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imagine-it-was-us · 5 months ago

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something on my mind || Lando Norris

Inspiration: Purple Disco Machine x Duke Dumont x Nothing but thieves "Something on my mind".

Author's note: To fully immerse yourself into the story, I highly suggest listening to the song first. My first instinct to go back to writing after 7 years was highly inspired by the song and the idea of the music dictating the narrative. So here we are. Hope you like it. ✨

Pairing: Lando Norris x Reader

Summary: The two of them could not be more different. A loud, extroverted racer, and the shy, introverted graphic designer. Yet you can't control the spark.

Word count: 2.8k+

Lando’s life wasn’t meant to be simple and ordinary. He moved too much, changed cities like clockwork with brief moments of tranquility. F1 took him everywhere, yet because of that nowhere ever felt permanent. Don’t get it wrong. He simply adored his life, it was after all his dream. The constant buzz around him, the rush of adrenaline, the highest highs and the lowest lows. He enjoyed it all and never took it for granted. Yet living this particular dream has its cost.

That feeling of never being settled? It applies not only to the locations. It also does to people. It was easy to keep in touch with family or friends, it was all like second nature to them. But relationships weren’t easy to maintain. It is not like he didn’t try, but his last relationship was a complete disaster and had taught him that love didn’t fit neatly between airport terminals, paddocks and packed schedules. So now, he didn’t look for it. He didn’t want to get hurt like that again.

That’s what made one-night stands easy. There were no expectations, no heartbreak, no risk. No promises, no trust issues. It just provided the gratification he needed, blowing the steam off, as one could say. And he was purposely looking for the women, who were just like him. They didn’t ask questions and hold any expectations. They also didn’t stay.

And that’s how he ended up in another club tonight. He wasn’t a DJ—just a guy who knew enough about music to have fun with his friend, Martin Garrix, filling a gap in the setlist. Even though he enjoyed playing with music, everyone knew that this show was a one-off thing. Something to laugh about later. Standing behind the booth, watching a crowd move to the beat you controlled, felt good.

Then he saw her.

She wasn’t the kind of girl who got noticed. And she liked it that way. She had never been the loudest in the room or the one who commanded attention just by walking in. She likes blending in the crowds and living her life from the sidelines. Yet as it happens to introverts usually, she was domesticated by rowdy extroverts, who teased her for it—Live a little, dance with someone, let loose for once.

She did dance. That was the only reason she had agreed to the club in the first place. Not for drinks, not for hookups—just the music. She had always found a kind of freedom in it, a way to exist without thinking too much. Just lost in the rhythm, in a world of her own, as if the music was the only thing that mattered.

That night, she felt seen. She didn’t even know why she looked up. Maybe it was instinct, the pull of something invisible. But when she did, he was there. Watching her.

A stranger behind the DJ booth, but not like the others. Somehow he wasn’t showing off, wasn’t scanning the crowd for attention. He was just there, hands moving effortlessly over the decks, looking straight at her. Her breath caught.

Lando experienced the same thing. When she looked up at him, really looked, something in his chest tightened. For a guy who kept his heart locked behind logic, something about that made his pulse stutter. The moment stretched as the bass thrummed between them; for a second, it felt like the entire club faded away.

Then she looked down. And the moment was gone.

Martin coming to the booth caught Lando’s attention for a split second and once his focus shifted to the crowd again, she was already slipping away, vanishing between shifting bodies, just another face in the blur of neon lights. Frustrated, he tells himself it was nothing. A passing moment. A trick of the lights.

So he tried to let it go and let the night play out like it always did. Drinks. Another girl. A half-hearted hookup in a darkened corner of the club, taking her to his hotel room. But the second it was over, he felt it—that hollowness, the restless edge in his chest.

He knew exactly why.

Later at night, staring at the ceiling, with a nameless woman sleeping calmly by his side, Lando couldn’t shake the feeling that he had let something slip through his fingers. Not in a grand, romantic way—but in a what if way. A nagging curiosity. A voice in the back of his head whispering: Did she feel it too?

He told himself he was being ridiculous. It was just a passing moment. A look across the crowd. But then why couldn’t he stop thinking about it? And was she dreaming of him?

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Imagine his shock when going through the streets of Barcelona, he saw her again. Not at the club, but in a quiet bookstore café, tucked into a corner by the window, with her full attention on the computer screen in front of her. There were no flashing lights, no pulsing bass—just her in her world, while headphones blocked out the outside buzz.

The second he saw her, something in his chest shifted. She wasn’t dancing now, but she still looked lost in another world. And this time, he was not going to let her disappear.

She flinched and gasped when she saw the cup of matcha appeared in the empty space on the table right in front of her. She stopped her favorite playlist and the gaze immediately shot to the one carrying it.

Her first instinct was to assume he had the wrong table. Maybe he was meeting someone else and just placed the drink in front of her by mistake. But by looking at his face for another second, she realised that she knew him. Not in the way that counted, but in the way you remember a face when it stands out from the blur of a night. He was the DJ from the club. The one she had locked eyes with for just a second too long before vanishing back into the crowd.

What was he doing here? More importantly, why was he standing in front of her like he remembered her, too?

“Hey,” Lando said, leaning against her table as she was pulling the headphones away from her head. “Saw your empty cup and thought you might wanna refill.” He explained when her eyes went from his face to the hot beverage. But selfishly he wanted to bring her attention back to him. “You ran away the other night.”

Her brows furrowed and she felt her stomach flip. “What?”

“The club,” he said. “You looked at me. Then you ran.”

She flushed and felt her cheeks starting to burn. “I—I didn’t run.”

“You disappeared,” he countered, while swiftly pulling away an empty chair from another table so he could sit right in front of her. “Felt a lot like running.”

She hesitated, then exhaled a small laugh, shaking her head. “I don’t really do clubs.”

“Yeah, I figured. So why were you there?”

“My friends.” She shrugged while closing her laptop. She felt that this conversation might be a little bit longer than just a quick chit-chat. She will deal with her responsibilities later. “I just wanted to dance. I didn’t expect… anyone to notice me.”

Norris studied her for a beat. Shy. Reserved. The opposite of the girls he usually ended up with. But there was something about her quiet confidence, the way she had felt the music that night, that intrigued him more than any of the loud, fleeting distractions he was used to.

“Well, I did.”

She bit her lip, then asked, shifting attention from herself. “You’re a DJ?”

He laughed. “Not even close. My friend shoved me up there for a set. I just went along with it.”

She tilted her head. “So what do you actually do?”

And just like that, conversation shifted. She thought he would be the kind of guy who only knew how to flirt in half-truths, but instead, he talked. Really talked. About his job, his travels, how he ended up behind that booth on a whim. The more he talked, the more flustered and surreal she felt. She had a literal millionaire sitting right in front of her, who could have been doing anything he literally wanted. And somehow he ended up sitting in her favorite cafe, chatting her up. And he showed the interest that she wasn’t expecting – even though she tried to talk about herself as little as possible, he persistently asked her about her days, what she was doing for living, about the kind of music she actually liked, about things that had nothing to do with the place they had met. When Lando realized that she had been living in Barcelona for a while and since it was just another stop before another grand prix, he asked her if she could find some time to show him the city.

The connection was born and both of them were eager to further explore it.

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Ten days passed quicker than any of them expected. Lando saw her every chance he got, whenever she wasn’t working and he was done with the meetings and practises. Their meetups had no expectations. No pressure. Just stolen moments—late-night drives with the stereo turned up, quiet dinners where he learned how she hid her laughter behind her hand when she was embarrassed. With every glance, every unexpected touch, the feelings were growing deeper.

Her heart was doing somersaults trying to warn her not to fall for his charming and immersive personality. Especially now, when she knows how his daily life looks and that his days in Barcelona are counted. Also, of course, once he said his name and his occupation, it took her less than 5 seconds to find countless articles online about him and his lifestyle. Parties, rumors, links to several different women. His world seemed so distant to her and on paper it would be difficult to find two people who are as opposite as the two of them were.

And yet it was hard to believe everything she saw online when she had a breathing and living example right in front of her. During their week together there weren't any acts of sheer extravaganza. He always chose to lay as low as possible. Instead of taking her to expensive restaurants trying to impress her, he asked her to take him to a pub that would repel any tourist, but was so loved by locals. As much as he claimed to love speed, somehow he ended up with the slowest rented convertible. Even though there were longing looks and accidental touches that seemed to last a little bit longer than necessary before one of them would pull away, he never pushed her and never threw himself on her or even asked her if she was feeling something.

And that was down to two things. Firstly, Lando believed that good things always required time. It didn’t matter that he was indeed hooked by her presence every time they met, but he knew that acting on his desires might simply turn it into another meaningless and awkward fling. And he most certainly didn’t want that. And secondly, as closed up as she was to the rest of the world, Norris saw her opening up just a little bit more every time they texted or saw each other and as cocky as it sounds, he knew that she felt it too. He knew that it was rational to give it a little bit more time.

Yet time wasn’t on their side as it was Sunday night after the grand prix and he had a plane to catch in the morning. He was still buzzing from placing second, but the happiness was overshadowed by looming goodbye. They walked in comfortable silence, the city humming softly around them. The celebrations had faded, but neither of them seemed in a rush to end the night.

She glanced at him—his hands shoved into his pockets, head tilted toward the sky like he was trying to freeze this moment in his memory. He seemed so out of place in these quiet and empty streets further from the action, but yet somehow he fit here. With her.

This was the part where she should start pulling away. She knew how to do it – keep things light, make a joke, pretend none of this meant more than it should. It was easier that way.

She had spent years perfecting the art of being just enough. Just friendly enough to blend in, just open enough to avoid too many questions. People rarely noticed when you kept your answers vague, when you laughed at the right moments, when you never let them see the parts of you that meant something.

But Lando noticed. Not in a way that was prying, but in a way that made it feel safe to be honest. And that was dangerous. Because honesty led to attachment. And attachment led to expecting things that were never really yours to begin with.

“You should be celebrating tonight,” she said, nudging his arm lightly.

Distraction. Distance. The only tools she had left.

He seemed too deep into his thoughts and she had a strong feeling why he was in that state. Yet she didn’t want to seem cocky or push the forced narrative.

Lando exhaled a short laugh, shaking his head. “I am.”

She raised an eyebrow. “Doesn’t feel like it.”

He stopped walking, turning to face her. The streetlight above them was casting a soft glow, making everything feel strangely surreal and intimate.

“You know,” he said, rubbing the back of his neck, “you’re a real pain in the ass sometimes.”

She blinked, surprised by the blunt expression. “Excuse me?”

“You,” he repeated, taking a step closer. “Making me enjoy slow drives and quiet nights when I should be focusing on my job.”

