#granny protection squad

[01432853]

[brighteuphony]

I love Chiyo- and I kind of headcanon her as a Witch of the Woods (Sands???) archetype- a bitter old woman who has sacrificed too much, experienced and committed more atrocities than anyone can imagine, and who knows the truth about what lies in the hearts of men to live among the villages anymore.

In my AU she's got a pretty dark backstory. Back in time when Villages were just getting established, women weren't allowed to be shinobi in the same capacity as men. There was too much warring and death among the clans to risk women, so they were only ever allowed to serve as spies or medics. (Chiyo started off as a medic).

And like any military/fascist dictatorship, serving the state was more important than anything else- so women who were kunoichi were given missions to steal and return with powerful bloodlines. Even before villages, this was a common fear among clans (which is why so many of them have protective measures and inbreed/arrange matches very carefully).

Chiyo was one such woman, who took a X-rated mission in her youth because she was told it would 'serve her nation'. There was a powerful bloodline whose Kekkei Genkai could harden sand to something akin to Steel- something Suna very desperately wanted.

Chiyo succeeded in her mission, but despite the veneer of 'serving your nation', when she returned, she was considered, in her words, "Just another whore."

Then when her son didn't manifest the bloodline- it was worse, but Chiyo was happy because that meant her son was HERS. (This is when she met Enji, and he saved her son's life at great cost- so Chiyo owes him a blood/life debt.)

Then the war came, and they needed women to fight so now serving the nation meant something different, and Chiyo became a full fledged 'shinobi' and turned her healing towards poison and death- especially when she had to fight the Salamander.

Then she sealed Gaara and that was the atrocity straw that broke the camel's back and she dipped out Suna and retired to an oasis. She's still a healer, but adamantly refuses to serve shinobi.

Once again, thank you so much for these asks and all the support for this AU?

@youngpeacearbiter

[fushichoumomo]

tagged by:  @biskael tagging:  @inmensapotentia, @opscurus, @hirak0s [shinji && ayame.]  EMOTIONS / FEELINGS:

001. restless anger.

002. unfathomable guilt.

003. the drive to protect.

004. loyalty.

005. passionate.

VOICE / GREETINGS / SPEECH PATTERNS :

001. momo sounds quite young and soft-spoken; she feels like she needs to raise her voice to be taken seriously, which is especially annoying for her as a lieutenant.

002. seeing that she's mostly on her guard these days, she often doesn't speak first unless it feels safe to do so or the situation is dire.

003. she mostly talks like a normal person would — except when she's angry. that's when all those poetry lessons by aizen come in handy: her language becomes flowery and somewhat formal, yet she still manages to come across as the attack dog she is.

COLOURS:

001. any variation of pink . has always been her favourite colour, always will be. [even though her reiatsu is red, let that sink in.]

002. scarlet red . the colour that signifies the departure of the “momo hinamori” everyone knew, and her vow to bring purgatory to her enemies. the colour of her evolved form [bankai etc.]

003. dark purple . her hair.

004. black . her uniform.

005. gold . her hairpin and bracelets. associated with fudo myo'o, or acala, one of the wisdom kings in buddhist mythology.

SCENTS:

001. peaches , her namesake.

002. vanilla , a woman's signature scent.

003. bright citrus , in memento of the ‘self’ that was lost in the war.

004. burning wood , in the heat of battle and its aftermath. a side-effect of using tobiume.

005. wisteria , signifying the fact she had to grow up quickly.

CLOTHING:

001. momo modified her standard shinigami uniform to include frills [a skirt instead of the hakama pants she wore in the past, and detached sleeves.]. she's taking care of her appearance when she didn't before — because before, she didn't take herself seriously nor think of herself as someone important.

002. furthermore, her new outfit closely resembles a traditional tengu ensemble; rmoderately-heeled geta, pompoms, you name it. [fitting, because when in bankai, she might as well be a tengu — she has wings.] 

003. a set of plum flowers on the side of her head. 

OBJECTS:

001. TOBIUME, her most precious zanpakutō. they may not see eye to eye sometimes, but they got each other's back.

002. a pair of golden bracelets and a feather-shaped hairpin. fudo myo'o is often depicted with a lotus on his head, and since momo is a phoenix… it is feathers spread out akin to a peacock's.

003. an agate talisman that her beloved granny gifted her after the war; consecrated to fudo myo'o himself, it represents protection from evil.

VICES / BAD HABITS: 

001. deep-seated anger issues . you see, momo is both brave and overwhelmed in times of adversity; when confronted with something that she doesn't necessarily have an answer to? she lashes out. when her cherished comrades [understandably] don't understand her decisions? she lashes out. her enemies will get under her skin, no matter how much she tries to conceal it. 

002. prone to overthinking . it's no secret to everyone around her that momo still thinks about those that have died in the war against the quincy; she did nothing, and yet she was among the living when her squad fought till their last and were less capable than her. and no matter how much she's reassured that it wasn't her fault — she doesn't believe it.

003. fear of failure . above all else, momo fears a situation that will leave her just as powerless as the war had left her. worse, that this time, tōshirō or granny might be dead because of her. the latter, at least, will have respite — tōshirō will go to HELL.

004. she's fucked up . she talks about the most morbid of things with an airy voice and a languid smile, and will even go as far as to say that aizen's betrayal [and stabbing] have made her stronger — that he is far more interesting now than when he was her captain.

BODY LANGUAGE:

001. very straight and upright when leading her subordinates into battle. momo, despite her small stature and meek voice, is still a gotei 13 lieutenant. 

002. though she does not realise it, her hands have a slight tremor, and the way she carries herself appears… tense. like she's always on alert. 

003. she's not much of a gesture person. when her hand is not on tobiume, she keeps her hands folded. 

004. cold, lifeless eyes [like aizen] and a languid smile when she is in the zone [read: when she is in the heat of battle.]

AESTHETICS:

001. the phoenix . momo hinamori is a woman that has died a total of three (3) times — metaphorically, of course, but still. one, when aizen shattered her whole world by revealing to her who he really is. two, the deaths of her comrades. and finally… when she became a deceiver herself. each of these deaths gave rise to the person that she is today.

002. a crimson bird's mask . both figuratively and literally [her hollow mask; verse-dependent].

003. a rope of kidō . it is said that the gods feared fudo myo'o because he could bind their transgressions and hurl them at them.

004. higanbana . known as lycoris radiata, this flower blooms at eternal partings, and guides to HELL.

SONGS:

001. angreifer // unlucky morpheus .

002. heavy is the crown // linkin park.

003. city of delusion // muse .

004. the walls // THE SIXTH LIE .

005. genshindou // autodidactic studios.

006. honkai world diva // mika kobayashi

[thebrownssociety]

Space Jam 2 Headcanons

Focusing on the filming here. [Also did you realise it's 25 minutes in until Bugs first makes an appearance!?]

For the scene when Lebron slams into a painted-on tunnel the real LeBron slammed into a sheet of glass to create the desired effect. A team took a picture of the result and drew him in toon form after that.

When Bugs and Lebron were first acting the barber scene, Bugs did actually put him in a chair and manoeuvre the chair. [Obviously he didn't make it break Lebron's spine though.] He did throw a hot towel on him [it was cold though, Lebron had to act like it was hot.]and he did give him a legitimate trim. [LeBron was thrilled and will go about telling anyone he has had his hair cut by Bugs Bunny.]

The scene were the Tunes Squads picture [in Marvin's spaceship] were malfunctioning was actually ad-libbed. Of course Bugs and Lebron weren't actually in Marvin's spaceship, it was a set, but Marvin generously loaned them the controls of his old spaceship. In hindsight Bugs should have asked what the issue was. It malfunctioned and kept duplicating information. Unplugging it was the only way to stop it. [What you can't see is an off-screen Marvin holding up a sign that says 'Unplug it, you damn rabbit!']. Lebron [who was on the set] also did notice, but when they were animating it the crew decided it was funnier if he was oblivious.

The train scene with the Tunes was filmed in one take. Lebron added in after. The only other thing missing was the orphanage [just in case...].

First of all - the Mad Max scene? I didn't realise Nasty Canasta was there as well as Wile.E + Roadrunner! Also that Segway Wile.E was riding afterwards was totally nicked from the set.

