#hopefully connor contributes

[connormccafferyhater]

y’all better hope cc put on a fuckshit pregame fit tomorrow or we’re in trouble 😊

[hss-appreciation-events]

HSS Appreciation Week 2025: Official Masterlist + What's next going forward!

Thank you to @choicescommunityevents for helping promote this!

First, a message from host @cadybear420:

I want to start off by once again giving a huge thank you to everyone who participated in this event. As the Choices/Pixelberry fandom has been shrinking, it always saddened me that Choices HSS seemed like it'd become one of the more relatively niche sub-fandoms. While it may be one of the more "vanilla" titles, there's still a lot of heart and effort that has gone into it.

The MCs and main casts of HSS generally tend to unify the community of Berry High, bringing together students of all types. And with this event, my goal was similar– to bring people together for some well-deserved HSS Appreciation. Whether you're more of a HSS Prime fan, a OG Choices HSS fan, a HSS:CA fan, or not as familiar/involved with HSS... it's been fantastic to see everyone give some love to this series one way or another. I can say for sure that this event was indeed a success.

And a message from host @lover-also-fighter-also

Hi all

First of all, a huge thank you for all the people who have contributed to this HSS appreciation week and have made it a success through their artwork/edits/writing.

It's been really amazing to see that this series is still well loved and received by many members of the HSS fandom and it has been wonderful to interact with you all and to bring us all together with common ground.

What to look out for in the future:

HSS Appreciation Week 2026!!!

HSSAW 2026 will likely take place around the same dates as this year's event did, but that's not for certain. We'll try to have the next year's event dates announced by the start of November.

Character-Specific Appreciation Events!

An Emma Hawkins Appreciation event for 2025 (event blog still pending) will be taking place on August 9, her canon birthday!

Aiden Zhou Appreciation Week 2025 ( @aidenzhouappreciationweek ) will be taking place sometime in October! The events dates should hopefully be announced by the start of August.

Maria Flores Appreciation Day 2026 ( @mariaflores-appreciation ) will take place on February 3, her canon birthday!

Other HSS Themed Events!

We wanna keep the HSS love going strong. Nothing is set yet as we're still coming up with what exactly such events would be and how we'd go about doing them, but stay tuned!

Got a HSS-Related event of your own that you wanna host?

Please let us know! We're more than happy to promote and/or collaborate on it!

Got any ideas for other HSS Themed events? Or ideas for things to add to HSSAW (like different prompts, etc)?

By all means, send them to us!!! We're happy to hear suggestions!

And now, without further ado...

The HSSAW 2025 Masterlist!

If you have something you wanted to submit for the event but didn't quite get to doing, don't worry! We're accepting submissions until the end of 2025.

Discretion Guide: • 🔥 = Contains Sexually Mature/Suggestive Material (but not Explicit) • 🔞 = Contains Explicit Sexual Material • ⚠️ = Contains Sensitive/Triggering Topics • 🚨 = Contains Graphic Depictions of Violence, Death, or Physical Harm

[Event Blog Archive Link in case of anyone's blogs getting deleted]

MC INTRODUCTIONS

Angel Lee (OG HSS MC): by @pansexy-choices-the-sequal

Jeremy Rin (OG HSS MC): by @lover-also-fighter-also

Jordan Lee (OG HSS MC): by @aallotarenunelma

Mila Delgado (HSS:CA MC): by @lover-also-fighter-also

Molly Quinn (HSS:CA MC): by @storyofmychoices

Philip Marten (OG HSS MC): by @lilyoffandoms

Ria Monero (OG HSS MC): by @lover-also-fighter-also

Riley Blake (OG HSS MC): by @storyofmychoices

MASTERPOST: Erica Vine (OG HSS MC) and Juniper Woods (HSS:CA MC): by @myautumnrose

MASTERPOST: Gala Moschen (HSS Prime MC), Elisa & Elena & Edurne Connor (OG HSS MCs), Halley & Teddy Buchaneer (HSS:CA MC & Twin): by @rosesnink

MASTERPOST: Gala Moschen (HSS Prime MC), Elisa Connor (OG HSS MC), Halley Buchaneer (HSS:CA MC): by @rosesnink

MASTERPOST: Jordan Price (HSS Prime MC), Evie Ayana (OG HSS MC), Cher Lee (HSS:CA MC): by @cadybear420

MASTERPOST: Sarah (OG HSS MC) and Ellie (HSS:CA MC): by @ladylamrian

ART

Aiden and Angel Neck Kisses: by @pansexy-choices-the-sequal

Aiden and Evie at prom doing a prom photo: by @cadybear420

Aiden in f!MC's Pool Party Outfit: by @cadybear420

Aiden in his Marching Band Outfit: by @cadybear420

Aiden in Level 10 Girl Marching Band Outfit: by @cadybear420

Aiden performing piano for Angel for the first time: by @pansexy-choices-the-sequal

Aiden stopping Angel from committing homicinde on Terrence: by @pansexy-choices-the-sequal

Angel first playing sax and Angel playing sax at Berry: by @pansexy-choices-the-sequal

🔥 Angel giving Aiden some stress relief: by @pansexy-choices-the-sequal

Angel playing saxophone and Aiden starting to fall in love: by @pansexy-choices-the-sequal

Caleb x Erica: by @myautumnrose

Erica's Growth (Art and Headcanons): by @myautumnrose

Ezra and Myra: by @pansexy-choices-the-sequal

Myra: by @myautumnrose

Philip, Evie, and Riley: by @lilyoffandoms

James Bond AU!Aiden: by @cadybear420

Aiden + Aiden/Evie Plushie Dolls: by @cadybear420

Darlene Plushie Doll: by @cadybear420

Evie Plushie Doll: by @cadybear420

Gala Plushie Doll: by @cadybear420

Mila Plushie Doll: by @cadybear420

Skye + Skye/Mila Plushie Dolls: by @cadybear420

WRITING

A Slice of Red Velvet (Ria x Maria): by @lover-also-fighter-also

⚠️ Bloom Into Color (Erica): by @myautumnrose

Monkey Bars (Ria x Maria): by @lover-also-fighter-also

Rolling On Forward (Aiden x Evie): by @cadybear420

Seasons of Life: A Poem for Evie: by @cadybear420

The Song of Love (Ria x Maria): by @lover-also-fighter-also

Tigers Always Stick Together (Erica x Caleb): by @myautumnrose

EDITS

Aiden and Skye: A Power Pair: by @cadybear420

Cher as the Witch in the Enchanted Kingdom Play: by @cadybear420

Evie as the Knight in the Enchanted Kingdom Play: by @cadybear420

Evie with Purple Hair: by @cadybear420

Evie-loution (Edits and Headcanons): by @cadybear420

Riley at Hollywood U (Edit and Headcanons): by @storyofmychoices

PICREWS/MAKERS/DOLLS

Aiden Through the Years (Meikers and Headcanons): by @cadybear420

HSS MCs and Growth (Picrews and Headcanons): by @rosesnink

Into the OG HSS MC-verse (Picrews and Meta): by @cadybear420

Maria's College Style: by @lover-also-fighter-also

Ria through the years (Meikers and Headcanons): by @lover-also-fighter-also

HEADCANONS

Family Dynamics Ask Game: 🪢😤⚔️🌍🙏🤔1️⃣🔮💛🤗🤢 for Evie and Cher: by @cadybear420

Family Dynamics Ask Game: 🏈😡😉🎖️for Evie and Cher: by @cadybear420

Family Dynamics Ask Game: 🏈😤 for Evie, Cher, Alan and Samara: by @cadybear420

Sarah and Evie + Sarah/Michael Aiden/Evie Double Date Idea: by @ladylamrian

MOODBOARDS

Aiden Moodboard: by @lover-also-fighter-also

Caleb Moodboard: by @lover-also-fighter-also

Emma Moodboard: by @lover-also-fighter-also

Maria Moodboard: by @lover-also-fighter-also

Michael Moodboard: by @lover-also-fighter-also

META/ANALYSIS/SCREENSHOTS

Aiden's Super-Cunt Supercut (Screenshot Compilation): by @cadybear420

Aiden Character Assessment: by @lover-also-fighter-also

Maria Character Assessment: by @cadybear420

The Key Reasons to Why I Consider OG Choices HSS So Great: by @cadybear420

OG Choices HSS Calendar Calculations: by @cadybear420

[pluckyredhead]

Editing The Lost Titans

I get asks about writing advice/craft/tips occasionally, and I always feel a little inadequate when I answer them. While I try to be very disciplined and methodical about my original writing, when it comes to fic, it's something I do for fun and for free, so my method is mainly slapping my hands on the keyboard like a seal until self-indulgence comes out. It's rare that I outline fic or make significant edits, so it's hard for me to point to specific examples.

However! While I was writing The Lost TItans, I did a bunch of major edits - throwing away entire scenes, revising large chunks, adding an entire chapter after the first draft was done. More importantly, all of those edits had really clear reasons they needed to be made, rather than me going "Eh...it's just not right," which means I can actually explain my thought process without just waving a hand vaguely in the direction of the vibes. So I thought I'd write about what edits I made and why, in case it's interesting or useful to anyone. (And if not, who doesn't like navel gazing?)

The original opening scene was entirely different. It served the same purpose - it was still a dream showing the Titans Red world - but instead of all the Titans fighting the HIVE, it was Jason having lunch on the Star City University campus with Toni and Grant. Then, just as in the finished fic, Jason wakes up at Roy's house and talks about the dream over breakfast.

Now don't get me wrong, I loved writing that original opening scene. I love Toni and Grant, I was already invested in this alternate timeline, so getting to play with these characters interacting was super fun for me.

But it wouldn't have been fun for anyone else. Most of my readers wouldn't know who Toni and Grant were, and literally no one would be invested in their relationships with Jason, because I was inventing those out of whole cloth. Also, because the other four members of the team weren't there, it was just tons of exposition of who these characters were, what their team history was, etc. etc. Rose's joke about Roy being like a cool camp counselor was originally from this scene, but because Rose isn't in the scene, it's a joke being exposited rather than told. There was nothing to engage a reader who wasn't me, and also a lot of what was being shown in the scene - that these characters attended the same college - wasn't necessary information (as you can tell by the fact that in the final fic, that isn't even true).

So I cut the scene entirely and replaced it with the opening fight scene. (And obviously made the necessary edits to the subsequent conversation with Roy.) It's much more high energy, and more importantly: it gets the whole team on the page, it shows that they are a team rather than just telling you, and hopefully the banter gets you invested in their dynamic. They're pals being goofy together! I sure hope these are real relationships and not Hank Hall's weird manipulative RPF!

