#gym crush chronicles

[pettyprocrastination]

Gym Crush!Ghost

when he's on leave? he's at the gym. damn near (if not) everyday.

it's a way for him to sort of dull the noise within his head, honestly. Just putting on a pair of headphones with a long ass playlist and working his body until he's drenched in sweat and enough time has passed that he can go back to his little apartment feeling a bit calmer at night.

and of course to keep up his endurance, muscle, and stamina for when he returns back to the field.

and maybe he feels a bit of macho pride as the physique. the man has earned it afterall.

He isn't somebody that talks much at the gym. The space between each set is full of the music flowing through his headphones and his resting face is enough to keep the more timid members from asking him questions about his routine or physique (this isn't his intention, he will say. his face just looks like that).

But of course. Simon knows what he looks like. He's worked hard for the body he has and is not stranger to gym rats asking about his max benchpress or women asking what he's doing later.

Something he never takes them up on in earnest. He's more than content to find a fling at a local pub that he may visit once in a while but the gym is a regular stop in his routine when not on duty. He lives by the "don't shit where you eat" motto when it comes to entertaining a potential flame.

But part of him was incredibly tempted to break that rule when he began to notice you.

You must be new to the area. Moved here when he was in service because he's never seen you before. You give the desk workers a polite nod and hello as they scan you in before putting your things away in a locker to begin your own workout.

He spares you a quick glance before returning back to the weights in his hand and not giving you another thought for the rest of the day.

Until he sees you tomorrow.

And the day after that.

And the day after that.

It's a slow process for Simon. Each time he sees you there's a quick moment where he admires you before returning to himself. Taking note of the lack of a wedding band or perhaps a new shirt your wearing before turning away.

If you happen to catch his glance you offer him a quick smile he'll give you a polite nod of his head but won't go further than that.

If you want to talk to this man you have to be the one to make the first move.

You know that quote about how everybody has silent admirers in the world? yeah that's him.

He won't say anything but he'll keep his eye out for you in gym. Watch your reflection through the mirrored wall as you set up for a new PR.

watching you from afar with a soft mumble of "c'mon, c'mon. you got it" as you push the weight up from your body with a grunt.

Something about seeing the excited smile on your face as you re-re-rack the weight after hitting a new PR makes him want to come back the next day to see you keep pushing yourself.

[wereallqueer-here]

girl just approached me at the gym and said my lift was impressive and that I just became her new gym crush🥰

[estellan0vella]

Sunshine's Guide To Murder│Lee Minho

Chapter Twenty Nine: Narnia: The Bullshit Chronicles SS: 17 (ignore time stamps and dates) Word Count: 3.3 K & 3.1K (it's a long one) Content Warnings: mentions of cravings and relapse, chan being a good friend (this was meant to be a filler but i got carried away) Previous Next Masterlist

The house is unusually quiet, and the absence of Minho, Hyunjin, Changbin, and Seungmin leaves a strange void that Hayun and Chan are doing their best to fill. Earlier, Chan had picked Hayun up after she’d texted him about cravings, not even hesitating.

Now, she’s perched on the edge of the bathroom counter, dumping out bags of supplies from the drugstore as Chan sits on a stool.

“You think I’ll look good with blue hair?” Chan asks, tilting his head as he examines his reflection in the mirror.

Hayun raises an eyebrow, sorting through bottles of bleach and toner. “I have it in writing from Jeongin a few months ago that if you ever dyed your hair blue, you’d get a blowjob every day.”

Chan’s eyes widen before he grins, settling himself more comfortably on the stool. “Fully sold. Even if it looks bad, I’m getting my dick sucked, so I win either way.”

Hayun snorts, shaking her head as she grabs a pair of gloves and pulls them on. “You’re the worst,” she mutters, but her lips twitch into a small smile.

Chan leans back, grinning. “Nah, I’m a fucking genius. Now, work your magic.”

Hayun grabs a comb, running it through his hair as she examines the strands. “Bleach, then tone, then dye. Sound good?”

“Sounds great,” Chan says, spinning the stool slightly before stopping when Hayun glares at him. “Alright, alright, I’ll sit still.”

She mixes the bleach in a small bowl, and her movements are practised and smooth. “Where did you learn to dye hair?” Chan asks, watching her curiously.

Hayun glances at him as she finishes mixing. “The foster home I was placed in when I was sixteen. Etta, sixty-five, covered in tattoos, and bright blue hair. She could’ve probably fought you if she wanted to.”

“Sounds badass,” Chan says, grinning. “Sixty-five and blue hair?”

“She had stories that could make a nun faint and a priest cry,” Hayun replies, her voice warm with fondness. “She taught me how to dye hair, though I go to a salon now. My entire career is in front of a camera, so it has to look good.”

“She sounds cool,” Chan says as Hayun begins to apply the bleach to his hair, sectioning it off methodically. “What happened to her?”

“She passed away a couple of years ago,” Hayun says softly, her focus on the strands of hair she’s coating. “Left me her house on Jeju Island. She didn’t have any kids, so I got everything.”

Chan hums thoughtfully. “Jeju, huh? Nice.”

“Felix, Jisung, Jeongin, and I talked about moving there after university,” Hayun says, stepping back to check her progress. “It was the plan for a while.”

“Still the plan?” Chan asks, tilting his head to look at her.

Hayun shrugs. “Now it’s complicated. You and Innie, Jisung and Hyunjin, me and Minho, Felix and Changbin.”

Chan blinks, his jaw dropping slightly. “Felix and Changbin?!”

Hayun laughs, setting the bowl down. “Well, Felix at least has a little crush on him.”

Chan leans back, crossing his arms. “Huh. Did not see that coming.”

“Really?” Hayun asks, raising an eyebrow. “Pretty Felix and big muscly Changbin? It’s a trope as old as time. Beauty and the Gym Beast.”

Chan snorts, shaking his head as he rests his hands on his thighs. “When you put it like that, I guess it makes sense.”

“Exactly,” Hayun says, smirking as she grabs another section of hair and begins applying the bleach. “It’s practically fate.”

Chan watches her in the mirror, his grin softening slightly. “You’re good at this, you know.”

“Yeah, well,” Hayun says, her voice quieter now, “Etta made sure I had skills to take care of myself.”

Chan doesn’t press further, sensing the shift in her mood. Instead, he changes the subject. “Alright, so how long am I sitting here looking like a science experiment?”

“About thirty minutes, maybe just a bit over because your hair is so dark,” Hayun replies, checking her phone for the timer she’s set. “We’ll tone it after. Then comes the blue.”

Chan leans back on the stool, stretching his legs out. “Thanks for this, Yunnie.”

“Don’t thank me yet,” Hayun says, shooting him a playful smirk. “You might end up looking like a Smurf.”

“Jeongin better keep his promise,” Chan mutters, earning a laugh from Hayun.

"Alright all done and the timer is set," Hayun says. 

"Let's go downstairs," Chan says. "Order some food or something"

The pair of them head downstairs to the living room and Chan settles onto the couch, pulling out his phone to order takeout while Hayun flops beside him, tucking her legs under herself.

The late afternoon light filters through the curtains, casting a warm glow on the cosy chaos of their surroundings. Empty cups, random books, and an assortment of charging cables litter the coffee table, but neither of them seems to mind.

“Non-spicy ramen for us delicate souls,” Chan mutters as he scrolls through the menu. “And spicy ramen for the laughs.”

“You’re gonna regret that,” Hayun says, grinning as she grabs one of the wine bottles Chan grabbed and twists off the cap. She pours a generous amount into two mismatched mugs and hands one to Chan.

“Probably,” Chan agrees, clicking on his choices and finalizing the order. “But it’ll be worth it for the chaos.”

As Chan leans back, sipping his wine, Hayun studies him. “So, big-time producer and music artist, huh? One album with JYPE already, and you haven’t even graduated yet. What’s the plan for you and Changbin once you finish uni? You’re 2RACHA, right?”

Chan raises an eyebrow, smirking. “Yeah, that’s us. We’re working on another album right now. One of the terms of signing with JYPE was that we get to finish university like normal students. After that? National tour.”

Hayun perks up, her grin widening. “You could promote Felix, Jisung, and my podcast on the tour.”

Chan snorts, leaning his head back against the couch. “Done.”

“I was kidding,” Hayun says, laughing.

“I’m not,” Chan counters, sitting up straighter. His eyes light up like he’s piecing together a genius plan. “Wait! Big brain moment! JYPE could sponsor a few episodes of your podcast, right? Then Changbin and I can promote it on our socials.”

Hayun tilts her head, considering the idea. “I mean, it would be good publicity. We’d reach more listeners.”

“Exactly!” Chan exclaims, clearly excited by the idea. “You get a bigger audience, we get to look cool for supporting our friends, it’s a win-win.”

The doorbell rings, cutting off their brainstorming. “Food!” Chan announces, springing up and heading to the door. He returns moments later with bags of steaming takeout, the savoury aroma filling the room as he sets everything down on the coffee table.

They dig into their non-spicy ramen first, the warmth of the broth and noodles a comfort as they chat. Hayun hums happily as she eats, her face relaxed for the first time in what feels like days.

“Alright,” Chan says, pointing at the untouched bowls of spicy ramen. “This was supposed to be funny, but honestly? I’m terrified.”

Hayun nods solemnly, setting down her empty bowl. “Same. But we’ve come this far.”

With exaggerated bravery, they pick up their chopsticks, clinking them together like a toast. “Cheers to bad decisions,” Hayun declares, and they both dive in.

The first bite hits Hayun like a freight train. “Nope,” she gasps, immediately reaching for her wine. “Nope, nope, nope. I’m done.”

Chan, however, stubbornly keeps eating, his face turning red as tears prick at the corners of his eyes. “It’s fine,” he croaks, shovelling another bite into his mouth.

“Just stop eating!” Hayun exclaims, watching him in horror. “You’re going to die!”

“It’s a matter of pride,” Chan wheezes. “I can’t back down now.”

Hayun watches, half amused and half concerned, as Chan struggles through a few more bites before finally throwing down his chopsticks in defeat. He slumps back against the couch, fanning his face. “Holy shit.”

“Was it worth it?” Hayun asks, smirking.

Chan grins through his tears. “Absolutely not.”

“You’re insane,” Hayun says, shaking her head as she sips her wine.

Chan wipes his face with a napkin, grinning at her. “Takes one to know one.”

The shrill beep of the bleach timer pierces the air, cutting through the relaxed chatter in the living room. “Alright,” Hayun says, grabbing her half-empty wine bottle, “back upstairs. Let’s rinse this shit out before your scalp starts a rebellion.”

Chan groans theatrically but follows her, his own bottle of wine in hand. “If I lose all my hair, I’m suing you for emotional distress,” he teases as they ascend the stairs, Hayun rolling her eyes but grinning.

“Please. You’d look good bald,” she fires back, pushing open the bathroom door. “You’ve got the symmetrical bone structure for it.”

“Flattery won’t save you if this goes wrong,” Chan retorts, leaning his head over the edge of the bathtub as Hayun dons a pair of gloves.

She adjusts the showerhead, making sure the water is the perfect lukewarm temperature, and then starts rinsing out the bleach  The water runs milky white, swirling down the drain, and Chan winces as it drips into his ear.

“Could you be less aggressive?” he grumbles.

“You’re such a baby,” Hayun laughs, using a towel to dab his face. “This is nothing compared to the spicy ramen.”

“Okay, fair,” Chan admits, though he winces as she massages his scalp. “But my pride is intact.”

“Yeah, yeah,” she mutters, finishing the rinse. “Alright, bleach out. Now, toner. Don’t move"

“Yes, ma’am,” Chan says, sitting as still as a statue while she applies the toner evenly. Once finished, she sets a timer, plopping down onto the bathroom floor beside him with her wine bottle in hand.

“Timer’s set. Now we wait,” Hayun says, taking a sip.

The door creaks open, and Minho leans against the frame, his sharp eyes scanning the scene. He’s holding a takeout container, chopsticks in one hand. “Hey, princess. What’re you doing here?”

“Avoiding a relapse. I had cravings, so I decided to dye Chan’s hair blue instead.”

Minho raises an eyebrow, glancing at Chan’s hair. “It’s not blue.”

“It’s a process, Min,” Hayun explains, gesturing with her wine bottle. “He had black hair. I had to bleach it, now we’re toning, and then we’ll do the blue. But honestly, Chan? You look good blonde.”

“Thank you,” Chan replies with mock solemnity, though his grin betrays him. “But Jeongin’s terms in that text to you were apparently very specific.”

Hayun snorts. “Oh, yes. Blue hair equals daily blowjobs. I didn’t make the rules.”

Minho smirks but doesn’t comment. Instead, he strides over to the closed toilet lid and sits down, digging into the spicy noodles in his container like it’s nothing. Both Hayun and Chan stare at him in disbelief.

“Wait,” Hayun says, pointing at the container. “Are those the spicy noodles from earlier? The ones that made Chan cry and nearly killed me?”

“Yeah,” Minho replies, completely unbothered as he shovels another bite into his mouth.

Chan stares at him like he’s witnessing a mythical creature. “How are you eating that without dying?”

“Because I’m not a coward,” Minho deadpans, smirking as he takes another bite.

Hayun rolls her eyes, muttering, “Show-off.”

They sit in companionable silence, the quiet hum of the timer and the faint smell of toner filling the bathroom. Minho sets the container aside, watching Chan and Hayun with mild amusement.

“How long will the dye be on once you apply it?” Chan asks, breaking the silence.

“Usually about thirty minutes,” Hayun replies. “But I’ll probably do it for twenty since we’ve already bleached and toned your hair. Don’t want to fry it completely.”

Chan nods, looking at himself in the mirror. “Cool. I trust you.”

“You better,” Hayun says, smirking as she leans back against the tub. She catches Minho watching her, his expression unreadable but soft, and a small smile tugs at her lips.

