#divison 4

[quantumleper]

CHAINSAW MAN / チェンソーマン [2022] | created by Tatsuki Fujimoto

[mechsbrackets]

I've finished looking through the submissions for the Best Mechanisms Quote/Line bracket! 40 submissions gave us 169 different quotes! So many! I have the general quote and number of nominations together, but I have yet to go through and double check exact wording and punctuation for most of them, so no full list tonight sadly. I can give the top 3 though:

"Fuck you, and fuck your train!" 16 nominations

"Fuck the ship!" / "I do." / "Ew!" 13

"But any window with a hammer is also an emergency exit." 9

Thank you to everyone who's submitted nominations already! Everyone else, there's still 5 days to submit nominations, so make sure you do so before the deadline!

[tonyspep]

walkin' with his head down, i'm the one he's walking to

A/N: this is for the summer fic exchange!!! it started out as something completely different, but here we are. This is for the amazing @laurenairay I really hope you like it and that your summer is going well. This is my first time writing for Quinn Hughes so here's to trying something different. Quinn is so cute, so I hope I did him justice. This was inspired by “Call It What You Want” by Taylor Swift, which is so hurt/comfort to me. So here we are with Quinn being comforted after the game seven loss to the Oilers this year. thank you to @wyattjohnston for hosting this amazing exchange!!

Walkin' with his head down, i'm the one he's walkin' to

summary: the series didn't end the way you or quinn was hoping, but you weren't going to let him hang his head for too long

rating: t

i'm laughin' with my lover, makin' forts under covers

trust him like a brother, yeah, you know I did one thing right

starry eyes sparkin' up my darkest nights

“call it what you want” - by taylor swift

The final seconds ticked away and it was obvious this game wasn't going to end the way you or Quinn wanted it to. He and the rest of the Canucks gave the series everything they had, but McDavid and Draisaitl and company proved to be too much in the end. You felt Brock's girlfriend Bella wrap her arms around your middle, a soft sob escaping her as she rested her head against your back. It was hard for you not to cry, too. The boys had worked so hard to get to this point, they had fought all the way back to take the series lead, only to falter in the most important game and now the off season would be starting.

“I thought they had it,” Bella murmured and you could only nod. You really believed this year was going to be their year. They won the Pacific Divison. They beat the Preadators 4-2 and had home ice advantage in this series, which you knew would be tough, but still..

A tear couldn't help but trickle down your cheek. They had all the pieces to go far, maybe even all the way, and instead they would be packing up their lockers, doing exit interviews and the summer would be starting earlier than any of you anticipated.

“Me, too, Bells,” You agreed with the blonde who had become your best friend since you started dating Quinn just a little over a year ago. The two of you hugged each other tight, watching as the fans made their way out of the arena. You separated from each other after giving each other a kiss on the cheek and went down the steps to the locker room.

Everything seemed to be happening in slow motion as you waited for Quinn to appear. Out came Elias, skull cap pulled over his buzzed blonde hair, flashing you just a brief smile before his handsome face transformed into more of a grimace. JT was not standing tall, but hunched until he was embraced by his family. Brock gave you the best grin he could muster, nothing like his usual sparkling grin that you had come to know almost as well as Quinn's soft smile.

Then came a familiar head of soft brown hair, longer than it was when you first met Quinn in the hallway of your shared apartment building in downtown Vancouver. His head was down, his shoulders slumped, like they were holding the weight of the world. Your heart couldn't help but break. You knew how hard Quinn had worked to get to this point, how he took on the burden of being Captain and how seriously he took the C on his chest. He didn't want the Cup for himself, he wanted it for Brock, for Elias, JT, Thatcher, for Coach Rick Tocchect. He was so selfless and put the team first above anything and everything else.

All you wanted to do was take his pain away, to put the bashfully sweet smile you knew so well back on his face.

“Hey, you,” Quinn gave a weak laugh and there was a hint of the smile you fell in love with on his lips, making your heart lift slightly. “You can really smile you know,” You tease, reaching for Quinn's hand. “I know this didn't go the way we wanted to, but if you don't smile I'll think you're not happy to see me,” You joke and Quinn does laugh, for real this time. “Y/N,” Quinn's voice is tender as he cups your cheek in his other hand. “I'm always happy to see you. If you weren't here right now, I'd be going home to a dark apartment to just sit on my couch and think about all the things I could have done better. Instead, I'm going home with you, which makes this easier than it would be otherwise.”

You flush from Quinn's words. You want this to be easier for him, to ease some of the weight he carries and you think you know just how to do it.

Quinn can see the wheels turning in your head, see the spark that's suddenly taken over your deep eyes. He arches a brow and you kiss his cheek, teasing, “Just wait. I know just how to make this not seem so bad, but you tell me if it's too much, okay? I just want to be here for you, however you want me to be, Quinny,”

His cheeks turn an adorable shade of pink, showing through the playoff beard he's grown. Your heart skips a beat; even a bit run down after a hard fought series, Quinn is still the cutest boy you've ever known. With his big sad puppy eyes, his soft mop of dark hair that curls over his ears, his pink lips and warmly handsome face.

“Relax,” You say as you unlock your shared apartment's front door. “Just sit on the couch, don't do anything except take off your shoes, take a shower if you want, change into something comfy but leave everything else to me, okay?”

Quinn chuckles to himself and gives a joking salute, “Yes ma'am, but there is one other thing I want to do before you do whatever it is you're going to do.”

You blink curiously as you tilt your head, wondering what this one thing could be and then Quinn is touching your cheek, so gently as he presses his lips against yours. This kiss is the sweetest, softest kiss you've ever experienced. You continue kissing each other softly, neither of you wanting to pull away as your fingers sink into Quinn's wonderfully soft, thick dark hair. He nips on your bottom lip, gently, making you moan his name as his other hand wraps around your waist, anchoring you to strong frame.

You break apart out of necessity and Quinn says, “Now I'll go relax and leave you to your surprise,” and you're so tempted to follow him, heat thrumming through your veins, want clouding your thoughts as your eyes follow Quinn until he disappears down the hall.

Somehow you resist the urge, remembering that this night is about Quinn, that even though the game ended in disappointing fashion, you weren't going to let the night end that way.

Flipping through your contacts, you find the one you were looking for and you can only hope you have all the ingredients for the recipe you're planning. Talking to Ellen Hughes feels so much like talking to your own Mom. Her warmth radiates from the other side of the phone as you facetime and you feel relieved that you do have all the ingredients for her famous Kugle, which is Quinn's favorite food.

You're not the best cook but Kugle is easier than you expected. You laugh with Ellen as she goes over the recipe step by step with you and after the casserole goes into the oven, you see Quinn standing in the doorway of the kitchen, looking adorably cozy in a t-shirt and plaid pajama pants.

“Is that my Mom?” He asks, his voice so childlike his big brown eyes lit up with hopefulness and Ellen answers for you saying, “Hi, Sweetie. Y/N just called me. I'm so sorry...” and you leave the kitchen, letting mother and son have this time together, knowing Quinn needs the comfort of his Mom now more than ever.

“You made Kugle,” Quinn's voice is full of wonder as you reappear in the kitchen after changing into something comfortable yourself. “Is that why you called my Mom? So you would know how to make it? I could have helped,” He huffed a little, a pout forming on his beautiful lips, which made you laugh. “I'm the only one of us that knows how to make it. Mom shared her secrets with me,” He's proud, his chest puffing a little and how did you get such a sweet guy to call her your own?

“If you made it that would defeat the purpose of you relaxing,” You shake your head as you and Quinn walk toward each other and share another kiss unable to resist each other.

