#can you imagine how funny it would be to see those four working together

[sorrinslays]

What I am about to propose is very self indulged and a dynamic just for me, but

I really want to see a quest where it's just Black Swan, Gallagher, Mr. Reca and Sampo.

[solar4seekstron]

Transformers One x reader: Awakening Chapter Two

Chapter 2: Map

Chapter One, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five, Chapter Six

Transformers One x Cybertronian!GN!reader

TW/tags: Long chapter, reader’s dragged along, D needs a hug, the reader is safe from Elitas grasp, B and Reader get along very well. You think he funny deal with it lol, I believe that’s all

(Note: Yes chapter 2 lets go! Like chapter one this will be pretty long as well. I also decided to add two characters who I really love, especially MTMTE being Ratchet and Drift. At the time though since it’s before the war Drift is still Deadlock I don’t think he had a different name before becoming a deception so I’ll just be putting Deadlock as a name for the story. I like to think Deadlock in the story has a cog but we don’t see or hear of him. At least I don’t think so I’m going to add him here. If you guys want to imagine him being your favorite bot or cogless that’s totally fine. I’m just having a good time. Ratchet will show up in the medical bay scene later. The two already knowing and have eat Y/N before. Helping give some lore dump of Y/Ns past like hinted earlier in the first chapter. Anyway I hope you all enjoy this long chapter!)

It was the day of the Iacon 5000. Many of the Cybertronians with cogs and not go to the arena to see many races and by far the most exciting thing of the day for them. Y/N is seen walking by their self into the stadium along side other miners and other cybertronians with cogs. They make their way getting a pretty good seat to watch the race. They would seat next to a few miners. Next to Y/N was Deadlock, someone who worked clubs as a bouncer dealing with customers. At first he didn’t notice them since they were so small. They would put their hand on his arm to gently grab his attention causing him to look around confused until he looks down

”Ah. Y/N so glad you could come my dear.” He would put his hand on their back as he continues to talk

”Can’t wait to see the race I see. Must be tiring working all those mines for hours”

”It has it’s moments but just shows how strong I am to do it pretty much everyday.”

”I bet. I can’t imagine how you can do that for so long. Then again I work at a club so I shouldn’t complain. Heh If you had a cog I would be taking you places. A shame really. You cogless bots gotta work all the fragging time. Ain’t fair that I can’t see you all the time.” His arm would then be around their shoulders as he looks forward. Y/N would chuckle to what he said but then look down a little sad. Looking at his hand then forward again as they waited for the race to start. Deadlock continueing to speak to another bot next to him not moving his arm.

*With Orion and D-

D and Orion were walking together as they talked about the race.

“The Iacon 5000 is finally here!”

“I have a surprise for you. Come on.” Orion pats D on the shoulder. Grabbing his attention.

“Where are you going? The stadium is that way.” D says to Orion, turning to look at him.

“Yeah yeah I know. But follow me.” D would sigh and reluctantly follow behind him.

“Great. We’re gonna be late now. I wanted good seats. We came all this way to miss the opening ceremony. This is wonderful.”

“Trust me I know what I’m doing. Hold up. Get caught in one of those. It’ll launch you halfway across the city.”

“Ok where are you taking me?”

“Don't be a glitch, this will be totally worth it. Trust me.”

“Hey you don’t be a glitch. I know this is like fun for you like we joke around but if you make me miss any part of the Iacon 5000 I swear I will smelt your face right off your…”

D soon realizes he and Orion are inside the starter line. Seeing thee crowd and the racers coming in from different directions

“Welcome! To the Iacon 5000. There they are. Put your hands together for todays competitors are taking the field.”

“Look! Look! There’s Thunderglide! And Bahemoth! Unbelievable! I feel like I’m in the race…..You did this..for me?”

“No. I did this…for us.” The two would fist bomb as they looked at eachother

“And now. The moment you all been waiting for. The Icon an Iacon. The Savior of Cybertron. Quintessons fear him but we love him! Our Leader. The One and Only! Sentinel Prime!”

Sentinel Prime would fly down from a tall tower and fly down to the stadium as the lights of the city followed him. Y/N would see him. Deadlock not really caring much rolling his eyes as he removes his arm from around Y/N to check his polish. Y/N would then get the idea and and stand reaching their hand up as high as they can for Sentinel to give them a high five. He will fly close to the the other Cybertronians and give a few high fives as they raised their hands. Sentinel notices them as he flew down seeing them raise thier hand and looking at him. He almost loses focus and makes sure to get to them. Y/N being the last one to get a high five before he goes to his spot in the sky and speaks.

“Yes! It feels so good to be here with you all today! My friends. My Cybertronian family. It has be precisely 50 cycles since the Quintessons attacked our home. 50 cycles since we lost the matrix of leadership and our energon supplied dried up. 50 cycles since the battle that killed the other primes my brothers and sisters in arms. Today we honor the primes who gave their lives for ours and show them that the strength of Cybertron will never be diminished.”

Y/N would watch as the primes appear and start to think to their self as Deadlock cheers wanting the race to start. Deadlock would notice Y/N still standing and chuckles his himself as he looks forward again. Still sitting down.

“Racers! On your marks!” The racers start to transform

“I can’t believe we get to watch from the starting line! At the best seats of the house! Why'd you bring jet packs?”

“Get Set!”

“Its time we show them we are more than meets the eye.”

“Oh no..”

From there Sentinel shoots his blaster and the racers soon start. Deadlock now standing as he cheers for his favorite racer. Y/N watches but then notices two bots flying with jet packs. Them soon looking familiar. They would gasp after the realization of who they are.

“And they’re off!”

From there the two would fall down and Orion would catch D as D was upside down. Him screaming as Orion looked forward with a smile plastered on his face.

“Are you crazy?!”

“Sure feels like it.”

“The Iacon 5000 has begun.”

“Sorry. Are those miners in the race?”

“Miners! Those are miners! Like us!”

“Can’t believe what I’m seeing here. There are miners trying to run in the Iacon 5000!”

“You gotta be kidding me.”

“This is insane!”

“There’s miners in the race!”

“Miners?!”

“Where?!”

“They can’t even transform!”

“It’s Orion Pax and D-16!”

“This is a first in Iacon 5000 history! How are they going to survive?”

“If we survive this I’m going to kill you!”

“I accept those terms!”

“Going into the led down the main strip. Followed by scape and skyfire!”

“Hey look out!”

The two would then have to start running continuing the race

“I owe you one!”

“More like a 1000!”

Sentinel was watching the two run with his hands behind is back in almost disbelief

“I can’t believe we’re not in last place!-“

“Beat it, Miner!”

“Darkwing delivers a devastating blow.”

“We’re not fast enough!”

“Improvise!”

The two say to each other running into a tunnel with the other racers. One by one the two would jump on another Cybertronian. D continuing to be polite to the others being a big fan while Orion was sort of having fun at that moment. Soon D would save Orion and the two continue to run joining together to jump out

“Time this right! And. Now!”

“Move!”

One of the racers say trying to warn D. But it was too late and D was hit. Soon D was over the edge but Orion was able to catch him just in time and pull him up. The two ran again before stopping.

“And the miners have fallen way behind. We can now focus on the real contenders on this race.”

The two would then get an idea

“I don’t believe it! The miners take down Darkwing!”

“Ugh! Miners!!”

“Great effort Darkwing!”

“It's all worth it. It actually worked!”

“Is this the dumbest thing we’ve ever done?”

“Oh yeah it’s up there!”

“Wait. Go go go.”

“Four blocks pile up in the magnetic tunnel that the miners are now in first position! This is unbelievable.”

“D!”

“Go! Go! Leave me!”

“No! We do this together!”

“One miner is now carrying the other! Mere steps from the finish line. The most amazing sensational, dramatic, hard working, exciting, thrilling finish in the history of-“

“Yeah!!”

“We have a winner. Chromia comes to take the price! Talk about an Iacon 5000 for the ages.”

“Well second place is still pretty good.”

Then other racers would past them

*After the Race and Orion and D are taken to the Med Bay

Y/N stands up and starts heading to the exits . Deadlock noticed and walks after them.

”Woah hey where are you going?”

“Those two are my friends. I have to make sure they’re all right!”

Deadlock would grab their arm stopping them as other bots walk past the two and he stands next to them

”Don’t worry I’’m sure the doctors and nurses will take good care of them. Come on let me take you out and grab a drink before your shifts.” He puts a hand on their back as they looked up at him

”Maybe next time Lock but I care about my friends. I’ll see you at the next race yeah? I should really go.” They would pat his arm gently as they then leave. Deadlock putting his hands on his hips as he watches them ;eave. Seeming almost disappointed and upset before walking away with the other bots.

*The Medical Bay-

“Reaching Dr. Ratchet. Dr. Ratchet to-“

“Do not worry you’ll be fixed up in no time.”

“Did I win?”

“You- participated.”

“Yaaaay.”

The two past the room with Orion and D. D looking very mad as Orion tries to think of what to say to kill the silence.

“So. How long do you think we'll be here?”

“I’m not talking to you………You know what, I can’t believe you made me do that! We are so screwed!”

“I thought you weren’t talking to me.”

“Hey! I know it’s all a big joke to you! But not me! I was paying my dues. I was going places and now they’re going to bust me down I-I don't even know how many tiers.”

“I’m sorry D. Come on, didn't you feel it? Even for just a second? Didn’t you feel liberated? Didn’t you feel like you were something else? Like you could be more than what they say you are?”

“Yeah I felt it. I did. But it doesn’t matter, we’re going to get punished and demoted. Ugh, Sentinel Prime saw everything! This is so embarrassing!”

From there this tall spider woman walks into the room using her eyes on the side of her to scan the two as they look at her confused and a bit scared.

“It’s clear.”

Sentinel would then walk in. Hands on hips as heeled down at the two.

“Orion Pax. D-16. What you two did today was one of the craziest things I have ever seen.”

“Sir, this is all my idea and we’re so sorry-“

”YOU TWO!!!” The three in the room besides Airachnid were startled by someone yelling as they then hear someone running towards them almost panting. Y/N then appears gong around Sentinel then standing in front of him not really processing he’s there as they look at the two angry and worried. Sentinel look down at them surprised, regonzing them from the crowd as he had his hand up to stop Airachnid from approaching. He then has an intrigued look on his face as he listens to them speak

“Orion what were you thinking putting yourself and D in that situation?! It was awesome but you could’ve died!!”

”Uh Y/N-“ Orion would say

”And D why didn’t you just stop him. What in the forever spark of Primus could have convinced you that-“

D would stops them grabbing their hand and pointed at Sentinel.

”Oh hey Sentine- Sentinel?! OH! Sir I am so sorry. Mostly for these two. I’m sure something like this will never hap-“

“I loved it!”

The three woukld look as him confused and shocked

“You did?”

“How can anyone not love it? You gave my best racers a real run for their money!”

