#and then plot happened

[distracteddream]

Alright, y’all. Another pirate scene! This is very rough since I literally wrote it today.

“He’s leading us on a wild goose chase!”

It should have been an idyllic trip to shore. The beach was perfectly sandy and nearby palm trees offered plenty of shade. Even though they were there based on Loki’s guidance in tracking down the TVA treasure, it still should have been a pleasant excuse to be free of the ship for some hours.

Instead, Mobius stood between his very irritated first mate and one highly offended pirate, trying to mediate their bickering at best - and keep them from killing each other at worst. A headache throbbed in his temples.

“I am doing no such thing!”

“Enough!” Mobius shouted at both of them, his head ringing after Loki had just yelled over his shoulder. “I have heard enough out of both of you.” He pointed at Ravonna. “This is the first lead we’ve had in a week. Even if it comes to naught, it’s a chance for us to refill our water stores. Which is what you should be doing.” Mobius could tell she was barely listening to him, casting dirty looks over his shoulder at Loki who Mobius could practically feel smirking behind him. “And you!” He pivoted, finger jamming into Loki’s chest and making him take a step back. “If you are lying to me, I will throw you in the brig, so help me. Hell, I might just do it anyway if you keep antagonizing Ravonna. So keep it up if you feel you’re getting bored with what freedom you do have.”

Loki’s eyes narrowed and the hard look in his eyes let Mobius know exactly what the pirate thought of his threats. “You still don’t trust me.”

“Do something trustworthy and I might,” Mobius told him.

The pirate hissed through his teeth. “Fuck you,” Loki spat, turning on his heel and stomping off.

Mobius dashed after him and grabbed his arm. “Where the hell do you think you’re going?!”

“To take a piss!” Loki wrenched his arm out of Mobius’ hold. “Certainly I can be trusted enough to do that or do you need to hold my cock for me too?”

Mobius recoiled, face heating because he was definitely not suddenly thinking about holding Loki’s cock, not at all, no. Loki huffed and trudged off toward the tree line out of sight.

“I don’t trust him not to piss in our water,” Ravonna said from behind him.

Mobius groaned, removing his hat to scrub a hand over his face before he faced her once more. “Drop it. Give Loki a wide berth and, as far as I’m concerned, forget he’s even on the ship.”

“You expect me just to ignore that we have that snake in our midst?! Mobius, you can’t be serious.”

“Officer Renslayer,” Mobius said flatly. He rarely used her rank, especially when it was only them speaking. He’d thought their friendship and mutual respect had made the formalities unnecessary. But if Ravonna continued to question his decisions, maybe she needed to be reminded of their positions. If he were truthful with himself, Mobius wasn’t above throwing her in the brig either. “I said drop it.”

She straightened, looking down her nose at him. “Is that an order?”

“Yes. Go make sure the crew is collecting water and not horsing around. Now.”

“Aye aye, captain.”

He watched her storm off, inhaling slowly to calm his own frustration. He had half a mind to simply stand back and let Ravonna and Loki go at it. Let them argue and if it came to a physical confrontation, well, hopefully at least they wouldn’t kill each other.

It was that last part that kept Mobius from just letting it happen.

Mobius set his hat back on his head and started off in the direction Loki had gone. He found the pirate leaning against a palm tree, cleaning under his nails with one of his daggers. He stopped as Mobius got closer, watching him warily from under the brim of his hat.

“Mobius, I-”

“No.” Mobius put his hands on his hips as he stared Loki down. “Right now you’re going to shut up and listen. I’m not sure how you do things on your ship, but on the Resolute, I expect my crew to respect my first mate. And for now, that includes you, Captain Laufeyson. Understood?”

Loki’s expression was guarded but he didn’t argue so Mobius counted that as a win. He slipped his dagger back into its sheath and pushed off from the palm tree. “Understood, Captain Mobius.”

Mobius waved his hand toward the interior of the island. “Lead on then.”

With a nod, Loki gave Mobius his back and stepped into the shadows. Mobius stayed on his heels as best he could. Loki seemed as confident making a path through the tropical foliage as he was at sea. Twice he paused, offering Mobius a hand over a downed tree or holding a branch out of their way, but otherwise the pirate silently cut a trail toward the heart of the island.

Mobius knew full well how quickly Loki could disappear if he felt like it. There’d been a few times where Mobius was convinced this would be the time he caught Loki - only for Loki to melt away into a town or jungle like the ghost he was rumored to be. He wondered if Loki knew that, despite Mobius’ harsh words, the captain was demonstrating his trust by following Loki without any of his crew accompanying them. Loki could decide to betray him, could run or even kill him, and it would be hours before the crew found his body, if they could at all.

