#aight tis all Imma pass out now—

[idv-murder-mystery-utopia]

“I can't blame you, honestly. The experience of having two or more rescuers is daunting— especially when if it's with either Naib or Martha.” Adalyn said with a sigh, shaking her head. The few times those two went to rescue while she decoded was... Well, not as fun as one may think. Especially against hunters like Jack or even Joseph. “If there's a team full of rescuers, I believe the hunters will have a free day bringing us down... Or experience hell, if anything.” she added with a chuckle.

“Belittlement? I see... No need to apologize— I've grown used to people acting doubtful of such things— and you're of no exception. You would've been in danger if you weren't so open to acquaintances. Personal experience can tell you that.”

Adalyn can overlook that little flaw. After all, she had experiences with her sister telling her to be more “open” to people. Mhm... If you count nosy people wanting to leech off of you, that is. Then again, who is she to judge?

Upon asking about her occupation, the novelist let's out a small giggle when she mentioned about the book she remembered. With a warm grin, she spoke,

“Granted, I do remember it's sequels and such— it's trilogy is a masterpiece, especially with one of its cases in the second book.”

She sets her scriptbook aside with a small laugh, before adding with a hum,

“You're more than welcome to read my works, you know? I do have a few around that are finished, but if you're okay with reading some drabbles and suggesting ideas, I'm open for it.”

The woman paused and raised one of the books, her eyes glinting with interest.

“One question, however— are you okay with religion? Some of my works involve such things and their past actions such as sacrificing someone... So, I'd like to know if you're squeamish about it. Just as a precaution, I would say.”

"I heard you're a rescuer in this game, which I guess is good. But... just how does that book of yours work exactly?" Louise said, looking rather doubtful yet curious (@askidv-seamstressandfencer)

“My book? Well, I'm more than happy to explain.”

She didn't like how doubtful Louise looked, but she'll let it slide— she's a rescuer, too. Plus, she's more used to concealing how she truly feels on some issues.

“Anyways, let me explain on how my book works in the matches...”

“For survivors, going through my portals would grant them a speed boost for a limited amount of time. You can get to ciphers that needs to be decoded, rescue others in the rocket chairs (and escape if the hunter hasn't destroyed the portals or the portal itself hasn't been destroyed), or even buy more time from being chased by the hunter. For kiters, this also buys them time for the hunter to focus on them while they're busy getting chased.

My portals from my scriptbook, which is this—” she raised her book with her right hand, “—only lasts for 10 seconds. I can't rip out another page immediately, since that would waste any potential ones that I can use for rescuing or for someone to get there. My portals can't be destroyed by going through by the hunters, much like how Fiona's do. However, hunters can destroy it by ripping the sole page apart.”

She paused, before speaking with a smile,

“There's also one thing you should know, miss. For every survivor that... Well, gets sent off or bleeds out, it causes paranoia. Paranoia hinders me, the novelist, to create portals or do anything. So to speak, hunters would have an easier time finding others or even the sole survivor left should they wish to cause that paranoia. If everyone else is sent off expect for two, it'll take me 15 seconds to make a portal. 20 if everyone else is gone but me.

And the worst part... Well, let's say memories does things to a person. Psychologically.”

She tend to have visions of her past, but would she mention it? No.

“For hunters, they will only get slowness should they go through my portals. It'll last for a given amount of time, so they'll have a harder time dealing with my portals if they want to go through with one.

In order for me to make one, I have to mark two parts of the location— one by memory and one by my sight. The one for my memory is where I last saw the survivor that I wish to mark to create a portal— and the other is for where I am. As an example, if I saw you in the graveyard by Red Church, or even at the second floor of the hospital in Sacred Heart, that is where I will mark the location of the portal.

Once the page is ready, I'll just rip it out of my book, set it down on the floor, and the portal at the other end will appear as well. Its ink, however, will fade— like a timer. Once it fully fades away, the portal disappears. I can't reuse the same page I've used for the portal, sadly, so I have to conserve my pages as much as possible.”

She soon stopped and nodded at Louise.

“I hope my explanation clears up any questions you may have, miss. If you do have any, feel free to ask me.”

@askidv-seamstressandfencer

[transphilza]

Couldn't have said it better myself!

