#but also i just colored this in in a very messed up way cuz I'm the worker

[wolfstrong]

You da man Buff!

[pyrodolls]

hi hi! i saw you mention that you love doing hcs & i LOVE them, so i thought i would send in a request

i wondering if you could do hcs of what it’s like to be mike munroe’s gf (or partner if you prefer to keep it neutral!) like how he is w them, his flaws, etc.

mike munroe x (gn! reader) relationship hcs

✰ warnings: gender neutral reader, poc friendly, all hcs are sfw

✰ there is nothing i love more than doing hcs, tysm for requesting some!! i had a ton of fun writing this, so if you would like a part two, i'll do it! (i literally saw this req and immediately got up to write it) also i mentioned some poc things in here cuz i'm latino, soooo if anyone wants me to write any character x poc! reader, i am SO down.

mike is a very secure, confident partner. he's perfectly fine with you having male friends or spending alone-time with a guy.

but when another guy is clearly flirting with you?

oh boy.

he would go up to you and casually sling an arm around your shoulder, subtly hinting to the other guy that you are taken. if the guy doesn't take the hint, mike would butt in the conversation and would keep referring to you as his "love" or "beloved" until the guy leaves.

he isn't afraid of confrontation or anything, he just doesn’t want to waste time on someone like that.

if mike were to meet your parents, he would be confident and casual. he'd obviously hold back on the pda and profanity, but overall he wouldn't be too stressed about it. mike is very confident that he could win the approval of your parents. because of how calm he is, he'd probably treat your parents like old friends.

but if you're a person of color, he'd try a little harder. mike would present himself a bit neater, would constantly mention his successes, intelligence, job, etc. he'd even put in the effort to follow your family's customs. like if you eat with your hands, he has no issue doing so. or if you have a larger family, especially if they don't speak english, he would probably try to learn the language and get along with them all. he really wants to gain their approval.

these hcs make him sound like a saint... but the number one issue in your relationship with mike is that he tends to be a bit ignorant when it comes to your feelings.

for example, if you were at a party and you told mike you were uncomfortable and wanted to leave, he would be like: "what? why? this party's great! just go and talk to people, it isn't that hard."

he's nice about it, he just doesn't understand. he may even tease you about it.

"what? are you scared of social interaction? oh no, a conversation! the scariest of all weapons!"

but he shuts up immediately when he actually sees how uncomfortable you are, then he'd help you out. he's a nice boyfriend, just not the most understanding sometimes.

when you are genuinely in distress (emotionally), he would drop everything to help you and get rid of whatever is troubling you. if there's a chore you are too stressed to get done, he's helping you with it. if someone's messing with you, he'll have a... 'chat' with them. even though mike isn't too good with emotions, he hates seeing you stressed or sad. even if you're in denial or claim that you "don't need help" he isn't having it. he's stubborn, and he WILL help you.

mike's love language is probably either physical touch or quality time. if you're taller than him, he'd probably rest his arm around your waist. if you're shorter, he'd like to tease you sometimes by having his arm on top of your head, but mainly around your shoulders. he isn't afraid of showing off his partner to others, so he likes holding you at all times in some kind of way.

he also loves quality time. doesn't matter how. whether you're out at dinner somewhere, or just sitting in the same room scrolling through your phones in silence. he isn't picky, he just likes being around you.

mike strikes me as the type of boyfriend to always offer to drive you places, even if you're a better driver than him. you'd be in the passenger seat and you get to choose what music to listen to, while mike has one hand on the wheel, and his other hand resting on your thigh.

when you're spending time with mike, you laugh a lot and mess around like kids, but after 3-4 hours of hanging out, you're suddenly talking about the meaning of life and your biggest fears and covering them up with jokes. he's versatile!😻

overall, he's a nice, funny boyfriend. even if he isn't extremely good with emotions, he tries his best with you.

[mochinomnoms]

What do you think would happen if Floyd were to meet Riddle's mother?! Cuz I just read your Mama/Papa leech Headcanons about meeting their sons crush. But what if it’s reversed? Riddle's mother Meeting Floyd? (I would also say Yuu's parents meeting Jade, but unfortunately, that won't be happening)

“Wow, I thought Lil Goldfishie was a stick in the mud, his mama has a whole branch up her—” *gets kicked in the groin*

I have very mixed feelings about Riddle's mother, in that with the context we have right now she's a bitch and if I ever see her it's on motherfucking sight. But she must love her son still, right? Is she harsh because he wants to set Riddle up for success, but only knows the way she was raised? Is she scared of her kid getting hurt or failing, and so she tries to shield him from all possible harm? Is she so hyperaware of all the dangers in society that she feels the need to keep him in a little bubble, knowing in the back of her mind that making mistakes and getting hurt is part of growing up? A good mother would never want to see their child ever get hurt if it were up to them. I mean, she must care for him in some way, but how? In the manga or novel (not sure which) they mention that she fought back against the school to keep him in, but was that because she wanted him to have the prestige of NRC in his background or because she wants what's best for him? She homeschooled him herself to the point that he's an immensely powerful mage already as a teen, so she could've hypothetically kept doing the same thing, right? Is she a mother that truly cares for her son but suffered the same childhood, but she “turned out fine” so it must be fine? Or is she just a bitch, lol. Either way, she is emotionally and affectionately neglectful and doesn't realize it at best, and emotionally and psychologically abusive at worst.

I have a lot to say on the topic of Mrs. Rosehearts, about her parenting, the cultural differences of child-rearing that EN players and JP players might have. This post talks about it in depth, but I can say more on the topic later.

In regards to Floyd meeting Mrs. Rosehearts, probably against Riddle's wishes or while he's distracted, the poor guy is set up for disappointment. While it's implied that Mama Leech is overprotective and that she calls very often, if not daily, to check in on her sons, they still had enough freedom growing up to get into shenanigans and hijinks. I mean, they beat up a sturgeon and took some of its scales to fashion into earrings like a trophy. And they both speak very fondly of her, so Floyd is going into meeting Mrs. Rosehearts with the expectation that she might be a bit stuffy. But, she raised Riddle, his crush and favorite human! He's strict and mean at times, but he cares a lot for his dorm and is super diligent, she must be like that too!

But she's so…critical. She looks at him unamused, very standoffish, but is polite. He guesses. He can see where Riddle got his strictness from.

“Hello. Who might you be?” She probably didn't expect to have some random student, not even from her son's dorm, come up to her. He was...tall. Towered over her, and based on the color of his hair and sharp teeth, most likely wasn't human.

“Huh, you're not as red as my Lil Goldfishie is.”

She blinked and frowned, resisting the urge to chastise the strange fellow for his informal tone and rube behavior. Not her son, not her problem.

“Pardon? Do you often speak to your elders like this?” she asked, eyeing him as she turned away to watch her son give orders to his dorm as they managed an informational booth.

“Yeah, why not? They're just people. Not like I'm being rude or anything” She would strongly disagree. “You're kinda prickly, like a lionfish.”

“W-what?” She changed her mind, someone needs to put him in her place. “Now listen here, young man, it's quite rude to call people anything other than their na—”

“They're real mean, ya know. Venomous, a nuisance, can't even mess with it cause it has a bunch of spines—oh! Imma call you Mama Lionfish.” The young man snapped his left fingers like he made a revelation.

Mrs. Rosehearts had learned to control her temper, but she still had her moments, Her face been bright red, her lips thinned, and she opened her mouth to start berating the young man.

“Floyd Leech! What did I tell you about calling people names?” A tall, slender women came up to them, pale skin and hair hue similar to the man in front of her. She wore a cream-colored dress and matching blazer, adorned with gold and pearls, and a matching wide brimmed hat. She was followed by Riddle, who looked a mix of anger and concern.

“Never do it in front of people, yeah, yeah.” The man named Floyd pouted, but brightened at the sight of Riddle. “Oh hey Lil Goldfishie! What's uuuup?”

Floyd jogged over to Riddle, halting him midstep as Mrs. Rosehearts noticed Riddle almost bristle, trying to sidestep and get around Floyd. He was failing.

“I apologize, you know how boys can be!” The woman in front of her also towered over her, though not nearly as much as her son did. “My Floyd doesn't mean anything by it, he just a silly boy.”

The blue haired woman laughed, then abruptly stopped, narrowing her golden gaze as she thinly smiled.

“You're the man's mother, I assume.” Mrs. Rosehearts replied, smoothing out her skirt and clutching her hands together. “He's very...spirited. He's from the Leech family? Is it safe to assume that your the Leech family matriarch?”

The other woman's sharp toothed smile grew as she nodded. “Yes. It's not often that I come to the surface. But it's wonderful to know that I'm as—oh—well-known, on the surface, as under the sea.”

Mrs. Rosehearts wouldn't use the word 'well-known' as much as she would infamous.

“Yes, well. I would just remind your son to not so blatantly call people names to their faces.” she said, clenching and unclenching her fist in an attempt to sooth herself. “I'm not sure what your customs are under the sea, but up here he would be considered a riffraff.”

For all her talk about politeness, Mrs. Rosehearts forgot herself at time and let things slip out of her mouth faster than she processed. She knew she pressed a button when Mrs. Leech's smile disappeared.

It was only for a moment, but with the blank face and the way her gold eyes bore into her, it felt like her body and soul were being grasped by something dark and violent.

Then that feeling was gone as Mrs. Leech smiled again and closed her eyes, tilting her head.

“He'll be fine, I'm sure he'll find his people. After all, it seems he's already found someone in your son.”

Both women moved their gazes to the pair, now bickering. Well, Riddle was, the one called Floyd, was just swaying on his heels as he grinned and make a comment here and there. Each one after the other seemed to fluster her son further, his cheeks growing in color as they spoke. Most people who knew her son would assume that the red was attributed to his rage, and it mostly was. But (fortunately or unfortunately, she couldn't decide) her son was much like her. It wasn't rage that made his eyes dart away each time their eyes met for too long. It wasn't rage that made him scuff his foot every so often. And it most certainly wasn't rage in his eyes.

Mrs. Rosehearts cleared her throat, turning away from Mrs. Leech and walking to her son.

“I don't know what you're implying, but I must be going now. My son and I still need to tour his dorm.”

Mrs. Leech watched the other woman walk away, sighing.

“Oh, what a disdainful woman. And her son is so lovely too…she really is like a lionfish.”

“Yeah, it's a good nickname for her, right Mama?” Floyd came bounding over, stretching his arms. “Is' too bad she's a stuck-up, gonna real annoying if she's my mother-in-law.”

“Hm, I'll just have to overcompensate then and be the best Mama for you and the little Riddle!” Mama Leech clapped her hands excitedly, sighing in bliss at the thought.

