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secretress · 1 year ago

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❝𝐏𝐀𝐂: 𝐈 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭, 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚.❞

Who is your future spouse’s role model(s) and why?

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This is a tarot card reading. I pulled out 2-4 cards for each pile and signs were added.

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Pile I

King of Wands, the lovers reversed, and the hanged man.

With the king of wands, your future spouse adores and looks up to their father and their grandparents, because they were able to help your future spouse rise above their insecurities, and allow them to express who they are. I hear that the mother was not in the picture. They were not there for them when they needed them, when they were hurting, and if they were there, it wasn’t a loving one. They were neglected harshly and were used like toys. Think of a toxic relationship you see portrayed in the media. Your future spouse feels very comfortable with their grandparents and their father, because they are able to express their childish dreams as well. I hear that other people used to laugh at them when they spoke about the career they wanted. For example, in society, you are expected to work a 9 to 5 job, have a family, have children, etc. But your future spouse has a different idea. It is completely different from making your own business, too. They really want to prioritize helping children find peace in this world because the generation keeps worsening. There are some children who feel extremely stressed out with the expectations of their parents, or there is a struggle about how to express their feelings to other people because people around their age, focus on drugs, or lack empathy. For these kids, your future spouse wants to teach them that it’s okay to be completely different from other people and not to follow along with the crowd at this age, and then it’s good to follow your path and focus on who you truly are. For my card, the king of wands has a male fairy on it with beautiful flowers behind him as he is sitting on a cut mushroom, and there is a beetle on the swirly ground. This is the perfect example of how your future spouse sees the world despite its flaws. I hear my intuition tell me that the beetle is those who follow the path of others, and they do not seek to find who they are, which indicates this swirl is continuous. As for the flowers behind, those who do not follow will blossom into their higher selves, even though they are behind and life to others in general. They know what they seek, what they desire, and eventually they will have what they want. Sitting on the mushroom is standing their ground, and that is the same energy. Which is your future spouse. And because of their grandparents and their father, they were able to incorporate that feeling within the heart to expand it instead of keeping it on guard. And they want to do the same for children because they believe that if they were able to get that blessing in life, they would want to move it forward and give it to others.

Your future spouse is a very grateful person, but they don’t express their kindness in a direct way. They mainly focus on how to show their love and compassion to the world in an anonymous way. So instead of allowing people to redirect that same kindness that they give out, they will make sacrifices and allow people to find them to be shallow, mean, etc. And those closest to your future spouse will actually know how selfless they are, and how loving they are. This is very similar to Medusa in Greek mythology. Because people were afraid of her snake hair and of what happened without hearing her story, they would treat her differently, and many people would fear her. And a lot of people actually fear your future spouse because of their resting face, the way they speak to people, and the way that they are perceived. In terms of kindness, it is pushed aside, because other people perceive them in a low light. And with the reversed lover cards, people sometimes find them to be unhinged, or someone to be completely off the right path. I hear the people around your future spouse are very judgmental, and that they only really prioritize how they feel because a lot of them are very wealthy, but instead of donating to charities and helping other people in their own way, they seek more riches and more riches, and they get lost in the mindset of luxury, and actually forget who they are. And this fits along with how I spoke about those who do not forward their own path, and they just follow along. So your future spouse has made their own path, but at the same time, they don’t really allow the negativity around them to catch up to them or let them sink into it.

Channeled song:

The hanging tree - James Newton Howard

Pile II

Nine of swords, five of pentacles, ten of pentacles reversed, and two of cups.

Your future spouse has a lot of trauma from their grandparents, especially their grandfather. During their childhood, their parents weren’t home due to demanding jobs, but they were taken under the care of their grandparents, and they were getting along with their grandma, but she was killed by a drunk driver. And this caused a hole in their hearts because they were close to her, but the grandfather struggled with her death and would beat them constantly. If they were in pain, then the grandfather wouldn’t feel it, and they would also constantly drink liquor as your future lover was being harmed mentally.

My intuition tells me, that your lover’s role models are their parents. Despite their parents not being there for them with their job, they were and still are understanding of it, and they were able to have their siblings to find happiness and joy with. I hear that they’re adopted, and the grandfather has hatred for them despite their son, who is their father, saying otherwise. Think of the butterfly effect.

Moving on, how are their family's role models? Because when they were struggling with insecurities, hurt, and pain, they were able to express their pain to their parents, and they were heard. Their parents were there for them and didn’t allow their grandfather to ever take care of them again. They even cut ties with him to protect their child. And your lover admires their courage and determination so much that when they want to have children with you, and you will, they will be there to help and support them, even if it means cutting ties with family.

With the two cups, it’s about unity, partnership, and connection. Your future spouse has a sense of peace and happiness and a special connection with their role models. They can still come to them when they’re struggling with their issues or when they want to be heard as they ramble on about anything that makes them happy. And instead of being told they are useless or worthless like their grandfather, they are told how creative and unique they are by their family and friends.. and now because of you. When you both meet, the two of cups will amplify a personal connection and a sense of unity. You will be the missing piece of their puzzle and their happiness to keep moving and find more connections that they were afraid to seek despite the moral support they had. My tarot card for the two of cups has two merpeople who are reaching for some type of trophy without any envy or anger. They both have vines around them for protection and secretion. There is a broken building behind them in the water, and there are some marine animals like a stingray, fishes, a crab and a starfish. My intuition tells me that this is both of you. You guys will be each other's lights as you both reach for your goals without having to sacrifice anything because you are connected and are the same. The marine animals are connected to your children; perhaps they will want to focus their lives on marine animals, like them, have a favorite stuffed animal about them, or be engrossed in them for fun. Perhaps you will read a bedtime story about them. And when you do see it again, this pile will come to you again. As for the broken building, my intuition tells me that it’s the both of you letting go of the hardships that you have dealt with, moving forward into the light, and seeking your desired life. Despite the building being broken, the merpeople don’t seem bothered, and that’s the same with both of you. You both are at peace with your past and have moved on from it. As the saying goes, “what happened in the past stays in the past.” And you both have lived by the saying for a long time. The vines indicate people from your past trying to grab you into their lives, bringing you to be like them. You already know they are on the right path and that being stuck in the path won’t help you achieve your dreams, so instead of stalling or allowing them to come back, you keep moving forward because you know that’s what you want and so does your future spouse.

Signs:

Marine biology, astrophysics, fishes, marine, starfish, fireflies, bunny, rascals, money and flesh, “see? It’s funny!”, “trick ya!”, moon, walking, and flowers

Pile III

Eight of pentacles and three of pentacles

Right off the bat, your future spouse literally looks up to you as their own role model or worships you in a non-obsessive way. You have the energy of a powerful communicator, helping people grow and create with a lack of resources. My intuition tells me you are able to be creative with other people, and you’re able to help them strive for a better life while not having the same resources you had in your childhood. You have gone through a lot of obstacles in your life, but instead of allowing them to become attached to your soul, you make the most of them, and I hear that you have a special connection to stars and the solar planet, especially Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, and Pluto. Of course, they don’t say that Pluto is a planet, but it is completely different for you. And some of you guys are into astrology, and others are into astronomy, either way, the planets and the stars are connected, and for you, it is your safe spot and your comfort. Your future spouse is aware of this, and they do things to support you and give you the resources to be creative that you never had before. Because you like to help people grow and help them achieve their dreams, you have this security that you can give other people, especially your future spouse. And you are able to communicate with other people, and they look up to you like a motivational speaker who is very honest, and because you have this love that you get from other people, it increases your vibration and gives you more prosperity in your life. And your future spouse sees that you are able to do things without thinking, but it is not a negative trait. It’s more like a blessing because you do some things spontaneously but you plan them out—my intuition tells me it is from your inner heart and your inner desire unconsciously to help guide these people, and you do it without thinking because this is what you truly want and your future spouse can see that. You have become the right person for them, but someone to strive forward and be similar to you, but not in a way that destroys their personality. With the eight of pentacles, my intuition tells me you strive for greater good, but despite all these good qualities, you have high standards for yourself. But for some reason, you’re able to use these high standards to achieve your ambitious goals without allowing them to affect your subconscious mind and make you overthink and lose focus on what you’re looking for. It’s a great balance with yourself, and it’s very admirable. You like to praise yourself and you like to do the same thing with other people, and this helps increase your vibration as well with other people because they are becoming influenced by you with your loving energy, which is why you are like a role model to other people, especially your future spouse.

On my tarot card for the three of pentacles, the drawing shows an elf who is an older man who is using a big paintbrush to paint on paper, and he is using little resources to make stars, while there is a candle next to him and buttons behind him with a rolled-up sew inserted into a pin needle. My intuition tells me you are the hard-working elf that is trying to make stars on the paper, even though there are some smudges, but he keeps going. This is your energy. He keeps driving forward for what he desires, even though there are struggles in his daily life. And the three buttons I see, my intuition tells me, “there are small pebbles in our lives that are hard to find, and these pebbles may look like misfits, but in reality, they are our desire.” So this quote means the thing that we desire, and the things that we want may have benefited us in finding our desired life, and the small things that look useless and that we do not want are the actual things that will lead us to our goal. So when you have a struggle in your life and you get something that makes you feel sad, remember that it is there to help you have the right mindset to manifest your desired reality.

I finished writing this at 5:55 PM. 555 is focused on good changes, our lives, and freedom. I am channeling that you’re going to have two favorable opportunities in your life to help you grow further into the person you desire, while at the same time giving you a better chance to meet your future spouse. I spoke about how there’s a lot of growth in your pile, and my intuition says the same thing with 555. It also focuses on our mental and physical growth and how we interact with other people, so keep in mind to go with the flow, focus on your happiness, and not worry about what other people think about you because you are worthy of all the good things in the world.

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eeriepromis · 1 month ago

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Caleb Foot Lore Drop™ - Because Apparently We’re Foot Reading Forseers Now

“Even in silence, his feet speak of longing.”

Yes. This is where we are now. Staring at the Colonel’s toes like we’re decoding ancient prophecy. And guess what? There’s actually stuff to uncover. Let’s get into it.

Step 1: Anatomy Check (Because Science Exists)

Caleb has what's commonly known as a Morton’s toe - also called the Greek foot - where the second toe is longer than the big toe.

- This is a real anatomical variant found in about 20–30% of people. - It can affect how weight is distributed while walking and may lead to calluses or discomfort in bad shoes. - So if Caleb’s boots are Ever-issue military regulation hell ... send thoughts and prayers.

The visible tendons and bones suggest a moderate arch - not too flat, not excessively high. That’s biomechanically efficient and probably helps him stay balanced mid–gravitational flip-kick or whatever he does when we’re not looking.

The toes are straight, uncurled, non-overlapping. No bunions, no hammertoes. Basically: 10/10 foot health. Professor Lucius takes care of our boo. 😭 (help)

Step 2: Cultural & Symbolic Interpretations (A.K.A. He’s Got That Divine Toe Energy)

Greek Mythology:

The second toe being longer is straight-up called a “Greek foot” because so many ancient statues have it.

It was seen as a sign of beauty, intelligence, and leadership - which is hilariously accurate given Caleb’s aesthetic, military status, and inner braincell wrestling match between caring too much and keeping it together.

Indian Palmistry & Foot Reading:

A longer second toe? Associated with dominance in relationships, ambition, and a lil’ bit of bossy energy.

Caleb voice: “Answer me.” MC: stares Caleb: “... Are you suuuure?”

Chinese Foot Reading:

Seen as a sign of strong energy, leadership qualities, and possibly emotional expressiveness.

But also creativity and good luck? (Yet to be seen in Caleb's story (R.I.P.))

Conclusion:

Caleb has Greek hero toes.

His feet spoiler his fate literally.

They are lore-coded.

We are now the Caleb Foot Analysis Division™.

You're welcome.

Here have some cards too:

"Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?"

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[I swear I'm not into feet xD]

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sidthedollface2 · 1 year ago

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A Crown fit for a God

(Part 2 here)

Pairing: Azriel x Fem Reader

Summary: An enemy threatens Velaris leaving Azriel to choose between his found family and a long lost friend. Can he juggle the two or will he fall for the enemy?

word count: 2.6k

Series warnings: 18+ MDNI, angst, hurt/comfort,light smut, war, including injuries, fighting, sign language, no use of y/n, nicknames, magic, greek mythology, pining, jealousy, azriel with other women (sorry), reader with another man (get it friend ; )

A/n: I'm a daydreamer not a writer so if you see any mistakes that's how I dreamt it. Lol

Azriel sat at his desk, reports and sightings of a hooded being trespassing multiple courts, leaving behind scorched farm lands and destroyed buildings scattered across the table. “Any luck?” Elain questioned, running her gentle hands over Azriel's shoulders, loosening his tense muscles. “I’ve been searching for over 500 years, but I think I'm getting close. Most recent sightings have been by women and children. Day or night it does not matter, they've seen IT and their bodies remain still, unable to move or scream until their work is done.” Azriel stared at the map of Prythian. “I think it’s finally here,” he met Elains worried eyes, “in the Night Court.”

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Azriel 8 yrs old

Azriel stopped sobbing once he knew no one would come for him. The foul smell of char and burnt flesh still lingered in his cell. His small hands trembled and shook from the intense pain, bubbles full of fluid and blackened skin covered both hands. Fingers locked and unable to move, not even to wipe at his heavy tears. The four walls to his cell provided nothing but cold nights and loneliness. With nothing to soothe the heat from his hands Azriel pressed his blistered palms flat to the cold floors. Hissing through clenched teeth as the coldness relieved some of the ache and heat within. Azriel hummed to a song inside his head, anything to pull his tired mind away from the pain and hopelessness he felt. With his eyes squeezed shut he tried to will the tears away, humming louder and louder to drown out his thoughts. His mind circled to a happier time.

Small feet padding through fields of tall grass as he raced to his favorite spot; under a weeping willow. Perched against the tall tree the scent of fresh apples and citrus filled his nose as the wind carried the delicious scent towards him. His ears caught the melodious song of birds high above him. His gaze tracked up the tree to spot the feathered songbird but as soon as he craned his neck towards the sky time froze. A beautiful luna moth with large iridescent wings took flight, landing on the soft skin of Azriel’s cheek, tickling the small boy awake.

Azriel quickly opened his eyes, blinking rapidly in the darkness. The scent of citrus still lingered and time was eerily still. His pupils widened, adjusting to focus on what he was seeing. In the corner of his cell a shadowed figure stood still. Scrambling to his feet Azriel backed himself into the wall behind him. The dark figure inched closer, slowly, step by step. The hooded figure reached for Azriel's small hand. He told his mind to pull away, and to resist. But he was frozen against the cold wall, unable to move or cry out for help; not that anyone would help him. He tried to scream but the air left his lungs. Peeking beneath a hood Azriel saw the most stunning and captivating eyes he’d ever seen. Neither of the same color, yet bright and brilliant. One holds the color of the night sky, dark with swirls of violet and starlight. The other is pale and cloudy like the surface of the moon from Prythian. Your long shiny hair framed your youthful face and pouty lips perfectly. You don’t look much older than him yet you have this ancient presence he can't put his finger on.

You're cool fingertips brush his knuckles, testing for his reaction. A small smile graces your lips as you remember that he’s unable to move. At least unable to move his outer extremities and vocal chords. Yet the windows to his soul tell you he's frightened. His wide hazel eyes are glassy, tears slowly filling his waterline. The rapid rise and fall in his chest is another clue to his distress. You let out a soft sigh as a single tear runs down his dirty cheek. Taking a step back you lay your palm flat against your chest, hoping he’ll understand what you intend to convey. Again, you pat your chest and azriel blinks in response. Bringing your hands in front of you, you tuck your fingers in creating a fist and curl both your forefingers and hook them together, with one wrist facing down and the other up you sign the word ‘Friend.’

You wait for his breaths to slow before you gather his burned hand within yours. His knuckles are angry and reddened from the lack of healthy skin. Moderate pieces are blackened and multiple blisters are threatening to burst. Carefully, you examine the extensive damage that was done, and begin to call upon your magic. Azriel's eyes widen to the size of saucers when your fingertips spark with what looks like stardust and your hand turns completely black from your fingertips down to your wrist. You gently run your star glittered forefinger down his. Starting at the base of his knuckle to the tip of his finger, healing all the delicate tissue and epidermis just like it was before. You release the magic holding him still, allowing him to relax his shoulders and curl the finger you healed. “How did-” the words die in his mouth as you continue to work on the next finger. Tracing once again from the base of his knuckle, down his slender finger to his nail. Revealing smooth and supple skin, no longer burned and charred.

The loud sound of a door opening startled both of you apart. Stopping your healing magic at only two fingers, Azriels paniced eyes met yours. You knew what he was asking. But you couldn't grant him more time, at least not yet. Quickly, you pulled your hood up over your head. Closing your hand in a fist you brought it to your chest, moving it in a circular motion; signing the word ‘sorry.’

