you think he’s okay?” The girl asks quietly.

Admittedly, Yoshi couldn’t care less about what happened to Draxum. The bastard was going to turn these children into weapons of war and Yoshi simply cannot abide by that. But as much as Yoshi detests Draxum, to this little girl, he was her father and his fate is uncertain.

“I’m…sure he’s fine,” Yoshi says, not at all sure. “Do…do you want to go back to him?”

Yoshi absolutely does not want this little girl to say that she wants to return to Draxum but she also just looks so sad.

For a tense moment, the girl is silent as she lets one of the little turtles that’s still awake grab at her finger, babbling adorably.

“I wanna stay with my brothers,” she says finally, quiet but resolute.

Yoshi lets out a sigh of relief and hugs her closer. “Then with them you shall stay.”

The little girl—and oh, Yoshi is going to have to think of a name for her, isn’t he?—leans into his embrace as her little brothers doze in her arms. The rain continues to tap rhythmically on the roof of the cardboard box Yoshi and his motley family have taken shelter in. It sags alarmingly, visibly soaked through and offering only minimal protection from the elements. This sad little box in a New York alley won’t serve as a viable shelter for long.

Next to him, Yoshi feels the weight of the girl’s lean increase as her breathing starts to even out. He smiles softly, tearing off his jumpsuit’s decorative cape and draping over his newly acquired children. It makes for a poor blanket, but like this box, it will have to do for the moment.

It dawns on Yoshi a little that he is now a mutant rat-man and a single father of five on top of it. He has nothing to his name. No family. No connections. No home, no job, no money. Yoshi has nothing. Nothing, except four baby turtles mutated for war from his DNA, and a human toddler with mystic powers he has no idea how to help her with.

Frankly, it’s overwhelming. But he cannot just abandon these children. Yoshi knows he will have a hard road ahead of him, but…well…he’s always wanted kids. He may have envisioned settling down with Big Mama, once upon a time, and coming into a family that way.

Yoshi grimaces a little at the memory. That particular dream died years ago, but oh how sweet it was…

He sighs, gently running a hand through the girl’s hair, trying to be careful of his new rat-like claws as he works the ribbons out of her hair.

Of course, there’s also the matter of the Shredder. Yoshi can’t believe he’s actually entertaining this idea, but he must track down the scroll his Grandpa Sho foisted upon him before he left for America. While he’s at it, perhaps he can also see what of his old life he can salvage and repurpose for his new little family.

Above him, the box springs a leak directly over Yoshi’s head, much to his dismay.

First things first, he’ll need to find proper shelter, not only as a purely practical necessity, but with what he plans to do, the children cannot come along. He’ll need somewhere safe for them to hunker down in while he is away. Regardless of whether Draxum survived the lab explosion or not, Yoshi does not want to entertain what horrors could befall these innocent children should someone like Big Mama come across them in his absence.

Of course, yokai aren’t Yoshi’s only problem. There’s the people—the humans—as well. Yoshi and the baby turtles would not be received warmly and while the little girl may raise fewer eyebrows, she is still a young child herself and is incredibly vulnerable, powers or no powers. Training or no training. For all of their safety, Yoshi will have to find some place for them to live that is safe from both yokai and humans.

Though, if Yoshi does plan on liberating as much of his former life’s possessions as he can, his choice of shelter will have to be close by. He won’t be very mobile with five children, let alone five children and whatever belongings he recovers (Yoshi hopes he can at least get his teapot back. While it is visually unsettling, Yoshi always felt a special fondness for it that he can’t quite explain). Despite himself, Yoshi finds his gaze drifting towards the nearby manhole cover. His nose scrunches at the thought of making a home in the sewers, but…for them, it might just be the best option for a home.

Sighing and leaning back a bit, exhaustion finally catches up with Yoshi as the rain continues to fall steadily above him. For now, he rests, and later he will find somewhere for his new family. ——— (Previous) (Next)

#void's writing #rottmnt oc: milo hamato #tmnt best siblings competition #rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles

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umhuhwellthen · 11 months ago

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Hi hello everyone the rabbit brainrot is sinking in but the turtle brainrot is still going strong, so instead of working on my wips an au that keeps haunting the back of mind may soon be coming to light,

It's a miyamoto usagi x rise donnie single dads/sugar daddy au

It's comic usagi with only a few backstory/relationship tweaks to better fit rottmnt world.

Donnie is aged up and Shelldon is aged down to make him around Jotaro's age but a few years older.

Rambles/Ideas about this below:

Donnie(+the rest of the gang) are all grown up adults, Leo and Raph still live in the lair, Mikey has moved out but rooms with April, there's background caseynardo(Cassandra not Junior) and Leo's considering moving out too, or to expanding the lair/taking another part of the sewers as home to live with Casey, Draxum is entertaining the idea of moving in with Splinter, aroace sunset duo because im aroace and say so, and this fic/au is all about self indulgence baybeee

Oh yeah about Shelldon being younger than canon, so Jotaro is also younger than canon, daycare-1st/2nd grade age range, ill have to review child development stages for specific age but its a toddler/kid era Jotaro and kid Shelldon. Basically Shelldon started out the same as canon except his first form was a lot more robotic with less personality and when the guys reprogrammed him he gained sentience like how 2k3 Nano did, starting out with having the mind like that of a young human child before maturing, because tech gaining sentience is like being born. So Shelldon isn't teen son to another teen but actual toddler son to teen, and yes he goes haywire but its more he's programmed to no longer favor Donnie and Donnie ruins his fun playtime and doesn't realize what he's doing is wrong or too far cuz he's a toddler he doesn't know what morals are or what's socially acceptable and the only reason he gets what object permanence is is because he's advanced ai.

Anyway by the time of meeting Jotaro Shelldon is now a kid instead of toddler(3rd/4th grade I'm thinking), and Donnie is in his mid-late 20s. Usagi is older but idk by how much, not like creepy agegap, but enough between them that Usagi feels like as the elder he should be taking charge instead of relying on the younger man. And Donnie is just like, we are two parent-aged adults of sound mind and body able to make our own decisions, I have free time/money, you don't, let me take care of you.

This is what happens when you binge read leo#sagi/leoi#chi/usatello/doni#chi fics and they don't scratch that specific itch and then you remember that one post going; Cant find that fic/fanart you want? Make it yourself.

Also in my mind its

Donsagi-for both yui#chi usagi x donnie(any) and miyamoto usagi x donnie(any)

Usatello- specifically for miyamoto usagi x donnie(any)

Don#ichi- specifically for yui+#chi x donnie(I've only seen this with rise donnie but ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ any )

Censoring so it doesn't show up in tag , my own personal preference, everyone has their own

To explain why I'll be tagging posts of this with specifically usatello only

Also what brought on this au was Usagi and Jotaro feels and seeing cute fankids of Donnie(and other turts but mostly Donnie's) and remembering buddy daddies anime and reading kakairu with accidental/purposeful baby acquisition and then the realization of fanon!yui&$chi usagi being discount Miya and remembering my yearning for donsagi fics that had storybeats usually found in leo#+_sagi fics

And then that one post about "yeahyeah world weary battle harden warrior taking the never worked a day or suffered in his life prince, but what about the role reversal? With the one never knowing a gentle touch and only with a purpose to serve being served instead, loved and cradled and treated gently instead of roughly? By one with maybe not physically power, or they do but it's hidden behind pretty smiles and soft skin, but power nonetheless, to take care of them to lavish them with gifts and the like? Instead of only caring for others and never themself"

Wow I wrote a lot more than I was meaning too

But yeah this au is mostly about giving Miya nice things(except the devil on my shoulder that I will be calling Stan said I needed to put some bitter into the sweet but it's mostly backstory so I let it slide)

I've heard of being productive when you're sick but this menstrual hormones work ethic is kinda off the shits

Anyway this started as purely a Single Dads AU, with a meet-cute(or meet-ugly, depending on your perspective) where Usagi kinda, accidentally, sorta, kidnaps Shelldon while picking up Jotaro from school/daycare

But then the joke of successful businessman/genius inventor Donnie being mistaken as Usagi's sugar daddy wouldn't leave my head, and I was reading Usagi comics and he had some sad boi hours and I was like Nooo and then I was rereading the issues I had read with Mariko, Kenichi and Jotaro to get references for wips, and remembered the tragedy of Usagi's and Jotaro's relationship and went NOOOOOOO.

