#but it's bugging the crap out of me not being able to work it out

[alienducky]

Ok, so I was quickly looking something up so I could tie up a loose plot thread on my OC's backstory (she's an Eisner, I'm pretending Jeralt had siblings who lived normal lives, and I wanted to work out how many times his great/removed niece she would be), and I just

No shade intended to the wiki writer, but 300 plus years is now referred to as several, huh?

(I'm super grateful to the wiki btw. I was not looking forward to trying to find the one throw away line where he off handedly mentions a war between Faerghus and someone he fought in and then trying to work out years from that and the other off hand/scattered info you find lying around the monastery)

[slayfics]

Katsuki reaches out to you after ghosting you.

Katsuki rested his head back on the headrest in the car chauffeuring him to his hotel. He had been on this mission for 11 days now on the other side of the country than he was used to. He was thankful this mission had a driver who specifically worked with chauffeuring heroes around. It meant not running into Uber drivers that were fans. Most importantly, the agency that assigned the chauffeur to Katsuki knew to pick out drivers who didn't make small talk.

Katsuki put in his earphones for the drive wanting to drown out the day's events in music. The problem was he had no idea what the hell to listen to. That's when he wondered. Were you awake? Were you listening to something?

Back in U.A., you, Eijiro, and Denki bugged the crap out of him until he agreed to join you all in a dumb-ass video game you three were obsessed with. He hated video games and thought they were a waste of time. But, he gave in just so you all would shut up. He even made a Discord to join in voice chat.

Although, It didn't take long for him to get angry at the game and accidentally explode his computer. He still kept the Discord app, however, and even installed it on his phone. From time to time he looked to see if you all still joined in the same voice chat to play whatever game caught your interest. The times he saw you all talking were few and far between now that everyone was busy with hero work. He had noticed though, that whenever you listened to Spotify it showed on Discord what song you were listening to.

From time to time when he was away on extended missions he'd look to see what you were listening to. It was hard when he was away. He knew he wasn't good at words. Honestly, he'd rather shoot himself than call you and say some dumb mushy shit like he missed you. Sometimes he hated that he was this way. He'd seen Eijiro communicate so easily with Mina every time he was away, why couldn't he be like that? Why was this shit so hard for him?

Katsuki opened his discord and saw you were indeed listening to Spotify. He clicked on your username and it popped up that you were listening to Shirt by SZA. He navigated to his own Spotify to play the same song and read the lyrics along with the song. Some of the lyrics jumped out at him.

Kiss me, dangerous Been so lost without you all around me

In the dark right now Feeling lost, but I like it

Is that how you felt about him? Lost and in the dark? Did his actions when he was with you not carry through the space and time when his hero work kept him away from you?

He knew he should have called you, texted you, or something in the past 11 days he was gone but- You could have called him too. Damn it. Why did you both have to be so fucking stubborn? Katsuki inhaled sharply. He was probably just thinking too much about it. Even though he hadn't listened well to this song before, he knew it was popular at the moment. That was probably the only reason you were listening to it. He was being too egotistical making it about him. Surly you were fine while he was gone.

The song ended and he navigated back to Discord to see what song you were listening to now. That's when his eyes widened, grip tightened on his phone, breath caught in his throat. You were listening to that damn stupid song the class of 1A played at the summer festival. The one he played the drums in all those years ago.

You were thinking about him. Fuck. He ran his hands over his face frustrated with himself. If he were more like Eijiro even that fucking idiot Midoriya, you'd never question how he felt about you because he'd be able to say easily and gracefully. The fact was though, that just wasn't him, and he just couldn't. Simple as that. However, this did give him the slap in the face he needed to reach out to you.

Katsuki opened his messages and scrolled down to his text thread with you to type out a message.

I'll be back next week, what are your days off?

He watched anxiously as three dots appeared while you typed. Would you tell him off for not reaching out to you for almost two weeks? Would you accuse him of not caring?

I have Monday and Tuesday off.

Can I see you Monday?

Your next response left a lump in his throat and mist in his eyes.

You can see me whenever you want Katsuki.

You were too forgiving of him, too patient and he knew he didn't deserve it. You deserved someone who could say all that fucking cheesy shit, someone that didn't ghost you for two weeks because they were afraid of their feelings. But for some reason, you never seemed to mind, and you always welcomed him back in. He tried so fucking hard to show it when he was there, and he hoped that you were seeing it. He was trying. In the best way that he could.

Tags: @unofficialmuilover

[quibbs126]

if you havent yet, could you do an almond x latte fankid? i love that ship a lot :)

Here we are, this is Almond Milk Cookie

Funny enough, I was actually trying to go back and find this post after editing something, only to realize I never actually posted it and left it in drafts. Only for one day, but still

Anyways, so on to him

So Almond Milk here is a healer, using almost exclusively milk magic. He started out in Parfaedia, and spent a good portion of time there, until he switched over to the Vanilla Kingdom to learn healing magic, where he now works as a doctor

He’s a very friendly and kind sort, and he’s very dependable. Also, despite what some may think from his profession, he’s quite physically strong as well

However he is self conscious about not being made of “real milk”, instead being made from almonds, and he wonders if his false ingredient hinders his healing abilities. His mother has told him that whether or not his ingredient really counts as “real milk” doesn’t matter, but it’s never been something he’s able to let go. He doesn’t really make it that known anymore though, preferring to keep it to himself

Now on to design things

So I’ve had the name Almond Milk as an almondlatte kid idea for a good while now. Lattes are made of coffee and milk, and there exists a form of milk made of almonds, so it’s the obvious choice

Almond milk:

I made the initial rough sketch some months ago, so I don’t entirely remember the thought process behind it. But it looks nice, and like Latte’s but with one of Almond’s hair colors

I’m not sure why I gave him a thicker body type, but whatever, he has one. It’s not like I’m that good at drawing super skinny Cookies anyways

His outfit was originally going to be more hospital like, and probably somewhat closer to Butter Roll’s, until I decided that maybe I should make it more fantasy looking. Especially with all of my Almond kids generally having more modern looks to them, or at least in the way that Almond is “modern”, I don’t know the right word

The small cloak thing was a bit of a struggle, especially with his smile, but I eventually got something

In the sketch I gave his almond brooch something around it that looked nice, but I wasn’t really sure what it was going into the lineart, so I made it leaves. They probably shouldn’t have lines and should instead be solid green, but whatever

I gave him that spoon last minute in the sketch, since I remembered that as I said prior, I tend to not give my fankids accessories or tools anymore, and I wanted to rectify that. Unfortunately his pose didn’t really lend me well to putting it in his hands, so it’s just slapped on to the back. I’m also noticing now that the spoon itself it too small, at least on the bowl thing. But it’d be a big hassle to try and fix it, so I guess I’m stuck with it annoying the crap out of it

Oh yeah, so as mentioned earlier, I came to edit something in his design, that being his colors. Originally he looked like this

I liked the blue, and it does give him a color scheme unique from his parents, but my big problem was that the colors reminded me of Marcille from Dungeon Meshi. I don’t know if the outfit is exactly like hers, but it was bugging me, so I changed it. I think overall I like the new color scheme better, but I just wanted to mention the old one

I’m actually quite satisfied with how he turned out. Though granted I did have ideas going in about what to do with him, so that probably helped

Anyways, so that’s Almond Milk. I hope you like him

[uri59]

You know what bugs me so much about the wot show? Well, everything but right now is that had them do things right it would have been great, I mean this being "another turn of the Wheel" where the ef5 react differently to Rand being able to channel, where they "feel" like they should help Rand from the very get go, not ostracizing him like the did in the books? Because they unconsciously regret what they did in their past life?

Except it doesn't work. That idea even if well executed is good for a fanfic or for a franchise that has long been well know in mass culture, like Batman, Superman or even LOTR.

That idea (and veeeeryyyyy badly executed like the wot show) just turns The Wheel of Time in another generic fantasy story out of the mill. Rand says it himself "In the tales usually someone would just point at the Hero and say "Behold!" and then it was just dealing with the bad guys, in real life things were more complicated"

What sets The Wheel of Time apart from those stories is that the moment Rand is recognized as The Chosen he is ostracized from the very get go by his closest inner circle: it's Egwene avoiding him, Nynaeve looking him weird, is Mat and Perrin questioning if they should be near him, calling him dangerous. (And then is him being left alone to people who want to use him)

The very figure of the Chosen is interlinked with the antichrist here. Is Jesus and the Antichrist in one person.

And that gaze, that Pygmalion gaze is what leads to one of the most interesting questions that permeates the whole series. Is he really mad? Or is the way we perceive him (the men who can channel) what drives them mad? How much can you blame the taint in their madness and how much can you blame yourself (and the society, the world) on it. Is he really mad or do we perceive his actions as madness because of this one condition that makes him "different"?

And what is worse (and here is my future professional mental health worker self talking) the show puts ALL THE BLAME ON HIM. They show him isolating just because, not as a reaction of their mistreatmen (like yeah, he resolved to leave them for their safety, but he couldn't bring himself to do it because of how much he loved them) , they show him BEATING UP PEOPLE out of nowhere (even if that fucker deserved it). Yeah, great portrayal of mentally ill people guys.... years working against the stigma that mentally ill people are inherently dangerous to see this crap. Arghhh I still remember when they promoted the show with the portrayal of mental illness as one of their flags 🤦🤦🤦🤦

But well, circling back to that first idea, that'll have been so easy to make. Dedicate just one episode to flashbacks that point to the same scenes in the books, maybe they could be in the form of dreams (or the flicker scene) and the ef5 waking up and being upset about it, feeling bad about how they reacted in dreams (this could even be a resource for the whole series, make the viewer curious about what's going on with "that parallel world" we are seeing) . They wouldn't know but we will. It'll be a nod to us from the producers "we hear you"

But yikes, that's much asking I guess, the writing quality is so minimal I can't expect anything is planned here 🤷

[azuremliam]

Bug World AU take of a "casual" scarab exoskeleton, the chitin is still very durable and firm but much more flexible and than his usual on the job regular one he transforms into.

He'd only do this if super comfortable though, so it'd be a rare sight since it makes him really vulnerable.

Infodumping about his wings underneath the readmore!

