#another poll for all the fellas who like voting in polls (a lot of people it turns out

[nopeferatu]

Poll time!

I'd love to hear your reasonings for your responses! See below the cut for my own take, but only after you vote! :P

Putting this out there bc I've read a lot of BBM fic and I always thought it was pretty clear that the whole "Fellas like you and me, we march off to hell" "You may be a sinner, but I ain't yet had the opportunity" scene was Ennis slyly admitting to Jack that he was a virgin.

There are no lines that directly say this is the case, neither within the movie script (although there were rumors that an earlier draft had Ennis saying smth like "You may be a sinner, but Alma ain't yet given me the opportunity) nor the short story (unless you take "nothing he'd done before but no instruction manual needed" as the narrator saying Ennis had never penetrated anything before, which is how I have always understood it). I just always felt like Ennis assumes that Jack, the a swaggering, cocky rodeo dude, is more wordly than him and has been presented with a lot of different opportunities to indulge in what their conservative Christian society considers sin and vice... including premarital sex.

So imagine my surprise when I found that a surprising amount of people write Ennis as having had previous sexual experiences before ever meeting Jack. There's nothing wrong with it, of course, like you can interpret these characters however you want yanno? I just don't personally agree with that assessment.

Not to like... give any validity to the idea of virginity since at the end of the day it's just a social concept, lol, but I just think it's really important narratively that Ennis lose his virginity to a man. Like, he's been worried all his life about the consequences of queerness within men, and yet the seemingly first time he's ever presented with the opportunity to have sex is with another man, and he absolutely jumps at it. That point is in tandem with my belief that Ennis is the type who probably never pressured good lil Christian Alma for sex, which probably also leads him down a mental spiral after that first night with Jack. What does that say about him, that he was perfectly content with Alma not putting out, but that he did Jack with an angry enthusiasm the first chance he got? He might deny that it doesn't mean anything, but you know he lingers on it all the time.

Plus, I just think it's really cute that Jack is his first time. Jack, who he's been really drawn to since they first met. Jack, who probably became his first and only friend in life. Jack, who understood him in ways that Alma never could. I just really like the idea that Jack was the first person he ever had sex with, and the love that grew from there kept them coming back to each other over the next 20 years of their lives. How many people can say that they stayed loving the first person they ever had sex with that long? His relationship with Jack lasted longer than his own marriage, for Christ's sake.

Anyways... incoherent rambling over. I'm excited to see the results :3

[ctntduoarchive]

For the writing prompt .... i'll honestly take anything election arc tntduo related LMAO

ask game

YESS!!!!! this era makes me run around in a circle...... here's the start to a swog au i've been thinking of ^-^

The elections were going fine. Well, as fine as they could be.

George had not shown up a single time, Schlatt decided to fuck it and run his own presidency, Dream has also taken Schlatt's side and now Wilbur and Tommy are trying to get the poll to work in some dingy cave.

Safe to say, he might hate his life.

"C'mon, Google I trusted you, why'd you have to let me down?" he said, in the hopes it could somehow here him and start magically work.

"Why- the election was going so fine! It just- I trusted Schlatt, I thought he was on our side, Wilbur!"

Wilbur stopped focusing on getting the poll to work. He trusted Schlatt too.

"Me too." He bit his tongue, there was more that wanted to fall out of his mouth. "I- just, forget him, Tommy. We're on our own now."

"I- what are we gonna do?"

"I- I don't know if Pog or Swag's going to- Quackity." For a man who said he couldn't see him being president, Quackity seems to be the best last resort. "Big Q-"

"He's not here-"

"Get him here, get him here."

"Oh, he just joined," Tommy said. "Hey, Big Q."

"Hey, fellas." Never more than now had he been happy to hear his voice.

"Big Q, Big Q, I've got a proposition for you," he immediately started. "This is- this is a proposition from President Wilbur Soot."

"I- Okay."

"This is going to be unorthodox, but, Quackity, in the event that either one of us doesn't win this election, either Quackity or Wilbur Soot doesn't win this election, Big Q-"

"Wilbur, what are you going to do-" Tommy asked, ignored.

"Should we- pool the Pog and Swag and just run as our own party? Just so we don't get any of these people. Because, like I said at the beginning, when I was at the campaign thing, I said, when you were peeing, Tommy, I said 'the one thing I appreciate about Big Q, right, is that no matter what he says, he cares about L'manburg, right? He really cares about L'manburg, even if his policies are direct opposites of mine, he at least cares about L'manburg. These people just want power, they just want attention, right? So how about-

"Schlatt's senile!" Quackity piped up.

"In the case Schlatt or Coconut gets more votes than Pog or Swag, we make- we make the Pswags, Pswago. Pswago. And then-"

"Pwag!"

"And then we run as in-"

"What, we make Pwag?" Tommy questioned. "Pwag2020?"

"Pwag2020!"

"And then we run as a- or, Swog! Swog!"

They all started repeating Swog, it rolled off the tongue a lot better than Pswag or Pwag.

"And then we- and then here's what we do, we run as co-presidents, as me and Quackity will be the presidents, and George and Tommy will be vice presidents."

"Wait- wait a minute, what if we just cut George out of this? He's been a no-show, I- yeah."

"Okay, so fine. So President Quackity and President Wilbur, and Vice President TommyInnit."

