#darth kitty cat or something

[vandervoiz]

vader, but he has a cool hat and coat 👍

[disabilityshowdown]

Disability Showdown Full Bracket

Alright! No more mystery, we've got our list for the tournament!

For people new to this tournament, how this works is this: We narrowed our character list down from about 600 to 131 (it was gonna be 128 but we had three ties, so those have been reworked into three-character polls). The top 64 have been seeded into the bracket by number of nominations. The bottom 67 however, all got roughly the same amount of nominations, so those have been assigned places via random number generator, to remove any bias that I the poll runner may have about which characters I want to succeed

(I am so sorry if your obscure blorbo ends up against a super popular kid in round one, that's unfortunately the luck of the draw here, but I am keeping a record of characters that lose but whose fans fight the hardest for them, and we may do something with those kids later, so it's still worth campaigning for your faves!)

I will make an image for the bracket once we get past the first round or two, but right now I have no idea how to make a visual bracket containing 131 characters, upload it to tumblr, and still have it be at all useful

So for the first round, I'll just give the matchups by name, in a list under the cut. We'll be working through this list 8 polls at a time (my pinned post will stay updated with the current 8 once the tournament starts), and good luck everyone!

Eda Clawthorne (Owl House) vs Cassandra Cain (DC)

Hiccup and Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon) vs Peppermint (Hi-Fi Rush)

Barbara Gordon (DC) vs Demoman (Team Fortress 2)

Toph Beifong (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs Finn Tidestrider (Just Roll With It)

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Red (Pokemon)

Ashton Greymoore (Critical Role) vs Walter White Jr (Breaking Bad)

Finn Mertens (Adventure Time) vs Wade Wilson (Marvel)

Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots) vs Jean Havoc (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Matt Murdock (Marvel) vs Ellen (The Witch's House)

Clint Barton (Marvel) vs Maedhros (The Silmarillion)

Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society) vs Jancy True (Drawtectives)

Donatello (TMNT: Rise, IDW) vs Black Raisin Cookie (Cookie Run)

Octavio Silva (Apex Legends) vs Dr Carmilla (The Mechanisms)

Crutchie (Newsies) vs Nemo (Finding Nemo)

Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) vs Renarin Kholin (Stormlight Archives)

Amaya (The Dragon Prince) vs Long John Silver (Treasure Planet)

Charles Xavier (Marvel) vs Dagen Underthorn (Critical Role)

Viktor (Arcane) vs Cecil Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale)

Taimi (Guild Wars 2) vs Eli Vance (Half Life)

Johnny Joestar (JJBA) vs Floofty Fizzlebean (Bugsnax)

Vash the Stampede (Trigun Stampede) vs Sunny (OMORI)

Drey Ferin (Just Roll With It) vs Kizuna Chieda (AI: The Somnium Files)

Geordi LaForge (Star Trek) vs Phosphophyllite (Houseki No Kuni)

Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows) vs Zuko (Avatar: the Last Airbender)

Melanie King (The Magnus Archives) vs Eugenides (Queen's Thief)

Snake (Zero Escape) vs Malenia (Elden Ring)

Future Leo (ROTTMNT) vs Edgar Jomfru (Metalocalypse)

Janice Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale) vs Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)

Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) vs Wylan Van Eck (Six of Crows) vs Linh Cinder (Lunar Chronicles)

Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Peter Sqloint (Just Roll With It)

Bucky Barnes (Marvel) vs All Might (Boku No Hero Academia)

Della Duck (Ducktales) vs Maya Lopez (Marvel)

Jayfeather (Warrior Cats) vs Isabella Paretti (ValorPUNK)

Shouko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice) vs Gary Goodspeed (Final Space)

Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden) vs Brightheart (Warrior Cats)

Briarlight (Warrior Cats) vs Jinx (Arcane)

Ticket Jerry (Dialtown) vs Darth Maul (Star Wars)

Yang Xiao Long (RWBY) vs Dulcinea Septimus (Locked Tomb)

Ricky Potts (Ride the Cyclone) vs Helena Adams (Identity V) vs Antonio (Identity V)

Jimmy Valmer (South Park) vs Vanellope (Wreck-It Ralph)

Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck) vs Sam Vimes (Discworld)

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto) vs Custas (Witch Hat Atelier)

Gregory House (House MD) vs Gunthrie Miggles-Rashbax (Dimension 20)

Moon Knight (Marvel) vs Splinter (TMNT)

Shanks (One Piece) vs Goro Majima (Yakuza)

Chai (Hi-Fi Rush) vs Maria Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Kazuhira Miller (Metal Gear Solid) vs Sir Marc (Penumbra Podcast)

Izaya Orihara (Durarara) vs Hermann Gottlieb (Pacific Rim)

Finnegan Wake (Monster High) vs Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Frankie Stein (Monster High) vs Charlotte Webber (Marvel)

Sage Beldaruit (Witch Hat Atelier) vs Susie (Flight Rising)

Urakawa Mamoru (Mega Man) vs Undyne (Undertale)

Teo (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs Gazelle (Kingsman)

Tavros Nitram (Homestuck) vs Dunban (Xenoblade Chronicles)

Hearthstone (Magnus Chase) vs Gabriella (Little Mermaid)

Tony Stark (Marvel) vs Mera Salamin (Epithet Erased)

Rani (Pixie Hollow) vs Haruka Sakurai (MILGRAM)

Wilt (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) vs Handy (Happy Tree Friends)

Izumi Curtis (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Nog (Star Trek: DS9) vs Spock (Star Trek: Discovery)

Juno Steel (Penumbra Podcast) vs Merle Highchurch (The Adventure Zone)

Furiosa (Mad Max) vs Massimo (Luca)

Bentley (Sly Cooper) vs Symmetra (Overwatch)

Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame) vs Cyborg (Teen Titans)

Nagito Komaeda (Dangan Ronpa) vs Link (Legend of Zelda)

[nancypullen]

Oops

Soooo, I’ve been making a lot of noise about getting our back porch stained.  It’s just bare wood, and my decades in the deep south make me itchy to protect it from weather, bugs, rot, etc.  Maybe it’s different up here but I doubt it.  Anyway, we were in Easton a couple of days ago so I popped into Lowe’s and bought stain.  Our house is gray, the shutters are sort of a deep charcoal, the front porch and all the window trim is white.  In Nancy Land that means that you don’t buy any of the hundred shades of brown stain - tones from light oak to mahogany or a deep walnut.  Nope, I looked at the semi-transparent grays.  I didn’t want to match the gray of the house, I knew that I needed to compliment it with a deeper tone.  I should add, that I wanted to just paint it white to match the front porch.  The mister was adamant that white was not a good idea.  I agreed that white wouldn’t last on the floor boards, but everything else would work.  He stood his ground.  I figured if I was going to give him his way with a color choice that something attached to the back of the house was my best bet.  So I picked a color called Dutch Licorice.  I chose a semi-transparent base for the color because the sample piece of wood at the store in that color and base was just right.  Not too light, not too dark, the woodgrain showed through the wash of color - perfect.   Except it’s not.  You guys....I snapped this photo when I was about halfway finished.

Yes, I know the patio looks absolutely awful.  It’s begging to be power washed.  I’ll get to it.   But look at that stain!  Yikes!  I told my sister that it looks like Darth Vader is sitting right in the middle of my carefully curated, blossom covered, white picket fenced, birdie sanctuary.  Rats.   Because I am cheap, I used what I bought.  Lowe’s won’t let me return a can of regret.  I’ll admit, it’s finished now and looks almost okay in sunlight.  I’m going to have to brighten it up with white pots of colorful flowers. I’ll provide more pics when it gets to that point.  I can count on one hand the times in my life when I’ve regretted a color choice (we’re not talking about my hair) but this one goes on the list.   I’m glad it’s on the back of the house, but I still think the squirrels are judging it.

In other news, my itty-bitty vinca are trying really hard to show off. I’ve been so concerned about them because they haven’t seemed too robust, but they’re trying.  Hopefully they’ll fill in, flower abundantly, and that row of little flowers will become a tumble of red.

Vinca was an easy, reliable work horse in my gardens in Mt. Juliet.  Maybe they don’t like it here.  I’ve dropped sunflower seeds along the porch and they’re doing great.  I can’t remember the name, but they should be about four feet tall which would be perfect for this bed.

This little clematis is thriving, and I’ve provided some twine for it to climb toward the porch.  Grow, little girl, grow!

I rescued this baby from the orphan table for $2.00.  I think she’ll make it.  She probably won’t stay there, that’s just her ICU.  She might end up potted with some friends.  We’ll see.

This fern loves its spot by the front door.

It’s early days, but I have high hopes for this spot.

I’ll add more, but it’s coming along.

Have I made you forget about that travesty of a back porch yet? I tried not to think about it as I sat at my desk today and played with some paper and paint.  This sweet kitty kept me company.

“Animals are such agreeable friends. They ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.”   - George Eliot She told me that she didn’t care one little bit about the color of that porch. Then I remembered that cats see basically in blue and gray and realized that she doesn’t appreciate anything I do around this house.  All that matters to her is the can opener. Still, I appreciated the support.