And decided that Usagi deserves nice things, I need to wrap him in bubble wrap and give him his son or let him HAVE A FUCKIN FAMILY STAN YOU FUCK FIRST YOU TAKE HIS KID AND THEN KEEP HAVING HIM INTERACT WITH KIDS AND HIS SON AND BE GOOD AND HAPPY BUT YEARNING AND FLEETING AND THEN YOU GAVE HIM MOMMY ISSUES ONTOP????? HEY WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH ANYTIME AN OLDER WOMAN IS KIND AND MOTHERLY TO HIM OR THEY BOND OR SOMETHING SHE HAS TO DIE AND BY HIS HAND NO LESS??? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN! DID USAGI'S MOM DIE IN CHILDBIRTH??? IS THAT WHY THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT HER AND WE ONLY SEE HIS DAD? A NEVER ENDING CYCLE OF KILLING HIS MOTHER? AND WE'RE NOT EVEN FUCKIN GOING INTO HIS LOVELIFE. STAN EXPLAIN YOURSELF

Huh.

Anyway, "You're stupid, I like that in a man." Etc etc Jotaro wants a younger sibling new Donnie clone baby(because Donnie and Usagi are definitely the type for wanting/having a large family)

This was supposed to be a silly self-indulgent au id draw sometimes and now I'm drafting a fucking fic

#rottmnt #usatello #single dads au #donsagi #miyamoto usagi x hamato donatello #miyamoto usagi x donatello #miyamoto usagi x rise donnie #usatello single dad au #is it along post if its under readmore?#rise donnie #rise shelldon #miyamoto usagi #jotaro #usagi yojimbo jotaro #UY jotaro #usagi yojimbo #i am SO normal about these rabbits :)#*im clutching Yuichi and Miyamoto in my fists so hard my whole body is trembling and theyre making noises like a squeaky toy held too long*#pspspsps donsagi shippers hiiiiiiii

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ibelieveinturtles · 2 years ago

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Darcy Lewis Bingo HQ Masterlist, 2022

I've had this ready for posting for a couple of months now, but was putting it off because I hoped to fill the last few empty squares first. I've decided I'll just update the post once I do those last few fills.

This list includes my Darcy Lewis Bingo Card from 2021-2022 as run by @grimeysociety, as well as three cards from the DLBHQ 2022 mini round, and a whole bunch of adoptables and weekly challenges.

@darcylewisbingohq Full List is below the cut because it's loooong….

Name on Card: Turtles

Card #: ABC002

Name on Card: Turtles

Card #: ABC002

Dr. Darcy Lewis Card

A1: Space Travel - Nexus - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen

A2: Regency AU - This Kind of Thing Chapter 2, Finding Darcy - Darcy Lewis & Sam Wilson - Gen -

A3: "It can't be purely for my enjoyment, can it?" - Doing It Wrong - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

B1: Westview, NJ - "What? I'm Invested?" - N/A - Gen - Moodboard

B2: Found a Dragon Egg - currently unfilled

B3: Free Fill Token - Welcome To The Apocalypse (In The Future, Chapter Two) - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

C1 : A pet is acting strangely - currently unfilled

C2: Taser - Laying The Bait - Darcy/Bucky - Mature -

C3: Avengers Hot Tub Time Machine - In The Future - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

Multiverse Madness Card

A1: Robots - In The Bad Timeline, Chapter 3 - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

A2 : Pleasure Gardens - A Budding Romance - Darcy & Jane - Gen -

A3: Portals - A Change of Plants - Darcy & Jane - Gen -

B1: Wings - How To Marry A Prince Of Hell - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

B2: Practical Joke - Nineteen Ninety Something, Chapter 2 - A Time And Place - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

B3: Night at the Theatre - Nutcracker Night - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

C1: Astronaut - Nexus - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

C2: Curiosity Shop - Curioser and Curioser - n/a - Gen -

C3: Sentient Slime - In The Loop - Darcy Lewis & Tony Stark - Teen -

Queen Of Halloween Card

A1: Taxidermy - The Perils of Very Old Houses - Darcy Lewis & Jane Foster - Gen -

A2: Gothic Album - How To Marry A Prince Of Hell - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

A3: Ottoman Empire - Can You Install WiFi In A Coke Bottle - Darcy Lewis & Jane Foster - Gen -

B1: Breaking The Sound Barrier - In The Halls Of The Mountain King - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

B2: Ancient Rome - The Rose Garden - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

B3: Freakshow - Nineteen Ninety Something, Chapter 3 - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

C1 : Automat Cafeteria - currently unfilled

C2: "Honey I shrunk the___" - Wrong Number - Darcy & Bucky, Bucky & Sam, Sam & Darcy - Gen -

C3 : Accidental Demon Baby acquisition - How To Summon A Minor Demon - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

Darcy Lewis Bingo 2021/22

D1 : No One Cares - In The Bad Timeline - Multi - Gen -

D2: Meet Ugly - Nineteen Ninety Something - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

D3: Adopted: Jeans - Laying The Bait - Darcy/Bucky - Mature -

D4: True Love's Kiss - The Easter Goose - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

D5: Adopted: Stained Glass Window - Welcome To The Apocalypse (In The Future, Chapter Two) - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

A1: Mind Control - How To Marry A Prince Of Hell - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

A2: Adopted: Hurt, Johnny Cash - In The Future - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

A3 : Kidnap - Kidnapped - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Mature -

A4: Adopted: Demon - How To Summon A Minor Demon - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

A5: Love Potion - Love Starts With A Spark - Darcy Lewis/Sam Wilson - Teen -

R1: Party Swap: Candlelit Dinner - Silent Auction - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Gen -

R2 : Witch Darcy Lewis - The Cat Chooses The Witch - Darcy Lewis/Wanda Maximoff - Gen -

R3 : Free Space - Compliance - Sharon Carter & Darcy Lewis - Teen -

R4: Darcy X Bucky - In The Bad Timeline, Chapter 2 - pre Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

R5: Dragon Scales - In The Loop - Darcy Lewis & Tony Stark - Teen -

C1 : Noodle Cup - Learning To Fly - Darcy Lewis & Tony Stark - Gen -

C2: Doctor - This Kind Of Thing Chapter 2, Finding Darcy - Darcy Lewis & Sam Wilson - Gen -

C3 : Image from Wandavision - New Year Mission - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Gen -

C4: Adopted: Angel - How To Marry A Prince Of Hell - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

C5: Coffee - Space Diplomat School - Darcy Lewis/Sam Wilson - Gen -

Y1: Pruning - All The Single Ladies (In The Future, Ch3) - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

Y2: Adopted: Observatory - When Stars Are Involved (All These Stars Exist, Ch 2) - Jane Foster/Bucky Barnes, Darcy Lewis & Bucky Barnes - Teen -

Y3 : Darcy X Brock - Lies, Damn Lies, and Spoilers - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Y4: Salem - Doing It Wrong - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

Y5 : Debriefs Are For The Week - Glow - Darcy Lewis & Monica Rambeau - Gen -

Weekly Challenges and Party Swaps

Party Swap: Moon - AW0000! - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Party Swap: Magic AU - The Wardrobe - n/a - Gen -

Party Swap: Movie AU - Nexus - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

Drabble: washcloth - Mud - N/A - Gen -

Moodboard: Picture of Lemon Stall - On The Amalfi Coast - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Drabble: Picture of an Orange Kiosk - Working Holiday - Darcy & Jane - Gen -

Drabble: Storm playlist - Beck and Call - Darcy/Brock - Gen -

Moodboard: Storm photos - Bedtime Stories - N/S - Gen -

Drabble: "We're gonna need a bigger boat." - Portal Mania - n/a - Gen -

Moodboard: Too Many Captains - Portal Mania - n/a - Gen -

Drabble: "Pink" Aerosmith - Zoo Day - n/a - Gen -

Moodboard: Pantone "Candy Pink" - Zoo Day - n/a - Gen -

Writing: Picnic - This Kind Of Thing, Chapter 2: Finding Darcy - Darcy Lewis & Sam Wilson - Gen -

Moodboard: Giving each other flowers - Flowers - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Gen -

Writing: Reverse Harem - The Queen's Consorts - Darcy Lewis/Multi - Teen -

Moodboard: Reverse Harem - The Queen's Consorts - Darcy Lewis/Multi - Teen -

Writing: Plant Week - Alien Plant - A Budding Romance - Darcy Lewis/?, Darcy Lewis & Jane Foster - Gen -

Moodboard: Botany/Botanist - Love Blooms - N/A - Gen -

Writing: A Wealthy Benefactor - A Change of Plants - Darcy Lewis & Jane Foster - Gen -

Writing: Time Period AU (Late 20th century) - Nineteen Ninety Something Chapter 2 - A Time And Place - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Writing: Ambience - Nineteen Ninety Something, Chapter 3 - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Moodboard: Ambience - Nineteen Ninety Something, Chapter 3 - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Writing: Apocalypse - In The Bad Timeline, Chapter 3 - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

