#holy shit it’s going to be 109.

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ITS GOING TO BE OVER 100 DEGREES TODAY. i need someone to kill me please!!!

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Dorothy lands in North London - Part 2

Part 1

A fun chapter from the perspective of the media and fans about the transfer :)

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Gooner54 So the rumours are true? She's coming to The Arsenal?

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part 3

[grigori77]

Critical Role, Campaign 3 Episode 109

Matt: "I-I am ... scared." Yup. Great start, guys.

Where we going with this, Sam? Oh! It's these guys again. Go off Liam and Tal! I love these skits. Even if Taliesin is practically just playing himself ... XD ... wow, Liam ... that's some GENUINELY crazy overacting you're doing there, mate ... a new companion? Wait ... yeah, that's right, Ashley and Laura ain't here ... oh yeah, that's the stuff. Perfect ... and GODS DAMN Ash, I like that look on you A LOT ... AND THAT LAUGH ... LOL ...

Yeah ... wow ... O.O

Matron dice with LITTLE GOLD THREADS in them? SWEET!!! O.O I want some ...

Zathuda's stretched fleshy face ... thanks for THAT reminder, Matthew ...

Okay, then ... morning ... have they been eaten by the dragon in the night? No ... he's just comfy, like a happy kitty ... awwwwwww ... :3

He's waking up ... okay ... is this gonna be interesting? Ooof ... well that's ... nice ... all right then, moment of truth? Awww ... oh, he likes her ... yeah, that's the stuff ... okay, then ... oh, a little keepsake? That's so cute ... :3 Does it have family? DOES it? Hmmmmm ... no, do not do the fake scaring it off thing ... that never ends well ...

"Go, spread your legs!" XD ... yeah, I had a feeling that was gonna come back tohaunt us, but not THAT soon ...

And he's OFF ... okay, then ...

Ashton (to Fearne): "Fuck, you're weird." (affectionate)

Nans Morri, creepy shit like always ...

Wow ... they really DID do the nasty ... Braius, you salty dawg ... and apparently they were VERY LOUD ... yeah, you've all got VERY DIRTY MINDS and you should all be ashemed ... XD

A tally of favours? Oh, why does that make me all kinds of nervous? O.O

Wait, Travis forgot to roll for Chetney's overnight survival? Is he about to die on the spot?

Oh yeah, the time dilation ...

Was that a Galaxy Quest Thermian joke, Marisha?

"A fickle bitch"? Wow, so Nana really ISN'T a fan of the Matron ... this should be interesting ...

Laudna likes rattails? Hmmm ... oh, Laudna REALLY likes rattails ... lovely ...

Birdy! Awww ... time for goodbye, then ... and Olly too ... really hope this isn't a BIG googbye ...

Yay! Hugs! Always good ...

The Sorrowlord's sword? Okay ... is this Orym's speed or maybe another Craven Edge style situation like the last one?

"Beer bongage"? Hmmmmm?

Oh, give it to Fearne? Yeah, that might work better ... or at least hold onto it in case somebody else might make use of it in the coming madness ...

Duskhunger ... wow ... and it LIGHTS UP WITH BLACK FLAMES?!!! Awesome ... O.O ... it's considered a "LEGENDARY FAE WEAPON"?!!! Oh yeah, no DEFINITELY hold onto THAT then, Fearne ...

Could Ashton wield it? Well THAT'S an interesting possibility ... well, we'll see ...

Ottohan's sword? Oh gods ... here we go, then ... definitely put THAT horrible shit on the "soul suck list" ...

I'm sorry .... HOW MANY times have you lost your wee halfling member, Orym? O.O

Chanting begins ... "EAT THE HARP!!! EAT THE HARP!!!" Dorian: "I yield to peer pressure IMMEDIATELY!!!"

So here we go, then ... Dorian is now going to ABSORB THE HARP ... this should be interesting ... goodbye Harp of Valour, then ... and this is a FIRST TIME interacting with the Harness for Dorian ... oh boy ... this is gonna be QUITE the crash course for the boy ...

A PERMANENT ADVANTAGE on Performance checks? Oh that is SWEET!!! The rest of it's very impressive too, but THAT is properly AWESOME for the Bard ...

Nana: "When all is said and done, I'd love to take a look at that." Braius: "At the Harness or Dorian?" Nana: "YESSSSS!!!"

Holy shit ... that is some FREAKY fucking power the Fatestitcher's got ... jump through, guys! Do it quick! Oh ... yeah, okay, wait for it to actually CLARIFY first, then ...

And Braius is up for maybe doing THAT again ... yeah ... O.O

Through the portal, then ... back to Vasselheim!

So ... things are TENSE in the city right now ... hmmmm ...

Off to the Duskmeadow, then ... okay ...

Marisha's overwhelmingly comprehensive notes ... I mean that could take A WHILE to find THAT particular piece of information ... Travis: "Your handwriting is UNREASONABLY legible." Marisha: "Really?" Travis: "Yeah. I can read it." Taliesin: "It's like a FONT."

Oooooh ... THIS lady looks pretty awesome ...

Well THIS is a seriously GOTHIC monolith of a temple, definitely ... sounds like JUST THE PLACE for their requirments ... The Raven's Crest ... cool ...

Dorian: "Seems a little on the nose ..."

Oh ... so they're already expected? That's ... maybe a little disconcerting ... O.O

What, so NOW you guys are trying to work out your plan? Isn't it a little LATE for that, now?

Wow ... you guys really don't know WHAT you're doing right now and IT REALLY SHOWS ...

Now THIS is more like it ... yeah, this is REALLY PRETTY ... I could get used to a place like THIS ...

Going UP then? Yeah, I agree with Imogen, that's a surprise.

Pate HAD TO make the place echo "DICK!!!" didn't he?

Laudna's nervous about how she looks ... that's actually ADORABLE ... XD

Marisha: "Saviour of the realm, can't knock on the door!" LOL

Yeah ... that is a BIG KNOCKER ...

A kaleidoscope? Oh, that is BEAUTIFUL ... O.O

Three figures? Oh, is it those old women again? Yup ... looks like it is ... and they REALLY ARE expected ...

Monocle of True Essence? Hmmmmm ... yeah, this place is SERIOUSLY powered up ... Arcana check? Hmmmm ... Dirty 20? Nice ... so this is all basically INTRINSICALLY integrated into the structure itself ...

Another big pool of blood? Whoa ... like back when Vex did his whole thing back in Campaign 1 ... that's ... great ... O.O

Laudna STRIPS OFF on the spot and just skips right over ... yeah, I mean what else did we expect?

Oh boy, this is gonna be interesting ... oh, it's COLD? Great ... So who's going in, then? Aside from Laudna?

Yeah, of course Imogen follows her ... Dorian casts Unending Breathe? Smart ... but maybe not really necessary ... Chetney's going in ... Hunter's Bane? Interesting ... this blood is CELESTIAL? Crazy shit ... and now he's BREATHING OUT as he goes down. As is Ashton ...

Okay, so looks like EVERYBODY'S going in, then ... although Orym is SERIOUSLY debating it ... awwww ... Braius is being supportive right now ... that's quite sweet ...

Orym CUTS HIS HAND and adds the blood to the pool? Blimey ... so they're going in too, then ...

Fearne's the last holdout? Hmmmm ... oh my gods she TASTES IT ... O.O ... Matt: "It's very bloody." NO SHIT!!!

So everybody's in, then ... now what?

Does this mean EVERYBODY has to drown in order to transition through this? To DIE a little? Wow ...

And then there's Dorian ... who doesn't NEED to breathe right now ... NOW what does he do? He lets go and breaks the spell ... oh fuck ... O.O

And now everybody's just DROWNING in this shit ... and NOW it warms up? Comforting? Familiar? Oh, that's unsettling ... and now finally they've touched down somewhere ... somewhere OUT of the blood now ... okay, then ...

A "spiderweb of gold"? Oh, yeah, we know what THAT is ...

It's feathers? Of course it is ...

Yup, here she is. The Matron of Ravens.

Time for a break? Yup ... that's about right ...

WHY are they here? Is this a test? Is she suspicious? What's up? Meanwhile Laudna seems unusually ... starstruck ...

Crap ... did she just drop the Arch Heart in the shit? O.O ... oh dear ... yeah, Laudna's just digging a hole for herself right now ... I have NO IDEA where this is gonna go, but I don't think ANY way is GOOD ...

The "natural arrogance of mortal life"? Hmmmm ... okay, so ... it sounds like she's NOT ACTUALLY INTERESTED in helping them ... is she panning on just LETTING THIS HAPPEN?

Hey now ... chill out, Ash ... and Fearne, too! Come on guys, don't antagonise the SUPREMELY SCARY GODDESS OF DEATH!!! O.O

Ashton: "Don't think I don't know how small I am." The Matron: "Very." Ashton: "You're not the first to remind me."

Invoking Liliana? Hmmmm ... now Opal? Oh man ... and she looks SO BAD ... O.O ... and this is THE FIRST TIME Fearne or Orym have seen her like this ... ouch ...

Vespin Chloras? Oof ...

Prove themselves worthy? HOW?!!! How could ANYONE truly prove something like that?

Imogen gives it a go anyway ... bigging everybody up ... once again, she proves that if ANYBODY could really be considered their leader it's HER ... more so because I really don't think she wants it AT ALL ...

The Matron: "And what of you?" Imogen: "Me? I have a storm inside of me, and I can't wait to let it out."

The vision of Opal ATTACKS Fearne as she approaches it? Fuck ... and it HURTS ... O.O

ROLL INITIATIVE?!!! WHAT?!!!

Matt LEAVES THE TABLE ... oh, a Battlemap ... great ... and it is FUCKING WEIRD and all kinds of abstract ... that is a TRIPPY setup ...