Honestly, I still really enjoyed the finale, the starting was strong as it ties back to how much c!Tommy meant to c!Wilbur through L'manberg but then by the present though the way things went prior to the actual confrontation/ crimebois angst felt immediate? A little too immediate cause it transitioned from finding Quackity to bringing up Ranboo's passing to suddenly c!Wilbur going "aight Imma leave now"

I like the intentional sudden vibe it gave off but I feel that there should have been something said between the lines before dropping the heavy stuff. Then the c!crimebois confrontation, to be honest I'm not exactly disappointed cause we got Tommy lashing out, Wilbur admitting his fears of losing Tommy and Tommy asking Wilbur to forgive himself, I don't quite know what else I was truly looking for but I know that there's so much that could have been said as well (like having a missing puzzle piece but knowing you need it because you need and want to complete the puzzle kind of feeling)

Then there's the last part aka Utah,,,,with the current Ranboo stream and Wilbur confirming that there are things to analyze in that stream, I think it sunk in about the implications, and a part of me fears for the worst. The thing about cc!Wilbur is that he either does something very straightforward in his writing so whatever you see is what it is but then there's also the side of Wilbur that like to add symbolisms which leads me to believe that Utah is an alternative or metaphor for c!Wilbur's passing ;-;

c!Wilbur mentions Utah in the book given to Eret and how "they've lived too long" or he hopes to see everyone and that they'll arrive there eventually

His last words to c!Tommy were "don't trust Americans" which feels as though he's saying "don't trust me" or implies him being from Utah is a fabrication for something else entirely.

There's a lot more things I noticed but I'm still trying to wrap my head around the last lore stream cause of how swift everything felt.

There's just something about that Utah aspect that really sticks out to me (in a good way!) and maybe I'm just overthinking it and this really was intentional as a way to bring back the comedy aspect of the dream smp we know and love and c!Wilbur really is American but then with all those little details and moments,,,I don't know it feels so awfully strange to me and I wonder if there's a hidden meaning such as Utah being c!Wilbur's true envision of the after life, of Paradise even.

Overall, the stream was not perfect but in all the best ways. It had the nostalgia, comedy and angst aspects down to the best of it's abilities and tbh I'm really proud and happy of Wilbur and his silly little minecraft oc <33

c!Crime you will always be famous, c!Wilbur the only guy ever and like the lore, L'manberg forever o7

-⭐

yesss you bring up a ton of good points here!!! and i TOTALLY agree with the utah thing having this weird Vibe that there was something more that it meant, like it clearly means a lot to wilbur and i’m definitely gonna further discuss the interpretation you bring up here in another post, but the meaning got a bit muddled along the way

i absolutely agree :] so many good moments and i think just a Little bit of clarity from wilbur himself about the ending could help a lot. thank you!! ❤️❤️

[otakuneko3]

Tommy and tubbo roommates pog?

They both said how they wanna move into a house together right? Here’s a take on that:

Obviously, Tommy and tubbo appearing irl on each other’s streams more

Tommy’s face cam FINALLY shows a new location. We don’t get to see the closet and the shelf and the door anymore :(

When Tommy gets a technical issue he looks back and shouts ‘TUBBO- TUBBO HELP’

And in tubbo’s stream you can pick up the yells and tubbo looks to the direction of the voice ‘whaaaaaat tommy??’ He shouts back

‘TOBY MY FUCKIN MIC JUST BROKE AND SHIT- TOBY HELP ME’ tubbo leans to the mic, ‘just a moment chat’ and takes his headphone off, mutes, and heads out.

On Tommy’s stream you see him waiting and then boom tubbo is in his webcam and they bicker a bit over technical issues. ‘Thanks’ ‘no problem’ ‘aight imma farm primes now see ya’ then stream continues.

Imagine they go on and stream but they wear each other’s iconic shirts. It’ll be so cool. Tubbo’s shirt kinda small and Tommy’s shirt mostly just hanging off tubbo’s shoulders.

They win MCC and Tommy jumps up from his chair, gives a victory cry, runs out of his room and

In tubbo’s stream you hear a bang and tubbo stands up estatic and they both holler and hi five and jump together and give powerful back pats

Tommy’s stream can hear the celebration faintly and (if they can see a door) they see tommy and tubbo bro hug and act feral through Tommy’s open doorway.

Bc tubbo is streaming past dinner time, at some point tommy comes in with a plate of food and a glass of water for tubbo to consume.

As he does you see him tower over a sitting tubbo, his head pops in from the top, and he says, ‘Hi chat!’ Then goes away.

If one is streaming and the other isnt, the other sometimes goes into the one’s room and just sit on their bed or floor and they chat. The streaming one looking at them every now and then.

