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[roobiedo]

oc-tober 2024 day 1: fav oc

actually it is Impossible for me to choose between all my children, buuuut i did rotate this guy in my head like rotisserie chicken for like a whole year, so he will do!

here's Aeden Panlamir (or Pan), my calamitous half-elf dnd npc, in a fancy new 'Arc 2' outfit that the party never got to see (because the table imploded over scheduling issues, whats new!). it's not a spoiler if we never get to this part, right?

religious allegory sold separately.

[five-hxrgreeves]

im dYIIIINGGGG with the adam warlock x quill sister! when he calls her 'little quill'??? with that accent of his??? so soft and husky??? im screaming at my phone dude aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i need part iii right freaking now!!!

PAIRING: adam warlock & fem! quill’s sister!reader

POWERS: adapted from D.C.'s Stargirl, although in this instance, the powers are a part of you and the staff just helps you use them.

WC: 1.9k (woo a shorter one this time!) 

SUMMARY: your first meeting with Adam wasn't one that indicated that you'd become friends anytime soon. Your second meeting. . . wasn't great either. But, somewhere along the line, you would develop a soft spot for the curious man-child.

WARNINGS: slight gotg three spoilers, badly written original fight scene, possibly ooc canon!guardians.

AUTHOR’S NOTE: OMG!!! This is my first-ever inbox message- thank you, anon! You made my day with this <3 I love Adam's/Will's accent; I definitely hope that we get to see (and hear) more of him in other Marvel movies. As requested, here's part three (even if it's technically part zero, lol.) I do take requests if anyone wants to send me stuff! (I just won't write smut, sorry!)

I hope you guys enjoy this part, although I'm not very confident about it since I'm terrible at writing fight scenes. It's hard enough for me to imagine original content (like the other two parts) but scenes where people move around a lot without the movie itself to rely on are very difficult for me because my mind doesn't think in pictures, but in words and I don't know how to describe fighting. I'm sorry if this isn't as good as the other parts. 😭

And on a side note, the 'no shit, Captain Sherlock' is another reference to space people messing up Terran lingo :)

Part 1 , Part 2

You were admittedly not in the best mood when you first (officially) met Adam. Peter and Mantis had left only days ago, leaving you to sort out your feelings alone. You were currently in the training room, fueling your sadness into anger at their abandonment. You often used your powers to aid you while you were fighting, but they weren’t much use during everyday life— unless you wanted to fly. Now, however, they were very useful.

Brilliant blasts of golden light shot out from the staff that your hands gripped tightly. While your powers could be used without aid, the staff helped you control them; Ego had made it for you when you’d become old enough to serve as his protector. Although you were disgusted with the weapon’s origins, you couldn’t help but agree that it made your fighting much more effective.

Each of your blasts hit the targets squarely in the middle as you turned deftly to conquer the row. A scowl was prominent on your face as you pictured each of your targets as Peter’s or Mantis’ face. (While you would never really want to hurt them, of course, the sting of their desertion fueled your thoughts.) You were listening to a playlist by the Rage Against the Machine— which you had chosen solely because of the band’s name as it mirrored your feelings. The music that was blasting in your ears was so loud that, if someone had been standing next to you, they could have heard the lyrics as if they were wearing your headphones themselves.

As you moved up and down the line of targets, you were unaware of the audience of three that had entered the room. Groot, Rocket and Adam stopped by the entrance to watch you unleash your fury against whatever enemy you were envisioning. The new leader of the Guardians gestured to you. “There. See? I told you she’s nice.”

Adam hesitated, clearly uncertain. “She looks mad.”

“I am Groot,” Groot agreed.

“Shut up,” Rocket retorted, glaring slightly at the tree who was supposed to be helping his case. “She won’t hurt goldie. You’ve already seen her bad side, haven’t you? This is nuthin’.”

The golden boy had to admit that Rocket was right; he remembered only too well his first encounter with you as you’d jumped in to help your friends fight off his unexpected attack.

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He’d just defeated the stupid tree-like thing and as it scuttled away like a demented spider, the faint sound of a whistle pierced through the air. An arrow shot out of nowhere, harmlessly bouncing off his skin and only annoying him more than anything else. He looked around sharply, but there didn’t seem to be anyone brave enough to fight him in the vicinity. “Hey! Who threw that?”

He scoffed when there was no answer, stalking towards where he’d last seen his target. But before he could get very far, a force came out of nowhere— this time much stronger than an errant arrow. It knocked him off his feet like a bullet and together they were sent flying through the town, which elicited more cries of fear from the citizens.

He landed harshly against a building that got in the way and debris fell on top of him from the force of the collision. Adam grunted irritably; this was the second time during this fight that his enemy thought that throwing him into a building would be enough to deter his attack— didn’t they ever learn? He stood and shook the dust off his clothes before he strode back out to the street to face this new opponent. Except— it wasn’t the same blue person from before.

The golden boy stared at the other person with disbelief, the only thing that he could come up with was: “you’re a girl!”

She scoffed. “Yeah, no shit, Captain Sherlock.” She twirled the staff in her hands expertly between her fingers before she set the butt down on the ground. It glowed softly as it lit up with her power, her face set. “Let’s do this thing.”

Adam had no qualms about fighting a girl, so they charged at each other without hesitation. He thought she’d be as easy to take down as her teammates but when they collided, she merely used her staff as a shield against his attack. They paced across the open space as they exchanged blows, the girl using her staff offensively and defensively interchangeably. As she flipped neatly out of the way of one of his advances, he began to see how evenly matched they were.

“You are stalling,” he realized. “If you just hand over your friend, we would not have to fight.”

The girl paused, flicking some of her hair out of her eyes. “Oh. Well, in that case—”

She charged at him again, her staff catching on his uniform. She followed him into the air and her swift kick to his stomach sent him tumbling away from her. It was then that he realized that she could fly— just like him— and that was what had powered her initial attack. In the time it took for him to recover from the spin, a blast of golden light was sent his way. Because of his more durable skin, though, the light only felt like volts of electricity rather than something that could do actual damage. The most effective part of her power was the blast itself, which he had to fight through to get closer to her.

Now that he knew where her power came from, he made to attack her staff in order to knock it out of her hands. She seemed to sense his plan— Adam figured most people she fought went this route— and she countered this by trying to fly above him to push him towards the ground. He responded by grabbing the staff in her hands directly while she was mid-swing. The girl was tiring slightly, her breath becoming shorter as the fight went on and she was now on the defensive.

She tried to yank her staff loose from his hold but as evenly matched as they were, he was still stronger. The girl then attempted to shake him off by lighting the staff up with her power. If he hadn’t been such a strong opponent, the golden light would have burned through his hands. As it was, the little volts were barely something that he registered. While he could have easily swung the staff to send her flying off the end and into the ground, he held back the true show of his strength as she didn’t seem to be as resilient as the two blue people or the tree.

Instead, he tried once more for the diplomatic route: “you have fought valiantly for your little friend. If you surrender him to me now I will leave your village in peace.”

The girl’s eyes narrowed with fury as she continued to fight to free her weapon. “Go to hell!”

Adam sighed, having partially expected that response. “Very well. Have it your way, then.”

He smoothly jerked the staff from her grasp and carelessly tossed it to send the weapon spiraling towards the ground. He turned back towards the girl to finish her off as he had her teammates, but he paused. She seemed to hang, suspended, in the air as time appeared to freeze around her. Her eyes widened and, for the first time since he’d encountered her, a look of fear appeared on her face.

Then, she dropped like a stone.

They were very high off the ground by this point and the fall would likely kill a normal being. He wasn’t sure if she would survive, so his reflexes kicked in before he could really think about what he was doing.

By now, the shock had worn off and she fell through the air, she reached up to him as he was the only person who could help her. Adam put on a spurt of speed to try and catch her but she was falling faster than he had anticipated. The girl slammed into the ground and lay still just as he landed next to her. He told himself that saving her wasn’t his mission, and her incapacitation only made obtaining his goal easier. His mother’s orders echoed in his mind, so against his instinct he turned away from her in pursuit of the squirrel.

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You felt a tap on your shoulder, startling you. You whirled around with your staff in a defensive position only to be met with the sight of your teammates. With a sigh, you pulled out one earbud but didn’t pause your music.

“What?” you asked shortly.

“Don’t you take that tone with me, Little Quill. I’m ya superior now,” Rocket replied, unaffected by your attitude. “I wanted you to meet golden boy here.”

You gave Adam a once-over, ignoring how the sight of his. . . attractive features made your stomach curl pleasantly. “Yeah. We’ve met.”

The boy in question shifted uncomfortably, feeling once again ashamed of his previous actions. Before he could say anything, Rocket spoke again, adjusting the straps of his jumpsuit as he did so: “well, I ain’t great with humie ages, but I figured ya’d be about the same. I thought it might boost team morale to see ya two hangin’ out together or whatever humies your age do.”

While your first response was to dismiss the whole endeavor— you didn’t want to get close to someone else just to have them leave you, too— but a small, traitorous part of your mind whispered: he saved your brother. Another part chimed in: he’s not bad to look at.

“Fine,” you grumbled. “He can stay, but he better not get in my way. I’m not stopping my training because of him.”

“That’s the spirit, Little Quill,” your captain said, choosing to not acknowledge your reluctance. “I’ll leave ‘im in your hands. Let’s go, Groot.”

As you shoved the earbud back in your ear, you could faintly hear Adam’s protest: “wait! You’re not leaving me here, are you?”

While Rocket’s reply was drowned out by your music, the boy’s words hit you unexpectedly; it sounded just like your response to Peter’s and Mantis’ disinclination to stay with the Guardians. Some of your anger faded as you glanced at the boy who stood awkwardly in your periphery. Despite all of his strength and power, Adam looked a bit like a lost puppy and his expression made your features soften against your will. Fine. Whatever. It wouldn’t kill you to be nice.

You took out an earbud again. “Well, don’t just stand there. I know you can fight, so let’s see you use those skills.”

At the reminder of your first encounter, he sent you a guilty look. As he stepped up next to you, he said quietly, “I’m sorry about that, by the way. For almost killing you.”

You patted him on the arm companionably. “Hey, no hard feelings. You’re not the first and you certainly won’t be the last, so just add your name to the list.”

All of the Guardians had forgiven him with surprising readiness and it seemed like you were no different— only, you were. His gaze stayed on the spot where your hand had touched him. There was a lingering warmth as if your hand was still there, the sensation sending tingles (not unlike the ones that he felt during your blasts of power) through him.