“Oh, it will be so wonderful to see the family grow big...oh! By the way, Floyd.” Mama Leech walked away, Floyd following after diligently. “I might have mentioned a little 'something' to him about your cute rambles about him. He was so cute, all red and flushed when I said you're positively infatuated, calling him cute and—”

“Aw what! Mama!”

[in1-nutshell]

Hello! Another of TFA Request

(Fem or GN ) Bot Buddy as Wasp's twin sibling who takes his place

Wasp And his twin are similar to each other, having the same paintjob, body-type, alt mode and others. But also differebt yet they're very close twins

You can tell who is who by watching how they act, Wasp is pompous while Buddy is quiet and known for being mute around everyone who isn't Wasp.

Buddy has an opposite personality, like being quiet and good-hearted. She known for being mute (which's not true and only Wasp knows about it). They sometimes good at mimicking Wasp, his voice and attitude.

(You can also put small romance with Bumblebee or Bulkhead, or other bot/con)

(you can also change this if you like) When they're at the boot camp, and there's someone trying out the traitor. When Buddy trying to tell Wasp about this he thought twin just being anxious or other, so Buddy only thought and to do is to pretend his twin, whether they tell Wasp, the truth or not, like 'let's pretend to be each other for one day like the old times', something alike

Eventually Bumblebee found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy, but this is not Wasp, it's actually Buddy who acts as Wasp, while Wasp(Buddy) was wheeling away, (pretend to) protesting their innocence (and didn't swore on revenge), while Wasp, who pretend to be Buddy, stands there, he internally almost swear to revenge but remembers the small troubles he did and with his twin promise to Wasp, that he'll be a good bot, that helps others and never let revenge took over him, or something alike.

Wasp, who's now live as Buddy, being quiet and mute, and he's in repair crew with Bumblebee, or other, it's up to you

I'm gonna cut the request here cuz this become longer. I'll thinking doing another of this if that's okay

Oh!

Oh...

Back with more twin Buddy!

Hope you enjoy!

Wasp's twin taking his place as the spy

SFW, Platonic, Familial, Cybertronain reader

TFA

In their early years, it felt like it was Buddy and Wasp against the world.

Before they got their names at least.

He was the loud and borderline mean one.

Then there was his twin.

The extremely quiet one that couldn’t hurt a turbo fox if she tried.

He was extremely protective of his twin vowing to protect her from the harmful things of the world.

His way of doing that was hurting and mistreating others before they did it first.

“Can you please refrain from calling everyone a coward?”

“No.”

“Please? I’ve already had several mech’s yell at me about how ‘I’ called them a coward and had some oil spilled down my back side.”

“SO that’s why you’re wet.”

“…”

He swings his arm around them.

“Listen, no one’s going to bother us when we become a part of the Elite Guard. And everyone will remember us.”

“Hmm…”

“Have I ever steered you wrong?”

They raise and optic.

“You want that list alphabetically, numerically or color coded?”

She are about to get in the line when they see their twin start messing with some other recruits.

One of them looked like he came from the same protoform mold as they did but yellow and the other was a rather large green mech.

Her twin was making some unnecessary quips at them.

“Hey, knock it off. That was uncalled for.”

Their twin just huffs and goes to hang out with some other mechs in the line.

The yellow one glares at them.

“What? Is it your turn now?”—Yellow mech

They raise their servos in surrender.

“I just wanted to help.”

“I didn’t need your help.”—Yellow mech

“But it did look like you needed a friend on your side.”

The mech softens a bit.

The green mech pats their back a bit.

“Thanks! Hey, you look a lot like the other mech that was just here.”—Green mech

“That’s my twin believe it or not.”

“Yeesh! Sorry about that.”—Yellow mech

They wave it off as the three of them get into the line.

“He’s not all that bad.”

Their bootcamp commander was Sentinel Prime.

She already didn’t like his tone but kept quiet about it.

She quietly cheered for their twin getting his name.

Wasp, it suited him.

Sentinel stopped shortly in front of her taking a double take at Wasp.

“Why are there two of you?”--Sentinel

“That’s my twin Sentinel Prime, sir! But obviously she's the lesser twin compared to me.”--Wasp

Bumblebee and Bulkhead glared at him.

“She's not—”--Bumblebee

“Bumblebee! Keep your mouth shut!”--Sentinel

Sentinel now looked hard at her, making her feel nervous.

“Hmm… maybe you are the lesser part of your twin.”--Sentinel

She froze a bit hearing it.

Bumblebee was finding it hard to keep his mouth shut hearing Wasp and Sentinel talk about her like that.

She have been nothing but nice since they’ve been here.

“Your name is W-2. A grateful gift, mind you. Second place to your twin.”--Sentinel

Sentinel moved on to the next bots in line.

Wasp found the new name funny, even annoyingly going on and on about the name.

She just tried ignoring him.

Lately he had become more and more of a pain trying to show off to his new friends.

But it wasn’t all bad.

She did make fast friends with Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and later Longarm.

She'd much rather spend their time with the three mechs than their twin on most days.

W-2, Bulkhead and Longarm look at a pedeless Bumblebee on one of the slabs.

“Bumblebee? Where’s your pedes?”—W-2

Bumblebee crossed his arms.

“Your twin and goons decided to put them on the high shelf.”--Bumblebee

She winced a bit looking at Longarm.

“Longarm could you…?”—W-2

“Of course.”--Longarm

He reached up and grabbed the pedes to give it to her.

She reached for their tool kit.

“…I’ve been thinking about leaving the guard.”—W-2

“You’re what?! Why?!”--Bulkhead

“I don’t belong here Bee. I’ve been asking Longarm to help me get into security branch since he has connections there.”—W-2

“But… what about us? You’ll be leaving me, Bulkhead and Longarm. Not to mention how much worse things are going to get with Wasp.”—Bumblebee

She put the kit on their lap for a minute.

“…Its still up for debate Bumblebee, but I’ll let you know when I finally get to my decision.”—W-2

When Bumblebee came up with his theory about Wasp beginning the rat, She were furious that he would even think such a thing.

Sure, Wasp was a selfish jerk sometimes, but he would never do that!

When She told Wasp about the accusations he just laughed in their face.

He wasn’t worried about some false rumor, and he wasn’t going to start now.

W-2 came in a bit late to see some other guardsmen trying to wheel Wasp out.

“Wait! What’s happening?!”—W-2

Sentinel looked at them.

“Your twin here has been found guilty of spying for the enemy. He’s going to be spending a lot of time in the stockade.”--Sentinel

She looked at their terrified twin’s optics.

She knew what they needed to do.

“You can’t send him to the stockades.”—W-2

“And why not?”--Sentinel

“…because I’m the spy.”—W-2

Everyone looked surprised at the claim.

“You?”—Sentinel

“I…I impersonated Wasp and tried to let him take the fall. I’m coming in clean. Take me, not him.”—W-2

W-2 raise her servos to Sentinel.

He wastes no time cuffing them.

“Release Wasp.”--Sentinel

Wasp gets let go and just stands to the side in shock as she get put in his former shackles.

Bumblebee and Bulkhead looked shocked and betrayed as she began to pass them.

she had the muzzle on their mouth, it didn’t let the others see the sad smile on their face.

W-2 took one last look at everyone as the ship’s doors slowly closed.

SHe let a couple stray tears go as darkness consumed her.

At least Wasp was safe.

[asbestos-11]

on the note of prev, i'm not too keen on tmasc aven hcs cuz they kinda rub me the wrong way?? idk what it is about it but i just inherently don't like them.

now as for amab nb aventurine, i'll gobble that shit up no problem. like something about being beyond gender itself with a body that's masculine and feminine at the same time. mmmm delicious (idk amab nb aven fills me with a lot of gender euphoria)

that being said i think certain characters make so much more sense when looked through the lense of "oh yeah they're trans".

like to me blade and firefly are both trans, wherein both have a complicated relationship with their real self and the body they inhabit/ the monstrosity they seem to hold themselves as. blade shedding his previous life and identity by literally dying is so not cis of him and the ensuing dilemma of hating the body given to him and the immortality that came with it, is just so &#&*$!&!&

firefly when i untangle the mess in my brain over how you're so gender, oh how i will get to you (gotta re read the scene where she speaks to tb at dreams edge). but firefly being a tiny cute girl in a big huge mech is something that is incredibly gender and her whole thing where iirc she's wasting away in the real world, idk man not very cis. god hyv release her from the basement already i need to explode.

on that note i think ratio being trans adds to his chracter. man made genius, man made man or something. thinking about him building himself up from nothing into the person he is today (big muscly trans men give me that gender euphoria and yk what good for big muscly trans men for beating gender itself at it's own game).

also march transfemme real and you can't convince me otherwise, i mean she's literally colored like the trans flag, what's more obvious than that???

[chicken-wayng]

If Rhaenyra was truly a Valyrian supremacist she wouldn’t have had three kids with Harwin Strong. Also her mother is half Andal just like her siblings.

She’s not a supremacist like Daemon but I do think she’s a narcissist, genuinely believing the world revolves around her. That’s what made the rift between her and Alicent inevitable imo, she expected Alicent to want to be nothing more than her dutiful lady in waiting for the rest of her life with no ambition or desire of her own.

Rhaenyra does mellows down when she’s older, mainly because Jace keeps calling out her bs but you can’t truly change who you are. Even in 2x03 although she desperate for peace a part of her was still expecting Team Green to simply give up rather compromising because the idea of either her or Jace stepping down was incomprehensible.

So prev anon was right that 2x08 only worked because Alicent has degraded herself back to her bare bones, she’s exactly how Rhaenyra wanted her to be 20 years ago: the dutiful handmaiden who will wait on Rhaenyra and her sons, no wants of her own.

I disagree. I don't think Nyra sleeping with Harwin (+ having his children) is enough evidence that she wasn't also a Targ supremacist. I grew up in Arkansas, where racism is still very much alive. Yet all of those racist fucks would still get down dirty with a black Mamacita because they're attracted to her (but just don't respect/view her as a person, which a lot of Arkansans don't see women as to begin with). So it is possible to mess around with someone and literally have not a drop of respect for them. Also - still from what I've seen in Arkansas - it's possible to have a mixed heritage and be racist towards part of it and prefer the other more. In MY OPINION, what I observe from Nyra is similar to this. I especially think after she marries Daemon it becomes worse. I think her Targ Supremacy and Bastardphobia run hand in hand (her bastards are okay because they're Targaryen/her's while others are a sin, type of mindset). Also doesn't she say to Laenor that each time she had hoped they were his? So she hoped she was carrying his children not Harwin's, is what I gleaned from that line (also I'm thinking 3 way but that's a different post). However I do understand what you're saying and I don't believe it's like full racism but more of a casual racism, like I don't think she's fully aware of it.

