#anyways look at my cool in game passport

[recklesshorizons]

it's so rude of nintendo to only give you the title word monster after catching 2500 sea creatures that should be unlocked by default

[david-goldrock]

Heyo, random American goy who spent four days in the same convention center as you in April, and I was wondering what the process of getting there was like. I saw the thread on Chief Dephi about Israeli teams having issues getting to champs and I'm curious what your experience with that was, as well as frc in Israel more broadly. Good luck with reefscape next year, so jealous you all get water game right after I graduate.

Stay safe,

Rainy

HOLY SHIT IT'S ANOTHER FRC PLAYER EVERYBODY STAY CALM

STAY CALM

STAY CALM

lol

I am envious of the water gamers as well, I am an alum too :(

so here's my experience:

we went abroad pretty early compared to other teams, and we arrived before the problems arrived. A friend forgot their passport and had to reschedule, and he was a pit member, but that's fine, right?

(now that kids is what we in the writing business call foreshadowing)

so we get abroad, Texas is really cool, and then we are waked by our mentors to the message "welp Iran is sending a fuckton of missiles, and we might be getting into a war"

So we all panic, call our families and stuff, but it turns out Iran's military sucks and all is well

Except, every team that hasn't gone abroad yet, just can't. the airspace above Israel is locked, and all flights are canceled.

Miraculously, most teams manage to get there anyway (our friend included, thanks god).

Comps were awesome, a few.... unwanted flags… but nothing more than that. and Orbit #1690 winning was such a patriotism boost I can't even explain it

FRC in Israel?

Well, it's pretty intense. roughly a third of the teams are worlds-level, and while we are the second best in Israel, you know FRC, wayyy too much luck is involved. a game lost here and there is the difference. It's also much more defensive than abroad? y'all seem to forget that stopping the opponent is almost as good as scoring yourself? even the world champion can be severely damaged with a good defense, which there is. I don't know how it is abroad, but all the major teams know each other's players' names by heart, and a major part of comps is going down to the pits and gathering cool, new, impressive things. (going to orbit is always gonna blow your mind, they are a beast of a team, their tools make ours look like toys)

[despair-to-future-arcs]

Is that how you meet Junko?

Yeah I do wonder how you 2 met, how did she influence you...

Right Junko, well...it's complicated, you probably saw me mention that I work in fashion magazines too, right? Well that means I took photos for those with Junko in it.

Which I also remember Mukuro saying it was all photoshop during the killing game which I don't do that!

Ah...so you met Junko even before she enroll into Hope's Peak Academy?

I believe so, I never realize that Junko cause all this damage as she was a normal high school in fashion magazines, it was hard to imagine...

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Date: April 20th, 2010

Fashion Agency Employee: So remember that Miss Fushimi wants these done on the 30th, so please make sure they look good.

Wow, tons of pressure but thanks anyway, I better get to work...

*As then Mahiru gets into the studio and there standing was the girl*

*Is on the phone* Yeah, okay mom I'll call you when I finish up, okay cool - tell Sachiko to do well during the military contest.

Okay then mom, love ya bye! *hangs up*

Maaan... mom is so annoying, seriously she gets way too overprotective ever since I enter the fashion industry!

Huh...?

Sorry sorry! It was a call I was taking, just mom being mom! It's sooo annoying when she calls like that!

So anyway enough of that, I suppose your here to take photos for Red Ribbon, right? Anyway since will be working together, you can call me Junko Enoshima!

Okay got it, my name is Mahiru Koizumi so let's get started!

*As then Mahiru starts taking photos as Junko was doing poses*

'Junko... I really thought she was a normal teenage girl, I guess everyone thought that so I never notice her manipulation at all and told her a few things about myself as we spent more time with each other...'

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Date: June 12th, 2011

*As then Junko was looking over the photos*

Oooh so are these the photos you took...?

Oh yeah, they are! Just don't touch them, there for the exams coming up at Hope's Peak.

I see, I see... so you attend Hope's Peak as the Ultimate Photographer?

Yeah I am but I usually am not at school, mostly just out in the field and taking photos - just wish I could travel to other countries; it's rather boring that I have to take photos of the same places, I rather wish I had a passport to travel and take photos.

Wait... you don't have one?

Not...really, I don't I'm mostly taking pictures of the same subject and honestly it does bore me, I even remember having someone say that my photos are 'amazing' again which annoys me as that's not words of encouragement at all and pretty half-assed.

Ah well if you ask me you took the subject matter pretty well, honestly I even say your the best photographer I know! Still, how did you get into photography? Sounds like your quite the expert!

Well that probably be from my mom which she's often say that photos depict everything, whether it's beautiful or horrible. That's the truth contained in these images...

That's why no matter what situation we're in, it's a photographer's duty to keep taking photos....That's basically what my mom taught me.

Hmm, I see so your mom works in the same field as you?

Well not exactly, she works as a war photographer, she often is in the middle east a lot, she doesn't show me all the photos thought as I could imagine you probably can't show to a kid but I did like the ones with smiles!

Hmm, that is pretty cool! I can tell she is quite inspirational for you, isn't she?

Yeah I suppose so, I really do want to take photos just like her but I don't think I can; I just... think that we are most use to different subjects. Anyway, I think we are done here - it was nice talking with you, Junko.

Okay Mahiru, see ya next week! I'll looking forward to talking with you!

*As Mahiru left, Junko grab her phone and started calling someone...*

[keriweird]

Tagged by the one and only @nightmarestudio606

Answer the questions from your OC's POV

Tagging: @ghostxofxartemis @illusivesoul

& anyone else who wants to play

name ➔ Johnny Isamu Shepard-Itō

are you single ➔ … kinda? I guess? Mmm maybe not really? But kind of? I guess it's technically an open thing? Not really looking though… so yeah I dunno.

are you happy ➔ …like in general? Happiest I've ever been, yeah.

are you angry ➔ about the first question? Or in general? No to both, anyway. What's the point being angry, really?

are your parents still married ➔ nnnnnope! That was a fun surprise at twenty five… or was it twenty six? Whatever, not they're not. Still best friends though which is probably what they should've always been I guess. But then I wouldn't be here so, guess it all works out.

NINE FACTS

birthplace ➔ Vancouver. Mom was stationed there for a bit.

hair colour ➔ Black as the inside of a pot of ink.

eye colour ➔ about the same as my hair, maybe a touch more on the brown side.

birthday ➔ April 11, 2154 at 0001

mood ➔ when I was born? Probably hungry and confused?

gender ➔ I'm a guy

summer or winter ➔ Summer! Definitely summer in Rio. Hotter the better. You should see my tan hehe.

EIGHT THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE

are you in love ➔ that's… not something I get to have. Movin' on?

do you believe in love at first sight ➔ I'd like to, but… yeah that's the stuff of romance novels, y'know?

who ended your last relationship ➔ haha what relationship? Not sure it qualifies, honestly.

have you ever broken someone’s heart ➔ Not that I know of. Gotta be loved for that, right?

are you afraid of commitments ➔ I bought a ten year passport, you tell me. Oh, you mean about love? Gotta have someone to commit to to find that one out I guess. For my best friends? They know I'm committed to them.

have you hugged someone within the last week? ➔ y-yeah, met up with my buddy on shore leave.

have you ever had a secret admirer ➔ ha, yeah I really doubt it.

have you ever broken your own heart? ➔ ever time I realize I finished my food.

SIX CHOICES

love or lust ➔ Love if it's a novel, cus lust usually comes alongside that hehe.

lemonade or iced tea ➔ ew, neither. Too sweet. Water's fine thanks. Oh? You weren't offering? Oh. My throat is kinda dry from all this talkin' though. Be right back, there was a vending machine on my way in.

cats or dogs ➔ Hey sorry, they had like six brands of water to choose from. Crazy. Um, so yeah, I couldn't even keep sea monkeys alive, so I don't trust me with either. My dad feeds all the stray cats around the Villa, though, so I guess cats if I gotta choose. Like give me the ugliest one hehe.

a few best friends or many regular friends ➔ well I've *got* many regular like acquaintance friends. Just easier to get through life that way.

wild night out or romantic night in ➔ I aon't really drink and I don't get to have romance soooo… I guess a wild night at the gym? Or maybe watch my buddy play video games. Maybe. I dunno. Next?

day or night ➔ Day, I guess. Doesn't much matter on deployment, though. I usually take the last shift as a favour for others, though.

FIVE HAVE YOU EVERS

been caught sneaking out ➔ heh, yuuuuup. 15, tried to take my Dad's truck to a beach bonfire. Wound up in the ditch at the end of the acreage drive. So uh… hard not to get caught.

fallen down/up the stairs ➔ nope, but I *have* jumped a whole flight before!

wanted something/someone so badly it hurt? ➔ …yup. Next?

wanted to disappear ➔ ….yup. would've, too. If I hadn't met my best buddy.

FOUR PREFERENCES

smile or eyes ➔ eyes that get crinkled by a smile. Boom, had it both ways hehe.

shorter or taller ➔ the other person? Taller would be cool. Not that hard since I'm only Five ten. (Yeah he's actually 5'9")

intelligence or attractive ➔ I mean, Realistically I'll say attractive, cus I only really get to look… for the most part. But in a perfect world where I get a happily ever after? I just would hope they're kind, y'know?

hook-up or relationship ➔ guess… hook-ups.

FAMILY

do you and your family get along ➔ Of course! Wish I could spend more time at my Dad's.

would you say you have had a “messed up life” ➔ nah, pretty run of the mill.

have you ever run away from home ➔ why would I? I had it good and I knew it.

have you ever gotten kicked out ➔ no. *Smiles warmly* still live with them technically. What's the point in renting a place when I'm always deployed, right?

