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Hiii! I'm a relatively new reader who has fallen in love with your fics lol, could I request for some crack and funny moments with the astral express crew? (reader is a member of the express btw)
“Welcome Aboard the Disaster Express!”
Summary: Life aboard the Astral Express is full of breathtaking cosmic adventures… and absolute nonsense. As a member of the crew, you’ve long accepted that professionalism is a distant dream, and chaos is the true conductor of this train. Whether it’s March antagonizing Dan Heng, Trailblazer being an unhinged cryptid, or Sunday delivering existential monologues at 9 AM, you’ve learned to just go with the flow. At least it’s never boring.
Tags: Astral Express x Reader, Astral Express Crew Shenanigans, Crack & Humor, Found Family Vibes, Platonic Relationships, Mild Existential Crisis Courtesy (of Sunday), Dan Heng Is So Done, Trailblazer: Chaos Personified, Welt Deserves a Raise, March 7th vs. Dan Heng.
Warnings: Mild swearing, Unhinged behavior from Trailblazer (as expected), Existential rambling from Sunday, Dan Heng contemplating violence (he won’t actually do it… probably), Welt is tired. Just generally.
A/N: Awww thank you!! 🤭💖

The moment you wake up, you already know today is going to be a mess.
For one, Trailblazer is missing. Again. And if past experiences have taught you anything, it’s that their absence usually means trouble.
For two, March is running down the hall at full speed, her camera in one hand and a look of pure chaos in her eyes.
“For the love of Aeons—someone stop them!” Welt’s voice rings out, exasperated yet resigned.
You don’t even get a chance to ask what's happening before March practically tackles you, using your shoulder as a shield while snapping a picture of something—or someone—behind you.
“I got it!” she cheers, pumping a fist in victory.
You glance over your shoulder, half-expecting an eldritch horror, only to find Dan Heng standing there, looking deeply unamused. His spear is in hand, though it’s not aimed at anyone—yet.
“March,” he says in a calm, yet menacing tone, “delete that.”
“Nope,” she chirps.
“March.”
“It’s for science.”
“I will destroy that camera.”
“I have backups,” she grins.
You decide it’s best to take two steps away from the brewing conflict.
Before Dan Heng can contemplate murder, Sunday walks in, radiating his usual composed, otherworldly aura—until he sees the scene before him and sighs. His halo flickers slightly, as if even it is tired.
“Another morning of senseless conflict,” he mutters. “Truly, the cycle of strife knows no end.”
You blink at him. “It’s literally just March annoying Dan Heng again.”
“Yes,” he agrees, “but is this not a reflection of our broader struggles? A reminder that conflict is inherent even in our found families?”
There’s a moment of silence before Trailblazer suddenly emerges from inside a supply cabinet, looking completely unbothered despite the fact that they were very much not supposed to be in there.
“Good morning,” they greet, as if they weren’t just casually hiding in a cupboard like a cryptid.
Welt, who just arrived, pinches the bridge of his nose. “Why were you in there?”
“Dunno. Seemed like a good place to take a nap.”
“I—” Welt visibly restrains himself from asking more questions. “You know what? No. I don’t want to know.”
You give Trailblazer a look. “You’re an enigma.”
They smirk. “I try.”
Himeko enters with a steaming cup of coffee, looking far too elegant for someone who has to deal with this daily nonsense. “I see everyone’s already in top form this morning.”
Dan Heng sighs, still eyeing March with suspicion. “If by ‘top form,’ you mean ‘already causing unnecessary chaos,’ then yes.”
Sunday hums, thoughtful. “Perhaps the chaos itself is what keeps us together. Without it, would we still be the same?”
“…No offense,” you say, “but do you ever just say things without making them sound like the intro to an existential crisis?”
Sunday’s eyes glimmer with amusement. “Where’s the fun in that?”
Trailblazer leans over to you. “I think that’s his way of saying no.”
March, still holding her camera hostage, grins. “C’mon, guys, let’s take a group picture! This moment is totally capture-worthy!”
Dan Heng deadpans. “So you can delete photos.”
March winks. “Not happening.”
As Welt sighs, Himeko sips her coffee, Trailblazer plots their next act of mischief, and Sunday ponders the metaphysics of chaos, you realize something:
Maybe the Astral Express is absolute nonsense.
But hey, at least it’s your nonsense.
And that makes all the difference.

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He was watching the two most important people of his life interacting like they were family, no one would blame his heart for fluttering on his chest || for chalex! 🫶🏻
Alex wasn’t even sure why he was so nervous to introduce his girlfriend to George. It wasn’t that he didn’t care about George’s opinion, it was that he knew George would finally just be happy he let himself move on in a manner and that was scary. Introducing someone who indicated that Alex was finally getting over everything that happened to the person who knew him the best. Who saw everything that occurred.
“Alex-“ Charlotte said in the way she did, stretching the syllables and softening the vowels. “Does he know? Like? You told him, right?” He was so focused on how the white button up contrasted her tan from their recent vacation to her home, and the slight peak of a mark on her inner thigh, that he almost didn’t hear her.
“Oh uh-“ He was actually stuttering too, his lips pressed into a line to hide his guilty smile. “I didn’t? I mean he’s kinda a posh asshole but he’s not-he wouldn’t be judgmental! I think he would just be surprised that the kid we grew up with is now gorgeous.” He stepped close to her, brushing a strand of her hair over her shoulder to kiss her and assure her when she turned her face so he kissed his cheek.
“These distractions will not work. Phone him.” She patted his cheek and grinned at him. Perhaps that’s why he was so nervous.
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George reacted how Alex imagined he would have, gracefully and weird.
“It’s no problem to me, mate. I’m glad that she just makes you happy!” was his response, which Charlotte looked happy with, gathering her bag and sunglasses and waiting impatiently for him by the door when he hung up.
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The problem that Alex did not foresee was the fact that, despite Charlotte coming out and becoming Charlotte, and George continuing up the ranks to be an F1 driver, they still got along swimmingly and so they both slotted right into bullying the shit out of Alex and giggling together in a corner about his atrocities of clothing and haircuts.