As for his wings! I like to think they're blue despite me doodling them red a while back.

Also, God auditing probably roughs him up more often than not, and insect wings wear and tear pretty often if roughed up or overused- so Bug World Au Scarab doesn't use them often.

But the moments he has used them, had him going "ah crap" when an unruly cosmic being manages manages to get a piece off. HC him also not being able to fly, but uses them when he wants to make a quick get away out of an attack he'd really rather not deal with in certain situations. Or just a quick boost, like a human equivalent of doing a quick sprint.

Despite the damage they still work fairly properly. The spine like structure underneath is a very stylized thorax.

The golden bits on the repaired wings are curtesy of Azure Liam! They (and their human form for a while just before transitioning into a cosmic entity) have a healing ability that's similar to looking to Kintsugi, but its only for minor or superficial wounds.

Scarab asked Liam to mend them so they could be more reinforced aaaaand cause he thought they'd look neat like that.

Almost forgot! The screen Scarab's looking at is just like the display on his crystal, but its in the tree stump house in Liam's dimension.

[canyouhearthelight]

Nihilus Rex, Ch. 44: Record "Straight"

Lash and Nils talk in private. Schemes abound, both together and separately.

Co-written by @baelpenrose

Lash

I managed to quell the urge to pick up food on my way to the mall. Fewer distractions, better adherence to the timeline I’d given Nils. As a nervous eater, I felt like it was a pretty sound decision.  After all, if anything, we could get food later. Whatever.

As I walked into the mall, I saw Nils reclining on a bean bag, managing to look for all the world like he was holding court for the bugs in the mall. “Lash. What the hell were you talking about? He’s a gun nut, sure, what kind of black market connections does he have that you’re calling him an arms dealer?” 

“I…” My immediate reaction was to just tell him, but recent interactions with both Nils and Grey had made it clear that I needed to think before speaking my mind. “I thought I saw some posts online about gun stuff, but on the way over I realized they were too obvious. I’m sorry,” I finished lamely, trying to buy for time but also realizing I’d probably undermined myself later.

“All that over…” Nils raked his hands through his jet-black hair. I’d never realized before, but having actually looked at his mother and his father, whose hair had obviously been coal black before it had started going gray. Nils was almost certainly dyeing it. Blue-black just wasn’t in his genes, no matter how distracting it was at the moment. “All that was over a misunderstanding?? All that, in public, over a misunderstanding? When you know we’re being watched by the Fibbies because of the things we did at the hospital and the shit that happened last time one of us lost her cool.”

“Oh, one of ‘us’,” I bunny eared it for emphasis, “lost ‘her’ cool. Just say it. When I lost my cool. Because gods forfend anything that happens to us happens because you jump a gun, get impulsive, or do shady shit behind my back.” My hand went to my forehead, rubbing against the tension.  “I know. We’ve both done stupid shit. You get impulsive, people die. I get impulsive, we die or get arrested. I’m working on it, but dealing with people, on this scale, in person, is a lot. You have to understand that, right?”

There was a terrifying moment where he stared at me, face inscrutable, and I was terrified he’d lie to me and answer, ‘no.’ Then, the even more terrifying thought occurred that he’d say ‘no,’ and be telling the truth. Instead, the mask slipped and he shuddered. “Yeah. It’s a lot. But holy fuck, Lash, what is this about Gray being my dog? He’s a nightmare I thought we agreed about as the necessary evil we had to keep an eye on, use and deal with because we weren’t going to be able to get another thing like him we could control half as well. When did he become ‘my’ pet psycho?” 

When you agreed to be the figurehead of this shitshow, I wanted to say. I squashed that down and thought through my second line of thinking before deciding it was the correct course. “Getting rid of Weasel has been difficult enough. Do you really think Gray is something we discard at our earliest convenience? He’s both more essential and smarter than the Smut King of Cali.”

“And better disciplined, and less sexually revolting. Which is fortunate, because he’d be Ted Bundy but worse. As to convenient - fuck no, nothing about that is going to be convenient. It already isn’t. But as you point out, he is, unfortunately, more essential than Weasel. But yes, we are going to have to actually work hard to figure out exactly how that fucker gets disposed of. It’s gonna…take a lot.” Nils sounded tired. “I’ve missed talking to you more openly about…all this crap. I know it’s only been a few days.” 

I took a deep breath, thinking, before responding honestly. “Yeah, talking in code for the last several days… week? Weeks? Whatever. Has been frustrating.” Damn my body to hell, but I was going to kill someone for a cuddle if needed. “No sex, but… Can I crash on your couch with some cuddles tonight? Just the thought of….. Everything, plus knowing we’ll eventually have to add a strategy for Gray is a lot, I won’t lie.  I really just want a night of garbage telly, worse food, cuddles, and sleep.”

Nils looked at me. “Yes. God, yes. Sex was…not on my mind, right now.” I had all too good a feeling that meant he’d been running his body to the brink and was crashing too hard to be horny. “But cuddles sound amazing. Pizza?”

“UGH, can we please do bacon, feta, and spinach? I know it sounds weird, but on thin crust? MWAH!” I made a gesture like a kiss to emphasize my point. Salty, savory, everything.

“I will give anything a shot once.” 

That same, faraway-laughing smile was back, and I felt like maybe I’d mended some rift, like Nils and I were back on some sort of the right track. 

“You’ll love it, I swear.” I resisted the urge to reach out and pet his chest like I usually did when I reassured him. “Do you have a t-shirt I can sleep in, or do I need to go home and get one?”

He swallowed loudly. “I have a couple. Let me put in the order now before we head to my apartment… You’re okay with two smalls, in case I don’t like your salt bomb concoction?”

I snorted. “You like anchovies as much as I do, this is practically sweet compared to that. Go for it with two smalls, but plan the second to be good for breakfast.”

“Sausage and mushroom it is,” he nodded. “Black t-shirts - nevermind, yes, you’re fine with - why?”

Why do I feel like this is the first time you slept over? I inferred. “We’ll figure that out later. Right now, I need a ride to yours, the pizzas that are on the way, a plush couch, and comfy clothes.”

“You don’t have pajamas….”

“Your problem, your couch’s problem, not mine.”

“Woman, you are going to be the death of me.”

I hummed. “What a sweet way to go, no?”

“I can definitely think of a lot worse and very few better.” He admitted.

***

“Why do people agree to this?” Nils muttered into my hair as we watched some reality show over the empty pizza box on the coffee table.

“To feel important,” I answered, rubbing my face against the arm I was laying on.

“But they aren’t.”

I rolled part way onto my back and looked at him before sitting up. “They are and they aren’t.” Snagging the remote, I muted the show. “People want distraction from the shitty things going on in the world. This kind of thing provides that distraction and feeds their nosy natures at the same time. So are these people important in the grand scheme of things? Probably not. But they’re very culturally relevant and give us cover, believe it or not.”

“How do the Real Housewives of Who Cares give us cover?”

“Like it or not, the more people who watch them catfight and backstab, the fewer people are paying attention to world events.  Meaning you and me.  I mean, how many people do you know that actively avoid watching the news?”

Nils looked thoughtful before digging himself out of the gap between the cushions and the back of the couch. “Everyone. Or nearly everyone. At least sometimes.”

I nodded, hair falling in my face. “We were just doing it. Mocking them for an hour so we can disconnect from trying to save the world. Imagine how many people just live like that.”

I could see his brain start whirring, reconnecting so to speak. “We can use that,” he murmured. “Do data attacks during major spectator events.”

My eyes widened. He was right. “Can you imagine if we did a major move during the World Cup?” I whispered, throat tightening. “Most of the world watches that, whether their team is in it or not.”

He surged to his feet, dumping me gently to the floor in the process. Bolting to his bedroom, he called over his shoulder. “We need to find other events we can leverage. That’s how we go international.”

“And our FBI agent and Weasel? What do we do about them? International means scrutiny.” I scrambled back onto the couch, carefully tucking myself into ‘my’ corner and covering my lap with the blanket. I wasn’t naked, but still. Bare legs and all. Once Nils had returned with his computer and having donned pajama pants, I continued. “Going international with a Fibbie keeping tabs on us sounds like a monumentally dumb idea, I’m just throwing that out there.”

“Way ahead of you. The noose is already tied on Weasel. We’re waiting for the Fibbie to look at him. He’ll panic and do himself when it happens. FBI finds icebreakers that match the bank job, declare victory in our time, and go home. Remember the anthrax attacks back in 04?” Despite weaponized anthrax, at the time, being a carefully guarded Russian bio weapon the US hadn’t cracked til two years later, a researcher with massive personality problems and Middle Eastern descent had been blamed for the crime - and because of a fortunately timed suicide, the FBI had been free to dig no deeper. 

“Nils, what did you do?” I asked slowly.  I was missing something. 

             “Dug into Weasel’s files with a bit of social engineering and phishing. Found out he’s got some illegal material. Flagged it in a way that’ll draw some law enforcement attention so it looks like a standard download alert with a retroactive time stamp - should make them even more antsy to shut him down before anyone looks too close. After all. They’ve had a lead on the perv for how long and just ignored it?” He let that trail, rhetorically. 

“So…. he’s going down for stuff he actually did,” I confirmed.

Nils nodded, still looking up what was presumably world events that would attract attention and distract from anything we did. “Didn’t have to frame him for anything, just attract attention.” Pausing, he shuddered. “Although hours of digging through his porn…. Let’s just say that between that and sleep deprivation, I don’t think even Viagra and your best efforts could get me ready for sex.  Not for the next several days, minimum.”

I mirrored his shudder. “I can imagine. Ew.  Thanks for taking one for the team.”

He held a hand up quickly. “Nope. Don’t say that. Not even accidental innuendos for the next week. I may actually be sick.”

[askbensolo]

Kashyyyk Log #3: Kinesis

I caught up with Amalia later that evening, after Auntie Malla had retired for the night. The two of us sat on the balcony and dangled our legs over the edge and enjoyed the balmy air and listened to the nighttime bugs and watched the fires that flickered from neighboring treehouses. We had a cooler with some beers, and we were in the middle of demolishing our third bag of hot chili tuber crisps.

“I still can’t believe you threatened Luke with my saber,” Amalia said. “It came to your hand?”

