#anyway going to skip work to cry and scream and throw up etc because they look so fucking good it's unreal.

[lordundying]

AND JUST WHEN YOU'VE HIT ROCK BOTTOM, YOU WANT TO FUCK A BLONDE GUY.

was so lucky to get to commission my most beloved @delicateweaponjpg as i enter my ultimate cringeflop era and boy!!!! goodness gracious did nika fucking blow this out of the water!!!! lyo looking so fucking good with her 10ft tall mass murderer 🥰 the PINK! please commission nika if you get the chance, her work speaks for itself!

[seoafin]

i just finished the last the bear episode…..wow so many thoughts they ate truly wow like the bear is just so fucking good. AND IM GLAD U AGREE ABOUT CLAIRE PRETTY GIRL BUT SO FUCKING BORING AND U KNOW WHAT SYD N MARCUS R ALSO BORING AS SHIT TOGETHER love them separately tho but omg richie…richie man richie made me wanna cry when he kept telling carmy he loved him while carmen was dogging the shit outta him in that freezer ughhhhh i love my bf i literally love him so much i have main character loving syndrome and omg mikey when he was throwing those forks at saul goodman would u be down to like talk more in depth on ur thoughts of the final episode and the season overall and how hot carmen and his brother r n how amazing it would be feel to get a train ram by both of them. also u think carmens got some kind of ocd? i love my obsessive compulsive boyfriend so much

spoilers for the bear s2

yeah i had to skip the claire scenes because it was just SO boring. syd and carmy have that chemistry and connection i rlly hope this is a slowburn type of situation because i can really see the two of them together. also i love marcus but not with syd. really wish the writers didn't give marcus the unrequited love trope with syd because they genuinely work better as friends encouraging each other rip. hope the next season sees them working better together as friends bc i love marcus he deserves the world.

RICHIE RICHIE RICHIE HIS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!!! he just wants a place to belong and i think he's been trying to carve that little space out for himself whether that be in the bear family or the restaurant or literally his OWN family....i get why he was so defensive over carmy coming and changing everything in the restaurant....it meant that he'd be the odd one out again. he'd be displaced and forced to find another place to belong. so so glad he came through in the end with all the orders. i hope the restaurant finally makes him content!! also richie screaming to love story in the car HE'S SO REAL.

while not every semi side character had the spotlight this season i think this season rlly did tina and marcus soooo good. loved seeing tina flourish and come into her own a chef. her smile....so lovely. i loved seeing marcus in coppenhagen like will poulter should NOT be looking that fine kneading bread. but somehow.

but like i said i simply did not care about the claire scenes i literally would have taken any other character getting screen time especially since carmy broke up with her anyway. would've loved seeing more syd and her dad tbh.

im so glad this season finally elaborated on the dysfunctional bear family and shed a little more light on micheal and the person he was. i was clinging to the edge of my SEAT watching that fork scene. honestly i don't think carmy has OCD i think that man has PTSD fjnskdfjsdk like all that verbal abuse from working at the number one restaurant in the world....it makes me think he was somehow seeking the dysfunctional aspects of his household and almost finding comfort in the abuse in his dynamics with the head chef(???) dude. especially since we see carmy unwittingly replicating those very same dynamics in the kitchen with syd and then even in the freezer screaming at richie the same exact abuse that head chef told him. he's useless he's a waste of space etc. but richie choosing to respond with kindness and telling him he loves him.....wow....it was such a touching moment to see and i say that genuinely considering richie also yells at him about how carmy can't let himself be happy. it says so much that carmy himself says that he shouldn't seek amusement or enjoyment which im sure speaks to larger issues than just his self esteem issues. i rlly hope the next season does a deep dive into carmy's family and the dynamics of his relationship with micheal and his mother!!!! i definitely think there's something coming with that considering how sugar is going to become a mother soon and how their mother showed up to the restaurant but left out of guilt.

i need a bit more time to formulate my thoughts sorry i just barfed this out i finished the ep like 15 minutes ago LOL

[knickynoo]

Gonna regret asking this as soon as you answer, but what do you think Marty would’ve done had doc actually died in the parking lot? Like immediately and beyond? And just to spread the pain around, what would doc have done had Marty died by buford’s hand?

This is another one of those asks that got backlogged. Sorry, anon. I've given some thought to these scenarios, though, and, well...I'm sorry. This is gonna be dark.

Had Doc not heeded Marty's warning and actually died (& assuming Marty re-loading the time machine with plutonium and trying to fix things isn't possible for some reason):

Marty would've continued to sit on the cold ground, sobbing for a long while. Einstein would join him, torn between trying to comfort his young friend and whimpering by Doc, trying to get the man to wake up.

Once the initial flood of tears eases, I could see Marty getting angry. Like, the angriest he's ever been. Screaming at Doc, at himself, and maybe finding things in Doc's truck to throw around and destroy. Then another wave of sadness would hit and he'd break down again.

Eventually, Marty would realize he needed to get moving. Someone was bound to see the fire caused by the Libyans' van and also the truck, DeLorean on the street in town, and the man lying dead in the mall parking lot. He'd know that the police would soon be called and that there would be a lot of questions that he'd rather not have to answer, but Marty would be very hesitant to go. He wouldn't want to leave his best friend. How could he? It would be a betrayal. He'd be a coward to run. Doc wouldn't leave him if the roles were reversed. So he'd stay, shivering in the cold night air, trying to figure out what he'll say. What they'll ask him.

After, he'd find a payphone and call the police himself. Upon their arrival, though, he'd lean into his own hysteria and act like he had no clue what happened. Maybe explain he was Doc's assistant and that he'd been asked to come to the mall but he'd shown up late and found the scene as it was already. When it came down to it, Marty would really be too much of a mess to talk to anyone, and the authorities on the scene would just see a distraught kid who needed to get home.

(There's a lot that could probably be said about how things would unfold once Marty got home, but in the interest of wanting to skip ahead, I'll just say that George and Lorraine would be horrified. Scared out of their minds and confused at what had happened. They'd likely do everything in their power to shield Marty from questions and prying eyes in the weeks that would follow)

Oh, right...on top of Doc being dead and Marty having witnessed it (twice!), he'd also have to deal with the whiplash at his suddenly new family. Which would really not be a good situation.

Things would rapidly fall apart for Marty once the dust settled and the reality of things set in. He'd be dealing with a family who all felt like strangers. He'd have no memories of ever having lived with those people. He wouldn't even be able to talk to Jennifer about anything for fear of sounding crazy and scaring her away. His best friend in the world, the only person who Marty felt truly understood him, was gone.

I think some pretty significant PTSD would be likely. Marty would have constant nightmares of Doc getting killed. Of trying and failing over and over to save him. And even with his loving, supportive parents doing all they can, it wouldn't be enough. Marty wouldn't feel a real connection to them or want their help. He wouldn't want Jennifer's help. He'd just want Doc back. He'd torture himself with thoughts of what he could have done differently that night he left 1955 or upon his arrival back to '85. He'd blame himself entirely for not trying hard enough. Not being smart enough or brave enough to have done something to save Doc.

Things would only be made worse as rumors swirled around town. Doc would be solidified as a villain in Hill Valley. A crazy, dangerous man who drew terrorists to their quiet little town and almost got a teenager killed. Marty would have to listen to whispers of people's theories as to what happened that night and hear them express their relief that Doc was no longer around to cause them any trouble. People would shoot Marty sideways glances, either looking down on him for having been acquainted with the deranged scientist or holding pity for him. Classmates would harass and taunt him, wanting to know what happened. Wanting to hear the "real story".

All the while, Marty is consumed by a grief he's unable to escape. He'd probably go one of two ways. Too depressed to function, he'd sort of withdraw entirely from life. Break up with Jennifer, shut his family out, abandon his music, etc. He'd see no real point in trying to make a good life for himself and be too anxious to ever move out of his comfort zone. On the other hand, he could give in to his anger and swing the other way, becoming self-destructive and sabotaging his future--drinking, dropping out of school, and using his fists to deal with any peers who dare to say a bad word about Doc. Either way, he'd be upset at himself because he'd know Doc would want better for him. Expect better of him. But he wouldn't be able to pull himself together because he'd be so stuck having convinced himself Doc's death was his fault.

Where would all of this leave our dear Marty as the years pass? I'm not sure. He'd either spiral totally beyond reach or eventually hit rock bottom and realize that he had to let go of all the sadness and anger and live up to all the potential Doc was always saying he had. At that point, though, he would have lost years to his grief, so getting his life together would be difficult. And...yeah.

That was lovely, wasn't it? Doc's turn!

Had Marty actually been killed by Buford (again assuming using time travel to fix things isn't an eventual option):

I feel like, initially, Doc would skip right past the devastated/crying phase and go immediately to a level of anger he'd never felt before. Do you remember how he acted when Buford was harassing Clara at the dance, especially when she was pushed down? Remember how it took 3 of Buford's guys to hold Doc back?? Yeah, well, take that and multiply it a couple of times.

I think it's quite possible that Doc would attempt to take Buford down right there, which likely wouldn't end well for him. But he wouldn't even care. He was heartbroken already over Clara and then his best friend in the world is killed in front of him. All rational parts of Doc would be gone. And seeing as Buford is, you know, dangerously unhinged and has his little posse with him, Doc might end up getting himself killed a minute or two later as well. In which case...well, that would be the end of this scenario. He and Marty would end up buried next to each other in the Old West.

If Doc somehow managed to survive an encounter with Buford, or if he didn't confront him at all because he was in such a state of shock, I think he'd resign himself to a quiet, lonely life in the 1880s. I'm not sure if he'd stay in town and work as a blacksmith. Maybe? If he wanted the distraction? But he also might move away to a little house and just live off the land.

Not sure how Clara would factor in, assuming she'd return to town to find Doc after getting off her train. I don't know if Doc would push her away, wanting to be totally alone in his misery or if he would cling to her.

Doc would be dealing with a lot of guilt. He'd decide that he was responsible for Marty's death. After all, he'd made the decision to stay in the saloon all night, and Marty had to then track him down. Then he'd taken that shot and passed out, costing them valuable time they could have otherwise used to be well on their way to the train. They could have avoided Buford altogether if it weren't for him, Doc would conclude, and in his mind, he'd essentially forced Marty to have to face the man.

Doc might eventually settle into a routine and go about living his life, but I don't know that he'd ever recover from the crushing guilt he'd feel. Losing Marty would shatter him. Marty was the first person to reach out to him, even with all the rumors and disdain other residents of the town threw his way. Marty liked and accepted him for who he was, something no one else had ever truly done. Marty brought so much good into his life, and in exchange, Doc had done all he could to be there for and protect his young friend--to help him see his own potential. But he couldn't protect Marty, and that failure would hurt more deeply than every other one combined.

Basically, I think that Doc would just lose part of himself after losing Marty. Even if he married Clara and had Jules and Verne and ended up with a nice life, he'd always feel the absence of his friend. He wouldn't ever fully be "Doc" again--more of a subdued, more serious version of himself.

I could see him holding it together for the most part, being a family man, all that stuff. But then he'd have moments where he'd find himself alone and just fall apart. And just to make things extra sad for anyone who's read this far, I imagine Doc taking very frequent trips to wherever Marty is buried, laying a few flowers down, and staying there for hours, crying, praying, talking to himself, or just sitting in silence.

Well. Anyway.

Thanks for the ask?

[cakeandpi]

Parker!! spoilers abound

hm, so Harry (aka Lawyer) has been fired/let go and no one gave him the memo on it. Is his old job/boss going to be this episodes mark?

oof, Harry is bad at being subtle with his ‘okay look in [place]’ comm directions

ah okay so isn’t a legal firm that’s about representing their clients to the best of their ability. it’s a firm whose about smoothing bad things over for rich clients so that there’s little to no consequences.

“I remember when you wanted to change the world.”/“World did change. We just went along for the ride.” So the world changed the boss, the boss gave up on changing the world because he saw a way to profit from it and didn’t care that he hurt others along the way.

The way that car drove up onto the curve, I thought that was Sophie in a big hurry at first. (I would have thought Parker but there wasn’t enough time for her to crack the safe, get to the relevant files, get out, and then drive there.) But no, it’s Maxwell’s thugs because the man holds a grudge apparently. So I’m going to guess he’s going to be the season big bad? Or is he just a 2-episode bad guy and we’ll find out who the real big bad is later?

