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gnashingwailing · 9 months ago

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@fireflywritesgt ok i read your tag on ch21 and i took that as a personal challenge (and then while I was writing this you dropped ch22 and THEN 23 and murdered me. but i'm back now. so)

HELLO Ok fuck yeah hold on everybody take my hand. We’re theorizing about this chapter 🙏 spoilers thru ch23 below

Re: the tag: dare I hope the next story will be set in a similar time/place… i MUST ADMIT despite the significant broader cultural stigma of such a thing. I have often contemplated. Harry and Joe helping with providing socialized miniature healthcare 😭 (maybe to wherever Lorraine lives[?] or knows of?) and when I heard mention of a Tiny Town Hospital… one must wonder how this compares to a Giant Hospital, or to the barber surgeon dens that Joe has presumably had some frostbitten toes cut off at.

OTHER THINGS I’M SPECULATING ABOUT: “certainly, bandits were a problem a borrower occasionally had to face” 🤔 damn that's rough. I do love the sense that there are few overarching cultural norms, whether it's around marriage or language or so on. Everybody is kinda doing their own thing (including robbing each other oof).

I am also VEEEERRY curious about the implications of WHATEVER the tinies that are working in Tiny Town are doing. What kind of mechanized thing could be profitable from a lot of little guys pressing buttons? Or is it maybe not something physical they’re producing? Is it instead a research project? Some attempt at “civilizing” the tiny society for giant colonialism reasons? There’s got to be some kind of output here that is valuable to some kind of giant, but I’m still mystified at what it will be. “Joe wanted to ask him about the four armed giants who stood outside of Tiny Town” YEAH MAN ME TOO‼️ <- secretly delighted this is still coming up because I want to know what it means QUITE BADLY

Joe lamenting that there don't seem to be any libraries, or restaurants, or speakeasies, or any mark of ... art or entertainment? In Tiny Town? I REALLY HOPE Joe and Harry get over themselves and kiss soon so they can TALK ABOUT HOW FUCKING WEIRD THIS PLACE IS???? It made me INSAAANE THAT JOE JUST BRUSHED OFF TALKING ABOUT IT AT ALL 😭 JOE TO HAVE THOSE THINGS. PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK AT THEM. ARE ALL THE PEOPLE IN TINY TOWN JUST WORKING ON PUSHING BUTTONS??? JOE PLS

“Expecting handouts from the bloody giants…” sooo fascinating to hear him voice this, since this whole project is a handout in the absolute best case scenario (given that scraps are worthless to giants), although likely closer to a prison, as Professor Hill called it. Still patiently waiting for his smart and cool wife to explain things to me <3

I hope Joe will deign to really talk about what happened to him… GURL go process it with ur beautiful best friend!! Let him hold you and comfort you and tell you you’re literally so smart and correct and everything you’re saying about ditching the buttons part entirely is literally so beautiful and true!!! Go rock his world with your insights king!!!

Also lmfao Joe is definitely not Irish bcuz his Irish Goodbyes need some SERIOUS work. King of just literally running off when he’s not feeling a conversation anymore.

Me 🤝Joe <- autistically just leaving

He does this so often and it makes me cackle every time. Wait hold on those great meme posts make me want to make a JUST WALK OUT! One.

Absolutely loving the tension of it all… the reveal that Joe was doing watchmaking when he was TWELVE, meaning (if I'm keeping track of time correctly) he got snatched right after he was ABANDONED BY HIS ONLY FAMILY IN THE WORLD, was so artfully done. I had to stop in my tracks and think at the “he’d known O’Grady longer in his life than he hadn’t” and do math and be like “oh fuck.” Maybe this was teased prior and I didn’t pick up on it, but it hit HARD. For some reason I hadn’t assumed he was a kid — but why wouldn’t he be? If little kids are already doing things like crawling into discarded beer bottles. Fuck, Warren, heartbreaking stuff. Bravo. Of course Joe would be as dedicated to going and seeing him as he was Harry in the hospital. He cares so deeply about everyone, but especially his friends. It’s too bad O’Grady is no longer in a place to reciprocate the love Joe gives !!! But of course Joe still would not be ready to throw away the boot knife O’Grady made for him… “a decision that would forever change Joe’s life” btw I can hear ur evil hehe from here. :)

Also btw THIS little detail is one of those things that makes rereading your story so delightful: “They invade our end of the city, take our jobs, show up at our bar… did we invite them? No.” O’Grady was practically ranting. “And when we politely tell them to leave, what do they do?” O’Grady pointed to his bandaged head. “Watch out for them once you get here. They’re not good Irishmen like you and me, Joe.” juxtaposed with the actual breaking news we heard from the radio ? "“AN IRISHMAN AND AN ITALIAN ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER A MASS BRAWL OUTSIDE A BAR ENDED IN A CRACKED SKULL AND A STABBING. NEITHER OF ‘EM HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED YET.”" a fucking STABBING = "politely tell them to leave"? What kinds of things has Joe's friend gotten used to excusing?

And of course I love the moments of solidarity within the tragedy of the newly realized (or at least newly stoked) xenophobia between borrowers. Joe being reminded of how his parents spoke, and how his brother shooed him off, in the gestures of a stranger… you really do a great job of evoking the ways we are all connected to each other. His family is gone, but he still sees them everywhere he looks. [pacing my enclosure and being sooo normal about how Joe has purposefully isolated for a decade and yet cannot help but see the beauty and humanity of his fellow man whether tiny or giant bcuz despite thinking he’s wired wrong, he’s actually wired like all of us who have felt that way for our unusual proclivities. He’s wired for connection with his fellow man. And he’s so wired for it u can feel how much it hurts his heart. Haha I’m sooooo .] The older guy was trying to warn him off crossing a white line into the “Irish ward”, too, right? The gesture was a kindness. And speaking of, does that mean the little tunnel somebody dug is to the Irish district? Or was I turned around and it was the Italian one? Either way — who would be trying to get in here, and why? Maybe it’s just a desperate person, but O’Grady talking about how bad it’d be if they saw Joe, and the need for an ID, makes me think it’s not someplace you can sneak into and integrate with. Just makes me curious as to whether it’ll come up again!!

THIS is also something I'm wondering about -- could the 'output' of Tiny Town maybe be researching, like... ethnonationalism? In the wake of WWI? Those drawn lines separating different 'wards'... do we think Tinies came up with this shit on their own? I doubt it, if someone like Dawson who is immediately assigning people nationalities that we know from Calloway's nobody "normal" in borrower society knows/cares about. HMMMmmmmMMMMM. I'm still reaaaaally curious how much Hill knows about this place and what hand, if any, he had in it. ONCE AGAIN, boys get kissing so you can also get TALKING. I think Harry would have much to say about how pointless it is to hate individuals from other nationalities after everything he saw during the war. Or so I assume, given he had no bad reaction to Joe being Italian.

AND WELL THIS IS LESS THEORYCRAFTING AND MORE “ME WANTING TO WRITE MORE FANFIC ABOUT THEM” BUT I WAS SOOO DELIGHTED THE CHAPTER DIDN’T END WITH HIM LEAVING TINY TOWN AND WE INSTEAD GOT DRESS REHEARSAL 2 OF HARRY AND JOE GETTING SO FUCKING DOWN BAD FOR EACH OTHER AT THE WINDOW & IN THE BEDROOM. YIPPEEEEE <- this was written before ch22 lol pictures taken moments before disaster

“Joe fidgeted for a moment as he fought with himself over whether or not to say what he really wanted to say.” … did you say what you really wanted to, there, pal? 🤨

I'm sooooo glad Joe's books are making more and more appearances... much like Harry I'm endlessly delighted by his culture. I wanna know what shaped his romantic fantasies!!

""Yeah, the ending on this one isn't great. They're cowards. Could've at least said they loved each other." Joe said.

He closed the book and snuggled into the crook of Harry's neck." <- Lmao @ these two guys so allergic to talking about their feelings shit-talking the romance book protagonists while they're literally cuddling in bed and not acknowledging it

Did he own these books when he was a kid? I imagine so, but on the other hand? HEY HOLY SHIT I REALIZED AFTER CH23 SOMETHING I SUSPECTED BUT COULDN'T CONFIRM: if homophobia isn't something borrowers have. Is one of these romance novels Joe owns going to be between two men? Harry is going to get his fuckin world rocked. Him and Georgie stole books from the library before, but I doubt they found any gay romance stuff (still impossible for baby-gay-Gnash to find that almost 100 years later in their rural libraries, lol.) Would this be Harry's first exposure to something like that? Wahhh... hurry up and open up to each other again you need to talk culture ASAP...

I'm also very curious if borrowers would have more taboo novels of their own, particularly giant/tiny stuff. And would Joe have come across any of it? I imagine it'd be extremely difficult to sell things like that without a beating, but maybe in bigger night markets -- and Joe said he's been in lots of very big cities... if his third novel is some really salacious g/t writing that would do numbers here on tumblr dot com I'm going to lose my god damn mind.

#once again. it would be a war crime to try putting this in your inbox. also other people seemed to enjoy it last time.#take my hand fellow TAoLaW enthusiasts. let's make incorrect guesses about where things are heading... together <3 #thanks for the wonderful fic Warren!! it's taking over my brain!!!

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finneyfinland · 29 days ago

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I think We're Alone Now Chapter 3

SUMMARY: Billionaire Reginald Hargreeves adopts 8 children all born on the same day of the same year. 7 of which were soon introduced as the umbrella academy. To you, the umbrella academy was nothing but a man using his power to traumatizes children. You’d know, as you were number 8. The Vampire

WARNINGS: mentions of child torture (experiments), starvation, body horror (vampire). Child abuse, blood, childhood trauma, arguments, assault, body dysmorphia, abandonment issues

A/N: Sorry this took so long, I've been taking writing courses so I've had no time to write as a hobby. ANYWAYS- fight scene time

Vacations are always weird for you. Most 'vacation' activities are off limits, no beaches, no trying new restaurants. You could go to the library, but the only books that you haven't already read, or aren't revolved around your job, leave you with slim pickings. You tend to spend the day in your apartment, watching new shows or coming across new content creators. Not to mention you're only on vacation because your father finally kicked the bucket. It was only when the sun grazed the middle of the cloudy sky when you headed back to the house.

To your surprise some of your sibling were gathered in the parlor. Five, Vanya, and Allison were missing. When they saw you walk in they rushed you in front of the old box tv, "Oh (Y/N) I'm glad you made it." Luther says as he catches you quietly walking in. "What's up with the old tv?" You ask, you haven't seen the thing since you were very young. "Apparently Allison and Luther have something 'important' to show us" Diego sarcastically rolls his eyes. As the boys glare at each other you notice Klaus as he scarfs down some chips he must of stolen from somewhere. He's always had stress related problems, whether that be alcohol, drugs, or simply eating, or not eating. You move to lean against the back of the couch next to him, in hopes of your presence maybe having a positive affect on his current mental state.

Soon Allison enters with Vanya trailing behind, Luther finally starts up the old tv for the group to see what was so important. As the low quality security camera footage plays, you stomach twists at the sight of Father's death. "I mean, do you really think Mom would hurt Dad?" Vanya asks in disbelief. "You haven't been home in a long time Vanya, maybe you don't know Grace anymore." Some part of you doesn't appreciate Luther's tone. Mom wouldn't hurt anybody, there's just no way. "If he was poisoned, it would've shown in the coroner's report." Diego says tiredly, Allison swirls her glass full of alcohol as the rest of us sit back and watch the two boys start up another argument.

"Maybe all that low gravity in space messed with your vision." Diego rewinds the tv and points out Mom taking Father's monocle as she leans over him and walks back to his tray. Diego walks back as Klaus agrees with him. "She wasn't poisoning him, she was.. taking it. To clean it." Klaus strides back behind the bar to get a drink. "No I've searched the whole house, including her things and she doesn't have it." Luther still argues as you pace to stand against the pillar next to Vanya. "That's because I took it from her, after the funeral." Diego's words turn the group against him. As they start to square up you rush to try and deescalate the situation, not wanting another ugly fight, putting a hand on Luther's arm.

"Calm down." Vanya jumps in to help you, "Look, I know Dad wasn't exactly an open book, but I do remember one thing he said. Mom was, well, designed to be a caretaker, but.. also as a protector." Klaus saunters over to lean against the pillar you're standing by. "What does that mean?" Allison asks, confused. Vanya walks slowly towards the middle of the group as they explain, "She was programmed to intervene if someone's life was in jeopardy." You nod, remembering one of Father's introduction to our new caretaker.

"Well, if her hardware is degrading then.. We need to turn her off." The reaction is immediate, "She feels things, I've seen it!" Diego raises his voice as he points one of his throwing knifes. "She just stood there and watched our father die!" Luther argues back, "I'm with Luther." Allison butts in. To no one's surprise, you think to yourself. They look back to Vanya and you for your vote. You decide to speak up. "Mom isn't some robot you can just turn off, she has feelings and would never just standby, regardless if her wiring is starting to fail." You cross your arms tightly against your chest as Diego nods along. Luther rushes to hear from Vanya. Vanya stutters in surprise at being involved and Diego interrupts before they get the chance. "I was gonna say that I agree with you." Vanya says, shocked. "Okay. They should get a vote." You shake your head and lay your hand on Vanya's shoulder. They reach up a hand to cover yours. "What about you. Stoner boy? What do you got?" Diego gestures to Klaus, "Oh, so, what? You need my help now? Oh, 'get out of the van, Klaus. Well, welcome back to the van." Luther scoffs, "What's it gonna be, Klaus?" Klaus swallows, "I'm with Diego, because screw you!" Diego points to Klaus victoriously. "And if Ben were here, he'd agree with me." A small part of you shakes it's head, no he totally wouldn't.

As Diego starts to celebrate Allison shoots him down, "Votes not final yet, Five's not here. The whole family gets a vote." Of course, just when they're losing they change the rules. As always with this family. With that you all take you leave. As you walk behind Klaus the sight of Mom standing in one of the doorways breaks your heart. She's not smiling, just silently observing. I hope she just got there, that conversation was nasty. You head to your room, wanting to get a quick reprieve from the never ending drama that is your family.

As the alarms continued to go off your siblings ran from room to room around you. You were sitting on your bed waiting for everybody to be ready. Mom had already helped you get into your uniform, your body still too small. Your siblings had already began to grow. Limbs too long, baby fat still prominent on their cheeks. But your body didn't seem to get the memo. Your mind was years ahead of your body. Inside, you looked the same as your siblings, but outside, you were still only eight. So you waited, until Father came down to yell at your siblings for being tardy. Mom made her rounds checking up on us. When she stopped at your door she walked in with a bottle of sunscreen in her hands. "We can't forget about this, now can we?" She asked with a smile. "But it's cloudy today, Mom" She opened the bottle and lathered her hands before moving to apply the sunscreen to your face. "Just because the sun isn't out-" "Doesn't mean you're in clear" You finished with a pout. Mom giggles before handing you your domino mask. "That's right, dear" She stands and walks to the doorway but waits to make sure you manage to put your mask on your own. When she sees you're all set she moves next door to complement Vanya's playing.

