#but over all i like the idea of her going a bit cray

[butterflyari4]

Super agree with a lot of this! I love when the sibs are just vibing and seeing their dynamics together! Also what u put in the tags about grace, I think that was the only part of the season I actively disliked. Like wtf was up with that

TUA S3 thoughts - SPOILERS AHEAD

Gotta say that I’ve finished watching s3 like last week and it’s still the only thing I can think about. This fandom burst into my brain yet another time (along with my undying love for Robert Sheehan) and I wasn’t ready AT ALL. That being said, here’s some thoughts for this season because i have to share this somewhere so humour me

Again, big, huge spoilers ahead!!

Loved this season. If felt much more personal and emotional than s2, though I must say that for now nothing beats s1 mood.

I felt like the sparrow academy had a lot of potential, which has been exploited a bit but not completely. Marcus’ death was so sudden, and when also Jayme and Alphonso and Stan died, I really hoped TUA would somehow invert the damage and bring everyone back to life. Especially after what happened to Mr Pennycrumb. :(

Loved the dance scenes. There’s a dance scene in every season and I LOVE THAAATTT + bonus points for making the dance scene in e1 diego’s hidden wish lol

So I watched the whole season in Italian and I’ll definitely do a rewatch in English but when I’ve found an article stating that apparently Aidan spoke Italian when meeting Dolores I had to watch it because you don’t notice it in the Italian version!!! And it’s so cute!!!! I’m shocked!!!! I didn’t know Five pictured Dolores as Italian?? Are there other scenes like this that I don’t know of???? When did Five learn to speak Italian??? I LOVED THIS

I’ve read some criticism for this season because it has some nonsense scenes, plus a whole episode just about Luther and sloane’s wedding. I feel that, but I don’t agree - I loved those moments because we get to see more of these characters when they’re not trying to save the world. They’re carefree, and relaxed. We get to know their dance moves (not imagined by Diego this time), we get to see drunk Five (again) trying to give a speech to his brother, we have hugs, and warm words, and drunk Ben being the same old Ben again. So yeah I loved that, I’d watch an entire series of them just doing nothing

Still need to know the reason behind Christopher existence tho

Speaking of the wedding, I love Luther and Sloane!! Luther was a total himbo this season, and now I care so much about him. He changed a lot. At first I didn’t see his relationship with Sloane particularly well (c’mon, another sister??), but then she’s not really his sister like Allison was, was she? So it’s basically almost like Diego and Lila relationship

So yeah now LutherxSloan definitely beats AllisonxLuther

Before diving into S3 Allison rant, I’m gonna say that despite Lila is totally bonkers I love her and she and Diego are perfect for each other. Can’t wait for Dad!Diego!!!!

So yeah, Allison. I kinda hated her this season, but what she went through made me stop from totally hating her. Her siblings did kinda dismiss her pain, even if they were worried about her. Tho if it were Viktor in her place, probably everyone would have rushed to comfort him more than they ever did with Allison. Tho her pain doesn’t really justify what she did to Luther (such a dramatic scene, so painful to watch) and to Harlan. And what she said to Viktor. So yeah. It’s complicated. The fact that at the end of the season she has everything she ever wanted while the others have nothing………I think it’s gonna be a huge thing

And now let’s go to my beautiful, beautiful Klaus!!!!! I LOVED HIM SM this season omg. How he was so resolute to find his mom and what happened to her, and how he wanted to help reggie so much!!! Despite everything!!! He could have gladly abandoned him after everything he did to him (and maybe he should have)

I love his powers and can’t wait to see what else he can do

I was absolutely destroyed by the fact that despite his numerous trips to the other side, there was not a trace of Dave. That would mean he’s alive maybe??? but it’s a Dave that hasn’t really known Klaus and that hasn’t fallen in love with him. Their story is so dramatic and I LOVE IT AND THEM and I really, really hope they have an happy ending in s4 and the writers don’t totally dismiss them because otherwise what was the meaning of s2????

We only got a small whisper from Klaus when he came back from the dead for the first time. A small, anguished “Dave” + klaus clutching the metal tags. That’s it. That’s all we got this season. I’m starving.

Tho again, I loved how Klaus’ focus for this season was his family rather than his lover. We got to know him more in depth and his relationship with his father and the fear of his powers and all that so yeah I can accept this. Still I hoped until the very end to get a crumble of Klave :(

There are many other things but I need a rewatch!! Let me know if you guys have theories!!! I need more theories for s4 otherwise I’d make some myself and no one is gonna like that and I don’t have the energy to come up with some sense for this season lol

[tan1shere]

i have no idea if you do fics for eva from swarm but i’m begging you for another!! maybe like we join the group unknowingly but eva takes a particular liking to us? you can change stuff about that idek what i’m saying i just need more eva fics

(i know she’s a cult leader but she’s hot. arrest me 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️)

All Mine

Eva x female reader !

A/n: yesss we love Eva here, I hope you enjoy !

Summary: there were many girls in the cult. But she was drawn to you, obsessed with you.

Warnings: smut, eva is cray cray but in a hot way (we know 😋) eating out (r receiving) hickeys - I think that might be it, leme know if I missed anything !

Masterlist

It was 3 months in, and you loved it there your new friends, letting you stay with them after your car had broke down not far from them. You had no idea where you were heading if you were honest so when they offer you to stay you ofcourse say yes. Eva, the lead girl of the little group was the first one to find you on the side of the road.

"Fuck sake." You cursed under your breath. You then hear a voice behind you, startling you slightly. "Everything ok?" You turn to face her. "Yeah just a flat tire- probably a sign I shouldn't keep going." You awkwardly laugh a tiny bit, causing her to flash a beautiful smile, it made you go a little crazy. "Im Eva." She sticks her hand out. "Y/n."

And ever since then you've been happily living there, alongside all the others. You had your own room, just like Eva did. Which confused you to say the least. Because the others all slept in one room. Why didnt you? But those wandering questions soon enough unfolded.

There was no doubt Eva was hot, you deeply thought so. Whenever she'd speak so softly, with a hint of teasing, it was alluring. And to be honest you loved it. You didn't quite understand why, you were all just friends. Right?

"Good day?" You then hear her voice, causing you to look at her as she approaches your seat, sitting next to you. "Great thanks, Eva. It's so lovely here." Her eyes wander your face. "Good, angel. Im so glad." You look into her piercing blue eyes, feeling like you were in a trance. She was like nothing you've seen before.

You then think for a moment. "Can I ask you something?" She just nods, moving a loose strand behind your ear. "What's up?" You take a moment to process. "Why do I have a room to myself and the others don't?" She then thinks, needing to come up with a lie. "They've all had it at one point, each new girl gets to have it til they're settled in with one another." You believed anything she said, so you just smile and nod. "Makes sense!"

But suddenly it didn't make sense. You ofcourse talk to the others, but you mainly kept to yourself. "Hey Cricket!" You smile, she returns it. Patting the spot next to her. "Hey babe, everything good?" You nod with a hum. "I did have a question though." She swivels to face you. "What's on ya mind." - "How long did you have the room I'm in before you went into the main one?" Her brows furrow slightly. "I've never had that room, no body has in fact. Eva said it was just empty but nothing was going in it. Why's that?" Your mind thinks for a moment. Eva lied to you.. but for what reason.

"Oh- uh. Nothing important, I just assumed thats what had happened." You shake your head slightly, pulling yourself out of your thoughts. "Nope, you're the first actually, I didn't know that could be a bedroom to be honest." You nod, going to get up. "Yeah, well. Thanks Crick." She nods, giving you a last smile.

You march up to Eva's room and open the door, you'd usually knock but she was just sitting on her bed reading. "Everything alright love?" Her brows furrow, going to get up. She comes over to you, putting her hand delicately on your cheeks. "You lied to me, why?" Confusion strikes her. But your instant with your words. "You know exactly what I'm talking about." - "Baby, hey. I said that so you wouldn't rub it in the others faces. Did you?" You felt angry for some reason. "Ofcourse not! That's not who I am. You know that." She hums in reply. "Look, they aren't bothered that they don't have that room, they're pretty happy being in the main."

"So whyd you lie to me?" You fold your arms, but you just looked so cute in her eyes. "Because I didn't want you knowing the real reason, not them." You ponder for a moment, huh? Why though.. "i don't understand." You look into her eyes, but hers get closer by the second. Backing you up against the wall. "Let me show you." She says into your neck. Her breath causing you to shiver visibly. Your mouth opens slightly, going to put your hand in her soft hair. Her lips make contact with with your skin. Beginning to suck hard.

Noises come out of you. Liking this a bit too much. "Eva-" You gasp as she bites. She wasn't listening, continuing to suck as you let out a noise of approval. But she abruptly removes her mouth, clearly done with the task. You whimper, wanting more. And she smirks, exactly how she wanted you. "Go down for dinner hm?" She bites her lip but you freak out. "But my neck-" "good. Let them see." Your eyes widen in size, but you were so drawn to Eva. You just wanted to do exactly as she asked.

That was now a few weeks ago, nothing has actually happened and you were growing incredibly frustrated. Why hadn't she made another move like that night? It was bugging you. So you did what you thought would get her attention. You wore a short summer dress that was tight around your breasts making them sit incredibly nicely. You wanted to go for a small walk down to the gardens, but before you could leave the house a hand is gripping your wrist. "What're you wearing?" You turn to look at her. "Clothes? Can I not?" Her brow raises.

"Things are very.. tight." She says as she observes. "Don't look then." You say with a cheeky smile, about to leave again. She scoffs, pulling you back considering her grip was still tight around your wrist. "Uh uh, don't do that." - "Or what? Why do you care so much."

"When you come around looking like this, don't think I don't recognize that shit."

"Bothered?" She tilts her head, looking at your lips. She honestly had no idea why she was putting off going further with you. Maybe beyond all the sexualness she had grown to truly care for you. The fear of hurting you in any way was evident. "My room, now." Something in you changes and you do just that, loving the way her voice sounded.

You make your way up there, standing in the middle of the room. "Are you afraid of something Eva?" She sh's you, going straight to kissing your neck. She didn't want to talk right now. "But it seemed-" "Silence angel, just relax." You let out a breath you had been holding in, trying hard not to go too mental. But you ofcourse failed. Miserably. You were now laying on your back against her bed. Her ontop of you. Your brain fuzzed over when her hand slides up your thighs, inching closer and closer to you. "You're so warm." Her voice was like a whisper inside your brain. Like she wasn't real.

"Please Eva, need you so bad." You pleaded desperately. She smirks down at you, moving her hand inside to feel just how wet you had become. You gasp yet again, not as prepared for her next move. She plays with you, exactly how she's been playing with your mind. But you loved it, craved it. It never felt real. It certainly did now though. "So wet, wonder who got you like this." You try to form any kind of words. "You Eva.. you made me wet." The confession makes her go insane. Adoring how much power she has over you.

"Precious precious girl." She softly says, lifting your dress up and planting her face directly over your clothed pussy. But her hands yank them off within an instant, seeing for herself just how wound she had you. "Goodness me, angel. Get to see it all for myself." Another whimper escapes you. "All mine." She then breathes, diving in immediately after saying that. "Fuck!" You screech, but a soft hand flies to your mouth. "Quiet baby, unless you want them to hear how I'm having you right now." You shrink as she says that, feeling a lil embarrassed. "Didn't think so.." She trails off, licking your cunt real good.

Causing you to bite her hand, knowing how loud you can get. "I mean, I'd like them to hear, all those pretty noises. How much of a mess you'll be when I'm done. All, because of me" Her finger makes way into your mouth, getting you to suck. "You're so well behaved huh?" Your mind goes blank feeling like an empty piece of paper. "What a good girl, very good." Your eyes shut as her tongue enters you, her pace fast. Making your head spin. "Eva." You mumble against her finger, feeling it coming quick. "Go on baby, let me finally taste you." And with a few more fucks of her tongue. That's what you did.

Cumming all of it into her mouth. And she couldn't be more happy. "So easy to make cum. Good to know."

[nobodyfamousposts]

Hey I love your work. This idea keeps popping up in my head involving your doll au. I know in your posts for this au marinette still become guardian and let's say a situation causes a scene similar to the beginning of gang of secrets. Girl squad comes over, confess her secret, starts to look through her room. But instead of almost finding the box, they find Chatton drawing behind a pillow. I imagine 5 one-shots of the each girl babysitting him. Or did I just create the origin of reluctant dark l

Chaton was having a good day!

He got to rest in Mister Sunbeam. But he wasn't sleepy. Instead he was working! He was being artsy, just like Mama!

Chaton had a big piece of paper and his own cray-eons to draw with! And he was drawing all sorts of things!

