#and yes there will be more of squad leader mom :)

[beatfreesmysoul]

Let’s Hear It for the Boy

Warm, callused hand ran through his hair, the gentle touch the thing that would have the boy awake in moments. It meant that Momma was home from her first shift at the diner, and they’d have a few hours to have fun and listen to music before he’d have to go to sleep and she’d have to go work another shift.

“Hey sweetheart.” No matter how tired it was, her voice always brightened when she talked to him, her gaze soft as he opened his. “I got a surprise for ya tonight, but yer gonna have to put on your shoes first.”

Eyes bleary from sleep immediately widened, a hopeful grin forming as Peter immediately jumped from bed and looked for his velcro shoes. “Yer gonna be here for the whole night, Momma?!”

In his search, the boy missed how her lips quivered, a harsh blink to rid her eyes of any sign of how those words hurt in how true they had to be, yet her grin reflected his as soon as he looked back, shoes in hand. “That’s right, but we’re not gonna be here all night. I think yer gonna like it a lot, an’ I saved up for it too, like we gotta do for special things.”

The four-year old beamed, putting on his shoes as quickly as he could and taking her hand as they walked toward the main street of town. Everything was better when Momma could be around, so this could only be better if it meant Momma got the whole night off. His eyes took in every store, trying to guess where they were going before they stopped at a big building with a bunch of colorful lights and huge pictures outside.

“Two tickets for Footloose, please.”

He heard her ask, before they went inside and then into a dark room with so many chairs. Meredith led them to the second from front row, a watchful eye to make sure no one sat in front of him before settling down. “It’s gonna be fun, but we gotta stay in our seats an’ watch the movie, okay? Unless you really don’t like it, then we’ll go home an’ listen to music instead.”

He nodded, curiosity piqued as the opening credits started to roll. Then his full attention was caught by every song, every dance, the story of how music and dance made everyone happier once they were gifted it. It was the best thing he’d ever seen, and it was even better because he could feel that Momma loved it too, her hand squeezing his every so often, a low humming along to songs she liked.

When they walked out of the theater, Meredith didn’t even get the opportunity to ask—she was flooded with delighted questions of could they get the songs, please, pleaseee, and could she teach him to dance like the boy, and could they see it again one more time, or more?

With the spare money she’d saved up, she bought the soundtrack cassette tape, placing it in the cassette deck as soon as they got home. Fast-forwarding to the appropriate song, Meredith took his small hands in hers, imitating the beginner steps.

Let’s hear it for the boy! Let’s give the boy a hand!

“That’s it! You’re doing great, Peter! Just keep movin’ an’ you’ll be like Kevin Bacon in no time!” She cheered him on, laughing along with him as he got more and more excited to start copying some of her movements. It felt like they could keep dancing and listening to music forever and ever, and everything would be the best, perfect.

Oh-whoa-whoa, let’s hear it for the boy!

As the song ended, Peter hugged her, Meredith quickly returning the hug as he spoke with the definitive certainty only small children could.

