#i can't wait until season 2 ugh

[iholli]

hey listen. I had a RadioStatic thought that's definitely unlikely but still interesting to consider okay

what if Alastor rejected Vox because of the contract holding him. what if he actually did want to be with Vox, business partners or otherwise, but was afraid of him being a weakness and getting hurt. what if Alastor had to choose between rejecting and humiliating Vox, or getting him killed. and after their fight Alastor left for seven years in part because it hurt him for having to make that choice. but at least Vox wouldn't be hurt again, and after losing to Alastor he'd move on.

only for Alastor to come back, find Vox is still obsessed with him, and have to keep finding ways to hurt him so they're distanced from each other.

better to hurt someone you care about than kill them, or die trying to protect them before you can make things right.

right?

[mattzerella-sticks]

I'm too angry and in my feels to make a coherent response to Lex's "You can't control Superman" and "Earth is for the Earthlings" lines, but it is exactly this narrow view regarding the capability of Superman's powers that has these people becoming the very weapons/villains they see Superman as, because none of them can comprehend having so much power and using it for good.

If you could fly why use it to rescue a cat from a tree or help an old lady cross the street?

If you could shoot lasers out of your eyes why use it to repair a bridge when you can kill?

If you were invulnerable, why throw yourself in front of a car to save a child when you could cause harm without reproach?

Though they label Clark an 'alien', they see him as too human to be anything but genuine in his desire to help people, and that's why they fear him. Because they can't understand him.

[cbrownjc]

Honestly? I don't think the show is going to give Daniel a young, brown body to be put in. Like I said in another post, that could just have some really gross implications. I just feel if Daniel gets a body switch, he'll just be put into the body of a younger white man.

Also, the word at the moment is that Justin Kirk would just be a recurring character in Season 4 and Season 5, not a main character. And Daniel is very much a main character.

So yeah, I don't feel that Justin Kirk is going to take over the role of Daniel Molloy at the end of the day either.

Also, the reason Raglan James switched into another, younger, body was because his original body was dying of cancer. Older Daniel is already dying of Parkinson's. James isn't looking to switch into older Daniel's body.

Not for any long-term stay at any rate if he does so.

I think James, at some point, is going to use Daniel to get closer to the vampires. Because he'll want to truly be immortal and will be targeting them.

The question is -- will there maybe be an even younger body involved in all of this later too. And I kind of feel there will be. And how James gets that body will be different -- and even a different body -- than he got in the books.

At least, that's what I hope. (And have already been low-key predicting).

Daniel taking over David's role from the books has been a popular theory for awhile now and if JK really is playing Raglan James, then that pretty much confirms it imo. I definitely see the body thief storyline happening in season 3 or 4, ending with Raglan being conned/forced into switching bodies with Daniel right as he's about to die.

*Soap opera voice* The role of Daniel Molloy is now being played by Justin Kirk

..... Nooooooooo don't say that *laughs*

Okay, so that .... no I don't want that. :)) I mean the taking over of Daniel's body there^^.

*sighs*

So, there are definite possibilities there. Obviously. There is a LOT in these books. And Daniel is already taking up David's parts, so there is no reason to think he might not do so for TtotBT as well.

And a lot of people have theorized that the tale will lead to Daniel getting another body.

I just... I feel like he show might want to avoid the trap that comes with that whole ... mess. There's a lot to be said about the book plot and the choice of body after all, and of course Daniel getting a young body, and so on...

But yeah - IF this holds? Then that indicates a lot for the upcoming seasons. AND that might click into place with the rumors of recurring role for s4 and s5 then, possibly, as well.

However, there are other possibilities wrt Daniel and bodies... and some of those... I would definitely prefer over a stolen one.

[redflagshipwriter]

Red Hot Ghouls

Chapter 12 part 2/2

masterpost

Danny leaned forward. “I am listening.” His grip tightened on his drink unintentionally until the plastic creaked. He withdrew his other hand from the bag of chips fragments and rolled the top of the bag shut.

She lifted a finger. “Option one is pretty selfish, in my opinion. But it would work. You could banish him from the Infinite Realms. Assuming he either never dies or dies and does not become a ghost, there are no consequences for this!” She made a cheerful gesture and crinkled her eyes shut along with a grin.

‘She’s so scary sometimes.’

“Assuming he never dies,” Danny repeated incredulously. He put his hands in his hair without even thinking of how he was seasoning himself with salt and vinegar. “Jazz- bestie, I don’t think we should bet on that one. I guess I could ask him if he feels like he’d be really good at not dying?” His voice lilted up. He touched the phone in his pocket, thinking about texting just that. Then he remembered that he was annoyed with Jason for hunting him down as Danny Fenton. He didn't know how Jason did that, but it was rude!

‘Should I tell her that he knows that?’ Danny absently wondered. ‘I don't know what he thinks. It can't be the right thing. Maybe he thinks I'm possessed or something. Maybe disguised, like Sinestra.’

She shrugged unrepentantly. “I said it was kinda selfish. It would totally solve your issue. No connection to the Infinite Realms would mean no channel for the bond between your souls-”

“Ew!”

“Or- okay, how are souls gross?” Jazz demanded.

Danny exaggerated his disgusted face even harder. “Uh, I don’t know, that’s a romantic and unscientific concept that I don’t believe in and feel offended by.” He crossed his arms across his chest to distance himself from that yucky shit. Ugh. Nasty.

“Soul is the literal term used in the reference books, so.” Jazz said dryly, as if that proved a point. Danny rolled his eyes but let it go. “My preferred option is that you marry him properly.”

Danny inhaled once. He steepled his fingers in front of his face.

His sister waited him out patiently, but he could tell that she was internally laughing at him.

“I wouldn't say that's a solution,” Danny finally managed to get out calmly. “Do you see how marrying the guy might be considered an escalation of the unwanted engagement?”

Jazz snickered and held up a hand. “See, that's the thing, you're not engaged. You're fully settled into your current relationship.”

His jaw dropped. “I’m what now?” His stomach lurched violently.

Jazz gave him a little bit of pity but she kept going. “You technically accepted the offering when you took him into your custody.”

Right. He got there and invited Jason into the Specter Speeder. He even took him into the castle. Shit.

‘This is my fault. How can I tell him that?’

He closed his eyes. He took another deep breath and put his hands over his face. “I need a minute,” he managed to get out through his fingers.

‘If I had just left him the fuck alone, I wouldn't have had to deal with this at all. I could have minded my own business. Maybe he would have gotten out of the Ghost Zone on his own, I don't know. I'm not his keeper.’

Oh. Danny winced again and drew his knees up so that he could think his head against it.

He was Jason's keeper. Holy fuckin crap. That weird sacrifice ritual had put Danny in a very real position of both power and stewardship over Jason.

‘I’m missing something,’ Danny realized, and felt like he might throw up. ‘It has to have an impact I don't know about. There's always a catch. But the catch isn't at my expense. What did I do to Jason?’

“Danny?” Jazz had switched to her softest voice. She put a hand on his shoulder. “You've been turtling for a while. What are you thinking?”

Danny bit his lip for a second. He lifted his face a little to watch her face. “There's no way something this messed up doesn't have a serious drawback for Jason. His consent wasn't required at any point. I've got some kind of leverage over him.” He felt a cold dread crawling up his back.

Saying it aloud made him feel like he had a literal rock in his stomach, and he would know! He'd eaten a moon rock before just to see what it was like, and then a few Earth rocks so he could make a useful comparison.

“Oh, Danny.” Jazz tugged him in for a half hug. “Yeah. I know. Do you wanna know the details?”

He drew his shoulders in closer. His chest felt tight. He should say yes. He was a coward for wanting to avoid knowing the details.

“We can come back to that later.” Jazz rubbed at his back. “It's okay.”

“Ahuh,” Danny choked out, thinking about Ember using her hypnotism to make him obsessed with Sam. Thinking about Sam made him think about Freakshow.

He clutched at his chest. It hurt, it felt tight. He swallowed hard. His heart rate started to climb. “I can't do this, Jazz,” he bit out. “I can't- I can't have control over another person like that-”

“Right, right, of course. That's what I mean.” Jazz fully folded him into a hug and pressed hard. He clung to the physical distraction, grounding himself in here and now. “That's what I mean. If you marry him, ghost wise or human side, that upgrades the relationship to one on equal footing. From there, you can dissolve it.”

Danny let out a humorless laugh. “And all I gotta do is get him to marry me, when what he wants is to get away.” He felt a headache coming on. “I think that if I was him, I'd think that was a trick or a trap.”

Jazz winced. “Yeah. Maybe so.”

[troublepuppy]

You guys probably don't know this, but I'm heavily involved in doing tech for acting/musical theater.

It's competition season and oh my fuck. The longer I spend in the tech booth, the longer I yearn to fuck someone in there.

I'm the stage manager with the master keys, you know. Could lock the doors and tell you to be quiet while pinching your thighs, eating you out while pressed you up against the glass tech booth windows. But it's okay, baby. We'll keep your shirt on, it's hard for anyone to see you up here, but I wouldn't want anyone to see anyways. You're mine.

You can pull my hair all you want, but you'll just end up bent over the smooth counter. The area right in the middle between the sound and light board. Don't worry, sweet girl. I'm hard packing all for you.

Do you think you can thrust yourself back on my cock while I get ready for rehearsal? Might need to move a bit to make sure all the ques for sound and lights are set up properly. You only have 15 minutes before the rest of the tech crew needs to test their equipment. If you can't cum until call time, I'm afraid you'll have to wait another 2 hours. What a shame that would be, hm?

Be good for me, and maybe I'll stay overtime in the booth to give you some... Private tech lessons. I'm sure the director won't mind, since they trust me so much that I wouldn't dare to fuck a pretty little toy in the area I'm supposed to be working.

