#but i was not gonna kill that lil flying elephant

[albaharu]

got his dad kidnapped, his friend kidnapped, mizora is waiting for him at camp and his favorite clown got killed. terrible day for the blade.

also he was made to be the perfect trickster hero lying to the baddies with that high charisma so i got him to do the talk

[the-acid-pear]

I did my homework and i did my chores, time to tackle on the third book of this series, Son of Ogre

Chapter 1

Okay but the fuck is Baki planning to do if he stops fighting? That's literally all he has, he's not smart

WOOH THATS A BIT REALISTIC

PREHISTORIC ELEPHANT?!

King just went to have a snack. Also FUCK does that meat look tasty FUCKKK

This baby so cute 🥺

I'm so glad Yuji is doing stupid hilarious shit again it had been a while

Congrats on Baki for that mantis

Chapter 2

Who tf is this kid?

Poor kid lmao, i assume he will meet Baki

Look at my boyyy

HSTSRFAYDF DON'T CALL HIM A MANLET

Imagine Baki actually kills this kid HSJDYSSHCBT

Third comment with a ton of likes is "we do not condone child violence. We do, however, find it hilarious"

Chapter 3

AH SHUT UPPP KIDDO

But i like Baki memeing a round a lil

Chapter 4

🥺🥺 that's so sweet...

HELLOOOO STRYDUM MY GOD YOUR TITS GOT FATTER SIR 😳😳

Yujiro is such a fucking threat to society lmao

I love seeing Baki with his eyes open, he's looking more like his old self

Oh, shadow boxing incoming, alright

Chapter 5

Yuri? 🥺 /j

THE RETURN OF IRON MICHAEL?!

Chapter 6

I love how there's our silly little mains after every cover LUV em <33

Baki just dissociating his ass out and using it on his favor, the king

Why is Baki eating sour prunes aren't those meant to be sweet?

We all salivating

Chapter 7

Love to see there are even more swears there now

I can put my face next to my foot too tho

FAGDRJSEHARD YUJIRO CAN BEAT THE CANCER HOW ICONIC 😍

Also i would LOVE to see Yuji fight an Orca

WHAT?!

I love how everyone in the comments is calling out Rumina for not seeing issue going down to a dark hidden basement with a shirtless man older than him

Chapter 8

"piggy back me" USHSYFLFUDSY

This fight is going to be good

Chapter 9

Imagine Baki dies right here right know against an imaginary mantis lmao

Okay Baki getting damaged makes sense but the WALL?

Baki's dead (GOD IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE SAID THAT)

Ffs it's true Baki COULD create himself a stand 😰

Chapter 10

OH FUCK IT'S TRUE

Chapter 11

This fight is so boring i had to take a 6 hour break

Baki just can't win against nature eh

This reminds me of Garland pulling a suplex on that Anaconda

Chapter 12

I can't wait for the main cast to ACTUALLY appear, instead of just, you know, them in the covers

This fight is slow but cool but slow

To fight a mantis you must think like a mantis 😎

Though it's true in this manga you will most likely win if you steal your opponent techniques so

Chapter 13

I MISS IGARI FUCKKK

This is so dumb i luv it

That mantis be swearing lmao

Love it when Baki goes full Yujiro

Chapter 14

TOBA...

Holy fuck do mantis fly?

Secret Chapter?

Is this how Yujiro got born?

Idk girl i would have killed him if i was you

WHAT.

I KNOW THOSE FROGS THEY ARE FROM PUERTO RICO I THINK

I might just be sleepy but this is so confusing

AKSHSKGSKSGSJSG JUST KILL THE BABY IT AINT THAT HARD

Chapter 15

GAIA...

Why is he like this?

Is "he" with us right now?

...gotta admit that IS true...

I love Strydum sksgwhwg

Yujiro really went XD

I don't think my man Arun in the comments is aware how gay what he said is, though maybe I'm wrong

Chapter 16

GOD THESE FUCKING COVERS MAKING ME SO NOSTALGIC, LOOK AT SPEC!

ANIME KENNEDY?!

I can't believe Bush is dead

AN ASIAN BOY HAS JUST KIDNAPPED THE PRESIDENT...

8 of January? My god he's a Capricorn

I'm sorry, what?

LAHQIGWKQFWKSFWIWG 😭😭

I love Baki so much, THIS IS THE KID THAT I MISSED SO MUCH

This explains why Baki was in prison clothes in the anime teaser

Chapter 17

BIG NUMBER

That one mf like 😐

Glad Baki is 18 now at least 😌

Love to see Oliva back

Chapter 18

This page not even bothering to charge the pages anymore

I'm sure there were better ways to go to jail, well, actually, no, but still

Toba used to just chew that off

Baki did that mantis hit you in the head too hard?

I. I watched way too many prison movies and shows. I don't like seeing someone as young and pretty as Baki in such a place. I rlly don't.

Chapter 19

Yanagi baby i miss you...

IRON MICHAEL?!

