#he is her pet and he is a very bad dog for betraying her but she isn’t mad at him bc she knows he can’t comprehend the consequences

[hellt00th]

The game literally and very blatantly telling you Mythal sees Solas as her pet guard wolf several times over and people still not comprehending that is both sad and hilarious low key.

[slocumjoe]

Companions on social media

Cait; Posts gym thirst traps and videos of her working out or getting into fistfights. Can be found in the comments and DMs of women, gay or otherwise. Lots of activity in sobriety and self-help communities. Doesn’t have a lot of followers, but does fundraiser streams for a week every three months she's sober. The money goes to child abuse prevention foundations. Her most recent charity streams had her trying to get all achievements on Just Dance after someone donated 10k requesting it.

Codsworth; self-help videos for people struggling to take care of themselves. How to tidy up, how to take effective breaks, what needs to be cleaned in a house and what supplies you need...very useful, very popular with college students and teens. Once posted a video of him going at wasps with a chainsaw and gained a million subs overnight.

Curie; children's educational YouTube channel that's, somehow, more popular with young adults. Science experiments gone wrong. Think Jackass and Mythbusters hosted by a tiny French woman who approaches everything with the joy and whimsy of My Little Pony. Her most popular videos are her 100k subscriber specials, a series where she goes ghost and cryptid hunting to disprove them and demonstrate the fraudulence you can find behind such things.

Danse; has a Facebook for work purposes. It has a profile photo only because Haylen insisted. Fears the internet deeply, thinks its the closest humanity can get to staring into the void and seeing something blink. Unbeknownst to him, there's a viral video of him teaching a workout regimen to trainees. The comment sections are pure thirst. All of his coworkers know and made an oath to never speak of it.

Deacon; Is the one who snuck into training and got that video. Posted it to r/NextFuckingLevel with 🥵🥵🥵 for a caption. Owns several large meme accounts, all with distinct personalities and lives. Someone tried to dox him after suspicions, but found all accounts had different IPs and info. He's just that good. His Facebook changes profile photo every. Single. Day. He consumes an absurd amount of audio books. Drops CRAZY money on charity streams to make the host do weird shit, like 100% Just Dance. Probably sells feet pics.

Dogmeat; The internet's darling. Nick Valentine's dog who doesn't help with catching bad guys, but with far more important things; Dogmeat cuddles and plays with victims at the scene or in court. Also trained in search and rescue. Much of Dogmeat's page is just Nick sharing important information (hotlines, self-defense, survival tips, et cetera) while petting or playing with Dogmeat. Kind of a McGruff the Crime Dog vibe.

Gage; Facebook that he uses to cyberbully cop pages and Craigslist to offer his...unconventional services (pretending to be your boyfriend at family gatherings to cause drama). His pet lizard, an Argentine Tegu, has an Instagram with 3k followers. The Tegu often wins pet competitions and Gage posts the awards captioned with 🖕🏻💚🦎💚🖕🏻. Works at an amusement park, posts tell-all confessions on Reddit.

MacCready; Facebook with friends and family, posts a lot of Duncan. His YouTube history is videos for Duncan. Lots of Curie's videos. Mac has a Craigslist and LinkedIn, does odd jobs when he isn't working as a security guard at a shooting range. Activite in communities about comics, shows, and video games. Sometimes he'll post a theory about a show or comic and he's usually right. Really enjoys the meltdowns of fandoms when the media takes a nasty turn, even if he's also betrayed.

Nick; Ellie runs Dogmeat's page, Nick just does the talking. As for Nick himself, has some pages for his work (that Ellie also manages) and a Facebook profile to stay in touch with friends and family. Much like Danse, consumes media offline—except for poetry. Most of his screen time is spent on Poetry.com, one of those people that leave comments. He likes how the internet makes information and art accessible. Very peaceful and wholesome internet time.

Hancock; The void that Danse is scared of. Also does streams, but not only for fundraisers. Streams high. Streams himself trying to find his way back to his apartment late at night. Always end up in a fast food joint, trying to convince the workers to unionize. Twitter shitposter until a politician needs cyberbullying. Organizes protests. Extremely active in Massachusetts' political scene, his fans are a force to be reckoned with. Has fistfought his own fans before. Occasionally cancels himself to prove a point. Makes mock apology videos whenever another celeb/influencer fucks up.

Preston; Park ranger and community organizer. Uses Facebook and TikTok to appeal to all ages. Is unfairly good at TikTok dances. Posts safety tips, upcoming event information, etc. Does a lot of work with Dogmeat and Nick. Posts bodycam footage of him arresting people, like shutting down fire-themed gender reveal parties, or poachers. Not a lot of followers, but the bodycam footage goes viral on subreddits like r/Instant_Karma.

Piper; a journalist and blogger. Posts videos of her political rants and makeup/hair routine. Joins Hancock in politician cyberbullying. Makes commentary essays and videos, sometimes book reviews. Appears on podcasts. Her media presence is decently known, but mild. She tries to keep herself distant from it. Despite this, has a good-sized following who appreciate the lack of parasociality. Her most famous video is her trying to find the best coffee spots in Boston.

X6-88; security guard for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who got stuck running the Twitter when the last guy got arrested on weed charges. Piper keeps DMing for an interview and he keeps blocking her accounts. He has LinkedIn for work. Half of it is redacted and involves NDAs. No other media presence except for one thing; he's an infamous esports cryptid. Across a few different shooter games, a high-rank player called X6-88 (its just his first initial and the numbers on his security badge) fucking curbstomps everyone in the match. He has never died or missed a shot. Never speaks in chat, never in team chat. He's a legend among gamers. For him, he's just relaxing on a Friday night, keeping his senses sharp. Doesn't realize there are compilation videos of streamers raging at him.

[tenderhungering]

Do you think Jack Delroy is a victim or a villain?

i love jack delroy so much as a character and i would really love to explore him more through writing (if i ever end up writing a fanfic about him lmao). i think he is both victim and villain, he’s an incredibly morally gray character that wants to believe that he is a good man.

jack isn’t deliberately cruel to anyone throughout the film. if anything, i’d say he has the ability to be very reassuring, he’s constantly worrying and fretting, comforting. he’s physically comforting in the way that he stands in front of lilly & june whenever the glass breaks on instinct, how he immediately falls next to gus’ body whenever he sees he’s been hurt, he decides to take over cutting lilly after her binds after he hears her cry out that they’re hurting her. he’s verbally comforting in how he’s always assuring that everything will be fine, that christou should pay no mind to carmichael because he knows carmichael is about to make him feel bad about his occupation, he repeatedly uses pet names for lilly as if to ease any anxiety from being on the show.

but what all these instances have in common with one another is that he is the reason as to why they are experiencing discomfort to begin with. it is the same as kissing his wife before stabbing her in the stomach. he’s able to experience the need to be someone of solace when he sees hurt, both out of his own human nature and the guilt behind it.

the dog that weeps after it kills is no better than the dog that doesn't. my guilt will not purify me.

i think jack desperately wants to be a good person. he wants to remain good and pure but he has placed himself within a system that values how much you are able to feed it in exchange for power. he is self-obsessed with the idea of being loved by as many people as possible to make up for all his time spent suffering. he thinks he’s made enough sacrifices in order to be rewarded for them. is the hurt that he has inflicted on himself not enough? does he have to give more? is his own not enough? i have to hurt you to get what i want, just for once, and i am sorry but i promise not to twist the knife.

ultimately i think jack is similar to that of being the perfect pawn, a victim that the cult enjoys exploiting and who will do things for his own benefit because he thinks he deserves this. he is entitled to something good for once, isn’t he?. his guilt and shame has been overridden by the desperation that he feels to be something. maybe he subconsciously needs to have some power over others since he feels so powerless to his own decisions. in front of the camera he can play the part of leading man but really, he was damned from the very beginning. and he has to damn others to feel a bit of control. and that makes him an antagonist to both his own story and others’. he has destroyed and betrayed himself for nothing.

edit: also thank you so much for asking me this omg,,, i’m a sucker for just going on and on about characters but you definitely do not have to agree with me on things i write ! keep sending questions so i am enabled into yapping

[interstellar-wanderer]

Theory about The Ghoul/Cooper: Highly influenced and vulnerable to dishonesty.

Cooper Howard trusts deeply in the people he loves and the idea of the American Dream that was sold to him during the Sino-American war. He fought for those ideals, his country and the people he loved, and before the Great War and drop of the bombs he can't stand any other perspective for his own sanity.

The problem is, he is not a very good actor you see. He usually creates the character of a highly dignified cowboy because it is a projection of what he wants for himself, an ideal version of a man, openly criticizing the choice of the character not doing what he would do in real life (shooting someone), and in his other movie, he plays a role of a man with a dog, with the help of his own dog and not another random dog, I believe because he wanted to portray his own relationship with his loved pet rather than a random role.

He lives his characters and roles, to the point of turning one of them when becoming the Ghoul, this lone cowboy and bounty hunter hurt by his past and tired of the cruelty and dishonesty around the Wasterland.

He uses his emotions and all his heart for his roles and forgets everything else because through his roles he is showing a part of himself in the process, but with the consequence of leaving nothing to protect himself, because he has never created a facade around his person, he is honest and true, th same way we see The Ghoul as he is, no lies nor attempts at dishonesty; he is clear with his intentions to the very end.

But because of this, Cooper is vulnerable and ignorant to true deep dishonesty, to someone who would straight up lie to his face, to someone living two parallel life at the same time. He prides himself on knowing his wife's true motivations and never thinking bad about her, he also sees Lucy and believes her just as transparent but never thought of her surviving SnipSnip.

When Barb showed her real colors during the Vault-Tec meeting, declaring they should drop the bombs themselves, he broke in such a way he went into shock. One would believe he is in fact a good actor, and would try to be good in hiding it, but I would say Barb was a better one by playing two roles at the same time God knows how long and Cooper suspecting nothing of such. This happens when:

1) she convinces him to pose as Vault boy and be part of their promotional campaign

2) then when she invites everyone to the wrap party to their house without telling him, subsequently not showing remorse at him being abandoned by his Hollywood friends

3) then gatekeeping him regarding her status as worried housewife during the war in Anchorade and how stupid his idea of a ranch was

4) ultimately convincing him to accept his dog should go (something we all know made him suspect of Vault-tec and her), for the sake of their security.

But this caused a drift between them, him starting to suspect something was up when she told him they wouldn't be safe if they buy a bunker themselves because it wouldn't work, then trying hard to "put everyone in one of the GOOD vaults, one which would oversee all others".

This is when his world started to crumble. Not only her lying, but she not trusting him enough with the real truth of their situation, manipulating him instead with a dishonest facade.

The worst part is that it is very likely she knows this about him, his soul is rooter in honesty, fairness, and dignity, do the right thing the same way Lucy envisioned before coming out of Vault 33. He doesn't expect his wife to lie to him or represent a version of the world he fought against, he doesn't expect his country to betray him regarding their safety.

We can understand now why he became such a bitter man, and why he seems to avoid the old version of himself.

Maybe he thinks, if he had known, if he hadn't trusted so damn much, if he hasn't been so vulnerable and hasn't opened his heart expecting the same back, maybe he could have done something to stop it all.

Now every time he looks back, he seems to hate the man he was so very much.

