#he’d be unstoppable if it wasn’t for his lack of common sense and his problems with motivation

[random-iz-stuff]

Zim might be one of the smartest Irkens alive:

In the comics, an Irken Engineer named Skrang built this thing:

It’s a prototype wormhole generator, giving the Tallest the ability to teleport anything to the base of any Invader, heavily implied to be the first of its kind.

Skrang had help doing this. He wears a specialized backpack filled with dozens of harvested Vortian brains, which presumably gives him a boost of intelligence. It’s a literal think tank.

Now it’s pretty safe to assume that Skrang either invented the wormhole generator on his own or at least played a massive part in doing so, as he wouldn’t need the extra brainpower if he was following a blueprint made by someone else.

Irkens are extremely intelligent on their own, especially when it comes to machines and mechanical devices. Vortians are also extremely smart, being tied with Irkens for the rank of “smartest known species in the Galaxy”. Now take that information and think about how complicated that wormhole generator must be.

It took an irken artificially increasing their intelligence with dozens of Vortian brains to make a one-way prototype. It took two of the smartest species in the Galaxy mixing several of their brains together to make this thing. (Minor headcanon: the only reason that Vortian brains are being used in the Irken Think Tank instead of Irken brains is because Vortian brains are easily acquired now that the Empire has captured Vort, while harvesting an Irken brain means killing a perfectly good Irken).

Point is, this wormhole generator is extremely advanced, possibly more advanced than anything else in the entire galaxy, and it took harvesting the brains of dozens of the galaxy’s smartest creatures and connecting them to another one of the Galaxy’s smartest creatures to figure out how to build it. And even then they still don’t know how to make it two-way.

Then the Tallest use it to send a piece of garbage to Zim and within minutes, this happens:

Within minutes of receiving the trash, Zim figured out how to trace its origin back to the Massive. This wormhole generator is the first of its kind and Zim managed to easily trace it back to the massive. NO ONE besides the Tallest and Engineer Skrang have seen this thing, and only Skrang knows how it works, but Zim still managed to figure out exactly what it was and trace it back to the Massive.

That’s not really saying much on its own, as the wormhole most likely gave off a unique energy signal that Zim could track, but it’s important for this next thing.

At the end of the comic, Zim does this:

Zim reverse engineered the wormhole generator.

Alright, alright, WAIT WHAT!?

ZIM BUILT HIS OWN IDENTICAL WORMHOLE GENERATOR!? THE THING THAT’S SO COMPLICATED AND ADVANCED THAT SKRANG HAD TO ATTACH A TANK FULL OF VORTIAN BRAINS TO HIMSELF JUST TO MAKE HIMSELF SMART ENOUGH TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD ONE?!

And it gets even more impressive when you realize that Zim has NEVER SEEN the wormhole generator before. All he has to go off in terms of building one is that single energy signature that he used to trace the wormhole back to the Massive.

All he had in terms of blueprints was a single reading showing the energy signal that the wormhole gives off. That’s like trying to build a bomb by using the crater of another bomb as your only blueprint.

He built that thing from SCRATCH. With NO blueprint and a completely unmodified brain. Zim doesn’t have a tank full of Vortian brains attached to his back, and he didn’t need one to build a super complex wormhole generator.

And that’s before you consider that it probably took weeks, possibly even months for Engineer Skrang to go from his original concept to the working prototype that we see. Meanwhile, judging by how Zim believed that he was in serious danger and was trying to build his wormhole generator as quickly as he possibly could because of that, I’d say that it took him no more than an hour to build his wormhole generator, maybe two hours if we’re being generous.

In other words, Zim’s brain on its own was able to do in an hour what an artificially enhanced Irken brain took MONTHS to do.

And despite that, Zim still has no common sense. He really does have a 20 in Intelligence and a 3 in Wisdom.