Tomorrow the mister wants to run off to D.C.  He’s got an urge to go to the Air & Space Museum and I figure I can at least get lunch out of it. Since I’ve spent the last few days spreading mulch, scrubbing and staining that porch, and hauling and cooking groceries - I need a nice lunch in a nice place.   That’s it for me tonight.  I’m off to soak my aching bones and then read myself to sleep. More tomorrow, hopefully something fun from D.C. ,certainly more exciting than mulch and stain. Sending out loads of love, wishing you peace and contentment, and hoping that you stay safe and stay well. XOXO - Nancy

[allthingsfook]

I was curious if I could get a ship! I work as a nurse (I really love helping people when they are at their most vulnerable) and am 5’5” have brown eyes, auburn hair and pale skin (I cannot tan at all, I just burn 🤣). I love reading especially Jane Austen. I love Star Wars and I love going to live music shows! I’m most excited to see Hozier this fall! I have a black kitty named Gibson and love fall and winter oddly enough. I also just love spending genuine time with friends whether that be at a bar or at home or somewhere else! Thank you :)

Heyyyy! I’m so sorry I haven’t gotten around to your ships! I have an inbox full that I’m hoping to rock out in the next few days.

I ship you with….

Jake ❤️

To start off, the most attractive thing he’s ever said is if he wasn’t in the music industry, he’d want to work in healthcare…. As a nurse I find that extremely attractive as I’m sure you do as well 😂 I feel like Jake has such an unwavering love of people and distinguished care for others well being. It’s no shock he’d see himself in a healthcare role. Wonder what he would specifically do…. You should let me know what you think!!

Your physical description reminds me of a character from the Victorian era, and to which Jake would constantly reference when complimenting you. How timeless and pure you are. Whether you believe so or not, Jake would always be around to offer his praises.

Over and over again I’ll sing how much of a bookworm Jake is! I can envision Jake retreating to a dim-lit, moody library hidden in the depths of his gorgeous home. Between the two of you, the room would be packed from floor to ceiling with literature. He’d spend hours obsessing over everything from history to lore to autobiographies. Time would often get away from him, and he’d emerge hours later…. Feeling stimulated and refreshed to flip the crisp pages through his fingers. Psssst!!!! Don’t even think about Jake finally breaking down and getting glasses for reading…. 🤭 I’ll torture you and include a visual at the end!!!

All the boys are such nerds, so there is no doubt in my mind Jake would love to sit down and binge Star Wars when he comes home. I can see you setting up a whole experience to make it something Jake thinks about for months afterwards. You’d lower the lights but program the mood lighting to toggle between blue and red. You’d make a nest of pillows and blankets on the couch… don’t forget your Yoda, Chewbacca, and Darth Vader plushies. You’d lay a whole spread of snacks out on the coffee table, Star Wars themed of course! You might even throw your hair in braided buns for him 😉

Compared to Sam and Danny, Jake’s lack of affection toward puppies makes me think he might be a cat guy. He’d obsess over Gibson! Obviously! It would melt your heart to come home to Jake kicking back, strumming his beloved Gibson while Gibson is stretched out at his side! Wouldn’t take long for them to become best buds, and not gunna lie you might be a little jealous of their bond!!!

If Jake were a season, he’d easily either be fall or winter. His whole persona and attitude is so mystic and sometimes cold. Looking back on all the high school photos of him, Jake seems to enjoy winter especially. I’m sure he would love to go on a little winter get away and go skiing, snowboarding or even take you to Frankenmuth for the whole holiday experience!

To round out this ship, all the boys are so dedicated to their friends and family. They would do anything to make them feel special and cherish their relationships. I think Jake, most of all, has a huge soft spot for people close to him. Just judging that on all the matching bracelets and necklaces he shares with his loved ones. I live for all the old photos of him and josh being front row at Kelly’s gigs. Settling down with you and creating a little family, I think he would be more apt to going home to visit mom and dad and his grandparents. Through him you would gain some very special people in your life too.

Well I really hope you enjoyed your ship as you hate to wait an eternity for it! Please let me know what you think! I always love to hear your reactions. It means the world 💕

[jinxytsl]

Ooooooh I'd love to do this!!! And so interesting hearing more about you, my dear mutual pal!!! :D

1. Are you named after anyone?

Yes! A late family friend of my parents, who passed just before I was born. ^^

2. When was the last time you cried?

I cry a lot actually... mostly because I cry-laugh like every day. Last movie I cried in was HTTYD2 though (NOTHING makes me cry like that movie).

3. Do you have kids?

Not yet!!! I'm excited to be a mum one day though :D

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Actually no!

5. What sports have you played?

Not a sporty person, but I enjoy horse-riding ^^

6. First thing you notice about other people?

Their attentiveness. As a writer, I often break people down in my mind and analyse how different I am from them, mental wise. Very often I focus on how they listen to others, pay attention to things around them and how they do/don't make eye contact, etc. I love meeting new people though, and I have a lovely group of close friends :D

7. Eye color?

Hazel!

8. Scary movies, or happy endings?

No scary movies for me, thanks XDD also I'm a SUCKER for cliches so yes, happy endings all the way!!!

9. Special talents?

Not a special talent but my heart rate can exceed 180bpm for 30 mins at a time. Also I have memorised the word Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and can spell it aloud without needing to look at it. I can also play the ukulele and know half of Undertale's OST on the piano!!!

10. Birthplace?

South Australia!!!

11. Hobbies?

Drawing, writing, acrylic painting, digital painting, researching random crap, sometimes I make costumes including Star Wars helmets and other fun outfits, reading, gaming!

12. Pets?

A black kitty cat and a bearded dragon!

13. Height?

Pretty sure I'm taller than Moist Critikal, soooo

14. Favorite subject in school?

Creative Arts!

15. Dream Job?

Comic book artist, concept artist, animator, something like that!

Extra: 3 things you wish you could do.

Animate the 20+ AMV's I repeat in my head every bus ride.

Be able to draw on whiteboards!!! You know that photo of that hyper realistic picture of Darth Vader some janitor drew on a school whiteboard?? Gosh I wish that was me.

Play a bunch of old video games again. Pippa Funnel, the Sims 3, Legoland... I'd kill to play my old 2000 games again.

Aaaaand thats about it!!!! Okay, guess I'll tag some people now XD

@quietly-psychotic @thecrystalpinkspinner @radaverse @threepenguinsinatrenchcoat @saddestt @fireopal-tash @lunwwi @askjamesandbluepearl

To the mutuals I missed and anyone else who sees this post, feel free to reblog and fill it in yourselves!!! <333

15 questions for 15 mutuals

tagged by @darthdutton, thank you so much for the fun tag game and sorry I took so long to get to it! I’ve been on a much needed social media fast 🙏🏼.

are you named after anyone? No, I don’t think so. I think my dad just didn’t like my almost-name and liked the idea of me being “victorious”. Turns out the only way I’ve lived up to my name is by owning a bunch of dolls, wanting to be treated like a Queen and wanting to meet my Albert.

when was the last time you cried? um. In the shower about a week ago? I had to euthanize my 15 year old dog and I was suddenly struck by the grief of her loss since she’s been in my life for so long. 

do you have kids? I have three kittens.

do you use sarcasm a lot? only all the time.

what sports do you play/have you played?  Anything in physical education class at school. I always sucked at sports and was the last one to get picked when making teams. It was so embarrassing lol. I’m a good skier tho!

what’s the first thing you notice about other people? idk, great question! I’ll pay more attention.

eye color? Dark brown.

scary movies or happy endings? Scary movies! Nothing against happy endings but… they gotta be realistic for me to like them.

any special talents? Overthinking.

where were you born? Wouldn’t you like to know?!!!!!! Even though I was raised in Mexico, I was born in the United States. I am privileged with a USAmerican passport.

what are your hobbies? watching anime, reading, writing, listening to music, dancing,trying out new restaurants/cafes, going on trips ( hate to copy ,but damn we do have the same taste x2)

do you have any pets? More like too many pets. I just euthanized my Min Pin, so now I only have 4 cats and a Border Collie. But I’ll be giving up 2 of the kittens up for adoption and most likely releasing Momo (the mom) once I spay her. 

how tall are you? Wouldn’t you like to know?!!!!! Average height in the US, tall in Mexico.

fave subject in school? Psychology, Math, Cultural Anthropology, Linguistics

dream job? idk because I’ve had amazing jobs where I felt so lucky to get paid to do work that I do but I’ve evolved… it used to be Marketing but I would like to get paid to use my Psychology nerdery next.

No pressure tags @justafrenchlondoner @sixth-vip @noa-ciharu @yamat0 @momoyamaguchi @linkspooky @incensuous @queen-asiad @ashleyfonthescreamofcreation

[spookiifi]

As the World Caves In

 Title inspired by this cover song

Have some Maul and Sasha angst

I’m not sorry for what I wrote

Warnings: Death, lots of angst, nightmares, 

The crackling of two lightsabers screamed through the throne room. The shadow known as Maul fought to the death against his former master, Sidious.

