#beyblade will take over for may!

[ayukaze]

|| DIGIMON ADVENTURE X yoshi_mi_yoshi ||

[stormyrainyday]

listen it's like symbolic of gingka's growth as a blader and letting go of the past weighing him down hear me out im so serious

gingka had never won in the green hades stadium prior to the episode. he leaves koma village with hyoma undefeated in that ring

gingka returns to koma village defeated with his spirit shattered after losing to ryuga and revisiting the memory of his father's passing when describing it to kenta

after recovering and regaining his spirit, he and hyoma spend the day reminiscing together and end it with a battle in the stadium from their childhoods -- one final tribute to the past

battle takes place with his new friends and rivals there to witness it (they also, therefore, witness his growth). this joins the familiarity of the past with the newness of the present, and is the first step in reconciling the two so he can move on

gingka wins the battle though a combination of smarts and sheer willpower. growing up with ryo, he internalized the idea of your spirit being the only thing that determines the outcome of the match. however, with new friends (especially madoka) more focused on the actual mechanics of a battle, he wins this with a fusion of his past self and the blader he has grown into

he wins, and the stadium is destroyed. gingka subsequently leaves koma village. he is able to leave the past behind without looking back.

the thing is, hyoma represents stagnation

hyoma never leaves koma village (prior to the survival battle. gingka comments on this as they're gliding down in their parachutes.)

(not directy related but koma village being where pegasus and beyblade originate from (sort of kind of the lore is ??? i have to revisit that metal masters dialogue) makes for additional interesting symbolism. hyoma is trapped in the past because he literally lives in/is the guardian of a place that is a memorial to the origins of beyblade)

as his childhood friend, much of hyoma's dialogue revolves around being gingka's first for everything: his first friend, his first rival.

in their battle, hyoma presumably uses the same techniques to fight gingka that he always has. he says that he knows all of gingka's favorite offensive and defensive patterns while countering most of gingka's moves

but that's the thing: he knows gingka's past, but because he didn't follow gingka out of koma village, he has no knowledge of who gingka became after ryo's death. his image of gingka is someone that no longer exists

this is what leads to his defeat. gingka grew, and he didn't.

it's not a depressing story though: if anything, i believe gingka's growth inspires him, and thats why 2 episodes later he *does* leave koma village to join the survival battle, and eventually grows and amasses enough points to stand by gingka in battle bladers at the end of the season

furthermore, at the end of the battle, hyoma accepts that gingka has new rivals, and he can't be the only one forever. if he wants to continue to be in gingka's future, he has to grow with him

and me personally i just think that's very neat.

the destruction of the green hades stadium is literally symbolic of gingka and hyoma leaving their childhood behind (especially gingka choosing to move on from his hometown of koma village in search of new rivals and greater strength) but it's fine i can move on and be normal about my day

[squicky-fannish-discourse]

Contd. to this event

MASTER POST OF THIS AU

Hiromi imagined her first beyblading match to be vastly different. Probably with some other rookie in a smaller, more manageable stadium, and under less threatening circumstances.

Not against one of the strongest bladers of their generation, and Kai may kill her. And she wants to save him.

Whatever.

If... the desire to win, or love beyblading is a source of motivation for her team... then is... wanting to save people... a source of motivation?

And then she thought of the sleepless nights lately.

She thought of Grandpa, waiting for Takao to come home.

She thought of Mao crying on the phone.

This Blake ... he has control of her team.

And the flames around her grew in response to her feeling of frustration.

"Hey!" she screamed through the flames. "KAI!"

He wasn't listening, as he was getting angrier.

"KAI!"

"These disgusting flames!" he snarled. "I will extinguish them."

"What?" she asked slowly.

She looked around herself at Blue Suzaku.

Why does... her bit-beast infuriate him?

Whatever!

"Kai, I don't know if you can hear me, but you're part of our team. Takao, Myself, Max, Rei, Daichi, Kyoujyu," she called out to him. "You fought with us for BBA, against Brooklyn, against the odds—"

"SHUT UP!"

"YOU WERE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR TEAM!" she yelled.

But it doesn't matter anymore who he beat... does it? This is not him... is it? What does she really know of Kai?

He roared in anger. "SHUT UP!"

Her Suzaku and Suzaku clashed at the heart of the warehouse, as they both yelled in unison, lighting up, and blowing off the rooftop as their beyblades rammed into each other. Sparks flew. The windows blew out. The night sky was lit up with sparks. Heat and wind surrounded they yelled their attacks.

"SUZAKUUUU! FIRE ARROW!"

"SUZAKUU!" she repeated. "FIRE-ARROW!"

"STOP COPYING ME!"

They both clashed and set the entire warehouse walls on fire as Hiromi felt the bit-beast surround her with blue flames to protect her from the onslaught. Her beyblade collided into his.

For a brief second, a sliver of a second, through fire, sparks and smoke, she saw his eyes clear from that cloudiness. He stared at her. Hiromi was thrown back.

"I..." she got to her feet. She may not know everything about him. But one thing's for sure. "YOU ARE NOT A PUPPET!"

For a split second, he widened his eyes at her.

And then he clutched his head.

"SHUT UP SHUT UP!" he screamed.

"NO!" she yelled back. "IF MY VOICE ANNOYS YOU! LET IT! THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE! YOU'RE NOT A PUPPET!"

Hiromi got to her feet, ignoring her burns.

"I SWEAR WHATEVER IT TAKES, I'LL DRAG YOU AND THE OTHERS OUT OF THIS HELL, BUT STARTING WITH YOU! WE'RE GOING BACK HOME. I'M NOT GOING TO LET HIM USE YOU!"

Then she felt it. A link. Something tethering the two of them.

This... Connection. Their flames started to connect, creating a circle around them.

The fires around Kai collapsed, as he's struggling against something, the mind-control or whatever. He trashed around, as he crashed to his knees.

She tried to cross over towards him.

Then circle of flames collapsed.

His flames barred her.

"I..." she thought. "I'm not strong enough to brave Suzaku's flames... but still... I can't do nothing. He's so close."

The flames increased in intensity.

"Kai..." she held out her hand.

He had his head in his hands.

"Kai, listen to me," she said. "You're strong enough to break free of this. You're stronger than you think. I..."

He then stood up as the flames around started to coil, and they increased in ferocious intensity forming a powerful fire vortex around him.

His eyes were red again.

Hiromi stared at him with wide eyes.

"Suzaku," he said. "Burn her."

Seriously?

Hiromi stared up at the powerful vortex.

She... she can't copy this one... This... true Suzaku is too powerful. She felt her helplessness fight against her frustration.

That's when another beyblade entered the fray. "You ain't gunna do that to her, KAI!" she heard. "YOU'LL REGRET IT!"

"Wolborg! ATTACK!"

And an ice-bridge divided them protecting her from Suzaku's onslaught.

"FALBORGGG!"

"SEABORG!!"

What?

Hiromi kept her eyes trained on Kai, who glared at them, and Suzaku shattered the ice. He was struggling.

Suzaku churned within fire, as a maniacal grin overtook Kai's face, and Hiromi's heart broke.

And with one final clash, Suzaku sent their beyblades flying. The Flames covered his departure through flames and smoke, as he looked over his shoulder at her one last time.

She thought she saw someone else through the flames.

She got to her feet.

Huh?

And then she broke into a run.

"OI!" Yuriy yelled at her.

She ran through the warehouse, past the smoke and fire, and the falling beams. And out into the cold night, where she saw nothing. HIromi spun around.

"Kai?" she called out into the night. "KAI!"

The sound of the waves crashing against the shoreline met her followed by the sound of another beam falling.

.

.

.

"I dunno what to do!" Boris said. "We looked all 'round for 'im, and can't find him."

Hiromi walked up to them, past the warehouses which were on fire.

"Drat," Yuriy said. "So he's gone or something."

"I was gunna beat 'im up before he tried to beat me up!" Boris said.

Sergei nodded solemnly, and he glanced over at Hiromi.

