#do they even have a duo name let alone a ship name??

[uncuredturkeybacon]

𝚐𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 || 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚡 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

in which kk unintentionally helps paige shoot her shot

You’re halfway through a solo Fortnite match when your Twitch chat explodes.

"YOOOOO PAIGE BUECKERS WATCHING YOUR STREAM RN" "RELOAD TWITTER GIRL YOU’RE TRENDING" "CHECK TIKTOK CHECK TIKTOK"

You furrow your brow, barely avoiding a snipe as you crank up to high ground.

“Wait, what?” you mutter, glancing over at your second monitor. Notifications are flying in from every direction—mentions on Twitter, TikTok tags, even DMs from mutuals losing their minds.

Paige Bueckers?

The Paige Bueckers?

You land a kill and duck into a bush to pull up your phone. You open TikTok, your thumb flying to the “@“ tab, and there it is—a TikTok live screen recording that’s going viral. It’s from KK Arnold, the UConn basketball guard, who’d been casually doing a TikTok Live Q&A from their apartment. She's lounging on the couch, vibing with the comments when someone asks:

“Where’s Paige?”

She flips the camera around, revealing Paige on the couch in sweats, legs curled up, face inches from her iPad screen with her AirPods in. Concentrating hard.

“There she is,” KK says. “Locked in, bro.”

Someone else in the comments must’ve asked what Paige was doing because KK squints at the camera and then calls out:

“Yo Paige, what are you watching?”

Paige doesn’t even look up.

“Some Fortnite stream.”

KK snickers. “Some Fortnite stream? Or your Fortnite streamer?”

Paige pauses. Looks up. Realizes what KK’s doing. “KK—stop—”

Too late.

“She’s watching that streamer,” KK says with a sly grin. “The one she’s obsessed with. She’s always watching her. Like religiously. Every time she goes live? Boom—Paige is right here, front row.”

Paige tries to grab KK’s phone, laughing nervously and blushing deep red.

“End the live, bro. I swear—”

But it’s already out there.

Your jaw drops. You pause your stream.

“Wait—she’s obsessed with me?”

Your chat goes ballistic.

"BROOOO DM HER RIGHT NOW" "SHOOT YOUR SHOT Y/N" "PAIGE BUECKERS GOT A CRUSH ON YOU OMG"

You hesitate, your heartbeat fluttering like you just got a Victory Royale. You’ve always thought Paige was attractive—hell, who didn’t? But you never imagined she even knew who you were, let alone watched your streams religiously.

Screw it.

You pull up Instagram, type in her name (you were already following her, obviously), and start typing a message:

hey… so I heard you like watching Fortnite streams? 👀

You hover for half a second.

Then hit send.

Paige is back in her room, hoodie pulled over her head like that’ll hide her from the world. She’s been fighting off messages all day—her teammates roasting her, her phone buzzing nonstop. Even Coach Geno had made a joke at practice about her “gaming girlfriend.”

She groans and flops on her bed, still clutching her iPad.

“Why did she have to say that on live,” she mutters, swiping through her notifications. “Couldn’t she just say I was watching Netflix or something?”

Then she freezes.

Because there it is.

@/yourusername hey… so I heard you like watching Fortnite streams? 👀

Her whole body goes still.

“What the—”

She sits up so fast she nearly drops her iPad. Then she jumps out of bed, grabs her phone, and bolts down the hall yelling:

“KK!”

You’ve went back to the game, but your mind is still spinning.

You’ve got thousands of viewers watching as you try to focus on your next match, but then your phone buzzes again.

Paige Bueckers replied to your message.

You almost fall out of your gaming chair.

omg i didn’t mean for that to get out lmaooo but yes. yes i love your streams. you’re cracked and funny and hot and i’m embarrassed now 😅

You giggle softly, trying not to show how flustered you are on stream.

“Okay,” you say to chat, “I might have to end early tonight… I’ve got a DM to answer.”

"SAY LESS." "Y/N LOGGING OFF TO BAG BUECKERS." "WE SHIPPING THIS HARD."

You mute your mic and start typing back.

don’t be embarrassed. i think it’s cute. wanna run duos sometime? maybe grab food after if we win? 

You watch the dots bubble up right away.

And somewhere in Connecticut, Paige is smiling so hard her face hurts.

The next night, your stream is scheduled for 8 p.m. sharp.

But by 7:30, your Twitch chat is already in riot mode.

"IS IT TRUE??? PAIGE BUECKERS DUO STREAM???" "OMG THIS IS ABOUT TO BE ICONIC" "Y/N PLEASE WE NEED CONFIRMATION"

You’re pacing in your room, phone in hand, controller charged, headset on. Heart doing backflips. Because yeah—you and Paige had been texting all day, and yes—she is joining your stream.

Your Discord pings. She’s in the voice call.

You take a deep breath, click your stream intro, and go live.

“Hey guys,” you say, trying to sound cool, calm, collected. “Sooo… we have a special guest tonight. I think you might’ve heard of her.”

You turn on the Discord audio.

“…hey,” Paige’s voice comes through your headphones, low and a little shy.

Your chat loses its collective mind. "PAIGEEE???" "SHE'S HERE OH MY GOD" "ACT NORMAL EVERYONE ACT NORMAL"

You laugh, your nerves melting a little at the sound of her voice.

“You good over there, Bueckers?”

“I mean,” she says, “I’ve hit buzzer beaters in the Final Four, but this is more terrifying.”

You chuckle. “Don’t worry, chat doesn’t bite… much.”

“I’ve seen your chat. That’s a lie.”

The two of you drop into a Duo match, landing at your usual spot—Sweaty Sands. From the start, it’s banter.

“You better not die first,” Paige teases as she loots a chest.

“I carry every duo, I don’t care who they are,” you shoot back, grabbing a shotgun.

“Oh really? We’ll see about that.”

You end up with 5 kills in the first 10 minutes, and Paige goes down once—but you revive her. The moment you do, your Twitch overlay lights up with spammed donations and subscriptions.

"SAVING YOUR GIRL 😭😭" "THE WAY Y/N RISKED IT ALL" "DADDY'S HOME"

You glance at chat and laugh. “They’re calling you my girl, by the way.”

Paige doesn’t answer for a beat. Then, softly:

“…I mean, they’re not wrong.”

Your fingers stutter on your controller.

“…Wait, what?”

“Nothing,” she says quickly. “Focus, enemy west.”

But chat catches it. Oh, they definitely catch it.

"PAIGE 'THEY NOT WRONG' BUECKERS??? EXCUSE ME???" "Y’ALL FLIRTING ON MAIN RN" "IM SWEATING. SCREAMING. CRYING."

You clutch your chest in mock dramatics. “Y’all trying to make me choke on air right now.”

Paige laughs. “Focus up, streamer. We’ve got a crown to win.”

You end the stream two hours later with a couple wins and a viewer count that broke your previous record by a mile.

You thank everyone, say goodnight, and mute your mic—but don’t leave the call.

You and Paige stay in Discord, just the two of you now, no chat, no cameras. Just that soft space where everything feels a little more real.

“That was fun,” she says quietly.

You smile. “Yeah. You’re actually good.”

“Are you surprised?”

“A little. I figured you'd be more of a Minecraft girl.”

She scoffs. “Rude.”

There’s a pause, the kind that stretches a little too long but feels kind of nice.

“…So,” Paige says, “was that food offer real?”

You glance at your phone—her name glowing at the top of your screen.

“Yeah,” you say, voice a little quieter now. “You win a Victory Royale with me, you earn dinner.”

Paige hums. “What if I just want to hang out? Like, even without the game?”

You grin.

“Then we skip the match and get food anyway.”

There’s a beat of silence.

Then:

“I’m flying out next weekend.”

Your heart stutters.

“…Seriously?”

She chuckles. “Only if you promise not to crush me at Fortnite again.”

“No promises.”

On Twitter, you’re trending under:

#BueckersAndY/N “Paige Bueckers and the Fortnite streamer girl” “duos 4 life 💘”

But the real moment? It’s when Paige posts on her Instagram Story later that night. A blurry picture of her iPad screen, paused on your stream, with one caption:

“GG, beautiful.”

i actually haven't played fortnite in days cause i been busy with writing all these fics and i am in withdrawal... do y'all play?

