#also he's fighting in broad daylight which is new for them

[newkatzkafe2023]

The monkey Kings reaction to meeting teen Titans nya nya reader. Human turning into pink tigeress demon. Good combat skills

(Not sure if you know who I'm talking about 😅)

Ohhhhhhhhhh I remember that Girl, she kicked beast boys butt🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

(Lmk Wukong) Man you were so cute and unsuspecting can you imagine the shock he felt when he saw your demon form. He met you at a karaoke bar Mk invited him too as he just watched him and Mei have fun, until he noticed a small stare. He looked over to see you giggling making him blush and you came over to talk to him and you both hit it off. After dating for a over a year You trusted him enough to show him your full demon form, which was of course a monkey cat hybrid. What you didn't expect was for him to Squeal so hard he fall over, due to how adorable you are, at least you don't freak him out😅🤣

(NR Wukong) This dude was definitely flirting with you, when you both met. He purred and gave you all kinds of nicknames the one standing out most of all was Kitten, he met you when Li and Su had dragged him to a karaoke bar downtown donghai. You were on stage singing to a crowd already dancing like a cat, making him cat call you from across the bar. You giggled and finished your song, now found yourself being wooed by an older monkey man. It wasn't until a few months of dating was when he found out about your actual Kitty form, you wasted know time beating up those guys whom tried to mug you. Well let's just say your new name is now curvy kitty 😉😉😉

(HIB Wukong) Oh yeah he's absolutely baffled by this discovery especially when you were a surprisely good fighter. He was not at all expecting you to keep up with him in a fight, it was a interesting experience. You both met at a tea shop where he was buying stuff for the children when you came up and talked to him. Wukong sighed as he just listened to you, already getting use to getting that from Luier But it was because of your boldness that you both were close. It was until one day you went to see him and saw he was getting attacked by some demons by his house, your feline form was show as you shredded though those guys like tissue paper. At the end Wukong was both impressed and getting smothered with affection now.

(MKR Wukong) Did not like you at all at first, especially with the unsuspecting ass whooping he and pigsy got from you. It was all pigsy's fault too!!!! you were a young woman doing her shopping and Pigsy would not go away, so you turned and insult pigsy telling him you wouldn't date a lard tub of lard which made Wukong get pissed because only he can insult pigsy. The exchange quickly got heated by no time and Wukong was getting sick of the bull and was ready to fight you more, but you changed into your cat form and beat up both of them in Broad daylight. since then Wukong hasn't stopped following you, both demanding for a rematch and a date🤣😤

(Netflix Wukong) YOU ARE SOOOOO CUTE HE COULD DIE SOMEHOW 🤩🥰. His favorite thing about you are you ear and he just loves to pet and scratche behind them. Your cat demon for was beautiful, soft and adorable and he loves more then ever when you bring it out. He also loves to have sparring sessions with you as a date and for you both to train together. He also loves to cuddle you despite the ink marks you would rarely leave.

(BMW Wukong) He was admittedly impressed and surprised by your true beauty he'll give you that, but I feel he would underestimate you.he would tease you with cat toys, red dots and tuna. the final straw being when he gave you a bag of catnip you got so angry he got to see your full, curvy, fierce demon form before you gave his ass a black Bruise for each eye. Ever since then he got right away of flirting and trying to court you, after being used as your Scratching post.

(Destined one) He discovers something new everyday especially when he discovered you, you were super cute and knew how to fight people on sight with those beautiful sharp claws. The Destined one was definitely blushing whenever you would kiss and lick his face trying to groom and clean him. The Destined one would also be mortified but also kinda impressed That you were able to single handily take him down. He would love to discover more about you though your dates🥰

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[therealraewest]

"It's fine my dead ex-boyfriend is surfing a van through times square"

[prinzrupprecht]

Okita x female reader accidentally making them cry in a argument

Kind of using the old layout. Normally I make new ones. Anyway this will be Okita making fem!reader/your OC cry. Situation is a bit different than what happened in the manga.

Synopsis: normally you never upset him until you got yourself in dangerous situations. This started when you wanted to help them beat Serizawa’s faction. He was against you helping them in any way. This caused a major argument because what were you then? You were supposed to be a fighter. Little had you known he was doing so to protect you.

Warnings? Some Chiruran spoilers.

WC: 962

You had done it again. You went against their orders and spoke to Niimi in private about Abiru’s death who was suddenly killed and you suspected him. Souji was furious along with Hijikata. You put yourself in a dangerous situation. It was practically forbidden to get into altercations with other members or else you have to seppuku.

“It doesn’t matter, I want to be the one to kill Niimi.” Saitou was also mad at you for taking the matter into your own hands.

“I know he was the one that killed Abiru… it’s just… not fair.” He was clenching his fists tightly before storming out of the room. You weren’t wanting to kill Niimi but you wanted to know the reason why he killed him.

“Why did you go?” Okita pulled you to the side. He was now an executive of the newest Aizu domain unit called the Shinsengumi.

“I don’t know, I was mad. Do you need to question everything I do?” You brushed him off. Your heart was stammering in your chest and Souji was ignoring what you had said to him.

Souji was someone closer to you than the others. Even when you’ve wanted to be alone, he always somehow liked your company and silence. He started to grow worried over the years when you became more involved in their fightings. He even brought such concerns about how he didn’t want you to fight and get hurt. Not after the first time when you two were teens and got severely injured. Souji was crying and blaming himself over your injuries against some ronin who had attacked you in broad daylight. Souji had since, been more cautious and refused to let you get hurt again.

“That's not… why I’m upset. Niimi-san could’ve done something to you or Serizawa-san—"

“He’s right,” Yamanami over heard you two talking but decided to stay out of it. The tension between you and Souji was getting heated from the looks of it.

“I’m fine, they won’t do anything to me.” You huffed and Souji was growing irritated the more you were refusing his orders. He was one of the higher-ups and you were disobeying him? How could you be so certain they won’t hurt you?

You could feel his eyes burn in the back of your head. “Could you at least tell me if you were going to do something like that next time?” Souji wanted to call your decisions stupid which would’ve been the first ever he had said something mean to someone. He was upset and hurt over it. Niimi was a creep and someone to not trust and the fact you went into Kamo’s residence could’ve meant anything. It terrified him. You were someone too important to him to lose.

“Why? So you could stop me? I was mad and I just… wanted some form of closure over what happened to our comrade.” You were holding back from bursting into tears. Now he’s mad at you… he could understand how you felt but it was too rash to barge into the other residence to demand answers.

“What you did was idiotic… and it pains me to see you do that. Don’t you think of the others? Me? Kondo?” Souji was clenching his jaw in anger but he didn’t or wouldn’t ever raise his voice at you. He was not that kind of man. He still very much cared and loved you despite if you never wanted him.

Souji didn’t know what to say for a moment. “I don’t want to see you get hurt, that is all.” He looked down despondently. Why was he being a coward of his own feelings? You knew he loved you more fondly than platonic, but were you pushing him away? You fell silent and he spoke again.

“Next time you disobey orders, Kondo-san may have to relieve you from your duties.” He stopped as he saw you sob quietly on your mattress from bottling up your emotions from the past few hours. You couldn’t bare the thought of leaving and he was right.

“I— I’m sorry, you– you should leave me alone. Th–The damage is done, wh— what more is there? You don’t— you don’t want me to get hurt… but what about you? I worry about you and everyone else…” you couldn’t help but hiccup half your sentences but Souji stayed and instead walked over to you and put his arms around you while leaning against your side to give you no space. You were trying to calm yourself down but your breathing was a bit too heavy.

You looked over at him as you accepted his embrace and wrapped your arms around him as well. “I’m sorry, Souji. I’ll try to think more rationally next time,” you croaked out as you were the one mostly leaning into him now. Were you tired now? He wanted to stay with you longer but you didn’t tell him to leave again. Maybe he could enjoy this moment more.

“Can I��� stay? For the night?” Souji quietly asked. You looked up to him and smiled despite the painful day you had.

“I want that… more than anything right now.”

[coupleoffanfics]

Future Child

Okay, Batsis reader. Right? On board? This is around the time when y/n has given up the nightlife and hasn't detached herself from the family.

I'm gonna go off the wall and say what if the family was visited by y/n's child from the future? I know it sounds crazy, but please listen. The family could run a DNA test or the child could walk up to Bruce in broad daylight and whisper, "Hello, flying rodent".

They won't reveal their name, so they're just called V.

During their time there Dick would be so tempted to ask about the future. Maybe not things specifically about his life because he knows they can't answer questions like that. But he'll ask just stupid questions like do cats have jetpacks or something? He'd also try to get to know his nephew. What they like, personality, etc.

Tim and Bruce would be poking at them on how they got here. Though Bruce probably had to take a moment to crack a smile for a split second. He was going to be a grandpa one day and the thought made him tear up. It's just happy news all around for him but he wouldn't dare show it.

Damian would be observing them closely and taking note of their outfit which looked to be something a hero would wear. Making him wonder what kinda of hero they were and if they were any good at fighting. Both Jason and Barbara just stood back from the situation. Babs is still in a bit of shock but is happy to hear that y/n was able to gain the domestic lifestyle she wanted.

y/n's child gives them a gist of how ended up here without giving names. Dick would notice V glancing around the cave and offer to give them a tour. They except of course. He takes note of how V doesn't seem into small talk but asks a lot of questions. The whole family picks up on how X asks a lot of questions about y/n. Their mother. It's odd and a bit worrying to Bruce, but the others just think that y/n didn't talk too much about her time as Batgirl.

Everything is relatively calm until y/n walks into the Batcave for her laptop. V's calm, almost stoic mood is dropped. Tim and Bruce see how V almost took a step forward, but reluctantly stood still. How V started rapidly blinking their eyes and struggling to look at y/n.

Dick would probably zoom up to y/n with a big smile, "Hey, Mama bird, did you get the diapers?" And y/n just gives him a confused, maybe even sacred look.

Everything is going fine. The family is working together on getting them to their time. Cool, yeah, whatever.

But what if there's just something that triggers V. It could be something that was said or asked that leads V and y/n to argue. It's not even arguing. It's just V spilling out grievances about their father and kind of insulting y/n.