Rare moments where they say ‘you wanna see him, chat?’ And turn the face cam to face the other, whose either slouched against something looking at his phone, or just lying flat down.

Tommy makes more irl videos where he pranks tubbo or basically does stuff with tubbo.

Tommy playing piano on stream pog?

Tubbo cooking streams but we get to see tommy pass by every now and then,

Or maybe tommy gets tasked with skipping annoying donations.

When tubbo opens the fridge it reveals a stack of coke lmao

They play fnaf together :D

If it’s Tubbo’s stream he’ll close tab before the actual jumpscare, yelp, and Tommy would be ‘wha- what? What happened-’ and/or be a bit spooked as well and/or laugh the iconic Tommy laugh at tubbo’s reaction

If it’s Tommy’s stream he leans back in his chair quickly and scream, horrified, and tubbo, lacking a chair with a backseat, flings himself back 2 meters.

Tubbo’s headphones rip out, he covers his face, let’s out a curdling scream, while tommy keeps yelling. Tommy looks back to see a pile of half-dead tubbo, and they both cry internally to each other until they hit around the 1 hour mark.

Or, they would grab each other, Tommy staring at the screen and shouting, tubbo screaming as his head snaps away from the screen.

They end up in a fear fueled hug and tubbo pulls Tommy to the floor where they just awkwardly lie there gripping each other’s arms. Tommy cursing and tubbo’s ‘oh my god oh my god-’

They open a PO box together and like every now and then they stream in another setting, like a living room on a couch, and open the stuff people send them.

Just a small thought, but LanuSky (tubbo’s sis) could be there as well-

Tubbo carries his face cam while streaming and walks into Tommy’s room while Tommy is streaming, and shows chat how bad his posture is ;)

Tubbo says something sweet, smiles at Tommy and Tommy looks at him like ‘wtf dude’ (for comedic effect) and the chat goes ‘AWWWWW’

Far fetched but uh- sleeping stream? It’s probably tubbo’s live and they pillow fight and play games and snack and sleep(ofc). But holy- a pillow fight would be great.

If Lani ties tubbo’s hair what’s to say she can’t tie Tommy’s hair?

Tommy’s outdoor stream and a fire is set (again) but tubbo is present so he starts chanting ‘we didn’t start the fire-’

They go to Twitchcon together!! They have a station together!! Wefies with fans TOGETHER!!!!!!!

They are present more in each other’s Instagram pics now.

(Etc; them eating after tubbo’s cooking stream, TWO BIG MEN OUT IN WOODS, HOPE WE DONT GET MUGGED, them both squatting under a tree or smth and pogging)

That’s all for now.

[floofsol]

a promise’s a promise

word count: 1.5k (i apologise, this is a lot longer than i usually do)

member: Joshua

genre: mafia!joshua. prosecutor!reader, irritatingly posh-is!hreader

summary/prompt: you and your best friend made a pact. you both agreed that if neither of you had gotten married by the age 30 then you’d marry one another. it’s now time to fulfil that promise, the thing is, over the years, your best friend has become the leader of mafia. you have become city’s top prosecutor

warnings: cursing, mentions of blood and violence

a/n: i got this prompt from an ig account called writing.prompts.re and the moment i saw it, i thought it was perfect to write about sooooo here it is :))) on a side note, i do try to keep my reader’s “character” as genderless as possible, but i finally realise that i can do more to be more accepting. so from now on, i’m going to use they/them pronouns for the reader and if you notice, i also try to keep the reader’s past relationships genderless as well so that i don’t stay too heteronormative. so i really hope that you won't mind and this will obviously change how i write but i hope that you can still appreciate it anyway!!

You were never known for a sloppy memory. But you have never wanted to forget anything more than this, considering the reminder was in your hand. Said reminder was in the form of a letter. Now that you look at the letter, you even remember writing it...you remember sitting at the cafe with your best friend at that time. And if you think even harder, you can roughly recall how the conversation went...

“This is just sad....”, you pouted.

“What is? The fact you get to spend time with your best friend???” Jisoo was starting to tease you about your mood. You felt the biggest eyeroll come out of you.

“No, you idiot. I’m probably gonna end up sad and alone...I doubt I’m gonna be married by 30...”A sigh came out of you. You knew it was still a little young to think about it but being an only child, your parents had always told you that you would need to carry on the family line. But how were you going to that when you barely had time to have a relationship in the first place? How would you even find som-

“Hmm how about this....if the both of us aren’t married by 30....we’ll marry each other.” Jisoo said it with such confidence that you almost agreed without actually processing the idea.