FRIENDS

do you secretly hate one of your friends ➔ That's a pretty weird question. I make friends easy, and not everyone is my favourite person, heck I even dislike a few, but hate? What's the point?

do you consider all of your friends good friends ➔ friends with many, close with… maybe just one.

who is your best friend ➔ *cheeky grin.* Sorry, don't think you know him.

[zirhlikuzgun]

Introducing Professor Schüster

Prof. Schüster: ...... *yawning* ... Huh? A guest? At this out? Uh huh? It's already become so bright outside! Ehm… huh? What?! Is it already very early!? Oh boy! I'm apparently waking up! Hmm. Looks like the sun is rising in the sky... ...So this would be that is called "morning", wouldn't be it? Eh-heh... Interesting... ... Huh? Oh! Excuse me, sorry! I was just reading this book here. We'll, i gotta get started. Here we go! Hey there, guys! Oops, my mistake! Hang on, now. Gimme just a sec... Perfect! It are now working! Ah yes! Now we're talking! Hey there! Good morning! I'm so sorry that i were experiencing technical difficulties. Oops! Sorry to keep you waiting! Well anyway, hello there! I'm so glad to meet you! Welcome to Sean and Dave's new maintenance! Today, it's an all-new day that has come that it are going to start the all-new adventures of Sean Allison and co. and Dave Matson and co.. My name is Professor Schüster, and i'm an adventure professor, but eitherway, people are affectionately refering on calling me an adventure professor. So today, it is very interesting, cause the day has certainly come that you're going to engage Sean and Dave's new maintenance. Sean and Dave's new maintenance are indeed going to be an all-new fabulous youngster adventure in this town. Well that could be the reason that Sean and Dave's new maintenance are sucha fabulous youngster adventure that are going to engage some awesome stuff, cause it are going to encounter some brand new friends. Oh yeah, i digit! Well eitherway, there will be no limit for such a pretty cool, fabulous, friendly youngsters. Such amazing friends! Many friends would like to have some amazing style: They'll for example do some blogging, especially reading funny-signs, and even chatting on the internet, as well as playing games, and much much more. Well by the way, it's all about Sean and Dave's new maintenance, cause i like this project, and we depend on them heaps, too. Some of us even engages amazing adventures just like that, if we call ourselves celebrities. Elsa-Maria, you better hang on a second until i'm ready to get the adventure started?! Well at that case, before we go any further, i'd like to tell you a few things that you should know about this world! This world is inhabited far and wide by a lot of awesome species of friends that are known as Rugrats. We humans live alongside rugrats as friends, cause it is indeed that for some people, rugrats are friends, but others use them for adventuring. Well that's because people and rugrats live together by supporting each other, cause at that time, we play together, and at other times we work together. Some people play with rugrats, and some adventures with them, because some people use their rugrats to adventure and develop closer bonds with them. Well of course, as for myself... i study rugrats as a profession. But however, we don't know everything about rugrats yet, so there will still be many mysteries to solve. Well anyway, that's exactly why i study rugrats every day. All right, then. I gotta ask you some questions about yourself so i can introduce you to everybody, so i now gotta suggest that i want you to tell me a little about yourself, but why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself?.

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Now tell me. Are you a boy, or are you a girl? We'll, i gotta prefer it a boy. Yes, i do! So, you're a boy then? Yes, i get it! Okay! It are indeed a boy! Well then, which photo should i use for your adventure passport? Hmm… I would like to pick this one. Ah yes, i do. Well then. Are you OK with the one that you'll chose, oh yeah? Yes, i get it. All right then, let's begin with your name, so that i can let you spell out your name for me. Well by the case, you may please tell me your name, but ehm… What did you say your name was? Hmmm… let's see. Uhm, let me please figure it out, i mean… ehm… let's see. Ah well, i better get it. I gotta tell you that. Now tell me. What is your name? What is it? Ah well. I'm going to call him Sean Allison. Uh huh!? You may go by Sean Allison? Yes, i do! It will be a piece of cake! All right! So your name is Sean Allison? Yup, that's right. His name is Sean Allison. Next off, we have this friendly cousin, cause he's going to be your friendly rival since you made your first appearance. …Erm, what is his name again? Er, was it DJ Sean Allison? Ah yes, i digit. Ah-hah, i got it! His name is going to be DJ Sean Allison. That's right! I remember now! His name is DJ Sean Allison! 10-4, good buddy! I'll let everybody out here know you're on your way! Oh yeah! Sean Allison, that's indeed a cool name that hits you like a spin-jump outta the sky! giggles We'll, i can't wait to see you in person then, cousin. Well anyway, we gotta get started right now. Sean Allison, are you ready? Yes, you are! All right then, cousin. Well, Sean Allison. Today, your very own superhero legend is about to unfold, cause you're hero-brave adventure is about to unfold. Without further ado, you're going to face fun times and tough challenges, cause there's a lot of fun experiences, difficult experiences, and so much more that are waiting for you! Well then, you gotta engage your hero-brave dreams, cause you're gotta get ready to engage your adventure, so with that, a world of dreams and adventures with Rugrats awaits, so for now, without further ado, let's go! Good luck, and enjoy the fun!

[morgan-weston]

PRIVATE:

Serena and I met when her car broke down, out on the road next to my ranch, so I helped her fix it. I gave her my number in case she had any more car troubles. She invited me out, and we went on that date where you saw me. We went dancin' and we kissed twice - once durin' the dancing and once when we said 'goodnight'. This was after you were willin' to try and be cool with us dating other people, but I'm not gonna get into that. When I injured my shoulder, you came over to help, but our talk- you weren't talking to me. And lord knows Eva sure as hell wasn't even willing to acknowledge me after that day in the classroom; but Serena was there for me. And I don't mean in any kind of sexual way. I don't know what happened between our date and the injury, but the feelin' between us was nothing but friendly. She distracted me from not being able to work, by taking me to a vintage car show. She wanted to take me to Tuscany, but I ain't got a passport, so that didn't happen. Instead, we had a great time, bondin' over cars and she showed me some places she grew up. Nothin' happened between us at the car show though. We just looked at, and drove some nice cars and ate some food, and got to know each other in ways that friends do. I mean, there were several moments where I felt stuff between her and I, but I got confirmation the other evenin' that it was just me, so. But then the earthquake happened, and we were stuck at the cafeteria together. And y'know, I'm more of a survivalist than she probably is, with her bein' a city girl and all. And I just helped her the first few days, tried to make sure she ate, played some games with her, kept her sleeping bag close to mine - again, nothin' happened. Especially not once more people came, and she kissed Tina. And then, you know that Eva came, and that whole conversation took place, but there was also some drama and I guess I just kinda bailed on Serena, even if it wasn't on purpose, but y'know me, I'm not the social kinda guy. Anyway, we got out of the lockdown, she was upset with me over the bailing, so I apologized to her by inviting her over to dinner as a way to say that I was 'sorry'. It happened after a conversation with Eva - I told her what I told you, about Serena and I - and she didn't take it very well. Anyway, I had Serena over for dinner, and I apologized for not havin' paid more attention to her towards those last days, and she apologized for expecting more attention from me. I told her 'bout those feelings that I was havin' for her, that I'd picked up on during the car show, but I also told her that the heartbreak I was feelin' from you and Eva had me wantin' to make that better - I don't really know what happened, I think I blacked out after that, because all of a sudden, we were kissin', and stuff. Puck- I-...we had sex. But that's all! She told me she was attracted to me, but there was no mention of feelings or anythin', she just wanted to have sex and I- I fucked this up for us, I know that.

PRIVATE

Okay. I wouldn't mind hearing it from you.

[realcube]

hq!! boys with a short s/o

navi | masterlist | taglist

thanks to anon for this cute request

characters:  kenma, noya, bokuto, & oikawa

trigger warning: swearing, sexual references, 

kenma kuzome 

♡ bc you’re smol you can slip into his lap while he plays on his switch and since he can just peer over your shoulder, he lets you 

♡ also bc you are so - in his own words - compact..he kinda goes a bit rough on you bc he doesn’t know his own strength sometimes

♡ like he comes back from practise - having just bet up lev who’s like double his height, then pretends as though he’s the gentlest, most cuddly guy alive

♡ for instance, if you sit on his lap while he’s doing something important, he’ll push you off but bc he is quite strong and you’re quite small, you literally go flying across the room

♡ he also like the fact that he can place his chin on top of your head while hunched over 

♡ bc his posture is horrible which means that most ppl are up to his nose when he’s standing comfortably (and by comfortably i mean when his back is lookin like the letter c)

♡ but not you though bb

♡ he can rest his chin on your head WHILE messing up his back so thanks 💞

♡ also this is kinda unrelated but he probably enjoys seeing you cosplay as some of his favourite characters that are around your height

♡ idk he just seems like that sorta guy lol

♡ probably likes it when y’all get dirty in cosplay too yk

♡ and he constantly compares you to anime characters/ video game characters then makes comments accordingly lol

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upon feeling kenma’s eyes momentarily shift from his nintendo switch onto you, your immediate response was to meet his gaze, shooting him a brief smile which quickly fell into frown upon hearing his following statement, “you’re around the same height as meliodas from seven deadly sins.”

you blinked rapidly, about to shrug him off and go back to whatever you were doing under you heard a “disgusting.” slip from his lips..so pounced on him. 

