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[mochiable]

❥ ⋮ taeyong as your boyfriend !

↣ genre: headcanon

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❀ ┊overview

— he always gives the first impression of being a cold, distant and even rude boy. but both you and I know that he’s the opposite.

— he loves to cook for you when he has the time. if he doesn’t really have the time, he’ll go to buy some food for you, but if he gets home before you, then he’ll make you dinner so when you got home you could eat.

— you’d probably cook together sometimes. he’d just help you master some of his favourite dishes and he’d teach you some tricks of the kitchen, ‘cause let’s be honest, you’re a mess in the kitchen.

— he flirts with you a lot, but the second you start to flirt with him, he becomes a flustered mess.

— all your relatives would love him. he would help your parents with any difficulties in your home, as well as prepare the food and wash the dishes. also, if you have siblings or younger cousins, he would be the typical boyfriend who would take them to his room for a nap after having lunch.

— all your relatives would love him. he would help your parents with any difficulties in your home, as well as prepare the food and wash the dishes. also, if you have siblings or younger cousins, he would be the typical boyfriend who would take them to his room for a nap after having lunch.

— you trusted each other with everything. no one else got to see taeyong when he couldn’t put up with anything else or when he felt like giving up, and no one else got to see your darkest moments. you’re there for each other, you keep each other’s secrets.

❀ ┊skinship

— he’d be a little shy when you were in public, just holding your hand and giving you little kisses but he’d like to show the people around him how much you mean to him. however, when you were alone he’d be like a koala.

— he’d be always touching you, like if you go to see him at the studio, he’d give you a hug and a kiss on the cheek or if you got home after him, he’d wrap his arms around you and shuffle you towards the bedroom so the two of you could cuddle.

— he touches you as if you were the most precious and delicate thing in the world, and for him, you are indeed.

— loves every part of your body, but has a slight obsession with your waist. every time you are together, he can’t help but embrace you by placing his hands on that part of your body. also, if you are shorter than him, he will place his chin in the curve of your neck and leave an occasional kiss there and on your cheek.

— he’d sometimes pretend to be moody to get kisses from you. he’d literally fake being upset so you’d hug him. actually, you’d find out you were ignoring him for more than three mins because he’d be giving you puppy eyes.

— he has heart eyes for you all the time. sometimes he’d just stare at you, he’d be in awe about how unreal you are. you’d catch him staring and you’d be like “do I have something on my face?”, and he would just smile at you and give you a peck.

❀ ┊arguments

— arguing with you may be what he hates the most, but it still happens often.

— you would stop talking to each other, although you could not help but miss each other, you wouldn’t put your pride aside.

— and if you don't apologize and he doesn't either, the discussion will go on and on.

— you would go into the practice room to leave the food you had bought for the boys and he would be on his phone, not even looking up.

— although he would look at you out of the corner of his eye every time he heard you laughing with the other members to see if you ever looked at him.

— he would see it as a fast track to get close to you and, without saying anything at first, he would put his arm around your shoulders and lean over it whispering in your ear "when practice is over, we'll talk"

❀ ┊pet names

baby / babe

love

he is a soft baby. he’s really shy but really passionate. to me this pet name is really romantic. he wants you to know how much he cares about you and omg he says it in such a sweet voice that you melt every time you hear it.

❀ ┊dates

— he would be so much into simple but cute dates, like he would take you out for breakfast whenever you stay over.

— he would literally wake you up before 6am and be like “get ready, love, we’re gonna go get breakfast”

— during breakfast, he’d take loads of pics of you and the scenery “wait, wait, wait. don’t eat your croissant yet, I HAVE TO TAKE A PHOTO”, “OMG, BABE, YOU LOOK SO CUTE IN HERE”, “your mom is gonna love this one”

— he’d cherish moments like this, he’s such a simple boy who enjoys simplicity in his life. the only thing he cares about is you being with him, he doesn’t really care where you’d go.

— then it begins, one of you would start chatting shit about someone who irritated you during the week, and the other would listen and be supportive “you’re telling me right now where I can find them, ‘cause no one messes with my baby”

❀ ┊ nsfw

— I think taeyong would be the complete opposite when it came to bedroom stuff, there would be a darkness behind his eyes that only came out when he was needy.

