#actually so is hippo to be fair

[diazsdimples]

The way I SNORTED at this. The tragedy of having this as my husband's surname and having IBS is that we're never truly sure which Garlic(k) has caused me [redacted]

[natigail]

DnP playing a drinking board game with liquorice and soups should not be that hilarious. Just!! I had to pause the video approximately twice a minute just to take in the next hilarious thing that they said. SO many innuendos. Phil doing it on purpose for sure, glint in his eye as he was watching with glee as Dan struggled to consume liquorice, not even stopping when Dan tried to wave him off. Dan the cougar with the animal print and Phil with the blond hair, blue eyes combo. Getting use out of their left-over New Years cups. Repeat of Phil really struggling with soups (they are evil when lumpy and cold, Phil, I feel for you). Dan's hatred for liquorice (though that drink must have been toxic levels, so fair for that but not the salted liquorice because that's also a loved sweet here in Denmark as well as Sweden). Phil handing Dan the black piece instantly and choosing blue for himself. The mug with the whiskers (deep nostalgia). All of the little mini games where they're fighting so intensely, stumbling over their words and almost spilling drinks. The banana video censored and Dan hiding behind the board game packaging. Dan joking if Phil slept with the bearded ginger and Phil's lil shut up huffed out through laughter. Dan comparing himself to a hippo needing a bird to pick out stuff between his teeth, TILTING his head jokingly towards Phil as if he should be the bird and just go to town (no words for this, they are insane!). The secret draft thing (birthday related?)! The Phil can't have chocolate, so don't make that type of cake pls, mum. The sheer drama of their dice rolling and Phil threatening to leave or stick some authority on Dan about seven times. Phil being so brave and actually drinking that horrible concoction (though Dan protecting the sealz <3). The little iPhone videos put in, clearly of them just fumbling around. The sheer laughter and smiling and joy that was all throughout the video, even as they were suffering with their drinks/foods. They are just so gay and I don't even dare tally up all of the innuendos. I feel like I need an immediate rewatch. They are just so entertaining and funny and feeling themselves and it's contagious and I love them and they've come so far and this is the longest sentence ever but that's okay because none of this is meant to be pretty or nice, it's meant to just express my love for these two insane dorks that have made videos for us for like 15 years at this point. Anyway, I'm clearly completely chill. Great video, guys.

[moutainrusing]

hippo

420 words, @wolfstarmicrofic

“Why are hippogriffs called hippogriffs when they’re a combination of an eagle and a horse, not a hippo and a griffin?” Peter frowned at his Care of Magical Creatures homework.

Sirius threw his head back in boredom. “Wormy, is that even part of the homework?”

“Well… no, but—”

“Then why are you asking!” Sirius was impatient for multiple reasons. Remus had only agreed to snog him after they finished their homework, and Peter was taking forever. And that was only two reasons, but it felt like multiple.

“Because,” Peter huffed. “I’m curious, and now I can’t concentrate.”

“To be fair,” James chimed in, “That happens to me too. Like, sometimes I notice something, and I can’t think about anything else until the question’s answered.”

Sirius rolled his eyes, but listened to James. “Moony! Answer the question!”

Remus looked up from the book he was reading (for fun, because he’d finished all his homework so why couldn’t they just snog) and smirked, “Is the curiosity killing you too, Pads? Really want to know why a hippogriff is called a hippogriff? Can’t focus on anything else?”

Sirius glared. “Just answer the question.”

Remus smiled, “Well, previously, you were mocking Wormtail’s need to know the answer, so the fact that you’re desperate now is kind of hypocritical—”

“I will punch you into tomorrow, for Merlin’s sake, answer the question,” Sirius interrupted pointedly.

Remus continued to smile amiably, “Will you punch me even if I answer? Because ‘will’ suggests certainty, a definite future action, unalterable—”

“You’re so—” Sirius cut himself off, turning to face Peter instead, “Ask Evans.”

He then turned to Remus, “See, homework’s finished, let’s go,” grabbed Remus’s arm, and hauled him out of his seat, dragging him towards the library exit.

“Oi,” James swung back on his chair, “Where are you two going?”

“To snog!” Sirius yelled back as they crossed the threshold.

Ignoring James’s questions (Who’re they snogging? Is Pads snogging Marlene while Moony snogs Mary? I’m confused, Wormy, who’s snogging?) and Peter’s incredulous head shakes, Remus and Sirius stumbled into the nearest broom closet.

Then, with his mouth, Sirius punched Remus right into tomorrow.

- - -

“And why is hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia a fear of long words, Lily? It starts with ‘hippo’, so shouldn’t it be a phobia of hippos?” Peter asked Lily his millionth question about hippos. At this point, she was actually considering taking up James’s offer to leave the library and go snog each other. To think, she preferred the giant squid over Potter, but Potter over a hippo. Crazy.

[foureyedfella]

☆I've gotten the case of a little art block so I'm sharing my headcanons on what I think the biggest injuries each fighter has had (apart from bring in the ring!)

Glass Joe

☆man what hasn't happened to Joe it's hard to pinpoint his biggest injury 😭 his biggest was probably a combo: twisting his ankle and then falling down the stairs due to said ankle. While trying to get him on a leveled area, Disco Kid and Bear Hugger drop him (butter fingers). Several bones broken and a concussion 😞

Von Kaiser

☆ Prank gone wrong.

☆ His students tried setting up like a Kevin McCallister home alone prank, miscalculated how bad the punching bag would swing, sent Kaiser FLYING-

☆If anyone wonders why the boxing schools' water fountain is snapped off the wall, it was him

☆ Dislocated his jaw, and if he is still or resting he can still feel the lower back pain from the incident 💀

Disco Kid

☆ He was in a paired up dancing competition, and his partner was NOT locked in 🙏

☆ During the climax of the dance, Disco Kid needed to spin mid air and get caught by his partner. His partner did not catch him.

☆Cracked his skull, but was more upset to find out they would have made it to qualifiers if it weren't for the infraction

King Hippo

☆Rogue Coconut.

☆This in itself isn't terrible, but it KEPT happening on the same spot on his noggin.

☆Severe concussion, can still hear the coconut conk when its quiet.

Piston Hondo

☆ He is honestly pretty careful and mindful when doing stuff so he probably has not had anything catastrophic happen to him

☆Unfortunately his carefulness does not account for those around him. He was caught in the Bear Hugger Fishing Fiasco.

Bear Hugger

☆The Fishing Fiasco.

☆Was on a fishing trip with Hondo, decided to try to get all fancy with his cast.

☆To be fair, the motion of his fishing line was cool- unfortunately a badly timed sharp swing while the fishing hook was still swinging behind him sent the hook straight across their backs

☆Both got stitches done

Great Tiger

☆ To the surprise of no one it would be Aran to cause his demise 💀

☆ He was doing an eye coordination test on Aran with his clones, with the goal being that Aran can still spot him after shuffling between the clones.

