#especially between them

[jaijaitbinks]

Genos and Saitama's Getaway(?) to the HA Mountain Lodge

Aright y'all. So, I was re-watching the special episodes for OPM, specifically the Season 2, Episode 6 special, when I thought of something.

At the start of the episode, Child Emperor, Zombieman, Darkshine, and Metal Bat were apparently on the hunt for a monster in the mountains, but needed to take shelter in a mountain lodge to escape the blizzard going on. When they arrive, they see that Genos, Saitama, and Flashy Flash are already there. CE makes a comment along the lines of "Flashy practically lives up here."

But why the hell were Genos and Saitama there?

Ruling Out

CE specifies that only four S-Class heroes were sent to deal with the monster, including himself. And later on, Saitama asks if Sonic (when they restrain him) was the monster they were looking for. Meaning, he had no clue there was a monster near the lodge, which would in turn mean Genos was not aware as well and that he was not part of that search party, as he definitely would've told Saitama about it. So that removes the possibility of being there for that reason.

Sonic's Appearance

Then there's Sonic's arrival. When he sees Saitama, his words imply that he hadn't run into the lodge until MB, CE, Darkshine and ZM appeared. But he'd apparently been training in the area. He likely took no interest in the lodge until he saw the heroes show up—weird, because he definitely would have if he knew Saitama was there. Meaning he didn't know he was there. Where am I going with this? Saitama and Genos were likely there at the lodge before Sonic showed up in the mountians, and thus have been there for a hot minute.

Attire and Items

Now: Saitama and Genos' clothes.

I mean. Do they look like they were dressed for hiking in snowy mountains? (Granted, Genos doesn't get cold or catch sicknesses, but Saitama can and that's one of Genos' big concerns throughout the episode. I highly doubt he'd have let Saitama come with him/go to the lodge dressed in shorts and a thin-looking OPPAI t-shirt). There's also a brief shot at the start of the episode with 2 jackets on the couch and a pair of skiboards/snowblades.

However:

1) Jackets cover the torso, not the legs. There's no explanation for Saitama wearing shorts unless he changed. And, in order for him to change, he would've needed to have already had clothes prepared (packed?).

2) The skiboards/snowblades could be an explanation, but why only one set? Genos likely can't ski without a personalized set, I know, but knowing him, he would've put in the effort to join Saitama anyway. That, and the blades look like they were going to be used, not have been. I mean, used snowblades would surely be dripping with melting snow if they were touched, but the blades were against the couch (see screenshot below). Saitama doesn't seem like the type to just put wet, snow-covered skiboards against a pretty nice and dry couch. (Also: Flashy Flash was there, and throughout the episode he was going through a whole beauty routine. There's a chance he could've been skiing instead).

Genos' Clingy Ass

Why the hell was Genos, upon discussing room arrangements, quick to jump on to the opportunity of taking the "largest room" with Saitama? As Saitama points out, there are plenty of rooms—enough to house each of them comfortably and separately.

Part of me feels like the decision to share was already decided, prior to MB, ZM, Darkshine, and CE showing up. I mean, Genos and Saitama are already well comfortable with sharing a living space, and Flashy definitely made a point to tell them to leave him alone ("Don't disturb my 'me' time"), so it's not like it would've made anyone uncomfortable. Any of the three, at least. (Which brings into question why Saitama half-protested sharing a room. Personally, I believe he felt the others would've been a bit too interested in why he, (at the time) a B-Class hero and Genos, an S-Class hero are so comfortable sharing a relatively small space and just didn't want to deal with that. But, I don't have anything to make a proper guess on it.)

The other part, however, thinks that it wasn't, but instead solely decided by Genos, who'd seen how accomodating the large room was in a prior look around the lodge. Either that or, when the S-Class heroes arrived and the discussion of rooms came up, Genos felt he needed to keep himself and Saitama separate from the S-Class group while similtaneously keeping them together. For what reason? Who knows. Maybe he didn't want to have training talk where the others could hear them, maybe he just didn't want to socialize/interact with them (which, mood there, Genos). Or maybe it's some other suspicious reason.

Whatever it is, it just solidifies the fact they've been there for a while, because either Genos and Saitama were already (loosely) sharing that room, or Genos had a good idea of how large it was after exploring the place.

(Also, I'd like to point out how Genos says it as "Just so you know, we will be taking the largest room." Just thought the finality in his words and his authoritative tone was... interesting.)

Saitama's Stuff

Supporting the point of Saitama likely packing some things, he has his manga with him. Granted, there's a chance the manga isn't his and was just in his room, but the probability of that is small. All the rooms are identical, and none of them had bookcases.

There's also the case of the jackets from before, which are gone in the next shot of the lounge. The skiboards are gone as well, which means all of which were put away.