Mfkhsjsys 😳🥴

Eh got my hopes too high

CHE BAKI PIBE... LA PUTA MADRE NI ACA ME ESCAPO DE MIS COMPATRIOTAS

I hope he swears too i want to see a boludo o pelotudo PLEASE

I mean para pelotudos lo veo a Yujiro todo el tiempo pero igual JSGWKEGWG me pone bien argento ver al Che carajo

Chapter 20

HE SAID BOLUDO SUAHWKWGAKSGSKSGSKGD

I can't take this omfg new fav I'm sorry Doppo but he just said boludo 😭

Pendejo is more used as pibe here but i will let it pass bc idk the lingo in Cuba and he spent some time there so

Why don't i speak like this too ffs? All i do is say eh and call it a day

He's cocky enough to call anybody any age pibe so I'll let that pass too

Por favor no lo hagas che sksgwj

Chapter 21

Che, pibe, it's a good day to die...

Chapter 22

GSHAGSTSG he should have said "no boludo"

I'm falling in love with this boludo myself

That's talented and brutal

OH RIGHT YOU LOSE YOUR BALANCE WHEN YOU DONT HAVE THAT

Chapter 23

Hm that's, cringe

YESSS HE SAID PELOTUDO

OAHWLGWKQFSKSGSJS SIII ROMPELO TODO CHE, ROMPELO TODO POR DECIRTE YANKEE KSGSSJGS

Honestly i too get pissed off when called American or European, though i won't throw shit to Baki, he's some random 18 yo japanese boy, no way he would recognize latinoamerican lingo lmao

King shit Baki boy

Chapter 24

Oh that's why he's called Jun Guevara, that's fair

I like how they are mixing a bit of truth and a bit of lie it's fun at least

Chapter 25

I like how they are drawing nipples now, occasionally

I can't wait for Viêt to complain about propaganda in the comments

OH SHIT

😳 :Y

He's sooo nice 😍

Chapter 26

Only three? You mean the third is... 👁️👁️

HAHA YEAH YUJI-CHAN <3

I can't believe he works for the USA I'm crying and shaking rn

What a progressive manga, the three strongest and most dangerous men and none of them are white 😍

GET HIS ASS BAKI

Chapter 27

Why is this guy sweating sm?

LDYDYSUGFUDT BAKI PLS

I like how the only time Baki was willing to kill a person was when he thought Sikorsky had hurt his girl

Chapter 28

I feel like Ian will die

Man i love how Baki is drawn in this book

Ffs i called it, i have watched way too many prison things to know how shit goes down

I have seen these three before in fanart but I'm curious to see what they can do

Chapter 29

Their faces remind me of Doyle

OH I CANT WAIT TO SEE EM IN THE ANIME

ASSHOLE DON'T CALL ME STUPID 😢💔

I'm gonna struggle to tell em apart but i think I'll manage

Okay I'm not the only one who thinks they look like Doyle, fair

Chapter 30

The mouth vs Yujiro when?

Someone mentioned the have the same vibe as the dudes that worked with Gaia and like 👁️👁️

Chapter 31

Lmao someone in the comments recommended the same thing

These three must be great at sex (sorry)

KSHALDHDKD NEW FAV COMMENT: "go to Japan and look for the word "defeat". That way you won't feel cocky anymore"

Chapter 32

Hehe hello Junnn~

KSHAKDHKWGS

La luna

Chapter 33

LOS TRES...

Okay that's funny, hocico instead of mouth (hocico is used for animal mouths)

I'm so glad i know Spanish

The two things that drive me insane and make me ramble are Doppo's beauty and this stupid argentinian

OSHSKWGSKSG

Chapter 34

Imagine he's doing that illusion thing Dorian did

With his own blood, that's so cool...

Hoho...!

I did that once when i had a terrible nose bleed, didn't go well

Chapter 35

This book is fucking boring NGL

"now that you got no more urine left in you"

AH.

GAHDYR LMAO

Chapter 36

HO THAT TITLE, PLEEEASE I NEED SOMETHING, ANYTHING, TO HAPPEN

HHH he kinda cute...

Oww :(

JDJSJFRGAJ

God piantao is an old word i had never heard it before

AND he took a piss.

LOCO NO SEAS HOMOFÓBICO NINGUNA MINA ACA ES MEJOR QUE ESTE PIBITO TE LO ASEGURO SKSGSKGSJAAGS

Se me cayó un ídolo y yo que le quería dar 😔

ÑSHWQLSGOSGDKW

Let's see if he lied to Baki about just liking eh /j

Chapter 37

I luv Oliva lol

AJSGSKSLAGHS BAKI SNAPPED

I too wonder where the fuck Kozue is

Chapter 38

LSHSLDGSLSGSIEG

He is jealous of what you two have, it's normal, el Che just rejected his love after all ;/

Oliva is a king

OH A HANKERCHIEF I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNDERWEAR SHSGS-

Oh shit Oliva is like 45?! He looked so young

Te fuiste a la mierda, Che, el chabón estaba siendo re bueno con vos

Baki is just dead

Chapter 39

I love how realistic Che's fear is, he's rather smart, though not this time

POOR GUY AJSGSWJW

I didn't realize Che said "what more, it may be a woman!" but to be fair they ARE in jail so

Chapter 40

I'm feeling kinda bad for him ngl

I feel happy for him tho 🥺

Bruh they added one page after the ending of some naked anime girl tf 😐

Chapter 41

These prisoners having fun is kinda sweet

YO INSANE

Bitches be complaining about Maria's looks are just jealous 🥰

Chapter 42

Damn she lorge

He loves fighting naked eh

Only valid person is the one saying Oliva deserves better treatment which tbh true

Chapter 43

Fun fact i wear my jacket like El Che too, unless it's too cold

El che with the hair lose is so cute bro,,,

Something something fingering joke

Sikorski could fold a coin too

I bet the bandana will break

Chapter 44

I would have just fallen on top of him, how is he gonna counter that, eh?