He broke into the palace, hurt his love, and now Maul wouldn’t stop until he was dead

“I’m not letting you steal my life away again!” He pressed his darksaber down against the red blade, both screeching out. “My happiness!”

“Your emotions have made you weak. I can sense it.” His former master’s disgusting grin could kill the weak.

Somewhere in the distance, Sasha cried for Sidious to leave Maul alone. The king of Mandalore couldn’t see her, but her fear made him push through the fight. Rage filled every fiber of his being.

He gained the upper hand as he caught Sidious off-guard and kicked him in the chest.

“Maul, what are you doing?” His voice warped into a much familiar tone. “Why are you doing this?”

His anger refused to let him acknowledge the voice as he continued striking out against Sidious. He twisted the bone in the man’s arm, and finally knocked him to the floor.

“Please don’t do this! You know me!”

“Quit your begging, old man.” He raised his weapon. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for so long.”

What was once Sidious shielded their eyes from Maul.

It was over as soon as it began. He clipped his darksaber back onto his belt, and grinned at his newfound victory.

“Nothing will hurt us again. We can finally rule without him lurking.” Maul turned to embrace Sasha, only to find an open room.

“....Why Maul?”

He spun on his heels at her voice behind him.

“No.” Maul grew nauseous and fell to his knees.

The young woman he swore to protect with his life lied on the stairs, taking Sidious’s place. The stab wound from his saber burned on display for him.

“No, please no.” He gently lifted Sasha in his arms. This wasn’t real. It had to be a fucked up vision; That’s all.

But why could he feel her body grow colder? Her body grew pale and limp in his arms.

“My darling…” Maul’s voice cracked. This was never supposed to happen. “Please come back to me.” Tears threatened his eyes, but he refused to seem weak.

Maul felt as if he was the one being stabbed as he watched her pretty blue eyes drain to grey.

It wasn't until then that he knew she was dead.

“Oh, poor Maul. You still destroy everything you touch.” Sidious’s phantom laugh echoed through the empty room. “Such a frail, pathetic life stolen away.”

“You’re the one who did this to me!" He roared. "I had everything and you stole it all!”

He wept into her chest, hoping in a freak occurrence that her pulse would race again. The world grew dark around him.

"I did nothing. You were the blind one."

She was gone

Gone

Gone..

Something touched his back and he jolted awake.

"Wake up, love."

Maul had nearly torn his pillow in two. Feathers littered the bed from his claws.

He twisted up and around to find Sasha looking up at him, alive and healthy.

"You were having another nightmare." She whispered. It seemed to her like his worst one yet.

Sasha removed the shredded pillow and set it on the floor. She tried to guide him back to the mattress but he was still on high alert.

His shoulders were raised and his eyes darted around the room. He pulled Sasha into his chest tightly, as if he were protecting her from a hidden threat.

“Maul, look at me.” Sasha cupped his face with both hands.

"We're safe, my darling. Gem is here with us, we've lived on Cerres for four years now. No one can find us here.”

He could sense his daughter in the other room sleeping peacefully with her loth cat. Her chest rose and fell as she cuddled the fluffy kitty.

Maul scanned the room one last time before softening his grip. He nuzzled into her hands, calmed by her warmth.

“Stay forever.”

She smiled and ran her fingers around each of his horns. “I’m not going anywhere. Now, breathe with me.”

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@tinalbion @a-dorin @maulieber @lestrange2703 @darth-void @justalittlecloud @zabrak-butts @rogue-wonderful @lovelyzabrak-meadow @botherbother-blog @savagesbonergarage @apocalypticwafflekitten @danipixel @always-on-tatooine 

[steve0discusses]

S4 Ep40: Fixing Dartz By Not Actually Fixing Dartz

Yo Merry Christmas, I’m quarantined as hell, so I’m just streaming and playing video games until my problems get vaccinated away.

So lets just write about Yugioh because hell a lot didn’t go as planned this year (can you believe my 2020 goal for this blog was to finish ALL OF YUGIOH?) but although my goals were halved and quartered--With this blog I don’t freakin care anymore, and somehow...that’s how it’s one of the few creative bastions I have left standing.

Wild.

I’m so done with the internet, I’m not even updating twitter right now.

But hell yes, lets update the Yugioh blog.

So onward, with the last episode of this season. We last left off with Yami getting devoured by a hate tornado which is just...a lot of 2020 energy. This whole season, in a nutshell is just...2020 energy, honestly. And this tornado is just twitter. It’s just twitter incarnated.

Rather than try to save himself and consequently fix his ghost problem, Yugi has decided to keep himself haunted by fixing Pharaoh’s inner emotional problems. Really is something, isn’t it? To do low key therapy for the ghost that basically...put you in therapy? Yugi can help fix his problems but like...he’s still a mess of problems because of it. Now Yugi shouldn’t walk away, of course, that’s effed up, but it is a little irony there.

Pharaoh, of course, has decided to submit to the hate tornado, and sees it as a manifestation of his own anger and bad vibes.

Isn’t that’s the real problem we have when we have to confront the feelings we don’t want to confront? Where we tend to feel guilt and hate for being upset, which is just sort of a thing humans naturally tend to do--instead of actually working on controlling what you do with those feelings so that way we stop lashing out and setting everyone on fire in the burger restaurant?

Like Pharaoh should be learning to count to 10, not trying to just remove his anger. This has sort of been his problem for a while--he assumes he can just...delete his rage. That’s not a thing. You can’t do that unless you have very specific medication through a doctor, and that’s why he keeps failing at it.

And this goes back to S1 when he “fixed” Kaiba and like nothing really happened. Pharaoh’s decided to wipe himself and like...it’s up to your own interpretation but like...in my book that Pharaoh brand clean cycle does freakin nothing. It gets reversed like constantly.

(read more under the cut)

So Yugi decides to hit up Plan B, which is, honestly? Not a great message. But it’s the anime trope that we keep going back to because it’s the catch-all to make any anime protagonist into the good guy.

Like...

...

.......Yeah I’m gonna talk about it.

this is a trope that is so common it’s sort of ubiquitous with the genre. You gotta have the protagonist give up on their own strength, and be lifted up by their pals at the very last second--it’s like the anime hero’s journey.

But I really don’t like it. I don’t like the power of freindship. I’ll say it.

Because there’s some things you have to handle on your own. And I don’t think it’s a bad thing to have your main character show strength and show character development by doing things by themselves at the last minute. We already know that Pharaoh’s a good pal and believes in his friends--but like...does he believe in himself?

I can’t tell you if he does by how this episode goes, that’s for sure.

The whole point of this tornado is to see Yami discover his own strength and overcome his weaknesses...and yet he still relies on that good ol chestnut, friend powers.

Like last episode I feel like they did this already and it was way better--other people offered their help willingly, then Pharaoh got to have a big ol fight solo in the clouds to prove he was strong on his own as well. We finished the whole season last episode, so what are we accomplishing now other than a last minute secret boss fight?

Why would Yami doubt himself now? It’s weird. Yugi’s right to have mentioned “yo didn’t we figure this all out in desert hell???” because...we did. Yami is retreading old territory.

And that’s a thing that happens when you write, PS, when Yugi was saying “we already did this!” Yugi was reminding the writers of the show “we did this already. Like guys. We did this.” and sometimes when you’re writing, your characters will do that to you, and you should always be paying attention to cues like that.

Anyway, he vanquishes the hate tornado by thinking fondly of all of his buddies, and then the storm that should have been over the Atlantic Ocean, as according to the dub, parted in the sky above California.

GEOGRAPHY, the secret final boss of this season of Yugioh. And they failed. In a big way.

Yugi holds out his hands in real life, and pretends to hold a ghost that isn’t there. Now I want all of you to do this position IRL. Like that. OK. It looks like Yugi is holding onto a pair of ghost boobies.

Meanwhile, actual and very literal ghosts with very real bodies show up and start picking up Dartz and like...

...The ending of Dartz’ storyline is a TRIP! Lets just get into it!

This cursed dog. I can’t stand how this dog is drawn. I hate it so much that I actually love it, and if I saw this in a thrift store I would impulse buy it and hang it over my fireplace mantle in a golden gilded frame.

AHHH????

WHAT????

He electrocuted you with LIGHTNING! He killed your...everyone! He killed EVERYONE!

Also girl, how are you HERE? Like Physically??? I saw you die! TWICE!!

Yugioh is on SOMETHING with this one, and I think that “something” is called “we weren’t allowed to give you a PG-13 sad ending.”

This is just the freakin weirdest thing. We have a character who is worse than Darth Vadar, and this show has pulled so many dark things in it’s history, but it just...

...it can’t punish Dartz at all, and I don’t know what they were thinking.

