#before you call me weird: faie

[microcosmtoxin]

no one will ever win an argument against me saying dolphins tattoo reveal is not the best bit of hivemind x zach and wahlid show. can i smoke in here, i didnt have mac and cheese and whatever else is in there are good bits but nothing is funnier to me than the dolphin tattoo reveal. here it is in bullet points

riley fully prepared to do the ranking and not mention it before stopping himself and realizing the comedic potential

instead of just running the bit, asking graydon if he should before just lifting up his shirt to reveal a massive dolphin tattoo on his stomach

important context: in almost all outfits he wears, riley has no visible tattoos

wahlid going: oh shit! what the fuck as zack drops the mic and is stunned

"so i've got this- what the FUCK"

riley going :3 with his hand out while graydon goes "he really likes dolphins!"

"im a big lisa frank fan" like this is a normal thing to say

riley and graydon saying "wet goddess" at the same time

then leading into a summary of wet goddess, a horrifying and disturbing story

while wahlid tries to get back on the rails

you're gonna learn!

graydon having other dolphin deviant lore

honorable metntion: vortex pussy

[postapocalyptic-cryptic]

“Can you just leave me alone? Can I have that at least?” - Faie :>

HIII Terra sorry this is so late omg

Penchant comes to find him after the third? fourth? day. Whichever it is, Faie hasn’t eaten since he finished the box of crackers by the nightstand and he’s only got two water bottles left in the pack at the foot of the bed. He smells bad. He’s not sure when last he brushed his teeth. The nurse hasn’t been forcing him to do any of that, just to sit up and take his meds and at least let her put the crackers and water within arm’s reach. She doesn’t seem too good at her job. Maybe she just doesn’t care.  

“Fuck off,” Faie tells the knocking at the door. 

The knocking does not fuck off. It stays right there, echoing through the whole room because this room is all Faie has to his name, besides the bathroom. Recovery rooms tend to be small. Not enough room in in-patient care to give everyone a big place. His bathroom is big, though. Easy to get around even with the crutches. 

Where are the crutches? Could he even get out of bed if he wanted to?

The knocking comes again. “Faie? You up?” 

“Are you deaf?” No, stupid, that’s you. “I said, ‘fuck off.’” 

“I have a key,” Penchant calls. “I don’t want to barge in, but I will if I have to.” 

Faie rolls over onto his front and buries his face in the pillow. It smells weird, like hair and antiseptic. If Penchant wants in, he’s going to have to compromise his fragile fucking morals to do it. 

He thinks he drifts off again before Penchant finally unlocks the door. When next the call comes, it’s from right overtop of him, and Faie almost screams at the gentle, “Faie?” 

He growls into the pillow and it just makes him start coughing again. His chest’s gotten tight since the last surgery. Maybe he’s getting sick. “Can you just leave me alone?” he rasps. “Can I have that at least?” 

For a moment, there’s silence over his head. Penchant breathes in and out. The refrigerator hums. Elsewhere on the floor, a patient screams. 

“No,” Penchant says at last. “No, you can’t.” 

Faie wants to scream. 

“I’ll give you a lot, Commander, but I won’t give you that.” 

“Why?” 

“Because I care about you.” A warm hand drops onto Faie’s shoulder. He shivers. “You’re my brother. It’s my job to annoy you. Now come on, it’s time for a shower and maybe some pancakes. I’ll order in.”

[aahsokaatano]

Cloneshipweek July 2021 Bingo

Day 18: Cadets

Pairing: Faie/Crosshair

Rated: G

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@cloneshipweek

Faie was good.

This wasn't a brag - it was a fact. He was one of Priest's cadets, and that meant that he was good. Full stop. Priest only took on cadets who had potential to be the best. Faie was one of those cadets, therefore, he was good at what he did.

So who the kriff was that in the next cubical outshooting him?

The timer buzzed and the range fell silent, small ears ringing from the noise of blasterfire.

Faie stripped his weapon quickly and quietly, leaving it neatly on the partition before poking his head around to see who was in the next stall.

It was another cadet, perhaps a cycle behind him, with silvered hair and a scowl too big for his face. He had the slim build of a CT, and Faie's eyes narrowed.

"What do you want?" the cadet snapped as soon as Faie made eye contact with him.

"Me?" Faie scoffed. "What are you doing here? This is a CC range."

The cadet's lip curled. "And?"

Who the kark did this CT think he was? 

"And you're not supposed to be here," Faie said, his own lip curling in return. "So shove off, vod'ika."

He meant it as an insult, but the CT… didn't respond to it like an insult. In fact, he seemed more bewildered by the term than anything, actually blinking in confusion and mouthing the word to himself. Did he not know what it meant? Stars, Faie knew the CTs were different, but how could he not know -

"You… think I'm a vod?"

"What kind of question is that?" Faie rolled his eyes. "Of course you're a vod - what else would you be?" he demanded impatiently. "Are you gonna leave or what?"

The CT blinked again, then abruptly grabbed his blaster and headed for the door. "I - I was done, anyways," he called over his shoulder. "Enjoy this boring range, CC."

"It's Faie."

The CT paused, halfway out the door, and looked back at him. "Crosshair."

"I don't care," Faie scowled. "Get outta here, Crosshair."

Crosshair flipped him a rude battlesign, but it looked like he was trying not to smile as the door shut behind him.

Faie shook his head.

CTs were so weird.

