#but yeah this position definitely escalated things a lot of times

[kacievvbbbb]

I’m just very obsessed with the idea that mihawk is useless in a weapon less fight like he cannot throw a punch or get out of a pin to save his life like one he can’t kick he’s done out for the count, and this is why Shanks ends most of their duels this way. Because he’s a filthy cheater and Mihawk is even worse off because it’s Shanks pining him and he has eaten a lot of dirt.

Shanks decides to teach him the art of fighting dirty cause he’s nice that way but also let’s just say that Shanks likes being in a pin a little too much

[dutifullyscreechingdragon]

Tim Stoker X Archival Assistant!reader

Summary: here you go, some headcanons for our Tim and how your relationship would start, enjoy:)

You first met Tim as an archival Assistant. Your first day on the job.

You were joining a bit later than all the others. You still had some things left to finish at your previous position at the Institute and you do not leave things half done.

Tim's first reaction to you was to flirt. To flirt shamelessly:

"Hey gorgeous, what brings you down to our dark, creepy archives?"

It only escalated from here

You were positively flustered (Tim can have that effect even on the most confident of people. No one stands a chance if Tim uses 100% of his charms)

And eventually, you were rescued by a laughing Sasha:

"Come on, Tim! Leave the girl alone! You don't want to scare away a new Archival Assistant"

"Me? I am positively delightful!" Tim put his had on the heart, pretending to be mortaly wounded by Sasha's statement.

"I can't imagine a universe where I'd be scaring away a girl... Especially this charming" he'd finish winking at you, prompting you to laugh lightly.

"So, an Archival Assistant, eh?" Tim continued in a suave tone

"Starting today, yeah" you replied.

"Alas, my prayers have been answered" Tim raised his arms toward the ceiling "I have been graced with seeing your pretty face each morning!"

His flirting didn't stop. In fact, it escalated exponentially over time

The next morning he would greet you with a pick up line. And then the next morning and the next...

He seemed to have an endless supply of them.

Somehow he managed to not repeat a single one.

Definitely uses cute nicknames on you: sweetheart, darling, babe.

Will sometimes try cringy ones just to get a rise out of you.

You knew Tim's reputation, so took all his flirting attempts with a grain of salt.

"You can't have me seriously believing that Tim, 'I can charm a copier if I put my mind to it' Stoker, actually has feelings for me" you laughed.

Sasha sighed. She has just finished listening to Tim's 'Why cant she believe I have feelings for her? I have been so open and genuine about them' rant.

Tim definitely tries distracting you from your work, preventing you from doing anything productive. Any chance he gets:

You were currently sitting at your desk, trying to find any trace online regarding the statement of the week. You were pulled out of your thoughts by wheels skidding on the floor. Looking up you saw Tim on a wheely chair, sliding up next to you.

"Did you know that..."

or another time:

Your peaceful work was interrupted by a paper airplane hitting the side of you head. You looked up and saw a grinning Tim Stoker. He waved at you and motioned for you to unfold the paper. Once you did, you saw a cutesy doodle of you and him holding hands and a bunch of hearts around. You simply raised an eyebrow and put the drawing aside.

Tim was, however, pleasantly surprised, seeing it taped to the side of you computer screen the next day.

Did I mention flirting? I feel like I should mention it again, for good measure. Flirting Lot's of flirting. Lot's of shameless flirting

Sasha definitely notices Tim's feelings for you. Almost instantly.

And she would tease him. Mercilessly. Relentlessly.

She would also take on the role of your biggest shipper. Whenever you and Tim talk, you better believe she is making heart shapes at both of you from a safe distance.

She also uses her amazing computer skills to make cute and embarrassing edits of you two.

Sasha is also, coincidentally, the most amazing wing-woman ever (probably because she had to take action after seeing you and Tim pine for each other relentlessly).

You would be sorting through the statements when she would approach you and ask sneakily:

"So, Tim took you out on a date, yet?"

"No" you'd say and add quietly "Unfortunately"

This wouldn't slip past Sasha's keen ears:

"Unfortunately? So you do want to go on a date with him!"

You'd splutter to deny it, only prompting her to laugh more.

"Maybe if you sent him some more... Positive feedback to his flirting attempts and maybe told him a simple 'yes' to his countless attempts to invite you out... Maybe then, you'd already be smooching and planning your wedding..." Sasha said pointedly and the added more wistfully "and maybe then I wouldn't have to listen to his rants about you"

After quite a restless night you decided to give it a shot. "Why not?" You reasoned. What's the worst thing that can happen? An awkward break up when he realises he doesn't like you that much and having to work with him for at least another year? You decided not to dwell on that much.

Obviously Tim was low-key surprised when instead of shutting down his flirting attempts you flirted back. He was even more surprised when you agreed to go on a date with him.

He nearly lost his composure, but once he finally processed what happened, he beamed at you and tripled his flirting.

Throughout the day he was very hyper and becoming a bit too much to his colleagues and you

But can you blame him? He finally got the green light form you. Of course he's going to rant about it to Sasha. Of course he is going to make small doodles on the margins of his paperwork that he is later to hand in to Jon.

Tim DEFINITELY took you kayaking on you first date:)

It's a great opportunity to flex his muscles and have great fun at the lake.

Chances are you ended up falling into the water:

You were rowing in perfect harmony while exchanging some quips back and forth. It was great. Until Tim said something along the lines of:

"Sure, you're right. Can't argue with that cuteness. You could probably say that the Earth is flat and I'd believe you" he briefly took his hand off the oar to ruffle your hair.

"Hey! If I ever tell you nonsense like that, I expect you to correct me" you turn to smack him with your oar. Tim ducks out of the way, making your kayak rock from side to side.

"Don't do that! We're gonna flip the boat" You say gripping the side of the kayak for balance.

Tim grins wickedly before shifting to the other side, making the kayak careen dangerously "Don't do what? This?" he suddenly goes to the other side.

"Yes! Don't-" you're cut off as the kayak predictably flipped over and you both ended up in the slightly chilly water.

Tim laughed. You prepared to give him an angry tirade, but couldn't help laughing with him.

You got out of the water at some point... Completely soaked through.

You pulled off your shirt and put it to dry, huddling in a blanket, which, by some miracle, wasn't completely wet.

"You sh-should take off your shirt to dry" you told Tim, chattering your teeth.

"Woah! If you wanted to see me shirtless, you didn't have to flip the kayak" Tim said, taking his shirt off "You could've just asked" he smirked at you. Prompting an eye roll.

"You do remember that you were the one who flipped it, right?" You deadpanned raising an eyebrow.

"Hmm...." He pretends to think "Maybe I wanted you to see me shirtless" Tim shrugged and said "Details"

You could only shake your head and laugh.

And of course the only logical solution was to cuddle. For warmth. And because it felt nice

Tim wrapped his arms around your torso and snuggled into your neck, while you fried some marshmallows for s'mores on a campfire.

When you came the next day holding hands, Sasha was extatic.

She might or might not have started planning your wedding.

A/n: anyway, that concludes the headcanons, I hope you like it:) I'm definitely writing headcanons for Dating!! Tim

[blue-rose-soul]

Guilt-ridden he may be, but it wouldn't surprise me if Lucifer didn't still lose his temper with Alastor again. Kind of hard to switch up your knee-jerk reaction to someone even after you gain a new perspective.

And like, Alastor in the main branch is NOT making his efforts to reach out easy. Worse, he'd take every time Lucifer snaps at him as confirmation of his real character.

Raised Together might have fewer head-to-head shouting matches, just because Alastor has more positive memories of his father and could be willing to meet him half-way sometimes.

Kid!Alastor's are probably started by the tiny terror himself and Lucifer is, maybe, less likely to scream at a 10 year-old.

Nicaise and Charlie have their work cut out for them softening this slow-motion train wreck.

You know, that's a really good point. I've been going pretty heavy with the guilt because I think that would be Lucifer's biggest reaction, but you're absolutely right that it's not that easy to change how you see a person overnight. Alastor himself doesn't want the dynamic to change. His absolute refusal to make any concessions would definitely be aggravating to Lucifer. And as much as I love Lucifer being a silly little guy, he is a bit of a jerkass. While Alastor was being a tad bitchy when he first met Lucifer, Lucifer was the one who escalated into outright insults and then crossed the line into death threats. Something, interestingly, Alastor never did (likely because he knew he wouldn't be able to get away with it).

Like, chill dude. He called you short and said he was proud of your daughter.

So yeah. Alastor is being a stubborn ass about things, but he's not entirely unjustified.

In Raised Together they don't have that same level of vitriol, but things are rocky. Lucifer made an effort to be a good parent to Alastor as well as Charlie when they were growing up but he fell short in a lot of ways. Not that it was entirely his fault. He was struggling with his own mental health and the stresses of existence in Hell. But a lot of the time, Alastor felt like Lucifer took him in out of a sense of obligation, nothing more, and these feelings were exacerbated when Lucifer and Lilith parted ways and Lucifer pretty much stopped talking to his kids. Alastor's not a very forgiving person so when Charlie manages to sway Lucifer into supporting her hotel, Alastor's still got his guard up, just waiting for Lucifer to shut them out again.