“The fuck? You complain that my crackheadedness is tiring already and you want propose a marriage?” Needless to say, you were at a lost for words.

“Well...it is sort of a last resort for the both of us. And I’m pretty sure that the both of us will find someone by then....soooo, deal?” 

You could tell that he was being serious about this, that this wasn’t a jokey “haha here’s a weird idea”. And you thought to yourself, ‘Why not? It’s not like Jisoo would be the worst person to marry if it came down to it..’

“Then, it’s a deal. If we are both lonely, sad losers at the age of thirty, we’ll marry each other. Let’s seal the deal with a letter...” You declared your decision.

Why younger you chose a letter you can’t remember well but knowing yourself, it would have had something to do with a letter writing phase at that time of life. It would get really stressful and writing letters were therapeutic for you. You had found one of those services that holds on to letters and that would send them out at a later date. Both you and Jisoo agreed for the date to be the first day of the year after since Jisoo was born near end of year so a few days wouldn’t hurt right.

And with the letter dealt with, the both of you had went on with your lives. You remember that you parted ways with him because you disagreed with some friends of his. They would sometimes get into trouble and with you studying law, you didn’t know how to feel about this and when you voiced your troubles to Jisoo, he had dismissed them entirely and said that if you didn’t like it, you could leave. And to his surprise, you actually did. 

With that letter in your hand, you brushed the thought aside. You knew long ago that it was a joke. And you left for work, knowing that with your recent promotion to the top prosecutor position, you would have a mountain of cases to look through. The blood, sweat and tears that took for you to finally be promoted to this esteemed position paid off. You knew that it was an honour to be where you wanted to be. This expectation stemmed from your own overachieving tendencies and the fact that your parents had also worked in law, along with several family members. Being an only child only fuelled that expectation further and as such, people who were close to you understood that sometimes you had to pour your free time into cases as well. You had lost many relationships that way, with your partners saying that you never spared them any time or that you loved your job more than them or the fact that you could always procure a solid point in any fight due to your experience in court. 

And with every failed relationship, you came to accept that with your work life, you would never be able to find a partner understanding enough. Although that meant that you having a lasting relationship was low, you were content. That feeling came from knowing that you tried and you could accept if it wasn't written in the book of fate for you to find a loving partner. 

The letter brought you back down to earth. You were shocked, to say the least, that you didn't even open it until you drove to work. You obviously knew what was written inside but weren’t ready to face it yet but you knew you would have to sooner or later. You heaved a sigh and read the letter;

Dear future me,

I know that this might be sudden and this might not even apply to you now but you made a deal. Do you remember it? The deal might not even apply ti you now and it might sound crazy but hear me -yourself- out okay?

If you aren’t married by now, well then you are kind of engaged to JIsoo...go give him a call or something

And if you are, well then, you can throw this or keep it for a laugh lol

Love,

Me

You recalled how close the two of you were. All the random hang outs and Netflix sessions at each others houses. All those sweet moments where you remembered why the both of you because friends in the first place. Those thoughts brought a grin to your face.

Until you remembered why the friendship broke off..

You were starting to worry about Jisoo. Especially about the company he was hanging out with. They were definitely not of the savoury type. You passed it off at first, until you realised that it was affecting Jisoo as well. And that was when you knew, you had to speak up about it once and for all.

You were nervous. This would obviously not be a very comfortable experience but you just knew it had to be done. You decided that it would be best to bring it up as nonchalantly as you could which happened to be during a platonic Netflix and chill session. 

“Hey Jisoo,” you began shakily.

“Yea?” He seemed to not expect anything, which was advantageous to you.

“Umm, about you know, Seungcheol and your other friends...are you sure it’s...you know...in your best interest to be uhh hanging out with them?” It took you a lot of effort to bring this up. 

He heaved a sigh.

“y/n, it’s really none of business and also not in your best interest to ask...Plus, it’s not like you know what’s best for me and you also do not know anything about them.. ” Jisoo was understandably irritated. This was not the first time that you had hinted about this. 

His comment had really gotten under your skin. What’s best for him?? He says that you would not know, even though you spent the better half of your lives looking out and taking care of each other. And yet, he now cites that you don’t know anything about them either...

“I know plenty about the riff-raff you are hanging out with. They are borderline CRIMINALS!” You don’t know why you had shouted that last word but it definitely took a weight off your chest. 