Taking Out The Trash

Genos makes the passing comment of having already taken out the trash. Which is a pretty Genos thing to do, seeing as he didn't really have to, but it also could hint to Genos and Saitama being at at the place a while. The S-Class group hadn't been there long enough to warrant a need to take out the trash. Not immediately, at least. There had to have been a pretty large amount of garbage which, I shouldn't have to point out, takes a long time to pile, depending on the amount of people in an area/building.

In Conclusion?

Either I'm overanalyzing a plot hole and Genos and Saitama's only reason for conveniently being at the lodge was just to be in the episode

Or

Those two were having a little "getaway" of some kind. What that kind was, I'll leave that up to you to come up with.

GenoSai shippers, I'm looking intently at you

[puppyeared]

renaissance dogys

characters belong to @canisalbus

[langernameohnebedeutung]

ngl, I'm beginning to take issue with how in conversations about anti-intellectualism almost automatically, the face of girls and women will be slapped on the problem.

[lazylittledragon]

do you have an in-depth background for Dorian? I loved the comic with his family members, and it made me wonder about his entire life story!! what is his relationship with his siblings!!! why did he start adventuring!!! dorian is not my bg3 character but I love him as a son

he comes from a huge family of wood elf rangers and he was. a handful

also the whole adventuring thing was a complete accident

he was just walking home and got zapped by the nautiloid

[brainrotcharacters]

I love it when he smiles 🥰

[artilite]

fuck you *lethal companies your in stars and time*

(long) exposition under cut (spoilers for ISAT + lethal company logs)

This au takes place around the time of sigurd's logs/before them (i haven't decided if Sigurd's crew exists here or not yet)!

Siffrin was someone who used to live on the Golden Planet before it got eaten. They may not remember anything beyond being found in an escape pod, but they're still paralyzed by fear when getting close to the selling window. He's always first in the facilities, making jumps, braving traps, and heading as deep as he can for scrap.

Mirabelle and Isabeau are the medic and fighter respectively, who both came from the same moon colony. They were both pressured into taking jobs by a work-based society, and applied for the company under the impression that it was a short, high-paying internship with nebulous risks.

Odile is their resident ship manager. She keeps a watchful eye over everyone and relays information about monsters, scrap, etc. In absolutely dire situations, she may come help with scrap. Despite claiming to be a first-timer, her badge says Leader??

Nille and Bonnie ended up with the crew after taking a chance to run away from their parents. Seeing a high-paying job that provided everything and would take them far away sounded too good to pass up. Nille lied about Bonnie's age to take them with her. After seeing the reality of this job, though, she regrets not finding another way out. Bonnie is permanently on ship-duty; they mainly type in whatever numbers Odile tells them. Nille is also a fighter, though she prefers the weighty stop sign as opposed to Isabeau's shovel.

Loop, after hundreds upon thousands of quotas, dying every possible death, learning everything they could- even the real identity of The Company- realizes there was one thing they've never done before. They've never died to The Company. Desperate for a way out, and haunted by the whispers and screams beyond the wall, they give themselves up. Maybe that would finally satisfy the monster- to have devoured every last piece of the Golden Planet. Maybe their crew could finally rest easy that way. Well, they didn't loop back. But through the dark and damp, there's static on the walkie talkie. Loop picks up, and hears their own voice just beyond the wall.

(Loop's design is the most different by far, since instead of consuming a star, they themselves are slowly getting digested. They're inspired by the visual of red crying faces from the logs :D)

[twilight-linkess]

I finished @somer-writes fic Burial Rites yesterday. Out of the many wonderful things about this fic, the one that delighted me the most was Sky and Twi's relationship. Here is my artistic interpretation.

[kizzer55555]

Core Gems

So when a ghost becomes injured, they have a last ditch defense where they retreat into their core. And I mean, injured badly where their body is rip apart to the point they can’t hold a solid form anymore. And they basically go into a hibernation state until they are strong enough to form again.

Ellie, Danny, and Dan are all injured in a final battle against the GIW. The organization was destroyed and the ghosts were safe but the halfas ended up being so injured that they reverted to core form and then went to sleep for a bit. When they woke up, they were still weak but at least recovered enough to gain consciousness. And realize…they are in some kind of auction…in the middle of a heist. It appeared that two furries (one in a bat costume and one in a cat costume) were ducking it out. And they…they were a necklace. All three of them had been turned into a necklace with their cores as gems accompanied by sapphires, pearls, and opals. And frankly gorgeous craftsmanship as the metal was crafted around their cores as if to cradle them and the other gems.

Unfortunately, they were too weak to take a form properly, they could still feel the strain on their bodies. But at least they could still communicate through their auras. Then the cat lady punched a hole in the glass container surrounding them and grabbed their necklace.

