#but to Talk about the other thing. ..... rolo eats a** lol ANYWAYS

[jrueships]

Well FINE if you want a sexy ship how aboooout 🤔🤔…. Rolo and Kris Dunn :))))??

EXCUSE ME ?????? ARE YOU CALLING. HUH ??? IS THIS YOUR . HE LLO?????? R o LO AND. HUH ???@?@?!?!?!?!? E X CUSE ME !!!!!

You're INSANE .... and i am Listening . This is so funny... like u could've asked anything else.. anyone else sexy like uhhh idk insert sexy x sexy ship here (which I have very little of).. but NO.. you chose.... ROLO and DUNN ... ITS REALLY FUNNY 2 ME I LOVE IT LMAO 😭 OKAY! HANG ON!!

OKAY i know i keep coming back to when they had their little screaming match at practice with each other but how should i NOT huh ??? The PASSION the MOTIVE ?? Robin going a little Too hard on kris and kris yelling at him ???? Presidential alert: the girls are fiighting !!!! And then rolo having to leave practice and cool off before coming back to apologize like ??? I feel like that really does define their surface level relationship. They're definitely the kinda couple who argue very little but when they do it gets Rough, and ROLO is the one who has to pull himself away so he doesn't say anything out of pocket. Rolo can be very intense and kris can magnify that energy tenfold by replying with his own intensity, so Someone has to be the bigger man and step away before the kettle shatters. And that Someone always has to be rolo. I think if rolo wasn't so kindhearted and Just intense, their relationship Definitely wouldn't work out. Someone would end up getting up and they'd never talk again, but that's Not the case. Rolo came back and apologized and they made up. Probably had sorry s*x idk LOL..

The sorry s*x is Very important tho!!! Not JUST a horny act I PROMISE!! Because it kinda Hints to Dunn Also apologizing ? in his own actions? Like he's better at gift giving and touch to show his love rather than words like rolo. So when they kiss and kris leaves fluttery trails up and down Robin's neck, kisses his scratchy knuckles when robin holds his wrists, and purrs at the rough sensation of Robin's stubble against cheek, robin understands how much he Means to kris. Originally though, he takes it as a 'i only like you for your body' type deal and never iniates anything with kris again for a while .. because he feels used rather than valued, and that hurts. One time lovers to enemies to awkward friends to lovers again mixed type of deal. There's a Lot of confusion... mainly due to misunderstandings

Okay, so this part kinda gets into my whole 'soulbound fic with Zach and Dunn' so <3 yanno. BASICALLY .. lemme explain it... Zach is. Really against the whole idea of soulbonding and soulmates because sometimes being soulbonded isn't always pretty. In This world, your soulmate doesn't always mean they're the one who's Perfect for you. It's just a foretelling of fate. A mark that tells you who you're gonna be stuck with later. Of course Zach believes in fighting against fate because he thinks his mark deludes his value to others, but he's seen too many people just remain complacent with being stuck with some shitty s/o all because some stupid splotch on their body told them so. So he's Really against soul marks and being 'bonded' to someone. He hides his mark, which is on his hand. Then kris dunn enters his life covering His hand too. Weird. And during a late night session just between them, zach's bandages fall and his mark is seen. Kris has a Suspiciously shocked reaction and his hand goes to his Own covered hand and starts pulling off the bandages and - oh god. Zach ends the session.

Short summary: things get Awkward. Zach Likes dunn, really. As a Friend ... although Sometimes .. weird Thoughts enter his mind and - anyways, yeah. Kris just isn't his Type. He seems too Obnoxious, too Pushy, too Petty, too Egotistical. He keeps trying to hang out no matter how many times Zach has subtly hinted how he's against the whole soulmark quirk and that they're just Good Friends.

So Zach gets a little Rude. A little Blunt. He just wants kris to get the message. But he can't bring himself to outright Tell kris how his Soulmate, someone who's supposed to be The One for you, doesn't even Want you. So he gets distant. Leaves Dunn on read a lot more. Tells him he can't hang out as much anymore. Invites Coby over whenever Kris wants to hang out so Kris has to thirdwheel. After the trades, Zach uses it as a grateful excuse to distance himself even further. Eventually Zach's birthday rolls around and he's talking about going out to celebrate with demar when Dunn shows up at the locker. And it's really. Awkward. Deebo leaves after wishing Dunn a happy early birthday. Dunn smiles shy and mutters a thank you, face lighting up a little. Zach made sure to kill that light when he brushed over the fact without care. 'What are you Doing here.' Dunn's face falls and he messes with his bandaged covered hand, his Mark ? he jokes about Zach trying to get with demar who's Clearly been soulmarked with lowry for a Long while. Zach thinks he's getting jealous now, doesn't find the remark funny Whatsoever. They talk and it's just Zach getting tenser and Dunn getting awkwarder. Eventually Dunn hands Zach his birthday gift and asks him if he wants to hit up a restaurant later. Zach takes the gift, feeling a pang of sympathy. So he walks Dunn against a locker and puts a hand to his hip. And his other hand, the one soulmarked hand, to his throat. Tilts his chin up and Leans closer. Maybe he's been too mean. Maybe kris deserves Something. But kris shivers at every touch, keens, whimpers: excited. Was he planning this? Reentering zach's life without warning and Making him love him? Making Zach feel bad because he's just Such a desperate, love-sucking, self-absorbed Asshole. Zach stops himself before their lips touch, notices how wide Kris's eyes are and feels Disgusted. Was it all Orchestrated. It felt like the mark made him Nothing all over again. And he leaves Dunn at that, forgetting the gift. Tells him he's got Plans with someone Else.

and Dunn is left sitting with his back to his old Locker, anxiously rubbing a hand over the old bandaged hand , a nervous habit he's developed ever since a bad encounter with a knife left a permanent Scar there.