"I can't believe you'd still defend him even before you met him. How rich."…"You didn't plan me, but Dad did and you were somehow okay with it? I was only there to keep you down, but what about the other two? Did you love them more because Dad didn't plan them?"…"Dad may have cared about you, but not us. You weren't a monster like him, but letting him get away with so much makes you just as guilty."…"You're both broken people. Maybe you two are meant to be."

V storms off and y/n retreats to her room. Everyone is dumbstruck by this sudden revolution.

Eventually, V does apologize to y/n. When she awkwardly accepts, they get misty-eyed because they really didn't mean to say any of that. They know how she doesn't take the apology, not entirely, and they feel like shit. They do care about their mom, despite all that they said.

When it's almost time for V to return back to the future they pull the whole family aside. Excluding y/n so she won't hear what they're going to say.

"As you guessed my Dad wasn't the best. Mom never talked about any of you and with Dad being a villain I could understand why. He's not a good person in general. Mom deserved better, so this time around try doing a better job. Don't let her slip away or be taken away. If I'm born then you know you failed."

This resonates with the family and brings up questions that won't be answered anytime soon. I could see this leading the family to become yandere or overprotective. Either one is fine because their efforts are futile.

If going down the Yandere route then I could see them becoming so overbearing that y/n runs from them. They control her life. Who she talks to, where she goes, what she does. She can't live like this and she runs away when given the chance.

If going down the protective route then it's slightly better than the Yandere one. At least in terms of their relationship. They pay extra attention to her and check up on her regularly until one day she just disappears.

In each route, They'd keep a close eye on any guy that has similar physical features (ex: hair, eyes). Since V has stated they look more like their father. When she does go missing they'll search high and low for her, but there isn't anything that would locate where she is. Her disappearance keeps them up at night for many years until a vaguely familiar person visits the manor.

They awkwardly introduce themself, "Hi, my name is..."

They failed.

If anyone wants to write about this idea then go ahead. Doesn't even have to be the Batfamily. I won't write about it unless asked. I'm just not married to the idea. It almost 2 in the morning I need sleep.

[solar-plant-princess]

Everything I see and hear about the live action remake of Avatar is just a spit in the face. It’s so disrespectful to the characters. The writing is a mess and unfocused. And they routinely attempt to sanitize and soften all the characters, deflating the value and purpose of their character arcs.

There is nothing they can do to salvage this. The actors deserve far better than to be stuck in this poorly written disaster.

This is the end state of all soulless cash grab remakes. Gut out all the worthwhile character development in order to make room for empty set pieces and gags in a desperate attempt to replace heart with a modicum of entertainment value. They aren’t interested in telling a new or even good story, they just want to cash in on brand recognition and will take out all the worthwhile stuff and add unnecessary fluff the whole way.

Don’t give them anymore money, don’t watch the show, don’t watch the future seasons. Don’t waste your time on a show that will only ever respond to you wanting genuinely good content with a spit to the face.

Also the meta level sexism of removing ALL of Katara’s personality is just disgusting (same with literally every other named woman character, the genuine misogyny from the writers is on full display the entire time), it’s literally on par with the play episode where the actress is constantly whining about “hope” while doing nothing else, that’s legitimately where they are at.

Zuko fights back against his dad, and doesn’t even mention his honor ever, so what’s even the point of his redemption arc if he had that in him from the start?

Aang doesn’t run away from his responsibilities (or the Air Temple for that matter, he just gets caught in a storm by chance) or need to learn how to accept being the Avatar, or even feel guilt about what happened to the Air Nomads so what’s the point of his arc?

Sokka doesn’t need to unlearn his false bravado or learn how to be a real leader, literally being written out of the Jet episode where he was the starring protagonist, so what’s the point of his arc?

I’m willing to put actual money on Toph’s parents actually just letting her leave and in fact will not even condescend to her about her disability. What’s the fucking point of this show if none of the characters are allowed to have any flaws or growth or personality????

(I also simply can’t ever forgive them for the broad daylight murder and butchering of Suki. Taking a strong confident leader who humbled Sokka by force into accepting that women were just as worthy and capable as men and made him not just accept but embrace her culture. To a spoiled brat that spends her entire screen time being boy crazy, and teaches Sokka literally nothing other than some fighting moves while THANKING him for “bringing the world to me”, by which she means being a boy she can oogle at. This isn’t Suki, this isn’t Katara, the writers are beyond sexist pigs for this shit.

They wanted to improve Sokka’s reputation that wasn’t even threatened and in turn reduced every single named woman to flat-caricatures of incapable, quiet, obedient, boy obsessed little girls all of which rely entirely on the men in the show to do anything.

This is beyond the pale in overt but unacknowledged misogyny which is an insult to every member of the audience especially all the women in the audience. They make it very clear they actually just agree with not-that-covert sexism and patriarchy and it’s disgusting. Never watch this show, dear god never show this to kids who might pick up on this dogshit misogyny)

[thebiscuiteternal]

For the jam:

Due to an experiment gone wrong, Xue Yang and Jin Guangyao switch personalities (not souls!) for a while

Or a lot less people get killed because Xue Yang is too busy stopping his boss from committing crimes in broad daylight.

Hmmmmm, this one's a toughie. I hope you don't mind notes instead of fic.

Okay, first off, I can't decide which is funnier, Jin Guangyao mouthing off at every opportunity, or Xue Yang trying to be the politest one in the room while developing a subtle eye twitch.

Imagine Xue Yang having to be the mature one and make excuses to keep Jin Guangyao away from his father and Jin-furen so he doesn't snap and do something he'll regret later the first time Jin Guangshan insults him or Jin-furen hits him.

Also imagine Jin Guangshan caring so little that he doesn't even notice the changes, which only pisses off Jin Guangyao more and makes Xue Yang have to try even harder.

What would be really funny is if this were to actually fix things between Jin Guangyao and Nie Mingjue. After all, the thing that pisses Mingjue off the most about Jin Guangyao is the fact that he does terrible things while trying to frame them in the softest and most necessary way possible. So if he were to just bluntly admit he constantly thinks about fixing his problems with murder, and is feeling especially murdery towards his dad and Nie Mingjue himself, Mingjue wouldn't be pleased that he's on the death list, but he'd probably respect Jin Guangyao for admitting to wanting to kill him.

Now they can settle the matter properly! With a fight!

It ends with both badly injured and Lan Xichen and Nie Huaisang freaking out over their injuries and the fact that they almost killed each other, but this... is good???? Sort of????

(Not sure how long it'll stay good after Jin Guangyao gets his original personality back, but hey, maybe he won't want to throw this new version of their relationship out completely? Now that he knows Mingjue values his being honest about his feelings, even when they're homicidal?)

It would also be deeply funny if the personality switch results in him being more outright flirtatious to Huaisang, who doesn't know how to respond to this in the slightest and gets reduced to a blushing mess on the regular.

It would also be deeply funny if Xue Yang-with-Jin Guangyao's personality keeps creeping out Mo Xuanyu by being all soft-spoken brotherly politeness to him even as he's describing the nasty experiments they'll be working on together. This is weird. This is weird. Yao-ge, please fix this ASAP, he doesn't know how to deal with this!

Since I'm not sure whether or not Qin Su would be pursuing Jin Guangyao seriously yet, I'm also not sure how she would play into this. Would he flirt with her as much as he does Huaisang? (sangyaosu agenda momentarily creeping in here) Or would he avoid her to keep from embarrassing himself?

They spend almost a month struggling to keep this mostly under wraps and trying to fix it themselves, and then when the next full moon happens, surprise! They get poofed back to normal for no apparent reason and are confused as hell as to how the fuck and why???? Also, they are immediately destroying every piece of the experiment that caused the whole mess in the first place, with a much-relieved Mo Xuanyu's assistance.

[uchiha-7thsingularity]

Touchstarved rant

Let me start with vere obviously he is a dipshit to the MC. A fox with a slick tongue and fangs barred at all times. He has chains to keep him in check. The senobium uses him to hunt monsters. Why not do it themselves? Build a barrier to keep monsters out at night? Why not help the people of the city?

Kuras I have a couple questions. Was he can't out of heaven as a fallen angel? Or was he human then a angle and cast out? What was his sin? Or is he punishing himself of something he thinks he needs to repent?

Leander curse form wails all kinds of fucked up from the others. Here me out....his form is himself. At first he seems kind (too good to be true) but has hidden motives like the others. And there are theories of him being possessive and yandere. What I think is he might turn out to be a common monster we overlook daily. A sociopath, psychopath, or serial killer that will show himself in broad daylight which obsesses over Mc. This man could possibly be the embodiment of craziness and chaos.

Ais is a straight-up demon. Like kuras is he fallen or born a a demon? Or is he a half blood like vere said himself. Was he summoned? I need to know his deal.

Mhin is a mood. Resting Bitch face all day long. Are they a person? Are they a crow? Do they belong to six of crows? They had my heart but then when they picked up my mc I started screaming at my mc to fight back. They give me vibes that they're anxious 24/7 and seen some shit to close themselves off. Anyway, I have to analyze them to know them on a spiritual and emotional level.

Lastly, How old is all five of these fine individuals? I need to know. That's it that is all that's been on my mind when thinking of these guys. Also the devs saying the 18+ is only gore and not sexual content is fine with me. I get they put a lot of work into this demo. And the fact we will focus on the lore than just fan service pleases my mind. And we have fanfiction so.....🥴. Plus the lack of female routes is not bothering me because I still love all the characters shown so far and two new ones. I will be waiting two years for this game.

[pocket-lad]

CH 10- Shit

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Adelaide dreamed of Ian. More specifically, Adelaide dreamed about the first time they met.  

***  

It was the same as any other day. The Bean, Ian, was out of the house, as he often was. Adelaide was out of food, and she was long overdue for a resupply.  

She didn’t like borrowing during broad daylight, but her stomach growled at her. How long had it been since she ate? Three days? Four? If she waited much longer, Adelaide might not have the strength or energy to borrow. So, making sure for the third time that she had her hook and knife, she left her small home in the walls for the hole that emptied onto the kitchen counter.  

Adelaide made that hole herself when she first moved in. She needed an easy way to access the kitchen – that's literally where the food was – and she found a loose tile in the backsplash in the corner. With time and patience, she was able to free it enough to slip through, but keep it attached enough to hide the hole. One of these days it was going to fully snap, but Adelaide would cross that bridge when she got to it.  

Apparently, today was that day.  