There was a debate about the Austin Powers scene with Elmer and Sylvester. They were going to show Bugs trying to recruit the two. Sylvester would have been only to happy to leave, Elmer would have needed a bit more persuading. It was dropped for time reasons.

Rick and Morty were adlibbed. They had a protective screen above the scene of Marvin's spaceship which they threw Taz onto.

The Matrix scene with Granny and Speedy was cleverly planned. The human actor was a professional stunt man, and Granny really did kick him through a few walls. And of course Speedy really did outrun a speeding bullet. [He had to do it a few times actually cos he kept going SO fast they couldn't film it.]

After the above scene Lebron was scripted to make another disparaging remark about Granny and Speedy, but found himself unable to, so he just ended up saying Hi to them instead. What can he say? It's Granny!

'Sam, shoot the ball!' Perfectly improvised as was the following training montage. Again they used the set of Marvin's ship with Lebron actually on set. So his 'Where did she get the ramp?' [In regards to Granny's epic stunt] was genuine. The only rule was 'Don't touch Lebron.' [Warner Bros 'Trust us - we can't afford the lawsuit!']

You can see that Sylvesters lips don't move when he says [Come back here you!] after Tweety threw the yarn. His voice actor dubbed it in after. [Another reason why the tunes have voice actors]

Foghorn hitting Elmer was planned and the hunter had time to brace himself. [Needed to do Toon stunts.]

As was the door to Marvin's spaceship falling over and hitting Marvin himself on the head.

When they were back in Toon World, the toons were back to acting the whole 'Square splitting open' scene. They acted like they thought they would in such a situation. So yes, Wile.E and Roadrunner hugged, Foghorn picked up Granny [She's designed to be old and Foggy simply didn't want to risk it.] Speedy saved Tweety [who was genuinely paralysed.] There were a few more like Gossamer picking up Elmer [A similar situation as with Tweet, he froze up.] and Sylvester had a brief moment of looking for his son before he remembered he was acting. [Cut both because it didn't make sense and it was a bit disturbing.]

The bit when the rest of the WarnerBros properties ran to watch the game was achieved by a mix of CGI'ing the CGI characters in afterwards and getting some of the paint-and-ink toons to really run in. It was chaos to film, took no less than 100 shots to get all the characters they wanted and overwhelmed several of the LT's.

The Goon Squad were CGI when playing in the game, so all the Toons were acting against thin air. So when Sylvester was trapped in the spiders web, he was actually suspending himself in mid air, with the web added in later.

The scene where Cronus messes with Lebron by putting a pirate hat on him ext was subbed by Daffy Duck. So Daffy was putting the pirate hat on him. Cronus was CGI, so wasn't actually there, but they needed someone to mess around with Lebron in real time. A few of the toons were hesitant because it's Lebron James, but Daffy? He didn't care.

Yes, Michael B Jordan did get to meet the Looney Tunes and his bit was also improvised. He was wondering about Warner Bros in connection to something unrelated and Sylvester found him and came up with the gag. So Lebron's, Daffy and Elmer's reaction was genuine.

Wile.E had to be careful when setting up the train gag. It couldn't hit Tweety or any other Tunes. Again he had a toon stand in for the CGI player, which in this case was Roady. This was because Roady was the only Toon who could be relied upon to outrun a speeding train. [Ok, maybe Speedy could have as well, but Roady was easier to see.]

It might seen odd that within the movie Lebron asked Porky to rap, and believe me he had his doubts, but the producers had already cleared it. Porky wrote the rap himself, mainly so he knew he'd be able to say it.

The Wile.E cloned bit was a mistake [it was just meant to be the balls going through the net, not the coyote] but [of course!] it went wrong and it was decided it was such a Wile.E/Toon thing that it was to good not to keep in.

When it was Granny's turn to go against Cronus she couldn't resist using the walker for effect. In this bit Cronus was also portrayed by Speedy [It wasn't Daffy because he had a bit of dialogue at the beginning of Granny's scene.]Speedy [and Roadrunner] were the main two who could play Cronus's game-play style convincingly. Also, what with Speedy being incredibly short, she could leap over him with hardly any effort. When the animators saw how high Granny could jump, they animated Cronus around it. Also when Granny 'aged-up' Cronus, Speedy had no issue acting as if he was 132.

After that when they were celebrating all the hugging and stuff was improvised based on how they felt in the moment. Hey, if you've got to hug someone you've got to hug them! [or elbow-bump them in Bugs and Elmer's case.]

Don Cheadle just stood in the middle of the court while he was transforming. They had to act terrified. [or at least vaguely unnerved.]

The entire slow motion thing was filmed using toon powers. Daffy subbed in as Dom and Wile.E as Lebron. Dom played himself, but of course had nothing to throw as that was added in after.

I think I already headcannoned about Bugs's deleting step, so I'll leave that alone for now.

The after credits were fun to film. Yes, the tunes visited LeBrons house. [That's where the pool scene is from.]Sylvester and Tweety did try out skateboarding [the scene shown is shot just before Sly crashed] Tax and Gossamer managed to ride the bikes for a bit, but ended up over-balancing and falling off. They couldn't resist having a golfing pick as a call-back to the first film. Yes, Yosemite and Elmer tried Yoga. Elmer was better at it than Yosemite. Sam couldn't get his mind in the zone enough.

[kaeyachi]

All I can think of now is Kuki giving Kaeya the Talk when him and Itto first get together. And once Kaeya has been accepted by the Arataki gang him and Kuki become fast friends it makes Itto so happy.

And Granny Oni seeing her basically son finally in a serious relationship and doting incessantly on the two of them. Her telling Kaeya all of Ittos embarrassing stories of when he was younger.

It's just so cute all of it

Kuki wanted to shovel talk Kaeya a bit longer and harsher but then she notices that Kaeya was already wearing an "Itto protection squad badge" and suddenly there was just an ✨️understanding✨️ . The next time they meet, it's as if they've become besties (Itto doesn't know it's due to mutual protectiveness for him hehe). If you say anything bad about Itto, they will somehow appear behind you and you will see them in your nightmares

Alternatively, Diluc wasn't sure if he had the right to shovel talk Itto, but that didn't stop him from exuding a demonic aura as he glared at Itto whenever he sees him flirt with Kaeya. Charles had to make sure Diluc wasn't holding any glass whenever Itto kisses Kaeya in front of him after about 5 ones broken (Adelinde actually ended up doing the "please take good care of him" line)

AND YES! Granny Oni takes one look at Kaeya and immediately drags him to the shelf of photo albums filled with photos of baby Itto

Both Granny Oni and Kaeya are great at maneuvering out of Itto's way when he attempts to take said albums from them lmao

[ihassheepquake]

DC's Stargirl 3.11 "Chapter Eleven: The Haunting" has aired on the CW and I'm here to talk about it

After last week, all I can say is what the fuck? Icicle is alive, Tigress & Sportsmaster are dead, Cameron has learned the truth, and Ultra-Humanite is on the loose. Everyone has gone wrong. Let's see everything get worse.

Okay, starting on a flashback. Not a bad sign. So instead of his ice form just reforming, Icicle just turned into water, went into the sewer, and somehow reformed from a puddle. Got it. But I guess he can't really fully hold himself together. His new body might only be temporary.

I really like how this show has never shied away from the weird & cooky names from comics.

Courtney may think the Mahkent's don't know Mike killed Jordan, but she's about to be in for a big surprise. Jordan probably remembers who really did it.

They're figuring out that something happened to Lawrence and Paula. I'm gonna really miss the friendships the parents had.

It'd be really funny if Granny Mahkent thought this Jordan was an imposter and tried to/successfully killed him. It's interesting to me that Cameron's wife is the one who had an interest in snowglobes, not Jordan. I don't know why, just a fun little detail I like. Sure, I'm willing to give Jordan points for his argument. Like, he's got an understandable reason to be all evil. I get why he does the thing that he does. However, if we remember back to his plan in season one, that was still genocide. I don't remember the exact number but Jordan fully knew that some percentage (I think a 3rd? That sounds right) of the people he'd mind control would die from it. So like, still evil and still needed to be stopped, even if he had good intentions and reasoning.