"What do we tell Kyoujyu? Is this the girl he was worried about?"

There was... a moment there... She sighed. She's so tired.

"Oi," Yuriy called out to her. "Are you the one who Kyoujyu was worried 'bout?"

"Oi, GIRL! YOU! GIRL!" Boris said. "If we weren't gunna save ya, you'd be roasted. Where's our thanks?" He wagged his finger at her.

She blinked as she looked up.

"Oh," she said with a smile "Thanks for that."

And they stared at her awkwardly, like they didn't expect her to thank them.

"Kyoujyu sent you?" she continued. She had been talking to him on the phone when she spotted Kai around the town.

"I didn't know Takao's teammate could beyblade," Yuriy said as he squinted at her.

"I don't."

"Huh!?" Boris said. "Then whaddya doing beyblading Kai?! Are ya crazy?"

"Haha. Well he was in town... for one reason or the other... likely to finish off Brooklyn, and I ran into him on my way back."

"Oh."

"Oh okay?!?"

"GUYS!"

She spun around to see Kyoujyu.

"You guys are safe! And Kai didn't destroy you guys."

"Whaddya mean Kai can destroy us?" Boris got all up in his face.

Yuriy stared at Kyoujyu and then he pointed at Hiromi, who rubbed the back of her head with a sheepish look.

"She was beyblading him, actually."

"Huh!?" Kyoujyu asked her. "I... I thought I told you not to do that!"

"Kyoujyu," Hiromi said with a smile.

"We don't know the capabilities of... something like that?! Incomplete Suzaku. What kind of... it's so cold and weird...?!"

"Kyoujyu."

"And beyblading Kai?! Are you serious!? Do you want to die!?"

"Kyoujyu."

"I KNOW WE'RE both frustrated! But you can at least wait for Brooklyn and me?!"

He pointed at the warehouse which was still burning.

"Kyoujyu!"

"What!?"

He was fuming. The Demolition boys stared between them.

"I think..." she said with a sooty smile. "I think I almost managed to break control off Kai."

He stared at her with wide eyes.

"Wot," Yuriy asked.

[autisticlancemcclain]

One Saturday morning, as Keith and Lance descend the stairs on their way to the kitchen — as Keith practically carries a still half-asleep Lance, that is — Marcela whips towards them, points a scolding finger in their direction, and says, “I am tired of checking in on you two at night and seeing my son, sprawling over half the bed, while poor Keith clings to the edge. No more.”

Keith’s heart drops to his toes, pounding all the way down. His ears billow out and then fade slowly, like someone turned the volume down. He feels like a beyblade someone just spun and dropped onto the pavement, dizzy and sharp and sparking, trembling to a stop. For several horrifying moments he’s convinced that this may very well be it, and he’s shocked by his own surprise. He’s usually so prepared for the eventual end of someone’s affection, for the patience to run out, for the boot to kick him on the way out the door. It’s startling to realise how far he’s let his defences drop with the Esposita-McClains.

Dangerous.

But then Keith processes the entirety of her sentence, hears past “I’m tired of” and “Keith” in the same sentence. He sees her narrowed eyes and chiding finger and playful exasperation pointed at Lance’s guilty grin, not at Keith, and he realises she is exasperated by the fact that Lance takes up the whole bed every night Keith sleeps over, not that Keith sleeps over at all.

He unclenches his fist from the hem of Lance’s shirt. He’s not sure if Lance does it on purpose, but he leans farther into Keith, and the pressure helps ground him, helps him breathe again.

“I really don’t mind,” Keith mumbles. He keeps his eyes averted, unwilling to meet her knowing ones. “Lance isn’t that bad.”

Marcela snorts, ruffling his hair as she walks by to set the milk on the table. “Please, Keith. He’s a nightmare to sleep with and he knows it. He had to have those little toddler rails on the sides of his bed until he was seven years old because he kept falling off.”

Lance makes a noise of protest at the embarrassing anecdote. Keith smiles, patting his back slightly.

“He does drool.”

“And kick,” says Lance’s older sister Veronica, ducking into the kitchen to grab an apple. Rachel, his other sister, is right behind her, and she pipes up too.

“He also grinds his teeth!”

“And mutters freaky things. He said he was going to curse me once.”

“Oh, yeah, and there was the deal with the sleeping sitting up!”

“And there was —”

“Alright, girls,” Marcela interrupts, leaning over to hold down the hand Lance has clenched around a fork before he has a chance to launch breakfast at his sisters. She looks to have intervened in the nick of time, which makes Keith smile into his cereal. “Let’s not make your brother homicidal.”

Both girls leave the kitchen snickering. Lance’s face promises revenge. For their sake, Keith hopes they find a way to lock their room door, but somehow he doubts it. A part of him is intrigued about whatever scheme Lance will inevitably rope him into.

“I really am fine, though,” Keith repeats once calm has returned to the morning again. “I once had to sleep in a home that usually had more kids than beds, so Lance’s kicking is a significant improvement from a sleeping bag on the kitchen floor.”

He hadn’t meant for his comment to be upsetting. It wasn’t great, sure, but he’d had a roof over his head and food to eat, and he’d only been there for a couple days. The whole situation was funny in hindsight, hilarity inherent in the absurdity of his neon green sleeping bag next to the magnet-covered fridge, and that’s how he’d meant the comment. A joke.

But Marcela looks horrified, and Lance leans over to rest his head on Keith’s shoulder and wrap their hands together, and Keith realises he’s most definitely made a mistake.

“Kidding,” he tries anyway, but the damage is done. The determination in Marcela’s eyes becomes even more apparent, and she nods twice as if reassuring herself. Keith could kick himself.

“Be ready in twenty minutes,” she says resolutely. “We’re going out.”

———

In twenty minutes they’re in the car. Lance almost has his voice back by then, too, which is great, because Keith feels like he’s going to lose his — he’s expecting a fancy air mattress, really. At most he’s expecting to be delegated to his own space in the pull out couch or something. And even that is more than he ever thought he’d get. It’s not that he doesn’t think he deserves it, or anything like that. He knows that some of his living situations have been less than ideal, in the past few years.

But he…he’s not part of this family. He’s not supposed to be, anyway. He’s someone Lance dragged home someday, someone Lance latched onto and then everyone else seemed to follow his example. Keith knows his current foster family gets a cheque for an amount he’s too afraid to find out every month. He knows the state government pays people to home and house and feed him because no one else will. That’s how it’s been since that’s what it had to be.

He cannot understand what logic has inspired Marcela and Lance and all the Esposita-McClains, really, to home and house and feed him. He doesn’t understand.

He’s not expecting a forty minute drive to Ikea. He doesn’t understand why so much is being extended for him. He’s not expecting the determination in Marcela’s face and the way she holds Keith in one hand and Lance in the other, tightly, as if both are her children, until Lance whines and pulls himself free to come hold Keith’s other hand, as if he’s the commodity.

Keith doesn’t understand.

This is not how things are supposed to go.

This is never how things end up going. Not ever in a million years or even less.

“We should get a bunk bed!” Lance says excitedly, pulling Keith out of his thoughts and in a random direction. Marcela squeezes Keith’s hand once and lets go to allow it, stepping to the side to grab on of the boxy blue shopping carts.

Lance brightens even further when she brings over the cart, hopping onto the end of it and gesturing for Keith to do the same. Keith looks at the cart, then at Lance, then at the wheels, then at the total lack of space beside him, and imagines Marcela hitting the tiniest bump as they cram onto the little ledge and then them going flying.

He wisely chooses to walk over and grab the handlebar next to Marcela. She extends her pinky to rest next to Keith, which makes several emotions that he refuses to identify rise up in his throat.

“Let’s maybe consider our other options,” Marcela suggests as she pushes the cart farther. “You remember when we stayed over at your primo’s house when we first moved? You hit the ceiling every single morning because you could never remember that it was there. I don’t think bunk beds are for you, mijo.”