[crazyunsexycool]

Unbreakable

Chapter 5

Pairing: Steve Rogers x Reader

Word Count: 2.9K

Warnings: some fluff, some angst, nightmare, mentions of abuse, talks of implied sexual assault, Marvin being a good boy, Steve being his dreamy self (at least I think so),

A/N: These two are so cute together. 🥹

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The compound was huge and mostly empty. You looked at it with awe as your taxi drove away. Marvin sat next to you but by the shuffling he was doing he wanted to explore. The glass walls only exposed the dark empty entrance but you didn’t dare just walk in. No, you’d stay just where you were until Steve came out. It apparently took a few minutes from wherever he was in the belly of the building but soon enough you saw his large silhouette through the glass. 

“Hey.” He says with a smile once he opens the door. “How was the drive up? I’m sorry I couldn’t pick you up but some briefings held me up.” 

“It’s ok. The drive wasn’t bad but the taxi driver had horrible taste in music.” 

He smiles as he grabs the gym bag you brought with you and holds the door open for you. It had been about a week since the first movie night. The next day he had been called out for a mission that lasted almost the full week. It didn’t help that there was also limited contact. But it did help you think about the relationship that was forming between the two of you. Was it just friendship or was there a hint of more? You wanted to say the latter but you were forcing yourself to not go there. 

“Nat’s very excited to meet you.” 

“Well I’m very excited to meet her too.” 

Today was the first day of your training on self defense. It was exciting but nerve wracking. 

“Would you like a tour first? I think Nat is finishing up on some paperwork.” 

“Ok.” You looked up and smiled at Steve. 

He led you through common rooms and the living quarters, empty labs, meeting rooms, the gun range and ended in the gym. The whole time the building was empty. Not a single soul other than you and Steve. And Marvin of course. 

“This is where we do— did our training.” 

“Every day?” 

“Yeah, we would partner up with different team members to make sure we could handle different fighting styles. We would practice different combat tactics with everyone’s abilities.” There was fondness and regret mixed in his words. His eyes were distant as if he were reliving memories that happened right in this very room. 

Across the room a door opens and in walks Nat. You maybe looked her up to see how intimidating she was and you were not disappointed. Marvin is practically vibrating next to you as Nat gets closer. There is an air of aloofness but her eyes betray her. She gives you a practiced smile as she stops before you.

“Nat this is Y/N, Y/N this is Nat.” 

“It’s nice to meet you.” 

“I could say the same thing.”

Marvin nudges Nat’s thigh and huffs until he gets attention. 

“And who is this handsome boy?”

“This is Marvin, he’s my service dog. You can pet him if you like.” 

Nat goes on one knee and Marvin nudges her chest until she is scratching behind his ears. You look up at Steve who has a sad expression on his face. After another minute of Nat and Marvin getting to know each other she stands back up. 

“So, Steve tells me you want to learn how to defend yourself.”

“Yes and I really appreciate both of you doing this. I know you’re probably really busy and it means a lot.” 

“Don’t worry about it. It’s good to have a few moves under your belt. Now, do you have any fighting experience at all?”

“Does swinging a frying pan count?” You grimace.

“Did you hit the intended target?”

You nod as you remember the day of the snap.

“Then it does. I want to show you a few very basic moves and go from there. That way I can see what we need to work on. It will probably take a few lessons, I hope that’s ok?” 

“Whatever you think works best. I am here to learn.” 

“Good, Steve is going to be our training dummy. He was kind enough to volunteer.” Nat smiles genuinely this time and you smile back. “Ok so I’m going to show you one move and then you’ll do it. That way I can see where you are and where to go from there.” 

You nod and move to sit at a bench Nat pointed to. With the help of Steve she starts showing you simple moves. Then you get up and practice the same moves over and over until you get them right. You’re beaming by the time the lesson is halfway through and you all take a break. It’s more for your sake than theirs. Steve takes Marvin for a walk and promises to bring back more water bottles. That leaves you and Nat alone and considering how thoughtful and careful she has been up to now, being under her scrutiny makes you cautious. 

“He likes you, you know.” Nat finally breaks her silence. Her statement leaves you unsure of how to respond. “You don’t have to like him like that. Steve is respectful and won’t ever push you to do something you don’t want but thank you for just being there for him. I haven’t seen him smile like he used to in a long time.” 

“H-how can you be sure it’s because of me? Maybe he just became my friend because of Marvin.” 

“He is a cute dog.” 

“The best boy.” 

Nat cracks a grin and leans back, propping herself on her elbows. Before you can pick up the conversation you both hear something happening outside. The wind had picked up and there was something mechanical whirling until it stopped. Everything went completely still and you looked over at Nat to find that she wasn’t worried at all. About a minute later Steve walks back in with Marvin in tow and two strangers. A rather odd pairing. It was a raccoon and a blue lady. Marvin trots happily to his spot next to you but you feel on edge. 

“Hey Romanoff.” The raccoon greets your new found friend. 

“Rocket, Nebula. How was the flight?” 

“It could have been worse.” The woman, Nebula you assumed, answered. “Who’s this?” 

“This is Y/N a friend.”

“Hi.” You squeak out with an awkward wave. 

Black eyes bore into yours and you feel like she’s reading your thoughts and maybe she is. After a few awkward seconds she finally looks bored and moves on. Both Nebula and Rocket excuse themselves to go freshen up. 

“So you guys work with a talking raccoon?”

They both nod as if a talking raccoon is the most normal thing in the world. 

“I’m very disappointed you never told me you know a raccoon that can talk.”

“How exactly was I supposed to work that into a conversation?”

“I don’t know.” You shrug. “Nat would have done it.”

“I really would have.”

Steve shakes his head but chuckles while you and Nat high five. 

“I think we’re done for today.”

“I should get going.” 

“Don’t. Stay and hang out with us.” Nat says. “You brought a change of clothes, right?” 

You nod. 

“Perfect, stay the night then. I’ll show you to one of the spare bedrooms.” 

She didn’t give you a choice but you still looked at Steve. He only smiled and gave you a nod. 

“I like her.” Nat said as she walked into the living room. “You two would be perfect together.” 

“I don’t know. I don’t think she’s looking for a relationship.” 

“Have you talked about it with her?” 

“No but I'm sure that after whatever happened to her she’s looking to stay as far away from relationships as possible.” 

“Well you won’t know until you talk about it. Don’t wait until it’s too late. I saw how you looked at each other.” 

“Fine, when the time is right I’ll sit down and talk to her.” 

“Talk to who?” Rocket walked in with Nebula following close behind. 

“It’s nothing. How was your mission?” 

Nebula and Rocket start telling them all of the details about their latest mission in deep space. They’re engrossed in the story so no one hears you walk toward the living room. 

“And then bam.” Rocket says and then yelps when Marvin barks. He turned around with a gun in his hand and pointed in your direction.

“Sorry, didn’t mean to scare you.” 

“You didn’t scare me. Nothing scares me.” 

“What about that time that we-“ 

“Nope, not scared.” Rocket cuts Nebula off and even though she doesn’t seem like the type of person that smiles the essence of a smile graces her lips for a second. 

You smile as you take the open spot next to Steve on the couch and Marvin lays at your feet. 

“How about a movie?” Nat grabs a remote from the coffee table and puts something on. 

The night had been nice. Steve was glad that you’d stayed for an impromptu movie night. The longer he spent around you the more he could see a weight lift off your shoulders, a light come back to your eyes. It made him care for you more, to want and protect you from all the bad things that this world still had to offer. He laid in bed wondering if it would be too soon to ask you out on a proper date. Maybe he would talk about it with Nat first and get her opinion. Steve closed his eyes with the hope of getting some sleep before he drove you back to the city. 

Marvin’s bark pulls Steve out of the state of drowsiness he found himself in. Were you trying to take him outside and got lost? Steve gets up and before he opens the door to his room a blood curdling scream rips through the air. His feet move faster than his brain as he runs down the hall. Nat is there with a gun in hand ready to attack whoever is hurting you. Another scream, there’s begging for someone to stop hurting you and Steve is ready to rip whoever it is into pieces. 

“Friday, how many intruders are there?” Nat asks in a whisper.

“There are no intruders. Ms. Y/L/N seems to be having a nightmare.” 

Nat looks up at Steve and quietly asks him what to do. 

“You should go in first. I think she’ll feel safer with a woman.” 

Nat nods and hands him her gun. She opens the door as you yell again. Marvin is on the bed trying to wake you up as you struggle against the bed sheets that are now wrapped around you.

“Y/N, you’re ok. You’re safe.” Nat calls out softly. “I need you to wake up for me. Y/N you’re safe. We aren’t going to let anyone hurt you.” 

You wake up with a small gasp and tears rolling down your temples. 

“Can I come closer?” Nat asks from the foot of the bed. 

Through the soft moonlight filtered through the window she sees you nod. Nat moves around so that you can see her better.

“Can I untangle the bed sheets?”

You nod again and she makes quick work of it. 

“Steve is right outside, would you like him in here with you or do you prefer that I stay?” 

“Steve.” You whisper. 

He couldn’t help the warmth that spread through him with the knowledge that you felt safe with him. Nat walks out and nods towards the room before telling him that she would make you some tea. Standing in the doorway with just the moon as a light source he can see your tear stained cheeks and the look of fear still in your eyes as you sit up against the headboard. Marvin drapes himself over your lap in order to provide you with comfort. 

“What can I do for you Y/N?” Steve asks softly but you still startle at his voice. 

“Um… I- Could you-“

“It’s ok, take your time.” Steve says as he watches you struggle to give him an answer.

“Sit with me.” You say after a moment.

“I can do that.” 

Steve walks in and sits at the foot of the bed but for you that’s too far. You finally look up at him and he gives you a gentle, reassuring smile.

“Too far.” You mumble with a small pout. 

“Where should I sit then?” 

You answer by pulling back the covers and patting the spot next to you. Steve gets up and moves around the bed but doesn’t sit. 

“Are you sure you’re comfortable with me sitting here?” 

“Yes.” 

Steve nods and settles into the spot beside you. “Do you want to talk about it?” 

You look up at him just as Nat walks in with a cup of tea.

“This should help calm your nerves. If you need anything I’m just down the hallway.” 

“Thanks Nat.” You say as you grab the mug and take a sip. 

She smiles and walks out leaving you and Steve alone again. It’s alone for a few minutes. 

“It was more like a memory than a nightmare.” You start. “He was pinning me down by pressing his knee on my chest and I couldn’t breathe. Then he was ripping off my clothes-“ you choked a sob and Steve took your hand in his. 

Marvin lifted his head and licked away the tears. You pet his head until he settles back down and then you rest your head on Steve’s shoulder. 

“I hate feeling like I’ll never be free of his hold.” 

“I know you can’t see it right now but you’ve come a long way already.”

“It doesn’t feel like it.” You huff.

“Tell me something, before when he was around how many times a week were you able to go out and hang out with friends? Maybe go have dinner or a girls night? Or go hang out at a friend’s house?” 

“Never.” 

“If we would have met before everyone blipped, would we have been able to be friends?” 

“Absolutely not.” You shake your head. “He wouldn’t have allowed it.” 

“Yet here you are. You went out to lunch with your friend the other day. We had a movie night at your place. We’ve gone to the dog park and you’re even having a sleepover. 

So while you feel like he still has a hold on you, every time you do something he wouldn’t have liked you’re freeing yourself.” 

You sat there and thought about what he said. 

“He would have hated you.” 

“I think I can live with that.” Steve squeezes your hand. 

“Can I ask for a favor? You can say no.” 

“Anything.” 

“Could you stay here tonight?” 

“If you’re sure then yes.”

“I’m sure.” 