The timer finally goes off, and Hayun springs into action, rinsing out the toner. “Alright, Chan,” she says, “get ready to be a Jeongin-approved blue-haired hunk.”

Hayun hums quietly as she mixes the vibrant blue dye, her gloved hands precise. Chan leans forward, resting his elbows on his knees as Hayun starts applying the dye. He glances at Minho, who is still sitting on the toilet lid, casually devouring what they’ve now dubbed Satan’s Balls Ramen.

The sight is surreal, considering both Hayun and Chan were crying over the same dish earlier.

“This bitch,” Hayun mutters under her breath, dabbing dye onto Chan’s hair.

“Right?” Chan hums in agreement, side-eyeing Minho. They share a conspiratorial look, then both shake their heads dramatically.

Minho smirks at their antics, not even breaking stride as he takes another bite. “What? Jealous?” he teases, his tone dripping with amusement.

“Nah,” Chan deadpans, “it’s just because you don’t have a soul.”

Hayun snorts, nearly dropping the dye brush as she laughs. “Facts,” she agrees, turning to give Minho a pointed look.

Minho flips Chan off without hesitation, his other hand still holding the chopsticks. “Keep talking shit, just because you're a bitch with the spice tolerance of an infant.”

Chan gasps, clutching his chest theatrically. “Low blow, man. Low blow.”

As Hayun works, she pulls up a playlist and starts playing music on her phone. A soulful voice fills the bathroom, and Chan cocks his head, listening intently. “Who sings this?”

“Ben Barnes,” Hayun replies, focusing on getting the dye evenly distributed.

“Wait,” Chan says, his eyes narrowing as he processes the name. “Like, Prince Caspian Ben Barnes?”

Hayun grins, meeting his gaze. “Yep. My childhood love”

“Same!” Chan says, holding up his hand for a fist bump. Hayun obliges with a laugh.

Minho, however, looks completely lost. “Who the fuck is Prince Caspian?”

The room falls silent except for the music. Both Hayun and Chan turn to stare at Minho, their expressions a mix of shock and horror.

“Excuse me?” Hayun gasps, placing the dye bowl on the counter.

Chan points at Minho like he’s just declared war. “Narnia. Only one of the best movie trilogies of all time.”

Minho shrugs nonchalantly. “Never watched it.”

Chan whirls on Hayun. “Hayun, do not make him your boyfriend until he’s watched those movies.”

“Believe me,” Hayun says, crossing her arms dramatically, “I’m questioning even considering it after this.”

Minho blinks, completely taken aback. “What?!”

“How the fuck have you not watched Narnia?” Hayun demands, waving a hand for emphasis. “It’s a classic.”

Minho leans back, clearly exasperated. “It’s not a big thing in Korea! Chan was raised in Australia. Wait-” He turns to Hayun, his brows furrowing. “How did you watch it?”

“Etta,” Hayun explains, her voice softening slightly. “She was my last foster parent, and she was American-British. She made me watch all her favourite movies. Narnia was one of them.”

Minho rolls his eyes, gesturing at her as if to prove his point. “See? That’s why. It’s not cultural for us!”

Chan shakes his head, muttering, “Unacceptable.”

Hayun takes a sip of her wine, but before she can say anything, Chan drops another bombshell. “Oh, by the way, Minho, Hayun owns a house on Jeju Island.”

Minho’s jaw drops. “What?!”

Hayun shrugs casually, trying to downplay it. “Etta didn’t have kids. I was the closest thing, so when she passed, she left everything to me. Including the house.”

Minho stares at her, stunned. “You’re telling me you just casually have a house on Jeju Island, and I’m only finding this out now?”

Hayun raises an eyebrow. “I mean, we're always busy solving murders and now dealing with your spicy noodle supremacy complex. It didn’t come up.”

Minho shakes his head, muttering something under his breath about “outrageous,” while Chan sips his wine, watching the chaos with a satisfied smirk.

After a moment, Chan sets his bottle down and asks, “So, did you also have a crush on Aslan?”

Hayun pauses mid-sip, narrowing her eyes at him. “Yeah. Why?”

Minho looks utterly baffled. “Who the fuck is Aslan?”

Chan answers first, his tone completely deadpan. “The Jesus allegory lion.”

Minho looks between them, horrified. “You both had a crush on a lion?”

Hayun raises her glass. “First Gil the fish, now Aslan. My tastes are consistent.”

Chan laughs, holding up his hand for another fist bump. “Same. Oh, and animated Robin Hood.”

Hayun nearly chokes on her wine. “Yes! Me and Jisung were obsessed with him.”

Minho looks like he’s questioning every life decision he’s ever made. “The fox? You had a crush on the fox?”

“Obviously,” Chan says as if it’s the most obvious thing in the world.

Hayun nods in agreement. “It’s like a rite of passage.”

Minho sighs, shaking his head. “You two are fucking weird,” he mutters, though the fondness in his tone is unmistakable.

As Chan leans back against the tub, sipping his wine, he says with a dramatic sigh, “You know who else was hot? Kovu from The Lion King 2.”

Hayun’s eyes light up as she points at him. “Oh my God, yes! Finally, someone else admits it.”

Chan grins and raises his bottle in a mock toast. “Kovu walked so all the bad boys in fiction could run.”

Hayun laughs and says, “You know who my one was? Thomas O'Malley from The Aristocats.”

Chan gasps, his expression pure delight. “Yes! Yes! The original cool cat.”

Minho, sitting on the toilet lid and polishing off the last of the spicy ramen, blinks at them. “Aristocats? What the fuck is Aristocats?”

Hayun freezes mid-sip, turning to him with wide eyes. “I cannot believe you of all people haven’t seen The Aristocats. Minho, it’s literally a movie about cats.”

Minho raises an eyebrow, clearly intrigued. “A movie about cats? Alright, we’re watching it.”

“Oh, we’re not just watching it,” Hayun says, wagging a finger at him. “We’re having a movie marathon, starting with that and all the other cinematic masterpieces you’ve missed.”

Chan smirks, swirling the wine in his bottle. “Honestly, Hayun, you need better potential boyfriends. Minho’s taste is trash.”

Minho immediately sits up, offended. “Yah! The disrespect is unbelievable. I’m a romantic! I’ve taken her on dates! I’ve cooked for her! I even risked my life trying to teach her how to drive.”

Chan doesn’t even flinch. “Yeah, but you haven’t seen The Aristocats or the Narnia movies, so-”

Hayun hums in agreement, raising her wine bottle. “He makes a valid point.”

Minho groans, throwing his head back against the wall. “The slander I endure in this house.”

“Honestly,” Hayun says, leaning forward as if sharing a secret, “it’s your fault. Have better taste in movies. Have you at least seen Harry Potter?”

Minho stares at her blankly. “No.”

The bathroom goes so silent, it feels like time itself pauses. Hayun’s jaw drops as Chan looks genuinely concerned. “You… what?”

Minho looks between them, defensive. “What?!”

Chan waves his hand dramatically, as if trying to process this revelation. “You cannot blame that on being raised in Korea. Harry Potter is a global phenomenon. Global!”

Hayun slams her wine bottle on the counter, gesturing wildly. “I don’t think I can make you my boyfriend after this.”

Minho glares, crossing his arms. “You know what? I’m tired of this slander. We’re watching all the shitty Disney movies, the movies with the sexy lion, and Harry Potter.”

“Duchess,” Chan says with a smirk, leaning toward Hayun. “He’ll 100% find Duchess hot.”

“Didn’t we all?” Hayun replies with a grin.

Chan nods solemnly. “Some things transcend species.”

Minho throws up his hands. “What the fuck is wrong with the two of you? You’re really out here having crushes on animated animals.”

“Oh, don’t act so high and mighty,” Chan says, pointing his bottle at Minho. “By the end of The Aristocats, you’re gonna be head over heels for Duchess.”

Minho shakes his head, clearly exasperated. “Whatever. Who the fuck is Duchess?”

Hayun just giggles, taking another sip of her wine and Chan suddenly changes gears, looking at Hayun thoughtfully. “Hey, what house are you? Like, Hogwarts?”

“Oh!” Hayun sets her wine down, thinking. “I got Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff when I took the quizzes.”

Chan nods. “Yeah, that tracks. What about me? What do you reckon I am?”

“Gryffindor and Hufflepuff. Easy,” Hayun says, and Chan grins.

“What about Minho?” Chan asks, glancing at him.

“Slytherin,” Hayun says immediately.

Minho furrows his brows. “What the fuck is a Slytherin?”

Both Chan and Hayun whip their heads toward him, their expressions full of shock and horror.

Chan clutches his chest as if he’s been stabbed. “You don’t know what Slytherin is?”

“Or Hufflepuff? Gryffindor? Ravenclaw?” Hayun asks, her voice climbing an octave.

Minho shrugs. “Nope.”

Hayun looks at Chan, genuinely distressed. “We’re raising him from the ground up. He doesn’t even know the basics.”

Chan nods seriously. “He needs a full cultural education. Starting immediately.”

Minho groans, leaning back against the wall. “I regret asking.”

Hayun grabs her wine and raises it in a toast. “To fixing Minho.”

Chan joins in, clinking his bottle against hers. “To fixing Minho.”

Minho just shakes his head, muttering, “You’re both insane,” but the fond smile tugging at his lips betrays him.

Once Chan’s hair is dyed, dried, and styled into its new vibrant blue glory, the trio descends to the living room. Chan walks in first, a hand theatrically ruffling his hair as he announces, “Tonight, we’re doing The Aristocats and Narnia. Minho is not ready for Harry Potter yet.”

Hayun follows, snorting into her wine bottle as she flops onto the couch. “Agreed. Muggles need slow introductions.”

Minho groans, falling onto the couch beside her. “What the fuck is a muggle?”

Both Hayun and Chan groan loudly, in unison.

Chan points at him accusingly. “This is why you’re not ready. You need to ease into the magical world before we bombard you with Hogwarts lore.”

Hayun hums in agreement, taking a long sip of her wine. “Baby steps, Min. Baby steps.”

Minho glares between them. “I feel attacked.”

Chan tosses Minho a wine bottle and then settles on the other side of Hayun. Minho, without thinking, pulls Hayun into his side, his arm casually draped around her shoulders. Hayun leans into him, her cheek resting against his chest.

Chan pulls up Disney+ and searches for The Aristocats. “Let’s start with the basics. This is culture.”

As the opening credits roll, Minho leans forward slightly, watching the screen with uncharacteristic focus. “Why has no one shown me this movie before? What the fuck?”

Chan looks affronted. “Honestly? Me, Changbin, Hyunjin, Seungmin, and Jeongin assumed you watched it all the time. You’re literally a cat person.”

Minho rolls his eyes. “And none of you thought to check? Great friends.”

Chan raises his wine. “Cheers to our mediocrity.”

The film starts, and Minho immediately begins commenting. “Why do these cats have a butler? Are they royalty or some shit?”

“They’re rich,” Hayun explains. “French, fancy, and filthy rich.”

Minho watches in silence for another moment before blurting out, “Wait. Edgar wants to kidnap them because they’re in the will? How does a cat get a will? What court accepted that shit?”

Hayun shrugs. “Rich people nonsense. Suspend disbelief.”

“I am trying, but this is wild,” Minho says, taking a long gulp from his wine.

The movie continues, and when the geese and their drunk uncle make their appearance, Minho leans forward, pointing at the screen. “These geese are fucking hilarious. Why is that one drunk? What are they even doing?”

“They’re just living their best lives,” Chan says, nodding in approval. “Be the goose, Minho.”

Minho grins. “Be the goose. Noted.”

As the plot unfolds, Minho’s running commentary only gets worse. “Okay, wait. Why did they make Duchess a sexy cat? This is ridiculous. She has no business being that elegant.”

Chan throws his head back, laughing so hard he almost spills his wine. “I knew you’d find her hot! Welcome to the crushes on Animated Animals club.”

“Do I get a badge?” Minho deadpans.

“Absolutely,” Hayun says, patting his chest mock-seriously. “You’re one of us now.”

The iconic “Everybody Wants to Be a Cat” number begins, and Minho sits up straighter. “This... this is a masterpiece.”

Hayun grins at his enthusiasm. “Told you.”

Minho turns to Chan with mock outrage. “Bang Christopher Chan, you failed me as a friend by not showing me this movie earlier.”

Chan throws his hands up. “Don’t blame me! Hayun didn’t show it to you either.”

Minho waves him off dismissively. “She’s pretty. She’s in the clear. You’ve known me for three years, Chan. Three fucking years.”

As the movie concludes, Minho leans back with a satisfied sigh. “Alright. Aristocats was a masterpiece. Duchess is hot. The geese are iconic. I can’t believe I missed out on this for 20 years.”

Chan claps him on the shoulder. “You’re welcome for introducing you to culture.”

Hayun just leans into Minho’s side, her voice a playful murmur. “One down. Now we just have to get you through Narnia, Harry Potter, and literally every other childhood staple you’ve somehow missed.”

Minho smirks, planting a light kiss on the top of her head. “You’re really committed to this, huh?”

“Oh, absolutely,” Hayun says. “We’re fixing you, Lee Minho, one masterpiece at a time.”

As the opening credits of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe roll, Minho leans forward, wine bottle balanced precariously between his fingers. “So this is Narnia, huh? Why’s the title so long? Feels like I’m about to read a Victorian novel.”

Chan waves him off without looking. “It’s a fucking classic, Minho. Show some respect.”

Hayun smirks, snuggling further into Minho’s side. “Oh, you’re not ready. Lions, witches, wardrobes. Your brain’s about to implode from the sheer whimsy.”

Minho raises an eyebrow, taking a sip of wine. “Sounds like a weird acid trip. Fine, let’s see where this goes.”

The movie begins, and within five minutes, Minho is already ranting. “Wait, hold the fuck up. Who just sends their kids off to live with some random ass professor in the middle of nowhere? I get it’s wartime, but this is peak bad parenting.”