Braius is up first, then ... and he goes for Liliana ... taking a swing with Poison Pen ... yeah, she just floats away and his misses ... oh, that one hits, though ... with Divine Smite at Level 2? Oof ... and SHINING Smite? Wow ... that's new ... sounds like this is gonna be A LOT of dice ... IT IS!!! 39 points of damage, and attack rolls against her have advantage for an entire minute? Cool ...

Dorian is OFFENDED so he just goes straight for Opal ... attacks with his father's sword ... only 8 points of damage, but 11 on a second, then arms his Lute, with the little blade ... and POKES her ... another 5 points? Okay, then ... and she doesn't respond AT ALL ... that's unsettling ...

Laudna Banes ALL THREE OF THEM ... O.O ... wow ... then she heads toward the Thread of Fate ... interesting ...

Liliana floats up, giving Braius an attack of opportunity, only for her to Shield and foil him ... then she dumps a ton of purple lightning on EVERYBODY!!! Ouch ... and now they're all IN THE AIR!!! Not good ... O.O ... so only Orym and Chetney are still on the ground ... crap!

Opal's going for Chetney, then ... Hexblade's Curse? And she CRITS it ... 12 and then 16 points of Piercing damage ... ow!

Chetney WOLFS OUT and starts swiping at her with his claws ... two just miss, and the third is just DEFLECTED by her magical armour ... WOW!!! She just OWNED his arse there ...

Orym Hexes Opal before trying to disarm her ... oh nice, he is ON IT right now ... one knife gone, plus 22 points of damage ... second one gone too ... Goading attack now ... 22 points ... and NOW SHE'S A HORRIFIC SPIDER CREATURE ... gods, that's just LOVELY ...

Fearne bamfs Mister out, then casts Aura of Life on herself ...

Vespin Chloras casts Time Stop? HOLY FUCK!!! That's not good AT ALL!!! I saw what that shit did in Honour Among Thieves! And now there's THREE OF HIM?!!! Great ... Con saves across the board, then ... that's a FUCKTON of Necrotic damage, thank fuck for Fearne's quick thinking ...

Ashton Rages just to see what happens ... yeah, he's too high up for much of any effect ... but he COULD hit Liliana ... he holds his actin to coordinate with Imogen ...

... who casts Fly on herself, then turns herself INTO LIGHTNING before floating down towards her mother ... before blasting Vespin? Hmmmm ... interesting choice ... he fails his save, so that's 4 D8 of Lightning damange! 23 points! POW!!!

Meanwhile Ashton chucks his hammer through a portal to materialise just in front of Liliana ... AND IT HITS!!! She's still Shielded, though ... crap ... so it just passes through another portal and THIS TIME it hits her! Okay ... 22 points of damage! Which breaks her concentration and EVERYBODY DROPS!!!

Laudna casts Featherfall on everybody to prevent them from being PUMMELLED when they hit the ground ... phew! Meanwhile Dorian grabs hold of her as he drops, pulling her down but not all the way so now he's still 30 feet in the air ...

Braius charges Opal, pulls an Ensnaring Strike on her with his black balls ... plus a Divine Smite ... 21 points of damage, and now she is comprehensively RESTRAINED!!! He batters her again, with another Divine Smite, inflicting a further 45 points of damage! Holy shit!

Dorian give Imogen Bardic Inspiration, then casts Thunderwave on Liliana ... she's battered down towards the ground, while he flies as close to Imogen as he safely can in her present form ...

Laudna summons her Hound of Ill Omen and sends it towards Chloras ... then she chucks a blazing purple Fireball at his face ... BOOM!!! That's 36 points of damage! Ouch! Then she tells her dog to "Sic him!" and the phantom pooch starts to maul him for 13 more points of piercing damage!

Liliana Psychic Lances Dorian, and he fails his save ... but Imogen succeeds hers ... 36 pointsd of Psychic damage? OH MY GODS it's a miracle his head doesn't explode in mid air ... O.O ...

Opal rematerialises her blades? Are you kidding me? Now she tries to attack Chetney, but he's still entangling her, and she's slowed from the poison of Braius' barbs ... almost none of it hits until she finally CRITS at the last ... 8 points of piercing damage thanks to his wolf form soaking most of it up ... and now she seems to be snapping out of her trance? WHAT?!!!

Chetney Inflicts Wounds on her ... that's 19 points of Necrotic damage! Opal is SERIOUSLY MESSED UP right now ...

Orym flanks Opal and attacks, dealing another 14 points ... and that's it! HDYWTDT!!! Laura: "You punched the highlights out of her hair!" The corpse starts to sink before RED HANDS reach up to drag it down into the blood pool ... O.O ... that's just UNSETTLING ... then Orym Misty Steps up to Chloras and BARELY CATCHES HIMSELF before dropping into a TERRIFYING BOTTOMLESS DROP directly under him that nobody saw ... Goading Attack! 17 points of damage and he TANKS his wisdom save, which is SWEET!!! Next hit is another 12 points, and he is now looking REALLY FUCKED UP.

Fearne Flame Strikes Chloras at 4th Level, hitting him with 17 points ot Fire damage together with 16 points of Radiant, the latter of which is a good deal MORE effective ... then Mister chucks flaming shit at him, but misses ... nuts!

Chloras blasts a bolt of black Lightning at Chetney and Braius ... that's A LOT of dice ... O.O ... 51 points of Lightning damage, but thanks to Braius' proximity Chet only takes HALF ... then he flicks an ember at Laudna, inflicting 40 points of Radiant damage? OUCH!!!

Ashton goes to greytone as he continues to Rage and CHARGES Chloras ... barely catching himself to avoid dropping into the pit too ...

Imogen blasts her mother with a Lightning bolt ... only for her to make her save, meaning she only takes half of 22 damage ... meanwhile Imogen pulls some fancy flying to avoid getting into range of a response ... then she quickens a spell to blast a 7th Level bolt at Chloras ... oh boy ... he FAILS his save, so it's FULL FORCE ... that's A LOT of dice, Laura ... 43 points of Lightning damage, and he is now SERIOUSLY CRISPY ...

Braius rushes for Chloras, using Misty Step to get into melee, taking a swing with his balls ... Divine Smite means it's 34 points of damage on the first, the second is a duplicate, but that's DESTROYED ...

Dorian's just spinning vaguely in the air because his head is still FUCKED ... ow ... so he just drifts into one of the Threads of Fate ... and it SHOCKS HIM WITH MEMORY?!!! Intriguing ... oh my gods is that an Opal infodump? O.O Fascinating!

Laudna assumes her Form of Dread, this time mirroring the Matron as she looks up at her visage and addresses her directly ... casting Spirit of Death in the form of a mirror? Whoa ... what even IS THIS right now? Can this even DO ANYTHING?!!!

ALL THE THREADS shudder at once ... whoa ... O.O

That makes her drop her Bane, but she sends the Spirit to attack Chloras, slashing at him with a reapiing scythe ... ooooooooooh ... O.O ... 10 points of Necrotic damage! Finally the Hound mauls him again, but doesn't inflict any real damage ...

Liliana tries to reason with Imogen ... "Do you trust me?" Oh hell, Imogen ... DO NOT believe this is real ... Power Word Stun? SHIT!!! Yeah, now Imogen is OUT OF IT for the rest of the turn ...

Chetney slashes as Chloras, inflicting 20 points of slashing damage on him, and that's the HDYWTDT!!! Yeah, Chet just OPENS HIM, finishing him with a witty burn ...

Orym Hexes Liliana, runs up towards her and jumps up to try and close some range, using Seedling to whip at her with Windblade ... Goading attack! 25 points of damage! Second hit is fouled by a Shield, but he gets a Nat20 on the next, another Goading attack, with 34 points of damage this time. And THIS ONE finishes her? Wow ... that's it, then ... fight's done ...

Suddenly the Matron's there with them again ... okay ... maybe they've won her respect now?

Oh shit yeah, I'm right, that WAS a test ...

Holy shit, she really IS in league with the Arch Heart! O.O Does this make her a threat? An ally? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!!!

SHE'S TAKING HER MASK OFF?!!! O.O

The Matron: "Welcome to the conundrum."

Oh! Vax! Great Matt, just rip our hearts out why don't you ...

So ... does she REALLY just want to be put out of her own misery right now? Does she really just want to DIE?

There's a cetain sense in what she's saying but it still feels awful nihilistic ...

Okay ... it sounds like maybe she's seeking someone to take her place, to succeed her in the workso she can just obtain this "peace" she speaks of, which her predecessor achieved ...

Oh yeah, give us info, Matron ... spill on Predathos, anything you can tell us about that thing would be really helpful ...

Why am I starting to feel like she might be looking at Laudna as a possible heir? Maybe it's just me, but ... I mean, she WOULD be a perfect choice for this. The more she speaks about herself, the more it feels like they're somewhat alike ...

Ooooooooh ... yeah, a boon from the Matron, that would be helpful too ... wait ... is she offering up HER MASK?!!! O.O Wait, she's giving it to BRAIUS? That's interesting ...

"At the right time, someone will wear it and call ..." Hmmm ...

Good point! What DOES happen to Vax if she's destroyed? This is REALLY IMPORTANT to our sanity, Matthew!

Dorian: "When was the last time you were suprised?" Yeah, OF COURSE it's Vax again ...

Orym: "Do you ever miss your mortality?" The Matron: "Every moment." Oof ...

Destroying the Malleus Key would free Vax? Yeah, I figured something like that would do it ... a Luxon? There's a Luxon powering that thing? Of fucking course there is ...

Oh NOW she's addressing Laudna's ... unique condition? Interesting ... a SILVER thread? Oh, that's interesting ... the thread CONNECTS HER TO IMOGEN?!!! Shut up! And the rest of them too? Okay, then ...

Does this SERIOUSLY mean that Laudna could COME BACK TO LIFE if they actually succeed in this? The Matron: "Anything's possible." AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!! I swear, the internet is gonna EXPLODE after THIS ONE ...