He was drawing Mama! And Mama as a hero! The best hero! Spotty Mama with a cape and staff!

And he was drawing Pinkling and Greenie and Grand Pa Fu! And the Box! And the Friends Inside!

And Untie! And cookies! And kitties!

Hmm….he was running out of space on the paper.

But he had more paper to draw even more things on! Yay!

He thought it over and was debating whether to draw an alien or a unicorn.

…..he couldn't make up his mind, so he decided to do both and draw a space unicorn!

And he delivers rainbows and smiles!

And he shoots marshmallows with his laser!

Chaton got really into his drawing that he stopped paying attention to the sounds of the bakery below.

Even when those sounds started getting louder.

Alya, for her part, wasn't having that good of a day. But it was going to improve now that she had a plan to talk to her best friend. And she was going to ge some answers, mark her words!

"Okay, we'll talk to Marinette and get her to tell us the truth so we can help her!" Alya explained the plan with the other girls in tow.

Alix frowned, uncertain. "Maybe we should let her talk to us in her own time?"

Alya rolled her eyes. "I am not going to stand by when my girl is hiding secrets!"

And not wasting any time, she shoved open the door to Marinette's room.

"Marinette! We've come for the truth!" She announced.

Silence.

Nothing but silence and an empty room.

Empty and silent.

Except for the sounds of scratching on paper.

And Marinette's Chat Noir doll in the middle of her room. Whom was clearly the one drawing on the paper. And looking quite happy with himself.

The girls stared.

Chaton finally took notice of the intrusion and turned to the ones responsible.

They gaped at him.

Chaton stared back, a bit surprised. People? Who were these people? Why were they there? What were they doing there?

Then he realized that there WERE people there and remembered that he was supposed to not be caughted.

Chaton flopped back onto the ground, pretending to be a regular toy and hoping they didn't see him.

Alya stared in disbelief.

"No, don't try pretending now. We saw you." She told him.

No, they didn't. Chaton insisted.

[wifeofnatasharomanoff]

Darkest Nights: How We Met

SERIES MASTERLIST

WARNINGS: dark!nat, nat has a dick, stalking, obsession, masturbation, somnophilia

WORDS: 1,079

PAIRING: mob!nat x f!reader

A/N: Natasha's like silly girl cray

You first saw her at a local café near your house, your shoulders barely touched as you were leaving and she was walking inside. You had bumped into her — or she had bumped into you. Either way, she made you apologize. “God– look where you're going sometimes, won't you?” You looked up at the tall, muscular woman in front of you, “I– I'm sorry I didn't mean to..” You quickly apologized before scurrying out the café.

That moment is what had changed your life forever. She saw the afraid look on your face when you apologized to her. So innocent you were. She knew she had to ruin you, rid you of your innocence. That day, she followed you home. How cute, barely any security at home. She wouldn't have even been surprised if you left your door unlocked. Natasha entered your quiet, cozy little home and looked around, seeing pictures of you and your friends in frames in your living room. A pink fluffy rug in the room as well. “hm..” God, you're so adorable, she thought. She spotted a room with the door shut in the far corner. It was your bedroom.

She peeked into the room as quietly as she could, only to see you sleeping soundly in your bed. Your plushy thighs sprawled on the mattress, your arms wrapped around a brown stuffed bear, and the duvet barely covering your body. “Fucking hell..” she whispered as she felt a strain in her pants. You were deep asleep, you wouldn't have woken up. So she chose to discard her jeans along with her boxers. Her gaze flew to your plump, parted lips as you softly breathed. “Fuck. What has gotten into me..?” she muttered as her palm went up and down her cock, jerking off at the idea of those same lips wrapped around her dick. “oh God.” she groaned as white droplets of her own cum sputtered all over her hand.

She looked down at your unconscious body, “you're such a beautiful, beautiful girl..” she needed you. She needed to mess you up. Was it love at first sight? It seemed like lust at first sight.

In the following days, she managed to break into your house and even set up cameras inside. In your bedroom, your kitchen, the living room. You hadn't noticed yet. Yet. You didn't notice the piercing green eyes following your every move, the red haired, mysterious woman tracking you down. Except till one day — you had a rather stressful day and went to a bar. What you didn't know beforehand was that this wasn't any regular bar. It was Natasha's she owned the bar. But nonetheless, you, clueless you, continued to sit at the bar with a shot glass of– whatever the bartender handed you, that of which you gladly drank all up.

“Easy there, sweetheart.. say, what's such a pretty little thing doing out here all alone?” You stayed silent as you looked up at the woman beside you. “I..” she brought her hand to your chin, caressing your cheekbone with the pad of her thumb. “oh.. what I would do to destroy you.” she whispered. If you weren't already a bit tipsy, you could've heard what she said. “Do you want another drink doll?” she spoke up, her eyes examining your face. She knew you were already quite intoxicated. Your eyes were droopy, and you took a few seconds to process words as she spoke to you. “I– I don't think..” she gestured her head over to you to the bartender, calling him to hand another glass.

The man slid over a shot glass across the table and towards his boss. “Open up, kotenok..” she picked up the glass and tapped it against your closed mouth. You kept your lips shut and took your eyes off of her. “oh, for fucks sake.” she poured the drink in her mouth and slammed her lips against yours. “mm..” you could taste the alcohol in your tongue and her lips. She sloppily kissed you with your wrists held by her strong arms, pinned against the table. “mmnph!” you let out muffled moans as she slid her tongue into your mouth, you could feel yourself slipping into darkness. Was the drink drugged or were you falling asleep?

Your question never got answered. You gasped as you shot up from bed. Wait– you were at home. How- how did you get home? Weren't you at a bar? “Shit. Oh my God–” You looked down at yourself. You were still wearing the clothes you wore last night. Last night. What happened? Memories of the night before flashed in your head. Someone kissed you. You couldn't recall her face, but— you knew it was a woman with red hair as well.

What you hadn't known is that she was watching. Is it really obsession if she cared? Whenever she'd see you walk inside your home with someone she— she genuinely couldn't express the feelings she felt. Watching you with a person other than her having such intimate moments. An unknown person with their grabby hands all over your body, your chest, everywhere. They'd push you onto the bed, and you'd spread your legs for them to cause those sweet, sweet noises to slip past your mouth— she shut off the screen.

Why was she getting frustrated over this? She didn't love you– no. Did she? She had to have you for herself. She didn't want anyone else to have you. You were hers, but you just didn't know that yet. She was sure to make you know soon.

“Natasha! The car is leaving, are you coming or not?” she groaned as someone called her. “Yeah, I'll be there.” she turned the safety off of her gun and grabbed it before she walked out of the room.

“Well, well.. what do we have here, hm?” she smirked as she made eye contact with the man tied up into a chair. “Fuck you Romanoff!” he spat out, “I'm not going to ask you again you idiot, where is Dreykov?” the man had once worked for her. Two-faced fucks working for her were one of the things she most disliked. She most hated whenever she'd see you with anyone she didn't know. “You're a worthless bitc—.” she pulled her gun out and shot him in the head. Blood splattered onto her face as his body went limp in his seat. “Call the clean up crew Wanda.”

[ask-nome-tatsunagi]

about to drop something a friend of mine, @hessadvv , came up with here. since it was related to the tatsunagis, I thought Nome would maybe (probably not) enjoy it (meru might tho)

it's long and entirely copy pasted

Great. So,the tatsunagi family has a team of therapists, that are aware of cray and it's existence. They are the ones that keep the peace,and slam some sense into takuto's head (love him,but he's insane) somewhere between season 1 and 2,they took a vacation to Italy or something, somewhere that doesn't have vanguard,and that's when shit hit the fan(didn't want to. They knew that disaster would strike. But takuto argued that it was just for a couple of months,and that he could make sure that earth and cray weren't going to get destroyed......we can both agree that he miserably failed. Cut off all communication,so these therapists had no idea about the events that transpired during the asia circuit and LJ. Either they come back at the tail end of season 3, land at the airport,have this moment of"ahh japan! it's good to be back!"with the sun shining and see the staff cardfighting with weird tattoos, get outside and see everything burning. OR coming back a bit later and takuto(we'll pretend he's alive,I haven't thought that far yet)greets them at the airport, and we get a chapter where he threatens everyone not to mention the events of AS and LJ so he doesn't have to deal with the"I told you so!)and the scolding he'll get. But someone slips. Whichever version you think is funnier.either way, Once our REAL team of heroes finds out. They ask(read: demand)that takuto round up every one personally involved,and Make them individual therapy appointments to work through what happened. Non negotiable. Takuto sends out invitations for a"celebration"and then drops this bomb on them because he doesn't have a choice and he finds it funny (don't worry the therapists will deal with him. But they're used to it so they're focusing on the rest) featuring:kai jumping out of the nearest window. Misaki just leaving. Kamui and kyou having no idea what therapy even is. Chris arguing that he's a genius and doesn't need it. tetsu breathing a sigh of relief. The tatsunagi sisters giggling at everyone's reactions when one of TT(the therapists)turns around and announces that they'll be getting therapy too,etc

Basically,each team gets a therapist(Al4,Q4,etc),and individual sessions with the therapists assigned to them. And then the sessions start and they quickly turn from"helping these teenagers get over saving the world/trying to destroy it"into "why does everyone of these kids have childhood trauma?!" As the therapists realize that all of them have issues that started way before they even got into cardfight vanguard.

Aichi's bullying and his dejection at being a "failure" of an older brother to Emi and guilt over her feeling like she has to protect him. Kai's parents death/disappearance and the feeling of being unwanted by anyone afterwards . Ren's psychotic personality and abusive relationship with his father. Asaka's unhealthy dependance on him. Misaki ostracization growing up because of her photographic memory and her parents' death. Leon's life growing up on the island, trapped with nowhere to go. Chris drowning under the pressure of being the best.miwa feeling like he didn't enough for kai His teammates having to be in his shadow. Etc.

First appointment: featuring:kai glaring and not saying anything for two hours. Ren cheerfully avoiding any questions. The therapist immediately clocking Aichi as a bullying victim.(I know I talk about Aichi's bullying past alot. But it is truly important to me. We don't see the extent of it. But considering every flashback we see of child Aichi he is COVERED in bruises and also that he switched schools,I think I can safely assume it was terrible. to me switching schools is the VERY last option. I would have liked to see side effects from that, even after a couple years. Because bullying isn't something most people easily get over. I am lucky enough not to have been ever put into that situation,but still. I would have liked to see it Like,not really trusting the teachers at his new school, because he saw them completely ignoring his situation,or dismissing it as"kids being kids" while kids can be extremely cruel without understanding the consequences. Hunched over trying to make himself smaller to not draw any attention. Him potentially running into some of his old bullies in highschool,etc. i tried touching on it in my fic but I didn't do that well. It sucks that the only time it was ever mentioned again was when naoki was introduced. As he apologized for not stepping in. I don't think Aichi had the saddest childhood in the series. Far from it. But it would have made a good plot point. Sorry I am rampeling).

Not Taking any of Ren's bias. Staring kai down. And being badass. And then realizing the that team dynamic between Q4 is extremely disfunctinal and pretty toxic. The worst of the bunch, which is a shock to everyone. So that leads to team sessions being implemented. And that leads more then once into a screaming match between Aichi and Kai.(I wanted him to call kai out on his bullshit here) also there are group sessions will all four of the psyqualia users which also end up in screaming matches between leon and ren,and ren and aichi.

I just realized I forgot about LM. We'll pretend that their memory was deleted and this just happened post canon.

That is actually a GENIUS idea because that's literally how it would work. Like you can't go to any therapist to talk to them about having gone through like 4 apocalypses, you need a specialised team for that. I'd think it was Nome's idea because his siblings grew desensitised to all that mess meanwhile he, who never directly participated in any of that, was like "Hey. What the hell. Sending you all to special therapy right now."

- meru

[peacefulworld2003feelthegroove]

age regression was a really population concept in cartoons and movies. never really thought about how much it shows up

Under readmore bc I rambled on long XD

Yep, sometimes I entirely forget about that spongebob episode the main cast gets transformed into babies. Considering the way it was portrayed I've always assumed that one in particular was fetish but yeah. I had to look it up to make sure that one wasn't a fever dream. No hate to anyone but that wasn't my favorite episode. I liked Grandma's Kisses or whatever that episode was called a lot more. Way more relatable. Me too spongebob. Me too. Anyways I always disliked that episode with the gas.

Anyways back on topic.