Moodboard: Apocalypse - In The Bad Timeline, Chapter 3 - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

Writing: Magical school week - Can You Install WiFi In A Coke Bottle - Darcy Lewis & Jane Foster - Gen -

Moodboard: Magical School week - The White Tower - n/a - Gen -

Writing: Creature Feature Week - The Rose Garden - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Moodboard: Creature Feature Week - The Rose Garden - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Writing: Supernatural Families Week - How To Summon A Minor Demon - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

Moodboard: Supernatural Family week - How To Summon A Minor Demon - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Gen -

Writing: Fairy Tale/Scary Tale Week - How To Marry A Prince Of Hell - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

Moodboard: Fairy Tale/Scary Tale Week - How To Marry A Prince Of Hell - Darcy Lewis/Brock Rumlow - Teen -

Writing: Abandoned spaces/Urban Decay - Welcome To The Apocalypse - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

Writing: outdoors week - All The Single Ladies (In The Future Ch3) - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

Writing: Cold - Time - Darcy Lewis & Death (Discworld) - Gen -

Writing: Blizzard - Home for the Gingerbread Festival - Darcy Lewis/? - Gen -

Writing: Music Week - Darcy's iPod - In The Loop - Darcy Lewis & Tony Stark - Teen -

Moodboard: Light Week - Nexus - n/a - Gen -

Writing: In The Mountains Week - In The Halls of The Mountain King - Darcy Lewis/Bucky Barnes - Teen -

Writing: Darcy's iPod - In The Loop - Darcy Lewis & Tony Stark - Teen -

Name on Card: Turtles

Card #: ABC002

#darcy lewis #darcy lewis bingo hq #dlbhq #masterpost #drabbles #moodboard #fanfic

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ao3feed-brucewayne · 2 years ago

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Of chirps and churrs

by Ren_spark

The furry creature, hissing and spitting something violent, hunched over the turtles protectively and puffed its fur desperately as it tried to scare the intruders away.

It took a second for Bruce to gain his bearings before he grabbed the crook of Robin’s arm and dragged him slightly behind his own armoured suit. Bruce figured cornering the rat would do nothing but stress them all out but the smallest turtle made another feeble cry and he couldn't help as his heart twisted. It was a baby, not just some juvenile animal, it was a helpless baby and they couldn't just leave them all down in a damp sewer tunnel to get sick and die.

"Batman?" Robin's eyes were turned on him with a desperate kind of questioning, mouth set in a sad line. "Go get the engine started"

Words: 1771, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Splinter (TMNT), Michelangelo (TMNT), Leonardo (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT), Donatello (TMNT)

Additional Tags: Accidental Baby Acquisition, it wasn't an accident, Dick Grayson is a Gift, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Feelings, Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent, Splinter Tries to Be a Good Parent (TMNT), Protective Splinter (TMNT), Turtle Tots (TMNT)

source https://archiveofourown.org/works/43408677

#IFTTT #bruce wayne #batman #the dark knight #the cape crusader #gotham #dc universe #ao3 #ao3feed

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antimattercontainment · 2 years ago

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@threestripeslider For more dark turtles content by the same author you're going to want The Great Skittle Heist of 2105.

Author Summary: The turtles follow Darius Dunn and see him leaving a strange ship with an even stranger bag, which he promptly throws into a dumpster. What's inside will change their lives.

Basically, the dark turtles didn't go through accelerated aging, so they are still babies, and the 03 turtles get subjected to Accidental Baby Acquisition x4.

idk if you all know but i’ve been watching TMNT2003 (on season 6 rn) and my good lads, i love them so much you dont understand

#tmnt 2003 #tgsh

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limetimo · 3 years ago

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Regulus Fics I read (6th to 9th Dec)

(They Long To Be) Close To You by pansysnarkinson for whoreforhandholding Regulus and his perception of touch, very beautiful, Jegulus

By Your Heart's Calm Strength by pansysnarkinson Grimmaulds' Place burned down, Orion Wally and Kreacher are all dead, and James is falling for his best friends' little brother. Who may or may not be an arsonist. Who cares tho, when he's so cute?

Staying Quiet by fuckboyregulus for ImpishTubist Jegulus sexy times!

I’m Not Jealous by fuckboyregulus Regulus is totally not in love with his best friend. Shut up Evans

Constant by fuckboyregulus There are many boys in Regulus' painful little life, but only one is there for all of it. My heart guys, my heart. Big angst.

Crawling Back For More by ScreamingFae James is kinda not doing so hot and as a last resort, he goes to Regulus Black to get a job. He knows the Blacks are into pretty illegal stuff. He did not know Regulus runs a business of his very own - luxurious sex work. AKA how James became a henchman to a dom/dominatrix Regulus

The Horcrux Hunt by Keysie *waves hands* Guys. Regulus and Remus becoming besties, hunting Horcruxes and fantasizing about hunting Dumbledore for sport. Slowburn Wolfstar. What's not to love.

Lucida by tenrousei_kuroi Wally decides to get Sirius out of the Azkaban. It's not going very smoothly but Blacks get what Blacks want, them's the rules.

A Little Bit of Everything by Frenchroast99 Regulus raises Harry and the Black fam slowly grows closer than they ever were before!

when you were mine by battlehamster Single dad James + his secret high school sweetheart turned felon turned prisoner on house arrest Regulus = a little bit of healing and a little bit of re-falling in love and a lot of chaos

i was not born to drown (baby come on) by secretpersona !!!!! Pandora's dad kidnaps Regulus ♥♥♥

No Love for the Wicked by VigilanteVampire4311 Harry gets yeeted to an alternate universe past, sorted to Slytherin, and honestly he just kinda wants to lie down and die because then he wouldn't have to deal with Professor Riddle (yes, that Riddle.) Fuck his life

All The Lonely People by tinyscales !!!! Accidental Baby Acquistion via the Room of Requirement, baby! After Regulus runs away form Grimmauld Place he needs someone to love him unconditionally, a family of his own. Hogwarts delivers. Why is the baby's other parent James Potter, though?!

As Soon As He Can by Trex_patronus ghost Regulus helping Marauders and company defeat Voldemort ♥

Ouroboros by futomomo - Regulus gets time-yeeted to 1975, goes 'welp' and drags Sirius away from Grimmauld Place asap.

A Thing Like Stars in the Dark by toliveinthesky !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have such big feelings about this one aajajjaj Regulus survives the cave but his left side of the body is pretty much gnawed on. He spent a lot of time on Sirius' couch and now they moved him to hiding with the Potter

A Potter Vacation by bethanyisinjail a part of To Build A Home AU which you honestly should read if you want soft anxious baby Regulus, ADHD James and the Potter extended family (and a cat named Turtle)

Sky Full of Stars by TowardTheStars ! Modern AU, Regulus and Severus become roommates, and the socially very awkward Severus catches the eye of Sirius Black, the very popular actor. I'm not explaining this right at all, just read the tags and read the story. And check out TowardTheStars other stuff, they have a lot of Sirius/Severus that's really dope ok

Bonus

Teenage Wasteland by GallaPlacidia for whileatwiltshire This is actually a post-war Drarry but I really liked it because Accidental Child Acquisition is my jam

The M Word by potting_lilies THIS! Lily and James get called to Hogwarts the first day of school because Harry punched another kid. Why? Because the kid called Lily "the M-word". It's not the m-word you think.

#fic rec #hp #regulus black

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watched all of the untamed / cql in two weeks after my friend 1 told me abt mdzs a hundred years ago and my friends 2 and 3 tried to get me into cql for like two whole years and there are.

feelings.

very first scene is a very dramatic death in the middle of nightmare battle on sith planet land . i will forget abt it in the next tenish episodes and then will be very surprised when it becomes Extremely Painful

anyway magic flying gays and possession and human sacrifice! we are off to a great start

in retrospect, chaos goblin wei wuxian must have had a blast pretending to be so cRaZy and be as disruptive as he could as mo xuanyu lbr

listen. why is fire always evil coded. cant a magic clan wear red, black and orange and have flame motif while being wholesome?