Lucifer in the Kid Alastor AU honestly just looks ridiculous for picking on a child. Charlie has heard Alastor reiterate that he's not a child a million and a half times, yet she falls for it every time when Alastor runs to her in crocodile tears saying that Lucifer's 'picking on him.' And nearly every time it's a result of Alastor pestering Lucifer to begin with. Lucifer has actually made kid AU Alastor genuinely cry once, but not by being unkind to him or anything like that. It was after Lucifer found out that Alastor was his kid, and trying to build bridges. But the way he went about it was very demeaning and in resulted in Alastor bursting out in frustrated tears due to the limitations of his childlike body.

Someone get Nicaise and Charlie some migraine medication, they're gonna need it.

[seankayos]

Arcane Season 2 Part 2 thoughts and theories

Because holy shit this show has grabbed me and isn't letting go, cannot wait till next.

Also what the fuck, I need to process

So right off the bat the pacing is a lot faster, like I remember Season 1 was like being on a rollcoaster, this feels like jumping out of a plane. Exhilarating, but definitely an escalation. Still works though, at least so far.

I knew Isha was fated to die the second I saw her in the previews, she was just too damn cute and too damn close to Jinx for the writers to resist, and honestly I'm kind of OK with it? As interesting as Jinx essentially retiring to be a stay at home mum was I think I'd rather see her process grief from a position of love rather than trauma. Plus, you know, Isha wanted to be just like Jinx, and what's more Jinx than blowing up Vander?

Speaking of the most dysfunctional family anywhere in Zaun, Piltover or anywhere else, holy shit I loved Warwick in this, a genuinely terrifying werewolf that spat blood everywhere and yet made you feel genuine sorrow at his condition as well. Dude's been through it and then some.

Cait and Vi are still going strong through their divorce arc as I knew they would, with everything that's gone on these two are solidly locked in as the end game couple now. One more argument to let Vi finally get a win in (because seriously, for being the designated bruiser she can't win a fist fight for shit this season) before the much anticipated sex scene that they allegedly upped the rating for. Going off Vi spitting on Cait and then her wiping it across her mouth, shit's going to get freaky.

I've already reblogged something about Viktor but I just want to say I absolutely loved every part of the compound, but especially how understatedly creepy the whole thing was? Like, yeah, art nouveau cyber-magic hivemind hippies, fucking awesome, but none of feel like real people, at least compared to Zaun or Piltover. I think the flashes of them we get from Jayce's perspective of them as warped and broken puppets is accurate, they are peaceful because Viktor thinks that's what peace and cooperation look like, when in reality it's more like unquestioning obedience. Shame though, I really did love Viktor's whole mind quest to the soul of Vander, regardless of how badly it went.

As for Jayce, big theory time; this is a time travel plot now and we're seeing Jayce at the end of it. Those flashes we see are actually from some hypothetical bad future where Viktor expands his 'glorious evolution' to all of Piltover and Zaun and it all goes horribly wrong, hence why he looks so much older (even accounting for the.....roughly 4 months, I guess, time skip) and so incredibly haggard and traumatized. Dude's got a Mad Max shout out knee brace, you don't just get those unless you're from The Dark Future™. My guess is Viktor asked Jayce to go back and kill him, which is why he keeps repeating he won't fail and just kills Viktor with basically zero hesitation. Or, more accurately, kills the Hexcore, leaving Viktor alive(ish) to become something else. After all, from what I can tell from the League lore videos I watched a while back, VIktor used to be able to buy a Hexcore prototype that looked like the purple one we saw, but also had a normal Hexcore that provided different upgrades. He might start again down a different road that avoids the Bad Future but which makes him more of the explicit villain.

[rescue-ram]

Why The Joker Is Wild Hits Different

I was thinking about this last month when I wrote 'The Time Has Come For Us To Say Sayonara', and I'm feeling motivated to write up my thoughts tonight. I'm going to list my reasons why this episode in particular rubs people the wrong way roughly in order of importance.

1) Timing This is the most obvious reason but it bears mentioning. Because yeah, the episode where Hawkeye's friends team up to drive him crazy in the same season that ends with Hawkeye having a serious Mental Health Crisis definitely changes the impression this episode leaves, especially in rewatches. I've seen theories that it was intentional foreshadowing, as well as that it was meant to be a lighthearted throwback episode that's just squiffy in execution; both seem plausible. But regardless, I think the timing increases negative feelings towards this episode among people for whom it doesn't land.

2) The Pranks Are Lame This might seem petty or subjective, but the more I thought about it the more important it seemed. Because MASH has a lot of pranks, and the ones people remember and like the most are the most outrageous ones- there are a lot of creative set ups, and some opportunities for great prop or physical comedy. But the pranks in TJIW all happen off screen, for punchline reasons, and with the possible exception of Klinger blowing himself up are all very tame and unremarkable. The "victims" reactions are not particularly hilarious either. This means there's little entertainment value in the pranks themselves, so all of the focus stays on Hawkeye's reactions, and his reactions are "increasingly irrational intense distress" which obviously some people will find very difficult or upsetting to watch.

3) No Back And Forth Other "prank war" episodes are just that- a war. There's retaliation and escalation and often a final twist to the conflict that keeps the action moving. Hawkeye never gets to retaliate or take the upper hand until the very very end of the episode- he's not even really fighting for it. He's consistently put in a reactive and vulnerable position throughout the episode, so it feels targeted in a way that's usually reserved for characters we're meant to dislike and not empathize with- but Hawkeye is our charismatic protagonist, we're constantly invited to empathize with him! So seeing him get picked on and not fight back kind of sucks for a lot of people, especially if, in putting yourself in his shoes, you would find this an insanely upsetting scenario to find yourself in.

4) No A-Plot Other "prank war" episodes are usually paired with a much more serious dramatic story line. Even "April Fools", one of the silliest, has the characters seriously thinking they're all about to be court-martialed. "An Eye for a Tooth" has Mulcahy fighting for a promotion, "Bottoms Up" has Margaret reckoning with her friend's alcoholism- even "The Smell of Music", which has one of the meanest things they do to Charles, has an A-Plot where Potter tries to help a suicidal soldier. The pranks are a welcome break in tension, and the more serious subject matter means they don't get as closely analyzed by the audience- they are straight up comedic relief. But in TJIW, there is no other plot- our focus stays, relentlessly, on Hawkeye losing it. There's no break from the tension, and as already established the weak pranks mean they don't provide that release in themselves. It is very easy to get stuck stewing in Hawkeye's distress.

5) Bad Casus Belli I really think, if Hawkeye had been the one to issue the bet- "Yeah, I said your prank was stupid and I'll say it again, Trap and I coulda pranked all of you in 24 hours or less and you'd've never seen it coming"- that A LOT of this episode's problems would decrease. His come-uppance would at least feel earned- Hawkeye has hubris, gets punished, punchline. But that isn't what happens!! BJ is exhausted and in a bad mood. He takes it out on Hawkeye in a petty destructive prank. Hawkeye is annoyed, and BJ gets mad at him for being annoyed, and then cold bloodedly manipulates him into a bet he fully intends to cheat, in order to punish him for... not finding having his boot ruined funny? For talking about Trapper? There's no explanation given for why the other characters go along with it, especially a character like Mulcahy who not only participates, but is gleeful about it to an extent that's kinda OOC. Hawkeye's punishment feels more like the sort of thing dealt out to Frank, who we expected to deserve it because he was so consistently awful. Why does Hawkeye, our loveable hardworking part-time prankster full-time doctor, deserve to get humiliated? It's charitable to say it's a lack of inciting incident causing problems- to be uncharitable, we'd have to say the inciting incident is BJ taking out his temper on Hawkeye in an honestly pretty cruel way. I say cruel especially given his reaction to seeing Hawkeye lose it in the ward was to make it worse by deliberately feeding Hawkeye's paranoia after Klinger's prank. If you are not a fan which finds BJ's fits of "evil genius" funny in themselves then yeah, the unearned targeting feels infuriating.

[baby--charchar]

Baby Charlie's Tantrums, Meltdowns, and General Fussiness

Charlie's emotions bubble up to the surface very easily when she's regressed. Some of those are very positive feelings! Like how much she loves her friends, how safe Vaggie and Daddy make her feel, or how much she loves the hotel. Even things that usually just make her giggle will be absolutely hysterical to Baby Charlie!

The flip side to that is her more negative feelings (anxiety, abandonment, frustration, a bit of self loathing) are equally magnified when regressed. She's quick to feel swallowed up by her big feelings, particularly things from her bigger headspace that she's bottled up. She doesn't always handle this well.

Charlie can be very easy to trigger when regressed. Stress from her bottled-up emotions boil over with little things, like being asked to stop playtime, being asked to take a nap, actually missing her nap, accidents, pull up changes...yeah. The list goes on. Small things get blown up with big feelings.

She can DEFINITELY whine. Lots of "But Charrie don't wanna...!" Or "I no go, no!" Oh she loves that word no. No, no, no! Vaggie thinks sometimes it just feels good for Charlie to have a little independence when regressed. But not everything is a choice, like eating, being clean, and resting. So she can't always honor that "no" depending on the situation.

Tantrums aren't all that rare either. Charlie usually escalates to tantrums if she's been VERY stressed in her big headspace (which is often). She does a lot of crying, laying on the ground, and kicking the air. She also uses her demon shriek to her advantage, but it doesn't spook Vaggie or Daddy that much anymore. It's rare, but she's also been known to hit and kick others on her worst days. Those little hoof feet are no joke when she's upset.

