#anyway shameless plug bc i am ridiculous

[wingsofhcpe]

SNOWPIERCER S3E9 THOUGHTS: THINGS GETTING INTERESTING

MEL IS BACK WHOOOO-HOOOO.

When she woke up and screamed and cried for Ben my heart broke.

Ben hoping against hope...he just wants his girl back ;-;

The scene with Alex lying next to Melanie, and then their conversation, had both me and my mum tearing up. And the BenMel reunion!!!

Also Mel is right idc suck my proverbial dick Layton.

My mum said she thinks Ruth & Roche is a good ship and I immediately screamed "NO DON'T every man who as much as glances @ Ruth in a romantic way eventually bites the dust". Ruth I love you but your luck with men is so abysmal it's almost funny, please just go get your wife Melanie instead since she's apparently unkillable.

Ruth and Mel making eye contact across the room and immediately perking up and Ruth's "it's not every day your friend (yeah Ruth sure you're just gals being pals) comes back" and them hugging and saying they missed each other and Melanie just gently patting Ruth on the back just. MelRuth nation was given crumbs but we kinda won didn't we.

Also Ruth being like "yeah Tristan let's all get piss-drunk tonight". It's the Brit in her isn't it (and here I am hoping I haven't misplaced her accent and it's actually British and I didn't ridicule myself just Thinking it's British all this time).

Speaking of gay™, ALEX DRESSING UP TO IMPRESS CARLY AND PRESENTING CARLY TO MOM IMBFKSJFJJD BABY GAYS!!!!! SMOL SAPPHICS!!!!!

Boy I really hope they get together they're so cute, my smol gay daughters.

Also Till being the definition of a Useless Lesbian. I love you queen go get the girl. Like idk it's actually beautiful what's happening between Audrey and Till bc they're really fucking helping each other and Till is helping Audrey come back from the abuse she suffered under Wilford. Also today in the snowpiercer discord server (shameless plug here, come join us fellas) I learned that this ship wasn't in the script originally and was inspired by a fanfiction titled "Brakenight" so. Good for them.

Roche going all 😡😡😡 @ Layton was a special kind of fun idk. He just looked so shooketh. Like that Pikachu meme.

Wilford and Mel in the same room singlehandedly saving this entire season.

Speaking of Wilford, clever little bastard. But also poor Tyson, she survived everything just to end up dead like that. Big rip.

LJ.... Please.... Why are u like this... Os I'm so sorry....

The party scene was fun though they all looked so relaxed and like they were having a great time. Good for them for however long that lasted.

I suffer. Ben's pain is my pain. Javi's pain at being lied to by his best friend is my pain. Mel and Ben separated again is destroying me. I literally cannot handle it.

Oh also good call Josie you don't need no man.

Lastly I know this is mostly in the next ep's promo but. I CALLED IT. I CALLED IT Y'ALL. IT WAS BOKI IN THE HEADWOOD LAB. I FUCKING CALLED ITTTT. Welcome back my big strong slav husband.

Anyway hoping nobody dies in the next episode but I read the series has already been renewed for S4 so that's great.

[xoxoemynn]

5 things about me...

YAY here I was, feeling a certain kind of way because I feel like I haven’t been tagged in things in 5ever (punny + extra obvs) and my babe @racheloddment​ comes to the rescue. Read on to learn loads of fascinating things about me and my life (under a cut because I’m taking mercy on your dashes YOU’RE WELCOME)

5 Things You’ll Find In My Bag

Chapstick. Never leave home without it. (Actually, usually at least two. Gotta have a backup.) I only use these.

Tampons. Because you never know (either for you or a friend, listen, I GOT YOU)

Hand lotion, because once upon a time a colleague told me I had the softest hands and honestly it was something I never thought about but once someone commented on it I felt like I had expectations to live up to and I ordered myself some from Lush and started ruminating about whether I needed a handcare regimen and LOOK I can’t even take a compliment without developing anxiety about it.

 Burberry Brit Rhythm for Her rollerball because I just like to smell pretty and it makes me feel slightly more put together if I end up having to meet someone important unexpectedly. 

Honestly prob some papers or receipts because it usually takes me a solid six months to throw anything out.

5 Things You’ll Find In My Bedroom (oh god my room is such a mess right now a better question is what WON’T you find in my bedroom)

Too many books I’m in the middle of just hanging out on my bedside table. (Currently Furiously Happy, And the Band Played On, and The Little Friend. 