It also seemed to dislodge Jisoo’s surprisingly calm attitude. 

“You don’t know anything so don’t say shit that you will never understand! You were brought up with privilege you never knew you had. My friends didn’t so I don't see what’s wrong with me making sure that get that privilege now. And that’s all I’m going to say about it. If you aren’t happy, then you can leave.”

And you did. You left that day and never looked back on your friendship. And if you had physically turned around that moment, you would have seen the broken look on Jisoo’s face. But you walked off, towards the future that you never knew was coming. 

The memories plagued you sometimes and there were moments where you felt guilty, after all in your line of work, you knew that sometimes the accused were partly innocent but a job was a job. And with that memory resurfacing, you shook it off and continued your day as per normal. 

It was a long day, full of paperwork and meetings about new cases and everyone was blabbering about a group that was becoming dangerously powerful. It was a mafia at this point and you knew that one day, you would have to face them and try your best to put them behind bars. 

You were more than happy to reach home and take a nice long shower and just..relax for ten minutes. But before you could even put your bags down, your phone rang. 

It annoyed you. The probability of it being someone from work calling about a missing file was high. And you answered the phone with an annoyed, “What”

“Is that how you greet everyone, darling?” 

The voice was lilting and somewhat familiar and yet, you couldn't place your finger on it. 

aight imma end it here for now, this has been in the drafts for a while as i was slowly writing this

as usual, feedback is welcomed!! thanks for making it this far!!!!

[harukamitsuki]

Aight, so I've been thinking about AUs and I just--

Hear me out, okay?

Boku No Hero Academia but it's a Music School.

Think about all the shit you can work with!! Like, Izuku is bullied for having a feminine and high voice; Katsuki is worshipped for being able to rap like a fucking god; Shouto inherits Enji's deep voice and Rei's soprano voice. Just fucking think about it--

They'd all have preferred genres too, so it could be unique. Like, Shouta would go through all at applications and portfolios, searching for kids he thinks have a good voice and are unique. And All Might literally has no reason to break Izuku's dreams so they never have the mentor-student relationship they have in canon.

The arcs would be fun to substitute as well. The quirk apprehension test would like take place in the auditorium and they'd have to sing on the spot without music and then do some DDR or something.

The Battle Training arc could be duo battles, randomised to coordinate on the spot with unfamiliar artists. Singing and dancing, if you want.

The USJ arc would be them practising performing a concert in different terrains or recording MVs. But then the villains would be anti-Yuuei people who broke in and it'd be one huge dance/singing battle - GON WRONG. Like, the Noumu is some sort manufactured human with a perfect voice box and trained to dance since it was made. They take it too far and break Shouta's leg. The students run and end up being chased into different areas. They're about to break Tsuyu's leg or arm when All Might comes in and challenges them to a dance/sing-off. He tired Shigaraki and Kurogiri (who just has like a black-purple bodysuit and mask on) and then they send Noumu out. All Might outdances him and Noumu just shuts and breaks down. The teachers come in and chase the anti-Yuuei people (fuck it imma call them villains) away.

The Sports Festival can basically be anything to do with performing. Like, it starts off as a gymnast race, sort of circus-like. There's a bunch of trampolines, monkey bars and swings. The second round is group performances. Groups of four and the team that has the most votes wins first, then second, then third, and then fourth.

The duels are where it gets really interesting. So Shouto does declare war on Izuku like canon. During the intermission (wherein Mic turns into a fucking comedian lmao), Shouto tells Izuku about how abusive Enji is. Enji picked Rei out to be his wife and to carry their children for her soprano/falsetto voice. His voice is really deep and he wanted to have an offspring with voice pitches. So, when Shouto was born with both (checked on his fifth birthday), Enji started training him. Making him hold a note while he hit his stomach or winded him. He was also abusive to Rei as she tried to protect Shouto. Eventually, again, she snapped and poured the boiling water on his face. In the present time, Izuku is horrified and then declares that he won't lose.

Ochacco loses her battle against Bakugou because he goes all out, improvising different dance moves which gets a boo from the audience because he's forcing her to dance and use her stamina up.

Hitoshi loses his battle against Izuku. He was bullied for having an insanely deep voice and being an insomniac and the song chosen sort of reflects his bullied life. (It's probably something like 'Disappear' or 'Survivor').