Y/N would walk back a bit to stand next to D. Putting a hand on his shoulder as they listen to Sentinel

“So we’re not getting demoted?”

“Demoted?” They would start laughing. D and Orion laugh nerviously as Y/N only chuckled a bit

“The fact of the matter is. We are halfway into the first shift since the race ended. And that mining crew has already reached one hundred-fifty percent quota. You inspired them to work harder!”

“Sentinel Prime, Sir. We joined the race to show everyone our potential. That we bots can do more then just mine-“

“Outstanding. I love a bot that can think for himself! Perhaps you two could tour the mines. Speak to your brethren and help them see their potential.”

“Wow. Great. That- that sounds incredible! I-i would love to be-“

“Sir. It’s time.”

“Ba. Yes. I’m sorry friends. We’re preparing our next travel to the surface. But in the meantime, I got a treat for you. Hang tight. Airachnid have someone escort these heroes to my personal service facilities. Best care in Iacon. Ah, and Y/N I believe was it? Maybe you can join me up until my depart seeing you’re a good friend of these two and you can help me figure-out how we can make the city with the miners a better place with these two.”

“Oh sir that would be wonderful but I believe I should start heading to the mines before my superior gets mad at me for being late. I can always join later though as these two finish getting their special care.” D chuckled a bit and Orion hummed. Sentinel looked a bit disappointed his eye brows farrowed as he looks at Y/N then at the two. His smile retuning

“Well that’s just fine. I look forward to seeing you join us for a little meeting for the miners of Iacon. Until next time legends!”

He especially winked at Y/N who looked a bit confused as the other two didn’t notice

“Sentinel Prime. Ahh Thee Sentinel Prime!”

“You still mad at me?”

“I am less mad at you.”

“I’m telli-“ The two are then grabbed by the their shoulders. Orion on his right and D on has left as Y/N stood in front of them again and shook them a little

”You two ain’t off the hook yet! It is still stupid and you two were idiots!….But you’re alive and seems like you aren’t that harmed from racing luckily. So when we return from Sentinels quarters after you two better have a really. Really good apology! You got that?!”

The two nod saying yes to make them happy. They would turn to walk out but then look back at them and gives them a quick hug. Their arms around the both of them so their heads are close to theirs

”Just try to not scare me like that ok all right?” They would pull back their hands on their shoulders again then smiles with also worry in thier eyes. Then turns around and walks out. Right at the door then pointing at the two

”Good apologies.” Causing the two to chuckle watching as they left

“I’m telling you D I got a feeling that everything is going to change wer- we’re going to go-“

From there Darkwing walks in very upset

“Miners!”

“Ahh..Darkwing.”

*With Y/N-

They walk out of the medical bay and passes Ratchet. He waves at his patient saying he’ll only step out for a moment and walks to speak to Y/N outside the room and go for a little walk.

”Ah Y/N good to see you’re well and healthy. How’s the new team? Are they treating you well? Was there an injury that cause you the need to come here?”

”Yes Ratchet they’re a lot nicer then my last team. But I can’t really say the same with the surpiors. But I like it. Just came to check up on a couple friends. Going to the mines right now to see a friend at waste management.”

”That’s good to hear. At least it’s safer and I don’t have to see you in my hospital much anymore.”

Y/N only chuckles a bit embarrassed and almost looks sad. Once at the front Ratchet look turn to look at them

”You take care now and get plenty of rest”

”I will. Good seeing you Ratchet.”

*Orion and D during that time-

Darkwing then flies the two down the sub levels

“No! No! Wait wait! You don't understand we were suppose to Sentinel Primes service pods-“

“You two dots aren’t going to see anyone ever again! I’ll make sure of that!”

“You’re making a mistake! Ask Sentinel!”

“Hate that guy.”

They then see a yellow bot. Soon the bot is walking to them pointing at them.

“You! How did you get down here? There’s no access. There is no one else here but me! N one- You’re real?! You- you- you- you’re others! You’re not me! You’re here! And you’re not me!”

“Uh yeah?”

“Awesome! I am so sorry that must’ve been so weird for you. I-i just haven’t had a lot of company since they put me down here in sub level 50.”

“50? But there are only 40 sub levels.”

“That’s what I thought. Turns out there are 10 more. And they are not pleasant. Probably why no one ever really talks about them.”

“How long have you been down here?”

“How long have I been here? Ha! Lets see, uh. Somewhere between a long time and forever. I mean I had other jobs but I kept getting reassigned ‘cause I’m so good at what I do. Oh! I’m B-127 by the way. But you can call me B. I’m actually working on some nicknames the one I’m floating right now it’s badassatron which is actually pronounce. “Badassatron” But if you have any critiques.”

“Yeah uh. Great great. How- how do we get out of here?”

“Great question. You don’t.”

“We don’t?!”

“Nope. We have limited access to the waste management area but the new shift manager there does not like distractions. No, they prefer we stay here on the task at hand.”

“Which is?”

“Oh, The scrap comes in from the shoot there onto the coveyor velt our job is to look for anything that might be worth salvaging before it hits the furnace and gets smelted.”

“So you just watch garbage burn?”

“Yes! It is so great that you are here now! I can’t wait to learn everything about you, and then tell you everything about me! I have a lot of hopes and dreams that I am just dying to share with one or two new best friends!”

“Uh yeah we- we love to.”

“Where are my manners? Come on, I'll introduce you to the rest of the crew. Hey guys!! We got company! This is EP508. This is A-A-tron. And this fella here is Steve.”

“Steve?”

“Yeah. He’s foreign.”

“Question. Do they talk back to you?”

“Um. They’re not real. What- jeez. They think I’m that crazy?”

“No no. It’s just you been down here for-“

“I was talking to Steve.”

“Classic Steve!”

“What is that?”

“Look at this guy”

“Its coming from the side-“

“Steve! Noooooooo!”

“I am so sorry.”

“Steve! Nooooo! My Steve!”

“Uh we can fix it! Don't worry! We uhh-“

“Quintesson ambush! Calling the high guard for immediate support. Immediate support!!”

“That’s Alpha Trion.”

“One of the Primes?”

“Repeat. Zeta prime has fallen.”

“It’s an SOS message.”

“Protect the matrix! Sending location coordinates. Sending location coordinates.”

“Holy Primus.”

“Those are coordinates to a location on the surface. This could be where the primes died in the Quintessons war. Which means this is where we can find the matrix of leadership.”

“What are you talking about? It’s an old beacon inside a statue made of garbage.”

“Or it's a clue of how we can find matrix of leadership.”

“No. No way. Absolutely not.”

“Hey D. Come on. This could be our chance to show everyone that we’re not-“

“You already tried to show everyone in the race you tricked me into running which got us stuck down here in this waste hole with this- uhh really cool guy.”

“Oh. Thank you.”

“I’m just saying-“

“There’s a reason why no one goes to the surface; it's dangerous! I’m waiting right here until Sentinel Prime finds us.”

“Oh Okay. Yeah well we’ll just stay here forever. That's cool with you B?”

“Forever? This is great! New coworkers and roommates! There’s plenty of room now that Steve is dead. I usually sleep on the conveyor velt but you can totally have it. I’ll just sleep in the corner next to A-A-Tron. Plenty of room for you guys to stretch out too because you guys are taller and I am you know what I mean? You know what I mean?”

“Hey D what do you think Sentinels reaction will e if you personally handed him the Matrix of Leadership that You found-“

“Ok stop. I know what you’re trying to do. And it's definitely working. I’m in!”

“Haha! Yeah buddy!”

“How do we get to the surface?”

“You're kidding me. The surface? Easy. I know a way. But it won't be easy.”

The three will then proceed to climb the trash shoot.

“Why is there so much trash?”

“Warning next time please. My mouth was open.”

“Only 49 sub levels to go.”

“Waste disposal trains are the only vehicles that go all the way to the surface.”

“Yeah but they don’t allow passengers ‘cause the trains are autonomous.”

“Yeah that’s the “won’t be easy part.”

“That’s perfect. We’ll be safe inside the train.”

*Meanwhile with Y/N-

Y/N continues to head to waste management. Where Elita was still working at. They would pass by the surpiors as they are their way over tho Elita. They see Elita picking up a box and making her way to the train. They would follow her. After she put the box down she would go to a bigger box and look to see who’s closer. That’s when Y/N waved and stood on the other side of the box.

”Hey Elita, how you holding up?”

”Only the best I can Y/N. Though I can be of more use else where.”

”Hey at least you have a pretty good job and you know Orion didn’t mean to do what he did. He really is sorry.” Y/N says as Elita looked at them then down a upset

”It’s whatever. At least I wont have to see that scrapping face again. Mind helping”

”Not at all”

The two pick up the box together and start to carry it into the train. The two walk out as another two bots with a big box go in then put theirs down in the middle of the room

“That's the last one. Start her up.”

The three would land on the train sneakily and get through one of the small doors on top of the train. Getting in quietly after seeing two other bots leave. Y/N old walk to the other miners until she notices there’s one more box. She’ll pick it up and walk back into the train. Y/N would wait staying close by thre trai while the other miners just talked.

“Hold up. One more. I’ll lock it down.”

She would then see the open door on the ceiling. Scoffing and even chuckling as she walked back in.

“Heh thanks for being an idiot whoever you are.Turning you in will definitely get me promoted back a rank or two.” Y/N would notice her still in the train. They then walk standing a little pass the doors inside the train about to speak until they witnessed what happens next

“Got her!”

“Wait wait wait.”

“Elita stop!”

“Orion??” Y/N and Elita say at the same time

“Hold on let me-“

“Security! Sound the alar-“

The doors would close and the train would start moving forward to its destination. Elita will grow annoyed and start running towards the front of the train.

“Elita wait- Orion. D-16 what in primus is going on?!”

“I’ll tell you later but right now I need to stop her!”

”What?!”

“She’s headed towards the entry.”

The three start chasing Elita and Y/N just groans then starts chasing them. Staying behind D

“Don’t worry I got this! Hold on, let me explain we’re on a mission!”

“So am I! To ruin your life!”

The train would then go up. Elita getting on a box as the others would fall back because of the gravity. Y/N was able to hold on to a box where they watch the others fall back

“Elita, wait we found a message. We know-“

Elita would then kick the box down and keep climbing up the train as the box would almost land on Orion until B pushed Orion before getting hit

“This bot is crazy! Who is she??”

“Deadend Elita! There’s no way uhh..Well she’s gone.”

Elita was able to make it out of the train. climbing you as the others follow behind. Orion soon on her tail as B comes out next and then D.

“Why! Why am I doing this? Why am I doing this?”

“Climb Faster!”

Y/N continues to follow behind going up the train ladder after D as they climbed up. As the four continue to follow her the train soon goes in a straight line once more and then down before going forward once more again causing the four to hit the train after holding on. Orion then sees his opportunity and grabs her leg.

“Gotcha!

