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[everysuigetsu]

[toughbunnyforever]

boy and the heron haircut

[likethelastwoman]

How does this...

...turn into this.

[every-chopper]

[notarewberry]

yjh and sp doodles from ch. 414

[sevs-corner]

Tf 141: Mafia AU!

Chapter 3: Epilogue

{A/N: Here's the link to my masterlist } Link under for ch 3!

Ghost thought that you had to be a desperate bloke that happened strolled in to the hotspot of mafiosos.

‘A muppet!’ As Price would like to put it, but oddly enough, you looked more like a sad and pathetic one than a desperate one.

He well knows the reputation this bakery holds in this city, and you just stumbling along here- cold to the bone and hot to the head- didn’t quite add up to him.

An itch in his brain you were for some reason, even more so now when his boss had called for an immediate meeting back at HQ, even though they had a mission to go out for that night.

He digresses, nodding in agreement to Price before going back into to get Gaz— who was currently negotiating with a worried Nonna and Nonno about your sudden presence at their place.

“Hey,” all three turn their heads to his sudden entrance, “Price says we gotta head back.”

Gaz nods, his gaze hardening in understanding- he caught a snippet of it as he came back down.

“Nonno, Nonna,” he smiles to them in appreciation, “we’ll come back tomorrow for her.”

They nod in understanding.

Nonno then follows up with a- “we shouldn’t be too worried about it, right?”

Ghost quirks a brow, making eye contact with Gaz, as if to gauge that— were you really just a nobody? Or somebody they should be concerned about?

Gaz then shakes his head, “you shouldn’t,” he reassures.

Nonno smiles in appreciation, “then go on your way then boys- we know you got your jobs to do.”

Giving one last goodbye to the two, and reassuring Nonna once again that they would be okay, they finally get to leave and meet up with Price by their car, who was was just leaning on it with a lit cigarette hanging at the side of his mouth.

“That took a while,” Price comments, his eyes not leaving the paper in his hand, to which both took interest in.

“Are we gonna have that meeting before the mission?” Ghost asks, ready to nick pick the hell out of what’s going inside of Price’s head at the moment but pouts internally, seeing him shake his head.

“Mission comes first,” he says assertively, “we’re already short time— and we need to wait for Soap.”

Gaz groans, “ugh, why does he get to be left behind!”

His boss chuckles, “you’re the better driver, Garrick.”

Gaz instantly perks up and Ghost couldn’t help the chuckle as he watches the man quickly run to the driver side and lock into his seat.

“Well, hurry up then— we better get goin’, yeah?”

They both rolled their eyes, doing the same and hopping inside well- making sure to focus up for this meeting with an underground kingpin.

“Be sure to check your six down there,” Price reminds as they near the entrance to the under ground bar and casino in the west-end side of the city— where the growing red light district started to bud and grow.

It was a pain to go here, but this was a hub for information aside from the usual sleaze bags and scum that drowns themselves into greed and lust.

Ghost now knew that this became a 2-in-1 mission, take out the kingpin wanker that’s currently cheating off of 414’s good graces, and to get intel on that…paper.

Once Gaz buzzed in that he locked into the target, he knew this was going to a breeze for them, “like clockwork” as Price would put it.

As if it were a daily occurrence to them, Price and Ghost quickly dispatched the Kingpin’s men one by one, while Gaz instantly knocked out the man who was sitting and drinking with girls in his arms. Those women screamed and instantly ran away, not wanting to be the next person Gaz’ll take out.

Just like that, they had this man tied up in a chair in his office, with Price leading the interrogation.

“So Pierre,” Price starts with an inquisitive grin, “how’s the business comin’ along?”

Pierre glares, thrashing relentlessly against his binds but Price knew he wouldn’t be able to get out, Ghost’s handiwork will never room for any kind of that possibility.

“Fuck off!” Pierre growls, “I said I was gonna pay next week!”

Price tuts, “did I say we agreed on that date?”

“Seems like he’s weaselin’ and havin’ too much fun boss,” Gaz grins from behind the man, hands fidgeting with a butterfly knife.

His boss nods and Gaz takes that as signal to throw the knife right by the man’s temple, barely grazing his ear and the skin near it, then landing onto the wall across from him.

“Whoops,” Gaz giggles, “my hands slipped!”

“You bastard!” Pierre shrieks, “I’m fucking bleeding now!”

“Oh, you’ll be being doing more than bleeding, ya wanker,” Ghost snides, whipping out his own choice method of getting answers from this man.

“I suggest you start behavin’ Pierre,” Price smiles, “or else that tiny scar would be the least of your worries.”

Eventually, they got the man to talk as Price finds his secret bank book with receipts of where all his and their money went.

Though that went well, on the other hand- getting answers on the paper were proven…futile.

Pierre insisted he never saw it and even double downs- unlike before.

Though Price is a the type of man who wastes time for anyone, so he nods to Gaz, and he is all-too-happily ending him with the displayed gun in the man’s office.

“Dispose him,” Price commanded and Gaz pouts, hating the clean-up work but goes on with it anyways.

“He’s lying,” Ghost mutters, “wanker was pissin’ his pants.” He had a knack for these things and he could tell the genuine fear that grew in the man’s eyes. His legs were bouncing more relentlessly, eyes constantly glancing back and worth— all the signs were there.