2. The third scene, dinner at Ollie's, originally opened with Roy, Lian, and Jason arriving at Ollie's and all the different Arrowfamily members getting little bits of dialogue or whatever before it was supposed to cut to the flashback of Jason butting heads with Bruce in Gotham. I was actually in the middle of this scene and stalled out for a while before I realized I needed to a) scrap the opening scene like I mentioned above and b) scrap this one, too. Often when I find I'm just stuck and not going anywhere, it's for reasons like this - the scene I'm writing isn't the right one.

In this case, it was similar to the Grant and Toni scene above - I was having a great time writing the Arrowfam, but the scene wasn't actually contributing anything to the fic. The point of this entire sequence was to show Jason's fraught relationship with his own family, and hint that Connor was experiencing the same dreams as Jason. Random banter with Mia or whoever was just getting in the way of the crucial information. I cleared all of the Arrowfamily stuff out of the beginning of this sequence, jumped straight to Gotham, and then used the birthday cake scene to contrast Jason's relationship with the Bats to his relationship with the Arrows, as well as drop that Connor hint.

I want to be really clear here, because I feel like people get defensive about the idea of cutting scenes that "aren't doing anything" or "don't move the plot forward." I didn't cut these scenes because they were quiet or character-driven. Jason and Roy having breakfast is quiet and character-driven. The whole fic is character-driven. I cut the scenes that I cut because they literally served zero purpose except having various characters go "Hello, I exist and I have a relationship to Jason." I replaced them with scenes that did that, and also moved the plot forward, and also made you care about those relationships, and also were fun to read. Please don't feel bad for those scenes because they got cut; they are a collection of words and don't have feelings.

3. The scene where Rose rescues Jason and Connor from Sudden Death got I would say a medium level of revision, in that the beats are all the same but they weren't originally fighting Sudden Death. Initially I just had them dealing with two members from opposite sides of a gang war, and the scene was pretty terrible but it got me where I needed to be, so I left it and finished the first draft of the whole fic.

When I went back in revisions, I realized that in using the gang war hook, I was once again spending time on something - in this case, the intricacies of crime in Star City - that had nothing to do with the fic. This is an easy trap to fall into: I needed to introduce Rose in a fun, badass way, while Jason and Connor were already hanging out, so having her save them while they were on patrol was perfect. It didn't matter who they were fighting, so I put in some generic goons.

But then I had to justify why said goons required three superheroes (four, if you count Roy) to defeat them, and also set up why they were there in the first place, and it just became a long derailment from the story I was trying to tell, with nothing inherently entertaining about it to justify it.

Swapping the goons for Sudden Death meant I could significantly streamline the "why" of the scene: he's a supervillain doing supervillain shit, case closed (although there's still a nod to him working with Brick, a Star City crime lord, to explain why he's in town). His dumb surfer shtick is more entertaining to read than generic goon dialogue. And he's a Hawk and Dove villain, which meant the scene served three purposes now: giving Rose a grand entrance, humor, and foreshadowing. Boom.

4. The scene where Jason and Roy kiss got a pretty thorough second pass. This one is the least helpful one to talk about, I think, because it really was just honing the vibes. I wanted to increase the tension between them, that slow pull drawing them closer, so I put in more about their respective positioning in the room, the way the room looks and feels, little physical details of Roy. If I make the setting more palpable, I make the tension more palpable - or at least, that's the theory I'm working with here.

5. The climax got a MAJOR overhaul. Initially, Hank returned Roy and took him away again, Jason had the team attack him, and there was a whole thing with the team fruitlessly fighting against all these hypertime variants of Hank. Only then did Koryak suggest they stay in the Titans Red universe.

I'd written it that way because...well, it was a superhero fic, it felt like it needed some kind of physical confrontation at the end. But this version of Hank is so powerful that there wasn't actually anything the Titans could do, which made the fight not particularly engaging. It also didn't really make sense for him to be attacked by Koryak, Grant, and Eddie, who were kind of on his side, or Jason, who was torn.

Instead, I nixed the physical fight, and made the actual conflict between the team members, which is the conflict that really matters. I also made that fight much more painful. The argument was already there in the first draft, but the truly cruel lines - Koryak's comment about Rose's mom, what Grant says to Toni - came in the second pass. Because the stakes here aren't really whether they can beat Hank; it's their friendship, and the balance between what they give up by going home, and what they give up by staying in the dream. I needed that decision to hurt, and failing to punch Hank Hall in the face wouldn't accomplish that.

6. I essentially added an entire chapter in revisions. Originally the fic went: Eddie sacrifices himself -> quick paragraph sending everyone home -> Jason and Roy get together -> team reassembles to rescue Eddie. It felt rushed and completely unsatisfying. I had been focused on resolving the plot points directly involving Jason, because he's the POV character, but I'd spent so long on all of the various team relationships that I had to at least give each character a proper send-off.

So I added the scene at the JSA brownstone. I let Grant and Toni make up, gave Grant his happy ending, and hinted at Toni's. I gave Koryak and Rose exit lines, and hinted that Jason thinks of Connor as family and part of what "home" means. I added the Tim scene because I needed to balance the beginning of the fic, and because if Jason was making the choice to return to a world with a fraught family dynamic, I needed to show that dynamic on page. I was worried that it would feel like I was drawing out the end too long after the Big Bad was defeated, but I think all of those scenes feel necessary and (hopefully) healing.

Anyway, hopefully this was interesting and maybe helpful! I find craft super interesting but it can be hard to talk about in concrete ways, so I wanted to get all this down on (digital) paper as clear examples I could point to when people ask.

[zody77-blog]

The Villains of Spider-Man 2 2023 For PS5

1.) Kraven and his Hunters

Introduced as only a voice in the first trailer for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Kraven the Hunter finally revealed himself! In the opening cutscene of the recently released gameplay trailer, The Hunter was dissatisfied with his recent prey until one of his goons suggested the villain-infested New York as a new hunting ground. Given a touchpad, Kraven was shown several potential targets, including Peter Parker and Miles Morales, not to mention a slew of past Spider-Man villains, including The Lizard. 2.) The Lizard

The first game established that Dr. Curtis "Curt" Connors had become the Lizard once before but was cured by Spider-Man. Unfortunately, the poor doctor has had a terrible relapse in the sequel, with most of the gameplay showing the Spider-Men tracking down the turned Connors before Kraven's hunters. Another wrinkle is that both Peter and Miles appeared surprised at how big he's gotten, which could suggest that his condition has worsened over the years. But what's more pressing is that Connors is the key to helping Harry Osborn recover from the seemingly incurable Oshtoran Syndrome, hence Peter's fierce determination to turn the scientist back to normal. 3.) Venom

Savvy fans knew immediately that the inky black goo attached to Harry at the end of the original game could have only been the Symbiote, which would no doubt lead to Venom. However, it's unknown yet what origin Insomniac Games will use for the agitating Symbiote. It could have been made in a lab by Oscorp to help his son, similar to the Ultimate Comics, or Oscorp could have found the alien, like the classic origin. However, Peter's first encounter with the Symbiote seems to be at Connors' house, which may suggest he contributed to its creation. Fans seeing Peter's heightened aggression in the Black Suit has led many to theorize that Miles (and the player) will eventually have to fight Peter as a boss. But, of course, Miles won't be the only one fighting a friend. 4.) Wraith

In Marvel's Spider-Man 2 DLC, The City That Never Sleeps, Spider-Man's police contact and friend, Yuri Watanabe, was suspended from the force for attempting to kill Hammerhead. However, at that point, she became so disillusioned with the law that she decided to continue taking matters into her own hands. Moreso an anti-hero vigilante than an outright villain, Watanabe will don a new alias in Spider-Man 2, Wraith, as she does in the comics. There's little doubt she'll be a boss fight or challenge for Peter in the game, hopefully ending with Watanabe seeing the light. 5.) Black Cat

The last time anyone heard from Felicia Hardy's Black Cat was in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales when gone "straight...ish" with Simon Krieger's computer listing her as inactive. Also, it's not as if she was particularly villainous in The City That Never Sleeps. However, if anyone could bring the Black Cat out of hiding, it's Kraven the Hunter. But it could also be as simple as Hardy becoming bored and doing some low-key harmless cat burglary or messing with Spider-Man for old-time's sake. 6.) Taskmaster

In Marvel's Spider-Man, Taskmaster was one of the many optional challenges in the game for players that ended in a boss fight with the mercenary. After being defeated, he revealed to the Webslinger that he was hired by an organization that wanted to "see if worth recruiting" and who'd have paid the superhero "six figures" before disappearing. So, could this mysterious organization appear in this sequel? It would certainly make sense for the game to have multiple criminal factions and that it won't be limited to Kraven's Hunters. 7.) Prowler

At the end of Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Aaron Davis, aka The Prowler, corroborated with the police to expose Simon Krieger's crimes, leading to their arrests. The last Miles heard from his uncle was a phone call where he thanked his nephew for making him a better person. It's concerning then that Aaron has escaped prison, seemingly donning his Prowler costume again. Of course, Miles' uncle was possibly released early for good behavior or struck a deal, but this will be one of Miles' side-quests for the game. 8.) Tombstone

After his defeat at the hands of Spider-Man in the first game, it was shown that Lonnie Lincoln, also known as Tombstone, was still imprisoned in Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, but not in The Raft. So, it appears wherever he was being held wasn't enough to hold him. It'll be curious how Tombstone could even pose a threat again to anyone since Parker originally beat him by creating a counter-drug that neutralized his invulnerability. Perhaps, similar to Connors, Tombstone's condition has evolved, and the Spider-Men will have to make room for him in The Raft. 9.) Shocker

Oh, Herman. Big enough of a villain to have a boss fight but small enough not to be invited onto the Sinister Six. However, it seems like Shocker has gotten the last laugh, as while the rest of the Sinister Six remain imprisoned in The Raft, Shocker is free in Spider-Man 2. How exactly Shocker, of all villains, escaped a facility like The Raft is a mystery likely to be told in the game, but it'll be unsurprising if he just ends up as another two-bit criminal in the story. The Raft Prisoners

One more vague detail shown on Kraven's touchpad was several villains from the previous game stuck in one location: The Raft. According to the map, it seems like Vulture, Rhino, Electro, Otto Octavius, and Kingpin are still being held in the high-security prison. Since it'd just be repeating the previous game to have another big jailbreak, it likely means these villains won't play a huge part in the sequel. Read the full article

[thenewdemocratus]

POLITICO: Sex, Drinking & Dementia: 25 Lawmakers Spill On What Congress Is Really Like

“This article was compiled from interviews conducted by Ben Jacobs, Jasper Goodman, Jordain Carney, Jennifer Scholtes, Hailey Fuchs, Emma Dumain, Lisa Kashinsky, Connor O’Brien, Holly Otterbein, Adam Wren, Daniella Diaz and Nicholas Wu. Juan Benn Jr. contributed to this report… Source:POLITICO hopefully interviewed these members of Congress before 5PM. From POLITICO “Just months after being…

[mcu-multiverse-order-review]

Spider-Man - Season 3 (1970)

Spider-Man season 3 was in my opinion, better than season 2, mostly because they returned to the format and tone of season 1.