Elita would then turn to punch him but seeing the surface for the first time soon stops her. The five stand up as they look ath the same direction. Y/N would step a bit closer to D. Being both fasciated but scared of they are currently witnessing. D noticed this and sets his hand on their left shoulder to bring them a sort of comfort

“The surface.”

“It’s beautiful..” Orion would look at her

“It’s incredible…”

“I am…speechless.”

“Elita, listen to me, we know where the Matrix of Leadership is.”

“Oh sure, and I’m really a prime. I just prefer loading crates in toxic waste- woah where I’d you get this?”

“From my friend Steve. Orion killed him.”

“I did not kill Steve.”

“He was never alive.”

“What?” Elita and Y/N both say. As Orion and Elita spoke D puts his hand back on their shoulder

”It’s a long story. Also this is B.”

”Hi!”

“Oh uh hello B.”

“Sentinel told us he was going to the surface and then we found this message. We figured that we can hand deliver it to him or scout the location ourselves. Whichever comes first.”

Elita would stare at the map for a good second before looking at Orion

“This was too important to wait. It will change all of our lives.”

“No no no no. I’m not going to get demoted again because of you. I’m turning this rig around and I’m notifying the o-“

Elita starts walking to the head of the train once more Orion watching her along with B and Y/N but D would speak.

“Hey hey guys? What is that? Is it getting bigger?”

“Or closer?”

As the five watched, B would start running. The others soon joining him running back the open door.

“No no no no no no no-“

“Don't close. Stop closing. Don't close! It’s closed!”

The five will start trying to open the door. But the giant transformation is soon closer and the five turn their head and look at the now mountain. Fear on their faces they all grab the railes and hang on tightly

“Come on!”

“Oh now I know why no one comes to the surface!”

Soon the transformation causes the train to shake and at times loses its gravity. This causes the five to let go without meaning to. Causing them to fly and soon hit the ground. Elita would then open her optics

“Elita…..Elita….You ok?”

Elita would punch him on reflex and trys to stand up while Orion was still on the floor as he touched his jaw. B in the back upside down as his legs stay outside moving. D then comes up grabbing Bs leg and starts pulling to help. Y/N was on the floor between the four mostly their head and upper back on the floor as their legs are over their head and seems to not be moving. But can be heard groaning a bit

“Please stop punching me in the face!”

“Iacon. The trai- Where’s the train?!”

“Relax! Ok here it comes. Aaaaand there it goes. Ok I was wrong about that it was going the other way-“

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH”

Oh yeah Chapter 2! Next chapter will be released on Tuesday so in 4 days

[sillygoofyqueer]

I have been summoned by the newest chapter of losing hope :3

Not much happened but I’m taking this as a “I will give you fluff both after and before things go to shit”

Jingyi being Jin Ling’s reluctant friend is honestly pretty hilarious and I can’t wait to see those two start to get close because I feel like that’ll be like “I hate this person with every fiber of my being but if you make him cry there will be nobody searching for your body and no body to find either.” Especially after they realize the type of environment he was in his entire life in comparison to their childhoods. They’re goofy and I love ‘em.

Wangxian being shameless is always amazing (love that it’s LWJ doing it too!) but Wwx missing his sword. Jesus, that made me sad. It’d be interesting to see how suibian communicates with Wwx because in canon we know that the swords have spirits but that’s never really expanded upon. Especially since suibian sealed itself. It’d be nice to see them communicating with their weapons (also imagine suibian mother henning Wwx? Or even Wwx thinking of suibian as a sibling/parental figure? The angst for that would be great especially combined with the scene of Wwx giving away his golden core. Both of them would know Wwx would never be able to properly use suibian again and wow that would hurt. Also I’d imagine since Jiang cheng can also use suibian, suibian does care for him much like Wwx but also it’d be funny if it didn’t particularly like him. Like, the entire time Jiang cheng uses suibian it is fluently cursing at him.)

Jingyi picking up on LWJ pining/flirting is very funny but probably not as funny as it will be when sizhui realizes that A) they’ve both been pining for each other for almost two decades B) 100% they are not in a relationship even if they’re totally shameless with each other and C) they both SOMEHOW have NO IDEA that the other likes them back. The facepalm when that realization sinks in will be funny :3

As always fuck JGY.

Also as always, your writing is amazing four and I wish I could give you more Kudos <3333

Remember to take care of yourself and take breaks!

Just...just picture me holding you close right now. That's it, that's the sentence.

Now, I don't know what you meeeaaaan, there is barely any angst in my fic whatsoever and there will never be anymore angst-...*checks timeline doc*....for nowwww....In all seriousness though, I can't actually remember/decide if there will be any angst next chapter, but oh boy if there was wouldn't that be silly. Wouldn't that be sooo goofy? Guess we'll never ever ever EVER know. I was feeling soft and silly, and this was more of a filler chapter, so I was like, "fluff be upon ye" I guess.

Jingyi and Jin Ling are going to have a very interesting friendship - Jin Ling's been raised differently because Wei Wuxian has kind of been a part of his childhood, so I wonder if that will affect how he builds/views relationships with other people - what do you MEAN I can't foreshadow in my post, who said that?! Anyway, I can't wait to think about it from Lan Sizhui's perspective; dude feels bad for Jin Ling because it is OBVIOUS that this poor guy does not know how to talk to people and if he is befriending what everyone labels as a dangerous criminal, then he is in severe need of friendship. Then there's Jingyi in the background, barking like a chihuahua every time Jin Ling does something that the Lan doesn't like until they devolve into fighting.

Ever since I learned about sword spirits, I've always wondered how Suibian would interact with Wei Wuxian and how they work together. I read one too many SVSSS fics where sword spirits hold a big value in them and it was all downhill from there. Think about it - Wei Wuxian had a lot of people who knew him in Lotus Pier, but he was never truly vulnerable with anyone (except maybe Jiang Yanli, but even then, it wasn't much) because he didn't want to sound ungrateful. So, imagine a Wei Wuxian who found solace in ranting to Suibian. Now imagine a Suibian listening and soothing in their own way. You see my vision, right? Imagine losing that when he needed it the most, during the Burial Mounds. Imagine finally being able to get it back after years of unforgettable trauma and torture, when he desperately needs someone he can rely on without second guessing everything to do with human duality. That doesn't exist with a sword spirit - Suibian just cares.

[tokiro07]

Undead Unluck ch.234 thoughts

[Cause Surgery is What She Needs]

(Topics: thematic analysis - Friendship/Effort/love/memories)

It's come to my attention that my very funny Kendrick Lamar joke from last week's review was NOT, in fact, something that any given hip-hop fan would know, and is instead a VERY deep cut that I just happened to learn about from some kind of superfan mere days before writing it

With this knowledge, I have decided that I will not be changing my approach to titling these reviews and will continue to make jokes that probably only appeal to me and are completely lost on most if not all of my readers

Thank you for your understanding (or lack thereof, I suppose), on with the real review

No Time For Tears

While last week ended with a look of fear and preemptive grief on Andy's face, I should have known that he'd get over the initial shock of Fuuko's request pretty fast

We were expecting a tearful and reluctant assisted suicide like with Shen and Mui from the Summer fight, but this stage of the story is meant to be triumphant, and Andy's always been the type to implement wild and rash strategies while having faith that either they or their friends would make things work out. Not only would it be hypocritical of him to not let someone else pull the same stunt, it would also be out of character for him not to take the more constructive path of moving forward with the hand he's been dealt

And of course, Nico and the rest of the Union agree: if you have a good hand, you should go all in

With Our Powers Combined

In true Undead Unluck fashion, the solution is for everyone to band together and use the results of their own struggles to coordinate with each other, a beautiful example of both Friendship and Effort!

I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the processes for how everyone's powers evolved, like Ichico being able to externalize Unsleep and Tatiana apparently learning how to bring other people into the perimeter of Untouchable, but that's honestly really besides the point. What matters is that no one is willing to sacrifice Fuuko, and everyone immediately knows how best they can contribute to saving her

The image of Fuuko being put under for the operation, surrounded by some of the members of the cast that mean the most to her and the narrative as she muses about how lucky she is to have met them all is such a beautiful way to summarize the relationships that Fuuko has cultivated over the course of the series. Andy as her lover, Gina as her first and best friend, Nico as the first member of her Union, and Latla standing in for Rip since he has another task and can't be around to risk activating Unrepair during the surgery; even with only those four (and Bunny just off-screen) present, the depth of the love that Fuuko has for everyone and vice versa is beautifully illustrated

Though Fuuko obviously survived the surgery, the fact that she's literally on an operating table surrounded by her loved ones brings to mind Andy's image of his ideal death. As you may recall, when Lucy asks Andy about his dreams, he thinks back to the death of Ash's wife, who died of old age surrounded by her husband, child and grandchild. This is the result of the Greatest Life, the Greatest Death, that Undead Unluck has been building up for the entire series, and though we likely won't see Fuuko actually die, this scene is proof enough that Fuuko has successfully lived the Greatest Life ever

And it's because she's lived such a great life, so full of love and memories, that Fuuko is the best choice to hold The Heart

That's the Power of Love

I can't imagine it's been lost on anyone by this point that one's accumulated love being the cost to use The Heart is a direct evolution of Unluck's power being proportional to likability. Since The Heart is basically an Unluck bomb, there was never going to be any other fuel source for it than the user's feelings of love

This is of course another cruel trick in The Heart's design, as not only is the user liable to die either by accident from their own Unluck or by their own hand out of despair, but Unluck itself makes finding love extremely difficult, for reasons I don't feel I need to explain. Luna wasn't kidding when she said she never expected Fuuko to last this long, she designed The Heart to be a nearly impossible achievement that requires perfect play to unlock the True Ending

But despite being Unluck, Fuuko was lucky. Lucky to meet Andy, lucky to make so many friends, lucky to be alive. Fuuko not only found love and carried The Heart all the way to the end, she amassed love all around her. Not only did she find a lover, she made friends, inspired followers, and even reformed enemies. The love she gives and receives is boundless and all-encompassing, in such a way that not only is unprecedented for all previous holders of The Heart, but any Negator in any loop. As a consequence, The Heart will not only work how Luna designed it, but it will certainly be more potent than Luna ever envisioned it to be

She was surprised when Juiz and Victor managed to pour enough hatred into Rebellion to hold off Sun for a few minutes specifically because she couldn't understand the feelings that motivated them. Luna knows what love is conceptually, but she has no metric for what it allows one to be capable of

Still, it's appropriate that Luna made The Heart the most important of the Sacred Treasures, as that works much better for the series' themes. While hatred is a strong motivator and certainly has its place, love will always bring out so much more from people than hate ever could. The hatred that the Negators feel for Sun motivates them to oppose him, but the love they feel for each other motivates them to continue no matter what he throws at them

Juiz and Victor didn't live through 456 billion years of suffering to spite Sun, they did it because they wanted to be together. Rip and Latla didn't become villains because they resented non-Negators, they did it because they wanted to save Leila