“Figured,” Price lights a cig and then huffs out a response, “was too quick to reply— too antsy for my taste.”

Ghost observes his boss and brother, that itch coming back in and bugging him even more that he had no choice but to scratch it.

“Can I have a look at it, John?”

Price turned to him, silently debating whether he should let Ghost know now or later.

He pinches his brows yet hands it over to him anyways, Ghost taking this opportunity and snatching it.

He reads the direction paper side first, looking at it oddly before overturning and—

“John what the fuck?”

Price nods, “I know.”

“We have to fucking go now.”

“No,” John glares at Simon, “we don’t.”

“And why the fuck not?!” Simon roars in his face because he knows John wouldn’t fuck them over with something so important, but at the same time was frustrated that he didn’t tell them sooner.

“Told you guys earlier,” John puffs another out, “need everybody to be together.”

“You weren’t kiddin’,” Simon mutters and he thinks about you happening to meet them at the front of the bakery again.

“Was it really from ‘em?”

Simon couldn’t really wrap his head around you and this goddamn piece of paper. It was hard to believe that you would pop out of nowhere, just to send ‘em this sweet nifty reminder of their past.

“Yes,” Price nods, “nabbed it from the purse myself.”

Ghost gives him a look, opening and closing his mouth before ultimately deciding not to say anything and just nod in understanding.

“Got it.”

“All done here~,” Gaz enters back to the room, wiping the sweat of his brow but immediately stops, his easy-going attitude gone with sensing the heavy air that permeated the room.

He sighs and leans by the doorway, “its the paper isn’t it?”

“We’re prioritizing this as number one priority now on the intel team,” Ghost decides, standing and leaving through the door where Gaz was.

“That was quick,” Gaz’s eyes rows jumped to his forehead, “number one?”

He sees him nod and Gaz just hums, looking back to Price who just seemed to accept it then and there as well.

“If that’s rolling,” he claps his hands and juts his thumb out the door, “let’s skiddaddle and hop on it, then?”

They both nod to his proposal and head back to the car.

Ghost was reeling in his emotions in the car ride back up until the meeting with everyone now present. Even with Soap at his side, squeezing his shoulder in comfort— his mind was a mess.

“What the fuck…” Soap drawls, head thrown back and hands weaved through his hair.

Silence hung in the air as everyone digested the information passed on from Price and everyone stares at that simple drawing of a horn.

“It can’t be him, right?” Soap’s elbows were now on the table but his hand were on his face, voice seeped deep into denial.

“Has to be,” Ghost mutters, legs thrown on top of the desk and crossed over each other while his hands laid on top of his lap. “Can’t be anyone else.”

“Unbelievable!” Gaz denies loudly by slamming his hands on the table, “do you think they’d be his lackey?”

“A bait,” Price interjects, “an innocent or passer-by that might just be a little too unlucky.”

“Unlucky?” Ghost scoffs, “there’s no such thing as coincidence boss— you of all people should know that.”

“That’s fucked up,” Soap comments before growling to Ghost, “you saw ‘em— sick and whittled to the bone!”

“The perfect candidate.”

Soap is immediately at his brother’s collar, pulling at it and putting everyone into a panic.

“Soap, Ghost- chill-!” Gaz immediately moves to part them.

“He’s being a fuckin’ wanker!” Soap grits.

“And you’re being a dumbass.” Ghost seethes.

“Everyone down.”

Price voice booms, cold as ice with his eyes steeling hard as he takes in the mess of the room. He waits for everyone to get situated again before talking, now standing before everyone with his hands on hips.

“Ghost.” He called out and he nods in response, “go with our initial plan.”

“Yes, boss.”

Ghost nods whereas Soap protests, though he was immediately silenced by both his superiors.

Back at the bakery, Ghost gets time to thinks to himself as he replays the scene of you and Soap go at it in his mind. With Soap even acting like a gnat with his stupid grin— all because of you.

You.

With the itch finally seizing, his mind is now clearer. Fully deciding how to treat you in the face against his family—

“You’re driving cara to the market district for me.”

Ghost turns to him as if he was even offended at the thought of doing it. With a glare and Nonno giving one of his own, Ghost knew he wouldn’t back down, so he had to look at Price who gave him a smile.

“Nonno asked you to, Ghost.”

He huffs, his chair making a loud enough shriek that makes you jump once as you get to the last step of the stairs, making you almost slip, catch yourself, then breath out a sigh of relief.

“Where to?”

He hears you ask Nonno, and he couldn’t be bothered to hear the rest as he approaches the door.

“You should get going sleepyhead,” Soap advised you, “he ain’t gonna wait for someone like ya’.”

You give him the bird before quickly chasing after the weird brooding man with a mask on.

“Get the fuck in already,” Ghost commanded irritatedly while he stares you crossing your arms in indignation.

“Can’t you move your stuff so I could sit at the front?”

He deadpans at your comment.

“No.” He clips, “To the back.”

He sees you huff and slam the door shut before opening the one behind it, sliding into the seat smoothly then buckling in.

Once he hears the click, he is revving it.

