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wrenwrights · 1 year ago

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Konig Headcanons Part 2 (Nothing Is Perfect)

Since yesterday I went into my Konig headcanons (Here), I figured today would be the perfect day to delve into what Konig would be like in a relationship. And dare I say, dear reader, I am so excited to write this post and my fic later. I've fallen in love with this story, and I'm on a roll that can't be stopped!

I'd like to note before beginning that this is for my fic and not in any way cannon in the Call Of Duty lore. Enjoy the headcanons, dear reader, and let me know your own Konig headcanons in the comments. Does he like to bake you sweets and cook you dinner? Or do you enjoy the darker part of Konig, who'll clamp a collar around your neck and call you a good girl/boy? Truly, I'm curious cause I like both of these headcanons.

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In the first days or even weeks of your relationship, Konig would be slightly standoffish, almost cold, and non-talkative. Sure, Konig is a Colonel; he knows how to speak his mind, but that's strictly work. When it comes to talking about his emotions, especially romantic feelings, Konig is lost at sea, especially when it comes to you, the object of his affection. He'd been in the military since he was 17 and though he wasn't completely inexperienced, he was practically clueless about romance. He wants to tell you that he thinks you're pretty at breakfast, he wants to help you with all of that paperwork on your desk from the last mission, but he doesn't know how to do these things. He's spent the last twenty years or so in the military making internal scripts and building walls to make his job easier, but there was no script for you. He didn't know how to tell you through touch, afraid you'd be uncomfortable or he'd hurt you with his massive size.

So Konig lets his actions speak for him; he'll bring coffee to your room, grab half of those manilla folders on your desk, and pray you have a pen that's not out of ink or a pencil that's not broken. You don't, but that's fine, Konig keeps one in his pocket when in the office. You'll come back to base after a long mission, and Konig is there to help you clean and sort your gear, to help you get to the infirmary if you are injured. Konig is a romantic at heart, a love-at-first-sight kind of person, and even though he doesn't know how to say he loves you, he tells you with every little action.

Now, as much as we'd all like dating to be all sweet touches and words of affirmation, dear reader, that's not reality. Every relationship has its ups and downs, its quirks and kinks (no pun intended), and your relationship with Konig is no different. He's cocky and overprotective. While the cockiness doesn't bother you too much in the office (We'll get onto the battlefield in a minute), his overprotectiveness certainly does. He'll follow you through the halls, your ginormous, threatening shadow that scares off anyone who looks at you for a little too long. And god forbid if anyone speaks to you a little too flirtatiously. That annoys him and makes him frustrated and a little angry with you for not seeing what he does.

You get into arguments in private about it, the both of you are frustrated for different reasons. You see nothing wrong with your colleagues discussing work/after-work life. What else are you gonna do on base? Konig doesn't like being around people; he prefers to be alone and not wander the halls of base more than he has to, but he feels like he has to be near you and protect you. Maybe he's a little spent- his social battery is empty, and he doesn't know how to tell you this. But he does know how to be frustrated.

"You truly don't see what they're doing? How they look at you? Scheiße! You're not that blind Schatz!

The battlefield is where it all comes to a head; in an effort to keep you safe, Konig has been giving the dangerous missions away or putting you on missions with him. You'd certainly noticed Konig's presence in your missions. He'd be cocky, pulling rank often to keep you behind him and on the sidelines of the battlefield. You'd noticed how work was beginning to slow down, missions coming in less frequently, but you hadn't put two and two together. It's Horangi who really opens your eyes.

"The Colonel is probably been giving you the greenlight operations,"

"What?"

"I mean... maybe not, but also probably,"

You rarely came home angry, but you'd arrived on base fuming- your time off base only led to your anger festering, a raging fire that was about to hit Konig full force. He wasn't in the armourie waiting for you today, probably being ever the good soldier and doing his paperwork. Fuck his paperwork; he'd messed with your career and strained your friendships. Though you didn't know if he felt the same, you loved this big and often sweet man, and he'd hurt you. He didn't trust you to take care of yourself.

He was technically your superior, and you would never come into your superior's office by slamming the door open and kicking it closed- but you weren't in a very respectful mood and slamming doors helped to fuel the fire in your belly. Konig was certainly surprised. You were normally a calm person, and here you were, visibly raging and still in your tac-pants.

"Are you alright, Schatz?"

"You fucked with my job,"

"Wha-"

"You tried to scare off all of my friends,"

"Liebl-"

"Fuck you,"

You'd turned to leave, to stomp out of his office and let the door slam closed forever. Konig's heart slammed in his chest, his veins turning icey, afraid you'd never speak to him again if you walked out of that door. He was right; of course, you were done with his behavior and planned on not acknowledging his presence ever again. No, Konig couldn't let that happen. But he didn't know how to tell you, didn't have a script for this in his head, and he'd reacted instead of communicated.

He'd wrapped his arms around your waist and practically threw you into the air, cradling you against his chest, and his large hands gripped your thighs as they wrapped around his waist. Konig had never touched you like this, had never grabbed you outside of a few training exercises (he won't do those with you anymore, afraid he'd crush you by accident), and he was frozen in terror now. Afraid of what you'd do, of how you'd react. You were looking him in the eye, your own eyes wide and mouth slightly agape.

You had known Konig was bigger than you, hell, you'd seen the damage and destruction he could do firsthand- but it had never occurred to you just HOW big Konig was. He'd picked you up like you were nothing, and he looked terrified. He was shaking just slightly, his eyes scrunched in a look you knew well as anxiousness. Oh, you hated it when he looked like that; it made your heartstrings tug because you didn't want Konig hurt, even when you were mad at him. You couldn't help but lean into him and caress his cheek, pressing your forehead against his covered one. This was the closest you'd ever been to one another, and damn did it feel good. He was warm, and safe, and strong, and you felt so content in his arms.

"Please," you'd whisper, thumb stroking his cheek.

"Schatz-"

You shook your head, taking a deep, rattling breath to calm the tears that, embarrassingly, threatened to flow.

"Trust me, please,"

"I do." He'd insist.

"You don't." Your thumb began stroking his cheek, the fabric of his sniper's hood a soft, warm cotton. "Please. This won't work if you don't trust me." That took Konig's breath away, and he had to swallow the pleas that threatened to spill from his lips. You trusted him to take care of himself, maybe he needed to do the same. He'd seen to much death, had been the cause of so much destruction, and you were the one good thing in Konig's life, how could he possibly trust you to protect yourself? How do you trust him?

"How?" he'd breathed it, whispered it against your lips as he shook. Why was he even shaking? You did that to Konig, made him vulnerable, brought out the gentleness in the giant that Konig was. He couldn't be rough with you.

"I'll learn," You murmured, your thumb stroking his cheek. "I trust you enough to try."

Konig was speechless, stunned as you leaned into his touch, as you were vulnerable with him. You loved him. There was love in your voice, in your touch, and Konig felt safe, warm with you in his arms.

"Okay," he whispered, "I can do that. We can do that, Schatz," his doubts slipped away as his heart began pounding in his chest. He was nervous. Konig had never let go like this before, but that was okay because you would be there to help him.

Okay, this isn't all of you and Konig's headcanons but this post is becoming way too long and I have to get to work. I'll make a part 2 for tomorrows post. Thank you, dear reader, if you made it this far and I hope you enjoyed! I hope you see you tomorrow.

#fanfic #reblog #konig call of duty #konig mw2 #konig cod #creative writing #call of duty #headcanon

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ethecookednoodle · 2 years ago

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Imma be honest, I wasn't sure if I was gonna do a post about my classpect choices for my TrigunxHomestuck AU but I kept rereading Homestuck and started thinking about things and thought "why the hell not?"

Also @stuck-in-the-ghost-zone and @anachronistic-falsehood tags kept going around my head since I saw them, so this is partially because your tags were very nice thank u guys <3

All that being said, this is just gonna cover Vash and Knives because turns out tired as shit me has a lot to say and no self control so I wrote a lot and if I got into why I made Meryl and Wolfwood's classpects what they are in my AU this was gonna be way too damn long, so I'm cutting it.

Anyway, whole ass essay under the keep reading. Keep in mind I wrote this last night when I was very tired and with a raging headache (still haven't recovered from that) so this might be a bit ✨dramatic✨(and also a bit of a character analysis because, like I said, I had a lot to say but not a lot of self control.)

To begin with, I guess the reason I put Knives and Vash as the Lord of Time and Muse of Space respectively has to do with the fact that they remind me of Calliope and Caliborn for obvious reasons. They're twins of an alien species which, while not extinct per se, they're very much alone since either the other members of their species are not quite like them or, in Calliope and Caliborn's case, they are the only one's of their species in a good, universe-sized radius, among other things I’ll get to later.

But aside from that there's the fact that…I don't really see, or can't see, Vash as a Hope player. Like, sure, he's all about hope and believing in a bright future but Hope players have a very black and white way of thinking (see: Eridan and Jake). And Vash doesn’t really see things that way, he's very much aware that there are layers to the issues between humans and plants, but his insistence doesn't just come from a blind hope that maybe things will work themselves out if he believes hard enough. His insistence comes from the fact that he has spent a good amount of his 150 years of life going around No Man's Land and realizing that yes, humans are stupid and can hurt others just for the sake of hurting people, but the vast majority of them that hurt people do it because they've been cornered and are really out of options in the department of survival (see: Wolfwood, Rosa, and pretty much any petty bandit, since they’re not really out for murder but out for fucking money because they gotta eat), and that even if there are people who go out of their way to hurt others for funsies, there's just as much people out there willing to help others out (Meryl, Luida, Brad (even if he’s a prick at the beginning), Rem). It's all about circumstances and Vash knows this, he just acts dumb as a coping mechanism. Him believing things can work out comes from a place of tribute towards Rem and the knowledge that there is a way things can get better as long as it is given the time and space to be worked on (pun not intended). His vision is nuanced and his feelings towards what his brother does are complicated because he knows he has a reason to act the way he does.

Knives either knows there are layers and doesn't care or he hasn't let himself think about them, because otherwise it would shatter his idea that there's only one true ultimate villain (humanity) that must be defeated in order to attain peace, which the latter is what probably goes through his mind. And this is oversimplifying his point of view, because his disregard of human issues come from the fear of seeing Tesla's body all fucked up by humans on a relatively peaceful environment and thinking that if he doesn’t do something quick they might be next, or more specifically, that Vash will be next. If anything, Knives actually fits better as a Hope player than Vash does. He believes plants to be superior and humans the trash of creation, and thus, he must do what’s right in order to protect what he loves. It might also be because all of the Hope players we see also have this…weird way of seeing themselves as the greatest heroes in their fucked-up/stupid stories, and also because two of them are big, self absorbed assholes. Even Jake is his own kind of self absorbed asshole. One would argue that could be said of Vriska and Meenah as well, but the difference is that they actually have ground to stand on. They say they’re the shit not just for the sake of saying it, they can actually back up that claim. What I’m trying to say is that Knives sees himself as a savior to his species while failing to see that in the process he’s hurting the one person he swore to protect while also subjecting the plants and his brother to become a means to producing his “paradise”, essentially enslaving them, just as humans would have done. And if he does see it, then he justifies it by saying “there’s no other way.” Which, to be honest, reminds me a lot of Eridan in the sense that he, as the Prince of Hope, decided all hopes of beating Jack and bringing back their people were lost, so he decided to destroy the matriorb and go on a murderous rampage. It’s a very “all or nothing” mentality, which is exactly what happens with Knives. He fails to see (or decides no to see) the layers and the nuance of the situation and refuses to listen to any kind of argument against his belief. Because, let’s be real for a hot second here, when was the last time Knives really tried to hear Vash out instead of brushing him off and telling him he’s being delusional/he’s sick and needs to wake up? And by the time he actually listens to Vash when they’re flying up into space, it’s in this high-stress, very emotional moment because he’s trying not to blow a city up. But I digress.