She crossed her arms, tilting her head at him. He knew from the get go that she couldn’t be further away from his typical life. And yet he accepted it with open arms. “You know, you had a free will to do whatever, right? Now you’re making it sound like I ruined you.”

His mouth quirked into a smirk, but his eyes gave him away – there was something deeper there, something hesitant but real.

“Maybe,” he admitted, voice softer now. “Maybe you just made me realize I want more than what I usually get.”

That did something to her chest, twisted it in a way she wasn’t ready for. She wanted to make a joke, wanted to deflect – but instead, she just looked at him, just like the first time in the club.

And he looked back. This time he wasn’t going to let her gaze go, still low key thinking that she would somehow simply disappear. Neither of them moved. Neither of them had to. The weight of unspoken words filled the air between them, stretching the moment just long enough to make it unbearable.

Lando inhaled sharply, like he was about to say something – then changed his mind. Instead, he just reached for her hand.

It wasn’t forceful, it wasn't desperate. Just an unvoiced question. Are you going to let me in?

She exhaled slowly. She knew that she could simply walk away from this. Right now, if she chose to ignore it, she would probably never see him again and the only proof of the last couple days would be random selfies on her phone and his presence would linger for a while in her favorite places around the city. But when he looked at her like that, she felt the sense rare sense of fuck it filling the air. And instead of answering that lingering question, she closed the space between them. It took a blink of an eye for Lando to meet her halfway.

The kiss wasn’t rushed, it wasn't perfect. It was something in between – a slow, careful exploration of something neither of them were ready to name. Of something so fragile that any rapid movement could break it. When they finally slowly broke apart, Lando let out a low chuckle, shaking his head and finally exhaling as if he was holding his breath this whole time.

“Well, damn.”

She laughed, rolling her eyes, feeling the sense of ease rushing through her. “Don’t let it get to your head, Norris.”

“Too late, there's already something on my mind.” His thumb brushed absently against her wrist before he finally – reluctantly – let go.

The moment lingered, heavy but not unbearable. No promises. No dramatic confessions. Just the quiet understanding that this wasn’t over.

And somehow, that was enough.

As they started walking again, neither of them spoke. But as the streetlights flickered above them, their hands brushed once more. And this time, neither of them pulled away.

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katblaze · 2 months ago

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Ella focused post-canon long post ahead:

I like the idea of Tadius having to reign Ella in when she has a mean streak towards particular peasants who had perpetuated her abuse in the past. The peasants who verbally and physically taunted/abused her. The people who disregarded her pleas and distress, writing it off as madness, violently sending her back to her abusers just to get her out of their sight. Because her circumstance and uncleanliness was uncomfortable to be around. Maybe she can't stand to be cordial or impartial to the very same people who she watched drag her mother into the square. Or maybe, at her lowest, she says some unpleasant things about all peasantry, flippantly stereotypes them in a moment of temper. Let's her trauma blossom into rage, into a simmering desire (not necessarily action, mind you) for petty cruelty.

We see her deconstruct a lot of her (admittedly not crazy large) bias against peasant and servantry in the show; this being easier for her to accomplish because she was forced into servitude and squalor herself. For example, one of the first things she jabs at Tadius with is his rank as a servant. She establishes her status and her power over his well-being, potentially his life (and this is important for us to see for her character! this is the first time we see her so confident in her dialog in the show. she is finally reclaiming the autonomy, power, and safety she lacked for potential years, even if this isn't "perfect victim" or kind behavior). This threat could easily have been genuinely fear inducing for Tadius if he hadn't perceived her comment as banter/wit (or he, at the very least, thought she couldn't do anything to him as the prince's right hand servant because she's not from a reputable house). But later, we see her call Tadius "a good man" instead of "a good servant", signifying her growth. She acknowledges where she went wrong in the past and asserts Tadius's position as an equal. Textbook character development.

She also originally vows to the fairy godmother to take vengeance only on those who deserve it, who have taken everything from her and seek to destroy more. She makes clear that her blood lust is for specifically her step family (edit: if Justine and Lucy represent Ella's core values and dreams then Justine establishing kindness to those socially lower to them as an admirable trait makes a whole lotta sense for Ellas character going foward). Hell, she is said to be a good queen by the whole kingdom, implying the peasants favor her rule after she's gained it. She is known by all for her kindness and love which is carried out just as fiercely as her justice.

Does this mean she doesn't have low points? Does this mean that at her lowest Tadius doesn't need to council her and advice her against her (valid, but potentially unfair) anger? That she doesn't let her new found power make it so that, at times, she speaks down to those she deems morally lesser (and could that perception of who is lesser, by this measurement, be influenced by class bias/her past peasant inflicted abuse)? Ella's main character motivation is vengeance in the show, even if her morals are steadfast throughout, I think it would be an interesting conflict between Ella's own ethic values vs. her (again, valid) trauma-induced feelings/vitriol, and how that conflict influences her decisions not only as queen, but interpersonally.

This could also lead to some great tension between Ella and Tadius (who are at this point good friends, partners, or at the VERY least close coworkers). With some communication Tadius would be given better insight into Ella's past, interworkings, and decision making. It would also grant Ella an outlet to talk about all this awful shit that happened to her and how it comes back to affect and shape her presently.

Not to mention Tadius's own trauma regarding aristocrats who belittle their subjects. Maybe at her most cruel (aka in a very bad emotional state) Tadius becomes clinical and emotionally disconnected, just as he was with the prince? Unconsciously or not, sinks back into giving stony irritated advice and doesn't talk to Ella in their normal affable manner for the rest of the day, or longer. Maybe it takes them a while to get to the point of healthy communication because of both of their past isolation (ella is purposely isolated by her supposed "madness" and has no one to talk to, she is overjoyed to vent to a literal frog + no one recognized tadius's wit before ella, implying he is not close enough with anyone for them to know who he is personally) makes it difficult for them to talk in a productive manner at first.

(I do not mean to say this is the only interpretation of Ella's character or the headcanons you should adopt post-cc. Maybe Ella never let's these internal biases (that I've picked up on) influence how she treats her subjects/how she rules. Or, shes developed and grown entirely past them. Maybe Ella and Tadius never have this kind of conflict between them. This is also tackling a very specific negative trait I enjoy exploring, which I personally could see presenting itself in Ella post-canon. I love her. I don't doubt she is a great queen who rules with the working class's benefit, along with the rich's detriment, in mind (in fact, I definitely like to believe she does). I just really like characters having character flaws, even if they are a good person, even if they are the hero, and even past their happily ever after)

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mesetacadre · 5 months ago

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Do you have any thoughts on student protests? Are they just kind of doomed to lose momentum or get coopted by bourgeoise parties, like so often happens with mass protests?

I'm trying to be hopeful of meaningful short term changes, but the amount of classism , middle class posturing and general "we want the system to do its job!!" always makes me wary, especially since the most likely political change is the return of people who care about "Eu values", the torch bearers of privatization and economic destruction. Forgive me if I'm wrong, but to me any sort of anti-corruption fight won't amount to much when I would say corruption is just part of the bourgeoise dictatorship, it's the name of the game at the end of the day.

Yes, precisely, corruption is an unavoidable part of a bourgeois state. The use of state, "public" funds in the interests of the few instead of the country as a whole is what constitutes the normal functions of a capitalist state. Looking at it this way, what's the difference between a politician making favors to his cousin who owns a sanitary masks factory, and basically anything the state does being auctioned to the lowest capitalist bidder? The only real difference is a personal connection and in the first case, harming other capitalists through "unfair compentition". What does it matter to our class if capitalists don't play nice between them? They're still managing capitalism and governing for the interests of that class.

Me and you and hundreds of thousands of communists understand this more or less, but nevertheless there are millions and millions of students who don't, and we want them to. Not for a question of proselytism, but because for our ultimate objective to be reached, it's necessary to get workers, including students, to share our politics. For this to happen, they need to participate in our work, not just in the practice, not just in the debates, but both, at the same time. If you invite students to collaborate in a banner painting workshop, they key is to, while they participate in this action, explain two things. One, the reason why those banners are being painted. We don't like x thing, y process is happening, etc. And two, how those banners will help you fight that. We're hanging them up in these places because we want to reach this objective audience and we want to stick it to the university/faculty/government, etc. And it's not only an explicative effort, they need to be a part of the debate even if we have settled it internally, maybe they'll be convinced but maybe from their doubts and opposition we can also improve our analyses. The banner painting workshop should be used to understand the workshop itself. Generally speaking, only by ensuring this twofold participation in our praxis, can an actual understanding be efficiently achieved, and work towards strengthening the student movement.

Are student protests doomed? kinda, but not if we can help it. Broadly yes, the student movement (in universities, in high schools and vocational schools they have their own particular form for mobilization cycles. broadly speaking they're more infrequent but more massive when they happen) is particularly prone to having very contrasted highs and lows, completely reactive. However, we can't expect to intervene in a movement already ripe to share our analysis, much less in universities where most already politicized people want to be the next Marx or Bakunin but only for their 15 friends. If we didn't encounter these sorts of obstacles, then we would already have the world socialist republic.

No, we can't run away from deeply liberal spaces if those spaces are where the spontaneous-economically conscious members of our class are. Never hiding our analyses, never capitulating to reformism and parliamentary grifting. But nevertheless there, so that anyone can see and take part in our practical and political competency, our classist consistency against wishy-washy social-democracy, and so they can be a part of our praxis. This is the only way we can ever see a more fundamented student movement, arising from the exposure of the contradictions that come to light in every demand and movilization, making the students a part of our criticisms as well as our positions.

#ask #anon #seriousposting

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ramblingandpie · 6 months ago

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So there was a post going around that I saw a while ago about making tender roast beef. And, well, since I was planning to make roast beef this weekend anyway... here's my roast beef process.

Put oven rack on lowest slot and pre-heat the oven. If you have 4 hours, set it to 275. If less? 350 is fine.

Put a drizzle of olive oil into the bottom of a Dutch Oven. It'll help with cleanup later.

Wash and chop up a bunch of potatoes, and also chop one onion. Put those into the Dutch oven and mix in some salt, pepper, garlic powder, sage, parsley, and marjoram. Experiment a bit if you want with the combo but that's kinda my base.

Add olive oil to a sautée pan and heat that up. Put in the roast beef, and liberally add the same herbs/salt/pepper/etc.

Move the roast to the Dutch Oven on top of the potatoes. Important! Make sure it's fat side up!! So the fat drips into the stuff!

Next? The deglazing.

Deglazing is basically "add some wine to the skillet at a low temp (so it doesn't bubble) so it picks up all the extra oil, salt, and yumminess." Then, you pour that over the roast beef.

I also add about 1 cup of beef stock, which I make from the "better than boullion" stuff.

That's everything! Put the lid on and slide that into the oven!