— he’d be definitely a switch, maybe 70% dom and 30% sub.

— he’s soft, but just until he stops being ashamed of what he really enjoys in bed. I mean, I think we all agree that he is most likely kinky.

— but I don’t think he would be the one bringing up the topic of experimenting, he would probably be embarrassed until you do.

— buuuuut when that phase is completely overcome, you’ll see his raw and passionate side, he definitely has a daddy kink.

— he would like you to praise him and would absolutely love to praise you “you take me so well, baby”, “is my cock making you feel good?”

— he loves to hear you moan next to his ear and scream his name.

— be careful if you ever think of teasing him at an inappropriate time, because I can assure you of two things:

whatever it is, it won't end quickly.

you won't walk out of there properly.

relationships with the members:

baekhyun, taemin, kai, taeyong, ten, lucas, mark

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 174: Fancy Rich People Tea

Previously on BnHA: Mirio and Deku took Eri on a whirlwind weekend tour of U.A. We learned that class B is putting on a play for the festival which sounds amazing and also appears to be infringing on no fewer than three copyrights. We ran into Hadou and Amajiki who were doing some preparations for Hadou’s Miss Con campaign. We learned that the support department has a tech exhibition at the festival each year which is a big deal for them. We also learned that Shinsou is Still At It. Not sure what it is. But he’s still here guys! Finally we ran into Midnight and the Rat Principal at the cafeteria and learned that Rat Principal had to pull lots of strings and jump through a bunch of hoops in order to run the event this year. Basically security is going to be crazy, and if someone so much as sneezes something that sounds like ‘villain attack’ they will immediately call the whole thing off and evacuate. Sounds fair. All in all, Eri had a good time and is looking forward to the actual event! Also Deku got fired from the dance squad. That’s rough, buddy.

Today on BnHA: Mina explains that they need Deku to help the staging team turn Aoyama into a human disco ball. Deku agrees so long as he still gets to dance a little bit. The next morning Deku and All Might run into Mei while training in the woods. We learn that she’s working on a new support item for Deku which will be ready soon. That evening Momo makes some fancy tea for everyone while Deku fucks around on Youtube and accidentally stumbles across one of Gentle’s videos. We then cut to Gentle and La Brava, and Gent breaks down the details of his plan. They’ll take a sneaky route to approach U.A. on the day of the festival, using back streets and side roads. Then they’ll stop and drink tea (the same fancy brand that Momo uses) for an hour and a half. Then they’ll approach U.A. from the woods, and La Brava will breach U.A.’s security barrier with her mad hacking skills. We learn that she used those same skills to track down Gentle after she first saw his videos, and afterwards she devoted herself to his cause. Gentle says he is putting his heart and soul into this new plan for her sake and for the sake of his own dreams.

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’ve read up through chapter 199 now, so any ETAs will reflect that.) 

look at this sweet girl trying to soften the blow

yeah because Aoyama totally ditched them. sorry Deku, they need a new disco ball

...or maybe not!

sorry Deku we need a new dispersal method for our disco ball

so wait. they’re really going through with this, huh. this wild stream-of-consciousness rambling from Mina really became the centerpiece for the entire dance floor

and Aoyama is FULLY ON BOARD now

so now this job is perfect for you huh. well you sure are a good sport

so they want Deku to break off from the main group at the same time as Aoyama and help him out

so once he has been “dispersed” you can probably still go have your dance with Eri, Deku! you can do that thing where she stands on top of your feet and you waltz around. it’s going to be so cute omg. make sure your mom videotapes it

speaking of are the parents going to get to come to this thing too? or will it really only be the kids. let their moms and dads come see all of their hard work!

(ETA: I was hoping we would see some of the parents but if they were there we missed it. booooo)

now Kiri is doing that hands-clapped-together pleading thing and apologizing to Deku, but he says they really need his help

lol so they’ve realized that they can’t put all their eggs into the “Aoyama as disco ball” basket

this is an honest-to-god serious conversation these kids are happening. with note-taking and everything. Todoroki fucking Shouto is in on this. “how long can we hold people’s attention by transforming Aoyama into a disco ball.” science

okay but. you guys... are planning other stuff too. right. ...???