Oh that super fun to know!

Oh the good ol dirty technique, i have seen this one before!

Chapter 45

NOOO MARIA DON'T DO THIS TO HIM

This fight is super cool tho i love these two characters

Chapter 46

They just keep changing the rules i think Itagaki is just flexing at this point

LAAOSFKAGSKAGSKAF???

Baki wants his protagonism back

I'm getting pissed off they keep putting semi naked underaged girls at the end of every chapter 😐

Chapter 47

Bruh just realized, the mouth got so hyped as this new cool villain and they died in their first appearance 😭

His damn bandana...

[adventuresloane]

The Wanted (Revised Hurloane Fic) -- Ch. 7

“They had nearly as many names as they had stories told about them. Ram. Raven. Red. Devil. Deputy. Outlaw. Short ‘n Long. Ghosts of the Rapids.”

Hurley’s a bounty hunter, the Raven is an outlaw, and the desert is a lonely place.

(The 50k+ Old West Hurloane AU Where Hurley Becomes A Thief Too that no one asked for. Updates every Friday. Edited and reposted from an old version of the story–more significant changes to come in later chapters. T for non-graphic violence and discussions of death/injury/trauma.)

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Both of them reached town by the following night, after seeing the steady approach of the buildings in front of them for hours. They all looked the same. It seemed, somehow, that they should have changed, since everything else had in the meantime.

Hurley had told her that they had some supplies they could give her before they left, if she wanted them. It sort of shocked them when she agreed to wait. Nobody's around, she'd said, and even if they were, there aren't many who'd know me at a glance without the mask on. If you can sneak me in, I'm there.

Nevertheless, she insisted on waiting right inside their little house while they gathered the stuff, presumably so she could ensure that they wouldn’t sneak out and call on anybody to come and catch her. They couldn’t expect a complete lack of doubt, after all.

When they had everything, they came out to find Sloane with her hands tucked beneath her arms, shifting on her feet. "Hi. Are you feeling okay?"

"Good as I can be, I'd say. This is sort of a den of vipers I'm in here." She grinned at her laconic way, but her gaze kept flicking to the windows like a trapped insect flying into the glass. Even in the poor light, they shone, alert. She was ready to bolt into the night and evaporate into the blackness outside, if needed.

"You're gonna be alright. No one's even around this time of night, usually."

"Yeah. I mean, it's fine, it's not like I'm..." Sloane trailed off as she looked into the pouch that Hurley had passed her. "Holy shit, how much did you give me?"

"Kind of a lot. I hope you can carry it all."

She pulled out the lantern by its heavy metal ring to look at it, wide-eyed. "I can't take all this. It's yours, isn't it?"

Hurley shrugged. "I got my house here. And the general store and even my neighbors. I can get whatever I need. You're gonna be out in the middle of nowhere for gods-know-how-long. I want you to be ready."

With a scoff, she said, "I've been alright out there with far less, believe me." She looked down, in thought. Suddenly she appeared still, really still, rather than simply poised to flee. Then she turned to Hurley, and there was that soft glance again. She looked bared. "But...but thank you. And hey, something to remember you by, yeah?"

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" they asked with a smirk.

"Well, truth be told, I'm not sure I could make myself forget any of this if I wanted to."

"I don't think I want to. I'll..." They rubbed their neck. It wouldn't do either of them any good to say they would miss her. Thrusting their regrets out into the open would change nothing. "I just hope you're going to be alright out there."

"Desert's where I've always done best," she said with a small shrug. "I'd rather be out there than in a town that wants me dead."

"Right. You sure I can't...put you up somehow? I could hide you at my place for a couple days. Just to recover, after the time we've had."

"Nah, much too risky." Her chest heaved with a breath, and then suddenly her grin returned. "But hey, that truce of ours can only last so long, huh? Might run into you again one of these days when you're trying to catch me."

"Oh, so you're scared of me now?"

"Given that you're almost the only one who's managed to lasso me so far? Think I have a right to be."

Hurley chuckled, then bit their lip. "I mean, I hope at this point you know I wouldn't do that to you again. I...the truce doesn't have an expiration date, you know?"

"Well, we'll see."

For another moment, they stared at her solemn profile, turned toward the outside. Soft streaks of bright moonlight touched the smooth curves of her cheekbones and prominent nose. It softened her edges, made them vague. It seemed that at any moment her form could fade from view altogether, become just as intangible as the light. All of her was precious, something Hurley hardly ever had a hope of seeing again in their lifetime. The thought made them weak in the way that hunger made them weak, a scraping at the lining of their belly from the inside.

Before they could dwell on the feeling, she took one step forward. Hurley waited. They felt like they might frighten her off if they made a move. Sure enough, when she didn't see them move, she raised her hand in the air, then brought it down gently onto their shoulder.

