#for c i literally teared up for a character earlier and found myself wanting to yell at the characters a better way to resolve their dilemma

[sincerecinnamon]

I'm really enjoying a show, and some ways I can tell if I'm enjoying a piece of fiction is if I:

A. Have to take breaks while consuming it (in this case, pausing it a lot, but when I was in 4th grade, I periodically shut the book for a minute to really take in and dwell on everything I was watching)

B. Laugh, not only at the jokes, but also from the cleverness of the writing

C. Find myself getting emotional over the characters and situations and really connecting with it

And, for bonus points, D. Found it because of another (potentially related) hyperfixation

[mizmatched]

please tell me about the wild shit. i am far too busy riding the high off of sheep tubbo canon to sit through that bullshit myself

the c!dream apologist doc, a summary:

-the author basically says that the phrase  “Character Dream has done nothing wrong ever,” isn’t correct before immediately calling themselves ‘ a genuine apologist of his character.‘

-the author states that he is not really as bad as every one makes him up to be

-the author says that their are no real villains in the dream smp and that makes it unique. they then immediately call schaltt ‘a greasy bastard who showed no appreciation even towards his most loyal servants‘ and offered no explaination on why schaltt was ever a not a villain, directly contradicting themselves.

-they say that because dream does not stream, we can’t see his perspective and therefore there are way more people against him. the direct quote is ‘The issue with this system is that characters who don't stream don't get to represent themselves properly to an audience.‘ however the author fails to realize that this is the entire point of dream not streaming. 

-’Dream, on the other hand, was an incredibly attentive friend. when he hurt George by dethroning him, he did it not with malice, but with the genuine consideration that he would be making his best friend both happier and safer. However, this was twisted on him: “just say you hate me” made Dream look like the bad guy of a situation he’d started to help, not hurt. Sapnap also doubled down on defending George, which only entrenched a villain narrative further for Dream’s character. ‘ this quote speaks for itself. this is literally undermining the entirety of sapnaps character arc into villainizing dream. 

-the author then says that george was dethroned because cc!george asked cc!dream to dethrone him, and there was no actual malice involved. 

-The author claims that dream treated both sam and punz well, even though they were ‘hired, subordinates that would have received very different treatment under Schlatt.‘

- The author then asks why the audience gives wilbur and techno a ‘pass’ after they manipulated tommy, but not dream.

-' Once again I have to believe that this is due in part to Wilbur and Techno being SMP streamers. If Dream were to show an audience his point of view, I have no doubt in my mind that more people would show his character understanding. ‘ 

That. is. the. entire. point.

-’ For example, let’s talk about Tommy apologists. A lot of Tommy apologists are newer fans of the SMP who don’t understand that he was the primary cause of most of the conflict on the SMP. When Tommy acts violently or irrationally, it can be attributed to his age, the stress that he is under, and the circumstances that bring the SMP to a constant state of war. I don’t fault Tommy’s character for this, but what I dislike is the idea that he can’t then face consequences for his actions. No matter how understandable he is as a person, he is also a political pin. He represents a threat to the peace on the SMP, and a nation that has caused nothing but problems since its conception. ‘ 

this person is starting to sound exactly like how c!dream talks and its disgusting. this is scary

-the author then proceeds to explain that dream ‘can do nothing’ but destroy tommy’s power. dream needs to tear down tommy as he has been ‘falsey built up as a hero’

-the author then proceeds to dis on l’manberg a bit calling it ‘ built upon division, raised by war, and causes even those uninvolved in the original foundation of the nation to partake in or be caught in dangerous, unnecessary, war and bloodshed. ‘

-the author then ‘debunks’ the theories that dream represents any sort of oppressive government, by saying that he is for the abolition of states and an anarchist

-author even argues that dream cannot be authoritarian-left because he is pro religion, as he founded the church of prime

-author goes into further detail about the types of government dream cannot be but that one was the funniest excuse

-’ Dream is not a ruler, a government, or any kind of authority figure in this sense. What he is, is tired and jaded. I’ve described my opinion on this in a previous video and I will do so again. Prior to Tommy’s whitelisting, the SMP was (mostly) peaceful—people were gathering resources, the anarchy was well-maintained, and people were progressing well. Even when conflict arose, Tommy was the one who continued aggressing further—this isn’t the point of this portion of the document, but I recommend rewatching “So I Started a Minecraft War VS Dream” on Tommy’s channel to understand what I mean. Dream’s intention has always been peacekeeping. Yes, by force, if necessary, but this doesn’t make him an authoritarian. If he is personally connected to the world, then he understands the history of nations, and how quickly they fall into violence. We saw it with L’Manburg and we saw it much earlier with The Village That Went Mad. Nations have never and will never find a peaceful resolution, and Dream isn’t required to allow them to sprout up just because the temporary guests of the world want them to. He’s the one, in the end, that watches them crumble. Dismantling them is an act of peace ‘

this is the furthest i got. might continue later, but the doc is SO LONG and my brain can only handle the stupidity for so long. i would like to go into further detail about why this doc is wrong, not only because of the takes but the nature of its evidence, but i am so tired man. 

[ofmermaidstories]

Spoilers for the latest chapter of Something!

I'm gonna go ahead and apologize now because this is long; please feel free to ignore my wordy ass, I just have a lot of feelings about a certain someone that showed up in the new chapter lol.

I am still trying to get my shit together enough to write a proper review, but I did want to come yell at you for making the grape boy somewhat likeable, like...

Firstly, how??? Secondly, why?????!?!

Lmao, in all seriousness tho, it's nice to see him have a personality that isn't just "Mmmm, tits" *drools* I like to think that everyone in the series grows up and (mostly) out of the worst of their habits, and while Mineta is still a bit of a lecher here he isn't nearly as offensive/creepy as he comes off in show. In fact he's actually sympathetic in a lot way. The bit about seeing his first dead body before "getting laid" hit different like... He tries to play it off like a joke, but dude has to have just as much PTSD as the rest of them, maybe even more given that he wasn't able to fight back in the same way as someone like Bkg or Deku would be able to with their super powerful offensive quirks. They were all just kids, but they had to face hell full on from jump, and let me stop before I get too in my feelings lol.

In a lot of ways, he reminds of you the boys from school — crude. Taking for granted the safety from being in a pack, unchallenged. Leering at posters, saying off-colour things because no one corrects them.

That's exactly the way I view him, just a crude little thing that refuses to be put in his place for long lol. Still, with his being a hero I would hope that he keeps a cap on it while he's on the job--in fact I'm sure he does; if he didn't I'm sure that Aizawa would've yanked his licence by now, the likes of Deku and Kiri wouldn't continue to associate with him, and that's saying nothing of the shit that would get posted to social mead and such. I feel like the only reason he says what he says to the Reader is b/c she's a little gremlin herself and he knows he's got a bit more leeway, yanno?

The little hangout session that they had at the end of the chapter was weirdly heartwarming?? I want a friend(???) that I can be a surly little shit with and draw on and that will call my bf that's not really my bf but should be my bf because he's (that is Mineta) got more emotional intelligence than me lmao. Never thought I'd see the day when the grape would make for such an excellent wingman--tho I gotta wonder what that text he sent to Deku said. Probably something along the lines of "come get yo girl, she must be bored/lonely af because she asked to hang out with me" followed by "are you ever gonna close the deal or not? or have you already hit it??? >:)" just to give the guy an extra push (or maybe he's got a better sense of self-preservation than what I give him credit for, idk lmfaooo...)

Okay, this is WAY too long, I just had to get it out of my system lol. I loved the new chapter lots and I cannot wait to see how things play out in the next one!!

LOL, oh Puck, i adore you sdlkfjsdlkfjsdlkfj

me being a shit-stirrer/asking myself questions i don’t have answers for under the cut

Cat asked me this question earlier today, actually — why Mineta. And honestly? Part of it is the challenge he represents — like, how do you write him into a fic and mature him up so that he’s at the very least, tolerable, but also keep the backbone of his character (which is being a little degenerate). Like, is it possible? One of the most popular tags on ao3 for mineta minoru is something along the lines of “mineta minoru is replaced with shinsou hitoshi” LOL so…….. why didn’t I just use Shinsou? Or Aoyama or Iida, as Cat suggested? And beyond the part of me that delights in giving myself perceived challenges, there were two stark reasons that stuck out to me, when i was first mulling over his inclusion.