Hardison: listing various problems on various international efforts he’s helping with Eliot: let’s make this a restaurant metaphor Hardison: *very much regretting ever buying Eliot that brewpub*

Nuts and bolts about bad guy details

Also that bit about Hardison being distracted by problems is definitely a distraction, there’s no way he’d pause on making sure their safehouse was secure

Eliot is not so much pissed as insulted that the world is at the point of advertising the corruption rather than him needing to beat it out of someone.

drone!!

*snort* eliot's usually the grouchy one, and he’s carrying a trashcan right now. there’s no way hardison doesn’t make some oscar the grouch joke once he sees that.

“It’s like you never stopped.”/“Yeah. Quite the act.” Sophie slows down at Hardison’s comment, then sighs and sits. She’s finding this tiring now. Is it because she’s out of practice? Or because after so many years of retirement, her hearts not in it anymore? And Hardison notices. He doesn’t say anything concrete immediately, because Sophie hasn’t really elaborated on what’s going on with her. When she does - it’s her grief, and how its affecting her grift now - there’s this concern in Hardison’s face. There’s absolutely going to be a meeting between the OT3 about how to straddle not straining Sophie too much and not babying her should she stay on for another job after this.

“But I can’t work forever, can I?” There’s a defeated tone to this, and it’s true - Sophie’s just human, one day she too will pass on. Her grief for Nate (and how being back with the team keeps reopening that wound) is coloring her view on this for sure. (Did Nate work himself to death?) It’s also, very distantly, a remark on the OT3 - they too can’t work forever. They were Sophie’s and Nate’s proteges. And it’s not that the OT3 doesn’t have anything in place if they go down - they’ve got small teams running all over the world. But they don’t have their own personal proteges. Harry’s a decent start, but they’ll need to recruit and open up their circle to at least one, maybe two more before they’re ready to retire. Before they, too, burn too hot for too long.

“You hear that? That’s a very distinctive sound.” YES

Another Basil & Brick truck! This one has.... empanadas, ropa vieja, sancocho, and I think the last one is yuca frita. Mm, yuca fries.

BREANNA!!!

Parker! Taught Breanna to tail people! (Hardison in particular?) When she was 11! Wait does that mean Parker’s met Nana?! Also Parker is so smug and satisfied that Breanna paid attention to her lessons.

“I teach every kid I meet how to do crime.” <3 be gay do crime

This is a big ‘I’m telling mom!’ argument and I love it, especially the “I think she’s napping” LMAO

“How you saved Eliot’s life all those times” Oh man Hardison is sleeping on the metaphorical couch tonight. But also I need to come back to this later because honestly and really? Hardison has - as part of a group team effort - saved Eliot’s life from himself. By giving him a way to work through his anger issues, by caring for him, by showing Eliot he’s needed and that he’s more than just a hitter. The team saved Eliot’s life. (And there’s probably a bunch of erasing digital trails/etc where Hardison did more directly save Eliot’s life but that's besides the point.)

“But hacking’s kind of old school anyway.” And as she goes on, Eliot goes from aggrieved to ‘oh, a new best friend’ because now he has someone to help him annoy Hardison.

Parker pulls Hardison into a side room (by his ear, but he’s not protesting in pain so that’s got to be just for show). And then pushes him up against the wall and Hardison is like ‘okay whatever lecture is coming can it not be like this?’ If it weren’t for the glass walls that’d be some makeout stuff right here.

LOL at Parker’s standard for a ‘normal’ person being ‘uses Uber, pays taxes, and has a birth certificate’.

“Wait is this like that time in Paris?” I... don’t remember an episode set in Paris with a robot and explosions so this must be during the time skip. And - “... but you didn’t want to hurt Eliot’s feelings so you secretly wanted us to agree.” I’m going to scream if there’s no confirmed ot3 by the end of the season. And cry. And read a whole bunch of fic.

Look at these two being honest with each and communicating and respecting each others opinions, they’ve grown so much from pretzel metaphors.

“You’re not mad. You did the Picard tug.”/“I am mad.“/“Did the tug. You know I like that.” Parker might be mad (at Hardison? Breanna? Both?) but not so much that she’s completely shutting out Hardison, giving him a nonverbal signal that she’s not pissed, just needs some time to be upset before everything’s okay.

“One. Job.” Parker says. And we the viewers know it’ll be more than one. But really what that means by now is that this is an audition. Parker may have taught Breanna some things, but now Breanna has to show that they do better with her rather than without, that she’s an asset and not a liability or dead weight.

I laughed so hard that because this shit’s illegal, there’s no cutting corners on the paperwork.

“And you didn’t get tortured.”/“Not this time.” I can’t tell if Eliot wants Harry to get a little bit tortured or if he’s just reminding Harry that this time around people were in a good mood and showing off.

Breanna stops herself before suggesting something, and Hardison, for all that he isn’t delighted at her presence and protested her being here, encourages her to speak up. If she’s going to be part of the team, even for one job, she’s part of the team and that means speaking up and throwing ideas out there for others to bounce around, even if it winds up being a football that can’t be dribbled.

OT3 TEAM JUST GOT DUBBED ‘DRILL TEAM’. (why is that also somehow a dirty joke i’m dying here)

Oh one of the baddies is a Com4r4t fan... oh wait no this is the beginning of a plan backfiring.

Aww Breanna is so proud of what she’s done! It’s very much like season 1 Hardison. So Sophie and Hardison go to do their own thing, only that means the baddies are here to talk to Breanna and she doesn’t have backup.

THE 'LET ME GET MY BOSS’ THE SPIN AROUND AND THE ‘WHY ARE YOU BOTHERING MY STAFF’ I LOVE BREANNA.

“I’m your neighbor who runs a business built on discretion.” This is going to go very badly depending on how Breanna plays this. At least she gets the earbud in to call for help!

Another Brick&Basil truck! Etoufee and jambalaya, dammit eliot stop choosing delicious food to advertise. 

“I monkey-shamed the DJ” I. Love. Her. Also Sophie’s already read Breanna as having the skills to just need general guidelines for an impromptu grift rather than needing to be fed specific lines.

“Okay here’s the thing.” And there’s a pause, we’re thinking he’s about to come down real hard on Breanna, and then we get “I love Com4r4t.” he is a fanboy I guessed it right!! And then he does go through with the threat, but not as a ‘cancel it or die’ sort of threat, but a ‘if i’m disappointed you die’ way.

Breanna nails the impromptu grift though she’s understandably a bit shaken by the threat at the end. (What newcomer wouldn’t be?) But the threat is what pushes Parker into deciding Breanna should go home ASAP. This is Hardison’s family, from before the team, and Parker isn’t about to risk messing that up. If she pushes for Breanna to stay when Hardison doesn’t want Breanna to, and something goes wrong? Parker would never, ever forgive herself.

But as Sophie has pointed out, they’ve all been out of their depth at one point or another. That doesn’t mean that someone should be sent packing.

Lmao Eliot being possessive of the drill.

“Then you ain’t got no more problems ever again.” There’s a certain sense of morbid humor with the team, one that’s both necessary but also a reality. They deal with this level of danger on a semi-regular basis. Harry just hasn’t caught up to that fact yet.

I have a feeling this particular baddie is going to end up dead for managing to drive a 40% cut.

“I’m just saying dude.” I love that Eliot and Hardison don’t have to rehash their entire arguments anymore unless they’re really enjoying themselves, that they can just be all ‘you know I’ve said my piece’.

“Don’t get distracted by the side gig.”/“Is it a side gig?” For all that the team has been their main focus for so long, for all that they all have side projects and gigs, this has been eating up more and more of Hardison’s time. What I thought was him pretending to be distracted earlier may have been a real distraction. And Eliot’s noticed, and he’s noticed that Hardison hasn’t noticed, that Hardison needs to make a choice here.

“In our line of work, you’re one of the best. But in that line of work you’re the only one, man.” Eliot has a soft smile at the end of that, and it's a bit painful, even as I saw it coming, to hear Eliot suggest that Hardison begin to step away from the team’s day to day.

“It’s okay to grow up, to realize you’re not the person you used to be.” None of them are the person they used to be. Not Sophie, not Parker, not Hardison, and certainly not Eliot. They can see that in each other if not in themselves. (Eliot, being the most grounded of all of them, already knew he’d changed eight years ago.)

“You never grew up.”/“Yeah. I achieved perfection pretty early, huh?” Even as Eliot’s the most grounded, even though he’s the one saying that there’s no one else that could fill Hardison’s role in that other work, the idea that Hardison might actually choose to step away from the team is too raw to handle without turning to humor.

Harry’s a bit jumpy, but he’s learning to play it off. I like that he’s a very different character from Nate, that it’s not his anger or ego driving him so much as a desire to make restitution.

And a “Dammit Hardison”

Ooh, Eliot’s in the vents too, just in time to help Parker. (She doubtless has her beloved taser but that would take time away from getting into the vault.)

“I smell lasers” Ahahahahaha

“You’re going to compare me to Eliot right now?” (’over the comms, where others who aren’t Eliot can hear?’ Hardison did not say out loud.)

ouch, okay, Hardison hurting his back like that might be what actually makes him choose the other gig over the team, or at what makes him take a little vacation so he can heal from that. (back injuries are nothing to play around with!)

how did Maxwell get past Eliot? but it’s all good, Eliot’s right behind to disarm him. And Parker’s been doing her hitting lessons, she didn’t even need a taser or to stab anyone!

Oh Harry, the bomb will be used, it’s just not time yet.

New Orleans gumbo is its own food group.

Okay so Hardison’s done a lot of work getting this place in order... WAIT IS THAT A PUNCHING BAG? That’s a punching bag! It might not be the love-letter the brewpub was but it’s definitely a thing added specifically for Eliot.

Oh no, Eliot might realize what Hardison’s doing with this, but Parker hasn’t caught up yet that Hardison’s going to be taking a break from the team.

Parker’s blindsided by this, and she’s upset, but she’s not mad because why didn’t she see this coming she should have seen it, so she leaves to deal with her emotions alone. Hardison follows, naturally, she knew he would, but she can’t face him because then he’ll see her crying, and Parker doesn’t do emotions easily. She’s torn between wanting him to help people and wanting to be with him (and she can’t go with him, she needs to be helping people too).

And Parker doesn’t want Breanna there without Hardison. Again because it’d put Hardison’s family in danger and that’s a step too far for Parker if Hardison doesn’t okay it. And also because with Hardison leaving, Breanna’s just going to be reminders of what Parker’s missing. And Breanna doesn’t have Hardison’s skillset, can’t fill his shoes - not that she should but she can’t, and Parker, I think, is already mentally preparing herself to go it alone again. Because if this job needs Hardison so bad, then surely Eliot’s got some project that needs his specific attention, and it was just one job for Breanna, and Sophie’s been adamant that this is one last job for her, and Harry’s still new and will probably decide to do his own thing given time to think... I think that’s where her brain is at, at least for the next thirty seconds, before she catches up with herself and realizes that more like the time she busted her leg than the team dissolving around her. (This kind of went weird places but that’s stream of thought for me)

And as they come back in Parker’s already cheering up some, because that wave of despair has already blown over. Yeah, she’s not a parent, but she’s good at teaching when she tries.

“It could be a reunion tour.”/“No. I’m retired.” It’s very different from Nate’s old protestations. He was not a thief. Whereas with Sophie it’s not ready. And while they all point out that she’s been happier while doing cons, that they could use the help, it’s not forceful or overpowering. It’s still Sophie��s decision. They’re not going to make her house their new base and taunt her with it; they’re not the sort of people who’d do that anymore, and anyway that’d be cruel instead of a fun sort of goading.

And because they give Sophie space to make a decision, while she doesn’t want to make a long-term commitment, she’s willing to take on ‘just a few more’.

[a-5-7-b-8-4-c]

Oh How Fast Things Can Change

Prompt: the dark sides turn into kids

I suck at titles. Apologies.

A 1.5K bullet fic because I cba to actually write but I like the idea so here it goes I guess

• Dark side commons

• Remus is messing around with some curses like he usually does and Deceit is reading something in the dark side commons.