Nothing happened.

After several moments of silence, they finally cocked an eyebrow at her. She said, "Um." They felt increasingly hot despite the falling evening temperature as she gave them a couple little pats on the shoulder. "Take...take care of yourself, alright?"

They laughed lightly. "Oh, Sloane..." They paused, then put their hand over hers and squeezed lightly. "I wish nothing but the best for you, you know that?"

"Yeah, alright." Her mouth was practically pressed into her shoulder. "So...bye, then?"

"Yes."

Both of them stood there.

After a beat, Sloane seemed to remember something suddenly and pulled her hand away. "Right, uh, I'll just--"

It didn't happen grandly. There was just the unassuming sound of pebbles in the street skittering under the leather of a shoe, hardly louder than a whisper. It would have been wholly unremarkable were it not the only sound aside from that of their own voices. They whipped around and took a moment to comprehend the situation now in front of them, materialized out of the darkened alleyway. There was a slight figure, and his gun was pointed Hurley's way, and they were almost startled for their own sake before they realized that he was aiming high.

Lil' Jerry looked at Sloane like a kid would look at some fantastic zoo animal.

"Geez," he said slowly. His nasal voice was full of the same wonder that they saw in his eyes. "I heard you were pretty bold, Raven, but coming back here is so stupid I've gotta be impressed."

Sloane's hands scraped against the wooden wall at her back. It seemed that she intended to claw into it, searching for a way to secure herself to the hard facade. The muscles in her jaw moved and bulged. She said nothing. There was that same look in her eye from a few weeks and a world ago, when she was a different person to them and they were a different person to themself. She looked as she had when they had first caught her, in the raw moment when she was open as a new wound before hardening. She was made of fear, as, they now knew, she had been then.

Jerry flicked his head toward Hurley, then, as though they had just popped into existence in front of him. "You're alive?"

That was a good question. Was this really happening? Judging by the way their hot heart was trying to drill its way straight out of their ribcage, it seemed so.

"You know, you could've just brought her to the jail," he said, sounding irritated. "I dunno how the hell you managed to drag her back here, but you might quit playing the hero now and trying to do everything yourself. You know, I wouldn't have even come to help if I hadn't seen the lamp on in your win--"

"What are you doing here?" they blurted. "How did you even...did Bane come back with--"

"Bane? You know as well as I do that that man's got a hide like an elephant. Nothing could kill him, hardly." He shook his head. "You know, he wanted to go back and look for you after that storm. We managed to convince him he was crazy, given he could hardly breathe after we got caught out in it." As if on cue, he coughed.

"He's alive," Hurley whispered, thinking it was to themself. "He's here." Then, quickly, they looked over at Sloane and found her looking right back at them, taking her eyes off the gun for the first time.

"He is, no thanks to you." He had already grown bored with Hurley, it seemed. He was turned away from them again, and the curl came back to his lip. He took a few steps toward Sloane. "Listen, I'll make you a deal. I let you have all the credit for bringing her back, so long as Bane knows I'm the one who actually brought her to the jail." He was right up against her now, and it was with a relaxed slowness that he pressed the barrel of his revolver up into the soft flesh just behind her chin, underneath the tongue. Her head tilted up until her neck was fully exposed and she looked down at him like a frantic mustang, flaring nostrils, white-eyed. She looked all around for an exit route but kept bringing her gaze back to the gun. They could feel the ice of the metal on their own skin like a phantom pain.

He pulled cuffs out from the back of his belt and the jangle of them was like frantic bells and this wasn't how it was supposed to go. The two of them hadn't traveled this far for it to end like this, and it would not, could not.

"S..." They started speaking before they knew what they were saying. Rattle of metal in their ears. "Stop it. Stop it!"

Then there was a single great bang and, next to Jerry's feet, a hole in the floor with a starburst of black around its edges. Sulphur-scented smoke got in their eyes.

She was staring at them. They tried not to look back. They focused on their line of sight as they stared down the barrel of their pistol at the man in front of them.

"Hi, Jerry," they said politely. "Yes, I'm alive alright. Do me a favor and drop that weapon, okay?"

He blinked. He blinked again. They couldn't really blame him. "What're you--"

"It's gonna be fine. Just back away from her."

"Why..." He looked between them and Sloane. They saw him thinking about turning the gun on them.

"Jerry," they said with a sigh, "don't. You know I'm quicker."

He did know. He shook his head fast to try and dislodge the knowledge. "You wouldn't--"

"I wouldn't?" They took one measured stride forward. Of course they wouldn't. It was all bluff. But all they needed was for him to believe it.

He didn't seem to, entirely. But there was more of fear than suspicion in him, more of an instinct to quit while he was ahead. That was one of the few things they'd always liked about him. It took him only half a second more to drop the gun and raise his hands.

"Thank you." They turned to her then. "Sloane, come here."

She took another slack-jawed moment to react, looked at him once, and then went over to Hurley. They pressed the grip of the gun into her hand. Her fingers were loose, and she nearly dropped it before pointing it at Jerry. Her form was terrible. They bound his wrists as she held the revolver on him.