Generally I can say that I enjoyed most of season 1(when it wasn’t being outright offensive). I didn’t like season 2, and season 3 was fine, but clearly had no budget so it was mostly repeats.

In terms of MCU connections, none yet again. If you're watching things solely for MCU connections I would recommend watching any season 1 episode-a for the theme song, and also Episode 19b “Double Identity” for the pointing Spider-Man meme.

As for Spider-Man mythos; Season 1 introduces a decent number of Spidey’s comic rogues gallery, but only a few of his supporting cast. Season 2 does include Spidey’s origin and the introduction of the Kingpin, but other than that not much more. Season 3’s only contribution was introducing MJ to animation.

Anyway, as usual episode breakdowns are below the cut.

The next series on the list is gonna be good, I can barely contain my eXciteMENt.

Episode 40a - “The Winged Thing”

Nooooooo, the Vulture has lost his infinity chin. A tragic day this is.

Anyway, fucking finally returned to the 10 minute half episode format, and the Vulture’s back, meaning they’ve returned to using actual super villains, thank fuck. Although the episode format has returned back to how it was in season 1, it still retains the moody look from season 2. I’m not overly fond of it, but at least it’s not as miserable as season 2.

And oh look, JJJ and Betty are back, hopefully this is a sign I will actually enjoy watching this season. (Despite the fact that I’m aware that this episode is made up almost entirely of reused assets from the Vulture’s previous episodes.)

Episode 40b - “Conner’s Reptiles”

Ok, so this episode just seems to fucking forget the events of Episode 18a completely, with Billy barely recognising Spider-Man.

Anyway this episode effectively repeats Episode 2a, with the twist that Connors isn’t the Lizard here, instead it’s one of his experiments that has captured him. Spidey dissolves an entire reptile. The fuck?

Episode 41a - “Trouble with Snow”

Pete fights a monstrous snowman and I am hungry… That has nothing to do with the episode, I just thought I’d let you know.

Episode 41b - “Spider-Man vs. Desperado”

And back to our regularly scheduled JJJ blaming Spidey for random shit.

Episode 42a - “Sky Harbor”

o_o

The main villain of the episode is a literal nazi. I have nothing to add.

Episode 42b - “The Big Brainwasher”

Ok, so the actual contents of this are kinda dumb as hell, but it’s good to see good ol’ Willy Fisk back. Also Captain Stacy got completely redesigned for this episode. Let’s be honest here, this episode is important for only one thing…

Characters Introduced:

Mary Jane Watson

Took long enough for the Jackpot to show up, but here she is. For some reason in this continuity she’s Captain Stacy’s niece. I feel like this version of the character is less pure MJ and more a blend between MJ and Gwen.

Episode 43a - “The Vanishing Doctor Vespasian”

The villain in this episode acts like he’s the first to figure out invisibility, but like, did the showrunners forget one of the main villains of Season 1 was an invisible guy? We’re just gonna forget him? Yeah? Alright, fair enough.

Episode 43b - “The Scourge of the Scarf”

The main villain of this episode needs to go back to Megamind’s school of villainy, like he’s got the theatrics all good, but his costume is literally just a scarf wrapped around his face, like come on, do better.

Episode 44a - “Super Swami”

So I’m not well versed in cultures or religions, but a quick google search indicates that Swami is a significant title used in Hinduism. So what kind of bullshit was this show on to think this depiction was ok?

I don’t even know what to call this. Xenophobia? Racism? I literally don’t know. All I know is it’s bad vibes.

Episode 44b - “The Birth of Micro Man”

Not to be confused with Ant-Man.

Episode 45a - “Knight Must Fall”

Last time I saw Sir Galahad, he was getting sexually harassed at the Castle Anthrax, but luckily he was saved by Sir Lancelot. I literally cannot remember what he did in the rest of the film.

Oh shit, I’m supposed to be talking about Spider-Man.

Episode 45b - “The Devious Dr. Dumpty”

Between Kingpin and Dr. Humpty Dumpty over here, Pete really likes making fat jokes. I’m not gonna call him fatphobic, I’m just gonna say Spidey needs some better jokes.

Episode 46 - “Up from Nowhere”

Ah yes, Atlanteans, the ancient geniuses that got themselves stuck at the bottom of the ocean. A real smart bunch that lot. Just in case you don’t realise, this sarcasm.

Episode 47 - “Rollarama”

So Wikipedia calls this episode a remake of Episode 30 “Vine”, and while I would mostly agree as it reuses the general plot and animation, it does have its own twist on the story.

Episode 48a - “Rhino”

Huh. So this was literally just a slightly reedited version of Episode 14a “The Golden Rhino”.

Episode 48b - “The Madness of Mysterio”

Ok, what the fuck? Why is Mysterio just some green guy? Like, he doesn't even have his suit, he’s literally just a guy this time.

Episode 49 - “Revolt in the Fifth Dimension”

I think I can understand why this episode was never aired. Grey Matter from Ben 10 fucking dies. Spidey goes on an acid trip. And there’s more flashing lights than “Electric Soldier Porygon”.

Episode 50 - “Specialists and Slaves”

So this is literally just a combination of Episode 23 “Swing City" and Episode 39 "To Cage a Spider”, which is fine; except for the fact that captain Stacy’s design is different in season 3 than it was in season 2, creating some very jarring continuity errors concerning him.

Episode 51 - “Down to Earth”

This was basically just Episode 33 again, but snow covered and instead of a NASA rocket the macguffin is a UFO disguised as a meteor.

Episode 52 - “Trip to Tomorrow”

So this is how the series ends, clip show versions of Episodes 29 & 37, an entire recap of Episode 13a, and Spidey scaring a kid out of wanting to be a vigilante. Huh.

Well at least we got to see actual Mysterio one last time.

[connor-sent-by-cyberlife]

Ho Ho Ho - I bring prompts for you

Welcome to my sixth Detroit: Become Human Prompt Challenge. In celebration of December and all the winter holidays here is another whole month full of prompts that will hopefully inspire you to get creative.

It will take place from December 1st - 31st, 2021.

As always, I hope for lots of participants and I can't wait to see what you guys come up with this time. Let's get cozy and festive! Or use the prompts in any other way that comes to your mind ;). You know I'm simply happy to see them being used no matter how.

Prompts:

December 1st - Wednesday: snowman

December 2nd - Thursday: ice skating

December 3rd - Friday: childhood memories

December 4th - Saturday: holiday shopping

December 5th - Sunday: A Christmas Carol

December 6th - Monday: snowed in

December 7th - Tuesday: eggnog

December 8th - Wednesday: holiday traditions

December 9th - Thursday: sharing a blanket

December 10th - Friday: mittens

December 11th - Saturday: Christmas firsts

December 12th - Sunday: hot beverage

December 13th - Monday: mistletoe

December 14th - Tuesday: decoration

December 15th - Wednesday: winter wonderland

December 16th - Thursday: I'm not wearing that

December 17th - Friday: obligatory Christmas photo

December 18th - Saturday: scarf

December 19th - Sunday: Christmas tree

December 20th - Monday: nightmare before Christmas

December 21st - Tuesday: lonely

December 22nd - Wednesday: greeting card

December 23rd - Thursday: last Christmas

December 24th - Friday: Christmas Eve

December 25th - Saturday: Christmas morning

December 26th - Sunday: leftovers

December 27th - Monday: cozy

December 28th - Tuesday: when the lights go out

December 29th - Wednesday: fireworks

December 30th - Thursday: New Year's Eve/New Year

December 31st - Friday: New Year's resolutions

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The tag for this challenge is #dbhcarolsandcircuits (thanks to @veilder who came up with the name when I struggled to find one). Please use this tag for any of your contributions and follow it in case you want to see what other people do with the prompts

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[rjhpandapaws]

I know I'm late and I'm sorry. But if you still want to write requests... Could you do Connor/Allen, very soft, Allen trying to teach Connor to cook? 👉👈

//Yes!

Allen found that there was a pretty common misconception that androids were good at everything, even things outside of their base code. Of course Allen had believed it as well up until he came home to his kitchen in absolute disarray, all of the smoke alarms taken apart and the distinct smell of ash in the air. Standing in the middle of all of this was Connor doing something that would have resembled something that could have been called cooking if half of it wasn’t burnt and the other half wasn’t trying its hardest to be. “Connor, my love, what in the actual fuck are you doing?” He asked with a laugh hanging on to his words. “Cooking.” He looked around the kitchen his LED rolling into red, “Well I was trying to... I don’t know how, the videos I watched didn’t tell me much, but I wanted to do something nice for you because you’re always busy - and I thought I could make you dinner so you could rest.” Allen smiled at the sentiment, it was just the short of thing Connor would do. Create a plan to do something nice, and get so caught up on the what he didn’t necessarily think about the how, “Do you know how to cook Connor?” “No. I don’t have any domestic coding outside of the perception of emotions and the YK expression codes so I can emulate them.” He admitted as he reached to turn off the stove, “But since I am coded to learn things I thought I could figure it out on my own.” Allen nodded slowly. “How about this; we get all this cleaned up, I’ll order takeout tonight, and then this weekend I can show you how to cook. We could do it together.” Connor smiled, “I like the sound of that.” “Then let’s get started on cleaning up.” Allen said as he stepped into the kitchen and rolled up his sleeves.

Cleaning the kitchen took more time than Allen had thought it would, but Connor apparently had been at this the whole afternoon. He had figured if he did it enough times he would get it right eventually, which was one of the things Allen admired about him. There were very few things that could stop him once he had his mind set on something, odds of success be damned. Which was an absolute disaster in this case, but Allen found himself too endeared to mind. This mess, as horrendous as it was had come from a place of well meaning. With the mess clean up and dinner ordered they settled in the living room and Allen scrolled through his phone showing Connor different recipes. Most of them were simple, but things that would take most of the day to make, Allen want to make a date of it. They were both pretty busy and this happened to be one of the few weekends that they had off at the same time. He wanted to make something of it and hopefully they could make a routine of it on their shared weekends. They settled on homemade mac and cheese because that would be the easiest to get supplies for the next day, and Connor hadn’t messed with the milk or the butter in his misguided attempt at cooking so that would make things a little easier. He let Connor run and inventory of the kitchen so they could pick up everything they needed as well as make up for this evening’s casualties. It was going to be an expensive trip but it would be worth it.

