#and the poor guy had no idea why loooool

[ducavalentinos]

Narcos México: 1.04 Rafa, Rafa, Rafa! 🥷🔫💞

[judasisgayriot]

hello again! you once again prove yourself as the queen of heroes ramblings. you responded with so much detail so quickly! loveeee it :)

i wanna ask you more, i like getting your mini ted talks. what are your thoughts on sylar/peter as a ship? i personally don’t really see it in the show, but i’ve read some real good fics with them.

Hahaha omg I love you anon I’m glad someone enjoys hearing my unhinged rants about this show…

Soooo. Maybe the girlies will hate me for this one lol. Thing is, I can see how sylar/peter would lend itself to having some good fics written about it. Like, the concept is there, it has potential. The foundations for a good hero/villain ship are there, they are definitely set up as foils and parallels to each other, they have the whole ‘two sides of a coin’ thing going on. But like you, I don’t really see it in the show at all. It’s like they had the potential but didn’t actually execute it/make me give a fuck about it/make me remotely want to ship it, lol.

It is/was a popular ship in heroes fandom (lol heroes fandom in 2024 is like 12 people but hey) and I do see why for the above reasons. I actually think the episode ‘the wall’ is a great concept but again, they don’t sell me on it/execute it well/actually follow through on making me remotely believe they’d become friends by the end. Right before they break out, having spent what was apparently like 10 years of mind-time together in there or whatever, Peter still hates his guts and wants to smash his head in with a sledgehammer lmao?? (I mean girl same. The whole ‘peter has to forgive sylar, narratively and kind of literally, if he wants to escape the mind prison’ plot point grinds my gears. I think he should get to never forgive him ever for killing Nathan if he doesn’t want to lmao. Shout out to that one fan panel with Milo where he’s like ‘peter would never forgive him he would eviscerate him’ king you are speaking my fucking language lol. I digress.) like afterwards I can buy that sylar has latched onto Peter and wants to be his friend/wants Peter to like, model being a good person for him, but not that Peter actually gives a shit in return or wants anything to do with him lol

(Sidenote, that in itself is a rly interesting concept, and me and @buildarocketboys developed a fic idea about peter agreeing to like, ‘mentor’ sylar and hang out with him but if and only if he kept shapeshifting back into Nathan for him. Now THAT is fucked up and deranged and the good stuff and actually makes me, avowed sylar disliker, feel kinda sorry for the guy lol. Yessss let me marinate in the badwrongness of all of that and how Peter is the one acting fully insane. Anyway. I digress once more.)

Anyway I’m clearly also biased bc I used to like sylar as a character back in the day but sometime over my like 4 rewatches over the last few years he really started pissing me off lol. Now it’s not like I’m being an anti about him being an evil villain or anything, I love a problematic king and I’m a Nathan stan lmao. In fact I only really enjoy sylar when he is getting to be a proper fun cackling all-out villain, he’s actually enjoyable and funny in that mode. It’s the like 9 flip-flopped badly written redemption arcs they keep trying to give him like they’re trying to make me feel sorry for him bc his dad sold him to one direction or whatever, but sorry!! I feel nothing! He’s a whiny bitch and they should have just let him be killed off one of the first 900 times it nearly happened! I don’t have any sympathy and he’s completely lost me lol. So yeah. That does make me biased plus being a Petrellicest girlie and a Nathan stan and an Elle stan sorry I selfishly won’t forgive him for killing them 😔 poor baby serial killer I’m being such a mean hater. Stan my absolutely fucking awful morally confused self hating politician guy instead loooool

Well. All that to say that I see why people ship it, it has interesting foundations that could have led to something good but IMO it just didn’t, I can definitely imagine it has some good fic out there that can sell you on it, but I just don’t see their great poetic love or whatever. It’s soooo ‘baby’ ‘fellow associate’ core by the end lmao. And it actively annoys me. But I am just being a hater I know. Sorry to the cool petlars out there it’s all hashtag my opinion

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 243: Happy New Year

Previously on BnHA: The government was all “shit what are we going to do about Shigaraki Tomura and his Actual Fucking Army of villains, oh I know, why don’t we draft some child soldiers” and so they brought back internships and made them mandatory. Class 1-A had the Christmas party to end all Christmas parties, featuring 20 unique custom-tailored Santa costumes, enough chicken to feed Tomura’s entire Actual Fucking Army, and one (1) giant sword that somehow made its way into the hands of Eri, First of Her Name. Tidings of comfort and joy were had by all, and to cap things off, Shouto invited Bakugou (who by the way was having a lot of thoughts about how Best Jeanist asked him to reveal his new hero name the next time they met, because Horikoshi knows what kind of angst I like) and Deku to come intern with him at the motherfucking Endeavor Hero Agency and make everyone’s OT3 dreams come true.

Today on BnHA: Deku visits his mom on New Year’s Eve and the two of them ball out at the Make Me Cry Olympics. There is a whole plotline all about Hawks getting coffee, and I’m trying to figure out if it’s really just coffee or if THE ENTIRE SERIES SECRETLY HINGES ON THIS ONE SCENE omg. The next day at the Endeavor Hero Agency, Endeavor is all, “welcome! fuck you,” which may or may not be setting the tone for this whole arc. There’s a brief flashback to All Might congratulating his sons on their internship and saying foreshadowing things like “your new quirks probably won’t go fucking apeshit again” and “you’re a lot like Endeavor, this internship will be good for you!” Back in the present, Endeavor dramatically leaps over a railing and blasts off to go fight Monk Gyatso with the disaster trio hot on his heels. Hawks then shows up out of nowhere and the text is literally all, “WHAT’S HAWKS DOING HERE?” and seriously though. What are any of us even doing here. This arc has only just started and I already have no idea what’s going on and I fucking love it.

(All comments are my unspoiled reactions from my initial readthrough of the chapter. I did a quick edit for grammar and clarity immediately afterward, and added a few ETAs in the process, but aside from that there are no changes.)

loooool

is she going to be all right

-- also! WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE PARENTS AGAIN HOMG YES. HORIKOSHI YOU’RE ON FIRE WEEK AFTER WEEK YOU MAD DOG

(ETA: literally the only way he could end his streak was by going on fucking hiatus. son of a.)

oh shit I forgot that they had the cover and a color page this week! this is great

by the light (ba da dum ba da dum) of the silvery moon (ba da dum ba da dum) I want to spoon -- holy shit, what. do you ever look up the lyrics to a song you vaguely remember from your childhood twenty-five years later in order to make a bizarre joke in a manga recap and you’re like “!!?!?” lol what the fuck. this shit is from 1909. old timey pervs

anyways this may be my favorite Jump cover ever. colors are amazing, art is super cute, it’s the whole package. Aoyama and Iida are killing me. I need that Iida ball in real life, I would seriously pay real money

and now the color spread!

where can I buy that U.A. hoodie. I’m not kidding, I need it in my life. the U.A. logo is great because it doesn’t scream “LOOK AT ME I’M AN ANIME FAN” unless the other person also watches said anime, in which case that’s awesome because the two of you can become best friends and bond over how you’re both nerds with impeccable taste

Kacchan out here holding a fucking root beer like we don’t all know the truth. yeah tough guy you go to bed at eight-thirty and you’re third in your class at the top high school in Japan. but you keep on trying to preserve that image. also this kid is singlehandedly making wifebeaters high fashion I swear to god. it’s a talent

Kirishima looks so good in v-neck shirts yes you go Kiri!

Mina is here!! Mina is part of the main character squad now, everyone! that’s right!! Iida Tenya was booted out after he refused to partake in this photo shoot due to moral outrage over the fact that they’re shooting this at what appears to be a crime scene. a vacuum cleaner was murdered in cold blood omg

Ochako not smiling is such an unusual look for her (and Mina and Kirishima too for that matter) but holy shit. I like it

TODOROKI I’M TRYING TO REACH THROUGH THE COMPUTER SCREEN AND UNBUTTON YOUR TOP BUTTON. HOLY SHIT HOW CAN YOU EVEN BREATHE. RELAX

so the new character book is out October 4, eh? I think we knew this already, but maybe this time the date will actually stick in my mind. anyways, so doing the math, that leaves Kacchan three more chapters (including this one) to reveal his hero name. boy you have a deadline get to work!

YESSSSSSSSSSS

MY NEW YEAR’S ARC MAY NOT BE HAPPENING, BUT AT LEAST WE STILL GET TO SEE THEM RING IN 2217 HOORAY

damn that’s a lot of narration in the first panel

“while accompanied by guards” oh shit. and yet, I get it. I like how they refer to it as “the chain of events that led us to move into the dorms” rather than “that time Bakugou got fucking kidnapped.” they are not letting that happen again. good

IZUMAMA YESSSS

at least he’s being open with her about it! come on Inko, push through this. he’s already got 240 other things he’s still not telling you, don’t give him any more reason to keep being secretive

oh my god now Deku is like “anyways do you remember Eri?” and he’s reaching into his pocket now, holy shit?? WHATEVER HE’S PULLING OUT IS GOING TO BE SO FUCKING CUTE, ISN’T IT

oH MY GOD!!!!!

THIS SON OF A BITCH IS JUST GONNA KEEP ON AMASSING A COLLECTION OF ADORABLE AND HILARIOUS LITTLE KID LETTERS, ISN’T HE. LISTEN HERE DEKU YOU MOTHERFUCKER!! THAT PIC OF “MISTER DEKU” IS -- I’M -- !!!!

