#and don't even get me STARTED on episode stills

[cherrygirlfriend]

SICK IN BED

warnings: none! fluff originally posted in august 2024

bsf!rafe taking care of sick reader

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you were certain this was the worst you'd ever felt. you should've known it'd happen - of course, taking care of your little sister while she was sick would have some kind of consequences.

the tv in your bedroom was playing old episodes of buffy the vampire slayer, something you always watched when you were hungover or otherwise having a bad day, and apparently now whenever you were sick.

you had no appetite, and your entire body felt like it was on fire while also being ice cold, your trash can filled with used tissues, your second box of them now on your nightstand next to a cup of tea that had gone cold.

a soft knock was on your door, and you sighed, you knew that your sister felt guilty for getting you sick, but you also didn't want her to get sick all over again. "i told you, don't come in!"

but the door still creaked open, and you let out a soft sigh, the heels of your palms now pressing against your eyes. "i told you not to feel guilty that you got me sick, i don't blame you."

"i wasn't aware that i did that."

you furrowed your brows when the voice that came from the door wasn't your little sister's soft, warm voice, but instead a rough, deep voice, one you were intimately familiar with. you didn't even need to take your hands away from your eyes to know who it belonged to.

but once you did, you were confronted with your best friend's tall figure standing at your doorway, a smile on his face and a grocery bag and a bouquet of flowers in hand as he stepped into the room, closing the door behind him. you pulled your blanket up to your nose, aware that you definitely didn't look the best right now, only making the boy chuckle.

"why are you here, rafe?" you asked in a soft voice that was muffled by the blanket, "i texted you to tell you i'm sick."

"i know." rafe said as he slowly walked over to your bed, sitting at the edge of it. "you do know that you don't need to hide, right? i've seen you sick a million times when we were kids." the boy chuckled, slowly pulling the blanket down, revealing your face.

"then why are you here?"

"i'm here to take care of you." he said with a small smile. it was odd, you were sure you hadn't seen rafe act this gentle since you were both children, the boy now pulling things out of the grocery bag. "i brought you some crackers, and some of your favorite snacks. and, chicken noodle soup. your sister said you haven't really been eating."

"rafe, you do know that you could get sick too, right?" you asked as rafe started emptying the contents of the grocery bag, revealing an array of some of your favorite snacks, your eyes widening.

"well, if i do, i expect the same treatment from you."

you narrowed your eyes as you looked at him, "you do know that no funny business is gonna go down, right?" and the blonde simply burst into laughter. "i mean, this isn't exactly an attractive sight."

"just let me take care of you."

and even though you kept trying to tell rafe to leave, that he'd probably get sick if he stayed, but your attempts were futile, and after a while, there was a fresh bouquet of flowers on your nightstand along with a new cup of tea, you had downed the chicken noodle soup, the warmth of it calming down some of the pain in your throat, and you were both now settled in your queen-sized bed, a cold towel on your forehead that rafe had insisted you needed.

"i can't believe you're watching this again." rafe grinned, his arm lazily thrown around your shoulder as he bit into one of the twizzlers he had brought, buffy still playing on tv.

"what do you mean? it's a great show."

"mmhm. and you're sure it has nothing to do with your crush on that emo bleach-blonde vampire?"

you softly smacked rafe's chest before taking the cold towel off your forehead, now having turned lukewarm. "you know, he kind of reminds me of you."

that statement made rafe grin, turning to look at you with lifted brows, "oh, yeah? is that why you have a crush on him?"

you simply rolled your eyes, letting out a small scoff.

rafe hadn't even noticed the moment you had gone slack in his arms, still focused on the tv, only realizing that you were asleep when you let out a small, adorable whine in your sleep. he looked down at your face, so serene and beautiful, it made something in his chest ache. he'd never tell you, but the moments he loved the most were the ones like this. ones when he could just admire you without having to hide it.

he brushed a strand of hair away from your face, tugging it behind your ear before pressing a soft, feather-like kiss on your forehead, looking down at you, an aching feeling stabbing in his chest, one that was more intimate than any of the sexual aching he felt for you. and that was the moment that he really realized he was in trouble.

and in a soft whisper, he said, "i love you." hoping that the girl it was meant for wouldn't be able to hear it.

[essycogany]

Sonic HATES Being Wrong

Like…to an extreme degree. Let me elaborate.

This is a very interesting detail I’ve noticed ever since I made my Sonic’s Flaws post. Here, I’d like to talk about Sonic’s most fatal flaw because this conversation gets interesting. The flaw is one every variation of Sonic can be guilty of and one that causes the most damage to his world and even the people he cares about. If you disagree, I understand. Just hear me out and even if I don’t convince you, I hope this turns out to be a fun read regardless. Feel free to give me some context, correct me, or add information if you‘d like.

The Flaw

Sonic is terribly pertinacious and stubborn. Most people would think of Sonic Prime where he doesn’t listen to his friends warning him to not destroy the paradox prism, but when I think of Prime!Sonic I don't think of that. Especially since this version comes off more as an inexperienced teenager trying to figure things out. While in the games, he’s portrayed as rarely being wrong. Not because he’s perfect, but because Sonic never feels the need to change because of past victories. After all, if everything is going his way, why should he change, right? Well, this can be a problem. The scene in S3 ep3 where a few of the pirates were lost at sea, shows how truly stubborn Prime!Sonic (and Sonic in general), can be. He verbally refuses to take accountability for lost resources and unknowingly helps Nine have better predominance over them.

In this scene, No Place was decaying and Sonic finds out that the other pirate crew was stuck there. Everyone else, even the villains, reasonably says it’s too risky and he ignores them. Of course, he is within reason but if things went sour, it would’ve been his fault. Especially since that almost became a reality before the Chaos Council swooped in to help.

Near the end of the episode, Sonic says it’s a win for everyone, but Mr. Doc says, “Was it? Your little friends are safe, but at what cost? The fox can conjure up more minions with the snap of his fingers. Whereas our fleet is damaged, our troops are spent, and we’re almost out of time.” Surprisingly reasonable call out of the consequences of saving the pirates, if they don’t have enough resources, they were even more screwed than before. Then Sonic says, “I’m sorry but losing anyone is not an option.” While it’s warranted and makes sense for his character, it almost comes across as “We had to save them because I said so.” This is an example of Sonic not having a good argument by addressing the results of their battle. He does it a lot more than you’d think. Despite Sonic not listening to people being a bigger staple of Prime, I personally think it’s never expanded upon or executed well. Not to me anyway, but I don’t mind anyone disagreeing.

In any case, Sonic, as a character in every continuity, tends to “follow by his own rules” but this can be perceived negatively as “doing whatever he wants no matter who argues with him.”

Examples

Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric tackles this too. This is probably the least serious example but still can be a problem sometimes. This is S2 Ep 19 when an Eggman robot Clone tries to break Team Sonic apart and almost succeeds too. It doesn’t have much to do with this topic but I do like how in this episode when the drama started happening, Sonic for once in his life tries to talk abohut his feelings with Tails who turned out to be Steve. I know this has nothing to do with this discussion, but I just thought it was a funny thing to point out. The one time Sonic tries to talk about his feelings, he gets the door slammed in his face. It’s so mean-spirited and stupid. I love Sonic Boom!

But yeah, Rise Of Lyric also shows how his stubbornness can end up with the world being at stake. Or in the case of this episode have your friends grow apart.

The Sonic Movies tackles his shortcomings perfectly. I think he's pretty impulsive in all 3 movies. Mixing his perniciousness doesn't create the greatest meal. He's younger, so that would be expected. This scene is the most recent example. Sonic as a character tends to live in the moment and here, Movie!Sonic is playing a huge role in this category. He’s not even trying to hear anyone out. He’s in a constant rage at this point and can’t think clearly. He wants revenge on Shadow so much he loses himself. His friends. His brothers are so loyal to still allow him to get the Master Emerald despite knowing he wants it for revenge. Sonic's so hurt, he loses himself and forgets what they originally were there for.

I'm sure if Sonic choose to let his feelings consume him, he probably wouldn’t have saved the world. Why? Let’s just say things would’ve went out of control without Shadow. Sonic dogged a big tangent bullet for having mercy on Shadow.

Yeah, Archie/Reboot Archie didn’t mess around either. I'd say it’s sometimes as tense and bit worse due to him having the biggest ego and ongoing trauma. I'm surprised he didn't go insane. Notice how harsh he is in these instances. He’s overly angry here. Luckily, he has a large group of friends to help him take things down a peg and reminds him how they have his back. Even when worst comes to worst (which is an understatement), his friends are able to get him out of that mindset and put him back in reality. Hunbel him to put it bluntly.

In a way, Sonic's flaws in the Archie comics make me think he feels so guilty that he pushes himself beyond his limits as a way to make up for his loudmouth. Like in other versions, he feels the need to take on more than he can physically handle. He strains his body, mind, and entire being to accomplish tasks on his own because he believes he deserves the punishment. Alternatively, he might just be exhausting himself and attempting to take on more than he can manage. It’s not surprising, really.

This panel is insane for letting Eggy make a valid point. You can tell by his ears how Sonic’s getting visibly irritated. By the end of the argument, he gets super mad and can’t even find a good quip to back himself up. Because in a way, he knows Eggman has a point. That’s how I interpret it anyway.

Game or IDW Sonic is usually in denial when it comes to being wrong. He doesn’t address the issues directly but the person who calls him out for it instead. He’s the most experienced Sonic. I know some people use “mature” but I think experience is a better term due to how he doesn’t have arcs or character growth like other characters. More so he’s used to this song and dance, so his hatred towards being wrong comes from a place of thinking he’s got everything under control. Until it bites him in the butt.

You notice in most of these Sonic’s pretty angry and isn’t the biggest fan of being told off. Even in different continuities, the guy cannot argue without not being self-aware most of the time. The funny thing is he isn’t doing it selfishly. At least not in a typical way. To me, Sonic is the least selfish character in the franchise for a good chunk of the series. He sacrifices himself, gives people more chances than they deserve, and even takes the time to stop his main goals if it means helping someone else. But the guy cannot take the time to admit he’s wrong or his morals have consequences. Not because Sonic thinks he’s better than everyone. I don’t think Sonic sees himself in that way, but I do think he’s always in “I’ve done this thing plenty of times. As long as this thing works, I’ll keep doing it,” mode. Or in the case of Movie!Sonic, goes on instinct which is also a common part of his characterization.

