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jaxteller87 · 6 months ago

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my little empath 5

Teenager years

I had prepared the stones for Jax before his run just to give him a little extra protection and, if I’m being honest, a little extra peace of mind for myself. It’s something I’ve been exploring more and more lately—working with crystals and their energies. I’ve found that certain crystals can have a really calming or protective effect, like black tourmaline for instance, is said to absorb negative energy and promote a sense of security. I’ve been learning about these properties and experimenting with different crystals to see how they make me feel. It’s fascinating to discover how these natural elements can influence our well-being, so when I thought about Jax going out for a run, I wanted him to have a little extra support and positivity with him.

“Here you go, Teller,” I said later that day, slipping the crystals into each of the pockets of his jeans.

“Oh, hey, thanks,” he said with a confused stare. “So, uh, rocks?”

“Yep,” I laughed.

“Right,” he said in a long, drawn-out way. “Rocks?”

“Yeah, you know— because you ‘rocks’ my world,” I joked.

Jax threw his head back and laughed, “Alright, now that makes sense.”

“I thought you’d like that. But that’s only one of the reasons I’m giving these to you. Technically, they’re crystals. These ones, in particular, are black tourmaline.”

“Oh,” Jax pulled them out of his pocket and inspected them. “Kind of sounds like a badass name for a horse— or maybe something Tig contracted south of the border.”

“Ew. Let’s just go with the horse name,” I shuttered at the thought of Tig’s STD bucket list.

“Yeah, good idea. So, what does this black tourmaline do exactly?”

“Well, it’s like having a shield against negative vibes. This crystal absorbs that stuff and keeps you feeling grounded and protected. It’s like carrying a piece of nature’s armor with you wherever you go.” The more I told him, the more I felt compelled to share what I was learning about myself.

We chatted for a while, but the time of his departure was on us before I even began to scratch the surface. I kissed him before he left, and I missed him before I heard the sound of his Harley disappear in the distance. After a few hours, he called me to let me know he arrived safely.

“Does it smell like something’s burning?” I asked with a chuckle as my mom poked her head into my bedroom the next day.

“No, actually, what you’re burning smells good,” she admitted.

A few months back, when I first started experimenting with incense, the aroma caught my mom off guard. She stormed in, thinking there was a fire ablaze somewhere in our home! It took her a moment to realize it was just the incense I had burning in my room. After that incident, I made it a rule to always give a heads-up before lighting anything new. I definitely don’t want my parents rushing in, worried the house is about to go up in flames every time I try out a new scent or ritual.

As I spent time cleansing my crystals today, purging them of any negative energy, I could really feel the power of this black obsidian working its magic. It’s like a spiritual vacuum cleaner, sucking up all the negativity and leaving me feeling refreshed. And that tiger’s eye I picked up during my last visit to the metaphysical shop? It’s been incredible for manifestation. I swear, since I started working with it, I’ve been seeing my intentions take shape more clearly. It’s like having a little cosmic ally nudging things in the right direction.

A few days later, Jax was back in town. I was happy to see him, but he had a somewhat sad look on his face.

“Darlin’, I hope you kept your receipt for those stones you gave me.”

I already knew what he was going to say, but I let him say it anyway. “Why’s that?”

“Well, they uh— they broke. Like some cheap glass trinket. Maybe you got ripped off, and someone sold you some junk.”

I tried to hide my smile because the crystals had done their job. “Or maybe they did exactly what they were designed to,” I said under my breath, planting a big kiss on his lips.

Jax POV

I was at the metaphysical shop in town, feeling pretty bad that the rocks Amber gave me had broken. This led me to the grand idea of replacing them with new ones. As I browsed, the shop owner emerged from the back with a warm smile. This play was a little too ‘hippy-ish’ for me, but if Amber was into it, I was willing to give it an honest go.

“Finding everything okay?” she asked cheerfully as I picked up a black tourmaline.

“I think so,” I replied. I went on to explain my situation, and when the shop owner learned the crystals were for Amber, she kindly added a few extra ones. “Hey, thanks. You ‘rock!’” I said with a forced chuckle.

“My pleasure,” she smiled back. Either she didn’t get the joke, or it was dumber than it sounded to me— which was already pretty dumb.

Back at Amber’s parents’ house, we sat on the back patio. “Oh, Teller, thank you!” Amber exclaimed gratefully. “You really didn’t have to do this!”

“Of course I did. The shop owner also recommended this,” I said, sliding a tarot deck towards her. The look on Amber’s face was priceless.

She thanked me, all smiles and gratitude, but I could tell there was something else simmering beneath the surface. Amber had a knack for keeping her true intentions under wraps, playing her cards close to the vest. I decided to let it ride for now—after all, patience was key with her.

It would be some time before I cracked the code of what Amber was truly planning. Until then, I’d just have to wait and see what scheme she was brewing up behind that mischievously enchanting grin of hers.

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uponrightful · 3 years ago

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You brought this on yourself 🤣 I love how you give Crosshairs point of view so often, but I gotta admit, I was wondering what Dutch was thinking here…it’s all about the spicy longing for me… so

Carefully he wrapped his arms around her, and covered her hands with his own; Caging in her upper body to stabilize the little shake of the gun by taking some of the weight off her arms.

“Confident?” He asked with a hint of mockery to hide his weakening resolve.

She settled back against him tighter, and with a resolved breath she answered;

“With you…? Definitely.”

Such a good fucking girl. He sprawled over her hips with his own, and pulled himself tight against her. Steadying his breathing just long enough to make sure she could follow it easily enough.

“Then take your shot.” He ground out heavily against the shell of her ear.

Crosshair watched the shot leave his rifle, and could already tell she’d made a direct hit. It was actually perfect, and he couldn’t help but loose his concentration from the sensation of her body jolting back against him. She’d handled it flawlessly, but he didn’t miss the little whimper that escaped her when the gun rocked back into her shoulder once again. He wanted her to take one more shot, begging for another just one more excuse to feel her underneath him. To Cross’ utter shock, Duchess began laughing happily at the mere sight of finally hitting her target.

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To begin, Dutch chose to lay prone for a reason. It's actually not the best position for herself -fundementally- and she chooses to ignore that because it's how she pictures Crosshair doing it. That mental image of his shooting like this is ingrained in her mind, and Dutch has too much interest in him to try and position herself any differently. His rilfe is longer than standard, weighs at least six pounds more, his trigger is softer, and the scope sits a little too high to see from it clearly at this angle. All of that comes within seconds of holding it, but Duchess ignores all of that against her better judgement. It's a taunt, as much as it is an impulse to put herself in his preverbial shoes. She can literally feel Crosshair watching her, and althought that's a very distracting thought, Dutch is set on impressing him.

Note: This choice -of positioning- was made not just for logistics, but also because it fits her personality. Duchess isn't shy, and she is certainly not inexpereinced. I thought about this being a "standing" scene but Dutch wouldn't let me. 😅 Although she is extremely independent, her character's biggest weakness is a strong desire to impress -or be accepted. This stems not only from her time with Phantom Squad, but also from the lack of times in her life that someone has told her "good job". When she chooses to lay down, she's literally opting out of the security she would have of making an accurate shot, just to take a chance on impressing Crosshair. That's a risk/guess... But Duchess isn't afraid to try anyways.

The whole time she's actually a lot more concerned with making her shots than anything else. Constantly checking her form and doing anything she's learned in the past to prove that her size isn't a limiting factor like Crosshair says it is. Her shoulder hurts, and although it would otherwise be enough to make her stop -she has her own career effectiveness to worry about- Dutch isn't leaving until dominates this gun. It's not until she hears Crosshair's sigh that it clicks in her mind that he's still watching her struggle, but not taken the oppertunity to stop her from continuing.

Note: Weapons mirror their users. And when I created Duchess, I made the serious decision that a lot of her ability to characterize others would come from their armor and weapons. That's just who she is, and what she knows best. So, in this scene... Dutch is literally equating Crosshair's rilfe, as to a part of him. If it's harsh, that means he is as well... If it's a sensitive model, that says something about Cross. If she can't control it easily, that's an indicator of the man who wields it. Really pay attetion to the way I compare Crosshair to his 'Puncher throughout the fic. I do it with extreme purpose, and although it's not always easy to spot, there are many times I allude to their symbiotic nature.

The moment Crosshair is close enough to touch, all of that subtle teasing about his weapon from earlier is gone. Ultimatley, Duchess can have a smart mouth, and know how exactly how to use it. But Cross presents a whole new kind of intimidation that she doesn't know how to handle. For Duchess, power only comes in two ways: Physical Prowess, or Rank -wheather that by government facilitated, or sibling rank due to the Phantoms. She's never experienced the way Crosshair acts twoards her. Duchess knows he respects her -because of he he listens to her seriously- but he also challenges her to do things she'd be otherwise criticized for with a hint of disbelief. (Like mouthing off, or betting that she couldn't shoot his rifle, despite that being against regulation.)

The moment he puts his leg between hers, Dutch is a ball of nervousness. Sex is nothing new to her, but that kind of confidence in particular, is completely foreign. Normally she's the one who initiates things like physical dominance in personal space. Dutch is so caught off guard, and her whole body freezes up, because she's realising that she likes Crosshair doing that. It's a release of power that she's constantly holding up, and that kind of vulnerability is hard to let go of after making such a habit of about being the strong one. After all, since Phantom Squad, she's had to depend on herself alone.

It's when he grabs ahold of her jaw and tells her to relax that she's really down bad. 🥵 She knows it should be nothing but a technical comment on her form, but he's commanding about it . Literally ordering her to let go, and release that tension. That feels fucking amazing to hear and feel, coming from a stoic guy like Crosshair. She knows his rifle is harsh, and occasionally he is as well; But that's becoming all the more desirable the more he directs her. Pushing her down against the floor, guiding her back against him... Doing simple things, but silently demanding she follow his orders. Duchess doesn't have to do anything -or think about anything- other than letting him take the lead, and she's daydreaming about if he's like that in other areas.

Note: Duchess takes a fully submissive role here. She's fully receptive to Crosshair's leadership, and it's because she enjoys being thought of as weak -or little- on occasion. Her background is full of war accolades, and confidential missions she knows to be successful. All of it culminating in this unspoken war register of a badass woman who fights like a clone trooper. But that's not realistic to uphold all of the time. Everyone likes to be taken care of sometimes, and Duchess just happens to really like someone taking control every once and a while. And with Crosshair, she feels safe enough to let that happen, and also enjoy the sexual aspect she's been thinking about all this time as well.

Duchess admits to feeling confident with him here for two reasons. Number one, she's still trying to be a little teasing. It's natural to have a little fight in her all the time, and with Crosshair, she thinks that flusters him. (She's right by the way...) But secondly, it's her desire to show trust. Crosshair might be fit right up against her, whispering sexual innuendos in her ear, but Dutch ultimately feels safe like this . The rifle isn't going to hurt as bad, she's going to hit the target, and Crosshair's weight is emotionally grounding. They might be attempting to do some target practice, but Duchess is literally getting the equivalent of a weighted blanket and reassurance that her true self isn't unworthy of attention. Plus, it's coming from a man who otherwise appears completely disregarding of anything with a noticable flaw... That's something Dutch will never forget. The best sniper in the GAR is helping her... And he's happy to do so, by getting as up-close and personal as a man could get.

His hands cover her own, rough and calloused, but they're unbelievably gentle. Cross is almost hesitant, and Duchess can tell he's actively trying to ease her tension. The way he speaks is soft, and quiet... Making her feel like jelly. Being asked to follow his breathing pattern, his arms tight around her, legs somewhat twisted into hers, his thigh tight against her core... It's all seductive, and essentially surrounding her body with him. And Dutch can't help but eat it up. She wants more. No one has ever done something so simple, but effective in drawing out her desire to think of herself as something worth coddling -in a sense.

Duchess might hit that target in the end... But the only reason she did was because Crosshair had relaxed her enough so he could aim . (She didn't make that shot. Crosshair did all the work, she just pulled the trigger.) It was the first time Duchess felt like she was being tended to fully, and that's that had her acting so lighthearted at the end.

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uomo-accattivante · 4 years ago

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The Dune trailer (1:37) releasing online on Wed., September 9!

Sources have confirmed to Inside The Film Room that the first official “Dune” trailer will be released online on Wednesday, September 9. The will come in the wake of a special, theater-exclusive teaser that is attached to screenings of “Tenet.”

A Canadian cinema employee shared the following details to ITFR. The teaser will run for one minute and 37 seconds and will give audiences around the world a glimpse of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi world through the eyes of Academy Award-nominee Denis Villeneuve (“Arrival,” “Blade Runner 2049”).

But wait… There’s more! Not only did our source confirm the teaser’s existence and Warner Bros.’ plan for marketing the full official trailer’s release, but they have actually seen the footage – and so have I. It’s nothing short of spectacular and a true tease.

*Teaser Spoilers Below, Scroll Down For Non-Spoiler Section*

It opens with gorgeous, custom WB and Legendary logos that fit the gold and black aesthetic the marketing material has shown so far. Then, it hops right into an iconic scene fans of the novel will immediately recognize: the Gom Jabbar test. This scene takes place early in the novel and is the focal point of this teaser.