“KENMA! YOU CAN’T JUST CALL ME DISGUSTING BECAUSE I’M A SIMILAR HEIGHT TO AN ANIME CHARACTER YOU DON’T LIKE! DON’T  YOU HAVE AN--” to which kenma will just laugh and pretend like he’s trying to pry you off him when he’s actually really enjoying the feeling of you on top of him.

yū nishinoya

♡ he is the short king™

♡ so he’s honestly so happy that not only does he get to be in the presence of his soulmate, but you’re also shorter than him 😍

♡ and i think having a shorter s/o would really help him with his body image 

♡ sorry to get serious on y’all so quick but i kinda think noya is secretly VERY insecure 

♡ he just has a ‘fake it till you make it’ sort of attitude in regards to his confidence

♡  but having a shorter s/o - especially if you’re really powerful, strong, confident or outspoken - would really give him an ego boost bc not only is he like ‘yep! that’s my star!’ but also everything you do is just so impressive to him

♡ also since you’re around the same height as him, sometimes he forgets that he can’t just jump on you and expect for you to hold his weight like he does with asahi, tanaka, tsukishima etc 

♡ so now you’re always on hyperalert when you pick him up from practise just in case he tackles you to the ground again

♡ it’s happened multiple times even when you were paying close attention though so i’d suggest just wearing a helmet next itme

♡ YJUHGFF he’s definitely the sort of guy to hype you up to his friends after you do the bare minimum

♡ and he ALWAYS mentions your height unless you tell him to stop 

♡ (he just wants his friends to know that just bc they are vertically gifted, they are no better than you or him >:(( keep em humble, yk? ) 

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“yep! they’re getting their photo taken at this professional modelling company thingy with all those cool, chunky camera and the bright lights! they’re basically a model- and a few inches smaller than me so, perhaps short is the new sexy.” noya boasted with a casual shrug, feeding off of the amazing looks he was getting from hinata, tanaka and yamaguchi. 

upon noticing that yamaguchi was falling for nishinoya’s exaggerations, tsukishima chimed in, “short is definitely not the new sexy.” and before nishinoya could retort, tsukki hummed, “anyway, model, huh? what brand are they modelling for?”

noya’s lips curled into a bright smile and he clicked his tongue, almost to say ‘glad you asked’, before declaring proudly, “their passport!”

kōtarō bokuto

♡ another one that doesn’t know his own strength 

♡ especially around you 

♡ like he squeezes you SO tight when hugging that you basically suffocate

♡ and his grip on your hand is always unreasonably strong too so never let him hold your dominant hand or else you won’t be able to hold a pencil for another week

♡ and sometimes he pinches your cheek when he thinks you look especially babey and jesus christ he could leave a bruise

♡ god forbid you’re watching him practise and he makes a killer spike then he turns to look at you with starry eyes--

♡ ...

♡ RUN 🏃‍♂️💨

♡ mans will chase you around the whole gym to pick you up and twirl you to celebrate his spike 

♡ the problem occurs when he holds you so close to him that you suffocate from his reek of BO

♡ he spins so fast that it makes you feel extremely sick and dizzy

♡ ALSO let’s not forget that one time he accidently let go of you a few seconds to early and you went fucking flying across the gym and landed on onaga’s water bottle 

♡ not only did you have to awkwardly hobble to the bathroom with soaking wet leggings so you could change into your spare pair, you also felt obliged to buy onaga a new water bottle 

♡ if you tell him to be gentler plz do it nicely or else he will be sad :((

♡ yeah he treats you like you’re his 7″0, ripped, basketball player s/o but you’re not 

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why were you here? why did you think this was a good idea to say yes to? oh, yeah, it because he gave those adorable damn puppy eyes that you are physically incapable of saying no to. on the bright side, perhaps he can use those puppy eyes to get you a free hearse driver for your funeral - which was sure to be soon.

through, your funeral planning was cut sort by bokuto chirping, “are you ready, babe?!” 

you sighed, arms outstretched as he stood with his back facing you, ready to trust fall onto you once you gave the ‘ok’. or so you thought. 

“yeah, bo. go o--” you couldn’t even finish your sentence before you felt bokuto’s muscular back suddenly weigh down on your arm. you tried to hold him up, - you really did - but both the surprise of it and his weight was enough to make you come crashing down with him. 

“(y/n)! you had one job!”

tōru oikawa

♡ you’re his baby

♡ or at least, he treats you like one sometimes

♡ he says he treats you like a prince(ss) but everyone knows that he acts like you’re his first born child

♡ bc he literally carries you everywhere

♡ taking a brisk stroll on the beach? oikawa will force you to get on his back and use the excuse that he doesn’t want your clothes to get dirty 

♡ you’re in the mall and you even suggest that your feet are sore/ you’re tired? he’ll carry you bridal style anywhere you want to go - literally does not care if people are giving him weird looks 

♡ drunk? he’ll throw you over his shoulder and carry you home 

♡ just chilling on the couch? he’ll approach you, scoop you up into his arms and walk around the house 

♡ it annoys you sometimes but it can really come in handy other times

♡ like for instance, at a festival

♡ if you both get stuck at the back and you’re struggling to see the stage bc of all the literal giants looming in front of you, he’ll let you hop on his shoulders 🥺

♡ he probably teases you for it though lol

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“awh, can the small one not see the stage?”

you furrowed your brows, outstretching your arms to him - probably the first time you ever actually asked him to pick you up, so you prayed that he'd take you up on your first offer without you having to beg. “yeah, can you help?”

this oikawa you’re talking to; the petty king. so instead, he gave you some solemn advice before turning his attention back onto the performance, “try growing a few inches-- who am i kidding? a few feet.”

“rude.” you spat, fretfully looking around for a moment before coming to terms with the fact you’re not going to be able to see the performer, so you decided to just try vibe with the music instead.

“(y/n).” you heard oikawa call from beside you, so you turn your head to look at him then noticed that he was crouched on the ground, “what are you waiting for? get on.” 

[yourheartonfire]

"I'm going to have to kill the Hero Agency," Superhero said casually, running their fingers gently through Villain's hair. It was a tremendously soothing sensation in the cool dark of their little overwater bungalow. Which is why it took a few seconds for the words to sink in. 

Then Villain sat up sharply. "But - The - But you are the Agency! In the public eye, at least."

"Mm hm." The Superhero crossed their hands behind their head, frowned up at the palm frond ceiling. "That should make this a relatively simple process." 

The Villain stared at them, then grabbed one of the resort robes tossed across the foot of the bed. This was definitely a clothes-on conversation.

They were already at enough of a disadvantage - truth be told, they weren't even sure exactly what country Superhero had whisked them off to for this impromptu getaway. Visas, plane tickets, and passports weren't really a thing when your lover could bop halfway around the globe and back before bedtime to pick up the toothbrush you left on the sink.

"Okay," said the Villain, tying off the silky belt. "So. What?"  

"Some of the younger heroes have approached me." The Superhero's voice was mild but in the dim gleam of moonlight off sea water, their eyes glimmered a faint red. "They're being pressured into overwork, into... situations they didn't sign on for. I've intervened in a few cases, but those are only the symptoms. The problem is the Agency culture itself. It's... calcified." 

"I could've told you that," the Villain muttered.

"Oh, you did, sweetheart." The Superhero was thoughtful enough to move at human speed, use human strength as they reached and pulled the Villain back against their side, warm in the breezy night air.  "You're a symptom too. Sixty years ago, your delightfully chaotic approach to authority and mechanical engineering would have been welcomed on our side of the street, no question." Their eyes drifted off to the middle space. Their voice seemed to deepen, to echo. "Being a hero used to be about standing up for the little guy, about fearlessly doing the right thing. Not slavish submission to the whims of bureaucrats - !"

"Monologuing," the Villain snapped.

Superhero huffed, but good-naturedly. "Sorry, dear," they said in their normal voice.

The Villain gave them a squeeze and the Superhero shifted so it was their head pillowed on the Villain's chest, as if it were the Villain giving them comfort and shelter in this moment. The Villain wrapped their arms tight around hard muscle and flawless skin and squeezed. It was really something, snuggling with a living weapon who could single-handedly destroy a small country if they had a bad Tuesday.

"So, what's the plan?" the Villain asked. "Explosions, chemical attacks...?"

"I sent a memo," the Superhero said.

"Ah," said the Villain. "Psychological warfare."

"Quite." The Superhero sighed. "An all-agency memo, about my annual two week vacation and the importance of rest and self-care."

"Two weeks...?" The Villain tried to sit up. "Um. I thought this was more a long weekend thing. I need to be back by Tuesday-"

"From here the confrontations over the Agency's priorities will get increasingly direct, increasingly public," the Superhero went on. "Until around this time next year I will publicly resign from the Agency and announce the creation of my own non-governmental organization for the mentoring and self-monitoring of the powered community. I expect to take at least eighty percent of the Agency heroes in the first week." They craned their neck to look up adoringly. "And you, of course."

"Wait, what?" The Villain tried again to sit up. The Superhero didn't budge, as solid and unyielding as a marble statue draped over them.

"This will be a different kind of organization, with a broader mandate," they said dreamily. "And there's no more powerful message we can send than you standing publically by my side."

"Hey!" the Villain yelled, trying to squirm free in earnest now. "I'm not switching sides!"

"You will when I bribe you with everything you ever desired and unleash you on the rich and powerful," the Superhero said with maddening certainty. "Face it, you're really more of an anti-hero anyway. Will you want your lab in an underwater volcano or in space?"

The Villain jabbed a finger in their lover's face. "Don't lie and say you're doing this for me!"

Superhero grabbed their hand. The Villain couldn't help but flinch. But all they did was pull it gently to their lips, kiss their scarred knuckles tenderly.

"I warned you when we started this, sweetheart, that you were no match for me," the Superhero hummed, glowing faintly in the moonlight. "I'm doing this for you. I'm doing this for me. I'm saving the world - again. And I'm stopping your plan to rob Destray Pharma when their security system goes down for repair on Wednesday. That is the level at which I am playing the game."