• Suddenly Remus shouts an “aha” and holds up his creation proudly

• But

• This is Remus so he does it violently

• This makes some of it spill

• Remus looks a bit concerned

• The scent spreads across the room

• Deceit looks up from his book when he smells it to get an answer from Remus but all he has time to say is “whoops” before they are engulfed in smoke

•

• Light side commons

• Patton is baking cookies in the kitchen while the others are lounging around in the commons

• Virgil and Roman, sitting closest to the (all) side’s corridor but also the kitchen, start to smell something that isn’t confectionary and Virgil leaves to go check up on Patton.

• The scent gets a bit stronger and Roman recognises it

• He gets up to follow it and Logan questions him

• Roman explains that its a curse that the creativities can make to make things younger, often animals or objects and informs him that it only works on a small radius, even though the smell spreads a lot further.

• Patton and Virgil come out from the kitchen to ask

• Logan explains while Roman follows the scent

• They all follow Roman down the corridor to the dark side of the mindscape but stop hesitantly in front of the dark commons

• Roman listens in and hears two voices arguing inside that he doesn’t recognise

• Since Remus always barged into the light side area, Roman thinks it will be OK to storm into the dark area too, considering this is a bit important (you think, genius?)

• They open the door and see two kids fighting

• Patton instantly goes protective parent mode and breaks up the fight

• The sides then notice that the two kids are dressed in Deceit’s and Remus’ clothes but they look like 7 year olds in good cosplay so it takes a minute for the others to process this

• Roman instantly begins laughing

• Like

• Full on belly laughing

• And he’s trying to mock Remus for screwing up but he can’t

• Coz he’s laughing so hard

• Virgil starts stressing out coz “now what?”

• Logan looks very intrigued but then reminds himself that a) this is a creativity curse so it doesn’t follow any logic for him to investigate and b)these are actual people (well, sides technically) that he can’t treat like an experiment

• Patton looks somewhere between worried and very v e r y excited.

• The two kid sides actually act like kids tho so Deceit’s first reaction is “he started it” pointing at Remus with a pout

• Remus responds with a huge grin and says he just got a bit excited and that it wasn’t strong so it will wear off in a few days (hopefully)

• And he looks all smug about it like he is proud that he is totally in full control of the situation

• Suddenly the smoke alarm goes off and Patton and Virgil run to the kitchen

• They forgot the cookies

• Remus and Deceit follow because burnt cookies are still cookies and hopefully some will still be edible

• Remus eats the burnt ones anyway

• Patton makes more

• Roman kind of calms down but is still grinning like mad every time he looks at either of the kids

• They spend some time together tho like a family with kids and its all cute and heartwarming

• Like

• Deceit will still talk argue debate with Logan but it will be more like an exchange of monologues or rants instead of a heated argument

• Remus would listen in from time to time and make random comments but because his mind works a bit more like a child’s, most of the comments would be less gory or scarring than his usual which meant that people actually listened and responded to them instead of ignoring them

• He would also ask Logan for weird random facts or make up a surrealistic idea and then compare it to reality with Logan’s help

• Virgil would watch movies with them like an older brother and would prepare snacks and drinks and stuff for it

• Patton would literally treat them like his own kids and would go from telling them off to giving them hugs and cookies

• Roman would supervise them in the imagination but because Remus still has the same amount of power over it, it would be complete chaos that they would say they regret but their huge smiles and Deceit’s eye glow would give away that they are lying

• and then also Deceit and Remus would stick together since they are the only kids and still (kinda?) friends so they would get huge amounts trouble together that then Deceit would try to help them get out of/get away with but because Remus was still Remus, sometimes it would be hard

• They would also have family sleepovers after movie or game nights

• Yeah

• Fun times

• Then a week passes and the curse wears off

• The two sides wake up as adults again and they have no idea what to do

• They don’t know if they’re still welcome as adults since they weren’t before but they both really want to stay

• they leave anyway

• When the others wake up, they notice that their two kids are gone

• Patton kinda gets worried

• The others kinda do too coz “what if they’re off getting into trouble again?”

• But then Roman suggests that the spell could have worn off

• They go to the dark commons (which maybe don’t seem that far down the corridor any more)

• They hear Remus and Deceit talking but recognise that it’s their adult voices once again

• They assume that they want to be left alone after the transition

• They all unspokenly feel a bit sad because of it and are scared that they won’t come back because of some (dumb) reason

• They go about their morning routines but by lunch Patton wants to check up on them anyway

• They skipped breakfast but he wouldn’t let them skip lunch too

• So he goes and sees how they are

• He knocks on the door to the commons because that’s where they were last time (tbh, it could be any room but the point is they’re still in the same one)

• Deceit answers, fully composed and back to his usual unreadable expression

• But Patton isn’t blind (the glasses help with that)

• He notices Deceit’s eyes are slightly more watery than average and the room is way too still and silent

• So he asks if they’re alright

• Deceit says they are

• Patton doesn’t believe him but asks if they want to eat lunch all together like they did anyway

• Deceit is a bit surprised and is about to decline when Remus jumps out from behind him and screams yes in his ear

• Remus was very visibly crying and looks very disheveled.

• This makes Patton rephrase his first question and instead asks why they are upset

• They don’t want to say and Patton doesn’t want to push so they leave it at that but Patton still reassures them that he will listen if they want him to.

• They have lunch together and Logan, Roman and Virgil are really happy that the dark sides are not secluding themselves

• After lunch the two try to leave again but Virgil panics a bit and his fight or flight reflexes kick in to try to stop them from leaving (they’re worth the fight or whatever)

• He suggests game night

• The dark sides kinda assume they are no longer invited but Roman loves the idea and drags his brother into the commons to choose the games

• Patton asks Deceit if he can help him with the snacks while Logan and Virgil work on the set up (blankets and pillows etc)

• They all get ready for game night and then they all sit down and play and the dark sides can’t help but smile (yes, even Deceit can’t stop himself from smiling like a moron) because “they want us back. They really do”

• They make eye contact and have a silent conversation where they are literally just cheering that they don’t have to leave

• Remus stops throwing ideas purely to annoy the other sides (except Roman but they’re brothers so they’re an exception)

• and who would have guessed that that would make him more pleasant to be around? /s

• They basically just chill together all happy and content with two dark dorks that look like the cheshire cat with their huge grins

• They don’t bring up the fact that they cried or the worries that they all felt because actions work better than words and treating them like part of the famILY seems to be solving the issue just fine by itself

• Basically yeah

•

• And they lived happily ever after ??? or however you finish stuff like this ???

Btw. I haven’t really read through this to check for errors so whoops i guess

[threehouses-heroes]

I feel like Raphael needs more love so, and in retaliation at the game not even letting me A-Support him (I think it'll make me wait until Part 2 wtf?), could I please have the letters L, M, A, O and V? As I started typing this I thought "oh no, what if I've said the wrong thing?" Now it's 3:15 AM AND I REGRET NOTHING

Quite a few A supports are after the time skip which SUCKS but hell yeah I’m always happy to provide some Raph content! hopefully you finally got some sleep tho my dude because 3am IS LATE AS HELL >:A other than that enjoy~!

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Raphael

A = Aftercare 

He likes to keep things fun and light after sex – just wants to pull his partner against his chest, wrap both of them up in the bed covers and not let them go for as long as he can and with time permitting that’s exactly what he does once the haze of sex has simmered down. There’s lots of quick sloppy kisses between this too, along their cheeks and the tip of their nose - really anywhere his lips can reach is game with any giggles he can get out of them a much welcome bonus that makes his heart flutter. Raphael really just wants to see his partner smile after sex no matter how exhausted they both are, it makes his heart swell like nothing else and it shows in the way he holds them just a bit tighter (tho still mindful of his strength). Good luck getting this guy out of bed if something else calls their attention though as any attempts of persuasion are going to fall on deaf ears in favour of keeping both of them like this for juuuuuust a little bit longer~

L = Location 

Okay so Raph isn’t shy about his noises so the list of places to safely have sex is rather small, but honestly if it’s got a sturdy wall, floor, table or bed he’s happy with it. He doesn’t fuss too much over the where so much as what’s going on in the moment but does want his partner to be comfortable in case he’s too rough so any place where they can relax in the afterglow for a while afterwards is a big plus in regards to location.

M = Motivation 

Raphael needs little more motivation than wanting to make his partner happy. He wants to be able to pleasure them and make sure that they can both have fun while doing so. Seeing the pleasure on his partner’s face is a big plus too – it’s not for particularly lewd reasons, just seeing their face light up makes him wanna bundle them up into his arms and show them how much he loves em the best ways that he knows how just to make sure that he can see those expressions for as long as he possibly can.

O = Oral 

He’s really enthusiastic about giving his partner oral so what he lacks for in experience he certainly makes up for with how vigorous he is about it. His tongue’s pretty thick and rough enough that they’re bound to cry and squirm from the first few licks as he gets a feel for what they like best. Not to mention with his strength Raphael can quite easily use those arms of his to hoist them up above him to a position where he can really go down on them so if the bed’s not an option he’s more than happy to improvise that way. He loves the way that his partner’s thighs squeeze when he sucks against a particularly sweet spot and their reactions only spur him on especially when they’re tugging on his hair while they do so; he works best with instructions though so he can do better when they tell him exactly what they want him to do, be it going faster, using his hands etc. When he’s receiving oral he makes the sweetest noises, letting his partner work at their own pace even if he has to stop himself from bucking too hard into their mouth when he gets too carried away. He’s a big guy so anyone brave enough to try and take him in is gonna have a challenge but he’ll be encouraging them the whole way through, praising them for how good they’re doing and throwing his head back with loud keens when they wrap their lips around what they can of his cock.

V = Volume 

Yeah Raph is loud. He doesn’t make any attempts to reign in any noises he makes or muffle them in anyway unless his partner takes the initive, and it is for this exact reason that it’s near impossible to do anything anywhere remotely inhabited because there is exactly a 1% chance they won’t get caught because Raphael isn’t shy about letting noise out in the slightest. Most of it is moaning and huffing but even when he’s not he’s egging his partner on, showering them in praises and talking them through the whole thing – it’s not even in an intentionally sexual way, but the brutally sweet honesty working in tandem with the acts of intimacy is more than enough to get his partner worked up. And he loves when his partner makes noises too! It lets him know when they’re feeling good and he loves the sound of their voice; regardless of whether it’s the quietest gasps or they’re screaming out his name it does wonders to his confidence and it shows in the way his pace speeds up and he grinds into them just that little bit harder the closer he gets.

[traumantic-a]

                     HOW  TO  INTERACT  WITH  JORDAN                    (  A  PLOTTING  CHEAT-SHEET )

so,  you  want  to  write  your  muse  against  jordan,  but  you  have  no  idea  what  to  do?  have  no  fear!  plotting  can  be  pretty  daunting—I  know  I  always  blank  on  ideas  the  second  I  go  to  approach  someone  about  something,  or  I’m  always  afraid  I’ll  suggest  something  that’s  overdone  or  that  the  mun  isn’t  particularly  interested  in.  hence,  this  guide!  keep  in  mind  everything  here  is  just  a  suggestion,  so  if  you  have  ideas  that  don’t  really  fit  what  I’ve  put  in  this  guide,  that  is  fine!  throw  them  my  way!  and  happy  plotting!