Vaggie has VERY low tolerance for it all. She's very no-nonsense. Vaggie only makes Charlie do things that she knows are important, so if Vaggie says it, she means it. She is soft spoken but VERY firm on what needs to be done. And if Charlie continues to refuse, Vaggie simply turns off the TV, takes away any toys, and waits for Charlie to cry it out before getting tired and agreeing to listen.

Lucifer is a pushover. Just...through and through. Charlie just has to cry a little and give puppy dog eyes to get her way with him. Vaggie is definitely annoyed by this.

After a big tantrum, Baby Charlie needs a cuddle and a nap. Even if she's gotten what she wanted, or did what Vaggie/Daddy needed her to, she'll still need time to recuperate from her mind and body being so overwhelmed. Vaggie and Daddy never EVER say no to that. They're always ready to comfort Char Char after working through some big feelings. She does well with being rocked, being sang to, and sucking on her pacifier to help her soothe.

[ryuichirou]

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Anonymous asked:

I would like to give my two cents on the Azul being jealous of Ruggie situation. Sorry in advance for my ramblings!

Azul puts a lot work into getting Jamil to like him, so I think it would hurt his pride to see someone else succeed without even meaning to. He is offering a way better deal than Ruggie, so why would Jamil refuse to accept his friendship? He may be a calculating bastard, but is Ruggie really that different, sucking up to people all the time for his personal gain? Surely Azul is simply not trying hard enough. Or maybe he just hasn't found the right approach yet. Kind of like that vignette where he lost a game of chance against Idia and as a solution he decided to get better at rolling the dice, instead of accepting that there are simply some things that he cannot control. And I agree that Jamil would get the brunt of it. If this is a game, he is both the opponent and the goal

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Yeah, I agree with you, Anon! I feel like this is where Azul’s mind would immediately go to. He’ll have a horribly hard time accepting the fact that Ruggie is, in fact, better than him in Jamil’s mind, and just like you said, this is something that Azul can’t control. And frankly, the fact that Azul would want and try to control it is going to just make him look worse, because this is exactly the thing that Jamil doesn’t like about him. Oh, the irony……

Azul would spend so much time sitting in silence with an angry expression trying to figure out just what is it that he’s lacking but Ruggie, who is OBJECTIVELY WORSE IN EVERY ASPECT, miraculously has. Oh, they’re probably just trying to piss him off..!

Anonymous asked:

For suspicious and questionable things for Neige to do what about him collecting Vil's things

Oh Vil left a water bottle here? Mine now

Vil lent me this chapstick I'm going to use it and it will be like an indirect kiss

Maybe Vil wore a hat and Neige pulls out the hairs that were in it as part of his collection

He could probably escalate to breaking into Vil's house just to get some more things he's touched

He probably has a shrine dedicated to Vil complete with pictures of Vil that aren't from the public press shots meaning Neige followed Vil around and took those pictures

Ohhh, look at this stalker boy collecting things from his favourite idol~ That would definitely be a fun twist. I wonder what his dwarf friends think about this collection of his, even though the Vil shrine is definitely supposed to be a special hidden secret thing lol

Poor Vil not realising where his yoga pants are… don’t worry, Vil, Neige is definitely going to cherish them and love them <3

(I wonder if he’s going to stumble upon Rook at some point, because there is no way Neige would stalk Vil and Rook wouldn’t notice it at some point. He knows. He just allows it to continue happening…)

Anonymous asked:

"Illia's out there hunting' sets a mental image that she just has a collection of bras from everyone, including Trein's granny bra and Idia is wide eyed finding out about it

(related to this nyo!twst reply)

Oh god this playful grandma… Someone needs to stop her, she’s out of control!!

Too bad Idia doesn’t wear a bra and can’t add anything to the collection lol

Anonymous asked:

Epel seeing that Jack and Ortho are close to Vil. It made Epel so jealous on how Jack in which he has a crush on is more close to Vil while Ortho is a fellow freshmen gang friend that seems more close to Vil.

Jack and Ortho both have energies of that one classmate that your overly strict mom really likes and acts sweet with lol I think about it a lot and abuse this joke tremendously.

Vil, stop stealing your underclassman’s men!! I wonder how Epel feels about Vil and Jack being childhood friends…

Anonymous asked:

Azuide wedding where Idia's best man is Ortho (OBVIOUSLY!) but it would be hilarious if the tweels fighting over to be Azul's best man since they want that position...but deep down wanted to be petty and mess around towards Azul which can anger Azul.

Also think of Oruvil in their wedding. Idia being Ortho's best man (although Idia is too nervous about this) and Vil with Rook. (And knowing Rook, he wants to be with them in their honeymoon)

Ortho is definitely best man, but he’s also the flower girl, the ring bearer boy, the father, and a lot of other things… he’s so excited, he couldn’t stop taking roles for himself!!

The tweels would definitely give Azul a headache with the fact that both of them apparently want to be best man lol Azul’s already super nervous about this whole thing, he spent so much time preparing everything and checking everything 1000 times over, and now at the very last minute (!!! THEY SEEMED FINE WITH IT BEFORE!!!) Floyd goes “hey, how come Jade’s your best man, that’s super unfair”. Azul’s face at that moment was absolutely priceless.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: no matter who Vil marries, Rook is always going to be there by his side, so there is no way he’s not with them in their honeymoon lol It’s just a matter of whether he’s open about it or not.

Anonymous asked:

QUESTION

What do ya think Sebemalle's favorite position in bed?

Sebek would find anything other than a missionary to be absolutely unacceptably disrespectful to his liege, because t-taking him from b-behind sounds just…!! Appalling!! (And way too hot for Sebek to even consider) But Malleus wouldn’t find doggie insulting at all. In fact, when he’s in the mood to get his tail stimulated and his horns played with, doggie is a much better option.

In general, Malleus likes hugging, kissing and being in full body contact with the person he has sex with, so his usual go-to is missionary. But the tail thing + the fact that Sebek looks so amusingly shocked when Malleus rolls on his stomach makes him consider doing it in the doggie position more often.

(I also talked about everyone’s favourite positions in this post~ I can’t believe we have a post about this topic lol)

Anonymous asked:

not a request, (sorry if it comes off like that!) but have you ever made sebek x lilia art?

Please, read my pinned. We don’t ship them. If you’re talking about them not as a ship, I believe I haven’t drawn them together without Malleus being present as well.

[wastrelwoods]

to be fair i actually like the way that pterry positions police work - that there IS value in theory in a force that works to bring justice and uphold laws designed to protect people, and if police were good people who truly wanted justice then that would be fine, but also unflinchingly pointing out how easy it is for cops to be corrupt and/or arms of the government and how individual coppers' prejudices can affect their policing if not dealt with? like night watch especially with the original gang and with cable street and then with carcer easily becoming police - feels like pterry was saying 'ACAB, but they don't HAVE to be, but it takes root reform and a top-down permanent commitment to genuine people-focused policing to make them a force for good'

HI yeah sorry i waited to chew on this for a while i'm thinkin it over bc i am still always of two minds. pterry's take on policing is very reform-minded and explicitly trying to call out widespread corruption and violence in direct deconstruction of almost every other traditional form of the police procedural. and also having vimes and his police literally break from their intended role as a tool of the state to try to hold the state equally as accountable as people with less power is very narratively good! the idea that runs through the books of one man who is so committed to justice that he can reform the whole institution from the inside is compelling! and it is also very much an unrealistic fantasy and the kind of empty promise cities throw millions of dollars away for in sensitivity training and uber-militarization hoping that the problems with policing always sort themselves out with the right polish

as an abolitionist i don't agree that police work is an essential service and that police need to exist to provide justice, or that people would tear themselves apart without police and states and laws to hold them in check. but. that premise is something it would be very hard to make a procedural without. i think i like the watch best when they function the least like Police and are striving to provide more nuanced nonviolent community support, and de-escalate, and actually protect and serve people, and i like that sections like the start of night watch where every department in the city is involved in a genre-typical tense manhunt and shootout with A Psychopath Serial Killer (tm) are very, very rare

carcer isn't like most watch series criminals in being either a person driven to breaking the law by rough circumstances or a corrupt person in power, when we meet him he's just knee-jerk murdering young off-duty officers to keep from being caught for undescribed other random murders. carcer is just the sort of character who exists to be as terrible as possible with no particular motivation in order to make vimes' inner narration about how badly he wants to get a chance to kill this man without due process something that is sympathetic as much as it is harrowing. definitely the type of character most copaganda pieces use as an antagonist, and i like that the watch books don't resort to that the rest of the time. AND i also love that being just a guy who loves to do indiscriminate violence for the hell of it lands him a job as a cop in the past THAT is a great deconstruction. i also love the final conclusion being that even people who are this brand of cartoonishly evil and too dangerous to safely apprehend can't just be murdered in the street on the judgement of a good guy with a weapon. tho of course he is just hauled off and killed by the state anyway with more due process and paperwork involved. which is a little bit of an undercut of the idea but the ethics of capital punishment is sort of a different beast and not rly the focus ANYWAY

TLDR my hesitation is that a lot of the premise of police reform in the watch books is the kind of thing that demonstrably doesn't work irl re: promoting change from the inside but if you gotta have a book about good cops i do appreciate the ways pterry dug in and grappled with that

[tauforged]

Your darvo and clem vision is so right and your Brain is so huge and may I perchance trouble you for some headcanons on one or the other or both of em

YOU SENT THIS AT THE BEST POSSIBLE TIME i was just typing up some long ass rambly summary of what i think theyve both got going on since i havent really elaborated in detail on here i dnt think but i drafted it cuz i wasnt sure anyone cared. hang on this is gonna be a long one buckle up

- darvo’s time in the corpus was tumultuous and nerve wracking. he had started off genuinely trying, he really had! but nothing he ever accomplished seemed to be good enough for his father and he started to get bitter and frustrated, so he started screwing things up on purpose.