“I was hardly able to do anything for her” ?? you SAVED HER LIFE?? you BODYSLAMMED OVERHAUL INTO THE GROUND?? YOU GOT US ALL OUT OF THAT ACCURSED BASEMENT? listen here you modest little shit you need to stop doing this. you even taught her the true meaning of quirks for crying out loud. you are the actual best

god the way he is staring at this letter is giving me too many feels for a Thursday afternoon. these are like Saturday night feels. this manga never goes easy on me

same Inko same

oh my god now Inko is launching into a speech about Deku’s sad childhood I can’t with this, MA’AM PLEASE

“covered in bruises” oh my problematic ship. oh this nuanced manga with its intricate layers of feels. this is the lasagna of mangas

hello page 3 is just one big assault on all my emotions and I would like to report this to someone help I am being besieged

oh my fucking god Midoriya family. I’m trying to process all of this and just!!

like. she’s known all this time how big his heart is and that he doesn’t care about himself and just wants to protect others. but for the longest time he was powerless to do it. but still he kept dreaming and she kept looking on waiting for that day he’d finally give up, ready for his heart to break, bracing herself. and then this miracle happened and he got a quirk and all his hopes came true and he got to go to his dream school, and now he’s training to become a hero just like he always wanted

and everything special she always saw about her boy is shining so brightly now, and everyone can see it, and he’s become so strong. but also he’s growing up so fast. he’s gone from being someone she had to protect to someone who’s strong enough to protect not only her, but everyone. strong enough to carry the world on his shoulders

just. can you even imagine. how much pride she must feel, in addition to the relief she’s expressing now. but also the loneliness of knowing she can’t hold on to her baby boy forever and he’s on the verge of going out into the world and leaving her. in fact he basically already has. anyways I came here today for some Three Musketeers antics and now I’m sitting her with Izumama empty nest feels, what is this

-- yo, what?? he’s starting the internship on New Year’s Fucking Day? U.A. doesn’t fuck around, goddamn

(ETA: seriously, no rest for the weary here. both Endeavor and Hawks are as busy as ever too. poor Hawks, who never wanted to be a hero to begin with, spent New Year’s Eve undercover trying to drown his sorrows in sugary coffee. of course, Jeanist is spending his New Year’s either in hiding or dead, so.)

anyways so he’s bidding his mom goodbye and getting onto a bus, and he’s all bundled up in a scarf but can’t be assed to wear a jacket, apparently. whatever Deku

AHHHH WHAT IS THIS NOW

AND OH MY GOD LOOK WHERE HE IS

THE LEAGUE OF PLIFF’S HEADQUARTERS AT THE OL’ OVERLOOK HOTEL. watch out for the elevators. Toga probably really likes them though

“where did you run off to number 2” um, he’s still a top ranked pro hero? what, do they just expect him to never do his job ever again? even if they think he’s on their side, they must realize that he needs to maintain his so-called cover

anyways, fucking Slidin’ Go is back, guys. when is someone going to punch this slippery bitch in the face

wow he’s seriously chewing Hawks out for flying off without permission. can someone please just deck this mouthbreather already

oh my god

this motherfucker really truly believes he is Hawks’s senpai. imagine having the same power as a fucking banana peel, and being so deluded you actually think you outrank a double agent of indispensable value, who also just so happens to be Dabi’s best friend, and oh yes, THE NUMBER TWO FUCKING HERO. I don’t even know where to begin with you, Slidin’ Go

oh snap but he’s immediately being called out on his BS lol this is great

twenty microdevices?? holy shit. that’s gonna make it really difficult for him to actually report back to the heroes

maybe if the PSC gives him twenty of their own little spy cams. then the only challenge is for him to try and remember which are which

lmao look at this little metaphorical drawing

isn’t this the Hyrule Castle level from Breath of the Wild

anyways don’t mind me, I’m just sitting here trying to figure out if there’s a double meaning to these two panels

is Skeptic just really bad at making small talk, or is there something here that I’m totally missing?? did he witness something during Hawks’s coffee run?

(ETA: this seriously reads to me as some kind of coded threat, but it makes no sense given the rest of the conversation. he goes on and on about how useful Hawks will be in helping them spy on the heroes, but then calls attention to him sneaking out to buy a single can of coffee. in conclusion I am probably overthinking this way too much, but it’s odd. maybe he really is just trying to be nice and coming off as weird and creepy.)

now we’re flashing back to Hawks’s last report to the PSC

if this is after he met up with Dabi then why does he still have the bag? WHEN WILL THIS STOP HAUNTING ME. I’M SO TIRED OF WAKING UP AT NIGHT IN A COLD SWEAT ONLY TO SEE HAWK’S BACKPACK STANDING THERE RIGHT NEXT TO MY BED, WATCHING

-- SDLKGHSLDKHFL

lmao this scared the shit out of me. Enji what the fuck

yesssss it’s mah boisssss

wow, he’s pretty weirdly enthused about the whole thing, huh? I expected him to bitch about it more. since Shouto basically offered his friends the gig all on his own without any consultation whatsoever. that’s called nepotism Shouto but it’s okay I forgive you

anyways. so are the Endeavor offices located in THE FUTURE. or what. is this Epcot

DKFJWELKFJL

LOL THAT’S MORE LIKE IT. FOR A MOMENT I THOUGHT WE HAD SLIPPED INTO SOME WEIRD ALTERNATE UNIVERSE

hahaha exactly

well I’m glad I’m not going crazy, at any rate. anyways though, Endeavor trying his best to be a good dad and caving in to his son’s ridiculous demands because he’s trying to make up for TWO DECADES OF BEING COMPLETE GARBAGE is pleasing to me as always. deal with it Endeav

HE SAID DEAL WITH IT!!

oh my god Katsuki is saying something holy shit, the next few panels will set the stage for what could be the sleeper hit character dynamic of the year. ghghkghhhhhh

( ⁰ o ⁰ )

oh my god

(ETA: Katsuki I have written whole essays about how perceptive you are and then you just. sob. now that he’s finally starting to ease up on the whole Angry Asshole thing, his inner dumbass is really shining through.)

YES HE IS AND THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO, YOUR BOURGEOIS SON HAS FALLEN IN WITH THIS CHURLISH ROUGHNECK FROM THE HOOD, DIE MAD ABOUT IT!!

lmaooo

that mental image omfg. HE WILL PUT UP WITH THIS SUFFERING IN ORDER TO GET CLOSER TO HIS GOAL. what a sacrifice. the pros outweighed the cons. it’s logic. I can’t, I

and Endeavor being so fucking mad that Shouto picked this asshole to be his new best friend sob. YOU CAN’T STOP THEIR BROMANCE IT IS UNFOLDING BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES

anyways I love everything and I’m all set for the mentoring to begin. bring it onnnn

so now Deku is being surprisingly earnest and thanking Endeavor for accepting them into his agency

and we’re getting our first glimpse of Deku’s Upgraded Feelings About Endeavor oooooh juicy

Deku is so good at seeing into people’s hearts. and so forgiving. we already knew he was -- the inciting event that led to the whole fucking series wouldn’t have even happened if he wasn’t -- but I’m honestly still so impressed every time I see it

(ETA: and also, this means that he still went and told him off during the sports festival even though he was scared of him. kid is the fucking role model to end all role models.)

also I’m already sensing that this chapter (and indeed, this entire arc) is going to prompt more Discourse up in the ol’ fandom. that’s going to be fun. anyways, I’ve already essayed more than once regarding Endeavor’s redemption arc, so I’m not going to spend too much time hashing out the same old points. but basically my stance is I’m fine with it. I think it’s good to show that people can change no matter how far they’ve gone down the wrong path. it may not be easy, but if they’re genuinely remorseful, and if the desire is there, then why not? I’m not gonna get up in arms because someone is trying to become a better person. the alternative is that they stay terrible, and that doesn’t help anyone

anyway, so now we’re flashing back to what appears to be a conversation with All Might, and oh my god

but you guys. listen. Katsuki is there, again. they’re not even discussing OFA this time and he’s still there! elbowed his way into this mentorship like the determined little shit he is, and now he’s not leaving and you all just have to deal with it. oh my god it’s everything I ever wanted, someone please pinch me is this real??

lol and now they are discussing OFA, but that’s okay. it’s only natural that would also be on the agenda

really, All Might?

you consider that “just fine”? that bloop? just as planned?? I know you love your son, but maybe consider raising the bar for him just a little bit. he is capable of so much more, and now of all times is not the time to go easy on him

and he’s still talking about the SIXQUIRKS as though unlocking more of them right now would be a bad thing. I really think this is the wrong approach. maybe I just want to see Deku go buck wild and fucking lose it though, idk

Katsuki has no patience for this either

“I don’t doubt it.” please Deku we’re not worthy of you and your wholesomeness. and he’s so sincere, too?? how does Kacchan continuously absorb all of this shameless admiration and affection day after day, week after week. how is he not humbled by it

anyways time to shut up about that though because All Might is now mentoring Bakugou directly and this requires my full fucking attention

yessss let the character development commence! I’m so excited ddhkshl

and now we’re back in the present and the conversation is taking a very interesting turn!

YES! HE DID! DO YOU REMEMBER? YOU WEREN’T REALLY PAYING ATTENTION BEFORE BECAUSE YOU WERE STILL IN ASSHOLE MODE. what do you have to say about it now?