(ETA: they sure are. that ice stuff that Mina also suggested. I’m telling you guys, she’s the undisputed MVP of this whole arc, and without her their festival program would have been shit)

lol well okay then. this is going to be so interesting

anyway so Deku’s all “I guess it’s okay then as long as I have a turn dancing,” and he’s agreeing to it

now we’re cutting to 6:30 a.m. on some random unknown day and Deku is training for his new move under All Might’s supervision

All Might is chock full of sage mentor wisdom

“always remember: bleeding internally is bad.” good stuff. write that down, Deku

he’s asking All Might if he has any tricks for maintaining control of the attack, since this is the first move he’s learned that he can’t just use freely

sage mentor wisdom

so apparently All Might was some sort of OFA prodigy and was able to control 100% OFA almost instantly. so he really genuinely has no idea how to teach it, because to him it just came naturally

was he just that buff when he got the quirk?? how old was he when he got it? did he actually attend U.A. as a quirkless kid? because middle school Toshinori sure as hell wasn’t ripped just yet, I can definitely tell you that much

I’m very, very, very curious about this, ngl. because I feel like the series has yet to clarify whether you need to be built like a Marvel Chris in order for your body to have the stamina to withstand OFA, or if that actually doesn’t have that much to do with it and the control needed to master it is actually more mental/spiritual than physical

like obviously physicality has a lot to do with it, though. but All Might could still use 100% for a long time even in his withered and weakened body. and Shimura, the only other OFA user we’ve seen at this juncture, was obviously super cool and tough, but it wasn’t like she was a female body builder or anything

and then of course there’s the question of exactly how much stronger Deku’s version of OFA is, though. how much of a difference is there because All Might’s strength was added to the mix? that obviously makes a big difference as well

basically I still have a lot of questions! maybe I should get back to this training scene and see if it answers any of them!

so he’s telling Deku to visualize the image of OFA -- the egg in microwave image again, I guess? -- and remember that sensation in his body. basically he’s trying to coach him on bringing it out intuitively

and Deku’s thinking to himself that even though they were both born quirkless, there’s a big difference between them still

so this does make it sound like a lot of it is mental

honestly that’s exciting and very important to me because it means that if Deku ever has a breakthrough, he could potentially make a huge leap forward in progress very suddenly

(ETA: LOOOOOOL good god I’ll say.

also! now that I know more about future developments with OFA, I’ve been thinking that I wasn’t giving Deku enough credit here. he is, in fact, just as much of a prodigy as All Might, I think. the difference is that All Might was able to master the physical aspects of OFA, whereas Deku seems to be more in touch with the spiritual side that All Might (supposedly) never really awakened. or to put it in Avatar: The Last Airbender terms, All Might was more of a Korra and Deku is more of an Aang. fortunately for Deku, it seems that being in tune with the spiritual part of OFA gives you access to some really neat stuff, holy shit.)

HOLY SHIT

THIS DUDE’S STILL GOT IT

holy shit that came out of nowhere at top speed and he caught it without looking like a total badass. WHO EVEN NEEDS ONE FOR ALL. OR ORGANS

so now Mei’s traipsing out of the woods and asking if anyone got hurt. nope, but you almost killed my husband and my son so try to be more careful next time

Deku’s belatedly realizing that this looks kind of weird, him being out in the middle of the woods having SECRET TRAINING with All Might at the crack of dawn

so All Might, master of improvisation that he is, is switching to Kansai dialect for some reason. to try and disguise himself. because of course that’ll work

thankfully, out of everyone they could have stumbled across in the woods, Hatsume Mei is the most singularly one-track-minded person they could have possibly met, and she’s barely even batting an eye

hmm?

new item, eh?

and he’s surprised and says he thought it wouldn’t be ready until after the cultural festival

but she already had the materials, so she says it’ll take no time at all

so he’s thanking her and now she’s walking off again

and by the way, this thing that All Might caught literally is a golden snitch, though