Saturday found Connor and Allen in a brightly lit grocery store much earlier than Allen thought should be legal, but Connor wanted to get started on this as soon as humanly possible. Which apparently translated into shove a mug of coffee into your human’s hands as soon as he is showing signs of life and drag him to a grocery store while he was still in his house clothes. Connor’s excitement was contagious and Allen was too tired to spend energy on being mad. Connor was good about sticking to list so Allen was pretty much just along for the ride at this point. Connor was rattling off something, recipe measurements if Allen had to guess but he wasn’t awake enough to contribute to the conversation yet. Seven in the morning was too early for grocery shopping, and  he was going to keep that belief even in the face of Connor’s delight. He nursed his coffee and waited for it to do its job because he was going to have to be functional for normal work hours this weekend apparently. He at least knew to mention a start time for the next time they did this. As it turned out grocery shopping looked like it was going to be the easiest part of the day. Allen had gone into this believing Connor could download a PL600 or similar code and he would only have to show him to basics after that. No, Connor couldn’t download other codes, and while he could learn things through interface, Allen was only human so that was a bust too. He had to teach Connor everything, from basic kitchen things to winging it with seasonings, and then the subsequent lesson that teaching someone who couldn’t taste things in the same sense as him to be liberal with spices was a bad idea. Allen found himself having fun despite having clearly bitten off more than he could chew.

“Connor, I know where you’re coming from because I thought that too when I was learning to cook.” Allen started, “But turning up the oven temperature isn’t going to cook it any faster despite the fact that it makes sense, and on top of that the glass dish we have it in is only so heat resistant. If we double the oven temperature it would shatter and the Mac and Cheese would probably catch on fire.” “But math indicates that if you do something at twice the rate you’ll only have to do it for half of the time.” Connor continued, “It makes more sense to do it this way.” “In theory, but you also have to think about heat and things like that.” Allen leaned against the counter and reached for his open beer, “Tell me how much of what we did today actually followed its exact measurements?” “Well none of it but-” “I know you’re trying to calculate this, you’re learning this and you want to do well.” Allen explained, “But that’s the thing with cooking, even for the best it takes time to learn, the only thing you can do is practice. It varies so much that here isn’t a code or a calculation to follow. You just wing it and see how it goes. If it works you do it again, and if it doesn’t you feed it to Gavin or one of your roommates if it’s still marginable edible and then you start over.” “So we’ll be trying this again next month too?” Connor asked. “Yes, and if you wake me up at six am to go shopping again we are going to have problems.” Allen warned. “Understood. Five am it is.” Connor said with a wink. “You know, I was going to let you sample one of these beers, but I think I’m going to drink them on my own now.” Allen teased. “Revenge for waking me up earlier than what is legal for a Saturday, and then having the nerve to be cheeky about it.”

@pinkwebby

[luvdetroit]

Hey! I 've just read the first chapter of the dbh series you wanted to start, and I really like the plot 🥺 Do you plan on continuing it? 👉🏻👈🏻

hey, sorry for the late reply! i actually do have it planned out a bit differently than i originally wrote it in the first chapter. i think this planned version is better than the one i posted. there are many other ideas that i have in my drafts, i just haven’t released them yet.

thank you for reading it! i'm happy you enjoyed it and i'm sorry for saying this but i think i'll just scrap this idea and go with my new one (VOW). it will be somewhat similar, just more complex? and hopefully interesting!

not sure if you are even interested in hearing about them but i’ll drop them here! maybe if you or anyone is interested, i will follow through with posting them (have been feeling very bad about my writing recently).

for anyone who does read my ideas, please do not steal! i really worked hard on thinking about these and would be really hurt if anyone took them. they aren’t super original or anything, but i still created them 😩

these are really roughly written so please don’t judge 🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏼‍♀️

please do comment or send me a message in my inbox about which idea you like more, if i should do a specific one or all of them even! 💞💞💞

1. TITLE: VOW

pairings: various! x fem!reader

genre: meta (?), angst, fluff, etc

plot: metafiction. mc surfs the web to buy d:bh and finds a seller who is willing to sell the game for cheap (suspiciously). mc contacts the user and a deal has been made.

we will flesh out the seller later, he ain’t all that important rn. so mc gets the game after maybe two days? and in the packaging the seller wrote a letter to her, it is pretty cryptic. we can get into detail on the letter and stuff later.

so mc starts the game up right away because she is excited to play it. on her first play though everything is pretty normal. there are a few differences/odd occurrences but mc doesn’t bat an eye because it’s her first time playing so she wouldn’t know.

gradually as she plays, the characters (connor and markus) are more aware of them being in a game. (sense they are in the same series and are prototypes it only makes sense for them to be able to sync themselves/go beyond their coding).

connor and markus have broken the fourth wall/have become aware with other players. they grow a deep hatred for the player. sense they can’t throw their anger at the creators of the game, they can do so with the player.

at first, connor and markus only did minor things that didn’t really stand out to the player. when connor/markus breaks the fourth wall and directly talks about the player, the player thinks it’s apart of the game.

but when connor/markus mentions the player’s name that is when they freak out a bit, but assumes the characters got their names from their playstation.

it’s only when connor/markus states some personal stuff about them do they feel fear. (connor/markus can sync with the smart tv that also contains all their info).

connor/markus have tried to sync with the game/tv enough to transport the player in the game so the player can experience first hand what it’s like to live in their world. but their connection weakens each time the player resets. their memories are also wiped out.

over time connor/markus are able to retain their memories a lot faster but forget the previous players of the game. even if they don’t remember the previous players they still think of one goal. transport the player into their world, let them suffer, seeing first hand how THEY feel.

connor/markus will be slightly oc. they will have somewhat of a dark side.

i didn’t explain this in the summary bcus i’m dumb but the game can’t be destroyed (it’s like a possessed object). even if you throw it out or something it will still go back to you bcus you own it. the only way to get rid of it is selling it.

ik some wack logic but sjakwkw

sam is the seller of the game. (his username is GAMER BOY 69). the game is sold for $10 with free shipping and no tax.

mc: does this really only cost $10? why is this so cheap?

sam: i’m just being generous

sam: are you willing to buy it?

mc: can you show proof that you actually have it and it isn’t broken?

sam: sure, hold on a second

[sam sends a video of him filming the game packaging and saying his username (in a bit of embarrassment) and mc’s. he reassured her that it isn’t broken and works perfectly fine. he tells her he didn’t like the game so that’s why he’s selling it.]

sam’s letter is in a white envelope, his writing is slightly messy, almost jittery (from nerves). he feared he was being watched by, ‘them’ so he wrote cryptically.

sam’s note: i’m sorry i did this to you. i really am. i just didn’t have any other choice. don’t play the game, please.

2. TITLE: PARESTHESIA

pairings: various! x fem! reader

genre: dark au, cult au, angst, fluff, etc

plot: in this au kamski doesn’t publicly make androids n stuff

so amanda stern is still kamski’s mentor in this au

she, ‘disappears’ at some point and is listed as a missing person

kamski knows she isn’t gone though bcus she told him her plan

basically amanda is very manipulative and warped kamski’s young mind into thinking humans being lesser beings and that kamski can really create something even more superior, androids.

kamski and amanda are humans but they are excused because of them being intelligent and having that sort of mindset- humans being filth on this planet

instead of kamski making cyberlife public

he instead also disappears after a few years later (once he’s done w college)

it’s a gap between amanda and his disappearance to not completely draw suspicion

cyberlife is created in secret, hidden from the public

belief: humans are disgusting and should be replaced by something far superior, androids.

rules: only those who have the same mindset as kamski and amanda can join the cause and contribute. (so human co workers of amanda and such help gather material and thirium (blue blood) to create more androids in secret).

practices: a member has to willingly be able to sacrifice any body part kamski chooses to replace for an android part or partake in any experiment kamski may have. if not, they aren’t fully in the cause and should be ridden of.

kamski wants to take a oblivious civilian in for a secret test of his

he wants to test out how human his androids can be and if it can blend in with humans in normal day to day life.

so he releases one of his androids, connor (rk800) out into the world. his mission is to find a human he can initiate a relationship with. once he finds that human, he slowly grows a relationship with them over time- kamski is studying all of this through connor’s eyes.

kamski is amazed by this new discovery- his androids do blend in with humans well.

the last secret test for mc is connor telling her his true nature. (telling her he isn’t human, he’s an android). connor breaks this to mc at his, ‘house’ which is connected to their secret compound/underground base.

kamski wants to know how mc will react to this news because her actions depends on whether she’s just another piece of human scum or not. this will validate whether she can join their, ‘organization’ or not.

mc will be confused by connor’s sudden news at first. she won’t believe him until he pulls back his skin to show his porcelain interior.

she’ll be surprised then and question whether their relationship was all real or not.

connor reassures her that he does share her feelings. he admits that at first this was a mission but he truly does feel for her. he asks her if she still has feelings for him even after knowing he isn’t human and mc (after a bit of thinking) says that she does.

this makes connor happy as well as kamski bcus mc got through the test. this is the first android-human relationship too.

a few days pass just to really make sure mc doesn’t act any different and really is telling the truth about having feelings for connor still- when connor informs mc that his creator wants to meet her in person one day.

connor and mc go to his place and he leads her downstairs to his normal looking basement- and there is this really intricate hidden puzzle/door that opens to their underground compound.

connor leads mc to a room and meets kamski. kamski comments on mc- on how he was surprised that mc quickly took a liking to connor and how she still has feelings for connor even after finding out the truth. he’s impressed and approves of the relationship.

he tells her he hopes she keeps her word about this organization being a secret because he wouldn’t want anything bad happening to her so soon.

after that connor and mc go about their relationship like normal. although, connor has been experiencing these odd feelings lately. he’s also been oddly wanting to act out violently towards the most smallest things. like mc talking to someone else, smiling at someone else, touching someone else, even if it was platonic.

it didn’t sit right with him. he never voiced these new feelings to kamski though. he was too afraid kamski might tell him he has something wrong with his software. he doesn’t want kamski to call him defective and replace him for another connor. he doesn’t want to be seen as not good enough for mc.

connor doesn’t act on any of his thoughts. he doesn’t let his emotions control him.

after about two weeks kamski calls connor and tells him he wants him to meet someone (rk900) and that he should bring mc.