Before missions you always stop in Vanya's room to make sure they'll be ok when you leave. They opened up to you about how staying behind felt for them. Never wanting to hurt them you've been personally saying goodbye as your group walks out the door. When you come back, they're always waiting at the door to make sure everything went well.

The sun has soon since set past the horizon. The dark and heavy clouds have thinned out to wisps breezing by. You're standing outside in the backyard pointedly ignoring Ben's broken statue behind you. You're on the phone with your shift manager, discussing your schedule. As much as you love your family, it's only been two days and you're ready to get back to work, halfway across the state. Your superior doesn't seem to get the memo however, insisting you haven't had enough time to properly mourn your 'terribly tragic loss'. You pinch your nose and sigh softly to yourself as they continue to reassure you that the hospital with still be standing a week from now. You gaze up to the quarter moon, silently greeting your old friend. While everybody shared the sun, you practically had the moon all to yourself. Faintly seven hearts beat together from inside the house. Wait… seven? Isn't there supposed to be only five right now? You turn to the house and see two unfamiliar figures pass by one of the windows. "Sorry Maureen, I think my brothers' calling me back in. I'll get back to you as soon as possible. Yep, thank you. Bye" You wrap up the phone call as fast as you can and pace into the house.

As you get closer to the main foyer the scent of blood hits your nose. You break out into a sprint when Vanya's heartbeat overlaps with one of the strangers. You step into the main foyer and come face to face with Luther fighting a masked man. I need to get to Vanya, but he's probably not gonna let me pass. You reason to yourself. You pull off your gloves and stuff them into the pockets of your coat. As the masked man lifts Luther up you rush behind him and slice through his pants. Your nails cut through down to the man's Achilles tendon, causing him to fall to the ground on top of Luther. While he tries to recover you run into the parlor where Vanya's laying on the coffee table. Thankfully Luther covers for you, aggroing him so you can reach Vanya. "(Y/N)" They say weakly as you pull them up. "(Y/N) get them out of here!" Luther yells to you while pounding the man's back. You quickly grab their hand and run to the space between the doorway and the wall, pinning them against it and using your back as a potential shield. "Stay quiet" You whisper to them as Luther calls out Vanya's name.

They meet your eye with hope, but you shake your head. It's not over yet, the man's still moving. Just then a yell comes from the foyer followed by a loud thud. Vanya squeezes their eyes shut, heart racing inside their chest. You try to push them further into the wall as heavy step approach the parlor. You put your chin on their shoulder and lean your forehead against the wall. The man takes a few steps into the room before turning back and heading towards your bedrooms. Vanya signs from relief and slumps their head onto your shoulder in return. You pull you head back and reach a head up to their hairline. Blood trickling down from a gash. But before you get to fully assess the damage Allison's voice rings out through the air.

"Luther!" Her and Diego approach Luther squirming on the ground and help pull him up. Just as they steady him, a metal clang covers their heartbeats. "Out of the way!" Is all you hear before the chandler comes crashing down. Luther pushes Allison and Diego out of the way and falls to the ground, pinned down by the metal chandler. For a couple seconds all is still, but Luther stands, pushing the chandler off his back, tearing his top in the process. As you and Vanya step into the doorway something catches everyone's eyes. Luther's torso is covered in thick dark skin and patches of hair. Well, that explains the smell.

As Luther turns he sees several pairs of eyes on him. He quickly runs up the stairs with blood dripping onto the carpet from the wounds on his chest. Allison sees you and Vanya standing in the doorway, she walks up to the both of you. "Did you know?" Vanya asks, "No" is all she said, shaking her head. Mom's hums fill the air, Diego runs to the second floor to check up on her.

While you sit Vanya down on the couch you turn to Allison. "Can you get me a towel or something please?" She nods and walks away. You sigh and sit down next to Vanya. You check them for other injuries before Allison comes back and hands you a red hand towel. You smile at her and take it, pressing it to Vanya's wound and start to rub the blood off. "Who were those people?" Vanya asks, "I don't know. But we are lucky to be alive." Allison sits down on the coffee table in front of you. She leans closer "You sure you're okay?" They nod, you pull back the cloth and check to see if the wound is still bleeding. Thankfully it's starting to form a scab over it so there shouldn't be anymore blood. Diego paces into the room, "Diego?" Allison questions. He turns to your group, panting. "What are you still doing here?" He carelessly says to Vanya. "I'm just trying to help" You put the rag down and grab one of their hands. "No, you could've been killed." Diego points to Vanya, "Or gotten any of us killed." You squeeze their hand. "They're a liability" Diego says to Allison before walking back to stand next to the other couch. "Allison?" Vanya asks, looking to her while she lowers her head.

"I think what he's trying to say is that this kind of stuff is dangerous." She pauses, looking away. "You're just-" "Not like you" Vanya finishes. Allison's pause speaks for itself. Vanya scoffs beside you before letting go of your hand and pushing off of the couch walking out the parlor. "That's not what I- Vanya wait" Allison stands and tries to follow them. "Let them go. It's for the best." Diego calls out from his spot on the other couch. Allison stops in the doorway as Vanya walks out the front doors and leaves without saying anything.

You stand from the couch and glare at Diego as you pass by. Feeling ashamed of your siblings actions. You walk out onto the street, but they're already gone. You can still hear their heartbeat, you could follow them. But a little voice inside you whispers to let them go.

#umbrella academy x reader #tua x reader #tua x y/n #tua fanfic #the umbrella academy x y/n #tua x you #the umbrella academy x you #the umbrella academy #viktor hargreeves x reader #dividers by saradika graphics

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deathmetalunicorn1 · 2 years ago

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Yandere Radiz and Platonic Goku with a Female Sanji Reader?

Bulma’s latest invention teleported Reader from her world to theirs (It was a total accident) despite this Reader joined them on their adventures and later opened up her very own restaurant (Bulma bought it for her as an apology until she can find a way to send Reader back home) which she named ‘The All Blue Baratie’ (It became instantly popular and famous

When Reader also became Gohan’s ‘Aunty’ (She’s definitely not crying, nope, she’s definitely not crying everytime he calls her ‘Aunty’, her heart is definitely not being squeezed in happiness whenever he gets really happy to see her)

However when a man named Radiz enters the picture and reveals Goku’s origins as well as kidnap Gohan, there’s no way Reader isn’t going to stand around and let her precious nephew get hurt (She’s ready to kick ass, more specifically, Radiz’s Sayian ass

Unknown to her, she’s the definition of ‘Attractive’ to the Sayian Race (Her confidence, power, and savagery is very attractive)

The one thing I can’t stand about Dragon Ball is how the timeline constantly skips a few years (I don’t even know what year or how old everyone is, and they don’t even reveal their age either, so that doesn’t make it easier)

-It had been almost a year since you arrived in this new world, arriving with a bang, literally, you appeared as a result of an explosion after one of Bulma’s inventions backfired.

-You had no idea where you were and after a time, you realized you were in a completely different world!

-Bulma was so apologetic, doing everything she could to send you home, but you weren’t upset, as it was an accident.

-You had been given a chance, thanks to an apology gift from Bulma and her parents, to own and run your own restaurant, The All Blue Baratie, and it instantly became a huge hit, people were coming from all over the world, including celebrities, to try your cooking.

-Your portions were described as ‘healthy’ but affordable meaning Goku and his family were constant visitors, alongside Bulma and Krillin, as you would always give them a five-star meal on a two-star budget!

-You became friends with all of Bulma’s friends, whom she brought to your restaurant quite frequently, Roshi learned very quickly that despite your bright smile and slight boy crazy attitude, that you were not to be trifled with.

-You were way stronger than you looked, your kicks were some of the strongest any of them had seen, even Goku who asked to spar with you.

-Your favorite of the whole group, besides Bulma, was Gohan! He had quickly adopted you as his auntie and neither Chichi or Goku minded, until you started crying, hugging Gohan close, so overwhelmed with happiness that he saw you as his auntie!

-Chichi liked you because you would always give them a discount when Goku would bring you crops from their fields and animals he had hunted, providing his own food, while you just cook it, and she happy that she can get a break from cooking for their huge appetites at least twice a week, sometimes more.

-It a normal Thursday for you, you were preparing for the dinner crowd, prepping vegetables and some of the slow cooked dishes ahead of time when a loud pounding was heard on the front door to your restaurant.

-Normally you would ignore it, but it sounded frantic, and you set your knife down and went to the door and your eyes widened to see Bulma, looking scared and frantic.

-As soon as you opened the door Bulma launched herself into your arms, “Gohan’s been taken!!” you froze, only for a moment before your eyes narrowed, “What?”

-She explained that a man, an alien, named Raditz showed up, attacked Chichi and Goku and took Gohan, to force Goku to fight him, as they were brothers.

-This was almost unreal, until you remembered Gohan’s tail before you demanded to know where Gohan and Raditz were.

-Bulma gave you the coordinates, telling you that Piccolo, Yamcha, and some of the others were on their way too, as well as Goku, to get Gohan back.

-Bulma agreed to give you a ride on her motorcycle, which you thanked her for, “Once I’m there, get out of here as fast as you can.” She nodded, as she had already planned on it.

-You glared as you saw Yamcha already down, and Tien was quickly losing against Raditz and you leapt up, “Get out of here Bulma!”

-Raditz heard a shout and looked around to block another one of these weaklings, waiting for his brother and was stunned when a flaming leg swung into his face, sending him flying back.

-He landed hard, rolling and was quick to stand with a grin, realizing it was someone strong, before he froze, seeing a woman!

-You were wearing your normal outfit, a collared top with a vest, sleeves rolled up, a black pencil skirt with a slit in the right thigh, and black heels, and a tie that you were currently loosening.

-Gohan gasped, as he had been crying, seeing you, “Auntie!!” your eyes narrowed harshly, feeling fury that your darling nephew was upset and scared.

-Raditz charged and you froze as Piccolo and Tien tackled him from the side, keeping him busy and you immediately ran to Gohan, who was in a capsule like spaceship, “Close your eyes and turn into a ball Gohan!”

-The boy did as you told and you swung hard, breaking open the capsule, destroying it with a well-placed heel kick.

-Raditz was stunned, seeing your raw strength and fury, a feral grin on his lips as you picked up Gohan, holding him on your hip before you had to leap up, dodging his swipe.

-A guillotine kick stunned him, but only for a moment as you leapt back, blocking one of his punches with your knees. The fire in your eyes seemed to entice him more and more as you blocked his blows, but he didn’t seem as serious compared to when he was fighting the men.

-It was almost like he was toying with you. He tried to grab Gohan, to toss him aside so you could have a real fight and you kicked up hard, your leg coming up almost perfectly straight into his chin, throwing him back.

-Yamcha then shouted at you, “You need to use your hands to fight Y/N! He’s too powerful for just kicks!”

-You sent an icy glare to Yamcha, and everyone felt it, even Gohan, “These hands are for cooking only!” and as you shouted that, you swung your leg at Raditz, fire covering it again, “Diable Jambe!!” and it slammed into Raditz’s midsection, sending him flying back, completely knocked out, stunning everyone, including Goku who had just arrived.

-You were panting softly, holding Gohan close with one arm as he was hugging you around your neck, sniffling softly and you instantly softened, stroking his cheek gently as he pulled back, whimpering out, “Auntie?” as the men all quickly came over to apprehend Raditz.

-Everyone went back to your restaurant, and you put a sign on it, telling everyone that it was closed for the day due to a personal issue.

-Raditz wasn’t as scary when he woke up, completely bound and unable to move, just loud, demanding to be set free and making a ruckus.

-You walked by, carrying food for everyone and you shoved a meat stick into his mouth, shutting him up, not seeing his eyes sparkling at the tasty food as he ate his way through it.

-You passed by Roshi who thank you warmly, putting his hand on your rear like it wasn’t anything and you squeaked and went to kick him before a meat bone came shooting across the room and hit the old man in the head, sending him flying.

-You turned to Raditz who was glaring harshly while Goku was laughing hard, finding it funny as you picked up the bone, “Oi- don’t play with your food!”

-Raditz grinned at your anger, as if he thought it was attractive, “Just staking my claim- you’re my mate!”

-Jaws dropped and everyone turned white in shock at his bold claim as he demanded more food like what he said was no big deal.

-Raditz was calmer once he had more food and surprisingly, he was very forthcoming with information, in exchange for even more food, telling you all about the looming threat coming and he was willing to vouch for this world, so that Vegeta and Nappa, who were scheduled to be coming as well, wouldn’t attack, in exchange for help defeating Frieza, a powerful alien warlord.

-Now that there was time to prepare, preparations could be made with the hopes of preventing the slaughter of innocents and preparing to defeat Frieza.

-Goku decided to trust his brother, which was shocking to most everyone in the room and Gohan ran to you, clinging to your leg as you trusted Goku, but if any damage came to your restaurant, you were gonna break Goku.

-Raditz behaved and you were stunned, learning that the way you acted in the fight, being so angry and fierce, was actually how Saiyan women were, and to him, you were the perfect mate.

-You were irritated with his jealous tendencies, growling at other men, treating you more like an object than a person, and claiming that you were his.

-You gave Raditz a part time job for your restaurant, hunting and fishing for you, in exchange for food and getting to stay with you, as he liked your cooking and threw a tantrum when he wasn’t allowed to be with you, and you just allowed it to avoid more headaches.

-Raditz crossed the line wen Goku and Gohan came for a visit and a meal, and the little boy ran to you, “Auntie!!” and you were quickly kneeling, all smiles to hug him close, before you heard Raditz growl at him.

-Your glare was hotter than the sun and instantly Raditz was showing throat to see, seeing the flames of hell behind you, “Did you just growl at your nephew?!”

-Goku froze, trying not to draw any attention to himself with hopes he would be safe from your wrath. Raditz could see how soft you were with Gohan, with a child, and his eyes seemed to sparkle at the realization.

-You fed the three Saiyan men, who all thanked you for the food, something Raditz learned to do that you appreciated, and you would give him warm, bright smiles.

-Once the father and son were gone for the day, Raditz approached and wrapped his arms around you from behind, spooking you, but at the same time surprising you, as the embrace was soft.

-You turned to look up at him, seeing the heated look in his own eyes, “I’ll give you what you want, Y/N. I’ll give you a child!”

-Your face turned bright red before WHACK!!! You stomped away from him, your face bright red as he was now on the ground, several large lumps on the back of his head.

-He sat up, seeing you holding your cheeks and he couldn’t help but grin, seeing you acting so shy with the idea of having a child. It made him desire you more.

#sanji #raditz #one piece #dbz

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faulty-writes · 2 years ago

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Could you please do a follow up to that one story with the super flustered Iida? The one where reader worked in support and knew he was in love with her? Maybe the follow up includes him finally confessing

[ I hope you mean this one dear @mommyfw3nd requested because that's the one I'm going with! I'm sure they won't mind me tagging them since this request is a continuation of the request they requested. Anyways, this was fun to write. ]

"I don't care, it has to be done! It's obvious how he feels about Y/n!" Ashido said, ignoring the fact that Uraraka was clinging to the back of her shirt to prevent her from marching down the hall to Tenya's room. Uraraka pleaded, "B-but you can't force him to admit his feelings for Y/n!"