I do agree that the rift between Nyra and Allie is because of both of their mindsets and I do think Nyra never thought about Alicent's future more than how it would connect to her's. I truly do think if she did think about it she did think Allie was always going to be her's in some way, probably never marrying so Rhaenyra could spend her time with her whenever. I also think that Alicent knew this and that's why she stripped herself of her titles/colors to see Nyra in 2×8. She wanted Nyra to see her as the human she is but seeing that confirmed to Nyra her own supremacy.

Also I absolutely love how they show us Jace confronting Nyra. It reminds me a lot of confronting my mom. My mom has 3 bastards (myself being the most awesome) and she's also racist. It's out of her love for me that she's starting to unlearn a lot of toxic behavior that she's realizing came from her dad. I see a lot of Nyra in this, however Nyra doesn't have a child who believes love is why we were put on this earth and we are all a part of a huge puzzle that only forms it's picture when we share our stories. Plus she's in a world so dominated by the patriarchy even as Queen she has no fucking say. Jace is trying but unable to properly verbalize it cuz he's still a child (say what you want, until someone is 20 I don't fully count them as an adult, plus Jace is like 17 when he dies, right?) and has so much weight put on him. Plus terms like "bastardphobia" aren't a thing, it's just the norm.

Thanksya for sharing your opinion and allowing me to do so as well!! I hope you're having a good day💜

[truebluewhocanoe]

assigning a Pokemon to every Doctor Who

Because I Want To(TM)

Gonna do this within the specific Pokemon/Doctor Who crossover AU framework of: 1. Pokemon exist everywhere in the universe and 2. The Doctor's partner Pokemon is actually connected to the TARDIS. It's like a little part of her personality that she sounds out to accompany the Doctor and help them out.

Also, I'm choosing first-stage Pokemon, mainly so that there isn't imbalances in strength between choices. Let's just say that this TARDIS partner Pokemon can evolve on the fly when needed but prefers to be small and cute.

Okay, with that out of the way, let's go!

First Doctor: Eevee It's a classic that's full of potential, not quite done cooking but already iconic.

Second Doctor: Zorua Crafty yet adorable. I can just picture Jamie and Zoe cooing over it and lapping up all the adoration. Illusions are very, very handy in a pinch!

Third Doctor: Pichu It can power his gadgets! It can nibble on wires to foil villains' plans! It matches the color scheme of his sonic screwdriver!

Four Doctor: Cottonee Extremely fluffy- I like to think it hides in his hair. Insert grass-type-weed joke here.

Fifth Doctor: Fomantis It rides around on his lapel instead of the celery! Also, its evolution Lurantis has matching baconpants.

Sixth Doctor: Litten It's a cat, it's a fire type, I shouldn't really need to explain this one. (It uses Sunny Day to help give Peri's plants sunlight!)

Seventh Doctor: Murkrow Clever, shady, and has a nice hat. (I also headcanon Ace with a Combusken, so Seven & Ace both have birds.)

Eighth Doctor: Litwick Ghostly candle matches his gothic edgelord vibes. Probably won't steal your soul.

War Doctor: Lucario Making an exemption to the first-stage rule because the Warrior doesn't have time to mess around. Despite joining the Warrior in full-on combat, Lucarios have an in-built sense of right and wrong. Proof, perhaps, that the Warrior hasn't entirely lost his way...

Ninth Doctor: Houndour A bit intimidating, a bit prickly, but deep down, it's still a good dog at the end of the day.

Tenth Doctor: Shinx Keeping with the canine themeing but this time upping the cuddly. Don't think too hard about how dangerous electricity can be.

Eleventh Doctor: Rowlet Okay, this one's just cuz it has a bowtie.

Twelfth Doctor: Noibat It's a living boombox! I like to think that the Noibat holds a guitar sound cord in its mouth to amplify the Doctor's guitar playing through its ears.

Thirteenth Doctor: Swablu Similar typing and evolution line to the previous, but this one takes the joyful exterior to the max. It even matches her color scheme!

That's all I've got for now, if you have different ideas for partner Pokemon, or for other Doctors that I didn't tackle, please tell me about them!

[klonoadreams]

Aammh… Klonoa?

Now that there was all this pokemon leak, and taking into account zoroark and Punch baby Akari, and all that… well… will they find out somehow about the original sin, Typhlosion, rapidash, slaking? . . . or you don't think to touch that, or it's not part of your pokemon stories…

will anyone think that way about her? or will some internet hater say that to Brie? (this last one because there are always haters and galar on very social media) or about anyone really, you specialize a lot in feral children

typhlosion is my favorite "cry" . has they gone from ghost type to fire type like that???

Alright I finally have enough time to actually reply to this, I was out and about with friends for a week before I came across the leaks.

And since then, more time has passed for more accurate translations that are not machine translated to pop up.

Regardless, I will say that all of these mythology stories actually made me happy from a worldbuilding standpoint. They're still noncanon because that's what happens to scrapped ideas, but I love it all anyways because there is so much to take from these tales.

And I mean this from a nuanced side that, unfortunately, gets thrown aside by people memeing and vieweing it as black and white.

Every tale is something I've seen in myths beforr. It is dark, but also a cautionary tale, like for one, the woman and her friends who harmed and killed Slakoth. Only for her to be cursed with the true pain of knowing what such actions have caused by losing her own child to her friends.

The Typhlosion and maiden who lived for years before a child is born, where the maiden's father kills his daughter's husband because of a break in a clear ritual. The real true villains in this mess are the villagers who rejected the maiden and her child, forcing them into the forest as Typhlosion, for a fate they had no control over. Probably where the inspiration for Hisuian Typhlosion came from.

Anyways you might get some haters for Brie who take the more "moral high ground" and it's just jealousy about uncivilized children running amock without a care for proper manners and all that jazz.

Brie gets judged already for talking to Pokemon, as it's seen as something only children do, whether or not people believe that children can communicate with them (they actually can). People want her to grow up, to be more "proper", to "fit in", because of jealousy and hate for what she can do, and others can't.

But she'll be okay despite it all, cuz she is not alone.

And fun fact, the mythology shared here, actually ties into some worldbuilding and headcanons that were already making use of the canon Canalave Myth that got censored overseas about Pokemon Marriage.

I am of the belief that humans and Pokemon are one in the same, that's how we get humans with various eye and hair colors. And how some can tap more into aura or their psychic abilities.

In each family tree, some families are more likely to have Pokemon in their bloodlines at some point.

There's a certain taboo to it now, but like, if you look further in, you will see those who take it seriously, because the point of it all, is that humans and Pokemon aren't that much different. They are both sentient beings, and each one has the capacity to give their consent over being caught in a Poke Ball and also whether they wish to stay or go. And a human is supposed to respect this, because Pokemon are creatures with abilities that can harm them.

Living together and battling, it's not that simple. And that's what makes Pokemon so fascinating.

Also, canonically, we had the human in Legends Arceus who married a Froslass. It has happened in canon too, and that Froslass did have children that turned out human.

So Punch Baby Akari finding this out may not be too strange for her, but it will be for Rei cuz he's all "oh fuck, so it wasn't just myths."

"Some myths are based on actual truths. Like the dangers of those that are all around us."

"Please don't be so ominous when I'm getting mindblown."

[curdled-blood]

I would like to know your headcanons for Splendor and Fen 👀 Basic stuff like personality and hobbies. I have my own versions of them that I’m in love with, but I love seeing other people’s stuff too. -🎀

OMG I HAVE MY OWN VERSIONS TOO!!! I'm so happy you asked because Fen is one of my favs ever !!!

To start things off it is my version of them used to be humans that died and came back, same with the rest of their family!! I'm not quiet exactly sure how Splendor but I know that Fen's death was a murder that happened due to a series of unfortunate events that happened in his life.. Don't make deals with a man claiming to be the devil, kids.

Personality:

Splendor - to be honest his personality is about what you'd expect. Very much up beat and happy go lucky optimist type deal that has definitely been influenced by past traumas in his life 😃 He's especially peppy around kids and REFUSES to swear cuz yk... but around other adults he kindaaa loosens up a bit but he can still be a bit uptight. Even then, he still has a chaotic side that RARLEY peeks out. Sometimes he gets so wound up that he just eventually breaks down and starts freaking out but he usually finds a way to survive 👍🏻 fighting the urge to call him a prude cuz thats mean but its so truuuuuuuuuue

Offender - Okay so like imagine if Deadpool was more cut off and distant. Flirty, witty, kind of a prick but secretly has a heart of...silver. If you wanna get to know him, and I mean REALLY get to know him, it's pretty much impossible unless you were quite literally hand picked and/or forced upon him (i.e. his proxies *wearing a t-shirt that says ask about my fen proxy ocs*) Bro doesn't even trust his own fucking family, so he tends to be stand-off-ish if that makes sense 😭

I should see what personality types they have 🤔

Hobbies:

Splendor -

Cooking - OKAY BUT YOU CANNOT TELL ME THIS MAN WOULD NOT MAKE THEEEE BEST COMFORT FOOD YOU'VE EVER FUCKING TASTED. You eat one of his dishes and suddenly you have fat puppy syndrome. Fat, full, and tired. I like to think him and his family was from Germany and that he specializes in German dishes :D

Baking - Same with cooking, you CANNOT disagree that he'd make the most delicious goodies. He also definitely makes weed brownies, though he may deny it.

Music - Splendorman may not play an instrument like some of his other family members, but boy does he love listening to music. Him and Trenderman both LOOOVE to collect vinyls together <3. Splendor definitely has a record player that he uses RELIGIOUSLY and a phonograph somewhere around his big ass cottage teehee

Tea - OH yeah, ya boys a tea conisour. He has like every tea you can think of AND THEN SOME. he probably has an entire room just for storing all that damn tea.

Offender -

Gardening - Since Fen was a kid he's been absolutely in love with nature, especially flowers specifically. Sometimes he'll spend hours, even entire days, messing around out front of his broken down mansion and about his forest, tending to the flowers and other floura.

Violin - Another hobby Offender has had since he was a small lad!! Over the many years of his existence he has had plenty of time to master the craft of violin playing. Though since his death he stopped playing as often as he used to but he still does every now and then!!

Singing - Fen may not sing often but when he does, he has the voice of an arch fucking angel. He likes singing just fine but if he's being completely honest with himself, he enjoys playing the violin more. Though he does occasionally use his hypnotic voice to lure people in so he can steal their souls but that's business, not a hobby.