Chan, already invested in the film, sighs. “Historical context, Minho. Bombings. Air raids. You ever heard of those?”

Minho waves the bottle in Chan’s direction. “Yeah, I get it, but what if this professor’s a serial killer? Or worse, like, one of those dudes who collects dolls?”

Hayun laughs, patting Minho’s thigh. “Relax. It’s a children’s movie. No murderous doll collectors here.”

Minho points at the screen as Lucy discovers the wardrobe and steps inside. “Oh, so we’re just walking into random closets now? No hesitation? What if it’s cursed? What if it’s a demon portal?”

Hayun grins, taking a sip of wine. “It’s magic. Suspension of disbelief.”

Minho scoffs, his gaze fixed on the TV. “I can suspend disbelief, but I can’t suspend common sense.”

Then Mr. Tumnus appears, and Minho visibly tenses. “What the fuck is that? A goat man? She’s just chilling with a fucking goat man? No ‘stranger danger’ alarm bells ringing?”

Chan laughs, shaking his head. “He’s harmless. He’s a faun.”

“Harmless? He’s got hooves and horns. That’s demon vibes,” Minho retorts, gesturing emphatically with the wine bottle. “Lucy’s about to get sacrificed.”

By the time Edmund enters Narnia and meets the White Witch, Minho is clutching a throw pillow, his expression incredulous. “Oh, here we go. This little shit. Look at him, following the first lady he meets. And for what? Fucking candy? He betrays his siblings for Turkish Delight? If you’re going to sell out your family, at least do it for power or cash. Not powdered sugar. Turkish Delight isn't even that good, the fuck?”

The chaos ramps up when Aslan makes his grand entrance. Chan sighs dreamily, his head resting against the couch. “Look at him. Absolute king shit.”

Hayun nods in agreement, her eyes fixed on the screen. “Majestic. So noble.”

Minho stares at them, horrified. “You’re both drooling over a fucking CGI lion. What’s wrong with you?”

Hayun shrugs, unbothered. “He’s got a commanding presence. It’s attractive.”

Chan grins. “Big dick energy, for real.”

Minho groans, running a hand down his face. “This is why aliens don’t visit Earth. People like you two would try to fuck them”

As the battle begins, Minho sits up straighter, his attention caught by the mythical creatures charging across the battlefield. His focus narrows on a minotaur wielding a massive axe. “Holy shit. That’s a minotaur. That’s kind of cool.”

Chan tilts his head thoughtfully. “You know, I think I’d fuck a minotaur.”

Hayun hums in agreement, swirling her wine. “Yeah, they’re hot in a primal, dangerous way.”

Minho nearly chokes on his wine, coughing as he gapes at them. “What the actual fuck is wrong with you?”

“Have you seen their muscles?” Chan argues, grinning. “Pure strength. It’s appealing.”

Hayun smirks, leaning into Minho’s side. “Don’t knock it till you try it.”

Minho shakes his head, staring at her. “If you ever try it, I’m throwing you into a wardrobe and locking it.”

By the end of the movie, Minho looks equal parts emotionally drained and begrudgingly entertained. He leans back against the couch, finishing off his wine. “Alright, Narnia was interesting. But Edmund still deserves more hate.”

Chan clinks his bottle against Hayun’s with a smirk. “Cheers to exposing Minho to culture.”

Hayun laughs, raising her glass. “Cheers to Turkish Delight and bad decisions.”

Minho groans, running a hand through his hair. “I can’t believe you two lusted after a lion and a minotaur. I’m reevaluating this entire friend group.”

Hayun leans her head on his shoulder, smirking. “Admit it. You had fun.”

Minho lets out a long-suffering sigh, but the small smile on his lips betrays him. “Fine. But if anyone asks, I’m telling them I was forced to watch this under duress.”

The living room is a chaotic symphony of wine bottles clinking, popcorn flying, and heated banter as Prince Caspian begins. Minho lounges back on the couch, legs sprawled out like he owns the place, a half-empty wine bottle in hand. The moment Ben Barnes’ face graces the screen as Caspian, chaos erupts.

Hayun and Chan lean forward in unison, their eyes glued to the TV, reverent awe practically radiating off them.

“Oh, hell no,” Minho mutters, grabbing Hayun’s hoodie and gently tugging her back. “Sit your ass down, princess.”

Hayun swats at his hand like an annoyed cat. “Let me live, Minho! It’s Ben Barnes. He’s glowing. Look at that jawline!”

“Unbelievable,” Minho mutters, narrowing his eyes at the screen. “He’s not that impressive.”

Chan smirks, leaning back with his wine glass. “Let her have this, man. It’s Prince Caspian. A once-in-a-generation crush.”

Minho points his wine bottle at Chan. “Once in a generation, my ass. Every generation has a pretty boy with floppy hair. You’re all just easily distracted.”

Hayun gasps dramatically, clutching her chest. “You’re jealous.”

Minho raises an eyebrow, his tone dripping with mock offence. “Jealous? Of him? A dude with an accent so inconsistent it’s a linguistic mystery? Sure. Totally.”

Hayun smirks, leaning closer to him. “You’d kill for his hair.”

Minho scoffs, flipping his own hair with exaggerated flair. “Please. My hair’s better. Caspian wishes.”

On screen, the Pevensies are pulled back into Narnia. As they wander through the ruins of Cair Paravel, Minho sits up slightly, already forming an opinion. “Hold the fuck on. They’ve been gone for what, a year? And the whole place is trashed? Narnia’s got the lifespan of a fruit fly.”

Hayun laughs, curling her legs under her. “Time moves differently there. That’s the whole point.”

Minho gestures wildly at the TV. “Differently how? If I go take a piss and come back, is Narnia gonna be a post-apocalyptic wasteland? What’s the conversion rate?”

“Depends on who’s running it,” Chan says, sipping his wine. “Clearly, these kids weren’t exactly stellar rulers.”

“Edmund’s fault,” Minho says immediately, crossing his arms. “Always Edmund.”

When Edmund actually makes a smart decision for once, Minho groans. “Fine. He didn’t fuck up this time. But I’m not apologizing for doubting him.”

As Prince Caspian speaks, Minho squints at the screen. “What the fuck is this accent? I've been trying to figure it out. Is he supposed to be Spanish? Italian? What is this supposed to be?”

“Exotic and dreamy,” Hayun replies without hesitation, her eyes fixed on the screen.

Minho tugs her back again by her hoodie. “Stop drooling. You’re embarrassing me.”

“And you’re jealous,” Hayun shoots back, grinning.

Minho rolls his eyes. “Of a guy who sounds like he learned European languages on Duolingo? Absolutely not.”

The battle sequences begin, and Minho’s commentary only escalates. When the centaurs charge, his tone shifts. “Okay, this is fucking cool. The centaurs are badass. And the minotaurs? Fucking terrifying. They better win this.”

“You’ve changed your tune,” Hayun teases. “Didn’t you hate them last movie?”

Minho shrugs, his eyes glued to the screen. “Last movie, they were just standing around being noble. Now they’re stabbing shit. Huge improvement.”

The group bursts into laughter, the wine making everything seem twice as funny. When Susan and Caspian share a charged moment, Minho groans audibly.

“Oh, here we fucking go. The doomed love story,” he says, flopping dramatically back into the couch.

“Let them have this!” Hayun protests, throwing a handful of popcorn at him.

“Nope,” Minho says, catching a piece midair and popping it into his mouth. “It’s illegal. She’s from Earth. He’s from wherever the fuck this place is. Interdimensional dating doesn’t work.”

As the climax nears and Aslan finally shows up again, Minho lets out a long-suffering sigh. “Of course. Lion Jesus comes to save the day. What a shocker.”

Hayun gasps, throwing another handful of popcorn. “Show some respect! He’s majestic.”

Chan nods solemnly. “He’s a literal god, Minho.”

Minho groans. “God? He’s just a lion with good PR.”

When the movie ends and Susan and Peter say their goodbyes, Minho sits up, frowning. “Wait. They’re just banned? Kicked out? What the fuck? Why?”

“They’ve outgrown Narnia,” Chan says, his tone almost wistful.

“Outgrown it?” Minho scoffs, setting his wine bottle down. “Sounds like Aslan’s just petty. What’s next? A loyalty test? Is there a Narnian HR department?”

Hayun laughs so hard she nearly spills her wine. “Minho, you’re ridiculous.”

Chan grins, already pulling up The Voyage of the Dawn Treader on the TV. “I can’t fucking wait to see how you react to the next one.”

Minho groans but doesn’t look away from the screen. “If Edmund’s still in it, I’m gonna need more wine to deal with Narnia: The Bullshit Chronicles"

As the opening credits of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader roll, the familiar orchestral swell of music fills the room.

The moment Eustace appears, Minho grimaces, setting his bottle down with a thud. “Who the fuck is this little shit?”

“That,” Hayun says, a grin spreading across her face, “is Eustace. You’re gonna hate him.”

“Gonna hate him?” Minho scoffs, leaning forward to point at the screen. “Look at his face. I already do. He’s got that I-remind-the-teacher-about-homework energy. And that name? Eustace? What the fuck kind of name is that?”

Chan chuckles from his spot on the couch, swirling his wine lazily. “It's a 1940s England name. Just wait. He’s unbearable at first, but he has a solid redemption arc.”

Minho doesn’t look convinced. “Redemption? If by redemption you mean he annoys me slightly less by the end, sure. But right now? Someone throw him overboard. Please.”

The movie progresses, and Eustace’s constant whining tests Minho’s patience to its limits. “I swear to God,” he growls, slumping back into the couch, “if this little shit doesn’t fall off the ship at least once, I’m asking for a refund.”

Hayun laughs, snuggling deeper into Minho’s side. “Keep watching. You’ll see.”

As Edmund exists on the screen, Minho groans loudly. “Oh, here we go. Fucking Edmund. What’s he gonna screw up this time?”

“Hey!” Hayun defends. “He’s grown. He’s not the same Edmund anymore.”

Minho side-eyes her, unimpressed. “Grown? Sure. But the bar for that kid was so low it was buried under Narnia itself.”

Chan nearly chokes on his wine, coughing out a laugh. “That’s harsh.”

“It’s honest,” Minho counters, taking a sip. “Let’s see if he proves me wrong. Spoiler: he won’t.”

Each time, Caspian appears, the room collectively sighs, but for different reasons. Hayun and Chan lean forward, eyes glued to the screen, dreamy smiles plastered across their faces.

“Oh, hell no,” Minho says, grabbing the back of Hayun’s hoodie and gently tugging her back. “None of that. Sit the fuck down, princess.”

“But it’s Ben Barnes!” Hayun protests, pouting. “Look at him. He’s majestic.”

Minho narrows his eyes. “Majestic? He looks like he’s been locked in a dungeon all winter. Wasn’t he bronzed and glowing last movie? What happened? Did Narnia run out of sun?”

Chan bursts out laughing. “Dude, you’re not wrong. He does look a bit... pale.”

“Continuity, people. Fucking continuity,” Minho mutters, shaking his head.

As the ship sets sail, Minho finally shuts up, momentarily entranced by the visuals. But the peace is short-lived. When Reepicheep makes his grand entrance, Minho’s eyes light up.

“Finally!” he exclaims, sitting up straighter. “A character who doesn’t piss me off. Reepicheep is fucking cool. Look at him go.”

“Everyone loves Reepicheep,” Hayun agrees, smiling.

“Well, they should,” Minho says. “He’s the only one who consistently has his shit together.”

Things take a turn for the absurd when Lucy encounters the magical house and the invisible monopod creatures. Minho stares at the screen, baffled. “What the actual fuck is this? Why are there tiny, one-legged men kidnapping her? Who wrote this shit?”

“It’s in the book,” Hayun explains.

Minho points his wine bottle at her. “Just because it’s in the book doesn’t make it any less fucking weird. This whole house situation? Makes no sense. The people? No sense. The plot? Absolutely no fucking sense.”

Hayun just laughs, letting Minho spiral.

When the final climactic scenes roll around, Minho is surprisingly silent, leaning forward as the tension builds. But when the film concludes with Lucy and Edmund saying goodbye to Aslan, he frowns deeply, his expression darkening.

“Hold the fuck up,” he says, leaning forward. “So now Lucy and Edmund are banned too? What is this, a Narnian eviction notice? Do they just kick you out for growing up?”

“It’s bittersweet,” Chan says, his tone soft and nostalgic. “They’re moving on.”

“Moving on?!” Minho explodes, gesturing wildly. “They’re fucking kids! You don���t just banish them because they hit puberty. What’s next? A loyalty test? Does Aslan send them a fucking survey asking how much they love him before he decides who stays?”

Hayun laughs so hard she almost spills her wine. “It’s symbolic, Min. Let it go.”

“I will not let it go,” Minho declares, crossing his arms. “Is there another movie?”

Chan shakes his head, looking amused. “Nope. This was the last one.”

Minho’s jaw drops. “What?! Why? There’s so much more they could do! They could—” He stops mid-rant, turning to Hayun. “Wait. What happens in the books?”

Hayun hesitates. “You really wanna know?”

“Yes,” Minho says, exasperated. “Spill.”

Hayun sighs, setting her wine down. “Okay, so... Susan stops believing in Narnia.”

“Of course she does,” 

“Let me finish,” Hayun says, taking a deep dramatic breath as Minho looks at her with wide, expectant eyes. “And then Edmund, Lucy, and Peter all die in a train crash.”

The room falls silent. Minho stares at her, his face a perfect picture of disbelief. “I’m sorry, what?”

“They die,” Hayun repeats. “And they go to Narnia, but it’s, like, heaven or something.”

Minho sets his wine bottle down carefully, as though afraid he might break it in his rage. “Are you fucking kidding me? This is a kid’s book series! They end it with a train crash and eternal limbo? What the actual fuck?”

Chan nods solemnly. “C.S. Lewis was something else.”