"Swog!" Quackity cheered. "Swog, baby!"

"But that's only if we are beaten by Coconut and- and whoever," he clarified.

"Wait, wait a fucking minute," Quackity spoke up. "Wait, so this is conditional? So wait, if you win, I'm just out of everything?"

"If Pog wins, you're out, you've lost."

"Basically, you now have a double chance of winning," Tommy added.

"So, if you're telling me, that if you guys get all the votes, I'm just gonna be left out of the party?"

"Yes, and if you get all the votes, we'll be left out of the party."

"I- No- you know I'm not gonna get any votes, Wilbur. Fucking George is out here being too sexy to join the call or something. This can't be- listen, Wilbur, listen to me, Wilbur, this can't be conditional. You gotta keep me in, or I'm going to have to endorse another party."

Great, just what Wilbur fucking needed right now.

"Can we have a moment to think?" Tommy requested.

"Yeah, have a moment to think. Have a moment, have a moment. Message me when you come to a decision, Wilbur. It's all in or no in."

"Wait, Big Q, you're not gonna join Schlatt, are you? Schlatt, Dream and Big Q versus me and Wilbur."

"It just seems to conditional, it seems you guys are acting this as a really conditional thing."

"So you're giving us a condition?" Wilbur snapped. "That's what you're saying right now."

"You're using me! You're literally admitting to using me!"

"No, no! I'm- what I'm saying is you don't like our condition," he spoke.

"I need a moment to think about this," Quackity said, before quickly leaving the VC.

"Oh God, he's gone." Life really knew how to go to absolute horse shit in L'manburg. "Hold on, let me check my form, let me if any votes came in, let me see if any votes have come in."

Checking the polls, he waited for Quackity to come back.

After seeing the starting results, Quackity said upon entering the VC, "fellas, I need to have a meeting with you immediately. Immediately."

"Okay, we'll meet now," Tommy said.

"Do you want us to- do you want us to come to L'manburg?"

"Meet in the Casa de Putas, Casa de Putas."

"Okay, I'm coming to the Casa de Putas."

Wilbur doesn't think he had respawned as quickly as he did ever before.

"Okay, I'm coming, I'm coming. Oh God, Schlatt's just fucking napping, bro. Look at him," he complained. "Oh God, it's hectic here. There's just people running around with guns and shit, Schlatt's just sleeping."

"Wilbur- the policies, L'manburg's just falling apart!" Tommy cried. Guns and war, the things he had fought against in hopes of keeping his nation safe. He almost wished he was just as susceptible to believing peace is still an option as Quackity was.

"Alright, fellas, come inside, come inside," Quackity ushered them in. "Fellas, TommyInnit and Wilbur Soot, listen to me, listen to me. I was enticed by your Swog idea, until you immediately, immediately admitted to me that you would only use me for votes. If you didn't get enough votes, you would only use me for votes."

"At least we were honest, eh? Eh, fellas?"

"Yeah, honesty, that's our policy. That's the biggest part of the Pog party."

"Go on, Big Q," Tommy said.

"Listen, I don't- my own vice president has abandoned me, you guys have clearly been trying to use me this entire time, so it's Schlatt2020 bitch, Schlatt2020!"

"So you're joining- are you dissolving Swag?"

Wilbur could only sit and watch the fire burn in front of him. Do something, c'mon, you're the president, he tried to urge himself. It was now or never.

"Wait," he stopped him, putting up his hand. Both Tommy and Quackity turned to him wholly. He doesn't look up at either of them, he doesn't want to look them in the eye. "If I agreed to run with your party, no conditions, would you join us as Swog or Pwag or whatever?"

He finally looked up at Quackity. Wilbur once called him too believing for this world, but right now he fitted right in as a politician. He always did have the shark-like grin for it.

"Would I? I don't know, Wilbur, it's a little late?"

Is his pride really worth not to get down on his knees and beg right now?

"Please," he said, head hanging low. Quackity had eyes like the depths of the sea and he was drowning in them. "I- Schlatt doesn't fucking care about L'manburg, and you do. Please, don't make the wrong choice."

Quackity looked to consider it for a moment, placing his finger in thought on his chin. He knew this was a play, to make Wilbur feel lowly for doing the same to him. He let the waves roll over him.

His voice was quiet, when Q finally answered. "I don't think Schlatt really heard me when I asked, you're right about him not caring. It's just- you two wanted to use me just for votes, man. Can I really trust you?"

No, no you can't, Wilbur could say, could tell the truth. But honesty may be a virtue, but this is fucking politics and the only way to win here was blood and silver-tongues.

"We're not going to use you for votes. You'll be co-president and everything, we'll-" his voice broke for a moment, bile in his throat, "we'll share the power. You can trust me."

Quackity looked at him for a moment, and then Tommy.

"Alright, Swog it is."

