#also because i fucking love

[prince-everhard]

Weekly Oneshot Challenge - week 8

Title: Implications Rating: gen Fandom: Naruto Word count: 552 Summary: The Hokage isn’t kind. How could he be, with an entire village to protect and an entire army to command? Kakashi will do his duty, but he won’t forget. [strike team au]

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Kakashi looked up from the file in his hands to his Hokage with an expression that could generously be called mildly treasonous. He felt more than mildly treasonous; in that moment he felt betrayed down to his very core. “Is this seriously…?”

The this that had Kakashi so shaken were the files in his hands. His soon-to-be genin team. A genin team was bad enough in Kakashi’s opinion. With the curse that followed him every time he dared to care about someone, giving him genin was like giving them a death warrant. Bad enough to risk Minato-sensei’s son in this way. Bad enough to risk the last loyal Uchiha to the village. Bad enough to risk a natural born mokuton user. All three of them together? When they could be so valuable to the village when fully trained?

As if that wasn’t enough, the three of them being on the same team painted a grim picture for their futures.

“You know what a team like this means, Kakashi.” The Hokage didn’t even have the decency to look apologetic for thrusting this kind of responsibility onto Kakashi. He puffed on his pipe for a moment. “I wouldn’t trust this kind of power with just any of the rank and file.”

Kakashi looked back down at the files in his hands. Two smiling faces and one grimmer than his own at that age looked back at him. They were still so young- all prepubescent baby fat and unscarred skin. An Uchiha, powerful and adaptable. A mokuton user, capable of both defensive and offensive abilities. A jinchuriki… paired with the two bloodlines historically known for being able to control the tailed beast’s power. Kakashi felt sick. He was being asked to train and mold what could very well be the most powerful strike team in the five great nations. He was being asked to bring his curse to bear on three children who would have targets painted on their backs for the rest of their lives.

Kakashi looked up at the Sandaime again. “Hokage-sama, I-”

“Consider what would happen to them without your guidance,” the Hokage interrupted him, as if he hadn’t even begun speaking. “They will be put together, surely you understand why. But who else would you have me teach them?” There was a calculating glint in the Sandaime’s eye. “I suppose they could be taught through more unconventional methods. Konoha hasn’t strayed too far from its roots, after all.”

It would have been kinder for the Hokage to have executed Kakashi right where he stood. Fury and absolute fear tore through him, and he struggled to keep his expression as clear as he could. Not that it would matter. The Sandaime wouldn’t have even hinted at ROOT without knowing what havoc it would cause Kakashi.

The paper crinkled as Kakashi’s fists clenched. He was trapped. There was nothing he could do except accept this responsibility and train those kids so well that they couldn’t fall victim to his curse. “I understand, Hokage-sama.” 

“And?”

It was only his iron control that kept Kakashi’s killing intent from leaking out. “I will train them to the best of my ability, and protect them until my last breath.” And when they shook the world, he vowed to himself, he would make sure nothing could stop them.

[inkskinned]

this is just my opinion but i think any good media needs obsession behind it. it needs passion, the kind of passion that's no longer "gentle scented candle" and is now "oh shit the house caught on fire". it needs a creator that's biting the floorboards and gnawing the story off their skin. creators are supposed to be wild animals. they are supposed to want to tell a story with the ferocity of eating a good stone fruit while standing over the sink. the same protective, strange instinct as being 7 and making mud potions in pink teacups: you gotta get weird with it.

good media needs unhinged, googling-at-midnight kind of energy. it needs "what kind of seams are invented on this planet" energy and "im just gonna trust the audience to roll with me about this" energy. it needs one person (at least) screaming into the void with so much drive and energy that it forces the story to be real.

sometimes people are baffled when fanfic has some stunning jaw-dropping tattoo-it-on-you lines. and i'm like - well, i don't go here, but that makes sense to me. of fucking course people who have this amount of passion are going to create something good. they moved from a place of genuine love and enjoyment.