I think a lot more people are regressors and transage than they think 🤷‍♂️ the idea is very comforting to a lot of people. Of course it shows up in stories a lot, it's fun :3 and like I said last ask, it's a genuinely useful little gag to pull in order to get really over the top mature and stoic types to let their guard down and have a little fun or force them into a safe state of vulnerability so they can be protected and loved. And of course like many cartoons, like how I mentioned above, I won't say it's never because someone at a cartoon studio was slipping their fetish in. I'm sure a large amount of it is, but unlike foot and fart smelling or things in that category, it isn't always the case.

Anyways furthermore on topic

Yeah, and no wonder! A lot of cartoons are for kids, seeing adult charicters as kids can be a plus for relatablity (ex. Spongebob from spongebob is a very childish adult, for whatever reason you may accredit that to) or even to make fun of a common issue (annoying babies is a big one, a lot of older kids with younger siblings could relate to it) as well as a lot of childish adults (for whatever reason it may be) watch cartoons!

Personally I wish it was more popular in fantasy young adult fiction :3 the only charicter I've stumbled upon like that is Nyx from fire emblem fates, who ~~ was cursed to be a kid forever because she was causing a lot of immature havoc with her spells and magic and stuff. However I don't really like her portrayal of the topic because she's very dysphoric about her percived age and upset with the curse, which makes me feel bad for her, and its a bit... obvious she's not trapped as a kid for actual story reasons but instead as an excuse to get to marry someone with a kids body... so..... idk if she really counts.

I'm just a big fan of fantasy universes. Wish they used this more. When will among us fire emblem babies be born transformed. They're so traumatized and high strung plz they need a break

Speaking of, because now I'm talking about FE, I really heavily headcanon about dragons in the fire emblem universes and I like thinking about the nohrian royals and their dragon-ness, I like go imagine they all have different limits, but all regress back to dragon behavior sometimes. Leo and corrin are really quick to regress, Camilla is somewhere in the middle and Xander is stubborn in that sense. I like thinking of them all snuggling in a pile half transformed, or like, Leo being in the middle of talking and just stopping to watch a rat in the other room, totally sidetracked and in a different mindset now XD.

I also like thinking about Garon before his curse made him cray cray evil. Oh big dragon papa.... I think he probably had to fight the urge to pick them up by the scruff of their necks even after his kids had grown up (not counting elise of course :[ he didn't get to hardly even meet her) .

[puppet2611]

//from 5.12.23

hey.... im going a lil cray cray over lf x a5 crossover au.. (also 8:11 bcz im a loser for oc x canon :3)(still coping over this stomache) if i dont send smth in 5 minutes shoot me im going too cray cray/j

lf already kind of has ties to a5 since the entities still being alive and just kinda moving around but not really - maybe ill age up adam and oliver to use as background characters but whos knowss

not canon or anything just a silly little thought but erm. what if all 3 were connected via religion 😁 emilio, natalia, charlotte and isabella from lf already have religious backgrounds, 8:11 practically revolves around religion and a5 entities pretending to be angels could wreck some havoc on the damned basilica teehee,,, since im too silly with char.ai most of the characters mentioned already interacted w/ 8:11 bots to kinda get an idea of how everything would play out even if it was ooc... younger emilio and amelia def actually confided in francis while everyone else was at least a bit suspicious (minus isabella but uhmmm. lore reasons) idk abt the entities since i havent rlly worked on anything but their designs but maybe ill give them different abilities and only one of them knows francis' true intentions:3c

OH YEAH idk if ill ever tell him abt it but maybee i could throw in adams ocs too since bros absolutely batshit insane over 8:11 rn. i have screenshots of him being insanely gay over a french guy btw if anyone wanted to see/j ANYWAY ehheheee maybe felix and samuel knew the martin kids at some point :33 bunch of religiously traumatized kids meeting, what could happen??? (felix and emilio both stabbed their siblings at skme point 💀) ANYWAYS i think sam and samuel would get along not just because uhh similar names but idk since were kinda split between making sam a bitch or actually nice... oh and i never drew sam or amelia properly yet whoops a5 exploded my mind

btw abt the entity mfs id like to think most of them usually stay in human forms except for atlas whos kinda the socially awkward one whod rather stay as an animal so no one tries to talk to him lmfao

but hes also extra so anyone at the basilica sees a fucking bear with antlers and the fur pattern of a deer and gets jumpscared (they all get used to it later and only vistors get jumpscared) OH AND ABT THE OC X CANON STUFF. not rlly shipping i just dk what else to call it but tee hee maybe isabella and vittorino have mad beef because her dad died at the basilica not soon after vitto joined so shes mad sus 😁😁 but only to be a bitch bcz she finds him utterly disgusting. her cousin allen kills him bcz he kinda was suffering anyway and she actually helped plan it loll

everytime girl comes across the stupid hoe they always glare at each other or get in a fight... usually verbal bcz natalia would go rabid if vitto tried to hit bella ykyk

oh and since im trying to align the stories together a bunch of ages r gonna have to change... idk if emilio or oliver is gonna be the older one but there is no way in hell a priest is younger than someone still in school... but then again overthinker wont stop comparing emmy to felix so ion wanna make him too close to blondies age but then again again felix is like 50 now... ill probably make emmy 36 and amelia 41 ig. klaus has too many white hairs to only be 40 anyway/hj but then adams still older than klaus.... i mean ig i could just use the excuse that he dyes his hair since he already has highlights

this is a whole mess uhm.

im unoriginal asf so emilio and jericho can bond over being people pleasers and cupioromantic but their first and only ever crush was abusive 😁😁 (<- definitely not projecting) (i lied. jericho only ever gets with elio bcz of that one time on valentines day irl) (im normal i swear)

OH WHILE IM TALKUNG ABT EMILIO. BEFORE I FORGET

bro went from snarky rude ass hoe to the most pathetic bird known to man for silliness reasons/hj

bros insanely mentally unstable, has chronic pain and heart problems, trust problems and definitely either a drinking or smoking problem. hell he can even jack both of them if he wants/j uhm. but i decided to make him less of a mary sue with all the language stuff n shit. idk if i ever mentioned it but who cares its my channel grr/j anyways instead lf the grocery list of languages he can speak, he can only speak english, greek, and belarusian 👍 also asl but idk if youd count that as smth he can speak

still torturing his pathetic ahh but anywayss abt that one tobias/future emilio art. the snake he has was originally gonna be named mobius for his symbolism stuff (and a hi3 ref/silly) but maybee i might rename the snake fang or michael as in adams late husband because uhmmm. what if adam was like a father figure to him when they met and he at some point got him a snake 👍👍 (he wouldve gotten a rabbit but uhm. vitto symbolism. and bro is traumatized from the vittorino ais..)

that is all for neow bcz i need to go take medicine 😭

[legacy-by-darkryuu]

Remaster: Step Toward the Future, Chapter 1

Summary: Set in BTN/MFOMT/DS: Jill ("Claire") is struggling to find a goal in life after high school. After her parents boot her off to her late grandfather's farm, everything around her is never quite the same as she struggles to find herself and her future. Remastered from original 2004 release. Jill/Cliff, minor Jill/Kai, minor Jill/Gray, minor Jill/Doctor. OC/Popuri, OC/Elli.

Also available on Archive of Our Own

Chapter 1: The Beginning

Blanket Disclaimer: I don’t own Story of Seasons, Harvest Moon, or Rune Factory.

Rating: M/Adult

Author’s Note:

2023 Notes: It is DONE. It only took four years because of flipping adulthood. I can’t say it was fruitless. Along with the full rewrite of Step Toward the Future, I completed the prequel stories! Originally, when I was gung-ho writing this in the 00s-10s, I skipped around and did not actually write how some of the characters got here. Especially the kids, my God. They just popped up in Yuki, the Sophomore fanfic following Step Toward the Future. And there’s mentions of the characters but like you never meet them. It’s been weird as hell but I fixed it! All characters are now accounted for.

I will be posting for a while, there is a TON of content. I do not believe I can get into Fanfiction.net for some reason, or at least it’s not loading for me (I promise you, it could have fully closed and I’d have missed it) so it will be on Archive of Our Own and on Tumblr…once I pretty up the site. My motivation for anything lately is crap. But it’ll be on legacy-by-darkryuu at some point. I will host the ‘Classic’ version there unless otherwise specified.

It stays true to form…to a point, then, if somehow you’ve read it between 2004-2016, it goes the FF7 route and goes complete revamp. Still chaotic, still pretty nonsense but I seriously cannot reformulate this whole series by rectifying that, lol.

It’s a trifle darker than the original? Just a wee bit. And while real world chronologically, this is the first story I wrote, in the series, Nomad falls before this and may be a good read for some elements but not required. But that’s all I’ve got. Happy reading.

2019 Rewrite Notes: So, I finally decided to stop being lazy since I am working on the original six’s stories (mostly Shin’s right now) and just edit this bad boy to fit where we are now. I have like 90 different versions sitting in this folder but we’ll call this the “Forever Edit” until I edit something else into the storyline.

It’s only necessary for some unsavory things that were ‘normal’ when I was fourteen. It did kind of strike me as funny that Cliff’s ‘gentlemanliness’ is a little gross to me now. It just didn’t come off naturally. Also, while Jill was a loner and aloof in the original version, while she’s not super friendly ‘everyone is my friend!’, I don’t get the idea she’d purposefully be that way so that’s gonna be played down. Also, since Koji’s our quintessential dark child, she may still dress darkly and have a few of the original stylings but that’s gonna be rolled back a little too. And just some general cohesiveness corrections. ADDITIONALLY, I hope I can truncate this disaster to make it a more reasonable amount of chapters.

I’m going to remove the classic version from FF.Net again but you can still access it on Archive of Our Own. I know a lot of my old time readers are nostalgic and the version over there was how it was ORIGINALLY uploaded.

New time readers, welcome to the series. It’s cray. I have literally been writing this thing for fifteen years. I have slowed down due to being a full-time employed millennial so I get in where I fit in now. This story is set in 2004. It’s an AU take on the game. There will be lore and Easter eggs toward the series but overall, just take the characters and throw them into a real setting. Be forewarned, some of your favorite characters may be portrayed as unsavory but this changes (now). I hope you enjoy! Happy reading~

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Jill was lost in her own world amidst the heavy metal and moshing as she walked through the concert of one of the local bands, shoving past the riled up fans, cursing them silently under her breath. Like clockwork, again, she wasn’t in a good mood. The screaming rhythm that she had come to love wasn’t numbing her dismay at all.

She’d been tasked to take care of her great-grandfather’s farm and she was leaving tomorrow morning.

It wasn’t like her but she whined for nearly three weeks. It wasn’t what she WANTED to do…but, her parents demanded to know her alternatives. She…had none. They assured that this was something for her to do in the meantime then. She had five other brothers, but she was chosen out of all of them. Most likely because, out of all of them, she was the only one not attending college aside from the oldest who already had a career.

Mumbling lightly, she started for the exit, seeing as the concert wasn’t providing her any joy and tomorrow was going to be a long day.

And the sooner she figured out what step she had going toward her future, the sooner she got to leave.

She heard the alarm beeping, but she didn’t want to wake up. She didn’t want to go. Why was she being forced to do this? What did she, someone who’d only known the city for eighteen years, know about farming?

She picked up her alarm clock and threw it across the room, burying her face into her pillow. Whose test was this exactly? “Well, good morning, Sunshine” said a sarcastic voice. She looked to the door of her large room to see her older brother, Yagami Koji, standing there, wearing dark colored jeans and a black button up shirt, an ever loving child of darkness with dark hair and dark eyes to match. Jill sat up and grumbled, “Shut up and kill me.” He smiled gently and came further in to sit on her bed, “Princess, you know I’d go for you if mom and dad weren’t so invested in seeing you do something.” “Can’t I take time to figure that out? I just don’t know! I’m not like you or Shin, I don’t know what I want to do!” she protested, referring to their oldest brother who had a full blown career now. “And you can do that while you’re managing the farm” he said warmly, “Hell, maybe you’ll have an epiphany in like the first year then one of us will come and run it the rest of the way until it’s sold. You have to admit, Jilly, you’ve been sitting around for not days or weeks or even months, but close to a full year, doing absolutely nothing. We have super lenient parents but they do not care for idleness. You already got to see they didn’t let it fly with your twin.” Yea, she guessed she was the spoiled one now, she did think she’d get a pass. She sat up and hugged his waist, whining, “Big brother…” He stroked her long blond hair and rested his chin on top of her head, “Mmm, tell you what: how about I come and help on my next break. Sound okay?” She sighed. “I guess...”