“It’s the best movie ever, Momma. An’ we’re gonna watch an’ dance an’ sing from it forever from now.”

~~~~

Oh-whoa-whoa, let’s hear it for the boy!

A fond smile rested on Quill’s features, warming as he watched Mantis start trying to move to the beat. Placing the Milano on autopilot, he walked over to her, beginning to dance as she asked,

“What is this joyful music? How do you move to it?”

“Here, lemme show ya! An’ this? This is from the greatest movie from Earth, all about how the gift of dancin’ to music is the best thing in the world.”

…Thanks, Mom.

[bugtoonz]

Alright guys, here’s the official introduction of the infamous

McClintock High Teen Ninjas!

While not the only ninjas present at the school, these seven are the clear leads of the operation. For more information on each of them, check below the cut!

Stacey Pérez

- Cheer captain of the McClintock Cheerleading Squad as well as the unofficial official leader of the McClintock Ninjas

- She also cheers competitively; she’s, like, really good

- Probably the meanest girl you’ll ever meet, but only if you try going against her demands; stay on her good side, and you’ll escape her presence with only a few snide remarks and maybe a new insecurity

- Likes Chad’s face and hair, but likes flirting with other guys even more; besides, it’s not like she hasn’t totally heard from Cree that he was making out with Shelly Rivers underneath the bleachers last week!

- Has a super annoying KND operative brother that keeps stealing her BRAs!!! GET OUT SAM!!

- Despite her agility and cunning, was never a KND operative… she was never a fan of the whole “protecting helpless kids” bit; why go out of your way to help someone that can’t do anything for you in return?

Chad Dickson

- Former KND Super Star and Super Leader; current running back for the McClintock Wolverines

- Stacey’s on-and-off-again boyfriend; their relationship is more related to status than anything; think of it as a symbiotic relationship… Chad gets firsthand access to all Teen Ninja information and gossip, and Stacey gets some nice arm candy to make the girls on the squad jealous

- Occasional bassist for the ScumBucketPunks, founded by elusive Teen Leader The Steve

- Secret Doctor Time Space and the Continuums enthusiast; tell anyone and you’re dead. like, for real

- Secret double agent for the Teens Next Door; also, a double double agent for the Galactic Kids Next Door; it’s complicated.

Justin Cavallero

- Linebacker for the Wolverines; he loves pummeling people almost as much as he loves chugging offensive amounts of root beer at houseparties

- Twins with Chuckie; Yes, they’re identical. No, they are not the same person but with different hairstyles

- Him and Chuckie have an older brother that’s just gone off to college; he used to lock them in the closet when they were little and play scary ghost noises from his CD player until their mom found out and unlocked the door; he’s awesome

- Chad Dickson’s best friend, kinda; it’s sort of split between him and Chuckie, but he thinks he reigns supreme; Chuckie’s too soft

- Guitarist for the ScumBucketPunks. Has a totally straight bro-crush on The Steve.

- IT’S NOT GAY TO APPRECIATE PERFECTLY STYLED HAIR, CHUCKIE

Chuckie Cavallero

- Also a linebacker for the Wolverines; him and Justin are blessed with identical broad shoulders and thick skulls, so it makes sense

- The more sensitive of the two brothers, but still shares Justin’s puppy dog attention span and live while you’re young outlook on life

- Chad Dickson’s second best friend; he’ll admit it! It’s not like he doesn’t have plenty of other dudes to hang out with… not to mention the new girl at school who might be the coolest person he’s ever met

- Drummer for the ScumBucketPunks; pretends not to mind when The Steve accidentally calls him Chunky for the third time in one day

- Him and Justin were both KND operatives at one point in time, though both accepted decommissioning; they both just think they have childhood amnesia from all their rough-housing, or something

Violet Dau

- The newest student at McClintock High, and Stacey’s current pet project

- She thinks she might be getting the hang of the whole being a popular girl thing, but she’s not quite sure; at least she doesn’t totally suck at cheerleading; she misses playing tennis at her old high school, though

- Has a secret, massive sweet tooth; strawberry milkshakes are her favorite, but she’ll settle for vanilla if she’s really desperate

- Secretly working with Chad as a TND operative; he’s kind of a jerk sometimes, but she’s warming up to him, sort of? It doesn’t help that it always feels like he’s hiding something from her…

- Lives with her dad in a small apartment close to the school; they don’t talk much

Cree Lincoln

- Not a cheerleader (she’s captain of the girls’ volleyball team), but still high up in the ninja ranks thanks to her insider KND information and close connections with Father himself

- Sometimes friends with Stacey, but sometimes not; It’s complicated girl stuff; there’s a mutual respect though, and she’s smart enough to know not to jeopardize that if she ever wants to sit at the popular kids’ lunch table ever again

- Totally crushing on Maurice, and they might be kind of dating? She’s not sure yet, but she’s hopeful

- The best hand-to-hand combatant in the group, easily; the only way Chad is able to beat her during sparring matches is by riling her up and making her angry enough to drop her carefully planned attacks in favor of hard punches; Chad might be able to take her down in the end, but he’s the one with bruises along his ribcage for the next week

- Loves trashy teen magazines and pop punk girl artists; hates the classical music her mom plays in the car on the way to school

- Wishes her dumb little sister would finally grow up and join her in the teen world, which is super cool and mature, obviously

Maurice Wells

- Much too busy with international TND missions to do any sport or club; he doesn’t mind though, the high school social hierarchy majorly freaks him out

- Often works with Chad and Violet, reading over their mission reports and trying to apply their gained information to the grander scheme of fighting adult tyranny

- Does NOT get paid enough (wait, he doesn’t get paid at all!) to put up with their constant bickering; seriously, how can you even find a way to argue about the color of the sky??

- Likes to read on his days off, preferably science fiction or fantasy; with as stressful as his job can be, he’ll take all the escapism he can get

- Might be dating Cree? He doesn’t know; she scares him a little bit

- Secretly meets up with Abby about once a month to catch up and share field notes; he’s an only child, and in a lot of ways she’s like the little sister he never had

- Has the sneaking suspicion that there might be something even bigger than the TND out there pulling the strings, and that Chad is in on the deception, but knows that it’s smarter to wait things out on the sidelines than to charge headfirst demanding answers; Maurice may only be a teenager, but he’s wise beyond his years in a way no one expects

[feldmanshome]

You asked what kind of AU is it? Make yourself comfortable, my friends!

(.❛ ᴗ ❛.)

In 1995, under cover of the noize of Birakujî, Eric King launched the Caelus for the first time. He discovered a huge underground temple in the foothills of the Zagros. But his research didn't get any support (financial, I mean), so Eric managed everything by himself (what a man). He brought Clarice Stokes as a sience-sister, and Rachel as a guard-squad-leader. Nick, Merwin and Joey are the members of Rachel's team, so they all protect Eric and Clarice in the war zone. What about Jason? He's also in the guard, second in command. Despite of dr*g addiction, because he didn't tell his mates about it. But in the underground temple, the group discovered not only the remains of the former culture, but also a fairly lively current one.

The temple people use the Muslim calendar and speak very outdated Arabic. But there's something more important. They stay underground for centuries to hold back the monsters escaping from the bowels of the temple. The temple people are few, most of them are meek, but the're really good warrios. Salim is their hakim - elected leader. It was he who first stumbled upon the Americans, while he was chasing the monster that broke through the defenses of the temple. Because of the contact with new human race the research continued for some weeks. While Eric and Clarice are exploring a new culture, Joey and Mervin are busy with each other, and Rachel and Nick are busy with Eric (they're three for the price of one, guys, they're family), Jason is the only one who wants to leave the temple as soon as possible, afraid of his withdrawal (of course he doesn't have enough dr*gs to be there for such a long time). Salim, who has no idea what dr*gs are, nevertheless intends to help him deal with not only this problem.

A couple of details:

Salim speaks English. How? Because of another group of researchers. His parents once met scientists who also descended into the temple (Dr. Randolph Hodgson's team, yep). These scientists left all of their records, dictaphones and cassettes in the temple to protect an underground village from invasion.

Salim hides Jason in his house and tells everyone that Jason was poisoned by the luminescent paint that tample community use to paint their faces (maybe I'll tell you more about this cultural tradition later) so Jason will not be fired or sent to jail. You can see the part of this on my art.

Zane was born later and his mother disappeared earlier. Where did she go? She fled to the upper world. She didn't want to waste her life on a living in a hornet's (vampire's, actually) nest. How old is Zayn? Seven months. Salim feeds him with a tissue (a medieval technique for raising a baby who has lost their mom: a soft tissue is dipped in milk and put it in the child's mouth). And yes, look at the background of my art. See the little bed in the niche with the curtain? Now you know whose it is.

The ecosystem in the underworld is really special. But it's too much words for the one post. I'll talk more about this later if you'd like me to.

Art has two versions just because of the lentern. Enjoy!

[daisychains111]

live "tweet" books with me (via the Goodreads progress bar) pt.3 Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

Live tweeting as I read...back by popular demand (literally 1 person on Tumblr (@dumpsters-little-matchbook) asked me to do it again and I was already planning to)

stay strong Vi....just bc he's hot doesn't mean he's redeemed himself for his (understandably) traitorous ways

"she's worth a dozen of me" Xanden you shut up right now I'm mad at you

I'm glad Brennen's alive but I do not trust him at all...pretending to be dead for 6 years is fishy as fuck

hashtag: Andarna protection club...if anything ever happens to that dragon I'll burn the world