All Might > Harry Potter confirmed

(ETA: and by the way, this makes two HP references two chapters in a row, given the title of 1-B’s play. Horikoshi must have recently marathoned the films or something)

now he’s asking Deku about the new item

Deku says there was something he wanted to try out with his new technique

All Might is mentioning that he also tried using support items at one point back in the day, but apparently they only ended up getting in his way and tended to break whenever he went over 20-30%

oh hey

haven’t seen this in a while. here I thought his suit was way too fitted to accommodate this sort of thing anymore. he’s probably ruined it now

(ETA: you can actually see that the top button is about to pop off lol)

anyway, he’s telling Deku that using support items is great, just so long as he doesn’t end up relying on them too much

he says he’s seen a lot of instances where heroes that relied too much on their items had a bad time when those items were lost

this kinda seems to go against what Aoyama was saying a few chapters earlier. he’s an example of someone who does rely on a support item, and he seems to do all right. but I get what All Might is trying to tell him though

so Deku is all “got it!” and clenching his fist determinedly

aww

it is, though. I was just thinking that. I adore these All Might/Deku training scenes and it’s been great to have a return to this

so now we’re cutting back to Heights Alliance, and I’m assuming it’s the evening because the moon is up

Bakugou is squabbling with Kaminari and telling him he he plays too fast. Kaminari says Bakugou is the one screwing them up because he keeps improvising

obligatory posting of this panel of MomoJirou being lesbians

I live for the little things, I really do

omg

okay, (1) this is the cutest thing that’s ever happened ever in history, and (2) I just remembered that that was the chapter title. “imperial golden tips.” so it appears the chapter is named after Momo’s fancy tea that her mom sent her

everyone’s all excited to try it because it’s fancy rich people tea

lmao. Ochako’s asking if Deku’s going to have any, and

“am I... a bad nerd??” Deku berates himself while lying awake in bed that night sobbing uncontrollably

so I think that while Deku and Ochako are being clumsy dorks here they’re going to accidentally click on one of Gentle’s videos perhaps?

yep

in a way it’s kind of charming to know that Youtube’s suggested videos algorithm is still complete shit even in the BnHA universe 200 years from now. Deku was looking for All Might support items. Youtube: [brings up villain tea videos]

so Ochako has no idea who he is, but Deku’s actually heard of him although he says he’s not too familiar. but he knows he’s an infamous Youtube Villain

:) the answer may surprise you!

though it shouldn’t, actually. you guys should just go ahead and assume you’re the targets of every upcoming villain plot from here on out. that’s the way the dice seem to be falling nowadays

now we’re cutting to Gentle and La Brava

Gentle is writing something out with a feather quill like some sort of Harry Potter character. I couldn’t come up with a more creative simile because my mind’s still in that mode thanks to the golden snitch earlier

this man just sits around in full costume writing letters with a quill even as a laptop sits inches away. he’s just that committed to his gig. he lives this life 24/7 huh

he says that the public is growing more and more dissatisfied with heroes nowadays, and it’s because they’re “feeble-minded”

I’d actually argue that at this point, them being attacked is the predictable thing

now La Brava is asking if he’s going to involve the kids that will become future heroes. YEAH, GENTLE

I’D ARGUE THAT THEY’VE HAD ENOUGH WAKE UP CALLS BY THIS POINT

like. can they live. can they just have this one little thing though, god

oh my god

thanks La Brava. this is why he keeps you around

so now they’re going over the route!

so they’re going to approach at 5 a.m. that morning, taking a route that passes by the fewest hero offices

then they’re going to turn onto a side road, go through a residential area, and then they’ll end up at a park

blah blah so about an hour will elapse during this time and they’ll end up at a rundown house that’s actually a cafe

and he says they’re going to stop there to get some tea

apparently they serve the same tea that that Momo was coincidentally serving to everyone earlier. the imperial golden tips stuff

so... they’re going to wait until the shop opens, and then take a 90-minute tea break

let me tell you, it sure is riveting going through every detailed step of this elaborate criminal operation

then they go back outside and pass through a construction site and then climb a hill

ah, finally!