“Yeah.”

“Have you even used the Force since back when you used to train with us?”

“No.”

“Have you tried to use it since the saber incident?”

I stuffed my mouth with crisps to avoid answering.

“Solo.”

“…Well, maybe. It hasn’t worked for me, though.” I held out my hand toward the cooler, and tried to—I don’t know. Make something move, or something. Nothing happened.

“I wouldn’t try, if I were you,” Amalia warned. “It’s kinda sketchy, trying to do it without training. You don’t know what you’re doing. What you might be letting in. Or letting out.”

“Well, what about you? You still use the Force, and you’re not being trained anymore.”

“I don't use the Force anymore,” Amalia said. “I let the Force use me.”

“Huh?”

“I don’t try to make the Force do stuff for my purposes,” she explained. “I let the Force use me, when I have the ability to serve its purposes. Like stunning the kinraths to protect us—and, deflecting your blaster shots to protect the kinraths. The will of the Force is to preserve life. I allow the Force to use me to carry out its will. Using the Force, without purpose—or just, like, however we see fit—is an abuse of the power it’s given us as a gift.”

I took a thoughtful sip of my beer. “Hm. That’s an interesting way to look at it, I guess.”

Amalia shrugged. “Yeah, well. I had to think a lot about the way I was gonna look at things, once I left the Jedi.” She looked at me, then. “You ever think about how you see the galaxy, Solo?”

“No. I mean—why bother? I don’t think we can ever understand all of it.”

“Well, you believe something, whether you mean to or not. Everyone’s gotta answer the same ol’ questions: why are we here, what makes something right or wrong, why do bad things happen to good people, and what happens when we die.”

“Well, here’s my answers: I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know, and I don’t know.”

“Well, start thinking about it, or what you end up believing is gonna be something you never actually put any thought into. You know what I never understood about the way the Jedi taught the Force?” Amalia asked, tapping an empty beer can against her knees. “The light side of the Force. The dark side of the Force. Two sides of the same Force, held in delicate balance. The light���all that is good. The dark—all that is evil. Both of them the Force. Both of them in balance. Well, that had to be bantha crap to me. My life has had enough darkness in it. I want to live in a galaxy where good beats evil—not one where they balance each other out.”

“I mean…sure, that makes sense,” I said. “So…what do you believe now?”

“That there is no light or dark side of the Force. There’s the Force. We come from the Force. The Force resides in each of us. The Force has given us its power. Some of us can wield its power over nature. All of us can influence the galaxy with our choices. The Force is good, all good, and only good. It’s not the Force that’s light or dark. It’s people who choose light or dark with their deeds. When we choose light, we choose the Force. When we choose darkness, we choose ourselves. The Force has given us the ability to choose. But without the Force, we can only choose darkness. When the Force awakens us, it makes us able to choose light. The Force is a person. The Force is love, and the Force loves us. The Force—”

“Mal. Mal,” I interrupted, as gently as I could. “Yo. Bud. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate it. I’d love to hear more sometime. But…” I laughed a little. “I think I’m just a little too drunk for this catechism right now, to be honest.”

“Oh. Uh. Sorry,” Amalia said, looking a little anxious. “I just—I just care about it a lot. Sorry, dude.”

“Hey, don’t be sorry,” I told her, patting her on the shoulder. She fiddled with her empty beer can some more, chewing on her lip, staring intensely out at the trees.

“You know something, Mal?” I said. “You sorta…seem to light up, when you talk about the Force. In a way you never did as a Jedi, I mean.”

“Well…yeah,” she said, still looking out into the forest. “When I was a Jedi, it was all about doing. Doing, doing, doing. Maybe that’s not what the Jedi taught. But somehow, that’s what I learned. I wanted to be the best. To prove I deserved to exist. I wanted Luke to be my dad and love me like the family I never got to have. But, when I met the Force…began to see the Force as a person, and not just a nebulous energy…when I learned the Force knew me, and loved me, and didn’t need me to prove myself…and could put its light inside of me, instead of me always tryna, you know, like, kindle the wet firewood of my heart…” She paused. “Well, it changed a lot for me.”

“Yeah,” I said. “I can see that. You seem different. I mean…you’re the same old Amalia. But…you’re also different, too.”

Amalia nodded. “Thanks.”

The bonfires in the distance began to fade one by one. It was getting late. Amalia and I were quiet for a while, taking in one another’s company in silence. We opened the fourth bag of hot chili tuber crisps.

“…So, uh. Before you broke up, or whatever. Did you and Fannie, like…make out?”

I choked and threw her a stern glare. “Amalia. For kriff’s sake. I may be too drunk to talk religion. But I am not drunk enough to answer that question for you.”

“Oh. My. Force,” Amalia breathed. “You didn’t say no. That basically means yes. If the answer was no, you would’ve said no. You didn’t say no. You guys freaking made out. How far did you go?”

“Ew!”

“‘Scuse me? What do you mean, ew? You were the one suckin’ face, bro!”

“We were not sucking face!”

“Why? Did she suck something else?”

I gagged. “Amalia, I am this close to freaking murdering you.”

“Fine, fine, fine, I’ll stop,” she grinned. “But, I will have you know that I am very amused right now. Very amused.”

I rolled my eyes—then thought of a way to embarrass her back.

“You know, Mal,” I smirked. “Auntie Malla kept on saying I should marry you. Said you had strong hips, and you’d bear strong children. Or something.”

I expected Amalia to have a huge reaction. Pretend to throw up. Say she’d rather die. Try to punch me, or something. But instead, she just stared at me, an unreadable expression on her face. And then, she looked away.

The nighttime bugs sang their song.

A few more fires went out.

…Awkward.

For a second, I stole a look at her, the last of the firelight flickering on her skin, her face barely illuminated by the fading distant bonfires. She didn’t look pretty—I don’t think “pretty” would ever be a word that could be used to describe Amalia—but…it made her look kind of intriguing, and mysterious, in a way I couldn’t explain.

And…for the first time…I was just uninhibited enough to…kind of…maybe…sort of entertain the idea. Just a little.

She caught me looking.

I looked away.

[uncannychange]

It’s sad when a family turns into a tug-of-war between two parents and a child, but that’s what happened in the Grant family as Barbara Jean and Michael “Mike” Thomas Grant edged closer and closer to divorce while not admitting to themselves or others that that was what was happening,

Instead, they expressed their resentment for each other by trying to become the definitively demonstrably favorite parent of their fifteen-year-old daughter, Jennifer.

Mike was able to indulge her with almost anything she wanted to buy, even giving her a platinum credit card and a top-of-the-line Smartphone.

Barbara, however, was able to top this by, well, Mike had to admit, just knowing her better and being able to do “girl” stuff with her that Mike was clueless about. An open wallet was all well and good, but nothing was next to “knowing her.” Then, an opportunity presented itself to Mr. Grant.

Michael Grant was a senior engineer at Mega-Dyne Advanced Research and Development, where he was on a team doing the Alpha Testing on a unique but still very buggy quantum computer-connected super-phone they were calling Prototype 3422-Z. Mike, as an Alpha Testing Engineer, had one.

Although the 3422-Z was still in the testing stage, it seemed to be able to beam data directly into the human mind.

Mike saw an opportunity in Jennifer's recent development of a major interest in Japanese anime and manga, a subject that both he and his wife knew nothing about and that Mike just didn’t get. He planned that if he could use the 3422-Z to dive entirely into everything related to the subject, he would have a significant advantage over Barbara.

Taking himself to a local shop that sold both along with all sorts of related items that Google said was the largest in a three-state area, Mike found a quiet spot in the shop, fired up the 3422-Z and requested all information on Anime and Manga… wait no, he paused thinking better of it and then requested all information on Anime and Manga favored by young women.

Never having used the device in this mode, Mike was surprised when a beam of light shot out of the thing, hit him straight in the eyes and started up-loading to him.

Mike's world went away as his head was filled with information about characters, series, and stories, from Akimichi Chocho, Akira, and Attack on Titan to Banana Fish, Haikyuu, Motoko Kusanagi, and Yuri on Ice all the way to The Zeta Project and Zoe Orimoto.

It didn’t take long before Mike knew more about the subject than even the most die-hard-obsessed fan. By the end, he was even fluent in both speaking and reading Japanese.

Once it was done, Mike felt more than dizzy—he felt dizzy and, strangely enough, shorter and lighter. The reason was that the Super Quantum computer the 3422-Z was hooked to had a major bug that had not been worked out yet.

It could alter reality itself so that along with gaining all the new language skills and knowledge about female-themed Anime and Manga, it had also reinterpreted 44-year-old Michael “Mike” Thomas Grant into 23-year-old Japanese woman Miyuki Tomiko Grantamura. It had even restyled her clothing. And while internally she was still Mike Grant, Mike could also tell that she now knew thinks he had had no clue about, not just about Anime, but being a woman and Japanese culture.

“Oh, crap! This will be a doozy enplaning to Barbara, Jennifer, and Mega-Dyne Advanced Research and Development,” thought Miyuki.

“Well, Mega-Dyne will be easy; they’re used to this sort of thing… sort of, but the wife and daughter will take a lot more work. I mean, now Jennifer has two moms, and one is only eight years older than her!”

But before heading home to start the whole “Guess what?!” chore, Miyuki splurged and bought a massive pile of Anime and Manga.

“Whatever happens, this will put me way ahead of the game with Jennifer, " thought Miss Grantamura. Then we can go clothes shopping tomorrow where young chicks like to shop. Let's see Barbara beat me at that now!”

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

Currently Watching - March

Just a little PSA - I am on a little hiatus until April the 9th. I have some personal stuff to deal with, but nothing bad 😁 Positive all the way and good for my personal growth!

I won't be able to gif any of the series for the time, but I will watch them and perhaps write down some thoughts 😊 And if you want me to gif some scenes, just let me know and I will get to them when I am finished with my stuff 😊 And of course I will still reblog stuff from all of these wonderful creators on this site!

Please stay healthy and happy!

Because I love a good little list - in alphabetical order! 😊

Regularly updated during the month, latest update 31.03.2023

This may contain spoilers!