☆What he did NOT expect was for Aran to just lunge at him AND his clones at once, safe to say he found the real Great Tiger

☆Fractured neck, for the 2 months he wore a neck brace, he made sure to not leave Aran alone about it

Don Flamenco

☆ His heart 😢 por Carmen 😢

☆I'm lying, he was drunk one night doing the bachata on a flimsy table, it quite literally folded on him

☆ Everyone was too drunk to take anyone anywhere, so he just woke up the next morning in agony 😭

Aran Ryan

☆ Tried getting into a classic bar fight like he was back in the grand city of Dublin at the pub, except he's not and he was in America

☆Definitely got shot, but it grazed him so he clowned the guy on his way out for not getting the job done right, passed out after the adrenaline rush

Soda Popinski

☆ Also incredibly drunk one night, decided to put his juggling skills to the test with more and more stupid objects

☆ Curse whoever recommended him knives because he did just that

☆Several hand stitches, claims they're from boxing so he doesn't have to bring up how he actually got them

Bald Bull

☆ Early in his career when he was setting his persona straight, his manager was pretty adamant on having bull tied into it

☆ Did this really need to involve actual charging bulls at him? No, not at all. Was he doing pretty good wrangling them? Yeah honestly but you can only do so much with so many bulls

☆ Got rammed. Broken ribs, and a fired manager

Super Macho Man

☆ Unironically got into a "how much you bench bro" squabble with some other meathead at the gym

☆ He did NOT have the physique he has now so idk what he was thinking actually

☆ Tore his chest muscles, devastated that he ruined his precious pecs 😞

Sandman

☆ Actively chooses to gatekeep this information. Never shares it

☆ (but between you and me, he absolutely snapped his arm in an arm wrestling competition when he was younger.)

☆ It took way too long to heal and it pisses him off when he thinks about it now

☆ Little side note, but the punch out community has been so awesome here, I was surprised to find such a nice community when I started posting you guys have been so awesome 😁

☆ I love that everyone has such differing opinions from eachother and we're all like "👍" I love hearing everyone's headcanons

[llama-sidekick]

My thoughts on the video:

- why is it so in character that Dans first story is enemies to lovers

- I want that heirs of different kingdoms to lovers story now, but good

- yes large enchanted hippo wins

- forbidden love I see what they like in a story now

- what about heirs of different kingdoms to forbidden lovers

- "his prince" 😭 how is Phil so babygirl even in his own fiction

- "best friend" yes we know what thats the code for

- how come Dan gives is mpreg and Phil gives us tragic lovers dying AND HOW IS THAT SO OPPOSITE AND YET SO FITTING TO THEM

- "lets be the chosen one together" actually fair trope I want to write this

- but not like this

- "scared and throbbing" 😭

Please tell me your thoughts I cant tank this on my own

[kaythefloppa]

Wild Kratts: Our Blue and Green World Trailer.

Underneath the cut for those who consider it to be spoilery, but we have a trailer for the one-hour special, Our Blue and Green World, airing April 1st, 2024.

The Kratt brothers disagree on what's better; blue oceans or green forests. Aviva takes on the role of referee to demonstrate how oceans and forests work together to make our living planet, just like Martin and Chris need to keep working together. It's up to the gang to get Martin and Chris back in sync in time to save planet Earth from Zach and Paisley's villainous plans.

This special was first mentioned back in May of 2023 during an interview with Martin Kratt heralding the show's premiere of its 7th season. The original title was Blue and Green: The Living Earth before it was chaned to our Blue and Green World. The episode will feature climates and habitats corresponding with the Kratt's "blue and green." With it, will come the introduction of new Creature Power Suits: The ones we have seen thus far in the trailer are Indri Power, Green Anaconda Power, and Blue Whale Power.

My thoughts:

HOLY SHIT THE BLUE WHALE SUIT

HOLY SHIT THE BLUE WHALE SUIT

HOLY SHIT THE BLUE WHALE SUIT

*calms down.*

Ok but I'm starting to see a weird pattern in the PowerSuits in this season. For some strange reason, they have to retrofit the wearer's mouths to match the ACTUAL anatomy of the animal the suit is based off of. They did it with the Wild Pony and the Mountain Goat Power Suit and both of them were.... ugh. Now they did it with the Blue Whale Suit and to be fair, while I hate that particular feature, it's not enough to make me hate the suit. In fact, I kinda like it more because of how silly it looks (Martin is the perfect person to wear this suit tbh). Still though, I wish they designed it like the Crocodile, Hippo, or Puffin Suit where the giant mouth is simply an attachment that doesn't move while the wearer speaks.

For those who don't know, Indris are the largest species of lemur in the world (alongside Diademed Sifakas). They are the only animals besides humans that can find and use rhythm using "wailing songs" to communicate. They're also critically endangered due to slash and burn of their habitats and poaching for their flesh as delicacies (yeah, very odd that Gourmand isn't here, but I digress). There's an estimate to be less than 10,000 left in the wild and are expected to have a population net decrease by 80% within the next 30 years... yeah, considering that they're endemic to Madagascar, not a very good sign. I didn't even know what an Indri was until reading the article, and if I'm not the only one who had no clue about these guys, it's probably definitely a good sign that they're getting some spotlight in this show.

The Indri Power Suit looks so goofy, but again, something about how silly it looks just makes me appreciate it all the more. I... weirdly expected it to be way bigger like the Puffin Suit, but again that's just me.

I am a huge fan of how they designed the snake-inspired Creature Power Suits in the show. But the Anaconda Creature Power Suit... holy shit.

LOOK AT IT /POS

Look at the markings! Look at the green! Look at the patterns, and the color schemes! Chris FINALLY got a green Creature Power Suit to activate! Our boi won! It's also a pretty clever callback to the Amazon special where Chris met the Anaconda (I really hope the Power Disc for this suit is green because god that would be so aesthetically pleasing).

Ngl, if the old flash games were still on the website, and this was one of the Power Suits I could earn for my character, I'd play it in a heart-beat.

I'm really interested to see the Zach/Paisley team up. This season already started to utilize her better by giving her another solo appearance, and now we're seeing a 1 on 1 team up with her and another villain. I was always gunning for a Paisley/Donita teamup but this works too. They're both very similar characters that can bounce off each other in similar, yet different ways (I actually headcanon that they're related - second cousins to be exact - because of those similarities). The final battle is gonna be kickass.

If you were to tell me without any context at all that this was a screencap from the upcoming WK feature film (that this episode is often mistaken for), I would believe you. Because HOLY SHIT! The linework, the lighting, the hues, AND the shading! I am becoming more and more grateful for the 2-year long hiatus - the animators needed time to cook and they fucking COOKED. For an extended TV episode, this is pretty damn impressive.

People don't talk enough about this, but fun-fact: A lot of the animators of this show had experience working for Disney. Erika Worthylake was one of the artists on this show, doing several beta designs for animals such as wild ponies and salmon sharks. In 2019, she was the lead designer for Anga, one of the new characters in Disney's The Lion Guard (which, much like Wild Kratts, was animated in Toon Boom). Ben Balistreri had collaberated with the Kratt Brothers and Luc Chamberland in 2007 to work on the show's pilot episode, creating several different designs for the animated characters. Ten years later, he became the executive co-producer of Tangled: The Series. Kendal Brouet, who animated A Creature Christmas, worked on The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder in 2022. Just to name a few. It's just a fun little thing that comes up in the back of my mind whenever the topic of WK animation comes up, and this instance of animation is so fucking good that I HAVE to talk about it, because I have MAJOR respect for these guys, and if there were ever moments in the show that remind me "Oh, this slaps," I just remember what these talented artists worked on through the years and it clicks together nicely in my brain.

According to Whrokids, this episode is gonna have a runtime of 58 minutes. I found this screenshot of someone who did far more searching and sleuthing for new episode content (they were the ones who found this trailer actually). I'm not sure how valid this particular screenshot is, but if this is the case, then this will be the longest episode of Wild Kratts in history, and will be the closest thing we get to a Wild Kratts movie (until the actual WK movie is released in theaters).

Fucking. Hyped.