[spyroid101]

The Traitor (Part 2)

Hurricane’s taking it’s sweet ‘ol time, so while I still have a bit of power and internet, let’s have part 2 of Happy Chiss Family Drama Funtimes, sponsored by @jedicreed-fr 8′D

*BRICK’D*

Nath'odash'lastu was not as blind to her shortcomings as her brother would like to have believed.

Despite her promising heritage, Thodashla ended up being born with a weak heart, as well as severe hemophilia.

She couldn’t even play-wrestle with her brother as a hatchling without blacking out and bleeding out all over the place.

She’d often hear talks among her parents about trying to get her a mechanical implant to strengthen her heart, but the conclusion always came out the same: Her hemophilia most likely wouldn’t let her survive the operation.

It was quite clear she’d never find her place on the battlefield.

Not from lack of trying, though. Her mother and maternal father remained encouraging of her when she said she wanted to at least try some combat training.

...But when her heart seized and stopped for a full minute after just attempting a simple dodge maneuver, even she realized it wouldn’t work out...

And so, while her brother got to go and train to become a military strategist, she was forced to stay at home, carefully watched over by her bodyguard who was suppose to have been released of duty years ago, guarded from all stress and conflict.

And that was when her mother introduced her to all the history books, and the world just opened up for Thodashla. Even if she couldn’t participate in the battles of now, there was still much to be learned from the battles of the past.

Her mother would always tell her that she and Kurdo'hith'rauste were two sides of the same coin, that together, with her knowledge of the past, and his cunning of the now, the two of them would be an unstoppable force of wit and power...

Only problem: Dohithra was having none of it.

Dohithra was far too lost in his own ambition for fame and glory to ever consider taking the aid of a “broken” Chiss like Thodashla.

He constantly mocked her interest in the past, claiming that she should be looking towards the future.

...His arrogance was going to get himself killed one of these days.

From all of Thodashla’s research, she knew that sometimes...

...Sometimes there were stones that shouldn’t be overturned, some questions shouldn’t be answered.

The Shade. The Force.

And whatever power or force that caused the Seer child to disappear.

Thodashla knew Janto wasn’t stupid, he must have felt it too, the energy around the area that tapped into one’s most basic instincts, loudly proclaiming “DON’T PURSUE THIS. LEAVE IT ALONE, IT WILL JUST DISAPPEAR, AND WON’T HURT YOU. THIS WASN’T MEANT TO BE FOUND.”.

He’d dropped the search for a reason.

But despite this, Dohithra could only see the hypothetical glory he could get if he DID find it, whatever “it” was, regardless of whatever beast he might end up poking in the process.

It was for that reason, that Thodashla decided to follow her brother in secret during his patrol. Despite all his bitterness towards her, Thodashla still cared deeply for her brother. They were family.

Sure, she wasn’t exactly sure what she’d do if he did end up getting into trouble...

...The forward planning was always Dohithra’s expertise, after all...

Halfway into the patrol of Loth-Ysalamiri, Dohithra’s group split up, the two other men entering the schoolhouse, while Dohithra headed towards the town’s boarder, not stopping, even after he crossed it.

Thodashla already knew where he was heading, her flight instinct was already spiking as they approached the clearing where the two dragons disappeared, and she had to remind herself to carefully breathe, least her heart seize up from how fast it was trying to race.

She snuck away from her bodyguard to do this, so nobody knew she was out here. If she ended up blacking out here...

...Well, it wouldn’t be good.

Thodashla quickly ducked down into hiding as Dohithra stopped in the middle of the clearing, and pulled out this... odd glowing pendent from his coat.

The strange peace of jewelry seemed as if it was... levitating on its own...

And then, before she knew it, Dohithra suddenly spread out his wings, and took off into the sky.

Where...?

Where was he going???

At the speed he was going, he looked like he’d be flying all the way out of Lightning territory, but-

By himself?

Alone?

When Janto wanted him in Loth-Ysalamiri??

Was he insane?!

Thodashla’s mind raced, what should she do?