Let it cook for a while. How long? I hate to say but it depends. I do usually resort to googling this step for my particular weight of roast, but this was a 5 pound roast at 350 for just over 2 hours. Lower temp? Longer time. Smaller roast? Shorter time.

Always check your temp when you think it's done! I love this meat thermometer that shows different requirements for cooking temps.

When you take the pot out, let it sit for a bit. 15 minutes is good. The meat needs to cool slightly before you cut it. This is called "resting" the meat and I think that's great. Give your beef a little nap.

Then, slice! I have this big knife that's like a chef's knife but serrated. It definitely comes in handy for this step.

Warning! The roast beef WILL be juicy if done right, so you definitely want a cutting board with grooves on it to catch all dat goodness.

This particular beef was fattier than I anticipated. I do sometimes cut the fat off the whole roast before slicing, and put it into a bag in the freezer labeled "future soup" where all my fatty scraps go. Tonight, I didn't. So like... yeah I definitely cut the fat off my slices before I ate. All good. Flavorful.

This beef is also more medium than the thermometer would imply - I left the Dutch Oven closed while it rested so it did end up cooking a bit more, and then like 47 other things were all ready right after I took it out of the Dutch Oven. It happens.

And voila! Tonight's dinner also included roasted asparagus, air-fryer cauliflower, the potatoes from the roasting, crescent rolls, and gravy (made from the roast beef drippings).

All told, it was about 3 hours start to finish, BUT like... I got the beef in the oven around 2:30 and then played with the kids for an hour, and then did some other chores, and got back in the kitchen around 4 to prep the sides and finish the beef. So not bad, overall.

I enjoy cooking and I do a weekly Big Sunday Dinner which is necessary for my mental health. It's definitely taken a bit of a learning curve and there have been some misses along the way but I do think I'm a pretty damn good home chef after doing this for a while.

So yeah there's my roast beef!

#food #cooking #recipe #roast beef

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malwaredykes · 1 year ago

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I know you mostly post about fnv but I'm curious to know whats your opinion on the other fallouts?

fallout - really Really REALLY good. unforgiving, yes, takes some time getting used to. not without its flaws of course. for example i couldnt for the life of me figure out some very basic shit at first because the UI was designed by rodents i think. very Very engaging once you get past all of that. phenomenal first entry in the series. music, plot, worldbuilding, themes, major characters, mwah. mwah. They Dont Make Em Like That Anymore and there are many good reasons for it but time passed doesnt disappear so you can always play classic fallout.

fallout 2 - thing get weird. some of the highest highs, some of the lowest lows. the highs are really high though. unfortunately has a particular kind of needless edginess to it that gets extremely tiresome. "heeheehhee SECKS *begins to warp violently* heeiiuhehyehye" type. bizarrely racist and misogynistic at many points. contains some of the best voice acting moments in video game history. at many points its just very very tedious, like if with fo1 at some points i was like Well this is kinda rough, with fo2 there were stretches of the game where i was like What the hell am i even doing here Who are these people what is this crap. the enclave as this games evil fucked up faction is so great i love how theyre gradually introduced and then shit hits the fan. has a lot of texture to its worldbuilding and some really good fun moments but again it goes off the rails so much. i rly need to replay it but every time im like God do i really have time for this. i love that you drive a car

fallout 3 - weird fucking game. some truly unjustifiable design and worldbuilding decisions despite having also introduced a lot of rly good things. fun gameplay i mean its that classic falloublivionrim buggy grimy versatile ps3 pure brick ass gravel gamebryo bethesda. VERY funny to have so much of the games plot be like I Gotta Find My Dad like girl i dont care about my dad he can go die. oh wait he does. it has what i call The Martin Septim Problem and i think its kind of self explanatory. fawkes best boy hes my little birthday boy. fun to explore and do your own thing and discover whatevers going on out there. i HATE the brotherhood of steel in fallout the third. i HATE the enclave in fallout the third but i dont think it even comes close to how much i hate the brotherhood of steel in this game and what precedent it set for the rest of bethesda fallout. these creeps. im supposed to find any of this awesome? fuck no. oh also im ENDLESSLY amused by the prologue its like a nightmare sequence akskfnckxjnc. im being BORN?? ive just slid out of my mothers WOMB and CERVIX and VAGINA and theyre bringing up a screen to show her what an ugly monstrosity im gonna be when i grow up and shes like Waoww and she dies??? im a TODDLER? Release Me. Unhand Me You Fool. oh also that sequence where youre in a CRAZY SCIENTISTS SIMULATION is so stupid i love it

fallout 4 - havent played it for longer than 15 minutes (made me barfy). everything i learn about it is bizarre. like WHAT the fuck happens in that game. your old wrinkly son tells you youre stupid and dont need to know anything hes doing and then is like im dying can you take over for me??? also the intro is truly something i mean i dont mind having Some backstory to my character but youre saying i had to be straight married with a baby and living in a nice suburb, with a robot house servant? fuck no

everything else i havent played and have no real Thoughts about

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rotorsexual · 17 days ago

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So there's this video which gets reposted fairly often of a guy's head getting clipped by a Bell 407 main rotor (which I won't be sharing for obvious reasons). And the comments are always so fearful about being around helicopters and how could such a thing happen.

So I'm here to explain exactly how something like that could happen and how to avoid getting a messy haircut when entering or exiting a running helicopter.

Lets start with just being around one in general. The whole rear half of the helicopter is just completely off limits. There's the tail rotor which has been responsible for many many accidents, hot engine exhaust, and you are not in view of the pilot. Approaching from the sides or from a forward diagonal angle instead is best.

But why is approaching directly from the front not generally the preferred method?

Because the rotors can tilt.

When the pilot moves the cyclic control forward, aft, or sideways, the rotor disc will tilt in the corresponding direction. If the cyclic is pushed forward then the front of the rotor disc will dip lower than usual. Even larger helicopters can have the blade tips dip below 5-6 feet which is enough to hit most people.

To exacerbate this, many helicopters also have rotor masts that are pretilted forward a few degrees, even with the cyclic in a neutral position.

This is why you should prefer to approach diagonally and not directly from the front where the rotor blades could potentially be at the lowest point, while avoiding the hazards to the rear.

Another thing to consider is the slope. Plenty of accidents have happened because of people approaching from or leaving to an upslope.

A helicopter landed on a slope (even a seemingly shallow one) will touch down sideways to it and use lateral cyclic input to help hold it into the upslope side.

Up close to the side of the helicopter or beyond the rotors you are safe but attenpting to cross the blade tips could put you close enough to them to cause injury.

Lastly and one of the reasons for the accident with the Bell 407 in the video mentioned earlier is the landing gear.

That particular helicopter was equipped with low skids which are typically used for operations from prepared helipads and paved surfaces. They are a bit more streamlined and more convenient to enter and exit the cabin but they bring the fuselage and rotors closer to the ground.

Here is a comparison of a Bell 407 with low and high skids equipped.

(Low)

(High)

The extra few inches added with high skids makes a big difference for raising the fuselage and tail rotor from obstacles when landing off airport.

So between the forward disc tilt, sloped ground, and low skids, its absolutely possible to get hit by the main rotor.

#aviation #helicopter #guide #heliseries

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saltbind · 1 month ago

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Happy Wincest Wednesday!

I say and then ask a question where I don't actually care if the answer is even slightly wincest related. It's a follow up on last week's ask. It counts.

I really, really like non-traditional omegaverse. Even if I'm not convinced I'll ever actually finish any of my own WIPs about it. So. If you have any ideas you want to gush about. Or fics you want to recommend, even if I know nothing about the fandom, because I will go there for interesting omegaverse. Or just. Thoughts. You have my permission to generally infodump at me.

Obviously if you have wincest ideas, I'll like them, but again, they very much do not have to be.

- @schizosamwincester

oh man i love non-traditional omegaverse, it rules. my own wincest omegaverse wip doesn't feel like it's going to buck tradition too much at this stage, but we'll see how we go.

i really dig when writers go ham with the worldbuilding. there's a few fic recs below that are obviously driven by kink, and some that aren't, but they're all interesting in their own right. i love og omegaverse but it's FUN to get weird with it.

i'm always looking out for these fics in my commonly frequented fandoms, and so far i haven't dived into the wide world of 'all works' tagged with non-traditional omegaverse, though i do get closer everyday.

i will say, if you enjoy the body modification, noncon, and tentacles aspect of 'on tentacles and tenterhooks', let me know, because there's a non omegaverse original work that would be right up your alley (esp if you enjoy forced feminisation in a kink sense)

hogh okay fic recs here we gooooo

Come Hell or High Water by blacktofade - Teen Wolf

"As an alpha, Derek goes into heat, which means he has to deal with endless amounts of saliva at any given point."

In this 'verse, omegas don't get wet naturally - that's what alpha saliva is for.

The Lightning Strike by Batsutousai - MCU

"Pack dynamics are confusing enough for the Avengers without adding the complete mess that Thor and Loki grew up with, but they aren't given much choice when Loki goes into heat in the middle of a battle and Tony's alpha instincts tell him he has to take care of his pack, enemy or no.

Featuring: Loki just needs some love, Bruce really wants to go Hulk on Odin, Tony is confused about everything (but not as much as Steve), Clint is an absolute ass (& drags Natasha and Phil along for the ride), Pepper is kinda a BAMF"

Super fun - Asgard has the more typical omegaverse rules but Earth has dynamics based on actual wolf packs. It gets real weird when those dynamics interact.

Like a Thin, Unraveling Thread by eeyore9990 - Teen Wolf

"He'd thought he was done with this. For years — since Paige, since long before the fire that had taken his family — the continuing trauma of his life had kept him from going into heat. He'd never thought to experience this particular state of unbalance ever again.

But then Stiles happened."

In this 'verse alphas are the ones with the nesting instinct. Also features reverse knotting, which is always a fave.

On Tenterhooks and Tentacles by dirtymuse - Teen Wolf

"With the rising cost of everything, Stiles can’t see a way out of the debt his dad is in. He knows they’re on the verge of losing the house. They need money desperately. So Stiles does the unthinkable. He volunteers for the taboo of all taboos, the lowest of the lows, and the thing no one talks about but everyone knows about. Stiles offers himself up to the Human Advancement Corporation—specifically, the X-Corps division. Everyone knows some shady stuff goes down at the Corporation or HAC for short, except no one knows what that shady stuff is, since volunteers are sworn to secrecy with an ironclad NDA. ‘Volunteering’ is for desperate people, and Stiles is feeling pretty desperate these days."

Omegaverse isn't the primary setting here - it's medically induced in our protagonist - but it is a part of this fic. However, I'm obligated to rec this because it is obscenely kinky. You've got experimentation, xenophilia, oviposition, sounding, mpreg, knotting, body modification...it's a very fun time.