"Psh, you guess? Can you imagine Koji actually farming?” said a snickering voice. They both looked up and Koji glared back at him. “I’d do better farming than you can, punkass.” The other oldest, Yagami Nerimaru, known amongst their family as ‘Nelly’, gave Koji a large grin and placed his left hand on his hip. He shook a spatula at them. “The nerve. And after I got up all early and crap to fix breakfast. I’m hurt.” Koji stood and rolled his eyes at Nelly, his younger less gloomy twin “How sweet of you. Did you hit your head or something?” “Bah. I can’t do anything out of the kindness of my heart?” Koji raised an eyebrow, blinking innocently “Kindness? Is there any?” Koji laughed and ran down the hallway as Nelly threw the spatula at him. He glared in the direction Koji fled, most likely having missed as Koji was master at dodging. Jill groaned. Her brothers…her stomach flopped and she winced, biting her lip as nervousness suddenly overtook her.

“What if no one there likes me?” she whispered.

“What are you talking about? Does it even matter?” Nelly questioned.

“Yea, if I have to stay there for three or more years until we sell it or someone takes it over, it kind of does” she huffed. Nelly suddenly leered, looking back down the hallway, “Oi, Koji!” Somehow, she knew what direction this was going already when Koji reappeared. Nelly glowered, “She’s gonna be in ol’ country town without our supervision and probably meeting all sorts of shmucks.” “It crossed my mind” Koji assured. Jill groaned, burying her face in her hands. Here we go. She had maybe two boyfriends in her life because these two and, to a smaller degree, her other three brothers terrified anything identifying as male away from her. Hell, they might take this from her with that option looming overhead.

“But I’m leaning that Jill’s city sensibilities aren’t gonna be swayed by some country dude” Koji added. What now? Jill gave him a look as Nelly looked dubious. “I dunno, dude, country girls are hot, why are the dudes gonna be any different?” Koji mused over this and she groaned again, “Okay, while you two decide if you’re sending bodyguards with me, leave so I can take a shower.” She went into the large bathroom in her almost suite-like room and turned on the radio to Yellowcard, an American band. Undressing and climbing into her shower, she started to wash her hair and wonder...

Did they have showers? Oh God, she was going to die.

She wandered out after several minutes and pulled on her black shirt and a pair of red pants. Heading downstairs in the Yagami mansion to the kitchen, she found some of her brothers swinging pots and pans at each other, Koji and Nelly milling in the corner, probably still discussing her supervision while all that nonsense went on around them. She raised an eyebrow and shook her head. Well, one pro: She was leaving some of this insanity behind.

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Shin, her oldest brother, glanced at her as she gulped heavily. He was driving her to the ferry station on Hondo, the main island where she’d lived her whole life, to spirit her to this farming island. Her father, Yagami Yamada, a big-time surgeon, was supposed to but got called in to treat a patient.

Her mother also was called to surgery. Fashion surgery, that is. Apparently, there were two models on opposite spectrums in a show, one gaining weight to wear an outfit and another losing too much. Her mother, the great Yagami Dana, went to fix it so neither of them lost the opportunity.

Nelly and Koji only came to the mansion this morning to see her off from there, they had to get back to college. Somehow, she was glad as Shin was always generally the absolute calmest of all of them. She needed that right now…

Shin smiled. “You okay, sweetie?”

“Of course not” she grumbled.

He gave her a warmer smile, “You’ll be fine, imoto.”

“Yahhh, if you don’t scare the living crap out of your neighbors first” said a drowsy voice.

She glared at her own male twin, Tony. Shin cut his eyes in the rearview mirror at him. “You’re not helping, Tony.”

Tony smiled, “She knows I’m kidding. But seriously, remember, these people probably don’t even know what a CD is so you might not want to be blasting your EMO or any version of alt-rock immediately.”

She gasped at this revelation then sobbed into his shoulder. “I’m gonna die!”

Tony patted her head, “You’ll be fine, Jilly. I’m not a huge fan of this idea either but, y’know, it’s something to do while you figure shit out.”

“And who knows? Maybe you’ll find a boyfriend too” said the final, and youngest, brother in the group, Shaun.

She leered behind her, “Well, if you and Tony weren’t so busy waging war, you’d know that Koji and Nelly expressly forbid it.”

“Yeah, you better not without any of us there. Men are shit” grumbled Tony.

She glowered at him, “Even if I was capable of getting a guy to talk to me, given not one of you loons has ever allowed me to truly get the experience, I wouldn’t want some back-country hick.”

Shaun laughed, “You definitely won’t get a boyfriend with that attitude!”

“She won’t get one at all!” snapped Tony.

Shin scolded them both to silence before he smiled again, “Just try to enjoy yourself, Jill. I…also am not a great fan of you pursuing anyone at this junction but, whatever happens will happen.”

“...If you say so, Shin.”

She didn’t know. Maybe this would be the worst experience of her life.

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It…was beyond rustic. It was…almost like she time traveled. Jill wandered slowly into…a square? The streets were cobblestones. There was no pavement. There were shops, sure, but…

She was alone. All alone. She’d had five brothers and two parents her whole life, the very idea of ‘alone’ was traumatizing. But she wasn’t exactly ‘alone’. She was amongst absolute strangers. Their electric eyes gave her suspicious looks as she slowly wandered through town, down cobblestone streets, to find a grocery store. She just needed food. Everyone needed to eat, right?

She had no idea where anything was. Jill watched them whisper and raise eyebrows at her. Chills ran up and down her spine and her stomach was twirling. So this was it, huh? Going from her comfortable cozy circumstances to Judgmental Town 101? It was…it was stupid high school again and she literally just graduated. She didn’t even feel okay asking these people where the damn grocery store was.

Her lips began to twitch and before she knew it, she had stopped to sit on a bench to cry. Everyone on the street looked positively startled and started to quickly walk away from her, disturbed. Why? Did she look that scary? She cried into her hands, wishing her brothers were there to help. How could she survive when everybody judged her before they even got to know her?

She choked on sobs, rubbing her eyes. What was wrong with her? She was having a nervous breakdown for what reason? This was not the Yagami way. They just struggled and fought until things leveled out. She was not going to be the one Yagami breaking down because she couldn’t get groceries, especially given her brothers survived pretty much actual Hell.

Suddenly, a shadow came over her before someone sat down next to her. She sniveled, very startled, and looked to her side, about to glare and question what they were doing? Everyone was ignoring her or hadn’t they noticed?

But her eyes widened and she had to keep her mouth from falling open. A guy was beside her, a concerned look on his face. But that wasn’t what got her…

She didn’t think hot guys would even be here.

He had golden dirty brown hair that reached a little bit down his back, past his shoulders, pulled back in a ponytail. His eyes were bright blue and full of something warm and captivating...and he had on a black shirt and ripped jeans...

One thing was for sure: this was not the average town person she’d passed.

He tilted his head slightly to the side and finally asked, his voice soft and gentle, “Are you okay? What’s wrong?”

Now could she really say to this rather extremely handsome young gentleman her reason for crying like a complete idiot in the middle of town? No, she couldn’t.

Then again. “I...I can’t find the grocery store” she sobbed.

He gave her a breathtaking smile and chuckled, “That all? It’s all right. This town isn’t set up very conveniently.”

“It’s just no one would help me...” she blubbered, instantly feeling silly.

He frowned, “You’re new here, right? No one offered to show you around?”

She shook her head. Even the mayor hadn’t asked if she wanted a tour. He just ran away as soon as he showed her to the farm. The guy continued to frown for a moment then gave her another bright smile.

“Well then, allow me the honor. I am Izumi Cliff” he introduced himself, standing and putting his hand out to help her up.

Izumi…? She reached slowly toward his outstretched hand and took it. So warm. “H-hi, Izumi-san. I’m Yagami Jill. I’m going to be running the Obinata Farm. Um, sorry for the random...breakdown. It’s probably not the best way to meet someone. Rather awkward, I’d say.”

He smiled pleasantly, “Why? I have them everyday. This town is about as fun as getting a root canal.”

”Eek” she winced.

“Indeed...” he smirked, watching some snooty woman go by.

“So...you’re going to show me the grocery store?” she asked hopefully.

“I’ll do more than that! I’ll show you where the few things that exist are in this town” he said in an almost haughty manner.

She smiled shyly, “I’m honored.”

“Believe me, the honor’s all mine” he replied, bowing.

He led her back to…“Oki doki, square one.”

She didn’t feel annoyed, in fact, she fought off giggling, “Um...my farm? I kind of got down where this is.”

“Well, I’d hope you’d know your way here, I guess” he grinned.

He led her upwards and stopped in front of an old looking building with smoke looming from it. “This is the blacksmith.”

She raised an eyebrow, “Blacksmith? For what? It’s the 21st century.”

“Here, it’s like the 19th century. Four channels of television and they’re still using books. I mean, who actually reads anymore? We have the internet and fanfiction for that” he mused.

She laughed despite herself, “I mean, I do still read books but what’s the use of the blacksmith then?”

“I think he makes tools and stuff. I think. I dunno, I don’t talk to these people very often. All I know is his grandson is like, quiet Satan.”

“What?”

“Well, maybe not Satan, but quiet Lucifer” he ‘corrected’.

She laughed, surprised at herself, but very amused, “Those are like the same thing!”

“Okay, okay, he’s kind of a nice guy once you get to know him but he’s tsundere to a tee. Don’t be too off put if he says something terrible but doesn’t mean it” Cliff snickered.

She chuckled and nodded. He led her forward a bit to another house.

“This is the house of Duke and Manna. They’re like, upper class to the max but they sell wine and grape juice” he said before breaking off, musing.

“Hmm?” she questioned, sensing he had more to say.

“Well, I suggest avoiding Duke. He doesn’t like youth.”

She smirked at that, “Sounds kind of…old.”

“Yea, he’s kind of weird.” Cliff led her forward to another house. “This is Anna and Basil’s house. They’re the local botanists. They also have a daughter named Mary. She’s smart and ‘I know so much more than you, loser’ and she works in the library. Not that I really go there.”

She groaned, “I probably won’t either. I have to learn to farm. I guess I’ll be reading ‘fanfictions’ if I do have free time.”

He waved his hand, “Damn straight! And that said place is right there. The library…also known as the Legion of Doom.”

She chuckled again and he led her around the bend. “This is the mayor’s house right here...he lives with this photographer named Kano. Kano came from the mainland too. I think he said he’s from Wasaba or something.”

“Oh my God, really?” Her dad came up there, maybe he knew him.

“Yep! The mayor lets him stay here for now until I guess he finds a Ms. Mayor. I mean, the guy needs someone to keep him warm at night. He’s not exactly a looker.”

She giggled as the mayor’s appearance popped into her head. “Yea, I have never met anyone wearing a top hat not as a costume before. I thought those went out of style.”

Cliff laughed, “Yeah, I was pretty blown away when I came here too.”

So, he wasn’t from around here either and Izumi…it could be a coincidence. What made him settle in these parts? Walking up a bit to the next house, Cliff smiled. “Well, this lady is pretty nice. Her name’s Ellen and she has a granddaughter named Elli and her grandson, Stu. She makes a nice apple pie for everyone during the holidays.”

Jill smiled softly, more at the look on his face rather than what he was saying, “At least someone pleasant exists, huh?”

“Oh, they are few and in between.”

The place next door happened to be… “Here it is, as promised: The grocery store.”

She groaned and blushed, “I feel so stupid...”

“Don’t, really. This place looks like all the rest of the houses.”

She smiled at his comfort and then noticed a random girl glaring at them from the benches nearby. She was wearing a white tube top, a pair of jean hot pants and a purple vest. Her hair was blond in the front and brown in the back and she had piercing green eyes.

“Why are you hanging out in front of our store? Get lost, losers!” she snapped.

“And that would be the store owner’s lovely daughter, Karen. Don’t worry. I find her mother Sasha to be rather kind. Wonder what happened with her daughter...” Cliff remarked.

Karen glared furiously at him and he grabbed Jill’s hand, quickly dashing by. She blushed at the little contact, her heart fluttering. He released it once they were a nice distance away from the angry Karen.

“Best not taunt that one” he grinned, shaking his head, “I mean, like Grey, she’s nice, just tends to get a little irritable about her circumstances from time to time.”

Circumstances? He looked around and then pointed at a white building.

“That is the doctor’s office. Note that everyone calls him ‘The Doctor’ but his name is Dr. Ishikawa though. Really nice guy, one of my closest buddies here.”

Jill frowned, that name ringing a bell too. Dr. Ishikawa…

They rounded another corner and he pointed up a walkway. “That’s the church. They have confession and services. Y’know, stuff like that.”

She nodded and they walked up the path a little more. He frowned and blinked a little. “This is the inn slash restaurant where I stay. Here is where Doug and Ann live.”