                                       MEET  JORDAN  RILEY                                (  aka  a  really  quick  character  cheat  sheet  )

she’s  a  college  student.  specifically,  she’s  currently  in  her  junior  year  as  a  graphic  design  student  and  is  also  a  resident  assistant,  because  it’s  the  only  way  she  could  afford  to  continue  to  attend  school  ( #justcollegethings ).  like  many  students,  her  preferred  study  method  is  coffee  and  tears,  and  thinking  too  far  into  the  future  freaks  her  out,  so  she  copes  by  screaming  inwardly  and  pushing  on  even  though  she  needs  to  relax  ( whatever  that  means ).

she’s  also  a  resident  assistant.  and  surprisingly,  taking  the  job  wasn’t  all  about  the  money,  though  that  was  a  big  motivator.  jordan  genuinely  enjoys  the  position;  not  so  much  the  paperwork  and  having  to  enforce  rules  all  the  time,  but  getting  to  decorate  her  floor,  help  freshmen  navigate  campus  life  and  academics,  and  plan  fun  programs  and  activities  for  them  is  something  that  makes  her  feel  a  sense  of  accomplishment.  of  course,  the  perks  of  having  a  room  and  bathroom  all  to  herself  make  it  extra  nice.

she’s  very  involved.  if  she’s  not  working  on  projects,  she’s  designing  layouts  for  one  of  the  student-run  magazines;  if  she’s  not  doing  that,  she’s  hosting  a  radio  show  with  one  of  her  friends;  if  she’s  not  doing  that,  she’s  at  improv  practice;  if  she’s  not  there,  she’s  probably  stress  crying  in  the  shower,  tbh.  either  way,  she  likes  keeping  busy  whenever  she  can;  sometimes  to  a  fault.

she  hates  talking  about  ‘it.’  not  the  movie;  no,  she  enjoyed  both  chapters,  even  if  she  hasn’t  made  her  way  through  the  brick  that  is  the  novel  yet.  no,  she  hates  talking  about  her  past  traumas,  she  absolutely  hates  talking  about  the  whole  rothfield  murders  fiasco  and  the  fact  that  she  was  a  target  because  she  spoke  up  about  being  assaulted,  which  is  understandable,  because  all  of  that  is  shitty.  she’s  trying  to  move  on  from  it  all;  she  wishes  the  rest  of  the  world  would,  too.

                              PRE-ESTABLISHED  RELATIONSHIPS                                 (  aka  a  starting  point  for  fleshing  out  dynamics  )

be  a  resident  in  her  building.  this  one  is  especially  great  if  your  muse  is  a  college  student;  rothfield  university  is  a  big  school  and  there  are  roughly  six  thousand  students  living  on  campus;  250  of  those  students  live  in  williams  hall,  split  across  four  floors.  while  williams  hall  tends  to  have  a  mix  of  underclassmen  and  skews  heavily  toward  having  primarily  incoming  freshmen  reside  there,  it  isn’t  unusual  for  juniors  or  seniors  to  stay  in  the  building  because  it’s  cheaper  than  trying  to  rent  an  apartment  on  their  own,  and  they  don’t  have  to  pay  for  a  parking  pass  that  they  rarely  use  because  there’s  never  any  place  to  park.  jordan  has  to  keep  in  contact  with  the  residents  living  on  her  floor,  do  regular  academic  and  wellness  checks,  etc.;  but  beyond  that,  she  genuinely  wants  to  help  them  adjust  to  campus  and  college  life,  and  likes  being  a  mentor.

be  a  fellow  art  student/classmate.  technically  jordan’s  major  of  study  falls  under  the  college  of  communication  and  information,  but  she’s  on  track  to  learn  a  bachelor’s  of  fine  arts  in  graphic  design,  and  she  spends  a  lot  of  her  time  in  the  art  building  attending  studio  classes  and  pouring  over  projects.  she  has  other  courses  she  has  to  take  to  fill  requirements  for  her  core  classes  and  the  like  ( such  as  art  history,  algebra,  sociology,  etc.);  if  your  muse  is  a  college  student,  why  not  make  them  a  classmate  of  jordan’s?  especially  if  they’re  in  different  majors  but  happen  to  be  taking  all  the  same  ‘core’  classes;  it’s  always  great  having  a  note-sharing  buddy,  if  nothing  else.

be  involved  in  a  club/organization  with  jordan.  she’s  an  illustrator  for  a  student-run  general  interest  magazine,  she  has  a  radio  show,  and  she’s  in  an  improv  group,  and  usually  auditions  for  productions  through  the  school  of  theater  and  dance  whenever  she  has  the  time.  make  your  muse  a  member  of  the  editorial  team  on  the  magazine,  or  a  blogger,  or  a  fellow  DJ,  or  someone  who  enjoys  performing;  I’m  sure  they’ll  cross  paths  with  jordan  somehow,  some  way!

be  one  of  her  professors/mentors.  chances  are  there’s  a  bullshit  course  your  muse  could  teach  if  they  don’t  fit  in  ‘traditional’  courses  of  study  like  history,  economics,  etc.;  my  university  offered  two  different  courses  on  glass  blowing;  there’s  no  limit  to  what  can  be  taught  on  a  college  campus  to  fill  credit  hour  requirements.  jordan’s  degree  of  study  requires  a  lot  of  liberal  arts  credits  and  she’s  definitely  the  type  to  take  a  course  on  analyzing  tone  and  message  in  zombie  movies  because,  what  else  is  she  going  to  do  with  $800  dollars  in  grant  money?  she’s  a  good  student,  and  tries  not  to  skip  classes,  and  will  usually  keep  quiet  in  the  back  if  she’s  not  up  to  participating.  she  also  attends  office  hours  when  she’s  not  grasping  something,  and  if  she  likes  a  class  she  took  because  of  the  professor,  she  usually  tries  to  take  more  of  their  classes.

work  at/in  rothfield  in  some  capacity.  be  another  resident  assistant,  work  at  the  coffee  shop  frequented  by  students,  be  part  of  campus  security,  be  an  event  coordinator  with  campus,  be  that  one  lady  who  walks  her  three  rescue  dogs  on  campus  every  evening;  there’s  really  no  limit  here  ( the  lady  with  rescue  dogs  was  a  thing  at  my  school  and  I  ended  up  befriending  her,  and  she  turned  out  to  be  the  dean  of  the  women’s  studies  department  and  is  generally  the  coolest  person  I  know,  ANYWAY );  if  any  of  this  appeals  to  you,  hit  me  up  and  we’ll  flesh  out  the  details.

be  a  townie.  whether  your  muse  is  a  student  who  graduated  and  never  left  rothfield  or  is  a  born-and-bred  local  that  can  spin  a  yarn  about  the  history  of  campus,  or  just  likes  showing  up  at  house  parties  for  the  hell  of  it,  this  is  another  great  way  to  cross  paths  with  jordan  and  strike  up  a  friendship.

                                THINGS  I  WANT  TO  EXPLORE                                  (  aka  a  living  document  of  my  wishlist  tag  )

jordan  opening  up  to  someone.  jordan’s  assault  and  the  trial  from  her  high  school  years  were  pretty  well-publicized;  while  her  name  was  never  printed  in  the  news  stories  surrounding  the  case,  it’s  not  hard  to  put  the  pieces  together  when  people  find  out  where  she’s  from.  this  only  becomes  more  apparent  after  the  rothfield  murders  that  take  place  over  spring  break  2019;  being  the  ‘sole  survivor’  of  a  revenge-murder  rampage  takes  its  toll  in  some  unusual  ways.  it  takes  time  for  the  trauma  of  the  murders  to  fully  sink  in  for  jordan;  initially,  she’s  relieved  that  her  abuser  is  dead  and  gone  and  she  never  has  to  see  him  again,  but  that  relief  is  short-lived.  it  doesn’t  change  the  fact  that  she  hasn’t  fully  healed  from  her  past  traumas  and  that  she  needs  to  be  more  vocal  about  her  feelings  and  emotions;  she  needs  a  support  system,  especially  considering  her  family  is  hours  away  and  the  only  other  person  she’s  confided  in  outside  of  her  parents  and  sister  goes  to  school  in  another  state.  I’d  love  to  develop  some  close  friendships  where  jordan  feels  comfortable  opening  up  to  others  she  knows  she  can  trust  and  lean  on  when  she’s  having  bad  days;  likewise,  she’d  do  the  same  for  those  she  loves  dearly.  she’s  loyal  at  her  core  and  if  she  trusts  you,  she  will always  be  there  for  you.

                             more  to  be  added  as  ideas  come  to  me

                       THINGS  I’M  NOT  INTERESTED  IN                                 (   aka......  it’s  pretty  self-explanatory   )

your  character  ‘fixing’  jordan.  through  love,  through  friendship,  through  whatever;  while  all  of  the  above  can  definitely  help  people  dealing  with  trauma  heal,  it  is  not  the  sole,  solitary  thing  that  will  get  the  job  done.  jordan  will  never  rely  on  one  person  to  be  the  sole  thing  that  makes  her  happy  and  makes  her  feel  whole  again;  it’s  not  realistic  and  it’s  a  harmful  cliche  that  I  don’t  wish  to  perpetuate  here.  she  absolutely  needs  friends  she  can  trust,  and  she  is  capable  of  being  in  a  loving  relationship,  but  those  are  not  going  to  automatically  fix  all  her  problems.

toxic  ships.  I  don’t  really  feel  the  need  to  go  super  in-depth  with  this;  while  I’m  not  opposed  to  exploring  shitty  or  toxic  friendships  or  relationships,  because  those  do  happen,  I’m  not  interested  in  doing  so  in  the  sense  of  “they’re  toxic  because  they  care!”  again;  very  harmful  cliches  and  stereotypes  that  I  do  not  wish  to  perpetuate  here.  if  I  explore  anything  like  this  it’ll  likely  be  with  close  rp  partners  I’ve  had  for  a  while  and  know  I  can  trust.

fetishizing/‘fixing’ demisexual  people.   it’s  a  spectrum,  folks;  jordan  needs  an  emotional  connection  with  someone  deep  enough  before  she  feels  comfortable  with  intimacy.  I’m  not  interested  in  anyone  being  the  ‘exception’  to  this  for  obvious  reasons.  if  you  come  to  me  with  anything  related  to  your  muse  ‘fixing’  jordan’s  demisexuality  ( which  existed  before  her  trauma  and  was  amplified  by  it,  both  of  which  are  valid ),  I  will hard  block  you.

                                      FINAL�� THOUGHTS so,  I  didn’t  intend  for  this  to  get  as  long  as  it  did;  as  far  as  the  last  section  goes,  a  lot  of  that  is  common  sense,  but  I’ve  included  it  anyway  because  I’ve  had  similar  experiences  on  blogs  before  with  people  coming  to  me  with  plot  ideas  that  were  inherently  toxic  and  glorified  to  be  something  bigger/better,  and  felt  it  would  be  best  to  address what  I’m  not  comfortable  with  and  why  directly  out  of  the  gate.  keep  in  mind  that  all  of  this  is  a  guideline,  and  if  you  have  ideas  that  expand  outside  of  what  I’ve  placed  here,  I’d  love  to  hear  them!  don’t  hesitate  to  approach  me  to  plot,  especially  if  you  want  to  expand  on  anything  I’ve  listed  in  this  cheat  sheet.  <3

[sailor-cresselia]

Zi-O 34: *Insert Cake Boss Joke Here*

Blah, blah, insert apology for delay here, add in comments about how I’m totally going to watch the two Rider Time trilogies soon, off hand mention of HeiGen Forever’s raw being out, etc etc.

On to the liveblog. I’ve been at this for a long while now, there were. Distractions. (I swear, I really am working on my fics, guys. That was one of the distractions! I promise!)

Todoroki accuses Kyosuke of not only forgetting the Oni code, but of being too soft to take the Hibiki title. Interesting.

Woz’s intense need to Recap is enough to draw him out of a BSOD induced ‘nap’. That’s dedication to his part right there.

Aw, Junichiro’s not entirely certain what’s going on this time around, and looks like he’s kind of intimidated by Kyosuke’s over-the-top stoicism. ...Relatable.

Geiz rightfully calls Kyosuke out on making them go through the training while lying about being Hibiki, and is, of course, shot down by Stubborn McNotHibiki.

Said stubborn git also refuses to answer Sougo’s incredibly justified question as to whether he was the ‘Hibiki’ who trained Tsutomu, so… Sougo asks if Geiz will stay at the shop, while he and Tsukuyomi go to talk to Todoroki.

Poor Woz. Still coming off of his Blue Screen, he gets dragged off with them. While still in a fifty-percent bluescreen state.

“I… don’t remember how to rejoice…? Me…?” ‘Clearly,’ he has no purpose outside of his Proclamations.

Actually… Sougo’s been telling Woz off about the speeches lately, since he keeps trying to do them whenever they go into Trinity. That keeps throwing off the fights, and is driving both Geiz and Sougo up a wall. Maybe he really is losing his old touch.

Hm. So, yeah, Hibiki is, as said earlier, a title, much like being a True Kamen Rider is. It’s downright offensive of Kyosuke to call himself that, when he apparently dropped out as the former Hibiki’s apprentice. To say nothing of taking on an apprentice not only under false pretenses, but while clearly not ready to do so.