For Legal Reasons These Are Not Zombies

i wish the politics of the sect were a bit clearer, especially at the beggining when the wen clan had sm power, was wen ruohan the chief cultivator? is that why they were so slow in responding to the attacks? im v confused by the pre yiling patriarch politics

fighting in the roof by the moonlight as way of flirtiiiiiiing. as i understand this is a wuxia/xianxia trope and honestly...... thank u for ur service

slight bullying and being a nuisance in general, as a way of flirting we love to see it

wwx: if i drink on the rooftop, thats not inside the cloud recesses! hmmm check and mate :D lwj: i will fuck u up so help me god wwx: :0

i lov them

through hell or high water (quite literally) wei wuxian rem ains a trashfire gremlin till the end and i love him with my whole heart

in the pt subs wei wuxian calls jiang cheng a stubborn duck and i dearly wish that had come back

my opinions on almost every character goes from love to hate u - Hmm Me Like U - BABY. ILY. and i am Very Pleased w that. its been a while since i loved such a complete cast so much i think

no really. i WONT go into a detailed rant abt what i love about each of these characters and each of their relationships to each other. but i COULD.

some lan disciples in the loudest whisper ever: YEAH THATS THE JIN BASTARD MENG YAO HEARD THE GOT SUPER HUMILIATED BY HIS DAD LOL SURE HOPE HE DOESNT TAKE SLIGHTS TO HIS CHARACTER TO HEART

lan xichen, immediately: i must Love him

being into problematic ppl is in the Lan genetics, we come to realize

wen qing deserves so many awards for so many things but not snapping and just stabbing wen chao is at the top

that scene at lan qirens class where wwx talks about using resentful energy to fight a violent spirit. exquisite.

It establishes Good Student lan wangji, wei wuxian as curious and questioning and not afraid of taboo, lwj sees that wwx is not, in fact, a dumb ass hes just a Dumbass, shows us the audience (esp. a western audience) how shocking the idea of disrupting the dead/dying and controlling resentful energy actually is, the theoretical foreshadow arguing, everyone else like ‘shUT UP’, “and how could you ensure that the resentful energy would obey you and not hurt other?” “well i havent thought that far” and of course, lan qiren just straight up lobbing a hard object at wwx head,. chefs kiss

fellas is it gay to bother the hot rule obessessed nerd from ur school and make drawings of him with flowers in his hair and then hide gay porn in his book to antagonize him and ask him to hold ur hand and be ur friend and talk to him all the time and get him drunk and give him bunnies bc you know he likes them and give him a lantern and always want his attention and dedicate yourself to getting him to smile-

and after all of that wwx rly said oh i Admire him, aksd like yeah we all were there in high school buddy

i have Learned. caves = gay.

accidental marriage +beint physically tied together with the sacred married ribbon+ gay panic+foreshadowing+bunnies! in the cave (1)

the story abt lan yi and baoshan sanren tho. i would like to see it

early days wen bros pull my heart strings like a guqin

EVERYTHING about the lantern scene; disaster hets jiang yanli and jin zixuan; how wwx made lwj a bunny lantern. how soft and touched lwj was. wwx gleefully pointing out he was smiling and lwj IMMEDIATELY PULLING HIW SWORD ON HIM LMAO. tragically foreshadowy promises to do right by pepople, living without regrets. lwjs 'oh no do i love him??' face. just. all of it.

i have it on good acc that in the novel lwj is explicitly Repressed Gay Panicked Big Horny which is delightful and rly Adds to the performance

baby lwj is really just conceal dont feel dont let them know u have EMOTIONS (derogatory)

jiang cheng rly went "why dont.u go play with HIM if u like him so much"

jc and wwx have big BIG annoying sibling energy dont think too hard abt it or youll cry

lotus pier is soo pretty :((((((((((((((((

up until episode 13 you could think this could be a magical ancient chinese gays pride n prejudice w swords and shenanigans ................youre just not prepared for the game of thrones of it all

seriously ha ha ha i cried so much w this show my eyes genuinely swelled up . like. physically. fun timez fun timez

that being said, its hilarious that wen xu goes to cloud recesses like 'come out or ill kill all these hostages' and then DOESNT WAIT FOR AN ASWER AND KILLS THEM ALL IMMEDIATELY. do u know how blackmail works sir

would like to make it recorded that from day one i was like 'CALL A GODDAMN CULTIVATION G20 THIS ASSHOLE SECT IS LITERALLY MASSACRING YALL!!' and it took them like 3 or 4 massacres to do anything and they STILL sent their heirs into their territory LIKE

when wwx cites the gusu lan rules to wen chao tho. that rebel/attention whore/cutie pie 'look lan zhan i DID memorize the rules after all' ‘also a big fuck you to the wen sect :D :D’ sweet spot that scene achieves . delicious

all the cultivator young masters being petty af even though they are practically prisoners at the cave is hilarious and i love them

hurt and comfort + gay mistunderstandings + watsonian gay declaration music + accidental evil acquisition! at the cave (2)

its like where do i start? the fact theyre both trapped and kind of heavily injured inside an isolated cave with a murder turtle? wwx gay panicking lwj into coughing up bad blood? lwj being jealous as wwx babbles abt mianmian? telling him he shouldnt play with people and wwx saying he never played him? wwx going Oh. I See what is happening. YOU like mianmian, and lwj absolute done face ??? (iconic) wwx touching the sacred married ribbon Again? the telepathic communication? the sword? WEI WUXIAN ASKING LAN WANGJI TO SING TO HIM AS HE IS PASSING OUT AND LWJ SINGING HIM. THE SONG. HE WROTE. FOR WWX. AND THAT HE CALLED. THEIR SHIP NAME????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

they are SO insufferable pleeeeease

in the words of my friend 1 : “CQL is so gay we were all amazed how it got past the censors Ofc unfortunately it can't be novel level gay But they did their best And we love them for it”

in the theme of songs THIS OST. WUJI HAS BEEN LIVING IN MY MIND RENT FREE SINCE I FIRST HEARD IT the whole ost is so so sO beautiful.

the costuming in this is also soooo exquisite. the embroidery? the fabrics? the details? how every sect and clan has a distinct style and architecture? (also ik they based each off of dif periods in chinese history which is REALLY fucking cool) just chefs kiss

the direction too!. i enjoy the unusual camera movements and i think they give it that Vibe, also their composition is PARTICULARLY good when it comes to telling the subtext through position of camera/position of character (like nhs off to the side in scenes he at first glance doesnt need to be/ how lwj is often centered when hes Jealous Yearning at wwx being affectionate w other ppl, wwx return from burial mounds etc)

ik madam yu is like Badass Milf Check and shes not getting any mom of the year awards but im delighted at how messy she is. IMAGINE that woman on tiktok

you better have enjoyed gay cave (2) bc its Just Pain from here on out!

jiang fengmian and madame yu win the Most Dramatic Way to show they do care about each other, actually ..... ever :)

i thought jiang yanli jiang cheng and wei wuxian forcing themselves to escape yunmeng barely holding on after their parents are killed was going to be the height of pain in this show. ha.

the family dynamics in general on this showwwww, both blood/ adopted/ found families, brotherly bonds and lifelong friendships just. rly. truly. fucked me up. theyre all so important and complicated and well rounded and beautiful and tragic

and beyond being a Win For the Gays im so glad the relationships w wwx and jiang yanli/ wen qing were NOT changed from platonic bc they are so much better like that imo. like maybe if we didnt Live In A Society it wouldnt be so, but the fact wwx and others can love and value them so much and theres nothing romantic or sexual abt it is like. so refreshing. especially @ jyl, with the way he and jc are overprotective of her and shes such a nurturing/care taker figure for them, it would just not vibe as well if they made it romantic

i love that this is a story abt Wei Wuxian, the Yiling Patriarch aka Actual Satan/Boogey Man/Village With/Public Enemy Number One , my dude is literally a necromancer who only dresses in black and has evil smokey black tendrils wafting out of him, but the really edgy one is still jiang cheng, pastel purple fashion icon

and speaking of best/worst siblings wei wuxian and jiang cheng *immediately starts crying*

The Golden Core Transfer i just. no thots only tears

wen qing and wen ning putting themselves in so much danger just.... to help them. wn saving jc from wen chao. wq finding a way to get wwx to transfer his core. like thinking about the monumental work these two did to help wwx and jyl and jc... jyl trying so fucking hard to be strong and keep on moving and giver her little brothers comfort after losing everything... jiang cheng. losing his parents and his home and his ability to do anything abt it and his complete desperation and lack of self worth and turning on them with agression when he didnt realize all that they did for him ... hhhhhhhhhhhhh

me, pointing at the whole cast “i just LOVE them mom!!!”