Wunschbrunnen by hellhoundsprey

Written for a prompt. Alpha/alpha cam sex work with J2 from an all time SPN writer.

Not by [Jay Tryfanstone]

Written for a prompt. Really unique worldbuilding in this one - alphas are called Nots and sleeping with them is considered close to bestiality.

i will also rec an artist while i'm here - rednoonsun on bsky. their omegaverse art is unique and gorgeous.

#ask box #drowninginredink #wincest wednesday #fic recs

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deadendtracks · 1 year ago

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Response to @divinekangaroo's further thoughts on my ask about Tommy and sex:

I haven't properly structured an argument around this; I feel a lot of T's approach to sex has that almost woman-coded thing to it, as signifiers of an even-further-disadvantaged man. It nags at me and feels that this also ties into this subaltern, semi-'Orientalist' / exotic layer he has as 'lower than the lowest class' / 'actually so low class he's outside of class' Romani character -> less of a stereotype, more of a conscious consideration of "if you have nothing, you will use everything you can, and sometimes that includes your own body, and guess what here's the bind: that kinda puts you even *lower* in the hierarchy, because women are lower than men and only women use their bodies that way!"

This is a very interesting approach that I don't think I fully disagree with, but where I hesitate is that Tommy's the only character in his family or extended kin group who uses his body like this.

I do think the show does intentional things with Tommy's ethnicity and the impact of the bigotry he and his family faces (Alfie even points it out, re: Tommy being from an oppressed people the way Alfie is) -- whether a Romani person would have major critiques of how the show handles it is another issue; but it seems clear to me the show was trying to be aware of that social position and how it might have formed Tommy, etc.

What do you make of the fact that Tommy is the only "subaltern" character we see who uses himself sexually the way we're more used to seeing a woman do?

Because of this, I can’t ever see him permitting himself to perform that ‘hungry to totally surrender his control and desires to someone else’ role so frequently given to him in fanon. What happened with Tatiana was an exception, not a rule. It’s nice to read for various reasons, but I'm unlikely to personally lean into this take. Not to say he's dominating or must be fully in control during sex, either, just that I think he'd avoid leaning into surrender because it'd be like losing total control of a transaction and becoming far too vulnerable.

Yeah I don't see him as a submissive, the way fandom can often frame him (especially with Alfie). I don't see him as someone who wants to be dominated and controlled. I also don't see him as interested in dominating during sex.

When I was thinking about this I kept coming back to the first two sex scenes we have with Grace, though -- where imo we do see him leaning into surrender, intimately and sexually. I don't know if it's a total loss of control, but he's certainly not avoiding it in my view. I think the whole reason he fell for Grace is that he *did* feel that surrender of intimacy with her, that vulnerability. And it's in distinct contrast to every other sex scene we get from him after that.

some of these might be considered trauma responses but my preference is to think he is/was always going to be this way *somewhat*#because he is this way.the particular traumas he went through were able to be framed in ways that allowed him to continue…for a while

Also curious about this -- what do you think are the characteristics he has that were "always going to be this way" (apologies for how awkwardly that's worded, hopefully you get my gist.)

#peaky blinders #divinekangaroo

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whatsyaname · 1 year ago

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Hi.

I can't reveal who i am but i used to be a ex moot of tee (@/saetoru) and i don’t care if this seems cowardly to make a page just to call her out. after seeing lots of people share their experiences with tee i’d like to also add and show some of the stuff she’s done to remind people she’s not as angelic as she makes herself out to be.

me and tee weren’t close as she was with her little clique (they know who they are) and other people but the main reason we aren’t moots anymore is because i broke the mutual. after seeing a callout post about her way back in oct. 2023 with other people’s stories in the thread of reblogs / link (i’m sure you guys saw)

i simply didn’t wanna be associated with someone like that. i was just confused why tee was acting like it wasn’t her fault. she said she doesn’t have to provide proof because she doesn’t owe anyone anything when that doesn’t make sense. because if you’re gonna accuse someone, always provide proof otherwise it’s safe to assume you’re lying.

this was Tee’s response back in october to her being called out by one of her old moots also, she deleted this a few days before she returned to make it seem like nothing happened but oh it did. i’m putting this here for people to see again (if you already haven’t) because just look at this.

this is what a narcissistic manipulator sounds like!

the biggest thing that made me scratch my head was for her to immediately bring up past drama to redirect the situation and make herself seem like the good person, and address the other party as a “white girl who blackfishes,” and she tried taking the attention off her to bring up palestine.

are you serious? if she so called “blackfished” why were you supporting/defending her in the first place? shouldn’t you be in the wrong too? the party she was talking about didn’t even blackfish, from what i can recall it was a simple tan so again, this was Tee reaching and blowing things way out of proportion.

she keeps mentioning some random bnha blog but never gives the @ so she’s probably lying. how are you gonna accuse someone of plagiarism then your only evidence is “oh me and my moots saw the whole thing, so you know i’m not lying.” girl bffr. and for her to even say something as childish and stupid as “she’s stolen ppl’s skin tones and she’s stolen their ideas. not much to left to take besides your identity at that!”

you and i both read that right? this is a supposed 20+ year old, saying something as kiddish as that. she even exposed the persons @ in the tags and why did she do that? so she can make her thousands of followers / anons spam their inbox with threats, derogatory names, and literally anything else. and she has the nerve to say she’s not enabling that kind of behavior with her audience. she’s abusing her following and it’s showing.

and for her to sit there and say it’s not her fault for being in her own space and name dropping people without actually name dropping them is just absurd. subposting is the lowest of the low. If you’re gonna talk shit at least put the url while you’re at it. people can tell who you’re talking about even if you’re being discrete.

She has a private blog called @/clorindes where she uses it to "vent" and bash writers and laugh it off with her moots and even followers.

i know of this particular blog because like many others, if you followed tee that blog (her private) would appear in ‘blogs like…’ or ‘recommended to follow.’ after tee got called out, she privated it but it’s still up.

(i recommend blocking that blog) because i’m sure she’ll activate it again once things settle. i hope that’s not the case because how many drama, discourse posts, call outs does it take for her to fully leave this platform? this is chronically online mentality at its finest.

it’s been an ongoing rumor that tee has this tumblr 'burn book' to blacklist writers on this platform and it’s proven to be true. some of tees even own mutuals are in there, and its just embarrassing. you have to constantly remind yourself this is a 20+ y/o person acting like this, out of all platforms, tumblr…

i remember a while back tee drove off a few blogs just for having the same theme concepts as her. (is that even a thing?) like tee used to have instagram themes i think, yet when she found other blogs having the same, she’d send her thousands of anons to harass that person, and be so butthurt over a theme.

not gonna lie, her themes are generically basic and doesn’t even look like it takes much effort. so what is there to copy. i’m not saying copying themes are good and okay, but she takes things too far. i can see if it’s writing, but a theme or a layout? i just find it so mind boggling people stick by her side and support her still.

from her old blog she’d always say sneaky comments like these and laugh it up with her mutuals in the comments. it’s really…something, because why do you care what those writers do? she reeks of jealousy and envy, literally look at her tone.

“we all know yall just want the notes and numbers.” um, yeah? everyone wants recognition on their work, it feels good to know your works being appreciated. and her jab at shading writers who write half paragraphs was so unnecessary. because again, why do you care? how are those writers hyping each other up seen as ‘shady’ or ‘fishy’ behavior? just say you’re jealous and go.

she acts like she doesn’t do the exact same thing with her cult of friends on tumblr, spamming the tags with wtv.

miss tee, flat out you’re a nobody.

you have no right to judge how someone write. who cares if you have 30k+ followers on this old ass site. congrats ….i guess? in the real world, you’re just a miserable person who likes torturing people online.

she has this thing of coming after upcoming big blogs, if i’m not mistaken, the most recent one was a known jjk writer, kazu _____ another was a popular multi account munson____, and there were multiple others i’m sure. her following count boosts her ego a lot, that i can see. and she thinks it’s okay to say whatever and not get held accountable. well now she is.

notice how she came back to tumblr after a two month hiatus, turned anons on then back off. and shes been inactive for a few days. she’s running away from the drama because she knows exactly it’s no one’s fault but hers.

if you look through the long thread i linked earlier, actually read through the reblogs. if multiple various ppl are coming out to share their experiences (with receipts) chances are you should be able to tell who’s lying! she needs to be stopped and ran off the app, not those blogs who didn’t do anything. tee’s been involved with drama for a long time like i said before, way back in her tokyo rev/hq era in her @/hanmas era. so about three to four years ago.

it’s been said tee and her mutuals send anons to harass other writers and i wouldn’t be surprised if that’s true.

again, it’s a shame you have to remind yourself this is a grown woman in her twenties acting like this on tumblr. it’s sickening and she needs to grow up, and get the hell off this platform before she drives anyone else off.

thats all! thank you for reading

#saetoru #Hope she sees this too.#stop supporting her #her moots and followers who ignore her are JUST as bad as her #she’s been in drama since 2021 (her tokrev era)#get a grip this is tumblr dot com #She needs a reality check and it should have been her ran off the app instead of those innocent blogs #to people who lost their blogs to her I’m so sorry #I hope you all are at peace.

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divinekangaroo · 1 year ago

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Was thinking a bit deeper on @deadendtracks query https://www.tumblr.com/divinekangaroo/740003125539307520/i-clipped-this-from-your-post-because-its-easier?source=share

Snipped for sex talk, and also to spare any disinterested parties my naiveity on complex matters such as: subaltern/Orientalism/exoticism/Othering/ethnic talk etc

In hindsight I think I answered that query as a ‘possible authorial intent’ - speculatively, to subvert the usual gangster trope by displaying macho-ish behaviours (sex! whores!) but flipping motivation and outcome.

But there's also something else that's been churning away at the back of my head, the term subaltern. "the most powerless people living within the socio-economic confines of imperialism" -- and this imperialist overlay that often assigns the devious, deviant, dark, scheming/conniving/machavellian/feminine characteristics to the subaltern man, too, because it is exotic.

Gut instinct, barely unpacked: there's an imperialist/cultural/ethnic trauma that feels like it can't be detached from Tommy's sexuality/approach to sex any more than the hints of childhood trauma or abuse can be, either. Especially when you consider childhood as his closest time still connected to the living Romani culture, as opposed to by the time we see him on screen when his interactions with his culture are static and based on childhood/broken memories. I was initially put off by the Romani layer because it felt like a stereotype - gangs followed ethnic lines so let's just apply an ethnicity that's ~exotic~ - but the later series re-frame the earlier approach into something that shows it was almost never intended to be a representation of the culture but rather, more like Tommy's particular (distorted, damaged) view.

