#but a 10 year old shouldn't have to say the above

[abluehappyface]

"I checked to make sure she's still alive and she is"

[zagreus-eats-your-bread]

rank every dr who on how likely they are to eat rocks

Hm which number should I go by? Let's go from least to most. I'll rank the TV Doctors and then reblog to give you general opinions on the others.

16th place - 3rd Doctor

You may disagree with this because his scientific mind might conceive of a situation where eating rocks could possibly be an option. However Liz would hit him on the nose with a newspaper like a dog if he got anywhere near her rocks. She would at length scold him and tell him that most rocks are bad for you and you shouldn't eat them.

15th place - War Doctor

He would definitely eat rocks but not for pleasure. When you are stranded on a planet because of woke war you may have to eat some rocks. But he would hate it the whole time.

14th place - 9th Doctor

Similar to War Doctor but you know what he kinda sees it. He kinda gets the appeal. I think he ate one (1) rock during his life and Rose was like Why and he was just nodding to himself like "Yeah this has a certain something".

13th place - 12th Doctor

He would eat some rocks on occaission but it would be like his guilty pleasure and he would hide it from Clara.

12th place - 7th Doctor

If there was ever a way he could incorporate eating some rocks into one of his 5D chess plans he would do it. Afterwards Ace would give him the side eye and be like "Professor this could have all worked out without you eating any of those rocks" and he would boop her on the nose and say nothing.

11th place - 6th Doctor

He would NOT eat rocks you are being RIDICULOUS. And then he finds a new rock on some planet and it smells so good and then he would take a nibble and get absolutely addicted to eating them. He would spend the next 40 years always having pebbles in his pocket to snack on and all regenerations after him would lowkey barf when someone offered them one of those rocks because of how much he used to eat them.

10th place - 13.5th Doctor

He would eat rocks just to fuck with Yaz and be quirky but his heart wouldn't be in it.

9th place - 10th Doctor

Someone would offer him something suspiciously rock shaped and he would eat it and be like "This is amazing, what is it?" and they would be like it's a rock and 10 would be like huh.

8th place - 14th Doctor

Same as above but he knows now he likes the taste of rocks. However his recent experiences made him less privy to them. He had too many.

7th place - 2nd Doctor

He would eat rocks in a heartbeat but he doesn't really like them. Like he will do it but his heart doesn't yearn for rocks. He would just do it to be silly and/or make people think hes not a threat and just some weird guy who eats rocks.

6th place - 5th Doctor

Sometimes he will pick up a rock and say what type of rock it is and eat it. And then Nyssa has to hold Tegan back lest she hit him.

5th place - 1st Doctor

Ian sees him eat a rock and is dumbfounded. He asks "Doctor, what are you doing?" and the Doctor will try to gaslight him into thinking HE is the weird one for thinking that him eating a rock is strange. And then he would laugh his old man laugh. He also sometimes eats rock flavoured food cubes from the food machine. Just cause.

4th place - 15th Doctor

He would see a rock, pick it up, laugh and jump with joy and enthusiastically ask Ruby "Do you know what this is?" and she would be like "Uh-" and he would cut her off to say "This is a rock!" and eat it.

3rd place - 8th/11th Doctor

They would both eat rocks and others who see them would be like "Yeah ok checks out". Like no one is surprised they just accept it.

(Both pics = them when they see an uneaten rock)

2nd place - 4th Doctor

Those teeth were made for rock chompin'. If 4 had to defeat an alien monster made of rock he would just eat it, and no matter which companion would be there to witness it they would all be changed forever. He would just carry on like it didn't happen.

1st place - 13th Doctor

She will see a rock and be like "is anyone gonna eat this" and not wait for an answer.

[kissmetwicekissmedeadly]

MIDNIGHT CINDERELLA MEMORIAL POST

The Midnight Cinderella app will be closed on Monday August 26th, 2024 (5 PM JST). The English version was actively updated from 2014 to 2021 when Cybird announced the ceasing of operations for MidCin, but the app remained accessible until today. I'm sure I'm not the only one who mourns the loss of it even after all these years of discontinuation, so I wanted to put together a post to properly say goodbye to it. Trying my best not to make it all too sappy - I'd rather look at it as a show that reached its final episode. Some things might be left unresolved but in the end, you remember the cast and the emotions they made you feel more than the actual plot. Nowadays there arguably may be better titles by Cybird out there, but for me, the simplicity of MidCin was what made the details so memorable.

1. VIDEO - POV: You're playing Midnight Cinderella (for 10 minutes)

The 10-minute version (without sound) is accessible via the link above (opens in Google Docs) This one I was really excited about recording! It's just your normal day playing midcin, I'm sure many will find it nostalgic and comforting. You log in, claim your daily bonus (I used the chance to do a present box reveal, 90+ items, many of which you might recognize from route grace checks), play the garden gacha (in my case, I used up all the points I had accumulated, 7800 which equals 39 solos), do your princess lessons, change your avatar, greet your friends, read 1/5 of today's free story parts, check the ranking and your stats, look at your memories directory. The video has no sound, as the game wouldn't let me turn it on (you will see me try to do so throughout the video...) but later on I got it to work so I recorded a one-minute video (the one imported above) of me replenishing stamina just for those iconic sound effects that you either loved or absolutely couldn't stand the volume of, haha.

2. A Midnight Cinderella playlist (spotify link)

While I wasn't there for the early days of midcin, the songs I associated with the game almost always captured this very specifically nostalgic 90s-10s period, you'll see what I mean. Many of those are taken from 8track playlists dedicated to Midnight Cinderella, and if I'm not mistaken you can still look at what is left of them if you search them up. Others are just my very random interpretations of the route stories and the characters.

3. Fic recommendations

We have a lovely community of creatives and there are still so many works left behind which you can check out on the tags! But especially for fics I wanted to list some that truly touched me during the years (all links open in ao3) -

i'm on fire and its NSFW bonus scene bloodstream by a deleted user - words are not enough for this one. It's like it meant more than Nico's whole route for me at one point, and the songs are forever in my heart as Nico songs...

MidCin Works by DBMidCin (SoftSen) - ALL of these. This is my go-to collection of writings for midcin when I start to miss the game, it has a little bit of everything. The headcanon of Giles teaching his girls French for instance is one of the things I still remember reading like it was yesterday!

Bedroom Etiquette (NSFW) by RubyLeeRay - Because this is the dream. Doing something forbidden with your tutor Giles is the ultimate fantasy, I swear. I just love it.

And of course, many, many more. There are currently 166 works on the midcin tag in Ao3, and I'm sure there are a lot of hidden gems here on tumblr as well! Reminder that writers LOVE it when you interact with their old works, it's not weird, you shouldn't hesitate doing so if you find yourself enjoying any of them! <3

4. My own humble collection of MidCin writings on my writing blog @xxsycamore!

Maid, Butler, Chamberlain (NSFW) - Nico x MC with Giles joining them

Grabbles: 💋 Demand for a kiss, right here, right now (GILES); 👔 Stealing their clothes to cuddle when you miss them (BYRON); more coming soon as there are still some in my askbox and I plan on including midcin in future short writings request openings too.

Shared Moments (NSFW) - Nico x Reader - Secret relationship

Ice-cold heat (NSFW) - Byron x Reader - Temperature play

Double the Surprise - Alyn and Leo birthday fic

Leo Crawford having a misadventure with a cat (ao3 link) - crack fic featuring most of the suitors

5. Out of context Midnight Cinderella screenshots

This is a sideblog of mine dedicated to posting out-of-context funny screenshots that I took while playing the routes - @oocmidcin . If you have some of your own that are not on there, you're free to submit them and add to the archive!

6. The perfect MidCin song - The Moon Will Sing by The Crane Wives

When I first discovered this song back in 2020 I dreamed of making it into a midcin music video with simplistic art and animations... It ended up being just something you daydream in detail about while in the car, but that's alright. I could at least share my vision with you! Disclaimer, this is just an interpretation and obviously it can't fit all characters ideally - In the brackets, I explain how the lyric is related to them and usually it reveals their backstories. Some of the details I've already forgotten, sorry if it's inaccurate.)

Tell me once again

I could have been anyone, anyone else

Before you made the choice for me

(Giles - his family making the choice for him since birth and later disowning him once he failed to become a knight due to his illness)

My feet knew the path

We walked in the dark, in the dark

I never gave a single thought to where it might lead

(Nico - wandering the streets with his mother once they were thrown out of Stein castle because she was a commoner having an affair with Byron's father, the King)

All those empty rooms

We could have been anywhere, anywhere else

Instead I made a bed with apathy

(Robert - the empty rooms of the once flourishing palace of the country that Robert ruled and led to demise, nowadays becoming a mere court painter)

My heart knew the weight

Ten years' worth of dust and neglect

We made our peace with weariness and let it be

(Leo - the years in which Alyn didn't speak to him, after the death of their parents)

The moon will sing a song for me

I loved you like the sun

Bore the shadows that you made

With no light of my own

(Albert - loyally standing in king Byron's shadow)

Name your courage now

We could have had anything, anything else

Instead you hoarded all that's left of me

(Sid - his relationship with his fiance that he agreed upon just to find out more about his parents by getting close to her father)

Swallowing your doubt

Like swords to the pit of my belly

I want to feel the fire that you kept from me

(Alyn - searching for answers about the murder of his family and the fire that burnt down their home)

I shine only with the light you gave me

(I could have been anyone, anyone)

(Louis - being a nobody and MC being his sun)

7. It goes on

I went to read what I could of chapter 4 of Rayvis' route, using my last two chapter tickets as well, thinking it won't make me cry. And then I'm hit with those familiar things.

So let's close this with a word about the things that never change in the universe of Midnight Cinderella.

Stumbling down the grand staircase and right into the arms of somebody. Escaping the palace at midnight with Nico's help. Sitting at breakfast with Giles giving you your schedule for the day. Nico's teasing little smile as he accompanies you everywhere and listens to your relationship troubles. The way he's just a little suspicious at times. Finding Robert painting in the garden of Wysteria palace. Going to the room of your chosen suitor for the first time and meeting a pet there. Leo teaching you history and politics in his office. Dance lessons with Louis. Needing those dance lessons because King Byron is coming to Wysteria and a ball is going to take place. The bureaucrats being unhappy with you as a princess elect, no matter what. Galloping on a horse with Alyn who just protected you from an enemy attack. Getting information from a certain flirty merchant at a bar. Albert bickering with Nico, Sid teasing Louis. Being introduced to Archduke Herneit at Stein castle. King Byron appreciating the night sky. The sight of your yellow and orange princess elect room where on the large bed with its blue bedframe and tall see-through canopy you lie awake and think about the events of the day and how would a wise future Queen of Wysteria deal with the current situation. But ultimately you fall asleep, hearing the melancholically beautiful sounds of a violin coming from somewhere deep within your dream, and leave it all to the following day.