Ugh. I wish. 😞

[meelkieyap]

yooo yesterday i watched squid game 2 with my friends. it's sooo good soooo tastyy the only bad thing is that i have to wait s3.

spoilers under the cut

disclaimer this is NOT an impartial review, this is just me dumping my personal thoughts on the net

i'm so happy thanos has been killed, also me and my besties hate the crypto bro no matter what so every time he does something nice we're like "ugh stop making us side with him!!!" /silly. i also can't stand the k-drama between him and his ex gf TT ewww

finally 001 revealed his true nature cause i couldn't take the bromance between him and gihun anymore. i was kinda getting L and Light vibes from them even if i don't think it's a good example to describe them lol. at one point i even expected them to kiss on the mouth ngl😮‍💨 and in another point 001 act was so good i was agreeing with him UGHHH >:C YOU BAD BAD GUYYY!

what i was really looking forward was more hyunju and youngmi time together but :'[ no more youngmi :'[ THO HYUNJU TEACHING HOW TO CHARGE BACK THE RIFLES>>>> she looked so cool SO COOL!!!! HABDJDSHCH and this scares me into thinking they're giving us her last cool scenes before she dies. I'M NOT READYYY i love herrrr ;;

i also really like geumja, the grannygran my beloved <3 the only reason i want her son to live is i don't want her to be distraught, otherwise i don't care for him omg ;;

what's interesting this season is we can see what's going on between the pink soldiers. i remember being curious about it in the 1st season. i'm happy they didn't explain it in the first otherwise they wouldn't have been so fucking scary like they were, so machine like and cold.

i'm curious to know more about soldier 011 and her story. she had that short convo with the ?pink soldiers chief? but i didn't understand enough. seems like she was a player they saved then hired to be on the other side of the game.

last thing i'll say. captain park was sus since day one. wdym you're the one who saved the guy but can't fucking remember where you saved him? wdym you're the only uninvolved civilian of the serie? me and besties hoped until the end he wasn't sus but he was.

last last thing i'll say: dawg rest in pieces💅 (dawg is the former recruiter, we now call recruiters dawgs lol)

[17snifflesandsnzes]

hi! I'm the one who requested the sneeze bingo for dino and cheol! I'm so sorry, I only realized what you meant by prompt now :( if its not too much trouble, could you pick for them? pick the prompts from the cold board that you think match them the most?

No problem 😭😂! I could have done them all, but that would take a LOT of time lmao 😭. I hope you like this!! Enjoy~

Lee Chan:

1. Only sneezes in multiples when sick:

"Oh, Chan-ah, who did you even catch this from?" Seungkwan hums as he hands the younger a tissue. Chan glares at him with watery eyes, the action having no effect whatsoever. Seungkwan laughs lightly at that. "Ugh, I don't know, Seungkwan-ah! God, this cold is driving me crazy!" Chan says angrily before sighing softly. Chan sniffles again, causing his breath to catch. "hih'AktChiHhh!-" "Bless-" "Hold on, I'm not doneHh...hh'AktShuHh!- hh'AktChUhhH!- Ugh!" "Bless you! Don't you usually sneeze only once?" Seungkwan asks, patting Chan's back. Chan blinks the irritated tears out of his eyes. "Not when I'm sick."

2. Tries to hide it until he can't anymore:

"Chan-ah, are you sick?" Soonyoung asks as the performance unit takes a break. Chan tries to look as convincing as possible. "I'm fine, hyung! Seriously, I'm not sick." Soonyoung looks at Chan sceptically but doesn't say anything else. The more they practice, the more Soonyoung sees the signs of Chan being sick. The sluggish movements, the sniffles, the tiredness, and...the sneezing. "Hyung, could you wait a second...hih'AktChuHh!- hh'AktShuHh!-" Chan sneezes wetly into his arm, and Soonyoung exchanges a lot with Junhui. "Chan-ah, you're definitely sick. And don't even try to tell us otherwise. Just let us take you home, please." Chan stares at Soonyoung, looking conflicted before finally sighing. "Well, I tried my best to hide it from you guys."

Choi Seungcheol:

1. Doesn't want to be alone:

"Hyung, are you okay?" Jihoon calls from outside the recording studio. Seungcheol looks up at Jihoon. "I'm fine, Jihoon-ah. Don't worry." Jihoon gives Seungcheol a look before entering the recording studio. He walks up to Seungcheol and lightly places his hand on the older's forehead. "You have a fever, hyung. You need to rest." Seungcheol huffs out a breath, not meeting Jihoon's eyes. Jihoon sighs softly before placing his hand on Seungcheol's chin to make him look up. "What is it, Cheol?" Seungcheol clears his throat, trying to look away again, but Jihoon keeps his jand firmly on Seungcheol's chin. "Could...could you maybe stay with me? I don't wanna be alone..." Seungcheol says sheepishly, and Jihoon scoffs. "It took you this long to say that? Of course I'll stay with you, hyung. C'mon, let's get you home."

2. Turns into a big baby:

Seungcheol whines as Jeonghan moves away from him. "Stay with me, Jeonghan-ah!" Jeonghan huffs out an annoyed breath. "Cheol-ah, I have to go. I have my schedules, idiot." Seungcheol pouts, and Jeonghan sighs. So much for having schedules. "Can't you take a break today? We're not even close to comeback season." Jeonghan sighs again. "If you say so..." He gets into bed with Seungcheol again, cuddling close to him. After a while, when Jeonghan feels Seungcheol fall asleep, he smiles softly. "You're really a big baby, Cheol-ah." He whispers to Seungcheol.

[number-0-iz]

Live thoughts of Bridgerton

Season 3, episode 1

Colin getting dressed in the carriage lmao

He is definitely better looking but I still don't think he's all that hot. Sorry not sorry. Maybe I'll change my mind.

Ah yes big ass feathers

SIGN LANGUAGE CHARACTER YES.

I love that. I don't speak ASL (also mainly cause English isn't my first language) but it is so cool.

The queen be bored lmao.

Charlotte as fierce as ever.

SINCE WHEN IS ELOISE INVOLVED WITH SEASONAL STYLES?

Me the whole time Fran was walking: don't fall don't fall don't fall

WHAT'S WRONG

Player Colin is...a little weird lma

ANOTHER ONE OF PEN'S SISTER FOUND A HUSBAND OH I'M SO HAPPY FOR HER.

NOW IT'S PEN'S TURN!

Oh shit the sister doesn't seem to like him 😭

Rip aunt Petunia, she seemed cool.

Oh u feel like the truth from last season will come out about the Featheringtons.

ELOISE SEEING PEN ELOISE SEEING PEN

Ugh friendship with Cressida? Eloise?

This is probably why she suddenly keeps up with seasonal styles?

God I hope they didn't change her too much or that she didn't lose herself.

I am not even 15 minutes in.

At least Violet seems to know something is up with Eloise.

"Tender young ladies." 😭

Damn all of the flirting jesus

CRESSIDA'S MOTHER IS SUCH A BITCH

Damn Portia has it all planned out huh

PEN AND COLIN MEET UP OOP

OOH HOW SHARP

I too would take a deep breath like that if I had to share a carriage with Portia

I AM A SUCKER FOR BOWS

"NO! Outside. Where our mother can't see." He says with a grin.

Lmao I love this man.

ELOISE IS READING EMMA

Please don't tell me Eloise has given up on being keen to learn and intellectual and a feminist

Because if she has, I will throw my phone at the wall.

"I lost the battle and I have no appetite for the war. I've joined the winning side."

So you mean to tell me that you have truly given up on your principles Eloise?

I wish Eloise would listen to Pen and they would be friends again.

"She was a very cold lady."

"She is colder now, I'm afraid."

AYE YO WHAT THE FUCK 😭

That was so savage.

Please let Mondrich and his family get a lot of cash as an inheritance.

A TITLE GOR MONDRICH'S SON?!

THIS IS EVEN BETTER 😭

They deserve it

NEWTON COCKBLOCKING KANTHONY LMAO

Aww their hands.

Ah another fantastic ball of Lady Danbury.

Oh Kate looks beautiful!!

PRETTY PEN IN A PRETTY DRESS

Aww Mr. Finch is so proud of his sister in law. Greenest flag.

UGH NOT A CONTESSA

I got distracted by Instagram reels when I went to look for the playlist of classical music covers used in the new season.

OH PEN US SO AWKWARD MY SWEETIE

Oh awkward Eloise

Ugh rude men

KANTHONY DANCE

PEN AND FRAN FRIENDSHIP

Oh Debling seems interesting.

NOT CRESSIDA STANDING ON PEN'S PRETTY DRESS! WHAT A BITCH.

And Eloise tried to apologise and Pen ran away 😭

OH THE SCENE FROM THE PREVIEW

"I overheard you." OOOOH

OH MIGHT THE FEATHERINGTONS LOSE EVERYTHING.

Cressida is a bitch. Eloise should not approve and be angry.

Oh sensitive Cressida? Damn.

How did I only now notice that Kate is left handed lol

COLIN VISITS

"BUT FRIENDS DON'T LOOK AT EACH ITHER THE WAY YOU DO."

Oh no not Penelope's scathing Whistledown letter

This'll be bad

GO MONDRICH FAM

Footman: Lord Kent. *proceeds to bow* welcome to your new home.

The kid: aye yo what the fuck

"I will never forgive her." Oh Colin if only you knew.

Well that was quite something! I really liked this episode if I am being honest! God I already wanna turn back to my season 2 Bridgerton AU with my OC that I made a few years ago but never posted. Am I going to watch episode 2 rn? Yes because I cannot wait. Will I leave yet another long reaction list like this one? Probably not cause I want to get a handle on my phone usage. But maybe another time! Until then!

[stars-n-spice]

Thoughts on s3 ep14!

Woke up at like 12:10 something,, didn't get my usual "waste 2-3 hours to mentally prepare myself" so I jumped right into it once I made my coffee (bad idea)

Once again recorded my reaction so actual screaming will be under the cut!

SERIOUSLY HOW THE FUCK DO WE HAVE ONE FUCKING EPISODE LEFT?! HELLO?!?!

Anyways-

Incoherent screaming and spoilers under the cut!

Why the fuck are they going into this with like no backup and like,, they're just fucking jumping into it. Like I understand because Omega but like CMON guys. This happened before!!

Click here to hear my actual live reaction to the episode

Fuck, this armor is kinda growing on me

seriously what the fuck are they going to do with rampart?? he's literally dead weight

He makes for really good comedic relief though and he had me fucking dying this entire episode

WHO THE FUCK REPORTED THEM?!? DID I MISS SOMETHING?? LIKE I GET THAT THEY KNOCKED PEOPLE OUT AND SHIT BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZED THEM AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING UNTIL LATER OR WHAT?!!