“And the toddler rail thing,” Keith adds. He’d meant it seriously — Lance has genuinely fallen a few times and Keith has had to drag him back up — but Lance huff-laughs in the way that he does when Keith teases him and he’s annoyed that he finds it funny, and Marcela straight up laughs. Keith meets Lance’s eyes and smiles to soften the unintentional dig.

“Fine,” Lance laments, dramatically leaning backwards on the rail. “We’ll just get boring normal beds I guess. Ooooou, we should get some bookshelves! Then Keith has somewhere to put all his nerd things.”

Marcela turns the shopping cart so quickly it screeches and nearly flings Lance right off, speeding towards the shelving area. Keith hurries to keep up.

“Excellent idea, Lancito. Bribing him to stay for longer. You’re so smart.”

Lance preens. Keith looks rapidly between them both, trying to find the joke, but there isn’t one. They, genuinely and truly, want to redesign Lance’s entire room to entice Keith to stay. However much it will cost, and Keith knows it will be a lot, they are doing more than what is reasonable to ensure they (not just Lance! All of them! The household!) can spend more time with Keith.

It’s baffling.

Try as he might, Keith simply cannot find a motive. He watches, gobsmacked, as Lance and Marcela hem and haw their way through the biggest furniture outlet chain in the world, comparing sturdy wooden shelving and colourful bean bag chairs and dorky spaceship themed beds, redesigning a whole room from scratch.

He startles out of his thoughts at Marcela’s beckoning, walking over to the display table she and Lance are illegally sitting at (there is a giant FOR VISUAL DISPLAY ONLY sign on it that they have ignored), half hunched over her cell and a pad of paper. “Keith, rojo, come here. We need you to sketch out the basics of Lance’s room so we know what fits. Marco is measuring the walls and everything right now. Don’t worry about anything that’s already in there, I think we’re taking it all out to paint it anyway. You like blue, right?”

Keith swallows roughly. He does like blue. He’s never painted his own room before.

“Yeah,” he manages, finally squishing down next to Lance on his chair.

Following Marco’s directions, he sketches out the foundations of the bedroom, marking the big window and weirdly narrow door and closet that Lance never uses because he has it piled full of stuff he doesn’t use but can’t bring himself to give away. The sketch is then used as a sort of map as they wander around the outlet, holding it up to various pieces of furniture and assessing how they would fit. It takes Keith some time, but after several hours of Lance’s energy and Marcela’s excitement, Keith starts to get hyped.

“Gasp!“ Lance says out loud, because he is a dork. He reaches a flapping hand over to Keith’s without looking, slapping him on the shoulder several times before finally managing to grip onto his sleeve. “Keith! Keith! Look!”

Keith squints in the direction Lance is emoting at. “A couch,” he says slowly, trying to figure out what warrants the intense excitement.

Honestly, it might be the couch. Lance got super excited about bar stools, earlier, so anything really goes.

“No no, farther!”

Keith squints harder. “The countertops?”

“Farther!”

“The…vases?”

“No! Farther!” Finally Lance gets frustrated enough to step behind Keith, gently pressing his palms to Keith’s cheeks and guiding his head in the right direction. “Now squint really hard and get excited with me.”

Keith tries. He sees grey blobs and says nothing, allowing the silence to speak for him.

“The stuffies, Keith! They’re sharks and hippos! Mama, Keith needs glasses.”

“I know,” she says at the same time that Keith says “No, I don’t.”

They stare at each other for several moments.

“As soon as you’re on the insurance,” she says levelly.

“I will feed them to a creek,” Keith promises.

He has never been this stubborn to Marcela before. He didn’t even mean to. If he had known he was going to say it he would have kept his mouth shut, but the words kind of bubbled out of him. He waits for her eyes to harden, her shoulders to square, for the annoyance to become evident at his insolence.

But she only snorts, leaning over to flick him on the forehead. “I got Marco to wear them. I got Lisa to wear them. I got my mule of a husband to wear them. If you need them, you will not out-stubborn me, toro.”

Keith shrugs. If she’s that hellbent on getting to know him, she’ll learn, he supposes.

By the time the time they break their intense eye contact, they realize that Lance has already wandered off towards the stuffed animals, and hasten to follow him (he gets lost easy). Lance is already halfway into this big bucket, digging for something specific.

“This is for you,” he says when he finally unearths himself, handing a hippo to Keith. “Smaller than the others, like you, and the fluff is a little matted but it’s softer than the others. The shark is for me because it was stuck on the hippo like I’m stuck on you.” He playfully checks Keith’s hip, giggling at his own joke, but Keith’s eyes are totally glued onto the wonky little hippo plushie in his hands. He holds it loosely, afraid of crushing it, and stares intensely at the matted fluff on the one side, the tangled mess of the little poof at the tail. He tries three times to swallow and fails each time, lump in his throat taking up too much space.

“We’re too old for stuffies,” he finally manages. He gives himself away by how tightly he holds the soft things in his hands.

Lance snorts. “Yeah, well, you’re a massive dweeb, so I think we’re fine.”

“I think they’ll be wonderful additions to your room,” Marcela says with finality, and that is that.

———

By the time they make it out of the maze that is Ikea, pack up the car, and set out on the ride home, it’s well after eight thirty. And Keith isn’t a baby, and neither is Lance, and they have a later bed time than that, but…

They’ve been walking around all day. There has been a lot of expended energy.

They’re tired.

Keith remembers being finagled into playing double-o seven with Lance in the back seat. He remembers losing. He remembers poking Lance in the cheek as he yawned just to hear him squawk.

He remembers nothing but the feeling of Lance’s warmth pressed against his, after that, and the seatbelt digging into his neck, and the numbness of his legs. Then he remembers nothing until he felt the familiar bump of the Esposita-McClain driveway, until he cracked open his eyes to see that they were home and closed them quickly again, hoping he wouldn’t be made to get up, still mostly asleep.

“Should we bother setting up the new beds?” comes a whispered voice, deeper and male.

“No, no,” comes another, higher and softer. “They can sleep together for tonight. You take Lancito. I’ll take Keith.”

He is awake enough to feel soft fingers brushing through his hair, then jostling, then heavy breathing beside his ear and the swaying of being carried. He falls fully asleep again against Marcela’s shoulder, leaning his weight onto her fully, forgetting to keep awake for the walk to their room. He stirs slightly again as he’s set down onto something soft, as he feels the familiar tug of Lance’s finger’s against the fabric of his shirt, the sound of his slow breathing.

“Goodnight, estrellitos,” comes the same whispered voice from earlier, and it’s the last thing Keith remembers before he slips away into sleep.

———

other parts in this universe: 1 2 3

[madoyarenee]

Mayblade Day 30 - “WHO KILLED KYOYA?!”

Benkei: Who killed Kyoya?!

Ryuga: I did.

Ginga: What?

Madoka: Did you just self report?

…

Kyoya: Did you actually kill me, Ryuga?! (Wasn’t paying attention to the game)

Kenta: No Kyoya, It was Madoka.

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Context:

Ginga & Co. + Ryuga has been playing Among Us for over 3 hours with proximity chat. This game, Ryuga found out who the impostor was just from Madoka at Cams getting absolutely annoyed that she wasn’t getting any work done with the Beyblades She had only gotten Two kills. When Ryuga went to go find one of the Bodies, the report got called by Benkei.

Ryuga said that he was the one who killed Kyoya. Normally the impostor would stay quiet about their kills but since it was Kyoya’s body… They instantly voted out Ryuga. (Kenta died in Electrical)

Kyoya wasn’t paying attention to who actually killed him so he asked Ryuga if he actually did kill him to which Kenta told Kyoya that it was Madoka that did it.

Ryuga was AFK… he was heading downstairs to check up on Madoka. He left his laptop on.

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That’s the scuffed idea of what I thought could happen during all this. I like to think Ryuga was living with Madoka. Why? Well Madoka is usually the mother of the group who takes care of the Beybladers. Ryuga doesn’t have a Beyblade at this point so he’s just resting up until he finds another “L-Drago” bey.