Before she left the safety of the walls, she sat beside the entrance, listening for any signs of life. She was positive she heard the Bean leave earlier, but she could never be too careful. After a minute of silence, Adelaide slowly pushed her way through the tile.  

SNAP!  

Adelaide jumped what felt like ten feet in the air. The tile fell from its place in the wall, revealing the gaping hole from which she emerged. She froze for a second, listening for any reaction from within the house, but still she heard nothing.  

Great.  

For the time being, she hoisted the tile up and leaned it against the hole, obscuring it a little. To her it was obvious, but most Beans didn’t notice things that small. She hoped that was the same for this one, but she doubted it. He was weird. 

Adeliade stared out at the empty counter before her and sighed.  

There were a couple problems with borrowing from this Bean. For one, he was observant. More so than a regular giant. He took notice of the small details, and he knew when anything was out of place. One time, Adelaide left tracks in the dust on his bookshelf. With the way she dragged her feet and hauled her findings that day, they hardly looked like footprints. Still, the Bean noticed. Adelaide nearly had a heart attack and had already started working on plans to move out, but luckily, he didn’t seem to think much of it.  

The second issue was that the Bean was tidy. He rarely left any crumbs behind and always put things away when he was done with them. It kept pests away, which was a bonus, but it also made it incredibly difficult for Adelaide to find anything, let alone get to it.  

The third, most pressing issue was that the Bean’s schedule was unpredictable. He left quite a bit, but when he left and when he came back was always changing. Sometimes he was gone all day and all night, sometimes he only stepped out of the house for thirty minutes. Adelaide constantly had to be on guard in case he returned unexpectedly.  

It wasn’t like she chose this place, though.  

When Adelaide was back in the motel, borrowing was a lot easier. People were messier since they didn’t have any need to clean up after themselves. The maids were overworked, and so that meant stuff was often overlooked. And with a steady stream of new people every couple of days, Beans didn’t notice when things were out of place or missing.  

The motels had a major pest problem though. She had to fight off bugs and rats and other creepy crawlies nearly every day. She could not be more grateful that this was no longer a problem in her life. Roaches were gross. 

Adelaide could sit there and complain all day, but that did little to actually help her problems. So, she trekked on and did what she needed to do to survive.  

She eyed the massive bowl of fruit that always sat on the counter, but it was too risky to go for anything in there during the day. She’d have to check the cupboards.  

Adelaide dug her hook out of her bag and tossed it in the air. It latched onto the handle, and she backed up, tugging the thread that was attached to it as hard as she could.  

She remembered the time she backed herself right off the counter trying to open the cupboard. She had a hold of the thread, so she was fine, but God was that a shock. So now, Adelaide paid more attention when she did this.  

The cupboard opened just wide enough for someone her size to slip through, so she flicked her hook off the handle and swung it back up toward the inside of the cupboard. It came clattering back down to the counter the first time, but on the second try, she got it to stick. Giving it a sharp tug to make sure it was secure; she began her ascent.  

Adelaide wasn’t the fastest climber on the planet, but she wasn’t a slacker. Within a minute, she was at the top and surveying the food around her. Sadly, it wasn’t much.  

Her first stop was at an open sleeve of crackers. It was about halfway full, meaning she had to climb inside the loud, crinkly packaging to drag one out. The cracker itself was roughly 2/3 her size, so Adelaide held it out and stomped on it to break it into more manageable pieces. She shoved the contents in her bag and continued on.  

As her stomach grumbled again, she so badly wished she had access to the fridge. It was silly to think like that, though. Adelaide knew that it would never be feasible, but she couldn’t help thinking about all the fresh food inside. What she wouldn’t do for some cheese to go with her cracker right now. A girl could dream.  

There wasn’t anything else accessible left in this cupboard, so she dejectedly walked back toward the opening. She could check out the cupboard on the other side of the counter – maybe it would have better options.  

It was times like this that Adelaide would kill for an entrance into the walls inside the cupboard, so she didn’t have to climb up, then climb down, then climb back up, then climb back down again. She could easily carve a hole that would be nearly invisible to the Bean, but the walls on the other side just weren’t set up right. They weren’t made for a borrower to walk through. Shocker.  

With a sigh, Adelaide swung her bag over her shoulder and began the trip back to the counter. She was about halfway down her thread when she heard it. The front door opened.  

“Dammit!” she cursed.  

Adelaide was hoping the Bean would stay out for at least a couple hours, but it had only been an hour at most. She estimated that she had about a minute before she had to be out of sight, but when she heard the rustling of plastic bags, she realized he went for groceries, so his first stop was likely the kitchen. Her estimation dropped to thirty seconds maximum.  

Seeing no other option, Adelaide let go of the thread and dropped the rest of the way, landing hard on her left ankle. Her body unwillingly let out a soft cry, but she had no time to think about whether the Bean heard it. She bolted toward the walls, throbbing ankle and all.  

Uh oh.  

Adelaide remembered her thread hanging back from the cupboard and froze. If she didn’t grab it, the Bean would find it. He was smart. He would figure her out in no time, and even if he didn’t, his senses would be on high alert for anything else unusual and she’d have to stay in the walls for a while. Without food and without a hook.  

That moment of indecision was all it took. The Bean rounded the corner, and his eyes locked on Adelaide.  

ShitShitShitShitShitShitShitShit , she thought as she corrected course and headed for the nearest hiding spot – behind the fruit bowl. It was hardly a hiding spot. The Bean could easily move it out of the way, but it gave Adelaide a small sense of cover and the few spare seconds it provided let her think.  

The silence that followed was deafening. It carried on for so long that Adelaide thought he might not have seen her.  

“Um....hello,” he said.  

Shit.  

Adelaide didn’t say anything. What could she even say? Hi? No, she’d stay put until he made a move, and judging by the sound, or lack thereof, he was rooted in place. Maybe he’d grow bored, or think he imagined it. Unlikely, but what was Adelaide to do at this point but hope?  

He spoke again, his booming, deep voice filling the room. “I uh, I know you’re there.”  

Adelaide heard the rustle of bags, then light, slow footsteps that got louder as he approached. “You wanna come out?” he continued.  

Shit.  

Adelaide tried to form a plan, but all her mind seemed capable of right now was panic. She would under no circumstances let tears fall, though. If the Bean caught her, which was becoming more and more likely, she could not show any sign of weakness. What did her parents always tell her? She couldn’t remember. It all seemed so pointless at the time, so she didn't bother listening. They would never get caught. Only stupid borrowers got caught. Adelaide’s family was invincible.  

What she wouldn’t give to make that statement true. What she wouldn’t give to remember their advice.  

“Okay, come on,” the human said, sounding impatient and very close. Great, now she’d pissed him off, too.  

The huge bowl Adelaide leaned against moved out of the way, and she fell backward. She scrambled to her feet and backed away, making eye contact with the giant and pulling out her knife defensively. She stared at his massive hands that held the bowl. She could never dream of even budging that bowl, and he lifted it out of the way with ease. With hands that could close around her whole body and obscure her from the world forever. Adelaide shivered.  

The two stared at each other for what felt like an eternity. The only movement in the room was Adelaide’s chest as she breathed heavily, looking like she just ran a marathon. It was hard to read the expression on his face. Shock, for sure, but he was doing pretty well at masking it. There was a glimmer in his eye too, a dangerous one.  

“Aren’t you fascinating,” he said, though it was unclear if the statement was directed at her. Silence.  

They stayed like that for so long that Adelaide considered running back to the wall. He’d figure out where she lived, but she’d gather her essentials as quickly as possible and haul ass to another house. Yeah, that sounded like a plan. It was the best she had at the moment.  

With that, Adelaide took off toward the hole she left in the wall, grateful that the tile chose today to snap so that she wouldn’t waste any time peeling it back. A thump shook the counter, sending her into the air a smidge, but she landed on her feet and kept running. He probably set the bowl down, which meant he was freeing his hands to grab her. Adelaide willed her feet to go faster.  

In a matter of seconds, a giant, black form filled her entire line of vision and Adelaide stumbled to a stop, arms pinwheeling to keep her balance. She forced herself to look up, and up, and up , and she saw the giant leaning his elbow awkwardly on the counter to take up the whole width of it, effectively blocking her path. His head rested on his hand. He smirked at her, and though he was still trying to hide it, she could see the shock at finding such a small being much more clearly.  

Shit.  

Again, they entered a staring battle.  

“Well, one of us is gonna have to say something,” the Bean said. Adelaide belatedly registered that as a joke, but she didn’t laugh. “What the hell are you supposed to be anyway?”  

When she still didn’t answer, realization spread across his face. “Ah...It’s... highly unlikely you can understand me, let alone speak. Your brain mass must be...and well, that makes - makes things more difficult.... Can you understand me?” His unoccupied hand gestured wildly, and it took everything in Adelaide’s power not to flinch or back away.  

She once again didn’t say anything. Adelaide wanted to walk away from this interaction with the Bean having as little knowledge as possible about her and her species. She wanted to walk away from this interaction, period. Still, she was offended that he presumed she was unintelligent because of her size.  

“So, you can understand me,” he concluded aloud.  

Huh? How did he know that? Adelaide didn’t do anything, didn’t say anything. Her face scrunched up in confusion.  

“Stoicism isn’t really your um... forte,” he explained.  

Shit.  

“And I can tell that you’re uh, not too pleased with me, from the- from the look of things.... I have to admit this position is very uncomfortable. Mind if we talk... elsewhere?”  

Without waiting for an answer, the Bean straightened and reached for her.  

“No!” Adelaide yelled, jumping back and brandishing her knife. Her heart hammered in her chest.  

“Woah!” The Bean paused. He stood straight up now, and Adelaide had to strain her neck to look at his face. God, he was tall. Looking up at that angle made her dizzy... and nervous. “Please don’t stick me with that thing... How did you – how did you even get it? At your size, I uh, I find it hard to believe that you made it.”  

Adelaide still didn’t say anything.  

“I know you can talk now... I mean, it had to be made somehow, I get that. Are there more of you? That would make sense, probably acquired it from another one of your, uh... species, one who specializes in something of the- of the sort... But of course, where are my manners? The name’s Dr. Ian Malcolm. And....?” He was asking for her name.  

Adelaide’s head spun. She regretted screaming when he reached for her, because now that he knew she could talk, that also meant he knew he could get information from her. Now he was never going to let her go.  