All that being said, I don’t really think the Hope aspect fits Knives either.

The reason I think Time and Space fit the twins so much is because of the fact that the aspects seem to encompass the rest to some extent. They’re, to quote the wiki, “the two basic fabrics of reality” which means that without them, nothing else can exist. It’s why every successful Sburb session needs to have a Time and Space player. And if you think about it, it makes sense. For example, Space seems to be similar to the Hope aspect in the sense that their players have a very strong hold on their beliefs, they also resemble the Light aspect because their players also seem to be very knowledgeable (to some extent, i.e: the messages in the clouds in Skia and how Space players seemed to be the ones that paid the most attention to them) about stuff other aspects are not, and of course, it also has a strong relationship with the Life aspect, since it’s the Space player’s duty to breed and care for the frog that will eventually become the new universe in which life will proliferate (and not to mention, all space players have been somewhat related to life, with Jade being a botanist, Kanaya and Porrim being in charge of bringing back trollkind and Calliope being fascinated by the lives of other beings (i.e: trolls and humans) in general, despite her kind being extremely asocial). And the same can be said of the Time aspect: it’s related to death, this of course being a direct relation to the Doom aspect, the Time and Heart aspect seem to share this ability to become splintered (one with time loops and the other via soul splinters), and even though it’s more of a reach, you could say Time and Rage have relation because of the fact that both seem to be related to destruction (although the instances we’ve seen the aspect being used are by destructive classes, that’s why I say it’s more of a reach). I put very specific things as examples, but with the exception of the life and death thing (and maybe the Heart aspect thing), I think the things the Time and Space aspects encompass of other aspects are on a spectrum, and may even vary from player to player.

Obviously, all of the above is more my personal speculation than anything else, but that aside, now that I finally got to the point in my re-read of Homestuck where I’m reacquainted enough with Calliope that I understand why I think her and Vash are similar. And wouldn’t you guess it, it has to do with the fact that they were hoping for their brothers to change. Like, to be fair, in Calliope’s case, she was straight-up lying to herself, but again, to be fair, this stemmed from the fact that she had hope the game would help them understand each other and…well, you can see where I’m going with this. Vash hoped his brother would change, even if deep down he knew he wouldn’t, or at the very least, he wouldn’t change without things going south first. And it wasn’t until things started to go very south where they, both Calliope (the version that overpowered Caliborn) and Vash decided it was enough and sprung into action. I am well aware that the brother thing can also be applied to Knives and to his situation, but you get what I’m saying.

If I wanted to go through the Caliborn and Knives comparison, then I would point out that Knives, as far as I can tell, was never squeamish about killing (at least not after the Tesla incident), and sees it as something necessary in order to make sure his plans come to fruition. That being said, I think the other thing I would point out is how driven he is. To quote the wiki yet again, Time players “value action over passive acceptance” and “tend to value the destination over the journey”, and what is Knives if not someone with a huge drive to make his dreams of a peaceful paradise for him, his brother and the rest of his kind come true, even it comes at the expense of the human race and the happiness, free will and general freedom of his brother and his kind. Since day one he’s been scheming and finding ways to make things happen, and I don’t know about you guys, but I think at the very least the amount of research he put on to Vash’s powers and how to unlock his gate despite how unbelievably limited the data on Independents were, without actually having Vash captive for 150 to study him is very impressive (and kind of (very) scary). But that’s where the similarities with them end, at the end of the day Knives is 1000 times smarter than Caliborn (and more likable, even if he’s a genocidal maniac). I just think that Knives possesses a lot of the qualities that make up a Time player, and him being a Master Class is because both Vash and Knives are stupidly powerful.

In the end, I guess it’s because the duality of both Vash and Knives’ ideals and personalities can be perfectly encompassed by the duality of the Time and Space aspects.

(And also because I thought of a great scene between Vashwood and the image has been ingrained in my brain to such a degree that I refuse to change the classpects to something else. It’s like 50% all those things I said 50% gay stuff, ngl.)

Anyway stay tuned for the “why did you make Wolfwood the Knight of Doom and Meryl the Rouge of Light” post. It’ll hopefully be a lot shorter and less convoluted lol.

#this is the longest post i have ever writen and of course it's fucking homestuck (and trigun but that one's new in my brain)#trigun #homestuck #homestuck au #trigunxhomestuck au #classpect #vash the stampede #millions knives #this is seriously long as shit

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dutifullylazybread · 10 months ago

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Get to know your Tav

I was tagged by @faerunsbest (thank you, friend!) and I am tagging whoever would like to do this too! :D I'm running on very little sleep right now, so I'm drawing a blank on who to tag! But I want to know all about your Tav, so join us!

While I do refer to my Tav as Tav for the sake of ease on tumblr, in-game, I named her Cassandra. I'm gonna continue to call her Tav for this tag though!

Her background is guild artisan--her mother made stained glass windows and sculptures, and her father was a barrel maker. She is versed in glassblowing and carpentry, because her parents introduced her to the basics. She spent several years working as an artisan with the artisan's guild in Baldur's Gate as well.

What is their:

Favorite weapon? Quarterstaff--especially Markoheshkir. It was a gift from Rolan, so there is the sentimental value attached, along with the magical abilities it possesses. Also she can use it as a bludgeoning weapon when pressed.

Style of combat? Ranged. She hates getting hit with anything. However, she isn't above using a dagger when needed, and she fights dirty with one--she will aim for any exposed flesh.

Most prized possession? A hunk of slag glass that her mother gave her. The slag was left over from a stained glass window that her mother was commissioned to craft, and Tav was enamored with the pigment combination that her mother used. So, with what she had left over, her mother created an apple-sized hunk of slag that marbled the colors together. Tav left this in her pack with most of her other belongings. Shadowheart held onto it until they reunited.

Deepest desire? Stability. She wants a place to call home that will remain her home if she chooses to adventure. She wants it to have a garden, a well-stocked library, and a kitchen with a crackling hearth.

Guilty pleasure? She loves reading smut. And she loves dramatically reading smut aloud. Will read it to Rolan while he is studying to see how long it takes for him to blush.

Best-kept secret? She thinks that she is a failure as a wizard.

Greatest strength? She would say her perseverance.

Fatal flaw? While she doesn't view vulnerability as weakness with others, within herself, vulnerability is unacceptable. She doesn't want to ask for help. Ever. And when she has to, she views it as a failing on her part.

Favorite scent? Old books, lavender, seed oil, and cypress

Favorite spell/cantrip? Shatter or Eldritch blast (learned it from Wyll)

Pet peeve? Meetings that could have been a letter correspondence

Bad habit? Is disorganized to a fault. Will forget she is holding something, and has no qualms in leaving her workspace a mess if she thinks that she'll come back and work on something more at a later point.

Hidden talent? Glass blowing

Leisure activity? Reading, gardening, and cooking.

Favorite drink? Almond brandy

Comfort food? Bouillabaisse -- a fish soup.

Favorite person(s)? While I think she cared deeply for everyone in her traveling party, prior to endgame, her favorite person was Gale. She enjoyed his sense of humor originally, and given that they both attended Blackstaff, they had a foundation to build a friendship off of. She valued him as a colleague at first, but those feelings ultimately turned romantic when he told a ridiculously horrible pun and she laughed (and snorted) for twenty minutes straight. She adored Karlach and they bonded over their shared experiences living in Baldur's Gate as children. They were also both orphaned, so they began to jokingly (until it wasn't a joke anymore) say that they adopted each other as siblings. Karlach started telling Tav "Taters," and when Tav found out what it meant, she hid in Gale's tent and cried happy tears for twenty solid minutes. AFTER the events of the game, Tav goes to live with Rolan and his family, and they quickly become her favorite people. Cal and Lia welcome her in and rib her like siblings would. She and Cal bond over gardening, and she and Lia bond while sparring with one another. She and Rolan fall in love, and with him, she permits herself to be vulnerable. And while they were both extremely oblivious and assumed that the other didn't feel the same way (so why bother confessing?), one thing leads to another, and a romance blossoms.

Favored display of affection? Physical touch. She loves being embraced, and she loves holding hands. Rolan will tuck her hair behind her ear. She also likes being bitten. A lot.

Fondest childhood memory? Watching her mother mix pigments for stained glass and swimming in the Chionthar with her friends. She also snuck into Ramazith's tower while it was abandoned (decades after Ramazith disappeared and prior to Lorroakan claiming it) and fell in love with the library.

Anything else you’d like to share? Prior to the events of BG3, Tav worked as a guild artisan. She specialized in glassblowing, and she used her wages to fund her arcane research. She fought tooth and nail with the heads of the guild to open a branch for artificing/working with enchanted items but came up against a lot of resistance. Had she not been abducted by mind flayers, she very likely would have continued with the guild until she got fed up with them skimming more than their fair share off of her commissions.

#my tav #tav tag #darcy rambles #bg3 #bg3 tag #baldur's gate 3 #tav

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dr-viles-laboratory · 2 years ago

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HI :D

I know exactly nothing abt Ted or where he’s from !! Please use this ask as a place to completely infodump if you want!!

Hope you’re doing well!! <333

HI EZRA HIIIIII!!!!! HI HI HI HI :]!!!!!!! HEHEHE THANK YOU FOR ASKING

Ted is actually an OC of mine!!!! I love custom-making boyfriends for myself. Did you know you can do that? It's crazy they just let you do that!!! Without a license or anything!!!!! Best decision I've ever made tbh

He's a superhero oc of mine I use with a couple friends (can't go too into it, it's related to a WIP one friend is gonna publish so. Yknow. But ted was my creation so I can talk about him!!!! :]) and I am MADLY in love with him hehehe. He started as a pun and then evolved into my main f/o JDGSHDHAHSJS

He's a bear (body type) and he's also a supervillain named Grizzly and his powers involve him turning into a massive kaiju bear!!! He's a southern guy from the fictional town of Middlof, Nohweir (we're very funny in the gc) with a MASSIVE family and I love him I love him you don't understand I love him SO much he's so stupid and his brain is so very empty but that's okay because he needed more room for his big ol heart!!!!!!!

He turns into a kaiju when he gets angry, hulk-style, but he HAS to kaiju at least once a month, a little like a werewolf. He can also turn into a smaller, more mellowed out bear form (but still the size of a fucking grizzly bear) at will :]

He has a pet cat named Missus Muffins he spoils the hell out of and he works construction most of the time (consistent work in a city with an exceptionally high Super population) but he also bounces at Pops, a supervillain-exclusive bar under a diner!!!

His meeting with my s/I Victor Stein is pretty funny actually. He King Kong-s around the city when he goes kaiju, but he tries to plan in advance so no one actually gets hurt. So he, in all his himbo intelligence, nabbed Victor off the street, asked if he could kidnap him later, and victor had a Homo Moment and said yes and it went from there :]

As Grizzly he's also henchman to Dr. Vile, Victor's supervillain identity!!!!! He didn't realize they were the same person at first, twas quite the conversation JDHSHDHSHDHSHD

ANYWAYS YEAH that's him!!!!! Not everything obviously, I have a whole yandere au a lot more about him :]!!!! He's my specialest man and i love him and I'm kissing him on the lips :]

Also his vc is Gregg Allman (Whipping Post by the Allman Brothers Band) (I have a whole playlist for him if you want it!!!!!!)