Notes:

• Only the people in this among us group + Ryusei and Tsubasa knows that Ryuga is alive.

• The Public does not know that Ryuga is alive. It may stay like that due to the gang not wanting Ryuga to get badly injured again.

• Ginga and the Gang are slowly letting others know about Ryuga’s status. They’re very likely not going to let Hikaru know. Hikaru will end up getting suspicious.

This was just a small idea. Not really related to my AUs I have in my head. This art was just something I had in my head for a week or longer now. XD

[ziggyevenstar]

🔪🎀

🎠 been ordering a lot lately sa office

🎠 my copy of babel was delivered na hehehhehe

🎠 had lunch w jerrel this week— afterwards, he bought beyblade and i bought a book: bride. it’s by ali hazelwood. she wrote love hypothesis which i love mostly bec it’s so ao3 (and it’s actually from ao3, it started out as a reylo fic). so yes i love ali hazelwood our fanfic queen, sue me

🎠 yesterday we had a work thing— bowling. after office. i was so drained so i msged jerrel and asked him if pwede sya nalang magsundo saken so i can charge. sinundo nya ko and dinala sa sm pamp which isn’t really near where we were just bec he thought i needed some fully booked and sm pamp’s the only place around here where there’s fully booked. ayun. i bought acomaf HAHAHHAA. i used to be acotar’s number 1 hater. i judged it so much that i said to myself— i have to read this shit so the next time i talk shit about it they can’t say it’s uninformed. i take it all back. acotar’s so bad that sonehow it’s good???? i don’t know what’s in it but i have to know what happens. so yes i bought acomaf and i will buy the next books. it’s so liberating allowing myself to like something that’s not a literary masterpiece that i simply enjoy.

🎠 my dad had a tantrum again today. he threw stuff and threw in some extra curse words directed to us. it got so scary with the way my sister kept talking back. it’s always scary provoking an angry man. bec my dad doesn’t think when he’s angry. bec a rational person wouldn’t throw a pair of scissors to his daughter just bec he was angry and it was the first thing he could grab. a rational person wouldn’t grab the dog’s cage (with the dog still inside) and throw it, albeit lightly. but those things didn’t happen today— those are just some of the things he did that no matter what i do or how much time passes, i could still remember every detail of. i wonder what it’s like to have a dad who doesn’t call you the devil, bolang or bugok when he’s mad. i wonder what it’s like to have a dad who doesn’t yell at you, “nagtrabaho lang kayo…”— the same trabahos that take care of the bills. or tells you “wala kang mapagmamalaki saken”. with the level with which he got mad at us (he was fuming) you’d think he was mad over some big and important issue. there’s humor in that somewhere i’m sure.

but there’s a silver lining in here, i hope, and infinitesimal as it may be compared to my dad’s tantrum, i am so moved and grateful—minutes after dad’s tantrum, i asked jerrel to pick me and my sister up from the house even though we had a one-sided tampuhan last night (ako lang nagtampo over something so small, in retrospect) and he immediately called me to say he was on his way. would u look at that

[amelikos]

Going over the visuals and information for the Mega Voltage chapter (here).

Now that Rayquaza Rising has ended, I feel like I can approach the new info about the next chapter with more clarity. Lots of visuals and interviews to go over.

First.. the opening. Not much to say about Yuzu's interview itself, but I look forward to their song. I know Yuzu from their Hunter x Hunter ending (Hyouri Ittai), which I liked a lot when I watched the anime. I look forward to the visuals of the opening first and foremost. How will Liko and the others be depicted, and how will Friede's absence be framed? I know Spinel should probably slay severely in it since he is the main threat now, but I hope the other Explorers are included too. It could be a Terastal Debut situation where some of them will not appear in the opening, but I hope it's not w

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Onto the visuals for the new Mega Voltage chapter. There are two of them, and both of them are neat.

I really like Liko's new design! Simple and fits the adventure. She looks pretty with her new hairstyle. White shorts and black shirt being an inversion from her first outfit is cool.

Roy is the one who has changed the most. He was so baby, and now he grew taller.. Truly feels like seeing a young relative grow up. I really like his new look. His jacket being a sleeveless version of Friede's is a good choice for him, shows he is taking after him in some ways. I'm very curious how Roy's voice acting will be like from now on. He is growing and maturing, so his voice will change and probably grow deeper. I look forward to his VA's take on his growth.

Dot's new design is also really cool. I like her headphones a lot. Her wearing long sleeves is reminiscent of Nanjamo, which is sweet because it shows she is still inspired by her in some ways. One of her eyes is showing, too. She is coming out of her shell more and more, etc.

Uruto... So far, I think his design feels out of place compared to everyone else in the series. He reminds me of a Beyblade character. His profile mentions that him and Roy fight a lot, but I hope it won't feel overwhelming or too running gag-ish in that sense. It's interesting that Roy will have a guy friend since his closest friends are girls, though. One aspect of Roy I like is that he is chill and lets things slide most of the time and doesn't get angry, so I hope he doesn't become the kind of guy who talks back too much w Uruto is definitely the kind of character who will have to grow on me. Not a fan of his design so far, and I don't know how he'll click with the main group and what his purpose will be, so. I can't say much at the moment. Btw, in AnimeJapan today, they showed some clips of the characters and one of Uruto's lines mentioned that he is chasing Rayquaza too, so it seems like something he has in common with Roy? How does he even know the black Rayquaza? Did he see him once?

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Now.. Roy's Lucario. Lucario is one of my favorite Pokemon, so I'm torn between my appreciation of the Pokemon itself and the fact that Lucario is pushed again, and that I don't like feeling like something related to the games is pushed on me- So I'm mixed so far. I think it's a Pokemon who fits Roy in terms of design, at least. Also funny that Terasaki Yuka voiced two Pokemon characters with Lucario (Corni in XY, and Roy).

Seems like Roy went to Kalos for one year, and probably befriended Lucario (or Riolu) during that time. I think it's a good choice that Roy grew offscreen in this way. I wouldn't want a whole arc focusing on competition or getting the mega rings, so using the timeskip to imply growth or stagnation for characters is a clever choice. They can always show a flashback later and they'll probably explain how Roy met Lucario and how the two of them bonded. While I am mixed about Lucario, as long as the bond is depicted in a convincing manner, I won't have issues with it. My only worry is that Lucario may overshadow Roy's other Pokemon. Achigator is his main partner. The secondary Pokemon need more screentime in general, so the addition of Lucario makes me worry about Taikaiden a bit too..

Curious about Mega Evolution itself.. I wonder what purpose it'll serve in the story. So far, only Roy and Uruto have Mega Rings. It'll rub me off the wrong way if only the boys get this stuff, so I wonder if they are planning to have Liko and Dot get that too. Everyone had access to Terastal, so I assume it should be the same for Mega Evolution?

Though, the issue is that they'd need Pokemon capable of Mega Evolution. The list of Pokemon who can Mega Evolve is here, btw.

Mega Voltage is probably going to last two-cours like all the previous chapters. Which means it'll start in April and end in September at most. Legends ZA is supposed to be released at the end of the year in Autumn, so I assume it'll release in November. Which means Mega Voltage will end before the game is released. I wonder if the anime will introduce new Mega Evolutions during this chapter?

I really like that Horizons keeps the teams small for the characters, and how the Pokemon fit their trainers in terms of growth and themes. Liko's Pokemon fit a magic theme. Masquernya is a magician, Tebrim will eventually become a witch Pokemon. Her team fits her development in terms of opening up/dealing with emotions etc, and I think it's really good in that way. Dot's Pokemon are a performer (Welcamo) and someone who works hard at their craft (Nakanuchan), which fits Dot perfectly.