[ultra-raging-ghost]

Bad snitching on himself just to get a hug and a compliment from mike is so fucking crazy, hes so gay

[nachiah]

Spoilers for Chapter 14 of Tokyo Debunker under the cut

Chapter 14 only made me love the Mortkranken duo even more!! I'm just gonna kinda ramble as opposed to my usual, more organized stuff with screenshots and whatnot: I really like that it focused mostly on Yuri's backstory - namely the things he would refuse to tell us otherwise. It goes to show that his bravado and somewhat self-centered nature is mostly for show. He's hiding just how bad he's been hurt by others, and keeping his guard up. As for Jiro, we get a little more of an idea of the sort of sheltered upbringing he had. It's becoming clearer and clearer that he didn't spend much time in the outside world. There are places he wanted to go, but couldn't for whatever reason. And now, it's not like he can just go anywhere. Yuri needs to be there with him - and we learn why: It's his stigma. The injection he received in the immortal patient chapter was probably something to further damage the anomaly without damaging Jiro too, too much. He has no control over his stigma, so *anything* that happens to him - including the effects of poisons and injections - happens to the one that inflicted it. My hopes for his stigma being something like that were realized. Perhaps at the point of making the pact, he wanted retribution. He wanted those that inflicted pain onto him to suffer the same fate. That, however was a bit of a double-edged sword, because now he can *only* be treated by Yuri - but we have no idea why he's unaffected. I personally think it has something to do with a certain level of trust, but that doesn't account for the coma... unless he already knew Yuri back then. Now for the ship-related stuff, and boy did we eat good this time: Yuri rips Nicholas a new one after letting the Frostheim thing slip, and gets mad when people mention that house in general... But when Jiro asks about the funding he could've had, he's met with a calm and direct answer. The way he stepped between Yuri and the Frostheim students when they tore into Yuri (and when he probably noticed Yuri couldn't handle it himself). That man was absolutely ready to throw hands. When Yuri was crying in the infirmary, Jiro said something interesting... to "wait until *we're* alone." Not "you." "We." This means, of course, that Yuri has let his guard down in front of Jiro before. More than once, I would assume with that kind of response. Then the tenderness when he asks MC to "keep him from losing his way..." I also have to note the proud smile he had when Yuri was revealing the truth of the matter to everyone. I love their dynamic so much. They clearly depend on each other, but they are independent enough to not give in to each other when there's a difference in opinion. Just a match of wits with a touch of snark. But when something does happen, they do whatever they can to help one another. Even having just struggled to awake from a small coma, Jiro uses everything he's got to relay that important tidbit of information to Yuri. Jiro *needed* to tell him about the discrepancy. I loved it all - start to finish. While MC took a bit of a back seat in this one, I feel like it was necessary to really show both Jiro and Yuri's overall dynamic and to keep the spotlight on Yuri this time.

[in1-nutshell]

Fearless is still crying about Alabaster and Megs finds out. cut to the scavengers freaking the fuck out because holy shit Megatron is about to bust down their door and all because their newest member catfished his kid.

Finally!

Definitely going to be doing a long version of this in the future

Hope you enjoy!

Fearless and Alabaster

SFW, Platonic, Angst, Hinted romance, Human reader

MTMTE

There had been a noticeable change on the Lost Light.

It was the behavior of the ship’s resident human, Fearless.

Ever since their no show to trivia night, and the sudden sick day they took after, they had been… quiet.

Their demeanor reminded the original crew members how they acted the first few days on the ship.

More composed, stiffer, more neutrality in their tone, more… robotic.

Magnus: “I do believe that concludes today’s meeting.” Fearless wordlessly starts packing up their things. Rodimus: “Hey Fearless, there’s karaoke night over at Swerve’s. You wanna team up for tonight’s duo performance?” Fearless: “I’m afraid I cannot tonight, Captain. There are too many reports to fill in after Whirl’s last escape from the brig. Have a good night.” Fearless tries to leave the room before Megatron stands in their way. Fearless: “Megatron, is there something you need?” Megatron: “I need assistance in getting the classes grades in the system.” Fearless: “Just send the work to my mail and I will get to it. Good night.” Fearless wordlessly goes around the mech and makes their way to their habsuite. Rodimus: “Nothing?” Magnus: “Anything? Megatron sighs: “Nothing.”

The human barely interacted with the bots and always headed back to their room as soon as they finished their tasks for the day.

The only other bot on board who had the slightest idea what was going on was Whirl.

But even he refused to say much.

Mainly because all he knew was that he needed to pummel someone who made Fearless sob up a storm and he didn’t even have a name!

Whenever he wasn’t in the brig, Whirl became a bodyguard of sorts.

Always watching Fearless surroundings for any sign that the bot who did this was on board.

Megatron had tried to talk to them, but even that left fruitless.

Megatron is sitting next to Fearless in the empty classroom. Megatron: “There is something you are not telling me.” Fearless stays silent. Megatron: “… I will not force you to talk, you can come to me when you are ready… but remember the crew, that I am here to listen when you wish to speak.” Fearless’s eyes gloss a bit, but they bite their tongue and leave the grey mech alone. Megatron looks at his child sadly but decides to trust what Rung had advised him to do. Don’t force it, let them come to you.

Megatron didn’t like seeing his kid like this.

Even Rung tried coaxing Fearless into having a private session to figure out what was going on.

And to many surprises, Fearless denied it.

The human was always advocating for the bots to go see Rung and went to him too.

But to suddenly not want to go?

This was bad.

It would be a month into this state when the Lost Light would get an unexpected visit from the WAP.

Maybe the visit of the Scavenger’s would cheer them up.

There were two things that the crew noticed immediately.

1. The scavengers had a new crewmate

2. They looked tense, especially the new crewmate.

Fearless arrives with Megatron and Magnus. Rodimus was already talking with the Scavengers. Rodimus looks over at the three. Rodimus: “Magnus, Megatron, Fearless, you remember the Scavengers, right? Well, they have a new member!” The bot steps forward stiffly and greets the bots. Alabaster: “My designation is Alabaster Lapis.” Fearless just looked at him with a surprised look. Fearless: “…Nice to meet you.” The bots detected a bit of hostility in the human. Rodimus: “How about we head to Swerve’s for some drinks? I think he has a new variety of mixes.” Megatron glances questionably at Fearless who looks ahead, not making contact with anyone.

Everyone dispersed once they got to the bar.

Many of the crew were surprised to see Fearless out and about for the first time in a month.

That comment caught Alabaster’s attention feeling the guilt rack up.

Alabaster saw a shooing motion from Misfire and Spinister before he reached the bar where Fearless was sitting.

He ordered a drink and sat beside them in silence.

They both knew they were delaying the inevitable… but maybe this could work in their favor

It was very awkward between the pair.

Fearless asked if his crew new about it.

Alabaster blinked before stating that they heard the conversation… and thoroughly beat him over the helm with his stupid mistakes.

Fearless chuckled a bit after hearing that Grimlock had swung his tail and had him dented on the side of the ship.

His spark fluttered a bit.

It had been a while since he heard their laughter.

This was a win.

Fearless looked around and asked him to grab them, they knew a place on the ship that would give them privacy.

They made their way to the oil reservoir.

That’s where Fearless mask dropped.

They looked at him with a mixture or sadness, frustration, anger, and something else. Fearless: “I thought we agreed in 3 more days. Or is there something else your not telling me about?” Alabaster: “We recently had repairs on an organic planet. They boosted our thruster systems.” Fearless: “And you didn’t think on telling me because…” Alabaster sighed and sat on the edge of the platform, his pedes dangling above the oil below. Alabaster: “I… I didn’t think it was important. We were already meeting each other; it was only 3 days. Those pass by in a blink of an optic.” Fearless huffs standing beside him but with an ample amount of space in between them. Fearless: “In case you forgot, time means something different to ‘organics’. If you need a reality check, we die much earlier than Cybertronians.” Alabaster: “…I know…” Fearless winces a bit at his defeated tone. Maybe they crossed a line. Fearless sits down on the edge, mimicking his stance. Fearless: “…Well… here we are…” Alabaster: “Here we are…” Silence… Fearless: “Why did you keep it on for so long?” Alabaster: “… I didn’t want to lose you.” Fearless: "would it matter if you did?” Alabaster looks at them with a serious expression. Alabaster: “Most defiantly.” He sighs softening his gaze. Alabaster: “I care about you, a lot. More than I want to admit it really. If there was a chance that you hated Cybertronian’s…” Fearless places a hand on one of his digits. Alabaster looks at them a bit surprised. Fearless smiles a bit. Fearless: “I’d be a pretty crummy friend if I did.” Alabaster: “So…” Fearless: “Well, the whole lying and the technical ‘catfishing’ is going to leave a mark.” Alabaster winces a bit at the sharpness in their voice. Fearless: “…But I don’t mind trying this friendship thing all over again.” Alabaster smiles a bit. Fearless stands up and offers him their hand. Fearless: “I’m Fearless.” Alabaster gently shakes their hand. Alabaster: “My name is Alabaster Lapis. You can call me Alabaster or Aster for short.” Fearless and Alabaster smile at each other.

The pair eventually made it back to Swerve’s where everyone else was.