Also the fact that they KNOW they're coming. fucking HELL the odds are stacked up against them

THE KIDS :(( Omega having to tell them what "cover me" means and them doing their absolute best to do so

ECHO MY BELOVED <33

Echo in the stormtrooper armor I'm

He has a hand now - "Thanks for the hand" - my comedic genius

IS THAT THE FUCKING ZILLO BEAST!??!?! FUCKING FINALLY!!! NOW WHEN THE FUCK IS IT GOING TO EAT HEMLOCK?!?!?

I miss Batcher :( Where is she? Is she safe? Is she alive?

Crosshair shoving Rampart around <3

"I've changed" - "Sure you have" WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT RAMPART SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH

Rampart acting like he knows Crosshair, fucking no you don't, just because you disrupted his meals like twice a day to call him to the principal's office doesn't mean SHIT

I love Echo so much, he's so cool

ECHO AND EMERIE TEAM UP

THE WAY THAT I SCREAMED BECAUSE AAAAAAAAA

OMEGA TALKED ABOUT THEM :( AND EMERIE LISTENED :( AND EMERIE REMEMBERED ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WAS ECHO :( RAGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I need to kick Rampart so badly, please, please let me kick him

"we can't use blasters i'll give away our position!" - AND MAKING ALL THAT NOISE WONT?!?!

WRECKER OH MY GOD GOT FUCKING SLASHED HE BETTER BE OKAY WHAT THE FUCK

HELLO?? Rampart getting his fucking ass found. What are they going to do with him now? What can he tell them that they don't already know??? I guess Echo but like-

To anyone who is starting to like Rampart STOP. Because watch him be the Saw Gerrera of this season

Cannot wait to see the kids break out and release the zillo beast <3

Emerie :( "I was doing my job" EMERIE MY LOVE THERE'S MORE THAN THAT

I'm so scared for her now SHE'S REALIZING THERE'S MORE TO LIFE AND I SWEAR TO GOD IF SHE FUCKING DIES-

WHERE THE FUCK IS C-2X OR WHATEVER THE FUCK???? I'M LOSING HOPE FOR A TECH REVEAL. FUCKING HELL I MISS HIM SO MUCH. THIS WHOLE FUCKING SEASON WITHOUT HIM??? RAUUGHHHHHHHH.

This episode was just fucking,,, stakes stakes stakes

Did not get a rest

holy shit

Emerie and Echo are fucking MOTHERS love them

ECHO HAS FUCKING EARS?!?!?!?!?!?!? OK NOW GIVE HIM HIS HAIR AND COLOR BACK!!!!!!

Craziest fucking thing to come out of this season - Echo having ears

LOOK

a lot happened

i'm so scared for next week

this whole episode was fucking action, action, action

WHY DID IT FEEL SO SHORT

SO MUCH HAPPENED BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOTHING HAPPENED????

Ugh

More thoughts are in the audio because I go on like a 13 minute rant but

FUCK <- my final thoughts

[ahundredtimesover]

Wow that was some heavy emotional heartbreak in that chapter! I feel like there is an elephant sitting on my chest right now. My heart just hurts that bad for two fictional characters. It's just a testament to how much emotion you create with your stories. The best stories take you on an emotional roller coasters, and that's exactly what yours is doing.

I did not see that back story coming! It makes more sense now why she wants to leave so badly. JK really didn't have a choice but to let her go. This story is kind of like that famous line that goes something like if you love someone let them go, and if they come back to you, they were meant to be yours. That's what will happen with the two of them here. He even says it one of the lines. That he'll let her go to find her own happiness, and if she comes back to him, that means she chose to be with him. By convincing her to stay in the company, it's not her choice to be with him. She's not being given any other choice that way. She has to want him on her own. And him too. He has to want her outside of just needing her to be his assistant. They need to be more to each other than what the job allows them to be.

I really hope Mr. Ri gets his chance to be with OC's mom. If OC and JK can get their "second" chance, I hope Mr. Ri does too. He's such a great character, and I've really come to adore him. I hope that when the story ends, he also gets his happy ending.

I'm assuming there will be some kind of time jump coming up in the next chapter. I would imagine it would take maybe a few years for her to find what she's looking for and make her ready to come back to him. It certainly can't happen in a few months. I'm curious to see if they stay in touch after she leaves, or if there is just a complete break between them until she's ready to find him again. The real question is will JK have gone back to his playboy persona again. Can he stay celibate while he's waiting for her? I hope so, because that would just prove to her how much he cares for her. And will she stay celibate? So many questions I can't wait to find out the answers to!

Hiii ugh, I love it when you guys cry but I always hope you feel better right after. 🥹 I cried writing this chapter, too, especially the narration of the past, so I'm happy to know that the emotions I felt are also being felt by the readers.

I've been hinting that connection from the beginning! You might spot them after another read through hehe but true, it was just so important for OC to do this for herself. Imagine having to carry that burden... And she didn't even expect to like him! Like she said, she wasn't supposed to care that much. We at least have a JK who understands why she's doing it, but sometimes the best decisions don't make us happy (right now). And that' just how life goes. Like you said, it has to be their choice, an idea that I emphasise moving forward bc choice is what OC didn't feel she's ever really had, so if she stayed for JK, she's essentially letting him take that away from her this time. It's just not a good start.

I love the love for Mr. Ri! I absolutely enjoy creating characters like this. There's so much wisdom and pain and I just like the idea of how he's family to both OC and JK. 😌😌

Hmm interesting take about the way forward. I'd say that learning to heal and finding their happiness is important but like a lovely friend pointed out, they aren't together... They just admitted their feelings but there's nothing else beyond that. Whatever feelings they have for each other haven't fully developed yet, so they don't even know what happiness with each other looks like. Sure they have their own issues, but they’re issues that intensified bc they’ve been dealing with them in their own.

Just a thought, bc this seems to be a popular take! And my answer would be... things will be happy but they won't be perfect. There are also plans for season 2, so there’s that!

Thank you so much for reading! Been enjoying reading all of your lovely thoughts 💕💕

[longbobmckenzie]

Season 6 Volume X Thoughts

Popcorn. Lol.

Okay first of all, what? After Elliot's reaction in last week's episodes, it was fully set up for him to switch. And then he just... doesn't? Even if MC does? It's especially jarring considering the episode starts with a replay of his reaction, except... it's different. Make it make sense!

Why did I have to talk to everyone EXCEPT MY MAN right away? Why did Elliot think I was sticking for him? Why was he excited to share a bed with me again? WHY COULDN'T I HAVE HAD A SWEET REUNION WITH ROBERTO WHERE WE WENT TO THE DAYBEDS AND HAD AMAZING REUNION SEX TO MAKE UP FOR THE DAYS APART??!!?

Also, Elliot at the end of the night laughing about the upcoming drama because of the postcards... why couldn't that have been dealt with at night when feelings were high (S2, I miss you) rather than waiting until morning?

Enough with the investigations, let me talk to the people I need to talk to. Honestly this is the stupidest part - I only talk to certain people when I'm apparently digging for info. So dumb.

Jamal and Flo coupling up on a friendship basis but then all of a sudden Jamal is super into her and she's acting like they've got a connection, but then she's saying he's less her type and they're just friends, and-- my head is spinning, I can't keep up. I know she's an LI, but poor Jamal's Love Island experience has been shit

Ozzy girls, I'm so sorry. It's not fair that you've had to wait this long, deal with all the Grace bullshit, and then investigate what he did in CA. AFTER he knew you were in CA, too! Whatever you were doing on that postcard was no excuse. Also, Ozzy skinny dipping and kissing 2 girls seems so out of character, and his excuses were shit. Plus why did they all leave their swimsuits in the pool? Did they just... go back to the villa naked together? I'm so confused

WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST SAVE THE OZZY STUFF FOR MOVIE NIGHT, WHY MAKE ME INVESTIGATE?!

I finally get to talk to Roberto... and AMELIA BOMBS ME AGAIN, GO AWAY, BITCH

Speaking of, I don't care about the Zeph stuff for the last time, girl that's not my trauma that's yours. Go away.

Ozzy/Marshall, boring. You bet I told them they were both being children.

Grace telling Amelia she's getting involved because she loves drama was great. TELL HER

The movies were so tame. Why is this the Grozzy show? Nope Island all over again 😭

BUT Roberto being super loyal? Knew it!

Nice to see Marshall binning Amelia off right away (that's what you get, bitch), but now Toby's gonna come in and she's gonna get with him and be all happy and ugh I don't wanna see it even if I don't like him

[queen-of-writing-bad-things]

Henry Danger Reader Insert | Captain Man x Reader: SEASON 3

Episode 7: Hour of Power Part 2

~In the Man Cave~

"Can you turn that off?" Henry bitterly asked Charlotte and Jasper as they watched the viral video of Drex humiliating him in the bakery. They had only just returned to the hideout and the boy was sat with a blanket and his butt in a bucket of ice water, leaving him feeling pretty miserable. Drex had carried on the spanking for at least fifteen minutes after the video was finished and then left to let the crowd laugh at him and (y/n), who was furious that he'd gotten the better of her. That dumb drug, it had left her like jelly and despite the beating he took, Henry graciously helped her walk home. God, this sucked. 

"Come on, Schwoz! Get me out of here!" Ray yelled at his handyman as he sat on a chair with both boxes still locked on his head and hands. (y/n) was by his side, her arms around his shoulders to keep him calm, but he was freaking out. The dumb locks wouldn't budge and with this thing on his head, Ray would never be able to see, touch or kiss his girl ever her again. It was a deliberately crafty move from Drex, who was still hellbent on finding the Man and causing more chaos, but one thing at a time.

"Hang on, Ray. He's trying." The young woman pressed a kiss to the edge of his shoulder and felt him relax a little. This was awful, how was he supposed to show her his undying love and loyalty to her and chase away any doubts she had if he couldn't look her in the eye?

"So, how's your bottom?" Jasper asked Henry, who wasn't happy that people kept asking him about his ass. Obviously, it was red raw, it'd been smacked for like twenty minutes by a madman.

"Spanked. It still hurts." He grumbled, shifting his position in the ice bucket o he could plunge his sore skin in further.

"Isn't the ice helping?" Charlotte asked, having hoped that (y/n)'s idea to soak it in the cold would help reduce the swelling. There wasn't much else they could do apart from waiting for it to heal by itself and there was nothing in the woman's magic first-aid kit that would help.