[goferwashere]

PUNCH-OUT!! (Wii) MONSTER AU 🗣️💥

FIGHTING FOR YOUR FUCKING LIFE IN THIS RING. LETS GO 🔥🔥

It’s a bit long so I added a cut 😭 I spent the past three days on this

THIS IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BUT OH LORD I FORGOT HOW MUCH FUN MAKING AU���S IS

ALSO PLEASE PLEASE ADD MORE HC’S AND STUFF IF YOU HAVE ANY

Please just assume that just about every monster on this list comes with super strength unless stated otherwise.

Glass Joe:

Human - Monster Hunter/Boxer

- Wants to retire, but knows that without him some of the more unruly and dangerous monsters would dominate the circuit.

- Not everybody knows that *he’s* the infamous monster killer within the WBVA. Some do, but he doesn’t want it to be common knowledge. He needs the edge of “Poor, weak Glass Joe” to get the jump on his opponents.

- He doesn��t kill often, only if things get extremely out of hand. He’s basically the only thing keeping the humans and monsters from starting a full out war in the WVBA.

- Despite his job, He’s friends with a couple of the other boxers. Some knowing that they were monsters, some that he assumed were human and were actually monsters, and some that were just human.

- He doesn’t have anything against monsters, only those who try to take advantage of their power.

- He still trains and goes into the ring, trying to enjoy himself. To be fair, he does still enjoy boxing despite everything else he’s doing. Even if his record does stand at 1-99.

- On that note, his one win wasn’t an accident. He fully intended to win that fight, lacing Nick Bruisers gloves with Garlic so he’d be fighting with his hands essentially on fire.

- Even though he’s got a serious job, he far from a serious guy most of the time. He’s friendly with just about everybody, and tries to be civil with the people who treat him like shit.

- He’s also still clumsy. Almost died a few times as a result.

Von Kaiser:

Vampire - Boxer

- Being turned during his military service, he’s gotten good at hiding the obvious signs. He covers his bite mark and eye bags, and excessively dyes his skin using turmeric. (It fades fast though, leaving his skin looking a healthy colour.)

- Claims he has a garlic allergy, which makes him sad because he quite enjoyed garlic before turning.

- Enjoys the perks of being a vampire, but just can’t seem to keep up with the amount of blood his body demands. So he often twitches and looses focus, being sluggish and tired quite often.

- He enjoys the chase when tracking down his prey. It makes him feel powerful.

- Is 100% on the monster’s side. He believes that they’re superior, and will often be snarky with the human boxers (even if they’re ranked higher than him).

Disco Kid

Human (Possessed by Kid Quick) - Dancer/Boxer

- Disco is being possessed by the ghost of a boxer that was killed during one of his matches (yes that’s his unfinished business)

- Whenever he’s doing anything involving boxing, that’s Quick’s doing, but personality wise that’s always been Disco

- Disco is surprisingly chill with it, always wanting to try boxing but never having patience to train (so Quick does it for him lol)

- His personality leaks into Quicks movements and taunts, since despite liking boxing he’s got ‘no flair’ (As Disco puts it)

- Doesn’t have any super strength, but if they work together they can pull of some nasty combos, with Quick grabbing them and pushing them into Disco’s attacks (Disco isn’t a huge fan of that though, so it’s only really a last resort.)

- He’s honestly nervous when he finds out about the monsters in the WVBA. Quick assures him that they’ll be fine as long as they keep their heads down.

-…Which of course, Disco would never do. So when he gets mixed up in the drama he doesn’t really have anyone to blame but himself.

- He knows that he should *technically* count as a monster, but him and Quick are in support of the humans.

King Hippo

Tulpa - Boxer

- He was created by a little boy who loved boxing, and created him. Giving him a backstory and a cool design. He thought about him so much that he just. Spawned one day.

- The only thing on his mind was boxing, so that’s what he did. He has no idea that he was just a figment of some random kid’s imagination, but I doubt he’d care (or believe it) if he was told. His only goal is to box.

- Not really involved in any of the WVBA human/monster drama. He’s rather quiet outside of the ring.

- Nobody is really clear what he is, but everyone has mutually agreed that he’s not human. No way.

Piston Hondo

Human - Boxer

- Everyone who knows him has a lot of respect for Hondo. He fights fair, and his technique was able to beat actual superhumans (granted, some of those wins may have circumstantial).

- Some of the other boxers are really confused as to how he can keep his ranking, and make speculations as to how he does it, but no one can come up with a solid theory.

- Unless he’s exposed to be a dirty trickster like Ryan, or doped up like Soda, everyone just has to respect the insane effort he puts in.

- Hondo is oblivious to the fact that the WVBA is infested with monsters, and has always thought that international boxing would naturally have more difficult opponents. Nobody knows what would happen if he found out, but nobody wants him give up if he did. Just about everyone (regardless about what side they’re on) will band together to keep Hondo in the dark.

Bear Hugger

Werewolf - Boxer

- He’s more or less happy with being a werewolf. Obviously he’s mad when he has to lock himself up during the full moon, but otherwise he’s chill.

- Essentially a Disney princess with how well he gets along with wildlife. Like. It’s actually insane.

- Thought he’d do well in boxing, so quite literally trained with bears before going to NY. He thinks it’s noisy and polluted, but stays to hopefully bring down the champion and take the belt home to show his friends.

- Cheers on everyone, regardless of what they are. He doesn’t really care about the fate of the WVBA and is just there for a good time.

Great Tiger

Human - Informant/Boxer

- A skilled magic user. He’s been learning since he was a little kid, and the jewel on his turban gives him a good chunk of extra power.

- Uses his tricks to get intel and feed it to Joe.

- He *LOVES* to stir the pot. He knows that he’s safe, and may even stick out his neck for Joe, but will never do anything that’ll put himself in harms way.

- In the same vein he’s always listening to drama. He will gossip like a high schooler, and he knows everything about everyone. He loves being cheeky and keeping other boxers in the dark about what he knows.

- Literally the personification of “🎶I know something that you don’t know~🎵”

- He’s basically on an even playing field, so has no trouble keeping his place in the major league. Honestly, he’s more in it to see how this drama will play out, and who’ll come out on top.

Don Flamenco:

Siren - Matador/Boxer

- He very much using his ability to charm people all the time.

- This includes getting the ref to give him decision wins (even if he doesn’t deserve it), and always to leave a good first impression on just about everyone he meets.

- Yes, sometimes it’s also to pick up ladies (and men? Sometimes? Depends on his mood…) but will never go too far with it.

NOTE: While I think it would be totally in character for him to sleep with them, I don’t want that for him since that’s not consensual. so let’s say that despite seeing humans as lesser he doesn’t want to cross that line. (For his *own* sake of course. The last thing he would do is use tricks to woo “lesser creatures” to bed with him.)

- He’ll whisper under his breath after taunting, convincing the opponent to throw the match. But he’s not great at it, and will sometimes encounter someone who doesn’t have great hearing. He usually loses those matches.

- Wants an all-monster WVBA. He can manipulate just about anybody, and generally sees humans as lesser (Unless they’ve proven to him otherwise, like Joe and Hondo) so he wants them out.

- He’s very charming and friendly, but if you get on his bad side he is NASTY. Like ruin all your relationships and steal yo girl/man nasty. (He keeps all that under wraps though, he can’t have his image be tarnished.)

Aran Ryan:

Human - Boxer

- To everyone’s surprise, he’s actually human. But for all the craziness he projects out in the ring, he’s a smart guy.

- He taunts boxers by trying to get them to hit him because he knows that one wrong move and they’d expose themselves. If they hit him too hard (he figures that one punch would be enough to kill him with their strength) he might die but knows that it’ll be hell to pay for their opponent as well.

- Same with the headbutts, it throws them off their rhythm because they need to react, even if they didn’t feel it.