The Scavengers were relieved to see the two in much better spirits and it was safe to assume that the two had talked it out.

The lost light crew looked over that the new mech who had Fearless perched on his shoulder.

It had been a month since Fearless had smiled that widely.

They looked almost like their usual self, a bit tired and drained but much better looking than last time.

Fearless made sure to give the Scavenger’s all goodbyes when they had to leave.

Fearless waves at the WAP as it leaves. Fearless sighs and looks behind them. Everyone is looking at them. Fearless: “Uhhh…” Whirl: “What did that bot do to you?” Fearless: “What?” Whirl: “I just got out of the brig to see you and that other guy smiling. You haven’t done that in weeks.” Megatron: “What whirl means to say is that we are all happy to see that you have moved from your depressive state… but we are curious to what happened.” Fearless looked at the direction of the WAP. They were safe enough. Fearless: “Okay… but you all have to SWEAR not to do ANYTHING drastic or harmful.” The bots look around confused. Fearless: “All right, here goes…” Hopefully things did not go off the rails… Oh, who were they kidding, this was the Lost Light, going off the rails happened every other day. On the WAP... Alabaster suddenly shudders. Alabaster: “I feel like I’m in danger…”

alabaster feeling the rage of the Lost Light thousand miles away

[idea-less-author]

I'm rewatching Doctor Who, and first of all, I forgot how much I not only loved this show but also Rose Tyler as a whole. Also nine needs more love. Anyway, I just finished episode 1×6 Dalek, and all I could think was how interesting it would have been if the Dalek survived and joined the time traveling duo. Walk with me a second.

We all known the Daleks, what they're like, what they are, what they've done, what they're capable of. But, this Dalek has spared 2 human lives. It's just kinda meandering with Rose questioning everything. It just wants freedom, but what does that mean really? The Doctor comes in and threatens it, sees that it's changed due to Rose's DNA, and is feeling something other than hate for the first time in it's existence. It's no longer a true Dalek, but it's still alone. It asks Rose for it's final orders. And, what if, she says no. And doesn't change her mind.

This is the first time the Dalek has ever felt the full spectrum of emotions. Of course it's over whelmed. It's neever felt anything more then maybe anger and hatred and now there are so many new things to feel.

Grief for what it once was and for all it once knew, fear of all of the unknown ahead, I'm sure some guilt for not only what it has done, but for even allowing itself to be changed in the first place. It gained human emotions for the very first time, moments after finding out that it was alone, and after being tortured for who knows how long. It's standing with the being that ended the time war by massacring both of their people, and the woman who' s DNA changed you so fundamentally that you know longer know what you even are. You're feeling sunlight for the very first time. That does not sound like a being that should be making life changing/ending decisions at that moment.

So, what if Rose refuses to give that final order. She recognizes all of the above. She's a lover, she's compassionate, she's emotionally intelegent. She doesn't like the suffering of anyone, including her enemies, but death would not be her first answer. It hasn't been before, it wasn't after, so why this time?

No, what if instead Rose chose to be kind to the Dalek by being a bit crule, and refusing it's request to die. Instead she convinces the Doctor to bring him aboard the ship. She picks the Dalek up, right out of the exoskelton, and not only gives the Dalek, it's first ever physical contact, but a new home. (I understand that the Dalek is squid-like and slimey but honestly I don't know how much Rose would care about that when trying to show compassion. Hell she tried to show compassion by carressing the Dalek earlier in this very episode.)

Nine would not be thrilled with these developments. You want to bring one of the creatures that helped end his people, terrorized the Universe, and is the reason that his alone, onto HIS Tardis? Are you mad? And they would bicker a bit. Shouting would happen, and the Dalek might even be on the Doctor's side. But I think in the end Rose would look at Nine with her big doe eyes, passionate about life in the way that she always is, and he would cave. He would be upset and cross (with himself mostly), but he would let Rose bring it onto his ship. I mean the Dalek has changed, and let's be real, he's the reason the Daleks alone, as well as himself. He had his reasons, but do they even matter at this moment? With this Dalek?

Now the next episode does take place near immediately after this one on station 5 and whatever, but even with the Dalek I think that the adventure with what's his name (I can't be bothered to look it up atm but you know the guy) can go much of the same as it did. The Dalek get's let on the Tardis recovering from it's ordeal, rethinking everything, and what the implications for it are now that everything is different. I think all of the Canon episodes for this season are much of the same too, just add a couple of new adventures showing the Dalek what life can be now with a full sectrum of emtions. And because it got these emotions from Rose, probably a shit-ton of compassion. I also think that it would start to build itself a new mechsuit, or whatever you want to call it. But this time, it has more uses then just death, destruction, and conquering.

The Dalek and the Doctor would have a whole frenemies thing. The Doctor doesn't trust the Dalek because it's a Dalek, and the Dalek knows that the Doctor should be it's number one enemy. But, they are cohabitating. And Rose wants things to work out, so they try to not be hostile. But every now and again, they find themselves... talking. Specfically when the Dalek is working on it's new suit, the Doctor will, help? Tbh it starts out with him being extreamly suspicious of the Dalek and wanting to keep an eye on it. Which leads to helping, segestions, being a sound board. And if I'm being honest, if it were a someone other than Nine I would say that this would be the time he notices what's happening and go and skulk around for a it before the cycle happens again, but I honestly think Nine would notice, and just continue on. Get to know the Dalek. Trust in Rose. At some point I do think that the Dalek chooses a name for itself, at Roses prompting. No idea what, but just another way that the Dalek changes and differenciates itself from the rest.

Now while this is all happening, they are still going on the rest of the adventures in the season. Jack joins the T.A.R.D.I.S. team. I think he'd kinda love a Dalek that's no longer a Dalek, who wants to live life, and maybe do some good for once. He joins the building sesions. Rose is there, it started off as her chaperoning The Doctor and The Dalek, but it just became hanging out and providing commentary fairly quickly. They're all having a grand time. It's strange, but it's theirs. Then Station 5 part 2 happens. The Doctor, Jack, and Rose get yoinked into their respective game shows. Rose gets disitegrated. Their Dalek and the T.A.R.D.I.S. are found and The Doctor and Jack are mourning. Their Dalek knows something is off. They figure out that the Daleks are back. They go to the Emperor.

Now I can't quite decide if Our Dalek would even be tempted by the emperor or not. Maybe at first? but It's changed so much. The Emperor likely wants nothing to do with It anyway because It's no longer a True DalekTM. And Our Dalek has changed so much. SEEN so much. Has been cared for by Rose Tyler, which we all know is a life chaging experience.

Once again I'm not entirely sure how the fight against the Daleks end for Their Dalek. It gets sent with Rose to protect her while everyone else fights and dies against the Daleks. It help Rose get back. Or It stays behind with Jack and The Doctor, completly fine with sacrificing it's life to save humanity as long as Rose is safe. If we go that route there are several ways you can go from there. It dies fighting what it once had been a hero. It dies, and comes back like Jack. In that case I think that It would continue on with Jack as a companion. Or maybe It goes It's own seperate way from Jack after resuraction. It lives, no need to be resurected. It could continue on with The Doctor and Rose. It could be left behind with Jack. It could stay behind with Jack. It could decide to go separate ways from the Doctor and Rose (I don't think Ten would be as tolerant of Our Dalek and It would sense that, so It goes on it's own adventures. Or maybe it goes and finds Jack after The Doctor becomes Ten.) Idk So many ways that it could go and I like a lot of them. I think bringing It back like Jack and letting them Travel together is my favorite.

I was just overtaken with this idea and had to share. I have no idea if this had been done broe, I'm sure it has, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I just started rewatching and it's over taken me. I'd love to hear other people's thoughts.