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 214: 4th Popularity Poll and 5th Set Climax

Previously on BnHA: Deku met a Hellboy-looking dude in another one of his One For All Dreams and they had a chat! This friendly yet intimidating fella told Deku that the power that had just exploded out of him was actually the dude’s quirk, Blackwhip. It turns out that OFA hasn’t just been stockpiling physical power; all six of the prior wielder’s quirks are included in the package as well! It’s just that up until now, none of the other wielders has ever been able to access them. Before vanishing back into the dream abyss, Deku’s new friend told him he needed to gain better control of his emotions, as his anger toward Monoma was what triggered Blackwhip’s rampage and made it so difficult to handle. Back in the real world, Deku awakened unharmed thanks to Ochako and Shinsou’s efforts. But since the teachers hadn’t called off the battle yet, Monoma came rushing in to attack, with the rest of Team B not being far behind. Mina and Mineta showed up to battle Yanagi, Shouda, and Kodai (they really need to do something about that number disadvantage), while Ochako battled Monoma and Shinsou got ready to take on Deku. The teachers are still watching btw, but it seems like they want to see how this plays out.

Today on BnHA: The newest popularity poll results are revealed and I have a lot of thoughts. A lot of thoughts. Vlad and All Might question why Aizawa wants to let the kids keep fighting, and Aizawa says it’s cuz they’re all still trying their hardest to win. Mineta saves Mina’s life and then completely ruins it because of course he does, but she takes it in stride and uses him to attack the others by flinging him at high speed to ricochet endlessly off of his grapes in a Gran Torino-esque fashion. Monoma tries to attack Deku with One for All but it doesn’t do anything (fortunately for Monoma), and Ochako then takes him down while Deku goes after Shinsou. Deku by the way is fighting quirkless because he’s worried that if he tries to use OFA right now he’ll lose control and put everyone in danger again. He and Shinsou start tusslin’ and we have a flashback to when Ponytail!Aizawa (omg) was training Shinsou on how to use his capture weapon. Back in the present, Shinsou uses the scarf to send a bunch of heavy pipes crashing down towards Deku. But Deku chooses this moment to make peace with himself and his quirk, and catches the pipes using Blackwhip.

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my mostly-unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’m caught up with the manga now at chapter 225, so any ETAs will reflect that.)

how are BnHA’s Jump covers always so epic you guys

Shinsou you better watch out, Deku’s fist is too close for comfort. well you’re the one who wanted to fight him again buddy

all right now let’s check out that character poll

oh, nice

BUT WHERE ARE MY POLL RESULTS. HOLD ON A SECOND, I’M GOING TO THE WIKI TO INVESTIGATE

...okay so apparently the results were actually in chapter 207? but the color spread wasn’t released until this chapter wtf why

okay well let me analyze the color page first, and then I’ll go find and complain about the poll results

BAKUGOU AND DEKU’S SWORDS. okay I’ve seen this image before and I love it so much, and that is of course because it’s a sequel to the color page from chapter 120. and the two of them are now each carrying one half of All Might’s sword. basically this is symbolic confirmation that the two of them together will carry All Might’s legacy forward. this is so important to me you guys. this brings me so much joy and happiness

can we talk about what Hawks is wearing. I thought this was a medieval AU, but he’s looking rather steampunk to me. what, are you too cool for D&D, Hawks? also is that a literal hawk. that you’re holding. for some reason. huh

can we talk about what Todoroki is wearing?? and also what the actual hell is going on with his face? he’s wearing some sort of weird mask. and his outfit looks nothing like it did in the previous AU color spread. was Horikoshi just being extra or is this some indicator of a crazy plotline coming up for him somewhere down the road?

I notice my boy Aizawa is missing from the top ten, which is AN ACTUAL CRIME THAT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO THE POLICE, but! on the other hand! BEST FUCKING JEANIST OH MY GOD. WELCOME BACK BEAUTIFUL PRINCE. PLEASE HEAL UP SOON

loooooool Endeavor being in the top ten must have pissed off lord knows how many people. it would have pissed me off, before the Endeavorhawks arc. but I’m cool with it now. I get it. having him as your favorite doesn’t mean you’re giving a ringing endorsement of all his actions; it just means he’s a compelling character who’s been getting some really good development lately. still absurd that he’d be ranked over Aizawa, but if I’m honest with myself it really should be Jeanist who was bumped down for that. he’s just there because Japan apparently shares the same weird tastes as myself. by the way how fucking strange is it to see Jeanist without any Jeans holy shit is that even allowed

and winding down here, (1) I’m glad to see All Might still in the top ten ranks at least, (2) Iida is a handsome boy and I love how his armor is reminiscent of his Ingenium costume here, and that he’s the one actually riding the dragon (be careful Iida or my idiot son is going to fall right off its head), (3) Kirishima is still as popular as ever I see, and lastly (4) Momo being in the top 10 is giving me life and I hope she gets some more spotlight this year! it was great to see her as the head of her respective Joint Training battle team

okay! so now let me find the list from chapter 207

holy shit, okay so first of all let me just say that apparently this poll received almost 81,000 votes. for comparison, the third poll only received about 36,000

so having said that, it is absolutely astounding that my boy Bakugou came in at number one yet again, with a margin of over 1000 votes. glad to see you being appreciated boyo

and Shouto made it to #2 for the first time! good job hot and cold! the Endeavorhawks arc definitely gave him a boost as well I think. and well deserved!