- as a callback to the first appearance of the concept art that eventually became his design being that of a system boss, his actual “””real””” name was arn etina, and he was originally a proxy engineer before his dad decided to be a cunt and force him into politics because he needed someone to inherit the chairman position.

- another nod to his design being used for the old boss portrait, he actually did some work on the ambulas project wayyy back before glast’s animo system was even considered to have any combat applications, when the proxies were instead piloted remotely by actual engineers. he was one of em, and he worked his ass off - but he didn’t think weaponry was the best use of the technology. he thought ambulas had more potential in search-and-rescue, resource acquisition, and other stuff that involved environments too dangerous to send corpus crews into. while the remotely-piloted ambulas models were definitely impressive, they were outclassed by leaps and bounds by the tenno, who made very short work of any they encountered. thus, the project was technically considered a ‘failure’ and was scrapped against his wishes, despite him being adamant that he could prove it useful if he just had more time. he never got over this. to this day he’s just as furious about what’s become of ambulas as glast is, honestly, though he doesn't let on because his previous identity is a very close-kept secret for several reasons.

- shortly after alad’s first exile from the board, darv was scooted into the freshly-vacated ‘grineer-corpus relations’ position - partially in the hopes that a ‘proper board seat’ would help get him back into line, and partially as retaliation for his perceived “failures” on the ambulas project, and life in general. historically, grineer-corpus relations has been where you end up when you’re on the shit list, as it’s regarded to be an unpleasant job (mostly due to the fact that you’re often in close contact with grineer. yeah. corpus moment)

- despite hating anything and everything politics on principle, he actually doesn’t mind this all that much, and starts to really enjoy it when he realizes that he can use this position to screw with the board’s war profiteering bullshit. on paper, his job is to negotiate and de-escalate potential conflict — most who have held the position just use it to try and instigate in order to serve their own interests. he actually puts in the effort and does his job properly, part out of spite and part because he genuinely doesn’t see the point of wasting time money resources and lives fighting over nothing, and this pisses a LOT of people off.

- there's really no way to sugarcoat it - frohd is an abusive manipulative piece of shit. he takes out all of his frustrations on people who can't fight back - mostly his subordinates, but ESPECIALLY his son. im sparing the detail because i know it can be a trigger for a lot of people (myself included) but he really beats the hell out of the poor guy, and it only gets worse as time goes on and he starts pushing back and trying to stand up for himself. there are a few incidents that leave permanent injuries/scars that he tries his best to cover up to this day

- as if that's not enough, frohd is getting really fed up with this whole groneer-corpus relations position backfiring and making him look bad, so he puts his foot down and starts actively vetoing almost everything darv tries to accomplish in an attempt to intimidate him into backing down. there’s a lot of tension. his negotiations are sabotaged on more than one occasion, sometimes resulting in casualties. to add insult to injury, an attempt is made on his life during some sort of event or something i don’t really remember. he gets shot and the bullet barely grazes his skull. he’s mostly alright but shaken up BAD. he’s convinced that his father put out a hit on him.

- eventually snaps and decides to make a run for it, sneaking out of the medbay wing he was in and stealing the first ship he could get his hands on and just gunning it, not even in any particular direction, just trying to get as far away as possible. the ship is shot down in grineer airspace and he crashes. though no body is ever recovered, it's assumed he couldn't possibly have survived and thus arn etina is legally dead from this point onwards.

clem on the other hand starts off as just... kind of a nobody. runt of his batch, only barely managed to scrape by without being culled and really only made it at all because his superiors in the barracks he was stationed to happened to have a bit of a soft spot for the new guys and wanted to give him a chance. while he's more than capable, he's mostly nonverbal which makes it a bit hard to communicate with him , as well as a bit unpredictable - he's suspected to be defective because he keeps going off and doing his own thing because it 'makes more sense'. but rather than being put down they manage to have him redirected off to an unarmed base somewhere on uhh. god, it's been so long i forget where on the star chart i had him stationed. whatever. irrelevant. point is, this place pretty much existed solely to acclimate freshly de-tubed grineer and get them trained up with as many of the basics as possible before shipping them off to their actual stations. he likes it there! it's bittersweet, because almost everyone he meets isn't there for very long before leaving and they never come back, but because the structure is designated non-combat, they're not subject to as strict regulations and he and the rest of the "security detail" he's been assigned to can kinda just chill in between routine patrols and occasionally checking on things that fall out of orbit in the general facility.

at one point, there's some looming conflict with a corpus settlement on a nearby moon who insist theyre too close for comfort and risk retaliation if they dont relocate their base - but clem's superiors aren't too worried. they've dealt with the corpus before - this has been an ongoing problem ever since they set up a mining operation on that moon, but the corpus negotiator this time around is a decent guy and seems to think this is just as ridiculous as they do, so they're sure he'll take their side again and help get this resolved. except, they get to the meeting point and he's not there. they're informed that the previous head of grineer-corpus relations has "resigned, effective immediately" and that as a result, any offers he's made them are no longer valid and they're essentially at square one. there's a lot of bullshit back-and-forth, but everyone on the grineer side of things is PISSED that the corpus negotiator seemingly flaked out on them for no reason, while the corpus are now refusing to budge where they're at. they don't even have a proper interpreter, and they're getting nowhere.

TLDR negotiations fail and their base is now under threat of attack. despite being non-combat and having almost no weapons, they're ordered to fight back rather than retreat, despite insistence that the tube-fresh in the base won't stand a chance, half of them barely know how to handle a gun, and most of the armed security are there because they've got injuries or cloning defects that make them ineligible for combat deployment anyway - this, of course, includes clem. he's determined to stick around to fight anyway, but one of the higher-ups, one of the guys who managed to put in a good word for him and get him off the kill list, he pulls him aside and tells him to get the fuck out and take as many of the new guys as he can with him. he's a little confused, as that would be directly disobeying the queens' orders for him to stay put, but he trusts this guy and does as he's told.

clem and the handful of new recruits he manage to squirrel out of harm's way are the only survivors. not long after they get out, corpus craft swoop in and basically bomb the place out. he tries to go back in for his brothers, but by the time he makes it in, there's nothing left but rubble and bodies.

the grineer cut their losses. the handful of survivors are gathered up and shipped off to various other barracks in that corner of the system - an attack like this can't possibly go unpunished, and they need all the boots on the ground they can get. clem is shuffled around to another security detail elsewhere, though it's made fairly clear that this is his last chance to 'make himself useful', and if he goes against orders even once he's going right back into the vats with the other rejects. by this point, he honestly doesn't even care. he's disillusioned with the empire and to be frank, the only thing that motivates him to keep moving at all is thinking about the fact that the only reason that everything came crashing down around him was that one corpus bastard who backed out of negotiations at the last second. that's the only reason he's bothering to fight - he doesnt care about the queens anymore, he can't bring himself to become attached to anyone else at this new barracks, not after what just happened -- he just wants to give the corpus hell.

this is where we start to get into around the part that one little bit of writing starts off -- hes bitter and jaded and out for blood, and when they get word that a corpus ship's come down not too far out and they're sending a detail out to secure the wreck, he jumps on it-- but when he does finally find himself face-to-face with the pilot, for whatever reason, he can't fucking pull the trigger. there's something inside him that refuses to hate the poor bastard, stumbling around practically bleeding out and all but begging to be put out of his misery before he's recaptured. so, against his better judgement, he helps him. grabs him and runs, tries to wrap him up as best he can with whatever he can find. doesn't even know why he's doing this, but it just feels like the right thing to do. there's no going back now, anyway - no way in hell he's not getting executed if he shows his face again. they're in this together now, whether they like it or not.

it takes them a while to get their bearings and come up with a way to get off planet - they'd both heard that defectors would retreat to the tenno relays, the only real neutral zones out there, but they've both seen their fair share of tenno and aren't entirely thrilled to be at their mercy if they can help it. it's sort of a begrudging allyship at first - though its helped by the fact that theyve got a lot in common. at some point, theyre going over their sob stories, and neither of them really make the connection as to how closely connected they really are - clem never had a chance to meet that old negotiator, and thus would never recognize him as the man right in front of him. darv was barely conscious with a nasty head injury when their meeting was meant to happen, and someone else was assigned to the job to cover for him. he was pissed, of course, when he finally came to and found out what a mess they'd made of it while he was out of commission, but when the attempts on his life didn't stop he decided he had to choose his battles and eventually dropped it altogether, as it wasn't a hill he was ready to die on just yet.