Painting - Yet another activity Fen is incredibly skilled in, but does not often indulge in. But since Fen has access to so many different flowers with many varying colors, sometimes he'll make paint to make something insanely beautiful.

Random Fun Fen Fact: After his death, Fen has this snake tattoo implanted on him by the devil that is slowly moving and slithering around his body!!

[leonenjoyer69]

Wanted to ask something about your bbg Elias, s there any difference between his face shape to Robert's the way Edward is different from Henry?👀

Been a while since I've last read your fic about Elias (two weeks in total but MAN those were some ling weeks-) so I might be forgetting stuff or small details about it cmdbcjbdksbxksbd

Don't worry, I forget things about my own fics very quickly 💀 I need to reread it and pump out the next chapter already, no matter how much I may dislike it. Also, honestly I've rambled and come up with so much stuff seperately from the story that I don't even remember what lore has been included in it! I just know there's really not much at all 💀 But!!! Yes there are differences! Uh, more below the cut cuz I'm gonna include art and stuff lmao

Okay, so, first of all, Elias's face is less round than Lanyon's, and a bit shorter. basically, his jaw is a bit more refined and also less chubby than Lanyon's, I guess. You know how hyde's face is shorter and chubbier/rounder than Jekyll's? Yeah, well, since Lanyon's already got his cute chubby cheeks, I figured Elias could lose some of that, he's still got very squishable cheeks tho, lil fella :3

otherwise, other facial differences include:

-lighter freckles, but still definitely visible, and he may have more than Lanyon

-lighter(?), less saturated skin

-usually has more of a flush on his cheeks

-less round eyes, generally have a more squinted look, since he's more sensitive to light (blue and green eyed gang with a sensitivity to light, rise up!)

-eyebags/sunken eyes

-hair is a pretty obvious one, they have completely different hair types (what those types are I couldn't tell you tho) and colors (and lengths, obviously)

-more scrunched up nose, basically always has that line between his eyes on his nose. kinda gives a small feeling that he's always a little disgusted, though people kinda got used to it as his usual appearance.

-funky lil eyebrows! They kinda end like Jekyll's do, with the little squiggle, but way less extreme and more up than down, if that makes sense? (pic of him bald for ref lmao) this is something that usually doesn't get noticed I feel because of how his hair covers them

-when front facing, he has the same lil nose thing that Lanyon has, that goes over the bridge of his nose and under his eyes. He's also just inherently got this insanely sad look I suppose 💀

And then there's,,,, this one. Uh, his body is far more lithe than Lanyon's, and his ribs show a bit. His freckles also span his chest and back and shoulders like Lanyon's do. His collar bones and such are also more present

OTHERWISE, for comparisons, this is,,,, one of the 3 times (basically) I've drawn Lanyon, and I don't really like it ngl, messed up the eyes too much, but some of the differences should kinda be visible.

Otherwise, there's also this piece--

Where I like how Lanyon looks and kinda,,, don't like how Elias looks, bc I kept messing up HIS eyes and mouth 💀 literally the best Lanyon I've drawn tho, shout out to this Lanyon specifically 🗣️🗣️

Anyways!!! Yeah!!! They certainly have their differences, as well as their similarities, I love my babies so much and I really really need to update my fic... Once the English language returns to me. Thank you for the ask, and I'm glad you enjoy my story and characters :D

[parachutingkitten]

I have two sins that somwhat cohenside:

As a Cole stan for life I despise the Cole is gay HC and have had to abandon the tag because of its prevalence. Lavashipping is a NOTP and of all the art and edits I've seen polluting my Cole tag I still cant see any chemistry or dynamic between them besides they are both attractive. All the ninja ships are incest vibes (not just the gay ones. Looking at you Braincellshipping) to me as they treat eachother and call eachother brothers but at least there was tension and chemistry between the old days of Bruiseshipping. Lava's prevalence online had me quit for a long time as I couldnt understand why it randomly gained such traction and then showrunners made the dumb idea to try and bait fan perceptions in crystalized. I see cole as somewhat aromantic (although the term is mostly meaningless and used to describe anyone who is uncmfortable or disinterested with romance without analysing the deeper psychological reasons that might be the case) but he obviously wants to be a father and I don't see how any of his defined traits attribute to being the fans gay stand in besides the fact that fandom always has the urge to pick one to be the LGBT mascot and create content that isnt there simply for their own self indulgence. I like Coliel (if anyone remembers Seliel) as it leans into Coles obliviousness to advances while it shows off his honorable and protective personality. I don't find Cole particularly coded LGBT in any of the seasons up until Dragons rising, which the episode focussing it was badly written and OOC.

My other "sin" I suppose is I disown ALL of DR for being a horrible soft reboot that does everything a soft reboot shouldn't: messing with preestablished lore in an attempt to prop up these random new characters as just, if not more, powerful than our protagonists. The new writer has a horrible track record with character ensemble shows like TMNT 2012 and its a worthless slap in the face continuation of an ended series. The diologue is horrendously tacky and most jokes dont land. The push by the writers to add in fan characterizations and expand the lore beyond whats established is lazy and uninspired. There is so much left to explore in Ninjago the way it was. We never went to most of the continent but why try to write compelling stories and dramas with an already defined map when you could throw everything out the window and make your own sandbox, shoehorning it into Ninjago regardless on how ridiculous it looks and feels.

*exhale* alright. I lot to get through here.

there is nothing wrong with not HCing cole gay, especially if you seem him on the aro/ace spectrum. I'm in the exact same boat. And just because there are very prevalent gay interpretations of the text does not mean you have to adopt them, or watch them with that subtext in mind. The true potential episode can obviously really easily be read as a coming out allegory, and a lot of people have latched onto that. And good for them!

But it's just as easily read as a story about defying your parent's expectations for a career path- especially if that's something you can relate to. I think the episode works even better in that respect (cuz that's kinda more directly what it's about, but also) because it adds in this layer of also respecting the place where your parents came from and make their living with. Honestly, I didn't see any gay coding on my first watch through of that one dragons rising episode. I saw Cole's relationship with Geo as much more of a mentor/mentee thing, probably because he's typically taken on a father role. I thought Geo and Sora had more chemistry honestly, with that one scene where their bonding over rejection. That's the beauty of media, multiple interpretations! It sounds like you're letting the fandom color your viewing experience, and that's your problem. The crystalized kai/cole stuff can just as easily be read as brother shenanigans. Don't let fanon make things canon for you if you don't want them to.

I'm on the same page of not shipping the core 4 together. The early seasons were directly focused on their brotherhood in my view, so I get it. But, let's not begrudge people their imaginary LGBTQ rep. As far as I understand lavashipping took off cuz it's the only gay pairing of the main characters who could still potentially be canonically shipped together. Jaya and pixane are pretty set in stone, and lloyd is pretty much off limits. But kailor is very iffy in canon, and cole has never had a love interest. And even if I don't ship it, I can see the value of people having some level of hope that the show might give them some rep. But again, none of this means you have to ship it or feel bad for not shipping it.

Second, you've got some unique opinions on dragons rising. Cool. I don't think you're completely invalid or anything, but I do think some of these opinions might be a little biased?

You're mad it brought back the... finished tv show? The show that finished with crystalized? The worst possible ending of the show? Honestly, it wasn't that much more conclusive than other seasons. Ninjago has always struck me as an evergreen property- a world with endless adventures in it. To begrudge future stories for existing seems a little selfish to me. Ninjago should be a property that new kids can get into for years to come. I've got some problems with what dragons rising has done. I don't think the merge was the best way to go. I hate how needlessly small it makes everything feel. I think sora is a little too chosen-one-y. There are things to criticize here. But it's pulling a lot off. I think it's balanced screen time between old characters and new characters pretty well. It's established a fairly unique identity for itself, which can be a real struggle for sequel content. Again, I think you're coming into it with a distorted fandom lens which is making you hate it more. Not to say that you're wrong, but you're feelings associated with your opinions may be a little exaggerated.

if you have a sin you would like to confess, please direct it to @ninjago-sins

[yaknowlikenyah]

hi I'm a faggy tgirl looking to get even more faggy after getting involved in my local punk scene. from one faggy trans person to the next do you have any advice for looking cool cuz all your outfits fucking rule. I've been buying lots of accessories these days and really wanna get snake bites + maybe a Medusa piercing. also you're really really hot

Okay, getting my ego out of the way, I’m incredibly hot and you should 50000% get piercings. I have never regretted my stake bites a day I’ve had them except the one time I did regret them cause it turns out if you have a food allergy you didn’t know about you find out very quickly when your lip swells up.

But I got you!! I can’t say this’ll be perfect advice cause a lot of the time I have no idea what I’m doing but let’s go. Advice under the cut.

OKAY. Welcome to the party. A lot of this advice will be scattered tips and tricks but we got this.

Fishnets

Fishnets are a magical, versatile thing, cheap, and a punk staple. Especially if your clothes have rips or tears they can show through, but just in general they tend to add a lot of visual interest.

They can be prone to tearing but if you’re going for a punk/emo aesthetic this isn’t a bad thing

In addition, if you layer two pairs of fishnets it makes REALLY cool patterns. You can experiment with the size of the fishnets you’re layering to get different visual effects.

Want a fishnet shirt? Just tear the crotch of your fishnets and cut holes in the ‘foot’ portion where you want your fingers to pop out. It WILL look sick but you may need to pin it to your pants if you don’t want em to look like a crop top.

Accessorizing!

You’ll have to excuse the mess in these, but accessories REALLY can make the fit. Collars, chains, cool bags, etc, they all do somethin’ for the outfit.

In addition, it helps to have a statement piece. In this case, it’s my massive fuck all boots but-

It can also be the jacket in a fit like this. You want something that draws the eye.

Balancing your fits

You’ve heard the “big shirt little pants vs big pants little shirt’ thing, but a lot of it is creating a visual balance between your top and bottom half. For an outfit to be visually pleasing, it helps to balance the points of interest. In this case, the first fit was super top heavy and I didn’t have my big fuckall boots to draw the eyes back down, so I swapped my pants and switched the top layer and collar to match

Color schemes!

So you may have noticed I don’t stray a ton from black/white/red when it comes to my more alt fits. That’s cause buying clothes and statement pieces is WAY easier if you’re constraining yourself to a color pallet that suits you. It does limit ya, but especially when you thrift a ton of your clothes you can save some money. I personally limit myself to two color schemes with some overlap. (And a few exceptions)

(Blue, Yellow, (Red,) Black, White)

It lets me change up the aesthetic if I want without needing a COMPLETELY separate closet.