Before traveling to Arrakis, Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) is introduced to the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam (Charlotte Rampling). She asks Paul to place his hand inside a box that causes Paul to feel excruciating pain without physically harming him. The catch? He’ll die if he removes his hand. The Gom Jabbar is a lethal poisonous needle that Mohiam wears on her finger and presses against Paul’s neck during this test of his humanity, awarenesses and animal instincts. You’ll discover the reason for this test during his journey.

This is nothing short of stunning from a visual perspective. The set that Chalamet and Rampling sit in is enormous and circular, with beautifully ornate carvings in the walls and floor. Sunlight beams through a skylight, and the two characters are centered in the room. The Reverend Mother is wearing a complex gown. It’s almost terrifying how the black, netted material drapes over her entire body, from head to toe. She speaks with a taunting, almost mechanical voice, explaining the test to Paul – the poor boy is clearly in over his head.

As the test plays out and his fear and pain increases, the footage is intercut with a sweeping shot of Arrakis’ deep desert, with dunes as far as the eye can see. It’s exactly how you would imagine it. They’re bright yellow, and you can feel the sun through the screen. We also get quick, big shots of almost every cast member, making their faces obvious to viewers.

We see the door open on an aircraft and the Atreides men stand in their armor as the Arrakis sun shines onto them. Oscar Isaac looks absolutely regal and badass as Duke Leto Atreides. Rebecca Ferguson is hooded and smiling as Lady Jessica, and Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa) makes a quick appearance wearing a stillsuit. We also see Javier Bardem’s Stilgar remove his face mask to speak to someone and Zendaya’s Chani climbing over rocks with a group of Fremen.

Some quick shots also include an ornithopter touching down in the desert and Paul stepping off. We also see Chang Chen as Dr. Wellington Yueh, Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Liet-Kynes and our first look as “Beast” Glossu Rabban Harkonnen, played by Dave Bautista. He looks almost painted white or covered in dust. There is also the quickest glimpse of a large character’s head emerging from a huge tub full of a liquid that had a similar color to Rabban’s skin. This character seemed to be Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgård), and it was a perfectly grotesque moment.

Throughout the teaser, the intensity of Paul’s test build and builds with each new cast member that is introduced, finally culminating with an epic closeup of Paul in the desert in a stillsuit, walking among Fremen. The score really comes in as the title reveals itself, and I am almost certain this is a piece from Hans Zimmer himself. It sounded like a cross between “Blade Runner” and “The Lion King,” with a good amount of drums mixed in with some ethereal, synth vibes. It perfectly fits “Dune.”

The teaser finishes with the title reveal, followed by a stacked list of every cast member that fills the screen from top to bottom, and a stamp that says “FILMED IN IMAX.” This film wasn’t captured with IMAX cameras, so this could mean they’re going the “Top Gun” Maverick” route of having their digital cameras certified by IMAX themselves. I’d expect expanded aspect ratios for at least part of the film, if not the entire film, when you eventually see it in IMAX. The images themselves look unbelievably crisp and almost surreal in a way that’s hard to put my finger on. I don’t know what exactly Villeneuve and cinematographer Greig Fraser did here (anamorphic lenses might’ve done the trick), but if these simple character shots look this good, I can’t wait to see the big and complex stuff.

*No Teaser Spoilers Beyond This Point*

It must be noted the teaser closes with the phrase “ONLY IN THEATERS,” but this is nothing new. Despite their upcoming films having official release dates picked out, all of WB’s recent trailers have forgone these dates in favor of highlighting the theatrical experience and keeping their trailers evergreen in the event of a delay — they won’t have to release a new trailer just because the date is wrong. I actually recognized this pattern last week with “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “Tenet” and predicted that the new trailers for “Wonder Woman 1984” and “Dune” would also go this route. The absence of a date is not any indication that “Dune” will be delayed; this is simply the new normal in a pandemic.

So, we know it exists, but when and where will this theater-exclusive teaser be available? That is a little less clear. In social media messages posted yesterday, both the Facebook and Twitter accounts for Canadian theater chain Cinemark stated “the teaser trailer for ‘Dune’ will be debuted in select Tenet screenings starting August 31.” Additionally, the Twitter account stated “Warner Bros. has pushed back the date for the ‘Dune’ trailer.”

But despite being rated and ready for theaters when Canada and countries around the world show “Tenet” today, WB has asked for Cinemark to withhold the teaser until next week. The explanation for this is likely two-fold.

Firstly, the trailer for “The Batman” made an earth-shattering splash when it arrived on Saturday and is still dominating social media conversation. I suspect WB didn’t want one of their babies stealing limelight from the other. Despite this teaser being exclusive to theaters, news of it (and bootleg footage, no doubt) would have been all over social media the remainder of the week. Secondly, the first screenings of “Tenet” in the United States begin on Monday. It is entirely possible that WB wanted to wait until domestic public screenings began before allowing the teaser to show overseas, as well.

The final impression that I will leave you with is that this teaser did not disappoint me in the slightest. Although the 1:37 runtime whisked by in a flash, I could not have been more impressed with the look of this film and the way Villeneuve and company are capturing the world of Dune. This will blow every previous adaptation out of the water.

With all the cast members getting shown off, the music, the designs and tease of the official trailer coming soon, this is truly Warner Bros. and Legendary flexing their muscles. They know they have something special on their hands, and they want the trailer debut for this event film to be an event all on its own. With the marketing to this point having been basically nonexistent, I have to admit some concern was growing in me. That’s all gone now. I have no doubt in my mind that the official trailer that drops online on September 9 is going to melt faces and blow minds.

The wait is almost over, everyone. The sleeper has awakened.

“Dune” is set to hit theaters December 18, 2020.

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#oscar isaac #dune #dune 2020 #denis villeneuve #timothée chalamet #rebecca ferguson #jason momoa #josh brolin #zendaya #javier bardem #stellan skarsgard #charlotte rampling #sharon duncan brewster #chang chen #trailer

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new-sandrafilter · 4 years ago

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Confirmation of the upcoming theater-exclusive “Dune” teaser accompanying “Tenet” via the theater video system..

The wait is almost over, everyone. The sleeper has awakened.

“Dune” is set to hit theaters December 18, 2020.

insidefilmroom - EXCLUSIVE: ‘Dune’ trailer to release online Sept. 9

#timmy #timothee chalamet #dune 2020 #denis villeneuve

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just-random-obsessions · 5 years ago

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Funny Moments In Avengers 1 (this time with gifs!)

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In hindsight, I probably shoulda done this either before or right after Thor 1 but I’m horrible at planning so. This post is going to be listing the humor in Avengers 1 and then giving some thoughts afterwards. Post starts underneath the tag list. If you want to be added/removed from the tag list, let me know.

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Also, side note but I find it kinda interesting how the humor doesn’t start till several minutes after the film starts when the arms dealer guy is interrogating Natasha.

~ Arms dealer: “you listen carefully” Coulson: *bitch you listen carefully*

~ “I’m working! This idiot is giving me everything” “I don’t give her everything”

~ “Let me put you on hold” *Coulson waiting very quietly as he listens to Natasha’s hold music which consists of bones breaking*

~ “Oh I’ve got Stark. You get the big guy” *Natasha DEFINITELY saying “fuck” in a different language*

~ “Should’ve got paid up front Banner”

~ “Doctor we’re facing a potential global catastrophe” “oh no those I try to actively avoid”

~ “What does Fury want me to do [with the Tesseract]? Swallow it?”

~ “Is there anything you can tell us about the Tesseract? “You should’ve left it in the ocean

~ “Ten bucks says you’re wrong [about being surprised by new things]” *Steve later giving Fury $10*

~ “How does it look?” “Like Christmas but with more me”

~ “Give yourself some credit please. Give yourself 12% of the credit.” “12%?! Of my baby?!” “An argument could be made for 15”

~ “You have reached the life model decoy of Tony Stark. Please leave a message”

~ “Phil! Come in!” “Um his first name is Agent”

~ *I know nothing about the Avengers initiative but I do know that my boyfriend is a dick sometimes*

~ *Pepper saying something racy in Tony’s ear*

~ *Both of the men’s faces*

~ “The guy’s like a Stephen Hawking.” *?????* “He’s like a smart person”

~ “I watched you while you were sleeping” *wow I should’ve stayed in the ice cause this convo went sideways real quick*

~ *Loki straight up sassing the asshole who tortured him like the Queen he is*

~ “Did he ask you to sign his captain America trading cards yet?” Trading cards?” “They’re vintage. He’s very proud”

~ “Really? They want me in a submerged pressurized metal container”

~ “Oh no this is much worse”

~ “I mean, if it’s not too much trouble” “no no it’s fine”

~ *Loki bitch-slapping the guard in the face with the scepter*

~ *cap punches Loki and Loki’s bitch really face”

~ “Kneel!” “Not today!”

~ “Make a move Reindeer Games”

~ “Rock of Ages giving up so easy?”

~ “What’s the matter? Scared of a little lightning?” “I’m not overly fond of what follows?” *?????*

~ “Now there’s that guy”

~ “We need a plan of attack!” “I have a plan. Attack”

~ “You think yourself above them?” “Well yes dumbass”

~ “You listen well brother” “I’m listening”

~ “Doth mother know, you weareth her drapes?”

~ *Loki calmly watching them fight*

~ “Power at 400% capacity” “How bout that?”

~ “Let me know if ‘real power’ wants a magazine or something”

~ “He really grows on you doesn’t he?”

~ “An army. From outer space” *should’ve stayed in the ice cube*

~ “He killed 80 people in 2 days” “He’s adopted”

~ “No hard feelings Point Breaks, you got a mean swing”

~ “That man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn’t notice but we did!” *they later show the guy playing Galaga*

~ “How does Fury see these?” “He turns.” “Sounds exhausting”

~ “When did you become an expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?” “Last night”

~ *Tony and Bruce geeking out over science*

~ “Are you nuts?” “Jury’s out”

~ “Is everything a joke to you?” “Funny thing”

~ *Tony supporting Bruce by offering blueberries*

~ “The Stark tower? That big ugly-” *Tony’s face* “building in the sky?”

~ “Followings not really my style?” “And you’re all about style?” “Of the people in this room who is 1) wear a spangly outfit and 2) not of use?”

~ *Ancient powerful deity trying to describe what a Bilgesnipe is to a mortal*

~ “How is this now about me?” “I’m sorry isn’t everything”

~ “Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off and what are you?” “Genius billionaire playboy philanthropist”

~ *Tony and Steve arguing* “Put on the suit” “I’m not afraid to hit an old man”

~ *SHIELD gets attacked* “Put on the suit” “Yep”

~ “Is the sun coming up? Then put it on the left dumbass”

~ “It seems to work on some form of electricity” *I should’ve stayed in the ice*

~ *Tony speaking Science TM* “Speak English!”

~ “Target angry! TARGET ANGRY!!!!!!”

~ “Are you ever not going to fall for that?”

~ *After blasting Loki* “So that’s what it does”

~ *Master assassins who bite each other*

~ *Thor vs Windows episode 2*

~ “Cap hit the lever” “I need a minute here!” “LEVER!!! NOW!!!”

~ “Uh oh I’m fucked”

~ “Are you an alien?” “No” “Well then son, you’ve got a condition”

~ “Hey you guys aren’t authorized to be in he-” “Son, just don’t”

~ “Please tell me you’re going to appeal to my humanity” “Actually I’m planning on threatening”

~ *Tony very calmly “threatening” Loki*

~ “I have an army” “We have a Hulk”

~ “This usually works” “Well performance issues. It’s not uncommon 1 out of 5-” YEET

~ “And there one other person you pissed off. His name is Phil”

~ “Right. Army”

~ *Steve trying to stay safe in the jet as it falls to the ground* *I SHOULD’VE STAYED IN THE FUCKING ICE*

~ “Stark are you seeing this?” “Seeing. Still working on believing”

~ “You think you can hold them off?” “Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure”

~ “Just like Budapest all over again” “You and I remember Budapest very differently”

~ “Why the hell should I take orders from you?” *Cause I’m a fucking badass that why*

~ “Welp. We got his attention. What the hell is step 2?”

~ “So. This all seems horrible”

~ “I’m bringing the party to you” “I don’t see how that’s a party”

~ “That’s my secret cap. I’m always angry” *honestly tho Mood TM*

~ “Better clench up Legolas”

~ “And Hulk. Smash”

~ *Hawkeye not looking where he’s shooting and still hitting his mark*

~ “Well Thor’s taking down a squadron on 6th” “And he didn’t invite me”

~ *Hulk punching Thor out of the frame*

~ *Steve hiding his whole body behind his shield*

~ “I recognize that the council has made a decision but given that it’s a stupid ass decision I have elected to ignore it”

~ “Nat what the fuck are you doing?”

~ *Loki catches the arrow like a Badass TM but it still blows up in his face anyways cause Hawkeye is also a Badass TM*

~ “I am a god you dull creature and I will not be bullied by a-“ *gets smacked around like a rag doll*

~ “Puny god”

~ *Moans* (NOT LIKE THAT GET Y’ALL’S HEADS OUTTA THE GUTTER!!)