A lot of jewelry and fragrances that were organized once upon a time and now are not. 

An actual shoe rack. Basically like this one. I REALLY love shoes and used to work at a much dressier office so I’d wear them all the time. Now my office is much more casual so I don’t wear them as often, but I still like to look.

One of these guys. Best. Thing. Ever.

This guy, whose name is Sweater (get it? Alpaca Sweater? But also...I’LL pack a sweater? LOL.) He was a present from my darling @crossroadscastiel because I needed hugs and she couldn’t be there to hug me. He is soft and fluffy and smells truly delightful (idek what scent, but if anyone’s ordered from Lush, you know that scent you get when you open a box from Lush? That’s what he smells like.) Anyway I love him and don’t judge me for not making my bed. 

5 of My Favorite Things

Alpacas, obviously. And whales. Actually let’s just call it and say all animals. 

The pasta from this tiny lil Italian restaurant a few miles from me, there are only about six or seven tables and the chef barely has a kitchen but it’s all made from scratch and with love and I’m dying right now just thinking of it.

Warm weather. //stares longingly out the window at all the snow

Wine. Listen, I have no shame at this point. I love it and it makes me happy. 

Olly Sleep Aid Gummies, which are literally the ONLY thing that has been able to consistently get me to sleep in the past few months. I have them on a monthly subscription order because I am OBSESSED and I just really like being able to sleep. 

5 Things I’m Currently Into (I’m choosing to interpret this as current obsessions mmkay?)

Psych, which is my latest discovery and I’m full-blown obsessed and legit MAD at myself for not watching it while it was still on the air. If you’re not watching it, you should, and if you are watching it, please come scream about it at me because I feel so alone. (Also shameless plug for my sideblog @hulahoopingholt where I post about Psych and lots of other comedy shows.)

Dino nuggets and mac and cheese and do NOT judge me, I don’t care if it’s all processed, it is SUPREME comfort food. I made it my Valentine’s Day dinner for myself and honestly it was the best thing I’ve eaten in a long time and it’s now my pick-me-up meal when I’m especially sad. (Yes, friends, you TOO can be 30 and enjoying nothing more than a five-year-old’s meal of choice.)

My steamer, because I have always HATED ironing and I kid you not, there are some tops I have that I’ve just accepted I’d never wear again because I couldn’t get the wrinkles out, but I got this bad boy for my birthday and OMG it is MAGICAL, SO quick and easy and basically you’re never going to see another wrinkle on me. Gonna steam EVERYTHING.

Amika Soulfood Nourishing Mask, I got a sample in my Sephora Play box this month and I am OBSESSED. It smells SO good and my hair was ridiculously soft after. Usually I need to flatiron my hair, not to get it really straight, but just to keep it from poofing out, and after using this, I didn’t need it. It was the best my hair has ever looked with just a blowdry. I’ll be ordering the full size soon.

Honestly, just the really incredible women I have in my life. (Which isn’t really a CURRENT obsession but they have all stepped up MAJORLY recently so they’re on my mind.) I haven’t really been keeping it a secret that I’ve been going through a rough past few months, and truly, the ONLY reason I’ve been able to keep it together are because I have some really exceptional women in my life who are there for me in ways I didn’t always realize I needed. I could actually write an entire essay just on this, but I’ll chill for the moment and say they are the BEST and I love them and I’m constantly humbled by their love and support.  

5 Things on My To Do List

Pack, because I’m going to NYC this weekend YAY!!!!

Clean, because I’ve been especially swamped this past month and my apartment is showing it yikes.

Meet with a realtor bc I have HAD it with apartment life KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR ME.

Look for a new job because I have also HAD IT with this current one PLEASE KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED.

Shower tbh. Today was a work from home day and I literally rolled out of bed and onto a web conference call and I thought it would be fine but I am feeling grimy. 

Tag 5 People To Do This

I’m gonna tag @crossroadscastiel, @colewald, @alwaysfallingandrising, @harryjamcs, and @xchelspaige. 💕💕💕💕

[hidden-otaku-stuff]

(1/?)Hey! I'm really sorry for the late reply :( I don't like sending long messages on my phone because I'm lazy lol. Anyway, I am not but I'll try harder 🤡 my biggest fear in love is meeting the right person at the wrong time, but I hope I find someone who loves me the way Kuroo loves (Name). Can I just have an irl Kuroo please. And I feel that! Kuroo is my ult fave but now I have a fave from each team. I'm actually lowkey becoming an Iwa simp again lol.

omg please don’t feel bad! we all have our own lives and you definitely don’t owe me anything. i’m the very same way. i actually only use this account when i’m on my desktop so dwai lol. i’m the biggest iwa simp istg. i started this account to simp about him but kuroo is out here stealing all the love/attention 🙃

i promise, you will find someone someday to treat you right. the right person will find you when you need them, but not necessarily right when you want them if that makes sense.  