#WOOOOO that felt good #can you tell how normal i am about him??#oh I'm so normal! so normal #selfship #ted barrett #☢dr. vile and the kaiju kidnapper!🐻

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everlywindex · 2 years ago

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MY LONG OVERDUE TRAILER THOUGHTS + MERCH N WHATNOT

HEYY GUYS been a while since march huh? Anyways so i kinda expected to post these thought right after the trailer came out But. one thing led to another, procrastination took place and now it's the night before the new trailer release and i am wrestling with my impending genloss fixation just to type this out hooray!

side note i read through everything i already said before typing this out and Man has things changed lol. it's really funny bc all that was typed just a few months ago and here i am reading through it like "i would not fucking say that..." except i would. just. months ago. when i was young and stupid an unaware of the truths of the world smh

idk i just think it's rlly funny. time flies and i've been growing

anyways i stand by a lot of the things i said i just feel like i worded things kinda really aggressively n was a bit intense and all yknow (sorry to other iteration donnie fans for my actions rise!d is my personal favorite but i got kinda carried away w the "best by far" statements especially for someone who hasn't even seen any other iterations lmao. like wow march!everly wtf were you on about!!)

ANYWAYS rambles aside so

1. YEAH THE TRAILER WAS SO FUCKING COOL OH MY GOD

YEAH I LOVED THE TRAILER SO MUCH IFS SO GOOD.

i predicted it would be a vlog of sorts and while that wasn't exactly the case we Did get a form of that w the watermelon scene WHICH was great and close enough for me to consider this an absolute win

the voice acting was PHENOMENAL and i'm obsessed with the fact that they managed to work improv into this film with everyone in a scene recording in the same room it just adds such a natural vibe to the interactions that's sooo fun to watch. lion king remake had 1 valuable thing to give to society and it was giving seth rogen this idea

the comedy is on POINT (pun intended lmaoooo rip donnie's leg) and i can already tell this movie's gonna have me on the floor

but yeah i think raph is shaping up to be my favorite he's so relatable. just a silly guy. Absolute goober. i love him he can do no wrong

2. I HAVE NEVER BEEN THIS HAPPY TO BE WRONG (APRIL!!!!)

OK SO Y'ALL KNOW I WAS WORRIED ABT APRIL'S DESIGN. mostly in terms of the fact that i thought the leaked storyboard was fake and getting everyone excited for a black plus sized april who wouldn't actually be in the film and, if the design wasn't kept, a lot of people would be upset abt it

but EVIDENTLY the storyboard was real (which i will elaborate on later) and i was WRONG!! BLACK PLUS SIZED APRIL REAL!!!

i'm so happy for everyone feeling represented by her character bc if there's one thing i was worried about it's that representation that we got to see for the first time in rise will be taken away with this new iteration and april retaining this part of her character makes me feel a lot more optimistic for other diverse characters as well!

3. MERCH/GOD THERE IS SO MUCH ADVERTISING FOR THIS THING??

they are advertising the FUCK out of this movie and i am here for it

i am so excited to go into Walmart and be surrounded by turtlemania it will be a blast. i hope they're everywhere. i hope no one can escape

i am gonna go to that premiere decked out in turtle merchandise and look absolutely insane and it will be great. They'd better sell the pizza flavored mutant mayhem peatos at the movie theatre or i will cry

i still really hope they go the puss in boots 2 route with marketing at some point i cannot stress enough how much i want mutant mayhem boys making tiktoks to advertise the movie it would be iconic

4. THE LEAKS 😬

YEAH UHHH NOT COOL!!!

basically that storyboard from earlier is probably real and that's bc uh. The same twitter account who posted that proceeded to post a whole ass Google drive full of leaks and then got promptly shut down LMAO

but yeah i've had to dodge spoilers for a bit since the new trailer got LEAKED and now people are posting about it, which??????? if one of the crew members literally says "hey if you leak trailers fuck you" and you continue spreading this stuff i have no words for u

5. PREDICTIONS AND THEORIES???

OKAY SO I HAVE A FEW THEORIES BUT IM GONNA START BY REITERATING SOME FROM MY LAST POSTS THAT I STILL HAVE FAITH IN

first off i still think we're gonna get a resolution reminiscent of luca for the turtles. once again: "some people? they'll never accept them. but some will. and they seem to know how to find the good ones."

the movie will likely end w mutants being overall more accepted and integrated into society

andd,, i still rlly want that donnie headphones action scene y'know the one

NOW ONTO NEW STUFF

there's this one bit everyone's talking abt where you can see a 6 printed on raph's shoulder which not only implies that he's a lab creation but also that there are two more turtles and i think that one playset image that's been floating around could definitely imply that there's at least one more. What happened to the sixth one? idk. It got hit by a meteor i guess

i'm excited to see where it goes though! i'd honestly be down for venus, jennika or even kirby to show up they'd be so fun. Although i'd expect them to introduce them in a later movie rather than the first one, but,,, idk as long as it's written well I'm down for anything!

speaking of the turtles' origins though i do think that the utroms assisted stockman in creating the ooze. Since in that scene at the end of the first trailer w the ominous blue glow where the turtles are talking abt ooze it... Does Not look like they're talking to april. the lighting's different and the scene is also visibly flipped sideways. I think it's a classic trailer trick to hide what's really going on

Soooo i think they're talking to cynthia utrom! my take is that she's a henchman/employee for kraang or something. A messenger of some kind? Who's working with stockman on all this stuff

speaking of stockman i don't thiiiink that he and superfly are the same? Different voice actor nd all. I'm gonna guess that its more of a jekyll and hyde situation than anything

But yeah uhhh i have another theory, this one specificslly related to leo!

this is kinda just n entire scene i have in my mind and it's inspired by a scene in jeff rowe's other movie, the mitchells vs the machines

i think there's going to be an all is lost moment where leo loses his little brothers. Even after everything he failed to protect them. This whole time he's tried to be a leader and it still wasn't enough

and somehow he gets his hands on a phone and the phone has a video on it, and its the video from the rooftop watermelon scene

and he sees it, sees himself in the background, probably wishing they were training instead or something, and realizes

the reason that he failed his brothers was that he was trying so hard to be a good leader that he forgot the most important thing- being the big brother that they needed him to be

I'm thinking that he maybe had this very specific image of a strong disciplined ninja team that he wanted them to be and it's not until this moment that he realizes that's not what his brothers are meant for, and that they'll only succeed if he gives them the freedom to do things their own way and works with them and works to understand them rather than just trying to order them around

and armed with this knowledge and revelation he gears up again and sets out to make things right, leading us into the finale!

but yeah thgts just a theory.

anyways i have another one that's way less plausible but still rlly silly i think

SO i mentioned how I'm hoping they keep the coding from rise right. Now leo,,, in rise,,, was really. Yaknow. 🏳️‍🌈

and i was reading Abt how mutant mayhem leo is supposedly gonna have a crush on april and,, it got me thinking

there's no way they're actually gonna be a thing since april seems to be an adult this time around (judging by the fact that her voice actor is an adult and it would make no sense to cast teen turtles as teens while leaving teen april out to dry for no reason) SO it's clearly gonna be an unrequited crush like a teenage boy would get on his babysitter or something

But. What if its a bit different than it seems on the surface

See judging by the leaked storyboard it seems like the turtles' perception of the world is heavily based on fiction, and like, mood, but also what if a young leo who was yet to realize some things about himself saw the heteronormative romances on tv and, being kinda confused, went on to mix up admiration or platonic affection w romantic attraction

and i can see a big reason for him doing this being that he's... well. He's already a mutant, and the idea of being even more of an outsider than he already is would be frankly terrifying!!

So he assumes his positive feelings for april are a crush and acts accordingly

but then as things go on and he has more and more doubts that lead to a genuine conversation with april (not exactly a feelings confession, just a heartfelt talk abt emotions) she drops into conversation that she is actually a lesbian! which can also hopefully be relevant to having another female casey jones in this iteration LIKE in rise but i'm getting ahead of myself

And she and Leo talk abt it for a second and leo has a Realization abt himself and april ends up being the first person he comes out to! and he realizes that maybe he's not as alone in this as he thought :)

anyways if this Were to happen i wouldn't place it all in mutant mayhem since that's likely where his leadership storyline would happen before any of those deep personal struggles especially since there's already SO MUCH STUFF mutant mayhem has to include (the other turtles' storylines + splinter and april + stockman and his mutant army)

i'd say this storyline would most likely be saved for the rumored tv show this iteration is probably getting. I mean mutant mayhem mikey showed up in a nickelodeon bumper so like. imma say it's super likely, and that i think would be a perfect place to explore a storyline like this!

so lets uhh. Let's hope I'm right! Whatever happens i will be so excited to tune in i just think a gay leo figuring himself out w help and guidance from a queer mentor in the form of lesbian april would be SO sweet and just a very wonderful dynamic

AND UHHH YEAH THATS ALL!!! it is 3am lmao. and since the spiderverse trailer came out at like 2am a while back maybe the mutant mayhem trailer came out while i was typing all this out? That'd be funny

but yeah uhhh STREAM GENERATION LOSS ND GOODNIGHT FELLAS!!! cowabunga

TODAY. MUTANT MAYHEM TEASER TRAILER. OUT TODAY. I AM SO FUCKING HYPED.

i have been so fucking hyped ever since i saw the concept art. with rottmnt's cancellation i've been praying that the creators behind this new iteration will be able to tell their full creative vision, and i plan to be with this new iteration every step of the way on that journey.

i've been watching this movie's leaks closely (due to the fact that i am a tmnt hungry autism gremlin who needs every scrap of knowledge on this movie possible) and today i want to lay out all my personal thoughts, opinions and speculation before the teaser!

soo yeah let's get this show on the road!

1. i am a bit frightened of mr. rogen but damn does the crew look promising

at first glance the producer of sausage party also producing a tmnt movie seems like something straight out of the nightmare dimension and i can't say that i've seen rogen's other work therefore i can't reassure anyone that sausage party is an outlier and the rest of his work is actually genius or anything like that.

HOWEVER it does seem that he's gonna be taking mutant mayhem pretty seriously! he, along with the director & a co-producer, have been stated to be huge fans and this is supposedly a big passion project for them that's been in the works for years

additionally, it seems to be very focused on the "teenage" aspect of tmnt, shown in part by how they've decided to get actual teenage voice actors for the turtles. it seems to be more of a coming of age character driven movie than a typical action blockbuster. so it's certainly not just a cash grab to make money off of the tmnt brand or anything, there is heart here

i'm not familiar with evan goldberg or james weaver either, but jeff rowe........ not only has he worked on gravity falls, but he also co-directed the mitchells vs the machines. another movie that blurs the lines between 2d and 3d animation phenomenally and masterfully handles complicated family dynamics as well as a neurodivergent teenage queer protagonist

so honestly his place on this project already has me very excited and while i haven't watched gravity falls yet, anyone else who's seen mitchells-machines knows damn well we're in good hands

the movie has also been described as "left of center" as well which means hopefully anyone who complained about the rise turtles looking too non-binary or whatever and is looking forward to a "more classic, less woke" iteration will be in for a very rude awakening. Lmao

the animation style is supposed to mimic doodles and sketchy art styles, a lot like mitchells, so you can see that influence! you can even see sketch lines and whatnot on the leaked turtle designs which is super fucking cool and i'm so excited to see it in action tonight!!