While the Kugle continues baking, you reveal part two of your of your surprise. After changing into your comfiest outfit – a shirt that used to be Quinn's and a pair of well worn shorts – you set up a fort in the living room with all the blankets and pillows in the apartment. “A fort?” Quinn's eyes are bright like they should always be and you smile just as bright. “A fort,” You confirm. “Figured after tonight you could use something fun like a fort and something comforting like your Mom's Kugle,”

Quinn wraps his arms around you from behind, his chin resting on your shoulder. “I like the way you think,” He kisses your cheek and you blush.

Getting under the blankets, you fire up Disney Plus and land on Toy Story. You know Quinn as well as you know yourself after having been together for nearly two years now and you know how much he loves this movie. Just like if the roles were reversed, Quinn would know to put on Pretty Woman or Tangled.

The familiar credits start just as the oven dings and before Quinn can get up, you push his shoulder gently saying, “I don't think so, you stay right here,” and he knows better to argue with you, so he stays put, laughing as the toys in Andy's room start to move around, letting the audience in that they're alive.

“You're a Toy!” Quinn shouts along with Woody after the new spaceman toy “lands” in Andy's room and you laugh, getting in a few Bo Peep lines and Slinky moments as Quinn can't help but get in the Woody lines before they happen. It's no surprise the cowboy is your boyfriend's favorite and you can't help but remember your first Halloween together this year when you dressed as Woody and Bo Peep to the Canucks party.

You enjoy the Kugle even stealing some of Quinn's who says, “Hey,” and shields his plate from you.

You're snuggled up together as the last credits play, Quinn humming along with “You've Got A Friend In Me.” He kisses you on the forehead and sings in your ear, “Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am, bigger and stronger too, maybe but none of them will ever love you the way I do, it's me and you,”

You giggle sweetly as you finish the song with the familiar refrain, beaming up at Quinn, “Boy and as the years go by our friendship will never die. You're gonna see it's our destiny. You've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me. You've got a friend in me,”

You kiss each other softly, your tongues meeting as your hands move over each other's bodies. Your foreheads come to rest against each other's, your breath coming in soft pants as you look lovingly at each other, Quinn's big hand on your back, his fingers moving over your spine as you sigh, “I love you so much, Quinn,”

His cheeks flush – even though you've been saying I love you for months, it still makes him blush, like he can't believe you love him, which is insane, how can he love you – and your heart flutters like always whenever you're under the stare of his warm brown eyes. “I love you, too. This was amazing; just what I needed after tonight,” He says softly, his voice so tender and honest.

In your fort it's like nothing can touch you here, like, what happened tonight – the devastating loss – didn't happen. You hope you've given Quinn just a little relief, that his heart doesn't feel as heavy as it did when he watched the last seconds tick away or when he was in the handshake line or addressing the team in the locker room after, and the soft smile on his face as he holds you close tells you, you may have done all of that.

The next morning, you wake up in Quinn's arms, the safest place in the world and you smile at how serene he looks sleeping. The worry he carries with him is gone, the lines in his face smoothed away while his long, thick lashes resting on his cheeks. You see the smile creep across Quinn's lips telling you he's awake and his voice, thick with sleep, teases you, “Take a picture it'll last longer,”.

Quinn's humor is sneaky and you poke him in the ribs. “Like you haven't been staring at me too,”

Quinn's eyes open as he stretches and he says, “Can you blame me? I've never seen anyone as beautiful as you,”

“Smooth,” You remark and Quinn laughs. “It's not often, I am,” He admits and after a lazy kiss you find yourself sitting on the stools of your kitchen's island as Quinn makes breakfast.

Last night may not have ended the way both of you wanted, but today was a new day and there would be a new season on the horizon and you would make sure Quinn's days leading up to training camp and then opening night would be the brightest. You wouldn't let him get down on himself or believe he could have done more. You were going to make him believe in himself and believe in the team he had help build up to be one of the best, and that started today.

[fiveredlights]

⇆Matilda into Old Habits?

i am so glad you asked this because whenever i was writing the epilogue i kept opening the spin off document and here we are. chuck an alternate universe tag on glitter on the floor, chuck an alternate universe tag on old habits, put them in a blender and you get this…

The thing about the Designated Alternate Universe Driver (DAUD) is that usually, they’re pretty shit.

More often than not, the DAUD’s being sent are junior and reserve drivers from the designated team—why lose two great drivers to be sent into the twenty years into past or future, when you can send two poor, unsuspecting drivers who’ve probably never driven a F1 car more than three times in their life?

Callan negotiated hard with Red Bull when he first signed to their junior team to make sure he had a clause in his contract that prevented him from being the DAUD. Matthew had no clause in his contract and he’s pretty sure Matthew wanted to be the DAUD when he was with McLaren.

He remembers when Matthew was moving up to Red Bull that Daniel had to convince him not to take out the clause that prevented him from being the DAUD.

Why anyone wants to be sent into another universe, Callan will never understand. (But he stopped trying to understand Matthew anymore, so it all tracks.)

Teams work on a rotation according to the last number of the year: 0 for Mercedes, 1 for Red Bull, 2 for Ferrari, 3 for McLaren, 4 for Aston Martin, 5 for RB, 6 for Audi, 7 for Williams, 8 for Alpine and 9 for Haas.

They’ll pluck their drivers, send them off to the FIA to their Alternate Universe Time Keepers Divison (AUTKD) to make sure they’re fit enough to handle being sent through universes, and off they go, returning after the season is over.

There’s meant to be benefits for the team, they’re allowed to exchange as much information from their alternate universe team. Callan heard from Matthew that their DAUD’s brought back information that was practically useless, so.

The DAUD’s are announced at their team’s livery launch, usually without much fanfare. No one really wants to make a big deal out of a driver who’ll spend most of the season struggling and cause the team to drop places in the championship.

He doesn’t even watch the launches now, he usually just rocks up to testing and waits for the DAUD to introduce themselves. But then Charles told George who told him that he should probably watch Ferrari’s launch.

Because once the 2032 DAUD is announced to be Matilda Verstappen-Ricciardo, the whole world promptly loses their shit.

—

“Hey.” Matilda leans over in her chair, where they’re waiting to be set up for the group photo taken at the beginning of the season. He can see Daniel and Max from a distance, their heads sticking out from a gap in the pit lane fence. They’re looking at Matilda like she’s going to disappear at any second. “What’s the deal between you and the Red Bull guy? Matteo?”

Callan’s proud of himself for a split second for not flicking his gaze to look at him before his heart betrays his brain and automatically corrects her. “Matthew.”

“Right. Matthew.” She repeats slowly, dragging out every vowel and consonant of his name. “You two like ex boyfriends or what?”

Next to her, Charles quietly chastises her. “Matilda. You can not ask that.”

Matilda spots Max and Daniel in the pit lane and gives them a wave, receiving a slow and stunned wave back from them, after realising she was actually waving to them, before turning back to Charles.

“Look.” She holds her hands up. “If you didn’t want me to ask questions, then you shouldn’t have given me so many Ferrari hats when I was younger. Really, this is on you.”

She pauses and thinks for a second. “Or I guess, alternate you.”

[cryptidwrestling]

I need to sleep. I am putting way too much thought and upset energy into a scripted sports soap opera 😂😭 Anyway

Some Of Cryptid's Current Thoughts And Feelings™ On The State Of Her RAW Faves

1) Liv Morgan's booking.

Ya'll. I'm a Rhea simp/stan and a person second, anyone who's been on my blog for more than thirty seconds knows this 😂 And I've also made it no secret I, for the most part, am actually still enjoying the Liv v Rhea feud. So all that being said, what the fuck is going on with Liv's booking.