She also didn’t appreciate his analysis, even if he was wrong about a couple things, and right about a couple others. Adelaide felt like a science experiment that he was reciting the results of. Not to mention he was so tall, even for a giant, and the way he stared down at her made her feel like she was a bug under a magnifying glass. 

 Adelaide rubbed her neck. It was getting sore from having to look up so much. But even if she turned her head away, he still took up most of her vision, he was that big. And she couldn’t look away anyway. Every second she wasn’t at attention was a dangerous one, because he could do anything to her at any moment.  

Adelaide didn’t want to tell him her name. It felt too personal, and if he wasn’t going to treat her like a person, then he certainly wouldn’t be allowed that level of information.  

“My evening just opened up, so I can stand here all night.” He gave her a sideways smile that made her unwillingly shiver. She had seen him give smiles like this to other Beans whenever he was trying to win them over, especially with women. Adelaide knew his tricks and she would not fall for them.  

Ian sighed. He reached over for a chair at the table, seeing that they were probably going to be there for a long time.  

Adelaide saw her opening. She already tried running, which failed, but he was looking at her then. Maybe if she bolted while he wasn’t looking, it would give her just enough of a head start to make it back. Once again, she underestimated the Bean. A stupid mistake, really. You shouldn’t underestimate Beans.  

“Okay, yeah, that’s- that’s not going to work,” Ian said to nobody in particular when he noticed her escape attempt.  

He didn’t even have to reach far to grab Adelaide. His fingers quickly wrapped around her body, obscuring everything but her head, and pulled her away from her destination.  

On Adelaide’s part, she felt like she just slammed into a brick wall. One moment she was sprinting, then next she was colliding with a solid wall of flesh. Before she could even back away, his fingers coiled around her back and ushered her into his palm. His grip solidified a little too tightly and Adelaide was soaring through the air. Vertigo hit her like a truck.  

With the tiny being contained, Ian tried to figure out where she was going. The counter was bare. There was nothing to hide behind or defend herself with. That was when he spotted the small tile out of place in the backsplash, hidden in the corner, but he could check that out later. Suddenly, a sharp pain spread across his palm.  

Adelaide couldn’t tell up from down or right from left, but she knew one thing. She had to get out of this Bean’s hands, or she would die. Or worse, she would end up as his pet. It was hard to maneuver within his tight grip, especially with her head pounding, but she was able to twist the knife in her hand and drag it along his palm.  

Ian hissed and on reflex, opened his hand. Adeliade fell through the air. This was it. She would hit the ground and die. It wasn’t a heroic death, and it wasn’t how she wanted to go, but at least she would go out on her own terms, not at the hands of a Human. If she was going down, she’d go down swinging.  

Unfortunately, Ian’s other hand swooped down and caught her. She scrambled, half-crawling and half-running to get off the hand, but this time he was prepared. He closed his fist again, leaving her knife arm out. He reached in with his injured hand and grabbed the knife, trying to pull it out of her grasp.  

Adelaide couldn’t let go. This knife was her one defense in a world that vastly outsized her, and it was the one thing that kept her connected to her family. If she lost it, she was as good as dead within a week. She held on as best she could for as long as she could, but in the end, Adelaide’s strength was no match for a Bean’s. With just an infinitesimal twist of his wrist, Ian yanked the knife away from Adelaide and set it out of sight.  

“Give it back!” she cried.  

“Oh, now we want to talk,” Ian said.  

He held her up to his brown eyes, and she tried her best to wriggle out of his grip. They took in every inch of her, probably gathering information she didn’t even know about herself. Adelaide was deeply uncomfortable with the scrutiny she was under, and she didn’t like how close he held her to his face. She refused to look at those eyes that were the same size as her head, and she’d be damned if she ever stopped fighting. If only she were a little closer, she could kick him in the eye, do some real damage.  

Ian reached toward her again, and Adelaide tried to pull back, despite the way she was held tightly. His thumb and index finger lightly pinched around the arm that stuck out of his fist. Every ounce of Adelaide’s being screamed at her to yank her arm free, but she forced herself to freeze. His finger took up the whole length of her arm. One wrong move, one twitch of his hand, and it would snap. She couldn’t stop the tremors that snaked through her though, and she wondered if he felt them.  

Ian ‘hmm’d’ to himself as he inspected her arm.

At that, Adelaide lost it. He was so dismissive of her, and it boiled her blood. Maybe her knife wasn’t her only weapon.  

Adelaide bit down on Ian's finger. Hard.  

“Jesus Christ!” he said, but he didn’t open his fist. In fact, he reflexively squeezed just a little tighter, forcing Adelaide to let go. All the air was forced out of her lungs, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to replace it.  

Before she knew it, Adelaide was flying through the air again, and just when she thought the pain was too much, the hand released her, and she fell in a heap on a new surface. From the look and texture of it, she was on the table.  

Adelaide wanted to stand up so badly and face her captor, but she had to catch her breath first. Her ribs would definitely be bruised tomorrow. Plus, with the adrenaline wearing off, her ankle started to throb again. She gasped for air for too long, giving the Bean time to maintain his control of the situation. 

“You did quite a number there!” he said. Adelaide looked up, still panting, to see Ian examining the wounds she left behind on his giant, stupid hands. One hand sported a long, thin cut that bled only slightly, the other a couple tiny holes that bled harder.  

She couldn’t believe that just seconds ago, those hands held her life in them, and they almost extinguished it. They probably still would, given the injuries she gave them. Adelaide stepped back, gauging his reaction. If Ian wasn’t pissed off before, he certainly was now. She realized belatedly how, if she failed at escaping, her acts of self-preservation may be seen as acts of defiance. Beans didn’t like that.  

Shit.  

“Now that you can’t uh, scurry off, why don’t you tell me what you’re doing in my um... in my kitchen,” he said, resting his elbows on the table and clasping his hands under his chin.  

“None of your business,” Adelaide spat. She wanted to check out her surroundings, but she knew not to take her eyes off Ian.   

“I very much do think it is my business, considering it’s my kitchen.”  

“What if I said I was here first?” Adelaide challenged. She was bluffing, but how would he know? He had no way to prove it.  

“I uh, highly doubt that.” Ian crossed his arms and rested them on the table. At the motion, Adelaide jumped to her feet and scrambled backward, limping on her injured ankle. “Woah!” he said. “Relax... you’re a feisty one." There was amusement in his voice, which made Adelaide even angrier. This was amusing to him? She felt like prey being toyed with by a predator before it made her its dinner.  

“What do you want?” Adelaide demanded. She hated the way her voice quivered.  

“A name would be nice,” Ian said casually.  

“No.” She continued to back away.  

Ian didn’t bother to reach for her, since there was nowhere for her to go. “I’m not going to hurt you,” he assured her, “if that’s what you’re worried - worried about.”  

“You already did.” Adelaide was trying to keep her sentences as short as possible to divulge as little information as possible, but she couldn’t help letting that one out.  

The Bean looked at her as if she was messing with him. “When?” he asked.  

“Just now. You probably bruised my ribs, asshole!” When Adelaide was backed into a corner, she lashed out, and this was no exception. The problem with Human Beans was that they understood words and felt emotions, so when Adelaide insulted them, they knew it. Rats didn’t tend to notice those kinds of things.  

Shit.  

Adelaide froze in place, realizing her mistake. He may as well just smash her to bits now. She braced for impact, but it never came.  

“Oh,” he said. Adelaide could have sworn she saw guilt pass briefly over Ian's face, but there was no way a Bean felt sorry about something like that. She must have imagined it. “Oh, I should have known how- how fragile your bones... and how delicate your skin must be. I apologize.”  

“I’m not fragile!” Adelaide insisted, miffed at this whole conversation, but even then, the pain in her ankle grew worse and worse so she could hardly stand on it.   

“Clearly,” he said sarcastically, gesturing at her disheveled, broken body.

“What. Do. You. Want?” Adelaide repeated.  

“I told you. Your name.”  

“ Well , you’re not getting it.”  

“ Well , what were you doing in my kitchen?”  

“Grabbing food.”  

“Stealing food?”  

“Borrowing food.” 

“Right...... How long have you uh, been... here?”  

“I don’t know.”  

“How do you not know?”  

“I don’t know! It’s not really in my interest to keep track of days!” Adelaide was getting impatient. She hated this back and forth, hated delaying the inevitable. If he was going to do something, he should do it already. “Can you please just kill me already?!” Adelaide simply could not force herself to look him in the eyes when she asked the question.  

“Uhhhhhhh...no,” Ian said.  

Adelaide looked up at him in shock. “No?... Then- then what are you going to do? Experiment on me or- or lock me up? I don’t...I can’t...” She felt tears start to form, but she forced them back. “What do you want?!” she asked for the millionth time. She was shaking now.  

“I didn’t really um, plan on doing- on doing any of that. I really just want your name,” he said, still calm.  

“MARCY. MY NAME IS MARCY. CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME GO NOW?” she yelled. She wasn’t going to give him the one thing she had left. So, Adelaide used the name of her neighbor back in the motel. It’s not like he’d know the difference.  

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Marcy. And um, no, I don’t quite want to let you go just – just yet.”  

“Wh- What-” Adelaide started, but Ian cut her off.  

“It takes a lot to surprise me Marcy, but you...” he pointed at her on the word ‘you’, making her flinch back, “.... you have managed to accomplish that. If I let you go, I know for a fact that I will never uh, never see you again. I’m sorry I hurt you, but it won’t happen again and um... well, there it is.”  

Ian seemed even taller now. Did he grow a couple feet when she wasn’t looking? Adelaide started to feel dizzy. He didn’t want to let her go. He was never going to let her go. It was just like last time, when she...when her parents...Her heart rate skyrocketed, and her breathing started to match. Her life was over. She wasn’t sure what did it first – the hunger, the exhaustion, the pain, or the panic. Adelaide fainted. 

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My top 5 Bleach women and why I love them: Part 1

(Some of this based on what makes them awesome, or how they're written. Also, this is Part 1 of the entire post, so it'll only show the first 3 characters, due to Tumblr's limit on how many links/media I can use.)

5/5. Ikumi Unagiya \~ Owner of Unagiya Shop

Why?

It’s an unique choice since she doesn’t get that much screen time compared to the others but I really think she’s got a fun personalty and somewhat of a good adult character in a shonen manga that doesn’t have many adults that’ll be there for the MC on an emotional level.