2. donatello takes minecraft hunger games (for the first time in history!)

the turtles themselves are also, as i mentioned earlier, gonna be played by actual teenagers. the rumored casting involves three dudes i've never heard of as leo, raph and mikey so i can't really speak on them in depth even though they look promising!

but i think we've all recognized nicolas cantu as gumball and, even though i myself haven't seen TAWOG, i think he could be a pretty good fit? honestly i'd just be glad to have donnie's voice actor be the same guy who hunted down james charles in a minecraft tournament and promised to eliminate the middle class on smplive(?) just because then people will be able to animate mm!donnie to that audio and it'll be glorious

i honestly hope that those slightly unhinged gamer vibes carry over into donnie's actual character, possibly as a combo of influence from nicolas cantu himself and maybe as a remnant of rise!donnie. given that he was the best donatello by far, fight me, i hope they take the whole "borrowing elements from previous iterations to make this like a cool mega mashup combo of them" idea that was discussed, and give mm!donnie a lot of rise!donnie influence. that would just be so rad i think but maybe i'm just biased w rise!donnie being my favorite tmnt character of all time and all

3. SO ABOUT THAT LEAKED CHARACTER STUFF

THE DESIGNS ARE AWESOME i know a lot of people were mixed on them and i was too but they've been really growing on me!

i absolutely loved donnie's design right from the start though. he just has a lot of neat little details that set him apart from the others! his glasses, his little phone, his headphones (which i pray are noise cancelling) his weapon having jujutsu kaisen and sailor moon stickers on it HELL YEAH !!

i was kinda bummed out when they took his snaggletooth because i thought it was cute but i can see why they removed it, maybe to stay away from like the kind of "buck toothed nerd" stereotype that they might have felt they were getting a bit too close to. What they had better not fucking remove? The autism. given that the entire mitchell family is highly autistic coded though i am trusting jeff rowe not to fuck this up

speaking of neurodivergency, mikey had adhd in both 2012 and rise and they had better fucking keep that as well!

i also heard some rumors that 2012 raph and donnie had adhd and ocd respectively and i haven't been able to find any evidence for those but like.. y'know it'd still be cool to see those included in mutant mayhem as well! especially since, bringing up mitchells-machines again, aaron canonically had mild ocd so it's not like it would be out of the realm of possibility for them to give that to a turtle

honestly i love donnie's design so much bc of the little details it has that tell ya more about him in comparison to the others. i kinda wish mikey kept the stickers on his shell kinda like rise!mikey had, and i also would've liked it if raph still had some bandaids here and there like in his concept art design. of course i am mourning leo's braces just like the rest of us but at least mikey gets to keep em. i'm not even 100% sure that he's lost the braces in the first place though so we'll just see in the teaser trailer if he still has em or not!

of course though i'm always down to see an iteration give the characters designs reminescent of the turtle species they're directly based on (like rottmnt giving each turtle their own respective turtle species, and then giving them features respective of that species, like leo's red and yellow streaks, donnie's soft shell, mikey's pretty orangey-gold dapples, and raph's spikes) mostly because it's just cool and spices up the designs! so while the mutant mayhem turtles don't seem to have anything indicative of their species it'd just... It'd be awesome y'know. I'd like it

also in terms of the action figure leaks i think they're cute but i especially love the splinter design we got. He just looks so Dad and i really hope this iteration can stray further from the stereotypes and the "yikes" aspects of his character a bit more. i have faith in y'all!

i don't have much to say on the leaked character personality descriptions other than people on the internet will rlly just believe anything NO raph will NOT be canonically using he/she pronouns guys. paramount and nickelodeon are not fucking brave enough for that. i will still be he/she'ing raph throughout the entirety of this essay though because it is my favorite technically founded by canon hc that we have been presented with

also i haven't watched good will hunting. but now i feel like i should. i need to understand that little purple turtle more

4. i think if they give mikey a gun the entire plot will be over in two minutes

there are a lot of theories on how this movie's story is gonna go!

one is that the boys are gonna get cloaking brooches (like in rise) in order to disguise themselves as humans and attend school. and iii kinda doubt that! mostly because of their voice actors. given that the turtles are presumably biological brothers in this iteration that means either they'd all be poc or none of them would be. the former would be odd since two of their voice actors are white and therefore you'd have white actors playing poc characters, and the latter would be just as bad since the turtles are infamously blasian coded and it would just be straight up whitewashing

i think casting white actors as blasian coded characters might in itself be fairly questionable but if anything it pretty much solidifies that we won't be seeing the turtles' human forms in this movie because that would make it.. even more visibly questionable to people who may not have looked into it as much initially, which the crew would want to avoid i think. so if they attend school it'll either be openly as mutants or under some kind of disguise

whatever the case though i think sending the turtles to school is a pretty new and fun concept!

i really hope we get that one scene people theorize could happen where donnie puts on his headphones and triggers an action scene with the action synced to the music. that'd be fucking lit

i think the movie will probably end on a note similar to luca where the turtles are able to come out of hiding and there's a "some people? they'll never accept them. but some will. and they seem to know how to find the good ones." kind of message. the good ones in question being probably april, casey, keno? God i hope keno's in this

maybe the ending is letting mutants as a whole have a chance to be more involved in society. they were previously hiding in shadows but the turtles' heroic actions opens things up for them to start being more accepted? idk that's just my thinking

5. guys i'm sorry but that storyboard is so fake

i'm not going to go into it in detail since someone already did that in this post

but yeah that storyboard is most likely not at all real. which also means we sadly may not be getting a black plus sized april for this movie. it would be awesome! but it may just.. not be happening

so like if the teaser comes out and april looks nothing like that, then uh.. y'know. don't freak out

6. speculation on the teaser and marketing going forward

so i think that since this is gonna be a more character driven teen movie than an action hero movie with high tense dramatic stakes and whatnot, the teaser is gonna reflect that. i remember when they talked about a demo video that they made to showcase the art style (that was never released to the public,) where raph had one of her brothers record her skateboarding into a store and breaking something before they both ran outta there laughing and i think that. If anything? the trailer could be kinda reminescent of that

not literally that, of course, but something similarly modern teenager-y and goofy that would establish the characters' personalities and family dynamics well

maybe something like mikey doing a vlog where he talks about his friends and family members and we get to see moments of him bothering them for interviews or content for his vlog. and like you can just imagine all of the short clips and shenanigans that would come from that and how it could lead to a fun format for a teaser or even full trailer y'know! especially considering what we know of the movie's themes

one more thing i want to say is that god i just really hope this movie takes the puss in boots 2 route with its marketing. it'd just be so funny i wanna see the turtles making tiktoks to promote the movie where they prank each other and get into trouble and shit like it'd just be so goofy!!

and uhh... Yeah! i think that's all i have to say! these are all my thoughts lined up and written out and i'm excited to look back on this after the trailer, and possibly even after the movie, just to see how like.... things were before. Y'know.

but yeah hashtag i was here for the first trailer drop on the seth rogen tmnt iteration 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

see you guys after the kid's choice awards!!!

#tmnt #mutant mayhem #tmnt mutant mayhem #tmnt 2023 #analysis #theory #everly speaks #reblog

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trinoxtrinox · 2 years ago

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A celebration

Ectoberhaunt 2022, Side Chaos. Prompt: One Hundred.

Summary: It's been one hundred days since the reveal made by Danny Fenton, and today was a day to celebrate.

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“Danny! You’ll be late for school if you continue sleeping like that!” Maddie Fenton shouted from the kitchen on the first floor, all the while still making the pancakes on the stove, hearing as the batter for this batch of fudge flavored pancake was sizzling slowly, the smell of it spreading through the house as one Jack Fenton could be heard eating them on the table behind her. Jazz meanwhile had already left in her car for college earlier in the morning, and wouldn’t return until the afternoon, thus leaving the family of 4 as a family of 3 once Danny returns from school.

“Hey mom, hey dad.” Danny phased his head through the ceiling, taking a big breath of whatever was being made. “If those are what I think they are then please mom make me like, a hundred of them.”

“Ha! Now that’s a Fenton appetite!” Jack cheered, lifting his fork, only to return eating his own share of pancakes.

“Well honey, if you want to eat some of them you better get down soon, because otherwise your father will end up eating every pancake. This is the second to last round of batter I’m making after all.”

“Nooooo! I’ll get changed and come down in a sec.” With more urgency than if a ghost attack was happening right now, Danny flew back into his room and phased his pajamas out, got his clothes on, and phased through the floor until he finally arrived at the kitchen. “So? How many pancakes can I eat now?”

“Well, you were pretty fast, so I’d say this last batter batch is all yours.” Maddie put some pancakes on the dish designated for herself and then began making the last batch of fudge pancakes.

“So, are you ready for today Danno?”

“Ready for what?” He asked as he kept stimming in his chair, bouncing from place to place while waiting for the delectable pancakes to be ready to eat.

“Well, today masks 100 days since the reveal Danno!” The excitement Jack felt was contagious, and as evidenced, Danny also began smiling even more upon hearing the news.

“Really!? So we’re gonna celebrate today!” he slowly began floating in place, taking the chair with himself as we had his feet tangled to it’s legs.

“Yep, once you’re out of school we’ll do a patrol together the three of us and then go spend some time hanging around doing whatever comes to mind, and once dinner time comes we’ll buy a Nasty Burger for the four of us.” Maddie detailed the plans for today as she finished the first pancake and set it on Danny’s dish, she turned around to put the batter on the pan, and looked behind her once more, only to witness Danny open his mouth impossibly high and putting the whole pancake inside of it, not waiting to chew nor savor it before gulping it all down.

“Aaaahhhhhh.” Danny’s face of satisfaction brought to doubt if he really didn't savor anything.

“Danny, next time remember to chew and eat in bite sized bites, alright?” the chastise brought to him by his mother caused him to retract upon himself and weakly nod, looking downwards to avoid anyone’s gaze.

“Don’t worry Dann-o, no one is mad, it’s just that it can’t be healthy to stretch your mouth that long or that far to begin with.”

“Alright alright, I’ll eat the following pancake normally.”

“Now that’s the spirit.” That pun got the three of the Fenton present laughing, and after a bit of a scare with the batter almost burning due to the distraction, the rest of the morning continued like normal and the day proceeded to do so as well. There wasn’t any big ghost attack today, and thanks to that every member of the Fenton family was able to arrive in time to celebrate the special day on the streets. They first went to the planetarium, and later the movies, where this time Jazz was the one to pick a movie from all the ones available in the theater. Finally once they got out of the theater, they all returned home with their bellies full and minds at ease, and went directly to bed. This had been the best 100 days of his life according to one Danny Fenton.

#Ectoberhaunt22 #EH Chaos #Day 19 #One Hundred #Danny Phantom #Danny Fenton #Jack Fenton #Maddie Fenton

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lunarifie · 2 years ago

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Rewatching Ninjago

(With no context other than the episode)

The Tournament of Elements episode 9-10

Uh huh. So im just supposed to believe that the people of ninjago city are scared of serpentine ppl (like skyler) when the serpentine just saved them from the overlord

Skyler: i wish i still had the power to change

Kai: you have changed, your with us now.

Thats actually so sweet

Kryptarium prison: jail for the worst of the worst.

Dont the ninja get thrown in here once

Pythor: AND forced me to take a shrinking pill!

That wasn’t for you and NO ONE told you to jump and take it.

Cole: ill handle this!

(Throws rocks at prison bars almost freeing inmates)

Cole you dumbass.

Keep forgetting these two anacondrai are kapow and chope. They changed :(

They were so goofy before

Lloyd: we cant let him get into the wrong hands! Literally…

Pythor: oh i get it, its literal because of my size. 😒 Well, im a little sensitive so-

Garmadon: a little sensitive?

Love them pun teaming

Cole: It aint fair! Why do they get weapons and we dont!

Jay, completely serious: Everythings a weapon in the big house. (Fights an anacondrai with a toothbrush)

Jay have you gone to jail

Cant believe Wus snake racist

Maybe he should have gone with the ninja and seen the snakes new civilization under ground

Lloyd: I lost him

Garmadon: wha- What do you mean you lost him?!? Find him!!!