so connor visits the compound and meets kamski in a lounge area with mc. they both enter the room with kamski casually laying on a lush couch. a small smile is brought on his face when he noticed connor and mc’s presence. he greets them both and tells them that he’s happy they could make it.

connor opens his mouth, about to ask who the person kamski wants him to meet when rk900 walks in with two cups of tea + thirium in his hands.

rk900 places a tea down in front of kamski, the other tea and thirium on the opposite side of kamski’s before returning his attention to connor and mc. his eyes scrutinizing connor and mc.

kamski’s smile widens at connor’s reaction and stands up, clasping rk900’s shoulder with one hand. he prompts rk900 to introduce himself.

rk900 introduces himself somewhat stiffly in a monotone voice.

rk900: my name is conan.

it was short and to the point. he offers an open hand for a handshake.

connor looks over conan, completely ignoring the hand offered to him, then at kamski with all sorts of emotions. the main ones being confusion and fear. at this point connor is wondering if conan is going to replace him for a reason connor does not know.

kamski breaks the awkward silence/tension in the room.

kamski: “well, connor? aren’t you going to greet your brother?”

connor takes a few moments to process this information and absentmindedly inquires, “brother?” in a small voice. his brows furrow slightly and his gaze draws towards his look alike. from up close, conan looks exactly like connor with a few differences. he was slightly taller than connor and had cool greyish blue eyes. why would kamski decide to make me a brother? i didn’t ask for one.

kamski: “yes, brother. i just thought it might be lonely to live alone in that big house of yours so i have gifted you with your own brother.”

at this point connor is having a mental breakdown. kamski doesn’t do things without a logical reason. he’s not telling me the full truth.

connor finally breaks out of his thoughts, his eyes darting back to kamski and he nods shortly, ignoring conan’s still outstretched hand and his presence altogether.

connor: [in a stony voice] okay, is that all?

conan drops his hand.

the corners of kamski’s lips twitch, threatening to split into a menacing smirk at connor’s cold reaction. kamski clicks his tongue mockingly and sits back down, grabbing his tea.

kamski: “that’s not how you should treat your brother. [sighs] that will be all, but you have to teach conan how things work around here. that’s what a big brother should do, after all.”

connor bites back a disgruntled sigh of his own and settles for a slight frown.

connor: “why wasn’t he informed before meeting me? didn’t he go through the same test runs as me?”

it took everything in connor to not let his irritation show through his tone.

kamski pins connor with an annoyed glare, a small bit of amusement shining through.

kamski: “why are you testing my patience connor? are you not happy with my gift?”

kamski’s words were light mockery, with a dark undertone to them. connor knew better than to irritate his creator further. he bows his head slightly to him.

connor: “i apologize for causing you further inconvenience. i..am just surprised by the new addition, that’s all.”

kamski simply nods lazily. waving a hand, he tells them they are dismissed.

connor turns away from his creator and him to the exit with you following right beside him silently. he places his hand on the small of your back and presses you close to him possessively. the slight tapping of a pair of shoes follow behind connor and you. connor ignores it.

connor walks through the maze of hallways without pause, part of him hoping his, ‘brother’ would get lost and never return.

he knew better though. without even looking, he knew conan wasn’t even a step behind and it irritated connor to no end.

once the three enter the, ‘main area’ which was basically the center of the compound, connor turns around to face conan.

connor: [monotonously] “give me your hand, i’ll transfer the data so this all can be over with.”

connor outstretches his hand. part of him wants to pull it back because he doesn’t want to touch him.

conan looks at connor’s outstretched hand to connor’s face.

conan: “no, i can’t do that. kamski specifically told me to get the information from you the, ‘human’ way. he wishes for us to talk to each other like brothers.”

connor looks even more bewildered at that bit of information..why would kamski do this without his consent? this..has to be some sort of test. maybe conan is just playing the role as his brother to spy on him and catch him doing something that may incriminate him? does kamski know about his odd..’glitches’? did he make rk900 just to dispose of him and replace him?

no, he couldn’t have known..the cameras in his opticals were shut off weeks ago. so why was rk900 here? what is kamski getting at?

connor also took notice of how..machine like conan is. conan walks stiffly and has a rigid stance. in that sentence he brings up what kamski wants rather than his. he follows kamski’s orders as if they were law without question.

connor still has his hand in front of him and ignores what conan says

he’s like, “it would be easier if we just did this.” (he’s irritated and is insistent)

and conan refuses, again repeating, “we have to follow kamski’s orders.”

and connor taunts conan

he’s like, “can you not think for yourself? i thought you were supposed to be alive.”

at that, mc finally speaks, telling connor off, “that’s enough, connor. i think you should just follow what kamski says. conan is just as alive as you and needs some of your guidance.”

connor’s eyes slightly widen as well as conan’s. connor’s frown deepens at your words. you’re defending him. why? you should be on his side, not him.

conan still has a blank face but his eyes are now trained on mc, curiosity being one of the emotions flickering in his eyes.

connor notices conan looking at mc and narrows his eyes in disgust.

connor: fine..we can discuss everything at my place.

connor turns and places his hand back on mc’s lower back, pressing her as close to him and far from conan as possible.

conan follows on without question.

3. TITLE: DARK EXTERIOR

pairings: various! x fem! reader

genre: dark au, angst, fluff, etc

plot: the main plot is androids taking over and humans as pets

so mc is obviously gonna be a human, she is like in one of those sort of adoption places but it’s more like a buy your pet thing

and mc is gonna be 18 y/o because yes

- mc and her parents live in a house that is located in a rather secluded area in the woods

- when word gets out about androids dominating humans and turning them into slaves- mc’s parents decide to live underground. mc is 3 y/o during this time. (the father is an artist/architect, this was originally just a project for himself). years pass with them being undetected. (it was 2038 when androids dominated humans)

- 15 years passed without them being detected and mc is 18 y/o (year is 2053)

- mc’s father scavenges for food and such once a month

- underground they still have a tv, tablet, and phones to keep up with how everything is going in detroit

- mc feels trapped after living underground for basically her entire life and learning second hand about androids, the revolution, etc

- mc starts doubting her parents and their reasons. she questions whether if there are bad androids out there who will snatch her up.

- mc asks her father if she can help him scavenge one day but he along with her mother are against that (this is on her birthday when she turns 18 y/o bcus she thinks she’s mature enough to)

- this causes a big argument between her parents and her and she voices her doubts to them- this ends with mc locking herself in her room. after awhile when it’s night time, her father visits her and apologizes for yelling but tells her she still can’t go up there because it’s too dangerous.

- mc hides her anger and lies to her father about her understanding. when it’s about midnight mc decides to sneak out and go above ground.

- mc is wandering in the woods mindlessly basking in everything- she kind of becomes careless (she doesn’t act cautious when wandering around). she maybe follows a bird she sees (owl) out of curiosity and nears markus and his crew (simon, north, and josh). they were having a picnic or just stargazing.

- simon hears rustling and light footsteps coming towards them so he alerts the others, he’s like, ‘do you guys hear that?’

- the others listen and do hear the footsteps and rustling coming rather close and quickly. all of them are tense (because they have experienced a lot of..attacks in the past so obviously they got their bars raised)

- so mc bumps into markus and everyone is surprised by mc’s sudden appearance

- mc stops in her tracks and looks at markus, it takes her a minute to really look at him bcus it’s dark and her human eyes are very poor at catching details

- she recognizes markus and is frozen. she also faintly recognizes his friends because they are also a big part of the android revolution (or so she’s been told by her parents).

- after a beat of silence north says, ‘a human?’ in a rather disgusted tone.

- josh observes you and asks out loud, ‘how can a human be this far out of the city?’

- north: ‘maybe it escaped from it’s owner or something.’

- after observing you, markus reaches out to you (you are still frozen and too scared to move) and places his hand on the nape of your neck. he realizes you don’t have a chip installed there to tell him who your owner is. (let’s say every human at birth has a chip installed to their nape to identify them and their owner)

- markus informs the others that mc doesn’t have a chip which startles them.

- north: ‘wait..it’s a fucking wild?’

- josh: ‘how could it live this long on it’s own if it is a wild?’

- (markus had his eyes on you the whole time) he asks you if there are more of you in the forest and you slowly shake your head no. they all know you are lying though.

- north: ‘there are more like it in the forest..how come we didn’t know about this?’

- josh: ‘this is pretty bad..if there are more wilds out here hiding this could damage the trust we built with the others. everyone will be outraged if they find out we let wilds slip under our noses.’

- simon approaches you slowly and asks again if there are more people like you out there

- when you shake your head again markus holds your chin between his thumb and index finger, tilting your head up so that you can look at him in the eyes.

- with a dark look in his eyes markus says, ‘don’t lie to us again kitten because i’m not in the mood to play nice. now, tell us the truth. are there more of you out there?’

- you are scared now and regret ever leaving the hideout. knowing it would be futile to lie again, you nod. (you are unable to say anything because your throat feels constricted).

- north: ‘where are they?’

- you don’t say anything because you don’t want to give your parents away. you continue to berate yourself for your stupid decisions.

- north sighs (clearly irritated by you not answering their questions immediately), ‘well? aren’t you going to speak? or can you not speak?’

- josh tries to calm north down, ‘intimidating it isn’t going to make it talk’

- north: why are you defending it? have you gone soft now?

- josh: [sighs] are we really going to do this? i’m just trying to tell you that yelling at it won’t get us anywhere-

- north: babying it isn’t getting us anywhere and i don’t see /you/ doing anything.

- simon steps in before the argument could get even more heated and pushes the two away from each other, “that’s enough. can you both not argue for once? now is not the time.”

- a little bit of pressure on your chin directs your attention from the two arguing to markus.

- markus: show us and i promise we won’t hurt you.

- mc thinks about this, ‘deal’ and realizes at that moment she doesn’t know what the hideout even looks like from the outside bcus she was so caught up on other things.

- mc makes a half baked plan to pretend to know where her hide out is, lead them, then find an opening to escape

- mc responds after a bit of pondering, (in a feeble voice), “okay.”

- north: [annoyed and slightly surprised] that’s it? that’s all it took?

- markus lets go of mc’s chin and gives mc a slight nod, telling her to show them the way

- before mc could take any step north butts in

- north: shouldn’t we restrain it first? tie it’s hands so it doesn’t do anything stupid?

- mc really dislikes north and is pretty scared of north out of all of them.

- markus notices your discomfort and shakes his head at north, “no. we don’t need to."

- north: [irritated] but she is a fucking wild- she’s dangerous-

- markus: [interrupts north + raises one of his hands up] i said, we don’t need to.

- north huffs in annoyance but doesn’t say anything else. part of you is satisfied by seeing north being put in her place.