Why Sonic Has This Flaw

Sonic never stops running; he charges head-first into any situation, always striving to do what's right. After all, he's the fastest thing alive. Sonic doesn't have the luxury of questioning himself or dwelling on doubts. While it's true that he has caused some issues, including in the games, he doesn't waste time feeling sorry for himself. The only times he's shown insecurity were during the Metal Virus arc, so interpret that as you wish.

This brings up another point. Crazy how much I didn’t notice, but most of the time, Sonic doesn’t like it when people disagree with him. Understandable, everyone doesn’t want to be wrong. But he takes it to the extreme at times. Like sometimes he's baffled when anyone challenges him. Sonic’s also never truly called out by the right people. I don’t mean Shadow, Espio, Knuckles, or the villains. I mean, Amy, Tails, Tangled, or other characters he’s inspired. People who look up to him. Sure, they try, but I can count on one hand how many times he actually listens. Sonic’s always so caught up in doing things his way that he disregards people who mean the most to him.

I mentioned this in my other post but he doesn't listen to Tails in Sonic 06 or Lost World, so the games count.

While Sonic often has valid points in his arguments with others, he frequently comes across as someone who needs to be right. He rarely allows others the opportunity to express their views or admits when he is wrong. This issue is often overlooked in stories where these conflicts arise, either because there isn't enough time to address them or they remain unanswered altogether. This makes sense, considering that Sonic typically doesn’t undergo character arcs canonically. However, I appreciate the presence of characters like Shadow, Knuckles, Surge, Kit, and certain Archie characters like Scurge. They serve to challenge Sonic’s morals and illustrate that he isn’t always correct. If Sonic isn’t going to evolve as a character, at least these figures can show that his sense of freedom and living by his own rules doesn’t work for everyone. They can be portrayed negatively and can challenge his viewpoints. They can be questioned. They can be challenged. Sonic isn’t always right.

His passion shows that he truly wants things to work for everyone. His stubbornness drives him to the point of frustration as he strives to help others to live according to his ideals. However, at times his approach isn’t the most effective. You can see that Sonic genuinely hates this, yet he continues to push forward to help those in need. There’s something both beautiful and heartbreaking about that.

Conclusion

What’s funny is that Sonic rarely gets angry, so you could say this could be one of his few triggers. Along with people being unjust and other such.

Overall, Sonic has good intentions but the results of those intentions are severe. None of this is to imply Sonic’s a terribly written character. It’s just a serious flaw he has. Though listening to his friends more would help.

I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t like a moment of his friends noticing a constant pattern of him being pertinacious and not paying attention to anyone’s protest. I wouldn’t want it to come out of nowhere, but it’d be an issue that’d progress over a large amount of time and add up. It could be dramatic or constructive depending on the situation and execution. Whatever character does it, they’d either talk to him about it or physically show the outcomes of his actions. They do it all the time in other media but not canonically. This is just random speculation though. I don’t know if I’m in over my head but I hope someone got something out of this.

All of this is not to say Sonic never takes accountability or listens to his friends. SA1 scene with Amy, when he apologizes to Bell in IDW for being too standoffish, and plenty of other examples. Like the end of Sonic movie 3. That Sonic Boom episode where he apologized for not working with his team. And endless moments in Archie and Reboot Archie. Sonic isn’t unreasonable. Just 9 times out of 10 he can get a big head. That’s all.

Stay Creative! 💜

[lokiswifeduh]

Hi! I just recently found your blog and love your work! I couldn’t see anywhere that said if your requests were open or closed, but if they’re closed, just ignore this. But I love the detail you put into your pieces, how you show what the different characters are thinking and the dialogue and how you involve multiple people. The ones I’ve read so far have also been very relatable and the way you write what the reader is going through is very realistic so anyway I was hoping to request something with Bucky and reader that is going through a tough time and really taking it out on herself. Like a depressive episode but she stops taking care of herself (self isolating, stops taking meds, stops eating, sleeps all day, can’t sleep at night, doesn’t want to shower, etc) so Bucky and the team step in to pick her back up. Even if she’s reluctant to it they don’t let her self destruct even if that’s what she’d rather do. You see the team and Bucky being concerned and trying to figure out what to do but eventually they get her to therapy, help her start eating, make sure she takes her meds, etc. This may be partially inspired by Thunderbolts* and partially inspired by current life events. 😬🙃

Take care of you

Pairings: Avengers!Bucky x Fem!Depressed!Reader

Summary: You and Bucky have been going through a rough patch, which has made you completely shut down and isolate yourself from your friends and family, including Bucky. But they're always there to pick you back up.

Warnings: ANGST, Self-destruction, talk of eating disorder, insomnia, sad!reader, neglectful Bucky (happy ending promise), self-isolation on the reader's part, depression, anxiety, arguing between Bucky and Reader, eventual fluff, use of Y/N.

WC: 1.9k

A/N: Thank you so much for this request!! I am definitely open to requests, and I loved writing this. I hope it's what you were hoping for! I LOVEEE writing/reading angst.

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It all started when Bucky got back from a particularly rough mission. Something had made him internally angry, and you were just there, taking the brunt of it. That was several weeks ago, and it hadn't gotten better.

"Will you just stop fucking nagging me?!" Bucky screamed, slamming his metal arm down on the countertop, making the corner of it split and crack.

You felt like your heart had cracked a small bit, just like the marble.

You stood there in silence, genuinely shocked at your boyfriend's outburst. You and Bucky had been either arguing or not speaking for weeks. Sleeping in the same bed, yet backs were turned toward each other.

You didn't know why. He wouldn't talk to you. But this, this was the final strike. Your mental wellbeing couldn't take any more. So you nodded, walking down the hall and slamming the door to your bedroom as you crawled into the safety of your bed. You smelled his sandalwood scent on your sheets, letting the tears fall freely. Hearing the door to your shared apartment in the tower slam, you let out a sob, crying yourself to sleep.

TWO WEEKS LATER

"Has anyone seen Y/n?" Natasha walked into the Avengers' shared kitchen, grabbed a water bottle from the fridge, and went to sit by Steve, who was filling out mission reports.

"She hasn't been out of our room yet?" Bucky questioned back, chopping up some vegetables for the stew he was helping Wanda make. He knew you loved her food and hadn't been feeling too well lately, so he knew her homemade beef stew would cheer you up...He hoped.

Steve glanced up, still filling out a report as he spoke, "What's going on with you guys, Buck? The energy is off between you two."

"The energy?" Natasha smirked, turning her head to Steve.

He rolled his eyes, looking back down at what he was doing, "Something the spidey kid taught me, I don't know."

Natasha laughed but looked back up at Bucky, "Seriously, what is going on? She hasn't been going on missions, I barely see her at team dinners, and Friday said she hasn't seen her pick up her prescription from Med Bay in weeks."

Bucky stopped chopping the celery, setting his knife down and looking at the redhead. "She hasn't been taking her meds?"

Natasha shook her head, "Have you seen her go to therapy lately?"

Now that Bucky was thinking about it, he hadn't. He hadn't paid attention to whether you were taking your meds or eating. He really hadn't noticed if you even came to bed most nights.

"I..." Bucky looked back down, continuing to chop the food, "We're just going through something right now, I'm sure it'll pass."

It didn't.

A week later and Natasha had had enough. You had stopped coming to the kitchen, opting to stay in bed all day. You had even started calling in for every mission Steve threw you on. Something was wrong.

"Y/n?" Natasha knocked on the door, not hearing anything from the other side. A couple more knocks later, and she was fed up. Sliding a bobby pin from out of her braided hair, she slipped it into the lock and moved it around until she heard the gears unlock the door.

Walking into your shared apartment, she was shocked. The curtains were all shut, blacking out the living room. Dishes were untouched in the sink, and it looked like Bucky had made a permanent bed on the couch, his dog tags still lying beside the pillow.

Moving down the hall, she squinted in the darkness as she stopped in front of your door.

"Y/n?" Natasha knocked, making your head snap up in response. Pulling your weak body from the bed, your raspy voice called out, "One sec."

Natasha silently let out a breath, thank god you were awake and she didn't have to unlock another door without your consent.

You slipped your feet into some house slippers and wrapped your robe around your body, tying it in the front so Natasha couldn't see how much weight you had lost.

Opening the door, you tried to smile as best you could. Nat could see through it, of course. "Hey, Nat, is everything okay?"

Natasha looked at you, like really looked at you. Your eyes were dull compared to the light that was usually there. Your cheekbones had sunken in a little, and the bags under your eyes were as dark as your room. The redhead gulped, "Why don't we come in here and talk for a minute?" You wanted to decline, opting to go back to bed, but it was Natasha; you knew she was only being nice and not giving you tough love for your benefit.

"Y-yeah, okay." Closing the bedroom door behind you, you both made your way down the hall and into the kitchen. Natasha flipped on the light, making your eyes water as you hadn't been around anything compared to daylight in more than a few days.

"How about I make you something to eat? A sandwich? Or even some pasta?" Natasha kept talking over your mumbling protests, knowing she was making you food whether you wanted it or not.

You sighed, sitting silently as you watched her pull out some sandwich meat and a loaf of bread; surprisingly not molded out by now.

"Nat?" She stopped, looking at you with worried eyes. "What's going on?"

Taking a deep breath, she grabbed a water bottle from the fridge and handed it to you, "We're worried, Y/n."

She was about to continue when Bucky opened the door, making you drop your head and stare at your lap as you played with your nails. You hadn't really talked to him, let alone see how far gone you were. He didn't seem to care, so you thought.

"Doll?" Bucky walked over, making Natasha move from her seat and continue working on the food she was preparing for you. "Honey, can you look at me?" You did, bringing your eyes to his ocean blue ones.

His heart dropped seeing the dark circles under your eyes, paired with the way you looked like you had lost half of your body weight. Tears came to your eyes as you saw the way he looked at you.