"No. This is is just giving me numb butt." He complained. Now, he couldn't feel his butt, but it still hurt for some reason. Life was just so unfair.

"Ugh! I can't cut through it." Schwoz whined and stopped using his blowtorch when he realised that he wasn't even scratching the surface of the metal. Everything in his toolbox was useless and after this last attempt, he was out of ideas.

"Dang it, why not?" Ray groaned and (y/n) felt his body sag with disappointment. He had really hoped that this would free him and then, he'd be able to kiss his sweet girl until she couldn't think, feel or see anything but the burning love he had for her.

"Because this helmet is made of neutronium, and it has three different thermo-magnatomic locks. The only way to open it is with a special electronic key. Did Drex give you a special electronic key?" Schwoz asked their couple and if they could see Ray's face, they'd know he was giving the genius the same annoyed look as (y/n). 

"Oh, yeah, right after he drugged me. Yeah, he was like "Oh, (y/n), I don't hate your boyfriend, why don't you let him out so he can beat my ass?!" Of course, he didn't give us a damn key!!" The young woman snarled at the little man, not believing how thick he was sometimes. How can a guy build a teleporter like it was nothing and still be so dumb?

"Look, if you can't get this helmet off, at least get this freakish nut cluster trap off my hands! I haven't touched my girlfriend in over two hours!" Ray growled, shaking the wooden trap at Schwoz. He was starting to get (y/n) withdrawal symptoms and whiny Ray was what no one wanted.

"Oh, I can get it off!" Jasper exclaimed, thinking he had the perfect solution for his boss's problem. When in doubt, use something shooty!

"What's he doing?" The superhero asked the others when he heard that Jasper was gonna try something. Out of everyone who could help him, he wanted Jasper the least. That kid was dangerous with those great ideas of his.

"No, no, no, no, no!" "Jasper, no!"  "Hang on a minute, that's dange���" Too late. Jasper grabbed a small blaster from a cabinet drawer and before he could heed anyone's warnings, he fired a blast at Ray, shattering the box and freeing his hands. It worked, Ray was semi-free, but it also sent him and (y/n) flying back with a load of splinters. 

"Ja-Jasper, did you just fire a blaster at me? Son, I asked you a question!" Ray exclaimed in anger as (y/n) groaned in pain. She was always in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"Hold on, doofus. Try again." She winced and stood up so she could make her boyfriend face the right way. There was no point in telling someone off if your anger is directed at a wall.

"Did you just fire a blaster at me?" He repeated the question as (y/n) wondered my her arm was still hurting. Oh right, there was a huge wood stake sticking out of it, fun.

"Well, yeah, because you're indestructible. And look, I got your hands free. You can hold (y/n)'s hand and...stuff." Jasper pointed out that even though the execution was the best, his plan had a good outcome.

"Oh yeah..." Ray's hands began to grab at the air in search of the young woman he so desperately wanted to hold, but she was sorting out her little problem.

"Just a minute, got a massive piece of wood in my arm." She muttered and nonchalantly yanked it out without a second thought. It was funny, one year ago, the injury would make her sob like a baby, but now, she could just let her body do its thing and not worry about her wounds.

"What? You got wood in her arm?!" Ray hissed at Jasper, but it wasn't very scary since he was talking to the air next to Jasper. 

"She's got super-healing! And now, your hands are free, that's the important thing." Jasper reiterated his earlier point, but the superhero was still pissed off.

"Right, so now, I can gesture like this! Go upstairs!" Ray pointed to the store above their heads, even though his body was drifting to face the wrong direction again. He was trying to be authoritative, but he just looked funny.

"Yes, sir..." Jasper complied and trudged towards the elevator. He never got to have any fun.

"Uh...maybe you should go take a nap...with (y/n)," Charlotte advised him, seeing that he needed to calm down. Sleep always helped and having his girl there was even better, but Ray wasn't up for it.

"Drex is on the loose! I gotta get this stupid thing off my head! Until then, I'm useless..." Ray sighed and bit his lip to hold back tears. The offer of being alone with (y/n) where no one could bother them was tempting, but if he couldn't see her smile or bury his face into her hair like he always did when they fell asleep, then what was the point?

"You're not useless." The young woman reassured him and squeezed his hand lovingly. Normally, she'd give him a gentle kiss to make him feel better, but that wasn't possible right now, so she settled for the next best thing.

"Then I guess you and Henry gotta stop Drex." Charlotte looked from the young woman to her friend, who was still looking downhearted in his butt bucket.

"Pfft, are you serious? I can't take on Drex." Henry scoffed and looked at his hands. He'd faced him once and look where that got him, sat in a tube of ice with a sore ass whilst the entire city laughed at him. What could he do? He was a kid, who for a time thought he was invincible, but really, he was just a boy who was lucky enough to be picked for a special job.

"Henry, I can't fight him alone." (y/n) told him, feeling concerned at how defeatist he was being. She'd never be able to fight Drex by herself, he'd wipe the floor with her.

"Why not you can't?" Schwoz asked the kid. His words were confusingly jumbled, but everyone got the gist. He wanted answers like them as to why the usually courageous boy was scared stiff.

"'Cause! I tried to fight that guy and he stuffed me in cake batter and spanked me while (y/n) was forced to watch." Henry replied in a cold voice and stood up from the icy water with the red blanket tied securely around his waist. 

"Where are you going?" Charlotte asked him as he shuffled past her. They needed him, he couldn't just give up.

"Home," Henry answered and ignored everyone's hurt and bewildered faces. Since when did Kid Danger let one thing shatter his resilience and enthusiasm?

"Home? No, no, no, Hen!" (y/n) whimpered and tried to grab hold of the boy's wrist, but he just harshly shook off her grip. Without him, the Man Cave would be one member down and that broke her heart.

"Come on, Henry, you can't just go home, not when this town needs you most." Ray joined in, and his hand felt the air around it to find (y/n)'s. She was starting to tremble, she hated goodbyes, especially when they were like this.

"This town needs a superhero. Or...at least a decent sidekick., who has skills or...a superpower like (y/n)'s or....anything. I'm nothing. I'm not even wearing pants." Henry sniffed and this heartbroken look on his face would stay with his friends forever. He threw his whiz watch to a chair and shuffled off to the tubepads, being careful to keep his towel around his waist. The last thing he needed was to give his friends an eyeful. 

"Here." He pulled out his gum tube and threw it to Charlotte, who looked at him with teary eyes. He loved being Kid Danger, surely, he wasn't quitting, Ray needed him, Swellview needed him. 

"Henry, please don't go." (y/n) begged him, but he was too ashamed to stay. They wanted him to stay but, how could he when he'd failed so spectacularly and brought so much shame onto Captain Man's reputation?

"Up the tube." He mumbled and left the four to sit with their heartbreak in the hideout. Well, Ray was still a bit confused; it's hard to know that your younger sidekick is quitting when you can't see.

"I think Henry just quit his job." Charlotte sighed and walked to the couch. After all that, she needed a sit-down and needed a hug.

"Oh, man." Ray breathed out as he felt his girl turn into his arms and press her face to his chest. She didn't want anyone to see her tears and the way Ray's arms instinctively came around her small body to cradle her head helped to comfort her. 

"We can't blame Henry, I mean, we expect him to act like a superhero, but he's just a kid. He doesn't even have one superpower." She hiccuped against the material of his chest and lifted a hand to wipe her tears away. The last thing they needed was her getting all snotty and mopey, so she dried her eyes. She stayed in Ray's hold though, she'd missed having him so close to her, even though it had been less than ten hours since they'd rolled out of bed that morning. It had been a long day, full of her doubting the security of their relationship and she was grateful to have some time with him because she never knew when it could be her last.

"Yeah, well...maybe we need to fix that," Ray announced, making her and Schwoz gasp. He couldn't mean the thing, could he?

"You don't mean..." She pulled away from him just enough to look at where his face would be and because he could look into her eyes, he ran his hands up and down her back. 

"Sweet girl, Schwoz, I think it's time." He told them and she giggled in happiness. She'd been waiting for this moment for so long, but as usual, Schwoz was two steps behind them. 

"For me to get my colonoscopy?" He asked. It had been ages since he had to cancel his last appointment and he was still waiting to get checked out, but he'd have to wait for a bit longer. Some action was needed.

"What? No! Gross!" Ray grimaced, not wanting to hear about Schwoz's dodgy digestive system and why he needed to have the procedure in the first place.

"But my colon!" The genius whined, trying to get them on board. He just wanted one appointment, was that too much to ask for?

"No more about your damn colon!" (y/n) snapped at him, forcing the small man into silence so Ray could give him his instructions.

"I want you to call Schwabbit and Kooschtello!" The superhero told him and that's when Charlotte, who had been patiently observing the whole thing, jumped in. Was Ray okay in the box? She'd never heard of such crazy names, but then again, if Schwoz knew them, then of course they'd have weird names.

"Schwah—who?" She asked, frowning in confusion from her place on the couch.

"Two very powerful people from my homeland," Schwoz replied and dashed off to the supercomputer so he could make contact. God knows how he was gonna do it, maybe he sent smoke signals or a message by carrier pigeon, but as long as they got to the Man Cave, Ray didn't care and with Schwoz doing what he was told, he could nap with his favourite girl.

"Ah, man, I'm exhausted." He yawned and guided his girl to where he thought the couch was. seriously, he should've just let (y/n) do the guiding because he was headed straight for Charlotte.

"Wait, Ray, don't sit—-" The woman tried to stop him from plonking down, but he did anyway and Charlotte screamed at the immense weight of his dense body on hers. 

"Why's this couch so lumpy?" He asked and wiggled around to get comfy, which made Charlotte feel even worse. She was screaming and wiggling to get out from under him, but with the box on his head, he couldn't tell what was happening.

"Ray, you're sitting on Charlotte, get off!" She took his hand and yanked him forward, just enough for Charlotte to slide out from under him and take a gasp. God, it felt good to breathe again, however, she wasn't done. To (y/n)'s shock, the young girl shoved Ray across the couch and leapt onto his back.

"Charlotte, what are you—" She was cut off as the small girl started bouncing up and down on her boyfriends back, using her entire body weight to make his spine ache. For such a petite kid, she wasn't afraid to show the man her anger.