They have been poetic before--Pegasus got his eyeball gruesomely ripped straight out of his face, nearly got murdered by Bakura, and was not able to resurrect his wife. Noah hella died, had to give up his plan to rule the world and be a real boy, and had to murder his own Dad even, the moment he finally made a bond with his brothers. Marik had to lose all control of his body, live helplessly inside Tea’s bod for an entire season and accept the fact that he murdered his Dad and now has to live on without any of the magic that ever made him powerful in a broken world and a broken family he will never understand.

Dartz though?

If he does get some sort of poetic retribution, it will be off-screen because we don’t have time for it.

And that’s kind of a bummer because this is usually something Yugioh is kinda good at! I enjoy when this show goes dark, this is a great opportunity to do it...and they didn’t.

It was just the wettest fart Yugioh has ever played on me.

Just the wettest. Nice knowing you, Dartz. Glad you were here to murder everyone on Earth and then totes get away with it because we’ll just pretend like the Orichalcos was a totally different person--although it’s not. Because Yami JUST told us that it doesn’t work that way. Yami JUST told us that the Orichalcos was using his own pain and his own hate against him.

It’s not a separate person, it’s the same!

And to suggest that Yami vanquishing that hate tornado somehow cured Dartz of all his sins, is some upper level Jesus stuff that I don’t think this show would normally want to tread on. Straight up. Yami is a pretty poor stand in for Jesus Christ, and I feel I can straight up say that because it’s Christmas.

...what HAPPENED in the writing room with this one? Did they just run out of episodes? There are less episodes this seasons than other seasons have been.

Was it edited for the English version? Because I...kind of doubt they could edit that much to make it that drastically different.

I’m just boggled. Like usually I’m of the opinion to let the writers do whatever they do because I do not know what was going on behind the scenes, and I’m still of the opinion that they did the best of what they could do with the resources they were given.

BUT, this episode just feels...hella sus. I feel like they just had to make an ending. Any ending. Get an ending on there and finish the season before the power goes out and then run away with whatever paycheck you get (because in entertainment--you might not get one).

Seto and Joey made it completely back to the KaibaCopter before Tea was like “I mean it’s been 15 minutes, guys, you really didn’t hear him behind you? You really lost his tiny pitter patter of his little shoes? The little shoes that make a little tinkly noise like a kitty cat’s collar? A little kitty cat collar that he also wears around his neck? His neck that has a golden pyramid held by a tow chain that makes a little clanky clank when it hits his two belts covered in metal rivets that makes a little singsong clippity cloppity noise every time he so much as breathes? He’s a walking talking Bell of Notre Dame, you lost him?”

and Seto was like “Oh damn it, I know he’s the same size as Mokuba, and so I should be really good at not losing this kid but also have you noticed how many times I’ve lost Mokuba???”

Joey just looked into the distant tomb hut and said “......You’re kidding me.” and decided to immediately run back because Joey Wheeler knows what’s up.

Had Joey Wheeler actually made it back to Atlantis, he would have seen Dartz and his entire family hugging it out and would have immediately socked the guy straight in the dick and it would have been a great way to finally give Dartz just one single consequence for murdering everyone on Earth but you know, I did not write this episode.

I’m really glad that in the same episode that Yami called upon the powers of friendship, his friends hella ditched him to vanquish in a watery grave.

This is wild!

Seto’s words were “Good riddance” as the island went down, and you could not tell if he was talking about the island or about Yugi.

That and Kaiba Really Hates Islands. LOVES watching an island go up in smoke (or underwater, in this case). Loves nothing more.

Seto, your powers of friendship were just used to save the world.

Apparently the standard for friendship power is...not much. But they did just make Yami, of all people, do a literal Jesus in Gethsemane so...the bar for morality is just not very high in this anime.

Did the Great Leviathan stitch Weevil Underwood’s body back together or something? This is...

...Yo Weevil are you immortal now? Are you the big bad in S5 that comes out of nowhere and kick’s Bakura’s ass back to the Shadow Realm like Marik in S2? Because I’ll accept that.

I won’t like it, but I’ll accept that.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

look at those toddler shoes worn by a full adult! Weevil Underwood is so over-designed for a super low-level miniboss and I low key love that they love Weevil Underwood this freakin much.

Of all people, Weevil Freakin Underwood.

Listen, listen, listen.

If Mikey was still alive, he’d be older.

He’d have been older in that Leviathan tummy, he’d be Alister’s age but he’s not. He’s uh...

Yo show that got real dark. Show this is what you should have done to Dartz. I love this sort of dark ending for a rude asshole who is going to try to put his family back together although it’s completely impossible--this would have been a good Dartz ending. But...whatever. It’s fine.

We’ll...let Dartz have his family back, it’s fine.

Meanwhile, in the first actual picture of California that really feels like California, Valon immediately accepts the fact that Mai left him.

This is also a great dark ending for Valon. To accept that the people in your life have moved on and that you, too, must move on, even if it’s alone. This would have been an excellent ending for Dartz.

And then Mai just bounces. She does not seek out Joey Wheeler, because she’s like “I have to fix some stuff, I have some serious problems, and it’s going to take a really long time before I can get over my toxic past.” and just freakin leaves us. Sorry, anyone who was hoping Joey and Mai would smooch at any point, it’s uh...it’s not legal yet.

And TBH I don’t even know if Valon is legal either, and the show decided to not reveal that to us, or allow them to smooch.

And as for Raphael? Uh...

They didn’t bother, I think. I didn’t cap it, at least. But we did get at least one person washed up on a beach.

It would be Kuribo.

I talk about 2020 energy a lot in this season but like...wild 2020 energy here, to be so freakin chill and can I say--delighted--to be stranded on an abandoned island.

The show does not elaborate any more on if the cards are dead or alive, or if the games we are playing are with actual people forced to play these horrible games for us. It’s best that they don’t tell us. Just like Mr Mime. No one wants to know.

Mr Mime as in the Pokemon Mr Mime, PS, I just realized that there is a mime in this universe and he’s just...I don’t really want to know about that guy, either. All mimes honestly, I don’t want to know anything at all about all mimes.

Luckily, for Yugi, Kaiba didn’t fly very far from this island, and so we don’t have to have some sort of weird season cliffhanger where we guess how long Yugi can live off of coconuts (2 hours. he would last 2 hours on this island)

Although it would be such a cliffhanger to wonder what Yugi’s hair would look like after that. the same, right? Like it’s the same amount of grease and nasty stuff? He’d just have his roots growing out?

And there they go--goodbye Dues Ex Machina Cards. Either the show can’t keep you on board because you’re hella broken, or the three dragon warriors died, or retired, or whatever it is when a card is like “I’m done with humanity, please leave me alone and never call me again.”

Did Seto low key just break up with his side piece just now? Tragic.

Remember that time that Yugi was so bouyant he was armpits out of the water in S2? It’s crazy how bouyant Yugi Muto is. Like if someone did one of those anime cross-sections of his anatomy, he needs like 3 or 4 duck shaped pool floaties in there.

Now, full disclosure, I have written the ending to this post 3 times because tumblr keeps deleting this post out of my drafts folder (I shouldn’t be writing this in my drafts folder, being real, it’s been really buggy lately, and I’m gonna have to make a different solution to this) So I’m just...

...gonna end on this note. This exciting note that Bakura is next. Finally, Bakura (JK of course, because apparently Bakura doesn’t show up for half the season. Bro told me this and offered that we should skip that filler and of course I told him that is not the point of this blog and we will be watching all of that gruesome filler piece by piece. Because for someone, out there--that filler is their favorite episode. I don’t know who you are--but get ready for filler.)

Now Yami could just...call up Bakura at any point at his house and make an appointment to end the world...but maybe S5 will go a different direction? We shall see.

Anyway, that’s it for this Season! Thanks all for sticking with us when I just...didn’t have an upload schedule for this entire year. It’s been a YEAR. But, I’m hoping for good things in the future, and that things will adjust back to a normal upload schedule and that...hopefully tumblr won’t die or something weird like that.

I’m gonna finish the Full Metal alchemist Live Action movie next (we’re like halfway through) and then after that--onward to to S5! See y’all there!

Stay safe!

(and here’s the link to read these in chrono order if you’re new here:

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

[im-bipolar-but-thats-okay]

It would be perfect if it was raining.

This is a friendly reminder that things are not always what they seem.

Today I barely got out of bed. 6 alarms and I slept through 5 of them. I was suppose to go the gym, but, obviously that did not happen. I barely showered, didn’t wash my face, forgot to brush my teeth, got dressed, touched up my make up and managed to walk my dog. Luckily, since I cut out so much from my regular morning routine, I was running right on time. Still, I didn’t feel triumphant. I’m actually feeling rather gloomy today. It would be perfect if it was raining. 

On my drive in, I grabbed my daily Starbucks. I got two drinks because they messed up the first one. I guess I should be excited about that, but I’m not. I cried the rest of the drive to work. 