He was lost in thought and not watching his steps when Loki halted, Mobius walking right into his back. Mobius staggered, a root tripping him up as he went backwards, a fleeting moment of weightlessness as he started to fall.

But rather than the hard ground slamming into his backside, Mobius felt a hand snap shut around his wrist and another clench around his waist, freezing him in place. His heart raced from the rush of nearly falling and kept racing as he looked up into Loki’s eyes while Loki tugged him back upright and braced them together.

Loki’s body was a wall of firm muscle pressed against his. Mobius’ hand reached for him, opening and closing reflexively without daring to grasp at him in return. Unlike Loki’s toying with him in his quarters, face to face, Mobius could see how Loki looked at him. Could see Loki’s eyes skimming over his face to rest on his lips. Could see his eyes darken, lashes flickering as his eyes darted away from Mobius’ mouth. Could see Loki’s throat work as he swallowed hard and Mobius tried not to think about Loki’s throat swallowing other things.

“Careful. Captain,” Loki murmured.

Mercifully, Loki released him before Mobius’ own thoughts could rouse his cock enough to be noticeable. Mobius broke their eye contact, nominally to ensure he didn’t trip again, but truly to collect himself. “Why did you stop?” he asked.

Loki tilted his head further down the path only he seemed to see. “The cabin is just beyond those trees, but they’re not there. Either they saw us coming and have gone to ground or they aren’t on this island at all right now. There’s no need for us to go further. We can go back to your ship.”

Mobius frowned, peering around Loki. He could barely see it but sure enough, through the leaves was the unmistakable sight of a palm thatched roof. “Whose cabin is that? How did you know it was here?”

Loki was holding his hand out, waiting to assist Mobius around the root that had given him trouble a moment before. His face was unreadable as Mobius studied him. Whatever had passed between them just then was gone now and Mobius might have felt a bit of regret at that.

“Loki. Answer me. What does this cabin have to do with recovering the TVA’s property?”

The smile Loki gave him didn’t reach his eyes. “If I tell you, then you have no more use for me or what I know. Would you let me go then?”

“You know I can’t.” Mobius hated it but there was no other answer he could give.

Loki chuckled but it was a defeated sound to Mobius’ ears. “You said earlier, on the beach with Renslayer, that I have freedom on your ship. Under your command. You and I both know that’s a lie. An illusion. I’m as much a prisoner on your ship as I was in the dungeon. The view’s just better, is all.”

“Loki-”

“You’ll have to forgive me,” Loki continued. “Throw me in your brig if you must. But I’ll not tell you what I know until I’ve earned my freedom. My real freedom. And your trust.” Loki wiggled his fingers for Mobius’ attention. “Now, would you like help? If you’re hurt on this excursion, I fear Renslayer will have my head and I’m rather attached to it.”

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This is basically what happened after Jin lan city right

[ftmerriweather]

Why on earth did I make a character be half-out? Now I keep catching myself gendering them correctly and having to change it back because I forgot they hadn't come out to him yet. Oh, or to her. Or him.

Yes it's better for the plot but I'm still gonna whine about it

[rollaroundincompliments]

Okay obviously what K did is fucking insane but also a perfect escalation of their "I can fix him" energy from season one and the extreme consequences of that belief

[anthyies]

the thing about disco elysium is that it has women in it. what you see on the internet about it might lie to you about that but it has women, gay women even, very compelling women even, in it.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

This wine tastes like pigs blood!

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[sualne]

i imagine Mihawk doesn't know how to act around children.

(timeline)

[zephyrchama]

It is said that at times when a choice has to be made, everyone has an angel and a devil on their shoulder. These beings will try to influence a person's morals for right or for wrong.

You thought it was an exaggeration or something that only happened in cartoons. Yet here you stand, in the middle of a market trying out new foods, with Lucifer over one shoulder and Simeon over the other. They're arguing about which treats you should buy. As calm, rational adults, they aren't raising their voices or coming to blows. They're not making a scene at all. But there's a certain fire in their eyes and a stubbornness not to back down, keeping the two of them competitively breathing down your neck until you've made a choice.

"This one is similar to what I made you last week." Simeon points to a high-quality product on the top shelf.

"It's expensive. For that price, you can get two of these." Lucifer points to another product on a lower shelf. "I know you'll like them."

"That's too much. We can't have you getting sick from overeating. How about this? It's fluffy and light." Simeon tries to put a snack in your hand.

Lucifer knocks the angel's arm aside and puts his own recommendation in your hand. "This is made with rare ingredients from across the Devildom. You won't get a chance to try it again."

Two iron grips take hold of your shoulders as Simeon and Lucifer smile at each other. Two irked and vaguely threatening smiles, void of actual positive emotion. You consider just buying a keychain instead.