~ “Jarvis. You ever hear the tale of Jonah?” “I wouldn’t consider him a role model”

~ *ITS SHWARMA!!!! In the back ground!*

~ “You ready for another bout?” “What you gettin sleepy?”

~ *Hulk roaring to wake up Tony* “What the hell?”

~ “What just happened? Please tell me nobody kissed me!”

~ “Lets just not come in tomorrow. Let’s just take a day. You ever tried shwarma? There’s a shwarma place three blocks away. I don’t know what it is but I wanna try it.”

~ “If it’s all the same to you, I’ll have that drink now” *Tony smirking*

~ “Superhero’s in New York? Give me a break!”

~ *The Shwarma scene*

~ *Tony realizing he was scared back to life by the man on his left*

~ *Steve nodding off like the senior citizen he is*

~ *Thor eating literally everything on his plate*

~ *Clint and Natasha taking up each others personal space*

Alright some side thoughts. First of all, there’s no humor in the opening scene when Loki is stealing the Tesseract. I find this interesting as I see no reason for there not to be humor. Not complaining, just wondering.

Also, just like with Thor 1 & 2, there’s little to no humor when Thor and Loki are arguing. Whether it’s wen Thor breaks Loki out fo the jet after Stuttgart or when Thor and Loki are fighting on the Stark Tower, there’s barely any humor, if there’s even any humor at all.

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daggerfall · 6 years ago

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do people who design tiddy armor deserve rights? discuss.

joke answer: no

serious answer: it very much depends on who is the producer of the armor.

this post got real long so i’ll put it under a read more, but the TL/DR is that:

the question is: do we have choice in tiddy armor versus non-tiddy armor? If the answer is no, or “yes but it takes a lot of work to FIND said choice because of all the tiddy armors in the way”, then the people who made the tiddy armor aren’t valid. if we do have choice, then sure having the OPTION to select tiddy armor or non-tiddy armor is very good, and the creators are very valid. i think games are actually BETTER if they have both, because sometimes u might wanna dress up in some slutty armor, just for fun.

CHOICE is what matters

within the vanilla game, ask yourself: does a female playing character have a variety of armor options that are

1) realistic in protecting them from the amount of damage they should expect given the armor type they chose (as in mages robes shouldn’t be expected to protect as well as ebony armor), so no giant boob windows, no exposed stomachs, good coverage on the arms and legs.

2) not built to show off their boobs via shaping the armor around them. people with breasts need the armor to be a little tight to the body, like a sports bra. if you shape the armor around the breasts, it’ll drive the blade straight to the middle of their chest, or the impact of the blade hitting that big hollow area with hurt like a fucking bitch, and probably do a lot of damage along. like you’re just giving them more surface area to hit. so armor needs to just have a little more space to accommodate a person’s breasts if they have them, but no more than the space they take up while compressed with a tight breast band. for example from practical female armor mod

don’t build armor around. build in mind.

AND 3) not substantially different than the male version of the armor.

...you see what I mean

if i limit myself to ONLY vanilla armors on my female character that 1) don’t have cleavage exposed 2) don’t have tits built into the armor, and 3) look almost identical to the male armor, I have almost no choices. basically all my characters.

As for mods, we have to ask two questions

1) what is the percentage of clothing/armor mods that are clearly tiddy armor versus not tiddy armor? if i want to find some nice robes for my mage, how many pages of tiddy armor must i be forced to look at before i find something good?

and 2) which of these mods are clearly pornography material for horny dudes to use while playing their vidya gaems and jacking off? What is the purpose behind this tiddy armor? Is it for role playing as a more sexual character? For having a little fun making a really hot OC? Who is your key audience in making these mods? Just heterosexual men?

Because these mods are rarely actually sexy mods that were made in mind for anyone OTHER than some horny straight dude looking to turn skyrim into a sex simulator. Do these mods appeal to lesbians? Where are the tiddy armors for male characters? When the mods are clearly for the sole purpose of objectifying women and turning a fun fantasy game into your wet dream, we have to ask “why aren’t you just going on some porn site and getting your rocks off there instead? Why take all this time to mod tiddy armor and flirty followers and sexual animations into a game if your only reason is ‘because I’m horny’?” That’s so much WORK.

I have an armor mod that lets me craft mazken armor. It is moderately sexual, but doesn’t put a huge emphasis on tits and instead focuses on other things that are make armor look hot. like power, strength, dark colors, all that jazz. see below.

granted i never USED it in combat, because i deemed it as “not practical” given the giant opening on her chest, but I had a bunch of other choices within the other armor mods I had that weren’t entirely sexual. CHOICE is the keyword. It took forever to find non-tiddy armor mods within the nexus. So while we have choice, it’s still not great. And the choice is coming from modders, not original game developers.

“but em!” someone whines “what games don’t do all that?”

Dragon Age Inquisition you fool.

Cassandra, a female human warrior. Her armor clearly is accommodating for breasts without drawing attention to them

Vivienne, a female mage, who gets rightfully called out for wearing high heels to a bog and it is very in character for her to always dress up. Note that as you improve her armor, more of her skin does get covered up. Additionally, her fighting class makes her basically unkillable, so while she does have tiddy armor, it works for her character.

and Iron Bull, a male qunari warrior who is basically always shirtless regardless of temperature or danger, because he’s just that badass, and wearing full armor in his culture is basically a signal of war, because now they’re serious. Definitely impractical, but it’s a nice change to see a male like this.

Nearly all armor is character specific and covers them up very well, and there’s almost no tiddy armor. The ONLY real tiddy armor is tiddy armor for both males and females and comes with a DLC you don’t have to ever use

hell yeah antaam-saar.

anyway, CHOICE is what matters. and the game developers didn’t give us nearly enough, and the tiddy armor mod makers are making it really difficult to find our choices

#tiddy armor #disc horse #long post #dragon age #skyrim #anonymous #asks

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inspired by @indoril-nerevar-mora post about positivity, here's a 5 by 5 positivity tag!!

talk about 5 things about tes that you love and then about 5 of your favorite tes blogs!!

tes, in general, is a great franchise, and honestly talking to another person irl that loves it always makes me so happy and glad to have a friend to talk about it with!!! and i admit I've had my problems with this in the past, but instead of approaching everyone with anger and hatred that disagree with us on the nuances, we should be glad to have an ENTIRE community to share our oc stories, our ideas, theories and things that just make us happy about tes. obviously this doesn't go the same for vigilantly hateful people like nazis, racists, homophobes, transphobes, MAPs... basically anyone that enters this fandom to attack people bc of their identity or have a harmful intent. there is no debate about basic decency, and if you're someone negatively affects the community, shame on you!!! no one should have to tell you to be decent and kind

anyway, we as a community need to be more positive and loving. most of us use tes and tumblr as an escape (not therapy 👀) from reality - from personal home issues, from politics, from heartbreaking stories on the news. we need to be more supportive, more understanding and more kind. why escape from the harshness of life only to log onto to see dreadful disk horse and people attacking another over opinions?

ANYWAY getting to the point (i know i ramble lmao) here's five things about tes that i love:

the soundtrack. admittedly, I've only played oblivion and skyrim but their scores are so relaxing. double that with the scenery, and it's no wonder people spend HOURS on this game. it's soothing and helps a ton w anxiety (and insomnia - even my 2 month old seems to sleep better with it playing in the background).

characters and their backstories. mine, specifically are sapphire, serana, miraak, nazir, sanguine, sheo, malacath, azura, mara, and brynjolf. it would be an essay on why i love each SO

the lore. it's complex, frustrating, but so fun to read about during feeding my son (hint: breastfeeding is exhausting lol). with the exception of nearly everything written by kirkbride (and several other racist/sexist aspects...), i appreciate the thought that goes into expanding tamriel.

the fact that with nearly EVERY game, there is so much exploring to do. under every rock is something new, and you find so many breathtaking destinations unmarked. like i said, it's no wonder people spend hours on the game.

the armor, weapons, etc. it feels immersive that you really can become a badass warrior, or shadowy thief, or intelligent mage (but it really seems like by dialogue in skyrim, they have a specific build in the writing :/) it also gives you the ability to create a multitude of ocs, with a range of stories, skills, personalities,,, even to ship with favorite characters. the open world really feels immersive idk

so to also spread the positivity within the community, here's my top five favorite tes bloggers (PLEASE don't take it personally if you're not on the list!!! all of you are creative, beautiful people!!)

@airiat her ocs are adorable, her writing is beautiful and she's genuinely a great person w such a positive energy (im getting SUCH a lavender vibe from u luv). we're both into astrology and tarot, and she has an amazing talent reading BOTH. like her analysis of astrology is so accurate and reliable. she is so easy to talk to and and just SO friendly and kind. and i absolutely ADORE her ship of her oc fjoara and teldryn 😍😍 honestly anyone would be doing themselves a favor by following this angel 🕊❤

@partyatsanguines she raised to popularity seemingly quick in this fandom and she absolutely deserves it!! the thought she puts in her memes, shitposts and her amazing ocs is amazing! her jokes are hilarious and definitely have made me laugh when i was having a SHITTY day. she has such a no-nonsense attitude and I'm getting a velvet red vibe from her. she's so smart (seriously i don't understand anything with math and yet here she is!!! fucking majoring in it i am just WOW) and you can see it in her jokes too. honestly i used to envy her jokes!! like i would wish i was witty enough to come up with HALF that she does. you deserve every follower and kind message queen!! ❤

@doomedteaparty i think she was actually one of the first people who posted about tes. she's incredibly creative, artistic and just really an amazing person. i love her ocs, and the ships she has with her ocs, her screenshots are always amazing. she's insightful and knowledgeable, and hearing her opinions honestly seems to give me a spare brain cell. she has such an ocean blue vibe 🌊 babe you're doing SO great don't forget that!!! 💕💕💕

@trinimac i haven't been following her for too long, but I've seen her posts about malacath (she's definitely the reason why i love him now!!!) she seems to have such an astounding knowledge on lore, and really just funny as fuck. her posts always slap frfr. im getting a sunset orange vibe?! i don't know much else but honestly keep doing you, you have such an amazing mind ❤❤

and of course @indoril-nerevar-mora !! honestly hes an absolute angel, and a strong person!!!! with everything he's been through, he's an inspiration 💖💖. && him and his boyf are honestly SO adorable and relationship goals as fuck 💕💕 i love his ocs, their stories and honestly just how badass he made them!!! and his screenshots are just 💯💯 has on point opinions and has great insights. DEFINITELY picking up a pearl vibe 🥰

whether you're tagged or not, everyone should post their top five by fives, and spread a much needed positivity (and if you don't, no pressure!!) tag as #tesblrpositivity bc i def want to see why everyone loves tes and tesblr!!! 💕💕💕

#tesblr positivity #tes #skyrim #oblivion #morrowind #eso #hannah speaks

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jarmes · 5 years ago

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Blind Shield Nuzlocke Notes 10 (Finale)

-Starting off the tenth and possibly final session

-Current Team: Freight the Coalossal, High Voltage the Toxtricity, Nosferatu the Dreadnaw, Riot the Falinks, Snowball the Frosmoth, Warrior the Grapploct

-I updated Warrior’s moves in preparation for Raihan, he now knows Drain Punch Waterfall Superpower and Ice Punch

-Even though Raihan is a dragon specialist, I’m not using Snowball. Last time he led with a Gigalith so I’m leading with Nosferatu and Warrior

Raihan

-Oh god he reworked his team for one on one battles there goes my plan

-Why the FUCK does he have a torkal

-Like, from a story perspective, why would he try to take out Charizard boi with a drought Pokémon?

-Whatever I’ll just use rock side

-OH FUCK IT MISSED AND NOW NOS HAS NO HEALTH SWITCHING TO FREIGHT

-Okay, it tanked a solar beam and it tanked a rock slide

-Second rock slide killed

-Raihan switched to Flygon, I switched to Snowball. Flygon Used sandstorm

-I’d use quicker dance, but I can’t risk a stone edge so I’m using Aurora beam

-Well, it used dragon claw so I messed up

-Turtonator? Time to switch back to freight and take no damage from that fire blast

-Rock slide, sunny day, miss, dragon pulse, rock slide, dead

-He sent out Goodra, dynamaxing and using Max rockfall

-Raihan Used rain dance? This team has a lot less synergy than the last one. Whatever, canceled it out with max rockfall

-Raihan made it rain, AGAIN, and died to a third max rockfall. Which made it sandstorm

-Unfortunely, dynamax wire off and he switched to GM Duraldon. Switching to Tiot cause freight is low

-Tanked a Max rockfall and Max knuckle, took half with a Brick Break

-OH GID MAX DEPLETION PUT ME AT 8 HP AND THERES A SANDSTORM

-Thank god, Close Combat killed and the battle ended

-Now for champion Leon and/or Tesla CEO Rose

Leon

-Dont know what he’ll use except Charizard and possibly Sobble. Putting Snowball up front because I know Charizard will be last and I may be able to sweep with quiver dance

-The cheering of the crowd fills you with determination

-“Wait, hold on!” Goddamn it rose

-“It’s time I brought about the darkest day, for Galars future of course” it’s called the darkest day you can’t be an antivillain and still call your plan the darkest day

-I knew dragonville tower was evil plan place

-“But you’re terrible at directions, what if you get lost along the way?”