"How's that feel, huh? Not so fun when someone sits on you, is it?!" She hissed and tried to make it as uncomfortable as possible for him, but in reality, it was having the opposite effect.

"Actually, this feels pretty good." He admitted and the girl sighed before walking off. That was the last thing he wanted, but there was an upside to his confession. If it felt nice, then he'd be grumpy if she stopped.

"Wait! Come do more!" He whined, making (y/n) giggle and wander over to him. She knew all too well how much he loved having his back massaged and how whiny he got when it stopped.

"No! Get (y/n) to do it!" She grumbled and walked over to the supercomputer where Schwoz had left Schwabbit and Kooschtello's files opened. He'd sloped off when Charlotte was trying to injure Ray and she was way too intrigued to pass up a chance to read about these two.

"Stop whinging, I'm here." The young woman told him and kneeled down on the floor next to him so she could work at the knots in his back. Being a superhero left him tense and she was more than happy to help him relax, especially when it turned him to putty in her hands. He let out a deep groan when she moved over a particularly tight spot and rested his boxed head on the end of the couch. 

"That good?" She asked him in a cheery voice but was disappointed when he didn't respond immediately. Without his confirmation, she didn't know if she was hurting him or not and she just wanted to talk to him. It felt like ages since they just talked. 

"I don't deserve you." Ray's admittance came out of nowhere and shocked her when he suddenly started talking. Of all the things she expected him to say, that wasn't one of them and she couldn't work out what it actually meant. Was it the massage that was sending him loopy or was he suggesting something else? Maybe he felt like he was punching below his weight and he deserved a model or someone who could actually help out in a fight and not get beat in the first five seconds.

"If I could give you more, I would." She smiled sadly and he'd never see the way her eyes lost their spark, but he could hear it and immediately reached out to stop her self-doubting.

"No, you give me more than enough. I'm the one who is undeserving to have you in my life." He rephrased his earlier words and swiftly sat up so he wasn't just throwing stuff over his shoulder.

"You're Captain Man, you can have any girl you want." She told him, wishing her voice didn't sound as weak as it did. No boyfriend wanted to hear his girlfriend's jealousy and hers seemed to be based on nothing. Being his girl was a privilege and she had seen the way all his other girlfriends had been humbled when he chose them to share his life, so she wanted to be like them. Her relationship with Drex had turned ugly because of her feelings and attempts to speak up and she was desperate not to screw this one up too.

"I don't want any girl, I want you. Only you...I'm sorry that you doubt that sometimes." He took her hands into his and brought them to his chest so she could feel his heart beating through his suit. It belonged to her, it always had and he was determined to tell her that.

"Ray...I watched you go out with so many girls and some of them were so special to you, but at the end of it all, you left them or they left you. I don't want to be like them...this is it for me, there's no one else." She told him quietly, briefly checking over her shoulder to make sure Charlotte was still on the computer - she was and it left them alone in their small moment.

"Sweet girl...my sweet girl." He choked up at that. He had spent so many years dreaming about what it would be like to be in a relationship with her, he hadn't noticed how much his flings and flirting had affected her. She'd hidden it well, but on the inside, she had taken it to heart. Like everyone else, she had thought that he wasn't one for commitment and after the rose tint of the first couple of months fell from her gaze and hearing him talk about hot moms, she was starting to think that she was nothing special, just another pulse in his bed to keep him occupied for a while. 

"I don't want anyone else to love you the way I do." (y/n) whispered and bent her head down so it could rest on their conjoined fingers. Ray wanted them to switch places, so he was the one kneeling in front of her like a knight before his princess and he was dying to beg for her forgiveness. He had thought that the relationship would be easy but after so many years of building insecurity, he realised that they would have their ups and downs. 

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry." He choked out and pulled her up and into a tight embrace. The dumb box was in the way and it was a little awkward for her to angle her head into the crook of his neck, but even with the sharp metal digging into her cheek, it was so damn comfortable to feel his touch after hours of hurt.

"I promise, hand on my heart, that I've never loved anyone the way I love you and I'll never feel this way with anyone else . I—I spent so long thinking you could never love me, I've just got it in my head that this is one big dream and I'll wake up to find that you've seen that without Captain Man, I'm nothing special and then you'll find some guy who's the perfect romantic." He told her and was kind of glad that the box hid his face away from her because she wasn't able to see how terrified of losing what they had because of him. 

"I've found my perfect guy and I'm not going anywhere. Even if he does look at hot moms." She let the husk of a chuckle and curled her fingers into a loose fist on his chest.

"I'll never look at a mom again if it means you stay." He promised her, willing to walk around with his eyes shut if it meant he got to open them and see her smiling back at him. Some might say he was crazy, but hey, he was in love and he didn't want to lose that.

"Don't be a doofus, doofus. I'm staying as long as you want me." She giggled at his exaggerated promise and threaded their fingers together.

"I want you, always." He whispered with his forehead against the metal where she was resting hers too and if she used her imagination, it was almost like there was no divide at all.

"Always." She returned the sentiment and they both fell into a peaceful silence. They had some problems, but don't all couples? If neither of them wanted to lose what they had, then they were going to keep it for a long time and that was good enough for them.

"I really wanna kiss you right now," Ray grumbled, making her laugh. If he was trapped in a box, she would have readily accepted and it was funny to hear him so moody about it. Her laughter was music to his ears and he knew that they were gonna be just fine. A little rocky at times, but she knew he loved her and he knew she wasn't leaving. Things were good.

"They're here! They're coming! Get ready! They're here!" Schwoz shouted suddenly and came running in from the sprocket. Maybe he had been sending smoke signals, who knows. (y/n) hopped off her boyfriend's lap and the two eagerly awaited the apparent wise men from Schwoz's homeland. According to him, they had all the answers, so they were like genius royalty for the Man Cave team.

"What the hell are you doing?" (y/n) asked her small friend as he started playing what she assumed was traditional music from his home and knelt so he could assume an odd position. Funny way to greet someone, but whatever.

"Animo hah-zu peela yanku schween." He greeted two very strange-looking people as they came down in the tubes, kitted out in funny makeup, hair and robes. 

"Inma poo uka gorgonzola." They bowed their heads politely and Schwoz killed the music as they gracefully came down the steps. 

"Captain Man, (y/n), Charlotte, I would like you to meet Schwabbit and Kooschtello." The handyman introduced his fellow wherever-Schwoz-came from-ians and the girls smiled warmly at them.

"Nice to meet you, I'm sure you've heard much about me." They could hear the smirk in Ray's voice as he put his hands on his hips proudly, making (y/n) roll her eyes.

"Come on, big-head." She guided him to where Schwabbit and Kooschtello were standing and made sure he was facing them correctly. God forbid they got offended because he spoke at the wall and not to their faces.

"Uh...I love your hair." Charlotte complimented the weird woman, who had the bold choice of dark roots, spiky, platinum blonde tips and a streak of purple as her hairdo. It was something to behold.

"Thank you. Would you like it?" To (y/n) and Charlotte's shock/horror, she reached up to her head and pulled it from her scalp, revealing that underneath, she had the same haircut as Schwoz and her counterpart; balding on top and thick, dark hair around the sides and back of her skull.

"Oh, my—-no, no, you keep it, please! We don't want your head to get cold." (y/n) chuckled nervously and the wig was promptly flopped back onto Kooschtello's head, along with a hiss that spooked the girls. Did that make her angry? An angry glare from Schwoz suggested they had, oops.

"Schwoz, Charlotte, you go to Henry's house and bring him here, whether he wants to come or not," Ray instructed them, wanting to waste no time in acting out their plan. He would send (y/n) too since she had a knack for pulling at Henry's heartstrings, but to be honest, he wanted her all to himself.

"'Kay." Charlotte agreed, knowing that this was the time for action and being one of Henry's best friends, she'd be able to peel him off the sofa.

"Schwabbit, Kooschtello. Captain Man and his girlfriend will look after you until I return." Schwoz promised his friends and stepped quite close to them before bending into a ninety-degree bow between them. To make things even weirder, they mysteriously placed their fingertips on his smooth scalp, only releasing him so he could dash up to the tube area with Charlotte.

"Up the tube!" She yelled and they were off, leaving no chance for the couple to say goodbye. It left Ray and (y/n) alone with Schwabbit and Kooschtello, which was going to be fun.

"Well, you're probably interested in my story..." Ray began, deciding that the tale of how he became Captain Man would intrigue them into filling the alone time they had.

"Oh, here we go, hero..." (y/n) sighed with a fond smile and braced herself for the epic story she had heard a million times.

"You see, my dad was an irresponsible scientist and by accident, he made me indestructible. Now, I protect the good citizens of Swellview, who call me, well...you know the name. Uh, Schwabbit? Koosch-puff?" When he got no response, Ray was left in the dark, literally and figuratively. (y/n) sighed as she watch the foreign couple lose interest and begin to explore the Man Cave, particularly the supercomputer.

"Uh, Captain Man?" The young woman tapped him on the shoulder, making the box turn to her, or as near to her as Ray could get without seeing her beautiful face.

"Yeah, sweet girl?" He breathed out when she guided his arms around her waist and pressed herself to him.

"They're not paying attention, but I am." She whispered to him and giggled when the hands on her hips clenched.

"I can't see you, this isn't fair." He whined, wanting to show her how much he loved her and see the sweet faces she made, but Drex had made that impossible. Screw him.

"You don't have to see, just feel me." She purred and he was lost in the softness of her skin as she guided him to the couch and led him into a welcome calmness where he could just hold her, which was enough for them.

~

The calmness didn't last long. Schwabbit and Kooschtello weren't just exploring the Man Cave, they were moving in! 

"Stop it, we don't want your crap!" (y/n) hissed at them as she dashed about the place to try and shove it out of the way. Sadly though, she was outnumbered because when she left his lap, Ray had thought up a drastic way to remove the steel box on his head; bashing it with the elevator door.

"We're back!" Charlotte announced happily as she and Schwoz returned triumphantly. Henry had been a bit tetchy when asked to leave the comfort of his home, so Schwoz had done a number on him and sent him to sleep. His collapsing onto the Man Cave floor and rolling down the steps was just another moment of madness, adding to (y/n)'s panic, Ray's groans of pain as he bashed his skull around and the weirdo's furniture.

