#bonus points for people who know what this pose is hehe

[bunanawhale]

very big day for annoying people (me)

[denkineptune]

mha date headcanons- boys and girls :))

♡ request: “i love ur blog already, ur writing is so good!!! im so excited to see the content u’ll be posting !! :D since ur taking requests, how abt some date headcanons for the mha boys (or girls if u want!) ?” - @dianangels​ 

♡ thank you for letting me write girls aaa i chose to do some as first date hc. it was kinda hard to keep jirou’s gn because i wanted to reference wlw stereotypes but i succeeded in gender-neutral because i want everyone to be able to enjoy

♡ dedicating part of this to @anxious-botanist​ because she’s the one who inspired the momo cuddles hehe sorry it took so long

♡ fic details: headcanons, fluff, gender-neutral reader, 2nd pov

characters: kaminari, amajiki, jirou, ashido, yaoyorozu

kaminari- arcade

↠AR C ADE   DA T  E

↠you hear me??? arcade!! date!! ideal man, right here, someone claim him immediately or else i will be forced to take ownership

↠he’s super laid back and chill, pretty childish at heart. he only means the best, though, so i think an arcade is exactly what he would go for when taking you on a date! he doesn’t have a lot of money but still wants you to go home with something to remember the date by

↠he buys like $50 worth of tokens and splits it between the two of you, making sure that he tells you which games give the most tickets, because he’s definitely been here enough times to remember

↠his favorite game is either crossy roads or the big bass wheel- he loves crossy roads because of how cute the style is, but also there is impending stress and levels of  d o o m  as you progress further. big bass wheel is basically just gambling, and i think he’s yumeko jabami.

↠he hacks games to make you win sometimes,, his quirk is bascially designed to do this. it’s like he was born just to take you out on this arcade date. he uses his quirk to short circuit the game and trick the computer into giving you hundreds of tickets

↠he just wants to make you happy and see you smile!! there’s not a feeling quite like succeeding at something as silly as an arcade game, but there’s a certain pride to it that he loves seeing on your face. 

↠kaminari only does it a few times, since he knows that you should be earning your prizes ((not that you know when he does it, he’s really cheeky about it))

↠playyyy multiplayers with him! he loves DDR (dance dance revolution)- you do multiple rounds and are equally exhausted by the end of it akdflad you may not be good, and tbh neither is denki, but you still have fun, which is what matters

↠he also loves taking photobooth pictures, he puts on the most horrendous filters and does the dumbest poses, but it’s so adorable. he does the typical one smile, one “serious”, one silly face, one kith > <

↠kami gets cocky,,, it’s just how he is,, he gets overly confident whether or not he’s been on a winstreak

“heyy, y/n! look at my speedrun on this, i’m getting so many tickets, i’ll be able to get a house by the end of it!”

↠and then he CAN’T because he doesn’t get the jackpot eghgdhgeh

↠by the end of the day, you’ve spent hours at the arcade, laughing and screaming with denki as you terrorize the small children. yes, he’s that kind of guy

↠by “terrorize”, i don’t mean like a bully, but he’s unintentionally intimidating kids with his pockets overflowing with ticket chains, a crazed look on his face as he goes absolutely ham on the shooting games

↠there’s electricity coming off of him, kids sometimes have to dodge it when passing by

↠so anyways, by the end of the date, you’re basically being kicked out of the arcade, because, as kami puts it,

“we were here when it opened and i’ll be damned if we’re not here when it closes,”

↠between the two of you, you’ve aquired tens of thousands of tickets??? the employees probably hate y’all, they had to count those beasts of ticket rolls you’ve accumulated during the 10 hours the arcade was open

↠exactly 62,069 tickets (69 go brrr- kaminari’s brain), and you can basically buy the arcade with that currency

↠but here’s the thing: he lets you spend all of it. you heard me, all. of. it. he just wants to see you happy, and the best way he can think of to get a final glorious memory of your smile is to let you spend the tickets as you see fit, this generosity just to see you glowing as you walk out of the building, arms chock full of amazing junk

↠but of course, you’d feel bad if you spent all of it, especially since he was the one who took you out, so you offered him the half of the tickets that were won

“denki, you won most of these with your amAzINg gaming skills, it’s only fair you get to have something too,”

“my prize will be seeing you- your- your-- aw fuck, i forgot the line, it’ll come back to me, just give me a minute.”

↠he tried to be smooth and it failed, but you chuckled at the attempt, so all around, he considered it a success

↠denki gets a lot of dumb things that will probably end up being thrown away soon, but he also gets you a very soft bat stuffed animal that you should treasure and keep forever 

amajiki- a walk and picnic in a japanese garden

↠tamaki is very shy, very socially anxious. he’s the kind to wait for people to leave a section of a store before he goes there, purposely do his errands in the early morning to limit social interaction, and find any excuse to leave a situation. which, tbh, isn’t that all of us?

↠let’s be honest here, if it wasn’t y’alls first date, he’d probably not go anywhere. as long as he’s with you, he doesn’t really care for anything too fancy

↠but he’s convinced himself that he needs to do something reasonably big for your first date to make sure you don’t regret your decision to go out with him. so instead of deciding to stay in, he goes somewhere that’s only slightly anxious for him, but where he still feels comfortable

↠so he’s decided on a japanese tsukiyama garden! these places are beautiful by design, not cheap but not too expensive, and people are obligated by rules to be quiet and keep their hands to themselves

↠nobody goes to a garden to socialize, in fact, i’d argue most people go just to look around, rest, and clear their heads. there’s usually not any screaming children, no quirk usage, no villains, it’s a little safe haven. 

↠bonus: there’s butterflies :))

↠it’s so peaceful, and he gets to focus on you instead of whatever loud noise is making him anxious

↠he brings a picnic basket filled with all your favorite foods, and his! he makes a show out of displaying what he can manifest with different snacks, making a point to eat edible seeds so he can produce flowers for you 🥺🥺🥺

↠you walk around the garden for a few hours, marveling at the decor and how well-maintained everything is. there’s a koi pond, hanging wisteria trees, and multiple gazebos that create a really comfortable and calm environment

↠speaking of koi ponds, amajiki offers to buy you food so you can feed the fish! you stand on a bridge above the pond, sharing the container with him. the sMILE on his face when he watches you throw the food is so pure i’m-

↠he’s the walking embodiment of “uwu”- his face is so calm and his eyes are shining and he can feel his heart swelling with love i am GOING to cry my eyes out 

↠but honestly, he wishes he could stay in this moment forever- you’re happy, he’s happy, and it feels like you two are the only people in the universe. right now, he doesn’t have to worry about school, villain attacks, his future, or anything that makes him anxious; all that he can see right now is how beautiful and at peace you look. he took you out today, and you’re enjoying yourself. this is one of the few things that makes him confident: knowing that he’s able to make you happy

↠tamaki is silently celebrating; you’ve had a good time and he didn’t freak out, so it’s the best possible scenario!

ashido- rollerskating! ((look at her she’s adorable the smile n the eyes aaa))

↠mina is a very energetic and bubbly person, its quite obvious if you’ve spent any amount of time around her

↠for your first date with her, she’d already have a location in mind!!

↠the atmosphere of rollerskating rinks is so electric, she can’t help but feel happy there, and she wants to experience that lovely feeling with you, too :))

↠you enter the rink, and mina is already borderline bouncing off the walls alskdfj

↠whether or not you’ve ever skated before, ashido is super cautious with you- multiple times she’s fallen on her butt while learning how to skate, so unless you’re a pro, she’s watching your every move to make sure you don’t get hurt

“y/n! please be careful- you’re not getting hurt on my watch!”

↠she jabs a thumb in her direction proudly, with the cutest bigass grin on her face awh 🥺🥺🥺she’s really enthusiastic about sharing one of her passions with you

“try to balance, alright? don’t put too much weight on your heel or toes, because then you’ll fall on your butt. here, take my hand and i’ll help you! hey, there you go, you’re doing great!”

↠she pays for everything and will WRESTLE you if you try to disagree aldkfa if you’re the type of person to pay for everything as well, y’all are going to have to fight; mina will not give up

↠ashido comes here a lot, so she’s friendly with all the employees, she has the uncanny ability to make friends wherever she goes ((i mean she’s friends with bakugou,, if she can do that,, she can do anything))

↠she takes one of your hands and backs onto the rink, watching for anyone behind her. once you’re balanced properly, she shows you how to move your feet so that the two of you are in sync

↠skating isn’t super hard to figure out, it’s mostly intuitive, so you’ll get the hang of it quite quickly!! maybe you’re not too fast, but it’s still fun, so it doesn’t matter

↠while you’re moving with care, making sure to focus on your footwork, mina will definitely take the chance to show off her skating skills! she’s moving like crazy, weaving around other people and nearly toppling them over but shh she’s trying to impress you and if i’m being honest??? she’s really fucking good aldkdf 

↠it’s obvious that she loves this hobby, and the fact that she likes you enough to share it with you on your first date is so adorable aaaa

↠mina’s really agile- you don’t know if that’s all the hero training or just something that comes naturally, but the way she moves makes skating look like the easiest goddamn thing in the world-

↠she’s such a romantic, she’s definitely put in a request for the dj to play your favorite song, no matter if it fits the mood or not

↠heavy rock? sure!! as long as you’re having fun, who cares about what other people think? super vulgar rap?? w h y  n o t ? !

↠she just has that extroverted, positive, charming energy that’s infectious

↠you can’t help but feel at ease around her, she’s a genuinely a great person, and what you think the epitome of a hero is

↠all ashido really wants here is to have fun with you- i mean she really likes you, and hopes that she’ll get to go on another date w/ you, so she’s doing everything in her power to woo u

↠and you’d be lying if you said it wasn’t working 🥺👉👈

jirou- hanging out in her room

↠kyouka jirou, being the more introverted person she is, wouldn’t really want to go somewhere super public, like mina would

↠i also believe that she’d want to be friends (or at least acquaintances) with you before asking you on a date- she’s easily annoyed by people, so i think that she’d need to be comfortable around you if she was to be romantically interested 

↠and you’ve ticked all these boxes! you understand her sarcastic, blunt personality, and find it pretty amusing. beyond all that, she’s kind and caring, and deep down, she aspires to be a hero for all the right reasons. who wouldn’t love her for that?

↠so for your first date with kyouka, i think she’d want to be somewhere quiet and intimate with you. she wouldn’t want any interruptions ((specifically from jammingyay, who enjoys butting his head in other peoples’ business))

↠the most comfortable place for her would be her room, since it’s really just an extension of her personality, and since you’re quite close, she’d be okay with letting you in her private space. she trusts you.

↠just two guys bein dudes 🤠 ((if you’re a girl, it’s just sappho and her friend--))

↠music is one of the biggest things in jirou’s life, and i think she’d want to share it with you. that is, if you’d let her :)) she has dozens of different instruments, so if you want to attempt to learn something, she’d be totally down!! 

↠please show her what kind of music you’re into! no matter what it is, she’ll listen to it. she wants to get to know what kind of person you are when you’re not around other people, and music is a great way to do that. even if you don’t have the same taste as her, she wouldn’t mind, since a) she’ll listen to pretty much anything, she’s not picky; and b) it’s something that you’re showing her, and that’s enough to make her happy

↠she’s not a very formal person, so i think she’d just want to talk to you and hang out. i’d think kyouka would be more of a fan of a gradual relationship, one that starts from friends and slowly evolves into more. and yes, as you can probably tell, i am a sucker for mutual pining and friends-to-lovers tropes-- im a simple hoe 😌

↠she’s super fun to hang out with!! her sense of humor is really snarky, she also enjoys talking shit about people she doesn’t like. if you’re not into that, she’s able to carry on conversation really well. there’s not a moment of awkward silence between you

↠jirou actually really likes talking shit about people hsahsh- as long as it’s someone that’s been mean in some way. she won’t say anything bad about someone who hasn’t done anything to deserve it. but if you’ve wronged her in some way, boy, do you have it COMING

↠by the end of it, i just know your cheeks hurt from laughing 

↠she’s just a really fun person to be around, she may not be the most bubbly person ever, but she’s super easy-going and cool ((jirou bias incoming ekejke))

↠i do think she’d try to sneak some kind of affection if she thinks you’d reciprocate- if you’re really getting along well, she might snake her hand into yours when you’re sitting on the bed, laughing

↠honestly you might not even notice until she stops, because your hand feels empty and cold without her like your heart aa

↠if she’s really into you?? might get a smol peck on the cheek 👉👈 please try to get a smol peck on the cheek, it’s very cute and she gets so flustered

↠she goes up to you as you’re about to leave her room, grabs your shoulder, turns you around, and gives you an adorable if not slightly aggressive smooch

↠then she reFUSES to acknowledge what she just did akdfld- she turns away, beet red, and is completely silent

↠meanwhile you’re probably laughing your ass off because wow she’s so cute

↠kudos if you give one back to her, baby is on the verge of exploding ejkdjf 

↠her heart just can’t handle what you’re doing to her

↠and despite what her appearance is, her heart is doing backflips- she’s whipped <33

momo: tea and c u d d l e s

↠she’s a very fancy person, obviously. yaoyorozu wants only the best for everyone she loves, and that, of course, includes you! she loves showing affection through giving things to others. her family status only magnifies this aspect of her personality, as being born into wealth gives her the means to spoil you rotten

↠and even though she’s bougie as all hell, she also somehow maintains an elegant and simple air about her. it’s impressive, really. it’s not like she tries to flex her money, it’s just a part of her life, and she enjoys using her privilege well

↠that being said, what’s more elegant and mature than going for tea? it’s a lovely pastime that momo would love to include you in! 

↠lowkey,, she’s a whole sugar momma dfkdjla im not even joking- she doesn’t try to be, but virtually everything she does shows how rich she is

↠you arrive at the tea room, and by god is it fancy. there’s multiple chandeliers suspended from the ceiling, which is decorated with classic renaissance-style paintings. all the tables are set with white cloth, plates made of pure fine china, flowers and woven baskets set everywhere to create a cottagecore-like setting. the air about it is so sophisticated, from the patrons (wait is that a celebrity-) to the decorations

↠your face is kinda just,,, 😮,, because what in the world did momo get you into??

“momo, you’re so sweet, and this place is lovely, but don’t you think this is a bit much? not that i don’t absolutely appreciate it, it’s just that this seems really expensive, and i don’t want you to have to spend that much for just one date.”

↠she just chuckles, saying that it was “really nothing” (???? MISS GIRL???)

“don’t worry, y/n, this isn’t too much! i want to have fun today, and this place is so nice! let’s just find a table, alright?”

↠like, hunney, you’re so kind, but this is a LOT

↠but if you say so....

↠she looks at you with the most enthusiastic, wholesome eyes, and soon you’re following her like a puppy towards your table. the waiter sits you down, and leaves, giving you a moment to glaze over the menu to find a drink

↠and there’s so many types of teas, at least 30 on this page alone. you hadn’t even heard of half of these drinks, how would you know if you’d like them?

↠yaomomo seemed to notice your puzzlement, and said that you could get a pot of something simple, like jasmine green or earl grey, and she would get something fancier that you could try. why not?

↠a few minutes later, you’ve already adjusted to the sophisticated and intimidating environment, focusing only on the girl across from you, and how her eyes glittered with happiness

↠she orders a few normal tea foods, like scones with jam, lemon curd, and devonshire cream, and finger sandwiches. the fanciest thing she buys, though, is a blooming tea that arrives in a clear pot. it has an open flower inside of it, which is what the tea is infused with. it’s nearly 16,100 yen for one pot, though, and while you protest its expense, momo reassures you that it’s no problem (you just learned not to say anything about money, as it wouldn’t stop yaoyorozu from spoiling you)

↠ngl, it’s so fun to pretend to be fancy for a few hours at a tea room !! you acted as if you were a member of high society, using stereotypes to exaggerate your actions. it made some people only slightly irritated, but hey, it got a laugh out of a pretty girl, so who’s the real winner? 

↠yaomomo taught you some classy etiquette that you should definitely use, it makes her so happy to think that you’re learning about new things while still enjoying your time with her

↠she makes really good conversation!! her intellect seeps through everything she says, anyone who talks to her would be able to tell that she’s extremely well-spoken and mature. momo is modest, and deflects a lot of the compliments you try to give her, so if you try to display your admiration for her, you’d probably need to be very specific about it. she doesn’t have the best self-image when it comes to her heroism and field work. spoken affection sometimes doesn’t get through to her, but you know what does? physical affection!