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[slimejugular]

ohhhhh im sure theres content of this or someone has thought about this before my apologies if that is the case. however I Really Want To Know about the pure vessel's life prior to the sacrifice

given that Ogrim in his dreamnail dialogue reflects on that there were other vessels seeing the existence of Ghost, its safe to assume that the Pale King's five knights were not privy to the atrocity that is the Abyss yadda yadda infanticide

Soooo its like. Here is how PK would approach this situation. "Here take this. my kid. train....them. but DONT do anything else only training" real quick I wonder how PK handled ***his image concerning PV. He would assuredly have some sort of guise going on to fool everyone, showcasing odd behavior towards his alleged child, avoiding use of their pronouns, or not saying their name, not displaying proper amounts of affection, a detached demeanor, etc.

anyway, off track, My point that I meant to address is that the five knights - hypothetically, unaware of the intentions behind the birth of the Pure Vessel, they very likely instilled ideas in them!! And I would much enjoy reading about that!! or to think about it more really

Instilled ideas 1 - Influences in PV's fighting style and other shit:

I recall someone's mention of what patterns there are from Godhome PV that are from Hegemol. The two masks of damage and the erratic instances of PV jumping seem similar...but what about the other knight that we can fight in the game? Ogrim? Who knows! His attacks I do not see embodied in PV whatsoever. And boy do I wonder about it. If not attacks, perhaps an influence in the way of the mind? Giving PV an unwanted sense of positivity and loyalty towards their fate, reflected in the way Ogrim carries himself so jubilant in present and his standing devotion to the Pale King. wwhich brings me to the next section , since the other knights can be only speculated on in their attacks.... But here it is despite that

PV's attacks alongside miscellaneous assumptions:

Said earlier, the random jumps and two masks of damage - Taught by Hegemol. Funny to think of the process of this. Jump, my child. And decimate your enemies with your weight.

Furthermore, on this -- Hegemol is a heavy looking guy in game, and I head canon that the carapace that makes up PV's grown body is verrrrry heavy. It contains properties of Void as well, which Void by itself is oppressive and emulates the feeling of "heaviness", so the natural heft of a bug's shell and the void combined makes for some substantial stuff. Younger vessels probably weigh less. Gives reason to why this attack is a thing.

the Lunging dash - I propose Dryya taught them this. No logistics behind this. She looks to be an agile bug, so I relate the attack to her for that.

Parry - I don't know ): Most basic thing in fighting ever. I mean their way of parrying looks interesting, but I would not exactly say it came from a specific knight or other bug.

I think itd be cute if this attack was taught to them by Hornet through her training with Vespa at the Hive, but it makes more sense for it to be the other way around (and this is also a cute alternative)

3 slashes across the area - I propose Ze'mer taught them this. The aggressiveness of it reminds me of the Mantis Tribe, which I should mention I like the interpretation of her attack style in the Pale Court mod. A commenter brought up how with her relation to the traitor lord's daughter, she was susceptible to influence by the mantis tribe fighting style.

Also notable is that the height of their in-game sprites is similar in height. They're both a similar amount of thickness (ish). I would imagine that Ze'mer would be the perfect bug to share with PV on how to take advantage of the space that they encompass (only applies to the vessel's prime form)

Any soul attacks e.g seven daggers, full-arena spikes, healing sequence - Taught primarily by the Pale King, being a higher being and all - the sigils look similar, uhh spikes, etc. Can lesser, non-higher being bugs even use soul? besides the soul master that is? I'm not versed in that knowledge. Sighh I would like to imagine Isma somewhere. Mayhap she helped with the process of learning to heal.

Void Tendrils - Special one! I do not believe this attack is attributed from anyone, rather self-taught, though the Pale King might have aided with the learning of it, seeing his own knowledge in void from the workshop in the White Palace. On the other hand, since he made constructs -- prim and prime, uncharacteristic of the uncontrollable look of this attack, I find it difficult to imagine...

Void walk/teleport - Special one part 2. May have been taught by the Pale King as a normal godly use of Soul to teleport, but it eventually morphed into using the power of the Void. Or could have been somewhat the opposite, PK teaching them how to utilize their void. Unsure.

***oh god this became too long i am going to resume it with a continued reblog another time

[soupsandwich64]

THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY AND THEIR LOVE LANGUAGES.

Forgive me for any mistakes of lore, names or character traits etc.. I am bad at remembering things.

Not proof read.

ALSO NOTE THAT THIS DOESN'T MEAN "THESE ARE THE ONLY LANGUAGES THAT WORK ON THEM" IT MEANS "THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WORK BEST OUT OF ALL OF THEM"

And theres things like least favorite, too.

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ROCKET RACCOON

RECEIVING -

(What is most effective towards him)

GIFT GIVING.

(Particularly prosthetic limbs)

QUALITY TIME.

Think like co-playing. Both in the same room doing different things. Sometimes talking

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION.

This one is probably pretty intense for him, so he only lets it actually sink in if it's a short sentiment from someone he truly cares about. Like, a friend being like "wow you're so cool!" Would definitely make him feel good, and probably inflate his ego/self esteem, but wouldn't really set in. But if like, Peter or Mantis etc. said something like "I appreciate everything you do for this team, we love you" that might actually hit hard. That's what I mean when I put words of affirmation here

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GIVING

(What he would give you or others)

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION.

QUALITY TIME.

These two are his most standard forms of affection. He also gives them like he receives them. So, if someone he's friends with is a silent type, comfortable silence in the same room. If they're talkative, some light chatting is ok, and so on. Words of affirmation from him would most likely just be surface level stuff like "Good job" "You're not as dumb as I thought" "that's a neat trick" etc. sort of a friendly bullying. How people respond to that bullying tells him a lot about someone, usually. Just like with himself, if he's particularly close to someone, he may let out the occasional genuine praise without a layer of sarcasm.

LEAST FAVORITE

Physical touch.

Yeah, ouch, I know.

Not only is he smaller than everyone, which might make physical touch overwhelming, but he also has the situation on his back. But deep down, I think he's a bit touch starved (Everyone in the dang MCU is at this point) and secretly enjoys it. You just can't be heavy handed, and he really has to trust you. And too much too frequently may make him feel like a pet. So be careful.

(theres no way he would admit though, If asked about it he would simply say "Cause I don't want you gross sweaty skin bags all over me", referring to most peoples lack of fur)

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PETER QUILL

(Theres like only 4 gifs of him. Why does my boy not deserve tasty gifs)

RECEIVING

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With Peter it heavily depends on where you are in his timeline. The "golden age" Peter, where Gamora is alive and in love, and its good times for everyone, is probably not focused on relationships outside of the team (which might be part of his issues that were addressed in Vol 3.) The "everyone I love is dead" peter is in an extreme depressive state and obviously isn't going to be making new friends or even be responsive to his current friends (for the most part). The post Vol3 "Reconciled with my dad and stopped hopping on lily pads" Peter is new man! But also the same, being like a rebuilt version of himself. He would now, in my opinion, value every relationship he has. Every opportunity he has to be with other people becomes valuable, and everything he does is to honor the people who loved him when no one else did (Mama Quill, Yondu, Gamora etc.) and serve the people who love him now and kept loving him even through hard times. (Rocket, Mantis, Drax, Groot etc.).

With that said,

ACTS OF SERVICE

GIFT GIVING

I see Peter feeling loved more through actions and physical items because of what he's been through, making him crave things that are solid and real. Also Yondu was a lil trinket collector so that may turn up in Peter too. But, I also think Peter may feel a little guilty when receiving gifts. Very grateful, though.

I will also add

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION

QUALITY TIME

Because even despite what I just said, I think a solid "You're so strong, I look up to you" every now then would make him giggle and kick his feet a little internally.

And listening to music together or sharing music is also particularly special

At the end of the day, he's just happy to be around loved ones.

GIVING

Just as you may be doing right now, he would probably try and figure out what the specific person likes. So his giving just depends on the person.

LEAST FAVORITE.

He doesn't really have one. He just wants to be loved.

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DRAX

(The destroyer (and protector))

Drax is probably receptive to most forms of affection, but it has to be obvious and clearcut.

Like, doing subtle things in the background might not get his attention, but hugging him directly and saying something like "I appreciate you as a person and for everything you do for the team" would be a lot better, and mean a lot more to him, even though its a very bold/blunt move. Theres probably a balance between blunt and subtle, but it would be pretty easy to strike. You also don't want to leave room for interpretation if you're afraid of him misinterpreting the difference between platonic and romantic affection. Its a slippery slope, but as long as you avoid using the word 'love' without platonic clarification too many times, you'll be good.

Also Drax does does not make friends in the traditional sense, he simply decides who is and who is not his friend. Whether they know about it or not. Not even in a way thats like cold and calculated or something, he just thinks it in his own head and decides it, expecting the others to simply Know.

With that said,

RECEIVING

PHYSICAL TOUCH.

I say this is probably both receiving and giving, but he's probably less likely to give and more open to receive. I feel like he would just kinda stand there the first few times someone hugged him, but if it became a routine thing, he would become more reciprocal. That might sound like he doesn't like physical touch, but I think its rather the fact that along with his other social skills, physical affection just turns out.. different.. for him. Like when he pet Rocket. I think he's a physical person, it just comes out weird. I want to hug him. If you touch his muscles too much he may get weirded out, or think you like him.

GIVING GIFTS

If you give him something he likes, like zarg-nuts, oh boy. He will DEFINITELY like you. Thats all to be said.

GIVING

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION.

Things like "You're ugly, but thats good because then you know who really loves you", y'know.

GIFT GIVING

Will offer you zarg-nuts. Thats a big deal.

LEAST FAVORITE

Probably Quality Time, but only if its boring. I think he actually sees things like fighting alongside the team as quality time, so it might just be different than how we would interpret quality time.

Again, he probably is just generally receptive to each language so you can't really go wrong, as long as you come across right.

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GAMORA (pre and post)

(There's also not a lot of gifs of her at all)

So, much like quill, she has three versions. During Thanos, Golden Age, and Multiverse. I'll do Golden Age and Multiverse because I don't think During Thanos is interesting, at least not for this specific post.

Also golden age and multiverse are technically two different people.

GOLDEN AGE GAMORA

Golden age Gamora is, in my opinion, a very deeply feeling woman. She can be stone cold when she needs to, but I feel like she is very emotionally intelligent especially as she gets closer with the team. She is also very loving, and is often 'the rock' of a friendship. Or just generally the level headed, down to earth one.

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RECEIVING

QUALITY TIME

Definitely finds spending time together and talking valuable. Even listening to music together is special.