Shen initially lived to get revenge on Feng, but only became strong enough to defeat him once he realized his life would be better spent dedicated to loving Mui. L101 Top rejected other people because he felt like society abandoned him and his mom, but was able to master Unstoppable once he committed to fighting at Haruka's side

Love has always been and will always be the best source of strength in UU, and has carried every single Negator through the torments that God has put them through. Even before Fuuko met Andy, though she didn't know it, she was saved by mutual love: the love that she felt for Anno Un's "To You, From Me," written to thank Andy and Fuuko for inspiring Akira to continue living

Paying It Forward

This is actually the third time now that Akira has personally saved Fuuko's life. First with You-Me keeping her alive long enough to meet Andy, then by training up Andy to save her from Sean's assassination attempt, and now by using Life is Strange to heal her damaged heart. As Tozuka's self-insert, it only makes sense that Akira so regularly bails Fuuko out of the jams that Tozuka forces her into, but Akira also serves as the first domino in a long chain that ultimately allows everyone to find their happy endings

Obviously Akira saving Fuuko is what allowed her to save everyone in L101, but the web is much more complicated than that. The use of Life is Strange, for example, creates a beautiful symmetry in the narrative across a significant chunk of the cast:

First, Andy destroys Rip's heart, prompting Feng to use LiS to make both Rip and himself younger

Then, Akira uses LiS to make Rip an adult again at the cost of his avatar, Anno Un, the only thing allowing him to interact with others

Now, Rip knows both that LiS can be used to reverse aging and heart damage, and that Akira is able to recreate it with G Liner

Seeing that Fuuko is going to lose her heart, Rip uses everything he's learned to repay Fuuko's kindness by enlisting their mutual savior and to repay Feng by letting his son, Shen, reap the benefits of the de-aging

Every one of these characters is connected through each other, and by helping any one of them, they help all of them. The love they feel for each other only begets more love in a cycle that can last forever, as evidenced by Victor and Andy being willing to wait eons to see Juiz and Fuuko again respectively

This in turn is why we know there's nothing to fear from The Heart or its cost: as Andy says, so long as Fuuko's alive, they can keep making new memories

Thanks For the Memories

When Luna presented the cost of The Heart, it carried the reverse implication of the sentiment that people won't die as long you don't forget them: that people will die if you do forget them

The life that Fuuko shared with Andy and the rest of the Union would become ammunition for The Heart and be used up, and though everyone else would remember, Fuuko would not, effectively killing her from everyone else's perspective. Or at least, that's what Luna thought would happen

Instead, it is everyone else's love and memories that keep Fuuko alive, as everyone will share and reciprocate the love that she showed them even when they had all forgotten her. We spent all of L101 exploring what it means to lose one's memories, what effect it has on a person and how it changes them, and we know that the Fuuko we know and love won't be gone: she'll simply become the Fuuko that we don't know, yet do know

We know how easily she makes friends, how much she cares for everyone around her and can become endeared to them. That's the very reason that Fuuko was the ideal wielder of The Heart in the first place, does Luna really think that she won't be able to regain anything that she'd lose to it?

And that's all assuming that Andy doesn't figure out how to externalize Undead to fix it. Like we said, death to him is forgetting, and if Fuuko forgets him, then in a way, doesn't he die? I know I said this all last week and it didn't pan out, but I really think I'm onto something this time

As usual, though, even if I'm wrong, this chapter proved that what Tozuka gives us is always better than what I can envision, so I know that even if Fuuko never regains her memories, the new ones will absolutely floor me

With that in mind, I considered speculating on the specifics of The Heart's Unluck and its aftermath, how it would incorporate Ruin and the implications victory would have for humanity and the Rules, but...I think I'm just going to cut it off here this time. The final battle is ostensibly set to end in two more chapters, with everything afterwards presumably being falling action, so instead of constructing a grand idea of what might happen and inevitably being wrong, I think at this point I'm content to just relax and enjoy the ride without trying to look too far ahead

Even if it turns out my ideas are right, at the moment I don't feel the need to be able to declare "I called it!!!" I think I'd rather just be satisfied that Tozuka was able to guide me to the end than be petty and brag about being his smartest fan, which is...honestly really impressive growth for me. We've spent so long worrying about what would be cut and what would make it in that at this point I just want to enjoy the story for what it is, not what it could have been

So as always:

Until next time, let's enjoy life!

[ladylooch]

I know it’s not kid au day BUT I need a smut on Lucie and Connor like even tho they are parents they are still a young sexy couple who I can only imagine what gets down in their room when their babies are asleep

🤭😈

You can save this for Thursday just mainly needed you to know how desperately I need a smut of these too doing v raunchy things

A/N: Idk what it is about writing smut in public but I always seem to do my best work there 😂😘

Enjoy Connor Wood and his skilled hips and strength, bbys!

In the middle of the Swiss summer, the only sounds between Lucie and Connor are the crunching of their hiking boots on the gravel trail beneath their boots. They work their way up a little hill on the trail, working at a perfect pace together. Lucie is in front, leading the way as Connor trails behind to be sure to not rush them forward. At times, Lucie has gotten frustrated with Connor for pushing the pace faster than she wants to go. Their compromise is Lucie leads. 

Connor doesn’t mind. The view is great. And he is not talking about the Swiss mountain range. 

Today, Lucie is wearing light pink spandex shorts that lift and cup her cheeks perfect. Her post-baby body is full of curves in all the right places. He loves how soft and strong her body has become from carrying their babies. Over the years, she has stopped her frantic running fueled by the anxiety of college and being a young mom, instead moving her focus to core strength and flexibility. He loves her body in all ways, but he would be lying if he didn’t say this version of her is his favorite. He gets to kiss all the permanent changes to her from being pregnant with his babies. The thought of doing that right now, when she is sweaty and alive from the Swiss mountain air she knows well has him stirring in his shorts. 

“You doing okay back there?” Lucie asks. “We can slow down if you need, cap.”

“Funny.” Connor laughs. “I’m good.” He murmurs, licking his lips. “Would be better if that ass didn’t look so damn good in those shorts tho.” Lucie whips her head around, her long brown pony tail swinging. She wears a navy Yankees hat on her head, but her brown lock flow down, covering her back tattoo completely. He reaches forward, grabbing her pony tail and gently pulling her to a stop, then into his chest. Her ass cheeks press against his half hard cock. Lucie rolls her ass cheeks against him, awakening him fully. 

“You brave enough?” 

“For what?”

“To bend me over a rock off the trail?”

“Isn’t that how people die?” Lucie laughs. 

“Would it be worth it?”

“Yeah.” He smirks, then leans down to kiss her. 

The entire hour they have been on the trail, they have only passed four people. It’s the middle of a work day. Their chances of getting caught are slim. Connor opens his eyes while he continues kissing his wife, scanning for an area. He finds one that looks relatively clear for them to get to, but enough off the path that people wouldn’t be able to see them. He pulls back from her, then starts leading the way. He helps create a path for Lucie to follow through the overgrown brush behind him. Then turns to pin her against a thick tree that will hide them for the most part.

Lucie giggles into his mouth as he kisses her harder and wetter. Their tongues collide while he gropes her left breast. 

“Baby.” He moans, between smooches. “Your tits are huge today.”

“I know. I even pumped before we left.” He pressed his lips all over her tight skin, then runs his tongue along the collection of sweat on her swells. She tastes salty and sexy. He closes his eyes again and it’s almost like he is back with her in Mexico, years ago, tasting the salt still clinging to her skin from the Gulf.  So much has changed between them since that first time they touched each other, but not how much Connor craves this beautiful girl in his hands. He’s still as obsessed with her now as he was then. That will never change. Not even after his last breath on this earth.

Connor pulls her sports bra down, exposing her flat nipple. He licks it, watching it harden under his mouth then looks at Lucie for approval. She nods and he pulls it into his mouth, careful not to suck but rub his tongue along it instead. This approach seems to keep him from getting a mouthful of breastmilk. 

She moans, then tugs his hair in warning of a potential let down. He moves to the other one, then does the same thing. This is enough to have Lucie hooking her leg around his thigh, rutting against his cock. He presses his hips forward, increasing the pressure of them together. Lucie groans. Connor reaches for her ass cheeks giving them a tight squeeze.

“This okay with you? Right here?” He asks her.

“Yes. Please. I can’t wait.” He grins at the way her brown eyes melt while she begs for him. 

Lucie pulls back, beginning to shimmy off her shorts. Connor sighs happily, fingers finding her wet folds the moment she lets him see them. His finger prints roll over the swollen bud, working in swift circles. Lucie rests her forehead against his chest while he plays with her. 

“So good.” She moans, a hand coming down to grip the wrist belonging to those skilled fingers. “Stay right there.” 

“Look up at me.” He demands, grabbing her chin. She complies.

He watches every flicker of pleasure there, adjusting his pressure when her knees buckle a bit. He moves his hand from her chin, wrapping it around the small of her back. Just when she is about to climax, he pulls his fingers from her clit, running them to her entrance, feeling how soaked she is. Plenty there for them to get busy. He kneels down, pulling her shorts off her legs completely. He tosses them onto her hiking pack so they stay off the ground, then he wraps his two big hands around her waist, lifting her effortlessly. He presses her upper back against the tree.

“Can you help get me out here?” He smirks at her. She reaches for his hips, pushing his shorts and underwear down. They settle comfortable at his ankles after a little wiggle from him. They both giggle. Then Connor reaches under Lucie’s thigh to situate the head of his cock at her entrance. Lucie takes in a deep breath, then moans through every thick inch of Connor filling her pussy. Connor pauses when he bottoms out. He releases one hand from her ass to cup her cheek, kissing her softly. “You feel so fucking good right now. All mine too.” Lucie grins, biting his bottom lip, then licking the seam of his lips and a bit of his teeth to get into his mouth. 

“Fuck me hard, baby.” She begs him. 

Connor knows exactly what to do. He pumps his muscular thighs and hips as hard as he can. His balls slap against her ass with each stroke, pushing them both closer and closer to where they want to go. If someone is on the trail, neither of them know. Everything is lost except the place they are connecting together.

His cock strokes along her sensitive walls, dragging her orgasm closer and closer. She whimpers, leaning her head back, tilting her face towards the sky. The sun lights up a part of her face as Connor watches her come for him. She sighs his name, reaching up to hold his neck for stability as he finishes himself off with her body. Connor sucks her neck into his mouth as he spills inside of her. Warmth and wet surround his spent cock, feeling like paradise as he kisses his way up her jaw. She turns her face to kiss his lips fully again. Her lips are mused and puffy beneath his mouth.