This also raises the question of what happened to the former Hibiki, but I don’t exactly think we’ll get that answered.

And Todoroki doesn’t have an apprentice, doesn’t think he’s ready to be a mentor. This, with him having been Todoroki for… hang on, pulling up the wiki because I forgot the year… since 2005, so for around 14 years now. And, as an aside, he didn’t study under ‘the previous Todoroki.’ He studied under Zanki, and said that he… if I remember hearing correctly, that he didn’t feel worthy of his master’s title. So, that’s interesting.

(As an aside, I recently started watching Decade, and just got through the Blade Arc. So it was a bit of a treat when I got to go “Hey! I know that guy!” when Narutaki summoned the AR Todoroki.)

Also… Sougo being all “you dont think your ready for an apprentice, but why not practice for a day? You’re seeing it as a personal weakness, and I have a Loyal Retainer here who’s having some sort of crisis of faith. Maybe you can help each other work through those! :)”

I pout in your general direction, Kyosuke. How dare you insult Junichiro’s cooking! And us having just met Agito, too! So it’s not even a good Distraction Technique, it’s just rude. Besides…

Kyosuke’s more than salty enough to make up for any imagined deficit.

>:3

Geiz left the yearbook out on the table, to get Kysouke to look at it. Geiz is having exactly none of your shit, Kyosuke, you betrayed a small child.

The ‘reading’ fading as he shuts the book is a nice touch.

Geiz: >:( where are you going?

Kyosuke: none of your business >:\

Junichiro: I found the salt! :) … oh. Now everyone’s taken off again… :(

Tsukuyomi: I don’t think leaving Woz to his own devices is a good idea right now. :\ Or inflicting him on anyone else.

Sougo: It’s fine. :)

Ooooh, I really like this fight so far. Kyosuke’s trying to be the one to snap Tsutomu out of his Another Hibiki Rage, but. You know. Can’t thwart stage one, and all. Dude’s not Hibiki, and you need the Specific Riders Power to win. Unless you have something like Zi-O II on hand.

Sougo goes straight into Zi-O II, since, well, it looks like they aren’t getting the correct RideWatch today, after all. I don’t think we’ve seen Zi-O II in a running transformation before now, either, he’s usually stationary.

Yeah, Kyosuke, Tsutomu and Sougo were friends. Why did you think he knew his name back at the shop?

I like the slight reverb effect whenever Sougo’s sword lands a blow, it’s really neat. I think it’s meshing the Cool Techno Music from this transformation with the Drum Aesthetic of Hibiki. It’s neat.

And that’s only added to when Kyosuke catches the finishing attack with his hands. Like. WOW that’s actually REALLY badass, man, I am impressed by that. There’s a sort of… skipping noise? Like a note interrupting itself over and over? I don’t know how to describe it… kind of like a really fast stuck record, but electronic.

But also…. Do Not Block Finishing Moves. That is how people DIE.

See? Now you’re down, and Another Hibiki’s run off. Good going.

:sigh: Sougo, he intentionally took that finisher. Like an idiot. A well meaning one, because he obviously wants to keep Sougo and Geiz from attacking Tsutomu, but still not a good idea. And then he’s an asshole. “No, obviously I’m not okay.”

Sougo, you don’t need to apologize. He’s the one who ran in there.

Kyosuke: “I don’t want your help. Buzz off. I’m the only Kamen Rider Oni we need around here. >:|”

None of the trio is impressed with you, dude.

AHAHAHA Todoroki has Woz doing laundry. (Nice reaction there, bud. I mean, I kind of agree, but way to keep your cool. We totally think you’re a stoic, noble, retainer for your overlord. Yup. That sure is what we’re thinking about you this arc.)

Woz, I get that physical labor isn’t usually your thing, and I get where you’re coming from, but if you’d just told Sougo even a little of what the problem is, you wouldn’t have landed yourself in this situation.

Also, you’re way overthinking the whole birthday thing. You’re not Kogami. Don’t try to be Kogami. Trust me. Do not try to be the cake boss.

And Todoroki’s right – just being with someone is often enough. (I mean, he probably just broke the hearts of any parents who watched Hibiki, but that’s just how it goes.)

After all.

What has Sougo wanted for years, possibly even more than being a king?

He’s wanted friends.

KYOSUKE. You can’t even go sulk properly? At least go further than one building length away.

Anyway, Sougo has to be direct with you. You’ve dodged literally every question that anyone’s asked today. Cut it out.

~ahahaha yes~ Over Quartzer’s acoustic version kicks in for Kyosuke waxing nostalgic about Hibiki.

And turns out that Tsutomu used to say the same things about him.

Okay. Okay i’m. i’m actually starting to cry a little, here. Flashback to when Sougo and Tsutomu were in third grade, Tsutomu’s being bullied about wanting to be an Oni. Sougo RUNS up and shouts the bullies down. Literally shouts – practically screams at them to not make fun of peoples dreams.

They wonder why anyone should care what the new kid thinks, and walk off because they’re bored now.

This means that Sougo’s just transferred in. He’s probably still fresh off of his parents’ deaths. They died less than a month into the school year, so he would have moved in with Junichiro two, maybe three months in, depending on how long he had to stay in the hospital. (probably not nearly as long as Hiryu did.)

Sougo’s brand new here, doesn’t have any friends – won’t have any real friends, knowing what we know of how he turns out – and he jumps to Tsutomu’s defense.

They promptly introduce themselves to each other, their high-reaching dreams included.

(Tiny!Sougo is TINY, especially compared to his classmates. Even the shortest of the bullies is taller than him. He’s so little.)

[At this point, I accidentally paused for over a half hour, because I thought of how to fix a section in chapter three of Press Start to Continue that I was having trouble phrasing. That then led to me patching up several other sections. Why with the small 8 year old protags and the vehicular accidents, Toei…]

Kysouke doesn’t believe that Tsutomu would have called him his hero. He’s none of these amazing things that Hibiki was, he lied about being Hibiki to this small child.

But Tsutomu didn’t know that. He probably found out, and he’s probably pissed at you now, but when he was an elementary schooler… Kyosuke was Hibiki.

Sougo: Work with us. We can save him together. :)

Tsukuyomi: WE FOUND ANOTHER HIBIKI!

Kysouke: … alright. let’s go.

This initial scene in the warehouse is really touching.

Kysouke knows he screwed up, but he couldnt’ help but train Tsumotu – the kid was just so eager to learn.

Training Tsutomu is what made Kyosuke a real Oni. Maybe not Hibiki, not then, but it was… I think that he thinks that was enough, for then. And that is why he’s going to save Tsutomu. He owes him that.

Todoroki listens to all of this from outside the door.

A pink light glows in Kyosuke’s pocket.

(A blogger jumps back to episode 33, to see if they had shown him a blank watch the first time they went to 9-to-5. They had not, they displayed the Zi-O watch. Drat.)

“Master… is this your way of saying I’m ready?”

We have a different passing down of the powers than those before. Whether it’s in Hibiki or in Zi-O.

I still don’t like you, Kyosuke, but. I think this was a really good way to go about this.

Todoroki looks uncertain still. But. He isn’t stepping in. he knew the prior Hibiki. And he said at the top of the episode, that if Kysouke couldn’t take care of the problem, then he would. And now he’s leaving.

Just in time for Woz to stride on in.

Woz: IWAE! A TITLE HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN!

Geiz: (Oh no here we go.)

Sougo: (...is he back to normal now? Or what counts as normal? Even I know he’s weird…)

Woz: I am sorry I was so unprofessional before.

Sougo just nods mutely. (“This is fine.”)

He doesn’t know what your deal has been today, Woz. And at this point, it doesn’t matter. It’s battle time!

Sougo: It’s trinity time!

Woz and Geiz, in unison: WAIT WHAT HOLD ON WE’RE STILL NORMAL SOUGO NO-

AHAHAHA THE TRINITY WATCH DOESN’T CARE IF YOU’RE TRANSFORMED YET OR NOT I’M SO SORRY BOYS

And also apparently it feels wrong to get turned into a wristwatch.

(I tell you, watching Decade now was a great choice. The universal reaction of “WAIT WHAT HOLD ON WHAT ARE YOU DOING BACK THERE” is a gift. The Final Form Rides themselves, not so much. But it’s enough that once Tsukasa shows up in ReUnited, Philip and Shotaro are the ones who are going to warn people. “We’re all teaming up to kick his ass, he has it coming so many times over, but Do NOT Turn Your Back On Decade, he can do Weird Shit to you.”)

That aside, Sougo tries to get them into a fighting pose, but Woz’s gotta Woz. He Must Rejoice. It is in the very fiber of his being. He’s not above hijacking the body. And inside they’re just so resigned to it at this point. Sougo’s little pout when they’re lined up oh my god. (Geiz’s arm is trying not to punch Woz’s. I don’t think he can hold back much longer.)

(Let Geiz have the steering wheel at some point, guys! It’s only fair!)

Kyo- Hibiki: Is that really necessary?!

Sougo: …I mean, we’ve tried to talk him out of it, but…

Geiz: (literally shoving Woz’s arm down) F THIS LETS FIGHT!

And this… eh. It’s a fight. I still like the Trinity finisher(s) – I think I noticed before that there’s projections of the three boys right before they attack. But I didn’t catch that it calls out all three of their ‘finisher names’ in sequence, the same way it calls their Rider names. So that’s a neat touch.

And, at the Passing of the Watch, much like with Blade, Chalice, and Agito…

“Are you sure you want to hand this over? It’s your power. You finally get to be Hibiki.”

“It’s fine. I can find my own path.”

...The lighting in this scene is really nice. It’s not a type we see in Zi-O, though. Is this a visual reference to Hibiki the season? I know that cinematography wise, the first half was very different from the rest of Kamen Rider. And since they had the kanji flashing on screen in this and the previous episode, is this another way of calling back? There’s a lot more bloom than we’ve had before, is all.

“Will you train me again?”

“It won’t be easy.”

“Don’t care!”

That’s really nice. All three of them – Sougo, Kyosuke, and Tsutomu – are making their way down their respective paths.

…

All four of them. Todoroki seems to think he might be ready to take on an apprentice of his own.  

But he has to run it by Hinaka first.

TODOROKI. DID YOU GET TO MARRY HER? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT TO MARRY THE GIRL WHAT HAD A CRUSH ON YOU!

YOU GO HINAKA. WIN THAT DORK OVER.

((Unfortunately, Toei can’t include her beyond a name drop. Miyuki Kanbe, who played Hinaka Tachibana, passed away in 2008. Incidentally, she was the third actress to play Sailor Moon in the stage musicals, which explains why her name looked familiar when I went to the page for Hinaka on the KR Wiki.))

Okay enough of the sappy stuff! Back to 9-to-5!

In the dark.

On Sougo’s birthday.

Which he has made exactly zero mention of himself.

you guys I really don’t think sougo cares about his birthday. I know they aren’t going to bring this up in someone elses tribute episode, but. The bus thing. Literally four days before his ninth birthday. Puts a damper on it. Just as a reminder. Woz whatever you’re planning may be a bad idea.

:sigh: FLASHY SPEECH TIME.

Geiz and Tsukuyomi are just. Used to this. I think they may have helped him write it. Even Geiz has this sort of. Fond resignation to his expression. ...That, or he’s getting a kick out of seeing Woz make a fool of himself. Could be both.

WHO LET WOZ PUT THE RIDEWATCHES ON THE CAKE.

THAT’S A TERRIBLE IDEA.

YOU CAN’T EVEN TRY TO TELL ME THEY’RE REPLICAS. THE OVERHEAD ZOOM OUT OF THE ROOM SHOWS THE TABLE WITH THE WATCH STAND. IT’S EMPTY. GUYS WHY.

Aaaaand then my heart broke a little inside.

Sougo’s toy robot, the one that could someday give rise to Rento, is next to the cake, holding up a little sign.

Junichiro: Uh, wait, hang on, you’ve been saying ‘overlord’… you mean ‘king’, right? Please?

Tsukuyomi: Yup! Sure! Just a slip of the tongue! You know how over dramatic Woz gets! (Please don’t dig any deeper!)

And yeah. Sougo completely forgot it was his birthday.

(So, rankings between Sougo, Shinnosuke, and Takeru… which of these riders handles their birthdays going forward the worst?)