He looked upwards for a moment, as if thinking, then laughed, “Never mind. Let us continue!”

She stared at him as he passed her then continued to follow. He showed her everywhere that day and she felt so grateful to him. They went back to the store where they got a lot of dirty looks from fellow shoppers. Great. But Cliff smiled as if he didn’t notice them.

And she did the same. She wasn’t alone right now.  

They walked back to her house and she smiled at him, “Thanks so much. I’m glad I found someone in town that’s nice.”

He smiled sheepishly, “You bet. And no need to thank me. It was my pleasure.”

He then grinned, “Well, I’ll leave you to unpack and stuff. Hope to see more of you.”

She nodded and watched him walk off. Huh.

She was actually starting to look forward to this a bit more. Maybe…this was a step forward.

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End Notes: Yellowcard?! Who the hell is that?! This takes place in 2004, bruh! This was some nostalgic research here. And I am 200% going to the When We Were Young 2023 music festival! Koji, Nelly, Tony, and Shaun are the farmer from Back to Nature/More Friends of Mineral Town/DS. Just…not really. When we were kids, I played as Koji, my cousin sort of played as Nelly, my younger cousin played as Tony, and, just to be inclusive, we had one other cousin play in spirit as Shaun. Shin is the farmer from Save the Homeland/Hero of Leaf Valley. Jill is the blonde protagonist from Back to Nature: For Girls and DS Cute. I can find no real remaining evidence but, prior to “Jill”, the brunette AnWL character, ‘Claire’ was Jill. Thus, why I named her such…I don’t remember when or why the shift came. Just remember, this was written sort of before Another Wonderful Life came out (Crazy, right?). Mineral Town is way bigger in scope than it is in the game. It’ll be developed over the stories.

[zaidshair]

The pretty woman delivered a brief précis of her existence and history for Zaid; like a coverall for any follow-up inquiries. And could Zaid blame her? He knew all too well about the 'but where you really from?' questions, when one's hometown wasn't enough. She covered all those tell-tale tracks of 'I'm from here so I'm safe, but exotic enough so you're satisfied'. Years of awkwardness and practice to lead to this.

So Zaid did the courtesy right back, with a cheeky wink. "I'm a Northerner, yeah; Sheffield, by way of Sharrow. You ever been up to to the dee-dars? I've got a little cottage out in the Cotswolds, haven't I. Gorgeous country, that." And then, casually pocketed by the friendly question, he added, "Me grans are from Pakistan." Or thereabouts. That was endearing of her.

National commonality building that bridge, Zaid relaxed a bit more with the woman. Not quite convivial - Zaid didn't think anyone from the cruise ship could fully relax just yet - but comfortable enough to make Zaid want to stick close by her. A harpstring pull at his heart, when she mentioned a daughter. He wasn't going to ask; she'd mentioned her little one so habitually, like she'd be heading home after all this hubbub to tell her daughter everything. (They all needed to get home! But what exactly did he have to go home too? Certainly not a daughter.) "Honestly, I've got plenty of questions too, the biggest being: what? I'd ask more questions if I wasn't drooling so hard. Bloody hell."

The way she gently demurred, flushing slightly as recognition seemed to catch up with her. Zaid thought he was doing a bang-up job remaining humble and modest. Just a small, sidelong, puckish smile as he let her stammer into the gratifying exclamatory. "Mango, yeah," he eagerly confirmed. The less anyone thought of Aam Char, the better. She was from London; what would she care about restaurants in New York.

Zaid instead basked in her dazzling smile, the starry gaze that he adored encountering. Even here, it still felt so good to be known. A hint of (thrilling) normalcy in an otherwise fucked-up place.

"Ah right, Susie," Zaid pleasantly nodded along, not knowing who the fuck Susie was, despite meeting her. He'd met far more important diners than Susie Hawkins during service. And to his delight, Susie's biggest fan had also dined at Mango too. A slightly quirk of his eyebrow when she made sure to clarify the ex-nature of her husband. Morbidly curious, Zaid asked, "Your ex-husband isn't also here, is he?" He hoped the answer was no; because only he should have his exh ere. And also, it felt like Susie's bestie was flirting with him.

She had a name, far superior to her mate 'Susie'. "Glad to know you now, Lindi. Lindiwe? Am I saying that right? Gorgeous name." But of course in Oxfordshire, a girl would've had to shorten it. "When I was younger, I used to go by 'Zed'." A pause. "Or 'Last Lad' in school. Kids think they're well clever innit."

Craig's performance couldn't have been better if Zaid had orchestrated it himself. Lindi reached over the table to let her fingers swipe his shoulder. The ultimate move, when a good girl got scandalized by the antics of a boy trying to impress her. Lindi played her role perfectly, and Zaid saw what he wanted to saw in her. "There's that doctor around here, yeah? She'd get ol' Craig back to safety, I'm sure. It'll be fine." Zaid tried to sound blasé but he was watching Craig anxiously, especially when Craig started to encourage more people to dive in, grab whatever they wanted. Fucking Craig! Responsible for one person's suffering was bad enough; the idea that Zaid caused a cavalcade of sickness would be...a nightmare.

He wished he could just yell at the loudspeakers to shut the fuck up, but he had to keep his cool. Lindi seemed willing to play along, folding her arms and watching with him. Accomplice indeed. He had to keep her on his side, in case things went awry. "Five minutes, yeah, look what Craig's gone and done now. Reckon everyone's as starving as we are..."

Ten more seconds passed, then twenty. The munching continued, and Zaid looked over at Lindi, hoping she didn't see the true concern in his eyes. He quickly looked down to the food instead. "Right - well honestly everything looks good. I'd stick to the vegetarian dishes first though. The aubergine tabbouleh, maybe. And maybe a bit of jacket potato? Oh - beans on toast, mate - can't go wrong there, can you." Zaid carefully collected a plate, then took one of the fruit skewers. He looked Lindi straight in the eyes, as he slid some grilled pineapple off the top, chewed it slowly. Then exhaled.

"Lindi, love. It's flipping heaven."

Lindi couldn't help but smile as the man picked up where she was from. Or thereabouts was a hell of a lot nicer than being asked where she was really from. "Yeah, born Londoner, my father was South African," she clarified, even though she didn't need to, but that was the force of habit. "I live out in Oxfordshire now," she said, trying to say it in a way that didn't make her seem like a tosser, if that was possible. Maybe she should have downplayed it with Thames Valley? Was that more pretentious? At least she didn't live in the Cotswolds, god, she'd never recover from immediately being clocked as a rich wanker. "You from up north?" she parried, and decided to tack on, "Or thereabouts?" because she could.

The loudspeaker boomed about how great the food was, how it was especially prepared for them. You wouldn't drink the Kool-Aid, mum. But fruit skewer man brought up an excellent point about their alternatives; mystery beans and shite crackers from the definitely fucked up cruise ship or Peking duck and jambalaya and corn soup and date pudding… "It just… smells and looks so good," Lindi said in a conspiratorial whisper, her mouth wet from anticipatory saliva. "My daughter would kill me if she knew how tempted I was by all of this," Lindiwe chuckled, reaching across the table to help fruit skewer man reassemble the nominal pyramid he had toppled.

Blood pinked Lindi's cheeks as the man asked if Susie was famous. Still caught up in village bullshit, she chided herself, giving a sheepish chuckle and shaking her head as she said, "Oh, no…" The man gave a slightly self-satisfied grin as he, Zaid, introduced himself, and in a rush it all clicked into place. "Oh my god, you're Zaid Shair. What was it…" Fruit, it was some kind of fruit- "Mango, right?" Lindi smiled at him, unable to stop herself from indulging in a little fangirl moment. Take that Susie!

"Susie, she went there and you came out of the kitchen and she got a selfie with you…" Lindi said, feeling painfully lame with how mundane it sounded. How unimportant it all was; how many weeks she had spent angsting and fuming that the one day Susie could get a booking for the mum group was when Lindi had a filling appointment. "It really doesn't matter. I went there too, with my husband, ex-husband," Lindi clarified, which she really didn't have to. He hadn't asked about whether or not she was married. Back then Zaid hadn't come to see her at her table. That had been a blessing in disguise, given that Adam had gotten all huffy about the use of 'Arabic' on the menu and how it was ridiculous to call a dish Nihari when it was a stew just call it a stew that would surely be easier than using a name for a dish that no one knew about when stew was right there. It was important that Zaid knew that Adam was her ex. Just in case.

"You definitely won't know me," Lindi said, with a self-deprecating wave of her hand. What could she say to echo his own introduction? Maybe you know me from my work advocating for newts that no one cares about at the Thames Valley environment board? Lindiwe Tyrell, I'm a stay at home mum. I've got a pending divorce, a house in Goring I can't afford the mortgage for and a teenager daughter who's only just forgiven me for shagging a teacher at her school. "I'm Lindi, Lindiwe Tyrell, but you can just call me Lindi," she said instead. Short and simple. Elegant.

Her eyes widened as Zaid addressed someone else hovering around the table. Craig, elbow-faceplant-fainting Craig. Lindi's eyes widened as Craig dug in, thoroughly and… sensually (?) cleaning meat from a chicken wing. Complete with a vocal groan and a smack of his lips. God, men could be so gross. Lindi watched, mildly concerned as Craig balanced the plate with his sling-arm and began adding the food to it.

Lindiwe reached across the table and smacked Zaid on the shoulder. Well, she tried to go for the playful smack, but from this distance all she could get was a weak flick of her fingertips. "I can't believe you just did that!" she hissed, trying to sound serious and upset, but unable to help the smile that brightened her tone. Bad Lindi! "Did you make me a possible accomplice to murder?" she whispered, furiously tucking a curl of hair behind her ear.

But… the damage had been done. Lindi couldn't stop it now, she had just as much information as anyone else, including Craig. "…Five minutes," Lindi agreed, crossing her arms over her chest. "If, hypothetically speaking, we decide to dig in, what would you recommend as the Chef's Choice?"

[jedimordsith]

Random bit from my drafts folder. Kind of long.

- - 

“Mara have you ever thought about having kids?”

“So I could be declared an unfit parent and have them taken away?” She snorted. “I’ll pass, thank you.” 

“I mean it,” Luke pressed, turning his head to look at her intently. “Have you?” 

“Enough to decide it’s a terrible idea.” She sighed. “I’d have to get a full genetic workup to make sure I couldn’t pass along anything terrible. Probably the same in the Force, to be safe. And then there’d be huge amounts of research.” Seeing his questioning look, she gestured broadly. “I can’t exactly raise it the way I was brought up. Children need affection... and things.” 

His expression quirked.  

Mara ignored it. “I assume you’re thinking about it now that you have Callista,” she said, turning the conversation back on him. 

“Yeah.” Luke looked away, staring out over the treetops of Yavin. “I don’t know.”

“What’s not to know?” Mara’s brow furrowed. “No child would be dismayed to get Cray’s genes.” She frowned. “Though with her brain and your tendency to tinkering, you’d never be able to keep anything in one piece. Your floors would constantly be a mine field of bolts and bits, at the very least.” 

Luke glanced sideways at her, his face suddenly painted with an odd, affectionate smile. 

“What?” Mara demanded, self-conscious. 

“I like that,” he said quietly. “Your vision. It sounds... homey.” 

Mara cast a skeptical gaze over him. “It sounds like a health and safety hazard. Now come on.” She dug an elbow into his ribs. “Spill. What’s really going on in that head off yours?” 

Luke looked down, examining his hands where they hung clasped between his knees. “When I try to imagine Callie’s children they just don’t feel like mine. It’s stupid, I know,” he added quickly. “I can’t shake it though.” 

“Do you think it’s a message from the Force?” Mara asked carefully. 

“I don’t know,” he said honestly. “If you ever did have kids, would you let me train them?” 

Mara went stiff. She didn’t answer immediately. 

“You can say no,” Luke said gently. 

“It’s not that.” Mara shook her head. “If I had a boy, I’d let you try your luck. If he was interested. But a girl...” She licked her lips. “The Empire had very few uses for women. There weren’t many around when I was growing up, but every single one was introduced as a threat or a rival.” Her lips pursed. “It took me a long time to unlearn the gut reaction to see every new woman I met the same way. If I had a daughter, I’d want her to have a female Master. Just - I’d want her to know what it’s like to trust other women when she’s young.” Too exposed, she scowled and jabbed his arm with a fingertip. “And that’s all the sappiness you’re getting out of me today, Jedi.” 

“Fair.” Luke smiled, rising with her and turning toward the door that would take them back inside to long-overdue showers and food. “Mara?” he asked as she prepared to duck into the stairwell. “Thank you.”  