And dear whatever-deity-is-out-there hope that this wouldn’t be your final moments.

He hears you let out a sigh of relief once he cools down and enters the busy streets, letting the traffic be then turning to you for questions.

“Hey,” he calls for your attention, “you know anything about gangs or mafias?”

You shook your head no then follow up with a- “why?”

Ghost stays quiet for a moment, stewing in your response.

“The city’s full of people like us,” he decides to explain, “and that’s common knowledge.”

You tilt your head in confusion, “really? Did not know that…”

He hears your mumble and nods all the same.

“But what isn’t,” you feel him break the car suddenly and you slam into the front seat, “is that bakery.”

Your eyes couldn’t tear away from the glare he gave you, it was stilled onto you and you were afraid that even breathing in this man’s capacity would end you for good this time.

“I didn’t know,” you whisper, “I got lost.”

“What a laughable excuse,” he huffs, leaning back on the seat, gaze now directed again at the traffic and you feel free to move now.

‘Now that Medusa’s eyes weren’t trained on me.’

“Well,” you shrugged, “up to you to believe or not but that’s what happened.”

You hear his growl of complaint so you shot him another before he could reply.

“I know you have your issues and I got mine,” you started slowly, “but I got nothing to do with it and frankly— I don’t care.”

You yelped back to your seat when he grabs your collar, pulling you forward and come face to face with him.

You tell that— from the way his nose was flaring, the crease on his forehead growing deep, and the frown that could be seen protruding through his mask- he was pissed.

“You would care if it involved your family.”

With a click of his tongue, he tosses you back and goes back to driving, the silence less palpable than ever.

Ghost can’t believe he lost to his whims, it was supposed to be an interrogation— he fucking stepped over a line he shouldn’t and his ass would be had by Price.

He told himself that he’d treat like an enemy but that seemed to be less likely, the more he learned about you during lunch.

Now, he isn’t confident.

And that makes his stomach churn.

“Then tell me about it.” He hears you speak, and just like that— the clouds parts.

“What do you mean?” He grunts, and looks up at the rear view mirror.

He was quite surprised at the expression you wore- it wasn’t one of resentment or fright, but a compassionate one.

An unfamiliar one, he notes.

“I don’t have family.” You put it bluntly. “So I don’t know how it…feels—“ your hands wave wildly about, “—so tell me about it.”

‘Oh.’ He sucks in his teeth. ‘That’s what you meant.’

It takes him a moment to digest and reply, and frankly, you were quite used to that reaction.

“Well…” you wait patiently for him to continue, “…it makes you feel like you care.”

And you nod, letting him know that you were listening.

“Makes you feel… like they’re a treasure,” he starts tapping on the wheel, “makes you feel… like you got treasure ‘em.”

“Like a pirate and their booty?”

He chuckles at your sudden quip.

“You could put it like that.”

From then on, you both continue throwing questions back and forth- letting you ask about him and the family.

Furthering confirming that you were just a passer-by.

Furthering proving that Price is right- you were a bait.

A quite unfortunate one at that.

Once you both get to the market, you turn to wave him goodbye, Ghost- shocking you- did the same, then pulling up the window and leaving as soon as he came.

Ghost wasn’t confident— but he is sure now.

He feels his stomach settle from lunch, making him sigh in relief.

The day was long and rough, and you finally got what you wanted— a place to yourself (for now) and a job (for now).

Once you got up to the room, you were surprised at how clean and homey it was— quite a stark contrast to the building it was held in.

From the carpet to the drapes, everything matched perfectly to what you would say a, “academia aesthetic with flora.”

Well, more like dead flora.

You digress, brushing that aside for the more important part was a good shower and some nice sleep— until the morning welcomes you again in the form of a knock at the door.

Opening it then gets you a,

“Hey shortstack! Missed me?”

Making you instantly slam the door and trudge back to bed.

A/N: A bit of in between moments during previous chapters with this one focusing on Ghost’s POV this time! Already cooking up the next one✨

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[in-our-veins]

Poppy Playtime Fanfic:

*short fics, random, some are in a series cause they don't fit a multi-chapter story.

get out of the room — (307) Marcas Brickley, Eddie, Leith Pierre.

monitor — (274) Riley & Harley Sawyer.

stay here, don't die — (432) Marcas Brickley, Eddie, Harley Sawyer

i promise i won't say anything — (ch 5. ~ 5.448) • Completed | Marcas Brickley & Eddie.

don't be afraid — (166) Riley & Harley Sawyer.

you will never leave this place — (ch 1 ~ 1.224) Riley, Harley Sawyer, Leith Pierre.

why would they keep you alive? — (846) Marcas & Harley Sawyer. (before reading, look at the tags.)

i'm not on my knees — (497) Leith/Harley (smut)

replaced — (142) CatNap.

i should fire you — (304) Leith Pierre/Reader.

is it enough for you? — (472) The Player/Harley Sawyer (smut.)

this is too much — (769) Marcas/Eddie.

don't touch him — (100) Ex.1006 & The Doctor.

is this going to be fun? — (565) The Player & The Doctor.

why do i know you? — (572) Marcas/Eddie

it was an accident! — (885) Marcas/Eddie.