(i’m kidding, i’m kidding.)

(mostly)

And then there were four.

Only four more watches to go.

Kiva, who’s coming up in the next arc. Okay, technically the current arc, since it’s Sunday now.

Drive, who might be the next one after that. After all, we did just get the Brain special – with five returning actors.

Kabuto, who… I know jack all about Kabuto, actually. I’ve managed cultural osmosis for parts of literally every one of the Phase One Heisei Riders except for Kabuto. I’ve never heard anything except about some sort of Grandma complex, and something about food. That’s literally all I’ve got.

Four… I guess they must not have gotten Den-O in the movie after all?

I’m planning on watching that, at least in raw form, tomorrow. So. Look forward to that!

As for the preview… I’m pretty sure that woman could kill a man.

And. Um. Are those AnotherVersions of the Fangires from Kiva? Or is that just what they looked like, and Toei brought the old suits back out? I mean, they’ve been kitbashing a lot of old suits together lately, so it could go either way.

Anyway! That’s 34 Episodes of Kamen Rider Zi-O, in the bag! In the archives? The Recap Vault? ... I don’t even know anymore. I’m getting a little out of it. It’s been a rough week. :waves:

[a-broken-potato]

Well, I guess if I’m gonna use this as a coping mechanism I might as well tell my story. Here we go, ⚠️TW⚠️ this includes blood, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse references, self harm mentions, running away, etc read at your own risk.⚠️

So I was born to a teen mom, she was 16 when she got pregnant. She married my birth father in a shotgun wedding after she found out. He was in and out of prison most of my childhood so he wasn’t there much and my birth parents were never very faithful to each other (they are still married today but have multiple kids with other people and are dating other people.) things were okay for a while, I lived in Arizona for the first four months of my life then my birth mother and I moved up to montana to live with my current parents (my biological grandparents on my biodads side) I lived there till I was about 18 months, a year and a half old and that’s when things started turning south. I was soon taken in the middle of the night in November of 2002, my birth mother decided to run and she took me with her. She took me up to a place in Montana where it’s mostly mountains and forest and not many people. There we shared a house with her best friend and her best friends boyfriend. She never rlly took care of me much, she’d go to work and then she’s get back and her friend would go to work but instead of taking care of me she’d have sex with her friends boyfriend or go to party or drink or do drugs or whatever else she could find to do. I’d wander in the woods by myself sometimes, looking for food or just exploring like a child my age does. I would see my current parents every couple of weeks but then my now mom found out some of the stuff that was going on and called CPS. My birth mother ran yet again. She took me to Oregon where we spent quite a lot of time. She then started dating this guy, I’m gonna call him Mike. Most of my problems began with Mike. Things were okay for a couple weeks then things started going bad. Both he and my bio mom did drugs and drank a lot so a when he’d do things most of the time it was because he was on drugs. One day started hitting her and yelling at her. Then when he couldn’t get enough he would also take it out on me but he didn’t just hit me or yell at me, he’d also touch me. He got worse and worse until the day I went into state coustody. He was so doped up on drugs he slashed his wrist and started writing on the wall with blood. My birth mother was so scared she called the cops to come and get him but then they saw drugs in her purse and arrested her too. I went into foster care that day. I went to two different houses, I was one of the lucky ones, my parents now found me pretty quick after I went in and started fostering me. One of the houses I went to, they had a lot of kids. One of the older ones tho, he was 18 at the time, he would scare me intentionally all the time, and sometimes yell at me. The other house I don’t remember much about, just this little toy that was on the side of my bed. It was a little aquarium with fish in it and a yellow knob on the bottom, and if you turn the knob it plays music and the fish swim around (I’m still trying to find this thing so if anyone knows what I’m talking about or knows where I can get one please let me know!). I remember my nose being stopped up and I was scared cause I couldn’t breath so I wound that thing up and it calmed me down and I fell asleep. I was placed with my current Danton February of 2006 but because of my birth mother not wanting me to be with them I wasn’t adopted until April of 2007 (around my 4th birthday). We then moved to Colorado, where we currently live. My birth father has caused me a lot of emotional problems too, due to him just disappearing for years at a time and just coming back and thinking things can go back to the way they were before.

My memories of the above were mostly repressed until the past couple of years. Idk why I’ve been remembering but I have and I will update this post as I remember more. Sometimes I’ll start remembering something and I’m basically in a trance or I start crying my eyes out or, sometimes, I’ll remember in the form of nightmares and will wake up crying or, in some rare cases, screaming.

My parents don’t rlly believe I’m able to remember all of that but I am.

So fast forward to about 6, I went to a new church one day with my family and I ended up meeting this girl named Katy. She was my best friend, de did everything together, she was constantly over at my house, and when we weren’t together we were on the phone. She was my best friend for about 5 years, then things began to turn south. She found out she was bi, which I was completely fine with but she started forcing me to be in a relationship with her. She took my first kiss (but I count my actual first kiss with my current boyfriend bc I didn’t want the other one to happen but I wanted this one to happen) and ended up raping me multiple times. She ghosted me a couple months after I asked her if we could go back to being friends.

This next part isn’t necessarily trauma but it’s the after effects of it.After I was adopted I had a lot of problems. I was angry all the time, sometimes to the point I’d hit my mom. I have a fear of leaving my house cause I’m afraid I’m never coming back. When I was 12 I started acting out. First I started talking to my birth mother and planning to run away to her, my memory was still mostly blocked at that time and I had this delusion that the only true family was blood. Anyway, I started planning to run to her, well my actual mom found out and I got in big trouble

Skip forward a year and I’m in a vacation bible school in June of 2016 I was 13 and just starting to remember things. I had been depressed for as long as I could remember and I had started cutting when I was 7 but I always only did it in the winter bc I could wear long sleeves without suspicion. Well I ended up relapsing in the middle of June. My vbs teacher found out and said I had to tell my mom by the next day or she would. I started planning to run again but this time I invited a friend I had made at vbs. She knew about my cutting and I felt safe asking her, well she told her mom who then told the teacher who told my mom. I didn’t tell my mom how long I’d been doing this but I did say it had happened before. I still remember my dads words, “I’m not mad, honey, I’m just disappointed”. I didn’t stop that year tho. I only actually stopped cutting last year in May of 2019 (I say cutting bc I now have other things that hurt myself just I less harmful ways, like digging my nails into my skin or slapping myself with a rubber band or purposely running into walls)

2017 I was caught shoplifting. I was in kohl’s with my parents and started nicking just little things. Well I didn’t avoid the cameras well and the caught me. I can still see my mom crying her eyes out, so disappointed in her girl. I still have the papers bc I even though I can’t stand looking at them, I can’t bring myself to throw them away either. I somehow managed to make it out with a warning instead of going to juvie.

I am not able to say no to people, even if I don’t want to I try and help them. I just can’t say no to anyone. I’m getting a little better now though with the help of my boyfriend.

I’ve had multiple eating disorders as well but I’m not gonna get into those.

I’m otherwords I’m a fucked up human and I’m learning more things about both my past and my future every day

[audiovisualrecall]

Apparently me wanting to make an art piece that is like a doll house (but it's going to be an art installation with paintings inside and also not a toy) is me stepping into steph's territory. I asked her for advice about the design and the stairs and she was a little snippy with me, acted like I need to figure everything out on my own basically, I need to have numbers etc etc and I'm like, I'm just starting out with this project, I'm on square one, yknow, I'm not leaping forward to building it yet, but that's why I went to you for help! But anyway she was like 'it took me 4 years to learn that' (I drew floor plans and figured out an elevation) in a way where idk if shes insulted I was able to draw those so easily when I've never taken interior design classes? Or insecure because if that? Like, just because you find it upsetting that I seem to take naturally to things you have trouble with does not mean you can tell me im not allowed to create what I want just because it's your field. I have to draw rooms and spaces for my own art! If I dont work on it I'll never be able to do illustrations set in realistic spaces! If I didnt learn how to draw spaces, rooms, in perspective, then I'd be a piss poor artist. Really. These are foundations I was taught the basics of in my first college art class, and worked on in two Drawing classes. I spent 2 years learning these basics, and I'm not actually very good at it, but I have been working on skills and practicing stuff, I am good at learning some things. and I saw the tip for drawing elevations online and decided to try it out. So I have the foundations for this type of art, it's not like I picked up a pencil one day and drew a masterpiece with no training, I had some training and I am an artist. I dont practice all the things i should as an artist, there are lots of things i find difficult in art or have trouble conceptualizing, and often I avoid trying things I have a hard time with, but when I get interested in something or have an idea sometimes I try anyway, and I use the foundations and what I know and I apply it and try things and I work it out. Dont be jealous of me because you limit yourself to one thing, dont tell me im not allowed to dabble in design because it's your thing. Im not trying to become an interior designer. Nor an architecht, either for that matter. Im just trying to make one project that is designed like a house. She tried to make me feel like I couldnt do it by making solving the problems/planning it would be too difficult and I wasnt thinking carefully or acting like I was just skipping steps or something. Im not going to stop working on this, all you're doing is making me upset. And dont call me a two year old for calmly deciding to go upstairs to my room to be upset on my own and journal it out. Im making mature decisions, I am still a human being with feelings and feeling upset at her attitude towards me is not me acting like a child or a baby. And walking away is me choosing to not escalate. I could have stayed downstairs and started crying or screaming and it wouldve ended in me or both of us throwing things and yelling and someone leaving the house. But of course she has to try to make me feel small for not giving her the satisfaction of making me explode.

[patchworktail]

ITS 4:30 AM AND I DONT FEEL LIKE SLEEPING so I’m gonna do this meme that i got tagged for twiCE and totally forgot to do til now!!!! (i had 2 dig through your blogs to find them omg)

ANYWAY i was tagged by both @mooitstimdrake​ and @cynessie​ (I MISS U BOTH BTW ❤)

RULES: Share 11 facts about yourself, answer 11 questions provided by the tagger, tag 11 awesome people and leave 11 questions for them to answer!

(I’m gonna skip tagging people/asking 11 questions - 1) because I’m lazy 2) because a lot of people who I would tag either have already been tagged or woN’T DO IT and 3) I have to answer two sets of 11 questions anyway so I’ll let one of those sets take the place of my 11 questions!!)

11 Facts

I was supposed to leave to move into my college 3 days ago but since my college is in Savannah they pushed off move-in/orientation for a weEK BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IRMA AND I’M STILL UPSET/DISAPPOINTED

That being said I’m about to start as a college freshman at art school, planning on majoring in animation! :D

I binged all of Buzzfeed Unsolved in like 2 days and I fuckin LOVE IT

Also BNHA is like my current main obsession???? I fell in love w that anime and uhhhh I’d Die For My Kids

I almost never use skype anymore - I’m always on Discord now (mutuals may add me just message me if you want my tag :3c)

I loooove creating OCs and my main OC is a forest elf named Rally and he’s precious and I LOVE HIM AND COULD TALK ABOUT HIM FOR HOURS (also my best friend @/harpxer and I have a huge ongoing rp with him and her mountain elf oc, Kahl!! they’re really gay)

Hmmm fun fact I guess I’ve been involved with internet communities since I was 10 years old and I made my very first internet friend when I was 10 and we’re still great friends and talk p much every day to this day (hi @/fiishr)

I want a tattoo super bad but idk what I’d geT

I worked at a jewelry engraving stand at an amusement park this summer and one night I accidentally gave myself a 1st degree burn on my finger from the hot glue gun and it hurt So Bad

I had my graduation party this July and it was really fun but the best part was when 14 of us played this giant game of spoons and it got really intense, made worse by people randomly screaming during it, and then we collectively decided to blast hardcore rap music from the speakers and Let Me Tell You i have not been involved in a more stressful card game in my LIFE

I’ll always always always fall for the hero/happy character/protagonist basically....idk what it is about me but I’m so Predictable...I love cute optimistic brave characters who just wanna do Right.....I don’t cARE IF PEOPLE THINK THEY’RE BORING I THINK THEY’RE PERFECT AND AMAZIGN AND I LOVE THEM

AS FOR AN EXTRA 12TH FACT ABOUT ME AS U CAN SEE I WRITE WAY TOO MUCH AND ALSO I’M THE BIGGEST OVERSHARER E V E R IT’S SO BAD SOMEONE STOP ME

ANYWAY ONTO THE QUESTIONS :3c

@mooitstimdrake​‘s Questions:

If you were to make a new blog dedicated to one single thing (fandom, hobby/activity, etc) what would it be? Honestly, right at the moment probably BNHA!!!! it’s legit my most recent big obsession and I love it?? so much???