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION

As long as the words are honest and not trying to just flatter her or try and get in good with her, she appreciates it. Honest praise goes a long way. Too much too often may make her embarrassed.

GIVING

Since she *is* rather emotionally intelligent, I imagine she would figure out what that person is most receptive to, and display that. But if it's someone she likes, like Peter, she may get bashful and have a hard time acting natural with it and would probably revert to her own preferred language.

LEAST FAVORITE

GIFT GIVING.

I imagine her upbringing caused her to not be a materialistic person. That said, gifts can be extremely special to her, but its just rare. So giving her flowers doesn't do anything but like if Peter gave her a mixtape, thats different.

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MULTIVERSE GAMORA

A more hot headed, less sensitive version of golden age. Meaning she's probably more standoffish and less emotionally intelligent, but not by a lot, just sort of by the trimmings and details of her personality. Being with the ravagers probably does that to most anyone. Golden age has more motherly vibes, while multiverse has more protective older sister vibes.

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RECEIVING

PHYSICAL TOUCH.

In the form of rough housing and play fighting with her ravager friends. Not exactly in a tender way, although I do see sort of the "let me patch you up" angst. One of the differences between the two is that multiverse is more afraid to be vulnerable.

GIFT GIVING

Surprisingly. I think the ravager life style may make her a little more appreciative of having her own things. I imagine theres a lot of competitiveness for special food and special items, even if its playful. Even though something unnecessary like flowers may not excite her, things like a newer, stronger weapon could mean a lot. Golden Age may not feel the exact same only because it's probably more accessible. But lets say if its something Rocket made her, then it would be inherently valuable because its from her friend. With multiverse, things gain inherent value when they're useful.

LEAST FAVORITE

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION.

She doesn't need you to tell her she's doing a good job, she already knows. Compliments are only effective from people she respects above peer-level, which is rare. Joking around with her friends (loving insults, etc) is different though.

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GROOT (multiple ages)

(I couldn't find gifs of young adult groot, only many of baby groot and a few of groot senior. Sad)

Baby Groot, Teen Groot, Young Adult Groot, Adult Groot, Groot Senior. So many choices. I'll do them ALL. (Except adult groot cause we just saw him for a few minutes so like- yknow)

GROOT SENIOR

Since Groot sr. was treated "more as animal" than a person, I imagine he doesn't have a concept of love language at all. Therefor, I will say that anything he perceives as loving, caring and protective action is his love language both giving and receiving. R.I.P. legend you will not be forgotten 🪽🕊️🕊️ 🙏 💯

The original baby boy. I'm still sad.

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BABY GROOT

He's a baby, so in theme for babies, attention, physical affection, and quality time are pretty much his main priorities. He ain't got much going on. Older baby groot, like toddler groot, is more active and perceptive, so I'd say his main receiving language is words of affirmation, and his main giving language is acts of service.

TEEN GROOT

Teen groot is broody and angsty, and he's definitely not thinking about other's feelings. So I'm gonna say while it's rare, when he does show affection, it's act of service. Receiving is pretty much anything, he doesn't really care right now.

At least not about the specifics.

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YOUNG ADULT GROOT

Now, groot is much more loving and affectionate. He is receptive to all love languages, and gives them all too. Except, theres not much use in words of affirmation for him unless he really loves the person.

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MANTIS

RECEIVING

Anything. As long as she can clearly tell it's love/affection, it's effective. Like Peter, she just wants to be loved.

GIVING

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION.

Being able to verbally explain how she feels to someone, and how she may appreciate that person, is the most confident option for her. She thinks that it's pretty effective, and is the safest option. She probably also never got a lot of affection at all before the Guardians, but I think she appreciates mental and social affection more than physical.

LEAST FAVORITE

Doesn't have one.

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NEBULA

(Last one I'm doing this post then I'll do a few more in a second post)

RECEIVING

QUALITY TIME.

Like board games and stuff, or at least thats what I think she wants, deep down. I feel like maybe she doesn't realize this is one of her love languages. Like it's subconscious.

GIFT GIVING.

With her upbringing, she only had things taken away. Giving her something of importance may mean a lot to her. Like her new arm in Vol3. Again since shes still a little emotionally constipated, she may not really realize this.

GIVING.

She doesn't really understand how to sort of actively pursue a friendship or how to read someones love language, so her giving language is probably just existing in the same space as someone without criticizing them. Because she doesn't quite know how to do more than that, or at least isn't comfortable right now. But she wants to and deep down she's trying.

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THANK YOU FOR READING!!!!!

I'll do like Adam Warlock and stuff next.

[thescarlettbitch]

Rating songs on Inanna's Playlist

Inanna is like me, in that she enjoys a wide variety of music, some surprised me. Some did not.

I Eat Boys Like You For Breakfast by Riot Grrrl Sessions - 10/10 absolute banger, perfect amount of feminine rage

Bottom of the River by Delta Rae - 9/10 spooky witch vibes, feels like the ancestors are singing along

I'm so Hot by Chrissy Chlapecka - 10/10 she loves a good love yourself song

Praying Mantis by FKA Rayne - 10/10 a banger she likes biting the heads off of predators

Man's World by Marina - 10/10 I don't wanna live in a man's world anymore

All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You by Halestorm - 100/10 Halestorm is my top artist on Spotify for two years in a row and this song is about having sex and falling in love.

Freak by Zand - 100/10 YES queer energy at its FINEST QUEER ANGER <3

How Do Girls Even Do It by Childbirth - lesbians making fun of straight guys asking how they have sex 100000/10

Have Mercy by The Judds - 5/10 good song, total genre shift and it's about begging a man to have mercy and stop treating the woman like shit? I don't know why she likes it

Pink Push-Up Bra by Scene Queen - 100/10 she loves all of her music it's feminine and also angry

So American by Olivia Rodrigo - 10/10 she loves love songs, and she likes that I (an american) associate the song with my fiancé (british)

Raspberry Beret by Prince - 10/10 the vibes are immaculate queer icon singing about sex

Deeper Than The Holler by Randy Travis - also a love song 10/10 country does love songs better I'm not sorry this is one I sing to my fiancé all the time

World Burn from The Mean Girls Broadway musical - 10/10 revenge!!! Feminine rage!!

Do You Wanna Touch by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - 100000/10 sex song beautiful I love Joan Jett

Lunch by Bilkie Eilish - 10/10 wlw unite <3

Respect by Aretha Franklin - 1000/10 I love it she loves it it's beautiful

Time Warp from Rocky Horror Picture Show - queer icon movie musical from the 70s perfect 10/10 she loves watching the movie I love the movie and also associate it with my fiancé

Labour by Paris Paloma - 10/10 she loves the cacophony version too

FU In My Head by CloudyJune - 10/10 songs about women admiting their fantasies <333

[believe-in-alderaan]

Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars

THOUGHTS are under the cut for SPOILERS!!!! Also, this is not a place to argue with me, these are just me FEEEELINGS. 😬

Okay listen. The writing style was NOT my favorite. That said, I will point out the things I enjoyed about the book.

1. Cal has to stop wearing his rose-colored glasses about his Mantis Family™ which I think is the main focus of this book EVEN THOUGH a lot of it is about Merrin. But yeah Cal gets a lot of reality checks, which this poor boy seems to need desperately.

2. The book shifts focus so you get the thoughts and emotions of every member of the  Mantis Family™

3. Merrin has let her own spark fizzle out because she didn’t know how to nurture it so of course she falls for an extremely flirty Purple Lady that gives her the validation she’s been craving. I probably would have too.

4. Cere and Cal do a lot of necessary talking which is GREAT.

5. Even Greez has a growth moment (moments?) and we love that for him. We hate that he lost his arm though.

6. NOBODY DIES. Thank God.

7. Merrin realizes having a lustful fling with someone is good and fun, but the person, HER person, is Cal. It’s so subtle but beautiful in how it’s written. How Cal keeps trying to ignore his feelings for her, Merrin keeps dismissing the signs, and yet everyone around them can SEE it and KNOWS that perfect connection lives there and that it just needs to be nurtured. Even Fret sees and makes sure to tell Cal how much Merrin needs him. Good shit. GOOD SHIT.

Bottom line: I loved the book, and I loved the last few chapters because... Merrical Forever. ❤

[lightadarttomendyourheart]

this weekend i found myself feeling close to my time when i lived in warsaw. when i'd spend the weekends alone in my flat, drinking alone and texting my friends in canada, having wonderful conversations, smoking out my kitchen window, listening to music that broke my heart. idk why but i really felt that vibe the last 2 nights this weekend. i usually haven't drank alone here in yyc, i did last night but tonight 2 friends came over but they have since left and i am left feeling tipsy and nostalgic for those warsaw nights. i know back then sometimes all i wanted was some company. the first 3-4 months in warsaw were quite lonely, not having any close friends, spending my time sleeping and eating and texting people back home. this weekend felt similar, but not the same. because i do have friends here. i wasn't walking 15-20 mins to the closest grocery story with my huge backpack in the height of summer, bringing groceries back with me to my flat. exhausted and sweaty af throughout the entire ordeal. i feel older. more mature. (obviously). but i kind of love that's been the feeling lately because i look back on those times so fondly.

i really need to enjoy this time now, because when i move to the uk, i won't be living alone anymore. i probably won't live alone again for a very, very long time.

when i lived with jake i really missed my alone time to listen to music and tumbl. but with brandon's shift schedule i think i will get a decent time alone to do what i please and have my alone time, which will be a blessing but also a curse, because i know i'll miss him when he's working lates or super early mornings. it's going to be hard, i already know that. not even just for me, but for him. when he's trying to go to bed at 8pm, or when he's finished an early shift and he's asleep when i get home from work. it's going to be rough. but i'm wiling to do it all.

i know when we first started dating i was so against moving to the UK. and now that i've fully committed and decided it's what i'm going to do, i can't imagine anything else. i can't wait to fully, maturely live in the UK. it was so different living there as a student. i always knew living there as an adult would be so different, and i'm honestly so, so glad i have this chance to do it again, properly. idk if i'd decide to do this if it wasn't for him. i always knew i'd live in europe again. i knew it wasn't the end for me when i moved home from warsaw. i just never ever thought i'd be moving there for a boy.