"You hate me."

"W-what? Why would you ever say that, doll? I don't hate you." Bucky cupped your slender cheek with his hand, his heart cracking even more from those three words you spoke.

"You won't talk to me, I-I realize i'm not physically attractive to you anymore and I nag you and-" "Shh, doll, stop." Bucky quietly calmed you down, "What are you talking about?"

Natasha quietly stepped out after putting the plate of food up on the kitchen island next to you, wanting to give you and Bucky some privacy.

"I don't know, I've just been...not myself lately, and I don't know what to do anymore, Buck." You nuzzled your hand into his palm, feeling the tears seep down your cheeks as he held your head up.

"Have you been taking your meds?" You shook your head.

He sighed, "When was the last time you ate something or even slept a full night?" You stared blankly at his chest, genuinely trying to think. "I don't remember."

Bucky silently moved forward, kissing the crown of your head. "I should've paid more attention sweetheart, I'm sorry."

You started to protest before he shook his head. "No, there's no excuse. I should've seen what was going on, and I didn't. I'm so sorry, doll."

You let your body melt into his as you cried, listening as he apologized over and over. His hand rubbed up and down your back as your tears soaked his shirt. He could feel the bones of your spine as he comforted you, hurting his heart even more.

He knew he could fix this. He would bring you out of this hole you had fallen into, even if it's the last thing he did.

-

"So what do we do?" Natasha spoke up. Everyone on the team was sitting in the lounge as Bucky walked in, having just tucked you into bed after holding you for hours. It was in the middle of the night, but with your mental wellbeing on the line, no one cared if their sleep schedule was a little messed up.

"Do we take her somewhere to get help? Like an in-patient situation?" Sam asked, making Bucky shake his head. "I'm not sending her away. She's depressed, she doesn't need to think we don't want her here." The team nodded, making Tony suggest, "What about getting her back into therapy and making sure she's taking her medication?" "I thought she was already in therapy." Wanda looked up at Bucky.

"She is, well, is supposed to be. I got an email from her therapist saying she hasn't come in for the last fifteen sessions."

"What about someone new?" Steve offered, "Sam, don't you know some people you used to work with over at the Veterans Center?"

"I might know a couple, but she's not a Veteran Steve, they only take people who've been victims of war."

"We have some contacts in different offices for Shield Agents who might take her even though she's on the team." Tony took a swig of his drink, feeling hurt over the whole situation. You were like a daughter to him, and he had been so caught up in his work lately, he never noticed.

"A female therapist." Bucky spoke up, "She'd only talk to a woman."

Tony nodded, pulling out his phone, "I'll see who I can find. Just make sure she goes."

A WEEK LATER

"It's gonna be okay, doll." Bucky sat in the waiting room with you, holding your hand as you shook your knee up and down anxiously.

You nodded, looking around as the entire team had come to support you. Natasha, Steve, Sam, Tony, and Wanda were all sitting with you, taking up almost the entire waiting room as other clients sat in awe of the Avengers next to them.

The past week had been hard but good. Sam got you out of the house and took you on a drive upstate.

Natasha got you back into the gym and helped you regain some strength.

You helped Tony out in the lab, holding a flashlight as he worked, even though he had robots that could easily have helped.

Wanda talked to you as you sat in the kitchen, watching her cook meals for the team.

And Bucky. Bucky was the one who made you start to feel like yourself again. He took you on picnics near the newly made compound. He made sure you were taking your meds and would help you wash your hair when you didn't have the energy.

Bucky held you at night like you would suddenly slip away. He kissed you with such gentleness that you believed you didn't deserve.

As the therapist called your name, you stood up on shaky legs, turning towards Bucky. "I promise I'm fine, I don't need to go, Bucky please."

"Doll," Bucky shushed you and placed a hand on your jaw, "I just want you to feel better, and this is a part of that." He kissed you softly on the lips, "We're all here for you. Every single one of us will be here when you get finished, and we'll be here to support you."

You wanted to object, but you knew you needed the help. Sighing reluctantly, you kissed Bucky once more before he wrapped his arms around you in a tight hug.

"I'll always be here, doll. I'll always take care of you." -

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[astrobuggy]

Now that the celestial family is moving to a new dimension, there's one more secret I feel I have to share with you (I have multiple)

I do not care for startools (Nebula x Solar). I skip every single episode I see of them. I don't even know where they are in their relationship. I generally do not care

I kinda hated Solar x Ruin. That came out of nowhere, and ppl still shipped them even after Ruin basically killed bro (Also the ppl who ship this are mad salty about startools becoming canon. I've seen some of yall, and yall really got nothing else to complain about 🧍‍♂️)

Both of the ships mentioned make zero sense. Solar said he liked somebody before he started dating Nebula. That in it of itself is a massive writing flaw 🧍‍♂️

I did not care for Dark Suns arc. I barely knew what his motives were bc I didn't watch most of his episodes. Like, wth does Sun have a connection with those damn shards 😭 WHAT EVEN HAPPENED WITH THOSE CRYSTALS?

I feel like most people, baby Eclipse. I go into the comments of most EAPS episodes on where it's mostly about Charlie, and they literally only talk about Eclipse. ESPECIALLY WHEN CHARLIE WAS CRYING (MY SHAYLAAAA 😭😭). ALL I SAW WAS HOW GOOD OF A JOB ECLIPSE DID WITH HANDLING CHARLIES MENTAL BREAKDOWN. Mf he barely did SHIT 😣��

What the writers are doing with the astrals is HORRENDOUS. Why is Scorpio (I think) a creator. From what I've been given (Thank you, Justuraverageweirdo 🗣🙏) , they mostly deal with death..... What is going on in the kitchen?! 😰

TSAMS is getting boring to me. I'm literally only staying bc of my GLORIOUS, MAGNIFICENT, LUMINOUS, Lunar. And with the hopes of seeing the astrals again. Mostly the NSP entities (REZ COME BACKK. KERIAN YOU TOO. I NEED TO SEE YOUR POTENTIAL 😭😭)

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How I would've set up Sam and The Avengers in Phase 4 and 5.

An incredibly long, and self-indulgent collection of my headcanons. 😅🤣😂

After reading @likeol 's post here, here's how I would've gone about setting up Sam and the new Avengers. This is just my opinion. Long post ahead.

In my ideal but still trying to be realistic, alternative world, I would've done this:

Falcon and the Winter Soldier needed to be a movie. Having it be a show fractured the general audience, many of whom still don't bother to watch the shows. Hiding the first chapter of Sam's arc as Cap on show damages the potential new Cap trilogy macro arc.

This movie should've released end of 2019 like Spiderman Far From Home (TFATWS is set 6 months post blip, FFH is set 8 months). Release it Sept/Oct. (Unlikely they'd release this the same year as Endgame, but I'm saying this with the full knowledge that COVID shut down theatres in March 2020 soooo... go with it lol)

Easily could've filmed this the same time as Infinty War/Endgame/reshoots, since Anthony and Sebastian were blipped and only in the final battle.

Working title is TFATWS. Then post Endgame comic con, big reveal, boom we tricked you CAP 4 BABYYYY!

Call it something like Captain America: Legacy or False Flag something idk. Something that either ties to the passing mantle theme or government manipulation/covert operations i.e. Walker

Since this is pre covid, we can now keep the original Flagsmasher plot lol! or strip it down a little and make Walker more overtly the villain. (I just hate him)

*Side note: did you know Far From Home is considered Phase 3 and not 4? I guess this hypothetical makes my Cap 4 movie end of Phase 3.

On to Phase 4! References!

After cinemas reopen, Shang Chi releases Sep 2021. Could maybe have included Sam in the post credit? Have him at that hologram meeting. Beaming in or in person, dont care.

Eternals released Nov 2021. Don't let them ignore Sam. Remember that bs 'Who's going to lead them?' and Ikarus going maybe me? Nah!

Hawkeye ended Dec 2021. Include Sam (and Bucky in the post credit at that terrible musical. It's funny! It would've made sitting through it bearable.

Ms Marvel started June 2022. Sam Wilson as Cap should've been represented at that AvengersCon. He wasn't even visible as Falcon. But easily could've just in passing shown the costume competition. Get creative. Maybe one fan is half-Falcon half-Cap suit, split down the middle. (Bonus: Have a SamCap cosplayer dragging a friend along who's just wrapped his arm in foil like those french guys off tiktok 😆)

I wouldn't care so much about What if episodes if we had these other references. But come on! Sam definitely should've been in these at least as Falcon.

Speaking of 2022, looks like we're due for Sam's 2nd Cap film! (It's been 2.5 years. Totally doable.)

This would make 4 MCU films in 2022 but idk it's post COVID. Roll them out.

Move Doctor Strange 2 to earlier in the year Feb/March idk, I didn't like that film 😅

May 6 is now free for Captain America: New World Order (you could still have Brave New World, but i always thought NWO was a better title. And it's from the comics)

Instead of the Hulk sequel plot (I don't really like the Leader I'm sorry BNW 😔), this should be following our Cap4. Still make it political espionage, still begin the 'restart the Avengers' request from the president, follow up on Sharon as Powerbroker. Personally, I'd tie in Rhodey's Armor War ideas too, because I want a bigger supporting cast of familiar faces.

Joaquin still gets injured here, because it's his first big fight and I love their conversation after

Maybe include an Ant Man cameo. Show Scott and Sam are still connected. Maybe even have Scott ask Sam about writing the foreword to his book! Which we'll then see the following year in Quantamania. 🤯

The post credit for this Cap5 is a first baby Avengers assemble moment. (From the above changes, he's met Shang Chi, Wong, knows Bruce, Scott and Hope. Already has Joaquin and Bucky (?) and Rhodey. It's a start!!

On to Phase 5!

Honestly, there's not much to do here. Mention Sam in Ant-man 3. During Scott's book signing

Thunderbolts, which I now decide is set first in 2025. That's the film that's dumped in February. Because it's not a summer worthy movie. 🤷‍♀️

Can stay the same but for adding a Sam cameo and tweaking the end credit scene where we replace it with this idea here (or similar idc) but since we the audience already know the REAL Avengers are operating since Cap5, this makes sense.