[landedinpayne]

love how not a single person thought the pink sparkles crystal and niko saw were from anything other than homosexuality because falling in love at first sight with the girl that you live with is just about the most on the nose sapphic experience in existence

[emacrow]

Kronos, Agent A, and bites marks

Kronos looked a bit skittish and dejected after the sixth Doctor nearly got iced by her baby after he made an unfortunate choice of mumbling words which lead to Batman calling in a favor from the Wayne's to bring in a good doctor that actually can get near both the ancient beings long enough to give a diagnosis.

Incoming Agent A, who was calmly explained the situation as he walked slowly into the containment. Kronos look at him for a moment before a bit of realization flickered in his eyes, as she murmur something.

Batman and the other heroes watches behind the hidden camera screen office, watching as Alfred check Kronos's temperature, painless blood drawn, checking her heart and breathing and gave a clear full body examination to a couple heroes were shocked to see a long horrifyingly yet old looking scar on her stomach area that look like someone dragged something sharp and was stretched a bit wide.

That gave one point to Diana theory of Kronos story being warped dramatically, but the fact of that Zeus did cut opened Kronos's stomach to pull out his siblings pin true.

A couple of more minutes past with alfred carefully examination the baby boy who was a bit squirmish while alfred did a couple of comments obviously praising Kronos whom face flushed a rather colorful red blush turning her head a bit. Alfred did asked and provides Kronos and Her baby much better comfortable Maternal and baby clothes then what they were currently wearing.

By the time alfred came out of the containment cell, alfred's soft gentleman look shifted a bit, before speaking after handing the vials of swirling golden glowing blood.

"Both madam and the child are well, a bit underweight, Ms. Kronos will need headache relief medicine, both her and the child is in need of a very light seasoned meal and drinks to not overwhelmed their senses in which I'll be providing." Alfred told then after handing the written documents forms of the examination. Batman could only grunt a bit, considering he trying not to look back at Alfred's glance considering his armored wrist had a tiny bite marks that actually dented the armor with indents.

"Ms. Kronos did asked what and where is this place as I asked what was the last thing she recalled was falling from Olympic while trying to hide her child but as she spoke, it seem to cause her abdominal pain that seem to be PTSD related." Alfred said to which batman nod knowing that Alfred would never lied to him.

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[lowkeyren]

"blade is genuinely a nice guy, he js starts tweaking when the mara strikes"

these reddit comments got me giggling for the past 5 mins

and he's sleep deprived LMAO, i swear hoyo purposely made the worse possible person to drive 😭😭

also topaz's voiceline:

bro commits crimes against humanity but NOT tax fraud 💀🙏🏻🔥🔥

seat belt ain't gonna do nothin when u start hearing "of five people..."

and the next thing you know he's swerving off the road!!!!!!

pspspss

[kaysdenofchaos]

cough so i read that future rise comic

and thinking back on the battle scars au, i always wanted it to be canon compliant with just some adjustments and well

haha ill go see myself out now

[leal-hound]

do not speak to me of kindness; I have been sheath to the knife and swallowed the thorns.

[collieii]

someone probably said this already but in spiderverse i think it's interesting how when pavitr was first introduced everyone thought something bad was gonna happen to him bc of how confident and optimistic he was. and then in the actual movie we see that something bad was supposed to happen to him (police chief dying!) but it doesn't! miles stops it! and miguel berates miles for this, says it's going to cause the universe to collapse or whatever.

there's this idea that tragedy is inherent to spidermans growth, and while it's true that some spiderpeople learn important lessons through loss, no one stops to ask, is it really necessary? yeah, maybe the chief was supposed to die. but why does spiderman have to be formed through tragedy? why do we (as heroes) have to let people die? pavitr didn't lose anyone, and he's still a good spiderman! maybe, if he doesn't suffer, he'll end up better off for it!

so while miguel is arguing for all this big picture stuff about saving the multiverse he's lost sight of what it really means to be a spiderman, he's not looking out for the real individual people. yeah it's just one person who would die, but that one person means something to someone. shrugging and saying "stuff just sucks sometimes, we can't do anything about it" is the opposite of what superheroes do. pretty obviously, miles arc is also a reflection of the struggles people face in real life, working within unequal systems, where it's easy to shrug and say "that's just the way it is" and not ask "but why does it need be this way? can't we do something about it?"

miguel is arguing that you can't have your cake and eat it too. presumably, miles and co. are going to find a way to get around that and change things for the better (and maybe that's why miles has that line about two cakes in the advisors office!)

[ruporas]

birthday party (id in alt)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I'm not going back to Gusu with you.

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