Jordan forgiving Mike for killing him is an interesting twist. Forgiving all of them even. Which is interesting because he's applying the same "they thought what they were doing was right" (they were) logic that he and the ISA applied to their own plan. I wonder if knowing that Courtney was willing to potentially get herself fully killed by taking responsibility for Jordan's death will affect Cameron's view of her now that he knows she was protecting Mike. I've said it before, I don't think Cameron would've gone to kill Mike. But Granny definitely would've if not for the peace talks she just had with the Crocks.

What is Jordan's endgame? He's clearly been the one watching everyone. But why? Did he bring Ultra-Humanite here?

If only Cindy was here, this would be the ultimate squad.

There aren't even bodies for them to find. Artemis will probably recover from this.

Of course, they discover Jordan through Barbara! Oh fuck, this is bad. That bitch was really creepy obsessed with her. And his creeper energy has not gone away. Sends bad shivers down my spine. Someone kill him for real this time.

Oh, I did not expect the Staff to be able to do that. That's scary. Sylvester is going to come after Icicle the same way that he did the Crocks, and this time I think one of them might actually kill the other.

Self-defence my ass.

Do you think Cameron that his dad was the one who killed his friend Joey? And why? We know what this man does to his teammates and their families.

Cindy's back!!

I feel so happy about the mention of the Zarick's. Yes Courtney, hold his bitch ass accountable!

Okay, first of all. It is not naive to be willing to give someone a second chance and see the good in people. I don't think Icicle deserves one, but Courtney is not naive for her heart.

I knew these fuckers were working together!! It's a ruse!!!

Two episodes left. Holy shit. So much to do, so little time. I feel like we're gearing up for a showdown between Courtney and Sylvester. Which is good, someone needs to put him in his place. The title of episode 12 does make me think that Sylvester is probably going to die again. I don't want to Courtney to kill him, but I do want her to kick his ass before he does.

It's all coming down to this.

Keep in mind, there is a bit of a break. We won't have a new episode next this, but rather the following week on November 30th. So we'll be back in 2 weeks with DC's Stargirl 3.12 "Chapter Twelve: The Last Will and Testament of Sylvester Pemberton"

[itsvampii]

MOTHERSHIP

𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚

| Prologue |

-Eyes of Heaven [Reader/Akatsuki]

Note . . ⇢  This is simply a side story to the main story Eyes of Heaven. An Ocs Pov of the other side of the situation.

Summary . . ⇢ Tsunade has to come to a quick decision. Protecting the leaf or exploring the disappearances of countless villages.

The room was silent. Brutally quiet. No one dared speak a word out of fear the legendary sanin would lash out. Yet this quietness made the blonde even more irritated. She wanted someone else's feedback. Something!

However everyone fell short causing a sigh to escape her lips. Eyes shortly closing before reopening to gaze at the group of shinobi in front of her. "To say I'm worried about this village is an understatement."

Tsunade lips pursed, "Having a full man squad disappear in the matter of seconds is alarming...and I'm not willing to send anyone else back out."

"What?!" The sudden outburst caused the sanin to furrow her eyebrows. What was there to rebuttal? This was a matter of safety to her fellow shinobi. "Naruto!"

She watched as he took a step forward, frustration and sorrow filling his expression. "We vowed to help the villages who were desperate! We can't go back on our way granny!"

"Naruto!" The pink haired girl standing behind him gripped his shirt, yanking him back. "Are you not understanding the severity of this?" She grumbled.

A whole man squad gone. No where to be found. So why does Naruto have such a thick skull. "Well what are we gonna do? Sit back and watch as more villages get destroyed?"

"What about the missing leaf ninjas?" Naruto added.

In that moment Tsunade could feel her fist ball up, sending her to snap up on her seat. Hands slamming on the desk. "It's time we start worrying about ourselves."

"My lady!" Shizune uttered, suddenly reaching towards her apprentice. "Do you really think our village is a possibility?"  It was a stretch. A huge one.

It seemed as they were only interested in smaller villages. Precisely with no shinobi to back it up.

"We should never stop to think about our own village....sometimes it's crucial."

It stood quiet in the room over Kakashi statement. Though he had a valid point it just didn't feel right in Naruto's heart. "This just isn't right." He uttered, leaving the room without hearing another words.

His hands rested in his pockets as he headed out the building completely. Maybe he just needed time to fully look at the picture. Try to see their point of view of the situation.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Miraculous enconter Justice league

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by gianfranco898

Marinette/Ladybug interviene in un aggressione, ma purtroppo nonostante riesca a salvare la vittima scopre troppo tardi che Talia al Ghul aveva come bersaglio da prendere viva proprio Ladybug stessa. E il suo rapimento spinge il Miraculous Team ad entrare in contatto con la Justice League grazie alla United Heroez.

Words: 620, Chapters: 1/?, Language: Italiano

Fandoms: Miraculous Ladybug, Batman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types, Justice League & Justice League Unlimited (Cartoons)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/F, F/M, Multi

Characters: Zoé (Miraculous Ladybug), Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Batman Ensemble, Bruce Wayne, Darkseid (DCU), Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug's Parents, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug's Girl Squad, Kagami Tsurugi, Sabrina Raincomprix, Lila Rossi, Granny Goodness, Caline Bustier, Caline Bustier's Class, Pamela Isley, Harleen Quinzel, Gabriel Agreste, Nathalie Sancoeur, Emilie Agreste, Diana (Wonder Woman), Hippolyta (Miraculous Ladybug), Hippolyta (Wonder Woman), Talia al Ghul, Olympia Hill, Nino Lahiffe, Alya Césaire, United Heroez - Character

Relationships: Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Kagami Tsurugi, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug & Talia al Ghul, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Talia al Ghul, Sabine Cheng/Tom Dupain, Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel, Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug/Pamela Isley/Harleen Quinzel, Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne

Additional Tags: Miraculous Side Effects, Alternate Universe - Miraculous Ladybug Fusion, Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements, Supernatural Elements, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Multiple Crossovers, Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Crossover, Mystical Creatures, Alternate Universe - Creatures & Monsters, Demigods, Bisexual Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Protective Talia al Ghul, The League of Assassins (DCU), Damian Wayne is Robin, Blood and Violence, Blood Drinking, Vampire Bites, Hawk Moth is Gabriel Agreste

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[tiesthatbind-tf]

Combat Granny Kup’s all done up and ready to raise hell once she’s done knitting  this scarf, give her a second, children these days are so impatient.  Young!Springer was definitely a sweet surprise for her, despite their ‘unique’ background, especially after her time helping Senator Shockwave save Outlier children. They become a literal bigger surprise with how fast their grow in her care. 

More of her story below!

Kopisha ‘Kop’ Prasad was born to parents Arjun Prasad and Gauri Chaudhary in the town of Lukla at the foot of Mt.  Everest in 1920, the year Quintessons came into contact with Earth.

Humanity’s disastrous loss to and ongoing subjugation by the Quintesson colonizers by 1925 pushed many survivors of the First Quintesson War from obliterated major cities into isolated towns and villages where Quintessons would have difficulty launching a sustained assault; Lukla’s subarctic climate, for nine months of the year, provide a measure of protection for those who took refuge there and eventually turned the area into a fort.

As such, Kopisha grew up in a tight-knit community focused on mutual survival and joined the scouting division when she was eighteen, gathering intel for the Gurkha division during the Summer months, when the weather became warm  enough for Quintessons to attempt surveillance and invasions.

During an excursion, she was captured by a Quintesson scientific expedition team who brought her to Kathmandu where their outpost was stationed. They ran experiments on her there, attempting to understand the people who lived on such inhospitable terrain and better adapt to it.

She escaped after a year in captivity, using her time there to map out the area and subtly gather intel from her captors, which proved to be invaluable to the survival of Lukla down the line, and while she has never confirmed this, she believes the experimentations on her in that time might have contributed to her longevity.

With her no-nonsense attitude, her dedication to her team and her talent for combat, she was quickly drafted into the Gurkhas three years into the Second Quintesson War where she excelled as a frontliner and took on the mantle of her squad’s leader in 1943.