violet "I know more than you" sorrengail back in action

lol Brennen making fun of her love life

petition for violet and sgaeyl mother-daughter bonding

awww andarna, all growed up

moody teenage angst Andarna is the comedic relief we all didn't know we needed...nothing is as iconic as her growling at Violet for calling her my dearest

idk if Tairn signed up to be the sole father figure to two teenage girls but Violet and Andarna are about to give him a run for his money

he deserves not to trust Dain bc Dain is the scum of the earth

RIDOC AND RHIONNAN ARE SAFE AND ALIVE EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT IN THE WORLD

call his lying ass out Violet as you should

slay violets mom with the redeeming qualities...glad she actually cared if Violet was alive and isn't completely a heartless bitch

fuck dain but also FUCK HIS DAD

the fact that it's him who officially outs them makes me smile hehe

I agree Nadine...that was hot

Xaden being an absolute tease flirt bc she's mad at him is iconic

YAY SQUAD LEADER RHI!!!

the joke was funny, your friends ate just lame (jk I love them but still)

THE PRINCE???

awwww Liam's sister you better make it across istfg

noooo I wanted to be friends with Sloane

violet in her older sister era

gotta love the "is everyone I care about alive? yes? slay" moment

the fact that even tairn is warry of the orange dragon freaks me out

tairn reporting for fatherly duties will never not be my favorite...violet may be annoying but she's his annoying

I'm all for the Violet and Imogen friendship but they better not be mean to Rhiannan

also if Rhiannan gets annoying and jealous about them I'll be really sad

nooo I liked Nadine...who tf just snaps people's necks like that tf

Xaden warding her room so he's the only person who can come in COMEDY

SIMP

hehehe he wrote her a letterrr

violet lying to everyone about her feelings about Xaden except Tairn is so funny...like who's the dragon gonna tell

Xaden is winning every award ever rn bc 1. he's hot as hell, but 2. he's like I wanna sleep with you so bad, but I won't bc it's for the wrong reasons....honorable mf

literally FUCK VARRISH

Sloane needs to get her shit together and Violet needs to stop avoiding her friends

I'm like 80% sure they just got drugged but slay ig

called it...they were totally drugged

tairn comforting Violet about missing Xaden even though Tairn is the one with the bonded mate thing isn't being talked about enough

I would really love to know what those letters say...just saying, sharing is caring

I want to trust jesinia...I really do but it gives me a bad feeling

you let my babies see each other istg...violet is actively moving towards miserable without him

Imogen is slowly becoming the biggest violet/Xander fangirl and I love that for her

give it up Imogen...yall are friends

girlie just wants to be back in a library fr

period Rhiannan...don't put up with Xaden's shit....you threaten him like a bestie should

If Rhi and Violet don't stay friends I'll riot

ooooo don't mess with Tairn's kids...he'll bring that dad defensive

I'm so glad Violet is letting Rhiannan in..be besties again pls

HAHA "SHOWING OFF (MAKING OUT)" IN FRONT OF MIRA....ICONIC

"omg your falling for him" No matter how many times I hear that I'm media I will always be a sucker for it

"you're my only sibling" REALLY MAKING VIOLET SEEM LIKE A TERRIBLE PERSON FOR NOT TELLING MIRA ABOUT BRENNEN....UNCALLED FOR

tik tok says she finally just fucking forgives him in chapter 27... we're on 20, kick into gear people

at her core, Violet is really just like me fr.... 21-year-old girlie pop vibes for the win

 damn the disdain for Dian is STRONG

Rhiannan wins the bestie of the year award....being the best even tho Violet is being a fuckass about not telling her things

DAIN FIGHTING ISNT GONNA DO MUCH BC YOU DONT DESERVE HER AND NOW EVERYONE GETS TO WATCH AS SHE BEATS YOUR ASS

see, I knew her mom was a bitch

Rhiannan and violets friendship rn makes me so sad

This aaric dude better keep his mouth SHUT

really looking forward to Xaden beating the shit out of Dain for the shit he just pulled

besties having beef in private...which honestly I feel like will be a good thing

"that isn't a secret" I love ridoc....also Violet why tf would you think that's a valid secret

them getting graded for withstanding torture is WILD

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BRING DAIN INTO THIS VARRISH YOU BITCH

VARRISH YOU ABSOLUTE MOTHERFUCKER...I DESPISE YOUR SOUL

I hate dain to but I love him for that...thank you for being a rule-following asshat

two things: tairn constantly being like "duh your fine, I make great choices" is so sweet but absolutely hilarious....and Rhiannan being a slay icon is my favorite thing

WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN JACK IS BACK FROM THE ACTUAL DEAD....SHUT UP RIGHT NOW

I'm so ready to watch the Fab 4 (I've decided that I'm calling ridoc, rhi, sawyer, and Violet this bc they are so slay) kill jack again bc wtf

YES CHAPTER 27 I'VE HEARD GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU

watch Mira walk in on them right now...that'd be so freaking funny

tairn and Violet's father-daughter bonding is my fave

tairn is a grade-A overprotective father... it's adorable

no literally....tairn is so over her 21 bullshit...I love them

I have no recollection of who Kaori is...but him standing up to varrish makes him my favorite

YES YES YES LET FAB 3/4 KNOW ALL THE SECRETS

ridoc having the vibes to give violet a hard time while his world was just flipped on its head is why I love him

also shout out to Imogen and Quinn bc yall are slay too

why did Jack save her life...go back to being an ass, not sucky jack is frightening

"argue with you about books? I only pick fights I can win" Xaden clearly knows his place

literally just sobbing at the Liam cameo

why does Varrish keep responding to Liam...is Violet talking out loud or like did he pull a jack

damn dain is just...redeeming himself...didn't have that on my 2024 bingo card

her mom redeeming herself too? damn we're on a redemption roll

very serious war book until someone says something like "show off" during an important meeting (cough garrick cough) and you remember that these bitches are in their 20s

Brennan, Xaden, and tairn: violet protection squad

ANDARNAS BACK YYYAAAYYY

YUH SLAY FOURTH WING

flame section is the iron section? One might say they're the iron flame....wink wink

patiently waiting for a sorrengail sibling reunion...pls bring Mira into the loop

YES MIRA BEAT HIS ASS

Mira beating the shit out of Brennan, Violet yelling at them to grow tf up, and ultimately Mira and Brennen rebonding over the ickiness of xaden/violet pda...the best sibling reunion EVER

"I have control" girl be so for real rn...the only time you use your power is when you're mid-orgasm, you're not controlling shit

Mira and Xaden being "let's overprotect violet" partners in crime...straight vibes

Andarna: The Hungry One (trademark)

oooooooo violets in trooouubbblleeee

jealous Violet storyline is about to be just as stupid as I'm keeping my friends safe by distancing myself Violet storyline

oh God not talking in 3rd person

"I wasn't in love with you then," *jim halpert camera stare* stfu xaden

DAMMMMNNNNN he's def being annoying but saying he's acting like dain is looooooowwwww

yeah cat just stfu...violet is better than you don't be a bitch

YOU WEAR YOUR HAIR DOWN VIOLET...TORTURE HIM BUT ISTG IF YOU LET HIM GET AWAY WITH THAT BS....

YESSS Liam mentions make me so happy...also I'm so ready for Violet and Sloane to bond

dain just bc you saved her doesn't mean you're not on extremely thin ice...stfu

HA, a length joke...I like Maren

IF YOU KILL RIDOC RIGHT NOW REBECCA, I WILL HAUNT YOU

HES SAFE....fab 4 lives another day

cat's a bitch...that's all

Cat's a bitch...but you know who isn't? Rhiannan. gave her bestie the best fighting skills

well that's one way to combat jealousy

he really said "You were annoying and emotional last year, this year it's my turn" Live laugh love healthy relationships

fab 4 are my favorite group of fantasy besties ever....icons..every single one of them

I'm very very excited for the Sawyer and Jesinia subplot...also I don't think I'm opposed to a Dain redemption arch, he just needs to learn his place

"I might even be in love with him after that declaration" HA game recognizes game dain, love that for you

ROLL CREDITS

Garrick doesn't get enough credit for being just as awesome as Rhi....slay besties

girlie pop bickering with a side of danger mission and dragon obedience school...my favorite

HAH grammar jokes

 "I get the feeling that this '2nd signet' thing is gonna be a BIG issue...like the plot twist that ends the book BIG

tbh I feel like I don't know him either so I get why she's mad at him

BRUUUUHHH he redeems himself with the "less than a minute" comment

tairn is girl dad...yelling at Violet and Andarna for their shit, yelling at Xaden for talking to Violet...girl dad icon

"Mom and Dad are fighting" See tairn and Sgaeyl are Mom and Dad

poor mama sorrengail...that's not the best way to break that news brennen you bitch

I'm really hoping Violet gets iron squad to go help bc them leaving the others to die is bullshit

they mentioned that the venin had runes, but they were confused as to how. cat is the best at them, and I really really really don't like how sus that is

everyone is so over Violet and her friends bc they're the only ones saying true things

YUH IRON SQUAD...my favorite squad of besties

FUCKING JACK

that was the most stressful thing ever read in my life...if Rhiannan dies I will never recover

I thought Sawyer was going to die and I started crying

YES ANDARNA BE SPECIAL AND SLAY

The fact the andarna hatched just for Violet is so sweet

you better not fucking sacrifice yourself right now violet unknownmiddlename sorrengail

DUMBASS

rip mama sorrengail...this was the redemption arch you deserved

violet breaking down to Rhi is EVERYTHING

FAB 4 LIVES TO SEE ANOTHER DAY (along with Imogen, Quinn, Sloane, Jesinia, Aaric, Maren, and Cat because yall bitches grew on me)

yay xaden's safe, was worried for a bit

IM SORRY WHAT NOW

I'M SORRY WHAT NOW

saying that xaden cant feel sgaeyl better be a fucking joke rn

FUCKING JACK

[selfproclaimedunicorn]

Ok the more you talk about Rhea the more I need to know everything about her so if you have anything not spoiler-y about her to info dump, I’m here for it👀

My babygirl? My spooky-eyed pookie? Yorick’s little girl? Cregan's wifey?

I've drawn her, & answered a few asks about her, but I love her so I will definitely talk more lol.

She's going to be a POV character once she gets a litter older & is having actual, complex thought

She never really got over the biting phase. Like, did everyone teach her that you don't bite people? Yes. But all that did was domesticate her lol