[yakumtsaki]

Welcome to the second part of the BackupKingdom2 saga finale, appropriately entitled Doomed, since a) we’re going for the suicidal achievement of the ~Legendary Doomsword~ which is ridic and I’ve never managed to complete it, and b) Liz’s reign is for real doomed.

Kingdom-wise, after a blissful period of security the bandits are back with a vengeance, emerging from the forest every morning in single file like the fucking 7 dwarves.

-Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, a-pillaging we gooo!🎵

UGH LIZ. THIS IS WHAT YOUR BATSHIT TYRANNY HAS GOTTEN US. But worry not, because it’s not just the kingdom that’s going to shit, it’s Liz’s 3rd marriage as well:

I’ve no idea what went down on free will while I was questing around, but Liz now has this permanent negative buff caused by Linotta’s existence. We really didn’t have enough problems around here so this was much needed.

Perhaps Linotta objected to the fact Liz practically lives by the mail box, bombarding Piratefu with messenger pigeons 24/7.

-One of these days she’ll forgive me and agree to come over!!!

Sure she will Liz, I mean if anything pirates are famed for their forgiving nature.

At this point I really can’t deal with Liz’s shitty mood anymore, she’s flopping so hard in her tasks and it’s this vicious cycle of her doing badly>being in an even worse mood because of it>>whining endlessly etc etc, so I’m sorry Linotta but tonight is elimination night in BackupKingdom2′s Next Royal Wife.

-IT’S OVER LINOTTA DUE TO WHATEVER IT WAS YOU OR I DID!!! I STILL LOVE KAYLEY AND I’M SO CLOSE TO GETTING HER BACK ONCE SHE REPLIES TO MY LETTERS. PLUS YOU STILL HAVEN’T GIVEN ME A ROYAL HEIR AND THAT’S THE OFFICIAL REASONING I’M GOING WITH

-How could I give you a royal heir, we didn’t have the same-sex pregnancy mod until today!!!

-I don’t have time for your nonsense excuses, now get the hell off my property!

-The whole kingdom is your property!!

-That’s right, YOU’RE EXILED. AND GIVE ME THIS DRESS BEFORE YOU LEAVE BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE IF I CAN PULL IT OFF

-Of course you can’t pull it off, you don’t have the curves for it!

-Alright I guess that’s true, you can keep it. BUT YOU’RE STILL EXILED AS FUCK

-Oh Heavens above, wherever will I go now? Oh that’s right, to one of the dozen other kingdoms that aren’t being run into the ground by some dumbass lunatic with stupid hair and a cucky non-crown!!!

-YOU TAKE THAT BACK RIGHT NOW OR I’LL THROW YOU IN THE PIT

-YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO KILL ME, THE PEOPLE LOVE ME AND YOU’RE ONE EXECUTION AWAY FROM ANOTHER REVOLT!!!

-THAT’S RIDICULOUS, THE PLEBS WORSHIP ME, THEY WOULD NEVER REVOLT FOR THE 5TH TIME!!!

-Troubadour Bellinda has an entire series of plays mocking you, you idiot! Whatever, I’m out, I hate this orange decor anyway!! There are other colors, you know!!!

-NOT TO ME THERE AREN’T

Man that was rough, how you holding up Liz?

-ROTTEN. HORRIBLE. I NEED TO EXECUTE SOMEONE ASAP. IS THAT TRAMP BELLINDA REALLY MOCKING ME IN HER PLAYS???

Of course not!

-GET OUT OF HERE LINOTTA OR I’LL EXECUTE YOU SINCE THAT’S ALL IM CAPABLE OF DOING 

Bellinda better pack it in before we’re mourning more victims around here.

Song of the woooooods, sad sooooooong of the woods, calling Piratefuuuu, mon amour fouuuu🎵

Incredible song Liz, clearly you’ve never been better so I’ll just leave you unattended for a bit and go play some actual quests-

-WHAT THE FUCK. PIRATEFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-I heard Liz’s enchanting song of the woods and came out! 

You’ve been living in the woods this entire time????

-Well where else would I live?

I don’t know, I assume you had a house somewhere!!!

-Nop, just went back to my bandit tent. 

Good Lord, we could have at least given you a divorce settlement or something, we’re the WORST.

-KAYLEY MY DARLING YOU’RE HERE!!!! I knew my amazing song would work, it took me one year to compose it! 

-You’re looking well Liz, word of your execution spree has reached me, clearly bathing in blood agrees with you!

-Oh my love, I should have never left you for that elf twat, her stupid kingdom has the most useless exports of all time!!! But don’t worry, she was among the first people I executed! Here’s a white rose dipped in her blood!

-Aw Liz, you always know just what to say!

-Can you forgive me, my darling, and be my bandit queen again?

-I’ve waited so long to hear you say that, Liz!

-Well let me say it again on one knee-

-Please marry me again, Kayley, I’ve been going a bit cray cray without you, I love you with every beat of my stone-cold heart!

-God, I’ve dreamt of this so many times..

-NO. HAHAHAHAHA

-WHAT

-Oh, do you not know what ‘no’ means?? FUCK NO I WON’T MARRY YOU AGAIN. YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST DUMP ME, MARRY AGAIN *TWICE* AND THEN I’LL COME RUNNING BACK??? 

-BUT.. BUT YOU KISSED ME, YOU SAID YOU DREAMT OF THIS!!

-I DID DREAM OF IT! Dreamt of turning you down HAHAHAHA. Oh God, this felt SO good. Thank you, Liz. Be well!

-NO WAIT WAIT

-Listen.. You.. me.. together again.. ruling.. executing.. everyone scared of us.. it will be just the way it used to! And we have the same-sex pregnancy mod now, imagine the kind of kids we’ll produce! 

-Damn you, you’re so persuasive.. And I *am* tired of living in a tent.

-Well then..

-HAHA, PSYCH. NO AGAIN, BITCH. SEE YOU NEVER

Piratefu girl istg. Like I can’t even be mad, this was masterful, well played.

Of course Liz is devastated and we all know what that means..

-SENTENCED TO DEATH

-SENTENCED TO DEATH

-SENTENCED TO DEATH

-You are released!

-Thank you, your Majesty!

-And sentenced to death!

Great, all in a day’s work. Now if we can get on with some actual work around here, we have the Legendary Doomsword to make or die trying (and we will). See you in part 2!!

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL

May 2021 Wk 3

Being a highly subjective assessment of one tiny corner of the interwebs.

It’s a cray cray Friday when Vietnam gets its eng subs up before GMMTV Thailand. What alter-reality are we in? Well, the Vietnamese offerings are better right now anyway. (Oooo, feel that burn.) 

Ongoing Series - Thai

Top Secret Together Ep 2 - pulping it up in the best possible way. Sure sound and production values are pants, and in classic Thai fashion the editing in post is exacerbating (rather than fixing) pacing issues, but it’s still CUTE AF. I don’t even mind the added university storyline, because they’ve got good chemistry (and a confident gay fresher after a panicked gay hazer is an old favorite... what can I say, SOTUS was my first love). We aren’t spending too much time with any one couple, so it’s weighted a lot better than Brothers was, but also character development is slow. 

Siew Sum Noi Ep 2 - Unfortunately, it’s just too hard to find, plus no subs. I’m dropping it in the hopes it comes back on my radar some day. 

Y-Destiny Ep 8 - (Thurs) It’s rough having a ghost boyfriend, half your friends are scared, the other half think you’re crazy, and kissing shortens your lifespan. This was a cute couple even if I wasn’t wild about the surrounding story. 

Close Friend Ep 5: (Dear My Star/JimmyTommy) - about high school penpals. It had to rely entirely on voice over work as the actors only meet face to face at the end. It’s a good thing they are appealing screen presences on their own, with good vocal control. It’s hard to imagine any other BL pair carrying this kinda plot. It’s by far my favorite of the series so far, and I’m not even a big JimmyTommy fan. 

Fish Upon The Sky Ep 7 - no subs. Do we care? Not really. Because we have... 

Nitiman Ep 3 - currently my favorite out of Thailand. It’s the university Thai BL i’ve been waiting for since... when was the last good one? My Engineer? Yowza. Anyway we got: head on my shoulder, baby is a floppy drunk (but still wants to be in control), proximity alert, boyfriend’s closet, seme gets seriously jelly, and a cute twist on feeding him. There’s something fun and complex about Jin’s character. He’s not a panicked bi. He knows exactly what’s going on, he just hasn’t decided if he wants Bb or not. He clearly enjoys being looked after, the compliments, and the attention, but he’s not sure if he’s going to like what happens if he gives in. I like that twist on the usual tsundere uke archetype a lot, cautious rather than willfully obtuse or freaked out. We can see Jin realizing in stages: I like this person, I like that they like me, I like the romantic attentiveness. But in the background is... do I actually want to f*k him? It’s a dynamic we don’t often see on BL. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

HIStory 4: Close To You (Taiwan) Ep 10 fin - the most ridiculous show using BLs worst tropes in a sort of weird smoothie of bitter greens and too ripe banana. The ending was the sappiest cheesiest thing ever, like cheese syrup tapped from the cheese tree. So of course I loved it, but I’m pretty sure I giggled through all the bits meant to be profound. Because, in the end, to tolerate this show at all, you just can’t take ANY of it seriously. RECOMMENDED (with some SERIOUS reservations and trigger warnings.) Full review here. 

Be Loved in House: I Do (Taiwan) Ep 1-2 - I don’t mind a damaged seme character but this one is a bit weird for me. Like creepy Cheese in the Trap level weird. On the bright side, the story has given our tsundere uke good motivation for his angst and great existing friendships, loyalty, and likability. Plus I’m invested in the cafe owner/innocent puppy side dishes. So if it’s only the seme character I’m not jiving with, and he’s the most established actor, it should all turn out fine. I believe in you, Taiwanese BL. 

Papa & Daddy (Taiwan) Ep 6 fin - speaking of belief. This such a good show but they gave us a cliffhanger ending. Now we must hope against hope for season two. That’s never guaranteed with Taiwan tho. So, I’m docking a few points and saying, RECOMMENDED so long as you realize it’s a cliffhanger. 

Love is Science? (Taiwan) Ep 1-9 (BL subplot) - this is a good het romance, but the fact that the BL subplot is a beautifully acted disaster bi + confident gay means you’re hearing about it whether you want to or not. Plus they just added in some GL! Come on! I gotta support Taiwan normalizing queer to this extent. They are fighting the good fight and if I also have to watch a career lady and her much younger softest straight boi get it on, too? Twist my arm with that service sub subtext. Go on Taiwan, TWIST IT. It’s on Viki. Join the revolution.   * Incidentally if you actually like the D/s het dynamic of this show, I highly recommend Japanese Kimi wa Petto - career woman keeps a hot young dancer boy as a pet. Oh yes, an actual pet, that IS the pitch. Never doubt Japan when kink is on the line. It’s also on Viki. Go get your kink on, thank me later. (If it helps: That was not a request.)  

Most Peaceful Place 2 (Vietnam) Ep 2 (AKA 5) - love triangles aren’t my thing, but if you’re gonna do it short form, by all means bring in the lead’s other BL pairing so the chemistry is on point. Now I've no idea who I want him to end up with. Can’t they just be in a poly triad? 

My Lascivious Boss (Vietnam) Ep 7 - I’m still enjoying it a lot. It’s still unabashedly queer and the tension is ramping up. We now have secret identity, blackmail, femme fatale, faen fatale, and incoming seme confrontation. Best of all, the series is still airing, which makes it longer than any other Vietnamese BL I’ve seen (aside from Tein Bromance - which is just too weird to count). 

Gossip - Thai BL 

SEVEN PROJECT TEASERS

No one is entirely sure what Studio Wabi Sabi’s Seven Project/7Project will entail. 

It might be like Close Friend (1 episode per couple, no linking), 

or Y-Destiny (2 episodes per couple, loosely linked), 

or The En of Love (4 episodes per couple, linked but independent consecutive stories). 

They’re giving the couple’s arcs separate titles. So each one would be what? Seven Project: Once Upon a Time or the like? We’re in Taiwanese title territory people and NO ONE WANTS TO GO THERE. Anygay... 

Once Upon a Time is the BounPrem (og UWMA) anchor story, and seems to be the most dramatic and likely saddest. These two can handle most of what’s thrown at them at this juncture, so it should be good. 

Vs Love is a BoomPeak (og Make it Right) university vehicle. Since I thought Boom was done with our nonsense, I couldn’t be more thrilled and surprised this pair is doing another show together. I don’t think either of them are the greatest actors but I find Peak very endearing and Boom charismatic on screen, so I’ll watch. 