Finally, I’m using this as an excuse to show off any outfits that I couldn’t fit cause they look cool as hell but you can see how it all applies

[maleyanderecafe]

I wonder if it's ok to ask but are there any yandere games you're planning on doing a review in the future ? (I'm looking for some to play but it's hard to find them)

Oof, man there is a lot. Since the #yanjam is still in session, there's been a lot of different entries slowly being added (I'm wondering if I can even finish my game, hahaha. I hope so.) as well as a general influx of r18 visual novels as well. I can give you some that I'll be doing in the future that you can check out.

I'll be separating them with r18 games and regular games since r18 visual novels are basically it's own genre at this point.

R18 Yandere Visual Novels

Yandere Island/Weathering Feelings by @mari-0w0 - my friend Mari's two games. Weathering Feelings is mostly just a quiz currently, but will include three different therapists you can date, while Yandere Island has a demo out with up to one day currently out.

Ai-yo Kogane san by @crystalcrynight - a pretty expansive game considering that it's only one day so far. About Mizuna waking up and losing their memory, with Gold who claims to be their best friend.

Duality by @dualityvn - about dating two yanderes that share the same body, Keith, a florist and Tenebris, a blue monsterish looking guy. I'm finally being fed with sub yanderes, thank goodness.

Broken Colors by @inkly-heart - I was waiting for this one to come out and boy does it deliver. Even as a demo it's very well polished, but I've always been based since I've liked their artwork for a while.

Bared Teeth by @baredteethvn - as well as the other game currently in development called @flavorfeelvn whenever it comes out. Currently a bit short, but it's a cute game so far.

Sterile Desires by @sterile-desires - I've been sort of sitting on this one for a while after my first playthrough cuz boy was I not expecting whatever happened to happen. I promise I will finish it and actually write a review on it. It's pretty good so far though.

Honey Hotline by @ringringringbananafone - as well as other games that they've made (though the yandere in those are nonbinary, but still fun to play). Fone is a pretty cool yandere and he has a cute cat, enough said.

...and like a lot more I have yet to play. Pretty much every male yandere game in the yanjam I will likely write a review on, and if you see me following your game blog, chances are I'm waiting on a demo or have a review of your demo floating around in my drafts. And if not.... Don't worry. I will find you. There's no escape.

Yandere Visual Novel

The Science of Staying Awake by @tsosagame - a surreal but really cool game and also finally I'm being fed pathetic yanderes again. The yandere in this one is actually pretty terrifying in some ways despite being a pathetic mess.

Please Don't Hate Christmas by rice love coffee - this one is completely Christmas themed which I thought was pretty cool. Since it was translated from Chinese, there is a lot of SNOWFLAKE ISLAND that you get to read, which is fun.

Colorful Mirai: Spooky Edition by Honey Bunny -this one is actually a spin off of the Colorful Mirai games and (from what I can tell) contains two yanderes. Very well made, and I enjoyed it a lot.

Froot Basket: Dark Chocolate by @xxmissarichanxx - the prequel to Froot Basket: Valentine in the pov of the yandere himself. They really outdid themselves with this game and I'm waiting for the walkthrough to make sure I got as much out of the game before writing a full review.

Tentador Leches by Karmic Punishment - as well as In Your Nature, whenever it comes out. This one is a bit more ambiguous, but I thought it was at least a pretty fun time.

Dawn of the Damned by @melancholy-marionette - I swear, Marionette, I have been playing your games, I've been procrastinating on writing recs for them. As per usual, a fun game with male yanderes in it, what more could you want.

Pretty Boy Panic by @bingzi-pancakelord - creator of Pocket Lovers! about having to deal with a bunch of guys that live around your apartment, who are yandere for you. I finished Li's route and then promptly kept getting distracted, so I'll need to play through the other two's routes soon.

Even besides the ones I know have yandere in it, there are also a bunch I have to actually play to make sure there is one since I like to make sure that there is one. Sometimes it's just guessing, but it does occasionally pull out a pretty cool game! Anyways, I hope this is a good list for you to start out on. I'm just going to sit on my 70+ drafts and hope that I can finish my game in time.

[themagnusbane]

GAP The Series Episode 9 Thoughts

After the way we left things off at the end of episode 8, I really really need us to get an apology (or rather Mon should get the apology) in the first half of this episode, and for the truth about Kirk to be revealed. I'm tired of his ass and the drama his secrets bring, and I just want the sapphics kissing and fucking dammit!

So yeah, let's kick things off.

Aaaaand of course we're starting with my baby girl Mon crying her eyes out, with Sam's words ringing in her head. As someone who still remembers the horrible things my lovers have said in a fit of anger, this totally tracks. Words can't be taken back. It's why they haunt us, coloring our interactions with others, sinking their claws into the essence of who we are, and erasing our self-esteem with every trickle of their poison. Now, I know Sam is the way she is because of her witch of a grandmother, and Mon not telling her the truth about Kirk (which I still lay at the feet of Kirk because that piece of shit basically took advantage of his position and Mon's sweet nature to push her into keeping a secret she shouldn't have had to keep in the first place!!! He's just as terrible a boss as Sam!!), triggered those feelings of suspicious and distrust, causing her to lash out, but personally, I want to see her acknowledge that her words do hurt. Both truths can exist. Sam is the way she is because of the abuse she's suffered at the hands of her grandmother. But also, Sam's treatment of, and words to Mon, (not just what happened with Kirk, but since she started working for her), is horrible, and I really hope that this show has someone call her out on it, at the very least, cuz if I was the one in this universe and watching this mess, she won't like my words.

2. Y'all know how much I love this show, and these two women. They've been serving me EVERYTHING I wanted, since the very first episode. But I swear, I need to have a conversation with the writer. I find it very troubling that Mon's only upset right now, seems to be her worry that Sam doesn't love her anymore. There's a prioritization of Sam's feelings over Mon's pain in the start of this episode that just has me screaming at my screen at this point, because the writers in the room, made certain choices that I don't agree with.

3. But honestly, this is one of the most beautiful shot shows!!! That visual of Mon lying down on her bed, being surrounded by her mix of pink and white teddies and pillow, with her pale skin and pink lips and the black hair is GIVING!!!!!!!!

4. The way I hissed at Kirk's annoying voice and his talking about telling Sam the truth about his Facebook identity. Like DUDE, THAT IS NOT THE SECRET WE WANT YOU TO SHARE! Tell Sam about your backstabbing, traitorous ways!!! I swear, I can't believe I went from thinking of him as a good egg, to wanting to enter the screen so I can strangle his ass!!!

5. The audacity of him saying he's told Sam the whole truth when WE KNOW there's still more he's hiding from her. Trash! Trash! Also, Sam isn't jealous at your supposed affair with Mon because she wants you. She's jealous because her girlfriend keeps getting caught in compromising positions with your no-personal-space-respecting ass!

6. Kirk, don't try and be charming, it doesn't suit you. Don't try and flirt. Sam doesn't want you. Don't try and be complimentary, Sam doesn't need you to boost her ego. Just sit there and be the useless, lying fucker you are. Don't try and pretend to be someone you're not. We see you!!

7. I love how Sam thinks she can just show up, and Mon would jump to see her. Hell to the nah! Not after all the vile VILE things you said. Fuck that shit! Good on Mon for insisting on not seeing Sam. Make her work for it my darling. Make her WORK FOR IT!!

8. Shout out to Sam for recognizing just how amazing Mon's mum is, and that she's a core part of the reason why Mon grew up to be so gracious and lovable. Teacher Pohn, you deserve all the applause and all the flowers!! Take you for your generous spirit and your kind heart. Best mum award goes to you!! To think that both you and that witch of a grandmother exist in the same timeline. Smh. Honestly, whenever we get a glimpse into Mon's family and just the love she was raised with, I feel even sorrier for Sam. I imagine just how restrictive it must have been for child Sam to live with a grandmother like that, who's more focused on prestige and her bringing "honour" to their house, rather than Sam's own happiness.

9. Sam's heartbroken expression at Mon ignoring her and walking past, is breaking my own heart. Urgh!! See, this is why you have to be careful what you say, and realize just how much you can hurt the girl you love. You need to apologize Sam. Really apologize. Not the apology where you spin things around, and avoid stating exactly how you fucked up. You need to be honest, and own up to that shit, cuz you really really hurt your girl.

10. Mon's stepdad is awesome and he gives great advice. But I also resent the fact that what he's saying is from a position where he holds incomplete facts. He thinks that Sam and Mon's relationship is purely professional, and I can see why he believes that Mon's boss coming all the way to their house and patiently waiting to see Mon, after they had a "fight" is rare and commendable. But we the audience know that that isn't the case, and as much as I love his advise of speaking out and clearing the air by talking about the fight, I hope the writers find a way to work it into the conversation that Mon has every right to be upset, and that Sam is aware of that. But knowing the writers and how society has a way of villainizing anger as an emotion, I'm not holding my breath.

11. This is so unfair!! Khun Sam!! You know acting adorably is our weakness. How can you split between playacting like the little ghost baby and a dog in one scene??? How is Mon meant to hold onto her anger when you act so cute??? How am I????? Urgh!!! This is so unfair!!!!!

12. My baby Sam. Look at that honest, sincere apology!!! There was a bit of worry for a moment that she was going to gloss over it (girl, no one buys that when you basically called Mon a two-timer, you meant that in a "she's beautiful and clever" way. Don't try and play us.), but she powered through, and apologized sincerely and honestly. Sure she might have centered herself a little in the apology (would it really be Sam if she doesn't? Not like y'all should do that though. If you are apologizing and suddenly start talking about how the rift caused you to lose sleep, and how you don't feel too good, dial it back several notches. The apology is meant to center the aggrieved party's pain, not yours), but that was soon left behind as she was honest with her jealousy and was sincere with wanting to do right by Mon. You know what we call that????

13. Sam's pleased nod, at Mon loving the dinner set up has me grinning like a fool. Sam my beloved! Why are you so increasingly adorable???? Falling in love suits you so much my beloved!!!

14. And the gift giving!!! Her going to the same accessories stand that she had initially criticized for being "cheap", and purchasing matching bracelets for her and Mon??? Sam! My heart! Sweetheart!!! You are redeeming yourself at such a quick pace!!!

15. Hehehehehe. I love how drinking a scotch whiskey for them, is part of their foreplay for having sex. Rofl! You go my queens. Get it on!! Let loose! Get it on!!!

16. Gghjghjghjghjghjghjg. That little squeal of Sam when Mon pushes her into the pool. So fucking cute and adorable. Hehehehe.