but here i am, living out my childhood dream. if i could talk to 12-18 year old me and tell her, hey, listen, we went to a magical festival in albania in 2019 and we met a boy, and then 4 years later, after another long-term relationship, we re-connected with the boy we met in albania and started dating long distance and now i'm moving to the UK??? honestly, i know what i would say. i would first say WTF REALLY? but at the same time, i know i would say, i knew it was meant to be. it's been my destiny from day 1. i've always known deep down this was going to be for me. well ok no, i haven't always known, but i have deeply deeply hoped for this to be my future. i've always wanted to meet a boy and move across the world for him and start a new life. it's always been in my nature to wander and drift and move and explore. so this is honestly, the natural path my life has lead me on. being me, this was always meant for me. and i just feel so grateful to have finally found a man who without question, i know i want to do this for. brandon is my person. i'm learning more and more how to accept his flaws and who he is fully as a person. and i love him, wholly.

he has shown me how much i mean to me on numerous occasions, and just how i feel when i'm with him is second to none. i just love being in his company, just us two. it never feels forced or boring or anything negative. i could happily travel with world with him, without the mantis fam (god forbid) and be happy. and i think that means so so so much. whenever jake and i would spend time just us, it was fine but it felt meh. i wasn't fulfilled. i could and have happily gone to a show just me and brandon and it is honestly some of the funnest times i've had. me and B, at an AP, vibing and dancing and drinking, and it's such a good time. always. god i really missed that and i never want to take it for granted.

he is my person. he honestly is who i want to spend the rest of my life with and a little part of me never thought i'd find that person. i thought i'd find men who were ok, who were tolerable to be with in those settings specifically, who weren't awful but weren't my people like the mantis fam are. but he is, and more. i'll be honest, i don't have a LOT of people i feel that with. that i can go out with just the two of us and have an amazing night no matter what. i think maya indy and sarah are the only people i would comfortably say we'd always have an amazing time, and now brandon. and that is so incredibly important to me. to compare my boyfriend to my bestest friends in my life. that's how it should be. and anyone who settles for less are missing out on so many amazing things in life.

i just can't believe i've found my person. it has always felt like this long lost idea that i've had, finding the person i wanna be with forever. there are so many billions of people on this planet that how can you find your person so quickly? i'm not even 30 yet, i haven't even been alive for half of my life. how is it possible? but i don't even question it now. i know. he is the one for me. and whether i'm the one for him is something else. but that doesn't matter. in this moment, right here and right now, i don't want to let go of the feeling that this is the beginning of the rest of my life.

[miharuhebinata]

monthly game tag time!

this is going to be a veryyyyy long post, so buckle in

may

1. Hollow Knight

[played on ps4.]

thoughts: i know i literally just replayed hollow knight back in like, what, last august? but i had a strong urge to play it again and after the shitshow that was my life in march/april, i decided what the hell. i'm probably going to be doing a yearly replay anyway, though i won't hold myself to any kind of strict schedule in regards to that. i'll just play it when i feel like it and keep track of when and how it goes with these posts.

but anyway, on to my thoughts (yes, i still have thoughts on this game lmao): the game is definitely getting easier with every replay, which makes me very very happy. don't get me wrong, there are definitely still plenty of challenging bits (looking at you, trial of the conqueror. bane of my fucking existence -_-), but apparently i've managed to memorize a good chunk of the attack patterns for most of the boss fights. hornet and the mantis lords are the most obvious example of this, as i literally beat both on my first try. which was a tiny bit disappointing, just because those fights are so fun, but also extremely satisfying. literally had me feeling like a pro gamer LMAO

2. Princess Peach: Showtime! (Demo)

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: i've been so excited for this game ever since i saw the first trailer, and the demo certainly didn't disappoint! the two levels you get to play, as swordfighter peach and patisserie peach, were very fun, and just everything from the level designs to the gameplay to, of course, the costumes are so cute. i definitely want to play the full game! ....unfortuanately i've heard the game is actually pretty short overall? supposedly it's around 6-8 hours of playtime, which honestly just seems absolutely ridiculous considering it costs fucking $60 for a game i could (theoretically) knock out in a day but hey, that's nintendo for you 🙃 so, yeah. not entirely sure when or even if i'll get to play the full game. which is a damn shame.

3. Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express (Demo)

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: seems like a fun game! although i will say, it was quite jarring to realize it takes place in the modern day. hercule poirot does not look like a character who should know what a smartphone is, i'm sorry 😂 but yeah, i'm definitely interested in playing more, although i'll probably wait for it to go on sale. i liked it but i don't need to play it right now or anything lol

4. NOX

[played on mobile.]

thoughts: a quick little better-than-average mobile puzzle game. tbh i enjoyed the first half more than the second half. by the end i was just like meh, but i guess i still recommend it if you're looking for a decent puzzle game on mobile

5. Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion

[played on mobile.]

thoughts: i've been wanting to play this for a while, and it did not disappoint! such a fun, silly little game. pretty much my only complaint is that i wish it was longer, but apparently now there's a sequel? so i guess i can always try that! :)

6. Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King (Demo)

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: seemed fun but also the demo was extremely short so idk. i liked the obvious zelda inspiration, but it mainly just reminded me of chrono trigger. honestly i think i'd be more interested in replaying that than in playing this, but who knows. maybe someday!

7. OneShot

[played on pc.]

thoughts: I ABSOLUTELY ADORED THIS GAME!!!!!!!!! everything about it is so beautiful, from the story to the graphics to the soundtrack (which, if you know me at all, i'm a sucker for a good video game ost and this one DOES NOT DISAPPOINT 🥰). i don't want to say too much, because i really think everybody should play this one for themselves, but i will say it is EXTREMELY meta. which is not a spoiler, as you find this out very early on, but again, the less you know the better. so i'll just say this: make sure the name on your computer matches your real name! i believe the game *does* give you the option to input whatever name you want (i'm not 100% sure, but i think so), but i feel like the story will hit harder if you use your real name. plus, if you've changed your name recently but forgot to update the name on your account (like i had), this is at least a good reminder to do so :)

8. Ib

[played on pc.]

thoughts: while i played the remake, i can definitely see why this is a rpg maker horror classic! like honestly, idk what else there is to say about it that other people haven't said already? it's not super long and though it's not pants-shittingly terrifying or anything, it's got a very strong, creepy atmosphere to it. now that i think about it, it actually reminds me a lot of alice in wonderland.... which is such a huge plus to me, you guys don't even know :3 i especially adored the character design, particularly ib who reminds me of one of my oc's <3

9. A Short Hike

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: i want to live in this game <3 seriously, if you're looking for a nice chill game to play this one should be right up your alley! it's not long but i promise it is still so, so worth it. beautiful pixel graphics, lovely soundtrack, and a surprisingly poignant story....yeah i loved this one a lot. my one and only complaint is that the beachstick ball minigame can rot in hell LMAO

june

1. Moonlighter

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: idk about the pc version, but PLEASEEEEEE DO NOT BUY THIS GAME ON THE SWITCH. IT SUCKS ASS. for as enjoyable as the actual gameplay is (which honestly, was not even that fun after the first couple hours), the game is buggy as hell. especially when rolling. do NOT roll near walls, or you risk getting stuck inside them. which is especially annoying inside the dungeons, getting stuck inside a wall on some random floor long before you ever meant to have to leave.... pretty much ruined my whole experience. i could barely even bring myself to finish the game, but i forced myself to do it, because i had been meaning to finish this game for forever, and i just wanted to be DONE with it, and so i did, and i was so SO happy....aaaand then i discovered there was a whole new post-game storyline to play through in new game+. -_- at first i felt obligated to finish that before i could say i completed the game, but after playing a few hours, i just said fuck it. honestly the new game+ stuff wasn't even that bad, but i was just so ready to be done with it by that point. fuck this game. absolutely adorable graphics and a nice soundtrack, but buggy-as-hell gameplay and an anticlimactic story. completed ruined it for me. boo. boooooooo. such a disappointment.

2. Another Code: Recollection (Demo)

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: seems like a very fun game, and i really do want to play the full version! …just not for full price. especially because, after playing the demo, i already had some gripes:

the controls are kind of wonky and by that i mean this just feels like a game that would be better played on pc (yet it's a Switch exclusive).

the (english) voice acting is… definitely not my favorite, to say the least. (that scene of ashley crying as a kid was so fucking annoying, and it went on for wayyyy too long.) ashley does not sound like a 14 year old. which ties into my next point:

okay so i actually FULLY admit this one is mostly on me, but i legit thought ashley was college-age until she explicitly mentioned being 14. like, obviously i understood in retrospect that the story literally said she was 14 long before that (i believe the letter from her father mentioned her 14th birthday?), but because i was pretty tired when i played and also because the character model does not look like a 14 year old girl aside from her being shorter than the adult characters, the voice does not sound like that of a 14 year old, AND she was wearing a university sweatshirt, i thought she was, like, 19-21 and that she for some reason had only recently received her dad's letter? IDK DUDE I'M A LITTLE BIT SLOW 😭

honestly this just kind of made me laugh but i did think it was a bit silly how ashley made a big deal of "yeah sorry D, but i can't help you get your memories back. i've got my own problems. sooooo... yeah, bye." then literally she walks down some stairs, he helps her open a door, and she's immediately like "okay i'll help you and also we're besties, obviously 🤗" like, i'm not saying the game has bad writing (i didn't get to play enough to truly make an accurate judgement) but that felt like the kind of contrived thing i would have written when i was in middle school ngl. but maybe that's the point, since ashley's so young? idk

anyway, i know i've kinda been ragging on it, but like i said, i do still want to play it. the story seems interesting, and i really want to see where it goes! just definitely not for the price of $60 lol

3. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Demo)

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: it was fun! like a mix between immortals fenyx rising, hades, and trine. all of which are right up my alley! but also i was not very good at the combat, which definitely detracted from the experience a bit. i imagine if i was playing the full game i could eventually get used to the combat, but there just wasn't enough time for me to do that in the demo. but i did like it, and i'll definitely consider picking it up if it ever goes on sale for a more reasonable price.

4. Chants of Sennaar (Demo)

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: i enjoyed it so much i actually bought the game. stay tuned for my thoughts on the full game!