Thank you for everything, Midnight Cinderella!

08/26/2024

[larluce]

Arthur and Merlin travel back in time without knowing the other is from the future too AU

Tagging @aceauthorcatqueen , @fallenxjas , @smileytrinity ,@lucifertookmyshoe , @an-entity-i-think , @thecornerofbelu , @griffonskies , @odinjm , @cinnabon-sweetroll-tiramisu , @thelady-mary , @bennedict , @nightninjaboy , @st8-of-grace , @star-rie , @error-username-not-available , @dogberryrowan , @jamieweasley13 , @tansyuduri , @tercais , @robynnemrys I already had this part made, I may as well publish it ;)

LINKS TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THIS AU HERE: PART 1 , PART 2 , PART 3 , PART 4 , PART 5 , PART 6 , PART 7 , PART 8 , PART 9 , PART 10 , PART 11 , PART 12 , PART 13 (You're here) , PART 14

Arthur and Merlin first fight and a bit more of jealous Arthur

In Arthur's chambers.

Merlin: I'm telling you! He had nothing to do with Nimueh. He's innocent! It was all just a big misunderstanding!

Arthur: (not looking up from his papers) I heard you.

Merlin: Then why is Lancelot still in the dungeons?

Arthur: He could be dangerous.

Merlin: What are you talking about? He tried to help me! He saved my life!

Arthur: (finally looking up from his papers and standing up in anger) No, you put yourself in unnecessary danger again! After I told you not go alone, you did! Do you have any idea what could have happened to you? What's your obssession with confronting monsters and evil sorcerers all on your own?! You're no knight, no soldier. How can you be so ridiculously reckless?!

Merlin: (in realisation, indredulous) You're keeping Lancelot in the dungeons just because you're mad at me?

Arthur: (shouts) Yes! (thinking) Among other things (says) Maybe that way you'll learn your acts have consecuences.

Merlin: You can't do that!

Arthur: I'm the prince, so yes I can!

Merlin: (shouts, mad) You childish, spoiled, arrogant brat!

Arthur: Insult all you want. Lancelot is staying there. End of discussion.

Merlin: (pauses, disappointed) Then you're not the prince I thought you were (leaves).

Arthur: (affected by his words, makes a move to go to him, but stops himself, remaining furious) Childish he says. I'm mentally forty years old! I'm not childish! (sees a chair nearby and kicks it)

Time skip. Merlin venting to Gwen.

Merlin: That's what he told me! He's taking it out on Lancelot just to get to me! Can you believe it?!

Gwen: (sarcastic) On the man he found you with in his arms and alone in the woods? What a surprise.

Merlin: (doesn't notice the sarcasm and keeps on his rant) Oh, but let's see what he thinks when all his clothes are ripped and all his food ends up smashed on his face!

Gwen: Now you're being childish.

Merlin: Then what am I supposed to do? He's refusing to let Lancelot free no matter what I say!

Gwen: That's because you haven't tried everything.

Merlin: I did try everything!

Gwen: Really? Have you tried 'sweet persuasion'?

Merlin: ... What? 🤨

Gwen: Sweet persuasion 💁‍♀️. Is what we women do to get what we want and survive in a world ruled by men.

Merlin: But I'm a man.

Gwen: Doesn't mean you can't sweet persuade Arthur to get him to do what you want. 😏

Merlin: (unsure, but curious) What does it consist about?

Gwen: Well, first, you'd have to apologise and tell him that he's right for doing what he did.

Merlin: But he's not!

Gwen: You know that, I know that, but if we wait for him to realise that, Lancelot is going to stay in the dungeons till next solstice.

Merlin: (sighs) Okay, then what?

Gwen: Man love to be the center of attention, above all, they love to be their lov-people's hereos. Just play the defensless victim and act as he was your saviour. Praise him. And you'll have him at your feet.

Merlin: And then I'd ask him to free Lancelot?

Gwen: No, no, no. You shouldn't mention Lancelot all. You'd have to make this about Arthur and you alone.

Merlin: I don't know. That's sounds kind of humiliating.

Gwen: See? That's the problem with you men. You're too prideful to give in or recognise you're wrong, when actually success lies in knowing when to give in or better, letting the other believe he won.

Merlin: (still doubtful)...

Gwen: Just think about it (leaves).

Time skip. In the training grounds. Merlin goes to Arthur.

Arthur: (avoiding his eyes, still mad) Finally coming to do your chores?

Merlin: I wanted to speak with you.

Arthur: I'm not setting Lancelot free.

Merlin: It's not about that. I just wanted to say... that I'm sorry.

Arthur: (turns to him, surprised)... what?

Merlin: You're right. It was reckless and stupid of me to follow Nimueh by myself. I don't know what I was thinking. I guess I just wanted to be more brave and strong... like you.

Arthur: (smiles smugly, flattered) You think I'm brave and strong?

Merlin: I've seen you fight (pats his arm). And you didn't hesitate to come after me, a servant. Nobody else would have cared. I'm so glad you did, Arthur. Fortunately, everything turned out alright, but what if it hadn't? If Nimueh had managed to kill me or do something worse to me? Or if nobody else had found me? (hugs himself, looking vulnerable) I was so scared.

Arthur: (puts a hand on Merlin's arm and begins to caress it with his thumb lovinly) Oh, Merlin. You don't have to be scared. I will always come for you. Always.

Merlin: (blushes a little, but keeps on his act) So you're not mad at me anymore? Will you forgive me? 🥺(puppy eyes)

Arthur: (smiles, touched) Only if you promise not to do it again.

Merlin: (celebrating inside, but disimulates) Of course! Thank you, Arthur. I know you'll always do what's right.

And shortly after Lancelot is set free.

Merlin: (in disbelief) I can't believe it worked.

Gwen: I told you. 😏

Merlin: Gwen, you're a genius! Where were this advice in my other life?

Gwen: What?

Merlin: Nothing. (cofs) Well, I'll see you later. I promised Lancelot I'll show him my room today.

Gwen: Why are you showing him your room?

Merlin: Oh, I invited him to sleep there since he doesn't have where to go.

Gwen: (scandalised) What?! 😨 Merlin, I don't think is a good idea to invite other man to sleep in your room.

Merlin: Why? He helped me and then spend days in the dungeons because of me. I think is the least I can do.

Gwen: I'm sure he's a nice person. (thinking) And a very handsome one. (says) I just don't think the prince is going to be okay with that.

Merlin: Why would he care who I bring to my room?

Gwen: Because he's...! very protective of you. And he is clearly not very fond of Lancelot.

Merlin: (skeptical) Right (rolls his eyes). I think I can handle one man and who I bring to my room is not his royal business (leaves).

Gwen: (puts a hand on her forehead, sighing) These two are going to be the death of me.

Time skip. In Merlin's room.

Merlin: (enters with Lancelot) Here. I know it's not much, but-

Lancelot: It's perfect (smiles, kindly) Thank you, Merlin. (looks at the lily near the bed) And that's a nice touch.

Merlin: Thank you! 😄 Arthur gave it to me 🥰

Lancelot: The prince?

Merlin: Yes.

Lancelot: Oh, you two are...

Merlin: (laughs) No, nothing like that. I told him there weren't many purple flowers and the prat just wanted to prove me wrong. It was a nice gesture though. (looks at the flower lovinly)

Lancelot: (thinking) Oh, gods, he doesn't know, does he? (says) Uh... Merlin? Does the prince know I'm staying here?

Merlin: Well, in fact-

Arthur: (suddenly enters) In fact, no. I didn't know. 😑

Merlin: (almost jumps out of his skin and smiles nervously) Arthur! What are you doing here? 😅

Arthur: You brought a stranger into your room?

Merlin: He's not a stranger, he's my friend.

Arthur: You just met him 3 days ago!

Merlin: (crosses his arms) Well, we got along quickly.

Arthur: I don't care if you're best friends now. He is not staying here.

Merlin: (raises his voice) You don't have a say in that! 😠

Arthur: (raises his voice too) I'm the prince!😠

Merlin: This is my room!😡

Arthur: This is my castle!😡

Lancelot: I'll just go. 😅

Arthur: Yeah, you better.😠

Merlin: No, you stay. 😠

Lancelot: (not knowing whether to stay or leave) Eh...

Merlin: See? Now you made him uncomfortable.

Arthur: Like he was going to be comfortable in this poky excuse of a room. There's barely space for one. Where was he going to sleep, uh? The floor?

Merlin: We were going to share the bed.

Arthur: WHAT?!!😨😤

Lancelot: (thinking) It's over. I'm dead. I need to prepare my will. "For the nice old man that show me the way to the citidel I want to...

Arthur: Over my dead body!😡

Merlin: Oh, come on. It's not so bad. If we snuggle together-

Arthur: NO!😡

Lancelot: (thinking) "...and for the lovily and kind maidservant, Guinevere, that brought me food while I was still in the dungeons, I know it's not much but I want her to have..."

Merlin: (remembering 'sweet persuasion') I get why you're worried, my lord. You only think in what's best for me and you don't know how much I appreciate it. But I also know you're a benevolent man who cares deeply for his people. You wouldn't leave a poor subject in need to fend for himself, would you? Please, let him stay.🥺(puppy eyes)

Arthur: (tries to resist the puppy eyes, but sighs) Fine. He can stay.

Merlin: Yay! Thank so much you, sire! 😊

Arthur: With one condition.

Merlin: Sure, anything!

Arthur: You'll move to the chambers next to mine.

Merlin: (in shock) ... what? 😧

Arthur: That way you can sleep more comfortably and Lancelot too. Problem solved.

Merlin: (Between happy, stunned and conflicted) It's really generous of you, sire. But... I like my room. And... I'm also Gaius apprentice. He needs me here. (thinking) And how am I suppossed to practice my magic If I sleep in the chambers right next to yours?

Arthur: The distance you walk to attend me and then help Gaius would be the same. As my personal manservant, you should have moved there from the start, anyways. So, what do you say?

Merlin: (trying to find a reason to deny but he's actually quite excited to have a new room) Does it have a bigger bed?

Arthur: (smirks) It has a bigger everything.

Merlin: (smiles brightly) I better start moving then, my lord. (Picks up the pot with the lily and leaves, happily).

Arthur: (looks where Merlin went with heart eyes and then turns to Lancelot with a serious face)

Lancelot: (awkward and nervous) Ahm... your generosity knows no boundaries, my lo-Ow! (exclaims when Arthur punches him in the face)

Arthur: I never said you'll stay here for free 😑. You can start by cleaning out the stables. (leaves)

Lancelot: (rubs his face and sighs) So much for being a knight.

[warsamongthestars]

One of the things that struck me in TBB, that after processing, immediately told me how the so called "family dynamic" worked and how it immediately grinded and gritted against fandom interpretation...

And how badly TBB really did fuck up TCWs character dynamics...