Connor holds her there, suspended and dripping, until his arms begin to tense in protest. Then he tenderly lowers her back to the ground. He helps her put her feet through the holes of her shorts, then pulls them up her body and back into place. She may be covered again, but everything about her screams just fucked. Good. He wants her that way this trip back home anyway. Lucie wraps her arms around his waist, then rests her cheek against his pec. Connor’s mouth buries into her hat. They both simultaneously take in a big inhale. 

“Love you.” Lucie murmurs.

“Love you.” He responds. 

Another few moments of recovery are necessary, before they head back to the path. Lucie takes the lead again. They start to round their way around the loop and head back towards the parking lot their car awaits for them. Comfortable, loving silence settles back between them as their pace slows even more, both of their legs a little weaker from their orgasms.

They enjoy the comfort of the Swiss wilderness; Their old friend who keeps their sexy secrets year after year.

[whiskeysmulti]

Make A Wish (A KHR Fanfic)

Fandom: KHR Word Count: 1,055 Prompt: Make A Wish Ship: 5927 (Gokudera Hayato/ Sawada Tsunayoshi) Characters: Gokudera Hayato, Sawada Tsunayoshi Event Host: @flufftober

He'd made a wish on a falling star one night. Sawada Tsunayoshi, the loser of the school who didn't have anything going for him, and who felt no one could ever care about, wished on a star for something he never dreamed imaginable. They often warn to always be careful what you wish for because you never know, you just might get it.

"If I wish for anything it's a true friend, someone who understands me, who will accept me and love me just the way I am. Someone who will see past all the no good things in me, someone that I will actually mean something to." Tsuna wished as hard as he could, as deeply as he could draw out his emotions, he wished with all his might and all his heart for only a few simple things, love, acceptance and understanding.

However when you're a teenager those are three of the hardest things to get. But sometimes on rare occasions wishes do come true, on full moon nights on the most magical day of the year when you think your prayers will never be answered, they are and an angel is sent down to you, in the form of a foreign exchange student sent to assassinate to you.

He wasn't what Tsuna expected to be his saving grace, but aside from the gangster attire, the silver hair, the delinquent ways, the bad boy image in general, Gokudera was about to show him sometimes wishes do come true and good things can happen to a typical loser like him.

Yes, Tsuna was and would always be a loser, but that didn't mean he couldn't be loved, that didn't mean his wish couldn't come true. Sometimes it was the person you least expected to be your saving grace that was. Tsuna's knight in shining armor was right there before him this whole time in the form of a delinquent foreign exchange student sent from Italy.

To those who saw them together it wouldn't seem like Gokudera and Tsuna were each other's dream boyfriend, but they were. One rough around the edges and the other so soft that it didn't seem like he even had edges until you pushed him way too far. An odd couple in every way, it wasn't quite believable that they were indeed each other's saving grace, but that's exactly what both boys were to one another.

It was subtle but it was there. Tsuna had never dreamed he'd find true love in an exchange student from Italy but that was exactly what he found. Gokudera had walked into his life in what felt like his darker hour and lit his world up and showed him what devotion, patience, understanding, romance and true love really were like. "It's funny, I never dreamed I'd ever be this lucky in all my life, Gokudera-kun." Tsuna mentioned as they lay on their backs, watching the stars together and just talking for the evening.

"Huh? What do you mean?" He looked at Tsuna as if he'd just grown a second head and any minute now he'd be woken by his alarm for work and told this was indeed just a dream and his wish hadn't come true.

"I have you as a boyfriend." Tsuna blushed and turned away quickly. He realized the weight of what he'd just said and that their relationship had actually been a deeper, stronger devotion than the two boys were able to admit before. The loser of the school had stolen the heart of the popular bad boy and didn't even realize it at first.

Having gotten the guy he'd actually always dreamed of, there wasn't much that Tsuna would have wished for. His wishes he knew were unrealistic deep down because there was no way he would always be able to save his friends no matter how protective he was or how strong he got, pain and fighting were inevitable and you can't protect someone twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week, it's an unachievable dream because it's just a fact, bad things happen and sometimes sadly good people are the victims hurt by it.

He could have wished for fame and wealth, some things many people only dream of in their lifetime, but again for someone like Tsuna those kinds of wishes didn't seem within his grasp, they didn't seem realistic enough to even hope for right now.

But Tsuna also had everything he ever wanted, Gokudera loved him for who he was and stood by his side even when the rest of the world doubted him, even when they pointed out his flaws and called him a loser right in front of the Storm, he still loved Tsuna just the way he was, for who he was and never tried to change him and that was enough for Tsuna to know he was loved and accepted as he was, finally for the first time in his life. Tsuna had wished for just one friend who understood him and he'd gotten that and so much more in Gokudera.

Gently a strong arm pulled Tsuna in close and kissed him deeply. The moment felt right, even if many would frown upon two boys showing each other affection, Tsuna and Gokudera didn't really care, they were content in the moment as Tsuna put his head on Gokudera's chest and pointed to the sky. "A falling star! Make a wish!" He exclaimed excitedly, snuggling into the arms of his boyfriend.

Gokudera however shook his head. There had never really been much in his life that he wished for, always understanding that harsh or not, this was the life he had to live, he had to keep going no matter how bad it got or how little he really had left. Gently he kissed Tsuna again, and held him tighter, it just felt like the right thing to do. But when those brown eyes looked so curiously at him, he knew whatever the question was that was coming, he wouldn't be able to lie to him about it.

"What did you wish for, Gokudera-kun?" Tsuna asked, curious what Gokudera wanted deep down and found himself a little shocked and red in the face when the answer came so simply and plainly.

"Nothin'. 'Cause I already have everything I wanted in you."

[ottoslab]

not to be extremely predictable abt the characters i ask abt but do you imagine any of the p7 are still around during or right before the future au? i know they are. Old. but i always am fond of the concept of like the old folks helping out at the camp after pn2.

Im always so very tossed up about how and If the p7 are still around during the aac timeline . But for the sake of “it would be funny if,” I will simply say they Are. (And ramble more about the thoughts ive had about a couple that might Not be and Why under a cut bc its kind of depressing)

Otto will never die and will never leave the Motherlobe much to Hollis and Truman’s dismay. The older he gets the more powerful he gets. He continues to contribute, arguably with increasing efficiency, but as each year passes he gets less and less concerned about getting caught doing things outside of the parameters of Psychonauts rules. “What are you gonna do? Fire me? Lmao” *goes back to working on his death beam that he just made because it was funny.*

I have this hc that at some point Sam makes it her mission to renovate the Lumberstack Diner as the Questionable Area? becomes more profitable over the years. And i think Compton working as a cook there would be a nice little job for him to have while in retirement. Cooking is like the one type of stress he can handle i think. Hes so so scared but in the comfort of something familiar so its less likely to cause him to start blowing things up.

Bob and Helmut deserve a nice little retirement home and I think theyre the primary residents of the Gulch (next to maybe Cassie and Compton?) They supervise (re: sometimes run into and chat with) Raz and his team who have basically taken up their own residence in the Gulch. Perks of being teammates with agent Aquato and Zanotto is that you dont have to resort to dormitories.

I’m not sure what’s up with Cassie! I don’t think she’s doing much either, probably also sticking around the Gulch. Though i think through the support of the others she at least gets Slightly more involved with the Psychonauts or going out into towns to do book signings so that she doesn’t become a complete and total recluse again.

I think Ford and Lucy are out traveling a lot while they’ve still got the time to. Making up for a whole lotta lost time n all that, giving each other time to talk and jazz. They’re not around a lot but they visit often!

Ok. And a very specific less sweet outcome for Ford and Lucy under the cut

When i run through which characters it would be like. Narratively “Best” to have passed away around the AAC timeline, my mind always immediately jumps to these two. Like obviously I think some characters would be more likely to have died before them (looking at you my friend Bob) or ones that could be more impactful in other directions (Cassie and Compton having to learn to exist without one another) but considering their last narrative experiences in Pn2 was finding each other again for the first time in years, it feels like any of those four (Bob, Helmut, Cassie, Compton) passing away would just be a disservice to prior storytelling. And Otto will never die, as I’ve said, so don’t even worry about him <3

I just think a lot about a story in which Ford and Lucy pass on before Raz can ever really reconcile any of his issues he had with either of them. A story in which he’s happy to see them getting along and traveling together, but every time they leave he holds his breath and counts down the days until they make it back and he can guarantee they’re still alive and he goes “This time, this time I’ll say something,” and then he doesn’t because how do you even bring up that conversation after all this time.

And then eventually they pass and it’s almost poetic, really, going at around the same time. But he never got to say anything to them, never got to reconcile and barely got a goodbye. And now he has to learn how to deal with that. How to deal with the fact that they’re still everywhere, in True Psychic Tales issues, on murals, on old pictures, inherently buried in the history of the psychonauts.

And i dont know. I think it’s an interesting story to explore. In a hypothetical real Psychonauts future story, you enter the story with some characters trying to question Raz about something theyre worried about that he always cuts off or dodges before you get to hear, but the lack of any mention of Ford or Lucy is so absent that it’s palpable. Stuff like that.

[nikofortuna]

JTTW Chapter 13 Thoughts

Chapter 13 for the @journeythroughjourneytothewest Reading Group! Very nature heavy this time!

On the title of the chapter while “detain” works well enough since they do hold up Tang Sanzang for a little bit, I prefer the other translations going with “entertains” for the J.F. Jenner translation and roughly translated “cares for” for the German one.

Tang Sanzang really enjoys making vows doesn’t he. I hope this won’t come back to bite him later.

Since they get mentioned multiple times this chapter and I already figured out that flowers in this story may not be arbitrarily chosen I looked into the Chinese flower language of chrysanthemums! These lovely flowers.

First up chrysanthemums are Autumn flowers, which tracks perfectly here given that it is late Autumn. Additionally they apparently are the flower of the ninth moon aka ninth month which is the month in which Tang Sanzang departed, so that works exceptionally well too! Also they symbolize longevity, which could tie into the story as well.

Oooh, the travel group is technically comprised of four people currently, which is deliberately mentioned! And it is the fourth night watch when they set off this time as well! Now if that isn’t blatant foreshadowing through the meaning of numbers.

I really love those little details with flower meanings and numerology.

When Tang Sanzang “was so frightened that his spirit left him” everyone who watched so much as a single anime probably had a very specific kind of image in their head for this.

I’d like to draw some attention to the depiction of those yaoguai in how they interact with each other and that they actually left the horse alone. It makes me see them as not really malicious as such, they kind of just treat humans how humans would treat animals and given that they are in part animal, well you can guess how that fits together.

Ah yes, they didn’t eat him because of his nature. And literal plot armour.

At this point I would also like to present the illustration in the German translation this chapter. Particularly focusing on Tang Sanzang, who is tied up like a little package! I don’t know it looks kind of funny to me context aside.

Though it’s also interesting because when you imagine someone tied up you tend to do so like in Westerns for example with the rope tied around the arms and chest in a cylindrical manner and not this net-like manner as depicted here.