and my boy Deku at #3, but while the difference between Katsuki and Shouto is only about 1200 votes, the difference between Shouto and Izuku is more than 7,400. basically the top two are in a league of their own here goddamn

and Hawks is all the way at #4! holy shit! more than 4,500 votes between him and Deku, mind, and Kirishima is nipping at his heels less than 200 votes away from him, but still, that’s amazing given how recently he made his debut and how relatively few chapters he’s been in. I expect the number of votes for him to skyrocket in the next poll, assuming we get more of that double agent storyline. Touya -- I mean Dabi -- is probably gonna get a boost too lol

my boy Finest Jeanist on God’s Green Earth is next at 6th, and then MOMO IN 7TH PLACE YAAAAAY GO MOMO

and Endeavor made it to 8th! HOLY SHIT ENDEAVOR YOU FINALLY BEAT ALL MIGHT IN THE APPROVAL RATINGS. THESE TRULY ARE MAD DAYS

Iida beat All Might as well and made it to #9! though only by 100 votes

and All Might is in 10th, and then Aizawa is at 11th. oh Aizawa. you were upstaged by a crotchety old man seeking to make amends for his past sins, and a denim-clad meme who nearly made the ultimate sacrifice against AFO and then proceeded to not be in the manga for 120 chapters and counting. but it’s okay you were never in this for the fame

anyways the rest of the results are listed here, but some quick parting remarks:

Gang Orca came in at 15th, presumably thanks to his EXTRA GUIDANCE

my boy Denki is in 16th place and I want him to keep moving up! go kick Shindou’s ass. how the hell did that tool make it all the way to 14th place

Ojiro is still inexplicably popular to me. he’s a nice guy but you could replace him with a cardboard cutout of himself probably and I bet you it would take some time before anyone noticed something was off

Jirou is at 21st despite her performance in the Band AU arc and that is fucked up, people. WHERE IS THE RESPECT

Shinsou somehow went down despite finally making his reappearance in the series?? I seriously don’t understand how popularity works, at all

Overhaul beat Mirio by 3 votes and while I’m so psyched Mirio did better than the last poll (up to 26th place! these 455 people have impeccable taste), this fact is utterly depressing to me. did these people actually read the arc, for real

NIGHTEYE IS AT 27TH AND I’M SO SAD. not about him being at 27th, because that’s actually pretty good. but just, you know. because once again I am reminded that he’s dead sob

lastly, in the American popularity poll Bakugou received 38,000 fucking votes holy shit. we may not have any fucking clue how to vote for presidents but at least we fucking got something right, goddamn. and Mirio in 9th place. and Aizawa in 6th. you guys are all right, US fandom

anyways that took like 25 years and if I’d known it was going to be this long I would have saved the poll to be its own damn recap lol. but now on to the actual chapter!

lol so Vlad is like ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS, YOU DON’T WANT TO STOP THEM??

Vlad this is just how we do things around here. not all of us can be ~safe~ teachers whose students don’t get attacked and abducted every Wednesday afternoon. some of us like to live on the edge and be super irresponsible because we’re lazy and also because the students will honestly manage to get into trouble regardless of whether we do our jobs or not

and anyways Aizawa says that if Deku’s quirk acts up again he’ll stop it so it’ll be fine

and All Might’s asking Aizawa why

well it’s obviously because he wants to give Shinsou a chance to complete his examination. and maybe he wants to see how the kids deal with this unexpected twist as well. so long as nobody gets hurt, why not

oh my god Aizawa

this man is fighting to reclaim that top 10 spot. never give up. never surrender

so we’re cutting to panels of all 9 battlin’ kids, and he says all of them are still trying to win this battle

because fucking plus ultra, in other words

sob I should be more indignant shouldn’t I. has this school actually made me come around to their way of thinking

nah, it’s only because everything is clearly fine now. had this scene taken place even 90 seconds earlier I would have been all “WHAT ARE YOU DOING, OF COURSE YOU SHOULD STOP THEM”

lol what

he just shows his affection in some very strange ways tbh

anyway so here we go! back to the kiddos! Deku and Shinsou are each holding onto Shinsou’s scarf and staring each other down!

and now Shinsou has GONE FISHIN’

this is beyond hilarious to me. oh my god. Deku you could just let go

but I guess he thought he could out-muscle him. like if anything, he’d be the one pulling Shinsou down to where he is. but instead he’s falling off of the platform where he and Ochako were standing

and Ochako’s running over and she’s all “Deku lost...?! in a power struggle?!”

that makes it sound like Game of Thrones lmao

Deku’s glancing back up at her and says he can’t use his quirk right now because he’s worried about putting everyone in danger again

yeah, that’s probably a good call. at least until you get a handle on your emotions. even ol’ Hellboy was all “much as I love my awesome fucking quirk, it’s been powered up to here and back now so results may vary”

Ochako says that in that case they should retreat and regroup

lol how are you going to fucking retreat. this has already turned into a melee battle, they’ll just follow you

and Deku says that if they retreat now, they’ll lose

ah, good point

this is their chance to capture him, when he’s exposed and his quirk which relies heavily on stealth and surprise has been neutralized

Ochako’s jogging over to him

oh my god

IT’S THE BATTLE HE’S BEEN PREPARING FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE

oh to see Katsuki’s reaction to this. sigh

oh. but Deku is dotting and he says “not exactly”

what are you up to you mysterious little chia pet

meanwhile ASHIDO MINA IS BEING A TOTAL BADASS AND I’M HERE FOR IT

THIS ACID MAY STING! A BIT!!