The Villain blinked. "What pharma - alarm - what?" The Superhero chuckled softly - that famous laugh that meant the day was saved, that evil was about to be vanquished - and kissed them again on the pulse point of their wrist. The Villain glared and tried, very hard, to slow their racing heartbeat. "Stop trying to seduce me. I am not giving in."

"Oh I hope not," the Superhero purred as they pushed the Villain down against the pillows, grinning widely. "Otherwise, these next two weeks would be so boring."

[battery-forgot]

Now, I come mid-week to give you all of my DSMP/MCYT headcanons because I have many

Don’t mind if these are repeated, misspelt, or has no logic, it is block game things and I am not checking over them-- and some will be organized, and some will be random, some might not have a Enter space because these are all ctrl c + ctrl v’ed from a Discord server I am in :]

Skeppy headcanons: Skeppy is 4 billion years old as scientists have thought that is how long ores and diamonds existed for

Skeppy's species is pretty rare

Every diamond that is broken or damaged causes Skeppy to feel a physical pain in his body

His species has lamp tail as they don't have night vision, some of them also have tiny wings that aren't usable, though they can kinda glide short distances with them

Because of his small height, he has taught himself magic to be able to change size, it can hurt him if he goes taller than 5'3, but he is able to get to Foolish's height if he tried

Sometimes random crystals grow on Skeppy's face, though they look different from normal crystals and can be used for things like explosives, though he doesn't know about it

Techno has seen Kristen but doesn't remember it well, though Kristen gave him his crown as a gift

Techno has a collection of skull masks that he has worn, he wears the skulls because of nostalgia now but he used to wear them because he thought they were cool and made him look threatening

Technoblade, Skeppy, Sam, Ranboo, Michael(the son- not Michaelmcchill), Phil, Bad, and some others really like shiny and golden objects

DreamSMP theme/"timeline" is kind of like a steampunk like thing

Drista is DreamXD's sister and DristaXD is Dream's "sister", though they aren't really siblings as they are robots

Drista and DreamXD are clones of DristaXD and Dream, though they actually look nothing alike

Callahan is a mute mini-god that everyone knows exists but doesn't really understand they are a mini-god. They kind of just chill and do what people ask them to do

Phil: Phil is more into traveling than anything else

Though he doesn't mind being a father figure, he doesn't think he is a good one especially after he killed Wilbur

He is able to turn into the size of a crow, though since his wings are now unusable, he doesn't do it as often as it is basically useless

Phil sometimes takes bird baths, though I guess they are always called that-

He has bird legs/talons,but they aren’t fully noticeable

joke headcanon I thought of is that Phil's handwriting is chicken-scratch because he is half-crow

Phil has really good memory, as a crow would

-DreamXD is actually pretty weak in powers, but he acts like he is the strongest person in the server

-Tommy's eye is just completely gone from when Dream killed him, but he covers it with an eyepatch

-Tubbo talks about things to Ranboo thinking he'll forget them, but some stories Ranboo remembers but doesn't speak about it because he doesn't want to make Tubbo worry too much

-Philza wasn't willing to kill Wilbur so Wilbur forced Phil by grabbing his arm and impaling himself

-Dream and Techno sometimes share stories about having ADHD

-Phil didn't really know about Fundy, he knew he existed but had no idea to how he acted, looked, or his actual name

-Wilbur had a letter written to Fundy about how he was sorry for what he was gonna do during November 16th, but the withers blew it up before Fundy knew about it

-Fundy doesn't let anyone hold his hand because it makes him remember the past where he would hold Wilbur's hand a lot

-Change of headcanons: Schlatt and Puffy are cousins, Tubbo was just a random kid that would follow Schlatt for hours a day, waiting for him to acknowledge him

-Dream jumps into the lava in the prison as it reminds him of Sapnap

-Bad was uncomfortable when Sapnap married Big Q and Karl because he went on a date with Quackity before but he still supported them (Yes I know Big Q basically had a divorce with Sap and Karl--)

-Skeppy knows a lot about other's pasts because of how old he is, even traumatizing facts

-Skeppy has a fear of fire (Pyrophobia) and he is kind of scared of Sapnap

-Dream used the revivebook on the cat Tommy killed, but Sam killed it thinking Dream would use the cat against Sam to escape quicker in the future

-Dream doesn't *fully* know why he is in prison, ever since Tommy and Tubbo killed him, a wire/chip broke in his body which made him forget a lot of things. Dream does get told what he had done a lot, but it makes him almost have a panic attack because he thought he was a pretty good person

-Ghostbur is Callahan, they were commanded by DreamXD to become Ghostbur so that everyone could feel like he was still there (Callahan can change who they are completely, but they don't actually know how they acted when as Ghostbur, though that doesn't mean he didn't know what happened, when Dream killed/revived Ghostbur, Callahan got to see what it felt like to die for the first time)

-Fundy has the habit of picking up things and using them at some sort of fidget (examples: knives, leaves, grass, wood, pencils, berry stems, etc.

-Ranboo will be writing/saying something about someone and use pronouns instead of their name or just with the person's name (example: "Puffy she/her was--" or "he/him writing down things") [Basically canon-]

-Tubbo used to headbutt people but stopped after around 2 years because he kept hurting people

-Phil used to squawk randomly when he was a kid, but he mainly just squawks when hiccuping now

-Even though Bad used to get really nervous picking people up because he was afraid he was gonna drop and kill them, he now just picks up everyone randomly... except Foolish and Ranboo

-Foolish is able to shrink to around 7ft, and unless he is building a big build, he will shrink so he can get around easier

-Because Ranboo is only half enderman, he isn't the full height of an enderman (He is only 8'5)

-If someone asks Charlie about his pronouns, out of confusion, he just responds with "Bones!" which sometimes leads Las Nevadas members (or just anyone really) calling him by He/it/Bones

-When Bad was being controlled by the egg, it made him get even more flashbacks about how his species was supposed to act which would end up with him panicking because that isn't who he wants to be (bonus: The more a member infected by the egg would panic, the more the egg would be able to take over the person because they can't focus)

-Kristin has taught Phil how to do makeup in their free-time of hanging out

-Kristin is insanely tall, if she shrinks then she turns more transparent, so she ends up looking more like a ghost when at average height

-Skeppy can't cry, though he still can feel sad

-Bad and Eret talk to eachother quite a lot

-When Tubbo was around 11-14, he would make redstone contraptions, though he doesn't remember how to make most of them now

Ranboo doesn't like photoshoots because he feels like everyone is staring at him, though this does mean he just doesn't have a passport photo, his alternative was to draw what he looked like on the passport but they didn't allow it, as well as Ranboo doesn't really remember what he looks like anyway because they don't like looking in mirrors--

I think this is half-canon but another headcanon is where every SMP is just an island far away from others. In this case, Hermitcraft, 30 day SMP, and other SMPs are all linked up, as for people who are in multiple SMPs, they travel around by boat for awhile, now, the thing I've just not figured out is how tf their look magically changes-like- outfit is decently obvious-- but do they magically transform like an anime girl? Idk- 

Skeppy's voice randomly glitches out, is there an actual reason for this? No.

Quackity’s outfit is similar to Sub Urban’s (In Freak)

Skeppy acts as if he is royalty, he doesn't act rude or demanding unless joking- but he does act as if he is the superior person-

-Skeppy and Slime are the only "people" that don't have steampunk styled clothing because of how old they are

-Skeppy's hair grows insanely quickly and no one knows why, he honestly hates it

-Most of Skeppy's outfits have been made by Bad or Puffy

-Skeppy knows DreamXD as if he is a brother, but he despises him because of something that has happened around 3,000 years ago

-Skeppy has a lot of different shades in their hair on the "inside"(like- the side where his neck is is what I mean, I don't remember if it has a name or not-)

-Like I've said before, Skeppy's eyes are crystallized, but they are somewhat transparent, not enough to where you'd be able to see the inside of his head, but they are still transparent

-In the past, Skeppy didn't like their name which is why they called himself "Skeppy"

-He has an attachment to caves

-When Skeppy was a kid, they had the dream of him filling cave walls with houses of their own

-Skeppy goes by it/they/he

-Skeppy joke flirts with Bad all the time to confuse everyone, Bad doesn't like it because then everyone thinks they are dating which makes him feel a little uncomfortable

-Out of boredom, in the past, Skeppy would climb on the roofs of caves, hang upside down, and try and sleep like a bat

-They have no blood in his body, it is literally just a diamond covered with a thin layer of skin and hair

-Skeppy gets stressed out easily when it comes to learning because it just reminds him of everything he had to get used to as the billion of years he lived went by

-Skeppy used to not be allowed out into the open world, the first time it experienced going outside was when it was 2 billion years old

-Skeppy has accidentally caught things on fire during the day because of the reflecting of the sun, but even then, they are nocturnal so they don't really have to worry about it

-Wilbur adapted to hanging out with Sally in the water, he has some gills, but he can only breathe underwater for a bit longer with them

-Skeppy always has the equivalent of Diamond (armor) except when he was infected by the egg, he was equivalent to the strength of a Ruby

-Infected Skeppy has a redstone glow when touched, so when hugged(or hive fived- or- yeah you get the point), he would give a subtle glow around him until let go

-The Eggpire still can be controlled, but they are able to control it unless angered/upset

-Skeppy was 6ft when infected, now he is 3′9 un-infected

-At this point, Dream likes the prison because he sometimes feels safe there, like no one can hurt him

-DristaXD is more of a ghost robot than an actual robot

-DristaXD's hobby is murdering people and has basically been in some sort of jail before, she has broken chains around their ankles and hands, it seems to have been made of a really strong material as wel

-Sapnap used to have fire wings, but when he had to get extinguished, they disappeared, they are still there, they just aren't visible until dunked in lava and Sapnap can't use them anymore

-Infected Bad still took care of Sapnap, but Sapnap never cared

-Sapnap takes the name "lava cake" too seriously... though he thinks the literal lava cakes he makes taste good

-Puffy's hair has been dyed blue by Ghostbur before because he wanted people to remember Friend if they ever disappeared

-Going with my Ghostbur as Callahan hc, when Ghostbur was killed, Callahan kind of glitched between realities and so Ghostburs body glitched from Callahan's body and Ghostbur's then just disappeared. Callahan is still alive but they randomly glitch into different realities, he has glitched into places Karl has gone, including The Inbetween.