[lifesteal-headcanons]

Omega ClownPierce who deliberately hides it and pretends to be an Alpha bc god forbid he has any fucking weakness (🙄 /aff)

Omega Branzy who don't give a fuck and actively uses societal ideas of how Omegas act in his own favor, kinda like how he uses people's perceptions of his capabilities to go under the radar in terms of his bloodlust and ability to kill. also yes he uses his heats as THE excuse to dip out of work for a whole week, payed 🫡🫡🫡

Alpha Kaboodle bc 1) I find it funny that the little sibling in the Killerbunnies dynamic is the Alpha,,,,,,,, 2) they can help each other with instincts and shit and honestly I don't think there's anybody else Clown would be comfy with. untrusting motherfucker /aff

Omega Zam as his story of never giving up even through misery and unending struggle so the good can prevail over the bad is very relatable and I just think he's very Omega coded

Beta Mapicc bc idk bro I don't watch his shit he just gives me Beta vibes 🫡

Alpha Derapchu bc the concept of simp Derapchu following Zam kinda like a lost puppy is the hottest thing to ever be beamed into my head and I CANNOT let go of it, and him being an Alpha just elevates it to 100000000nth degree to me,,,,,,,,,

Beta/Alpha/Omega Squiddo as they transcend whatever tf all the others got going on. nobody knows what she is and they don't give a fuck to clarify either lol nobody is doing it like them fr fr

Alpha ashswag bc I just think it's neat — also. overinflated sense of ego (he's called himself God like THREE TIMES in videos before????) and idk I just think it fits. also he's the only one who knows what tf Squiddo's got going on but he's forgor, so

Alpha Reddoons bc I need Alpha on Alpha hatecrime swagdoons to be real <3

Alpha Jumper bc Alpha girlies are my dream <33

On that vein EITHER Alpha MinuteTech OR Omega MinuteTech — either way it's kinda unconventional HopperClock/MinuteJump/however their duo/ship name is called idk it so I'm ALL IN for it

All of this ofc leads to situations like:

Killerbunnies huddling together in Kaboodle's base bc after a battle Clown was in that Kaboodle heard about, her inner was going WILD and wouldn't leave her alone — anxious, jumping off the walls, making her wanna claw at something or even tear hair out; anything, anything so long as the feeling goes away — so she dragged him down there and kept him in a headlock + koala hug for hours at a time

Clownzy having a rare moment in their casino season 3 where Clown finally allows himself to listen to his inner, finally allowing himself to tear down his walls and be simply a man, scenting with Branzy and building a nest with him. That's probably one of the only nests he's allowed himself to ever have

Devotions having increasingly shoutier and dumber arguments over like. heat suppressants and what's better to make a nest with and the best brand of scent blockers. They never seem to win one way or another on any topic

Sunkissed trading clothes around for one reason or another, enjoying the bliss of having each other's scents constantly at reach, the calm that that brings

Swagdoons are always on a power struggle, and it's such a surge of ego whenever they get the other to submit — this doesn't mean they don't enjoy submitting as well (they have whatever fucked up worship play going on after all /silly), it just means that the thrill of their inner preening over the other's submission is a strong feeling, hard to ignore

HopperClock flabbergasting people bc Alpha girl on Alpha boy/Alpha girl on Omega boy and finding the reactions funny as hell

Really rambly thing but enslamzmamsll I love omegaverse sorry

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[pfangirl]

SAAMMM! Why we really should be excited for Season 2 of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft

Honestly, as exciting as it’s been to learn that a second season of Netflix animated series Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is on the cards; that it will in fact feature a team-up between former best friends archaeologist Lara Croft (voiced by Hayley Atwell) and documentary filmmaker Sam Nishimura (Karen Fukuhara); and that their pairing will revive the decade-old Salara/S.S. Endurance ship regardless of how things actually pan out romantically for the young women…

The greatest thrill actually stems from the fact that Season 2’s first promotional image reveals Lara and Sam glaring at each other. No grateful reunions shown, there’s clearly a lot of unresolved tension between the duo. And with a mountain of issues to scale, it feels safe to say that there’s going to be a lot of meaty emotional content paired with the show’s globe-trotting action. As in Season 1.

Before jumping into that, though, it’s worth remembering that Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is playing fast and loose with the lore established in the games (if you take Roth’s revised depiction as an indication), and apparently acting like the tie-in comics and novelisations don’t exist at all. It’s therefore unclear how much of existing canon will filter through into Season 2.

That said, we can assume the former best friends aren’t on speaking terms – even if the series chooses to ignore Sam’s off-screen psychiatric hospitalisation twice(!) for Himiko possession, and a kidnapping or two.

Officially, if we stick to the games alone, we know that in Rise of the Tomb Raider, Sam wouldn’t talk to Lara even if her doctors would let her. By the time of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Sam is communicating with Jonah again, but Lara simply wasn’t returning her calls. At a certain point after that, we can assume Sam gave up on reconnecting if Lara wasn’t making the effort from her side.

So yes, Sam Nishimura has every reason to be pissed, for two very good reasons.

Lara Croft is a terrible friend

The whole of Season 1 of Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is Lara learning to get over her isolating tendencies; to treat the people who care about her with simple respect, like actually asking for help instead of treating it as a given, and communicating her actions instead of simply running out on people.

With Sam, the ghosting has been especially brutal because out of all the Endurance crew, Lara’s bff experienced the most trauma on Yamatai next to our title hero. Sam was betrayed by both Mathias and Whitman, set up to be burnt on the stake, violated by the invading soul of Himiko, killed cultists in self-defence, and before all that, she pulled strings (via her wealthy treasure-loving uncle) to fund the expedition when investors pulled out. Lara may have provided the directions to the island, but trust fund baby Sam made it happen, making her as culpable for the deaths and disaster as Lara.

The two friends could have found solace in their shared experience, but Lara is so wrapped up in her own guilt and pain that she never once asks Sam how she’s doing. As Reyes jeers back on Yamatai, “It’s always about Lara.” Back then, Sam instantly replied with a “That’s not fair,” but a few years down the line, that reaction is probably no longer the case. This after the pair were clearly each other’s biggest cheerleader, their ride or die, believing in each other and supporting each other’s dreams – typically when no one else did.

It’s notable in Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft that Lara reacts with especial prickliness when Jonah tells her to talk to Sam instead of using him as a message middleman. As soon as Sam’s name comes up, Lara immediately cuts off the conversation and closes her manor door. And when Lara briefly does calls Sam in the season, it’s solely for her own cathartic purposes. Again, there’s no asking how Sam is doing; it’s all about the “I” that is Lara. As a far more empathetic, less emotionally stunted person, it’s likely Sam will have picked up on the friendship imbalance. And, as a less easy-going and patient figure than Jonah, it’s not a stretch to say that her resentment has been quietly building towards Lara. For very good reason.

Sam isn’t a damsel in distress

This is the biggie. Sam clearly has a chip on her shoulder about being considered useless or inconsequential in comparison to Lara. While the topic is the source of her biggest argument with Lara in the Dark Horse comics – in the Queen of Serpents arc – it even surfaces briefly in the 2013 game when, before a mishap with a mounted machine rifle, Sam is in the process of explaining how Lara isn’t the only one who can be helpful.

The thing is, while Sam may label herself “a ditsy American troublemaker with a camera” in one of the 2013 game’s collectible documents, the reality is that she has kept pace with Lara Croft for years. As equals.

We should never forget that Sam and Lara had multiple “awesome adventures together” in their college years – backpacking, hiking, climbing and exploring the world. And as much as she’s shown enjoying the finer things in life, Sam is revealed to be as serious about work as she relishes play, having already filmed in some of the world’s most extreme environments, including the Arctic, Red Desert and volcanic regions. This attitude, in combination with her extroverted party girl nature, actually positions Sam closer to Classic Lara than the latest iteration of the character.

In 2013, Sam escapes the sinking S.S. Endurance on her own, and later steals a radio to communicate with Lara. In every one of her appearances in Tomb Raider media, barring the Ten Thousand Immortals novel, she’s proven to be driven, spirited, brave and resourceful, whether she’s fighting off an attacker with cupcakes, sassing her itchy-palmed kidnappers, defending herself against a shark, or stabbing herself to finally escape the presence of Himiko (all in the comics). That last one is especially important as Sam ultimately saved herself; not Lara.

Sam’s master improviser and problem solver status is even apparent in the first released image for Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2. While Lara is fully kitted out to face whatever is behind the door, Sam seems to be wielding an oversize lock or something similar. If Lara is Fred Astaire, Sam is Ginger Rogers because she does what Lara does… but essentially backwards.

As for why Sam is investigating the black market artefact trade, well, it could be to make a point to Lara, who has consistently sidelined her since Yamatai. Or, it could simply be that Sam is following a great story, in keeping with her professional ambitions; her own hunger for the truth – which once again mirrors her best friend’s primary drives.

As a side note, as we don't hear the conversation, we do maybe have to question if Sam actually called Lara in the final episode of the S1? Though it's likely it was Sam (reaching out to her previous savior in desperation, knotted up in complicated emotions regarding her own capabilities), it could also be a trick from a third party to get the brilliant archaeologist on the case.

Either way, given that Sam and Lara have a very different dynamic to Lara and Jonah, with the latter providing protection, reassurance and stability, Season 2 of The Legend of Lara Croft should have quite a different tone. Get the popcorn ready because if Season 1’s deep dive into Lara’s psychology was any indication, we’re going to get front row seats to the resurfacing of all of Lara and Sam’s resentments and other… pent-up feelings. Finally, after over a decade of dodging the issue.

We just have to keep fingers crossed that they’re both alive and reunited in some capacity at the end of it all. If Indiana Jones and Nathan Drake can have figures like Marion, Sallah, Elena and Sully backing them up in their adventures in various capacities, why can’t Lara Croft?