Dunn's flight home ends up getting canceled, the only available one open is to Orlando. He calls Rolo if he can crash and rolo says yes. When he gets there, rolo's room is full of Romantic and nerdy decor. Apparently he was expecting a hookup that night but canceled for kris. Kris laughs at all the nerdy star wars and marvel action figures aligning neatly on the shelves. Pretends like he doesn't Actually find them cool. Criticizes rolo for his odd flirting techniques, AKA having a moonlight dinner to the star wars anthem. Laughs at his anakin bedspread. 'Who wants to have sex covered under some fictional character man ?' (A Lot of people, actually). They banter and catch up, pretending like finally talking to each other again Isn't making them smile and laugh the loudest they Ever had in a Long while. Rolo convinces Dunn to act as his Date for the night because they shouldn't let good food and romantic atmosphere go to waste ! They reeanct that cheesy spaghetti sharing scene from Lady and the tramp, which they're both a little Too competitive in and get a little Too close in. Over the night, rolo slowly begins to see how utterly Soft Dunn really is. How he snorts at all his jokes and how Careful he is with all his things , no matter how Goofy he thinks they may be. How he smiles so shy sometimes. How he leans in close and whispers. How Pretty he is. As walls fall, so do their previous anxiety. Kris ends up spending the night.

Rolo takes off his shirt, chest full of curly brunette hairs (he Deserves to be a lumberjack OKAY) so he doesn't have to worry about the soulmark over his heart being seen. Dunn is a little more Shy about it, self-conscious over his body. He hasn't played basketball as much anymore. Kinda hard to when you're not in the nba anymore. Rolo makes him comfortable, let's him dim the lights until only the faint glow of his red light saber nightlight remained on. Let Kris lie down on his stomach.

He thinks Kris would be loud in bed. And he was right. Sort of. Kris makes Noise, but not really Loud. He's vocal, but in a sweeter sense. He doesn't Scream, but his voice quivers and whines pour out bitten lip. Every movement Rolo makes, he Shakes. He presses his face against Robin's stupid deathstar pillow and whimpers. He's Soft, supple, and Nervous. Wants to make robin feel good. Makes an effort to try and kiss Robin's planted hand next to him. Robin whispers in his ear how Pretty he is. Holds him close. Moves Close. Everything is so Close, and so is Kris. His tears start to fall, slow, smooth, and robin turns him around Gently. Caresses the side of his face, smiles at how kris nudges into the touch, wipes his tears away for him. Helps him release with a cracked hand.

Notices an Oddly Familiar mark on Dunn's chest ...

Dunn collapses into his arms: spent. He's still shivering in the aftercare, only settles once he's fully wrapped around Rolo's long arms and tight to his chest. Only settles once that stupid anakin blanket is covering the two of them. Robin watches him drift off to bed, with himself following suite, but Not before thinking about their weird Mark over Dunn's heart and how Strange it is .

[rolotouto]

Banjou no Geass Gekijou

Before I post a list with all the games Rolo’s been featured in, here's more about my favorite one: the Nintendo DS board game, Banjou no Geass Gekijou. These are some of the lines you get when you land on Rolo’s squares.

へぇ、すごいですね、ライさんって。　何人もの人の声を、同時に聞き分けられるなんて…僕が必ず分かるのは兄さんの声くらいですよ… Wow, you are amazing, Rai-san. To be able to recognize the voices of multiple people simultaneously... The only one that I recognize without fail is Brother's...

すごいですね、ライさん。人を簡単に笑わせるなんて…僕にはできそうにありません。 You are amazing, Rai-san. Being able to make people laugh so easily... I don’t think I could do it.

ライさんはどうして、そんなに簡単に人を笑わせることができるんですか？ あ、いえ…　別にうらやましいとかそういうことではないですけど…　ただ、すごいなって… Rai-san, why are you able to make people laugh so easily? Ah, no... It's not that I am jealous or anything like that... It's just, that it’s so amazing...

I think lines like this show how strong Rolo’s true self is despite being trained as an “emotionless” assassin. The sight of someone making another person happy makes him feel admiration. He had the potential to be a really good kid...

やった！僕の勝ちですね！あ、ごめんなさい…　僕ばかりが楽しんでしまったみたいで…　あ、あの…　また遊んでください！ Yes! I won! Ah, I'm sorry... It seems I ended up being the only one who had fun... U-um... Let's play again next time, please!

And he isn’t just in touch with his own feelings, but also those of the individual he’s interacting with. I wish these pretty scenes with Rai could lead to a Good End where, having gained another person he can trust, Rolo actually started believing in his right to be loved simply by being Rolo, instead of assuming his value is tied to his usefulness as an assassin. But yeah, the Good Ends have him killing Rai, so I guess deep-rooted beliefs take long to change...

えっ！事故に遭ったんですか！…兄さんはッ！にィ~さ~んッ！！ Eh! You had an accident?! ...Brother is...! Bro~ther!!

