#hope brigade

[a-student-out-of-time]

All us anons have mentioned that you are indeed a lovely lady, and I gotta say, it's the freckles for me personally. It's scientific fact that freckles increase an individual's attractiveness by approximately 30% regardless of gender

Oh...th-thank you, hehehe...

They really are cute.

Thank you, Makoto-kun...

We should probably get going, huh?

Right, yeah!

*The two head off for their date, hand-in-hand*

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Have fun, you two~

[baddybaddyadardaddy]

Everyone saying goodbye to Sam & Adar on Sam’s instagram just made this all too real for me now. It’s fully sunken in that there’s no more to come for Adar. Something I really wish I didn’t have to see. At least not so soon. Fuck.

i am right there with you feeling the pain, anon.

he is gone from the show, and we all have to mourn that and accept it.

but my one wild hope is that the Adar fandom continues!!!

i'm trying to look at the lingering questions the show left open about his identity as a gift to us. we have the contours, we know the outline of the story, but the details are ours to fill in now. we can keep speculating, we can keep theorizing, we can keep creating work based on this character. we can keep putting the dark side of Tolkien's legendarium under the microscope and challenging the dichotomy of good and evil. i think the professor would approve of that.

and so in that way, i hope, adar's legacy will have a life far beyond episode 8.

[thatmooncake]

Hi it’s me again, still updating on the DCA server for coaxing lonely people out of their shells (link to come later, just check the “DCA fan brigade chat” tag on my blog and it’ll be up there when it’s ready to go, currently working on it with @flinxypie now the work day is over):

1. So we’re definitely looking for mods in busy timezones who are active, please dm or reply if this sounds like you or something you might want to do :>

2. I’ve seen a few neat name suggestions for the server like DCA fan brigade, DCA quiet corner, Daycare quiet corner, Lil social awkward daycare corner, among others! What kind of name does everyone like best? Or should we choose something else altogether? Please reply or reblog with tags if you have any thoughts!

[attorneys-against-court-violence]

Let's talk about this moment real quick. Spoilers for Dual Destinies, especially the final case:

I've made me jests, but...

Athena isn't confused here because she's stupid.

She's confused because she's spent the better part of 7 years training, studying, and fighting her inner demons for the sole purpose of saving Simon. He was (and still is) one of the most important people in her life and now he's saying that it isn't? After all of this?

Simon is a key part of Athena's trauma, that he'd go and throw his life away for seemingly no reason at all (her memories of UR-1 blocked out with only the grim setting of the courtroom he was sentenced to death in being vivid). Her mother was dead, Aura was no doubt incandescent and wondering why Simon is covering for the true killer, and she was sent to Europe away from her friend Juniper (though they did exchange letters).

The day Phoenix inspired her to pursue a career as an attorney, she had some way of reaching out to and maybe even saving someone she knew from her past. The last tether to happier days in the Space Centre before UR-1, one that knew and forged a strong student-master bond with her mother Metis Cykes. Fighting hard to break out of her shell and become as physically and mentally strong as she could. She says as much during her conversation with him above, and to Phoenix & Pearl in the detention centre earlier that day/

She practically changed her entire personality over that period of time to be as strong as she possibly could be - enough that her childhood friend didn't recognise her at first:

All driven by a desire to salvage what she saw as a terrible mistake. If she could save this one person from her past, then perhaps they'll both have a chance at making peace with what happened that day.

With how well Simon knew the Cykes - seeing them for more than their stoic and awkward exteriors - it's fair to say they were familiar with one another. Athena's fixation on him is partly a result of trauma, yes, but it also speaks to unspoken happy memories of this black-clad dork who visits her mother and seems to understand her better than most anyone else did... even compared to her mother, it felt at times.

And he does understand her, knowing how to push and test her abilities in court and forming silent plans to catch the phantom together despite spending 7 years apart.

One of the bad endings for Turnabout for Tomorrow - where they fail to crack Simon's testimony - mentions that Athena left the office after the fact. Ignoring that they skipped over Clay's trial for a moment, we hear that Apollo and Phoenix take this event rather poorly, yet we don't hear a peep about Athena:

I can only speculate. Maybe that's the point; leaving us to wonder what Athena did after she failed to save Simon from his execution date. I'm sure Simon died reassuring himself about how Athena no longer has to bear the guilt for her mother's death. But I doubt that's any comfort given her intense reaction to re-living memories of failing to save him the first time.

Near and dear. Again. She's already failed to save someone she describes as near and dear - on par with Juniper at least - and she's left frozen in shock at the prospect of failing a second time.

She's confused by the notion that Simon's life isn't important because of just how much she values it. How she had no option but to save him, or be locked back into that dark place she entered when that horrible trial ended - knowing she's failed a dear friend because of how foolish she is.

[koucholate]

Person who only play feh to collect Daisuke Izuka illustrated heroes finally completed the brigade ✨️

[rosie-richmond]

Random detail I thought was cute: Ryne calls Lola "big sister" when he first meets her in the manga

[whenimaunicorn]

So many words of smutty smut smut written today. Somehow wrote two different Adar fuck scenes at the same time today? Now I'm enjoying a scotch with my extra hour. It's been a good day

[mostlyrunaways]

For anyone who doesn't know Runaways currently has a short (?) run going on over in Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic. It picks up right where the comic ended and is following Karolina, Xavin and the Light Brigad as they try to get Karolina a healer and restore her powers. It's a nice little story so far and it's funny watching Karolina swing the Staff of One around.