She helped lead her squad to victory in the first counter-invasion on the  Quintesson stronghold in Kathmandu in 1945, which was part of a collaborative, international effort to draw the attention of the Quintessons away from their Mothership via simultaneous worldwide rebellions so an attack could be launched on it by the 13 Primes.

After their victory and the end of the Second Quintesson War, she was promoted and continued to climb the ranks in the Gurkha division, eventually reaching the rank of Major.

She retired from active duty in 1980, taking up a position in Singapore’s Gurkha Contingent  where she would work for a decade before heading to Nepal where she took part time work as a soldier-for-hire and training cadets for the Indian army.

It was during this time that she established a relationship with other retired soldiers who took on for-hire work together, eventually becoming a loosely-linked squad known as the Wreckers who went on dangerous missions mainly for the challenge, ranging in everything from extraction of kidnapping victims to infiltrating major drug dens.

(She scored her best payout during one of these missions in the form of an Ovcharka belonging to a Russian drug lord, which she adopted after they crippled his syndicate. Dakshi is her baby)

Around this time, she was approached by an up and coming Senator from Pakistan named Sharifuddin Waseem (Shockwave) who, having heard of her accolades,  wanted to employ her services as his bodyguard while he traveled Asia and Russia seeking out a small group of people known as Outliers to save from oppression by governments which had deemed them as aberrations.

She agreed, and the two of them travelled the world for five years, seeking out children with special abilities who were abandoned, ostracized or hidden away by their communities, beginning with a boy simply known as Tagan (Tarn) from Turkmenistan, whose abilities led to villagers amputating both his hands out of fear of him, and Aleksandr ‘Sasha’ Kolyanov (Skids) from Russia.

These two served as the first students in Sharifuddin’s new secret Institute focussed on giving them an education and helping them develop their abilities for the betterment of mankind.

Despite having no desire for a family, Kopisha grew close to the children she helped bring to the Institute, who often referred to her as ‘Bajyai’ (Grandma).

It was also through her time with Sharifuddin that she became more aware of the activism he took part in, concerning the treatment of the poor and the working class as well as the new caste system based around work stratification.

These were things she agreed with, more so with many of her Wrecker friends turning to for-hire work after being unable to secure any different positions after their usefulness as soldiers had dissipated.

At his Institute was where she met Omar Parvez (Optimus Prime), Morgan Trayton (Megatron) and Stefan Scavarro (Starscream) for the first time, as members of a movement that was fighting for equality across the board for all members of society.

She was drawn to Omar’s warmth and sincerity almost immediately, and took the position of training the frontliners once more given her experience in the military.

When Omar was believed to have been killed by Sentinel Prime and Morgan  sought to forcefully assimilate those loyal to the man into his new Decepticon faction to continue with his agenda, she was one of the few who escaped and regrouped into a splinter faction.

Omar’s miraculous reappearance weeks later however, seemingly with no lasting damage, was something they all rallied behind and she got into contact with her Wrecker friends to form a strike team which would help with breaking into the Decepticon base to free their comrades who were imprisoned there.

With their success and the establishment of the Autobots, the  Wreckers, under her leadership, were officially assigned as their Spec Op team.

Having lived through the Second Quintesson War has jaded her towards battle, more so that Sharifuddin and several of the now adult children which she had helped save had chosen to align themselves with the Decepticons, but she holds onto the things that are worth fighting for, taking up the mantle of mentor once more for Stella Armstrong (StrongArm), Spencer Richards (Springer) and Praveen Satvinder (Perceptor) when the head scientist decides to take up the position of a sniper on the field.

[dreaminlittlenightmares]

How to they comfort someone else when they're upset and how successful are they?

I could have sworn I did this, but I guess not. Looks like it's a good time to finally make a master list soon. Everyone else under the cut, since this ended up being kinda long

Other comfort related posts are Everyone's Comfort Item and What Do They Do When They're Lonely

The Maw

Six: Arguably bad at cheering others up. Says things that are both threatening and inspiring, and you’re kinda conflicted about it

the Janitor: He knows what it’s like to be on the short end of the stick, so he’ll do everything he can you make you feel appreciated. And, he’s not leaving until he hears you laughing again the Twin Chefs: Easily the best at cheering up people because they give you food. If you’re not a stress eater, then they become your personal cheering squad and offer to help get rid of whatever’s bothering you the Lady: Unless you’re in a very close relationship with her, you’re not going to get much. She’ll give you a new insight on how to face your challenges, which is really useful. But, if you two are super close, she’ll just handle the problem herself, to ease your worries the Granny: The tough love type, but she means well. Will give you morally bad advice, but that ends up making you smile the Runaway Kid: He’s just bad at comforting people. Not horrible, but not good at it either. He might give you a hug or take your side, and it’s the thought that counts, I guess

Pale City

Mono: Either really good or really bad at it. His thing is giving small flowers, and those work most of the time. If it’s a problem that goes over Mono’s head, he has no idea what to do the Hunter: You would think the angriest guy in Pale City wouldn’t give two shits about your feelings, but au contraire! Say less, and he’s on his way to expand his taxidermy trophies the Teacher: Ironically or unironically, she’s super protective over the people she cares about. She’ll tell you to suck it up, of course; but, then she’ll give you a hot drink and remind you that you’re an amazing person the Doctor: If you need to word vomit your problems, he’s the guy to it. The Doc’s really good at listening and may offer some treatments to help you calm down. It usually works; if not, a big, squishy hug always does the trick the Thin Man: He’s only bad at comforting people because he has a hard time relating. But, he’s such a softie and does his utmost best to cheer you up. Relies heavily on comedy to get you to laugh, and that almost always ends up working

The Nest

the Raincoat Girl: Best girl at cheering others up. She already has a sunshiny personality, so it’s hard to be upset around her. Gives hugs and praise when you need it most the Craftsman: lol the worst person to seek out if you’re upset. He’ll literally shrug his shoulders in indifference and watch you leave in tears. But, after hearing your grievances, he’ll build a small floating light thing to fly towards you to hopefully brighten your day the Butler: Not the person you wanted to go to, but he sensed your discomfort quickly. Offers you tea and sweets, and an ear to listen. It’s kind of nice to have someone be in-tuned to you when you need it most, which makes him one of the best at comforting others the Pretender: Another person you’d think would be ridiculously bad at comforting, and you’re mostly right. Like Six, she’ll say things that might put you down, but she’ll say the same things to the thing upsetting you. You’re left conflicted, but listening to her rant for you is sorta cathartic

[taudad]

Say hello to Shas’vre T’au Bork’erri Himoya. Commonly referred to as Eaji’ji (Granny) by the rest of the Cadre, Himoya is easily the oldest and most skilled Battlesuit pilot in the Cadre. Her name means snow maned (Bork’erri) in reference to her shock white hair, and honored protector (Himoya) due to how frequently she intervenes to protect others in the Cadre from harm.

Almost every member of the Cadre has had their life saved by their Eaji’ji on more than one occasion, and she knows the names of every fire warrior in the Cadre. It’s rare for Fire Warriors to live to such old age, and those that have are greatly respected for their skill. In her younger years, Himoya actually was the squad leader (Shas’ui) to then Shas’las Ko’Shi and Yesu’to and the two of them will still refer to her as Namsai (teacher) to this day.

As such, she is actually a relatively new addition to Ko’Shi’s Cadre. Back in the 3rd Sphere expansion, when Ko’Shi advanced to ‘ui rank, she joined a battlesuit squad and advanced to ‘vre rank relatively quickly. Her Shas’o at the time quickly noticed her skill, and she served notably as one of their bodyguards. Once granted the honor of donning the Riptide battlesuit, she became legendary for her skill as a warrior and as she aged this legend only increased.

With Ko’Shi’s return to the T’au military, the Ethereals decided that to bolster his legitimacy as a commander due to his long absence from the front, Himoya should join his Cadre. Already the two have reconnected as Warriors and had stunning successes on the battlefield together. Himoya’s skill and their history of combat together allowed Ko’Shi to adapt to modern T’au combat at a startling pace.

Unlike most Fire Caste members Himoya has never been part of a match that produced children. If asked why this is, she often responds by saying that she has so many grandchildren in her Cadre already, she doesn’t have time for kids. She is asexual and while it is unusual for a fire warrior to not reproduce, it is not unheard of and she is still deeply respected and honored for her lifetime of service.