There’s a driving minigame where you play as Rivalz and Lelouch, and this is Rolo’s reaction if you crash Rivalz’s motorbike. Before playing the minigame, Rolo had asked you to please accompany Rivalz-san and Niisan because he(Rolo) doesn’t trust Rivalz-san’s driving skills. I find it amusing that Rolo actually went through the process of learning how to drive a bike and that he probably understands about vehicles (and mechas), while Lelouch likely has no interest or knowledge whatsoever. His fakememory!self was probably initially totally confused by his little sibling’s ability to drive, and it’s things like these that make the time he spent with Rolo be memories with Rolo rather than “with a Nunnally replacement”. Anyway, if you play the driving minigame when Rolo has come to like Rai as well, he will be calmer and say something like “I’m glad Niisan and you are safe”. Rivalz doesn’t even exist for Rolo.

あれ、失敗ですか。もしかしてオモチャのハンマーじゃ本気になれないですか？僕のナイフ…　貸しましょうか？フフフ… Oh, you lost? Maybe it's that you couldn't take it seriously using a toy hammer? Should I lend you... my knife? Fufufu...

This is what you get when you lose on the whac-a-character minigame. Sadly for Rolo, one of the rules in that minigame is not to hit Nunnally.

あ、ライさん。ほら、見てください！兄さんからもらったんです、この回転パズル！ねえ、ライさん。一緒に組み立ててみませんか？ Ah, Rai-san. Look, look at this! I received it from Brother, this rotation puzzle! Hey, Rai-san, why don't we assemble it together?

思ったより簡単にできましたね、ライさん。でも、せっかく兄さんがくれたものなんですから今度はひとりでやってみます。じゃあ… You were able to do it more easily than I thought, Rai-san. But since it's something that Brother gave me, next time I'll try to do it on my own. Well then...

Rolo allowing others to play with something given to him by Niisan? And poor Victor from the OSI had to get killed after touching his locket...

The next part needs some context first. This is from when you overhear his conversation with Villetta and Lelouch at the basement. Once he notices you there, he'll normally just kill you instantly, but if you visit them after he's already grown to like you, he hesitates and, seeing how neither Villetta nor Lelouch noticed you, offers to spare your life with the condition that you don't tell anyone what you heard. You can answer "yes" or "no". As one can guess, saying that you won't keep the secret leads to a game over.

First, "yes": じゃあ、これは…　僕らだけの秘密です…　そう…　兄さんにも内緒の…

Then, this is... a secret that is only ours... That's right... a secret even to Brother...

And "no":

なるほど…　僕がバカでした…　やっぱり信じられるのは…　兄さんだけ…　他のヤツなんて… …ライさん。　あなたならわかってくれると思ったのに…　残念です… I see... I was stupid... Indeed, the one that can be trusted... is only Brother... Of course there would be no one else... ...Rai-san. I thought that you would understand, and yet... It's a shame...

It might be because it’s a game and he’s merely letting the player know what’s going to happen, but still, I like that Rolo doesn’t kill Rai right away and instead expresses his emotions to him/her first. Like Rolo barely talks to people he doesn’t feel a connection with, but once he does feel it, the love he has for that person is really important to him. Enough that he’d die mainly to honor those feelings that made him feel human. Lastly, there’s a conversation between Rolo and Lelouch that you get right before Rolo’s route is completed. (Lulu)やあ、ライ。 Hi there, Rai. (Rolo)あ、ライさん。 Ah, Rai-san. ほらな、ロロ。やっぱりライはここに来ただろ？ See, Rolo, Rai did come here after all, didn’t (s)he? う、うん… Y-yeah... 今、ロロと賭けをしてたんだ。ライが15分以内にここに来るかどうかをね。 結果は、俺の勝ち。　ロロ、今日の洗濯当番は代わってもらうぞ。 I just made a bet with Rolo on whether you'd arrive here within 15 minutes. The result is I won. Rolo, today you do the laundry instead. う、うん…　あ、で、でも！夕食当番は兄さんだからね！ Y-yes... Ah, b-but! Don’t forget that Brother is in charge of dinner! む、そうだったか…　じゃあ、こうしよう。俺が今からライと何かのミニゲームで対戦する。俺が勝ったら、ロロ。オマエが夕食当番だ。 Hm, was it so?... Well then, let's do this. I'm going to compete with Rai in some minigame now. If I win, Rolo, you take care of dinner. え、また賭け事？ Eh, betting again? そうさ、わかりやすいだろ？ライ、何て対戦する？オセロか？パズルか？何でもいいぞ。 That's right, isn't it simple? Rai, what will we compete in? Othello? Puzzle? Anything will do. 兄さん、水泳はどう？ Brother, what about swimming? なに！？なぜ体力勝負を…！ What!? Why a trial of strength...! 何でもいいって言ったじゃない？ Didn't you say that anything would do? クッ！いいだろう！速く泳ぐ理論はわかっている！負けるわけがない！ライ！水泳で勝負だ！ロロ！オマエは夕食の献立でも考えておくんだな！ Tch! Fine! I know the theory for swimming fast! There's no way I'll lose! Rai! It's a swimming match! Rolo! Start thinking about what to cook for dinner! It’s adorable how Rolo is so comfortable with Lelouch that he isn’t afraid to show him that he wants him to lose. Lelouch is hilariously slow at the swimming minigame despite “knowing the theory” (lol), so usually you’ll win without trying: やった！これで兄さんの手料理が食べられるよ! ありがとう、ライさん！ Yes! Now I can eat Brother's home cooking! Thank you, Rai-san!

チッ…　しかたないな…　晩御飯はビーフストロガノフだ！いいな！ Tch... There's no helping it... Dinner will be beef stroganoff, okay?!