yeah probably at like 5pm at this rate. the festival will have already ended and you shrug and turn around and head back home

he says that since Hounddog will probably be guarding the area, they’ll rub themselves with dirt and leaves to mask their scent

then they’re gonna hit the famed U.A. barrier, which is impossible to get through without a permit

but apparently La Brava is A HACKING PRO, so she’s gonna hack U.A.’s network and shut down their sensors

is it really that easy? shit. doesn’t U.A. have any IT heroes? little did we know this whole time the password to their network was 1234

lmao we’re flashing back to when they first met

“corrupt businessman scolded” sounds like the kind of shit that should have gone viral tbh

then one day La Brava tracked him down and said she was a huge fan and she offered to help him

she apparently hacked his address. since the police haven’t found them yet, I’m assuming they’ve since moved, or taken down that initial video, or both lol

so now he’s proclaiming that this time around he’ll proudly put his life on the line

aww

yeah so that’s basically it. and now time is progressing to the night before the cultural festival OH GOODNESS

BONUS:

so as promised, we’re gonna do two pages today since I flaked out yesterday!

page one - class B painting the prop dragon

nothing much to say about this one except that obviously they’re going to keep painting it until they’re fucking done painting it, Colander Man

page two - Kenrazaki Bibimi’s profile. I couldn’t find a scanlation for this, so my Google Translate-assisted version is below lol

likes: glittering people, glittering things

the beauty gal

“too beautiful. it’s fun to draw her eyelashes.” lol

is it weird that now that the shock of said lashes has died down some, I actually do think she is really pretty? lol what is this manga doing to me

[blaperile]

Hiveswap Episode 1 Reaction Part 14: All Your Basement Are Belong To Us

Aight, time to head into the basement! Starting at 7:55 PM here, let's see how much of the basement we get done today! And also, I'm pretty curious to see if we'll be diving into our first strife today! I remember seeing footage in trailers of a monster inside the basement, and we haven't been in a strife yet SO FAR (plus, we've just got the flashlight working and have both the tap shoes and ballet slippers on us, so this is probably a great time to get into action for the first time! I'm very curious what that's going to be like, how it will work to actually do these battles. Is it going to be anything like the early Guardian/Imp strifes in Homestuck (with a few options on what to do), will it just be a cutscene, or will it be something more dynamic? Let's see!