“Wait!” Azriel’s arms dart out grasping onto the sleeve of your cloak only for the garment to fall at a pile to his feet. “Mother!” he gasped, shocked at your sudden disappearance, leaving behind your cloak that still had warmth and your scent.

He’d kept your cloak all these years, the only cloth in his cell that kept him warm on those freezing nights.

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Az, something is breaching the wards, get down here.

Rhys panicked words pierced through Azriel's mind as he abruptly sat up from the bed, the bed he shared with Elain. He quickly pulled his pants on, followed by his shirt and protective leathers. Placing a kiss to Elain's forehead, he winnowed to the location Rhys mentioned.

An invisible force separated the three males from the dark figure that threatened Velaris.

“Is It alone?” Cassian questioned, glancing behind and around the figure, assessing the intruder. His fingers itched at his sides, waiting for the slightest movement to unleash his blade.

“She’s alone.” Rhys confirmed, gaze narrowed and unwavering at the dark figure.

“She?” Both Cassian and Azriel said in unison, a look of shock on both their faces. It wasn’t that they doubted a female's ability. They knew the power that simmered beneath the skin. The unending strength, if provoked enough. The females in the inner circle, if combined, could take on males twice their size and fight wars alongside the bravest of warriors, but not alone. You’d have to be extremely powerful or extremely stupid to dare face the night court’s high lord alone.

Her gaze lifted above to the bright blue sky as if the power holding Velaris safe was visible to the eye. Her head swiveled left, noting how large the protection ran. Then to her right, gauging the amount of magic needed to breach the wards. At the moment, no army trailed behind her. No warrior or protector was by her side. She was simply there to send a message.

“She’s unarmed.” Azriel's shadows slithered back to him, informing him of the lack of weapons and armor. She was defenseless and although a powerful barrier kept her out of Velaris, the two most violent and skilled warriors along with the most powerful highlord stood before her; she remained fearless. Her strong legs planted firm in the soil. It was difficult to determine what was under her dark cloak. His shadows stilled as her gaze met those of the shadowsinger. He knew those eyes. Azriel had searched for those beautiful eyes in every court, in every crowd, in every female. He’d dreamed of the day he’d see them again. His attention was directed to Rhys as he spoke in a firm demanding tone.

“I will say this once, and only once-”

Rhys' voice caught in his throat as the female's palms met the protective barrier. Electric current coursed through her veins, the power of lightning flickered from her fingers creating an orb of pure energy. Her foot dug into the soil behind her as she braced herself pushing through the wards, creating a space for her body to pass. All three males rushed towards her, charging at the enemy with bared teeth and blades ready to attack. Their large bulking frames and violence in their eyes was enough to bring grown men to their feet.

Cassian sent a blast of red power straight towards her, expecting it to hit its target. Although stronger than most fae, his blast passed through her like a strong gust of wind. Whipping her head to its side, causing her long hair to flow out from under her hood. Her feet stayed planted, unwavering.

“Mother above.” Cassian breathed before he held his sword up high, slicing through the air as he brought it down over her head. Rhys' eyes widened for a fraction as Azriel’s truth teller clashed with Cassian, blocking his effort to harm her. Azriel’s shoulder roughly dug into Cassian's chest as he shoved his brother back with force. Betrayal laced in Cassian's eyes as he gaped at his brother. Out of all their arguments and bickering not once has Azriel disagreed with a common enemy.

“What the fuck is wrong with you?” Cassian sneered, meeting Azriels force with his own. Never one to back down at defending his court or his high lord.

“You foolish boy!” Amren called from a distance, closing the space between them, “you cannot kill a God.”

“Took you long enough,” Rhys tisked, plucking an invisible lint from his dark shirt.

The hooded figure narrowed her eyes at the approaching Amren and scowled at the title that she clearly did not like. Azriel and Cassian ceased their bickering as Rhys' power shook the very ground they stood on, a wave of darkness ready to protect his city.

“No one has breached these wards in 5,000 years.” Rhys declared with all the confidence of a high lord. Stepping forward, commanding the eyes of the hooded figure in a challenge, “what business does a God have in Velaris, surely you have better things to do.”

“Do not mock her, she can kill you where you stand.” Amren whispered. “As can I.” Rhys challenged.

Her face remained unseen under the protection of her hood. Slowly her fingers came up beside her face, grasping the edges of the hood, she pushed the dark fabric over her head, revealing herself.

Amrens words ring true when the goddess reveals herself. Her beauty is unique and divine, flawless in the way that makes males fall to their knees.

All the air from Azriels lungs vanished as he stared into those eyes. Years he’d been searching every court, reading countless books on healers and where they originated. Shamelessly making eye contact with each female he met hoping to one day find the mute girl who gave him purpose. To hope one day he could thank her for her kindness to a boy who had nothing.

“I’ve been looking for you.” Azriel exhaled, holding a palm out to Rhys and his brother letting them know ‘he’s got this.’

Your brows furrowed, and your eyes trailed down Azriels body. Trying your hardest to put a face or name to the male in front of you. After years of imagining how seeing you again would be, he didn't put into account the possibility of you not recognizing him. While Azriel admired how much you've grown since he first saw you. Your gaze seemed to pass right through him. And his worst fears were confirmed with a tilt of your head.

You didn’t remember him.

You couldn't recall any detail or encounter that would cause you to remember the male. Instead you focused your gaze on the High Lord. you were here to deliver a message after all.

“High Lord of Night, ready your soldiers, a war is among you.”

Surprise passed through Azriels eyes as he heard you speak. The day he met you your only form of communication was through hand signs. And now your voice is laced with threat, nothing like the gentle girl he met hundreds of years ago. He wonders what had changed.

“And what do you bring to this war?” Rhys expression hardened. He tried to enter your mind to see for himself the truth of your words. Surprised to see your mind vulnerable for all, yet within the space were no visions or memories of your past, but rings of blazing fire encircled a black hole with unknown knowledge within. Rhys had read about minds with black holes. It was a mystery as to what one would find within the hole. Some say time freezes for the observer, how long till it resumes has never been answered. Others say that if you fall into the black hole your mind fails the body and a blazing fire consumes you from the inside out, leaving behind ashes to be carried by the wind.

“I bring Chaos and unrest, Lord of Night it be wise of you to heed my warning because your life will be in my hands.”

Within seconds the afternoon sky turned dark and gray, the loud crack of thunder boomed in the distance and before either of them could reach you, you summoned a strike of lightning; hitting the ground like a whip. The flash was bright as it hit and Rhys witnessed the wards he placed on Velaris crumble. A loud roar was heard throughout Velaris, a deadly creature answering your call. It was then he realized, struggling to push through a small door to get within the protection wards was just for show. And whatever message you needed to deliver, something frightening answered.

Between the flashes of lightning and the echoes of thunder, just beyond the way they saw hundreds and hundreds of waiting soldiers. Looking at your retreating form, Azriel, Cassian and Amren rubbed at their eyes.

Once you reached the front line of fighters you looked over your shoulder, meeting Rhys powerful gaze and with a slight smirk you replaced his wards and removed the illusioned warriors. Leaving Velaris protected as it once was but now the threat of death and destruction looms near, not only to Rhys but everything and everyone he holds dear in Velaris.

Part 2

~ thank you for reading

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bah-circus · 2 months ago

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hiii <33 could i get a duo of pupkit consolers? lvl 3 preferably, but lvl 2 works if you’re slammed! brainmade or fictives from any of the following sources, as long as one is dog themed and one is cat themed; arcane, gravity falls, the magnus archives, greek mythology, my hero academia. pretty open ended and creators choice, interested to see what you come up with!

Of course dear audience! We have heard your request and have found a suitable performer for you! We hope this performance suits your needs, but you are free to make any adjustments you wish.

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Hyacinthus!!! Sevika!!!

°·⊱ Name: Hyacinthus, Cinth, Flora, Chip, Hayes, Callen, Havana, Rory

°·⊱ Age: 18

°·⊱ Race/Species: Human [transInumimi(Vizsla)]

°·⊱ Source: Greek Mythology

°·⊱ Role: Pupkit Consoler, Siren, Mood Booster

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°·⊱ Sex: Male

°·⊱ Gender: Masculine Nonbinary, Hyacinthean, Gaything, Himbopupgender, Puppyboyic

°·⊱ Pronouns: He/Him; Flor/Flors; Pup/Pups; Yip/Yips; Fae/Faer; 🪻/🪻s; 🌷/🌷s; 🐾/🐾; Paw/Paws

°·⊱ Sexuality: Achillean

°·⊱ Personality: Gentle and loving, radiates warmth. Athletic but not competitive, prefers cooperative activities. Carries deep understanding of loss and rebirth.

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°·⊱ Nicknames/Titles: [Prn] That Was Loved By All, The Object of Many’s Attraction, [Prn] Who Wants to Find Love, [Prn] With so Few Thoughts, The Pup Who Just Wants to Play

°·⊱ Likes: Flower Tending, Sunbathing, Athletic Activities, Poetry, Music, Dancing, Nature Walks

°·⊱ Dislikes: Competitive Sports, Jealousy, Cold Weather, Darkness, Discord Between Loved Ones

°·⊱ Emoji Sign-Off: 🪻🐾🐕‍🦺🏳️‍🌈🥏🎵

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°·⊱ TransIDs: transInumimi(Vizsla), transVizsla, transDogEars, transDogTail, permaAge [18], transPurpleEyes, transAutism, nullGroomed, permaAdored, transWorshipped, permaEyeliner

°·⊱ CisIDs: Spartan, Tanned Skin, Amber Eyes, Brown Hair, Prince, Piercings, ADHD, Groomed

°·⊱ MUDS: Harmonic Happiness Syndrome

°·⊱ Paras: 🐾, Ω, 💐, 🔱, 🔗, 📸, 🛐

°·⊱ Faceclaim: 1 | 2

°·⊱ Name: Sevika, Magpie, Yumi, Ivor, Kyren, Shivani, Meris, Renna

°·⊱ Age: 40-42

°·⊱ Race/Species: Human

°·⊱ Source: Arcane

°·⊱ Role: PupKit Consoler, Pain Holder, Physical Protector, Caretaker, Buffer, Aegir

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°·⊱ Sex: Female

°·⊱ Gender: Catweirdo, Angrycatgender, Bloodcattic, Hissgender, Fauxgirl, Agender

°·⊱ Pronouns: She/Her/ It/Its; Fang/Fangs; Claw/Claws; ✖️/✖️s

°·⊱ Sexuality: Butch Lesbian

°·⊱ Personality: Gruff and aggressive on the surface, but deeply protective of weaker system members. Street smart / Urban sort of medical experience. Tends to adopt almost anyone younger than herself, even if fang doesn’t want to, it can’t help but be caring.

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°·⊱ Nicknames/Titles: [Prn] Who Wants to Better the Lanes, [Prn] Who Works With Silco, The One Who Protects the Underdogs, The Reluctant Older Sister

°·⊱ Likes: Combat, Training / Exercise, Drinking, Smoking, Night Prowling, Fighting for Underdogs, Underground Fights, Solitude, Gambling

°·⊱ Dislikes: Authority Figures, Betrayal, Weakness, Abandoned Children, False Loyalty, Sugar-Coating, Empty Promises

°·⊱ Emoji Sign-Off: 🎰🥃🐈‍⬛❤️‍🩹🦾🎲

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°·⊱ TransIDs: transRedEyes, mutoGamblingAddiction, transADHD, transBPD, hedonGroomer, duteParent

°·⊱ CisIDs: Zaunite, Brown Eyes, Tanned Skin, Brown Hair, Amputee [Left Arm], Gambling Addiction, Alcoholic, Nicotine Addict [Preference for Cigars], Autism, Depression, ASPD, Chem-Baron, Bodyguard, Bruiser, Introvert, Angry

°·⊱ MUDS: Spike Emotion Disorder

°·⊱ Paras: 🐾, 🍸, 🍬, ❣️, 🦖, 🔥, 🪢, 💧, 💤, 🔪, 📸

°·⊱ Faceclaim: 1 | 2

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THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN BNHA - PART 2 (CHAP. 98 TO 193)

So we continue with my analysis about the Justice system in BNHA. For who's curious here there's Part 1.

With this said, let's start.

XX PROVISIONAL HERO LICENSE EXAM ARC (98-121)

THE POLICE: In Chap. 116 Tsukauchi drives All Might away from Tartarus, apologizing if he carried him there on schooldays but the hoops one gotta jump through to visit Tartarus are hellish. This implies All Might’s visit to AFO was orchestrated by Tsukauchi/the police, either on the police’s request or on All Might’s suggestion. All Might seems to want to talk to AFO, so the idea might have been both of the police and All Might. From how Tsukauchi was hoping for intel and All Might’s questions we can guess that the police is still investigating on AFO, even if now the man had been arrested.

This also implies that if All Might of all the people has troubles seeing someone jailed in Tartarus when he’s trying to help a police investigation, there’s no way Uraraka, a Hero student, would be allowed to visit Himiko in prison to give her some blood.

Anyway All Might admits he got no intel from AFO beyond him merely speculating Shigaraki and Co. will remain in hiding, expanding their organization. Tsukauchi says he agrees, as he thinks they’ll be crazy to take another attack now. I’m honestly confused. Not many Chapters ago the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency spent quite a bit telling us how much of a danger Shigaraki was and now Tsukauchi instead supports the idea it would be foolish for him to carry out another attack?

Tsukauchi then says he didn’t have time to set it up due to all the paperwork he had to do, but asks All Might if he would like to have a meeting with Stain. All Might won’t get to reply. I’ll jump forward and tell you that yes, All Might was meant to meet Stain but their meeting got delayed. Considering we are at the beginning of September and Stain will escape from Tartarus at the end of March… I do wonder if they ever really cared about making it happen. Stain wasn’t one who would try to hide his crimes and both he would deny being connected to Shigaraki the same way as Shigaraki has denied being connected to him… and Midoriya reported it to Tsukauchi who seemed to believe it… so I’m not sure what do they hope to get by having All Might meet Stain.

THE LAW: //

THE PRISONS: In Chap. 115, we see that, at the same time as the provisional license exam is taking place, in Tartarus All Might is meeting up with AFO, who’s in a straight jacket, tied on a wheelchair and beyond a glass. There are no microphones, the voice carries from a side of the glass to the other thanks to 5 holes on the glass. The wheelchair also has AFO’s life support system attached to it. Turrets are also pointed at him.

In Chap. 116 we see that in order to reach Tartarus a long bridge must be passed, Tartarus being apparently an artificial island in the sea. AFO complains the place is so restrictive that, if his back were to get itchy and he were to try to scratch it against the chair, all the turrets would lock on him, as people constantly monitor his vital signs and brain waves, so the second he thinks about using a Quirk, his life would be forfeit. He explains they’re in the deep underground, constantly monitored, guarded by a layer upon layer of security, as this is how they dispose of the broken ones, like him and that’s why their society calls the place ‘Tartarus’, a deity from the Greek mythology representing Hell itself. He admits even he would have a tough time struggling against this particular god. All Might retorts he can’t get out. From a glass window at AFO’s right, guards are also keeping AFO under surveillance.

All Might asks him where Shigaraki is, to which AFO replies he doesn’t know. All Might claims AFO surpassed his human limits and with such a body he might have lived forever but chose to waste his gift on manipulation, exploitation and toying with people so he asks him what he hoped to archive.

AFO claims he did it because, while All Might admired Heroes he admired Villains, held onto his ideals and acquired the power to embody them as he wanted to live in a world shaped by those ideals.

All Might asks him why he set up a successor to which AFO reminds him he stole everything away from him and that now he’s surviving only thanks to those tubes.

From how a guard tell All Might he only has three minutes more, we can figure that time to talk is limited. All Might is also told there’s an embargo on all information from the outside world so they ask All Might not to divulge any information.

AFO still guesses the situation outside Tartarus and blames it on All Might, on his retirement and the public face he used to wear and asks him how it feels, upsetting him and making him stand and move closer until he’s told he moved too close.

All Might retorts he understands AFO’s plan and won’t let Shigaraki kill him and that he’ll smash the future AFO dreams of before being told his time is up and that he should leave. We then see an iron door automatically opening behind All Might allowing him to leave and then closing.

According to the anime their exchange lasted less than 7 minutes.

Later Tsukauchi will comment the hoops one gotta jump through to visit Tartarus are hellish.

In real life, Japanese prisons violate human rights but here they’re doing it even harder and yet All Might (and Tsukauchi) doesn’t react to this at all.

THE HERO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION: in Chap. 99 Eraser Head talks about the test to get a provisional license (which, we’ll learn later, is organized by the HPSC). He claims the test is incredibly difficult with on average a 50% success rate.

In Chap. 102 Vlad King explains the standardized Hero licensing test is held every year at three different locations around the country in both June and September. In order to avoid direct competition between students from the same school, it’s common practice at all schools to have different classes register separately, at a different time or place. Eraser Head explains only a small number of students usually manages to gain their provisional licenses as first-years and that the exam contents are unknown.