Hes such a dad 😭

Wait wait wait i forgot when were there pirates

Oh ok when garmadon brought them to life with the mega weapon.

Got it

Why is it that they never use their elemental power when they actually need to

COLE. DONT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING. NOW THEYRE ALL GONNA ESCAPE.

(Cole, busting down walls to escape.)

Jay: when people try to bust out of jail, they do so quietly. not literally!!!

Jay. Have you. Been to. Jail.

Okay pythors actually hilarious

THE MEME SCREAM

ITS BEEN SO LONG

Jay: what happened to ‘we stay as one?’

Garmadon: this isnt a vote jay, this is war.

Good to know jay knows when to stfu

I actually feel like sometimes he takes garmadon more seriously than Wu

I feel so bad for Garmadons guilt, like honestly, the letter isnt even that bad. Yeah its a dickish thing to do. But if wu and misako dwell on it and get angry then thats on them, it happened YEARS ago and it was chen who pressured him.

Misako: theres smth wrong… what aren’t you telling me.

Garmadon: were on the threshold of war and im a man-snake. Take your pick.

Jenfusbdjfbskne

Misako: the letter? Oh! It was the reason i fell in love with you.

Oh.

Well…

Lloyd probably felt like he scared that kid with the dragons blast, but he didnt get to see how the kids eyes sparkled and threw his soccer ball away, asking anyone if they wanted to play dragons 😭

I actually love Coles dragons design.

This whole season Cole has a sort of greenish glow to his powers but im pretty sure later its more lava like and I cant decide which one I like more.

Praise that old lady who only cares about driving her car and not being blocked by dragons in this madness

KAI STOP FIREBLOCKING THE ROADS.

NO NOT THE DRAGON LOVER KID

Wu let Garmadon be angry i feel like hes allowed to after everythings chens done to him 💀

STOOOP

NO.

CHEN.

YOU FUCKER.

GARMADON WAS GONNA TELL THEM HIMSELF.

HE WAS ABOUT TO.

IM GENUINELY ANGRY WTF CHEN.

im crying.

Wu bro pls hes sorry he said hes sorry

Ik if that happened to me I would be pissed asf

But still!!!!!

At least skylers keeping a steady head.

HFJSNFJDNSJNR

Wu's passive aggressiveness is so funny

And fair

He needs time and that's ok

Wu thinks a lot like an actual military or war general

Very strategic

KAI AT THE DOOMSDAY COMIX GIVING A SPEECH FOR HELP

JAY AT THE JUNKYARD

ZANE AT HIS MONUMENT STATUE

COLE AT THE PRISON

I'm so hyped

WAAAAR

THE LITTLE SNAKE BOY WITH A BOMBER JACKET MADE A HUMAN KID FRIEND IM CRYING

my favorite trope is when the city fights with the heroes

(statue and rocks fall down)

Awkward silence

The anacondrai a second later: ARAAARGRHRRRR

Pythor named the sewer rat Rodrigo

Is this pythors character arc???

Skyler after throwing her father: sorry, but i have a few daddy issues.

HFISNFJSJRKR

I said this in my last reaction but Garmadons urge to self sacrifice himself as an act of heroism to make up for what hes done/doesn’t think he deserves to live, is smth so obvious but smth i thought he changed and grew from

Now hes relapsing :(

Lloyd: you think im gonna stick around to watch you go! Fine! My real family needs me.

LLOYD NO 😭

I FORGOT GARMADON SACRIFICED HIMSELF BEFORE TURNING EVIL THIS IS GONNA KILL ME

Not the melodramatic music.

NOT THE FLASHBACKS

this is unfair

Lloyd literally a minute after (comes back): if anyone should be sending you off. Its me.

Well that was quick.

Had a whole realization in 0.5 seconds

Garmadon: I yearned to make the world in my image. I never realized I already had, in you.

Brb sobbing my eyes out

Even pythors like 😧

I love when rad snakes kill poser cultists

I hate that the “whats wrong! Looks like you’ve seen a ghost!” Joke from Cole was completely intentional in foreshadowing bc the anacondrai generals look just like Morro and Cole when theyre ghosts and the ghost seasons right after this

Chen: Save me skyler!

Skyler: 🙂

They made pythor big again :D

What the anacondrai generals said to Lloyd is probably the most respect hes been given for like, EVERYTHING EVER.

Skyler

No, no you dont. You DONT need to take up the family business. Let it burn to the ground. Its fine :)

NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHY ARE YOU BURNING THE SPELLBOOK THATS SO USEFUL WTFFF

HFNSJFNSNR WHY IS MORRO HERE

he popped out of nowhere and that took me so off guard

#ninjago #lego ninjago #Rewatching Ninjago

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farieshades · 2 years ago

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Um think this is question 4 for supernatural. Deities knows.

Fuck what was I gonna ask. Fuuuuuuuccccckk.

Destiny!

No autocorrect. Destiel.

What do you think about Destiel?

I am, definitely, not the person to ask this of, but sure, lets goooooooo.

The Relationship through the Seasons

There are a lot of minute details that show up throughout the seasons, little looks here and there, offhand comments with deeper meanings, the wonderful queerbaiting eye-fucking, but for this, we’re going to go on both my thoughts and what the scenes can portray.

So, we start with the beginning really. Dean and Castiel have romantic subtext as a part of their interactions since Castiel’s introduction at the start of Season 4, especially when paralleling Sam's relationships with Meg (I believe at the time) with the sneaking out and the secretive nature of both. However, unlike Sam’s relationship nothing explicit happened in the audience view.

Interestingly, we do get a lot of, what I’d call ‘background’ for the relationship. In 4.14 the Siren episode, it is clear from the male siren, and Dean’s own words of Sirens being creatures who attract men by turning into “whatever floats they guys boat”, that Nick Munroe is that which is attractive to Dean. The episode does play it off by linking similarities to Sam, but the mythology behind sirens (in general, lets not try and figure out fish legs or bird bodies honestly) is inherently sexual, seen in a later scene when Nick makes the brothers fight with the promise of “whoever survives can be with me forever” which in no way is straight or platonic.

Season 4 is also where we learn a lot about angels in general. Castiel, as an angel, is “about the size of your Chrysler building” and as all angels are, “junkless”. Multiple angels in the series flip between both male and female vessels, Castiel included for a single episode, but nevertheless, Castiel often inhabits a male vessel (when an angel). With his appearance in the show, Cas is canonically a virgin, to the point of actual confusion to arousing stimuli, however, as the seasons progress, Cas gains an understanding of romantic and sexual desire; often to women (Hannah, Meg, April, kina Nora but not really).

Interestingly, as I bring it up, season 4 is somewhat the time of learning to understand who you once were and who you could possibly be.

Two lines strike out in favour of Destiel, specifically in favour of it.

"I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition"

We all know this one, and I’m probably certain it’s been analyzed to hell and back (hah puns), but from my view this opens up a reciprocity between the two, not an ideal way to start being ‘in debt’, but well, better than others. In this, of course, Castiel doesn’t mean to make it as a deal, he’s more or less stating a fact, instantly contradicting Dean’s thoughts of worthlessness and his unsaveable nature(1.16 and the interesting line “I know I’m a freak and sooner or later everyone else is going to know it too” while a shapeshifter wore Dean’s face / 3.10 in which Nightmare!Dean says “I know how dead you are inside, how worthless you feel…. Your own father didn’t care whether you lived or died, why should you?”), but these feelings are counteracted with their meeting, ‘I am an angel of the Lord’ really is a shock to the system when really not believing in the good for the last 3 seasons.

Later in this season, however, we get the interesting line from the angel Uriel; "Castiel? Uh... he's not here. You see, he has this weakness. He likes you."

This is straight to the face, he likes you. Sure, at the time he’s more in a state of “fond of charge” probably, but for an ‘unfeeling’ angel to be ‘fond’ that… there’s a lot of oomph power there.

Season 5 is when Dean’s platonic affection for Cas shows up (And Cas’ fondness becomes more clear), notably we have the statement from Cas, “And I did it all, all of it, for you.” Now this is more about them as a whole I’d believe, but the way it is worded is in itself a love confession, is it not? But to Dean, he’s beginning to definitely see Cas as a form of family, and not a platonic kind surely, as he makes a joke, 5.3, about two women (Thelma and Louise) kissing refering back to themselves.

By Season 6, the fondness that Cas holds for Dean can be seen in wanting to let him lead his own human life rather that get him wrapped up in heaven’s politics, which, of course, causes the whole leviathan problem later because of some strange plotline that my head refuses to remember but I do recall that happening, so there is that. We also see, once again, it’s not just the audience picking up on interactions here, as Balthazar describes Castiel to Dean as “the one in the dirty trench coat who’s in love with you.” Season 6 ends with Destiel with a very significant moment, Dean collecting the bloody trench coat that flowed towards him in the water, the only remaining piece of Castiel. Dean picks it up folds it, and keeps it. This is an interesting parallel to widows of soldiers who die in line of service and recieve the flag as an honour to their husbands' sacrifice. Dean also keeps it nearby in a multitude of different cars as we go into Season 7 until he can return the coat.

Season 7 doesn't have much Cas/Dean moments honestly, but there are still significant moments, like the returning of the coat, the amnesia Cas trusting Dean instantly, and finally, when he gets his memory back that he remembers Dean, and everything that happened. Dean's own character has shown to have changed, specifically with this scene and how he regards Cas the same as he would his brother, "If you remember, then you know you did the best you could at the time." No matter what, however, Cas is full of guilt, even saying "I deserved to die. Now, I can’t possibly fix it… So why did I even walk out of that river?" But Dean refused to give up, telling Cas that coming back was his choice to fix it. This scene is one out of many that shows that Dean will fight for Cas and their family, as that is what he considers Cas to be. Dean's never really done long term relationships, the only people that stick around long enough are firmly set into the "Family” category in his mind, out of "Enemy" and "Friend" and "Stranger". This season also introdced an interesting concept from Hester, an angel from Castiel's garrison, who tells Dean "When Castiel first laid a hand on you in Hell, he was lost!" which, if an angel falls when there is too much emotion and whatnot, just merely touching Dean managed to flood Cas with emotion and love(?), probably without any idea what had happened to him when he did so.

At the end of Season 7 we end up in Purgatory, something intrinsically important to Season 8. Through flashbacks, we see Dean searching for Cas in a literal hellscape and praying every night, and when they do find eachother, Dean’s relief and joy are clear to see, despite Cas having been trying to stay away to keep Dean safe, and then when Cas chose to stay behind in Purgatory, Dean’s memories are distorted from the even in his own distress, he believes he failed Cas. When Cas does in fact return, 8.7, Dean yells at him for staying behind, “‘Look, I don’t need to feel like hell for failing you, okay? For failing you like I’ve failed every other godforsaken thing that I care about! I don’t need it!” Everyone he cares about he fails and thus we have Dean entering the paradox of failed love; he failed Cas, meaning he cares about him (read Love if you want), but he cares for Cas, meaning he failed him. For Dean, destiny has dictated if he loves someone, if he cares, he will fail them. Which, considering the life he has led and how many people he has watched die, is actually possibly true.