(2/?) and it's okay! It was painful but the writing was great and it made me emotional :') I also take comfort in the idea that none of the haikyuu!! boys would actually do that. yeah! I don't know much about terushima and astumu but I know that I always see them depicted that way. Oikawa is such a complicated character and it sucks seeing people reduce him to an annoying play boy. They're all hard workers who care about their friends and have admirable goals

atsumu and oikawa radiate the same energy to me. they’re both ridiculously dedicated to volleyball, have fan-girls, and probably couldn’t maintain relationships in HS because of their volleyball dedication. not to mention they’re both a tad immature sometimes and rely on their friends/team-mates to reel them in.  

terushima is literally such a major nerd too like, this mans is in the highest class level. he’s smart and the way he plays volleyball? just a huge goofball. i may be slightly biased though bc i definitely thirst for terushima LMAO. he just matches kuroo’s energy to me and i live for that aesthetic  

(3/?) Honestly I haven't had a bad experience in a relationship (probs because I haven't been in one lol) but I've had bad experiences with guys in general so 🤷 I think mine come from the unhealthy relationships around me and a lot of self doubt/insecurity. We'll get there someday though. I'm glad you enjoy those scenes! I'm a sucker for angst but the gentle and genuine love between Kuroo and (name) is what really gets me :') It's hard to decide which scenes are my favorite tbh.

i am a jaded old lady when it comes to relationships imma be real 🙃 i’m bi and have dated one girl and multiple guys, and i’ve just been disappointed an endless amount of times. i'm more than happy to spend the rest of my life sharing a house with my home-girl and my dogs at this point. 

i’m really sorry to hear that you’re surrounded by unhealthy relationships and that you have insecurities. it’s not easy to overcome, but i know that you’ll be able to overcome anything that you put your mind to. 

shameless plug but my Complementary fic is also Kuroo angst ;)  in all seriousness, i’m glad that what i’ve written makes it difficult for you to have a favorite  😂

(4) The entire first chapter really got me because it was a mix between the pain that Bokuto went through and the relationship between Kuroo/name and Hikori (HIM HAVING KUROO'S LAST NAME??? I'm uwu but poor Bo). The soft and domestic scenes in chapter 5?? my heart ;-; also the "look at that, baby." you're killing me, Skye (are you okay with me using your name?)

(5) Reading about the past and knowing how it ends up when Bo comes back makes me so eager to see how it all gets there. I'm so excited read Chapter 6, esp since it's your favorite!! I have to brace myself for it haha. Also you are LOL. but really it's worth it and we're v luck you're sharing it :') (I hope this doesn't seem creepy akdfhkdj) same tho. I try not to hurt myself but here I am reading angst all the time and putting myself through my faves/reader suffering 😔 

you can most definitely use my name Skye! Please lmk what you’d like me to refer to you as 😍 I know not everyone is comfortable with terms of endearment

i’m ngl, the first chapter was actually supposed to be like the 9th chapter or something. but i (sadistically) thought that it might hurt more if that’s how the story starts off  🥴 

your compliments are 100% not creepy. they make me feel so warm and floofy hehe  🥰 i lowkey have desensitized myself to angst now, but i still won’t read “In Another Life” because I’ve seen spoilers for it and that made me cry. idk if that’s your type of thing though  🙃

(6/7) That's such a sweet reason to have that. I'm glad you have that kind of reminder. It's so important and I'm really happy for you ❤️ Ahh I wish, but I'm broke :') I know I want the aries constellation behind one ear and cat eyes behind the other (I love cats already but lowkey bc I love nekoma/Kuroo to akdfjh). My sister and I are going to get matching winnie the pooh and piglet ones too

(7/7) Then I want an islander inspired one because ya girl is Chamorro. and then one spanning my back diagonally but I'm not 100% what I want yet. I did end up doing it, just last minute haha. I hope yours went well for you btw! School is hard lol

that’s so cute that you and your sister are getting matching tattoos! that’s literally the dream 😍  is there a story behind the winnie the pooh and piglet? 

and i love your idea for the constellation tat! I was planning on getting a quarter-sleeve bicep tat centered around a Sag constellation. ugh i just love tattoos so much, i can literally talk about them for hours 🙃 i’m multi-racial, and i was gonna get an Asian dragon quarter-sleeve on my other bicep, a phoenix on my shoulder blade, and maybe even a tiger on my rib-cage but IDK it’s so expensive and just so much pain. the left side has all my Western tattoos atm  🤣

school can be so rough!! i promise though, it’s worth it in the end. what are you studying? 