[a-student-out-of-time]

Congratulations Tamami! Not only do you have a chance with the one and only Makoto Naegi, but you also have a chance with two very lovely ladies as well! n.n

*A short while later*

...

*knock knock*

Alright, here we go...

*He opens the door*

Hi, Makoto-kun!

Hey! Good to see you made it!

So, uhh...what do you think we should do?

That's, uhh...I'm not sure. There's a lotta stuff we could do.

Hm, what did you and Iroha-chan do for your first date?

Well, we were going to Spaceland, but then the prison break happened and so we hid back home for a while.

O-Okay, bad example!

I just wanna make sure I'm doing this right. I've, umm...never been asked out before.

You haven't?

I'm not really great with people. When I'm alone with people I don't really know, it makes me kinda tense...

Animals help with that, though. Talking to them always helps me relax.

And, umm...I trust you, Makoto-kun.

I'm glad to hear that.

Hey! What if we go to the arcade?

That sounds really fun! I love games!

Alright, let's go then.

Also, since this is a date, do you wanna hold hands?

Oh! Sure!

*They take each others' hands*

...

...

We, uh...should probably go soon, huh?

Probably.

O-Oh, hang on. I got a text.

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Makoto told me what you guys are up to today. Sorry I can't be there, but please do keep him company while I'm gone, Tamami-chan! Hope you guys have fun!

P.S. I knew you liked Makoto, so please don't feel like you're intruding. You're super cute and sweet and Sayaka-chan and I trust you both. If you wanna keep seeing him, that's cool with us!

Happy Valentine's Day <3 &lt;3 <3

-Iroha

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...Thank you both so much.

[baddybaddyadardaddy]

Here I am feeling sick again remembering our Adar is really lost forever 😭. The grief keeps coming & going in waves. I just want to get through my day without the pain, damn. Sometimes I almost wish his character was never created. The loss of anything that could have been hurts too much 🖤💔

Off to write some elegies for him 🖋️

oh my dear, sweet anon.

please accept the tightest of hugs from me, and know that you are not alone in the grief over Adar. 🫂🫂

I have never mourned for a fictional character the way I'm mourning for him right now. As insane as it sounds, and as much as other people might not get it, grieving the loss of a fictional character is VALID.

Not only do we know we won't get to see him on the show again, there's also a heavy finality in knowing exactly how the story ENDS.

Now, it by no means will stop us from writing AU work and fix-it fics, speculating wildly, and doing everything we can to keep giving life to this character. But it does color the creative process in a different way, I think. Creating new work for Adar feels bittersweet now, in a way that it didn't before.

But I think we should keep creating!!!

So please, share your elegies with us!! Share everything with us!! This character stays alive now because of US!!

The Baddydaddy Brigade is here for you, mellon! Hang in there

[kathybluecaller]

Starting off Martha March with a little wave

[spineless-lobster]

“Forward, the Clock Brigade! Charge for the morning!” he said.

Into the valley of Death

Rode the daylight savings

[galacticus-underscore]

how much haylouine is too much haylouine

[vyorei]

Jesus you'd think with all them dEaDLy hAmAS under every smashed brick and baby-corpse on the street the IOF wouldn't have time to snap derisive pics like this.

[thezoraprince]

How about 1, 2, and 3 for the Big Bad Bazz Brigade members?

i got distracted watching Castlevania whoops😅😅

anyway, here are my hot takes on these 3 beauties

1. Canon I outright reject

Bazz - he can't be the the only one patrolling the domain. that man NEEDS SLEEP!! also, he's got paperwork to do.

Rivan - that he's Dunma's biological dad. it's not that i outright reject it, i just like to believe he found her as an egg when he was a teen. he's too good of a person, and too big of a nerd to have a biological child at the age he was when Dunma was born.

Gaddison - i don't know a lot about Gaddison canon, sooooo... 😅

2. A canon or headcanon hill I will die on

Bazz - he hates showing emotion around others unless it's someone he's VERY close to. he hates PDA. he wants his life to be as private as possible. hates gossip. if he's in a vulnerable state, he'll stay of of sight.

Rivan - just as sweet as Sidon. i love that he cares so much for his daughter, and that he's so nervous to be away from her in TotK. he deserves more attention. i firmly believe he was the most reckless out of the 3, though he is just a big nerd who loves his friends.

Gaddison - HATES the Prince Sidon Fan Club. thinks they're the worst people. played with bugs as a kid. she's claimed herself to be a bloodstained soldier, and i believe that. also, very gay.

3. Obscure headcanon

Bazz - Seggin scolded the hell out of him for literally anything: being to loud, not speaking up enough, not being the top of his class, showing off too much, etc etc. that's why he's only affectionate around those he's EXTREMELY close to

Rivan - was definitely scolded for bringing home a Zora egg. i mean... my parents probably would have done the same honestly.

Gaddison - had a lot of gender identity issues as a child because of her sexuality. definitely had a crush on Mipha when she was little.