5. Growing Up

[played on pc.]

thoughts: so, full disclosure, i only played through one of the routes in this game (richard). when usually i would play through all the route's (or at least more than one) before counting it as finished, honestly i just cannot be assed this time. which isn't to say it's a bad game! it was a very fun game (at first), with interesting stat-building mechanics. i especially enjoy that my previous character + whoever i ended up with become the parents in a new playthrough. however, despite the fact that i had already started having new events when i started a second playthrough, i don't think the gameplay is interesting enough for me to want to replay it multiple times just to see the new events/meet new characters, at least not any time soon. at the very least i wish there was some kind of carry-over bonus. for example, since my character ended up with richard, maybe my current player character could have a boost in empathy? or intelligence, since my previous character's intelligence was so high. something like that.

also the parents sucked, they had nothing to do with anything unless they were giving me their stupid parent expectations goals, which got really annoying by high school age because the goals often took up desperately needed schedule slots. also especially bitter because literally right after i had completed a goal of tutoring 10 times in a row, they gave me a goal of helping out some neighbors (aka buying groceries ten times in a row) and when i had my character be like "will i get paid?" stupid fucking idiot dad was like "omfg why are you so selfish??? 😤" BITCH I JUST TOOK UP A BUNCH OF MY VALUABLE SCHEDULE SLOTS TO DO TUTORING FOR ONE OF YOUR STUPID FUCKASS GOALS????? KYS YOU ANNOYING BITCH OMFG

6. Harmony: The Fall of Reverie (Demo)

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: of the few (spoiler-free) reviews i've seen, reactions seem kind of mixed overall, but personally i really enjoyed what i got to play! the art is beautiful and the game mechanic of the augural is definitely unique and interesting. unless the story really starts to branch out though, i don't see there being much replayability; which makes me just a tad reluctant to buy it, even on sale, especially seeing as it's apparently only ~10 hours long. speaking of, i am VERY surprised the demo is as long as it is. hard to put it into hours, since i'm a slow reader, but you get to play 2 out of 5 chapters, i believe?? it certainly got me hooked and invested in the story, but that also just seems crazy, letting you play that much in the demo. so i guess, taking all of this into account, i think i'll just wait for a really good sale. like, i do want to eventually see where the story goes, but not for more than $10 lol

7. AI: The Somnium Files (Demo)

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: seems like a fun game, but also kind of weird. one of the characters blew up a balloon to comical size and the main character's response was something like "i wish your boobs were that big" whshgsjsjlskdj ???????? still planning to play it eventually lmfao but i'm gonna play it on pc. definitely seems like a game that's better on pc

8. Chants of Sennaar

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: ah, what a fun game, and such a beautiful artstyle too (it actually reminded me a lot of sable!); however, while i did really like the game overall, i will say that— as with most people who have played both games— i can't help but compare this against heaven's vault and, personally, even with all the issues i had with it, heaven's vault is definitely the better game in my eyes. while i wouldn't say the translation mechanics in this game are at all easy, it was easier than in heaven's vault. in this game, all you really had to do was match the right glyphs to the right pictures. which, obviously was often a challenge, don't get me wrong, but it was at least somewhat easier than i originally thought it would be: i thought i had to get my guess at the translation right too, but that part of it mainly seems to be so you can remember what the glyph means (or approximately what it means) before you actually verify it. so that was a little disappointing, although it certainly helped make things easier in the long run. which turned out to be a good thing that was actually a bad thing, because i'm not gonna lie, i played the majority of the game over the course of a single day. this was not a good idea (obviously), because it resulted in sleep-deprivation and me hurting my wrists/palms from holding the Switch for so long. clearly this was my own fault, but it did still detract from the experience, unfortunately. the inability to fully concentrate really kept me from fully immersing myself in the latter half of the game, which is likely why the ending fell a tiny bit flat for me. also, i have to mention. there was one puzzle i had to look up a guide for how to solve it, and even now i still don't get it and idk if i ever will. so, i'm kind of bitter about that 😭 but yeah, i don't want to keep ragging on the game, because overall it was great! definitely worth the hype imo. and if the core game mechanics of translating made-up languages sounds fun to you, i definitely recommend checking this one out! just maybe remember to take breaks and get some sleep so that you don't ruin your own experience like i did mine :/

9. The Roottrees are Dead

[played on pc.]

thoughts: if you like mysteries, difficult puzzles, or even just family drama, this is the game for you! it's actually been compared to the likes of return of the obra dinn and the case of the golden idol, and that definitely holds up imo. not in terms of graphics, but just in that you are given a mystery that you need to solve (or an extensive family tree that you need to fill out, in this case) and the game does not hold your hand. i will say, although it's been a while since i played either return of the obra dinn or the case of the golden idol, i think this game was definitely easier than those two (shorter, too). but it was still very rewarding! like i said, it was easier, not easy. honestly i really hope this game gains some traction, because we definitely need more difficult mystery puzzle games like it!!!!

10. Unpacking

[played on pc.]

thoughts: don't really have much to say except that it was a nice chill game 👍

11. Tunic

[played on nintendo switch.]

thoughts: i actually started this soon after chants of sennaar, but i finished it last (the roottrees are dead and unpacking serving as breathers). i really REALLY liked this game at first. it was different than i thought it was going to be, but i was still enjoying the challenge even when i wasn't, you know? aaaaand then i kind of hated it, because certain parts of the puzzle you have to solve in order to achieve the true end were extremely frustrating and overly convoluted imo. but overall, after seeing the end credits you get after the true end, i think i left off on a good note. at the very least i would definitely recommend this game to anyone who enjoys a difficult challenge not just in terms of combat, but in solving deep intricate puzzles as well <3

started but not finished yet:

Sea of Stars (Demo) - started in june. won't be finishing, but only because i decided to buy the full game!

Neo: The World Ends With You (Demo) - started in june. won't be finishing, because the gameplay just seemed a bit monotonous.

Paleo Pines (Demo) - started in june. won't be finishing, because the artstyle was not very appealing to me.

Tangle Tower (Demo) - started in june. won't be finishing, but only because i think i'd prefer to play it on pc.

Who's Lila - started in june. probably won't be finishing, because it just didn't seem like the game for me. which sucks, because i had been looking forward to playing it for a while :(

[thetargaryenbride]

We Cough Blood And We Drink Wine [Tony x Daughter!Reader] - C.3

AN: I know how bizarre it is to post this story again after three years but here we go xD By all means, it’s not the best story, even after I edited and made some changes, but still, I do hope you enjoy it <3

Warning: Blood, gore, violence

Word count: 3K

Pairing: Thor x Stark!Reader

Masterlist || Chapter 2 || Chapter 4

“What the hell happened to this planet?” muttered Quill under his breath as the others walked around, eyes roaming everywhere, taking in the scenery. “It's eight degrees off its axis. Gravitational pull is all over the place.”

“Yeah, we got one advantage. He's coming to us. We'll use it,” spoke Tony, alerting everyone. “Alright, I have a plan. It's pretty simple. We draw him in, pin him down, get what we need. We definitely don't want to dance with this guy, we just want the gauntlet,” explained the man and you nodded, hands on your hips.

“Sounds good to me. We can use one of us as a distraction. Maybe Strange because he is the strongest of us all and will be able to hold him off long enough for us to find an opening and jump him,” you offered and Tony nodded.

“Yes, very well. We can also hide the stone somewhere, somehow, because if Thanos does get his hands on Strange, then it’s all over,” added the man and you hummed in agreement, Peter looking at you and then at Tony and then back at you in astonishment. But Drax and Mantis had other plans.

“Are you yawning? In the middle of this, while we’re breaking it down? Did you hear what we said?” asked Tony impatiently and Drax cleared his throat.

“I stopped listening after you said that we need a plan.”

“Okay, Mr. Clean's on his own page,” you snorted in disbelief.

“See, not winging it isn't really what they do,” drawled Quill and Peter’s eyebrows furrowed.

“What exactly is it that they do?”

“Kick names, take ass,” snapped Mantis, seemingly trying to sound badass but failing miserably, causing you and Tony to look at them in complete defeat before you looked at one another, communicating through your eyes and head gestures, which the others found incredibly creepy, before Tony looked at them again.

“All right, just get over here, please? Mr. Lord, can you get your folks to circle up?”

“Star-Lord is fine,” he tsk-ed and motioned with his hand for the two to join them.

“We've gotta coalesce. Because if all we come at him with is a plucky attitude-“

“Dude, don't call us plucky. We don't know what it means.”

“An awkward, often confused, shifty-eyed individual with a heart of gold,” you explained it to him and he raised his eyebrows, making you shrug.

“All right, we're optimistic, yes. I like your plan, except it sucks. So let me do the plan, and that way, it might be really good.”

“Tell him about the dance-off to save the Universe,” urged Drax.

“What dance-off?”

“It's not a, it's not a-“

“Like in Footloose? The movie?” asked Peter curiously.

“Exactly like Footloose! Is it still the greatest movie in history?”

“It never was,” mumbled the boy and Quill’s face scrunched up.

“Bang! Civil War Two,” you snickered and Tony shot you the stink eye, making you fold under his gaze and look away, awkwardly clearing your throat and folding your lips.

“We're getting no help with Flash Gordon,” complained your father and Quill guffawed in perplexity.

“Flash Gordon? By the way that's a compliment. Don't forget. I'm half-human. So that's 50% of me that's stupid, it’s 100% you,” he made a circling motion with his hands before settling them sassily on his hips.

“Your math is blowing my mind,” you and Tony said simultaneously.

“Excuse me? But does your friend often do that?” asked Mantis and everyone’s attention snapped to Strange who was levitating, glowing green, and his head was jerking in different directions. Tony rushed to him, followed by the others.

“Strange! You all right?” asked Tony and the other man let out a short yelp as he dropped to the ground, Tony grabbing his shoulder to steady him. “You're back. You're all right.”

“Hey, what was that?” asked Quill.

“I went forward in time, to view alternate futures...to see all the possible outcomes of the coming conflict,” gasped out the magician and you gulped.

“How many did you see?” asked Tony hesitantly.

“14,000,605.”

“How many did we win?”

“One.”

Everyone waited.

It was tense.

It was silent.

Just like the quiet before the storm.

And then he finally appeared, in all his glory, stepping out of a shimmery blue portal. He stood tall and strong and overlooked the scenery, until his eyes landed on a man, sitting on a boulder across him.

“Oh, yeah, you're much more of a Thanos,” said Stephen dryly and the titan smiled grimly.

“I take it that Maw is dead? This day extracts a heavy toll... Still, he accomplished his mission.”

“You may regret that. He brought you face-to-face with a Master of the Mystic Arts.”

“Where do you think he brought you?”

“Let me guess. Your home?” asked Stephen and Thanos went silent for a moment.

“It was. And it was beautiful,” he smiled sadly as he fisted his hand and the red stone glowed brightly. Suddenly, the wasteland turned into a beautiful place with lots of trees and fountains, full of people and life. “Titan was like most planets. Too many mouths, not enough to go around. And when we faced extinction, I offered a solution.”

“Genocide?” arched a brow Stephen and he nodded.

“But random, dispassionate, fair. The rich and poor alike... And they called me a madman. And what I predicted came to pass,” he lowered his hand and the stone stopped glowing, the beautiful scenery disappearing, revealing ruins once again.

“Congratulations. You're a prophet,” snarled the doctor.