when they do finally get the hell out of there, there's a moment where they're both sort of expected to part ways, yknow, go off to their respective factions' syndicates and settle in, but darv cannot fucking STAND the perrin sequence, he really cant. not only does he think theyre boring killjoys, but he's reached a point where being around that much corpus tech genuinely makes him anxious as fuck, it's too close to home and he doesn't like it one bit. clem fits right in with the steel meridian, they welcome him with open arms and he really does feel as close to home as he could get, but there's just something missing and he can't put a finger on it. he keeps wondering about that corpus weirdo, what he ended up doing and if he's still around or moved to a different relay. eventually, neither of them can take it much longer and both try to seek eachother out, and they're basically inseparable from that point on.

honestly, i personally feel like darv would be a lot more inclined to align with the meridian of any syndicate - i think it would be funny if he was just There. no corpus allowed, but we'll make an exception for this guy because clem really likes him and we just can't say no to clem. i guess he's alright. yeah okay he's technically an agent, but -- no yeah he covered up some of his old corpus tattoos with the insignia, pretty cool huh? yeah i dunno where clem found this guy but hes a weird one. hes funny though like obviously hes kind of stupid i mean hes corpus but we like him anyway. i guess he and glast have beef, i dunno why but he's not allowed on perrin property anymore so cressa just decided to let him chill here because it makes them really fucking mad and she loves it. i guess he's a decent shot too but like that's not too impressive, it's more relevant to us that he still can't fucking handle grineer alcohol after who knows how many years hanging around here and he always coughs and splutters like a little bitch every time and its fucking hilarious. oh hes a wanted criminal??? siiiiick. anyway were gonna go set shit on fire to see what explodes -- yeah of course hes gonna be there. what did he do before defecting? i dunno man he used to be an engineer or whatever i think, he doesnt talk about it much, but he can hotwire a dargyn in about thirty seconds and he helped us build a claymore roomba the other day for a prank so he's cool in my book bro

i havent eaten all day so i need to stop typing now but i hope you understand my vision. its so important to me and i care them so much thankyou change da world my final message goodbye

[mmikmmik2]

Across the Spider-Verse was great. My favorite secondary character is Pavitr, he was hilarious and his unique web-slinging was so fun to watch. I like how he was set up as a potential hubris kind of thing, with him being the new guy and playfully gloating about how being Spider-Man is easy, and instead that got subverted.

I haven’t read any Scarlet Spider comics but I have read detailed synopses of the Clone Saga and I think some of his clangst (clone angst) actually sounded interesting, so I’m pretty fond of Ben Reilly and it was fun to see him (or whatever version of him). I’m guessing from some of the absurd wannabe-edgy shit that happened in the Clone Saga, plus the general time at which it was released, that Ben’s dialogue in ATSV was probably a pretty spot-on parody. Did y’all know that, iirc, Mayday actually originated from the Clone Saga? Yeah, the writers were cowards and walked it back, but that’s where spider-baby started.

Miguel was a real piece of shit for treating Miles and Gwen like that. I would give Gwen a lot of slack for All Of That (although obviously Miles was fully justified in being upset with her) because she’s a homeless trans teenager - there is a power imbalance and implicit coercion in her relationship with the people offering her conditional room and board that is not present in most of the other spider-people being there. Hobie definitely picked up on that dynamic. I think maybe Spider-Byte, with her implied not-so-great home life, was in a bit of a similar position.

Super hyped for Miles’s stuff in the next movie. He’s stood his ground against his enemies, his friends, his own family, and the allegedly-immutable laws of the universe - of course the only way to escalate is to face himself. He’s definitely gonna have to talk it out with his other self, clearly this isn’t going to be a villain he can punch in the face and leave webbed up against a lamppost. Miles has learned and grown so much, but how can he pass any of that on to a version of himself that probably hasn’t had the things he has (or at least hasn’t had them in a way he can feel good about) - feeling understood, seizing agency over his life, feeling proud and accomplished? Then again, Miles doesn’t know there are other spider-people coming to back him up and his friends haven’t all abandoned him, so maybe he’s miserable enough to connect on that level… rip…

[baekhvuns]

Am I Y/N now? 😭 Idk if I should feel honoured or worried

We definitely should know less about each other it's aimed at Harry and lots of others who overshare lmao. Uhmmm, but would Meghan be with someone bigoted and racist in the first place? Let's hope not. Calm down, mate. We get it, she changed you alright

Heeeey I was about 6 or 7 years old when that accident happend and my grandma was next to us chatting with a friend 😭 there's another story with me and that friend, always me who had to fight for her life tho. So we had impromptu football goals at our playground, basically just 4 tall stakes. But they were placed in an inconvenient place, so my friend and I decided to move them... we were 7-8. I was holding the bottom, but my friend accidentally let go of the stake so it crushed my finger and it started bleeding 😭 gross but the nail came off 💀

SM I'M AT YOUR DOOR WTF LEE SOOMAN OPEN UP BITCH. They're gonna ruin SuperM now?! Seriously the backlash will be strong so wtf. And why didn't he come back with WayV then?

I saw bits and pieces of LSF at GDA and some of it was live, like No Celestial! They did well overall, they're fun to watch

Me getting mesmerised by Hwa's vocals unknowingly, sounds about right 🥰 his vocals is really flexible, I love it

Yeah unfortunately idols/trainees parents are also to blame, they're greedy or don't care enough. My friend's sister wanted to become a trainee at 12 and their parents were on board, cause they knew nothing about kpop, but my friend and the rest of the family was like??? That's not happening

Yeosang is joining NCT didn't you know?

Yes his name is Baek Dohwa when I saw it I wheezed and then someone called him Hwa once and I??? Yes it's the eyes, the black haired guy Eunhyuk has Tae's eyes and fluffy hair.

Wet shirt 👀 I think that's the other guy, or maybe I'm forgetting something, but things are escalating there too

But listen this and this. And

I once heard a remix of The Boys and I am the best and ascended 😵 can't find it now, but goddddd I think that person also mixed 4Minute's Crazy and f(x)'s Electric Shock

Why are these men exposed?! They need this

They're probably having fan calls in their car like 💀 I just saw a video from yesterday from a person who's already had over 15 fan calls already tell Hwa "see you tomorrow" seriously and I thought me winning 4 calls last year was too much 🤡

Sometimes I have a thing for Rob, sometimes I don't, Damiano is cool and hot, young Keanu, so beautiful 🥰 I suddenly don't know any white men, pls 😬 I'll have to think harder. Probably some British white actors........ I had a Tom Hardy phase when I was 17-18

The collabs for that show are so random, but if they somehow come true I'll be levitating. Suga and Taeyeon?! I'm sorry, but HOW

I'm stealing that choker wtf Park Seonghwa hand it over! What a neck it's definitely necking ☺

Devastation...

Uhm anyways. I'm looking disrespectfully

Ahhhh finally the first episode is out! (Seonghwa coded) - DV 💖

hi hello!!

Am I Y/N now? 😭 Idk if I should feel honoured or worried /// We definitely should know less about each other it's aimed at Harry and lots of others who overshare lmao. Uhmmm, but would Meghan be with someone bigoted and racist in the first place? Let's hope not. Calm down, mate. We get it, she changed you alright!

bestie first off what did we wake up too, bale and lloris retirement, zidane disrespected, barca back, mourinho brazil, busquets with alnassr, martinez porto’s coach ????

ur the yn! the one who’s always HURT 🔫 u best believe that the pairing with this yn would carry all sorts of bandages in case <33 yEAAAHH i keep seeing his # on twt and theres somethings he’s said that are on point but and time i click it i just never wanna see anyTHING again, the contradictions, getting diana’s spirit to come????? the hair loss reactions 😭😭😭 let’s hope tf not but he is royalty, 2 sides to every story i guess! the palace clearly isn’t in the position to say anything so we only know harry’s side! i doubt they’d say anything too, tho i think that’s good bc once ur in front of the camera its hard to get away from it fbfb i wish the obsession with them is gone atp but this is so funny 😭😭

Heeeey I was about 6 or 7 years old when that accident happend and my grandma was next to us chatting with a friend 😭 there's another story with me and that friend, always me who had to fight for her life tho. So we had impromptu football goals at our playground, basically just 4 tall stakes. But they were placed in an inconvenient place, so my friend and I decided to move them... we were 7-8. I was holding the bottom, but my friend accidentally let go of the stake so it crushed my finger and it started bleeding 😭 gross but the nail came off 💀

i am sorry but what the fuck

anon, u need a supervisor 24/7 i AM DBWKDHWK tell us more

SM I'M AT YOUR DOOR WTF LEE SOOMAN OPEN UP BITCH. They're gonna ruin SuperM now?! Seriously the backlash will be strong so wtf. And why didn't he come back with WayV then?

NO SRS IM SORRY BUT what did he contribute, bro has 3 lines in a song 😭😭😭 the backlash will be crazy but a lot of ppl are begging for his return,,, makes me wonder if anything about his scandal was even true with the way twt’s acting! him not being in it would only save his face tbh 😭😭

I saw bits and pieces of LSF at GDA and some of it was live, like No Celestial! They did well overall, they're fun to watch //// Me getting mesmerised by Hwa's vocals unknowingly, sounds about right 🥰 his vocals is really flexible, I love it

tbh lsf’s performance make me forget about the fact theres even lipsync or not going on BC THEIR PERFORMANCES EAT EVERY TIME!!!!! theres this hunger to perform on stage and it SHOWS,, need them to have a concert bc im ready to anti ti ti fragile, wait have u seen this lsf performance?? this is better than any group out there tbh <3 his vocals are so flexible, he fits in every vocal range!