its sad tho, that BARELY ANY of the women have like.... actual important conversations let alone relationships with each other at all in the story. and like wq and jyl have stayed at the same place for extended periods of time, where wq actively took care of her TWICE, and still! not one measly convo, nothing! ................ .𝓌ₕᵧ

everyone in this show need a good sip of Self Worth and Stop Sacrificing Yourself juice

ngl the sword flying looks very dumb

“a-cheng, please bring a-xian back.” “i will, i promise.” ;-;

the whole calling each other by the More Intimate Version of the name, first as teasing and later as true intimacy. mmmhmmm yes

untamed where everythings the same but wwx evil flute song is eoeo

related that scene when wwx comes back from the burial mounds for the first time w demonic cultivation and he acts all formal and calls lwj hanguang-jun and keeps being evasive and distant and mean and soooooo................. facetious

and how hes kind of desperately trying to keep intense lwj at bay (A FIRST) and avoiding actually talking to either of them and its all tension ughhh and then he MOCKS his and lwjs relationship, he jokes w him in this like... mean echo of their usual ~banter~ oof

and like!!! uncertain but so relieved jc who just HUGS him w no reservations for once and its not like he isnt just as worried as lwj abt wwx and what hes doing, but he chooses in that moment to enjoy getting him back first and mmhmMMMmMm yes (maybe my favorite scene in the whole show? MAYBE SO. )

highkey hurt me but also. i might be into mean wwx. i will take no criticism.

lan zhans sad eyes tho :(((((((((

on one hand i wish we could have seen what happened at the burial mounds but on the other the timeskip adds so much flair to his return so im hnnn

also i love that hes been missing for 3 months reappears kinda melancholic and bloodthirsty and knowing malign tricks and jc is like 'so. are u sad bc of lan wangji'

when ur bae survived the war but he thinks ur evil/ might be evil so you cant kiss :///

hmmm talking at the rooftop under the moonlight not mentioning everything that stands between usssss

they are the two jades of lan and we’ll be the two heroes of yunmeng is the type of line u dont even need to know whats gonna happen to know thats gonna be sad

when they fight wen ruoshan at the nightless city i thought that was the battle we see at the first ep and its not and its so easy and theyre all like ‘yayy we won go wwx!’ i was just. SCREAMS WHAT is gonna HAPPEN

so like. post burial mounds/sunshot campaign pre yiling patriarch wwx is like. ultra arrogant, ultra mocking, peak lil shit and it gave me e v e r y t h i n g i wanted

even tho having the wen prisoners at the targets at phoenix mountain and still having wwx and jzx shooting the arrows was???? so.... tone deaf

wwx: fucking w demonic energy jyl: he has never done anything wrong in his life, ever <3 <3 (mood)

the parallels between meng yao/wei wuxian (and even xue yang a bit?) are Seen and they are Valid

wwx post burial mounds: can yall SHUT UP abt the goddamn sword (suibian left the chat)

LIKE truly, we talk abt the angst and yearning with wangxian. but what abt wwx and suibian. xianbian / xianqing angst and comfort 100k

take a shot everytime someone coughs up blood

zidian is simply the coolest spiritual weapon rip to suibian and chenqing and bichen and sendou and baixa........ but tis the truth

cons: everyones families died in a nightmare war! everyones homes burned to the ground! everyone is traumatized! pros: everyone gets cooler clothes and weapons!!

wen ning and a-yuan and yanli bestest babes squad dont touch me rn

everyone: brooding and fighting wq and jyl: why dont you try some acupunture/drinking some soup and calm down huh? how abt that bitch??

showing the battle/massacre at the nightless city first was genius actually bc then everytime we have a cute scene w yunmeng bros and theyre like 'we'll be together forever! uwu' youre like oh. oh no. oh no no no.

justice vs lawfulness vs means and ends 👁

jc: stay in the right path and practice the art of the sword wx: yeah thats not gonna happen chief

my reaction to wwx renouncing to the sect politics to help the wens was just that elmo burning gif in succession

the dramatic rain. wen qing desperately calling out to wen ning. the ghosts/puppets killing the guards. how terrifying wn actually was while wwx was controlling him :( lwj goeing after him to try and stop him and then he just; he Sees him and understands him even if he cant actually do anything about it other than let them go.

“there must be somewhere in this earth we can go to :(((((((((”

"IF I HAVE TO FIGHT THEM, I'D RATHER IT BE YOU. DYING BY YOUR HANDS WOULD AT LEAST BE WORTH IT." oh my god oh my god oh my goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooddddddd

also lwjs umbrella is white w black smoke.. . . nice

yiling patriarch / demonic farming burial mounds settlement is like one of my favorite concepts. they an "EVIL" FARMING COMMUNITY LED BY THE VILLAGE WITCH COME ON

they planted TURNIPS and LOTUS FLOWERS and ONE (1) baby and made lanterns and a common hall :(((((((

wen qing and wei wuxian, baddest bitches and genius science best friends i absolutely LOVED to see it. they rly went ‘is anyone gonna sibling/project partner that’ and didnt wait for an answer

both wwx and jyl getting lotus ponds at the burial mounds and in lanling bc they miss lotus pier ;;;;;;;w

;;;;; wish jyl had actually gone into the burial mounds. we were robbed of jyl and wq meeting again and jyl meeting a-yuan and seeing the settlement and the homes and all ;w; at least jc did go, stab wounds and broken arms and all

wwx like... having thrown his whole life away to help the wens (yeah the sect leaders and jin guangshan in particular wanting his stygian tiger amulet was an Element but still) and not.... necessarily regretting it, but grappling with all of the consequences of it... becoming moody and drepressed at times, missing his family and lotus pier and his friends and probably simply missing being around people and causing trouble, extrovert that he is, lashing out at the wens and at a-yuan, just in general the whole messiness of that experience

the way the resentful energy does affect his temperament is rly nice bc its not too in your face,(i mean outside of the Shaky Hands of Rage) but like he clearly has a much lesser control on his anger and impulsivity (tall order) than both before bm and after hes ressurected

on that note A-YUAN BABIEST BABY BOY BEST BOY

lan zhan being like oh hey there wei ying fancy meeting u and our son here. just passing by u know how it is hmmmmMm and then PLOT TWIST having defied orders to go see him and being punished for it. oof;;

they habent seen each other in like? a year? and now theyre tgt 10 seconds and are already parenting a child together

also lwj rly kneels down in the snow way too much to be healthy

wwx: calm down guyssss i wont lose control of demonic cultivation omgggg . spoiler alert: he loses control of demonic cultivation

did u enjoy cute children? good bc now the Real Pain Begins

jiang yanli and jin zixuan rly out there APROPRIATING both disaster gays AND bury ur gays huh ;w;

i KNEW jin lings birthday was gonna fuck something up but the GASP that left my body when wwx lost control of wn and killed jin zixuan .. . .

im sorry and thank you aaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAaAAAAA

when wen ning and wen qing were telling wwx their plan i was saying NO NO NO NO NO NO out loud in despair

also can we talk abt how wq is definetely talking about only the both of them surrending themselves but then? everyone else just surrenders w them? IT MAKES NO SENSE LIKE WHY WOULD THEY what would be the Point

sometimes there are some pretty gaping jumps in logic and continuity that are just like ? ?

wwx: oh so when you try to murder me its justified but when i survive through dark magic and murder all of you its a "war crime"

unsurprisingly, his most feral, most spiraling moment talking to the sect leaders on the roof and attacking them and even fighting lan zhan is among my favorite scenes... its like, so painful to watch but also so thrilling (and maybe my wen bbs dying arose some resentful energy in me what can i say)

and its JUST, all they ever wanted was to do good but then... war. and trauma. and hubris.

jiang cheng on the ground clearly thorn between what to do and feel is a Mood, lets just say

i was already crying when jyl showed up, but if i wasnt-

i suffered SO MUCH through this series trying to figure out WHY jc would kill wwx. and when i understood. its somehow not as bad as i thought and also MUCH MUCH WORSE

a look into my group chat during the last flashback episodes:

SO ANYWAY. after the BLOOD BATH and RIPPING YOUR HEART OUT and FEEDING IT TO YOU the untamed goes ‘ayy back to the present!! tu du dud ud du’

literally it ends a quarter into an episode and then KEEPS GOING i had to pause and stare blankly at the ceiling for an hour

babie cultivators and detective soulmates . i do need some cute after All of That

(not that the pain is over LOL)

lwj is significantly less emotionally repressed in the present and its delightful. hes just ALL IN with wwx. and not just in the ‘i would and have killed various men and risked my reputation for you’ but also ‘ur tired here have a drink i brought it up cause i know u like it and it want you to be happy, always’

“when everyone praised me and wanted my power, you were the only one that challenged me. now that everyone hates me and wants me dead, youre the only one that stands by my side.” hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

and just filling in the blanks how lan zhan searched for him. for all of those 16 years he searched for him and was punished for it and raised a-yuan, the only survivor of the burial mounds settlement, as his own in gusu......

and jiang cheng. being the tough love uncle . having raised the yunmeng jiang clan from the rubble all alone, his whole family dead, some of it on the blame of his own brother, his siblings, his closest friends gone.......and only jin ling there needing his guidance.