Minho throws his hands in the air. “That’s the darkest shit I’ve ever heard. And this was marketed to children? No wonder the world’s so fucked up.”

Hayun pats his arm, trying to suppress her laughter. “Congrats, Min. You survived three Narnia movies. You’re one of us now.”

Minho leans back into the couch, shaking his head in disbelief. “I don’t know if I should be proud or start booking therapy.”

Hayun grins, resting her head on his shoulder. “You’re gonna be fine, drama queen.”

“Fine?” Minho mutters, glaring at the now-blank screen. “I’ll never be fine again. Fucking Narnia, man.”

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Pokemon/ Kaiju No. 8

Recollection Chronicles Volume 2. ( 2/3)

We Will Always Be Together

Hearthome City Tag Battle

When Trainer, Barry, Dawn, and Brock all made to Hearthome City, there was discussion on what to do next. Barry and Trainer wanted to see if the Gym Leader was taking challenges, Dawn wanted to check out the Contest Hall for the next cordinator tournament, and Brock wanted to go flirt with Nurse Joy. The Nurse Joy thing got put on the back pedal when Croagunk Poison Jabbed Brock, so that left the other to options. Though another option made itself known when Nurse Joy revealed that the Hearthome City Tage Battle was about to start in 2 days. There was also going to be a prize to the winners, a rare item called a Soothe Bell. Needless to say this caught everyones interest and they all agreed to enter. The tournament premier came with much fanfare and soon the partners would be announced.

For Barry his partner was an equally as fiery tempered named Buck, who was also the younger brother of Flint one of the Elite 4 members, this was either the best match up or the worst, no one could really tell.

For Brock his partner was a slighty older girl named Holly who's partner was a Wingull. Brock did his usual romantic speach only to be crushed by Holly saying she wasn't really into younger guys. Croagunk didn't Poison Jab Brock this time as that statement hurt more than any Poison Jab could do.

For Dawn her was the ecentric and calculating Conway, who definitely knew how to make a first impression along with his partner Slowking, while the 2 were odd they were both friendly and reliable which would be a boon in the tournament.

Trainer spent quite a bit of time looking for there tag battle partner with Blaziken at there side holding up the card so more prople could see. That is when both Trainer and Blaziken heard that disdainful voice both had come to groan at.

" Of course you had to be No.15"

Trainer's partner for the Tag Battle Tournament was Paul. 2 trainers that were like a raging fire and a load of dynamite, 2 things that were extermely volatile when together. This was were new beginings for Trainer and Paul would bloom.

All of the first matches went smoothly for all of Trainer's friends, the only one that jad a rough start was Barry's and Buck's match as they kept butting heads for the first half before they eventually found their rythm together and helped eachother to victory.

Trainer hoped that maybe this could be the thing that finally makes Paul open up a bit and let Trainer understand and work together with Paul.

The unfortunately never came to be during the Tag Battle Tournament.

Paul was still very rude and combative with everyone especially Trainer, and Paul's demeaning words and actions towards Chimchar only grew. Trainer eventually asked why Paul joined and all Paul said was " So I could meet fire-type Pokemon" this confised everyone before Brock clarified that he wanted to battle other fire-types with Chimchar too power-up Chimchar's own fire type moves. That did make sense but too say the was a risky tatic would be under selling it. When the first battle rolled around Trainer decided to start off strong will Blaziken and Paul went with Chimchar. There oppenents a Rhydon and a Magmar not a superb match-up for Paul and Trainer, though neither trainer would back down from the challange. The fight was tricky as Paul refused to work together and had Chimchar take the full force of a Lava Plume to power-up Flamethrower instead of dodgeing it. This was Paul's main method of having Chimchar attack and Paul would havr had Chimchar use Flame Wheel aganist the Rhydon's powerful Surf, if not for Trainer's interference. Taking a page out of a contest battle Trainer had Blaziken use Vacuum Wave to split the middle of the Surf attack causing it too colapse in on itself and cause Rhydon to fall giving Blaziken the chance to knock Rhydon out with Blaze Kick. There was still Magmar to deal with so Trainer and Blaziken countinued to take the intiative. Trainer called out to have Blaziken use Acrobatics to quickly get in close to attack. However Paul and Trainer didn't notice that Chimchar was looking at Blaziken with amazement and was studying there current attack, Paul didn't even notice when he called for Chimchar to use dig. Blaziken closed the distance and began to attack when the Magmar used Fire Punch to stop Blaziken. Blaziken grabbed both fists Magmar sent at him too stop the attack effectively deadlocking the 2 until a surprise came in the form of Chimchar who popped out right in front of Magmar only giving the fire-type enough time to realize that he was doomed as Chimchar gave a powerful punch knocking out Magmar. Chimchar quickly celebrated there victory and gave Blaziken a thumbs up which the fire-fighting type happily returned.

Paul however was furious at how the battle went and told Chimchar that he was stupid for celebrateing the victory and told Trainer to not got in there way for the next match. Trainer only could look on in disappointment and anger at Paul's unwillingness to even congratulate Chimchar once.

The following night Trainer was outside training with all the other Pokemon giving some last minute special training especially for Turtwig as they were up next for tommorows fight. Barry and Dawn were resting and talking with therr partners and Brock was helping Nurse Joy care for the other pokemon. There was also Jessie, James, and Meowth who were disguised as snack and drink sellers to spy and the group and make a little money, they also were cheering for Chimchar as they saw a kindered spirit in the fire monkey pokemon. Overall it was a peaceful night or at least it was peaceful before Trainer and Co. saw a powerful attack go off in the distance and got worried that something bad may have been happening.

The origin of the attack was a hyper beam from Torterra as Paul commanded Torterra blast it at Chimchar while also ordering Elekid, Murkrow, and Ursaring to launch there strongest attacks at Chimchar and ordered Chimchar to keep on dodgeing and countering. Chimchar did all this without complaining even though they had taken major damage and dealing with great pain. This was the scene that Trainer walked into along with Dawn who had stepped out for some fresh air. Paul didn't acknwoledge the duo and kept on ordering Chimchar to fight and called for a Flamethrower, that was unfortunately off target and hit Trainer. Chimchar saw who his Flamethrower hit and quickly ran up too Trainer with worry lacing there voice, Trainer simply smiled saying that they were ok and even praised Chimcharsaying that he had an awesome Flamethrower, after Trainer calmed Chimchar's worries Trainer turned to face Paul and talk with him. The conversation quickly turned into an argument with Paul not caring about Chimchar's health or wellbeing just as long as Chimchar got stronger. Paul eventually revealed that this is what Chimchar wanted to get stronger, which Chimchar agreed with himself. This broke Trainer's heart and told Chimchar that this isn't the only way to get stronger and didn't deserve to be worked to the bone. Paul merely scuffed and told Chimchar too follow him as they still had training to do and for the duo to butt out and not bother them. The training that took place got even more brutal for Chimchar until Chimchar could take no more and colapsed beaten and tired from the cruel training. Paul told Elekid to wake Chimchar up with Thunder and Arceus know what would have happened if Blaziken had not jumped in front of Chimchar too block the attack. Trainer and Dawn rushed in too take Chimchar back too the Pokemon Center for recovery and told Paul that he couldn't stop the duo from getting Chimchar aid, his only response was " Do whatever you want"

A lot of things happend in the next few hours, Chimchar finally got the rest he deserved, Brock gave Paul a stern warning on how he was treating Chimchar that got backed up by Nurse Joy, and Paul revealed what he was trying to do with Chimchar and the fire monkey's past. Paul had found Chimchar being attacked and chased by a group of wild Zangoose wether it was food or territory Paul didin't know. Paul had followed them all to a cliff of a ravine where the Zangooses had cornered Chimchar. Out of sheer fear and pain Chimchar activated Blaze which then led Chimchar to display his raw power in a supercharged Flame Wheel that took out all the Zangooses. Paul's explination revealed that Paul was trying to get Chimchar to replicate and control that power, which was the reason Paul was so tough on Chimchar inparticular. While everyone understood what Paul was saying the y all disagreed with Paul's methids saying it would only end up scarring Chimchar, but at this point Paul was unwilling to listen and left back to his quarters for the night leaving an angry and worried Trainer.

The nexr day is when things would take a major turn. When Paul and Trainer were up for there Tag Battle and sent out there Pokemon, for Trainer there Pokemon it was Turtwig and it was revealed that despite all the warnings Paul had sent out Chimchar for battle shocking Trainer and Turtwig. Trainer was angered at the calousness and told Turtwig to defend Chimchar during the battle. There oppenents only worsened the situation, a Metagross and a Zangoose something that Paul was very happy about. Chimchar just stood there petrified of the Zangoose horrid memories of that night filling his head. Thankfully Trainer and Turtwig were there to help though this was ahard task as Paul refused to cooperate with Trainer and Turtwig, leading to Chimchar and Turtwig getting hit and knocked back by there oppenents teamwork. This led to both Pokemon getting injured and having a tough time getting themselves syablized in time for the next attack. There oppenent called for Zangoose to use Crush Claw on Chimchar. As Zangoose descended on him, Chimchar stood there frozen looking up at Zangoose's terrifying face , the fear compelety immbolizing Chimchar as his mind kept flashing between the fight amd the night Chimchar was attacked. Paul just stood there not giving a single command seemingly disappointed in Chimchar's fear overtaking him. Trainer however wasn't willing to let this happen and let Chimchar get hurt and called for Turtwig to intercept with bite, stopping Zangoose attack. Chimchar looked on in surprise and happiness that Turtwig and Trainer came to his defense. It gave Chimchar a feeling he had not felt in a long time the feeling of being protected and cared for. There other oppenent had ordered Metagross to use Bullet Punch and was rapidly approaching. What would happen next though would suprise and horrify everyone.

Paul: Chimchar use Flame Wheel on Turtwig!

Trainer: WHAT?!?!

That command shocked Chimchar and he turned around immediately shaking his head no not wanting to hur Turtwig.

Paul: Yes!

A stern command one that a fearful and confused Chimchar ended up following not knowing what else to do. The Flame Wheel hit hard sending Zangoose and a now heavily injured Turtwig off to the side, as Chimchar countinued forward and hit Metagross head on sending the Steel Pokemon reeling backwards from the strength of the attack. Chimchar looked back horror etched on the fire monkey's face as he saw what he had done to Turtwig who struggled to get up and countinue.

Trainer: WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!!!

Trainer's angery roar echoed throughout the stadium. Paul just stared ahead not answering Trainer, the Zangoose was coming towards Chimchar rapidly ready to use Crush Claw, Paul called for a Flame Wheel to counter the attack. Chimchar unfortunately couldn't get the Flame Wheel out in time and was pinned down by the Zangoose. Paul called for a Flamethrower, but when Chimchar raised his head to face Zangoose the malicious face Zangoose held terrified Chimchar and caused the fire monkey to cover his eyes in sheer terror.

Trainer: Chimchar!!!

Paul: Guess that's it....

Trainer locked at Paul with shock before turning to face Turtwig calling out to the Grass Turtle to help and protect Chimchar and let out the command for an Energy Ball. Turtwig hearing the call-to-arms made his way to his feet and immediately began gathering energy for the Energy Ball. However in an ironic twist, Paul had spent so much time to get Chimchar too use Blaze, however Paul's actions ended up letting Turtwig use Overgrow as the Energy Ball grew bigger and brighter as Turtwig's leaves on there his head grew bright with grass energy. The Energy Ball morphed into a full power Solar Beam and the blast echoed out as it struck both Zangoose and Metagross who also got hit by the repeled Zangoose. That one move helped even the odds and Turtwig quickly got in front of Chimchar, however Turtwig colapsed in pain having exhausted a lot of energy. The Zangoose managed to recover and used Fire Blast to try and knock out Turtwig. Chimchar however refused to let Turtwig get hurt anymore and this time came to the grass turtle's defense holding back the Fire Blast with all his might. Trainer shouted out Paul to give a command as was Chimchar who looked back for guidance on what to do.

What Paul did next deeply shocked both Trainer and Chimchar.

Paul turned his head away from Chimchar

This was perphaps the most calous display he had ever seen from Paul and not a single word had been uttered. Chimchar just looked on at Paul, a deep pain having been aflicted on them by this rejection. The fight was close to being lost but Trainer refused too let it end like this and wether it be from shock an' anger or just not realizing it. Trainer had slipped into PokeTalk and shouted out a command for Chimchar. Chimchar was taken aback by this, however was reinvigerated to to protect Turtwig and win and followed the command, even Paul in a rar display was shocked and immediately turned to face Trainer. With Trainer's guidance Chimchar and Turtwig managed a win, however that joy of victory was no where to be found and later during sunset Paul had released Chimchar telling Chimchar that he was useless and didn't deserve a place on his team. Chimchar in a heartbreaking display had walked towards Paul holding his hands out not wanting to be abandoned, Paul just turned Chimchar away and walked off. Trainer along with everyone else that was nearby saw the entire thing and Trainer saw the sheer sadness on Chimchar's face as he walked away, at this time Trainer knew what he wanted to do.

Trainer: Chimchar I want you to come with me and my team!!!

This decleration shocked both Chimchar and Paul, as Trainer countinued saying that Chimchar desearved a home, a family to be with and Trainer would be honored if they chose to come with them and their Pokemon. All of Trainer's Pokemon cheered and all shared Trainer's sentiment. Chimchar looked at Trainer before tears welled in there eyes as Chimchar ran and jumped into Trainer's arms crying from complete and utter happiness.

Trainer hugged them as Chimchar cried and both were eventually joined by all of Trainer's Pokemon in one big group hug

Trainer: Everything's alright Chimchar, we will always be hear for you, me, Blaziken, Turtwig, everyone...

We Will Always Be Together

This definitely the part of the story where Kafka walks out for a second cause Ai pretty much gone into a rage fueled rant about the 'purple haired brat'. Paul's lucky that Trainer didn't have their older experienced Pokemon on them as they wouldn't be so nice. Chimchar has one of the most traumatic arcs in the entire series.