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But then also answering the personal side of the question RE: Tommy's character. What does it mean for a person/individual to be so transactional and detached from sex yet participatory towards it?

This gets a little more headcanon-y:

T started having sex or being sexualised (seeing/experiencing sex) really young in a less than affectionate way - more like, here is a thing that must be done for some other action to happen (or be diverted).

Despite that I do feel he has an urge for connection/intimacy, I think he struggles with actually connecting deeply with people, reading sexual cues/flirtation or the like. In some ways, he connects too deeply and therefore holds back? I did have thoughts along the asexual line. He likes certain people, and he mostly enjoys the physical act of sex, and these two things can overlap to ‘I would like sex with this certain person’, but there’s a big gap between the two. Deep connection is unrelated to sex. Can't read flirt cues to the point he leapfrogs straight to the 'do you want to fuck?' almost as an abstraction because he can never decode the in-between steps?

Notwithstanding any deep connection, sex is still considered/framed as duty and obligation. His approach with Lizzie in S6 as case in point; he is conscious of his role and considers it a thing that must be performed to satisfy that role. Even S5, it feels like a 'seal the deal' sex exchange; he knows she likes it, she just told him so and that it's important to her, so all right, he's going to let loose.

This difficulty with 'is this connection? not sure?' is one reason why I think he is mostly about family (he can take connection for granted and has had a really really long time to build it). He also has a surprisingly large *respectful* but superficial network (he knows the right behaviours but rarely gets personal), very few close friends (honestly is this just Alfie? Maybe, once, Freddie and Barney? even Johnny Dogs and Uncle Charlie are subordinate). Which lends itself very effectively to leadership, to be honest, but also loneliness: again it feels like he's performing connection.

I really struggle with picturing him feeling much physical attraction without consciously focusing on it. He seems to spark for people (or maybe situations/dynamics - classy women?) not their physical, and when I’m in headcanon mode, it’s familiarity that builds his fondness for certain aspects of a person's physicality, rather than their physicality attracting him initially. So either he wants sex (release) and it's not really relevant who with, or he wants the person and sex is acceptable/better with that person. And there's a conscious switch in his head like, "ok now paying attention to physical attraction because must have sex" or "switch it off not important right now"

#more rambling sorry #some of these might be considered trauma responses but my preference is to think he is/was always going to be this way *somewhat*#because he is this way.the particular traumas he went through were able to be framed in ways that allowed him to continue…for a while #i try to avoid the trope of 'ah traumatic sexually fraught childhood=sexually destroyed forever'#i'm constantly trying to write my take on these as Him.not Consequential Trauma Reactions per Mccaffreyism ‘anal turns het men gay’ approac #of course the trauma embeds and distorts relationships and behaviours in other ways so it's not always simple or without overlap #I still long for some decent meta on the Romani.ethnicity.imperialism layer but without uni-level analytical terminology feel like--#i'd have to out myself for pseudoauthority to write it. so i try to write it into stories and instead think wistfully--#--about the strangeness of finding imperialist cultural alienation reflections/recognitions in *this* sort of media of all things XD

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microwaving-tesilid-argente · 2 years ago

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thinking about reed's worldview & morality makes me feel sooo insane this guy contains such multitudes it's crazy

(major spoilers for reed's backstory)

like i mean when you take into account all of tesilid's timelines you see him at his lowest and then get up from it and you realise that hey his lowest was pretty low but it really is so far from his default. he did commit atrocities but like it's not an inherent part of him. when he decided comitting atrocities wasn't worth it anymore he did just stop, because being evil wasn't really very important to him anyway.

my read on reed's motivation is that it's not really about him being evil and wanting to cause pain, but a desperate attempt to save himself. i don't really see all his mass murdering as him being inherently evil tbh because like. he had saved the world 8+ times and all of that reset. what is the worth of other people's lives, when any joy they experience, any pain they felt, would no longer exist except for in his memories? i think to reed, every other person becomes like a video game character. it's perhaps disturbing but the immorality of killing them is a little suspect because death and suffering doesn't even have long-term consequences for said person anyway. reed causing some massive destruction is just... morbid entertainment? reed certainly smiles (smirks) more than he ever does as tesilid. glad he's having fun(?). like everyone in the timeline is going to die anyway according to his plans, and they and anyone else who lived didn't have a future even if he did fail, so what does it matter if they died now or not.

but even after he's become uncorrupted tesilid again, it's still clear that he remains angry and vengeful. he chokes and scares the bandit leader Just Because. The bandit leader in this timeline doesn't even know what tesilid is taking revenge for, so all that scaring is really just for tesilid's own satisfaction. Scaring the hell out of the bandit leader is important enough to tesilid that he risks ailette seeing this happen if she just turned around a little early. And in the pandora's box dungeon, he lied to the order of light pillars about having lost his memories about the sculptor's atelier, but "don't worry my memories are coming back!" There's literally no reason for him to lie in this particular way, if not to see them squirm. and he purposely leaves them with ailette, whom he knows will beat them black and blue for him. he's still going to sacrifice himself for others and put himself in danger, but he's not above some schadenfreude and taking delight in the pain of those who'd wronged him, he's not some saint.

he's still angry and vengeful but even as readers we rarely get to see this side of him, because there are things more important to him than revenge. And doesn't that say something about his capacity to love and to be good. Even after hitting the lowest of low, he still picks himself up. He cares about Ailette's safety so much and tries to get along with her family. I kind of wonder if he woke up and went yeah that "destroy everything" plan was kind of whatever let's try something else this time, and picked up his moral compass where he dropped it under the kitchen counter. his attitude to cardinal cartelyena dooming him to a really terribad punishment is really just "yah i was objectively bad so i don't even hold anything against you lol".

like. shakes him up and down. the way he decides to mass murder and then some time after goes actually you know what sorry god that wasn't very nice of me i think i'll be good this time and he genuinely means it. it's so funny he has such a range and it doesn't compromise the integrity of his character at all, his core still feels the same. do you get me. like he's always been intrinsically inclined towards doing good and he has a great deal of patience, but he can also snap and be angry and decide to just be evil but it also doesnt make his inclinations towards goodness any less real you know what i mean.

also he's so good at lying that it's funny. he's lying all the time and no one even questions it, because why would he lie? he's the pushover doormat who always sacrifices himself for others. the only way you would know that he's lying was if you already somehow knew the truth. and you sure as hell aren't getting it out of him. honesty being a virtue (generally speaking) and he doesn't have an ounce of it. and none of the people in universe would even consider it.

edit: i realised that it's not really accurate to say that destroying the world wasn't that important to reed anyway, because reed did expressedly reject ailette because he was so hell-bent on destroying the world. ah well we all have times when we hit rock bottom and he sure hit at least 500km past that. whatever, the point is that he did that and then went oh whoops let's not do that this time and genuinely meant it. what a guy. i love all the character development he goes through. and the great changes he goes through doesn't feel contrived at all.

#s-class heroine spoilers #roast potato #from my drafts #penned august 21

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dandelionsarenotfruit · 2 years ago

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This is my paternal grandfather standing in Mannheim, Germany, during World War II. An emaciated young German man is in the window behind him. My grandfather was part of the 42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division that aided in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.

He died when I was only 4, but my dad said that his father barely ever spoke to him of his service and the things he witnessed because it was too harrowing for him. I think about him any time I read about neo-Nazis because it offends me so much that the very thing he fought so hard against has arisen again, perpetrated by people who don't seem to care about the ramifications of their actions. People who think that racial and religious and cultural persecution is acceptable. People who apparently feel very flippantly about genocide.

I don't think my grandfather would have dealt well with the news of the last few years after what he saw in Germany, and I think that's true for the thousands of soldiers who fought against the Nazis. I'm a pacifist, but I understand we will never live in a world without war and strife, and I am against the military industrial complex, but have the utmost respect for veterans (I also think that, for all of its rhetoric, the United States falls extremely short when it comes to providing for its own soldiers when their service ends). People like my grandfather put their lives on the line to stop genocide and now there are fools who would dare to co-opt that dangerous rhetoric? To raise their arms in that salute? To take that symbol (which was itself stolen and twisted) and put it on their wall?

The very fact that neo-Nazis exist in this world makes me so angry. Considering the concerted efforts made to end their original regime, you have to be the lowest of the low to ever propagate something so harmful to millions of people, something that ended family lines and tore apart a continent. And to think that this type of person would probably want to blithely complain that no one "supports our troops" or respects the Army, all while holding the very symbol that soldiers like my grandfather rallied against. What could be less respectful of "our troops" than that? What the hell do they think "our troops" were fighting against? You don't get to glamorize war and service without understanding what the war was about and what the service did. Can you imagine these torch-waving sycophants being transported to the 1940s? Every American would have run them out of town on a rail. It is WILD that an American would decide to emulate the far right. To my knowledge, the Germans of today have zero tolerance for anyone even pretending to be a Nazi or making light of these beliefs and that's exactly how we should treat it, too. With a grave understanding that we can't ever truly comprehend just how many lives were lost, stolen, terminated, and a fierce determination to never allow that to happen again.

This probably isn't as clear of a post as I want it to be, but I have thought about this so many times and I'm proud of my grandfather for doing what he did, at untold personal cost. I wish I could have spoken to him about his service; I'm not sure he would have been able to say anything, though. I'm just so disappointed and frankly livid on his behalf that this particular evil rose again so quickly.

Also, I have a very German last name and significant German heritage through my grandfather and I imagine that that, too, must have pained him. To see the country his ancestors came from held hostage by a delusional and soulless tyrant.

#germany #wwii #history #ancestors #liberation #world war two #42nd infantry division #antinazi

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casspurrjoybell-22 · 2 years ago

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Master - Chapter 35a

*Warning: Adult Content

- Lincoln -

"Okay Master, close your eyes," Kalem says from the bathroom, his excitement making his words rushed.

"They're closed," I reply with a growing smile.

"You have to close them super tight," Kalem demands making me chuckle with amusement.

There wasn't a thing Kalem could do that wouldn't succeed in enamouring me completely.

"They are closed super tight, I promise love," I raise my hands to cover my eyes for good measure so that Kalem wouldn't doubt me once he came out.

"Alright," Kalem says, his voice coming from directly in front of me now.

He was getting really good at popping about now, time rarely stopped unless he willed it to.

Arias had explained to us that Kalem's powers or rather his magic, would be at it's strongest when he was at his highest or lowest.

His angel side fed off of his happier emotions...

Excitement, joy, peace, contentment and comfort.

While his demon side would feed off of the darker emotions...

Anger, sadness, fear, disappointment and pain.

Kalem had been nothing but smiles since we returned from the pixie festival and though I couldn't say I felt the same about all that happened on that particular night, I was happy that he was still riding the high of it.