In the Fullbringer arc, she’s one of the only adults in Ichigo’s life who tries to be there for him even with her unawareness of shinigami and hollows. Ikumi still reminds him that he is a kid and he should be able to rely on her, and I think it’s really profound that she says this but Ichigo hasn’t ever really believed in that for most of his life.

Another underrated moment is her getting Ginjo to stop subtly upsetting Ichigo and made him leave her shop. Ginjo wasn’t even a villain at this point but Ikumi still knew the questions he was saying about Ichigo’s dad and his family were screwing with Ichigo’s mind. Maybe I’m giving her too much credit for being a reliable adult for a shonen manga, however it still puts her in my list.

Even in the TYBW arc, she’s still there to be a form of stability to Ichigo who goes through hell before visiting her. Her personality between a dependable, intuitive adult and a stubborn woman who kidnaps teenage employees in broad daylight is what stands out to me as a character.

4/5. Tier Harribel \~ Tres Espada

Why?

Her whole look with the jacket and the hollow mask is honestly pretty cool to see in the series and her serious, calm personality is nice to see among the Espada. Plus her motif as the ‘Espada of Sacrifice’ adds a whole new layer of her concern for her Fraccion, like Nel who was the former 3rd. Her sword release is also dope, “Tiburon”.

In the Arcancar arc, she only gets one main fight (which she got done dirty on) and then gets betrayed by Aizen, but at least I have to appreciate the moments throughout the arc that build her character.

Again, it’s really rare here to see an Arcancar care about their own considering the whole process of Hollows devouring each other from Menos Grande - Adgjunchas - Vasto Lordes. Plus, having the balls to go up to Head-Captain Yamamoto and say you’ll avenge your subordinates is pretty insane.

There is no world without sacrifice. Are you unaware? We are in a sea of blood, ashes floating in hell crying the name of a fading world. - Bleach Vol. 42

The series could have used her more outside of the Arcancar arc but in TYBW arc, she was the ruler of Hueco Mundo and saved Nel & friends from Yhwach. However, they forgot about her for the rest of the TYBW arc which I’m hoping the anime will fix, maybe adding a scene. In the timeskip, she’s adjusted to the role of it all and looks OP af, I personally love this look on her.

Appearance-wise, it’s obvious how stunning how she is honestly.

I used to think “Harribel” was her first name but Tier is actually her first name.

https://twitter.com/jessjessdraws - Artist who drew the Harribel sketch on bottom right panel.

3/5. Unohana Retsu \~ Squad 4 Captain and First Kenpachi

Why?

Almost every Bleach fan loves Unohana but besides the obvious mommy vibe she gives, I really appreciate the dual traits she's had. I really love how she’s a healing captain whose committed to the Gotei 13, and how it’s revealed later that she was one of the original Gotei 13 and the First Kenpachi. The way she holds herself from the beginning of her debut to her death, she always been caring to those she healed and worked with but held a intimidating demeanor around her.

Battle is everything - Bleach Vol. 59

Kubo’s character design is something that took me a while to realize there’s certain symbolism in it. Unohana’s mainstream design is much more meaningful when you find out the core of her character and how she started. The braid she puts her hair in resembles chains that Unohana put on herself to hide away her past of immense bloodlust as the First Kenpachi like the scar on her chest.

At the core of her character, fighting is everything to her considering the environment she’s grown in. The Soul Society and Yamamoto has harnessed her strength and killing prowess for the sake of protecting their interests. One of the themes of Bleach is the “The Heart” where many characters and groups have revolved around the belief of what the heart means to them. Unohana’s role in TYBW shows how her heart is centered around fighting and how her sin is the foundation of her persona as the kindhearted, healing Captain of Squad 4.

I always heard criticism about how Unohana got centered around Kenpachi and got killed for Kenpachi’s development, but I point to the overall themes of the story and how shinigami like Unohana who had to fight harshly to survive in the Rukon district. They often centered or associated themselves around another person who brings a feeling, emotion or sensation within them, that drives them to do actions in a story.

Learning healing kido to extend a fight for who knows how long is a pretty unique concept for the whole medical character trope. It’s so riveting to me that even through healing others, Unohana was helping the other shinigami live on for another fight which is something Kenpachi advocated to Ikkaku, besides doing her job. In her final battle, she was doing that not for Kenpachi but for the sake of the Soul Society’s survival. Thus, her heart and purpose might be with Kenpachi now, but she found meaning outside of her original role for centuries, and briefly enjoyed peace from being a fighter of bloodlust until the Wandenreich arrived.

@Mak_ai_ on Twitter is the artist who made the Unohana art with grey-black backgrounds and @srkbom108 on Twitter made the Unohana art that has red backgrounds to it. Check them out!

Bottom left art by @joranz1204 on Twitter and bottom right art by @Mak_ai_ on Twitter

Made by @rakusakugk on Twitter. Sorry about the whole art dump in this answer but I couldn’t help it lol, there’s just so much good Unohana art on the Internet, also I own none of the fan art here.

Hope you enjoyed it so far! Here's Part 2 of the post!

My top 5 Bleach women and why I love them: Part 2

Also, talking about her themes

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Thinking about all my Dark Urges in a party together cause it can be a somewhat balanced party, in the sense of survivability but also so funny to write about.

Rynnil, the lolth-sworn drow oathbreaker.

Cyrus, the tiefling bard college of spirits.

Moondrop, the deep gnome shadow monk.

Varra, white dragonborn wild magic Sorcerer.

Varra is default durge but with body 1 cause I wanted him to be smaller lol He's the master mind of the group and Bhaal's special chosen baby. He's more incline to go with the flow and if that means follow the urges pretty hard-core with no regards of them being attacked... Oh well. He wouldn't help the goblins, though. Mostly because it would be a waste of a perfectly good blacksmith. He wants to fight Orin and take his power back but throughout the journey becomes conflicted with duty to Bhaal, his "family", and now his new found "family". He is the leader of Dark Urge group and co-leader when the combine groups with Wyll as the leader for origin characters.

(I played for about 20iah hours and I stopped because idk kissing as a dragonborn was kind of meh... I do love the white and red dragonborn design so much and I would bring Varra back for a multi-player game instead. He never left act one but he did get it in with Astarion.)

Rynnil is very resist the urge. He remembers a life before the cult and wants to break free and go back to it, or at least break free to have his freedom, now that he got a taste. He's very hands off with the group, letting them be gremlins until they cross a line like unaliving people in broad daylight for no good reason. They can't just do things like get the Grove closed off, how else would they sell the loot they're hoarding? He's still duty bound but by his own rules of wanting to keep his "family" safe. Socially he is not the greatest and relies on others for anything talking related. Also, while Rynnil is very resist the urge, by the time he gets to Baldur's Gate and realizes a few things he does go a bit back to the dark side and does things without care for his own well being.

(Rynnil was in a coop game and an honour mode one. In coop he romance Wyll and it was so cute. He was very duty bound and I broke his oath by accident in act 3 lol He was very much the silent type but easily won over by Wyll's romantic ways. Him and Astarion were besties.

In the honour mode, Rynnil was romancing Astarion but, by accident, they broke up and Rynnil got upset and started doing unhinged things like get the hammer and lie a lot about what he was doing. I got stressed and stopped the run, but I should continue for the dice at least..... He's also romancing Halsin, which is meh. Rynnil works best with Wyll imo just for the support and not having the need to "fix" someone else and get support to be a better person.)

Cyrus is the same as Varra and goes with the flow but WAAAAY more interested in the need to please daddy Bhaal and blood baths because it keeps the skin moisturized. He also would clock Astarion's flirting unlike Varra and Rynnil and he would find it cringe. He'll still sleep with him, though. Not cause he likes Astarion but he wants to see how cringe-y he gets with his lines. Cyrus would actually sleep with everyone, like a true bard. He's also the group's voice but Rynnil does keep him in line from doing anything too bad. Until later on where Rynnil doesn't seem the care about anything and Cyrus can make his own decisions without care.

(Plan for Cyrus was to use the polymod and romance everyone. I just... Never got around to it lol Cyrus wouldn't be so interested in Astarion but more so Lae'zel cause she's strong or Gale cause he's a wizard and powerful. Gale being depressed would be a turn off. Cyrus wants to cause chaos, or at least be unhinged enough.)

Moondrop is also resist the urges and trying to find inner peace. He's also one of the sassier members of the group and always judging everyone. The amount of time people go to him for advice is concerning to him. He also demands they have tea with their lunch and relax. He's very meh with the group. He doesn't see the others as his siblings at all, especially Varra and Cyrus for embracing the urges at times. Rynnil he is okay with but mostly cause the drow doesn't do much of anything and is a reliable fighter. Moondrop finds the origin characters to be very concerning about but would prefer if Wyll just lead the group alone since Varra cannot be trusted really.

(Moondrop I am trying to keep no mods with Script Extender to see if I can get Wyll to not be buggy and get one of the romance greetings and I really wanna see his kisses. I also wanna romance Adtarion cause the boy is racist against Gnomes and it would be funny. I can't play vanilla cause how the hell am I supposed to be a femboy with no cute faces?)

Regardless of barely playing with mods, the game somehow got corrupt.

In theory I can run a game with all 4 of them and have them romance someone but running the game twice was concerning... I don't know if I can run it 4 times to get them all lol

[linkspooky]

My Hero Academia, Chapter 377-388 Thoughts

A two-fer because the pacing of these chapters is just a little bit slow. With the reappearance of Shigaraki Deku can finally act on his intention to try to reach Shigaraki instead of ignoring the crying boy inside of him. There's a pattern between all three hero / villain foils, the heroes are finally at a stage where they are willing to talk, whereas the villains are doubling down on their worst impulses and giving up on the idea that they can talk things through. Which Shigaraki even openly mocks Deku, that they're not going to sit down at the mall and have another chat. Since these two chapters revolve around the idea of villains and their origins, I'm going to ruminate on their unwilingness to finally talk and why they are doubling down underneath the cut.

1. Distortion

Tenko Shimura is the only character outside of the main origin trio to have an "origin" chapter, but before that comes a chapter labeled "Tomura Shigaraki: Distortion." In this chapter we learn that Shigaraki's own memories of his past, are missing and in fragments despte carrying the emotional burden and guilt of killing his own family.

He has full on developed dissociative amnesia and cannot even remember his origin or what led him to kill his family. For Tomura Shigarki, his origin may as well have been the moment that All For One found him in the alleyway.