The evolutions also coincide with the characters growth and their development.. First year had Nyahoja, second year had Nyarote and now we're heading into the third year of Horizons with Masquernya. I assume Horizons will last three years, so the evolution stages fit the length of the anime. Mibrim evolved when the second year of the anime started, and I assume she'll evolve soon, probably during this chapter or later on. Same goes for the others Pokemon. Roy's Hogator evolved at the end of chapter 3 (midway through year 2 of Horizons), and I assume he'll evolve again at the end of chapter 5. Dot's Kuwassu and Kanuchan also reached their second evolution stages during the second year of Horizons. I assume they'll reach their final stage during the third year of the series.

So basically.. The series is very intentional about the small teams and the themes around the Pokemon and the timing of their evolutions. Looking at the list of Pokemon who can Mega Evolve, I'm not sure which ones would "fit" Liko or Dot. I feel like unless it's extremely significant for the characters, I won't be convinced by new catches. Especially if it's a Pokemon who has to evolve multiple times. At this point in the series (the third year), we're too far into the story to see a "baby" Pokemon having to grow all over again, etc. The Paldea starters represent the trio's growth in that sense.

I guess we'll have to wait and see about that. It would feel uneven if only the male characters got Mega Evolution. On the other hand, I like the small teams for the characters and their thematic significance, so I don't want to see them catching more Pokemon "just because".

Also, noting that Agate, Sango and Onyx all have Pokemon capable of Mega Evolution.

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Onto the timeskip.

I always had this thought that Horizons is a series that easily lends itself to a timeskip, given the themes of legacy, passing down knowledge, generations, etc. I expected a timeskip at the end of the series itself, but a timeskip happening now makes perfect sense too. It's the logical development for the story as it is now.

The main antagonist they've faced so far, Gibeon, was someone who extended his lifespan and lived past the natural human age. It was inevitable that Lucius and Gibeon would pass on. It couldn't have been any other way. Accepting death, the natural cycle of life and passage of time and showing and emphasizing that time is passing by making the characters grow older is just the natural continuation of all these themes.

I think we'll probably get another timeskip at the end of Horizons itself, with how things are going. I feel like it's a natural conclusion to reach? Especially with how we've seen students becoming mentors, through Friede. It wouldn't surprise me if Liko and the others became guiding figures in the future, too. Now, show me the amlk union at the end of Horizons. Ohh writers, I know you want to join the two main factions of the series through Liko and Amethio so bad, I know you want to join Lucius and Gibeon's legacies through their descendents as a sign of healing so bad, I know you're itching to link the family trees on here-

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Onto the direction of the story itself. AnimeJapan had new descriptions of the Rising Volt Tacklers and the Explorers.

Friede going missing is also one of those things I find logical for the story. During the first year of Horizons (ie, chapters 1 and 2), Friede acted a safety net for the kids and protected them and they were still in the process of growing. During the second year of Horizons (chapters 3 and 4), they trained and they became able to stand alongside Friede as equals (something we've seen a lot during Rayquaza Rising). So, the third year potentially focusing on "surpassing/saving the mentor" feels natural. I wonder what happened to him, though.

Spinel being the current threat somewhat reassures me about the Explorers showing up. Spinel is very beautiful in his new look btw. Not sure what his plan is, and I like that he is still such a mystery at this point of the story.

Curious about Agate, Sango and Onyx in relation to Spinel. I wonder if their designs will be updated btw?

Very curious about Amethio too, of course. I also wonder if his design will change and how he'll look like now that a year has passed. What is he going to do now that Spinel is becoming more of a threat.. I hope he has more opportunities to cooperate with Liko in the future. It'll be interesting to see because now that Lucius and Gibeon's part of the story has been resolved, there is no need for Liko and Amethio to be at odds with each other anymore. It may be easier for them to interact in the future.

So far, they haven't shown any Explorers except Spinel. It may take time for the others to appear. We'll see about that.

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This is the first summary for Mega Voltage, btw. Seems like the Rakurium is still around somehow, so that'll be a point of focus.

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Overall, I think that's mostly it for now.

Very curious about this chapter, honestly. So far in Horizons, we knew more or less where things were going. Liko and the others were looking for the Six Heroes, tried to unravel the truth about Lucius and learned about the Explorers, and they eventually found Rakua, which seems to have been designed to be reached 2/3 into the story. These were all things we knew the characters were seeking.

Now, we're entering completely unknown territories for the last act of the story. (If we assume Horizons lasts three years.) The focus was on "finding" before and now it seems to be about "getting back/recovering what was lost".

Things are less clear than before, which is interesting but also stressful w We still don't know what Spinel's plan is. He seems to have trapped five of the Six Heroes, so at least the Six Heroes will still be relevant. Rayquaza and Zygarde too, maybe? Hamber has a Zygarde cell. And Roy needs to get closer to Rayquaza, still.

I have my worries regarding certain things, like the Mega Evolution. I hope Friede's impact on all three kids will be explored. They've shown Cap with Roy, but I want all three kids to continue Friede's legacy in their own way. I hope the story remains clearly Liko-focused and doesn't shift to male characters. Also generally curious about the Explorers/the RVT and what they'll be doing.

As long as the story remains coherent and well crafted, it'll be good.

[gazingstarsabove]

slow dancing in the dark😏

·Headcanons for the madcom peeps on how they would do in slow dance! It's up to you if you'd interpret this as romantic or planotic!!

—•Hank would definitely just stare at you in the dance floor, just standing there awkwardly, until you put a hand on his shoulder, and you guided his hands to your waist. He only moves side to side and follows your lead, but when you go and move somewhere else it's guaranteed he'd step on your foot. A little bashful, he'd just be staring into your soul behind those red goggles of his, his grip on you a little light. When you try to spin, he'll let go and just stare at you, confusedly. Will only do it once and never again

—•Sanford would be alright, though he needs a little footwork. He doesn't know where to place his hands, and he's sort of worried he'll make you uncomfortable, but it's aight. Little smile on his face as you two dance to the song, saying things that embarasses him, usually making you laugh. He'd try to spin you, but it usually ends up with him having to let go of your hand lol. He's trying! But he's atleast decent. Will only do it if he's in the mood, or if you force him to lmfao

—•Deimos is the one to willingly invite you into the dance floor, but man, believe me you'll regret it. Nonetheless, it wasn't really slow dance, it was just him dragging you all across the dance floor. Hands everywhere, and he keeps stepping on your feet. You dance in a more zigzag form, and he spins you like a damn beyblade, making you slightly dizzy. But in the end, it usually ends in a slow pace. Will do it every damn time.

—•Doc would decline your invitation, but he'll usually dance with you when there's not much people in the room. He holds you by your waist, the other hand on your hip. He only dances with you side to side, he doesn't spin you, he a little too killjoy™ for that. Will say this is a waste of time, but still continues to dance with you. He actually very much enjoys dancing with you, if he weren't just so grumpy all the time. Will only do it when his crew is in the room, or if it's just you two.

—•Tricky dancing? WOWEE!! it's more likely than you think. He doesn't know what slow dancing is, so he just sways your whole body side to side, aggressively, holding you by your underarms. He also does that thing where he lifts you up, and starts spinning you around. May or may not take over the dj to switch up the mood to something more exciting. Will always dance with you, boogy style or something "slow"

—•Jeb is very bashful, but he usually brushes it off as "I'm too much of an old man to do this type of shi", or anything to do with his age. But he will do it when you're alone, radio playing and it's only you two in the room. He's actually really sweet, removing his sunglasses to look at you properly, halo above his head serving as a little warm spotlight. His movements precise, and calculated, and doesn't mind spinning you a few times. Will only do it if you two are close, or if he thinks fondly of you.

—•Sheriff is the one to invite you, and he usually uses an excuse like "get your feet workin'", or "don't just stand there!". He's actually real good in slow dance, his hand on your waist, the other holding your hand. He would whisper sweet nothings to you, being really flirty as he dances you, even if it's platonic. He'll spin you, and does that thing where he lowers your upper body and holds you by the back, his other hand holding yours, as he bites on a rose. Dunno where he got that, romance shit!! Will do it everytime

—•Auditor urhmm. I mean gurly he'll dance with you, but urhm just make sure to wear gloves if you plan to hold his hands. He'll get all whiny about it, “And what serves the purpose of participating in this dance?”, like he be questioning everything. But he's actually really good than he lets on. He'll spin you, only once though, bc he knows how fast grunts can get motion sickness. He'll only do it if you're alone or if his agents set it up.