"You can only open your eyes on the count of three," Kalem instructs seriously so I nod.

"Okay. One. Two. Three. Open. Open. Open."

Pulling my hands away, I open my eyes with a large smile already stretching across my lips before I find Kalem twisting from side-to-side in his little outfit.

It wasn't the same servant's attire he'd been so in love with in his earliest days with me, he'd gotten rid of that one a few weeks ago.

He'd said that even though he loved the outfit very much, it was something he thought were meant for slaves when he'd worn it before.

And now he didn't feel right wearing it when he knew that that wasn't what he was or what he even wanted to be.

But even as it'd been a good decision to make on his part, he'd been a little pouty since he threw it out and Malcolm had sought to resolve the problem on his own accord.

He'd gotten this new get-up for Kalem as a gift that was similar in some aspects but much more... Kalem.

The main colour scheme was still black and white, with tight, black slacks and soft fitting dress shoes that were black as well.

His shirt was a white overhead top, with a low-hanging v-neck and short sleeves.

The top resembled the elf's clothing with its looseness that suited Kalem beautifully, as all things tended to.

The 'Kalem' parts of the little outfit were the little highlights of yellow that popped out subtly enough.

The handkerchief that Kalem had tucked in his back pocket was a soft yellow, the bottom outline of his shirt was yellow and the little bow he'd clipped into his hair was yellow as well.

I was sure there was also a jacket to add to this ensemble but Kalem had opted not to wear it now for this showcasing.

Even so, the outfit was like a combination of every form of Kalem there was, all wrapped up into one enamouring bundle.

"Master, say something," Kalem whines as he twists in front of me.

Doing a twirl and then another to give me the full picture.

At my dropped gaze, Kalem giggles while still bouncing around on his toes.

"Tell me how good I look."

With a chuckle, I pull Kalem in by his waist so that he's standing between my legs.

As he slides his hands over my shoulder and to my neck, I look up to him with a matching grin.

His hazel eyes were bright and wanting, a little nervous too but there was no need for nerves with me, not when I loved him so very much.

"You look absolutely gorgeous my love," I declare, my heart was stagnant and withered inside but it felt so whole now as I looked up at everything that was right and good in my world.

If I had one, I knew it'd be racing as hard and furiously as Kalem's was against me.

Kalem beams at me before he bites into his lip in a failed effort to quiet his joyous sounds.

He struggles to hold my gaze as he climbs on top of me, straddling me with a shy smile that was more than a little suggestive.

When Kalem felt shy, he had a tendency to try and distract me in any way he could so he could make the feeling go away.

But I was determined to have him hear my words since he'd asked for them, there would plenty of time to enjoy his body afterwards.

"You look beautiful, like the angel you are and sinfully sexy like your demon side as well."

Kalem's cheeks heat and his eyes dart away from mine but his smile doesn't diminish in the slightest.

"You look stunning baby, stunning."

"Lincoln," Kalem whines in a high pitched squeal, his eyes trying and failing to hold my gaze.

"You are perfect, Kalem," I finish as I lock my fingers together at the dip in his back.

Blushing profusely now, Kalem wraps his arms around me and takes us both down onto the bed with another squeal, while he tries to hide in my shoulder.

Kalem loved compliments, especially on the days like today where he was 'feeling himself', a little more than usual.

But he was also terribly shy at receiving them, he grew embarrassed and giggly, like he couldn't believe so many pretty words could be used to describe him.

But that was alright, for now, we had eternity to spend together, so I knew that I had plenty of time to make him grow accustomed to them.

"I'm glad that you like it," Kalem mumbles against me.

"I more than like it, love," I promise while running a hand through his hair, carefully not to disturb the bow.

The bow was the only part of the outfit that was a piece from me and it had been a complete gamble that, thankfully, had been the right choice.

When we were raiding the Elf's closet for pixie attire, Kalem had wondered off into Malcolm's massive closet and in there, he'd spotted a bow for what I imagined was the first time.

It had been tied to the back of one of Malcolm's more elaborate outfits from centuries ago and was disturbingly massive, tied in the perfect knot that sat where his butt would be.

I had watched quietly as Kalem had marvelled at it with wide eyes, wanting it so desperately without allowing himself to say so.

When we'd returned home, I'd scoured the internet for bowed accessories that I hoped would please him as much.

Then I'd gone out to buy as many as I could for him.I would never forget Kalem's reaction for as long as I lived.

Words became impossible for him to form when he laid eyes on all the clips, rings, necklaces and much more I'd gotten for him.

He'd stammered about himself while tears streamed down his face, unable to stop himself from popping in and out and all around his room while he screamed with joy.

But when he eventually remembered how to use words again, it was only a continuous stream of my favourite three.

Yeah, I would never forget that.

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Madeleine and joey’s highest and lowest register.

That’s it, you can keep scrolling now, have a good day.

#I am killed dead deceased #honestly don’t know how to move on in my life #they really said what range #also I have a particular thing for the lowest of low and when it happens that joey does the low rumbling I feel it in my body and I die #but also I die do hard when madeleine howls and does her jazzy solos i am ascended and running with the demons in the night #like you don’t understand I am feral #the amazing devil #tad #joey batey #madeleine hyland #inthepipes

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Final Grade: Ranking 1-A

For as long as Class 1-A has existed, the fan base has ranked the various students against each other in many different forms. Everything from their Quirks, to their appearances, to even their story relevance. I've wanted to do one myself, but didn't want to rank them on their own. So instead of merely ranking them, I thought I would do things a little bit differently. Specifically, by grading them on how good they would be as heroes. I will be comparing the students against each other to see how well they do. Kind of like a year-end review of the student’s growth and potential. I will be grading them on the merits that I think that heroes should strive for and excel in.

Quirk: This stat is for their Quirks. How useful their Quirks are, their potential development, how good they are at applying them, and any weaknesses the Quirk may have that would keep them from being a useful hero.

Hero Work: This stat is how well the character would do with hero work and various roles they'd have to fill, from fighting to rescue work. If a hero fills a particular niche well or has a unique ability, they will get a higher ranking.

Mental Skills: This covers all of the mental abilities of the user, everything from their know how to their tactical abilities. This also includes mental stability and resilience, grading them on how calm they are under pressure.

Physical Skills: This will cover everything from physical abilities. This can be like how strong they are, how quick they can be, or how well they can take an attack and keep on fighting. This will cover martial skill or other physical skills as well.

Social Skills: This extends to all the potential social aspects of hero work. Not only is it about being popular, the kind of brand they have as a hero, and the number of people they can attract, but also how well they can work with others.

Before I begin with the list, I just want to preface this with a few things. One is that some of the characters did end up with similar rankings. If this happened, I made an executive decision on who I thought would be the better hero of the two and put them above the other. And two, I know that some of the characters are stronger than others or can beat others in a fight. That is not what I am ranking here. There are a lot of facets to these characters and their abilities that could affect how well they do as heroes. Know that I am trying to take into account as many factors as possible when ranking these characters and not just their combat abilities. Without further ado:

20. Sato Quirk: 1/5 Hero Work: 1/5 Mental Skills: 1/5 Physical Skills: 3/5 Social Skills: 1/5 7/25

While he may just be a victim of low panel time, that doesn’t change the fact that Sato really doesn’t have a lot of selling points as a hero. His Quirk is pretty limited, especially compared to the other students. A quarter of the class can do what he does, but better or with more varied abilities. It’s not even that unique of an effect, with Quirks that enhance people’s strength in some way being a dime a dozen, making it hard for him to stand out from the other heroes. What’s worse is that the stunted intelligence would really hurt his ability to properly utilize it in the field, limiting the few options his Quirk has.

He doesn’t have any mental abilities, constantly losing out on intelligence in the middle of the fight thanks to his Quirk and being one of the lowest scoring kids in the class, and no real social abilities of note either. The only skill he has going for him is his cooking abilities, which are really good, but unless he starts doing bake sales for charity, it's not going to get him far in the hero world. Otherwise, he can be rather skilled physically. Sato really seems to know how to apply his strength with strikes and grapples whenever he’s fighting someone, but that’s it. Again, it could just be how little we see of him, but I don't see potential in him.

19. Aoyama Quirk: 2/5 Hero Work: 2/5 Mental Skills: 2/5 Physical Skills: 1/5 Social Skills: 2/5 9/25

He has a lot of power, capable of shattering concrete from a long range and plenty of ways to use it thanks to his armor. But his over reliance on his gear and easy to trigger drawback really holds the Quirk back. This is another Quirk that is only good in combat, but I think that the kind of power he can output and the various modes of fire he has access to give it some more value given its uniqueness within the setting. Though this does nothing to save him from his poor physical abilities, he has had no really good showings outside of being knocked out cold in a single punch by Mina. He isn’t that great mentally either.

Aoyama is openly cowardly, especially in high-stress situations like a villain attack, and is not that intelligent, having no notable tactical smarts or book smarts. He was able to infiltrate UA as a spy, but I think All For One was doing the heavy lifting with that. Though I am willing to give him a point for having the nerve when it counts. Anyone who stands against All For One in his situation certainly deserves it. He’s not great at working with others and is socially inept. I guess he can be hard to read, which is sometimes helpful. Otherwise, I could see his over the top appearance and mannerisms sticking to people, which certainly helps in popularity. Certainly not the worst student, but no shining star.

18. Mineta Quirk: 2/5 Hero Work: 3/5 Mental Skills: 2/5 Physical Skills: 1/5 Social Skills: 1/5 10/25

It's no surprise that Mineta is this low, but I'm sure that some of you are surprised that he isn't at the very bottom. To give him credit where it's do, his Quirk is actually really good for hero work. It's pretty limited in terms of applications and can be difficult to apply, but it can be helpful in capturing villains without harming them, one of the main goals of a hero when fighting someone is subduing them, and dealing with problematic areas in rescue situations. He's also fairly intelligent and tactical, but I had to dock points because he doesn't properly apply himself, basically coasting off of his natural intelligence.

Otherwise, he has next to nothing else going on for him. He is extremely cowardly, liable to panic and freak out at the slight provocation, hurting his mental scoring. It’s made even worse by how lazy he seems to be, again more content to coast by without putting in more effort then what is needed. He has one of the worst physical abilities in the whole class with his small body and no physical skills to speak of. If I gave out zero rankings for this, he would have definitely gotten one. And do I even need to explain why he'd be so unpopular? Just everything about him would hurt his popularity and ability to work with others. Overall, better then you’d expect, but that doesn’t mean much here.