Then, the Izuku vs Shouto battle happens. This is the battle that has everyone on edge because they can feel the tension rising. Like, Shouto sticks to low songs like Jazz, while Izuku goes for higher songs like Ariane Grande. And when everyone thinks Izuku's gonna win, he holds out a hand to Shouto while singing 'Take the mask off to be free/Fought it out in the debris/Now you know that life will change!' from 'Wake up, Get up, Get out there' from Persona 5.

And then Shouto, while brimming with tears, starts singing 'This is the part when I say that I'm stronger!/I should be wiser and realise that I've GOT!' And the crowd is in fucking awe at the high note, because Shouto has only ever sung baritone - and he just sang a high A, maybe even F. Enji's fucking ecstatic but Shouto doesn't even care because he's not focusing on Enji anymore. He's singing for himself now, not to spite his rotten father. Shouto ends up winning and Izuku passes out from the exhaustion of winning the first and second round and all the dancing he did.

Tenya is used by Hatsume to present the microphones she's made. He has to go home early to visit his brother in the hospital. Back on that later.

Shouto loses his duel with Katsuki because trauma isn't so easy to forget. Katsuki gets pissed when Shouto faints halfway through - from the physical and mental exhaustion. They don't chain Katsuki up, but they do force him on the stand by standing in front, behind, and either side to him. Shouto gets second and Tokoyami gets third.

The Hero Killer Arc is a lot less gruesome than canon. Stain isn't a serial killer, but he does end careers. He meets artists/dancers in an alleyway and challenges them to a sing-off at a nearby karaoke bar. If they win, they can call the police on them. If he wins, he can break their legs or strangle them. So, he's more of a psychological criminal than a murderous one.

He did this to Tensei who lost and had his legs broken - though not to the extent of others who were given the hammer treatment.

Tenta finds him an alleyway, breaking Native's ankle with a gag in the latter's mouth. And he's all like, if you win, you can break my legs. If I win, I can break yours and hand you in. Stain denies. He tackles Tenya to the ground and brings out a hammer. Before he does anything, Stain messes with him ("If you were any good a person, you would save Native from being harmed any further. Instead, you challenge with the intent to damage.").

Native can't do anything with a smashed ankle and hands tied behind his back, unable to get the gag out. Stain's about to make the first break when Izuku runs in, tackling Stain and yelling for Tenya to get Native and run. Tenya tries to argue, claiming that Izuku wasn't part of this. But then Izuku rips him a new one. ("I don't care! You're my friend, Iida. I don't want to see you throw your entire career away for some petty revenge! Just get Native and fucking RUN!").

Stain is fucking delighted because finally, a music artist has some sense. He goes on about the other artists being greedy - saying that they had the choice to decline his challenge and yet they all chose pride over their careers. Even Tensei. And Tenya fucking snaps. He challenges Stain again, offering his life as a forfeit and demanding to take his. And then Izuku snaps - he's like "ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND!?" He fucking bashes on Tenya, claiming that if he were half the man his brother was, he'd listen to him and run away with Native.

And then Stain turns the tables, turning around, pinning Izuku to the ground and snaps his ankle. And Izuku's in so much pain like -- he doesn't even have the gag so Tenya and Native hear him scream in pain. Izuku's broken bones before while dancing or simply falling, but it's never been so painful.

And Stain is just like "I want to see you become a star, so I won't end your career. I just want to make it so you can't move." And he's about to snap his other ankle when Shouto comes in and throws a fucking steeled-toe boot he found lying around. It turns out, just before Izuku ran in, he sent his co-ords and Shouto got concerned.

Tenya gets over his shit when Shouto tells him to be someone his brother can be proud of after Stain throws a broken bottle at his arm. He ends up tackling Stain and disarms him of the hammer. And he's all like "Midoriya! I apologize for my actions! I will make up for it, I promise!" And he apologises to Native for forgetting about him and focusing more on revenge.

Shouto reveals that he's called the police and Stain panics. He like throws Tenya off him (who's head smashes against the ground. He's sort of bleeding and concussed but he tries to get up) and lunges for his hammer which in Izuku's hands (who is now backed up against the wall). But then Shouto comes in again and wacks an advertisement board over his head. Izuku takes it upon himself to elbow his neck which does the trick and knocks Stain out. Tenya helps Native out while Shouto helps Izuku.

The police arrive, arrest Stain, and they all go to the hospital.