↠she loves cuddles, and will regularly take you back to her house after a date to cuddle in her bed. her mattress is legendary, and it’s comfortable as hell. there’s an abundance of pillows and the bed isn’t too soft or too firm, and it’s always somehow an amazing temperature???? mattresses are investments, and this was definitely a good one

↠momo loves the intimacy and trust of holding you, it allows her to escape from overthinking and only focus on you, her beautiful partner. she doesn’t care if she’s the big or little spoon, but her favorite kind of cuddling is when you’re on your back and she’s curled into your side, head tucked under your chin and hand on your chest

↠she can do this for hours, please let her. she feels safe with you, confident, because you’re choosing to spend time with her in this quiet moment instead of being off somewhere else.

↠in conclusion,,, 💕women 💕

-denkineptune

[razorblade180]

Interdimensional Moms: Bonus

Part 4 here<-

After many tears and tissue boxes, all members of team RWBY had finally stopped crying. Blake was the best off with her eyes a little red while Ruby was the complete opposite. The girl’s face was still rather red and her eyes were puffy. She hadn’t even completely stopped sniffling yet; much like tear marked partner. Yang on the other hand rested her head on the table. She had cried hard enough to giver herself a minor headache. She was completely drained.

Yang:Ugh, this blows! I thought this was gonna be a fun learning experience.

Blake:We definitely learned. It just so happens we had to poke at some.... extremely sensitive topics.

Weiss:I’m all for looking inward and self reflection but I’ve had my fill.

Ruby:Same. Should’ve kept the summary light.

Yang:No, I’m glad you got that off your chest. We just need a way to lighten the mood.

Blake:.....I kicked Weiss’s butt in a tournament.

RWY:......What?

Blake:During the time spent training for Salem, another tournament was held between the schools. It had team matches and singles. I kicked Weiss’s butt in my fourth round. It was a good day.

Weiss:How is that lightening mood!?

Blake:Listen, it was a big deal! I never thought I was gonna win the whole tournament but I really wanted to beat you. I love you but your head gets a little big when you’re on a roll for too long; plus I just really didn’t want to lose. I always felt a bit of rivalry between us.

Yang:Hehe, is that you’re way of saying “It would look bad to lose to a Schnee?”

Blake:Well it would!

Ruby:Hehehe.

Yang:Wait, does that mean we went back to school?

Blake:Yeah. It was pretty comforting. There was definitely a lot left to learn.

Yang:Weird. School kinda faded into the background.

Ruby:I went back to school. We all did actually. It was fast tracked by roughly a year but it was fun. We all got to pose in caps and gowns.

Weiss:Damn! I should’ve went back just for that. Unfortunately I was busy making rent and learning how to properly preheat a oven.

Yang:It’s like two buttons.

Weiss:Gas stove, and six years out of date.

Yang:Awww, you had to learn the hard way. I’m surprised and thankful you never left the gas on.

Weiss:There’s an alarm for that. Also I’m not irresponsible! Anyways, I mentioned similar tournaments earlier. I didn’t participate much but enough old videos of me in them were enough for to really light a fire under my kids. For awhile I was a bit concerned that they were just following a trend but they really love it. They used to always go around playing like knights when they were tiny.

Ruby:Carmine was a little different. She definitely always tried doing things I could but nothing got the girl jumping like seeing Yang’s horses or new ballet shoes. There wasn’t a morning when I didn’t hear a vase fall over or seeing her spin like a top. Carmine still hums some old routines when she isn’t paying attention.

Yang:Not too many memories of Yujin when she was pint size. But I do remember that wild child always loved using my bandannas for everything! Napkins, capes, ropes; anything but an actual bandanna. I used to get a bit upset with the napkin one but she’d always look at me with her big eyes and crazy hair. I never stayed mad.

Weiss:Softie.

Yang:She was like a pudgy puff ball! Fat cheeks and wholesome smiles. Ah! So adorable!

Weiss:I used to always have at least one of my kids on my hip when I was out and about. I think the media has a magazine amount of pictures of me at the park kissing my babies. Summer liked tummy rubs. She’d never go to sleep without one. Some nights I’d sing too but start to doze off so Jaune would have to take over.

Yang:*smiles* Speaking of Jaune.....

Ruby:No.

Yang:You don’t even know what I was-

Ruby:Were you about to suggest we compare our Jaune’s in the bedroom?

Yang:*red*......Well not just the bedroom! What’s the harm!? I just wanna know if he’s consistent across the board. No need to get detailed.

Weiss:You really never change no matter the world.

Yang:Can’t change greatness. It shows in any form!

Blake:He’s pretty compliant and accommodating. The benefits of being his first when I had prior knowledge I suppose.

Ruby:Don’t answer!

Blake:Why not? I’m comfortable with it.

Yang:Don’t listen to those two Blake. They’re just a bit more embarrassed since Jaune has literally been their one and only.

Blake:Huh, I never thought about it like that. Jaune would’ve been the first person you two opened up to on such a level; especially Weiss.

Yang:That’s still hilarious. All the protesting and somehow you found yourself stripping for the guy.

Weiss:Shut up! I already know! It was....I.... *blushing* emotions ran really high.

Ruby:An entire mental rollercoaster of thoughts and firsts happening all at once. Anxiety was high.

Yang:Heh, so you could say that Jaune Arc-

RW:Got through our walls. Hardy har har.

Yang:Shit, I am the same in every universe. Well I don’t have any reservations about it! *grinning* He makes me feel special every time!

Blake:Bottom.

Yang:I’m ignoring you.🎶

Ruby:Hehe, sounds about right. He...might make me feel a bit special as well.

Blake:Switch.

Ruby:How can you just guess off of that!?

Blake:It’s a gift.

Weiss:......

Blake:*smiling*

Weiss:Leave me alone.

Blake:I don’t know what has you embarrassed. You told us you’ve slept with everyone here except Ruby! I knew you were repressed but geez.

Weiss:For your information it wasn’t my idea! It was yours!

Blake:Not surprising. Let’s switch the topic. How is this other child of mine? Can’t picture me having a daughter.

Weiss:Veronica is very sensitive. Even if she tries to act like she isn’t. One time when she was tiny, a soccer ball hit her straight in the face and she sprung up saying “I’m fine!” Then you took her behind the bleachers to patch her up; tears all on her face. It both breaks my heart and very adorable to see her act fine while her ears are folded back.

Ruby:Your other son Kovu was a bit of cry baby. Partly my fault. Carmine kept beating him up and making fun of him.

Blake:What!?

Yang:Ha! Wait, that’s my kid too. How the heck!? Are you telling me you raised the rowdy child and I got the baby?

Ruby:Yang you’re a baby. I’m like twice as rowdy compared to you. A nevermore got worked day one at school.

Weiss:She has a point. You cry the most out of any of us.

Yang:Wha- that not- how....shut up! *pouts* I’m not that touchy.

Ruby:Kovu is a sweetie and not a cry baby. Carmine is just a little mean when she tries to care about others. She beat him up in an attempt to make Kovu give up dreaming about being a huntsman. That way he wouldn’t be in such a dangerous job. Reasonable logic but you know, a little over the top. Almost broke his arm. Boy did I chew her out. All it did was make him want to try harder.

Yang:Fantastic. I shouldn’t expect less from my own blood. I bet Yujin would like him. Which reminds me, anybody have kids in relationships?

RWB:We’re working on it.

The three women paused briefly before laughing at their meddling. Yang could only admire and fear her friends.

Yang:Should I be scared for your children?

Blake:Lucas needs someone to break up the routine in his life. I’m not saying he has to date her, but it would put a smile on my face.

Ruby:Carmine takes after me, not really thinking about stuff like relationships much. However, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t at all. Carmine tries her best to not act like she’s a teenaged girl with teenage wishes. But everyone sees right through it. I’m fine with her not being in one but I would like if she acknowledged that it’s okay to just....ugh, be normal! Why can nobody have normal knees in my life!?

Weiss:Nick likes Valerie who tries to deny she likes him by liking Summer, who doesn’t like her; while Veronica crushes on Nick who obviously has conflicting feelings.

RBY.....

Yang:Why is it always complicated with you?

Weiss:How is this my fau- okay it is a little bit.

Blake:Where do you stand?

Weiss:I think Valerie would be lovely for him.

Yang:What’s wrong with my baby girl!?

Blake:Yeah!?

Weiss:One, not yours. Two, have you met who I’m married to? Can’t really say he’s wasting his efforts. Though I wouldn’t be upset with Veronica. I think those two might be good for each other.

Blake:Any other bombshells people got?

Ruby:......

Ruby:Ilia is happily married.*sips coffee*

Blake:Oh that’s wonderful! I’m glad she found a loving wi-

Ruby:*smirks* To Sun.

Blake:....*stands up* I need, champagne!

A bottle of champagne poofs into existence with several glasses. Blake immediately pours everyone a glass before raising hers into the sky.

Blake:Ruby Rose, today you’ve erased guilt upon my conscious. I’m happy there’s one world where it seems all of my good exes get over me.

Ruby:Are the Ilia and Sun where you’re from miserable like Yang!?

Blake:No, but they kinda fumble in actually going for relationships. It just always makes me feel a little bad.

Yang:You can technically count two worlds. I’m fine, Ilia is dating a pretty secretary, and your one evil ex is now raising a morally good family.

Blake:You’re right! This calls for a double toast! To alternate universes! *puts glass down*

Weiss:Haha, aren’t you gonna drink it!?

Blake:No I’m still recovering; but how could I pass up the opportunity!? Man I wish I could attend that wedding! I don’t know if I’d be a bridesmaid or the best man!

Yang:You’re just gonna steal Neptune’s thunder like that?

Blake:Hey, Sun and I have taken bullets for each other and stab wounds. I think I deserve to be a little greedy and say I ride or die for that man just a little harder than Neptune.

Ruby:Geeeeeez Blake! Haha, I didn’t even tell you about the baby.

Blake:*visble excitement* Excuse me!?

RWY:*raises glass* Cheers.

Blake:CHEERS! What’s he like!?

xxxxx

Aero:AAAACHOOOO!

Carmine:Eugh! Cover your mouth! I don’t need to get sick.

Aero:Damn! What happened to uh I don’t know, “bless you!?”

Carmine:*pulls out tissues* Happy?

Aero:Where...why are those in you book bag?

Carmine:It’s flu season.

Aero:....I can’t tell if you’re the coolest person around or just a second mother.

Carmine:I can be both. My mom is arguably both but don’t tell her that. It’ll make her month and she’ll hug me too tight.

Aero:Bitch, you love hugs. Stop being difficult.

Carmine:Mmmm nah.

Aero:I feel bad for your mom.

Carmine:I feel bad for yours.

Aero:Hop off. You’re so childish.

Carmine:And yet you love me.

Aero:*red* In your dreams!

Carmine:It would make your day if I dreamed about you,wouldn’t it?

Aero:I hope you dream of spiders.

Carmine:We do not joke about that! *grabs him* Aero I will beat you up if I dream of them tonight! That’s just mean!

Aero:Stop crying ya baby. I could’ve said they were- ow!

Sun:*hitting him* Shut up and just kiss something! We’re trying to watch a game.

Aero and Carmine:We don’t like each other!

Jaune:With all do respect, that’s a lie. But please by all means Aero, continue not touching my daughter if you know what’s best for you. I don’t wanna have to fight you and your parents right afterwards.

Sun:Ilia would kill you.

Jaune:Yeah! That’s why I don’t want the fight! Much like Ruby, she’s short and terrifying. Her size holds the rage.

Ilia:*peeks in* Who’s talking shit?

JASC:Nobody, we love you!

Ilia:.....Got my eyes on you four. *holds Garnet up* and this one; the most well behaved in this bunch even with no nap.

Garnet:*fussy grumbling* I’m a ball of rage!

Ilia:You wanna nap?

Garnet:Yes!!!

Ilia:See, behaved. *walks away* don’t make me come back out here.

Carmine:....So do you like me because your mother is also imposing?

Aero:This is it, my evil origin story. It begins today.

xxxxx

Ruby:I admire his patience.

[minimultiestfandoms]

Enhypen reaction to you being taller than them!

Note: sorry it’s late, hope you enjoy it!

Requested by: Anon

Heeseung

Heeseung would not really care much if you are taller or shorter or the e same height, he will just be happy to have you in his life!, your personality is what made him attracted in the first place but once he notices your taller he smiles and compliments your body proportions, says your the irl version of Aphrodite! :,)

“Heeseungie does this look ok?”

*blushes and nods* “ it doesn’t look ok, it looks breathtaking darling! You are like the real Aphrodite!”

“Heeseung your over exaggerating-“

“Nope! I Am staring Facts, F. A. C. T seu!”

*facepalms and giggles*

Jay

Jay would like you no matter what, he smiles every time he sees you!. Your height and legs is just a bonus, will call you his special model. He would style you and make a Instagram for you and make you a freelancer Instagram model. Best hype man!.

“Ok sweetheart, just a little to the right- THERE THATS PERFECT!”

*you doing poses*

“YESS BABY JUST LIKE THAT!”

Jake

Please babyboy Jake will find your height hot asf!, he’s staring at your legs most of the time and is like dayum those are some sexy legs- ehemm. Compliments you a lot and lays on your lap a lot. Likes to lay in between your legs and sleep, using you like a pillow.

“Jake you ok?, are you comfy?”

“Yes I am babe, thank you~ heheheh”

*pats his hair*

*giggles like a mad man*

Sunghoon

Tall boy with his tall s/o!, please he would love it, he would make you wear similar clothes and walk around like models. Brags to the boys, they are all so annoyed and tired of him, they look him in there room and leave him there.

“Omg guys y/n and I walk on the street yesterday and a modelling agent asked them to come to their company building, hehe my baby model-“

“Sunghoon hyung you told us this 13 time earlier please let us relax we’re tired from practice-“

“Did I ask if you were tired Jungwon-“

“Jay hyung HELP!”

Sunoo

Sunoo would like you being taller, though sometimes he’s insecure about you wanting someone taller he will baby you a lot, and expect you to baby him back. Cuddles you and is always he little spoon. Likes to do your makeup and skincare and wear matching clothes so you two look like a model couple. People on the streets are shooketh when they see you!

“Sunoo I feel a little weird everyone’s staring-“

“Well duh we’re Sunoo and y/n Kim who wouldn’t stare at us were to perfect to be in normal people’s air 🙄”

“I- Sunoo we’re not even married- but you know what your right let’s slay this!”

*you both sashay away as people gawk at you*

Jungwon

Jungwon would be pouting at first since he wanted to be taller for once but when he noticed how cool it was to have a taller s/o he would boast you and him with confidence. If someone said something rude about your height difference he would shut them down and roast their asses.

“Seriously your talking about our height difference?, so what? we balance each other out and are unique and talented, unlike yourself” *flips his imaginary long hair*

*y/n clapping and laughing at the dude Jungwon just roasted*

Ni-Ki

Lord have mercy on you. No matter if you are smaller or taller he will tease you so bad- tall people jokes, low key shocked your taller then his 6’0” Self. Asks you what’s your secret so he can grow even taller.

“Oh my gosh how’s the air feel up there is it fresher?”

“Yeah it is, must stink down there since your closest to average people” *sasses*

“I- good point now teach me your ways what do they feed you to get you that tall?, you should join the nba!”

“NIKI!”

[bakug0z]

class 1A’s tiktok fyp

request: “idk if ur familiar with tiktok but headcanons for class 1A and their fyps?”

i am on multiple sides of tiktok so HELL YEA IM GONNA DO THIS REQUEST! i did “widen” the request a little bit i hope you don’t mind!

characters: momo, ochako, toru, tsuyu, jirou, mina, bakugou, kirishima, kaminari, deku. and a special surprise at the end

warnings: language, bakugou, and mineta lol

MOMO, OCHAKO, AND TORU

i’ve never been on japan tiktok so this will be based on stuff from the tiktok i know

please don’t attack me for this but...momo, ochako, and toru would be on straight tiktok

i think they would really love doing the tiktok dances and would mostly use charli damelio as a reference to learn most of the dances

when they record themselves in the cafeteria doing one of the dances they would get a lot of stares

did they give a fuck? hell no

momo would be the one posting the tiktok

“DO THAT ONE DANCE THAT WILLY WONK-”

mineta got smacked by mina who was hyping the girls up

the rest of the boys were hyping the girls up too

bakugou...well...