By mid season 8, we get the interesting “He was my gay thing” episode, with Aaron. Of course, in the episode, the flirtation is a diversion tactic, but Dean doesn’t know this when interacting with Aaron, and in the bar, Dean acts genuinely interested (or possibly shocked, could be read both ways), but with the interesting take, Aaron looks out of his depth. It is a romantic comedy kind of flustered that Dean is taken with at the scene, as said by Ben Edlund and Phil Sgriccia who did a commentary over the scene also further saying, jokingly based on their tone, that the two could have come together, where this was a potential with the hard life that Dean had lived and the idea that ‘wow someone likes me.’ Of course, in the scene where its revealed that Dean wasn’t actually being flirted with, he’s quite flustered and seemingly affected, though he does manage to say “It was really good. You really had me there. It was very smooth” as if he had faced rejection in a way. (Which it kinda was)

8.17 shows up not long after, Castiel having been reprogramed to be able to kill Dean, however, you know what stopped him? Dean echoing back what he said in purgatory, a declaration (of love) strong enough to break through the brainwashing. I need you.

The need is repeated in Season 9's first episode prayer to Castiel, "I know you think that I’m pissed at you, OK? But I don’t care that the angels fell. Whatever you did, or didn’t do, it doesn’t matter, OK? We’ll work it out. Please, man, I need you here.” Dean later also refuses to give up Cas even to save him or his brother, something he would have never done in the past (considering Sam is family and family is everything to Dean). Of course, Season 9 is also when we get the tiktok viral video of Abbadon grabbing Dean and saying, “So obedient, and suicidally stupid. I like that too.” To which Dean responds with “Are we gonna fight or make out, cause I’m getting some mixed signals here?” (cough - bottom - cough) -- 9.6 Cas has a date, and Dean doesn't look happy about it. In fact, we get a romantic cliche “Cas, wait. I can’t let you do this.” Cas closes the door, stares up at Dean and says, “What?” Dean says, “You’re gonna wear that, on a date?”. Now, ok, not exactly romantic, but "I can't let you do this" very much is, especially when confessing love to prevent love interest from leaving/marrying someone/dating. Of course, Dean tells Cas to lose the vest. Cas takes it off. Then Dean says, “And why don’t you unbutton it.” Cas starts unbuttoning his shirt. Dean says, “Alright, that’s enough Tony Manero.” Dean grins and looks down at Cas’s chest. Which, to the younger audience, Tony Manero (the flim) is 1) deliberately provocative 2) as challenging and compelling as it is difficult to describe.

This season honestly has more Dean/Crowley than Dean/Cas, but Metatron states and hints, quite a few times, about the relationship. He specifies that Castiel’s goal was to “save Dean” but also that Cas was Dean’s “Boy Toy” (though this was the illusion of Gabriel that Metatron created) and Metatron makes many references to queer or queer coded characters such as Sherlock, the erotic poem by Muriel Rukeyser, and the 'subtext' of a story making the story work [interestingy, the last time subtext was referenced was 5.9 in which two cosplayers (one sam, one dean) came out as a gay couple]. Metatron even states that he left Cas humant because he "was hoping [Cas] would live happily ever after, but he screwed that up too.” Then, damningly almost, in 9.22, Metatron states that "after a rousing speech, his true weakness is revealed: He’s in love. With humanity.” Although, in the scene, it's clearly Dean who was just saved by Castiel, one specific aspect of humanity one may say.

Season 10 I am going over quickly as I’m probably overwriting at this point, we get the fun “Fanfiction” episode, 10.5, which strongly acknowledges the Destiel within the series “Supernatural” by Chuck Shurley. We also get Dean referring to Sam and Castiel as “the people who love me.” within the season.

Really, nothing is going to stand out in the next 4 seasons other than basically strengthening the bonds and becoming fathers together, with their weirdly shaped family that we love. But, the fact that Castiel loves Dean is repeatedly affirmed in canon, not just through inference, but direct, unequivocal statements.

But, then we get Season 15, episode 18 in specific. You can all tell where I’m going with this.

To save the life of Dean one last time, Castiel sacrifices his own to the Shadow. It was a promise for when Cas exerienced a moment of true happiness the Shadow would come, but he figured it out in that moment. He confesses, tells dean that everything Dean has done has been for love, that Dean is the most selfless, loving human he will ever know, that he changed him, and goodbye. He tells him I love you, tears streaming down his face. Many watch Dean's confusion, the anguish, the shock. It's too late for Dean to react, but Cas has saved him, saved the man he loved. The ending scene is Dean ignoring a phone call from Sam as he sobs.

The Actors

Here’s where I’m going to pause and take a step back. Jensen Ackles doesn’t support the ship, however he did state that at the time of Cas’ confession he played Dean’s character open to interpretation as Dean ‘was in shock’, of course, the Latin American Dub has Dean saying he loves Cas back. But in the English, this doesn’t happen. Jensen has also stated that most of Dean's reaction in that scene was removed in editing and with it more ambiguity is given to the situation. Now, Jensen has repeatedly said at conventions that he never played Dean as bi or gay, however, Jensen also says in an interview with TV Week that Dean may have been a prostitute/hooker for a time [Q: Are the guys still mainly living on stolen credit cards and so forth? A: For the most part, yeah. Dean’s a bit of a pool shark and also a bit of a gambler. It doesn’t really show it all the time, but it’s definitely implied that there are poker games and pool matches that they can win some money on. And who knows? Dean’s a promiscuous kind of guy. Who knows how he drums up the funds that they use?]

Respecting Jensen’s thoughts on this, my take in understanding how this may be played out could be that, Castiel loves Dean, and supposedly, by the amount of timesit's been referenced to his face, Dean knows it as well, but at the same time there are plenty of different types of love. What Dean may look on as Stroge or Pragma (Familiar and Enduring), Castial may see as Philia and Eros (Affectionate and Romantic).

Personally

I think the ship works for the characters. There is a distinct queer coding that is applied through many of their scenes, and especially to Dean’s character and his (bi)sexuality. I’ve read plenty of fics, seen plenty of edits, and yeah, tis a good pairing, possibly the best one that Dean could work with.

Castiel – “I always wondered, ever since I took that burden, that curse, I wondered what it could be? What my true happiness could even look like. I never found an answer because the one thing I want, it's something I know I can't have. But I think I know... I think I know now. Happiness isn't in the having, it's in just being. It's in just saying it.”

Dean – “What are you talking about, man?”

Castiel – “I know. I know how you see yourself, Dean. You see yourself the same way our enemies see you. You're destructive, and you're angry, and you're broken. You're “daddy's blunt instrument.” And you think that hate and anger, that's... That's what drives you, that's who you are. It's not. And everyone who knows you see it. Everything you have ever done, the good and the bad, you have done for love. You raised your little brother for love. You fought for this whole world for love. That is who you are. You're the most caring man on Earth. You are the most selfless, loving human being I will ever know. You know, ever since we met, ever since I pulled you out of Hell, knowing you has changed me. Because you cared, I cared. I cared about you. I cared about Sam, I cared about Jack, I cared about the whole world because of you. You changed me, Dean.”

Dean – “Why does this sound like a goodbye?”

Castiel – “Because it is. I love you.”

Dean – “Don't do this, Cas.”

Castiel – “Goodbye, Dean.”

#castiel #destiel #deancas #dean winchester #supernatural #spnfandom #spn #spn spoilers #jensen ackles #misha collins #ask me questions

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aslitheryprinx · 3 years ago

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Who needs sleep? All I need is tiny Michael and his two giant dads!

If you don't want to read it on ao3, fic is below the cut:

CW: none. This is pure fluff hours.

A Gift for Michael

Ranboo watched with a dopey grin as Michael spun in place. The tiny piglin wobbled as he turned in circles, little giggles spilling from his lips as he got dizzier and dizzier. Finally, the dizziness was too much, and Michael fell backwards with a squeal of laughter.

The enderman hybrid let out a little vroop of delight. He could watch his son toddle around all day… if it weren't so hard on his back.

Because Michael was so small, only a couple of inches, it wasn't safe for him to wander around the larger rooms he and Tubbo used. Michael had his own little bedroom, as close to his size as they could manage. Since he was still a toddler, and oblivious to the dangers of falling from high places, the room was on the floor, in case he managed to wander out.

Thus, if Ranboo wanted to fulfill his dreams of doing nothing but watch his son's adorable antics, he had to do so while lying flat on the floor in order to see into Michael's room. Entirely worth it, in his opinion.

"Boo!" Michael cried, tapping a hand against the baby gates that kept him inside. He looked at Ranboo with a grin on his face, his one eye wide and excited.

Ranboo nearly burst into tears.

"Hi, Michael," he said softly, his tail thumping against the ground.

"Ranboo!" Tubbo shouted suddenly, bursting into the room.

Ranboo jumped, slamming his head against the underside of the table Michael's room was hidden beneath. He made a noise in Endspeak that he was about 70% sure was a curse.

"No swearing around the tiny baby," Tubbo chided instantly, not sounding upset in the slightest.

"I don't think he can actually make that sound, Tubbo," Ranboo said with a laugh.

Of course, Michael proved him wrong a second later by making an incredibly close approximation to the probably-swear.

"Awwww, is Michael's first word a swear?" Tubbo cooed. "Uncle Tommy is going to be so proud."

"No, no," Ranboo protested. "He said my name a second ago! Can you say it again Michael? Can you say 'Boo'?"

"V-wirirp," said Michael.

"Yeah… if I'm gonna be honest, even if he said 'Boo,' that wasn't his first word either," Tubbo said.

"What do you mean, even if-"

"Cause remember he said chicken the other day?" Tubbo finished.

If by 'chicken' he meant something that sounded like 'tickee' then yes he kind of had.

"And 'appa,'" Ranboo said with a smile.

"I think you mean apple, boss man," Tubbo corrected. "Our Michael only says the most sophisticated words."

"So ch and l's are too hard for you, but you can perfectly copy an Endspeak swear?" Ranboo whispered to Michael. "What's that about, huh?"

"Boo," Michael said solemnly.

"Huh," said Tubbo. "He really did learn your name."

"Mmhmm!" he said with a happy flick of his tail.

"No 'ran,' though, probably too hard for him."

"You can't expect him to run, he's still learning to walk!" Ranboo said with a smirk.

Tubbo was unamused.

"Puns are banned in my house," he said flatly.

"Your house?" Ranboo repeated. "The magnificent mansion that you are paying monthly installments of diamonds for?"

"Ok, fine. Puns are banned in my country," Tubbo shot back.

"Hmm," he hummed, still not impressed. "It wasn't really a pun, more like wordplay."

"Well I'll play… your… words," his husband said. Ranboo snorted.

"Ooh ouch, got me there."

"Are you going to get out from under the table sometime today?" Tubbo asked, apparently giving up. Ranboo was about to say no, he was fine right here, but he frowned. There was a fuzzy feeling at the back of his mind, the kind that happened when he was forgetting something… so pretty much daily.

"Did we have something to do today?" He asked, furrowing his brow.

"Yup," his husband said with a grin. "We're going shopping for the G-I-F-T."

Ranboo felt a familiar buzz of happiness he got whenever Tubbo didn't make a big deal out of his memory problems. Then, he processed what the other hybrid had actually said and let out a gasp of delight.

"Michael's birthd-!"

"Shhhhh," Tubbo hushed him quickly.

Ranboo managed to calm himself, though his tail was flicking back and forth rapidly with his excitement.

"I don't think he knows the word birthday yet, 'Bo," he said with a small amount of amusement. Tubbo rolled his eyes, but didn't comment.

"Ready to go?" he asked instead.

"Yes! Wait not yet," Ranboo said quickly.

He turned to Michael, and reached over the baby gate, holding his hand out flat. The little piglin instantly jumped into his hand, grabbing onto his thumb. Ranboo curled his fingers around his son, and carefully lifted him out of his room.

He held Michael up to his face. The piglin leaned forward, hugging Ranboo's nose with all of his might.

"Bah! Bah! Boo!" He babbled. Ranboo chose to believe he was saying goodbye.