—•Phobos will get all giddy if you invite him, or if you planned the dance yourself. He goes on boasting about it, his ego and pride skyrocketing out of the damn tower. He doesn't mind dancing in public or private, spending time with you is enough. He'll probably get you those elevated platforms, so you two can properly face one another. He'll get you two spotlights, demanding his agents to make the mood a lot more intimate and sweet. Get ready because your dance is gonna have a lot more spinning, he's gonna make snarky remarks if you get dizzy, but he'll stop if you ask him to. Will always do it with you

[theultimatemastermind1]

Beyblade OC: Horizon Duelists!

here is lore about my Beyblade OCs, you may feel free to ask any questions about them!

elisabeth “lisa” makinde.

lisa grew up with her parents in Australia, at a very young age, she felt attracted to the world of toys and dogs, she would own a lot of toys that she would regularly play on and she enjoys looking after pets, she got a dog as a little girl.

during her time at a youth club a friend of hers brought in free Beyblades for everyone to use and elisabeth decided to play with on of the Beyblade and she enjoyed it!

She felt inspired to start her new journey with her friends, however at first she felt a bit nervous in doing so since it would mean she would be leaving her parents, but they assure her there is nothing to worry.

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rebecca “bec” bellerose

growing up as the only sibling in a wealthy family wasn’t really a nice childhood for rebecca, having to learn how to please others while fitting to her parents’a path was not her dream at all, her father is mostly doing this as he despise Beyblade after a terrible scandal, however despite doing this to keep their daughter safe, bec does not like this.

as she plays beyblade it felt like her freedom, her freedom to be herself and not everyone judge her for who she is.

however when her parents found out they had a screaming match together and it ended up with her father breaking the beyblade and grounding her.

later at night, after feeling a lot of despair she decided to pack her bags with all of her belongs and run away out of this house for good, what’s even worse is that her parents doesn’t care at all.

she does start off a bit snarky and mean to everyone but she does get better.

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wendy lee

wendy grew up with a two older siblings (a older sister and brother) and her parents, while her parents are into academics and careers, wendy’s life was way more different, it wasn’t all about learning to be the very best or about education (although she does study)

she can be out of her place or just in her mind while loving a slice of adventure and chaos, she first discovered Beyblade at a local tournament and she went there as a baby, her older brother kept it safe for her so that she can use it, when she is the right age to play.

wendy is very loyal to her team although she can be chaotic and over the top but she does have a soft side and she does try to relax in an while.

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bridget campbell

bridget may be friendly but she can be a drama queen along with some bit of sass, one of her her favourite things about hee is that she likes being in the center of attention for the audience, she makes comments that are sarcastic to boost herself up.

While she may be like this, she has a heart for her besties and would do anything to make sure that they are safe and sound.

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If there were to appear in Beyblade, I could see them appearing in g-revolution at the world tournament arc…or they could appear in the first season and return back in g-revolution with a new member

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That’s all from me for now! Take care!

[nerialter]

Some more of the Beyblade Fantasy AU, some interaction outlines between the bladers and bey spirits.

Valkyrie and Valt Aoi: Valkyrie very much cares about Valt, like how most of fanon depicts her as benevolent. But she’s also a battle hardened warrior and brings people to the afterlife when they perish in battle so she’s quite merciless, yet honorable.

She may or may not be a little unhinged by today’s standards though. Like suggesting Valt fulfill Free’s wish in the battle between him and Free in S2

Roktavor and Rantaro Kiyama: Taken straight from another incredible fic that I can now no longer read because Wattpad got blocked- Roktavor is something like an uncle to the family, watching over them. According to Roktavor, the name he has now is not his original name, and that his true form now is just a sentient piece of land. Valkyrie seems to know something about this

He cares about children, and wants to make sure they grow up well

Wyvern and Wakiya Murasaki: If Roktavor is an uncle, Wyvern is the grandma, part cat with how she is. She is also the guardian of the Murasaki’s wealth. In fact, they built her a place with plenty airspace so she can fly freely. Wyvern understands a thing or two about how the economy, and wealth in general are created, and thus urges Wakiya to try going out of his comfort zone.

Despite teasing him endlessly, Wyvern also listens to what Wakiya has to say in absence of his parents, even if most of those are complaints. Perhaps she even understands Wakiya more than Wakiya understands himself

Deathscyther and Daina Kurogami: Deathscyther is one of many psychopomps, maybe a more Western view on what Death looks like. In a bid to delay his brother’s death so he could get treatment, Daina made a contract with the psychopomp meant to take his brother’s life. Even if the price is steep, and what abilities he can gain from it is limited, Daina doesn’t mind.

Even Deathscyther finds Daina’s determination to save his brother admirable, and agreed.

Cerberus and Ken Midori/Kyle Hakim: Cerberus has 3 personalities for 3 heads, and the target of their patronage are often canids. The 2 who were blessed by them cannot be more different than another. Ken is initially a shy werewolf child they want to protect, while Kyle had potential. They would love to keep being the patron to Ghasem, but circumstances had prevented them from doing so.

Shu Kurenai: I wrote up a whole lot about him in this previous post, but completely forgot to mention he does not have a bey spirit here. The closest he got to it was when Theodore gave him a bunch of vengeful spirits squished into the form of Requiem.

Shu does wonder about who his real parent(s) are. The many fae he encountered has all commented on how he’s so different from his parent. Maybe one day

[squicky-fannish-discourse]

Sequel to this and prequel to the entire AU.

MASTER POST OF THIS AU

After Hiromi realized that it wasn't an ordinary beyblade, and she started to have strange dreams of "Incomplete Suzaku," she consulted Daitenji Kaichou.

“Daitenji-Kaichou?” “Yes, Hiromi?” “What are the results from the cops?” “Ah yes, Clearance for things from that island—yes you may see the notes. But Hiromi, we’re definitely keeping it a top secret. Please do not let anyone else know about it.” “Not even the team?” “They need clearance.” “What kind of background check would you do on them, though?” “Haha, I mean—It’s really our council deciding if you can get access. You’re a reliable girl and you probably won’t put it to any underhanded use.” “Oh! Yes."

"Can't imagine what you'd want it for though, Hiromi." From the island, they confiscated data, things that could be used against the Bladebreakers—more data on the bitbeasts. Cyber bit-beasts of other kinds. Hiromi specifically took a journal, some diagrams, some maps, and a tape recorder in an envelope, and it all belonged to a deceased researcher. The maps had notes littered all over it. See, all of this goes haywire after Brooklyn and Takao destroy the BEGA tower, and also all of the research material also gets destroyed… Except for whatever Hiromi took. PPB at some point took the cyber bitbeasts. And no one from BBA required it what was taken back from her, since now it’s no one’s business. BBA doesn’t really exist as a research facility one year after, and they are slowly rebuilding. Hiromi spent her free time painstakingly translating a russian’s scientist’s journal on the matter to Japanese.

She didn’t tell Kyoujyu or Takao or anyone, because he already told her to put this Suzaku beyblade back wherever she found it. Well, she wasn't sure how to, from the little she'd translated.

They'd be upset at her for irresponsibly using this beyblade.

Maybe... she should... tell them after all...