17. Hagakure Quirk: 1/5 Hero Work: 3/5 Mental Skills: 2/5 Physical Skills: 1/5 Social Skills: 3/5 10/25

Again, another character most would put lower. "Invisibility" is not that great of a power. Between its lack of uses and how easy it is for the user to be spotted, it’s easily one of the worst in the class. What’s worse is that there really hasn’t been any major development with her Quirk. The flashing is a good trick, but there isn’t much else to what she’s done with it. It’s not even like she has any physical training either to make it better, having no notably physical feats or skills outside of flailing at people. Her mental abilities aren’t that great either, being one of the lowest ranked in the class. The only reason for her two is that she has some good perception, which can be useful.

All that aside through, I will say that she has a very good niche to fill as a stealth hero, gathering information and taking people out from behind. Given how rare powers like that seem to be in this setting, I think that holds some merit given that niche. She’s good at cooperating with people as well and has a natural pep to her that seems to really endear people. I could see her drawing attention because of her personality and how unique she is as someone who is constantly invisible. But without enough skill with her Quirk to make herself stick out, I could easily see her falling into the background just she did so many times before.

16. Ojiro Quirk: 2/5 Hero Work: 1/5 Mental Skills: 3/5 Physical Skills: 5/5 Social Skills: 1/5 12/25

I bet a lot of you are surprised he made it this far. While "Tail" is one of the quintessential bad Quirks, and for good reasons, I bumped it up a point because of how well Ojiro is able to use it. That being said, that did save his Hero Work score. His Quirk is only really useful as a combat tool, and even then it's limited to smaller scale battles, narrowing the potential roles he could have as a hero. This isn't helped by how bland Ojiro is as a person. The guy is ironically famous for being a nothing character with nothing interesting going on with him. He doesn’t even have any sort of teamwork skills to fall back on.

He does have some merits outside of his Quirk though. Out of all the kids in the class, I believe that Ojiro is one of the most physically impressive, not accounting for any Quirks. He has a strong body, showing pretty incredible feats of athleticism and physical resilience in spite of his Quirk having nothing to do with it. He also has some mental strength as well, ranking pretty high in the exams, having good tactical abilities like in the Joint Training Fight, and having some good discipline with how much training he’s done. However, none of this is anywhere near enough to really help him get past his various short-comings. Maybe he could be a teacher in the future instead.

15. Denki Quirk: 3/5 Hero Work: 3/5 Mental Skills: 1/5 Physical Skills: 2/5 Social Skills: 3/5 12/25

I feel like too many people only look at Denki’s Quirk and assume he’d be one of the better in the class because of it. On the surface, it’s a pretty solid power. Electricity is a pretty varied ability, even if you are only generating it, and it has plenty of power and utility that even he could use. However, Denki mainly uses it in combat, which actually limits his potential with it. He relies pretty heavily on his equipment, and outside of that, it can be extremely dangerous to try to use it. It can be effective when it works, but that’s only when it works. And when he pushes it too far, it leaves him a massive liability, hurting his potential and the Quirk itself.

Outside of that, he is seriously lacking. He has no physical feats to speak of, aside from getting smacked by giant concrete blocks and living. And while he isn’t as bad as some of his peers, he can be rather cowardly. It's not even like he has any natural intelligence either, being the dumbest kid in the whole course and being extremely poor when it comes to planning. I guess he could do pretty well socially. He’s good at working with almost anyone and is pretty approachable with everyone. I feel like his goofball charm, cool power, and general personality could get him a sizable following. Maybe he’d do well in a team, but he’d only get so far on his own.

14. Koda Quirk: 3/5 Hero Work: 5/5 Mental Skills: 1/5 Physical Skills: 2/5 Social Skills: 2/5 13/25

On surface, Koda really doesn’t have much to offer. His mental abilities are nothing to write home about, being constantly scared and nervous around everything and everyone. Not exactly the traits of a good hero. Apparently, he has some form of naturally enhanced strength according to Hori, but we barely see it used outside of causing some issues for Jutora, so I guess I have to give him a two for that. Where he really disappoints is in social skills. He’s so shy that he talked through gestures for a good chunk of the school year. The one point I gave it was because he does work okay with others and I think that he could get some appeal with animals.

However, where Koda really shines is in his Quirk. "Anvoice" can be quite a reliable power, with the biggest drawback being that there needs to be animals around, but that isn’t that difficult of a requirement. In exchange, Koda gets one of the best Quirks for scouting and information gathering. Koda has this potentially massive network of informants that can get into almost anywhere without anyone realizing it. That’s so helpful in rescue work and reconnaissance. It is niche, but he fills that niche so well and that niche is so helpful in hero work that I had to give him that high score. If only he could actually apply any of the potential.

13. Sero Quirk: 3/5 Hero Work: 3/5 Mental Skills: 2/5 Physical Skills: 2/5 Social Skills: 3/5 14/25

I feel like Sero tends to be overlooked when talking about the students. I do think "Tape" gets an underserved bad rap from the fan base. It’s not amazing, but it doesn’t have a lot of problems with it either, earning it an average score. It covers a lot of the same ground as "Pop Off" in terms of applications in hero work, but is more useful since it has a much better range and is easier to apply. And potentially more useful in support since others can interact with the tape without it being stuck to them. Which is good since he can work well enough and can seemingly get along with almost anyone. I don’t see him getting super popular given his abilities, but being loved by the few fans he has.

He is not without his shortcomings. Where he fails is in his physical and mental skills. While physical training would help him immensely in using his Quirk, we haven’t seen any kind of notable physical feats from him. There is his natural agility and maneuverability. I guess he can pull people with his tape, but I always assumed that was because of his Quirk reeling them in. He doesn’t have many mental skills either. Outside of maybe one scene with Setsuna, there doesn’t seem to be much going on with him. He doesn’t let huge gaps in skill or power discourage him, like in his fight with Shoto, which could imply some mental strength, but whether that is out of gumption or stupidity is difficult to tell. In the end, it’s not that surprising that the living embodiment of a B grade ends up around this point.

12. Jiro Quirk: 3/5 Hero Work: 4/5 Mental Skills: 3/5 Physical Skills: 1/5 Social Skills: 5/5 16/25

Another student that I think is overlooked. Her Quirk is alright by the standards of the class, not having a lot of power, but not having any major weaknesses either, except for maybe having a reliance on equipment with her speakers. However, she does have an extremely useful niche as an information-gathering hero, being especially useful in rescue situations and running recon in an area thanks to her tremor sense. She also has some pretty good mental abilities as well, having some of the better grades in the class, having some tactical skills, and keeping a good head even in stressful situations. Like I said, anyone willing to stand against All For One directly gets some points as far as I am concerned.

And this may sound surprising, but I think she’d be really popular. She has a very clear look and brand, going for a rocker aesthetic that is sure to turn heads, but she has her music as well. Given that seems to be a big part of her heroic identity, I could see her putting on shows and releasing music, getting more people to like her and helping her brand in the process. So, even as someone who has a non-flashy Quirk and a non-combative niche, I could see her gaining a lot of popularity. Though she doesn’t have any notable physical feats to speak of. It doesn’t matter as much as for someone that fights from a range, but it is still a detriment to her as a hero. She was still standing after getting part of her ear blown off, so she has some endurance, though no other notable showings of it. So not the best, but better then people think.

11. Ochako Quirk: 3/5 Hero Work: 5/5 Mental Skills: 3/5 Physical Skills: 2/5 Social Skills: 3/5 16/25

I feel like a lot of people underestimate just how useful Uraraka can be as a hero. Obviously, removing gravity from people and objects is a pretty great power. The weight limit and sickness can be annoying, but the real problems come from needing contact for it to work and being so reliant on the environment, docking it some points in spite of the power. However, I think the power itself is highly applicable in hero work. Not only is her Quirk great for restraining people without harming them, but it can be invaluable in rescue work with how you can easily move debris and people while do as little harm as possible. Both of those are extremely valuable skills to have as a hero. As far as social abilities go, she can work well enough with others in a team.

In terms of popularity, she has a very easy brand as a space-themed heroine and can be good at connecting with people, like what we saw when she talked to the crowd about letting Izuku in. She isn’t the greatest powerhouse in the class, Uraraka even admits that she’s not the best in a straight up fight, but she does have some marital skills thanks to Gunhead and has shown quite a high level of physical resilience in her fights with Bakugou and Toga. She does have good tactical sense and some strong heroic resolve, again like in her fight with Bakugou. However, she can let herself get distracted pretty easily and make notable mistakes, like in her fights with Thirteen and Toga. Overall, I could see a promising and lucrative future with Uraraka as a heroine.

10. Kirishima Quirk: 2/5 Hero Work: 3/5 Mental Skills: 3/5 Physical Skills: 4/5 Social Skills: 5/5 17/25

If I had to give a sticker for most improved, Kirishima would certainly get it. "Hardening" is useful in close quarters, but as Kirishima said himself, it doesn’t have much else to offer outside of that specific role in combat. The only things keeping it from being a one are its potential and ease of training. However, it can work fairly well for hero work. The cover can let Kirishima act as a human shield to protect people and let him get into danger zones without risking himself or the person he’s saving. He clearly isn’t the brightest student in the class and still deals with some confidence issues, but I gave him a higher mental score due to his overall discipline and mental strength to move in spite of being afraid.

Unsurprisingly, Kirishima is one of the more physically gifted members of the class. While some of that could be attributed to his Quirk, he does retain some of those qualities outside of it, like when Bakugou said he was able to withstand point blank blasts even without the Quirk. Where I think he’d really excel is in the social side of hero work. He’s very approachable, works especially well with teammates, and I feel like he has a lot of potential for popularity in him. I could easily see people following and wanting to be like him because of his attitude and overall image, similar to how he was with Red Riot. So in spite of his humble beginnings in middle school, I see the makings of a solid hero in Kirishima.

9. Shoji Quirk: 4/5 Hero Work: 4/5 Mental Skills: 3/5 Physical Skills: 5/5 Social Skills: 2/5 18/25

Ah, Shoji. You really do have a lot going for you where it really counts. His Quirk is so powerful and versatile with how he can make whatever body part he wants and have it be much better than its normal counter part. The ability to multiple and heal them make it even better at little cost for him. Naturally, this gives him plenty of options on how to apply it to hero work. Shoji can not only excel in combat, but can really help in scouting. This makes him physical able as well, able to easily carry people and crush skulls in his hands. On top of all that, he’s got a fair amount of books smarts with his grades, solid tactical abilities, and is really good about keeping his cool in high tension situations.

The biggest infraction against Mezo is his social abilities. Don't get me wrong, he can work fairly well with others. However, he really lacks the social aspects of hero work. He doesn't have a lot of the flair and style needed to be popular in the world of heroes. And need I mention his appearance? Which, as shallow as it sounds, would hamper him in the public consciousness. I could see him carving out his own niche in the world, but only so much. At best, he'd be an effective hero with a more negative reputation like Gang Orca. Maybe he could poach some of Edgeshot's fans. So I do think that he could be an effective hero, just not a popular one unless he learns how to market himself.