[bestbonnist]

Chapter 140.1

At the beginning of the chapter, Fushi doesn't want anything to do with Mizuha, saying they don't want to wear the clothes she bought them, which Tonari notices, although she decides to not follow up on it.

Tonari says she thinks of her friends (Fushi included though she doesn't state it directly) as her property, revealing the similarities she's seen between herself and Hayase: who views Fushi as a possession she can own instead of their own person. Their love is fundamentally different, but Tonari does default to dictating right and wrong to the people around her instead of compromising. She relents in this situation because she doesn't want to be like Hayase, and also acknowledges that Fushi's experience isn't necessarily the same as hers (her logic is since they were friends with Kahaku despite him being one of Hayase's successors there's no reason Mizuha should be different) and gives Mizuha the benefit of the doubt.

Tonari using words like "control" and being upfront and apologizing to Fushi, as well as stepping aside to let them be with Mizuha if they so choose, draws a clear line between her actions and Mizuha's selfish ones. Fushi's last words to her before leaving in Chapter 139.2 were "don't control me," so for Tonari to back off reminds them of Mizuha again.

Tonari also accidentally reaffirms that Fushi should be trying to fulfill Mizuha/Kahaku's dream, even though she's only talking about Upa, Mia, and Uroy. Mizuha is a whole other thing. So basically, after Fushi ran out on Mizuha, Tonari finds them and tells them that they were actually right to try and fulfill her dream right when they just decided to stop doing it. Her saying these things is what prompts Fushi to get upset again.

Tonari asks Fushi to tell her what's wrong, because she cares about them, but they cut her off before she can finish, probably since her desire to understand them is reminiscent of their last conversation with Kahaku (which is a connection that they notice) and that didn't really end well. But more importantly because Fushi's also starting to realize that Tonari is in love with them, and they felt she was building up to a confession, so they stopped her with a rejection of her hand (and that connection is one Fushi is doing their level best to ignore). This is hurtful to Tonari, who can feel the divide between them but doesn't know/doesn't want to admit why. There are also some fun panels where the background subtly splits Tonari and Fushi apart:

You can see here, the buildings behind her divide them.

Fushi keeps going to Bon for "orders" the way they only followed what the Beholder told them because it was easier/safer than making complex moral decisions themselves... They did this with Mimori's knocker too, basically told Bon to make the choice instead and let them carry it out. Because the Beholder's left them without any sort of guidance. Anyways this behavior started in the Uralis and Renryrr Arcs, when Bon chose to go through the Beholder and keep important information from Fushi, therefore making the decisions for them. They associate Bon with the Beholder because of this.

Bon also says that there's value in living life for yourself and experiencing all negative emotions for yourself instead of others doing it for you, but Fushi doesn't really register this even though it's exactly what they're doing for Mizuha. From their perspective it's either them or the Left Hand, and since the knockers are bad it's their job to fix it.

Kinda weird how Izumi's knocker led with "we have stew at home." Gugu parallels... Was it eavesdropping somehow? I mean, yes, obviously it knew exactly what was going on when it found Mizuha, but are the knockers also monitoring Fushi like they thought in Chapter 138.2? Food for thought. Haha, pun.

Izumi's knocker mostly just comforts Mizuha and lets her cry on its shoulder. Says all the right things. But there's one line, where it goes "all that matters is that you like this person! That feeling is all you need!" Izumi's knocker is saying it's OK if it's not reciprocated as long as the sentiment is there, and encouraging Mizuha to continue loving Fushi instead of moving on after rejection, which I'm pretty sure means Mizuha's love for Fushi is important to the Left Hand somehow.

So instead of showing up with explosives like would be expected if Fushi plans to destroy Izumi's knocker, they make a sword. Since this accompanies the words "I'll make you drop your human act" I guess they're planning on. Um. Torturing Izumi's knocker until they get it to admit the truth in front of Mizuha. Which is really just to satisfy themselves, both to blow off steam and to prove that knockers are really the bad guys. It will traumatize Mizuha though, especially to learn that the mom she was starting to bond with was a fake after all. And Fushi lied to her about it, plus killed Izumi's knocker themselves.

This is all assuming that they're not planning on going after the Left Hand too, which will be useless because in order to make that death stick they'd have to leave Mizuha dead to prevent it from returning in her body, and even that's iffy since the Left Hand doesn't need to stick to Hayase's descendants. Fushi won't do that though, narratively speaking, because Mizuha's the deuteragonist of this arc and if she's out of commission right now, then the story loses half of its drive. Character-wise there's no way in hell Fushi would kill Mizuha and leave her dead forever, but if it was just until they figured out how to destroy the Left Hand permanently... they might be persuaded. But they would need time to convince themselves.

Final thoughts! Fushi's going to be pushing their morals regardless of the specific outcome, but to make it even worse there's a silhouette that looks like Ricard up in the air when they run into Bon, meaning Tonari's tracking them down to talk, and will see with her own two eyes that the world's not peaceful. And unlike Yuuki, she'll want all their other friends to know. The chapter's called "Acting Human (1)," so if the next one is "Acting Human (2)" then Izumi's knocker probably won't be dropping its act like Fushi hopes.

I forgot to fit this in anywhere but Tonari has also decided that the difference between her and Mizuha is that Mizuha's still a kid so she has time to change, but Tonari's stuck as a twisted adult so the only way she can support Fushi is by being mature and lenient. As the Beholder says, if the vessel changes the soul/faie does as well, so the current Tonari is best described as a combination of her adult and child selves as seen on the chapter's title page. Tonari needs to find that balance.