1. A Boss and A Babe (5/12 on Youtube)

I am not the biggest fan of ForceBook, mostly because I didn't like Enchanté, but I could help myself and smile troughout this series. Cher is annoying, but it works here, I guess? I don't know what it is. It is fun to watch.

2. Bed Friend (6/10 on iQiyi)

The trauma is strong in this one! As are the tension and longing looks of King. And Uea is beautiful and knows how to play the game.

3. Chains of Heart (6/10 on iQiyi)

Cinematography and scenery - stunning! Really pretty and dark and atmospheric. I guess I get used to the subtitles and the acting improved. So I kind of like this one? I definitely have a weak spot for Mr. Lue.

5. Past Senger (4/12 on Gaga)

What the mess did I just watch? It was boring and funny and cringy and funny and I don't know...Do I like the vibes it gives away? We will see. Episode 2 didn't help! It is really cringy and the acting is...not that good -.-

6. The Eighth Sense (2/10 on Viki)

I like the first two epsiodes. I have a weak spot for surfing ever since the movie Shelter and this is just a dream came true. I am curious about the characters and their developement. But the cliffhanger from episode two was brutal!

7. The Promise (5/10 on WeTV)

I like it. Are there cringy moments? Yes. Are there slapstick moments I can hardly deal with? Yes. Are there plotholes that bug me? Sure...but! I like it. I like Nan and Phu together and I love the slow burn and am I well entertained. I also enjoy little Party being the jealous king he is, who deeply care for Nan and if latter would choose him, i wouldn't be that angry!

8. Tin Tem Jai (5/10 on Gaga)

And we took 45 steps back and the show is kind of annoying like before...Tin can't stop aksing Park to marry him and it gets to a point where it just annoys the crap out of me. But Park can't say a clear word so what do we do here? Just let him date the cute senior.

9. Unintentional Love Story (6/10)

Okay, I am in love with this one. I know it will hurt when the truth comes out, but I am willing to get hurt for them. The chemistry is wild between them and I am looking forward to the second couple!

Finished in March

Series

1. History 5: Love in the Future (10/10 on Viki)

I really don't like it. the plot was stupid and boring. The plotholes big and heavy like black holes. The chemistry...I don't like it either in the end. Vincent was the only reason I was looking forward to this one. And the whole time travel thing was just so stupid and irrelevant! It could have been good, but it wasn't. 3 out of 10 for me.

2. Utsukushii Kare Season 2 (4/4 on Gaga)

I fell in love with Kiyoi, especially in the last two epsiodes. I am curious about the upcoming movie. The season was good and most of all in the end with a kind of good communication. 7 out of 10 for me.

3. Moonlight Chicken (8/8 on Youtube)

I love it! It has everything I can dream of in a series. It has beautiful cinematography and scenery. The acting was top. The story...so good! All the stories were just so good! I love EarthMix and they delivered. And I love GeminiFourth and they delivered too. They had to deal with endings and letting go and new beginnings and angst and grief and hope and joy and happiness and love and everything! Just everything! Definitely a 10 out of 10 for me!

4. Island Part 2 (4/6 - non bl)

It was not as good as the first part, because it felt too rushed and there were some parts that needed more time to explain. Besides that it was a good fantasy/mystical show with some nice effects and a pretty cast. The ending though...I don't know...will there be a part 3??? I give it 8 out of 10.

5. Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu (7/8 on Gaga aka The End of the World with you)

It started so strong! I really liked the depressing atmosphere and world ending vibe. But it lost me in the middle of the journey. Suddenly there were some supernatural elements that don't make sense and are not at all explained. And don't get me started on the kissing scenes! There are some really explict scenes, but they kissed like they didn't wanna touch or hurt each other. It was not bad, but also not that good in the end. It is a 6,5 out of 10 for me.

6. Shadow and Bone (5/8 on Netflix - no bl, but queer representation)

I am really shoping for a third season, the cliffhanger was harsh! This is not a perfect series, but I like it and besides Alina, I like every character. And yes, my favorite are of course Wesper! They were cute and had some sweet scenes together and I really want to know if Jesper will train his powers. It is a 9 out of 10 for me.

7. All the Liquors (6/8 on Gaga)

It started promising for me. I liked it. I thought perhaps they are going the road that they learn from each other. one is drinking and glorificating alcohol less and the other is going to be more open to dfferent opinions. But nope, drinking is fine and fun and now our chef drinks alcohol to every meal and I don't like it. Yes perhaps personal reasons play a big role and perhaps the glorification of alcohol triggers my mind a little bit too much. And the kiss...well they could have done better. 6 out of 10 for me.

8. A Shoulder To Cry On (on Viki)

Was it a perfect show? No. Was the acting good? Yes. Was the chemistry believable? Yes. Do I need a kiss in every bl? No. Was there a lack of romance and love? Kind of. Did I like it? Yes, I did. The adaptation stick to the original manhwa and there wasn't big love confessions or depictions of affection. I think the series was fine until the last minute. I liked their own way of love. Not everything has to end with a kiss. I am happy with the story. 8 out of 10 for me.

9. Our Dating Sim (on Viki)

Perfection! I love it. The story was so good. The chemistry was so good. Everything felt so natural. The pacing was believable. I klnow I will rewatch this one from time to time just to have a good time. Oh how much I love this one! Strong 10 out of 10 for me.

10. Jack o'Frost (on Gaga)

Well this was a quiet little gem. I loved how they showed the relationship throughout the different times, how it started, how it progressed and how it ended. There was drama all the time, but it felt real and that is one of the small details I really enjoyed about this one. The story felt real. It is a 9 out of 10 for me.

Short Film

Movie

1. The Chronicles of a boy (Homo Phobia) (on Gaga)

Meet Yeong Taek, a young man, who has suffered an absured amount of physical and psychological abuse and has a tendency for strangeling people who did him wrong...There were things I liked about this movie and which were kind of challenging, but overall I didn't like it. And didn't like the protagonist. Would not recommend this one. 4,5 out of 10 for me.

Dropped/On Hold in March

1. Boyband

Because they decided not to air it any longer on youtube, I stopped watching it...It was promising though...

2. Love Syndrome III

I have watched the first half of the first epsiode and I couldn't watch any further. I can't tell how the story will progress, but right now I really can't stand the character of Itt. Why is he always so damn angry and loud?

Looking Forward to in March (with MDL-Links)

The Promise (March 1 on WeTV)

All The Liquors (March 2 on GagaOOLala)

A Boss And A Babe (March 3 on Youtube)

Love Syndrome (March 4 on WeTV)

PastSenger (March 8 on GagaOOLala)

Our Dating Sim (March 9 on Viki)

Future (March 19 on GagaOOLala)

A Shoulder To Cry On (March 14 on Viki)

Unintentional Love Story (March 17)

Make a Wish (March 22)

The Eighth Sense (March 29 on Viki)

Shadow (not sure)

[melancholy-marionette]

The Shuddering Releasing Later Tonight (hopefully x3) - then I will go cry myself to sleep T_T

Sooo, I'm gonna do my best to still release my O2A2 project later tonight like I'd hoped to, buuuut, my PC is now defunct AGAIN >.< Firstly, *puts on happy face* meet Styx! Voiced by the incredible - Vivian Reed :D

Styx may have a feminine appearance with an androgynous (but feminine-leaning) voice, but, being non-human, doesn't actually have a gender!

Styx is the only entity you'll encounter in The Shuddering, and is almost a little too pleased to see you!

*reverts back to sad face*

Sooo, yeah, I currently don't have a working PC again T_T Thankfully, I was able to export builds of The Shuddering prior to it becoming unusable, but if there are any bugs, I won't have a way of fixing them :(

I'm now attempting to finish off the itch page & draft posts on the old potato laptop once again!

This is the 2nd new PC that's been sent to me after the 1st one was faulty and had to be returned, and as of yesterday morning, it is stuck in an endless cycle of BSODs with all different error codes. During troubleshooting, the memory diagnostics tool also flags critical errors with the RAM. The 2nd PC has been kinda dodgy since day 1 with it randomly failing to boot some days + audio crashing randomly and then refusing to play any media files with sound. It also hangs randomly when just browsing Windows Explorer.

I did contact customer support to try and get help with the issues, but they just told me to do a CMOS reset, which sounded terrifying >.< I don't wanna touch any of the components inside the PC cos I worry I would break them!

Since I was in the middle of otome/josei jam, I just left things as they were and did my best to put up with the weird crap going on with the PC, making backups each night out of paranoia. My hope was that I would make it through the jam okay and that maybe the issues would improve somehow. But nope, they just got worse >.< Now I'm stuck with a PC I can't even use. Sometimes it refuses to boot entirely, others, it boots, but then only stays on for 5-20 minutes before it dies again. I spent most of the day (and night) troubleshooting, but nothing helps.

Customer support says it's probably gonna be a case of sending it back again for repair... but I would really just prefer to have a refund at this point :( They've sent out 2 now that don't work properly. Why would I have any faith left that a 3rd would be better?

I just want my money back so I can buy a PC from somewhere else that might actually send one that works. Actually getting the company to refund me is going to be a battle though I imagine. One that I'm really too tired to fight :( I don't have a choice though because the stupid thing took me years to save up for, so I don't have the luxury of just letting it go.

I swear I should have just demanded a refund right away when the first one they sent me sounded like a goblin revving up a chainsaw was living inside the case as soon as you powered it on >.<"

Anyways, sorry, just needed to vent because I'm stressed and devastated at the moment by it all. It took so long to transfer all my files and stuff over, and I've lost a small amount of project data for both LOVESTARVED & The Shuddering :( My paranoia backups mean most stuff is safe for now, but it's still frustrating to lose anything.

Here's to hoping the poor potato can at least hold out to launch The Shuddering later! x3 But first, I need a big break because I feel sick at this point, haha.

[koolcece22]

Enter Venomgirl

Ch.30 

Hobie's Pov 

Waiting for my main man Miles to return. He and ex-boss had a little talk with Spot. wondering what they talked about since Miguel and Shade were having a talk on their own. At least give her min. Man.

I was chilling with Pav, Gwen, and 42 in Peni’s lab as she was working on her Mech again. Got damaged pretty badly from her last battle on her earth so Margo was helped on her Earth as best they can.