[disneyschedules]

Coming to Disney+ in October 2021.

Here's what's coming to Disney Plus in October. Source.

October 1

Alvin And The Chipmunks (2007)

Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)

Just Roll With It: You Decide Live!

The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular!

LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales - Premiere

October 6

Black Widow (2021) - Without Disney+ Premier Access

The Chicken Squad (S1) - Ep. "The Surprise Party Surprise / U.F. Oh-No"

Drain The Oceans: The Mississippi River & Arctic War (S1)

Drain The Oceans (S4)

The Ghost and Molly McGee (S1), 5 episodes

Impact With Gal Gadot (S1)

Fauci (2021)

Muppet Babies (S3), 9 episodes

Puppy Dog Pals (S4), 5 episodes

Spidey And His Amazing Friends (S1) - Ep. "Rocket Rhino / Trick Or Trace-E"

Among the Stars - Season 1 Premiere - All Episodes Streaming

Turner & Hooch - Episode 112 “Bite Club” - Season Finale

What If...? - Episode 109 - Season Finale

Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life Episode 111 “Night of the Pizza Moon / Who’s Your Granny? / Summer Sidekick Syndrome”

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. Episode 105 “Dunk Cost”

October 8

Mickey’s Tale Of Two Witches (2021)

Under Wraps (2021)

Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021) - Premiere

October 13

Apollo: Back To The Moon (S1)

Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures - Ep. "The Spooky Spook House / Clarabelle’s Banana Splitz!"

Secrets Of The Zoo: North Carolina (S1)

Secrets Of The Zoo: Down Under (S2)

The Wizard Of Paws (S1)

Zombies: Addison’s Moonstone Mystery Shorts (S1)

Just Beyond - Season 1 Premiere - All Episodes Streaming

Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life - Episode 112 - “Delivery Duck / Dark in the Park / Choppin’ Dale” - Season Finale

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. - Episode 106 - “Career Babes”

October 15

Lost Cities With Albert Lin: The Great Flood

Megacity Of The Maya Warrior King

October 20

Disney’s Magic Bake-Off (S1), 4 episodes

PJ Masks (S5), 6 episodes

The Wild Life Of Dr. Ole (S1)

Disney Insider - Episode 108 - “Drawn To Life, Muppets and the Haunted Mansion, Our Very Own Studio Tour”

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. - Episode 107 - “Mom-Mentum”

Marvel Studios: Assembled “The Making of Black Widow”

October 22

Rookie Of The Year (1993)

Thumbelina (1994)

October 27

Port Protection Alaska (S4)

Disney Insider Episode 109 - “Harmonies of Harmonious, Tiana’s Cuisine, Galaxy’s Edge Expands… Virtually”

Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. - Episode 108 - “Talk-Story”

Marvel Studios: Assembled “The Making of What If...?”

October 29

Bob Ballard: An Explorer’s Life (2021)

McFarland, USA (2015)

[xiyao-feels]

Part Two: Claims about NMJ and NHS

Intro - Pt 1 - Pt 2 - Pt 3 - Pt 4

NMJ

1) NMJ wished to protect NHS from cultivating with the sabre as a youth.

I don't think he tells us this in quite so many words, but it seems implied by the flashback scenes: his giving NHS the paintbrush, the bit where he takes 修刀 and gives NHS 修心, and course him literally telling NHS that whatever NHS wishes to do, he'd support it.

As far as I can tell there's no evidence of this. Now, to be fair, we don't see them as children in MDZS, but there is not as far as I can tell any sign that NMJ has ever done anything but strongly desire that NHS work on the sabre. Indeed, even at Hejian during Sunshot, the reason he overhears MY and LXC's conversation is because he is bringing NHS' sabre to LXC so that NHS will not be able to escape practicing with it. He certainly does not renew any kind of commitment to allowing NHS to do what he wills before his death. In CQL, we see rather less, but as far as I can tell there doesn't seem to be anything that contradicts MDZS on this front.

2) In his heart, NMJ carried significant doubts about the righteousness of Nie cultivation practices, including both the sabre-curse-inducing sabre cultivation and the practice of balancing the sabre spirits via corpses in the wall

This is quite central to the movie. It's arguably implicit in his desire to protect NHS from cultivating with the sabre, but beyond that, he is clearly extremely uncomfortable at NHS' moral challenge of Nie practices and believes at least partially that NHS has a point; moreover, it's implicit in his confessions to NHS in the tomb:

The Nie family's ancestors created this family foundation with great hardships. Unexpectedly, it was cursed by the sword spirit. I practiced swordsmanship hard and thought I could find a way to solve it, but I just followed the same old disastrous road of the ancestors.

And of course, his moral arc in the movie is about embracing those doubts and rejecting Nie tradition.

There is as far as I can tell no evidence of this in MDZS or CQL; in fact we don't learn anything about the Nie burial traditions in scenes where NMJ is still alive, and he never shows any doubt about the wisdom of sabre cultivation.

3) NMJ used to be "intelligent and wise"; it's due to the effects of the sabre curse that he is "moody and brutal".

We're explicitly told this by NHS at around 32:50: "Da-ge, look at you now, you have changed. When you were young, you were always wise and intelligent. Ever since you practiced swordsmanship, you've become moody and brutal." It's also backed up by the childhood flashbacks. The sharp distinction between NMJ and sabre-curse-affected-NMJ, shown by the way sabre-curse-affected NMJ is visually marked out, also helps suggest this.

Now, in MDZS and CQL, this…is complicated. Again, in MDZS, we don't see him as a child—the earliest we see him is still well past the time he began practicing sabre cultivation. And in ch 26 NHS does indeed suggest that sabre cultivation causes increasing irritability; it certainly seems plausible, indeed almost necessary, that he had less of a temper before he started practicing, and for that matter we see his anger grow worse as time goes on.

Nevertheless, we never actually see any trace of a calm-tempered NMJ in the text. Even by the beginning of Sunshot, his reputation as an angry man is firmly established. Consider the Nie men's reaction to his anger at their shit-talking MY, in the cave:

The entire cave was in a muddle. Everyone knew ChiFeng-Zun’s personality—the more one tried to explain, the angrier he was. Seeing that they probably couldn’t escape punishment and would have to tell the truth, nobody dared to speak a word.

Even his friend LXC says to MY, “MingJue-xiong has quite a fiery personality. It must have been truly difficult for you to have earned his approval.”

And NHS, who very much loves his brother even as he is also to some extent frightened of him, is never shown pining for the halcyon days of yore. Narratively speaking, sabre-affected NMJ is the only NMJ we know. I think…this is something a Nie brothers spinoff could theoretically do something interesting with, but the way it's presented in their relationship is all wrong.

In CQL, the evidence is much the same or just not shown. NMJ generally seems less angry (though even so, we see him be angry at the Nie men for mocking MY (in subjective CQL-Empathy, but still), at WWX for saying maybe let's not kill XY immediately, at JGY for having killed the Nie cultivators, etc.), and if anything his relationship with NHS seems better than it is in the novel, although this too is well after he's begun to practice sabre cultivation.

4) NMJ respects NHS' interests

When picking NHS to lead the other team in the tombs, NMJ tells us that NHS knows most about astronomy in the Nie, and NMJ clearly considers this valuable.

If NHS did actually have significant knowledge of cultivation, NMJ would probably respect that. However, this is what NMJ has to say about the interests NHS canonically has (ch 49):

Nie HuaiSang was absolutely delighted. He greeted Jin GuangYao again and again as he grabbed the fans in haste. Seeing how his younger brother reacted, Nie MingJue was so outraged that he almost found it amusing. He turned to Jin GuangYao, “Don’t send him those useless things!”

In a hurry, Nie HuaiSang dropped a few fans on the ground. Jin GuangYao picked them up for him and put them into his arms, “HuaiSang’s hobbies are quite elegant. He’s dedicated to art and calligraphy, and has no propensity for mischief. How can you say that they’re useless?”

Nie HuaiSang nodded as fast as he could, “Yes, Brother is right!”

Nie MingJue, “But sect leaders have no need for such things.”