1) the fact that he can draw. it’s literally as simple as that. ever since the BNHA exhibition opened up in Japan and it was revealed that there was a scene in there with a class blackboard and the kids having their little drawing competition — and that Mineta was objectively the most skilled — i was like, “i have to include that”. LOL. it’s like you say, Puck, our Reader is a little gremlin herself — i thought if I was going to write a Reader that could handle interacting with him (ie, be in a position to pay him out) it was going to be this one. I think being in the manga industry and starting out on this journey of creating and drawing a Shonen manga sort of put Reader in this unique position of… being in what seems like a boys’ club? So she’d be used to the male gaze within her field. I follow Horikoshi’s assistant (former assistant?) on twitter and let me tell you, that man is not shy about the things that he likes to draw LOL.

the 2) thing was the philosophy i’ve sort of accidentally given myself LOL and that’s the fact that — as a Bakugou stan, if i’m giving grace to a character who was a literal violent bully then………. i can use my magic powers and hand it around to the other characters, too, LOL. and like, i would argue that with Bakugou it’s different, like we’re currently seeing in the manga how he has grown and learnt and is actively changing, which is the key to any kind of redemption. do i think Mineta will ever undergo that in cannon? absolutely not lmao, i see him as being being Hori’s idea of comedic relief, he’s always going to be a horrible little degen. but i want it for him…… if only to justify why the boys of Class-A collectively ignore his bullshit, for the most part? Like, none of them actively call him out on it?? i think of the time he tried to climb the wall to spy on the girls in the onsen — and how it was literally only Iida scolding him and how it took a child to stop him. Or the one when he found the stupid hole into the girl’s changing room and while the boys all looked grossed out….. Jirou’s the one that point an end to that?????? I saw a TikTok (derogatory) suggesting how like, none of the girls of Class-A would trust Aizawa, as adults, because he didn’t do anything to put an end to Mineta’s bullshit, and it was a devastating suggesting. None of us want to believe that our favourites would be passively okay with this kind of behaviour, right?? Which means……. Mineta’s gotta change LMAO. And if Hori isn’t going to do it then imma borrow him and do it myself. Does it work? I have no idea LMAO i can’t judge anymore, my meter is broken. but i’m gonna work with what i’ve given myself and it either will, or it won’t LMAOOOO kldsfjlksdjflkdj fic is about having fun at the end of the day. :’)

But it’s like you point out, Puck — Mineta is also a child, when these kids get trotted out to their first War. And he’s also not as offensively built as the hard-hitters like Deku and Bakugou and Shouto are. Even if it’s not explored in the manga, that War is going to change them all somehow.

So, my gameplan for Mineta was to grab ahold of the tiny things about him — the talent for drawing, the like one [1] observation he has about the wreckage of the war/pro heroes during the war arc, his tears for Bakugou when B wakes up afterwards and how he tells Deku how cool he was and how much he admires him, in the current Bring Deku Home chapters — and try to envision a sleaze bag who learns that the bullshit he pulls won’t be tolerated, even if he’s still ultimately a skeeze LOL. i mean, he’s never going to drop that er…. appreciation for the female form. and i mean, hey, live your best life King, i’ve distinctly noticed a hand-fetish floating around on this site lately so i’m not gonna be like “NO men can’t like ANYTHING”. But the thing with him being a sleaze and open with his leering is like, he’s actively made the girls of his class uncomfortable with that in the past — how do you write it so that he’s not doing that in a position of power with the women he works with (and saves!), as an adult?? Maturity only goes so far. How much can I bank on the war and the subsequent bullshit they’re gonna face from it on…. transforming him??? It shouldn’t be up to the girls he’s learning with to police him, they’re just children. I have a vague gameplan for it — whether or not it works will be one thing; whether i can naturally shove it into the fic is another, LOL. Guess we’ll see. 🧐

SAYING ALL THAT,,,,, i’m actually really glad you liked (???) the ending scene with him because it’s my favourite LMAO lkdjflkdsjflkdjfkldsjf. 😭😭 Reader is by no means perfect, and she and Mineta both need to start treating each other with more respect, but her bullying of him was fun to write and I like imagining a Mineta who considers himself to be close with Deku (whether or not Deku thinks the same is up for debate) going along with it. i could see this version of Mineta being enough of a shit-stirrer to say something like, “gotta lock that shit down” to Deku LMAO kdfjlkdsjflkdsfjdklsfj and then getting left on a skyscraper somewhere…. RIP short King.

[ua-monoma]

.10.14.

@v-shinsou

[freak is online]

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...

v-bestjeanist

oh, another one

v-shinsou

...

what the hell...

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

So many of them now... there's hardly going to be any original people left haha...

I mean, ah...

Who are you?

v-shinsou

...

who are you?

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...

I hope you're not another character with a repetition shtick, that's going to get tiresome...

Kaitou.

v-shinsou

nice name...

what is this?

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A chatroom.

@v-moonfish

not like my repeating...?

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😒

@v-hawks

mmm...

v-moonfish

....

v-shinsou

im not that stupid... what exactly is this chatroom for?

v-moonfish

Kaitou is meanie

v-hawks

villainous bullllshit..

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I'm not being mean, tch. It gets aggravating... can't hold a conversation like that...

v-shinsou

fun.

v-hawks

but really it's turned into a madhouse...

v-shinsou

not surprising...

v-hawks

mhm. hahaha...

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A madhouse...

v-hawks

kaitou...

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... Yes?

v-moonfish

see! He repeats too!

v-hawks

i love you.

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

Oh.

... I love you, too...

... Making this first impression of me a little embarrassing, though...ahaha...

v-hawks

it's not embarrassing.

why should they matter?

their opinion means nothing. they've hardly been here for 5 minutes.

v-shinsou

...

v-hawks

haha...

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

I suppose you're right...

v-hawks

mmmhm..

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... bad habit... caring about, um, impressions... how people think of me... mm...

v-hawks

it is a bad habit... i understand.

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

,,, sorry...

v-hawks

don't apologize...

no need to.

... anyways...

darlin... freak... gonna have to speak up again. i wanna know your name.

v-shinsou

dont call me that.

v-hawks

it's your name.

if you wanna be called somethin else, tell me what it is.

v-shinsou

...

shinsou hitoshi.

v-bestjeanist

Yeah. Literally what you signed in as.

v-hawks

ahh... interrupting...

shinsou...

familiar... hm.

v-shinsou

mhhm

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... Oh.

v-shinsou

what?

v-hawks

...?

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

No, I just...

I know you. Know of you. Ahah... it, uh... gets shocking to witness, when it's someone I know...

v-hawks

ah...

v-shinsou

what are you going on about?

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

Sorry.

I hate explaining this. It gives me a headache...

...

Have you ever met someone named Monoma Neito? Maybe...

Or maybe you haven't...

Have there been worlds where we haven't met... that'd be odd...

v-shinsou

... i guess i know of him

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

Ah.

v-shinsou

what about him?

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You two aren't... friends...?

v-shinsou

good joke.

hell no

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...

Oh.

... Odd...

v-shinsou

what's so odd about that?

he's a hero student, why the hell would someone like me be allowed to breathe even in his general direction?

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We're good friends here... or, I like to think we are... or maybe more than that, maybe less...

A...h...?

v-shinsou

what are you talking about???

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We just had another like you recently, I wonder if you're popular in space time at the moment, that'd be nice...

I'm talking about alternate universes. All of them... slowly starting to merge together or tear each other apart or... something.

We don't know why.

But you've all started falling in...

v-shinsou

... are you fucking kidding me?

@v-todoroki

. . . .

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I'm not.

I know it's hard to believe...

... Todoroki-kun.

v-todoroki

Hello.

v-shinsou

todoroki???

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... You recognize his name, yes?

v-shinsou

... what is he doing here...

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

He's like you.

v-shinsou

what is this???

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Haha...

v-todoroki

. ..

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I know it's insane... I promise you're not going out of your mind right now...

Not quite, anyway...

v-shinsou

like me??

...

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...

v-todoroki

We're both 'alternates'.

This is a different timeline than the one we came from.

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Yes... There are all sorts of ways to prove it... If you'd like...

v-shinsou

that sounds like it should be impossible

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Shinsou Hitoshi... he was in the General Studies class at UA... 1-C... specifically...

You have a brainwashing quirk...

v-shinsou

...

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Everyone thought you evil because of it.

v-shinsou

fuck off.

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It's okay...

It all happened to me, too, and that's why we're friends in this timeline...

v-todoroki

Neito...

v-shinsou

...

you're monoma neito?

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Everyone tried to push you away because of your quirk and what they thought it said about you, but you proved them wrong... you proved all of them wrong... you worked so hard an-

Ah.

I... was... I suppose.

Am. Yes.

v-shinsou

proved them wrong...

this is some fucked up nightmare...

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You just became a hero student here... you graduated into the hero course for the  next year...

.. I'm missing it... ah...

...

I... know it's strange...

v-shinsou

this isnt funny anymore

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I'm not joking...

v-shinsou

yeah and i ever actually had a chance at getting into the hero course

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You made it to the finals of the sports festival...!!!

And we fought together! We... You really were...

v-shinsou

stop fucking around

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We would train together and you and Eraser-sensei, he'd work with you too...

v-shinsou

if this isnt a nightmare... what the fuck do you want?

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I don't want anything...

I wasn't the one who... did this...

v-shinsou

then stop fucking with me

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I'm not...................... I'm trying to help you...

v-shinsou

lying to me about shit that couldn't ever happen isn't helping me

█►─═ ₭卂𝔦†ᵒù ═─◄█

I'm not lying.

[He drops a few screenshots to some old news articles depicting the festival 😔]

See, your name is right there... And they have pictures of you, too...

v-shinsou

...

fuck off.

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Shinsou-kun...

v-todoroki

Monoma-kun, you should leave this alone for now.

v-shinsou

this is a pretty fucking sick joke.

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But I...

v-hawks

he ain't lyin to you, doll, i'm the same.

i'm a hero here... number 2.

v-shinsou

don't call me that.

...

v-hawks

mm..

v-todoroki

Guys. You should leave it for now.

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I can prove it...

v-hawks

shouto, it's alright...

v-todoroki

It won't be if we continue to upset him. It needs to sink in.

v-shinsou

nothing needs to sink in

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...

But I want him to believe me...

v-hawks

stubborn...

v-todoroki

I know.

v-hawks

he will, kaitou...

give it time..

v-shinsou

fuck off

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I want us to be friends...

v-shinsou

im not going to suddenly just believe any of this shit

v-hawks

ain't even talkin to you, hitoshi.

alright, then go.

go have fun fuckin around and not believin us.

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No...

v-todoroki

. . .

v-hawks

do whatever the fuck you did before you got here and see where it takes you.