‘Tell mom! Tell dads!’ Common sense screamed at her. ‘They’d be able to talk sense into him!’

However, instinct drowned out common sense, as she suddenly found herself leaping into flight after him.

She carefully smoothed out her wing strokes, as she felt her heart stutter a beat from the effort, taking calm, deep, careful breathes.

Maybe SHE was insane, did she really think she could keep up with her brother like this?!

What was she even thinking?!

...That if Janto managed to find out, he would think Dohithra was deserting, and have his head for it...

‘...You can do this...’ She thought to herself, taking another deep breath. ‘You’ve read about this, Wind Snappers, ride the wind currents, take the strain off your wings, let the wind do the work...’

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

‘You can do this...’

Breathe in.

Breathe out.

‘Mom’s going to kill us for this...’

[junker-town]

10 potential NFL player holdouts, ranked from most to least likely to happen

Bobby Wagner, Julio Jones, and Yannick Ngakoue probably won’t be at training camp until they get contract extensions.

When NFL training camps opened in July 2018, many of the league’s biggest names steered clear. Le’Veon Bell, Aaron Donald, Khalil Mack, and Earl Thomas all refused to show up due to qualms with their contracts.

Bell never reported, opting instead to sit out an entire season after the Steelers franchised him in back-to-back years.

Donald’s holdout ended with a record-breaking contract from the Rams. And Mack’s ended when he was traded from the Raiders to the Bears and subsequently given the blockbuster deal he wanted too.

Thomas reluctantly showed up without a new contract from the Seahawks and wasn’t shy about voicing his displeasure — most notably when he suffered a broken leg early in the 2018 season that ended his time in Seattle.

There probably won’t be the same level of star power on the list of holdouts this summer. But skipping training camp is a common, and usually effective, tactic. At least a few will give it a try.

Here are 10 NFL players who may be training camp absentees in 2019, ranked from likeliest to least likely to hold out:

4 players with a holdout on the way

Jadeveon Clowney, DE, Texans

The No. 1 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft may not be the unstoppable sack machine that many expected him to be, but Clowney has emerged as a perennial Pro Bowler. He’s valuable enough that the Texans gave him a franchise tag that guarantees him $15.967 million in 2019.

That’s a good pay day for Clowney. The problem is that it lacks long-term security and is below market value for the position.

Clowney got things started by sitting out offseason workouts, but the only date that matters is July 15. That’s the deadline for franchised players to sign an extension.

If no deal gets done by mid-July, a training camp holdout would be a bit of an exercise in futility for Clowney. It’d be a (perfectly justifable) protest of the tag, but — barring a trade — wouldn’t yield a new contract.

Although there haven’t been many updates on the progress of negotiations, Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle said in April that there was “no deal in sight.” It doesn’t help either that the Texans fired general manager Brian Gaine in June and bungled their attempts to replace him. That left interim general manager Chris Olsen and coach Bill O’Brien about a month to work on a deal with Clowney.

Bill O'Brien on Jadeveon Clowney and if Brian Gaine firing affects anything with his status going forward: 'He's been franchised. He's not here. It is what it is.'

— Aaron Wilson (@AaronWilson_NFL) June 11, 2019

Until Clowney signs his franchise tender, the Texans won’t be able to fine him for missing training camp practices. If no deal gets done in July, it’d be logical to assume Clowney takes a while to show up in August.

Yannick Ngakoue, DE, Jaguars

Jacksonville appears to have prioritized an extension for Ngakoue ahead of a deal for cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

That makes sense, considering both were drafted in 2016 but Ramsey was the first-round pick. That means he had a fifth-year option on his contract that keeps him locked up through the 2020 season. Ngakoue is entering the last year of his rookie deal, so his contract situation is a more immediate hurdle for the Jaguars to clear.

Ngakoue sat out offseason workouts earlier this year for that reason.