Izuku nodded and walked in front of Ashido to block her. "I...I agree, Iida is...well it's difficult to..." he glanced away, scratching his cheek. There were so many thoughts in his head, and deciding the right course of action in this situation was tricky.

"I think...maybe if he c-could be put in t-the right situation with Y/n that would h-help" he explained. "Well, how can we get that to happen?" Ashido asked with her arms crossed. Uraraka sighed in relief and let go of Ashido's shirt, before tapping her lips in thought.

It was challenging to match Tenya's intellect, let alone help him be with the one he clearly loved. "What if we tried to set them up on a date but don't tell them it's a date?" she suggested, feeling shy when her friends looked at her.

"A date!?" Ashido exclaimed, but her smile faded seconds later. "How will we convince Tenya to go on a date but not date, with Y/n?" she asked. "Maybe Deku and I could ask Iida to hang out and convince him to invite Y/n to come along, then from there we can get them alone," she explained.

"That always works in the movies, and I don't think Iida could refuse, right Deku?!" she asked, looking at him with a smile. "I...I don't know if t-that's the best idea, I um..." he rubbed the back of his head, glancing at the ceiling.

"Oh, come on!" Uraraka said, approaching him. "It'll be fun!" she exclaimed before Ashido pointed her finger at his face. "We will help Iida whether you like it or not! He and Y/n deserve to be together!" she proclaimed, crossing her arms again.

"Besides, they spent the whole day together in the park before!" she shouted before pressing her hands against her chest. "And Iida came home lovestruck!" A soft flush tinted her cheeks as she sighed contentedly. "That's the kind of magic we need to recreate, but this time with a little PUSH!" she shouted with a grin.

"But how are we going to get Y/n to come? They're always so busy with their work?" Uraraka replied. "Hmm..." Ashido grasped her chin, tapping it lightly with her finger. "Maybe we can get Hatsume to convince them," she suggested, making Izuku and Uraraka flinch.

"Hm, what's the matter with you two?" she asked with her hands on her hips. "N-nothing!" Izuku replied, holding his hands up. "It's just..." He paused, how could he explain that he was terrified to see Mei considering the many incidents that have occurred in her presence?

Izuku nodded in agreement when Uraraka remarked, "Hatsume is just a lot to handle!" Ashido rolled her eyes. "I don't care!" She said, pointing at them. "This is for Iida! Talk to Hatsume and tell her that Iida is interested in hanging out with Y/n and you guys...and convince Iida to ask them out or whatever!" she explained.

Gritting her teeth, she pointed to herself. "I'll choose the restaurant," she said. "B-but..." Izuku sighed, there was no point in arguing with Ashido and maybe she was right, if Tenya needed their help, they had to do this.

Izuku turned when Uraraka laid a comforting hand on his back and smiled. "We'll go together," she said, but his uneasiness didn't change. The walk to the support department's first-year dormitory wasn't that long, but when he saw Mei outside, he froze.

She had a table set up with several tools and metal pieces across it. He couldn't determine whether she was fixing or inventing something. "Uh, H-Hatsume," he said, trying to ignore Uraraka's hands grasping onto his shoulders.

She popped her head up, leering at him with an unsettling smile that he had long ago learned to fear. "Uh, w-we need your help," he uttered, and in the blink of an eye, Mei invaded his personal space making him cry out in response.

"What do you mean, Deku?!" she exclaimed excitedly and glanced at Uraraka who couldn't help but feel jealous, something she usually dealt with whenever the pink-haired girl got too close to Izuku. "Look," she said, stepping in front of him.

"You're close with Y/n right?" she said, leering at the other female with determination sparkling in her eyes. "Hmmmm?" Mei responded, tapping her cheek. "Yeah, what do they need!?" she asked, trying to remember if you had warned her anything was amiss.

Then again, the two of you were so busy with your support careers that you barely had time to talk lately. "Huh, oh well uh..." Uraraka's confident expression dropped, and she looked over her shoulder at Izuku, silently pleading for help.

"Hatsume," Izuku said walking past Uraraka. His hands hung at his sides, and he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself and find the courage to continue speaking. 'This is for Iida,' with that thought, he locked eyes with Mei.

"You need to convince Y/n that Iida is interested in hanging out with them! W-We'll be there too!" he said, gesturing to himself and Uraraka. Mei knit her eyebrows. "Hm, nah not interested in doing that!" she said, turning her back on the two.

"What!?" they screamed in unison. "B-but you have to," Uraraka urged with clenched fists. "Hm?" Mei paused and looked over her shoulder. "You messed with Iida before, you owe him this much. He likes Y/n a lot!" she shouted angrily, not caring who heard her.

"Uh...Ochako..." Izuku said, hesitantly reaching out for her. Mei frowned and turned her head forward. "You know I really need to work on my babies today!" she said, placing a hand on her hip. Uraraka stepped forward, prepared to yell again.

"But I'll see if I can squeeze talking to Y/n in between my work," she replied and resumed working on her gadget. "Mm..." Uraraka turned to Izuku, clearly unhappy. He smiled sympathetically. "I'm s-sure she won't let us d-down," he said before walking toward their dormitory.

"Now all we need to do is convince Iida," Uraraka nodded. "Right!" she cried out, raising her fist in the air. This was unexpected. You leaned up from the table to look at her with wide eyes. "What?" you replied in disbelief. Mei shrugged.

"Don't know, that's just what they told me to say to you. So, what do you think!?" Unlike most, you weren't bothered by her leaning over and invading your personal space as she normally did. Of course, since you were her closest friend, you were used to it.

You glanced away and tapped your chin. You couldn't imagine Tenya finding the courage to ask you to hang out. You suspected that his friends were asking you for him, which was disappointing, especially after the time you spent in the park with him.

You chuckled at the memory. He was so willing to try your inventions. When the day ended and the two of you were covered in sweat as the sun set, you recalled looking into his eyes. There was so much confidence and love in them, and you thought he would confess but...no.

He politely asked if he could "provide assistance" and "aid" you in cleaning up your workspace. While you appreciated the help, you still expected some kind of confession when he walked you to the door of your dormitory building. But alas, he only gave you a heartfelt goodnight and left.

You frowned and turned away from Mei. "Should I?" you asked, seemingly dissatisfied. "I know Iida likes me, but he hasn't made a move yet." You sighed and propped your elbow onto the table, resting your hand underneath your chin.

"Now his friends are involved," you weren't sure how to feel about that. "I don't want anything to happen between us unless it's natural but..." you looked back at the pink-haired girl. "How long do I have to wait, scratch that. How long should I wait for him to make a move by himself?" you asked.

"Hm...don't know!" she said, turning around. "I have to get back to my babies now!" she declared, but you reached out and grabbed her arm. "I could use some help, you know!" you hissed, annoyed. She paused and looked back at you.

"Romance isn't my thing," she replied, shrugging. "But if you want to create something, you gotta take action!" You knit your eyebrows. 'Take action huh?' That advice was actually...helpful but how could you put it to practical use?

"Pardon?" Tenya asked, curiously looking at his friends. "It's just, we thought it'd be fun to go out together, and since you and Y/n seem so close lately we thought you could ask them to come along," Uraraka explained, and Izuku nodded.

"Uh yeah...I mean, y-you don't mind asking Y/n, right Iida?" His expression became blank, and he grasped his chin. "Well, I..." he paused. Yes, he knew very well and accepted that he had feelings for you. But was this the correct way to establish a romantic relationship?

He almost detested the way his stomach twisted into knots at the very idea of asking you to join him and his friends in a simple social interaction activity. "I am uncertain as to what their presented reaction will be when I inquire about requesting their companionship on this social activity," he explained.

Naturally, his friends were confused by his words and exchanged glances before Uraraka ruffled the back of her head, nervously laughing. "Well, um..." Izuku stepped forward. "I...I don't think you n-need to worry about that Iida!" he declared, determination coating his words.

Izuku's courageous heart was quite mesmerizing, but it also served as a painful reminder of what he lacked. How could he keep up with someone who was true hero material while he stumbled with this very simple issue or one that should be simple?

"Y/n is nice and even though...t-they're always busy with their work, they m-make time for others and I know they'll make time for you," Tenya's eyes widened and he looked away, subtly tapping his chin. "Perhaps you are correct," he replied.

"Very well, I will request Y/n to join us in this social bonding activity!" he exclaimed, rapidly chopping his hand through the air. Izuku chuckled, relieved, while Uraraka smiled and cheered Tenya on. "I will make it a priority to ask them promptly in the morning before classes begin," he said, smiling at his friends.

"Mmhm," Uraraka replied before leaning closer to Izuku. "Do you think he'll be alright?" she asked. "I'm s-sure it'll be fine!" he replied. "Besides...Iida...w-well if he really likes Y/n then he...he w-wouldn't leave until they accept," and boy did he hope you would.

Tenya made his way to the Development Studio the following morning after spending extra time ensuring he looked presentable in his Yuuei uniform. "Excuse me!" he declared, making you jump unexpectedly. You were working on yet another support item and while you hated being interrupted, you turned to face him.

After thinking over what Mei said, you concluded that she was right. If you knew that Tenya liked you, then you should act, maybe even manipulate situations just as you manipulated parts and bits to make your inventions work to get him to confess.

"Hi...Iida," you said, waving half-heartedly. "Apologies," he said, placing one hand on his chest and bowing. "I do hope I am not interrupting, but I wished to inquire about something," you blinked, and for a split second felt hope.

Was this it, was he going to ask you out or rather to hang out? "Oh yeah?" you replied, leaning toward him, and trying to contain your excitement. "Yes, I..." He cleared his throat, trying to ignore the nervous feeling that made his stomach twist.

He took a deep breath, raising his hand in the air. "I wish to invite you to spend an evening with me and the provided company of my friends," and although you already knew his friends were going to be there, you couldn't help but frown.

Then again, they could be there for support like Mei was there for you. There was also the possibility the two of you could find yourselves alone at any given point during the evening. "Hm..." You tapped your lips, thinking about it. "Okay," you said, crossing your arms.

"I'll go out with you and your friends," you muttered. "Pardon?" Tenya replied, leaning closer to better hear your response. "Nothing, nothing!" you exclaimed, waving him away, and while he found the gesture somewhat rude, he leaned back.

"Very well," he replied. "I believe my friends wish for this to occur on Saturday," he stated. "Does this otherwise conflict with your schedule? If so, I am more than certain-" You held your hand up. "That's fine Iida, really," you replied.

Confusion washed over his features for a few seconds before he nodded. "I guess I'll see you then," you said, returning to your table. "I believe it's customary to arrive at a person's house when an activity is scheduled," his words made you pause.

"What?" you replied, and he cleared his throat. "Forgive me," he said. "I merely wanted to establish that I insist on escorting you to the scheduled activity." Did he mean he would pick you up? You took a deep breath, sighing.

Well, that was something people did on dates, but you weren't sure if he fully understood that. "Okay, sounds good Iida," you said, slightly disappointed but grateful nonetheless. He sensed your uncertainty but ignored it for now.

After all, it was quite understandable to feel uneasy around those you were merely acquainted with and perhaps you were experiencing a bit of anxiety in anticipation of what was to come. "Thank you," he said, walking away. A strange warmth filled his chest. Perhaps this was another reminder that he loved you.

As promised when Saturday came, Tenya was waiting on the doorstep of your dormitory building. "Hm? Who are those for?" you asked, pointing to the bouquet of roses he was holding. He stepped forward, holding it out for you.

"I took the liberty to conduct research regarding the proper protocol and acceptable gifts to present to the one you admire when requesting their time at a social event such as spending the evening with them" he explained, and you raised your eyebrows.

'Admire?' You thought, placing your hands on your hips. "I believe these were the most acceptable to present to you in relation to this social activity we will be participating in," he explained, making you sigh. "So...you're saying you're giving me roses because we're going on a..." you paused, unsure if you wanted to use the word "date."

It might confuse him more and if his friends were also attending, then how much of a "date" could it be? You shook your head, reminding yourself to make the best of this. After all, you were still spending time with Tenya and something was bound to happen by the end of the night or at least you hoped.

"Um, nevermind," you said, taking the roses from him. You smiled and sniffed them, enjoying their floral scent. "Thanks," you then noticed the outfit he was wearing. It consisted of a blue suit with a white button-up shirt and a dark blue tie to match. His shoes, as expected, looked polished and new.

His hair was also slicked back, making him look older but still attractive and his glasses were absent from his face. "Heh," you smiled, catching Tenya's attention. He noticed you staring at him and felt the slightest bit of heat color his cheeks.

"I...I do hope I look rather presentable," he said, trying to hide his nervousness. You nodded. "Yeah, you look handsome," he appeared taken aback by your compliment. "Uh..." was he really confused? "Not used to being complimented I take it?" He sensed your teasing tone and frowned.

"Perhaps not," he replied, pressing a hand against his chest. "However, I believe it's natural to thank one for their kind words," he said, bowing. "Thank you very much," he leaned back up and offered you, his hand. "Shall we depart?" His tender smile made your stomach flutter with butterflies.

The clinking of glass was heard in the distance and soft chatter surrounded you. The restaurant atmosphere was calm, and the dimmed lighting contributed to it. The savory scent of food lingered in the air, making your mouth water.

"Uh so..." you propped your arms onto the table, catching Tenya's attention. He sat across from you and Izuku was next to him while Uraraka was next to you. "Did you guys choose this restaurant?" You might as well start a conversation or try to.

"Hm?" Izuku perked up and looked at Tenya, almost as if he expected him to answer but he didn't. "Mina suggested we come here," Uraraka replied, smiling. "Mina?" you asked, trying to recall what she looked like or if you had made any support gear for her.

"Yeah, she's one of our classmates," Uraraka said, making you scratch your head. Why would a classmate suggest this restaurant? "Oh, well I'm sure she's nice," you replied. "Excuse me," Tenya interjected, making all three of your heads turn.

"It's rather rude to put one's hands, elbows, or arms on the table when in polite company," you raised your eyebrow and looked at Uraraka who smiled sympathetically. "Wow Iida," you said, pulling your hands into your lap.

Your fingers curled into your thighs, eager to feel metal and tool handles. Yes, you could be creating more support items right now but as most would argue, it was good for you to get out. The bouquet Tenya gave you lay on the floor by your chair.

"Uh hey! Why don't we order some appetizers?!" Uraraka suggested, nervously laughing as she picked up the menu. "Y-yeah, that sounds like a good i-idea!" Izuku agreed nervously. "Hmm..." You glanced at Tenya. "I suppose that would be beneficial," he stated, taking a sip from his glass of water.

"I'm fine with whatever," you replied, shrugging your shoulders and turning your head to glance across the room. There was a small dancefloor, and one couple circled around with their arms entangled around one another.

Uraraka noticed you staring off into the distance. "Hm?" she closed the menu and leaned over the table, trying to gauge what you were looking at. "Do you want to dance?" she asked, leaning over to place her hand on your shoulder.

"Hm?" you shook your head, turning in your seat. "No, it's alright, uh..." You paused when you noticed her frown. Did you make her angry? "Iida," she said. "Yes?" he responded, lowering his menu to give her his full attention.

"Do you wanna dance with Y/n?" she asked. "Huh!? Hey, wait a minute-" You protested, but Tenya spoke over you. "I was not aware dancing was permitted in this establishment," he replied before looking at you.