National Takoba Arena is one of the sites where the provisional Hero licensing exam takes place and the one to which Class A goes.

In Chap. 103 at National Takoba Arena, Mera Yokumiru (目良善見) introduces himself as a member of the Hero Public Safety Commission (ヒーロー公安委員会 HERO kōan iinkai) whose favorite type of sleep is non-rem sleep.

He claims that work is so busy that he barely gets any sleep and that they’re terribly short staffed then he then explains how the exams at which all 1540 examinees (77 classes) will take part, an exam that changes each year. This year it’ll be a massive-free-for-all exercise. He also adds that since Stain’s capture plenty of people have raised doubts about the role Heroes should play, but that telling those who risk their lives in order to save others to ask for nothing, would be rather harsh especially in modern society and that regardless of it being done for compensation or out of dedication to the cause they’ve no shortage of Heroes and that the amount of time taken to solve any given incident is incredibly short so who gets his provisional license will be confronting such situations that unfold at a breakneck pace and whose who can’t keep up are doomed to fail. Hence they’ll test their speed and have only the first hundred who’ll pass. In order to be defeated all of the three targets each examinee has on his body needs to be hit. In order to pass one will have to defeat two other examinees, meaning they’ll have to be the person who hits the third target of another examinee with the ball (the English manga version seems to imply one has to hit 6 targets to pass but that’s not the case). Each examinee will only have 6 balls. Once 100 examinees will have defeated two other examinees, the first test is finished.

Ms. Joke explains the exam always starts with the U.A. high crush as U.A. high is the only school which reveals its students Quirk in the school festival shown nationwide.

In Chap. 104 Eraser Head observes in order to pass the exam what is required are unity, cooperation and intel gathering. As for Mera, first he warns the examinee he’ll be doing play-by-play announcements from the broadcast booth (放送席 ‘hōsō seki’) as he watches the exam, then he’ll hurry the students, asking if they feel like passing the test as he yawn. He’s then surprised when Inasa manages to knock down 120 examinees on his own. This means that somehow the balls Inasa stole from his adversaries with his wind Quirk were then reassigned to him and that his throws were considered valid even AFTER HE PASSED.

In Chap. 106 Mera continues to watch the test along with other men and comments that things are now moving right along as they’ve 52/53 students who passed and many are claiming more than two victims each. Apparently he announces Shouto as the 54th who passed. Through Shouto’s targets we learn that when one passes all his targets light up and a voice warns they owner that he has passed and can proceed to the reception room. They are the ones that pass the data of who passed and who failed, sync up with their hosts and balls and measure things like distance and motion in order to determine who’s doing the hitting and who’s getting hit. Also, once attacked they need a special key to be removed. The reception room is called anteroom and people can eat there.

In Chap. 107 Mera comments the kids are bursting with youthful energy but there’s a weird anomaly emerging this time as every year it’s an uphill battle for U.A. high, but this year they haven’t lost a single examinee yet so he tells the ones who’ll take part to round 2 to move.

Chap. 107 also shows Mera Yokumiru’s official profile.

In Chap. 108 Mera announces that the first part of the test is over and asks the ones who failed to leave. The ground where the exam was taking place gets destroyed and Mera announces round 2 will have the examinees venture into the ‘disaster scene’ as bystanders and rescue ‘victims’.

Chap. 109 has Mera clarify they’ll act as people who has earned their provisional Hero licenses and so they will be tested on how they’ll respond in rescue situations. Highly trained professional rescues in very high demand from the “Help Us Company (H.U.C.)” will play the role of victims, feigning injuries but also scoring examinees, who will be scored on how well they’ll perform those rescues. Those who’ll have the required points at the end of the test will pass. A member of HUC will explain they will be the one to help the scoring system by deducting points and that the first thing that must be done is to assessing the victims’ conditions and that Heroes might have to fill in for fire brigades and police officers until other professionals will take over and that Heroes must sound reassuring. As he watches the examinees act, Mera comments things won’t go as easily as planned. In Chap. 110 Gang Orca asks Mera how the students are doing and, looking at Bakugou and Yoarashi’s results, comments it looks like most won’t make the cut, still the HUC people aren’t handing out as many deductions as they expected so not bad on the whole. In regard to Gang Orca (who’s playing the role of Villain during the exam) Mera comments he was asked to join the Kamino mission and that he’s a strong one, number 10 in the Hero ranking and Number 3 in the Heroes who look like Villains ranking. Mera then tells the examinees since the Villains have shown up, their role will be to suppress the Villain incursion while continuing the rescue operation.

In Chap. 111 we’ve a flashback taking place 4 days after All Might vs. AFO at the Heroes Public Safety Commission HQ/main building Hero Public Safety Commission HQ (ヒーロー公安委員会本部 ‘HERO kōan iinkai honbu’), where they’re having the provisional license exam planning conference (仮免取試験企画会議 ‘kari menju shiken kikaku kaigi’).

Around 14 people discuss how the exam will be. It’s revealed that testing the examinee teamwork more than their individual abilities was a suggestion from the top brass at the National police agency (警察庁（うえ） ‘keisatsuchō (read: ue)’), which asked them to revise their criteria and standards for the provisional licenses in a manner that felt more like an order than a request. As a result, in addition to having the examinees set up evacuation stations and treat the wounded so as to test their individual knowledge, they’ve to focus on judging how they collaborate and cooperate as teams. That’s because All Might had power and charm to win people over and this made a huge gulf between him and the perennial runner-up (Endeavor) and they doubt they’ll find someone as equally charismatic again anytime soon, so, while they wait for the next All Might, Hero squads will have to focus on team unity as a way to fill the gap and therefore this proposition is a stepping stone toward that. We don’t see Mera at the conference but if he knew what was said there he probably was there.

Mera then explains that in this part of the exam each examinee gets a set number of points (100) from the start and all the scoring is based on the deduction that follow, with HUC being responsible for judging the rescue efforts but, beyond that, when it comes to maximizing Quirk efficacy via positioning, they’re also evaluated by 100 of Mera fellow Hero Public Safety Commission members each equipped with scoring manuals and comprehensive data of the 100 examinees (ヒーロー公安職員100名 HERO kōan shokuin 100-mei “100 hero public security officers”).

One scorer is assigned to each kid down there, and if the examinees fall below 50 points, they fail. One of the Hero Public Safety Commission members think the evacuation center where the victims are all gathered is the linchpin of the rescue operation so making it a top priority is smart and this is the perfect role for Yoarashi and Todoroki who has overwhelmingly powerful Quirks. Mera and his men are disappointed when they instead start arguing.

In Chap. 112 Mera merely watches the battle.

In Chap. 113 Mera checks the situation and see that only 3 victims still needs to be carried on safety and when this will be done he’ll put an end to the test so mentally encourages the kids not to give up. As the last 3 are rescued, as he said, Mera put an end to the test and announces the results will be shown once all scores are tallied. The ones who are injured should proceed to the medical area while everyone else should get changed and stand by for instructions. Mera then announces it’s time for the result and explains the scoring system and how the members of the Heroes public safety commission and the members of HUC were deducting points and judged them on their ability to act flawlessly in a crisis. He then shows those who have passed the test in alphabetical order.

In Chap. 114 Mera says since the examinees have seen the results, they now will hand out the score sheets and that, since the examinees now know how the scoring system worked, they should read them carefully. The scoring system was a punitive one, with a threshold of 50 points, and they can see on their score sheets how many points they lost for each given action. Mera then explains those who have passed the exam have the legal right to act as Heroes without a professional Hero’s guidance, but only during emergencies, aka fighting Villains and rescuing people in disaster scenarios. They’ve to remember though, their actions come with a heavy responsibility to society. Mera also remembers them All Might is out of commission and how his presence served as an important deterrent to crime. Without him, more Villains will show up as the balance has shifted and the world is bound to start changing in a big way. As the next generation they’re the central pillar of society and will set the standard and become the new bulwark keeping crime at bay. The licenses they will receive are provisional and their road is still long so they should still study hard. As for those who didn’t make the cut if they sign up for and complete a special three month training course and pass the individual test at the end, they’ll get their provisional licenses too, as they need as many Heroes as they can, so the first round was a qualifier and those 100 were all chosen to move on as all them have a potential worth cultivating, which is why they were monitored till the end. Failing this exam doesn’t mean all hope is lost, if they go back and work their deficiencies, they can surpass those who won today. Also attending the training course while maintaining the regular course will make for a packed working schedule. Alternatively they can wait until April of the next year when the next test will take place.

We can also see that all who passed the exam had their provisional licenses issued immediately.

In Chap. 121 Nezu mentions the work studies, or more exactly a Hero internship (ヒーローインターン ‘HERO INTERN’) work. While it’s not said out loud, those things are regulated by the HPSC.

CULTURAL INFO: In Japan inmates can be put in solitary confinement for three months if the inmate violates the prison’s rules; provided, there is a particularly necessity to continue the isolation, then wardens of penal institutions may renew the period for one month upon expiration thereof, and every month thereafter. In short, they can keep that person isolated as long as they deem it necessary. They must obtain the opinion of a medical doctor on the staff of the penal institution about the condition of the health of the sentenced person periodically at least once every three months. Hence AFO is in solitary confinement from when he was arrested and won’t be left out of it. We don’t know if, at this point, AFO underwent a trial. Detainees awaiting a judicial decision, if there is a risk of hindering the prevention of destruction of evidence of a crime, are permitted to mutually interact with others, even in the outside of the detainee's room.

Also wardens of penal institutions must, as much as it is practical to do so, make efforts to provide inmates with access to information on principal current affairs through media such as newspapers kept at the penal institution and news report broadcasts and make books, etc. available in the penal institution, though they are to determine the means of access to the books, etc. made available. This means that banning AFO from any news coming from the outside goes against the current Japanese law.

In real life, as far as I could find, Japan doesn’t use strait-jackets on inmates but they can be restrained with leather and/or metal handcuffs which are secured tightly to a metal-strengthened leather belt so that the prisoner’s hands are fixed securely at either the front or the back of the body and prisoners may also be restrained with an additional pair of metal handcuffs which are not removed at any time, even during mealtimes, or when the prisoner needs to sleep or use the toilet when they’re placed in what is called “protection cells” as a punishment. Inmates can be kept there from a period that goes from 2-3 days to more than a week and, during this time they are monitored continuously and forced to eat food from a plastic bowl like an animal.

Now Amnesty International’s “Standard Minimum Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners” says in Article 33 that “Instruments of restraint, such as handcuffs, chains, irons and strait-jackets, shall never be applied as a punishment” and they believes that the use of leather handcuffs and body belts in Japan has the same effect as a strait-jacket and must never be imposed as a punishment… but in Tartarus we see AFO (and other inmates like Stain) being kept in strait-jackets and completely immobilized, AFO being kept under surveillance constantly. Basically, is in real life Japanese prisons already violates Amnesty international’s rules, in BNHA they do it EVEN HARDER.

In most Japanese detention centers, a prisoner may receive one or two thirty-minute visits a day, and in three centers, up to three meetings a day are authorized. Generally though, it can’t be more than three persons per visit. Yes, visiting time might be limited due to overcrowding but in the story we’re talking not of AFO receiving a visit from a family member but from All Might who’s questioning in hope to aid the police. The fact that All Might is allowed 6 minutes to visit him feels ridicule… especially since AFO was put there as an emergency measure but he should still be investigated by the police. True is though, that since prisons and police are under two different authorities, this could cause troubles and Tartarus is explicitly stated as a place in which is really hard to manage to get visiting permission… so again, it has another violation of human rights.

AFO was arrested around the beginning of August and now we’re at the beginning of September. If he was put to trial, since he’s not even attempting to deny his crimes, his trial could be solved in as few as two hearings and would end with sentencing him to death and should be executed six months after sentencing at the latest… though Japan has a bad track at keeping up with such times (we see this being true with Moonfish, who was already on death row when he escaped and joined the League in August and who’s still alive when AFO will cause a massive jailbreak in Tartarus). Prisoners are informed of their execution on the very day it is to be carried out, in some cases upon waking up. Executions always take place in the morning around 8.30 a.m. while close relatives and the media are informed once the sentence has been carried out. According to the United Nations Committee against Torture “refusing to provide convicted persons and family members advance notice of the date and time of execution is a clear human rights violation.” It causes needless psychological suffering.

Internships in Japan were initially advertised on campus for students from well-known universities, with a ten-day period and a daily bonus of about 10,000 yen provided by foreign companies. In the 2000s, some Japanese companies started using internships as a way to recruit talent during the economic downturn, and offered to university students as a way to spend the summer of their third year. By the late 2000s, it was considered the norm to have an intership and that job hunting would begins with it. Currently though internship are also available for high school students, and some participants are even given informal job offers. Although some companies do pay students, the perception is that it is basically a form of social learning and not labor.

It’s worth to mention though that high schools are usually instead AGAINST having their students have part time jobs, especially if the student is below 16 as it’s illegal for people below 16 to work.

XX SHIE HASSAI KAI ARC (122-162)

THE POLICE: In Chap. 124 Tsukauchi is in an office, likely in the “special investigation headquarters” (特別搜査本部 ‘tokubetsu sōsa honbu’) created to investigate the League with Gran Torino, working on a case, likely related to the League and tracking Shigaraki down.

In Chap. 126 Bubble Girl reads a report about how Chisaki made contact with the League of Villains. This report will later turn out (Chap. 135) having been made by the police.

In Chap. 130 Nighteye tells Midoriya about how the police arrested a band of robbers whose truck crashed with Chisaki’s group but there were no injuries or fatalities. The robbers reported that they felt an intense pain before they blacked out and that they awoke without a scratch, even preexisting ailments completely cured. Due to no one being hurt, even though the Villains were arrested, their wrists put in handcuffs at which a rope was attached so the police could pull it, the police couldn’t question Chisaki for any crime, since they also claimed the stolen money burned up.

The result was the police decided there was nothing about the incident worth investigating, which is why Nighteye and his sidekicks are instead doing it independently. And since Nighteye is right for wanting to investigate the incident, again the police shows its lack of competence compared to the Heroes. This though also remarks how Heroes are versatile, they don’t just beat up Villains but also do investigations, investigations that the police neglects to make and, when they do, they don’t have to ask for the police’s permission or anything, which makes them also independent from the police.

In Chap. 131 we see the police reporting a fight between two Villains with gigantification Quirks which are risking to destroy Espa avenue and call for Heroes. They then watch the Villains after the Heroes has defeated them and knocked them on the ground, basically revealing themselves of zero help.

In Chap. 133 the police arrests the gang Suneater, Fat Gum and Red Riot stopped, after their body was tied. They claims Fat Gun’s group had been a big help because that gang’s been selling illegal drugs and goods so they’ve been looking for a chance to catch them.

In Chap. 134 Fat Gun claims he used to work with the cops to catch drug dealers. The police reports to Fat Gun about the perpetrator’s gun. Sadly its Quirk shredded it and there are no bullets though they can tell it’s not an ordinary gun and so they’ll investigate it more.

In Chap. 135 we are reminded the police wrote off as an accident, an incident involving a band of thieves called Reservoir Dogs, even though there were some inconsistencies which prompted Nighteye agency to start an independent investigation on a designated Villain group known as the Shie Hassai Kai that lead them to discover they had been making contact with outsiders and underworld dealers throughout the past years in order to expand and accumulate fund and that,, shortly after they began investigating them, they made contact with Twice of the League of Villains They couldn’t tail them but the police provided further assistance in the sense they finding confirmed some sort of conflict between the Shie Hassai Kai and the League.

Centipedes says he couldn’t tail Chisaki and Bubaigawara but the police provided assistance and their finding confirm some sort of conflict between the two groups.

Gran Torino, realizing this could involve the League, understands that’s why Nighteye should have reached out to him and Tsukauchi (Tsukauchi is part of a task force created in response to the League of Villains and Gran Torino is working with him) and explains Tsukauchi is absent because he’s following up with more eyewitnesses… and I facepalm again at how, even though the police has established a special task force for the League… and when the police finds out the League came into contact with Overhaul, they don’t inform them immediately, no, they inform Nighteye and let him do the job at his own pace. A good police organization would have immediately sent a warning to Tsukauchi as soon as the name of the League were to come up (even the anime caught up on this changing up the way the sentence was said and removed the pause, so that it looked like Gran Torino was already aware of the situation).