Now my brain conjured up Infernape being a Pokemon Hoopa summons to help out during the Tachikawa Base attack but also getting dragged in Soshiro's fight with No.10. They notice the Vice Captain trying to lure this particular Kaiju away and decides to lend a hand in the task. Although would be extra pissed about hearing Infernape's backstory than just Kafka. 😅

[pokemonislanderprincess]

Why do you think Misty didn’t confess to Ash in the GCYL episode? She did have a crush on him and I think she bottled up those feelings inside for long enough. Even if she didn’t directly feel like confessing, she could have thrown a hint here and there that she thought of him as more than a friend. Did she fear rejection? Or may be she thought it would have been a little too much for him to handle?

Speaking strictly from the view of the characters, my best bet would be that Misty fears his rejection. She is shown to be very self confident, but I don't think she's totally solid in that regard and that she sometimes uses it as a façade. I think Cerulean Blues from Pokémon Chronicles is a perfect example of this: Misty is lacking the confidence to believe she can be a successful gym leader, especially without the support of Ash and Brock. It shows that she isn't always as confident as she comes across. So, I think she does have a fear of being rejected by Ash, particularly if it would in some way impact their friendship.

[ratsalad]

tagged by @zurdoabsurdo ages ago to do this - thank you!!!

What book are you currently reading? the fry chronicles (stephen fry's autobiography)

What’s your favorite movie you saw in theaters this year? the only things i saw in theaters this year were two marvel movies because my brother and my friends insisted T_T neither are favorites but spiderman: no way home was much, much better than thor love and thunder.

What do you usually wear? t-shirts and gym shorts, but i switch to pants that are full-length (usually cotton salwar pants) the last 4 months of the year because mosquitoes

How tall are you? 153 cm / 5'0

What’s your Star Sign? Do you share a birthday with a celebrity or a historical event? taurus, and i have the same birthday as dwayne the rock johnson

Do you go by your name or a nick-name? 'vi' is a nickname i only use online

Did you grow up to become what you wanted to be when you were a child? sort of! not in the way i expected it to come about but It Definitely Happened. i wonder what 10 y/o me would think if she knew.

Are you in a relationship? If not, who is your crush if you have one? i am not! no crush either but i recently got back in touch with this guy i used to like when i was in school, and i guess i still sort of like him - or at least the memory of him. i wouldn't know what he's like now because i forgot to reply to him and now it's been months since we last spoke LOL

What’s something you’re good at vs. something you’re bad at? good at editing prose; bad at math (but determined to get better)

Dogs or cats? cats, but probably only because i'm afraid of dogs and i've somehow gone 23 years without spending more than 2 collective hours with any of them. meanwhile i've raised 7 cats in the last 10 years

If you draw/write, or create in any way, what’s your favorite picture/favorite line/favorite etc. from something you created this year? i wrote a really moody minute-long arpeggiated fingerpicking thing for guitar earlier this year :) i won't post the recording because i suck at fingerpicking lmao but i'm very proud of it

What’s something you would like to create content for? i've been meaning to write fic/make gifs for house md - hoping to do either one for the gift exchange!

What’s something you’re currently obsessed with? i've watched the video of hugh laurie saying corky at least 5 times a day the last week

What’s something you were excited about that turned out to be disappointing this year? i took 2 vacations with my extended family this year, the second of which was supposed to be exciting but turned out awful because my mental health was in the toilet

What’s a hidden talent of yours? like an unexpected skill? hmmm i don't know but people are always surprised i can french braid and do winged eyeliner and things like that (i'm butch)

Are you religious? i used to be but not any longer

What’s something you wish to have at this moment? i'm helping my brother write an SOP and if somehow all the points we came up with could magically structure themselves and fall into my lap that would be swell 😭

this was tons of fun! i tag @radioactive-worm-on-string @theropoda @howiehamlin @professionalpenthief @baconpncakes @secret-strawberry @seegoat if you all want to do it :)

[galeforged]

Rules: tag 10 followers you want to get to know better!

Tagged by: @icybreaths​​​

Tagging: I haven’t been all that active lately so do I really want to be that guy IF YOU PERCEIVED ME... do it and tag me. 

Name: I go by Zephyr or Zeph!

Star Sign: Libra

Height: 6′0!

Middle name: Nope

Put your iTunes/Spotify/YouTube on shuffle. What are the first 6 songs that popped up?

“Yonder Hills”, by Robin Appelqvist

“Another Day”, by Tide Lines

“Take On Me - Sega Genesis remix”, by Pete Frogs

“Outer Fields - Alto Clarinet and Strings”, by Luke Pickman

“A Step Away (From Xenoblade Chronicles 3)”, by Guitarrista de Atena & Mozeli

“Break Through It All (feat. Kellin Quinn)”, by Tomoya Ohtani

Ever had a poem or song written about you: None that I recall...?

When was the last time you played air guitar: I mean I air piano when I’m not by my real piano? (funnily enough I’ve actually been learning some Fire Emblem Echoes songs by ear-)

Who is your celebrity crush: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

What’s a sound you hate; sound you love: Nails on chalkboard is an easy hatred. The sound of rain is an easy love!

Do you believe in ghosts: Not really, but I’m not about to knock others for it!

How about aliens: Oh I’m certain there’s alien life somewhere out there. Can’t be just us on this big blue marble in space, right?

Do you drive: I do! I named my car Ferdinand because of the colour and now have to change its Ferdinand von Tires

If so, have you ever crashed: Drove since my late teens and nearing 30... while I’ve been in two accidents, so while my driving record isn’t entirely spotless, it’s not the worst. Second one was a doozy, but thankfully no injuries-

What was the last book you read: The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien!

Do you like the smell of gasoline: Okay but who actually does?????

What was the last movie you saw: In theatres? The Super Mario Bros. Movie, had a fun time.

What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had: Fell on my back when I was in kindergarten as part of a lateral rope climb thing in gym class, I’d think? There were no mats on the floor, and I got taken to the hospital after that. Couldn’t sit on my ass for two weeks...

Do you have any obsessions right now: Let’s see. Just finished Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed (I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS ABOUT THIS EXPANSION and do I want to add Rex as a muse now??? not to say I’ve really got an active Xeno mutual though, at least I think)... Soon enough, I know it’ll be Tears of the Kingdom taking up all of my free time, so... yanno, apologies in advance.

But right now? I’m actually shiny-hunting the legendaries in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, at least before I sell it since I’m ultimately tapped out with the game (just... really not a fan of the GO-style catching mechanic, even if shiny-hunting is easier here). Still, never went that far in Pokémon before!

WITH THAT SAID, LET ME BRAG FOR A SEC AND SHOW YOU ALL MY PRIZED ARTICUNO-

[redpillandchill]

Next on gym crush chronicles, he’s getting bold and coming to workout right next to me

I think I need to say hi to him or make eye contact purposefully but I’m so scared omfg

[awesomewithoutme]

Hi @haunt3dtaylorsversion! I'm your Fall Out Boy lore teacher for today! There's also this video of Brendon Urie explaining the history of FOB while drunk. It's pretty hilarious. I don't know all the history stuff, but I've got some lore down.

Fall Out Boy was formed in Chicago in the year 2001. The members are Patrick Stump (singer. His name is technically Patrick Stumph, but he took off the h to avoid confusion.) Pete Wentz (bass) Andy Hurley (drums) and Joe Trohman (guitar).

Their first album, Take This To Your Grave was released in 2003. Earlier, they also released another album that year, Evening Out With Your Girlfriend. It was unavailable for streaming for a very long time, but it's on Spotify now.

In 2004 Pete Wentz signed Panic! At The Disco to record label Fuled By Ramen.

Patrick did a collab with the band Gym Class Heroes, his vocals were featured on the song "Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast In America."

The second album, From Under The Cork Tree came out in 2005. The singles Sugar We're Going Down and Dance Dance were very popular. (A deluxe edition came out in 2006)

They also did a cover of The Nightmare Before Christmas song "What's This?"

The next album Infinity On High, came out in 2007. Pete also was working on a clothes line, Clandestine Industries.

In 2008, they covered Michael Jackson's "Beat It". they also released the album Folie à deux. Some singles include I Don't Care, What A Catch Donnie, and America's Suitehearts. 20 Dollar Nose Bleed features background vocals from Brendon Urie. Pete also married Ashlee Simpson. They were together until 2011.

Folie à deux was the last of the "pre-hiatus" albums. They released a greatest hits album called "Believers Never Die", then went on a hiatus. The hiatus started in 2009 and lasted until 2013.

In 2011, Patrick had two solo works. An EP called Truant Wave, and an album called Soul Punk. In 2012 he married Elisa Yao.

I can't find much information on the reception of Soul Punk, but Patrick wrote this about the bullying he received.

(I haven't kept up with the other three members as much as I do with Patrick, but if you want more information I'm sure there are lots of other people on here)

In 2013, the hiatus ended with the album Save Rock And Roll. You've probably heard the song My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up). The music videos for this album all connect and tell a story called The Young Blood Chronicles. I won't spoil it by going into them, so I'll let you watch the long uncut version here.

They also released an EP called PAX AM Days.

Then they released the song Centuries. The song belongs to their 2015 album American Beauty/American Psycho. This album got extremely popular on the radio. Some other singles include Uma Thurman, Immortals (from the Disney movie Big Hero 6) and Irresistible (a remix with Demi Lovato was released too.)

They also released a remix album, called Make America Psycho Again. It has all the songs from Beauty/Psycho, but it features guest vocals from rappers on every track. (I'm not listing them all there's far too many.)

In 2016 they did a Ghostbusters song called "Ghostbusters (I'm Not Afraid)" with Missy Elliott.

In 2018 they released their album Mania. Some singles include Last Of The Real Ones, Hold Me Tight Or Don't, and Wilson (Expensive Mistake). They also released an EP called Lake Effect Kid.

In 2019, Patrick was featured on "Summer Days", a song by Martin Garrix that also features Macklemore. FOB also released volume 2 of Believers Never Die, that was updated to have the post-hiatus songs, and three new ones.

In 2020, they were featured on a remix of a song by 100 gecs. Hand Crushed By A Mallet.

Then obviously nothing happened for a while.

But then, very early this year, they released a song called Love From The Other Side. Soon, the album So Much (For) Stardust dropped. They also did an updated version of Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire. (There's a line about Taylor Swift!)

And then, Electric Touch (feat. Fall Out Boy) (Taylor's Version) (from the vault) dropped.

I did my best to fact check multiple sources, but if I made a mistake somewhere then just let me know and I'll fix it.

Been mwaning to get into fob music and lore, but i dunno where to start, i dont know if you like fall out boy but im oping you have connections or smth and can help a girl out

@brendonloverurie go

[scorpionyx9621]

Resident Evil Headcanons About my Favorites Because I'm Camping Out in My Room During a Heat Wave. (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) (Chris, Mia, Piers, and Ethan)

Chris

For as put-together and business first as Chris seems, a large part of it actually is his coping mechanism from The Mansion Incident and the whole litany of viral outbreaks/conflicts Chris has faced. Chris fully swamps himself into his work to escape having to deal with the trauma he's built.

After Chris snaps and goes on a year-long drinking binge to the point he forgets most of his identity following the Edonia incident of RE6 and after Piers's sacrifice at the end of that game. Chris does see a therapist and gets better, but he'd still rather be busy and overloads his plate than be left alone with his thoughts for too long. Thus furthering the self-destructive cycle.

Part of the reason why between the years of 2004-2013 Chris got so FREAKING SWOLE was because Chris is that guy who is in the gym pumping iron for 3 hours a day at minimum like he's fighting demons except Chris is actually fighting/running away from his demons.

I headcanon that Chris is bisexual. He isn't out of the closet so to speak but with how much he burrows himself into BSAA Missions and actual training/office work not many people are openly asking Chris what team he plays for. The only people who know are Claire, Jill, Barry, Leon (Claire let it slip accidentally), Piers, Sheva, Ada (Because it's Ada and she knows everything) and Wesker.

Jill was actually the first person Chris ever came out to. Jill could just tell. Mostly because Wesker was Chris's original bi panic™ and Chris would not shut up about it. This went from crush to abject, seething hatred of Wesker after Chris found out he was alive again at the end of Code Veronica.

It's stated somewhere that about 10% of the population is immune to the T-Virus. (Vanilla T virus not T-Veronica, T-Abyss, T-Phobos, TG, C, or whatever additional viral flavours we're adding) and Chris and Claire are a part of that 10 percent. But Chris also has the ABCC11 gene mutation that causes Chris's sweat to not smell. Conversely, Chris also has the gene that makes cilantro taste like soap and he HATES IT. He has to make a big deal every time he gets Mexican/Indian/Thai/Chinese food because he has to tell the restaurant no cilantro because it will RUIN the dish for him and he feels so bad having to do it every time. (Chris loves Mexican food too)

We don't have any birthday information for any of the more popular resident evil characters so Astrology is basically anyone's guess. But to me, Chris Redfield radiates Aries energy but also very heavy Capricorn energy too.

There's a line that was cut from RE5 where Jill teases Chris for flirting with a woman in the BSAA Tech Department who was a bit younger than him and Chris, embarrassed, denied the accusation. It's not a lie, Chris does like them younger than him. (Use that info as you want/wish) and while Chris denied it with the intern. Chris just tried to pretend the conversation never happened. When Jill, Chris, and Piers were all in the same room together and Jill always would just make eyebrows at Chris. Piers caught her doing it once, but Jill snapped back at him telling him to fall in line.

Chris circa 1997-Umbrella Chronicles absolutely did not learn or even know how to cook. This man lived off of take out, cigarettes, coffee, spite, and still had a damn near perfect Twunk physique. I'll bet once the BSAA got founded and really off the ground Chris realized oh fuck I'm actually in charge of shit now I need to get my life together. And Chris just went from burgers and fries 3-4 times a week for dinner is fine to just competitive bodybuilder school of dieting. And Chris just went in.