“DUMBASSES, THAT’S NOT A REAL DANCE!”

the girls just rolled their eyes at bakugou cus he’s just bakugou

since class 1A was already pretty famous, they got like around 500k likes and 20k comments.

the girls read through the comments

“LMFAO ARE THEY EVEN ALLOWED TO SHOW THE INSIDE OF UA-”

“now i finally seen not only two but three pretty best friends”

deku in the back:  🥝👄🥝

they were most definitely not gonna delete tiktok anytime soon

TSUYU, JIROU, AND MINA

alt tiktok.

they speak ALT

they like posting tiktoks of them on the subway, the little space between the subway boxes, or just riding in the back of the subway

most of their tiktoks are pretty much rebellious

they like showing their “alt” outfits a lot

on jirou’s account, she would like to show off what instruments she has

is musical tiktok a thing? she would be on there

they would make tiktoks in the school bathrooms

aizawa would keep a close eye on them

their tiktoks got super popular ofc

some news outlets were concerned about their actions because it’s UA

they read the tiktok comments

“spare hand in marriage 🤲🏽?”

“their outfits are so good wtf”

“bark baaaark baaark 😏”

BAKUGOU, KIRISHIMA, AND KAMINARI

HAHAHA OKAY

all of them are on different sides of tiktok

kaminari would be on the weirdest side of tiktok

you guys know those heavily filtered random tiktoks? yeah he would be on that side

kirishima would DEFINITELY be on workout tiktok or something like that

maybe his fyp would have a mix of alt, straight, and workout tiktok but just mostly workouts

bakugou’s not really a tiktok type of person but eventually his friends forced him to get tiktok.

and he landed on...

UA tiktok.

he wouldn’t post anything

he would scroll through the ua hashtag and see a bunch of memes of his school

eventually he saw a tiktok meme of himself

it  went like

nobody:

not one soul:

bakugou when he was first place during the sports festival:

and it was someone in a bunch of restraints mimicking angry bakugou in like 2x speed

him literally yelling out his hate comment while he’s typing it

“THIS ISNT EVEN ACURATE DUMBASS” 

kaminari looks at his phone

“that’s not how you spell accurate...you spell it a c c u r r -”

even kaminari spelled it wrong

“LIKE I CARE DUNCE FA-”

suddenly his phone was buzzing repeatedly

“look, people replied to your comment!”

bakugou taps replies

“when he spells accurate correctly 😍”

“damn hows the education at ua LMFAOO”

“LMAOO YALL BOLD FOR THIS”

someone replied to that comment

“what he gonna do? reply? 😭”

bakugou was about to burn his phone until kirishima quickly snatched it away from him

“i think that’s enough tiktok for today...”

DEKU

aww honestly he’s so soft

if mha was real he would be on all might tiktok

just a bunch of fun facts or people showing off their merch

ok i just thought of something funny

he would see a false fact about all might that was clearly a joke

did you know that all might’s daughter is reese witherspoon?

he would be like WHA!? NO!

he would immediately go to the comments

all the comments were sarcastic but deku didnt realize it

he starts rapidly typing

“what? this isn’t true.”

here comes the replies

“who gonna tell him”

“ur so pure zuku”

“i cant tell if this is a sarcastic comment or ur bein fr lmao”

deku realizes and basically goes beet red from embarrassment

he responds back to his replies immediately

“hehe sorry guys :p”

don’t argue with me, deku would definitely put that at the end

even more replies

“fuck i could never hate deku”

“is he actually this pure or is this just for the public-”

“did he just use :p at the end BYE”

he smiled at his replies and continued replying to as many fans as he could

BONUS: DABI/LEAGUE OF VILLAINS

this is gonna be super short

sometimes he would see prison tiktoks on his fyp

he’s inspired

he would use this audio

he would show each member in each clip

toga would probably stick her tongue out for her pose

twice would definitely just point and mouth the lyrics but you can only see his mouth moving around his mask

spinner would probably just roll his eyes and before the clip cuts off you just see dabi rolling his eyes

as soon as dabi aims the camera at shigaraki, he’s confused at first until he realizes he’s being recorded and lurches himself to grab dabi’s phone and you just see blur everywhere due to dabi trying to keep shiggy away from his phone

then you see dabi holding his phone above him while he’s running and shiggy running far behind him

i would think the video would hit at least 1M likes because they’re fucking criminals

comments IMMEDIATELY started rolling in

“this aint who i think this-”

“HAHAHAH I CANT STOP LAUGHING”

“average life with the league”

“who let criminals run tiktok 💀” 

[apenapaperandadoofus]

I won't say I'm in love + Suit Saeran and in Suit Saeran's POV!??? I MEANNNNN??? And like the other believers singing the part of the muses??? YES? 😌 I love this prompt and this sounds sooo fun 😆

YES YES YES I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS AND THE BELIEVERS?! YESSSSSSSSSSS

Also a Jumin version is also incoming since two people asked for it hehe, but I just COULD NOT HELP BUT WRITE THIS ONE FIRST NANSSBBS ITS SO CUTEEE

Also I had a lot lf fun until the last part where I was editing and tumblr actually went fuck you and deleted everything so thanks for that

(also if someone idk wants to draw this or whatever hehe please tell me bc I will actually sell my soul to you.) I will try and uh draw a bit but as yall now, middle hands I don't rest know how to so PFT

Prompt from: give me a mm character and a song

I won't say I'm in love (Saeran x Fem!MC)

Song: I won't say I'm in love (Caleb Hyles)

"And don't you forget that you stupid toy." Saeran said, as he closed the door with a bang. "You all know the rules. Don't you dare touch my toy, and don't let anyone else come in here am I clear?" He told the believers, who stiffened and stuttered, "Yes Mr. Ra- Sorry, sorry! Mr. Saeran...."

Saeran scoffed at the believers but decided to go easy on them this time. After all, today he was in a pretty good mood thanks to his toy.

Or well, at least that what he thought before stopping in the middle of his tracks. Today he wasn't really able to see that scared, helpless look on her face. It was the exact opposite, today she was resilient, and actually fought back, and although he had to admit he liked the fiesty act at first, now it was getting really annoying. I mean, at this point she should be begging on her knees, asking him to please have mercy, that she love-

Wait.

Love??

Saeran's eyes widened as he realized what he has just imagined. He didn't want to hear her telling him how much she loved him. That she needed him, yes, the she was going to do whatever he wanted too, but that she loved him??

He didn't want anyone to love him. Angrily, screaming at himself (or well, at Ray, he had come to the conclusion that it was all that marshmallow's fault) he walked over to the garden. Nothing made him feel better than picking up flowers he knew Ray loved, and then destroying them immediately. It was a hobby of his to be honest.

As he walked through the beautiful garden, he had a mental conversation with himself, mostly about what he thought about....her.

Love....why would he want her to love him? It just didn't make any sense. Just why?

Because you love her.

A voice said, and Saeran immediately turned around, trying to find the idiot who said such a blatant lie.

Love her?

Love her?

In typical Saeran fashion, he scoffed and then tried to come up with a whole list of why his toy wasn't even worthy of his affection. Yet....when he tried to do it....his mind couldn't come up with anything.

Oh.

Oooh.

Oh fuck no.

Saeran ran a hand through his hair and sat on the nearby fountain. He noticed that it was right in front of her room, which still seemed to have the lights on.

Seriously what's that idiot doing awake still....and hey, why do I care?! Seriously, that airhead Ray might've fallen for her, but I'm definetly not going to follow the same path as that dumbass.

He sighed.

"Seriously....If there's a prize for rotten judgement....I guess I've already won that.

No girl is worth the aggravation

That's ancient history, been there, done that." He groaned as he buried his face in his hands and-

"Who d'you think you're kidding

She's the earth and heaven to you."

"HUH?!" Saeran quickly looked up, only to find....the gardener tending to the plants. Hm, the lack of sleep must be making him hear, and especially think, crazy things. He sighed and went back to placing his head on his hands but then-

"Try to keep it hidden,

Honey we can see right through you

Boy you can't conceal it

We know how you're feeling

Who you thiiiinking of!"

Saeran immediately stood up and looked around the garden once again. "Oi whoever is in here, you have three seconds to run before I go and rip your head off."

Silence.

Fucking finally. He thought, as he took a deep breath in and tried to go back into his mediative state.

He turned around to sit back on the corner of the fountain, when a believer appeared out of nowhere.

"The hell are you-" Saeran started, but the believed walked over to him with one finger in the air.

"Aghhhhhh" he said as he stopped in front of him. "Saeran....my boy....you're in love."

"WHAT!? NO WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU, AND WHY ARE YOU EVEN- WHO DO YOU- I-' he stuttered, when anither believer came out of the bushes and placed a hand on Saeran's shoulder.

"Aw baby boy, why don't you just go and admit it?"

Another believer appeared from the other side and sighed dreamily. "It's a beautiful thing, so you shouldn't be afraid." The believer said, with a very high pitched voice.

"WHY ARE YOU-HUH!?"

"Love is a beautiful thing Saeran." Saeran heard a deep voice say in front of him, and he almost punched the believer in the face as he came out of the fountain, yes, wet robes and all.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!?" Saeram screamed, but the believers (?) Only laughed and then proceeded to get together and strike a really weird group pose.

"We are...YOUR OWN PERSONAL MUSES! AND WE WON'T LEAVE, UNTIL YOU FINALLY REALIZE THE TRUTH!" They all said.

Saeran, who was now pretty annoyed because of the self proclaimed 'muses' and also because he forgot to bring his gun so now he had nothing to threaten them with and let out his anger and insecurities, glared at the group of people and crossed his arms.

"And what is this so called truth?" He asked. The muses smiled even more

"THAT YOU ARE IN.....LOVE!!!!"

Saeran swore he could see confetti suddenly fall from the sky and he let out a sarcastic chuckle.

"Yeah right. With who? MC? Please. I'd never be in love with her."

"But you are!" One of the muses said.

"Just admit Saeran!" Another one chipped in.

He was taken aback for a minute before he went back to giving them muses a deal glare. "I'm not admiting anything. This is stupid seriously, just go away."

"No! We won't! Until you say that you're in LOVE!* The deep voiced muse said and Saedan raised an eyebrow.

"What me?! Seriously?! In love? Please. I'm leaving if you're not, I'm not dealing with this bullshit."

Saedan quickly walked over to another side of the garden, when suddenly the muses appeared in front of him. He turned around, only to find the muses once again.

Everywhere he went, he saw them, and everytime his patience kept running thinner and thinner.

"JUST SAY YOU'RE IN LOVE SAERAN!"

He stopped in his tracks and turned around, stomping his foot.

"NO! No chance no way I won't say it, no...no!" He shook his head side to side and glared.

The muses groaned. "You swoon, you sigh, why deny it? Oh oh."

Saeran blushed. "B-because, it's too cliche! I won't say I'm in love!" He angrily walked over to a bush and glared at the flowers as if that would suddenly help him get rid of his problems. (It was a bush of forget me not's, one of Ray's favorite, ironically it seemed that's where his body took him, probably out of instinct.)

Angrily, he took one out and glared at it.

"Ugh...I thought my heart had learned its lesson...It feels so good when you start out. My head is screaming 'Get a grip boy..." He angrily threw the flower on the ground and stepped on it and let out an exasperated sigh. "Unless you're dying to cry your heart out...." He mumbled and then cursed as he saw the muses again.

"UGH BOY YOU CAN'T DENY IT!! Who you are is how you're feeling!"

"I don't even know what that means-! I-WHY ARE YOU SINGING- I DON'T LIKE HER!""

"Baby we're not buying!"

One of them (it also has to be the one that came out of the fountain due to the wet sleeves) poked Saeran's cheek and smirked.

"Hon we saw you hit the ceiling"

Saeran felt himself blush even more, a gasp escaping from his lips.

"Face it like a grown-up, when you gonna own up that you got, got, got it bad!"

Saeran groaned as he saw the believersline up in a single file and then proceed to do that dance move where each jumps out one after the other.

"God!! No chance no way I won't say it, no no!!!" Saeran stomped his foot once again and shook his head, like a toddler, and the muses rolled their eyes.

"She's just...she's so annoying. I hate her, I hate her face, her hair, her smile, the way her eyes light up when she talks, or how happy she looked when I showed her the garden..."

One if the muses laughed, bringing Saeran out of his trance.

"Give up, give in, check the grin you're in love!" They teased him, which made Saeran gape at them as if he was very offended.

"This scene won't play I won't say I'm in lo-UGH!!

"We'll do it until you admit you're in love!"

"Leave me alone!" Saeran stomped off towards the other side of the garden and the muses followed.

"You're way off base I won't say it...." The muses glared at him with a skeptical glance and he glared.

"Get off my case I won't say it" he growled and say on a bench near by, crossing his arms with his face all red.

"Boy don't be proud it's okay you're in love."-

.

.

"Mister Saeran...Mister Saeran!"

Suddenly Saeran looked up to see the believer who was gardening before. "You fell asleep on the fountain...shall I get you anything?"

Saeran scoffed and pushed the believer's hand from his shoulder.

"Don't you dare to ever touch me again. Go away, I was just- just- ugh! Leave before I tell the others to prepare another cleansing ceremony."

The believer quickly nodded. "Yes sir, of course! I apologize!!!" He quickly left and Saeran watched as he ran away, and then he sighed.

Suddenly he found himself staring at....her room, and for some reason, he felt a very deep part of him glad that she was finally getting some sleep. Then, his eyes widened and he let out a sardonic laugh.

"Fuck....."

He looked back to the flowers and sighed a small, sad smile on his face. "Well....at least out loud....I won't say I'm in..... love."

The End

BONUS:

Believers: *Looking out from the window at the garden and Saeran.*

Believer N°643: Hey he's been sitting there for a while...

Believer N°262: yeah almost about 2 minutes and 32 seconds....

Believers:.....

Believer N°643: d'you recon we should wake him up?

Believer N°262: and immediately get massacred? Nah man, I have a wife, a kid! You wake him up.

Believer N°643: what no dude I don't want to die, I have dreams!

Believer N°262: *whispering but also yelling* YOU'RE IN A CULT YOU'RE NOT SUPPODED TO HAVE DREAMS WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!?

Believer N°643: THEY'RE IMPORTANT

Believer N°262: WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN THIS WHAT DO YOU EVEN WANT!?

Believer N°643:....... *Looks at the camera*

Believer N°262:.....

Believer N°643: Iwsnsssnsnsns

Believer N°262: what?

Believer N° 643: I...I want to start a band! It's...it's a work in progress but Carol and Jimmy have already agreed. It's going to be...it'll be cult based... probably.

Believer N°262: you....YOU STARTED A BAND AND DIDNT TELL ME!?

Believer N°643: IM SORRY

Believer N°262: I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS! WHAT ELSE ARE YOU KEEPING FFOM ME!?

Believer N°643: THE CHILD ISNT YOURS IM SORRY

Believer N°262: THAT- YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY ANSWE- wait... Bartholomew the Second isn't mine...?

Believer N°643: *slowly shakes his head* ...no

Believer N°262:....dude.

Believer N°643: IT WAS A SATURDAY NIGHT AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE SAVIOUR DOES ON SATURDAY'S, WE HAD WAY YOO MUCH ELIXIR. ALSO IM YOUR FATHER.

Believer N°262: what THE FU-

Announcer: Join us next week in The Cult, it's like The Office but it's actually a cult, made my someone who has been writing for about an hour non-stop and it's actually 1AM in her time zone so she's clearly already loosing her mind, GOOD NIGHT FOLKS

*audience applause*

*The Office theme but cult version starts playing as the credits roll, THE END*

(I'm sorry I don't know what the fuck this is but my fingers just started typing it on their own I'm sorry pffff

[bevvydraws]

This is going to be my feelings/opinions towards all of the main characters in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. This is directly related to my interpretation of events in the series! If you disagree with my thoughts/feelings that’s totally cool but this isn’t meant to be a debate! 

A lot has been going on right now and I don’t have the energy to do much digital art right now, so I figured I’d just open up a little more about one of my favorite series! Maybe I’ll do my opinions on characters for the other games next. 