Gran Torino ‘Rengō ga kakawaru hanashinara… to iu koto de ore ya Tsukauchi ni mo koe ga kakattanda.’ グラントリノ「連合が関わる話なら…ということで俺や塚内にも声がかかったんだ。」 Gran Torino “It could be something that involves the League... that's why me and Tsukauchi were asked to join in.” [Chap. 135]

Gran Torino ‘Rengō ga kakawaru hanashinara to iu koto de ore ya Tsukauchi ni mo koe ga kakattanda.’ グラントリノ「連合が関わる話ならということで俺や塚内にも声がかかったんだ。」 Gran Torino “Since it could be something that involves the League, me and Tsukauchi were asked to join in.” [Ep. 69]

In Chap. 136 Nighteye basically asks to Heroes only to help with the investigations. Yes, Tsukauchi was invited to the reunion and yes, Gran Torino will very likely rely to him what the investigation details but the point is Nighteye called and mainly counted on specific Heroes and not the police for investigations. So far investigation was mainly a police specialty in fact, even though Endeavor figured out on his own that Stain was still in Hosu and went to investigate there, we can assume he only meant to patrol there, nothing more but now we’re presented with an investigation started by Heroes because the police dismissed something, Heroes who entrust other Heroes to help with the investigation while the police is not even present to the reunion in which they discuss the matter and plan things over. This makes the police mostly redundant.

In Chap. 137 too the reunion will involve only Heroes, Nighteye will be in charge and he is the one who discovered where Eri is and how to reach her, again making the police redundant.

In Chap. 138 in front of the police station the police finally gets a role in the whole thing. They hand to the Heroes a list of all the Hassai Kai members they could find who have a registered Quirk. The policeman talking, which I guess is a detective in plainclothes like Tsukauchi, now acts as if he’s in command, giving instructions.

He wears an armband on his left arm, in the manga it seems white, in the anime it’s red with yellow borders. Other policemen in plainclothes also wear an armband. We see that there are plenty of policemen with him, around half of them in riot squad uniform.

We also see Asui is impressed by how first they had to do detective work and now they’re cooperating with the police (the English version of the manga calls it a “full-on police operation” but the Japanese version merely calls it a ‘keisatsu to no kyōryoku’ 警察との協力 “cooperation with the police”) with Ryūkyū explaining she wasn’t taught this at school so in her first years as a Hero she had a hard time… meaning back then school didn’t consider important teaching its students they would cooperate with the police. Considering how often we see Heroes working solo I do get why the school might not have thought important to teach future Heroes about cooperating with the police.

Tsukauchi and Gran Torino won’t take part to the raid because Tsukauchi learned of a big development in the League of Villains case. We’re told Tsukauchi was frustrated he couldn’t be there but the police has enough manpower already so it’s not a big deal. Honestly I agree that not having Tsukauchi wasn’t a big deal, the one who could have been useful having was Gran Torino.

The policeman then tells the Heroes that if the Hassai Kai try resisting or doing anything funny he’s counting on the Heroes to deal with it as they’re against a Yakuza group that managed to survive up till now. Again, the role of the police is marginal since it has to be expected the Shie Hassai Kai won’t go down pacifically and the ones expected to deal with them are basically solely the Heroes, the police is not instructed to do anything, they’re likely there to read the warrant and do the arrests once the Heroes have subdued them. Basically, they’re mostly decoration.

Keiji ‘HERO! Tashō teara ni natte mo shikatanai. Sukoshi demo ayashī soburi ya hankō no ishi ga mietara sugu taiō o tanomu yo! Aite wa karini mo kyō made ikinobita gokudōmono. Kureguremo ki o yurumezu ni kakuin no shigoto o mattou shite hoshī! Shutsudō!’ 刑事「ヒーロー！多少手荒になっても仕方ない。少��でも怪しい素振りや反抗の意思が見えたらすぐ対応を頼むよ！相手は仮にも今日まで生き延びた極道者。くれぐれも気を緩めずに各員の仕事を全うして欲しい！出動！」 Detective “Heroes! It can’t be helped if things get a little rough. If you see even the slightest suspicious behavior or signs of resistance, please respond immediately! We're dealing with a Yakuza criminal organization which has managed to survive until today. Please remain vigilant and complete your work! Mobilize!” [Chap. 138]

When they’re about to enter the detective says once he has read the warrant things are gonna start moving so they should try to end it quickly.

Keiji ‘Reijō yomi agetara da──tsu!! To! Ikunde! Sumiyaka ni yoroshiku onegai shimasu.’ 刑事「令状読み上げたらダ──ッ！！と！行くんで！速やかによろしくお願いします。」 Detective “Once I read out the warrant dash!! And! Charge in! Please act quickly.” [Chap. 138]

Hearing him repeat this again Rock Lock accuses him of not trusting them.

ROCK LOCK ‘Shitsukoi na. Shinyō sarete nee no ka?’ ロックロック「しつこいな。信用されてねぇのか？」 Rock Lock “You're so persistent. Don't you trust us?” [Chap. 138]

The other Heroes though, defend the policeman scolding Rock Lock. Hard to say if Rock Lock is right or wrong since Rock Lock has been presented with an unpleasant character. As he doesn’t look Asian though, the idea is probably that Rock Lock lacks the ‘Japanese ability’ to read the atmosphere and therefore he’s less tactful than the other Heroes.

This doesn’t mean he’s right or wrong. The detective could be repeating the same things over and over because he lacks in faith of Heroes or because he’s a nervous rockie. Hard to say since this guy is so under characterized we don’t even get to know his name.

The Yakuza has Katsukame Rikiya, one of the eight bullets, attack them before the detective can do so much as ring the bell, and send two policemen (the ones who weren’t in riot squad uniform) fly so they need to get saved by Midoriya and Eraser Head while others are moved away by Fat Gum so they don’t get hit.

I guess here I should talk of the placement of the policemen here as, since they expected resistance, it would have been better to place the ones in riot uniform in front of the ones who weren’t. While they probably would have sent flying just the same, they would have had less chances to get injured by a direct attack. Even better, they could have just placed the Heroes ahead of them.

Ryūkyū, a Hero, deals with Katsukame so that Heroes and police can enter inside the Shie Hassai Kai Headquarters. Other members of the Shie Hassai Kai face them and the detective announces them as the Heroes and the police and claims the Hassai Kai is suspected of the production and sale of illegal substances so they’ve a warrant to search the place. His effort amazes Kirishima. The Yakuza are not impressed and still attack them with their Quirks and the Heroes take care of this.

In Chap. 139 the police continues taking part to the raid… and continued to be saved by the Heroes. As the Yakuza are trying to slow them down in a coordinated way Suneater worries about a leak, however the detective denies it, claiming it’s normal for a mob to act with a real sense of unity and hey, at least they do know how Yakuza work. The detective also guesses it’s Irinaka Jōi aka Mimic, the Headquarters director (本部長 ‘honbu chō’), who’s controlling the reshaping of the building. Thanks to him only 4 policemen and the detective can continue advancing with Fat Gum, Nighteye, Kirishima, Suneater, Eraser Head and Lock Rock.

In Chap. 140 the police and the Heroes find themselves face to face with 3 more Shie Hassai Kai bullets, the detective recognizing Setsuno Tōya and warning his men not to try to pull a gun on him as his Quirk allows him to take any object that their target possesses, bringing it into his hands. I’m impressed he would warn his men not to pull a gun on someone, so far the police hadn’t tried to shoot a single bullet, letting the Heroes do all the work, so I don’t know why he thought his men would try to do it now instead than let the Heroes do their job. Eraser Head though erases Setsuno’s Quirk so the police points their gun at the bullets, the detective telling them to surrender. Predictably though, they’re ignored and it’s Suneater who deals with the Shie Hassai Kai men.

In Chap. 142 we see Nighteye’s group advance followed by the detective and the police. At the same time Bubble Girl is tying up some Shie Hassai Kai guys with rope while the police watches.

In Chap 147 the police continues to tail Nighteye’s group (which had been forced to part ways with Fat Gum and Kirishima), the detective commenting on how Irinaka is like some sort of whacked out mole. Then Eraser Head and Midoriya are also parted by the police and Nighteye and Rock Lock also ends divided by them.

In Chap. 148 the police watches as Nighteye knocks down the clone of Rappa Twice made.

In Chap. 149 Mimic tries to crush the police but he’s discovered by Midoriya and stopped by Eraser Head.

In Chap. 153 the detective complains that although the living labyrinth is over they can’t know which way to go, to which Nighteye replies he knows in which direction they should go, impressing a policeman. The detective orders Irinaka, which the police has tied with ropes, to turn the place back to normal but Irinaka can’t, as the drug wore off. I also would point out there’s to wonder if Irinaka would have obeyed them had he be allowed to use his Quirk, or he would have tried to use his Quirk against them or not lift a finger. The detective complains Toga and Twice of the League should still be around there, and this causes Irinaka to call the two of them traitors. Nighteye asks then where are the other members of the League to which Irinaka replies he doesn’t know but that he’ll kill them if he’ll fine them. The police has now out his guns and is looking around, as if expecting Twice and Toga to just attack them even though they comment they don’t feel like they’re about to attack even though they clearly aren’t on their side. The detective stated that the League is wanted by the police so as police officers they can’t just ignore them… which honestly, no one suggested and I facepalm as they make it sounds as if the police now would like everyone to drop the Shie Hassai Kai operation to chase two members of the League. Rock Lock in fact tell Midoriya, Eraser Head and Nighteye to forget about the League and pursue their main objective. If they have to they can leave the League to the cops and he’ll also stay behind as he was wounded by Toga and must remain here to help make sure Irinaka will stay put. The detective realize he’s right. What I’d like to point out is that the police has no hope against two members of the League, even if they’re just Toga and Twice, and they even need a wounded Rock Lock’s help to make sure they can control Irinaka. Really, tell Nighteye and Co to leave the League to the cops seems more like an excuse for them to be free to leave the cops behind as they had been of no help at all and more of a bother so far.

In Chap. 156 we see the police having tied and arrested an unconscious Katsukame after Ryūkyū has defeated him.

Ryūkyū tells the police to put him in isolation. However due to the Quirk boost he got before being defeated by Ryūkyū finally kicking in, Katsukame manages to suck the police energy as well as the one of Asui and Uraraka and free himself from his binding so he can fight again. BTW this is the first Villain who manages to break those bindings. Ryūkyū and the other Heroes still manage to protect the police and keep on fighting.

In Chap. 159 Suneater stabs Chrono’s arm to stop him from stabbing Eraser Head. The police is behind Suneater, pointing their guns at Chrono, telling him to surrender.

Why Chrono doesn’t use his Quirk to slow them is anybody’s guess. Ryūkyū brings the police outside of the hole done when fighting Katsukame. We then see Ryūkyū instruct the police about what to do. They should call for the ambulances as they’ve a large number of wounded and comb the area for members of the League. The police, along with Bubble Girl and Centipeder, also find the place where Fat Gum, Kirishima, Rappa Kendō and Tengai Hekiji are, as well as the one in which the old boss of the Shie Hassai Kai is. They direct the people on the ambulances toward where the wounded are, the detective looking at Eri as Midoriya, who’s holding her, explains she’s feverish.

Later we see 2 vehicles transporting 11 members of the Shie Hassai Kai, including Chisaki (who’s tied on a bed with his hand in some sort of contraption) at Takodana Villain hospital. We see that the vehicle in which Chisaki is in also has another person tied on a bed and contains at least 3 iron maidens. The vehicles are driven by the police when a van with the League on it appears.

In Chap. 160 it turns out Snatch, a Hero who is on a police car ahead of the vehicle on which Chisaki is, tries to stop it when the League attacks. When the car is turned over though, Snatch manages to save the policeman inside it who was driving it, while the one that was driving the vehicle over which Chisaki was is decayed by Shigaraki. That vehicle turns over while the police car slams against the one behind it, causing it to turn over as well. It’s unclear if the policeman who was supposedly driving it, died. All we know is no one stops the League when they dispose of Snatch, pull out Chisaki from the vehicle he was in, retrieve the bullets and take Chisaki’s arms away from him. Spinner urges the League to leave as they’ll be after them soon but we see no one coming. Apparently all the escort those two vehicles had was a lone police car. By the way in the anime we only see one vehicle.

In Chap. 161 we are told that half of the police officers were brought down by Katsukame’s Quirk while the remaining ones helped the Heroes to conduct damage assessment.

In Chap. 162, up in the mountains Gran Torino captures Kurogiri. With him are also Tsukauchi and other agents. Gran Torino claims they found Kurogiri thanks to lot of eyewitness reports in the past few days and that if they captures Kurogiri who for Gran Torino is the League’s peskiest member, the rest will easily fall. Tsukauchi, pointing a gun at Kurogiri, claims Kurogiri can produce gates around his hands and head so Gran Torino should be careful and getting Kurogiri cuffed won’t be easy. I should probably mention they usually don’t cuff Villains but wraps them in bindings around their body so I don’t see the problem. While Tsukauchi is pointing his gun at Kurogiri, the other two policemen hadn’t done it yet but are about to do it (because it’s not like they should hurry to do so) as Kurogiri, instead than using his warp gates, just lie down and claims that around these parts there’s a rumor about a wild man who appears unexpectedly, one he has business with and asks Gran Torino if he’d heard about him. Gran Torino wants Kurogiri to sit down and tell them about the guy when they hear Machia stepping closer. Kurogiri tells them Shigaraki Tomura wasn’t the only one AFO molded and that they are about to meet Gigantomachia, another of AFO’s loyal servants. Honestly there’s plenty of wrong in this bit that I don’t know if to blame it to the incompetence of the police or to Horikoshi. It’s absurd the police missed how Gigantomachia was seen on the mountains and will lose track of him later, but it’s also dumb how Kurogiri instead let himself be spotted multiple times, apparently over the course of more than one day, and captured so easily. The past time they captured him, not only they had Kamui Wood restrain him but they used Edgeshot to knock him unconscious so that he couldn’t use his warp gates but here there’s just Gran Torino hovering over him, he’s awake and he doesn’t even try to use his gates to escape. And conveniently Machia, whom he had been searching for days apparently, appears right then and… well, I’ll discuss it in the next chapter but the rest of the scene isn’t good as well.

Going on with the chapter we learn the day after the League attacked the convoy transporting Chisaki the police had to apologize on TV as the case of the attack as the criminal were being transported represented an unprecedented failure and with confirmation that key pieces of evidence were lost, criticism of the police was only ramping up.

I can’t really blame the criticism as there was no reason to transport the bullets along with Chisaki and the vigilance of a convoy transporting 11 criminal was really low as they had only 1 police car with 1 Hero with themselves. It’s interesting though how it’s the police that’s taking the blame and not the Heroes, meaning it was up to the police to either make a request for more Hero assistance or just handle the matter themselves.

THE LAW: //

THE PRISONS: In Chap. 125 Chisaki mentions AFO is now locked in Tartarus.

In Chap. 159 we are told the Shie Hassai Kai members who were wounded are being taken to Takodana Villain Hospital (鮹棚の敵（ヴィラン）病院 ‘Takodana no teki (read: VILLAIN) byōin’). As this could be the equivalent of a real life Medical prisons (医療刑務所 ‘iryō keimusho’), a Japanese prison established to house people who require medical treatment, it felt fitting to place this info here.

THE HERO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION: In Chap. 122 Aizawa explains how the work studies work. It’s an opportunity generally given to second and third years and a more immersive version of the internship or better “work experience” (職場体験 ‘shokuba taiken’) the students already had. In order to secure their work studies the students will be using their networking connection from the sports festival and the students can choose if to have a work study or not. Who didn’t have connections thanks to the sports festival would find hard to have a work study. In the past though every agency in the country would seek out applicants but the competition to win over U.A. high students caused a lot of issues so that’s why things are as they are now. I would argue that agencies did that after the sports festival and there weren’t troubles but that’s how Eraser Head explains it. Of course the students can take part to them because they earned their provisional license but Eraser Head warns them there’s virtually no precedent for licensed first-years taking part to work studies. However, with the sudden outburst of Villain activity the possibility of first-year work studies is being given cautious consideration. Later the Big Three will also talk to Class A about their work study experience.

In Chap. 124 Lemillion explains during their work studies they weren’t just guests but genuine sidekicks treated like Pro who dealt with life-and-death situations but gained experience they can’t get at school.

The whole arc basically will deal with the work study of some members of Class A but I won’t report what will happen in it chapter by chapter because that’s more a personal adventure of each character involved and not really something the HPSC organized.

CULTURAL INFO: Armbands are worn in Japan as a way to display a person’s role. I couldn’t find any info about the police wearing armband beyond the green and white one that’s meant to imply they’re working as traffic policemen. However, since in this case they’re worn by policemen in plainclothes, they might be there to imply said plainclothes people are actually policemen.

In Japan it’s not illegal to be a Yakuza member, which is why the police knows the Shie Hassai Kai is a Yakuza organization and which are its members but, as long as they do nothing, they can’t barge in and arrest them. They needed to wait to have proof of producing and selling drugs to get a warrant against them.

In Japan the use or possession of small amounts of drugs may result in a prison sentence of between one and ten years and Japanese law allows for a fine of up to 5,000,000 yen. The most severe drug penalty – life imprisonment - is reserved for the production, exportation or importation of amphetamines or heroin with intent to supply. While the Quirk cancelling drug is neither, I guess it can fall into the same law.