17. I couldn't have been the only one who moaned at that shot of Mon looking down at Sam while the latter was in the pool right. Cuz fuuuuuuuck.

18. Aaaaaaand they are following it up with them making out in the pool. My mouth is dry. Fuck. This show is killing me. Sam's head being tossed back. The way she's licking her lips. The deep breaths. The fingers to her mouth. The camera panning to where we don't see Mon but we know she's there, tossing Sam's salad, and eating her out. Their two hands around Sam's throat? This fucking show! This fucking show. I'm too horny for this. RIP to my ass. This show has fucking killed me!!!

19. The fact that my eyes which have just been blessed by my lesbians, lesbianing, are now being tainted by Kirk and his heterosexual red roses, and entitled pushing of Sam to go on a date with him, is homophobic and should be classified as a hate crime!

20. Nita in that red jumpsuit though, is giving Scooby Doo-Monster unleashed!!!!

21. Aaaaand of course Nita noticed the couple bracelets. That sharp-eyed look, and the smirk after she makes the connection?? I WANT THIS WOMAN TO RUIN ME!! Just one night. That's all I ask!!!

22. Kirk strikes me as one of those pretty boys who get buy on their looks and have never had to really use their brains, which now that I think about is, an insult to those pretty boys because at least they have brains. Kirk doesn't even have an iota of a braincell cuz if he did, and if he use that singular braincell to think, he would have known that NEVER IN A MILLION LIFETIMES would Sam want to enter a joint-venture with Nita. Like how can you claim to be her fiancée and not realize this singular, basic fact?

23. I'm sorry, why... WHY would the writers think it is in ANY way okay for Sam to out Mon to Kirk? Her conversation with Kirk can easily stop at "I have a lover". That's it. That's all that she needed to say. But to bring Mon into this, to name her, to her soon to be ex-fiancee, in their workplace, when she is very much aware that her employees are nosy and they might even be eavesdropping on this conversation, and even if they aren't, WHY WOULD YOU OUT MON TO KIRK??? What the fuck!

24. Aaaaaaand she stalks off, after outing Mon, leaving her alone with her now ex-fiancee, a man who probably feels that he's been made a fool of... I have a migraine. With the way the writers keep writing Sam and the choices she makes, it's like one step forward and two steps back for me.

25. Nita taking the opportunity to hit on Sam is doing things to me because fuuuuuck, they look so good together, and you know shit would be smoking hot between them both!!

26. I love that Sam immediately shuts her down, but seriously Sam. This is twice in two scenes, back-to-back that you have outed your girlfriend, without confirming that she is okay with coming out. What the fuck are the writers thinking??? Why do they think this is in any way okay???

27. Sam's delusions in thinking that Kirk will "understand" has me shaking my head so hard. Girl, you give that man way too much credit. When will it occur to you that that man likes to make decisions on your behalf, without considering whether or not that's what you actually want???? You seemingly "broke his heart", admitted that you have been having an affair with the girl he's seemingly been bearing his heart to, and you think he's a-okay???

28. Ha!!! I totally called Yha and Chin having an affair!!! Sam's reaction to catching them is peak hilarity though!!! But, please tell me why I didn't clock that Chin has a wife?? Why didn't I know this? Was it mentioned, but I didn't remember it? Cuz I'm going through my memories of his character being introduced but I can't remember them mentioning his wife.

29. Sam's "I only come to work to look at your face" statement is so valid. I feel you on it girlfriend. Capitalism fucking sucks. Why work when you can be gay????

30. Yo! Are they about to have sex in the office????? Which no complaints, but is that door locked???? If there's anything we learned from the History that Shall not be Named, Also known as History: Salt is the ultimate villain, it is that ALWAYS LOCK THE DOOR!! ALWAYS!!!

31. Sam's hand on Yah's head as she pushes her out of the office is sending me!!!!

32. GAP is giving me the workplace romance I didn't know I NEEDED!!! That sex scene in the office? Jesus!!! This show's making up for edging us for so many episodes !!! GAP is like "they took forever to kiss", and now that they have, there shall fuck on every single available surface, and I am utterly grateful to them for doing that!!! Hehehehe.

33. I'm sorry, how the hell is Mon standing in front of the mirror, and can't notice that her lipstick is smudged, and she looks well and truly debauched.

34. Yha's "ooooooh. Haaaaaaa. Ooooooooh". I AM DEAD!!! DEAD!!!!!

35. Too many people are learning about Mon and Sam's relationship. I suspect their relationship won't stay a secret for long, at this rate.

36. Cher is so hot! Fuck!!! All the women in this show are fucking hot. It's the hair, plus the shirt and the teasing. They just do it for me. The amount of sapphic representation we are getting in this show, is making me so goddam happy. This is what I want! THIS!!!!!!

37. The honeymoon vibes of this getaway is making me so happy. Add Risa and Cher's openly showing their love. The conversation about same-sex marriage in Thailand. This is perfect. I'm squealing so hard!!!

38. Aaaaaand of course they can't let us be happy for too long. Like I get why Mon is hesitating. She's idolized Sam for so long, and feels like she can't measure up to her. But sweetheart... SAM LOVES YOU!! Urgh! I thought the only opposition to them marrying would be Sam's grandmother. I totally didn't factor in Mon's hang-ups into the equation.

Looks like next week's episode has the honorable grandmother making an appearance and URGH!! WHY??????????? I've been thinking of who might have put her on Sam and Mon's trail, and I'm thinking it's either Kirk or Nita, cuz I only trust those two as far as I can throw them, which isn't very far!!!

Next week's definitely going to be a doozy. Brace yourselves everyone!!!

[wonderlandleighleigh]

I'm actually quite proud of this. Written after Kitty leaves Piotr at the altar, and Kitty and Pete have a drink that turns into a lost weekend:

“Why didn’t you come back?”

Pete blinks at her.

Kitty shrugs as she sets the bacon on the table. “I get that I hurt you, but we could have worked it out. Why didn’t you come back?”

Pete sighs heavily and sits back. “Cause. You were twenty, and I was holding you back.”

She looks at him like he’s crazy. “Are you kidding? Out of everyone I ever dated, you were the boyfriend that held me back the least. Aside from the cheating, you were okay with pretty much everything.”

Pete rolls his eyes. “That’s not- look. Your twenties are for screwin up. Doin what you want. Makin a mess and learnin from it. I had already been through that. Granted my version involved joining an evil espionage organization that killed all my friends, but still! You needed to have that, and you needed to have that without me weighing you down.”

She watches him closely. Watches the way he sips his coffee and the way he takes a big, messy bite out of his bacon.Kitty sighs softly. “I’m kind of mad at you for that. But I’m...kinda grateful.”

He grins a little, and they stare at each other for a long moment.

“I can’t be your rebound,” he says abruptly.

Kitty frowns. “You wouldn’t-”

“You just left Rasputin at the altar,” Pete cuts her off.

She goes quiet.

“Much as I’d like to have that kinda fun with you, Pryde, I just…” he rubs at his hair. “Nah. I’d want you to just...wanna be with me too much. Don’t wanna go through havin you realize I’m not what you want. Cuz I’m not.”

“How do you know?”

“I know plenty,” he grins sadly. “I told you.”

“You don’t know everything,” she says quietly.

*****

“What’s this?”

She pokes her head into what’s probably supposed to be a spare bedroom, but it’s filled with boxes.

“S’posed to be a home office,” Pete says behind her. “But I never got to it.”

“I could help you,” she says, turning to him.

“No.”

“What?” she laughs incredulously. “Why?”

“Cause you’re goin back to the states tonight,” Pete tells her.

“Uh...says who?”

He blinks at her owlishly. “I do. Me. I say that. An’ also Munroe. And your Mum. And Illyana. And Rachel. And Wagner. And that Stevie Hunter lady. They all say you’re coming home, or they’re coming here. And I don’t want them to come here.”

“Well, I don’t want to go back right now,” Kitty shrugs. “I’m staying.”

“Nooooo. No. Come on, Pryde. Don’t bring all those X-Types down on my flat,” Pete practically begs. “I have to go back to work on Monday, and you lot always blow things up. I like this flat. I’ve managed to keep it somewhat nice.”

She beams at him. “What color do you wanna paint the walls?”

He groans, slaps himself in the forehead and slumps against the wall outside the door. “Hadn’t gotten that far.”

“Then we should go to look at paint chips.”

“If I agree to be your rebound and we have sex, will you promise to leave tonight and never come back?” he asks.

She ignores him. “There’s tons of websites that have programs that let you virtually decorate a room! Do you have a desk? A chair? We should get a couch in there, too. That’d be nice.”

“I hate you.”

“What about blue?”

He groans again.

*****

He gives in, because of course he gives in. Saying no to her isn’t actually something he’s ever been very good at.

Specifically with all she’s been through.

They move the boxes out of the room, opening it up and she wanders around in bare feet. She’s still wearing his shirt, and he sighs heavily, both enjoying seeing that again, and really, really not.

“I texted Illyana,” she tells him. “She’s gonna bring me a duffel with some of my stuff.”

“A’right,” Pete sighs.

“You know what’s funny?” Kitty asks, as she keeps wandering around the space.

He leans against the door jam, just watching her. “What’s that?”

“I can’t…” she sighs and looks at him. “I keep thinking about all the bad things Piotr did. All of the ways he hurt me over the years. All the times he told me he didn’t love me anymore, or enough. The times he ditched me. For Magneto after Illyana passed away from the Legacy virus. The way he showed up at the school during that whole Phoenix Five thing. Threatened me if I wouldn’t be with him.”

Pete nods, listening to her talk, knowing what’s coming next.

“And then there was what he did to you.”

He crosses his arms tightly, looking at anything but her.

She sighs. “Pete-”

“Do we really have to talk about this?” he asks, a little harsher than he meant for it to be. “S’not like I never got beat up before.”

“He nearly killed you,” Kitty says quietly. “Did you ever even…?” she shakes her head and walks up to him. “Moira pieced you back together physically, but I never really...I never really thought about how you handled it. When we let him join the team, and you had to swallow everything down.”

“S’fine, Pryde,” he says, still not looking at her. “Was years ago now.”

Kitty shakes her head. “For a spy, you’re a bad liar sometimes.”

“What do you want me to say?” he snaps, finally raising his eyes to her face. “That I wasn’t completely fuckin’ paranoid that he would do it again?”

She doesn’t say anything.

“You an’ Wagner tellin’ me night n’ day he was harmless, an’ me havin’ to rely on him in a fight.” Pete shakes his head. “Shoulda left then. When he came on. I shoulda run for my fucking life, is what I shoulda done.”