** This post will contain information that will spoil the series for you, so continue at your own risk**

Makoto Naegi:

Honestly I really like Makoto. He is really average but honestly I think that’s what makes him so appealing. Not only that, but he comes off with a type of charisma that only “average” people can pull off. He has a base knowledge on a variety of subjects that allows him to talk to the other students. That and I find the concept of his “luck” very interesting. Also, side note, but that sprite of him focusing with his finger under his chin is probably one of my most favorite DR sprites ever. It’s just so cute! (I might redraw it someday hehe) 

10/10 

Aoi Asahina: 

While I adore Hina, I really wish that they would have made her more than just a ditzy character who was obsessed with donuts in this game. I loved her energy though! Her interactions with everyone always made me smile. My appreciation for her character just increased exponentially after watching the Despair Arc of Danganronpa 3. All in all I’m super glad that her character survived in THH.

8/10

Byakuya Togami: 

Honestly, I have mixed feelings about Byakuya. I think he’s a great antagonistic character, truly, but beyond that I’m not sure. I definitely think that his character is humbled throughout the course of the game, and in later games/animes he seems a lot less asshole-ish, but I’m not sure if I like him or hate him. I guess that just goes to show just how great he is as an antagonist. One thing I thought was hilarious though was how he casually admitted to being a true-crime nerd. I’m really glad he survived because I think his “talent” was really important for the Future Foundation. 

6/10

Celestia Ludenberg: 

Okay so real talk, I used to be a huge Celestia fan when I first stumbled across the series. But now, I don’t really like her character all that much. I think that out of all of the killers in THH her motive was the most shallow and that really is terrible considering how much potential she had. Her disconnect with her true identity could have made for an interesting character arc. And I really hate how they gave her literally the most complicated murder scheme when it would make sense for her to take a little risk as possible. Her character design is really cute though. 

5/10

Chihiro Fujisaki:

I think Chihro’s death was one of the hardest for me in the game. I played through all of his freetime events and was super attached to him (I know, a horrible idea in a game like DR), and as soon as he died I was just in shock. One thing I love about how they portrayed his character was truly allowing the brilliance of Chihiro shine through even after his death. He created the AI that not only helped aid in their escape, but ultimately saved Makoto's life. I also really liked the juxtaposition of Chihiro and Mondo (the seemingly weaker one ultimately being stronger after all). All in all, Chihiro is a great character. 

10/10

Hifumi Yamada:

I’m not really a fan of Hifumi, but I definitely think he gets wayy too much hate or just gets overlooked completely. I think that the creators leaned a bit too far into the stereotypes for him, and that made him come off as stiff and just… there. I knew from the very beginning that he wouldn’t survive, and honestly he’s the only character I had that feeling with (minus Leon). There are some quirks about him that I like, though, like how he never fails to refer to the others politely.

4/10

Kiyotaka Ishimaru:

So I originally found Taka annoying but after playing THH again he became one of my favorite characters. I find his enthusiasm adorable and his free time events boosted my admiration of him. He’s the only Ultimate that makes a conscious effort to prove himself and not rely on his prodigy-type status. And his relationship with Mondo, albeit short-lived, was so pure. It was so obvious to me that he was happy to have a friend (because Mondo is the first friend he’s ever had), and having that suddenly ripped away and listening to his desperation at the end of chapter 2 made me sob. 

10/10

Kyoko Kirigiri: 

Kiri’s background made me feel really sad for her. I first thought she was just the aloof, cold, smart type that was a bit snobbish. But then you realize that she’s been raised to not be in the spotlight, to work alone and without credit behind the scenes. Detective work is basically her birthright and she’s clung to that like a vice. Her character development throughout the game was really nice, and I think her and Makoto are super cute for each other. The side plot with her and her dad in DR3 made me really sad, too. I really liked overall that she was unapologetically holding true to her beliefs, even if it made her come off as cold. She was a solid, strong female character. 

8/10

Leon Kuwata:

It was super obvious from the beginning that Leon was gonna die. There was 0 attachment to his character for me and he just came off as just...kinda there. I don’t really have much to say about him, other than that I’m not a fan.

1/10

Mondo Owada: 

Mondo was such a big sweetheart in his freetime events. I thought his character was really well rounded and I was so sad that he ended up killing Chihiro. Despite that, I thought it worked really well for the story and played off of both of their weaknesses. Again I really loved his friendship with Taka, and having it formed and ended so quickly surprisingly hurt. 

8/10

Sakura Oogami: 

Honestly I didn’t like how they made her character the spy, because it seemed ridiculously out of character for her. Honestly I think this would be something better suited to Celeste, as she would view it as a way to increase her chances of living if she’s in “kahoots” with him. I dunno, I think the spy thing was unnecessary anyways. I loved her character though and her friendship with Hina was super cute. I also loved how they mentioned that she wanted to embrace her femininity while also not wanting to give up being the strongest person in the world. 

7/10 

Sayaka Maizono: 

Honestly even though I’m not the biggest fan of Sayaka I really like the role she played at the beginning and I think they played it off perfectly. Her desperation fueled by the fear and harsh reality that comes along show business and easily being forgotten really works in the narrative. She seemed like a well-rounded character but I think that if she had lasted past chapter 1 I would have liked her less. All in all her character did a great job of kicking off everything. 

6/10

 Toko Fukawa: 

I hate how they portrayed her character in THH, but her obsessive and odd behavior (outside of her split personality) is easily explained by her traumatic past. She obviously has a warped sense of what “love” is, and that plus her intense delusions turned into obsession for Byakuya. I started loving her character a lot more in UDG, when she started becoming more well rounded and open around Komaru. 

Also, I loved Genocider Syo’s personality. While I obviously don’t condone serial murders, I think that her character is extremely interesting. She doesn’t try and condone her own actions, admitting there is no rhyme or reason. Plus I think it’s really interesting that she considers herself a “professional” and is incredibly particular about the details. 

Overall 6/10 in THH

Yasuhiro Hagakure: 

I feel like Hiro gets a lot of shit as a character because they think he doesn’t contribute anything. I think he adds a lot of much-needed comic relief. Also I think that everyone glosses over the fact that once Taka goes silent he actually tries to encourage him to speak up again. And then tries to do his part and keep everyone together and upbeat. I really think that Hiro is a fun character who deserves more love, even though I can’t say he’s one of my favorites. 

7/10

Mukuro Ikusaba:

I wish Mukuro’s personality would have been able to actually show through in the game. The only glimpse we really see of it is in the bonus school mode while she is still posing as Junko. I wish in the anime they’d have harped less on her odd obsession with Junko and focused more on her internal struggle. I think her character has potential but I can’t say I was particularly attached to her (I suppose that was kind of the point, though). 

4/10

Junko Enoshima: 

Junko is probably one of the most well-written villains I have ever seen in a series. At first I thought it didn’t make sense, and was confused how one person could have so much influence on a mass amount of people. Then it was revealed in later installments that Ultimate Fashionista was not her real talent, just a cover she forged for herself to help her blend in to the school. Her real ultimate talent as the Ultimate Analyst allowed her to predict people’s actions and more importantly, their reactions. Her innate ability and incurable boredom made her seek out something unpredictable: despair and chaos. I think what made me love her as a villain was the line “You can’t argue with me, because there's no reason for anything that I do.” 

As a villain I give her 15/10. If I were to rank her as a person? -11037/10

Overall Opinion: 

I really find most of the characters charming but it’s super obvious when comparing this game to the others that these characters were not as fleshed out as characters in other games. I found it hard to be super attached to most of them and felt that some of their actions were really uncharacteristic. However I really do like the characters and what they add to the story, even if some of it doesn’t add up completely. I’m the least attached to these characters out of all of the characters in the DR series, although there are obviously some exceptions. I think there couldn’t have been a better opening cast of characters.

[incensus-nix]

.: an arrival :.

❝ It just... clashes, boss ❞

Bethany just rolled her eyes at Deacon, the both of them studying the new rug she purchased from the caravan traveling through town once again. It was a swirl of olive and mauve paisley tones centered in the middle of her living space. While most would consider having any kind of rug in their establishment totally unnecessary, while still adding a bonus to their settlement decor, Bethany could see how it didn’t meld well with the more subtle black and white tones she was working with.

❝ I hate when your right. And you don’t even have to live with it. Ugh, fine, I’ll give it to Linda and Preston. They never complain about anything. ❞ Leaning down to her knees, she arched her back as she started to roll up the large rug off the broken tiles on the living room floor.

❝ I’m here enough to have to look at it. ❞ Deacon honestly didn’t even care about little things that she did. Decorating the Commonwealth seemed counter productive, but he could never not give his opinion, especially if it sent Bethany into a tizzy.

Few moments later, footsteps from large boots and a few hard knocks was on her doorframe. It was Brittany, wearing a dirty tank top and a workman’s jumpsuit tied around her waist, leaning one arm onto her doorframe and tapping the toe of her boot behind the other leg. ❝ Got some visitors. Looks like it’s the mayor of Goodneighbor and a woman. ❞

Bethany arched a pale brow, then looked to Deacon who mimicked her expression, pulling down his sunglasses slightly. ❝ What do they want? ❞ she asked.

❝ Didn’t say. But it’s Hancock, so I wouldn’t expect anything good. ❞

Bethany smirked, turning from Deacon to Brittany. ❝ Maybe he’s come to trade. ❞

❝ Don’t you even start touching that shit, Bethany. ❞ Deacon wasn’t kidding around. He wasn’t into the chem game anymore and despised seeing Bethany dabble down that path when he wasn’t watching. 

Bethany just curled her lip, rising to her feet and pushing the rug with her feet off against a wall. Wiping her hands on her houndstooth slacks, she walked out to Brittany, Deacon following, arms folded over his chest as he made sure to keep an eye on Bethany and Hancock. 

Turning from the door, Brittany lead the two of them towards the bridge, where the entrance of Sanctuary Hills opened up to the rest of the Commonwealth. There, the trio was met with the settler that manned the guard post and Danse in this power armor, aiming his laser rifle at the couple.

❝ Damnit, Danse, you always gotta point that damn thing at everyone? ❞ Hancock’s voice was gruff, annoyed that he had to make pleasantries with anyone from the Brotherhood of Steel. Little did he really know why they were really there.

❝ Stand down, soldier boy, this one doesn’t bite. ❞ Bethany pushed the barrel of Danse’s gun away from her visitors, then smirking at the two.

❝ -- Hard. ❞

❝ As if. ❞

The female companion of his didn’t seem so pleased with the familiarities between the mayor and silver haired woman, pushing her lips to the side and glaring down Hancock.

❝ Hehe -- ❞ Hancock chuckled, almost creepily the way most ghouls did. ❝ Got anything to drink in this dump? ❞ Bethany stopped smiling, nodding for Danse to lift his weapon back up until the ghoul waved his hands. ❝ Damnit, take a joke, woman. At least about the dump. It’s one helluva place you got here. ❞

❝ Thanks...  What do you want? ❞ Bethany crossed her arms, looking all the more authoritative in her suit coat and slacks. Hancock couldn’t have just have been passing through. It wasn’t like him. 

The redheaded woman he was with held out her hand to keep her companion quiet, then answered for the both of them. ❝ Do you have a geiger counter? ❞

Bethany pinched the bridge of her nose. She wondered how much she could mess with them right now, but Deacon stepped in. ❝ Ah, sorry guys. Mine’s in the shop. ❞

Danse looked between them, annoyed with the obvious lie. ❝ We have several, if you’re trying to track your radiation levels. It’s responsible to always have one on you just in case you find yourself -- ❞ 

❝ Shut up, Danse, we know. ❞ Hancock grumbled at him, having the ins on Railroad secret codes since he begun his journey with his traveling partner.

❝ But you asked -- ❞

❝ Danse, Hart, go let the robobulter. We have visitors. ❞ Bethany stopped the argument, waving them off. Both soldiers wandered off with a shrug. They’d be informed later, but it was too many people around to be having a secret meeting all of a sudden.

As the two walked away, the leader of Sanctuary shifted posture, settling her hand to her hip. ❝ So, gotta name? ❞ 

❝ Mina -- ❞

Bethany motioned for her to shut her lips quickly. ❝ That’s all I need. ❞

❝ She’s got a thing about last names... Unless you’re military or something. ❞ Deacon shrugged, motioning to the ex-Brotherhood members. ❝ Anyway, you’re the one Dez talked about, I assume? Didn’t know you were hanging with a -- ❞

❝ -- With what, shithead? ❞ Hancock got quickly defensive.

❝ A drugged up, mayoral ghoul, obviously. ❞ Bethany had no qualms speaking the truth, putting Deacon off as he pushed up his shades more. ❝ But since this is my settlement, I’m more concerned why Desdemona sent you here. ❞

❝ She, didn’t, actually. ❞ Mina spoke, her voice seemed the calmest of them all. ❝ I asked about where some of the synths we were rescuing where being sent to, once they were processed and set free. She talked about how Deacon, and I assume you’re Bethany, were on the receiving end of the rescues in Sanctuary. When I asked where...  ❞ There was a moment that her voice cracked, but she collected herself quickly to cover up. ❝ Where the location was, I... I needed to see it for myself. ❞ She thought Sanctuary was a code name... but it was truly the name. Sanctuary Hills. She knew this place.

Deacon shifted his gaze behind his sunglasses, curious as to one, how they never crossed paths until now, and two, what Bethany was going to say or even believe. 

❝ Uh, okay... ❞ Bethany just dragged out the last syllable, returning the awkward glare back to Deacon. ❝ I guess a tour? ❞

❝ Yes. ❞

Hancock seemed to be surprisingly quiet now in all this, Mina tightening her grip on her guns strapped to her, then moving forward as soon as Bethany agreed. It was weird at first, but when Bethany watched the way Mina moved, she moved with purpose. But it only took another second more for her to see the PipBoy 3000 strapped to her wrist. A vault dweller? Less likely. Probably stole it at least from them. There wasn’t anyone that wasn’t a ghoul from her time anymore. But she’d save to ask where Mina got it for another conversation...

As the four of them moved, Mina picked up the pace towards the largest pastel blue home in the middle of the neighborhood. So much for a tour. Bethany was always so proud of her little setups she made in all the houses. Especially what she managed to piece back together from Nuka-Arcade  in the house next to her own. She was slightly disappointed she couldn’t show it off.

❝ I can’t... believe... ❞ Mina pushed through the doorway, looking over the decor of the house, slowly moving forward in it to take in every detail she could see. ❝ At least it’s... being taken care of now. ❞

Hancock moved forward in the house as well, placing a hand over her shoulder, the redhead reaching up for his hand and grabbing it in her own and giving the ghoul a sad smile.

❝ So, that was all kind of weird just now. ❞ Deacon watched them while speaking lowly to Bethany.

But it was just as she suspected, arms folded as a hand rubbed her chin. Perhaps her theory wasn’t as impossible as it seemed. ❝ I think this is her house. ❞

Startled, Deacon just threw an arm out. ❝ Okay, one more time for the peanut gallery. What? ❞

❝ This was her house. Didn’t you see? She had a PipBoy and a thousand year sad stare. Woman’s got a secret. ❞

❝ I find this super hard to believe, pal. ❞

❝ Ew, don’t call me pal. Boss is so much more me. Or queen. Highness. Empress -- ❞

❝ Back to the topic of time travel, maybe? They’re wandering more... ❞ Deacon pointed as Mina and Hancock moved further into the house.

Bethany swallowed, then following them in with Deacon, watching as Mina touched the walls of the home, running her fingertips over the peeling wallpaper, something Bethany desperately wanting to replace in the near future.

❝ John, look... ❞ Mina moved into the bedroom furthest down on the right, creeping slowly inside with her hand over her mouth, keeping her composure as best as possible as she wandered in. Hancock went in with her, wrapping an arm over her shoulder and pulling her in close for comfort.

Bethany had no problem parading herself inside the house, seeing one of the cutting boards over the stove out of place in the kitchen and sliding a dirty glass into the sink quickly before any of them noticed. ❝ So, how long is this reunion going to take before you tell us what’s really going on? ❞ The two visitors turned to look at Bethany as she leaned into the bedroom’s doorframe. ❝ Just curious and all. Not a lot of us walk around with personal computers on their wrists and cry over broken houses. ❞

❝ Hey now -- ❞ Hancock started to defend them, but Mina pushed herself from his touch. 

❝ Takes most people a lot longer to ask these questions... ❞ Standing in the corner of someplace significant to her, she touched her lips, then pressed it to the ground. ❝ A crib was here once. What did you do with it? ❞

❝ One of my chairs needed a few more legs. ❞ Bethany answered, unfazed. It was junk to her, after all.