-Hop acknowledges the fact that he sucks good

-Hell yeah! Going back to the slumbering weald to catch god!

-Oh sweet a life orb giving it to Warrior

-I’m glad they brought back the evil team interrupts the elite four thing from black and white

-Shield dog is in front because it is important

-Sonia can’t see god dogs because Sonia isn’t a stand user

-Getting Zelda vibes

-Honestly, the Shield is more fitting for a Nuzlocke than the sword. You aren’t trying to destroy, you’re trying to survive, to protect the team members you care about

-The dogs are dead, aren’t they

-I’m actually surprised I’m not just fighting Shield dog, this is different

-The leaders evacuated Hammerlocke, making themselves useful

-How did hop get past Oleana?

-Hey! It’s good mook! I forgot to mention her earlier but she’s cool

-Rampaging dynamax pokemon in the power plant hell yeah

-Eternatus! The least kept secret in the game! I’ve seen this thing and it’s cool and I’m glad I get to fight it instead of waiting for ultra Shield

-Leon’s fighting on the roof like a badass

-Is that an egg

-Ooh summoning Satan to use as green energy what could go wrong

-THAT CHOIR

Rose

-I still have Snowball out front

-And he’s using escavalier. Time for freight to continue carrying this team

-Uh oh swords dance

-Nevermind, outsped it ant took it out with heat crash

-“You’re go tough that’s not fair” life isn’t fair bitch

-Ferrothorn, really?

-It survived a heat crash. Operative word being A, because the second one killed it

-Rose, I know why Leon beat you as a kid. It’s because you exclusively use steel types and he has a goddamn Charizard

-Klingklang got off two wild charges but it’s dead now

-Freight’s at half health and can take out purrserker, but I don’t want to switch into Rose’s GM anchor so I’m going to Riot

-Took a lot of damage in the switch, but took it out with a Max knuckle

-“I’ll show you a move that hits so hard you’ll be speechless” I doubt it

-OH GOD FAIRY MOVE

-Whatever it’s dead now

-That chuckle and clap, gg mate

-“Leon is just like a knight in shining armor coming to rescue the princess from a dragon!” Glad pokemon is finally giving lgbt representation

-Leon caught eternatus doggie doggie what now

-Side note, I just realized I haven’t used any of my dynamax candy yet. Used them all of Nosferatu for obvious reasons

-And Leon hasn’t defeated eternatus yet great

-A fucking pokeball, Leon? Really?

-Okay were fighting this thing now I guess

Eternatus

-Snowball dodged a flamethrower out of love and took away half of eternatus’s health with aurora beam!

-Switching to Freight, tanked a dragon pulse. Almost died to a crit dragon pulse, but got it into red with a rock slide

-Switched to Nos, took slightly less than half damage from a dragon pulse

-Killed it with ice fang

-OH GOD IT DYNAMAXED

-Time for round 2?

-ITS A RAID BATTLE WIRH HOP!

-Oh god Snowball can’t attack and Eternatus is storing power

-Time for sword and shield

-The gods dogs jesused and teleported to us! They saved Snowball!

-And now we’re in box art form!

-Now it’s a real max raid battle! We got four fighters, three of which exist solely to take hits for Snowball

-It’s potswick! Wait, no, it’s everywhere!

-God dogs have abilities that buff each other that’s cool

-Shield dog uses light screen and sword dog used howl!

-Good job Snowball, tank that G-Move

-Eat Ice, dragon fuckboy

-Quiver dance time!

-Behemoth blade and bash!

-Snowball, put this mother fucker on ice

-Okay it would have been cooler if that killed but sure that’s fine

-And sword dog steals the kill!

-Oh, I have to catch it? I’d prefer to kill it but this is fine I guess

-I used an Ultra ball, Leon. Take notes

-Welcome to the box, Eternatus. Or should I say, “XD lol haha”

-Yeah I gave it a lame name because it’s evil

-Bye bye doggies

-Time to take on Leon, for real this time. I could swap someone for XD lol haha, but that isn’t my style. I’m winning this with the team that got me here. And also Warrior

-No major changes for the final battle. Swapped Freight’s Rocky Helmet and Nos’s Assault Vest, replaced Tar Shot with Giga Impact, and evened the team out to level 61 with rare candies

-I’ve loved this game and it’s climax, but the end is here. Let’s look over who we have with us. Also the only girl which is weird

-Freight, the longest lasting member of the team who’s carried me through countless battles

-HV, who I raised from a baby and is our greatest offensive powerhouse

-Nosferatu, who was brought on after the deaths of his brother Dracula and JORSTIN. He quickly proved himself a vital member of the team

-Riot, who fought his way on by killing Mondo and proved to useful to hate

-Snowball, a late member who I spent hours bonding with the evolve

-And Warrior, who I have literally never used in battle

-It’s time to take on Leon

Champion Leon

-He’s starting with an Aegislash, so I’m swapping Snowball for Freight

-Side note, the champion wielding aegislash is so fitting

-I love this theme

-Ha! It used King’s Shield!

-Sacred sword hurt, but Heat Crash took it out

-Swapped to Haxorus, I’m swapping to Snowball

-Good thing I did, cause he used earthquake

-Risking a quiver dance

-And he killed Snowball with iron tail fuck

-Time for Warrior to justify his existence!

-Almost died to outrage and only did half hp with ice punch good job buddy

-Now, this may seem mean, but I’m not going to switch. Letting Warrior die gives me a free switch to HV, who can take out Haxorus and sweep most of Leon’s team

-With Choice Scarf HV boombursted Haxorus to death

-Inteleon! Yes! He kept it!

-Critical hit! It’s dead now

-Mr Rhine tanked a boomburst and killed HV with psychic

-FUCK I THOUGHT IT WAS ICE NOW

-Going to Nos and Dming. Max rockfall crushed it

-Okay, Dragapukt is definetly a dragon flying. It paralyzed Nos with thunderbolt, but he’s still in the green

-Enter The Charizard

-You know, I mentioned my feelings about GM Charizard earlier and I’d like to reiterate it. I hate Charizard spam, but it is a cool design and I like the idea of the champion having a Charizard as a starter and having won at ten

-OH GOD MAX OVERGROWTH NOS IS DEAD

-Switching to Freight, it used Max Rockfall but I survived and got off a rock slide. I won’t survive another one so I’m switching to Riot

-Okay, Riot is in the green and Charizard isn’t giga anymore. Now what?

-And it killed Riot with Fire Blast

-Leon Used a full restore because he’s a cunt

-Okay, this is it. I’m ending this with a rock slide. For Apollo and Dracula and Bob Murray and Idol and JORSTIN and Ophelia and Mondo and Chaos and Pluck and Echo and Snowball and Warrior and High Voltage and Nosferatu and Riot and every Pokémon in the box and Freight and for me, I’m taking you down!

-It survives with a sliver of health

-And it died to the sandstorm I created

-It’s over. It’s finally over

-I mean, I know there will be a post credits battle because every game in the past six years has had one, but it’s over

-Ten days, ten posts, fifteen fallen friends, and it is finally over

-And what a final battle it was

-“Thank you for the greatest battle I’ve ever had” same brah

-To think that I, Blinkin, a young blind British boy with a dream could defeat every powerful trainer in the country in less than a fortnight

-Okay, while the credits roll I’d like to talk about this game. This isn’t a formal review, just some thoughts. This has been the most contentious pokemon game in a while and I’d like to say that I...absolutely loved it. The new Pokémon were creative and fun, the wild area was a great idea I’d love to see expanded in future games, dynamaxing was surprisingly tactical, the characters were surprisingly engrossing. This game was amazing. It wasn’t perfect (linearity, exp share always on, lack of turning animations), but most problems I can think of are nitpicks. But, of course, there is the Cufant in the room: Dexit. Dexit was horrible for collectors and some competitive battlers, I’m not denying that, and there are deeper conversations about game freak as a company that I’d like to have on a later date, but honestly? Dexit didn’t affect my enjoyment of the game at all. I almost exclusively do challenge runs, so I rarely care about the national dex or post game. And, as a game for challenge runs, this game is amazing. X and Y are actually some of my favorite Pokémon games to play just because there are so many different Pokémon and team combinations to try. I think those games had ~450 Pokémon in their regional dex and this game had about the same, and that really goes a long way. Take Black and White, for instance. How many Pokémon were in that game. You might say 500ish, but I don’t see it that way. There are 150 Pokémon you can catch. Less than that, counting version exclusives. So yeah, there were more Pokémon programmed into that game, but you don’t see most of them without importing them from another game. Even with Dexit, this game felt like it had more Pokémon than any I’ve ever played. And again, I feel for the collectors, but I’m not going to not enjoy a great game because of an aspect that doesn’t effect me at all. Let’s get off Dexit. There are two aspects of this game that stand out as especially good. The first is the Galar region. This region was filled with so much charm and care that I could barely put it down. I love Galar, this beautiful country filled with so much goddamn British culture that I can barely breathe. The second reason I love this game is the League. This game breathed new life into the series and featured hands down the best league in any game. I felt, more than in any game, like pursuing the title of Champion was my goal. The stadiums of cheering crowds, the tournament at the end, that brutal champion battle, I loved this league.

-Anyway, lets make fun of the credits

-Oh right, the art director was the Englishman

-Legit, the other guys at Gamfreak call him the Englishman in interviews. Anyway, that explains a lot about this game

-Rock band!

-Okay, these Pokémon are all based on the idea of hardcore British rock and the credits theme is very much not that

-Hey, gym banners.

-They have the fighting banner even though she is sword exclusive

-Side note, when the mentioned minor league leaders I hoped that they would be fightable. Maybe in the post game

-Oh right, in sword the ice towns leader uses rock types. Maybe a Coalossal for the steam theme?

-Oh hey Leon banner

-Yeah I don’t have a lot to say about credits

-WOLLOO

-Huh, no post credits battle

-Okay, Full disclosure, I was spoiled that you fight Hop in the forest and assumed that that would be the post credits scene. When I booted the game up again it showed the forest so I’m going to go check it out

-Thank you for the master ball old lady foster

-Okay Hop, lets go. You vs my remaining team

Hop

-Dubwool did jack shit and went down to two Heat Crashes

-Snorlax killed Freight with a High Horsepower

-You know what? Good job, kid. You earned this

-Now to send out XD lol haha end exterminate Hops fucking bloodline

-Oh, you used a full restore, Hoppy boy? Well, I don’t see why I shouldn’t use the thirty full restore in my bag to destroy everything you love

-Eat shit Hop

-“Congrats on Beating Leon” “It was nothing”

-Oh Sonia’s the Professor now okay

-Thank you for the book, it is going on eBay

-These men have sword and shield hair what the fuck

-You gave Sonia’s book one star? I’ll fucking kill you

-Who the fuck named their sons Sordbord and Shielbert

-I hate these men and want them dead

-Oh, you’re princes? A shame I don’t have any Pokémon who know guillotine

-Okay, Nofumi but somehow even more insufferable, I’ll take you out with my god

-So were doing the aftergame now extra long post I guess

-Of course he has a sirfetched

-What is a king to a god fuckboi?

-The god is me, by the way. Not Eternatus

-Goddamn it Hop

-Okay, fuck it. I can’t beat this losers with only Eternatus. Time to sacrifice XD lol haha to Ghiratina to bring my whole team back yes this is in the Nuzlocke rules

-Are they not going to give Sonia’s girlfriend a name?

-Dynamax In trufield better be something new and cool

-Ugh, it’s just leggy onion. Whatever, lets raid it

-That sounded better in my head

-RARE CARDS I WANT THEM

-God I hate these guys

-I can exaggerate? Hell yeah!

-Piers is an ex leader? So Marnie’s a leader now cool

-So am I just going to visit all of the leaders again? Well that part can be skipped in the notes unless something cool happens

-Okay, it was only the first trio

-Good time my team are immortal zombies because Sword jackass oneshoted freight with his golispod and shield bro one shotted Echo with his Falinks

-Nameless assistant! How dare you betray us!

-Okay, I’m out of battery. Delaying this post til tomorrow so I can finish the aftergame

-What’s up It tomorrow I killed a frosslass and Haxorus and dusknoir. Saved Bede for last because he’s a prick.

-Okay, Bede beat the dynamax pokemon on his own and wants a fight cool

-Side note, Rapidash and Hatterene are both psychic fairy and it’s a miracle I didn’t loose Echo to Bede in session 9

-Burn up is such a cool move

-It was fun beating you again Bede eat shit and die

-Yamper is a good boy

-Oh, douchebags are evil because we revealed historically accuracy that makes them look bad

-Stop being mad to god dogs

-Kill him sword dog! Do it!

-Side note, it’s interesting that this game features both legendaries pretty equally

-Okay sword dog is dead now where’s the real dog god

-Shield Dog! I’m glad you’re hear, but you don’t have to waste your time saving Hop. A little stabbing could help the boy

-Also both god dogs have messed up ears that’s interesting

-Eat the bad man, Shield Dog!