I know she's a heel and part of a heel faction and in-ring bullshit is the name of the game, but the fact that neither of her title defenses have been won clean (granted, she didn't technically win the Bad Blood one anyway but whatever we all know that ending was botched and she was supposed to technically win) and 9/10 times she runs from Rhea when confronted. They're making the Women's Champ look weak.

Liv can be cunning and vicious, we've all seen it; for fuck's one of my favorite theories that I'm willing to die on the hill of is Liv still just using Dominik as a pawn and is gonna drop him the moment she realizes he doesn't fit in with her plans anymore. Book the feral Liv if they're gonna keep this storyline going.

2) Finn v Damian

I mentioned this in a another post but I feel like the reason they weren't pushed as hard is because they didn't want to risk something forshadowing the PunkIntyre feud...And if that's the case, they shouldn't have had Finn turn yet. With this theory in mind, and tbh even if NOT true this would have still worked, the tldr in my head is

-Dom's turn should have been the same

-Have Finn, and the rest of the JD stick around and the rivalries be Dom v Damian and still Rhea v Liv

-Bad Blood rolls around, Dom and Damian have a match, and Finn's turn comes in the form of him and the JD assisting Dom.

-The Finn v Damian feud kicks off the same night Punk v Drew ends

There was NO REASON to have Finn turn and to wait this long to really start doing something with it. I still standby my opinion if done right, this rivalry could still be AMAZING...But it doesn't change the fact it has lost a LOT of momentum going the way it has.

3) Rhea Currently Standing Alone

To a degree, I get it. Her and Damian agreed to do their own thing because he's done with the JD (as far as he thinks.) and they're in different divisons but he would/will always come if Rhea called. I'm not a fan of how fast they split them up as a team-again, wave two of the Terror Twins shirts had barely shipped when this happened-but this segement was okay. It was sweet and mutual.

THAT SAID.

Rhea is currently in a 2v1 (not counting Dom cause I have little hopes of us ever getting a sanctioned match with them cause ✨intergender✨🙄) rivalry. Liv has Raquel...Who the fuck does Rhea have? Tiffy? Maybe, but we can't even say that for certain because as it sits right now, they're on different shows. Show borders are just currently being blurred in, assumingly, prep for Survivor Series.

Why the fuck does Rhea currently have to stand alone.

4) Jhea

THIS KINDA PIGGYBACKS OFF MY LAST PARAGRAPH AND IS THE ONE I REALLY DON'T GET??? Okay, yes, it was probably supposed to be something cute and just for fun to fill time while the other main storylines Rhea and Jey are/were in moved along. But if that was the case, why did ya'll move it to the main stage and not just keep it in backstage segments? Rhea during a preshow interview, I think it was Bad Blood?, said Jey showed her what a real man was like. Not to mention Jey coming to Rhea and Damian's defense or Jey agreeing to tag with Damian cause he "can't say no to Rhea." Why the fuck would you plant seeds like that on screen, on the main stage, and then just??? Drop it??? I don't get it???

5) JEY MOTHERFUCKING USO'S 28 DAY REIGN

I'm gonna make this one short and sweet cause you can literally see all my posts directly below this word vomit and see how mad I am 😅 But, in short; Why. Why not wait until after he's done with the Bloodline to give him a title? Why not have this same set up but give him the title ages ago. Give him a decent title reign with the same ending. Predictable at that point sure, but okay...What is the fucking point of having him, a fan favorite who everyone was cheering the house down the night he won, get his first solo title ever after fourteen years...Only to give it back to Bron less than a month later?

Bron is a GREAT preformer, do not get me wrong but making this...I don't want to say newcomer, but newer star a two time champ in his lesser time with the WWE just doesn't sit right with me.

I know Jey was gonna get involved with the Bloodline story at some point. I know it would have been hard to impossible to book him in a Smackdown story as a RAW champ...They could have done in without stripping his first non-tag title from him in under a month. We could have gotten crashout Jey going after Solo and Co without what we got tonight.

[uenodivision]

Hypnosis Mic Shuffle Team, Vol. 4 (Part 2) (Cont.)

The Stella Maris

La Mort/"Undertaker"

Nekonari "Nekomata" Wataru

Aoba "Guinevere" Yamamura

Kunio "James Moriarty" Chōten

Natsume "Wanderer" Kurome

Hanami "Doll" Yamamura

We The Best (Stella Maris Theme Song)

The Wolves

Ren "Vox" Nakashima

Max "Ōkami" Soukoku

Aoba "Guinevere" Yamamura

Rintaro "Ignis" Himura

Chaos in Japan Tonight

Blighted Kingdom

Ren "Vox" Nakashima

Yorii "Sireen" Sakuma

Yuuya "ARROW" Kanata

Broken and Decayed Land

Blackened Forge

Meari "Bloody Mary" Miracle

Ren "Vox" Nakashima

"Queen Card"

Taria "Misfit" Chinen

It's Fun Being the Antagonist

Bloody Nation

Kanon "Mz. Hyde" Hojo

Kaiji "Jinx" Sano

Mina "Mina Murray" Nakayama

Max "Ōkami" Soukoku

Ren "Vox" Nakashima

Bloody, Lovely Red

Twin Link

Amane "A.M.U" Shinozaki

Seizou "Seir" Shinomiya

Battle Game

Missing a Love (Ember Solo)

Fall Into the Black (Eclipse Solo)

Rebel for Life (Mista Z.B. Solo)

I'm Sorry for Being Alive, Alright?! (MC Nanashi Solo)

@kumamoto-division @kobedivision @katsushika-division @setagaya-division @naradivision

@minato-division01 @minato-division03 @ota-division @shizuokadivision @setagaya-division

@edogawa-division @shinagawa-division @hamamatsu-divison @saitama-division @suginami-division

[yusax]

shin x fem!reader • english isn't my first language content: childhood friends to lovers, fluff, mutual pining, hurt(?)/comfort

Shinichiro was having a crisis. Only a few days ago, Black Dragon has received the information that an opposing gang had been planning on attacking the Black Dragons and overthrowing their leader to claim the gang as their own. Now, they wouldn't have known this if they hadn't coincidentally gotten their hands on it. Luckily, the note had fallen from the pocket of one of the enemy's members and somehow found their way to Takeomi. Yet, only knowing about the possible attack was not as much as a help as needed. They needed more information to actually prepare themselves enough for Black Dragon to be safe but despite the help of each divison's president, Shinichiro couldn't make up a good plan to get said information. That was until one of the members proposed something. "And what if we use Y/N to get the information?" receiving confused looks, the member continued, "If we send her to - I don't know - seduce one of the higher ups, we might be able to find out more." Shinichiro didn't know what to think. While some of the members agreed, saying that Y/N was charismatic and pretty enough to do such a job, other members thought the idea was straight out of a wackass holywood movie and were about to smack him for proposing something this stupid. Shinichiro agreed with both sides; Y/N really was pretty. Having been friends with her for years, he knew how many heads she made turn. He was well aware of how beautiful she was. How her lips catch any men's gaze, how her eyes were powerful alone to make a man fall for her but the idea of using her to infiltrate on another gang made him hesitate. He would never want to put her in such a vulnerable position and expose her to such danger. "Then, what if we send a few of our members with her? They will stay a little further away but will be able to intervene in some way if something happens." While the others all agreed and even his friends thought the idea was the best they could come up with, Shinichiro wasn't sure if it could be turned into reality. Even if he himself was to agree, he knew Y/N was the one that had to say yes to the whole thing.

