#and since it was made in English i suspect it is talking about English speaking people

[brazilian-whalien52]

I saw the discussion about Brazil and yeah, every country will have different culture. I mean, I would say that in this case ao3 is more like Tumblr where people from different cultural background meet and interact with English as main language so anyone that does not know the language is kinda left out of this space. That's fair! You are not going to be looking into fanfics in places that 90% of the content is something you do not understand. Normally, people also know that ao3 isn't popular in their own country so they will publish it in ao3 and other websites.

Also the discussion over difference in the goal of fanfic in each website. In Brazil a lot of people use fanfic as a commercial way to attract fans and get attention, the market is really competitive and unfortunately consumers prefer US books over Brazilians one. You know when that is not the case? When they know an artist from fanfics. In fact, a lot of writers managed to attract audience by transforming their BTS fanfic into books. There are published companys made by fans build just to do that! Plus even if people enjoy writing for fun, Brazil is relatively a poor country, meaning that when you get the chance to make some extra moneys you will take it (literally every single hobby in Brazil is monetized nowadays, it's a terrible mentality that took everyone with social media).

That being said, I do think it's sad that fanfic culture in Brazil is focus on US fanfics sites like Wattpad. Wattpad mostly gain the market by being an app that made possible for people to read fanfic offline when they don't have Internet data (since this is expensive in brazil and most people did not have it). However, we used to have such great fanfic websites like nyah, that had a terrible search engine but an amazing project called "league of betas" where you could easily find someone to beta our fic, or fanfic obsession, that was years ahead of it's time because their system allowed interactive fanfics where you could choose the name of the main characters. Unfortunately, this websites were fan made and could not compete with big companies.

Twitter users’ distinct hatred for ao3 will never cease to amaze me. Like they’re missing out on so many amazing fics just because they… wish there was an algorithm? I don’t get it.

[moonpetrichors-blog]

hiii! i love ur avatar writing and i was wondering if u could write something about neteyam x reader, where they're childhood best friends but then some na'vi guy start to show interest in the reader and neteyam gets all jealous and realize than maybe he's in love with them? idk if this make sense, english is not my first language, sorry :((

All Mine

Tags: Neteyam x Omaticaya!Reader, Aonung x Omaticaya!Reader (Only Slight), Fem!Reader, Childhood Friend Romance, Friends To Lovers, Jealousy, Anguished Declarations Of Love, Neteyam Loses His Cool For Once

Warnings: Neteyam Daydreaming About Punching Aonung LMAO

Neteyam was walking along the beach with his siblings when he spotted you, talking to the Olo'eyktan’s son. It had never crossed his mind before that you, his childhood best friend, would eventually find someone to romantically pursue. Was it wrong to realize he wanted you to himself, and not in the arms of another boy?

OMG IM SO OBSESSED W THIS IDEA!!! If theres one trope I love, its a jealous love interest 🤭 also, trust me when I say ur English is perfect!! Fun fact but English is also my second language and growing up I was ass at speaking it LMFAO so ur not alone 😭☠️

Yellow Hyacinth - Jealousy

* ˚ ✦ 1663 Words • Read below the cut

╭┈─────── ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ-╰┈➤ ❝ [02/01/23] ❞  

It had been roughly a week since you arrived on the Awa'atlu village's shoreline. When you initially arrived, the Olo'eyktan's son harassed you relentlessly.

There were many things he liked to call you. Freak, weirdo, dimwit, you name it.

There was nothing freak-like about you, per se, but the fact that you were from the forest made you a target to Aonung's bullying. What skills could a woodland girl teach sea people? It was dreadful that you had to hide among them in the first place.

Technically, you had no obligation to go into hiding with the Metkayina clan, but you felt as if the Omaticaya had nothing left for you when your childhood best friend, Neteyam, informed you that he and his family needed to flee.

When Neteyam initially told you that he had to abandon your clan, including you, you wailed into his arms as if he had just perished. You couldn't bear the thought of not being with Neteyam, even if it meant compromising your clan's safety.

The truth is, you overreacted so harshly because you’ve had feelings for Neteyam for years now. You’ve always been unsure if he reciprocated, but there were moments between the both of you where he’d send mixed signals; you didn’t know what shifted or when, but there was just something between you both that felt like you were more than just friends.

And now he wouldn’t be able to stay and see how your relationship would unfurl.

Maybe you were foolish to persuade Jake Sully into bringing you along, but he eventually agreed (albeit reluctantly), since you and his son made each other happy. Neteyam was pleased when you told him you were departing with him.

So there you were, well acquainted with the Metkayina, and accompanied by your dearest friend. Aside from Aonung's pestering, you could put up with it since you knew Neteyam would safeguard you.

However, the more time that you spent with the sea people, the more you began to suspect that it was only you who had detected something between you and Neteyam. You stopped sending hints, even if he overlooked them unintentionally, as it stung too much to persevere.

Aonung eventually stopped attempting to harass you, and you even developed a pleasant friendship with him. Tonowari, his father, had him apologize for his poor behavior; after that, he was actually fairly delightful to converse with.

This was your life now.

...

Neteyam sauntered along the coast, followed by Kiri and Lo'ak. He couldn't take his mind off you; were you safe? Was Aonung bothering you yet again? His father had chided him that he didn't need to be at your side all hours of the day, but he didn't quite understand why his father was amused when he talked about how Neteyam behaved with you. You were his best friend, of course he’s worried!

Regardless, Jake instructed him to keep an eye on his siblings, so he didn't have much of a choice in abandoning them and running to your rescue. Not with Lo'ak prowling behind him in search of trouble.

Neteyam maintained his walk, thinking to himself that he was exceedingly fortunate that you had left the clan for him, and although he wouldn't say it, he was overjoyed.

What he wasn't so thrilled with was how he'd discovered you'd grown closer to that jackass Aonung. You could talk to anybody you pleased, and he knew you were far too pure-hearted to entirely dismiss the Olo'eyktan's son, but why did he feel so bitter whenever he saw you together?

Speak of the devil.

Kiri pointed you out, but when she saw who you were with, she shuddered. “Look, it’s Y/N! And... Aonung.” She deadpanned.

Neteyam was paying little heed to what his sister was saying. No, he was paying close attention to how you were giggling at whatever Aonung said.

What the fuck?

Lo’ak nudged his shoulder. “Bro?”

Lo'ak waved his hand in front of Neteyam's face, which he instantly swept aside. What exactly did Aonung say to make you laugh that hard? You only laugh when you're with him!

Neteyam was practically seething, his fists clenched into balls, as Kiri and Lo'ak snickered to each other out of his earshot. If Kiri didn't know any better, she'd suppose Neteyam was thinking about the finest ways to strangle a (what might as well be) merman.

And truly, he was.

Lo’ak held his fist to his mouth to stifle his laughs. “Dude, are you jealous?”

Kiri placed a hand on Lo’ak’s shoulder, and looked away with a smile plastered to her face. “He totally is.”

Neteyam’s rage was now being directed towards his siblings. “What? No I’m not! Why would I be jealous?”

Lo’ak was still chortling when he pointed behind Neteyam, motioning that he should probably look. He turned around indignantly, and saw that Aonung had a hand on your arm. He was close. Too close for his liking.

And that look. Anyone could see that Aonung was flirting with you. He was maintaining direct eye contact with you, narrowing his gaze. He appeared to be listening carefully to what you were saying, but his smirk paired with his eyes passing over your lips indicated otherwise.

Neteyam just wanted to pummel his stupid, blue face in.

Kiri and Lo'ak burst out laughing as they witnessed Neteyam storm over to where the two of you were. He aggressively inserted his own hand where Aonung's own had originally been, shoving your body into his own by the shoulder. The unexpected intrusion caught you off guard.

“Oh! Neteyam!”

You beamed at his arrival right away, but Aonung frowned. Before you could enquire what Neteyam was doing, he stared daggers into Aonung's head, and hauled you away from him by your bicep. Aonung remained there stunned, staring at your back as you walked away.

“What the hell?”

Kiri and Lo'ak tripped over themselves on their way over to Aonung, howling with laughter, and Lo'ak smacked his shoulder in amusement.

“Sorry cuz, you never stood a chance!”

Aonung’s cheeks darkened deeply. He was thoroughly mortified; he had no idea you were and Neteyam were like that! (You’re not.)

...

Neteyam began to lose confidence throughout the walk once he had pulled you much further away. While you shouted at him to let you go, he inwardly cursed at himself, wondering why he had just done that.

Does he like you?

Your vehement protests about how Neteyam was causing you pain eventually ceased falling on deaf ears. His rage vanished when he realized he'd been treating you like a ragdoll for the entire walk, and he immediately felt horrible. He let go of your arm and buried his face in his hands, ashamed that he had done such a thing to you in the first place.

You rubbed your sore arm, and nudged his shoulder gently. “What’s wrong?”

He looked way too upset, and you rarely saw him like this, if ever.

“Why was Aonung looking at you like that?”

That struck you with irritation. “Are you serious? That’s what this is about?”

His eyes darkened at your words. How could it not be?

You started to raise your voice. “You cannot be for real. You’re just my friend, why are you being so overprotective? If Aonung likes me, that’s my business! Not yours!”

Neteyam snatched your wrist again, evidently upset by what you just uttered. He didn’t know what he was saying anymore. “The only person that can look at you like that is me!”

You went quiet for a time, then realization dawned on your features. “Hold up... do you like me?”

Suddenly, Neteyam’s gaze softened, and he could no longer be furious with you. “How could I not?”

He released your wrist, unsure of what to say next. When he noticed your prolonged silence, Neteyam whirled around, prepared to walk back to his home and cry his frustrations out. He was fighting back tears already; what was the point of telling you this anyway?

You gripped his shoulder and forced him to swivel around and face you. Neteyam could not cover his face, and he felt humiliated because he didn't know why he was acting in this manner. Why was he weeping over a silly look?

He was caught by surprise when you cupped his face in your hands, and wiped the stray tears away. Your irritation had completely dissipated. “You have nothing to be worried about.”

He sniffled. “Why?”

“Because I’ve liked you since forever, but I didn’t think you liked me back. There were so many mixed signals, and you never picked up on my hints, either!”

Neteyam was taken aback. He was at a loss for words.

You rolled your eyes. “Just kiss me, you big idiot.”

Your hand that was on his shoulder was now suddenly imprisoned in his grip, and he jerked you towards his body, lips crashing into yours. He pressed against you with ardor, as if you'd vanish if he didn't embrace you like you were the last Na'vi on Pandora.

Your nimble fingers found purchase in his braids. His hands slithered around your waist, drawing you flush against him, effectively deepening the kiss. He needed you so near that he could only sense your lips against his. When you would try and pull away, his desperate kisses would follow.

You feared Neteyam had forgotten you needed to breathe, because you had to roughly pull his head back by his braids to eventually get him to halt his feverish actions. The minimal bit of pigment on your lips had now smeared, a mark left by Neteyam that claimed you as his. Who the hell taught him to kiss like that?