"Bye-bye, Michael," he said with a smile. He gently nuzzled the toddler. "I'll see you soon, ok?"

With great reluctance, he pulled Michael away, and lowered him back into his room. He tilted his hand gently, and Michael slid off, going right back to spinning in circles.

Ranboo gave himself one last look at the adorable sight, then began the awkward ordeal of actually getting out from under the table. He banged his head once or twice, but finally managed to squirm out with most of his dignity intact. He stood, and brushed himself off, turning to his husband.

"Ready now!" He said, practically bouncing with excitement.

Tubbo had an achingly fond look on his face. The goat hybrid reached forward, grabbing his wrist. After a couple of tugs, he linked his arm through Ranboo's, and they began walking towards the door.

"Where to first?" Ranboo asked.

"Well, I happen to know of a shop close to L'm- close to the museum," Tubbo said, barely stumbling at the mistake.

"What kind of shop?" Ranboo didn't mention his slip. Tubbo was considerate enough to not mention his faulty memory. He would return the favor the best he could.

"I don't know, one that sells things?" Tubbo said with a shrug.

"Helpful," said Ranboo dryly.

"We'll just find out when we get there," came the airy response.

Tubbo tugged his arm gently, bumping their shoulders together- quite a feat considering the enderman hybrid's shoulder was about a foot higher.

Ranboo smiled. Even if the shop was a bust, he knew he wouldn't regret going. Spending a day with Tubbo would always be worth his time.

***

The shop did indeed sell things. Shocker.

It was actually a gift shop, or something along those lines. The stock seemed to be made up of various knick knacks and novelty items. None of it was very impressive, but this type of shop was perfect for their needs.

Unsurprisingly, shopping for a three inch tall toddler was not an easy task. Not only was it hard to find toddler safe wares, it was impossible to find toddler safe wares that were Michael's size. Choking hazard they may be, but tiny toys were the only thing small enough for their son to interact with.

A gift shop like this usually sold nothing but cheap junk. However, a lot of that junk was pocket sized. Michael sized. Weird keychains and figurines weren't the most traditional of toys, but Ranboo and Tubbo had learned to be creative while raising a child the size of a finger. The hope today was to find something a little more traditionally toy-like for Michael's birthday.

Tubbo had wandered towards the jewelry- sometimes the charms made for decent toys- while Ranboo gravitated towards the keychains. Even without his mission to find a gift, he would enjoy browsing the keychains. Most of them were shiny, made from gemstones that caught the light in a particularly pleasing manner. But they weren't what he was looking for.

Ironically, he didn't see something that caught his eye until it did the exact opposite. Instead of drawing his attention like most, his gaze slid over one keychain. He glanced back a second later, realizing it wasn't a gemstone one, and his eyes went wide.

"Tubbo!" He called, gingerly lifting the keychain from where it rested. "Tubbo, I found it."

His husband rushed over from the other side of the store, nearly bowling over an elderly couple in his determination. He slid to a stop beside Ranboo, eyes automatically falling to the keychain he held cupped in his hands. He gasped.

"It's perfect," he said reverently.

***

Eret squinted down at the object in their hands with just a hint of bewilderment. Two button eyes and a nose of thread poked out of a fluffy face. The head was topped with two little ears and a keychain attachment. Despite its size, barely an inch, it was shaped just like any other teddy bear.

"I'm sorry, you want me to what?" They asked.

"Take out it's guts and stuff it with something softer?" Ranboo repeated a little sheepishly.

Eret gently poked at the bear. Despite the soft outside, it was very firm. Whatever made up the material inside, it wouldn't make for a very huggable teddy. However, for a keychain meant to hold its shape, it was very practical. Their skepticism must have shown on their face, because Tubbo spoke up.

"Please, Eret," Tubbo begged, giving them the sad eyes he used to use whenever he wanted something. It had been a while since they'd seen that. "You're the only person I know who can sew and shit besides Tommy- and he'd give the bear fucking angry eyes or a tattoo or some shit."

"That… that still doesn't explain why," Eret said.

"It's for Michael," Ranboo said quietly, glancing around to make sure nobody else heard. Eret instantly softened.

They were one of the few people who knew of Michael's existence. It had been an accidental discovery, but they were determined not to betray Ranboo and Tubbo's trust- especially Tubbo's, after everything.

Any weakness in this world was dangerous. Attachments were taken advantage of and destroyed with barely a second thought. Michael was a toddler, an incredibly tiny one. Both made him very vulnerable, and the two husbands protected him with a terrifying amount of resolve.

As far as they knew, the only other people who knew about Michael's existence were Tommy, Phil and Fundy. The latter two's discovery of Michael had been as accidental as their own, and Fundy had nearly had an axe buried in his skull when he handled Michael a little too roughly.

To be trusted with anything Michael related, no matter how small, was beyond an honor. To be trusted at all again was more than they deserved. It was something to be treasured.

"I'll do it," Eret said, handling the bear with even more care now that he knew its purpose. Of course Tubbo and Ranboo wanted it stuffed with something softer; it was for their beloved son.

***

Ranboo hadn't realized how time-consuming Eret's job would be. Restuffing the bear took several hours, and the size seemed to make it harder rather than speed anything up. Each movement and stitch had to be made with the utmost care, or Eret risked tearing the delicate little bear. It was dark by the time they finally got home.

If Michael had been a human or even a hybrid, they wouldn't have left him alone for so long. But, though he was a toddler, he was also a piglin. Even as infants, pigling young needed far less supervision than human babies. Though snacks wouldn't hurt them, they really only needed to eat once a day, so there was no need to feed Michael every few hours. Because his room was very thoroughly baby-proofed, there was no risk of him hurting himself while they weren't watching.

Still, neither of them liked leaving their son home alone. Ranboo hoped he liked the gift, otherwise they'd been away from him for nothing.

Tubbo carefully held the stuffed bear, which was now incredibly squishy and sewed shut with golden thread. Ranboo slipped under the table to get Michael. He managed to avoid bumping his head this time, which was a huge plus.

"Michael? We're back. And we brought you a…" Ranboo trailed off as he peeked into Michael's room.

The little piglin was fast asleep, curled up in a pile of blankets with a happy smile on his face. Ranboo felt a wave of happiness at the adorable sight, but he was also a little disappointed.

"He's asleep," Ranboo told Tubbo in a whisper.

"Oh," said Tubbo, sounding just as disappointed as he felt. "Should we just stick the bear in with him?"

"What? No!" Ranboo said, giving his husband an indignant look. "That ruins the whole point of the gift!"

"He's a toddler, Boo," Tubbo said in exasperation. "He's not gonna understand gifts anyways."

"He's a toddler," Ranboo repeated with narrowed eyes, "so he won't understand that we gave him the bear if we put it there now. He'll think it appeared out of nowhere."

"So?"

"So, what if he doesn't trust it? What if it scares him? What if he hates it? What if he hates us for not protecting him??" Ranboo's voice rose with each new possibility.

"Alright, that's a little bit-" Tubbo began.

"Boo?" A tiny voice cut him off. Ranboo turned to the source, finding a bleary-eyed Michael blinking up at him.

"Hey buddy," Ranboo cooed. "Did I wake you up? I'm sorry."

"Bee?" Michael said a few seconds later.

"B-? Oh, Tubbo?" Ranboo guessed. "He's here too."

Tubbo stuck his head under the table, and Michael leapt to his feet, jumping and pointing.

"Bee!" The toddler enthused. Ranboo blinked back the moisture in his eyes at the precious nickname Michael had for Tubbo.

"That's right, Bee and Boo are back now. You wanna come out?" He asked.

"Ow?" Michael echoed. He held up his arms, which Ranboo took as a yes.

Ranboo carefully reached out, scooping Michael into his hands. The piglin leaned into the warmth with a yawn, still drowsy from his nap. Ranboo's heart melted as his son nuzzled against his fingers, making a chuffing sound he'd heard Techno make a few times.

It was a lot harder with his hands full of such precious cargo, but he wiggled his way out from under the table and slowly stood. He checked on Michael, who still seemed comfortable, then turned to Tubbo with mounting excitement.

"Now?" He asked.

"Now," Tubbo confirmed with a grin.

"Michael, we have a gift for you," Ranboo told the toddler. Michael looked up at him with an expression void of any thoughts.

"Michael, look here," Tubbo crooned, catching their son's attention. The piglin's gaze swiveled towards him, and Tubbo held out the little bear.

He reached out, and Tubbo and Ranboo moved as one, cupping their hands together so Michael could reach. The toddler crawled forward, stopping in front of the plush bear. He tentatively extended his hand, petting its soft fur. Then, with a delighted little noise, he pulled it into his lap and hugged it.

"Ben nen! Bah bah!" He babbled ecstatically.

Tubbo nodded along, pretending to understand the baby talk. Then he looked up at Ranboo with a serious expression.

"He says the bear's name is Benson," Tubbo announced solemnly. Michael let out a happy shriek, seeming to confirm this.

Ranboo snorted. He could kind of see where Tubbo heard 'Benson'… except Michael couldn't say his S's yet.

"Are you sure he didn't say Bennen?" he asked.

"That's not a name," Tubbo scoffed.

"Then Brennen, perhaps? I don't think he has R's down either."

"Brennen," his husband said with disdain, "is a stupid name for a bear. That's a last name, only an American would use it as a first name."

"You sound like Tommy," Ranboo said.

"Take that back," said Tubbo with a mock glare.

"Never."

They fell silent, both content to watch Michael puttering around in their joined hands. He toddled back and forth, babbling and holding up Benson the bear whenever he noticed their eyes on him.

Ranboo glanced back and forth between his husband and his son. Something desperately, achingly fond surged in his chest. He wouldn't trade anything for what he had right now.

Soft moments, in the dim light of a mostly empty mansion. Here, in his home, with the two most important people in the world.

***

#mcyt g/t #g/t #giant/tiny #dream smp #dsmp au #dsmp ao3 #beeduo #michael underscore beloved #tiny!michael

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fan-burns · 2 years ago

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Hi I was wondering if you had an more info on your Swap!Au for Robots 2005 ?

Yep! It’s been a while since I’ve done anything related to the Au, (mainly because of college and the sequel fic, which is also why this took forever to get to), but I really want to get back to it and make more stuff for it. For now though, I can give you the basics on it! This is gonna be another long one lol.

Rodney and Ratchet (along with their families) are the only ones that swap...So Ratchet gets the girl and Rodney ends up in the ceiling. (But Cappy’s story does change here a bit, which I’ll explain later)

In my last post, I mentioned that Rodney is pretty big on drag in this Au. He’s outgoing, confident, and flamboyant. His parents were built in the city, with Lydia inheriting the Chop Shop off of her folks.

In this Au, Lydia’s parents wanted to arrange a marriage for her so the Chop Shop could have an heir to take care of it in the event that she were to die unexpectedly. After a few failed attempted husbands (and a few murders) they settled on some poor guy they found on the street, aka an orphaned Herb.

She absolutely fell in love with him, and eventually he returned the feelings. They’ve been going strong ever since. Before they could build Rodney, however, Lydia’s parents were killed in a freak accident at the shop (ironic).

Personality wise, they’re still the loving parents to Rodney, it just so happens that one of them sees murder as an answer and the other is tired as hell. It was mostly Lydia raising him, while Herb was learning the ins and outs of the shop. (But he still gets lost anyway). After spending so much time there, he’d became pretty accustomed to the murder house, and handles the “financial” side to it.

As for Rodney, he’s a completely different story. He was spoiled, sure, but not to the point of him being a little shit. His parents are particularly proud of the fact that he was able to get into Bigweld’s on his first try, causing Lydia to come up with the “kill the poor” scheme.