When Shigaraki finally recovers his memories of his household and the events leading up to his family's death, the chapter is entitled "Tenko Shimura: Origin." Not only does Tenko Shimura have an origin chapter, but after he finishes his origin we are given an extended flashback on what led to his renaming as Tomura Shigaraki in 237, Tomura Shigaraki: Origin.

There's a distortion where Shigaraki cannot even properly remember his origin because of the trauma he carries, and when his memories clear up he essentially goes through two origins, first for how his family died how his desire to be a hero led to his father's abuse which culminated in him losing control of his quirk, and the second that led up to his adoption by AFO and his naming of Tomura Shigaraki. I don't think that Tomura / Tenko are separate entities, but rather Tomura's origin being distorted to such an extreme extent to the point where he takes on a whole new identity and is convinced he wants something separate from his original desire shows the pattern of how AFO ends up manipulating all the villains he takes under his thumb to believe what he wants them to believe, and how the villains in general have their beliefs distorted from their original origins.

Tomura's desire started out the same as Deku's, to be a hero, and to have someone in that household listen to him.

The trauma of not only having his feelings and desires rejected by everyone in the household, but on top of that, after destroying his house on accident and not being saved by a single hero in the busiest street in the middle of broad daylight led him to believe that the outside world was rejecting him the same way that his house did.

This distorted his motivation into reject them, the same way they rejected me. Not only did he convince himself that he wanted to destroy the house, but also that the destruction of the Shimura household wasn't an accident but rather something he desired all long and finally acted on.

Of course the two panels I've posted above contradict this belief that was what he wanted to begin with, because Shigaraki expresses twice a belief if someone had told him what he wanted to hear, or someone looked at him or reached out a hand to help him that day things would not have gotten that bad. Shigaraki's contradictory beliefs are on display, first that he will always be rejected and so therefore he has to respond to that rejection and fight back against it, and second a secret hope that there is still someone who can reach out and save him.

Now does that make Shigaraki's entire hero and villain speech a lie?

The part where he loudly announces he doesn't care if people don't understand him, or implies that heroes and villains can never understand each other is because of his secret desire to be understood, but at the same time, the rejection that Shigaraki has not only faced himself, but witnessed happen to others is very real. It's almost like the truth is complex... weird right?

Which is where I get to AFO's manipulations and why it works so well. AFO specifically targets the rejects who are not receiving help in order to foster their hatred against society.

Not only are they already vulnerable, but AFO knows the hero and villain game well. He sees the world in almost comic book logic, the villains will always be villains, the heroes will always be heroes, and as many Pro Heroes reflect this attitude, they end up reinforcing AFO's manipulation that no one is going to come save them and their only recourse is to strike back violently.

AFO even reinforces this idea internalized by the villains that they are internally bad, or wrong, or want to do these violent actions that are a distortion from their true desires. When they are faced with heroes who further dehumanize them by only looing at their crimes and ignoring the fact they are still human beings with emotions and people who are hurting they're then hit with the double whammy. This is the trap that AFO laid against All Might. He took Shimura Nana's grandson, spent years fostering him into a weapon, sent him basically blind into UA on his twentieth birthday because he knew All Might would beat the absolute tar out of him without even questioning who Shigaraki was or what his motivatiosn are, which only would reinforce Shigaraki's hatred for him.

In the immediate aftermath, All Might is also convinced by his fellow heroes that there's no point in going after Shigaraki because by this time he is beyond help. All Might becomes another one of the heroes who just ignored Temura Shinko on that day when he wandered around covered in blood and muck and grime in the busiest intersection in a city densely packed with heroes hoping just one of them would reach out a helping hand.

I'd also be remiss not to point out that when the kids try too hard to emulate their mentors without questioning their methods, they repeat this same kind of behavior. Shigaraki specifically mentions the mall, because that day he genuinely did try to talk to Deku and this was Deku's response.

Deku states clear as day that he can't understand Shigaraki, and then when asked if there was anyone All Might ever failed to save, he really only asked that question to All Might once before completely forgetting to follow up that train of thought. So when the villains lie and say they no longer want to talk things out and they are beyond talking, it's also basically them saying "Well, I tried to tell you X, Y, and Z and you didn't want to listen that time, but oh now you want to talk." It's the natural result of being ignored so many times.

The idea that heroes and villains cannot understand each other is a lie of course, but it was a lie that was put inside their heads by outside factors. It's also ones they spent a long time fighting against because most of these villains did try in some way to express what was wrong, only to be further scapegoated. To be told, "Oh, you're not X, you're Y." To the point where they started to believe it themselves. All of this to say it's not just AFO, it's also something reinforced by the pro-heroes, and also sometimes the kids following in their example.

Toya's backstory shows that kind of distortion in action almost as clear as Shigaraki's, but rather than being perpetuated by AFO himself who did not have much of an influence on Toya, rather it's done by his family's rejection.

Toya reveals his own origin, his desire is to just be seen by his family. In fact he mirrors Shoto in a way, Shoto wants to reassure people because he felt helpless as a victim in his own house, Toya wants to be seen because he felt ignored in his own house. Both of their motivations come from a desire to actually have a normal, healthy connection with the family they have around them.T oya even states that he was willing to just give up anything even his dreams of surpassing All Might to return home. It's witnessing how quick his family was willing to bury him and move on that made him finally distort. Toya holds onto his origin of wanting to be seen even after burning alive, right up until he witnesses the image of himself on the altar.

After which point his original desire distorts from simply wanting to be see, to harming Endeavor in any way possible and dying in order to give meaning to his death.

It goes rejection -> isolation -> distortion -> then having that distortion reinforced by the continued rejection of the heroes. Shoto and Enji can't reach Toya just yet, because Enji's decision to prioritize being the hero who defeats AFO rather than facing Toya once again only mirrors the way he's never once made Toya a priority or even looked at him. The doubling down and lying to himself isn't in response to nothing, it's the outside circumstances that drives him to do that.

Spinner also has a similar distortion of his ideals happening in real time, and in fact shows just how much AFO can convince someone that his exploitation is helping them. So many people blame Shigaraki's possession on Spinner for the hand scene, by ignoring the fact that you know... maybe AFO possessing him is AFO's fault.

Spinner puts the hand on Shigaraki in desperation because they are cornered by the heroes, and their only way out is if Shigaraki gets up and starts fighting again. At this point the heroes have shown no side they even care what happens to the villains, it's either being sent to tartarus the world's most inhumane prison, or just straight up killing them. AFO's whole schtick is convincing the villains working for them that they have literally no chance of salvation unless they stay with him. The heroes also don't do a lot of reaching out to change their minds.

Spinner notices right away that something is wrong with Shigaraki in the way he is acting, but AFO is quick to reassure him that he is not possesing Shigaraki but rather helping him, and that helping AFO is the way to help Shigaraki.

Every time SPinner witnesses that Shigaraki is clearly in pain, and expresses worry over him, AFO goes out of his way to reassure him that everything is fine and everything is going according to plan. Not only that he convinces SPinner, that by playing a role in his plan he will be helping Shigaraki. That AFO's desires are Shigaraki's desires, and therefore by helping AFO he's still serving Shigaraki.

If Shigaraki can be a sympathetic victim to AFO's manipulations and grooming, then so can Spinner and the rest of the league as a whole. Spinner's desire then goes from just trying to help Shigaraki and be equals with him, to his belief that his blind obedience to AFO is hleping him because Spinner as an average dude can't exist on his own or be helpful unless it's in service to someone like Shigaraki's greater deeds and dreams.

When put into a desperate situation where he has to rely on AFO, because the heroes aren't coming to save them, and have shown every evidence that they'll just outright kill Shigaraki, Spinner is convinced one that AFO is helping Shigaraki and probably the only help they'll receive, and two that blind obedience to AFO is what will help Shigaraki.

If anything it mirrors what he did to Tenko as a child, no heroes are coming to save you but I will. If you follow my path then you'll survive and get stronger. I am your only support, I am here to help you and nurture your growth. AFO tries to groom Tenko so hard into being obedient to AFO's desires for him, he literally possesses his body and tries to rewrite his identity for some time.

Then, there is Toga who we also see her distortion play out in real time over the course of the story. Toga's big statement that sucking blood and transforming into the people she loves is normal for her and all she desires isn't exactly the truth, but it isn't a lie either.

Toga desires normalcy and transforms into Uraraka, basically the epitome of a normal girl. Someone surrounded by high school friends, someone with a boy she likes, someone trusted by the people around her. Toga has projected herself entirely onto Uraraka, because Uraraka represents what Toga tried so hard to be in middle school but failed at because the emotional abuse in her home led her to snapping. Toga believes as shown by her parents and society labelling a middle school girl with one violent incident as a demon child forcing her to run away for her own safety rather than you know... just getting her help that there's no other way for her to live.

The same pattern emerges, Himiko is convinced no one is going to save her, she becomes further isolated and her original origin distorts. She believes what other people say about her, not that her desire is to be normal and to be loved, but instead live however she pleases and express her love by violently drinking blood and turning into people.

This is something reinforced by the heroes unwillingness to listen. Remember, Himiko's question is "Am I going to get brutally murdered by you the way I was Twice?" and most of the heroes don't even see Twice's death as a bad thing but a necessary thing. Hawks even advocates for killing Twice a second time the second he's confronted with the dead man's parade. It's a mistaken belief and a self deception, Himiko is lying to herself, but that lie is pounded into her head by everyone around her.

Himiko is even coerced into the Dead Man's parade and further violence. Dabi puts the idea of turning into Twice in her head and gives her the blood to do so, all while also giving her a speech she shouldn't cry because no one cares whether they are crying or smiling so they might as well get the last laugh. Something, that AFO seems to have had an idea about because he understood the exact chain of events that led to the Dead Man's Parade the moment it happened, that Toya gave Toga the blood because of her grief, and Toga's grief turned into a weapon against the heroes. Her speech even mirrors Shigaraki's as well, if there's nothing but rejection, there's no chance but to reject them right back.

So, none of the villains really came to these conclusions on their own, they believe they are in circumstances where no one is coming to help them, and they decide the only recourse is to fight back harder. They get hit and hit back. The cycle remains unbroken. Their origins have now become distorted, they've forgotten their original desires or convinced themselves otherwise. Toga believes what she wanted all along was to slaughter the heroes and live the easy life. Dabi believes all he wants to do is burn away everything connected to Endeavor. Spinner believes he can only help Shigaraki through blind obedience. Shigaraki himself believes that all he wanted to do all along was to destroy that house.