She is Uncle Aemon's Special Little Guy

Rhea is a daddy's girl, but above that she is a girls' girl. Loves having girl besties, loves & supports them, big proponent of women's wrongs

I've dropped this in fic, but she has a dragon. Kathalak: a white & pale blue she-dragon from one of Syrax's clutches.

She is loyal to the point of threatening murder, & she will pick her Runestone family over her Targaryen family. Don't get me wrong, she loves the Targtowers (perhaps not equally), but if they are a threat to the safety of her siblings or her cousin Abby (who is @emilykaldwen's Abby) or one of Aunt Ella's kids she will bite them at best & threaten to murder them at worst.

If the guy who wants to marry her doesn't look at her like her dad looks at her mom, she doesn't want it. Match her freak or gtfo, she is more than what she politically brings to the table. (And she is more than Ella Lite)

She is definitely the leader of the Runestone Girl Squad (not to be confused with the Bro Squad her brother is the leader of)

Teensiest Weensiest little spoiler: but by the time I reach my epilogue she's going to have had 2 (maybe 3?) kids & her oldest is named "Sansa" because that's what I deserve

*points at Aegon* that's her weird, annoying big brother, your honor, & it is their jobs to menace each other

BBG is bisexual & gets thrown for a fucking loop when she starts noticing boys. "Fym those things are cute? Fym I want to kiss them? I was supposed to only want to kiss girls! I want my money back (and maybe to touch a man's tits)!"

She is just as gregarious as her Aunt Ella & she finds it really easy to make friends & integrate them into her pre-existing group. She's a little judgey & can be rough-around-the-edges, but it's part of the charm & once she gets to a point where you've passed the vibe check (bc she is willing to give second chances) then she just wants to facilitate making the friend group Really Fucking Big. What can I say, she loves having people to hang out with

[inklores]

domestic miguel headcanons that rot my brain <3

⁎⋆ miguel has definitely gone four days without eating once. whether it's a dismissive assertion that he is able to do so with his enhanced dna or is expected to sacrifice niceties as the leader of a sprawling spider society, he won't stop until he's finished his work for the day (or night). no doubt when jess finds out, she programs lyla to send her an alert when miguel misses more than one meal per day so she can personally grab him by the ear and demand he drinks some water.

⁎⋆ he likes stimulating games, when he has the time for it. chess + checkers with lyla as his partner (anybody else would be an easy win in his opinion), but he prefers other games more. newspaper sudoku, jigsaw puzzles, crosswords. anything that requires a bit of mental tinkering and keeps his brain busy.

⁎⋆ wears cozy slippers with his suit when he’s working after seeing how comfy peter b. looks. lyla has pictures.

⁎⋆ he adamantly takes his coffee black. anything lighter and it doesn't keep him roused the way he needs it to. he’s a keurig in a mug type of guy. definitely has a cup that reads “ok but first… coffee” on it.

⁎⋆ his love language is physical touch. miguel is a man of few words. he knows he comes off as uncaring and frigid. always task-oriented. never candid or emotional. his mind knows no bounds but his thoughts always tangle on his tongue. instead, he prefers little gestures. a gentle scrape of his knuckles against a shoulder, a hand on a shoulder, a pat on the back and a rare grunt of approval. i can see him doing that thing where he cups a waist when he has to get by.

⁎⋆ on the rare occasions he gets sick, this man turns into a CHILD. one, he's mad he can't work as efficiently. two, he hates feeling weak and vulnerable. he feels he has to compensate for his lapse in ability and over-works himself to the marrow, forcing lego spider-man to secretly plant an A/V bug in his residential unit that peter b. nicknamed "the baby monitor."

⁎⋆ he likes the soothing security of weighted blankets. after holding the multiverse together, it's nice to be held by something.

⁎⋆ he has chronic migraines and aches as a result of his photosensitivity. hence, some perpetual aggression sinking into his bones. it's why his laboratory is usually dark and his computer monitor displays a warm orange tint to reduce strain.

⁎⋆ he likes reading but doesn't always have time for it. he really likes periodicals and journals that most spider-people would find too boring to read, making him feel more intellectually superior.

⁎⋆ after jess disclosed her pregnancy, miguel began drafting plans for a daycare in hq. no heads-up, no formal dedication, just a casual renovation for a totally unprovoked child-caring facility. sure, it wasn't canonical for spiders to successfully start a family, but if they could... miguel knew firsthand that it had to be protected. for jess and her kid, and yes, peter b. and mayday. though he had a knack for charring some fried nerves, peter b. once inquired about the bizarre construction and upon finding out, he smiled, and never brought it up to miguel.

⁎⋆ he's such a present and absent dad to the younger members of his squad. yeah, he indulges pavitr in some vada pav and chai and weathers a verbose tangent about his latest save or his girlfriend but he also curls his lip at hobie's "screech" (AKA guitar riffs) and mutters about his piercings.

⁎⋆ he's really good at styling girls' hair. nothing too crazy, of course, but out of all the ponytails that swished around on the soccer field, gabriella's was always the most in-tact after a game. one mom even asked miguel if he could tie her daughter's hair similarly. he got so cocky after that.

⁎⋆ he goes to the strength & conditioning gym really early in the morning. like really early. people speculate that he’s nocturnal. but the gym is most likely empty then and miguel prefers that. he also works out to unwind, especially when he’s stressed tf out. and he’s always stressed, hence, big man bod.

⁎⋆ the spiderman 2099 burger was a birthday gag gift from peter b. but miguel secretly liked it so much, that it was no secret it stayed on the commissary menu.

⁎⋆ the first time his fangs extended after the spider gene splicing accident, he cut through his gum and lip and has a small scar there now.

⁎⋆ college age!miguel was so arrogant. girls thought it was charming but he was really, genuinely smart and had a job at alchemax already lined up before he graduated. he was probably popular. cocky, sarcastic, daddy-issues latino man with a big brain and big everything, c’mon.

⁎⋆ he snores really loud. he has those “dad sneezes” that sound like the whole house is coming down. with all those enhanced-hearing spiders, there have been rumors of a loose feral animal when miguel takes a nap or has allergies.

⁎⋆ when he’s not stressed and angry, miguel is tired and nerdy. he has a whole degree in genetics and worked as the head scientist at alchemax, i KNOW he is just as much of a dork as the other spiders.

⁎⋆ peter b. made fun of his airfoil cape once. “spider-man doesn’t wear a cape!” miguel still doesn’t forgive him and he def won’t forget it.

© danysclouds. — all rights reserved, writing belongs to gena.

[impulsivefanwriter]

The Lego Ninjago Movie but it’s a D:BH AU

@finn-m-corvex ask and I shall ramble :D

So basically— the Ninjago movieverse is styled like the world of Detroit:Become Human. Dr. Julien (who I hc in the m!verse is actually a good dad to his sons) builds Zane and Echo as the first sentient androids and takes great care of them— until his old coworker turns on him. This coworker, Jacob Harvey (nicknamed “The Mechanic”) captures Zane and wipes his memories while Dr. J and Echo manage to escape. Now armed with the plans to make nindroids, The Mechanic builds Cyberlife and starts his nindroid-selling empire.

He also has Cyrus captured to make more plans for him, leaving him with two assistant nindroids (Pixal “Pel” and Sentry, who obvious Cyrus goes “my kids now” and helps become deviant)

Zane was the original deviant in the sense that he was the original nindroid built to be sentiment and free (aka he didn’t need to be deviant), but after getting semi-reset he forgets and will need to become deviant to regain that ability

Now moving onto the others—

Lloyd is human (well, maybe still part oni-dragon because this IS Ninjago— the dragon is from his mom’s side, btw) and lives with Koko. Nya is his semi-adopted sister (Koko helps caretake for Maya and Ray while they travel on business trips).

Nya’s younger twin brother, Kai, is a nindroid (one of the “kid” models who’s specialty is “aging with human kids as a sibling so they don’t get lonely”). He originally does the chores at home because he’s expected to, but Nya and Lloyd help him become deviant because he’s scared he’ll get replaced if he doesn’t do the chores right. Kai’s the closest equivalent to “Kara’s story”, though less extreme, where Nya (who might secretly be a nindroid too, I’m not sure) runs away with him and Lloyd because a civilian finds out Kai’s deviant during the whole deviant situation and he becomes wanted.

(Side note— along with Kai came a 2-for-1 of the same model, a faulty nindroid names Kaigami who Koko took in for a while— this is the equivalent of movie!Bizarro Kai and later becomes the adopted sibling of movie!Cryptor)

Speaking of movie!Cryptor (or Zero, as I call him), he and Zane are the equivalent of “Connor’s story” where Zane needs to learn how to be deviant (again) while Zero is an incredible efficient deviant hunting nindroid (except, plot twist, he’s actually deviant and has been helping deviants escape for years by pretending to kill them). He was built by the Mechanic and he wants to take down his creator who sees him as nothing more than just a machine.

Rest of the Dorksquad time— Cole is human, though more of a cyborg after an accident (he’s kind of the ‘Cole Anderson’ equivalent, except he lives), and he stumbles upon Jericho by accident and befriends the nindroids there. He brings supplies from outside and updates them on news, and sometimes he DJs a bit for moral.

And Jay is the “Markus” equivalent. He’s an advanced prototype model that was gifted to Cliff Whoredon Gordon and worked for him for a little bit until he stumbled upon a meeting between Cliff and a mafia leader (named Master Chen). Cliff had him thrown to the junkyard in very rough shape where he managed to patch himself up with spare parts and was found and adopted by the young couple (Ed & Edna) running said junkyard. He then meets the rest of the squad and sorta accidentally becomes one of the leaders of the nindroid revolution as part of the “Secret Ninjaforce”.

Bonus— Chen (the Cheerleader) is also a nindroid who eventually gets kicked out by his human family, the Ambers (including movie!Skylor, who is an evil girlboss, and her dads, Master Chen and Clouse) and finds his way to Jericho as well