As you both merely stared at each other, stunned, Neteyam spoke through labored breaths. “All mine?”

“I’m all yours.”

Bonus!

Lo'ak sipped his fruity iced drink, having witnessed the entire exchange from a distance. He patted Aonung's back.

“You wish that was you, huh?”

Aonung punched him.

[rainbowsillz]

𖤐 A MODERN READER THAT CAN'T TALK IN JAPANESE 𖤐

Warnings: Yandere behaviors, manipulation, possessiveness.

Note: I'd perish on my own accord if they send me here I swear. An experiment for a first post in kny fandom (･x･)/.

Featuring: Douma X Gender Neutral Reader.

i. gracious founder.

Summary: Many would be more than willing to have a chance of a life you were living. Not you, it was a nightmare..

The moon was overcast by darkness overhead.

[ DOUMA - 童磨 ]

“Truly a poor thing you are... why don't you come back with me? It's dangerous wandering out there at night.”

Obviously, you have to accept whatever he voiced at you (he was inquiring if you'd like to go with him).

And so you were at his abode...

You kept saying "Hello." Or "Goodbye." Which came off as quite baffling for him. Like you can't speak normally.

The demon was a bit too stunned to comment at first.

"Can you understand me?" He prompted you.

Then it made sense for him! You were a foreigner, weren't you? This had him watching you with a broad grin.

Now, now.. He can't have you being like that here. As someone once said. Education matters, does it not?

So — he'll be instructing you on learning the basics of the fundamentals. You looked sharp, this should be a cakewalk.

(Your ADHD self would throw hands at him if you could.)

Hmmm, he doesn't really can tell about how you got isekai'd into the universe of Kimetsu No Yaiba however. Luckily.

You'll take this secret to the grave with you.

Although he was drawn to you because of 'something.'

"Maybe it's fate!" He chirped like a puppy with you.

He enjoyed feeding you treats like you were his pet. Oh, it'd be a waste, right? So you better keep eating that.

You only were able to do easy phrases but he seemed delighted enough. You dreaded the day you'd end up in his belly because.. you weren't even a slayer to begin with.

He could break your neck if he wanted to.

His favoritism didn't help in the slightest. Other people weren't on friendly terms with you. You were miserable.

As the time flew by, the season changed.

Your Japanese was average to comprehend his message now. You hated to admit this... he wasn't an awful mentor....

You missed your home.

A firm arm draped around your shoulders, the humming gave away whose it was. It was Douma, no doubt about it.

You suspected it was a setup. He did it on 'purpose.'

It intrigued him when your breathing hitched at his arrival.

You backed yourself away and you asked a question.

"Why would I isolate you? Is my little fox mad?" He pouted.

His rows of teeth were unlike human's ones.

Was he supposed to be a cult leader? How repulsive.

"I loathe you." You spat in your second language.

His smile was faltering at your words, there was a shift in his expression as he snapped his hand fan close after that.

"I wonder what you stated about me." His tone was a jab.

He patted your head like you were nothing in his eyes. There was venom underneath and in his sentence. A disapproval.

This confirmed it, he was a sick bastard ಠ_ಠ.

Earning an ire from everyone was the last thing you needed.

Despite that he had no clue on your mother tongue.

It was also unbeknownst to you—

...Since The Upper Rank Two was fluent in English.

[thistledropkick]

By request, here's a brief summary of the history between El Desperado and Douki! I wrote this for @novampiresremain but it might be of interest to someone else too?

Sorry for the lack of cited sources, but the English language NJPW website is still down, and I don't want to dig through the Japanese website for citations. This is written from my own memory, but most of the information comes from NJPW's website, Taichi's blog, various tweets, and wikipedia.

As a teenager, Douki wanted to train to be a wrestler, but specifically, he wanted to train to be a luchador. At age 18, he'd decided that in order to pursue his dream, he would move to Mexico by himself, despite a complete lack of wrestling training and zero ability to speak Spanish. Douki happened to know Milano Collection A.T. and asked him for some advice. (His connection to Milano is also why he still uses one of Milano's techniques, the Italian Stretch Number 32, as a finishing move. And if you ever listen to a Douki match with Milano on Japanese commentary, you'll hear Milano get very emotional cheering for Douki.)

At this time, Milano had recently been forced to retire from wrestling due to vision problems. Milano's ex-tag partner Taichi, brokenhearted and feeling abandoned, had run away to Mexico. Taichi was living at a house with other NJPW wrestlers and training at the CMLL gym. Milano advised Douki to go to live and train with Taichi, and Douki did exactly that.

Taichi remained in Mexico for about a year before returning to Japan. Douki kept training and wrestling as an indie wrestler in Mexico.

Outside of kayfabe, Mikami Kyosuke's excursion to Mexico and CMLL began in 2012. Within Desperado's kayfabe background, he's from Mexico originally. Regardless, he met Douki during that time period, and they've both talked about their time together in Mexico, a pair of broke wrestlers drinking cheap beer and watching funny videos online together.

(Outside of kayfabe, Desperado was a wrestler from NJPW, Japan's biggest promotion, wrestling in CMLL, a major promotion, while Douki was wrestling as a freelancer in the indies. Other wrestlers who also know Desperado from that time period have mentioned that he treated all other wrestlers the same regardless of what company they worked for. Sasaki of DDT has said that this is why he and Desperado originally became friends, and I suspect it's part of why Desperado became friends with Douki as well.)

Desperado returned to Japan in 2014, making his debut as Desperado early that year. Douki kept wrestling on the indies in Mexico, while making occasional trips back to Japan to wrestle in the indies there. He made his Japanese wrestling debut in 2015, but continued to wrestle primarily in Mexico, sometimes in Texas, and only occasionally in Japan.

In early 2019, Douki's old friend Taichi booked him for one of his own Taka Taichi self-produce shows - in a singles match against Kasai Jun. Douki fought with his usual fearlessness, but lost. Kasai won the match with his signature Reverse Tiger Driver, but modified - he added rotation to it, making it look very similar to El Desperado's Pinche Loco. After winning, Kasai prepared to hit an unconscious Douki with another Reverse Tiger Driver, but Desperado ran in to save Douki, who he called his little brother.

That match was the setup for Desperado and Kasai's first pair of singles matches, at TakaTaichi Mania II. Desperado wanted revenge for what Kasai had done to his "little brother" Douki, and he showed up wearing a half Desperado, half Douki mask.

During one of those matches, Kasai accidentally broke Desperado's jaw. As a result of the injury, Desperado had to skip the 2019 Best of the Super Junior tournament, which left NJPW scrambling for a replacement. Douki was still in Japan, since he'd also been booked on the same show where Kasai had broken Desperado's jaw, so he took Desperado's place in the tournament as a last-minute substitute.

He spent the entire tournament carrying Desperado's mask around with him, and taking out his anger on everyone around him instead of actually trying to win any matches. At first, he said he was just there for his "boss" Taichi and his "brother" Desperado, but he ended up being brought into Suzuki Gun by the end of the tournament.

Over time, Douki continued to grow as a wrestler, and became more and more competitive with Desperado. Desperado has always welcomed this, even when they were both in the same faction, and has also encouraged Douki in his own Suzuki Gun way when Douki has talked down on himself in the past. (I keep meaning to translate some tweets related to this, and I will get around to it eventually.)

In a strange way, Douki owes his current position to Desperado. I have to believe that Douki winning the Junior Heavyweight belt for the first time from Desperado, specifically, meant a lot to both of them.

@novampiresremain I hope that background information helps a little bit! If you (or anyone else) would like specific match recommendations involving these two, let me know and I'd be happy to provide some, although some relevant matches aren't available on NJPW World.

[graysbullshit]

Summarizing the Brazillian's lore for the gringos that dont understand portuguese but are curious anyway:

Pac & Mike: Starting with the dynamic duo because they have the least amount of lore. Basically, they are best friends and like to do everything together! Like good best friends, they argue all. the. time. Both of them really llve their egg, however, after Mike accidently lead Richarlyson to his death he has been avoiding the egg. He is very scared of fucking up and would rather be an absent father with a living kid than a present father with a dead kid. Pac is more hopefull and likes interecting with the egg.

Also, they are more interested in the minecraft aspects of the server and not the lore aspects, so they don't really tend to go out of their way to interact with people. Besides, they stream earlier, so most people only log on when they are already getting ready to leave. They have created the bar "Buteco do Boi Gordo" which seems to be a huge success on the server and are in good terms with most people! They joined the Ordo Theoritas by accidently walking into Cellbit's hide out and are currently a bit scared of Cucurucho and of being watched.

Felps: He is a very laid back guy (minecraft-wise). He is a very close friends of Cellbit and constantly jokes about either of them going insane and talking to voices. He was also canonically driving the boat when they crashed.

He loves hanging out with Richarlyson and is one of the more present dads. He also hangs out with the other players a lot and likes talking with them, for exemple: he had a very long conversation with Foolish while Leo and Richas played! He seems to talk more to the english speakers because he understands english better than spanish, although he is very sociable in general.

He was invited to the Ordo Theoritas by Cellbit, since they were such close friends. But after talking to Cucurucho he started to suspect Cellbit was actually going insane. He hang out with Cucurucho more and ended up quite liking the little guy. Later, he told Cucurucho his "biggest secret" (that he would give his life away for Richarlyson) and in turn was shown the Heaven Room, in there he was stuck in a another room and disappeared.

(The reason for this specific lore is because he is currently traveling to Japan and didn't want to leave the Qsmp so soon without giving some reason for his character to disappear)

Forever: Arguably the brazillian with the biggest lore Lol. He is an extrovert and tries to talk to everyone, despite the language barriers, and is very good at making friends. He is DEFINITELY the best dad out of all of them. He is also DEFINITELY the best minecraft player from all of the brazillians and absolutely loves exploring the new aspects of the game Although he is more intrested in the game aspect of the sever, he is very invested in the eggs. He loves hanging out with Richas, and enjoy the company of all the eggs too (he even remembered that Tallulah needed to complete her missions and asked Richas to "talk to her" and "see if she can come online, even if she is speaking portugues, if you get what I mean")

In his past he had a best friend/romantic interest that coincidently also uses the Urahara skin, so when he saw Philza he was immediately interested in becoming his friend. Because of his values, he only became truly interested in Philza when he first saw his backpack and just how rich he was. He tried to flirt with Philza mutiple times and tried to convince him to love him mutiple times, not taking rejection very well. Although he has made many plans to conquer Philza's love, he hasn't followed through with any of it. The worst he has done is annoy Philza everytime he comes on the server Lol. (Not-canonically, he is very nice and was worried Philza would be genuinely upset with the storyline, even asking if he wanted him to stop)

Canonically, he was scared to death by a Grim Reapper that asked him to drink water, he suspected it might be BBH and is currently very uneasy around him for this same reason. He was invited to the Ordo by Cellbit, after being deemed trustworthy, he has said many times that he does not like "scary things" and does not consider himself good with this type of puzzles. Therefore, he reports everything he find directly to Cellbit and also seems to trust Cellbit blindly. He somehow managed to find the "Heaven room" in which Felps disappeared and realized the weakness of the reinforced blocks right away, guiding Cellbit and BBH over there.