In CQL, I believe we just don't see enough to say, although given that again, NHS' isn't actually studying cultivation, it seems likely NMJ' attitudes are much the same.

NHS

1) NHS is profoundly morally motivated

NHS is immediately and hugely upset with the practice of using corpses in the walls, explicitly on moral grounds, even though it was the practice of their ancestors, and even once he finds out that they're not (usually) Nie men, but evildoers.

Having been told by NZH that the blades need the corpses to suppress their aggressiveness: "But isn't that just sacrificing people?" "Zonghui, the Nie family have always been righteous. If we give sacrifice to it with life, we will become evil."

And then, to NMJ: "Wait. Let me ask you. Why is here called the Sword Sacrifice Hall? What is to balance sword spirit? I didn't understand before coming what exactly Sword Sacrifice Hall represents. I know it now. This is not balance but sacrificing flesh and blood!"

NZH: Second Young Master, you misunderstood it. Those corpses belong to evil men. The Nie family's ancestors had uses their bodies to balance the sword spirit. We also follow the ancestral instructions."

NHS: (to NZH) Evil men? (to NMJ) Aren't they human beings? Are you qualified for deciding their fate?

NMJ: The sword spirit is extremely dangerous. Generations of the Nie family all balanced the spirit in this way.

NHS: Even if they were wrong, you also follow their way?

In MDZS…I went over the chapters where he shows up, and I'm not actually sure we ever see him express a moral sentiment? I could be missing something, but it doesn't seem to be any kind of fundamental part of his character.

This is his reaction to WWX's first suggestion of demonic cultivation, when they're studying at CR (ch 14):

After thinking for a few moments, an expression of envy and yearning appeared on Nie HuaiSang’s face, “To be honest, Wei-xiong’s words were quite interesting. Spiritual energy can only be obtained through cultivation and taking great pains to form a golden core. It would take I-don’t-know-how-many years to do, especially for someone like me, whose talent seems as if it was gnawed by a dog when I was in my mother’s womb. But, resentful energy are from the fierce ghosts. If they can easily be taken and used, it would be beyond wonderful.”

And—granted this is several years down the line and NHS is keeping up his cover, but when NHS is explaining the sabre tomb to LWJ and WWX in chapter 26, he doesn't seem to have any problem with the practice. In fact, he tells us that he participated in choosing corpses for NMJ's sabre:

Nie HuaiSang was already shocked speechless. Wei WuXian inquired, “Who chooses the corpses that the Nie Sect uses for the Saber Hall?”

Nie HuaiSang replied with a glazed expression, “Usually, the past sect leaders chose and stored them when they were still alive. My brother passed away at an earlier age. He didn’t have enough, so I also helped him choose some… I kept whichever corpses that were complete with all limbs. I don’t know about anything other than this…”

In CQL...mmm. I rewatched all the pre-Sunshot scenes with him in it, and I do think he comes across as, at least, less amoral. We don't have the gee wouldn't demonic cultivation be nice scene, and you could definitely interpret him as being worried about the granny at Dafan, or even the temporary-puppets; he says you have to admire Songxiao's integrity and elegance as they depart; and while we don't see him be part of the initial 'maybe we shouldn't just immediately execute XY squad,' he does go da-ge after NMJ seems irritated at WWX, and after NMJ throws MY out he goes in and is like but why!!!! That said, in both cases where he challenges (and I use the term rather loosely for the da-ge after NMJ is irritated with WWX), he immediately backs down faced with NMJ's opposition. I really don't see any sign of the character who is so morally motivated and so sure of his own correctness he challenges NMJ, /in front of all their men/, and keeps up the challenge despite NMJ's consistent opposition.

2) NHS isn't really interested in JGY's gifts

At no point is he shown delighting over or interested in anything JGY gave him (except of course the flute for treating his brother), and in fact when JGY says that after the journey he will give him gifts he replies "San-ge, I am not afraid of difficult journeys. I'm not craving for toys either." On the contrary, gifts are associated with /NMJ/, who gave him a paintbrush as a child.

In MDZS, we see him explicitly delighted in and interested by JGY's gifts. In ch 49, we see him going over a dozen gold-lined fans, which turn out to be gifts from JGY; when JGY mentions he's going to play a song for NMJ, he expresses interest and mentions "the limited edition" JGY gave him "last time," and then when NMJ shouts at him to go to his room he runs instead "to the living room for the presents that Jin GuangYao had brought him;" when JGY shows up at Qinghe after the stairs incident, NHS "beamed as he got ready to go to Jin GuangYao and see what presents he brought this time." Considering how little time they have together on the page, the gifts show up a great deal.

In CQL, we mostly don't see a lot of NHS and JGY's interactions after JGY's legitimation but before NMJ's death, so it's impossible to directly say. However, he is at least shown to delight in and greatly value beautiful things (see at least the fan flashback in ep 35).

3) NHS is motivated by a desire for his brother's respect and the respect of their men.

This is the argument JGY uses which finally settles NHS on going along on the journey, around 14:30: "Both of you are pillars of the Nie family. You should work together. You can also prove yourself." See also his pleasure with himself at solving the puzzle quickly in the tombs; it's not a purely self-satisfied pleasure, but rather, "It seems I'm not useless" (27:35ish). When NZH replies, "Second Young Master, you are definitely not useless. It's just because everyone has their own will," NHS gives a firm little nod. NMJ's respect for NHS' skills and interests is also made central to their relationship.

In MDZS, NHS really doesn't seem to be motivated by people respecting him. Consider, again, what he says about WWX's idea of demonic cultivation (ch 14):

After thinking for a few moments, an expression of envy and yearning appeared on Nie HuaiSang’s face, “To be honest, Wei-xiong’s words were quite interesting. Spiritual energy can only be obtained through cultivation and taking great pains to form a golden core. It would take I-don’t-know-how-many years to do, especially for someone like me, whose talent seems as if it was gnawed by a dog when I was in my mother’s womb. But, resentful energy are from the fierce ghosts. If they can easily be taken and used, it would be beyond wonderful.”

A golden core was a core formed by cultivators after they had cultivated to a certain point. It can store and control spiritual energy. After the core was formed, the cultivator’s level of cultivation would increase at a rapid speed, and become better and better. Else, they would only be a low-end cultivator. If disciple from a prominent clan forms the core at a later age, it would be a disgrace to tell other people of it, yet Nie HuaiSang didn’t feel ashamed at all. Wei WuXian also laughed, “I know, right? No harm comes from using it.”

Even during Sunshot, he's slacking off, using the excuse of having forgotten his sabre. (ch 48)

And then in ch. 49, after NMJ burns his things:

Nie HuaiSang roared at Nie MingJue, “Saber, saber, saber! Who the fuck wants to practice the damn thing?! So what if I want to be a good-for-nothing?! Whoever that wants to can be the sect leader! I can’t learn it means I can’t learn it and I don’t like it means I don’t like it! What’s the use of forcing me?!”

I'm not necessarily saying he wouldn't enjoy it if NMJ respected him, and certainly it seems a fair read that he would like it if NMJ yelled at him less. But by and large, he just doesn't show any objection to being thought of as useless, even before his Headshaker cover—and there's a reason that cover worked, after all.

In CQL...well, again, he doesn't really show any sign of objecting to being thought useless, as far as I can tell.

4) NHS knows about the sabre curse

JGY explicitly says so at about 13:05: "You know his sickness. He didn't do it on purpose." Moreover, if NHS didn't know, the offer of flute-playing wouldn't really make sense.

In MDZS, NMJ explicitly hasn't told NHS at least as of JGY's visit after the stairs, and there's no indication he told him between then and when he qi-deviated. Indeed, it's JGY who thinks NHS should be told, while NMJ rejects this (ch 50):

Jin GuangYao, “Brother, these days you’ve been stricter and stricter towards HuaiSang. Is it the saber spirit…?”

After a pause, he continued, “Does HuaiSang still not know about the saber spirit?”

Nie MingJue, “Why would I tell him so soon?”

In CQL, we're not told either way; this being the case I tend towards defaulting to MDZS unless I have a specific reason to think otherwise.