Yeah unfortunately idols/trainees parents are also to blame, they're greedy or don't care enough. My friend's sister wanted to become a trainee at 12 and their parents were on board, cause they knew nothing about kpop, but my friend and the rest of the family was like??? That's not happening //// Yeosang is joining NCT didn't you know?

ayo???? AS THE FAMILY SHOULD!! no bc i see like those singing shows whenever it’s on and it’s like catered to younger contestants (7-17 type) and during auditions they be sending 3yo’s???? they haven’t even started talking and they sent them out for singing 😭😭😭😭 YEOSANG IS THE NEW NCT HOLLYWOOD MEMBER??? iM SO SURPRISED! MORE PROMOS FOR HIM! AND TEASERS LIKE THIS

Yes his name is Baek Dohwa when I saw it I wheezed and then someone called him Hwa once and I??? Yes it's the eyes, the black haired guy Eunhyuk has Tae's eyes and fluffy hair. ///// Wet shirt 👀 I think that's the other guy, or maybe I'm forgetting something, but things are escalating there too

But listen this and this. And

i was about to answer the above paragraph and my finger slipped to the atrocity u linked there. the way i froze, anon. what IS GOING ON WHAT ARE U DOING ! ON A MONDAY !!!! UR SENDING THIS AND EXPECT ME TO NOT SCREAM BC THAT IS LITERALLY PARK SEONGGWA DVWNDHWKDHWK IM DBQKHDWKHDWKHDKW

wet shirt. seongjun. and u never told me tHIS WAS HAPPENING IN THE WEBTOON FOR FREE

I once heard a remix of The Boys and I am the best and ascended 😵 can't find it now, but goddddd I think that person also mixed 4Minute's Crazy and f(x)'s Electric Shock

ARE U TALKING ABOUT THIS

omg did u hear all the the boys remix’s 😮‍💨🤲🏻 the t r x sends a nostalgia 🤌🏻🤌🏻 CRAZY AND ELECTRIC SHOCK??? do u rmr this remix and the twiceblackvelvet remix that broke everyone WAIT HOLDON HAVE U WATCHED THOSE MULTIFANDOM EDITS this one 🤚🏻 what an era tbh

Why are these men exposed?! They need this

They're probably having fan calls in their car like 💀 I just saw a video from yesterday from a person who's already had over 15 fan calls already tell Hwa "see you tomorrow" seriously and I thought me winning 4 calls last year was too much 🤡

YEAH COVER THEM UP !!!!! COVER THEM UP RN 🔫🔫🔫 at least we get moments like this 😭😭 bro is tIRED,, 😭😭😭 i wish they’d do this once in a while, i want hwa to do this so bad

Sometimes I have a thing for Rob, sometimes I don't, Damiano is cool and hot, young Keanu, so beautiful 🥰 I suddenly don't know any white men, pls 😬 I'll have to think harder. Probably some British white actors........ I had a Tom Hardy phase when I was 17-18

i watched harry potter again and mr pattinson had me BY THE NECK !!!! damiano is so very attractive, he sometimes looks like princess diana 😭😭😭 i would’ve thought that tom hiddleston would have been in ur list for sure BUT TOM HARDY?? THATS A NEW 👀👀 i would add the chat noir from miraculous ladybug too tbh <3

The collabs for that show are so random, but if they somehow come true I'll be levitating. Suga and Taeyeon?! I'm sorry, but HOW

no ur right, it’s so random,, but pairing taeyeon and suga would probably be a another iu and suga type of music tbh fbwnfh

I'm stealing that choker wtf Park Seonghwa hand it over! What a neck it's definitely necking ☺ /// Devastation... /// Uhm anyways. I'm looking disrespectfully /// Ahhhh finally the first episode is out! (Seonghwa coded) - DV 💖

HE IS SO PRETTY IN THAT NECKLACE bro is so fine, the blond, the blue outfit and the sparkly necklace 😩😩😩 my new religion

this man is crazy and i would like every inch of him and this is the same guy

STOP THE FIRST EP LOOKS SO GOOD STOP IT SHKWFHWKHDKW

i also want to say what us wRONG WITH AUSTRALIA????? I WAS SENT A VIDEO OF A SNAKE, BLACK SKINNY SNAKE IN MY FAMILYS HOUSE AND THEYRE NOT EVEN PANICKING????? FHWKHDKW HOW IS UR FRIEND LIVING THERE????????????£|€\¥|!£]

anon, what the hell

[finniestoncrane]

dano riddler x reader both being virgins but too afraid to confess it to eachother so its just awkward virgin sex 👀

Intertwined

Dano!Riddler x GN!Reader, word count: 500 ok that's adorable, i hope i wrote this as the clumsiest, accurate, virginity losing sex possible 💚 and it's also just a lil informal sort of headcanon/fic crossover (also also just because this is now like the fifth prompt i've had with this, virginity is a made-up social construct and there is no worth to be derived from it, you do you, "lose it" or don't) request info • prompt list • send me a request • kofi minors DNI!! 🔞 cw for nsfw stuff: virginity, normal sex, so much awkwardness

look, eddie is so awkward and sweet, it makes sense that he would gravitate towards someone similar. why wouldn’t he? and there's no way he would tell you he was a virgin, he's bogged down on societal views of that sort of thing. it's not the commanding, terrifying, confident vibes he's trying to give off as the riddler. and as cute as he is, you can sense there's something lurking underneath. the last thing you want is to be anything less than his equal. so if he's gonna act confident and experienced, then you are too.

you make out a lot, it's never really gone any further, but this week, the lead up to halloween, has been a lot different. he's more...passionate, hands wandering and grabbing, biting and pulling and squeezing, his kisses aggressive and heated. so it makes sense that it would naturally escalate to the point where you're both shirtless on the sofa, your legs across his, hands running up the length of them, round the side to your ass, face buried into your neck.

there's no words said but the way you both look at each other, you know where it's going. quietly, nervously, you walk to the bedroom together, lying down and facing each other for a few minutes, some kissing, some touching, taking each other's pants off underneath the sheets. with hands finding the other's body, the sheets are pushed down a bit, exposing flesh to the cold of the room, heated by adrenaline and arousal, sneaking glances at one another in between ferocious kisses.

we have established he is packing heat, so when he unleashes it in front of you and you're face to face with it, it's a bit daunting. he's embarrassed at first, thinking there's something wrong ("is it not...big enough? does it looks weird?") but you have to just kind of tell him to be gentle, because he's huge and you've never had...someone that big before (or anyone at all for that matter).

he's spurred on by the compliment, and by your lies about who you've been with, giving it "oh yeah, some people have had problems before, but i can definitely be slow and gentle" but as he positions himself at you, lubed up and ready to go, there's a fair bit of hesitation before he gently eases himself in. but then it's wild.

nothing feels as good as this moment, and he's desperate to keep it going as long as he can, but you clenched around him, moaning under him, fingers digging into his chubby little frame, it's more than he can bear. he's in and out in under five minutes but my god it is five minutes of absolute bliss, and to be honest, given it's your first go, more than that might have been too much.

eddie is collapsing next to you, spread out for heat dissipation like a dog on a hot day, panting and smiling wider than you've ever seen before. he might accidentally let it slip that this was his first time. "that was perfect, better than i ever imagined sex would be to be honest". followed by intense blushing and muttering before you squeeze his hand and say "same".

[inquisitorius-sin-bin]

ASJhgafkh thanks

I hope the last chapter and the epilogue live up to expectations after this!

So I did a fair amount of analysis in this post which I'll go ahead and include.

Other points to yours:

I'm not sure she took the time to explain the change in her eyes to her family, or that she really acknowledges it herself. I mean, she doesn't really have a mirror. I think she just insisted she was fine and that was that. Obviously I think Talion might have noticed, but they aren't really in a position to address it, so they don't. Even Tsino, who I think WOULD address it, doesn't, because it just isn't the time or place for that.

I get into her mental shift a lot in the other post but that was very much intentional. I think the dark side fundamentally changes one's worldview, and it really shows here with Dralla's internal monologue. She views Tsino as an equal, and everyone else as lessers.

So Tsino's defense is interesting, because it depends on others seeing him as both once and Imperial and now a Plainsman, and most of the Seerdei sort of teeter the line between those. I do feel for Nagee, because only his true political allies really sided with him, despite. You know. His family's murderer openly admitting that he committed the crime. The rest were walking some other line between legality and usefulness as an asset, but his family were killed.

So yeah, I'm with you, he kind of deserved the taloning he got. Plus I kind of just wanted to see a Pau'an getting like actually viscerally violent for once, just to see what those claws were capable of.

I actually think Mirgeth and Layk are lowkey two of my favorite Seerdei too because I like Mirgeth's incredibly practical nature in assessing the situation (which. Stormbolt. Of course they're very practical and quick-witted). I like how Layk is very spiritually guided, and is the one to suggest their actions aren't in line with the behavior of true Plainsmen, and is also the one to have a religious epiphany when she sees Tsino perform a "miracle" in the Force.

I explained later on (with Theo's Brunlai), but in the event of a split judgment, the person who proposes the trial gets to select the outcome. So Nagee was definitely about to sentence Tsino to death, Theo tells Drago to change his judgment to free Tsino, which earns him a massive "fuck you" (especially given Dralla has already been sentenced to exile at this point). And Theo decides, well, Nagee can't make the call to execute Tsino if Nagee is dead.