“Alright, let’s get comfortable.” He says and begins to shuffle around to lay back down.

The next morning Steve wakes up first. Marvin is huffing on his side of the bed wanting to be let out. Steve doesn’t want to move though because you’re comfortably asleep on his chest with his arm around you. He can’t help the smile he gets when he looks down at you sleeping soundly. He’ll make sure to commit this moment to memory so that he can draw it later. 

“You’re really warm.” You say in a sleepy voice. 

“Is that bad?”

“Absolutely not. It's the best, I’m always cold.”

“So you’re just using me for my body heat?” 

You giggle and press yourself into him more. “Yes, I am.” 

Marvin whines again and scratches at the door. 

“I have to take him out.” You say as you start to get up.

“I’ll take him for a run. Stay in bed or go find Nat.”

“Are you sure? I don’t want to impose.” 

“I’m offering.”

“Thank you.” 

“It’s no problem.” Steve reluctantly gets up and takes Marvin with him while you lay back down. It’s the first time in years that you manage to have a smile on your face so early in the morning.

After having spent some more time with Nat and Nebula Steve drove you home. 

“You should take him running more often. He’s never this calm.” You say while looking at Marvin in the back seat. 

“Well I do run a lot. I probably tired him out.” 

Steve stops his car right in front of your building and gets out to open your door for you. Even though it’s a short walk to your front door he walks beside you with your bag in his hand. 

“I’m glad you came over yesterday. Hopefully we can do this again soon. Nat was already bugging me about bringing you back.”

“Nat’s great. We even made plans to go out sometime soon.” 

“Well I’m very proud of you.”

Steve beams and you can’t help but return the smile. 

“I’m proud of myself too. Thank you for everything Steve.” Unconsciously you throw your arms around his midsection and hug him right. 

His arms wrap around you and you feel him kiss the top of your head. You can’t help but sigh at the comforting gesture. 

“I’ll see you soon?” You ask hopefully.

“Of course, unless Nat decides to keep you for herself.” 

“Never,” you shake your head. “I’ll always have time for you.” 

“Good, I’ll make sure to use it all up then.” 

You take your bag from him and unlock the front door. With a final wave goodbye you and Marvin head up to your apartment. It’s the first time in a very long time that you’ve felt the heavy weight of guilt and anger and regret get lighter. You can’t help but think that Steve is right. With everything you go out and do you are freeing yourself from his hold on you.

 More importantly you’re starting to feel like yourself again. 

Ch. 6

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[cat-angel-936]

I have wanted to write some interesting facts about María for a long time. That's why I wanted to write 10 curiosities about her and show them

1- Maria has more developed canines than a normal human, which causes her to be more prone to eating meat (you can say that she is the carnivore in the relationship, if that makes any sense).

2- Her favorite holidays are Christmas and Halloween.

3- Her grandfather taught her to sled with her "dogs" to get around in winter. When it's winter, sometimes he offers to help transport some things or take the children to school if they missed the bus so they don't arrive. late.

4- Despite being a human, Maria has a heat period like that of a normal wolf, this can begin at the end of empire or early spring and can last between January and April, so she is normally seen stressed in those months that it lasts, although contraceptives help a little.

5- hates mint and everything related to it (except Chris) in addition to being allergic to it. She also hates animal abuse, having her garden damaged (although she forgives Razo and Hasper), talking about her parents because it makes her feel sad and nostalgic, having them reveal her secret, betraying her and the bad people who killed her parents. parents and left her an orphan.

6- she loves, strawberries or any fruit of the forest, animals (her favorite is the wolf), sweet desserts, her grandparents and uncle, her pets, making new friends, Chris and growing in the garden her.

7- Maria has trypanophobia, which is an intense fear of needles in medical settings.

8- María has some red marks on the sides of her face just below her eyes, they are from birth, but she is embarrassed and that is why she prefers to cover them with foundation.

9- She thinks that the relationship that the Kratt team and the unconscious villains have formed is like a somewhat distorted pack, they may always fight but at the end of the day it is always just them, there is no one else who gets into that circle that They have been formed and María has noticed that they even have a history with each other because of the smells they emanate, she finds it very tender in that way.

10: She loves taking care of children, in fact she has worked as a babysitter for some of the Wild Kratt Kids' children without knowing it, but she really enjoys her work.

[fishedeyelenz]

Oc asks

Asks for Billy

Betrayal: Has your OC ever betrayed someone who trusted them?

Billy is a scheemer, manipulator, grifter, scammer and all around untrustworthy fuck. He was a snake oil salesman in his youth, then a mob ruffian who was secretly stealing from the boss on the side. Betrayal is his middle name at this point, and none of that ever weighted on his soul.

Though. When he gets closer to Camille things are gonna get complicated. Camille has his soul, and he's trying to take it back. For that he belives he has to kill her. However... he might become closer to her than he anticipated, and vice versa. Would suck if Camille would find out his plan....

Hate: What does your OC hate? Why? How do they act towards the object of their hatred?

He in general has pretty misanthropic views, though that is not to say he hates being in the company of other ppl. He just generally thinks they are mostly stupid and susceptible to his will. Thinking off the top of his head, he couldn't really say he strongly hates anyone, just dislikes or feels nothing towards them.

He looks over the fact that he has very strong pet peeves. Like being told what to do for example. Or being under someone's control, which comes in conflict with his position in Camille's life but... it's not like he hates her personally. Just the fact that he's not the top dog in his life anymore, and it just so happens Camille is in his way of reclaiming that position. Otherwise he loves life, loves power, loves control, loves having all the 19 year old virgin cunts and cocks he could ever want.

Just the ppl getting in his will have to go.

Secret: What's one secret your OC never wants anyone to know about them?

For practical reasons, it would be bad PR if the fact that he sold his soul to a demon to avoid getting his soul eaten by them, and now serves as their loyal-ish servant in cannibalistic escapades while still holding position as a priest. It would also be bad PR if word got out that he isn't an actual priest , but rather killed a real priest and took his position while on the run from a criminal gang.

The fact of him trying to emancipate himself from said demon by killing her, and (theoretically) gaining her power would also be pretty bad if uncovered. Oh well. It's not like he hasn't kept secrets before. He's pretty good at it, and when they eventually come out he has a pretty skillful way of slipping away and not dealing with the consequences of his actions.

He belives that he's in charge.

[murderoushagthesequel]

Misfit Family

listen, i am aware that this is very unrealistic but tbf i don't really care, this is just a cute lil idea i came up with in the car, looking at my dog (who has some weird vendetta against me)

"Oh, she's so cute!" James exclaims, petting the golden retriever puppy they just placed in his arms.

"Oh, isn't she just!" the lady says. "We just got her in last week!" James frowns at that, glancing over at the scared-looking, older dog lying in the corner.

"What about that one?" James asks, looking after the dog sadly.

"Oh, Rufus? You don't want him, he's been here for years," she scoffs. James frowns again.

"Poor baby," he comments, standing up to walk towards the scared looking dog. He appears to be some kind of mutt, broken black and brown patterns covering his fair, with a long, wrinkly face, and floppy ears. Just then Regulus walks into the shelter.

"There you are, James, I've been looking everywhere," he sighs. He then seems to register where he is. "No, James, no."

"But-"

"We are not getting a dog," he says rather firmly. James turns around, eyes wide and sad and he can see Regulus crack slightly.

"James-" he tries again. James cuts him off.

"But look at him!" he whines, going to pet Rufus. "She says he's been here for years, nobody wants him. He needs a good home, Reggie," James says. The lady scoffs again, picking up the puppy from earlier and going to serve another customer. "She told me not to bother with him," he continues in a sad voice. Regulus looks down at Rufus and immediately caves.

"Oh, you poor thing," he says, stroking his fur softly, so as not to upset him, and wincing at every sore he finds on the dog. Rufus seems to be comfortable with Regulus instantly, where he still seemed a bit scared of James. Many people would be offended by that, but to James, it bring him a sense of calm. A nice thought that these two hurt creatures, trust each other intrinsically.

"Who did this to you?" Regulus asks, tears welling in his eyes. James sees the anger grow in his eyes and he stands up immediately to go yell at the lady for her poor treatment of Rufus and ask for, nay demand, adoption papers. James smiles and focuses all his attention on the scared dog next to him. After a few minutes, he seems to adjust to James' presence, chancing to scoot a little closer. James feels honored to have gained his trust.

"There ya go, sweetie, it's alright," he whispers. Rufus whimpers but lays his head on James' lap. He beams and gently strokes his thick fur. Regulus walks back over, a stack of papers in hand, leaving a rather furious and embarrassed-looking shelter worker at the counter. Regulus is smiling.

"You ready to come home, baby?" Regulus asks petting the dog lightly, who leans into his touch. James is absolutely scandalized.

"Did you just call him baby?" he asks in a whine. Regulus winces.

"I can explain-"

"How could you!" James gasps, scurrying back from Regulus. Regulus holds in a chuckle and James twists his face in offense.

"I'm sorry, baby, it'll never happen again. You're my only baby, I promise," Regulus assures, reaching forward to caress James' cheek. His body betrays him, leaning into Regulus' hand and sighing. He quickly pulls back pouting.

"It better not," James huffs. Regulus laughs, holding out a hand for James to stand up. He reluctantly takes it, walking to the front to buy some essentials before they take the dog home. Regulus trails after him.

"I think he needs a new name," Regulus says quietly. "Rufus is associated with his old life, his bad life. I don't want him to have to deal with that." James knows this has more to do with Regulus' own issues, coming from an abusive home as a trans man, but he agrees immediately nonetheless.

"How about Froggie?" James asks, giggling and Regulus laughs too.

"Alright little Froggie, let's get you home," he smiles, clipping the collar and leash onto their new pet. James' eyes full up with tears as they leave the shelter and Regulus turns to him, face full of concern.

"What's wrong, baby?" he asks. James mentally giggles again at the name.

"Nothing it's just. We have our own little family now," James chokes out, letting the tears flow. Regulus understands immediately, running a hand up and down James' arm.

"Yeah, yeah we do," he smiles. By the time they get home, they both have a few tears staining their cheeks. There they all are, their little family of misfits, who somehow fit perfectly together.

side note, thank you @calamitoustide for doing the right thing and encouraging me to name the dog frog (i changed it to froggie but)

[likesomekindofcheese]

Hey! Just recently finished The Great and frankly I’m also upset about Grigor’s relationship between Georgina and Marial, of which I haven’t liked her character since the beginning of the show and can’t seem to fathom why he loves her. Anyways, I can’t seem to find the post where you explain why you don’t like it, and if you haven’t written/posted it, I’d love to see why!

*cracks knuckles*

Hi there! I don't think I made a whole official post about why I don't like it outside of jokes. So let me explain why here. To get one thing over with, it was a personal thing. Gwilym Lee was my celebrity number one husband-boyfriend crush for ages. I began watching The Great for him. And of course I wrote lots of Grigor x reader fics to channel my imagination and lust. So when he became a cheater in season 2, out of nowhere, without any warning...it was a shock. I tried to think through it, justify it, but it never did. It felt like even in my fantasies, I wasn't safe. I wasn't good enough. The minute I slipped up in a romantic relationship, I would be cheated on as punishment. I had panic attacks and couldn't sleep and cried for days. I couldn't even look at the show or images or of Grigor for without crying. It was as if...I was the one cheated on. I literally had to get therapy because it bothered me so much.

Okay, now that this is done, here is my personal take of why Grigor/Marial is bad as a pairing. Also, this is just me being biased and my personal take, so if you ship the pairing...eh, good for you, all the more power to ya. This post isn't for you.