Don't know how to fix Bucky's bs choice. You could always just entirely replace him in Thunderbolts with Everett Ross like we just did here 😆 But at the VERY least don't stab Sam in the back by staying quiet when people insult him 🙄

OF COURSE, this whole rewrite is based on respecting Sam and ergo the New Avengers reveal likely wouldn't happen anyway. BUT if it did, at least Sam's Cap and team are coming in to defend.

Now Captain America 6! (It's been 3 years, but Sam is established on the big screen, and i'm being realistic in accounting for the actors and writers strike 🤣😂)

This becomes our May summer release. Essentially, this would be Avengers 4.5 in the same way that Cap3 was Avengers 2.5 given all the supporting characters. BUT that's just cos we need a team up movie before Doomsday and we also need to squash the Thunderbolts nonsense. Resolve that here, or at least develop it somehow.

Still have some big Avengers style action. Show the team dynamic under Sam's leadership. Add in Shuri!

This a new film so I have zero plot ideas 😆 but whatever happens, the post credit scene for THIS is now the Fantastic Four ship coming into orbit.

Annnnnd.... yeah. That's how I would've weaved Sam in through Phases 4 and 5, setting up Phase 6 Avengers.

If you've read to the end of this... thank you ...and im sorry 🤣 😂 💞 🎖🏅

Would you have done anything differently? Have I forgotten anything?

[pinkkop]

This week's recap is brought to you by tumblr's "Potentially Mature" content label which seems to have no concept of what might actually be mature because apparently Prod gushing to Hem about his confession fits within that category🙄

QL Recap for Week 18

The 28th of April to the 4th of May

🇹🇭 Pit babe 2

Episode 1 of 13 || Watching on: iQiYi, Friday

We are so back!! And we certainly started off with a bang (literally) and I'm so ready for this season. It's good to know that Babe still absolute loves getting railed and Charlie is up for the challenge. Surprisingly I'm most excited for Sonic and North. The awkwardness in their first interaction was immaculate and was just the perfect setup for their story. Lets make a prayer circle for someone to get pregnant at some point during this season 🕯️🕯️🕯️

🇹🇭 My Stubborn

Episode 3 of 12 || Watching on: iQiYi, Sunday

Seems like Sorn has been down bad for a long while! The plot thickens!! They're absolute idiots and this is going to become such a mess but I am absolutely loving this. Loved the conversation about top vs bottom, even though we still need a little bit more nuance, we've come a long way with this topic. Also the NC scenes are still absolute fire as I was hoping they would be.

🇹🇭 Lost in the Woods

Episode 7 of 7 || Watching on: Gagaoolala, Wednesday

Oh this show was special! I loved the slow burn and the characters. It just left me feeling fulfilled and like I'd witnessed something special. It felt fresh and gentle and warm and kind and I'll carry this show with me for a long time. It's definitely on the 180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us spectrum of BL so if your idea of what a BL is is very narrow you might not like this show. Definitely going to try and make a final post about this show but I'm going to have to let it simmer a bit in my mind before I can find all the right words to articulate why I liked this so much.

🇹🇭 The Next Prince

Episode 1 of 14 || Watching on: iQiYi, Saturday

This was a promising start. I loved the soundtrack and Nunew and Zee are talented as always. I am finding it a little hard not to judge the show a little bit because we know how expensive it was to make, which is also obvious from the sets, clothing etc. This does, however, mean that when a scene is meant to be set at a uni party in London and all the actors have questionable accents and English abilities I don't feel as forgiving as I might normally. I just wish they'd spent a little more time and money on that. I know we're probably not going to see any of those characters again but still. I'm hoping I'll be able to kinda forget the production cost as we go along and get completely immersed in the show but I'm not there yet.

🇹🇭 The Bangkok Boy

Episode 2 of 12 || Watching on: Gagaoolala, Saturday

It's crazy that our leads haven't even really met yet and it's ep 2. It makes me intrigued for how this show is going to unfold because it's so atypical for BLs. Really like the acting of the show and the concept, though it definitely is a show that so far has needed a trigger warning for both episodes. It seems like the mafia plot is going to take the front seat so I might have to go back and watch some of the scenes again so I can get all the expositions.

🇹🇭 Boys in Love

Episode 3 of 12 || Watching on: Youtube, Sunday

They're really cute and I do like all the student characters and interactions and how the relationships are evolving but this show feels kinda like we're bumbling along with no real road map which is a pity. I also don't think the kids taking the camera felt like just teasing. Papang's character was very distraught and the kids saw that so it feels more like bullying to me.

🇹🇭 My Golden Blood

Episode 8 of 12 || Watching on: Youtube, Wednesday

Spent most of my time during this episode not being able to take the show seriously and making jokes about possible connections to Twilight, which I think describes my experience watching this show well. There are just so many other better shows airing right now and this show just doesn't have me hooked.

🇹🇭 I'm Your Moon

Episode 8 of 8 || Watching on: iQiYi, Sunday

I guess that's one way of getting out your arranged marriage: getting shipwrecked and then stranded in France where you stay until your fiance moves on to a different arranged marriage. This show was very much a pulp but I find that easier to deal with because it leaned in the lakorn direction with a lot of drama. It's not necessarily a good show but it's also not a bad show but I think the fact that I watched it until end does speak volumes.

🇹🇼 Fight for You

Episode 7 of 12 || Watching on: Gagaoolala, Friday

This show is certainly happening. Like it's not really good but also not really bad. If this suddenly doesn't show up in future weekly recaps I hope you won't miss it. Honestly, seeing that we're only on ep 7 of 12 makes me tired.

That's it for this week!!

For links and airing schedule check out World of BL (Only for BLs)

[taran-wood-beast]

So I think the main thing I've learned here is that Kerblam! could have worked if they had just made that guy the World's Most Annoying Piece of Shit Asshole. Like, I'm no fan of the CIA. But if they fed, I dunno, Chris Rufo to the terror dogs from Ghostbusters, I can't really pretend I'd have a problem with that?

I've been wondering for weeks now why McTighe is the one Chibnall era writer to get invited back and it seems pretty clear now that it's because he actually is pretty solid at both characterization and propelling forward an entertaining narrative. He just can't stop stepping on politics rakes Sideshow Bob style.

Also I still haven't forgiven him for girlbossifying Ace

Some little details I really enjoyed here:

* Love when Ncuti rolls his Rs McCoy style.

* The costuming on Conrad and Ruby's first date, where they're both dressed in riffs on Fifteen's outfits.

* The little domestic bits between Kate and her hunky trophy BF. This is how UNIT is supposed to function.

Actually the main thing threatening to completely break this episode is that the eternal tension between "UNIT is a familiar and loveable ad hoc family of Earth based supporting characters we like" (Season 8 UNIT) and "UNIT is a ruthless clandestine international paramilitary with world-ending technology and little to no oversight" (Season 7 UNIT) is stretched to its furthest ever extreme. Another user refers to it as the Avengers-fication of UNIT. I don't think that tension gets resolved here. I'm actually not sure it can be resolved. And I sort of wonder if stretching and prodding at that tension may actually be the point of the exercise for these 45 minutes? It would be in keeping with other deconstructions of aspects of Doctor Who RTD has overseen in the past

Moving on, the actual most interesting part of the episode for me is the "Ruby has PTSD" section. It's deft character work, well acted, and crucially it's an angle on Life After The TARDIS thats never been done before. It gets paid some lip service with Martha but we don't stick around long enough to dig into it. Looking forward to see where they go with this in the finale.

Also the fact that Ruby explicitly cites "getting trapped in a double bass" as one of the things that traumatized her is hysterical. Doctor Who is such a silly silly show but even the silly parts would be completely terrifying if you had to actually experience them!

Also also imagining Belinda one day having a similar conversation but one of her traumatic experiences is "I met some nerds."

Trinity Wells you will always be famous. Also love that we're just stuck with Fox News Trinity Wells now.

Re: the TARDIS scene at the end...You can tell McTighe has only written Jodie's Doctor before now because the Doctor talks like a cop here. It's his version of the Capaldi one-liners in Boom.

I really liked this scene actually. It's completely in keeping with other times the Doctor has gone Vindictive Bastard mode on people who've personally hurt his friends. And its great to see Ncuti get a proper Vindictive Bastard Doctor scene! It's really good, juicy stuff. Just, man. The actual lines he's given...you can really hear the Supercilious Yorkshire Lilt in some of those authoritative moral condemnations...

It's naturally mostly Ncuti's performance that makes it interesting. Because right at the end, when Conrad refuses to show remorse, the look on Ncuti's face is just...sadness. Because this Doctor would be sad about it! He starts the scene seemingly brushing off Conrad's suggestion that the Doctor is there to "save his soul" but then when Conrad refuses to have his soul saved...he's disappointed after all! He was hoping to save his soul! It's a really savvy performance note that cuts against the obvious reading of the scene. People who keep saying they "don't know Ncuti's Doctor" aren't watching!!!

That said, its extremely frustrating that we have three Doctor Lite episodes for a Doctor who might only get 18 and a half episodes total.

[fleurrypoet]

Okay let me start this by saying I was a big bobby is alive truther since 8x15 ended

Though I went into 8x16 believing he'd be dead because that's what I had to do. Was I happy with believing that no. There was a big part of me still hoping that he'd turn up alive.

Anyways this episode was just so so bad like worst episode of TV I've ever seen. (And I've seen bad TV)

I honestly don't even know where to start with this.

He was on the show for 8 years. 8 whole years and this is how you say goodbye to your main character and to Peter Krause.

The disrespect I've seen towards both bobby and Peter has been diabolical.

We got a 2 week time jump for what. Oh so you could skip over the shock everyone felt and skip over their feelings.

You scream realism but yet somehow 2 weeks after the person that meant the most to each one of those characters dies their somehow just okay with it.

This subplot of the mother thinking her son was kidnapped was cruel to do to the fans.

You took a story and had it metaphorically represent the fans the mother was the fans believing the child/bobby was alive.

Everything to do with that mothers storyline represented what the fans had been saying since the funeral bts leaked. The writers literally wrote the episode to laugh in our faces and be like fuck you.