However, the bat grabbed the other end and it resulted in a sort of tug-a-war. Meanwhile, Danny, Ellie, and Dan were having a back and form commentary on the situation and what they should do. Completely unheard by the other party.

In the corner of their eye, the three halfas finally noticed a third contender. Some kind of clown who was…hold on…holding a gun?! And it was pointed straight at the two fighting furies who had yet to notice him. The ghosts’ protective instincts went into overdrive and they frantically tried to shout, yell, move. Just do something to warn the two but their cries fell on deaf ears. All they succeeded in doing was faintly glow which immediatly caught the attention of the fighting duo. The two turned to look at the strange necklace but right at that moment, the clown fired and a gunshot rang throughout the auction room. Having no other options, Danny and the others poured every ounce of ectoplasm they had to try and phaseshift, making the two furries intangible as the bullets passed right through them, but in their shock, the two jumped away in opposite directions and accidentally ripped the necklace apart. Gems and pearls went flying and the three cores bounced along the ground.

Luckily, the two finally noticed the clown and went to deal with him and his minions who had appeared. Seemingly putting their fight on hold and forming a temporary truce. The three halfas could only watch as the battle finally wound down, ending with the cops barging into the place and arresting the clown and his grunts, the cat managing to escape with half the scattered gems and pearls from the broken necklace along with a few other jewelry pieces (none of their cores though) and the bat leaving through a skylight.

The auction continued and in the end, despite being broken, their necklace seemed to have caught someone’s interest. A man named Bruce Wayne bought up every piece of the shattered jewelry wear. The auctioneers appeared relived that the item managed to sell in the end and gratefully gave it to him.

Bruce had no idea what happened at the auction, but he could have sworn that some of the gems faintly glowed right before he and Selina were shot. If the necklace was some sort of magical item, then he needed to understand exactly what has been brought to Gotham. It was unfortunate that Selena had taken some parts of the necklace but he utilized his vast wealth to make sure all the other parts ended in his possession. Now he would take them back to the mansion for examination.

[ventique18]

🦇: "You know, your grandmother disapproves of you visiting your lover's private quarters before marriage."

🐉, scoffing: "That boomer."

🦇, gasping: "Where did you learn that term? I cannot believe you, Malleus. I did not raise you to be like this."

🦇: "I did not raise you to use the wrong term in a sentence. Because your grandmother is not a boomer,"

🦇: "She's a fossil L-M-A-O."

🐉: "Is she?"

🐉: "She's probably older than the very first dinosaur. Do you reckon she was there to witness how the world's crust was formed?"

🦇: "Maybe she could confirm through first-hand experience if the Big Bang theory's real, don't you think?"

Ah, the joys of pouring wine and late night conversations.

[withdenim]

Terrified by how this is gonna play out. Dragon/oni imagery in ninjago has famously always ended well for the characters involved.

[moonkhao]

WE ARE | EP16

[yourlocalabomination]

I am not immune to funny crackships.

+ Bonus

[a-stars-art-blog]

I’ve been having thoughts. Completely Normal and not emotionally unstable thoughts.

I DEMAND more Joseph seeing/treating Kakyoin as a 2nd grandson content ITS TOO CUTE

[im-not-buying-it-ether]

It would be nice to read a Superman comic that’s more Clark than Kal.

It would be nice to read a Batman comic where Bruce does more good as himself for the issues than as Batman.

It would be nice to see Diana in one of her many jobs like a museum curator bringing beautiful pieces of history to light for people to marvel at or as a diplomat.

It would be nice to see Barry solving crimes with his forensic science without bolting off between every discovery to handle things as Flash.

It would be wonderful to read a story about these awesome heroes that was focused on what good their other identities do, with their heroic personas as background instead of the other way around. I hardly hear of stories that last more than a few issues or an arch that gives us a nice long look into their civilian lives, if anyone knows any longer arcs like this I’d love to read them.

[brainrotcharacters]

deadclaws badassery where it's revealed Wade and Logan tested the distance on Logan's hearing.

Watch them hundreds of feet away from each other in the battlefield and all it takes to set Wolverine loose is for Deadpool to mutter "Logan."

gif credits to original owners!

[dramatic-dolphin]

I just had a weird dream where there was a popular video game series set in a post-apocalypse world, about a group of girls who have been transformed into some kind of nightmarish cyborg abominations that looked like someone crossed an antropomorphized motorcycle with a xenomorph. and they killed people for fun.

anyways with the new release the company responsible for the games was like "we listened to the public outcry about the lack of positive femininity, and made some changes to better represent women! listening and learning! <3"

the game was the exact same as the one before. the only change was that they turned the nightmarish scooter-abominations bright pink.