And that's it, then ... just like that she's giving them the boot ... back through that unpleasantness ... and they're back in the temple again ...

Yeah, they're all just a load of gory messes right now ...

And THAT'S IT ... yeah, about right.

I swear, I used O.O A HELL OF A LOT this session ... that was VERY MUCH how I was feeling the whole time, I swear to the gods ... that was an EXHAUSTING episode ...

[nikrei]

July Comics Round Up

Trying something new where I actually record this as I read and not all at once at the end of the month.

Hawk & Dove (14-28) (1990-1991)

V v good!! I love Dove she's my baby girl, and by the end of it Hawk was even starting to grow in me like a fungus. Also, thank gawd they stuck to their guns and never did a romance between Hawk and Dove, I really liked their love interests. (Also Babs shows up!!! Love love love) this finished up this run, it was pretty short. 100% recommended reading, especially if you are interested in the lords of chaos/order dynamics.

Doctor Fate (14-31) (1990-1991)

One thing I can say about DeMatteis's run is that despite all the weird "xtianity is the true religion" overtones, the insistence that the center of the universe, the greatest power behind everything, is pure unending joyful compassionate LOVE really gets to me. Could do without the overwhelming unsubtle proselytizing tho. Messner-Loebs follow-up is sooooo good tho holy shit, love love love the social commentary going on.

Starman (20-37) (1990-1991)

Will is such a good boy but he can be so dumb sometimes. Watching him learn and grow is very fun! This run strikes a good balance of drama humor and sincerity.

Doom Patrol (30-44) (1990-1991)

Excellent storytelling, and i got to meet Danny the Street!! Morrisons run is practically crossing itself over with the magnus archives they fit so well together. A little out of step with the rest of dc's mythology but that's sort of the point of it <3

Hellblazer (27-45) (1990-1991)

Most of 1990 I was thinking that John is really not doing a lot of magic stuff, just getting into wierd situations then 91 hit and bam, lung cancer soul selling arc! It was exciting to read after seeing it mentioned in so many places.

Swamp Thing (91-109) (1990-1991)

Okay Wheeler has me feeling all sorts of ways. Obviously his whole deal with planetary afterlifes has me going insane, but also he is so so wierd about christianity like his whole set up of the eden situation with angels that consult god, its all so awkward with established Swamp Thing mythos. Also, the Grey has been introduced and posites that fungus and decay are extraterrestrial life imposed on earth and I sort of hate it. Back in Moore's run, towards the beginning, all discussion of decay was as a part of ecosystems which is true! Having decay be an imposed malicious force is sooooooo dumb I hate it. Wheeler can tell a story but all his subject matter is sus as hell.

The Demon (1-16) (1990-1991)

Does not further my blood/etrigan agenda as much as I would like, but it is pretty fun. Also Klarion and Lobo showed up which was exciting

Batman (443-469) (1990-1991)

It's timbo's time to shine! They really are shilling hard for this kid, but I love him so its okay.

Detective Comics (612-637) (1990-1991)

Frustrating that Jason's name is anathema until tim shows up and then it's all victim blame-y bullshit to make tim look better.

Robin (1-5) (1991)

This is one of the first dc comics I read! So it was very exciting to come back to it with a better understanding of everything going on, especially more Shiva background. Also, new version of Ace the bathound showed up!

Legends of the Dark Knight (1-20) (1989-1991)

Some good stories but I am so tired of the clumsy mystic noble savage trope that these authors love to pull when they involve indigenous folk. Also, the more stories that happen that take up months the funnier i think it is that all of these have to be happening in the first the years of Bruce's career because Dick isn't there yet.

New Titans (65-80) (1990-1991)

Jumped back into the town just in time for my last favorite arc, Wildebeest Jericho, doing my precious baby boy wrong on every possible level. Good slade content yeah, but at what cost? And it gets all mucked up with the Armageddon 2001 event in a way that is just messy storytelling.

The Flash (34-54) (1990-1991)

Wally is my dumb little guy and he is living and learning and trying his best. I'm so glad that he has a full pit crew for his high powered racehorse disposition. Also he got a dog named mercury! So far this run has been a good mix of funny and sincere, action and drama. Deffo recommend.

Suicide Squad (37-57) (1990-1991)

Amanda Waller is really peak boss in these issues. She's softened up in some ways and gotten sharper in others. Very fun to see the squad do the freelance thing. And also BABS IS HERE!! (Oops I mean 'amy') I love her ahhhh

Captain Atom (37-57) (1990-1991)

Finished this one up, all in all it's a good run. Nathan is an interesting hero and there's a lot of themes about truth vs lies and the shitty nature of the us military, but also there are some very funny silly moments. Recommended!

Animal Man (23-40) (1990-1991)

Holy shit Morrison's run was so gooood, 4th wall breaking meta level shit I'm very into it. A very wierd follow-up after that, but it involved Animal Man positing multiverse theory that spit in the face of ordained dc canon (but aligns with my thoughts on the subject hell yeah) But yeah, Buddy is going thru the wars in this.

Green Arrow (29-50) (1990-1991)

They are really leaning into this whole "Ollie kills people now" thing. Also, Dinah continues to be a footnote in service to Ollie's story and I hope she leaves him soon. They aren't bad stories but I think Grell leans too hard into the 'Dark and Gritty.'

The Question (34-36) (1990)/Question Quarterly (1-5) (1990-1992)

If I had realized there were only three issues left on the og I would have just finished it up last time! Proud of Vic for leaving Hub City, truly the worst city in America. Conversely, also proud of Myra for staying and trying to fix things. As far as quarterly goes, I can't believe what they did to Jackie holy hell. Honestly, as far as the whole series goes, the downward spiral of Hub City is so extreme that it really is just a reflection of how everything is getting more uneccessarily dark and gritty on a meta level.

Action Comics (252-285) (1959-1962)

And I am officially back in the silver age!! I started 'Tec/Batman when Batgirl showed up so I figured I'd start Action/Superman when Supergirl showed up! Tbh silver age doesn't really do it for me, so I am skimming these just a bit sometimes, but it really is fun to see just how wacky things could get back then! Also, Clark is wayyy too mean to Kara!! She's always crying wanting to be adopted and have a loving family and he's like! Too bad! Be my secret weapon! Also, these comics have such a messed up idea of adoption and kids having to prove that they're worthy of being loved and the adults shopping around. Is that just what things were like?? Anyway in 285 she's revealed to the world! She has a loving family with the Danvers! It's everything I wanted!!

Superman (130-150) (1959-1962)

Started this at a point to be contemporary with AC. Silver age Clark is certainly a guy, I'm collecting panels of him eating weird things. Also, 60s Lois is the gal of all time absolutely. I sorta can't wait until socials mores move away from "women must want to be married, immediately." Also this current continuity has the Kent's having died before Clark moved to Metropolis, which is sorta wild.

Adventure Comics (247-280) (1958-1961)

The Superboy stuff is honestly really silly when you think of all this shit happening while Clark is a very narrow age range, but also they keep referring to things that happened in previous comics as happening a few years ago in universe. Time isn't real baybee! Anyway I started here because it was the first issue with the Legion! I didn't realize that I was getting Green Arrow and Aquaman backups until I started so that was a fun bonus, especially getting to read Garth's first appearance! Honestly I love that in this time period Arthur is sorta just a homeless loser who has nothing to do with Atlantis but is calling himself the king of the sea anyway.

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (40-58) (1959-1962)

Jimmy is the sokka of the group sorry I don't make the rules I just say the cursed truth.

Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (1-28) (1958-1961)

This comic truly is gaslight gaslight girlboss. Aka 66% is Clark gaslighting Lois about superman and the other 34% is Lois being a v 50s/60s girlboss, I love her so much, but oh my gawd this time period goes hard on MARRIAGE. I will be honest the gender essentialism in this does get very annoying. Its in all of the comics but is most focused in this one because it's about Human-Woman Lois Lane.

World's Finest Comics (100-123) (1959-1962)

For the most part I'm not that into these because there's not much actual character interaction, its all just new fight with a new gimmick. This is especially obvious in the Green Arrow backups where they only have 6 pages and it's all to showcase the newest arrow. Didn't read any of the Tommy Tomorrow backups sorry my dude i do not know u i do not care.

Green Lantern (1-10) (1960-1962) + Showcase (22-24) (1959)

This is a lot of fun! I think I like silver age comics like GL and Flash better than batman or superman because they are new characters with no status quo to uphold. Hal can do a lot with his ring, like transmuting matter, that I'm pretty sure can't be done these days, which will be neat to watch develop.

Justice League of America (1-8) (1960-1962) + Brave and the Bold (28-30) (1960)

Fine!! I caved!! I let my terrible completionist nature get the better of me and I'm gonna read the first 75 of these that I skipped last time. Its sorta wild tho, because reading the solos of this time period you'd think that nobody is sharing the same world except superman and batman, and aquaman sometimes, but then there they are on the justice league! (No seriously, superman has been to at least two separate "mysterious Amazon islands" that have nothing to do with paradise island. And he's never made mention of knowing an amazon.)

So my recording as I go experiment has worked, which is honestly a really good thing because I would be really hard pressed to review the stuff from before my time jump right now, oops.

[bratshaws]

through the hourglass 125. brb x oc

a/n: are you guys ready for the Nicole content next chapter? Good, so am I . reblogs and comments are super encouraged <3333

pairing: plus size!oc x rooster

warnings: none.

goodness gracious (pls read this one to know more what this fic is about!!)

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-

They had expected seeing one baby, one baby was the common thought right? Then why were there two?

Beatrice looked at the screen with her eyes wide, Rooster did the same but he was much closer, squinting his eyes, then looking back at her with his mouth wide open, “....th-there’s two of them Bea.” he whispers, “Two.”

‘I-I know.”