[disenchanteds]

ok heres more

so another alliance is ren and martyn and idk when it atarted i just know they they are like Max Gay Yearning, their ship name is treebark and a whole handful of other ship names and oh the things i could tell you about how much gay yearning they have and the amount of times they mention one another on stream and when one of them pops up on the others stream they immediately turn into gay dramaticised theater kids on the gayest play possible they are horrible and i could write an entire gdocs about all of it but lets not since this is long already

next we have bdubs etho and tango. now bdubs and etho are already close on hermitcraft and so this teamup is more like a "boyfriends and. steve." teamup where they dont even regard tango most of the time and seem to not actually really like him? idk whats going on there

next we have the Feared Duo or gem and joel, both really well known for being extremely good at pvp and Will Kill You If Provoked. they may go on a murder spree or kill themselves or spontaneously combust at any second. we may never know. right now gem is putting up with joel annoying her and trying to keep joel in line and making friends with everyone but that will def change as time goes on.

NOW the spiciest team-up, GGG and Impulse. brief history here : GGG is gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss or cleo, scott and pearl in that order i believe. they were an amazing alliance in last life. cleo and scott turned on pearl in double life and manipulated everyone into hating her. pearl kept her distance during limited life and secret life. they sorta teamed up in real life (the one-off ep april fools, they used vr) but then there was this whole thing that caused cleo to kill pearl so welp. and then now. they are all allied again. bitter, petty, but somehow allied, with biting quips and bantering with one another that can go far considering they are a teamup of british, scottish and australian. so hm. and impulse is just there. between the four of them only impulse hasnt won (scott won last life, pearl won double life, cleo won real life) and for some reason impulse has been antagonising others and scott and cleo keep dismissing pearl's trauma from double life after they left her just because she won. like okay sure. this is a team on the constant verge of breakup but the four of them have always been pretty loyal to their alliances and so what is keeping them together is just Pure Spite and "i am loyal i guess.." oh and also pearl accidentally died from fall damage first because she shrunk and shifted too close to the edge and minecraft didnt register her as an entity and just pushed her off...so

and then there is bigb, who is off doing weird stuff and being alone and generally creepy and ok. heres the thing. so bigb is african american i believe and well. theres a new wood type in minecraft called pale wood that is basically white in color and. for some reason. bigb has. on his own volition. built a giant building shaped like his minecraft avatar face except instead of using like spruce or dark oak wood he used pale wood so hes basically like...white washing himself??? in minecraft??? in a death game??? i mean okay u do u i guess???

and yeah thats that and i havent even touched on ep 2 yet but ep 2 is also. well gempearl divorce arc if i say the least

[ask-squidbeaks-agents]

Unrelated to current plot elements, any spare 4K (that's their [Four and Kay] ship/duo name, right?) stuff?

// I don't know why you all like these two so much lol-

// Anyway uhh some silly doodles- A few extra things below the cut as well-

-Four is genuinely so close to asking Kay to let her move in with him, not for the reasons you think- but because Three basically spends all his time at her and Eight's flat and she's sick of it (She hasn't thought it through cause he only has like one bedroom lol)

-Four's friends (Aimee and Alec) defo tease her about her feelings for Kay, but thing is she never- told them what he looks like... Aimee ended up losing her shit when she first saw Kay (basically a reaction of "Camri you have this extremely cute guy whos head over heels for you and you won't confess???")

-The pair do actually hang out like friends, mainly Four dragging Kay to the arcade (cause he's weirdly really good at claw machines)

-I still haven't really put much though idea into their confession- but Kay would definitely be the one to confess first, Four wouldn't confess because she doesn't think she deserves Kay- tbf Four doesn't think she deserves anyone really...

-A post confession story idea I have: So basically Four ends up getting herself like- really badly hurt on a mission- put in the hospital levels of hurt right? Of course everyone freaks out- it's not like Four to get hurt like this but anyway Kay doesn't act too odd while she's in there but after getting out Four ends up staying over at his (Eight was busy that night and no one trusted Four to be left alone) and he's kinda... cold and distant. Which is strange- Four tries to get his attention by making the suggestion that she shares his bed tonight instead of the couch because "her poor injuries" and he just- accepts with little reaction- like he isn't listening (This would be the first time Four gets to sleep in Kay's bed btw). This gravely confused Four and that night while lying in bed they have their backs to each other- Four can't sleep, thinking if she had said something wrong or upset Kay somehow. It's bugging her too much so she goes to turn and try and talk to him but before she can Four is dragged halfway across the bed as Kay tightly wraps his arms around her, burying his head into the back of her neck. This completely catches Four off guard- it kinda takes her a moment to even realise what is happening, when she does Four goes to remove Kay's arms (to let herself turn around) but he just grips tighter. Now knowing something is definitely wrong Four asks Kay if he's okay to which Kay starts muttering about what happened- how he knows it's her job but seeing how dangerous it can get, seeing her like that- is terrifying and he knows it's selfish but he doesn't want to let her go- to lose her. Four is just quiet... she didn't even think of it like that... She asks Kay to let her go and hesitantly he does- immediately Four flips over to face him. Gently placing her hand on his cheek, whipping away any tears. Four reassures him that she's fine, that she'll always be here and she isn't going anywhere else without putting up a fight. Kay is kinda taken aback by how sincere Four is here before she then ruins it by pointing out he has a bit of a cheek worrying over her dying when she's had to save his ass from dying multiple times. Kay just sighs, trying to not laugh at her. Content that he's cheered up a bit, Four then cuddles herself up to Kay before finally falling asleep.

[smoked-salmon-official]

victory & their siblings* & romance -

*not literally siblings !! they just have sibling like relationships

victory has vos!! to be honest their relationship is the healthiest and most stable part of victory's life. there have been ups and downs through the course of many years, from wandering in space to heading to earth, to fighting and plotting on earth, to being in prison, to escape, to [insert whatever setting the djd is in depending on ending], but theyve always had each other. victory is too insecure to actually ask to be his conjunx but they are getting there. definitely a power duo, victory with vos rifle mode is like unstoppable. and some sweet moments too, like vicky teaching him neocybex.

rodimus is wandering and feeling lost and alone for the longest time. hes always felt inferior to his siblings and due to that, is always doing stupid rodimus style shit to try and prove himself. when optimus lets go of the matrix and it actually responds well to him, he thinks that for the first time in his life, hes the best at something and actually worthy. and onto the lost light for silly adventures and occasional horrors and everythings going great - until he meets thunderclash. who is literally perfect like bro is good at everything and gets along with everyone perfectly and everyone loves him. which obviously makes rodimus heavily dislike him. and then they kiss about it (like, a rivals to lovers or one sided dislike to lovers sorta thing)

bumblebee honestly has no time for any of this. while rodimus and victory are off on adventures/on the run/in prison, he has an actual job. namely, trying to get cybertron back in working order because for some reason optimus decided he was the best. rodimus gets to go on an adventure, as per optimus orders, and bumblebee gets an office job. Thanks Dad!! he has no time for anything and is constantly stressed but for some reason EVERYONE thinks hes fine shit. and by everyone i mean all your favorite bumblebee ships, particularly the ones present in rid idw. barricade, windblade, starscream, blitzwing, breakdown, swindle - pick your favorite, all of them can be canon! but bumblebee has a job so hes not tryna deal w that shit

soundblaster is genuinely probably aro. he doesnt even think about romantic love hes just here to fuck shit up and play some music and hang out with his friends and do whatever the fuck you can even do with a bird with buzzsaw.

[rajakaen]

More Tahr'rys Story Time with Relah – ft. Erin (again). So, this little idea about how terribly T handles something as basic as a cold first came up with @jukkaricity nearly two years ago. I even got a drawing from her showing him flopped in bed, with a full mood drop to 0°K. The actual prompt was floating around in our heads, but never got written down. @frauleiiin tagged me lately for a prompt generator game. It made me work through this brainfart. Took me a while to nail down T's and R's dynamic.

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This time we're aboard Tahr'rys' starship, the CS-C1, with Relah travelling with him for some time now. The scene has 1k words and is set around 32828 TYA / 28 ATC. 3625 Doomsday Calendar. I'm usually jumping around in T's timeline, so tagging the date is crucial—at least for me, to keep all the strings connected and stuff ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Tahr'rys doesn’t get sick. Not really. He’s had the occasional cold once in a while, minor stuff that passes quickly, nothing that puts him down for long. Relah catches the sniffles a little more often, but she bounces back fast, too. Both of them have solid immune systems. Normally. But somehow, during their last job, they managed to pick up a flu—and it’s a bad one. Relah thinks they caught it in that grimy cantina on Tatooine, from that half-dead Rodian resting on the counter. Tahr'rys insists it’s from this gods-forsaken dump they’re currently stuck on: Naos III, a frozen, backwater moon where everything smells like fish and spilled bootleg liquor.