Let's move onto the foundation. I've discussed it a lot with the Queen and legend @ladystrallan but here it is for all y'all. The Big reasons why. Starting with the most important one.

Reason #1) Marial does not actually give a shit about Grigor's well-being and happiness.

Often in fanfics, when Grigor cheats on George, it's because he is sad about George and the OC or Reader or whoever is worried about him. They want him to be happy, wanted, loved, and valued, and chosen. Marial does none of those things. It's never about "how can I help this poor little meow meow feel better?" It's about "what can he do for me" like she's the damn rat from Charlotte's Web.

Reason #2) Marial does not respect Grigor

If Marial did respect Grigor, she would listen to what he says. She would not blab to Catherine about Peter having sex with and accidentally killing her mother. In season 3, when Peter dies- Grigor is sobbing and in a grieving state for his best friend. Marial on the other hand is celebrating his death like the munchkins celebrating a house dropping on the wicked witch in The Wizard of Oz. Let's put it this way- if someone who you loved, someone you were very close to dropped dead out of nowhere, would you want to date someone who celebrated the death as good thing? No. If she did respect him, she would support him in his grief. She would keep her trap shut. Even if she personally didn't like Peter...she would still be there for Grigor's struggle of losing his friend. At the end of the day...Marial will betray her bestie to become a lady again. She is only on her own side and no one else's. She gets some Pet The Dog moments with the serfs...but not with anyone else she has interpersonal connections with at court.

Reason #3) The Affair is selfish.

Marial does none of these things. She starts the affair not because she is worried about his well-being, or happiness, or respect or selflessly genuinely loves him...she starts it because 1) he was a former fling, 2) she is rich again and she can, and 3) to spite Georgiana. Grigor kind of wants to feel happy and alive again- but it's bc George is away from him!

I understand that fiction is not reality. We can use fiction to discuss taboo things. Or even admit that we fantasize about things we know are ethically wrong. It says nothing about us. Just because we fantasize it or like it in fiction doesn't mean we like it in real life. But...

Reason #4) The Writers paint Georgiana's affair as bad and Grigor's affair as good.

We have all of season one to see how much it hurts Grigor to see his wife be Peter's mistress. And I'm not going to pretend it is entirely good. But Georgiana does get a few lines in season 1 after the poisoning that she kind of...HAS to be Peter's mistress. That their high social standing and wealth comes from their close friendship with Peter that in no ways should be tampered with. And this includes the complete lack of boundaries with Georgiana, because he is the absolute ruler emperor. Like that line in Six The Musical- If Peter says it's you, it's you. As far as I know, Peter and Georgiana is consensual other than the implied power balance and she's lucky she likes Peter and he's a good lover. In fact, back in the day, men WOULD offer their wives as missteress to the king because you could get a huge castle and lots of lands and money from it! That's what Mary Boleyn's husband thought when Henry VIII made her his mistress. You don't technically have a choice- might as well make the most out of it.

Yet the writer(s) paint Georgiana as bad and frame Marial as good, as something that Grigor needs to heal (it ain't), that she is his true love (blech) all without taking a big look in the mirror. They don't know how to handle a complex woman as Georgiana but they think framing Marial as a girlboss makes it better (yuck).

On a related note...imagine if we switched the genders? If Grigor was Georgette and Marial was Mark, we have Georgette being lonely and swept up in her exes charms. Giving everything to Mark, even when he crosses her personal boundaries. Despite this, she keeps running back to him, swearing she'll marry him even though he hates her recently dead bestie and doesn't comfort or support her mourning.

If that was the case, there would be riots! People would be all "omg you deserve better! My poor baby! Dump his ass, queen!" But...no. Since we have Miss GirlBoss (tm) Marial, this toxicity is apparently okay.

Reason #5) Grigor's love and loyalty to his wife was part of what made his character so endearing in the first place.

It's like if Peter said "fudge" instead of "fuck," but we all fell in love with Count Dymov because he loved his wife so much. That is why there are so many Grigor fics out there. Becuase the depth of love he has not only for Peter...but for Georgiana. It's not the issue that his honor as a man is insulted to have his wife sleep around...it's because he is genuinely heartbroken and sad about it. That he loves her that much. And that he loves Peter that much too. He's crying when he tries to put a pillow over Peter's face to suffocate him. In fact, Georgiana does care about his well being despite the whole mistress stuff. When he gets scruff out of rebellion, she knocks him out and tenderly gives him a shave. They tease and flirt with each other. She sits on his lap. Who wouldn't want a relationship where you are that wanted, adored, and unconditionally loved? In fact, their only conflict was Peter. If it wasn't for Peter, they would have an idyllic, wonderful marriage. Look up The Great on TV Tropes- they are listed as "Happily Married."

So him having an affair on Georgiana, to where he is given an option to KILL GEORGIANA and abandon her for Marial felt egregiously out of character.

This is not why i signed up. I wanted him and Georgiana to heal and grow and triumph in their love, especially as the series went on and Peter focused more on his romantic relationship with Catherine to where that WAS the show.

So yeah...those are my two cents.

[cadybear420]

Crash Course MC Profile: Jo Hunter (ILITW)

Other Names/Nicknames: Her full name is Joanne. She doesn't mind it, but she prefers to be called Jo.

Birthday: April 22, 1999 (18 during the ILITW timeline, approximately 21-22 during the ILB and ILW timelines)

Gender: GNC Cis Woman (she/hers). Loves to present masculine (she particualrly likes "cool guy", "bad boy", and "lumberjack" styles) and take on masculine roles. Has major bottom dysphoria, uses a strap-on for a while before eventually getting bottom surgery/phalloplasty.

Ethnicity: Chinese

Sexuality: Straight. Probably the straightest of my f!MCs lol.

LI: Romances Lucas Thomas in the game and dates him following that. She later has an open marriage with Lucas, where she also has relations with Andy Kang, Connor Green, and possibly Dan Pierce and Noah Marshall as well.

Immediate Family: Her mom, Cassidy Hunter (nee Sun). Her dad, Darren Hunter.

Other Important Family: [TBD]

Pets: In-game skeleton dog named "Bonehead". In-game black kitten named "Ava Jr".

General Personality: Kind and friendly, but also has tendencies for being socially distant. Tough, but also capable of expressing vulnerability. Has trained herself to be self-reliant, but also values her loved ones. Likes chopping wood in her spare time. Very loud and proud and uncensored about her GNC-ness and especially her bottom dysphoria + desire for a penis. Has a high libido and enjoys casual hookups.

General Overview of Her Story: After Jane's death, she spends 10 years being very socially distant and training herself to be self-reliant. But when Redfield returns during her senior year, she and her old childhood friend group start to become close once again, and Jo soon realizes how much she missed it. But it all goes wrong when Noah betrays the group. She and all of her friends survive, but chooses to let Noah become the new Redfield, due to him wanting to take Jane's place and due to her thinking he should compensate for his betrayal. This soon sends her into a long period of haunting guilt.

Other Important Profiles:

Official Fleshed Out Profile: [In Progress]

Other Profiles: It Lives MCs Supercut Profile

MC Wardrobes:

ILITW

[Bonus Rounds coming soon]

[debbeh]

can u tell me EVERYTHING u know abt negatus??? like im serious i need u to go absolutely ham i need this to take me three whole days to read it is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT

yall are not gonna believe who just forgot to press save...

Anyways, you asked for this and here it is...

Negatus's full name is James E. Negatus

It is implied that he has at least one child

He has pjs with houses on them

He cannonically has at least two stuffed animals

Admiral Anous attempted to burn one of them (Toby) but pissed off Negatus enough to get axed in the chest and thrown into a freezer instead

Negatus is very boastful, mostly in an attempt to impress and be liked by others

He's generally smart but tends to overlook major flaws in his plans

He had 381 demons, most of which he killed when they failed to win a tournament, which he wanted to win because he thought that would make people like him

the remaining demons are Rita (the Negatus simp), Niel (the Rita simp), and Jeff (the dumb one)

Negatus usually calls his boss, Imperatrix "your eminence" but behind her back calls her bossy boobs

when his demons fail him he calls them cretins

He once sent his demons on a teambuilding retreat and joined when he saw the instructor was hot. He failed to remember however, that he killed the instructor's parents and most of her village

When he thinks Imperatrix is dead he plans to stage a coup, creating his famous logo and planning the new layout of Yonderland (Negataland) which just so happens to be an exact replica of the Mona Lisa.

When Imperatrix does die (spoilers), Cuddly Dick takes over, who throws Negatus in jail. Debbie breaks him out of prison but not before he establishes himself in the prison library. He and Debbie totally have a moment together before Negatus finds out she's married.

At this time too, we learn about Negatus's rough childhood and how he was forced to eat his pet dog Scratchy which his father baked into a pie

meanwhile the Elders are being forced to do the same with their new pet rabbits but Negatus is there just in time to save them

Negatus serves as a spy for the Elders after this but eventually goes back to working for Dick and betraying Debbie.

Finally in the Christmas special, Negatus catches Chompus (the monster that eats everyone's presents every year) and goes to steal more presents from Yonderland as well as Debbies house.

Here, there's a Grinch moment where Negatus sees Debbie's daughter who makes Negatus feel bad for stealing her presents and he FINALLY has a full redemption arc.

Negatus usually wears his leather outfit complete with black eyeliner, black nail polish, and occasionally red lipstick

for attending (sneaking into) a meeting with the overlords, he wears a red version of his helmet (the same thing + some red fabric) plus some more lipstick and a cape with camping badges on it.

since he tends to brag a little too much, the overlords are convinced he actually did kill 2 or 3 megadragons and he is invited to hold a seminar on being evil... and he accidentally kills everyone there

Negatus is totally in love with Debbie as on multiple occasions he has described her as pretty and eaten deodorant when she says to him "I see you in a totally different way now" (approximately 2 seconds before telling him she's married)

One time he dressed up as "Dirty Ernie" (a name he made up on the spot) to kidnap Debbie. Dirty Ernie's outfit is basically just gross clothes plus big overcoat, fingerless gloves, a very stained beanie, and what appear to be some white converse shoes.

This is the episode where he learns he's really good at football (⚽) and that his father was not proud of him but his new friends (that he will betray in .3 secons) including Debbie are proud of him. This is also when Debbie kisses him on the cheek and his reaction is fucking adorable

Negatus, when employed by the Elders as a double agent, had to basically be a maid for the other overlords who loooooove picking on him

Negatus my be dumb but his demons are (usually) much dumber

He uses the font of oris to observe things but mostly (and very frequently) uses it as a bathtub

he lives in his lair which is completely staffed. The main rooms include the throneroom, cells, bedroom, kitchen, well leading to a treasure room, and completely unguarded back entrance.

He had all the hallways painted different shades of grey (they are all the same and he frequently gets lost).

He has emergency electric lights just in case the candles fail.

he once bought a mech suit to kill Debbie and the Elders but overloaded it with so many weapons that it shut down and he fell over. Good news, the hair dryer still works

Negatus’s mech suit is actually made from miscellaneous kids toys and a sled. It was also Farnaby’s dream to get to be in a mech suit and has mentioned that the voice he does in this scene was to mock how airline pilots talk.