Tim Minear said he stuck in the hotshots bit earlier on in the season (comfort captain scene I'm talking about) to foreshadow bobby dying (which I don't understand because Brad ended up making captain banner survive) but say this foreshadowed Bobby's death is another fuck you to the fans. He's like I see you guys find comfort in bobby as much as the characters of the show so guess what I'm gonna kill him.

I also agree that I think a lot of the characters were acting so weird in the episode.

●Chimney's survivors guilt was so choppy I couldn't follow it.

●Buck who literally said bobby was the father he never had barely showed any emotion (yes I watched the 8x15 I know bobby told him they were going to need him so people will argue that buck was suppressing his feelings) but like literally we barely got a tear at the funeral. THE FUNERAL OF THE MAN WHO CHANGED HIS LIFE FOR THE BETTER.

● Eddie only coming back the morning of the funeral like WHAT THE HELL this would not of happened eddie would of been on the first flight back to la once he heard the news. You know why because BOBBY CHANGED HIS LIFE TOO.

●Hen also barely showed any emotion like considering bobby was the first person to really accept her and chimney as part of the 118 and we barely got anything from her it was like she just accepted it.

● Ravi well cmon you spent half of 8x14 showing ravi contemplate his place at the 118 because he nearly got bobby killed to him telling bobby he would get the antiviral and that he was no longer going to quit and it basically looked like he accepted Bobby's death too.

●Before anyone says we have two more episodes to explore their grief yeh we do but cmon in an episode about their captain they could've showed more emotion. BOBBY CHANGED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEIR LIVES FOR THE BETTER THEY WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN OVER HIS DEATH AND ACTED THE WAY THEY DID AFTER 2 WEEKS.

Gerrard showed more goddam emotion than some of them and he barely knew them.

If you really wanted athena to work a case that was one bobby had been called to years ago you could have done it without taking up the whole episode. Not to mention like it's supposed to be some story to help Athena to get out of the denial stage yet she was never in it. She was looking at places in the mosoleum she couldn't do much else seeing as the military still wouldn't release his body.

Like I saw the post episode stills and we missed out on scenes from athena's parents and bobbys mom and brother. Like I would have preferred to see them than some case you used to laugh at fans with. In the end all we saw was the side of Charlie's head.

The funeral itself got the last 5 mins dedicated to it. How is that an episode about remembering bobby only got 5 minutes to remember him. I would have preferred to have seen his full funeral and then them all together remembering Bobby. This would of also been a good way to use flashbacks and in whole made the episode better. Like the 118 sharing their memories of him.

In whole the episode was not a good send off for a beloved captain.

Peter krause also has been so disrespected in this whole process. Like firstly with both 8x14 and 8x15 a character who peter loved playing in overall got an average of maybe 15 minutes at most for his death and funeral. ONLY 15 MINUTES. Not to mention he didn't want to leave and this has been confirmed by Tim Minear himself that it wasn't Peters idea it was Tim's. How do you turn around to your lead actor and executive producer and tell him oh I'm killing your character off and all he's going to get is at most a 5 min (I think it was less) for his death scene and then his funeral and remembrance episode in totals if we include the times peter himself appeared in the episode maybe like what 7 minutes. 7 minutes to say goodbye I really don't understand it. (Also I know that doesn't add up to 15 mins but I'm giving and average incase I missed something)

The 9-1-1 page itself never even acknowledged Peter. Let me spell this out for you WITHOUT PETER THEIR WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BOBBY NASH. He doesn't even get a sentence thanking him for his commitment to the role.

Peter said last year he could do a 100 more episodes of 9-1-1 its like Tim Minear heard that and was like I'm gonna make sure that doesn't happen. Why? Idk

In regards to the rest of the cast I'm just so puzzled by all of them.

Angela has two different stories on how she found out one was by phone call and one was by reading the script.

Kenny has been the only consistent person making it know that he was against this decision.

Aisha and her multiple changing captions was just way to confusing.

Ryan has basically just taken the piss out of it again no real appreciation towards peter.

Oliver has quiet frankly pissed me off in the last couple of days. Firstly his goodbye post gets archived exactly three days before the episode. After talking so much in the past about his relationship with Peter it seems so odd to archive it, but also no one will convince me he didn't know what he was doing or that he was archiving it because it didn't match his aesthetic. BECAUSE THATS NOT WHY HE ARCHIVED IT. He knew he would set the fans crazy it would make them think oh he's not dead. And I think firstly it's horrible to do the fans (he knows what these characters mean to them) but also in ways it's disrespectful to Peter because he didn't even keep it up for a whole FREAKIN MONTH.

The script leaks by both oliver and Jennifer is also horrible towards the fans because firstly who has time to create a fake script but also how were they convinced to leak it. Like what do you mean you leaked a script about bobby being alive when you know he's dead. How do you do that to the fans. Why? It's horrible.

The funeral leaks themselves and Tim minear saying he didn't think that would happen what's he going on about he filmed it downtown on a busy street in front of the public like what??? 911 isn't a show no one knows about like. It was going to get leaked for God sake. The funeral should've been kept a secret.

This is long and messy af so sorry but my thoughts are messy I haven't processed anything I know for sure that killing bobby off will ruin the show. People don't watch for realism we watch for the found family and the escape from reality it provides.

This has taken me days to compile all together I've still been reading a lot on here so my minds still going back and forth between if he is or if he's not. But I'm just trying not to hold out all my hope on it because I have a feeling ill be so devastated if he's still dead by the end of the season. Though I'll probably always hold out hope that they'll fix their mistake and make him be alive.

I will say though and it kills me to say it (because up until this storyline I have loved this show with all my heart) if Bobby is truly dead come the end of season 8 I won't be tuning in for season 9. I honestly can not see a way this show can work without him.

Also I just saw the 8x17 still why do they all look like literally no one is dead and this whole team + Athena have just moved on.

Anyways I'm not sure how much more I'll post on hear I might just stick to reading but yeh...

[bangpop91]

So even though no one asked I've decided to weigh in on the whose going to be the next captain of the 118 discourse because I have a lot of thoughts about it.

As a reminder we aren't going to know who is the captain until s9. Tim has sad as much in interviews. Everything that happens in the next two episodes is to build suspense and tension.

The way I see it, in terms of canon story telling there are three contenders for the position of captain of the 118.

Hen

Chimney

Buck

I say that because they are the three og 118 teammembers who have been there since s1.

Chimney:

Right out the gate we can eliminate Chimney.

Even though he was acting captain in s2 and as a one-off in s4 during the sniper arc in s6 he flat out said he didn't want to do it again.

He's also been very effectively set up to be the mentor figure. If we apply the concept of the Hero's Journey™️ to the 118 Chimney fills the role of mentor. He's the Gandalf, the Merlin. Think of the speech he gave Ravi in s6 and how it echoed the speech Eli gave him in Chimney Begins.

I think Chimney is going to have to have his own journey where he relearns to "hand it off".

Buck:

Buck is the next one to eliminate. He's starting to show his potential for leadership but he still isn't ready.

Once again using the hero's journey. Buck is at the beginning still. He's experienced the death of his father(figure) and now has to go through his journey that prepares him to ascend his father (figure)'s throne.

A great comparison is Carlos's journey from the season finale of s4 through out s5 of Lone Star.

I do think Buck will be the Captain of the 118 in a few years but not yet. He still has some life to live before he's ready.

Hen:

Point blank. I will be shocked and pissed if Hen isn't the captain. This is a plot thread that has been being set up since s6... Actually since Hen Begins. If suddenly Buck was captain instead of Hen it would have been like if Mateo had been promoted to captain over Judd at the end of lone star.

There is a reason the camera panned to Hen during Gerrard's speech about why he was back as interim captain.

It's my personal belief that Hen turning down the captaincy is the red herring. Its TPTB spinning time until s9 and lets the GA engage with the story and possible conflict of who is going to be the next captain. But it also gives the show a chance to let Hen explore her grief and confusion in the wake of Bobby's death.

Maybe this is me being delusional, but I don't think Captain is the end of Hen's journey. Ever since Hen begins I have genuinely believed that Hen's professional journey ends with her as the Chief of the LAFD. I have felt this way ever since she was told that she is the new face of the LAFD dring Hen begins.

Even from a production perspective I think Hen makes the most sense as Captain.

Let's say Eddie stays with the 118 at the end of s8.

With Hen promoted to Captain, Eddie can be shifted into Hen's former position of Paramedic and be Chimney's partner with Ravi shifted into Eddie's position as Buck's partner.

Now let's say Eddie also leaves at the end of s8

They don't need to worry about bringing in two new cast members. They have already laid the groundwork to move Ravi to a shift and be Buck's new partner. Then they can also bring in a probie to be the new paramedic. This allows us two new characters to explore, it opens up new stories for Chimney as well as Buck and Hen.

In my head this was a lot more articulate. But I've got a cluster migraine brewing and needed to get all this out of my head so I can focus on my other stuff.

[honeygrahambitch]

Hannibal nbc is the proof that you can write insane people realistically. That as a writer you can make your public empathize even with pathological serial killers who show no remorse. Even when the serial killers kill for no reason, just for the love of it. As a writer, you can turn every impulsive decision they make into art. And while there is not always coherence or logical reasoning behind certain actions, Bryan Fuller managed to make it all fit perfectly into a bigger puzzle. Even the irrational makes sense. Even the actions of the most deranged characters have their beauty and logic. The character development is not about the characters becoming better humans and healing but about accepting their worst parts and healing by committing to those not by trying to change. It's not a story about how love made everyone better human beings.

So to me Hannibal is an example of what a show about serial killers as main characters should be like. Dexter is another good example but I am not talking about it now. I am very critical about You season 5 (I am currently watching episode 9 so don't spoiler me).

This whole season keeps feeling like a fanfiction. The chatacters are out of character. They change from one episode to the other. They abandon their principles too easily. Kate who wanted to become a better person and started the whole trial against Joe and went to such lengths as to pull Nadia out and get custody of Henry, decided on the spot she should kill Joe. It feel forced. Too brusque. Could have been implemented differently.