Tang Sanzang could really just have told Boqin from the start that he doesn’t eat meat. Though to be fair he likely had a lot going through his head at the time.

Lastly with the deer mentioned I would like to show off this neat info graphic I found on different species of deer! Looking at it I noticed how all the deer in the translation are specifically European deer, so those are definitely not the actual kind of deer!

Subsequently I got curious and checked the Chinese original for some deer. First one is [獐] or Chinese Water Deer! That character is translated as Roe in Google translate, when Musk would at least provide a similar look with their teeth, so I’m happy that Anthony C. Yu chose Musk Deer here.

Then we have [麂], which are indeed Muntjac Deer as the Google translate told me! Turns out what isn’t clear in the info graphic is that there are Muntjac in Europe and Asia! So I find it a bit odd that Anthony C. Yu went with Fallow Deer instead. The J.F. Jenner translation goes with the same translation as Google translate gave me by the way.

The herd of deer later are Water Deer again. The dozen deer mentioned seem to just use the general character for deer, though feel free to correct me if the character [鹿] does mean a specific kind of deer after all.

Also if you are curious what kind of deer meat Boqin ate, it’s Water Deer.

[nyxocity]

So, the button says to ask you anything. I'm going to take that to heart and shoot my shot. My absolute favorite fic of all time is hands down, But Then, My Homework Was Never Quite Like This. In fact, the entire ten fic Homework Verse is something that I have read in its entirety many times over. And as I was late to the fandom, this was the very first J2 fic I ever read. They captured my imagination as they were not perfect people, living perfect lives. They were flawed, and Jensen was broken, and they were willing to make the hard choices, even if it hurt them, and to then do the work to make their relationship last. The way you wove through ten years of their lives, the ups, the downs, and all the incredible everything in-between. Plus, how can you go wrong with George Michael providing the soundtrack to your life? That being said, the actual question. At Jib14, I was absolutely blown away by the below picture.

My first thought was that this is what that Jensen would look like now. As he was giving a lecture to the assembled masses on some new theory he had developed with Jared's assistance. Now, I know that your Jensen did not have a beard, even a neatly trimmed one, but then again, times can change (maybe he lost a bet with the love of his life - who knows). As the 20th anniversary is fast approaching, have you ever considered dropping in on the boys once more? Just a quick peek to see what they've gotten up to since the last time we were able to see them. If you were generous enough to gift us with a long glance, I think that legions of devoted fans would drop to their knees and devote an entire religion to you. I know that sometimes it's best to leave well enough alone. But sometimes, an object in motion tends to stay in motion, and this amazing story has been burning up the fandom for a very long time. Even if it's just an extensive list of all of the amazing sights that they encountered as they traveled around the world, going to one conference after another. Please, take the time to consider, and then do what makes you happy. Thanks!

Hello love! I, too, thought of an older Homework Jensen when I saw that photo! It means so much to me that you love them, and the story, so much. I love those boys. They're very dear and special to me. I get nostalgic and emotional just thinking about them.

I have, in fact, thought about revisiting them. At one point I had a whole story planned, where Chris is throwing them a ten year anniversary party at his club, and Jensen... well, has a public, non-sexual surprise for Jared. Plus bathroom sex, Chad and Misha shenanigans, glimpses at their family members and more.

Sadly, I lost all my notes and the outline for that story when my computer died many years ago. I still remember most of it, though, and have thought, on occasion, about trying to write it. I also had a Christmas story in mind for all four of them sharing a Christmas together.

Honestly I would love to write in that verse again, but sometimes I just feel the story is told. Anything else I write at this point would be purely JUST to revisit them. I also wonder if I could get back to that head space I was in 15+ years ago. Isn't it funny to wonder if you could still write your own characters?

So I'm undecided. I would love to, but it would be purely self-indulgent. I'm kind of worried I couldn't find the right voices again, but also curious to see if they're still living in my head.

I will think about, for sure. Maybe I WILL write something for them next year. I'm going to seriously consider it.

Thank you for the ask! And for caring so much about my boys and their story. <333

[bengiyo]

I Told Sunset About You Rewatch Ep 1 Stray Thoughts

We're doing a retrospective for @the-conversation-pod soon, so I want to get a rewatch in (I think this is my sixth) before we record. Figured it might be fun to jot ideas down.

Let me just say that the quality of the opening song still hits like a ton of bricks right as this starts. I had not experienced something like that before.

Telling us from the first scene that it's always been about Oh-aew.

RIP LINE TV. Pour one out.

Thinking about Teh's relationship with his mom this time, she was praising Teh for making it into this school with high marks.

Oh we finally know what MoRaoYuLok means! (We look so funny)

Skyline is just such an affecting song.

I often forget that the first float we saw was with the young actors.

Really like the camera zooming in on Teh after Oh agrees to play Yongjian. We've seen them in frame together for about four minutes of the friendship montage, and now Teh suddenly feels alone.

The tragedy of their breakup hits every time. You can see it coming immediately as soon as Oh is selected and Teh tries his best to support him through the play.

I often think about how Teh wasn't even selected to play a tree in the play.

Oh, Teh, he was always in the wrong when it came to Oh. Oh hoped they could share a passion together and Teh only saw someone stepping on his dream.

Hello again, Tuty the Homophobic Dog.

Oh, Teh, why do you have to get salty about your mom praising your brother for being able to help you afford school?

Tarn, you will regret telling Teh to go after someone else because you don't want him to waste his time waiting for you.

I love the bass beats at the mention of Oh-aew.

Sometimes you briefly forget how beautiful PP Krit is, and then you see him again and you're like, "Right, I didn't imagine that."

Gosh, Teh was always petty.

Very sad foreshadowing about Teh later waking up early to study with Oh.

This whole scene of The deciding to mess with his hair is almost Japanese in styling. It's rare in Thai shows where they hold a shot and let the actors enter and exit the frame, trusting the audience to remember where things are.

Lol, Teh is so embarrassing sometimes. Even the teacher had to call him out about the hair.

I'm still fond of Khunpol's acting as Bas after all this time. He was new to Nadao at the time and was very nervous to work so closely with PP.

He's always good at saying things to hurt Oh, but then instantly regrets it.

Oh, Bas. If it could have been you it would have been you so easily.

I sometimes wish we'd dug more into Oh's family relationship, because it feels like Teh often said things that reminded Oh of his dad.

Truly this is a beautiful shot of all of MoRaoYuLok together. Teh positioned between Bas and Oh is exquisite.

The score for this show really is just so fantastic. Underlines every moment beautifully.

Billkin is really beautiful when he has to show sympathy for PP's character crying.

PP's legs? Undefeated. Closest challenger was Todd Techit.

Goddamn these two make each other ugly cry so easily. Even on this gorgeous beach!

Poor Bas. He noticed so early.

Oh always cuts to the emotional core of their problems.

Billkin's eyebrows are doing so much work.

Ending on what Teh might say to Oh from the interview and having him not exactly say those things to Oh? Crushing.

Ke Yi Ma? Ke Yi.

Billkin singing Skyline just blasts you at the end. My goodness.

Something that still surprises me each time I come back to this is how much these boys cry at each other about each other. Normally you'd expect some kind of machismo or gender dynamic where one of them is maybe stoic, but no, these two know each other too well for that. Their relationship just feels so huge. Really the only other two characters that have close to this feeling are Pat and Pran, and Our Song explicitly asks if it's okay if they're not as huge as something like this.

[bird-inatrashcan]

Yknow what? I'm gonna start giving behind the scenes comments on All That Rises. Because ... well, because I want to, pretty much! I put a lot of thought into this story and I'm not sure anyone could catch all of it, and I would love to talk about my own stuff at length.

So now I'm going to!

Starting off with the newest chapter, chapter 98, "an interlude". This one has a lot of unspoken details, most future commentary logs will likely not be this long.

(Or maybe they will. I like to ramble)

This chapter was written to follow up on a couple of things before we leave the resistance for good, and to show that any previous crumbs were not just random. The monopoly scene was added last and was pretty much just there to help with the pacing, though the core thing I wanted to get across was the absence of Infinite, and how people (in this case Vector) has come to expect seeing him around.

This interlude was actually written much later than the upcoming few chapters! I put it in now to not jump too much in time. In an ideal world, I would have put it right after the meeting. If I ever were to tidy this story up, I'd probably reshuffle it. But as this is published chapter by chapter, that ship has sailed. But I feel like right as Infinite leaves works well too.

Going scene by scene!

First off, the scene with Knuckles. This is following up on something that at least one person has expressed confusion about previously. I'm probably never going to fully explain this one honestly, but I'll keep adding hints and the detectives out there might be able to piece it together. It's simultaneously a genuine headcanon hill I will die on, and also a long-running slightly meta-level joke that might not be funny to anyone else but me. I am my own target audience.

Rouge has her own reasons for interfering, but also she's nosy as hell and she does, deep down, care about Knuckles. She also happens to think he sucks. These can coexist.

Second off, the monopoly scene! I adore how this one turned out, we're already off to a great start with Vector trying to parent but absolutely Not leading by example. He's trying his best. I love him.

Team comp! While I think Vector's characterization in Sonic X is Pretty Crap most of the time, I do like the idea of him (a little more subtly) trying to play matchmaker. He's a detective, after all. He notices these things. I actually started putting them in teams because I forgot you can be more than four people to Monopoly, but then I realized this actually works even better for this angle.

Rouge and Shadow can't be on the same team because someone has to babysit Omega to make sure he doesn't kill anyone. Although I do think Vector could placate him (he doesn't care about winning the game that much) and Charmy would probably also be fine, seeing as they both are ruthless in their efforts to Win the Game, but Shadow is assuming that Vex and Charmy are going to be on the same team, which leaves Knuckles, who would a hundred percent get in a fight with Omega about which properties to buy and they're both willing to throw hands about it. Shadow chose Omega's team because he does not want to play with Knuckles.

Rouge also doesn't want to play with Knuckles. Not only does she think he sucks just like in general, but he's also bad at the game, and Rouge likes winning. The idea of her teaming up with Charmy came as a direct result of me realizing that she absolutely would and I am obsessed. Those two should absolutely hang out. I don't know if Rouge is what is strictly considered good with kids, but she definitely likes them, and I could imagine her finding Charmy absolutely delightful. Crime baby. Teach him to steal. I bet they cheat like there's no tomorrow.

That leaves Knuckles and Vector! Which is another fun mix. I never played Knuckles' Chaotix but I like the idea that they're friends :> They are. Going to lose. Knuckles is bad at strategizing and Vector is too nice to win at monopoly.

Googling how many players monopoly lead me down another rabbit hole though, regarding the monopoly pieces (or 'tokens' as they are apparently actually called) and I had no choice but to incorporate my newfound knowledge into the story. Shadow likes the top hat because it's one of the few original pieces that still remain. I'm a bit wishy-washy on the exact timeline of things because it frankly is just not important, but I usually imagine Shadow's quote-unquote "childhood"-slash-his-first-go-at-life to take place around 1950-60, as that would be fifty-ish years before the debut of the games where his main story unfolds. In either case, I chose the top hat because I knew for Sure that that one has been around the whole time. The battleship is also an OG piece, but with Shadow's whole anti-military backstory, I could imagine it's not his favorite. But it's still traditional! He'll accept it.