8. Tokoyami Quirk: 5/5 Hero Work: 4/5 Mental Skills: 3/5 Physical Skills: 1/5 Social Skills: 5/5 18/25

Like Denki, Tokoyami relies pretty heavily on his Quirk. Unlike Denki, Tokoyami’s Quirk has a lot more going on with his ability that he can actually utilize. "Dark Shadow" is one of the most versatile powers in the series. With its innate flexibility and range, it gives whomever has it a lot of options to apply it. Tokoyami has been pretty effective with it. And while the light problem can be annoying, it’s not exactly common enough to be an issue. We’ve seen how well he can apply both in combat and rescue work. However, it would be next to impossible for him to do hero work in any sort of dark or shadowy conditions because of his Quirk, docking him some points with potential for Hero Work.

Social Skills may seem high, but I have my reasons. While he may seem standoffish, Tokoyami can work pretty cooperate in a team environment and can be social when he wants to be. And given his general aesthetic, I could easily see him pulling in plenty of fans, especially edge teenagers trying to be cool. Tokoyami's biggest issue is his physical abilities, or lack thereof. Because of how much "Dark Shadow" carries Tokoyami, both metaphorically and literally, he doesn't really have any showings in that department. He's not that great mentally either. He can keep calm under pressure, but doesn't have any real tactical showings and can be rather emotional at the worst times, like against Moonfish and flying off to save Hawks. Still, a good canidate, but needs some work.

7. Mina Quirk: 4/5 Hero Work: 5/5 Mental Skills: 2/5 Physical Skills: 3/5 Social Skills: 5/5 19/25

What is there to say about Mina? "Acid" is a pretty good ability, capable of doing a lot of damage that’s hard to counter and having a lot of control over it. However, there is still that high risk of harming people and the amount of effort that needs to be pulled off, docking it a point. Though she does still have extensive control over her acid, which I think gives her a lot of potential to use it in hero work. Everything from rescue work, to capturing, to straight up combat, she could adjust her acid as she needed to. She doesn’t have any notable physical feats to speak of , but she is extremely acrobatic and has good reaction time, so that’s worth at least a few points.

Where she really shines is in social skills. She has this amazing ability to connect to people and understand what they want, to the point where she can make friends with three random bullies in a matter of minutes. Mina really sticks out, but in a good way. Add on her infectious enthusiasm and I could see people wanting to follow her as a heroine. Mina’s a lot like Hagakure in that regard, but actually visible. Where she falters in her mental skills, being the second worst student in the class, but I am willing to give her some mental credit for her willingness to put herself in danger, like against Gigantomachia in her middle school years. So yeah, she has the makings of an effective and popular heroine.

6. Katsuki Quirk: 4/5 Hero Work: 4/5 Mental Skills: 5/5 Physical Skills: 5/5 Social Skills: 2/5 20/25

I feel like this might be one of my controversial picks, but let me explain. Bakugou is one of the most skilled Quirk users in the whole class, bringing what is B-Tier power to one of the best in the class. This is complemented by his immense physical abilities in overall athletic skill, amazing stamina, and having an extreme physical resilience to even major physical trauma. He also has amazing instincts when it comes to tactics and planning, comes up with good plans on the fly, and has this undeniable tenacity that makes him impossible to shake. He’s one of the more intelligent kids in the class, being fairly analytic and notably book smart. So he’d do really well with half of the hero job, that being responding to and fighting villains.

However, his biggest downfall is his social skills. Look, I get that Bakugou has been getting better with people and has that bizarre charisma that makes people like him, but he still has issues with being around peers. He tends to be aggressive and put up a constant wall of anger, especially around strangers. It's part of what keeps him from being closer to the top. Like Endeavor, he's really good at fighting people, but has issues with any of the non-fighting parts of hero work, which are still pretty important to the job. I could see him getting popular because of his power, but most people would be put off by him and his attitude. The issues with his Quirk don't help either, being a constant risk to himself and having issues in colder climates. Still, a really good hero candidate.

5. Tsuyu Quirk: 4/5 Hero Work: 5/5 Mental Skills: 4/5 Physical Skills: 3/5 Social Skills: 5/5 21/25

Out of all the students, I think Tsuyu surprised me the most with how well she did with her placement. Her Quirk is a solid mix of powers, giving her plenty of choices. From the general abilities of a frog to more unique skills like camouflaging in her surroundings and making slime with effects like paralysis and hiding scent. What lowers it is the overall power and the drawbacks, which normally wouldn’t come up that often, but can be downright crippling when they show up. However, in application, she could be an effective hero. With her jack of all trades abilities, she could potentially apply her skills to any situation and be useful, if not excel in them. And if I was grading her by the water rescue niche, she’d still be getting a five in hero work.

She obviously has some books smarts, ranking six in the exams. Tsuyu can apply it pretty well and does have some practical caution when it comes to her plans and can keep people focused on what matters. Obviously, I think that she does well socially. She works well in a team and can even take the role as leader if needed. She can connect with people well and see through them, pretty much second to only Mina in that regard. She has a likable persona and identifiable brand that people can latch onto. She’s a bit low on the physicals side, mostly because it’s the Quirk doing all the work and she doesn’t have other physical skills to speak of. She’s just a generally likable and reliable heroine. And sometimes, that’s just what you need to make it as a hero.

4. Momo Quirk: 5/5 Hero Work: 5/5 Mental Skills: 5/5 Physical Skills: 2/5 Social Skills: 5/5 22/25

Like any other recommended student, Momo has a lot going on with her. "Creation" is an amazing power, letting the user make any non-living object as long as they have the proper set up. As such, it has near limitless applications for hero work. Normally, the drawbacks of the Quirk would be pretty serious. The fat requirement isn’t too much of an issue in most cases, but needing to memorize everything inside and out about an object in order to make it can be a real issue. However, that is barely even a problem with Momo’s immense intelligence. Not only does have immense book smarts, being the top in her class and having the mental capacity to memorize enough about objects to make them, but she is great with tactics and planning as well, even with large scale engagements.

On that note, she does an amazing job when it comes to leading people. She can effectively organize dozens of people at a time, all using their powers to maximize their chances of winning, even against someone as dangerous as Gigatomachia. Otherwise, she can be good when talking and teaching people, earning her some social points. That mixed with her power and role as vice president is bound to get a lot of attention. But like so many of her other classmates though, Momo falls through with her physical abilities, not really having any worthwhile showings. She was strong enough to get hit by Kendo and still stay standing, but that’s about it. Even then, it really doesn’t hamper her that much given her role as a more supportive leader. With all of that, she more than earned her spot on the list.

3. Tenya Quirk: 3/5 Hero Work: 5/5 Mental Skills: 5/5 Physical Skills: 5/5 Social Skills: 5/5 23/25

Who would have guessed the guy from a long line of heroes would be this high? He has amazing physical abilities, good martial skills with his kicks, and some fairly impressive physical endurance with all the damage he’s taken over the story. He’s super smart as well, both in books and tactics. What’s better is that he has plenty of know-how when it comes to rules and conduct but can be flexible enough to know when to bend them. Then there is his mental stability, with how well he can handle pressure and try to keep everyone else calm as well. It’s because of all of this that made his hero work score as high as it is. I just see him being really adaptable and helpful in whatever situation you put him in.

He’s pretty good socially as well. On top of his natural leadership abilities, I could see him getting a lot of popularity points. Not only was he the president of the Hero Course of his year, but he’s the next member in a long line of heroes and carries on the legacy of his popular brother. It could help garner a solid platform for him to continue his hero work and catch the public eye. The only thing really holding him back is his Quirk. While Iida has done an amazing job of training it and bringing it pretty far, it’s just too limited for me to consider it any higher than what it is. It’s good for running around and hitting people, but that’s about it. Regardless, I’m sure that the Iida line would be proud to have such a worthy successor.

2. Shoto Quirk: 5/5 Hero Work: 5/5 Mental Skills: 5/5 Physical Skills: 5/5 Social Skills: 4/5 24/25

If we were looking at this at the start of the year, Shoto would be number one without question. His Quirk alone was enough to put him in the upper echelons of his class. "Half Hot Half Cold" is one of the most powerful Quirks we’ve ever seen in the series and has applications in almost every field of hero work. From combat to rescue to support, he can always find a use for his power. And with how either side counters the other's weaknesses, he doesn’t really have to worry about drawbacks. He wasn’t so great with fire at first, but has more than made up for it as the story goes on. He’s pretty impressive on the physical side as well. In spite of his long range fighting style keeping him out of the thick of things, he’s actually shown some impressive feats with his amazing stamina and durability with all of the hits he’s taken.

And while it’s not shown as much in the story, Shoto does have a lot of intelligence to him, being one of the top five students in the class and have good skills with deduction and strategy. Then there are all his potential social benefits. While his ability to work with others is just fine, though he tends to be more of a solo act, he gets this ranking more for his popularity. He considered extremely attractive and was a recommended student at the most prestigious hero school in the country, and he has the prestige of being the son of one of Japan’s most notable heroes. Mix that with his flashy power and he’s bound to get some attention once he goes pro. The only thing that I think would hold him back is his overall poor social skills. We’ve seen that he has issues talking to people and doing interviews, so that may hurt his chances. But honestly, that’s pretty small potatoes for someone with this much promise.

1. Izuku Quirk: 5/5 Hero Work: 5/5 Mental Skills: 5/5 Physical Skills: 5/5 Popularity: 5/5 25/25

I mean, are any of you really surprised that Izuku is number one? He’s got an even stronger version of "One For All", the Quirk of the previous top hero and one of the most powerful Quirks in the series. And now he even has more Quirks to work with, extending the already massive uses. Naturally, this gives him plenty of options to apply in every single field of hero work. Even if you discount his physical enhancements, he clearly has some strength of his own and martial skill given his moves. And do I need to mention his stamina and endurance? The guy has taken more punishment then any other character in the series and was still standing with several broken bones and extensive internal damage, still up and willing to fight in absolutely hopeless odds.

He’s one of the smartest students in the class and has amazing tactical abilities, both in studying his opponents' abilities and coming up with plans on the fly. And if that’s not enough, he has the collective knowledge and experience of the previous users to call on if he needs it. He can be emotional, but I think that he still has a lot of mental strength to do everything he’s done in the series. Then there are his social skills. He’s an amazing leader, able to work with and utilize almost anyone to the best of their abilities, and has an amazing ability to connect with others and bring out the best in them. The only way I could really knock him down is his social issues because he can be really shy and stuttering with new people, but I think he’s over come that part of himself enough that it isn’t really a problem. So yeah, it’s no surprise that he made it to the top spot, but he certainly deserves it given everything he has going for him.

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