"We have Henry." Schwoz announced as the boy slumped at (y/n)'s feet in a fetal position. 'geez, he was gonna wake up with some bruising.

"I can see that." The young woman commented as Charlotte took a look around Schwabbit and Kooschtello's stuff. Some of it was necessary for their experiment, but (y/n) was sure they didn't need it all. I mean, the bed was a bit excessive, making her think they were taking the piss.

"What is all this stuff?" Charlotte asked the genius as he came beside her, ignoring Ray for the time being. She'd get to him in a minute.

"It's for to give Henry the power," Schwoz replied dramatically, making the girls share a sceptically impressed look. They weren't quite sure what that meant, but if these two were wiser than their resident repairman, then Henry would be fine.

"Ow! Dang it! Ow! Dang-blast-it!" Ray moaned as he took the blows from the elevator. The novelty of wearing a big metal cube on his head had long worn off and now, he just needed to get out. He wanted to breathe fresh air again, oh, and kiss (y/n) like he had wanted to all day.

"He's been doing that all day," Schwabbit reported, making Charlotte and Schwoz grimace. It seemed like torture and it showed how despairing he was.

"Not even the pretty girl could entice him to stop," Kooschtello added, making the young woman blush a bit. She had promised Ray all kinds of things to make him pack it in, but even the filthiest things she could think of weren't enough. He wouldn't be able to see them, so what was the point? 

"Ugh, wh-where am I? What happened?" Grumbled Henry as he sat up woozily from the floor, drawing their attention from Ray and his antics to the boy they were intent on helping.

"You died." Schwoz joked, making (y/n) bite her lip a bit to hold in a chuckle. Schwoz could be so blunt sometimes and she had to admit, he had his comedic moments.

"What?!" Henry gasped, thinking the worst had happened to him when he saw the seriousness on the genius' face.

"He's joking." (y/n) clarified and Schwoz laughed since his little prank was over. Man, the old ones are the best.

"We brought you here against your will." He switched back to being stern and watched as Henry's mouth dropped open in disgust. They did what to him?

They wouldn't have time to go into more detail because suddenly, the emergency alarm began to flash as Jasper ran into a bit of bother upstairs. Well, slightly more than a bit, more like a huge, fucking terrifying problem named Drex crashing through the door.

"Oh, shit, emergency!" (y/n) gasped and the four ran over to the computer to check out the store. Ray, Schwabbit and Kooschtello were a little preoccupied, but they'd be filled in shortly.

"We have a situation upstairs in Junk-N-Stuff," Charlotte exclaimed as Schwoz opened up the camera link to the store and Ray came running over.

"Well, what is it?—ah!" He shrieked as he tripped over some of the exotic crap brought in by Schwoz's friends, but quickly recovered. After all, that'd what Captain Man does.

"Look, doof. I know that Ray Manchester owns this place, so where's Captain Man and where's Miss Danger?!" They all gulped as they watched Drex grasp Jasper by his collar and pull him close to his snarling face.

"Fuck me backwards with a wooden spoon, this isn't good," (y/n)'s hands flew to her hairline in worry and Ray's stomach dropped at her scared voice. He didn't like it to hear her like that and it told him that something big was going down.

"What's going on?!" He demanded to know, stumbling blindly to where he thought the supercomputer was, but all his friends did was shush him. They wanted to hear everything Drex was saying, they'd fill Ray in later.

"Where's the Man Cave?!" Drex screamed in Jasper's face, his knuckles turning white from how hard they were clenching around his shirt's material. But Jasper wasn't a coward or a snitch and he had nothing but unwavering loyalty for Ray and his secrets, so he wasn't about to let this thug know anything.

"Uh, I'll tell you where it is!" He said bravely and punched Drex across the face. It was a valiant effort, but his soft, weak hands didn't even make Drex flinch. Perhaps it was best to leave the fighting to the superheroes.

"So, you say you're looking for the Man Cave?" Jasper questioned in a small voice, instantly backing down when the criminal smirked at him. He was no match for Drex in terms of strength, but maybe he could play this game another way.

"Don't tell him!" Charlotte cried, biting her lip anxiously. They couldn't have Drex down here, they hadn't even begun to work on Henry and all of Captain man's secrets would be out. She just had to have faith, which Ray wasn't very good at when it came to trusting Jasper.

"He's gonna tell him! You know he's gonna tell him." He shrugged, thinking that they might as well start packing their bags now. If they left in the next minute, they might get down the road before Drex murdered him and took (y/n) as his hostage girlfriend.

"Raymond, just....shhhh! Come on, Curly, you got this!" (y/n) prayed that Jasper would hold out for a little longer. It was petrifying, she knew that, but he couldn't break under the pressure, that would mean it was over for them.

"Where is the Man Cave?!" Drex ordered the teen to tell him and Jasper could tell that his patience was wearing thin. Think of something smart, think of something smart...

"Uh, it's uh...in Swellview Park!" He stuttered, thinking of somewhere, anywhere that would lead the villain away from his friends. 

"Yes, Jasper!" "Atta boy, Jasp!" Charlotte and Henry clapped their friend's bravery. They knew he wouldn't fail them in the face of danger; he was courageous and loyal, even if he was a bit daft sometimes, the most important thing was he had it where it counted. 

"Where in Swellview Park?" Drex spat out, forcing Jasper to think on his feet again. He had the lie, now he just had to make it believable.

"Uh—uh, at the...p-playground. Under the...Twirly-whirly!" Jasper made up and prayed that Drex would believe him. It was the last place a superhero would pick to be his hideout, but that was the genius behind the lie. Of course, a superhero wouldn't want people poking around their house, it made sense for it to be there, right?

"Twirly-whirly?" Ray scoffed at the thought of having his hideout near a playground. That was so not his style, but he had to hand it to Jasper, he was doing better than he ever thought he would.

"Yes, Raymond, it's a children's ride." (y/n) retorted, throwing the comment over her shoulder before focusing on the monitor again and it seemed that Drex wanted "insurance" for his time spent looking for the Man Cave. 

"All right. You're coming with me." He growled and pulled Jasper out from behind the counter. Oh boy, he wasn't cut out for fieldwork and being manhandled by the city's most dangerous criminal wasn't how he wanted to spend his afternoon. 

"Why?" Jasper cried, not seeing how he could be of any help since he was just the lowly shop assistant. However, to Drex that didn't matter; he knew that anyone in Ray's employment was special and a key to help him get one step closer to his sweet revenge.

"To show me the Twirly-whirly!" Drex grunted and swiftly grabbed the protesting boy in a fireman's lift and took him out the store, screaming and shouting about his cake. Poor Jasp, he always got roped into things.

"Turn it off," Henry told Schwoz, having seen enough for one sitting. Damn Drex, he really got to him, but he couldn't see a way of kicking his ass once and for all.

"This is not good," Ray commented sombrely and his friends were inclined to agree. When Drex found out that Jasper had lied to him, he'd bludgeon the poor kid, possibly to death and that was not good.

"Henry, (y/n)! You gotta stop Drex!" Charlotte looked at the sidekicks, but only one of them was on board with the ass-kicking. 

"I'm up for it, I want to see my foot in his face." The young woman replied coldly, her voice holding no warmth for the man that once broke her so cruelly and had come crashing back into her life to wreak havoc again. 

"I can't!" Henry exclaimed, not seeing how his useless, plain self could even match up to Drex. Sure, he didn't like the idea of (y/n) fighting alone, but he was certain that he wouldn't be much help to her even if he did try.

"You can...if you have the power." Schwoz insisted, once again mentioning the mystical gift that Schwabbit and Kooschtello could bestow on the teen. Apparently, it would be their saving grace, whatever it was.

"What power?" Henry asked, wondering what the hell he was on about. He had no power and couldn't see how he was going to get one. It's not like he could get one like (y/n) had since they all knew had that had needed for him last time, so he was left without hope.

Or was he? A sly look from the little man and his associates said otherwise...

~

"Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. What is all this stuff?" Henry asked his friends as Schwoz tried to push him down on the lavish couch table. He hadn't been given an explanation for what they were gonna try and do to him and seeing all the wacky, dare he say magical equipment freaked him out.

"This is a South African Bush Lizard." Schwabbit stared at the reptile caged in one of his incubators as Kooschtello stared at the other. Very rarely did they impart such divine wisdom onto a stranger, but some sweet talking from Schwoz had swayed them to try it once and only once.

"And this...is a Black Shag Spider." She cooed in her odd accent, making Ray perk up as he faced the wrong way.

"A Black Shag Spider?! No way! I've always wanted to see one of those. What's it look like?" He whined at how unfair life was and (y/n) gently turned him around so he'd at least be facing the right way. He still couldn't see anything, which was a shame, but it was better than nothing.

"Uh, it's black and shaggy," Charlotte answered, basically saying what she was seeing. It wasn't very imaginative, but technically, it was an accurate description and probably why it was called a Black Shag Spider.

"It's a fucking huge spider, Ray. With legs and fangs and...things." His girlfriend added, praying that the glass lid on the arachnid's chamber was secure.

"Thank you." The superhero took what he could get and imagined what they were seeing. Charlotte probably just saw another bullshit thing she had to work with for her job and (y/n) was most likely seeing Shelob or some shit.

"So for me to get a superpower, I have to get bitten by some crazy, foreign lizard and a bush spider?" Henry asked the experts, not liking the sound of either of those. But thankfully (or not thankfully), Schwoz and Schwabbit laughed at his wrong idea, telling him that he was way off the mark. Kooschtello hissed but they just guessed that it was her thing and asked no questions.

"Oh, no, no, no. You see, when you combine their venoms and heat the mixture, it turns into a vapour and then you breathe it in." Schwoz explained, leaving out all the sciencey bits so Henry would understand him.

"I have to breath in venom vapour?" The boy asked reluctantly. Wouldn't venom vapour be just as poisonous as getting bitten? He trusted Schwoz, but this could just be another one of his touch-and-go experiments where everything could go wrong.

"Yah! It will accelerate your reflexes and sharpen your hand-eye and foot-eye coordination." Schwoz smiled, thinking it would be the perfect superpower for the plucky boy.

"So, you're saying that Henry will be able to move faster?" Charlotte asked, putting things much more simply since Henry wasn't always as sharp as she was. He was the one getting the power, so it made sense to tone it down for him.