Joe and Bronte forgave each other too easily. It took them one episode. And while Joe has been badly deranged since season 4, it's weird that Bronte just closed her eyes to everything around her? She is either super deranged as well or just super badly written.

All their "tropes" feel very cringe to me. The "I can fix him", "enemies to lovers", "she was pretending at first but then she fell in love for real", be for real.

I can't really be critical about Joe's actions because he is sick. And you can't complain about lack of reasoning or out of character behavior when it comes to mentally deranged characters. But his character still feels very sloppily written. He is no longer as attractive as he was. He is superficial and straight out pathetic and I am so tired of his ever lasting "I finally found my true love". If anyone, Love Queen had been the one. They wrote her out so badly.

Anyway these are my thoughts for now, don't come for me, it's just my opinion and I'm really curious about how this will end

[kabr0ztrousers]

I have a desire for a faceless alien to invade a ship to mass reproduce with the crew, and reader tries to hide as everyone’s rapid pregnancy causes bellies to explode with offspring around them, until reader is found and bred themself. And they are absolutely helpless as they know their fate from being bred by one of these things.

Kabr0z Writes episode 117: Deep Space

Find the rest of the Kabr0z Writes Anthology Here!

The AO3 series is here!

CWs: Oviposition; intoxication; implied group sex; facehuggers; feral x human; oral sex; heavy noncon; it's a horror story

A/N: Do you realise how hard it is to write "Alien, but make it sexy"

Taking objectively the hottest thing in sci-fi horror and trying to somehow make it hotter? Impossible.

To that end, what follows is a love letter to the facehugger, with a lot of the serial numbers filed off

Have a request? An idea? A kink? Send me a request!

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Six months into deep space, delivering Hell-knows-what to Hell-knows-where. The company never tells you anything they don't consider need-to-know, and normally even that's only half true. Still it's a gig, and they're not easy to find planetside any more. Besides, what's a few months in cryo between friends? At least you didn't have to worry about making rent.

The cryo pods weren't meant to wake you this early. You'd dropped out of hyperspace prematurely, and the readouts were clueless as to why. You looked a your crewmates: Leibniz, the huge German man with the military haircut who never seemed to smile, except after a few beers when he'd start singing bawdy folk songs; Clarke, the shaven-headed enby who derived endless enjoyment from watching dockworkers deciding whether or not it's gay to catcall them; Niven, the twitchy chief engineer who you've literally never seen outside of an exposure suit besides from when you're settling into the cryo pods, or when you're riding her face; and you.

You're the mission commander, ostensibly in charge of keeping everyone safe, fed, and working together. Granted, ninety percent of the time that just meant keeping the logbook of who cut what on which piece of exposed metal, how many nutrient bricks a day were being eaten, and which one of you the company had underpaid that trip. Still, nobody else would deal with the asshats in Corporate, so it fell on your well-muscled shoulders.

You pressed some buttons on a computer readout, watching the CRT display flicker through a few screens of data. Something was definitely alive on board the vessel, roughly the size of a large cat, and had eaten through some of the linkages on a secondary drive coil. Instead of carrying on and risking smearing you across several lightyears of interstellar space, a failsafe kicked on and pulled you back to relativistic speeds. You sighed, knowing full well that it's not you the failsafe is there to protect.

"Right you lot. We've got a spaceborne organic on board, and it's eaten some linkages. Niven, you get to the drive plates and fix it, Clarke, Lorenz, mount up, you're with me."

It felt a waste to pull the foam guns out of storage, most of the critters out in deep space aren't worth dealing with, and the few that are wouldn't have gone for drive linkages with four tasty hibernating humans aboard. All that said, they'd dock your pay if you couldn't produce the whatever-it-is that's delayed you and cost you valuable oxy-scrubber time.

You covered Niven on her way to the drive room, nothing en route as expected. You planted a kiss on her visor before she slid under the drive, ignoring the disapproving look you got from Leibniz. You left her to it, stepping out of the engine bay with the others

"You know that's a conflict of interest, right?"

You sighed animatedly at the German "You're just salty you're not getting any"

The slight huff he gave at that was the closest you'd ever get to a laugh from him sober. You pointed down a hall and off you went, each scanning the walls with your flashlights, looking for signs of movement or damage to the tubing running along the sides. Whatever this thing was, it had eaten just enough of your drive systems to get you all up and about, it could definitely have got into the wall cavities, but if it had then it would’ve already been entombed in expanding foam. No, it had to make it difficult.

A scream rang out. Niven.

You bolted for the drive bay. She was still under the drive, twitching and thrashing. You pulled on her leg, Leibniz grabbing the other and heaving her out. The glass in her visor was shattered, her face a pattern of tiny cuts, vivid red blood on her skin. That’s not what worried you. Her eyes were half-open, glassy and unresponsive when you waved your hand in front of her face. You clipped the torch off your rifle, shining it in her face, watching the pupils contract as the beam passed over her. Still alive, thank God. You pulled over a flatbed, Leibniz and Clarke helping you get her on before you wheeled over to the crew quarters.

A first aid kit came off the wall, and you started to cut her out of the suit. Inch by inch the sharpened shears parted the kevlar blend, releasing the smell of sweat into the air. She wore practically nothing underneath, a tiny crop top and short shorts preserving her dignity. No cuts, only some minor bruising from where she’d hit her arms and legs on the drive housing. Her skin was slick with moisture, heat radiating from under her skin. You set some fans on her, trying to cool her off and contemplated giving her an IV of saline. You knew you wouldn’t be able to find a vein, so you decided against.

You sat around a table with the rest of your crew. Each clutched a beer bottle, musing over what the hell you’d do.

“We need to wait for Niven to wake up before she can fix the drive. Either way.”

You nodded, Clarke was right. If either of you three tried messing with that drive, you’d just as likely blow up the entire vessel.

“We still haven’t caught that beastie” you chimed in, though you were all thinking it.

“Nein. Is there any chance that’s what got to Laura?”

You looked up at Leibniz, he never used first names, even when he was blackout drunk and telling you you’re the only real friends he’s ever had. He was rattled

“Doubt it” Clarke broke the tension “The suit she wears is rated for bear, you said this is the size of a cat, skip?”

“Yeah. And don’t call me skip” you leaned back. These old cargo scows were built to last, but they were still unreliable and dangerous to work on. Nobody gave Niven any shit for her suit, not on your crew or ashore, everyone had seen what happens to engineers when they get complacent.

You finished your beer. “Right. You two roshambo for who’s staying here on babysitting duty, I’m going to find whatever asshole piece of space trash hurt my girl.”

They didn’t actually play for it, Leibniz was halfway out of his seat before Clarke had registered you’d got up. They nodded at the hulking man stood over them, who nodded back and grabbed his gun from where it hung on the seat, plugging a can of foam in and priming the pump “Good hunting, you two”

You stepped back into the hallway, cranking the lights to their maximum. The bulbs buzzed angrily, producing a sickly-yellow glow that only seemed to deepen the shadows cast by every pipe and hatch. Leibniz stood back to back with you, carefully mimicking your steps to make sure nothing could get past you. Together you stalked up the corridor, checking the corners of every broom closet you passed, looking under bunks, peering around the hyperdrive, opening every cupboard, cabinet and panel as you passed them. The ship felt pokey normally but now, when you had to cover every square inch to get to whatever-the-fuck it was hiding from you, it was huge.

The cargo bay was, mercifully, not breached. It was built like the bank vault to end all bank vaults, thick titanium alloy walls, a couple of tonnes of reinforced, hermetically sealed door, and an alarm so finicky it would go off if someone passed gas too aggressively near it, as you’d once found out to your embarrassment. Finally you reached it, the computer core. A great sphere of incomprehensible boxes, doused in a tank of coolant, kept at a balmy -240 celsius. It hurt to touch the several-inches thick perspex that housed the core itself, so you kept your distance. The ship was a single corridor. Nothing should have been able to hide from you.

You checked the screens set into the wall of the circular chamber. One had a heat signature reading, overlaid on the ship. There you were, Leibniz standing in the doorway to the core, there was Niven and Clarke, in the crew compartment…

Wait. What was that? Clarke’s heat signature split in two. Either they’d just vomited something fierce, or whatever it was was in the crew compartment. You yelled for Leibniz to move, taking point as you hot-footed it back. You knew Clarke had probably dealt with it, but there’s no harm in-

Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck.

Fuck

The crew compartment was strewn with foam. Clarke was sprawled on the floor in front of you, gun still hissing as the last of the propellant left the can, their finger pressed hard against the trigger. You rolled them over, looking into glassy eyes. Again, you shone your torch into them, watching the pupils contract. Alive, at least. You motioned for Leibniz to cover you, and stepped over Clarke’s unresponsive body. Sending an SOS was your responsibility. The keycard you wore around your neck slotted into the terminal. Emergency lights flashed as it locked in place, bathing the quarters in red and sealing the doors. O2 recycling was restricted to here now, the emergency beacon was lit, protocol is to get everyone to pods and sleep it out until help arrives.

You turned to Leibniz. You screamed. A spiderlike creature was clinging to his head, pushing a long, pulsating tendril down his throat. He wasn't fighting it, arms hanging limply by his sides. You levelled your weapon, then thought better of spraying your friend with the smothering foam. You ducked around him. Good old Leibniz. The dagger in his boot was as sharp as ever.

The creature screamed as you cut the tendril. Foul smelling ichor sprayed from its wound as you pulled the tentacle from your friend's mouth. You grappled with it. The knife wedged between two plates of chitinous armour on its back. It fell away.

You stood victorious. The squirming creature a mass of legs and oozing fluid on your knife. It fell still, dripping the last of its life essence down your arm. You took it to the table, stabbing the tip of the blade into the cheap fibreboard before finishing it off with a healthy measure of foam, setting rock hard in seconds.

You turned your attention to your fellows. They were all the same, catatonic, glass-eyed, shallow breathing. The lights are on, but nobody's home. Leibniz would be hardest to move, so you started with him. The hulking man was almost twice your weight, a mountain of muscle and stern practicality, now a drooling dead weight to be hauled to a cryo pod.

You'd managed to drag him over to the pod when you heard a noise. You looked. Niven was choking on something. You ran to her, propping her up. You hammered on her back. Trying to bring up whatever it was she'd swallowed.