Whatever the source, Tahr'rys got hit harder. His mood's gone from lousy to abysmal. The man doesn’t do sickbeds. He’s not used to his body giving out on him and has absolutely no patience for being ill. He won’t rest, claims he’s fine and keeps pushing—until he ends up face-first against a bulkhead, nearly passing out. Relah’s slightly better off. Not by much, but it seems to help that she’s Togruta. She can stay on her feet for a few minutes before her skull starts ringing like a starship collision. Her body feels like lead, but at least she’s more mobile. Tahr'rys, on the other hand, is mostly confined to his bunk, barely coherent with his fever spiking on and off.

The ship’s grounded. It hasn’t left the surface in days. Supplies are dwindling, fuel’s running low and the locals are too shady to trust, let alone risk making themselves an obvious target. The C1 is parked just far enough from the nearest urban complex to make a quick raid inconvenient, but close enough to keep the half-dead duo on edge. Just before the sickness hit, they’d closed a deal with the local Mercantile—one of the few functioning institutions on this frozen moon deep in Wild Space, about as far from the Astro chart as you could get without falling off the map. The payout had been solid. The timing, unfortunately, couldn’t have been worse.

While Tahr'rys was negotiating with the Mercantile, R had seen enough of the nearby hab-zone to know, asking for help wasn’t worth the risk. The place was coated in muck, with more ice than infrastructure. The buildings looked like they’d been slapped together during a crisis and somehow never expected to last. The shoreline wasn’t far, somewhere in between cold and decay. This area had a specific kind of grim to it. Definitely not the place you’d want to be stuck, especially not with a fever and a ship that’s missing both an astromech and a nav computer.

They needed help, but the Ex-Sith was blocking. Relah didn’t had names, just the one he’d muttered a few times since they split from Neo. That was the one she locked onto. T didn’t like it. Not even a little. Said he didn’t want to be seen like this. The flu had taken his edge, sent his thoughts sliding, but his instincts still fired. He kept tossing out half-formed reasons, trying to shift the conversation away from the call. From her bunk across the narrow corridor, R snapped back. The fever had burned away her usual patience. Every time he tried, she pushed back with quiet force, letting his fever-thin logic run its course until nothing was left to lean on.

He tried one more thin protest, but Relah didn’t even bother replying. She just looked at him; flat, brows raised. Dying isn’t a strategy and she wasn’t going to argue this again. Her eyes flicked to the narrow space between their bunks, weighing whether one solid kick would knock some clarity into him, or if it’d take two. And in that same look, she saw it land—that flicker of recognition. He was making a fool of himself. This wasn’t surrender. It was inevitability. So he stopped. Grudging, irritated and more worn down than he’d ever admit, she saw him reaching for the comm to call the only person guaranteed to pick up: Erethielin

He didn’t bring up Erin. No point inviting that headache earlier. She’s not someone you ask lightly. Sure, she’ll help, but whom? Small, chaotic, always five seconds from setting something on fire just to see what color it burns. All noise and raw instinct. She’ll come when he calls. That’s for sure. She won’t miss this. Probably showing up with popcorn to watch the show. And RJ in tow. Spite in a tiny chassis, always hissing static like a broken signal. Tahr'rys keeps quiet about understanding the droid. Some things are easier that way. Especially when it starts leaking madness, feeding Erin thoughts that don’t leave with her taking notes like it’s a grocery list.

He grunts as he manages to sit up, resting his back against the headboard of his bunk to make the call. Relah watches him from under her blanket. The connection builds and Erin picks up almost instantly. She smells the dead rat before he’s two sentences in. Grins through the whole thing. Says he looks like he got chewed up by an Oggdo, but she’ll be there in two days—with supplies. He cuts the connection, frowning at the comm, then turns his head toward Relah. She’s smirking. No—grinning now. His frown deepens. That cunning Ex-Jedi had outmaneuvered him. Again. Worse, she was right about calling for help. Stars, he knew he was talking crap.

He shifts, muttering something half-formed her way, but a cough cuts it short. He sinks back under his blanket, shoving the comm aside with a low grumble. On the opposite bunk, Relah lets out a sound, half snort, half choke. He glances back. She’s trying to bury her grin under the blanket, but her eyes glint, smug and obvious. He lets her have it. Just exhales, turns toward the wall and closes his eyes. One hand tugs the blanket up over his shoulder. She doesn’t know Erin. Not yet. But she will. And when things go south, he’s going to remind her that this was her idea.

[heyimcelery]

Okay so I watched all of Ninjago Dragons Rising s2p2! I've got so many thoughts and I'm dumping them all here in a long list. SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

to start: Cole!! He's a family man! He's got a boyfriend and they hold hands and they care for their kids and Bonzle so obviously came out to them and omg I wanted to cry. The joy of acceptance. I mean come one she kept saying how alone she felt, they're found family, she was repeating that she chose he town name and identity and the villains were insistent that she wants a person but just a spell like come on

But there's more than that, I have questions I have concerns!! Like wtf happend on Coles quest?? With Sensei Wu??? Like he disappeared and turned up again and said he would explain but never did.

Cole also came back from that in his bolder form so did he figure out he could do it on his own then? Is that what he learned on his quest?? If so it's gonna be a little awkward when he tried to explain that to his bf Geo.

With part 2 I really want to see the whole gang meet them and talk and catch up on everything. Like cole has been missing since the merge and no one this season cared. At all. They hadn't seen him in ages- didn't even know if he was alive until drs1 but nope no worries or concerns. Not even a question of what he was up to.

When he came through the portal Zane wasn't worried or confused at all, just oh? You need some help?? Sure let's beat these bad guys and not worry or show emotions! Is a tearful reunion for my fav character too much to ask?? Cuz he clearly deserves it. :(

And then into both Zane and Coke this season!! Love them!! They've always been my fav duo (gonna have to start shipping geo/Cole/Zane as poly now) it was so fun to see them going around together with Bonzle. They had some great moments and I'm praying we get more in the next part.

On the other hand it was a shame they got such small roles- just seperated from the others as a way to help Bonzle. It means they didn't have the same lessons or knowledge the others got which is totally unfair!! They have a lot to catch up on. They also never got a chance to be part of the main battle

It's dumb but I was kinda hoping for Cole to show off his stronger powers (he always seems to get new powers every other season but that's a discussion for another day). Like sure he could use his robotic mech suit but that's been done before! He can do his boulder thing now (unless somehow he still thinks he can't which means he kept up that form for several days on his quest) and when he made that giant mid hut to protect his family!! I want to see him do that again! Let me man go ape shit to protect Bonzle.

And on another note, Geo my beloved, you should get a chance to shine with your powers. A chance to show off or at least have a talk about them with Cole.

Next up WyldFyre. I was worried they would make her the annoying comic relief cuz if her injury but her talks about losing loved ones and dragon culture and her home were really sweet and it was great to see some development so driven by battles. I love those too don't get me wrong but like I needed to see this side of her. And I adore her relationship with Kai, being besties/mentors/dad for her works so great for both characters.

I will be first to admit that

Kai wasn't really my favourite. If you couldn't tell I love Cole followed by Zane. Always have and likely always will. I suppose that early Kai reminded me too much of some guys form my class and they turned into shitheads and I've always struggled to reconcile Kai's image form theirs. He was always a little too brash, hotheaded, and too often written as stupid to fall into my good graces.

And yet this season I adored him. Of course I've never hated him but like this season made me see what all his fans (many many fans) see in him.

I thought Kai being the first to master such a new, difficult and crucial skill was incredibly satisfying. Form all the way back to season 1 he's been the butt of jokes- having to learn he's not the centre of the universe and sometimes it's others like Lloyd who are the chosen ones. That's all great but him now getting a starting role, his ability being fueled by thoughts of his family, by his childhood and by protecting is friends was just too good to ignore him. Love this form of his character more than any other I've seen.

And now Kai is trapped :(

I'm glad he's got Bonzle with him tho so hopefully they can have each other's backs (she's meant to be a POWERFUL spell after all) they'll need each other if they're trapped with those other 4 guys. If they can apparently demolish everything then I'm rather worried for the duo. Tbh I'm sure they'll survive just fine, probably making jokes at Cole's expense all the while.

On a side note, I found it super cute how WyldFyre was willing to protect and go down with Kai. Besties I'm telling ya

Now Jay. I've never thought too hard about him I know he's one of the favs of the fandom but like Kai I was never so besotted with him. Still a great guy and omg I feel so bad. One of his worst fears was always being alone and now stuck, confused, forced to hide such a fundamental part of himself.