“So far they look fine.” the lady says, breaking the absolute surprise that filled the room, ‘They seem to be growing well and there’s nothing out of the ordinary, but it is only one month and twin pregnancies can be a bit more complicated…so I’d like you to return in sixteen weeks for another checkup.”

Beatrice blinked at the woman, snapping out of her shock, “I…o-okay.”

“Good!” she wipes Beatrice’s stomach and then stands up, “I’ll be right back, you can sit up if you want, but don’t leave.”

It’s possible neither of them could move even if they wanted to. 

Nicole babbled happily, oblivious to her parents’ silent surprise and the way they were just gobsmacked by the sudden discovery. Rooster puts a hand on his forehead, blinking hard and then smiling, “Holy shit we are going to have twins!” he laughs, “Twins! Two! Two babies!” 

Nicole squeals happily when her father raises her over his head, bouncing her in his hands and laughing alongside her, “Baby girl you’ll be the old sister to twins! Twins!” he says, but he’s confused when he doesn’t hear Beatrice’s celebration. He looks back to where his wife was, seeing she was staring at her knees,clenching the edge of the bed so hard her knuckles turned white, “Bea?”

No response but he could see her mouth moving and her eyebrows furrowing.

“Gorgeous.” he tries again, this time getting closer to her. He hears her mumbling something, something that weirdly sounded like ‘oh God’ “Bea, look at me.”

It took some time for her to look up, but she looked terrified, “...twins…” she whispers,” How-how did I not notice they’d be twins?”

“What?”

“T-Twins change the mother’s belly, makes it bigger,” she lifts her shirt up and frowns, “How did I not see it? I-I should’ve seen it.”

He is confused because of her reaction, she seemed happy and worried at the same time, “Baby…what’s wrong?”

“I…I should’ve noticed it,so I could,I could prepare!” 

‘What are you talking about?”

“My family has a lot of twins and triplets,I should’ve thought this could happen…and now,now I have twins too and- and I’m scared because…because I don’t know…I don’t know if I’ll do good.”

Bradley huffs a soft laugh,sitting next to Beatrice with Nicole playing with her monkey - even showing it to her mother in hopes it’d cheer her up - “Hey, do you see this one?” he lifts their daughter a bit, that gummy smile melting Beatrice’s heart and making her face relax, “She looks great to me.”

‘I know…”

“Then why are you freaking out?”

Beatrice sighs, dropping her head to look down at her thighs, sliding her hands on top to squeeze them tightly, “I just…I don’t know,Roos. I want to do well,I really do…but I just,I don’t know. What if I mess up, it’s twins. Like…two babies instead of one.”

Bradley furrows his brows, then arches one higher than the other, “Baby, we can manage it.”

“I…I know,I guess I’m overwhelmed right now.I’m really happy,I am Roos.I swear.” he knew she was, but her nerves were acting louder than her happiness was, so it was making Beatrice anxiety act up, “I just…wow…twins. We might uh,we might need to fix one of the guest bedrooms for them.”

“I think so.” he smiles, “Any idea what you’ll paint on the walls?”

She laughs softly, looking up at him, ‘Not yet, give me a few days to think about it…okay?”

“Okay.” he didn’t know what she meant when she said she should’ve known, there was no way she should’ve known before going to the clinic. He knows it was the excitement mixed in with the surprise that made Beatrice act like she was doing right now and he understood that completely, but he didn’t want her to think there was some way  she’d find out she was carrying twins.

…damn,they were going to have twins.

He breathed out a laugh, holding Nicole to his chest and shaking his head, “Fuck,Mav was right.”

“Huh?”

“Remember when I told you, back when we didn’t know Nikki was Nikki, that he thought you’d have twins?”

“Oh…I completely forgot about that.”

“Yep…God he’s going to be so smug when he finds out.”

Beatrice lets out a soft laugh again, this time she feels a bit better. It’s crazy to think that now there are two babies inside of her,growing slowly, one besides the other…she really is going to give birth to twins.

They’ll have three kids before either turn forty.

If her count is right.

“We need to keep it a secret still,Brad.” she says, sighing quietly, “We can’t share this with anyone until I reach the third month mark. For safety…like she said a twins pregnancy is…delicate and I’d need to keep an eye on them until it was time.”

Them.

Beatrice rubs her stomach gently and Nicole notices it, her curious little mind just tells her to repeat the movement, touching her mother’s tummy with a soft gurgle, looking up at her with her eyes shining and a gentle ‘Aaa’ leaving her lips. Beatrice’s hormonal fluctuation was only making her even more emotional, she couldn’t help but sniffle at that gentle touch, touching Nicole’s cheek with her free hand, “Yeah,I know Nikki.”

“Aaa!’

“Hmhm,I know.” and she kisses her forehead. Beatrice sighs again, leaning her head on Rooster’s shoulder and whispering, “We need to go to Mr.Scoops once we get out of here.”

“Deal.”

-

She was so happy to have ice cream in the middle of Winter. Which in San Diego didn’t mean much, honestly she just wanted to relax and have a good time with her family. Nicole still couldn’t have ice cream but that didn’t mean she didn’t want to. She was leaning back against Rooster as her parents ate their respective bowls,”Man…does this bring back memories.” his voice makes Beatrice blink,spoon still in her mouth, savoring the Christmas Cookies flavor spreading on her tongue.

Rooster smirks, looking at Nikki then back at Bea, “Our first date…remember?” he just looks so happy as he says so, “We watched the Alien trilogy then went out for ice cream…and we kissed, for the very first time.” and she blushed just like she was doing now back then, her smile shy and eyes dropping to her bowl. “You know, it was amazing.”

“It was.”

“Not only because I was really into you.” he begins, crunching a piece of hazelnut between his teeth, “But because I had a lot of fun…with you. And you,I don’t know, you just made me fall in love even more.”

“Brad…”

“I guess that was the moment my brain went,” he snaps his fingers mid sentence, the sound making Nicole look up at her father’s hand,”I’m going to marry this woman, for sure, without a single doubt…I just didn’t want to admit it yet.”

“Too soon to think about,huh?”

“Yeah,I hadn’t even met your family either.”

“And then I just…took you to meet everyone.” she laughs nervously, moving the spoon inside the melted part of her ice cream, “God I was so scared.”

“It went well,I mean,look at us now.”

Beatrice smiles back at him, sighing as she leans back against her seat, looking out the window from the second floor, watching the palm trees in the distance move wildly because of the strong wind, “...yeah,” she says, ‘Look at us now. Can you believe it? We’ll have three kids.”

“Before we get to our second anniversary.” he smirks, ‘I mean,I don’t mind it. I love that, I think it’s great.”

“The more the merrier,huh?”

“As long it’s safe for you.” he adds, his eyes softening, “I’d never want you to pop ‘em out so often…which is why we need to take care after the salt and pepper duo is born.” she loved how he was already giving them nicknames before he could even see them straight,”We’ll be okay…I can handle myself.” she chuckles, holding her head up and arching her eyebrow, “Hey,I can.”

“No you can’t.”

“Yes,I can,come on.”

“If you did, would we have gone to have the ultrasound six months after our daughter was born?” his mouth opens, then closes, then opens again only for Nicole to babble happily, focused on the colorful spoon by her side as her father tried to find words, “See?”

“Okay…maybe so.” she arches her brow higher, “Listen…you are beautiful,can you blame me? Can you really?”

“I mean I think you are absolutely handsome and I can control myself a bit more.”

“Not that often.” he smirks, “You know that.”

Beatrice playfully kicks him under the table, making him wince but laugh quietly, with Nicole joining in because why wouldn’t she. The two of them laugh like two teenagers and Beatrice licks her lips, “...well, you know…we are doing good for two people who didn’t have their shit together a few years back.”

“I agree.”

“You did have your shit together,I was talking about me,Roos.”

“Stop.”

She laughs again, sighing as she taps the spoon on the side of her bowl, “...Did you ever think about that,” he hums in question, “That you’d have…three kids so quickly?”

“Honestly,I’ve always wanted a big family, you know that…three kids is more than fine to me.” he smirks, his smirk however slowly disappears, “My mom used to joke about it.”

“Hm?”

‘She used to tease me about kids, when I was younger. Like…around seventeen or something, a few years before she passed. She used to say she wanted to hear the little feet on her floor during the Holidays.” he laughs almost painfully, “She'd go crazy,if she was here.’

Beatrice smiles sweetly, reaching for his hand across the table and bringing it to her lips to kiss his wedding ring,much like he did to her, and placing his palm on her cheek, “She’s watching all this with a smile,I’m sure.”

“I hope so.”

“You’ve been thinking about her,lately?”

He sighs with a grin, dropping his head forward only to lift it up again,”Yeah…I’ve been thinking about both of them,honestly. We’ll be going to Virginia in…a few days and I just want Nicole to have a good first time there,” he smiles down at his daughter,”She’s going to see snow for the first time…wear really thick clothes that make you want to stop walking and just fall flat on the ground because how can anyone move in those.” he kisses her head, “And thinking…about life.”

“What do you mean?”

He chews the corner of his mouth, dropping his hand from Bea’s cheek and then tapping his finger on the table,’I just am thankful.” he whispers, ‘That I can see all this…in my line of work…it’s amazing.” he looks down at Nicole, watching as she noms on her monkey with her eyes turned to the window, “I don’t know,I’m just feeling a lot of things.”

Beatrice smiles,”I know.” she says, holding her chin up by her interlaced hands, “I know you are…and it’s okay. You should allow yourself to feel,Roos.” she blinks, “Oh, before I forget,I need to write some notes down so we can get things before we go home.”

“True, that’s okay.”

He lets Beatrice type away on her phone, his eyes locked on the same direction Nicole was looking at, focusing at the wind and how everything seemed to move in slow motion.