And yeah that’s the main basics, not too much else planned out yes (it was originally a SPBNR AU too, so show!Kai and show!Zane might show up, much to the latters bewilderment at how there are more nindroids but they are treated worse, and sometimes other show!nindroids make an appearance)

What do y’all think?

[finn-m-corvex]

FINN.

*PINS YOU DOWN LIKE THAT CAT MEME* YOU

TESSA AND NOAH!!!!

TALK. SPEAK. !!!!تكلم عنهم دلوقتي

RAMBLE ABOUT THE BABIES NOW NOW NOW PLS I LOVE THEM ALREADY

`*GASP* ME????? YES ME!

Noah and Tessa are both 16 and their birthday is November 21st!

Tessa is named after Libber (who I think of as Elizabeth) and Noah is named after Msya's father (Nya's grandfather)

Jay picked Tessa's name because he always wanted a little girl and Nya picked Noah's name to make it fair

They're the oldest of all the Ninja kids (yes I have more) so Tessa is the squad leader because she also takes after Cole and Lloyd

Because Nya merged with the sea, Noah's powers get a big boost when they develop and no one knows what's going to happen with his True Potential whenever he unlocks it (spoiler alert it's not good)

I should probably explain how they exist! Which is a bit of a doozy but hear me out. You know that wish that Jay made in S6 where he wished that he wasn't alone with Nadakhan? Yeah that didn't spawn Nya. That spawned his kids.

He was horrified to hear two screaming babies on the doorstep and rushed to get them inside, and he knew he had to keep them safe from Nadakhan even though he was not ready to be a father.

Basically the kids existed for a while and Jay and Nya took them to the lighthouse and Jay grabbed them before anything could happen and left them with his parents while he saved Nya, but reversing the wish also reversed their existence. Or so he thought-

Because Nya and him couldn't find the kids no matter where they looked, but that was because the kids were trapped in the alternate timeline where Jay wished for Nadakhan to be human, which meant that Nya died. The twins never got to meet their mother but they knew they had to be Nya's because of Noah's powers.

So because I believe in the theory that the Merge would've happened sooner if Jay hadn't reversed the wish, S7 and everything after that subsequently doesn't happen, and instead the Merge occurs when Noah and Tessa are around 7 or 8.

What would've normally happened happens, and the team is split up but Noah and Tessa stay with Lloyd; kinda like the same thing that happened with Jenna and Ethan, and it stays that way until they're both 13. And they find out that Jay died during the Merge because I gotta inject trauma.

Tessa and Noah both decide that their best chance of finding their parents again is to keep hopping through the dimensional rifts until they find one where their parents are alive, and lo and behold! They pop out into the current timeline again! And that's when Noah's power boosts kick in and everything goes to shit :D

Jay always told the two of them that they were more like Nya than him (which is absolutely not true) so they are both very surprised to see how their mom acts because they never got to meet her

It's also very surprising to see three more kids when they didn't grow up with any other siblings and oop this is going to be difficult to adjust to-

This was entirely too long and a bit convoluted but I had a different plan for them before the Merge and had to adjust accordingly. I can also write the plan I had for them before the Merge because it is, uh, quite different.

[saturn-sends-hugs]

OK, finally writing out my thoughts for ep9 (cause MAN AM I EMOTIONALLY DRAINED RN 😭)

Honestly this is gonna be more of a character deep dive of how they’re all functioning post ep8 but HERE WE GO

(spoilers under the cut)

First off, oh. my. god.

I’ve seen some people saying that episode was filler and to that I say WHERE. Did you see all that character development??? Like yes we didn’t get a big Empire plot or anything but like??? Hello???

This episode was SO important for so many reasons:

First off, Echo is gONE AAAAAA 😭😭😭 Was i devastated? yeah, maybe, a little bit, but i was fully expecting this episode to just brush past that and it DIDN’T.

I feel like much of the time Echo seemed almost unnecessary (stick with me here). You have this elite clone squad with all these enhancements and skills, so what are they gonna do with this fifth member? This always felt like a theme for me, especially in fics, that Echo would feel like an extra and struggle to find his place in the squad (Which isn’t true, he’s very necessary, but until now that’s been hard to see).

After Crosshair leaves, it changes a bit. The Batch is used to working with only four members, so although losing Crosshair obviously shook them, they held together (in part because they had to focus on Omega and other things). So here, Echo can step in and fill Crosshairs role somewhat as lookout or copilot or whatever, and he always backs up the others in their roles as well.

Echo is a good friend to Wrecker, able to joke around in ways Hunter (as the leader) and Tech (just not jokey in that way) can’t. He’s there for Hunter as Corporal; second in command and just generally another leading figure (like in season one when Hunter is captured and he leads the Batch through Kamino). Echo backs Tech up in pretty much every way, like just generally knowing what Tech is talking about and how to help (copiloting, ship maintenance, brother handling, etc). And of course, Echo is so so good with Omega. He teaches her to use her bow, he knows how to be a bit more disciplined than Hunter while still being super attentive and sweet, he is simply Mom™️.

And then he leaves.

Not gonna get too deep into that because we all know his reasoning, but while I expected this episode to focus on the Batch working without him, I didn’t expect them to show us how they struggle once he’s gone. Because holy shit they do.

Obviously, Omega is most noticeably affected. She’s struggling with a part of her family, someone she never wanted to think of leaving, being gone now. But the others are struggling too, and that’s only making things worse. Wrecker and Tech are fighting, which although she’s somewhat used to that, this time they’re not stopping. Hunter isn’t doing anything about it either, and none of them are saying anything about Echo being gone. She’s thrown off, no one is acting like themselves (because they’re missing Echo too although she can’t see it yet), and oh right, THEY JUST LOST THE MARAUDER.

But now for the others.

The minute they stepped off the Marauder in this episode, they felt wrong. And none of them really mentioned it or outwardly showed it that much, but they missed Echo too.

Wrecker was off. He’s stuck with just Hunter, Tech and Omega now, and he’s being affected by all their emotions. In the past, Crosshair was who he could joke around with, a role Echo filled afterwards. Now, Hunter and Tech just don’t fill that role, and while Omega might normally, right now she’s definitely not feeling up to it. He’s sensing the tension there, and everyone’s emotions are just setting him on edge, so he’s getting rowdier, more argumentative. He doesn’t mean to be, but he’s upset and he’s struggling.

Next, Hunter is doing what he always does: trying to move on. He’s not ignoring it per se, and I’m not the best at understanding Hunter, but it seems like he’s just trying to keep the team going. And again, it’s more of a challenge without Echo. The fights that used to spark up, Echo would help handle. Or better yet, they wouldn’t be real fights because Wrecker and Tech wouldn’t be so on edge. Hunter is struggling to keep them on track without him, especially with so many other factors at play (Omega being upset, new dangerous mission from Cid, Marauder is gone, how much more can go wrong wait no Mr Filoni please don’t answer that).

And of course, Tech misses Echo. Yeah, he seems really cold and uncaring in this episode at first glance, but OMG that is the furthest from the truth. I honestly think Tech is struggling the most without Echo to fill in that fourth role. Tech always tends to want everything working smoothly, and without the help of a fourth member, Tech is really stretching himself in order to accommodate. And on top of that, he just really misses Echo. When Omega tries to call Echo, Tech immediately knows he won’t respond because his comms are off. And why might he know that?? Well to me it seems like Tech already tried calling him, probably long before Omega did 🥲

Tech in this episode is just at the end of his rope. He’s way less lenient than he might normally be with Echo around, because now he feels like it’s on him to almost be that “second in command”. Normally, Tech can just focus on his work and let the others handle themselves/each other. So when Wrecker drops the case in this episode, normally Tech would trust him to have it handled, and they’d all move on. Instead, Tech takes the case himself. To me this is pretty familiar cause ahem autism, which is a very fitting trait for Mr “I process things differently but I still feel just as much” Tech to have. I struggle to let people get things wrong, and at this point, on edge and pushing himself too hard, Tech is so over it that he decides the only way to get it done is to do it himself.

Edit cause damnit tumblr didn’t save for some reason but basically up until now, we haven’t truly seen how much Echo does for this squad. Yes obviously we’ve seen that they all love and appreciate him, but now that he’s gone we’re truly seeing how important he is, and I just think that’s so so good to see!!! He’s not just the Mom that keeps them from fighting, he’s also just a genuinely necessary and important member with his own role in keeping this squad together.

Basically, ECHO YOU BETTER GET BACK HERE RN I STG—

(no but really, they genuinely do need him 🥲)

So yes, Echo left and the Batch needs Mom back. But it’s not just because Echo was the responsible one with brain cells (although thats also true), it’s also because he is genuinely a necessary part of this group, not just an honorary member to fill in space for Crosshair. We saw in this episode what happens when you take him out of the equation, and it was bad. That right there made just me happy because despite him being gone, it was very clear that nothing would just be “fine” without him, and the batch needs him way more than he probably thinks 🥲🥲🥲

Ok uh I didn’t mean for that to be so long bUT LISTEN, I just think there was so much to that episode and I could talk abt it for HOURS, THEY NEED THEIR BROTHERRRR

[deannastrois]

Aerti unchau, ashkaidan stargate, and chlodine fake date pls!