"Well, that settles it!" Uraraka declared. "What settles what?" you asked. "Deku and I can order the appetizers and Iida and Y/n can dance," she insisted with a bright smile. "Uh, Ochako is that-" Izuku trembled when she fiercely glared at him.

You raised your eyebrows as you stood looking at Tenya bewildered. Did his friends always act like this? You shook your head and turned to Uraraka, prepared to yell but Tenya spoke yet again. "Do you wish to dance Y/n?" you froze. "Uh, w-what?" you replied.

Honestly, you were surprised he asked that, although this could be your chance to manipulate the situation. Something had to make him confess. "I believe dancing is considered an appropriate activity to engage in during social activities and I would be honored if you wished to-" You held your hand up.

"Okay," you said before running your hand through your hair. "I mean...I guess a dance wouldn't hurt," you replied with a sheepish smile. "Very well," he said, pushing his chair in and walking around the table. "Are you certain you can order the appetizers correctly?" Uraraka nodded.

"Now go dance!" she urged. Tenya smiled and offered his hand to you. "Hm? Oh right," you chuckled and took the said offered hand. He guided you to the small dance floor and turned to face you. "Please ensure you have a secure grip on my hand and place your non-dominate hand on my shoulder," he instructed.

"Okay Iida," you replied, almost rolling your eyes but doing as he wanted. "Pardon my touch," he said prior to laying his hand on your hip, looking a tad nervous. Although in the dim light of the dance floor, his slightly flushed cheeks were hidden.

You smiled as he took the lead and circled the two of you around. The light music drifting through the air put you at ease and your eyes focused forward. Tenya looked content if unfamiliar with dancing and you couldn't help but once again think about how handsome he was.

The thought of having him to yourself for a moment made you excited. Now, what was the easiest way to get someone to admit they liked you? One idea came to mind, but you wondered if it was too forward. Then again, you could just initiate it and see what happened.

He liked you, so he would surely comply. You locked eyes with him and leaned forward with your lips slightly out, indicating you wanted a kiss. "Hm?" He tilted his head, and although you couldn't tell, his heart beat faster than ever before.

His mind turned blank, it was obvious what you were silently conveying to him. He swallowed hard and paused, contemplating how to engage in a kiss. Yes, it seemed simple, but he had not bothered with romance, and pursuing you seemed to present a challenge.

He could blame himself for that. He seemed to yet have the courage to confess his feelings of affection toward you, and he wondered if this was the best time. Well, maybe there was no right or wrong time to engage in a heartfelt confession.

He glanced at your lips and slowly leaned forward only to pause, and second guess himself. He then leaned back. "Pardon," he said releasing his hold on you. "I believe it would be best if we returned to the table," so he could sort out the thoughts in his head.

"Huh?" you replied, feeling embarrassed for your actions and angry that Tenya didn't reciprocate them. 'What just happened?' You thought, standing still. "Are you well?" Tenya asked, noting your strange reaction.

You hummed in response. "Do you require some form of assistance?" he asked more sternly, and you shook your head. "No...nothing," you replied, feeling defeated. You walked past him and toward the table. Once there, you slumped in your seat.

The delightful scent of the appetizers that now lay on the table did nothing to brighten your sour mood. "Hm, did something happen?" Uraraka questioned worriedly. You glared at her in response and once again the thought that you could be working on support items instead of doing this came to mind.

You curled your hands in your lap. Maybe it was your fault for expecting something to happen. Have you been misreading Tenya this whole time? Was it possible that he wasn't as into you as you thought? Either way, you've been pushed past your limits.

"I'm afraid I concluded our dance early," Tenya explained, taking his seat. "Y-you what?" Uraraka replied, and you weren't sure if she was concerned or worried or both. "It doesn't matter," you said, sliding your chair back. "Sorry Ochako," you looked across the table.

"Sorry Midoriya, but I think I'm going to call it a night," You ignored the shock on everyone's faces and reached for the flower bouquet on the floor. Tenya immediately stood up, "Y/n I insist you-" he was taken aback when you shoved said flowers into his chest.

"Thank you for these, but I don't think I need them," your words were cold, and you ignored the look of hurt on Tenya's face. Yeah, maybe you were acting childish, and maybe you let your own expectations cloud your sense of judgment.

But it was too late now. You walked away from the table intent on leaving as promised. The bouquet slipped from Tenya's fingers, and he frantically shot his arm out. "I insist you wait!" he cried after you, but you ignored him and continued walking.

What a fool you were for thinking he would admit his feelings and yet deep down you knew it was your fault. You couldn't force something to happen, despite what Mei said. Feelings were entirely different from creating something physical.

You couldn't force him to do anything if he wasn't ready and honestly, it hurt. Maybe you should focus on your inventions from now on. "Oh no..." Uraraka turned to Izuku, desperation and worry written across her features.

"We have to do something!" she insisted. There was no way she could let this night be ruined. "Hold on Iida!" she said, grasping his arm. "I'll talk to them!" He frowned, believing it would be most beneficial if he handled the situation as he felt it was caused by his own fault.

But perhaps it would be helpful if you spoke to someone else first as there was a chance he'd only escalate the situation. "Very well," he replied reluctantly and Uraraka nodded, immediately chasing you. "Y/n!" she called, but like Tenya you ignored her. "Hey!" she hissed, picking up the pace to scurry in front of you.

"Hold on!" she exclaimed with her hands up. You stumbled to a stop and placed your hand on your hip. "Yes?" you replied, clearly annoyed. She frowned. "What's going on? Did something happen between you and Tenya?" she asked, too innocently for your liking.

You appreciated her concern, but you couldn't tell her everything. Could you? Well, if your intuition was incorrect there was no reason to keep it a secret anymore. You crossed your arms, glancing away. "I just thought...maybe Iida liked me..." you said, your voice hushed.

You sighed. "I thought he asked me to spend the evening with him and you guys, to tell me how he felt," you explained with your hand on your forehead. "But maybe I was wrong? It's hard to believe that," you said rolling your eyes.

"You weren't wrong!" she urged, stepping closer. "Hm?" You looked at her in disbelief and lowered your hand from your forehead. "Uh Iida," Izuku said, but Tenya's attention was focused on you and Uraraka. He did not wish for you to leave, and yet he did not want to force you to stay either.

"Uh um..." Izuku twiddled his thumbs together. "Mina told us that...t-that you liked Y/n," Tenya's eyes widened and he glanced at Izuku with his lips slightly parted. "Is...that true?" he asked, curling his hands into fists.

He knew he shouldn't have gotten carried away, but what Ashido said made sense. Tenya frowned, glancing at the floor. "I am afraid I..." He paused, and his throat tightened. "I cannot...gather the courage to admit such a thing to them," he replied shamefully.

Izuku looked at him with wide eyes, his heart yearning to help somehow. "Well..." he glanced away, thinking over his words carefully. "I think...it's m-more important to show...someone y-you care through your actions..." he suggested.

Tenya frowned, "I....I believe they wished to..." he paused, feeling his stomach twist into knots. "I am uncertain if I can perform the actions they desire accurately," he explained, and Izuku mirrored his frown. "Um...well,'' he scratched his head, trying to think of how to convince Tenya to gather courage.

"Heroes don't ask for fans," he said. After all, he didn't ask to be a fan of All Might. "They show the world w-what they can do, and w-why they should be a fan of them in...in the first place." Tenya raised his eyebrows at those words.

"Forgive me, perhaps I was acting rather foolish. I should not be afraid to express my feelings of affection even in the face of rejection," he stated, proudly chopping his hand through the air. Izuku smiled, silently cheering Tenya on when he walked toward you and Uraraka.

"Are you sure about that?" you asked but grew distracted seconds later. "Hm?" You leaned over, looking past Uraraka to see Tenya approaching. "Huh?" she blinked and turned to see what caught your attention.

Panic washed over her when she saw Tenya and turned back to you with her hands clenched into fists. "He's coming!" she exclaimed, although you didn't need her to state something so obvious. You flinched when she laid her hands on your arm.

"Do you trust me!?" she asked frantically, and you knit your eyebrows. "Uh yes, but what are you-" Your words stopped when she pressed all five of her fingers against you and activated her quirk. You trembled in response, feeling an odd warmth radiate through your body.

A knot tightened in your stomach when the floor underneath your feet disappeared. "Ochako!" you yelled, holding your hand out to her as you ascended further into the air, but she smiled. "Iida will save you!" she called back.

Tenya stopped suddenly, watching you float helplessly through the air. His head snapped toward Uraraka and his engines fired up in the panic of the moment. "Kindly explain what happened this instance!" he demanded chopping his hand through the air.

"I'm sorry Iida! I guess my quirk kind of slipped," she lied, rubbing the back of her head. A growl rumbled in his throat, although he highly doubted that Uraraka was the type to lose control of her quirk. He stepped closer to her. "Pardon!" he said, roughly grabbing her shoulders.

"If you do not deactivate your quirk, Y/n is reliable to injure themselves if they impact the ceiling!" He urged, and Uraraka while surprised turned her head to look at you. Many people in the restaurant were pointing at you, and some even tried to reach out to you.

You felt so nauseous you were likely to throw up. As you looked at the floor and the people spectating you, your body trembled. If there was one thing you hated, it was heights, and the lack of solid ground beneath your feet only made it worse.

'What am I supposed to do!? I didn't bring any support gear! Damn it!' You leaned forward, grasping your head, and your eyes watered. 'I didn't bring anything, what is wrong with me!?' You squeezed your eyes shut, allowing tears to fall.

Tenya clenched his jaw, tensing up as he watched you drift further and further away. He looked back at Uraraka and leaned over, pulling his pants legs up to his knees. He leaned back up and pressed one hand to his chest and extended the other out to her.

"I insist you use your quirk on me," he pleaded, knowing there was no time to lose. "I am most certain I will be able to properly control the anti-gravity atmosphere associated with it and ensure Y/n remains uninjured," he stated, somewhat suspicious as to why Uraraka smiled in return.

"You got it Iida!" she declared, brushing her fingertips across his palm. Much like the first time he experienced the effects of her quirk, his stomach twisted, and he tried to adjust his body as it lifted off the floor. He turned midair, trying to focus his eyes on you.

The way you curled into yourself made his heart sink and guilt washed over him. He was responsible for allowing this to happen, and he needed to be honest with himself and his feelings toward you. He stretched his arms out, replicating a swimming movement to get closer to you.

A soft rumble sounded when he activated his quirk. This helped propel him forward, but he kept in mind to control his speed to ensure he wouldn't collide with you. You heard the distinct sound of his engines and slowly lifted your head.

Tears still flowed down your cheeks, but you wiped them away, clearing your vision just enough to see him reaching out for you. However, you recoiled in anger and tried to kick him. He instantly pulled his hands back and angled his legs so he could hover just above you.

"Please remain calm," he instructed, but you shook your head in frustration. Why was he trying to save you? Why did he chase you? "Are you injured?" he asked. "Do I look injured?!" you snapped, your voice broken.

"I can't do this anymore!" like before you curled into yourself, somewhat accepting your fate that you'd either plummet to the floor or be stuck against the ceiling forever. Tenya frowned, trying to ignore the small flashes of light from the bystanders below.

He should have expected such behavior, but that wasn't his main concern at the moment. Once again, he activated his quirk, closing the gap between you. "I...I apologize," he said, slipping his hand through your hair.

He anticipated you jerking your head back, refusing his comfort even though his only wish was to de-escalate your anxiety. Instead, you remained still, and he waited until your sobs were barely audible to wrap his arms around you.

He hesitantly pulled you close, hoping to be your source of comfort. Perhaps there was one thing that would ease you. It was foolish and irresponsible, but it was also overdue, and he was willing to accept the consequences it would bring.

"I insist you look at me," he stated, reaching over to grasp your chin and guide your head up. You resisted for a moment, feeling your heart race. You hated heights and you'd certainly be having a word with Uraraka after this. "Iida..." you hissed out, digging your fingers into his suit.

"I understand you are scared, but I...I wish to do something to ease your fears," he replied, leaning close. You knit your eyebrows together. "What?" you replied, doubting that anything but the sweet touch of the solid ground underneath your feet would do the trick.

"Close your eyes," he insisted, and while you wanted to argue, his tone was stern. "Mm..." You sank your teeth into your bottom lip but closed your eyes despite the fact that you didn't know how this would help. Tenya pulled his hand away from your chin and caressed your cheek.

"Forgive me, I believe this may be too forward but I..." you noticed his hesitation and peeked one eye open. He looked uncertain. "Perhaps I should have confessed this earlier," your eyebrows raised, and although your heart continued to beat fast, a new joyful melody coursed through it.

"I...I was certain of what you were attempting to convey earlier. However, I found myself absent of the courage to give you what you desired," you opened both eyes, looking at him stunned. Wait...he was afraid to kiss you?

You hadn't anticipated a hero student being afraid of anything. For a moment, you forgot that you were helplessly floating upward with nothing to grab onto. Instead, you were coming to the realization that you may have set your expectations too high.

Even Tenya wasn't immune to the fears that were associated with romance. "W-wait so you knew I wanted to..." you trailed off, closing your eyes and seconds later, a sigh passed your lips. He frowned. "I...did," he said, remembering Izuku's words.

"But I believe that actions speak more than words, so allow me to show you the words and feelings I have been holding back," he said. However, he was feeling the tiniest bit nauseous because of Uraraka's quirk, and the butterflies that formed the closer he leaned toward you didn't help.

Your eyes widened. Could this be...was he really confessing? You smiled and slowly lowered your eyelids. All you were focused on was Tenya's lips pressing against your own and felt a pleasurable and long-awaited tremble course through you.

His lips were soft, and you could faintly taste spearmint on them. The soft coos from below fell deaf to your ears and the flashes from several phones were ignored. Young hero students making a scene and kissing in a restaurant were bound to make an excellent social media story.

But Yuuei couldn't expect their students to not cause trouble or fall in love, right? You curled your fingers tighter into his suit and leaned forward causing the two of you to float askew through the air. Tenya's body stiffened in response, and just as before he hesitated, uncertain of what to do next.

However, he felt his stomach drop and quickly realized the two of you were descending. "And slowly release!'' Uraraka muttered to herself, trying to channel her quirk the best she could so you wouldn't plummet back down. "Hm?" you broke the kiss, feeling relief wash over you the closer you got to solid ground again.

As soon as your feet touched the floor, a soft round of applause came. You stumbled while trying to adjust to the gravity change. Uraraka smiled, happy that everything worked out...sort of. She placed her hands behind her back and looked at Izuku who nervously returned her smile.

"Um..." you realized your hands were still curled into Tenya's suit and pulled back, giving a nervous laugh. "Thanks for...you know," you said, shyly glancing away. "Hm?" He blinked, looking perplexed before nodding.

"Yes, I'm...I'm quite happy to have...assisted you in such a manner," he replied, chopping his hand through the air with pink-tinted cheeks. You smiled, took a deep breath, and noticed your lips tingled. Likely the aftereffect of the kiss you shared with him.