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Journal Entry

Should this journal fall into anyone else’s hands—consider me a dead man. Alchemy made men believe they could transmute materials to gold or find the elixir of life. You can directly "create" bit-beasts through alchemy. After all, Rasputin created Black Suzaku with his primitive understanding of alchemy and he plunged Russia into chaos. We can do the same with science and chemistry. Alchemy is, after all, the crude predecessor of modern day chemistry. In the previous place I worked was doing a project to create clones of Suzaku, because the client wanted us to create an ultimate bit-beast to capture other bit beasts, but it ultimately fell through. Client got arrested. We fled. After it, I fled—and found employment elsewhere, and I took some notes and some failed clones with me. These failed clones are created from the former Black Suzaku, after Kai Hiwatari used it and abandoned it. But he was the last person capable of handling this powerful beyblade. I’m attempting to create a new form of Suzaku using these failed clones as a base... with our understanding of science, and hopefully, this will be the bit-beast which will rival the actual Suzaku. We’ll attempt to create it from the “ashes of Black Suzaku.” This Suzaku will have the DNA of both Suzakus. Will it be stronger? The strongest? . . .

In Hiromi's dream, she takes a step forward towards the thrashing bird bit beast.

"What do you... what do you want?!" she asked, as she caught flames.

"I..." It screeched. "I just want to be whole."

She was engulfed in flames.

"I'm too weak."

And she woke up, and parts of her comforter were scorched. The beyblade glinted on her night-stand.

[kidnamedbird]

Hello all!

It's me, Kid Named Bird from Team Kid Named Bird. For clarification, I'm actually named after the team, not the other way around. I'm the lead translator and dialogue letterer for Beyblade X, or at least I was. I am heartbroken to announce our indefinite hiatus from the BeyX manga; if we do get back to it, we'd finish off all the year one content (up to the likely incoming subtitle/branding change) and all of the extras that go with it. This would leave us with a finite amount of work for us to do and a nice archival version of the beginnings of X.

To explain why we're ending our release, I'd like to say it's not because we don't want to. We'd love to continue on this project because we all really adore this manga. It's hard not to grow fond of something you've poured so much time into. I never really even planned on forming the team to translate the manga until the first chapter was about to come out. I had translated the prologue chapter as a fun side-project — I learned how to letter and translate because of it! So once some of my veteran scanlator friends and some brave newbies hopped on the project with me, I felt like we could actually take a bite out of this massive undertaking. A 36-72 page manga every month for a team of mostly employed/student volunteers is insane, especially when you consider the amount of redraws we had to do on this specific work. There were so many text overlays we had to draw over or speedlines (blech!!) we had to clean up, and usually tens of pages of them. Sometimes we had to do the work of a weekly manga series translation to get our stuff out depending on the amount of pages we did. After a while, that took a toll on our team. We can only do so many 50 pagers in a row before it completely consumes all of our free time outside of our full time work or education. I knew that as soon as we got behind by one chapter, we'd not be able to catch back up. It would just cause us too much grief and stress. I didn't want to do that to my team of unpaid volunteers, so I made the choice to throw in the towel. We were doing pretty professional work for free, and we got burnt out. We all had entire lives outside of BeyX, and I wanted my team to live them. It wasn't a decision I made lightly, or without reason. The official release is coming out soon, and if you don't mind the dub names, the previews looked pretty good! They seem to be Singapore/South East Asian exclusive for now, but I'm sure someone will snag the scans for them. Also, the anime, for the first time in Bey history, is almost exactly the same plot-wise! Previous series manga and anime have diverged wisely, but as the manga and anime have an overlapping writing staff this time, the stories hit almost all the same beats. If anything, I think the anime takes the manga's story and gives it far more breathing room and better pacing. The extra character-focus episodes have done wonders to help develop the cast further and make Bird's journey of perseverance all the more compelling. You will still get to experience the story of X in different ways, but maybe without us. If we had the time, energy, and ability to sustain our bodies, we'd still be working on this manga, I promise you that. The kind words we have gotten from our readers have meant the world to me (I tear up at them sometimes!). I hope that one day, we can return to finish off the first year of BeyX content. If we don't, then oops! Every member of our team has other projects we work on, so you can find us there. I can't tell you what those projects are for our privacy and safety, but we do them! For now, this is Team Kid Named Bird spinning out.

3! 2! 1! Let it rip with us next time, whenever that may be! Thank you so much for supporting us!

[josh0555]

This is the Beigoma Academy Beyclub Team from Beyblade Burst. The Beigoma Academy Beyclub Team is composed of 6 actors, Luis Manzano, Matteo Guidicelli, Sam Milby, DingDong Dantes, Rocco Nacino and Enchong Dee who portrayed the characters Valt Aoi, Shu Kurenai, Rantaro Kiyama, Ken Midori, Daigo Kurogami and Wakiya Murasaki. Before Beyblade Burst started airing on TV5 in 2013, Luis Manzano, Matteo Guidicelli, DingDong Dantes and Enchong Dee moved to TV5 in 2010. Eventually, Sam Milby will be taking over the voice of Rantaro Kiyama but unfortunately, He took over the voice of Naruto Uzumaki in the Naruto series in 2013. Due to this, He moved to TV5 in 2005. After Beyblade Burst God ended in May 3, 2015 on TV5, DingDong Dantes and Rocco Nacino left TV5 in 2015. Although, Sam Milby will be staying on TV5 where he will retake the voice of Naruto Uzumaki when Naruto: Shippuden starts airing on TV5 in 2015. When Beyblade Burst Sparking aired on TV5 in 2017, Rocco Nacino returned to TV5 in 2017. Luckily, Dominic Roco and his younger brother Felix Roco returned to TV5 as well. Somehow, Dominic Roco, Felix Roco and Rocco Nacino’s contracts to TV5 will expire in March 31, 2018. Sadly, DingDong Dantes wasn’t able to come back to TV5. Instead, Edgar Allan Guzman takes over the voice of Ken Midori in 2019. Luckily, Dominic Roco and Felix Roco both took over the roles of Rantaro Kiyama and his younger brother Ranjiro Kiyama. But Lance Serrano took over the voice of Ranzo Kiyama. Before the team was made, DingDong Dantes and Sam Milby were from the ABS-CBN sitcom show T.G.I.S with their friend Zoren Legaspi including Heart Evangelista, Erich Gonzales and Dimples Romana who are “The Powerpuff Girls”. But Luis Manzano and Matteo Guidicelli were from the PTV-4 sketch comedy show Ang TV when they started their acting careers as kids. Before they turned 15, They moved to ABS-CBN in 2000 and made a group with Xian Lim, Enchong Dee and DingDong Dantes which will be called “The Backstreet Boys”. Unfortunately, Luis Manzano, Xian Lim, Enchong Dee, Matteo Guidicelli and DingDong Dantes moved to GMA in 2005, but it was revealed that Luis Manzano is about to reunite with his father in The Medyo Late Night Show with Jojo A. because he moved to GMA in 2000. However, They later moved to TV5 in 2010 with Edu Manzano. But Rocco Nacino started his acting career on TV5 in 2005. DingDong Dantes was born in March 23, 1975 and was confirmed to be the eldest member of the team. He was known as “The Lucky Man” due to his good luck. Sam Milby was born in September 23, 1981. He was known as “The Ninja Rookie”. But in 2012, He became “The Ninja Master” in the finale of Juan dela Cruz. Luis Manzano was born in July 14, 1985 in Paris, France. He was known as “The Azure Superstar” but not like Arcee Muñoz who is known as “The Scarlet Superstar”. He is also known to be the best superstar in the world. He can speak in French, Filipino and English influently. Before he was "The Azure Superstar", He was known as "The Rockstar" because he dyed his hair red just like Arcee Muñoz. Somehow, He dyed his hair blue when he moved to GMA in 2005. But Ritz Azul dyed her hair blue before she moved to GMA in 2000. Matteo Guidicelli was born in August 31, 1985 in Venice, Italy. He was known as “The Crimson Devil”. He can speak in Italian, Filipino and English influently. He also suffers from ADHD which means if things don’t go on his way, he might go berserk and destroy everything. However, His therapist tells him to learn how to control his rage. Before he was “The Crimson Devil”, He was known as “Jack Frost” from the 2002 movie Frozen but with red hair just like Tuesday Vargas. But Matteo Guidicelli dyed his hair white when he moved to GMA in 2005. Rocco Nacino was born in October 31, 1985. He was known as “The Grim Reaper”. He was also known as “The King of Heavy Metal” just like Gary Valenciano. Enchong Dee was born in January 16, 1986 and was confirmed to be the youngest member of the team. He was also known as “The Violet Dragon”.