Was the episode "Common Ground". Season 1, Episode 10.

I can argue details and semantics all day, but that would require an episode by episode breakdown.

Common Ground, however, is an easy episode to point out that literally has all the flaws, in their showing, that every episode before it only inferred... and how those flaws grew afterwards in only weirder and weirder shapes.

Common Ground was when the Bad Batch were sent after a Separatist Senator, and Omega was left in Cid's bar.

There are several things to point out in this episode. Several that show case the flaws, and one that hits so closed to home that I can't, I really really can't, accept fandom interpretation of TBB family dynamics, because of.

Let's start with the flaws:

Hunter's repeated problem of expecting Omega on the team, when she's not on the team.

... One, You left here at the bar, Jackass, for safety.

... Two, goes against anything Hunter says about giving Omega a life, by immediately expecting her on mission.

... Three, Even when she's not there, she keeps having an impact on the story that isn't needed and certainly isn't wanted.

... Four, shows this nearly obsessive fixation that he never fucking gets over at any point in the show. A fixation that costs even Omega.. and I'll get to that one.

... Five, you think this about Omega, but Not about Crosshair.

Number Five on the above, is another one--The total lack of any group conflict or battlefield failure, thanks to losing a vital member of the team, Crosshair.

It only comes up here when its about the kid, who absolutely shouldn't have any reason to be on the battlefield at all. ( SHE'S LIKE FUCKING NINE YEARS OLD)

It is only roughly inferred by previous episodes (and only if you're looking for it), but for some reason, the Bad Batch never seems to suffer losing Crosshair or their Sniper, and no attempt as exploring what his duties were or what he meant to the team, is ever brought up.

The constant giving of his position and objects to Omega, really makes Omega into his Replacement, if not a full on team rebound.

And this is never explored. 3 Seasons are done now, and it was NEVER EXPLORED. Oh yes there was the Cross and Hunter confrontation, but that wasn't a confrontation, that was a pissing contest until the monster showed up. Every confrontation had been a pissing contest, because this show cannot write meaningful communication that isn't about the golden child donut steel or isn't a pun or one-liner.

Even TCWs would communicate meaningful, even when it was being funny.

Personally, if a team I had grown comfortable with, knew the dynamics of, relied on and was relied on whilst as a teammate, and had been with FOR YEARS-- decided that after my mindcontrolled zombie ass was taken / kidnapped and had gods knew what done to me... if they decided to replace me immediately with someone a quarter of my age with no training but having all my duties... I would be beyond pissed.

I would frankly never return to this group again, and would go out of my way to avoid them, will curse them for the rest of my fucking life. That sort of thing would destroy any relationships, and forget healing and repair and any communication--this right there would pretty much tell me that, the thing that was beyond my control, allowed my team the excuse to remove me entirely.

Forget trying to save me, it was easier to replace me and nobody gave a shit.

So yeah, that's another major flaw this episode brought up.

The regulation of Echo into bitchy sidepiece.

Nothing Echo says or does has any meaning in this episode. The Bad Batch don't listen to him, he doesn't do anything of import, and y'know, this kind of episode should have been an Echo Episode.

It should have been Echo centric.

Why? Because if there is anyone established in the Bad Batch group that would have a cow and character conflict with helping Seppies, it'd be Echo.

He was tortured, forcefully changed, and made into a weapon against his nation, his ideals and his brothers.

Confronting a Seppie Leader or a Seppie mission would be the perfect opportunity to dive into the character of Echo and his past conflicts.

But what does this episode do? Regulate him into bitchy side piece, and proving that the Bad Batch does not really give one shit about their brothers.

They already replaced Crosshair, so losing Echo wouldn't have been no skin off their teeth.

( So much for the TCWs team that adopted Echo because they knew how to care for them. Fuck them I guess--let's have these apathetic cardboard cutouts instead, OH LOOK AT THAT ONELINER THEY PULLED ISNT THAT AWESOME )

Exactly what do Tech and Wrecker do in this episode exactly?

Y'know, Tech and Wrecker were memorable in TCWs. But I can't seem to remember what they did here exactly that made them stand out. In fact, you could cut out Tech, Wrecker, and Echo, and leave the episode (as is) to Hunter alone, and the same shit would still be relevant.

In fact, that's pretty much a lot of TBB anyway. They removed Crosshair, and not a damn thing happened. They removed Echo, and not a damn thing happened. They removed Tech, and not a damn thing happened.

( Oh yeah, they pasted Echo back in a few times, cos y'know, Hunter's skillset means fuck all comparison to that written obsession of his )

Might as well have removed Wrecker too, they sure as hell didn't give him any satisfying endings or even character arc. Oh yeah, he's real cute when with Omega--but tell me exactly how interesting and important a MAIN character is if they're are only defined by how they look when in frame with another character.

Okay. Now, for the last one, and the personal bit.

Hunter yelling at Omega at the Bar.

Look, I like Omega as a character. My issue with here is what she represents in the narrative, how the narrative treats her, and what is spent in order to make her a good character. I would adore her more if she was a side character or side kick instead, someone who's really is meant is to define the main characters and add an extra dynamic or aspect--and maybe star in an episode or two to really get to know the side character.

The narrative treats her too much like the end all be all in everything, even in adult conflicts, and Treats that as a Good Thing.

Time for the personal stuff...

As someone who had once been a child, dragged into adult situations against both my health and my will, and worse, relied on by adults (who were suppose to nurture Me) for emotional support at cost and under threat either by forces outside or forces inside, especially after being sheltered and having been taught no skills but being expected to have those skills anyway, never once being taught communication but being expected to communicate and under a hierarchy of "Do what I say and anything to the contrary is Your Fault"--I know Omega's situation when applied to the Real World.

( Obviously I never ran from governments, never flew in space, and I sure as hell didn't have super duper genome brothers in the millions. But I did have one real shit homelife and its amazing what can translate to and from metaphor. )

( And how all the sudden, how I can have a really fucking hatred for shit writing, and writers who thought it was a good idea. )

You don't turn into a hero at the end of that journey. You don't even really get a sense of self until far into your own adulthood. Most of the time, the biggest quest of the day is getting out of bed or off the laptop to do even the most basic of things for one's self.

Now personal stuff over...

Omega is, like, nine. She was already left in a seedy place. She's young enough to trust adults without issue to any perceived flaws, because she wouldn't know what minor red flags look like.

And because she's really good at strategizing a game (cos apparently we couldn't allow Echo to do that, who was explicitly captured because he was THE stradegist), the local adult that she was entrusted to, exploits her ability to do so against potentially hundreds of customers.

And while this had benefits, cos it cleared the family debt (... for now), this was still exploitation of a child by an adult.

Then the Bad Batch return, and what does Hunter do? Give Omega her rights for causing attention. Even though she is Nine, and clearly, she couldn't possibly advertise for so many people, and frankly, probably couldn't say No either.

(And given the Racing episode that occurs in Season 2, Hunter Only does this to Omega ).

Sure, Hunter gets the "you're being an asshole" treatment and things seemingly clear up by the end of the episode.

But do you honestly thing that an apology game is how you remedy that sort of fuck up? That maybe, there should've been commutation about how the local seedy barkeeper is probably the last person you want to leave your kid with?

That y'know, an exspec ops super mutant might know a thing or two about communication and trust and enviromental awareness?

OR THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD REALLY STOP GOING ON COMBAT MISSIONS AND JUST FUCKING LEAVE ALREADY!? YOUR DEBT IS PAID, GO AWAY, LEAVE, GET OUT, DO SO NOW.

Common Grounds, as an episode, highlights why the TBB doesn't work. Its not a case of "But only THIS episode is Bad and can be Ignored!" because Common Grounds highlights the prime elements of TBB, which are its many flaws.

Its underutilized characters, its total lack of environmental awareness, the emphasis on the super duper oc donut steel, and worse, its utter inability to bother reaching out to its audience unless its to twist a knife in.

( Just look at what they did to poor Tech. )

It doesn't try to be a hostile narrative, in fact its really good at being hostile to its characters and its environment, but it doesn't work any good without attempting to tarnish or ruin that good and it never considers what a positive step looks like that doesn't involve it coming off as shallow or excuse based--it overdoes Chandler's Law.

It is Common Grounds for Negligence.

... ( and I wasn't totally thinking about how that ending came together, but fuck, that checks. )

[achillesuwu]

Bringing back that thing I wrote like, 2 years ago in a forgotten small thread "fic" because I want to :

What if

What if

Instead of the "one person transmigrate in an AU" /every/ cultivators of the main sects (post sun-shot they think wwx is dead) get transmigrated in a world were YLLZ is very much alive and a powerful sect leader that's ~400 years old or something.

Like at first most don't see anything wrong, I mean, why would they?

Except that there is some weird thing. Some reports that don't make any sens. Some people that aren't simply there. Some scars that suddenly totally healed.

But above all, some people that shouldn't be alive are very much alive and confuse

However, none of them could be as confuse as the servants that work in those sect.

What do you mean you don't remember me? I work here since I'm 6 and I have been your personal servant for forty years !?????

What do you mean you never heard of that sect!? They are your allies!🙄

But most of all : how the heck did you forget about the YLLZ!?!? THE YLLZ? It doesn't matter. HE GOING TO COME AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE MASTER YOU BETTER GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER, BE CAREFUL AND /NOT/ CALL HIM WEN DOG!

Every servants at the moment : Those rich cultivators 🙄🙄 They are down right suicidale on a regular basis and now they are amnesiac! Great!! Fuck my life!!!!!

Anyway, cut scene to this annual conference where everyone is very awkward.

Everyone thinks that they are the only one that transmigrated or that only their clan did

The Jin are very much angry because all their job to kick yllz out of the living had gone to waste AND they aren't the biggest sect anymore.

Meanwhile, the Jiang are really awkward because JFM and YZY don't really understand why their kid are so weird??? (they didn't transmigrated but JYL did because I say so and same for her not-yet-husband (which weirded out even more the servant when the sect heir ran crying towards the ex he hates)

The lan are... Weirder than usual.... it's well know that the sect leader is very gloomy since his ex-wife left him for a YillingWei female disciple (not even a high ranked one but she is still under the YLLZ protection so...) & that he doesn't have a good relationship with his sons but still. It wasn't like... that.

LQR is looking like he is 10 years older and ready to kill anyone that talk about demonic cultivation. (don't ask why to any servant there, they don't know! He literally taught about it last months without any issue!!). He doesn't even look at the sect leader in the eyes either!

The first jade isn't looking at the second jade and they seems distant (!?) and he is completely ignoring the sect leader. Meanwhile the second jade doesn't seem to be able to sit still (!?!?). The more their second young master looks at the door the angrier the second master and his eldest nephew seem to be.

Truly, truly from every corner it's just awkward from everywhere. The servant truly don't understand 😩 that conference is THE event of the year!!!