-When Ghostbur was glitching back into Callahan after killed, it shocked and concerned Dream

There you go :]

[azumetapraline]

I grew up “middle class” (until I was like 10, then we were through a rougher patch until I turned 16), so some things are a bit different but some are similar!

- I did go to summer camp as a kid, but it was like a “school camp”, so i would basically be in a school (not always mine) and do activities, play games and sometimes go to the public pool or visit some place (like museums??). It was not very fun (especially since I was the awkward kid) and it’s just so parents can have free time to work during summer 💀

- Our family vacations were mostly things like camping (sometimes in the US) or going to my grandparents’ chalet (that they ended up selling recently), or going to the yearly fair (my sister and I never got a passport since… personal reasons, and we never went to another country besides the US when we did go to vacation 😅)

The rest is pretty much:

I had birthday parties when i was like, 1-6 years old, then it was just the classic family dinner with cake and sometimes one or two gifts (and it was perfect for me, I don’t feel like I’m missing out 😆).

And yeah the “sweet sixteen” bullshit… I didn’t even remotely care about it. I only know some girls who cared, but like they’re like the hyper-superficial types of teenagers so it’s definitely not the majority…

I think these things can be true, but they are so, so not the same as they are on TV. Like no summer camp is not the place in the woods where you have a weird roommate and find love… it’s literally just school minus the studying (= bad).

I had some sleepovers but they aren’t as cool as people make it look like, you literally just stay over and I guess you also get to see how your friend does their morning routine??

My prom was cool, but also I didn’t spend like five years planning for my dress and outfit and I didn’t even go to the “after-prom”. What I enjoyed most was because I got to spend it with my friends and we had fun together 😅

I really wished TV didn’t make all these events super big and focused on clothes, money, having 2 000 friends, finding love, and overall the appearances.

I think we enjoy these things because of the quality time we spend with our loved ones! And good thing you can do that already by VCing on Discord, going to A&W (McDo but better) or even just hanging out with friends! (And even then, I don’t do it much anymore, since I’m very asocial…)

Anyway I am rambling now and it’s become an essay, sorry if my reply sounded rude, I just wanted to respond because I get the point, and I agree that all these things are so idealized and they’re not as interesting as society wants us to, especially parties. I got so tired of hearing about parties when I was in high school! These are definitely myths since I never went to one 😒… 😏

things that are made up by tv (or maybe i was just too poor/autistic):

-summer camp

-concerts

-family vacations (yearly vacations on top of that?????)

-sleepovers

-high school parties

-sweet 16 parties

-honestly just birthday parties/parties in general

-school dances/prom

-girl scouts

[sinofbisexuality]

Yall I was in a class this morning and sitting next to a friend and I pulled out my laptop and I have those HLVRAI stickers from the zine and the friend just fuckin goes "I like your half life stickers btw" and I stared at him trying to do the math if he meant to actual game and I was like "ah cool okay yeah" yknow all slick and shit and he looks me dead in the eye and says "anyways do you have your passport" and I had a fuckin breakdown I just put my head in my hands like what is happening and he just presses "where's your passport do you have your passport where is it" while I quietly died

[cottage-babe]

Bolin x pro-bender!Reader

Masterlist

here... take this bolin headcannon... just take it

i feel like there’s not nearly enough bolin stuff and since i’m almost finished w LOK, i guess ill aid this deficiency :)

also, i just started Book 3, so if theres some things that aren’t right or something, ignore it 

___

Bolin HC (during Book 1/Book 2)

so you guys met at (you guessed it) a pro-bending match

you were an Earthbender for the Ba Sing Se Badgermoles, a widely known team because you guys represented such a big city and you guys were actually kinda good

the Badgermoles were constantly interviewed, put on the covers of magazines, and bombarded by fans. The people loved you and your team

and so the day came where the Badgermoles were put up against the Fire Ferrets

you had heard about this team a lot; how they lost a member of the team, then the Avatar, actual master of the elements, filled in that empty space

it honestly took you so long to process

anyways, your team didn’t get the chance to meet the Fire Ferrets before the match; you just threw on all of your gear and made your way to the play area

you saw the Ferrets and instantly saw Avatar Korra, the only girl on the team

honestly, you couldnt see her well, but she was so pretty

anyways

the battle started and the Badgermoles got the advantage pretty quick

you took out their firebender and was working on the earthbender while the rest of team handled the Avatar

the earthbender put up a huge fight, it was so impressive

he even knocked you back a zone, but you recovered and, with a streak of luck, knocked him straight out of the field

you guys won that round

the next round didn’t go so well

the fire ferrets managed to knock all three of you guys off the platform, resulting in a win and a knock out

this meant that the entire match went to the Fire Ferrets

the other members on your team were annoyed and angry, but you weren’t phased too much

after all, Ba Sing Se treated you all extremely nicely, whether you win or not

so after the game, your team found themselves walking through the Fire Ferret’s locker room so you could leave

after your team mates walked past, you stayed behind and talked to one of the Ferrets, the Earthbender

“Hey, you were really good out there.”

you took off your helmet, just like in the movies, and he swore time slowed

he just stood there, completely frozen with his mouth agape

you raised an eyebrow at his antics and it wasn’t until Avatar Korra slapped him on the back that he came back to

“You- good- were good, uh im- im Bolin.”

you just laughed at Bolin and smiled 

“My names Y/n”

you walked up close to him, noses inches apart

“And next time, we won’t lose.”

he just gulped and nodded him head

you turned and walked out, laughing quietly to yourself

the interaction boosted your mood up exponentially

anyways timeskip to when their looking for the airbenders

you were just chilling in Ba Sing Se in the upper ring

you and your team were given super nice houses since you were the city’s pride and joys

then suddenly, you see Bolin and his brother walking around calling for someone

“Bolin? is that you?”

that boy turned around so fast

he blushed so brightly when he saw you and kinda looked at his brother for help

“well, well, what are the Fire Ferrets doing in my city? you know.. i’ve been dying for a rematch!”

you were only joking of course

you knew that their team had broken up after the year you met Bolin

not that you were keeping tabs on their team

of course

“yeah not right now, we’re looking for someone” his brother said

“oh? need some help?”

it took some time to convince Mako, the brother, but eventually you annoyed him enough to let you join

you were all walking through the upper ring looking for some kid named Kai, but you weren’t really paying attention

you maybe, kinda, might only be there so you could hang out with Bolin

from what you had heard (once again, you definitely weren’t searching for info), Bolin was an outgoing, loud guy

now he was quieter than a mouse

“So, i heard you were making movers now. What, getting tired of being a Pro-Bender?”

“Huh? No. I still play! I’m just doing this until the season starts...”

you were visibly happier after hearing that

you had thought that acting was going to be his permanent thing from now on

but still one thing plagued your mind

“And whats that princess girlfriend of yours gonna think about it? Ginger, I think her name was.”

Spirits you had done wayyyy too much research on this man

to be fair, you didn’t think you’d see him ever again

he blushed and stuttered out something about how they weren’t really dating, how it was a publicity stunt, blah blah

you weren’t really paying attention because after hearing his availability, you decided that today was the day you were gonna make a move on him

if it fails, then you don’t really have much to worry about; he lives in an entirely different city and you would only have to see him once a year

but if it succeeds; ohohohoh you’d finally get to live out your crush

the pros really outweighed the cons right now

so you guys searched for Kai for a while more

you decided that you were going to make some subtle hints toward Bolin

you let your hand brush against his a couple times, but never really looked up to see his reaction

then, you guys found Kai

he was stealing some old guy’s money by... airbending? why does this day just keep getting weirder?

so you guys chase him down an the streets and eventually follow him onto a train

unfortunately, he tricks you and sends you guys all the way to the lower ring 

you used to live here when you were younger, before you became a Pro-Bender, and it wasn’t a nice place

only now, it seemed to have gotten worse

all of you tried to find a way to get on a train back to the upper ring, but none of you had your passports or any money

if only you hadn’t left your house in such a hurry

you even tried to pull the “im a Pro-Bender!” card, but it didnt work

so you guys stayed on the streets for the day

Bolin was really trying to lighten the situation up, but it wasn’t really working 

“C’mon guys! Korra will realize that we’re gone and then come rescue us! I know it!”

she did not come

eventually, they had to find a place to sleep and no where was letting the stay for free

so they found a place in an alley and slept on the floor

yup, the dirty floor

you were not used to this

you almost wanted to stay up for the whole night to avoid sleeping on the ground, but Bolin assured her that it wasn’t as bad as it seemed

it was

“mmm here! you can use my jacket.”

he took off his jacket and laied it out on the floor neatly before gesturing for you to lay there

you hesitated for a second before sitting, not really putting up much of a fight because of how tired you were

Mako was already asleep somewhere across the alley and Bolin began gathering up some papers to use as blanket

then he found a spot somewhere away from you and started to settle down

“hey Bolin? do you maybe wanna share the jacket?”

he looked up so quickly and even the soft light from the lamp post caught his blush

“uhh sure”

and so he came over and laid halfway on the jacket so that you could take up most of it

he even offered you some of his picked up trash to use as a blanket, but you grimaced at the grossness and shook your head

you turned away from him, not wanting to be too overwhelmed by his proximity, so you didn’t notice that Bolin was staring at you

before you could completely fall asleep, a cool breeze burst threw the alley way and you began to shiver

maybe you should’ve accepted his paper

“hey Y/n you awake?”

since you were currently bouncing between consciousness, you decided not to answer

you feel him scoot closer

“okay please dont be mad at me when you wake up”

then you felt his arm cover your cold skin and warm you instantly

Spirits, he should be a firebender with how warm he was

you scooted back to meet his chest and let him envelope you

you fell asleep so quick

both of you woke up to Mako above you speaking loudly

“hey lovebirds, wake up”

since you already know of the position you were in, you didn’t really jump back with the surprise that Bolin had

“S-Sorry Y/n! You just looked so cold last night that I-” 

“its fine Bolin” you smiled at him “and thank you”

spirits he was so cute

and so you guys went on with the day, thinking about stealing food, then meeting their long lost family

it was such a nice reunion

they talked a bit about their family history, but since you felt out of place, you settled for playing with the babies on the floor

you bended little toys out of rocks and watched as some tried the same

it was so cute

meanwhile, Bolin was having a little dilemma

he and Mako had just finished having a heartfelt conversation with his Grandma and now he walks out here to see you playing with little babies and laughing with them

you were just so cute

“you know she likes you too right?”