aerti unchau is in fact an aerith/tifa uncharted au I came up with with @edains like four years ago (haha what is time...) in this au tifa worked with barret to steal artifacts and return them to their rightful land but I as putting her more in the elena type role of uncharted and then aerith showed up as the last survivor from a place that had been ransacked years ago looking for the team to get her things back, so really less uncharted more generic but it started as an uncharted idea

"I can't really see you firing a gun." Tifa said, her voice low. "I can, Tseng taught me." Aerith laughed, her giggling echoing in the quiet van. She put a hand over her mouth and whispers an apology to Barret who grunted and went back to sleep."Not that I love doing it." Aerith said in a stage whisper to Tifa, leaning in across the way to talk to her. "Oh." Tifa replied, taken aback. "Is it...were you..." She faltered with her words and trying to find the right thing to say. Aerith smiled at her but for once it didn't meet her eyes. "It wasn't by choice. But! I can still take people in a fight." She winked at Tifa. "And I'm willing to fight for my peoples things. They've been gone for too long." "We'll get them back," Tifa promised, hoping beyond everything she could keep that promise, "And then we'll make Cloud carry them all back for us." Aerith giggled again and this time her smile was genuine. "The perfect pack mule."

ashkaidan stargate is also what it says on the lid where they're on a stargate team with shep as the leader and the rest of the me1 squad, and then me2 squad was it's own group, and me3 squad. legion was like a replicator style machine in this universe and tali was from the race that built the replicators but I never got around to writing that point in the story I just really liked it.

Ashley was fairly certain she could time how long the gate took to dial a planet to a T in her head. She'd seen it well over a hundred times but when the last connection was made and the gate whooshed open with a brilliant flash of blue and white it always made the breath catch in her throat. She shifted slightly, trying to get rid of some of excitement and nervous energy that always came with the start of a mission and traveling to a new world. The M.A.L.P. had shown them that this world would be covered in ice and snow though it shouldn't have been given the planets location to the sun. Kaidan nudged her as Shepard did one last inventory check before they left. "You sure you ready for this one Gunnery? If it gets to cold let me know, I've got a trick or two to keep war." Kaidan teased. Ashley rolled her eyes. "It doesn't get that cold up in Vancouver LT, don't act like you're the expert here. Just make sure your mom packed your sweater." She shot back and began walking up the plank to the gate on Shepard's signal. "That was one time." She heard Kaidan mutter behind her and tried to stiffle a laugh. She wasn't laughing by the time the cold hit her face, instantly making her eyes water. She scrambled to put on the glasses she should have before entering the gate. "Sure you don't need help?" Kaidan asked, his voice coming in her ear over the comms. Whatever response she was going to come up with was killed when Shepard held up her hand to signal for them to cut the chatter. "We're not alone, team."

chlodine fake dating is again what is says on the tin, these two start dating mostly to troll nate and sam and whoops it's real

Sam stared down at their joined hands and then back up at Nadine and Chloe. "No." He said. "Oh yes." Nadine gave him a sharp grin in reply. Chloe tried not to laugh at Sam's face of utter incredulity. "Something wrong Sam?" Chloe asked, as casual as she could. "You don't get more of a cut for being a couple." Sam finally huffed, crossing his arms. "Now hang on, that wasn't on the table. But it could be." Chloe let go of Nadine's hand and shook off the sudden chill as smoothly as possibly. "Let's talk number." Nadine turned her face, dropping her head onto Chloe's shoulder and making it look like she was either telling her sweet nothings or how to get a larger cut of the loot to Sam. In reality Chloe could feel more than hear Nadine's muffled laughter.

[charmixpower]

Issue Thirty-Five: The Trial

Ah yes because of the safety and defense of Andros, Solaria, ect is the responsibility of the magic schools on Magix

I wasn't aware that they were military outposts and not schools!!!

The way they treat the schools in the comics bothers me soooo much

Kiko has wings now, asking questions will only confuse you more

"here let me show you what my students were doing" *immediately shows two people from a different school*

Bravo actually

HOW THE FUCK DID THEY EVEN GET TO VALTOR!!!! WHO LET THEM INTO THE OMEGA DIMENSION!!!!! SERIOUSLY!!!!

And expelled.....god the comics are worse than the show about sensical punishments for the Trix

This fucking idiot is annoying and stupid but he has a fucking point, who the fuck was watching the Trix and how did they let them end up on Omega in the first place

But like it's not anyone's fault that the Trix in the comics are just naturally evil

You're both so stupid. When they immediately betray your dumbasses and nearly gets you two killed I hope it will be worth it

A TRUE FUCKING NECK BEARD OH MY GODDD

Why is Stormy pretending to be Flora??? Darcy makes more sense and Flora and Stormy are VERY different

This only worked because there were fat away

Also, reverse S8 shape shifting

If Helia got closer, the other guy is a literal tree, he would have figured out this was a trap but he doesn't

He kinda follows them around from a polite distance, which is really funny

FLORA DOESN'T EVEN GET A CHANCE TO FEEL SAD!!! GIRL FEEL BAD FOR YOURSELF FOR ONE MINUTE, YOUR MOM FRIEND ENERGY IS MAKING ME TIRED

You know this dream had her actually communicating with Brandon so I got to wonder if that's actually Valtor

This sequence is so beautiful!!!

How Stella spoke to Brandon in her dreams is brushed off, she simply did, power of LOVE baby

When Riven fucked up and nearly got the squad killed Helia was all like "I must take responsibility and accept this because I was leader while it happened and it's my fault" but now he's lying

He's embarrassed!!! Helia bby nooo it's okay

.... Actually I agree with dumb and dumber now, you are one stupid ass mother fucker and I don't know how anyone in the light council made it into adulthood being that idiotic

BCJDHFJSJD HELIA WHY ARE YOU BEING SO DRAMATIC HELP FNSNDJSK A SIMPLE EXPLANATION WOULD SUFFICE

He's soooo busy being in his own feelings and upset with himself he forgot about how Flora must feel gjsnfjsks he's such a little idiot Im starting to love him

Riven: *fucks up and nearly gets himself and Timmy killed*

Helia: well we all make mistakes, as long as he apologizes and promises to not do it again

Later

Helia: *makes one mistake*

Helia: I AM A FAILURE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, I MESS UP EVERYTHING, I CANT BE ALLOW TO CONTINUE TO RUIN THE GOOD NAME OF SPECIALISTS

This boy has NO self esteem babyyyyyyy

I love him, please get therapy your self esteem has broken though the floor and is underground

[istherewifiinhell]

1, 12, 18 for rottnmt? 🥺

THANK U BESTIE. giving so many fun things to think about while im at work ahahah.

1. the character everyone gets wrong

I will say i blame no one its basically a non issue but i do find evil au draxums very funny. Like! he little is a villian he DID want to destory humanity he does have a villain music number. all true. also his turning sides is s2 so. BUT ANYWAY. very funny to have him be like. evil maybe abusive dad type in aus. im sorry the guy who using 2 tiny incompetent gargoyles as henchmen/paldrons... he lets em sleep in the little dog bed..... 🥺. Hes a cartoon villian but hes got offers dental typa guy... imho.

Also personal i think these a tendacy to lean donnies personality too far in any direction. why nerf his autism swag like that... he drinks flavourless juice AND invented the messiest nasty looking sandwich ever. sometimes he does not like touch sometimes he throws his dad into the air to hug him. he has LAYERS.

LAST THING. my bro said to mention gay coded leo cause "im homophobic". jhgfdb. I just didnt read him as particularly more queer coded than his brothers.... theyre ALL a little flamboyant okaayyyyyyy. turtles are lgbtq (what all at once? yes.)

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

are there unpopular characters in rise kinda feel... not really. ILL SAY. Casey senior just cause she kinda takes the back seat after movie with casey jr..... do yall understand how many fake outs she was.... you could think shes karai due to being in the foot clan or maybe think shed get mutated into mona lisa (her voice actress played the one in 12!).

BUT NAW! angry bruser, sporty, vigilanty CASEY JONES. I love her..... also that she joins the squad cause SPLINTER. was like. oh a troubled youth... they need guidance. extremely cute. 90s movie splinter moment. based. thing we were robbed of #587. Rise casey and raph BREAKING SHIT together. as fweinds....

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

i really like thinking about the arcs we didnt get to see in unfinshed rest of season 2 and 3.... there was gonna be more mystic stuff, the family actually getting along with draxum more naturally.... GIRL TURTLES (<- dissolves into goo).

i wanna think about it. i wanna think about the raph leo becoming co leaders thing.... the showwww so so so primed for them working together and not having a direct hiercharly system fits cause this is the iteration they designed to be more like a typical family. that why splinter had a career that is not. ninja master. lol, thats why they are different ages (sorry to any quadruplets out there). and after the ages where the childhood developmental stages that are gonna favour the eldest sibling. Most siblings do not have one leader they have to listen to abt shit. [That aint a diss on how other iterations are its just a different essay lol...]

as for something that actually ended up IN the show... fav fav moment makes me cry when every i rewatch or even THINK ABOUT IT. The moment that lets Splinter reconcile the pain that the Hamato clan brought him, with the legacy, intention, and love, it was created with.

Under cut cause its some of the very last stuff that happened in the show.

The moment when Splinter's mom, (had to check ->), Atsuko shows up with the rest of the Hamato ancestors. she puts her hands next to splinter and she looks at him so so fondly and she repeats HIS action movie catch phrase. and THATS the moment Splinter, Hamato Yoshi can like. come to peace about the clans legacy.... Perfect culmination of his arc....

like it PROVES. his whole life the legacy of this clan was what was taking his family AWAY. his mom, probably his grandpa? he was suppose to let his sons GET MARTYRED. he left his family, as they had left him. but as they say anata wa hitori janai.... his mom still saw!!! HIS LIFE. his movies. Sees him as he grew, as a mutant, and the love between family is literally magic that keeps them together. THATS what Karai wanted it to be..... I jsut think we should talk about and the sad rat man healing from generation trauma. MAYBE. Cause he loves his mommy. [finally. A splinter with MOMMY ISSUES/BRICKED]