i haven't seen you all day — (275) Marcas/Eddie

where were you? — (440) Reader & Harley Sawyer.

you reap what you sow — (2.596 / ch.2) The Player & Harley Sawyer

leave them be — (188) Harley Sawyer & Yarnaby.

we're on a date? — (291) Marcas/Eddie.

for your own sake — (482) Marcas/Eddie.

the subject did well — (428) Marcas/Eddie)

allow me to help — (209) The Player & The Doctor.

is there nothing there? — (1.429) Marcas x Eddie

they won't feel a thing — (154) Stella, Leith, Eddie.

are you hungry? — (234) Harley Sawyer & Quinn Navidson.

i'll take care of you — (1.323) Marcas/Eddie (smut)

they deserve to see it — (878) Marcas/Harley Sawyer (smut)

let's go home — (7.415) Ch 2, 3, 4, 5, 6~ OC & CatNap Doll.

it's time to go home — (286) Marcas/Eddie.

waste — (171) Harley Sawyer & Quinn Navidson.

i just don't believe you — (353) Eddie M. N. Ritterman & Harley Sawyer.

make you mine — (349) Marcas/Eddie.

find the truth — (339) The Player & Huggy Wuggy.

exhausting — (298) Scientist #4 & Eddie M. N. Ritterman.

busy, busy, busy — (422) Scientist #4 & Dr. White & Harley Sawyer.

you don't need to think — (414) The Player/Harley Sawyer.

i'd rather send her back — (406) Harley Sawyer & Scientist #4

daydream — (223) Marcas/Eddie. (Mildly graphic smut.)

sign your name — (2.531) Marcas/Eddie.

[pokepollsters]

Best Legendary Pokémon Tournament- Stats Breakdown!

This one's taken a while, but when you see just how many contestants I've had to sort through, I hope you'll understand why!

Tumblr has declared Giratina to be its favourite Legendary Pokémon, but a lot more went on in this tournament, and I'd like to dive into the nitty gritty of exactly what! Click read more for the detailed breakdown of the tournament.

We start, as usual, with the overall totals. This tournament was by far the largest! We covered a massive 74 matches- 88 when the preliminaries are included- over 7 rounds. That's far and away more than the 48 matches in the second largest tournament, the Best Gym Leader Tournament (preliminary round included).

This means that the number of votes was higher than ever- 45,755 of them! 49,791 if you include the preliminary round! And this works out to an average of 618 votes per match, the second highest for the blog, and only 1 vote more on average than its direct predecessor. If you include the preliminaries, the average falls to 566.

New to the stats this time- here's a quick chart to show how total votes and vote average has changed over the tournaments! I've picked the data that doesn't include the preliminaries, simply because the preliminaries always see significantly lower engagement and aren't always very representative of the main tournaments.

Now for the bit that takes the longest- average votes for each contestant! There were a grand total of 74 Legendaries competing, and one of them got more votes than the rest, and one got the fewest. Here's the full line-up:

Ogerpon- 921 (1,841 votes across 2 matches)

Xerneas- 496 (3,471 votes across 7 matches)

Lunala- 491 (1,472 votes across 3 matches)

Giratina- 461 (2,766 votes across 6 matches)

Cosmog- 453 (1,811 votes across 4 matches)

Rayquaza- 414 (2,486 votes across 6 matches)

Suicune- 386 (2,318 votes across 6 matches)

Reshiram- 385 (1,540 votes across 4 matches)

Lugia- 383 (1,533 votes across 4 matches)

Silvally- 382 (1,145 votes across 3 matches)

Yveltal- 374 (1,122 votes across 3 matches)

Miraidon- 373 (745 votes across 2 matches)

Spectrier- 363 (725 votes across 2 matches)

Kyogre- 352 (352 votes in 1 match)

Type: Null- 345 (1,034 votes across 3 matches)

Dialga- 340 (1,359 votes across 4 matches)

Zygarde- 335 (670 votes across 2 matches) & Raikou- 335 (1,339 votes across 4 matches)

Entei- 330 (991 votes across 3 matches)

Latias- 329 (986 votes across 3 matches)

Galarian Articuno- 303 (909 votes across 3 matches)

Articuno- 296 (1,184 votes across 4 matches)

Zapdos- 292 (877 votes across 3 matches)

Mewtwo- 291 (291 votes in 1 match)

Chien-Pao- 282 (564 votes across 2 matches)

Koraidon- 281 (562 votes across 2 matches)

Latios- 279 (559 votes across 2 matches)

Solgaleo- 274 & Necrozma- 274 (548 votes across 2 matches each) & Virizion- 274 (274 votes in 1 match)

Groudon- 266 (531 votes across 2 matches)

Terapagos- 265 (530 votes across 2 matches)

Galarian Moltres- 257 votes (257 votes in 1 match) & Palkia- 257 (514 votes across 2 matches)

Ho-Oh- 254 (254 votes in 1 match) & Tapu Fini- 254 (507 votes across 2 matches)

Galarian Zapdos- 253 (505 votes across 2 matches)

Regigigas- 252 (503 votes across 2 matches)

Cresselia- 247 (494 votes across 2 matches)

Uxie- 235 (470 votes across 2 matches)