“huh?! what- staring? im not staring.”

Mako just sighed because wow his baby brother is so dumb

“just talk to her before we leave Ba Sing Se”

and so they got their passports and left to the Upper Ring

you were so excited to go back home and sleep in a real bed

but you had one more thing to do before all of that

“So uh Bolin”

“So uh Y/n”

you guys spoke at the same time

“Oh! you can go first”

once again at the same time

“listen Y/n, I think you’re really pretty and super strong, like you could beat me up if you wanted to and i think thats really cool.” *cue your confused stare* “um anyways what I meant to say was, I think I’m about to fight the queen of Ba Sing Se and if I make it out alive, do you think we could hang out? like just us two?”

you decided to ignore some parts of what he said because umm you can only handle so many things at once

you settled for kissing his cheek and confessing too

you went back home so excited

even tho your crush was about to commit treason <3

aww the two of you are so cute I can’t

[fourthwallhateclub]

Help me

Description: Emma is with Phoenix when she is kidnapped, can Bravo set aside their emotions in time to save her, or will they be too late...

A/N: I wrote some things like this over on Ao3 under “FourthWallHateClub”, this will eventually have a second part but with my ADHD I don’t know when that will happen 🙃 please feel free to send feedback on the fix, I know it’s shit but I live for shit so 🤭

@rebelreblogs

Emma's POV

Darkness... Floating... Silence... My eyes fluttered open and started to adjust to the light... where was I? The door slammed open,

"You're awake!" Was that... was that an Afghan accent? Then it all came back to hit me like a freight train...

48 hours before hand

"Sup Dalton." I said.

"Shut it Hayes." He said pissed off.

I turned to Mac with a questioning look, "Who pissed in his coffee?"

Mac smirked, "Don't take it personally, he's not pissed with you, he's pissed with Maddie. He was on his way to a football game with one of our old delta buddies when he got the call."

"It's..." I glanced at my watch, "1300 hours?"

"We we're gonna have a few beers!" Dalton groaned.

'More than a few.' I mouthed to Mac, he just coughed to stifle his laugh.

Matty walked in, tapping the glass creating a privacy screen, and clicked a button bringing an image up on screen. "Amir-Botzwat-Asharu."

"10 of clubs..." I breathed out in disbelief.

"International arms dealer, drug trafficker-"

"and grade-A prick." Jack stated matter-of-factly.

Mac snorted, "You can say that again."

"The guys been evading Phoenix since it was OPS, us personally for years, why are we concerned about him now?" I wondered.

"What's this got to do with us, CIA took over the case, why now?" Jack asked.

"If you’d let me talk, you’d know,” Matty said sarcastically, “He recently kidnapped and murdered an American. Phoenix have had him on our radar for a while now as you’re aware but the higher ups refused to green light the op to take him out, saying CIA had it handled. That all went to hell when their undercover agent was exposed, they shot him and put a bounty on everybody CIA affiliated."She said.

"We're on their SOS list Matty, we outrank some shitty little 'bounty' list." I said.

"Regardless, you, Dalton and MacGyver leave for the Middle East at 1600 this afternoon so you arrive at night, get your affairs in order because the big men upstairs say you don't leave till the jobs is done. You'll be properly briefed on the plane, but there are more pressing issues, you guys have up to date parachute qualifications right?"

"I don't like where this is going..." Jack mused.

"Me either..." Mac agreed.

"As much as I hate agreeing with you two shmucks, me three..." I said.

"Well whether you like it or not your jumping from that plane, there's no where for it to land where you'll keep your cover. Unless you want to walk 13 miles to where you'll be staying?" She challenged.

"WE'LL JUMP!!" We said in unison.

She smirked, "That's what I thought."

"Okay... where exactly are we going in the Middle East, and where are we staying?" I asked.

"You are going to Afghanistan."

"Fucking Trashcanistan?!? You've got to be kidding." Jack screeched.

Ah Dalton and his hatred for that place... he would get along with Uncle Sonny, man has a fear of bloody everything...

"SHIT!!" I yelled.

All heads snapped to me, "What's wrong Hayes?"

"Um... where exactly would we be staying?" I asked biting my lip.

"Navy base in J-"

I laughed nervously, "Would that be in J-Bad by any chance?"

"Yes, why?" Matty asked.

"We have a little problem..." I mumbled.

"And what would that be..." She mused, raising an eyebrow.

"My uh- my family was spun-up there a few weeks ago." I said.

"What do you mean Em?" Mac asked.

"I mean my family, is Bravo team. They are currently in the Middle East, and are stationed in J-Bad for the foreseeable future. What do we do?"

"I'm assuming that they were not among the people you told about your job?" Matty asked.

"No ma'am. Mac, Dalton, Bozer and Riley are the only ones who know..." I answered.

"You arrive at night anyway, you cover your tracks and stay as hidden as possible, don't talk to anyone and stay away from the sailors. Nobody is to know what you're doing there or who you are... to them you three are Black Rose, Hunter, and Eagle." Matty said.

"Yes ma'am."

"Well... get out of here."

We didn't need to be told twice, we were running out the door and to the squad room.

"What the fuck do I do?!?" I yelled as we entered the room.

"Want a hug?" Mac asked opening his arms. I nodded and walked into him tucking myself into his figure, "You'll be ok."

Jack's POV

"Wait! Is your dad the Jason Hayes, like Bravo 1, the legend?!?" I screeched.

"Uh- yeah.." Emma said pushing away from Mac and scratching her head.

"That explains a lot..."

"What do you mean?" She was confused.

"I mean, having worked with your father, I see where you get it from."

She laughed, "You are so old."

I gasped, "You mean we are so old. Mac and I worked together in the Army."

“No. You? You're old enough to be my dad. Mac? Is old enough to be my big brother." She laughed.

"Yeah, and we'll protect you like it too." I said hugging her shoulder.

"You won't have to do anything if my family spots me. I'll be on the first plane out of there and back home, complete with a tracker and navy seal protection detail. They'll never let me out of their fucking sight." She grumbled.

"You'll be ok. Let's get ready to rak out." I said.

"You're right."

I walked into my office and grabbed my rucksack and duffel. I met them back in the main room.

"List it Hayes."

She groaned, "Why???"

I smirked, "We're acting like the older brother and dad we are."

She rolled her eyes but spoke anyway, "I made sure my camping gear, fatigues and survival gear was in my bergan, along with Guns, ammo, knife and spare phones," we looked at her weirdly, "What? I'm sick of Mac breaking my shit. Dalton and I spend way to much fucking time at the Genius Bar creating new and inventive covers to explain what Mac does as is."

Mac raised his hands, "You got me."

She smirked, "I know I do, anyway, I grabbed my go-bag, passport and fake ID's."

"What's in your go-bag." I quizzed.

"Toiletries, Clothes, Cash, Raincoat, Matches, Lighter, Laptop, Flashlight, MRE's, water purification tablets, rope, duct tape, whistle, batteries, knife, and First aid kit. Why do we keep doing this?"

"Good, and we do it because we care." Mac said kissing her head.

“Ugh! Let's go." We headed out to Mac's truck and dumped our stuff in the back. She hopped in the back and we drove to Mac's place.

"Bozer!" Mac called.

"Sup guys." He said bro hugging Mac.

"We're heading out, I need you to take care of some stuff for us." Mac asked.

"Yeah ok, let me grab some paper." He said.

We walked into the kitchen and told him what we needed, Mac didn't need to worry because he lived with Bozer, so Em went first, "My rent is due first of the month, it auto pays but I need you to check on the seventh if I have mail just in case it didn't go through. I need mail collected on the 7th, 14th 21st, and 28th. Plants need to be watered but that can be done when you grab my mail, if anything happens there is a contact sheet folded in the draw of my desk, it'll tell you who to call, in what order. You good with that?"

"All good Em." He said with a smile.

"Thanks Boz."

"Your welcome, Jack anything you need." He questioned.

"I live next to Emma so same as her just no plants to water, if you could check on my place when you water Emma's plants that would be great, and there is a contact list in the box on top of the CD rack."

"Cool, I got it."

“Thanks Boz." Mac said walking back into the room with his bag.

"It's all cool man." He said.

We walked to the door before he called out, "Be safe, I want you back in one piece."

"We'll try Boz."

~Time skip brought to you by Sonny’s Bam-Bam~

We'd been briefed and where currently in our hammocks grabbing what sleep we could before we hit the ground running.