-Okay, I can catch Zamazenta now

-You know what’s bullshit? If I hadn’t messed up the the naming convention Zamazenta would have a Z name. I mean, I could skip to Z, but then there’d be no Y

-The shields fixed his ear cool

-Okay, I know I caught XD lol haha here, but I’ve already dropped Nuzlocke rules so I’m catching this good boy with the master ball

-Welcome to the team, Yorrick

-Okay, lets go kick Hops ass for a final time

-Legit I would not be able to beat Hops final team if I was still Nuzlocking

-You want to be a professor, Hop? Isn’t that sweet, you think you can get a doctorate

-YES! I AM THE KING NOW. AS FIRST DECREE I ABOLISH THE MONARCHY PLEASE DONT GUILLOTINE ME

-I know that the Battle Tower and League Rematches are in this game but I’m going to end this here. Thank you so much for reading and following me on this journey

#pokemon #nuzlocke #pokemon nuzloke #pokemon shield #pokemon sword and shield

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sole-cuore-amore-e-droga · 6 years ago

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Tel Aviv 2019: Straight outta Romania to Eurovision with an edgy plea for a return of special someone

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To be honest, I wasn’t that on board with Selecția Națională 2019, like, at all. I get that scandals happened and three songs withdrew from the comp. at various stages due to various reasons, but Romania is just Romania to me somehow. Well there were a few overall gems (some of them out of the finals too), but I just couldn’t be bothered to waste my Sunday evenings on a single broadcast of it. Plus, I was never that swayed by the two big fanwanks from here anyway, so I’m glad they flopped lol.

But maaaan did I have a bone to pick with the people reacting to it. Especially towards the Wiwi jurors. Look, there’s such a thing called as “song growing on you” and “performance elevating the song”, as well as the one that goes “getting over it”. Surely these aren’t make belief concepts of life, hmm? I’m not one of those people who prefer a song more or less thanks to its performance, but there are some good ones that occasionally change my opinion on a song, especially a ‘boring’ one! And thanks to those terrible people, some of Wiwibloggs videos were unfairly attacked with dislikes, and mind you, not only on the Romanian NF interviews that don’t have the current Romanian subject of choice, no - both first-reaction-after-qualifying-to-A-Dal-2019-final interviews (that were of these two) too. And it’s not even the first time a televote winner doesn’t win the NF so you should have SHUT. THE FUCK. UP. (- Penn Jilette) Clear? (:

(lol this is all directed to the people from like three months ago, obviously now that the writeup is late the drama has cooled down A LOT, especially in the light of Ukraine’s events and the actual dust of this Euroseason where everyone made amends with everything, but I can’t help but keep what I thought of this initially because I just wanted to write something for Romania as I didn’t have anything else to say until I remembered the drama so)

So here’s that one controversial subject that unexpectedly slayed the poor man’s “Fuego” and that one homophobic teen by hitting it hard by an extremely unbalanced jury vote (and 24 points to it coming from that core Wiwibloggs duo, no less) and her on-stage couch possessing - the half-local half-Canadian little to no known artiste, Ester Peony, who conquered all in her homeland “On a Sunday”, as her songtitle says (haha bad puns whoop.) Is it any more mesmerizing over the two fanwank fanflops, or is it, just like Wiwi said at first, ‘boring’? Hmm...

It starts of bluesy, with the Western-movie-sounding-pop guitar twangs accompanying the sound, and Ester begins reminiscing her love that left her on a Sunday of September, later followed by snap percussion. And deep inside she wants that person to come back “to [her], to [her], to [he-eeee-eeee-er], eh, eh, eh, eh”. She begs and pleads for the return for her loved one, as I believe the absence deeply upsets her (smoke from the ashtray, everything’s so cold an gray, loving is a hard price to pay) and eats her up from the inside to a degree. I never had someone to leave me like that on a whatever the day was, but I feel for Ester’s song’s protagoniste.

Here are some interesting things I find in this song: its progressive intensity; the decision of putting a 3rd verse up in the place of the bridge; right after some additional “eh eh eh eh” after the chorus (bridges are usually of completely different vocal line ways); cool voice of the singer’s; the strings; the beat... and the fact that it’s described as “electro-pop”. Pop I might get, in fact it sometimes reminds me of those older Billboard chart topper songs from mid-00s por so, or that it could have been one of those kind of songs. You needed just to give it to a popstar relevant of the time and voilà - a hit! Electro... not quite sure on this one. Maybe the bass that occurs in the 2nd and 3rd verses indicates something on it but that’s all.

And man do I hate to say this but the song's attitude is something that makes me wanna scream sometimes. It occasionally happens when I stop feeling so happy clappy for a song a few listens later because I just don't feel like caring about it anymore and that it starts making me feel some sort of a soulache because I trusted it in the first place. Kinda like "Funny Girl", Latvia 2018: I actually didn't mind it at first but its desperation got on my nerves a whole lot that I got completely irritated. "On a Sunday" has enough elements that I like to keep the irritation feeling at bay, but I doubt that even they will not make me want to smash a chair everytime I hear that chorus again... you think you can suppress your smugness overtime, song? Think again about it later

Oh and there's a supposed revamp, I doubt I would be able to feel any better about that song that way, as long as my mind just automatically recognizes Ester's singing as "whining" for some reason. It probably will make me feel less worse if I see a stage show similar to the absurd mess one from the NF where shit happens and Ester's just chilling on a chair. Game of Loans? Student loans? It was random but I definitely appreciated the scarlet madness all surrounding it. I hope to maybe see something similar in Tel Aviv - edgy imagery, why not. Bring on the candles and the ravens.

To summarize, I don’t think it’s a bad song at all. It’s daring, it’s badass, it's kickass, it comes right at you, grabs you in and you adapt to it however you can be able to. However...

Approval factor: I still have mixed feelings about passing it off as something approvable, but objectively I would like to do so. Good for you to try something different, Romania.

Follow-up factor: Anything at least half-decent is a fine follow-up after The Humans’s mediocrisms (I’m helping the dictionary to have more words, one construction at a time!). I liked the Humans more though and Ester... sort of? But in general context, Ester’s a fantastic successor.

Qualification factor: Somehow this did not sound like a definite Eurovision qualifier to me, so at one point I thought it would be just missing out... but it’s a complete effing borderline of a song. At one point it sounds good enough for a filler qualifier, at another it’s just not qualifying somehow. We’ll see how she rehearses it up in two days, though.

NATIONAL FINAL BONUS

I think there’s nothing more I can say about Selecția Națională (refered to as SN from this point onwards) than I already said in the intro, so let’s get to the moments, shall we? ;)

• So what else do I have to say about the fanwank-esses that hasn’t been said? Well, on one hand you have an Amazon-jungle-tribal version of “Fuego”, “Army of Love”, performed by Bella Santiago (who had one of my favourite SN entries last year lmao), who went all out with body paint and wild choreo and a rap bridge in Tagalog (one of Bella’s native languages) to make it all sound slightly different than “Fuego”, but still, that pre-chorus just feels like a pitched-down “Fuego” from a B minor to a G flat minor, with the same acoustics and the beat, and the drop is some limp-ass Amazon flutery magic. On the other hand you have a 16 year old Laura Bretan with an poperatic ode to her “Dear Father” which was praised for her insanely good vocal skills (I forgot what’s that called... an alto? soprano? mezzo-soprano? sorry I know a lot about music but not a lot about those ranges) more than the song itself... there’s a big problem about Laura though as people found out that she does not believe and/or condone a marriage between same-sex people. For Eurofans that’s a major red flag as as of lately Eurovision is very LGBTQ+ friendly and having had Laura next to people like Bilal or Mahmood would have probably been concerning if she knew of them having had boyfriends... Like I said, neither of those are special. Imo people loved Bella’s song because of the “Fuego” vibe and people loved Laura’s song because of her voice combined with her age. I said what I said. (Oh and there was a missed opportunity for Il Volo and Laura to reunite this year in Eurovision had they only been chosen in their NFs.)

• Screw these gals, now here come on the real faves of mine - another rock band, obviously, and that’s Trooper. No but for real, could at least ANY country have sent a rock song this year? It could have even been San Marino for all I cared but this year is so MoR without a rock entry... Trooper’s “Destin” sounds like something coming out from an epic fable about legendary heroes fighting for their glory of the nation by slaying goblins with wearing medieval costumes (with a sleeveless top and metal armor for the chest), bearing their long hair and looking strong and hunky. Lai-lai-la-la-la-lai!

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• Now what were the other competing entries I liked? There were quite a few like the folk bop titled “D A I N A” and sung by Letiția Moisescu and Sensibil Balkan, then Teodora Dinu’s captivating pop tune “Skyscraper” and a really catchy non-qualifier entry by a band Steam, named “The Way It Goes”... no really Romania, why’d you let that flop... and why did you also let 2 Gents flop... and moreso importantly WHY DID YOU LET THE FOUR FLOP??? That’s like the best football-anthem-esque song I’ve heard in a while... such a shame it didn’t appear on the national selection’s final. Oh well. Poor those 4 young souls.

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• Now what were those 3 (actually 4) withdrawals? First one was concerning the first ever Romanian representative Dan Bittman and his own problems so he couldn’t return to a NF and be one of the potential returning artists to Eurovision. Then there was this Australian-Romanian chick named Xonia who withdrew for seemingly no reason, all last minute. There was one more withdrawal from a semi-regular SN participant Xandra too, as well citing unknown reasons. And then there’s Mihai (or as he likes calling himself nowadays, M I H A I) who once again wanted to return to Eurovision (no wonder his Eurovision 2006 song was called “Tornero” lol) with an entry, and this one is called “Baya”. And then he went on an epic quest of flopping - firstly by withdrawing his song last minute from SN claiming that it’s corrupted, then considering to return as a wildcard, then thinking on to latching on to Eurofest in Belarus, but gotten sick last minute and therefore perma-cancelled his NFs journey this year entirely by not appearing on the Eurofest auditions. <3 Not to mention he’s a bit of a creep by subjecting people to his nude pictures with just him in his underwear. dude you’re almost 40, stop doing that to the kids. you’re not even a “daddy”. just look how alien you look on your song’s thumbnail:

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• Netta continues her guest appearances on various NFs, such as in UK and in Spain (in spirit, as it was just the Triunfitos singing “Toy” at the beginning of the ESC OT Gala). This one even had her singing her newest song “Bassa Sababa” alongside “Toy”. Oh and there also was one of the Festivali i Këngës 56 alums coming by, Inis Neziri, to perform something for Romania after having won a music competition in Romania, and here’s her performance. But did she even have anything interesting in her backdrop as this?

We know you did Netta sweetie but do you honestly need to reminds us? I did not see Eleni doing shit like this and I don’t want you to do the same. Well if anything I am glad Netta only gracefully performed “Toy” on EYD 2019 (which I missed in my “National Final bonus” section for the UK’s review (as well as them reminiscing Eurovision’s best moments) but frankly I don’t think you cared anymore about it when you learned I was gonna write so many long-ass paragraphs, so yeah)...

• So what was the exact thing again that made everyone such bitter Betties? Well, everyone foresaw Bella and Laura battling it out in this NF, having succesfully qualified together. They even did well in the televote. But then the jury vote happened, and it included the God-forbidden Wiwibloggs duo voting separately and usualy picking all the similar favourites based on performances. They were very pleased with Ester Peony’s on-stage chair prop and her dramatic mess so they gave her their 12s. INDIVIDUALLY. And that’s one of things that pushed Ester higher for the win, despite only having 3 points from the televote lol. But the worst part about it is their opinions: they have praised “Dear Father” so much for mostly the same reasons others praised it so much as well, and were stunned. A what they thought of Ester’s song? That it’s boring. And their mindset switched when voting on this NF, with 12ing Ester and only giving a few feeble points to Laura. That’s where the backlash ensued - not when Emmelie de Forest (yep she was in the jury too) did not give any points to Bella Santiago’s song - just for that notion alone. Maybe it was because of a REASON. Laura’s song in the end is just an uninteresting pop ballad with some additional vocal exercising (too flawless that you even tire from flawlessness), Ester at least brought something to liven up her song, and maybe Wiwis changed their opinion accordingly by not being enthused by Laura anymore! And what’s the problem with that, eh eh eh?.. oh right, y’all accusing Wiwibloggs having rated Laura down because she’s a homophobe. Real friggen’ obviously because of that, you guys. NOT. Grow a brain a bit, will ya. (and even a contestant named Linda Teodosiu was pissed about Wiwibloggs not giving her enough points lmao... her song was a typical ”rent a NF songwriter” spiel so she has no effin’ reason to be mad her ‘originality’ wasn’t awarded lol.)

Worth noting that one of the other reasons people were mad that the juryvote points overpowered the televote big time (like 7 juror votes against 1 set of televotes - inequal) and therefore did not even listen to what they had to say (again, Ester had 3 freaking televote points lol). It’s a thing y’all should get used to - juries overrating an act one way or the other, against the televote’s will. It’s a given nowadays, remember. I know y'all Romanians wanted to scream "ESTER IS NOT OUR WINNER WE HAVEN'T DECIDED HER WE WANT BELLA/LAURA!!!" but that's the truth with the juries.

And thankfully, that is, what I think, all you need to remember from the SN headache this year. Fortunately it’s much smaller than the last year’s headache that, aside from 60 songs in total for 5 semis (!!!), also had a very strictly eliminative system that had 3 qualifiers each from a semi decided by juries ONLY (geez not even A Dal does that!), only to soften things up by having everyone fall down on televote’s hands only during the final. And then the final had the drama on its own. But if I reminisced it all on here, we’d be taking more than just all day, so it’s best that I stop this here and now, for all of ya who are already tired of all this waffle.