Azelf- 226 (226 votes in 1 match)

Chi-Yu- 217 (217 votes in 1 match)

Zamazenta- 211 (211 votes in 1 match)

Cobalion- 206 (411 votes across 2 matches)

Zekrom- 204 (204 votes in 1 match)

Regice- 199 (199 votes in 1 match)

Tapu Koko- 190 (190 votes in 1 match)

Eternatus- 189 (189 votes in 1 match)

Kyurem- 188 (188 votes in 1 match)

Registeel- 186 (186 votes in 1 match)

Mesprit- 177 & Regirock- 177 (177 votes in 1 match each)

Kubfu- 175 (351 votes across 2 matches)

Tapu Lele- 164 (164 votes in 1 match)

Cosmoem- 161 (161 votes in 1 match)

Fezandipiti- 159 (159 votes in 1 match)

Regieleki- 155 (155 votes in 1 match)

Moltres- 147 (147 votes in 1 match)

Zacian- 145 (145 votes in 1 match)

Wo-Chien- 136 (136 votes in 1 match)

Urshifu- 126 (126 votes in 1 match)

Glastrier- 120 (120 votes in 1 match)

Ting-Lu- 112 (112 votes in 1 match)

Terrakion- 106 (106 votes in 1 match)

Landorus- 91 & Okidogi- 91 (91 votes in 1 match each)

Tapu Bulu- 79 (79 votes in 1 match)

Regidrago- 78 (78 votes in 1 match)

Munkidori- 75 (75 votes in 1 match)

Tornadus- 72 & Heatran- 72 (72 votes in 1 match each)

Thundurus- 66 (66 votes in 1 match)

Enamorus- 47 (47 votes in 1 match)

Calyrex- 38 (38 votes in 1 match)

So as you can see, there are something interesting phenomena here. For one, many, many ties, including a three-way tie! But also worth noting the surprise nature of the top few spots! This clearly shows how averages in these tournaments can be swayed by a one very popular match (more on that one later), and that averages aren't everything when it comes to the head-to-head of the actual tournament! But all of our top 20 spots (21 Pokémon) here managed to reach over 300 votes on average in each match they featured in, and that's definitely worth celebrating! Congratulations to those 21!

Now for a slightly different ordering of the contestants- the vote share! This one doesn't get swayed by one match getting far more votes than others, though it does vary a lot depending on who gets what opponent! Here's the line-up:

Lunala- 78.4%

Reshiram- 65.5%

Zygarde- 64.1%

Cosmog- 63.9%

Giratina, Rayquaza & Lugia- 60.6%

Miraidon- 59.8%

Entei- 59.3%

Ogerpon- 59%

Silvally- 58.9%

Solgaleo- 58.8%

Galarian Articuno- 58.3%

Chien-Pao- 57.8%

Articuno- 57%

Suicune- 56.8%

Xerneas- 55.7%

Uxie & Dialga- 54.9%

Yveltal- 54.3%

Zapdos- 54.2%

Latios- 53.3%

Type: Null- 52.8%

Tapu Fini- 52.2%

Raikou- 52%

Koraidon- 51.8%

Latias- 51.2%

Spectrier- 50.8%

Palkia- 50.1%

Necrozma- 48.9%

Regigigas- 48.6%

Kyogre- 48.5%

Mewtwo- 48%

Galarian Zapdos- 46.5%

Cobalion- 46.3%

Cresselia- 45.9%

Terapagos- 45.8%

Azelf- 45.6%

Virizion- 45.1%

Regice- 44.5%

Galarian Moltres- 43.9%

Groudon- 42.8%

Tapu Koko- 42.5%

Chi-Yu- 42%

Zamazenta- 40.7%

Zekrom- 40.6%

Mesprit- 39.9%

Cosmoem- 39.2%

Kyurem-38.3%

Ho-Oh- 36.7%

Registeel- 36.1%

Eternatus- 34.6%

Kubfu- 34.1%

Moltres & Fezandipiti- 33.3%

Regieleki- 33%

Tapu Lele- 32.3%

Regirock- 31.2%

Urshifu & Zacian- 29.5%

Ting-Lu- 28.7%

Wo-Chien- 28.2%

Glastrier- 25.6%

Okidogi- 21%

Terrakion- 20.8%

Landorus- 20.4%

Munkidori- 20.2%

Tapu Bulu- 18.6%

Regidrago- 18.3%

Tornadus & Heatran- 16.1%

Thundurus- 14.4%

Enamorus- 9.5%

Calyrex- 7.6%

More ties aplenty! Another three-way tie as well, this time including our first and second place Pokémon along with Lugia. And take a look at how far down our other two semi-finalists ended up! It just goes to show how a few sweeps will get you right up at the top of these lists. But congrats to the 29 Legendaries who managed to keep their vote average above 50%!

What's interesting about these two lists though, is that it gives you an idea of the relative popularity of various Legendary groups. The Forces of Nature? Not very well loved! But the Legendary Beasts? All pretty popular! Take a look and see how your favourite group fared as a whole.

Finally, the final part concerning individual Pokémon, this (very difficult to read) graph showing the vote share each Legendary got as a part of the whole competition! It goes to show you how much staying in a few rounds longer can really buff your total!