They thought about dropping him inside their house, then thought better of it. They had to be sure someone would find him in the morning--they wouldn't have left him tied for days. So they dragged him the extra feet to the sheriff's office, where, amidst his cursing, they threatened some and apologized more and ultimately left him locked in a utility closet. Then they walked away so fast they might as well have been jogging, blew right past a waiting Sloane outside, and pressed their forehead against an outside wall in an attempt to cool it, wondering exactly what it was that they had just done.

"Hurley." Sloane's whisper was loud, full of urgency. "What was that? Why did you do that?"

"I don't know," they said from inside their hands. This was the aftermath of a dynamite blast. It had happened in a moment, and now there was no way to retrieve the fragments that had been scattered to the winds. No fixing this.

"You don't know?!" Sloane let out an incredulous huff. "Hurley, do you have any idea what you just did? To your whole life? Come sun-up, it's open season on you. Fuck, they even know what you look like." The longer she went on, the more she sounded almost angry. She kept making sweeping gestures with her hand at nothing in particular, at everything, at where "they" lurked. "Gods almighty, Hurley, they're gonna hunt you! They'll come after you with--with dogs--"

"I'm aware, Sloane!" they snapped back. "I've been 'them,' in case you forgot. I'm not an idiot."

"Well, shit, then what were you thinking?!"

"I..." They stopped. They hadn't thought, really. It had been like pulling their hand from a hot fire. There was no time to think about why they did it. They just knew they had to. It felt like self-preservation, even though it hadn't been themself they were protecting back there. "I guess I just got to liking you when you weren't in chains, and I didn't like the idea of you being back in them."

She visibly jolted, took a step back.

For awhile, neither of them said anything. Finally, they shrugged. "I just did what I thought was right."

Even her steps were hushed and gentle as she padded back over to them. She looked at them a long time. "You really did do that for me, didn't you?"

They chuckled a little ruefully. "Well, yeah. I don't think it's going to benefit me a whole lot, at least."

They saw the corner of her mouth lift by degrees. It was far more than her usual, tight-lipped, mischievous grin. She was open-mouthed and open. They had indeed done what they felt was right.

It lasted only a moment. She cleared her throat and said, "We've got to get you out of here."

"'We?'"

She had half-turned around, but paused to look back. "Well...if you're willing to come." More assertively, she went on, "Just so you could lie low for awhile, until the fuss around here dies down, and then, I don't know, figure out what to do as you go, I guess. Seems like kind of your M.O. Anyway, I got a bit of experience running from authorities, as you might recall, and my assumption is you could use some help with--"

"Sloane?"

"Yeah?"

They snorted, blinked away the hot prick in their eyes. "Of course. If you'll have me, of course." They went up to her, then stopped short. "Can I hug you?"

"Oh...fine, but fast. I want to move."

They did, and her arms stiffened as she wrapped theirs around her. But only a little.

She slid out of their grip before long. "I'm going to get ready to leave,” she muttered. “You get what you need. I’ll be back soon.”

"Sloane?" Hurley went to grab her hand as she turned away, but pulled back at the last minute, only brushing the thin fingers. "Be careful, alright?"

There was a snort in response. "You got a lot of fuckin' nerve telling me that, after that stunt of yours." But she could be seen smiling through the night.

What she had commanded them to do was easier said than done. They had a lifetime and then some of trinkets and heirlooms that they had brought back from their first home. None of them had value, because back then, right before they'd left, anything worth anything had had to be sold. Only the priceless things had been left untouched. These were what they had carried with them where they went, despite their weight.

They didn’t know how to prioritise. Everything was of equal worth to them. When they imagined leaving something behind, choosing their sister’s old doll over the tin-type of their mother, they imagined erasing the memory attached to the abandoned item. They couldn’t possibly prioritise their memories.

But Sloane would tell them that they couldn’t take all of it regardless. Sloane traveled light.

They came outside, bag full and eyes wet, to see her creeping their way with an already saddled horse.

"Did you steal that?"

"No, I wished upon a star."

"She's so pretty!" Hurley let the horse smell their hand and rubbed under her chin. "What's her name?"

"I tend not to name them. Sometimes I have to leave them behind with no notice. I don’t like getting attached.”

“Oh.”

“Anyway, you ready? Or do you need to do anything else?"

“I…” They gripped the strap of their bag until their knuckles hurt. “No. No, we have to leave.”

They were hardly on the horse’s back before Sloane started off. They went and went.

It astounded them when their head began to nod forward, at least as much as a person half-asleep was capable of being astounded. Being bounced in the saddle by the horse's trotting underneath them, with the thoughts of what they had just done nipping at their heels, they would have thought that the adrenaline would make them immune to exhaustion. But after maybe an hour of riding, the town that had been receding from them all this time had fallen off the edge of the earth, disappearing from the precipice of the horizon, so that they could believe it had never existed at all. They felt the swirl of thoughts in their mind finally condense and settle into something thick and heavy at the base of their skull, weighing them down. The dull thudding of hooves in the sand had the effect of waves washing up repeatedly, endlessly.

They must have begun to slump noticeably, because the horse's hoofbeats slowed and quieted. "You tired?" Sloane asked.

They barely bothered opening their mouth to slur, "A little." They were leaning back in their seat. Idly, they realized that they were warm, and that that, more than likely, was why they were able to sleep.