THE PARALLEL BETWEEN JIN LING BEING A LIFELINE FOR JIANG CHENG AND A-YUAN FOR LAN WANGJI AFTER THE BATTLE AT THE NIGHTLESS CITY

great now i made myself sad

and like . the fact! that lwj and jc dislike each other!!. jc projects blame onto him for wwx both “leaving” him and indirectly causing their families deaths and when hes so consumed by it he makes wwx an enemy, lwj is there now? trying to protect him?? and lwj, who can never understand the pain that wwx , indirectly or not put jc through, but who was right there when jc tried to kill him and will never allow him to hurt wwx again. and how they like. in a way project blame of their tragedies onto each other while dealing with some type of survivor guilt and in their own way still loving wwx through it all??? amd in way its kind of fundamentally selfish but also tragically understandable? and like when u put it against the fact that after he disappears during the sunshot campaign they were looking for him together and fought together??

JUST. THE CHARACTERS. AND THE RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS. MAN. UGH. GOD.

and like i think thats what makes it so good? its such a sad and painful and violent story, edgy even, but its compelling bc at the center of it there are all of these relationships and different types of love and hope and. :( i love it

enough crying lets talk abt wwx sleeping at the jingshi with lwj and wearing his under garment for a minute 🙏

jin ling just has that Was Raised by JC energy tho lmao i love him

babie cultivator squad is the perfect ammount of cute and comedic relief while still bearing the weight? of the narrative in a way, both from sizhui and jin lings existences, and also. like. how do i put this. they feel hopeful? they were born after a war, they came of age at a time of relative peace, they dont hold on so closely to the resentments of their parents/father figures, they are specifically shown as more accepting and open minded. and its like.... Hope for the future

one of the ?? things i love the most is the fact that the main cast are often in situations where theyre hunted/running but they like. never wear disguises... just going around in their gorgeous expensive clan clothes and hair ornaments and distinctive spiritual weapons.... maybe w a straw hat on, just for kicks

wwx teacher 🥺🥺🥺

so this is why its called Yi City Misery huh

a-qing is such. an icon. im so sad. my girl even knew to leave xys dumb self rotting by the road but no one listens to her thats why theyre all dead or sad

her and xue yang measuring each other up was so entertaining lmao

its the funniest thing when hes like. HERES MY SAD STORY. FOR WHY IM A SADISTIC MURDERER. I BROKE MY HAND ONCE.

like ok someone broke his hand in a horrible way, and like Poverty, i get it but also like.......... that lost the brunt of a proper sob story like, 50 sadistic murders ago bby

and i love that xingchen does not entertain that for a second hes like ‘not ?????? good enough???’ and the best thing is he wasnt even like 'u hadto be the bigger person' or sth but ' well then break that dudes hand back, rip his arm off for i care, what do the rest of us have to do w anything???”

anjo sensato :(

xue yang is like..... the sexy sadistic evil version of a himbo..... a meanbo...

the fucked upness of xy’s feelings for xxc/ xxc and sl feelings for each other... like my dude literally gave his bf HIS EYES. and xy getting so attached to xxc .... the fucked up fake domesticity.... having him hurt sl..... then desperately trying to bring him back ...................... oof

song lan........... literally had his eyes AND tongue removed, his bfs eyes put in place, was almost killed, turned into a puppet by his bf unknowingly, manipulated by xy, sees his bf killing himself in despair.... and STILL finds the strenght to get up from there, and keep on traveling and helping people and attempting to fix xxcs soul.......... like, my man. damn.

wangxian looking at songxiao and seeing an Actually more painful parallel for themselves. ft. that Color Coding.

THE A-YUAN/SIZHUI REVEAL PUNCHED ME IN THE HEART but in a good way for a change

should have know that he would be the Best Boy the cute one w all the braincells

the butterfly AND the bunny lantern. i see how it is

u know is very convenient that no one can see the stark black veins on wen nings neck, ever

BAT WEN NING

wns face when lwj comes into wwx room like ‘:0 omg did u two finally get your shit together? good for you master wei good for u’

(they didnt) (yet)

DISASTER DRUNK LWJ. JUST. THRUST SOME CHICKENS TO SHOW UR RESSURECTED BAE THAT U LOVE THEM.

i have absolutely no idea WHY they gave lwj the same punishment for fighting his own sect/allies to protect the burial mounds as when they got drunk on cloud recess class days.... like? its such a ... emotional continuity error again

also is lwj gonna get an actual friend besides wwx , ever

mianmian marrying and having a family and a cute life after saying FUCK U AND UR SYSTEM TOO in a much less unhinged and dramatic way than wwx......... fills me w joy

also lol the idea that like. her husband not knowing that shes friends w satan/the boogey man/the village witch is hilarious

i love nie mingjue bc hes the resident Though Guy but also the most dramatic bitch in this show and thats Saying Something

jin ling cant have one uneventful relative can he

the fact that everyone present already knew “mo xuanyu” was wwx at the stairs is so funny, their faces are like ‘oh............ wow. that. sure is a development. shock”

in the tradition of extremely loud whispers wwx tells lwj with twelve guards standing like one meter away from them: HEY PSH LAN ZHAN PRETEND IM FORCING YOU TO STAY W ME DO IT

oh my god oh my god

the absolute Yearning on his face when he leaves wwx and a-yuan at the burial mounds and refuses to stay for dinner was already Enough but the fact?? they brought it back?? to this declaration of love?? their expressions??????? strike me dead right now just go ahead

lFor Legal Reasons We Cant Kiss but we will have a very sappy declaration of love and trust and look at each other in way that is the actualization of 💞💘💗💖💓💘💞💗💖💘💗💖💕💞

also icb all the sect leaders and guards are standing there watching them say they like like each other with a dozen swords pointing at their neck

i enjoyed the depiction of the fickle public perception and how easily it can be used to scapegoat people. when the sect leaders turn on jgy and wwx knows thats its more for convenience than anything else...

poor lxc is literally like 'oh so when YOUR problematic boyfriend gets called evil its a misunderstanding but when its MY problematic bf-'

ok like i cant get over nmj let jgy play a song that messed with his temperament at all, like maN u KNEW he might be shady wth

wwx: “hey dont say anything bad abt lan zhan hes not an arrogant dick, thats just his face.

ME ON THE OTHER HAND"

the cultivators as wwx is poking holes in their narrative is literally *nazaré meme*

"wei wuxian-!" "what did i break your leg, too?" not to be problematic but i laughed so hard

not as hard as "you dont have the rank to talk to me " tho

i Enjoy that, over the course of story, wwx sees that... theres nothing truly to Do, but move on. he saw how his arrogance and his mistakes hurt others, and hes trying to fix what he can, but he already did die for his mistakes and there are things he cant fix and that's. just how it is. even towards jgy, the narrative doesn't go gleefully and completely with "lets make THEM pay bc theyre the big bad" bc its not that simple, and it wouldn't lead anywhere but more pain...

re him and jiang cheng and the wens and kinda. isnt that what nhs did? scheming to displace jgy out of revenge more than any justice and doing so in the most painful way?

idk if that actually makes sense im truly just babbling

i thought the scene at the lotus pond would be CUTE but the context was PAIN again

jiang cheng finding out about his golden core and his conflict with wwx at the guanyin temple .... destroyed me but in a nice way kinda.... same way it destroys him look at his face oh god

and. the fact??? he sacrificed himself for wwx?? first?? and he'll probably never tell anyone much less wwx???? keeps me up at night

i havent decided if the neckbreak transition between jgy does sth super Evil or does he he does OR Does He yes he does O R does heeeee is sth i dislike or not

jin guangyao and wei wuxians most interesting parallel is that... theyve both seen 'hmm hey this system is fucked up' and wwx went 'so fuck it all i will renounce it and challenge it' and jgy went 'so fuck it i will use all of it to my advantage and manipulate it to my goals and whims'

the fact jgys mom was actually great and he loved her and his whole issue w it was more than simply being ashamed of being a bastard kinda got me ngl

never trust a dude with a fan.

nhs and jgy: the first rule to a convoluted and decades spanning violent revenge plot is to have fun and be yourself!

when a-yuan finally FINALLY remembers ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; wen ning has someone in his family back and a-yuan has someone to talk abt his wen family and wwx has him back bc he survived and lwj raised him anD HES THEIR SON. THEYRE MARRIED AND HAVE A SON. UGH.