[yesyourstalker]

Octarian superior: ALL RIGHT EVERY ONE UP!! I DON'T CARE IF YOUR HUNG OVER GET UP!!

Inkling caption: we have pain killers and meds for upset stomachs in the medical room.... Get dressed in your uniforms and line up after breakfast. The mission starts today.

Soldiers: *mumbling*.....*moaning*..... Yes sir.......

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Baja: so I joined after my folks kicked me out they told me either get a job, go to school or join the military...... And here I am today.... What about you Princess why are you here?

Warabi: oh...... uhhhh..... Will my parents cut me off from all their money and they told me to get a job and I did but they also wanted me to join the military or at least have some experience in the military so they sent me on this mission. That's pretty much it

Baja: wow sounds like something my folks would do if they were rich. Hahahahahaha

Warabi:hahahahahahahaha

Baja: You're all right princes- Warabi ......you said you work in the barnacle and diamond mall?.......... I went there once and it was pretty cool..... 5 years ago

Warabi: they remodeled a couple years back. You should see it looks really nice

Baja: hhhmmmnm.... Sure, maybe I can visit you too .......if you're still working there

Warabi: hehe... We'll see........... I like the tattoo. What is it?

Baja: oh it's an anglerfish skeleton. pretty sick right? I got it after a metal show.... Chum slingers.... You heard of it?

Warabi: I've heard of-

Neta:..*UGHH*...* Cough* .......* Cough*......uhhh.... shit.....*sniff*................. morning................. What are you kids talking about?........ Fuck my head...............

Warabi: look who decided to show up... Thought you'd stay hunched over that toilet the whole day.... you could of missed the mission

Baja: hahahahaha You were trashed!!

Neta: shut up!................. Nice Chum slinger tattoo you went to one of their-.... Oh...shit.....

Baja: what?

Neta: nothing, nothing. * Clear throat*........ you like Chum slingers?

Baja: Yeah I was telling Warabi..... I went to one of those shows and......... Holy shit! Are you Neta? You used to play for squid squad! I went to one of your shows! Dude you're amazing!

Neta: hehehe... Good to see a fan! Most people just get mad at me for replacing ikkan

Baja: No are you kidding me? I love ikkan, a big fan of his work but you. You match their energy a lot more when you joined. The way you use slap bass technique for splattack is amazing!!

Neta: hehe well.... hahaha thank you

Warabi: I'm going to go make a phone call

Baja: you think I can get an autograph...

Neta: sure.....

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Neta: Warabi!? Warabi!?...... Hey Where'd you wander off to?

Warabi: hmm oh uh I was just trying to make a phone call........ Trying to get mahi.....

Neta: oh did they answer?

Warabi: no... They probably went to work already.... Fuck I should have saved their number...*sigh*That's my last phone call too.

Baja: you can have my phone calls.

Warabi: you don't need to do that

Baja: No I insist. I have no one important to call anyway.

Warabi: oh thank you

Octarian superior: I NEED EVERYONE'S ATTENTION NOW!

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Inkling caption:.... Okay everyone. Unfortunately this is going to be the last day that you will see all three of us.

Random soldier: thank Cod!!

Other soldiers : *agreeing*

Inkling superior: SHUT UP YOU MORONS!!

Inkling captain: We have to separate the Splatoon in half, and you'll have new leaders. Here they are.....let me introduce you to........ 'the captain'........that's all they wrote down for their name. Strange...but ok ......Colonel Kane, lieutenant Reeves and General Anchor

Koi-koi: Good morning everyone!!

Captain 3 :

Neta: Koi?

Warabi: ikkan's mom!! ??

Koi-koi: It's good to see such young and vibrant faces..... Some familiar too.....*clap*.... Let's cut to the chase. My Splatoon is going to transport the great eel to the underground...... The other Splatoon is going to have to capture it first.

Lieutenant Reeves: everyone who is a fish or urchin comes with Anchor and I. All the cephalopods will be with Kane and The captain.. is that clear?

Soldiers: YES SIR

Koi-koi: Anchor do you have anything to add?

Lieutenant Anchor: No, what about you captain?

Captain 3:

Koi-koi:......... Okay....... not that much of a talker I like that...... all right... It's very stoic......hehehehehe.......EVERYONE TO THEIR STATIONS

Soldiers: YES MA'AM

Baja: so... I guess this is the last time we're going to see each other............ here take this. It's nice seeing you Warabi.

Warabi: oh........Thanks.

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Koi-koi: ohhhhhh my little boys!! My talented step son and my future son in-law!!! It's good to see you two!!!!!! [kisskisskisskiss]

Warabi: Hi Mrs Kane!

Neta: Hey Koi....Merv treating you well?.... marriage is good I hope?

Koi-koi: as well as a 35 year marriage can be........... Speaking of marriage..... Let me see the ring...... ohhhh it's beautiful......*sniff*..my little boy is getting married!!!!... I can't believe this!!..... Not to air out his dirty laundry, but he's.... He's not really one for romance or relationships...... hehehe Don't tell him I told you though hahahah... *Sigh*

Neta: he's romantic when he wants to be

Koi-koi: that's nice.....What about you sweetie pie? I saw you talking to that young man a couple minutes ago

Warabi: uhh no we're just friends... Hahah.... he just gave me his number to talk about stuff..... Music stuff

Koi-koi: Hay! What about you Captain? you have anyone in your life?:

Captain 3:

Koi-koi: ........hmm guess not....... Well.... Back to work boys.... Just check the radio... and the sonar. If you receive a message that they found the eel notify everyone else so they can open the cage.......

Neta: that sounds pretty easy......... Considering that we're doc, do you think we can get off the boat I just need to visit-Hay!

Koi-koi: nu ah-ah! I don't allow smoking in my ship...... You can smoke outside or you can smoke off the boat. Which you are allowed to leave but you have to be back in 1 hour..... We may be family, but on this ship I'm your superior and I'd like to keep it that way.......

Neta: technically I'm a major.... I just didn't get to go to my promotion

Koi-koi: maybe you should get to that... And I'm still a higher rank

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Warabi: ok.... They better pick up this time.......hey..... Mahi....... MAhi!!!! .....*crying*......You stupid idiot! I've been trying to contact you the past 2 days!!!!....... No, I'm not crying!! You're crying!!!!............ I'm not dead you asshole! Why would you think I would have died!!........ Okay that is true..... Yeah I would do that but I didn't and I'm fine...... What have you been doing?....... Wahoo world??? I want to go to wahoo world!!! .........That's it. When I come back I'm taking you to Wahoo land.......... Yes, I know it's a lot smaller than wahoo world but we've already gone to waterworld many times. All righ? We have better food anyway. Give me a break..............I miss you and I want to spend the whole day with you when I get back........ Tell you everything about this mission....... I also need to tell you about this cute guy that I met............... I don't know. It feels weird cuz he looks like you a little bit... ..... No, he's a lot taller and broader and his fin is a little bit shorter. He also has this really cute goatee............ I don't have a picture of him.... Well how the fuck was I supposed to know I'd run into a cute guy. I don't have a phone either....... Shut up!............. He's a tetra like you......... He doesn't look like you because he's the same species!! I didn't mean it like that!! He looks like you because .... he has .. similar eye shape........ You know what I'll text him when I get back and he'll send a picture. Shut up!!.... Love you bye..... Oh fuck. wait! Put ikkan on the phone......... Hey ikkan..... I'm doing good. You know I'm surviving..... I didn't know your mom was a colonel.... Yeah she's on the boat right now. You want me to get her....... Hello?........ Hello?... He hung up..

Mahi belongs to @fish-at-fish-fish-resort

[collective-remnants-rwby]

Let's try a full team. Bram Stoker's Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy and the Wolfman. Doesn't matter which one the leader is.

These guys are mercenaries, not exactly villains but hardly on the side of the angels. I remember seeing a depiction of Universal Monsters as an Atlesian Suicide Squad, so that but with slightly better morals and unbeholden to any government.

Dracula: Tick Faunus with semi chitinous skin. Pretends to be a devious mastermind two steps ahead of everyone else, actually flying by the seat of his pants.

Weapon is a Chinese fire arrow rocket combined with a crossbow & a minigun called Staker, and duel sabers known as the Fangs. Semblance is Intrusive Thought, planting an idea in another's head that keeps nagging at them, reinforced by repeated mentions of said idea.

Colours are red wine and charcoal black, dresses like a "distinguished gentleman" despite being a gutter child that worked his way up in the world.

Frankenstein: I was actually mentally tinkering with this when I got the ask...and accidentally came up with TF2 Medic. I'm only somewhat sorry.

Her Semblance, Defibrillator, is an electricity fueled healing ability that can be used at range, while her weapon, Chirurgeon, is a simple, if terrifying, "surgical" chainsaw alongside some "holdout" scalpels .

Colours are white & blue, dresses more like a butcher/1800's surgeon than mad scientist. Personality wise, combine Gene Wilder's Frankenstein and Bonesaw from Worm. Depending on her age, definitely a deadbeat mom.

Mummy: Vacuan, quiet type, the spiritual sort and fond of archaeology. A dancer of some variety.

Her Semblance, Thaumaturgy, allows her to animate and reinforce inanimate objects, mainly used in conjuction with her weapon, a series of Dust infused cloth bandages known as the Sandlashers.

Colours are gold & purple, and wears her bandages loosely over hip hop/dancer's clothes, and passively uses her semblance to free up her movement and enhance dance performances or appear more intimidating.

Werewolf: Wolf Faunus, wolf tail. The illegitimate child of some prominent family, carries a grudge about how they treated him and his mother.

Carries two different weapons. The first is a hunting rifle/mace called Wolf's Bane, his family's ancestral weapon which he stole. His personal weapons are simply called The Claws, wrist mounted wolverine claws combined with Deadshot's wrist guns. His Semblance, Hunter's Mark, induces a "bleeding" effect that more easily bleeds Aura and allows him to track those hit.