Maybe now the euphoria of being a father again was finally simmering, maybe now he could say that it was real and it was going to happen. He was happy, he was overjoyed…he really was living the life he always wanted, the life his mother envisioned for him when he was younger.

A nice job, even if it’s not the one she desired.

A lovely wife who gets lovelier as the years go by and kids. Three kids now, with the oldest one being the smartest, cutest little girl he had ever met. He smiles down at Nicole, her pigtails moving as she turns her head to follow a bird that flew past the window, all the while chewing her little monkey.

He didn’t want to miss any second of her life, of their lives. He knew that after the holidays…something could happen, he could be called and he had to go…so he was going to enjoy these days the best he could, now even more knowing there are two babies growing inside of Beatrice instead of one.

“There.” she smiles, “Finished,made a little list.”

“That’s good,gorgeous.” he says back, returning to his now melted Cold Cocoa ice cream, being able to save one lone marshmallow and plopping it into his mouth as he adjusts himself on the seat, seeing she was still looking at her phone, “What?’

“Evelyn messaged me, she’s asking me to come over for a bit.”

“Really?”

“She said you can come too, she doesn’t mind.” Bea hesitates, “...I don’t know if I should accept,I mean…we…we just found out we’ll have twins.” she frowns, “But if I say no…she might be suspicious.”

“Or she might understand, Evelyn is like that.”

Beatrice tsks, “I guess…but she said it’s important,Roos.” she looks up at him with her brows low, “Maybe we can stay a little bit.” she shrugs, “Just to see what she wants, right?” 

“Bea…is that a good idea?” he asks with his brows furrowed, “I mean, you just said why it wouldn’t be wise.”

“It’d be just for a little while, just to see what she wants.” Beatrice says, trying to swallow the anxiety, “Then we’ll go home and everything will be great.” she repeats the words in her mind, nodding to herself, “Just great.”

[itsjustjelly]

I was going through old Vox Machina posts, and I found one from @/eponymous-rose, where they came up with funny alternate titles for the episodes of the campaign. I stole that idea and did it with JRWI Riptide! Here you go:

(Spoilers for up to 115)

Episode 1-2 : "Everything Immediately Went Wrong (Unsurprisingly)"

Episode 3-7: "What's So Funny?"

Episode 8: "This Hot Purple Tiefling Can't Possibly Be Evil"

Episode 9-10: "Is This the Plot of The Hangover?"

Episode 11: "You Should Really See a Therapist, Jay"

Episode 12-14: "These Are The Most Viewed Episodes Because a Popular Minecraft Youtuber is in Them."

Episode 15: "What's a Little Battle to the Death Between Friends?"

Episode: 17: "This Isn't Techincally Kidnapping, Right?"

Episode 16: "The Best (Worst?) Ship Name"

Episode 18: "The Single Worst Possible Character Design Decision"

Episode 19-20: "Holy Shit We're Finally Doing Dungeon Stuff"

Episode 21: "How to Queerbait your Audience"

Episode 22-23: "Cursed Artifact is Given to Person Most Likely to Use it"

Episode 24-25: "Battle of the Bands"

Episode 26: "I Bet This Decision Won't Have Any Consequences (Sequel to Cursed Artifact)"

Episode 27-28: "This Feels Like a Sidequest"

Episode 29-31: "Violent Game of Capture The Flag (With a Frankly Absurd Amount of Pantsing)"

Episode 32: "Oh Yeah, We're in the Middle of a War"

Episode 39-40 "Oh Yeah, We're Still in the Middle of a War"

Episode 33-38: "Cat Fight (Literally)"

Episode 41: "That Decision Had Consequences (Cursed Artifact Part 3)"

Episode 42-46: "Making Bad Decisions (but it Works Out)"

Episode 47: "Finally Naming the Pirate Crew After Almost 50 Episodes"

Episode 48: "Really Feeling the Treasure Planet Inspiration Here"

Episode 49: "Was This Episode Real?"

Episode 50-52: "What the Actual Fuck Grizzly"

Episode 53: "Crying About Daddy Issues in Cosplay"

Episode 53-55: "The Mario Water Level of the Campaign"

Episode 56: "Why Would You Do That?!"

Episode 57-58: "Family Reunions and Lesbians"

Episode 59-60: "Our Friend Might Be Dead. Anyway, Lets Go Shopping!"

Episode 61-62: "Making Bad Decisions Again (it Doesn't Work Out This Time)"

Episode 63: "Loss of the Single Best NPC in D&D History"

Episode 64: "Reminder That Your Actions Have Consequences"

Episode 65-67: "Roblox Murder Mystery"

Episode 68-68: "No, That's Not a Typo"

Episode 70: "Fighting Our Friend's Inner Demons (Literally)"

Episode 71-72: "The Feywild is Insane"

Episode 73: "Hey, Where's Gillion?"

Episode 74-80: "Hee Hoo! This Arc Was a Fever Dream!"

Episode 81: "Oops, This One's Got Self Worth Issues"

Episode 82: "Gillion Hatches"

Episode 83-84: "Semi-consensual Attempted Murder"

Episode 85: "How to Lose All of Your Money In Three Simple Steps!"

Episode 86: "Fight to the Death Between Friends, but with Character Development"

Episode 87: "Fanartists' Hell"

Episode 88: "Return of the Single Best NPC in D&D History"

Episode 89: "We're Not High Enough Level for That Yet'

Episode 90: "Cat Fight (With Murder This Time)"

Episode 91-92: "The Riptide Pirates Get Blazed (and Then Eaten)"

Episode 93: "Oh Shit, Lore"

Episode 94-96: "Callbacks: The Arc"

Episode 97: "The Best April Fools Prank Ever"

Episode 98: "Gillion Doesn't Die (Somehow)"

Episode 99: "This Ended Too Well, Something Has to Go Wrong"

Episode 100-101: "Something Went Wrong"

Episode 102: "We're Finally High Enough Level for That"

Episode 103-108: "NO WE WEREN'T HOLY SHIT AAH AAAAAH"

Episode 109-110: "Chip Dies (NOT CLICKBAIT!!!)

Episode 111-112: "Tonal Whiplash"

Episode 113: "No Comment"

Episode 114-115: "Here's a Massive Cliffhanger, See You in Six Months!"

(Since the campaign is still ongoing, I will be updating this as new episodes release)

[schrodingers-hoarding-problem]

I have gotten a singular like on my iron widow post thus you are all now subjected to some of my favorite quotes!

also beware of spoilers (plus a bit of commentary on some of the later ones)

“Welcome to your nightmare” (82) 

“It’s hilarious. Men want us so badly for our bodies, yet hate us so much for our minds” (94) 

“Be their nightmare, Wu Zetian.” (95) 

“There’s no guilt, no rage, no hesitation in his eyes. Only a resolve so clear it steals my breath away.” (99) 

“I’m becoming no less of a monster, but that’s ok. It takes a monster to slay a monster.” (102) 

“Our fingers curl together, much gentler than when we were trying to take each other’s lives.” (109) 

“‘A funeral?’ I say with mock casualness. ‘Did the attendees know he died like a girl?’” (113) 

“Too bad. I am exactly the kind of ice-blooded, rotten-hearted girl he fears I am. And I am fine with that.” (114) 

“‘You think this scares me?’ I say, unbelievably calm for how rabidly I’m fraying apart on the inside. ‘You think I ever liked being alive? Go ahead. Do me a favor.’” (118) 

“Okay. So Li Shimin is absolutely fucking bonkers, I guess.” (127) 

“Oh no. I am also absolutely fucking bonkers.” (130) 

“The bloodlust in his eyes rouses something primal and deep-rooted inside me, something that finds it so… Utterly relatable.” (153) 

“Yizhi gulps. A blush reddens his ears, and a quizzical feeling stirs inside me.” (171) 

YES!! i am seeing the poly vision 

“He should be the Iron King, and I should be the Iron Queen. Yet Iron Demon and Iron Widow is all they’ll let us be.” (199) 

“How do you take the fight out of half the population and render them willing slaves? … You tell them over and over, until it’s the only truth they’re capable of living.” (210) 

“We are wholly the Vermillion Bird, commanding it in sync.” (239) 

“No one’s sure why it worked out for us.” (248) 

because of the poly vision ofc 

i’m so excited for it 

“This isn’t his victory. This is my temporary mercy. With a head full of fantasies of how I’ll flag him alive after he outlived his use, I unzip my pilot coat.” (264) 

“Despite their best efforts, I find myself worthy of happiness.“ (276) 

“I will slather him for what he did to Shimin. He has shot to the top of my ever-growing hit list. It’s the least I can do.” (283) 

“We can live for more. We can live for justice. Change. Vengeance. Power.” (298) 

“I like him a lot better than his distant cousin who I killed.” (302) 

Me too 

“Despite the endless horrors that we’ve both been through, I really am grateful that we survived to meet each other.” (311) 

“He snaps the collar off his neck and hurls it to the ground with the force of a thunderclap.” (325) 

holy shit these last two pages (324-325) are insane and giving me everything i want YES my vengeance driven queen and king i love you both so so so much 

“Before you die, let me confirm something for you: girls like me are everywhere, barely putting up the facade of wives and daughters and concubines. And I don’t think they’ll be very happy about the army’s lies.” (327) 

“Perks of refusing to play by the rules: you don’t have to choose between the boy who’d torture a man to death with you and the boy who’d welcome you back with pastries after.” (328) 

Yizhi looks at a loss for words for a few seconds, then schools his expression. ‘Don’t be, handsome.’ He winks. I have to bite my lip not to laugh at the look on Shimin’s face.” (331) 

“I roll my eyes, make a triangle out of my fingers, and nod.” (331) 

YES the poly vision has been realized 

i love it here 

Xiran Jay Zhao i owe everything to you 

“She is perfectly aware and in control of what they’re doing.” (353) 

Xiuying wtf i liked you 

Qieluo is my only friend now 

“Cure the Emperor.” (359) 

ooooo yes 

“But it doesn’t matter. Male, female, it doesn’t matter when piloting.” (367) 