If George wanted to see an atrocity, he should see some of Charlotte’s choices of clothing that Alex convinced her to not wear.
But at the end of it, he was watching the two most important people of his life interacting like they were family and no one could blame him if his heart was fluttering in his chest.
He was falling rapidly in love with Charlotte. When they reconnected, Alex revealed that he had a 14 year old crush on her from before they both left the sport for various reasons. That crush never left and now, he’s watching that crush grow into a full blown love, heart sickness.
Not to be too sappy on George Russell and he would never admit this to his face, but Alex had always been platonically in love with him and George took him in when his whole life fell apart and he needed someone to help him. George held him as he cried and begged the universe to make it better. George got him through to Uni and helped him actually get in.
Without George, Alex wouldn’t be where he was. Finally happy and content.
George turned to him when Charlotte went to the bathroom and said in that not casual trying to be casual voice he did “Funny how the boy you had a one off crush on when we were 14 is now the girl you’re madly in love with. She had you in a full blown panic. What’s that thing that you say? The Universe has a funny way of knowing the path we’re meant to take? I think that’s the best example I’ve ever seen.”
Alex loved him so much. Alex also hated him but George would be the one to hand him off at his wedding, he feels.
#charles leclerc#or rather#charlotte leclerc#trans fem character!#alex albon#george russell#chalex#being platonically in love is a thing btw#hope u enjoy!#jaeclerc asks
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"Marchil? I guess I can see it on Chilchuck’s end, but what about Marcille’s? What makes you think she could develop feelings for him?" I’m glad you asked!
The first thing to note is that she does think highly of him

In the page on the right, literally defending his virtues and literally comparing him to Dalclan. And oh…

She does love a brooding mysterious guy who closes himself to love. But surely, Chilchuck isn’t her type at all, right? He’s not princely or knightly at all. In apperances certainly not, both looks wise and demeanor wise, but then that’s why she seeks to know him on a deeper level, to not only look shallowly.
And hmm. Chilchuck really is quite selfless isn’t he? Always looking out for others, and saving specifically her often, always making sure himself and, staying in or even running towards danger for her sometimes. Modesty is often considered heroic…

And can we talk about that drowning one… You can definitely frame the special attention as him knowing she tends to hesitate or be clumsy, and then his insistance on pulling her out of danger that she’s the healer aka the most important to keep alive, but. From the one who says that he just keeps his ass out of fights and won’t help this is a lot of risk to take, and he does die trying to pull her to safety in the dungeon rabbits chapter. And the drowning bit??? That’s when the dungeon collapses. The only reason they DON’T die of drowning here is that the water then gives way to outside. There was NO hope of pulling her to safety here and resurrections would likely not work either, he truly preferred to die with her than try to survive himself.
Sit your ass back DOWN you are in no state, self-sacrifical hero much damn

And Marcille definitely noticed this imo, after all she loves learning all she can about him, remembering things like how he hates waiting on people too. She pays attention to him and what he does and what he says. This to say that it’s notable, whatever reason for it you may think (though we know by this point at least she was already aware he was an adult though it wasn’t internalized), out of everyone it’s Chilchuck’s bed that she wants to sleep in during the Golden Kingdom stay. He’s safe and comforting to her: dependable, the defining trait in her view of him as is shown by the relationship chart in the Adventurer’s Bible.


^ Lending handkerchiefs is a romance trope btw and handkerchiefs have irl history of being used for courting. Especially in old English literature and plays like Shakespeare’s Othello, and personally I do see a lot of Shakespeare in Dalclan (nobility political drama with some romance). There’s how his cowl is a dearly beloved souvenir from his family too, there’s a lot of aesthetic tropes you can apply to him.
All this to say you can 100% romanticize Chilchuck into a princely noble guy if you try and that’s exactly what Marcille does with the wife roleplay. She doesn’t need much in the first place, she latches onto crumbs and makes aesthetic narratives out of details, give her an inch she’ll take a mile.
But what’s interesting about the shift throughout the arc of her and his relationship is that she starts out idealizing him into a little angel of a kid (shapeshifter), and she ends it idealizing him as a virtuous husband and family man instead.
And what’s doubly interesting is that in the former, she’s actively warping who he is personality and demeanor wise to fit the aesthetic, he doesn’t have that bitter pride of not asking for help and the edges have been smoothened. But what she does during the wife roleplay is something else, she acknowledges the flaws and just… Accepts them, rolls with them. She’s aware of his flaws and implements them into the narrative, but the reason why his wife left doesn’t capitalize on them even, rather Chil is chilblivious and his wife loves him very much still, she’s just testing him after having had a night of feeling out of place at his side.
And this is what separates the idealization vs romanticization, she’s not twisting him into someone else she’s just uplifting what he is and focusing on the good sides.



Marcille: "he has a shitty personality sometimes but if he was my husband I’d still cherish him" "If I were your wife I’d be overjoyed to go out with you and would get myself prettied up while you complain about me taking a long time, your friends would tell me that I’m nice and that’d make me happy, but I’d also be sad because you wouldn’t tell me that you love me enough"
He’s angry and his wife left him, he’s *flawed*, but he’s still worth hyping up, still worth having his own romance story, still has a shot of winning back his beloved. She sees him for what he is, human and real and not a carefully scripted character that fits an aesthetic, and she thinks it’s still worthy of love and admiration and fighting for
And what’s funny too is that you might expect her to cool down on him once she learns more about him but actually she only gets increasingly into his business. You tell her your age and next thing you know you promise to introduce her to your family. Give her an inch she takes a mile. And too the thing is, Senshi is equally mysterious but she doesn’t pester him like at all, asks him ONCE about his succubus and he doesn’t even answer and that’s like… It. With Chilchuck it starts off innocently enough with her wanting to know his age, hometown, the stuff she mentions having asked pre-canon. But it just keeps and keeps going and escalating. Think she’ll be satisfied now knowing you have a wife and kids, maybe she’s disillusioned now? Wrong! She wants to know their names and ages and occupations and hey how did you propose to your wife? Do you think she’ll stop after meeting them? What’s next? What will she want to know next????