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Nononono....

v-hawks

cuz it ain't gonna be pleasant.

and we'll be here if you ever need some help.

v-shinsou

why the fuck should i believe you

v-hawks

don't.

go and find out yourself.

v-todoroki

We're the only ones who understand. We got stuck here just like you.

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He just needs proof, Shinsou-kun, I can prove it to you more, I can show you...

v-shinsou

shut up!

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Hold on....

...

v-hawks

ahh...

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... @nshin @nshin @nshin

v-shinsou

stop telling me all this! stop telling me that any version of me got to be a hero and i

stop lying to me

@n-shinsou

...?

v-hawks

he'll figure it out on his own, kaitou...

v-shinsou

what's that...

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Look, I'm not... not lying... nn...

v-shinsou

who the fuck is that...

v-hawks

kaitou...

calm down, love..

give it time...

v-shinsou

...

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I am calm...

v-hawks

good...

n-shinsou

...

v-shinsou

again, what is that

v-hawks

i think it's a version of you that's even more unfortunate than yourself...

v-shinsou

what the fuck is that supposed to mean

n-shinsou

😒  ...

v-hawks

it's a noumu.

v-shinsou

a noumu...

of me?

v-hawks

yeah.

n-shinsou

Me.?

v-hawks

you..

v-shinsou

is this the repetition shit that you were talking about earlier...

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Yes... it is...

v-shinsou

how did i...

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Some of the noumu can't talk very well, haha...

n-shinsou

😠 ...

n-hawks

...

n-shinsou

Talk. Well.

v-shinsou

...

this keeps getting worse and worse...

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It's okay... You're here now and we found you and we can take care of you...

v-shinsou

what the hell does that mean?

v-todoroki

This is stupid.

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,,,...

v-shinsou

thanks for the added commentary...

n-shinsou

What. Means. Found.?

v-shinsou

huh...

n-shinsou

Means. Take.

... 😠

🇦🇸🇰 ?

v-shinsou

... what does found mean?

n-shinsou

It means he wants to collect you. I think.

v-todoroki

That's not what he's saying.

v-shinsou

... huh

v-todoroki

He wants to help you.

v-shinsou

help me... sure

v-moonfish

collect...like Dabi with the Hawksies....

v-shinsou

because that's what he was doing just now...

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Neither of you have to speak for me... I'm capable of speaking for myself...

n-hawks

...

v-todoroki

Right, I'm sorry.

n-shinsou

🙄

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I didn't mean to make things worse for you, Shinsou-kun...

v-shinsou

if you're capable of speaking for yourself, then tell me what the fuck you meant

yeah, you're doing a really great job at that...

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I just meant... I meant what I said... I'm just glad you're here, that's all...

v-shinsou

why the hell should you be glad?

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I... I don't... know... I'm sorry...

We're just friends here, I thought we could be friends... I thought it was the same...

v-hawks

he gets lonely.

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...

v-shinsou

youre making it harder to believe you

v-hawks

and he's attached to the people he knew before...

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I can stop. Sorry. I'll just go, I'll stop...

v-hawks

kaitou...

is a new recruit, haha...

taken right out of the hero course...

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...

v-shinsou

yeah... sure...

v-hawks

mhm..

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Terrible first impression... and you're making it worse...

Stop telling him about me...

v-hawks

like i said.. if you don't want to believe us you're welcome to leave and see how much has or hasn't changed.

v-shinsou

how the hell am i supposed to do that? sneak into ua?

v-hawks

no.

just live.

watch the news sometimes. hear things from people on the street.

see things on the screens in the city.

look around.

you don't have to go anywhere.

v-shinsou

...

v-hawks

keep a low profile, though.

people know about the alternates.

if they know a villain version of a hero course student is around and you're wandering around disguised as him they'll catch you.

unless you wanna fuck things up, god knows i didn't do shit to protect myself when i got here.

v-shinsou

whatever...

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... haha...

v-shinsou

[freak is offline]

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...

n-shinsou

🙄

n-hawks

...

[kayliemusing]

Survey 7

1. First thing you wash in the shower?  - Hair 2. Are you more of a coffee or alcohol drinker? - Neither. Blah! 3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again? - I’ve never been kissed. 4. Do you plan outfits? - No 5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?  - I’m feeling a little tired, but overall really good because I finally wrote a piece I’m proud of. It didn’t feel like pulling teeth for once.  6. Whats the closest thing to you thats red? - My blanket! 7. What would you do if you opened your door and saw a dead body?  - Scream 8. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?  - Last night I had this weird dream that I was watering brown grass and the water was making it go green. That was it. That was the dream. 9. Three of your current feelings right now? - Tired, content, proud/relieved 10. What are you craving right now? - Nothing really. I feel okay. Earlier I was craving some kind of candy. 11. Turn ons?  - Hands, jawlines, toned backs (I know it’s weird but have you seen a nice back? great eye candy), confidence, kindness, humor. 12. Turn offs? - Offensive jokes, Rude to food workers/retail workers or rude in general, arrogance 13. What comes to mind when I say cabbage? - Cabbage 14. When was the last time you cried? Why?  - This morning listening to worship music. I know it sounds tacky to other people, but I was just feeling really grateful to God at the time. 15. If you could be a superhero, who would you want to be? - I guess Wonderwoman because I like her outfit. lmao. I don’t really watch/know a lot about superheros. I watched Wonderwoman and enjoyed the movie and she’s insanely beautiful, so that’s my choice. 16. Did the one person who hurt you most in your life apologize? - No 17. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it? - Lick it, how do you bite it?! It’s so cold!! 18. Favorite movie ever? - I don’t think I have favourite movies. I’m not a big movie watcher. So I have a few I like but I don’t know if I’ve ever had a favourite movie. I think closest to my favourite movie would be The Greatest Showman though or A Christmas Carol (2009) because that one makes me feel happy and content. 19. Do you like yourself? - Self love is something I struggle with the most in life. As of right now, no. I have a lot of self loathing and I don’t know why. There are things I love about myself like that I’m kind hearted and that I pay attention to small details and that I’m self aware. But I could list a million things I hate about myself, and like three things I like. 20. Have you ever met a celebrity? - No 21. Could you handle being in the military? - No way! 22. What are you listening to right now?  - I can’t listen to music while I do anything else, because I can’t multitask. So I’ve been sitting in the quiet. But I was listening to music earlier and I think I was listening to Ahay by Of Monsters and Men. 23. How many countries have you visited? - I’ve never been outside of Canada. 24. Are your parents strict?  - No, but they had boundaries and rules. 25. Would you go sky diving? - See, I like the idea but I would never go through with it so no. 26. Would you go out to eat with a stranger? - No, that’s so awkward and I’m bad at conversations that goes past “Hi, how are you?” with people I don’t know. 27. Whats on your mind right now? - Nothing for once. I guess writing, like always but mostly that I’m proud of myself for spitting something out that I really enjoyed writing. I missed that, because I’ve been struggling with my writing. 28. Is there anything you want to say to someone? - Not really.  29. Have you ever been in a castle? - No 30. Do you rent movies often?  - No 31. Whats your zodiac sign?  - P i s c e s 

32. When was the last time you had sex? - Haven’t had that yet. 33. Name five facts about yourself. - I’m a Writer, surprise surprise since I never stop talking about it on my surveys - I love Taylor Swift (another great surprise since I ranted about her yesterday) - My favourite band is Of Monsters and Men - My favourite writer is Richard Siken - I was born in March 34. Ever had a near death experience? If so, what happened? - No 35. Do you believe in karma or predestiny?  - I do believe in karma.  36. Brown or white eggs? - I think they taste the same, so both. 37. Do you own something from Hot Topic? - No 38. Ever been on a train? - Yes 39. Ever been in love? - No   40. If you were paid 1 million dollars to spend the night in a supposed haunted house, would you do it?  - Yes, because I don’t believe in ghosts 41. If you could trade places with any person living or dead, who would you trade places with? - I’d love to be Taylor Swift for a day so I could check out her house and see her kitchen, and write a kick ass song.  42. If you could shorten your life expectancy by 10 years to becopme more attractive, would you do it?  - No 43. Whom do you admire and why? - Taylor Swift. I admire her as a writer, of course, but I also admire her as a person and business woman. She’s so clever and quickwitted, and she’s so kind and generous. But also, I’ve seen how people have tried to tear her down her entire career literally for just existing and being a successful female artist and she’s always gotten back up and come back with a bang. I just love that devotion to her craft - that it’s basically stayed the same since she started: writing music. 44. What was your favorite bedtime story as a child? - I loved anything Robert Munsch 45. You’re walking down the street, you come across a burning building. A woman says her baby is trapped inside, what would you do? - I would panic first of all, but I would call 911. If it was safe enough or I thought I could make it, I would save the baby but I’m not going to deny that I would probably be panicking and too afraid to go inside. 46. If you could choose the future profession of your son or daughter, would you? - I don’t really care what they do as long as it’s not mlm. 47. What was your best experience on drugs or alcohol? - Haven’t done either. (I’ve had wine before obvs, but have never been able to stomach more than half a glass.) 48. What was your worst experience on drugs or alcohol? - Same answer as the last. 50. As your walking down the street you find a suitcase full of money sitting next to a parked car, would you take it?  - Probably not because I’m assuming it’s blood money or stolen or John Quinones is hanging out in the distance with a camera crew ready to shame me.    51. If you found that a close friend has AIDS, would you still hang out with them?  - Yes, because it’s not leprosy and it can’t jump off of them   52. In front of you are 10 pistols, 5 of which are loaded. If you survive you’d receive 100 million dollars. Would you be willing to place 1 to your head and pull the trigger? - That’s a solid nope 53. How old were you when you lost your virginity? - I haven’t yet 54. Do you believe in ghosts, werewolves or vampires?  - No, but I’ve always found werewolves fascinating. 55. If you could live forever, would you want to? - I hate the idea of dying, but I’m going to say no because I feel like living forever would be lonely and painful, and I’d like to go to heaven and live a better life there. 56. Which fictional movie character most resembles who you are? - Probably Cher from Clueless when that guy slung his arm around her shoulders. “Ugh! AS IF!”  57. If you could go back in time, which time period would you visit? - I’d like to either visit the 80′s bc I feel like they were iconic, or the 1830′s-ish because I love the detail they put into architecture and furniture. Probably would hate the Polio thing, but beggars can’t be choosers. 58. If they were to televise a live execution, would you watch it?  - No, I mostly disagree with capital punishment. Even if the person was horrendous, I don’t believe in celebrating death. 59. If you could be the president of the USA, would you be willing to do it? - No because the internet would hurt my feelings and I would cry during debates 60. If you could choose the sex of your unborn child, would you want to? - I think that would be cool, yeah. Then you could know what you’re getting.  61. Would you rather live longer or be wealthy?  - Wealthy thanks.