He is also planing on terraforming an entire desert bioma into an ocean so he can recreate the very famous Copacabana Beach. It might seem HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE but, considering all the absurd stuff he has done in his channel, I consider this quite tame actually.

Cellbit: He remembers Felps from his past, he also remembers Pac and Mike (who didn't remember him) from his attempt to escape prison (Non-canonically: they did a video together called Prision Break, if you guys wanna watch it). Not only is his character clinically insane, he is also an ex-convict and an alleged murderer. He loves solving charades and puzzles, loves mistery, ARGS and thrillers. Although, he doesnt really care about the minecraft aspect of the server.

He became very good friends with Maximus, bonding over the mysteries of the island. He is also very good friends with BBH, though I am not sure if they remember each other cannonically. He also befriended Roier and they have been flirting non stop ever since, Richas is totally trying to get them together lol (fun fact: his girlfriend also ships Q!roier and Q!cellbit lol). Although he originally seemed to deslike Bobby, later he explained it was all in good fun and he did not genuinely hated the egg. He is very suspicious of Quackity (for obvious reasons) and has decided to befriend him in order to keep him close and where he can be watched.

Cellbit really loves Richarlyson, but he loves solving mysteries more lol, so he is an absent father. He doesnt really expends a lot of time with the other eggs and doesn't really seem to have strong emotions towards them. He believes they were made by the federation to manipulate them and keep them in the island no matter what, so he is also suspicious of them.

He hates the Cucurucho so so so so much, its hilarious. After breaking the rules on purpose to see what would happen, he was teleported to an underground tunnel where the Cucurucho appeared behind him holding a chainsaw. He was terrifiend and ran in the oposite direction, falling in a whole fuelled with iron stakes. After that, he was taken to an "interogation room" where they expend the next minutes conversing through books. Later, he was released and developed a paranoia and a insane amout of hatred for the federation. Therefore, when he saw his best friend talking to the Cucurucho he was enraged, which lead him to follow them only to witness his best friend being taken away.

He is probably the person who logs on the most on the server, but most of the time he only logs on to say that canonically his character is also solving the QSMP puzzle in his computer. He was with Forever when they found the room where Felps was taken too and decided it was too risky to try and break in at that time.

I believe this is it! Maybe, if you guys want, i could summarize the CANNONICAL theories Cellbit has and the evidences he has found, but I wont do that for the ARG because that's too much information.

[flowerandblood]

My Best Friend (18)

[modern! club owner • Aemond x fem!reader]    

[warnings: mention of sex, fluff, swearing]

[description: Aemond has his own club and often does business at the home of one of his business associates. There he often meets his younger sister, with whom he develops a deeper relationship through shared secrets. This is slow burn love story.]

* English is not my first language. Please, do not repost. Enjoy! *

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After what he said to her, they talked in whispers for several more hours, kissing and touching. Aemond asked her to repeat everything Albert had told her. She told him everything, unable to stop crying. Aemond didn't interrupt her, just stroked her hair, kissing the top of her head once in a while. 

When she finished speaking, he explained to her, that he had no idea what Alys had said to him, because he hadn't spoken to her in months. He didn't want to go into the details of their relationship because Albert told her everything, but he said that the last thing he wanted was to share her with anyone. No threesomes or other relationships with women were an option for him. Not with her.

He told her about his fear that after the events of 8 years ago he had fallen into a trap and started sleeping with much older women to use them for his own purposes, just as he had been used. That he wasn't driven by any feelings, but by a desire to dominate, a sense of power over them that turned him on so much. 

He felt embarrassed when he told her about this, he stroked her hair slowly, trying to hide the trembling of his hands. She listened to him carefully, running her fingers along his back, calming down more and more. She felt relief. Relief that he didn’t want to duplicate his patterns with her.

After that their confession kept them from falling into a peaceful, deep sleep. They were too shaken by everything that had just happened between them. Every move or change of position that woke one of them made them start kissing and touching again, as if they both needed proof that it was all true, that they really had feelings for each other. 

This led to them having sex once more that night. Virtually unconscious, guided only by instinct, they were unable to withstand the tension they gave each other with their constant touching and kissing. Something snapped in both of them that night. They fell asleep soundly only when the sun had long since risen.

Aemond was awakened by a sound coming from below. He suspected that Klaus had been awake for a long time and was preparing something to eat. Aemond felt that he needed a shower to refresh himself not only physically but also in his mind. He wanted to wash away all the emotions he had felt last night before he went to bed with her. He gently disentangled himself from their embrace, trying not to wake her. He failed, however, her hand immediately touched his shoulder.

"Don't go yet." She said softly, still half asleep.

"I'm not going. I want to take a shower. I'll go downstairs to talk to Klaus and wait for you. Sleep." He said softly and kissed her hair. Y/N grunted in contentment and released him, returning to her dream. Aemond looked at her thoughtfully for a moment. He was afraid that if he confessed anything to her, he would immediately regret it. However, he was surprised to find that it was quite the opposite. 

He felt as if a great weight had been lifted from his heart. He told her he loved her, he told her about his past and his world didn't collapse. He knew her enough to know she wouldn't rush him or judge him, and that made him feel comfortable. The feeling that he could share what he felt with her, because she wouldn't use it in a way he didn't want to.

After a while he stood up, zipping up his pants. He picked up his things from the floor and quietly left her room, heading towards the bathroom. He turned on the shower and slid in, naked, even taking off his blindfold. He rubbed his hands over his face, the sound of the water calming him. The events of last night flashed through his mind. It was only the thought of losing her that made him feel like he wanted to open up more to her. Give her more. He felt that after all she had endured for him, she deserved it.

He wondered what to do with Albert. Yesterday, in that corridor, he really wanted to kill him, beat him senseless and strangle him. If Criston and Y/N hadn't been there, he would have done it. He thought they and Klaus always got the best out of him. Somehow, with them, he was a better version of himself. Maybe because they were good friends.

He briefly considered paying Alys a visit and warning her that if she went near Y/N, he would strangle her with his own hands. But he was afraid that this was what she and Albert wanted. Him to go to her place, so Albert could tell Y/N later that they were doing something different than what was really happening there. Aemond feared it was a trap. He exhaled loudly, deciding that now he had to focus on her, not the people he despited. At least until he comes up with something.

When he was done, he went down the stairs. He saw Klaus pouring his coffee. Klaus looked at him displeased.

"I asked you to let me sleep. Because of you, I kept waking up." He said frustrated, taking a sip from his cup. Aemond looked away, embarrassed.

"Sorry." He just said, not knowing what to answer. He suddenly remembered that Klaus didn't know anything. 

"Yesterday Albert pestered Y/N after she went to the restroom." He said slowly, looking at him again. "I smacked his face, but I suspect it won’t help."

Klaus stopped drinking and swallowed hard.

"Where the hell did he come from?" He asked nervous and disgusted.

"He came with Alys." Aemond replied shortly without even looking at him.

Klaus closed his eyes for a long moment.

"Fuck." He just said opening his eyes and staring at him. "Is Y/N..."

“He told her everything. That's why I wanted to stay with her last night. To comfort her." He said, trying to explain his actions somehow, but he had a feeling that it sounded worse than he wanted.

"Comfort her? By fucking her all night so she wouldn't accidentally ask unnecessary questions?" Klaus asked annoyed, putting his cup down aggressively on the counter. Aemond frowned and pursed his lips. He debated whether to say it or not. Klaus, after all, was his friend too.

“I confessed my feelings to her yesterday. I confessed that I’m in love with her." He finally said looking away. “I also told her about Alys and the other women. I told her everything.” He touched his tongue to his cheek, trying to escape the embarrassment that overcame him. He wasn't sure Klaus would believe him.

They looked at each other, Klaus staring at him intensely as if trying to decide in his head whether to believe him or not. There was a long silence.

"Did you really tell her that?" He asked after a moment, as if to make sure he understood correctly. Aemond sighed, tired of this conversation.

"Yes."

Klaus ran a hand over his face, taking a few steps back and forward around the kitchen. He took another sip of coffee, but the tension seemed to leave him. He sighed, shaking his head as if he couldn't believe what was happening. He changed the subject.

"What are we going to do with him? He’s is getting more and more cheeky. He's spying on her and you and me. He's probably going to get Criston's ass in no time." He said impatiently, looking to the side, thinking hard.

“I would like to meet Marcus, alone, in his office. Can you make us an appointment?” Aemond asked. Klaus looked at him surprised.

"I can." He said uncertainly. "For when?"

"For today."

***

Y/N woke up terrified. She wondered why she was naked and not in her pajamas. She looked around the room and slowly began to remember the whole of last night. She remembered his confession and their long conversation, or actually, his monologue. When she remembered what they had been doing next until the morning, she felt that her face was literally scarlet. And what he whispered in her ear as he thrust in her again and again.

"I love you."

She pushed the thought away as she got up. She wanted to get dressed as quickly as possible to see if he was really waiting for her downstairs or if she had just dreamed it. She wasn't sure what was real and what was her imagination anymore. 

As soon as she put on a shirt and shorts, she ran downstairs and peeked into the living room. Aemond and Klaus were sitting on the couch with coffee in hand, talking about something, when they heard her, they both looked at her.

"Hey, someone's finally resurrected. You left your classes today." Klaus said sarcastically as he stood up and walked over to her. He touched her arm, as if physically wanting to make sure she was okay.

The gesture touched her. She always thought in moments like this that her love for him was boundless. She looked pleadingly at him.

"Please, let me be. I'm a human wreck." She said squeezing his arm in response.

"I see. Will you eat something? I can make you some lettuce, tomato, and radish sandwiches.” He said calmly. He knew it was her favourite. She smiled warmly at him.

"Yes, please." He pinched her arm and went into the kitchen. Y/N sat next to Aemond, who watched them through the entire exchange. Before she even had time to say anything, he automatically put his arm around her, transferring the coffee to his other hand. Y/N, feeling exhausted, just laid her head on his chest, wanting some comfort. Aemond grunted contentedly and ran his fingers through her hair and back. They both closed their eyes, sitting in silence, hugging each other.

Klaus glanced at them as he was slicing tomatoes. He would never have expected Aemond to take an interest in his sister. Like the others, he thought he was only interested in older women. When Y/N told him about what they were doing the morning after his birthday, he was furious. He didn't want it to be some kind of experiment for Aemond, a test to see if he might enjoy screwing girls younger than himself as well. He resented him for choosing his sister, knowing how much he loved her and how close he was with her.

But watching them from the sidelines during time, he began to see that Aemond acted differently around her. He was calmer, his expression softened. Sometimes he even smiled. Then he began to think that maybe it wasn't quite what he thought. Now, as he looked at them, he felt at last at peace. He knew that if things didn't work out between them, at least what was between them now was sincere.