"Heh, so...do you want to return to the table?" you asked. After all, you were the one that kind of ran away from it and Tenya deserved a good night out. He looked at you with a kind smile, and nodded, extending his hand out for you to take which you happily did.

He then guided you to the table and pulled your chair out for you. The rest of the night went fine, and you got to know his friends a little better and learned more about the hero department. It was interesting to hear about Tenya's classmates, some of whom you made support items for.

When the night ended, much like before, Tenya insisted that he walk you to the door of your dormitory building. The only difference was that you stole a kiss before bidding him goodbye. The following Monday, Tenya requested that he walk you to Yuuei.

You gladly accepted, even though you didn't need him to. "You could have just told me that you liked me from the start you know," you teased, walking past the front gates with him. "I am aware of that," he replied, making you chuckle. "Even if you were scared," you added.

"I am aware," he repeated, slightly annoyed. "Well, it's still sweet of you to offer to walk with me" he nodded, although he had an alternative motive for walking you to class and that was to ensure no paparazzi or members of the media disturbed you.

Given the pictures and or videos others took of the two of you at the restaurant it was slightly astounding and suspicious that no one had bothered the two of you during your walk as was the lack of paparazzi outside the gates of Yuuei. "But," you came to a stop and turned to face him.

"I promised Hatsume I'd do something for her. So sorry if you also wanted to walk me to class, but I gotta go," you said, walking up to him and laying your hands on his chest before leaning onto your tippy toes to peck his lips.

"I'll see you later," you said, trying to suppress your chuckle when he turned away to hide his obviously flushed face. He cleared his throat. "Uh, y-yes!" he replied, raising his hand. "I do hope you have a wonderful day!" he cried out, chopping said hand through the air.

"Mmhm," you said, walking away with a smile. He pressed a hand to his chest, feeling the rapid and uneasy pace of his heart. Then a sudden thought occurred, and he shouted "P-please halt!" causing you to stop in your tracks and look back at him.

He ran up to you, tugging at the collar of his uniform before nervously uttering the words, "I...I love you." He knew that perhaps it was too soon to speak such words, but he would never allow fear to prevent him from expressing his love for you or anyone again.

As soon as you recovered from the shock, you giggled. "I love you too," you replied, smiling before walking into the school. Yeah, it felt good to know he finally confessed even though it took a while. But if things went according to plan, you and Tenya would have a very happy relationship.

#tenya x reader #iida x reader #tenya x y/n #iida x y/n #tenya x you #iida x you #bnha x reader #bnha x you #bnha x y/n #faulty writes: tenya iida: 23 #faulty writes: tenya iida: one shot: 23

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i've done more than enough fuh naff redesigns it's time for charles entertainment cheese and his gang to receive a makeover

what i had in mind while doing this was a (personal dream job) HYPOTHETICAL!!! scenario where somehow i've gone back in time and convinced the execs of showbiz pizza time inc to not only keep both cec and showbiz open, but begin a gimmick wherein we lean into the whole "pizza wars" thing and actively pit the characters against each other in a friendly rivalry sort of deal.

firstly youll probably notice that i replaced munch and pasqually with two ptt characters i like much better- pleasemunchandpasquallylikersdonthurtme- that being crusty and harmony. due to my own personal tastes but also because i think adding a second female member of the animatronic lineup evens things out pretty well.

second, is that they all are brand new incarnations of each character, and have their own blurbs i've decided to write down below under the readmore to explain. because this caption is insanely long already. happy reading!!! the rockafire counterpart to this post is coming shortly. so keep an eye out ;)

FIRST AND FOREMOST is the big man himself!!!! chuck e cheese!!! this chuck is an archetypal rebellious teen and cool kid whose primary hobbies include skateboarding and video games. he's got a sort of arrogant i'm-the-shit attitude about him and he definitely can come off as cocky. but he's not necessarily mean spirited either, he really does care for his friends, he's just full of himself.

now, for his rockafire rival (which you will find all the bots have their direct counterpart on the showbiz side of things) you may expect billy bob because mascots of the restaurant and all. but billy bob actually acts more as a mediator in all this, being the only one who has no rival, instead chuck's is beach bear. which will explain why beach has such an aversion to skateboarding - he associates it with the rat boi! chuck doesnt necessarily have anything personal against beach (because this is all in good fun and not anything malicious at all) but beach does feel like chuck's a bit too stuck up for his liking. and also, he can't stand sore losers, or folks who brag about their accomplishments. chuck in turn thinks beach is a bit of a stick in the mud and goody two shoes who doesnt know how to have REAL fun. again these are all FRIENDLY rivalries so nobody's truly mad at anyone just some reasoning.

secondly my gal helen henny. is the direct opposite of mitzi mozzarella of course, who is the popular girl in their high school and head of the cheerleading squad. helen meanwhile is the nerdy type who gets straight a's and sucks up to the teachers a lot. she doesnt get out much besides doing gigs singing in the pizzeria and otherwise is a bit of a shut in. mitzi thinks helen should loosen up, but helen thinks mitzi should be more focused on her future and realize that after high school "popularity" means nothing. theyll still eventually end up being gay married, but thats not until way after they both have graduated from college in which they will reconnect after a chance meeting in the local in universe starbucks, sparking a slow burn romance that eventually leads to the two being wed. but for now, they simply pass each other in the hallway with a friendly nod and perhaps a light chat about the weather.

crusty is in a sports college on a scholarship playing baseball and is one of the strongest team members on campus. he's more reserved and shy most of the time, but really comes out of his shell and shines on stage singing with the others. his dilemma mirrors high school musical in that he's embarrassed to admit that he loves to perform on stage to his fellow baseball players, who are currently unaware of crusty's thespian side. for his rival, fatz geronimo is actually a professor at crusty's college and crusty thinks it's a bit weird how theyre both performers in rival pizzerias. fatz wishes crusty would own up to his love of both baseball and theatre, sometimes giving him dad lectures about being yourself and you only got one life to live so you better make the most of it, while crusty just wishes the old man would mind his own business and butt out of his personal matters. deep down though he appreciates that at least someone cares about what HE wants though.

jasper t jowls in this era is a he/him lesbian because i say so and i make the rules here. he and harmony are open about them being a pair and are often uber affectionate with each other, in front of guests and their friends and all. they really dont care who sees lol. jasper is a farm dog that puts off his chores to go hang with his girlfriend and their friend group. he'd rather spend his hours practicing the banjo and wooing his lady than doing any sort of work, he's real lazy like that. his family thinks his dreams of being a rockstar are ridiculous and so jasper internalizes this way of thinking when it comes to dook larue, who dreams of being an astro physicist and has the support of all his folks. in reality jasper is jealous of dook not having to deal with criticism from his family and being able to freely follow his passions without outside pressure. dook sees jasper as weak willed and thinks he should grow a backbone, but the space doggo most of all just feels bad for the farm doggo and resents his family for not being supportive of his dreams. still, dook's idea of a pep talk is telling jasper to let his folks know what he REALLY thinks and jasper isnt too fond of the idea.

and finally harmony howlette is the resident ranch coyote!!!! shes an expert at wrangling wild mustangs and taming them and preparing them to be farm horses. shes sassy and blunt and takes no shit. sometimes having a hard time keeping her comments to herself. but shes also sweet and genuine, real down to earth type of gal. its what jasper likes best about her. shes rolfe dewolfe's rival, she thinks hes almost as stuck up as chuck can be but to her at least chuck has redeeming qualities about him. in her mind rolfe is just some washed up comedian that lets his assistant earle pick on him to get a cheap laugh out of the audience. which, rolfe doesnt necessarily deny the part about letting earle pick on him, but he thinks harmony needs to learn to take a joke and worry about herself a little more. he says that having a southern accent and country charm isnt a personality trait and wonders what jasper sees in her.

#chuck e cheese #cec #chuck e cheese pizza time theatre #helen henny #crusty the cat #jasper t jowls #harmony howlette #furry

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ask-crashbox-characters · 2 months ago

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ASK CRASHBOX CHARACTERS!

Introduction and info

In this ask blog, I'll have some characters from the show Crashbox available for asks! As of right now, there isn't really any ongoing story, but if I feel like it, perhaps I can make a storyline of some sort depending on asks, answers, and all that stuff.

I don't have every single character available for asks, but I think I've got enough. New characters may be added in the future. I have also included my OCs Jade and Gumdrop, as well as my fan-made Johnnie alter ego, Danny Dill. Why isn't Captain Copter here? It's a whole story I don't feel like explaining in its entirety right now, but basically I headcanon that the reason Copter only showed up once in the show is because Johnnie got into a car crash while Copter was taking over, and Copter never came back again after that. Anyhoo!

This ask blog takes place in current day, which means the actual show probably isn't running anymore, but the characters are still alive, well, and hanging around!

Info about fan-made characters

Jade: While the show was running, Rocket adopted Jade when they were a small child, so you can imagine he had his hands full. As Jade grew up, they began to realize who exactly they were and what their true identity was. Rocket was incredibly accepting (and he also blew a fuse when he found out Jade was being bullied in school, it was a whole ordeal). In current day, Jade is 28 now, but they still are very grateful to have Rocket as their adoptive father. Also, they're jealous of the others because they never got to have a minigame when everyone else did because they were too young. Their life goal? They wanna try to find a way to get Crashbox running again so they can finally live out their dream of having their very own minigame just like Rocket and everyone else did.

Gumdrop: This sweet fellow runs his own café/restaurant- The Dream Café! You wouldn't know this upon first glance, but Gumdrop can be one angry cookie. He's very short-tempered, and if you get on his bad side, it is not a pretty sight. He tries to be nice at first and is pretty chill when in a good mood, but as soon as something doesn't go as planned, he's very irritable. Gumdrop doesn't adapt well to change or stressful situations at all. If there's something terrible happening, then chances are Gumdrop will probably close his shop for a few days and not leave his house at all. This is of course a problem for his employees because working is how they earn the money to support their families and such. That's why the employees are urging Gumdrop to stop doing this. Some even go far as to pick him up from his house and take him to his shop. So nowadays, even if Gumdrop is having a rough time, he's still in the shop. Although if he's particularly stressed he won't be working as hard as usual. Gumdrop loves everything soft, pastel, and fluffy. He also hates water because his hair is made of cotton candy, and you know how cotton candy is with water...

Danny Dill: This alter ego of Johnnie's reports on general news, similarly to Dora Smarmy the news anchor. The only difference is Danny's on the radio, and Dora's on the TV. While Captain Copter, Billy Bull, and April Showers all appeared in the show (Copter only appearing once), Danny Dill came around after Crashbox had ended. Some think Danny was a replacement for Captain Copter, but even Johnnie himself isn't sure why Danny is here. Danny's voice is a bit softer and calmer, and in general, Danny is more shy and anxious than the other alter egos. If Danny is taking over outside of Radio KBOX, he likely has headphones on listening to music to try and escape his thoughts and the outside world. Like Johnnie, listening to music is one of his biggest comforts.

ASK INFO, CRITERIA, AND DNI

ALLOWED

✅Anonymous asks

✅Asks about the Creator's headcanons

✅Asks about ships (as long as it's not illegal!)

✅Questions about the show

✅Asking about characters who are not directly available for asks (ex. "How is Wordshake doing?" Available characters will answer for them!)

✅"Poof" asks (ex. "Poof, Rocket is now a cat for 3 asks!" Limit for these is 5 asks. The character will return to normal after said number of asks is up.)

✅Characters and/or OC interaction asks (note that me drawing your OC entirely depends on my mood.)

NOT ALLOWED

❌NSFW asks

❌Asks about f3tish3s/k1nks

❌Racist, ablelist, homophobic/transphobic, anti-LGBTQIA+ asks and/or messages (Just don't bother interacting if you're intolerant.)

❌Asks about illegal ships (inc3$t, p3døs, etc.)

❌Hate asks and/or messages, or anything mean-spirited towards the Creator and/or their art or blog

❌Begging the Creator to draw your OC (I will draw them if I feel like it! Be nice and don't force it on me!)

❌Spamming the askbox (Please don't do this, I hate unnecessary clutter so much, and it's just a pain to work through.)

Aside from the rules and such, I give you creative freedom to ask (almost) anything you want! It's always been my dream to run an ask blog, and now I'm finally doing it!

Notes

Please keep in mind that asks may not be answered immediately. I've got a life outside of Tumblr! But I will get to it whenever I can!

Not every ask will be answered with digital art. Sometimes I'll answer with paper sketches, sometimes I'll have colored answers on paper, or I could have just digital lineart, it really all depends on my mood while answering.

The show Crashbox is not made by me (obviously). It was made by HBO Family and ran from 1999 - 2000 for 2 seasons. Jade and Gumdrop however are original characters made and designed by me. Danny Dill is a fan-made Jumpin' Johnnie Jumble alter ego that was designed by me. However the character Johnnie himself is from the show and is not mine.

Have fun asking the Crashbox characters! :]

This post will be edited as needed in the future.

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bluewithpurplepolkadots · 8 months ago

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Saw the first three episodes of S2 of MAW recently! My thoughts:

-Positives-

While it’s early days so far? The world building is a hell of a lot stronger so far compared to season one.

Season one was kind of a mess in this department and yet also somehow too simplistic.

Season one had Tyler get over what would have been a culturally ingrained view of human kids being toxic WAY too fast and just weird aspects like the fact CEOs can just banish and unbanish who they want. There was then no further explanation or look into this frankly weird aspect.

We were also continually trapped at Monsters Inc: beyond I believe a single send up of a baseball game. It felt weak and small. It’s fine to stay in one place for a movie but for a tv series… ehhh.

Season two does a lot better in this area. We have monster society as a whole see comedy as… well a joke and not an exactly dignified practice compared to traditional scaring. We see Tyler’s home and his family together: including his grandma instead of them going one at a time to the factory to see Tyler.

We have them go to MU and they go to a fancy restaurant and a convention in these three episodes.

Even just having Val drive around Tyler on her scooter makes it feel like they’re in a real city. It feels wider. It’s a good choice: having those scenes where she drives him around.

Tyler just isn’t that funny and I’m glad his act is getting old.

I think in retrospect it was… a little off to me that season one seemed like it was going to have this wake up call for Tyler. For him realise he just wasn’t a good comedian. That the mifters would all be better at it than him at it and then it… just seemed to side step it with a doughnut joke that isn’t even that funny.

And it gets old for the kids here! Which I like!

Honestly a potential downside to the comedy idea is that it’s also just plain harder I think to be consistently funny as opposed to being scary. Jokes get old faster than heart palpitations do. If it didn’t have the ten times the energy advantage it probably wouldn’t be viable. And I like we got to see that Tyler is a good scarer at the convention. He has options. He doesn’t have to be a comedian honestly.

Also maybe they’re picking up that plot point again with regards certain Mift characters because Val seems to know the kids better. Are they setting her up to be a comedian? I could see it working out better for her. She can connect with kids better. Either Tyler becomes a scarer or a comedy assistant. Either works.

Query for myself: Hell one could argue maybe another issue is like. Monsters are talking to kids. When do they stop? Like at what age? Will this expose the monster world? Like Tyler’s heart to heart with a six year old was kind of funny because I wasn’t expecting it but like… bro. I have to wonder about the ramifications here. I’m wondering what the heck the CDA are doing. Like I think when a kid hits double figures it gets a bit dangerous.