...

mysterious

what

(ETA: “is he always like this?”)

lol what

hahaha. this arc is off to a fucking hysterical start

oh snap y’all look at this

100% chance Deku is right fucking behind him lol. probably they all are

YEP

BITCH, WHO THE FUCK DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DEALING WITH. YOU THOUGHT THESE WERE JUST ANY OLD INTERNS?? FUCK YOU, THESE ARE PREMIUM, CLUB-LEVEL, OCEAN VIEW INTERNS, YOU UNAPPRECIATIVE LOUT. YOU INGRATE

lol but he’s not missing a beat though, and he’s ordering them to stay behind and watch him oh shit. what is even going on

now we’re cutting to some fucking yogi bobbing around town in a lotus position screaming about a divine revelation he received from fucking space. okay

AHHH WHAT

HAWKS IS ALREADY GETTING IN ON THE ACTION, JESUS CHRIST. DOES THIS FUCKER EVER PUT ON THE BRAKES?? THIS ARC IS LIKE TWELVE DIFFERENT PLOTLINES INTERSECTING ALL AT ONCE AND I CAN BARELY KEEP UP. THIS SHIT IS A TRAINWRECK WAITING TO HAPPEN AND I’M STANDING HERE MESMERIZED

BUT!!!

cue Celine Dion’s “All by Myself” while I fall down dramatically nooooo. the lord giveth and he taketh away. YOU OPENED A DOOR AND CLOSED THE WINDOW YOU BASTARD sob why

well shit. and that means that Katsuki has only one chapter left to reveal his hero name, too. (ETA: keeping track of the important things here lol.) and somehow I don’t see that happening unless the focus of the next chapter takes a very dramatic shift, since we seem to be launching into full plot mode before any of us even have our seatbelts on. not that I’m complaining about that because sdkljk

anyways. see y’all in two weeks I guess. the My Plots Academia arc sure is off to a crazy fucking start

[kinetic-elaboration]

July 16: Star Trek 1x06 Mudd’s Women

Mudd’s Women today. I don’t really think fondly of this ep when I’m not watching it, not because it’s not good, but because it’s less focused on the Enterprise, like the really important part of the story is about characters who only appear here, so it doesn’t stand out as much. Also Mudd is really annoying. Also almost every ep of S1 is a Classic so anything that isn’t, like 11/10 seems just “okay” by comparison.

So the Enterprise is just chasing a suspicious vessel because why not. Actually kind of speaks to that theory that esp. the pre-5 year mission purpose of the ship is to be like the Coast Guard, to patrol. I guess they still do that. Hey--that looks suspicious!

“No registration beams.” No license plate lol.

Kirk is so good-hearted. Doesn’t hesitate to put his own ship in potential danger to save some random people he doesn’t know, because of course, he can’t let this situation he exacerbated, as part of his job, become worse. Plus, like, curiosity I’m sure.

Uhura in gold today.

Always get a kick out of anyone on the bridge doing the job of anyone else on the bridge and Kirk just taking Spock’s station gives me Emotions.

Mudd like “I couldn’t be sure you were a friendly vessel, so I ran” like okay, the ship literally says “U.S.S. Enterprise” on it in big letters, it’s not ambiguous.

Early example of McCoy hating transporters.

Literally can’t believe this ship has batteries.

Honestly, they’re not that hot guys, keep it in your pants.

“How many did we get off?” / “Oh, two, maybe three depending on how Spock’s feeling rn.”

McCoy is such a slut omg.

The one in blue is literally just wearing a shirt.

“You’re part Vulcanian.” Honestly, Mudd seems to understand the whole concept of Vulcans better than McCoy does (”This type can turn himself off from any emotion.”).

“I apologize for what he said, Sir.” Oh, Evie, so empathetic. Spock’s not even upset. He’s having a grand time. Can’t wait to see what the Captain will think of the hot ladies! (Answer: he thinks they’re the crew.)

Honestly, I do think Spock was into them a little. It’s pretty ambiguous, Mudd’s comment aside, just how much of a kick he got out of them. He comes very close to smiling a lot, though.

“You’re a hard-nosed one, Captain.” Damn right.

Defense attorney Spock.

Man, I love Sulu.

I’m only noticing it on this rewatch but Spock has a lot of engineering knowledge, I feel? He’s the Science Officer but engineering is honestly the most specific skill set he exercises.

The way Kirk says, “Well, Mr. Spock?” is so flirty. They even give the dramatic, flirty lighting.

Honestly, I can’t believe the Enterprise canonically runs on crystals.

I love the computer. Nurse Chapel’s voice. The squiggly green line. Constantly irritating Mudd. Though also tbh very disturbing from a privacy point of view. I mean in a way it’s not, like, a lie detector, it’s not determining Mudd is lying by anything about him, it’s just comparing his words to public records, but still.

Convicted of driving without a license.

Computer: the male members of the crew are horny.

Kirk: strike the horniness from the record.

I really expected the computer to say “incorrect” when Mudd says, “Heaven’s honest truth.”

That look Kirk shares with Spock though. It’s not super obvious they’re looking at each other, but they are.

Spock with his hands on his hips. Underrated stance, should have had more of that in AOS.

Honestly, this plotline is yet another vehicle for the sort of story Beyond was allegedly interested in telling lol.

“Are you wearing something radioactive?”

This lady in green isn’t very smart but I love McCoy in this scene. His horniness fighting with his realization that uh this is weird?

“Don’t mind me, Captain, I was just lying on your bed for no reason.” “Uh, actually I do mind???”

Kirk is a paragon of virtue though!

I like Evie a lot. She’s the best part of this ep. Really going after Kirk in his vulnerable spot with that talk of loneliness. I do get the impression she legit liked him (as much as she could in uh 2 days) but I don’t think he had much of an interest in her, other than in the same way as everyone else reacting to the hotness drug. And even that he controlled pretty well.

Those original husbands are going to be pissed.

Good Kirk and McCoy scene. “They’re not smart enough to be aliens.” And Kirk doesn’t even pull the “I’m the Captain, answer my question” thing, he’s literally like, “I asked you first.”

I like that McCoy gets that they’re just “acting beautiful.” Actually in retrospect this is probably where Kirk get his placebo idea.

“Ships captains are already married--to their vessels.”

Lol they look exactly the same without the drugs, just with their hair disheveled and their makeup gone.

Love that the pill’s in the form of a sparkly heart.

Spock likes the look of the crystals. That decadent bitch. Idk if people generally thinkk of Vulcans as austere but they are not, like aesthetically--only emotionally. He just likes pretty things, and it’s canon.

Whereas Kirk’s like “I literally don’t give af that we made some crystals less sparkly, we saved some people’s lives.”

Mmmm, I enjoy negotiator!Kirk. Even though he’s in such a bad spot. That poor, sad little face.

Mudd’s earring loooool.

“Expect further difficulty from the miners.”

I love the mining aesthetic/world building/almost 50s sci fi feel.

I love that Kirk just went out into the storm after Eve. Even if he didn’t find her... but then this isn’t their love story, huh.

“I didn’t get any. I should have found a way!”

I’m too tired for real, like, analysis, but I like Evie and Ben.

She’s not even ugly, like........... I know I just have to take it as reality that the Venus drug makes them hot and I’m willing to just suspend disbelief that there’s some quality there that isn’t literal, that can’t be seen, but I cannot suspend disbelief that this very pretty woman is “homely” or “ugly” when she takes off her makeup.

Sub-space radio marriage.

Kirk is so smart with his placebo experiment.

I’m not like a super fan of the ultimate explanation of the Venus drug though--that it gives you “more of what you are.” Too... essentialist and playing into gender stereotypes personally. Like a lot of the Message of this ep I can get behind, but then it takes a few weird missteps that are almost certainly a product of the time in which it was made (like a less extreme version of The Enemy Within). Also, the little like shoehorned “You just gotta believe in yourself!” message was weird. It didn’t really seem to fit with the point.

The really interesting and thoughtful parts of this episode are smushed too much into the end. There’s just a lot going on: what is the nature of marriage, what are the confines of gender roles, what is the purpose of beauty, what are the intersections between gender and class, what are the larger economic realities at play here, how do human emotions like loneliness interplay with class and gender--and man the drug itself!! Is it manipulation? Is it lying? Are the real and/or biggest victims of the drug the women themselves--is it a danger to them? (I’d say yes, and, it appears to be.) And honestly nothing is really resolved?? Even Evie agreeing to stay with Ben apparently because she knows Kirk won’t have her (when they had one conversation and he didn’t really seem that into her anyway) is like... I get it because we always gotta shoehorn hints of romance with the lead because he’s the lead, and we have to bring everything back to the lead because he’s the lead, but I’m not interested in Evie’s thoughts on Kirk. I’m interested in her thoughts on Ben, marriage, partnership, gender roles, love.

I mean “You don’t want wives! This is what you want!” is so !!!!

Basically the ep is fine but it’s so weighted at the end, to a degree that everything that came before seems kinda... slow, in retrospect.

Honestly, Kirk’s even a little flirty with Mudd. (My mom: “The problem’s been solved, Kirk is happy and flirty.” I agree, happy and flirty is his default mode!)

"The fact that my internal arrangement differs from yours, Doctor, pleases me no end."