❝ Of course... ❞ Mina nodded. She was used to disappointment. Standing tall again, she straightened her pose and nodded to the other woman. ❝ I’d like a place to sit if we’re going to have a chat. ❞

Bethany gave a slight grin. ❝ I’ve got a place, if you can stand a hideous rug rolled up in the middle of room. ❞ Mina and Hancock simply stared at the other, confused.

Meeting more comfortably across the way in the canary yellow house, Bethany had a far more elaborate set up for herself and seating for her guests; her living room finely decorated to the point where you could almost mistake it for prewar design and livability. 

❝ So, what do you want to ask? ❞ Mina shifted herself awkwardly, Hancock resting a hand over her knee in assurance.

The silver haired woman leaned forward, sucking down on a bottle of bourbon, offering none for the others. Deacon had to play host and serve up from drinks in shot glasses, though it seemed Bethany was the only one wanting to indulge. If she was going to talk about the past, she needed something to take the edge off. She hated bringing it up. Let alone to strangers, but this was different. But Deacon was there and even he didn’t get to have the full story yet. ❝ Everything, actually. We’ll start with the PipBoy. Where did you get it? ❞

Mina pressed her lips before answering, quickly taking a sip from the shot glass. The taste was terrible but needed. ❝ Vault 111. Just north of here, actually. ❞

Bethany pushed her lips out in a smile. The liquor was already sinking in. ❝ Aw, three digits away from mine. Resident 114. ❞

Mina blinked, eyes widening slightly. ❝ The Triggermen? ❞

❝ No, fuck those guys, I’m an original. You know exactly what I mean. ❞

Mina quickly looked to Hancock, then back between Deacon and Bethany. The man in the sunglasses merely nodded, indicating she was telling the truth. ❝ That’s impossible! There weren’t any other survivors from the vaults. Not like me... ❞

❝ Yeah, well, color me surprised too. I thought I was the only smooth skinned person over 200 years old. ❞

❝ Oh honey, you ain’t that smooth. ❞ Hancock choked a laugh, thinking himself pretty funny.

Bethany didn’t think it was. Neither did Deacon, only ever having fragments of the story. ❝ You wanna leave this settlement alive, you shriveled looking cock.❞ Bethan gripped the bottle in hand, the ghoul backing down.

❝ Damn, tough crowd today. Jeez, relax... ❞

❝ Just cool it everyone for like, five minutes. Or until I finish my drink. Not into this hostile crap you two are putting out. ❞ Deacon swirls his drink, then sniffing before taking a quick swig.

❝ Like I was saying, ❞ MIna brought the topic back, Bethany narrowing in on the conversation. ❝ Vault 111 was cryochamber. All the residents were to be frozen until it was safe enough to leave. ❞ Bethany was in truth, jealous. It been taking in so-called safe levels of radiation until the residents went crazy and killed themselves and each other without ghoulification. ❝ I stopped here shortly after I left the vault, but I couldn’t stay. Not here, on my own. Cogsworth lead me out of the city, but... That’s a longer story. ❞

Bethany took another chug from the bottle in hand, wiping the corners of her lips and smiling. ❝ Oh, you know the robobutler? ❞

❝ He was my Mr. Handy. ❞

❝ No shit... ❞ Bethany was even more impressed. So, this really was her neighborhood after all? There was a million more questions, and to confirm her identity, all she had to do was talk to Cogsworth, but her story was almost too farfetched to be fake. It was all something Vault-Tec would set up, after all, which was sickening to her. ❝ Well, sorry about the crib... ❞

❝ It’s fine. ❞ It wasn’t completely fine. That was her baby’s crib. Shaun’s crib. The whole reason she was venturing out in the wastes and living this long with purpose. Sure, saving synths was a noble enough cause, but it was a duel purpose and gain joining the Railroad. It was a way into the Institute -- The organization that stole her baby.

❝ Slow down, Bethany, you’ll lose a liver tonight. ❞ Deacon wasn’t super strict on her drinking. He didn’t want to be hypocritical when he joined in, but it would always go downhill when she was on her shit. Whenever Bethany hit a threshold of what she could handle mentally and physically, she tended to have large, dramatic outbursts. Another reason to keep her from the chems, but he had a bad feeling tonight was not one of those nights.

❝ People only have one, stupid -- ❞ Bethany hissed, then continued to sip down some more bourbon. Rubbing her face, she swayed in her seat, then leaned back and set the brown bottle on the table next to her. ❝ You had a child. Married, most likely. Probably a perfect life, if you lived someplace like here. ❞

A bit annoyed with the assumptions, she wasn’t half wrong, but it wasn’t like her life was completely torn out of an issue of Picket Fences. ❝ It was far from perfect, but it... It was good, yes. I had a son, Shaun... and a husband.  ❞ She felt guilty bringing up her life before the war now, especially Hancock listening in. She found companionship with him, but that wasn’t to completely erase her loves in life before. Things had to change, wounds needed to heal. There was no way for Mina to change what was done, all she could do now is take down the bastards that stole her son, bring him back and begin anew. And she was getting closer to that with the aid of Hancock beside her.

❝ Whatever you say. Seems pretty cushy to me. ❞ Bethany hung her arm lazily over the back of the chair, bothered with the modesty the other woman was speaking to. ❝ You’re here now, did you get what you’re looking for here? Because I’m not about having a bunch of freeloaders taking up space. ❞

❝ Bethany, seriously -- ❞ Deacon snatched her bottle before she could grab for it again, moving it into the liquor cabinet above her bed’s head rest. Convenient spot. For a lush.

❝ Are you going to make us leave already? What about you -- ❞ Mina was a bit upset that she never got Bethany’s version of life before the vaults.

❝ Men paid me to walk down a red carpet. Free drinks. Long nights, high profile. Vault-Tec, etc. Then landed here. Boom, story done. ❞

❝ That ain’t all that happened. ❞ Deacon chimed in, now standing behind her chair, lighting up a cigarette. ❝ You missing a couple of blanks. ❞

❝ Those aren’t important. And take your smoking outside, you’ll ruin the walls. ❞

❝ You’re incredible. Incredibly deplorable. ❞ Still, upon her request, he took his smoke outside. Almost on queue, Hancock tapped Mina’s leg, then gave her a knowing nod before he moved outside. It was long overdue for a hit.

❝ What happened to you in the vault? ❞ Mina asked, more specifically this time.

Bethany was not close to being sober at this point, crawling over to her couch and laying on her side, pulling a blanket over herself, staring past Mina into the wall. ❝ Nothing as cool as getting frozen into a popsicle. ❞

❝ I wouldn’t call it fun. ❞

Curling up more, Bethany just blinked a few more times before speaking. ❝ I’m told my brain’s a little messed up. Deacon says it’s not my fault but it’s not true. I didn’t have to drink the stuff. I just didn’t want to die like the rest of those fuckers. Not with a belt around my neck or gun in my mouth. ❞ Touching the scars stretching across her lips, the permanent smile she was cursed with, she continued, ❝ Some people think they could win. But, I’m literally a goddess. You can’t kill someone like me. Many have tried. I guess I could thank being slowly poisoned over time. ❞

Mina wasn’t really sure what it all meant, but it sounded like the experiment in 114 was slightly more twisted than some. She read in the terminals there when rescuing a friend of synth kind, older generation, from the vault that it housed the richest and elite members of society, then forcing them into cramped quarters and unhealthy living conditions. And to make matters worse, they tried to keep the same people alive for the entire test, seeing how long they could handle being tortured like that. And with the overseer being someone that hated nothing more than to watch high society burn, it was a wonder how Bethany made it out in one piece and her brain not completely rotted like a feral ghoul’s.

❝ Must’ve been terrible. I’m sorry. ❞

❝ Me too. ❞ Bethany covered her head in the blanket. 

The silence between the women was interrupted by the Railroad’s main spy, checking in and seeing Bethany gone full recluse. ❝ She does this. You probably got more out of her than I did the first time. Lucky you. ❞ There was a punch in thigh from under the blanket, Deacon grabbing his leg and swatting back at her. ❝ Just sleep it off, princess. ❞

❝ I like that one, ❞ she muffled under the blanket, then rolled over and faced away from the living room.

❝ That’s about all you’re gunna get today now. Maybe another time, c’mon. ❞ Deacon waved for Mina to follow him out, giving her some space to nap off the booze and psychological rollercoaster she put herself in.

❝ Are you sure it’s okay to leave her alone like that? ❞ There was concern in Mina’s voice, looking back as she left the house.

❝ It’s probably a bad idea, but I wanna keep talking and that doesn’t involved her. ❞ Deacon moved to the local caravan set up. It was a giant structure for shops to set up, and the most popular hangout spot, the bar that was equipped with far more fun liquors than in Bethany’s house. 

Hancock was already having himself a drink and a grand old time, teasing Danse a bit and getting away with it, making Brittany laugh at his expense. He also got the full story of why the Brotherhood and Railroad were coexisting peacefully under the same roofs. Very. Interesting.

❝ Hey Buddy! How about a couple of beers? ❞ Behind the counter was a modified Protectron robot, specifically made for brewing beers on the go, always ice cold to perfection. 

❝ You... got... it, Bu-ddy. ❞ The bot’s voice was clearly mechanical, but also with a slight bit of whimsy. ❝ Do you... require... a laugh? ❞

❝ Nah, not today, Buddy, maybe another time. ❞

❝ You... got... it, Bu-ddy. ❞ The Protectron repeated itself, but it was friendly enough still with it’s programming.

Mina and Deacon found some chairs away from the crowd, popping open the caps on their beers and settling down. It was a lively afternoon, the farmers all taking a break for a late afternoon lunch and drinks. Many of them didn’t seem to have a care, living easier than most.

❝ This place is pretty remarkable, isn’t it? ❞ Mina commented, smiling lightly at the sight of the people around them.

❝ I know, right? Like, I get that Bethany isn’t our typical go-to for team members, but she’s a more valuable asset than Dez would like to admit. Half those guys over there are synths. All of them escaped from the Institute on their own free will. And they’re all getting paid and have a safe place to sleep. Bethany says she doesn’t really care as long as they work and follow some kind of dress code which basically entails showing up in clean clothes and washed hair. No arguments there, but she makes it a big deal. ❞

❝ Probably holding onto Old War standards. ❞

❝ Oh, like you wouldn’t believe. I just keep on her good side and all. Pissing her off is not a good idea. At. All. ❞

❝ You two seem to be pretty close? ❞ Mina arched her brows, sipping on her drink.

Deacon just pushed up his shades, shrugging. ❝ Close is a relative term. I keep an eye on her time to time. ❞

❝ There are a lot of times though, aren’t there? ❞

❝ More than I’d like. ❞ He leaned back, not interested in talking more about his and Bethany’s awkward codependency. Whatever they were doing, he’d like any strangers he just met to see them as simple coworkers. ❝ Anyway, welcome back to Sanctuary Hills. We’ve got caps, security and a treehouse surrounded by cats. ❞

❝ Excuse me? ❞

❝ Yeah, Bethany had this crazy idea to build a treehouse on that giant oak at the cul-de-sac. It’s completely surrounded by cats too. I dunno, but she’s obsessed with them and putting up string lights. I mean, it is kinda cool. Save for like, the damn cats everywhere. ❞

❝ I thought everyone... ate the cats, or something gruesome along those lines. I haven’t seen a single one since before the war. ❞

Deacon snorted a laugh. ❝ Yeah, you haven’t seen any of them because Bethany hoarded them all. Look, I did say she was unconventional. But she’s not too bad. Promise. ❞ He was actually being honest. Mostly out of excitement. Another Railroad member to outnumber the other factions taking up residency in the settlement. Felt pretty good to be on top.

Mina sighed, but it seemed like they had everything together. ❝ What’s the likeliness we can stay a while longer? ❞

❝ Very likely. There’s still some rooms available, since much of the residents have also taken up doing caravan routs between here and Bunker Hill. It’s been a mutually beneficial partnership we’ve gotten out of them. ❞

❝ That’s amazing, actually. ❞

❝ Totally. ❞ Finishing off his beer, he leaves it on the table, then rubs his cheek. ❝ So, uh, does that mean Goodneighbor’s finest is sticking around, too? ❞

Mina didn’t love the question at all, her lips thin before answering. ❝ I’d prefer you didn’t insult him. I get it, I know. I see it, and I would’ve thought the same as you did, but... Just as you say to keep an open mind about Bethany... I need you to do the same for him. ❞ Her eyes begged to him. ❝ Please. ❞

❝ Just keep the chems away from Bethany. I don’t know why she thinks relying on them will take away what happened to her in the vaults and elsewhere, but she gets lost in using. And it’s really hard to get her back. I don’t want to have to keep pulling her feet out of her grave. ❞

❝ You do really care about her, don’t you? ❞ 

Deacon wasn’t going to admit anything to a rookie, in his eyes. ❝ We need this settlement to always be in top shape as long at the Railroad is tied to it. No exceptions. ❞

❝ If you say so. ❞

The two of them sat in a momentary silence, until they were joined by Hancock, stumbling over to half sit on Mina’s armrest, partially over her lap. ❝ Couldn’t help but stare from across the room, sweet cheeks. ❞

❝ Ugh, alright, I’ll leave you to it, Mina. Nice chat. ❞ Mina rolled her eyes at the men, Deacon giving a slightly dramatic bow as he walked away from them, then strolled out of the building and back across the way to the light yellow house where Bethany was curled up in her own space.

Dusk was approaching, the Minutemen back from patrol and serving up their catches of the day of radstag and brahmin meat, cooking up something special for the newcomers. There was more excitement buzzing about vaults once Linda got onto the topic.

❝ You done dying in here? ❞ Deacon walked in without knocking, as he typically did in Bethany’s presence. 

❝ I said too much. ❞ Bethany was still hiding under the blanket, less drunk as she was before.

❝ Well, when you decide to go hard on the booze, you say stupid shit. You know this, boss. ❞ It wasn’t the first time he experienced this, he doubted it would be the last. But one could try.

❝ I hate it. ❞

❝ Yeah, I know you do. ❞

Instead of forcing her to sit up and try to move around, Deacon just rolled onto his side and pulled himself next to her on the sofa, barely hanging off the edge of cushions as he held himself to Bethany. She didn’t protest the gesture, rarely feeling any kind of human touch to bring her some kind of ease.

❝ How come she left the vault perfect? ❞ Bethany finally squeaked out, pulling her head from underneath the covers.

❝ I’m sure she sees that differently. ❞ Deacon stretched his neck up, resting his chin on the top of her head.

Hugging herself, she shook a bit. ❝ I can’t get it out of my head. It’s like poison. And I don’t remember how it stopped or where it began. I just know that couldn’t die like that. Not with him. Not with him hovering over me with a knife and I was so weak. Everyone was so weak and -- ❞

❝ Hey, that’s enough. ❞ Deacon hushed her, removing his sunglasses from his eyes and setting them on the coffee table. ❝ That’s enough. ❞

Bethany’s hands grabbed at her temples, a mess of silverly hair popped between her fingers as she shook some more. ❝ I let him control me for so long. I should’ve killed him sooner but I didn’t know how. I was weak like the rest of them until I felt myself break. I couldn’t take it anymore, I just didn’t want to die. He controlled all of us and -- ❞ With a voice cracking, she broke a bit, several hot tears rolling across her face down into her palm. ❝ I don’t, I can’t. I’m... ❞

Pushing her hands down from ripping at her hair, Deacon held onto her a little tighter. ❝ He can’t control you anymore. No body can. Hear that? No one can ever again. You’re in control now. Remember that. All this... This is yours, this is you...  ❞

❝ I’m not hurting them, am I? I don’t know, I can’t tell -- ❞ Her disillusions where getting the best of her, memories of old mixing in with the new.

❝ Everyone trusts you. It’s fine. You’re doing right by everyone. ❞

Bethany took a few heavily breaths then nodded, trying to clear her headspace. ❝ Sometimes everything turns hazy. Green, like.  I don’t remember that happened before the vaults... That’s not normal, right? ❞

❝ Nah, it didn’t happen until after. ❞ She was recalling radstorms now. Those really messed her up. He’d find her sitting around with a hazmat suit helmet on and playing Blastradius just to keep herself busy while she was cooped up. There was always several packs of radaway next to her when it was over just so she wasn’t pushed over the edge. ❝ Good memory though. See, everything’s alright. ❞ The least he could do what make her feel like we was making rational decisions on her own.