She still doesn’t respond, just watching him.

“Is that what you wanted to hear?!” he cries. “That I was bloody terrified most days? That I hated you a little for shrugging off what he did when I couldn’t? That I hated you even more when I found out you two got back together?” He shakes his head and turns to walk out of the room.

Kitty sighs. “Yeah. That’s actually exactly what I wanted to hear. And that’s what you should have told me when it was happening.”

“Would it have made a difference?”

She takes a breath and walks over, hugging him from behind tightly. “I don’t know. But it does now. And I’m really sorry.”

He doesn’t move.

*****

He swings open the door when there’s a knock on it, and behind it is a petite blonde woman.

“Demon Witch.”

“Dirty Englishman.”

Pete grins. “Good to see you, Illyana.”

Illyana Rasputin grins back. Her smile is always a little broken, like his is. “Sure.” She shoves a duffel bag into his arms. “Kitty here?”

“Yep. Hall to the right, second door on the left.”

He lets her shove past him, and then follows her to the soon-to-be office, where Kitty is looking at digital paint chips on her phone.

“So wow,” Illyana says. “I figured this place would be way grosser.”

“Thanks for that,” Pete grumbles.

He’s ignored.

“We’re gonna make this into Pete’s office,” Kitty tells her. “What do you think of a charcoal gray?”

“I think you have an X-Team to lead, and you should probably come home,” Illyana tells her. “I think people are worried about you, and it’s a little unfair to leave them hanging.”

Kitty blinks up at her. “You’re the one who told me it was wrong to marry your brother.”

“That doesn’t mean you drop your whole life,” Illyana tells her. “Come on. You’re not really gonna stay here, are you? With him? At least like...call Quill or something. He’s way hotter.”

“Oi,” Pete snaps.

Kitty grins a little. “I’m gonna stay the weekend. I’ll be back.”

Illyana shakes her head. “Kitty.”

“Thanks for dropping off my stuff,” Kitty says, hugging her friend. “I’ll see you stateside on Monday night. Maybe Tuesday morning. Or afternoon.”

Illyana blinks and then turns to Pete, who shrugs helplessly.

“S’not like I can make her leave, can I?” he asks. “She’ll just phase, and then break my nose.”

Illyana rolls her eyes. “Okay.” She hugs Kitty again, sighs and then steps out, shoving Pete again.

He follows her to the door. “I think she just needs time.”

The blonde sighs deeply. “I know. And Piotr is still at the mansion. Even with how big the house is, I don’t think it’s enough space between them.”

Pete nods. “I’ll look after her.”

“I know you’d never hurt her,” Illyana agrees. “At the very least, you’re way too afraid of Ororo.”

“Bloody right I am,” he snaps. “Bolt of lightening anytime she wants, right at my head. No thank you.”

Illyana grins and shoves his face before leaving.

*****

She showers and gets dressed in her own clothes, which, to be perfectly honest, is a huge relief for Pete.

“Right. Pub?” he asks.

“Brian and Meggan’s,” she tells him.

Pete nods. “Have a good time. I’ll be at the pub. Come find me when you’re done.”

Kitty wrinkles her nose. “You’re coming with me.”

He deflates. “Pryde. No.”

“Oh yeah,” Kitty nods. “Come on. Time to visit the Braddocks.”

“I can’t believe I’m saying yes to this.”

She grins at him. “I can.”

He glowers at her. “Fine. But we stop at the pub on the way back.”

“Nope!” she says, popping the p. “We’re gonna go look at paint after that.”

“You’re ruining my weekend.”

“S’okay,” she tells him lightly. “I ruined mine, too.”

He sighs, hanging his head. “Fine. You win. Braddocks. Paint.”

*****

“How is she?” Braddock asks as he hands Pete a cup of coffee.

The girls are in the other room with little Maggie, Brian and Meggan’s far-too-smart to be a one-year-old daughter.

Bloody X-People.

“Pryde’s dealing,” Pete shrugs. “She left him, so now she’s gotta sort all that out. What she really wants.”

They stand there in the kitchen quietly for a long moment.

“It’s probably not you, you know,” Braddock tells him.

“Oh, I know,” Pete says quickly. “Believe me, I know.”

Braddock stares at him. “You want it to be though.”

“Sod off.”

“Wisdom.”

Pete shakes his head. “Not gonna happen. You know that. I know that. She knows that. Drink your coffee.”

He does.

“Tottenham looks good this year,” Braddock says.

“Stop talking.”

*****

“So? Pete Wisdom, that’s an old face you haven’t seen in a while,” Meggan grins.

Kitty rolls her eyes. “I’m crashing with him for the weekend. Just to clear my head. He’s been nice. It’s been nice.”

Meggan shrugs. “Do you think maybe you and him…?”

Kitty sighs heavily. “Not….not right now. Not with what happened with Piotr. I’m...I’m really not ready.”

Meggan grins understandingly and hugs her. “Well. Maybe when you’re ready. He clearly still loves you.”

“Okay, that’s nuts,” Kitty laughs a little. “That’s not true.”

“Of course it is,” Meggan says, smiling at her. “I’m an empath, remember? He never really stopped.”

“I can’t do this right now,” Kitty shakes her head.

Meggan sighs softly and pats her friend’s arm. “Alright.”

Kitty grins gratefully. “Thank god Maggie is napping for this right now. I don’t know if I could handle explaining all of this to a super-smart one-year-old.”

“You’re telling me,” Meggan grumbles good-naturedly. “I love motherhood, but blimey.”

They laugh.

*****

“No green.”

Kitty rolls her eyes and puts back the green paint chip she picked out, leaving her with an array of blues and grays. “Okay.”

They look quietly. He standing behind her, looking at them over her shoulder.

She bites her lip and turns to him. “So.”

“You were right about the charcoal, I like that one.”

“So Meggan says you still love me.”

He stares at her, some of the color draining from his already pale face.

“True or false?” Kitty asks.

“Wh…” he stops. “I thought we were pickin out....I thought we came here for paint.”

“Pete.”

“Doesn’t matter.”

She shakes her head. “Pete.”

“It doesn’t matter,” he says again. “You just dumped Rasputin. At the altar. Your life is a shit show, Pryde. It’s complicated enough. It doesn’t matter how I feel. It’s not about me.”

“Why can’t you just be honest with me?” Kitty asks. “For once. One time.”

“You wanna have this fight here? In the middle of the hardware store?” he asks. “You wanna air out all our dirty laundry for the nice man at the counter who’s just trying to read his auto magazine? Is that- Pryde. Come on.”

“Yep,” she says. “Yeah. Let’s do this. Hit me.”

“Fine,” he says, throwing up his arms. “Fine. Then first thing’s first: I was plenty honest with you when we were dating. I told you things I’d never told anybody before. And I thought I was a nutter because you were a kid, and I was ten years older but I was dumping all of my shit on your shoulders and you let me.”

“Well I’m so fucking sorry that I cared and wanted to be there for you,” Kitty snaps. “Silly me. I was such a dumb kid, wanting you to open up to me because I loved you.”

He points at her but stops talking.

“What else you got?” she asks. “Gonna tell me how you actually feel?”

“It doesn’t fucking matter.”

“It matters to me.”

“Why?” he asks. “Why does it matter so much to you? What’re you gonna do? If I tell you that I love you, you’re gonna what? Instantly forget Rasputin? Throw your life away and stay here with me?” He shakes his head. “None of that is going to happen. It doesn’t do either of us any good for me to bring my shit into this mix. You’ve got enough for both of us.”

“Maybe I just wanna know,” Kitty snaps. “Maybe it would make a difference. I don’t know. We won’t know unless you actually tell me. So tell me.”

“Fine!” he cries. “Fine! You wanna know? Yes. I’m in love with you. Of course I’m in love with you. I wouldn’t have stayed at the pub last night if I wasn’t. I wouldn’t have brought you home with me. I wouldn’t have let you take over my office project or let you drag me to the Braddocks’ and I definitely would not be here with you looking at paint colors unless I fucking loved you. So there you are.”

She stares at him for a long, silent moment, before lunging at him and kissing him deeply, shoving him up against the rack of paint chips.

“Uh...Sir?” the clerk says, obviously nervous. “Miss? Excuse me…”

*****

“That was a terrible idea.”

The paint chips are scattered all over his bedroom floor.

So are their clothes.

Kitty nods, breathing hard. “Just...the worst idea,” she says, cuddling up against his side. “We shouldn’t have done that.”

Pete’s fingers thread into her hair. “Too right.”

“We should do it again,” she says.

He opens his mouth and then closes it. “I was gonna argue with you, but now I don’t remember what I was gonna say.”

She pulls him in for a kiss. “Works for me.”

“Bloody hell. I’m a moron.”

“Me too. Shut up and kiss me.”

“Right.”

*****

“I only came to check on Katzchen,” Kurt Wagner says as Pete passes the blue furred man a cup of coffee. “Where is she?”

“Shower,” Pete says without meeting the man’s eyes, sipping his own coffee, which he’s dumped a generous amount of whiskey into.

“Ah.”

Silence settles over them.

“How is she?”

“Good,” Pete says quickly. “She’s...good.”

More silence.

“Nein,” Wagner says, obviously pained. “You didn’t.”

“She did,” Pete says quickly. “She started it.”

“Pete…”

“Turns out, I still have a hard time saying no to her,” Pete tells him, guzzling more coffee. “Especially when she’s taking my clothes off.”

Wagner sighs deeply. “What did you spike your coffee with, and can I have some?”

Pete pulls a flask from his pants and dumps a good glug of whiskey into the other man’s coffee.

They drink quietly until Kitty walks out. Hair wet, clothes a little wrinkled.

“Kurt! Hi!” she hugs him, and he pats her back, while still drinking more coffee.

“Hello, Kitty,” Kurt says, trying for a smile.

She pulls back to look at him. “It’s great to see you.”

“And...and you,” he nods. “I was worried. After what happened. I wanted to check on you.”

“I’m okay,” she shrugs. “I’ve been helping Wisdom here set up his home office.”

“Ja, that’s ser gut, Katzchen,” Kurt nods awkwardly.

Pete drinks more,staying quiet.

She looks from Kurt to Pete and then back to Kurt and then Pete again.

“You told him.”

“He guessed,” Pete tells her. “He guessed. Neither of us have good sex poker faces. We never have.”

“That at least is true,” Kurt nods. He sighs heavily again. “I won’t be mentioning to Peter where you are. Or what you’ve been doing.”

Fire flares from behind Kitty’s eyes. “Is that supposed to be some kind of favor you’re doing me, Kurt?”