Chris, Barry, Jill, and Claire all have Thanksgiving together and they do it twice. Because Barry immigrated to Canada after RE1 the Mansion Incident Survivors plus Claire all always get together for Thanksgiving in October at Barry's house or at Chris/Claire/Jill's living situations every year. The triumvirate always ends up adding another person to the mix. One year Claire has brought Sherry numerous times after RE6. Leon was the most recent of the RE family to come to a Thanksgiving. Jill brought Carlos twice (Chris and Carlos DID NOT get along at first but eventually became friendly.) Chris has brought Piers once. The year prior he brought Sheva.

Chris's cheat meal/drink is so stupid. A venti java chip frappucciono from Starbucks. Chris just likes coffee flavored stuff. Whether it be using ground coffee as a rub on a cut of meat or a rich, espresso ladden tiramisu.

Chris eventually became Rosemary's sort-of surrogate father. After the events of Village the BSAA moved the Winters's back to California so Rose and Mia could be closer to Ethan's family and burial spot. Ethan didn't want to make things more difficult for the family so he had a whole base of operations set up outside the Winters's Northern California (we're talking Redding north not San Francisco north) and Chris really always was just this grump, cranky, older, often disappointed dad to Rose. But Chris had his moments.

Mia

HNNNNNGGGHHH BOY DO I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT MIA AND A WHOLE LOT OF THEN AREN'T POSITIVE.

But this is a headcanon post I'm not going to rip her to shreds. I appreciate her as a complex, complicated character but I just have to say. While Mia sent out the distress call to Ethan in a moment of clarity from her mold infection. Ethan was ultimately the one who chose to try to find Mia. RE7 was Ethan's fault. he could have been completely sane and rational and chose either to take this to the police or to ignore this. But this love-smitten fool decided to fall for the trap and become the main character of Dumpyface: The Louisiana Chainsaw Massacre. RE Village was ALL on Mia. While the Winters's couldn't have foreseen all that went down. Mia knew FULL WELL about Mother Miranda, what her intentions were as a scientist, that Mother Miranda WAS in Romania, that Ethan was indeed very much still infected with the mold, that she knew the full extent of Ethan's infection as well and that this likely wasn't Ethan but that the mold probably re-animated Ethan, and she willingly allows herself to be impregnated by what is essentially a BOW with a consciousness and a good personality.

ANYWAYS.

We actually do know Mia's birthday! In RE7 it's on her driver's license! December 14th 1984. Meaning she's a Sagittarius! (And that makes too much sense for me to be comfortable with!!)

Mia being a researcher with The Connections instead of just being a random handler for Eveline adds such depth to her character (and not in a good way.) Like what makes you become a researcher with a literal bioterrorist organization in the Resident Evil Universe? Umbrella was publicly and openly shunned after The Raccoon Trials. Mia and Ethan would have been middle schoolers/high school freshmen during the Raccoon City Incident. Mia would have HAD to have known the ethical nuking she was doing.

We know she's from Texas so my vague background/life story she has is she was born/raised in Austin to a fairly affluent family. While her family was loving they cared more about her grades and appearances than actually caring about her. She excelled in school and got a full-ride to Rice University in Houston (a school often ranked in the top 10 in the country) and excelled in Biology. With a particular emphasis on biochemistry and particularly mycology. Hence why someone with the connections picked her up.

Mia was originally baited with the idea that what she was doing was experimenting on a fungus that could, in essence, end aging and could even destroy cancers. When she realized what she had gotten herself into The Connections basically told her she can leave if she wants. But they will kill her if she does.

She probably became disillusioned once she realized she was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Beginning to take up heavier drinking and not caring about herself. She eventually cut herself off from her family. Her younger brother died when she was a child. And her parents died in an accident right after she started with The Connections. Things were not okay for Mia at the beginning/middle part of her twenties.

Mia probably was sitting down at the bar of a cantina in downtown Austin on one of her rare evenings off. 3 mezcal margaritas and her usual bartender passively concerned about Mia but more concerned about a group of rowdy, twenty-something "tech bros" going on about the upcoming tech boom of people from San Francisco flocking to Austin soon.

Mia felt eyes gazing at her but pretended not to notice. She wasn't in the mood to entertain a boy at this time. Yet when she heard a voice ask why she was sitting all alone she turned to tell him off she stopped in her tracks. She was taken aback by the man. He wasn't a Greek God of a man but he had very appealing physical features and a smile that just made her think the whole world felt lighter. The blond man with a moderately slim build was trying to flirt with Mia but only being about halfway successful. Alcohol was not Ethan Winters' friend that night.

Nothing happened that night and both Mia and the man went their separate ways. Mia couldn't remember if his name was Evan or Ethan by the time she woke up. The next day was a horrific day at the lab in terms of biological horrors so she ended up going back to the cantina only to find the blond man from yesterday back at the bar sitting in her spot. Mia had playfully joked about how he was sitting in her seat. Ethan just retorted back that he didn't think he was back in high school to which Mia just let out a gruff chuckle. "Besides. You're much more beautiful than the girls I went to school with." The words took Mia back both by the abruptness and just how frank and honest Ethan was being. The two stayed at the bar till closing time that night.

Mia and Ethan soon started seeing each other more frequently. Every weekend at the cantina became once a week at the park, then became Ethan dropping off lunch at Mia's lab. (At the gate of course. Poor stupid Ethan had no clue he was putting his and Mia's lives at stake.) which eventually became the two of them moving in together.

The Connections quickly found out about Ethan and while they didn't forbid Mia from dating and eventually marrying him. They monitored Mia even closer now and made her take on more of the harsher approach and take on more hands-on experiments. With her superiors asking her almost every day about Ethan. Mia knew that Ethan was in danger but she loved him. And Ethan loved Mia. Ethan loved Mia more than she had ever felt love by anyone else in the world. The Connections could burn in hell. She wouldn't let them step between what they had.

My Headcanon is that right before Mia "went missing" when the transport tanker crashed in the hurricane in Louisiana prior to RE 7. Mia had finally concocted a plan to escape The Connections, turn herself into authorities, and attempt to get her and Ethan into the witness protection program. The Connections caught onto what she was doing and placed her as Eveline's handler during the treacherous voyage.

After Ethan passed Mia was relocated to Northern California at her request to at least be somewhat closer to Ethan's mothers. Chris reluctantly agreed and gave Mia and Rosemary a small security detail. Mia eventually did end up serving some time for her role in The Connections (like 9 months. Should be more but hey) and now she works remotely as a high school biology teacher for a remote GED/Homeschool program.

Piers

*through gritted teeth* Twink

In all seriousness Piers is such an interesting character. He actually has a character compared to your generic idealized action survivor tropes. And is character is that he's an asshole. Like as much as I love Piers I need everyone to take a second and look back at a YouTube run of Chris's RE6 campaign. Piers is not a nice person. Nor is he a good one. Ethically and morally yes, but he falls perfectly in the box of lawful asshole.

Like I love your Piers, I really genuinely do, and I know losing your daddy I mean captain was really hard for you. That being said it wasn't your brightest position to hunt down a bitter alcoholic with a temper and force him to lead a mission of bright-eyed soldiers into a literal war zone of zombie mutants.

ANYWAYS HEADCANONS AGAIN I NEED TO STOP RANTING ABOUT THESE CHARACTERS.

Piers and Chris fucked. You physically cannot convince me otherwise. Like I'm sorry I'm not sorry that you're wrong. You're just wrong if you think otherwise. I'm literally begging you to go back and look at the RE6 Chris campaign and all the supplemental material. In Revelations 2 this man literally has the gaul, the tenacity, the AUDACITY, AND the GUMPTION to email Claire DIRECTLY. Address her very formally, and asks for pictures of Chris when he was younger. What normal person does that. Like Piers babygirl I need you to stop.

If any of the RE men are going to be a yandere whose name isn't Albert Wesker. His name is Piers Nivans. He gives me crazy stalker ex vibes but in a hot way because he is hot.

We know Piers came from a long line of military men. That just happens in America. Some people are just products of that machine. Yet his parents were somewhat disappointed with Piers choosing to go with the BSAA as opposed to sticking with the US Army. I have a feeling his parents also didn't know about Piers's sexuality either but I'm not trying to think about potentially negative things.

Name a Resident Evil character with more Scorpio energy than Piers. I'll wait. His facial features scream Aries rising but that man has heavy Scorpio in his birth chart. Most likely in his sun, moon, and even Venus and Mars most likely. He just has those Scorpio eyes that make you feel like he's staring into your freaking soul man.

It may shock you but I get the vibes that Piers is from, of all places, Colorado. Colorado Springs to be exact. Very heavy military town out in the mountains. No real easily discernable accent. Piers was kind of equated to the "All-American Boy" trope.

Piers is a polyglot. He can speak English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese fluently. He's conversational in German, Dutch, Chinese, Indonesian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, and Swahili. Before he passed he was studying Arabic.

Piers played Baseball and Hockey growing up and being from Colorado he's an avid ice-skater and snowboarder, particularly Alpine snowboarding. Fun fact that's not so fun as a fact. Piers's most prized possession was a $2k customized Jones alpine snowboard. When Chris went to Piers's quarters back at BSAA HQ after RE6 one of the things he found was Piers's snowboard. Chris was given it with the permission of Piers's family where Chris got it sealed in resin and it's framed in his apartment.

Piers wasn't necessarily in charge of the aux at Chris's BSAA squad group but Piers challenged the last person to a fight and Piers beat the SHIT out of them so Piers controls the music. Hope the BSAA Alpha team likes Santana, Nelly, Linkin Park, Jimmy Eat World, Usher, Madonna, Eminem, Jennifer Lopez, and Pink.

Speaking of fights. Do not fight Piers. He may be a whole 155lbs at 5'9 inches tall but this man has pure, carnal, horrific rage if pushed far enough. He got called the F-slur once in high school and it was by the star football quarterback trying to get attention and be a dick. Two cracked ribs, 5 teeth knocked out, an eye almost out of it's socket and a major concussion and three broken knuckles out of Piers later. No one was ever calling Piers that again.

How does Piers stay so lean you ask dear Resident Evil fans who somehow are still reading this? He has Celiac Disease AND is very lactose intolerant. Piers literally cannot eat ANY of the fun foods without having to dedicate 2-5 hours a day on a toilet. Like he'll be fine if he has a burger on a regular bun but he's gonna regret in about 2-3 hours.

Piers is concerningly well organized. His bed is always made and in perfect shape. He has a shoe holder, so many organizers for things like toothbrushes, sports equipment, laundry, (Piers genuinely does 3 separate loads of laundry for colors, whites, and misc)

What's Piers's one secret food weakness (he'll love you forever if you get him this) snow cones, specifically Hawaiian shaved ice. Coconut and mint flavored Hawaiian shaved ice. Everyone on the squad has tried it and Chris was the only one who didn't spit it out. Telling Piers "the flavors work it's just not my thing"

Ethan

Mr. Moldman, bring me a meme (bung, bung, bung, bung)

Ethan is so fun to headcanon about because Capcom literally gave us ✨nothing✨ other than he's an engineer and the world's greatest dad.

Ethan was adopted in my Headcanon. His birth mother was in her mid-teens when she had Ethan and gave him up after he was born. Ethan's birth farther wasn't in the picture and didn't want anything to do with him and neither did Ethan's birth mom really. He did meet his birth mother right before he went off to college but when he found out she had a new family of her own and she made it known she didn't necessarily want him to be a part of her life, it shattered him. Ethan never got a chance to meet his birth father as he had passed when Ethan was still a child.

Don't be too sad though. Ethan grew up in San Francisco and after he was given up he was quickly adopted by another family. His adoptive mother and father were so ecstatic about their new baby boy. Unfortunately said marriage didn't last and his adopted parents separated when Ethan was about 3. Ethan's adopted mom got custody of Ethan and she eventually came out of the closet and got into a partnership with another woman.

Ethan's Dad still was a part of Ethan's life and Ethan got to see his adoptive father every weekend. His adoptive dad lived out in Santa Cruz so it only was about a 2 hour drive every weekend there and back. Ethan's Dad was around long enough to see Ethan and Mia get married but died during the time period that Mia was missing.

Ethan's mom's partner Elizabeth (Liz for short) was a Mathematics lecturer at a nearby prestigious university (Berkeley) and it was from her where Ethan got his love for STEM and eventually settled on Engineering to be his passion.

Growing up Ethan actually was a soccer prodigy in his childhood and teen years. Being a star striker that was the proud owner of 3 state rings in high school and multiple scholarships to play soccer in college. Ethan ultimately went with his dream school UCLA (much to the dismay of his Northern California parents. Like come on Ethan, Stanford was offering you a scholarship, STANFORD)

Ethan actually tore his ACL on his left leg at the last game of his freshman year. His leg never fully recovered so he eventually dropped soccer at the collegiate level so instead he burrows himself into his academics and his work outside of school (Ethan worked at a Nike store during the weekends/summers and during the school year he worked at the UCLA IT department) this is also the reason why Ethan's fastest movement is brisk walking.

Funny enough. Ethan hates mushrooms. It's his least favorite food (it's a texture thing for him) and this dislike for mushrooms did not change once he died and got reanimated and had his consciousness co-opted by a mold colony.

Another funny fact: Carla Radames from Resident Evil: 6 is actually Ethan's second cousin once removed from his birth father. (Ethan and Carla have the same Great, Great Grandparents. It's from Ethan's dad's-mother's-mother that they are related.)