If you could have any kind of animal as a pet, what would you have? A RACCOON!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THEM SOSOSOSOSOS MUCH and some people actually do have them as pets! They can be difficult though but WORTH IT

Who was your favorite teacher and why were they your favorite? OH BOY......I’m gonna say it’s a tie between my AP studio art teacher and my AP US government teacher from this past year, my senior year! My AP art teacher because our class was super tiny, 12 kids, and it really felt like a family?? She was a-okay with letting us all goof around and say weird shit, she was really chill and funny and like. part teacher, part friend, which was always nice. As for my AP gov teacher, he was SO. FUCKING. FUNNY. OH MAN. NOT EVEN ON PURPOSE he just like? put up with SO MUCH? we had some real character kids in that class and my teacher’s reactions were HILARIOUS. he had a sarcastic streak too so his responses were equally as funny when someone did something weird. He would say the funniest stuff just ask @/harpxer I would tell her so many stories from that class sohboshrb. Aside from the humor that class was really interesting, and he’s a really good, invested teacher - he wanted us to learn, he’s super passionate about government and history, and he always started off each class with 2 current events which was really nice and helped me learn more about things happening in the world too!!! overall that was like my fav non-art class I’ve ever taken!!!!

What’s your guilty pleasure (and I’m challenging you not to say some kind of food)? HMMMMM. Honestly I’m gonna go ahead and say really cheesy or lame movies/shows (like, Disney channel movies, dumb shows - like the one summer I watched all of Glee LOL, stuff like that). Like yeah I know 90% of it is terRIBLE but it’s still amusing/lighthearted stuff that makes me happy KLSDJVLSDHB

Favorite pizza topping? EXTRA CHEESE IF THAT COUNTS, if not then pepperoni!!

What’s the last thing you bought (that wasn’t food)? I’ve actually been buying a lot the past few weeks in prep for college/spending a little money for ONCE since I worked all summer. I got a bunch of boring stuff but the things I’m most excited about are: two posters I got for my dorm (The Office is one and one is Lord Huron), a giant wall tapestry (it’s Up themed!!!), tWO BNHA/POKEMON CHARMS THAT CAME TODAY AND EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THEM I START CRYING BC THEYRE SO CUTE, and oh my GOD I BOUGHT THIS GIANT PILLOW FROM TARGET AND IT IS THE SINGLE SOFTEST THING I’VE EVER FELT AND IT’S HUGE AND IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME MY #1 COMFORT OBJECT AND TOP FIVE FAV THINGS IVE EVER BOUGHT!!!!!! I guess MOST recently though I just bought Clip Studio Paint online today (art program) since it’s on sale for 50% off and I’ve heard great things about it!

What upcoming movies/tv shows are you looking forward to? UHHHHH as for movies... justice league part 1, the incredibles 2, kingsman 2, the neW POKEMON MOVIE I CHOOSE YOU, probably a lot more I can’t remember rn. AS FOR SHOWS HMMM I’m...excited for the next season of the good place and izombie, and oh I’m excited for the punisher netflix show!! and the next season of voltron of COURSE!!! and next season of stranger things!! probably more I’m forgetting too tbh

Any recommendations (this could be anything just throw your best pitch at me)? JFISDJKLBJ I DON’T KNOW OMG tbh rachel you watch a lot of the same things I do already LMAOOO

What’s your favorite thing to wear that you own? OH FUCK I DUNNO HMMM I really like wearing my various leggings and scarves, but as like a Single Item....I like wearing....uhhhh I have this giANT sweater like it’s WAY too big for me but it’s so COMFY and I love it. I also love wearing my Star Labs sweatshirt bc it’s soft and comfortable

What was your first pet? my cat!!! we took her in as a stray kitten living in our backyard when I was like. 2 or 3 and so we’ve basically had her my whole life!!

If you could learn any language, what would it be? UHHHHHH honestly probably spanish - I took it 4 straight years and was okay at it in class but one year went by with me not taking it and I forgot everything LOOOL I’m...bad....at languages....

@cynessie‘s Questions:

Where is the coolest place you’ve ever been? I haven’t been many cool places :( I guess the coolest isssss I dunno it depends? Lake George is where I go on vacation every year, I LOVE NYC, I love Savannah too and it’s where I’m gonna be for college so?? ?? ?  ? I’VE NEVER BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND I’M SAD BUT I’M POOR AND CAN’T AFFORD IT

What was the first thing you remember wanting to be when you grew up? veterinarian!! 

Look to your right. What do you see? a dirty plate on my desk, my bed just past that, and my CHARMS THAT CAME TODAY THAT ARE SO CUTE I CRY EVERY TIME I SEE THEM

What are you procrastinating on? ajkldjboidj lik e 4 art commissions,,,, and 7 MAP parts,,,, and my pre-work for 2 of my classes,,,,,,,and cleaning my room,,,, and sending thank-you notes to relatives,,, SOMEONE KICK MY ASS AND MAKE ME DO SHIT

Which family member are you closest too and what is their name? UHHHH.... I guess my younger brother Luke? or maybe my mom? I’m not on bad terms with anyone though, I love both my older brothers too and we all have a good sibling relationship I just talk more with my younger bro I think - second closest would be with my second older brother Connor!

What’s the last song you listened to? I’m listening to Ultralife by Oh Wonder right now :3c I’ve been on a huUUGE Oh Wonder kick lately!!

What do you generally carry in your bag/pockets when you go out? my wallet (w my license and money and debit card and all), travel size lotion, phone, and chap stick!!

What is one thing you are excited for? FINALLY GETTING TO COLLEGE NEXT WEEK AND STARTING CLASSES FJIODFHINBDFHBNSBO

Do you believe in ghosts? I’m gonna hesitantly say YES but I’m not 100% convinced I don’t think

What is a skill you want to learn? MAYBE THIS IS WEIRD but I think learning how to act would be kinda neat. On a more realistic note I wish I could learn to exercise without dying

Tell me a joke. I’M BAD AT JOKES DON’T DO THIS TO ME NESSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO YEAH THAT’S ALL FOLKS it’s 5am now...Nice..... :’) I love my ability to stay up obscenely late while also getting Nothing Done JLSDNVDHAGHVDLAK

[jumindoesisgay]

Hello ~ going to be doing a mystic messenger AU of high school comic and need inspiration, rfa + minor trio including mc as to what type of students they are (include what year you'd think they'd be in etc) ~ thank chu ^.^

ohoho i really like this request it’s fun to get ones that aren’t x mc,, and it’s gonna be based off of american highschool because i don’t know other schools lolol

Zen

He’s a junior but he acts like he’s a senior

And by saying that I mean he skips a lot of classes and doesn’t care about a lot of his grades

He’s that kind of person

He tries not to distract other people in class though cause like he does understand that there are people that want to learn and get a good education and he doesn’t wanna mess that up for them

Anyway he’s pretty bad at the main subjects (like math, science, english) but he gets pretty into the miscellaneous classes

Literally takes gym all four years wth

Yoosung

Canon that he’s actually a good high school student

Anyway he’s that smol freshman that tries really hard to get all good grades and be prepared for everything

He gets overwhelmed really easy and if his workload gets too big

He’ll cry from stress

My mind is telling me that he’s good at history

I feel like he would actually be pretty good at memorization like he makes a bunch of flashcards and is efficient with studying (at least for that)

He’s that student that’s good at the subjects during class but when tests come around he full out panics

He plays the clarinet and is super good at it

But he makes a bunch of silly mistakes like playing a note too high or for a little too long

It’s not that bad but it’s enough to stop him from being in the front

Jaehee

Senior that everyone’s High Key™ gay for

She’s so accomplished like she’s in all AP classes and is in SGA and is fluent in Latin

Gets all As always and gets super stressed out when she gets anything less even if its an 89%

She plays viola and has been since she was a little kid so she’s super good at it

And she stays after school and tutors the other kids if they need help

Needless to say she gets pretty stressed a lot

But she’s pretty good at handling so she keeps up her grades and extra curricular activities

Jumin

He’s a junior

And he’s not really great at school

Like he tries pretty hard to understand everything, but he gets frustrated when it takes him too long to get the hang of it

So he’s in on grade classes with Zen

Hoo boy that won’t go over well

For the most part he keeps to himself but he talks to other students during group activities or like if they come up to him first

But other than that assuming in your AU the RFA knows each other he doesn’t talk to anyone outside of the RFA

And he doesn’t do any extra curricular activities cause who’s got time for that

Seven

The sophmore that everyone loves

Some of them love him because he’s really funny

But most people love him because he’s hella smart and he lets anyone copy his homework he straight up doesn’t care

Definitely the class clown like is that even a question

But when he has to he can focus on working because he does actually care about his grades

It doesn’t take him long to understand whatever they’re learning so he can just do random shit during most of the class

Like make paper airplanes and throw them at Vanderwood

Takes all those computer classes idek what ones there are but he’s in all of them

And you can’t convince me that he doesn’t play violin like

Just him playing the devil went down to georgia super extra ly

Aesthetic

V

He’s that senior that everyone loves and everyone wants to be like

Already has hella scholarships and got accepted to an Ivy League school

And he’s the president of SGA

But he still goes to school because he’s that nerd that actually likes going

Mostly because he’s in art and a bunch of other artistic specials idk if it’s called that anywhere that’s what we called it at my school like art and photography and writing

He’s that guy that’s just really kind all the time but in like basic ways like holds the door open for people and picks stuff up for people that they dropped

Saeran

Sophmore that has already given up on school

Like he has no patience for any of this shit anymore

But he’s also really naturally intelligent so like he can pass tests without studying and does his homework in class like immediately after he gets it so that he doesn’t have to worry about it when he gets home

And since he’s smart he gets to be in all the same classes as Seven!! Yay!

He really hates it

But not as much as Vanderwood

And like Jumin he’s not friends with anyone outside of the RFA and he doesn’t even really consider them his friends so like ,

He has no energy for any special classes like he takes the bare minimum and just stops

Vanderwood

Sophomore and they regret that every day of their entire life

If only they could have been born another year, but alas, they’re stuck in the same class as Seven

They complain about Seven a lot with Saeran

Like more than you would expect

When Seven finds out it hurts him greatly

Anyway on a different subject than Seven, they’re pretty average at academics

Like, they’re smart enough to be in advanced classes but they get Bs and Cs on average

They’re in orchestra and they play the cello and i’m just screaming thinking about that

They’re really good at playing but they started later than normal like 6/7th grade but they picked it up really quickly and got good super quick

[lost-in-termina]

So, a lot happened last night and I want to get it all out and vent. Trigger warning: transphobia, suicide mention

My sister and I have been on bad terms since November, back when she made it clear that she doesn’t accept my identity by deadnaming me, misgendering me, and saying harmful things to me either in person, via text/phone, or on social media. It lead to me blocking her everywhere except by phone, in case of a family emergency.

All of that is a long story, so I’ll just focus on what happened last night.

She’s been texting and calling a lot lately. Just getting the notifications has been incredibly stressful and triggering for me. So last night, I figured I’d respond and remind her why I’m not talking to her, in hopes of her backing off some. I expected some backlash, but she took it to a new level and it got messy.

Essentially my response was saying that what she has said and done in the past has hurt me and that I am not interested in engaging as it is emotionally exhausting for me to do so. I also pointed out that she still has yet to even apologize, and that she can’t just expect to reconnect with me simply because she ‘misses me’ while skipping that step, and that she also can’t expect me to forgive her after everything she has put me through. It was a slightly long but concise message.

Her response was to call me nonstop. She left a few voicemails, saying things like “family is family”, “you’re not going about this the right way”, “you should put your personal stuff on the side for us where it’s not the subject and just be with family”, “I made an effort and I’m proud so if I die from this virus or something then at least I tried”, “you should just behave”, “I don’t understand anything you are”, “I’m too busy to study - I’m a mom and you don’t know what that’s like”, “I’m trying not to kill myself - I’ve tried to commit suicide several times - you went to school for this so I thought you of all people would understand”.