Physically, Rodney is fucking huge. With his upgrades, he’s around Bigweld’s height, but he’s a little shorter then him. The perfect size for the sexy chin stroke. He’s been conditioned to hate the big guy the second he was out of the box, so he was quite literally built to kill the big guy. Like cannon Ratchet, he was able to manipulate him into retirement so he can kill him once he had a plan. And like cannon Ratchet, he mainly relies on his mom for advice with Bigweld, but not to the extent where he’s dependent on her. Bottom line, (pun intended) he’s Ratchet, but confident.

Speaking of Ratchet, his parents were built over in River Town. The two of them met at a dinner after the school dance, and it was love at first sight! They may not have much, but it was all they needed for each other. After a few years of being married, Monsieur Gasket was able to take out a loan from Mr. Gunk in order to buy baby Ratchet fresh from the factory!

Ratchet was completely smothered by the love he got from his parents. Madam Gasket is the sweetest bot you could ever meet, and absolutely adores her husband and son. She’s always got a plate of assorted cookies ready for the weekends! (Monsieur Gasket is basically the exact same way lol).

Ratchet never cared for those fancy shiny parts, instead he was more interested in helping his family out of debt. When he was around 4 years old, his dad took him to see a parade in town, which was when he found his idol, Bigweld. He wanted to be a mechanic and invented the Wonderbot as his assistant.

When he was 13, some kids decided to pull a prank on him, which ended up severely damaging his leg. Both him and his dad fixed it the best they could, but now he relies on a crutch to get around. This is also when Madam Gasket committed child murder for the first time. Other then his backstory, Ratchet basically follows the same route as cannon Rodney without too much deviation.

Finally, we get to Cappy. She’s still got her job at Bigweld’s, but she’s got one teeny tiny problem…she’s simping for Rodney. Can you blame her though? He’s charming, sexy, and he knows how to treat a girl right! He’s perfect…if you ignore the “Kill off the Poor” evil plan. She’s completely in the dark about it up until Fender reveals the plan before Ratchet leaves for home. Speaking of Ratchet, she wasn’t entirely interested in him when they first met, and even after Rodney’s defeat, they don’t hook up right away. They’ll most likely start dating a couple of months after the whole fiasco.

Speaking of Endings, this one’s different too. Lydia actually survives but ends up tangled in chains with Rodney in the ceiling. He doesn’t lose his upgrades, but he does get pretty beat up and lost one of his heels in the fight with Ratchet…Which is another difference. After Bigweld is freed, Ratchet throws hands with Rodney on top of one of those Upgraded Sweepers, winning by the skin of his teeth.

After the two of them are in the ceiling and everyone's celebrating, Rodney's dad walks in on the scene. Now, if you were him, and you saw an army of strangers celebrating while your beloved wife and son are hanging on chains for dear life, you'd be going apeshit too.

Rodney and Lydia were just distractions...Herb was the real final boss.

Aaaand that's a wrap! This is just the basic story outline, but if I include anything else we’d be here forever lol. Again, I really want to come back to this Au and redesign Rodney and Ratchet, but I’m just so busy with college and burnout is a pain in the ass.

#swap au #robots 2005 #long post and long read lmao #I can't write my research paper but I can write this and a fanfic fml #sorry it took so long for me to answer this I have the attention span of a goldfish-

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I would for sure read a continuation of the birth photographer fic if you feel comfortable writing it/have time! Xx

a/n sorry I kinda combined these two together, I hope this is okay!! sorry ive taken so long too!! my requests are still open, just going a bit slowly :)

summary: literally just birth + harry

dad!tom x reader

warnings: childbirth, mentions of fainting, squint for suggestiveness too

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“Your doing so good darling, just keep breathin’ like that for me, in-out-in-out”

That had pretty much been the soundtrack to your last 3 hours. And yes it was MORE annoying than it sounds. Of course, that’s also ignoring the insane amount of pain your uterus was putting you through - as it spasmed while the little bug in there was wriggling away. Giving birth was not easy but giving birth with a husband-turned-midwife wittering away in your ear? Un-fucking-bearable.

“Tom…. I love you but..” Everything had really been starting to ramp up in the last half an hour, you were a panting sweaty mess now. “Please… SHUT THE FUCK UP” Tom would’ve recoiled completely away from the bed because of your tone, if it wasn’t for the absolute death grip you had his right hand in. Instead, Tom settled for straightening straight up and staring helplessly and dejectedly across the room at his brother - who of course was trying to hold back laughter, knowing it would be very easy for you to switch your target to him.

Clearly it wasn’t a social call to the hospital, Harry was here under the premise of taking photos when the baby arrives for Tom; but really to stop his brother from having his own breakdown - as commissioned by you. Lets just say, however scared and mortified Harry was of this ‘event’ he was taking a lot of enjoyment from how his brother was acting currently.

“It’s okay sir, if you were pushing a watermelon out of hole that normally was the size of a whiteboard marker, I’m sure you’d be a bit tetchy too.” That lady was your favourite midwife and in a lull between the sets of contractions, you actually managed a laugh. Wide-eyed, Tom just nodded jerkily, murmuring some sort of agreement. It was at this point a flash of light reverberated around the whole room, causing you to breathlessly laugh, Harry’s face informing you the picture he just got of Tom was priceless.

The laughter didn’t last long though, the next contraction had you bearing down on the bed, face contorted in pain as you sucked desperately on the gas and air tube.

“Okay Y/n I think we might be getting there, let me call the senior midwifes in okay?” The midwife had your legs hiked apart, a blanket attempting to cover your modesty - but at this point she was basically sticking her face in your noon. Modesty was out the window.

“Already?” Tom was shocked to say the least, from all his reading and research he’d learnt that the average labour time was more like 5 hours. Lets just say, Tom never exceled in school, never much enjoyed reading - which made the hours of highlighting baby books and pregnancy leaflets all the more extraordinary.

“Babies don’t stick to the script sir.” You could tell she was proud of the pun there, because you know, Tom’s a moviestar. “Professional improvisers, the lot of them.”

The cream walls of the hospital room very quickly filled with more and more people - Harry staying like a fly on the wall, now nervously biting his nails as he watched an obscene amount of medical people all take their turn oggling his sister-in-law’s bits. This was a weird ass situation.

Almost immediately it was at the point the midwifes were telling you to push, which after 9 months of holding a baby in (as well as your ill functioning bladder) sounded like an absolute dream. But it was also absolutely terrifying and exciting and horrifying all wrapped in one. Naturally then, after nodding hesitantly at the midwife between your legs, you’d craned your neck across to tom .You might’ve just told him off, for trying to encourage you, but now? You needed his encouragement.

What met you though, was his face completely drained of colour, mouth hanging slightly open as he hadn’t moved - still staring intently at the midwife. She followed your gaze, only taking half a second to survey the situation before knowingly smiling.

“Can we get a bit of help for dad please?” Immediately one of the more junior looking midwives was directing (pushing) Tom into the chair next to the floor. Suddenly actually concerned, you looked with wide eyes to the lady between your legs, who you felt bad for not remembering her name. With a comforting squeeze of your ankle she reassured you he’d be right as rain after a few moments of having his head between his knees. Also sensing you needed your support, she arched up, beckoning over to Harry who had an equally bemused look on his face.

“No - I-um I’m not.” His squeaking protests were interrupted by a large scream on your part, as another contraction tore through your body. Helplessly Harry glanced between Tom, who was still hunched over on a chair with a nurse squatted infront of him; and you, writhing around on the mechanical bed. He didn’t hesitate then, in jumping right to your side, allowing you to start crushing all the bones in his hand too.

And then it was all happening, a blur of activity and screams. It didnt take long for Tom to pull himself together and then you were flanked on both sides by Holland boys - both giving cheesy encouraging words (which you would’ve again told them to shut the fuck up for, if you’d been able to), Tom also stroking the top of your head. He found it pretty impossible, watching the woman that he loved go through such immense pain - especially when he was technically half the cause. Well… actually more that that, it had been him who had been… well shall we say *needy* those nine months ago.

“Okay Y/n the heads crowning, I know you’re tired but we need a few more big pushes, can you do that for me?”

Merely 5 minutes later and the most beautiful sound in the world echoed through the 4 creams walls. You were absolutely spent, eyes closed as you panted, knowing tears were flooding down your face too. Immediately though, familiar hands cupped both sides of your face, a forehead resting on yours.

“You did it Y/n/n.” His eyes were glassy, watering and red and the way he scoffed a smile in disbelief had you mirroring him exactly.

“We did it.” Your voice was hoarse and scratchy from all the yells of pain but it didnt matter. The midwife calling you by the name ‘mum and dad’ got both of your attention, a title you’d no doubt start getting used to.

“Meet your beautiful baby girl.” Another choked sob escaped your throat, as this little roughly wrapped up pink alien looking thing was placed onto your chest. Both you and Tom just gazed at her, completely transfixed at the way she wriggled her head slightly, nuzzling into your chest. Tom gently hovered his palm against her little head, while you pressed down the blanket gently, just so you could see all her features.

Then a flash echoed around the otherwise silent room, making you all look up to Harry who was gritting his teeth in apology. “Do mum and dad want to smile for the camera?” The question was posed so hesitantly and quietly, really it wasn’t funny either. That didn’t stop you and Tom both pulling out the biggest grins and chuckling away, allowing Harry to capture the perfect moment. Being referred to as mum and dad - it was bloody comical.

“You gonna tell me her name now?” You looked from Harry to Tom, nodding in approval for him to spill the beans.

“Amber. She’s Amber.”

You’d squabbled for months before ending on Amber. It had been a long relentless process, Tom claiming that your baby might just have ended up as ‘as yet untitled’ which you and your hormonal state had stormed out at. It hadn’t taken much to forgive it though, Tom had long since worked out that Ben and Jerrys was the way to your heart.

The nurses took Amber back to do some tests, properly cleaning both you and her up and after that everything was weirdly calm. Harry had left to give the twothree of you a moment alone and Tom was about to do his turn of skin to skin.

“This really is it isn’t it?” He murmured, whilst carefully scooping Amber from your arms.

“Mhmmm… your stuck with two girls who’ll go psycho on you without a moments notice.” He seemed to accept it though, just nodding in response.

“And I still can’t bloody wait.” His eyes penetrating deep into you, had you blushing like a nervous teenage girl. “ ‘m still so proud of you, you grew this little human.”

“Your not allowed to call her little because you didnt have the ‘little’ thing rip your insides apart.”

“Hey! I’m upset about it too! Was like I had to watch my favourite pub being burnt down.” Of course, trust Tom to make a dirty joke at a time like this.

“Don’t kid yourself, you weren’t watching, too busy fainting.”

“I didn’t actually faint!” This time he protested a bit too loudly, causing Amber to mewl a little and bury her head into the crook of her Dads arm. “I think Ambers just told you to shut it too.”

“You annoy the hell out of…” Your grumbling was interrupted by an impressive, ear-splitting yawn. “ You annoy the hell out of me.”

“But you love me?” He sing-songed, now back to a hushed tone.

“I hope so, otherwise we’re in a bit of trouble.” He scoffed, but nodded his head, taking the hand that wasn’t cradling Amber to tuck some sweaty, knotted strands of hair behind your ear.

“I do owe Harry though, he was at least able to stay on his feet.”

“He was a better birthing partner than you too, much much less condescending and annoying.” You sniggered, making Tom pout once again, only wiping the look off his face when you yawned again, rubbing an your eye like a toddler would.

“If your done insulting me… get some rest love, I got you.” All you did was nod, with a small groan (because below your waist still hurt like a bitch) rolled over so you could fall asleep to sight of the two of them.

“Got you both, my two beautiful girls.”

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