"Drop zone is up in 35."

"Let's go kids." I commanded with a laugh.

We packed up our hammocks and pulled on our jump suits. I strapped my duffel to the bottom of my bergan and grabbed my chute. Strapping my Bergan to my back I pulled the parachute over the top. I walked over to the ramp and waited for Mac and Em to join me.

"2 minutes to the drop zone"

"Ready ladies." I yelled over.

"We're coming." Mac laughed.

We attached to the central line and clipped in, we watched as the light turned on and the ramp lowered,

"5...4...3...2...1..."

The light turned green and we jumped. My drill instructors voice went through my head. Breathing Dalton... in for 2... hold for 4... out for 3... parachute in 3, 2, 1. Pull the cord. Release the parachute. Move your body vertical. Feet pointed down. Legs slightly apart. Hit the deck in 3...2...1. Land crouched. Bend knees and run forward 20 yards. Unclip and pull.

Emma and Mac landed next to me and we packed up our chutes.

"Base is roughly 1 click 228 degrees north east." I said.

"Comms up?" Mac asked.

"Yeah they are." Matty answered.

"Good." I said. "Let's go."

We moved our bergans to our fronts and held our duffel bags. We broke out into a jog eager to get out of the heat. Arriving at the 'base' we were met with our assigned CIA handler.

"Agent Jayden Riggs." He said offering his hand.

I shook it, "I'm Eagle, this is Hunter and she's Black Rose."

"Real names?" He asked.

"That's need to know." Emma answered.

“What do you mean, I'm your handler?"

"Look Riggs, we don't like spooks ok. We work alone, off our own intel. It's important our identities remain a secret." She answered shortly, that's my Hayes.

"Alright then, let's get you set up in cabins, Black Rose, you'll be separated from the men." He said as he started walking away.

"What?" I said.

"Gender sensitivity. Men and women are separated." He said like it was obvious.

"Yeah no, she stays with us. We don't care about gender sensitivity." Mac said before I could, reel in the big brother before you get yourself in trouble Mac.

"It's protoco-"

I cut him off, "Screw protocol, Black Rose stays with us."

"Of course." He relented.

He led us to a cabin as a humvee pulled up, out climbed 6 men and a dog, all in fatigues, before I could see anything else Emma pushed us into the cabin and slammed the door shut behind us as we collapsed onto the floor.

"What was that??"

"That! Was my family." She helped us up.

Jason's POV

We were on night patrol in a neighbouring town to J-bad, we'd been out for 6 hours and it was 0300. I decided it was time to head back.

"Let's move out."

We walked back to the humvee and climbed in. We'd been driving for about 15 minutes when we saw three figures drop from the sky.

"What the hell is that?" Sonny asked.

"I'll find out." I said keying my comms, "Havoc base this is Bravo 1, we've got three parachute jumpers coming towards base."

"Copy that Bravo 1, I'll find out." Blackburn answered, a few minutes later he keyed his coms again, "Stand down, their friendlies."

"What do you mean their 'friendlies'?"

"I'll find out."

I rolled my eyes, cryptic much. We watched as they landed about 5 clicks ahead of us and packed their chutes away, then started running towards base.

"We're not far out now. We'll talk when we get in." I said.

We got to the base gate and rolled through, getting out I saw three figures standing outside a cabin glance at us before one pushed the others into the cabin and slammed the door. Weird. After we dumped our gear in the shed. We walked into the team room where Eric and Mandy were waiting.

"Who were they?" I asked.

"Apparently they work for some government agency, they're following a lead on a case." Mandy said.

"Which agency?" Brock asked.

"I don't know guys. I don't know..." Eric said.

"Why did they jump Eric? Why not just land on the airstrip?" I quizzed.

"Apparently they're meant to be discreet. Nobody was supposed to know they're here." Mandy said.

"Well they did a crap job of that." Ray said.

"Actually Ray, you guys weren't meant to be out tonight, had base been on routine nobody would have seen them come in." Eric spoke.

"Well that's creepy." Clay said.

"What do we know about these guys Mandy?" I asked.

"Two guys, one girl actually." She stated hint of amusement in her tone.

"A girl?!?" Sonny yelled.

"What? Don't think women can do the same jobs as men? Or are you just worried she's going to outshine you." Lisa interrogated.

"No but if she gets snatched we'll be the ones collecting her." He grumbled.

"So? If she's snatched it's going to be for bad intel, and unfair conditions. Not because she's a woman." Lisa challenged.

"Enough! What do we know about them?" I yelled.

"Their handler couldn't tell me much, mainly because he didn't know a great deal. However, their code names are Black-Rose, Hunter and Eagle. Their handler doesn't know their real names and I suspect that's by design." Mandy spoke.

"Ok. First off those why do those code names ring a bell, Second what do we know about the organisation they work for?" Clay asked.

"Honestly? Nothing. None of my bosses know who or what they are and the further up I went the more I was told to stop digging." Mandy said.

"So what do we do?" Trent asked.

"We stay away. We don't talk to them, not only for your safety but for theirs too. You see them walking you say nothing, although I suspect given all the trouble they went to so they weren't seen while getting here, we won't be seeing an awful lot of them." Eric mused.

"Alright then." I said clapping my hands, "We need to sleep." I turned to Eric, "I trust if you find anymore information that could be of use you'll speak to us?"

"Of course." Eric said nodding curtly before walking out of the room.

[cinder-draws-sometimes]

i KNEW this was gonna happen. i’m TELLING YOU- look. i’m... i like everything, i’m a great cool. i feel a good, but you make me angry! rememb- ...no! you remember..? the first time we met... you wa- you walk in- i’m on my shift and you come in and you got a dick slip in your... in your HEV suit. and i tried- i tried to stop you... i tried to tell you! i was stopping you i was going ‘hey’. yo dick out but you didn’t- i was tryna be nice... and then, you were talkin’ to my friend, j- jefferemm and you’re telling him like “awwww i don’t have my passport BLEUH” “MNEEUGH” but... and... he was so upset he has anger issues i was gonna protect you from him we were- I was gonna be NICE to you. remember that??? no! that’s just my job! i- I mean, if there’s a dick- if, y’know, someone’s dick out on the job i gotta stop ‘em. but like... you don’t remember? no, no! like... the first time we met. what test? LISTEN i had a whole thing- planned at the end of my shift, me and my friend... gonna go home, we were so close to clocking out, and then you show up, dick out ruining shit... and we’re- we were gonna go... home, and play... ohigot playstation THREE we’ve both got playstation plus, one month... and... i got Heavenly Sword... new game out. Heavenly Sword... is NOT a rip-off of God of War. happ- happu- uhhh Heavenly Sword was going to be the new Halo for Sony. and it was gonna be GREAT. there was gonna... Heavenly Sword was gonna have DLC where you could have 60 people in one server! throwing fraaags... ‘n shit. and you RUINED that! you RUINED that! and now i have to... go ask everyone at my job it’s embarrassing to ask for a free month of playstation plus cuz I couldn’t go home and play with my friend. YOU KNOW HOW S- how sucks that is for me??? bro?! it’s REALLY annoying! and then i have to go home, and i- i load up Youtube Yownloader to look up Heavenly Sword videos cuz I can’t DO IT because you RUINED it cuz I couldn’t go to the GameStop and get it from my friend Josh who’s the cashier. YOU WALKED IN WITH YOUR DICK OUT and ruined the whole night! My friends are here. These are the people I met online on when I had Playstation Plus. SONY CEO JACK TRETTON SURVIVED A NUCL- a nuclear bomb! SONY CEO JACK TRETTON HIRED... a Nintendo CEO Reggie and they built a big... BOMB that was gonna go off... but I saved the WORLD! so i didn’t- i didn’t have a big plan! I was ‘sposed to be nice but you forced me to be BAAAAD so i gonna be baaaad. friend.

Anyway, the audio is Your Best Nightmore by Toby Fox slowed down.

[marshmallowprotection]

Sorry to bring this topic back now, but I'm honestly glad to see you talking about the passport tequila(?) thing. I haven't read your passport post yet because I wanna avoid spoilers for the passport just in case I manage to get it one day (but it'll take a while till that happens, seeing Cheritz still isn't shipping to Finland and I still haven't got the bodypillow I ordered from them in May), but I've seen two pictures of some of its contents already. The second one a photoset of him and MC (which btw was seriously adorable and made me wanna get the passport immediately, man he's so cute) and the first one I saw was the doodle of Saeran being passed out.

My friend messaged me about it, also pretty devastated and disappointed that the artist had drawn something like that in the passport, completely forgetting his past and trauma with alcohol. Honestly, because it was the first ever thing I heard about the passport's contents and the first doodle I saw, I was really disappointed and felt hesitant about ever getting it. I went on a whole rant about it back then and then later started feeling like I overreacted a bit...

But not gonna lie, it kinda upset me too because it just seemed so OOC for him to do? You pretty much already put how I feel about it into words really well. I just don't think he'd drink alcohol, seeing that's pretty much where his trauma came from, and also when I think about the friends and mutuals I have who've had alcoholic parents and swore to never drink themselves thanks to that, and how Saeyoung doesn't wanna drink because of his mum and they share that trauma…

Then after talking about it with a few friends I began to think that hey, maybe he wanted to try it out once and already after ONE sip went "too bitter DX" and didn't want more. He likes sweet stuff anyway, even if he didn't have all the trauma, I doubt his sweet tooth would like the taste of alcohol. The first impression my friend and I got was that he was DRUNK, but nah, now he just looks like he's suffering because it was too bitter lol

But then I saw someone here mention that it might not even be an alcoholic drink (or that he passed out from the heat) and hey, I'm just gonna go ahead and headcanon that now, it was just way too bitter for him

In the end I do think that the artist who worked on that passport wasn't entirely aware of his past, which is a shame. Or just didn't think about it. I think someone told them to "make some cute and funny doodles of him" and they thought "hey drunk Saeran lol that could be funny and cute" without thinking about it more, and that's how the doodle became a thing

You’re still waiting for that? Jesus, I hope that the mail service is able to open up soon for your country and that it’s okay for them to ship things around. It’s been a while now, I would’ve thought that they might have been able to work around to get it to you! Well, precautions are precautions, and those are important when the world is like this but huh. Odd that it’s not working around yet. 