A ball shot from her mouth. Then another, and another. You bear hugged her, pushing in her belly as a dozen of the balls plopped from her mouth. Then Clarke started too, one after another they coughed them up, another dozen added to the collection. Then the tapping started. The eggs were rocking around on the floor, membranes splitting open.

Each one produced another of the spiderlike creatures, soft-bodied and quivering, shells hardening by the second. They weren't as large-bodied as the one you prised of Leibniz, but each one had long, spindly legs, more than enough to hold on to you.

One went for Niven again. You kicked it. A crunch from the other side of the room. They swarmed you. One leaped at your head. You screamed.

It landed on your face. Your fingers clawed at it but it was stuck tight. The tendril extended from its abdomen, pressing against your lips, seeping a sour, burning liquid into your mouth. Your jaw went numb, you felt your teeth part for the appendage. It slipped in, force-feeding you the anaesthetic as it pushed into your throat. More and more of the liquid flowed into you. Your mind slipped away, as though you were outside yourself. The numbing slime was accompanied by something else. The ovipositor thickened as the eggs dropped into you, stretching your numbed throat as it force-fed you its young.

One by one the eggs fell into you, you obidently swallowed each one, feeling them nestle in your belly, bloating you to make space for them all. As quickly as it started it was over, the ovipositor withdrew, and the creature skittered off you.

You lay there, drool dripping from your mouth, glassy-eyes staring at the ceiling. The eggs shifted in your belly. Getting comfortable.

A hail pinged on the screen. Your SOS had been received. Rescue ETA, three days.

"Sit tight, Captain"

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This is another one of those "is this hot, or am I just a little broken?" episodes. There's definitely sex, of a sort, but it's more horror than porn.

Unless you're into that kind of thing. Which I am.

Anyway, do feel free to send a request if you want to see something in particular, and I'll make sure it gets written 😁

[oodlyenough]

TLOU S2ep4 spoilers…

Soooo I’m guessing Dina isn’t pregnant in the game?

Thoughts, feelings, reactions you’d like to share? (On the pregnancy reveal or on the episode generally. I always like seeing what you have to say.)

Sure! I've been mulling over ep 4. In general, I liked it much more than I liked ep 3. Ellie and Dina still feel quite different to their game counterparts but I think most of the changes here worked even if mostly my loyalty is unchanged.

Dina is pregnant in the game as well actually! But this is one of the areas where their misc. changes have added up to bigger changes:

Game Dina and Ellie are on a pretty different relationship timeline than the show; they kiss at the dance, and the next day on patrol together they end up confessing/having sex/essentially becoming an established item all before Joel dies. By the time they're on their roadtrip they are officially An Item, in contrast to show Dina and Ellie dancing around each other until the theatre

The three month time skip the show does between Joel's death and the roadtrip is not in the game. I don't really have an issue w the time skip, but I think the desire to jump ahead in time and still have Dina pregnant with Jesse's kid is why we had that line about Dina going back to Jesse while Ellie was in the hospital. In the game, since they leave Jackson only a few days later, Dina is just pregnant from pre-break-up.

The immunity reveal for Ellie is also quite different, although I quite like how the show did it; taking a bite for Dina and the subsequent drama there was a great payoff IMO. (Although it makes me laugh that show Ellie has been bitten FOUR times now?? Girl... lmao.)

In the game, I think I mentioned in another post or reply to you, there's an element of infected which is spores. So characters wear gas masks. Ellie is immune to the spores and seeing Ellie breathe spores early in game 1 is part of how Tess and Joel become convinced of her immunity. In the Seattle subway station escape, Ellie's mask breaks, Dina panics and starts trying to take off hers so they can "share", so Ellie stops her and rips her broken mask off to prove she's immune. Dina is shocked and confused but the immunity is self-evident from Ellie's breathing, so you don't get the hours of uncertainty and grief poor show Dina has. (Game Ellie had also tried to confess being immune to Dina much earlier, but Dina assumed she was joking around and didn't believe her.)

All of these give the immunity/pregnancy reveals VERY different emotional contexts in the show vs in the game. In the game, where they're already a couple and they've just discovered they each have secrets (game Dina has suspected she's pregnant for weeks and kept it to herself), it turns into an explosive argument. Dina says she didn't want to tell Ellie because she didn't want to be a burden and Ellie snaps "well you're a burden now aren't you?" So seeing show Dina/Ellie instead immediately make out and have sex LMAO I was... surprised... to say the least

In general I see why they rearranged stuff for the show. It's different watching TV and needing to see the characters get together, VS playing a game where Dina is your companion and the relationship develops as you're exploring and playing. I think it's a bit clumsy to have the tent scene where Dina gets defensive over the "six" rating and then have her admit she knows Ellie has liked her for years in the next ep; one or the other, imo. And while her internalized biphobia arc is fine I guess I can't say I personally needed that story from this character. Like, sure--but i was also happy with the version where Dina just was bisexual without any drama around it lol.

However I do think there was some tonal whiplash to give them this very cute romantic scene in the midst of the revenge tour. I also ... did not jive with Ellie's happy reaction to the pregnancy. I can, I guess, understand not wanting to give them the game fight. But it just did not feel sensible to me to have these two teenagers, in the middle of their zombie apocalypse revenge suicide tour, be thrilled with an unplanned pregnancy outside their relationship ....?!!... That the actors look quite young made it even more jarring imo. I just can't see how/why that would be happy news in the context they're in; it's not like they're home safe in Jackson.

The other thing I don't quite jive with for show-Ellie and Dina is that they are really doubling down on making Dina the "brains" and Ellie the "brawn". I guess this is just how the show characters are and I need to accept it lol, but game Ellie is very clever so it's a bit jarring to me to see her show counterpart make all these weird rookie mistakes.

There's a whole other element to this I'm ignoring for now because I think it will probably still come up in the next ep so, spoilers, lol.

Something that might interest you and which I'm sort of disappointed the show has so far not touched on is that game Dina is Jewish. One of their scenes exploring Seattle is in a synagogue, Dina talks about her faith, that she likes coming from "a long line of survivors", her late sister had a burnt copy of the torah, etc. I'm honestly surprised this hasn't even had a nod in the show yet lol I keep waiting for it.

Unrelated to Dina and Ellie: I liked all the WLF scenes in this ep. You learn most of that backstory through just notes and collectibles so seeing it happen on screen adds an interesting layer. Isaac is terrifying lol. Also the sets are so gorgeous. Straight outta the game.

[splinterofpandora]

Horror is not about Fear. Horror is about Details. Gotham by Gaslight. The Universe.

Not too long ago, earlier this year, the world of the Batman Victorian Trilogy came to an end. Justice League will arrive in the summer, and until that happens I want to get into what makes this Earth stand out from the rest, why it's one of the best elseworlds ever, and how it handles story elements and making them really important for characters.

Part one. Emptiness makes it better.

Don't let me make a fool of you. Gotham by Gaslight was never a masterpiece or a brilliant triumph of thought over drawing. Without Mike Mignola's pencil you wouldn't pay much attention to this comic.

Gaslight's plot is classic Bruce Origins written on cheap paper. Brian Augustyn does not allow the main characters to show motives, reducing the narrative to Good and Madness. The Ripper is the most trivial villain with no ideological connection to the Waynes. His methods are boring. The fight with Batman is completely unmemorable. We don't see the real power and minds penetration level that the real Jack had.

When your protagonist fights a common criminal, your Knight doesn't get much respect. Yes, there was an element of fighting the system here, however Bruce is too quick to deal with prison and reputation. This episode doesn't help much with Gordon, Gotham, Alfred, any connection...

We had a few stylish panels. And guess what? Yeah, it's all about art of...drawing.

Does that make it just one bad comic? No! Because in the foundation, you're reading a slightly altered version of Year One.

Gotham's reveal? It has it! Awesome character design? Of course! The illusion of an eternal battle that keeps Wayne from being happy? Hell, yeah! Working startpoint?

It's a good start for the world at least due to the lack of global themes and characters. We saw a cameo of the Joker, but no one said it was really him. Bruce just shows up in town, so you can expand on the backstory. The Crusader has crazies in his family, which makes you wonder if he himself is a psycho.

It's also a really easy and quick read. You don't waste a lot of time, you memorize events and phrases well. And you already know all these people. As characters, symbol

Master of the Future adds an important new trope. We're talking about the impact of government on the city Corruption. Or revolutionary brains. Even Wayne personality

Brian Augustyn breaks down the problem of the different sides of Bruce. His duality is a weakness, a cowardice that is bound to go away. Because he can't beat Gotham. He can heal its wounds, but that requires investing in good initiatives. It's like the plot and the character's idea base help each other. The city is striving for a new day, but its citizens are dying of problems, and only by scrubbing the upper levels can you make them free. The exhibition dies as part of a bad fairy tale. But free Gotham was born!

Master of the Future is not a direct sequel to the Gotham by Gaslight. We don't see the impact of the past battle. But we're creating a freer universe for ideas, where crazy people with strange thoughts rule the ballet.

That's a good dynamic. His idea is simple, but starts on page 1 and ends on the last. We also have some good humor, some information about life outside Gotham, new gadgets. It's still a simple design, but now Bruce becomes different from the other versions. A balance between Light and Darkness. The art of Swordfighting...

Jim Gordon becomes a true hero who saves as many lives as Bruce himself, and we see the strength of their friendship. I'm talking about the importance of moments because the Gaslight world is segmented right now.

You can't just start a big world without one or even few starting points. Because even without much impact, the first two installments create the rules that authors play by. And those rules separate Earth-19 from The Doom That Came to Gotham or Evil's Might. Because they took ALL of the things that make Batman. These comics really love the basic traits, which was the foundation for working on other characters and locations -Lois, Diana, Krypton...

In the next post, we'll find out why that's the case!

[musicalcompanions]

911 fan here and i liked your analysis of the current state of the show, but i wanted to ask if you think buddie can still happen or if you think bucktommy getting back together is more likely?

i dont want to lose hope of buddie happening but i don't feel like the show is going in that direction right now and i guess i wanted a more unbiased take

Hey anon,

Sorry for taking a while to reply, but I’m glad you liked my analysis. I was just trying to give an outsiders perspective on the show.