Tenya apologises again, but they're like "it's okay as long as you've learned from your mistakes". The story gets around about how Native and three artists in training survived an encounter with the Career Killer Stain and got him arrested. Because there are no laws against self-defence (especially when they only knocked him out), there is no cover story. But they still don't tell anyone about why they even encountered Stain.

The Final Exams are pretty much the same as round three of the Sports Festival, except duos against a teacher. The teacher they go up against gets to decide the contents. Like Nedzu makes Mina and Denki dance for the ten minutes and if even on of them is still able to go on, they pass. If not, they fail.

Izuku and Katsuki are paired against All Might like in canon. His is that they have to coordinate in a dance-singing battle with the song and genre alternating. As an alternative, if they are able to escape his radar, the faux paparazzi, and the arena, they win. It starts basically the same as canon, with Katsuki wanting to do the latter, refusing to coordinate with Izuku. But Izuku wants to do the dance-battle as they have a better chance with it.

Eventually, after Izuku tells Katsuki about how horrible and depressed he made him feel for the majority of their lives, and Katsuki reluctantly tells him that he was jealous that Izuku was able to sing so high, they come to an agreement. They dance and sing, edging to the exit. So, if they don't make it out on time, they can still pass. They make it out with Katsuki out of the gate and spinning Izuku into him (not Katsudeku/Bakudeku).

Shouto and Momo can only pass if they get a high enough score on the karaoke and beat Shouta's highest score (99) In the ten minutes they have, they can only sing about three or four songs. And they try so many different songs to incorporate Shouto's baritone and falsetto. He realises his mistake and asks Momo for her range. She can sing falsetto, and can even scream-whistle. So, they combine their voices simultaneously, reaching 100 and are able to pass.

The training camp arc is just building up stamina, instrument practises, practising dance moves, and expanding your range. The villains attack, kidnap Katsuki (who looked less than happy during the sports festival) and almost kill Kouta.

Kouta is saved by Izuku, again, from Muscular. He was a dancer who challenged many dancers to a dance battle. He went against the water horses and took their life as a forfeit. They managed to fight back as ice-skaters and dug a blade into his eye. Izuku carries Kouta in his arms and practically runs down the mountain, careful not to trip. Muscular tries to follow but ends up falling and knocking himself out on a tree.

Himiko is able to perfectly mimic someone's voice and dance style. Dabi is Touya, but he ran away after Enji went too far and almost burnt his throat. Muscular simply used knock-out gas. Mr Compress literally just cuffed Katsuki and Shouto, though Shouto was freed after Mezou throws like a branch and stone, causing Shouto to slip from his grasps. They escape using smoke bombs and a getaway helicopter.

The canonical rescue group go undercover. To let Katsuki escape, they get a motorbike (Momo has one) and Eijirou holds a hand out for Katsuki to hold onto. They drive next to him, Eijirou pulls him on, and they drive away.

All Might is faced with All for One. Instead of dancing, they actually fight. It's in this fight that All for One punches his wound. Unable to keep this form (because it's still like two centuries into the future and they probably made something to make this happen), All Might deflates into Toshinori Yagi. Now the whole world knows. He eventually musters enough energy to punch All for One's temple, rendering him braindead. But he receives no backlash because it's self-defence. All for One attacked first. And AfO is guilty of kidnapping, murder, extortion, blackmail and so on.

The dorms are implemented and each of their rooms has something to do with their preferred genre.

The super moves thing is just them creating a finishing move for dances.

The provision licence exam is just them meeting other music academies and having sing-offs and dance battles with them. They probably have to team up at one point, which is where the whole Inasa-Shouto problem comes in. Because they want to get a good score, but Shouto's deep voice and Inasa's mid-tone one conflict. Eventually, after Izuku scolds them, they have Shouto do a background tone while Inasa sings at the forefront.

Izuku and Katsuki dance together (AS FRIENDS) while they open their hearts. Katsuki is really affected by ending All Might while Izuku just really wants them to start over. They start calling each other by first names or just different nicknames to signify this.

The Big Three is still a thing. Except that it's talents instead of quirks. Mirio has a deep, booming voice; Tamaki is great at dancing; Nejire has mastered most of the instruments.

There's still the mafia. But instead of quirk-cancelling drugs, they kidnap and sell singers. Eri has been captured for her talents even at a young age. Nighteye is on the case, with Izuku and Mirio helping. Izuku bumps into Eri and Chisaki finds them. Instead of ordering Eri to come back, he knocks them both out and kidnaps Izuku as well. While fighting the chloroform in his system, Izuku leaves the pass that allowed him access into the staff area of Nighteye's agency.