She’s… Like it’s not a reach that Marcille is all over him. Like it doesn’t mean it’s romantic but she just is. She is not normal about him idk. Can you not ask him about what tongue technique he used when first kissing his wife, give the man breathing room
Marcille could literally go "if I was Chilchuck’s wife" having deeply pondered and thought out the hypothetical and people would still ask where anyone sees any romantic potential between them. Oh wait
There’s a platonic explanation for everything (almost?) in Dungeon Meshi don’t say I’m saying otherwise, but it’s definitely not like there’s nothing here to read into lol
Going off a bit more under read bc it’s my fave topic
Marcille has a whole theme with the charming prince trope with her idealization and storybook motif and Chil is kinda the "Well someone perfect like that isn’t very realistic and romance is usually more complex and that’s ok and good and flawed people can still be ✨virtuous✨" catalyst
Do you see do you see she starts canon thinking the most romantic thing is a prince charming but her arc in the end has her romanticizing an average, flawed, real and realistic family man, who’s on the poorer side and is on the verge of divorce. And that’s what he needed, too, seeing the positive of himself and the situation instead of focusing on the negative is explicitly what inspires him to hope that he might be able to reconcile with his wife, gives him the courage and self-esteem to shoot his shot.
He IS a prince figure instead that now it’s not about idealizing the grand and overt it’s about romanticizing the small things in real life!! About finding joy and beauty in things that seem normal or mundane and uplifting them to make the world feel kinder!!!!
He’s the devoted virtuous man that she wantsss not the storybook prince that’s unrealistic and could crumble like a script at any time. He’s the perfect example of a flawed realistic but virtuous & devoted & loving man. Far from a prince charming, but not fully detached from it either. Something worth fighting for despite the flawed cracks. Like literally, flawed romance being worth fighting for is literally the finale of Chilchuck and Marcille’s arc on the matter, where their separate arcs and issues intersect at the most crucial moment.
Marcille is important to Chil’s arc not only because of her optimism, but also because of her interest and knowledge in romance & matters of the heart, and that’s what he needs to both open his heart up to hope and to try to reconcile with his wife, like idk sounds gay
Their arc together is literally learning to 1) see each other for how they are and not undermining their qualities capacities etc etc while still not leaving flaws unchecked either and 2) opening up to people. Marcille LITERALLY makes Chil open his heart up to hope like idk man. What do you want from me. He’s literally the guy helping her through deconstructing novels and fantasy and rose tinted glasses and like. Deconstructing the prince charming figure into something more real but still romantically beautiful like KUI KUI STOOOOP STOP I’M ALREADY HOOKED I’M ALREADY-
Ok fine that’s me reading into the tropes too much forgive me for being storybook brained but like. Speaking his heart out to a lone woman on a balcony, Romeo and Juliette shit, asking if she, too, doesn’t want to meet his family, madly blushing. And like she’s learned with Chilchuck it’s all in the little things, all the implications he cannot speak aloud. She does reciprocate, does blush madly back, and the first thing she does is shower him in flowers and jewelry and what in her heart is coded as romantic gifts

A lady, stashed away in a high tower by her lonesome, waiting for someone to call out to her from below… Romeo courting type shit with an offer, a heartfelt spiel, implicit confession from underneath her balcony. Offering him flowers because he succeeded in calling out to her heart…….. And they have to climb to her too…. Crazy
Doesn’t it sound like a proposal. One that’s both so storybook-like and not, contrastedly real and grounded, all about the implications rather than in your face grand gestures, "Don’t you want to meet my family?". They literally have an arc about the topic of romance and this is the climax/pinnacle of it like god?? This is @ the woman who said "Chilchuck is a shy/bashful man so I know he wouldn’t tell me he loves me, but…" btw
To quote a friend, truly the shiny secret unlockable dating sim capture target : THE DUNGEON LORD BIT WAS SO FUNNY BECAUSE HE KNEW SHE'D TAKE IT HOOK LINE AND SINKER HES THE ONE WHO GOT HER TO TURN AROUND COMPLETELY SHES LIKE. WIDE EYED FLAG RAISED???? FLAG RAISED WITH CHILCHUCK 👀👀👀‼️👀👀‼️👀
And the way that this is the culmination of their arc together… Like people are not ready for the ‘Chil calling out to dunlord Marcille on the balcony has Romeo and Juliette romance novels imagery’ take. Or the ‘their arc is about growing to see beauty even in the non-idealized, in the flawed and in the real’ take which makes it so so perfect if she were to lower her ideal from a charming elven prince to a virtuous halfling man (which she does end up romanticizing)
So there, you got to witness in real time what happens when I think about marchil for longer than 2 minutes, there are so many layers it’s a deranged rabbithole. I saw the necronomicon of subtext and it’s driving me to madness with forbidden knowledge that no one else sees
……. Like what if I told you she implicitly picked Chilchuck over a "unrealistic prince charming who’s actually disingenuous" much earlier in the story already. If she was given the choice to think through going with a guy that seems perfect and chivalrous like her succubus she’d pick Chilchuck over the other actually. If I sound insane rn tune in for my full analysis on them coming this month hopefully thank youu. Interwoven arcs of fantasy vs reality and idealization vs pessimism I love youuu