“Her face is stunning, yet her eyes seethe with the deepest, blackest hatred.” (372) 

“Wu Zetian … Be their nightmare.” (373) 

“Even though everything feels impossible, even though I will never be the same, even though all I want to do is lie down and give up, I make myself keep going.” (373) 

“There will be no redemption. It is not me who is wrong. It’s everyone else.” (380) 

“I know what real mercy would be. ‘Sorry,’ I say, cold as Big Sister’s ashes. ‘You’re in my way.’” (383) 

“Yellow-green lightning bursts across the air.” (386) 

HELL YEAH YIZHI patricide win 

“Let’s rule the world.” (388) 

“The Hunduns are the natives, not—!” (390) 

wooooow 

honestly i was kinda suspecting it based on what the emperor class hunduns were saying but that’s still insane 

ahhhh i can’t wait for the heavenly tyrant 

also bring back my boy shimin i miss him 

[littleholmes]

me, driving:

my brain: vampire dazai. perhaps the next step would be for chuuya to turn him, assuming he can and no longer human doesn’t somehow activate or still work when dazai’s dead, and also assuming that aya doesn’t manage to yank the sword out.

me: holy shit how did I not process this sooner

brain: but then that still leaves dazai potentially dead for real with no hope assuming chuuya hasn’t turned him by the time the sword is removed. but then does that mean anyone who died and came back because of Bram go back to being dead? Cause that impacts a lot of people like Akutagawa, Tachihara, and now Dazai potentially if he’s legit dead and then turned

me: omg why didn’t I process this sooner like a few weeks ago when the chapter released, now I need to get home and double check the vampire rules and reread 109

[theomnicode]

That new guy in new chapter being reference to D-gray man though...

Found some interesting stuff.

Seems like a big reference.

From D-gray-man fandom.

"I have to be careful... or I won't be able to go back. I don't want to lose it... because... having a light side... and a dark side... is what makes life interesting."

Unlike most of the Noah, Tyki prefers to keep his human mindset alive alongside his Noah mindset, resulting in him having dual personalities, one calm and kind and the other sadistic, that he refers to, respectively, as "White" and "Black". Tyki's "white" side is reserved for his human friends and the child they travel with His "black" side, though, is heavily influenced by his inner Noah, especially when he feels blood-lust. While his "dark" side is prevalent, Tyki's speech and mannerisms become much more refined; he dresses well and carries himself in a more dignified manner. He is still a bit laid back for a "noble", however, and has his moments when he is not as dignified, and at times he uses his refined behavior as a means to tease his enemies. While in his "dark" side, Tyki also becomes much more sadistic, and enjoys using his "Choose" ability to kill people in creative and grotesque ways, particularly by removing organs. He is not indifferent to psychological torment either, as he shown during his encounter with Lavi. He displays murderous impulses when he is "black". Keeping these dual personalities from bleeding into one another, or having his "light" side destroyed completely by his inner Noah, seems to be difficult for Tyki. While it seems that he cares for his human friends, Tyki himself has confirmed having his "light" side and his "dark" side present in his conscious mind at the same time "is what makes life so interesting." Tyki doesn't have a split personality as these two sides of him are very well aware of each others and what they do.

From wikipedia: D.Gray-man is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino. Set in an alternate 19th century, it tells the story of a young Allen Walker, who joins an organization of exorcists named the Black Order. They use an ancient substance, Innocence, to combat a man known as the Millennium Earl and his demonic army of Akuma who intend to destroy humanity. Set in an alternate 19th century, the story focuses on an organization of exorcists, named the Black Order, as they defend humanity against the Noah Family, reincarnations of Noah and his twelve apostles whom bear hatred towards humanity and God led by a man known as the Millennium Earl. The exorcists' main weapon against the Noah Family are sentient holy artifacts called Innocence. Innocence comes in a variety of forms, varying from everyday objects such as boots to grandfather clocks, to weapons such as swords and guns; regardless of their form, each Innocence possesses unique offensive and supportive abilities and will only work for the wielder of their choosing. Out of the 109 Innocence hidden and scattered throughout the world, one of them is the master Innocence; whichever side obtains this Innocence first will win the war. In contrast to the Innocence, the Noah Family's weapons are derived from a power source known as Dark Matter. Dark Matter grants the Noah superpowers, along with the ability to create and control demons.

Hmmmm....

That's a lot of Innocents too.

Hmmm...

Bruh if the new guy from Tsukuyomi is actually some resurrected form of OPM God.

Shit just got a whole lot more interesting.

You know what would be interesting? Orochi being resurrected back to human form.

(And Murata-sensei specifically teasing about Orochi too)

Loaning from the tumblr user mint1412's meta that I referenced, for clarification's sake.

So from these two scenes we know that A.) Mana/Adam/The Earl devours souls & B.) Joyd has a very interesting reaction to the term “spit up the food I ate”. These two together imply that Tyki is a product of Mana /Adam/The Earl sort of spitting up the bits of Nea he devoured. Now we don’t know exactly what this entails- is Tyki the soul remnants of Nea that Mana had devoured? Or is he the soul remnants + the body left behind. When Link healed Allen/Nea, Nea mentioned that the feeling was the exact opposite of Mana’s devouring, which implies that injuries the soul affects the body somehow. At the very least, we know that injuries to the body can be repaired with the soul so it’s possible that they’re interchangeable.

It's so nice to get some more references. I've thought about this for quite some time, about souls splitting. :D

Can we actually confirm soul transmigration and all these people being parts of one soul? Why Garou is basically shadow of the soul and kindred spirit?

That would be so fucking rad. And fucking sad too.

If say, Garou happens to be the soul of Saitama's younger brother from some previous life (Era of change), like Susanoo is the younger brother of Amaterasu and Ritsu is the younger brother of Mob. Who Mob thought had at some point perished in a tragic house fire accident alongside with his parents...

(Something something Saitama's very soul refuses to be unheroic)

We never got the reason why Saitama is basically an orphan with no family either.

Susanoo (スサノオ; historical orthography: スサノヲ, 'Susanowo') is a kami in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese imperial line, he is a multifaceted deity with contradictory characteristics (both good and bad), being portrayed in various stories either as a wild, impetuous god associated with the sea and storms, as a heroic figure who killed a monstrous serpent, or as a local deity linked with the harvest and agriculture. Syncretic beliefs that arose after the introduction of Buddhism to Japan also saw Susanoo becoming conflated with deities of pestilence and disease.

Horcruxes?

Horcruxes.

There's one Harry Potter reference in the manga, yes.

Nice refs. The moral goody-two shoes religious crusader and the angsty dude in black named funeral suspenders. :D

Shit boutta get real good. And possibly real fucking tragic and sad.

[helenadurazzo]