The event that everyone expect, that everyone prepared carefully from the clothing of the lowest servant to the rings on the finger of the leader everything is carefully chosen to impress the Yilling loazu!! Nothing should be awkward like that, everyone should be thrilled!

They should be ready to make new alliance and secure their trade! Not doing... Whatever they are doing!!!

The servants can only wait and hope that YLLZ will not mind it 😩 it's already so difficult to make him come to this conference once every 5 years!!!! Some of us are aiming to get a demonic scholarship, venerable (dumbass) cultivators !!!!

[oh-katsuki]

Oh this looks so fun! Bakugou + damsel in distress. He's the damsel lol.

weeeee thanks for playing!!! i hope you don't mind that i made this sfw!!!

cw: canon typical violence, husband!bakugou, you and katsuki have a kid, we're calling kasuki 'princess', also we call katuski 'papa' once and 'daddy' once but both in nonsexual contexts

sometimes, patrol goes wrong. what is normally his average patrol around the city, becomes an all-out brawl as he encounters something or someone he was not meant to. katsuki, at this point, is used to it.

what makes today different though, as he propels himself above debris to get a better glimpse at the villain in front of him, is that he is deeply exhausted and fighting alone. it's his first week back at work after becoming a father, having taken several months off in order to spend time with you and your child. he's a little rusty. that's katsuki's excuse as of now.

when he is not working patrol, he's at home taking care of his now four-month-old daughter. she's a riot, but not quite like him. katsuki would describe her as being more like you, with your mannerisms and easy temperament. usually, she's not all too fussy, but these past few weeks, she's been starting to reverse cycle. you and katsuki are currently doing all you can to keep that from happening.

of course, you're there to help him too. it eases the burden, but you've both returned back to work to a degree. not full-time, but on alternating days. katsuki works on monday, wednesday, friday, and sunday, while you work on tuesday and thursday. saturday is both of your days off and you both strive to make the day a family affair, even if that affair is just napping simultaneously in the same room.

all of this to say, katsuki is off his game, distracted by his perfect daughter and spouse at home, and it shows. he's making rookie mistakes. ones that an experienced, 30-something-year-old hero shouldn't be making. katsuki can't even get a read on what this guy's quirk is.

the villain seems to be lifting debris (either quirk-created or found) and holding it for a moment, before throwing it at katsuki. immediately after throwing the debris, the villain seems to vanish and reappear elsewhere between 10-20 feet from his original place. katsuki supposes the trigger is the weight loaded from picking up the debris, but he can't get the specifics down, and whenever he does take a moment to try and consider it, the villain gets the upper hand and nearly squashes him under a piece of cement.

don't get him wrong here, this is not your average petty villain. katsuki suspects, from the location of this attack to the sigil on the villain's lapel, that this person is part of a larger syndicate that his agency has been researching. but that also means that katsuki needs to take him alive and he can't seem to get close enough to apprehend him. katsuki figures that he'll do this the direct way.

in a moment, katsuki is leaping toward the villain with his palms outstretched. he plans to go through the debris the villain sends his way. if he hesitates, the villain will appear in a new spot and he'll have to restart. his adversary is larger than him, taller and wider (most likely due to his quirk). it's not ideal, as fights based on hand-to-hand brute strength have always been yours and deku's realm, but katsuki thinks he can handle that should it come down to it.

two things happen at once. the villain loads debris larger than the others he's loaded before as katsuki simultaneously fires his quirk at him. it's not enough and a slab of concrete hits him in the chest, sending him flying backward into the wall behind him.

he spends a second trying to get oriented, inhaling deeply as he pulls air back into his lungs. katsuki's back aches and by the time he raises his head, there is another large chunk of concrete hurling towards the air at him. katsuki twists his body to push off of the wall behind him, but before he can, the debris in the air crumbles with a dull thud, like it's been met with another piece of concrete.

"you good, princess?"

katsuki recognizes your voice immediately and when he lifts his head up, you've got your hand outstretched to help him up. behind you, he can hear the sound of other heroes shouting as they apprehend the suspect, but he can't determine who is engaged with the villain, a little disoriented that the fight ended just as it was getting interesting.

it's strange, but it's like there is this halo-like glow around you as you offer your hand to him. katsuki thinks for a moment that you look a lot like izuku, save for the capris pants and oversized sweater. heroic even in your plain clothes.

he blinks for a second before taking your hand and standing up.

"i had it," he huffs and you laugh a little, wiping the small beads of sweat off of your forehead.

"sure," you exhale a little.

"why are you here? where's the kid?" he asks, a bit more concerned.

"in the coffee shop around the corner," you shrug.

"you left our kid with hanazaki again? you know, just because she's your friend, doesn't mean that you can just hand our baby off to her when she's working."

"well, i didn't plan to do that," you huff a little. "we came out for a walk to see daddy on his patrol route and came across you getting your ass beat all by yourself. can't believe they didn't have any support for you. and also yes i can. she was in my wedding party katsuki. besides, she seemed pretty thrilled to see little kura."

"i was not getting my ass beat," he says, lightly indignant. "i would have been fine."

you smile at him a little. "i know, but i didn't want to see you get hurt anymore."

he softens a little, shoulders slumping. "yeah, okay. thank you."

"doooon't mention it," you grin, giving him a signature sly smile. "damn, look at your face. we'll have to patch you up when you get home."

"i can just get some treatment back at the agency," he says, rolling his eyes.

you cup his face in your hands, turning his head from side to side. "nope, i think you're so injured that you've got to come home early."

"fat chance," he scoffs a little. "i've gotta deal with the paperwork for this. plus, i'm off in a few hours anyway."

you pout, crossing your arms over your chest. "unfair."

"shouldn't you go get kura?"

you narrow your eyes a little at him. "you're definitely right, i probably should."

"i know i am," he laughs a little, smiling at you.

"please get some treatment for those injuries if you're not gonna let me patch you up though," you point at him. "you'll freak baby out if you come home like that."

"you kidding? baby's tough as hell. she's got me for a papa," he puffs his chest out a little, wincing at the sure bruise forming there.

you roll your eyes. "whatever you say, princess."

"princess," katsuki scoffs at his new nickname, leaning in to kiss you quickly. "go get her. she's probably trying to blow up poor hanazaki as we speak."

"okay," you sigh, starting to walk down the street, "see you at home, papa." you beam at him, walking backwards.

"yeah, yeah," he waves his hand. "see you later."

katsuki can feel the tips of his ears glow pink.

[confiscatedpeaches]

William Afton x [Stalker] afab Reader

Currently obsessed with this dynamic so here we go!

Do not interact if under 18, the reader is at least 18 years old.

Part 2 (smut) has been posted, click here!

It started out innocently enough, just two weeks ago you were making a regular afternoon delivery of various culinary items to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. It was one of many restaurants your parents' company delivered to. Most of the time, it was a simple 'sign here' and drop off, but something was different this time. Instead of some minimum-wage employee who looked way too tired to deal with you, let alone the hoards of children and parents that were sure to be inside, there was an older-looking man waiting when you arrived.

He stood with his arms crossed and a sour look on his face. Even with his cold gaze, he looked.. oddly attractive. Now was not the time to deal with your raging daddy kink, you decided as you were at least 10 minutes late. You hopped out of your truck and started unloading the cargo.

You smiled weakly at him, hoping to at least appease him and appear sorry.

"Hi I'm so sorry I'm late, you see, traffic--"

"It's fine." He interrupted.

His arms remained crossed and he tilted his head ever so slightly to get a better look at you. His blue-grey eyes scanned you up and down before finally locking eyes with you. Dear god, you could barely contain yourself. You prayed he couldn't see the rising heat within your face and the rest of your body. You averted your eyes and continued unloading. He never said another word, but you were hooked.

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Once you arrived home after your shift, you decided to look online for information about this mysterious man. You found an article about the restaurant. The man was William Afton, co-owner of the establishment.

You were able to find a Facebook account under "William Afton." Honestly, you were surprised he even knew how to use Facebook. He wasn't OLD old, but he was definitely above 40. He has three kids, two boys, and one girl. Strangely, you saw no sign of a wife.

You knew this was wrong, he was just a stranger, and you were crossing a line, but you couldn't help yourself. You downloaded his pictures to your phone, just so you could see him whenever you liked. You couldn't find a home address, unfortunately.

For the next two weeks, you thought of him daily. Those two words echoing in your mind:

"It's fine."

God, what you would give just to hear him say more. You wished he had lectured you just so you could hear his lovely accent just a little more. You started covering for other co-workers' shifts just so you could deliver to his business. Your heart sank when you didn't see him for the next two deliveries.

On the third delivery, however, once you started to pull out of the back you noticed him. He was getting into his car. You stalled, unsure of what to do next. Should you follow him? Or just go home?

Your hands and feet decided for you, as once he got a little ways away you began following him. Surely he wouldn't notice, right? You technically were on the right route to return the truck, but that left turn he made sure wasn't. You turned left, continuing to follow him.

Eventually, he pulled into the driveway of a very nice-looking house with a garage. You slowed to a crawl as you watched him open his driver-side door and step out. You knew you shouldn't be doing this, this was wrong, very, very fucking wrong. You pressed harder on the gas, resulting in a loud roaring sound as your truck quickly gained speed. Your face began to flush red and you could taste your heart in your mouth. He quickly turned around and locked eyes with you.

fuuuuuck...!

You sped back to the delivery center and dropped off the keys to the truck without so much as a word being said to the person taking over your shift. You hopped into your car. Adrenaline still pumping in your veins. You felt a mixture of fear, frustration, excitement, and also arousal. He had to have recognized you, he could get you fired for following him home, or even worse.

Even so, a growing curiosity began to blossom within you. You knew where he lived now. He would recognize the truck again for sure, but your car? Maybe you could drive back and catch a glimpse of him through his dining room window, just one more look couldn't hurt. You were already in deep shit, might as well get one more glance before he could file a restraining order.

It was dark once you reached his house. When you started to get closer you noticed something odd; his car was gone, and the lights were out. It had been at least an hour since you were here last, maybe he went out for some late-night shopping? Maybe he was at the police station already. Either way, it didn't matter.

You pulled into his driveway. The only thing you could hear was the gravel crunching beneath your wheels and the sound of crickets. What in the world did you think you were doing? Something stupid, that's for sure, but you wanted something. Something of his to keep, something he wouldn't notice. A pencil? Gloves? Anything would do really. Or maybe something bigger; underwear? A pair of shoes? The possibilities were endless, and you didn't know what would be available for the taking unless you went inside.

You decided you better make this quick, or else this situation could get a whole lot worse. You turned off your car and stepped outside. The cold air and near silence greeted you. The crickets stopped upon sensing your presence. It was as if nothing else existed besides this moment, standing in front of a strange man's house in the middle of the night. You wondered why you couldn't hear or see any signs of his kids. Maybe they were at their mother's house? You shook your head, feeling slightly jealous of the thought of him possibly having had a wife and mother to his children.