So now you know the general thesis of my planned analysis about the importance of the prince charming figure in Marcille and Chilchuck’s arc, where she romanticizes things to a sometimes worrying degree or idealize people into something easy and digestible and poetic (like Chil being a kid, and then him being a virtuous ✨✨✨husband), and how she needs to value aesthetics less and actual acts and facts more, be more grounded (like seeing people for what they are flaws and all, and accepting that people need money and not pulling through on principles of honor or unity shouldn’t get Namari shamed) and a part of that is accepting that Chilchuck is BOTH flawed and virtuous, a loving husband that still has shitty moods and fumbled his marriage so bad etc etc. So it’s like, her image of perfect prince charming that will whisk you away on an ethereal romance -> realistic flawed middle aged dad with personality issues and a failing marriage but he still is worthy of love and having his cute grand romance story and his happy ending. Ik I keep repeating the same point through this but I need it to be burned into everyone’s brains it has its grip on me I can’t do this. They are so special……
#Someone did ask (on discord) btw i’m not just being a smartass though I do love being that too#This is stuff I cover in my upcoming marcille & chil arc analysis except here I can go full romo and don’t keep the strictly platonic angle#It’s at like 15k words rn I think. The 30 pics limit is killing me which is why I started asking my friend to do collages of panels for me#Sob#I keep alternating between it and the Falin analysis save me. Should be dropping soon idk i might test out having a beta reader for that on#Marchil foreplay is 2 years of being coworkers and slowly worming personal questions out of him until he blinks and she has#a key to his house#Dungeon meshi#marchil#marcille donato#chilchuck tims#like they’re so so funny look at this shit. Nonconsensual romanticizing of you as a person. Obsessive interest in your personal life#She’s latched so hard onto the “mystery” of him they’re deranged#MAYBE ITS ALL COMPROMISES MAYBE ITS ALL SWEET INBETWEENS <3#maybe we'll take our vision of what we thought we could be and make something new together. something for just us#Fumi rambles#Maaan Marcille’s ‘idealizing him into liking him even for all his flaws bc his personality is often kinda shitty’ arc’#and Chilchuck’s ‘prejudice against elves and mages and optimism into respect and trust’ arc are everything to me#Meta#Spoilers#Dungeon meshi manga spoilers#Tagged this so late oops#It’s so funny. She’s canonically wondered how Chil would be like as a lover#No no but like do u see. Fantasy is a key part of her chrcter and arc and he’s the foil to that he’s the thing that comes challenge it
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genuinely still baffled by the "they don't need to address Mike's sexuality, all that matters is that he's in love with Will" crowd. especially when people say it who claim to care about Mike's character (when you could also just say you don't really care for that part of the show, which would be fine, no one cares about all characters/arcs)
because Surely you realize how him being gay or bi would change his entire character, right. whether he's attracted to girls or not would change the way all his actions up until now are to be interpreted. not even making a statement on his sexuality here, this is generally speaking
if he was actually attracted to El you'd have to address when and why he suddenly stopped loving El since in fiction "it just happened" isn't usually a satisfying answer to breaking a multi season couple up. Why is Will it for him? he's been acting weird for ages so when did he realize? and what made it click he fell out of love with El for good? you'd have to give some explanation for why he was able to proclaim his love for El accidentally in s3 and then fail to do it in the same season while looking uncomfortable with kissing her and so on since his pov was so majorly withheld
if he's not attracted to girls his arc in s5 needs to focus more on comphet and how dating El affected him/why he felt he couldn't break up with her/homophobic attitude in his surrounding slash Hawkins. or the idea of platonic and romantic love in general. there would be no how he got from point A(El) to point B(Will), like what the focus of a bi!Mike s5 arc would have to be on to explain what happened, but a focus on how he ended up at point A in the first place and why he was stuck there/how it affected him
and even core moments of the series would have entirely different meanings depending on if he's attracted to girls. "it's not my fault you don't like girls" being a peak example. if he's gay it's easy to explain it with projection. if he IS attracted to girls though it would read as a much more intentional (even if blurted out) act of homophobia, since it would be him pointing something out that Will genuinely does (not liking being around girls) but he himself can't relate to
and that's all just the surface level differences. Mike being attracted to girls or not being attracted to girls would give his arc an entirely different focus in s5. AS WELL as make his past actions have entirely different meanings. the idea that "it doesn't matter for his character" is so insanely wrong it's wild how many people confidently peddle it
#Mike being gay is the better writing choice imo in case some people don't know my opinion on it and the post isn't really about it#because making him bi would contradict major parts of what they already wrote and the coding they gave his character#would also be more conclusive with other themes the show already has like platonic vs romantic love#good example of a character where it's the exact opposite is Richie Tozier from the original It book btw#specifically when people try to make him gay in adaptations/fanworks which always derails his character and requires massive#changes to the way he's interpreted and things to be ignored/written out#because he was specifically BI coded in the book and not gay coded#so any gay interpretations take away from his character massively
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Hi, hello, just came here to say that I love your fic "trending in Japan". I was wondering if you had headcanons regarding Kenji or Emi or interpersonal relationships and stuff. Many hugs for you.