[crossbows-and-moonshine]

Such a Softer Sin (Chapter ten)

(Chapter one)

(Chapter two)

(Chapter three)

(Chapter four)

(Chapter five)

(Chapter six)

(Chapter seven)

(Chapter eight)

(Chapter nine)

What’s this you ask? Two chapters in one day? Yes, because I’m feeling generous loooool.

Shit hits the fan when Lila finds out what the twins have been telling people about her, and it’s only about to get worse.

Fun fact; the pronunciation of deartháir, which is Irish for brother, sounds a lot like jeheart in the Munster dialect which is what I’m going off. I’m actually learning Irish myself since I’m half Irish and have a lot of Irish family!

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It was Friday once again, the week had flown by. The three of them had settled into a routine quite easily and the boys were shocked at how at ease they were with her living there. They'd never had the need or want for a lass to live with them. They'd never been in a serious relationship and it had just been the two of them, they had liked it that way. Yet Lila was different. They weren't even together yet she fit in well with the twins like she had always been there. It was hard to remember what their life was like before she came into it. They actually enjoyed having her there and getting to see her every day.

The boys had been back at work since Monday and Lila was working every night. She spent the time when the boys were at work to clean the place. She’d bake and cook, much to the brothers' delight. She’d make cookies, cakes and all sorts of goodies that they thoroughly fucking enjoyed and they always came home to a home-cooked meal. They couldn't believe how lucky they were. She’d even started making them lunches to take to work which was fucking adorable. They usually just had a power bar which wasn't exactly healthy since their work was so labour intensive, or occasionally Rocco would bring them lunch and eat with them. Sometimes she'd write little jokes for them and put them in the bags to make them smile, and they fucking loved it, especially if they were having a rough day. It was insane how she was able to make them smile and feel unbelievably fucking happy when she wasn't even with them.

After dinner, they’d all go to the bar so she could work and the boys hung out with Rocco, then after work they'd all come back home and chill out or sleep. She'd gone back to sleeping in Murphys bed, and the boys wished she hadn't but wouldn't bring it up and make her feel uncomfortable. Everything was going really well for the three of them and they all worked well together like a well-oiled machine. Even Rocco loved her, she was hilarious and teased the boys relentlessly which he found more than amusing. She could clearly give as good as she got. He knew just why the boys were smitten with her. He just wished they'd fucking tell her because it was driving him insane. They were always gushing about her and it was almost sickening. Shit got out of hand when Murphy told him ‘ and we came home and she was paintin’ her toenails, she’s got the cutest fuckin’ toes.’ That comment had earned him a punch to the arm off his hairy friend and a roar of laughter from Connor, Murphy knew he deserved it as soon as the words left his mouth, who the fuck thinks toes are cute? Even Connor thought that one was ridiculous.

The bar was busy since it was Friday, over the weekend seemed to be the busiest time at the bar with a lot of other people coming in for a good night out, not just the regulars. It was good for business, but the boys hated it. The unspoken rule of McGinty’s was that Lila belonged to them, despite their lack of a relationship status. So the men could look, and boy did they fucking look. Murphy was always ready to fucking pounce when he was at the bar with her. But they couldn't touch, and they wouldn't ever dream of it. The regulars were not stupid enough to want to piss off the MacManus boys. The kind and sweet boys could be downright scary when they wanted to be and the men had seen them in enough bar fights to know not to cross them. But on Fridays and Saturdays, it wasn't just the locals there, there were many men unaware of this rule, nor would they care. And that is exactly what lead Connor and Murphy to be sat in a booth with Rocco, staring daggers at a man at the bar.

Lila was having a good day, and she was more than pleasantly surprised when one of the new men in the bar had sat down and chatted away to her. He looked like a young Johnny Depp and he was charming as hell. It was obvious he was flirting with her and she was soaking it all up, loving every second of it. She hoped by the end of the night they would have exchanged numbers. The boys had been sat at the bar at the start of the night, but they moved to a booth with Rocco in hopes they could hear the conversation between Lila and the asshole, but they couldn't. Being in the booth meant she could no longer come over and chat with them like she had been doing but people were in their seats at the bar now so they couldn't very well move back. So instead they sat there brooding, with Lila unaware of the glares being sent their way.

“The fuck does he think he’s doin’ touchin’ up on her like that?!” Murphy hissed, ready to launch off the seat and throw the man through the window. Connor pursed his lips as he watched them carefully. He wanted to make the man leave her alone but he didn't know how without upsetting Lila. He was trying to think of a way. He wasn’t irrational or impulsive like his darker-haired counterpart. He was meticulous and calculating, always needing a plan first.

“Touchin’ up on her? He just touched her fuckin’ arm man!” Rocco laughed incredulously, shaking his head. He couldn't believe these two asshats.

“Still fuckin’ touched her though.” Connor grumbled, his eyes never leaving Lila and the man.

“And what? She’s single, she can talk to who she wants.” Rocco knew he was heading in dangerous territory, but his meaning was loud and clear. You want her? Fucking tell her. The boys shot a dark look his way and he shook his head and shut up, watching as their glare returned to the man in question.

“Fuck, I’m gettin’ another drink.” Rocco sighed, getting up and walking to the bar next to Lila and the man.

“Hey Roc! What can I get you?” She beamed at him. He smiled back, unable not to. Lila was gorgeous and she had a way about her that just made you like her.

“Just a beer sweetie.” He grinned. She trotted off to get his beer and he was awkwardly left with the man that he feared would be murdered by the end of the night if he didn't leave.

“Hey, I’m Maddox.” The man smiled with a nod, wanting to introduce himself since he was obviously friends with Lila.

“Hey man, Rocco.” He replied, feeling more and more awkward by the second.

“So, what's up with your friends? They've been staring daggers at me for like an hour.” He chuckled, motioning to the twins who were sat up tense and ready to fucking throw punches.

“Uh...yeah...well...the thing is...them and Lila...well they’re kind of… a thing.” He rambled nervously. But when the man's eyes widened he knew he said too much.

“What? The three of them? They’re in a relationship?” He asked incredulously, the idea of it absurd to him. Rocco frowned, not knowing what to say and being annoyed by the man. He didn't think it was so weird if the three got together, to each their own and all that shit.

“Well, I mean...technically they're not together.” He stated, fidgeting a little and looking for Lila so she could rescue him from this hell.

“So they're just friends? That doesn't explain the looks.” Maddox squinted, feeling like something was amiss and he didn't like it.

“Look man, I’m not here for a fuckin’ interrogation alright? Lila belongs to them, just fuckin’ remember it.” Rocco scowled. Maddox didn't have time to respond as Lila came back with a beer and a smile on her face, unaware of what was going on. Rocco gave her a weak smile as he handed over the money.

Maddox was frowning and got up, putting on his coat. Lila looked at him curiously, he was suddenly going cold on her and she wondered what she had done.

“You’re leaving?” She sounded so genuinely sad that Rocco grimaced. He felt bad for the poor girl.

“Yeah well, wouldn't want your boyfriends beating me up since you belong to them and all.” He spat at her before leaving. She had visibly recoiled from his words and she felt like she’d been punched in the gut. She looked the Rocco confused but his guilty face made her narrow her eyes.

“Rocco, what the fuck did you say to him?” She asked lowly. Rocco squirmed a little and wiped a hand over his face.

“Don’t fuckin’ kill me, please. It's just… he asked why the boys were glarin’ at him, so I told him.” He winced, looking at her curiously.

“You told him what?... Wait a minute, you told him they’re my boyfriends and I belong to them?!” She asked incredulously. Rocco lowered his head, he had the decency to look guilty.

“Well yeah but only because it's the truth. Everyone here in McGinty's knows not to go near you, the boys put the fear of fuckin’ God in them.” He replied weakly. Lila furrowed her brows as everything clicked into place. Her first night working here, everyone was handsy and she got flirted with a lot, after that no one spoke to her unless it was for an order or some friendly chat. She wouldn't have minded so much but there had been a few guys her age in here that she had tried to talk to and they all brushed her off. She had thought it was her and it hurt her self esteem but now she knew that for some fucking reason, the boys had stopped anyone talking to her. She was livid.

She stormed around the bar and marched over to their booth. They boys had relaxed since the man left but seeing Lila storming over looking murderous, made them sit up straight and look at her warily. They had never seen Lila angry before and they were completely unaware of hurricane Lila that was about to tear the fucking place down.

“Outside. Now.” She growled as she got to their table, she didn't wait and just stormed outside. The twins looked to each other, terrified of what she might say, what Rocco had clearly said to her to make her so mad at them and they got up and hesitantly went outside.

As soon as the door closed behind them she whirled to face them.

“How fucking dare you! I thought we were friends!” She yelled, her chest heaving as she pinned them with such an intense glare. Murphy frowned looking confused and Connor tilted his head. Neither of them made a move to get closer to her, fearing how she would react when she was so worked up.

“We are Lila-” Connor started, but he was cut off.

“Really?! Then how come I’ve just been informed that you’ve been scaring off guys from talking to me? How apparently I belong to you!” She seethed. She started pacing and Murphy couldn't help but think she looked like a caged animal ready to attack and honestly, he was scared shitless.

“Love, we can explain-” Murphy tried, but again was unsuccessful.

“What gives you two the fucking right?! As my friends! To fucking decide who I do or do not talk to?!” She was furious and the twins knew they fucked up big time. She was right. They had no right doing that to her, they weren't even in a relationship.

“M’girl please.” Murphy pleaded, wanting her to calm down and listen to them, to see if they could fix it.