"Yah, if you want to say it like a dummy." The genius rolled his eyes. Saying it like that really cramped his style. All he had going for him was his crazy brain and he loved showing it off.

"You guys, this seems really weird and kinda dangerous." Henry sighed, not liking the sound of it at all. He'd rather go through the densitiser again than be their guinea pig. 

"Yeah, yeah, I got fried and now you're being poisoned, so lie down and welcome to the club," (y/n) dismissed his worry and she and Charlotte forced the boy's shoulders down as Ray began to whack his box against a table. He wanted to see things again, he really missed being able to see people, objects, anything but.

"You'd think I'd give up." He said to no one in particular as he panted from the effort. No matter how hard he tried, it wouldn't budge. They needed that damn electronic key and to get it, they'd have to go through Drex...

~

"Ko-vah shishito karvoo siracha chorizo moo-saka...schnot!" Schwabbit and Kooschtello chanted as Schwoz held a mask over Henry's face. This was one of the tensest and weirdest things (y/n) had ever seen and she and Charlotte stood by nervously as the venom solution began to bubble and boil.

"Boba-looooooooooooo!...Remove the mask." Schwabbit told Schwoz, and they turned the lights back on. Well, it was done, they just had to see if it had worked.

'Well, did it work?" Ray asked from the back of the Man Cave. He had been wandering around again and had his back turned to them, but it was the burning question.

"Yeah, does Henry have accelerated speed?" (y/n) asked the odd couple with a worried voice. If Henry was hurt from this, they had truly screwed up and they would have no hope of stopping Drex.

"We will not know until the boy awakens," Schwabbit answered her, making them all impatient. Henry could take hours to wake up and they didn't have many hours to spare.

"Well, how do we awaken him?" Charlotte asked the shamanistic two, who, as always, had a solution. To be fair, it was nice having them around, especially when they were being helpful.

"This way...Wake up, wake up, wake up! Hey! Hey! Hey! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!" Schwabbit turned from peaceful to a shrill psychopath in less than a second, but his screaming did the job. Henry woke up with a start and hopped off the bed as his ears rang painfully. Geez, talk about giving someone a heart attack.

"Hello? Am I in the bathroom?" Ray asked the wall, having completely lost his bearings after all the commotion.

"No, don't pee anywhere!" Yelled (y/n) as she quickly looked in his direction. God, they needed to test Henry and fast.

"Henry, go over there and look closely as the elevator button," Schwoz told him, which was a strangely mundane thing to ask the kid, but he did it anyway.

"Ugh, where's the toilet?" Ray grumbled, feeling around for a tap or shower head that would tell him he was in the right place. 

"Ray, I swear if you pee there, I will kill you!" The young woman observing him shouted, trying to keep an eye on him and Henry at the same time. Honestly, it was like being the parent of two rambunctious toddlers sometimes.

"What are you gonna do?" Charlotte asked Schwoz, ignoring Ray and his confusion. She was sure that (y/n) could handle him and keep the place mess-free...hopefully.

"This!" Schwoz yanked a blue cloth off of his table to reveal that he had a bunch of small missiles ready to go. Charlotte and (y/n) looked at him like he was crazy, but said nothing to warn Henry of what was about to happen. They just had to pray that his superpower would save him.

"Okay, I'm looking at the elevator button, but I'm not sure why." The boy announced, completely unaware of what was happening behind him.

"Henry!" Schwoz yelled and pressed the go button on his controller, sending a missile straight for Henry. However, to everyone's amazement, before it could even touch his skin, he ducked so fast that if anyone blinked they would have missed it. 

"Wow!" Charlotte gasped in delight, delighted at the results. That missed had been going at one hundred miles an hour or something and her friend had dodged it with ease. Awesome.

"See how fast he moves?" Schwoz exclaimed gleefully, overjoyed that Schwabbit and Kooschtello's mystic power had was now Henry's superpower. God, he loved the intelligence of his people.

"Schwoz, why'd you just—-" Henry's confusion had to end quickly as several more missiles rocketed towards him, but the new and improved Henry dodged them all. He was even able to grab one mid-air before it skewered his face, making them all smile in excitement.

"Whoaaaa. H-how'd I..." The boy gasped, not being able to comprehend how he was able to move like lightning. 

"It's your new power!" Charlotte squealed, clapping her hands together as she beamed at her friend.

"You have super fast reflexes!" Schwoz added to her excitement, proud to have been part of the team that upgraded Captain Man's fighting team. (y/n) walked up to Henry from behind him and grinned at the boy, happy to see him smile again.

"You have hyper-motility to go with Ray's indestructibility and my super-regeneration! I'm totally geeking out about it!" She laughed and her infectious smile worked its way to Henry.

"This is amazing." He breathed out and looked to Schwabbit and Kooschtello, the ones who made it all happen.

"Yes. And also...you owe us two hundred and fifty dollars." The woman frowned, wanting her money now that their work was finished. They didn't do it for nothing, why would they? Even the ancient secret power of Schwoz's people could be bought for the right price, which was two hundred and fifty dollars.

"All right, here's your money." (y/n) rolled her eyes at their impatience and handed the crisp bills to the couple to stop their complaining. Ray would go mental at the price when she told him later, but they could just take it out of their yearly budget.

"Wait, where's Drex and Jasper?" Henry suddenly remembered the danger his friend was in and Charlotte scrambled to locate the curly-haired boy on her PearPad. Last time they'd heard, Jasper was lying his ass off to the thug about Twirly-whirlies, but that was half an hour ago. Anything could have happened since then.

"Uh...still at Swellview Park on or near the playground," Charlotte reported, getting the closest coordinates she could. It was good enough, it's not like you could miss Drex's stupid face, bandana and dark clothes, he stuck out like a sore thumb.

"The Twirly-whirly." (y/n) confirmed and took out her gum tube, smiling when she saw that she wasn't the only one gearing up for a fight.

"Okay, give it to me," Henry told Charlotte and she returned him the tube he had thrown to her earlier so he could throw back a gumball into his mouth. 

"Stand back." The boy told their spectators and the sidekicks blew their gum proudly, once again becoming Captain Man's fearless companions, only this time, they had a new trick up their sleeve.

"All right, Schwoz, you fly us in the Man Copter, Charlotte, you look after Ray until we get back!" (y/n) told the young girl as she and Henry dashed to a tube. If Schwoz was coming with them, they'd have to share, but they didn't mind.

"Aye. Thank you, Schwabbit and Kooschtello. Have a safe trip home!" Schwoz did his funny little bow for them to show his deep gratitude and sprinted up the steps to the other tube.

"When did you get so tall?" (y/n) asked Henry as they platonically wrapped their arms around each other once the tubes came down. He used to be so small and now, he was shooting past her head. Where had that cute little bean from two years ago gone? 

"Up the tube!" Henry laughed at the woman's question and they blasted off before he could answer her. He wasn't the same boy he was when he had met her because now, he was a superhero, through and through.

~Swellview Park~

"Twenty-three and twenty-four and...' Jasper had been perfecting the art of taking the piss as he spun the Twirly-whirly around twenty-five times to "unlock the Man Cave entrance". It was a good lie and had kept him alive and unharmed for at least twenty minutes. Slow turns and agonisingly poor counting had done the trick, but he was getting close to the end now and he needed backup, like now.

"Hey, that was twenty-five!" Drex hissed as he swore that Jasper was mistaken. He was by no means a patient man and was at the end of his tether with this nincompoop, who was fooling him so brilliantly.

"Are you sure? Maybe I should just, um...start over. One..." Jasper suggested, hoping that he could trick Drex again, but it wasn't very likely.

"I don't like you!" The thug growled and tugged him away from the playground ride. This kid was infuriating and he was debating whether putting up with incompetency was worth trying to find the Man Cave quicker.

"But I'm so friendly!" Jasper gasped, not liking how ugly the situation was turning. They were in front of children, for god's sake, did he really have to be so violent?

"And I don't think the Man Cave's anywhere near here. I think you've been lying to me!" Drex seethed, making Jasper gulp. Okay, his luck was up and Drex was so close to pummelling his face. Where were Henry and (y/n)?!

"No, I wouldn't lie. I love the truth! I consider the truth my girlfriend and we are exclusive." Jasper rambled as the sidekicks descended onto the scene from the Man Copter and watched with anger as they saw their friend shake in fear.

"You think you're funny?" Drex shook him by the collar, not liking the way the boy was using stupid metaphors to outwit him. 

"No, when I tell jokes, nobody laughs except for my grandma and she doesn't even know who she is anymore!" Jasper wailed, his eyes screwed tightly shut, so he didn't see Henry and (y/n) standing unimpressed behind the villain holding him captive. 

"Well, after I rattle your brain with this, you're not gonna know who you are." Drex threatened the terrified boy and raised his fist to punch him. However, (y/n) wasn't about to see Curly hurt and caught it from behind so she could twist his arm around to make him face her.

"Hey, cupcake." She spat and used all her strength to land a harsh blow across his cheekbone, sending the man to the floor. Damn, that felt good, especially when she sensed her bruised knuckles tingling back to normality. It sure was amazing to be a superhero.

"Whoa, Miss Danger, you just knocked down Drex!" Jasper gasped in amazement, making the woman and Henry smirk at each other.

"I know." She replied happily and her ex-boyfriend saw red when he realised just who had dared to lay a hand on him. He wouldn't have her disrespect him so utterly and would break her into her place. She didn't have Captain Man to save her, but she did have Kid Danger.

"Uh-oh, he's getting back up." Jasper gulped as Drex scrambled to his feet and Henry knew that this was no place for non-superheroes.

"Yeah, you might wanna run." He told his best friend, who didn't need to be told twice. They could handle this shit from here, he'd just be in the way.

"On it!" Jasper turned around and legged it to a safe distance where he could watch Drex get his ass handed to him without being an unwilling participant.

"Well..." Drex looked the smirking supers up and down with a disdainful eye now that they were alone and clenched his teeth when they showed no signs of fear. 

"Well..." (y/n) returned the greeting coldly, her face emotionless and neutral, but her eyes were full of hate for the man who thought he could own her.

"Where's your "big brother", Captain Man?" The villain mocked Henry with an irritating voice, but the boy left it to his friend to reply. She knew how to cut Drex where it would sting and she was more than happy to watch him bleed.