And finally, individual match stats. This is my favourite part!

The most voted on match was Round 3: Match 2, Xerneas vs Ogerpon! It received a massive 2,955 votes, more than any other on this blog, and shattering the previous record by 576 votes. It was extremely exciting to watch how passionate you all got! The second most votes went to Round 4: Match 8, Giratina vs Lunala, with a comparatively tiny 1,175 votes.

On the other end of the spectrum, the least voted on match was Round 1: Match 8, Munkidori vs Kubfu, with 372 votes. Two less loved Legendaries wasn't a match many wanted to vote on! The second least voted on match was Round 1: Match 4, Ting-Lu vs Galarian Articuno with 390 votes. This doesn't include the preliminaries though, as only 1 of 14 matches broke the 350 barrier- with only 356 votes. On the other hand, the aforementioned matches were the only ones to not hit 400 votes! Very impressive for every other match.

The most votes earned by a single contestant in one match this time goes to Xerneas, with 1,504 votes in the above match! Absolutely wild! The least this time goes to Calyrex, the poor thing only earned 38 votes in its face-off against Lunala in Round 2: Match 31.

And finally, margins. The closest match in this contest came down to a difference of 1.6% in the semi final match- Round 6: Match 1, Xerneas vs Rayquaza! I don't know if that's a comfort or painful for the Xerneas voters that pushed so hard, knowing it was only a difference of 11 votes...

Meanwhile, the biggest sweep award of this tournament- the highest privilege you can get other than the podium itself- goes to Lunala! In the match against Calyrex- Round 2: Match 31- Lunala claimed victory by a margin of 84.8%! Not only the biggest sweep in this tournament, but the second biggest in this blog's history as well. Congratulations to Lunala, and the biggest sweep awards post will be updated to include its latest victor!

And that's it! Thank you all so much for your patience, and I'm really happy to finally get this post out with all this juicy data! It's been a huge undertaking, but the Best Legendary Pokémon Tournament has come to a close, with a follow-up on the way very soon! Stick around for the Best Mythical Pokémon Tournament- hopefully starting in the next week or two. Bare with me as I get everything prepared, but feel free to start sending in predictions and who you'll be supporting! See you all very soon.

[m3-kk]

Sharing my TCF notes because sharing is caring 😬 ⬇️. (All of them… so far)

Ch. 086- sad time for Raon :(. REVENGE HAHAHA LETSGOOOO

Ch. 335- Eruhaben protect Roan & Cale from ugly WS 😆

Ch. 352- Cale’s greatest fear…😭

Ch. 378- Choi’s uncle (DS) left info book written in KOREAN?!?! 😵

Ch. 394- Letter from Death & shiz show😬

Ch. 395- CALE IS AFRAID?!?! 😱

Ch. 401- “Plavin was laughing on the outside but crying on the inside.”😌

Ch. 404- “And Miss Cage, please cuss out the God of Death for me.” -Cale 😇

Ch. 411- They were talking about the Lion King (person) and I thought they were talking about the movie 😭

Ch. 414- Choi Han woke up crying “Kim Rook Soo” 😰

Ch. 415- “What am I supposed to call the friend of my nephew once removed?” -Choi Han 😳

Ch. 423- “Oh, by the way, the original owner of your body is living well too. He said he is happy.” -Lee Soo Hyuk ☺️

Ch. 423- CALE CRIES! BABY NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 😰

“It's a new record! You were unconscious for 20 days, 1 hour, 32 minutes, and 19 seconds!”- Roan Miru🤠

Ch. 431-

“You son of a bitch!” -Bear King

"Why am I your son? Such an idiot.”

-Whale Archie🫡

Ch. 434- Which Henituse sibling wants to become what?🥱👑⚔️

Ch. 435- Sworn brothers 🤞

Ch. 455- Ron says he has a cute young master (Cale) who he doesn’t want to disappoint.🥹

Also that Roan is cuter than Cale 😂

Ch. 457- “This is nice.” Beacrox commented before swinging his greatsword horizontally.🙂

Ch. 461- Cale’s merchant name is Bob XD

Ch. 465- The Sound of the Wind was a top underneath a boulder surrounded by whirlpools.

The Indestructible Shield was a pit under the tree.

The Scary Giant Cobblestone was a stone in the Super Rock villa.

The Fire of Destruction was a sculpture at the center of the magma.

The Vitality of the Heart was a stone pillar at the center of a whirlwind.

The Sky Eating Water was a chained spear.

Ch. 476- More Dragon Family Drama wtf

Ch. 481- To the Fake World Tree

Ch. 501- Illusion of Other World..RAMEN!

Ch. 504- Stick from World Tree (Cale’s blood is special?!)

Ch. 515- Vampire Duke Fredo (seems nice)

Ch. 516- Demonic Race, Rosalyn, White Star after cookie prince?! NOOO

Ch. 520- WEAKLING. Alberu is a mage swordsman badass dark elf

Ch. 526- These brothers are so cute OMEGALUL

Ch.555- Sealed god test, wtf this is so sad I’m crying I’ve never been so genuinely sad

Ch. 559- CHOI HAN OUR LOVE THANKS🙏

Ch. 581- AWW BESTIEEE

Ch. 584- Cale saying he could beat 3 strong peeps

Ch. 589- Alberu goes to Blood Boulder

Ch. 601- AHH CALE BDAY AHHH

Ch. 612- THEY GAVE ALBERU A GUN!!