[shirosucc]

can you rec yoi blogs to follow?

i don’t follow that many yoi blogs bc having a super active dash overwhelms me but sure!! you’re probably following most of these amazing people already if you know who i am but i’ll take any chance to gush about how great all the people in this fandom are :’’’) also keep in mind i tend to only follow otayuri-centric blogs

 in alphabetical order below the cut sorry this is so long omg

@altisetsky​

liv! my beautiful wife!! so so so talented and one of the sweetest people i’ve met in my life :’) she is a (self-proclaimed) sfw blog so you can browse in public without worrying AND her writing is fucking amazing. i still haven’t forgiven her for wither me down. i will never forgive her for wither me down. but check out the rest of her writing as well!!!!!!!

@baramini and @blueberrysenpaii​

two of the most supportive people in this fandom i love them i cherish them they’re too good for this world please protect them

@betelxeuse​

recent mutual but u can always count on her to be posting some Highly Relatable Otayuri Content !!!

@blameotayuri​

also posts pics of her cats and occasionally if we are blessed enough she will grace us w vids of her singing :’) all around lovely person 

@crescendotayuri​

u know how nicki minaj’s verse on monster was so good kanye almost considered taking it off bc he was Threatened?? that’s how i feel about jen. so talented it’s unfair. her writing (whether it’s pwp or pure fluff) and her art are both SO good and she deserves all the love in the world pls go love her

@daddybek​

u know exactly what this is. there’s no way you’re not following kim already but unfollow and follow her again she deserves it i love her a ridiculous amount

@dicktor-thicciforov​

my url partner in crime!! also reblogs extremely relatable content and i’m angry bc they’re funnier than me

@dj-altin​

BEAUTIFUL ART THAT WE DON’T DESERVE TO EVEN LOOK AT BUT ARE PROVIDED WITH ANYWAYS seriously this fandom did nothing to deserve dj altin but i’m so grateful we have them 

@fuku-shuu​

not solely yoi (reblogs snk too) but 100% worth following for the adorable fanart translations also mika is a lovely person and deserves all the follows either way

@iamatrashfan​

ANOTHER ARTIST WE DO NOT DESERVE!! so prolific with beautiful art i’m wondering how it’s possible but also I Am Not Complaining

@icetiiger​

cutest art i ever did see in my entire Gosh Darn life

@kanekkis​

THE CUTEST SWEETEST PERSON IN THIS ENTIRE FANDOM SORRY I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT ELLE and if you haven’t read any of her fics i’m begging you to please go bless yourself right now !! some of my personal faves are From Them To Us, Spontaneous Combustion, and Like the Sun (Can’t Cover it Up and the Accuse Me Thus series are classics too)

@katsu-nikii​

every time i remember cat follows me i cry a lil bit. my aesthetic soulmate i lov her so much :’’’) she’s so funny and her art is so GOOD every time she draws grown up beka i want to die. i wish i could scream about her art for the rest of my entire life.

@kawaiilo-ren and @dizzytea​ and @llyn-on-ice​

cool so i know i say this a lot but literally this fandom doesn’t deserve any of them. will i ever stop screaming about their aus and all the beautiful wonderful fucking sinful art/fics they come up with for them and the fandom in general? please lmk. personally i’m still crying from the time i sent llyn a question for an ask game and accidentally uncovered More Daddy Kink

@onotherflights 

hi shameless plug please go read her fic almaty’s fire which deserves all the attention in the world !! my first mutual on tumblr dot com I Don’t Deserve Her, also special shoutout to her sideblog @thiccbek​

@otayuriism​

ash is too chill and too cool for all of us and if u don’t have like, at least a tiny crush on her you’re probably lying to me and i don’t tolerate lying on this blog? her fuckboy otabek au cleared my skin and watered my crops and impeached donald trump and put $500 in my bank account. also in general all her hcs are so good and i want 1000 fics written about each of them immediately