Knuckles wants the race car because when push comes to shove he's still a 16-year old boy and thinks race cars are cool. I did briefly consider if he was maybe not a cars person, what with his whole upbringing and love for nature, but yknow what. He's in Riders. He knows race cars are cool.

Charmy also wants to be the race car because he's seven years old and also thinks race cars are cool as hell. Omega wants to be the battleship because he likes guns. Whatever piece Rouge and Charmy end up with is left up to the imagination, partially because I didn't necessarily want to pin this story down to take place in a particular monopoly era and partially because I've already put enough thought into this to qualify me for an as of yet undiscovered diagnosis to add to the pile ... but if it's the edition with the t-rex, Charmy will want the t-rex. Just based on vibes, I could imagine Rouge being partial to the scottie dog. I don't know if Espio has a preference. If he does, he's probably too cool to show it. Silver will probably want to be the cat.

Speaking of Silver - the final scene! This was mostly a followup to the thing with Espio being invisible while looking after Infinite. I didn't have a proper way to implement the explanation, but I thought getting Silver's word that there has to be one would be a decent compromise. I decided to add a bit of insight into Silver's current state because with Infinite as our point of view character, Silver isn't generally shown at his most vulnerable. And also because I love him. ;_;

For this story, I imagine Silver mainly remembers whichever timeline he's currently in, with other timelines feeling more like well-remembered dreams. The main exception is the '06 timeline, which has been almost completely erased from his conscious memory - though seeing as it is his original timeline, it still lingers. All Silver knows is that he has memories he's not sure where came from, and so he chalks it up to being probably just some alternate timeline or other that he doesn't remember so well. In reality, it's just the one.

[kyurume]

i love you. (even if i lose you.)

channel 2: a hot flame put out by its' own melted wax.

wc: 1.4k+

warning(s): swearing, mentions of being burnt out, crazy ass dude jumps from a balcony, and you wanting to jump off a bridge

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oh.

it seems like they were busy, you were hearing what soobin usually talk about with you. anime, manga and others. you only have interest in those things because of him, so you look pretty dumb compared to alice, so before class ends, you try and join the conversation, with a funny video.

"i heard you were talking about jujutsu kaisen! i like it too, i've see this video and i want you to watch it since it's really funny."

'great introduction. that was awkward, ugh, i wanna jump off a bridge right about now.' your own voice in your head reacts to your actions, you feel really stupid, but you show them a video about gojo satoru being trapped in the cube, and someone cosplaying him, on vacation with the caption, 'pov: gojo in that cube'

"haha! that's so funny, but no spoilers! maybe someone that hadn't read as far would hear."

alice giggles, you could feel a stare burning a hole into your back, so you ignored it. maybe it was one of the girls who were obsessed with soobin, or something. your conversation ends with you and soobin exchanging numbers with alice. you had made a friend today, like you always did. you returned to your seat, next to a sleeping beomgyu, his eyes shut, his breathing slow, and his messed up hair shines in the sunlight. in this angle, anyone could fall for him. if you hadn't met soobin first, you would've liked beomgyu.

'what kind of thoughts am i thinking? snap out of it.'

you shook your head side to side, as if it would get the thought out of your head. the class ends with all four of you walking home, it turns out, alice lived near soobin, so they had to walk together, you were sad that you four couldn't even walk home together, since alice was so nice.

"you done ignoring me for a day?"

beomgyu ruffles your hair so hard, it hurt your hair's roots.

"your hair is so funny-looking, if i look at you, i might get a brain aneurysm because i'm laughing so hard."

you turn away to chuckle a little, then beomgyu stops, and puts his hand on your shoulder and turns you around.

"look at me."

you look at him, his hair, his face, his matured figure. he's grown so much. you hated how handsome he grew up to be, how you can't even laugh at some of his jokes because his smile is so blinding. it felt as if you were cheating on soobin, but your crush on him isn't gonna stop you from hanging out with beomgyu.

".. i'm looking..?"

you look confused, tilting your head, but beomgyu just grabs your hand, and drags you to your house.

"just.. forget it."

he heads to his own home, completely forgetting that you two are neighbors, so he hurriedly enters his house once you make eye contact from his front yard.

'.. weirdo.' he was being a little weird today..

you closed your front door, and turned on all the lights. it was quiet, only the buzzing of the lightbulbs and the air conditioning can be heard, your mom left you a note on the dining table's vase that reads,

'your dad and i are staying overtime at work. we're not coming home until tomorrow, and there's rice in the rice cooker, and instant noodles in the cupboards.

love, mom.'

well, you're home alone now. you head upstairs, the dark hallways of the upstairs used to scare you, you always thought someone watched you, so you ran quickly to your room. your life is not what it used to be, actually. you imagine it to be a fun shoujo-slice of life manga, just so you could escape the reality. your house, that used to be a home, is almost always empty, with only you inhabiting it. your 'popularity'? gone like the winter. nothing lasts forever, and those happy times ended for you.

it's as if heaven has abandoned you.

you went to your room, skipping dinner to read more online novels and manga. your only paradise, you've been so immersed in this colorful, but black and white world, with tacky fonts and careful strokes of an ink pen. it's wonderful. and you wished you could live in it.

you hear a tap at your balcony's sliding glass doors.

you opened the curtains, to see beomgyu, on his own room's balcony, right in front of your own, throwing tiny pebbles at the glass.

"dude, stop, you're gonna break it."

you sigh, as you crossed your arms and looked at him with a blank look, while he has a smug smile on his face, his sliding door was open, and the night's wind flows into his room, making the curtains float, and the bright light from his computer monitor shows that he just got off a game.

"i just stopped."

he leans his elbow on the railing, and leans his cheek on his palm, as he looks directly at you. the moonlight shines on his shittily dyed hair, and on his smooth skin.

"i know. and what's going on? what possessed you to throw rocks at my glass doors?"

you put your hands on your hips, raising one eyebrow, intentionally looking goofy, so it doesn't get awkward. he responds, sort of muffled due to him leaning his cheek on his hand.

"you looked sad. and lonely. can i come over?"

he looked at you with a sarcastic cute pout and puppy eyes.

"of course you can, you can just jump from your balcony to mine. i'm kidding, of course you can'—"

you were absolutely fucking wrong. he jumped.

.

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and landed. on your balcony.

quite a success, you would admit.

"god fucking damn it, choi beomgyu!"

you punch his shoulder, when he got up. your heart almost jumped out of its' position and to your throat. he really is a crazy idiot.

your night ends with you being lulled to sleep by beomgyu's crappy lullaby.

-

six months pass. half a year in third year, alice was your good ol' buddy for makeup and skincare tips, you've grown close, like siblings. beomgyu's grades improved from line of 8 to line of 9. soobin was happy that his friend group had one more member, and he looked more handsome when he smiled, so you barely felt jealous of him and alice's nerdy conversations. you? nothing changed. you may have gotten a little more good-looking and brighter thanks to alice, but nothing else has changed. but you four have been walking to school very often!

but as we know, not everything lasts forever.

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"i think like soobin, (yn)."

alice was sitting next to you for lunch, the boys were absent, soobin was taking care of a sick beomgyu, and got sick too, so it's just you and alice. you opened your carton of chocolate milk, and placed your tray on the canteen table. students, walking to and from the canteen's food stall, the students enjoying their meals, and some gossiping.. it was an ordinary day for everyone. but for you...?

"oh.. congrats! i'll cheer for you."

you smiled. you knew this would happen, but you completely forgot that alice can like whoever she wanted. your heart broke into tiny pieces, but you picked the shattered pieces and put it back together again, and you managed to smile for alice. you're a bad friend if you bring your friend down, right?

... even if you get hurt, you still want her to be happy.. right?

-

the school day ends, you sloppily walk home, alone. even though alice offered you a walk home, you saved her the trouble of walking you home, since her house is already far enough.

you slammed your front door shut, the house still empty and dark and you're still skipping dinner, as usual. you go to your room, drop your bag on the floor, and just sob. sob like your neighbors and beomgyu didn't hear you. you didn't care if someone sent a noise complaint, you just wanted to cry. you slept with your school uniform on that night.

you woke up. eyelids puffy, and you were late to school. it was 11:30 am, almost lunch time. you made yourself some egg and toast. you managed to brush your hair to be not as messy and stuffed the disgustingly plain breakfast down your throat, and ran to school, your hair messed up again.

you pat down your hair, as you walked into your classroom, your uniform a mess, there were whispers in the classroom, people asked what was wrong, and the teacher just lets you sit down and continues the lesson. you sigh.

you're not actually the you in your daydreams. your life isn't perfect, no one cared about you, you weren't actually the sun to their earth, you were just a speck of dust on an unidentified planet.

your life isn't as well played out as it used to be.

a burnt out candle, its' hot flame put out by its' own melted wax.

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notes:

that's crazy bro. writing this feels like my entire phone is on fire

[starlazergazer]

Hii!! I’m the anon who asked if u had an ao3, and I’m sooo glad I can have all your fics in one PDF thank u so much 🙏 I can quickly pressed the download button so fast. youre genuinely one of my fav anakin fic writers in the entire galaxy (far far away). Your writing is so so gorgeous and complex, and it just feels soooo real—how each person has their own depth—so much thought is put into every word and how it’s framed.

I just read your latest fic, Separated, and my god I SOBBED. It was SO good. I was listening to sad songs too, to get more into the mood, and it made me cry even harder. My heart just dropped out of my body when Reader and Anakin were saying their last words towards each other through the call: they were so emotionally close but so physically far from each other. How they were imagining a different life where everything was more softer and happier, that living handle their souls more gently, when in reality one was killing her, and the other was walking towards a path of destruction? AARAAGGH IM GOING CRAZY WITH YOUR WRITING (COMPLIMENT). I can’t wait to see the second part and how you plan to execute the follow up.

Btw. Do you have any tips on how you can finish writing stories? You write so much and it’s all such high quality. How do you do it? I have so many ideas but I never actually commit to it. I have this idea where Reader is also on par with Anakin’s skills as a mechanic except she gets extreme motion sickness, which I think would be so funny considering she’s good at building ships but not flying them.