hi hello, thank you for the encouragement and hugs! After some thought ive realized I do in fact have some hcs about some of the character dynamics in the movie as well as just kenji himself, cause hes captivated my entire brain:
Kenji & Emi
Emi does not have teeth but she does inexplicably have a teething phase. kenji is forced to hide all his (salvaged) fancy cars in the garage bc the corvette's already been chewed to hell and his heart is gonna give out if he has to watch any more classics get wrecked
he reads her bedtime stories. A lot of aesop's fables, because theyre short and fun and hes trying to raise his monster daughter with good morals. emi goes hogwild for these but its unclear if she actually understands what hes saying; kenji's pretty sure she just likes the silly voices he uses for different characters
they go flying together! they go first thing in the morning before breakfast - it helps kenji shake off the grogginess of sleep and emi gets to stretch her wings. shes not able to go very far for very long initially, but as she grows and gets those cardio gainz she almost gets to be quicker than him. they have races and play air tag :)
while she doesnt have the vocal range to speak english herself, it becomes clear that emi does understand it well. (kenji also develops an ear for her chirping/squawks, though body language & facial expressions play a big part in communication for both of them) during her (much later) rebellious phase she'll simply pretend not to know what's being said when kenji is telling her to do something she doesn't wanna do, which frustrates him to no end
Kenji
developed a pretty massive chip on his shoulder after moving to the states. it wasn't just bitterness over his dad staying behind, though that was a part of it. this is canon but he was picked on in school for "how [he talked], how [he looked] and what [he ate]." he felt like he had something to prove to both his father and the world. he threw himself into sports - specifically baseball - and his academics, and he did so well that it forced everyone to shut up about how he was different from them and focus on how he was better than them
^ playing off this: kenji had a bonkers fucking yonkers routine when he was a kid/in highschool. he'd get up hours before school started to practice his swing, go for a ~1hr run, workout, study, etc. He'd go to school, come home, and do it all again. this is exaggerated but my point is that this kid was DETERMINED and had the discipline to see that determination through to the end
didnt have many friends because of all aforementioned things. he had acquaintances, and he was invited to parties and outings and stuff (never went), but he spent most of his free time hanging out with his mom. he never really had a "parents are so embarrassing" phase. he always liked to do anything with his mother: going to the bank, going grocery shopping, watching cheesy telenovelas till ungodly hours in the morning, etc. she was his no.1 supporter, confidant, and best friend
he played for his university's baseball team and got scouted at 19. his mom forced him to finish his bachelor's first so once he graduated with his degree in kinesiology at 21, he was drafted to the dodgers
Kenji & Ami
both of them, up until meeting each other, were totally dedicated to their career (and child) so they had basically 0 time for friends. theyre both borderline losers but theyre juuust good enough at what they do for people to admire them instead of finding them sad and lowkey pathetic
kenji is way more into the idea of being friends than ami is. hes pretty enthusiastic about it; he thinks that they have a kind of rapport, since they share a similar work ethic and are both (unbeknownst to ami) single parents. he calls her to chat abt random things. ami initially isnt superrrr into it; she thinks kenji is kinda lonely and desperate for human connection, & it isnt until her mom points out that she has not spoken to anyone outside of work-related reasons in 10+ years that shes like oh shit, i am also lonely and desperate for human connection. so she grudgingly acquires a friend. theyre both really bad at it
need to clarify that in my mind their dynamic is 95% kenji yapping about work and drama in his personal life (circumventing the 8m baby kaiju hes raising) while ami goes "mhm mhm" and takes notes until kenji notices and is like What are you doing. at which point ami is like...... right . nothing. im listening. and forces herself to put the notepad away. she has a hard time disengaging from the reporter mindset and just hearing something intriguing without turning it into an article. the other 5% are the rare moments where theyre connecting super well - ami's psychoanalyzing the hell out of whatever kenji just said and hes like what are you my therapist. over time she starts opening up to him, too, and eventually theyre comfortable enough to be having philosophical discussions over breakfast just for funsies
before kenji reveals that hes ultraman, ami thinks hes in a gang. he keeps showing up to their lunch "dates" with like bruised eyes and fractured bones and gets all shifty when she tries to ask about what happened. when she eventually confronts him about it, hes so offended that she thinks hed be involved in something like that that he tells her about being ultraman
thats about all i can think of rn, though im sure ill think of more after rotating all the characters in my head for a while. thanks again for stopping in, i appreciate the support :)
#sorry this took so ridiculously long for me to get to#i didnt have too many hcs before i sat down to think about it and i didnt wanna just talk about kenji#honestly. if im being honest. lemme be honest. i find it hard to write for and/or about emi#shes cute asf i loved her in the movie but since she is a literal baby child its difficult for me to get a grasp on her#i can only really think ahead to when she grows up and starts developing a bit more of a personality#anyway. hope this is suffices#ultraman rising#ami wakita#kenji sato#emi sato#mine#asks#anon#trending in japan#entry 2 in the TIJ tag lets goooooooo#just to be clear btw. ami & kenji is a platonic thing to me#not that i hate the idea of them together i just dont feel like they have that sort of chemistry#and anyway (i talked abt this in the notes on TIJ ch.3 but) i lowkey hc kenji as aroace so it doesnt gel w my personal interpretation of hi#but take it as romantic if u want i really dc. theyre silly together in any way
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Me: I joke about writing the same McCoy centric story over and over again in different ways
Me: and like. I love doing it and imma keep doing it because it makes me happy.
Me: but also. I do sometimes wonder if it's like. A little Much.
Me: like maybe I should branch out or something
Me: [reads another fundamental and extremely insulting misread of McCoy's character by someone who is clearly making a Choice to cast McCoy as the villain, because they have to get him out of the way of spirk, because they're too???? idk immature??? to realize that even when you're in a relationship with one person, other ppl can and SHOULD still be important to you]
Me: lmao I hope I AM too much actually!!!! I hope it is 100% obnoxious how much I love that doctor!!!!! Time to write more versions of the same story of McCoy being forced to realize that he is loved and cared for!!!!!!
Me: I KNOW MY NICHE AND IMMA DIE IN THAT NICHE, THANKS
#mine#not putting this in the mcc*y/tr*k tags bc i am venting not trying to start 💾🐎 [discourse]#but woof. WOOF. i want you to know that if you hate the doc then sp*ck and k*rk would hate YOU#like seeing someone say they're sp*ck or jim coded and then say flagrantly absurd things about mcc*y.......u are garbage coded actually.#sp*ck and k*rk would literally never#i will never understand how so many ppl can ship mcc*y’s besties and then???? hate on mcc*y?????????#i block LIBERALLY so i have a lot of b*nes haters blocked already tbf#i just stumble across one in the wild sometimes alas#that mindset btw is how that counseling fic came about lmao - we were talking about how if sp*rk dated they'd still drag mcc*y EVERYWHERE#romantic or platonic he is THEIRS just like they're HIS. it's a triumvir*te my guy#any two of them hook up they're still making the third stay at their side 24/7 lolllllll#how can you claim to love sp*ck and k*rk and so fundamentally misunderstand them and their relationship with b*nes#genuinely tragique#you are missing out on so much fun#we are not watching the same show lmao <3 leave my doctor alone <3 leave his bfs alone too <3#me: i should let things go / sp*ck: have you instead considered being a petty bitch / me: what / sp*ck: they can get fucked and die mad 🖖#me: ur so right sp*ck / sp*ck: i usually am#guess who literally just found out that if the word is contained w/in a longer tag it now shows up if you search that word!!!!!#that change very well may not be recent but i just found out!!!! anyway. asterisks added.#i give up. tumblr keeps putting this in the fucjing tags. hellsite (full of hatred)#eta: didn't think to make this non-rebloggable earlier but now it is lmao. it's just a vent post y'all <3
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Thinking about the protective way Clara tells Fleet not to go into DeVries' dangerous-looking training set-up, and about how when Septimus mentions Fleet's friend Fleet's immediate assumption is that he must mean Clara, and about "This is Miss Clara Entwhistle, my partner - in business, my business partner." / "I'm also his friend, but he doesn't like to say it.", and about how Fleet rarely smiles but he smiles to himself at Clara having a good idea (and Clara notices the change in his expression), and about how Clara is trying to work out Fleet's birthday through a process of elimination, and about how Fleet tries twice to shut down the conversation with Frances Byrne that's making Clara uncomfortable, and about how panicked and angry he sounds after realising she's been poisoned...