and theyre allowed to heal. everyone is allowed to try and recover and be happy

netflix put all of the 3 endings on top of each other and it looks kinda weird actually BUT I DONT EVEN MIND :’’’’’’’’’)

the gasp that left me when lwj says ‘wei ying’ and wwx turns.........

there was also a screen with ‘thank you mxtx for creating these characters, we hope their wishes come true’ and i might. have cried then too. maybe.

that was . a ride. as is proven by this behemot of a ramble clearly i just really needed and Outlet. i am currently trying to convince dumb monkey brain to not consume the other medias of mdzs immediately bc i REALLY need to like. live. a life. and take care of real responsibilities. *longest oh boi ever*

#m.#ANYWAY #ENOUGH TALKING #THIS IS SO LONG #LOL #but whatever this is MY performative journaling i do what i want #rambling impressions abt what i watch is a thing i do now? apparently??#cql #untamed #the untamed #fun fact that chat is named 'k keeps on babbling abt the untamed' and it STILL wasnt enough #also it took me 15 episodes to realize lwj was yibo #IT WAS V SHOCKING #i did not recognize him at a l l #but in retrospect he WAS the perfect choice

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zelgadis55 · 4 years ago

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Chapters: 17/? Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Family - Relationship Characters: Michelangelo (TMNT), April O'Neil, Donatello (TMNT), Leonardo (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT) Additional Tags: Literature, fan fiction, Horror, TMNT, Family, Family Drama, Family Feels, End of the World, Chibi, Accident, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse Summary:

Sekai no Owari

Ch 17

Mikey froze as the once-hidden memory came unbidden once more.

Watching initially zombie movies and then other monster movies had been a coping mechanism, allowing him to deal with what he'd seen.

The real thing being as bad as it was, it was only by watching the cheesy B grade movies with their plastic monsters, fake blood and bad special effects that had allowed him to move past it. The fakeness of it all and lack of smell had allowed him to relegate that child he'd found to a portion of his mind where it merged in with all the make-believe horror and allowed him to mostly sleep at night. Though he still awoke occasionally to terrible nightmares months and indeed years after, he could never remember the details or where they'd come from and he'd eventually forgotten all about it.

Until Donnie brought it up, not realising he'd blissfully forgotten.

Though he'd never realised, his brothers, at their father's behest, had stopped talking about their grisly find around him soon after the incident, not wanting to traumatise him further. It was no wonder Mikey had always been hesitant to kill if he could at all avoid it.

As if in a dream, Mikey moved to pick up the still clacking away decapitated head by the hair. As it tried continually to helplessly bite at him, he stared into its face, watching as it morphed into the face from his memory and he began to shake.

"Mikey, I'm done here. That head is the last one," April called over, kicking the last body into the water with a tiresome groan.

With no response to her, April tilted her head at him and slowly walked towards him, "Mikey, come on let's toss it and get inside, I bet our brothers are hungry by now and Raph is probably screaming up a storm."

Taking a breath, she grabbed the head, then speared it with the sai before he could do anything and threw it behind her into the water. "Let's get inside, Mikey. Now," she demanded, heading towards the door.

His gaze followed the bobbing head until it floated out of sight around the bend. Then slowly, he followed after her,

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11308482/chapters/76619390 or

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12544844/17/Sekai-no-Owari

#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #mikey #michelangelo #april o'neil #donnie #donatello #leo #leonardo #baby raph #zombie apocolypse au

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theuntamednarrator · 4 years ago

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Pick your trope game

got tagged by @gingersnapwolves (hello! and thank you awkward turtle 🐢)

slow burn or love at first sight // fake dating or secret dating // enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers // there’s only one bed or long-distance correspondence // hurt/comfort or amnesia // fantasy au or modern au (not to copy but totally depends on the series! for the untamed though modern aus) // mutual pining or domestic bliss (although I’ve recently read a bunch of delightful modern aus that were domestic bliss with mutual pining with accidental baby acquisition and boy oh boy is that the good stuff) // smut or fluff // canon-compliant or fix-it // reincarnation or character death // one-shot or multi-chapter // kid fic or road trip fic // arranged marriage or accidental marriage // high school romances or middle-aged romance // time travel or isolated together // neighbors or roommates // sci-fi or magic au (again depends on the series! but imho you can’t go wrong with a story in space) // body swap or genderbent // angst or crack // apocalyptic or mundane

but honestly? i am absolutely not picky about tropes or ships. if the writing is good i will read pretttly much anything \(^.^)/

tagging my usual victims @trensu, @elvencantation, @dying-redshirt-noises

#thank you for the tag!#tag!#theuntamednarration #i hope the awkward turtle reference is okay #it made me laugh on the original post XD

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sampson-knight · 4 years ago

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Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Family - Relationship Characters: Michelangelo (TMNT), April O'Neil, Donatello (TMNT), Leonardo (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT) Additional Tags: Literature, fan fiction, Horror, TMNT, Family, Family Drama, Family Feels, End of the World, Chibi, Accident, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Zombie Apocalypse Summary:

The world as they knew it has gone to ruins. The shadows, once their greatest allies, now harbour threats so great it's safer to risk walking in daylight, and Mikey and April will do anything to keep what remains of their family safe; even if it means abandoning home and everything they knew. This story is AU and a collaboration between sampsonknight and Zelgadis55. ------------------------------------------------------------- Sekai no Owari An eerie silence loomed menacingly in the air, attempting to drown them as they sifted through the trashed store.

Shivering slightly, though not from the cold of the late spring afternoon, April lifted a dented can up towards the shaky flashlight she had propped in her mouth. Dust and stains covered the can's surface and she winced at the faded wording, wishing the water which leaked from the roof didn't consume this part of the room. All they needed in these hard times were rusted cans that could contaminate the precious food inside.

The brisk wind blowing outside only hindered her, aggravating her nerves to a whole new level of paranoia as her free hand clenched tighter on Raphael's spare sai.

Lingering by the end of the same aisle, Michelangelo nervously peeked around the corner at the smashed glass door even as he listened to April's movements behind him.

A part of him wanted nothing more than to help April with her desperate search but someone needed to keep watch; things were simply too dangerous to do otherwise these days and none of his brothers had been available to join them on their hunt. In fact, he was still in shock over the fact that Leonardo had allowed the two of them to go out alone. Usually, whenever anyone left the lair nowadays, it had to be with a minimum of three in case they ran into trouble and someone was hurt. That way, at least one of the group could defend them while the other helped whoever had been injured.

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#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #fanfic #horror #zombie apocolypse au #Mikey #April #sekai no owari

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ao3feed-tmnt2k12 · 3 years ago

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we'll pass it on to you, we'll give the world to you

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/u4cjK9i

by This_world_of_beautiful_monsters

Letters from four fathers to a daughter.

Prompt: Joy

Title taken from the song Dear Theodosia by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

This fic is Anti-Earn It Act. Also, can everyone please reblog/tweet/otherwise share this post to inform people in Ukraine about available evacuation procedures to Poland. And maybe check out this petition for Breonna Taylor?

Words: 2568, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 31 of Multiamory March 2022

Fandoms: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - All Media Types, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Michelangelo (TMNT), Raphael (TMNT), Donatello (TMNT), Leonardo (TMNT), Casey Jones (TMNT), April O'Neil (TMNT), Shinigami (TMNT), Karai (TMNT), Spike | Slash (TMNT), The Mutanimals, Original Child Character(s)

Relationships: Donatello/Leonardo/Michelangelo/Raphael (TMNT), Donatello & Casey Jones & Leonardo & Michelangelo & April O'Neil & Raphael (TMNT), Donatello & Karai & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael (TMNT), Donatello & Karai & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael & Shingami (TMNT), Donatello & Leonardo & Michelangelo & Raphael & Original Child Character(s)

Additional Tags: Epistolary, Past Experimentation, Kidfic, Foursome - M/M/M/M, Medical Experimentation, Science Experiments, Unethical Experimentation, Turtlecest (TMNT), Implied Sexual Content, Multiamory March, Multiamory March 2022, Fluff, Light Angst, Family Relationships - Freeform, Found Family, Babies, Cute, Parenting, Accidental Baby Acquisition, well sort of, mentions of sick kids, Family Fluff, Family Feels, Team as Family, Turtles as Dads, all dads, Grief/Mourning, Recovery, Healing, Trauma, Humor, Love

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/u4cjK9i

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #teenage mutant ninja turtles

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mikialynn · 8 years ago

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2016 Reflection

I turned twenty-six this year--strode past that quarter century mark in what really is turning out to be an ever-hastening pace forward. Recognizing that I'm still young and should be focused on enjoying my present instead of getting nostalgic over it, I do think that age, growing up and defining "adulthood" were major themes of this year that can't be ignored. It feels like I've hit a second round of awkward pubescent years--the adultweeens. It's as if I had a major growth spurt into my mid/late twenties and am now expected to know how to embody this oversized and uncomfortable role. Obviously I don't. And obviously many of my peers don't. We commezirate over being expected to take on adult responsibilities while still feeling like we're college kids. However, despite what I think is clearly a fact that we're not adults, I have friends who are getting married and having babies! I've been a bridesmaid three times! We're children playing this adult version of house. It's surreal.