“I'm a survivor.”

“Who wants to murder trillions!”

“With all six Stones, I could simply snap my fingers. They would all cease to exist. I call that mercy.”

“And then what?”

“I finally rest. And watch the sun rise on a grateful universe. The hardest choices require the strongest wills,” spoke solemnly the titan.

“I think you'll find our will equal to yours,” grit out Strange as he stood up and brought his hands up, lightening them up with orange patterns.

"Our?” Thanos’ eyes narrowed and just then, everything came crashing down – literally – as Iron Man pushed a huge building on top of Thanos but he managed to use the Power Stone just in the nick of time and that helped him survive the blow.

“Piece of cake, Quill,” came in Tony’s voice through the coms.

“Yeah, if your goal was to piss him off!” exclaimed Star Lord as his mask slid on his face and he activated his thrusters, flying off.

The structure that was on top of the titan exploded in bright purple light and debris flew everywhere as Thanos bellowed angrily. He used the Reality stone to transform half of them into birds and set them on Tony.

It was hard to run towards him with all the rubble flying around, but you managed to dodge everything, or jump on top of some, before you finally came down and landed a punch on Thanos’ head. He staggered and you used this to your advantage. You knew that every second, every millisecond even, counted. You started landing blow after blow on what you hoped were his pressure points. He was an alien and it was highly unlikely that their pressure points were on the same spots as the human’s. But you had to give it a go. You hit the side of his neck, his larynx, the nerve cleft, the shoulder tendon, the great sciatic nerve, his groin and his kidneys, with all the strength you could muster. You then raised your leg to kick him in the solar plexus but his hand grabbed your ankle.

“Bitch,” he growled and then he twisted so harshly and sharply that he broke your ankle and calf. You screamed as the searing pain hit you and then he lifted you in the air, dangling you, before he threw you towards Quill, hoping to hit him. The man dodged and you crashed against a rock, cracking it and breaking your arm in the process, dislocating your shoulder.

Before Thanos could advance on you or on the others, a web was shot right into his eyes, obstructing his view.

“That’s no way to treat a lady!” shouted Peter as he swung away, making path for Drax who used his blades to cut into Thanos. Then Strange appeared and started battling the titan with elongated orange elastics, or at least that’s what it looked like, while Quill came flying towards them, jumping from a levitating rock to a levitating rock and blasting Thanos in the back just after the titan had managed to pry off the web and restore his view. Strange created orange steps for Quill to jump on and the man evaded all of Thanos’ blasts, managing to attach an electric bomb on his back and then dive into a portal as he flipped the middle finger to him.

“Boom!” he yelled before he disappeared through the portal and the bomb exploded, sending Thanos sprawling on the ground.

“Don't let him close his fist,” whispered Strange to the Cloak and it immediately flew and wrapped itself around Thanos’ fist. The titan tried to rip it off but he couldn’t. And that’s when Spidey appeared from different portals, landing blows and kicks.

“Magic! More magic! Magic with a kick! Magic with a-“ Thanos finally managed to grab him and crash him onto the ground.

“Insect,” he growled as he lifted Peter in the air and threw him, successfully hitting Strange as the two fell on the ground. And just when Thanos managed to pry the Cloak off his hand, everything around him exploded as Tony dropped bomb after bomb on top of him, bursting the whole terrain in flames. Thanos could handle just so much before he used the Power Stone and gathered all the flames in his hand, blasting them towards Tony. They went so far up that they reached and destroyed one of the largest buildings. Peter decided to try again and go against the titan, only to be punched in the head and thrown away like a potato sack. But just a moment later, a whole plane came crashing down on Thanos. He rolled hard before he came to a stop and laid there, trying to regain his bearings, as metal parts fell on top of him. He got on his knees and pushed them off but the moment he stood up, someone punched him in the jaw, making him stumble.

“Well, well,” he drawled as he came face to face with Nebula.

“You should have killed me.”

“Would have been a waste of parts!”

“Where's Gamora?” she shouted as she came at him and delivered hits with her taser rod but he backhanded her and sent her flying. In that very moment you attacked him, using a blade you had just generated thanks to the nanotech to slash him across the arm before crouching down and grabbing his right leg. Strange used that to grab the same hand you had slashed with tight, sizzling red ropes. Drax appeared and sliced Thanos’ other leg before grabbing it tightly. Quill shot a device that fell next to Thanos, the magnetic electricity oozed out of it and grabbed a hold of his other arm. Peter swung over and encircled a web around him before attaching it to a boulder and shooting another web for extra security. Tony flew down and grabbed the gauntlet immediately. He began pulling without wasting a second. Strange opened a portal and Mantis fell on Thanos’ shoulders, putting her hands on his head and calming him down as much as she possibly could. Stephen then used the same ropes to help Quill’s device in holding Thanos’ other arm.  

“Is he under? Don't let up,” ordered Tony.

“Be quick! He is very strong!”

“Parker, help. Get over here. She can't hold him much longer. Let's go,” blurted out Tony and Peter secured his webs before he joined Tony, carefully as to not step on you. The two started pulling with all their might but damn that thing was hard to remove. In the meantime, Quill landed in front of Thanos and decided that it would be the best time to taunt him.

“I thought you'd be harder to catch. For the record, this was my plan...” you deadpanned at that. “Not so strong now, huh? Where's Gamora?” he asked.

“My Gamora!” grunted Thanos.

“Ooh, bullshit! Where is she?”

“He is in anguish,” said Mantis painfully.

“Good!”

“He... He mourns.”

“What does this monster have to mourn?” asked Drax out of breath.

“Gamora,” muttered Nebula as she came to stand nearby.

“What?” asked Quill, his legs feeling numb all of the sudden as needles started piercing him.

“He took her to Vormir. He came back with the Soul Stone... She didn't,” revealed Nebula.

“Okay, Quill? You gotta cool it right now, understand?” tried to calm him Tony as his helmet slid off. “Don't! Don't engage! We almost got this off!” he shouted as he saw Quill’s face.

“Tell me she's lying… Asshole! Tell me you didn't do it,” yelled Quill as he came to stand in front of the titan.

“I had to...” Thanos rasped out and Quill shook his head as tears gathered in his eyes, his heart dropping in his stomach.

“No you didn't. No! No, you didn't!”

And then the inevitable happened. He punched Thanos, causing everyone to lose balance, especially Mantis.

“Quill!”

“Just stop it! Stop!”

You didn’t hesitate to leave your position and tackle Quill to the ground after he had landed a second blow and you kept him down, pressing hard on his torso.

“Control yourself!” you yelled at him in panic and he grunted as he tried to suppress his sobs.

“It's coming, I got it, I got it!” squealed Peter hopefully but Thanos managed to wrench the gauntlet out of their grasp and it fell into his hand. He pushed Peter away and then grabbed Mantis, throwing her off him.

“Oh, God,” muttered the boy as he went after her, managing to catch her before she hit the ground. Thanos lifted his foot, Drax alongside it, and threw him on you and Quill who had just gotten off the ground. Strange tried keeping him at bay but Thanos pulled on the ropes and swung Strange away. He shielded his face from Tony’s blasts and sent them back to the man. Quill, Drax and Nebula were ready to advance again when he used the Power Stone to steal their strength, causing them to fall on the ground helplessly.

You came at him then, engaging him in a hand-to-hand combat. He punched your way but you sidestepped and then twirled, bending underneath his arm and delivering a blow to his stomach with your elbow, making him stagger. Tony attacked too, hitting repeatedly until Thanos headbutted him and send him sprawling on the ground. Before you could attack, Thanos used the Power Stone and the moon above you started moving. Your and Tony’s eyes widened as you realized what was about to happen. The two of you barely managed to avoid the flying rubble shower and then the actual moon crashing down, destroying the upper layer of the planet and sending everyone flying in the air.

Peter and Strange were the only ones who managed to move around since one could fly while the other could swing.

“I got you, I got you! Sorry I can't remember any of your names,” shouted Peter as he grabbed the soaring Quill, Drax, Nebula and Mantis and secured them safely.

You had managed to turn on your thrusters and fly away on time but you had been hit with a stray boulder, making you lose balance and fall. You could only watch as Strange fought alone against Thanos while waiting for your broken bones to snap back into place and heal. The fight continued for some time as Stephen managed to hold his ground against the titan but then Thanos got a hold of him and grabbed him by his throat.

“You're full of tricks, wizard. But you never once used your greatest weapon. A fake,” said Thanos as he grabbed the amulet and broke it to pieces, letting them fall and clatter on the ground. He threw Stephen away and he crashed against the ground, rolling to a stop against a rock. You grunted as you slowly stood up, leaning on a boulder for support. You needed more time to heal.

“You throw another moon at me, and I'm gonna lose it,” sounded Tony’s voice as he sent a glove that attached itself to Thanos’ hand, preventing him from closing it, and landed in front of the titan.

“Stark.”

“You know me?”

“I do. You're not the only one cursed with knowledge.”

“My only curse is you,” said Tony as a few holes opened on his back and out of them little rockets flew out.

“Come on!” challenged Thanos as they were sent flying at him, exploding and rising dust. Tony clamped his legs together and hurdled towards the titan, hitting him hard against the chest and bouncing back, landing on his feet and securing them with his tech before he delivered two blows with his hands, making Thanos crash with the boulder behind. He yelled as he ripped Tony’s helmet and then punched him to the ground before proceeding to tear the device obstructing his hand to pieces. He used the Power Stone to send a blast at Tony but he created a shield and defended himself before dropping it aside and flying towards the titan, incapacitating his hand with his leg and hitting him hard. Thanos breathed out as his finger went to touch the scratch on his face.

“All that for a drop of blood.”

“Just for the record, my kid managed to draw blood too,” said Tony monotonously but there was pride hidden underneath and Thanos chuckled deeply.

“I suppose the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… I also had a daughter,” he said grimly and then proceeded to flip Tony and start landing punches. He grabbed and lifted him, using the Power Stone to blast him away. Tony’s suit was in shreds and he blasted a beam, which Thanos managed to counter, while waiting for the nano parts to recover the damage. But Thanos managed to approach despite all and once again hit Tony, damaging his suit even more.

The man formed a blade and with last hope thrust it towards the titan, hoping to stab him, but Thanos grabbed his hand and twisted it, breaking the blade at its base and plunging it in Tony’s stomach.

Your eyes widened as a scream got stuck in your throat while you watched your father stagger and fall.

[hotarutranslations]

Ceremonial Pitch Announcement.. #LoveForPanda-sanMeet ODA..