This is all I can think of and Stats has killed my brain so there u go 👍

[livelaughwhump]

yeah... At least Elliot is with his friends now! I wonder how skittish Elliot was even around Lyra the first few days 🐈

I've been waiting for an excuse to write some early post-captivity Elliot😈

Masterlist

Content: degradation, self-deprecation, self-hatred, dehumanization, hitting, restraints (mentioned), brief memory loss, nudity (nonsexual), pet whump, recovery whump, hurt/comfort

Continues from the end of chapter 5

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Pet was absolutely terrified. It didn't know where these people were taking it, but they said they weren't going to hurt it. Pet recognized everyone in the van, which confused it. It couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until the one that Master had called Lyra started introducing Pet to--what Pet assumed was--its new owners that Pet started putting the pieces together.

Lyra, Karine, Yvonne, Landon, Broderick

It knew those names. It was sure it knew those names.

That was when the one called Yvonne said, "Welcome home, Elliot."

Elliot. That's what Miss Lyra called me back at Master's house. Why does that name feel so familiar? I'm just a pet. I don't have a name, so then why-

Pet's Elliot's eyes widened. It all came flooding back in that moment, the countless years he'd spent with Lyra, the team that had been his family since he was eighteen. How could he have forgotten his team? How could he have forgotten Lyra? Even after everything he'd been through, how could he have forgotten his old life?

Stupid dog

Elliot lowered his head, suddenly acutely aware of his lack of clothes, and tried to cover himself.

Bad dogs don't need dignity. You're better this way, open and available to use at any time

Elliot let his arms fall limp at his sides again, leaving his bruised and battered body on display for the whole team to see.

"Wh-Where are you t-taking me?" He mumbled, hunching his shoulders as though preparing for to be hit.

"We're taking you home, of course," Yvonne answered.

Elliot glanced up at her. "H-Home?"

I thought Master's house was my home. Master always said the team didn't care about me, that they would never come for me. Master would never lie to me. Maybe they're angry that Master got to use me for so long. Maybe they took me so that they could have a turn owning me as well

Elliot hoped he was right. He couldn't think of a single other reason why the team would come for him.

. . .

It was a good thing that Elliot was still chained up and collared when the team arrived at their destination. It would save the team the trouble of restraining him and buying him a new collar, but he was very confused when they opened the van door and didn't immediately put a leash on him.

Maybe they're testing me to see if I try to escape. I can do this. I can be a good dog

Elliot waited for the rest of the team to exit the van before he slowly crawled out on his hands and knees, wincing as he landed in the snow. He kneeled, kept his head down, and waited for instructions.

The rest of the team had already made their way into the house before them. Lyra was the only one that seemed to notice that Elliot wasn't following.

"Elliot?" She said. Elliot suppressed the urge to flinch. He was still getting used to being called by that name again. For some odd reason, being called that felt like he was doing something wrong. Elliot whimpered and lowered his head even further, shivering. "What are you doing?"

A whimper escaped Elliot's throat. "I-I'm w-waiting to-to be given an order, M-Master. I-I know my-my place. I can b-be good."

Elliot didn't look at Lyra, but he hoped that he pleased her by showing her how obedient he was.

"What did you call me?" Lyra asked after several long moments of silence.

Elliot risked a glance up. "M-Master?" He whispered. Lyra looked shocked and horrified, her eyes betraying her in her attempt to mask her horror. Elliot gasped and lowered his head again, clamping his eyes shut. "I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to displease you. I can be good, I promise. I will use whatever title you want."

Lyra knelt in front of him. "You don't have to use titles here, sunshine. I'm not your Master, and neither is anyone else here. You're free."

Elliot shook his head and sniffled, struggling to keep the tears out of his eyes. "I-I know my place. My purpose is to serve my owners, s-so, I will do anything you ask of me. I promise, I'll be good."

Lyra sighed. "What did that horrible man do to you?" They whispered, more to themself than to Elliot. With that, Lyra stood up and motioned for Elliot to do the same, but he didn't move. "Come on, buddy, let's go inside. It's too cold out here for this."

Elliot sniffled again. "Y-Yes, Mas...um, L-Lyra." Lyra looked down at him sadly before turning and making their way into the house. Elliot crawled behind them, careful to keep his head down.

That's right, little dog. Crawl after your new masters. Show them what a good slave you can be and maybe they won't lock you up in the basement

Elliot shuddered at the thought. He hated the basement. It was so cold and dark and so, so lonely. Somedays, Master would keep him upstairs with him, when he was good. Those days were Elliot's favorite. Those were the only days where he didn't feel forgotten.

Once they'd entered the house, Elliot didn't bother looking up from the ground. It wasn't his place to marvel at his masters' home. His place was kneeling silently at his masters' feet, patiently awaiting instructions.

"Elliot?" A gentle hand fell upon Elliot's shoulder, and he released an involuntary gasp and flinched away from the touch. Elliot whimpered. He clamped his eyes shut, preparing to be hit. He knew he deserved it.

Only bad mutts flinch away from their masters.

. . .

Master smacked Pet hard across its face and Pet released a pathetic whimper.

"Stupid dog! You don't flinch when I touch you, do you understand? I own you! You are my property, and you will do as you are told, like a good mutt. Only bad mutts flinch away from their masters. Do you understand?"

Pet sniffled and nodded, tears streaming down its dirt-crusted face. "Y-Yes, Master."

Another smack. "Good! Let's test your obedience then, mutt. Repeat after me. You are a worthless mutt."

Pet sniffled and choked on its tears. "I-I am a w-worthless mutt."

"You're ugly and disgusting and pathetic."

"I'm ugly and-and disgusting and pathetic."

"No one but me could ever love something like you."

"N-No one but M-Master could ever l-love something like me."

"You're a stupid, confused animal, and that's all you'll ever be."

Pet started sobbing. It should've been used to degrading itself by now, but it didn't think it ever would be. "I'm-I'm just a stupid, con-confused animal, and that's a-all I'll ever be."

Pet suppressed another flinch as Master ruffled its hair. "There's my good pet. You just got a bit confused, didn't you."

Pet sniffled. "Y-Yes, M-Master. I'm sorry for being so s-stupid."

"Oh, it's okay, little one. You're just a dumb dog. I don't expect you to always get everything right, but I hope you know that you will be punished when you get things wrong. Regardless of your intention."

Pet nodded. "Yes, Master."

. . .

"Elliot?" The voice was muffled and distant, barely an echo outside of Elliot's mind. His thoughts were frantic and loud and frightening. He didn't know what was happening, but he wanted it to stop. "Elliot, sweetheart, are you okay? What's going on?"

As Elliot's consciousness slowly began returning to his body, he found himself mumbling almost incoherently and shaking like a leaf. No wonder the voice he'd heard sounded so concerned.

"Elliot?"

Elliot lifted his eyes off of the ground and looked at the person kneeling before him. It was Lyra.

"Are you all right?"

Elliot opened his mouth to answer, and the words tumbled out of his mouth before he could stop them. "Pets don't flinch away from their masters," he mumbled.

Lyra's face twisted with confusion. "You're okay, Elliot. No one is going to hurt you," they promised. Elliot didn't believe them. Lyra forced a smile that was clearly fake. "Why don't we get you settled into your room? We can get you some clothes, a bath, a hot meal. Or you can just take a nap, if you want. It's up to you. You can do whatever you want here."

Elliot couldn't understand their words, but he nodded, regardless. It wasn't his place to say no to anything his masters said to him. Lyra's smile grew, and Elliot knew he'd answered correctly. He visibly relaxed slightly as Lyra led him into a nearly empty room and gently tugged him to his feet.

Elliot swayed uncomfortably. He didn't spend much time on his feet, and he was grateful that Lyra kept a hand on his shoulder to hold him upright. Elliot looked around the room, awestruck.

Lyra cringed. "Sorry it's so empty. We wanted to keep it just the way you left it, but...um...we didn't want to overwhelm you." It was a lie, but Lyra couldn't bear to tell him the truth.

Elliot was slack-jawed, his wide eyes examining every inch of what Lyra said was his room. It wasn't a basement or a cellar. It wasn't cold and dark and dirty. There was a clean, neatly-made bed, a side table with a single lamp, and even a window! Elliot couldn't remember the last time he'd been allowed to look out a window.

"I hope you don't hate it," Lyra said. "If it's too empty, we can go out and buy you some stuff to fill it with. You can hang some new drawings on the walls, or..." Lyra broke off as Elliot stepped forward and ran his skeletal fingers across the bed. Elliot looked absolutely filthy in comparison to the crisp, white bed sheets. There was a fluffy, cream-colored blanket on the end of the bed that Elliot spent some time admiring.

Elliot's lower lip started quivering as tears flooded his eyes. "Is-Is this really all for-for me?" He questioned.

"Yeah," Lyra answered, hesitantly. "But it's okay if you don't like it. We can..."

Lyra paused again when she heard the sound of Elliot crying. Her eyes widened. "El?"

Elliot turned to face her, tears streaming down his face. His deep blue eyes were bloodshot and watery. "You-You mean, I can-I can sleep in a bed?" He questioned.

Lyra's heart simply broke when she heard that. He was excited about sleeping in a bed?

"Of course," Lyra answered. "And your closet is full of your old clothes, we have a bathroom just down the hall, the kitchen is fully stocked with some of your favorite snacks."

Elliot collapsed onto his knees when he heard that, weeping and thanking Lyra profusely, "Th-Thank you, L-Lyra! Thank you so m-much! I-I don't deserve this kindness. I-I am so grateful."

Lyra wanted to respond to the weeping boy at her feet, but her mind was too consumed with a single question.

What happened to you?

-

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[franzleitmayr]

Tatort live reaction by me and my best denglisch :D

How does Thorsten look so young

Maybe it's the light

Oh oh someone's dead

Oh hi Sebastian

Also looking young

Oh just a head

How does Thorsten look so young

Maybe it's the light

Oh oh someone's dead

Oh just a head

Lots of Schnellkochtöpfe

Oh wilder Mann

Like the Tatort Game

Thorsten is im Alleingang

No wan

Woah they still have the same Präsidium since the first episode

All sounding young too

Concerned Sebastian

Blaulicht ;Love that for them

Lmao they're moving their asses real weird

That chair had a face istg

I feel like they're sarcastic noW

Sebastian is so annoyed

Wilder Mann again

Ew old ass

Why put your clothes in the trash 💀

Oh Thorstens Auto

Bisexual light as Sebastian enters the room

More bisexual light

Bubbles ouhhh

Husband behaviour

Lmao

What's happening

Also very cool bubbles Thorsten

More bisexual light

Now lesbian light

Talking about murder with a high Thorsten must be very annoying

"Drogen sind illegal" maybe you should have thought about that before getting high

Funny sound Thorsten

Bisexual light

“My mom” jokes

*intimate touching *

Oh no Thorsten us running away

Sebastian tsktsktsk

Lmao

"Ich würde dich doch nie anlügen..." sureeee

Wir zwei

"ICH LIEBE DICH" is this canon now

This escalated quickly

New Hupe unlocked

Wdym he's in life threatening danger MAYBE

WDYM THIS MIGHT BE HIS LAST NIGHT

murder mom?

Lmao this dude

what a nice family activity ;Drug dealing at night 💪

They just keep reaching new stages of queerbaiting

Oh oh the big deal I suppose

Taiwanisch 🤔

Er kann das nicht !

He looks like Mario

Woah there's this guy from the Tatort game the whole time

Now this seems dangerous/j

That suit is ugly

Small talk before drug dealing 😌

Nee gekühlt werden muss nicht

Why would you freeze drugs

Adé 👋

You are what you miet?