Well, here we are! It's surprisingly light down in the basement, especially on the stairs, I'm not sure why Joey was so insistent on having her flashlight working before going down here. :P But uh... that music though! That's surprisingly haunting and dark, much more than in the rest of the house. No monster to be seen though, for now. Maybe that giant monster that chased Joey into her house was the only one that entered the house, for now, and is the monster that is stuck in the trophy room? Perhaps more monsters will only enter as soon as that kitchen window gets broken? ANYWAY, let's look around a bit! First of all, eesh, that lowest step on the basement stairs is broken in half. That looks pretty dangerous. Apparently their washing machine is in the basement? That doesn't seem very handy, considering you'd need to go up/down those basement stairs every time you want to do the laundry. Though I imagine it helps to not have too much issues with the noise upstairs, haha. And hey, there's a letter hanging on the wall. I can read a few words, but not all of it. I wonder if we can zoom in on it? And yup, there's that Typheus minion thingy! Which, now that I think about it, does suggest that Grandpa's visited the Sburb session already prior to finding Baby Jade. Pfff, there's also a bunch of hats of Grandpa there. This doesn't seem like an ideal place to be keeping them, to me. :P Those Hawaiian dolls also look pretty silly. Is... is that a narwhal trophy? 0_0 And of course, a fair share of blue lady portraits here too. I've been noticing something peculiar though. Throughout the house (especially in the living room and in the basement) seem to be a lot of stuff of Grandpa, but a severe lack of stuff that seems to be of Ms. Claire's, other than for example the jewelery box. Are the rest of that stuff mostly in the other part of the house, or did Grandpa get rid of her stuff after she died? :/ Alright, time to examine some stuff. Well, at least their washing machine is apparently still functional. I imagine they'd have a hard time replacing if it got broken, considering the lack of adults around. All-Season Magic Spice Mix && Washing machine ==> Pfff, yes. That's indeed a pretty preposterous idea. Cherub Key && Washing machine ==> And remember kids, always remove your priceless irreplacable heirlooms before doing your laundry! xD Tap shoes && Washing machine ==> ...Now I'm slightly curious if it's possible to active the washing machine once we've turned the power back on. :P Or at least, if it perhaps gives a different bit of narration then when trying this item combination again. Ballet slippers && Washing machine ==> No dryer? Welp, that can't be good. Ahahaha, that piece of narration when examining the laundry. When it first said "all neat and folded" I was immediately like "Eeeeeeh? That doesn't look very neat nor folded", and then the next bit confirmed exactly what I was thinking. :P Batteries && Laundry ==> I just want to find an excuse to say JOEY CLAIRE, EXTRAORDINAIRE whenever I can now. xD Pogs && Laundry ==> I didn't expect this nonsense combination would result into some more sadstuck. :( Poor Joey... Cherub Key && Laundry ==> Well, at least polishing the key with the sock didn't cause some more weird behaviour from it. Tap shoes && Laundry ==> Huh? I wonder if that's a box we'll find somewhere else in the basement. Maybe this is a hint that if we use the tap shoes on it it will cause an item to fall out of it, like with that box in the hallway closet? Hehehe, I find it pretty funny that we can't examine that Typheus minion in the background. Let's just ignore it, shall we? xD That unsettling knight with the shorts can be examined though... All-Season Magic Spice Mix && Knight ==> Well, as long as it doesn't get haunted, that is. :P Pogs && Knight ==> Oh jeez, why do the pogs keep causing more "Joey reflecting on life sadstuck". D: Cherub Key && Knight ==> Oh yes, I'm sure those knights would definitely have some KEY issues about it. ;D Tap shoes && Knight ==> I immediately shrugged off the fire-breathing lizard thing as just a funny joke referencing dragons, but plainWonder does have a good point that this could be a sneaky hint to that mysterious axolotl creature we saw in very early concept-art! Ballet slippers && Knight ==> All Joey needs is some shades now and then she's the punning master. B) Examining the Hawaiian dolls now... OOOOOOOOOOOOOH, well will you look at that! That's some interesting background information!!! This confirms that Grandpa HAS already been to the Pacific! Perhaps that for some reason he knew the Frog Temple was somewhere over there, but didn't know where exactly, and thus spent a long time exploring until he finally found it? If that's where he's been putting his main focus, that would certainly explain why he's always gone from home for such a long time! The Typheus minion does suggest he's already been to the session, so presumably by now he's found the Frog Temple and has made his first visit there? And maybe now he's mainly doing research into the Frog Temple and how to develop Sburb? Anyway, we've advanced a bit more to the left of the basement now, and I suddenly noticed those colorful dolls in those boxes in the background... Are those Squiddles? :O Batteries && Hula girls ==> Yes, that ukelele is presumably acoustic... and presumably fake. :P Pogs && Hula girls ==> Huh? Really? I mean, earlier on after the references to a Japanese variant I looked it up and found pogs might have originated