(ETA: you know, I made fun at the time, but given all the other shit we’ve seen today, I have to give her credit for at least warning her opponents before attempting to maim them.)

and class B is just doing the same damn thing as before

I’m surprised they’re not trying to go on offense. mind you, it shows that they have a lot of respect for Mina’s offense and they don’t feel like getting pummeled by acid this fine afternoon, which is understandable

oh shit but here we go

MINA YOU BETTER DODGE THAT SHIT, SHOUDA’S QUIRK HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO BE RIDICULOUSLY BROKEN IF HE USES IT RIGHT

...holy shit

QUICK, LET’S ENJOY THIS BEFORE HE SOMEHOW RUINS IT. WHY CAN’T WE LIVE IN THE ALTERNATE UNIVERSE WHERE HORIKOSHI GAVE US A LOVABLE, FUNNY, AND COOL MINETA AND NOT THE HOT GARBAGE PERV THAT WE HAVE TO PUT UP WITH INSTEAD

good job Mineta. how many panels before you say something stupid to enrage us all again

oh shit I scrolled down to the rest of the page and SO FAR SO GOOD?! wow this is like a record

Mineta did something smart and creative and swooped in to save a teammate and didn’t say or do anything perverted to ruin it?? better get me an umbrella cuz I suspect the other shoe will be dropping shortly

(ETA: 3... 2...)

aaaaaaaaaaaand the very first panel on the next page is him being smacked into Mina’s chest as a result of the twin impact, apparently just as planned

well so much for that. he made it a whole five panels though

hey, imagine if Horikoshi had written that scene and then not thrown in that last part in for absolutely no reason. imagine if Mineta was like that all the time. underestimated and mostly overlooked because of his mascot-like appearance and oddball quirk, but impressing us all with surprisingly clutch saves at crucial moments. kind of like the little niche that Aoyama has established for himself. it honestly wouldn’t be that hard to make Mineta an interesting and actually funny character, and the fact that we’re going on five years of the same old shit instead is kinda disheartening

anyways, enough mourning what could have been, I guess. in the meantime Mina is grabbing him and hurling him lmao

and he’s bouncing around like a ping pong ball and class B is trying to avoid getting hit by him

oh my god. he is the special attack

ain’t nobody wanna get hit by that. that’s a smart move

Shouda says he wants to pull back, but they’re kind of surrounded now and it’s hard to come up with a plan in the spur of the moment

all credit to Mina’s astounding creative mind, which has fucking flourished in these last couple of arcs and I hope it continues to do so. she is brilliant

Tsuburaba says Shouda is having to protect the other two because they’re weak at close-range combat? say what now?? how is a telekinesis quirk weak at close-range combat, exactly?? just float some metal shit into the air and wait for Mineta to inevitably ricochet into it and concuss himself and just like that you’re free to take on Mina three against one. even someone as awesome as her would struggle with that

meanwhile, Jirou is wondering why the hell the teachers haven’t stopped the battle yet

and here’s the first we’ve seen of Katsuki since The Thing happened, so yeah you bet I’m posting that shit

he looks openly confused, and not in his normal “I don’t know what’s going on and that pisses me off so Imma make an angry face” way. but in a more overtly “what the fuck” way. not that dissimilar to the way he looked when he was watching All Might battle AFO, but with less panic, thankfully

it definitely says a lot about how far his relationship with Deku has come that this is his reaction, though. confusion and maybe slight concern, rather than anger or jealousy or automatically thinking this is something new Deku had up his sleeve that he was purposely hiding from him. he really has come such a long way since Ground Beta

anyway so here’s Deku and Ochako taking on Monoma

at least someone is using that TK quirk. or is that twin impact that he’s using. well either way, at least he’s doing something and not just standing there

oh look more Monoma monologuing

officially the most dramatic motherfucker who ever lived. but more importantly,

OH MY GOD HE’S GOING TO USE ONE FOR ALL LASKDFLKJSLKDJFLK DON’T DIE MONOMA

why he would attempt to use a quirk that he has seen breaking its original owner’s bones and only MOMENTS AGO causing its owner intense pain as he flailed around out of control is beyond me. he kind of snapped here and got all go big or go home, I guess

Deku I assure you it very much can

now Ochako’s telling Monoma to stop and that it’s dangerous! and she’s charging toward him!

OH MY GOD

HE WAS FUCKING BLUFFING?? HOW

AND OH MY GOD OCHAKO, I STAN YOU SO FUCKING HARD RIGHT NOW THOUGH. IS IT JUST ME OR ARE THE LADIES THE UNDISPUTED MVPS OF THIS FIGHT!? DEKU DOES SHE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING HERSELF OR WHAT

wow what??

so he was trying to activate it but it wouldn’t work?

well (1) he’s damn lucky it didn’t, and (2) is that because Deku’s technically quirkless? or is it because the nature of OFA makes it so it can’t be copied or passed on to anyone against the owner’s will? that is really convenient if so

(ETA: or (3) he did copy the quirk but not the accumulated power stored within it. oooh I have some thoughts on that. gonna try and take some time this evening to type out that OFA essay.)