My boss always asks how I am doing. He is always excited and full of energy. He loves talking to people. We are the exact opposite. Still I like him. He is a good boss. I always tell him I am doing good. I’m sure he knows I’m not. I don’t reciprocate the question. I hate small talk. I would really much rather sit by myself in my office doing my work. But he loves to talk so he tells me a story about his cats. Now I am interested. He asks me what I did on my day off yesterday. Urgh. More small talk. I casually mention meeting with a new therapist. I’m very open about my diagnosis and my treatment plans. I do not feel like I should hide it or be ashamed. I mention lunch with my sister. I talk about taking my dog to the vet. Now I get to tell a story about my fur baby.

10:30 hits and the rest of the staff have begun showing up. I smile and greet a few of them, but mostly keep to myself. I survive the morning meeting and hurry back to my desk. My desk feels safe. Covered in Darth Vader memorabilia, it is my home away from home. I often cry at my desk, but I managed to keep it in today. 

My main task for the day was to meet with my staff and administer their monthly reviews. Something I really did not want to do. Not because I do not like my staff or because they don’t do a great job. My staff is amazing. My entire department is filled with unique, intelligent, and inspiring people. I just really didn’t want to talk to anyone. I wanted to get through the day so I could be back home, but I tried my best to be “normal.” I tried my best to joke around. I tried my best to seem interested in conversations. I tried my best to be a good manager. 

But why does it seem like I am always trying my best? And why does it seem like my best is never good enough? Why do I feel like I want to curl up in a ball and cry? 

I was hoping for a quiet day, especially after my boss left early. I guess he wasn’t feeling it either. But it stayed pretty busy with phone calls and emails. The busyness kind of forced the depression out of me. I guess keeping my mind occupied can sometimes help distract from the emptiness I feel. 

Despite wanting to avoid all contact with anyone that is part of the human race, (doggos and kitties are okay), I ended up having a conversation with another manager. Not about anything important, just about things going on in her life. Things going on in my life. It was nice. I got to talk about my new beau. And I had a small ray of sunshine when I got to show off a picture of him and a video of his dancing. His face warms my heart. Maybe in another post I’ll write about him, how we met, and why I feel that I love him despite it being such a new relationship. I often question whether I deserve love, but I’m going to try to hold on to him for as long as I can.   

My work day ended and I rushed home. I was excited to see my sister and my dog. The cat is okay. She yells at me a lot. But I was finally home. Being home doesn’t make the depression go away. I don’t magically feel better, but I get to be sad in the comfort of my own room. I don’t have to worry about anyone walking in on me if I start crying. I’m not forced to interact with anyone, and so it makes it easier to deal with these emotions. 

I’m tired now and I will probably go to bed soon. I’ve taken my meds and the Latuda makes me sleepy. Tomorrow I get up and do it all over again. Maybe I’ll feel better. Maybe I’ll feel worse. Sometimes it feels like its a roll of the dice. But regardless I’m going to get up and do my best. 

[lazy--matt]

I was tagged by @kinky-little-rider

Name: Matt

Nicknames: Matty, Sparky, buttmunch, toad

Zodiac: cancer

Height: 6'

Languages: English and various words in other languages

Nationality: American

Favorite season: winter

Favorite flower: tulips 😉

Favorite scent: cooking food, BBQ, the smell of brand new manuals for games when they used to do books instead of sheets

Dogs or cats: Kitty and corgi but im allergic to animal dander

Number of blankets: one sheet

Dream trip: Scotland, japan

Blog established: like 2 months

Gender: dude

Current time: 11:30pm

Favorite fictional character: fry from futurama, captain phasma and Brienne of tarth, zero salvador and zane from borderlands

Coffee, hot tea or hot chocolate: hot green tea with honey

Average hours of sleep: 7-8 but waking up frequently

Favorite artists: the kills, that handsome devil, blink 182, offspring, mc chris

Stuck in my head: dont you want me by the himan league

Last movie I saw: princess bride

Last thing I googled: how to adjust the hot/cold setting in the shower

Other blogs: Not anymore tumblr deactivatsd lazy-matt after 8 years

Do I get asks: like once a week maybe

Reason for URL: i work hard and fast so I can be lazy and my name actually is Matt

Followers/following: 183/557

Lucky number: 7

Currently wearing: darth vader shirts and shorts

Dream job: something that affords me time and money to enjoy it with my so

Favorite foods: stuffed green peppers steak, friend boneless chicken breast

Instruments: couldn't afford instruments and i have no rhythm

Favorite song: paint it black by the rolling stones or elephant bones by that handsome devil

I tag! @cause-not-symptom @tatitko @ophg @lebassinaux-nympheas @my-nocturnal-rainbows @lorenaangelia

[galactic-magick]

Everyone Deserves a Home: Steve Harrington x Henderson!Reader

Summary: You go to the animal shelter with Steve at Christmastime.

Rating: G

Words: 1200+

Warnings: literally just fluff. This is hallmark level cheesiness tbh

Author’s Notes: I’m way too in love with Steve Harrington. I already have two more holiday fic ideas for him. I probably need help but at least I’m getting some decent fic out of it right?

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You hop into the passenger’s seat of your boyfriend’s car, instinctively leaning in for a kiss. He smiles against your lips and doesn’t pull away until you do.

“So, where to?” he asks.

“I heard the animal shelter is having an open house today, that might be fun,”

“Sounds good to me,” Steve grins and puts a hand on your shoulder as he backs out of the driveway.

This is fairly normal for the two of you, he just calls you and asks if you want to go out and then you decide on somewhere on a whim. If you’re hungry you go out to eat, and if you’re both broke you have a picnic. You’ve visited every place worth visiting in the small town of Hawkins, as well as every place that isn’t. Sometimes when you can’t think of anything to do, you’ll just go on a walk with him in the woods. It really doesn’t matter to either of you what you’re doing or where you are, as long as you’re together.

Today, though, you know exactly what you want to do. You’ve been missing Mews a lot recently, so when you saw an ad for some cats and dogs in need of adoption, going to the shelter is all you’ve wanted to do. Maybe petting animals for an hour or so will make you feel better.

 -

 As soon as you walk in the door, your smile is so wide it reaches your eyes. You squeal at the cuteness of all the kittens and puppies near the front. You pull Steve with you to the fences, many of the puppies already trying to crawl up to see both of you.

A fluffy chocolate-colored puppy wags their tail and looks up at Steve.

“I think that one likes you,” you giggle, pointing to it.

“Aw, he’s adorable,” he picks the puppy up gently and runs his fingers through its fur.

You fluff up the thick fur around its head, “Looks a bit like you,”

“Very funny,” he slowly puts the dog down and gets distracted by some of the other ones.

You head over to the kittens on the other side of the room, high pitched meows filling your ears. Many of them are rolling around or swiping at yarn balls, some scratching at the fence. You pick up an orange kitten and it starts liking at your fingers. It clings to your shirt with its tiny claws and purrs softly. It looks so much like Mews did as a kitten, and honestly you’re not sure you can bear constantly being reminded that your cat was viciously eaten by a demagorgon.

Steve comes up behind you, wrapping his arms around your waist, “That one’s cute,”

“Yeah, it’s just-“ you sigh as you carefully put the kitten back on the floor.

“Hey, it’s okay,” he kisses your cheek and holds you tighter. Steve never really knew Mews, since he didn’t really become close with you and Dustin until after she died, but he’s seen pictures and you’ve told him about her. “You wanna take a look at some of the older cats?”

“Sure,” you nod, allowing him to take your hand and walk you down the hall.

There’s a room full of crates with cats of all kinds and ages. Most of them are rescue, some that had owners that passed away or couldn’t take care of them anymore. You run up to the little doors and pet as many kitties as you can, many of them purring, some growling a bit. Steve nearly jumps out of his skin when one hisses at him, making you chuckle.

You come across one black cat huddled in the corner of his crate, lifting his head slightly when he sees you. He’s missing an eye and he’s pretty skinny.

“What happened to this one?” you ask the worker feeding one of the cats nearby.

“We’re not completely sure, actually. Someone brought him in, said they found him in the snow on the side of the road,” she says. “He’s been pretty shy, but you can try holding him if you want,” You nod vigorously. The worker opens the crate door and places the cat carefully in your arms. He purrs almost immediately on contact, closing his one eye and rubbing his head against you. You’re nearly brought to tears at the sweetness.

“I love him,”

“He’s not available for adoption just yet because we still need to get him healthy, but in a few weeks you’re welcome to come back,” You look up at Steve, who seems to have equally fallen in love with the cat. He meows at Steve and reaches his paw out.

“Does he want me?”

“I think so,” you laugh, handing the cat over. Steve looks like he’s about to melt as the cat claws his sweater, purring and nuzzling his face into him. “Does he have a name?”

“He didn’t have a collar, but one of my co-workers likes to call him Anakin, say he looks like scarred Darth Vader from the last Star Wars movie,”

You smile, “I like that,”

 -

 It’s Christmas Eve. You, Dustin, and your mom are watching some old Christmas movie on the TV and eating probably way too many Christmas cookies. The house smells of pine, citrus, and sugar, and your fingertips are crisp from the cold.

The animal shelter told you they’d call you when Anakin was healthy enough to be taken home, and you still haven’t gotten a call in the last few weeks. You’re starting to worry maybe something happened to him or someone else got him.