You walked up to the door. Surely, he would have locked it, and you'd end up needing to turn around and leave, but weirdly enough, the door was unlocked and you stepped inside.

It was dark, very dark. You could faintly smell Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, mixed with other scents such as a slight smell of motor oil and light floral notes. You made sure to make a mental note of the smells, so you could revisit this in your mind later. The entryway was fairly bare, nothing that could be easily taken was in sight. You stepped further into his home, the floorboards creaking beneath you as if they were shocked and disapproving of your arrival. Or maybe they were warning you? You walked into the dining room. From what you could see everything looked fairly neat for a home that supposedly housed four people.

You could see a slight glow from the next room over, the dining room, you guessed. Hoping to get a better look at your surroundings, you stepped forward and saw the source of the strange light. Sitting in the middle of the dining room table, was a small yellow rabbit and a lit candle. You found your keepsake, sitting perfectly exposed and easy to grab. You reached out, but before you could get hold of it you heard a shuffle behind you, and a hand wrapped itself over your mouth, muffling any scream that might have come out otherwise.

Hot breath hits your neck and you hear a quiet course laugh behind your ear.

"Oh, we meet again, my little stalker."

(Look out for part 2, which will have smut)

[papa-evershed]

Hey! If you’re interested in doing so For Science or something, I could go a run down on your favourite moments from the Act On interviews. I really feel like Rob is so comfortable and engaged in those, they’re a delight.

I can definitely do this! This is right up my alley because I completely agree, I feel like the Act On This interviews are when we get the best glimpse of him just being him because it isn't press related. And quite frankly, him just being himself is more interesting to me than watching someone answer the same five questions over and over again on a press tour. (Not that I'd complain if he did do more press. I'll take whatever I can get, I'm not fussy.)

I'm going to apologize ahead of time for the length and because this will most likely be a very unorganized list. I considered doing video clips but Tumblr just makes that too much of a pain in the ass. 😩

(* I decided to really only do the most recent Act On This because otherwise I'd be here all damn week trying to make a list and ain't no one got time to read that. 😂)

First off, it's not exactly a moment but like previously mentioned—just the general vibe of these interviews. It's so much more laid back and less professional (in a good way) so we get to see The Hot Mess Express™ in all of his glory and who wouldn't appreciate that small glimpse into his unfiltered chaos? These gifs literally happened within seconds of each other. Between him dropping his phone, struggling to set it right, then immediately breaking into dance, I get whiplash just watching.

2. I won't gif this one because he's so understandably private about his kids, but the moment when one of them bursts in not long after the above moment. And honestly, there isn't anything there to gif (again, not that I ever would) because boy was quick as lightning to turn that camera to protect his kid's privacy. 100/10. For all of his goofing off, Dad was quick to Dad™. And even with that distraction and the speed with which he remedied it—he still kept up with what Ross was asking and saying to him. For all the talk of how much of a class clown he is, it appears he can still handle his shit without missing a beat when it really matters and this was a prime example of that.

3. When he pretty much just admitted to being drunk during the Christmas trivia. Keep it real, that's how we like it. 😎

4. This one may be considered a boring choice but another one of my favorite aspects of the Act On This interviews is hearing him get to speak so candidly about his acting process. It's not something most actors really get to discuss in great length with traditional press anymore unless they're the pretentious, insufferable, method sort that make headlines with their extremes. But hearing him discuss how he tried to find ways to bring warmth to the character in The Inheritance made me even more interested in seeing it—to see how much of it they kept, to see if the attempts were even successful. He talked about adding humor because otherwise the audience might grow tired of these fighting siblings and he's right. When he finally does settle down and get serious, he gives incredibly insightful answers and I feel like his approach to most characters is just spot on. So yeah, a thoughtful answer that also increased my interest in an upcoming project is a major win.

5. It's happened over the course of a few different Act On This interviews so it's a bit hard to gif or anything but when either he or Ross mentions how frugal he is. 😅😂 He's got a five year old IPhone (which shouldn't be remarkable but lbr), his laptop supposedly only works if it's plugged into the wall, he'd rather have the money than a make-up artist, and I'm almost positive there are examples I'm missing. Love me a frugal king. 👑

6. I wouldn't call this one a moment really, more so just another example of why I love Act On This—for little pieces of insight and perspective like this. I like learning how people cope with different things and what tools they use, this one is also just very relatable because it's something I find myself also doing as I get older too (although not in audition rooms, obviously).

7. Similar to the last one, whenever he talks about how he's found ways to deal with nerves. It's especially interesting to me because I feel like I've seen a lot of chatter among fans as to whether or not he gets nervous but he's pretty transparent about how his nerves have sabotaged him in the past. It's something else that's relatable, when he discusses finding methods that work for him (mindfulness really is slept on). It takes a certain level of vulnerability to admit when you've been actively searching for ways to cope and it's admirable to hear anyone not just admit it but to encourage others to do the same. Plus, don't we all watch these hoping for those honest moments?

8. Because I'm a trash person and I wouldn't be me without admitting it...every single moment when he has the audacity to just exist looking like this. 🤷‍♀️ He was 🔥🔥and I'm honest enough to admit that the eye candy is certainly a perk of any Act On This interview.

Honestly, I could keep going but I will spare us all.

Of course there's the obvious mentions too, like whenever he breaks into song and/or dance. The Christmas trivia was a pleasure. And like most people, I also enjoy just any little personal tidbit he's chosen to share throughout the years, even something as simple as what beer he wants to drink or his love of house plants.

Overall, I appreciate these interviews because like you said, they're just so comfortable and engaging. Once he gets the wiggles out there's usually some really great advice or tidbits shared so I really watch these always waiting on those moments and anything else is just icing on the cake.

Hopefully this was somewhat of a satisfactory answer and bless anyone that's read this far. 😳

[mermaidsirennikita]

Have you read books with the heroine being the one pursuing the hero?

Oh def! When a Girl Loves an Earl by Elisa Braden is always my major one, as she's actively pursuing him while he's resistant lol.

Rules for a Proper Governess by Jennifer Ashley has the heroine very intently purpose her boss, who's a good bit older than her. It's very "don't stand so close to me".

Olivia and The Masked Duke by Grace Callaway is another one where the heroine is a good bit younger than the hero (10-12 years) and he's her dad's friend who's known her since she was about 12? Which I know sounds bad but it was totally above board I swear. Anyway, she never saw him a truly sexual light until she spied on him spanking another woman. And then. THEEEEN she begins chasing him HARD while he's like "ma'am, I CANNOT".

Her Husband's Harlot, also by Grace, has a heroine who's married to a man who refuses to touch her due to his own damage, and she's so determined to have him that she disguises herself as a sex worker and it does indeed work. The Duke in Question also has a heroine who I would say is kinda pushing the agenda along, as it were. Glory and The Master of Shadows also has this vibe because Glory is pursuing Wei hard and Wei is like "she's basically my student, this cannot be!!!"

Oooh, another dad's friend one--My Dirty Duke by Joanna Shupe. The heroine is 18-20, the hero is her dad's 43-year-old close friend. He resists while she chases. For a minute.

The Arrow by Monica McCarty is a guardian/ward romance where he's sooo convinced that she's too young for him (she's sincerely not lol) but she DOGGEDLY chases him.

It Seemed Like a Good Idea at The Time by Kylie Scott--contemporary dad's friend romance, the heroine chased when she was younger. She had a crush on him, he was 15 years her senior and decidedly uninterested, but when she turned 18 she basically jumped into his lap and took her top off and her dad happened to walk in at that moment and it almost ruined the friendship. So she comes back after seven years of being away, and the tension is Real. She's not really pursuing in the present day, but the backgrounded reminded me of this.

Deep by Kylie Scott is another one where I'd say the background context helps. The heroine is a college coed, around 20-22, the hero is late twenties/early thirties and is the bass player for a rock band. Her sister (an earlier heroine) married the drummer, who's taken the heroine on as a little sister type. However, the heroine has been pursuing the bass player guy, who's like... kinda resistant because Bro Code, but not really. You see the background in this book with flashbacks in the beginning, where they're building a friendship, she's flirting a lot, he's like "I shouldn't"... and then they do. And it's a one night thing. And she ends up knocked the fuck up lol.

The Ivy Leavold trilogy by Sierra Simone is this for sure lol. It's an erotic romance with kink, general BDSM, and group sex, so be warned. It's also basically like a kinky Jane Eyre, but with a hornier heroine while the hero is like "Ivy, I am a BEAST AND A BASTARD". Very funny, very hot.

I'd say Praise by Sara Cate has this in the beginning--the heroine is the recent ex of the hero's semi-estranged son, so he's very "we should NOT" but... he folds pretty quickly.

Never Seduce a Scot by Maya Banks has a heroine who pursues the heroine more, but a lot of that is because she's deaf and due to medieval mores he thinks she's intellectually delayed and therefore not someone he should sleep with, despite them being in an arranged marriage. He's trying to be ethical, basically, and he doesn't get that she WANTS IT.

Matilda Halifax Learns the Value of Restraint by Alexandra Vasti--the heroine is the shyer Halifax sister, and she's drawn erotic sketches of the hero that someone lifts and publishes. So he's PISSED, but also so into her because it's clear that she (like he) is kinky. She starts being like "teach me" basically, and pushing towards him.

How to Marry a Marquess by Stacy Reid has a heroine pursuing her scandalous friend who's very sure that she wouldn't be able to handle the fallout of being married to him. But she just neeeds seduction lessons, you see. For some other guy!

[whataboutsimple]

Age is a really unclear subject in mcsm but one can assume that the admins have unusually long lifespans, if not immortality (including Xara obviously, even if she doesn't have admin powers anymore). But does this mean that Binta and the people in the Underneath also have really long lifespans/delayed aging? Because Binta mentions that Fred himself made her promise to keep Fred's Keep a safe haven.

Good question, Anon!