- That’s why he cheats, because he knows that without it he’d stand no chance.

- But still, you can’t be asking people you know could kill you easily to hit you and be mentally stable. He’s still eccentric about making it as a boxer, this is just an extra challenge to him.

- Has a disdain for monsters, and will do just about anything he can to gain in upper hand in those fights. That flail has gotten him out of a few sticky situations.

Soda Popinski:

Human - Boxer

- He can only compete fairly (at world circuit level at least) because he’s doped up to hell and back.

- Way into the idea of the ‘indomitable human spirit’. He truly believes that human ingenuity can overcome any challenge, and this is no exception.

- He 100% wants to get monsters out of the WVBA. But because he knows that he’s already got a big enough target on his back for cheating he can’t make a big fuss publicly.

Bald Bull:

Minotaur - Boxer

- Nobody’s really sure where he came from, but some people have seen him in his Minotaur form and that’s been enough for the others to accept them onto their side.

- He’s close with a lot of the other monsters, and follows along with their plan to have monsters take over the WVBA circuits. He only does so for them, he doesn’t have a personal agenda.

- This is the first place he’s really felt accepted, so will do what his friends ask of him even if he isn’t entirely on board with it.

- That said, he does belittle the human competitors quite often. To their face and while they aren’t present.

Super Macho Man:

Dragon - Supermodel/Bodybuilder/Boxer

- Got tired of living in a cave, and made it to LA to see what had become of humanity.

- By god, he loved it. He’d chosen a particularly handsome form (even though he didn’t know it at the time) and loved the attention he got from the ladies. He quickly picked up on our customs and had plenty of gold to sell (after years of hoarding it up in a mountain somewhere, he figured that now was the time to use it).

- Always wears enchanted golden jewellery, because the last thing he wants is for his facade to slip. He doesn’t need all of it, but to him it’s a necessary precaution.

- He can breathe fire. He does it often as a party trick, and has even figured out how to change its colour.

- His skin is also very hot to the touch. You’d think he was always just finishing with an intense workout.

Mr. Sandman:

??? - Boxer

- Nobody knows, and nobody is brave enough to ask. He seems to beat monsters with relative ease, so everyone assumes he must be one as well, but nobody can figure him out.

- Everyone wants to keep him out of what’s happening, because he’s a loose canon. Nobody knows who’s side he belongs to and nobody wants to find out they’re his enemy.

PLEASE HELP ADD ONTO THIS IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS BECAUSE IM EXPLODING OVER THIS

[badassbbpirates]

Blackbeard Pirates Art Skills Headcanons

Basically, my headcanons on what type of artists Blackbeard and his crew could be. Do what you will with this information.

Blackbeard: He's not the greatest artist, but he's not terrible either. He can do pretty good sketches of people, animals and objects, which he takes some pride in.

Burgess: He's about as good an artist as Luffy is, which is to say he's not very good. For this reason, he's not allowed to help draw up a raid plan for the crew to embark on. Well, actually it's not that he's not allowed-he just doesn't want to because of all the criticism he got the one time he did...

Burgess: Okay! I helped draw up the plans, Laffitte!

Laffitte: Oh, very good! Show it to the group so we can go over it.

Burgess: *lays down drawing, which is the most barely comprehensible drawing the group had ever seen*

Blackbeard: Uh...I can't tell what's happening here...Like what is that big blue and gray mass???

Burgess: It's the marine ship we're raiding.

Laffitte: What's with the giant letter T on that brown square we're all standing on???

Burgess: That's the raft.

Augur: What's with the devil giraffe holding...god, I don't even want to say what it looks like...

Burgess: That's YOU holding your GUN!

Augur: Why is my neck so long???

Burgess: Necks are hard!

Doc Q: Is that amoeba riding that deformed dog supposed to be me and Stronger???

Burgess: *grabs drawing and eats it* I HATE CRITICISM!!!

Blackbeard: Maybe don't draw so badly and we won't criticize...

Laffitte: Will draw the most detailed and perfect images ever, like Da Vinci level art, and say "Honestly, I can't even draw a circle!"

Van Augur: He's a roughly okay artist, but he doesn't draw much so he doesn't mess around with improvement.

Doc Q: He can draw organs, he can draw skeletons, he can draw muscles, he can draw any body part you can think of, but he CANNOT draw people "intact and with the skin still on them", like Blackbeard would probably say. He can draw realistic animals pretty well, though, especially horses. He can also draw cute anthropomorphic animals (Minks? Hybrid Zoans?) pretty good, which was discovered when he was asked to draw up the raid plans one time...

Doc Q: Okay, I got the plans drawn...

Laffitte: Very good! Now show them to the group.

Doc Q: *pushes drawing towards group*

The entire crew are drawn as cute anthro-animals, such as Blackbeard being a hippo, Burgess being a tiger, Augur being a hunting dog of some sort, Laffitte being a dove, and Q being a horse.

Blackbeard: Uh, why are we all Minks?

Doc Q: I can't draw humans...

Burgess: I like how I'm a tiger! It fits me!

Augur: Well, I suppose this is a step up from Burgess's drawing skills...

Burgess: Hey!

Laffitte: Aw, you drew it so CUTE, Doc! I didn't think you had this in you!

Blackbeard: Yeah, I mean, considering how you are, this is a big surprise. Makes me rethink you as a person, actually.

Doc Q: ... *grabs drawing and releases it in the wind*

Laffitte: Aw, no! Don't do that! We were praising it! Not teasing you!

Q's got a reputation he likes to keep intact. He doesn't draw in that style very often.

Shiryu of the Rain: Cannot draw and refuses to demonstrate how bad he is.

Catarina Devon: She can draw perfect images of women, but men...she's not very good at and refuses to improve. One time she was asked to draw up plans, and she drew the entire crew as women, which raised eyebrows.

Blackbeard: Did you seriously have to draw us like this?

Devon: I can't draw male bodies well.

Blackbeard: Okay, I guess that's fair. Which one of us is supposed to be this lady here? Cause, damn! You made her the most hideous!

Devon: That's you.

Blackbeard: *starts to fume*

Augur: Why are Laffitte, Doc and I drawn so...beautifully?

Devon: Eh, you're the most attractive boys out of the crew, so I tried to match that.

Laffitte: Ohhohoho! Thank you!

Doc Q: You think I'M attractive?! *coughs up blood*

Augur: ...Okay.

Blackbeard: *fumes more*

Avalo Pizarro: He draws in a surprisingly cute style, maybe something close to chibi or cutesy-western cartoon style? But he gives everyone cat ears for some reason.

Vasco Shot: He's not the best artist, but he's a LOT better than the crew expects. He claims he draws best when he's really drunk.

Sanjuan Wolf: His drawing style is pretty simplistic, like stick-figure type art. What he draws is pretty comprehensive though, since he usually adds a detail to signify which figure is who, like a top hat for Laffitte, a scythe for Doc Q, or a sword and cigar for Shiryu. He can only draw in the sand or dirt due to lack of giant paper, though.

[maks-punchout-hyperfixtion]

Punch out headcanons take one

Sorry super punch fans, this is only wii/nes versions

Minor circuit

Glass Joe

Pretty good baker, can't make complex stuff without help though.

Actually retired once after the arcade/nes version of punch out, came back after Gabby jay retired, has had thoughts about it again but keeps remembering that his life would be dull without it. Also his score rested and he still got 99 loses (102 after the wii game)

Has trouble sleeping, uses weighted blankets to help.

Von Kaiser

Your meaning to tell me that dispite being 42 canon years old with some of the most out of pocket head canons ever im the only one that thought it would be funny for him to have a kid be the near opposite of him? Aka he is a dad.