Ranking Taylor Swift Songs

1. Enchanted

2. Haunted

3. Picture To Burn

4. Better Than Revenge

5. Mr Perfectly Fine

6. Don’t Blame Me

7. Wildest Dreams

8. Getaway Car

9. Timeless

10. London Boy

11. Story Of Us

12. Love Story

13. Mine

14. Long Live

15. Forever and Always

16. Sparks Fly

17. Cruel Summer

18. Our Song

19. The Way I Loved You

20. Bejeweled

21. Dear John

22. The Last Time

23. Now That We Don’t Talk

24. All Too Well

25. Lavender Haze

26. Wonderland

27. Out Of The Woods

28. White Horse

29. Should’ve Said No

30. The Man

31. The Last Great American Dynasty

32. August

33. Long Story Short

34. Fearless

35. Back To December

36. Hey Stephen

37. Message In A Bottle

38. Safe and Sound

39. New Romantics

40. Karma

41. End Game

42. Look What You Made Me Do

43. Exile

44. Welcome To New York

45. Electric Touch

46. Delicate

47. A Place In This World

48. Mean

49. Change

50. I Almost Do

51. I Bet You Think About Me

52. Willow

53. Paper Rings

54. Fifteen

55. Blank Space

56. Style

57. Snow On The Beach

58. Never Grow Up

59. Breathe

60. Castles Crumbling

61. Ours

62. Anti Hero

63. Marjorie

64. It’s Nice To Have A Friend

65. Bad Blood

66. Lover

67. Cardigan

68. Cornelia Street

69. Labyrinth

70. Holy Ground

71. Treacherous

72. You Need to Calm Down

73. Never Getting Back Together

74. 22

75. I Knew You Were Trouble

76. The Best Day

77. I’m Only Me When I’m With You

78. I Can See You

79. Midnight Rain

80. You’re Not Sorry

81. Gorgeous

82. Seven

83. Mirrorball

84. Afterglow

85. Daylight

86. The 1

87. Red

88. I Did Something Bad

89. You’re On Your Own Kid

90. Great War

91. Me

92. This Is Me Trying

93. State of Grace

94. Invisible

95. The Outside

96. You Belong With Me

97. Teardrops On My Guitar

98. Untouchable

99. Today Was a Fairytale

100. Tell Me Why

101. Mary’s Song

102. Tim McGraw

103. Superman

104. Speak Now

105. That’s When

106. Gold Rush

107. No Body No Crime

108. Right Where You Left Me

109. My Tears Ricochet

110. Superstar

111. Don’t You

112. Jump Then Fall

113. Bye Bye Baby

114. I Know Places

115. Ivy

116. Is It Over Now

117. I Think He Knows

118. Cold As You

119. Last Kiss

120. You All Over Me

121. Say Don’t Go

122. Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

123. I Don’t Want To Live Forever

124. Shake It Off

125. Tolerate It

126. Maroon

127. Champagne Problems

128. Mad Woman

129. Tis The Damn Season

130. Starlight

131. The Other Side Of The Door

132. Come In With The Rain

133. You’re Losing Me

134. Invisible String

135. Illicit Affairs

136. Everything Has Changed

137. A Perfectly Good Heart

138. We Were Happy

139. Babe

140. Suburban Legends

141. Stay

142. The Very First Night

143. Wish You Would

144. Bigger Than The Whole Sky

145. Ready For It

146. Come Back Be Here

147. Closure

148. Mastermind

149. Sweet Nothing

150. Sad Beautiful Tragic

151. Stay Beautiful

152. The Lucky One

153. Begin Again

154. Girl At Home

155. Nothing New

156. Better Man

157. Miss Americana and the HBP

158. Paris

159. Question

160. Ronan

161. Forever Winter

162. Tied Together With A Smile

163. The Moment I Knew

164. Betty

165. Hoax

166. Coney Island

167. Clean

168. Call It What You Want

169. New Years Day

170. False God

171. King of My Heart

172. How You Get The Girl

173. You Are In Love

174. High Infidelity

175. Innocent

176. Foolish One

177. Death By A Thousand Cuts

178. This Love

179. So It Goes

180. The Archer

181. The Lakes

182. Dear Reader

183. Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve

184. I Forgot That You Existed

185. Dancing With Our Hands Tied

186. Dorothea

187. When Emma Falls In Love

188. Run

189. It’s Time To Go

190. Cowboy Like Me

191. Glitch

192. Dress

193. Peace

194. Epiphany

195. Soon You’ll Get Better

196. Evermore

197. Happiness

198. Slut

199. Vigilante Shit

200. Stay Stay Stay

[maerrine]

holy shit okay

IF I CAN STOP FREAKING OUT AND GET MY THOUGHTS DOWN FOR TWO SECONDS!! (major spoilers for chapter 109 below, stop reading now if you want to avoid them!)

I think that Sigma isn’t dead. Other than the fact that he’s not bleeding from the head like I believe (?) Fyodor’s past victims did, he was just hit with a shitton of information at once, and we already know that an information overload from his ability can make people faint. It happened to Atsushi already. I think he just fainted because of that overload, though of course he is still bleeding from his stab wound...

BUT UHHHHHHH DAZAI...................... I genuinely have no clue how he’s getting out of this. Like!! Thematically I don’t feel like Asagiri would kill him permanently, particularly not like this, but at the same time I’M SHAKEN HOW TF DO YOU COME BACK FROM A BULLET WOUND TO THE FOREHEAD... WHAT. I GENUINELY DID NOT SEE THAT COMING, AT ALL-

I have no clue where this manga is going. Love it though. 10/10 now back to me losing my mind!!!

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#5

Charlie posted on twitter!

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#4

Charlie posted on twitter!

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619 notes - Posted September 6, 2022

#3

Charlie replied to Quackity and a fan account! Check out the animation project here!

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#2

Charlie replied to Ethan on twitter!

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A cropped screenshot of a tweet by ethan @/CrankGameplays with a reply by Slimecicle @/Slimecicle.

Ethan’s tweet reads “so why the fuck can parrots talk, like what’s up with that”.

Charlie’s reply reads “holy shit oh fuck thats why they call it parroting when someone repeats what's already been said oh my god”.

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Charlie posted on twitter!

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A cropped screenshot of a tweet by Charlie @/insidetheslime. It reads “Hey everyone, there have been some terrible rumors circulating about me and my past lately that I’d like to dispel. I did NOT go to gay high school, but if I did it was not my intention. I also firmly believe the students would not realize im straight either way. Thank you all.”

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I posted 2,951 times in 2022

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#tfw youve only known about the existence of  space beyond your moons for like a month tops and youre already qualified for a masters degree

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I can only assume that during the development of Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe, Galactic Cafe managed to get a few seconds into their "So we need some new games for the "Let's play someone else's games" ending-" request before Campo Santo and Psyonix were like "HOLY SHIT, YES, HERE'S THE ASSET FILES, GO NUTS"

61 notes - Posted May 1, 2022

#4

AroAce Hunter and/or Willow theorists when they see Hunter in the previews seemingly dressed as a Borg version of Data from TNG, who was (albeit roughly handled) aspec coded:

AroAce Hunter and/or Willow theorists when they realize Hunter’s cosplay character is named after Chief Engineer Miles O’ Brien from TNG/DS9, who canonically marries a botanist:

102 notes - Posted October 23, 2022

#3

So. I have a theory about this. Blue Pearl commissioned Bismuth to make wedding armor for Yellow Pearl potentially because, after attending a lecture on Medieval Knighthood by Pearl, she finds out about the concept of courtly love. She sees a parallel with it to her own centuries-long relationship with YP, and a wedding theme is cemented. The armor’s cape is green because BP heard about Garnet’s Tux-Dress and wanted a similar result, so she went to Bismuth, who canonically has a method of crafting armor that shifts and grows with its wearer. We never saw what BP’s dress looks like because the Crewniverse wanted to keep its design as open to interpretation as the various other plot prompts that SUF left unresolved, like the continuing adventures of Captain Centi and the Nephrite Crew. All I know is, Vidalia deserves to be maid of honor.

109 notes - Posted March 1, 2022

#2

Entrapta, like Catra, has all the foundations for a corruption arc. Pre-existing deviance, a solid motivation for revenge, climbing up the enemy ranks until she is the head boss's left hand, and then gaining powet over Hordak himself. Like many villain scientists she assists and joins with the good guys from time to time.

What makes Entrapta different is that, through all of this, she ISNT a mastermind, morally grey ends justifies the means scientist. She is in fact a complete cinnamon roll who's hurt by what happened but doesn't hold a grudge at all and has joined the villains because they gave her sense of belonging, and a place to foster her love of science. So you have the top dog villain at the start of season 3 when shes finally got power over Hordak, and she's using it to tell him to love himself, to show him that our flaws are what make us beautiful and they shouldn't be masked, especially if we need help. And in season 5 she's not the sneaky ex villain getting a questionable redemption, she's literally leading the front lines in terms of converting people to the Rebellion, pulling one clone of a million clones out from under Prime and immediately being able to connect with him, being the one to tell Prime to his face he will never understand love, wrecking his brainwashing network, her connection with Hordak leading to Prime's death.

It's... so OPPOSITE to Shadow Weaver, who joined the rebellion about the same time Entrapta overtook Catra in the horde and then disappeared. Weaver has the standard "redemption" arc but doesn't learn a damn thing in her life, has no humility, and is constantly fucking with people's heads underneath her silver tongued words, all stuff Entrapta literally cannot do.

So you have this very compassionate pure of heart character influencing the iron cold leader of the villains, and this incredibly manipulative abusive character influencing the leaders of the heroes.

I think it's interested how shera plays so hard with tropes.

Yes! Exactly! One of my favorite parts about Entrapta’s character is that, in seemingly direct contrast to Shadow Weaver who looks, talks, and acts like a fairy tale Disney villain evil witch 24/7, with even her attempted ‘redemption martyr moment’ just piling more mental scars onto her surrogate daughters,  everything that we’re presented with in the first few minutes System Failure gives us the idea that Entrapta is this typical (albeit sweet-toothed) Mad Scientist soon-to-be-if-not-already-villain. She lives in a classically evil scary castle on a mountain, it’s full of traps, secret passageways, and (conveniently timed) robot zombies, and there’s mutants in the sewers apparently?!? Especially since some fans know her old incarnation was a shallow villain, once she finally crawls out of a vent like a goddamn Xenomorph with welding mask eyes glowing with menace the audience thinks they have her character figured out, and then she subverts these expectations by greeting our heroes with a genuine, cheery, hospitable welcome that still acknowledges the immediate danger they’re facing and her direct involvement in it. And ever since then, all she’s wanted to do is help people and do science (and hopefully make friends with people by doing those two things). Even when she learns She Ra’s most direct and effective weakness, even when she’s given the chance to use that weakness *again* after she thinks the BFS and Princess Alliance left her for dead, she still doesn’t take the opportunity to go full "They laughed at my experiments, but now I’ll show them all! Brand New Day! Muahahahaha!” etc etc. Shadow Weaver WISHES she could’ve climbed the evil corporate ladder as fast as Entrapta did, and ironically she accomplished it by doing the exact opposite approach to SW: Being 100% genuine and honest about her opinions, knowledge, and feelings. And Hordak establishes time and time again that he hates dishonesty in his ranks (mostly because he’s not great at subterfuge and trickery himself) and gains valuable knowledge and self-worth from Entrapta’s genuine honesty. I may be forgetting something, but I’m pretty sure the one and only time Entrapta intentionally, consciously lies about something is that bit in System Failure where she find the lab and says “We’re here! Uh, I mean, of course we’re here, we were never lost.” Of course, just because she never even considers taking steps towards actual, conscious Villainy and Vengeance doesn’t mean we can’t think up AUs where she does go down that path a bit.  One concept that I’ve yet to make into a proper fic is an alternate ending to Season 5 in which she has a more active role in usurping Prime, fully disconnecting him from the other Clones before Hordak does the Darth Vader/Emperor reference, then taking over the Velvet Glove’s army of clones, droids, and drones in order to collect data on the flora, fauna, and magic of Etheria before expanding her DC Brainiac style "data collection” to the rest of the newly entered galaxy. 

anyway thanks for prompting and then coming to my Ted Talk

135 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

So, due to some unexpected yet welcome news presented during tonight’s Owl House charity stream, I made some edits of one particular shared Season 2b screencap. Enjoy, and use with credit! 

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[crispy-pupper]

Hey folks you MAAAAY have seen that I almost died from an allergic reaction and then got a secondary infection from my IV. I'm doing a little better and it's been hard for me to actually allow myself to recover since I still have to go to work and all. It's so bizarre to reflect on last week and think about that. Like I honestly didn't realize how serious it was since growing up I was always told to deal with it. But fuck, yeah that was scaryyyyy. Holy shit I had 2 doses of epinephrine that's how bad it was... I feel like I've let my art fall a bit but I have to remind myself THAT IS A-OKAY because my health is important!!!!!!!!!!!!! (the excessive exclamation points are necessary) On top of this it's been 104-109 degrees outside which is NOT CONDUCIVE TO HEALING >:( But you know I've been crying my best.