***

It took Aemond hours to get together, rushing to meet Marcus. He told Y/N that he wanted to talk to him about things associated with his club, but both she and he knew that wasn't true. Y/N was afraid he was planning to do something to Albert, and Aemond didn't want to admit that was exactly what he had in mind. He knew he would never let that son of a bitch go. But he didn't want to add to her worries after what she'd been through yesterday. They said goodbye at the door. Embracing her, he kissed her tenderly and warmly, her scent filling his nostrils.

"I love you." She whispered softly, almost inaudibly, looking at him with her big, bright eyes. Aemond smiled almost imperceptibly and kissed her forehead. He felt completely at peace.

He was driving through the city during rush hour, there were traffic jams everywhere. Marcus's office was in the center of the city, in one of the large office buildings that looked like his father's. However, he managed to get there on time. 

He went inside. The secretary greeted him with a flirtatious smile. She offered to show him the way, and he nodded. She was saying something to him as they walked down the hall, but he wasn't listening, deep in his own thoughts. When he saw a door with a sign with Marcus's name on it, he simply opened it and went inside, not paying attention to the fact that the woman was still talking to him. He closed the door behind him.

Marcus's office was impressive. It was big and spacious, you could feel your breath in it. There were lots of plants around him, and his desk was wooden and heavy. In front of it were two very comfortable looking armchairs. One of the walls was just big windows that looked out to other big skyscrapers.

"There you are. Sit down, please." Marcus said, putting down the papers he just had in his hands. “I was surprised by your sudden request and I don't have much time for you. What is it about? I heard Albert started pestering Y/N more directly?" He asked, immediately betraying that Klaus had told him about the whole situation so that Aemond wouldn't waste time on pointless explanations.

Aemond sat in the chair, crossing his legs. He tapped his fingers against the armrest. There were photos on the wall behind Marcus. Probably him and his parents, him and Klaus and Y/N's father, him and some pretty, smiling blonde who he guessed was Laura. There was also a picture of him and Y/N hugging and smiling, her head resting against his shoulder.

"I want to teach him a lesson. Once and for all. But I need your contacts." He said finally, glancing at Marcus. You could see in his eyes that he was serious. His face was stone.

Marcus looked at him for a moment, thoughtful.

"And who do you want to do this for? For her or for yourself?" He asked, raising his eyebrows.

"For both of us." He replied dryly, glancing to the side impatiently. He thought Marcus was an intelligent man, but he didn't need lecturing right now. “He told me what new drugs he had started selling to the mafia. His people have to pick up the goods somewhere. I want to find out where and send the police on them." He finally said, glancing at him intensely.

Marcus sighed.

"If it had been about Albert himself, I would have helped you. But think of his less pleasant colleagues. They can do more to Y/N than poke in front of the restroom at a party. They know she is your weak point. They'll rape her and leave her outside your club. If you think you can protect her from them, you're wrong." He said shaking his head. Aemond swallowed hard at the thought.

"Listen to me." Marcus started. Aemond moved to protest and express his anger, but Marcus didn't let him speak. "Listen."

Aemond let go, exhaling impatiently through his nose. He looked at him expectantly.

"You don't have a monopoly on love for her. Klaus loves her. Me too. If you think I love her less than you, you're wrong." He said, something in his voice that made Aemond shiver. The mood in the room changed. "I've done a lot of bad things. I've helped a lot of bad people. Worse than you, Albert, or even his mob morons. These are fucking hurdles. Do you understand? They don't mean anything. But stir the water and the big fish will come out, and then you'll see what happens." He said, tilting his head to the side. Aemond swallowed hard. "Take care of her. Take care of your club. Realize at last how much you have to lose."

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Andrew still wasn't back as Maria comes back from checking the pie.

Everyone looked at him when he stood, so Neil said, "I'll clear the table." "Kevin and I will help," Aaron said with a significant look at Nicky. "That'll give you guys a few minutes to talk without us." Neil stacked plates as quickly as he could without breaking anything. Kevin had a free hand for the door, so he went in first, and Neil almost stepped on his heels in his hurry to follow. He looked for his racquet first and was relieved to find it right where he left it. On the heels of relief was confusion and alarm, because Andrew was nowhere in the kitchen. "Neil," Nicky called as Aaron was letting the door swing closed behind him. Neil set his armload of dishes on the inside table and opened the back door. "Is Andrew, uh—" He rethought what he was going to say and switched to German. "Make sure Andrew isn't breaking anything valuable, would you?" "That's rude, Nicholas," Maria said. "Please use a language everyone can understand." "I'll find Andrew," Neil promised in English. "There is no need to worry," Maria said before Neil could duck inside again. "In fact, I think it's promising he has been gone this long. He'll come back when he's finished speaking with Drake." Neil's heart skipped a beat. "What?" "This dinner was not originally our idea," Luther said. "One of Andrew's former foster brothers came to us for help. They parted on unfriendly terms years ago, and it's been so long since they last spoke he's afraid their relationship is irreparably damaged. It made us think of our own familial problems and we were inspired to reach out again." Luther's voice was a buzz in Neil's head, overlaid with Higgins' insistent pleas for Andrew's help. The investigation into Richard Spear was a deadend, Higgins said. Richard wasn't the man Higgins wanted to charge. He wasn't the one the Spears' foster children were too afraid to implicate. Higgins had a new suspect in mind, but Andrew threw him out of South Carolina as soon as he heard Drake's name. "Drake," Neil said. "Was his last name Spear? Was he Richard and Cass' son?" Luther looked hesitant. "Andrew has spoken to you about him?" Neil let the door slam closed behind him and bolted across the kitchen.

Day: Sunday, November 12th Time: 4:56 PM EST

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considering fantasy and reality I want to talk about how it has something to do with izuku in particular. I think izuku has complex feelings about reality since it pertains to his vulnerability Izuku is pointed out to run away from reality this might be true when all might say that izuku can be a hero He was happy that his fantasy had been validated. When Izuku got to live out his fantasy in Ua with a quirk it came as a deterrent to the people around him, especially his mother which he ignored in favor of his fantasy. I think if Izuku wants to save Tomura he has to validate his reality and fantasy instead of solely fantasy. but what do you think of how fantasy and reality play into izuku

I think escapism plays a role in Izuku's arc, but I wouldn't necessarily place it on the same level of escapism as Endeavor/AFO/Tomura/etc (where their hero/villain identities are basically all massive copes that end up having absolutely horrific consequences, both to themselves and others). Izuku does attempt to use his hero identity as a way to redefine himself and distance himself from his past, but never quite reaches the same of level of toxic delusion as our usual suspects-- rather, the Dark Hero arc is all about stopping him before he reaches that point. Izuku's friends choose "Izuku the boy" over "Izuku the protagonist, the last wielder of OFA, the next symbol of peace, etc".

From my perspective, Izuku's role is that of someone who instead straddles that border between fantasy/reality-- he helps ground characters who have lost sight of reality and are using their own fantasies/delusions to harm themselves and others (Endeavor, sorta-Bakugo, Gentle, Tomura, etc), but he also helps reignite a passion for fantasy/dreams in characters who have become completely jaded by reality (Toshi, Shouto, Nagant, Kota, also/inevitably Tomura, etc).

Also, I won't downplay the effects that Izuku's constant injuries have on Inko, but it's a murky area for a lot of reasons. imho, Izuku's situation with reckless self-harm reads a lot more like Touya's-- both boys hurt themselves over and over in an effort to prove that they have value due to growing up in an environment that made them both constantly doubt their worth as individuals. Framing anything surrounding those injuries as "trying to escape from reality because they're ignoring the effect it has on their family" doesn't really sit well with me, but I'm not really articulate enough to explain why.

YES ENJI PLEASE DO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY "US" *explodes him with my mind*

Izuku is someone who needed someone to stand up for him and express any sort of faith in his value as a individual when he was a child, but no one ever did (side note/fun fact: quirks are referred to as "individuality" in the original text-- and while "quirks" might sound more catchy to english speaking audiences, calling them a person's "individuality" drives mha's themes home a lot harder)-- Izuku is now attempting to become the hero he needed as a child: a hero who can't ignore the tears of other children.

With Izuku, people constantly telling him to "stop dreaming and face reality" was equally harmful and absolutely decimated his self worth-- Izuku wanting someone to tell him that "he can be a hero" was less about "validating his fantasies" and more about him longing for someone to finally express faith in his worth as an individual, period. Just the same, Tomura wishing that his family would have told him that "he can be a hero" is less about actually becoming a hero and more about him just wishing that his family would've, like, actually stuck up for him and supported his emotional needs for once.

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At any rate, I think MHA's three part structure sort of lends to the idea that both fantasy and reality are both extremely important and ultimately need to strike a good balance with one another:

Act 1 is about "the fantasy": we see things primarily from Izuku's perspective, and he's a young kid who is finally getting to live out his dream. The harsh realities of his surrounding world aren't immediately apparent to him or the reader, who get swept up in how colorful and fun pro-heroism seems on the surface-- but the "cracks" are definitely there, and when Izuku does stumble across those cracks, he typically feels unsettled by them:

Act 2 is about "reality": the focus shifts onto the people who have fallen between those "cracks" in their society and Izuku's reaction to them (Eri, Gentle and La Brava, the LOV)-- this eventually cumulates in Tomura's violent "rejection" of the fantasy their society is built on through his dismissal of the heroes as glorified cosplayers and through his "destruction of the stage" they stand on (ironically so, since Tomura's one of the biggest examples of using "fantasy as a coping mechanism" in the entire series lmao)

Act 3 is about finding balance: fantasy can be lead to escapism and reality can be cruel, but neither fantasy or reality is inherently bad. Fantasy can be what gets people through the day and inspires them to become their best possible selves. Reality needs to be met head on, but facing reality doesn't mean giving up on your dreams or just passively accepting things for the way they are. Izuku needs to be brought back to reality during the dark hero arc. Tomura needs to be reminded that he did have a dream and that what defined him as an individual wasn't pain/destruction-- his origin was that he initially associated heroism with being kind to bullied kids, and that he wanted to be a hero specifically so those kids could feel included (*Tenko Shimura would have been child Izuku's hero truthism intensifies*):

Overall, Izuku gets saved from both "needlessly cruel reality" and "fantasy as delusion/escapism" over the course of the manga, and that now puts him in a position where he's better able to save Tomura (who is currently a victim of the most toxic aspects of both fantasy and reality). Shouto and Ochako both stepped off the stage and fought Touya/Himiko as themselves, because they wouldn't have been able to save them as "mere heroes"-- but it's a little more complicated for Izuku, because Tomura needs both Izuku AND Deku (if that makes sense?), so their final clash is gonna be one hell of a balancing act. Too much ~reality~ is gonna upset the Tenko part of Tomura, too much fantasy is gonna piss off the Tomura side of Tenko.