[darkguardian-wattpad]

An excerpt from Entwined a Reylo fanfic on Wattpad

…One thing in Common…

  He’s walking away…

Rey was stumped as she watched the drenched form of Kylo Ren walking away from her. His dark clad silhouette would have completely disappeared in the night around him had it not been for the paleness of his bare upper body glowing under the only sliver of light that was visibly left of the the once brightly lit moon overhead. The giant white orb peeked from just behind the thick rolling clouds that quickly moved across the sky like the eye of a curious onlooker who’d been enjoying the entertaining tussle that had taken place on the otherwise boring island below.

The storm around them slowed as quickly as it erupted. Everything was quieting now. Only Rey’s light breaths and the drumming pitter-patter of the rain that lightly colliding with her body and the ground underfoot was left. No one had said anything as he turned to leave, giving his enemies his undefended back. She stared at the rain sliding down his skin while he strode off into the night. The thin rippling cascades looked like little ribbons of silver shining down the muscled length of his body. She blinked in a state of awe and confusion.

Rey’s hands were still wrapped around the hilt of his grandfather’s lightsaber. It had felt like it belonged to her since the moment she first touched it in the basement of Maz’s castle but she had refused it then. It had felt forced upon her at the time. She had gone from being a no one to having a war thrust into her hands in the form of a lightsaber. She tried to run then and she left the saber behind with the false hope that she could escape the future that had already been chosen for her. The Force had already begun weaving her fate together around her like a preordained image sown into an elegant tapestry. She knew very little about the Force then and in her ignorance she ran from the guiding hands of the light.

That was the first time that she unknowingly ran right into his path… literally. At the time she had thought it was unfortunate luck, but now it seemed inevitable. He was always a few steps in front of her and her feet or her mind always led her to him. Rey had felt hunted on Takadona but now she realized that she had merely met him half way.

Kylo Ren terrified her then, he still frightened her now but it was a different kind of fear altogether. She had feared for her life the first time they met. Now she feared for… well, she wasn’t sure what exactly she feared now. There were a few different things to pick from. He was still very unpredictable and very dangerous, but she felt undeniably safe around him nonetheless.

Rey squeezed the lightsaber to her chest like it was a precious gift. She still wasn’t sure what she’d accepted when he offered it to her but she was thankful to him for being the first to finally offer her some kind of choice in any of this. Up until now, everything had been thrust upon her through one event or another.

And then… her freedom was gone… “Kylo Ren, p-put me d-down!” Rey growled through mostly clenched teeth as she was shivering against the wind in her ocean saturated clothes. Her feet dangled above the ground and she floated a few short feet behind the brutish form of the frustratingly temperamental man just ahead of her.

“I’m not leaving you alone with him, besides I’m only taking you back to your camp.” He didn’t turn to her as he spoke. He strode in long steps up the cliff’s path that would guide him to the camp where this stone inlaid trail would undoubtedly lead.

“I t-think I’m c-capable of getting myself to c-camp.” She hissed through her chattering teeth. She was cold right down to the bone while he strode shirtless into the night ahead of her with not a chill on his lips… how infuriating.

His eyebrows rose at her words and her thoughts. “If your sense of direction is anything like your judge of character, you’ll die of thirst and starvation before you even get close to the site.” He shrugged then, over exaggerating the motion to be sure she’d catch it. “Or you’ll freeze to death first.” He smiled when she huffed at his back.

He could feel the heat of her eyes firing at the back of his head like little blasters. Her temper amused him just as much as the little faces of frustration he was betting she was making behind him. He wanted to turn to see them but he also knew Skywalker was following close behind her and he didn’t want to see him right now. He didn’t want to fight anymore tonight. There were other things that needed to be taken care of first, like the freezing girl at his back. He didn’t wait this long to find her, only to watch her freeze to death, Luke would have to wait.

Rey didn’t seem to notice that she was shivering. That was already a bad sign. Kylo could feel her frustration but for the time being there was very little fear in her and when he was around, there was always fear in her. She was drenched and her body was becoming hypothermic. He’d seen it in her face when she knelt before him only moments ago. Her sun kissed cheeks had paled and her lips had changed from their normally rose petal pink to a pale shade of blue tinged, white. She’d been in the water to long and while he’d been physically exerting himself to find her, creating his own heat and staying mostly warm, she’d been unconsciously loosing heat, drowning and limp by the time he’d found her. Her body had spent years conditioning itself to the heat of the desert planet that she lived on but she didn’t have much endurance for the continuous freeze of the ocean she’d nearly drowned in tonight.

“I’m at l-least capable of w-walking.” She shivered and her hands rubbed along her arms in an failing attempt to warm herself.

“We both know if I let you down you’ll just run back to him.” Kylo’s thumb pointed over his shoulder at the silent Jedi who now strode alongside Rey’s floating form.

“And why aren’t y-you h-helping me?” Her face angrily turned to Luke but he still stared at his nephews back as though he were waiting to see what would happen next. Rey rolled her eyes.

“He should be heading ahead of us to the camp to start a fire, don’t you think?” Kylo suggested to his much older uncle as though he were an irresponsible child. Luke momentarily froze as though considering his nephew’s words before catching back up to his suspended student.

Before Rey realized what Kylo was doing he was standing, in her opinion, uncomfortably close to the edge of the cliff and she recoiled at the memory of rolling over it into the icy water below. He peered over the edge and extended his arm as though waiting for something.

Kylo didn’t need his cloak but looking back at her violently shivering form, she could definitely benefit from having it now, especially since the camp was higher up the cliff side and through the neck of a valley that he was sure would be blustery.

“P-ple-ease, d-don’t do th-at?” She begged through increasingly painful shivers. She pictured him slipping and tumbling over the edge and it only increased the intensity with which she shivered. Her eye lids were getting heavy and her brain struggled to keep up with everything that was going on around her.

Something thick and black flew into Ren’s hand and he turned from what seemed like the edge of the world back to the shivering girl behind him. He twisted and squeezed at the long black cape in his hands.

It had flown into the cliff earlier when he released it from his shoulders and kylo was surprised when a pulse of his force had found it at all, let alone so near. It was fortunate for them that it had gotten stuck along the mouth of the cliff. If it had gone out to sea, he’d never of found it. It was still damp from the rain but it was weather proofed enough to offer her shelter from the wind, for now. He strode back over to her and her eyes were already fluttering, threatening to close from the exhausting cold that was sapping up her energy so quickly.

He wrapped it around the left half her freezing body and released her to her feet. Her trembling legs buckled and he bent down to catch her in his arms before she could hit the ground. He scooped her up using her weight to fold her against him. She shivered against the heat of his warm chest and he used the Force to drape the rest of the cloak over her. The bottom of the long cloak wrapped around his back and over his right shoulder to pool in her lap. It kept the heavy blanket like material from sagging and falling off of her while not interfering with the exchange of his body heat to her freezing core.

He should be removing as much wet clothing from her as he could. Trying to heat her through the material was a waste of time and heat. The best way to increase her temperature was direct skin to skin contact but he was already pushing his control and her comfort level to the max. If he started pulling her clothes off now, he may not stop at the minimums. He imagined pinning her to the ground underneath of him and he cringed at both how repulsed and excited the idea made him. He eyed his uncle almost thankful for the third presence that helped remind Kylo to keep said control, but he had to put serious effort into forgetting who the man was so he wasn’t tempted to tear him to pieces either… for now.

“It may not mean much to your kind Jedi, but I give you my word that tonight, I’m not taking her anywhere but your camp.” His brown eyes held the attention of the bright blue irises in front of him as he spoke. If his uncle didn’t comply of his own free will kylo would attempt to mind trick him. He didn’t know if it would work on such a powerful force user but they didn’t have time to see who would win in an arm wrestling match of Force abilities either so Kylo opted to reason with him first. He also made sure to put emphasis on the word tonight so Luke didn’t get the wrong idea about the situation they were currently stalemated in.

“I can take her.” The Jedi said in a very quiet voice. Rey nodded in agreement with Luke.

She was already warming against his skin but she would really rather not be carried like a child anymore tonight especially by Kylo Ren. He was still the enemy after all and she was getting far to comfortable in this position. Her left hand was grasping at his right forearm and her face was already plastered to his left pectoral. She was aware of how she clung to him and she did nothing to change it or deter him from carrying her. She hoped it was because of how bad she needed his heat and not his touch but just openly wondering that, led her to believe the later.