in Japan centuries ago, but perhaps Hawaii simply made a similar thing? Pet treats && Hula girls ==> Yeah, they're pretty ridiculously big. Kind of like the Houseguests, actually. And especially that blue lady doll at Jade's house. Cherub Key && Hula girls ==> I'm sorry Joey, what are we doing to you! xD Tap shoes && Hula girls ==> Another hint that we're supposed to use the tap shoes on that pile of boxes! God, I wonder what's going to happen there. On one hand I think an item might fall out, like in the hallway closet, but plainWonder could be right too that a monster is hidden over there! Oh hey, we can zoom in on the blue lady portraits! Which, like plainWonder just noticed, indeed resemble the ones we've already seen! ...Oh. Oh dear. plainWonder's got a point, what Joey's saying here about that it's okay to ignore something supposedly precious to you as long as you're paying attention to something kind of similar... that could reference how in just a year, Grandpa will apparently completely abandon Joey and Jude and instead focus all his attention on Jade. That's pretty awful. :/ ...Oh no. Oh hell no. I also just realized the same could be said about Nanna: from what Nannasprite told us, it seemed like Grandpa cared a lot about her. And yet... he abandoned her and never came back to her, and instead he's admiring all these blue lady substitutes. That is freaking terrible. God, Grandpa.... :/ On the other hand... I'm suddenly thinking of Jake again, post-retcon Jake to be precise. He felt that he'd screwed up with everyone he cared about, and for a while decided he'd be better off alone and they'd be better off without him. Maybe Grandpa went through a similar phase, but unlike Jake he had no ACTUAL friends who could talk to him about it and have him make up with those? So instead Grandpa continued down this path, isolating himself more and more and abandoning Joey and Jude, just like he'd done with Nanna before. Welp... Again, I reiterate what I said before. I'd love to see things from HIS perspective some day. We know Nanna's side of the story, we know Joey's and soon Jude's, we know Jade's, and we even know Jake's... but we don't know what HE thinks about all this. Anyway, wow. That was surprisingly deep. Moving on! The narwhal now... Welp, yeah, it's a big house to dump a lot of stuff in. I guess the same could be said about Jade's home, haha...ha. Pet treats && Narwhal ==> Even in death... this narwhal won't eat pet treats. :P Random thought here: those tubes in the background, are those (or at least one of them) part of Jude's tube highway? I mean, the kitchen did seem to suggest the tubes went further down to the basement, at least. Huh, looks like we can't examine the box pile in the background. Then perhaps the one we're supposed to tap dance at is further to the left in the basement? Let's go a bit further... HOLY SHIT THOSE ARE BETTY CROCKER BOXES. D: Fortunately with the spoon logo and not with the fork logo, of course. But... eesh. I mean, yeah, I guess he did inherit the company like Nannasprite told us, but still. Hmm... the fact that there's actually only one pile of this stuff in the entire house and dumped on top of each other like thrash makes me wonder what Grandpa actually thinks of Betty Crocker, considering what Nanna told us he and she felt like about the Batterwitch. Hehe, no actual Betty Crocker logo on the boxes. Because of copyright, probably. But I like that they're still very recognizable, with the red spoon logo. And hey, there's the thing to turn the power back on! So this is probably the pile of boxes the narration was hinting at that we needed to tap dance on, and I suppose it will cause the pile to collapse and the switch behind it to become accessible? Let's first examine that mug in the foreground though... Eesh, looks like Mom taps into Grandpa's booze sometimes. Welp. Kind of like how Roxy tapped into her own mom's booze stash. You can even see some stuff inside of the mug apparently... yuck. Pfff, plainWonder's got a point that the caption on the mug ("I love 'staches") is probably supposed to reference this booze stash. Oh my god, those clever bastards. Cherub Key/Tap shoes && Mug ==> Yeah, while Mom is probably indeed a great babysitter and cares a lot about them, just like she'd later do with Rose, it's still clear that she's got some issues of her own. So, some skiing stuff over there! I wonder who owned it, was it Grandpa's or Ms. Claire's? Batteries && Skiing stuff ==> Welp, another combination that wasn't implemented. Cherub Key && Skiing stuff ==> Sudden resolution out of nowhere! Looks like Joey doesn't know either who this stuff belonged to. If it WAS indeed Ms. Claire's, then that's one of the few personal belongings of her that still seem to be around here! That purple cloth around the skiing stuff reminds me a lot of Eridan's cape with Kanaya's blood actually, haha. Ballet slippers && Skiing stuff ==> Well well, so Joey doesn't just practice ballet, she also studies the history of it! That's interesting. Oh boy, time to acknowledge the Betty Crocker pile! Let's first examine the box at the side, I'm not sure if it will provide a different reaction or not? Hehehe, a surprisingly small reaction to it. Looks like it's just general cooking stuff then and not really belongings of Grandpa related to Betty Crocker? Batteries && Betty Crocker box ==> NAMEDROP! :D I guess they probably couldn't use the logo, but referencing the name wasn't really a problem? Anyway, I love the