❝ I’m sorry you have to keep doing this. ❞ She rolled over now, feeling less zombie like and more calm into her own mind again. She pushed her head into his chest, covering her face in her own hands. ❝ I promise I was much more fun when I wasn’t a crazy person in a vault. ❞

❝ It would’ve been nice to see you at one of your parties. I bet you were a real showoff. ❞

She smiles a bit, then pushed him gently. ❝ Of course I was. I looked amazing. ❞

❝ Maybe. If they’re into that sort of thing. ❞

In silence, Bethany closed her eyes, finding some piece now in her place. ❝ One day, I won’t be your burden. ❞

Not too sure what to make of that comment, Deacon, lays there and collects his thoughts into words. ❝ It doesn’t have to be any time soon, though. capisce? ❞

❝ Okay... ❞

Taking a moment to soak in the fact she may not get another time to be this close to Deacon, she sighs at herself, knowing this was a one time deal. Sucking in she just takes both her hands and forces him back, completely pushing him off the couch and landing hard on the ground, getting all the space back that she wanted back on the sofa.

❝ Oof -- After all that emotional jargon, you’re going to do that to me? ❞

❝ Yes. Yes, exactly that. ❞

❝ You’re honestly the worst and I don’t know why I put up with you. ❞

❝ Because you called me princess and now I’ve come to terms that I really am one. ❞

❝ I’m quitting you. For good. ❞

❝  Not a chance. I’m the best chem you’ll ever get.❞

In a way, she was right. Because no matter what, all the insanity and trials she put him up to, and the same with him to her, they stuck together. Through and through.

[cloudchaserandflitterexplain]

Cloudchaser and Flitter Explain: Their top 10 Defenders of Equestria cards

You guess? Did something go wrong?

No…

Then what’s wrong, Cloudchaser?

It’s just that...

There are so many good cards in this set! Cutting them down to just ten meant I wouldn’t be able to mention a lot of my favorites and even ordering the ten I do have was really hard and I’m still not sure it’s the order I want them to be in and—

Boop.

Feel better now?

Did… did you just boop my nose?

Hi everypony! Have you been enjoying Defenders of Equestria so far? I know I have!

And considering how hard it is to get Cloudchaser to stop talking about the set, I’m pretty sure she’s been enjoying it too.

You can’t just boop someone’s nose like that…

In fact, you might even say we’ve been enjoying the set a bit too much! It’s about time for us to make our traditional top 10 favourite card lists after all.

And Defenders is so full of awesome, it was really hard for me to pick only ten cards to talk about. And something tells me Cici had just as much trouble as I did! Didn’t you, Cloudchaser?

I mean, what would Equestria be like if ponies just walked up to each other willy-nilly and just… boop.

Okay... I seem to have completely shattered my best friend’s brain. Give me a moment to try and fix this.

Gah!

You booped my nose again…

Well I needed to do something! We’ve got top 10 lists to share with every pony.

Care to do the honors by sharing your first card with everypony?

Oh, uh, sure.

So to start things off, I’m putting Maud Pie: Counteroffer at number 10.

Now this card may surprise a few people. As, well, she has most of the qualifications for a card that I’d be inclined to say is not good at all for competitive play. She costs 5 for one thing, which is a huge investment for a card unless it gives you a massive advantage.

Which brings us to her ability set. Which, if you ask me, is not at all worth that 5 AT pricetag. Exhausting an opposing character during your Main Phase is pretty underwhelming at the best of times, and there are typically better ways to get +1 counters than when you flip a card.

So yeah, I’d say she’s pretty bad in a vacuum. Close to unplayable outside of a casual environment.

But if you add one other card to the equation, namely Big Mac: Princess for a Night, she becomes ridiculously good. So good, ponies have already been building around the combo.

Ponies like Gyro, which should tell you something.

Oh, so you’ve seen the deck?

Yup! I really liked the idea!

Though I’d probably hate to actually play against it.

Anyway, if you haven’t caught the combo yet, these two friends let you flip your entire deck. Start a Faceoff involving Big Mac and flip a card. Maud will then a put a +1 power counter on him, which lets him spend it to flip another card which lets Maud put a counter on him and so on.

Now, you might be thinking “okay, so this lets you flip your deck and win a faceoff by a lot. So what?” Which is a fair question to ask. Well, two things.

First off, it lets you stack the order of your deck. So you know exactly what you’re going to draw and flip for the rest of the game. And you can even restack the deck in a future faceoff, if you need to.

The other thing is you get to flip every Chaos card in your deck!

Yup. And that’s where her true power lies. There are a lot of powerful chaos abilities right now. And with the right selection of chaos abilities, as well as the correct other cards, you can basically win the game right then and there. Hence why ponies are building around her.

So yeah, she might not look like much at first glance, but she’s actually pretty strong.

Just like a rock.

Well, my number ten pick is nothing like Cici’s, but what else is new, hehe. I went ahead and chose Ravers: Glowsticks Optional!

Just look at those happy ponies! Makes me wish I was there with them. They’re having so much fun!

Almost as much fun as I have making millions of Earth Pony tokens with their ability!

...Have you actually literally made millions?

Don’t be silly, Cici. That’d take forever to put them all into play.

I just stop at the first couple thousand or so.

Of course. How silly of me.

Oh, and because some ponies miss this when they first see the card, but Ravers actually make tokens when you play them. They trigger themselves!

Which just makes sense, cause you can’t have a rave without lots and lots of ponies participating! So naturally they’d bring friends with them when they first arrive.

And the party keeps going with new friends coming and going all the time. Everypony on the dance floor!

I’ll, um. I’ll stay home, thanks.

That’s okay. Ravers work wherever they are! Even from home!

So they can bring the party to you.

...I’m going to move on to the next card.

So I just got done talking about a 5 cost, 3 req, 5 power Orange Earth Pony. And, well, I guess I’m not done doing that since my next pick is Applejack: Captain of the Seven Seas.

Yar har har. Shiver me timbers, be that an ultra rare I see? Yar har har.

Uh… sure.

Again, normally I wouldn’t really want to pay 5 AT for just one friend. You can usually do more with your AT than just that. But, in this case? The effect is absolutely worth it.

Basically this is a mono-Orange Party of One.

Sure, there are a few differences. like the fact that this affects resources and Troublemakers too, or the fact that both players get to keep things instead of just one player, but the principle is pretty similar. And a single colour Party of One is pretty nuts.

Now, yes. There are times you won’t want to play this. Like if your opponent has fewer friends than you, or you just can’t afford to get rid of your board state, or whatever. But that was true of Party of One too. And the times that you do want to play her? Well, it’s proven to be very effective.

Very, very effective… I may have been on the receiving end of Captain AJ a few times now.

Plus whenever you play her, you have an excuse to talk like a pirate for the rest of the game. Yar har har! Avast! Dead ponies tell no tales!

Okay, you are having way too much fun with this.

Silence, scurvy dog! Or else I be making ye sleep with the fishes.

Heh, you’d have to catch me first.

Oh, I’ll catch you, don’t worry about that.

But I should probably continue with my next card. Which is Pinkie’s Present!

Which is the first Song card I’ve put on these lists! What’s wrong with me, I love the song cards!

Ah well, problem solved now, hehe.

So this is on the list mostly just because I like the song. It’s just fun! Who doesn’t love presents or spending time with friends, hehe.

Though it also has a friend borrowing mode, and that’s one of my favourite things to do in this game. And the other options aren’t bad either!

It’s just a fun card with fun art based on a fun song!

Bit of a shame I couldn’t find room on the list for more songs, though, since they’re all pretty fun somehow. But oh well.

Eh, I would have gone with It’s Gonna Work myself if I was going to put a song on today’s list, but yeah, that’s a fine card too.

Anyway, my number eight card is Tri-Horned Bunyip: Elusive Myth.

Three Super or Ultra Rare cards in a row, huh Cici? Is every card on your list going to be shiny?

What? No!

...It’s just a coincidence.

I’m just giving you a hard time, Cici. Go on with your list.

Anyway it’s no secret that I love aggro. And a key part of aggro decks is point acceleration. Something basically only Blue and White had before Defenders. Which basically meant to be competitive and also be playing aggro, you had to be playing Blue, White, or both.

But with the introduction of Bunyip, Yellow’s got it now too! And this is actually pretty good point acceleration at that. 1 AT for 1 point is pretty fantastic. And it’s much easier to get that point than, say, Night Glider: Overpowering’s points.

Now sure, you do frighten Bunyip to do it. But that’s pretty minor.

Let’s compare to Rarity: Truly Outrageous, who does something pretty similar and is more or less universally considered to be a good card. With RTO, you move her home to score points. It then normally takes you 2 AT to move her back. Similarly, it costs you 2 AT to rally Bunyip. Same cost.

Yeah, there are other differences. RTO has less req, so can be used more easily if White is your off colour, and cares about higher bonus problems, for example. Plus she has 2 power, and it costs you to same amount to score points off her next turn even if you started a faceoff, while it’d take 3 AT to get Bunyip to a problem and unfrightened. And so on.

But Bunyip has advantages too. 1 initial cost is pretty cheap, and there are a few cards that care about 1 cost friends, like Find the Music In You or Pinkie Pie: One Filly Party. Plus, being a critter plays nicely with several of Yellow’s other strategies.

And most importantly, it’s in Yellow, a colour that otherwise has no point acceleration at all. That’s really the most important part.

It’s just a good card. And shouldn’t be underestimated.

My number eight pick is an Ultra Rare too! And let me tell you something…

Evil doers better run and hide because the protectors of a great nation are here to fight.

The Defenders of Spiketopia: Magic and Might!

...Not the nation I thought you were talking about, I admit.

Hey, imaginary nations can be great nations too!

Defenders of Spiketopia is great! Not only does it have my favourite art in the entire set, with everypony striking a cool pose, but it’s also got a whopping five different traits!

With trait icons to match, hehe. I bet they had to bust out something special to handle that!

Honestly it just annoys me that the trait icons aren’t in the same order as they are listed.

Huh? They aren’t?

They aren’t!

Yeah, I noticed it right away. It’s super minor, but man does it bug me for some reason.

Oh well. It’s still a super fun card with cool art!

...Aren’t you forgetting something?

Hrm? No, don’t think so.

What about their abilities?

Oh, I don’t care about that at all, honestly. Farming’s not my style. I just like the art and the traits, hehe. And I guess also the fact that their name references the actual set name, which is cute.

Though a bit confusing since we also have a Defenders of Equestria card… Ah well.

What’s next, Cici?

That would be my number seven pick, Changeling Mimics: Unreasonable Facsimiles.

I have the sneaking suspicion I should put this card higher on my list… but I dunno, this just seems to be the place for it.

Which says something about the rest of the cards on the list, because Mimics is really good.

Paying +3 AT to play any cards of the chosen type is pretty huge. You may as well not be able to play them at all, that’s such a huge tax. And unlike Octavia: Harsh Judge, you don’t need to know exactly what the opponent has in their hand, just what they’re likely to have in their hand.

Now, most of the time, you’re going to choose event with this card. Events are the cards that can be played on both players’ turns, and are far more common than either resources or troublemakers. But don’t discount the other options either.

Dilemmas are resources while not in play, for example, and players aren’t going to want to play them at +3 AT. Similarly, Singing Barrel, one of the most common forms of entry in the game, is really difficult to use if it suddenly costs 4.

And of course, making Troublemakers cost 4 makes it a bit more painful to play an epic to get rid of the Mimics due to uniqueness. Not impossible, of course, just expensive.

But let’s face it, that’s just a bonus. You’re almost always going to name event because it’s generally going to be the most useful. The other options are just icing on the cake.

Oh, and don’t forget the 6 power. They even do a decent job of protecting themselves against Friends due to being big. Though not so large they’re insurmountable.

I’m just glad they have a bonus higher than 0 so if you defeat them, you get something out of it.

Oh yeah, good point. It does have a drawback.

But then again, it’d have to. It’d be pretty insane without a drawback of some kind.

And even with the drawback, I think it’s the best non-epic Troublemaker we’ve seen in awhile.

What about Tantabus?

That doesn't count. It wasn’t good because it was a Troublemaker, it was good because of its chaos.

Well, speaking of Tantabus, I hope you’re ready to have nightmares…

Because my number seven pick, Zomponies: Terrifying Infestation, is coming to town!

OOOooOoOOoooOoOOoooO!

It kind of spoils the spooky factor when you smile like that.

These horrifying ponies have eaten so many cookies, it did something terrifying to them. Muzzles eternally stained by the objects of their undying desire, they roam all of Ponyville in search of even more tasty cookies to devour. But no matter how many they eat, their cursed hunger never diminishes.

Or maybe it was just one giant prank at Rainbow Dash’s expense, hehe. One of the two!

Yeah, it was that second one. Everypony was in on it, Flits, it’s not like you’re telling anypony anything they don’t already know.

Not everypony! Only those of us here in Ponyville.

Shouldn’t you be talking about the card?

I am, silly! The card comes with the story!

Plus it’s kind of fun just frightening everything over and over. Sure, there are better ways, but none that are so ripe with the ability to tell ghost stories while you do so.

Well, uh, besides Spooky Scary Story, I guess. Or Rainbow Dash: Goosebump Giver.

But hey, why not run them all? The perfect deck to play against somepony if you’re going camping and need an excuse to tell scary stories!

Do ponies really bring card games with them when they go camping?

Probably not. But hey, now that we gave everypony the idea, maybe somepony will!

You are one weird pony, Flitter.

Guilty as charged.

Well, let’s move on. My number six pick is Turning Point.

Now I know what some of you are going to say.

“Turning Point isn’t as good as Cracking the Case.”

And yeah, you’re right. It’s not. Immediate timing is insanely good, and banishing is always better than just dismissing. If you have the option of running one or the other, you should definitely pick Cracking the Case.

That being said, I still absolutely nove this card.

1 AT to dismiss a TM during the Main Phase by itself would be already the second best TM buster in the game right now, after Cracking the Case. Yes, even better than Epic Win, in my opinion.

Not only does being 3 req make it substantially easier to cast than Epic Win’s 4, but Main Phase timing is way better than Troublemaker Phase.

Having Main Phase timing means that if you pay AT to draw it, you can play it immediately to confront that turn without the opponent being able to mess with it somehow on their turn. Also, 1AT is about as cheap as you can get for this kind of effect.

And this card does more than that! The optional ability to discard a card to borrow a TM permanently is huge!

Especially if you borrow the card CIci was just talking about, hehe.

Yup. Suddenly it’s not you who has to pay +3 to play cards, but your opponent!

And that’s not the only good TM to borrow. Yellow Parasprite, Rarity: Hoarder, and so on are pretty solid candidates since now you’re getting the benefit instead of them.

Really, borrowing any non-epic TM can be worth it. So long as it prevents the opponent from confronting for a turn or two while letting you confront.

Sadly, there are no epic TMs that benefit you for borrowing them, really. You’re probably just better off dismissing them.

Good thing the card can do that too.

Heh, yeah. Good thing.

Anyway, I’m really pleased with this card and feel its utility is great. I look forward to using it in all my Yellow aggro decks.

Well, I look forward to making super big friends with my number six pick, Trixie: Smoke and Mirrors!

Playing events is fun and making big friends is fun, and this card lets you do both! She can get super big super fast.

One event makes her 4 power. Two events means 8 power. And ten events? A whopping 2,048 power! Twenty events? Over a million. A hundred events?

Two nonillion, five hundred thirty-five octillion, three hundred one septillion, two hundred sextillion, four hundred fifty-six quintillion, four hundred fifty-eight quadrillion, eight hundred two trillion, nine hundred ninety-three billion, four hundred six million, four hundred ten thousand, seven hundred fifty-two power!

Which is good enough to win most faceoffs, let me tell you, hehe.

...How do you even know that?

What do you think Rainbowshine and I have been doing these past few weeks?

Making stupidly large Trixies?

Amongst other things, yes!

Why?

To see if we could!

To be honest, we could have gone higher if we wanted to! But a hundred and one events just seemed excessive.

Whatever makes you happy, I guess?

Now maybe working together with your opponent to make nonillion plus power Trixies isn’t your cup of tea, much like it isn’t Cloudchaser’s. But it’s still pretty fun to see just how big you can make her when playing a normal game.

Plus she’s a unicorn and a changeling, despite being one pony! You gotta love fun flavour like that.

So wait…

Trixie is actually a changeling?

No, silly! The other Trixie is Thorax.

Oh. Right. I knew that.

Your turn!

Well my fifth pick doesn’t have the ability to breach a million power…

Nonillion.

...But I think it’s still pretty awesome.