“I’m not your girl!” She spat bitterly, making Murphy take a step back like he had been physically struck. The words hurt him more than he liked and it felt like his heart was being ripped from his chest.

She was so mad she couldn't see how upset Murphy had become, she was too enraged at the audacity that these two assholes had done this. She had trusted them wholeheartedly, and they betrayed her trust. To go behind her back and make out like they were together, to lay some sort of claim on her. To stop people talking to her, stop her having potential dates. They were her friends, they should be happy for her if people wanted to ask her out. Connor grabbed Murphy by the back of the neck, grounding him and trying to soothe him. He knew those words were seeping into his brother's heart like poison but as much as he hated to admit it, the lass was right. It was clear now how selfish they had been, they hadn't thought about how it would affect her, they were only thinking of themselves. He was trying to think of a way to fix it, his mind going through everything to try and repair the damage they had caused. She didn't trust them now and he didn't blame her. But it was never their intention to hurt her. He wasn't sure just what to say to her to make it right, not when she was so mad and didn't want to hear any of it.

“Lila, lass, we didn't mean te hurt ye I swear.” Connor begged, looking desperately at her.

“Right, of course not. Why did you fucking do it? We’re supposed to be friends! It’s not like you're interested in me that way anyway, what do you care if I talk to guys!” She yelled, her arms swinging around wildly.

“We do.” Murphy whispered, his voice strained as he tried to contain his hurt and tears. Lila looked at him like he’d grown three heads.

“What?” She asked, frowning as she looked between the boys. Murphy just lowered his head, he couldn't look at her, her words were ripping a hole through his chest and leaving a gaping hole.

“We do like ye like that lass, we couldn't stand the thought of ye bein’ with another man.” Connor admitted, grimacing at how it sounded to his own ears. They had been so selfish. So fucking selfish. She scoffed and looked at them incredulously. All this time she liked them and she never thought they'd like her back, yet here they were admitting it after they broke her trust and hurt her.

“You know, if you would have just told me that instead of being assholes, things would have been different.” She stated, looking more hurt than angry now. Murphy looked up blinking at her, it just made him hurt more. She basically just admitted she felt the same and would have been willing to give it a go, but they’d fucked it up. Connor looked at her pained, wiping a hand over his face frustrated.

“It’s doesn't have te be different Lila, we can-” He started, hoping she would listen.

“I’ll get my things after work and go to a motel.” She shook her head, looking at them both with so much hurt and sadness on her face that it made the boys hearts ache in their chests. She stormed past them and went back inside. Murphy felt like he was crumbling. Her words were eating away at him as they were on a painful loop in his mind and he could feel the tears sting his eyes. ‘I’m not your girl, I’m not your girl, I’m not your girl.’ Connor was looking at the door that the girl had gone through, trying desperately to think of what he needed to do to make things right, he couldn't lose her, they couldn't lose her. He needed to fix it and quick.

“Connor...” Murphy's voice broke the silence, he sounded utterly devastated and broken, his voice cracking a little. Connor whipped around to look at his brother and his heart clenched seeing the unshed tears and the look of heartbreak all over his face. His poor little Murphy always wore his heart on his sleeve and it didn't take much to upset him. But the boys had never actually cared about a lass before and this kind of heartache was new for them and he knew Murphy wasn't handling it well.

“Aye, c’mere deartháir (brother).” He sighed, pulling him in for a hug. Murphy clung to him like a lifeline, burying his face in his brother's neck and letting his scent soothe him. He squeezed his eyes shut, willing the lump in his throat to go away.

After a few moments, Murphy had calmed enough to move away, sniffling slightly and wiping his eyes. Connor wrapped an arm around his shoulder and started walking them home. It wouldn't do any good to go back in the bar. Lila wouldn't want to see them and he wanted to think of a way to get her to stay. It wasn't safe for her to just go off and stay in some shady motel, he needed to sort this mess out. It was their own faults and they were atoning for their sins now, but he hoped to God they wouldn’t lose the lass because they needed her. Seeing how devastated Murphy was, he wasn't sure how his brother would take it if she just never spoke to them again. Connors own heart ached at the thought. The girl was meant to be with them, even if it was just as friends.

[draconicroyalty]

A Squad Isn’t a Squad Without a ChatRoom

My excuse for this is that I love chat room fanfics. Also, huge crossover and massive oc x canon.-

Fandoms: DMC, Bayonetta, Inuyasha

Genre: Crack, with a side of romance

Chapter One - Furries, Monster Fuckers and Dinner

                                     [BALDER created Group Chat]

[BALDER changed the name Group Chat to Fucking Insomnia]

[BALDER added SPARDA]

[BALDER added TOUGA]

[Balder added DANIYAL]

DANIYAL: who tf is creating group chats at 4am BALDER: me, dipshit, i can't sleep DANIYAL: well boo hoo, suck it up and bang your head against somethin BALDER: why are u so cranky DANIYAL: it's 4am and my first class tomorrow is maths do you really wanna ask me why tf i'm mad BALDER: fair enough BALDER: is sparda awake DANIYAL: nah DANIYAL: has been snoring for a good 5 hours BALDER: wait, he snores?? DANIYAL: ya BALDER: omg DANIYAL: what about dog boy BALDER: playing dating simulators DANIYAL: you're kidding BALDER: i wish i was DANIYAL: YO DOG BOY WTF TOUGA: TF U WANT DANIYAL: STOP TRYING TO GET INTO A BISHIE'S PANTS U WEEB, GO TO SLEEP FFS TOUGA: why are u awake BALDER: yeah nice question DANIYAL: um DANIYAL: studying? TOUGA: bullshit BALDER: bet you're playing lol again and mad cuz of the trolls DANIYAL: IT'S 4AM, TROLLS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, WHY DO I ONLY GET YASUOS IN MY TEAM BALDER: there there, baby, there there SPARDA: Dafuck is all this noise DANIYAL: u r awake??? SPARDA: yah, someone mutters what they type a bit too loud DANIYAL: srry bae SPARDA: np bby TOUGA: stop DANIYAL: why BALDER: you're reminding him he's single DANIYAL: that's cuz he's a furry SPARDA: LOOOOOL DANIYAL: before anyone asks spar actually laughed while typing that TOUGA: ASHFKDSKGHKSJAHL BALDER: touga, words. not keysmashes. TOUGA: IMF NSOT A FURRTY DANIYAL: what??? SPARDA: i think the poor furry is trying to type he ain't a furry

[DANIYAL changed the name Fucking Insomnia to FURRY CONFIRMED]

BALDER: lol BALDER: dan u r aware that he will try to kill you tomorrow DANIYAL: np i got a spray bottle TOUGA: KLHAFDSHGKGH FUCK U DANIYAL: MY PARTNERS DO THAT BALDER: sometimes i forget our boy's poly DANIYAL: i love all my boyfriends, girlfriends and significant others equally and if anyone hurts them i'll pull their guts out and eat them TOUGA: ew BALDER: scary SPARDA: i say him throwing a guy that was harassing one of his classmates into the trash once DANIYAL: i was practicing slam dunks and he looked like a basketball TOUGA: how does a guy look like a basketball DANIYAl: he was wearing orange and black BALDER: fair enough SPARDA: like this is fun but SPARDA: it's 4:22 am SPARDA: we should sleep TOUGA: alright mom BALDER: goodnight mom SPARDA: mom?? pretty sure i didn't conceive such ugly children DANIYAl: OH SNAP BALDER: SPARDA WE'RE LITERALLY TWINS?? SPARDA: LOOK AT ME, I'M THE PRETTY ONE BALDER: BEAUTY MARKS DON'T AUTOMATICALLY MAKE U THE PRETTY ONE TOUGA: aaaand there they go DANIYAL: babe stop angrily typing SPARDA: he started BALDER: NO I DIDNT??? DANIYAL: i know babe i know BALDER: HE LITERALLY STARTED THIS??? TOUGA: give up bal it's better BALDER: jsfslghjhg im going to bed TOUGA: nighty night BALDER: stop playing dream daddy and go to sleep too TOUGA: make me DANIYAL: WAIT U PLAY DREAM DADDY??? TOUGA: YA DANIYAL: favorite dad? TOUGA: brian DANIYAL: ....your fave's the bear. u furry. TOUGA: shUT UP TOUGA: who's your fave?? DANIYAL: matt TOUGA: why am i not surprised DANIYAL: he's a cINNAMON ROLL AND I WILL PROTECT HIM WITH MY LIFE SPARDA: babe log off lol DANIYAL: but babe...the IP.... SPARDA: tomorrow, babe, tomorrow DANIYAL: fine...night, u furry TOUGA: aadlkfjsghAHJSGHSKJ NOT A FURRY BALDER: furry [BALDER is OFFLINE]

[SPARDA is OFFLINE]

[DANIYAL is OFFLINE]

TOUGA: fuck y'all [TOUGA is OFFLINE]

[DANIYAL is ONLINE]

[DANIYAL added EVA]

[DANIYAL added AMASIS]

[DANIYAL added MAALIK]

[DANIYAL added JUURAH]

[DANIYAL added NATHANIEL]

[DANIYAL added LUKAH]