The doorbell rings, and you get up to answer it.

“Hey beautiful,” Steve catches your lips before you even have the chance to process him standing in your doorway.

“Hi,” you exhale. You notice he has one arm behind his back, and he tries to hide it by leaning against the frame.

“I couldn’t wait until tomorrow, I want to give you your present now,” he runs his other hand through his hair. “Turn around, okay?” You comply, hearing him come inside and set down whatever he had after closing the door.

“Is that Steve sweetie?” your mom calls.

“Yeah, it’s me,” Steve covers your eyes and guides you back to your living room. “Keep your eyes closed, okay? I’ll bring it in here,”

Dustin and your mom gasp, and you swear you can hear a familiar meow.

“Okay, open your eyes,” You almost scream as you see none other than Anakin step out of a crate. He looks straight at you and meows again, showcasing a red collar with his name on it.

“You got him for me?”

“Of course,”

Dustin and your mom kneel on the floor, smiling and petting him.

“Steve, he’s wonderful, thank you,” your mom says.

“Well, I mean I know how hard it’s been since Mews got-“ Dustin gives Steve a glare, reminding him how your mom didn’t actually know what happened. “-lost,”

You’re not sure whether to laugh or cry of happiness. You run to Steve’s side and bury your face in his chest, hugging him close. You feel something tug at your pants, looking down to see Anakin meowing up at you. You pick him up and hold him between you, his purrs filling the room.

“How can I ever thank you for this?”

“I’m sure I can think of something,” he winks, running his fingers down your arm and kissing the crown of your head. “Merry Christmas sweetheart,”

“Merry Christmas Steve,”

[stillebesat]

The Path: A Tale of Trick or Treating -Deceit (14/15)

Sanders Sides: Logan, Patton, Roman, Virgil, Deceit, Remus Sanders Shorts: Remy (Sleep) Cartoon Therapy: Emile Picani Blurb: You’ve been trick or treating at the Sanders Side’s homes for as long as you can remember, but this year things get a bit more…complicated. Fic Type: Halloween, Adventure Chapter 14 Warnings: Deceit, Duke Mention Author’s Note: This fic is told in Second Person.

Previous Houses: Remus(1) Patton(2) Emile(3) Remy(4) ???(5) Logan(6) Roman(7) Virgil(8) Diva(9) Duke(10) Prince(11) Picani(12) Logic(13)

While the costumes he wore changed by the year, the candy never did. The Villain -for he always dressed up as one- never failed to hand out suckers each Halloween.

However. The type of suckers you received from him depended on what you did.

Because on his dark door, there always hung an elegantly scrawled sign that simply said: HISS FOR YOUR TREATS with a painted black cat next to it.

If The Villain opened the door to your knock and you said the usual, ‘Trick or Treat’ that everyone else in the neighborhood expected; he would simply arch an eyebrow, croon a simple ‘How Sweet,’ and hand you a Dum Dum for your troubles.

But if you followed the instructions on the sign and hissed like a cat he would give you either a Tootsie Pop -for a bad attempt at hissing, or a Blow Pop -for a good attempt at hissing.

It was a challenge that you liked for the variety, but hadn’t taken seriously...until the year before last. 

Because that was the year you saw The Giant Lollipop.

You’d arrived at the house decorated like it was the underworld just as a kid dressed as Darth Vader had reached the sidewalk with the the ginormous rainbow colored confection in hand. It had been the same size as Vader’s mask and you swear your eyes had grown three sizes bigger upon seeing it because you wanted it. 

It was like the ultimate candy reward, especially from The Villain! And you could picture yourself licking the thing for weeks, no, months before it would vanish.

Desperate to know just how Darth Vader had gotten the giant treat, you’d marched straight up to them and asked--no demanded, “How did you get that?!” Because you’d thought your ability to mimic a hissing cat had gotten pretty good. 

But The Villain had never given you a giant lollipop. 

“I Hissed.” The kid had proudly, but unhelpfully, told you in Darth Vader’s voice as they walked away heading down the street towards Virgil’s haunted house. 

If it was simply hissing...well, you’d thought then that maybe The Villain had switched up his suckers this year. Giving out the Lollipops instead of the smaller suckers. However, when you’d reached The Villain’s door -he’d been dressed as Hades that year- and hissed the very best cat hiss you’d ever done.

You got another Blow Pop for your efforts.  

Last year, despite the hundreds of cat videos you’d watched, and a little bit of advice from Virgil on how to get your hissing to sound just right...A Blow Pop had again been your reward with no Giant Lollipop to be seen. 

It was frustrating. You knew there was something you were missing, but The Villain only ever gave you one chance and no hints for your sucker each Halloween. There were no do-overs. 

Cats may have Nine Lives, but You only have One. 

You stagger to a stop in front of his house, pausing by his mailbox with the lettering of The Villain’s name worn away to catch your breath after running all the way there. 

Glancing up to the Halloween decorations of various animal skulls, you bite your lip. What Ifs once more plaguing your mind. 

After all, in previous years you would have come to this house minutes after visiting Virgil’s place. What would have happened had you already been trick or treating here earlier before you found The Path? Would The Villain have given you a second chance to Hiss for your Treats to complete it?

One chance. 

You shiver, rubbing the snake ring that you’d placed securely on your thumb as you climb the steps to The Villain’s home.

You highly doubted it. 

One chance. 

And there was no need to worry about those what ifs when this was your first time tonight approaching his door.

Hiss. Hiss for your Treats. 

The picture on the sign had always been of a cat, leading trick-or-treaters to believe that they needed to make cat noises to get their treat. You take a good look at the sign now, confirming the black kitty was still there as you raise your finger to press the doorbell.

But cats weren’t the only creatures that hissed now were they?

Use Parseltongue.

All along, the sign had been a red herring.  A trick. 

And you’d fallen for it. 

Every. 

Single. 

Year. 

No wonder The Villain always handed out suckers. 

You hear locks click on the door and take a step back as The Villian dressed as Scar from The Lion King appears with his rock colored bowl of candy and stares down at you with his mismatched eyes, the golden one appearing even brighter tonight with Scar’s mark highlighting it.

“You’re a bit late this year aren’t you?” He croons after giving you the once over. “Doing a last minute practice?” 

You gulp, clutching your candy bucket tighter. Crap. You hadn’t practiced.  

Well you had. But not hissing like a snake! You didn’t even know where to begin with that. 

One Chance. 

“Cat got your tongue tonight?” The Villain asks, brushing his fingers along his black mane before dropping them to the bowl of candy. 

“NO!” 

He freezes at your yell and raises an eyebrow. 

You lick your lips. There was no way you’d be receiving a Dum Dum this year. 

“Well?” He purrs, the corner of his mouth twitching upwards. “Go on then.” 

Use Parseltongue. 

One chance.

Complete The Path.

You look up, meeting his mismatched eyes as you slip the ring off your finger. “SSSSsssssssssSSSSSssssssSSSssSSSSSSSssssssssssssssssssssss.” You hiss at him. 

His expression doesn’t change until you stop hissing, but after a beat The Villain gives you a real smile that reveals his teeth and a pair of sharper than normal fangs. “Oh, Bravo.” He croons, setting the bowl aside. “Your accent is a bit strong, but again, Bravo.” 

Your heart leaps in your chest and as he brings out a giant rainbow lollipop, you feel like your eyes have grown to the size of dinner plates.

Success.

Finally. SUCCESS! The Giant Lollipop was YOURS!

“Here.” He says holding it out to you.

And you nearly take it.

Nearly.

But you shake your head just before your fingers wrap around the stick.

One Chance. 

The Path. 

You had to finish it. 

“Wait, I also have--” Instead of grabbing the lollipop you flip your hand palm up, revealing the silver ring of the snake eating its own tail. “This for you.” 

There’s no change in his expression beyond his pupils contracting into slits as he stares at the ring, making him look all the more cat--no snake like. 

Nervously you clear your throat.

With the noise The Villain’s eyes flash up to meet yours and you flinch.

His snake like stare is even more nerve wracking when it’s directed right at you.

“You found the Path.” He says in a low voice. “And with this Ring” He plucks it from your palm and it vanishes along with the Giant Lollipop in the blink of an eye. “You are at its end.”

Your heart leaps again. The END?!

“But.”

With that word your heart sinks just as quickly as it had risen. “But?” You ask. What more could there be if you were at the end of The Path?

“One final question remains.” He holds out his hand, face once again expressionless, the slit like pupils of his eyes focused on you. “If I asked it of you. To complete this Path. Would you,” He points to your full bucket of candy. “Willingly give all your treats to me?” 

All of your candy? 

Your stomach twists.

ALL of your Candy?

You break eye contact, chest growing tight as you struggled to breathe.  

It was no secret that Halloween was your favorite holiday. That your goal was to get more candy than the year before. 

And this year, even with The Path pulling you away from the last bit of your trick or treating route, you’d come out with more candy than ever before. Your sweet sweet treasure that would last you well into the summer if you were careful. 