#Victoriocity#Victoriocity spoilers#The nice thing about this season (and about the book) is that - although we don't know the exact time skip between seasons -#we're now getting to see their dynamic after they've known each other#(and worked together) for longer than a couple of weeks#I love how quickly they are ride or die in s1#but I love that there's more history there now. a more developed bond#You can hear it in little things#like how Fleet knows before she does it#that Clara is going to ask a person who is going to jail thanks to them#to recommend their PI business#the way he says 'Clara no...'#but then gets on board with it#Oh also I like to think that moment in S3E4 isn't the first time Fleet has smiled to himself at Clara doing something smart#but usually he does it while Clara isn't watching#This is all platonic to me btw#I'm open to being contradicted by the source material#but for now that's important to me#They are friends <3 even if he doesn't like to say it#Clara Entwhistle#Archibald Fleet#Inspector Fleet
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Ignore all logistical considerations of "would they ever meet each other under these circumstances". If you don't think Jules Bashir would have chosen to join Starfleet, imagine he is on the station for some other reason, or they meet in some other location.
I wanted to make this poll because I've seen various fics where Garak reassures Julian that far from being upset over him being augmented, Garak is grateful for it, either explicitly because (he thinks) they wouldn't be able to have their usual conversations if it weren't for the augmentations, or simply because he likes Julian "just the way he is" and wouldn't want him to be "different". I disagree that Garak would think like this (or at the very least, I think Julian would react negatively if he did, rather than be reassured), so I wanted to hear everyone else's thoughts.
#garashir#Star Trek: Deep Space 9#this is not just a shipping question btw so please answer whether you view them platonically/romantically/whatever!#Julian Bashir#polls#Starky's original posts#I'll admit. to me there is a very clear right and wrong answer here.#again not in terms of Garak's characterization so much as in terms of JULIAN'S.#I would be fine if Garak said this and Julian felt at least somewhat conflicted about it but I've never seen even that........#I've wanted to make this post for SO LONG but it's a very common thing in a lot of fics that I otherwise REALLY LIKE#from authors that I REALLY LOVE AND ADMIRE#and I have no idea if I'm just being completely insane and oversensitive OTL#but I just read yet another fic where Garak was like ''I have no choice but to be grateful you were genetically enhanced#because Jules would never have joined Starfleet so we never would have met.''#and I just want to yell WHY DO YOU ALL ASSUME THAT#like not even getting into assuming that Jules would be permanently significantly intellectually disabled#based on limited information about his early childhood developmental delays#but more importantly assuming he wouldn't (read: couldn't. because I KNOW that's what you mean.) end up on the station#You! Star Trek fan! Do you think people with intellectual or learning disabilities are allowed in Starfleet? Answer quickly! :)#sorry I told you I've held onto this for too long. and now I'm a deranged bitch about it :|
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Kelly and Sam are the most ‘good luck babe’ ever and in this essay I will-
#camera talks#the thing that woke Sam up from her deep grief was being asked to run away with Adam#(only good thing about Adam)#and she and Kelly planned on running away together like AUGH#they are literally in love btw#im normally a really big like there is a platonic friendship explanation to this#but genuinely I think Sam and Kelly are so so in love and they’re so sweet#sorry im posting about the mad ones to people who Absolutely do not care </33#if I keep up not having shame in having interests then maybe I’ll actually start posting about things I like more <3
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ough.... why do i have a crush on this person i think i'm going insane
geez... how did this happen.