EVA: baby! DANIYAL: babe! AMASIS: what tf is this DANIYAL: balder couldn't sleep and created a group chat DANIYAL: so since i liked the idea and was super supportive when he created it i thought about adding more people AMASIS: oh JUURAH: LMAO IS THE NAME OF THE GROUP CHAT ABOUT TOUGA DANIYAL: scroll up bro JUURAH: omg that furry MAALIK: why tf were you all awake at 4am DANIYAL: balder had insomnia, i was playing league, touga was seducing daddies and i woke up spar MAALIK: that game's not good for u, i'm tellin ya DANIYAL: too bad i don't give a fuck MAALIK: ow DANIYAL: where's my baby boy? NATHANIEL: for the last time i'm 2 MINUTES YOUNGER THAN U DANIYAL: baby boy <3 EVA: (*^_^*) thats cute DANIYAL: you're cute

[SPARDA is ONLINE]

SPARDA: you're both cute AMASIS: sparda is summoned as soon as eva and dan start being cute, wow SPARDA: you do it too AMASIS: not with eva AMASIS: no offense darling EVA: it's ok (*´∀`*) DANIYAL: so pure MAALIK: if we're talkin about being cute and stuff MAALIK: i have some baby dan pics DANIYAL: *softly* dont MAALIK: don't try to meme your way out of this LUKAH: give them to us EVA: Lukah, you're here! (*^.^*) LUKAH: ...pure maiden LUKAH: i mean hi love LUKAH: anyways SPARDA: pics now AMASIS: i demand pics DANIYAL: pls no [MAALIK sent chubbycheeks.png] EVA: AWWWWWWWWWWW JUURAH: omg is that his old bib??? that thing was so cute SPARDA: brb dying cuz of cute AMASIS: i'm saving that and nobody can stop me LUKAH: !!! LUKAH: baby freckles LUKAH: omg

[TOUGA is ONLINE]

TOUGA: i'm saving it as future blackmail potential DANIYAL: fuck u SPARDA: dog boy don't lie SPARDA: u also think he was cute af TOUGA: nah TOUGA: maybe a little TOUGA: ok look he has really chubby cheeks and he's hugging a dog plushie, I AM WEAK EVA: Daniyal never lost his cuteness over the years ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ DANIYAL: aghgihrhgrih that'snottrue SPARDA: oh he's blushing AMASIS: you're his roommate, pinch his cheeks for me LUKAH: and for me EVA: for me too!! ʕ￫ᴥ￩ʔ JUURAH: why do you like those emojis so much eva EVA: they're adorable DANIYAL: ow ow ow SPARDA MY CHEEKS SPARDA: they're so soft omg AMASIS: now kiss them better SPARDA: done AMASIS: u know what i'm going there EVA: count me in! LUKAH: im on my way rn

[BALDER is ONLINE]

BALDER: y'all really love him don't you SPARDA: balder. brother. good friend of mine. he's literally a ray of sunshine that covers anything that's evil and putrid in this world AMASIS: he's the personification of a cool breeze in a warm summer day EVA: he's huggable like a teddy! LUKAH: ... LUKAH: thicc. LUKAH: jk, he's literally a mix of everything that's good and sweet DANIYAL: ASFJKGSHG STOP IM CRYING I LOVE U ALL SO MUCH TOUGA: SOME OF US ARE STILL SINGLE DANIYAL: that's cuz you're a furry TOUGA: stop DANIYAL: i saw your internet browser history bruh TOUGA: I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A FURRY WAS DANIYAL: SO U RESEARCH IT ON TUMBLR 2 TIMES A DAY?? DANIYAL: yeah right bro TOUGA: im pulling out the receipts Dan DANIYAL: do not TOUGA: i may be a furry, but have you seen the amount of times you're in the terato tag?? TOUGA: u monster fucker

[Touga changed the name FURRY CONFIRMED to DAN WANTS MONSTER D]

DANIYAL: hOW DARE SPARDA: tbh, unsurprised AMASIS: like, he blushes when there's big creepy monsters in movies EVA: i heard him saying a monster lady could break him in half and he'd thank her LUKAH: ya dan's always been a monster fucker JUURAH: i can confirm that MAALIK: wait so all those trips to find big foot were due to Dan's horny ass NATHANIEL: nah that was me NATHANIEL: he's more of a loch ness monster guy DANIYAL: Nessie is a beautiful independent lady and also gay af so we're just besties MAALIK: i'm kinkshaming DANIYAL: u can't kinkshame if kinksame MAALIK: what DANIYAL: one word. actually, one cryptid DANIYAL: mothman MAALIK: ASDFGHJKL SHUT UP BALDER: honestly BALDER: i think being a furry is worse TOUGA: thanks for the damn support bro, wait til i kill you while u sleep SPARDA: did u just confirm you're a furry TOUGA: fUCK JUURAH: i always knew it NATHANIEL: i mean why would he nickname himself dog boy BALDER: lmao do u have a fursona touga?? TOUGA: fuck off TOUGA: why not tease Dan for being a monster fucker?? AMASIS: if u dated him you'd know he's into even kinkier stuff SPARDA: yah EVA: yah LUKAH: yah TOUGA: wait what DANIYAL: qwertyuiioponfds save m BALDER: what is going on over there AMASIS: we're drowning him in affection and i think he broke LUKAH: bara machine broke BALDER: tf's a bara TOUGA: urban dictionary says it's a person (usually male) with a large, somewhat muscular, and fairly hairy body type NATHANIEL: lol JUURAH: if there's something Dan ain't, it's hairy EVA: tru SPARDA: never caught him shaving tbh DANIYAL: i'll never reveal my secrets TOUGA: late bloomer DANIYAL: iM NOT DANIYAL: i simply dislike body hair on me TOUGA: what about other people DANIYAL: it's their body and they can do whatever they want and honestly?? cute. BALDER: why not apply that concept to yourself DANIYAL: never MAALIK: i know we are all having fun chatting and stuff MAALIK: but like MAALIK: it's almost dinner time MAALIK: so go get somethin to eat DANIYAL: but daaaad MAALIK: im not dad. dad is straight. NATHANIEL: lmao, right JUURAH: our family is so gay i sometimes forget that DANIYAL: mom's bi af tho JUURAH: i took after her DANIYAL: anyway if u don't mind im getting my lovely gfs and bfs something to eat AMASIS: we could eat u AMASIS: out DANIYAL: thank god u said out cuz if not i would kick u DANIYAL: this is a vore free chat SPARDA: vore is strictly banned TOUGA: kinkshamers BALDER: ... DANIYAL: touga wtf

[TOUGA is OFFLINE]

DANIYAL: ...

[DANIYAL changed the name DAN WANTS MONSTER D to TOUGA: CONFIRMED FURRY AND INTO VORE]

BALDER: tbh?? he deserves this EVA: what's vore LUKAH: such a pure innocent soul SPARDA: don't tell her DANIYAL: guys. eva's anything but a pure innocent soul. DANIYAL: at least when it comes to stuff LUKAH: ok, tru SPARDA: u woke the femdom monster in her DANIYAL: and you're grateful for that SPARDA: can't say i'm not AMASIS: can we go eat now DANIYAL: actual dinner or ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°) BALDER: is your lenny face winking MAALIK: that is extremely concerning NATHANIEL: welp, people, im outtie JUURAH: same, wanna eat MAALIK: im escaping before this gets anymore sexual

[NATHANIEL is OFFLINE]

[JUURAH is OFFLINE]

[MAALIK is OFFLINE]

BALDER: im going to find touga and kinkshame him

[BALDER is OFFLINE]

AMASIS: so SPARDA: hm EVA: mcdonalds or subway? (´∀`) LUKAH: i'm in the mood for mcdonalds DANIYAL: yeah same SPARDA: can we watch a movie too?? since we're going to the mall AMASIS: sounds like fun DANIYAL: im paying LUKAH: no ur not wtf DANIYAL: I PAY

[DANIYAL is OFFLINE]

SPARDA: STOP HIM BEFORE HE GETS HIS WALLET

[SPARDA is OFFLINE]

[EVA is OFFLINE]

[LUKAH is OFFLINE]

[AMASIS is OFFLINE]

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

Birthdays, quinoa and not reading books | July Goals Update

Hey People of Earth!

A) Just want to say, I looked over my June Goals Update post before this, and ohhhh myyyy, am I feeling so much better? I know in that post, I was *not* in a great place, but I’m happy to report I’m doing so much better now!

B) There was no b I don’t know why I did this whole ABC thing.

Alrighty.

WHAT A MONTH.

I honestly am so amazed July is over, but also am not amazed because it’s felt like three years, but it’s also only felt like two days. So. That’s my current aesthetic.

I don't really know how to preface this post. There isn't much to say... I mean, I had a good month? But let’s just get into these goals.

1. Hit 100k in FOSTERED #5

HIT 118K BABY.

(I’m so proud of this goal, lol. So, so proud.)

(Good job. Good. Job.)

2. Outline more of ALANNIS, and like maybe try to finish it, though I mean this isn’t going to happen, so yeah, just work on it pls

You know how last month I said I didn't even touch this thing? Well guess who did the same thing this month. ;)

I’m sorry Matthew. I am so sorry.

Matthew drawn by @sarahkelsiwrites​ ^^^ 

(In other news, I’ve gotten a BUNCH of new ideas [by bunch I mean like 2 but] for this book and for its sequel, so does that count? Planned an awesome Matthew + Harrison + Lonan scene in the car driving up to New York, so fun timez.)

3. Upload another video.

I UPLOADED THREE VIDEOS JUST ROUND OF APPLAUSE ROUND OF APPLAUSE MY FRIENDS.