Ch. 618- Cale explains to LeeSooHyuk the truth

Ch. 622- HOMEEEEEEEE AYYAYAAY

Ch. 627- @Capital w/ Dad y Alberu YAY

Ch. 628- BUBBLEGUM PINK DRAGON

Ch. 629- We are a big family!

Ch. 631- 5 FUCKIN DRAGONS AHHH-

[THE AUTHOR STARTS SAYING SHIT LIKE “IN THE FUTURE.. “ LIKE F U MAKIN ME ALL SAPPY N STUFF WTH UGHHH!!!]

Ch. 640- 2 Cats are Molan house’s future 🥹.. They can’t go berserk?..

Ch. 645- Roan & Cale Solo Fight letsgo!!

Ch. 646- Cale uses ‘instant’ to destroy 2 unranked monsters.. I’m crying actually..

Ch. 647- wtf I’m crying, goosebumps fr

Ch. 649- Roan has grown so much 🥹

Ch. 652- COM. WITH EARTH 2 AHHHH—

Ch. 655- Cale is healing❤️ OG Cale!KRS

Ch. 656- SOO much info from OG Cale!!

Ch. 658- CALE IS AWAKEEE YAYA

Ch. 662- OMG Cale’s BioMom was cooking

Ch. 663- WE KNOW HOW TO KILL HIM HA

Ch. 670- World Tree-nim

Ch. 677- Explaining ALOT lore dump!!

CB. 681- WOW the end of that chap tho

Ch. 682- I stan Cale’s hatred for the White Star. We love the PJs! Alberu is moon that’s so *legs in air kicking*

Ch. 683- So are we gonna kill WS or whatt?

Ch. 684- HAHAH OMG CALE’S BDR POWER IS SO SCARY EVERYONE THINKS ITS THE WS!! HAHAH ITS CALE’S THOOO

Ch. 685- omg.. DANGGG!! Our Cale is truly terrifying! New Pokémon acquired! White star!! 😏 wait we have a tiny WS in our pocket how cute! 🥰

Ch. 686- HAHA BOOM BOOM 💥

Ch. 688- Rashell says he wouldn’t be able to sleep if many humans died 🥰

Ch. 689- ROCK SHEILD LETSGOOO

Ch. 694- DEAFEATED! Alberu faints and thinks he’s like Cale now 😭

Ch. 695- NAHH WE LOVEEE

Ch. 699- ENTERED THE TEMPLE! We can’t leave…? CALE IS GHOST AND WATCHING OTHERS TESTS HUHHH?!! (DespairTest2)

Ch. 700- This chapter is just amazing, these people are so smart ughhh I’m screaming! In a happy way tho

Ch. 701- OK we have Choi Han, Clopeh, Rosalyn and Cale so far.. MARYYY

Ch. 702- +1(Roan) Cale can use the cintamani to contact other world. PEOPLE CAN SEE HIM YAY!

Ch. 705- Talking with Cale & others through the Cintamani :>

Ch. 706- Tonka! And Dark elf Tasha&Alberu

Ch. 707- My heart, Alberu was so sad and lonely back then…

Ch. 709- Eruhaben! WS is badddd

Ch. 710- Whyyyy I’m actually feeling despair it’s so complicated ugh and no ones receiving correct info ughhhhh

Ch. 713- Mary is #GIRLBOSS for not being tricked! ❤️❤️

Ch. 717- So glad that was settled 😮‍💨

Ch. 718- So the test Cale was in wasn’t the original one so now we are doing the actual sadness test ok 👍

Ch. 719- WOW NOT CALE ALREADY FINISHING BLUE TEST.. also someone else?

Ch. 721- Toonka left the test, Cale met Choi Jung Gun, I’m I’m scared 😶

Ch. 722- Rosalyn finally put the tests goals into words! She’s so smart. I love herrr

Ch. 726- Cale confronts CJG and he’s being used as bait bc a hunter is here oh no. Cale is going to cause chaos ialrk

Ch. 727- WOWW Cale was about to be isekaied lol. Good thing we have ancient powers! 2 Hunters?! 🫣

Ch. 730- Cale actually skipped a level bfr

Ch. 731- Cale has to observe past Roan (during the night) and Alberu (during the day)

Ch. 732- FLIPPING OVER THE FIRST PRINCES PALACE HAHAHAHAGA

Ch. 735- Freeing Roan! Again Again?

Ch. 739- Still loving how Choi’s test is taking care of tiny KRS. Alberu test completed!!

Ch. 740- I’m loving Clopeh during this test so far. He knows his goals and he sticks to them. He’s crazy!

Ch. 744- Damn Dodam Miru. I think DM’s world is not an illusion. Cale “tricking” the Wrath test is crazy I love that sly bastard!