In fact, it can easily stop that giant friend with ease. I’m talking about Belly Flop.

SPLOOSH!

So Belly Flop is probably the best removal card in the game right now. For 1 AT, you can dismiss just about every friend in the game at Immediate timing. That’s insane.

Sure, you do have to retire a friend to play it…

But Pink has no shortage of ways to make friends. Whether it’s an Earth Pony Token, someone you want to retire like Party Favor: Balloon Master, or simply a friend at home you’re no longer using, chances are you’ll have somepony you don’t mind retiring.

Of course, the best way to use it is to combine it with borrowing effects like Pinkie’s Present, which lets you retire your opponent’s friend to dismiss another opponent’s friend. This is ridiculously strong.

And fun! Well, for you. Your opponent might grumble a bit.

Not really much else to say. Just super solid removal that I expect to see an awful lot of in the immediate future, if not forever.

Well, I won’t let your dive bombing Trixies ruin my plans to make the biggest friends ever. Because my number five pick is Cheerilee: Cheerileeder!

Uhh, how does she stop me from ruining your plans?

Well, she doesn’t.

I just wanted to emphasize I like making the biggest friends ever!

Oooookay, then.

Anyway, Cheerilee is great! If you’ve got a giant friend at home, you can use that giant friend to make another giant friend even gianter!

Why have one friend at nonillion plus power when you could have two?

With one of them at home…

I just played a hundred events, you think I can’t spare a couple AT to move my Trixie at home?

Fair point.

Even without silly plans to make giant friends, it’s just fun moving power around! It’s like your friends are all working together to help each other confront those problems! How fun is that?

Not to mention Cheerilee looks amazing in her cheerleader outfit. And she’s so happy!

You just put this card on here for the art, didn’t you?

Maaaaybe. I’ll never tell!

Moving on to my number four pick, we have Gabby: Lending a Claw.

Getting into the really good cards now.

Oh, I like Gabby! She’s so helpful and cheerful!

Well, her card is definitely helpful, that’s for sure. The longer a game goes on, the more likely it is you’re going to run out of cards in hand. But Gabby here helps with that pretty amazingly.

More cards in hand means more options, after all. And Gabby ensures you always end your turn with at least four. Which is great for aggro decks that try to play a lot of cards in any given turn.

Not that you’d know anything about that.

Huh? I play aggro all the time.

That’s the joke, silly.

Oh… right.

Anyway, Gabby’s potential to keep you going in the mid to late game without resorting to having to pay to draw is pretty great. Four cards is a lot. You won’t usually get to draw a full four, since you’ll have five on your next turn, but even drawing just two cards off of her is fantastic.

She is basically worth running in any Pink deck that plays lots of cards.

Unless, of course, you’re using Vinyl. She can keep your hand full all on her own, so Gabby’s not needed.

Which kinda puts her in this weird space where she’s best as an off colour friend since if you’re playing a competitive deck with a Pink Mane, you’re almost certainly using Vinyl.

Good thing she’s only got 2 req then, huh?

Definitely.

By the way, Cici…

Have you happened to hear the new hit song that’s been the rage all across Equestria lately?

Oh, you mean Coloratura’s latest hit? Yeah, it’s great! I love everything she does!

Nope, not Coloratura!

Uhh…. Sapphire Shores then? She’s okay, but she’s got nothing on Coloratura.

I’m so pleased I got to actually help out with the preparations when she came to Ponyville! Seeing her in concert was great.

I’m not talking about a Coloratura song, Cici!

Sheesh.

Well, who’s it by, then?

Ponyville’s very own princess!

Huh. I didn’t know that Twilight—

Wait.

I see where this is going.

Sweep Sweep Sweep!

My number four pick.

How did I not see this coming sooner?

You were too busy fangirling all over Coloratura, hehe.

I wasn’t fangirling...

Anyway, I really don’t have much to say about the card. It’s just got a fun name referencing a silly little bit in Princess Twilight’s history, hehe.

And it never fails to make me laugh! I just love it.

Not sure why they didn’t just actually make it a Song, though. I mean, it even says it’s a song right there in the title!

Maybe because it’s not a song?

Sure it is!

Sweep sweep sweep sweep sweep.

Repeating one word over and over doesn’t make it a song.

Sweep sweep sweep sweep sweep.

Knock it off already.

Sweep sweep sweep sweep sweep!

Anyway, moving on to my number three pick…

Once again, I had some trouble organizing the top 3. They’re all really powerful cards, and picking which one was the best was pretty hard.

But after careful consideration, I came up with this particular list. And I’m pretty pleased with the outcome.

Enough Buildup, Cici! Which card is number three?

Heh, alright then. Sweetie Belle: Most Traditional gets the slot.

I was very close to putting her in the number one slot too. Just because of how versatile she is.

She does so many things. She can get rid of cards you don’t want to draw or flip. She can help you with faceoff math by knowing what you or your opponent is going to flip next, and if there’s any chaos on those cards. She can even get rid of the opponent’s chaos cards to ensure they don’t flip them!

Though, truth be told, the best way to use her is to control what the opponent draws. Pitch all the stuff you don’t want them to have and give them the stuff you’re okay with them having.

If you’re really confident, you can even let them draw good cards just so you know what they have. Sometimes knowing exactly what’s in their hand can be stronger than getting rid of the good cards. Just because hand knowledge is important.

Don’t forget she’s Stubborn too!

Yeah! You get to do all that and still have her help you confront in the process! She’s pretty nuts.

I’ve seen her take control of games almost single hoofed. The opponent has a much harder time drawing cards they actually want, and almost never gets to draw a way to actually deal with the situation ever again. She is seriously a huge threat.

And don’t even get me started on multiple copies of her. Now you can use one to control their draws while also using the second to control their flips, or help smooth out your draws, or just super ensure the opponent doesn’t get what they want.

It can get kind of gross.

Mostly I just use her to discard the opponent’s entire deck.

Yeah, that’s actually an option too. If you’re getting close to the end game, you may want to switch to just discarding cards from their deck to ensure they run out of tools, be they ones you hoof picked for them or not. Which makes her a huge control tool and also a win condition rolled into one.

Well, sorta. You still need to actually score points after the opponent has no deck, but they’ll have very little way to stop you at that point.

Anyway, that’s more of a secondary function, though. And only when the opponent is down to like fifteen or so cards left in their deck.

If you just use her that way to start off, you’re unlikely to do much unless your deck is entirely dedicated to discarding the opponent’s deck, which is difficult to pull off.

Psh, says you. I do it all the time!

Yeah, well, we have different playstyles.

Anyway, that’s about it for Sweetie Belle.

Though I guess it’s also worth mentioning she’s useful if you’re trying to get specific cards into your discard pile. White is good at playing cards directly from the discard pile, after all. Orange White especially.

There’s probably a deck idea in there somewhere, though I haven’t found it yet myself.

Hehehe.

What?

You’ll see!

Well, let’s move on to my top three! And we get to start with Baby Flurry Heart: Newborn Nightmare.

Ugh, not this card.

Rules Nightmare is more like it, if you ask me.

As you can see, Cici hates this card. But I absolutely love it!

Randomness is fun! Not knowing what’s going to happen can be exciting sometimes. Will your friend move? Or will they stay still? Who knows!

Yeah, but she doesn’t work like anypony expects her to.

See, assuming there are no dilemmas, there are four total locations in the game. Your home, your problem, the opponent’s home, and the opponent’s problem. And Flurry looks at all four as a possible area to move the character to.

And if she picks an invalid location, like the opponent’s home or the place the character already is, the friend stays still. Meaning you tried to move a friend for absolutely no benefit.

Exactly! She causes chaos! And that’s fun!

It’s frustrating.

Sometimes frustrating is fun, though.

Wah?

Don’t think about it too hard, hehe. Just go into you number two!

Heh, that I can do. My second favourite card is definitely Spitfire: Drilling It In.

Talk about a card that does it all, she’s got a whopping four abilities, and they’re all great.

You all probably already know how good Prince Rutherford is, which is to say phenomenal. The ability to frighten at immediate speed and also get power in play is pretty great. He even bypasses event hate like The Vote.

And Spitfire does that too.

Of course, she does cost an extra AT, and you have to discard a card to do it.

But the effect is still worth it. Especially since you’re not losing anything for the extra AT cost. She’s still 3 AT for 3 power. Or more, thanks to her Experienced. And she’s in two colours, which is always a plus.

And that’s not even all she does! She also lets you draw a card when she’s put into the discard from anywhere. So if you discard Spitfire to another copy of her, you get a 4 power friend in play and still the same number of cards in hand!

Her ability also works if she’s put into the discard from your deck. Like say, from Sweetie Belle.

Yeah. She’s just an incredibly versatile card with a ton of applications, all of which are really great.

And Cloudchaser’s totally not just saying that cause she’s trying to suck up to Spitfire to get pulled from the reserves and become a Wonderbolt proper.

Huh? Of course not. Spitfire doesn’t even play the game.

Soarin does, though. Oh, and Surprise. Few others too.

Are they any good?

Eh. Surprise seems to have a knack for it, but only ever plays mono Pink. And Soarin is…

Well, he tries.

Well, maybe you should give him some pointers, huh?

Yeah, I help out where I can.

Anyway, enough about Wonderbolts! Let’s focus on my second favourite card from the set: Starlight Glimmer: Taking Charge.

Of course you’d pick a Redeem card.

Starlight is super fun, since she lets you play a Friend for free every single turn, provided you meet its requirement. This lets you play all sorts of expensive Friends you wouldn’t be able to otherwise!

Sure. Just as soon as you pay her 8 AT cost.

Oh, wait a second, you can reduce that to 5 by retiring another Starlight which cost you a card and at least one more AT, such a good deal.

Your sarcasm is noted.

Look, Redeem is just a bad mechanic, okay? 3 AT is barely worth the initial investment and the cards are nigh unplayable without the discount. Even with the discount, they’re still pretty obnoxious to play since you need your cards to line up just so, and you can’t really count on it..

I’m pretty sure they’re the worst Ultra Rares printed. Period.

Oh hush. I like them.

They may not be competitive at all, but it’s a neat little flavor thing! And their effects are huge, which is cool!

Plus, who says I pay 8 or even 5 AT to play her? I only pay 3!

Huh? How?

Redeeming Qualities, silly!

Or a similar effect. But usually Redeeming Qualities.

Just get her into the discard using the Sweetie Belle Cici mentioned earlier, or Apple Bloom: Re-Markable, and you’re in a great position to redeem her without actually using Redeem!

Okay, that sounds a little fun, yeah.

And then you get to play free friends forever!

Or until the opponent dismisses her. Which happens a lot for some strange reason, hehe.

And since her ability specifically says you’re playing the Friend, she even lets the other Redeem Friends do their thing! So you can totally re-enact their daring trip through the Changeling Hive!

I’ll stick to my decks, thanks.

But I guess there’s a little bit more there than I thought. Still not a fan, though.

Well, that’s it for my number two! All that’s left are our absolute favourites.

The bestest cards in the set!

At least, in our opinions, anyway.

What’s yours, Cici?

Oh, it’s a good one.

Now, when I first saw this card, I instantly knew she was going to be good. She just has value written all over her.

That being said, I never would have guessed she’d have topped my list at the time. But the more I played with her, the more I realized she wasn’t just good, she was deceptively powerful in what she allowed me to do.

So without any further buildup, my absolute favourite card of the set is Angel Wings: Friendly Fan.

A wonderbolt in both your top two spots?

Are you sure you’re not playing favourites, hehe.

It’s a coincidence, I swear!

She’s just a really good card…

Well, tell everypony why you think so!

Well, it’s pretty simply, really. She accelerates your gameplan to crazy degrees.

Being 1/1 req lets you play her off of any Pink or Blue Mane with either Trading Traditions or any entry friend of the other colour. Meaning it’s incredibly easy to play her turn 2. And since makes your next friend cost 2 less, she’s effectively 2 free power. Which is just amazing for an aggro deck.

With just a single copy of Angel Wings, it’s not too hard to DFO on turn 2 without even setting yourself back at all! I see it all the time with both Pink and Blue Manes. Assuming the opponent’s problem is easy to confront, anyway.

And occasionally, even if you don’t want to DFO or can’t DFO that early, she can be useful just getting out your high req friends a turn earlier.

I’ve seen both Rainbow Dash: On Even Ground and Snips & Snails: Problem Solvers played turn 1 off of an Angelwings. Both of which can disrupt the opponent’s early game strategies pretty hard if they’re not expecting it.

But it’s not just amazing early game plays that makes her so good. 2 free power is good no matter when in the game you are, provided you’re trying to DFO. She makes it so easy.

Heh. I can’t even recall the number of times my opponent has said to me something like “You can only win if you can DFO this turn, but I don’t think you have the power" only for me to surprise them by playing an Angel Wings or two to create huge amounts of power for almost no AT.

She is just that fast!

And of course, providing power in two different colours means she’s great at confronting any problems you’re likely to throw into your Blue/Pink deck. Not to mention she helps unlocking the req for your other friends since her own requirement is so low.

And don’t even get me started on chaining her. Playing two or even all three of her in one turn is just gross.

So what you’re trying to say is she’s a good card.

What I’m trying to say is she is an amazing card! And alongside Spitfire and a slew of other great Pink and Blue cards from this set, I am absolutely looking forward to playing Pink/Blue aggro this year.

It’s going to be an absolute blast!

I’ll bet!

I also appreciate that your list has 2 cards of each rarity, hehe. Kinda wish my list was like that!

Huh, is it? Just a coincidence, really.

But it kinda goes to show the power level of the set when there’s strong stuff across all rarities. And I thought Marks in time was an insane set.

Well, we’ve seen 19 cards so far, and all that’s left is my number one pick. Can anypony guess what it is?

Us?

Nope! As amazing as it is to see us on cards, it’s happened a million times by now so it’s kind of lost it’s novelty.

Which isn’t to say I don’t like seeing us on cards or anything. In fact, I hope they continue that trend! It’s just not my favourite card this time. Not even to the point where I’m going to ban it from the list preemptively.

Besides, this time it doesn’t have adorable pictures of you as a filly with flavour text explaining your deep dark past!

Flitterrrrr. Stop bringing that up!

Anyway, no, my actual favourite card of Defenders of Equestria is Sunset Festival!

Oh, hrm, yeah. That makes sense. It combines randomness with borrowing. Two of your favourite things.

Sure does!

I never know which Friend I’ll wind up borrowing, but it’s gonna be somepony! And that’s just fun!

Maybe it’ll be entry and not help me at all. Or maybe it’ll be the best Friend in my opponent’s deck. or maybe it’ll be Captain AJ and I’ll have to end the Sunset Festival early because everypony was dismissed.

Who knows what chaos will be unleashed!

Yeah, that’s exactly why I don’t want to use it myself. But I definitely get why you’d like it.

One time I hit an opponent’s Coco Pommel: Refurbisher. So of course I chose Sunset Festival with her ability and played it again. Only to hit another Refurbisher! And I still had AT, so I played it again. And hit the third Refurbisher!

Wanna guess who I hit the fourth time?

Let me guess, a fourth Refurbisher.

Exactly!

Wha? But that’s cheating!

Not really! It was a Queen Chrysalis: Identity Theft.

Oh. Right. That makes sense.

It was still a pretty silly turn, though.

I was out of AT then, but oh well!

And with that, we’re done with our top 10 lists! Hope you enjoyed them as much as we enjoyed making them!

This was a tough one this time around. I had so many cards to cut…

But yeah, making it was a blast. So much great stuff to talk about.

When we started this you were freaking out about it. Feeling better now then?

Yeah, guess so.

Although…

You don’t think I put too many Pink cards on the list, do you? I had 4 counting the multi-coloured cards.

I wouldn’t worry about it. Your list is your list! As long as you’re honest, nothing wrong with what’s on it.

Fair enough.

Although, come to think of it, I had a lot of Pink on my list too…

Guess Pink was an impactful colour for both of us, this time around hehe.

Anyway, that’s all for today. Thanks for taking the time to let us share our favourite cards with you all. Bye everypony! See you all soon!

Later.

[exo-yeol]

Ask Game!

I was tagged by the beautiful @baekscrazylady cause she knows just how bored I truly am! Also! Fun fact! I was half way through this and my laptop crashed so that was fun!:))))))))))))))))))))

(1) Do You Sleep With Your Closet Doors Open Or Closed?

Closed! 

(2) Do You Have Freckles?