HONESTLY JUST A GIANT YES TO THIS ONE YESSSS.

4. Read a book yo.

HONESTLY JUST A GIANT NO TO THIS ONE HAHHAHAAAAAA.

ha.

h

a

I did not do this.

I’m sorry. OKAY WAIT BUT.

I finished reading what @sssoto has written in her WIP RENAISSANCE so that totally counts right. Yeah. Yeah totally. (GREAT BOOK.)

5. Finish another character portrait

Honestly Rachel, slay your life right now, just slay it because guess who did this... I think I did this in July? But I painted @sarahkelsiwrites‘ character Delilah from her WIP STICK PEOPLE. Hopefully I did this in July.

I mean I don't mind this, but I liked Sarah’s sketch better. Which looked like:

I also painted Lonan (again) this month:

I was also trying to be a nice person by surprising @sarahkelsiwrites with a painting of Simon from STICK PEOPLE (which she doesn't know about) and then it started looking like Clifford but right now it looks like a Simon Clifford morph and I just quit with this painting:

I sketched Simon a looooong time ago traditionally, so went in Krita to adjust it to look less shitty and then Clifford showed up and I quit. Also looks like Ben. So. Goddammit Benjamin.

Surprise @sarahkelsiwrites.

6. Write at least 100 words in the I’M DISAPPOINTED short story.

OKAY so this goal.

I’m kind of probably most likely going to scrap this goal.

My goal for this year was to write two books and a short story, buuuuuut here’s the thing... GREAT things (sort of) have happened in the development of I’M DISAPPOINTED, and I’ll go more in depth in my writing update, but I just... don’t feel comfortable writing this short story until I fix that book. This is because the changes I've come up with will most likely change a lot of character motivations etc towards the end of the book, and since this short story comes after that, I just don't know. I want to write this thing so much, but I just can’t write it without patching up the book first. With that said, if a short story presents itself for me to write, I’ll still keep this goal under my belt, buuuuuuuut yes. So rip goal 2k17.

So that was it for this month! I did a lot better than I thought I would. Here are my goals for August:

1. Hit 140k in FOSTERED #5

It’s kind of nuts to jump from last month’s goal of hitting 100k to 140k, but I’m almost at 120k now, and I usually aim for 10k a month, soooo...

2. Outline more of ALANNIS, and like maybe try to finish it, though I mean this isn’t going to happen, so yeah, just work on it pls

PLEASE.

3. Upload another video.

4. Read a book yo.

DUUUUUDE PLEAAAAASE IT’S BEEN LIKE 2 MONTHS.

5. Finish another character portrait

6. STOP IGNORING I’M DISAPPOINTED.

So. Since getting these new ideas for I’M DISAPPOINTED, I’ve been highkey ignoring this book and pretending it doesn't exist... My actual goal for August is to stop avoiding this book. That doesn't mean working on it. That just means pls just acknowledge it’s a thing pls.

So I think that’s all I want to do... If I could finish FOSTERED #5 in August, that’d be great but also I don't know if it would because I still haven't finished planning ALANNIS so then I’d be stuck writing nothing oh my siiigh.

ALSO HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOSTER AND JULIAN CASABLANCAS BECAUSE BOTH OF YOU HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY APPARENTLY AND I HAD NO IDEA MOSTLY HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULES WHO CARES ABOUT FOSTER. (Their birthday is August 23rd, so I’m just putting this here since it will be long gone when I write my August update so yes happy one month in advance birthday.)

Here’s a cake @sarahkelsiwrites, @imdisappointed and I made for Foster two years ago:

To very briefly explain why the cake says quinoa

- Sarah, Ashley and I (and frankly let’s throw in everyone who ever meets Foster ever especially Harrison) have this thing where we enjoy making fun of Foster and his niceness. One thing we constantly joke about is his love for healthy things one would deem ‘boring’ (and by one I mean Harrison), so quinoa was something we used to say often in 2015 to mock this poor, nice boy. We’re terrible people. I actually quite enjoy quinoa. So. (This is just all in good fun.)

Some quinoa excerpts (keep in mind these were written in 2015, which means I was 13, I also haven't edited them at all):

“Okay, that’s it.” Foster says with another grin. “You’re in on this too. Because I personally want to laugh in your face when I see exactly what all of those waffles are doing to Your Royal Fatness.” 

“Fine,” Harrison agrees with a grin. “Though let me tell you, dear Fosever. Eating all of that quinoa from the looks of it, sure as hell isn’t helping.”

ROASTED

“Reeve, you actually might be making the greatest choice of your life right now, because from the looks of it, Fosever still looks twelve.” 

“Says the guy with a secret shrine of Spiderman action figures stuffed in his pockets.” Foster snaps back, the warmth of him passing closer to me swishing by in a half of a second. 

“Go eat your goddamn quinoa, Fosever.” Harrison snaps.

DYING FOSEVER STILL LOOKS TWELVE HAAAAAHA

and:

From next to him, Ris grunts over his steaming waffles, a full mouth when he turns his face toward Lonan who’s got the same laptop in front of his face, furiously tapping at the keyboard as he concentrates. 

Harrison actually reaches over and slams the lid shut. 

“Hey asshole,” he says around his mouthful of waffle. “Put the fucking technology away, and be a little social.”

Lonan’s dead silent on the receiving end, and when I look closer at him, I realize it’s because his fists are tightly clenched and a vein in his forehead’s bulging. 

“That was three full days of work that you might’ve completely ruined!” Lonan hisses, eyes wide and angry as he stares at Harrison who’s scowling around his breakfast. 

“Anyway…” Foster continues awkwardly. “Basically, helping people is sometimes–” He’s cut off as a giant waffle is smothered up to his face, Harrison holding it out tauntingly. “What the hell are you doing?” 

“You know you want the waffle… Waffles...”  

“Okay,” Foster says with an irritated sigh, pushing away Harrison’s outstretched arm. “This is exactly why you’re going to die alone…” 

“And you’re going to marry quinoa–”

And a cake Sarah made for me for Foster’s birthday last year:

The sprinkles make out an F, and yes this was as cool as it sounds.

Fun fact: since Foster out of all of my characters is the only one who has a birthday in the summer [that I know of], it’s the only birthday we ever hardcore celebrate. Sorry everyone else.

This is what Harrison gets on his birthday:

(this was two years ago guess who didn't post about his birthday this year loooool)

and this is what lonan gets

(I wrote this on a table at my library. I wonder if it’s still there. Also two years ago, he got nothing this year.)

(Reeve never gets anything every year.)

(Foster why do you think you’re so special to get cake n shit on your birthday every year.)

(it’s because I’m bored in the summer)

(also I have nothing against quinoa.)

So that’s it for this update!

I hope you enjoyed. I love writing these things. Look out for my writing update which I’m going to draft right now... So hopefully it’ll be up by tomorrow!

Thanks so much for reading!

--Rachel

[ninjaofthepurplethings]

Guinea pigs and lobsters reply

davidmont

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“Being thrown out of the family home is a less better pill to swallow...”

wooow he is su lucky lol

Yes, he’s a very lucky boy! (But it wasn’t really his parents who bought him the house, it was me! SHhhhhhhhh! ;P)

willky12

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“Being thrown out of the family home is a less better pill to swallow...”

and he is off, with his knees knocked together on his little scooter ;-))

LOL! I love scooters in TS3 and the knocked-knees is adorable IMO! I almost gave him @mspoodle1‘s lawnmower just for the fun of it but decided on a scooter instead :D

ashuriphoenix

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“Being thrown out of the family home is a less better pill to swallow...”

... there is a lobster on the floor. :/

I put it there to make the kitchen look more delicious than it actually is.

nornities

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“Being thrown out of the family home is a less better pill to swallow...”

Awesome interiour!

Thank you, Norn! I had a lot of fun decorating it! It’s just a shame that it’s so ugly on the outside- I am not a good builder! It was originally made to be a beach house though and it does actually look a lot better surrounded by sand LOL!

asimmerdarkly

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“Being thrown out of the family home is a less better pill to swallow...”

So pretty

THANK YOU! XD

ashuriphoenix replied to your photoset

.... wait why is there a ducky plush on an EMPTY bookcase? What kind of horrible house is this? D:

Missus Ducky Plush is the undisputed ruler of the dining room shelving units and decides exactly what can and cannot be placed on said shelves. So far she has only allowed a bento box and a couple of other pieces of tat. Books are strictly banned because she does not like paper dust. [The truth is that I was going to fill them with clutter but then worried it would just make my game slower and decided to leave them empty for items that my Sims might find or acheive. As you notice, the shelves remain empty because the Salmon-Bautista’s have acheived absolutely nothing other than to breed excessively]

twinsimskeletons replied to your photoset

oh god, a 6th kid! No wonder he can't remember their names right hahha

HAHahahahahaaha! Also Sam and Lukas look so similar as children I can’t remember which is which either!

willky12 replied to your photoset

Does he sleep in a bunk bed with Sam or Lukas? hee hee

NO! He has had to share a double bed with his teenage brother Roman! LOOL! AWKWARD!

davidmont replied to your photoset

lmao poor guy, but he is grown already! ��☹����

Yes, he is! So it’s not that bad really! I had hoped that he would move in with a girlfriend or boyfriend though before he got kicked out of the house but he hasn’t really met anyone yet :( He’s working on it though! XD

willky12

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“First day in Aurora Skies… Jake knocks Maya up… again. Two adults,...”

guinea pigs your sims! ;-DD

OMG! You have no idea! It is something that plagues ALL of my games! And I have been told by a couple of other people who have played with some of my Sims in their own games that if autonomous Woohoo is on, my sims are insatiable in the *ahem* bedroom department to the point where they have to switch autonomous off. I have autonomous risky on in my game and Jake just keeps knocking Maya up because even thought the percentage is set low they woohoo several times a day.... And they’re really sneaky about it too! I’d should really turn it off now though to prevent further accidents LOOOOOL!

willky12

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“Jamie’s belated graduation. Everyone just looks so done with it all.”