"I don't want to." well, that was quick. Despite cheering on the inside, he still had a problem. If she wasn't going to say yes, then they would have to come up with a new plan and they really didn't have the time for that. The opposing gang could attack any moment and none of the Black Dragons - Shinichiro included - wanted to take the risk by wasting more time. "Please, Y/N, you are the only possible option we have. Without you, Black Dragon is doomed." Saying that outloud made him realise how egotistical he sounded. So, he really wanted to put his childhood friend in that position only so those highschool delinquents wouldn't lose their gang? He could tell she thought the same way, maybe even saw his request as more critical than he perceived it to be. Y/N was quite good at recognizing things that laid under the surface, always having been able to find more flaws in a plan than the Black Dragon members did combined. If it wasn't for the danger, he would've made her one of his members a long time ago.

What Shinichiro didn't know was that there were many more reasons for her not to do it than he could possibly think of. She had feelings for Shinichiro ever since they were 4 years old. Having kept that a secret for all these years and never having shown any romantic or sexual interest in a man other than the guy right infront of her, she never had her first kiss and because she was still waiting for the day he will finally stop asking out every other girl, so that she could finally make a move on him - or at least a more obvious one because he is oblivious as fuck - she continued waiting for him to be her first everything (ehehe). Thus meaning, her first date, first kiss, first boyfriend and if everything goes well her first and only husband. (bless her heart, she a bit delulu). So naturally, she really didn't want to flirt with a guy she didn't know and wasn't attracted to.

Despite the inner conflict, she sympathized with him. Y/N knew he would never want to put her in such a position unless it were really important to him. She glanced over at him and could see the expression of despair on his face. This was hard on him too, she knew that, but losing all those first times she wanted him to be to that other guy made her quite sad. After taking some time to think, she finally let out a sigh and suggested a compromise. Even though she wasn't that serious and wasn't able to predict whether his reaction would be a good or a negative one, she still let the words fall from her tongue. "How about... you.. are..." he waited for her to finish, anticipating her next words. "How about you kiss me." His eyes widened at her question. "H-huh?" "I mean - that way I wouldn't lose my first kiss to some guy and I could also gain some experience.. for the mission.." her voice got smaller at the end of her sentence as her eyes met the floor. She was nervous, obviously. She didn't know if it was okay for her to ask such a question when it was supposed to be a compromise for him to get what he wanted. She felt like she was blackmailing him but before she could take it back and say it was just a joke, he spoke up. "Is..that all?" she looked up at his flustered expression, noticing the red tint on his cheeks. "M..hm" he nodded his head slowly, as if trying to take in what just happened. "Well, then.. since it's for the mission,..sure". The thought that he was only letting her kiss him for this stupid mission pained her a little but she was still looking forward to be able to finally have this moment with him. Scooting closer, she shyly laid her hand on his collarbone before moving it upwards to cup his jaw. Y/N leaned in, hestitant, their gazes moved to each other's lips before flicking up to meet only to look back down again. Maybe she should ask again if it really was okay for him but when he gently placed his hands on her hips, she closed the distance and gave him a soft brief peck, before leaning in again and connecting their lips for a little longer this time. The quick soft kisses turned into more intense ones; letting her feelings get the upper hand, she couldn't hold back anymore and kissed him more intimately. Neither did he push her away nor did he stay unmoving. He kissed her back and reciprocated the energy she put in this kiss. After a while, they parted lips, heads still close to each other as they looked into each other's eyes again. "Is there anything more you want to practise?" Her love-drunken eyes flicked from his eyes to his lips again, she shook her head and parted her lips ere looking up again "Just tell me if you liked the kiss". His gaze moved to her lips again, a subtle smile formed on his lips "I think I need another one to tell". She smiled before leaning in again.

[Time skip]

The day arrived and while she and three other Black Dragon members were on their way to infiltrate her and get the information needed, Shinichiro stayed restless at the Black Dragon hideout. Takeomi and Wakasa made jokes about whether she will like the other guy's kiss more than Shinichiro's. Obviously, Shinichiro had told his closest friends about the kiss and obviously, they teased him about it, but now that they were making these jokes while he was in such distress, he regreted having told them anything. The other Black Dragon members were slightly concerned about their leader's current state, which is why they tried cheering him up. "Ah don't worry, Shinichiro-kun, she will be fine. The others are with her, there is no need to worry for her safety." "Ah, it's not that but rather... " "But rather what?" the asked, not quite understanding what their leader was on about. "Yeah, Shin-chan, I bet he is ugly anyway." Benkei said, chiming in. Shinichiro didn't know if Benkei was messing with him. Oh if only teddybear boy didn't have all these muscles, Shinichiro would beat him up for poking fun at him like that (yeah sure, as if he could land a punch on that giant). Noticing Shinichiro's sour expression, the members realized what Benkei was on about and couldn't help but snicker at the raven-haired boy.

[Time skip because I am getting bored]

Weeks have passed, the Black Dragon leaders were able to prepare for the attack and prevent the downfall of their gang. The Black Dragons were celebrating the victory of their latest fight and were finally able to relax after all that stress, but regardless of the festive mood, something wouldn't let Shinichiro go which was why he found himself in her living room, asking his friend a rather odd question. "You.. want us.. to do what?" Y/N was baffled, who wouldn't be? To be honest, he didn't know how he ended up in this situation in the first place, it is as if his body had moved on its own and came here before he was able to register anything or were able to prevent himself from forming the words that left his lips moments prior. Luckily, Y/N's parents were out of town, otherwise someone witnessing this ordeal would have been even more uncomfortable than it already was for him. "I- can we practise my kissing this time? Last time, you were the one not wanting to embarass yourself for not knowing how to do it properly, so now I would.. like to learn that too so that I don't embarass myself.." She looked at him in disbelieve, her lips parting but it took some times for the words to escape. "I-" she let out a brief laugh, "why? Is there someone you like?" she was smiling but there wasn't anything to smile about. The thought alone pained her but whether Shinichiro noticed that is hard to tell, he was way too preoccupied with his own thoughts to pay attention to those subtle hints in her demeanor. Taking a second to think, he let out a soft "maybe". If he would've known how suffocating the silence, that followed his words, would be, he would've just stayed quiet but it was already too late. He didn't know what was worse; having put himself in this situation or being the reason why her eyes were glossing over. Now it was obvious that he had hurt her. Something he worried about weeks prior. How ironic that it was him who hurt her emotionally with his words and not that other guy physically with one of the actions Shinichiro was fearing. He didn't know what to say, he could only stand there with widened eyes, unable to do anything to soothe her, thinking he might even worsen it.