“Are you sure you don’t need help?” I smirked at Peni knowing I asked her like fifty times in an hour. All four of them look at me annoyed but hey, trying to lighten the mood, I've been pretty moody lately. 

“Unless you know how to fix a nuclear reactor plasma accelerator that can be stable enough to create energy without going nuclear, then no.” 

I’m smart but not that smart. Then again I was able to create my own watch with just a few stuff from Miguel’s lab so maybe not that hard. Soon a light fills the room as a portal opens up. Miles then pops out, he looks beat up but not too badly.

“You ok mate?” I asked if I knew he could take care of himself but after being captured by that Doctor Rose asshole…things were weird.  Miles nodded 

“I'm a good man, Scorpion was just having a bad day. Did anything happen while I was gone?” Miles said as he took off mask and sat down next to Gwen and tried to steal 42’s food. He wasn’t having it.

“Nah, mate, just bugging Peni here. Shade all heals up and talking to Miguel. We heard that your Doc Ock got out.” Miles nodded with a disappointed look on his face. I can tell he was about to blame himself for this. 

“Mate you better not pull the ‘This is my fault, she my responsibilities�� crap”

“But she is! Running around the muilt-verse mess up another earth that now endangers and-”

“Miles!” Gwen walked up to Miles and put her hands on his shoulder. She gave a small smile to him. Them being close the longest. 

“Look, this isn’t your fault, no one is blaming you. Right now we're going to help stop Doc Ock again.” 

“Yeah! We kick her butt like last time, we Spider-people always find a way.” Pav chimes in. before I could also we all heard a phone ring. At first, I thought it was 42’s phone then I looked down at it coming from my pocket. I reach in and pull out the phone Zee gave me when I met them. I am amazed it still works. I answer it and put on speaker so the others can hear,

“Hobie? Can you hear me?”

“I can hear you loud and clear. Long time, no hear. you ok?”

“Yeah, Me and the kid are fine. After Venomgirl went into…Berzerk, there was chaos all around. My other informant was able to free us and make sure Shade was ok.” 

We looked at each other, wondering who the other informant was. We know of Timothy but they had a second one? Why didn’t they mention them?

“I have a favor to ask you. I try to reach your boss, Miguel right? But I don’t know how, but my informant has an idea where the collider is.”

I and the others were taken back by the news, we thought it was in the main building that we were stuck in. so even if the spider we sent out did their job they wouldn’t even find anything. 

“So he found where it is and I think he needs some help. He is a very stubborn guy and also…I want to make sure does his job. I have known him for years but trust with him is a penny a dozen.”

“Don't they mean nickel dozen?” I heard Pav whisperer to Miles

“It's a dime a dozen for me,” he whispered back, Zee brought our attention back to them.

“Look, he said he can hack it abit to shut down enough for you guys to come here to help. I was going to bribe your boss.”

Now, I was wondering what they meant, until we all saw that phone was loading a picture. It looks like it was done loading till it shows a picture of a woman. We all looked at the picture trying to guess who this was.

“She is a…symbiote. I think that's what the Carnage guy is. So she is not from here so she is hanging out with me till you guys finish the job with my informant.”

“Wo wo wo! You can’t keep an anomaly there! She will glitch out if stays there any longer.” Gwen pointed out. I agree we need to send her back to her earth right away. Her staying any longer who knows when she bleeps out.

“She's fine, she's wearing the same thing that you all are wearing. So she is fine. But like I said she stays till you do your end. So hop to it heroes." With that Zee hangs up the phone, leaving us all stunned on how Zee can do that. I know they have trust issues but I didn’t think it was that bad. Then again when you living on earth were bloks like the Sixs running the place, I wouldn’t blame them for not trusting us. 

I look at my watch and set it to Earth-2424. It looks stable to travel there now, so this is a chance to get in. I hit the button to open the portal to it. 

“I’ll go, I’ll be in and out.”

“I’m coming too.” Miles chimes in, even though he just came from a mission on his earth. Before anyone injected Miles jumped into the portal before we could. We look at each other knowing when he does these kinds of things mainly to prove to us he can do it. I sigh, he doesn’t have to prove anyone.

“Great, guess I make sure he is not doing anything dumb.” 42 put on his mask and also jumped in. I look back at Gwen,Pav, and Peni. hinting to cover for us, last thing we need for Miguel throwing a fit. I jumped in.

~

Miles’s Pov

I exited the portal and it was nighttime on this earth, I looked around and saw some park area. The trees were all white and the leaves were black, oddly pretty in a way. I didn’t have time to bask as my spider sense went off and I dodged 42’s punch, I guess he followed me. Even with the mask on I can tell he was not happy that I jumped head first. But I need to do this, we need more information on my Doc Ock.

“Are you trying to get killed?! You know what we're even doing. For Spider-man you're so dumb.”

“I have an idea what we're doing, I just haven’t figured out how to execute my plan.

If it wasn’t for his mask I could tell he raise an eyebrows

“And that is?”

“Details! Details!”

“That Miles for you.” me and 42 turn to see Hobie with his hands in his pocket. He pulled out a string that was a shiny silver color. I can tell that was Andrea’s healing webs. Her spider power to heal is so godly but i’m not complaining. Every group needs a healer. Even though that healer can be scary sometimes.

He gave it to me and I ate it. It tastes like nothing but it is still weird to eat it. I can feel my body feeling much better. 

“You so own me a healing web you know that mate?”

I nodded “yeah I know, I'm going to have to do med duties to be on her good side.” I sigh. I guess Gwen,Pav, and Peni are going to cover for us, that's why they didn’t go. We looked around to something that screamed an evil hideout. So far nothing but trees. 

“ They send me a bunch of brats?”

All three of us were taken back by the voice. It sounds deep and distorted. It has a chill to it too. The fact my spider sense didn’t go off, so he sounded friendly…kind of.

“ I guess you three brats will do. Not like I have a choice.”

“How about come out and stop being a scary voice.” 42 retorted not liking the fact we can’t see him. I don’t blame him.

“ I’ll pass, hurry up and follow me.” 

Before we can tell him how, a black spot appears in front of us. It looked like a shadow, it started to move, I guess we followed it. We walk farther down the park till in front of a tree. It looks bigger than the others, for a normal person someone could have passed it like any other tree in this park. I tapped the bark and sure enough it was metal. 

“Hope no dog took a piss here. Heard the stain is hard to get out.” I joked, 42 rolled his eyes I can tell. Hobie snicker.  We all stopped what we were doing when we saw the black spot go under the tree. We heard a noise like gears moving. Soon we heard the door open to show us a set of stairs that lead down to somewhere. Got it, underground evil lab.

Hobie looked inside and hit the walls of the place hearing the echo. “Man, this place would be great for a concert. I love the underground scene.” 

Before I or 42 can say anything the black spot went ahead of us. It passed my feet and it was the coldest thing I ever felt. Man, whoever or whatever this person is, he cold. But something tells me we should trust him.

“ Follow.” the voice said, we followed down for felt for away, man it deep. Once we reach the end of it, we open the door to see a clearing to a hallway. It looks like it is not abandoned compared to the stairwell. We heard voices down the hallway giving more confirmation that there people are still here. 

“ Hurry up and follow me, and don’t get us caught” the black spot quickly went down the hallway, faster than we could keep up. We have to sneak past a lot of scientists and guards. The black spot went through a door, 42 put his claws gloved hand on the door to short circuit and we opened the door. When we entered there was a massive window that showed the collider. We saw people down there and we noticed one guy

“Isn’t that Dr. Rose guys?” 42 said as we looked down. I hope this is a one way window. We heard a noise to the right, I turned to my right and saw a hand coming out of the black spot we were following, it didn’t look human. It was hulking like, with claws and skin was black with red spikes. It was typing on the computer, I was taken back abit, this person probably can’t be out in public. What is this guy?

“ Make sure no one comes here while I override this thing.”

We nodded as we kept watch. I look down and see a button for the speaker. We can hear what they are talking about.

“Hey, let's see what they're talking about.” I told the others. 42 and Hobie nodded as I hit the button, we can hear what this Dr. Rose guy is up to. Judging from the sound he doesn't seem to be happy. 

“I can’t believe someone shut down Collider 2!! Do you have any idea how long it is going to take to power this thing back up?! Ugh! I had a date and now I have to cancel it! That place was so hard to get in even with my stats as a hero. Great One! And now I still can’t find that kuso symbiote that I've been testing on!!” Dr. Rose screamed at the other scientist that was there cowering in fear. I note that some smoke was coming off from his body, similar to the one that hit Shade back at the other lab. Guess those guys don’t want to be there when he is mad. Don’t blame them if that smoke messes up their mind.

“But sir, it looks like someone with the code was able to shut it down manually.” one of the scientist

“I DON’T CARE!! Get this kuso thing working by the end of vucking day or all you guys are going to join the Alachpolice! Got it?! 

“Yes sir!” all of the scientists scatter around, frantically trying to get the machine started again. I wonder if this was how Miguel and Shade came back? Miguel did say that creepy woman Penny did shut it down for them to escape. As I was thinking we heard the machine turn on. We all thought they figured out how to get back on till the machine started to malfunction, something that we all saw so many times, an unstable collider.

“WHAT THE VUCK IS GOING ON?!”  he heard Dr. Rose was shouting in a panic as he and the others tried to figure out what was going on with the collier. I look at Shadow blob hands still looking like he is doing something. He seems to be hacking into it. Guessing to overheat it to destroy it. 

We saw that black and white wrapping as bubbles. I know what is going to happen next as my Spider-sense was high alert and so was Hobie as we got 42 and duck down behind desk as like wrapping spreading with a mighty boom the collar was destroyed. The blast was strong enough to cause a creak in the window, not enough to break it entirely. 

Me, 42 and Hobie got under the desk as we looked around, weren’t not the only ones as some of the scientists also climbed up from their desk to not get caught up from the explosion. Dr.Rose came from the smoke cloud that he used to protect himself. He also looked around and he looked absolutely pissed.