Knows how to cook, doesn't often anymore but still knows

I believe he would like coconuts.no i won't elaborate.

Disco Kid

Likes all kinds of songs, not just disco. Still loves disco though.

Is a relative of kid quick, nobody knows what relation though.

I like the idea that he is friends with aran, i don't ship disco clover but its still a nice pairing we need more.

King Hippo

Can speak English but prefers grunts or noises.

Likes to explain his culture, specifically gifts and other stuff other find meaningless.

Also has a lot of tropical recipes he gives to everyone.

Major circuit

Piston Hondo

Still has that restaurant from the Wii live action ad.

Piston honda? Oh that's his twin.

Definitely has a manga collection. He also has 3 sets of everything. One for display one for reading and one for borrowing. He does not trust aran,soda, bear hugger, and king hippo with them at all.

Bear Hugger

Dad energy. He essentially went and adopted all the boxers with daddy issues, or parent issues in general.

Forced the WVBA to give maple (the bear) a seat in the crowd so she could watch the match, they had to make an entire separate area for her.

Has walked out in the snow with nothing but his overalls and shoes on. That gave everyone a scare forgetting he's used to the cold.

Great Tiger

Uses his clones to do/help with his chores. Once got beaten up by them (a reference of the century here folks)

Once his jewel was stolen and was found in a pawn shop selling for 3 dollars. He was mad at how low the price was then anything.

Once brought his tiger into the shared house, and it immediately broke the couch. The tiger is not allowed in the house anymore.

Don Flamenco

He and Carmen broke up after his first lost, got back together shortly after and forgot the whole issue.

Used bull fighters techniques on bald bull, he would have won if bald bull didn't right hook him into next sunday (literally)

Has tried multiple different types of hair growers, wigs, and more. He is still Balding.

World circuit

Aran Ryan

Actually got in the world circuit fair and square, not by cheating.

He started cheating after some idiot tried to stab him in the ring, good times from the WVBA!

I have a feeling he would say he likes to eat limes raw just to get on everyone's nerves.

Has also gotten confused with his Older brother, spo Aran Ryan, who promptly got a name change after aram started to cheat.

Soda Popinski

None of the boxer can drink his soda because its a legit health hazard to all of them.

Has no clue what the hell is going on 68% of the time.

Has actually used dry ice as a ice pack. This guy isn't human anymore.

Bald Bull

Hates don flamenco with a passion after the bull technique incident.

Is actually calm outside the ring, any public out brust is to get rid of potential paparazzi's (it doesn't work often)

Makes a pretty good calming tea.

Super Macho Man

Once had a horrible movie shoot that made him lose alot of viewer, proceeded to have an early mid life crisis and dye his hair gray.

After his loss with little mac he was more upset at the ladys chasing after little mac rather then him, rather then the sudden drop of viewers (which wasn't even a dent)

Probably had alot of talks about his boxer outfit, you know what im referring too.

Mr. Sandman

Dispite his name, he gets very little sleep. Not like glass joe but still.

He's so strong the WVBA actually has a ambulance on standby whenever he fights.

One time was put up against glass joe, actually laughed, realized it was serious, looked the referee in the eyes and said "if im put up against him ever again we'll need to find a new glass joe" and forfeited the game. Technically if joes score didn't reset it would now be 2-299.

[yourlocaltrashpandaxoxo]

Punch-Out!! Body/Appearance Headcanons (Minor Circuit)

Glass Joe: - VERY skinny, like almost a skeleton. Doesn't eat very often so he's a little underweight for his height but not drastically unhealthy. - Pale skin and dark bags under his eyes from not sleeping very much. He's only recently began sleeping properly. - Has a small mole on the left side of his nose and is a little insecure of it. - Body has a few small scars as well as a couple unhealed bruises here and there from matches. Most notable scar is one on his forehead, just above his left eyebrow. - Doesn't have much body hair. Barely grows facial hair and is generally quite clean-shaven. Von Kaiser: - He was very fit in terms of his physique when he was younger. Still has some brawn on him but slimmed down a little with age. - Body is covered in small freckles and moles. Most obvious ones are the one in the corner of his right eye and one on his left cheek but he has a few others on his neck, chin and shoulders. - Despite his impressive mustache, he lacks a fair bit of hair on the rest of his body, excluding his forearms. His chin gets slightly stubbly after a few weeks but he doesn't let it grow further than that. - Has a small birthmark on his right hip and a scar on the right side of his lower stomach from an operation (appendicitis). - Hair is greying slightly at the roots due to stress. It annoys him but he doesn't bother dyeing it or covering it up. Disco Kid: - Slightly muscular and lean body-type. His arms are noticeably buff but the rest of him is actually quite average. He does have abs but they're not very visible from a distance. - Naturally tan skin, even though some seem to think it's fake, with some areas of his body being slightly darker than others (eg. his arms). - Legs are covered in small scars and cuts from constantly tripping over or bumping into things as a kid. - Beautiful brown eyes and rather long eyelashes that he absolutely loves. His eyes almost look gold under sunlight. - His hair is naturally a dark brown but he dyes it blonde, When he grows it out, his roots are very noticeable so he tries to keep on top of re-dyeing it frequently. King Hippo: - Large, rotund body with stocky arms, a large stomach and slightly stubby feet. Head is slightly cone-shaped and doesn't seem to be able to grow any hair. - Large dark brown stripe across his eyes, a natural indent that all Hippoans have to protect them from the harsh sun. - Stomach is covered in small scratches and bruises along with some light tan-lines littered around his body. - Small eyes that bear a black pupil in the centre, which enlarges when he is seeing something that makes him happy or excited (eg, food). - Slightly stubby front teeth and plump lips. Despite the bluntness of his teeth, they are very effective for biting into tough-skinned fruits like pineapple.

[andordean]

tag game: pick stuff from your room and have people vote on which one they want to take home.

Tagged by @softest-punk from whom I stole empty Fortnum and Mason chamomile tea tin (tell me more about the biohazard bit!)

Let's see what I have around me... (Many things are Troll's collectables like PipBoy and Roci model, so won't enrage him by offering those.)

Tagging (no pressure as always): @traumschwinge @kuwdora @bittersweetbark @itsnotzka @keyrousse @valandhirwriter @justanotherdmdammit @dclcq @disdaidal @ginstermoff @jikanet-tanaka @sar-kalu

[atypical-artisan]

Aran Ryan (snes) and Aran Ryan (wii) are not the same guy!!

Okay so this idea has been brewing in my head for a long time so I might as well get it out for shits n giggles.

Note: This is not an attempt to downplay people's headcanons Aran Ryan being the same dude. This is just me making a big ole post giving all the evidence for my personal interpretation in hopes to better explain why I see em as two different guys.

Behavior:

So this is the more obvious of the differences between the two. Focusing on their actions within the games (Sorry Snes manual): Snes Aran is a fair fighter with little to no infractions in his name, while Wii Aran is... a hot mess to say the least.

Snes Aran, though charming in his love for his mother and tough attitude while being a rare goody two shoes in SPO, lacks any of the chaotic, violent, and outright mean energy Wii Aran has.

Wii Aran canonically steals, raids trash, breaks into lockers, vandalizes wvba property, destroys wvba property, agitates the crowd, disrespects his opponents, and gets on the edge of outright murder with those damn horseshoes.

Snes Aran has the ability to clinch, a trait only shared with Pizza Pasta, with the bonus ability of regaining his stamina as he does so. A neat, and fully legal party trick- if a little bit magical! He focuses being quite the fast fighter with his own speedy 'hurricane rush' type attack. Unlike most other pallate swaps within Super Punch out, Snes Aran is very similar to Hurricane, only faster.