"But,.. I don't want you to kiss another girl." he looked at her confused, waiting for her to elaborate it. "I don't want you to kiss someone that isn't me. Don't waste a kiss on someone else,.. please." She sounded desperate, yet he couldn't understand why that would be. "But.. you kissed another guy too" he said but she shook her head. "I never kissed him, Shinichiro. I never wanted to and it was never my plan to do so either. I lied. I know I shouldn't have but I couldn't do it anymore. I've liked you for so long but it never seemed like you felt the same way. I wanted you for myself, not for any other girl you had a crush on for less than a month. I wanted to kiss you so bad, I felt like a fucking idiot being so in love with you. We kissed before when we were children but- as we got older the meaning changed and a simple kiss wasn't just a simple kiss anymore and I missed it so much, I'm sorry for having done that, having lied to you but I-" Y/N went on and on with her rambling that she didnt even notice when he got closer to her, put his hand on her cheek and his lips on hers. His lips were so soft, just like she remembered them. They melted against hers and molded perfectly as if they were meant to be. As if they weren't whole without the other's against them. He kissed her so fondly, yet the intensity of his feelings seeped through it like there was nothing holding it back. And there wasn't. There wasn't a need to do so in the first place. He knew how she felt now. He could kiss her to his heart's content. He didn't have to hide away the love he held for her all those years. Yes, he did confess to other girls before but it was rather to get over the girl he fell for when he was just 8 years old. And thinking back, it might have been the reason why he got rejected so often. Maybe they knew that his claimed "feelings" for these girls weren't real, and it might have been better that they didn't agree to go on a date with him because if they would have, he wouldn't be where he was right now. In her house. With her in his arms. With her lips on his. And her hand on his neck as the other one gently held onto his upper arm. The ticking of the clock signaled another minute had passed but he didn't see himself stopping anytime soon. It was already time for dinner but the only thing he was hungry for was her. He wanted all of her. He kissed her like a starving man, as if he would never be able to do this ever again. As if this was the last meal before his execution, savoring the taste of her as if he would lose his ability to taste. Eventually, her oxygen ran low and she gently pushed him away, her hands resting on his torso. He didn't move away, faces still close to each other, he gazed at her with a lovestruck look, one he had to hold back the last time he kissed her. Y/N was tongue tied. She couldn't even think of what to ask despite it feeling like there was so many questions to phrase, but at the same time it also felt as if she already knew the answer to all of them. "I never said it was another girl I was talking about" he smiled at her before she looked down, still breathless from the kiss. He kissed her rose tinted cheeks lightly before crouching down a little to be on eye level with her. he took a moment to gaze inside her dazed eyes before asking "Do you want me to ask or do I already have your answer?" When he saw the confused expression on her face, he stood straight before saying

"Can I be your boyfriend?"

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word count: 2607

This took so long and I know I was using some words over and over again but my English ain't good enough to come up with different ones 💀. Shoutout to my friend for proof-reading all of this, if you guys notice a mistake, it's her fault.

I got so much more to write but dawg my brain is too drained for that 😔. Anyways, bye

[laugtherhyena]

And here's some silly fun facts about the most normal public safety agent ever

-She was fully aware of how dangerous working as a public safety devil hunter is, hence why Hina trained her skills with the swords for 2 years before joining the bureal. She would practive moves in the Akiyama estate and out them to test by hunting devils in the forest nearby, which is how she eventually ran into Mayura.

-She was skeptical of the Wolf devil becoming friendly with her at first and had a goal of killing her as a way to wrap up her pre-public safety training, she gave up on the idea after some time and it's a topic her and Mayura laught about every once in a while.

-She was trained by Kishibe when she first joined public safety, taking into account his "loose screws" philosophy when it comes to the hunters, he considers Hina one of the best ones he's trained. This sentiment is why he sticks up to her to help work out her problems with the government in part 2.

-Hina was originally from divison 2 and had two work partners before moving to division 4 to work with Mayura, one died in a mission and the other quit public safety. Hina left one of her father's swords on his gravestone and gifted one for the other the last time they saw one another.

-Since making a contract outside an official devil hunting post is illegal and she made her contract with Mayura before joining the bureal, through her time on division 2 she kept her contract with the Wolf devil a secret and wore an eyepatch over her yellow eye (the one acquired in the contract). When Mayuta came to public safety, she fell onto Makima's division and told her everything about her and Hina, Makima called her to have a talk about that and said she wouldn't press charges against her for illegal devil contract and hiding the location of a strong devil if she moved to her division.

-During the first few months on division 4 the two always went on missions alongside Aki and Himeno because Makima ordered him to keep and eye on the two and report to her if they were doing anything that wasn't by the books.

-For the entirety of part 1 neither Hina nor Mayura were completely under Makima's control like most of other characters.

-She's seen herself dying so many times via the Future devil's powers before reacting accordingly just in time to save her skin. This is the core of her fighting style. Which led her to become overconfident in her abilites that she hardly believes she can really die until the point she's at death's door.

-Since she lost her sense of taste in the contract with the Future devil, Hina eats the most heatly and balanced died for her lifestyle since how it tastes doesn't matter to her. She's generally one of public safety's healthy hunters too since she regrains from smoking or drinking since she wants to live a long life.

-She did go out drinking one time with Aki, Himeno and the other division 4 agents sometime prior to the events of part 1. It didn't go well at all because Himeno got drunk and ended up kissing Hina, there was no puke involved, but it's the whole reason she dislikes her so much and avoids her.

-The thing is that Hina has a strong aversion to being touched/physical intimacy, she doesn't like others touching her unless she's very very close to the person so you can probably guess why the Himeno thing made he tremendously upset and and uncomfortable. After the fact whenever she sees someone who is about to get touchy with her (be it just putting a hand on her shoulder, leaning close, headbutting or anything regardless of how simple or normal it seems) she will react to stop them from doing so in a similar fashion to how she reacts to upcoming attacks using the Future devil's power.

-Hina is a really weird person in general, she will talk and start conversations with anyone but she's not necessarily a sociable person and will oftentimes be straight to the point and/or blunk with her opinons/words. Her lack of elaboration and smiley face regardless of the situation can often lead to people getting the wrong impressions of her, she's far from the most popular hunter amids her peers in part 1.

-She has a neutral stance on devils, if she has to kill one to achieve a goal, she will, but if she doesn't then their existence doesn't bother her at all + she understands devils really well after being around Mayura for so long, to the point she has an easier time interacting and getting them to listen to her than the other humans around oublic safety. Which is a major factor to why she was promoted to new head of Division 4 and devil related affairs in part 2.

-Both of her arms have a lot of self-inflicted scars from the times during missions where Mayura got heavily Injured an Hina opened a cut on them to give her blood. After her fight with Quanxi in the International assassins arc she gets even more scars across her body from Quanxi's sword attacks.

-She goes back to the Akiyama estate every so often to tidy up the place and make sure everything her fater treasured so much is still there in prestige condition.

[companionwolf]

hey you with the pretty face (welcome to the human race)

Fandom: Terrorball

Summary: Tabby has a lot of questions and very few answers.

1.

All at once, Alan Curupen isn't-- and you are.

2.

Somehow, play goes on. Somehow, you fall into step with the team (your team?) as the rain continues to come down and the wind whips through the ballpark. Somehow, you know what to do-- how to hit, when to run, despite knowing little else. The game is ingrained in whatever you are.

(What are you?)

The word for the thing shooting through you like ice (and how do you know what ice is?) is horror, you find later.

...What is the word for me? you ask.

The other players look at each, at you.

You think maybe they don't know either.

3.

There are things you do know, and you suppose they're known because they were so close to Alan that they were etched into his being.

You know the game you play-- Terrorball. You know the rules, generally-- enough to get by.

And you know you are part of the Al Dente, one of the teams of the North East Regional Divison.

(You also know that when his soul burst, Overflowed, Alan's last thought was--)

Everything else, you're trying your best to understand.

4.

The other members of Al Dente teach you.

You learn what exactly the team name means, and what it tastes like. You learn to cook, sort of. You learn that whatever you are, it isn't the same as them, yet despite they are still careful-- kind.

Through them, you learn loss.

There's a funeral for Alan. You don't really get it, what that word means, until you hear the speeches the others give, and realize with a start that just as quickly as you came into the world, he left it.

(Al Dente, is that what mortality is?)

5.

You wish, on the harder days, you could talk to Alan. That you could ask him about what he left or your psyche-- or if it's your psyche at all, or his.

Did you like silver things?

Why does my mouth taste like metal?

What did you know that you shouldn't?

In bathrooms and water puddles and windoes you stare into the eyes of your reflection-- and your face stares back, a feline-esque apparition. You know he did not look like you, but...