Would You be My Love is the hotly anticipated SantaEarth launch. They’re a (cultivated) IRL ship and Earth is an established BL actor. They have great chemistry and high energy so this could be lots of fun. 

We are also getting a GL from this series from established BL actresses Samantha and Pineare. Nothing teased yet on that, but I’m looking forward to this installment the most. Also curious to see how the ladies handle the branding and promo side, not to mention the culture. (Thailand variety shows gonna force *girls* to play the Pepero game?) 

Secret Crush on You upcoming Thai BL with no release date, co-produced by and featuring (but NOT staring) Saint and directed by Cheewin (sigh) with all fresh faces. (Previously known as Stalker the series.) It looks like pure pulp and I’m not wild about the plot but could be better than expected as it’s adapted from a novel. Cheewin is an okay director when he has an actual story to follow. 

Don’t Say No the series. Coming from the producers of TharnType this is the JaFirst vehicle many have been waiting for. Friends to lovers + a good boy/bad boy pairing on a sports romance foundation. It’s basketball so they tapped Meen as well (he’s semi-pro). The bad news? You get one guess as to who is writing the darn thing? Yep it’s MAME. So, ya know, expect some slam dunk kidnapping, a light dribbling of rape, and me turning into a basketcase. AKA... 

Will I have to live blog this series in order to survive it? That seems to be the only way I can. So probably. Which means the bad sports puns will continue. Look, if I’m suffering, SO ARE YOU! 

Rumors of a new YinWar vehicle The Best Story (mini series) coming in July. Also rumors that their previously announced Love Mechanics (full length series) has either been delayed, is facing money issues, or is moving studios, or all three. 

Breaking News 

DELAYED (I’m talking these three off the watch list until we get new airing dates) 

Love Area’s release was pushed out but it got a trailer. 

Golden Blood was supposed to drop Weds but comments in MDL report that it is delayed due to C19.  

Love’s Outlet (Taiwan) is supposed to have started a 50 episode run (only 3-5 min each, what utter nonsense). Sadly, this delay is due to a surge in cases in Taiwan which was doing so well, but also doesn’t have many inoculations. 

Bad Buddy has started workshopping at GMMTV actual. 

Kang Insoo’s BTS for Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding is SO FLIPPING CUTE. You have to watch it. Trust me, I don’t rec behind the scenes stuff often. 

Next Week Looks Like This: 

Some shows may be listed later than actual air date for International accessibility reasons.

Upcoming 2021 BL master post here.

Links to watch are provided when possible, ask in a comment if I missed something.

[hologramcowboy]

just as i suspected, you're just some crazy jealous fangirl.

Jensen ain't gonna fuck you, get over it. He doesn't even know you exist.

Have you ever been in love? Do you even have any idea how real love works, how a marriage works?

Seriously get out of your basement and go find a real boyfriend, because Jensen is already taken.

Also none of those girls is prettier than Danneel, i bet you wish you were half as beautiful as her.

Fascinating. Is this conclusion based on logical, critical thinking or is it based on biased, cultish Elta stannie thinking? Or wait.... Elta is that YOU? Or are your anons so obsessed they have become a copy of your mean, pathetic, bully-like mentality? Sad. Truly sad.

Anon, I don't mean to burst your bubble, but I could never, ever date Jensen simply because for one he dated someone like Elta and that makes him look super fishy to me, major red flag and secondly because he has a family already so Jensen isn't the right one for me not the other way around. But keep thinking like an obsessed stan because that will get you places, especially if you defend someone who is making him unhappy such as Danneel.

The only reason you are on my blog is because you hope it will give you the 15 minutes of fame you need to get in Jensen's graces. lol Newsflash" Being an obsessed stan will never, ever, ever get you on a celebs' radar. Why? Because you are viewed as a security risk, you and all your cray friends who harass people in the name of an Actor. Nothing creepier to Actors in the world than stans that do that.

"Have you ever been in love? Do you even have any idea how real love works, how a marriage works?" This is so stalkerish, I can't even. First of all, that's none of your business. Unlike Danneel, I don't famewhore my relationships and never will. Second of all, all you are doing is fishing for information that is ultimately irrelevant, so you need to get a life. Do you even have any idea how real love works, how a marriage works? Do you, really? Then provide valid arguments or all you end up looking like is an insane person attacking me out of jealousy and frustration. If you think Danneel is so happy what in the world are you doing on an anti-blog? Why do you feel the need to defend her rabidly in insane ways? I'll give you a clue...deep down you KNOW everything is not alright and you are trying to make me pay for it when it has nothing to do with me.

The boyfriend comment is particularly embarrassing because I make a beautiful impact on people especially men, I'll just leave it at that. I don't share my personal life on my blog so make idiotic assumptions if you must, as long as it entertains you that's all that matters. But please stop and realize that not everyone that dislikes Danneel is jealous of her or ugly. What's there to be jealous of? She's nothing outside of sleeping with Jensen. Any intelligent human can tell that whether they like her or not.

Jensen knows how people view Danneel whether he likes or not SHE is responsible for her own branding and the impressions she creates with people. Acting like an unprofessional b**** leads to bad perceptions and being a PR nightmare. THE END. Beauty comes from the inside, ultimately, which is why Danneel will never be able to fake it no matter how many surgeries and boob implants she gets.

I disagree, all those women are exotically beautiful, most likely Samoan or Hawaiian and they have aloha energy, they are truly beautiful and they clearly adore Jensen. Careful anon, you seem a bit racist just like Elta when she put a Chinese American actress down out of jealousy.

Whereas Danneel has a face you can see everywhere and now she's destroyed it with surgery to the point where she is no longer recognizable and that was kind of the only thing she had going for her. Having a face so common and basic b**** that it made people feel like she is familiar.

So, thanks for dumping your basic b****'s crap and frustrations on me but please know I'm not taking any of that in because it's not me. Without Jensen, Danneel would be stuck in her basement going from dude to dude milking their money like she did before marrying him. The only difference is no one would know her or care because she is ridiculously irrelevant. She's like extra girl #289. So, if you stan her, you're probably the one who lives in a basement. Not that I am judging you, people can do whatever they want with their life, but you brought it up so I am guessing it's either you wishing ill on people or you're trying to project. I hope you find some happiness; you sound like you need it because you seem over invested in a person that has a known history of hating fans, being vile and judging people.

So, thanks for coming to my 'Tedtalk' but I'm not interested in an audience like you. I prefer intelligent people who have a level head, can discuss without arguing and are able to share their perspectives without resorting to harassment and childlike insults. Quality over quantity.

[sylensombrr]

Afterdeath Family Headcanons

No one asked for this, but I wanna talk about it and I don't wanna forget lol. Get ready, this is gonna be a long one. In my head canon, the Afterdeath family consists of Geno and Reaper,(obviously), who are the parents, and their kids Raven, Sorell, Silver, Goth, and Shino(as well as other fan kids like Candy, Momo, Demise etc. but they won't be mentioned. Might make a separate post about them if yall want/if I feel like it). They live in a huge gothic mansion, I don't know where it's located but if it's in an AU it would be next to a graveyard.(They give off huge Addams family vibes, so I had to take influence from that) They also share the house with two pets, a cat named Krueger and a raven named Archimedes, as well as three other people, Lotus, Rurik, and Palette, but I'll talk about those three later.

Geno(He/him) •Geno is in a group called "Triple Threat and Regret" consisting of him, Lust and Dance •They try to go out together every Tuesday, Geno's favorite location being Ccino's café •He's a bit of a hoarder but not much that it's a problem •Super fucking emo •Has a bit of a habit of adopting children he finds, ex. Lotus •Krueger is his cat. He found her in the graveyard. She was too old to live out in the wild, so he kept her •Horror movie fanatic, one of his favorites being A Nightmare on Elm Street •Coffee addict/Likes black coffee Reaper(He/they/it) •Best friends with Bill Sans •He's in a nameless friend group consisting of him, Bill and SD!Dream(Idea by @/_.dxnce.sxns.stan• on Instagram) •Huge heavy metal fan •Archimedes is his raven, which he treats like a familiar •Likes giving advice to his kids •Most of his kids vent to him rather than Geno •Surprisingly good cook •Wants to be or was in a band with Geno, Bill and 404 depending on the timeline/AU •He can play the guitar and scream Raven(He/him) •Loves to go to Comic-Con every time it comes around •Introduced Blueprint to rock •He and Blueprint and sometimes his cousin Gradient go to concerts together •He enjoys getting high with Blueprint and just vibing •Blueprint is a year older than him

Silver(He/it/xe) •May or may not be adopted(idk I read it somewhere, but now I can't find it) •Loves to play with Shino •His favorite siblings are Shino and Sorell •Trans male •He is a bit annoyed by Rogue but doesn't mind when ze stays there as long as ze doesn't talk to him •Has a tiktok and likes to make cosplay videos, mainly anime •Would cut you if you told anyone

Sorell(He/they) (If anyone has or knows where I can his canon info, please tell me I can't find it anywhere) •Afab nonbinary •Big anime and manga fan •Raven and them like to trade manga •He likes to hang out with Tatyana sometimes(They garden and take care of her animals together) •Asexual •Grayromatic Goth(He/they/she) •He knows about Palette and Cray's rivalry, but chooses to ignore it •He was originally pretty cautious around Lotus and Rurik but warmed up to them •Prefers to hang out with Lotus over Rurik •Cray is like a brother to him •Thinks Rogue is pretty weird but still likes zir •He tried to keep Rogue and Rurik from meeting out of fear of them fighting •Wants to wear heels so he can taller, but Geno doesn't let him(he's too young) Shino(She/her) •Loves to play with Sorell, Silver, and Rurik •She keeps trying to get Rogue to play with her and is mad that ze never does (I don't have much to say about her lol)

Miscellaneous Geno and Reaper(mainly Geno) doesn't let any of their kids ages 13 and under be in the house by themselves, so they have either Rogue, Bill, Dance, or Lust watch over them. As of recent, Geno and Reaper also like to have family get togethers with Ink ,Error and their kids(Paperjam and Gradient) as well as Fresh. It usually ends up with Error and Geno fighting/debating over something stupid with Fresh, Ink, and Reaper watching them while the kids play Mario Kart or Smash in another room.

Next onto Palette, Rurik and Lotus which is where I kinda diverted from canon mainly with Rurik and Lotus to the point it could be considered an alternate version of them. Palette(He/they) Because of being busy with battling against Nightmare and his gang, Ink and Dream couldn't and weren't prepared to take care of a child. So reluctantly Dream asked Geno and Reaper to take care of Palette until they could, who was a newborn at the time, which they gladly did agreed to. After that, Palette only saw his Dream twice again and never saw his Ink. They downright abandoned him. •Palette idolizes both Ink and Dream, seeing them more as these fictional action heroes rather than actual people •He refuses to accept that they abandoned him •He wants to go help them fight and reform Uncle Nightmare when he grows up •He didn't even know Ink's name until he met Blueprint's Ink •He has low self-esteem due to him believing he'll never live up to the fictional and unrealistic idea of his parents that he has •He can't use his magic properly due to never being taught by Ink or Dream, can only summon his roller but can't use it •Rurik will give him lessons on his magic later on •He loves and wants to be friends with everyone •Except for Cray •He thinks Cray is annoying but enjoys their rivalry •He's secretly jealous of Blueprint for having contact with his Ink Rurik(He/him)& Lotus(He/they) Rurik and Lotus somehow ended in the Underverse, and now they can't get back to the Fellverse. I have an idea why, but I'm not done with that yet. They didn't have any place to live, so Goth and Palette brought them to Geno and Reaper. Since they were most likely never gonna get back to the Fellverse, Geno offered to adopt them and let them live in their house. Lotus accepted while Rurik declined now but still decided to stay there. •Lotus did not want to go back to the Fellverse while Rurik did •They are the same ages as Palette and Goth(this may change) •They have never dated in this AU, but might in the future •Rurik idolizes his parents similar to Palette and doesn't realize that they are abusive •Lotus has never met Rurik's parents, so he doesn't know what he's going through •Lotus and Rurik have the same powers as Goth and Palette(this may also change) •Rurik refuses to use his roller since doesn't want to be seen as weak with his "girly" weapon •He uses knifes and daggers instead •Lotus hates his parents •Rurik really likes Rogue and later begins to idolize zir •Rogue sees zirself in Rurik and later acts like a parental figure towards him •Rurik likes to play with Shino •Rurik originally started to hang out with Cray just to piss Palette off, but then he actually began to enjoy his company

Okay, that's all my headcanons I have for now. Yall can steal these if you want, but a credit would be nice. Might illustrate or talk about these more in another post if I feel like it.