And the Villain was asking you to just…give it to him?

“Tell me. Yes or No.” 

This was your hard work. This was all your time and effort. 

You squeeze your eyes shut. 

And see Logan’s tear streaked cheeks.

Hear Remus’s voice as he tells you his name.

Feel Roman’s joy as the marbles fill his chalice for the first time.

They were all counting on you. 

To complete The Path.

You had promised.

You open your eyes and lift your head, staring down The Villain.

You wouldn’t fail them now.

“Here.” You say, heart pounding painfully in your chest as you thrust the bucket full of candy at him. “Take it.” 

The Villain does just that. Lifting the bucket from your hand, he peers inside and smirks. “Taste the Rainbow.” He murmurs, prodding the large bag of Skittles that Remus had given you. “Excellent.” He looks up, and while his mismatched eyes are still snake like they appear much softer, warmer than before. “You have done well in gathering your candy this year, Chosen One.” 

“...Thanks.” You give him a limp smile in return as you cross your arms, trying to not stare at your bucket of candy...that is no longer yours. 

It’s a bittersweet feeling for sure. You don’t know how you would even explain your lack of candy to your parents when you got back home.

But if it helped you to complete The Path. It would be worth it.

Right?

“You’re gonna need every piece.” 

Wait. Need? “Huh?” You jerk your head up, to again meet his eyes. “Wha--”

He holds up a finger, silencing you. “Chocolate for Health, Sugar for Flame.” He tells you. “Give one of each every day. The Chocolate first. Sugar second. No more. No less. Can you promise me that?” 

To get your candy back? “YES!” You quickly tell him. You’d be willing to agree to almost anything, even if his instructions on eating the candy were...odd. Just two pieces a day? Why? Why the chocolate? How did the sugar make flames? Would you have to burn it? Did eating them in a certain order have anything to do with--

“Hold out your hands.” He tells you.

It’s not like you need both hands to hold your bucket of candy, but you follow his instructions cupping your hands together.

But instead of giving you your candy, The Villain reaches under the mane of his Scar costume.

Before you can ask what he’s doing, you hear a soft startled hiss come from behind his ear.

In the blink of an eye he’s taking your hands and gently placing a warm leathery, wiggly something into them. 

“Congratulations.” He says, eyes glittering in the porchlight as you stare dumbfounded at your hands. 

Hands holding a--a---you can barely believe it. You have to be dream--but you know you’re not. Yet it’s--it’s!!! 

In your hands, very much alive and hissing up a storm, is a tiny baby dragon.

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D27 and D46 with Rami?

D27 Please don’t carve something inappropriate on the pumpkin. D46 Okay, time to hit the streets. I got the wagon full of beer and the kids are in their costumes.

“Mommy, I want  a kitty on my pumpkin,” said your daughter, Sofia. “To match my costume.”

“Alright, darling, you’ll have a kitty on your pumpkin,” you assured her. “Rami, is there a stencil for that?”

Rami flipped through the pages of the pumpkin carving kit and stopped when found one.

“Aha!” he said. “Here it is.”

He tore it out and handed it to you.

“Thank you, Daddy!” Sofia said.

Rami kissed her head. Then he looked over at your son, Zach. Zach was significantly older than Sofia because he was your son from a previous relationship. When you and Rami got married, he adopted Zach, and you were so thrilled that they had a good relationship. Zach’s biological father wasn’t in the picture. Rami made every effort to make your son feel loved. When Sofia came along, Zach was so excited to have a sibling. Even though he was fifteen and she was five, they managed to become best friends.

“What’s your plan, Zach?” Rami asked.

“Please don’t carve something inappropriate on the pumpkin,” you said.

“I’m not!” he insisted. “God, Mom, ye of little faith.”

“I just know you,” you returned.

He chuckled. “Relax. I’m just doing a normal jack-o-lantern face.”

“Careful with the knife,” Rami warned him.

“Dad, I got it,” Zach replied.

Rami nodded, pulled Sofia onto his lap, and then guided her through the carving. He didn’t let her hold the knife, but she had her hand on top of his so she felt like she was helping. When the carving was over, you got a picture of the kids with their pumpkins before taking them and placing them on the front porch.

“Okay, you guys go get dressed,” you told them. “I’m gonna clean up a little before we head out.”

“Mommy can I have a piece of candy?” Sofia asked.

“You’ll get plenty of candy tonight,” you said. “That candy is for the kids who come to our house.”

She pouted and then followed her brother. As they walked by the front door on their way up the stairs, you saw Zach swipe a piece from the bowl and sneak it to Sofia, who giggled. You opened your mouth to tell them you saw, but Rami stopped you.

“It’s Halloween, babe,” he said. “Let them have it.”

“He’s spoiling her,” you protested.

“And that makes him different from us how?” he teased, kissing your cheek. “I’m gonna help Sofia get dressed. The wagon is ready to go.”

“Alright, love,” you agreed.

You threw away the newspaper and the guts of the pumpkins before hearing your family thundering back down the stairs. Zach was dressed as a Jedi and Sofia was a black cat. Zach was always sure to never dress as something that could scare his little sister. He almost got a Darth Vader costume, but when he saw her horrified face as she looked at it, he decided against it.

“Okay, time to hit the streets,” Rami said. “I got the wagon full of beer and the kids are in their costumes.”

“Alright!” you said. “You guys look amazing!”

“Let’s go!” Sofia insisted, grabbing her brother’s hand.

You all filed outside, and you left the bowl of candy on a small table. Then, you locked the door and headed toward the street. Rami took your hand, and with the other, he pulled the wagon. You watched your kids ahead of you and you smiled.

“Thank you, Rami,” you said.

“For what?” he wondered, raising an eyebrow.

“For being the best husband and father in the world,” you told him.

You kissed his cheek and he smiled. 

“I love you,” you said.

“I love you too, Y/N,” he returned. “Happy Halloween.”

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Why is your OC named that? Part 3

Because why not? Let’s try a few more. Mostly Dyn’s family now. Not included Vox, Midnight Lothcat or Esplin as I have stated their meanings before (”Voice of the Emperor”, he’s a black cat and I love black cats, and named after the villain in Animorphs respectively).

Jedi Knight “Tali” - So I haven’t stated her name outright, her name is shared with a 6th Century Welsh bard, which is where it was taken from, and a Welsh village.

Lord Rina - From “Reena”, Latin; melody. Reena is a name I like, spelling altered due to the lack of an “e” in Kittât.

Lord Haikyrion - From Greek “Ὑπερίων” (Hyperion); The High-One. One of the Greek Titans; father of the sun, moon, and dawn. I just thought it appropriate for his status, a powerful name.

Fia - From “Fie”, a fun name in many languages, the translation I was given a long time ago was “dark/dark featured” by a Scottish friend. I liked it.

Kitti - From Kitty, as in the cute nickname for a cat. I wanted a name that sounded cute as a sort of Umbridge Effect, I think is the term? Sounds innocent and pure, but she really isn’t.

Ludwik - From Ludwig. Erm...I named him after Ludwig von Koopa from Super Mario...

Darth Sabrah - I have no idea, if it does mean something then it is unintentional, I made it up about five minutes before making him.

Excubitor - Latin; warden/sentinel. He is a bodyguard turned assassin, his name is meant to be a reflection of that.

Lord Temazros - Proto Italic; dark. Dark is always a fun name for a Sith. Was originally created as a member of the Lost Tribe of the Sith for a tabletop roleplay.

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Things I am Thankful For...

A non-exhaustive list

Ever day I get to wake up with @writegowrite and make bad jokes about space wizards and Count Dooku’s final apprentice, Darth Fromage.

My cats, Thorin and Ziva, for their patience with my “OOOO! KITTY!” manhandling.

My IRL family who tolerate my many poorly lit pictures of The Bread I Make For Family Get Togethers.

My mom for taking my panicked phone calls when I am making said bread and my dad for chatting with me while Mom makes the Death Noodles I Cannot Stand. How is it possible to make evil egg noodles with cheese? HOW DOES SHE DO IT?

Lily’s parents who help me take care of her when they come up for visit and have far too much technical expertise and handy-man know how for one couple. Seriously, if the zombie apocalypse ever happens we’re going to their house. We’ll be totally fine. 

My dear friends who send me cute kitten gifs when I’m sad, silly cat pictures when I’m having a tough day and introduce me to things like 85 degree bakery and Percy Pigs. I could not get through a day without breaking down in tears ten different times without you all. 

My delightful and wonderful on-line friends who encourage me, inspire me, laugh with me and make the wild ride on this strange blue-hellsite worthwhile.

Every person who has ever left me a kudos or a comment on anything I’ve written. I know for some of you that is really hard and it takes a lot of courage to leave those words for me to read but they mean so much to me. So, SO MUCH. It makes the long dark days just a little bit shorter and makes the sunny, fun days that much brighter. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. 