What's that supposed to mean

Lmao Thorsten

"Er ist ein Vogel, er kann fliegen"

Sure

Thorsten is very good at hiding

Schnellkochtöpfe as i Said

Außerirdische killertöpfe are very dangerous indeed. You should never underestimate it

Them*

Two men touching 🤯

And betraying each other afterwards 💪

What a nice Schnellkochtopf

Thorsten is such a funny guy

More bisexual lighting

Ugly-suit-man again

Mario stop looking out of the window like a

dog

*Thorsten still without shoes*

He's so small Imao

Oh oh oh illegal stones

Gratis Schnellkochtöpfe

Only in Stuttgart

Tsktsktsk da darf man nicht parken Herr

Bootz 🙄

*thorsten struggling to get dressed* mood though

Thorsten has fun with glass

I bet it's from the lady from the beginning

Oh oh oh gayness again

Criminal women

Why is his suit the same colour as his skin

Ah yes Dani

Oh ig Thorsten loves everyone noW

"Für dich immer" Imao

Yeah drinking is important

Water ofc though

Ich bin auch nicht tot Thorsten

I guess he really CAN fly

Nasen joke

No nasen shaming here

Bisexual light

I think the drugs make you bisexual

Stop chewing on your gum like that

Woah guns

Don't kill those poopies though

Oh diner *french accent*

Peeing together as a bonding activity 💪

What a nice jukebox

don't dance with the jukebox like that

Thorsten

*sebastian is flustered*

Sebastian matches the vibe of Thorstens car

Okay overprotective Thorsten

Don't touch that Thorsten

Woah so many bad guys

What in the world

LmaO

Thorsten

Why did you knock him out

Only cool cars somehow this episode

LmaO

Sebastian is so annoyed it's so funny

Oh no sad

Sehr gut Sebastian

Sehr gut Thorsten

Wir rocken das 💪

Oh no family drama

Very healthy

What is she doing with her hand

Is she a magician

Lmao

I feel like this is a very silly episode

Thorsten is more worried about his car than about Sebastian

Damn Dani just wants his sleep

LmaO

Don't go outside your car the moment you hear gun shots

That's so stupid

Woah more memories unlocked

They're calling each other pet names secretly istg

Why in the world would Thorsten verarsch you Sebastian

Du hast einfach keine Eier 🤧

Lmao did he got shot in his non existent balls now 🤨

Wow Thorsten richtig erwachsen von dir

Still a bit silly

Woah serious moments again

Lmao this Mario guy

What is she talking about

This dude is am Ende

What in the world are they doing

Lmao

Woah those scenes make it seem like a crime film

Thorsten is so smart

Oh dangerous Mario

Lmao they're locked in a cell for tigers now

Bro you're making it worse

This ugly suit man is ugly on the inside too mao

Lmao Thorsten why so dramatic

Oh oh there's a tiger in there

Sebastian is a tiger whisperer ig

Lmao the murder mom

Beate

I don't understand this accent

Beate 🤯

Lmao they're in the wrong cage

The tiger looks quite nice

like to cuddle it :(

I love cute cats

Woah the mom with a plan

The tiger seems to enjoy it there

What's he doing with tiger cock

Don't buy tigers on eBay kids

Oh oh oh some key or something lying around

Go Thorsten

Did Mario plot this all

Ah no he didn't

Lmao

What in the world

Oh no poor Mario is traumatised

Who shot

Oh I suppose it was joe

Oh she's there too

Woah plot twist

And another one

Lmao they're all so silly

Joe is unconscious again Imao

Get the bad guys

Guter Plan Herr Kommissar

Oder auch nicht

Who are you hiding from Thorsten

This is so cliché

Thorsten is still silly goofy Imao

Bro that sounded wrong

I love how everyone is so concerned

Menschen Kralle 💀

Der wilde Mann is so damn weird

Stop screaming like that bro

Lmao

I suppose that is a win indeed

Good for the tiger

Omg those guys

Why doesn't he ever change his clothes

Lmao it's all so sikky

Naw

this was real fun

I’m sorry for everyone reading this 🥲💀

[nefamphetamine]

chainsaw man deep dive chapter 2: pochita's whereabouts

warning: spoilers for the entirety of the manga as this is a re-read and analysis

we start off almost immediately where we left off. makima wastes no time whisking denji away to tokyo where he'll start his new life as a dog to the public safety bureau. on the way there, poor denji who hasn't had food aside from a piece of bread gets hungry and his stomach rumbles. makima has them all pull over into a gas station where they order a bowl of udon each and a corn dog. conveniently, as they're ordering, a man in distress bursts into the station claiming a devil has his daughter. makima states that her udon will get soggy and tells denji to take care of it in her stead.

at this point we've already seen that makima can, at the very least, be hot and cold with her kindness. but now it's becoming pretty evident that there's more to her meanness. not to mention, she doesn't seem to care that a child is in danger. so denji, threatened with execution if he doesn't obey makima's orders, grudgingly heads off to save the day.

the dog and his master

at this point, fujimoto is REALLY beating us over the head with the dog comparisons. fujimoto isnt hiding anything here; he's telling us everything we need to know about makima and denji before we actually get to the major reveals later on. it's great foreshadowing.

the udon scene was fun for me to analyze. makima and denji are balanced on a sort of seesaw; a scale that depending on which side tips over decides who is the master and who is the dog. makima is training denji to submit to her without him even noticing.

makima having denji go work before eating reminded me of how a trainer teaches their dog to obey and exercise patience before jumping straight to their meal.

contrary to denji's thoughts in the car where he was shocked by makima's graciousness towards him, makima has been doing the opposite the entire time. her kindnesses have been superficial from the very start.

for denji however, i think this scene and his confusion towards makima, especially as a stranger, shows just how much he's willing to sacrifice for a connection. he's willing to overlook blatant mistreatment and threats and rationalize them, and it's sad because its actually a realistic trait for someone like him to have.

the death of denji's individualism

or: "yes" to "woof"

makima's infamous statement "you're my pet now. all you get to say is 'yes of woof'" initially angered denji. as he's searching for the devil, he's fuming over the dog comparisons. but then something interesting happens.

the girl and the devil are playing together. obviously, this was a ploy by the muscle devil to trick whoever came to let down their guard so it can kill them.

this isnt confirmed as far as i know but i wouldn't be surprised if makima set this situation up because it parallels pochita and denji's friendship so well and shows denji that despite this, devils are not his friends. and because pochita's pseudo-death is so fresh, it must be gutting for denji to be tricked in such a way.

so when he heads back to makima, he says "woof". this here is the death of denji's individualism.

makima won.

the muscle devil's lesson

i think the muscle devil event shows us that devils are just like people: good, bad, biased, racist, and flawed.

some are like pochita, some are deceptive. and denji doesn't have the social skills or support system to adequately deal with that.

denji's reaction to this betrayal is an immediate switch to extreme violence. he's quick to act and react, and it makes sense because he grew up with violence. its synonymous with survival. but only after its all over does he let himself feel betrayed. but as we'll come to find out, he doesn't let himself truly deal with these emotions.

pochita's whereabouts

i want to try going through each chapter and talking about why fujimoto named it such. i think that this chapter is a taste of just how out of place denji is now. before the zombie devil and makima, denji had carved himself a little place in the world. he had a job, a purpose, even if it was ultimately a purpose that would have never been realized. denji himself knew he would die before he paid off his father's debt.

so now denji is lost and confused and placed in an unfamiliarly dangerous environment. and he doesn't even have his sole partner, his friend, to stick it out with him.

to end this on a slightly more upbeat note, i did want to mention how makima's comment about there being historical precedence for people merging with devils makes me hopeful that yoru and asa's relationship will becomes a true friendship in a parallel to denji and pochita's. its rare within the world of chainsaw man but it can happen.

thanks for reading!

rare shot of denji being "clever" and my favorite scene of the chapter

love him.

[howdy-cowpoke]

TIMING: May 11th PARTIES: Monty (@howdy-cowpoke) & Nora (@honeysmokedham) LOCATION: Prickly Pear Acres SUMMARY: Nora wants to pet some goats. Monty allows it, and gets the shit scared out of him in return. CONTENT WARNINGS: none. 

The walk to Prickly Pear Acres from Deersprings was monotonous, to say the least. Nora trudged a path down the road, hands in her pockets, boots kicking rocks as she made her way to the opposite side of town. That was the thing about not having a car. You had to walk everywhere. Over these past two years, Nora had gotten very good at walking everywhere. Three trips walking across the country, mostly as a bear, would do that to a person. Today, at least, Nora was walking towards a goal. An opportunity that she felt genuine excitement for. Nora was going to pet baby goats. Nora's expressionless demeanor and monotone voice would never betray the giddy feeling that bubbled inside her. Baby goats! Baby goats! She'd even taken a pit stop at the local library to print out and construct a very bad and obviously fake Ethical Petting Zoo Inspector badge. Just in case. 

Nora had been to a ranch near the death pit before. The smell was impossible to miss when in the area, so Nora tended to avoid the area. However, the ranch Nora had stumbled across had the best selection of overalls in town. The only downside was the lack of options in her size. Whoever bought the overalls was bigger than her. That was no problem for the daughter of a designer. Nora cut them down to size and safety pinned them back together in her size. It was messy and frayed, but Nora thought it made her look like a certified punk rocker. A bear couldn't ask for more. 

Today, she was adorned in one of those creations. The legs had been chopped down to summer shorts, and the sides pinned together to keep them in size. Nora wondered if Prickly Pear Acres was where she'd been stealing from and if the man showing her the goats would recognize his own clothes. It would be funny if he did. Nora wondered if he'd seek vengeance. Maybe do a little sputtering like "How dare you! You can't just take people's overalls!" People were funny like that. Nora knew she was in the area when the rancid scent of the death pit prickled her nose. It was far enough to ignore, but close enough to be an annoyance. How did people live out here? 

Nora arrived at the ranch, pleased to see it was the one she'd been stealing from. Nora liked ranches. It's why she stole from them. She got to see animals while committing theft. Those were two of her favorite activities in one. On her walk up the drive, Nora made sure to peer at all the horses and other animals. Maybe if she was nice they'd let her ride a horse. Or she could steal a horse. Did horses like being stolen? Nora dug her hands in her pockets. Only ham. Nora was pretty sure horses didn't eat ham. She'd have to reconsider the plan. Nora clambered over a fence and started heading toward the nearest structure. She wasn't sure which one housed the baby goats, but she wasn't going to wait for whoever she'd spoken to online to find out. 

—

Just about as gullible as they come, even though Monty had started to think that maybe the person he was talking to online wasn’t actually an inspector of any kind, he still had to assume they were. He wanted to believe they wouldn’t lie about something like that. But after a conversation with Daisy, his foolishness had been made clear.

He wasn’t even sure if they’d be showing up in the middle of the night like they’d threatened. Daisy had said it was probably just a stupid prank and not to expect anything, but regardless of her advice, Monty was posted up outside the main house as it had a pretty good view of the rest of the farm. And wouldn’t you know it, just a little after 10pm he noticed movement that was much smaller and quicker than any of his animals that should’ve been outside right now. Except maybe the dogs, but this one wasn’t on all fours. 

Crap.

Watching the figure head for the nearest barn, Monty got up from the chair on the porch and headed after them, rifle in hand. Prank or not, he wouldn’t stand for anyone harassing his animals.

The figure slipped into the barn and Monty followed as quietly as he could. There was a lantern inside, giving him enough light to see that—that it was just a kid. A young girl. Well… this was unusual. Or maybe it wasn’t, he supposed she’d be just the demographic to pull a stunt like this. 