“…So you can throw me off the cliff and make a break for the shuttle you probably have hidden away somewhere around here ? I don’t think so Prophet of Deception.” Kylo pulled her in closer to his body and continued further up the cliff’s path, already ahead of Luke.

“H-he doesn’t h-have one.” Rey shivered into Ren’s chest.

He enjoyed her skin against his and a chill snuck up his spine in response to the rolling warmth of her breath. Her shivering had already gotten better and he could feel her warming in his arms. Even if he thought Skywalker didn’t have a ship, he wouldn’t let her go but she didn’t need to know that.

“You think someone dropped him off and he just what… lived off of the land before you came along? No one in the entire galaxy knew were he was, but somehow he found his way here… on a magic carpet? Trust me scavenger, he’s got a ship hidden away here somewhere.” He blatantly criticized her judgment of Luke through his ridiculous rhetorical questions and sarcastic tone. 

In silent response Rey lifted her head to glare up at him. He peered down at her through his long thick lashes and she swore she caught a glimpse of a smile when he saw her glowering up at him. Her traitorous stomach fluttered at those lips tugging into a smile no matter how fleeting or slight the action may have been. It was a very quick expression but she was certain she’d seen it and those beautiful lashes made the earthy brown of his humor filled eyes pop even in the dark. Luke’s eyes trailed over the ground as he walked past them and Rey was very aware that he stayed silent about the ship. She had hoped that he would defend himself and her belief in him but then again, she’d never directly asked him about a hidden away shuttle or how he’d gotten here so she couldn’t really be to upset with him if he did have one.

A cool breeze swept through the air and a tremor ran through her body from her freezing toes all the way up to the top of her drenched scalp. Ren crouched down and pulled her in to a swaddle. He protectively encased her body between his and the cloak until the wind around them died down. He leaned over her even as he spoke to his uncle. “I really think you should run ahead to start that fire now, old man.” He urged.

Finally, Luke nodded. He took one last apologetic look in Rey’s direction and went on ahead. He didn’t leave them to far a way from the camp so if he needed to, he could be back before his nephew could go anywhere unauthorized with her.

“W-will you stop calling him t-that, it’s r-rude!” She scolded him through less chattering teeth.

She felt every one of his upper muscles flexing against her as he shrugged her words away. Being this close to him was driving her crazy. She was painfully aware of every inch of her body that was pressed against his. Ren’s warmth completely cocooned her and she couldn’t inhale with out tasting his scent on her tongue. He filled her lungs with every breath she took and it frightened her how much she was enjoying his strong heavy arms locking her against him. While he carried her like this Rey was stuck looking at his jaw and neck or his chest and right shoulder, not to mention the collar bone that was currently at her eye level while he squeezed her against him. She loved the line of his jaw and her eyes lingered on the underside of it just before it began to slope into his neck. Her mouth watered when she pictured planting her lips against that spot. She blushed and squeezed her eyes closed tightly just so she could avert them without accidentally getting distracted by another line, curve, or plane of his tantalizing skin in her face. She turned her nose into his chest and ignored the urge to reopen them again. Why couldn’t he have been the hideous creature she’d previously thought he’d be under that helmet?

Kylo confidently smiled knowing she couldn’t see him with her face buried in his chest. Even if she suddenly turned to look at him his almost black-brown hair blocked her from viewing his mouth. Listening in on her very loud thoughts made him suddenly very proud of his face and physique. It hadn’t been something he’d ever cared about before, but he was thankful for her appreciation of his aesthetics now.

As if they weren’t already close enough, Kylo pretended another gust had come and he tightened around her giving her a little food for thought while also satisfying an urge to bring her closer to his body. She’d stopped shivering several minutes ago but he refused to acknowledge that right now. If she didn’t notice, then neither did he. After a short while he felt her relaxing in his arms and her breath became heavy and steady as it fanned over him in deeper gusts. He knew she was falling asleep and had she still been shivering he’d have worried about it, but that had long since stopped so he rose to his feet and continued to carefully navigate the slick grass and rocks underfoot until he found the camp.

He knew it’s location already. He’d flown over it before his shuttle came down and it wasn’t hard to follow his uncle’s Fore signature now that they inhabited the same small island. It wasn’t really all that small but compared to the galaxies he was previously searching for both Rey and Luke in, it was the tip of a needle on the tip of another needle.

Kylo ignored Luke as he filled a hand made wooden chair by the fire with his weight, pulling her down over his lap as he sat. He kept Rey wrapped up in his arms while Luke replaced the damp cloak with a couple of dry blankets. “I think she’ll be ok on her bed now.” The Jedi had politely suggested while holding his arms out as if to take her.

“She’s fine where she is.” He warned.

Kylo was surprised when instead of arguing, Luke pulled up a chair across from them and flopped down in it. He shrugged a blanket over his own shoulders and stared for several moments, pondering at the warlord who cradled his student before finally deciding to close his eyes. Kylo stared at the man across from him even after his breathing deepened. He didn’t trust him but that wasn’t a shocking revelation. Eventually his body won out and his eyes heavy with exhaustion, began to close as sleep tugged at their lids. He huffed with discontent as his body’s need for rest out weighed his mistrust for the sleeping Jedi across from him. Hugging Rey closer, he gently rested his chin on the top her head and he closed his eyes.

Early the next morning, Rey woke against Kylo Ren’s sleeping form. Her cheek was stuck to the left side of his chest and her mouth hung open in the most ungraceful manner. She was seconds away from drooling on him when she woke. She peeled her face from his skin and wiped her mouth before she could embarrass herself further. Luke was sleeping across from them. He was half wrapped up in a blanket and she smiled at the sight of him. For the most part, she’d grown fond of his companionship over her time here and she suddenly felt like that venture was quickly coming to an end.

Kylo’s arms were still wrapped around her. His fingers were locked together to keep her from rolling off of him in their sleep. She shrugged herself free of the blankets that she’d been covered with and dared to look up at his unconscious face. He looked so relaxed in his dreams. His countenance with all of its long relaxed features looked soft in his peaceful slumber. She remembered describing him as beautifully masculine and while sleeping peacefully he still very much was, but while awake, his once very telling face would somehow harden to better hide his emotions. It was as though in only the several months they’d been apart, he’d learned how to conceal his feelings through the dark threatening mask of hard lines and brooding shadows. His cheeks and jawline had better definition; Probably from clenching his teeth and locking his jaw in anger so often, and his brow always seemed pulled into a scowl, casting shadows over his intense stares and flared nostrils. Everything about him seemed fuller and sharper as though he’d finally finished filling out while he grew into himself more. But while he slept his high cheek bones, prominent forehead and long full lips stood out against the length of his pale complexion.

This was her first clear view of his face since she’d given him that scar. She gulped as her eyes took it in. She thought it would disfigure or at least lesson the attractiveness of it. Somehow, it did the exact opposite. It added a roughness to his beautiful features. Even while he slept he looked dangerous. Her eyes trailed down the length of the mark and she smiled at the little beauty marks that contrasted against the ferocity of it. They playfully gathered more around this half of his face. The scar definitely took the lead in gathering her attention but the little freckles were so charming in their own subtle way.  She followed the length of the raised tissue down to his jaw. Her lips parted as she traced the long line of its smooth expanse with her eyes.

His head was tilted back to rest along the chair and his neck was left exposed. He swallowed in his sleep and his adam’s apple bobbed in his throat, giving her eyes a new point of interest to focus on. There was something very sexy about the way it looked dominating the slope of his strong yet vulnerable neck. He shifted and her eyes flew to his face again. His lashes fluttered but his eyes remained closed. His arms adjusted around her leaving one hand resting on her left knee and the other on the same side’s hip. She felt her stomach flutter and a blush crept up all the way to the tips of her ears.

His hands were impossibly large on her small form. She was athletic and she’d never really considered herself dainty or petite before but she felt that way now. Her legs were draped over his thighs and he was slouched down in the chair to accommodate her length across his lap. She was as curled up in his arms as was humanly possible and she imagined herself as a cat in its master’s lap. If it was physically possible her cheeks heated further. The whole time she’d been awake and staring at him she hadn’t noticed her right arm was tucked around his neck. Her bicep and forearm rested along the length of his left shoulder and trapezoid. Her hand was open and her fingers had his hair completely curled around her index.

Startled by her own actions, Rey unconsciously moved to pull her hand away from the very intimate position she’d gotten herself into. The motion pulled at the thick strand that she still had encircling her finger and she bit her bottom lip as his head tugged back roughly. Her eyes darted back to his face and there staring back at her were his deep brown orbs. His heavy lids opened and closed several times before they focused in on her. His pupils dilated and retracted several times while adjusting to the light around him; This mixed with his thick chocolate irises made him appear drunk and when she watched his full lips part with so little room between them, she began to feel how he looked.

“Scavenger… see something you like?” His sleep filled voice was unbelievably deep and gravely. His words dragged out of those deadly lips at an impossibly slow pace and she jumped when his hand lazily trailed from her hip to her thigh. Her chest tightened and her buds peeked behind the strenuous pull of the suddenly rough feeling fabric that held her together. She was fully clothed but she felt naked in his arms. Their Force pulled them closer together like their bodies where each one side of a very powerful magnet. Nearly everywhere their skin could innocently touch, it was. She panicked and tugged at her hand again. His eyes widened as she pulled his hair and with it, his head.

“Sorry, I…” She shifted and he groaned. “Uh, let me just…” She tried to reach her free hand up to her tangled finger but  with her hips facing out from him, it was too awkward of an angle.