And to the people who have drawn fan art for me? I love you. Which body part do you need me to donate for your life-saving surgery? I cannot ever repay you for the amount of hard work and skill that goes into any art project and the idea that you’ve taken time out of your day to draw something inspired by my rampant insanity work is just... it is quite possibly one of the best feelings in the world. Thank you for sharing with me and everyone else! Seriously though, what do you need in thanks? Kidney? Lung? Bone Marrow? You just let me know and we’ll make this happen. 

I’m off to go partake in the annual tradition of carbohydrate loading for a marathon I am never, ever going to run, so I will leave this wish for you: 

I wish you a lovely day, with friends and family, blood, found or otherwise. I wish you good food and an even better nap. I wish you an easy day at work/school if you’re outside the States. And finally, I wish you I wish for you peace, joy and happiness that will carry through the end of this year and into the next. 

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Godlygalligan NO YOU DIDNT DARTH VADER DID HE CRUSHED LIKE THE WEAK MINDED JEDI YOU ARE

kitty cat? All of you you don't have to say Anakin Skywalker if you reply ITS OBVIOUS YOUR TALKING ABOUT HIM!

Ryan Bramble When someone goes to the darkside they usually have a trumatic experience pre-darkside. Like anakin getting most of his body destroyed and losing his lover and the opportunity to raise his children. That obviously broke him. To use the darkside you have to have some rage or sadness since that is what it feeds off.

Connor Schultz We all should know that by now. When someone goes dark side, some how, some way, for some stupid reason the person that you once was isn't.... For some reason.

acephantom903 If the republic never collapsed (which it might have with the droid armies still on patrol because half of the separatist leaders were not captured on Utapau) then there wouldn't have been the break off military group which would have allowed Snoke to get power in the unknown regions. That and he would have had the full jedi council who would have chased him down upon his first contact with the known galaxy. This is ignoring what Snoke may or may not be according to the leaks. If he is what the leaks suggest, that would only make Snoke stronger and more dangerous possibly killing the Skywalker twins before episode 4 to 6. 7-9 could still theoretically happen but things would be very different.

DANIEL M I don't think so, like he said, sometime, in the future, one of Anakin descendents might fall into the dark side, so, the films would happen, but they would be much different

Jonah Wilson True but Ben Solo wouldn't be influenced to the dark side because Darth Vader would have never existed, the first order would have no ground to build on and no resistance would be needed to counter them. Different story entirely.

João Farias The original trilogy could be about how Luke turns to the Dark SIde (as it was intended to happen, maybe motivated by Sidious Force Ghost) in movie IV, killing Anakin and making Yoda fled. Movie V could be about Leia + Force Ghosts x Luke and VI could be about the defeat of Luke and the final reveal of Snoke, plotting everthing from scratch.

Rachel Morris And about the objections on how Snoke would gain power.... Man... He is a millennial dark side vampire. He would find a way....

MandoG  I believe it is incredibly rare for force ghosts to exist and they can only exist if the person passed the test of the Wills meaning they can embrace both their own light and darkness but chose the light. Here is the whole article in the canon wiki So these were our first list of some of the best star wars fanfiction and we hope you guys liked this fanfic collection.

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許進曾 if palpatine is dead than how will snoke got so many star destroyer and star killer base, those are empires weapon the super laser is constructed to be a bigger scale on the death star Bouncin Well....Vader took over the empire but he's strong and is pre-suit. If you played the game Revenge of the Sith alternate ending. So, 4-6 happens but pre-suit Vader as the new Emperor. Max217 Don't you think that the separatist movement would survive if Grievous made it clear to the galaxy that he is still alive? Once the droid army was shutdown, the people of the CIS were still alive but had no motivation to fight with all their leaders dead. But if Grievous were to show up the war would still continue and they would have a general that could lead them once again. king274 he didnt exactly care for the CIS he just hated the enemies of the CIS. So I doubt the remnants of the CIS would be the first people he'd be looking for. DJ Panda Gaming The prequel movies where made to show the easy corruption of a government and how it manipulated. The separatist army was a basic fake front to start a war, without the current conflict of war, Lord sidious would have never won the power of the people in his efforts to end the FAKE WAR. Reguardless of grevious death, the separatist leaders were being moved to mustafar, a different planet perfect for hiding murder. For all we know sidious sent them their for his plan of having his apprentice eliminate them and grevious would have been safe seeing how he was never mentioned to go with them, however obiwan surprised him by abusing him after the meeting roiking2740 stop that's the thing palpatine were supplying them money to construct the droids in thr first place some cunt actually we learn from the second episode that dooku has gathered a large group of supporting long with their own banking clans that would donate to building a Droid army, along with the abundant resources available on genenosis SkiddyGaming but palpatine hold the majority and not to mention his death at episode 3 so I'm sure most of them dropped out Intrepid Explorer Lol, Abusing. Yeah I guess Obi showing up just standing there and showing off that Grievous couldn't quickly kill the intruder was abusing. Then prying open and shooting between his chest plates was more abuse. AEM reviews it was the only way if the a genetic modified clone who was trained to kill jedi wasn't able to kill grievous the who could the rebellion wouldn't they were to weak at the time and not to mention out skilled So these were some of the best Star Wars Rebels fanfiction in 2020 that you will come across the internet and We hope you guys enjoyed reading it. Star Wars The Clone Wars Fanfiction  Because of the popularity of the Star Wars Franchise, the media producers expanded the series into many film parts, tv series, video games, and theme park attraction making room for many star wars fanfiction lemon lovers to be a part of the never-ending fan base. Elderon f he managed to get the word out, I think it would undermine Order 66. Many clones would likely still obey, but there were plenty among them who trusted the Jedi and viewed them as friends. Rex would believe Fives, and I feel Cody would have been the first clone he'd have reached out to Fallen Knight Tylen That's a little difficult to be sure of. He was worried at first about the truth being spread by Fives, but he had things set up to prevent that from happening. So if Fives had been successful in spreading the word, his priority would be trying to regain command over the clones. And there are several ways he could go about doing this. Runsonhappiness But once the words out the words out. So even if he regains control over the clones the soon the entire galaxy will find out he's a sith. The republic would be split into civil war either way. Worlds would start succeeding and possibly a third faction forms in the clone wars. The real question is if it's all revealed would the sepertist fallow Dooku knowing that he was working for Sidious who was leading the republic. john smith make a good point, though Dooku does have Grievous to enforce order. If anyone disagrees with him, he can have Grievous deal with them. And let's face it, the Separatist leaders don't have a lot of courage. Vince Lumontad But here's the thing it only takes one smart courageous person to start a civil war. Plus their own civilian populist would start revolting. And who knows how Grievous himself would react hearing how everything was rigged from the beginning. Brian Anakin would have been allowed to reach his peak (on par with yoda) maybe not by the time all of that takes place but he would surely be stronger with the force than he was as Vader which is scary southparkstudio  ask the Geonosian to build the republic a droid amry and the cis buy clone from Kamin Sergio Torres Maybe the droids built by the Republic would be of far better quality, or not. It would still be interesting to see how the Republic would build their droids and what kind of cloning templates the Separatists would use. 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Whe hawe Stargate, Warhammer, Sarship Troopers, Starcraft even Warframe joined now. I cant say the Predator mothership because it doesn't really have competition. 🤔 Illutian Kade ya a sequel would be neat hopefully they add more from mass effect besides just the Normandy and reapers they for got about a lot of ships you got to see in the battle for the citadel in mass effect 1 LudBud How about the Cylons are invading Earth and have the BSG arrive with other Battlestars from other realities to stop them. I like the Warhammer 40K universe too. Realist Dude May the emperor s light ve spreadacross the stars... By my Duty The Galaxy will belong to the righteous... By my action the Imperial Navy shall be honoured And remembred upon Holy Terra! FOR THE EMPEROR OF MANKIND AND FOR THE BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC!!!!!!! Babur Dombay it is more likley that Klingons and the covenant would Team up. The Empire would destroy them instead becoming Allies The Reapers would try to kill all of them due there idealogy that if a Race become to advanced they will eridicate them James Cassidy Its missing one certain Imperium. Tho if they did come across them, the Imperium of Man might just accuse them of heresy cuz of their advanced AIs and droid. CP i had this "problem" once the UNCS started sending ships against the Galactic empire, they stormed some of my systems because it were between their frontiers,MY GAME GOT OUT OF HAND AFTERWARDS (the two went against me for attacking their ships on my territory) Fate Weaver I managed to drag a friend of mine into a war he had no chance of winning. Up until this point, I'd been the UN to his Iraq. Giving him Humanitarian Aid, supplying him with advice on how to unfuck his economy (Only for him to refuck ten minutes later) and even helping him in his wars. I ended up picking a fight I couldn't possibly win due to forgetting that this faction had a defensive pact with one of the Galactic superpowers. Told my friend, who was relatively new to the game as this was his second session ever, that if he joined the war we'd both be able to win. My ulterior motive, though, was literally just to use him as a distraction until I could sue for a white peace. He fell for it and, upon getting my peace, I revealed to him that he'd been played like a fiddle. Man I love that game. Fenrir  i tend to play alone, mostly focusing in science o Read the full article

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