@meimagino​

my actual momther. i love her. deserves nothing but the very best in this world but all i have to offer her are memes and my love. taught me more about financial aid and self-validation and credit cards than my actual parents did

@milyyuri​

og meme queen!! my inspiration i hope to one day make memes half as spicy as hers

@novocaine-sea​

a blessing????? i love her????? golden made me cry like a tiny fucking baby and apparently she has more angst fics on the way (lmao aja pls if ur reading this please have mercy on us all)

@otabaeee

dream meme team and queen of both jjbek and otayuri :’’’) so sweet and so kind and also the most beautiful person i’ve seen in my entire life seriously have you ever seen anyone so beautiful please leak your makeup routine noelle!!!!!!!

@otabottom

sometimes u just….really gotta think about otabek altin getting dicked down…..u gotta…….. also her fics are so good i can’t believe one (1) person is allowed to have all this talent

@plisaltin

posts the most beautiful edits!!! one of the first yoi/otayuri blogs i followed i would highly recommend

@sarah-yyy

doesn’t reblog a lot of yoi content but worth following so you can immediately see whenever she posts a new fic and begin to scream. i was going to list my fav fics of hers but like, i realized that would’ve been every single fic she’s ever written so  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

@severeminx

i literally created an AO3 account just so i could subscribe to liquor stash and that accurately sums up how i feel about her writing :’) the vodka aunt this fandom does not deserve

@viktornikiforow

a genuinely super sweet person and her gifs/graphics are so beautiful and so aesthetic i love

@vktr-nkfrv

i know i scream about angel’s writing like, all the time, but seriously she’s such an underrated writer and i will not stop until she receives the recognition she deserves (which is all of it. she deserves all the recognition). hablar del amor, y defenderlo made me cry three separate times and i recommend it HIGHLY also she’s such a sweet human bean and i don’t deserve her friendship

@yuratchka-speaks and @bekaspeaks

THE MOST TALENTED AND ALSO PROBABLY THE NICEST PEOPLE EVER??? im begging you dont listen to their fight audio unless you want to cry for an extremely long time (jk you absolutely should listen to it and reblog it and like it just know that You Will Cry)

[artlessictoan]

How I’d do Naruto Next Gen

okok I’ve been wanting to do something more in depth and organised than my usual ranting about how everything is terrible now, so here we go! (though lbr this is just my usual ranting but 10x longer)

for the sake of brevity ha and my own piece of mind I’m not gonna go into how unnecessarily hetro the ending was and how everyone should’ve been gay and hey not every couple absolutely had to get married and/or have kids and also nart should’ve gotten the opportunity to realise that becoming hokage wasn’t necessary to achieve his real goal of becoming someone loved and accepted by others and he deserved so much better tbh and why isn’t sak just running the whole show and why isn’t there more sand sibs, bc let’s face it none of that was ever gonna happen, so these ideas are mostly built with the premise that all the canon couples stay canon and all the kids are still around and the product of those ships and the big plot things that happened (like nart becoming hokage and the like) stay roughly the same

forewarning bc else someone’s bound to say something; if you enjoy the next gen stuff? not a problem! that’s great, people enjoying stuff is a good thing! I wish I could enjoy more stuff, bc enjoying things is far more fun than not enjoying things! everyone has a different taste though and for me – and a lot of other people – the way that the next gen has turned out has been a disappointment, this post is for those people, so we can talk about why we think it’s failed and what we would’ve like to see instead, if you don’t feel that way about it.. well just scroll on past this post and keep enjoying the things you enjoy! have an absolute blast, you’ve earned it!

under the cut bc I am apparently incapable of keeping my rambling concise, there’s 2000 words of only vaguely coherent thoughts and tangents, so maybe get yourself a cuppa and a snack before trudging through it (some of this I’ve said in other posts before but w/e)

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first off lets change some of the kids’ personalities, there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with any of them, but like….. 90% are carbon copies of one of their parents (and mostly their dads but I won’t get into that issue rn) which is ridiculous, bc personality traits aren’t genetic?? like my mum is super chill and sensible and my dad is short-tempered, but I’m an anxious mess and my bro is an anti-social control freak.. we didn’t get any of that from either of our parents

while it’s certainly true that you might be influenced by them (me and mum share a lot of interests and tastes), it’s not a hard and fast rule and I don’t find it realistic that EVERY kid takes after their parents, though I probably wouldn’t have such a problem with it if they were more a mix of both parents than just their dads, so here’s some potential alterations:

Boruto. good fucking lord, no, we did not need a clone of Naruto heading another series, if we wanted to see a rambunctious scamp who gets into trouble but loves his friends a whole lot and has a knack for giving inspirational speeches, then there’s already a whole 700 chap manga for that! one with a far more likable and interesting rambunctious scamp tbqh. so how about we make a few alterations, maybe instead of taking after Nart, Bolt takes a bit more after Hinata? a little quiet and a bit of a pushover, but someone who’ll quickly stick up for a friend and has an ease of communication that’s a bit more Nart? not shy so much as laidback and composed, maybe he isn’t all that interested in being a ninja too, like he’s quite skilled but is a pacifist and would much rather get a civilian job as idk a baker or gardener or something

Shikadai. only a few minor changes here bc I really do like the kid as he is, I’d just like to see him using Tema’s abilities too (and maybe also being just a bit more snarky and unyielding like his mum)

Inojin. I’m kinda torn on this one, bc I do like that he’s a lot like Sai (at least in the anime, he seems to have a pretty different personality from what little we’ve seen of him in the manga???), but I think it’d be pretty interesting if he was just not like either of his parents, maybe if he was very quiet and subdued, but also the mastermind behind all the kid’s pranks, has a mischievous streak that often shocks people, but his friends always love hanging out with him bc of it. also why doesn’t he have Ino’s powers? let’s give him Ino’s powers too

Sand Kids 2.0. ok so at this point we haven’t seen nearly enough of them to say much either way but I have negative faith in kishi and ike so I’ll just say that I want them all to be Gaara’s adopted kids (since it’s still unclear if it’s just Shinki or all of ‘em atm) and I want them to be exactly like this shameless plug for me and @spellfire01‘s versions of them which are the best fucking versions and I will protect my children with my life

now some changes to the original cast (this is where I’m gonna get proper bitter, prepare yourselves):

OH NARUTO MY POOR CHILD WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU I’ve already talked about this but let me just reiterate in as eloquent a way as I can; Naruto would never become a neglectful father. N e v e r. not after the childhood he went through, no matter how much work he had to do as kage, don’t dare fucking try and tell me that Naruto – "It's almost unbearable, isn't it… the pain of being all alone. I know that feeling; I've been there, in that dark and lonely place, but now there are others, other people who mean a lot to me. I care more about them than I do myself, and I won't let anyone hurt them… They rescued me from my loneliness" – Uzumaki would EVER neglect his kids. just fucking don’t. in this version Nart is a doting and involved dad (perhaps a little too much, to the point that his kids find him kinda exhausting and have to ask him to leave them alone sometimes) who sends his clones to work at the office while he hangs out with his family.. I honestly don’t know why he doesn’t already do that

let all the girls out of their houses to do some ninja work for the love of god

poor put-upon Shino-sensei is alright.. but we’ve already had that with Iruka, I’d honestly much rather see the Cool Sensei who keeps all the kids in line without even doing much of anything and has a knack for inspiring them and always has a line of students trailing after him asking to hear more of his awesome ninja stories and everyone always trying to show off when he’s around, bc Shino is literally The Best

have Sauce and Saku be divorcees. seriously, are even the people who ship them happy with how their relationship has turned out? they barely see each other and apparently it’s been that way since chap 699, so why not just have them split up? it really wouldn’t change much, just say that, at some point after Sarada was born, they realised that they were both gay incompatible personality-wise and they were both so busy with their individual work that there wasn’t much of a relationship to lose. not only would this be good for both their characters (there’s no reason they couldn’t still be good friends) and just more sensible all-round, but it would also be a nice way to show that not every childhood romance/first love works out and that’s perfectly fine and normal and they can still live happy, full lives afterwards!

speaking of Sauce, let him spend at least a little bit of time interacting with his friends and family in Konoha, even if he’s still mostly travelling around on important missions he should at least be taking every opportunity to visit his daughter when he’s in the area, seriously, c’mon