Statement from Jaguars’ DE Yannick Ngakoue: “I will not be attending minicamp as my contract has not been resolved. I remain committed to Jacksonville, the fans and my teammates. My hope is to be with Jacksonville for years to come.”

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 10, 2019

In three seasons with the Jaguars, Ngakoue has 29.5 sacks and one trip to the Pro Bowl. That kind of production should put him in the same tier as Demarcus Lawrence, Frank Clark, Trey Flowers, and Dee Ford — each of whom got a pricy five-year deal in 2019 that averaged between $17.1 and $21 million.

So far, it doesn’t look like there’s been much progress made between the Jaguars and Ngakoue.

A training camp holdout looks like it’s on the way, and he may be the player on this list who’s likeliest to drag his contract dispute into September.

Bobby Wagner, LB, Seahawks

As far as holdouts go, Wagner’s hunt for a new contract has been as amicable as possible. The linebacker chose against practicing in OTAs, but still showed up at the facility and participated without going on the field.

“He handled it beautifully,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters, via 247Sports. “Bobby’s an incredible player in this program. Everything that he does, his presence is obvious. He’s been around for everything. He’s been involved with everything and he’s handled it exactly the way he should under these circumstances.”

Things may get a little more contentious when it gets closer to the season, though. Wagner is arguably the best linebacker in the NFL, but now he has serious leverage for a pay raise thanks to C.J. Mosley. The Jets gave Mosley a five-year contract that averages $17 million per year — waaaaay more than Luke Kuechly’s $12.36 million average that previously reigned as the top salary for an inside linebacker.

Wagner is entering the final year of his contract and remains an integral part of the Seahawks. The defense has undergone a transformation in the wake of the Legion of Boom’s demise, and Wagner’s been the player who has held the unit together through the transition.

But it’s going to be a tough negotiation, thanks in no small part to Mosley’s outlier of a contract. Wagner probably won’t show up until the deal is done.

Julio Jones, WR, Falcons

The Falcons placated Jones last year when he opted to skip out on the beginning of training camp. While the star receiver didn’t get the huge contract he was aiming for, the Falcons shifted money around on the deal to give him more money in 2018.

“We have come to an agreement with Julio, and we will re-address everything in 2019,” Falcons general manager Thomas Dimitroff said in a statement at the time.

Well now it’s well into 2019 and the contract still hasn’t been re-addressed. There was a report in April that a deal was close to finished, but nothing came of that. Jones then sat out OTAs, setting the table for a training camp holdout.

After five straight Pro Bowl seasons with at least 1,400 receiving yards each, Jones isn’t going to come cheap. He’ll probably want a contract that eclipses the $18 million per year that was awarded to Odell Beckham Jr. last year.

There’s not much reason to believe the Falcons won’t pay up. Jones won’t be at camp until they do.

3 players more likely than not to holdout

Chris Jones, DT, Chiefs

Kansas City did some high-stakes tinkering with its pass rush during the offseason, shipping Dee Ford to the 49ers and filling his role by trading for Frank Clark. But the real centerpiece of the Chiefs’ defense is Jones, who had 15.5 sacks in 2018.

With his contract expiring after the 2019 season, Jones skipped offseason practices this spring. The Chiefs responded to the absence by playing hardball.

From Up to the Minute Live: The #Chiefs have mandatory minicamp without DT Chris Jones, who wants a new contract. Sounds like KC won't negotiate until Jones shows up. pic.twitter.com/k5EMeGFxyG

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 11, 2019

The good news for the Chiefs is that Jones has a reason to show up shortly after training camp opens. If he’s not in camp by Aug. 6, he’d be set to reach restricted free agency next year rather than unrestricted free agency.

Camp opens for the Chiefs on July 24, so Jones will be rolling the dice if he isn’t there within the first couple weeks. That makes a holdout much less likely to happen, but not impossible. Aaron Donald faced the same situation in 2018 and blew through the deadline in pursuit of a new contract.