うん！ Yes!

I’m laughing at how in-character it is for Lelouch to loose his cool when he doesn’t win. And notice how Rolo didn’t actually mind cooking dinner himself, he just wanted Lelouch to do it so he could eat his home cooking ♥ You can also just do nothing at all during the minigame so Lelouch can beat you, in which case the conversation goes like: 水泳で兄さんに負けるなんて…ライさん、遅い… To lose against Brother at swimming... Rai-san, you're slow... ロロ、夕食は何か凝ったものが食べたいな…そうだな…流しそうめんなんてどうだ？ Rolo, for dinner I want to eat something elaborate... Let me see... What about flowing noodles? 兄さん…たしかに凝ってるけど…それじゃ昼食みたいだよ…大丈夫、もっと栄養のあるものを作ってあげるから。 Brother... That's certainly elaborate but... then it would be like lunch... It's alright, I'll make you something more nutritious.

頼むぞ、ロロ。 I leave it in your hands, Rolo.

A Japanese person will probably find this funnier and be able to explain it better, but I think the joke is that flowing noodles are really plain in terms of what the food itself is, and that what is elaborate is the process to prepare them (you have to make noodles slide down a structure of bamboo pipes). So Lelouch seems to be deliberately choosing something Rolo can’t possibly prepare just to feel a bit evil? On the other hand, it’s really cute that he will eat Rolo’s cooking. He isn’t disgusted by it or anything, as much as he’d want to convince himself that he hates Rolo… And that’s it. Afterwards you get the endings, in which he kills you. Yeah, he spared your life at the basement, but now he stabs you out of respect, because he wants your ghost to protect Niisan. And he smiles and laughs when saying so too!? Well, to be precise, that’s the ending if you are playing as male!Rai. As female!Rai he seems more pained and doesn’t want you to leave, and it’s not so clear whether he kills you or not. Maybe he kidnaps you, since you simply disappear after Rolo took you to the airport. Creepy stuff... Someone uploaded a video of Rolo’s route, where you can see everything we’ve been talking about. ---- By the way, the official blog for this game was run by staff members who seemed to like Rolo a lot. The blog isn’t available anymore, but you can find the original texts in Japanese through Wayback Machine: part 1, part 2, part 3.

For example:

“I’m now playing through the previous game LOST COLORS and I was chased and killed by Rolo!”

“By the way, I wear Rolo on my employee badge.

It’s cute how Rolo’s charm is shaped like a heart!”

“So, since the anime’s last episode aired, there’s a new DS ‘Banjou no Geass Gekijou’ advertisement. We tried changing Lelouch and Rolo’s lines! Rolo 'Niisan... is cute' You are the one who’s cute-!”

“Good... mor   ning. It’s No... zawa... First, um, yeah, I haven’t posted updates. U.... Usui san is the only one who... was... writing... If you’re... wondering... why, on 17th August’s broadcast... Rolo  Rolo d... died”

“You can see Rolo in the advertisement... (tear)”

“Lelouch’s emperor outfit... I wanted Rolo to see it”  ----- It’s nice to know the staff was allowed to openly fangirl about their favorite characters. Although we already knew that from Sakou-san...

[canaryatlaw]