- markus returns his attention to you and silently tells you w his eyes to lead the way.

- you turn your back towards markus and observe the vast amount of trees before you and walk in the direction you remember vaguely running from.

[dirtyscholar]

Heyo, dbh anon again!

Your opinions on Gavin are so valid lmao I feel similarly about his character (though I contribute that to fandom tlc as opposed to how he’s written in canon).

My favorite character is Connor, though I admit it’s mostly the gender envy talking there. And I have several ships I love to gush about, but my main ship is definitely Hankcon.

I’d love to talk with you about dbh all day, I don’t really have other people I can talk to about it.

Anyways! Hopefully you’re having a good day, take care! 💙✨

Once again i have no idea when you sent this bc my inbox never notifies me of anything ahHHHHHHH! But pls feel free to message me over chat if you'd like to talk more about DBH, esp bc i do not want to miss these lmao. You're totally valid about the Connor gender envy tho he is so fucking handsome in the softest way it literally makes my heart ache to look at him sometimes (wow what a Hank mood 🤪🤪)

[gaiapaia]

Kermit and Friends: The Drama Queen Of Beverly Hills

Elisa Jordana is surely a Queen that resides in Beverly Hills, but is she a drama queen?

The definition of a ‘drama queen’ is as follows, “A person who habitually responds to situations in a melodramatic way.”

Granted, Elisa can behave this way when it comes to getting a vaccination shot, flying in airplanes, or reading about bugs in hotel reviews, but when it comes to her reaction to the people on her show, Elisa keeps it pretty even keel for the most part.

Take for instance Elisa watching a gentleman by the name of Juanbon display his butthole in the Kermit and Friends Discord Fanclub when he accepted Trumpster Bob’s infamous butthole challenge. 

Juanbon is a heavyset guy who claimed beforehand that he hadn’t showered in a month. Due to Youtube restrictions, Elisa couldn’t play the video of him showing his butthole, but she played the audio as there were dozens of people on microphone reacting to his butthole when he showed it... they were all flabbergasted and disgusted. Elisa? Nope, just a nice looking butthole according to her.

TBob unbelievably backed out from showing his butthole in return. For months we’ve heard Bob challenge countless people to a butthole showdown... finally someone accepted and Bob backed out! Bob still claims victory because according to Bob, the challenge is more so to prove your butthole hasn’t been “blowed out” due to anal sex, and since Juanbon supposedly had a prolapsed butthole, Bob felt he already won the challenge and didn’t have to show his nether regions afterward. Make sense of that!

Bob would make up for it later in the show though when he invited two nice men to be Kermit’s new friends - Steven Vulich and Ace Baker. 

Steven and Ace both have a history with Bob and Mark Connors. Bob used to attack Steven, calling Steven’s charitable efforts fraudulent. I guess over time they mended their relationship and became buddies. Steven seemed pretty hesitant to discuss Mark at length sadly. He basically just said Mark is a maniac who Elisa and everyone else should steer clear of.

Ace Baker is the man who Mark claims got arrested for weapon possession on the way to Mark’s house to kill Mark and his family. Just as Ace was about to dive headfirst into that story, his camera unfortunately cut off. Hopefully Ace will be back on next week so he can go into further detail. Before that though Ace did make it clear that Mark is full of crap, both regarding what happened between them and also about Mark’s country music career, which Ace says is a complete sham.

The best part about Steven and Ace’s appearances was how smitten Elisa got over Steven at first glance. I know Elisa’s type - the trimmed darkish beard on a svelte face with a nice smile in front of a professional microphone on Kermit and Friends... this is how Elisa pictures her perfect guy.

Unfortunately, Steven was wearing a hat and when you Google him, his pics aren’t as attractive as he was on camera yesterday. Steven even warned Elisa and the women fawning over him that he’s not ‘hot.’ Then when Steven got into his political and financial stuff... you could literally witness Elisa’s crush fading by the second. I’ve never, ever seen a crush evaporate that quickly. Damn!

That said, Elisa’s initial reaction to Steven was adorable and it motivates me to start looking for guys like that to bring on the show so she can finally get over a few of her stupid ex’s. If you know anyone like that, please feel free to DM me ;)

The big star of yesterday’s show, however, was none other than James Tsai aka Arf Arf Bark Bark, a guy who has quickly become one of Kermit’s best friends.

James joined the Kermit and Friends Discord Fanclub last week and immediately made an impact. He was invited by Barry Boss, who at long last made an awesome contribution to the show. From the get go you could tell James was perfect for KAF. 

James is a dog trainer, so of course right off the bat many in the community instantly liked him since a large portion of the KAF family loves dogs (I mean, Kermit and Friends is named after a beautiful dog, after all).

What really showed that James is a true Kermitarian though was his feistiness and his willingness to go to battle. James watched last week’s KAF episode and he was disgusted by Mark Connors, and James let his disgust be known in the KAF Fanclub. This led to James putting his phone number in the Discord so Mark could call him - Mark did 4 times and each time James went right at him, not falling for Mark’s charm like so many others in our community have fallen for.

Mark was so pissed at James that Mark lashed out at Barry over it, calling Barry and leaving a vicious voicemail threating both Barry and James if James didn’t leave the community.

After a fascinating conversation between Elisa and James about James’ time as a dog trainer (he’s literally trained some of the most dangerous dogs in the entire World), we got to see James’ feistiness in action when beloved Kermitarian Eric Riggs rubbed him the wrong way.

When Eric starts on his tangents, it’s really hard sometimes to keep track. He goes all over the place with his theories and dreams. James was paying close attention to Eric though and told Eric to “get his sh*t together and stop trying so hard to impress Elisa.”

Eric became deeply offended by this, telling James he doesn’t know the real Eric and shouldn’t be telling someone he doesn’t know to get their sh*t together. What Eric didn’t realize was that this past week James watched a few old episodes and clips of Kermit and Friends, and he got to know Eric’s tendencies from that, so James started laying into Eric about the jerkoff videos and his obsession over materialistic things.

Eric would eventually start dominating the conversation and Elisa brilliantly put Eric on cam by himself as he kept talking about James being in pain and how James needs to accept that Eric has a woman like Elisa in his life and James doesn’t, etc. Typical Eric... God bless him.

Typical Kermit and Friends, too! It was funny, insightful, entertaining, had some neat surprises... I absolutely loved yesterday’s show. I talked before a while back about how KAF goes into these different eras every couple of months... we’re now entering what will be a new era for the show - it’s going to be a fun ride, mark my words.

[rhinozilla]

“Future”

(DBH Found Family June 2020 challenge hosted by @dbh-found-family Week 4, Prompt 2: Future.)

The morning after the revolution was quiet. It seemed like it shouldn’t be. Well, not that Hank had anything to compare it to. It wasn’t like he’d seen anything like this in his lifetime…artificial life forms rising up and declaring themselves to be free, living beings…and the leader of their country openly admitting to that possibility being a reality.

Fuckin’ A, what a day.

It didn’t seem like the morning after such an event. The past twelve hours—Hell, the past week—had been chaos. The city, the country, the world, whatever, had been rocked to its core. The paradigm was shifting, and there was still so much—so, so, so much—left up in the air…but all Hank could think about was the fresh snow on the ground.

It was light and powdery and resting in piles over the road, the sidewalks, the closed up Chicken Feed truck. Morning sunlight was making it shimmer a little bit, but for all that snow, he wasn’t freezing his ass off. The same couldn’t be said for his partner.

“So…any idea what you’ll do now?” Hank asked, arms folded and looking over at Connor.

Connor stood a few paces away, also staring at the snow with his arms folded, looking detached and lost in the aftermath of all this. He started slightly at being addressed and looked at Hank.

“No?” he answered belatedly. “I have no…mission. Cyberlife has…severed its connection to my cranial processor. That part of my system is…dark.” He frowned. “They’re gone. They’ve…abandoned me.”

A strange word choice, but Hank wasn’t sure how else one would describe it. He couldn’t even fully comprehend what it must feel like…for your creators to weaponize you against your own people…only to bounce when the tide turned…and when you turned against that creator and defied their will.

It looked lonely from where Hank was standing.

Connor’s frame shivered.

Hank blinked, not sure he’d actually seen that…except it happened again.

“Are you…cold, Connor?”

Connor forcibly stilled his shaking, locking his arms more tightly around himself as he shook his head.

“My internal temperature is within normal parameters. My body is properly compensating for the lower external temperature. I’m fine,” he said, unconvincingly.

Hank huffed, and his breath came out in a fog.

That Cyberlife jacket sure didn’t look like it was meant to retain any heat.

Connor hesitated, eyes still locked on the snowy ground.

“I…don’t like the cold, Hank.”

“Yeah, not a lot of people do.”

“I really…really don’t like it.”

There was just enough of an edge to his voice that Hank took a few steps to the side, closer to the Oldsmobile. He popped open the back seat door and rummaged out an old blanket that he’d tossed back there, God knew how long ago.

“Here.” He tossed it to his partner. “It’s got some Sumo hair on it, but it’s warmer than what you got on.”

It was a testament to how miserable Connor actually was that he accepted the blanket without comment, wrapping it around himself and curling inward to conserve heat. Hank stepped closer to him and rubbed a hand along his back, hopefully creating some frictional heat. It wasn’t cold enough for this kind of reaction…but to someone who’d never felt cold before…It was probably Hell for the poor guy.

“I don’t know what to do now,” Connor mumbled.

“Just stay bundled up. Your body heat will—

“No, I mean…now,” Connor clarified.

Hank looked at him, then out at the vacant street around them. “Oh, uh…I don’t…I don’t have an answer for you, son.”

Connor nodded understandingly, eyes downcast to his feet. “I’ve never NOT had a mission, and now I…I don’t think I can return to Jericho. Even after last night—I don’t think I belong among them…And I don’t think I would be welcomed back to the DPD either…I feel…lost.”

Hank hummed thoughtfully at that, folding his arms and leaning back against the fender of the Oldsmobile. It looked to finally be dawning on Connor what his situation truly was. No home. No money. No support. Nowhere to go and nothing to do. He had been abandoned. Hank pursed his lips at that and squinted out at the bright snowy sidewalks.

“The future is unclear for a lot of us right now, son…you not the least of all, but…You’re not lost. Even before you deviated, you knew who you were. You were a person long before you realized you were a person…before I realized—“ He scoffed at all the mushy words trying to well up in him. “I just mean, you’re stronger than you give yourself credit for, and whatever today or tomorrow or the day after brings, you can handle it. I can help you handle it.”

Connor looked at him uncertainly, and Hank shrugged.

“You saved my life, son. Least I can do is to help you start yours.”