He still didn’t show up until the Rams gave him a record-breaking deal on the last day of August. It wouldn’t be that surprising if Jones followed in Donald’s footsteps.

Darius Slay, CB, Lions

On the list of underpaid players coming up on the end of their contracts, Slay is in a different situation. He signed an extension in 2016 and still has two years left with base salaries of $12.55 million and $10 million on the way.

Since signing that deal, Slay has been to the Pro Bowl two times while several other cornerbacks got more lucrative contracts. He’s also gone through the guaranteed portions of the deal.

Now Slay’s angling for another contract that pays him like the elite cornerback that he is and gives him some security. And that could mean missing some of training camp.

“Will I be there?” Slay said of training camp on a podcast in June, via the Detroit Free Press. “We’ll see. Time will tell.”

With two years left on his deal, Detroit doesn’t need to do Slay any favors and restructure it. But the Lions are also sitting pretty with over $23 million in cap space and can afford to kick one of their best players a little more. Slay can edge them toward the latter with a holdout.

Robbie Gould, K, 49ers

There aren’t many examples of kickers holding out, but Gould has made it clear that San Francisco isn’t a place he wants to be. He requested a trade in April and told the 49ers that he won’t negotiate a long-term deal ahead of the July 15 deadline for an extension.

In a turn of events, 49ers’ franchise kicker Robbie Gould has pulled his contract proposals that he sent to San Francisco and told the team he will not negotiate or sign a long-term deal with them, and he would like to be traded, Gould said Tuesday.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 23, 2019

The 49ers didn’t take long to deny the trade request:

Will you trade Robbie Gould? “No.” - Kyle Shanahan

— Jennifer Lee Chan (@jenniferleechan) April 26, 2019

That curt response shut down rumors, but it didn’t quell Gould’s discontent. He’d still prefer to play close to home in Chicago, where he was for the first 11 seasons of his NFL career. (The Bears could certainly use the help after a brutal year of kicking.)

Kickers are often cogs that are easy to replace, but Gould has some leverage after leading the NFL in field goal percentage in 2019 by nailing 33 of his 34 tries. It’s why the 49ers don’t want to part with Gould and gave him the franchise tag in the first place. The team will probably keep him around even if he holds out.

The question is how long Gould is willing to stay away from San Francisco while he hunts for a trade.

3 players who may hold out, but will probably be in camp

Duke Johnson, RB, Browns

Like Gould, Johnson is on the hunt for a new uniform more than a new contract. The Browns running back says his goal is “to be somewhere [where he’s] wanted.”

Duke Johnson Jr. explains his trade request & why he doesn’t feel wanted by #Browns anymore pic.twitter.com/EyRQ5MNiaY

— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) June 4, 2019

The Browns — like the 49ers — also haven’t been very receptive of the request:

#Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens minces NO words w/ us on unhappy RB Duke Johnson: “He wants to be traded. I want to win the lottery. It doesn’t matter. He’s under contract. He’s a Cleveland Brown he’s going to be used to the best of his ability in what benefits the team.”

— Aditi Kinkhabwala (@AKinkhabwala) June 4, 2019

Johnson is currently set to be Nick Chubb’s backup in Cleveland, and his touches will likely decline when an eight-game suspension for Kareem Hunt is up. Johnson finished the 2018 season with just 40 rushing attempts, despite averaging 5.0 yards per carry. He contributed a little more in the pass game with 47 receptions, but that was down from 74 receptions in 2017.

While he showed up for minicamp, Johnson could opt to sit out in August in his attempt to find a bigger role elsewhere.

Trent Williams, OT, Washington

Williams is the same boat as Slay.

He signed a huge extension in 2015, the guaranteed money has been paid, and his contract is down to its final two years. Now Williams wants more.