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jayfeather2920: Jack is adopted by the Decepticons, next of the story of Drac0shka. Maybe Megatron and the others keep Jack away from super human stuff so he don’t wanna leave. And eventually Soundwave shows him stuff and the kid ends up wanting to go to school. (Tumblr request in comment)

Since Jack already knows the human world thanks to Soundwave and Starscream, seen in the previous episode, I will change the story a little. But don't worry, it will stay in the same style ;).

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As had been decided Jack could leave the Nemesis to explore Earth one day per month. Still far from human civilization, which Megatron considered unworthy of being close to his child. Either way, the experience with the MECH had definitely convinced him that humans should stay as far away from the boy as possible.

A year had passed since this decision was made, and each time Jack showed greater and greater interest in humans and their lives, which he could only see from afar.

During an outing with Starscream, the boy looked longingly at the great city not far from them, beyond the mountains. The child looked at the Seeker several times, hesitating to ask him what he wanted, because deep down he already suspected the answer he was going to receive.

"What's the matter? asked the jet, finally noticing the hesitant look of the little one.

- Nothing…

- Don't try to lie to me, Jack. I can see you want to talk to me about something."

The brunette sighed a little, before returning his gaze towards the city. The flyer followed his gaze, and it didn't take long for him to understand.

“You know it’s too dangerous. Starscream said.

- I know... but I would really like to see what it's like there... I would like to interact with other humans, people like me.

- Megatron would not agree, and you know it.

- But I know that you are not entirely against it… It is for me to communicate with my peers that you taught me English, right?

-And in a way I regret… That's what made Silas do everything possible to extract information from you. If you hadn't known how to speak English, it wouldn't have been possible.

- But nothing happened in the end! I didn't tell them anything!

- I know, but it could have been very different. I'm sorry, Jack, but humans are far too dangerous for you... Besides, what could you do with primitives like that! You'd be bored with them, that's for sure!

- How can you know?

- I know, that's all.

- What an answer...

- Don't start being insolent, otherwise I'll cancel our outing.

- Oh no!!"

Jack sulked silently, and sat down on the ground at the edge of the cliff, letting his feet dangle above. It was then that the child saw humans approaching. Starscream frowned, deciding it was best to go, but when he turned to the boy to urge him to leave, the child was already running towards the path.

The Seeker raised his wings in surprise, and suddenly squeezed them when he saw that Jack was taking the path towards those damn hikers. The jet began to panic, before setting off in pursuit of the little brown-haired boy, who was doing whatever he wanted.

“Jack!! Come back here right now!!" ordered the flyer sharply and angrily.

The child managed to slip through different paths, far too steep for Starscream, who found it increasingly difficult to catch the kid on this unstable terrain. Jack smiled with pride, before feeling his foot lose the ground.

The boy let out an exclamation, before starting to fall, under the frightened gaze of the Seeker. The brunette closed his eyes, when he felt that he was suddenly caught up. The jet quickly hid behind the rocks, while the tallest of the group of humans helped Jack back onto his legs.

“Well, kid, be careful. You could have hurt yourself. the imposing man scolded softly.

- Um… yes… sorry…

- What are you doing here alone? Aren't you at school?

- School?"

The woman who was with him leaned towards Jack, then asked:

"Where are your parents ?

- Um… They're not far away, I was going to join them.

- Will it be okay alone?

- Yes, don't worry."

A young man raised his phone to the sky, searching for a connection, while the adults looked after the lost child. Jack couldn't hide his interest in this strange object, which didn't seem very sophisticated compared to what he knew.

The boy managed to slip out of the group, and greeted them quickly, before leaving in a hurry, knowing that he wouldn't be able to continue lying for long if he was asked too many questions.

It wasn't long before Starscream joined him, and to say he was worried and angry was an understatement. The Seeker didn't know whether to scold Jack for his recklessness, or just be relieved to see him safe.

The jet called for a ground bridge, cutting the exit short, much to the child's dismay, although he understood very well why. What he had done may have been stupid, but he was still happy to have managed to communicate with members of his species. They didn't look evil like the MECH ones, quite the contrary. The flyer turned to Jack, as the portal opened, and said:

"Not a word about this incident to Megatron, is that clear?

- Yes."

The brunette had every reason in the world to hide this event. Firstly because he didn't want Megatron and Starscream to argue again, but also because he didn't want to be private of his monthly release.

When the duo arrived in the ship, KnockOut had a rather worried look on his face, and approached them. The Seeker frowned, and wanted to ask him what was going on, when he heard the voice of the leader of the Decepticons yelling:

“Jack! Starscream! Come to the main room! Now"

The two did not delay in coming, knowing that it would not help their case to arrive late. The ex-gladiator was more than angry, curtly beckoning them to come forward.

"Well, what's the problem? questioned the jet.

- Do you really want to play ignorant, Starscream? Megatron growled.

- To pretend to ignore something, I still have to know what I should ignore. And here I admit to you that I don't see it. We didn't do anything wrong!"

Jack nodded quickly, imitating the flyer, and pretending not to understand what the leader of the Decepticons was getting at. That's when the two saw Laserbeak land on the ex-gladiator's shoulder, while Soundwave was right behind, and showed the video of Jack's altercation with the hikers. Megatron crossed his arms, then asked:

"You were saying?"

Starscream had a much less confident expression, his wings conveying his unease, while the duo was clearly at a dead end.

“Ooh… that… the Seeker stammered. Ah but yes... it comes back to me now... It's crazy, it was so unimportant that I ended up forgetting it...!

- Unimportant you say?! declared the leader of the Decepticons, frowning.

- Well... not completely... But nothing happened... so... Let's move on, uh...?

- Ignoring this incident is my last choice!"

Jack looked at the two robots, looking for a solution to quickly defuse the tense situation that was developing. It was then that the words of the man he had met came back to his mind: “What are you doing here alone? Aren't you at school?" The boy didn't know why he remembered it, or if it would help him, but decided to give it a try anyway.

"I want to go to school!"

The Transformers looked surprised at the little brunette, and Megatron became even angrier.

“Look what this incident did to Jack!

- No need to panic! Starscream glared. He probably just wants to take lessons from Soundwave, as usual.

- No! Otherwise he would have said he wanted to take lessons! Not that he wanted to go to school! You see! Just one interaction with these damn humans, and he already wants to do just like them!

- What's so bad? Jack asked quietly. I'm human after all.

- Outwardly yes! But your education is far superior! Nothing to do with these unimportant organics!"

The child said nothing, but still found that the Decepticons were not always very clear in their speech. Very often contradictory. They hated humans, but he was the exception. They hated being in contact with anything organic, but had no trouble picking him up and touching him.

So he wasn't really convinced by all that... He also didn't really know if the Decepticons saw him as a human. Were they afraid he would become one? The boy lowered his head gently, then replied:

“I would just like to know my fellow human beings better, to learn their history. And then also... having friends, having fun with children my age...

- For that, you don't have to go to school. replied the ex-gladiator.

- Megatron… Starscream intervened.

- I don't allow you to be so familiar with me, Starscream.

- Try to understand Jack, you have to face the facts that one outing a month is no longer enough for him.

- Don't you care what could happen to him or what?!

- I did! But I'm also well aware that this is not a viable situation for him! I understand that you want to protect him, especially after what happened with MECH! But that was a year ago now!

- You agreed with me, I'll remind you! You too are aware that the outside world is too dangerous for him!

- It's dangerous for everyone! Jack is growing up, it's normal for him to want to discover, to go out, to meet other people, especially humans!

- Why humans?! Jack, have you forgotten what they did to you?!"

The little boy shook his head, before declaring:

"No, and I haven't forgotten how much you helped me either. But I also don't want to deny who I am, I'm human, and I'm not ashamed of it. The fact that I want to know my fellow human beings does not mean that I want to separate from you, nor that I want to be like them. I love you more than anything in the world, I will never leave you. I am who I am, and I don't want to change how I was made."

Megatron seemed to calm down at this statement, and Starscream said:

“Wanting to discover new things does not mean that he no longer loves us. You have to let him take flight. Novelty is an integral part of his evolution, you must accept it, Lord Megatron."

The leader of the Decepticons knelt before Jack, then asked:

“Are you sure everything will be okay for you?

- Don't worry, I know how to defend myself now. And then, I know that Laserbeak will always be nearby to watch over me."

The boy gave Soundwave's minicon an affectionate look, who responded with a soft trill. The ex-gladiator looked at Starscream, who simply nodded, his wings indicating his trust in the child. Megatron sighed, before getting up, and said:

"Alright. It's OK."

Jack's eyes were bright with joy, and he was about to thank the leader of the Decepticons, when the latter added:

“On the other hand, I’m warning you, if anything happens I want you to talk to me about it. If a human hurts you, I will take care of them personally!

- Yes! Of course!

- And no more secrets or lies!

- Promise! Promise!

- That goes for you too, Starscream!"

The Seeker had a surprised expression, and crossed his arms, before retorting:

“I lie if I want!”

The little brunette laughed at the slight confrontation, sensing no real hostility in the conversation. He jumped with joy, before heading towards his room, to look up everything he had to know about the school and its customs. He understood that it was a place to learn, but he had the feeling that many other things were possible there.

“I hope I don’t make a mistake. Megatron sighed.

- I'm sure we can trust Jack. He will make mistakes, but deep down we know he will get through it." replied the Seeker.

Soundwave nodded slowly, sure and certain that everything would be fine for their brave little Decepticon.

[lyramundana]

Hii how are u??? Hope you're okay

I just wanna know something, HOW DO YOU MANAGE TO WRITE SO PERFECTLY, WHEN I READ YOUR REPLY TO MY LAST ASK I ALMOST FAINTED RIGHT THERE OMG IT'S SO PERFECT💯💯💯💯💯

Anyways I came back with another ask so that's it :

Yan! Minsung x fem! childhood bestie! Reader where she have a crush on someone else and they're like "you're ours sweetie don't you know ? No one can take you from us"and of course you do your magic 😎😎

Thank you🌹🌹🌹❤❤

----🦋 anon----

I'm doing pretty well, honey, thank you!

ajsndkndeckndkvn stop it 😭😭, now you're just trying to flatter me. I'm not that good really, I just write whatever shit comes to my mind. My english vocabulary falls short often and I end up repeating words because I literally don't know more. But putting my language barriers aside, I'm very happy and proud my last work was up to your expectations hehe🤧🥰 I enjoyed the trope and I'll love to hear more of your thoughts about this since it's yours, so pls feel free to message me privately anytime to talk about it!

Anyway, let's get to it:

YANDERE! POLY MINSUNG AS CHILDHOOD BEST FRIENDS

Jisung and Minho have been pillars in her life since she can remember.