Alan Curupen, am I your ghost?

6.

Sometimes, you have his memories. They don't make sense, full of things you don't know words for and don't grasp meaning of. The ones about Terrorball are the most easy to deal with. The ones about his death are, inversely, the hardest.

What does it mean, you think, to remember?

What is a memory if it isn't yours?

What does that make you?

Your name is Terror A. Ball, but everyone calls you Tabby, and you are not exactly sure what it all means.

But you'll figure it out.

[possiblylando]

An 'Early' Analysis of Chainsaw Man Chapter 138

Woah hey I'm back, I didn't feel like talking about the past few chapters cause I didn't feel like I had anything to add since they all seemed pretty straight forward. That being said this chapter gives me alot of talk about. So we get a name for Sex Offender Girl. Boy this woman only gets worse the more we learn about her. Mifune is quite literally a government plant in denji's high school.

It's refreshingly disgusting the type of shit these girls will put denji through. It's like Fujimoto keeps trying to one up himself each time he introduces a new "love interest" (Mifune is not a love interest she is a sexual predator let's keep this 100% clear). Maki was a groomer, Mifune is just a straight up Pedophile. She is going to have such a satisfying death I can feel it. This chapter goes on to confirm a few things. First off, Yoshida is apart of Public Safety. Which sorta debunks a previous thought I had of him being apart of another group. I am interested to learn 1. What Divison 7 does 2. Which Division Yoshida is in Given we know 4 was the rejects and 5 are hybrids. My best guess is that Division 7 is a sort of Espionage/Intel Division. Yoshida likely also belongs to Division 7 unless he's got some silliness going on, Which is very likely. Actually- I just now realized something. She calls it "Special Division 7" not Division 7. Looking through the list of Division members on the Wiki, That Special Prefix is very important. The Special Divisions are all full of freaks and monsters. This Sex Offender is more than likely a monster all to her own if she's apart of a Division we've never even heard of.

Public Safety is just as fucked up as actual governments. It's great.

I hate that she's winning me over. I want this woman dead stop making me think she's silly. Fujimoto is really good at humanizing horrible people. It mirrors real life monsters who tend to blend in with society and even seem charming on the surface. Moving on from this fucking Sex Offender. Asa continues to be the realest character in the series.

I doubt I even need to say anything about how real she is. Asa is a deeply disturbed and neglected person who's shut off from the world despite her own need to validation and recognition. She and Denji are different sides of the same coin. While she tries not to show it, The fulfillment she receives from praise seeps through. This scene specifically resonated with me a ton.

I wish we got a better look into Denji's thoughts in this scene. I can't even really get a grasp on what he must be thinking through all of this. In the last few days he's lost a major part of himself and has been replaced in face by a fraud and in action by a girl who he was forced to dump by his sister. There was a moment here before the reveal on this very page where I was thinking Swords was someone else. It was clearly someone from Part 1. He had a hoodie so maybe it was Violence? But that couldn't be real Violence was killed by Darkness. WAIT- BEAM? No I couldn't be beam he's been dead aswell. The Chapter is called Swordman so then maybe it's Katana man's return? No he wouldn't be on speaking terms with Denji after his testicles got mashed. So then-

Turns out it's the Longsword Hybrid from the end of Part 1. Yeah turns out he's alive. Which as many people have pointed out, Means the rest of the Hybrids are alive. So is Reze alive? Certain fans seem to think she is. At this point she seems to be the only match for Denji who isn't a complete psycho. But she still tried to kill him. But then Denji was still willing to run away with her at the end of the fight. If she does come back I hope she and Denji don't rush into a relationship, Let them chill for a bit before getting into anything serious Fujimoto please. If Reze really is alive I'll talk about her more in depth when she shows back up. But I need to say my peace.

The Whip Hybrid is going to be insane popular and so many of them are going to be just as Horny as Anime-Only Makima fans. I hope Swords ends up being chill with Denji and not another dickhead who tries to kill him. Denji needs another Male friend who doesn't treat him like shit. His only known ""friend"" in part 2 is yoshida and we all know yoshida has not been treating him well.

[mysticsparklewings]

Obscutober 2024 Day 14: Octonary 8️⃣

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Octonary (adj.)

relating to or based on the number eight; consisting of eight; in sets of eight

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Yet more evidence I did not arrange the prompt list as carefully as I could have. 😅

BIG missed opportunity to make this the word for Day 8, or at the very least Day 16 (because multiples of 8, etc.) 

Oh well! 🤷‍♀��

Click the "Keep Reading" and we'll talk a little more about my thoughts/process for the art...and some frustration caused by the posting mishap I got started with today. 🙃

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You were going to get a nice, properly typed description for this piece today, but then Google Chrome decided it hates me and crashed with no warning whatsoever and DeviantArt's new Studio Submission Portal has the exact same STUPID fatal flaw that kept me using the Sta.sh Editor to get art submissions ready for years instead of the standard submission portal—It either can't or won't reliably auto-save as you type. 🤬🤬🤬🤬 [Context: I start typing out these long descriptions on dA first since that's been my primary posting place for years and I'm used to their font, formatting, and emoticons; And only semi-recently I started copy & pasting them over here on Tumblr, which is why this rant is still relevant here.]

Just when I had about warmed up to the "Studio," here I am FURIOUS all over again that DeviantArt, in all their infinite wisdom and updates no one asked for, STILL cannot be bothered to program freaking auto-save into the submission portal AND they took away the ability edit text in Sta.sh so you don't even have an on-site alternative option that will auto-save anymore.

I'm so mad. I'm SO mad. At the core I'm not even that mad specifically about the content I lost today, but the everything else it represents and is conceptually tied into. And I so don't have time to really get into that right now because I have to re-do something for this description other than just being angry because I have other things to do today and this has already set my schedule back badly enough as it is.

Allow me one more moment to scream in frustration:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARARARARRARARAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Alright. Now then.

You get a very basic bullet point list actually about the art because that's all I think I can manage through my ire at the moment:

This prompt, much like Day 11 serves as more evidence that I didn't curate the list as carefully as I could have. There was very much a missed opportunity to make this the word for Day 8, or maybe at least 16 or 24 since those are multiples of 8.

I opted to keep things simple for the mandala. Not as simple as just using the "8" shape over an over because I thought that would be too limiting and boring. I Googled "Octonary" to see if anything visually helpful would come up and found this webpage talking about "Octonary" paths that the Knight piece might take in a Chess game.

After starting with a big Octagon as a base, I took inspiration from the diagrams on that webpage to fill the space. I started with a big 4-point division from one of the diagrams that resembles the iron cross, but ended up modifying the lines into more of an 8-point star shape because the 4-point divison wasn't working for me with all the other 8-based motifs.

And I did still use a fair bit of those 8-based shapes to try and bring in some more softness since the Chess-inspired bits were all very straight and angular.

In general I tried to work in 8's where possible, but there were some things that slipped through that I'm purposefully not going to call specific attention to beyond this sentence acknowledging they exist.

More interesting that the mandala itself is probably the color scheme. How do you make a color scheme based on the number 8? 🤔 Traditionally, that would've been more difficult to answer. But digitally, I was able to take advantage of hex codes. I specifically looked up colors that only use the number 8 and/or 0 and started with those, and then at the very end added in two light grays that also add B and E because I needed some additional lightness I just wasn't getting with the 8's and 0's alone.

More specifically, if you're curious, my exact color palette was:

#888888 - Base medium grey for the whole thing

#000888 - dark blue

#800008 - darkish red

#080808 - near-black

#888000 - dull "gold"

#B8B8B8 - lighter grey

#E8E8E8 - lightest grey

I did toy with #088888 (teal-ish) and #800080 (dark fuchsia-y), but after reviewing my options for what I might use as a song pairing on Instagram (remember I mentioned that being a unique challenge with these on Day 12), they felt a little too at odds with the color scheme made by the others.