Also will other monsters still scaring mean sometimes comedy doesn’t work as well on kids and vice versa? Or what? Maybe comedy means it’s actually scarier when a Fear Co employee has a turn because they don’t know what to expect. Who knows. I mean even if they don’t share kids. Kids have friends. They talk.

Val is well written here and feels like a real person. I didn’t dislike Val in season one but she does feel more of a real person here. She’s still wild and zany but she seems more… cohesive. It’s a little difficult to explain as this is more of a vague feeling I have about her than anything concrete. But I did think Val was fine in s1: I just like her much more here.

Negatives Less Duncan :( I miss that green asshole.

I mean I get why. Tyler is the main character and he isn’t at MIFT anymore. But he is still the best of the new characters. I have to be real here. Just.. have him go to the floor more to deliberately antagonise his bf Tyler? Come on.

Random:

Johnny was wearing what looked like a Hugh Hefner suit in that restaurant and I have no idea how to feel about that. Also I suspect he left that card on purpose.

From what I gather Rodger Rodgers is a popular character: but honestly haven’t really seen anything yet as to why that is. I don’t hate him but he’s just kind of… there with a random line about how his name sounds fake. Maybe he’ll shine later ?

I have been spoiled on the s2 finale in some regards: and I have to be real what I heard leaves me apprehensive because it sounds really off to me. But I’ll try to keep an open mind for now.

#monsters at work #maw #polka watches maw

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the1975attheirverybest · 2 years ago

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Date Night

A/N: second installment of Fwb Matty. Based on this and included a few different things we talked about yesterday. Let me know what you think!

Warnings: smut, very mild angst. Some sub-ish Matty? Do we like him? Prefer dom!Matty? Both? Neither? Thoughts?

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“You’re late.” Her eyes sized him up, hand on her hip, heel tapping against the floor.

Matty knew he’d fucked up, but it was an honest mistake. He’d genuinely lost track of time. After a long week of getting nowhere with producing his new record, just as he was about to leave, a lightbulb went off in his head and he had to see it through. He had no idea the restaurant would have closed by the time that he remembered to look up from his desk.

“I- I know. Sorry-“ he moved to walk through her doorway but her body didn’t budge. She wouldn’t let him in.

Matty’s face betrayed him. His remorse, and the surprise at her reaction, written all over his features. “You gonna let me in?” He asked a bit hesitant.

“Why should I?” She sighed, not giving him a chance to answer before she spoke again. “Do you remember WHY you set up this dinner in the first place?”

“Look, I said I’m sorry-“

“I asked you a question.”

“I- I do remember. Your date blew you off and…I said I’d take you out. Show you how you’re meant to be treated.”

“Yeah, you really fuckin’ nailed it, didn’t you?” She looked away from him at the passersby, suddenly aware the people on the street were subjected to their fight.

“I’m sorry, okay? Now let me in so I can explain.”

“Matty it’s almost midnight. Just go home. I don’t wanna hear it.” She spoke softer. Her arms wrapping around her torso defensively.

“ just- let me in and we can talk. Hmm?” Matty stepped forward, she turned around and walked in, finally giving him the space to slide through the door and shut it behind him.

“You know what? I’m not doing this. I’m going to bed. Stay, leave, it’s really up to you.”

He rushed behind her, grabbing her arm. “I was in the studio okay?! I had work to do! I couldn’t just drop it and leave! It’s not the kind of thing that I can just pick back up the next day. I had to see this through. And maybe if you weren’t so keen on being angry, you’d understand. My job- it’s different.”

“Oh, yeah, sorry. Forgot. You’re a genius. the rules don’t apply to you!”

She was pushing his buttons. He absolutely hated when anyone compared his personal tendencies to the self-important musician types who glorified their own “genius.”

“The fuck is the matter with you? I didn’t say that. I don’t care!”

“Yes, you don’t care. You’ve made that very clear. How little you care about my time and my feelings. You had to work? Fine. I get that. Couldn’t even spare me a text? Postpone? Let me know you’re not fucking coming so I don’t spend my whole fucking night waiting around for you like a fool in this stupid outfit and- just- you don’t get it. You never will.” She pried her arm out of his hold and walked down the hall.

Matty ran his fingers through his hair, huffing in frustration. “Your ego’s just bruised cuz of that dickhead who pied you off. ‘S the only reason we’re even havin’ this conversation right now.”He shot back, saying exactly the right words to get a rise of her.

“Get the fuck out. Out! Now!” She shoved him with all the strength she could muster and he almost tripped backwards.

“Fine. Don’t have to tell me twice.”

Before Matty made it to her front door, he heard her slam the bedroom door shut, and begin to cry.

“Fuck me.” He whispered under his breath, his hand on the apartment doorknob.

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Matty had been standing in front of her bedroom door for ages. Listening to her sniffle and cry in there. All alone. And kicking himself for how insensitive he’d been. He wanted to go in there and apologize immediately, but he was afraid that if he opened his mouth again, he’d only make things worse. He took a deep breath, steadying himself, and knocked on her door.

“Go away, Matty!”

“No! I mean- respectfully, I- I’m not going anywhere. May I come in?”

He took her silence as a yes and opened the door hesitantly, peaking his head through the small crack. The sight that his eyes landed on made his stomach turn.

In the dim light of the bedside lamp, he saw her sitting at the edge of the bed, makeup colored tear stains running down her face. “Oh, darlin’ I’m so sorry.”

She covered her face with her hands, sobbing into her palms and dreading having to talk to him.

Matty moved towards her slowly and delicately, whispering apologies and hoping she’d look at him. He crouched down on the floor, sitting on his knees and reached for her hands.

“Please, look at me. Please?” He pulled at her wrists, prying her hands away from her face and wiping her tears gently with the back of his hand. “I’m sorry. Yeah? Sorry. Really. What I did- no excuses. And what I said to you was awful.”

She made several failed attempts to stop her crying. Mumbling incoherently. “I- I’m- don’t- it’s no big deal.” She sighed, letting her tears fall onto his hands.

“Yes it is.”

“N-no. You are not the first or last person on the planet to forget about a dinner plan with a friend. Don’t know why I’m being so dramatic.”

“You’re not being dramatic. I gave you my word. Told you I’d show you how you ought to expect guys to treat you, and then I went and- and fuckin abandoned you! What kind of friend does that?”

Her eyes finally met his. She could see the regret all over his face. Matty was good at arguing his way out of anything. He had a smart mouth on him, and that charming smile that would bring anyone to their knees. But, this, right now, was different. It was him who was on his knees. And she believed every word that he said.

“I- I really did want to spend the evening with you. I promise. Time just- got away from me.”

She smiled softly. “Yeah,” nodding. “I know how you get when you’re in the zone.”

His face relaxed. “Yeah, but that’s no excuse. I- could’ve at least texted. Just didn’t realize how much time had gone by. Came over as soon as I noticed. Please forgive me?”

Matty rested his head in her lap. “Gosh. Look at the dress you’re wearing. You made an effort. Went to all this trouble.”

She nodded, righteous indignation suddenly hitting her again. “I did. Actually tried to look nice. Thought you would too. I mean, I know it was a little little friend date, but, with my tragic dating history…I don’t know. I was excited not to have to be nervous or pretend to be someone I’m not. Cuz it’d be just us. Just you and me.”

Every word she spoke shot daggers into Matty’s heart. He’d all but crushed her sprit. “I’m such a fuckin’ idiot. Oh, gosh. Please lemme make it up to you. Tonight! Like, right now! I’ll get us dinner. Or, if it’s too late, I’ll cook for you.” He looked up at her, his eyes silently begging.

She paused for a moment, thinking, and taking in his compromised position, when an idea popped into her head. “I have a better idea.” A devilish smile crept on her face.

***

“Ahh! Ahh- hurts. Baby, it hurtsss” Matty cried out, fighting the tears that formed in the corners of his eyes. She’s been touching him for what felt like hours. Waiting for him to get right to the edge, and then stopping just as he starts to feel good. He was now beyond sensitive. Every inch on his skin feeling hot as fire. He was certain his sweat had drenched the bedsheets, and, more than anything, he was feeling a bit light-headed.

“Do you wanna stop?” She asked, her hand hovering dangerously close, but not quite touching him.

Matty stared at her mutely, trying to think through his answer, but his head was scrambled, his eyes glassy. He wasn’t entirely sure she was present. If they stop, the torture goes away. But, he knew she was having fun. And this was about her, not him. “W-wanna- make you happy. Wanna be good. For you.”

That was all she needed to hear. She went back to pumping him, mercilessly.

“Ah! Fuck! That’s - in-intense! Can I cum now? Please? Can I?”

“Not yet. Matty, don’t you dare.”

“I won’t, I won’t, I promise!” He repeated over and over.

Once again, just as he felt a hot wave of pleasure rush over him, she took her touch away, leaving him writhing. “Fuckkkk- that hurts!!” He yelled out. Tears finally streaming down his face. She stared at him for a long while, seemingly hypnotized by the sight of him so uncontrolled. His chest rising and falling, flushed and red all over, sweat dropping down his body, curving at his muscles; his hair splayed over the pillow, his eyes red and watering, his lips red and bitten over. He was perfect.

She placed a gentle hand on his cheek and he titled his head slightly to kiss it.

“You doing okay, Matty?”

“Dizzy.” He mumbled. He loved when she said his name.

“We should stop then.” She tore herself away from him to pull his boxers back over his legs. For a brief moment, she saw a look flash over his eyes and thought she’d hear a flood of complaints. That she’s put him through all this for nothing. That he had to cum at the end. That this wasn’t fair. But, Matty said nothing.

“Can I get you anything? Some water? You look out of it. You feeling alright?”

It took him a moment to muster some strength, but he eventually smiled softly. “D-did you, umm, have fun?”

“Yeah, plenty of fun.”

“Then- uh, yeah. I’m okay.” Matty sighed, closing his eyes for a second, before opening them again to look up at her. “Can I- could I stay the night? Please?”

“Of course, Matty. Always.” She placed a quick peck on his lips before scrambling to her feet to grab him some water and a change of clothes. “Think I’ve got some of your clothes around here somewhere.”

“Uh, hey, are you still mad at me? I mean- forgive me?” Matty mumbled into the duvet as she pulled it over his body.

“Oh, Matty, I forgave you before we even started.”

“Yeah?”

“Would’ve forgiven you, either way. That’s the wild thing about you, mate. Can never stay mad at you.”

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crimsonblackrose · 6 months ago

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Lia is reading Beowulf

Anthony recommends Animal Farm instead.

Mr. Landry lived next to their elementary school and had chicken coops. They've been in school together since elementary school.

Lia: I miss being friends. Anthony's brain breaking for a moment.

Lia calls Kenny: Strawberry ghost.

Anthony's friend does Tommy's line about how everyone is doing something new.

This actor does a great job of making me hate his character Zack:

All he does is egg Anthony on and put peer pressure on him. Apparently Kenny got like 20 points during gym

Anthony stealing Kenny's clothes is messed up.

Miguel has been stretching since 6 am. 🤣 Tournament's a month away.

Mr. even while drunk never loses his keys somehow misplaces his hachimaki at Carmen's? not buying it.

Don't go where he can't follow. Ooh I forgot he drops a little context. "You know how they make that loaded potato soup."

I think the "i found something in your room I need you to explain" is 1. another invasion of privacy. 2. Anthony why wouldn't you hide a cobra kai hoodie, knowing that they broke into your home and are terrorizing your sister? 3. Why did you even take it home? and 4. I think sadly, the most we've seen Daniel say to Anthony since he was littler and just sort of ignored Daniel or tried to order out his needs.

Anthony you little liar. Well...actually I guess from Anthony's perspective Kenny is giving him a hard time. But it's not on purpose and the way you've been responding to losing at basketball or not having all of Lia's attention is not cool. And you curbing to peer pressure is on you. I'm sorry that your friends suck, but Anthony you managed to go this long making them think you knew karate and couldn't use it because it was a lethal weapon kinda means you should be able to worm your way out of all of this. Kenny's in Cobra Kai because of you.

Messing around and name calling is what your 'friends' are doing to you, not what Kenny is doing to you.

Daniel: Go upstairs, get changed. Anthony: For what? Daniel: Just go upstairs and get changed.

Anthony should've come down in a suit. Because Daniel should've specified working out or something.

Robby listening to Kenny and then figuring out the best way to help him/steer him. "I got kicked out of school and went to juvie, you gotta be smarter than me and your brother" is a very good choice.

I totally see Piper in the background and her friends.

Silver: we all have weaknesses. Tory: Kreese doesn't. Silver: of course he does. Kreese: The hell i do, don't tell them I have any weakness.

each pick a fighter 6 pack of brews to the winner.

Johnny struggling from 'we're hooking up, to not hooking up to sex talk intro....

Johnny nervously just listing off chain restaurants.

Miguel's surprised but not surprised and also judging his mom just a smidge:

Listen sometimes Johnny's got a whole lot of decent balanced stuff in his fridge. It depends on how much self-hatred he's stewing in. When he digs himself out of it he tends to clean up and also his eating habits change.

Miyagi-do does not have wifi

Remember...when Amanda's clue that Kreese was dangerous was that he had weapons on his wall? These weapons? Weapons Daniel also had? And that the kids are now training because the All-Valley included skills competition?

Anthony says the cars, Daniel forgot to put the covers on them, look like a jackson pollock painting (they're covered in bird poop)

I can't believe Daniel's leaving to go to the dealership. Like on the one hand proud of him for finding the balance to do both. Both on the other hand, he's literally leaving a whole bunch of teenagers alone to practice with weapons. Unsupervised by an adult. Daniel, wtf?

Piper flirting with Tory after their sparring. 🤣 Good for her for shooting her shot.

Johnny heard that Silver was giving out dojo merch and sent Devon a eagle fang shirt before her first class.

Random new eagle fang students, we haven't had that in a while. I guess Johnny did manage to scrounge up some new recruits. I do think he should've still taken Moon on she could've done kata for him.

Devon brings up Bloodsport. Johnny is delighted.

omg

Johnny sent her prep work and it was movies and she went above his list:

Devon is a fan of Cynthia Rothrock.

Mitch saw Last Dragon, Johnny is not impressed. 😅 Sorry Mitch.

Devon also drops: best of the best.

Poor Miguel getting side lined again.

Johnny has tied the kids arms to their sides, in case cobra kai pops their shoulder out and they have to fight one handed.

I would like to point out he's talking about cheating and playing dirty and he got this idea because Daniel immobilized his arm with his secret pressure points.

Like I get that Daniel thinks his way is the best way to prep against Silver, but if they'd talked and Daniel had told him of all the Silver moves he knew, Johnny would've built lessons about ways to defend against it. Because he's literally trying to ensure they stay in the game and don't panic if they get injured like he did. Which he's been doing since the beginning by showing pretty much all his students at some point how to get out of a choke-hold.

It also sucks though, now that Johnny has one from Kreese and one from Daniel on that list because Daniel went too far and used the pressure points against him. It's a good lesson but it shouldn't have been inspired the way it was.