It is true that I am at least more adult than I have ever been, but that's not saying much. I can now comfortably cook chicken without worrying that it'll turn out raw, but all my sauces and pastes are still premade. I do my taxes, but it still feels as new and stressful as the first time everytime (and for the most part I just email friends for help). I'm en route to a master's degree, yet I've never held a job for more than one year and my largest investment is still my laptop.

I've also seen a change in how people react to me--how the world is labeling me even though I haven't really changed. Before, when I'd say my age or talk about what I'm doing, I could read their faces: How sweet and exciting! Such potential. So much ahead of her. Now I see a much more muted reaction: Oh okay twenty-six, not a kid then. I see, you do environmental management. Do I? How does one do environmental management? I apply for one to two year gigs. I make new friends and fall in love. I travel. I learn about my world and myself. That's what I do. I like to think about society and the environment and what can be done to improve our relationship. But so far that's not what I do. I have absolutely no idea what kind of job I want to have. Or where I want to live. Or how I could ever be satisfied with a 9 to 5 job that wasn't just a temporary situation.

I guess that's the major tension of this year. I can see that I am reaching a point where certain important decisions about lifestyle and career often happen, but I'm reluctant to make decisions that have long-term effects. As far as I can tell, growing up seems to mean a loss of flexibility. I'm just not ready for that.

But there are consequences to my resistance that I struggle with. My parents are getting older and are not in their best health. It makes seense to be home in Hawaii to take care of them. But selfishly, I wish it wasn't at that point yet. I wish I had a few more years to travel and live freely. And relationships--how many am I going to end because I refuse to live somewhere based on secure jobs rather than interesting locations? When will the benefits of my lifestyle be outweighed by the losses I suffer from not staying within one community and building on the relationships I already have in those places?

If I think on these things--especically on my parents--than I do get a little overwhelmed. For the most part though, I'd say it's been a good year. It's been a full year of not having to make any hard decisions. I sense that I'm in an important transition, but for at least this year, I have been able to enjoy just being at this stage. All I had to do was do work for my classes, say yes to social events that were just handed to me, and get to know this dude with a beard--all very enjoyable things.

So let's go through the highlights. Technically I started the year off single, though I'd been talking with Esteban a bit and had gone out on a date. I remember the start of the year being very exciting. I had settled into schoolwork at Duke and was feeling good about the continued ease of doing well in my classes. January had a bit of drama, which I would have never voluntarily stepped into. It culminated at Winter Formal, and ended with a sweet walk to the Duke water retention pond where Esteban and I cleared the air and I accidentally almost spoiled Christmas for a little girl by declaring loudly that Santa wasn't real.

In January I also visited Mexico City with Ani and his friends. We officially stayed in separate hostels and did a very mature, civilized trip as just friends. It was harder for him post-trip though, so I think I realized I needed to cut back on communication after that. I visited him and Sojung one last time in DC over the summer before they both (funnily enough, as they can't stand each other) headed to Rwanda for new jobs. The next highlight was my Puerto Rico trip with Barb. It was fun driving around the island, seeing a biolumenescent bay, and making memories with Barb. I realized she is definitely a forgetful traveler (eg having to unscrew a locker to get to her keys for the lock she'd locked the locker with), but she's probably the closest friend I'll take away from Duke.

I also got my top choice for my master's project and summer internship. I am working with the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association to prioritize parcel acquisition for green space and upstream green infrastructure retrofits with Mahima, an excellent partner and one of my favorite people at Duke. For my intership, I was assigned the Urban Water intern with The Nature Conservancy. While the summer job didn't turn out great--I was given vague direction to research storwater in North Carolina and I wasn't sure how to best do, and I also didn't have the best relationship with my supervisor--overall the organization let me do fun conferences and outdoors activities and I had a great impression of them.

Also over the summer I traveled to India with Esteban. I hadn't expected to do such a big trip over the summer, but his push for India got me to plan for it. It was nice to see the balance of our two travel desires result in that trip. He wanted to see a lot of places, but I knew it wasn't feasible without planning. However, he also stopped me from planning too much so we'd still have the flexibility to find our hostels and short-distance transport when we were there. The trip was also kind of a make it or break it for us in my mind. Prior to the trip, we'd had a difficult coversation where I realized we were not on the same page about the relationship and I very nearly ended it. Unfortunately going into the New Year that conversation is still something that lingers with me, but for the most part I think we've grown a lot closer since then. And yes, we did survive the trip! We hiked across living root bridges, rode camels in the desert, hiked in the himalayas, and braved the crowds of Delhi and Mathura. Other summer highlights include deciding to take a hip hop dance class at Ninth Street Dance Studio, switching to a bike as my mode of transport, and the cultural phenomenon of Pokemon Go. Also, my sister got married and I was her maid of honor! And lastly, communication with Ani basically dropped to zero by the time I left for India and he moved to Rwanda.

My second year at Duke was a little different than the first. Both Barb and I had boyfriends, so we weren't at home as often and have had some problems making time for each other. We did a hip hop class together though! We also had two new roommates-both first years. I felt a little bad about not being as present with them as they may have liked for a nice home dynamic, but in the end I just didn't have enough time. Classes plus the MP, boyfriend, and a host of new hobbies (working out more regularly, hip hop with Barb and Blues dance with Esteban, and some of Esteban's hobbies like Magic The Gathering) kept me busy enough to just add on the occassional social event. But I was fine with that--I naturally only invest in a few key people and my studies after the initial excitement of a new environment wears off.

On the note of studies, it's been interesting. I definitely enjoy certain classes like my geospatial anaysis and statistics classes, but I always wonder how much I'll actually use those skills outside of school. I know they're good so that I can be conversant in them even if I don't take on those technical roles, but sometimes I wonder if I'm choosing the right classes. Maybe I should have focused more on business, finance or policy? Or strictly on some fun science like marine biology? It's so hard to know. The future is a complete mystery to me. I'm struggling to envision a job that allows me the lifestyle I want and that is also related to the issues I find most compelling. Unfortunatly, it sometimes feel like the two just don't go together.

Currently I'm in Mexico City staying with Esteban's family to celebrate New Years and his dad's birthday. Before this we were in Hawaii for over two weeks. I could have gone with my Princeton friends to Kenya and Tanzania for our first college friends getaway, but the pricetag was too high for my current situation. It's a bit sad seeing them posting photos, but I feel like I've grown more distant from my college friends this past year than every before. There's a certain level of maintaining appearances and intellectual competitiveness with that crowd that sometimes just overwhelms me. It's a bit sad, but I also feel like I'm settling into myself this year. Settling into my interests, my hobbies and the type of people I like to surround myself with.

Anyway, the trip is going reall well! Hawaii involved visiting grandma, hiking to lava, seeing manta rays, whales and tons of fishies, fishing, swimming with turtles and doing pretty hikes. It was also a lot of family time, including sleeping over at both my sister's and brother's, tagging along on Joe and his new girlfriend (Trisa's) marathon, and moving fish feed bags. So far in Mexico we've stayed at his grandma's house, I've gotten to know his mother, younger brother, and a few uncles, aunts and cousins. I'm currently at his father and stepmother's place, and am gradually getting to know them. There have been a lot of fun similarities between our families--sweet mothers that both frustrate us, brothers with new girlfriends who haven't seen Star Wars, dogs with cones who keep liking themselves, issues with water and electricity. There will be a few more days of family festivities and then it'll turn into more tourist activities. Being unable to participate in a number of situations because I can't speak Spanish has been frustrating at times--especially since I like to make good impressions--but I think things are settling into an alright routine.

So the year has been overall really enjoyable. I've got to travel again, which always makes me feel excited about life. I definitely feel more mature, though I'm not at the stage I think some might expect of me at this age. Next year will probably involve some big decisions, so I'm just going to enjoy this next semester as much as possible. For the first time, I really have no idea what might happen next. I don't have a fellowship telling me where to live. I don't have a scholarship forcing me to go back to school (or at least I don't think it makes sense to pursue the PhD right now). I can live anywhere. I can do anything. It's pretty exciting.

In summary, I think the reality is I'm perfectly on track. No rush. I'm just going to enjoy the phase of life I'm in. Just what to do about my parents?

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