Good luck to Ester! and may all of your fans see you performing on a Saturday :)

#eurovision 2019 #tel aviv 2019 reviews #romania 2019 #ester peony #on a sunday #romania

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eisforeidolon · 6 years ago

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Episode: Stranger in a Strange Land

The thing about having low expectations combined with these writers is sometimes they manage to limbo right under them. Sometimes, though, it's not as bad as I expected, and this was one of those times. Of course, I was expecting pretty much a rock bottom unwatchable mess, so that doesn't say a whole lot.

I liked the transition from the previously montage to Sam turning off the music in the Impala. If watching the actual show was half as compelling as their recaps, well... I'd complain a lot less. But that's neither here nor there. I did get the impression from Jared's scenes of Sam doing various tasks that he was tired and frustrated. I can see why some people are interpreting it as him keeping himself busy to avoid focusing on the helplessness of being unable to locate Michael!Dean.

I did like Jensen's choices in portraying Michael. The cold and disaffected demeanor, the different cadence in saying his lines, it was honestly kind of off-putting – but in a good way. Likewise really appreciated Jensen's deciding that Michael wouldn't dirty his hands fighting some rando human that attacked him and would use his powers instead.

I actually did like the scenes of Jack training and bonding with fake!Bobby, despite myself. Curse you, Jim Beaver! Likewise, I thought the scene in the car where Sam and Mary have a genuine conversation about their respective reactions to the search for Dean was well done. If I hadn't basically given up on Mary by this point, I would think it was even better.

I did also like the scene with Sam giving Jack a pep talk. Unfortunately, I didn't appreciate that it was cut short for the utter bullshit of Nick not being dead after being stabbed in the chest regardless of the whole magical blade part. It's against all common sense and everything we've seen of angels before, like they'd make special blades to spare the mudmonkey vessels? No, this is just stupidity pulled out of Eugine Ross-Leming's Pellegrino-thirsty ass and I absolutely fucking despise it. Even before you get to the pathetically clumsy reveal: Oh, hey, Sam he's awake … so I left him sitting in the dark for the dramaz! I don't know how my secondhand embarrassment squick is going to cope with even more desperate efforts to make Nick/Lucifer/Pellegrino still remotely interesting or relevant to SPN as the season moves forward.

Speaking of secondhand embarrassment, I'd toss Castiel not even being allowed to put up a half-ass fight against a bunch of nobody demons in there, too. Remember when angels were impressive? Remember when Castiel both had powers and was physically a good fighter? Now we have this sad, pathetic creature that can't even get a few blows in. I mean, that doesn't seem like more demons than Sam and Dean alone could take out at this late date? Furthermore, I get why we have a scene between Michael and an angel to show why he dismisses them. In theory, I have no problem with them using Anael/Jo for it. In actuality there was just something about the way it was played that felt like cringey fanservice, to me. Particularly but not just the way he reached for her face, like, “Wink wink these two are married IRL!” I'm not interested in Danneel and Jensen interacting onscreen for the sake of attempted invoking of feels about their actual selves. It wasn't unforgivably terrible or anything, but it struck me weird. Again, not like there's a lot of other angels for that option and this one could reasonably have Sam's phone number, so I get it, but eh, whatever.

I probably was not supposed to be amused by the episode seemingly going out of it's way to show how useless Castiel is these days with his powers before trying to give Jack his own pep talk about how to not be useless without them. It was … something. Isn't that kind of what you're for, indeed. Apparently the writers are as dead set on helpless woobie Castiel as some fanfic writers are.

Coming back to Michael, in the end, “making a better world” is the kind of vague, desperate-to-be-ominous nonsense you give a villain you haven't really thought the motivations of through. The whole sudden interest in what everyone wants was weird and maybe if AU!Michael had even once felt like a character rather than another generic villain who does bad things because... I think the writers were trying for mysterious and scary and Jensen acted his little heart out - but it just felt pretty random. Maybe I’ll be more impressed with it when it gets further elaborated on in subsequent episodes.

Aside from them suddenly taking completely helpless Maggie along on a mission after demons who captured Castiel, I was not half so annoyed at the AU!hunters as I expected to be. Though perhaps that's something that's worse in future episodes. Like, if Maggie was actually good at something? But the episode goes out of its way to show she isn't. She can't hack traffic cameras and she needs to be asked if she knows how to use a blade - “stab with the pointy end” indeed. I could buy taking Jack along as bait because the demons might know of him? But Maggie is pure canon fodder and I don't know why they're trying so hard to sell that chick who got her head bashed in by Lucifer that one time so damn hard instead of someone else new that's *gasp* competent. Especially when they automatically include her but then argue over taking Jack, who we've at least seen training and actually have investment in. Between Castiel, Jack, and Maggie, they really just seem to have a mad on for exchanging characters with actual competence for ones that just have a fuckton of visible plot armor.

Which brings us to the whole big confrontation with the demon that kidnapped Castiel. The good parts were that I actually appreciated using decoys to fool the demons into thinking that was all of Sam's backup. Sam then saying basically exactly what I was thinking along the lines of, 'who even is this nobody with a handful of demons who hasn't even bothered to conquer hell first' to Mr. Scenery Chewer? Also a plus. Then Sam getting almost beaten but getting the knife and ganking the demon in one smooth move? Very nice. Unfortunately, the writers could not manage to stop themselves there or even continue on in a similar vein.

I know some fans really liked the whole 'Sam tells the demons to run away and they just do' thing? I can even kind of understand that, but I pretty much outright hated it. It's exactly what I would expect in a bad fanfic from someone who can't write action and/or plot for shit. It removes any real challenge and thus the accomplishment of overcoming it is cheapened. Consider if - instead of the demons buggering off in the middle of the fight they were 100% winning just because Sam said so? Sam ganking the leader and getting free allowed him to help the others and turn the tide of the fight. Together, they then could actually kill the other demons down to one. Hey, if you don't think that's believable enough, kill cannonfodder!Maggie permanently to add to the feeling of peril. Then Sam could tell that one remaining thoroughly beaten demon to go back to hell with the same speech about him not allowing there to be a new king of hell. I'm not saying that Sam isn't already a badass and that demons at this point shouldn't be intimidated by Winchesters. But demons are stupid and I would a million times prefer to see Sam actively do kickass things over the writers taking the cheap, amateurish shortcut of telling me he's just so awesome his enemies run away at his words, even when they're winning, even though they initiated the confrontation with him. Plenty of time to do it the right way if they take out the bullshit nonsense with Nick, but these writers are what they are.

Finally, I just have to boggle at all the bad slo-mo in that fight. What even was that? Just … no.

#spn 14x01 #spn season 14 #writer incompetence #negativity for ts #anti lucifer #anti bucklemming #long post

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horikoshiretirebitch · 6 years ago

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Let's play a game called "How Many Of Her Classmates' Quirks Can Momo Imitate Using Her Own?"!!

(I'm not trying to disparage any other characters, and I know these all won't have exactly the same effect, but I thought this would be a fun exercise to explore how powerful Yaomomo's quirk could be, since Horikoshi largely refuses to do it. :P Though, I guess if we wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, we can assume that as she progresses, she'll learn to do stuff like this in the future. Tbh I always thought she seemed kind of overpowered? At least, hypothetically. But I love her so it's okay.)

Bakugou: I thought of this post because I remember like a month ago seeing another post saying that Momo should be able to reproduce his sweat, and I don't see why that wouldn't be the case? (I don't remember who op was, but if I find them I'll link it here.) We've already seen her make explosives, so I think the only limitation might be that she's not able to cause explosions as close to her body, but then again, that means she also has more range than him, except for the limited amount of grenades he has on his belt. Also, she might be able to make something to shield her body from close blasts?

Mina: I don't see any reason why Momo couldn't create an even wider variety of liquids than Mina, so this one seems pretty straightforward. Again, she might have to be careful of acids touching her body, but she also has the ability to create ranged weapons and protective gear.

Mineta: I don't see why she would want to lol, but she could probably easily replicate his "grapes" and use them in a similar way.

Kaminari: not exactly the same, but she could definitely make a taser!

Todoroki: his quirk is really powerful, so I don't actually think she could replicate it for use in combat the way he does, but I think she could definitely create some ice or start a fire, so I thought that was worth mentioning! (I'd actually be interested to know the extent to which she can control the temperature of her creations.)

Kirishma (and Tetsutetsu): we've seen her create large shields, but she should also be able to create close-fitting armor! She could probably even encase herself in rock if she wanted to, and then manifest something else under it in order to break out of it afterward. (Though that probably wouldn't be as effective or efficient as just making actual armor out of metal or kevlar or something.)

Aoyama: she can make a laser pistol or cannon. May not be as sparkly, but it should get the job done!

Iida: I don't see why she wouldn't be able to create motors to increase her mobility!

Tsuyu: She can create tools to breathe underwater and climb the way Tsuyu does. She could even make something like Aizawa's capture weapon, which she's already done, to use similarly to her tongue, though she obviously couldn't control it the same way. (Though I'm actually gonna touch on this again in a minute, stay tuned.) She can't do the stomach thing, but I feel like that's okay lol.

Jirou: I'll be honest I still don't understand exactly what Jirou's quirk is supposed to be, but as far as I can tell, it's like a stealth listening device and the ability to amplify her heartbeat? Momo's already created a speaker, and at the least she could make a stethoscope, but she could probably create some electronic listening device that's more powerful.

Shouji: again, not exactly the same, but she could create reconnaissance tools to replicate that part of his quirk.

Sero: create tape! With even more flexibility tbh, because she can also do ropes or cables, and create them from any part of her body.

Okay, so, this brings me to the next part of this post: robotics!!! We've seen Momo create digital devices before, and if she studied the programming and engineering necessary, (perhaps with someome who is already working with that technology, like, oh, idk, Hatsume Mei...) she should be able to add all kinds of tools to her arsenal. I actually don't really see how you could create a machine with code already in it, but considering that she already made the tracking device, I think it's well within the scope of the story. She could also keep a small computer on her that's connected to an online database that she could use to download operating systems to the stuff she makes.

She could create drones or other things like that which currently exist, but I think the real potential here is with the body-augmentation type stuff that Mei designs! Stuff that she can control intuitively with her body or brainwaves. I'm talking, like, a full-on Iron Man type suit, which changes at will to suit her needs. She could also use this to replicate things like Shouji's arms, Ojiro's tail, or Tsuyu's tongue! And she could use it to make herself fly, replicating one aspect of Ochako's quirk. With a suit like that, she'd probably be able to match Satou's and maybe even Midoriya's strength. (Though probably not cause he's the main character, and his strength is magical and limitless.)

Anyway, uhhhhh, that's my super long post about how badass Momo has the potential to be! I thought about adding characters outside 1A, but I figured I might never finish writing this. But if you have more ideas for how she could use her powers, feel free to add them on!! ❤

Honestly there's so much room for creativity with her quirk, it's probably not actually possible for her to try out all the possibilities in one lifetime. She could easily pick one direction to go with, and convince everyone she has a totally different quirk!

#momo #yaomomo #yaoyorozu #momo yaoyorozu #my hero academia #bnha #by elise

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starr-fall-knight-rise · 5 years ago

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Humans are Space Orcs, “To learn.”

My brain wanted to write something in first person present tense today. I have no idea why, but I let it go wild. I hope you all like it :) A little bit different than my usual style :)

I just needed some time.

You ever tried putting yourself back together after war, it isn’t easy, or at least I don’t find it to be. I don’t know, call me a sissy, but I don’t actually like war., I don’t take pleasure from killing, but it is part of my job, a big part of it and if the universe continues the way it is, I am going to see war a lot more often.

I wish it didn’t affect me so much.

I wish I had a better way of handling it.

People think I’m a strong person, but they’re wrong. There are plenty of people who could take up my mantle and do a more badass job. They wouldn’t grow sick as the sight of carnage, and they wouldn’t hesitate to put the armor back on.

I’m not like that ….

I’m a coward.

If my friends knew…. Well I have no idea what they would think of me.

But that’s why I had to take some time. Since my first injury, I have never been totally alone. There was always someone there to check on me, there was always someone there to help me deal with my issues. I don’t think I ever figured out how to take care of myself, which is why I decided to take this trip, alone.

The others didn’t understand it…. well , one of them did but he still didn’t like it, but If I am being honest it will be good for them….. Especially her…. The last thing I want to do is make it so we can’t function alone.

I think its called…. Codependency or something.

I don’t know sounds like the sort of thing I’d get caught up in.

I suppose it's for all those reasons that I ended up here.

Looking out the window, I can see Anum suspended against the sky glassy in shades of blue purple and green like a lucky marble. It almost feels as if I can reach out and touch it.

The last time I saw this place, it was receding into the distance,.

I lost a lot here, my leg, and my mind for a short time.

Now it kind of makes me laugh to think that a piece of me was left behind to fertilize some of the plant matter. Of course, it looks a bit different now that the dark season has abated. I had only ever seen the place when it was covered in ash, but it's actually quite beautiful.