I do think the dark blue made this color scheme come out a little more similar to previous days that I really wanted, but by the time I realized that I could not be bothered going back to change it, so it is what it is.

If the coloring looks a little funny otherwise, I tried to add the colors still using just figure-8 shapes and then blending/blurring the splotches out to get better coverage. Probably kind of pointless and uncessary considering how the final product looks, but I couldn't help myself.

I don't think this is the strongest piece of the month by a long shot, but as I've said before they can't all be super complex or amazing. [And for the record, I thought that before the lost-description mishap.] In any case, I like my solution to the color scheme "problem" and there are still some good ideas/motifs within the mandala, even if the whole package maybe didn't come together as nicely as it could have.

...I think that's everything I wanted to mention. It's hard to tell after being so thoroughly derailed from my original thought-flow. 😠

But that's at least all I can think of at the moment, so I should probably leave this here and get on with cross-posting. Cross-posting is normally my least favorite part of the process and starting off with such a bag experience trying to get this far does not feel like a good omen for how that's going to go.

Wish me luck and happier thoughts, Sparklers—I'm going to need a lot of both. 😤

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Artwork © me, MysticSparklewings

Obscutober Concept Inspired by nikolas_tower

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[sleaterkinnie]

reasons why mcr detroit was the best show

1.) i was there . so

2.) frank ass tattoo ? frank literal nudes?

3.) frank detroit hat 

4.) bury me in black 

5.) peak gerard high voice 

6.) so many stories 

7.) gerard kept saying “lets go little caesars!!” which was funny to me. pizza pizza

8.) gender euphoria at 100 

9.) post show pics where gerard is STILL in the nurse dress

10.) nurse dress. obviously. 

11.) absolutely rock hard fast fuck setlist . house of wolves into boy divison into destroya 

[bigbuxbolds]

2024 MLB NL West Seasons (All Star Break)

(Link to the main post with some further explanation, other divisions, and summary)

Here are the charts for the NL West Division teams showing their wins and losses, notable streaks, and longest streak so far this 2024 season.

Let's get to it under the cut!

First up are the Dodgers, who are 15 games above .500. They have 7 notable streaks, 5 of them being winning streaks. Their longest streak was a 7 game winning streak in early May. They have hit their current high point of the season 4 times since the end of June when they were 20 games above .500.

The Dodgers have had a great season, but it hasn't been without its hiccups. Although firmly in first place for their division for the entirety of this first half, they've had a few dips in their chart. The first was in April before their winning streaks pushed them vastly forward, and the other is their current small slump that has kept them from breaking above the 20 games above .500 line that other great teams have long passed. This should only become truly alarming, however, if it makes them targets for any of the other teams in their division, something they haven't been since the end of April.

Now we have the Padres, who are only 1 game above .500. They have 7 notable streaks and 3 notable winning streaks. Only two of these streaks were not 5 games long. Their high point was when they were 6 games above .500 in early July.

The Padres had a pretty average start to the season. They hovered around the .500, sometimes spending more time above it, and sometimes below. They had a relatively recent surge starting in the end of June, but their latest losing streak stoppped their momentum and brought them back down near the familiar .500 line.

Next are the Diamondbacks, who are just 1 game above .500. They have 5 notable streaks and 3 notable winning streaks. Both of their notable losing streaks were 5 games long. Their high point of 2 games above .500 has been reached four times so far, thrice at the very very beginning of the season, and almost right at the start of the All Star break.

The Diamondbacks have been rather consistently a below average team, only reaching above .500 at the very start of their season before managing to climb their way out of that hole in time for the break thanks to their latest, albiet still short winning streak. They are actually tied with the Padres in the standings with the same exact winning percentage, but the fact that they've mostly been under .500 so far has made me put them "third" in this post.

The Giants are in true fourth now, being 3 games under .500. They have 6 notable streaks and only 2 of them winning ones. Their longest streak was the 6 game losing streak they have at the beginning of June. Their high point was right before said losing streak, when they were 6 games above .500.

They've had a pretty similar season to the Diamondbacks'. They have traded places with each other so much that it's almost hard to count, but the fact remains that the Giants have been in their division's fourth place more often than not. They do, however, get points for getting back over the .500 line far sooner than the Diamondbacks did, though with them being back down below the line for a while now, it's arguable how much "better" that makes them.

And the definitive last place for this divison are the Rockies, who are 29 games below .500. They have 8 notable streaks and only 1 notable winning streak sandwiched between them. That streak, however, is also their longest as 7 games long. That would almost definitely be their true high point of the season so far, even though their high point in terms of winning percentage was actually when they were just at 1 game below .500 twice at the very start.

The Rockies join the Marlins in the race not to be the White Sox, although their season at least has a longer winning streak to serve as their best highlight so far. Still, it's not enough to save them from being among the worst of the worst.

This division is my other favorite to look at now, simply because of the two obvious 1st and last place teams as well as the very close cluster of the other three teams for the whole first half of this season. As a relative outsider to this divison, it makes for a nice visual at the very least.

[leguichettravel]

Since Stickmintober 2024 [codenamed as Operation Deathund] is going to begin in at least 2 days, I decided to create a personal debriefing lore regarding this event.

"I just got word from the O5 Council that they are planning to reintiate Operation Deathund once again, meaning that massive incursions will happen until the end of October itself, so here's a report on what's gonna happen to these factions and how are they planning to play a major role in this event.

Our Government allies of the 560th Marine Battalion are led by Gen. H. Galeforce is currently being trained by the newly integrated forces of the 77th Infantry Regiment and the 94th Armoured Corps of the MTF Nu-7 Divison along with contingents from other MTF squadrons just in case any anomalous scenarios arise after being inspired by the prowess of MTF Alpha-60 since their unification.

Meanwhile, our scouts report that even the Insurgency forces, most made up of both CIs and Toppats, are also prepping for the major event happening soon, with their new strike team codenamed "Nemesis" already deciding when they'll strike soon.

For our Coalition allies, which is both made up of the GOC and the CCC, I have just received word from some contacts, mostly some old friends that Sgt. Miller used to have, are already planning to supply experimental weaponry and equipment to some of us, with the CCC recording any signs of "chaos incidents" so that they could rely on our support if the time arises.

As for the Wall, they weren't planning to get involved in this mess, but they will compensate us if we plan to detain certain HVT for them.

Other factions like the Serpent's Hand, the FBI-UIU, along with multiple other GoIs will rarely get involved in this scenario, but their skills will be needed soon in some certain missions.

Ok, that is all for this report for now. I'd hope everybody will be prepared for the inevitable soon. Commander out."

- Mission debriefing from the MTF Commander himself

While that's the report on my AU lore regarding Stickmintober, here's my personal recap from 2023 last year.

Day 1:

Day 2:

Day 4:

Day 6:

Day 7:

Day 8:

Day 11:

Day 16:

Day 18:

The other artworks won't be shown since Tumblr limits their photos to 10, but here's the prompt I'd joined last year. The names of the people who planned last year's event are mentioned in the description.

I'd hope the artwork I will make this year would soon be recognised, but if it can't, then that's fine anyway. I'm only draw stuff when major events are happening in the community.

[uenodivision]

Hypnosis Mic Shuffle Vol. 4, Part 4 (Cont.)

Computer Entities

Ageha "A.D.A." Shinozaki

A.L.I.C.E.