Johnny's used literally everything he can think of, ducttape on Mitch, rope on another kid, what looks like bungy cord on another. I dunno I feel like prepping them against cheating is so smart. I think he seran wrapped Bert. 🤣

I would say Johnny being careful with Miguel is probably related to Miguel's injury, but that hair ruffle in front of the class is totally because Johnny's told Miguel he's dating his mom.

One of the kids throws sand in Mitch's eyes. Which ow, and also dangerous. Johnny that could've been accomplished with a blindfold. But use the other senses because you've been blinded, without meaning too defends against one of SIlver's moves, to blind your opponent. For that one Miguel just held a box of sand.

Oh, I don't think having Devon kick all the guys in the balls is the way to go there Johnny. Even if Daniel used a ball-shot move he learned from Mr. Miyagi in TKK2. Miguel you gotta admit, not being in this one is probably for the best.

Johnny should've ensured they were all wearing protective gear first. Which is not...very him. (I'm going to blame netflix here) because while he put the kids in danger and it didn't always seem safe i.e. the junkyard with the dogs. He still ensured they had protective gear when doing stuff like breaking glass.

Like everyone giggling about Silver picking Kenny might make sense, but Silver totally scammed Kreese with his whole double or nothing. He literally knows that Robby's weakness would be his little buddy he's taken under his wing. Which is the whole point of the lesson.

And he proves it when Robby goes woah woah woah are you okay and Kreese has to call pause.

I do like that despite winning Kenny and Robby still do a little fist bump after their fight, like no hard feelings there despite Kenny tricking Robby by feigning injury.

all the ice, at least Johnny got ice for them all.

I dunno Johnny you shouldn't put all the kids but Miguel through the ringer and then say 'champ we've got family dinner'. It's uncool and you should know that it could cause division or seem like you're playing favorites.

Also Johnny just leaves Miguel. Are you seriously leaving Miguel who as far as we know doesn't have his own car or license yet, at an abandoned factory?

The taskrabbit Anthony called is named Artie, whose cat needs hernia surgery so this is his side hustle, and Daniel has tons of Glacier freeze gatorade but no lemon lime.

Daniel I'm surprised you let your credit card or any financial info anywhere near something Anthony has access to after he tried to alexa order something and you struggled to cancel it.

Anthony's response to this is that he knows, which makes me wonder if Daniel and Amanda pay so little attention to him that he feels like he does most things on his own and thus accomplishes everything on his own.

See that works on Sam because she met him but Anthony didn't so he doesn't care.

Mr. Miyagi taught sam the wax on wax off first move. Anthony gets he's a great ma and he taught Daniel karate. And he's heard all the stories and he's sick of it.

Daniel asks if that means he doesn't want to learn how to defend himself or learn skills for life and Anthony responds not if it means cleaning up bird shit to which Daniel rebukes him for language. then essentially says he thought Anthony was mature enough for this and walks away and tells Anthony to just go back to his video games.

Which, Daniel you fucked up here. Anthony never got to meet Mr. Miyagi that he remembered. So he's just hearing the whole family bond about this guy he doesn't know and it's isolating because he's got nothing to draw on to add to it. Anthony knows all the stories, he knows all about Mr. Miyagi, but do you know anything about Anthony beyond video games? Do you even know what video games he likes to play? Because you bought him kitkats from Japan and that's it. You're just not...listening. You're pissed because in your head he disrespected Mr. Miyagi. And didn't listen to the core of it. Which is there is no Miyagi magic for him and instead his whole life he's been living in the shadow of a man he doesn't know and getting teased because he should know the moves.

Also, I think if Johnny was still there, it'd suck because his training is always hard, but that Anthony would enjoy it more.

normally i tend to think whatevers in the middle of the table is the main course, but that's tomato, red onion and avocado and nothing else.

johnny is not good balancing between Miguel and Carmen.

I think what's happening is Johnny is trying so hard to not be Sid that he doesn't know what to do. Carmen literally moves later like she's going to just eat the tomato, onion and avocado as a meal/salad.

The way Anthony immediately starts apologizing for being in the dojo is kinda telling of his not so great relationship with his father. Like he found something that sparked his interest in karate but then immediately panics as soon as Daniel asks what he's doing.

Like Daniel even says he doesn't need to apologize, but Anthony just doesn't seem to know him well enough that he thinks he's doing something wrong.

Is this the pressure point lesson?

Because if it is, what Daniel says related to it is wild.

If it is in fact pressure points then Daniel you've already used it twice, once to save Johnny's life and stop Kreese and once to try and win an argument with Johnny.

I am glad Anthony is talking about how he feels sort of left out because he doesn't have any memories of Mr. Miyagi.

I also feel like this is a long time coming, Daniel needed to have this conversation with Anthony ages ago. A chance to tell him not stories about himself and Mr. Miyagi or Sam and Mr. Miyagi, the stories he knows all about, but you missed telling Anthony about his own story with Mr. Miyagi. "Mr. Miyagi wanted to hold him and as soon as Anthony was in his arms, Anthony kicked him in the face."

Mr. Miyagi apparently just laughed and said Anthony was going to be handful but would also be a protector of the family.

Since when? Also you, not wanting to pressure someone into doing what they don't want to do? Dude. You do that all the time. You tried to pressure all the students into learning just Miyagi-do which broke up the combined dojo.

Junior Prom theme his Hollywood Heights, which feels a bit like phoning it in since they're in LA.

Johnny once again showing up at school. Why if it's decorated for prom is it the middle of the day? Who would put up all those balloons and decorations this early?

Carmen might get pissed that Johnny's taking Miguel out of school to skip history.

Lia has figured out her and Ant's play date: Saturday at a fair at Westwood park and the best part is fried oreos. A bunch of other people including Kenny are going. Lia also has a friend named Jane.

Zach, get a hobby will you?

Kenny using LaPusso against Anthony knowing it's a weakness and luring Anthony and his not friends into a trap in the library. Smart kid. Also I get why he didn't trust the 'let's talk'.

Kenny is doing a great job of taking them all out individually.

One of the kids is named Marcus.

Of course Kenny got caught.

Johnny knows a lot of random facts about Rowdy Roddy Piper (A Canadian wrestler/actor for WWE who it look like wore a kilt)

Johnny says he doesn't know how to do this kind of relationship. And Miguel says that's what happened with robby right, he got scared? And Johnny admits that he got scared.

Johnny felt cheated, everything just made him miss his dad more and he couldn't figure out why everything was happening. His mom did the best she could but well she married sid.

Miguel asks if he ever tried to find him.

Johnny doesn't know what he'd say. But this is something Miguel's relating to.

Johnny also doesn't know where he'd begin looking for him.

Johnny really does have some honesty and reveals a lot about himself when people are willing to listen.

He says he didn't have a male role model until he met Kreese and they both know how that went.

He's trying so hard not to be the people in his life that abandoned him or gave up when he didn't do exactly what they wanted when he knew it was wrong.

He says he can never fix that. 😭

But he doesn't want to make that mistake with Miguel, he just doesn't know what to do or how to do this. he says he clearly doesn't know what the hell he's doing.

omg I'm going to cry, don't you boys start crying. Like damn xolo the tears in your eyes and the shaky laugh.

Some things are going to change, you dating my mom, but there are some things I don't want to change. | Like what?| Like you being my sensei.

I love that Johnny prepared a lesson.

He's going to teach Miguel one of the most badass moves in karate, the flying tornado.

Sam crashing their lesson. 🤣 She skipped school and was like fuck everyone else I do what I want which is sneaking into Eagle Fang.

I do appreciate that Johnny's first question is "Does your dad know you're here". Like he knows Daniel will be pissed and I don't think he'd teach her and lie about it. It's not his style.

The school/principal moved fast. "I've already talked to the other offending students and they will be suspended, so will your son."

He has evidence of Kenny running and being chased by the kids, found the milk tiktok, and evidence of cyberbullying.

Kenny really took care of his bullies.

Terry's reading this book.

Terry's also excited for Kreese's six pack gift to him: Ba Muoi Ba (Vietnamese Beer)

Scovil, from Utah, didn't really bathe, took point and took over leadership when he shouldn't have and stepped on a mindfield and died. Aka Kreese is warning Silver.

Kreese you really brought down the vibes, this guy was the giddiest happiest dude and now he's so sad and quiet and aware something is up.

Terry is right, Kreese you're over-reacting.

It's also uncool for you to pull the cage into this. You're being a dick Kreese, this is mean. Like Kreese you put so much effort into getting Terry to co-sensei with you and then you pull rank, and dredge up the worst memories of Terry's life.

#mumbling about shows #s 4 ep 7 Minefields

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random-ln-stuff · 1 year ago

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Hello! Hi! I am deep diving hard in the little nightmares lore and I think I’ve scrolled though most of your blog now (lol). There are still a few things I’m confused about and can’t seem to find…

The north wind, What is it? What powers does it have? Why is it so strong?

The lords, who are they? Do they govern this wrapped world? Do they ever convene with one another?

The eye, is it one big eye? Or is it a realm beyond the no where? Does it control all the other eyes that we see in the games?

If this is too much feel free to ignore it! Sorry to ask so much stuff (I am genuinely trying to make sense of it all) ps. I absolutely adore everything you have in this blog!!

Reading this made me realize that there’s a couple things i just haven’t explained anywhere.

The following is a mix of headcanons and actual (vague) lore.

1: The North Wind.

The North Wind is a monster found in one of the two official Little Nightmares Comics.

In the story, the North Wind is a formless entity, being the wind itself, although he is shown to be capable of making himself a humanoid shaped body deep within the storm that he is, probably forming the shape of a person using dust and debris he’s picked up.

He’s shown making a wager with the Ferryman (which I now believe is “who can pull this child fully into the Nowhere first” or something similar) and given how he calls the Ferryman a Cheat, he’s probably done a similar thing with him many times before.

He’s also one of 3 entities that acknowledges the Ferryman’s existence, the other two being The Mall from the podcast, who recognizes the Ferryman and begs him not to take Noone, and the Lady, who the Ferryman works for.

Besides his ability to literally strip things to the bone with nothing but wind and his own control over it, the mere fact that the North Wind can both casually wager with the Ferryman and the fact the the Ferryman often needs to cheat to win against him shows that the North Wind is equally as powerful or at least very close in power to the Ferryman (and also the Lady).

As for WHY the North Wind is so powerful, I think it’s because of the same reason that the Ferryman is so powerful, but I’ll get into that in a bit.

2: Lords.

First off: All inhabited areas of Nowhere have some sort of Vice or Obsession related to it. A thing that most, if not all of the inhabitants are obsessed with. The Pale City had Escapism and TVs, wherever Guests come from (and by extension the Maw, which is a restaurant that serves these people, not their original home) has food and hunger, etc.

(The Nest is an exception. It doesn’t have any sort of Vice because it’s only inhabited by three people, not counting the Lady whenever she presumably stays there, and doesn’t have the population or resources or anything to sustain any kind of obsession. Sure the Pretender has her dolls, but that’s more of a “spoil this kid rotten” thing than an addiction)

A Lord is basically just my word for “Any creature that controls a given area or vice of the Nowhere”. Meaning The Lady, The Broadcaster (not the Thin Man, but a separate being. I got a whole theory post on that), and if you take the Podcast into account, The Chained Woman, Living Mall and Ventriloquist. Along with any other rulers of the Nowhere we haven’t seen yet or even will never see.

Also included in this list are The North Wind, Ferryman and Signal Tower Flesh Walls. They don’t truly control any real areas (unless you count the North Wind tearing his way through the wilderness) but their power and influence is too great to really ignore, especially since out of the three of them, two work directly together with other Lords in ways that other minions simply can’t. The Ferryman works for the Lady alongside dragging kids into Nowhere to begin with, bringing them to either the Maw or the Nest depending on what the Lady needs. The Flesh Walls aid the Broadcaster in his control over the Pale City, helping spread the Transmission by literally being the Transmission Tower. I’d even argue that for the Ferryman and Flesh Walls, helping the Lady and Broadcaster respectively is more of a beneficial partnership than working under them, especially for the Flesh Walls.

Lords are also the entities that can pull children into the Nowhere, although some do it far more than others and as such are more experienced. For example: The Ferryman, North Wind, Living Mall and Flesh Walls.

(Also while I’m on the topic, I fully believe that Noone’s dream in Ep 3 of the Podcast is essentially an unplanned, forced detour for Noone’s Nowhere Tour, with the Living Mall being the thing that pulls her in this time instead of the Ferryman, which is why the Ferryman ends up taking her away from the Mall at the end instead of just letting her do whatever until she wakes up again. This would explain not only why the Ferryman actually helped Noone during her escape from the Mall, pointing at her necklace and gesturing for her to take it off before offering Noone his hand to escape (which brings to mind the North Wind comic, where the Ferryman does the exact same gesture to the Refugee Boy to take him away from the North Wind), an action we never him do before or after episode 3 when Noone is in danger, but also why the Mall got incredibly distressed and angry at the Ferryman when he showed up. The Mall pulled Noone in themselves this time, and the Ferryman had to show up to make sure his target didn’t get caught by different Lord before he could take her.)

Lords are the most powerful creatures found in the Nowhere, often possessing incredible power and uniquely, more humanlike intelligence and qualities. Adults in the Nowhere are more often than not mindless child killers who simply do their job or keep up with their obsession or vice (the Teacher teaching, the Hunter hunting, Viewers being addicted to the Transmission, etc) and completely LOSE IT when they see a child, gunning straight for it with the intent to kill unless something even more important (usually Obsession related) happens to stop them. It’s shown that some non-Lords can resist these child-killing urges with some practice like the Thin Man refusing to actually harm Six when he grabs her (although he did still leave Six to be corrupted in the Tower) and the Butler being able to look after the Pretender, who is a child, but this seems to be the exception. Especially since in all cases of this happening, there’s a reason for it. The Thin Man can still recognize Six, The Butler doesn’t harm the Pretender because she’s the Lady’s daughter, who the Butler works for and fears for VERY good reason, the Hunter didn’t kill Six immediately because he wanted to either cook or taxidermy her at a later date, etc

Meanwhile Lords have been seen completely ignoring any sort of child killing urge or compulsion easily. The Lady looked after anywhere from 2 to 6 children and is the one that trained the Butler to not attack her children in the first place, the Living Mall is extremely possessive, but doesn’t appear to have any real intentions of harming Noone, just wanting to keep her happy so she won’t leave them to be alone again and even begs her not to go further into the Nowhere for her own safety and even the Ferryman, despite his constant kidnapping of children in and out of Nowhere, never resorts to outright harming them or chasing them down like a wild animal like some other adults.

The Ferryman especially is a good example of this. Instead of chasing and snatching up any child he sees or mindlessly chasing one no matter the cost or killing them immediately upon capture, the Ferryman usually manipulates kids into giving themselves up nonviolently and is extremely persistent in doing so, stalking targets for YEARS if he has to in order to manipulate them or to wait for them to get into a position to be manipulated. He does tie up Six when bringing her to the Maw, but even prior to that he doesn’t chase Six down or harm her in order to capture her. He simply finds Six and points at her, causing every adult nearby to also point and make noises at her (possibly showing that the Ferryman has some sort of control or commanding power over Adults, just like some other lords we see), which overwhelms Six to the extent that she just curls up and tries to block out the noise, and after that the Ferryman presumably just walked over and took her without resistance, avoiding any sort of chase or fight entirely.