Wii Aran headbutts, elbows, and jumps off the ropes and goes the extra mile in title defense by using his creativity in the form of a home made weapon. He focuses on nothing but speed and chaos- the only way to fight him is to counter.

Wii Aran is far more mean that Snes Aran, constantly taunting his opponents, and frequently comparing them to his sister (Who may not even be real) as well as boasting about his love for pain and generally mocking Mac. Snes Aran, though he has a mean line, is quiet and only comments on the opponent's heavy hits after the fact.

Overall Wii Aran is bursting with creativity and character compared to his earlier counterpart, I don't find it surprising at all the he has a larger fanbase tbh.

Looks:

Okay here's my main selling point- THESE GUYS DON'T LOOK LIKE EACH OTHER

They have completely different skin tones, head shapes, ear shapes- unless Aran got some serious plastic surgery and a whole body tattoo... yeah nah they ain't the same guy.

To further illustrate my point here are some comparisons:

Note: The last color for Snes Aran is NOT his eye color- it's just the color the use for shadows on his eyes, but I compared ti to Wii aran's eyes for demonstration purposes

Even though their heads are at a slightly different angle, it's clear that Snes Aran has a softer face overall, lower, smaller cheekbones, heavier jowls, a fuller lower lip, more rounded features and bigger ears.

Wii Aran is overall more chiseled and sharp features, his brow is more wrinkled, he has actual eyebrows, a very square clefted chin, and very small and high-set ears, alongside some killer cheekbones.

So now comes the biggest question of this theory:

If they're different guys why do they have the same origin, age, weight, win-loss ratio, and name?

Well, I would counter with the fact that all but two of these features is shared with boxers who are canonically not Aran.

Looking at the Wii game alone-

Don notably shares his age and height with Aran.

Disco shares his wins by decision and Hippo shares his total wins.

Outside the Wii game-

He shares his total fights with Bull (Arcade) and his losses with Piston Hurricane (Snes).

Outside of Aran, multiple boxers share home cities-

Disco, Kid Quick, Mac, and Doc all hail from New York with Doc, Disco and Quick all sharing Brooklyn.

Gabby and Joe are also notably both Parisian.

There are also the trio of fighter sets from Japan, China, and Italy (Albeit from different cities).

As well as ages-

Disco and Narcis,

Macho with Clown (27) and Sandy (Spo) + Hondo (28),

Tiger with Muscle.

Weights-

Gabby and Joe (Except his arcade version)

(SNES) Bull and Disco

And most other things! (This post was a huge help for the wii stats)

Not even names are safe from sharing! There are two Pistons, two bruisers, two macs (Counting Texas mac), two 'kids', and two guys with the GJ initials.

So that only leaves Aran's weight and full name shared, but unique to, both parties.

This is where my theory/headcanon comes in :)

I am of the opinion that the WVBA is an absolute shitstorm of an organization. If their attitude towards boxing rules wasn't a clear sign then the repeated flipping around of ages, records, as well as lack of documentation for some boxers (Hippo, The Bruisers) is a clear sign that the WVBA is deeply unorganized.

Focusing on the Wii game in particular, which gives us the most information about the boxers, we can see a lot of the height/weight comparisons are very unrealistic. While Joe's 110 lbs at 5'10 makes sense because he's meant to be flimsy, Hondo's 174 at 6'2 or Soda's 237 at 6'6 seems too small how their physiques are depicted in game.

A boxer with big bulging muscles like Soda is going to be heavier than a boxer that's both shorter and doesn't have a bodybuilder physique like Sandman, yet Sandman is heavier. Boxing does have a lot of focus on losing excess weight, like water weight, in preparation for matches and weigh-ins, but as the WVBA lacks weight classes, this can't really be taken into consideration.

This is a good tool to visualize body types and sizes in comparison to height and weight.

At this point you may be asking:

"Charlie, I've been reading for 20 minutes at this point, what the fuck does any of this have to do with whether or not Aran Ryan is actually 2 people?"

It has everything to do with it! In my opinion, the lack of consistent data on the boxers, within the Punch Out universe, means the WVBA is full of idiots and doesn't keep track of their boxer's information that well!

Which opens up the possibility of boxers who are a little too similar getting their information crossed or even merged...

Considering we have Gabby and Joe share so much of their information, alongside Disco and Kid Quick- who's to say these aren't other examples of cross-contamination within the WVBA databases over the years?

What if that's what happened to two Irish boxers of different branches?

That exactly what happened! (In my headcanon of course)

"So who is who? What info is for which Aran? How'd this even happen?"

Well I'll make my headcanon as short as I can (Long)

A Dubliner by the name of Airyn O'Ryan joins the west (SPO) branch of the wvba at the tender age of 17- standing at 5'10, 160 lbs, building a solid record of 18 to 10. He's scrappy, used to living on the city streets and dealing with bullies, but a fair man who loves his mum, and his name, to bits.

At around the same time, another Irish boxer stepped into the east (Wii) branch. Aran Ryan, a 23 year old claiming to hail from Dublin (though he only says so because that's what his visa and passport say), stands at 6'1 and weights a comfortable 210 during the boxing season. His record is a bit better than the other Irishman's- a whopping 24 wins and only 11 losses. He's far more vicious than his western counterpart, more prone to violence, cheating, and generally cruel behavior. He has a habit of odd insults and a strange fixation on the number seven too.

Over the course of a year, their individual files begin to blend and eventually settle into a comfortable hybrid, with the elder's name and height and the rest from the younger.

This goes unnoticed for a bit until Airyn files a complaint to HR about the spelling of his name on official documents. He's insulted that they'd gotten it wrong on everything at this point and demands they change it back. He also tries correcting his height, just for good measure.

This memo gets sent through the east branch and lands in the lap of Aran- he reads through everything, realizes whats happened, and sent it back exactly as it came. Why? Well, even though his record is worse now, he doesn't exactly want the WVBA looking too closely at his documentation or passport.

Now why is that such a problem? Well it's a long story I can't get into here. Needless to say, he's riding on the WVBA being less than competent at their damn jobs. So with crossed fingers, he sends it back.

This little back and forth happens a dozen or so times before Airyn completely gives up, embittered and convinced the WVBA is full of idiots. Aran is very grateful the weird crop ups stopped happening.

It takes them 5 years, and a set of teenagers beating the crap out of them, for the two to realize that there are in fact, two of them.

(Cannot for the life of me find/remember was made the left one but the right was made by @4suitedplayingcard)

[dumbawesomev69]

Faunus evolution Arc edition

(all art from madly Mesozoic on YouTube)

River elephant

In port class he talks about Hippo faunus as he shows a video of them however jaune knew something was wrong.

Jaune: professor port, those aren't Hippo faunus they're river elephants.

Mr port: What, how can you tell?

Jaune: well..

River elephant faunus: Yeah buddy!!!

Other river elephant faunus: Yeah buddy!!!

Jaune: my great great great great grandfather was a river elephant.

Ruby: They don't seem afraid of Grimm.

Jaune: yeah did I really afraid of anything they're just very aggressive to anything whether they're grimm or not.

Fun fact: River elephants are actually elephants that evolved adapting to a Hippo lifestyle.They adapted to an omnivorous diet eating plants and crustaceans and of course they are still at threat by predators but they have shown they handle even the biggest threat.

Grazing gorgon

Snow has come to the city of Argus as saphorn arc and her wife terra arc were out with their son Adrian arc as he plays in the snow at the park.