The horse stopped. Behind them, Sloane shifted and moved away a little as she shuffled around, and suddenly their makeshift backrest was gone. They caught themself before they could fall all the way backward. "I kept telling you not to keep watch the whole night and let me have a turn," she muttered as she reached for a rope at her side. "No wonder you're exhausted now."

They watched her hands slip under their arms and loop the rope around their waist. "What are you doing?"

"That's so you don't fall off." She passed the cord behind her back and knotted it in front of their belly, binding them quite literally at the hip. "You ever slept on the go before?"

"No, not really."

"Well, try it. I'm gonna keep riding through the night. You can just rest."

"What about you?" they asked around a yawn. "You're gonna get tired."

"I'll be alright. I've slept fine the past couple nights. Anyway, I've got to stay up. I'm the one who actually knows where to go." Out here, without fire, there was no light. They could not see the face of the woman inches from them as she craned her neck towards the squat mountains to the east, with a silhouette blacker against the black sky. As their eyelids drooped, everything blurred. They became unaware of where she ended and the sky began.

Then she turned toward them and got huffy. "Sleep, dammit."

"Okay," they mumbled, and fell back again but did not hit anything hard.

Hurley could not be sure how long the pause was before they felt her exhale into their thick hair. She gave a soft, short "Hyup" to the horse, and the rhythm began again, as fast and steady as before. They faded quickly.

[patricianandclerk]

OKAY, SO

in the bathroom, i think i want to get a sansevieria or a similar succulent - I just want a little bit of greenery in there to help soak up moisture and just sit neatly on the top of the medicine cabinet

in my bedroom, i’m gonna look and see what exactly they have, but i’d very much like to have a peace lily, perhaps a begonia, perhaps nasturtiums, and maybe some strawberries

in the living room, on the windowsill I’m thinking at least one spider plant, maybe an elephant ear or a rubber plant? and some other smaller plants to run along that sill, herbs and so forth, but then i’d like to have a set of pot shelves or a stand with some other stuff, and i’m not sure what! i want to have the bell peppers, i know that, and other than that i’d just like to have some standing plants as well as the ones on the sill - i know you can grow lemons indoors and i’m like *eyes emoji* because i’d fuckin love to grow my own lemons, how fuckin sick would that be

and if there’s a tiny little cactus or something i’ll bop it on the frame on the kitchen window, because that space is very bare and could do with some colour, and maybe get a little thing to bop on my desk

also someone mentioned having a sundew to eat small flies which... honestly, an extremely sexy idea, i might grab one and either have it on the kitchen frame or on the small sill in the entrance stairwell, because like. god that’s so cool, i want to share my home with a lil insectivorous plant. i think i had a venus fly trap when i was a little boy? i feel like it died quickly, but i remember having the kit

i’m obviously not going to get all this stuff at once - i’m gonna prioritise the stuff that’s harder to kill, like the sansevieria, the spider plants, and the herbs, as well as starting the bell peppers off asap, and then i’ll build up to other stuff after i get into the habit of being on top of watering, checking soil, et cetera

johnstones garden centre in dublin actually does home delivery for only 4.95 to anywhere in ireland, and i think i’m gonna order a sundew from them, as well as one or two other things, but i think the bulk of everything i’m gonna get in person in woodies because i want to chat with someone face-to-face

and honestly while i’m in woodies i’m actually gonna be buying like, some other bird feeding stuff, so i’m just gonna be looking about at the plants at the same time

[pepperpaprika]

S3 Squeeing

Under the cut, mostly nonsense. :’D I’ll do a proper review once I digest it maybe!

First watch, no subtitles, GO.

(I’m sorry about name spellings)

EPISODE 1: 

huh they still have the same opening.

KEITH IS SO SAD

ah yes the zarkon shiro moaning

NO KEITH DONT DO THE WOBBLY EYES

ahhh i forgot the robovoiceover thing the bom have need to add.

skirts seem to be a status symbol with galra.

NINJA RUN OMFG.

oooh nice torpedo, hunk!

omfg an actual parade.

WAIT WAS IT KOLIVAN SAYING "IM SORRY KEITH" earlier??

pooegian? aw cute name. im seriously getting avatar flashbacks tho.

planet keffron, feathery ears

freedom fighters.

intergalactic fashion pirate coran- YES

lance is all about the glory lmao

OMG ALLURA NO- LOOK AT THAT SHOCK.

you can tell they ALL know they stepped on keiths landmine.

Commander Thrak --OH NO THEY ARE HIDING ZARKONS ILLNESS.

this guy is hunched.... OMG SHES A CHAMELEON.

LOL KOLIVAN IS AT THE HEAD

galra empire is most massive... it seems like it could rule another ten thousand years.

LOL KEITH. SO ANGERY.

poor boy.

oh hey pizza roll and pig in a blanket.

LOTOR a;lskdas;klj -Exiled prince -halfbreed at best, no honor -generals can fight for the throne -fighting beside your forces is considered lowly.

omfg. OMFG. LOTOR IS PRETTIER THAN I THOUGHT.