So, it really depends on if we are talking about my AU or canon? I'm assuming you talk about canon, so let's go:

Age really is an unclear subject, if you ask me, but here we should take a look at timeline of all the Episodes both from S1 and S2! First of all we have this fact that Original Order Of The Stone faded in the legends, but how could that be possible if they all are alive? Well, you see, when people say that someone faded in the legends, it doesn't always mean they're gone, so here it probably meant that they're not doing their "wandering heroes business" anymore, so we can't count that as an evidence for something, but what we can and will count is the fact that no one remembers Ivor as a part of The Order. We know for sure he was with them when Order was claiming their victory over EnderDragon, so how could it be that no one knows Ivor? Not even as a "mystery of fifth member"? Maybe because it's been a long time, those who saw them either dead or simply won't remember. And THAT what we can count as an evidence. People do live long life there. What's next? Next is our mysterious Builder Of Worlds - Soren! The guy somehow managed to be part of the Order, Old Builders, and live long enough to write a book that Fred has in his house! Which means when he did it, Fred was still alive, and since we know for sure Soren was living above bedrock, that means that bedrock ceiling was built when all the Admins still were friends. This can be proved even by mushrooms that we can see around Fred's keep! He built them so monsters won't spawn near his people, because now it was always night for them. With that information we can even assume Fred was alive during WitherStorm, right? No, since Xara doesn't know anything about Jesse and I'm as hell sure Fred would've done something to prevent WitherStorm from killing so much people! Okay, he was killed before WitherStorm. What does it mean? It means that his keep, or Binta at least, is not that much older, than Jesse and his friends. Maybe 10 years or something? Let's pretend Binta was around her 30 when the whole constant fighting between Admins started. I'm assuming it didn't took too long for this to escolate, soon after that the bedrock ceiling was created, so maybe she was 32? After that I'm sure it was Fred's death, and he probably asked her to keep people save when she was like 32? Going back to main group, it sure took them some time to go through WitherStorm and Portal arc, so I add around three or four years here. Now Binta should be from 35 to 36 the moment Jesse and the gang visits the keep, BUT we shouldn't forget that the ceiling was existing for quiet some time so people above bedrock would live there, and if we will count the Order as oldest people +20-30 years, it makes Binta from 50 to 60.. She supposed to be old, right? But let's not forget such characters as Soren hismelf, Ivor, Harper, Hadrian, Otto and Mevia. They supposed to be old too, and they are old, but not old enough to not be able to fight properly with a sword (look at Hadrian and Mevia. They are CRAZY with their fighting skills). Which means that people from MCSM get older differently from us, and it takes a lot more than 60 years to really feel that they are old.

Personally, I don't think they have a longer lifespans or smth like that, I think the timeline between all the events a lot shorter, than we assume, and all the people in MCSM age really slow.

I don't think I've got it right, but I tried! Thanks for the ask, dear Anon, hope that answered your questiom!<3 And if you wanted to hear it from the perspective of my AU, just send me another ask!

[zarvasace]

PROGRESS POST

(10/4/23)

This is partly for accountability and partly just to get all this out of my head! This last month or two have felt so hectic, getting used to a new work and sleep schedule and all. I'm still not quite there.

If you're curious about what I've been working on and what my plans are in terms of writing and art for the rest of the year, read on. :)

I will say, though, that if you want more of a specific AU or story, the way to get it is by asking questions and leaving comments! Asks and comments remind me about things I'm doing and get me excited about them again! I have these plans, but I also am very good at chasing inspiration to unknown (and sometimes unimportant) corners!

By Fandom

Linked Universe Projects

I've been feeling less motivated to work on LU stuff, but I still plan on at least finishing what I have open, so you can look forward to some of that!

Writing

Disability AU—one small mobility trio fic in the works. A few vague ideas for doing backstory fics.

Council (1931 vampire AU)—this is still the "backburner to backburner" fic, but I do have some fun ideas. I just have been distracted with other things! I think this AU is a lot of fun and I'd love to do more with it. We'll have to see.

The Marvelous Misadventures of Wind and His Merry Band of Maybe-Human Misfits—chapter 7 (out of 9 or so) is in progress. I have it all outlined out, and it's fun to work on, but I have (again) been distracted! This is, I hope, going to be my main December project. It'd be nice to finish before it turns 2 years old next summer. Oops.

I have several other WIPs that aren't very exciting and probably won't see daylight, but they're there if I feel like them

Art

Coloring book—I'm part of the coloring book project! :) I have already finished 1/2 drawings, and they went so well, I'm considering doing more.

Shatterproof manga page—still on my radar! I'm doing the end scene from dazzling diamond danger, and my ambition keeps outgrowing my time.

Four Swords Projects

Writing

Fairytale AU—man I've started this Vidow BatB fic literally five times. I have an almost-complete draft sitting at like... 20k?? iirc, but I kind of hate a lot of it. I also like a lot of it. It's a bit difficult for me to work on rewriting something in that situation. Anyway. Another December thing probably.

Fright Fight—I have ideas for every week, but am currently unsure if I want to draw or write for them. Most of my October will be focused on filling these prompts!

Vampire Lords AU—I have strange as severe is this my fate open right now, with a fair amount of material... it just needs to be edited a bit. I do want to keep working on that, I've just... well. Distraction. A common theme. XD I might be feeling another little bite fic coming on, too.

Art

Fright Fight—see above

Fright Fight part 2—I have a few side things to do for this, like making graphics that I haven't quite finished yet. They shouldn't take long, I just gotta do em!

Non-Fandom

Stickers—I am in the process of drawing some stickers! Yay! These are for my work, but also just for me. I want some Halloween stickers. This is a backburner project.

Nanowrimo project—I need to spend some time figuring out a few things to really get going on my princess-verse. I'm going to be doing Nanolympics this year, so hopefully some of their preptober stuff will help!

Hearts Linked Together—my super-cool Linkverse. XD I love my dumb timeline, and all the characters, they're just filler drawings that I haven't had time to continue.

Secret Zelda project—I really really need to do this! I can't say much right now, but it involves a fair amount of work, both writing and art. I think I haven't gotten very far on it yet because I'm intimidated. Stop that.

Zine edits—I worked really really hard on an art piece for a LoZ zine coming up! This week is critique, and I anticipate a few edits later.

By Month

Facebook posts—a lady I know wants to commission pretty quote images to post on her Facebook. I need to reply to her text. And do them.

September

I primarily worked on the fic Blood-Sucker's Guide to High School. I also worked on and submitted one fic and one piece of art to two different zines, which I hope you'll see soon.

October

If you care, you may have noticed I'm not doing Whumptober this year! Part of this is because I'm a bit burned out from the above, and part of it is that the prompts just didn't seem very inspiring to me this year. Maybe that's just my mindset. I haven't been in a very whumpy mood.

I'm planning on filling weekly prompts for @fsfrightfight this month and maybe chipping away at some other fics, in addition to one more zine contribution. I'm also going to be planning for November and doing some scattered art work here and there.

November

NaNoWriMo! I considered skipping this... but I'm feeling really inspired and motivated to do it, especially with October as a break. I'm going to write some original work, and that will be the focus of my November. I'll likely get some other art done, too.

December

I hope to dedicate this month to finishing things up from this year! That means working on "backburner" projects.

[pleaseitsjustrae0nly]

Hiii,

I read that you have open requests and I thought I would ask you if you could make a Shigaraki/Tenko x reader platonic! , in which AFO basically kidnapped several children to do experiments on them to make them stronger and have more quirks etc, but still have a human appearance and continue to acting like humans.Only one girl survived and AFO took her to train with Shigaraki, at that time Shigaraki would be about 10/11 years old and reader 5 and a half.Both were raised together and with the intention that they get along and that's how it was. But one day the heroes arrive and save reader (by this time he would have been about 9/10 years old)And that in the future, when Shigaraki and the LOV attack class 1-A at the UA, he meets Reader who is now in class 1-A training to be a pro hero.

I'd reader was fem! or gn! I don't know if I described what I want, sorry about that!

If you don't want to make this request it's completely fine and thank you very much in advance ⁠♡♡☆☆

At first i didn't get it but then my brain processed it. Love this idea, so I'll gladly write it for you💚

They took you away, and now I see you on a different side.

Shigaraki x gn!reader (Platonic!)

Notes: some slight(?) angst, fluff, slight swearing. It was a little longer than I expected, but IT MADE ME CRY.

All you could see was black, the thick fabric blocking all light from your vision. All you remember was going to a park with your mother, going down the slides, laughing, smiling... then a strange man in a suit came and blocked all light. You were only 5, your birthday was to happen in 3 weeks. Your mom must be worried, you could practically see her face filled with teary eyes. You suddenly feel forward, hitting the metal surface of the vehicle they threw you in. You heard the door slam and then another being opened with a click. "Get the kids and have the change." you were suddenly being carried by someone, your tears were absorbed by the fabric but your sniffles were consistent, and your whimpers were growing louder. "Shh, it's okay... I won't hurt you little one." The person said, it was a man. You felt that you were placed on some soft surface, like the ones at the doctors.

"i need you to cooperate with me dear, can you do that for me?" you didn't know what to do, or even what 'couhpurate' meant, you were only 5. You just sat there, sniffling. The man sighed and slowly removed the fabric covering your eyes. You were soon met with green eyes, "He said he'd take those above 7..." as he grabbed a white medical gown, you were still sniffling when he walked over to his desk and grabbed a tissue. "Blow on three okay? One... Two... Three..." you blew, he then wiped your nose with a clean tissue and disposed of it. "I'm doctor Yuichi Ishii, but you can call me doctor Yui, okay? What's your name dear?" you just stared at him with tears in his eyes, "...Y/N, where's my mommy doctor mister?" he looked away, not knowing how to tell a five year old on what's to come. "She's... preparing a... surprise party! With all your friends, and all the gifts you want!" he says with a bright smile, he felt horrible, lying to a kid. But it's for the best. "Really?! Why didn't she tell me about the old man? Why make me cry? Why-" He then hugged your small body, it felt warm, you liked warm. You wrapped your small arms around him, falling into a slumber, which was good, since he muttered, "I'm so sorry little Y/N, you shouldn't have to go through this..."

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You were now 6, standing next to your 'father'. It had been a year since you arrived, you made friends but they come and go. Your only real friend was your 'father'. "Y/N dear, you'll be okay in there alone right?" he looked down to meet your e/c eyes, you responded to him with a small bright smile on his face. "Of course father! I'll be on my be behaviour!" giving him a small salute. He chuckled, he no longer minded you calling him father. But it ached his heart knowing that someday, he won't see you again.

"Were here, this will be the last test for today. Then you can go play!" he opened the door to a room you were now familiar with. The same doctors, white tile walls and floors, the machines, everything. "Good day little Y/N, you know the drill." Doctor Tsukiko stated getting her clipboard ready. "mhm!" as you entered the room, you saw your 'father' giving you a thumbs up. "Alright Y/N, prepare to use your quirk on that pile of cups in three... two... one!" you used your quirk, it eliminated the cups immediately. After what seemed like forever, the daily tests were over. You walked out of the room with a happy smile and a lollipop! You were holding onto your 'father's' coat as he led you to the play room. You expected it to be empty, but there were two people standing in the middle of the room, a man in a suit, and a boy with baby blue hair. "B-boss! I wasn't expecting a visit so soon! Let me escort Y/N out for this discussion-", "There is no need Doctor, I'm merely here to let my boy play with some other kids, if that's alright with you." The doctor looked at the what seemed to be, 11 year old boy. "Of course boss! Y/N would love too, right dear?", "Mhm! Now I have someone to do my puzzles with!" you smile grabbing his hand leading him to the puzzle table.