Temari got done so dirty in that one episode.. here’re some much better words than I could ever muster but generally I’d want her to be less the ‘scary, overbearing, harsh’ mother and more the ‘strict but cool and sneaky’ mother, like she’d honestly be the type to use reverse psychology and gentle manipulation, she’d make her boy do some seemingly meaningless task that somehow makes him have an epiphany and come back to her when he’s done like “I know what I did wrong now and I’m sorry” than just shout at him and refuse to make dinner (also I just really like to hc that she’s a terrible cook so it’s Shikamaru who does all the cooking anyway)

it’d be really great to see Hina either being the new clan head or at least otherwise involved in Hyuuga clan politics, so we could actually see how she’s working to destroy that whole slavery thing they’ve got going, rather than that plotline just being dropped somewhere around the end of the chunin exam arc and never picked up again (I mean I assume that it’s all supposed to be fixed by now, but that’s not the kinda thing that should happen entirely off-screen) and so we can see her life revolving around something other than Nart and her kids, she’s remarkably capable and had so much potential but she’s been denied every opportunity to really exist as her own character by the writers

Kiba…… what the hell is going on with Kiba? where is he? what is he doing? how’s he feeling these days? is he supposed to be married to that nameless cat lady we saw for a single panel? these are things we shall never know I guess. tbh what I’d really LOVE to see would be Kiba-sensei, just imagine him and Shino both being teachers who work in completely opposite ways, Shino is the quiet, inspiring, lowkey scary one and Kiba is the gigantic fucking dork one who cheers his students on way too loud and makes the classes super fun and joins in the kids games, him and Shino have a class rivalry and Kiba is constantly roping students into joining his attempts to prank Shino (they’ve never once succeeded but oNE DAY)

Ino should be the next head of Konoha’s intelligence division, I will fight kishi on this one

why the actual fuck is oroch still happily living it up in his penthouse lab?? kill the fucker. or at the very least imprison the fucker. just say that Mitsuki was an old project of his that somehow kept developing in his absence, or was a product of research carried out by some lackeys’ years after he’s gone, anything that means I don’t have to accept that everyone has apparently forgiven him for everything and knows that he’s still experimenting on kids but just don’t care

and on that last note: Justice for Yamato 2k17

right now let’s get onto the actual plot/story for this very self-pandering au

make Sarada the main char. while I can see why they would choose to go with Boruto, honestly Salad’s more interesting a character and! A Girl!! Main Character!!!! I NEED IT!!!!!! focus on her goal to be hokage and her struggles with her parents and follow up on that ‘restoring the Uchiha’ plot thread that just.. dropped right off the map somewhere between 699 and 700, her reconciling what her clan was with what she wants to make it

get rid of that weird demon-sensing eye thing that’s going on. and the demon thing in general. and also that jarring post-apocalypse future thing they’re building up. I didn’t slog through over a decade of kishi’s bullshit just so my kids didn’t get to live long, happy lives. make the plot just slice-of-life fluff, nothing more dangerous than a bully, just some kids trying to be awesome ninja in a world that doesn’t really need ninja anymore bc peace and all that

waaay more of Chocho, Himawari and Inojin (at least enough so they all get equal billing)

show how the ninja world has grown and developed since the end of the original series (not just technologically), what do ninja do now that there aren’t any wars and international relationships are at an all-time high? have missions completely gone from being combat and intel based to more about construction and assistance? are ninja numbers actually dropping, favouring civilian jobs in these more peaceful times? how well are people – ninja or not – adjusting to these changes? is learning ninja techniques still encouraged but in a way that’s more about culture and traditions than actual use in combat (in the same way that swordplay today is mostly practiced for performance, fun and sport, rather than out of any real-life practicality)? there are so many interesting things to explore that you don’t even need to be adding in new threats to keep the series entertaining

I’ve said this before, but I think it’d be really cool and cute if after the end of the war and with some drastic changes to the ninja world’s politics, this next gen is less about becoming ninja, than realising that they’ll never be ninja (at least not in the way that their parents were) and how they react to that. maybe they’re frustrated because they hear so many cool stories about the grand battles of the previous generation and they want to be able to do those things too damnit! so the kids are just going around trying to be super-awesome ninja in a world that doesn’t really need ninja anymore, picking fights and trying to make their boring d-rank missions seem more important and dangerous than they really are, maybe at some point they learn a bit more about how hard and traumatising that life was for their parents and why the world had to change, until they eventually decide that if the role of a ninja has to change, then together they’re gonna discover what that new role will be, what will being a ninja really mean in this new, peaceful world?

and, a final ending note: fuck ike’s sickening treatment of Sarada with regards to her sexualised presentation and the disgusting reveal that someone taught Boruto (a young child!) the sexy jutsu. Let The Kids Be Kids 2k17