On the other hand he's got a gun now so that's fun!!

And you can't talk about him without mentioning Nya. He worst fears being him forgetting hurts my soul. And she was so sure it could never be true that she snapped out of her nightmare state!! She's going to break when she finds out.

She's already grieving her own brother, we saw her break down into WyldFyre (more proof she's an honorary sibling by now) but now knowing what's happening with Jay, I'm saying the angst is going to be overpowering. It's a greek tragedy fr

Part 2 is going to be rough. Jay only had a single scene but it's already a sign for the worst to come.

Speaking of things being rough, Lloyd is going THROUGH IT!! give this poor guy a break. I do appreciate that we physically get to see the effects of all his trauma- that everything that's happened has real consequences for his character and the story but I can't help but feel bad.

I've also suffered from anxiety for most of my life so to see it in a character like that feels really personal to me. Hope he gets a little break though, god knows he deserves it.

Have to say it's pretty funny that Lloyd's had so much Oni trauma that he forgot that he's part dragon too. Yes ninjas dragons can do spinjitsu why are you surprised at this point

The animation this season has been incredible, the fights were beautiful the angles so interesting and dynamic and I could go on for hours about how much I love it. It's always great when kids -and even animation in general is treated with respect. It doesn't dumb it's ideas and stories and characters for the sake of it's younger audience, and that makes it so much better for me who is definitely out of the age range.

I have my more points to make but I've been adding stuff in and off for ages so I'll probably go through this all later. Thanks for reading, please I want to know your own thoughts too I love discussing that kinda stuff!!

<3

[charles-leclerc-official]

These kinds of posts are treading into very dangerous territory. Team admins should not be using ship names. Let fans enjoy duos on their own, but do not mention it, and do not play into it.

The article that F1 just posted about Charles and Max is very clearly trying to play into the high interest in lestappen(it also told us nothing we didn't already know so it made it even more blatantly obvious what it was trying to do) Even the quote at the top is a blatant attempt at fan-service.

We've been here before, we saw what happens when these lines get crossed in hockey.

These are multi-million dollar sports teams. They should not be using ship names to talk about their drivers. They should not be attempting to do anything close to fanservice when it comes to popular ships.

I want to enjoy the fandom side of things with ships and keep that separate from the actual teams and drivers. Social media admins are not respecting their own drivers when they do things like this. Leave them alone and let me ship in peace.

This is why I like tumblr, it really is one of the last real places where we can have a fandom space that isn't going to be seen by celebs/creators etc.

[ashtonisvibing]

"You have both of our lives in your hands!"

Fandom: Life Series/Double Life SMP

Alternate Universe: None (Canon Divergence)

Ship(s): Slight mention of Grian x GoodTimesWithScar

Character(s): Grian, GoodTimesWithScar

Warning(s): None

Originally Published: February 4th, 2024

Word Count: 1,601

Author's Notes:

seasons skirmish gift for dusty_daffodil on AO3

first time writing... anything for mcyt, let alone the desert duo. but i certainly tried! :D

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Full Story:

The sound of a pickaxe whacking against stone was the only sound that carried through the tunnel Grian had started to make for himself. Nearly a month in and neither him nor Scar had any sort of diamond equipment, not even a measly hoe or shovel. And with how wreckless Scar was being, Grian was fed up with using only iron armor as protection. He had such a huge chance to not end up with one of the few people here who had no regard for their safety. How did he manage to luck out as badly as he did? Well, what’s done is done now. All he needed to focus on was making sure they didn’t lose their first life already.

“Damn it, where are the diamonds??” Grian huffed, resting his pickaxe on his shoulder as he looked back up at the makeshift stone stairs that was his mineshaft. He couldn’t see the outside with how deep he had gone. “I’m almost out of torches, too. I’m surprised I haven’t found much coal down here, either..” He looked back at the stone in front of him, gently fiddling at the red, yellow, and blue feathered wings where ears should have been. A forcive habit for whenever he was thinking. “I should probably get back to the sur- Gah-!”

The avian dropped down on one knee as he clutched his chest, using his pickaxe to prop himself up. A sharp, burning pain shot from his heart and spread around his chest. He was far too familiar with this pain by now, even if it was usually slightly dimmed down. The phantom pain of his soulbound partner taking damage. And judging by how impactful it was this time…

Grian tapped the glowing green heart on his chest, revealing his health and hunger bars. And he was suddenly down four hearts. Okay, maybe Scar just fell while dealing with his cats, nothing to- “Shit-!” Another wave of pain, another three hearts lost. What was his partner doing up there?! He quickly grabbed a piece of steak out of his side bag and ate it in hopes of keeping his hunger up. It must be night time right now, why else would the two be taking so much damage

And suddenly, after another bout of pain… One heart left. The avian was panicking now. His face was pale and breathing quickened, almost to a degree that it felt like he was choking on his own air. This was it, they’d be losing their first life. And then it wouldn’t be long until they were down to red, and then completely losing. He started to scramble out of his mine shaft. His hearts were slowly regenerating; Scar might have gotten a moment of peace and was eating. But that didn’t mean the danger was over. Since it was currently night time, he could get swarmed by zombies, or blown up by a creeper. He could simply fall off a cliff.

Grian just hoped he could find his partner in time before anything happened.

The avian decided to stop by their base first, calling out Scar’s name into the dark oak trees around him in the hopes that he’ll get a response. But he wasn’t getting anything. Scar could be on the other side of the area for all he knew. At the very least by now their hearts were almost full. Grian just had to hope that it would stay that way until he found his partner.

“Scar-!” He was quick to rush through the entrance of their base, eyes darting around frantically in the hopes he’d spot a glimpse of his friend. “Scar, are you here?!”

“Grian!”

Running through the entrance was the man himself. With that stupid without-a-care smile on his lips, his hand waving to his partner before stopping right in front of him. “Oh man, you’ll never bel-”

“Scar, we just almost died, what the hell were you thinking?!” Scar was used to Grian’s frustrated yelling by this point. There was no shortage of silly and, to everyone else, stupid ideas from the salesman, especially now that he had acquired those huge gray cats. And considering that yes, he almost got the two of them killed, he wasn’t surprised that the other was so upset.

“Oh Grian, you would not believe how many monsters can appear in the jungle!” Scar laughed a little as he headed over to the cat pit, pulling some bamboo sticks out of his backpack. Grian was quick to follow him. “I just wanted to grab some snacks for the kitties, and suddenly I’m getting swarmed by skeletons and spiders! Good thing you had some food on you, I completely forgot to grab some before I left.” He chuckled, about to jump right into the pit, before his partner grabbed his arm to stop him.

“Scar, I really don’t think you understand. We. Almost. Died. And for what, just because you wanted to feed your cats?? They don’t even need to eat!” He threw his hands up in the air to try and add more emphasis to the situation. His feathers were getting really ruffled trying to get the other to understand the situation.

“Well- I didn’t think you’d be so upset by this.” Scar huffed a little, deciding to just toss the bamboo sticks into the pit in the hopes that the felines would just eat them themselves. “Sure, we almost died because I got caught by monsters, I’ll admit to that. But guess what? We didn’t! So no harm done!” And there was that confident smile, one that could either quell the avian’s worries or just make him more annoyed by how sure Scar was in whatever he was saying. And unfortunately, it wasn’t the former.

Grian took a deep breath, through the nose and out through the mouth. He couldn’t let himself just blow up on his partner. His singed pants remembered the last time that happened. “Okay. I don’t think you quite understand the situation here. The two of us?” He punched Scar’s arm, hard enough to remove half a heart from their health. The other responded with a “Hey-!” as he rubbed where he was punched. “We’re linked! I wouldn’t be upset about you running off to who knows where at whatever time if we weren’t! But any damage you take, I take, so whenever you go off on your silly little adventures you’ve got both of our lives to worry about. I just-” The avian let out a sigh as he pinched the bridge of his nose. “Why do you constantly put yourself in danger, hm? Is it just to prove some sort of point?”

Scar was completely taken aback by Grian’s words. He hadn’t even thought that his own little adventures would upset his friend so much. Sure, this wasn’t the first time he’d gotten them so close to death. But it’s not like he ever did it on purpose. Yet the avian was upset all the same. And when Scar gave it a second of thought, he was right to be upset. He could always be a little more careful, a little less reckless. He could try to not go out at night, or start fights with the other soulbound people here. He could try to be a better friend.

“You’re… You’re right.” He chuckled a little, fingers running through his hair. “I really haven’t been the greatest friend, huh..? But I’m gonna start doing way better. And I can start by- By getting rid of these pesky cats!” And like he did only a couple of minutes before he tried to jump into the cat pit. And like last time, Grian stopped him. But this time it was more out of confusion than anger.