I obviously immature because every time I see that surname I giggle foolishly!

STAHP IT!

[crossbows-and-moonshine]

Blood in the Water (Sequel to Such a Softer Sin) Chapter 11

(Chapter 1)

(Chapter 2)

(Chapter 3)

(Chapter 4)

(Chapter 5)

(Chapter 6)

(Chapter 7)

(Chapter 8)

(Chapter 9)

(Chapter 10)

This is where things are majorly canon divergent. I’m making up the timeline and I’m aware they try to take out Papa Joe the day after the poker game, but this is my shit and I’m making it up as I go along now in order for my story to work. If you’re here for a strictly canon fic, you’re in the wrong place. I warned you from the start. I hope you guys like this. Or not...since bad shit happens, but ya know… :’)

Warning for intense feels and sadness.

You guys are gonna hate me after this one but there’s a reason for everything, just push through it loooool

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It had been one whole month since Lila heard from the boys, a fucking month. She had been worried mercilessly about them, watching the news with a pit in her stomach as she heard about every time they righteously rid Boston of more vermin. They hadn't called, they hadn't got a hold of her at all and she felt sick with worry. Worry they would get themselves killed, worried they'd never come back, worried she would never see them again. She couldn't feel them, of course she couldn’t with them not by her side. It was all gone, the only reminder of their presence in her life was the painful burning hole in her chest and the baby in her belly. Her sickness had eased off, but she was around 11 weeks pregnant now, and the boys were just gone. Murphy had said in his letter that he hoped one day they would come back for her, and she tried to hold onto that hope like it was the only thing keeping her breathing.

As the month wore on, the worry and pain turned to blind rage. Rage at being left behind, at the boys for not bothering to let her know if they were even okay or not. It was like they didn't care anymore. She understood why they had gone, why they were doing what they did, of course she did. But the time after their first real hit, how worried she had been, Connor had promised her, her place was by their side, and nothing would change that. And then he came up with the idea to fucking leave her. Now she couldn’t tell them she was carrying their child and she had to do this alone, worrying every day that they would turn up on the news, captured or fucking dead. When she shared that dream with them, it had let her feel the burning need to act on the calling God had given them, she knew without a doubt they had to do it. But she didn't sign up for this shit. To just be left behind in the dirt like a used ragdoll and knocked up. It was one thing for them to be out risking their lives, it was a whole other thing to be abandoned completely.

Lila had thrown herself into work to take her mind off things, she needed to keep herself busy. The patrons of the bar knew something was going on. The boys and Rocco were never there anymore and Lila was a shell of her former self. She never smiled, not once. And every time the news came on in the pub she went rigid, like she was expecting to hear the worst news she could ever receive. The regulars there just knew, they didn’t know how but they knew the Saints were the boys, and they were glad. The city needed fucking cleaning up and they couldn't think of more righteous boys to do it. But it hurt them all to see the aftermath of it, what it had done to the redhead that used to be so fiery and happy. She was just empty now. Aileen was worried about her, she would call a cab every night to make sure she got home safely and sometimes pop in to see her at the loft during the day. She wasn't looking after herself. Aileen had to tell her to shower and even brush her hair for her sometimes when it ended up a tangled mess. The older woman was severely worried about the girl's mental state, especially since she was now with child.

After Lilas shift that night, she went out for the cab but it wasn't there. She waited in the cold for about five minutes before she huffed. She started walking. She wasn't about to wait around forever and she didn't want to go back in the pub and ask about it. She was sick of the looks of pity everyone gave her when she was there. It had become common knowledge that she was pregnant, and with the twins gone and the people knowing what they were doing, it was obvious she was left alone to care for herself and her unborn baby. The air would do her good anyway. She was almost home, she could see the building and she pulled her jacket around herself to fight off the cold. But suddenly she was grabbed from behind and a hand clamped down on her mouth. She tried to scream but it was muffled as she was dragged into an alley. Suddenly something hit her in the head and everything went black.

Lila wasn't sure how long she had been in this small room, lay on the floor in and out of consciousness. She had been beaten within an inch of her life, ironically for information about her boys. Apparently, Papa Joe thought she knew where they were hiding, she almost laughed at the boys plan to keep her safe. She had no idea where they were so she couldn't even tell them. Not that she would just to save herself. She wouldn’t have told them shit anyway. But because he thought she was lying, he showed her no mercy. They had stripped her to her underwear to humiliate her as they beat her. Her whole body was covered in bruises and welts. She was pretty sure she had a cracked rib or five at this point. Her left eye was swollen shut completely, she had a gash on her cheekbone. Her lip was split and her nose was pouring in blood, no doubt broken. In other words, she was a mess.

She had begged with them, pleaded and told them she was pregnant, but that didn't stop them, as if they knew the baby belonged to the boys and they wanted to take that away from them. They had kicked her in the stomach repeatedly and she could feel the sticky wetness between her thighs. She knew what they had done. They had killed her baby, taken away the only thing she had left to live for. She had nothing left now and her heart was hollow as she tried to retreat into herself to shut off the pain.

It wasn't the body that was causing the most pain, it was her heart. She was sure she would die inside this tiny room alone, and her mind deciding to be a traitor, had made her hallucinate the boys more than a few times. They weren't her boys though, they were devils disguised as angels, whispering horrible things to her and telling her to just give up. She was well on her way to giving up. She just wanted the pain to stop. She wanted to be killed before the boys found out she was taken so they didn't do anything fucking stupid, acting like heroes and getting themselves killed. Her baby was gone, she didn't care now what happened to her, it wasn't like she had a reason to keep breathing anyway, her grief was suffocating her. She couldn't hear properly from the blows to the head, she wondered idly if her brain was bleeding or something or she’d have some sort of brain damage. They had not been easy on the small girl by a long shot.

She felt drugged, completely out of it. She hadn't even heard someone come in the room, but suddenly there was a hand in her hair yanking her to stand. Her legs were shaky and weak, she wasn't sure if she made a noise or not, all she could hear was the whooshing of her own blood in her very sore ears. Hell, even her hair hurt at this point. She could feel the blood dripping down her legs and it made her heart clench, the painful reminder of what they had taken away from her. She was dragged along, everything was blurry and it felt like the whole world was moving around her. Like she was on a ship getting crashed about at sea. Suddenly she was in another room, she closed her good eye from the light that sent a pain through her skull. She could hear shouting of some sort, but it sounded so far away, like she was under water. Her legs got kicked out to make her kneel and her sore knees hit the floor painfully.

She was swaying as she kneeled, head lolling about as she fought to stay awake, and the hand in her hair was tight as it yanked her head back a little. She felt it then, the cold metal pressed against her temple. She hoped it was merciful and quick, just to be put down like a wounded animal. She could hear the shouting get even louder and she fluttered her good eye open, it was hard to focus and it took a moment for things to stop being so blurry and then she saw them. Her boys and Rocco, tied to chairs, bloodied and beaten. She couldn't really hear who was doing what, all the noise was loud and muffled in her ears. But Connor was yanking in his binds trying to get his arms free, yelling ferociously. He looked beyond pissed, the vein in his head looked ready to burst. Rocco looked shell shocked, sat between the boys as he looked pleading at the man who was holding her at gunpoint. And Murphy, poor sweet Murphy was hysterical. Thrashing so wildly in his chair it kept almost falling over as he yelled and screamed, tears falling down his face. She felt bad for them almost. But she knew they weren't real, just like the other times she had seen them since she had been here. Devils disguised as angels.

She closed her eye, acceptance washing over her, this was how she died, she prayed it be quick and that the boys never knew of what happened to her so they didn't try to seek revenge. She imagined this kind of resolution was how Murphy had felt, the day the Russians came for them at the loft, handcuffing his twin to the toilet and marched him to his death. She had been confused then, she had seen the acceptance wash over him, giving up a fight, not pleading, nothing. He was just ready. And now she was too. She could still hear the shouting and she heard her name, or what sounded like her name being thrown about. She opened her eye again, head dropping slightly from how weak she was. Murphy was looking at her now, right at her, his face filled with so much pain. He kept glancing at her legs, the blood, to someone that didn't know she was pregnant it probably looked like she had been brutally raped. He was sobbing, he looked like he was pleading with her as he shook his head but she couldn't hear him. He wasn't real. It was all in her mind.

The gun suddenly moved from her head and she was confused, that was until Rocco flew backwards in his chair as a gunshot rang through her sore ears making them ring. The boys were thrashing, falling down next to their best friend. She vaguely registered someone wailing like a banshee, it took a moment to realise the noise was coming from her. This didn't feel right. It didn't feel like the hallucinations, the boys never got hurt in those, they were just mean to her and hurt her. The sudden realization that this was very real, that these were her boys, and Rocco had just been shot weighed heavy in her heart. But once again, something hard came down on her temple, leaving everything steeped in darkness.

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