In the end, it did work to Tsino's favor, but boy. That was insane. Their legal system certainly was not meant to handle this level of shitshow. I imagine most disputes are handled in-clan or between two clan leaders, and things only escalate to the whole Council if it's something very severe like declaring war or things involving multiple clans. The fact that this included soooo many Seerdei's relatives made it an extremely messy trial.

I also really liked the pigment they used to cover their foreheads, something black and sticky that also runs down into the grooves of their faces. I imagine it looks haunting. I hope I'll get around to describing it more later, but it's intentionally sticky and oily to make it more difficult to wash off, and make it so they can't put their hood on (because the cloth/leather will stick to the black goo). It will eventually sweat off, but it will take quite some time to do so.

So yeah... The next chapter is already out, and I'm over 1500 words into our epilogue. Soooooo all your short term answers should come to light soon, and your long-term ones will have to wait until Fly or Fall!

Ride or Die

Grand Inquisitor x F!Reader

18+ Fic (Minors DNI)

Chapter 1: The Stranger | Chapter 2: Wet Moon | Chapter 3: Favors | Chapter 4: Negotiations | Chapter 5: The Eagles' Fall | Chapter 6: Survivor | Chapter 7: Flight | Chapter 8: First Watch* | Chapter 9: Lanternbeetles* | Chapter 10: Youngling | Chapter 11: Kin | Chapter 12: Birthright | Chapter 13: Theo | Chapter 14: Handprints | Chapter 15: Vella* | Chapter 16: Fletchers | Chapter 17: Awaited | Chapter 18: Unwell | Chapter 19: Temple Guard | Chapter 20: Home | Chapter 21: Juleper Berries | Chapter 22: Forgiveness | Chapter 23: Listening | Chapter 24: The Weavers | Chapter 25: Guilt | Chapter 26: Pyrefalcon* | Chapter 27: Mother | Chapter 28: Precipice | Chapter 29: Operating | Chapter 30: Flesh and Blood | Chapter 31: Worthy | Chapter 32: The Comet | Chapter 33: Imperial | Chapter 34: End of Report | Chapter 35: Nurtured Flame | Chapter 36: Spirit-sent

Working Glossary

*chapters containing porn

Summary:

It has been seventeen years since your rebirth on the plains of Utapau. An orphaned child with nowhere else to go, you were adopted by your clan leader Drago and his mate Bolen, who made you their own daughter through the unique tattooing rituals of the surface-dwelling Pau'an.

Now you lead a group of your kin to trade with a neighboring clan, when you come across a lone stranger riding across the grasslands. Nothing about him makes sense, least of all the marks he bears on his forehead in conflict with the symbols he carries on his shoulders.

You must guide him on his mission, while you ponder the secrets of his past that might just align with yours, and balance the survival of your small clan amongst two powerful opposing forces.

Content Warnings:

Canon-typical Violence, Graphic Depictions of Sexual Situations, Smoking, Drinking, Descriptions of Death, Manipulation, Gaslighting, Animal Death, Xenobiology, Fingering, Breast Fondling, Mourning, Mind-probing, Order-66 Flashbacks, Pregnancy, Nipple Play, Major Character Injury, Blood, Needles, Medical Procedure, Surgery, Unhealthy Relationships

Current Word Count: 148,774

Tag List:

@oh-three @nobody-expects-the-inquisitorius @keebeees @stardustbee

[moemoemammon]

MC is Sick?!

(Feat. GN!MC and the Demon Bros)

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Lucifer

A little late to notice that you’re sick. He’s been so busy lately that he can’t watch you as carefully as he’d like to, so he apologizes for not catching on sooner.

But now that it’s been brought to his attention, Lucifer is all over it. You’re excused from your classes and sent to your room for bedrest while he tends to everything else. He’s rarely the one to bring you your medicine or meals, to his dismay, but his busy schedule just won’t allow it. 

If he were able he’d let you stay in his room until you felt better. But for the time being, he’ll have to squeeze in little visits to your room, where he’ll pop in and sit on the edge of your bed, pressing his hand against your forehead and letting it linger on your cheek.

He’ll often come to your room with a record for you to listen to, and he loves talking about the history of the music and the life of the composure. His boring talks put you right to sleep.

“This piece is one of my favorites. The composer went into an illness induced madness when he created the sheet music, and wouldn't eat or sleep for two weeks until it’d been completed. Why, I often listen to it when- Ah, have you fallen asleep?"

Mammon

The first to notice the change in your health. You don’t look so good.. Are you okay? MC?!

Good luck trying to get any rest, because your first man is gonna be popping in and out of your room every five minutes. He’s constantly checking in on you, making sure you’re not too hot or too cold, that you’ve got something to drink, that you ate the soup he left-

Actually, Mammon’s not that bad of a caretaker! He’s a little too attentive, but he clearly knows what he’s doing. Also insists on being the only one that takes care of you until you’re better.

Polices everything you do. You wanna get out of bed? Nope, wait for Mammon. You’re bored? He’ll bring you something to do. Know what, he’s just gonna move into your room for the time being-

“Who told ya to go and get sick? Makin' me worry like this... I'm gonna make sure ya get better in no time, so you'd better be grateful, ya hear? I don't do this for just anybody..."

Levi

No way... You’re sick?! But you guys had plans to watch Magical Ruri Hana together...

Yeah, he’s not the best at caretaking despite watching Cells at Work, but he does know the basics! It kills him to leave his room so frequently, so.. why don’t you just stay in his room? He’ll take care of you there, and the healing waves of Ruri-chan will wash over you and get rid of your illness!

He definitely can’t be your primary caregiver, unless you want to be sick forever. Anime doesn't really imitate real life. Who would've thought?

 But he’s as attentive as he can be, at least! He brings you new DVDs to watch, manga to read, and delicious stacks to try whenever he can! Even if this is all he can do, he wants to make sure you know he’s thinking about you. May or may not also be spam texting you and keeping you awake-

“I brought the audio drama for you to listen to! It's from the TSL live series, where they act out the scenes! You won't have to worry about reading or watching anything, so you can listen to it to sleep. Oh, but I want to hear your opinion on everything! And then you- huh? When will you be able to sleep? Uh..."

Satan

The most knowledgeable when it comes to taking care of human illnesses, but he still fumbles a little. Insists on making an accurate diagnosis of your symptoms, and that takes way longer than the actual treatement,

But once he’s deduced what’s going on, Satan goes all in. You might feel like a guinea pig because of all the weird methods he’s trying on you (may or may not have read a medieval medicine book first), so uhhhhh be patient with him. Now hold still while he puts this onion in your sock-

Not as attentive as the others, but very thorough when he tends to you. And despite all the unorthodox healing methods, you actually recover quickly, by some miracle.

In the quieter moments when all you need is rest, Satan will sit by and quietly read to you until you lull off to sleep, brushing the hair from your face before he leaves.

“Hm... I was sure St. John's Wart would do the trick, but your fever hasn't broken at all? Maybe I ought to try minced garlic and honey next? Or maybe..- Eh? Just normal medicine is fine?"

Asmo

SICK?! No no, this won’t do at all! Asmo doesn’t want to see his darling MC looking so pale and unsightly! It’s off to bed with you now. No, not his bed he loves you but you’ve gotta understand-

Gentle affection is one of Asmo’s selling points, but that doesn’t mean the king of aftercare knows how to treat illnesses. He does however make you extremely comfortable. I’m talking extra fluffy pillows, cold and hot packs where you need them most, careful sponge baths (if you’ll let him), and everything else he can offer to make sure you’re okay.

May or may not show up in a hazmat suit, but don’t worry. The mask is clear so you get a view of his beautiful face! And when he isn’t around to take care of you, he sends pictures of himself to speed up the healing process.

Most likely to ask for help in your care. He tends to forget that you need more than affection and selfies to help you recover-

“Make sure you get better quickly, okay? I'll keep gracing your with my gorgeous face, and that ought to heal you in no time! Oh, maybe an herbal bath will help, too? I'll join you~!"

Beel

Extremely worried the moment you sneeze twice in a row. And when that escalates into a full blown cold, he immediately takes you to your room and cocoons you in every spare blanket he can find.

His care is sloppy, but full of affection. Your bed is a fluffy mess of soft blankets and pillows, and he lingers in your room nearly all day. And naturally, Beel knows you need to eat in order to heal.

You’re never without any food. This man will bring you an entire rotisserie chicken and a quart of orange juice for breakfast do not underestimate him. And if you can’t stomach anything, he’s try for things that’re easier to eat. like soups and broths. Also insists on feeding you himself.

Might also need some help in caring for you. He has good intentions and he’s being as careful with you as can be, but it can’t help to have another set of hands on the job. He wants to make sure you get the best care he can offer.

“Mm... you're not eating a lot today. Hm? You're full? But you only had a shadow hog roast, three sandwiches, and a gallon of juice. Are you sure that's enough? ...Well, maybe you're right. I'll eat what you can't finish, then. Hm? You're worried I'll get sick? It's fine. A human cold wont affect me."