well, today was okay. kind of in a crappy mood due to a couple of different things, nothing serious, just the same lingering bullshit I’ve been dealing with for weeks now, yet it still manages to feel like betrayal....I don't know why I keep putting myself up to this. but, anyway. Last night I’d left off with our family friend (whose name I’m okay with using because she was definitely on tumblr and following me at some point though idk if she still does but also because her name is also Rachel) about meeting for breakfast at like 9:30, so I set my alarm for 8:30 which is way more time than I would need to get ready by myself (I’m generally 25 minutes max) but since I was with my family and everything I knew it would be a whole production and we’d need time. So it went off and we started to get ready, eventually ubering to our final destination, where we met up with Rachel (other Rachel, of course). Our families have been friends for years and years, her family is back in New York where mine is normally but she lives out here, but she works managing a restaurant and logs like, 75 hour weeks, which is insanity by any measure really (when I was working 50 hour work weeks I was constantly exhausted) so we don’t end up seeing each other very often, but since the family was here we made it happen. It was a really cute little place, I got corned beef hash with eggs which is a non-traditional breakfast choice for me because when I’m at a restaurant I tend to be more of the pancakes/french toast/waffle type than eggs, but I really like corned beef hash (I discovered it on one of our childhood trips to dutch country Pennsylvania in the buffet bar) and never really get to eat it, so I thought I’d take the opportunity here and it was super delicious. It ends up that the restaurant was in the same restaurant group as the one Rachel manages, and because of that they decided to comp all our meals, which was very generous given that there was six of us haha so it was not an insignificant amount. my dad was like so confused though. he loves buying things for other people (like legit, he does) and he was just like what, you mean I don’t get to pay?? 😂😂 he figured it out soon enough though. after breakfast we ended up walking a bit towards the hotel and the loop, and walked along the river for a while which was very nice. There was a ton of kids on one of the river tour boats (definitely like a field trip) that passed us and literally all of them were waving at us and screaming HIIIII and it was really cute. We ended up walking back to the hotel, where we hung out for a bit until the shuttle came to take my family to the airport. so we said goodbyes, and they left, then Rachel and I decided to get go ice cream haha because we could. we took the bus a few stops up and then walked a little to a Jeni’s ice cream store, which I think I’ve been to with Rachel once before but I’m always down for ice cream of course and this was insanely good (apparently they sell pints in whole foods if you’d like to try for yourself). I got one scoop of cream puff (which was like, the most heavenly thing, it was even better than an actual cream puff because it was ICE CREAM that tasted like one) and one scoop of brambleberry crisp, which was of course also delicious. They really like, also mastered getting the scoops to be perfectly round so they fit in your cone perfectly and it’s not like a constant challenge of trying to eat the ice cream before it melts (these are the things I worry about when eating ice cream). So we ate our ice cream and talked for a while before parting ways, I walked back to the bus route and took that the rest of the way north as it got me pretty close to my apartment (it’s the second closest bus stop/route to me), I could’ve done the red line but that was a little further out of my way and I still had my big bag of stuff from staying over with me which was gonna be a real pain in the ass to carry around. When I had to get off the bus, while I was trying to pick it up one of the straps broke, so I had to carry it from the bottom and goddddd was it heavy, I would walk like 20 feet and then have to put it down and rest my arms lol (again, I am so, so weak). Eventually I made it all the way to my apartment, my right hand is like bruised on the inside right below my fingers, not like a traditional bruise but it’s red and tender lol and I’m trying not to add any suspicious marks because I already have a super noticeable bruise on my forearm from carrying a too heavy shopping bag for too long (either that or my too heavy purse, could be either one, did I mention the strap of my purse also fell off?? that was like March though) and like, just dealing with all the stuff I see at the DV clinic I’d rather just not give people reasons to speculate about such things, lol. for some reason it reminded me of when I was observing a trial and there were domestic violence allegations, i.e. mom was getting beaten up by boyfriend and that made her an inadequate mother because it meant she couldn’t keep her kids safe (a premise which is of course flawed but that’s an entirely different conversation we’d have to have) and her public defender decided to argue that she believed it was the 15 year old son who was actually hitting his mother, and the mother wouldn’t say anything because she was protecting him, and I just remember sitting there like what the actual fuck, and the judge very much did not appreciate what she was trying to argue by essentially maligning a child on no evidence whatsoever other than her opinion, definitely not an argument unfamiliar to public defenders in juvenile court, because if a kid comes forward with accusations of abuse, of course one of the arguments you’re going to use is saying the kid is lying, which I still think is awful, but I understand why it is used (but I still hate it). Anyway, tangent. I got home and like, laid down on my bed for like 20 minutes with my eyes closed while also listening to the latest legends of tomorrow podcast episode for their season 3 wrap up. when that was finished I just went on my laptop for a bit, doing a few random things and looking up some recipes so I’d find something to make. I decided I really wanted brownies, but I knew I didn’t have any actual chocolate, just cocoa powder and different types of candies. so I looked up what happens when you melt m&ms (which just sounds like an amusing premise to me) and it looked like it would work out pretty well, so I used those for the chocolate that was to be melted, and then used a combination of m&ms