“Wha- Scar, I didn’t- You are the most… Bullheaded person here, aren’t you?” Despite his words, there was a small smile trying to form on his lips. Oh, he was trying hard not to be amused by his friend’s antics that never made sense. It was certainly a tough task. And Scar’s laughter wasn’t helping in the slightest.

“And here I thought you hated the cats. Have you warmed up to them, my friend?” That cocky smirk was on his lips as he crouched down a little to meet Grian’s height.

Grian hated his friend’s cocky nature. He hated how he never thought things through, how quick he was to jump into anything. How he always made a bad situation seem good. And how his smirk could easily bring a red blush to the avian’s cheeks.

He was quick to turn his head away so that said cheeks wouldn’t be visible, trying to hide his fluster as he crossed his arms over his chest. “No, not at all! I just- You’ve cared for them since day one, it would be stupid to get rid of them so soon!”

Grian’s stubbornness to always be right was the funniest thing to Scar. And who was he to deny his friend’s needs? He chuckled as he put his hands up, surrendering to the avian in front of him. “Alright, alright, the cats are staying then! Now, for my first decision as the new and responsible Scar, I say we go to bed. That way the day will come and all the skeletons and zombies and such will burn away.” Despite his attempt to hold it back, the avian let out a little chuckle as he looked up at his friend. Always the one for the dramatics. Another thing he “hated”.

“That’s the greatest decision you’ve ever made.”

[3-pots-of-soup]

lil zoo keeper au fic:D im not great at writing dialogue and such, so apologies if you cringe + any feedback/constructive criticism is appreciated!!

wc: 663

tw: non

ships: non

Pearl’s day was off to an awful start; first she’d slept through her alarm, making her rush through her morning routine, then discovered her roommate and half brother Grian had drunken the last of the coffee. “This day *cannot* get worse.” Pearl said mid traffic jam.

Her day, could, in fact, get far worse.

She arrived to work thankfully on time and began her trek to the invertebrate house, on the other side of the zoo; she was so excited for the construction on the north entrance to finish.

When Pearl finally entered the invert house she was immediately greeted by loud chirping and a very frantic Mumbo “PEARL PEARL!! THE GRASSHOPPERS GOT OUT!!”

“WHAT DO YOU *MEAN* THE GRASSHOPPERS GOT OUT?!”

“I MEAN THEY HAVE ESCAPED THEIR ENCLOSURE AND. THEY. ARE. *EVERYWHERE*.”

As Pearl took in her surroundings she found that her coworker was right. The grasshoppers were indeed *everywhere*. “The zoo opens in under a half hour what do we do?” She asked in a panic.

“Scoop them up?” Mumbo suggested hesitantly.

“And put them where? It’ll take hours if we do it pick them up and put them back in the tank one by one- hold on how did they even get out in the first place?” Pearl questioned.

“Er, I might have forgotten to close their tank properly after I fed them last night.” Mumbo squeaked out.

Pearl stared at him blankly for a few seconds, then spun on her heel and began walking out of the building “Wait where are you going?” Mumbo asked in a panicked tone “Please Please don’t leave me alone with this disaster!!”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be back in a few, I’ve got a plan!” And with that Pearl bolted out the door

As quick as she could Pearl ran towards the nearest drink stand “CUPS!” She shouted

“What?” Replied the bewildered employee

“ANIMAL ESCAPE I NEED CUPS WITH LIDS!”

The employee, name badge reading ‘Shelby S.’ responded by quickly grabbing a small stack of plastic cups and a small stack of lids for them “this enough?” She asked

“That’s perfect thank you!” Pearl said grabbing the cups and racing back to the invert house. She returned to a sign on the door in rather poor handwriting that read ‘Building not opem’. When she attempted to open the door she found that it was locked, and when she reached down to grab her keys, she found that the carabiner that normally held them, along with her id, was gone “dammmnn ittt.” She groaned, dragging her words, and began to bang on the doors.

It was only a minute or so until she saw Mumbo race over one hand in a gentle fist, hurriedly opening the door to let her in “what’s in your hand?” Pearl questioned once inside

“A grasshopper.” Her friend replied.

“Here” said Pearl, rolling her eyes and placing a cup in his free hand “you can put a few in here, toss the lid on, and once we have a few cups, we can put them back in their tank all at once.”

“Have I ever mentioned you’re a genius?”

“Yes, but you could certainly do it more often; now let’s get bug catching!” With that the duo spent the next hour or so running about catching grasshoppers.

“I really don’t get why they keep the feeder insects in here and not in houses where they’re used.” Mumbo commented from his spot on the floor

“I agree, but I suppose it makes sense to keep all the colonies in one space, and if they have to be kept in one place, I can see the logic behind putting them with the other bugs, still, sucks *we* have to deal with them.” Pearl said, laughing a bit, “now up you get! We have to open this place up, there’s still like,” Pearl checked her watch and groaned “*eight hours* till closing.”

“Alright, alright” Mumbo sighed, pulling himself up “let’s unlock those doors.”

That’s all i have atm, my plan for the au is to write one-shots for various povs:D might have some shipping here and there (mumscarian my beloved) but it won’t be the focus! Again any/all feed back welcome, and thanks for reading!!!!

-🥘

[suspicious-septopus]

The life series relationship between Joel and Scott is so interesting to me and I just need to gush about it for a minute. Like, it’s a rivalry that’s almost one-sided, but not completely. It also just continues to progress throughout the whole series, through every season with pretty much the same dynamic throughout.

I think the place it really starts is in third life, with Joel’s burning of the wall. Before this there’s still some conflict between them, like when Joel decides to steal Scott’s cows with Martyn, but that was more Martyn’s idea than his so I don’t count it. The wall was the true catalyst for everything. Not much else really happens between them in third life besides just an overall distrust of each other, so I’ll move on.

In last life, most of their interactions involve Joel trying to kill Scott with varying levels of success. He manages to get a boogey kill on him in the second episode but gets killed by Pearl right after, turning him to red. As a red name, he often tries to kill Scott but it never really works, though he does manage to destroy the Scottage with tnt. Eventually, when Scott becomes red as well, they make a tentative red alliance. They still don’t trust or like each other though and plan to separate at the soonest possible convenience. In one of my favorite exchanges between the two, Scott asks Joel why he doesn’t like him when he’s the one doing everything to him and Joel answers that Scott just looked at him funny one day. I think I’ve talked about last life enough but now though, so the gist of how it ends is that Scott and his allies hunt down Joel and Grian and Scott gets the final kill on both.

So now it’s double life, the season where they’re probably the most friendly to each other. They’re neighbors and they have a good relationship for the most part. Joel is the one to get the first two kills on the Scott and Pearl soulmate duo, but the first one isn’t personal to Scott, it was just because Pearl decided to make bad decisions. The second one was definitely personal, however. Joel wanted to kill Scott, so he got all the reds to help him kill Scott. Before this though, something interesting happened. Scott set Joel’s relation ship on fire and Joel burns down every other base in return. I think that’s mostly it for double life, so let’s move on.

Limited life is where it gets really interesting, because this is when Scott finally snaps. Joel tries to kill Scott so many times and while I don’t remember every single death in this series since there are so many, I’m pretty sure he never succeeds. At one point, he even gathers everyone but Scott’s allies and gets them to chase and try to kill Scott. This seems to be becoming a pattern now. Anyways, Scott eventually has enough and switches it. Now, he’s the one hunting Joel down, but unlike his rival, Scott succeeds. He kills Joel again and again and again, and in the end, ends Joel’s series and making him the third one out.

Now I know that’s a lot of raw information, so let’s review. Joel tries to kill Scott a lot. He sometimes manages to do it, but most of the time he fails. He also destroys all of Scott’s bases except for the coral isles in limited life. Scott, though, does not go out of his way to kill or harm Joel, at least not until the end. Most of the things he does against Joel are revenge, and usually not even equal revenge at that. As the series goes on, though, Joel gets more and more determined to kill him and Scott gets more and more frustrated at these attempts. This all culminates in the end of Joel’s limited life series, where Scott kills him a bunch of times.

All this is why, in my totally correct opinion, Scott and Joel should team up in the next life series. Think about it. It would wrap up their relationship arc well while changing things up in the dynamic. It’s also very likely that Joel would end up betraying Scott, adding angst fuel to both their overarching stories with Scott being betrayed again and Joel being alone again. Also, on a purely statistical level, they would make a great team. Joel’s problem is that he’s really reckless. We’ve seen before with Etho that when Joel is with someone who’s more level-headed and practical than him, he can do very well. Scott definitely fits the bill for this. They’re also both very good at pvp. This would make them something of a power duo, and I would love to see that with them.