Nope! ...I do have one on each hand but I don’t think that counts! :P 

(3) Can You Whistle?

Yes! In and out! (oml that sounds so weird!)

(4) Last Song You Listened To.

Super Junior D&E - I Love It!

(5) What Is Your Favourite Colour?

PINK! I FREAKING LOVE PINK!

(6) Relationship Status.

Sexy, Free and Single! I’m ready to bingo! ;P ....jk bout the bingo part!

(7) What Is The Temperature Right Now?

18° C

(8) Did You Wake Up Cranky?

Yes! I was woken up at an ungodly hour by by little brother. Not. Fun.

(9) How Many Followers?

I have no clue! I never think of checking that for tumblr! But really not that many! 

(10) Zodiac Sign.

Scorpio!

(11) What Is Your Eye Colour?

Blue!

(12) Take A Vitamin Daily?

Oh god, too many! 

(13) Do You Sing In The Shower?

YES! What is that point in showering if you don’t make use of the amazing acoustics?? 

(14) What Books Are You Reading?

Uhhmm again, too many! The most recent one I read some of was Carrie Hope Fletcher’s The Other Side

(15) Grab The Book Nearest To You, Turn To Page 64, Give Me Line 14.

You Can Heal Your Life - Louise L. Hay “you are developing insight and understanding that will set you free.”

(16) Favourite Anime?

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST!! Brotherhood or the original anime idagf! They are both SO GOOD! And the characters are my everything! I would die for them! Can I marry Ed? Can I marry Mustang? Can I be best friends with Winry?? Can I do alchemy pls? And the storyline is so interesting and complex and the characters are really well rounded and the back stories oomf I fucking love it soooo much! I’m gonna copy @baekscrazylady and put in a gif here because I miss looking at their faces! 

AAAAH! How fucking COOL is Ed? I love them so much!

(17) Last Person You Cried In Front Of?

Does myself count? Yesterday I cried in front of the mirror! But if it has to be another person then my mother! 

(18) Do You Collect Anything?

Teddies, Tamagotchis, Kpop albums/merch, books, EMOTIONAL WOUNDS! 

(19) What Did You Have For Lunch?

Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap!

(20) Do You Dance In The Car?

Uhm I guess? Its not something I get a chance to do often but if the opportunity presents itself then sure! But also I hate being a distraction to the driver so like keep it on the minimum peeps!

(21) Favourite Animal?

WOLVES AND FOXES AND CANINES IN GENERAL! My room and house in general is covered in some variation of canine! Including two living ones (soon to be three!) 

(22) Do You Watch The Olympics?

Yas! Track, Badminton, Trampolining and Diving are my faves!

(23) What Time Do You Usually Go To Bed?

Lately somewhere between 11 and 12! 

(24) Are You Wearing Makeup Right Now?

Yes! I’m wearing bright pink eyeshadow and bright pink lipstick!

(25) Do You Prefer To Swim In A Pool Or The Ocean?

I don’t really have a preference cause I can’t really swim, but I like to mess around and play in both! 

(26) Favourite Tumblr Blog?

@baekscrazylady is always a winner for all your multifandom needs! Plus shes my bestie! But thats just a bonus :P 

(27) Bottled Water Or Tap Water?

Bottled tastes nicer but I have no problems drinking from the tap! 

(28) What Makes You Happy?

I’m not sure any more! :/

(29) Post A Gif Of What You’re Currently Feeling Right Now.

I’m sleepy! I think I’m gonna finish this in the morning! 

...

Okay! I’m back after 7 hours of sleep! 

(30) Do You Study Better With Or Without Music?

Without!

(31) Dogs Or Cats?

Dogs! I’m not too fond of cats and I think my dogs would have a problem if I brought one home!

(32) If You Were A Crayon What Colour Would You Be?

PINK!

(33) PlayStation Or Xbox.

PlayStation! I’ve spent a lifetime playing Crash Bandicoot on the PS1 and my loyalties run deep!

(34) Would You Swim In The Lake Or Ocean?

The Ocean! I just feel like theres bound to be monsters in a lake!

(35) Do You Believe In Magic?

Of course! <3

(36) What Colour Shirt Are You Wearing?

Yellow! But last night when I started this I was wearing a green vest!

(37) Can You Curl Your Tongue?

I surely can!

(38) Do You Save Money Or Spend It?

Both!

(39) Is There Anything Pink Within 10 Feet Of You?

Plenty! Teddies, books, a suitcase, kpop albums, my bedsheet is pink!

(40) Do You Have Any Obsessions Right Now?

Well K-pop is an ongoing obsession! But recently something specific I’ve been OBSESSED with is Seungri’s 123! THIS IS THE BEST SONG! I have to listen to it everyday or I can’t function! Its soooo good! And the MV is really fun and theres cute lil bloopers at the end! I love it!! 

Hehe! Look at him go!! 

(41) Have You Ever Caught A Butterfly?

Yes! My brother actually attracts them! They land on him all the time! Its kinda cute kinda freaky!

(42) Are You Easily Influenced By Other People?

I think it depends on the person and the thing I’m being influenced about, but I’m quite a stubborn/headstrong person so I would say that I lean more towards no...but still a lil bit yes!

(43) Do You Have Strange Dreams?

Uhm yes, a lot! 

(44) Do You Like Going On Airplanes?

I’m not scared of flying and I don’t mind it, but its not my favourite thing!

(45) Name One Movie That Made You Cry.

The Green Mile, this movie broke me and now I actually cannot watch sad movies...also two days ago I cried at The Breakup so woo go me for being a mess!

(46) Peanuts Or Sunflower Seeds?

Sunflower seeds! I could eat a whole bag!

(47) If I Handed You A Concert Ticket Right Now, Who Would You Want The Performer To Be?

EXO! In all their OT9 glory!!! I need this to happen so that I can die happy! ...I would say BTS as well since they’re my ults too but I ALREADY HAVE TICKETS TO SEE THEM!!!! AAAAAAHHHH!!!! MY ARMY HEART IS DYING! 

(48) Are You A Picky Eater?

Not really! I have a list of stuff I don’t eat but I’ll eat it if its put in front of me cause I have to set a good example for my little brothers!

(49) Are You A Heavy Sleeper?

I sleep like a corpse.

(50) Do You Fear Thunder / Lightning?

Nope! I love it! My whole family are those freaks who’ll stupidly run to the window or outside and be like “waaaahhh!”

(51) Do You Like To Read / Write?

Yes! I do both everyday! 

(52) Do You Like Your Music Loud?

I’M SORRY, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!! MY MUSIC IS TOO LOUD!!

(53) Would You Rather Carve Pumpkins Or Wrap Presents?

Wrap presents! Bitch I’m a PRO! 

(54) Put Your Music On Shuffle, What Is The First Song That Came Up?

Hyuna - Run & Run (MY QUEEN!)

(55) What Season Are You In Right Now? (Weather)

Autumn months wise, but we’re still getting Summer weather!

(56) What Are You Craving Right Now?

More sleep!

(57) Post A Screenshot Of Your Tumblr Feed.

Nah...not arsed, but the post I last saw was a gifset of Mark and JB being stoopid!

(58) What Is Your Gender?

Female

(59) Coffee Or Tea?

Tea! 

(60) Do You Have Any Homework Right Now? If So, What Is It About?

No! Its the Summer holidays! 

(61) What Is Your Sexuality?

Mainly straight, but aren’t we all a little gay? I’m about 70/30! Or maybe even 60/40!

(62) Do You Make Your Bed In The Morning?

Most days, but my bed is really annoying to make and takes a good ten mins so sometimes I don’t do it till like 5 o’clock in the day when I want to sit on it!

(63) Favourite Pokemon?

Eevee! Ninetails! All water Pokemon! Pikachu! Togapee! 

(64) Favourite Social Media?

I don’t know! I get bored of them quickly and hop around! RN I’d say instagram maybe?

(65) What’s Your Opinion On Instagram Stories?

I love watching them!

(66) Do You Get Homesick?

Yep! I think everyone does a little or at times! But I’ve never been like actual homesick where you get sick and everything!

(67) What Shampoo And Conditioner Are You Using Right Now?

Tea-tree shampoo and a conditioner thats specifically for curly hair but I can’t remember the name! 

(68) If You Were Far From Home And Needed To Sleep For The Night, Would You Choose To Rent A Crappy Motel Room For $60 Or Sleep In Your Car For Free?

Motel! I know that they’re haunted and I’m gonna be stabbed in the shower but listen, I am not sleeping in a fricking car, ESPECIALLY not on my own!!

(69) Are Both Of Your Blood Parents Still In Your Life?

Yes, unfortunately! ,,,jk about the unfortunately...or am I? :P 

(70)  Whats The Next Movie You Want To See In Theaters?

I’m going to see the Teen Titans Movie! CAN’T WAIT!! I watched the show all the time when I was a kid! Also I really want to see Wreck-It Ralph 2 and so many others!

(71) What Is Your Favourite Quote Right Now?

I don’t have a favourite quote atm! Sorry!

(72) What Eye Colour Do You Find Sexiest?

People? Find? Specific? Eye? Colours? Sexy?

(73) Did You Like Swinging As A Child? Do You Still Get Excited When You See A Swing Set?

YEs and YEs! I would be that kid swinging far too high and then jumping off! Me and my friend used to challenge each other to do specific poses and stuff while we were jumping off or when we’d land!

(74) What Was The Last Thing You Ate?

A chicken goujon!

(75) What Games Do You Have On Your Phone?

I have one rhythm game, and a few language games!  

(76) Would You Give A Homeless Person CPR If They Were Dying? Why Or Why Not?

I don’t think so because I’m not that confident in my CPR giving skills so I’d probably ask someone else to help! But if worst comes to worst then I probably would!

(77) Been On The Computer For 5 Hours Straight?

Today? No! In my life? Yes!

(78) Stalked Someone On A Social Network?

All the time!

(79) Do You Like Meeting New People?

Yes! 

(80) Do You Wear Rings? If You Do, Take A Picture Of Them.

Every now and then! But I just woke up so I haven’t put any on today!

(81) Do You Sleep With Your Bedroom Door Open Or Closed?

Closed! But if I’m sharing with my brothers then I can sleep with them open! 

(82) What Are Three Things You Did Today?

I peed, I reset my password on a website and I’ve listened to Seungri’s 123!

(83) What Do You Wear To Bed?

Big tshirts or night dresses! And in the Winter I wear matching pjs!

(84) List All Of Your Different Beauty Products You Have Right Now.

Like including makeup? Or just skincare? I use too much makeup to list! And for skincare everything I use has some sort of coconut oil in it!

(85) Are You A Day Or Night Person?

Both!

(86) List All Of Your Video Games On Your Phone, Console Etc.

Nah!

(87) Tell Me About A Dream That You Had And When It Happened.

Hmmmmmmmmm which to choose! I recently had a dream about 2 weeks ago where I was in a bar and Chanyeol and Sehun were having a dance off while I was singing karaoke and I kept getting angry at them for distracting me! And Seungcheol, who was my boyfriend in this particular dream universe, was chasing his manager around with a pair of false eyelashes trying to put them on him!  

(88) Favourite Soda Drink?

Mainstream: Nothing better than an ice cold coke! Don’t @ me! 

Hippie dippy: Elderflower!

(89) What Sounds Are Your Favourite?

Rain, my Gran calling my name, chuckling, little children/babies laughing, my Grandpa singing, Chanyeol singing, waves ( i always fall asleep to waves!), idk so many others its too early and my brain is mush rn!

(90) Do You Wear Jeans Or Sweats

I wear both quite equally!

(91) How Do You Look Right Now?

I just woke up and I have mascara under my eyes, honestly I think I still look asleep!

(92) Name Something That Relaxes You.

Washing my face! I feel so calm and pampered! Its the simple things :P

(93) What Tattoo Do You Want?

TOO MANY!!! I want a Golden Snitch, and a fairy and a flower and so many! I can’t wait to start getting tattooed!

(94) Favourite YouTuber?

Rn Shane Dawson is my number one, but I do love Jenna Marbles, Dan and Phil, Safiya Nygaard, Grav3yardgirl, Jamie Jo and then a hand full of beauty gurus that I semi-keep up with!

(95) Do you smoke?

No. Its really gross and reminds me of my Dad. No thank you.

(96) How tall are you?

5′ 2″!! Or maybe 5′ 3″! I’m 160cm! 

(97) What career did you want as a child

A singer! I still lowkey do! But thats a very squashed dream at this point! I also wanted to be an actress! Honestly I just wanted to make people happy and entertain them! And when I was a child I was always the center of attention because my mam had me when she was waaay young and no one else her age had a child so I guess from an early age I’ve just loved watching people laugh or be happy because of me! Thats probably why I’m attracted to film and have a YouTube channel cause I want people to have fun while enjoying the things that I create or am a part of! I hope this doesn’t sound conceited oml! 

(98) Do you care about your weight?

Yes! But I don’t know what I weigh tho cause my mam doesn’t believe in weighing scales, and shes right! But I am conscious of my weight! ...most times I’m self conscious of it lol! 

(99) Ever kissed a stranger?

Yes! Many a time! 

(100) Favorite season?

I don’t think I have a favourite season! Now that I’m older I can appreciate each season as it comes and I have certain things that I love about each! Rn I can’t wait to start wearing cute sweaters and boots again, but at the end of Spring I was dying for shorts and vests! 

Woo! I’m finished! Now I’m going back to sleep for a quick nap! And then off to the cinema! YAY! 

[eorzeasntm]

ENTM Cycle 9, Round 8 Winner

Last week our models went back in time to ancient Allag and lived out their Allagan Dreams!  The judging for this round was very close, with the judges and community jumping all over the place hehe, but the winner for this week was once again:

Haila Wetyios

Congratulations for winning Round 8!

Critiques for Week 8, and an overall view of from each judge for that entrance, are below the fold!

The overall winner of Eorzea’s Next Top Model Cycle 9 will be announced in the next post!

Judge Ruri

Haila

Pros:

- Excellent pose and facial expressions!

- Really makes it look like she is transforming into bahamut through some allagan tech

- Whole shot makes you want to know about whats going on with her story, intriguing

Cons:

- Hard to make out background

Judge Kai

First off I want to say everyone did a wonderful job all cycle. When you have to nitpick to make choices, that is always a good thing! No matter the winner, I think everyone put their best foot forward and made this a very exciting cycle to judge; so thank you!

Rina - This is a lovely image and I like the brightness of all the colors. I also love that you wore that lovely pop of red to really stand out from the background. The lighting is very nice and dramatic, and the way it falls on you makes you look very mysterious! Overall, wonderful job. I really love this shot!

Nadede - The lighting in this image is very nice, and I do love that you made yourself the focal point of this image. It looks as if you’re going to protect the dragon behind you from an unseen enemy. While the effect you used for the coloring does make the surroundings look a bit flat, it was very smart to wear a very light top to give that bright pop so the eye goes to you first!

Judge M’Telihgo

Azalea – Another nice picture from you.  I like the choice of the High Allagan coat too.  The color you died it matches up well with Tiamat’s coloring.  That is a nice touch.  I do think that a different pose or an action of some kind could have been better.  The picture is kinda static, I think an action type pose could have added to the picture!

We were asked to add something extra this round:

My favorite picture of yours: I also liked the picture from Week 4 that you won with, but that one isn’t my favorite.  You week 2 cosplay for Attack on Titan was my favorite picture from you.  I think you nailed everything about that picture and you should be so proud of it!  I loved it from the start, and I still do.

Cowbot – I have stated over and over again how much I love your originality and willingness to go against the grain of everyone else.  You are the only person to pick a Crystal Tower location.  Guess what?  It counts, at least it does to me.  You remind me of a businessperson of some sort who was brought in to appraise some rare artifact that was discovered and you are standing there taking in the sight of the item before getting into the task at hand.  I also like how you contrast to most of the image which, despite all the bright colors pulling for the attention of the person looking at it, we still come back to looking at you.  Well done.

My favorite picture of yours:  You week 4 picture was my absolute favorite.  I like the reference to the village people and that you actually did it on a boat was a bonus!!!  You should be proud of your originality, I looked forward to seeing your take on the challenge each week.

To all the contestants:

Thank you for the privilege of seeing all the works that you have created.  It has been an absolute joy to be part of this as a judge.  It can be nerve wracking to put your self out there and allow others to judge you or your work.  I give you credit for putting aside whatever nerves or nervousness you may have had and doing it.  You should be proud of that!