Belphie

He knew something was up when you didn’t get out of bed that morning. Sleeping until 2pm is HIS thing, got it? Just kidding-

Tries not to show it, but this man is so worried that he can’t even sleep. BELPHEGOR, the Avatar of Sloth, is suffering from insomnia. 

He isn’t really the best at taking care of other people, but he knows that plenty of rest can only do you good. Belphie climbs into your bed and resigns himself to staying there until you heal. Somehow, having him around makes your sleep even deeper, so you always wake up feeling a little more rested than before.

Not so great at remembering when to bring you medicine and stuff, so the help of the others is a given. But despite that, you find yourself comfortable in every position you shift into. Belphie knows a thing or two about resting peacefully, so he’s got an eye for helping you with that.

“Are you feeling a little better today? ...Good. You were tossing and turning in your sleep, so I got you that ice pack. It look like your fever finally broke, so that means I can rest easy now.. goodnight......"

[mehidktbh]

bestie i hate to be that person, but if it’s not too much trouble, could i possibly request Vincent with a big boobed s/o, like the one you did with Bo? i’m so sorry for askin but either way thank you 😣

A/N: No need to apologise, I am more than happy to write for you and any of your requests!! I was actually waiting for someone to come out with Vincent or Lester, so I'm very happy you did it! thxsm :) So sorry if this turned out bad :( Hope you like it through!

Warning 18+: NSFW/Smut, sexual activities and themes included, mad Vincent >:(, Jealous Vincent :( and drinking alcohol

SFW

- Where do I even start with this man...

- You having such a big chest is probably such a win for him, it's almost like he's been waiting for you to step through his life at one point. AND HERE YOU ARE!!

- Unlike Bo, Vincent cares deeply about what you wear around the house and outside, he knows brothers and he knows that visitors don't respect other people around this town. He's seen it all and knows what happens, heck he probably knows what Bo does too.

- I can see Vincent mostly dressing you up into comfy clothes like his, meaning mostly clothes that cover up a lot of skin or really thick fabric. So you'll mostly be wearing jackets, hoodies, cardigans, sweatpants, long pants. You know the rules, but of course, he isn't going to force you to wear them, it's what makes you comfortable and whatever you like and are happy with, he is too! :)

- Vincent likes it when you are in the house more often and down in the basement with him, he can be very possessive easily. And I mean easily.

- You better start liking being down in the basement all day considering he's probably going to keep you there.

- I mean I can also see Vincent being protective around his brothers too, him just standing there next to you. His arm wrapped around your body, his head leaning on the shoulder as he tries to listen to what the conversation is about.

- Instead of Bo who would hang around the corner and call out your name when he thought things were escalating. Vincent will always be there, either being; sitting next to you, standing next to you, in the same room as you. It's never-ending with Vincent.

NSFW

- Oh yeah... this man definitely has a fucking mummy kink... maybe?

- Through he definitely fantasies about boobs a lot, and probably gets a lot of awaked boners and wet dreams some days.

- So when you turn up, Vincent is more than happy to let some of his frustration and pent up emotions out.

- Vincent probably gets off a lot of the time just by having your presence, I know that sounds weird but... He probably loves just having you around him whether that be, just watching him doing his art sculptures, talking to him or even just being in the same room.

- For some reason whenever you appear his thoughts are instantly changed by you, it's always you. The thoughts of him just taking you right then and there on the counter is always clinging in the back of his mind. The feeling of your pussy tightly squeezing him, your gasps and moans, you desperately grabbing onto anything you can grab onto or his clothes or hair.

- He thinks there is something wrong with him by how many times he thinks all these perverted thoughts about you, he can't help himself. He naturally feels embarrassed when he realises he has been staring at your chest the whole time, and that his pants are getting tighter and the hair is suddenly hotter.

- This man also loves any position where he can get a clear view of your tits or at least he can grab them. So yeah definitely missionary... lots of it.

- Vincent also has a personal collection of naked sketches he does of you, there are a lot in different positions. While some of are you, I can also see him drawing a few self-inserts... hehe

- He loves drawing different figures of you, almost everyone in nude form. He also keeps the book in a very secret spot, far away from anything or anyone... and I mean anyone or anything.

♡ ♡ ♡

You couldn't stop laughing at Lester's joke, he continued to laugh trying his best to explain further but was interrupted by his laughing. You felt like you couldn't breathe, the room was filled with laughter and the TV playing in the background.

"Will you guys shu't up!?" Bo yelled, "I can't hear the dam' TV!"

While you tried to keep in your giggles Lester looked like he was about to die any second, his face was hot from how much he was trying to hold in his laughter.

Vincent was sitting there the entire time, staring at you two and trying to understand the joke. Maybe the reference was from a movie or show that he hasn't watched, considering nowadays you and Lester watched a lot of movies when he came over.

Vincent felt like the third wheeler right now, and he hated it. He looked up from the drink in front of him that had only a few sips taken out of, which when he looked over to the table you and Lester were on, there were drinks everywhere.

He knew you were drunk, and Lester was too, and when you guys get drunk you do stupid shit.

Vincent scooted closer to you, wrapping his arms around your shoulders. Not trying to get your attention out loud, but just quietly giving you hints, which seemed to fly straight past your drunken state.

"I gotta' go to th’ bathroom, be righ't back" Lester laughed getting up, finally some alone time with you. After what seemed like forever and every single hint Vincent gave you, you finally turned your attention to him.

"You okay, Vinny?" Oh god, don't stop calling him that. Vincent nodded he seemed alright to you, but on the inside he was dying. Practically just thinking about taking you down to the basement and throwing you on the bed.

"God, I'm so tired" You yawned, Vincent perked up, he was now stuck on the thought of being in bed with you. His arms under your shirt, twisting and touching your nipples, as he slowly grinded from behind as you slowly fell asleep.

Vincent squeezed his legs shut, instead, he was trying to focus on his hot girlfriend beside him. "Wanna go to bed?" Vinny nodded eagerly, yes he did, he just wanted to be pressed against you right now as the sounds of your breathing soothed him.

"Alright, come on" You got up, nearly tipping over in the process if Vincent wasn't there to guide you. "Goodnight, Bo" You turned around, he waved his hand.

Finally, you guys got into bed, Vincent holding you the entire time you walked down the stairs, holding onto your drunken body. You collapsed onto the bed, patting the spot next to you as Vincent calmly got in.

You scooted your way into Vincent's chest, your back was now touching Vincent's fuzzy jacket and his hair tickling your neck. "Good-" You yawned "- night, Vinny".

Vincent watched you for a second, his arms sneakily made his way to your shirt, slipping his hands under your t shirt as hey felt your warm, smooth skin against his finger tips. His hands were cold and calloused but he knew you didn't mind, instead, you loved when Vincent always did this, even when you didn't know he did this half the time because mostly you were asleep before he did it.

He slowly rubbed at your nipples and breasts, slowly grinding his erection along with your pants and thighs as he slowly drifted asleep.

[tolkien-feels]

Dusting off the cobwebs from this draft because watching the Leithian rock opera today has brought this to the forefront of my mind again.

This is sort of related to this post, but I actually love sheltered princess Luthien a lot. Not naive, and definitely not spoiled, but in a similar position as the elves of Aman - aware that evil exists, aware of the memory and the threat of it, but blissfully free from any first-hand knowledge

The reason for that is that she and Beren would be on opposite journeys that would meet in the middle

Luthien is losing her innocence, experiencing horror and pain and cruelty for the first time. And as she does that, she comes to understand her own strength, and how she takes after her mother and can be a protector herself. Her first challenge is simply to run away from home, and then that becomes fleeing kidnappers, and then rescuing Beren from increasingly dangerous situations culminating in saving him from death itself. If Luthien starts out not knowing what she's capable of, this is such a classic Hero's Journey kind of story, which female characters in Tolkien, interesting as they might be, rarely get to explicitly go through. (Side note: "Sheltered hero, partially guided by Fate, overcomes escalating challenges and comes back home changed, before moving elsewhere to live happily ever after" is literally Bilbo's storyline.)

And then Beren, the flipside of that. So much of epic literature has men having to prove they're good enough as protectors, and that's literally the premise of Thingol's challenge to Beren. And you'd think, if anyone can prove their worth as a brave hero, it's Beren. Except, no. That's not his arc. Beren, whose entire life has been a nightmare, who has known nothing but horror and pain and cruelty all his life, who can fend off for himself because if he doesn't he's dead - that Beren - has an arc where what the narrative expects him to do is... trust the power of love, and believe sometimes good things happen to good people. Literally. Which cannot be easy! He repeatedly tries to get Luthien to let him handle everything, because that's what he's always done. Reading the story you can watch in real time how he learns to let someone else take care of him for a change. In fact, his ability to simply trust (and hope) increases so much that by the end of it, when Luthien tells him to wait for her goodbye in the Halls of Mandos, he just... does, no questions asked, apparently.

It's such an interesting dynamic, I think, because by the end of it, neither does Luthien join Beren in his life of fighting evil (though she's proved she could do that if she wanted to) nor does Beren seek the safety do Doriath (though I don't think he'd be unhappy there) - they both choose a third path, where they find a place where they have to rely on themselves to survive but seem to be able to find great peace. In a story about two kindreds coming together, that seems very meaningful

Does the text back me up in all of this? Eh. Kinda yes, kinda no. Do parallels make brain go brr so I like to have the whole story be two parallels the break the laws of physics and actually meet? Hell yeah