XX REMEDIAL COURSE ARC (163-168)

THE POLICE: In Chap. 163 Gran Torino informs All Might he and the police caught Kurogiri but they had to let go Gigantomachia. We see a wounded Gran Torino carrying away Kurogiri, a wounded Tsukauchi and possibly another policeman. While the police, as usual, was of no help at all in this, it’s weird how they managed to take away Kurogiri so easily since the latter wasn’t knocked down and they also had to fight Gigantomachia. They then claim Gigantomachia has gone in hiding but, honestly, Gigantomachia has never been much subtle so I’ve hard time believing this.

In Chap. 164 Mera mentions there was an ongoing investigation regarding how Illus-o-Camie lost her memories. Her teacher will then comment on how there were discrepancies between her account of the facts and what the others saw, plus anesthetics were found in her system and U.A. high testimonies which lead Shiketsu to believe that she was impersonated by someone from the League, so both the police and the Heroes’s predictions were wrong and they need to take preventive measures as soon as possible.

THE LAW: //

THE PRISONS: //

THE HERO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION: In Chap. 163 we see that the remedial Hero license course takes place somewhere different from Takoba arena.

In Chap. 164 we meet again Hero Public Safety Commission “tired Mera” (ヒーロー公安委員会” 疲れの目良” HERO kōan iinkai “tsukare no Mera”) who explains they’ve rented out that fully equipped sports center for the students’ training and adds recently he’s scared of sleeping. He explains only 10 students were attending to the course but today they’ll be joined by student number 11, Utsushimi Camie/Illus-o-Camie. Mera continues explaining how Illus-o-Camie had the right to take part to the course as she made it to round two but she lost her memories starting from a few days before the test to the whole test, so her participation was delayed due to an ongoing investigation. Mera doesn’t say he knows Himiko was impersonating her during the test but Shiketsu knows about it so the HPSC likely knows as well. Mera then calls Gang Orca who starts the lesson. Mera is watching how the lesson is going with other two men, when Present Mic steals his microphone.

In Chap. 165 Mera complains on what Present Mic says, claiming that’s a training course so he should have some respect but still let him speak, Present Mic now seated near him. It’s unknown where the other HPSC member went. In the next scene we’ll see seated between Mera and Present Mic there’s Ikoma Komari, the Masegaki school teacher taking care of the kids who’re taking part to the lesson to which Present Mic asks if she has requests. As Mera doesn’t stop him, we can guess this also becomes part of the training course.

In Chap. 166 we see that the men who used to sit near Mera has disappeared, Mera has remained the only one watching the course, and seated next to him are first Ikoma Komari and then Present Mic. Meanwhile Shishikura Seiji/Shishikross joins Present Mic in making a live commentary of the course, Mera not even attempting to stop him.

In Chap. 167, at the end of the lesson, we see Mera talking with Gang Orca. It’s unknown what they say.

CULTURAL INFO: //

XX U.A. SCHOOL FESTIVAL ARC (169-183)

THE POLICE: In Chap. 170, in Hosu, Tsuragamae Kenji is informed another video of Gentle Criminal popped up and complains they’ve not a single lead to track him.

He order his men to try to pinpoint the location from which he uploaded the video, but he’s told he always bounces the signal around. Tsuragamae still insists for them to try. Seeing the video though, he wonders if Gentle Criminal is serious or or he’s just joking.

In Chap. 173 the Commissioner General of the National Police Agency goes to U.A. high to talk with Nezu with 2 of his men, demanding he’ll voluntarily cancel the school festival.

Nezu is surprised to see the man paying him a visit. The Commissioner General claims there are more Villains than ever while Heroes are on shaky ground so if something were to happen there again they might not be able to stop it, which is why he wants Nezu to avoid risks (aka not to the school festival) and keep on raising new generations. Nezu tries answering back but he’s shot down with how he shouldn’t make this an easy target for Villains. Nezu insists as he claims his students need this type of events exactly because they’re in such times and that they will take precautions, then bows lows and begs him. Nezu worked hard to make the school festival happen and even had a dispute with the higher-ups. The result is they’ll have the school festival but security will be tighter and if an alarm goes off, even by mistake, the whole thing will be off and everyone will get evacuated. It’s interesting to see though how the Commissioner General couldn’t summon Nezu nor really order him to cancel the festival. He had to go visiting him and tried to pressure him in doing so, where the HPSC can summon Heroes and can order them things.

In Chap. 177 Midoriya claims he has already called the police, although it’s just a bluff to scare Gentle Criminal. This is also a consequence of the strictness of the rules the police set, so that Midoriya can’t really call the police, as otherwise the school festival will be cancelled, which could have terrible consequences were Gentle Criminal to be a dangerous criminal.

In Chap. 179, in a flashback, what I assume is the police, informs Gentle the man who fell will need 6 months to make a full recovery and he even prevented an Hero from executing the rescue. Hence he’ll be charged of obstructing public duties.

In Chap. 181 Gentle Criminal claims he wants to turn himself in and he’s carried to the police station by Hound Dog as he’s told he’ll explain there the detail.

In Chap. 183 the police asks La Brava if she taught herself how to do all the things she does with the computer and she confirms it. They ask her what she does for a living and she says she’s La Brava and asks her if she never thought to use her talents to do good in the world. She says never as all she wanted was to help Gentle.

In another room Gori (ゴリ), a police detective, tells Gentle there’s a simple test to check if La Brava was brainwashed or not, so he doesn’t believe he has brainwashed her but thinks she’s just in love with him.

Gori claims that plenty of Gentle Criminal’s crimes were only attempted ones but the sheer number tells him she was in on it. Gentle Criminal insists she never took part to them. Gori points out how he’s a high school dropout formerly in a Hero course, who went astray and started committing crimes on video. Gentle claims he recalled his dream but it frightened him and so he dashed forth, maybe down on the wrong path. Gori says it’s good he gave up today as he believes the only people who can’t turn their lives around are the ones with no real desire to change, who are too impatient and wants result right away then asks him if he wants tea. Gentle Criminal asks for black tea but he’s told they only have normal one.

I don’t know if Gori’s message is meant to represent the police’s message or just Gori’s but I facepalm at it. Gentle ended up in troubles when he tried to help someone and it failed, and there was no way out from the hole he fell and the same is true for many of the other characters who’ll become Villains, like Twice, Toga, Spinner, Dabi and so on. It wasn’t a matter of being too impatient and wanting results right away, it was a matter of knowing results would never arrive. Twice would forever remain homeless, Toga would be forever banned from using her Quirk, Spinner would be forever discriminated, Dabi would never receive his father’s attention and support and, if things were to change, it would be due to a lucky coincidence, like Enji becoming Number 1 and deciding to go on an atonement path, not due to slow but sure chances for things to change. It’s not really a matter of being in a hurry, it’s a matter of not seeing a way out and if this is the approach the police has with Villains, that they’re just people who can’t wait, they aren’t going to solve things at all but will keep on telling to people who’re in troubles to wait patiently.

THE LAW: //

THE PRISONS: //

THE HERO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION: //

CULTURAL INFO: In Japan “Obstructing official duties” is called ‘Kōmu shikkō bōgai’ (公務執行妨害) and broadly means hindering or increasing the burden of the officer in carrying out official duties. Circumstances around arrests in such cases are often unclear and arbitrary (as such charges are often used against protesters and journalists). In fact while Gentle Criminal went in the way of the Hero attempting to perform the rescue, he clearly didn’t mean to hinder him, his actions aimed at saving a person from falling and only accidentally ending up in the way of the Hero. If I understood things correctly, since Tobita didn’t use force to get in the way of an official, he would just be punished with a fine but it’s possible he would first be arrested and detained before a trial would establish a fine would be enough. Being arrested is a big deal in Japan and lead to the person being arrested and his family to be ostracized and bullied by society. We see Tobita gets expelled from school, the gate of his house vandalized with insulting graffiti and paint, his mailbox filled with trash. Often the family prefers to distance itself from a family member who has been arrested so as to avoid repercussions, in fact we see Tobita being chased away by them.

XX PRO HERO ARC (184-193)

THE POLICE: In Chap. 186 Hawks claims he teamed up with the police once to investigate about rumors about the Nōmu being sighted but they kept the investigation under wrap to avoid panic and nothing turned up. As this is a story he’s telling to Endeavor, it’s possible though this never happened. If it had though, it would be especially bad that Tsukauchi’s group wasn’t informed by the police about this.

In Chap. 191 Hawks reveals to be aware there’s a search team for the League which includes Gran Torino, a team of which he supposedly should have known nothing about. The scene is played to imply Hawks is good at discovering this sort of things but actually Tsukauchi didn’t exactly made it a secret as he told Midoriya and then we also had the detective who joined the Heroes in the Shie Hassai Kai raid who also knew about it and talked about it so I don’t know if this is a case of police inefficiency in keeping a secret or it’s just the executive guy who thinks that’s a reserved matter when it’s not.

In Chap. 192 Hawks, talking with Enji, claims he wants to get in touch with the police team searching for the League. It’s probably either a lie or a cover as Hawks’ endgame is another but it’s possible he contacted Tsukauchi and Co. even though the story will never mention if this happened.

THE LAW: //

THE PRISONS: In Chap. 184, the Pussycats tell Class A that in Tartarus, AFO, still tied on a chair and in a straightjacket claims that when he sees a good Quirk he needs to have it, even if he knows it’s not right. He claims he’ll love to return the Quirk he stole to Ragdoll but it’ll involve him using his Quirk and asks if he should. As he’s still being pressed to find out which and how many Quirks he has stolen, he’s still being kept completely immobilized.

THE HERO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION: In Chap. 184 we are told the Pussycats are about to return in active duty because they’re about to announce the year’s second Japanese Hero billboard chart. In the Japanese Hero billboard chart, incident resolution rate, contributions to society, public approval rating are all that matter when determining the official Hero ranking twice a year and, for the first time, Heroes will take part to the presentation. The whole thing is another of the things handled by the HPSC. We see an appropriate theater/arena has been chosen to host it and that the press is allowed in as well as public, though it’s hard to say if the public is composed also by civilians or they’re all Heroes. The ranking, as announced is, from ten to one: Dragon Hero Ryūkyū, Equipped Hero: Yoroi Musha, Laundry Hero: Wash, Wood Hero: Kamui Woods, Shield Hero: Crust, Rabbit Hero: Mirko, Ninja Hero: Edgeshot, Fiber Hero: Best Jeanist, Wing Hero: Hawks, Flame Hero: Endeavor.

In Chap. 185 we are explained the HPSC looks over the past year of heroism and, using a proprietary formula to quantify incident resolution rate, societal contribution and public approval rating, presents the results in the form of ranking. As incident resolution rate is the most important factor and Heroes who tackle bigger incidents end up with even more public support, those involved in major crises quickly find themselves climbing in ranks.

We meet an unnamed woman who’s revealed to be the ‘HERO kōan iinkai kaichō’ (ヒーロー公安委員会会長 “Hero Public Safety Committee President”).

She will explains they decided to make such an elaborate ceremony because they’re at a critical juncture for our times as it’s been three months since All Might’s retirement and the word on the street is that their society is still missing an icon but the Heroes are ready to take on that mantle so she asks everyone to join them in their quest for a peaceful society. The Heroes say some words, Hawks fires up the short and Endeavor manages to answer in tune. Later Hawks claim he did what he did because Endeavor will never be idolized the way All Might was, but they need a new leader and Endeavor was cool as he answered his words. He then asks Endeavor to team up with him in an investigation about Nōmu. Hawks will be later revealed being also an Hero directly working for the HPSC, so it’s unclear if what he did was of his own volition or it was done at their own request to give Endeavor a chance to shine. What’s instead known is that he asks Endeavor to team up with him in an investigation that’s part of his infiltration plan into the League as per request of the HPSC. It’s worth to mention for the sake of this meta I’ll report Hawks’ actions when they appear to be connected to the will of the HPSC and not when he’s just acting as a Hero.

In Chap. 186 as per his plan, Hawks meets Endeavor in Fukuoka and calls him to a Yakitori joint called Yoritomi and tells him he was planning to scout Shōto at the sport festival but instead got Tokoyami. As Chap. 199 will reveal Hawks questions Tokoyami a lot about the League’s attack at USJ it can be wondered if his plan of scouting Shōto was also due to a request from the HPSC so as to get info directly from him. There’s to say though that Hawks was chosen for an infiltration mission AFTER Kamino, and Tokoyami interned under him after the sport festival, therefore prior to Kamino, so it can be that Hawks’ curiosity about the League was just his own. Back to Hawks and Endeavor, Hawks then starts spinning a story about rumors regarding the Nōmu appearing all over the country, not big enough to make it into the news but enough to make housewives and schoolkids gossip about them and that he even investigated on one of those supposed sighting with the police. He claims the idea can be that those rumors are an attempt at spreading panic and that he wants Endeavor to look into them and reassure the people they’re unfounded. This story is likely false as it’ll turn out Hawks, in order to infiltrate with the League, is working with Dabi who asked him to bring there a Hero on which to test a Nōmu. Supposedly the testing should have taken place the day after but Dabi, seeing him with Endeavor, sends the Highend Nōmu to attack them on that same day.

Chap. 187 shows Hawks’ official profile though in it there’s no mention of his connection to the HPSC.

In Chap. 189 we see no sight of the police, it’s just the Heroes doing rescue work, though Hawks notes how 3 Nōmu ended up near the police box. There’s maybe 1 police officer asking to the escaping people to keep calm.

In Chap. 191 Hawks wants to be the one facing Dabi, claiming he only has his tiny feathers but they would be enough. This is likely due to how he still wants to cultivate relations with Dabi so that he can use him to get introduced to the League of Villains. In fact, when he’ll meet Dabi later, it’ll turn out he has a long feather he can use as if it were a Katana. Hawks protests on how this was meant to happen the day after and not downtown but at the factory by the water and that Dabi didn’t mention how strong the Nōmu was. Dabi clearly doubts Hawks but Hawks insists he’s on their side and that he’s just keeping up appearances and acting in the League’s best interest and the more people have faith in him the better intel he can give them. Still Dabi doesn’t believe him. Later Hawks remember how the Hero Public Safety Committee President, along with the executive officer which appeared in Chap. 95 asked him to join the League of Villains.

As Hawks protests there’s already a team searching for them which includes Gran Torino he’s asked where he heard it and the Hero Public Safety Committee President claims that’s why they want him, because he has sharp eyes and ears. The executive officer claims that at the Kamino fight they had to consider the safety of the kidnapped victim and so they rushed in and since they didn’t have enough intel they misread their opponents’ strength. To win they need intel, especially about the Nōmu, as they want to discover if they’re something that can be made solely using AFO’s power or not. They believe if they don’t get more intel about the League they’ll keep on making the same mistakes. Hawks asks what he’s supposed to do if they hurt people and if he should turn a blind eye to it. The executive officer tells him they’re asking him because they believe he’s someone who can ignore it. Hawks is indifferent to honor or accolades and can set his eyes on the long game and act accordingly so he’s the best for this. The executive officer talks a lot more than the Hero Public Safety Committee President and I really would love to know if he’s an executive officer for the police or for the NPSC. The manga never says so and the anime is unclear on this so, unless Horikoshi himself will reveal it, we’ll never know.

In Chap. 192 we see a continuation of the previous discussion. Hawks asks if it’s necessary and the president claims they wouldn’t suggest it otherwise. If Hawks infiltrate in the League they can attack it from inside and outside easily cutting off any chance they’ll have to escape. Hawks points out it’s funny they say they’re suggesting it when he can’t refuse. The president claims she won’t deny it and that they got lucky that Hawks wasn’t in Kamino. Hawks claims that if by getting his hands dirty he can bring everyone peace of mind he’ll gladly take on the task as he wants create a society where Heroes can enjoy boredom. The way Hawks says he can’t refuse and that the president claims she won’t deny it, seem to imply Hawks is more bound to the wills of the HPSC than any other Hero. As if to explain why we get a flashback in which we learn that as a child Hawks saved 6 people from a high speed accident so, learning about it, people searched for him (in the anime it’s implied the order to search for him came from the Hero Public Safety Committee President but this isn’t done in the manga) and, once they tracked him down, they commented he had real talent and was definitely Hero material so they promise they’ll provide to his family.

CULTURAL INFO: Not really a cultural info, just a medical one. If you keep a person completely immobilized for months, this will have serious consequences on his health. To give you an example if you’ve a fracture the limb shouldn’t be kept immobilized for longer than 4 weeks to avoid poor flexibility. Muscles start to atrophy due to disuse within two to three weeks. Pressure ulcers can start to form as fast as 20 minutes due to the pressure of the body weight on a small area of skin stopping the blood flowing properly through that area. That’s why comatose patients should be repositioned every couple of hours (sometimes as little as every 30 minutes) and throughout the day to reduce their risk of developing these sores. And now we’re told that AFO was arrested in August and now we’re in November and he’s still being kept in a straightjacket and completely immobilized in a seating position. This makes three months of that life, a clear violation of his human rights as it would endanger him, never mentioning he’s kept seated and with the light turned on all the time, which doesn’t help his sleeping schedule. Basically what’s being done on him constitutes torture.