Aiko "Aamon" Shinomiya

Our First Program

Evil Eye

Nadya "Vipera" Kuromiya

Meari "Bloody Mary" Miracle

Aika "VeeXn" Yumi

Sumire "Diabla" Shinomiya

We Won't Change (So Don't Ask)

The Pioneers

Kai "Veenyle" Quinlan

Sayaka "Rhopalocera" Miyuki

What's The Next Step?

Bonus Tracks!

Angelic Facade

Kaiji "Jinx" Sano

Touya "MC Darling" Kisaragi

Emo Rave Song

Yamamura Family

Aoi "Blue Wolf" Yamamura

Aoba "Guinevere" Yamamura

Eden "Ember" Yamamura

Kururi "Saika" Yamamura

A Pack Reunited

"New" Yozakura

Aranai "Ride or Die" Norikoru - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals

Sumire "Diabla" Shinomiya - Screaming/Main Vocals

Kureha "Eclipse" Koizumi - Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals

Kaoru "Arachne" Shinozaki - Keyboard/DJ/Backing Vocals

Kanra "D. Vil" Akemi - Drums/Percussion/Backing Vocals

Burn This B*tch Down!

The Great Eight

Private Party

Kai "Veenyle" Quinlan

Mireya "Gypsy" Quinlan

Zakari "Icarus" Hiroya

Lovesick

Ren "Vox" Nakashima

Max "Ōkami" Soukoku

Kaiji "Jinx" Sano

Birds of Prey

Chinami "Oracle" Chinen

Kira "Huntress" Chinen

Taria "Misfit" Chinen

MIHANASA

Sanyu "MC Rogue" Inouye

Tasuku "Katame" Kawanoe

Ming "Miss Ming" Kawanoe

BittASweetZ

Ririko "2Cute" Akihara

Shu "Narcoleptic" Kawakami

Alice "Cherie" Shiroka

Miraitabi

Yuuya "ARROW" Kanata

Asahi "SWEET-T" Tomoharu

Saigo "Tsukumogami" Fuyugami

ENIGMA

Mina "Mina Murray" Nakayama

Elliot "MC Nanashi" Shimizu

Yorii "Sireen" Sakuma

Silent Tragedy

Kanon "Mz. Hyde" Hojo

Reika "Belladonna" Aichi

Sakura "Renegade" Kito

Rap Guerrilla (Great Eight Ver.)

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Side Story- Malroth's Journey

* Quick Note, after bit more research Fuku would be closer to luck and happiness then Kei, so ya quick little change*

Year 1

When Ramia came to Malroth and told him about the Heavenly Council's plan to help young Psaro, Malroth was immediately on board with it, gotta help his fellow demons out ya know. All deities got everything set up for Malroth, documentation of his exsistence, a alias to go under, a home, tons of money and a roadmap of where to go and what too do when he got there.

1. Get acquainted with the world around him

2. Register for the Defense Force exams and pass

3. Gain a high enough rank where he could get information on Psaro when the time came

4. Make sure that when Psaro's exsistence got brought forth ( and it would happen, no way a behemoth sized monster with that kind of power would stay hidden forever) to the people and especially the Defense Force, that Malroth could convince the big-wigs that Psaro was not a threat to humanity and was on there side.

5. Celebrate a job well done, by yours truly Malroth.

It all seemed simple when layed out like that to Malroth, but he was now learning that this was easier said than done.

Malroth knew that Psaro was born just a couple weeks ago by the time he got transfered to this world, and Grinin' Cheeky Tiki this world did not dissapoint. The technology was a lot more advance in some areas compared to his world, gigantic beasts that Malroth couldn't wait to lay the smack down on and pretty good food. Though first and for most for Malroth was getting to know and get used to this world, and that started with remembering his new last name, " Fu-ku-a-ku-ma" the name was wholey unfamiliar to him, wondered what it meant?

Year 2

Alright moment of truth after a year of learning about Japan and the world, he was now ready to take the Defense Force exams. The preliminary was just a witten portion, which Malroth had no problem with. Malroth was then told by the letter to come too Chiba Costal Base where the real first part of his exams would take place. Malroth was estatic he couldn't wait to see what cool stuff they would have him- annnnd it's just a fitness test. Now Malroth didn't want to seem whiny but where was the A.C.T.I.O.N. Well hopefully the action was next, so Malroth did the fitness portion and ended up with the top spot of the 215 applicants. Ignoring the gaze of his fellow applicants, he moved on too the second part the fighting, after putting on the suit they gave him ( seriously why was 30% such a big deal) it was time too lay the smackdown. The test went by quick the Youju and the one Honju were easy for Malroth, especially after he ditched that wierd gun, he just wasn't feeling that weapon. So he switched up to something better, a piece of rebar he impaled through a big chunk of metal, too make a mace. Of course he helped out a few other contestants if they needed it and let them kill the Youju they were battling with. Afterwards a few days after the test he got his welcome letter to the Defense Force, though he was surprised about one thing.

Malroth: The Captain of the 4 Divison asked me to come too Matsumoto Base?

Year 3

Well it was certainly a new experience being part of a entire Division. Thankfully it wasn't difficult, they gave him a home at the Base, money, food, and most importantly a near infinite well of enemies to beat up. It was cool and getting compliments from his commrades felt pretty nice. Appearently his performance on and off the battle field had caputered Captain Ogata's attention, though Malroth was not aware of this fact, even when the Scientist gave Malroth his own personalized weapon, a club similar to what an Oni would wield.

Now this was what Malroth was talkin' about.

Year 4

Malroth honestly expected it would take longer, but his likability and strength had convinced Captain Ogata to give him a trial run at the Vice-Captain position. Well this is what Malroth wanted a chance at a high-position and he wasn't one too disappoint expectations. It only took a month for Malroth's work and personality to win Captain Ogata over, and give him the Title of Malroth Fukuakuma of the 4 Division

Alright now to wait, for everything to go to Hell great....

Year 5

The year went quite nicely for Malroth, not sigj of the things going to Hell yet so, it was just buisness as usual. Killing Kaiju, training, doing reports and going to meetings, all that stuff

OH

There was something new, well 2 things. The first thing was a title he learned he had gained throughout the Defense Force

" Malroth The Breaker"

Appearently Malroth's ability to break through Kaiju Hides like Balsa Wood, had gained him quite the reputation.

The second thing was his rivalry with the First Division Commander Gen Narumi

That Malroth had no idea was even a thing.

Appearently Malroth beat Narumi in a offical popularity poll or something and Narumi got pissed about and I quote " A wierd upstart that has goofy hair and a stupid weapon" Malroth realky didn't care but he did take offense to the Hair and Weapon thing

Year 6

Well this was it, the news of the incident that happened in Tachikawa spread quickly and Malroth knew that the hard part of his quest started now

WELP, no time like the present

Malroth was definitely thankful it took quite some time before Psaro would become known to the rest of the Defense Force. Also the rivalry with Narumi is a definite, lol. He's in the group of people that wouldn't give a shit about Malroth's true identity either. (Narumi definitely challenge him to a spar involving his more monstrous form.)

Also Malroth would be the third person to drop another info bomb on Kafka's group. The Monsters hadn't exactly figured it was the gods who gave Psaro his second chance. Malroth does inform the rest of the Third Division first for two reasons.

One is that everyone is very close to Psaro and Kafka. Two is they are about to get dragged into antics involving monsters anyway due to the Lower Echelon refugees alongside their older comrade potentially becoming Master of Monsterkind. It's going to take a larger group effort to manage everything than build a case for the inevitable butting heads with the Higher Ups.

The 3rd Division is about to slip into a brand new role: 'Monster Rangers'.