This isn’t to say that Lords won’t attack children or will treat them with any sort of kindness, the Lady will kill any intruders she can find and the North Wind seems to seriously enjoy killing things, making a whole game out of it with the Ferryman, but what I’m saying is that they’re able to resist those natural child-killing instincts if they ever want or need to. If a Lord kills a child, it’s because they want to, not because they need to. And boy do they often want to.

They’re also noticeably more aware and intelligent than typical adults. For the best example of this, compare the Maw and Signal Tower to any other adult in complexity.

Every year at the same time, but never in the same place, the Maw shows up, brings guests aboard and lets them eat endless amounts of delicious food and meat, only to later kill all of the guests aboard to feed the Lady with their souls.

The Signal Tower keeps producing the Signal by using a time loop. The loop is initially set up when the Broadcaster finds Mono, a child with signal powers, and attacks the Pale City Orphanage that he’s living in. The two meet, something we don’t get to see happens and Mono ends up in the forest outside the city, most likely coming out of one of the TVs there. Then Mono meets Six and the two journey through the Pale City. The actual loop begins when Mono releases the Thin Man, who kidnaps Six (and removes her soul by doing so). Mono then kills the Thin Man, and enters the Tower, only for a soulless Six to leave him there. Mono is then used as a living battery to create the transmission until he’s too old to be useful, at which point Mono (now The Thin Man) is released from the tower by his past self and is then eventually killed by his past self, who goes on to become trapped in the tower and so on infinitely.

All of these things are not only complicated (Especially the Loop), but when compared to other adults, even adults with Jobs like the Teacher and Doctor, have something that other adults don’t: A Purpose and Ultimate Goal.

The Teacher endlessly teaches fake students that can’t grow, change, learn or ever leave the school. She will do that forever simply because she is a Teacher and Teachers teach. The Doctor endlessly preforms surgeries on patients that never leave, simply waiting in the hospital to go through it all again, once again, simply because the Doctor is a Doctor and that’s what doctors do. The Hunter hunts and taxidermies because he’s a hunter, end of story. These adults CAN do things other than their jobs if they want to, like the Teacher playing the Piano in her free time and even writing and editing her own piece, but in the end they’re stuck endlessly doing their jobs for no real reason, with no end goal, simply because that is what they do.

But the Lady and Broadcaster are different. For example: The Maw’s whole thing isn’t something the Lady does just because she’s The Owner or The Host of the Maw and that’s what she does, she does it to keep herself alive, maintaining the whole thing as a way to guarantee a steady supply of souls to keep herself going year after year. In fact: The Lady didn’t originally run the Maw. She forcibly took it over from the previous owner (The Granny). In other words: The Lady planned out everything with the Maw. She took over because she wanted to use it as a guest trap and continues to use it as so. There’s also the Lady’s connections to the Nest, showing that the Lady can just straight up stop the Maw stuff in its entirety for a while and do whatever the hell she wants at the Nest, not to mention her own collection of books and spells deeper in her personal quarters, further abandoning any semblance of “I run the Maw because I am it’s owner and therefore it is my purpose”. The Lady runs the Maw and keeps track of all her employees because she wants to (use it to become immortal), not because it’s her only true purpose in life.

Her name actually somewhat reflects this. Instead of a job title or something similar, her name is simply “The Lady”. “The Lady of the Maw” for long. It’s just a description of her. Not a job title. Because the Lady does what she wants and doesn’t have a preset job-related purpose. The Broadcaster can also technically be used here as well, because The Broadcaster isn’t actually his name. We don’t know his name. He’s simply a second Thin Man that you can find if you search through the Lore enough. I just call him the Broadcaster because that was the Thin Man’s original name when LN2 had just recently been announced.

(The Thin Man also has a non-job-related name and isn’t a lord, but that’s because he doesn’t actually have a job to define him with. He’s a living battery for the signal tower, nothing more and nothing less.)

Point is, Lords are way more intelligent than the typical adult, and are able to think in ways that regular adults simply can’t.

Also (and this one is a pure headcanon with little canon evidence): Lords have the unique ability to speak in a language that both Children and Adults understand, when normally Children and Adults simply can’t understand each other. The only other creatures that can do this are The Butler, a Non-Lord Adult who can speak Child thanks to the Lady, The Pretender, a child that can speak Adult also thanks to the Lady, and Children that are still in the process of being dragged into the Nowhere, like Noone being able to hear and understand an adult shopkeeper.

Lords can be aware of each other, interact and even work together, as seen with both the Lady and The Ferryman working together either with the Ferryman working underneath the Lady or both on an equal partnership (it’s hard to say given how powerful the Ferryman is and how we don’t know what he’s getting out of this partnership) and the Broadcaster and Flesh Walls working together to create the Transmission, the Loop and everything else that keeps the Pale City the way it is. It really just depends on how close their respective domains are.

In fact: we know two Lords who are either rivals or outright enemies: The Lady and The Broadcaster (once again, a separate entity from the Thin Man, although they look nearly identical).

In Little Nightmares 2, you can find an apartment that used to belong to the Lady, implying that she used to live in the Pale City.

It even has a picture of her (Masked, implying that she had her powers long before coming to the Maw, throwing a massive wrench into the Cycle Of Ladies theory) and one of her ceramic statues. The Glitching Remain found near it might even be the shadow-lifeforce-soul-stuff that the Lady stores inside those things, having leaked out and gotten ensnared by the Transmission.

Given the state of the Pale City and how the Lady now views the mainland as “Chaos”, it’s pretty clear that the Lady lived in the Pale City before the Broadcaster and Signal Tower showed up, and the Lady left once the Transmission started up.

Then in the Nest, we have the Lady locking up a TV in a heavy duty room while suspending it in the air (presumably so nothing can come through and if something does, the TV will fall and break, preventing them from escaping).

Combine that with the Broadcaster’s failed attempt to enter the Maw through a TV in the Post-Credits of Secrets Of The Maw and one of the Pretender’s drawings depicting the Broadcaster, and it’s very possible that the Lady did this in response to the Broadcaster trying to enter the Nest through that specific TV. To prevent him from taking her daughter. It would certainly explain why that TV was rigged to be one way. If the Broadcaster were to come through, the TV would fall, preventing the Broadcaster from escaping with a kidnapped Pretender.

It’s not the only TV in the Nest, as the Pretender does have one of her own, but there’s also a possibility that this specific TV is special somehow. Maybe it’s the only one in the Nest that can access live TV and signals, with the Pretender’s TV only being able to play pre-recorded stuff.

Final point is, both the Lady and the Broadcaster seem to despise each other, with the Lady leaving the Pale City once he showed up and the Broadcaster making multiple attempts to enter the Maw and Nest, most likely with the intention of harming the Lady and/or the Pretender.

As for how Lords are made, I headcanon that there’s two ways. A Deal with The Eye or being Made By It.

For the second opinion you have The Ferryman, North Wind, Signal Tower and Living Mall. They were just straight up created by the Eye. They aren’t the only ones either, as other Lords like them still have the capability to exist out there in the Nowhere. These are just the Lords we’ve seen.

As for why I believe these guys were created by the Lord, just look at them and what they’re capable of.

The Ferryman is described as a otherworldly figure with a face resembling melting wax (fun fact: that exact description is used in the podcast and is a reference to the Cut Character The Wax Bellman, who was confirmed out of universe to be an older beta version of what would later become the Ferryman.), who can shapeshift, teleport, speaks entirely in riddles and is shown to have direct connections to EXTREMELY powerful creatures, not to mention that Otto identifies him as “The guardian at the threshold. A mythic entity who’s appeared in the stories of innumerable cultures.”

The North Wind is a formless entity that is the Wind, is on par with the Ferryman in power and out of universe, The North Wind is often a character in legends and stories of various cultures, just like how Otto describes the Ferryman.

The Signal Tower and Living Mall are so similar that I first they were the same character. They’re giant masses of flesh covered in eyes that can mimic entire buildings. The eyes alone should give these things off.

Coincidentally (or not), these four specific lords are the ones who are better at invading people’s dreams and accessing Our World, with the Ferryman in particular being so adept at it that Otto initially believes him to be The “guardian at the threshold” of the Nowhere. In reality, all Lords we see can access our world through dreams, and it turns out that Eye-Created Lords are just naturally better at it. The Ferryman isn’t THE guardian at the threshold that Otto is looking for, but A guardian at the threshold. A Lord. One of many.

For the others like The Lady, Broadcaster and most of the Podcast Lords, they started out as regular adults.

Now it’s important to note that Regular Adults, despite being bound to that singular purpose or job, can do things outside of it and have unrelated things on the side, like the Teacher playing and composing on the piano in her free time.

For many, this is where it starts, with an adult using that Free Time and stuff on the side in very specific ways. They start researching the world they inhabit and how it works, the Nowhere, Magic, The Eye, and it all eventually culminates in them somehow getting the attention of the Eye itself, and making a deal with it. Either that or the Adult comes into close contact with another Lord, who ends up bringing the Eye’s attention to the adult for them.

The deal is all the benefits that lords have over regular adults (plus whatever is unique to them, like the Lady’s shadow magic and the Broadcaster’s signal powers) in exchange for… something. We don’t know exactly what, but this something is generally assumed to be souls. Many souls. For example, the Viewers of the Pale City are eventually consumed by the Televisions they watch, leaving behind only their clothes. It’s assumed that their souls are claimed by the Eye through this, the Eye getting any and all souls that the transmission ensnares and drags into itself.

Speaking of which….

The All Seeing Eye:

To my understanding and theorizing, the Little Nightmares Universe looks like this:

You have Reality as we know it, The Threshold between Reality and Nowhere, Nowhere itself, an unknown space that most likely just contains another threshold, this time between the Nowhere and the Nightmare World and the Nightmare World itself, which I also call the Eye’s Domain.

The Eye is a cosmic horror-esque eldritch monstrosity. Simple as that. It is the ruler and sole inhabitant of its domain, the Nightmare World. The Eye’s Domain essentially stands opposite to ours in a cosmic sense, and the Nowhere is created where both of these very different worlds overlap ever so slightly.

Also in a very disturbing twist, the Nowhere is actually essentially the universe’s DEFAULT STATE, or at least is as close as to you can get to it, and at some point in the incomprehensibly distant past (most likely during or even before the literal Big Bang), it separated into the stable, orderly “reality” where we live and exist and the horrifying chaotic eldritch nightmare world where the Eye exists.

We know this thanks to the Ferryman’s words: “Two flows from one, and here, is whole again”. In other words, there used to be one world, but then they separated into two, and in the Nowhere, both worlds meet again.

This also means that the Eye most likely predates the entire universe as we know it. In fact, I’d compare it to this bit of Adventure Time Lore:

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The Eye’s Realm is literally just Eldritch madness the mortal mind can’t comprehend. Pure chaos with the Eye being omnipresent, all seeing and in full control of everything that happens in there. But the Nowhere is different. It’s not created by the Eye, at least not on purpose. The Nowhere is a space between spaces, where our reality meets the Eye’s nightmarish hellscape, and the end result is the Nowhere, where things make JUST enough sense to be comprehensible while also being filled with the Eye’s nightmares and corruption.

The Eye can see into the Nowhere and is almost always watching almost everywhere at once, but can’t truly interact with anything outside its domain like the Nowhere or Our World (thank god), but it can use other methods to influence things, like it’s various Lords. The massive amount of Eyes seen all over the franchise are less a thing the Eye looks through and more just a sign of Its Presence. It can’t show up physically, but the Eye symbols are a sign that it’s here and watching regardless.

However, despite the Eye being unable to physically appear in the Nowhere, we’ve seen it. In Episode 6 of the Podcast.

In episode 6, Noone is brought to the Threshold, the final barrier between the Real World and Nowhere, where crossing it will trap you forever. The Threshold (or at least Our side of it) is described as Extremely Dark, filled with black mist that makes it extremely hard to see, and contains a single wooden door simply described as “Ancient” with a symbol of the Eye on it. But after Noone crosses through the door and sees the Nowhere side of the Threshold, it’s different.

The Mist vanishes, and Noone sees countless stars that fill the sky with a red moon, but quickly realizes that those aren’t stars, they’re Eyes. Even the Red Moon is just a Massive, Red Eye. That is our description of the Eye itself.

The Eye can’t enter the Nowhere or Our World, but seems to be fully capable of existing within that border space between the realms, although it’s power is somewhat limited here compared to in its own domain.

Or maybe you can just see into the other realms from the Threshold. The Nowhere is compared to a one-way mirror at some point. Earth is on the mirrored side, and can’t look into the Nowhere, while the Nowhere can look at us. Presumably, the Nightmare Realm follows the same idea. From inside the Nightmare Realm, you can’t see the Nowhere either. You are on the mirrored side of a one way mirror. But from the Threshold, and more specifically the part of the Threshold that’s closer to the Nowhere? You are on the side of the mirror that lets you look straight through it, and with Noone being in-between Reality, The Nowhere AND the Nightmare World, she might have be able to look straight at the Eye in its domain, looking at it through the one-way mirror that is reality.

Anyways, That description of Countless Glowing Eyes matching the amount of stars in the sky with a single massive Red Eye surrounded by rings in the centre is the closest we can come to understanding what the Eye looks like. It’s the most complicated form it can take that we as human beings can still comprehend without going insane.

But there’s more. In episode 5, Otto attempts to use a machine to see into Noone’s dreams, but is stopped at the dark mist of the Threshold. He watches as a single eye appears from the darkness, and then it opens, staring at Otto with such intensity that he’s physically in pain from it, barely able to choke out words as he rambles that “it’s watching me” until the machine he’s using completely breaks down.

In other words, Otto tried to stare into the abyss that is Nowhere, but the Eye cut him off and stared right back.

Also also: Otto’s reaction to the Eye staring at him plus the sound it makes as it does so reminds me exactly of the Sentry Eyes used in the Maw and Nest that turn people caught in its gaze to stone. There’s also the unused TV Eyes from LN2 that do the same thing and it looks like the Mechanical Monster Baby in LN3 can do the same thing with it’s own eyes. This leads me to believe that many Lords directly draw upon the Eye for magical power, and Sentry Eyes (and the Eye Cameras in the Maw) use raw power taken straight from the Eye to power themselves.

Also as pure headcanon: In my headcanon post about some children being native to the Nowhere and some being from Earth, I mentioned two things:

Children that are visiting Nowhere as they sleep (like Noone) but haven’t been fully pulled in yet will disappear from Nowhere and go back to Earth if they die in the Nowhere, Fall Asleep in the Nowhere, or “go unobserved for too long”.

Children will naturally appear in the Nowhere (basically spawn in like Minecraft Mobs) in any area that is completely unobserved.

For both of these things, I’m not just talking about going unobserved by others, but also by the Eye.

The Eye, despite being present almost everywhere in the Nowhere and having a reputation as being all-seeing, is not perfect. Occasionally, a tiny gap will appear in its all-seeing sight, and when it can’t see a spot, Children, one of the only things immune to its corrupting, nightmarish presence, have a chance to appear in that unobserved spot.

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