Shinsou’s trying to save his partner, but!

oh shit

he looks so caught off guard sob. Deku are you gonna punch him. please be gentle he is still new to this

once again, I submit for your consideration: your MVP

you see Monoma, this is how you take a supposed “supporting character” quirk and elevate it to its max potential

so now Deku’s tackling Shinsou and they’re tumbling onto the ground

Shinsou’s making another attempt to get Deku to talk but our boy is too smart for that shit now. fool him once, shame on you. fool him twice, shame on him. but you still haven’t managed to fool him thrice so it looks like he can be taught!

and Shinsou is again saying he’s not the same as when they last fought

ahhhhhhhh we’re cutting back to the teachers now ARE WE GONNA GET SOME SHINY MENTOR FEELS

YESSSSSSSSSSS

HOWIRHFALSKDLFJL THE PONYTAIL LIVES, MY FRIENDS

oh my god oh my god

mentor feels! All Might you’re not the only one who’s been training kids out in the woods in the wee hours of the morning!

Aizawa is self-taught holy fucking shit this man’s talent is severely underrated

THE PONYTAIL. I NEED TO MENTION IT AGAIN FOR OBVIOUS REASONS

and I don’t think I’ve rambled about this yet, but! now we’re finally getting to see why Aizawa took such a personal interest in Shinsou, and I’ve been waiting and waiting for this and I’m so happy we’re finally getting to it. he sees himself in him. they both have powerful quirks capable of incapacitating even the strongest opponents, but the catch is that those quirks are mental rather than physical. physically they are essentially quirkless, and so if they ever get caught off-guard -- or pitted against giant robot opponents, or opponents who are otherwise immune to their abilities -- they’re at a huge disadvantage

so here’s this kid who’s very much like him, and Aizawa has no obligation to reach out to him, but he does so all the same, because he cares, and if he can help this kid fulfill his dreams and not have to stumble along and make it up as he goes the way he had to, isn’t that worth doing?

Aizawa Shouta let me just once again say that it’s a war crime that you were not ranked in the top ten, and I think we need to conduct a special investigation into these poll results. I’m only seeking justice and the truth

OKAY BUT THIS IS SOME INDIRECT HIGH PRAISE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF CLASS “NOT A SINGLE ONE OF US WAS EXPELLED” 1-A THOUGH AND I CAN’T EVEN DEAL

AND THEN THE FLASHBACKS TO SHINSOU AFTER HIS FIRST BATTLE, AND BEING SO HARD ON HIMSELF. BECAUSE HE WANTS TO LIVE UP TO AIZAWA’S FAITH IN HIM. OH MY GOD I CAN’T, THIS IS SO GOOD THOUGH AND I’M EMOTIONALLY COMPROMISED

so now Shinsou’s shouting again that he’s not the same as he was back then!

and he’s using his capture weapon to bring a bunch of heavy pipes crashing on top of them!

BUT NOW DEKU IS HAVING SOME MENTOR FEELS OF HIS OWN OH GOODNESS

;________; WHY DID THAT MAKE ME TEAR UP, SOMEBODY EXPLAIN

(ETA: I think because it’s a reminder that all of the past wielders of OFA are just as good and pure as All Might in their own ways, and they’ve all been working tirelessly to fight evil this whole time, and it’s like Deku doesn’t have just one mentor, but he has eight now.)

AAAAAHHHHHHHH

LOOK AT HIM USING BLACKWHIP IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE CAPTURE SCARF WEAPON, THOUGH?? DID SHINSOU INSPIRE HIM

(ETA: of course he did. this is Deku, he takes and learns from everyone. I love it.)

AND JUST LOOK AT THIS FUNKY LITTLE SUCCESSOR LIVING UP TO THE FAITH THAT’S BEEN PLACED IN HIM

oh my god. what a damn chapter. this recap is almost 4000 words and it was worth it. I love this arc

[chiefmauskateer]

When it became obvious that Corbyn would win the Labour leadership, I braced myself for disaster. No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t understand why so many of my friends found him so inspiring. After all, I thought, he’s just another straight white man from London who’s been in Parliament for decades – what’s so radical about that?

My frustration with Corbyn has always been more about competence than ideology. I could see that he was a lot more comfortable preaching to a crowd of kale-obsessed students than carrying out the day-to-day duties of leading Her Majesty’s Opposition.

For the last 18 months it seems that he has either been scoring own goals or missing penalties. The most obvious example of this is Prime Minister’s Questions, which became a weekly sacrificial ritual. We’ve all been there, in school or at work, watching somebody who is visibly nervous and unprepared give a presentation. There are few things more uncomfortable. In fact, if it weren’t for the SNP, weeks would go by without the PM having to answer a single challenging question.

At a particularly low point last March, a secret list of Labour MPs who were described as “hostile” towards Corbyn’s leadership was discovered in a Commons bar. The list, which had been misplaced by one of Corbyn’s aides, was used by the Prime Minister to humiliate Labour and avoid accountability for a huge U-turn on cuts to disability benefits.

Hearing the deafening jeers from the Tory benches and witnessing Labour’s decline in the polls left me feeling frustrated that someone so hopeless was representing progressive values. I felt that, despite their best intentions, Corbyn’s supporters were ultimately harming those they wish to help by supporting someone so inept.

But could there be a flicker of light at the end of this dark tunnel?

When the general election was called, you’d have put more money on Theresa May representing the UK at the next Eurovision Song Contest than losing. I even considered spoiling my ballot rather than voting Labour. Yet over the last few weeks Corbyn has begun to win people over – including me. The unsure, inconsistent, tan suit-wearing liability has seemingly transformed into a confident, and dare I say it, shrewd politician.