It was just a barrage of emotional manipulation. I decided to call her back given her mention of suicide, mostly out of worry than out of a desire to actually connect. I tried a few times but couldn’t get through, and then received a text from my dad saying “Your sister is calling us crying because you blocked her from talking to you. You’re smarter than this. You need to put your differences aside”. She finally called me back. This is where things get messy. For starters, she kept calling me things like ‘little missy’, ‘girly’, ‘young lady’, etc. even when I told her not to. I mentioned that the biggest issue was the lack of an apology, and then she asked me what she needed to apologize for. Before I could even get past one reason, she began saying some fairly transphobic things about me - things like “you were born a girl so you are one” “so what, you’re a male now?” and “you dress like a girl so you’re a girl”. We got in an argument and I hung up before throwing my phone. I texted back saying I’d give her one more chance on the phone IF she would just listen to me instead of talk. That one didn’t go well either. She ended up deadnaming me, continuing to misgender me, and then screaming that I make our parents cry, that I’m not the same person I used to be, that she used to take care of me and that I have to repay her for that. I told her that I don’t owe her anything, and I certainly don’t owe her me erasing my identity to put her at ease, then I hung up. We continued arguing a bit more over text before I decided to just ignore her texts and calls.

And that was apparently a mistake.

She brought up that she knows that I do web camming and has found my sites. She told me she would post all of my info online if I didn’t talk to her. I explained that if she’s blackmailing me and threatening my reputation as a tool for leverage, that can be considered extortion in our state and is a felony. She didn’t seem to care. She kept messaging and calling. Honestly, while I am deeply uncomfortable with the fact that she went there, her posting my stuff won’t hurt me too much. It’ll be weird and uncomfortable if my parents find out about it. But my job won’t care. My school won’t care. And hell, I might even get more customers. I haven’t really engaged on my sites in well over a month anyways, and it’s not a secret to my friends that I do sex work. I’m pretty open about it. 

She eventually stopped messaging and calling. I’m wondering if it’ll stay like that. I wonder if she will continue to threaten me, follow through with it, or just back off. I’m wondering if she will come back crying or stay away. And I wonder how involved my parents are going to get in this mess.

I’m gonna add myself to my partner’s lease so I don’t have to worry about my mail anymore. I’m going to slowly work on my name change process. And I’m just going to cut them off while keeping an eye on my sister in case she tries something. That’s all I can really do right now. 

It’s not a secret that my mental health hasn’t been too great lately. I’ve also been experiencing a lot of gender dysphoria. So this entire situation is incredibly harmful to my well-being right now. In retrospect, I should have just ignored her from the beginning. But I wanted to put in a bit of a fight. 

I  guess we will see how things go. 

[haetbits]

Brian!!

The relationship my dadsona (Aiden) and Amanda has T-T I really really reallllllly love Amanda!! I can’t imagine having to be a bad dad to her ;_;

The first meeting with Brian didn’t go so well?? Maxwell is super cute hahaha but Brian and his bragging thing was a miss for me hahah but I had to get through with his route to get my $15 worth, man!! I persevered~ XDDD

Anyway, the first date with Brian…I was very bad at the mini golf mini game hahaha What kind of crazy courses were those??!! XD;; I don’t know how I won the mini golf ‘competition’ and apparently got drinks with Brian at the bar. Here, we find out that he’s a contractor. Cool, I guess. Aiden still wants to beat him at absolutely everything and agrees to the invitation to fishing. 

That night Aiden has a dream about his own dad (and it wasn’t a very good one) and the background is so pretty, I had to take a pic hahah 

Next! Second date! Well, Brian seems nice. He let Aiden borrow his fishing pole cos apparently we ‘left it at the shop’ hahaha and he brought Maxwell! And put a dog-sized life vest onto him!! How stinking cute is that??!! He offers Aiden one and Aiden was too proud to take it, I think, and jokingly asks Brian to save him if he falls hahaha (He’s cute!!) 

Amanda and Daisy goes off into the forest to play after they ‘skipped’ rocks or, well, Amanda threw the rocks into the water XDD;; She’s seriously so cute wowwww On the canoe, Brian starts another competition. Walao, can’t you take a break hahaha Aiden was like like ‘I’m so knowledgeable about fishing’ when he ISN’T! Yes boy, fatherly pride will be your undoing.

To no one’s surprise, Aiden cmi at fishing haha Brian so nice give him his fishing pole aww hahaha 

& my eyesight is bad, what’s new hahaha I didn’t do very well in this match 3 mini game either XDD

My thoughts too, brother hahaha 

All of a sudden, a fish tugged on Aiden’s line and, kabam!, a rainbow trout!! Aiden’s so happy to have caught a fish and tipped the canoe over haha 

Yeah, should’ve thought of that earlier, huh??

At least Brian stood by his word and saved you, Aiden XD

I’m glad Maxwell had a great time though!! 

Also, once we got onto land, Brian just whipped off his shirt to dry and we get this 

I mean woaaaaaaah serious dad bod. The daddiest (omg) bod I’ve ever seen hahaha My own dad had this bod hahahahahaahhaahha (just that he had black hair, less hair on his head, less pink… I relate to this dad bod) #sorrynotsorry haha

SUUUURE AIDEN

TOO LATE BRUH

SEXY HUH?? *wink wink nudge nudge*

That’s the end of Aiden’s fishing adventure for the day haha 

He accepted snacks from Brian. Lemme tell you, I love snacks so I accept snacks from friends constantly (if they offer them to me hahaha)

Struggles of having O-type blood. Mosquitoes love us. -_-

Yes yes, Maxwell is the cutest, the smartest etc etc❤️

Anyway, anyway, Brian is successful at fishing and knows how to cook in the outdoors. How nice. 

Yay! Great, the children are safe and have returned from their great bug adventures \(^_^)/

…and we immediately get slapped with dad bod fines hahaha

Okay, Aiden. XDD

Aiden accidentally offends Daisy by thinking that they’d be messier after playing with bugs in the forest😞

Apparently, the fish was freaking good and Amanda just had to ask why Aiden’s pants were wet and Aiden was trying to explain that he tipped the boat over when Brian cuts in to say that he did it.😲

I was touched hahaha Idek why hahaha

Me too tbh

…No, Aiden hahaha He’s just trying to be nice!!! Urgh!! 

That is the cutest image!! Amanda, Daisy, and Maxwell cuddling together, aww~

Oh Aiden. Well, at least Brian’s not leaving you at the fishing site so…

Same tbh hahaha 

D’awwwwwwwww

Story progression!! Aiden told Amanda about the competition he and Brian were having aaaand~

I wonder too, Amanda. 

He’s not. 

Aww, I love you too, Amanda~❤️

Thank you!! Aiden is dumb!!

…No.

Same, Amanda. Aiden has issues to work out. 

Every one heads to bed but Aiden just had to have ice cream and he checks in on Amanda. 

Oh, hell no!! Who made my beautiful daughter cry??!!! I made all the ‘caring dad’ choices but she didn’t tell her dad what was wrong and Aiden went to bed worried.

Amanda left the house giving short answers to Aiden’s questions in the morning and Aiden is left at home, thinking about some past memory with Amanda. He decides not to push her to talk to him and bakes a cake to cheer her up.

She looks so sad, let me go at whoever made her feel like this!!

That gets Amanda to open up about her problem. The basis of the story is that her best friend went behind her back (?) and got with her crush. Her friends drop her out of their group chat because the snake she vented to sent screenshots of their conversation to that group chat and, now she has no friends. Aiden explains that real friends don’t do that to each other, telling her that it takes time to weed out the toxic people in her life (this is dependent on the choice made). This helps Amanda feel better. I’m glad😊 Amanda does not have to deal with this bullshit. If her friends can’t treat her right, they don’t deserve to be friends with her!

Next up would be the third, and final, date with Brian!

I like that there’s the ‘I can’t commit’ button there hahaha I would like to press that button one day and play the field XDD;; For now, I’m sure that Brian is my (or Aiden’s) Dreeeeeeammmm Daaaddyyy~

Yes, honey! Dad will take youuuu

…Or not, your dad’s an idiot. 

Look at her, she’s unimpressed with your urgent word jumbles haha Take her to the fair already!!

Hmm, is she planning on a parent trap or something??

I will!!

…Or not. 

Surprise, eh??😏

Aiden sure is dumb~ Hahaha

😏

BRIAN??!!

I knew it XD

Parent trap happening, people!!

WOW!!😂

I fucking know right??!!😂 BELIEVE IT!!

😂😂😂

Amanda and Daisy have such good thoughts, thinking that the other girl is cool but their dads keep complaining about each other~ Meanwhile, Aiden is like:

Aiden and Brian get competitive again and Amanda tried to stop them.

But turns out she’s scared of clowns so…

How competitive hahaha That launches into a mini game which I didn’t do too bad on and won Amanda a goldfish that she named ‘Brian’~

I have a feeling that the girls are just gonna push their dads on the ride and run away after🤔

The girls are so cute though! Daisy was shocked that Amanda got a point for effort when she drew a cat in the blank space of a question she couldn’t answer!!! Here though, your ridiculous answer gets photocopied and passed out as a bad example XD;; and Amanda was touched when Daisy told her that her work will be in female photography books someday. T-T

I KNEW IT!!😂

😂😂😂

HOW CONVENIENT!!

I guess it was about this time that Aiden gets hungry and Brian offered him snacks but he rejected them hahaha

You idiot. 

Anyway, Aiden decided to take out his word jumbles to solve to not look at Brian. However, Brian has a book of crosswords as well.

OMG the drama!!

Uh, yes??!! Then they proceed to arguing about how each of them keeps one-upping the other hahaha

Are you shocked, Aiden??

Only now?? Hahaha

Yes.

Ooh~

D’awwww~

They start over by shaking hands and re-introducing themselves. It’s all cute hwehwehwe But oh-so-conveniently, the ferris wheel starts moving again😂

Yep, y’all could’ve fallen off and died. 

Amanda and Daisy run up to us saying that Brian the fish is in trouble so we play an easy mini game to save him! (Brian held Aiden’s hand!!) After that’s done, the children run home to watch TV. Daisy couldn’t care less about fireworks while I, a 22 year old, was upset cos I couldn’t see the fireworks for our national day parade hahaha

Aiden tells Brian that he doesn’t know anything about fishing XD and Brian just says that he knows HAHAHA he was giving Aiden face!!!

Aiden talks about lawn-mowing *facepalm*

It’s only you, Brian. Just joking.

ERMAHGERD!!!

CAN Y’ALL HEAR ME SCREECHING??!!😍

I fell for him completely here. 

No, Aiden hahaha

So I’m officially a goner but I still have the epilogue part to get through, so I continued on hahaha

Aiden is going to throw a party to celebrate Amanda going to college~

When a parent knows where to get the seasons of their child’s favourite shows hahaha

Apparently, all the dads are present for Amanda’s graduation party!! There’s some talking with them and Amanda tells Daisy to not want to grow up too fast and enjoy being a kid. It’s good advice though!! I want to go back to being a kid. 

I love this child!!! I love that the game has a main character with family ❤️❤️❤️

Here, we find out that Amanda is still friends with her friends from school! Yay!!

There’s only 1 dad that Aiden hasn’t talked to at the party and that’s Brian! So we take a seat next to Brian~

Aww, they’re so cute ^w^

OMG

Uh, no. Remember Aiden didn’t know how to create an SNS profile?? XDD;;

Me too, dude. ❤️

❤️

*screams*

You planning on not wearing a life vest again, Aiden??

Aww~😊

I’m sad that Amanda has to leave Aiden hahaha T-T

Amanda would. 

Omg, I love these children!!😄😄

Hahaha, well I guess that’s where Aiden and I are the same ;w;

I love his laugh. It’s so nice~

SWEET!!! Aiden pls stop hahaha😂

[ E N D ]

Overall, I really enjoyed Brian’s route!! I like that I disliked Brian at first but grew to like him for his confession on the ferris wheel~ Even though we don’t know a lot about Brian, we find out a lot about Aiden/dadsona’s personality (competitive drama king *cough cough*) XD;; I would like to know what happened to Brian’s s/o?? He doesn’t talk about them… Also, I’d like to know what happens after this?? Too much to ask?? Sorry!!