my anxiety is all over the place but i'll enjoy the happy feelings while i can ♡
#( 💭 faun thinks )#last time i had a crush on someone it uh. did not end well. so i'm anxious#i actually dont get crushes on ppl very often#love to flirt w/ people in a silly platonic way but now..... ough...#my heart of hearts is being silly#anyway dont mind me akdjdj#i get shy talking abt these things actually....... its one thing to think ppl r cute and wonderful platonically#but romantically? ahhh......#oughhh#i am a mix of delighted and insecure bc on one hand... im kind of cool and likeable... maybe#but on the other hand... 😭 i am also just a silly guy#a bundle of anxiety tied together in a pretty lil bow to distract from The Mess#this is why i've been in boy mode lately btw...#i like a girl and my brain wants to be her boyfriend and does a switchy flippy 💔#delete later#probably#i'm being so silly rn#taking up all my thoughts....... geez
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i know me and my friends tend to joke a lot over how red is (hc) huge and how hes basically caked up and down 😭😭but that genuinely comforts me because i can hug someone and feel super warm and comfy (aka chest lol) but i mean this in the most wholesome way i promise asdkaldkadjak <3333🥺
#youll get an eepy appleshipping art one day and you'll understand where im coming from#~ rambling#~ lovemail#this is me responding to that poll btw HEAUEHUAHA my main answer is still shoulders#back then i dont hug people (out of shyness) and in my last school hugging always was immediately recognized to be /rom so i rarely hug#but when i switched schools everyone seemed to recognize platonic friendship better than the last and i remember being hugged by a taller-#classmate of mine when i greeted him a happy birthday and i was immediately surprised over two things#1) he hugged me (which again - was rare for me because of last school influence) and then 2) his hug was super... warm and#i just liked it a whole lot - and given his broad shoulders its like i was hugging a big bear HAKHSAJFHAFHJSAF so yeah thats why i like the#i wanted to experience that again so i always find myself hugging my peers (doesnt matter who. i loved the warmth) and i always get excited#i have a classmate rn who im super close to and we always hug it out and it comforts me a whole lot (while also simulating that goofy feeli#of... omg (f/o) hugging me eeek LOL SORRYA DJASSJKFHSKFJFHAHKF😭😭😭😭#thats why i always appreciate seeing red a little bigger than his actual model because i always get reminded of that moment#yea <3#red.rom
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me when i make a spreadsheet of every single bts song (from group albums) and assign each song a category based on theme/message and then calculate how many songs are in each category and what total percentage of bts songs each category makes up
#my autism levels are off the charts#fr though it was fun i actually did most of the categorizing a couple months ago i just finally got around to Calculating Stuff tonight#(while acknowledging that my categories are subjective and open to interpretation i did my best to reflect the essences of the songs)#anyway according to my calculations the top 3 categories/themes of bts songs are:#reflective/confessional at ~24%; love (romantic) at ~21%; love (general) at ~10%#that last category is for songs where the relationship to the subject is either not directly specified or is platonic#it does include some songs which are often interpreted through a romantic lens#but the lyrics don't directly reference romantic love and they could easily be applied to any type of close relationship#despite these songs commonly being known as romantic i have also seen many people talk about how#the lyrics of those songs reminded them not of a romantic partner but of a close friend or family member or even the love between bts+army#so i wanted a category for songs that acknowledge the intensity/importance of love that's not necessarily romantic#for me this whole thing really just hammered home the fact that categorizing and quantifying non-numerical data is really fucking hard#if anyone is as nerdy as i am and wants to hear more about this i will gladly provide btw im really nice#aeron.txt
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The more romantic scenes I see in media, the more I catch myself thinking, This would be even more powerful in a platonic relationship.
And then I sigh, knowing that if such displays of affection were shown between two people who didn't have romantic feelings for each other, 99% of the people watching them would assume they did anyway.
I just can't win, can I?
#in defense of platonic love#the white tree#this thought brought to you by a gay relationship in a show that made me think of steve and bucky doing exactly those things#without it being st*cky#i want to see two guys tenderly taking care of each other and being terrified of losing each other and kissing each other goodnight#without a hint of 'btw they're married/sleeping with each other'#is that too much to ask?
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BIG NANA STARTED SPEAKING IN THE INTRO TOO!! ABOUT BUILDING HER A HOUSE BEING FOR REALS??? ALRIGHT
#NANA 2 POV???? CRAZYYYYYY#ren approves the nana² platonic relationship qkdnsksnslal he doesnt give a fuck!!!! just let him get nana pregnant thats all he cares about#nana realizes this and that she didnt even want to be with ren but cant be helped to not want that...#just get your feelings off with whoever... its fine#NANA 2 IS PREGNANT???? AJDIAJDISKAISNSKS ABORT THAT THANG!!!!!!#nana being a subordimate to the demon king.... bc she is lucky while nana 2 is not..... it could be crazy#fuck i know damn well its not nobu's because fuckass takumi for sure didn't even bother pulling out i feel it in my soul#ABORT THAG THANG!!!!#takumi needs to be shot. if he comes back to bother her she should shoot him on the chest#let him survive but he needs the message#6 weeks???!!!!! oof that mf will be born with long hair#the heartbeat.... MAKE IT STOP NANA THATS NOT A BABY THATS A CLUMP OF CELLS!!!! DOCTOR GET IT RIGHT!!! I KNOW ITS 2001#also will they do 9/11 or not... its close....#nana 2 got big nana asking about maternal instinct.... IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND!! GET HER ON THE PILL!!#nana 2 going hard love mother on shin... that i can approve#FRANKYS VOICE!!!! AND NAMI WAS NANAS BIG SISTER BTW!!!#Arguing with my mom after the nanas talk about mother instinct and having children this is so oi theme so inmersive#FUCKING TAKUMI!!! LEAVE HER ALONE GET ANOTHER JOB!!!!#THE EVIL MUSIC WHEN HE REALIZES IST NOBU OMG NANA SHOOT HIM!!! DEFEND YOUR MAN THIS ONE IS VIOLENT!!!#OMG WHAT IS HE DOING THIS VULE MAN!!!!#NANA DONT BELIEVE HIM HES A FUCKING LIAR!!!! BIG NANA GO DEFEND HER HONOR!!!! GET A GUN!!!!!#i watch this while i eat and it makes me not want to take a nap this is crazy it gets me up and running... it's my espresso#or whatever andrew garfield said about emma stone you know#god but the whole pregnancy thing while shins parentage status gets revealed is so fucking good...shin once again there for thematic support#he can do anything man... he was there for the love and lust thing... now the pregnancy... and he is only 15#can i be honest if things were good and nice that child would be raised by everyone in there in a house with a garden built by big nana#but the thought of it being takumi's would keep hachi everyone awake at night akdnakanla#SEE HOW NOBU WEARS PROTECTION EVERY TIME!!!!!! I TOLD YOU!!!! OH NANA....... KILL THIS MAN!!!! NANA GET A GUN!!!! IM TEARING UP AKDBAKMS#watching nana#someone shoot this man PLEASEEEE nobu nana nana 2... YASU WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!!! PLEASEEEE JUNKO COME BACK AND SHOOT HIM!!!
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My COD OC, Betty Price
ngl, i am very nervous about posting this because i've never really shared any of my oc's before and probably some lingering cringe from my younger years.