Well, sort of.

It's no secret that Corbyn is at his strongest when he's out campaigning and interacting with people. Except, that is, in the EU referendum last summer. He loves a good debate and never turns down the chance to speak publicly. This passionate, open approach has been the antithesis of May's robotic, distant campaign. While it’s undeniable that he has been helped by his opponents’ failures, Corbyn has shown signs that he is much more astute than his previous actions indicated. Gone are the days of missing opportunities to hold the Tories to account. Each time May has stumbled he has been waiting with the perfect response, taunting and infuriating her at every turn. We haven’t seen him this enthused since Owen “I fought off all the fellas for my wife” Smith challenged his leadership. Instead of being sucked into an endless battle of soundbites over Brexit, Corbyn has managed to play to his strengths. Public services and housing are unifying issues. When it comes down to it, people want to hear about their local A&E or school more than Brexit. This discovery has been disastrous for May, who based her entire campaign on Brexit and personal credibility.

With U-turn after U-turn, people are starting to wonder what May really stands for. As her lead evaporates, it's clear that Corbyn's message appeals to far more demographics than first thought.

Unfortunately, politics isn’t like The X Factor and the runner up is rarely more successful than the winner. If the polls are to be believed, May will be returning to Downing Street next week, but it remains to be seen whether her abysmal campaign has fatally wounded her career. Still, we all saw film about a woman who ran an overconfident, secretive campaign last November, and it didn’t end well for her, did it?

Corbyn is by no means the perfect character, and while his campaign has been strong, it has not been without its own blunders. Still, voters are beginning to realise that this is a choice between a person who endlessly changes her mind to benefit her career, and someone who, for the most part, has been on the right side of history for over 20 years. Many, myself included, are choosing the latter.

[hockeythighs]

Hockey-Playing Trump Supporters: A Sourced List in Progress

This post is the actual list, unlike my previous post which, as I should have said more clearly, was meant more as a signal boost/information gathering sort of thing. Thanks to everyone who’s helped so far!

IMPORTANT: This list is still in progress, and will be updated consistently. Always trust the version of the post that you see when you click back to my blog, not older/outdated versions you might see from reblogs or comments. If you have newer/better info please send it to me here, at my sideblog, or on this anonymous SurveyMonkey poll, with links or screenshots included if at all possible. Thanks a million to @highstik , who gave me tons of great info, as well as everyone else who’s chipped in!

I have erred on the side of caution in putting people on this list. I don’t want this to be a witch hunt of people whose political beliefs are different from mine-- I think there’s a lot of space to disagree on political issues, but loudly supporting Donald Trump in spite of his racist, xenophobic, misogynist, Islamophobic, ableist views just because his policies will benefit you personally is not something that’s acceptable to me. However, to avoid casting the net too wide I’m not going to include people who have solely liked pro-Trump posts or followed pro-Trump people-- those are both things that people could do for a variety of reasons, and I think it’s risky to make assumptions about people’s political beliefs based on them. The same holds true for people whose spouses support Trump.

I’m also not going to include people who I can’t find receipts for on the main list-- if someone was cowed enough to delete pro-Trump stuff because of public outcry I have no way of knowing whether they had a genuine change of heart or they just didn’t want to deal with the fallout, so again I’m erring on the side of caution. Here’s the TL;DR version of the list of definite Trump supporters; links, sources, and borderline supporters/mythbusted supporters are below the cut.

TL;DR list, sorted alphabetically by last name: Logan Brown [OHL], Tony DeAngelo [AHL], Max Domi [ARI], Jack Eichel [BUF], Nathan Gerbe [SNL], Scott Hartnell [CBJ], Robin Lehner [BUF], Rebecca Russo [NWHL], Teemu Selanne, Kelli Stack [NWHL], James Wisniewski [AHL]

People I’ve seen on unsourced lists who I’m still researching (please send links if you have them!): Mark Arcobello, Laurent Broissoit, Alex Debrincat, Patrick Eaves, Alex Goligoski, Ryan Miller, Derek Ryan, Cam Talbot, James Van Riemsdyk

                                            Active NHL Players

Max Domi [ARI]: "Game day socks [with Trump’s face on them]. Make America Great again." Check the second source for another family member saying  that it was “a joke,” and that Tie and Max “don't know anything about politics nor do they care cuz we are Canadian.” His snapchat is also apparently pretty Trumpy according to one anon (x), (x)

Jack Eichel [BUF]: [RT] “I'm big on "to each his own" if you disagree that's completely fine.But whoever is President I respect and root for because he is our leader” (x), various gross likes

Scott Hartnell [CBJ]: “ Mr. Trump-your plane is landing in 45 mins in Columbus and some of the #CBJ fellas would love to meet ya!! #legend (x)

Eddie Lack [CAR]: I don’t have a great translation of it, but he basically said that he wouldn’t have wanted to vote for either candidate, but would have “leaned towards” voting for Trump (x)

Robin Lehner [BUF]: wore a goalie mask with Trump’s name/face on it, expressed support for his anti-immigrant policies (x), (x)

NWHL/CWHL:

Dru Burns, CWHL, Boston Blades: she retweets a lot of openly pro-Trump stuff on Twitter, like this (x)