His hands slightly lifted in the air in response to her wiggling as she awkwardly repositioned herself onto her knees. She straddled his waist while she reached up to untangle the mess that with her frantic tugging she was unintentionally making worse. Her thighs tightened and she lifted herself from his lap to work at freeing her finger. Now her chest was nearly leveled with his eyes and his breath fanned over her cleavage through surprised parted lips. When he caught himself looking over the swells of flesh that rose and fell with her short, frantic breaths he turned his head to the side. Not knowing what else to do with them, Kylo’s hands stayed in the air above her thighs until she lifted higher up, nearly shoving her breasts into his cheek. Suddenly in his own panic, they fell over her hips to catch her before she smothered him to death in a far more pleasant way then he deserved.

“H-hold still.” She fumed down at him in frustration. She visibly shrunk when she looked down at him. His head was turned to the right in an attempt to avoid her chest from plastering against the front of his face. His hands were firmly gripping her hips and he was… blushing. Kriff, now she realized she was also blushing!

The second she stopped tugging her hand came free and he let go of her hips. Her first thought was to remove her breasts from his face and she dropped her weight back down on him. Her thighs instinctively tightened around his wide hips and his hands were back on them, squeezing and lifting to pull her back up. She’d just landed over the hard length of him and he was barring his teeth at her in some kind of pain or discomfort.

“Kriffing, Force woman, what are you doing?!?” He growled through his locked jaw.

She froze above him, a look of worry and confusion on her face. She’d felt his erection and she was embarrassed beyond the grave, but she was more worried that she’d hurt him. She’d attacked men there to stop them from hurting her before so she knew how sensitive that area was but he’d done nothing to assault her; He’d only just been sleeping and now she’d unintentionally crushed his manhood under her full weight.

“I’m so sorry… I, did I hurt you?” She asked trying to shift her wait so he didn’t have to hold her up on his own. He let out a guttural moan when her warmth skimmed across him again. His fingers dug into her hips and his face reddened when her wide almost green eyes locked onto his. She stared down on his red face in a blush of her own. His earthy brown eyes had significantly darkened and now they looked heavy, like they were drugged with something far more dangerous then the anger she was use to seeing in them.

“Just… stop moving!” He commanded through tight breaths, his hands still supporting her weight.

For several seconds he closed his eyes and he sat perfectly still, leaving her positioned above him with her thighs still straddling either side of his hips while he struggled to keep control of himself. His waist was much wider then the length of her thighs and her hips locked in the uncomfortable position. She planted her palms on his chest to take some of her weight off of his arms and she gasped at the way his tightened muscles felt under her hands. Her heart hammered in her ears and heat stirred low in her abdomen. Her breasts swelled and her thighs tightened for a different reason. The air between them hummed with their mingling Force energy which already left her skin tingling but now she was tingly in other, more sensitive areas too. She needed to get off of him now!

“I’m just gonna…” She started trying to escape the intimate position they’d found themselves in before someone actually got hurt or worse… She tried to shimmy loose from over his lap and free of his griping hands. He was trying to keep her above him and she was trying to climb down, the movements didn’t mix and she caught him in his groin with her knee.

He buckled and his hands released her hips. Her bottom landed on his right knee and when he buckled it popped her back up and she slide down his right leg. Kylo moaned as her hands dragged down his bare chest and torso before raking across his lap. She wrapped herself around his leg to catch herself just as she landed on her bottom. Now he was staring at her as her body and arms clung to the length his leg like some kind of concubine worshiping her Master.

“I’m so sorry, are… are you ok.” She asked looking up at him through those large, innocent hazel eyes.

His hands fell protectively over his crotch as he tried to hide his bodies response to her wiggling around on his lap and her eyes lite up with embarrassment. Maker, he’d woken up to her tugging on his hair while wiggling against him, and then she straddled him and shoved her chest in his face! How the kriff did she expect him to react?

“You fight dirty woman, were you trying to kill me in my sleep?” He asked through short painful breaths only half joking while still covering his bulge from her frantic eyes.

Clearly taking him serious, she pulled herself up by his leg as though she were offended or hurt. Did she think he was scolding her? Suddenly the Master-concubine fantasy was all he could focus on. Great now he’d have that fantasy burned into his head until the day the maker decided to put him out of his misery. He thought as she straightened herself in front of him.

“I’m, I didn’t mean to… sorry.” She finally spit out in a mess of broken incomplete sentences. His eye brows rose to follow her form and he sat unable to do more then stare at her as she took off into one of the huts.

“Smooth Kylo, real smooth.” He mocked himself out loud.

As if it couldn’t get any worse his uncle was staring at him from across the fire pit. He’d been awake just long enough to see her knee and fall off of his nephew’s lap. And of course the awkward exchange that followed there after.

“Wow…” Was the only thing out of the legendary Jedi’s mouth.

Kylo suddenly felt like he’d been caught doing something wrong, which was not at all what had happened. At least he was pretty sure that wasn’t what’d happened. He thought about her reaction to him waking underneath of her wiggling bottom with her arm tucked behind his neck while she pulled his hair. Yes, he was positive it was some kind of misunderstanding!

“I, uh, she… ” He started to explain but he didn’t really know how it started or how much his uncle had seen so he stopped there.

“…Just wow.” His uncle repeated with a smirk on his bearded face. “Guess I don’t have to worry about you taking advantage of her.” He said teasing the young man who sat across from him with a face as red as a Tatooine sunset.

He looked like the teenager Luke’d last seen him as. His eyes were wide with alarm and guilt, like he was waiting to be scolded by Luke as he did in the old days when Ben had been caught skipping lessons or playing in one of the ships with Kira, er, Rey, when they were still his students. His face grew very serious when he remembered that this was not that boy anymore. Luke Skywalker rose to his feet and looked down on his former student with cold steel blue eyes.

“Ben, or Kylo, or whatever you want to call yourself these days… If you hurt her, I promise… ” Luke’s eyes darkened and his Force swelled around him like a shining blue vortex of sparkling power. “I’ll kill you! Do you understand Dark Lord,” He mocked. “Or do you need me to repeat myself ?” Luke very seriously threatened.

Multiple somethings stirred behind Kylo Ren’s eyes but nothing more surprising then the recognizable respect that shone through his impressed orbs.

“It seems you and I have one thing in common old… “Kylo paused remembering what Rey had in her own way, asked of him last night and how his uncle had just impressed him with his protectiveness over her, earning Luke a little of the respect back that he’d lost years ago. "I understand, Skywalker.” He responded in as respectful of a way as he was currently capable of. “But don’t miss understand the situation; When I get off of this rock… I’m taking her with me!” He warned as his brown eyes swirled with their own incredible power.

Luke stood his ground but he knew who was supposed to win if and when they fought again. He should have already been dead but somehow Rey had changed the outcome of his vision. Somehow she had disrupted and altered the future that the Force had predicted with such certainty, that it had shown the outcome to him through one of it’s visions. It didn’t mean that he was safe from that fate forever though. Perhaps it had just changed the when and how of his death. It didn’t mean that Luke was forever safe from the renowned wrath of the Jedi Killer that sat across from him with only a fire pit between them.

“When the time comes, if that’s what she decides, then I will not stand in your way. If that’s what she decides.” He repeats in a very level tone.

The structure of his words brought Kylo back several months in time. His own Masters similar words played in his mind, “If , only if, I believe her worthy, may you have her.”

How similar the two sides of the same coin were. Both powerful Force users, both held the title of Master over him at some point, and both thought they had sway over wether or not Kylo would have this girl.

Kylo Ren bowed his head at the older man who genuinely seemed to want to protect Rey. It was hard for him to hate Luke as much knowing that he cared enough to put his life on the line for her. In turn Kylo was also confused as to why his uncle would put Rey in danger so much if that’s how he truly felt about her. Then again, sentiment never halted him from putting young Ben Solo in harms way either. Probably some stupid Jedi test. He surmised privately.

“It seems we both grasp the concept of where the other stands Jedi.” Ren kicked his heavy booted feet up onto the stone edge of the fire pit and casually crossed his right ankle over his left before laying his head back in the chair to soak up the heat of the sun. He laced his fingers behind his head to rest his crown in his clasped hands before he closed his eyes. He didn’t need to see Luke nodding at him, he felt it just as he feels the weight of his heavy stare over his resting form now.

After a few more seconds of tension between the two men, his uncle left to disappear into one of the other huts. There were several in the area, Kylo had already done a quick mapping of the layout in his head just in case he needed to know it later. Eventually he’d have to make the short trip to the wreckage of his shuttle. He’d change there and check on his troopers before he came back to collect her and search for Luke’s ship… He was positive his uncle had one hidden here somewhere.

He couldn’t believe how blue and clear the sky was above head. The night before the island had been flooding with rain and swelling waves. It helped that Luke’s encampment was located at the top. Kylo was sure the lower sections of the island would be absolutely uninhabitable but up here, it was a different world completely. Up here it was like the storm had never happened. Even the grass around them was quickly drying.

Kylo decided he’d better get some clothes on before he burned his light complexion to a crisp and it would be better to do it now while he knew Luke wouldn’t be able to coax Rey into going with him. He was pretty confident that after last night, she wouldn’t just leave him with out at least some hesitation but he was also pretty aware of her will to be free and of her overwhelming drive for survival. He was technically still her enemy. Kylo was hoping she’d at least stick around for an explanation but he wasn’t willing to take the bet that could cost him loosing her again either.