Ethan is a passable chef. He's by no means bad, but him and Mia came to a mutual agreement that Mia would do most of the cooking unless Mia wanted a few specific dishes that Ethan makes. The first dish he ever made Mia was actually his steamed shrimp, pork and cabbage dumplings. Those dumplings funnily enough became Mia's pregnancy craving and Ethan was overjoyed to make food for Mia as opposed to any other odd cravings. Ethan also was known for his homemade chili oil, hummus, and sangria (Ethan's secret recipe for Sangria is Pinot Noir, Spanish brandy, watermelon puree, raspberry, blood orange and cucumber.) Plus Ethan can make a mean American diner-style omelette.

While I get Capricorn/Aries energy from Chris and absolutely get Scorpio energy from Piers. Mr. Winters gives me some very powerful Cancer vibes. Particularly a Cancer rising. Home and family is #1 for this man and Ethan is VERY SURE to physically force you out of this existence with a one-way ticket to the afterlife should you cross him or his family. Ethan probably has an Aries sun, but particularly Ethan being a March Aries but with a cancer rising.

Ethan needed A LOT of therapy after the events of RE7. Thankfully he did receive the help that he needed and so did Mia. Although Mia was less receptive to the idea of therapy and gave her therapist the cold shoulder more often than not. For a sentient mold colony he did surprisingly well at therapy. Way to go sentient mold colony that dog-eared Ethan Winters. You did good.

From what we see The Winters don't have any pets. There's an explanation for that. Ethan is allergic to almost all forms of pet dander. Even the dang mold collective got that right. Ethan was a sniffly sneezing mess when the therapist brought their shockingly well-behaved therapy husky.

Ethan became pretty good at making dumplings from his mom's partner Liz. Who is Chinese. And growing up in San Francisco Ethan got to experience the whole range of Chinese cooking. Poor Ethan's second time cooking for Mia he used WAY too much Szechuan peppercorn and Mia physically couldn't eat more than 2 bites.

Unfortunately for Ethan and his mom's the last time they saw Ethan was very briefly right after the events of RE7. When Ethan died back in 2021 they hadn't seen Ethan in almost 3 years. Thankfully the two of them are very heavily involved in Rose's life and, Chris Redfield allowing, they spoil her rotten when they can.

[kodaiki]

Like everyone in following your gym crush chronicles, but it seems that I may have a work crush chronicle thing starting.

I used to have a crush on one of the new guys but then it disappeared bc I'm like, "he's way too nice", yeah go figure. I tend to translate nice with affectionate and I usual can't handle Piguet touch and so on.

So recently he's been teasing and picking on me and for some reason I'm like, "oh no I like him again". Since I no longer work the same shift as him and our friend I leave little messages and hearts near their names. Well they started leaving some back for me and I teased and asked which of them I should marry. He messages me and says, "why not both? " and now we keep messaging and talking about my anime wedding and reverse harem.

He said he's going to bring me some food that he thinks I'd like the next time we see each other. I want to think it's going to lead into something more, but I don't know. He's like so much younger than me. Like 18 years I think.

I'm freaking out.

oh wowwww ok gym crush👀 if you’re comfortable with the age gap (and you’re both consulting adults) i don’t see why you can’t try it out :))) do observe some more to make sure he may be into you, too (i overthink so much so i’d wanna be 1000% sure before doing anything abt it😭) rooting for you!!

[cjcroen1393]

I randomly decided to make pictures for my personal Pokemon LGBT headcanons, since I’ve got this massive, sprawling Pokemon Fanon Universe in my head and in it nearly every single character is LGBT in some way, so I figured why not and put these together. I used the sprites from Pokemon Masters as the artwork because they were among the few “official” pieces of Pokemon artwork that didn’t save as .webp files. There’s more, of course, but I figured what better place to start than the Protagonists? More specifically, MY protagonists, the ones I chose.

Protags: You are here

Rivals: x, x

Gym Leaders: x, x

Elite Four Members: x

Champions (and Sonia): x

Villains: x

NPCs: x

Some expansion of the headcanons:

- Red is asexual but biromantic. He falls in love with Misty, but so far nothing has happened between them yet.

- Ethan is bisexual, and I’ve been considering making him trans too, but I haven’t decided yet. I like to think Ethan had a crush on Silver for a while before learning how much of a dick he was and hooking up with Jasmine instead.

- Brendan is in a poly relationship with May and Wally, because I loved all combinations of those ships so I figured “Hey, why not put them all together?” If I had included their individual orientations, Brendan would be bi, Wally would be pan and May would be either bi/pan or straight.

- Dawn is a lesbian. She ends up falling for Cheryl. That’s all I can say about that, tbh.

- Anyone who’s read my Unova Chronicles fic knows that Touya’s bi. The details can be found in that fic.

- Rosa is straight, since her canon potential love interest is a guy and there’s no option for her to be with his female counterpart. I don’t think this is an issue, tbh--she’s a HUGE ally to her LGBT friends, especially her best friend and rival Hugh (who’s asexual for those wondering).

- Calem is gay and I pictured him having this whole arc where he loves making clothes but keeps that fact to himself because he’s scared of being seen as a stereotype. Eventually, his friends convince him to be more open about himself and to not be ashamed of his hobbies or his sexuality.

- Yuki (my name for the SuMo player character) is bisexual, but isn’t entirely aware of this yet.

- Nora (my name for the Scottish Pokemon Trainer SwSh player character) is aromantic and asexual. She has this philosophy of “Who needs romance when you can have POKEMON BATTLES!?” This also makes her and Calem the only ones I haven’t paired up with someone.

These are my headcanons for the Protagonists, so next I guess would be the Rivals, then maybe some of the Gym Leaders, Elite Four, Champions and others, not necessarily in that order.

[raayllum]

Hi there! Hope you’re doing well :) I just have a couple of TDP questions if you don’t mind. 1. If Rayla were actually human, what color eyes/hair do you think she’d have? 2. In a modern au, what kind of profession do you think she’d do well in? 3. How do you think a modern Callum and Rayla would get along, and how do you think they’d meet? Thx in advance ^_^

Hello! I hope you are doing well, too! And you’re welcome in advance :)

I could see her having white or like, very blonde / pale hair. As for eyes maybe more grey-ish than purple?

As for profession, I usually put her in sports (soccer, rugby, hockey) or dance! Professional dancer is popular for her and I think it’d work. It depends on the type of modern au, though. Like if I did a band modern au, I’d put her on drums. I could see her being a gym teacher or coach or something when she gets older and doesn’t want to actively participate in whatever physical activity is anymore, though

As for how they’d meet in a modern AU, it could be a variety of ways. All About Us by @little-red-alchemist-of-doom has an adorable scenario (and completed) fic with them meeting at a dance studio, and @jellyjay‘s Raising Chickens is giving me life with a high school project partners au. This 20k+ oneshot with them meeting in high school while Rayla’s on exchange is one of my absolute favourite rayllum fics. You can find more under my modern au tag, there’s loads of good ones.

I have also dabbled in a modern au first meeting. So while how their first meeting goes can be incredibly varied, for me it tends to fall into two sort of categories? 

1) They know of each but haven’t actually met. This is more where Jelly’s fic falls and I think it’d be easier for them to get off on the wrong foot, admittedly under much lower stakes than in canon. So they know who the other person is, probably haven’t thought much more about it. Maybe fleeting attraction? Or maybe some slight dislike. But either way, they’re just another person they go to school with (more common for high school AUs but still applicable for university AUs). And then the story starts and once they actually get to know each other, everything changes.

2) They’ve never met and have also never heard of each other, really. Fic (or beginning of at least) chronicles their first meeting. Far more prone to get off on the right foot and like each other right away, in another shade of canon where they became very fast friends and showed a real liking to each other, even just platonically. Also more likely to have crush feelings right away, and where my own fic falls. 

I think regardless, the person to bring them together / make more of an initial effort would be Callum, like in canon (like in 1x05 most notably) as Rayla’s just naturally a bit more prickly, especially when it comes to actually opening up to someone. She falls first but is stubborn about it. He takes a little longer to catch up. Pining is wonderful. Friendship is key. Finally getting together / ensuing relationship is adorable. 10/10

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STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF i really don’t like showering at night—i always feel gross putting clothes on right out of bed and not washing my hair (but i deal with it usually, because i tend to go to the gym after work and need to shower after that!). but i won’t wear my hair down if it isn’t freshly washed.

TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON physique, smile, hair/eyebrows!

A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF uhhhhm honestly.... probably french fries

A FOOD YOU HATE black licorice!!!

GUILTY PLEASURE makeup is a big one (i spend... too much money on it for sure) and also........... i’m just gonna say it young adult novels

WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN an oversized t-shirt and pj pants (or shorts!)

SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS flings!!! i like the idea of a serious relationship just... the practice of it... we fear her...

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE hm i’m not gonna get into details but i did something really stupid while drunk when i was a sophomore in college that strained/ruined a whooooole bunch of my friendships and soured my last couple years there so! lol

ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON kind of??? i’m pretty physical with my sisters and mom and used to be with one or two close friends, but for people i’m less close to not really? i’m also not super verbally affectionate more like... jokingly sarcastic around people i really care about? which is really stupid asghalsg

A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN every lord of the rings, national treasure, the mummy, the descent, the ritual

FAVORITE BOOK lord of the rings, the aeneid, the things they carried, burial rites, rebecca, macbeth... i’m sure there’s big ones i’ve forgotten but i can go on and on lmao

YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE ummmm i would love a sheep. or maybe a chicken or some kind of talking bird?? a raven or crow would also be very cool.

TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS [IF YOU ARE AN RP BLOG, YOU CAN USE YOUR OWN SHIPS AS WELL] gotta drop my newest fave, hannigram! also fitzier & bridglar (the terror), spirk (star trek), deancas (supernatural), bagginshield (the hobbit).... those last few i’m not as Invested in at the moment but i gotta give them the attention they deserve because they were Big Things for me in their own times!

PIE OR CAKE oh god absolutely pie. i will die for a good pie

FAVORITE SCENT fires, Man Candle Scents like tobacco, whiskey, cedar, etc, cookies baking, vanilla, rose...

CELEBRITY CRUSH GOD i don’t know i can’t think of any singular one that stands out... i appreciate a bunch but don’t usually go like... hard on one

IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO antarctica!!!!! i’d also love to go back to new zealand. i’m gonna stop myself there because if i don’t i’ll go on all night lmao

INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT HUGE introvert! i like talking to ppl but it sure takes The Energy

DO YOU SCARE EASILY uhhhh yes lmao

IPHONE OR ANDROID iphone!

DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES yes! as i am with all media, i come into it YEARS late—i’m still working through ps3 games at the moment but! love bioshock infinite, tomb raider, some classics like the ps2 neopets, lotr two towers, and chronicles of narnia lion witch and wardrobe games... currently playing through the last of us now and loving it!

DREAM JOB used to be acting but i’m so not cut out for that lol. not?? really sure what it is now?

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS barring financial obligations, travel!!! 

FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE help i’m drawing a blank

FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER i’ll say it i used to be a big bbc sherlock fan in my glory days rip! i was also big into star trek, lord of the rings/the hobbit, supernatural, sweeney todd, les miserables... i wouldn’t say i’m completely out of all of those but they’re definitely not my main focus anymore. that slot is taken over by hannibal and the terror *finger guns*

[kechiarts]

Warning!! Long post ahead (LOL)

I’ve been meaning to do one of these for a while now. Quite a few friends and followers have asked me ‘what big influences can you think of that have inspired you as an artist/creator?’

A lot of movies, games, books, tv series, artists, and writers have influenced my drawing style and storytelling - some of them more so than others. (As represented by the larger squares in the image)

So here we go!! The numbers for each inspiration were chosen at random, the order doesn’t have any significance lol

1. Cardcaptor Sakura - (and the works of CLAMP in general I suppose because I read them all) Cardcaptor Sakura wasn’t my first manga but it holds a really special place in my heart because it’s lore and depictions of love has influenced my storytelling a LOT. I was obsessed with CLAMP and their art style when I was young to the point I would trace their drawings to learn and emulate their style.  To this day I feel like it left a big impact on my art style especially.

2. Cyborg 009 - When I was a kid my parents told me and my brother that we couldn’t afford cable TV and reduced our service to the news channels and public broadcasting.  We didn’t have cable TV for several years and when we finally got it back when I was 12, one of the FIRST TV programs I saw was Cyborg 009. I was just beginning to understand what anime was, since the only anime I’d seen was before our cable got cut, and I was so young I didn’t know it WAS anime. I immediately fell in love with Cyborg 009. I  loved the characters, the story, everything - and I still do! It was the beginning of my exploration of the anime genre as a whole haha

3. ‘The Twelve Kingdoms’ book series  - Around the same time I started watching Cyborg 009, I began getting into manga. While browsing the section in the bookstore one day I came across the first novel in The Twelve Kingdoms series. I was surprised to find a novel in the manga section and decided to browse through it. I couldn’t put it down! The rich world building and storytelling pulled me in and left me wanting more. I devoured the entire book series and the way the world was brought to life really stuck with me and influenced my own world building.

4. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles - my very first Final Fantasy game, and it was a spinoff title to boot! I was drawn in by the dark, melancholic world and cute graphics. I played this game a lot with my friends and even though multiplayer was a nightmare to set up, we had so much fun. I wasn’t able to beat it until I was 16, and the story left me in tears. The Crystal Chronicles games as  whole have left a HUGE impact on me, but the first one especially so.

5. Sonic the Hedgehog - My first game ever! My brother and I first played Sonic the Hedgehog 2 when we were around 3 or 4 years old. We were hooked on our parent’s Sega Genesis system and Sonic was our favorite! When we’d get home from school we’d fight over who got to play first in single player, eventually we settled on a system, My brother would play sonic, and since Tails couldn’t die even if he ran out of rings, I would fight all the boss battles as Tails while my brother tried to keep Sonic out of the way. Using this system we made it all the way up to Metal Sonic but could never beat him. We’d have 99 lives too because we knew ALL the secrets of the game LOL. I’ve played most of the Sonic titles since then, including my favorite, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.  