Emotion abruptly washed across Connor’s face at that, and he struggled to keep his composure.

“…Thank you, Hank.”

“Yeah…well, I—“

Connor just as abruptly jumped on him in another hug, this one more emotional and unsteady than the first. Hank kept his balance for both their sakes, putting his arms around the android in a tight hug for the second time in an hour. Connor was still shivering a little, and Hank held him a little closer for a little longer.

The morning was quiet and peaceful around them. The unbroken snow and the clear sunshine contributing to the damnable bubble of optimism forming in Hank’s chest…something he hadn’t felt in a long, long time.

The future was uncertain, for Connor, for Hank, for Detroit, for life as any of them knew it. It was likely going to have its ups and downs, like any new, rocky adventure would.

Yes, there was no telling what the future was going to bring…but for the first time in years, Hank wanted to be around to see it.

[pink-bird-30]

Titans 2x09

Okay, last one for the night because I am tired!

I feel bad that Kori lost her friend. Kom taking over Faddei like that was heartbreaking to watch. And making Kori kill him even worse. RIP man.

Also, Kom going full regalia showing Kori what should be hers is rude af. And then talking about how they could rule together as co-queens. Kom, my girl Kori would NEVA fall for that shit. You just want to get her home to slice her throat and take over Tamaran and Earth.

Please.

Things I like:

-Gar and Connor bonding, poor kid def needs a babysitter that can help him adjust to society better.

-Kori's softness towards Dick after he comes clean to everyone. The way he said: "You're leaving me?" broke my soul, that man needs a long hug and tea.

-idk if I agree with it, but I did like Dick going to speak with Slade's wife. I think it was important for him to get closure, but idk what he expected to hear when speaking to the parent of a child he sorta got killed. I will not put full blame on Dick for Jericho's death, there were many factors that contributed to his death.

-I love that Dick points out Slade's bloodlust-pretty much agrees with what I said about 2x08 in regards to Slade caring more about hurting someone than caring for his child.

Things I did not like:

-idk what is up with Hank and Dawn, but they need to figure out what they want. Hank made valid points about their relationship and how it all began. But there is a lot of history there and not all of it is good.

-The way everyone reacted when Dick told the truth. Sure, he lied about how Jericho died, but he still isn't the only one responsible for the kid's death. They each played a part and they won't face it. At least Dick is trying to, even though he just got his fine ass arrested.

Don't drop the soap, Dick.

-Raven and Donna going off together. That was a bit confusing for me. We don't ever really see them alone together much or even speaking to one another, so I thought it was strange.

-Also, where is Rachel going? (Honestly, I might just start calling Rachel Raven because I'm getting annoyed that they aren't using her real name yet.)

-Dick giving himself up, that dramatic fool. If Kori were around, and not dealing with her own bs, his ass would be hauled off back to the tower.

Tomorrow I shall finish season 2 and hopefully catch up to season 3!!!

[connorspiracy]

Fangs and Fries || Connor & Rio

Timing: Current Location: Rio’s hospital room Parties: @connorspiracy & @3starsquinn Content: References to violence, injuries, death and abuse Summary: Connor visits Rio in hospital after the werewolf attack and Rio opens up to him about things.

Rio hadn’t talked too much about the Winston situation or his parents’ death or much of his life at all, and now that he was living by himself, Connor was pretty worried about him, and not just because he’d been in a fight with a werewolf. He got a selection of burgers and chicken stuff and fries from McDonalds, skipping the deserts because he figured they’d melt and taste like arse before too long. “You alright mate?” he said by way of greeting as he walked in. “They’ve not got you on too many painkillers?” He put the bags of food on the little tray in front of Rio, pulling up a chair, then he took off and unzipped his backpack, pulling out some other stuff. “I also brought my Switch and some comics so you have something to do ‘til you can come home.” Hospitals were loud. Connor could hear the screaming from a room next door, someone who’d just left their body and was yelling at the doctors to please bring them back to life. He could hear crying and faint whispers, and he could feel the particular brand of heaviness in the air, but he needed to focus on Rio right now.

Orion had some preparation time when he heard Connor coming down the hallway. He had been occupied staring at the TV screen, waiting for news to break about another attack by the wolf. Nothing yet, but that hadn’t meant that nobody had been hurt. Connor had done Rio a service by not only bringing him food, but launching right into the conversation without too many questions regarding his wounds. The bruises across his face were bad enough, but add onto it the IV’s didn’t make it possible to wear his usual hoodies. He stuffed his arms under the blanket, then attempted to position them under the swinging table once Connor set the food down on it. He had no reason to hide it, but it still wasn’t his favorite conversation to bring up. “I’m fine. Probably not enough painkillers honestly,” Rio laughed, trying to sound convincing. Connor had brought an entire assortment of options, and even as Rio stared at the food and realized that he didn’t have much of an appetite, he still wanted to eat. He grabbed a handful of fries first, plopping them in his mouth one by one as Connor pulled the game system and comics out of his bag. “Woah! Thanks dude, that’s so nice holy crap. I appreciate it. I’ll be out of here in a couple days though probably. So not too much time to kill.”

Connor usually played it cool. He was a curious person, someone who liked to have all the answers and would do as much digging as it took to get to the bottom of them. There were some things you didn't ask questions about though, so while he knew not all of the scars on Rio's body could have come from the wolf attack, he didn't mention them. "Are you wearing one of those hospital gowns where your arse hangs out? Damn, if I knew, I'd have brought you some pyjamas too," he snickered. "And a couple of days sitting in a fucking hospital bed is more than enough. At least this way you'll have Pokemon and Mario." He helped himself to a serving of fries and a quarter pounder. "So," he said, after taking a copious bite. "Werewolf? Tell me about it. What'd it look like? Was it huge?"

If it wasn’t bad enough that the hospital gown was already embarrassing, Connor’s comment drug a blush out of Rio almost instantaneously. “Uh -” Rio started, a nervous laughter escaping his mouth, “Yes, but I have like underwear and stuff” Rio eventually found the words and mumbled them quickly. There was no way he’d ever be caught dead completely exposed out in public. He already felt naked enough without something long sleeve to cover his arms. “It’s fine, my sister brought some clothes to me. I just haven’t put them on yet because nurses keep coming in to check the claw and bite marks.” Connor was right, regardless of how long he was here a game or comic would do wonders to help pass the time. It may even distract him from watching the news so much. “Thanks. Seriously this is awesome. I really appreciate it.” He had certainly said that a lot recently. “The wolf? Uh-” Rio tried to think of the wolf in relation to the other werewolves that he had seen. His experience seeing them transformed in person wasn’t as high as many other hunters, but he had definitely seen his fair share by now, “I mean he’s definitely bigger than a normal wolf or a human. They weren’t the biggest one I’ve seen, but they were definitely the scariest.”

"What, it's not an arse out kinda look?" Connor teased gently, but he could tell Rio was embarrassed. Hopefully knowing Connor didn't take any of this seriously would help him feel better about the whole thing. "What'd you tell them?" he asked. "Do they think it was just an out of control dog or something? There's no actual wolf-wolves in Maine, right?" He remembered reading that. "I haven't seen a normal wolf in person. Or a werewolf," he said, chewing the inside of his cheek. "At least not a transformed one. Did it--are you--" His throat was dry. He took a sip of Diet Coke from one of those McDonalds cups that always made it taste like shit because it went flat so fast. There wasn’t really a polite way to phrase this. "Will you turn? Did it like, bite you?" 

“Nothing about me is an ‘arse out kinda look’” Orion laughed again, copying Connor’s statement and bubbling them around quotation marks that Rio made with his fingers. Rio’s own style was very much covered, for multiple reasons. The scars didn’t help, but they certainly weren’t the only thing contributing to Rio’s irrational fear of anyone seeing him shirtless. “I didn’t tell them anything, honestly.” Rio shrugged, taking a bite of a burger and chewing before speaking again, “I sort of played the whole traumatized victim card. I just sat outside the restaurant until I got in the ambulance. But I heard some others talking about a wolf. I’m sure the police report is just going to say it was a wild animal attack.” Connor’s next question baffled Rio for a moment. Admittedly, he had never even considered the possibility. He had known his entire life that he couldn’t turn, so the fear had never crossed his mind during the fight last night. But at the mention of it, Rio thought of the bite mark on his leg beneath the blanket. It would be easy to say that he hadn’t been, but Connor was one of the closest friends that Rio had. He was also one of the few that Rio hadn’t been forced to show his hunter heritage too. He had taken advantage of that blessing for too long it seemed. “Oh uh- I guess technically yes they did bite me. But I’m not going to turn.” Rio spoke slowly and carefully, unsure exactly how he wanted to word it, “I can’t turn, actually.”

"Oh, c'mon. You're proper cute. If you weren't taken, I'd flirt the heck out of you," Connor said, dipping a chicken nugget in some BBQ sauce and practically swallowing it whole, flashing Rio a big grin. "I thought you were massively hot that time I first met you when you broke a lock with your bare hands." He was sure that would make Rio blush a bit more, but he hoped the fact he was shoving McDonalds down his gullet with no concern about looking attractive reassured Rio that he just meant it as a compliment and wasn't looking to make a move. Connor watched Rio's face when he answered the question about being bitten. He'd had a few curiosities about him ever since Nell had insisted Rio come with them to apprehend moon-murder Adam. Like she knew something he didn't. "Ah," he said, simply nodding. "You're immune." Now the easy padlock breaking made sense. "Sick." 

“So I’m supposed to believe that the whole time we’ve been friends you haven’t been flirting with me?” Orion teased, fully aware that Connor couldn’t get through an entire conversation without flirting at least once. He was that way with most people. Rio didn’t feel the need to mention that he technically wasn’t taken anymore. Doing so might imply that he was anywhere near to being over Winston or ready to be in a relationship again. Neither were true. “You’re a natural flirt, dude. It’s very charming.” He knew that by now Connor was aware that any complement towards Rio would immediately result in blushing. By some miracle, none of those made Rio dizzy anymore. The two were clearly close enough to talk like that now. “Ha ha. Well, I wouldn’t say hot. But we had to get in somehow.” The fact that Connor even remembered that factored into what Rio was trying to tell Connor now. Connor’s specialty was ghosts, so Rio had no idea if telling Connor that he was immune to the bite meant anything to him. It wasn’t exactly common knowledge, especially since only certain types of hunters were immune to it. It really only left Rio the option of just coming out and saying it. “Right. Yeah. Which uh- in case you aren’t aware… is because my genes carry certain abilities. That I got from my mom. Who was a werewolf hunter.” Talk about beating around the bush. He just didn’t want to claim that word for himself. Not out loud. “So I guess technically speaking, I have those genes. But I’m not a hunter. Just to be clear.”