Terra: Adrian really loves the snow.

Saphorn: yeah he does, hey let's get some hot chocolate.

Terra: yeah, wait who's going to stay and watch Adrian.

Saphorn: he'll be fine my parents left us alone many times so it's fine.

The two got up and left as their son continued to play when his little stomach growled as Adrian looked for his mother a faunus wearing a white mask picked him up and ran into the woods.

Adam looks out from the woods before turning to a white fang member. "Those two were idiots leaving their son alone now he will be an example why the White fang shouldn't be messed with."

Another white fang member approaches Adam. "Uh Adam maybe we should return the kid."

Adam: what!? Why!

The member points towards some trees which confuses him until he makes his way over and looks to see the white fang member who took Adrian dead lying in the snow.

Adam looks to see Adrian feasting in the corpse.

Adam: .....

Minutes later

Saphorn and terra return to find Adrian crawling towards them.

Saphorn: see I told you, wait is that blood.

Terra: oh no please let it be a squirrel and not another pet, we still recovering from the neighbor cat incident.

Saphorn: To be fair that pussy cat had it coming.

The two took their son home as Adam watched them leave. "Note to self make sure kid isn't a faunus killing machine."

Fun fact: grazing gorgon will actually eat carrion, eggs and small mammals to expand their diet and in some cases they will actually follow mammoths for food in some cases they will be attacked by sabertooth or other predators in which in the end the grazing Gorgon will feast upon the would be attacker.

Winter tryant

Weiss was putting makeup on when her brother walked in making her sighs. "what is it Whitley?"

Whitley: what can't a brother see her sister.

Weiss: I know you whitley what is it you want.

Whitley: I just don't get how you got yourself a boyfriend, you sure you didn't use your psychotropic pheromones.

Weiss smirks. "Of course I did once but well let's just say I learned my lesson very well~."

Before Whitley can ask the doorbell rang as weiss immediately rush down stairs as the rest of the family arrives when Weiss opened the door revealing a very tall blonde teen with two antlers on his head as Jacques eyes widen in fear while winter, Willow and Whitley all have a bright blush on there face.

Weiss: Family meet Jaune arc, my boyfriend.

Jaune: it's nice to meet you all.

Jacques finally found his voice. "Wait arc!? I know that family, they're nothing more than a bunch of fuck up bastards and sluts."

Jaune: Excuse me what was that.

Jacques: You heard me brat.

Jaune: I believe you should apologize before I do something I might regret.

Jacques: Here's your apologies!

Jacques: Oh shit

Jaune:

Jacques ran screaming as jaune chases after him leaving Weiss with the rest of her family.

Willow: so Weiss your boyfriend is something else~

Winter: indeed~

Whitley: Said Weiss are you-

Weiss: I'm willing to share with him because he is a big handful especially for my teammates.

Fun fact: winter tryants are tyrannosaurus Rex the evolve for the coldest areas of the ark and their antlers on their head help with fighting against the Charfka telepathic abilities and to flip them over.

Night wolf chimp

We found jaune looking through his family tree book with his teammates and team rwby having a good time when they get to jaune mother family which wasn't so cheerful.

Blake: uh jaune why are their pictures of random people and faunus?

Jaune: oh right, they are my mothers family slaves she doesn't talk much about her past but my mom's side weren't exactly the kindness or nicest faunus in fact it's a reason why bandits keep their fires lit at night.

Nora: jaune-jaune your family are mixed faunus so what was your mother.

Jaune: believe it or not my mother was a cross between chimp and bonobo faunus becoming the first ever hybrids.

Ren: I'm guessing they didn't have a courtship.

Jaune: from what Mom told me, the males took the females after killing the males and forced them to have children with them. Over time my mother and few others become the first hybrids to carry on their nightly raids talking villages camps and even small sediments on Islands however over time we develop a relationship with a few well the rest of the time they view them as pests. My mother was lucky enough to find my father after that she gave of her old ways and married my father and started a family.

Both teams can hear the regret in jaune voices. "Hey if it's anything, my mother is a bandit who abandon me and Ruby's father."

Jaune smiles towards yang. "A little bit but I can learn from this, we make our own future and not let our parents past get in the way."

Pyrrha: hey jaune what about your father, and his side of the family.

Jaune: uh well that's for another time.

Fun fact: night wolf chimps hunt during Dawn going after mammals, birds, lizards, bugs, terrasaurs, smaller dinosaurs, fruits and larger dinosaurs which is rare. They are known to have some relationships with other great evolve apes like kudo kubwa even assist in combat with a meal at the end of it.

[i-didnt-do-1t]

Skittery doesn’t look for fights, but they tend to find him anyway.

Jack had never been the best at sleeping through the night. Too many nightmares he would never admit to, an uncomfortable bed and the constant pit in the bottom of his stomach meant that he was well aquatinted with the moon and all her shapes.

It wasn’t often he was waiting for one of the boys to come back when he stayed up, but it wasn’t rare either. What was weird was that it was Skittery, usually among the first of all of them to collapse into his bed despite the mild insomnia that most nights had him joining Jack on the fire escape for a smoke once it hit the early hours of the morning.

The door to the lodging house bunk room always creaked as it opened, tonight wasn’t any different as the sound was followed by shuffled footsteps.

Jack narrowed his eyes through the dark, and rolled over to stare at the familiar figure limping through the room.

“Skittery?”

The figure stopped short.

.

.

.

“Shit.”

“Why you limpin’?” For how awake he’d been his voice still sounded gravelly from sleep.

“I ain’t, I’m fine.”

“Right an’ Race has never lost a bet.” He swung his legs over the side of his bunk. “The hell did you do to yourself?”

Skittery sighed, and ran a hand through his hair and Jack couldn’t tell if he was looking at him or not. “Should be askin’ what the Delancey’s did to me.”

“Skittery.”

He scoffed. “Oh, come on Cowboy, you can’t talk. You don’t get away from em’ every mornin’”

“What’d you say to em’?”

“Who says I said anythin’?”

Jack hoped the face he was pulling could be seen through the dark. “The smart mouth a’ yours that always gets you hit.”

He shrugged. “Fair enough. That’s what my pa blamed it on.”

“Jesus Skittery.” He rubbed at his eyes and ran a hand down his face. “Go to the washroom.”

“I’m fine Kelly-“

“You’re a moron is what you is. I ain’t lettin’ you get blood on the sheets.”

“Jack Kelly playin’ the hero. Everyone’s shocked.” Skittrry muttered voice deadpan, but he turned around and headed to the lowly lit wash room anyway.

Jack frowned. “I ain’t playin’ hero.”

“Oh, you ain’t?” His voice was licked with sarcasm, the Skittery kind that was a little biting at the edges, even if he didn’t mean it to be. “Then what’re you doin’ huh?”

“Bein’ your friend? I dunno. you don’t gotta be pissy with me cause you picked a fight you never had a shot at winning in the first place.”

Skittery rolled his eyes. “I can usually outrun them.” He mumbled.

“Yeah looks like it worked out real well for you tonight.”

The constant low light that illuminated the washroom was the only one that stayed all night, and it made the forming bruises on Skittery’s face look worse than they actually were Jack presumed, all deep almost black purples and blues. Though the likelihood they would actually be that bad in the morning was high.

“Jesus Skitts.” Despite Skittery’s half hearted attempt to bat him off Jack managed to get a hand under his chin to turn his face to the side, just to get a look at the bleeding scrape right below his eye. He sucked in a breath between his teeth at the beads of blood. “They got you good.”

“Really? I couldn’t tell.”

Jack dropped his jaw. “You’re being a dick y’know.”