Here's some basics tho:
Betty is two years older than John and they met shortly after he turned 18 and they got married within a year.
Betty is aro/ace and Price is gay. Their marriage is a lavender marriage and they both openly acknowledge this to each other
She's mostly a house wife but she has dabbled with selling some of her crafts
While She and John have discussed having children, especially when they were younger but they agreed that they didn't want do it
Betty does cook and send food over to the 141 via care packages when possible
All of the 141 have an open invitation to come over to the Price house and join her for a cuppa
Betty does enjoy a good English cuppa, but she does also put on a Gongfu style tea ceremony (she's of chinese decent)
At one point, John taught her some basic self defense and gun safety and prays that she'll never actually need to use it.
Betty does her best to stay a point of normalcy for everyone
#cod oc#Price is in love with nik btw#but both of them know that being together would mean sacrificing things that neither are willing to#betty and john do love each other platonically#he complains about his muppets to her#she rants about noisy army wives#idk if military culture is similar in the uk as it is in the us#but i've heard some crazy story
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I really love your headcannons! Thanks for them! what do you think it's like to cuddle with a fellowship and how tactile they are in general, I would be grateful if it was in a romantic way, but if it's not difficult (if possible, then Gandalf should be too)
Cuddling with the fellowship
Aragorn:
-He often has his hands on you in some way
-Either in your shoulder, waist, back, or holding your hand
-But he isn’t the biggest cuddler despite being a touchy guy
-I think he worries he won’t be able to get up fast enough to protect you
-However he does sleep best when you are wrapped up in his arms
-He likes to lay his head in your lap
-Or with your head on his chest
-He subconsciously gives little massages while cuddling
-Does the thumb rub thing
Legolas:
-Once he figures out cuddling and physical affection he will always initiate it
-He will always come up and hug you from behind
-He finds comfort in it that he didn’t expect since elves aren’t really physically affectionate
-He likes to be big spoon and will hold your hand while you are wrapped safely in his arms
-He burrows his face into your hair or between your shoulder blades
-Sometimes he so close that he snores because his nose is pressed against your back (listen Ik elves don’t really sleep or whatever but let me have this)
-He will give you top of the head kisses randomly while you lay on his chest
-Just in general he does this; walking past you, you get a head kiss
-Pippin asks for one too; he says he feels left out
Gimli:
-Big time cuddler
-Dwarves are pretty big on physical touch
-Maybe cuddling isn’t necessary seen as platonic to dwarves; but wanting to be close in general can be
-However with a significant other this man is the biggest teddy bear
-He likes to face you when cuddling so he can see your pretty face
-Your very own personal heater/fur blanket
-Side note but maybe this is why Legolas likes him so much. I mean Legolas is kinda cat like and cats gravitate towards the warmest people to lay on
-Anyway
-He gets “grumpy” if you won’t cuddle with him
-Will pout until you give in despite being absolutely covered in dirt and you wanted to shower first
Boromir:
-He’s a little awkward about physical touch at first
-He’s a bit touch starved
-I can’t help but picture him as Arthur from the show Merlin in this scene
-It’s not so much that he doesn’t understand gentle physical touch; he is a gentle man; but he doesn’t experience it much so it’s a little foreign to him
-But once he is comfortable with you he will branch out and try initiating cuddles
-Will copy the way you initiate cuddles or any physical touch
-This man is lovely to cuddle btw
-You always feel very safe with him and he makes for a good pillow
-I headcanon that he has great tits; perfect chest to bury your face in
-He also talks a lot while cuddling; like he is just so happy to be with you that his giddiness comes out in random rambles
Frodo:
-He’s a nuzzler
-He does the little head rub on whatever he is using as a pillow when he first settles down
-Kinda like a dog spinning in circles before laying down
-If you fall asleep cuddled up just know that you will not wake up that way
-Someone is on the floor or you’ve swapped sides of the bed
-It looks like you guys were catapulted into the bed and that’s just how you landed
-Nose kisses
Sam:
-He loves to have “cuddle talks”
-Telling you about his day while you fiddle with his hair
-He’s a very intimate cuddler; likes to look into your eyes and profess his love as if it’s the first time even though he just did it yesterday too
-Not big on PDA though
-Cuddles are personal and private
-He’s not embarrassed or anything; it just feels like something too intimate for public eyes
Merry:
-He likes cuddling but in moderation
-I imagine he could get a bit claustrophobic
-Not that he doesn’t enjoy your cuddles; he just gets overwhelmed with smothering ones sometimes
-Doesn’t like being little spoon for this reason (same tho)
-I think one of his favorite positions to cuddle is with one of you sitting with your back against the others chest
-He does not care if he can’t see past you, he’s your backrest and he takes that job very seriously
Pippin:
-The biggest cuddle bug
-He is always touching someone; bumping shoulders, invading personal space, etc
-He finds comfort in being close to others and he’s not afraid to let it be known
-Spontaneous cuddle attacks
-Lots of giggles and nose boops
-If you are in bed he will “Dutch oven” you
-Gross ik
-However when his energy is worn for the day and he has gotten his playful cuddles out of the way he is the perfect teddy bear
-I mean seriously hobbits are the perfect little spoon size
-In those moments he does just enjoy the quiet and listening to your breathing as you fall asleep
Gandalf:
-Not big on cuddling
-More of the type to sit/lay where you are touching in some way but not engulfed with each other
-Maybe sitting across from eachother with your legs intertwined
-He does give the best hugs though
#lord of the rings#lotr#lotr headcanons#lotr preferences#legolas#lotr fellowship#aragorn#frodo baggins#boromir#meriadoc brandybuck#peregrin took#merry and pippin#samwise gamgee#gandalf the grey#gandalf#gimli#lotr x reader#legolas x reader#aragorn x reader#frodo x reader#gimli x reader#pippin x reader#merry x reader#Samwise x reader#Gandalf x reader#boromir x reader#the lord of the rings#the fellowship of the ring#the fellowship x reader
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