#Redskins LT Trent Williams, not spotted in the building this morning, wants a new deal, I’m told. His deal was huge when he signed out, but the market has shifted greatly. https://t.co/12AFhn394d

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) June 4, 2019

He’s not in a bad spot with $11 million and $12.5 million in base salary for the next two years. But many offensive tackles have shifted the market in the last few years and Williams — who turns 31 in July — is running out of time to get another blockbuster deal.

Williams explained his absence from offseason practices in a meeting with team president Bruce Allen.

“I’ve talked to Trent a few times,” Allen told NBC Sports. ”He’s explained some things to me and I’ll leave it at that.”

Part of Williams’ complaint is reportedly due to frustration with the Washington medical staff. Williams had a growth on his head surgically removed, and coach Jay Gruden told reporters that the offensive tackle “wished the diagnosis had come a little sooner” from team doctors.

While Williams has been to seven consecutive Pro Bowls, he hasn’t completed a 16-game season since 2013. Most recently, he missed three games in 2018 due to thumb and rib injuries, and six games in 2017 due to a knee injury. Washington struggled to deal with the absence, and now has rookie quarterback Dwayne Haskins to protect.

Still, the team probably won’t be keen to giving Williams another extension when he has two years left on the last one.

Michael Thomas, WR, Saints

Not many people are expecting Thomas to hold out. Mostly because he’s been adamant all offseason that it’s not his style.

“I’m a football player first — I like being at work.” Thomas told ESPN in May. “I feel pretty certain that everything will get taken care of and handled professionally. This is how I approach the game and how I show up to work the same way, and everything else will take care of itself.”

So don’t expect a standoff anything close to Le’Veon Bell’s with the Steelers.

But Thomas is due to make a laughably low $1.148 million for the 2019 season. He’s emerged as one of the NFL’s most elite receivers, and is headed into the last year of his rookie contract.

No player has more receptions than Thomas in the last three seasons and he wants a mega deal that reflects that level of production. He, too, will want to eclipse Beckham’s $18 million per year. Thomas might also be interested in waiting to see how the contract situation of Jones is resolved in Atlanta.

For now, there’s still plenty of negotiating to do:

Latest intel on Michael Thomas contract talks, per sources: •Sides are roughly $4M apart in Average Per Year. • Thomas' camp has come down to $22M asking price. • Saints in $18M APY neigborhood. • Thomas is currently in Europe so again nothing is imminent.

— Jeff Duncan (@JeffDuncan_) June 21, 2019

In the time since Thomas spoke to reporters in May, his teammate Cameron Jordan got a three-year, $52.5 million extension. Thomas is likely to get his deal relatively soon, and he probably won’t sit out of training camp practices to force the issue. But it’d certainly make sense if he wanted to establish a sense of urgency before the 2019 regular season begins.

[shuutakao]

tagged by: @paradiseburnt​, the best tuna sandwich

– ＡＢＯＵＴ ＴＨＥ ＭＵＳＥ

ｇｅｎｅｒａｌ –

height: 173 cm (5′9″) weight: 65 kg (143 lbs) ethnicity: Japanese occupation: student gender: cis male sexual identification: homosexual, maybe bisexual I can never honestly decide, labels are hard romantic identification: homoromantic myers briggs type:  E... something I’ve never even done this for him weirdly enough alignment: chaotic good

ｓｐｅｃｉｆｉｃｓ –

favorite food: kimchi favorite drink: fruity sodas favorite brand: I almost said something silly but he honestly doesn’t care favorite hobby: collecting trading cards favorite artist:  doesn’t care, isn’t cultured favorite musician: OLDCODEX favorite scent: fresh food and fruit favorite person: his family, all three of them, and Midorima of course, as his closest and most trusted friend

ｒａｎｄｏｍ –

list ten facts about your muse:

Takao’s fashion sense is terrible, mostly because he doesn’t care enough to be fashionable and also can’t afford super high fashion clothes. Despite that he somehow manages to pull it off with his attitude about the whole thing, so his mismatched outfits don’t look quite as bad on him as they could.