Rebecca Russo, NWHL, NYRivs: wore a Trump shirt on Instagram (x)

Kelli Stack, NWHL, CTWhale: “First Lady Melania Trump sounds better than First Lady Bill Clinton,” blocked someone for calling her out (x) 

Former Players/Non-NHL Men:

Logan Brown, OHL: [RT] “TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”, various awful likes (x)

Tony DeAngelo, AHL: “Tough time streaming it on the plane but it was nice to get to watch the inauguration! Loved it! #MAGA,” also his entire social media presence basically (x) 

Nathan Gerbe, Swiss National League: “The people have spoken [US flag]” (x), MAGA sign on his dogs’ Instagram (x)

Brendan Lemieux, AHL: [RT] “TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN�� (x)

Tyler Parsons, OHL:  “TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” (x)

Steve Racine, ECHL: posted this picture of himself with a cutout of Trump with the caption “Proud to be an American” (x)

Teemu Selanne: "Trump was the better option for America right now. He was the lesser of two evils." (x) 

James Wisniewski, AHL: “Congrats, Mr. President!! Bring your broom cuz, it’s a mess!” (x)   Players who may be quiet Trump supporters, or who don’t meet the threshold for the main list but may exceed your threshold for awfulness:

Brent Burns [SJS]: I said this list wouldn’t include people who are just following shitty people, and he hasn’t publicly tweeted about politics, but I’m making an exception for him because he follows basically no liberals and every horrible conservative in the book, including Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Tomi Lahren, Hannity, O’Reilly, Pence, and several others

Ian Cole [PIT]: has liked at least some shitty things on Twitter (one vaguely pro-Trump, the others just nasty conservative stuff), retweeted a mealy-mouthed “we should all respect the new president” thing but then deleted it (x) Erik Johnson [COL]: [RT] “FORD INVESTS IN AMERICA: Cancels 1.6B Mexico factory; $700M to Michigan”, liked a Trump tweet, follows Trump (x), (x)

Seth Jones [CBJ]: follows Trump and Tomi Lahren, and liked an IG post that said “I’m voting Trump/Pence” (x)

TJ Oshie [WSH]: from an interview with Modern Luxury DC, “Oshie has already played Trump National and Congressional Country Club. "I felt like a superfan, taking pictures at the clubhouse," he says, laughing.” (x) [Note: I moved Oshie down to this part of the list because that article is from November 2015, before Trump really ramped up the awfulness. Feel free to disagree!]

Tyler Seguin [DAL]: said he would like to have pizza with Donald Trump (to talk about Tom Brady???), but I’m sort of inclined to think it’s more because he’s a moron than because he holds any actual political opinions. Watch the vid and decide for yourself, I suppose. (x) He also follows Tomi Lahren on Twitter.

Alex Tuch: liked this post (x), follows Trump, dressed as a border patrol agent for Halloween

Ryan Whitney: “The 45th president in our nations history will be sworn into office and I will support him because he is our leader and I love our country.”  (x), (x)  People who have appeared on Tumblr pro-Trump lists for whom I’ve found no evidence or questionable/minimal evidence (e.g. following Trump with no other political indicators, liking but not sharing pro-Trump stuff): -Jordie Benn (liked an IG post that said “"Yesterday made history and so did I staying up until 3 am for politics. Our nation has spoken: President Donald J. Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump" (x)) -Nick Bonino -Robert Bortuzzo (follows Trump) -Tyler Bozak (liked Mark Cuban’s tweet that said "We all need to give President-Elect Trump a chance. Support the good. Lobby against what we disagree on. No one is bigger than us all." (x)) -Courtney Burke [NWHL] (liked some anti-Kaepernick/BLM stuff, but nothing explicitly Trumpy) -Andrew Copp (liked a transphobic Tomi Lahren tweet (x)) -Brandon Dubinsky (follows Trump) -Aaron Ekblad (follows Trump, stayed at a Trump Hotel? That’s all I got, folks) -Micheal Ferland -Thomas Greiss (liked but then unliked a post likening Hillary Clinton to Hitler, per this German news article (x)) -Noah Hanifin (is probably someone I disagree with on a fundamental level, but has kept politics in his likes) -Stephen Johns (follows Trump, one person told me he retweeted a pro-Trump election day thing but has since deleted it) -Seth Jones (follows Trump, Tomi Lahren) -Hillary Knight (I’m getting conflicting reports about her having liked/shared pro-Trump stuff, but if there was anything there she’s since deleted it, and she was also photographed with a pro-HRC thing, so make of it what you will) -Auston Matthews (liked Ryan Whitney’s "I'm big on "to each his own" if you disagree that's completely fine. But whoever is President I respect and root for because he is our leader” (x) ETA: more recently liked this post criticizing Trump’s immigration policies (x)) -James Neal (follows Trump) -Alex Nylander (liked this post (x)) -Brett Pesce (follows Tomi Lahren, FOX News) -Dylan Strome (followed but then unfollowed within a few days several Trumpy people on Twitter, according to one anon person) -Ryan Strome (follows Trump) - Matthew Tkachuk (Liked a tweet that said “there’s one Donald Trump viewpoint we can all agree with,” but the vid in question was Trump talking about Zoolander, so I don’t think this counts as a political statement)