“Oye,” he called in a soft tone, lifting the strap of the gun over his head and settling it across his back. Wouldn’t need it, obviously. ��... if you’re looking for the kids, you’re in the wrong barn.”

—

There were no goats in the barn Nora had found her way into. Instead, she found herself face to face with a donkey. A mother fucking donkey. Nora was ecstatic, despite the lack of emotion on her face, she was having the time of her life. Nora leaned against the stall door; hand stretched outwards towards the donkey. The donkey looked at her, snorted, then looked away. It blatantly refused to come towards her. Nora, as an apex predator, could respect that. “I just want to be your fr-“ Nora didn’t get to finish her reassuring words to the creature when a new scent entered the mix. Nora almost missed it, it blended in so well with the other scents of the stable, dirt, horse, hay, something leathery.

Nora pushed herself off the stall door and turned around to face the approaching figure. He didn’t look imposing, but he did have a gun. What was he going to do? Shoot her? That’d be funny. Probably. Nora hadn’t been shot yet. She wondered if it would hurt. Maybe she could just ask- Wait no she was here about the baby goats.

Fumbling in her pockets, Nora eventually managed to pull out the crafted together inspector badge. She flashed it at the man. “I’m petting zoo inspector Goodall. That’s a mighty fine donkey you have there.” Nora shoved the badge back into her pocket, along with her hands. “Please take me to the kids. I need to see them as soon as possible.” Standing there, chin jutting forward, Nora had no doubt in her mind that this ploy would work for her. 

—

He couldn’t stop the smile that came to life on his face as he was shown the very official looking badge, twitching one side of his mouth up higher than the other. It looked like the project of a grade-schooler, he thought, but he wouldn’t say that out loud. 

“Thank you,” Monty responded with a nod, folding his arms across his chest. He regarded her for a moment longer before moving, turning to look behind him, out the door they’d both come through. “Well, ma’am, I don’t want to keep you waiting. Right this way.” Making a sweeping motion with his arm, he propped the door open for her and then followed her back outside, looking down at her with good humor in his expression as they walked. “It’s that one, just over there,” he explained as he pointed toward a different nearby barn, the one that housed pretty much all the newborns they had so far. 

It only took a couple minutes to get there on foot, and Monty showed her inside like a good host, unexpected as this visit actually was. The kids were snoozing in a large stall with their mothers, the gate to which the cowboy gently unlocked and gestured for the girl to go on in. “Well, petting zoo inspector Goodall, what do you think? Happy and healthy?” he asked after she’d had a minute or so to get acclimated to the baby goats as they began to stir, realizing someone was in their bed with them.

Now that he was looking at her a little more closely, he…. recognized the patchwork overalls she was wearing. Wait a minute. Those were his—he’d been losing his mind over misplacing them, if only because it was frustrating to have something just vanish like that. Holding his tongue on the matter, he figured if she was stealing them, she probably needed them more than he did. 

—

Nora took one final longing look at the donkey. She would be back one day and they would become best friends. Nora had seen many cartoons with donkeys in them and she thought they had a lot in common. They were both stubborn and food motivated. What more did anyone else need to be? Carrots. Next time she dropped by to steal some more overalls she’d bring carrots and the two would be best friends. 

Chin jutted out, shoulders straight Nora followed the direction she was being pointed to. “Your donkey stable was in very good condition. I’ve made a note of that in my records.” Nora flipped open her art pad, pencil attached to it with velcro as she made a scribbling motion. Why people were constantly complaining about not liking jobs was beyond Nora. This shit was fun. She was about to pet some goats. 

Cute aggression. That was the term wasn’t it? Nora was staring at a pen full of baby goats. The cutest goddamn little animals she’d ever seen in her whole life. “Hold this.” Nora’s hands roamed around her pockets until she found the passengers who hitched a ride in her jacket today. For some reason unknown to her, snakes and other creepy animals just ended up in her pockets. She wondered if they knew she was another creature humans feared and her body warmth. Either way, she wasn’t going to take a snake into a pen full of baby goats. It might scare the babies. There was only one person here Nora was going to scare. Nora dropped the snake around the man’s shoulders before he had time to say anything, and hastily made her way towards the sleeping goats. 

First one opened its eyes and bleated at her, then it cascaded into a chorus of baby goats calling out. If there was a heaven, this was it. Nora fell to her knees as a herd of baby goats surrounded her. Nora’s hands, clothes and hair were nibbled on. Goats screamed and she thought about screaming back but decided that wasn’t really her style. After letting the joy of the moment consume her, Nora was struck with the realization that this man had seen too much. Nora was a creature of fear. Creatures of fear don’t get seen in moments of joyful bliss. For goddess sake, she was basically smiling. Nora fixed her features, turning down the tiny corners of her mouth that had been upturned just moments before. 

“This reminds me of home.” Nora told the man. As she turned to look at him, an illusion crossed over her eyes. Goat eyes replaced her normal eyes. “I miss home.” A figure, shadowed and placed strategically out of sight of the baby goats arose up. Body of a human, head of a goat. “We should return home.” 

—

Jumping slightly as a snake (???) was dropped onto his shoulders, Monty quickly raised his hands to keep the animal from slipping to the floor of the barn and slithering off to someplace it shouldn’t be. What an odd thing to keep in your pocket.

Watching the girl enjoy the attention of the kids, he felt himself smiling. That was cute. Really cute, actually, because she sort of struck him as the stoic type. She seemed to notice this, that rigidity returning to her voice and her posture as she turned to look at him. 

Oh. Her eyes, they were—He lifted his brows in surprise, unsure of what he was looking at. What was she? Then something moved, off in the dark, lonely corner of the pen, and he nearly squeezed the snake in response, managing only to hold off by taking a step back. 

“Uh…” he stammered, looking between the girl and the goat… thing behind her. “Well don’t let me keep you,” he responded nervously, gaze fixed on what he didn’t realize was an illusion. 

—

The sweet snack of budding fear drifted to Nora. An enticing promise of what was about to become a full meal. Because if there was one thing Nora didn't know how to do, it was normal. At all times, no matter the situation, the show must go on. In Nora's case, the show was all the horrors she thought everyone around her should witness at all times. Because it was funny, and Nora was a comedian of the horror world. Probably the only one, since no one else seemed to think it was as funny as her, but that wasn't something she troubled herself by thinking about. 

"We're all going home. Together." A giggle bubbled through her, bursting out of her mouth in bell-like chimes. Illusionary blood started to swell like tears in her goat eyes before slowly dripping down her cheeks, staining her face red. Around her, the goats began to bleat. One by one they toppled over, dead. Of course, they weren't actually dead. Nora would never do anything to harm them. But given the fact that she was currently sitting inside a pen, with the man outside the pen was giving her a chance for a unique illusion setup. Normally her illusions mingled with their victims, this one was set up like a television screen. As he thought he was looking in at the pen, he was actually looking at an illusion. The moment he passed through it, he'd see Nora and the kids. Still playing. Still having the time of their lives. 

The last baby goat died, its body landing and completing the perfect circle all their dead little bodies had made. Nora still knelt, perfectly in the middle, blood pooling at her knees from the never-ending streak from her cheeks. The goatman stepped forward. Each step of his hooves on the straw ground was accompanied by the sound of shattering bones. Nora hadn't thought that would be more horrific, she just was having trouble getting the sound of hooves on straw right and decided to go with a sound she did know. Her own bones shattered with each bear transformation before they stitched themselves back into their new form. 

The goatman stood behind Nora, drawing a long claymore from behind him. He held it above her. A picture pause, a slight light creating a halo behind the figure. Silence drawn out. Then he shoved it through the top of Nora's head and plunged it down. Down. Down. Down. Skewering the illusion of Nora and turning her into a bugbear kebob stuck to the floor of the barn. The goatman turned to look at the barn's owner, a hand lifting and pointing. You're next, he seemed to be wordlessly saying. 

—

Nope! Nope, nope, absolutely fucking not—Monty had watched for as long as he could stand, bewildered and horrified and disgusted all at once, but when that thing raised a hand to point it at him, he panicked. Dropping the snake, the cowboy took a few hurried steps backwards before managing to fully turn around, booking it for the unlocked barn door and fully body checking it, bursting out into the open beyond it with legitimate terror in his chest. 

He turned to look at the barn as he backed away from it, and out here in the cool night air, he suddenly wondered if he’d actually seen any of that. Not that he had much reason to doubt it—Wicked’s Rest was a messed up place—but it just seemed… surreal. So he stood there, inching backward with his gaze fixed on the open door and the warm glow that still came from inside the building, waiting for a tall silhouette to move into the doorway. If it did. If he wasn’t insane.

—

The man ran away in a cloud of delicious terror that trailed after him. It was abundant, which amused Nora as she let the illusion drop. What? Had he never had a goat nightmare curse his barn before? Nora gave a baby goat some chin scratches. At least she was free to enjoy the goats without the eyes of someone prying. It would be embarrassing to lose her cool girl status because some one had seen her cooing and fawning over the cutest little creatures she’d ever seen. Nora pulled out her cell phone, snapping photos of each and every one of the little cuties before throwing in some selfies. As a rule of thumb, Nora hated taking selfies. Every piece of evidence that could hit the internet and prove that Eleanor Pine was alive was a threat to her future. These goats were just too cute to pass up.

—

Nothing else was happening. Nothing pursued him into the yard, and no more horrible sounds came spilling from the barn. It was quiet. Calm. 

Cautiously approaching the place he’d fled from, Monty poked his head in the doorway to see through the slatted barrier of the pen that she was just… playing with the kids again, who were all very much alive. All that other horrible shit he’d seen was nowhere to be found. Thoroughly confused and, to be honest, still freaked out, he shook his head. “Trust you can show yourself out, since you found your way here,” he called. And since she’d been stealing his damn coveralls. “Have fun.”

Without another word, the zombie hurried off to his own house, in the need of a stiff drink and a long think. 

[sepyana]

Jjba Diamond Is Unbreakable Ep 30 - FINALE Thoughts

This is gonna be a big one. Part one of two maybe?

Ep 30

Kira Yoshikage's no good very bad day.

Shinobu is not good with cats for someone who supposedly likes them.

I've always loved cats so seeing them hurt upsets me a bit more than other animals. Funnily enough, dogs die a lot more in jjba than cats but I'm pretty sure Araki likes dogs more.

I was going thru jojowiki's interview archive and found this interesting bit from Araki:

To me, dogs symbolize loyalty and friendship. All you cat lovers out there might be wondering why I didn't pick a cat, but I feel like a cat would betray them somewhere along the line (laughs wryly). They may be a playmate for you, but they're not your friend. I always end up putting cats on the enemy side, like with how the elder D'Arby used them to cheat which might say something about how I view them."

It's a bit sad that he thinks cats can't be companions like dogs but that explains a lot about Kira's heavy association with cats right? He has the "personality of a cat" too.

Let's talk about Shinobu and Hayato for a bit.

I do feel bad for her, her situation is definitely not enviable. My sympathy starts to run dry when we see how she treats Hayato, though. She is upset he isn't trying to build a connection with her as if it isn't her responsibility to do that. I think it's pretty clear that she doesn't like him because she views him as the reason why she is stuck in her marriage. Well, this is a sensitive and long topic so I'm cutting it here.