OMFG WHERE DID THEY COME FROM

YEAH GROWL BB

alskdjaskdjaskldj;asjkd;lasjkd;laslk;jdlasjk;dklajsd HES SHORT

LOL NICE PUNCH

Your own agression is your undoing.

oh he was expecting to be killed wasnt he.

arena is to the death confirmed.... so how did that robeast survive.

as;ldkjasdkjasd HEY THEY HAVE GEMS ON THEIR GLOVES/HANDS.

DONT TURN YOUR BACK ON A BLOODTHIRSTY GENERAL LOTOR PLS.

I mean sure theres an audience but still.

oh wow that guy has wolverine hands.

pet the kitty

let him rot with the ice worms~

LOL theyre all looking at lance... i guess they agreed beforehand.

EPISODE 2

nice seaside mediterranean city

is that an elephant?

whoah chameleon girls antenna is super long.

HOW DID THEY LAND GENTLY. oh i see... hmn ita racial.

whoah. she strong.

oh my god. HES THERE.

well i like how chameleon girl is like ty lee

LOL how allura chose the colors.

LOL SAME KEEF.

BLACK LION LOOKS SO SAD ON ITS SIDE. /CRAI

aw ladies first.

LOL PIDGE. lajkasdjasl;kdj

NOT IT. YES HUNK.YOU DIDNT EVEN TRY.

I LOVE IT HUNK.

PIDGGGGE

30 mins of lance sitting in the lion.

but im not you. i cant beat them like you.

PLEASE NO. OMG

LOL LANCES FACE. SO DISAPPOINTED.

I DONT ACCEPT THIS.

OMG SHES PLAYING WITH THE CAT

"no black lion"

oh. shes part snake not lizard?  DID SHE HYPNOTIZE HIM

THIS ONES FOR YOU SHIRO.

oh. they have warp technology.

Lancey Lance. JUST A PHASE. lmaooooo. HIS BEST LINE.

controls dont respond like the red lions.... hmm..

KEITH PROLLY TRAINED IT TO BITE MY HEAD OFF.

Allurance shoulder touch. well I didnt see that coming.

YEAH ALLURA.

There's something different about that lion... its pilot isnt in control.

lol keith thanks coran but not lance. I mean its not his fault this time, technically.

BE CAREFUL WITH RED.

weve seen enough, retreat.

LOL zarkon has a son allura: deeply disturbing.

LANCE STOP TALKING LIKE YOURE GONNA LEAVE HER FOR GOOD.

FALLEN WARRIORS.. AND SHIRO.

"I'm glad it was you."

OMG KEITH.

Episode 3

lol keith no. NOT EVERYONE CAN FLY A THING IN TWO MINS OK.

LOTOR WANTS TO KNOW MORE INFO

fkljas;kdfsaklj YES GO ONE ON ONE

LANCE WHY

omg. OF COURSE HES GOOD AT FLYING. OF COURSE.

DOES THIS THING HAVE BREAKS.

lol yes this was gonna suck from the start.

LOL GARRISON TRIO

GREAT LEADERSHIP KEITH FFFFFT

man this is a trainwreck.

oh man theyre not gonna be able to form are they.

LOL

LOTOR CAN SEE YOU

How disappointing... indeed, Lotor.

oh no keith playing straight into his hands.

nice planet tho.

omg. NOOOO KEEF NO.

huh Hunk has been really careful of allura huh :o its kinda interesting that hes the one who woories about her most... ope theres lance

'its not about the team its about the mission" - very telling.

lol he looks like orochimaru in that helmet, lotor.

generals call him lotor. interesting

LOL THAT SPLAT

alkdjasdkjsa NOOOO

oh no hes gonna capture allura first.

WHY ARENT THE LIONS GUIDING THEM?

ohhh no she dropped into the abyss.

aw shes super scared.

lol yes keith you followed him into his trap.

"oh em gee"

WHAT WOULD LANCE DO

laskdjasldjkaskjdjskjsadfjkljksdla

ALLURA WHY OMG. PARTICLE BARRIER.

abbb ok she must want to be guided. makes sense.

d;alsjdasl IM GLAD WERE ALL MAKING FUN OF LANCE looool.

ahhh there we go 3 eps in before voltron can be formed.

HUNK IM A LEG pretty cool right. IMMORTAL WORDS.

EPISODE 4

lol allura you were never gonna be the last alteans alive unless youre a lot worse at shapeshifting than you thought.

I love this science talk.

DONT GO INTO THE LIGHT.

oh its a wormhole.

ahah a time capsule ship of alteans. Nice.

Orrr not.

whoah lots of arms on that one. IS IT SLAV.

wheres slav anyway.

bom?

ALdaslk;djAS:LKdjasdljOMFG

OMFG.

YES IT IS SLAV AND SHIRO. SVEN.

aldfjlkqwlk;jehs ITS THE ACCENT.

"I MAY BE CRAZY"Nice slav.

ldjasd;lkj LOL LANCE HAS RED GUN.

"OH THATS HIM"

;ldkaslkak I LOVE ITTTTT

ALTEANS ARE EVIL. YES.

EMPRESS

WHAT IS THAT BEHIND THEM A YUPPER.

NO DONT HELP THE EVIL ALTEANS PIDGE.

its nice that all the new chars are girls.

alkjd;askdjasjkl;d I CANT EVERY TIME SVEN TALKS.

Moxus hmn. OMG BRAINWASHING. ALTEAN BRAINWASHING.

preservation of life. is the highest prioirty.. interesting...