"what's your name? And how old are you?" You ask while picking out one of the new puzzles they brought in for you and your family. "Ten... *cough* Tomura. And I'm 11 years old." you place the puzzle in front of him, "That's so cool! Your names cool too! Wanna play puzzle with me?" He gives a small smile and nods, you guys solved three 500 piece puzzles that day.

And ever since, after you'd finish your daily test, you'd play with him. You'd play jenga, color pictures, act as detectives and sometimes your 'father' would join in too! You both were inseparable. You'd ask him about where he lives, what's it like living with your 'father's' boss, etc. It's been at least 2 and half years.

"I don't get it detective Tomu! How will we find the thief? the city is hugee!" you say, stretching the 'e' and gesturing to the city you guys built with the big blocks, "Why with clues of course! Y/N, what did we see at the crime scene?" Tomura says, pointing at the messy toy box, "... a pair of green glasses?" Tomura nodded and pointed at your father, "Exactly! And the only person who uses green glasses in the WHOLE city, is HIM! DOCTOR YUI!" he says, grinning. "Oh drat! You caught me detective..." your 'father' says with his hands up, "Now where's the item you stole! You must return it!", "Yeah! You better!" he chuckled and handed over the sparkly teddy bear, both of your smiles grew. "We did it detective Tomu! Our city is saved!!", "I couldn't have done it without you detective Y/N!"

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It happened... the incident. You were just sitting in your 'father's' office when you felt a rumble. "Y/N, under my desk, NOW." He yelled, standing up, and heading towards his secret tool cabinet. "Father?", "Stay here, and don't leave unless I say the words 'apple pies, with cream" okay?", you nodded. His smile wasn't as bright as it was before, you hid under his desk as he walked out of his office. You heard loud bangs, screams, and explosions. It reminded you of older brother Hikaru, whenever it was his time to take his test, you could hears screams and explosions from his room. Until one day, he stopped coming to play time. You never knew what happened, you were told he behaved so well he got to go and see the beach and eat ice cream!

All of a sudden, the sound of the office door kicked open, followed by the voices of your 'father' and another unknown voice. "Please take them and go! They can't be here please! They are all I have left!", "Sir, we can save you as well! PLease let me-", "NO! TAKE MY CHILD AND LEAVE, PLEASE!", "father?", "Sweety, this hero will take you to your mother! You'll get to have apple pies with cream for dessert all you want!" he sounded sad, you slowly left the table. "Father? Who's this?", "Take them, please. Their name is L/N Y/N, they're allergic to pollen, and have a small phobia of needles, please, return them to their mother." The hero nodded and scoped you up in his arms, "father!" you said reaching your hands out to him. "My dear sweet Y/N, you were the only reason I stayed here in this facility. I hope that when your older, you'll understand what I've done for you." you started to cry, as he kissed your forehead, a loud bang was heard in the distance. "Go hero, and keep her safe." He removes his cloak and glasses, wrapping and placing them on you. "Farewell my dear, I hope to see you again one day."

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Tomura stood next to his sensei, overlooking the chaos. "Sensei, where's Y/N and Doctor Yui?", "...Let's go Tomura.", "They aren't dead, are they?" he asks, tears slowly filling his eyes. "I doubt, but we need to go." he looked back again down at the chaos... you and the doctor weren't dead, surely! He snuck out, he had never thought he'd do this behind his sensei's back, but he couldn't sleep. He arrived at the scene, inspecting the pile of rubble and ruins. He walked towards what he remembers as the play room, he noticed the sparkly teddy bear now had lost an arm and had blood stains on it, and next to it...was a drawing of him, Y/N, and the doctor. He cried the moment he curled up in bed, hugging the teddy and the drawing close to him. You were gone... the doctor was gone... you BOTH were gone... and he didn't get to play with you one last time.

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You were sitting next to the hero who took you away from your father. He handed you a slice of apple pie, "Your dad promised you apple pies with cream for dessert right? Here! Eat up little one!" he said with a bright smile, as bright as your dads. You started to tear up, slowly eating the pie, "Hey hey! What's wrong? Is it cold?", "No.. *sniffle* you just, have the same smile as my dad..." The hero looked sad, he then came up with an idea "How about I introduce myself! I'm Fat Gum, the BMI hero!", you looked up at him, "Hero? Like a detective?", "You could say that! But I rescue people and go on dangerous missions. But you could say one of them is my hunger!" he states, while posing. You giggled at his jokes and stories, you found yourself admiring him, he saves people as a job! And his quirk was amazing! "WHERE IS MY BABY?!" You hear a familiar voice, you turn towards it, and saw a familiar face. "...Y/N?" you couldn't remember who it was "...?", "Kid, that's your mom." you blinked a few times before remembering everything "m-mommy?", "MY BABY!! OH MY BABY! I'M SO GLAD YOUR OKAY! I'M SO SORRY! OH I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! MOMMY MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!" she cried out, you hugged her back, letting all your emotions loose. She was constantly next to you, showering you in the motherly love you missed out on for 3 and a half years. "I'm so so so sorry baby, I should've been doing a better job at watching you...", "Mommy, it's okay, it wasn't your fault."

"Still, I'm so so sorry baby. Why don't you tell me what you've been doing these past years hm?"

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It's been 5 years. You were now 16 and a half. You still celebrate your father's death anniversary, your mother allowed it because she was thankful that someone was being sweet and kind to her beloved child. She would sometimes tag along with you to share her gratitude. Your mother enrolled you into Aldera Junior High, the same school as Bakugo and Midoriya. You talked with with Midoriya from time to time, but other than that, nothing else. You only started to have full conversations with him when you found out you were both participating in the UA hero's entrance exam.

You both were in the same class, and soon became best friends. Along with the rest of the deku squad. You weren't the best student, but not the worst. Luckily the things you did during the tests allowed you to be a bit smarter. The puzzles you did, the problems you solved, the training you did, etc. You still followed the same schedule your 'father' gave you, it made you feel satisfied, and closer to him. Your quirk grew strong, very strong. It almost lost control during training, but you managed! sort of...

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USJ came along, and you all were pretty excited for the exercise of saving people, maybe you could learn to become like Fat Gum! You sat next to Todoroki who was just napping, you both were on mutual terms, he even asked you to wake him up when they arrive!

But what you didn't expect was for it to become a real battle, during the teleportation, you were one of the few who stayed behind with Thirteen and the rest of your classmates. You decided to assist you teacher in anyway you could by shooting at some villains. But when that big guy came out, you had to go down and help. You left the others to help when you noticed a baby blue color flash in the corner of your eye... you turned to see the familiar hands you would see your childhood playmate have with him on occasion. "..Tomu?" "...Y/N?"

you both looked at eachother. He saw you, you were alive! After all these years of grief and guilt, he saw you alive, breathing! But, you were with the heroes, these good for NOTHING HEROES! "Why are you on the hero side Y/N?" he asked sternly. You got into a stace and sent an attack towards him. "I'm on the heroes side because a villain killed my father!", "You mean Doctor Yui? Wow, those heroes didn't even SAVE him?"

He was right, why didn't FatGum save your dad? You shook off the thought and knocked down a villian that was heading your way. "THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS' TOMU.", "IT SHOULD BE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD, YOU DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO SEND ME A LETTER, OR GIVE ME A SIGN THAT YOU WERE ALIVE." He started running towards you, your teacher Aizawa extended his scarf out to grab you but he was being held by the Nomu.

"IT'S LIKE YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME, IT'S LIKE YOU HID FROM, YOU WERE AFRAID OF ME!", " I WASN'T TRYING TO HIDE FROM YOU! I WANTED TO FIND YOU, BUT I COULDN'T BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUND BY THE VILLIAN."

You were both now having hand-to-hand combat, "BULLSHIT EXCUSE Y/N! YOU LEFT ME, AND ALL I HAD WAS THE THOUGHTS OF YOU AND DOCTOR YURI LYING DEAD UNDER RUBBLE THAT DAY." He kicked you onto your back and pressed his foot against your throat.

"They took you from me, and now I see you on THEIR side." he said, pressing harder, "T-tomu, please..." you begged him to remove his foot, he stared down at you. "I loved our memories Y/N," he stated lifting his foot, "But next time, I won't be so nice." He then kicked you, your back colliding with a stone wall, knocking you out cold.

"Please don't interrupt our plans, I'd hate to have to take you down."

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goddam, this made me cry. But yeah that's it! Hope it was to your liking!

[vampiremeerkat]

all 3 eds are the same age due to the fact that in the flashback where they were todlers, almost if double d and ed were older they would have double d would be 4 years old and ed would be 5 years old, which wouldn't make sense because they wouldn't be todlers because todlers are 1 to 3 years old and it wouldn't make sense for Ed to be 5 years old if he uses diapers because his parents would try to be faster so that he wouldn't have to use more diapers, furthermore, one more proof is that the eds are described as pre teens, meaning that the 3 eds are a trio of pre teens and a pre teen is 10 to 12 years old so it wouldn't make sense for double d and ed to be older than eddy unless they are the same age

Good for you I like discussing things that don't matter, it distracts me from my mortality. I don't recall the term "toddler" being used anywhere in the episode, so you can't use that as a baseline for why I'm wrong. To say that Ed -out of all characters- wouldn't wear diapers at that age is a curious statement as well. That boy is a creature and there are normal children out there who wear the occasional diaper up to the age of 6. You'd rather not have your child fall behind like that, but everyone grows up differently. Boys are also more likely to wet the bed compared to girls. I don't recall the term "preteen" being used in any official texts, either. The Ed, Edd n Eddy bible calls the Eds "youths", for example. In any case, your "preteens are 10 to 12" insistence doesn't hold up if people are out there claiming Antonucci said Ed and/or Edd is 13 years of age. Besides that, there are no hard rules on what qualifies as preteen, though we have a general idea and everyone agrees it doesn't surpass the age of 13. There's also the fact the Eds attend junior high, an institution that tends to house children between the age of 11 and 14, depending on the school or when a student's birthday hits. I've explained my reason for why Ed is two years above Eddy: I find it hard to believe that someone of his intellect is sharing the same classroom with born genius Edd. He shouldn't be sharing classrooms at all, but alright, I tried fixing that by arguing he was held back a grade. Thus making him older than his friends. The same case with Rolf. All in all, I'm not sure what you find implausible about my interpretation of the characters' ages. Even if it doesn't match what people claimed Antonucci eventually revealed, it's not like I didn't sit down to think about it.

[chronicallyuniconic]

Where do I start with that appointment with the doctor?