#boku no hero academia #mha meta #bnha meta #bnha spoilers #Tsuragamae Kenji #Tsukauchi Naomasa #Gori #Takami Keigo

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ride-thedragon · 2 years ago

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NETTLES AND THE IDEA OF INNOCENCE

Innocence, especially for women in asoiaf has a particular place in their perception.

Innocence in our world holds a very similar place.

When a character is innocent, you want better for them because any turmoil they go through is undeserved, and by the rules of both societies, it should allow them to be exalted from hardships.

So when it comes to such a small character like Nettles the idea of her innocence is perpetuated past the character we have because she is exalted from the concequence of what she is accused of in the narrative and is redeemed from all the hardship she faces towards the beginning when she claims a dragon.

But I don't think that's fair or correct so I want to go over some things we know and hear about her that people use to defend this idea of innocence and come to the conclusion that even though she is innocent it's not in the way typically attributed to her.

1. Nettles and Sheep:

Her relationship to this animal is a fun metaphor to understand her. Nettles trades sheep to gain her dragon Sheepstealer. Nettles trades innocence for power.

"Lambs have always been sacrificial animals. From the Ancient Greeks and Romans to Christians and even later civilizations, lambs were used for sacrifice to a higher purpose. In most cases, it was the sacrifice to Gods.These are the qualities that make lambs so symbolic. "

"They are a sign of innocence, purity, vulnerability, and sacrifice. Many of these symbols overlap with the symbolism of youth."

The idea of innocence is something that her taming Sheepstealer inherently corrupts. She slaughters sheep every day to get close enough to establish a bond to him. It's a continued effort to trade innocence for power, and because dragons make Targaryens closer to gods than men, the idea is that she's offering a sacrifice to a 'god' to gain power.

I'll link my post about this parallel she has to sheep further.

Another thing is that she's young, and that plays a part in what she is absolved from in the narrative because of the nativity and ability to grow with the potential of youth.

2. Nettles and The Cost of Power:

The regression of this trade for power comes after Driftmark is sacked and burned. In the war effort that Nettles largely contributed to, she loses her friend and her home. We are told her reaction to the loss is crying through the soot on her face so hard it leaves streaks. As with what happens consistently in mythology, the protagonist reaps benefits and consequences in the quest for power. The cost of gaining that power was fighting in the war, something she knew would happen. The fact that it came at the cost of her closest known relationship at the time as well as the place she grew up and had to leave behind to join the war effort is conceivable but not predictable for anyone to know. Especially not a 16 year old girl.

3. Nettles and King's Landing:

A while back, I drew attention to the fact that in the book, we have no real evidence that Nettles had any of the promises made to the Dragon Claimers kept to her. No marriages, lands, or knighthood equivalents are given to her in the wake of the fight. A lot of people use this as a way to say she's innocent because she believes in a cause and is sticking by it. That doesn't seem accurate towards the situation. King's Landing is the capital at that moment for punishing treason. She's a young, grieving girl, experiencing the price of power in a place where her refusal to fight or her running away will be met with a death warrant. Nettles has a nose scar for stealing allegedly. She's one of the characters we know understands the cost of disobedience in this world. She is a cost they'd be willing to pay. Even with her dragon adding to her necessity during the war, they're executing Noble men at that time. Nettles' entire life in juxtaposition to their's is incredibly small. Whether or not she cared about gaining anything (I like to think they gave her money), it's very clear that it's a weary time with major consequences for defiance or treason.

4. Nettles and Daemon:

This is the one people use this idea of innocence the most frequently for. "Nettles was innocent of the accusation made against her (sleeping with Daemon, not witchcraft), and Rhaenyra was influenced and turned against her."

Nettles doesn't need to be innocent for what Rhaenyra did to be wrong. The men who defend Nettles against the decree say that Nettles is wrong but young and shouldn't be killed for that. They conceded that the idea of treason is fair, but the idea surrounding it with the spell implications is simply incorrect and will make Daemon kill them if executed. Daemon is the sole person who puts her in danger and saves her in this narrative for his own character arc. Nettles isn't innocent, but she is young. She has her life ahead of her and has done everything that is expected of her. She isn't punished for love by the narrative. It saves her life and allows her to escape the trapping of power altogether, something she never returns to traditionally.

She does return to it with the burned men, but entirely away from the system, she originally gained that power from.

5. Nettles and Treason:

She did commit treason. That's not an innocent thing. It quite literally required her sleeping with a married prince. Whether or not she's a virgin (we'll get to it) in this world, giving into sex outside of marriage or prostitution as a woman is framed as wrong because of the value of virtue for women. With someone like Nettles, she'd know it's a bad thing and still proceeds with it. While as prince consort and a man Daemon will never dare a lick of concequence for adultery, Nettles would, and treason isn't a far stretch for the crime. Even with the understanding that Daemon would protect her, that they seemingly have, it's not okay. (It is to me. She's completely innocent.)

6. Nettles and Virginity:

Virtue is a currency in this world. Sleeping with a girl and deflowering is seen as a commodity and milestone. Virtue for women is posed as an added value. Without it, as we see in the books, women without maidenheads are seen as a lesser offer often beneath the standard of noble men.

Nettles is not ever positioned as a virgin. In this world, it's a logical conclusion to draw that she is not and would've traded sex for food or money. I'm not saying that happened, but if it did, there seems to be a stigma that it makes her lesser character in the story and / or denies her own autonomy by demeaning her. With the way it is presented in the narrative, it's a fair conclusion to draw. It's said to deter the idea that Daemon would sleep with her because she isn't even worth it, and that's my issue with the she should be virtuous reading.

It falls into the temptation of a character doing what she must to survive being a way to demean her. Nettles was surviving every day before the sowing. Her having sex, prostitution or just because she could, should not shroud her character in any world. Nettles can exist as both a critical view of how Westeros treats girls like her and as an autonomous character who chooses whether or not to have sex given her situation without it being demeaning or derogatory towards her as a character.

7. Nettles and Sex Work:

To add on, sex work is often demonized in this world, and because of the poor class of women often in these positions who are quite young and have no real alternative. Nettles as a character would exist in contradiction to the narrative of not only sex workers who die or are brutalized in that life, think book Shae, Show Roz. She'd also be the one who is actively saved by the class of people who often perpetuate this system of abuse they exist in.

Nettles isn't in it anymore or has once been preyed on by the entrapping cycle that brothels perpetuate but escapes and makes her own way. She's foul-mouthed and marred because of it, but she also becomes a dragonrider, and then when she has sex it's because she wants to.

When the narrative tries to condemn her for it, she's saved by the person who puts her in that position, unlike the other girls, like Tysha, Nettles' value isn't placed on her past sexual partners, and she is like the other girls who fall victim to the predatory sex work establishments in ASOIAF, but she escapes and isn't punished in the narrative for sleeping with someone or trying to survive in the first place. Something we don't really see in this world.

Overall,

The overarching angle of innocence pushed on her character is extremely strange and does not benefit her as a character. Innocence in this world is based on patriarchal feudalism that commodifies women into property and places value on them like stock that depreciates with superficial nonsense.

Question this world.

Nettles isn't innocent and shouldn’t have to be to deserve the ending she gets. She can just escape because she learns and grows and is young enough to do it without major consequences for her.

Nettles is innocent however, in the narrative of a poor, homeless girl with nothing, accomplishing a tremendous feat and gaining power from it, being used in wars and fights that have nothing to do with her and having the threat of death looming if she doesn't comply.

In being used as a means to an end in a conflict between the two most powerful people in the realm and escaping without any permanent concequence to her. She's not guilty.

Let girls have fun and be complex characters in their narratives. Innocence isn't a necessity, but even if it was for you to like her, she is, in a sense, innocent.

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daisys-reality · 2 years ago

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ANSWERED ASKS & OTHER POSTS MADE BY DAISYS-REALITY ♡๑

In this section you can find some ask/questions I received here as well as some of my original posts... I guess. This is pretty random, I mainly chose those that could be interesting for you guys ! For tarot readings please check my tarot masterpost.

☆ waking up with memories in your dr

☆ requesting pick a card reading topics

☆ manga moodboard, fantasy world moodboard, fashion moodboard, gregory peck moodboard (old hollywood crush), mermaid dr moodboards: ver. 1, ver. 2, ver. 3, ver. 4, ver. 5,

☆ law of assumption memes, law of assumption memes, reality shifting memes

☆ law of assumption vs. tarot/astrology spirituality

☆ mini shifting imagine (CR lover), mini shifting imagine (animal crossing DR), mini shifting imagine (prison life), mini shifting imagine (anime x astrology),

☆ me doing dumb but fun quizzes lol: xxx (deity), xxx (mystery novel), xxx (greek god lover), xxx (kpop type), xxx (underutilized spn angel), xxx (y/n stereotype), xxx (not your love language), xxx (colors), xxx (naruto villain), xxx (villainous woman from greek mythology)

☆ is time real or just an illusion?

☆ even gods should respect you

☆ shifting to a better cr is not a sin

☆ aging yourself up or down in your dr

☆ dr ask about mermaid anatomy and reproduction/diet + further mermaid dr asks one and two

☆ does your mind(set) need to be positive to manifest?

☆ do you think I'll make it?....

☆ getting more in touch with your intuition

☆ dealing with blockages while manifesting

☆ the term "reality shifting" in my pick a card readings

☆ making a state feel natural & dealing with intrusive thoughts

☆ do i do exchange readings? + shoutout to another reader

☆ how i do my tarot readings

☆ listening to subliminals is not a sin

☆ how to listen to subliminals

☆ getting complete manifestation and not gradual progress

☆ do your DR readings also apply to the future, for those of us who don't have intentions on shifting/don't shift?

☆ how to request a tarot reading

☆ do you still take tarot reading requests?

☆ a guide to scripting (reality shifting)

☆ what happens to someone's family when they shift?

☆ after two years I still don't understand what shifting is or what it requires...

☆ as someone who practices divination techniques, how do you see the law of assumption and reality shifting? || + part two

☆ can shifting be used on one own reality?

☆ advice for shifters that feel uncomfortable with astral projecting, lucid dreams, or void state

☆ dealing with jealousy (law of assumption)

☆ supernatural powers vs. shifting and manifesting

☆ manifesting time travel

☆ dreams and signs related to the 3rd eye chakra (reality shifting)

☆ waiting for desires is not living in the end?

☆ living in the end and waking up with all desires

☆ how to embody the state of consciousness as someone who already has their desires

☆ cycles of doubts and overthinking

☆ inducing a specific brainwave to manifest faster

☆ struggles with negative thoughts and visualization

☆ struggles with feeling trapped and hopeless

☆ what advice to figure out what you want? (manifesting)

☆ transgender/lgbtq+ vs. religious beliefs/spirituality/law of assumption

☆ reality shifting is not the same as lucid dreaming

☆ talking to your higher self in the void state

☆ the void state is not supposed to be uncomfortable

☆ advice on figuring out what you want? (manifesting)

☆ can you let me know if the next time I shift will be a success?

#t.asks #t.advice #masterlist #࣪ pinned𓈒 𐙚

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sunshines-child · 8 months ago

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emerging from my quasi hiatus bc i need to yell something rq and have no idea where to go, sunny allow me to seek refuge here pls n thank u forgive me i love you :D

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aight so greek mythology premise; a siren spots a small boat and an even smaller figure in the distance. first catch of the day she thinks, grinning to herself.

she circles the vessel, listening carefully to their gentle humming, considering disguises. head peaking out of the water she sings her best melody in hopes of averting the strangers attentions to her so she can adequately capture their deepest desires.

PLOT TWIST bc i dont feel like being eloquent this early in the morning lol: theyre deaf! and sirens iirc are part of apollos domain or sum and as the god of knowledge in my eyes hes a polygot and this is shared with the sirens to appeal to the biggest demographic of people lol.

anyway she sings and to no affect, sailor feels the water shift underneath them and turns to see the siren (in their real from bc why not) and puts 2 and 2 together and starts to sign. boat person is shook and signs back :D probably unaware of the sirens motives.

ALTERNATIVELY: tis a child! and ig sirens arent particularly picky with those who trespass into their waters, but perhaps she either takes pity, or intends to go about with business as usal but kiddo unknowingly outsmarts her and she amused decides to leave them be, or even better take them in (bc what parents let their kid venture that far) or a secret fourth option.

EVEN MORE ALTERNATIVELY: (and this one can be seperate from deaf boat person) AROACE!!!!!!!!!!!! >:D ive yet to see anything written about sirens luring victims with anything other than the usual ways of persuasion, modes of control, means of deceit and other roads to the soul (ayyy) lemme see someone being lured into a qpr or something lol

TRAGICOMEDY: sailor is suicidal and knows exactly what theyre getting themselves into, and the only thing holding up their backflip from the boat is them getting stuck in the nets. shenanigans ensue where siren helps them to get to her lunch faster. and idk they bond, maybe she talks them out of it bc meals dont taste good when they willingly walk into their traps or maybe its some code of ethics thing.

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dont u love it when u try to write 2.7 sentences to get the wiggles out but it turns into 7 paragraphs, several arts and a spinoff? my hs english assignments weep in the corner & unwritten wips plot my downfall as i type lmao.

to anyone interested please feel free to run wild with any of these! if you do please tag me @kindred-spirit-93 >:D

sunsprite wreath for the flower of my life x

You may seeks refuge here :)

#I love these ideas sm #Go girl go

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stargazingellie · 1 year ago

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lazarus is risen

chapter seven: perseus & andromeda – part one

(masterlist) (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4) (part 5) (part 6)

hello beautiful people <3 here is chapter seven !!

synopsis: After deciding to let Abby live, Ellie has returned to Jackson. But given everything she's lost, it no longer feels like home. She's sad, she's confused, and above all else, she is so, so very lonely. So when a group of strangers shows up and offers her a second chance, she might just take them up on that. Ellie must decide between staying in Jackson – and living with the ghosts of her past – or leaving in search of new meaning. Whatever she decides, her choice will have far-reaching consequences – not just for herself, or for Jackson, but for all of humanity.

Or,

Ellie saves the world, maybe?

(ellie williams x reader, post-tlou2, useless lesbians, slow burn, cross country road trip, lots of references to greek mythology, etc.)

Andromeda: Princess of Greek myth, famous for her legendary beauty. Chained to a rock as sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus.

[Lucy]

Besides the occasional infected, the trip had been relatively quiet. But, as with all things in life, everything is quiet – until it isn’t.

As she watched the raindrops pelt the windshield, Lucy recalled lectures from the meteorology unit in science class. Her teacher’s voice rang in her head: The climate and geography of the midwest make it prone to thunderstorms, intense precipitation, and tornadoes.

Indeed, it did. Thick, heavy drops of water littered the front window faster than the windshield wipers could get rid of them. Bright, forked bolts of lightning split the clouds and illuminated the otherwise darkened sky. Claps of thunder shook the inside of the truck so loud that Lucy could feel them reverberate in her teeth.

The truck crept its way down the highway, unable to go much faster than a crawl given the thick wall of water limiting visibility. To their left, periodic bolts of lightning backlit the skyline of a nearby city. Through the haze, Lucy could just barely make out the old green signs of the highway. Lincoln, ¼ Mile, they said.

“We’ll pull off and find shelter once we get past the city,” Jacobs yelled over the storm as he drove.

“Why not one of these buildings?” Lucy asked, gesturing down the off-ramp.

“We don’t know what’s down there. Should only be a few minutes. It’ll be safer further away,” Jacobs replied.

As if on cue, a loud pop! echoed from below the truck. It wasn’t thunder.

“Shit – ” Jacobs muttered as he tried to regain control over the swerving vehicle, until it gradually came to a halt. He groaned, then sighed.

“There’s a spare in the back,” he announced as he and Alvaro prepared to get out. “Stay put, this shouldn’t take long.”

They disappeared from view as soon as their doors were shut. Inside, the heavy rain continued to beat rhythmically on the roof.

Lucy sighed and sunk lower in her seat. “Great timing, huh?” she said, looking over at Ellie. Ellie didn’t reply, instead wringing her hands as she nervously watched outside. It was obvious she was on edge.

Lucy took note and said, “Hey, it’s just a flat tire. They know what they’re doing. It’s gonna be fine.”

Keeping her gaze out the window, Ellie heaved a deep sigh and said, “I know, I know, I just… I have a bad feeling about this.”

“What do you mean?” Lucy asked.

“Well, the cities can be really dangerous. There are some really bad groups out there, and sometimes they’ll come up with these schemes…” she trailed off, clearly remembering something unpleasant. She shook her head. “But yeah, no, I’m sure you’re right.” She turned to Lucy and forced a small smile. Lucy returned the gesture.

Then, the doors flung open, gloved hands reached inside, and all three passengers were ripped out of the truck.