YOOHOO UP HERE.

I love how sven has a mullet.

GUNS OF GAMORA.

Voltron can travel between realities. I love this plot device.

ohhhh no. oh nooo. shes doing it WHY ARE YOU SO BLIND.

awww the mice are so SAD.

i cant stop laughing whenever i see Sven.

ASLkdjaskld;jasjdkl THIS IS THE REALITY WHERE EVERYTTHING WORKS OUT FINE.

DOGPILE

I LOVE ITTTT.

;lkvsdf;aldkas;lkd LOL SVEN SVEEEN. lol shance with sven?

DOES HE DO THIS IN EVERY REALITY.

I LOVE THIS REALITY TOO SLAV.

NOOO DONT TAKE IT TO LOTOR. though thats probably needed to make a comparable weapon to voltron.

DESTROY IT

welp.

EPISODE 5

alk;sdjaskj SHIRO

SHOW ME THAT LONG HAIR BABY.

oh wait this is a dream isn't it.

whoah. such hair.

HOBO SHIRO

wtfffff is happeniiing. STAGE 3??

wow the animation quality went up tho.

YOU BE THAT AMERICAN NINJA SHIRO

hmm thigh wound.

anime snow...

aw haggar, its ok.

Yep thigh wound. Niiiiice legs. oh nooo.shiro.

interesting. an oasis of warmth. ohhhh NO NOO NO. GET AWAY.

TENTACLES.

WHAT IS THIS OTHER ALIEN.

lol shiros face. he's so done.

but somethings not adding up.

why was he allowed free?

eiii the return of the term "years"

IDK WHAT IT IS BUT HOBO SHIRO LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER RENDERED SOMEHOW? LIKE AN OVA?

lol yes why dint they GO WITH HIM.

but how did his hair get so long??

ALTERNATE REALITY?

VOLTRON.YES SHIRO. AH HES TOO FAST FOR ME.

oh. THAT ARM.

Lotor is on bad terms Haggar. I AM THE LEADER BUT I AM NOT MY FATHER.

holy shit that arm looks like shiros arm.

OH NO SHIROOO.

alksdjasjd OMG MEMORIES.

BLACK SAVE HIM. SAVE HIIIM.

NOODLES.

EPISODE 6

LANCE LIKE WHIPS. OF COURSE HE DOES.

WHERES SHIRO.

oh new white undershirt.

KEITH JUST TALKING TO SHIRO IN THE DARK IN HIS ROOM.

"they need you you know." Keith talking about himself.

AS MANY TIMES AS IT TAKES TO SAVE YOU SHIRO.

oh. SHORT SLEEVES.

oomg. omg.

I LOVE THE GEEK TALK.

...OH NO

HEY MAN.

SOLID MATH LOL.

Leave the math to pidge. LOL. solid advice.

HUNK BUTT WIGGLE.

LOL keith defers ofc.

THE HAIR IS ALL WROOONG. ITS GOING THE WRONG WAY.

oh no.

THIS MAY BE THE WORST POST IN THE GALRA EMPIRE BUT ITS MY POST. VICTORY OR DEATH. I LOVE YOU FOR THAT THROK.

oh its lotors guards.

???

OMG. OH NO. TELEDUV.

ohh no. SHEITH FIGHT.

lol they believe shiro ofc.

oh so it IS her.

OH YEAH AMBIDEXTROUS KEITH.

aw yes allura grab lances scruff.

ohhh no. this is a rift.

lotors brains vs shiros brains. hmn.

NICE KEITH.

ooooh no.

I wonder if Throk is still alive and can snitch.

Shoulder touch.

SOFT LOOK. The black lion has chosen you.

landing codes? what? whoa lotor. SO THAT PLAN WAS TO SET UP THROK? HES THAT PETTY??

episode 7

IS THAT HAGGAR?THE BLUE PALADIN??

ORIGINAL VOLTRON PALADINS

OH DEAR.

LOL ZARKON HAS A MACE. OR A HAMMER.

MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE AS AN ALCHEMIST THAN A SOLDIER

BEAR ALIEN

ERODES DISCIPLINE.

QUEENS AND KINGS NICE.

alluras already old there huh

and lions are super recent.

omg. ZARKON IS AFRAID OF CATS.

Minerva? Onerva?

OH ALLURA IS A BABY. THATWAS HER MOM SHES A PERFECT COPY.

HES MARRIED TO AN ALTEAN.

oh ships vs clean energy.

OH NO ITS SENTIENT.

why does she sound so dead???

WHY ARE THE LIONS ALL BANGED UP THEYRE SUPPOSED TO BE NEW??

also zarkon used to be so small

GALRA HAVE PUPILS

so blue lions are flirts. hmn.

IS THAT A LIL KITTY NOSE ON THEIR HELMETS?

THE SQUAD. THEYRE SO CUTE.

LOL LEG.

waiiit. WHY DOES KEITH STILL PUSH HIS BAYARD IN FOR FORM SWORD??

isnt it with lance now??

live foreverrr.

Enerva is Haggar??

ohhh thats why his eyes are pink. SO THISIS THE BIRTH OF DRUID MAGIC, THE PARTICLES.

....THATS IT??