[missdeepend]

The Fairy Tail Fandom is so Powerful

I should first start by saying, Fairy Tail was my first anime other tahn the one episode of AoT that turned me away from anime and the few scenes I watched as a little girl of Pokemon, Sailor Moon, and Beyblade. It was the first show I sat down and watched and felt completely moved by with everything going on and it came at a very crucial point in my life. So there I was, roughly 13-14 years old (Almost 10 years for me now) sitting in computer class when I decided to take a "which anime are you quiz". This quiz was going to be my shot at getting into anime again. If I enjoyed it, anime was meant for me and if now, well that was that. So I took the quiz and my answer...was Fairy Tail. I can't tell you how I watched it for the first time, most likely through Netflix or even some other website but I did and I fell in love. It was everything I could ask for and more. The characters- I loved. The story- I loved. The artwork- I loved. It felt like a show made for me.

Now back then Little Deep End here had a small group of friends and shortly after the 3 other girls loved it too. We would always joke about the characters and, well, Gray being naked. It was something we bonded over and expanded out into other manga until eventually... I had to move. The last thing I had gotten from them was a picture of Gray with the words 'naked popsicle' written next to him. Something I kept until around my senior year of high school when I decided to let it go from its prison of my jewelry box.

But there I was, the new girl in school and well it wasn't the worst. I made friends and we bonded over things but I never met anyone with the same passion for this show in person as I once had with my previous friends. Well, that was until I explored Wattpad. Oh boy.

It was on here that I dove into the Fairy Tail community head on. I had already created ocs to join roleplays, with my proudest being Setsuko Rin- who at the time was just another ice mage. I read all the stories about Nalu, Gruvia, Gajevy (I wasn't too much of a Jerza fan but you get the point). It was like a safe haven. I couldn't discuss my passion for Fairy Tail with anyone else but these people but I didn't mind.

This all has a point I promise. Fairy Tail brings out something in its fans that not a lot of fandoms have and I think it has to do with the themes of Fairy Tail. Yes we may feel lonely in person but the guild was somewhere where the least welcomed were welcomed. Those that are outcasts with no friends and those that were the most popular could all come together and talk about how much Fairy Tail changed their lives.

I'm not going to lie and say that Fairy Tail hasn't had its moments in the show and that the community is perfect. However, I will say that you could mention Fairy Tail to any fan and they would welcome you with open arms. I feel like this show teaches a good level of respect and kindness that people aren't used to seeing within fandoms anymore. I can't even tell you how much it warmed my heart to see all the videos standing up for Fairy Tail within the last few years coming out to shut down the negativity it was getting and the people standing up and celebrating its return with 100 Year Quest.

It really goes to show you that a fandom like the Fairy Tail fandom is truly something else. Not to mention Todd Haberkorn being the best voice cast for Natsu there ever could be and same for Cherami Leigh as Lucy. Honestly all those actors both in the US and Japan (as well as the others worldwide) deserve so much praise for growing with us. Even if we shouldn't have been watching some of those scenes that we were at our age.

Anywayssss I just wanted to ramble a bit because this community does warm my heart. But I'll see you all later in the Deep End!!

[vashsscoreboardofpain]

WELCOME BACK SPORTS FANS >:]

We are back with the 2nd part of the adventure on the ship seeds 3! 98 Vash has only 6 more episodes to gather as many points as he can. Lets see how it goes

Let episode 21 begin!

The stage is set right as we left it. The contestant wastes no time and goes to fight one of the invaders. While trying to save the people, he hits one of the heavy points. 1 "traumatizing event" point after finding a lot of people he knew dead. But the contestant is ready to bring more. At the same time, he strikes 1 "action" point after naming every person who died and for apologizing for not coming sooner. Fuck.

BUT THE CONTESTANT NOR THE AUDIENCE HAS TIME FOR TEARS TONIGHT. 1 "bad event" point after a....beyblade robot almost hit him. The new gung ho gun allows the contestant to hit another "action" point for not defending himself of the "this is ok, you have done worse after all" allegations. He moves quick and fights the enemy, but he is shot at multiple times by him (1 "bad event" point for that). The contestant gets hit by the enemy granting him another "bad event" point. He keeps getting injured but keeps standing up to get more points.

The contestant stays in the ground for a while, gathering strength. And just right after getting 1 "yikes statement" point for repeating the promise he made rem to himself despite being injured, he rises and counter attacks with his gun and some wire!

The enemy is down but theres still no time to rest. The contestant hits a fast "action" point for focusing on the plant and brad while he literally cant get up. He rises, walks towards the plant and gets ready. The plan seems to go well, the contestant may be able to save them after all-

And then the gauntlet hits again. The plant perishes and so do the people of the ship. 1 "traumatizing event" point for the contestant. Before he can process anything, the hits keep coming. 1 "bad event" point for having everyone who he thought of as friends blame him for the incident, 1 "action" point for apologizing and taking the blame, 1 "traumatizing event" point for brad DYING IN FRONT OF HIM HOLY CRAP.

Harsh round for our contestant. Things seem to be getting worse and worse for our contestant. It seems like now he has left his average behind since he got 10 points on this round. The new total is 179 points. Will he be able to get to 200 or 300 before his season is over? Will he encounter even more traumatizing experiences?

TUNE IN TO FIND OUT :'D

[fishrpg]

2024-09-10: Episode 10 (Seals of Disapproval)

Original airdate September 2, 1992

Episode Synopsis

One of Dr. Beeker's scientist friends in Australia, Dr. Millicent Kimball (specializing in animal behavior), is reporting that the seals in Sydney Harbor are suddenly entering the city and attempting to do human activities like driving cars and using money. Dr. Kimball asks Dr. Beeker and the gang for help solving this mystery and everyone heads off to Sydney to investigate!

It appears that only seals on one particular side of the harbor are engaging in these behaviors, and if someone makes a map of where it is happening, the weird seals only show up in a rough trapezoid shape on the map (actually a cone shape, but people aren't noticing the weird seals in the water as much). Predictably, this situation is called by SynCorp's meddling, specifically in the form of an animal mind-control ray that is hidden in the rocks on the far side of the harbor. The ray is camouflaged to look like an upright rock, though it oscillates back and forth like a fan and emits a low whining noise. Shutting the device off will return the seals to their normal behavior within an hour. The ray does not normally affect any creature's behavior except seals, though it may affect other sea creatures at the GM's discretion. SynCorp put the device in place to test out capturing a new market (literally) for its products, by compelling seals to buy their products to improve the company's profits.

Episode Sponsor: Battle Ring

Step into the ring with the Battle Ring collectible spinning top battle system. It predated the Beyblade phenomenon by almost a decade, but did not have the backing of a dedicated animated series to push the product. There were a total of 24 different tops to collect, all of them with equally likely odds of being found. Each top was a different character and had a unique color scheme to make identifying the tops in combat easier.

Notable Element: Dundee Jack's (Location)

Dundee Jack's is a convenience store that is in the blast area of the mind control ray and is besieged by seals in this episode. It is a small establishment with a glass front, a revolving door, four aisles of product, and a single employee (a young man named Reagan who is bored during normal times and absolutely overwhelmed during the seal time) tending the till. Roll 1d4 and consult the table to see what is happening in the store.

What's Happening At Dundee Jack's

A seal has a mouthful of money and is trying to buy a soft drink, but cannot hold the money and the soft drink in its mouth at the same time. It will violently attack anyone who tries to take the money without offering a drink.

Reagan is currently trapped in the revolving door because a seal is trying to leave while two seals are trying to force their way into the store.

A seal driving an out of control sedan crashes into the storefront.

Two seals are fighting over a pack of crisps, knocking over an aisle in the process.