“I see once again my colliar has been destroyed. Your earth have great technology but I see you have yet to use it correctly." We heard a voice from the speaker. Were amazed it still worked. It took me a second to recognize the voice, my eyes widened as we looked down to Doc Ock. 

my Doc Ock. 

she looked like she got her gear back and it looked like it was upgraded. Dr. Rose brash himself off and fits his top hat. He gave her a sneer look while she smirked. I don’t know if he is a Doc Ock variant but Doc Ock variants never get along. They all have superior complex

“Well, my good lady Doctor, you're the one using our tech so you will have to take it or leave it.” He then snaps his finger as one of his droids appears in front of him with a tablet. “It looks like it was overridden to be used to its maximum power.”

Doc Ock looks at the tablet and examines it. “Someone maximizes it. Also it looks like…”

Doc Ock looked down at her right on the desk next to her, she wasn’t the only one as Dr.Rose also looked down.

“The light.” 42 whispered to me as he pointed at the light of the speaker to indicate that it was on. Both Dr.Rose and Doc Ock look up at our direction. Even though it is a one way mirror I'm getting the feeling they can see us.

Dr. Rose glared at us as he had a button on his wrist. Once he hit it the door behind us was slammed shut with a steel door and the window too. A red light blare with an alarm. 

“Get the intruder! Make sure there is one piece, I want a new test subject." We still heard him but then we heard static, he wanted us to hear what he was going to do to us. 

“ What the vuck you three brat do?!” The Shadow blob stops what he was doing and now in front of us. Staring at us with red glowing eyes and he was pissed.

“Nothing! We was over hearing what they said and there is a Doc Ock that is not from here that is helping your Dr.Rose! And I guess they saw we were listening.” I quietly said that last part, I will admit even though I have invisible I’m not the most stealthest Spider-men. The Shadow growled deeply now and was more annoyed.

“ Por eso trabajo solo !” he cursed to himself in Spanish to my surprise, almost sounding like Miguel when he cursed when he tried to hide it from us. 

We can hear people outside the door ready to bust in to capture us. Hobie pulled out his guitar ready to fight, so did 42 charging his claws glove. I looked down at the blob who looked like he was about to leave us. I went in to grab him making sure he didn't leave. 

God it was like dipping my hands in ice water

“Hey! You can’t just leave us here! Is there a way out?”

“ For me, yes. but for you, no. good luck you brats .”

“What you just can’t leave us! You better help us. Zee said you were their best informant. I bet you fought out like this before.” I said, trying to get us out here.

“ I have, I prefer not to .” 

We heard the banging getting louder as they were about to bust in any second. I looked at Shadow Blob, his red eyes were squinting like he was in pain. 42 was losing patience as went over to us.

“You better help us fight them off or you're going to be the one explaining to our moms, Miguel, and Shade why we're now being tortured because your boss has trust issues!!”

“ FINE! Just shut up Miles! ” we were all taken back that he knew 42’s real name. We know Zee only knows Hobies, how does he know ours? I looked down to see the Shadow spot was getting bigger as it came from the grounding tower and 42, even Hobie looked back with his eyes widened.

“ This would be so much easier if HE never came here. This is all a vucking pain to deal with because of HIS attachment for you. " We heard him say it sounded like more to himself than to us. What emerged from the shadow was a black creature with red marks that had a similar pattern as Miguel’s skull spider. Its hair was long and spike-like. It had a long tail that whipped wildly. His red eyes were staring at us. 

“ Now I have to protect you because of him. ” he hissed

Third Person’s Pov

Dr. Rose was in front of the Alchpolice, he took all their collars off so they were in kill mode. Killing anyone who he targeted, Doc Ock walked up to him trying to see the cameras on who was in there, but something told me she knew who. 

She figures that Spider-man or Spiderpeople will figure out that she broke out of prison and hopped into other Earths. Nothing is going to stop her from containing the power of the multiverse. Last time she was so close. If it wasn't for Miguel taking the other half she would truly have the multiverse in the palm of her hand.

Everyone then heard a loud bang coming from the door, they turned to see a huge dent, then another, then another, another until the steel door flew from its hinges smashing to the other side of the wall. Dr,Rose and Doc Ock were able to get out before the door broke down and crushed them. A black smoke filled the hallway. 

The black and red creature with glowing red eyes growled at the Alchpolice who backed away from him. They ready there weapons trying to kill him. Before any of them can move the black creature stomped the ground making the floor all black. Dr. Rose and Doc Ock was able to get on the ceiling just in time before the blackness gotten them. They were glad too as the blackness swallow the Alchpolice that was caught in it. 

“What the hell is that?!” Doc Ock shouted looking at her data she collected through her glass of all the variants she crossed during her Muilt-verse crossing. She has never met a creature like that before, was it native to only this Earth? As if there was someone with Compound R that was strong, the Valiant Six would have at least informed her about it. 

Dr.Rose glared at the black creature as it glared back.

“ Blackheart. let's just say he's someone we hate dealing with more than Venomgirl.” Dr.Rose hit a bottom on his wrist to call more Alchpolice to take care of Blackheart. He then grabbed Doc Ock and ran away not wanting to deal with him today. 

Blackheart sighs knowing he didn’t have to fight Dr.Rose. it's not like his gas would affect him. He looks at the three Spider kids who look at him surprised as he was able to deal with them all by himself. Before any of them could say or do anything the door down the hall opened up to reveal more of the Alchpolice. Blackheart not wanting to fight anymore then he has to, open the blackness again this time around him and the group. They all fell in as the black shadow sped off.

It speeds off to the surface and makes some distance from the underground lab. Once they were far away from the lab the blackness opened up and spit out Miles,42 and Hobie who was coughing from being inside of it. They could breathe and felt like they were drowning. Miles was cursed at Blackheart who also came out of the darkness. He groaned, leaning on a tree and grabbing his stomach in pain. Swallowing a bunch of people all in one isn’t the greatest feeling in the world.

“What the hell was that?!” 42 choked out having no choice to take off his mask to breathe easy. Miles also made sure he was ok at the same time trying not to throw up from what he just experienced.

“I like crazy rides but I think I’ll pass the next time you offer that.” Hobie choked out. Blackheart rolled his eyes not liking the joke he made. Blackheart knows he is going to be sick for a week after that stun. He walked over to Hobie and gave him the USB drive that he was working on. 

“ Here. give that to Zee so you can take that symbiote out of here.” 

Hobie nodded looking at this thing. He had to ask

“Is there a reason why Zee don’t trust you?” he asked Blackheart look back annoyedly 

“ I’m a demon, you humans would never truly trust me. ”

“Wait, you're not someone with Compound R?” Miles asked as he helped 42 up as he put his mask on so Blackheart could see his face. Blackheart shook his head and folded his arm.

“ That stuff would work on me even if I was born with it. Just hurry up and get out of this earth. ” Blackheart started to melt into the blackness that appeared under the feet. Before he complete fall into the darkness he look at the group one last time

“ How is Shade? She ok?” he asked, and they were taken back so that he knew her real name. 

“She's a good mate, much better. She likes us, she bounces back and our cunt of a boss makes sure she is ok.” Hobie said while Miles and 42 kind of wish he didn’t call Miguel a cunt of a boss.

“ Fine. but if anything happens to her…pray you never come back to this earth. ” Blackheart fall completely in the darkness only his glowing red eyes staring back at them giving them a chill from his gaze. “ Or you will be dealing with me.”

~

“Ah, I see you guys were able to collect the data I asked for.” Zee said gleefully. As they examine the content of the UBS drive. There was a ton of the information then time that Timothy went to get. 

“Is there a reason why you don’t trust Blackheart? I mean he is a demon, sure, but how long has he been working for you?” Miles asks while he and 42 check on Agony who was unconscious, this might be due to all the glitch she's been through even with a watch that looks like it shuts off. 

“Let's just say he has his motive to interfere with mine. We have similar goals but that doesn’t make us friends. And how long I worked him, four years a little after my other informant…passed.”  Zee then threw the UBS drive at Hobie who caught it. 

“Give that to your boss so he could use it. I got what I wanted. Take her and get out before the Valiants turn on the other one.”

“The other one?” Miles asked, before he could get his answer Hobie opened the portal back to HQ, knowing they needed to get Agony back to stable as soon as possible.

[ss-shitstorm]

Okay okay the ratchet first fp au was equally heartrending but also perfect and thank you so much for going into so much detail to expound on my silly little fantasy, I love it! But if you don’t mind, I’m gonna poke you with one more question that’s bugged me ever since MC woke up and ratch op and bee had to catch her up on the last 30 years: they mentioned unicron and Optimus’ amnesia (which is another au you’re portraying marvelously well btw! I love shiny and new to pieces!), as well as a couple of the other tfp eps, but I don’t recall them mentioning synth-en? Like, at all? (Unless I totally missed it?) Between ratchet’s problems and op’s withdrawal, I figured that the tension between them like the scene where they fight and ratchet accuses op of being too soft to take out megatron and that’s why they lost cliff jumper, combined with MC’s unconsciousness, op’s guilt about it, and ratchet’s (partial?) blame for op putting her in that condition to start with and envy knowing he would’ve had more restraint and cared for her more in his mind (and them both missing her terribly and being lost without her), would kind of cause a boiling point between them? (Fun fact if you didn’t know it but the tfp writers had tossed around the idea of ratchet blaming op for elita one’s death instead of cliffjumper, but they had the Orion pax arc coming up and they didn’t want to add anymore characters or smth so they nixed it) So if ratchet spews about mc (and elita??) to op, does op snap too in this case? Do they actually come to blows? Does op even get mad and rise to the bait or does it just break his heart bc now ratchet is turning on him too and pointing out every mistake he’s made and ratchets never been that mean to him before and wouldn’t dream of saying any of it under normal circumstances but is so hyped up he no longer has a filter? I am reeling here at the possibilities! I am so fricken curious bc your unique individual characterizations of them as well as their mutual adoration for mc would give so many delicious untapped layers to that episode - and again you don’t have to answer this at all but I would love to hear your thoughts! :) thank you so much for your time!