6. Sailor Moon - my ‘first’ anime. I was very young when I first saw this anime. I didn’t even know what anime was! But the portrayal of girl power and how strong all the female characters were really stuck out to me, raised as I was in a women-are-inferior-and-should-serve-their-husbands religious household. Sailor Jupiter was my favorite because she was a tomboy and wore ponytails just like me haha

7. Fullmetal Alchemist - I think I’ve touched on this before, but I have had really weak bones since I was a little kid. In middle school I was constantly on and off of crutches or in and out of wheelchairs with broken bones and such. (I blame being a huge clutz) It got to the point my classmates started calling me ‘calamity Jane’ and making fun of me. To that dorky middle school girl with crutches and leg braces, Edward Elric was my HERO. Disability representation matters folks! It certainly helped me through a rough time in my life.

8. The works of Studio Ghibli - My first Ghibli movie was My Neighbor Totoro, and I’ve been hooked ever since. I actually managed to get my mom into them too, so now we can have mother/daughter quality bonding time over new Ghibli movies when they come out. It gives us a lot of fond memories together and I enjoy those times I get to spend with her. Mom and I may not see eye to eye all the time, but I truly treasure the memories I have of watching Ghibli films with her.

9. Odin Sphere - This one is more recent, and one I blame @heebiejeebiejade for. I love everything about it. The story, the art, the characters!   It tore my heart out and the writing is just superb I love it so much. and the ART my god it’s so beautiful.

10. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles the Crystal Bearers - I decided I needed to make this one separate from the earlier Crystal Chronicles section. Mostly because this game HEAVILY influenced and changed my life. Not only is it my favorite game ever, it brought me to many of my current friendships! If not for this game I never would have met @heebiejeebiejade @killerkitty4 @indestructiblemoog @shadyfolk @ninjamonkeystudios and SOOOOO many others. These friendships mean a great deal to me. They’ve changed and shaped who I am today and I’m truly grateful for them, and they never would have been possible without Crystal Bearers.

11. Dragonball - Another one of those I never knew it was Anime cartoons I watched as a young child. I loved Dragonball and later Dragonball Z. The characters, the storytelling, the fight scenes, I loved it all because it was so different from what I was used to seeing in American cartoons. My brother and I would have Super Saiyan battles in our backyard throwing Kamehamehas at each other and laughing and generally annoying our neighbors XD

12. Over the Garden Wall - Another more recent influence. Over the Garden Wall was one of the first new cartoons that grabbed my attention due to it’s great pacing and creepy Americana storytelling. Mysteries, ghosts, the afterlife, purgatory, this show dealt with a lot of creepy things while simultaneously making it funny and endearing. I rewatch it often and it’s one of my favorites.

13. Legend of Mana and the Seiken Densetsu Series - Again, I blame @heebiejeebiejade entirely for this. She sent me a huge box with every game in the Seiken Densetsu series in it along with the guidebooks saying “you HAVE to play these.” I knew she liked them so I gave them a try and YEP as per usual with anything Jade introduces me to, they COMPLETELY DESTROYED ME. Love, sacrifice, life, death, and rebirth, are a huge part of these title’s storytelling and they drew me in completely. Legend of Mana and Dawn of Mana especially. Their world building and plot devices may or may not have heavily influence my own XD

14. The ‘Stravaganza’ book series - The first time I picked up a Stravaganza book title was when I was twelve and found this really shiny book in a used bookstore for $3. It featured a picture of Venice, and a pair of violet eyes staring at you from behind a shiny silver mask on the cover. I’m not sure why It spoke to me, it just did. I bought it and finished it within a day. That book was titled City of Masks and I loved it a lot! And then I found out there were more! An entire series! The books featured time travel and dimensional travel, espionage and intrigue! I read and devoured them all and to this day I hold out hope for a final volume to finish the series.

15. Avatar: the Last Airbender - At age 12 I dismissed Avatar as a kid show originally. I scoffed at it and laughed at my little brother for being so into it. Then I saw the first episode. And it was then that I knew what a mistake I had made. I know a LOT of people love Avatar, and for good reason! I don’t have to go super in-depth here because I’m sure most of you already know how great it is. It’s definitely influenced both my art style and my storytelling.

16. Hikaru no Go - This one’s special. When I was in high school I was bullied a LOT. Like, people writing DIE YOU WHORE in my textbooks and putting thumb tacks in my gym shoes kind of bullying. They’d touch me and then pretended that they’d die of the plague. That if anyone had a crush on me they were worse than trash. The kind of bullying that made me a bit suicidal in my teen years. Lucky for me my mother had bought me a copy of Monthly Shonen Jump in early 2005, She knew that I liked manga and thought it would be the perfect magazine gift for me for valentine’s day. Boy was she right and one of the manga featured in it was Hikaru no Go. I loved the art style, and the storytelling. I was instantly captivated by the characters and I wanted to know what happened next. I soon subscribed to SJ monthly and eagerly awaited the next installment each month. What this meant was that whenever I was feeling like I wanted to end it all, I’d remember that I didn't’ know what happened next and would wait. I honestly believe that Hikaru no Go is at least partially responsible for me making it out of high school alive, and I treasure it to this day. (Also I’m on anti-depressants now so don’t worry about me y’all okay? XD) There was another manga like this, but I'mnot sure how to feel about that one anymore :(

17. Magic Knight Rayearth - I know I’ve already listed CLAMP as a heavy influence on me, but I felt Magic Knight Rayearth deserved it’s own place because it was my first manga ever! I’d seen the commercial for the anime on one of my old DVDs way back when, and I was already intereseted in it when I happened to find the manga in a bookstore! I bought it and reread the first volume a dozen times before I even found the second ahaha. I must have read the complete set a hundred times now and let me tell you the twist ending of the first part kills me every time! The first of my manga obsession ahaha

18. Tales of the Abyss and The ‘Tales of’ game series - Tales of the Abyss was my first (and still my favorite) Tales game, and since then I’ve played almost all of them! They definitely influenced my character designs, most of my friends comment on how Tales-like my costumes are ahaha

19. The 'Riyria’ book series - The most recent novel series I’ve read. It’s got everything I’d ever want to see in a novel, it’s so great and the story is so deep and intriguing! I recommend everyone to read it, it’s a MUST READ for sure!

20. Journey - The first time I played this game I cried for three hours. I felt like I’d just had a religious and spiritual experience far beyond what I’d ever experienced in a video game before. It was just something so… beyond me. I recommend everyone to play this game at least once in their lifetime. I can’t really form the words to express what it means to me. It’s just something you’d have to experience for yourself.

21. Ico: Castle in the Mist and Shadow of the Colossus - Another famous one lol a LOT of people love these games but In particular I want to bring attention to the Ico novelization, Ico: Castle in the Mist. I really enjoyed the novel and it’s worldbuilding. The games will always be special to me, but that novel man. That novel.

22. Yu Yu Hakusho - One of my guilty favorites! I first saw Yu Yu Hakusho when I was 16 and I’ve loved it ever since! I’ve always been fascinated with spirits and the occult, but I definitely had to hide this one from my religious parents.

23. Black Cat - Honestly this one surprises me. I love those secret identity and hidden horrible past animes and this one definitely fits that bill. I think this one established my favorite tropes in my life more than anything else.

24. A Bride’s Story - Two words. THE ART. MY GOD THE ART. This manga, in addtion to being a really great read, has some of the most detailed artwork I’ve ever seen. It’s influenced me greatly and I encourage everyone to read it.

25. Bravely Default - Bravely Default definitely influenced my story building and characters, it was one of the first 3DS games that really captivated me and drew me into its world!

26. Yu-Gi-Oh!! - Another series I had to hide from my parents ahah This anime was something I really loved in my childhood. Again, I really love ghosts and spirits and things like that so this anime was probably what started it all!

27. Fire Emblem Awakening and the Fire Emblem Series - Awakening was my first Fire Emblem game (Cue whining from the FE purists LOL) but since then I’ve played them all! (Including the JP only ones don’t start with me haters ahahahaha) The storytelling and bonds between the characters really resonated with me and it’s become one of my favorite game series!

28. The ‘Legend of Zelda’ game series - The repeating themes of good vs evil throughout the Legend of Zelda games really struck a chord with me, especially when I was young. Twilight Princess and Wind Waker especially influenced me. “A Sword has no strength unless the hand that wields it has courage.” Is something that has suck with me for a long time, and something that encourages me and helps me get through my everyday life.

29. The Final Fantasy Series - Final Fantasy has had a HUGE impact on my life. I already gave Crystal Chronicles it’s due, now it’s the numbered titles turn! Final Fantasy has influenced my life in ways I couldn’t have imagined ten years ago even! I’ve played them all (Except 11, curse having no internet as a teenager!) and they’ve definitely shaped my lore and world building skills!

30. Naruto - Okay I’ll admit it! I was Naruto weeboo trash in highschool!!! Oh woe is me!! Just kidding! I honestly still love Naruto, and it’s something that really stuck with me for a long time, since it’s one of the first anime I saw (after learning what anime was ahaha)

31. Gravity Falls - How can I put this… Hmmmm. Gravity Falls has heavily influenced my character building. I love it’s characters. Don’t get me wrong I love the story too! But the characters are honestly what kept me coming back for more! Not to mention that epic foreshadowing in season one. Yep.

32. Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning - Another one of my favorite manga in Highschool that oddly helped me through my depression. The main character’s struggles sort of resonated with me and helped my healing process in my late teens and early twenties.

33. Final Fantasy XII - Okay WORLDBUILDING. Let’s talk about worldbuilding because MY GOD has Final Fantasy XII have it. I love the Ivalice games in general, but the amount of effort put into 12 having a world that feels like it’s alive is astounding to be honest. The world truly feels like it’s alive, and it drew me in for over 400 hours of gameplay on Playstation 2. To this day it’s the game I have logged the most hours into.

34. Radiant Historia - What drew me in here was TIME TRAVEL and STORY AND WORLDBUILDING. This game is a hidden gem in the Nintendo DS’s extensive library. It doesn’t have the best graphics or even the best gameplay mechanics, but it didn’t matter to me because the story kept me coming back for more! By far one of my favorite games ever. (Pssst go play it, it got a remake for 3DS)

35. Final Fanasy XIV - This one is a favorite, not just because of it’s story and world building - both of which are excellent btw - but because of the connections I’ve made through it. I have made so many friends online through this game, friends that make me feel better about myself as a person, and who’ve stuck with me through the hard times along with the good.

36. Mushishi - We’ve established that I love ghosts and spirits and things, but this series made me love connecting it with nature, something that has heavily influenced my writing and my own webcomic!

37. Voltron - Mostly the first two seasons. Beast King Golion was one of my first super sentai anime as a child, and I loved seeing it remade! It was like getting to revisit my childhood

38. Gundam SEED and the Gundam Series - Okay Gundam has influenced me throughout my life, starting with Gundam Wing when I was six years old, and continuing on to this day. The one I’ve watched the most times though, is Gundam SEED, and it’s influenced my characters and storytelling a lot!

Wow, congrats to whoever manged to read this far. You’re really determined I’ll give you that! Thanks for reading!

[pyrebriight-a]

rules: answer 20 questions then tag 20 (give or take) followers you wanna get to know better! tagged by: @hyaciiintho (YAS FAM, THANK YOU)

name: My given name? Katie. nickname: Pi, my mom calls me Mimi for some reason, people soooorta make fun of me on the trawl boat for holding onto boat hooks like a wizard staff, I'm fucking HOPING they start calling me "The Wizard." height: 5′3" nationality: Recovering Floridian favorite fruit: Apples, Nectarines, Cherries favorite season: Fall favorite smell: Musk smells, petrichor, salt breezes favorite color(s): Greens, blues, browns and tans favorite animals: Cats, dragons (shush), bats, owls, alligators tea, coffee, hot cocoa: Tea and hot cocoa, I don't drink coffee average hours of sleep: 7-8 dogs or cats: Cats! dream trip: New Zealand and Australia, or Hawaii. I want to hike big mountains and see endemic fauna! when my blog was created: The original Downfall Zel blog was made back in January of 2015. I've rebooted it a few times since then. Most recently a few weeks ago when I was a dumbass about which delete button I was clicking. random fact: I'm afraid of heights, so I used to go to rock climbing gyms and climb blindfolded. I was a stubborn, stupid child. favorite food: Curry of any variety, ice cream, french fries, dried apricots, sauerkraut, sharp cheeses. favorite t.v. show: Right now, I'm into Castlevania, The Good Place, and Stranger Things! favorite movie: Star Wars! This becomes apparent after knowing me for maybe five fucking minutes, because I often wear Rebel Starbirds in my earholes. favorite vine: I love the "Ah fuck, I can't believe you've done this" one. I die laughing no matter how many times I watch it. sexuality: Asexual gender: Female favorite book series: I read too much to keep track of this. Garth Nix's Abhorsen Chronicles stick out, and so does Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy... I don't fuckin know, man, I love sci-fi and fantasy books. favorite video game(s): Pokemon, Knights of the Old Republic, Zel-duh, Portal, and Supergiant's stuff is pretty damn good too. favorite subject: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology favorite fandoms: None of them. As a whole, I hate fandom. I stay for the maybe seven people I like, huddled spitefully in the corner, seething. favorite superhero: THOR guys or girls: In terms of romance? I'm not into guys, no. I know that much at least. celebrity crush: I have never had a celebrity crush. No, I know. It should have been a tip-off as to my current struggle with "Do I like girls or am I aromantic?" But I strongly recall a drama teacher asking me about who my celebrity crush was to explain the emotion she wanted out of me, and I remember just... staring at her blankly like "People do that?" last time i cried: I think it was Tuesday, at work, in the middle of trying to wrangle chlorophyll-a data? hair color: Brown eye color: Blue what I should be doing: I'm at a standstill right now, actually, this guy has to answer me back about the problems I've got with the chlorophyll-a data.

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