He stood and his boots squished under foot causing him to cringe. Too bad he’d had to go swimming. He eyed the entrance to her hut before finally turning away in the direction of the wreckage that was once his favorite shuttle. *Hey readers if you like this teaser chapter come check out the book on Wattpad. Search Entwined a Reylo fanfic and please feel free to re-post!

-DarkGuardian-

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entirely unasked for, read books 2017, first half.

Unter der Sonne (Daniel Kehlmann, 1998/2008): Daniel Kehlmann is, for now, my favourite germanspeaking writer (style-wise, no worries Fritz) and I started the year with reading some of his early works I hadn’t read yet. Unter der Sonne is a collection of short stories and as almost all of Kehlmanns narrations they are always very real but shifting into a dream, or it feels like it at least, always on the verge of a nightmare. one could call it surreal realism? or very real surrealism? it’s very hard to put into words but oh boy, I just love it so much. so I have already read Ruhm (Fame), a later collection of short stories and I liked the overall compilation of those more, especially because the stories were slightly linked to each other. But still Unter der Sonne was brilliant as ever! / English title: this has not been translated I think?

Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre (Friedrich Schiller, 1786): this was… quite wild to say the least. / English title: The Criminal of Lost Honour

Du hättest gehen sollen (Daniel Kehlmann, 2016): I love this little novel. It’s definitely one of my favourites by Daniel Kehlmann. And i really need to reread it! The mathematics mysticism is strong in this one. Das Geodreieck! / English title: You should have left

Maria Stuart (Friedrich Schiller, 1800): i feel terrible but the best thing about this book, which i bought at the flea market, is still that it came with a self made book mark -a ladie’s leg in a pantyhose and a very fancy high heeled shoe, probably cut out from a magazine and strengthend with adhesive tape- which must be, judging by the look of it, at least 60 years old, if not older (the book is from 1939). but apart from that, I also liked the play itself! but it has already been several months and to say anything specific about it now I would have to ask Evelyn Hamann to give a short recap of the bisher gesendeten Folgen. “Auf dem Landsitz Fortheringhay…” 

Die Wahlverwandschaften (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1809): i was meaning forever to read this and it was so beautiful, and sad! :( not even to speak of the quite obvious Schiller parallels. :(( and also, if you ever decide to read Die Wahlverwandschaften, please do so while listening to Die Ballade von Wolfgang und Brigitte by Wir sind Helden! / English title:  Elective Affinities

Beerholms Vorstellung (Daniel Kehlmann, 1997): this was Daniel Kehlmann’s first novel and ironically the last left that I hadn’t read. Compared to later works it maybe wasn’t as strong and the style not as developped but still very, very good. It’s about a magician, that is illusionist, who isn’t satisfied with his own skills because he himself still is aware that it’s all just tricks and illusion and thus tries to master his tricks so perfectly and blindly that he can become oblivious to the procedure in order to become a Real Magician and in the progress partially loses grip of reality. I mean… that idea alone is fascinating.

Cornelia Goethe (Sigrid Damm, 1992): Sigrid Damm deserves a medal for writing honest, inspiring and heartwrenching biographies about people (esp. women) we know so very little about! 

Heinrich von Kleist (Dora Wentscher, 1956): this was a true lucky find at the flea market, I am still amazed. Oh Berndi!

Wallensteins Lager (Friedrich Schiller, 1798): this is merely a prologue to the other two parts of the Wallenstein triology so i really need to go on reading the other two (main) parts. / English title: Wallenstein’s Camp

Sprachwandel (Rudi Keller, 1990): How and that language changes is something that amazes me to no ends and I have been musing about that subject for years now but I have never actually read anything about it by someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. So it was amazing and interesting and I am (still) so thrilled by this. Language is like the most amazing yet inapprehensible thing ever?! / English title: On Language Change

Maurice (E. M. Forster, 1914/1971): this book stole my heart all over again after having seen the film already some years ago. like seriously, I am internally crying tears of joy ever since. please read this! it will not diasappoint, and Christopher Isherwood himself was a fanboy okay?

Goodbye to Berlin (Christopher Isherwood, 1939): talking of the devil-this book is amazing! it’s like a mosaicy glimpse into pre-nazi Berlin, or rather Berlin right before turning and already turning into nazi Berlin. despite all, this book made me want to be there myself with all these people.

Die Physiker (Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 1962): that was a weird and funny one. and not at all what I expected. I had always heard that even people who had to read it in school had liked it but apart from that knew nothing about it. / English title: The Physicists

Christopher and his kind (Christopher Isherwood, 1976): this is the non-fiction version of Christopher Isherwoods time in Berlin with its gay community. mainly, he is on the run from the nazis with his boyfriend Heinz. very sad and also a bit wild.

Winnie-the-Pooh (A. A. Milne, 1926): I might be identifying with Eeyore A Little Too Much. But really what a cute and clever book! (It made me think in Capitalised Expressions for days.)

The Importance of being Earnest (Oscar Wilde, 1895): i don’t know why i waited so long to read Oscar Wilde but omg, that was hilarious and amazing!!

Mr Norris Changes Trains (Christopher Isherwood, 1935): i didn’t enjoy this as much as Goodbye to Berlin and Christopher and his Kind, the entire story is somewhat sinister and the characters not really likeable somehow? but then I also read that Isherwood himself didn’t like it before i even started reading so I think I was also a bit biased. but it’s also very interesting to see how his style developped in contrast to the masterpiece I think Goodbye to Berlin is

Relato de un náufrago (Gabriel García Márquez, 1970): earlier this year I started reading Cien Años de Soledad (100 Years of Solitude) by García Márquez but stopped half way through because it confused the hell out of me and I somehow didn’t connect to the characters at all. I don’t know if it was for the Spanish or simply for the sheer amount of characters -of which half have the same name?!- and the large time span the novel is narrated on? anyway I wanted to give García Márquez another chance and picked something lighter, shorter and with less people - only one to be precise! And I enjoyed it very much! / English title: The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Schillers Schwester Christophine (Annette Seemann, 2009): Christophine (Fene) was two years older than her little brother Fritz and since they both were much older than their younger siblings they were an inseparable duo in their childhood days. It is also said that Christophine’s character was a model for a lot, if not most, of Schiller’s female heroines. But as biographies about women in history go they can be a tough thing and this one makes no exception - to the point where it becomes almost unbearable! I got teary eyed reading this in the subway; but then I also might be caring about the Schillers A Little Too Much. / I highly doubt this has been transated.

Progress in Sign Language Research (Schulmeister/Reinitzer, 2002): blame (that is thank) Fargo and Russel Harvard that I suddenly became aware of how there’s an entire different set of languages to learn and learn about! The craziest thing was that while I was reading this very book (at work, sometimes there’s just not that much to do) an actual Deaf Person came to the cinema and asked if we were showing movies with english subtitles (which we don’t). That is he came up to me and said “deaf” and gestured writing in his hand and I then handed him a notepad on which we had our conversation. But everything happened so fast and there was another costumer waiting, and I was so taken aback, (I misspelled english as englisch how awkward!) but I had that book literally laying there next to me on the counter. I still wish I could have showed him. :/ I also regret not having been able to look up some cinemas for him that show movies with english subtitles. I hope he found one anyway!

A Room with a View (E. M. Forster, 1908): so after Maurice I wanted to read more by Forster and he did not disappoint! i had a lot of other stuff on my mind while reading this so it lost me a bit in the middle but totally got my attention back towards the end and i’m definitely going to reread this some day. and I simply cannot believe how wonderfully fantastical the Emersons are! although i’m yet to read Walden I am already contemplating putting “mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes” on my wardrobe as well-what a thing to do lmao! naturally I immediately watched the film after finishing the book and it was also nice seeing the entire Maurice cast again, only in different roles, haha!

books on my reading list for the second half of 2017: 

Hundraårigen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann (Jonas Jonasson, 2009)

A Single Man (Christopher Isherwood, 1964)

Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,1774)

The House at Pooh Corner (A. A. Milne, 1928)

Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck 1937)

A Manual for Cleaning Women (Lucia Berlin, 1977/1999)

Die Piccolomini (Friedrich Schiller, 1799)

Wallensteins Tod (Friedrich Schiller, 1799)

Walden (Henry David Thoreau, 1854)

Christiane und Goethe (Sigrid Damm, 1998)

La Casa de los Espiritus (Isabel Allende, 1982)

Penthesilea (Heinrich von Kleist, 1808)

Die Geschichte der Bienen (Maja (!) Lunde, 2015)

Glimpses of World History (Jawaharlal Nehru, 1930/1962)

Howards End (E. M. Forster, 1910)

A Passage to India (E. M. Forster, 1924)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde, 1890)

Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit (Sten Nadolny, 1983)

Frühlings Erwachen (Frank Wedekind, 1891)

[sorayahigashikata]

Chapter 62: "No Means No 2: Patriotic Boogaloo"

[robbyrise]

RANGERS REBORN.

So good it makes me wanna type away like i used to. 

Just got back from my first viewing of the Power Rangers and i’m glad to announce I am very satisfied with what was put on the big screen. Like most movies i didn’t have any crazy expectations for the film, just minor details here and there like the story going its own route to make it different and unique from the original show but still keeping true to its essence.

My only worry for this reincarnation of a great past time from my childhood would be the fact that the old shows (and even first 2 movies) were just so corny, so bad yet so good. Trust me, there are times when i come across clips and what have you, from the old shows that make me cringe when i realized how lame and corny it was. How could they possibly make this movie NOT corny? 