(dude I'm so sorry it took me so long to respond to this AND that it's nowhere near as long as that other ask)

A : anon thank you for the praise about everything esp. shiny n new like goddamn I love that little thing so much, B : I had no idea about Elita in TFP until you mentioned that and I'm very glad they left that out bc I would absolutely have not fucking survived that my heart's in pieces just from reading that, and C :

I think they would have started fighting. As in, Ratchet, with 0 filter, would start laying it out how mad he is about what happened to you. He would blame it on Optimus, and at the time, he would feel totally justified in saying it.

-Optimus would be barely able to hold back his rage, but manages to restrain himself. Tells Ratchet he needs to go home, let that crap work through his system, and recharge before talking to him again.

-Ratchet would then suggest Optimus frag him because that tends to knock people unconscious for indefinite periods of time.

-Optimus looses it. Lunges for him, grabs him and fucking throttles him.

-And the second his servos wrap around his throat, freezes. Because he touched someone. He touched someone he cared about, and he did it with the intent to hurt them.

-He goes catatonic.

-Ratchet, slightly sobered, has to pry his servos off of him, digit by digit.

-Once he does, he leaves in a huff, runs off to punch Megatron in the face like he originally intended.

-But not before ducking out of sight and having the quickest, filthiest guilty-wank of his life. Doesn’t matter how mad you are. Angrier-than-god-Optimus touching you will make you cream your jeans, and marching through deception territory with a spontaneous overload looming on the horizon probably isn’t a great strategy.

-Once he gets the shit kicked out of him and finally sobers up, and realizes that entire exchange not only happened, but happened in front of Bumblebee, he decides this was, in fact, the second worst thing he’s ever fucking done. He calculates the damage done to his filters, finds that the synth-en was mostly processed by other organs, chugs the rough hi-grade equivalent of 2 handles of bourbon, and blacks out for 72 hours straight.

-Neither of them ever speak about it again.

-To each other.

-They both tell you at different times after you’ve woken up

-shock, sadness, understanding, and reason no# 234382643 for feeling guilty about coma time.jpg.

-you bring it up to Bee eventually after a loooooong-ass time.

-He’s just like “wow that sucked but I figured it was par for the course having two(2) reincarnated gods and the universe’s most overpowered 3rd wheel as a family.”

-Thank you for putting things into perspective Baybee boy.

-Reader eventually relays this to both of them.

-Everyone feels marginally less shitty.

[bigskydreaming]

need advice: what do you do when people are SO WRONG and it’s about a stupid tv show but it drives you insane how DUMB and WRONG they are? how did you deal with engaging with people and not just screaming and throwing your device off a cliff during the height of teen wolf stupidity?

LOL, oof, good question. And I don't know that I'm always the best person to look to for this, though my TW era is a better example than my prime Batfandom years - leading to my first point. It sounds like a joke but when I say 'make sure you're medicated, eating well, etc' like....you don't really think about how much your offline state of mind affects how much or how little you're able to put up with online stupidity until you're not staying on top of those things. I'm not as happy with how I handled my general mood & reactions to things in Batfandom as say, Teen Wolf, in the sense that my life was a lot more stable during my major TW fandom years and so I'm a lot more content that when I flew off the handle at people or dug my feet on a point in TW fandom, its because I genuinely felt the situation called for it, rather than just....being generally reactive & trigger-happy about online things because of my general offline disposition.

But once you've taken that into consideration I guess my next biggest advice would be like....on a day when you are in a good state of mind and not in the middle of reacting to something pissing you off in fandom, like, take some time to try and figure out what your big buttons are when it comes to fandom takes, and give yourself permission TO have big reactions to fandom stuff even if it is dumb and stupid and just a show. What I mean by that is we generally disparage our reactions to shows & fandoms and bad takes as being over-reactive and us making a big deal out of stupid little things, but the reality is, the stuff that really drives us up the wall when we think people are being dumb and wrong about stuff....there's usually some underlying element that MAKES it so hot button for us. Rather than try and figure out what that is to condemn or judge yourself for making it a big deal, just try and identify it. Figure out what it is that drives you up a wall when you see people posting a take that you're just sure is wrong and dumb.

And then make THAT your takeaway.....its not people having x opinion about y show that gets you so worked up, its people having x opinion about y issue, as showcased in how they react to certain aspects of a particular show. THAT'S the stuff you want to figure out where you land, if people being wrong about that topic is a dealbreaker for you that you feel compelled to speak up about, or if its something you can let go even if it is going to bug you to do so.

Like with Teen Wolf....there's SO much that people posted about that show that I disagreed with and bugged the crap out of me. Too much. If I let myself get worked up by all of it, to the same degree of intensity no less.....I'd never get anything else done BUT post about it. But once I figured out where I stood on the Big Picture Issues that were central to a lot of the takes that bugged me about the show....its a lot easier from THAT vantage point to decide when I felt it was worth it to engage or push back something, vs when it was just personal to me and I could stand to let it go.

Like the many issues with Teen Wolf's double standards and how they played into racism, the way certain big name posters tried to weaponize social justice terminology or reframe dynamics in certain ways to cast characters like Malia and Scott as abusive while their own personal blorbos had never done anything wrong in their lives....I figured out fairly early on that those weren't takes that I felt comfortable letting pass by without comment, but more importantly, I knew WHY those takes bothered me so much and what about them I thought NEEDED to be pushed back against.....so I was a lot better equipped from that vantage point to give myself permission TO engage.

Because I wasn't fighting myself over it each and every time, disparaging myself that I was getting worked up over personal differences of opinion or non-issues....I'd worked out in my own time, outside of direct conflicts that I had solid reasons for feeling the way I did and I had already determined in advance that like, WHEN these takes came up and I had the time and energy to engage and it wasn't going to take away from stuff I couldn't afford to take away from....I had already given myself the greenlight. When I knew that it was something I'd LIKE to engage on but I just didn't have the spoons or couldn't afford to at the moment, I at least knew where I stood on the subject and that it just wasn't practical for me to go beyond that at the moment.

And then, too, I also knew when there were takes that I had just decided in my own time I didn't feel were worth engaging on. Either because I felt they were too subjective, they weren't really tied to bigger issues that I felt needing pushing back on, or in some cases because they were just personal gripes that I had fandom friends I'd just vent about to privately when they came up....whatever. There were usually a variety of takes that fell into this end of the spectrum, for a lot of different reasons, but the point is, because I'd identified WHY different takes drove me up a wall and how I felt both about the takes and the underlying reason they got to me so much.....I had already given myself the red light about engaging on these subjects, and either just told myself to let it go, or find a friend to vent to about it, etc.

And on occasions when I identified one of these takes as what was pissing me off and yet I really felt in the moment like I just couldn't let it go, like THIS time I needed to make an exception and prove to the other person they were WRONG about this, lol.....I could usually stop myself by falling back on the fact that I'd already pre-determined that this WASN'T a subject I needed to engage on, which meant if in the moment I really really REALLY was feeling otherwise.....that was usually a pretty good indicator that there was something else going on, my offline life maybe had me more amped and reactive than I would otherwise be.....point being, I could work out fairly easily that whatever was going on with me in that moment, it wasn't ACTUALLY that this other person on social media was being so dumb and wrong I absolutely HAD to let them know.

Finally, the last piece of advice I guess I would give here is after you've put in the time to try and get to the bottom of why certain takes bother you so much, and which ones you do feel need to be engaged with for various reasons vs which ones are more subjective or personal gripes that you're probably better off just letting go or keeping between you and friends.....once you've done this, take some time to work out your ideal....palate cleansers. What I mean by this is to keep from becoming too reactive in general, or narrowing your entire fandom presence down to whether or not you engage with certain takes and where and why.....find & remind yourself of things you really enjoy about that show or fandom, things that you can bring into focus or turn to whenever you DO get pissed off about a take that you've decided not to engage with, or even following times when you DO engage with a bad take you needed to push back against....so that you always have something positive or generative to pivot to afterwards and you don't like....get stuck simmering or letting something fester. You're not miring yourself in just your reaction to or feelings about the takes that piss you off...you have a go-to ready in the wings to help you shake that off.

Like if you followed me during my Teen Wolf years, you know about me and Scanny, for instance. I love that ship and its such a non-factor in the grand scheme of Teen Wolf fandom and discourse that I knew I never really ran the risk of pivoting to Scanny stuff right after a Bad Take Palooza or a Heavy Discourse Fest and running right smack into another fight or a bunch of bad takes. It was just....Scanny. LOL.

*Shrugs* Best I can come up with, ultimately. I'm not someone who believes in avoiding confrontation or just pretending that Bad Takes don't matter or become self-perpetuating issues that crop up time and time again....but I also know how easy it is to get so caught up in that you forget HOW to enjoy the thing that you only got into a fandom in the first place with every intention of at least TRYING to enjoy it despite its flaws or its fandom's dumb takes. For me, ideally, its about finding a balance that works for you. Not moderation, per se, but balance. I don't believe they're inherently the same thing, and they look different for everyone, but play around with it, find what works for you, and over time you should get better at threading the needle and letting yourself be your true, opinionated self about topics you're passionate about, but without letting yourself be consumed by it or it overshadowing everything else about your time online.

Sometimes people ARE wrong and you should say so. Sometimes people are wrong and it doesn't need to be you who says so. Sometimes people are wrong and maybe nobody needs to say so and its not actually hurting anyone. And sometimes we're wrong too, lol. C'est la vie.

[daemonmatthias]

despite my best efforts at a schedule and socializing... it’s been one of the hardest summers I’ve had in a while.

some of it is big things, like struggling to stick to any kind of schedule I set for myself due to this being the first year my husband’s work schedule is hybrid (he is home every other week, then I am home alone every other week; if it were just one or the other, I’d be fine), and not being able to go on walks due to the heat.

some of it is nebulous things, like needing to save money but then Sales keep happening on things we kinda need/weird things pop up, and my husband is bored af all day at work and then his mood affects mine because i just am sensitive to other people’s moods, and the fact that we need to formally decide if we are moving out of state soon (husband knows his answer, but I am scared/overwhelmed and will have to quit teaching), and that all this weirdness is making it So Hard to Concentrate on Reading, which is usually my solace in the summer.

but honestly, a lot of it is stupid little things and I don’t understand why so many of them are happening all at once. Just since yesterday morning:

the new avocado I needed to quarter for my usual breakfast smoothies refused to yield the pit, which ended up breaking, and I spent a solid 5 min scraping and slicing to be sure there were no remnants

immediately after I finally got that situated, I grabbed the new carton of almond milk, and it was... somehow sealed wrong?? idk how, but it would NOT open. so I tried opening the side to make a spout (like the little milk cartons from school), but that also would not open cleanly. I ended up needing a knife to slice into it. And then I had to go digging for a pitcher we never use to keep it in since the carton was destroyed.

then my nook crapped out on me. [backstory first: 2 months ago, my nook started randomly resetting itself, which deletes all of your side-loaded content. I ended up having to call customer service. They wanted me to hard reset. It took like 1.5 hours on the phone with them because it SAID it was connected to the wifi but then it wouldn’t do the next step of the set up process because it couldn’t find a wifi connection. Finally the set up process actually went through and they were like “ok all good now!” (right. ok. magically fixed the resetting issue by resetting it. yeah.)] Yesterday, while I was in the middle of reading a library book (considered side-loaded content), it reset itself again, which, of course, deleted the book I was reading.