Ch. 745- Cale hates when the children hate their side dishes ahah! The Wrath test is actually really difficult it surprised me frfr! Clopeh & Cale are angy

Ch. 749- How dare this low-life Dorph ever consider sacrificing the great and mighty Roan Miru. I pour all of my hatred and anger toward him. He needs to die. 😡

Ch. 750- Finally! Flipping every over heh!

[kinjisroom]

ch. 414

[everysuigetsu]

[class1akids]

This is silly but it's the second time in a row that I've been like "I hope we see [insert random character] in the next chapter" and they show up! Last time it was Kirishima just before Bakugo's finale with AFO and now it was Todoroki. Anyone on your wish list to show up for a brief little cameo while the focus is elsewhere? I imagine we're about to get a lot based on this plot point of memories combining.

No, because I was counting that Shouto should show up right about now. We had some Shouto panels every 10 chapters or so in the final arc, but I was like “nah, not gonna happen”.

So I was really delighted to see him. And it was so much better because I managed not to get spoiled this time, so I was really reading the chapter and seeing Dabi and Toga i was even thinking, I wish Shouto would come up too! But then I was thinking - nah, it’s gonna be All Might, Bakugou or Uraraka.

But yay! It was Shouto and hit me full force!

I’m honestly mostly hoping that:

1. We will get some reflection from Tomura on things he hasn’t reacted to yet like Twice’s death and the Dabi reveal for example.

2. The memories interact with the story meaningfully. Like I’d prefer less memories but then see inner thoughts from Deku / Tomura about what that means and have them impact the fight rather than just rolling out lots of flashbacks.

3. I’m mostly hoping for the Origin chapters to come together in a way that makes sense.

Ch 412 referenced Izuku’s origin. Ch 414 referenced Shouto’s. I hope that we will see a tie-in with Katsuki’s Origin chapter too and then see how these all impact Tomura’s. And then I guess maybe when All Might vestige gets chucked against Tomura’s wall, we’ll tie in to his Origin/Rising.

I mean in a way Tomura’s memories do tie in with his Origin as he’s seeing first meeting with his allies / friends (“the misfits nobody else wants to play with”). That’s Tenko’s brand of heroism and in another world he could have been baby!Izuku’s hero too.

[anrisimps]

Ch 414

"Wow, Yuder. You just sounded a little like Commander." "....I was?" At that unexpected remark, all focus was shattered.

Me everytime the novel updates when I'm supposed to be studying

[10ve1etter]

" feelings ? --- i told you when we first met, didn't i ? i ain't got nothin' like that. " / ichimaru gin.

images from pinterest + bleach ch. 414 deicide , tite kubo.

( please do not add on ! )

[ilovereadingandstuff]

Do you think Izuku felt Kacchan die? Like not that he knew he was dead, but felt like something was really wrong the moment Bakugo's heart stopped? Like he's flying as fast as he can and just for a moment Izuku I'd hit with a big sense of pain and wrongness. And like he lost something. And Kacchan's face flashes in his head for a minute. But than he shakes the thought away. Doesn't allow himself to think it.

LOVE THE IDEA, DEAR FRIEND!!

Kinda like what happened to Izuku when Tomura woke up in the war at Jaku??

ch. 270

ch. 272

mAYBE...even though with Tomura there was a concrete conection as we know, because of OFA and AFO's entanglement... maybeee Izuku could have had the same 'warning' when Katsuki died...

And let me expand on this amazing theory through manga panels back-up!!!

First!

We gotta ask ourselves HOW this 'warning' would happen in canon context, considering both Izuku and Katsuki lack of a quirk similar to Mandalay's or similars...

Well, the answer is pretty easy: the Vestiges.

Izuku and Tomura share, we like it or not, some kind of conection because of OFAFO's resonance and all that thingy going on last chapters of the fight and they're kinda like soulmates for that

ch. 414

So, assuming this as the only way of Izuku 'telepathically gettting a warning' -or however do you wanna call it-, then it would only be possible any kind of situation of this nature to happen between characters who are conected somehow through OFAFO...

Second!

But how Katsuki or anyone near him would achieve this requirement to communicate Izuku any kind of signal to announce his death??

well, the answer ALSO is pretty simple: Vestige All Might.

ep11 s7

Katsuki is somehow conected to OFA -and therefore, to AFO???-as we know for

Heroes Rising canonicity

ch. 394

ch. 405

2. Katsuki's reunion with Vestige All Might

3. The obviously shown and repetitive signs of Bakugo's OFA

ch. 277

ch. 275

Because of the apparent conection that Hori-sensei hasn't fully explained and we got JUST 3 FUCKING chapters left!!! he also have with OFA...

Vestige All Might could have been able to """communicate""" to Izuku that Katsuki had died and given him the hurry to go to UA's flying coffin...

But yeah...

That's the way i see it...

and also...it could be canon because...

ch. 358 This fucking pannel here destroys everything I put in the second point, but anyway, it could be explained that Katsuki has conection with all vestiges or OFA and not 'unique and exclusively' with All Might...

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Thank you, dear friend, for asking me!! It really is a pleasure to me to ramble about ideas like this AND also explore details like this one in series that I like!!

Feel free to everyone who reads this to ask me anything, and I will do my best to answer as complete as possible!! haha.

[goliig68]

"Jump, I'll catch you"

*inspired by ch.414