He snorted. “When am I not?”

Jack rolled his eyes again, an action that happened regularly, and deservedly so, around Skittery. Warranted more often than not.

“What did you say to em? Actually.”

Skittery shrugged and then winced at the movement. “Nothing. I weren’t lookin’ to get my head kicked in on the way home but they was lookin’ for a fight an’ I was the lucky sucker they found.”

Jack sighed, and wrung out the wash cloth he found, one that at least looked relatively clean, into the sink next to him. “Course you were”

“I ain’t any happier than you about it.”

“You like getting into fights with the Delanceys.”

“I like pissing off the Delanceys there’s a differences. ‘Sides, what’s the word Dave called you the other day. A hippo- somethin’?” He frowned. “Anyway, he’s right.”

“How can you say he’s right when you don’ even know what the word is?”

“Cause’ Dave’s usually right when he insults you. About the only damn thing he’s right about.”

Jack was not going to get into this again. Not tonight. “You never usually talk this much when we do this.”

Skittery tried to shrug again, and winced again.

“Morris got me in the back of the head real bad. I’m tryna stop myself from passin’ out.”

Jack froze.

“What?”

One glance over Skittery’s shoulder was enough to notice the dribble of blood down the back of his neck, sticking to his hair and matting it over what must’ve been the scabbing cut as it dripped steadily onto his pink shirt. “Shit.”

“That bad?”

“Shit.”

[kalena-henden]

I feel like you are proficient in Korean; can you explain the meaning of Jang Shin Yu and Lee Hong Jo?

I’m interested to know since Hongjo said that her name means Hong for Big and Jo for morning and then Shinyu said, I thought Hong is for red i.e her red face whenever she’s pleased/embarrassed.

Probably a foreshadowing that she was the red-hand curse owner.

Thank you!

lol I wish I was proficient in Korean. Learning Korean is on my to do list. I tend to pick up words and phrases just watching foreign shows or movies. And I’ve read some specific things about the Korean language like how honorifics work and such. However, what I lack in language skills, I make up for in internet research skills. 

이홍조 Lee Hong Jo

Lee - the second most common surname in Korea; means ‘plum’ or ‘plum tree’ but can also mean ‘different’ or ‘that’.  Hong - as a name generally means ‘great’, ‘expand’, ‘wide’, ‘vast’, or ‘flood’; but as a word it means ‘red’. Jo - means ‘key’, ‘team’, ‘dynasty’, ‘company’, ‘billion’, or ‘article’.  Hongjo - means ‘blush’, ‘bloom’, ‘flush’, or ‘glow’. 

That Hongjo’s name literally means ‘to blush’ is pretty funny since she does this often. Even though her father meant one thing, when you put the characters together, it means something else. I couldn’t find any reference to Jo meaning ‘morning’ so I’m uncertain how he got that. Since her name also means 'red', it is a possible nod to her being the red hand as well. There is a big flower and plant theme in this show. The fact that her surname is a plant that bears fruit is interesting. Coupled with the her name meaning ‘bloom’ which can refer to the act of a flower opening up or the actual flower itself. I’m pretty sure this was the odd joke that Jaekyung was making outside of Shinyu’s office when he called Hongjo a flower since her name can mean ‘plum bloom’. Also, with the Fair Skin Spell, I have a feeling the co-workers might have mentioned that her skin was glowing, like her name. It’s also intriguing that her name means ‘key’ as she was the key to opening the box and I think she is the key to breaking Shinyu’s curse. 

장신유 Jang Shin Yu

Jang - means ‘archer’; only 2% of the population has this surname. Shin - means ‘almighty’, ‘deity’, ‘god’, ‘providence’, ‘shoe’ or ‘sour’.  Yu - as a name can mean ’abundant’, ‘rich’, or ‘plentiful’; as a word means ‘existence’, ‘group’, ‘possession’, ‘genus’, ‘race’, ‘sort’, or ‘sign of the cock’.  Shinyu - means ‘nudity’ (only on Word Hippo, otherwise I could find no meaning).

With a name like that no wonder Shinyu is an arrogant rich boy who thinks he’s god. Though I do think it’s funny his name can potentially mean 'nudity' since he woke up without clothes on after drinking. He is a lawyer who successfully hits his targets like an archer. He felt like he was ‘possessed’ by the Love Potion to act on his feelings for Hongjo. His name also means ‘providence’ which means divine guidance and care. He is definitely on a trial-by-fire journey to try to sort out his life and survive long enough to live it with the help of his shaman.

Sources: Behind the Name, Word Hippo, Parenting FirstCry, Collins Dictionary, Wikipedia, Google Translate.

[luetta]

holy fucking shit i just had my first lucid dream after 8 FUCKING YEARS of keeping a dream diary

i was chatting to my ex-friends max and jakob about something funny. then i was like huh this is weird, is this a dream? and woke up, as i usually do. but then i was like, driving and really tired. i had been texting them on my phone. and then i was like oh wait, this is a dream, because i would never text and drive irl. then i took a corner too big and crashed a bit.

i got out and someone i know called carmen got out of their car and asked if i was alright. i was like yeah, it’s okay, i’m dreaming! but there was some doubt honestly. i could just be crazy and delusional and have just ruined my life.

anyways i walk to this sort of abandoned building that had some trans girls that weren’t people i know hanging out in it. and i was telling them im dreaming! but they were saying yeah sure whatever. and i walked in a field next to this old abandoned victorian house and in the windows there were feral rabbits. and they were ENORMOUS!!! like hippo sized. one was outside and tried to bite me.

then i was like ‘look i’ll prove it? i’ll jump off the roof’ and so i climbed up on the outside of pipes and air conditioners and stuff and got to the edge. there was still doubt this was a dream, i could be about to just kill myself. but i leapt off and fell for a few seconds, picking up speed, feeling the air rush by…

…and then, like a plane lifting out of a nose dive, i started flying. whooshing around from above. it was fucking awesome. didn’t have very much control. eventually i landed and tried to tell one of the trans girls i was dreaming.

but when i got back down, one of them was waiting for me, and they had a bdsm harness on, and has a ravenous look in her eyes. she approached me, touched my face tenderly, and put a similar sort of harness around my head. and linked it up to a thing connected to the ceiling.

she spun me around and put some sort of small gag in my mouth. caressing me, while i moaned and quivered in anticipation. there was a ledge next to me i could sorta lean onto. lubed up, she started slicking something around my hole. i don’t actually know if it was her finger or dick or a toy at this point.

and she started slowly fucking me. and it was incredible. mind you i haven’t done full on penetration irl yet. but this felt incredible, sliding in and out of my ass and hitting my prostate. i was being so hot for her like, i was moaning and drooling and reacting and pushing against her and arching. i was being such a good girl, taking it like this. it went on for a fair while.

eventually it stopped, i was so exhausted and spent. eventually she spun me around, still hooked up to the ceiling, it was indeed a toy she was fucking me with. kinda looked like a springy door stopper thing.

anyways some people entered, each with their own tgirl in various levels of bondage. and they started talking about taking us somewhere. but my limbs were so weak, my eyes circling in their head, catching my breath, that i couldn’t be bothered doing that. so i woke up.

and yeah. first lucid dream. i definitely forgot elements. one thing i just remembered but forget where exactly it happened was i was typing on my phone to robert, another ex-friend, and saying “i just drove by aussie road LMAO”.

so yeah, holy fuck i needa get fucked now. i haven’t used my anal toy for like 3 months, i probably will tonight. i can’t believe it finally happened, i had totally stopped even keeping a diary for this intention i just liked doing it. wow.