Colours are silver & purple. Dresses like a gravedigger or a "ruffled" high class person despite knowing the in and outs of high society, real contrast to his leader in this aspect. Sympathetic to the White Fang.

Like I said, none of these guys are exactly heroes. Can they be well meaning? Yes. Can they ruin your life if you anger them? Most definitely.

...I like this, I'm gonna do more of these.

[Part 2]

[the-ultimate-pie-family]

Comet and the pies reunion part3

"Comet been checking on blood because he hasn't seen or heard from him in week. Usually, it's blood looking for him." he dude, you want a balloon? Huh? "Comet turned around, but nothing was their" he-ello? "He turned around again, then a clown appeared in front of him." h-hi? Hmm?..... You are not afraid? Why? "Comet was confused, Huh? Because blood and others taught me, there are more dangerous things than monsters like you, so good day, mister clown. That pennywise the dancing clown to you and how do you know my grandson? Huh, "Comet's heart dropped" grandson? Yes, "Comet fainted" ~few hours went by, and he was awoken by the smell of food again~

What happened? You fainted my dear boy, hey homie, what's up "waved as more killer came by with luggage" that's a lot of killers blood? Yeah, when your killer is always a killer, "blood chickled," but we're all not so evil. Some of us are broken down like little kids. We never asked for this Comet. We were born into it, "and then the tiny mare midnight grew to comet size and gave him a purple rose. Saying, " This will protect you for the game. "Comet blushed at the offering of a purple rose." u-uh t-tha-ank y-yo-ou,"as he said thanks midnight, blushed as she turned tiny again fainting. " Huh? Is she ok? That is a thing she does if she likes a pony comet and your that pony, huh w-wha? W-wait, all I gotta say to you is good luck, dawg OK! killers, time for our team royal. I'm the first team leader. I'll be leader Daddy. "Midnight jumped up and down excited." Fine, need two more? I'll be leader, "freddy kurger said, raising his one hoof." ok, one more? I'll join this royal on bloods team, "Cadaver said, ready to go," my stitch brother

"Then pinkamena came up from the basement." I'll be leader, hahah ok good, I already got cadaver my other brother surprise jr leyas and Jason voorhees "then blood squad disappeared" Comet and all my siblings "then midnight team disappeared" blood what's the plan? you're dying, "then the midnight team came by fighting bloods team comet and leyas were battling hoof to hoof the surprise jr upper cutted comet to the sky" retreat team "midnight called out to her team" "jason killed some of the siblings down and took comet in captive" how's the game so far comet? Your brother can give a wicked upper cut. Sorry about that. I'm just playing the game. You're good. How's your daughter doing? I'm good, but you hit like girl, tho hahaha, attack. "Then Freddy's team ambushed them the fighting continues." I'll slash you gash. You cut another hole in yo ass "Cadaver was dodging Ghostface attacks, then snapped his neck, then Jason pulled cadaver back and stepped in front of Texas chainsaw they stared each other down the fighting stop silence fill the woods then came chucky stabbing the fuck out of jason then Texas started his chainsaw and then blood smashed his skull" too slow pap "Freddy's team was dying left and right then Freddy called a retreat" keep your eyes peeled my mom is close

To be continued

Mod pie: oooooo getting good. I hope comet be prepared for more hahah 😆 but cadaver he wanted in this game 😈 and yes a twist is coming

Tag: @clown-sip

[roastyoualive]

He feels weird having this conversation. Well, okay, he feels weird for a lot of reasons. The conversation is just the most prominent right now. Warren hadn’t really met a lot of his mom’s friends. (He’d actually assumed she might not have any. He’d always thought that was weird, too, but the world was a cruel place. It had chewed them up and spat them out. That was just how it went.) But now, looking up at this stranger… He was hit with just how little he actually knew his mom. It kinda hurt to think about. If that wasn’t reason enough to be awkward, this guy was huge. Warren was used to being one of the tallest people - not just students - in Sky High. It had been that way in middle school, too. But this guy made him feel like he was in elementary again. He actually had to look up to make eye contact. Mom had called this guy her ‘little brother’. 

Kinda misleading. 

(That knife wasn't little, either. He reminded himself he was lucky that this guy was on their side.) 

It’s nice, though, to have a distraction, even if it won’t last long. As intimidating as this guy was, it was way better than thinking about why they were here. Thinking about what had happened to their classmates. To everyone. What might happen to them. This wasn’t like anything they’d ever faced before. This wasn’t a jilted ex-classmate or a goofy low-class villain. This is– He doesn’t know what this is. None of them know. All they know for sure is that everyone is gone, and the ones who were there were acting wrong. For some reason, they - the Squad, Dad, Mom, and…. This guy - were spared. The running theory is that their being in the detention room had something to do with why he and his friends were okay. It would also explain why Dad (and the other inmates, apparently) was fine. Mom and her ‘brother’, that still didn’t make sense, but whatever. Gift horses. 

The language difference makes his head tilt. He hadn’t heard the giant speak before. He was German? That raised a few more questions. Yeah, there were international heroes, and yes, Mom had been one of them, but still. 

More questions. 

“That’s a long time.” He mused. It added up. Mom hadn’t been active since about that long, maybe a little less. She'd stopped working after… Well, after. So it would have had to be way back. 

The mask comes off and Zach jumps to his feet. Warren glances at him, rolls his eyes, and returns to the conversation. That’ll come up later - no way it won’t. But Will can deal with it. Team leader and all. This was way more interesting. He follows the gesture ‘Leo’ makes, glancing off to the side then back again. He tilts his head, then nods his agreement. 

“Yeah. This is…” He looks up, as though searching for a descriptor that fits, and shakes his head at the word-less ceiling. There’s a lot of ways that he might describe it. None of them really seemed to capture all of the feelings and experiences he was dealing with right now. There was just so much. And he didn’t even really know what any of it was! None of it made sense! … No, you know what? There’s one thing he could say about it. 

“It’s all just bullshit.” 

(And yes, he did also notice the way his mom looked up suddenly. She didn’t give him grief about the language, but he could tell the thought passed through her mind. He was probably going to hear about this when they weren’t on the wrong end of a super-army. Great.) 

The whole situation is FUBAR as the Americans like to say. The fact that he'd been called in was just emphasizing how severe.

The heroes don't like calling in outsiders, even capable ones; insular as a cult, in König's not-so-humble opinion, with a more us-vs-them attitude than soldiers behind enemy lines. There were always exceptions to that, of course- one of them is not that far away, although he will admit he's biased about Penny,- but it has to be dire before the supers are willing to admit a problem needs special handling.

Then again, an entire school's worth of next-generation of supers being abducted along with their full-fledged parents is in fact a pretty fucking dire situation no matter what angle you look at it from. Based on how the kids who made it out without being caught described it, they only made it through luck and sheer tenacity. No word on whether or not anyone else had made a quiet escape yet, but given what had happened, he wouldn't blame them for going dark.

He tosses a ka-bar knife with a handle made of antler into the air, catches it, tosses it again but this time sending it into a rapid spin. Flips it off the back of his hand to catch it in a reverse grip. Flips it again and uses the momentum to make it roll across his palm to return the grip. It's thoughtless fidgeting on his part, and better than pacing the limited space like a restless animal; the children are already stressed and scared, and he is well aware of how intimidating he is even sitting down. No need to add to it by wearing a path in the floor.

But not completely intimidating.

He doesn't fully turn his head, just angles it enough that he can keep one eye on the knife while still acknowledging that Warren is asking a question.

Warren. Penny and Barron's boy. It's been a decade since he saw a picture of the soft three-year-old in Penny's wallet, all smiles and laughter; the teenager looks significantly more sullen, and not just because of the disaster that's brought them all together. He's not all that surprised. It's how much he obviously takes after both parents that gives König a moment of pause, pulls him out of the working mentality he was settling into.

"Ja, wir sind Freundinnen..."

The knife stops it's spinning routine. König bounces it a little, but returns it to its sheath on his shoulder before reaching under his veil to unbuckle his helmet; the chin strap pops open and he rolls his jaw before taking the protective gear and the veil off in once piece. For once he doesn't even hesitate to pull off the balaclava next. One of the kids, tall and blond in bright black and yellow clothing, leaps to his feet and scrambles from the room, and König- Leopold lets out a slow sigh. He's probably about to become a spectacle, and it makes him cringe inside even though he's learned to ignore the more harmless gawking. He stuffs the balaclava into the helmet along with the veil before he can regret the choice.

"We met... Zehn? Eleven years now, I think." He sets his helmet on his knees and continues to not look directly at Warren. "We were on assignment together. No, I can't talk about it." He preempts the question, but gently and the side of his mouth pulls up just enough to imply a smile. "A few more times after that as well. Lost contact when you would have been... Ssseven? Yes, seven years old then. Couldn't really trade personal phone numbers without breaching multiple international confidentiality agreements, so when she suddenly wasn't a specialist we could call on any longer..."

Leo shrugs, holding his hands out as if to ask what can you do?

"I am glad to see her again. And to finally meet you and your father. It just would have been better if... All this..." And he gestures again, a quick circle with a pointed figure as if to encapsulate everything that's happened and currently going on. "Wasn't."