She met Jisung in kindergarten, and when they realised that their lunch boxes were identical, they decided they were best friends. Minho appeared on their first day of primary school, being new to the neighbourhood. The other kids found him scary and he never tried to interact with anyone, until one day, Reader noticed him sitting alone during break and eating his lunch in a hidden corner with a sad frown and dragged him towards Jisung. After spending a good while making him talk and sharing food, they found out little Minho was just incredibly shy and having moved to another place where he didn't know anybody made him terribly anxious, so he preferred to not speak much to not embarrass himself.

When school ended that day, the three of them were already inseparable for the remaining time. Jisung and Minho clicked instantly and Reader was the extrovert that pushed them out of their comfort zones.

This dynamic remained more or less the same as they grew. Since they lived in the same area, they hung out every day and created beautiful memories. Minho managed to get out of his lonely bubble and worked on his social skills, while Jisung learnt to take things calmly and rule himself. They witnessed each other's worst and best moments.

Reader had other people around her, but she only ever paid attention to her best friends. Minho and Jisung never interacted much with anyone besides her either. They always said "We only need each other. We're a team. The rest doesn't matter". She was so focused on them she neglected socializing with other people..which the boys didn't mind at all.

As time passed and the three of them remained as close as ever, they realized they needed her, on a visceral level. She was the sun they were constantly rotating around to to keep living. She was their personal ray of sunshine and they couldn't stand the mere notion of being depraved from that light...or having someone else enjoy it. As these thoughts started to get weight in their heads, it changed their behaviour too.

They sneakily isolated her from other people except her own family. They whispered lies in her ear, slowly manipulating her into believing that no one would value her as they did, that most people were out of to hurt her. Everytime she was about to make friends with someone, they cut that off quickly from the sides and dragged her back to them, all with the same kind smiles she grew up with so she never suspected a thing. She genuinely thought she was simply bad at socialising and her besties were her comfort zone, her eternal protectors. Yeah, they brainwashed her.

When high school started, both boys made sure to be inscribed on the same one as her, and with such luck they were placed in the same class. She never sat by herself, always with one of them at her side or both surrounding her, like human shields. For group projects they always paired together, and when the teacher separated them, it was hell for the other people involved.

They've been so smooth and cunning with their antics over the years that she has never felt anything wrong with them. She believes in them blindly. They're her precious best friends, her soulmates, her brothers. Sure, they might be a bit overprotective at times, but because they want her happiness.

At first they truly saw her only as a friend, their friends who belonged to them first. She could hang out with others, but at the end of the day, they should be her priority. They'll be the typical toxic besties that are like "you know her for five months, but we've known her for years" or "Do you seriously prefer to spend time with them over us? We're your best friends, you should think of us first!", or they'll make her cancel plans to go out with them instead. It's what they expect her to do. She must always prioritise them.

However, when their feelings for her started to become romantic, their attitude became worse. She wasn't allowed to go out with others anymore, especially boys. They made sure she was with them at all times, scaring off or threatening anyone that tried to approach her. What if someone stole her away from them, from her rightful place? They can't live without her. What are they supposed to do?

When they start their senior year in highschool (I got no idea how the education system works outside Spain) Han and Minho are in the same class, much to their delight...until they notice she's not there. Their protests are ignored, the graduation is this year and teachers have a lot in their minds to care for some "petty teenagers with separation anxiety." And so they're forced to endure the classes without her, unable to keep an eye on their girl. They're worried sick. What if something happens to her and they're not there? What if someone gets close to her and takes her? No, they can't stand it. No matter how much she promises them she's fine and can handle herself, they know she needs them. She's never been without them for long.

So they find a solution: Track her. They install a spying app on her phone to know where she is and record her conversations. They keep an eye on anyone that speaks to her longer than they like and intervene behind her back to cut off any potential admirers. This was supposed to remain only in school, but they use it even outside.

Years pass and they're already college students. Since they no longer can be in the same class, the boys find a solution: Move to an apartment and live all together. That has been their dream all along, create a routine for life together, as a team, as family. At this point, they're confident their schemes to "protect" Reader and tie her to them have all worked, so they relax a bit. They're sure she feels the same way for them, after all they did for her and all they went through together, she surely loves them just as much. She must have realised she's made for them. They even let her attend college despite hating the idea of not seeing her at all hours, because they trust her. They even slept together a few times already, so that means it's all established, right?

So imagine their surprise when she arrives one day and announces she'll be going on a date with a cute guy from her class. If that revelation wasn't enough to fuck them up, she adds that she's so happy because she's been crushing on him for a while now and wasn't sure he was interested.

All these words sound so wrong in their heads. Blurry, confusing, like she was speaking another language.

When they finally process it, they're furious. More than furious. The three of them have their first big argument since middle school and she leaves. Turns out that in the little time she spent away from them and interacting with other people helped realise that maybe some stuff just doesn't feel right with Han and Minho. She still found ways to excuse them in her head, believing it was all protectiveness but a bit extreme. So she stepped out of he comfort zone a bit and found out how refreshing it felt to have other people to talk to. Specially the guy that sat beside her in class, who always made her heart beat faster and showed her a different, softer kind of affection. One that doesn't suffocate you, doesn't hold you back.

They're mad at her initially but they eventually blame the guy. They blame everyone in the damn uni, for filling her head with lies and corrupting her. Minho claims he knew they shouldn't have supported her going to college without them, but Han says it was all his fault for stopping with their schemes to keep watching over her.

Then, they come up with a plan. One to ensure you have nowhere to go but their side and traps you forever. First, they get rid of the guy (either by intimidation...or something darker), then they comfort her broken heart by telling her that they warned her, that no one would ever love her like they do. Minho suggests having some dinner and drink to get their minds off it.

They get drunk, and they keep refilling her glass to distract her from the pain. They hug her and kiss her face, whispering sweet words in her ears. She's so sad and desperate for some affection there she lets herself go in their arms.

The morning after, she wakes up with hangover and realises they had sex, several times. It's not the first time, so she doesn't think too much about it, except for the slight uncomfortably feeling of not remembering everything. She stands up to shower herself...and doesn't check the trash cans, where there are no signs of condoms.

When she gets told that she's pregnant, it's way too late for her.

[paradoxcase]

Glossary at the end of Harrow the Ninth

So they were named in order of discovery, not in House order or in the order of their distance from the sun, so Number Seven could be anything. But surely that would have made Alecto Number One, right? If John told all his Lyctors the truth about what she actually was, and they didn't find out that resurrection beasts were going to be pursuing them until later, then she would necessarily have been the first one they encountered, right? So why is she not Number One?

Also the implication that BOE probably has other names for them - BOE must know about them, since they specifically sought out Heralds to turn into anti-necromancer bullets

This sort of resolves some confusing and contradictory statements about how the beasts don't move through or exist in physical space but still somehow have a physical body. It would have been much cooler if this had all been clarified in the actual text of the story

Surely this means the end of Harrow the Ninth, right? Gideon didn't die fighting Number Seven until the very end

Is this only because they were more recently created, or is there something special about the OG beasts because of the Resurrection?

How did BOE know that Wake was a revenant? Wait. Wake was still possessing the sword when Harrow used it to kill Cytherea and then passed out, and then subsequently we know that BOE came to Canaan House, captured Camilla, Corona, and Judith, and took Gideon's body. Did they know that Wake was possessing the sword at that time and were planning on having it be taken on board the Mithraeum with Harrow and that's why they didn't mess with the Lyctors? This seems like kind of a stretch, since none of the actual necromancer characters even suspected that the sword was haunted at that point in the story, and the only necromancer that BOE had access to was Judith, who was for sure not going to willingly tell them anything useful about anything. Or did Wake possess Cytherea's body right after she was killed, and then when BOE came she was actually able to speak to them and tell them what happened?

I mean, this is believable, mostly, but if BOE are now speaking languages that have been evolving for 10,000 years since these references were originally made, the names would logically also have undergone a lot of phonetic shifts in order to match up with the phonology of whatever the commonly-spoken language was in the area that the name was being used. They might still have been long, but after 10,000 years of phonological changes, they probably won't sound anything like the original 21st century things they reference. Even if these names were understood to be names in a dead language, they still would have undergone phonological changes, they wouldn't be completely fossilized. Like, consider the name Caesar, which we currently regard as being a name in a dead language. In the original Latin it was /kaɪsar/, but now in modern English it's the very different-sounding /siːzɚ/ because English has a completely different phonology than Latin and that word has changed its pronunciation as English changed, just like every other word in the English language has. If there were somehow some immortal Ancient Romans who were still speaking Classical Latin and didn't know any English, and you asked them about /siːzɚ/, would they know who you were talking about? Definitely not. So even if we buy this idea that John has somehow prevented every single resident of the Nine Houses from producing any kind of linguistic innovation for 10,000 years, Wake's name as rendered in Wake's native language would not sound like anything that John could recognize as 21st century renderings of Shakespeare or Eminem

[volcaromii]

@alt-zadr-b1tch3z

I made a fanfic and a drawing for day 3 (yesterday, Vampires) of the event "week 3, 2023" I hope you like it because my level of English is like 70% 😅 fan fic + fan art

Zim- Big Zim will never accept this my tallest

Dib- we finally agree on something (He turns to see his father) Please father reconsider, we are pure vampires of noble blood, our race cannot mix with such things...

Zim- Our race of glorious Irken Vampires will get dirty with their flawed genetics.

Dib- We are the pure ones!! You only....!!!

Membrane Vampire King (V.K.M for short)- YOU TWO! THEY ARE THE COUSINS OF EACH FAMILY!!! THEY WILL HAVE TO GET MARRIED!! IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU TWO WANT IT OR NOT!!!

Tallest Red-Your marriage will bring peace between the kingdoms, a great unification in the territory and ...

Tallest Purple- Less human resources will be wasted, we consume souls and you consume blood so nothing human would be wasted

Dib- This is totally unacceptable!

Zim-Zim will never accept this madness

V.K.Membrane - well, this discussion has already taken too long, there is a very expensive wine that could resolve this conflict, it reveals the reality of your heart and soul desires

Tallest Purple-I know that wine, it's called "blood, honey and souls"

Tallest Red-What do you want to get with this, Your Majesty?

V.K.Membrane- If the wine reveals everything we already suspect...

Tallest Red-What thing? His love?

V.K.Membrane- Yes, if that is revealed to be true, we will continue with the soul-binding ritual to marry you two.

Dib- What happened like this reveals how much we hate each other?

V.K.Membrane- We do not insist anymore and both will be able to look for their wife in peace

Zim- Deal done majesty!

Dib- It's the best idea they've had since this started.

V.K.Membrane- Excellent, tomorrow you will drink the wine at the beginning of your wedding, so wear your best clothes because if it turns out that you are in love, the wedding will take place at that time

Tallest Red- I don't know why they don't just get married and that's it, it's not a very secret that You loved each other for almost 300 years

Tallest Purple- They are engaged since birth, I don't know why now they don't want to get married

Tallest Red- I remember when they were little and they caught frogs in the lake, They played with the frogs to release them later

V.K.Membrane- I remember when Dib had nightmares and called Zim through a crystal ball so they could talk until they fell asleep.