The first thing she felt was the rain – so heavy and so cold. She had to squint to keep the water from dripping into her eyes. Within a matter of seconds, her hair and clothes were completely soaked through, chilling her to the bone.

She lost her footing as she was pulled from the truck, leaving her scrambling on all fours. Strong hands clenched around her wrists from behind, and she desperately tried to gain purchase on the ground as they dragged her away from the vehicle. When her captor came to a stop, Lucy was forced to her knees as the sharp, cold blade of a knife pressed against her throat. The blade was pressed so tightly to her skin that any sudden movement was sure to draw blood.

Out of the corner of her eye, Lucy could see her father in the same position as a second captor held a knife to his throat. The gloved hand holding the knife was attached to a tall figure wearing a dark, hooded cloak that obscured the rest of their body.

Through the watery haze in front of her, she could just make out Alvaro and Jacobs wrestling with two more hooded figures near the back of the truck. Lucy frantically looked around for their fifth member, but Ellie had been pulled to the other side of the vehicle and was nowhere to be seen.

“Ellie!” Lucy yelled, desperate to be heard over the downpour. She thought she heard a voice yell from beyond the truck, but it was impossible to be sure over the storm.

“Shut up,” a gruff voice from behind her said as the blade pressed deeper into her neck.

Without further outburst, Lucy watched Alvaro and Jacobs as they tussled with their opponents. The strangers were quick and nimble, deftly avoiding the officers’ advances. But the officers were built like oxen, so when they finally landed a punch the hooded figures crumpled to the ground in a heap of fabric.

With their opponents knocked out, the officers stopped to gauge their surroundings. Over here! Help! Lucy wanted to scream, but the knife at her throat kept her quiet. She had no way of knowing what had happened to Ellie, but she thought at least one of the officers would come to her and her father’s aid. She was instantly relieved when they looked in her direction. Yes, yes, we’re over here! She could have sworn she even locked eyes with one of them.

Needless to say, her stomach dropped when both officers disappeared behind the other side of the truck. She kneeled tensely as the cold rain poured down her back, listening for any sign of life.

Next to her, the figure holding her father shifted their weight. “Hey, what’s going on over there?” they yelled. No response.

“Hey, man,” they said to the person holding Lucy. “We should get out of here while we still can.”

“We can’t just leave them out here!” Lucy’s captor replied.

“C’mon, they could be dead already for all we know! You saw what those guys did to the others.”

Her captor considered for a moment. “Fine, let’s go,” they said, as they removed the knife from Lucy’s neck. “Blessed be the light.”

Lucy didn’t have time to question the statement before the hilt of the knife collided with her temple and everything went black.

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Lucy was still in her wet clothes when she woke, and immediately she started shivering. Wrists shackled above her, she sat leaning against the cold, hard wall of what looked like an old conference room. She brought her knees to her chest in a futile attempt to hold onto whatever warmth she could.

The blow from the knife left a throbbing pain in her head and blurred her vision. She had to squint in the harsh fluorescent light. Blearily, she watched as someone wearing a dark hooded cloak entered from the hallway carrying a tray. The figure approached and knelt in front of her, offering a glass of water.

Lucy turned her head in refusal, too weak to say anything more than “Nnn…”

“Please, it will help with the pain,” a gentle girl’s voice emanated from under the hood. “I promise.”

Lucy tried to make out the details of the girl’s face. The lights were too harsh and the hood’s shadow too dark, but Lucy could tell the girl was quite young – maybe 14, if that. She looked sincere, and Lucy reluctantly sipped from the glass as the girl held it to her lips. Lucy accepted apple slices too, glad to have something in her stomach.

The girl looked behind her as if to check if anyone was there. In a hushed voice, she said, “When he comes in, don’t fight him. He’s nicer if he thinks you like him.” Three sharp knocks came from the door, signaling her time was up as she turned to go. “The sedative should help with the pain, too,” she whispered as she hurried away.

Lucy realized what the girl meant just as her eyelids grew heavy and she was pulled back into unconsciousness.

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As the drugs wore off, Lucy groggily opened her eyes to find a man seated in a chair in front of her. Unlike the others, this man wore a crisp, pristine suit and tie, face clearly visible. He was clean shaven, and his long, gray hair was carefully styled so as to leave no stray hair out of place. When he smiled at her, she noticed his teeth were a harsh, abnormal white.

“Hello, darling. Welcome back.” He flashed that awful smile at her again. She was still having trouble forming words, so he kept talking. “My men tell me they saved you on the highway out there. Nasty weather, huh? Lucky we were there to help.”

Lucy furrowed her brows, trying to make sense of what he was saying. She knew she was probably nursing a concussion, and forming coherent thoughts proved to be an arduous task. “That’s… that’s not… what happened…” she managed.

“Mmm… must have been a nasty tumble you took,” he said, cocking his head. “Head injuries are no joke, you know.”

“I didn’t… f-fall…” she stammered as she glared at him.

“Ah, my sweet. Perhaps your memory will come back in time.” He raised his eyebrows and made a gesture of surprise with his hands. “Oh! How silly of me, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Keane. I run things here in the city. I’m looking forward to showing you around, once you’ve healed a bit.” He leaned forward and used his hand to caress her knee. Lucy tried to pull away, but there was only so far she could go with her back against the wall. “I think you’ll be very useful here.” He flashed another smile, and being almost face to face with it made her stomach turn. She spat in his face.

Immediately, his demeanor changed. The smile disappeared, his eyebrows lowered, and a cold, cruel look crept into his eyes. He calmly wiped the spit off of his face and leaned back.

“I see you’re not quite healed enough yet. Maybe next time I see you, you’ll remember how lucky you are to be here. Blessed be the light, sister.” He stood up and walked out of the room without saying another word. As he left, a large hooded figure entered, gloved hands wielding a thick baton. Lucy cowered against the wall as the figure swiftly crossed the room, coming directly for her. With one deft strike to the head, everything went black.

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“Lucy? Lucy, hey, are you there?” a voice called, sounding far away. Hands gripped her shoulders and shook her back into semi-consciousness. In her half-aware state, Lucy saw the dark hood on the figure in front of her and struggled weakly to get away.

“N-no… get off of m-me…” she mumbled as she curled herself as far away from the figure as she could in her delirious state.

“Hey, hey, look at me.” The voice was soft. The figure removed their hood and gripped her face. Strong, calloused hands gently turned her face so Lucy was forced to look at the person in front of her. As Lucy’s vision focused, she found herself looking into a familiar pair of green eyes.

“Hey, it’s me. It’s okay. You’re okay.” Ellie talked as she unlocked the shackles above Lucy’s head. “I’m gonna get you out of here. Can you walk?” Lucy nodded weakly, but as Ellie helped her stand up, she almost collapsed.

“Woah, woah, okay. That’s okay. Just hold on, alright?” Ellie wrapped one arm around Lucy’s back and the other under her knees as she picked her up. With whatever strength she could muster, Lucy wrapped her arms tightly around Ellie’s neck. She tucked her face into Ellie’s chest to block out the harsh light that made her head throb.

Lucy was conscious enough to keep herself upright, but otherwise everything passed in a blur. She registered doors opening, strange voices, the sensation of being set down and picked back up again. Occasionally, Ellie would mumble something like, “Hey, stay with me, okay?” or, “Almost out, just a little further.”

Eventually, everything faded to quiet. Lucy felt herself being laid on the ground, head propped up on something soft and solid. She managed to open her eyes, and was met not with the harsh fluorescence of before, but with soft morning light peeking through a leafy canopy. Above her, she watched as Ellie smiled softly down at her. Lucy’s head was in Ellie’s lap, and Ellie gently brushed stringy pieces of hair out of her face.

“Hey, you’re okay. I’ve got you,” Ellie said. “We’re safe, for now. You can rest if you need to.”

Grateful for the invitation, Lucy didn’t fight it this time as she slipped back into unconsciousness.

#ellie williams #ellie williams x reader #lazarus is risen // ellie williams #the last of us #the last of us part 2 #tlou #tlou2

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sakuplumeria · 1 year ago

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Moriarty the Patriot / Yuukoku no Moriarty Ask Game - Alternate Universe Edition

Choose a number for a character and an alphabet for a scenario, and put it in my ask box! I’ll answer the question. Feel free to reblog if you want to answer questions too :)

Pick a character:

1) William James Moriarty

2) Albert James Moriarty

3) Louis James Moriarty

4) Sebastian Moran

5) Fred Porlock

6) Zach Patterson

7) James Bonde

8) Jack Renfield

9) Von Herder

10) Moneypenny

11) Sherlock Holmes

12) John H. Watson

13) Miss Hudson

14) George Lestrade

15) Mycroft Holmes

16) Irene Adler

17) Henry Antrim (Billy the Kid)

18) Mary Watson

19) Wiggins

20) Adam Whiteley

21) Charles Augutus Milverton

22) Favorite character

23) Other character (mention in the ask)

Choose a scenario:

A) Lives in modern times. What kind of vehicles does the character ride?

B) Goes out to space. What does the character miss the most from earth?

C) Turns into an animal. What animal does the character turn into?

D) Has magical powers! What powers does the character have?

E) Creates a Tumblr account. What does the character like to post?

F) Is in the orchestra! What instruments does the character play?

G) Spends time in the theme park! What attractions does the character play?

H) Lives somewhere outside the UK. Which country/city/place does the character live in?

I) Bodyswaps with another character. With whom does the character swap with?

J) Signs up for an RPG. What is the character’s username?

K) Signs up for an RPG. The character can be a rogue, a warrior, a mage, a trickster, an archer, and a priest/healer. What class does the character choose?

L) Lives in modern times. What phone does the character use?

M) Has elemental powers (for example fire and water), Which element does the character control?

N) Is in a restaurant/bakery/coffee shop AU. What does the character do?

O) Is in a hospital/medical AU. What does the character do?

P) Goes to Hogwarts and is currently wearing the Sorting Hat! Which house does the character get?

Q) Is a serial killer in the modern world. What weapon does the character use?

R) Is suddenly the most famous person in the world. What is the character famous for?

S) Is forced to have a date for a prom. Who will the character ask to fake date?

T) Is in the Olympics sports AU. What sports does the character play?

U) Is a solo traveler. What things does the character always bring with him/her?

V) Lives in a parallel universe where London is peaceful and doesn't have social gaps. What does the character do in such a peaceful world?

W) Is born from a Greek god/goddess. Who are the character’s parents and does the character have any powers?

X) Is a mythological creature. What creature does the character live as?

Y) Is created as a droid. What does the character programmed to do?

Z) Is a YouTuber. What kind of videos does the character upload?

#yuumori au asks #yuumori asks #ask game #yuumori #moriarty the patriot #yuukoku no moriarty #have fun!

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apollosgiftofprophecy · 2 years ago

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[Would you ever want to turn writing into a career?]

Something I always wonder whenever I read a good fanfic.

I've been thinking about it since before I started writing fanfiction, tbh. Fifth grade. I started young lmao

But yeah. I've toyed with ideas from different genres, particularly during my Genre Writing class Senior year. I had an idea for a Dystopian/Fantasy story that my teacher loved, but one idea that keeps resurfacing in my brain is...well, *chuckles*

Apollo.

Could be the brainrot but...one thing that irks me in Greek Mythology retellings is how the gods (and our boy Apollo) are often portrayed. Now, I get that every retelling is basically published fanfiction of the myths, but there's a line between "fanfic/retelling" and "disrespectful to the OGs"

(this turned into a mini-rant, please excuse me lmao XD)

In Disney's Hercules, the mythology is a jumbled mess (and Apollo's barely there *huffs angry*). Though this is a kids movie so I hand-wave a pass to it because again, kids movie.

Also the soundtrack slaps. *shrug*

In The Song of Achilles, Apollo's (from what I hear- I haven't read it) apathetic and one-dimensional, as well as the other gods, which is not fun. LET THE GODS HAVE CHARACTER I SAY!

And sure, maaaaybe Apollo's portrayed that way because he hates Achilles, but...uh, if you read the mythology you'll find out that Achilles 100% deserves that hate. He murdered two of Apollo's sons - Tenes, who had nothing to do with the war and was trying to defend his sister from Achilles's unwanted advances and was killed in the process, and Troilus, who was a child and slaughter in Apollo's temple, on his altar, by Achilles.

Like come on. I am on Apollo's side here, Achilles had it coming.

And of course... *gags* LO. I do not even dare type the monstrosity out. Just...just disgraceful. Not only is Apollo done extremely dirty (and characterized in a way he never was in the actual mythology - *gnaws angry*), but from what I know, Leto and Demeter are also given terrible characterizations. And that's just not cool because they are GREAT MOMS.

Bet there's even more things that I'm unaware of that does the whole mythology dirty.

I guess it's partially from spite, but I really want to find some way of writing Greek Mythology, stay true to the classical versions of the gods while developing them, and provide a good story in the process. As well as respecting ancient greek culture as much as I can, because 1) culture is important in stories and 2) gives me an excuse to dive into ancient greek culture whenever I want because I like Doing That :)

I am a midwest American who has never left the country's borders but by god if I can swim in another country's history and culture it would be Greece. And I would never come out because I love learning about it.

Plus, I really love reading about the myths and if I could make a living basically writing mythology fanfiction, then sign me the fuck up I'm already doing it let's go.

It's an ambitious goal but I am up for the challenge.

My timeline certainly will come in handy for it :)

Sometimes being a writer is writing what you want to read, and sometimes it's getting so mad at what society is doing to your favorite that you start planning on defending his name through sheer force of will/writing :3

#the oracle speaks #amiti-art #ask game #ask and replies #asked and answered #the trials of apollo #greek mythology

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diorgirl444 · 1 year ago

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hiiii, i just stumbled upon your blog and i would LOVE a matchup (i tried doing them once on my page and i realised i suck at it lmao, so i admire that u can write them so nicely )

as for who - id love to be paired with someone from hp universe, any era<3

anywayyyy, im really bad at talking about myself but ill try my best

im an intj, my sun sign is aquarius, 5’6”, im a girl and i go by she/her, im bisexual but id rather be paired with a guy (if you choose a girl its fine as well)

i have blue eyes, short wavy/curly hair, currently dyed red, im pale as fuck (im literally allergic to the sun), curvy and i have lots of tattoos. my style is very inconsistent, i dress comfy but at the same time kinda goth-ish, alternative? i wear black 99% of the time, lots of silver jewellery, i have my nose pierced too:p i also wear glasses

i am very creative, i paint and draw most of the time. occasionally i write fanfics but then i have long breaks because i get burned out really easily. im lazy, which is not so good, but at the same time i mostly get things done. i am a huge animal lover, i have 2 cats and 3 dogs. im an introvert but when im with my closest friends my extravert side comes out. im a huge people pleaser, sometimes its not good for me but i cant help it. my love language is physical touch and acts of service.

i love art, art galleries, old cemeteries, greek mythology, the sky and sunflowers. i also adore the forest and just nature in general. im obsessed with pretty little shiny rocks.

i hate people who have a problem with minorities and are just nasty beings towards others and animals. i also hate spiders and insects of any kind, thats why i will never set my foot in australia.

oh and i also dont like kids. i dont have this “gift” or whatever. i dont know how to talk to them, how to act around them and how to play with them.

as for my aesthetic? i have no idea, but id go for dark academia/gothic vibes.

if you need to know anything else just dm me! xx and thank you in advance, have a lovely night/day! <33

your perfect matchup is 𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 💌

𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 <3

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝟐 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 <3

the first time james sees you he’s completely speechless. you’re chatting with marlene about something in class, absentmindedly playing with your hair and he’s just gulping like a fish. because where have you been all his life? truly the universe has been so cruel in keeping you from him!

but he’s suddenly shy. james has had plenty of luck with girls. he’s a flirt by nature. he knows all the right things to say, the ways to sweep them off their feet. that is before he saw you… he’s now well and truly tongue tied. he’s literally like lying in bed at night planning what he wants to say to you next time he sees you. spoiler alert he just gets scared and watches you from across the great hall like this 🧍

but finally he pulls himself together and approaches you the next time he sees you. you’re sat in the back of the library on a window seat reading through a book you found which explains how the greek gods were actually early forms of wizards and witches, very interesting stuff you know? you don’t even notice him lingering over you till he sort of awkwardly coughs and asks “would you recommend it? the - the book i mean would you recommend it?” he asks and he can feel heat creeping up his neck as you nod and smile up at him. “tell me about it!” he practically spits out in the next second. he’s so embarrassing i love him

you agree because he’s cute and everyone’s always talking about what a nice boy james potter is to you. of course you don’t know that they only do that you because they see the way james looks at you but hey what you don’t know can’t hurt you? so you move along on your seat and james shuffles in beside you. the first thing you notice is how he smells like cinnamon, oranges and something slightly earthy that is just so james. the next thing you notice is the way his knee and his shoulder press against yours on the small window seat. it’s warm and intimate and you feel flustered as you start to explain the greek myths to him. he watches you as you speak, watches the way your lashes brush your cheek, watches the way your lips move as you talk.