Takao’s favorite animal is cats, and he really wants to have one as a pet. He also has a connection with birds of course, but if he had to pick an animal to own it’d be a cat over a bird. Honestly he likes a lot of animals but doesn’t know much about them/taking care of them, so if someone asked him to pet sit he may be a little lost.

He’s an idiot who doesn’t wear enough layers when the weather is bad and gets colds a lot. But rarely does he ever get sick enough to keep himself out of school or practice. Since he’s uncomfortable being doted on, he would hate being bedridden.

There aren’t a lot of people he’s particularly close to. He’s better at flitting around and listening to lots of people’s problems then making deep connections, because he doesn’t particularly enjoy talking about himself on any deep level. He’s not very good at dealing with vulnerability and not being able to comfort others due to his own bad emotional state makes him feel basically useless.

He used to take gymnastics as a kid before he started basketball in middle school because it looked fun and gymnastics wasn’t offered. Because of this he’s flexible, can do flips, and has very good balance. He also has very good perception of his own body and movements.

Takao and his little sister are very close and very similar in personality, though she’s better academically than he is due to having slightly more focus, and he’s better athletically. They’re extremely physical with their affection and often tickle/playfully wrestle each other, though that has gotten less frequent since the two of them have gotten older. They share video games but Takao’s sister is usually the one who finishes them when Takao gets bored or distracted.

Games of chance never seem to go in his favor. He stays away from them at festivals. Games that involve a sharp eye and fast reflexes, however, he’s very good at. Midorima is good at them as well, so when the two of them team up, they’re practically unstoppable.

Takao absolutely would work himself to the point of mental and physical exhaustion if he thought it would help someone he cared about, and he would cover up the strain with a laugh and a good attitude. Conversely, he’s not used to others doing favors for him and he has a hard time accepting them if he can’t repay them back in some way. His team player spirit has rubbed off on Midorima somewhat, but Midorima’s selfishness has toughened Takao’s convictions as well.

Takao is good with kids (canon) and is the best at making them laugh when they’re upset. Children love him because of his ability to say ridiculous and funny things without any awkwardness. He would make a very loved teacher/camp counselor. If he played basketball for fun with any little kids, he’d let them win and then gush about how talented they were.

The person/people he’d get along with the best from each rival/GOM team would be: Kuroko/Izuki, Kise/Kasamatsu, Momoi, Himuro/Fukui, Mayuzumi/Hayama. The member of the Generation of Miracles that he has the hardest time holding a conversation with is Murasakibara, and the one he most wants to beat is Akashi.

list five things they like:

joking with/teasing his friends

loud music

doodling in class

sunny days

singing in the shower

list five things they dislike:

the attitude surrounding prodigies

being alone for too long

being quiet

being looked down upon

being unable to comfort the people he cares about

common words / phrases that annoy them?: “Perfection,” “natural talent,” “genius,” “luck.” personality types they prefer: Someone who offsets his own personality well, someone he can fluster easily but also can trust deeply, someone who makes him feel valuable. personality types they avoid: People who think they can do no wrong, who don’t do work and have things handed to them on a platter. People who can’t collaborate or compromise with others. what do you find different ( or distinct ) about your portrayal?: I don’t really know in terms of RP honestly, I see a lot of Takao portrayed in fics as solely whiny and clingy or solely like, really sexual and thirsty, idk. I hate when people give him that typical submissive yaoi role or whatever. He has plenty of his own motivations, tenacity, and stubbornness that has nothing to do with Midorima, though the two are joined at the hip and I do mention him a lot, that’s unavoidable. I’m also pretty open about embracing his bad qualities, his lack of talent and focus in some areas, the fact that he can be super annoying and exhausting in the right context, his tendency to hold grudges unnecessarily, some of his hypocrisy about helping people/not wanting to accept help. I have nothing against other portrayals that I’ve seen in the past in RP but I’m comfortable with my own, I’ll just put it that way.