Zim-( Totally blushing) Zim doesn't remember any of that!

Dib-(Also blushing) I don't think that matters, we were kids

V.K.Membrane- Well at least they don't deny it

Dib- WE WERE KIDS DAD!!!

Tallest Purple- Well, it's late, it's dawn, you'd better go to sleep, we'll prepare a room for you together for your future wedding

Tallest Purple-We add all the things they like in the room, so they feel comfortable

Dib-Alright! but I'll sleep on the couch!

Zim- Zim deserves the whole bed for himself!

The rulers of the various vampire kingdoms were melancholic after the argument with their firstborn, and very much wanted the wedding to go smoothly. Meanwhile Dib and Zim went up to their room annoyed, with their heads held high and without speaking to each other.

Closing the door behind them, Dib let out a huge sigh and Zim asked him a question that was strange to the dark-haired man, while he spoke with a voice between clipped and at the same time calm,It looked like Zim would burst into tears but he didn't.

Zim- Do you think they found out?

Dib- that they found out, what?

Zim- about what happened at the lake

Dib- that was over 100 years ago

Zim - yes i know but zim thinks maybe they think we love each other because of what happened that... that night

Dib-It was just a kiss!, and it was over 100 years ago!, nobody cares!

Zim-just a kiss, on the shore of the lake, surrounded by fireflies, in the light of the full moon with a small wounded frog in our hands...

Dib-When you say it like that, it even seems that you care about me that night… it was just a kiss! nothing else, besides…

Zim-Also, what Dib?! what else were you going to say?! that you only used me?! you cheated on me?!

Dib-I never cheated on you!! you were the one who abandoned me!! the one who never wrote me anymore!!

Zim- You never told Zim before the kiss that you had someone!!! I would never have kissed you if I knew you had that human!!

Dib-I never had anyone besides you!! you are my only friend! my only love

Zim-YOU LIE! LIES!! YOU HAD A HUMAN AND YOU NEVER TOLD ZIM!

Dib-IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME IT'S YOUR PROBLEM!! I CAN NOT STAND YOU! I'LL GO TO THE SOFA!

Dib leaned back on the sofa and Zim hung upside down from the chandelier, tears welled up in both their eyes as they cried in silence, the wounds from the past still haven't healed and they hurt more every da.

At nightfall they found the two kingdoms reunited in the main hall, all the windows were closed and the only thing that illuminated the room were the candles that some of the presents carried.

V.K.Membrane- acquaintances! friends! irken vampires and pure vampires! We are gathered today for the seremony, our princes Dib and Zim will get married if and only if the wine of souls reveals love in their hearts.

Tallest Purpple-if the opposite happens, instead of uniting our kingdoms, we will go to war

The entire room fell silent, and all the candles went out when the Tallest Red raised his hand. Well, the time to taste the wine had arrived.

Dib and Zim raised their glasses in front of each other and their eyes met, looks of sadness and love. they served the wine and drank it.

The shadows on the wall were the reflection of their souls and what they showed… was love, while in their gazes only sadness and hatred were revealed

Zim- I reject the idea of ​​marrying this bastard!! Zim would rather die than marry you, stubborn!

Dib- the feeling is mutual dwarf goblin !!!

while arguing Zim hit the wall on the side of his shadow, while hurting his own with his family's sword, the shadows expressed pain and seemed to break like glass

Out of nowhere a scream was heard from the crowd, it was a friend of Zim's named Skoodge. and with a face full of guilt confessed.

Skoodge- Please, I can't take it anymore, the human and I did this, the human and I separated you! I don't want to see you suffer anymore Zim! I hear you cry at night missing him, I don't want you to suffer anymore,i love you

Zim- what the hell are you talking about skoodge?

Dib-Gretchen and you…did what?

We separate you! She and I were in the woods looking for roots to make love potions so that you would love to us, but we saw you at the lake. You kiss and if you hadn't been there maybe all this would be different. Human women are devilish, and I plan how to separate them by cutting off communication and stopping their letters for you will never stay together!! SORRY, SORRY IM SO SORRY!!

Zim's look changed, it became cold and lifeless, the metallic claws of Zim's pack came out and crossed cleanly and Skoodge who wept and enduring the urge to cry told him - Zim I… love you-and Zim replied - Zim will never love you.

Zim turned to see Dib and with tears in his eyes, he hugged him with all his strength, he hugged him with the claws of the pak with his legs, with his arms and with his heart, they began to cry between the two, melted into a hug, Dib fell to his knees to the ground and his arms squeezed Zim's body tightly. Between tears they asked for forgiveness and promised that they would never, ever be deceived again to separate them.

That hatred that I felt was disappearing because they were not to blame for what happened, they loved each other uncontrollably and they could finally get married and be together,

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. I hope you like it

[dearweirdme]

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Didn't Holland say that tkk isn't real? Why aren't you all talking about that? He literally said that it isn't real. Why would he lie? If tae and jk were together, I am pretty sure he would've evaded the ques or just said something like no I don't ship them, or I don't know about them or smth like that.

Why would he lie about it? What's he getting by denying tkk? Is he a "tkk anti" or smth 🙄?

One of jm's close friends had said this about jkk as well but jkkrs didn't believe him. Tkkrs called them delulu for not accepting the truth. Aren't we doing the exact same thing now? Aren't we being delusional?

The whole Holland thing has been diverted to him mentioning tkk on socmed, which I agree was wrong and he apologized. But that's a different issue and has been discussed extensively here and on stan twt. But what almost all tkkrs are being blind to is him saying tkk isn't real. Why aren't we talking about it?

Hi anon!

Oh, I don’t mind talking about it. Let’s go through a few scenarios.

Firstly, did he actually say ‘ it’s not real’? What I hear is something like: it’s not alear/a lear okay. Now messing up r’s and l’s is something that happens when Koreans speak English I believe, but I’ve spent the morning listening to Holland speaking English, and (though his English is mediocre) this is not something he does (in general at least). The word he says during the live to me sounds like it starts with an L and ends with an R, it’s also prefaced by an ‘a’ which isn’t proper English, but could be due to his mediocre English, but it could also imo be a word that’s coined by the a and the lear.. sounding like ‘alear’. Overall I don’t think he definitely says ‘its not real okay’. Taking into account the boldness of a statement like that, and that he was clearly annoyed by being asked about a ship yet again. I think it’s also possible his comment wasn’t about Taekook being real, but about the question being not okay.

Let’s go with him actually having said/meant that Taekook isn’t real. Does he actually possess the knowledge about that? There’s two camps right now, one claiming Holland and Tae are friends and one claiming they are not. Except for the ‘couple bag’ mention I have found nothing pointing to them actually being friends. It’s ofcourse possible that they are, but it doesn’t look like it and him speaking about Tae and Jk like he did also makes me think they aren’t. Holland wasn’t thinking about what his comment meant for Tae, he was thinking about himself. His apology made that extra clear imo. While I think it’s possible he might suspect, being in the business himself, I doubt he actually knows.. since I think Tae and Jk are only actually out to those closest to them. There is only one answer (since he chose to engage) Holland could give to that question (which wasn’t even the question) and that was to deny. When he started that reply there was no other option for him than to deny.. everything else would have been taken as a ‘yes, they’re together’, which would have been way way worse. I think he made a mistake by starting to reply to that comment.. I think he realized his mistake (which is why he took some time) and came up with the only possible option. Because denying it is more in Tae and Jk’s favor than anything else he could’ve done.

Holland realized he made a mistake during his live, which is why he tried to correct it by making that first post: ‘I don’t want to know who might be in the lgbtq+ in the k-pop industry (= emphasis on not knowing) and even if I did, i wouldn’t want to discuss it.’ Which is basically backtracking everything he just did. That statement obviously made things worse, so he took it back and apologized. Holland was in panic mode, and justly so because he overstepped.

Let’s say Taekook isn’t real at all and he wanted to let us know and Tae was alright with him stating this.. why backtrack to the extent he did?

Ofcourse he isn’t a Tkk anti. He made a mistake, he put himself into a position that he shouldn’t have been in. Being Holland isn’t easy, he’s been very brave by coming out and I respect him immensely because of that. I can understand comments about other ships being annoying to him, because it diminishes his person.. he is so much more than a gay Sk singer and he literally cannot out any idols. The way I take this is he dis his live, got frustrated by yet another ship comment, started to respond because of that frustration, realized he shouldn’t have gone there and tried to control the damage. If I were to be a bit negative.. perhaps a bit of cloutchasing also played a role in him starting to reply to the Tkk comment. All in all the situation is shitty and I’d say Holland himself probably feels very bad about it too.

[demonslayedher]

Things that swept through my head while watching this episode:

--Ufotable has learned a new technique: Breath of Cinema.

--Watching this in sequence right after the first season, it really does feel like they were chugging along as usual making quality anime, feeling good about their success with the fight with Rui and how well-received the first season was, and they took a moment to a reflect and be like, "no wait, you guys… we can go bigger."

--Having watched this movie an unnecessary number of times in the theater, I feel this BGM in my bones

--And, having watched this in the theater so many times, I figured out as soon as I got the DVD that I needed a break from this arc. I skipped around the new content when these were airing as episodes, but you know what? Rengoku is still so cool.

--I really liked this OP, it feels like Kajiura-san is going back into her Kalafina side. If Kalafina was still together I even bet they'd have been brought in on this OP like how Fiction Junction was brought in on the original ED. As for the imagery on both this and the new ED, they chose drama and they went for it. Also, they chose Rengoku and went for it even harder.

--So that explanation Rengoku-san flies into about how Flame Breathing is one of the five basic Breaths from which the others stemmed always made me think he was going into nerdy Breath otaku mode, but now I realize, "no, this was a sales pitch."

--And then after that display against the throwaway demons? Tanjiro has totally fallen for this sales pitch. Had things continued naturally from the "Rengoku-aniki" moment, Tanjiro would had been like, "sure, yes, I'll learn Flame Breathing!!" (And Rengoku-san, still looking for someone to inherit the Rengoku family methods since Mitsuri developed her own Breath instead, none of the other students have stuck around, and, sadly, because he knows Senjuro can't, would be greatly relieved. And Giyuu would be miffed.)

--I love how much softer they make the eyes as they are talking on the train. We get a better look into Rengoku-san than we did at the Pillar meeting, and they really highlight Tanjiro's focus on Rengoku as he sits next to time and talks and considers what a reliable scent Rengoku has.

--Fun fact: in Japanese, like some other languages but not really in English, there are different counter words which you attach to the end of numbers, depending on what sort of things you're indicating the number of. For example, there are different counter words for humans whether you're using plain language or formal language, or different words for long objects or short objects, big or small objects. When Rengoku says there is one more demon, he uses a counter word for animals.

--Whether awake or not, this happy "Rengoku-aniki" moment may be the last thing Zenitsu remembers before he wakes up and the train has crashed and Rengoku is dead.