(I really hope you’re okay with me posting this I know your first message was sent anonymously so I wasn’t sure but if you’re not definitely just let me know and I’ll get rid of it) but Oh my god I sobbed reading this 😭. Genuinely this is the biggest compliment I’ve ever received and it means so much to me I’m positively overflowing right now and a little upset I cannot find the words to properly express how much this means to me. I already go back through some of the messages Ive received periodically as a little pick-me-up but I already know this one will be revisited weekly it just means so much to me the way you’ve picked up on everything I’ve tried so hard to do well in my writing making the dialog and situations and characters feel real and complex and messy ugghhhhh I love you so much this means the world 🫶🏻

As far as writing tips for finishing stories I have many cause it’s definitely something I struggle with all the time lol! I’d say the biggest thing for me is to focus on just getting something down rather than finishing a certain work. At any one time I have four or five word documents open on my computer because I’m regularly only writing a scene or a piece of dialog or literally just an idea. A lot of the time I get halfway through something and decide I hate it but keep it there anyways. What usually ends up happening though is I take ideas or scenes from all the different pieces and drop them into my “main story” if I think they fit well so it all works out in the end but just writing (even if it’s not related even remotely to what you feel like you “should” write) is ultimately what’s important.

I also regularly skip around when I’m writing. I find I like writing the big plot points or bits of dialogue the most so a lot of the time I write those first then fill in the gaps later. Finishing a story is a lot less daunting when you already have all of the big pieces in place and just need a few tiny bridges to bring everything together.

Lastly I would say again just get something down on the paper. I’ve written a lot of really bad stuff lol and sometimes I can feel it while I’m writing it and there’s a part of me that wants to just delete it and start over but having the ideas down on the page is always 100% better than having nothing and editing the crap out of what you already have is way easier than starting over from scratch.

Anyways that’s probably way more than what you wanted lol but I really hope it helps! I think just remember this is supposed to be fun, if you’re getting frustration or exasperation out of it more than anything totally feel free to take a step back. I’m known to go MIA for months at a time cause I have periods where I just am not feeling it and forcing myself through it does nothing for anyone.

Seriously though thank you thank you thank you I’m so absolutely overjoyed that you like my writing enough to want to keep it in any form it means the absolute world to me! Also good luck with your potential fic! Tag me if/when you finish it! I’ve been wanting to do a mechanic reader fic forever but never gotten far enough into actually planning it out to start writing anything so I’d love to see your take on it

[itsbaconbits]

Some sketch studies with the TNT Twins! Can you tell I’m obsessed? No? That’s alright, you’ll learn.

This is really fun pose practice, and like uh… consistency for the design. If that makes sense. Idk

And lots of Donnie interactions because Donnie is baby and my favorite so he will just be anywhere and everywhere and ya'll just have to deal with it.

Some additional information under the cut if you’re interested! Lots of it is just random train of thought about the characters, so bear with me, haha.

More on Raphael:

Raphael’s mode of invention is typically in mechanics. He really enjoys woodworking and metalworking. Definitely lives the "duct-tape can fix anything" lifestyle. Has a ‘workshop’ instead of a lab. Builds and crafts a lot of destructive things, but he also enjoys making gifts for his brothers. Only when he sees the need for it- and never when asked to. Knows some tech/coding for the bare basics of it, as it relates to mechanical engineering. But doesn’t enjoy the computer stuff as much as he likes the hands-on work part. Also has knowledge of some 3D modeling programs, which he and Donnie bond over 3D forms.

Raph is still very energetic, passionate, and easily angered. Definitely the most sporty out of the four of them. He also loves motorcycles (of course), and is working on his own custom bike. Other projects he is working on include: shield for Donnie’s back, ‘artillery camera’ (he refuses to expand on the meaning of this), lair defense mechanisms/traps, and a custom gaming controller for Leo. All in various stages. It’s hard for him to focus on only one thing at a time. And he enjoys tearing things apart almost more than putting them together, which often causes problems. 

Keeps his Sai on hand and finds them useful for tearing things apart when ‘on the job’. Although he has been reprimanded for doing so. Might also be working on a Swiss-army knife of sorts but with Kunai and Sai. Still a work in progress. If given the opportunity, he will drop the Sai and simply go ham with his fists.

Aside from his personality, I also just want to point out that the edge of his shell is meant to represent a cog-wheel. Because of the type of materials he works with. And I think it's clever. Raph's design is probably my favorite out of the four, which is saying a lot. Because I love all of them. But I'm just really super happy with how Raph's design came out, and like... how well it fits this character. It just turned out better than I could have imagined it. One of those magical moments, you know?

More on Michelangelo:

Mikey is a huge fan of skateboarding, but that’s as sporty as he gets really. Also a huge animal fan. He’s always finding stray creatures to bring home and nurse back to health. He is also a huge prankster, in the best and worst ways. Likes to keep his family guessing. Acts all secretive on purpose just to confuse and or piss people off (Most specifically, Leo). Psychological warfare is the name of the game for Mikey.

He likes throwing tags around the city, but he only really has his own signature perfected. He wouldn’t call himself an artist. He just learns the basics of things to get done what he wants to do. If he did delve into art, he would probably stick with paints and spray. Loves food and eating, although his brothers would say he has terrible taste. (Think shaggy vibes.)

This kid would literally do anything for his brothers. He pretends not to notice, but he can pick up on vibes pretty well. Knows when others are lying, sad, happy, etc. Which is part of what makes him a great leader. He uses those skills to his advantage to persuade people- a true face man. Nothing really gets under his skin but he is insecure about ONE thing: the markings on the back of his head. Which look like eyes or huge warts. Always wears his mask to cover them. Or a beanie if his mask isn’t available. Often finds funny/silly ways to cover his head if in a scenario without his hats. He’s pretty desperate to keep it hidden.

Mikey still uses the Nunchaku as his favored weapon. He is fast on his feet, but very loosey-goosey with everything. It makes his moves extremely hard to predict, which he likes. And, despite his casual demeanor, he has spent a lot of focus and dedication to the craft. So he’s really proud of his skill. Plus, it’s fun to confuse and startle people when he pulls them out and pretends like he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

On Mikey's design, I am in love with the colors. Covering up the spots on his head was very intentional, but it really is kind of a shame. Because I love how the green spots pop. But I used that same green for Donnie's design to keep things cohesive. I really love the pattern for male Baele Four-Eyed turtles. A sick lil' guy, really.

More on the TNT Twins:

I want to make a separate post for their dynamic specifically, since I don't have my ideas drawn out just yet. But my immediately thoughts where "Dan and Arin from GameGrumps". So you can expect that the next post about these two will reference that. Obviously Mikey embodies Dan and Raph embodies Arin. It's going to be fantastic.

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Lessons Sukuna is such a menace goddamn. This man is out here projecting everything onto a baby 😭. Oh, little Daiki, he's so adorable I love him. He deserves to be around people who love him as he is <3. It's kinda funny to imagine Jogo calling him prince like do the curses fawn over him like royalty. Choso mention!! Yayy i can't wait for that family reunion. Yuuji deserves to meet his big brothers. Yuuji is going to med school that's awesome! He's such a good person. I bet he'd be a great doctor. I love that he's got a life planned out beyond just fighting curses. Sukuna watching Daiki while he's out is sweet but there was no way Sukuna wasn't going to be a bastard about it eventually. At least grandma Kenny was kind this time around. Loved Sukuna missing the brat pestering him. The man really sent his little sidekick away only to learn that he actually likes the thing (a little, maybe). If I were Yuuji and I found out my spouse sent our son out with a dangerous body stealing estranged parent I'd be down a spouse and my garden would be well fertilized. Luckily this time it ended well. Sukuna buddy I thought seeing a little baby who looked like you receiving love would be sweet but clearly I underestimated how much your inner child needs to heal. Aww noo he kicked little Daiki’s section of the garden 😢. At least he tried to fix it up. Yuuji really is such a good husband helping Sukuna with his emotions. Those two together are so beautiful. I do wonder how the hell Daiki is going to turn out his home life is ... very unique. Someday some child psychologist is going to have a field day working with him. There will be books published. I do want Sukuna to have a daughter but I wonder how he'd feel if she was a Tom boy who also didn't want to dress up cute or do her hair. I wonder what Daiki’s relationship with his sibling(s) will be like. I hope he's a good big bro but if there's blatant favoritism that'd definitely cause some resentment. A very nice chapter. Thanks for writing and sharing with us!!

Lesson's Sukuna is a menace as he still the king of curses and Yuuji is playing the long game in getting him domesticated to the modern era XD

I wanted Yuuji to go for a career path that would be a challenge for him, as I seem him the sort to enjoy the challenge and probably got advised by Nanami to find a career outside of sorcery... and also a doctor can help someone on the scene when he is on a mission.

Honestly, Yuuji is probably shocked it took until Daiki was four years old for Sukuna to snap and hand him off...which also means something set Sukuna off. Yuuji is a professional Sukuna -whisperer at this point and reading his moods. Very much Sukuna's inner child needs to heal...because he is getting literally jealous of his son having unconditional love and wondering what he did wrong to be so hated growing up 83 Daiki probably has a pretty "normal" upbringing being in a sorcerer family XD;; Given how Gojo and Megumi and all of them seemed to have grown up as. Probably some issues with Kuna (but they will get their big bonding moment not next chapter but the next one!)

Glad you are enjoying the story!

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Five in One Post

Four Responses to my Filipino Friend.

Yeah her Boyfriend loves to make some funny content for Luna. But now that you mentioned that mission from GTA Vice City, i'm currently stuck on that mission alongside the other mission where i take someone out at the mall, but he easily gets the Cops and gets away. Those two missions are really tricky!

Second response, Yeah i remember how Gumball did go overboard with the series finale. That's why i wanted to do Cartoon Network in Persona 5 and have Gumball as Joker. And also speaking of Kowalewski, i was thinking of having her voice Beara as Anais Watterson since her voice can be fitting for her. And also i know Kyla Kowalewski also voiced Memow from Adventure Time, and yeah Rosie does look a lot like Molang. Since my sister also loves Molang as well.

Third Response but to Miya. No Problem, Miya. It's pretty nice i would do something for you and Sammir. Since you both might have a lot of fun together. And also, i usually go to the Amusement Park during Autumn times like around October or November, and also, Shadow's mom works on the festivals by volunteering by working the kids games. And i hope you're Aunt will love to work with the kids games with Debby.

And Finally, the Gags with the Giant Chicken are really funny and even the song they played when Peter fights against the Giant Chicken, i would imagine having Shadow and Spot watching the Giant Chicken scenes because they are really funny. But the Giant Chicken will still be around, anytime Peter does something wrong or he can take a break and fight someone else.

For my A-Pal's Pic for our G-Pal

Looks nice seeing Mikey G in Riya's Attire, since it has been a while when we want to see Mikey G, but with Miya, i'm sure she's a great friend with him besides her cousin, Riya. The Riya and Miya will both be with him along with Sammir too. Best Pals is what they need. And i wonder how Mikey would feel wearing Caleb's attire too? I bet it might look nice besides wearing Shadow's clothes as well.

And for my Filipino Friend's On This Day Post

Looks really fun to remember Jason and Panini's activities in doodle style. It would be fun to have our OC Couples do the same thing, depending on which group we could do them with.