it’s nice to just be listened to for a change so this becomes your pattern. you see a side to james in these afternoon reading sessions that very few people are privy too. the normally loud and cocky potter is gentle and polite. happy to just sit and watch you devotedly. he makes it so natural too so you forget that you’re introverted, you tell him what your favourite things, things that make you angry, your hopes, your dreams everything. and in that time you start to fall for him. you can’t help it he’s so easy to love. you try to hide this new discovery but its hard to go from telling james everything to keeping such a huge secret from him and so he notices the absence. he doesn’t know what it is but he knows you’re keeping something and so he’s hurt if he’s honest.

so you avoid him. you can’t face the sad puppy look on his face it cuts you up and so you pretend you don’t see him waiting for you in the library, pretend you don’t hear the tapping on your door, or the notes stuffed in your pocket. because hopefully he’ll get bored move on and you’ll get over him. but james potter is determined and so enamoured by you that he’ll try one last time. and so he hides a book in your room. the book is his diary with the pages from all his time with you bookmarked. in it are lists of your favourite things, tiny sketches of you, details on how he feels about you and he ends it with “vicky darling i don’t know what i did but please know i’m eternally sorry. you’ve made a mess of me, i’d do anything to just see you again. don’t you know i love you? if you feel the same meet me at our window seat. if i don’t see you there i will accept that you truly don’t feel the same and i will leave you be. yours forever, james” you find yourself wiping tears as you read it realising how silly you’ve been.

and so with haste you race to the window seat in the library and when you see him there all anxious and shy your heart aches. “ you’ve made a mess of me too james” you say softly as you sit beside him and his face lights up. “can i make it better?” he asks huskily and you nod. his hands cup your face as he leans in and kisses you. he tastes like maple syrup, he smells like spices and he feels like home. it’s perfect and as he walks you back to your dorm with a promise of a date in hogsmede and a soft kiss to your forehead you feel giddy as you lay down under the covers that night because james potter loves you and you love him.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 <3

golden retriever bf! + black cat gf! golden retriever bf! + black cat gf! golden retriever bf! + black cat gf! okay but seriously you two are the epitome of this trope. not because you’re mean but because james is so extroverted and you’re not so much i think it matches the two do you perfectly.

he makes you go watch his quidditch games. 😭 im sorry they’re probably so boring so like you sit with marlene and dorcas to try and make it more palatable but it is probably still so dull. if it makes it any better he does loads of fancy tricks on his broom so that you think he’s cool though it does come off a bit pathetic. don’t worry though because at the end he’ll ride his broom over to you and kiss you while standing on it.

your reading thing doesn’t stop it’s just that now when you read to him he’ll have his arm around your waist and his free hand will trace hearts on the small sliver of skin that peaks out there between your uniform skirt and shirt. he doesn’t actually disturb you though because he finds it so relaxing to hear your voice. if you want to stop him and kiss him though he’s not gonna complain.

he loves visiting cemeteries with you. you offhandedly mentioned once how you were gonna visit one, you didn’t invite him though because you were worried he’d think it was weird. but then he sort of shyly asks “can i come too?” and you laugh and nod. the two of you pack a picnic and spend the whole day exploring the graveyard with each other in quite intimacy. your hands constantly intertwined as you walk, pausing to pay your respect and the long-forgotten names of the people who laid there and occasionally saying hello to the few ghosts that lingered there. you came across one pair which were an old couple who said you reminded them of theirselves when they were your age which makes the tips of james’s ear turn red.

he brings you any nice rocks he finds. sirius gives him the weirdest look when the marauders are sneaking around at night and james bends down to pick a stone up that he thinks you’d like but james just grins and shrugs his shoulders saying “my girl likes them. what can you do?” the marauders smile at that. they’ve never seen james look so lovesick - it’s very sweet.

you two have matching necklaces. i don’t know why but i just feel this in my core. you found them at an antique shop and yours is a silver moon james is gold sun. because of it when the two of you are together everyone calls the pair of you “solar eclipse” 😭 even did it once when she was telling your friend group off. she was like “where’s solar eclipse?” sirius absolutely pissed himself laughing about that.

james gets rid of spiders for you but not before teasing you a bit. that’s just the kinda of guy he is i’m sorry. he’ll get them gone though for you don’t you worry but only if you promise to kiss him as a thank you after.

he writes you love letters weekly. you smile on mondays when his owl flies and drops a cream coloured envelope down on your desk written in james’s scrawling hand. in the letter he incloses what his favourite memories of you he has of the past week be that an outfit he thought was really pretty, a song he heard that made him think of you, or a leaf that he pressed from a forest walk that the two of you went on. he adores you so much it’s unbelievable.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 <3

hope you like it! xoxo, flo <3

#diorgirl444 #flo answers #matchup request #matchups closed #james potter #james potter x reader #the marauders #marauders #marauders era #hp marauders #james potter x you

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sidthedollface2 · 1 year ago

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A Crown fit for a God

(Part 2)

(Part 1 here)

Pairing: Azriel x Fem Reader

Summary: An enemy threatens Velaris leaving Azriel to choose between his found family and a long lost friend. Can he juggle the two or will he fall for the enemy?

Ch Summary: After you threaten Velaris with war. Azriel is tasked to find you and bring you to the prison above the mountain. He shadows have other plans when they confront you.

word count: 2.6k

A/n: I hope this Ch sheds a little light as to what reader is and about her powers. I'm a daydreamer not a writer so if you see any mistakes that's how I dreamt it. Lol

In the beginning there was Khaos. The first God in existence to precede creation. Khaos filled the space between, invoking darkness and shadow. Unable to witness her work, her intense desire to see flickered before her. Discovering her own spark, she flew towards it, the force of her wings igniting, leaving a trail of stardust; giving birth to the vast universe. From her own will khaos had created the primordial deities that would reign over the elements of the universe. And thus terra, sky, darkness, light, night and day were created.

From the very desires of the first primordial gods, Demi Gods emerged, living among mortals and immortals. Soon enough these half gods no longer wanted the responsibility of mortals. Thanatos and his sisters, the Gods of Death grew tired of being witness to so much violence and bloodshed. Leaving their duties caused a riot. No other God would carry the burden of their responsibilities on top of their own. Those loyal to the Divine fought in the war of Gods, neither side backing down regardless of how much blood had been spilled. Khaos wept as she witnessed her slain children. Fighting against her kin, tears streamed down her face as she slaughtered her very own. Devastated, she fell to her knees in defeat, between her sobs she whispered in the ancient tongue, “I bind myself to the darkness of death, overpowering my light within so long as my spark prevails through the moonless journey.” All fighting ceased as every God witnessed khaos, bringer of life, descend to the lands in the form of a falling star. The fates of two entwined.

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The house of wind was anxious, each door closed with a slam, rattling the photos that hung along the walls. The foundation, made from the mountain rock, shook and with it pieces of rubble and dust would float to the floors. Often the roaring would come back, leaving its inhabitants wide eyed and on edge.

every member of the inner circle sat in Rhys office. The air thick with tension as Azriel explained his actions, why he blocked Cassian from hurting you, why he needed to be the one to search for you. Many questions left unanswered. How did you find Velaris? And what kind of ancient magic would allow you to pass through his wards so easily?

“Rhys, I know her! We were childhood friends!” Azriel pleads, “let me find her.”

Elain’s eyes darted to Azriel, questioning his reason for his blatant lies. She knew he saw you once and never again. Yet she remained silent, a question for another day.

Rhys sighed, leaning back in his chair. All eyes were on him as he stared at the map of Prythian that lay across his desk. He took a sip of his whiskey, considering his next move. One by one he informed them of their duties, sending every member away as soon as they received their mission.

Cassian was sent to Windhaven to ready the warriors and ensure their weapons were up to par for battle. Amren and Nesta were to stay in Velaris to survey and defend the city in case you returned. Mor was to revisit the courts that had scorched farmlands and buildings, to see if there were any more details that they overlooked. Elain wished to stay in Velaris and investigate the reason the house was slowly deteriorating. Rhys agreed. Finally he ordered Feyre to accompany Azriel in his search for you.

Azriel ran his fingers through his hair in frustration, “No Rhys it has to be me alone. You can trust me.”

“After what I saw today, I’m not so sure where your mind is. I trust that you ‘ll do the right thing, but I don't agree with your current judgment so I’m sending Feyre with you.”

Azriels shoulders slumped as he nodded in defeat. Feyre placed a gentle hand on his back, attempting to soothe his disappointment.

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Feyre walked Azriel back to his room but before he entered she grabbed his arm moving him to face her. “ I have a friend I need to visit and he doesn't like when others tag along,” she whispered, hoping no one else would hear her. Azriel narrowed his eyes. “ So I hope you understand that I won't be joining you on your mission,” she winked, releasing her hold on him. Azriel just smirked, mouthing her a ‘thank you.’

Back in his room, Azriel cleared his desk of all the healer books he had meticulously studied. All these years he’d been searching for a healer when in fact you were a God, at least according to Amren. He spent hours searching Death Gods and tracing back their lineage and none had the powers you possessed, the power in which made him search for you. The power to heal. “You've been at it for hours, come to bed honey,” Elains sweet voice brought him out of his thoughts. “None of this makes sense,” he said mostly to himself as he shook his head, ignoring Elains request.

She stood behind him, gently kneading his tense shoulders with her slim fingers. His back tensed at her touch, purely focused on his work. Determined to get him to bed, Elain rested her chin on his shoulder, angling her head towards his ear as she whispered seductively her desires. His eyes fluttered closed in frustration, as she placed wet kisses to the curve of his neck, humming at the taste of him. “Not tonight.” Coldly he shrugged her off, hating the pain she held in her eyes. Without a word Elain stepped away, leaving Azriel to drown in his work, drown in his thoughts of you.

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“And then I pushed through, you should have seen their faces,” you chuckled, recounting the events from Velaris to your dearest friend. “No matter the job you always try to make it fun.” He replied, petting the hen that sat in his lap; a gift you had brought him for the delicious tea leaves he had acquired.

You smile, enjoying his company that you often missed. Out of the corner of your eye, a wisp of shadow scurries into the darkness of the night, earning your full undivided attention. Nothing but silence is heard. “What was that?” you ask, turning back to the Suriel. “An invisible thread that weaves and winds, binding hearts two of a kind.” you gape at him, blinking your eyes rapidly, “I don't even want to know.” A chuckle rattles in his throat, “go before he finds you.” Without another word shimmer and darkness envelope you, winnowing you far from the Night Court.

Azriels shadows darted through the low grounds of the woods, swerving through a dense thicket of birch trees and rock formations, scouring each bush and body of water in search of you. Once they spotted you, they quickly returned to their master, curling around his ear ,whispering ‘Suriel.’

Just as you winnowed away a blade launched itself toward the Suriel; flying through the air from a shroud of darkness, pinning his cloak to a tree. “Where is she?” he asks, tone impatient and demanding.

“Here, there, everywhere.”

Azriel pinches the space between his brows in annoyance. Shaking his head he asks another question, hoping for a straight answer.

“How do I find her?”

“Evoke emotions without a single touch, no wings yet able to fly. To catch this God let her hear the cords of the night.”

“I don’t…..these riddles. I don't understand.” Azriel paced in front of the Suriel, wracking his brain for any clues.

“The touch of a memory will carry her to you.”

“Stop with the riddles!” Azriel fumed, teeth clenched tight as he stared the Suriel down.

“Are you not a shadowsinger?” he replied, pulling out the blade that held his cloak to the tree. “I've answered your questions, whether you can decipher the meaning is no business of mine.” Finished with Azriels questioning, the Suriel made his way through the woods, hen in hand for a fresh slaughter.

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It had taken Azriel a few days to figure out the riddle. Repeating the words over and over, analyzing each term and its meaning. The line ‘hear the cords of the night’ was what led him to realize it was a song, but what song was what stumped him. He felt like a fool singing his favorite songs in the middle of the forest, belting it out with his whole chest.

He sang songs that made him teary eyed and even sang songs in the ancient tongue, but none of those had lured you to him. The Suriel mentioned ‘the touch of a memory,’ “oh Gods, I’m an idiot,” he said to himself. He only had one encounter with you, so it was easy to remember the events of that night, all these years he could never forget. He would never forget the song, the song he thinks is about you. His mother sang this song to him as a child and he wonders if she knew the dark power you possessed, was she singing to a God in hopes to answer her prayers, to lift her from the chains that held her down.

The house of wind kindly provided warm tea and honey. It's eagerness to assist him piqued his curiosity. He would ask Elain about her findings another day. Soothing his vocal cords, a plan was formed to capture you and send you to the prison on top of the mountain.

You're the chaos of the night,

A little girl lost in the woods

You're a folktale, the unexplainable

You're a bedtime story

The one that keeps the curtains closed

And I hope you're waiting for me

'Cause I can't make it on my own

I can't make it on my own.

Azriel sang the words from his childhood, voice harmonious with a smooth baritone that held the memories from the past. He sang from the depths of his heart in hopes that the meaning behind his words would grace your ears and become a light in the dark. Guiding you towards his waiting arms.

Weathered leaves crunch under the weight of your relaxed body, grass floor cold and damp from the night. But the view of the stars in the Night Court were your favorite, they called to you as if saying 'stay.' Stars glitter like rare diamonds, and the crescent moon smiled brighter than the sun. The evening scent of mist and night felt familiar in the way that reminded you of home. It had been so long since you’ve been home, the thought of never returning grew closer and closer.

The midnight breeze caresses your skin, its gentle touch has your eyes closing, focusing on the chirping of crickets and running water. A mellow voice sings the harmonious music of the night, its soft whisper tickles your ear like a past lover, luring you to follow the rich sound.

I hope you're waiting for me

Across your carpet of stars

You're the chaos of the night,

You're everything that we can't see

Chaos, you're the possibility.

Azriel ceases to sing once he spots you round a thick tree, his shadows excitedly rush towards you and Azriel curses under his breath at their eagerness. He observes as they affectionately coil around your neck, fluffing about in your hair before they trail down your arms. You giggle at their curiosity as they loop around your fingers, “you wanna play?” you ask, as you slowly move your fingers in awe at their closeness. They playfully bounce from one hand to the other, and you take that as a yes. Azriel is dumbfounded as he admires his shadows from afar. He has his arms crossed over his chest as he leans against a tree, his gaze slowly trails up the delicious curves of your body and he imagines what it would be like to lay with a God. He sees you smile and nod at whatever they’ve whispered in your ear and he fears you both are up to no good. As the shadows dance in a circle just a few feet in front of you, they rapidly circle around and around creating a whirlwind of darkness. Cautiously you near the edge of their tornado and zap one of the shadows, creating an orb of light within the vortex. You're mesmerized by the display in front of you. Your power bounces off the shadowed wisps like an elegant dance, the wisps gently stroke the flame of your power, careful to not get scorched.

With the blink of your eye the orb bursts, spraying the ground and trees with thousands of specs of glittering starlight. Azriel feels a jolt of electricity zip up his body, shaking him so hard he loses balance off the tree, quickly righting himself before you notice. His effort is too late, you've already spotted him.

“You're not a stalker are you?” you ask, voice playful and curious as you near him.

If you only knew, Azriel thinks with a smirk.

“No, but I can be. Nice party trick by the way.” Azriel pushes off the tree to meet you. The first thing you notice is his eyes, hazel and dreamy framed by long thick lashes. His nose is straight and a little too perfect for a warrior, you wonder if he’s ever been punched in the face before, or maybe he's just that good at fighting. His high cheekbones and strong jaw remind you of the many demi gods that have been sculpted throughout the years. You eye him up and down, taking in his stature and broad shoulders. He’s a little too handsome and in your experience these types of males are conceited snobs who only enjoy their own reflection and company. Meanwhile Azriel does the same, completely entranced by the sway of your hips and how your hair flows over the swell of your breasts.

“They seemed friendly.” you respond, tipping your head to the shadows that have swirled around the both of you, appearing to close the distance between you.

Azriel shakes his head, “I meant in Velaris. You threaten my home, my friends and my High Lord and expect to get away with it? How did you get past the wards? And how did you find Velaris?”

Before you could respond the ground shakes as a blast erupts creating a cloud of dust and forest debris. Instinctually Azriel pulls your body flush to his, shielding you from injury. Dark membranous wings curl around your body, cocooning you safely in his arms. Your hands find the planes of his toned chest as you peer up at him through your full lashes. You know what the blast was but the feeling of his body pressed against yours had your knees weak, and you couldn't break away.

Azriels heart is ramming against his chest at the proximity, his gaze is locked on your brilliant eyes as he dares to cup the side of your cheek. Angling your face to meet his, your exposed collarbone catches his attention when a bargain tattoo vanishes before his eyes; breaking the trance you had him in.

“What did you bargain?” he urges, hands now tightly gripping your upper arms.

“Your worst nightmare.”

Azriel staggered back, paling in horror as he registered your words.

Only one creature carried that name.

Bryaxis.

Part 3

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