Why and how was i so drawn to this kind of entertainment? The power rangers taught me a sense of unity and it was probably what opened my eyes to being a part of and trusting your team (besides the Knicks). My favorite color back then was blue, so naturally Billy was my favorite ranger despite being the total opposite of his personality. 

If you’re a true fan, if you were there from the beginning till maybe the 3rd-4th generation of Rangers, and you don’t have high expectations of the new movie, you will probably find yourself feeling so much nostalgia from your childhood and it will open your eyes to how much the first group really made you appreciate the essence of wanting to become a power ranger. 

This is as far as I’ll go in regards to not spoiling anything. So if you haven’t seen it yet and plan on seeing it and don’t want me to ruin anything, stop reading here and come back later after you see it. If you don’t care and just want to keep reading because you’re bored, by all means go for it, just don’t say i didn’t warn you.

*SPOILERS*

The fact that they changed the story a little bit was already an indicator that i did the right thing in not wanting to expect anything from the movie that would impress me or even predict. Don't ask me how i remember this, but if i recall, the very first episode of the power rangers season 1 has something to do with a dumpster. Dumpster day or something. I don’t know, i just remember reading it, yes i could (somewhat) read at 5-6 years old. I remember Alpha and Zordon were already established in their ‘Command Center” and sensed Rita Repulsa’s escape from captivity. Want to know how she escaped? Go watch the original ORIGINAL intro of the series and you’ll see astronauts pushing over the lid of a genie stove top releasing the alien witch. The movie has her as a FORMER RANGER, the GREEN RANGER to be exact. Some will think it’s lame, i thought it was cool and acceptable. 

Recruiting. 

How the movie’s story pits the potential rangers together is a testament to the original series and how Zordon ordered Alpha to recruit “individuals with attitude.” The new teenagers portraying our beloved Jason, Zack, Billy, Trini, and Kimberly were all somewhat trouble makers/rebels. All of them rebels in their own right. All of them having something deep inside that could only brought out about themselves through each other, something we could really appreciate with the original rangers. 

Morphers? 

Remember it’s morphin time? And BOOM, out comes the morphers that EVERYBODY HAD AS A KID, well, almost everybody, and the rangers TRIBEAMED their transformation into rangers and the awesome theme came on and you know shit’s about to go down. I appreciate the fact that they really displayed these ‘rebels’ having a dark side to their personality and using the good inside them to be their source and spark to their armor.  Five strangers becoming friends and willing to do whatever they had to do for the greater good of their town. 

The Zeo crystals. 

I didn’t realize the importance of the crystals on the show until the Zeo rangers came about (potentially setting up a new franchise). It was referenced on the show numerous times as well. But what granted our rangers their powers were their crystals, or on the show the gold coins with their Zord animals on them.

OH, don’t worry, i’ll get to the Zords. The movie gives us a better perspective of how these teenagers with attitude came about and ‘trained’ as Rangers to defeat Rita. The show pretty much put them in suits and rangers like billy and Kim magically learned martial arts whereas Jason, Trini and Zack were already established martial artists. The new rangers were forced into training by Zordon and even Alpha. 

Backstories. 

The writers and producers did just enough to cover each character’s lives leading up to their discovery of the power coins crystal things. All well enough for them to be unique and appreciated in their own right. Billy the nerd with some loner/awkward issues who’s father disappeared (passed away perhaps?), Zack being a wild rebel with a sick mother, Jason the star jock athlete with a desire for trouble and a disappointed father, Trini (pronounced Trin-E in the move, not Treen-e like the original show) who jumped schools every year because of you guessed it, being a rebel and then Kimberly, who had personal issues ‘not being a good friend’ i guess? She was a cheerleader also vs. the Kimberly from the 90′s that was a gymnast. 

ZORDS.

Again, i’ll reiterate, there were times when I realized the old show was corny as fuck. And yes, the old Zords, while being badass in their own right, were still corny... as fuck. They were literally just remote control toys that were zoomed in on by the camera to make it seem like they were huge robots on TV. HOWEVER. If you were to fuse a real life Gundam wing with a Beast Wars transformer, you’d probably get a Zord from the new movie. The massive robot reference to crushing Bumblebee was very poetic. I’m glad i had a good crowd because they laughed and applauded that. But these new Zords? I’d say they were pretty fuckin awesome. I just personally feel like they made those corny robots toys that were on screen, cool and transformer like. Just again, in their own unique power ranger way. 

TRUE ESSENCE.

I mentioned ‘essence’ earlier in this write up and that essence is something that could only be felt if you were part of the beginning. When the original rangers, despite being so cheesy and corny, made you want to be a ranger SO BAD. The concept of the power rangers teaches us the power of unity and what the team could accomplish if they worked together. They struggled to reach the full potential of their powers, almost 2 weeks even (11 days to be exact b/c thats when Alpha calculated Rita could strike). But they did to the expense of Billy who later on was revived by Zordon as Zordon realized it wasn’t his team to lead. Remember when Zordon was about to die in the 1st Mighty Morphin Power Rangers movie? the adorably HOT Kimberly at the time said, “You’re like a father to us all.” Zordon guiding the Rangers towards the right direction to reach their potential, and giving Billy the 2nd chance to live showed qualities of just that in being a father like figure to the rangers, something he’s very accustomed to in the show and previous movies. In the old show, there were PLENTY OF TIMES when the rangers “were at their doom” at the hands of Rita and Lord Zed, but they somehow ALWAYS found a way to win. 

I’ll give you a perfect example of true essence. When the rangers and their Zords were pushed to the edge and they had to ‘hold the line’? Their struggle vs Goldar. Man... seeing the commercials I KNEW that the Mega Zord was going to be formed and it was going to kick serious ass, but the moments leading up to that they were all ready to die TOGETHER? I’m not gunna lie, i had the same feeling form up in my feels when Woody and Buzz held onto their friends at the end of Toy Story 3 before the claw saved them (shouts to swag surfer). As the cinema Gods as my witness, NO MOVIE has made me feel that way since Toy Story 3, LEGIT, until the new power rangers because I KNEW WHAT THE OUTCOME WAS and yet there i was, sitting on my seat reminding myself, “wow... i haven’t felt this urgent sorrow for ANY GROUP OF CHARACTERS since toy story 3.” And then they fall into the pit and you hear the Zords forming and i get this huge relief and burden lifted off my shoulders and i applaud with the crowd thanking God the tears forming in my eyes didn’t stream out b/c that would've been really embarrassing. But yeah, i’m applauding, the crowd is applauding and Billy has that comic relief line of Mama Zord-Mega Zord and as they try to advance the entire Zord falls over. Well fcuking done. No really, they didn’t just magically download the program to operate a “65 million year old alien robot” in a few seconds to their brains, they actually taught themselves how to operate their respective body part that was formed by their Zord. Again, unity, team work, Power Rangers... WOOOOO!!!!!!

I’m still kind of in shock at how much i actually enjoyed this movie. And i think that’s due to the fact that the crowd i watched the movie with was probably one of the better crowds i had watched a movie with since i got to Washington. Really. The movie culture here isn’t as passionate as what we have in New York but anyway back to the movie.

Alpha 5 said his signature line 2x,the black guy is actually the blue ranger and the asian is the BLACK ranger, both the pink and yellow rangers are cute & hot AF, Rita made her monster grow and said her token line as well. There weren’t any communicators, there wasn’t a bulk or skull even though i think the bully in the movie was supposed to be one of them i’m not too sure. Mid credit scene = Thomas Oliver = Power Rangers 2. Speaking of Tommy, the actor and actress who played they original Tommy and original Kimberly cameos probably had the biggest applause of the movie. Boom. Might be a little too early to bring in Lord Zedd in the 2nd movie, MAYBE hint or reference him like Rita did in regards to the Zeo crystals.

Future?

The Power Rangers have a generation of fans that first started watching and admiring them at such young age that are now PROFESSIONALS, MARRIED AND WITH KIDS. Granted, the series has gone onto bumblefuck abyss because i obviously lost track of where the TV series has gone, that old generation could show their kids what they used to watch, and be like, “That movie that’s out? That’s a remake of the ORIGINAL rangers, the founding fore fathers of what you young maggots are watching now” kind of deal. 

I AM PRAYING that this generates enough revenue and popularity that they make a nice, LONG MOVIE SERIES because THERES SO MUCH potential. Maybe something Disney could look into working a deal with Saban b/c there’s just too much to let slip away. You got franchises like Fast and the Furious that’s gone off track from how great it was before the 4th/5th movies, but could somewhat catch up to and pass GI Joe (unless they actually cross over with, wait for it...), and maybe be half as good as the Transformer series (yes, GI Joe and Transformers could crossover, because they have in the comics). I look at transformers and think thats a good goal to strive for, because movie series like James Bond, LOTR, the Matrix, and Star Wars are just at an elite level. Then I see franchises like the Underworld, Resident Evil movies (sorry, i’m just not a fan of them) and Sharknado (IDK how and why people find those movies entertaining), and it gives me hope that the Power Rangers movie reboot could just be the thing we need in the movie industry to keep it interesting unless Japan and Hollywood could work something out to bring Gundam Wing to life. 

*CUE BLOG SOUNDTRACK ENDING CREDIT AND MOVIE RATING THEME = VAN HALEN - DREAMS*

ANYWAY. 9/10 Power Rangers. I’m going to see it again. WITHOUT A DOUBT.

Off topic final thought:

Where are my movie junkies at? This is off topic but i know you’d appreciate this. I had a dream... you ready? I had a dream, that Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas all worked together to make an American interpretation of Spirited Away with a movie score composed by Hanz Zimmer. Call me crazy, but i woke up and had mixed emotions about it.