Obviously, the only thing that is going to break this cycle is long awaited action on the heroes part. It's what we see the easy to redeem villains taking the first step of in this latest chapter. Tsukauchi's speech being the opposite of what not only the heroes have believed, but the villains have convinced themselves of too that there is no changing them.

That instead of viewing them as villains, or internally evil, the only way forward is to try to make them remember their own humanity, and the things they originall wanted, and try to clear away the distortion and return them to their starting point, their origin, because as much as the villains listed above deny it, despite their violent and crimminal actions their original desires still exist within them in a place that the heroes can reach only if they start to look for it. And it's up to the heroes to reach them. Because you know, they're called heroes, and heroes save people. Otherwise they're just teenagers who can explode things, or breathe fire, or punch things really hard.

[mareenavee]

Congratulations! You've been given the opportunity to create a brand new NPC for vanilla Skyrim, completely with vanilla bugs.

Who would this person be? How did they get to Skyrim? What are some funny things they might say in passing? Would they be a follower -- and if so, how would they fight? If not, why? and are they safe? Feel free to elaborate and answer unasked questions about this critter. (: This can be related to your fic(s) and/or existing OCs or completely separate just for fun.

Tagged by the most esteemed @paraparadigm except not really, it was an Ask I sent her for funsies (read her amazing answer here!) and she turned it into a tag game lol

So without further ado, I am pleased to introduce you to...

Oft-Forgotten, Argonian sneak thief. Or, would be, really, if he was any good at sneaking or thieving. He uses a two-handed war hammer, which, in hindsight, is the perfect weapon for sneak attacks, come to think of it.

He's a nice green lizard man. Generally cool and collected. Tries to befriend everyone around him, but bless his heart, when he tries to talk to others he accidentally steals things off their counters every single time. In full view. He can't really help it. In this way, every Hold has bounties in the books for him for petty theft and/or destruction of property. The guards kind of recognize him, but can't be too sure. They say "Hey, I know you?" and then when Oft tries to pay his fines, they just say "Hmm? Need something?" and so, the crimes just kind of linger, unresolved.

He'll follow you, too, if you ask, but has a tendency to wander off. Sometimes he complains about how gross caves and/or Nordic ruins are in broad daylight in the middle of the street. Maybe he has unresolved trauma regarding things like this -- it's hard to say. When you ask him, he's often prone to get caught up in your hit box, fall over and drag unceremoniously behind you by some kind of odd force you can't quite explain. Almost as if stuck to your shoe. He recovers upon fast travel.

Oh and don't get me started on Giants. He's prone to trying to befriend them, too, but considering he sort of always brandishes his war hammer no matter where he's walking, they...take him as a bit of a threat. How he's survived blows from Giants that launch him so far up in the sky it's hard to say when he'll be back down is beyond you, but he gets up, brushes it off, and rushes off to continue adventuring, no harm done. He must have the favor of some Gods, or is exceedingly well preserved by the Hist. You're not exactly sure how that works, anyway.

He's not one for walking off the beaten path, though. You once climbed to the Throat of the World, assuming your friend was behind you the whole way, only to find he'd disappeared at some unknown point. Choosing not to reload your save to when you last remembered him being there -- for some strange reason, you can't remember how long ago that was, really -- you trek all the way back down to Ivarstead and find him under the bridge in the river, face crushed to the bricks. You try to talk to him, but somehow he warps through the solid structure until you can only see some nostrils and the edge of a horn. This, too, resolves with fast travel.

Regardless of his...weirdness, at least you can rely on him for good conversation. You think. You're not really sure. Every time you try and recall a detail he's said, the only thing you can remember is battle cries, and those comments about caves and ruins. You turn around, recalling this and find he's gone again. Maybe he actually is a good sneak thief and you've just forgotten.

~*~

Since Para made this a tag game, let's tag @changelingsandothernonsense again (: And @friend-of-giants as well! And for some writing practice, why not @thattalviel, and @orfeoarte? I'd love to hear from @airiat, @saltymaplesyrup, @elfinismsarts, @goddess-of-sorrow and @thequeenofthewinter too! And as always, if you're up for it, @the-storytellers-seer!

Also honorary tagging anyone else who wants to try this!

Feel free to make these NPCs as serious or as silly as you want! Para and I are just, apparently, in a mood today lol

[themculibrary]

Slow Burn Masterlist 2

part one

Bird Man, Metal Arm, & the Girl (ao3) - mynameisrae bucky/sharon, past sharon/steve, peggy/steve M, 105k

Summary: After returning from the blip, Sharon Carter is finding her place in the world again. She never expected to find Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes on her doorstep with a proposition for her. A proposition that leads her to moving in with the boys and becoming a part of the new Cap Trio. Now she's stuck with the bickering pair while they fight to keep Captain America's shield and navigate their new dynamic. A new dynamic that is becoming more and more complicated as Sharon becomes increasingly more curious what it would be like to kiss that damn scowl off Bucky Barnes' mouth.

Black and Blue (ao3) - concupiscence66 sam/bucky M, 86k

Summary: Sam and Bucky are a couple of guys. A couple of guys who have been battered and bruised down to their souls, and who are in need of some serious rest and relaxation. Bucky would be happy to crawl back into his isolation, but Sam coaxes him into another visit to Delcroix. With no impending doom hanging over their heads, Sam and Bucky have a chance to really get to know one another and see if the spark between them might turn into something more.

Constellations (ao3) - Vetiver bucky/darcy E, 56k

Summary; Bucky and Sam are called to assist SWORD with a strange object from space that's landed in Louisiana, where they meet Dr. Darcy Lewis. After the situation takes an even weirder turn for Darcy and Bucky, they reconnect in New York to figure out the mysterious cube - and their mutual attraction.

This will hang out in 'teen' rating territory for a while before eventually earning its 'explicit' rating. I usually wait till a work is complete before posting, but this one is still in progress; I will aim to update a minimum of twice a week. More tags to be added as events unfold.

Dissonance (ao3) - stuckybarnes peter/wade M, 121k

Summary: Wherein Deadpool is reluctantly hired to protect Peter Parker from an organization out to hunt him, with varying success on both ends and quite a lot of feelings, revelations, and identity crises.

Endgame (ao3) - YunaYamiMouto tony/stephen T, 196k

Summary: The rouge Avengers are pardoned under the influence of King T'Challa and it is up to Tony to 'welcome' them back. But as he and his new team are at the private airport, an unexpected fight breaks loose and the fate of the whole universe is changed when a wizard places himself as Tony Stark's protector.

God's Righteous Man (ao3) - FoxyAtlas steve/bucky M, 232k

Summary: A story in which the serum doesn't affect Steve's size, the shield goes to Bucky, and they reunite years before the Battle of New York. Also, Steve is a punk, but that's canon.

A timeline starting with the Howling Commandos and going all the way to Pre-Infinity War.

Help Me Hold Onto You (ao3) - dash_of_darkness bucky/sam E, 202k

Summary: Six months after the fall of SHIELD and HYDRA, Sam is no closer to finding Bucky and he is growing more desperate by the day. Bucky feels like he's stuck in a free-fall, not able to trust anyone including himself. When he shows up to Sam's house unannounced one night, Sam scrambles to catch him and bring him home before it's too late.

If They Knew All About You (ao3) - MsHermia pepper/tony T, 521k

Summary: Tony Stark had lost his son when he was only 2 years old, stolen away in broad daylight with nobody the wiser of what exactly happened. Years later, Tony has just made it through the disaster with Ultron. He is trying to keep himself and the team together but relationships are strained and tempers are running high. Then a random turn of events leads to his path crossing with that of a particular vigilante. They are strangers to each other, or so they think.

Peter Parker is on top of the world. After a few shitty years, losing his parents and then losing his Uncle, things are finally looking up. Sure he lives in a crappy little apartment with his Aunt but he might have just found his mission in life.

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This is an AU story obvious by some of the tags. I'm starting out a few weeks after Age of Ultron took place. Civil War will be a thing.

it's always who is spider-man, never how is spider-man (ao3) - i_regret_thatpersonalityquiz harley/peter T, 176k

Summary: "Stay?"

Peter finally looked down to see Harley Fucking Keener, Iron Lad, the boy who had caused his shoulder to be throbbing all night, looking away with a slight tint to his cheeks. Peter opened and closed his mouth, no sound coming out.

And he sat back down.

OR: Peter had been living on the streets, dealing with your average homeless vigilante stuff. Things got a bit more complicated when the Avengers started to chase him down.

Re-Engineered (ao3) - Opy3332 bucky/tony M, 73k

Summary: “Tony blinks. He blinks and his entire world changes.”

Tony is sent back in time from mid-Infinity War to just after returning from Afghanistan.

How different is Tony Stark, and the MCU, with all that knowledge of the future?

Haunted by the guilt of Rhodey’s injury, the betrayal and pain of Steve, the fear of Wanda, the loss of Jarvis, and the foreknowledge of Thanos, this Tony is one the universe hasn’t contended with before. And he is more than ready to re-claim his title of genius, billionaire, and philanthropist in ways unexpected.

Rock Me Gently (ao3) - enigma731, invisibledaemon gamora/peter M, 479k

Summary: “She is our–She is Gamora,” Nebula says. “There is only one Gamora and I know her better than any of you do.” She pauses and glares at Peter, clearly challenging him to protest that. For once, he doesn’t dare. “This Gamora has jumped forward in time nine years, but she is the same person at her core. Just as you are the same despite not having experienced the last five years I did. We are all just–out of sync at the moment.”

Sharpen Your Teeth (ao3) - STARSdidathing loki/tony M, 369k

Summary: A betrayed Tony Stark leaves the Avengers. He's angry and bitter but he's not about to stop being a hero. The problem is that not everyone is happy with his decision.

Sugar Sweet (ao3) - ColorCoated steve/bucky E, 173k

Summary: College Student Bucky finds himself immediately attracted to Steve. He knows that Steve's a bit older than him, and that Steve himself is put off by the age difference. . . But that doesn't stop Bucky from wanting to climb him like a tree. AKA a Sugar Daddy AU that no one was asking for.