And I’ll be honest here with my impression. I could be totally off, because I am more of a casual viewer and I don’t engage much with shipping in this show so I probably don’t know every bts details and show history. What I can and will give you is a casual fan view of where the show is going with Buddie and Bucktommy.

Firstly, for Buddie, I think it’s complicated.

For Buddie to go canon, at least this season, I think the show would have had to lay more groundwork than they have done so far. As much as the fandom is aware of it, a considerable portion of GA probably doesn’t see it and the logical thing would be to take it slow, give hints here and there, and slowly build towards it. I don’t think they’ve put in that work so far, but, then again, Buck figuring out he’s bi and his relationship with Tommy was very fast passed so, maybe, they’ll fast track it again, which I don’t think would be the proper way to develop this ship.

What also does make it seem unlikely to me is that Eddie’s basically been reduced to a recurring role, if not guest star, in the second half of S8. I don’t think this would be the case if they were going in the Buddie direction.

I’m also not in the fandom enough to know if the actors are straightforward or if they like to mislead fans so the big reveals land more effectively, so this could be a wrong analysis, but I saw a Ryan interview (which I think is recent, pls correct me if I’m wrong) in which he basically called Buck a brother and I don’t think this would be the language he’d be using if he was aware of the intention of Buddie going canon.

I also don’t think this plot would be something that the actors would find out on the spot. There would certainly be talks beforehand so he’d have to know it for a while before it went canon. If the interview is recent and he’s being truthful, then I’d say no plans for Buddie canon rn.

Plus, 911 has never seem like a show that likes to hide things from it’s viewers or make grand plans, the show just is what it is and I think what’s shown on screen should be taken at face value. I don’t see some huge set up leading to Buddie canon rn tbh.

The whole Buck living in Eddie’s house thing is interesting and could lead somewhere, maybe it’s feelings realization maybe it’s not… maybe it’s just them as roommates until Buck finds somewhere new or Eddie leaves again. I’m really unsure of Eddie’s future. He’s got basically no storylines developing rn, he’s not even integrated in most of the other characters storylines.

Almost feels like a phase out for the character, but could also just be that the actor had less episodes this season for whatever reason (maybe another project) and will be back for s9. What I find weird is that if they wanted a mcd and Ryan wanted to leave then Eddie might’ve been the character to kill off from a conviniente standpoint or they thought the backlash would be worse if it was Eddie? Idk, the character is in a weird spot rn and I don’t think he’d be there if Buddie was going canon soon, you know?

Overall, I don’t see Buddie happening this season and, if it does, I think it will probably just be too rushed and not properly developed. So, I hope, that if the plan is that they start laying out the groundwork and build towards it in the next season.

That being said for Buddie, I think the show does have plans for Tommy/Bucktommy, I can’t say for sure what they are, but they’re there. They had the perfect way to write Tommy out after the breakup, but he’s come back and he’s been in like half (?) of the second part of S8 episodes so far. Why bring him back if there’s not a planned pay off? (Maybe I’m expecting too much coherence from the show).

Firstly, he slept with Buck, indicated interest in rekindling the relationship and then he left with some very clearly unresolved issues with Buck. I don’t know why that interaction would be there if it weren’t build up for another talk on their relationship (if for the good or the bad, I can’t tell). Then he came back for the lab rescue and that whole “I’m doing it for you” thing was very deliberately placed there…

All this leads me to think he and Buck will, at least, have a talk about their relationship and where they stand and where they want to go. If Bucktommy was truly over, there was no need for any of those interactions. All of those plots could’ve been achieved via other characters or maybe even new characters.

And, lastly, Tommy didn’t have to be in the funeral episode, but he was… and that opening emergency could’ve been anyone else saving Bobby, but they put Tommy there. That also feels deliberate and, for the first time in a while, Tommy’s character existed outside of Buck’s. Since they got together, Tommy’s character has basically revolved around Buck, but in that scene, it didn’t.

Maybe I’m looking too much into it, but it kind of feels like integrating him a bit more in the narrative? Reminding GA that he used to be in the 118. Idk why they’d do this if they didn’t have something in mind for the character… I don’t know exactly what is it that they want to do with Tommy. Could be good, could be bad (depending on where you stand in the fandom), but there’s something.

In the end, Io think they’ll tackle Bucktommy relationship status by the end of the season, I just don’t know exactly which way it will go. Maybe they’ll use it as building step for Buddie feeling realization, but I haven’t really gotten the vibe that’s where they’re heading so far. Again, I’m just a casual fan so this could be wrong.

What did confuse me a bit were the talks about Buck having feelings for Eddie, both with Tommy and Maddie. When I first saw it, I thought it could lead to Buddie feeling realization, but now, I think it could also just be the writers talking directly to the audience “why does everyone want me to be in love with my best friend?” as a way to indicate they’re not going there…

This is very long, but, basically, idk. I don’t think it’s heading in the Buddie direction rn and I do think there will be some Bucktommy resolution, which can go anyway tbh.

Hope that somewhat answered your question anon.

[lockpickingliar]

Mae,

I recently asked all of the Kokichis about their unique appearances. I would now like to ask the same of you! Of course, there is no pressure to reply, and you are more than welcome to have someone answer on your behalf.

Within the canonical Danganronpa timeline, Nagito has three main appearances.

The first (chronologically) is his Hope's Peak Academy uniform from Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy.

The second (again, chronologically) is his "Servant" attire from Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls.

The third appearance is his most well-known and recognised one from Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair.

Do you share your appearance with any of these examples, or is your style different?

Do you have any unique accessories, such as jewellery, piercings, scarves, hats, and so on?

Finally, do you have any unique physical characteristics such as birth marks, different eye colours, different hair colours and/or styles, scars, and so on?

Thank you for your time!

- Saber

Hello there! I see you've been going around asking everyone about their differing styles and appearances. It's been interesting getting to hear what everyone thinks of first when asked to describe their own style. What's the most important aspects to them when in comes to what sorts of clothes they choose? Is it aesthetic? Comfort? What jumps out at them first when it comes to identifying their "style"?

I guess you could say my style hasn't changed all that much over the years. I still like thrifting my clothes, and typically have an open jacket because I tend to run cold until I suddenly get a hot flash and like the convenience of taking it off and on at a moment's notice. My husband really likes the leather jacket I wore during my Remnant days, and while I don't have that exact one anymore, they very quickly found me a replacement, hahaha!

I'm post-NWP and post-tragedy, and quite a bit older than the other kids, so I end up feeling a bit like an old man around them. Of course, I also have my bionic arm, made by Kazumi-san. I've lived a lot longer than the life expectancy the doctors gave me before the Tragedy, but my illness has taken its toll on my body. I struggle with memory and cognition even more than I already did, I'm still on the underweight side, and my hair's already starting to thin, but what can you do? I wasn't exactly the most dashing even in my youth, with how sickly I was. I'm just grateful I've been able to live this long, really!

Thank you for the question!

-Mae

[quitealotofsodapop]

In Peach Soup and related aus, Peaches does indeed get amnesia in the s3 episode Amnesia Rules. But unlike in canon, he isn't turned back to Sun Wukong from back when he was on the journey, for the most part. The version of Sun Wukong that is brought back is primarily the one that existed before Peaches was forced to consume the Meng Po Soup. The one who had been in isolation for nearly 500 years and recently became the caretaker of a very special egg that, as far as the Wukong they met, is aware, had yet to hatch, and was last seen being stolen by the Thrall

Oooo.

Peaches was only trying out astral meditation when Pigsy fed him that ghost pepper - the shock of it "rebooting" his mind to before he was forced to drink Meng Po's soup, if only for a few hours at most.

First thing he does is start chirping. Chirping that quickly becomes nervous chittering. Looking under every bunk and table for something.

Then he sees his "brothers" and switches language:

Wukong: "Oh thank Buddha! Master! I was ready to pray for your guidance - I can't find something very dear to me, and I'm freaking out a little!" Tang, confused but catching on: "Oh! Um-" (*changes stance*) "What sort of item do you hold so dear?" Wukong, hesitating: "It's difficult to explain. It's super important that no one knows what it is - especially my enemies." Pigsy, super confused: "We ain't got time for looking for something we don't know anything about." Wukong: "Ok ok! Calm your bellows, piglet... It's an egg." Tang & Pigsy, together: "Egg!?" Wukong: ""Yup. An egg. An egg you could say even... has a stone-y quality to it?" Tang & Pigsy: (*share a look*) Pigsy: "A baby super-monkey?" Tang, near-shriek: "OUR baby super-monkey!?" Wukong: "I'm glad you guys are excited to be uncles, but we really need to find it! Some horrid fiend broke into my home and stole it! I don't know who he works for, but he doesn't smell good. My gold sight is sending me miles away from here."

The whole thing with Scorpion Queen still happens, with Wukong being more in a hurry to get his "Master" back and back to their original mission. "Bajie" manages to convince Wukong that they sent the rest of their crew (Sha Wujing and Ao Lie) ahead to find the "Egg", and that they'd never let anything bad happen to them.

Wukong gets rebooting back to Peaches, not from a knock on the noggin - but from the monkey king exhausting himself to unconsciousness. In those few hours, Pigsy and Tang learned more about the Monkey King than a lifetime of research could ever tell.

Namely; that Sun Wukong was a lonely, tired, and parental soul. Excited and terrified to meet whomever sat within The Egg he protected so diligently. And evidently nerdy enough to get distracted by a particularly interesting flower and mumble it's medicinal qualities.

With his memories still swimming, Wukong finds drawings scattered around the group's van. Drawings alike that of a child but more detailed. Drawings of a large group of people, four undoubtedly him, his Master, two of his brothers, and an unfamiliar dragon pup. But right in the middle, holding the ginger monkey's hand, was another monkey. Brown furred with a wide smile. Above them, written in modern Mandarin; "Family Roadtrip!"

Sun Wukong only returned for less than a day, but his long-suffering heart was finally healed from that night nearly 20 years ago. He cannot wait to reunite with his Egg.