and rolos for the part of the recipe that called for chocolate chips. they turned out pretty good, the bottoms were kinda hard and somewhat plasticy because of the candy pieces, but the parts with the caramel from the rolos were super great, so that was good. I made a quick parmesan pasta soup recipe for dinner (which as heavenly) and sat down to watch Supergirl. Again, my feelings are mixed because I’m somewhat invested in the whole Sam/Ruby/Lena plot but at this point really do not give a flying fuck about most of the other characters at this point. I liked the Alex helping take care of Ruby plot, and I did really get a kick out of them using Lex’s old mansion (which has an invisibility cloak on it???) as a hideout, that was pretty cool. I felt so bad for Ruby of course throughout the episode but especially at the end, having to deal with seeing her mom like that in something that is so unexplainable and horrific. The fact that they’re giving Alex and Ruby more interaction makes me think they’re gonna go the route of something happening to Sam and Alex then taking care of Ruby, which, as much of a sweet plot line that would make for Alex, I really do not want to happen because I very much want a happy ending for Sam and Ruby and for Sam not to end up killed over something that was very much not her fault (see, now I’m thinking about season 8 of Smallville and being like but did I blame Davis for what he couldn’t control??? but most of his objectionable behaviors were choices he actually made, not the monster, especially culminating in that one character death that I am never going to forgive the writers for, ever, so as much as these plots are similar the characters outside of the monsters are very different). But yeah, that was all I really got from the episode, I could not care less about Meh-El returning to help them fight Reign, essentially with a go fuck her pass from his wife, which was really the only way they could justify it being okay for him to have feelings for Kara. Anyway. When it was over I tuned right into The Resident for their season finale, and hooooooly shit man, it was so good!!! I’m actually really impressed with the show so far, they've been consistently knocking it out of the park for pretty much the entire season, which is no easy feat, as I’m sure plenty of one season shows could tell you. I thought they did an excellent job of wrapping up what was really a very complicated plot within one episode, when it looked like it was going to take longer than that, but they did it in a way that didn’t actually feel rushed or forced, just very well done. Of course Bell is going to stay in power for now, he’s more of a long term villain (”villain”) when of course Lane is going to be the one to take the fall. When he was talking to her about it I knew he was setting her up, the cold son of a bitch that he was, but I mean it certainly worked out well for him. With the twist at the very end involving Conrad’s father, I was VERY glad we got a season 2, because that is wayyyyyyyyy too good of a hook to just have been dropped. I’m quite excited for what next season will bring us. When that was over I went to last night’s Brooklyn 99, which was excellent as always, we’re so close to Jake and Amy’s wedding!!! and of course, watching it this week after everything that happened over the past couple of days felt that much more satisfying, knowing that they tried to end it but the show and its fan pulled through and gave it new life. like man, if there ever was a question about the influence of social media, this incident surely should have answered it. So that was good of course. But then I watched Designated Survivor, which I had to watch with the knowledge that they did not get renewed, and that we only had two episodes left 😔😔 I was very sad about this because I really do love this show so much (and not just because it’s made my Gugg’s brother and I’d much rather support him over Guggs) because of Kiefer and how much I love his acting, and of course Italia is a gem, and I had such a lovely time talking to her about it back in San Jose in December. Hearing her talk about Kiefer and him telling her how she needs to watch 24, it was just so sweet, I really liked it. I did hear from a source that the reason for the cancellation was more about behind the scenes things than ratings or anything, which is disappointing of course because you want to think that everyone making a show gets along swell, but of course that’s not always the actual case. Oh well. As far as the actual episode, it was pretty quality, I died at the opening scene with Kendra, this show really writes its female characters so well in that I absolutely adore all of them, they’re all just these brilliant strong women who don’t take shit from anybody and I love them all. The main plot was kinda meh, I know they said Michael J Fox would be around for the rest of the season but they really should’ve just given him an official role, as opposed to finding a way to shoehorn him into the plot every week in increasingly ridiculous positions, and it just gives me way too many good wife feelings, not just because he’s playing the same exact fucking character, but also because they had a way of shoehorning characters into plots with about as much tact as they showed here. When it got down to the whole special counsel thing and Kendra was like “it’s not even clear if any charges can be levied against a sitting president” which made me LOL because way to be relevant and throw little pieces of current events in there, even when the people in their government are really superior to ours in pretty much every way, and that I will for sure miss. President Jack Bauer.....I will always have a special place in my heart for you, lol. After that I watched the news for a few minutes before watching Jimmy Kimmel, then catching the opening monologue of Seth Meyers, who is always consistently funny, and then finally getting ready for bed. Tomorrow I have PT at 2 but nothing to do before then so I’ll probably sleep (it is already 2:30 am right now) and then maybe get some groceries. My bar prep course doesn't officially start till next Tuesday, so I have a week to myself, though I’m starting at the DV clinic on Friday for one day a week, so that should be good. I really, really hope I hear from the NY job in the next few days so I’ll at least know where I’m standing with all of this. Okay, that’s enough for now, my eyes are getting droopy and I think it’s a good time to let them stay shut. Goodnight friends. Sending you lots of love. 