so yeah, duh! saturday cartoons have banger lines. random street art is sometimes the most precious heart-wrenching shit you've ever seen. someone singing on tiktok ends up creating your next favorite song. youtubers are giving us 5 hours of carefully researched content. all of this is the impossible equation to latestage capitalism. like, you can't force something to be good. AI cannot make it good. no amount of focus-group testing or market research. what makes a story worth listening to is that someone cares so much about telling it - through dance, art, music, whatever it takes - that they are just a little unhinged about it.

one time my friend told me he stayed up all night researching how many ways there are to peel an orange. he wrote me a poem that made me cry on public transportation. the love came through it like pith, you know? the words all came apart in my hands. it tasted like breakfast.

[havenshereagain]

DPxDC Idea

Danny working at Wayne Enterprises as some sort of engineer, uses the in-house app for all his blueprints and stuff

He starts getting notes from a coworker in-app, and assumes its this annoying older guy in his department who constantly undermines him because of his age, despite his education and past achievements (i feel like in this AU the Fentons react well to the reveal and they work together on a number of non-lethal ecto inventions that have Danny's name attached to them)

Except one day his coworker mentions never using the app, and Danny suddenly realizes there's only one other TD he could've been arguing with in the notes of the app

[honestlyitsjustsam]

favourite moments of bg3 -> (5/?)

[phantomrose96]

The realest part of the Barbie Movie was when Barbie was like "okay but what if this hurts his feelings? what if this makes him sad? :(" after Ken stole her house, stole her car, and stole her agency, because as a woman you still have to second guess everything you do on the assessment of whether it might hurt a man's feelings.

And then that apprehension was proven right one million times over by the entire Conservative Internet Manosphere pissing and shitting and screaming themselves hoarse over Barbie daring to hurt a man's feelings.

[spectra-bear]

i need prowl fans to unpack their thoughts on why this guy is their fav, bcz going through all the comics, he hasnt given me much reason to like him

[musubiki]

balor 🥰

[milktrician]

cumplane o’ cumplane

[keferon]

Guess who spent two days trying to understand how to draw a kiss

Based on amazing incredible gut wrenching Mistakes on Mistakes until..

[egophiliac]

do skully have pokemon?

Pumpkaboo is the obvious one, but y'know, sometimes the obvious one is the right one! (we'll say SUPER SIZE Pumpkaboo, just for fun. big pumpkin for big skeleton boy.) and another person actually also suggested Greavard, which I somehow hadn't considered, but feels so perfect that I feel like I should have. dangit.

(they can also have little Nightmare Suit costumes :D)

[cyb3r-mutt]

Sometimes I think oh I could totally brat but then I remember that I fold like a cheap tent at the slightest hint of possibly being praised

[lucabyte]

some thoughts on Claude

alt title: diversity win! this Butch Nun is crafting bombs in an unventilated room in her convent while actively courting Mother Superior! Do Not Give Them Access To Unlimited Power No Matter How Nice They Are

+ bonus

[thejadecount]

To anyone who wants to talk shit about bad story/character development in Deadpool & Wolverine CAN SHUT THE FUCK UP! I CAME TO SEE 2 HOURS OF DEADPOOL MAKING META & SEX JOKES AND HAVING HOMOEROTIC TENSION WITH WOLVERINE AND MARVEL DELIVERED EXACTLY THAT

[lazylittledragon]

did somebody say dadkarios

[stil-lindigo]

motherhood.

[platoapproved]

I was fully dressed for the cold winter night in less than a few minutes. [Marius] put a black cape over my shoulders, and gave me gloves trimmed in miniver, and put a black velvet cap on my head. The shoes he chose were black leather boots, which he never wanted me to wear before. To him the ankles of the boys were beautiful, and he did not favor boots, though he did not mind if we wore them by day when he could not see. - THE VAMPIRE ARMAND