The pilot of the shuttle is pretty average, and I only feel like tightening my hands on the seatbelts just a little as we enter the atmosphere.

Fire rolls up around us as friction begins to heat up the outer hull.

Around me men and aliens alike rock in their seats.

Most of them are miners, come here to work on extracting the precious metals from below Anum’s surface.

Personally, I prefer asteroid mining, but statistics say that is more dangerous and expensive so of course corporations like it a lot less, and besides, all of this was sort of just a massive pissing contest with the GA forcing the Drev to pay for the damages caused during war. I don’t think they should, but who am I to give my opinion.

I’m just a soldier.

It doesn't take us long to leave the atmosphere, and it isn’t long before we are looking down at a massive open mining operation. The face of Anum has been scoured with a massive terraced hole overrun by machines and workers cutting into the stone. Volcanoes pipe smoke in the distance.

The scars of industry really are ugly sometimes.

I’ve seen pictures of anum during the bright season, without the machinery.

It's honestly very beautiful, but maybe I'm a bit biased. It’s the one part of home that Sunny misses, and I’ve always wanted to see it for myself. With all the times we’ve gone to earth, you think we'd have visited her home planet too, but I guess the cosmos have ust never taken us this way.

Red lights blink above the doors, and I unbuckle my harness pulling on my bag and gear with the rest of the miners, though I’m not here for the same reason they are. Boots clatter loudly on the ramp below our feet, and I head outside.

It smells clean and cool, though for a distant tang of sulfur.

You barely notice it though, less bad than visiting the hot springs at yellowstone, so your nose adjusts quickly.

The sky overhead is blue, just like on earth, though the ground beyond the launch pad is an amalgamation of rainbow color. I have to blink a few times to adjust my vision, pulling up the eyepatch to take a look from my mechanical eye and its UV filter.

“Holy shit.”

It's beautiful, the sheer amount of color is astonishing like the Lucky Charms leprechaun had some sort of horrific accident. T

he miners ignore me and continue on their way towards the docking pad.

I don’t plan on following.

I am not here for them. I drop the patch back over my eye, and adjust the bag over my shoulder striking it out into the bush, barely looking back. No one notices, or cares, and it isn’t long before the launch field and the mining operation disappears over the horizon. Anum’s circumference is just a little smaller than that of earth with the horizon eating up anything beyond that around three miles.

Gravity is somewhat lessened too, which makes it easier as I walk.

My boots are silent against the multicolored moss at my feet, this stuff teal in color. Little white flowers spring up from the surface like clover back home. A light gust of wind rolls past me causing the flowers to ripple. I lift my head closing my eyes and allowing the wind to carry with it distant smells.

This is the same wind that Sunny would have known growing up, the same feeling under her feet.

I decide to stop a couple miles out under the meager shade of a coiltree. I have never actually seen one before now, and I can see why it’s called a coiltree. Honestly it looks like something straight out of a Dr. Seus book striped up the trunk and with branches that curl into spirals. More little whit blossoms erupt from the trunk, and between those are little white berries.

I seem to recall those being edible.

Reaching up, I pluck one or two down from the branches and pop them into my mouth. Though the skin is white, the berries juice stains my hands purple. One of them is horrifically sour, but the other is pleasantly sweet, probably more ripe than the other, though I can’t yet tell the difference between them.

I sit there under the tree for a little while looking out across the lonely landscape. Something is moving on the distant horizon, though I can't exactly tell what they are, a herd of some sort of animal or another. They are very tall as far as I can tell, just a little shorter than the coiltree.

As a last moment decision, I kick off my boots, and strip my socks tying them to my bag before standing.

The moss is very soft under my feet erupting upwards between my toes like a shag carpet, but you know much less hideous.

My footsteps are even softer now, though the prosthetic clatters sometimes when metal hits stone.

Sweat runs down my back,sides, and front.

I have no idea where I am going, but I know they will see me soon enough.

They have patroll parties out here, and if they aren’t watching me already, then they will be soon enough.

I keep walking heading parallel to the volcanic chain.

For the most part, my hike is uneventful, except for that time that I stepped on something slimy and wriggly. I hate to admit it but I squealed like an idiot and nearly fell over, only made worse when I looked down and saw the giant pale maggot burrowing into the moss and underground.

I nearly gagged, and my skin crawled.

Sunny had mentioned those, though I forgot their names.

THey lived primarily off of decomposing plant and animal material, very common in areas where war had continued.

I didn’t like it, but it was probably one of those nasty suckers that ate my leg.

Ew…

Gross.

I contemplated putting my boots back on, but kept walking instead.

A group of unknown flying critters appear overhead. They have two sets of membranous wings, kind of like those of a bat, no tail though, just a long rail of fur like the streamer of a kite.

These ones are bright colors like pink and yellow.

Pretty cool.

Its nice to walk in the silence, though after a while my brain devolves into humming the star wars theme, and then singing stupid songs dancing around and hopping about from one foot to another as I badly sing the choruses to all the songs I know.

My eye of the tiger rendition probably left something to be desired, though I doubt anyone out here would know the difference.

Then comes the stupid dialogs with myself as I try to imagine what Krill Conn and Sunny would say about all this.

“Commander, I will have you know that you behavior is highly disquieting, I insist we get an MRI on your brain to make sure you have not developed a severe case of bilateral goop disease.”

“What kind of dumbass just goes wandering around with no idea where he’s going. The dumbass kind of dumbass.”

“Adam, I need you to understand that Anum is a dangerous place. I know you grew up on earth, but there are still things that can go wrong on Anum. Do you know how common surprise hot springs are. What if you fell in and died.”

Speaking of which, “Thanks imaginary Sunny, I totally forgot about that.”

Other than that, what can go wrong, it is a bright shiny day, the temperature is perfect, nothing someone like me can’t handle. Oh and is that a crunchy pink orb I see. I fucking love those, they taste so good.

I hop over the rocks, my feet warm on the moss, and reach down to pluck one of the spheres from it’s short stumpy stem.

And that's when the spear appears at my throat.

Shit.

I drop my hand back and look up to see a drev that is at least three feet taller than me, holding his massive spear orange eyes narrowed. Holy shit, I didn’t even hear her/him coming. Honestly I should have seen them coming long before anything else bright fuschia as they were.

“Lod tsa ee nin tsa daeen darish.” They jab the spear at my neck, and the obsidian lined head cuts through my sin like butter.

Oh shit, uh, my translator is not picking up shit. Guess these guys have a different accent than we’re used to. I rack my brains trying to remember how to speak what little I know, but it seems that it has all fled me when I needed it the most.

“Lod tsa ee nin tsa daeen darish!” I stumble backwards onto my butt and hands. Shit shit.

I hold up a hand.

“Cheeyat neahasan!” Shit I forgot to conjugate the verb. Damn I must look like an idiot yelling ‘to speak slow!’ at the top of my lungs

However, my botched attempt at speaking seems to work, and they pull back. “Tsa dzhal Cheeyish.”

Oh I understood that one, “Yid zhe cheeyi dzhal.” yes, yes I speak Drev, “neahasan.” Slolwy anyway.

They pull back. I don't know why, but I’m getting a female vibe off this one. I can't tell though, Drev voices all tend to be rather deep.

“Lod tsa ee nin tsa daeen darish” She says it slower this time, and all around her I watch as a small group of other Drev move to flank me from the sides. They are listening very intently.

I think I understand this time, the rough translation being who are you and what are you doing.

I want to speak with your leader, “Zhe zhegingi s tsak eeda cheeyat.” My voice is halting and I am butchering the pronunciation, but they seem to get my request.

She trusts the spear at me, “Tsaee!”

I hold up my hands, “Woah woah, easy easy…. I uh.” Shit what was the word to learn, “zhe….zhengingi hak tsa…. “ Damn it… I can’t remember, “um….. Rekazat nin dzhal….. Rekazazh.”

Oh wow, that sounds really intelligent. I wanted to learn from them but instead apparently I ‘want to know what they know.’ riveting conversationalist that I am.

She stares at me confused.

In frustration I point at her spear, “Zhe zhengingi…..zheengat?”

Uh this was going poorly. I clearly did not know as much of their language as I thought I did.

I want to know to fight.

Wow excellent work their commander that will convince them.

They look back and forth at each other, and fire off some quick shot dialogue that leaves my head spinning.

She turns to me and lowers her spear, “s jya Hajish.”

Come with us.

Great a sentence I understood.

It was in the next few hours that I was either going to live, or I was going to die horribly.

A pretty exciting time in my life.

And I followed.

Not like I had a choice at this point.

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Outline for The Wrong Side

I mentioned a little while back that I would show you an example of how I outline. Here is a tame outline that I wrote today. I wrote over 4,000 words!!!

Warnings for: spoilers, swears, terrible terrible grammar, self harm, sex, and idiocy

Alright bitches this is the story that I want to write about Malethar and a lot of gay people. So, once upon a time, Malethar was hired to steal a mirror from a long dead witch. Malethar has adhd and didn’t quite catch some of the warnings about the mirror. The story starts at the point where he’s getting the mirror, but his reflection recognizes him and, while there’s a bunch of shit going on around him all he can focus on is the mirror and his reflection because of magic bullshit. They switch places and he can’t go back because his reflection runs off and is also a ghost. On this side of the mirror there are guardians who he has to fight and the human race is dead (ghosts) and the witch is not and these legendary cat/turtle/rock hybrids from myth are the new people and they look like people because they were magically evolved. Malethar talks to the witch who makes him a deal. She’ll get him home but he has to go get another mirror (hence another reflection) which comes from a swamp because it’s actually just this magic reflect water, two virgins to replace the guardians that he killed, and a vial of innocence. He has 28 days and on the 29th, she’ll send her hunter Barthamau after him.

So he goes on his way and this is where I need to restart writing because this is where it start sucking like shit. So he doesn’t want to do this stuff because it’s all very evil but the witch told him to go to this dumb town called Olafson or something but he’s walking and it becomes night and there are animals that he’s never seen before. One of them is this really angry lizard bear thing that’s being hunted by the new dominant race, but one of them stops their hunt long enough to see that Malethar is being a huge dumb idiot walking around in the open at night when he can’t see in the dark. So she stops hunting (she’s also carrying the youngest hunter in the party who got injured so it makes sense) and she takes him back to their nomadic village. They move around a lot because they took over a human city and were living there but there’s a lot of territory wars going on because they’re people haven’t been people very long. Anyway Kyerai is trans and beautiful and Malethar asks her in a really random way if she’s a virgin and the town elder tells her to take him where he needs to go since he’s like, the last of his race on this side, and she really doesn’t want to. I originally had it so they didn’t really speak the same language but I thought that would suck for the rest of the book so no.

Okiedokie so they get to Olofson and they have a discussion somewhere around their around Kyerai’s transness because she has a stellar beard and not a lot of people in her village will use her pronouns and Malethar just thought that all of the girls of her race had beards because he doesn’t know any better and who the fuck even cares about gender, it’s a dumb thing and I wish it didn’t exist. So yeah, they get to shitsville and it’s a haunting ground for the things that were once humans and some of them still have some like corporealness but most of them are dickbag ghosts. They do some fighting and Kyerai is all like I told you so binch and Malethar is like I DON’T KNOW ANHTHING THAT’S GOING ON and they rush on out of there and they didn’t get what they were looking for and Malethar thinks that maybe the witch just wants him dead but then why the deadline of 28 days? (hint: it’s moon stuff) but also how would there be any innocence left in that burned up husk of grosstown? It’s just ghosts and nonsense. He’s super convinced that he has to murder a baby, which isn’t true, but he thinks that virgin blood means not having sex so… he dumb.

There’s something in Olofson, something deep under it, I dunno, maybe a snake? Maybe a big sword. I don’t know! But he has to go and get it and I guess he tries to go back in there in stealth mode, leaving his armor behind so he’ll be quiet and he falls through the floor of one of the houses which isn’t very stealthy at all and then all of the ghosts are coming for him and he does a run and he goes through like, these catacombs maybe? Until he finds the thingy and there’s a miniature trial and he gets hurt real bad and Kyarei is after him because she heard him commit a scream as he fell down like an idiot. I still don’t know what this thing is, but I think it’s going to be something really gross, maybe all of the flesh of those up above which has solidified and contains some awful truth within, I like that the most so far, it’s gross and I am gross. But, anyway, Malethar has to get in there and its like a maze within a maze and at the heart of it is a truth that is about to destroy his own innocence and since it’s in his/this things brain mass he can see that kind of fuckery happening and he, like, wrenches this shred of himself out and bottles it up before it’s ruined and then he kills whatever thing is still living within this mass, the host of the nightmare, that kind of thing, which could be a child’s mind which I think would be cool and kind of foreshadowed since he thought he was going to have to kill a kid in order to get their innocence but instead yeah, he gets his own innocence. And maybe he gets a prize of some kind? That would work if it was a snake or a sword, but I don’t know, maybe he gets some teeth and thinks it’s a good idea to take them? I doubt it though as that sounds super cursed. This is like 4 days, oh shit, and he’s already got like half of the way to his thing.