[umbreeonic]

Voltron Jungle Book AU

- Keith (who's essentially bagheera) finds a crying human child in a basket and is like 🔪🔪🔪 but w claws - but then he's like "fuck. That's kinda a cute baby. But I'm a fucking panther what am I gonna do" - then he remembers his best friend shiro n his mate rolo just had a litter of pups (yes shiro is trans) and he's like "oh yea shiro n rolo could raise this mancub bc they're both pack animals!" - so he takes the mancub (guess who she is oaydqpuf) and Shiro's wolf father insiticts r just Must Protect and Keith's like "I fucking knew it" - rolo shows up and Keith's nervous but Shiro's like "ROLO LOOK MY PANTHER BROTHER BROUGHT US ANOTHER CUB" and rolos tail is like a helicopter blade ("LET ME SEE HER LET ME SEE HER") - and Keith's like "yeh I did good. I knew my wolf brother would come through" - so pidge grows up w her wolf family in the jungle happy as can be - until the man-hating tiger lotor is rumored to be back in the jungle - shiro and rolo don't want to, but for the safety of both pidge and their pack they ask Keith to lead her to the local man cub village - Keith agrees, and as he's really bad w kids he's broody and snappy w pidge, so she sneaks off as soon as she can - but she gets caught by lotors accomplice, the python haggar - she hypnotizes pidge and almost eats her, until Keith shows up bc he'd been tracking pidge - Keith starts yelling at pidge for being so reckless (lol) and she gets even more mad at him and sneaks off again - this time she runs into a big bear, and as soon as he sees her he's like "WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOUR PARENTS" - and pidge is like "they sent me away... for my own safety. And now I'm stuck with this stick in the mud panther" - and hunk (bc yes, its hunk) is like "oh that guy, he's really a big softie" - then this river dolphin (guess who) pokes his head above water and is like "don't listen to hunk! Hunk loves everybody, Keith's a big broody cat who has no idea what fun is" - pidge is simultaneously "what the fuck is that river smooth thing" and "I have found a kindred spirit" - so pidge spends some time with hunk the anxious bear and lance the energetic dolphin bc hey these guys are at least more fun than Keith - a few hours later Keith finally tracks her down, but she's swimming and playing in the river with hunk and lance - he's terrified of water so he yells at her to come out, but she refuses - so keith prepares himself, and finally is able to jump in the river after her - except he starts panicking, and once they all realize Keith's in trouble hunk swims over as fast as he can and pulls him out of the river - hunk is hovering over Keith, going "are you okay? Are you hurt? Do you need anything?" and Keith is just "not now gay thoughts" - (yes this is a heith au what did u expect when I made keith bagheera and hunk baloo???) - lance carries pidge over to the river, and she's crying, bc while Keith is a pain in the ass he's essentially her uncle and her guardian at this point - they spend the night by the river, all sleeping together (with lance as close as he can be) and pidge is cuddled in between Keith and hunk - in the morning, hunk announces that he and lance are accompanying Keith in his task to take pidge to the man village - Keith starts spluttering and trying to find an excuse but pidge is just like "oh sweet we were following the river anyways!" - so they start their trip down the river, all talking and laughing, bonding as buds do - hunk and Keith feel a bit more than bonding though ;3 - after about a day these random monkeys swipe pidge off the ground in a matter of seconds, leaving her three new brothers like "what the fuck just happened" - a big chase ensues, with hunk running on the ground to try and keep them in sight and keith pouncing through the trees to try and catch them - the monkeys are too fast, and eventually leave the two in the dust - pidge gets taken to a large ruin, and is dropped in front of their king, lubos - lubos' adviser, ryner, is like "lubos this is a kid she's not gonna be able to do it" - lubos goes "NONSENSE! She will make me FIRE!" - pidge is like??? I grew up w wolves dude. What tf is fire - lubos thinks she's bluffing, and has this whole speech about the wonders of man, focusing mainly on fire and the power it grants - meanwhile, hunk sneaks in wearing a disguise to try and rescue pidge - it was lances idea. Hunk wants to believe in his best friend, but his big brain tells him he will be caught immediately - to his surprise, he's not, until he's by pidge and trying to sneak her off, and lubos notices - however. Lubos thinks hunk is one of his subjects who is trying to steal "his fire" - hunk and pidge are surrounded, so hunk rips off his disguise and tries to go for the Scary Bear bit - it works for a bit, but soon the monkeys realize he won't hurt them and they become more confident - then Keith shows up and holds his claws to the kings throat - the monkeys let them all leave after that - they meet back with lance at the river, and they continue to the village - but on the way, they run into lotor - he threatens them, telling hunk Keith and lance that he'll spare them if they give him the man cub - all of them refuse, and hunk and Keith manage to get lotor to leave them alone, but not before lotor promises to be back - pidge is visibly shaken, and rides on hunks back for the next few hours - they go a couple days without anything uneventful, taking a short break to watch some elephants - they come across a large field, and being tired, an agreement is made to meet up with lance at the river in the morning while the others sleep in the field - halfway through the night, pidge wakes up, both because of the sudden rain and a noise she heard - she wakes up keith and hunk, scared - both are suddenly alert, trying to listen and smell for any danger, but the rain makes it hard - suddenly, lotor jumps from the grass and tries to attack pidge, but hunk jumps in front of her and guards her while keith lunges at lotor to fight - hunk continues to hide pidge, not giving lotor a chance to swipe at her while also keeping her from watching the fight - there's a sudden bolt of lightning that strikes the grass near Keith and lotor, and even with the rain it starts up a large fire - hunk picks pidge up and runs, yelling at Keith to follow - lotor, the coward that he is, runs away immediately, but his back paw hits Keith in the head as he turns around - it hits hard enough that, with all his wounds and exhaustion from the battle, he blacks out - after a minute hunk realizes Keith hasn't followed them, so he puts pidge down and tells her to stay put while he goes to find Keith - pidge, being pidge, does not listen and instead runs after hunk - hunk finds Keith passed out, the fire starting to get extremely close to him - hunk lifts him onto his back, turning around to run, and he's so worried that he doesn't reprimand pidge when he sees her - once he decides they're far enough away, he sets keith down and tries to wake him up - he can't tell if Keith is even alive, and if he could cry he knows he would be, because he hadn't even realized how much Keith meant to him until he could be dead - pidge, who can cry, is staring in silent shock as the rain mixes with the tears falling down her face - once it's been long enough that hunk has given up hope, Keith groans and opens his eyes a bit - pidge runs up and hugs him, trying to be gentle, but failing bc she was so scared - hunk let's pidge have her time, then nuzzles Keith when she lets go - Keith is confused. Happy, but confused, then concerned bc did he get amnesia and forgot hunk becoming his boyfriend? - hunk starts laughing, as Keith unknowingly said that out loud, and goes "you didn't miss anything, but... I wouldn't mind that." - if panthers could blush, Keith would have been blushing - Keith's still too weak to walk, so hunk lifts him onto his back again, and they walk back to meet lance - Lance is, understandably, confused at Keith's state, and pidge explains to him as hunk brings keith some food - after a few hours, Keith can walk, so they continue to the village - they finally reach the village, and pidge realizes she doesn't want to leave the jungle - none of the others want her to leave either, but they all know and tell her that she needs to be with other humans - she hugs them all goodbye, then slowly makes her way to the entrance - on the way, she sees a girl gathering water, and is like "woah she's pretty" - (pidge is a useless lesbian who falls for the first human she sees ypfaupafpuafupaf) - she is accepted into the village, and after she says "I'm a girl" literally everyone in the village is like "cool! Here's some dresses" - (if u thought pidge was cis in this au??? ur wrong. when would i ever make pidge cis) - she never does lose her love for animals or the jungle, and routinely goes out to visit her brothers and, occasionally, her dads - eventually she starts bringing her girlfriend, and while she can't understand the animals she can see how much pidge loves them - and they all live happily ever after bc lotor fell off a cliff while running away and died! the end

[vodka-aunt-coran]

*Chanting* Matolo kiss headcanons. Matolo kiss headcanons. Matolo kiss headcanons.

are people actually shipping this bc if so…i could die happy

(adding a readmore bc i realized this was really long sorry yall)

ok i don’t know if you’ve noticed this but i like to think way too deep into how aliens are different than humans. so like. i hc that while “kiss” is a near-universal concept that gets translated the same way, the actual action is different for different species? like with vulcans in star trek y’know

like obv there’s some overlap between species, and the most common version is probably the default between different species?

therefore the romcom trope potential is high for romances between different species wherein they kiss but one doesn’t realize it, so it’s pretty much general knowledge that you either 1) kiss the ‘default’ way or 2) kiss your native way but make sure to explain it beforehand. thus, the shenanigan potential is lowered.

except for the fact the humans are not aware of any of this.