What I Used To Be (ao3) - thepinupchemist bucky/steve, background tony/bruce/pepper E, 117k

Summary: When the police uncover a hidden sub-basement in the home of criminal Alexander Pierce and find a tortured omega and his three pups, they bring them to the Stark Omega Clinic, a non-profit dedicated to rehabilitating traumatized omegas.

After dark in September 2005, fourteen year old Bucky Barnes vanished. Eleven years and three pups later, he is far from the boy that went missing from a suburban neighborhood outside of Denver.

Steve Rogers is an alpha of some means. When he came into money, he decided to use what he had for good and sign up as a candidate to be a support alpha for his close friend Tony's charitable clinic. When he takes on the task of helping reintegrate Bucky and his pups into the world, he doesn't expect to fall so hard.

Your Latest Trick (ao3) - ChortlesOfDoom loki/tony, pepper/tony E, 273k

Summary: Following a violent, masterfully feigned death aboard the Statesman, Thor believes Loki's gone for good; more importantly, so does Thanos. Exhausted and hungry for revenge, Loki returns to Earth, but as he bides his strength, anonymously supplying the Avengers with inside knowledge between his own preparations, he begins to see the true cost of holding on.

[greatwyrmgold]

I've been reading Bleach recently, after a certain professional shitbag recommended it. I'm only a dozen chapters in, but I have some thoughts.

First: If you've been reading my posts talking about new Shonen Jump series, I am sorry. But also, the thing I keep talking about is pacing. Shonen Jump titles are under a lot of pressure to perform well out of the gate; this means most of them cram as much of their premise and ideas into chapter 1, getting to "the good part" ASAP without having time to lay any groundwork for it.

Bleach isn't like that. Basic story facts are scattered throughout the first volume or so, giving more room for the characters and such to breathe. I dunno if Jump worked differently twenty years ago, or if Tite Kubo was more confident in his writing speaking for itself, or what, but I appreciate it.

Second: Maybe it's just that I binged Mieruko-chan earlier this week, but it feels like Ichigo seeing (normal) ghosts should come up more than it does. There aren't anywhere near as many ghosts around in Ichigo's world as Miko's, and they're a lot nicer (except the Hollows), but still.

Third: I was expecting the fact that Ichigo's physical body stays behind, unconscious, when he astrally projects or whatever to fight Hollows was just a handy plot excuse. A reason for Ichigo's broad-daylight swordfights to not be noticed, that would come up for the occasional gag or when it's convenient to the plot, but mostly be forgotten.

But nope! Characters have reacted to Ichigo going unconscious both times (so far) he's projected while outside his house—nothing plot-altering, but enough to make the characters feel like they notice the weird things he's doing and react to them.

Fourth: When Ichigo finds out Hollows used to be human (um, spoilers for chapter 3/episode 2 of Bleach I guess?), he's mad at Rukia for not telling him this, but doesn't really angst about having to kill ex-humans. He talks at them a normal shonen manga amount, but that's about all he does differently when he learns that his enemies used to be human. That feels like something that most series would give more focus (and angst) than it really deserves.

Fifth: There are a lot of nice little moments. Rukia stealing Ichigo's sisters clothes because she didn't pack anything for her not-so-brief trip to the mortal world. Orihime talking with her ex-brother. Rukia not knowing how juice boxes work. Some random guy getting mad at Ichigo for "copying his look," but nothing really comes of it; it's just a school Ichigo's been going to and has a history at. Rukia failing to comfort the dead kid in a parakeet, this makes sense in context.

Maybe this is just reiterating the pacing thing I started with, but...it's nice that there's space for things that don't really do anything except establish characters and tone. Also, I think Rukia's my favorite character.

Speaking of which, sixth: I kinda wish Rukia kept a bit more of her power. At the moment, it feels like she's basically only useful for spiritual cleanup and occasionally not dying long enough for Ichigo to show up. When she said she could only use a few Kidō spells, I thought that meant she'd use them to back up Ichigo in combat. But no, she's limited to a pretty normal level of physical abilities and some spells that don't do much.

Now, it could be a lot worse. Rukia refuses to be damseled, and the fight scene where she and one of Ichigo's mundane classmates work together to stall the Hollow proves that just because a character isn't as strong as Ichigo doesn't mean they won't get awesome moments. But it's still kinda disappointing.

I'm not saying Rukia should be as strong as Ichigo, mind. Rukia losing almost all her reaper power to Ichigo is the inciting incident, that's fine. I just wish she kept, like, 5% instead of 1%. Enough to keep some cool fight powers.

She's probably getting some power-up sooner or later, probably shouldn't complain too much. Anyways, that's six things I thought about in Bleach that I felt like sharing.

[synonymouswithanonymous]

New magazine interview!

I've only read the excerpt from the article so far.

I think she sounds like a well rounded, positive, intelligent woman. She had a good childhood, has great parents, been through some hard times emotionally and romantically. The emotional/romantic troubles are certainly not a fairytale story by any stretch of the imagination. Especially not to those that have had to suffer from disorders or bad (abusive) relationships. But she came through it, worked through it to find peace, love, strength, and balance in her life which has led to her now healthy relationship and more success. She stood up for her life and is winning that battle. ❤💚💜💙💛💖 wishing continued happiness for her and him. And lots of success for both.

I'm happy she has supportive people around her, from parents, friends and her boyfriend. I'm glad he has her too, bc she probably helps him too, as he also has struggles with mental health. They've both been through the proverbial wars, they know, love, and understand each other. She's right couples are a team, bc you're a unit growing together. 😊😊  love and support.

It also goes to show just bc you have a strong confidant personality, or are strong willed, that abuse can happen to anyone. Disorders can happen to anyone. Hard things can break too, or be broken.

I liked that she helped the older gentleman who had fallen. It was probably fresh on her mind since is happened the morning the interview took place. So many people would/will walk by something like that without even helping, or even making eye contact, or just filming it for their own content. I'm glad she was respectful and helpful to him. Also I'm glad she got angry bc it's not right that no one else cared enough to be bothered to help, how long had he been there? With people walking by ignoring him bleeding like he doesn't matter. But I'd bet they'd want help if it was them.

I also liked how well she described her anxiety, even with examples of her thoughts, a very vivid portrayal of how your own mind can attack you. The visuals. Her describing her having to hold her parents hand made me sad. It reminded me of Sally Klempton's words "it's hard to fight an enemy that has outposts in your head."

And I also like this quote and want to throw it in here bc I think it applies to everyone, not just us women. Her interview made me think of it. If you're not there yet, trust yourself that you will get there, even if it takes awhile.

"There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity." -w Irving (it's been attributed to several so don't know where it originally came from)

Good for her, I'm glad she's doing better now and is happy. 😊😊 And she's so pretty! I love all those pics of her.

Edited to add, read the part of the interview where she talks about AHA and their relationship. I like how she talks about challenging each other. How well they understand/process each other in a healthy way. They're imo adorable. I like how she and he did take it slow, they may have dated a few months before getting officially together. But that's normal, reasonable and responsible.

That's better than meeting, and two weeks later living together, engaged, or married lol. Like she said you can't live at 180kph and expect not to crash. So I was probably right they started as friends and it grew to more than friends, then dated and then realized it was serious. It's always good to be sure and secure in yourself before becoming a couple. She learned from past mistakes of jumping in head/heart first, and now it's worked out great for them. I'm glad she's not afraid to be in love and receive real love anymore. 💖💖

And I like how she talked about she used to feel she always had to be "on", having to be funny all the time bc she was afraid to be seen as not good enough. I'm glad she's worked through that and can just be herself and take time for herself when needed.

Also really glad they don't take strangers opinions of them seriously or let it get to them too much. It's the best way to handle it. Just ignore that and focus on themselves And their lives. I'm sure it was an adjustment for her, but he probably already knew haters would happen (like with every female acquaintance, friend, possible love interest, coworker in the past that was researched and then trashed online. Every single one). He liked that "insufferable fans" comment, which maybe means he finds it horrible and frustrating that people act like that towards him and her. I don't blame him. But I'm glad they're able to brush it off as something they can't help, and that such opinions have no bearing on reality. None of us know him or her in real life. As I've said before he knows who his GF is, good days and bad. This interview helped solidify my opinion that she's really lovely. 😊😊😊

[the-firebird69]

The pseudo empire is also getting beat up they get beat up in ground battles and they are taking a promiling tonight they are dishing it out in the Western hemisphere they're going after the warlock bases and they are hitting them with gusto they are pummeling them they were at about 45% out now already already and it's early at 65% and they're stepping it up the Eastern hemisphere took a brutal beating they are at about 65% out of the military basis and 35% of the civilian areas that are high concentrations of warlock Nintendo on wiping them out and things like that but right now they're out there and they are hitting them on the shores as they're trying to organize and they are wiping them out and they're hitting their shifts and they hit 1/4 of the fleet and it's daytime but they plan on leaving in 8 hours and it's early there's a lot of time for them to hit it but they wait till it fills up and it's filling up with armament and troops and they want them that's who they're going after and they're going to hit them then they're going to hit their bases and broad daylight to make sure they don't go back there military bases will probably be 70% out overseas and 45% out civilian areas with their concentrated this will drop their percentage down fairly high I mean it'll drop it down to a low level global population is roughly 14% of the Mac morlock but you're still pretty high and that does not include pseudo empire or minority more lock or miscellaneous all those groups are about 12% off Island and only one or 2% on all the islands they got kicked out by these idiots so they're having a fight with them. The equal in size but they hardly have any armament or they do fight them in the streets and they take their stuff and they're getting ships. The pseudo empire has collected ships tonight so far from the morlock they started with about 2.5 billion and have 2 billion now and they're holding them off here in the empire is and we are and foreigners are they're vicious and they're assholes. They are attacking civilian areas of morlock only here the doctor like 25% and I'm told 30% and they started attacking recently within a half hour and they are going to try and get to 50%, they said that yesterday. It is a vicious war there's an update about New Zealand and it's mostly Michael too they started to pester him bothering him and they're going after him and he's still got a decent Force and they're all at 85 to 90% And they have all most of their hardware and they're laying into them there are clearing them out of New Zealand there's probably only 15% of them left and Donald Trump is not sending a huge fleet there in space or in the ocean or in the tunnels they're not sending anything for the most part it's a few trillion an hour which is not that many it contributes to him losing and he's losing rapidly episode 4 because of that will be tonight there's more in the news and we'll get to it in a moment

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