5) NHS, though bad at fighting, is skilled in cultivation theory

Again, JGY says so, at around 13:19: "You are good at Daoist magic" (and NHS seems to accept it). Moreover this is continually backed up by the film, with NHS making good use of it in the tomb, and then of course in the last scene having put together the true effect of the corrupted passage.

There is no indication of this in MDZS. He's interested in art and beautiful things, but he struggles with the Lan lectures. When JGY defends NHS' interests, he mentions art and calligraphy, and says his hobbies are elegant; he makes no mention of any kind of cultivation theory. As WWX himself notes, thinking back (ch 21):

In the past, Wei WuXian and Nie HuaiSang studied together, so there were a few things he could comment about this person. Nie HuaiSang wasn’t an unkind person. It wasn’t that he was not clever, but that his heart was set somewhere else and used his smarts on other areas, such as painting on fans, searching for birds, skipping classes, and catching fish. Because his talent in terms of cultivation really was poor, he formed his core around eight or nine years later than the other disciples of the same generation as him. When he lived, Nie MingJue was often exasperated by the fact that his brother didn’t meet his expectations, so he disciplined him strictly. Despite this, he still didn’t improve much.

I'm not saying he couldn't have developed in this direction after NMJ's death, but there doesn't seem to be any indication he was skilled in that way beforehand. Again, there's a reason his cover as "totally useless person" works as a cover.

In CQL, again, we don't really see any evidence of his skill with cultivation. NHS is shown flipping through his book for the answer to the executioner question LQR asks WWX; he doesn't show any evidence of significant cultivation knowledge on the road trip section (although he is shown to have a good memory for things he's actually interested in, and you could argue he has good instincts!); his wish at the lantern festival is that he passes his studies at the Lan. I just don't see it.

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[miss-alice-evelynn]

Hey I was wondering if your still taking fic requests?

Because... This one has been just bugging me relentlessly in my head

It's a bad batch fic requests that I'd say would fit fine in like.. three-ish chapters

So basically:

The bad batch are on a mission by Cid to retrieve some resources from the empire but get separated due to some natural disasters like an avalanche, rock slide (your choice on that one) and the focus is on Hunter trying to get back to his squad without getting detected by the imperials.

However while walking carefully to the edge of a Clif to try and maybe find his brothers from higher ground, he accidentally activates a bear trap and in sprit second decision making jumps off the cliff into a river down below (low-key thinking in his head: welp... That wasn't my brightest moment.)

Next thing he knows he's in some sort of hutt and his brothers, sister are waiting for him to wake up but also an older woman he first doesn't recognize but quickly realizing is his old combat instructor.

and let's just say this woman is the closest thing to a mother the batch ever had.

her name is Barka Katchiv a retired Togruta Bounty Hunter/ mercenary that was drinking/ hunting pals with jango back in the day.

(you can get creative with her looks but she definitely has some wicked facial scars)

she kinda acts like a sweet old lady most of the time although she swears like a galactic sailor when in casual convos with other adults. can and will put a young man in their place if they disrespect her. she has a soft spot for her wild/ feral little batch of clones calling them pups or cubs occasionally. In summary on her: acts like a granny cinnamon roll, could actually kill you.

The batch gets to catch up with her, she explains to Hunter that it was one of her hunting traps he had jump away from and the batch introduce Omega properly to her.

she falls absolutely in love with this little girl and becomes far more doting and nurturing then the batch expected

She helps them finish their mission and kick some imperial ass on the side and out of a maternal protective instinct gives everyone some extra credits she personally don't really need, winter coats/clothes made from animal furr she had made for future missions,omega some pretty dress/suits that where her daughters (she did have kids tho she had to let the father raise them since her line of work was problematic, still keeps some of her kids old clothes and toys as a momento) and a good old hardy huntsman stew to eat before saying goodbye.

You can call the fic something like "Old mama Barka" but honestly it's up to you on that front

Also one last thing:

If you want to you can take this "oc" and adopt her

She's a character idea that deserves a good writer to handle and have fun with her honestly.

So in over all summary:

Hunter is accidentally stupid. They meet their togruta mama. They kick some ass. Leave with gifts.

And *YEET* this character concept your way

And if you don't want to do this fic I perfectly understand, honestly I would be impressed that you read through all of this

Have a lovely afternoon!

(It's afternoon here so..)

Ooooooh! I'm loving this idea!

It might take me a little bit but I'm gonna start working on this ASAP!

[kirieshhhka003]

Can I ask hc about La Squadra after a very young member joined? Like, they're super short and made their 18 like, yesterday but have a kick-ass strong stand! How would they react? (Sorry for the hyper-specific request tho ^^""")

I’ve been waiting for this one😎✨ Thank you for your request, my sweet anon💚

I decided to make them even younger, they’re about 16-17 here and haven’t graduated from school yet

La Squdra with new young member

Risotto Nero

The first thought Risotto had when he saw them for the first time was “A child😐”

When he finds out about their stand abilities he’s confused. Stand is a representation of it’s owner’s soul. They’re so young, how can they be so terrifying inside? Risotto is really worried about their mental health

I totally see him teaching them how to drive. They’re a mafioso now, and skill such as driving is very important. He’s a good teacher but his explanations are way too complicated for a 16 year-old, he really needs to chill out for a little

Risotto sometimes asks them to explain some slang words he doesn’t understand or stupid memes that only teenagers get

Formaggio

He’s totally excited about them. All teenagers are crackheads and he is too, he has so many stupid things to do with them

Formaggio loves to fool around with newbie. They’re full of energy and are always up to get crazy with him

When he faced their stand during a fight with enemy his reaction was “Yo man wtf”. He knew that they’re strong, but that strong? He gets even more exited though

He’s kind of a big brother to them, he always pranks other teammates with them, buys them new music cds(probably Snoop Gogg🙃)

Melone

Melone is intrigued. Such a young person joined assassin squad? That sounds pretty interesting

He’s pretty chill about them. They’re nice to him and another members, they look pretty reliable(as much as teen could be), why should he not like them?

He’d happily help them with their homework if they had any troubles doing it. His explanations are pretty simple and easy to grasp

When he finally finds out about their stand he’s... impressed. How such a young and fragile person can have such a strong and terrifying stand? He gets interested in newbie even more

Ghiaccio

Ghiaccio is pretty aggressive towards newbie for the first time, but it’s simply because he doesn’t know them properly

But once he gets along with them, they’re his lil buddy. He’s a good guy and is easy to be around

When Ghiaccio faces their stand he seems indifferent but on the inside he goes “daaaaamn biiitch”, he’s fully exited about it and has a million questions about how it works

If they can skate he’ll definitely ask them to teach him. When Ghiaccio sees skaters doing some tricks with their boards it looks hella cool and he wants to try it, but is kinda afraid to do it on his own

Prosciutto

Prosciutto is... confused. Yeah, he knows that Risotto accepts to assassin squad only strong and reliable people despite their age/gender, but... 16 yo? Really?

I see him as a “mommy” of the team and he makes sure that they get enough of sleep and stay hydrated during the day

Prosciutto doesn’t admit it but he needs to take care of somebody. Their little form makes him so soft he wants to feed them some spaghetti 🥺

When he finds out about their stand his reaction is familiar to Risotto’s. What made this little person gain such a powerful abilities? He’s worried about newbie and tries to figure out how did they gain their abilities

Illuso

He was so annoyed when Risotto introduced them to the team. “Really? A schooler? Are you fucking kidding me?”