SO. rolo, nyma, and beezer all joined the resistance bc, y’know, they pissed off the galra pretty hard and need to hide (and nobody else knows about how they tried to steal a voltron lion thank goodness). matt holt is already an established part of the resistance by the time they show up.

nyma: hey, isn’t that the green paladin?beezer: bzzt-bip-deet (no it’s not. we bonded, i can tell.)nyma: definitely the same species though…hey rolo, should we investigate this or steer clear?rolo: [straightening vest, spraying space cologne] let me handle this

nyma and beezer: [tired sighs]

rolo and matt pretty much hit it off. even though his team warns him to be careful with how much he shares, the first time he hears matt laugh, rolo spills literally everything he knows about the paladins (and pidge)

nyma and beezer: [louder, exhausted sighs]

matt almost immediately shares this information with the resistance leadership and, since they now know they can trust voltron, they begin the slow and careful task of locating/contacting the castle

this definitely helps rolo, nyma, and beezer move up in the resistance

nyma: rolo!! what part of “stay lowkey” did you not get!!rolo: he laughed at one of my jokes?? who do you think i am, nymabeezer: bip-bzzt (weak!!!)

anyway in the meantime, matt and rolo spend a lot of time together. and both feel like they’re getting closer. and one day when they’re sitting next to each other rolo decides to just…go for it. except,

fact #1: the ‘default’ kiss is touching your partner’s neck. it’s a show of trust and can also be soft and sweet so?? but yeah, there’s a bunch of ways you can do it. the equivalent to a quick peck is like. gently touching the back of someone’s neck.

fact #2: matt may have spent the past few months collecting as much information as he could about different species’ cultures and biologies, but it had never occurred to him to learn about displays of affection.

fact #3: matt is ticklish af. especially on his neck.

so rolo gently brushes his fingers against the back of matt’s neck and he jumps a bit and kinda screams

matt: oh geez, sorry!!rolo: oh no no my bad i’m sorrymatt: no you’re fine, really! maybe just, uh? try not to do that?rolo: [internally screaming, dying, blasting space-MCR] oh yeah of course no problem man

nyma and beezer have to deal with his emo ass for like two weeks

matt has no idea what happened

and then they end up getting sent out on a recon mission (nyma: see this is why i wanted us to stay lowkey!!!) but are forced to split up and matt has like. a dramatic emotional moment.

matt: i don’t know what i did to upset you, but i’m really sorry about it because you’re the best person i’ve met during this hellish year and you mean a lot to me and i guess what i’m trying to say is [dramatically pulls in rolo for a kiss]matt: so uh. yeah. i guess i’ll see you back at the base, unless you don’t feel the same way, in which case this will hopefully kill me.matt: [runs off]rolo: …[touches his mouth] what the fuck was thatnyma: did he just try to eat your face or somethingbeezer: bzzt-chh-pip (did he just say he’s trying to die??)

they all end up making it back safe, thankfully. but matt is like. really nervous around rolo? and so he has to stop moping and actually confront matt like “hey what the fuck was that”. and matt is like “uh a kiss??” and rolo is like “a what now”

rolo suddenly remembers that.. oh right.. matt is basically the first contact of his species and doesn’t know the subtleties of interplanetary culture

so rolo explains the whole kissing thing and matt is horrified bc of course the one cultural thing he wasn’t prepared for flew over his head and almost ruined a relationship. shit. fuck. goddammit.

so matt is like “ok so…the general way to kiss is like…this?” and lays his entire hand against the side of rolo’s neck and rolo almost combusts

matt: uh?? are you ok??rolo: i am very oknyma: [walks in, immediately claps hand over beezer’s eyes] GET A ROOM

once matt makes the vulcan connection he gets better at the subtleties of it so he’s not like making out in public lmao

matt also gradually relaxes at the touches and starts to really enjoy them. rolo still makes sure to warn him when they’re coming lol.

rolo’s species is one of the many for whom this is the regular kiss anyway, but that doesn’t mean he’s any less interested in learning about how humans kiss

rolo: …is this it?matt: dear, you aren’t supposed to talk while it’s happeningrolo: doesn’t that get boring?matt: ok, well, if you would stop talking and let me show you,

rolo ends up really liking it once he figures it out. like, a lot. matt created a monster.

rolo: [passes matt in the hallway and smooches him] hi

rolo: [interrupts matt while he’s talking to kiss him] sorry, what were you saying?

rolo: [sits on matt’s desk and kisses him] what are you up to?

rolo: [leans over to matt in the middle of a meeting and gives him a kiss] :)matt: honey, please,

the downside: after they reunite with team voltron, shiro tickles matt’s neck like he used to do whenever he teased him but matt just like. stares at him in confusion. and rolo looks like he’s about to cry.

shiro: wait, are you not ticklish anymore?matt: …OHrolo: matt who is this is he your boyfriend are you guys togetherhunk: wait is that fucking rolo

the whole thing gets cleared up very quickly, but rolo still has to learn how to cope with matt and shiro’s constant faux-flirting, and hunk has to learn how to cope with not fighting rolo on sight