Speaking of Hayato, I like him. I wasn't expecting that considering how late he was introduced and how easy it would be to fuck it up. He helped a lot the move the plot forward. Watching him struggle and find a way to break through Bites The Dust was really entertaining (which I will get into later). There is one major thing about him that's hard to ignore and that's how he doesn't feel like an 11 year old at all. What kind of 11 year old installs cameras in their house to spy on ther parents? What's funnier is that the show ignores this like it's normal. As if everyone spied on their parents when they were in elementary school. It's so unnecessary too. Having him get suspicious about Stray Cat and learning Kira is an impostor while hiding would be enough. I'm not like, upset at this I'm just really confused.

Stray cat acts on base instincts moreso than the other animals we have seen like Iggy and Pet Shop. It's weird that some animals are as smart as humans while other's are more like themselves.

I was initally confused on why they set up Kira having affection for Shinobu as it does not get brought up ever again. I think it's to give a reason for why he doesn't kill her. His need to kill grows stronger by day but he can't kill Shinobu without messing up the plot.

Ep 31 - 34

Okay, so, the next four episodes catalogue four different events happening in the same day all at once. Which is pretty cool. Diu has a big cast so of course we'd want to utilize them all, right?

Superfly

I like this part the least, not because it's bad or anything. I just think other parts have more to offer.

Mikitaka just waited there as binoculars and hoping Josuke and Okuyasu would happen to walk there. It worked but. I feel like he made the situation worse? If he hadn't pointed it out Josuke and Okuyasu wouldn't go in the tower to begin with.

Enigma

This stand is way too cool to only appear in two episodes. The design of the actual stand itself is a bit boring but the effects. The effects both look and sound great.

You need to make your target show their sign of fear twice for it to work. It reminds me of D'arby in that way. The interesting thing is that Terunosuke can also store items and himself in paper. If this stand was given to someone who is not a psychopath it could still be really useful.

D:

Yuya gets some time to shine. We are reaching the end so it was either gonna be now or never. I like his design fine. I can't say that his face heel turn was forced since we knew very little about the dude before anyway. I think it's funny that the reason he helps Josuke is because he would be very upset if this happened to one of his girls. Good job Yuya, you are experiencing compassion, and empathy! I also like the way he says "Highway Star!!".

Highway Star is not an outstanding design or anything but I do like the way the zipper on his chin looks like a pointy beard.

My main issue with this part is Terunosuke being turned into a book for the rest of time. He sucks but he is nowhere as bad as Angelo, I don't really think he deserves a fate worse than death like him. It's weird that Josuke causally does these things too. You could mention Giorno but he isn't even aware of GER's power. GER says so himself.

It's a bit unfortunate that the only dark skinned character in Part 4 literaly turns into an object. I don't think Araki intended this obviously but it's there now.

Cheap Trick

What kind of pranks Rohan has been pulling for Koichi to think this was a joke?

Curiosity killed the Rohan. I'm sure this is not gonna foreshadow anything.

Rohan always gets the weirdest stand fights I swear. They all specifically counter Heaven's Door in some way. Heaven's Door is juuust at the edge of being too OP. It's awkward to work with in some aspects. I'd say having Rohan actually write the commands instead of them naturally appearing would make more sense. This would make it even worse at fights but it's not meant to be that. I don't mind the stand as is though, it's literary called 'Heaven's Door" it's meant to be busted. Plus, Heaven's Door is adorable, it can be a lil OP, as a treat.

Cheap Trick looks like it has a diaper on. It looks like a baby if you squint hard enough. A lot of people do feel "trapped" by their kids, so uhh lol

Killer Queen

Kira finally goes in to for a kill. Unfortunately for him Hayato is a freak and has been following him thr entire time. It's entertaining to watch but it doesn't reveal anything about Kira that we don't already know.

Ep 35-36

There are a lot of great things about the Bites The Dust Arc. One thing I wanna mention is just how hopeless the situation feels. At first for Kira and then for our crew. Like,

Episode 35 starts with Kira getting checkmated by a child. He can't kill Hayato but he can't let him go either. Kira is incredibly arrogant but I wouldn't say he is impulsive. This was enough to get to him though, he kills Hayato without thinking and puts himself in the worst situation possible.

He isn't even trying to keep cover at this point. Changing his hair to symbolize that.

You could say Kira gaining a new ability was a stupid asspull, I don't mind it at all. Stories like conflict and giving a villain powerups will create more conflict, unlike deus ex machinas, which remove them. Some people get really upset about those but idrc. I thought Jotaro being able to stop time was a really cool reveal. It's a bit lame that it didn't get foreshadowed at all but it's not the end of the world for me. It is the end of The World for Dio though :D

Bites The Dust activates. Seeing Hayato alive was weird enough but then you see Kira the most confident yet. He is so confident in fact that he straight up tells Hayato his real identity.

Kira is such a huge moron. He basically has the world at his side and he still somehow manages to fuck it up. I'm surprised that got away with murder for 15 years without Killer Queen or anything.

Kira revealing his identity becomes shortly relevant when we see Rohan, with what might be his best fit yet. I'm not sure about the gloves though.

I love how they did this scene. The slow reveal of Hayato's pages seeing the future. The music stopping and Rohan's voice getting lower and lower as he realises what is happening.

The protags and their allies are almost always very selfless. Rohan is going to die yet his main concern is telling others Kira's identity. Much in the same way Kak's last thought was telling Joseph The World's power. Also similar to how the last thing Ceasar does is get the antidote for Joseph. I don't really like how samey the allies are in that regard. At points, their total lack of self-preservation annoys me. I wanna talk about this more on another post but I doubt I'll do it.

I was a little sad about Rohan dying but I was mostly sad for Reimi. I did feel bad when she called him "Little Rohan". Imagine being Reimi in that situation.

And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dusttttt

I like the simple set-ups and pay-offs this arc. You learn Hayato has most likely rewinded time before, then you see "Rohan Kishibe also died. You are shown whoever dies during Bites The Dust is fated to die again, then we are shown Hayato getting caught by out crew. Makes the moment infinitely more tense.

Also, i's incredibly concerning one of the first things Hayato thinks of is to kill himself. He is like 11!

I love that Killer Queen shows up to look at Hayato dead in the eyes. Hayato can't see stands, Bites The Dust is an independent stand. Killer Queen shows just enough emotion in these scenes to make you think. Not enough to be sure of any interpretation. I think that's a cool detail... Killer Queen in the manga doesn't have the intense look of her anime counterpart.

It was around at this point when I started think "I have no idea how they are going to get out of this."

Hayato calling Josuke for help was pretty smart! Kira not being able to use his stand while Bites The Dust is active makes a lot of sense. I feel stupid for not figuring that out sooner.

Little man omg

Ep 37-38

I have a lot to say about this part but I also have nothing. There are a lot of small things so.. a lightning round:

The red glow of Killer Queen's eyes looks amazing. Combined eith the art and the animation she is just so menacing. Like in her initial appearance.

I appreciate that Josuke mentions Shigechi.

The fight between Crazy Diamond and Killer Queen was smooth as hell. The fights in Jojo are moreso about outsmarting the enemy and beating them up is the reward. You don't see them trade blow for blow like this.

The colors are especially nice too. Greenish blue Crazy Diamond is pretty.

Killer Queen being bad at fighting due to Kira's no conflict policy is not something I thought about before, but it makes a lot of sense. Of course someone like him wouldn't have a stand great in combat.

Kira saying he despises conflict more than anything else made me thing of Dio's whole "Peace of mind" speech. The thing human psyche wants is secure serenity and all that. I'd say this applies to Dio as well even though he doesn't consider himself human. This isn't about him though.

Now that those are out of the way... let's talk Okuyasu's "death". I initially hated it, I like it a bit more now. Kira turning the dying Okuyasu into a bomb like Aya was brutal. When Terunosuke threw the paper with Koichi's name, Josuke went after it despite calling it bait. He said even if there was a minuscule chance of it being Koichi, he had save it. He knows that Okuyasu is a bomb but he cannot accept that. If the slight chance of him not being a bom was true, and he didn't save him, he would not be able to live with himself.

Josuke being in denial that Okuyasu died like how he did with his grandfather.

The way Crazy Diamond and Killer Queen contrast each other is lovely. KQ's ability stopping Josuke from healing and how CD can reverse Kira's explosions.

Okuyasu finally making a choice for himself and coiing back is a nice cap to his character arc. It was a really wholesome moment.

My main issue with it is I don't really like fake-out deaths. I don't think Araki is good at writing them. This was true for Avdol and it's true for Okuyasu. Just imagine if this was the way Okuyasu died for real. Gets killed out of nowhere at the end just so Josuke could have a sad moment. At first I thought maybe another bites thr fust would happen because it didn't feel right for him to die this way. But then the show kept insisting he was dead.

I felt like there were a lot of ways to do this without doing a fakeout death at the second to last episode of Part 4.

On a side note, I don't really understand how the dried blood works exactly? I don't understand how Kira can control the air bomb. Sure, he turned that thing into a bomb but it is Stray Cat who can control those things to begin with. Idk idk.

They used Dio's theme at the end there. Fits the moment well

Ep 39 - Epilogue

This my favourite episode in all of Jojo so far. I think I've watched the confrontation with Kira over 100 times at this point. It has the exact same effect on me cocomelon has on little kids haha

Kira's confession is already funny as is but then there is Killer Queen's thousand yard stare. She does NOT want to be there.

Everything about Kira's defeat was just so good. The animation, the colors, the sound effects, the voice acting, the timing it just hits the right spot.

More evidence that Star Platinum can say things other than ora. Also, you really gotta love how they used the exact same music that played before Dio "killed" Joseph.

The intense music that hits when Jotaro and Rohan run towards Kira only for him to activate Bites the Dust. The effects were amazing. It makes tou think though, is this what you see when you die or is it from Kira thinking Bites The Dust activated. Who knows. (I can't believe jojo actually fake outed us with the fake BtD lol)

I love how everyone got to do something. Rohan and Reimi found Hayato. Hayato defeated Bites The Dust and let Kira be found by the crew. Josuke gravely injured Kira, Okuyasu got rid of his air bombs. Koichi gave Jotaro enough time for him to stop Kira for good. Reimi gathered everyone for help and sent his ass to hell at the end. Even my boy Arnold got to bite Kira's hand and help Reimi.

Part 4 is focused more on the group as a whole instead of Josuke like Parts 2 and 3. And that's okay. I hear some people say Josuke got done dirty but he has arguably carried the team harder than Jotaro did part 3. Only person who did almost as much as him was Koichi. People say Jotaro stole the spotlight from Josuke but Koichi did way more than Jotaro.

I'm not crying about Reimi leaving, you are

It's so wholesome how Reimi treats Rohan like he is her younger brother. It's common here for little kids to have high school students who they look up to for help, a neighbor or a cousin of some kind. When you are so little sophomores feel like grown adults. It's more of a cultural thing as not all of them give a lot of importance to neighbors and extended family. I couldn't help but make the connection though. Not sure how it is in Japan.

Okuyasu looking after Stray Cat... Thank you Araki for not killing them off.

Shout out to Joduke for stealing Joseph's money. He deserved it.

Jotaro leaving Morioh on a boat instead of a plane cuz Joseph's there. Memories.

AND DONE. Actually not really. I wanna give some general thoughts about Part 4 later since this is more of a episode by episode thing. I still have some stuff to say unfortunately.

This took so much longer than part 3. I think there was a lot more stuff to talk about in part 4. You can definitely see why so many people have it as their favourite.

Uhh see anyone reading this after I finish Golden Wind. I'm gonna binge it this time. And liveblog just a bit.