We agreed last time that if it kept happening, I could get a new nook. Unfortunately, the new model doesn’t come out until september and I’m wary of buying another of the same model in case it has the same problem 2 years in (which is past the warranty period, of course). I did decide to pre-order the new one and pray that hard resetting would again “magically fix” the problem for another 2 months.

This morning, I finally made myself start cleaning the porch. This is terrifying because our porch gathers leaf litter like a mofo and I haven’t cleaned it in ages. There are all sorts of spiders and bugs out there. 

AND of course my gardening gloves have been in an unsealed cart out there. they are shot. i will have to do all this bare handed...

I successfully get the pots of dead plants thrown away. I begin to gather the open bags of dirt to throw them away, having to be extra careful of spiders with my bare hands. A wasp starts flying around me. I try but fail miserably to remain calm and run inside. That chore will not get done today, and today was the last day of below 100F/some cloud cover for who knows how long.

Since I can’t do that chore, I check my amazon cart to see if anything we need got put on prime sale. basically... no. I buy it anyway. or try to; the shipping page keeps crapping out on mobile. I move to my computer and finish the purchase on desktop.

now time to pre-order that nook. except it won’t let me sign in. b&n’s website has so many trackers and shit that it breaks firefox sometimes. (is2g i use nook only because others don’t let you completely turn the backlight off, and as soon as my free year of premium membership is up, I’m going back to using bookshop.org for everything.) I switch to chrome (blech) and sign in.

i press “pay with paypal” and then “complete purchase”. It never pulled up my paypal to let me choose which card to pay with. I have to get into paypal to even figure out which card it payed with. It paid with not the credit card I wanted, not even my default card as selected in paypal, but with our shared checking account. (annoying but no damage done.)

time now to hard reset my nook... oh look, it’s doing the same connected/not connected to the wifi thing. goody...

all this in only the last 30ish hours. and it feels like the whole summer has been like this!

I can’t pretend good things haven’t happened. I visited my family, my bestie visited me and we did a fun craft together, I joined a new public library and love it more than my old one, I hung out with a friend to eat good food and visit a thrift/record store, we FINALLY framed/hung some art and it looks GREAT, I reorganized most of our music so its easier to access, husband made an htpc (home theater computer) so we no longer get youtube ads and he set up plex on it so I can watch the shakespeare plays I have downloaded, I finally made our new 9 delights tracker and it’s almost perfect, I joined my coworker-friend’s book club (bingo card system- good-, but the group read is an author I hate), I crocheted a dog sweater that actually worked (but idk yet if it fits cuz it’s for my parents’ dog), I began the process of switching away from google drive/gmail to something more secure (proton, which I got for almost 50% off).

And there are SO MANY good things coming up: we leave in a couple days to visit the city we might move to, we have tickets to barbie & oppenheimer, we’ll go to a friend’s daughter’s 1st bday party, my besties are coming to visit (museum, escape room, and musical all purchased and lined up!), we’re spending labor day weekend in a luxury cabin in the mountains with friends (owned by one friend’s rich aunt who is not charging/excited to host us), we have tickets to see my fav studio ghibli in theaters in sept., I have tickets to see To Kill a Mockingbird with a coworker-friend, we have ballet tickets for the season...

and yet, I’m struggling daily to complete basic tasks and maintain a positive attitude due to the onslaught of Stupid Little Grievances. :/

[unohanadaydreams]

I'm sick as shit and in the middle of a move. I would let Mayuri give me weird medicine at this point regardless of chances. I want Grimmjow to be real and spooning me while he grumbles into my ear about me being a dumb weak human.😭

This is so old so I hope you recovered well, but literally Mayuri would give you SUCH weird medicine. Also, would be applied in weird ways.

For instance, if you're sick with a virus, I think Mayuri would put you on a metal bed and like sonogram (of course a wildly high tech one that can show cell movement) w/commentary of his super-heated anti-viral cells beating the virus at it's job and hijacking every cell with viral genetic material until you are unpleasantly warm and able to feel your blood rushing and heart pumping too fast.

He even helpfully explains that unchecked, this anti-viral could elevate your temperature to unnatural degrees and melt you from the inside! But because he's so generous, he's programmed them to cease multiplication after a certain point. If you'd gone to the 4th like originally planned, they would have put you on bed rest and suggested plenty of liquids. Don't you feel silly for even considering it?

Of course the entire session has also been used as a learning opportunity for Nemuri and your heart almost stops when she wonders out loud what someone melting from the inside would look like. There's an horrible moment where you and Mayuri meet eyes and you think you'll be made an example.

But it passes and Mayuri pulls up an old video, because of course he's already made an example of someone ELSE. Don't be so silly as to think this is his first time using this anti-viral! And stop lying on the bed like you're still sick--the virus has already been removed, after all.

You don't usually stick around when you see Akon on a smoking break outside, but this time when you leave R&D, you do ask for a cigarette (that can hardly be called a real cigarette thanks to its inherent lack of nicotine, or in fact any addictive qualities beyond the ritual).

@

And as far as Grimmjow!! I think he would super insistent on the bed rest. With zero contact from anyone (besides him, of course). In Hueco Mundo sickness is something to be hidden at all costs, lest you be seen as vulnerable.

I can see him tucking you both away in the bathroom of your little apartment, one of the corners piled with non-perishables and a little mug warmer in a plastic baggie, so it doesn't get wet.

Much to your annoyance, he's really insistent on leaving the apartment dark and not leaving this one room. It's blessed lack of windows and sturdy nature seems to mean a lot to him. With you sick, the precaution is needed. He's an Arrancar, after all. He knows how simple it is to kill of the weak. And your fever is so high that you're shivering in his arms and mumbling incoherently. The tub is large enough for the both of you but not so huge that you can leave his arms. So, it's perfect.

You've probably never seen him this paranoid. And his usual brusque annoyance feels very superficial because of all the care he's putting into protecting you.

He calls you a dumb, weak human and insists if something happened to you, he'd have to answer to Urahara again and he'd rather fuck off back to Hueco Mundo then work there once more. Sure it wasn't too bad. Just annoying. He hates annoying things. Congratulations on being less annoying than Kisuke Urahara (not like it's hard).

But he keeps hold of you the whole time. And spoon feeds you soup. And tea. And reluctantly stands outside of the bathroom when you need to use the toilet, but only because you started to cry, your frustration hitting hard when you're brain's fried from trying to fight off fever & virus alike. It was really pathetic and he doesn't need to put up with that crap. But he still comes back the moment you knock on the door to let him know you're done. (Of course he has no qualms going to the bathroom in front of you, which may or may not bug you. Either way, he cares absolutely 0%. He's not leaving unless he has to.)

There is so much forehead rubbing and back scratches and he even washes you with such care that you cry when you thank him and he has to busy himself with opening a can of soup to keep from looking like a love-sick dope.

[ayydrienagreste]

Tell me about your au!!!

Mai you have opened the biggest can of worms

Ok listen, listen, right off the bat it's Kwami Swap ok? Ladynoire and Mister Bug, but also Le Filou and Tortuvelle (you can figure those two out ;) and more!

With that comes some dynamic swapping of course. Adrien has a huge crush on Marinette and refuses to tell her, yet flirts with her constantly. Laugh machine, is never serious. Mister Bug on the other hand is Serious and sometimes standoffish. Can be short with Ladynoire but respects her and admires her courage in battle. Struggles with thinking outside the box regarding his Lucky Charms. Mister Bug is dedicated to the people of Paris and doing what's right without hesitation (to a fault) Tikki is a great resource for keeping Adrien on track as a civilian because he can be easily distracted by small issues.

Marinette is a nervous ball of anxiety and Plagg does his best to show her that chaos can be a good thing. She is desperately in love with Mister Bug and tells him constantly as Ladynoire. She is much more open to being a force of destruction knowing that the Lucky Charm will undo all of the damage she causes. Sometimes you have to break things to fix them. Plagg loves her dearly and wishes he could help er more.

Lovesquare now consists of Mister Noire, Adrienette, Ladrien, and Maribug (sorry, that's the best I could do). Mister Noire is very one sided from Ladynoire, Mister Bug ignores and rebuffs most of her advances. Will sometimes smooch. Adrienette is mutual pining honestly, they are just too dumb to confess. Ladrien is friendly and sweet! Adrien appreciates getting to know Ladynoire without the devotion and Ladynoire enjoys spending time with Adrien that's not school or bakery focused. Maribug is Marichat 2.0 and I will not apologize.

Some episodes are moved around for my version. For example, Lady Blanc replaces Befana in season 2, Dearest Family happens in season 1 and Chloe doesn't get her Miraculous until season 3 (but she actually earns it this time) Luka gets his during Captain Hardrock and Juleka gets hers during Princess Fragrance. Also none of them get their canon miraculous :D if you squint hard enough you might be able to guess which ones they get but don't worry if you cant, I'm not making it super obvious.

Holy crap I hope that makes sense. I've been thinking about and planning this for months.

I will make a separate post regarding Hawkmoth and Mayura and how that works because oh man it's heartbreaking. They are the only non swap right now but that could change.

Let's call it... Color Theory AU because colors have a lot to do with it and the post regarding GabeNath and HawkMura will explain it better