Mirio finds his pass and brings it to Nighteye. They end up being blackmailed by the yakuza ("Bring your singers here or the boy dies"). He brings the Yuuei students in the area and the police to the Yakuza where they stage a rescue.

Meanwhile, Izuku tries to escape a good few times, always being caught and thrown back into a cell. Eventually, he gets shoved in with Eri and they bond a bit with Izuku promising to get Eri out with him.

Nighteye doesn't die, but he does get a spinal injury that will never allow him to walk, much less dance, again. Mirio also does not lose the ability to sing or dance, but he is strangled to the point that he loses his voice for a week or so.

And then the whole getting Eri to cheer up is mostly the same except it's a lot more intricate and professional than in canon.

And I'm gonna stop there so I don't go into manga spoilers.

But seriously, BNHA - Music?? Anyone interested??

[straiflaboratories]

apparently ‘game theory‘ is up there with ‘irish potato famine‘ on things i can yell about for 700 words

aight now that shit has calmed down slightly imma toss out the theory i’ve had all along:

the whole point of the random eyes is to make breeding projects harder. it's an intentional feature, not an unintentional side effect.

‘wait a sec straif, why the Actual Fuck do you theorize staff would go out of their way to make a major game mechanic harder?’

(...i’m not kidding about the rest of this being 700 words.)

because it is a game, not a dragon dollmaker. part of game design is not just making in-game goals attainable; it's making in-game goals attainable and challenging. that's what separates games from tools used to just do the thing.

and yes, breeding projects are already a challenge. and as has been made obvious over the past few days, lots of players think this pushed the game balance too far in the 'challenge' direction. but on the flip side, it's undeniable breeding projects have gotten easier over the past five years, especially in favor of users whose goal dragon is already popular. if i want to breed a triple-obsidian imperial, i could do it right now with ready-to-breed parents plucked from the ah. if i wanted to breed something more random and less popular, i'd have a harder time and would need to balance 'when do i want to start breeding' vs 'how good do i want my per-nest odds to be', but increase in volume means there's still more options than there were a few years ago.

obviously even with perfect parents there's still challenge. most notably, staff has never released a gender-change scroll... for exactly this reason. they want at least some chance rather than always being able to scroll to what you want. similarly, while nest rentals aren't against the tos, they're not officially supported, nor has staff ever released a single-dragon flight-change item or ability to control your nest elements without moving your whole lair, again, for exactly this reason. they want breeding projects to be some level of challenge and while flight can somewhat be user-controlled, a flight-change item would have made things easier than staff wanted.

but gender aside, breeding projects have ceased to be a challenge because of the game itself or because of anything the player directly controls. they're now a challenge based on whether you want the same stuff as everyone else and the resulting ease of getting optimal parents. and there's only two ways to handle that balance:

'let's accept the challenge levels of breeding projects are primarily based on popularity now.'

'let's add something else which can't be purposely bred for and thus can't be tied to popularity.'

staff chose door #2, and now we have random mutations, with a small counterweight of vials to keep some control in the hands of the user. allowing eyes to be genetically passed on wouldn't fix the popularity imbalance, and making all the eyes available as controllable vials would be less 'breeding challenge' than 'shopping challenge'. so we've got one (for now) controllable vial, and limited-time-only scattersights, and either way how much users like a certain style is irrelevant to how easy it is to get.

'okay straif let's say you're right, then why did staff not lay this out at the start? people who don't like the rebalance would still be pissed but at least nobody would be freaking out about lack of staff communication.'

ladies gentlemen and distinguished enbies, allow me to review some history of Flight Rising Staff, creators of such hits as 'contact us (is a black hole but maybe your enquiry will be lucky enough to escape the event horizon)', 'the weekly q&a thread is now the biweekly q&a thread is now the oft-delayed q&a thread is now closed for a month', 'we made yet another change and said nothing about it', and of course the entire Banpocalypse 2014 Collection, featuring 'we suspended a well-known user for a rule which didn't even clearly exist and coincidentally we're also adjusting our banning procedure for coli-bots and multi-accounts and saying as little as possible about either and inevitably half the users conflated the two and are spreading wild rumors about how trivial an offence one could be banned for and the users who noticed the distinction are perturbed by our lack of communication and the entire gotdam userbase is now screaming like cicadas'.

...i'm not sayin staff's communication wrt the eye release was good or even acceptable but 'staff has 0 communication skills' is the least surprising part.