--The way Enmu's hand just drops in and goes "smack" on the floor

--With all those bags under their eyes, I suspect Team Enmu has been depriving themselves of sleep so that they'll be able to fall asleep as fast as possible for this mission.

--You know, Inosuke & Zenitsu perhaps might had been done for if they switched who was entering whose dream.

--Don't mind me, turning the sound way up on Enmu's piano theme music playing as Tanjiro teeters through the crunchy snow

--Speaking of theme music, I am waiting for Enmu to break out into song as he goes through his monologue up there on the train

--No, seriously, it was perfect on stage. And as Tanjiro was sinking into his happy dream, I remembered on in the stage version Enmu just rudely strutted in and sat on the tatami with everybody, and all over again, I want to scream about the intrusion. That is totally what he's doing, even if they don't show it so blatantly! Rude!!! Get out of my son's dreams!!

[mtc-4life]

Hello! I hope you're having a good day. I enjoy reading your posts about MTC and I was wondering if you could make a scenario between Jyuto and Ichijiku (cause I saw what's her relationship between jyuto on the fan wiki) where Ichijiku already knows about his past Jyuto finds out her past (is this make sense to you cause really need to polish my English right now)

｡ﾟ･ Jyuto finds out about Ichijiku’s past - Imagine ･ ｡ﾟ

☆ Author’s notes: Omg I know I took FOREVER to write this, but I sincerely hope you like it. And your english is good, I myself am not a native speaker yet here I am writing for tumblr lol.

- Is that all you had to report me?

- Precisely, miss.

- Don’t call me like that, sergeant Iruma. Why don’t you stop messing with your boss and take your leave? – Ichijiku glared as she replied.

- You’re really a tough one, huh – Jyuto couldn’t help but smirk at the woman’s rough reply.

- Hmph! Just get going already! When I thought there was such a thing as a little less stupid man…

- Alright, alright, ma’am – the officer walked towards the door – I won’t disturb you any longer.

Still displeased, Ichijiku stared at Jyuto as he opened the door with his red-gloved hand and finally left her in peace.

Jyuto walked around the hall that led to the Police Department’s entrance.

With each and every step, he wondered how could Ichijiku have possibly turned into such a demanding woman. To him, it didn’t seem like she had been manipulated by The Party of Words like other members.

Her hatred towards men always had seemed very intricate to her own personal beliefs. She always seemed dominated by an uncontrollable rage whenever the subject was brought up.

Jyuto was very aware men were no saints, and working in the police has only showed him the crimes many were capable of committing. Yet, he couldn’t figure out why would a woman such as Ichijiku would grow so despiteful of men without any sort of exception…

- Something certainly happened to her… - he muttered to himself as he finally left the building.

***

It was nine a.m. when Jyuto checked his wristwatch, which meant it was time to go to Chuuoku’s Police Department for his monthly report on the drug traffic investigations. He would once again talk to no one less than Ichijiku Kadenokoji.

The previous month had brought him deep curiosity as to why his boss had such a grudge with men, and thus, he tried to investigate a little bit into her past.

Of course, since she had a very important position in the government, it wasn’t so simple – Chuuoku had extreme censorship methods, especially involving any information regarding its leaders. Carelessly asking about her past could get the officer himself into jail.

Yet that did not mean there was no evidence at all.

Jyuto even questioned himself if looking for such scarce data was worth the effort.

He ended up doing so not simply out of curiosity, but also because a part of him that could never speak up wished to know what the current government was all about.

Who were the people behind the laws he disagreed so much with?

Why these women were so obsessed with rap battle competitions between men they alleged were so ruthless?

What could have possibly triggered the series of unexplained events that led to the installment of a dictatorship like that?

Things happened so suddenly after the war that Jyuto never understood fully what the country he lived in turned into.

If he could find out about Ichijiku’s past, even if just a little, he felt like things would finally make some sort of sense in his mind.

And so, he collected in secret documents from many police districts that mentioned any suspect delation linked to Ichijiku. In Jyuto’s mind, only something as serious as a crime against her could explain such rage.

One of these papers really caught his attention. It was a testimony made by Ichijiku herself accusing a politician of murdering a woman named Karin Shimozaki and her family. Ichijiku alleged it was due to the fact Karin knew about the corrupt scheme said politician was involved in, and since she represented a threat, he demanded a group of man to kill her.

The file had been shelved since then.

If Ichijiku’s testimony was indeed the truth about Karin’s death, then it was really concerning the police did nothing about it. Why would they ignore a murder accusation like that? Jyuto thought it was very suspect…

He pondered about this new discovery as he drove to his destination.

***

- As you can see, we have cleared out this drug dealing point in Yokohama for good.

- Great. How about the yakuza? – Ichijiku looked up for a second after reading the documents Jyuto had brought her.

- Well, those are a difficult bunch…

- Do not pretend, Iruma. I know you’re protecting that buddy of yours. This Samatoki does whatever he wants if it depends on you!

- Are you serious? – Jyuto looked disturbed – I surely do my job in the most lawful manners, but you cannot expect me to keep Mad Trigger Crew’s leader in prison, can you, madam?

- Lawful? You, Iruma? Don’t make me laugh! I know about your methods. – she replied with a challenging look on her face.

- Then you might as well know they are very effective, thank you – Jyuto said, confident.

- Hmph! So pretentious! You should hold your tongue when talking to superiors!

- But what if those above you are wrong? What if their actions do not respect one’s basic rights?

- What do you mean by this? – Ichijiku raised an eyebrow.

- I’ve read some documents. Karin Shimozaki was murdered a few years ago, but there was no further investigation to arrest the culprit. You reported that a corrupt politician was the responsible for it, but nobody listened to you. Am I wrong?

Ichijiku was in disbelief. How come did Jyuto find such evidence? What was he planning to do by knowing her past?

Jyuto looked at her seriously before continuing:

- Did you readily accept your superior’s actions in this case? Accepting a politician to take the life of this woman, whom I assume was important to you? Accepting the police unwillingness to investigate the case?

- I… What do you want from me, Iruma? Do you want to be promoted or something? – Ichijiku replied a bit irritated.

- Well, being promoted is nice, but that’s not my goal with this conversation. You might think I’m trying to use your past against you, but I assure you that’s not the case.

- Oh, very well! Because if it was I would have your past to use against you, sergeant! I know everything about you!

Jyuto smiled:

- That’s expected of you. Always ready for someone to knock you down. All I’m trying to say is that I understand where your grudge with men came from, but is this political system you’re in really a solution? Isn’t The Party of Words harming people’s basic rights anyways?

- You!!!

Ichijiku glared at Jyuto, but that did not stop his words:

- You’re a smart woman. I’m sure you can understand my point. It’s your choice to be in the Party of Words. It’s also your choice to leave it – he confidently stepped towards the door.

- Is that all the nonsense you had to say?

- Precisely. Now, I better leave. See you next month, miss! – he smirked as he opened the office door.

- Bastard!!! I’ve warned you not to call me like that! Always provoking, you’re not jobless because I’m terribly patient! – Ichijiku replied, completely infuriated.

- I know, I know – Jyuto laughed – I’m so competent you can’t even consider dismissing me!

The man finally left, closing the door right in front of an enraged Ichijiku.

Jyuto knew there was much more to her past than just this. It was still unclear to him how much Karin was involved in Ichijiku’s life.

Yet even without knowing this information, he hoped to have at least reminded Ichijiku of her own humanity.

She seemed to have involved herself with something against her own initial reasons to want to change the system.

Jyuto made a dangerous move by telling her such words. It was risky to confront The Party of Words.

But that was an attempt to make life for everybody in his country a little less difficult. That level of oppression was not acceptable.

In that sense, his motives made the risk of confronting Ichijiku worth taking.

Jyuto left the Police Department building with a hopeful smile.

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4. Definitely Not Coincidence

The turtles notice that the girls or mermaids infront of them have had fin like ears, long hair that covered their chest but they still can glimpse of that bra made of scales, fin side arms, they wearing jewelry that made from she'll, pearl and coral, their tail are long and big, they had scales not just on their tail but also about part their body, and what more made it surprised that the had transparency wings likes butterfly or bug that that looks like made from crystal, and their eyes blue-green.

"Well ladies we in mission to find clue of murdered chance" answered leo. Adriana looks leo with amused.

"In ocean and island of nowhere? "

Then Donatello and leo more detail why they on this island after that mermaods frozen and looks each other then huddled in circle and little move away to getting private conversation.

"It's coincidence right? " asked Kendall.

"If we talking about fact, yes. But also the algorithm is in front of us and since when there's coincidence in our world or more fact there's no such things as coincidence if we talking .."

"Yeah, yeah we get it, Adriana. So what do you think vanora? " asked Kendall. Three mermaid look at blue tail mermaid.

"It make sense though, also we need seeing with own eyes. We help them go back to new York" the rest mermaid nods. Them they came close to the turtles.

"We will help you go back to new York and help with your case" said vanorq. That make four brothers shocks.

"Why? " asked Raphael with suspected

"Well from you told us we a have calculations that it's definitely a merfolk doing and... There's a wanted merfolk that escale from jail she been gone for like a month and well as sound like coincidence it make sense that she will go to surface but it's kind stupid attacks surface while being hunting. So we get two bird with one stone" said vanora.

"Look I am not trying not to great full but humans make ocean filthy and why you want help them? " asked donatello

"Look that may true and yes, some merfolk seek revenge but some like us no want hurting innocent humans, well unless we they guilty and evil" said Kendall.

"So do we have a deal" asked vanora as she offered her hand to leo . Leo looks vanora hand hand shaking it.

"Deal".

"By the way, Michelangelo. I am sorry I am screaming to you. You definitely thinking I scream because I scare with you well I meant after I know you can speak English. When first screaming it was because I thought you were a kappa " said beryl she look shame.

"It's okey, you not first time like that but what is kappa? " aksed mikey

"It's some mystical creature from Japanese that have Shell like turtle and well I have bad memory " beryl shudders and Adriana just stroking her hair. Mikey pouting with sadness.

Mermaids gaves turtles fishs that save it eating raw and seaweeds to them because turtles not eating since yesterday.

"Well let's us showing where you can get woods to make a boat" said vanora then she and others mermaid got out from water. Kendall use her power to made her and others mermaid got drying fash.

The turtles immediately covered their eyes (even mikey. He and Donnie still have decency ), it was not because the mermaids had legs and look more human but the fact they were naked.

"Why are you naked? " asked Donnie.

"Well we never wearing clothes in first place all just scales ,so when we have legs a d look more human we not wearing anything" reply Adriana.

"Can you put something first ?" Asked leo. The mermaids made seaweed as their dress, now they decent. But there's one problem four mermaids not really can walking they like one year old baby that trying lear to walks.

They reasoned that they had wings so not really need legs on surface, so they not learn how to walking and they reason they not use wings to help turtle find wood it was because no want to invited animals with they colourful fin. The turtles forced to carrying the mermiads and will teach tge mermaid how to walking.