reference to how in B2 Betty Crocker does much more than selling just baking stuff. Cherub Key && Betty Crocker box ==> Huh, okay, that's interesting to know that Ms. Claire was a good cook but this stuff ISN'T hers. Did Ms. Claire for some reason not like Betty Crocker and/or find it suspicious? Aaaaaaand it looks like while Joey knows what Betty Crocker is, she doesn't know that her pa inherited the company. :/ Let's wait with using the tap shoes for now... Hey look, examining the pile provides a different reaction! Okay then, then it should be safe to use the tap shoes on the box already. Tap shoes && Betty Crocker box ==> The hint can be hardly more obvious than this. xD Okay, let's look at the pile! Pfff, a small hint that Betty Crocker was selling some shady stuff back in B1 too. Also, apparently "circuit breaker" is the word for the thing behind it! Trying to "move the junkpile" screams at us louder than ever that we need to use the tap shoes on this thing, haha. Batteries && Betty crocker pile ==> I can't believe I almost missed the "step up your game" pun/hint. xD Pogs && Betty Crocker pile ==> It's fun to pretend. Kind of like Terezi's investigation of Tavros' corpse despite already knowing Vriska did it. :P Pet treats && Betty Crocker pile ==> Ahhh, the eternal Homestuck question of whether or not magic is real. Never gets old. :D Oh boy, time to use the tap shoes now and free up the circuit breaker! OH SHIT SUDDEN (short) CUTSCENE. Well, that came unexpected! It's taken a while, considering this is the first cutscene since the opening animation, hahaha. I assume the next one might be once we encounter a monster? I like how all the boxes are now moved to the side. Alright, let's examine the circuit breaker! I assume once we turn the power back on we'll get a conversation with Jude? Pffff, I love how every single item combination is just basically screaming at Joey to FLIP THE DAMN SWITCH ALREADY. xD Just before we actually go and flip the switch, I'm starting to wonder how the power went out in the first place. Did a monster come down here or something? Which raises the question, is it still here??? Anyway, let's get on with it and FLIP THE SWITCH. I wonder if it will immediately trigger another cutscene or not. Maybe it will just turn the power back on right here and that's it, or are we getting a montage of the power going back on throughout the house? Or maybe even summon a monster to this location and cause our first strife. 0_0 LET'S GO. ... THAT SURE WAS A CUTSCENE ALRIGHT. Oh man, turning the power back on startled a monster DOWN HERE! I have a very bad feeling that if we head back now, we'll suddenly be jumped on by this monster and WILL ENGAGE IN OUR FIRST STRIFE. This is really exciting!!! On another note though, I like how the basement looks right now, with the power on. I only just noticed that ridiculous giant purple doll in that pile in the background. Oh shit... I just noticed a black moving thing just at the edge of the frame to the right, on the blue lady portraits. THE MONSTER IS RIGHT THERE. I also just noticed that the black chain in the background is no longer shaking, like it first was before we turned the power back on. Moving to the right ever so slowly.... god that monster looks scary. IT HAS SO MANY ARMS. Anyway... it's time. Time to face our destiny and face this monster in our very first strife!!!!!! ...Wait no, before we do, I just noticed how the back part of the Typheus minion looks a bit different in this light now, for a second I thought it was a giant Smuppte doll with a giant nose xD OKAY. THAT'S ENTIRELY ENOUGH OF ALL THIS STALLING LET'S GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD *One strife later* Holy... CRAP. That was AWESOME!!!! First of all, I love how the Strife started out like the typical Homestuck strifes, with the "STRIFE!!!" text. It's just so awesome to see the return of that. I absolutely LOVE how Joey started out in an abjuring pose much like John's during the early Homestuck acts!!! That's an amazing callback. And then, all those punny attack names! God, there were a lot of them. Both from our side AND the snake's!!! What I want to say is that I think it's really cool that we could use EVERY item during this strife, and get some unique reactions out of those!!! That just provided me with an immense amount of nostalgia to John's first Imp Strife, where he basically used all items in his inventory against the Imp! I was kind of surprised that we couldn't use the flashlight itself against the monster, nor combinations of the items, but nonetheless, this was really cool! After we first used the tap shoes, for a short time we were pretty clueless on what we needed to do to abscond! We tried the tap shoes again a few times, trying to click on the other parts of its body, or when it's looking away. It took us a bit to figure out that we could use the ballet slippers to abscond AFTER we'd first used the tap shoes, haha. And the music!!! God, that was really cool strifing music. Man, this little Strife makes me so pumped for any upcoming strifes in the future! Alright, let's quit here for today. It's already 10:05 PM, next time we'll see what Joey and Jude have to say to each other now that the power is back on and this strife has happened. Come to think of it... it's interesting how we couldn't use the walkie talkie in the basement, just like we couldn't use it in the trophy room. Do those monsters somehow disturb radio waves? That's an interesting thing to think about.