I also just feel like tumblr is a better place for an slightly in-depth explanation of everything that's happened. Not that I owe that to anyone but because my family keeps asking me to stop talking about it 😅 honestly rude but go off So yeahhh. That's life I guess. Super fabulous and great and then your in the hospital repeatedly. Yippee. If you read this far, thank you. I wish you a very happy [insert timezone].

[cosmicbucket]

very much so unsurprised by these results! a good first year of tumblr-ing lmao :]

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#i can fully picture it being like a parallel. living inside a photograph is just a cute couple thing until it's p03's reality.

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#5

aight now i'm on a tangent

cosmic ramble

a lot of this is going off of recent gameplay memory so bEAR WITH ME

I said this in the tags of my last post, but I am a firm believer that P03 didn't understand why spreading the OLD_DATA to the world was such a problem. Of course he understood its capabilities when it came to achieving power, he used it to gain control after all. But beyond that? He makes no reference to the OLD_DATA and how it's straight up dangerous. Whether this is because he didn't want to tell us (y'know, so we would help perform The Great Transcendence) or because he didn't know anything to tell us, I'm inclined to believe it's the latter.

An optional encounter we can trigger is if we receive a key from the Bone Lord in Act 2 and we visit him again in Act 3. The Bone Lord asks Luke to stop filming in exchange for information about the OLD_DATA, so we're treated to about 5 seconds of darkness before the camera comes back on, and Luke is clearly distraught by the information. The Bone Lord disappears and P03's only remark is "Holy $&!# ..."

P03 rarely uses swear words. When G0lly is accessing the web and finds a picture of a real Mummy Lord, she reactively swears ("#^%! me...") It would appear that she's easily distressed by the grotesque image. But P03 doesn't get distressed. He always keeps his cool and he always knows more than you do. He takes great pride in how easily he outwits you and the other Scrybes after the success of The Great Transcendence. P03 wouldn't casually display any emotions that imply "weakness."

P03 is caught off guard by the Bone Lord's information, enough to show genuine shock in front of Luke - the stupid, idiot gamer. I don't think P03 understood what was truly at play here.

Furthermore, in its victory speech, it makes no mention of the OLD_DATA: "Even if those foul Scrybes manage to revert this version of the game again... There will be thousands of copies of Inscryption out there. And in most of them? I'm the one in charge!"

P03 just wanted power over the other Scrybes. He didn't even do anything to them while he was in control - he trapped the Angler, possibly as payback for being the one to give Leshy power, (EDIT: NOT POSSIBLY, HE DID) and he trapped the Lonely Wizard. While this does become his downfall, I see it as testament to the fact that The Great Transendence power grab was mostly spurred by the fact that when someone else was in control, he was at their mercy. And Leshy proved to be quite merciless in letting him be killed and sacrificed for a game. (If you take into account their history as being married, it's really just salt in the wound.)

P03 as we see him in Act 2 is an emotionally constipated Scrybe who, when not in charge, fears his perceived vulnerability at the hands of the others. He needed control, and he needed it to be permanent. So, he uses Luke to upload the game and solidify his power, unaware that he's also uploading doomsday codes.

And despite everything the other Scrybes do to prevent this, it actually works.

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#4

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#3

HEY SO ABOUT MY "P03 DOESN'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THE OLD_DATA" THEORY POST

I JUST GOT MORE SUPPORTING EVIDENCE

The Mycologists are established to be experimenting in order to better understand the Karnoffel Code, which "appears to be an earlier form or component of the OLD_DATA." When they hijack P03 for their boss battle, P03 regains no memory of the events.

"What just happened?

Where am I?"

When you defeat them in Act 3, the Mycologists play two cards - Gem Detonator and The Daus - before they're merged together, creating a card bearing a very particular set of numbers. The Mycologists rejoice, before discussing the card before them.

"It appears to be a fragment..."

"...of the OLD_DATA."

"We must study it."

"The robot must forget."

And lo and behold, P03 doesn't mention a thing of the OLD_DATA.

"I feel terrible.

What have you done to me challenger?

Never return to this place.

I really need to clean my registry..."

this was an apologist-fuelled theory but nOW IM THINKING I MIGHT'VE BEEN ONTO SOMETHING

34 notes - Posted October 10, 2022

#2

tags: @skiddlecat

i did Not impulsively make a comic for this. what makes you think i would do such a thing.

anyways here’s. a comic. that i made for this. impulsively.

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[kickbutts-singsongs]

Ooooooh heck yeah let’s do this

1. I think my fav thing that happened was the leaks night when chapter 403 came out and everyone (and me) was going absolutely apeshit over a certain someone’s return and the Eye Contact™️ that was shared so yeah it was just such a thrilling experience and I really felt united with the fandom and overjoyed about Katsuki coming back

2. I started shipping bkdk last year, and funnily enough it all started during the second half of the togachako fight (“You really think I’m cute?” “The cutest girl in the whole world”). I was like that’s gay and then I got tumblr and read togachako metas and went that’s even gayer which then led me to bakudeku metas and that’s when I went oh wait these guys actually make sense oh shit it’s not toxic anymore holy fuck I GET IT NOW

(but if I’m being honest with myself, I subconsciously shipped these guys since the beginning but I was too blind (heteronormative) to see)

(like I made an oc pair that was bkdk coded and went but I don’t ship them irl ahhahaha what I def don’t save bkdk pins on pinterest or read bkdk fics or anything nope izu///ocha all the way guys)

3. The anti bkdk flag

4. Switches (but idk I don’t think about sex all that much lol)

5. Demi Katsuki and Bi Izuku just feel right to me

6. It’s a tie between the apology scene and the epilogue hospital scene

7. It’s been a hot minute since I’ve seen anything before season seven (I’m currently rewatching) but I think as of late Bones has really been capitalizing on the bkdk material so I’ve been eating good lollllll

8. My list of priorities is as follows:

handhold

dvk 3 (or d&k!!!!)

talk about feelings, romantic or otherwise (may be included in previous event)

crepes/amusement park date

relationship confirmed

9. Honestly? I don’t actually mind if they’re not shown as romantic. As long as it’s established that Katsuki is Izuku’s most important person and vice versa, I’ll be happy (queerplatonic bkdk is my ideal)

10. Nah I can’t imagine these boys with anyone else now they’re like my fav ship of all time!!!

(That being said: if Katsuki didn’t exist, rodydeku would be very cute lol)

11. Uhhhhhhh oh geez I think my top ten gotta be:

“Nobody else (Can take me higher)” by Jeka

“Dear Nikki-san” by blazingeyes

“promises kept” by gabstar

“save your tears” by starless_skies

“The Time Between Our Lives” by Fitzrovia

“in the dark, with you close, I can see” by comradekiwi

“109 Days” by amarisllis

“It’s a Leap of Faith” by SpiritedKaway

“last days of war” by antisora

“A Dangerous Game” by tsukithewolf

12. I mean, the volume 29 cover is pretty hard to beat 💀💀💀 but I think my fav in general is the class 1-A group photo (the one with the blue sky in the background and they’re all standing in front of the school). It’s my home screen lmao

13. I’ve never shipped any couple more than I’ve shipped bkdk

14. I just hope they become hero partners and are confirmed as each others most important person. That’s all I really need.

15. Oh goodness I’m not gonna cry I won’t!!! 😭

These boys mean so much to me, and so does this series. I honestly still can’t believe it’s about to end.

I went from hating Katsuki to absolutely adoring him, and Izuku was the first protagonist I ever felt like I completely related to. He brought me such comfort during the aftermath of the pandemic. Like, I too am sensitive and a crybaby and a nerd, and I verbally process things (mumble), and I had low self-esteem, and I had people in my life call me weak and put me down (and I mayyyy have projected those people onto Katsuki a bit…). And Izuku gave me hope that one day I could be like him, and that I’d rise up against the situations that seemed impossible and beat them anyways, and that the people in my life would eventually realize that they’re wrong about me (and one of them has!🥹).

And seeing these two boys grow and develop (especially after rereading the manga) is just something else. It’s crazy how I went from trying to ignore Katsuki and his hot-headed self to being so invested in his emotions and feelings and his devotion to Izuku like 😭😭😭😭

No matter how this series ends, it’s definitely going to hold a special place in my heart for a long time.

I’m gonna miss these guys so much

Q/A since the series is nearly over (answer any you like via reblog/replies/asks)

What is the best thing you have seen the fandom do since you have become a part of it?

How long have you been a bkdk/dkbk lover and what was the canon moment that made you start shipping them?

3) What is the worst thing or the most pathetic thing you have seen the antis do to try to stop our ship from sailing?

4) Do you prefer top!Bakugou/bottom!Midoriya, top!Midoriya/bottom!Kacchan, or them as switches?

5) What is your sexuality and/or gender headcanon for Bakugou and Midoriya?

6) What is your favorite bkdk/dkbk moment of all time?

7) Which scenes do you think the anime improved on or made worse?

8) How do you wish the series ends and hope bkdk/dkbk's character arc is resolved?

9) How do you headcanon bkdk/dkbk confessing their love and finally becoming romantic partners?

10) If bkdk/dkbk is your otp, do you have a secondary ship? If yes, tell me what it is and why.

11) What are your favorite bkdk/dkbk fanfics? (please send link if you can)

12) Which official art did you like the most and why?

13) Is bkdk/dkbk your favorite ships of all time or do you have another ship you believe to be even better?

14) Do you have any headcanons about future!Midoriya and future!Bakugou?

15) How do you feel about the series as a whole and the long journey Midoriya and Bakugou have gone on?