Evening

August 30th (Fri) At Miyagi's Rakuten Mobile Park

Ceremonial Pitch⚾️

Its been decided that I get to do it

!!!!!

I'm happy.. Thank you very much..

Finally, the other day, I went just visit and support, The Rakuten Super Night Game at Tokyo Dome but,

I'm happy to be go again to support, first off🐣

Its really exciting, right!

Definitely, definitely, definitely, everyone, Lets support Rakuten Eagles together⚾️✨

Also show a bit of support for me too⚾️✨

Thank you very much! I'll do my best!

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Did you enjoy it~~🤍🖤

The very end.. I was told, its not the end, so tere was a mystery time where it wasn't over lol

Somehow, unconsciously? I was petting Mei, Mei was also petting me lol There was that scene, It was funny but,

Watching it after it was over, It was reall a Love For Panda-san Meet?

I thought that afterward 😎😎fufu

I also had fun~~

Limsta,

Thank you very much for so many applications, It also took a long time today as well.. I properly finished signing everything🥹🫶🏻

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In this way, I'm happy to receive lots of messages at once,

In this way, It was a precious opportunity to sign these all at once now

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[uservarric]

Are there any headcannons for Peter or other characters that are heavily adopted by the fandom that you love or hate in fanfics, artwork,etc?

this got very long so i’m sorry in advance! also i’m more talking about behaviours in headcanons rather than any specific headcanons people have cause I don’t want to put random people on blast <3

i think my main problems in fanon are ones that were perpetuated in *~*canon*~* (as far as comics have a canon, pffft) after the movies came out. i can’t say i engage too heavily in fan stuff outside of my tiny mutual bubble on here but i’m aware of how the gang is viewed outside and it’s not always great. intended with love, maybe so. but people are so guilty of taking the guardians at face value.

headcanons that run into the ‘peter is a stupid manchild’ characterisation is my biggest ever pet peeve. because he’s not stupid! he’s not a manchild! he’s very clever, and quick-witted and he plays dumb PURPOSELY to get the upper hand! he WANTS to be underestimated. that’s how he wins! his brain is working at a thousand miles an hour! and sure, he puts his foot in his mouth sometimes (okay, maybe a lot of times) but if you think Pete is stupid, honestly, you just haven’t been paying attention.

i think chris pratt being cast in the mcu is what started this characterisation because people were just like oh! andy dwyer in space. the legendary star-lord comic that came out after the movie is my villain origin story for making him an actual clown. after that in the comics they always made him stupid. which is bizarre in itself actually because despite the Andy Dwyer In Space jokes, I don’t think peter is portrayed as stupid in the guardians movies (infinity war and endgame don’t interact xxx). maybe not as quick on his feet as he is in the comics, maybe a little goofier, but certainly not an aggressively stupid 14 year old boy.

so the fact that casual fandom enjoys portraying Peter as an idiot or a child in a man’s body really grinds my gears. it’s so widely accepted too. or making him a pop culture quip machine. just stop 💀🔫

other things too are often just. accepted. rocket is mean. always mean. he hates everyone. drax is stupid (the mcu is guilty here). mantis is there to be cute. gamora is just the mum friend (???) like she’s not arguably the most unhinged person on the entire team. more recently, with the release of vol3, that adam is a himbo. as if the whole point wasn’t clearly explained in the movie: that he has all of this knowledge and these amazing skills but he’s very clumsy because he’s never done ANYTHING before! he’s learning!

so basically, any headcanons that have the team engaging in behaviours that perpetuates these things! it’s so annoying! and about loving? well things that don’t constantly do this.

in terms of LOVE: day to day domestic things. rich needs glasses to read despite his nova powers. groot sprouts flowers for birthdays. gamora is happy to teach people to meditate should they want to (she tries with Peter, it goes awfully, he’s bored and he also downed like 10 shots of coffee so he’s just fully vibrating). sam visits sometimes with rich and rocket is secretly always thrilled to see him. i love thinking about a boring day on knowhere <3

[juurensha]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤

Oh boy, oh boy, well, in no real order, let's start:

darling, thank god it’s this universe we’re in (and you can annoy me as much as you please) I know, I know, so typical. It's your most popular piece, and that's why you like it so much, right??? No, it's a happy coincidence that it's my most popular fic, but really, it had all the childhood friends AU shenanigans that my heart desired, gave DabiHawks a happy ending (along with pretty much everyone else), AND I got to add OC's willy-nilly everywhere with their own little side stories, so that's why it's my favorite :DDDD

frost cannot touch plum blossoms in the snow yes, yes, another DabiHawks piece, I'm sorry, but fully 1/3 of my fics are DabiHawks pieces now it seems. This was my fantasy AU, and it was sooooo self indulgent, with me combining in all my favorite Critical Role and different MXTX/Chinese webnovel universe references. Still I liked the fusion, and I think it turned out pretty well?

be all my sins remembered and more one of my more personal pieces that came truly from the heart, and I'm happy that GOTG3 didn't really joss much of what I wrote here. Mantis holds a special place in my heart, and for all its faults, I do love the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy

Dead Devotion ah my one and only 2nd person POV fic, and the most purple-prosey of all, because it is of course a Hannibal fic. I really did enjoy writing the purple prose, and I'm still pretty proud of it, even now.

Knock me off my pedestal (and entangle with me on the ground) my QuanYin fic that I wrote because I love QuanYin, but there were certain characterizations and actions that I just HAD to write for myself. I wanted them to have a happy ending so badly, and here I got to give it to them! I also love Yin Yu so much and want ppl to appreciate him more.

[midnightwins22]

Updated Rise of the TMNT Rankings List

After re-watching Rottmnt for probably like the fifth or sixth time now, I decided to update my rankings list because I have made some changes. If you see numbers besides the rankings, that is how many spots they have moved up or down since my last rankings

Top 10/S-Tier (aka the best of the best; the ones that made me laugh, cry or a combination of the two)

Rise

Lair Games (+1)

The Clothes Don't Make the Turtle (+1)

Anatawa Hitorijani (-2)

Mystic Library

Insane in the Mama Train (+5) (animation is so amazing and the boys in their Hamato outfits is just *chefs kiss*)

Hidden City's Most Wanted (+3)

End Game (-2)

The Evil League of Mutants (-1)

Battle Nexus: New York (+2)

Amazing/A-Tier (Not enough to make top 10 but ones that I would still rewatch over and over again and that I love and adore so much)

The Fast and the Furriest (+15) (I love this one so much and I can't really explain why it's just makes me laugh every time)

The Purple Game (-3)

Shreddy or Not (+1)

Shadow of Evil (-1)

The Purple Jacket (+6) (Donnie just being Donnie…need I say more)

Turtle-Dega Nights: The Ballad of Rat Man (+6) (Mikey and Donnie are amazing as always and that scene between Splinter and Donnie gets me every time)

Cloak and Swabgart (+10) (So wish we got more Sunita and April adventures because they work so well together)

Flushed but Never Forgotten (-2)

Bug Busters

Man vs Sewer (-2)

Pizza Puffs (-6) (Still a really funny episode and amazing just not as much as it used to be)

Great/B-Tier (Still love these episodes but not enough that they are my favorites. Great but not top tier)

Donnie vs Witch Town (+5)

Down with the Sickness (-4)

One Man's Junk (+4)

How to Make Enemies and Bend People to Your Will (+5)

The Gumbus (+32) (Leo and Mikey have made me love this episode so much; not to mention the animation in this episode is just straight up amazing)

Breaking Purple (+5)

Mind Meld (+5)

Stuck on You (+5)

Operation: Normal(+9) (It's the Disaster twins I had to include it in the great list)

The Mutant Menace (+9) (any adventures in the Turtle Tank are always a plus)

E-Turtle of the Spotless Mind (-10) (sorry but the other three parts of just better in my opinion, though I still love for what it did with Splinter's character)

Good/C-Tier (Episodes that are sort of middle tier and just only good but that I still enjoyed, sometimes)

Smart Lair (-3)

Mystic Mayhem (+3)

Repo Mantis (+8) (Donnie and Mikey aka PB & J duo make this episode for me)

Reparin the Baron (+14) (I love Mikey and Draxum in this episode)

The Ancient Art of Ninja Hide and Seek (+10)

Late Fee (-14) (sorry but this episode is just too silly for me now the more that I watch it)

Mystery Meat (+12) (April, Draxum, and Mikey are just the ultimate dream team)

Sparring Partner (+14) (Raph is just too much of a sweetheart)

Mrs. Cuddles (+11) (Mrs. Cuddles is terrifying and I love it)

Hot Soup: The Game (+7)

The Hidden City Job (-8)

Raph's Ride Along (-10) (again too silly and the hidden city police are just so dumb it's bothers me to no end. Raph is still amazing though)

Shell in a Cell (+3)

Bullhop (-10)

Snow Day (-7)

Fists of Furry (-7)

The Longest Fight (-5)

Donnie's Gifts (-5)

Origami Tsuanami (-5)

Always Be Brownies (+1)

Pizza Pit (-12) (Mikey is the only good part of this episode. Everything is is just...eh)

Sidekick Ahoy! (+16) (I don't know why but this episode has grown on me)

You Got Served! (+3)

Portal Jacked (+1)

Meh/Ok (D-Tier) (Bottom of the pack. Not necessarily bad episodes but just ones that are just simply ok and don't have much for rewatch value)

Air Turtle (+1)

Warren and Hypno, Sitting in A Tree (-4)

Todd Scouts

Bad Hair Day

Goyles, Goyles, Goyles

Jupiter Jim Ahoy! (+1)

Minotaur Maze (-1)

Mascot Melee (+3)

Nothing But Truffle (+5) (not as bad as it used to be but still kinda meh. I hate seeing my baby Mikey cry but he was also kind of a jerk in this episode)

War and Pizza (+3)

Hypno Part Deux (-3)

Al Be Back (-2)

Newsworthy (-1) (Just an overall boring episode and I really do not like Warren Stone. This is one of those episodes that I would definitely not be re-watching unless I'm just in the mood)

This was once again very hard to make as I like some of this episodes equally and my top 20 could honestly interchanged. They are all just that good and amazing. Safe to say that I miss this show so much and I am just hoping that we get some news soon regarding whether or not there will be a season 3. Or at least put season 2 on Netflix. If not, then I am satisfied with what was given to us and I am grateful everyday for this show and my beloved turtle babies.