It really unsettled me when I saw it. I thought, “Okay, maybe it’s not actually just straight-up tequila or booze, I can rationalize this away as something else cause it’s really not okay to me.” I know someone said in the post that it’s on the Wiki that Saeran’s not a big fan of soda because it gives him headaches, and I know that feeling, so if one wants to think it’s soda, they can. It’s easy to say, well, it’d be possible that it’s the dry heat of the country and he’s flopped over from that after finally getting something chilled. 

It’s easier for me to rationalize it in that manner instead of saying that it’s alcohol even though it’s clearly intended to be seen as that. I’ve unfortunately got similar trauma and I see myself in the Choi boys. Do you know how rare it can be to find characters that are adults that don’t drink or aren’t invested in drinking culture as a whole? I’m fine with people enjoying their vices and doing things in moderation but—

I just cannot relate to it. I’m nearly 24 and I cannot stand even the smell of that stuff. It’s fine if you enjoy your wine or liquor or whatever, it just feels in such poor taste to draw out someone drinking that has made it very clear that they aren’t comfortable with drinking, and they shouldn’t have to explain out their trauma to have their feelings justified. The whole, “Just one sip, it won’t really hurt you,” is so toxic.

Can’t tell you how many times someone has told me that when I’ve made it very clear that I’m uncomfortable with that and I would rather chug dish soap than be subjected to booze. 

I’m proud of Saeran for how far he’s come in his AE. I sincerely am, emotionally he’s doing so much better and he’s working on himself, but I really don’t see him or his brother ever trying alcohol. There could be a point where maybe they just say, “What the hell did she even see in this? What do people even see in this stuff?” and they try one singular sip, and go: “Yeah, no, this isn’t the thing for me, no thanks.” 

I’m cool with that if that is what they choose to do. It’s their body, their trauma, and their choice. 

Saeyoung and Saeran have very clear trauma from Alcoholism. It’s made very clear from the both of them that they don’t drink. Seven notes that he’s about as straight-laced as they come when it means alcohol or smoking. Unknown can’t really be counted as a smoker, he literally used that as an excuse during the SE to contact Mint Eye. So, I’ve never read him as a smoker, either. It was a good excuse. Neither of them gets involved with addictive vices that are legal for you to use. 

I struggle with fanon content sometimes because I’ll find stories or imagines where the writer has shown Saeyoung or Saeran drinking, and I just have to nope out of that setting. It’s not cute or cheeky. I personally don’t answer any requests that involve the boys drinking because I’ve made my stance very clear on the subject and how I feel about depicting characters that do not want to drink and have made it known that they do not want to drink as drinking. The rest of the RFA? Sure, some of them drink occasionally, fairly in moderation, which is alright. 

The Passport itself is really cute, no spoilers, but that’s the only thing within its contents that made me uncomfortable. The rest of it was definitely worth what I paid for and it made me smile if that’s any comfort to you. It’s just that one little doodle that just... yeah, I think I would go with your theory on this one, and that being that the artist might not have known specifically about the brothers or what they’ve dealt with in their lives, and just went with a cute idea they had and it’s not really anything huge. 

It’s fine to drink and all, but it’s equally important to respect when someone says that they don’t want to do it. That is a personal choice, and I just wish more folks would consider Saeran and Saeyoung’s feelings on the matter since it’s been stated in the canon plenty, specifically by Saeyoung during his Routes events in the game, and you can infer from Saeran fairly easily given what he was subjected to in his life. 

TLDR; It’s fine to drink when you want to do it, and there’s nothing wrong with it in moderation; but, it’s important to respect that not everyone wants to drink or get involved with that sort of stuff. 

[loquaciousquark]

I’m not very good at keeping up with life updates. I don’t know why! I never have been!

Carol moved out August 9th, about a week extra over the original two months we’d agreed on. She got an apartment about five minutes away, which is about 40 minutes from her job. I recommended getting an apartment closer to her job to ease the commute, but she said she strongly preferred being near to her friends and the city center. (She also had the option of a $650/mo lease for a year or $1100/mo for a six month lease at this complex, and opted for the shorter lease even though she couldn’t afford the $1100. She also insisted on a two bed 1.5 bath apartment instead of a much cheaper one bed one bath, and I don’t know why. Her financial choices continue to bewilder me.)

I helped her move, because she has a number of physical disabilities and a fairly total inability to accurately predict the scope of a job like this. She insisted to me multiple times that all she was picking up from her estranged mother’s home was a few books, a desk, a chair, and a small round end table. She came back with a fifteen foot Uhaul packed top to bottom with dozens of pieces of (often very heavy) furniture, tubs upon tubs upon tubs of books (not small boxes, like 40 gallon tubs immobile with books) and a lot of...I don’t know how to describe it.

Honestly, it reminded me of a hoarder’s home from those TLC shows. She had so much stuff, and almost all of it was...garbage. Like, stained, discolored, moldy, dirty, dusty furniture and blankets and clothes that were covered in mouse droppings and bird crap. An ancient armchair that she called “antique” but was made of very cheap very damaged veneered pressed wood and whose upholstery was of an indeterminate color because of how stained it was. A “display piece” of an old suitcase she picked up in some thrift store that was locked shut with what felt like twenty pounds of bricks inside, but the outside wasn’t even attractive - just an ugly brown box with no care or craftwork that was scratched and torn and stained with mouse poop. It honestly made me uneasy to touch it, and she was putting it in her apartment to use.

I don’t know how she thought she was going to be able to get all of this stuff down the half-flight of stairs to her apartment by herself. I helped her unload for four hours before I had another obligation, then came back after that finished for another hour or two of unloading to get it in her apartment securely. It was...very tiring, but also very exhilarating to be physically closing that chapter as well as mentally. I don’t intend to do it again.

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My job (professor) started back in person on a regular basis the following week in August. We’ve now been in class for almost two months and no students that I directly interact with (my 46ish 2nd year students) have had any exposures or at risk scenarios. A small handful of 3rd and 4th years have had exposures, and I think one student actually tested positive, but none of the exposures or positive results were from our clinic or labs; they were all from community transmission (wife/husband/child/roommate caught it from somewhere else, student had to quarantine).

I have been almost draconian with my 2nd years about the thin line we’re walking in being allowed to have even our minimal, limited in-person labs, and have warned them that if we have an exposure breach in our clinic, there is zero chance they graduate on time in a few years. They seem to be taking it extremely seriously, which I like a lot. All students, staff, and faculty are given new surgical masks daily, and everyone who interacts with patients gets a new n95 mask every 10 days. We have decontamination stations throughout the building, temperature guns, digital “passports” that they have to update daily to be allowed on campus, and plenty of spray bottles with high level disinfectant for surfaces and hands. It’s honestly as safe as we can make it, and I feel we’ve hit a good balance between staying safe and getting them actually trained on real human beings.

That said, we are having more students than I’ve ever had fail exams and practicals across the board, and I honestly think it’s an artifact of the remote lectures (all lectures are remote unless specified for particular reasons, and then they only take place in distanceable classrooms, which are at max like 70% of the class). God knows I wouldn’t have learned as well at home - I’d have been on my phone or playing games and kind of half listening in the background, and if nothing else this has made me more of a proponent of mandatory attendance once it’s safe again to do so, because the drop I’m seeing is almost precipitous. Either this class is unusually full of students incapable of completing the program, or COVID’s striking again. I’m pretty sure it’s the latter.

On the other hand, we’re FINALLY making up the Injections course material that got stopped dead in spring, and the first run of it went very well last Saturday. I unequivocally resent that I have to give up an entire Saturday to do so (and will have to do so thrice more to get all the students done this semester), but it’s at least one chunk of incompletes that are now passes (and in fact, mostly As).

We just got the notification that hybrid courses will continue through spring. It’s so exhausting. We can do it safely, and we are, but it’s so hard.

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Went to get a drink last night before bed and noticed the tea was a little warm. Went to grab some ice cubes from the freezer and discovered the ice cube tray was full of water, and the chocolate ice cream in the door had melted and spread across the entire unit.

Managed to get a repair guy out this afternoon, who charged $228 to replace the ...relay overload array capacitor, or something. He showed me what it was--a little black and white box that he said was bottom of the barrel cheap from China, which I fully believe, and installed a new one then and there while I had a remote test review with a student over Zoom. I put on headphones for her privacy, but she cried several times. It’s usually a pretty rough awakening when students who never had to study in college realize how difficult this program is and the study time required to pass, let alone succeed.

Anyway, the freezer’s chucking out cold air like it was made for it, and the fridge seems to be slowly working its way back down. Had to throw out everything from the freezer (chicken, steak, ground beef, bacon, veggies, frozen meals--and some pizza rolls) and I’m not looking forward to the grocery bill it’ll take to restock the fridge either, but at least it seems to be functioning again.

I just checked; the freezer’s made six ice cubes in the last three hours. I’ve put them all in my tea to celebrate.

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Edit: just checked again and the fridge is slowly cooling off, thank goodness! Of course, I somehow managed to fall down the four stairs of the hall between here and there and bruise the royal bejeezus out of both hips and somehow the inside of my left foot, so I’m ordering in for dinner, because nuts to that.