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Yugioh S5 Ep 21: Joey Takes A Snack at that Cray Sauce

Hey guys! The 17 yo cat with kidney disease I was out of town watching lived to see another week (she was a very good girl). Which means now I can get back to the good stuff. This episode is brought to you by the colors red and orange, and I hope you like this color, and I hope you like this after effects they CGId onto this volcano.

Anyways, they first have to do this familiar ledge fall, because, it’s Yugioh, and if there’s a bunch of lava, Tristan wants

in

that.

And then Joey decides...hey you know what? I’m gonna jet. And...it’s not the first time he’s pulled a wild card and been unpredictable, I mean none of us can really forget that time he decided to get murdered by Mai instead of going in a straight line towards the end boss last season, but this time it was kind of funny how it was hastily composed.

And off he goes, folks.

As he left, Tristan was like “Ya dummy!” and Tea was like “nono, we gotta encourage him--run Joey! You can do it! See? Now he’s gone.” and it’s like...Tea is either trying to kill Joey with her support or honestly thinks that’s good support and I can’t fully tell which she is.

(read more under the cut)

It’s at this point that Grandpa has the gall to say “Did any of you happen to catch the lore? I fell asleep during that part.” Just like my Dad when we watch any movie as a family.

Meanwhile, maybe 100 ft away from them, Joey is in mortal peril but it’s Joey, so he’ll be fine. Don’t worry about it.

In fact, this episode seems like it would have been a better arc if it stretched out more episodes because the Joey neglect happens so quickly and out of nowhere that it’s...less organic than your average children’s show. Honestly it’s kind of funny how fast the fall of Joey Wheeler happens this episode. And I think it could have been a fun interesting time if it was handled better but youknow...it’s crammed into one single episode and you’ll se what happens.

As Yugi ruminates a cool thing that would have been really interesting this season--like running into more rando’s from other periods of time than just Alexander--Tea looks across the lava highway and was like “found it.”

Back at the dragon situation, Joey starts opening his heart to this dragon and it’s like...did they originally intend for Seto Kaiba to be here? Because I guess Joey uses Red Eyes a lot, but I also skip a lot of the card games, so when I think “who likes the dragon card?” Joey is not the first one I think of.

That and like he got over his Atlantis dragon card like hella fast, right? Like totally already over that?

And also if you thought Joey would pull out his other dragon to try and communicate or get a hold of this dragon like...nah.

Back at the fort, these guys decided to ditch Joey to get to this sword at the top of a volcano to solve the riddle, and what follows is some weird ass canon.

As I’m pulling up my Google Doc with my deathcount on it, Tristan decides this is the time he won’t freakin die and turn into a robot monkey for 15 episodes.

And he makes a huge ass green dragon. You’d think this MASSIVE dragon would do more in this episode, but nah. Although he pulls out Massive Dragon, it’s like kind of worthless, so he mostly puts it back in his pocket.

And then Tea pulls this elf chick out and it’s freakin hilarious because look at her giant elf.

Like Tea is not a small person! Are Yugioh monsters all 12 ft tall???

Yugi is also all ham about fusing with his dude now. It knocked him out a couple episodes ago, but Yugi is so keen on destroying his body that he’s back in clown town. And like...took his Grandpa for a ride, I guess, although I’m pretty sure Summoned Skull has wings.

Course, Summoned Skulls insides are his outsides...and I dunno if you’d want Summoned Skull to give you a big hug and carry you around. Summoned Skull just seems like he’s sticky.

And, once they make it to the top of the volcano where the plot sword lives, we first have to visit this plot twist of the century.

YEAH.

OUT OF NOWHERE.

THIS EPISODE IS NOT LONG.

Aaaaaaand now Joey is going to try and kill everyone here. I did not skip anything, PS, Joey dipped off-screen.

PS, everyone’s reaction to “I will kill you!” was a whole lot of rolling their eyes at first being like “Joey, stawp.”

So, now that Joey’s randomly possessed by this dragon, we get a peek into what Joey’s brain zone looks like. It’s a whole lot of nothing in between his ears.

Consistent to S1 actually, when we had a bit of a Joey Brain Zone moment. It was a blank void there, too.

So apparently Joey decided, back when he was confessing his love to Red Eyes Black Dragon, that he would jump on it’s back to calm it down--and it just...fused with him. So...now he’s a dragon.

Sure, I guess. I mean...there’s really no limit on what a Duel monster can’t do, so I’ll allow it.

The team tries to just say “ah screw it” and pull up this sword themselves (you can kind of see it in this shot) and the sword just slurps into the dirt even more out of spite. Seeing that there’s a bit of a time limit, Grandpa pulls this one out of his back pocket.

Yo, Grandpa’s not even possessed. Hey, remember that time that Grandpa nearly died giving Arthur Hawkins the last of his water back in Egypt? Remember that?

Like uh, you can definitely tell this was made by a different team that may not have gotten that cue card. It may have been lost in the mail. Either way, kind of a hilarious heel turn on Grandpa’s personality here, although it does make logical sense to save most of the kids from sacrificing one kid. It’s just...that kid is Joey...so...that’s like his adopted Grandson, right?

So Yugi does something very on brand for Yugi and invades a brain.

And like...obviously Yami and Yugi would say no to this. They would never do this. Not after all the dozens and dozens of times they have sacrificed the world and everything for their best friends.

But...maybe just this one time we can kill Joey? As a treat?

So uh...Yami hella vaporizes Joey with his new powers. Luckily, Joey Wheeler has Shaggy Doo energy and just...he survives it for some reason. I don’t know why he isn’t dead, maybe because the dragon made him stronger? Eh, don’t do the math (on any part of this episode).

So Joey gets up and is like “I know the answer to the riddle!” As the sword kinda melts into the volcano and Gramps is like “Well we’re dead, actually, so no one cares!”

And Joey’s like “Look!” and he hops onto the back of the Red Eyes Black dragon and reveals this random thing:

Because it turns out, that the dragon was the real problem and not this volcano with a sword in it.

Which youknow...could have been cool if this episode wasn’t so many insane plot points so quickly. Kind of a lot of episode here. This episode could have been a whole season of a show.

Like how long was Joey Possessed by Marik in S2? Like 5 or 6 episodes? And you can see how much more successful it was at selling the story although it was a lot of the same themes and ideas. Pacing is important.

And then Joey passes out from the suit juice.

Which is when we get one more Alexander cameo, just kinda watching them leave and onto the next arc of their little journey.

They sure did put a lot of eyeliner on Alexander the great, and, being real...he may have actually been wearing a hell ton of dope eyeliner when he was alive, so this could be historically accurate, for all we know. Those old marble statues used to be painted, after all. Maybe they had dope Yugioh eyeliner down to his cheekbones? One can wish.

And like if you ever get the time--seeing what those marble statues looked like with paint on it is so freakin goofy and fun, I love it. I love that for 600 years we thought those marble statues were supposed to be naked and white but it’s like, nah man--this guy’s just wearing a skin tight breast plate and when you paint it, it’s so garish it’s like a freakin clown outfit.

But anyway, that’s all for now! Hope y’all have a good weekend, and as always, here’s a link to read these in chrono order, if you just got here!

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

[dangermousie]

Here it is - the moment my heart switches from like to love, for Crichton and the show, on every rewatch.

It is such a little moment. Aeryn and John escaped and Aeryn made contact with Crais, her superior officer. Of course, neither John nor Aeryn know that Crais wants to kill John because of the accident which killed Crais' brother (And this is so the Farscape ethos - John is doomed and hunted for a moment of pure bad luck that happened the moment he ended up here, a moment he did not know about and cound do nothing to change. As he said in a much later episode, they’ve basically found the map to the cruelty of the universe.)

And there is the scene. John is captive, peacekeeper guns all around him. Crais circling him like his personal piece of property (Poor John. This is only a start. This is not the Aurora Chair, not Grayza, not Scorpius, not Scarrans, not Harvey). John watchful and realizing the wrongness (and OMG his innocence breaks my heart) and Crais telling him he'll dissect him. And Aeryn speaking up and telling Crais (and I love this. She didn't have to say anything. She didn't have, she should know it's a risk in such a society) that she didn't believe John was capable of killing Crais' brother because he is not intelligent or brave enough. And Crais, crazy Crais, fixating on her and asking her in this tone 'just how much time did you spend with this human?' And. And. And. This is the moment I fell in love with John Crichton all over again. He gives this quick, intense glance at the situation and he speaks up (to Crais), quietly and a little bit desperately: 'Not much, not much at all.' Why? It's so hard to put into words. I think because in the middle of all this (where there is the probability of him being killed in a gruesome fashion) he speaks up for Aeryn automatically, without the second thought. Maybe because even though as an alien he has no idea what is going on, he catches on so quickly, judges it so quickly, recognizes the danger to her, before she does herself. Maybe it's the seriousness, and the intensity, and the reassuring little nod he gives to her. Even utterly helpless himself, he tries to save Aeryn. This Crichton is not yet the Crichton that will literally turn the galaxy upside down to save the woman he loves, not someone who will make impossible choices and bear it all, but it's all in there already, all the qualities, and you can see that. In a way, knowing how all of these people will end up makes it even more delicious. Seeing Crais, all neat and orderly, before he went so crazy and AWOL (and his dishevelment definitely paralleled his fall from grace) and way before he redeemed himself. Seeing D'Argo as a self-concerned, immature, angry being. Seeing Aeryn as Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun, not a complex evolving human being yet, not a woman, not a being of her own will. But the seeds are still there. I cannot imagine other peacekeepers speaking up for John, trying to save him a bit. When John says 'You can be more' that is the thing. There is a 'you' in her to be more. There is something to start with. She has a soul that is not warped past return. And the chemistry between the two? Amazing. Even in this first ep, where they are nothing more than reluctant allies at first, disdain on her part and confusion on his. Btw, that first meeting? I love it love it love it so much. I watched 'pilot' after I've seen S4 and I remember going, as Aeryn threw him against the bulkhead and hit him and then demanded his rank and serial number. 'John, meet the future mother of your child.' Heh. God. It amazes me how far the two will come and yet how organically. And it's so true about all the relationships. Watch D'Argo and Crichton interact here: the anger on D'Argo's part the 'he is crazy' on John's. They don't even tolerate each other and yet by the end they are the best of friends. I love that Farscape, even though its romantic relationship was so crucial (didn't David Kemper or someone describe Farscape as a 'love story') also had all these incredible, well-developed, organic, fascinating other relationships: friendships, familial. Another thing I love? John saves the day with his brain. God, how much do I love that. He is a scientist, not a military guy, not a 'space jockey' like his Dad. He is a scientist. And that is why he can never get used to collateral damage, to killing, no matter how much of it he does, he is forced to do. And the show never forgets that. Farscape is one of those rare fictions (because I am not just talking about shows, but movies and books as well) where I do get convinced that John is indeed brilliant. And that he loves the science, he loves discovery, he loves the work. Despite wormholes being tainted so much with everything else, he is genuinely excited, involved in working on them. I keep remembering the S3 finale where even though he is pretending to work for Scorpius, he can't help but get into it, where equations literally pour out of him in scribbles everywhere, on windows, on pieces of paper, writing on his own arms. John is an obsessive. Here it is yet small: he wants to prove his theory. And even in the middle of the escape he is excited that it's proven. His obsessiveness will of course be brought out spectacularly by his stress later on, and his feelings, but it's already here.   But to get back to what I was saying: I just love that he gets to win with his brain. And that is consistent. Because that is why he becomes the defacto leader of Moya. Not his amazing fighting prowess. He becomes quite competent in the later seasons, but he will never be pure warrior the way D'Argo or Aeryn are. It's his brilliant, crazy, completely creative plans. That, and the power of his conviction. John's conviction is an utter, absolute, contageous thing. It's not brought out fully yet, but I am struck by the foreshadowing of when he tells Aeryn to come with them, tells her she can be more, changes her life. It's the same conviction that will later have him walk into a Scarran station, unarmed, most wanted man in the galaxy, to get Aeryn out. And getting the Moya crew to come with him.   But then, all of John is already here, just not forced to the surface yet. His crazy humor as way of coping with the insane universe about him. The core of steel (he is lost and dazed in this new word which is great because he is in a way proxy for the audience, but he doesn't bend before D'Argo e.g. and he is adamant to D'Argo about taking Aeryn with them or no one escapes), the inner decency and basic kindness (that kindness will be almost beaten out of him but shadows will always remain) when he tapes up the broken eye-stalk of the DRD - “merely” a mechanical critter on Moya. Oh. GUH.

@mousieta I am so glad we are doing this!