[brw]

17 and 18 for the choose violence asks? <3

17) there should be more of this type of fic/art

more wonderbeast art and fic obviously, they're my best boys! constantly on the lookout for 616 scarletvision artwork, manifesting more art where wanda is visibly nonwhite after she and vision inevitably get back together in the upcoming avengers ongoing title. also genderweird / nonbinary vision art in general! don't want this to run on too long but also there should be more sappic sue art with jennifer or medusa or crystal, as a treat. and 616 benreed. and wanda/mantis. and-

18) it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

WONDERBEAST!! IT'S SO HARD BEING THEIR NO.1 FAN BUT I'M DOING MY BEST!!! THEYRE LITERALLY THE FIRST MLM KISS IN MARVEL COMICS IT CAN'T JUST BE ME AND THE RANDOMS IVE GASLIT INTO ENJOYING TOO. PLEASE--

choose violence asks

[tasteofgummies]

Hello<333 Im mantis and its my first time ever sending a request like anywhere, so about me, I'm a 5'0 chubby girl, i use she/her pronouns, i have shoulder length black hair and what most would consider big green doe eyes haha, Im super shy, but as soon as i consume any substances my personality changes really quick and i get super hype and flirty, I dont talk much and i get flustered very easy, Mind writing me something for kakyouin or Avdul? Many thanks!

Cw: recreational use of substances, kinda suggestive

Kakyoin x you ✨

>He's such a tease

>Takes advantage of your easily flustered nature

>"Hmm, but why are you so red now, is there something you'd like to tell me, Mantis?" He leans near your face while whispering, you feel his breath on your lips, then he just walks away to continue gaming like nothing happened

>He gets along with quiet people (Jotaro) so he's just happy to have you around

>His favorite way of spending time together is cuddling, but he won't really tell you until you have been dating for a couple months

>He's embarrassed, and thinks it could be interpreted as sexual and lead to you labeling him as creep (he's insecure, be patient (⁠´⁠；⁠ω⁠；⁠｀⁠) )

>He loves your figure, specially your arms<3

>He just loves having your chubby arms hugging his chest while he plays with your hair

>When you pull the uno reverse card on him, and start flirting back,,,

>Oh boy

>He's so excited but he's never made it this far before

>Should he do what you're both saying and kiss you? Take you away? He's struggling rn

>It's your time to make the move and fluster him further

>Jotaro "advices" (practically spits at you two, affectionaly tho) you to get a room and cut the crap

>You might do it

>When your boyfriend is able to speak again and give you his consent, ofc

>He does consent, enthusiastically

Avdol x you ✨

>He's such a gentleman

>The most respectful, understanding man on earth

>He would consider you reactions adorable, but wouldn't go out of his way to get them

>After all, satisfaction is his favorite look on your face, he's always spoiling you to see your smile

>Loves, loves, loves your eyes

> They're just so cute, it makes him want to protect you

>He's not very talkative himself, so he enjoys your dynamic

>Flabbergasted when your personality changes

>He's concerned for your well being, you're so excited someone could tell you to jump off a cliff and land on your feet, and you'd do it

>But when you flirt, he's... Amused

>He would blush at the beginning, but then he would just go along with you

>He's so smooth with his flirting, is insane

>Although he would wait until you're sober, even if he himself is intoxicated, he just wants to be sure

>Would bring it up the next morning

>Wouldn't be an jerk about it, but he will have his fun going over everything you said you'd do to him

[topknotstrunk]

Review Everything 32 - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Please note, this review briefly touches on simulated child abuse, and shows images of simulated animal abuse as well as discussing that topic with some depth. Please proceed with caution.

Hoo, boy. What to say about this movie. Let’s start with the neutral to good stuff. 

This is a weird send off for this team. It’s the last Guardians of the Galaxy movie, which in and of itself I’m happy with. I think 3 movies plus some bonus screen time in other movies and shows was the perfect amount needed to complete these character’s arks. It was cool seeing Mantis come into her own as a fighter, teen jock Groot was fun, and I am SO EXTREMELY HAPPY that they didn’t have Quill and Gamora get together. The fight scenes were done with better than usual polish, it was nice to see long shots in the action scenes instead of the often defaulted to in Marvel formula of hit, cut, hit, cut, hit cut.

I also really enjoyed Gamora’s characterization here. She went from, “I don’t get why some version of me would love you piss the fuck off.” To, “I get it, but also, again, that wasn’t me so I’m gonna go do my own thing now.” I like that she’s her own person and not a story loophole for Marvel to get out of killing a character in a way that wasn’t supposed to be reversible. Keeping her her own character who’s not romantically interested in Quill makes her feel like her own person, and keeps the weight of the original Gamora being gone in tact.

Now on to the not so good to bad stuff.

Not So Good:

Having Mantis just out of nowhere, with no prior hints, be like, “Yeah I’m leaving.” Drax I get because he’s had this whole “used to be a Dad” thing going from the get go, but Mantis? She was thriving! And having Quill stop running is good-ish but like. He’s my least favorite character on this team, so when, at the end of the movie, they’re like, “Peter Quill will return.” I’m like. On Earth? Just chilling with his Grandpa? Doing normal Human stuff? As is, not a thing I’d bother to spend my time on. Not a thing I watch Marvel movies for.

Outside of the rest of what I’m going to write about the stuff with Rocket and his first set of friends, it was VERY weird to have the final movie in your trilogy have one of the core friends just gone for the majority of it. Not having rocket to interact with the rest of the team for their final movie together. I guess it works, cause like, it sets up that the Guardians team is kinda modular. As long as a few of the core folks are around they can make the team work. Saying that this was “always Rocket’s story” though? I don’t agree. The thing that works about this series is all of them playing off each other. As much as the movies frame Quill as the “main character” it just doesn’t feel like that when you watch these movies, at least to me.

The Bad: 

Animal abuse is bad. Child abuse is bad. A movie where you child code anthropomorphic animals and then abuse them? Doesn’t make for a “bad” movie necessarily, but a hard to watch one. Honestly, if I had known how brutal and disturbing some of these scenes with Fllor , Teefs, Lylla , and Rocket were going to be I don’t know that I would have watched this movie. I cried though a lot of the half of the movie that’s Rocket’s backstory, and felt physically ill a few times. I’m greaful that they didn’t show us much of the actual surgeries, but I am sad that I’m gonna have to use Does The Dog Die from how on with Marvel Movies.

Let’s touch on Fllor as an example. She is the most heavily modified of the batch Rocket belongs to.

She has either part of her face missing or modifed, she’s had antentas attached to the top of her head, what looks like a second set of eyes, and robotic spider legs added on.

Now, here’s the thing. I “get” why Rocket was changed the way he was. Teefs and Lylla too. If you want a creature to navigate the world as a person when it’s an animal you need to change its body. It would be unrealistic for Teefs to move easily around a busy city that’s not under water as a walrus. So you give him wheels. The movie is so dark in those scenes that it’s hard to tell if he’s attached permanently to his wheel chair seat or not, but, like it as little as I do, that’s a choice that makes a sick kind of sense. Same thing for Lila, otters have short stubby arms that would make reaching things a struggle and they don’t have hands so adding some on, I get it.

But why the fuck does Fllor look like Fllor look like Jigsaw tried to make a spider cyborg? Is it for climbing, which we don’t really see her do? Rabits are already fast as fuck, so it can’t be for speed. They’re perfectly mobile and agile, so not for the same reasons that Teefs has for having wheels. And the thing over her face?

I think whoever designed her decided that the “upgrades” done to Lylla, Teefs, and Rockets weren’t... Gross? Upsetting? Gothic? Enough, so they took the cutest animal they could think of that we do real world animal testing on and made them look as fucked up as Disney would let them get away with.

Like, AFAIK Fllor isn’t in the comics. The closest thing we’ve got is Blackjack O’hare. And sure, he’s got cybernetic additions but they’re not needlessly gross or upsetting ones like Fllor has.

Floor was made up for the movie. Sot they had total freedom to do with her design whatever they wanted. And what they wanted was upsetting. So, ya know, I got upset.

They upped the gross factor for “Teefs”, Wal in the comics, and Lylla too but. I don’t know it’s just not the same as with Floor.

On top of being horribly modified animals, because this is a flashback and the characters are young, they’re also children. Children we get to see shoved around, screamed at, and shot. Alongside rapid, painful body changes, decapitation, gas lighting, and on screen immolation of other animals in similar situations. And this is all before we watch many animal-people die on screen as their entire planet is rased to the ground and crowds of children being trapped in cages in the cargo hold of a ship like they’re goods, not people. The movie just keeps piling on the longer it goes.We’re even treated to a nice, long, juicy close up of The High Evolutionary face after Rocket has torn it off. Normally body horror in movies really doesn’t bother me, but after all the awful animal stuff I just about barfed when his face popped up on screen. And there’s no real catharsis for any of this shit, which you would expect from the end of a series. You don’t need to go this far to convince us that these characters were honorably abused. Between everyone in America understanding that animals are abused in real life, and Neblula saying that it was worse than what Thanos did to her, that would have been enough. We don’t need to see them get abused on screen multiple times. It feels like torture porn, it feels unnecessary. I also really don’t get why Fllor, Teefs, and Lylla all had to die. Like, was it to help Rocket move on? The could have been dumped somewhere by their careless creator to come back later, and have a moment of reuniting and them owning their lives, instead of all getting murdered and then helping Rocket with a few kind words in the space between life and The Endless Sky.

And listen, I get it. The movie was impactful. So if shock value was the main thing they were going for here they got it. It was just a big let down to me personally, after the masterpiece that was Vol.2, and coming from the Found Family TM part of the MCU. Animal abuse isn’t fun, child abuse is worse, but it feels like the movie fell short by showing us all this graphic content and then not doing anything about it. Rocket looses half his friends at the end of the movie because they go off and do other things, they shot and killed his first set of friends instead of exploring what cool stories they might have to tell in the MCU, and then the movie kind of just peters out with them standing around in a room and talking, then going their separate ways. Will Rocket make a good leader? No idea, his history doesn’t suggest so. Taking care of Groot and being a good team member does not a leader make. Will we see more of Rocket? What will that look like? It feels so incomplete, like a 4th movie was being set up for only for it to not happen.

And the movie was so difficult to watch that I doubt I’ll ever watch it again.

What an unfortunate send off for many of these characters.

Really, why was I made to sit through all of that. What did I get out of it? Or Rocket? Or his friends?

In Summary: What a weird and gross way to end one of my favorite Marvel things. Good for Drax and Gamora, Mantis and Quill who knows, and Rocket I hope we see more of in the future. It’s too bad that Marvel now has gone over my personal threshold for disturbing content and I’ll have to be careful about that after 15 years of it not being an issue. There was some pretty great stuff in the not animal abuse parts of the movie, and I wish Rocket had been there for more if it.

4/10