✨ [TLDR a very personal post about a single doctors appointment when you already have chronic illnesses, TW for medical bxllshit] ✨

They asked me to come to see them for the below list of symptoms I gave. I have heavily condensed for this post, they're in no particular order, feel free to skip them:

\\ Tingling and numbness in fingers and palm of hand, with weaker grip and cold feeling. Also occurs in right foot, sometimes both feet

Skin problems: Irritation, lumps under skin, thicker and darker body hair causing irritation

Jerking up back from coccyx, legs kicking out and knees locking

Losing feeling when taking a step, hips hurting all the time, affects my walk and I drop. Holding breath to stop jerking due to pain

Passing out with sudden nausea feeling, followed by paralysis and pins and needles in arms. Vomiting after passing out

Vertigo, dizziness when tilting head back, stumbling to the side when standing

Headache and jaw pain leading to migraine

Dry eyes with dark shapes in vision

Losing control of bladder, urgency to urinate, no build-up, sudden full bladder. IBS, fluctuating between constipated and not constipated

Longer, heavier, more painful periods since coming off the pill. Pressure, sharp pain, and hip pain during periods

Cellular level exhaustion, feeling like there is concrete or sand in bones. Nodding off even after sleeping for long periods //

Arrived to see noone in the waiting area or reception wearing a mask, just me. Doctor was wearing one thankfully. This shouldn't have to be up for debate in a pandemic, but there we are.

I started off with the hip problem as its concerned me most, what with losing functionality, just dropping to the ground, struggling to lift myself back up and continue to walk. They got me to lay on the table, made me push and pull against their arm with both legs then said "if you're having this type of weakness you typically wouldn't be able to walk." They just watched me walk, in the way I do, and it instantly made me think *well they don't believe me or do they think that I've just put that on, like made it up?*

The doctor asked about my bladder weakness, didn't/couldnt(?) give any explanation as to why I have sudden urgency and lack of control. My take was that "I shouldn't be losing control of my bladder the way I am. I am not 80 yrs old." Them "we'll get a urine sample" (every single urine sample I have provided in the last 7 years has come back exactly the same, with the same unexplained & ignored "protein in urine"🙃)

They then asked about how I managed some of the above symptoms. Painkillers, baths, heatpads, yoga stretching, etc etc.

"How are your periods?" I explained to them that since I came off the pill they have gotten much heavier each month as time has gone on, typically leaving me in bed from the 3rd day, for 7 to 10 days, I have this constant bearing down feeling with sharp, crushing pains where my ovaries would be, flares up IBS and so on.

For them to say "that's completely normal, you can treat with ibuprofen." At my age, I just felt disbelief in their comment. I have been treating my periods since I was 10 years old for pain management and to reduce heavy flows. I don't take ibuprofen because it flares my asthma, something they should see, but throughout my life, I have noticed that medical professionals refuse to accept it as a side effect that occurs in me and look perplexed by the statement "ibuprofen flares asthma"

The doctor commented that 'I mentioned my symptoms may be more applicable to Multiple Sclerosis' and asked why I think that.

I explained about the new symptoms, worsening of old and new symptoms and the difference between first symptoms at diagnosis to how they present now.

They then asked about my medications and whether they work for me. I explained that none of the medications have helped with fatigue in particular, for the next lines to happen:

Doctor "We can increase X if you like."

Me "I didn't think I could, but if you think it will help fatigue(?)"

Doctor "Why did you think that you could not? Is it because you read it somewhere or someone told you?

Me "No, it's because I'm pretty sure I'm already on the maximum dose."

*doctor looks up doses*

Doctor "Yes, you are right"

Is it just me?? This bullshit is infuriating to me & its so disheartening. This motherfxcker doctor asked ME to come to THEM.

Doctor "so what would you like me to help with what are your main concerns?"

Me "I'm tired beyond comprehension, I haven't been here physically in 2 & 1/2 years because I cannot leave the house. I'm in pain all the time, mainly in my hips, I get constant migraines that cause vertigo, my sudden loss in bladder function, I'm a young person this should not be happening to me and I can't explain it, it's embarrassing and I want these symptoms to stop or know how to treat them or what to do, it's affecting my life"

Doctor "in all of that you never mentioned pain and this is a significant symptom of MS"

Me "it was one of the first things I said, I-"

How can I receive any care when it's like this? Where is the treatment within all of this?

At this point I felt myself start dissociating, mentally I've already left the room, realising what this doctor sees and thinks of me. They mention something about physiotherapy to help my hip/leg problem. I've been on a list with a chronic pain/management clinic for 5 years, suffering waiting for physio.

As I was leaving I said to them, "because I look normal, like this, noone understands my symptoms or seems to believe I have them" for them to give me the pity head tilt, the childlike-sympathy a grazed knee gets, the "oh I know" the way a teenage breakup is handled.

Is there ever going to be a sense of understanding that goes beyond fellow spoonies, zebras & warriors alike?

I'm still wondering why the hell they asked me to go when really, nothing has happened, again.

Again, I had a doctors appointment, where I wish I hadn't bothered at all & my symptoms are now considerably worse as a result.

Does anyone else experience this type of thing or just understand? It's a lonely feeling when you always feel like you have nobody on your side.

[anxious-ace]

TMNT/Half-mutant au:

!HM=half-mutant!

The boys are the sons of a mutant father and a human mom (hence half-mutant) and they are both master ninjas and Splinter's friends

I don't exactly know what happens to their parents but I know something happens to allow Splinter to adopt and train the boys

This isn't a strictly "2012!TMNT but make them half-mutant" au, there are bits and pieces of Rise!TMNT mixed in there as well, like the boys harnessing their mystic powers (at some point between 10-15 years ago)

(this is so there's room to discover what else they can be used for while giving them time to use them properly)

On top of Rise!Leo's powers, HM!Leo can also use telepathy and foresight/visions/precognition because of a "connection to the old masters" he has (as the leader, he trained the most to better use his Katanas and meditated to help reduce overreactions/emotional outbursts during missions)

(those 2 things somehow fostered the connection)

He also has Melasma instead of the Vitiligo people give human Rise!Leo

(this is a reference to red-eared sliders but if he's one, that means they all are and I don't know what species the dad would be)

(instead of giving myself a headache with this I'm just going to say that the Melasma is present in both forms)

The April in this is pretty much strictly Rise!April

I know how people treat 2012!April (and frankly, I too am a little annoyed with her, but more so with the writers, they shouldn't have included human + mutant relationships, especially if they're technically siblings because that shit definitely needs to stop)

I think that is why I made Leo aroace in this au because he would not want to go near that shit (he thinks romance, in general, gets in the way of missions but he has let his brothers do what they want as long as it doesn't get in the way)

(he knows that they are old enough to do their own thing in that regard)

Leo does have the Usagi chronicles guy (whichever one's closest to being 25, the one everyone ships Rise!Leo with, I can't with names right now)

Oh, and this Donnie and April are just friends but I might give Donnie his own love interest (who will probably be an oc or maybe even Casey if I feel like it)

Ralph has Mona Lisa so they're good (they're still aroace like Leo though, they're also nonbinary)

(Donnie is a demisexual bi-romantic guy, Leo is an aroace trans guy and Mikey is pansexual and gender fluid)

Donnie and Leo are twins, which makes them the cool (color) twins (name courtesy of 10-year-old Mikey), at 25 (currently)

(they were 15 when Leo made the connection with the masters)

Raph and Mikey are 23 and 22 respectively (they were 13 and 12, again respectively, when the connection happened)

As for the "mystic awakening", this was probably not too long after the connection happened (the connection actually helped the boys get these powers in the first place)

Since 2012!Leo canonically had a psychotic episode at some point, HM!Leo has them too, he can't tell if they're visions or not so he's a bit on edge

(Donnie knows this and tries his best to help him)

The boys are all neurospicy/neurodivergent or have other physical and mental issues

Donnie is autistic with sensory issues

Mikey has hyperactive ADHD and dyslexia

Raph has trouble regulating emotions and his roach/bug phobia

Leo (as seen above) is a paranoid schizophrenic (schizophrenia characterized by predominantly positive symptoms of schizophrenia, including delusions and hallucinations which include auditory, visual, and tactile hallucinations/hallucinations dealing with touch) with an anxiety disorder, sensory issues, stuttering, body shakes/aches, a touch of narcolepsy or insomnia depending on the time of day, vision problems (all thanks to the three-month coma, his throat heals though) as well as his leadership trauma

(although all of the boys have trauma because Jesus christ these shows are just trying to kill them at this point)

(Splinter and Donnie were the first to notice everything, in this au he's an excellent sensei and he's actually trying to be their dad too)

(it's a balancing act between moments when their sensei is needed and when they need him to be their dad)

Splinter only started color-coding them and what they owned when they were old enough to tell him their favorite color, before that he either wrote their names on everything or just let them have a free for all

As for clothes, they were color-coded from the beginning, so the boys just picked the color they were wearing as their favorite to make things easier

(I'm trying to find the perfect balance of their personalities from 2012! and Rise! so that's going to be a bit later, it's probably a situational thing like they act differently at home than they do on missions)

Actually, that might be exactly it, and going even further they act differently in front of Splinter as opposed to how they act with each other (when he's not in the room because can you imagine if he heard the conversations they have with each other, holy shit)

Leo is described as "confident but not egotistical" (he has to be a confident leader but he's not as "egotistical" as Rise!Leo), Donnie is smart but caring, Raph may seem to just be a hothead but that's because of something he can't control, however, a more accurate way to describe him is "emotional but still an honorable fighter", Mickey has Dr. Delicate touch and Dr. Feelings so his description would be "goofy but not without room for reality and scaring his brothers sometimes"

Casey isn't a time traveler (like Rise!Casey) but he still has his "pull yourself together" moments with the brothers (April and the boys have to do the same with him)

Besides that, he's mostly based on 2012!Casey

The reason their eyes go white (for lack of a better phrase) is that turtles have a protective membrane over their eyes, although it's clear for normal turtles, their mutant DNA made them white

Donnie's suit is a reference to Rise!Donnie being a soft-shell turtle (in this au it's him being a smart protective boy)

Their "dyed" hair is actually because of their mystic abilities, they used them more when they were teens (because they weren't as good with their weapons as they are now) and it made a higher portion of their hair glow

They still use them (as seen in the presence of the "dye") but not as much because they got better with their weapons (and they are now using them in perfect balance)

The green markings on their skin are supposed to be a reference to them being half turtle-mutant (they also glow when the boys use their mystic powers)

There are these things called "Krang clones"- a subspecies of Krang that can clone/transform into pretty much anyone if they have a sample of their DNA (they usually get this through the person's blood)

(at some point the Foot Clan works with the Krang to make clones of Battle Nexus Champions, including Leo, for their army or whatever)

There are documented alternate dimensions that the boys have gone to at some point (Donnie is, of course, writing all of their findings down)

(the ability to write the certain things that happen in these dimensions requires me to be able to remember what the different series contain)

I do know that D-(20)22 is where HM! takes place with D-(20)12 being 2012!TMNT, D-(20)18 being Rise! and D-(20)03 being the 2003 series

The format basically is: D-*year a certain TMNT! series came out/dimension number*

They only say the last 2 digits (so they'd say D-12, D-18, or D-22 instead of the full-dimension number)