But ended up cherishing and adoring his young buddy(especially if they were a girl, they’re soft and cute). He’s a jerk towards his teammates(he loves them, but would never admit it), but newbie is so young, full of energy and vigor, he wants protect them

He’s a little bit shocked when he finds out about their stand. His little bunny is independent and can stand up for themself? They don’t need his protection? Fuk😢

He loves to scare them by appearing behind them in their mirror reflection. He laughes hardly after that, especially if they screamed or squealed

Pesci

He’s toatally okay with their age, he’s not that older than them. Pesci is also happy that he’s no longer the shortest one in the squad

Pesci is happy that there’s another young person that knows all memes and usually you can find them two laughing their asses off about some stupidest shit

When he faced their stand he was truly amazed. They’re so smart and talented in his eyes, of course they have a strong stand

We all know that Pesci has self-esteem problems and they inspire him to be a little bit stronger every day, even when he’s desperate they make him going

Sorbet and Gelato

You know what Gelato is afraid of? Teenagers. When Risotto introduced new member to the team he was ‘Holy shit’

Sorbet is totally okay with newbie, he even fools around with them sometimes and gets them ice cream

They’re not surprised when they find out about newbie’s stand. They understand that Risotto included them among his assassin team for their abilities, so Sorbet and Gelato are chill about it

As a couple they have thought about having a child, and when they get to know newbie they become some kind of parents to them. They pamper and cherish newbie, and other members call newbie their “little baby”

Gelato is way softer than Sorbet and cares deeply about his “child’s” well being and has uncontrollable need to feed them😂(like most grannies has). He doesn’t show it but he gets super jealous when Prosciutto fusses over them, - they’re his baby, no one can touch them but him😠😢

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Scar Map - All Sewn Up Chapter 2

The halls of Shin’ō academy were noisy and filled with the voices of its students, socializing before class, grabbing their books, their pads, their swords, and their fighting equipment. Although the area was crowded and loud, one voice rang out louder than the rest, at least to Toshiro Hitsugaya.

He sat near the window, waiting for one of his Kido classes to begin. Hitsugaya watched his longtime-friend chat with a male student, one with dark brown hair and bright green eyes. He first felt something was off about him when he had snaked his way behind her storage locker and surprised her when she slammed it shut. Toshiro would have lost interest and assumed it was a friend of hers playing a prank, but then he heard her yelp in surprise. That peaked his attention. Hinamori was nice enough to the guy, but she didn’t seem like she wanted to engage him any longer, assuming she had a class of her own to go to or an instructor to see. The bold brown-haired boy didn’t seem to catch the hint.

“I’ll tell ya what, I’m throwing a party at my parents’ place. They’re off on some mission in the world of the living. Gonna have lots of sake! Eh? Whaddya say?”

“You know, that sounds like so much fun, but I’ve got a lot of studying to catch up on, so thank you for the invitation, but I’ll have to take a raincheck.” She responds politely, then attempts to walk to her next destination, but is once again halted in her tracks by the boy, who slid in front of her as she tried to step away.

“I don’t think you understand,” He says, narrowing his eyes. “My name is Tajima Yoshiyuki. Both of my parents are full-fledged soul reapers. I’m kind of a big deal around here.” He points his thumb towards his chest and continues.

“I’m gonna be the one carrying on their legacy. In fact, I even plan to surpass them both and become a full-fledged captain of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.” Yoshiyuki crosses his arms over his chest, closes his eyes and states smugly,

“You don’t just say "no" to me. What have you got to lose? So far, you’re a nobody--AGH--!”

The arrogant man was unable to finish before Toshiro grabbed him by the back of the neck and twisted his arm behind him. He slammed Tajima up against the wooden lockers with a solid ‘THUD’.

“I believe she politely declined your invitation,” Hitsugaya said to him in a low growl, pinning his arm further up against his back to force a sharp 'CRACK' from his bones.

“GAHAA--!” Tajima screams.

“Maybe you should learn how to take a hint!” The silver-haired boy exclaims as he pulls Yoshiyuki back by the collar of his uniform, spins him around, twists to the side to put all his weight on one foot, then pounds his other full force into the already regretful boy’s back, sending him flying into some chairs.

Toshiro is left holding his right fist out in front of him as Yoshiyuki stumbles and slips as he tries to get up onto his feet and finally scurry away.

“Same temper, same old Shiro.” Momo chimes in behind him. His shoulders relax from their tensed state and he glances back at her.

“It’s been a while! Look at how much you’ve grown!” The pig-tailed girl exclaimed.

He turns and before he’s able to reprimand her, she’s practically on top of him, her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly. He settles on letting her have this one and relaxes in her arms, after all, she did just get harassed by some strange, wolvish student in the hall.

I’ll have to have a chat with the headmaster about Mr. - … what did he say his name was?

Hitsugaya blushes as Momo buries her face into his shoulder.

“Thank you for coming to my rescue, Shiro, although,” Momo begins, as she lifts her head to meet his shining emerald eyes and places a palm on her hip, the other still slung around his shoulder.

“I could have handled him myself.” He smiles ever so slightly back at her.

“I know that, stupid. I just wanted the assholes here to know that you’ve got someone in your corner who isn’t as polite and kind as you manage to be. Don’t get me wrong, Momo, you’re strong, but you’re a pushover, same as always!” He begins to brush her off of him, and Hinamori pouts.

“You can’t let them treat you like that. You’re better than them. You know that. Can’t you feel the energy growing inside you?” He says to her, now holding her shoulders and staring into her chocolate eyes.

Hinamori sighs and nods.

“So… you’re going to be a soul reaper now, huh?” She says as a smirk creeps onto her lips.

“Kinda lame, don’tcha think?” She prods, elbowing him in the ribs. Toshiro crosses his arms and closes his eyes with a hmph.

“Yeah, yeah, I know…” He sighs.

She knows there’s something on his mind, so she waits patiently, even as others pass to get to class. Toshiro continues when all the students flood into their respective classrooms and the hall is vacant save for the two of them. His eyes are cast anywhere but her face to avoid showing emotion.

“Granny wasn’t doing well when I left her.” He admits. Momo’s eyes become wide and filled with worry.

“As it turns out, I’ve been… suffocating her with my… immense spiritual pressure. I wake up every morning and the room is just… coated in a layer of ice... I suppose I didn’t have any other choice than to come here and learn to control the powers inside me.” Hinamori nods, and once again, draws him back into a hug. Normally, he’d resist, but right about now, Hitsugaya realized she was just what he needed.

“You made the right decision.” She tells him before lowering her voice and saying, “I really missed you.” His eyes widened a bit, he had never heard her sound so… wanton. He shakes it off, just happy to be in her orbit once again, and rests his hand on her head, hugging her back.

“Yeah, I guess I kinda missed you too.”

They both chuckle softly, seemingly lost in a world of their own. Toshiro allows her to rest her head against him for a few more moments before slowly taking a step back and taking a hold of her shoulders again. He can tell she’s exhausted, that she’s been training extra hard lately in preparation for their final exams, which, unbeknownst to her, he’d be taking the exams alongside her as a prodigy student who was able to skip a few years due to his raw talent.

“You need to know,” He takes on a more earnest tone.

“If you’re ever in trouble, I’m going to do everything in my ability to help you. I won’t ever leave you alone or let anyone hurt you, okay?” Hitsugaya looks deep into her eyes, a serious and concerned expression on his face. She frowns at him a little and uses her thumbs to try and smooth out his eyebrows.

“Okay… the same goes for you, you know… you’re so serious, Shiro. Lighten up a little.”

I’m sure that’s what you’d tell me right about now.

“Lighten up, Toshiro.”

The things I’d do to hear your voice again… and yet, how am I supposed to face you? I’ve let you down. I wasn’t strong enough to protect you. How can I tell her that her idol and mentor has left for good? And that he is now our sworn enemy?

He walked out of the meeting hall to see Rangiku waiting for him, her back against the wall and her arms crossed over her chest. She looked up when she heard the doors open and her eyes glistened.

“Oh, Captaaaain~What took you so looong~” She sang, skipping towards him.

“Matsumoto,” He started, striding up to her.

“I need your help with something... “ He looked around and spoke to her quietly.

“Are you willing to break some rules?” He asked. Rangiku froze, narrowing her eyes at him. Her captain raised an eyebrow back at her.

“... Well?” He badgered when she didn’t answer.

“You? Break the rules?” Her serious expression couldn’t have held up another five seconds before she started to break down in hysterical laughter. Toshiro rolled his eyes.

“You--AHAHAHAHAHAH, y-you want me… to help YOU--” Before she could finish and incriminate the both of them, he slapped his hand over her mouth. She stopped laughing.

“Come on. Not here.” He said frigidly, flash-stepping out of sight.

Rangiku sighed.

“This damn boy..”

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed the second chapter! As always, constructive criticism is never not welcome. Let me know what you all think so far!Sorry the italics are weird, I tried to only italicize one word at a time, but it won't let me! Strange. I know I'm doing this code things right! I think..