“Kitty-”

“Let’s get drunk,” Pete says, cutting her off. “We should all get very, very drunk.”

“What’s that gonna fix?” Kitty asks.

“Nothing,” Pete tells her. “Not a damn thing.”

*****

So they get drunk.

They’re sitting on the floor of the empty future-office, drinking from a large bottle of bourbon, laughing their faces off.

“Do you remember…” Kurt says between breaths of laughter. “Do you remember when you told the team you two were together?”

Kitty snorts and falls over. “Oh god.”

“I was nervous!” Pete defends himself. “I was bloody nervous. You and Braddock especially had me scared shitless!”

“Katzchen is our Katzchen!” Kurt says, reaching over to wrap an arm around Kitty. “She is our family. We wanted what was best for her. And you were…”

“A git,” Kitty finishes.

“Well, yeah,” Pete nods. “I still am.” He takes another swig. “Turns out, I didn’t need to worry ‘bout the two o’ you though.”

The laughter dies down, and Kurt and Kitty watch him, their smiles fading.

Pete shrugs. “And you, Pryde. You were gonna marry him.”

She bites her lip. “I’m sorry if that hurts you.”

“It doesn’t,” Pete says. “It really doesn't. S’your choice. I just-” he nods. “What if he did t’you what he did t’me?”

Kurt shakes his head. “Peter is-”

“What?” Pete snaps. “What? A gentle soul? Issat what you were gonna say?” He takes a long pull from the bourbon bottle. “Cause you can say that all you like. But my worst nightmare wasn’t ever that he would try to kill me again. It was that he’d kill her.” He points to Kitty.

Silence settles over them, and eventually, Kitty gets to her feet, stumbling out of the room.

Kurt and Pete sit there in more silence, and Pete hands him the bottle.

Kurt drinks for a long moment, swallowing hard and squeezing his eyes shut before handing it back to him. “I worried about that, too.”

*****

He finds her out near the Thames. It’s not a far walk from his place, and he sits next to her.

“I’m sorry I said that,” he tells her.

“You had every right,” Kitty says, looking out at the water. “And it wasn’t something I hadn’t already thought about.”

“S’funny,” Pete says, pulling out a pack of cigarettes. “I always thought if we got the chance, you an’ I would argue about how we broke up...my drinking...all the things I did that fucked it all up.”

“And instead, we’re realizing that what really fucked it all up was Piotr joining the team, and the way we...I... normalized what he did to you. I look back and...yeah. I think that’s probably what set us up to fail.”

Pete looks down at his shoes.

“It was easier,” Kitty admits. “It was easier just to try to pretend everything was fine than to admit just how messed up it was. And that’s why you and I didn’t work.”

Pete lights up his cigarette and takes a drag off of it, looking at her. “You should go home, Pryde. Deal with Rasputin. Deal with your feelings. The team. That’s where you belong. Not here.”

“Then why does it feel like this is where I’m supposed to be right now?” she asks.

“Well, you’re drunk.”

“I feel like that when I’m sober!” Kitty cries. “What if you’re wrong?”

Pete shrugs and blows smoke out his nose. “Then you know where I live.”

She sighs and slumps against his arm, her head on his shoulder. “I hate that you still smoke.”

“S’only now an’ again,” Pete says, resting his chin on top of her head. “An’ I’d probably quit if you asked me.”

She laughs a little. “Quit, please.”

He sighs heavily and flicks the cigarette into the Thames.

“Litterbug.”

“Fuck off.”

She laughs harder.

*****

Kurt left at some point.

They pass out on the couch together.

The knock on the door wakes Pete up and he glowers at it. “Bloody grand central station.” He stumbles to his feet and swings it open, freezing in place as his eyes go up, up, up to the face of Piotr Rasputin.

“Wisdom.”

“Ugh,” Pete responds. “You’re here.”

“Da. I am. And so is Katya, I am told.”

Pete blows a breath out his nose and leans back into the flat. “Oi, Pryde!”

He gets a grunt in return.

“Katya?” Piotr calls. “Are...are you alright?”

“She’s fine,” Pete says. “She’s just hungover.”

Rasputin doesn’t look pleased. “You got her drunk?”

“I got myself drunk,” Kitty calls, sitting up on the couch. “Hi, Piotr. What are you doing here?”

“I…” he takes a breath. “I have come to take you home. You texted me last night, and asked to be picked up. I did not know you were drunk.”

“Oh,” she says softly. “Right. Sorry. I- I must have- I think I meant to text your sister...I... Yeah. I…” she rubs her face. “Yeah. Just let me…” she gets to her feet unsteadily, and Piotr moves to help her, but Pete doesn’t move, letting Kitty have the space and time to handle things on her own.

And that’s always been the big difference between them.

Rasputin falls all over himself to help Kitty, even when she doesn’t need it or necessarily want it. Pete lets Kitty help herself until she asks for a hand.

She gathers her things, and then she steps over to them.

Kitty looks at Pete.

Pete looks at Kitty.

“Bye,” she says quietly.

“Bye, Pryde.”

They stand there like that for a long, long moment, before she steps out of the flat.

“Okay. Let’s go.”

Rasputin nods to her, and then nods to Pete. “Wisdom.”

“Comrade,” Pete responds, nodding back.

They leave without another word, and he closes the door, slumping with his head on it, squeezing his eyes shut.

“Great big fuckin’ moron, Wisdom,” he grumbles. “That’s what you are. And not at all drunk enough to deal with-”

There’s a hurried knock on the door and he opens it, confused.

“Pryde, did you forget-”

Kitty kisses him before he can finish his sentence. She’s been doing that all weekend.

He grips her arms as they keep kissing. It’s hurried because she has to go, but it’s full of a lot of things he can’t really put his finger on. Not really promises. But there’s a lot of gratitude in there.

She pulls away and pecks his lips one more time. “I’ll call,” she says, before leaving again, shutting the door behind her.

“No you won’t,” he says to no one in particular.

*****

He goes to work on Monday. Nothing’s changed. He risks his life for Queen and Country. He gets debriefed. His superiors don’t like his attitude. He goes home.

He buys the paint for his office, but he doesn’t do anything with it. It just sits in the empty room.

He tells himself he’s not waiting, because that would be insane. He’s not waiting. There’s nothing to wait for.

She left.

She isn’t coming back.

That’s not his life.

He gets home from work the following Thursday and dumps his trench coat on a chair. He ponders ordering a curry in; not much energy to cook.

He slumps down on the couch and rubs his eyes, groaning. “Right. Come on, Pete.”

“Hard day at work?”

He blinks and looks up slowly.

She’s peeking out from the office doorway.

“Uh...:”

Kitty waves. “Hi. I let myself in.”

“Clearly,” he says, wearily. “What’re you doing here?”

She grins. “I know where you live,” she tells him, repeating his words. “And we have an office to paint.”

END

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Miku Wrap-up 2022

Another year comes to an end and it's time to look back and reflect, so here's my top 10 favorite Mikus of the year!

#10:

While this has a few janky bits that keep it from being higher up I can't help but adore her smarmy ass look, the foot up on an unoccupied chair and the little details with the dice and the cards.

#9:

This one, inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, is just so ridiculous I can't help but love it. It's somewhat a spiritual successor to the Goya inspired Miku and emulating the style/appearance of such old art was a joy, as was filling in the gaps with a few Miku related references.

#8:

Speaking of the ridiculous, this Loss meme parody I titled Gain.png still gets me. Doing the Gumi for the body pillow was also fun and Miku is very cute in this.

#7:

I have no idea why I drew this even then but fuck me is it good. Don't think I've drawn a pony since a few poor attempts over a decade before this. I love how AJ came out and the idea of like, Applejack carrying home a drunk Miku while chiding her for having too much cider is so fucking good to me.

#6:

This one is rather simple honestly, but I just love how clear the silhouette is and the highlights from the back lighting. This was inspired by an AURORA concert my sister invited me to.

#5:

Im still very happy with how this came out, especially in regards to the lighting. I feel like I made a lot of headway here as an artist, even if parts of it could stand to be cleaner.

#4:

Hatslimey Migoo looks so relaxed here, the details I was able to include for the room such as the water under the door are great and the small bit of landscape outside the window is something I'm extremely proud of. Had I just a bit more time with this piece I think it could have placed even higher.

#3

This one's a bit special cuz uh, it's fucking me lmao. Not only is this my high school duds, the location is also based off the liquor store I used to bum around at after school senior year. I still have the pants (they're more shredded now) and the black and white sleeve (actually leg warmers). The only real anachronism is the black nails- my dad wouldn't let me do that cuz he said I'd look like a fag lmao. Looking at this piece brings me just immense amounts of joy and soothes that part of me still in highschool and mad about it.

#2:

Honestly this and the #1 spot are really tough to decide which goes where but I think I'm happy with this. Based off some AI generated text (no doubt written by Miku herself) Not only is this the most successful piece I've done notes-wise it's also my first one where I drew more akin to painting then to coloring cleaned up lines, a process I made a ton of progress with over the year. There's very few things about this I would change (namely a few details in the final panel) but the way this comic is laid out was and is excellent. I feel this piece is the biggest jump in overall quality I had during the year.

Honorable mention:

While i do adore these, especially the top left and bottom one, there are a few issues that keep it from being in the top 10 properly. I also wanted to avoid this list being just every Hatslimey Migoo piece which actually brings me to the final entry and my favorite Miku of the year 2022-

#1:

The original Hatslimey Migoo, before she even had that name. This piece is very interesting because I had pissed away most of time and couldn't do the Miku I had thought about doing up to that point. Unwilling to do proper anatomy either, because again, I had gotten too wrapped up in runescape and was low on time, It popped in my head that I could make her a slime girl. I can't mess up getting bodily structure right if there is no proper bodily structure after all. The result couldn't have been better. She's so cute and adorable and this is easily the best original design I've yet to do for Miku. I doubt I'll top it for some time. The pieces came together naturally- her color had to be green to give her that Miku color, she had a few spots to give some detail, her arms were bulky to be reminiscent of her sleeves the headset was to help push visually that this was, indeed, Hatsune Miku and her eyes were pink to stand out and draw attention to them. Created in haste, Hatslimey Migoo has gone on to fill my heart with joy (and slime) and if I could pick any of my Mikus to be adopted by the wider vocaloid fan base it would have to be Migoo.

Thats my top 10 for 2022, I'll see you next year to wrap up this year- I'm sure I'll make even better Mikus! If you like these and wish to support me, I have a Patreon where I upload the full PSD, PNG and a 60 second time lapse of the Miku being drawn. It's only 2$ a month and it means a lot to me.