But yeah, he’s hurt and Kyarei finds him and drags him out of there and maybe killing the flesh killed all of the ghosts? Or maybe it makes it so they aren’t held there anymore? Regardless, Kyarei is fine which is good because she’s an archer and has a dagger but isn’t so good at the close range fighting ghosts thing. She gets Malethar out of there and patches him up a bit and is like, we should go back to my place and take care of this, and he’s like no, we need to keep going I need to get this mirror thing, and she’s like fuck you I’m not going anywhere near that place it’s bullshit and she hates it. So I guess they go back to her place, only to find that her place is no longer there. There’s signs of a struggle and like some fire or something, but the town had picked up and left and didn’t even leave her a note because fighting and all that, don’t want to give your location away to the enemy. I feel like this would be a good time to introduce another character but Kyarei would kill her if this was the intro and no, I want them to date not die. Traveling back took another 5 days, bringing them to 9, as they had to go slower because of Malethar’s injuries.

I would say that they get a steed of some kind but there wouldn’t be any mounts that are tame enough to be ridden, not at this point. Kyarei doesn’t wanna go to the swamp but what the fuck there’s nothing else, and hey turns out the village thingy was more on the way than not, so they start going thattaway. Oh, I forgot, Malethar gave the witch his true name because he normally kills witches instead of talking to them and didn’t know that was a problem, so she could do something to him if she wished. But she needs that stuff, so why would she do something to him??? Maybe something will happen later. Maybe she’ll help him heal up a bit since yeah, she can do that. YEAH.

Malethar, asleep on the 10th day, fucking sleepwalks which isn’t something he’s known to do, out into a field of some flowers or something that witches use to heal people. Kyarei is anxious enough that she wakes up easily and just follows him out of curiosity. AH MAN YEAH THIS IS A COOL THING! Here, they meet Cathrita, whose name I still think sounds like Catheter, not because she’s a soldier in a different village of Kyarei’s race but because she’s the assistant to a witch! She was out there gathering flowers and herbs because the position of the moon makes that a good thing to do and she sees this wounded man just fucking standing there as if that was enough and she and Kyarei nab him and take him over to where the witch lies which is really quite close. The witches name is…. Hmmm. Fawn? I dunno, something to do with being sickeningly nice to people, I’m sure. And well, hey she has no problem with all of this stuff and helps Malethar out and, when he’s awake gives him some advice for dealing with the bad witch and also with the swamp. Cathrita is flirting THE FUCK out of Kyarei and like, she’s an orphan because of the territory wars and has been living with Fawn for fucking ever so she hasn’t seen anyone else and holy fuck have I mentioned that Kyarei is gorgeous? Because emy fuckign god do I have a crush. I have now decided that Fawn’s ex or something lives in a swamp (I was going to have it be her sister but then I remembered that witches are all single children because they are all built by their mother’s out of found materials and then have half of their mother’s heart inbedded in them. When they grow up their heart grows to a full size and they can cut it in half for their own child, but it will never heal from that. Maybe it’s her brother, witchsons aren’t made with hearts and thus cannot do magic {although they can become witches if their mothers decide to give them half of their heart later}) Either way there’s some reason for Cathrita to go with them and at first Kyarei is really against that because she’s already looking out for Malethar, who’s a super good fighter so fuck you Kyarei, and doesn’t want to babysit anyone else. But Cathrita has been defending this witch from invaders for five ever so too fuckign bad she’s a badass!

So bam! Malethar has two virgins and some collected innocence. The mirror is all that’s left and they still have like, 17 days. FUCK. The swamp is really really far away and, while in Broken Blue I gave them horses made out of grass and magic, they only lasted three days and I’m not going to give them that again. So they start going and the swamp is pretty darn far away and Cathrita does NOT betray them because this is the part in the story where one of my party members tends to betray the others. It takes 8 days for them to walk there and, on the way something happens, I’m not sure what. Maybe Malethar catches sight of this horrible three headed cutie that I love following them, something like that, and Kyarei and Cathrita’s relationship goes from flirty and annoyed to cute friendship for like, one minute, and then they’re girlfriends.

They make it to the swamp for a SWAMP ADVENTURE and I’m just picturing that scene in the 10th Kingdom with the mirrors under the water and there’s a bunch of them and who knows what’s going on? I don’t think the person that Cathrita was supposed to check on is there anymore and that’s pretty bad, and she does some kind of magical thing (she can’t do magic but she has an item already imbued with magic) to contact Fawn and tell her what’s up, she’s about to be teleported back and leave the rest of them behind but there’s something in the swamp that is a combination of organic material, animal, and magic, and it does some attacking thing and Cathrita is like fuck no, I’m going to stay and help my friends!

The thingy is big and, while they’re fighting it it smashes a bunch of the mirrors under the water. It’s bad. Part of it lands on Kyarei and shoves her under the water, drowning her, and Cathrita is left to distract it while Malethar dives down to get her. He’s the fucking hero, he should do something heroic for once. He gets fucking down there and there’s a house down under the water? Under the swamp? And there’s light on in there? And there’s no way he can get Kyarei up to the surface in time so he stabs the thing, releases her, and then swims deeper, until he gets into the house. The house is similar to what it would be if it were on the surface, complete with air, and they’re given a chance to breath. Does someone live here? Hell if I know! But yeah, they breathe and rest for just a moment, before making their way back up to the surface and joining back in the fight. Cathrita has been retreating, using Kyarei’s bow to keep it’s attention on her while maintaining distance, but she has like, 2 arrows left and the thing doesn’t seem to care at all. So Malethar starts fighting it with his sword and Cathrita gives Kyarei one her short swords, and they all go back into fighting it. They get it down to like, a sliver of health, but instead of retreating, the thing starts to bulge and swell and it’s going to blow up like a big nerd. Then big cage tm fucking appears around the things head and the door closes and the weight of it pulls the thing down and it explodes under the swamp, shattering most of the mirrors that are left and it’s really really bad because Malethar needed one of those. He does see a glimpse of the cage headed thing rushing off and hiding in the swamp and mentions it to the others. They go hunting for Barthamau but he’s a smart boy and is good at hiding, even though he big.

By the time they get back to the water the swamp water is milky and gross from the creature’s bodily fluids and there’s a big bubble rising to the surface. The bubble pops and inside is the owner of the house below, who is probably a witch, but hey OH MAN WHAT IF IT’S THE WITCHSON OR WHATEVER FAWN WAS LOOKING FOR??? And Cathrita is like YOOOOOOOOOOO and the person is like, WHAT THE FUCK YOU KILLED MY DUDE and Malethar is like YOUR DUDE WAS A BIG MEAN BAD AND WE HAD NO CHOICE and the person is like FUCK YOU and Kyarei is like, hey, what the fuck, why is your house super far down under a swamp? So the person explains that the thing they’d just killed was originally a normal thing but when the witch of the area died, killed in one of the battles between these idiots and their territory crap, the creature got all fucked up and magically imbued, probably ate her body, and became this swole evil dick, so the person hid at the bottom of the swamp with whatever magical shit they had to protect themself and get them to the surface if need be (unless they are a witch but I don’t know yet).

Malethar says that they need a mirror and maybe even knows the name of it since I have no memory even though I know I wrote it down in the actual story. This person is like fuck you. Malethar shows off his big sword. The person don’t care. Malethar asks if there’s anything they can do to trade for it. The person is like, give me freedom from this place and its dumb shit. Malethar has no clue how to do that. Kyarei offers to take them to her village if she can ever find them. Cathrita gets it by giving up her teleportation thingy so they can just zoom over to Fawn and be in a safe place. Person just digs their hands into the water and pulls up a big chunk of mirror, not cut or framed or anything, just a huge chunk, and hands it over then teleports the fuck out of there.

They have 9 days left and Malethar is getting worried but Cathrita is really optimistic. They start heading back to the witches house. Barthamau is getting closer and more persistent. ANXIETY. At some point during their travels, during one of the nights, Malethar is woken up to the sounds of fucking and finds that Kyarei and Cathrita are doing the nasty and OH FUCK THERE GOES HIS VIRGINS. I mean, he didn’t want to give them up to the witch but he thought that maybe, once they were done with the deal, they’d think of someway to fight their way out of the contract. So now he needs two more virgins and I don’t know of you’ve noticed but there aren’t a whole lot of people around and that is bad bad news.

Also, at some point, I want Malethar to go out and fucking confront Barthamau since they’ve been following them for so fucking long and haven’t done anything. Barthamau doesn’t really talk at all, but can communicate enough to pass off that they aren’t really doing this of their own volition. Malethar knows that this is the thing hunting them for the witch and hey, they saved the party with that cage thing, so maybe they aren’t too bad. He invites this horrible monster to come with them, since they’re going to the same place anyway. Barthamau is unresponsive. The girls fuckign HATE this idea. They’ve hated most of the ideas so far. It’s fine. I just ship Malethar and Barthamau a lot okay and I want them to have some kind of bond before meeting with the antagonist.

They press on though and they think that Malethar is mad at them for having sex really close to him, not having a clue about the virgin thing. He thinks that hey, he’s gotten most of it, maybe he can beg for more time. He touches Barthamau at some point and oh mannnnnnnnnn the feels because no one has touched Barthamau in fucking decades unless it was in a fight and they’re so touch starved and it breaks through a bit of the silent/mindless shell that they’re in. I don’t know, there’s some small things about Barthamau that Malethar finds really endearing, even though he’s a horrible monster. He’s pretty sure that there is something inside of there, not gone but hidden away.

They get to the witch’s house on the last day and Barthamau is acting really weird, less human, if possible. It’s almost time for them to do their duty. Malethar hands over the mirror and the innocence and the witch is pleased, looking over his companions. Malethar admits that he failed in gathering the virgins and gets on his knees to beg forgiveness and Kyarei is fucking PISSED that Malethar is betraying them and also thinks that this was all his plot from the start, which it was kind of, but he was trying to plot a way to weasel them out of the deal too, and Cathrita is fucking cracking up. Malethar is like what the fuck? And the witch is like, dude you’re a fucking idiot, and Cathrita is like, dude, it’s not sex shit, it’s ritual shit, and I don’t think either of us has been used in a ritual. So the witch accepts them since she’s going to take away their faces and minds and turn them into guardians for her house and virgin blood was the secret all along.

Malethar has completed his half of the deal and the witch is happy and Kyarei is murderous and Cathrita is still in a decent enough mood for some reason. The witch does the stuff she needs to to get Malethar home with the mirror and then starts on the transformation for her guardians. Malethar doesn’t want to be there but he’s hoping that there’s something that he can do to get his friends free, so he stays and watches instead of going through the mirror. Cathrita demands to go first and stands in front of Kyarei. The moment the witch tries anything Fawn shows up and is SUPER pissed. She’s like a quarter of the size of the other witch but she’s pissed and Cathrita is under her protection and the witch can’t have her. Malethar didn’t go back on his contract, he delivered, but she couldn’t use the material given to her, so everything’s fine. That still means that Kyarei is free game though so Fawn just fucking cuts her arm open and uses it in magic right fucking there, using it to fight of Barthamau as the witch calls on him to fight the others. They are deterred for a moment and Kyarei is no longer a virgin in any meaning.

Barthamau is a tornado of fighting and trying to kill them all, because the witch wanted them to, and she and fawn are fighting one another, making it four against three on the party vs Barthamau. They’re also trying not to get hit by any magic, since that would suck. Malethar could leave at any time, the mirror is still working, but he won’t leave his friends, the dumb idiot. He also keeps trying to get through to Barthamau but they weren’t ever friends, just allies for a short amount of time and there’s no fucking way.

They end up beating Barthamau by shoving them through the mirror. They’re reflection falls through on this side and falls to the ground, a rotten corpse with three loose heads, all withered and decayed. The fact that they’re gone signals to the witch that she’s lost and she gives up right there. Barthamau is still on the other sides of the mirror and Malethar now has very little time to get through because they are ramming themselves against it, trying to get back through, but they can’t because their reflection doesn’t match their position. Malethar demands that the witch lets them all go, included Barthamau, to which she laughs and says that Barthamau will rip themselves apart without her forcing them to work together. Malethar thinks that would be better than being under her control. She agrees to it, knowing that she’s been beaten, but asks for payment. Malethar cuts his hair off with his sword, so she has his dna and his real name, but he doesn’t think it will come to anything since she can’t control him when he’s in a world she’s dead it. Fawn really doesn’t like this idea though.

One the other side of the mirror, Malethar can see Barthamau panic and start to tear at themselves. He’s ready to go, finally, and asks Kyarei and Cathrita if they want to go with him, be free of this world and enter a better one. On his side of the mirror though, they’re still those legendary beasts that they had evolved from and it’s clear that they can’t fit through the mirror and who knows what would happen if they tried. Malethar goes through it, before the witch can do something evil and before Barthamau’s wounds become terminal. He takes Barthamau’s hands in his own and sits with them, and tells them everything will be okay but they are a blathering mess and think themselves a monster and they can finally speak and have they’re own minds. Malethar begs them for time, for them to learn how to cohabitate in their strange form. They allow him to take care of them. Malethar goes back to the original mirror, collects what he needed originally, and helps Barthamau out of there, heading back to his employer.

THE FUCKING END.

#outline #The Wrong Side #man I hate the title #but maybe a better one will show up #warning for swears

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