"Trust me mate, if I was flirting with you, you'd know about it," Connor teased. He usually sounded a lot less confident when he was actually trying to flirt and not just... flirting as a friend. "Yeah, but it's just me being English and charming. Not actually trying to get into your trousers." He chuckled softly, flashing Rio a wink. "Cute as you are in that hospital gown." He stopped joking around for just a moment, listening to Rio talk. "Yeah, I know about people with abilities. Not a lot, but... enough. Adam talked to me about it too." Adam was no secret. They'd all seen his powers with their own eyes. It made him feel better that Rio was so quick to clarify that he wasn't a hunter. Connor gave him a small smile, nodding. "I know. You're a librarian."

Despite Orion’s lack of an appetite, he found himself eating far more than he had originally intended as he got lost in the conversation with Connor. Soon he had downed a burger, most of a ten piece nugget and the entire thing of fries. Maybe he had been hungrier than his stomach was letting him acknowledge. “Yeah, well I sure hope you’re not. Because I’m not even wearing any trousers.” Rio used an appallingly awful british accent for the last word. It was good being able to have talks like this. Even after what he had seen inside that restaurant. He needed the distractions. “Right. Makes sense. Was it after that night?” Rio wasn’t sure he actually wanted to know. The less he had to talk about Adam right now the better. Those feelings were far too confusing to add on top of everything else he had going on. “Adam and I are similar. Sort of. We both come from hunter families, but mine is a bit more focused. It gives me certain advantages that typical humans don’t have.” At least Connor was willing to move past it quickly and acknowledge that Rio wasn’t using the title for himself. “Yeah, a librarian. I guess it is something like that in a way.”

Connor laughed as Rio said trousers. “I know, right? Hospital gown's just a bit lacking on the sex appeal, mate." He finished the burger he'd been working on and started on some mozzarella bites. He nodded. One thing about White Crest was that it made you pretty bloody good at switching between jokes and serious topics. That Gallows humor came in strong. "It was, yeah. After the Moon Murder Spree. Which... that was a bloody hell of a time." Literally. Connor was still trying to process it. It wasn't that he didn't trust Adam. He didn't feel that Adam would ever hurt anyone maliciously when in his right mind. It was just still a bit weird. "Good genes but none of the murder," he said with a little smile, offering Rio some fries. "Sounds good to me." 

As far as Orion was concerned, everything about himself was lacking in sex appeal. But knowing Connor’s all too charming way with words, he wasn’t about to mention that. He preoccupied himself by staring at the uneaten food. He couldn’t believe Connor had grabbed all of this just to make sure Rio had something he liked. It was really nice. “Yeah. It was something like that. I’m just glad he’s back to his normal self.” Or at least the self that he presented to others. Rio still wasn’t convinced he was as easy going as he liked to claim. But he also couldn’t pretend to have spoken to him much recently. Ironically, Adam had been the first person that Rio had wanted to talk about the wolf attack with. “Right.” Rio agreed with Connor. He had discussed the hunter heritage, but he wasn’t exactly ready to break the news to him about his parent’s death. That might elicit a slightly different response. “I’ve never been much of a fighter, honestly. I definitely prefer safety.”

Connor continued to blank out the surrounding ghosts. They were growing a little louder now, as if beginning to realise that he was here. “I’m sorry, mate.” He paused sips of his coke and trying to decide whether he should even ask about this or just leave it to Rio to bring things up when he was ready. He had never been very good at holding in questions though. “So, what’s up with you and Winston? You never like, said very much about it. I know you were together at least since I moved here. They left town and you guys are… maybe broken up, or maybe not?” There was no blame in Connor’s voice, no judgement against Winston for what they’d felt they had to do. He just wanted to get Rio’s side of it. “I reckon that’s the hardest bit. The not knowing. That’d drive me nuts.” 

Figuring that eventually it would come up, Orion managed a grin when Connor mentioned Winston. Looking back, making a dramatic and sappy post about heartbreak may have been a bit more melodramatic than needed. Though he felt the pain of Winston’s absence, the breakup itself had hardly been the source of his anguish. It barely constituted being considered a breakup at all. “Great question. I don’t exactly know for sure. But I don’t think it’s that bad of a thing. At least I don’t think so.” Rio shrugged. He wasn’t sure how to explain it. “When they left town, we talked about me going with. I thought about it. But eventually I decided that I couldn’t leave yet. So we left things open ended. That someday Winston might come back and the two of us will see where we are at in our lives and if we still make sense. And if anything has changed than that’s fine too.” At the time, the conversation had made sense. Rio was happy with how they had chatted. Rio had gone to sleep crying, but overall he had been content. Now, Rio stressed about what that future may hold when Winston got back. The wolf attack definitely hasn’t helped anything. “Overall, I’m really freaking sad. But I’m okay too? If that makes sense.” 

"Not a bad thing?" Connor posed, expression quietly curious. He was pretty full now. He'd been casually picking away at his food the majority of this conversation. "The person you love leaving town isn't a bad thing?" He sipped his Diet Coke, shrugging. "I haven't really had a proper relationship before, but it sounds like a bad thing. They have to do what's best for them though. I don't hold it against them." You couldn't really blame anyone for wanting to leave White Crest with all the awful things that happened here, especially when someone close to you was killed in the awful circumstances Todd had died in. "Did you talk about if you can date other people?"

Orion shrugged as an answer. He couldn’t answer that question with any certainty because he wasn’t sure about his own feelings. “It’s hard to explain.” Another nervous laugh that Rio calmed by taking a drink from his cup. “They needed to go. I needed to stay. I hate not being with them, sure. That part is very bad. But I think they needed this. That makes me happy.” And it truly did. He hoped that Winston got everything needed out of their time away from town. No matter what that meant for their relationship. Winston’s happiness was the priority. “I’d say technically yes. We decided to leave things up to life.” Rio spoke slowly and carefully, “But I’m not sure it matters. I don’t really see myself dating anytime soon. It took a long time for Winston and I to even DTR.”

"That makes sense," Connor answered. “Well, last date I had, we were starting to get down to business and there was a fucking monster beaver eating my bed, so, even with this set-back, your love life’s probably better than mine,” he said with a laugh. Connor and Winston didn't know each other pretty much at all, and if Connor had a dog in this fight, it'd be Rio, but it didn't sound like there were any hard feelings. "Alright bro. I don't do relationship advice, so, stop me from eating the rest of these bloody chicken nuggets, and pleeeease tell me all the cool shit about your super powers?" 

“Oh god. That’s so awkward. I can’t believe I actually feel second hand embarrassment for you about a relationship. That’s supposed to be my thing.” Orion was full on cackling now, every single breath stinging his side. He didn’t care though, because it felt so good to not be so sad. “I think we could probably battle back and forth on that one. Did I ever tell you that my sister slept with Winston? I never even did that.” He wasn’t saying it for sympathy. He wasn’t even saying it angrily. He had moved past that long ago. This was simply matter of fact, a way for Rio to tell Connor more about his life. Connor was one of the closest friends that Rio had, it was time to start being a bit more open. “Deal. I’ll stuff my face some more. I’ll even tell you about the time I got fireballed through a window.”

[autie-j]

Hi Jake, this seems like something people should be aware of: Youtube is auto-deleting comments with "autism" or "autistic" in them. I follow Nathan Selove who does a series "you might be autistic if..." and asks for our contributions in the comments. Twice my own comments were auto deleted and he's made a short video addressing it here: watch?v=NvF6_43FJAE I know you're setting up a youtube channel so thought you would be interested.

Oh, I'd actually heard of that I think. An autism youtuber I follow, Connor Ward, made a video about the same problem 2 or 3 weeks ago. Hopefully it doesn't affect my video that I'm doing.

[connor-sent-by-cyberlife]

Only two more weeks to go!!!

Ho Ho Ho - I bring prompts for you

Welcome to my sixth Detroit: Become Human Prompt Challenge. In celebration of December and all the winter holidays here is another whole month full of prompts that will hopefully inspire you to get creative.

It will take place from December 1st - 31st, 2021.

As always, I hope for lots of participants and I can't wait to see what you guys come up with this time. Let's get cozy and festive! Or use the prompts in any other way that comes to your mind ;). You know I'm simply happy to see them being used no matter how.

Prompts:

December 1st - Wednesday: snowman

December 2nd - Thursday: ice skating

December 3rd - Friday: childhood memories

December 4th - Saturday: holiday shopping

December 5th - Sunday: A Christmas Carol

December 6th - Monday: snowed in

December 7th - Tuesday: eggnog

December 8th - Wednesday: holiday traditions

December 9th - Thursday: sharing a blanket

December 10th - Friday: mittens

December 11th - Saturday: Christmas firsts

December 12th - Sunday: hot beverage

December 13th - Monday: mistletoe

December 14th - Tuesday: decoration

December 15th - Wednesday: winter wonderland

December 16th - Thursday: I'm not wearing that

December 17th - Friday: obligatory Christmas photo

December 18th - Saturday: scarf

December 19th - Sunday: Christmas tree

December 20th - Monday: nightmare before Christmas

December 21st - Tuesday: lonely

December 22nd - Wednesday: greeting card

December 23rd - Thursday: last Christmas

December 24th - Friday: Christmas Eve

December 25th - Saturday: Christmas morning

December 26th - Sunday: leftovers

December 27th - Monday: cozy

December 28th - Tuesday: when the lights go out

December 29th - Wednesday: fireworks

December 30th - Thursday: New Year's Eve/New Year

December 31st - Friday: New Year's resolutions

Information and Rules:

The tag for this challenge is #dbhcarolsandcircuits (thanks to @veilder who came up with the name when I struggled to find one). Please use this tag for any of your contributions and follow it in case you want to see what other people do with the prompts

Any kind of art or writing is most welcome

You’re free to choose any character or ship from the D:BH fandom (no OCs) you like

Show/Write what you want, but please make sure to tag your content correctly, so people who don’t want nsfw/gore/a specific ship/whatever on their dash don’t have to see it

Don’t bash anybody for their chosen ship or content!

You can contribute more than one piece per day

Of course you can pick single prompts from the list, you don’t have to do all of them if you don’t want to

If you can’t finish a submission in time, you can always post it belated

Not a rule, but I’d really appreciate if you’d tag me ( @connor-sent-by-cyberlife ) if you contribute something to this challenge

Reblogs to bring attention to this challenge would be highly appreciated

If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask

Thank you for your interest and support!

Please also check out my #dbh advent calendar project. I'm still looking for a few more participants to make it happen.