"Oh, you mean my BOYFRIEND. The one whom I'll be going home to tonight and sleeping next to because he's my BOYFRIEND. Y'know, he's a lot better than you in many ways, bigger too if you get what I mean and I love him so damn much because he's my BOYFRIEND!" She smirked victoriously at the way Drex's eyes burned with rage and jealousy when she enunciated the sweet connection between her and Ray. He let out a small growl when she and Henry fist-bumped their success and giggled to each other about how mad he was. Sure, they were poking the bear, but it was worth it.

"Look, it's Kid Danger and Miss Danger and that mean guy again!" A little girl next to Jasper exclaimed, pointing in fear to the showdown that was happening in front of her.

"Someone call the police!" Jasper yelled to the kids, but like typical modern youths, they simply whipped out their PearPhones and began to film the whole thing.

"I'm gonna mop this grass with you, boy. And then I'm gonna make you watch when I break Miss Danger back into a good, little girl." Drex snapped at them, but it wasn't an effective threat.

"You don't mop grass...stupid." Henry insulted the criminal, egging (y/n) on so they could get Drex to make a move.

"And sorry, but this super-healing chick doesn't break...asshole." She hissed and got ready to step back as the thug reached his breaking point. It was crucial that Henry had the space to use his new power and she wasn't keen on foolishly exhausting hers.

"That's it!" Drex cried and (y/n) hopped backwards as he swung at Henry, who expertly ducked out of the way. He was like lightning and the man's fists just attacked the air above his head.

"Not even close." The boy gloated at Drex, who looked dumbfounded with the boy's newfound speed. He didn't like the way he was smirking and tried a few more jabs, all of which were dodged by Henry.

"Whoa, can't touch this." (y/n) chuckled at how he was nothing but a blur and stood back to watch the show. It felt so good to see Drex outmatched and she couldn't wait to take her revenge on him.

"Here come the cops!" Jasper pointed to two approaching police officers, who dashed to the superheroine's side, only to grow nervous when they saw who was fighting who.

"It's Drex!" One cried and they both ran off and jumped over a wall for safety. No wonder so many criminals called Swellview home with a police force like that, but thankfully, the city had Captain Man and his associates to fight in their place.

"Swellview Police, happy to help, my ass." (y/n) rolled her eyes as Jasper gawped at the cops' cowardice. Not even a taser to help, typical.

"Kid...I'm gonna punch and kick you ten-thousand times!" Drex shouted in Henry's face, but he remained calm and collected, despite the threat that would send most people running for the hills.

"Cool, I'll help you keep count. Ready, set go!" He remarked coolly and began to duck and weave through every attempt to maim him.

"Zero, zero...still zero. Here's my face...oh!" Henry dealt a swift blow to his enemy's abdomen, making him double over in pain. The kids watching were horrified to see such violence but were too enthralled to look away.

"Ready when you are," Henry told Drex and they started fighting again, well, Drex started punching the air again. Henry, however, was much more deadly; he elbowed Drex in the face, twisted his arm around his back, forced him into the climbing frame and kicked his butt for good measure.

"Yeah, Kid Danger, beat his ass!" Miss Danger applauded the teen as he clambered up the main frame and dashed across the bridge. The crowd gasped when Drex was able to grab his ankle through the yellow bars and made him trip up, but he was able to recover quickly for their brawl on the bridge. Henry avoided everything thrown at him and Drex was pushed down the slide by a swift punch to the teeth, followed by a shove backwards. He was making it look easy.

"How'd you get to be so fast?" Drex demanded to know as Henry sprinted across the Whirly-twirly so they could edge around it and wait for whoever would strike first.

"That's for us to know and you to shut the hell up." (y/n) snapped as she kept the kids back and stood waiting for Henry to need any help, not that he did. He had this perfectly under control, especially when Drex leapt onto the spinning ride and he used its velocity to harshly whack the thug's nose.

Forcing Drex to his feet, Henry held the disoriented man by his neck and rapidly punched him in the face until his hand was a red and blue streak in the air. The repeated hits were too much for even a master fighter like Drex to handle and he collapsed on the floor, alive but completely battered. Henry looked at his hands in disbelief and looked up to see (y/n) looking at the see-saw and mulling over an idea in her head.

"You may, Miss Danger." He told her with an all-knowing smirk and she breathed out a laugh when she realised that he could see what she was planning. She turned on her heel and stomped over Drex's body, making sure the pointed edge of her boot dug into his stomach with all her weight. He managed to get on one knee and as he did, she balanced herself on the see-saw and raised the left side, bashing the red seat across his face. 

Seeing that (y/n) had left him the perfect opening, Henry jogged over to the zip line and hurtled through the air before kicking Drex down again. By now, the kids and a few adults were applauding the superheroes' performance, but the fight wasn't over yet. Drex still had some energy left in him and attempted to roundhouse kick Henry twice, but the teen just grabbed his leg and tipped him off balance. It probably would've been smart to stay on the floor, but the psychopath didn't know how to accept defeat. He sloppily swung at Henry with each fist, only to have his arms twisted behind his back, making him shriek in pain as his bones crunched. 

A rough headbutt made Drex's vision go blurry, giving Kid Danger the chance to roll him backwards and onto the ground, where Miss Danger was waiting for him. A sharp kick to the face left him dumb and drooling and the young woman was satisfied to see her foot collide with his cheek. 

"He's all yours, kid." She told Henry, who had taken a seat on a park bench and dragged the man up so she could shove him over his knee. "Wow, I hope no one gets this on video and sends it to the news..." He announced loudly, prompting every kid watching to take out their phones. 

"Spanky, spanky, spank your butt, doo dah, doo dah. Spanky, spanky spank your butt, oh dah doo dah day!" Henry took great pleasure in humiliating Drex like he had done to him in Schneider's Bakery and with the support of the crowd, he was more than happy to drag it out for just a little longer.

~In the Man Cave~

"Oh my god, open it, open it, open it!" (y/n) squealed as Schwoz was handed the electronic key that Henry had confiscated from Drex. They had hauled his ass back to the Man Cave and with a little assistance from a particularly gorgeous invention from their favourite genius, he had been immobilised. All they had to do now was free Ray from the prison that had been inflicted on him.

"Come on...hurry!" Ray grumbled impatiently as Schwoz stuck the fob to the top of the box and twisted it until it illuminated green. With the magnetic seal, Ray was free to lift that dumb thing off his head and grinned brightly when he saw his home for the first time in hours.

"I'm oka—" He started, but was cut off by (y/n) launching herself into his arms and placing her lips on his. It wasn't an unwelcome interruption and he gladly melted into the kiss with a satisfied sigh. Oh, how he had missed that honey taste and his hands found their home around her waist and in her hair as their lips moved in time with each other.

"Wooo!" "Yeah, buddy!" Schwoz, Henry, Charlotte and Jasper applauded and cheered at the happy reunion, overjoyed to see the idiots in love again. They would never stop poking fun at them for how gross they were together, but this time, they'd make an exception, because they were unbelievably sweet.

"Wow. I'm so happy to see my girl again." Ray cooed at (y/n) once they parted and she blushed from his words and the way their friends ooo'ed and awwed. She could say the same for him, she hadn't realised how addicted she was to his kisses and his smile until she was deprived of them.

"I love you, handsome." She whispered, letting her forehead rest against his, only this time, there was no cold metal to separate them. It felt so much better to have the soft skin of his cheeks under her fingertips and she would never take it for granted again.

"I love you too, sweet girl." He sighed against her lips as they met again for a brief kiss until a thought suddenly snapped into Ray's mind. He didn't want to ruin the moment, but he just had to know.

"Wait...what happened to Drex?" He looked to his friends as his girl shyly pulled back and settled into his lap. Their smirks were so embarrassing.

"Oh, Henry and (y/n) brought him here," Charlotte replied, freaking Ray out at the thought of his sidekicks leading their nemesis to the one place where they didn't want him. 

"Wha—Drex is here?!" He gasped, glancing between the woman on his knee and the relaxed boy in front of him. He abruptly stood up and whipped around to be greeted with a disturbingly strange sight. Ray yelped at Drex's pained expression, but he was paralysed by some weird harness restraint thing.

"Is he—uh..." Ray cautiously walked up to his former sidekick and braced himself for a jump scare or something.

"He's totally fine," Charlotte told him, feeling completely chill with the situation. Drex was basically a big vegetable right now and as harmless as a fly.

"He just can't move," Jasper added, making Ray turn around as (y/n) and Henry got up to observe the man they worked together to defeat. It was rewarding to see him like this, useless, defenceless, completely harmless, just like they wanted him to be. Like this, he could cause them any problems.

"Or talk, or think, or kick, or punch, or pee...I hope." Henry elaborated, grimacing slightly at the thought of Drex regularly peeing all over their floors. Eh, that probably wouldn't happen.

"Pretty neat, right?" The young woman snuggled up to his side and laced their fingers together, smiling proudly at her and Henry's success.

"Well, how did you, uh—" Ray gestured to the villain's lifeless body, not even knowing how to begin describing what he was looking at.

"I used this. You blast a person with a beam from this and it's like pressing pause on his brain." Schwoz explained his cool little gadget to his boss and he was so glad that he had created it on a rainy Saturday afternoon.

"Yeah, he's fine. He's just useless and can't do anything, like the Kardashians." (y/n) finished, making everyone giggle and gaze at their work. A job well done.

"This just in Captain Man's sidekicks, Kid Danger and Miss Danger..." Trent Overrunder's voice suddenly piped up from the computer, drawing Jasper's focus away from the man who nearly beat him up in the playground. 

"Hey, look! Henry and (y/n) are on the news!" He exclaimed and they all wandered over to see what was being said about them. God, it was nice to be recognised.

"And thanks to Kid Danger's new and unexplained lightning speed, he and Miss Danger were able to completely frustrate and enrage Drex, who we all hate." Ray smiled proudly at his sidekicks as they bashfully watched the clips of them beating Drex to the ground. Wow, his girl was hot when she threw fists,

"Spank your butt all day, spank your but all night! Spank your butt 'til it's red and sore, wow I hate your face!" They laughed along to the clip and all turned around to join in with its singing. 

"Spanky, spanky, spank your butt, doo dah, doo dah. Spanky, spanky spank your butt, oh dah doo dah day! Spank your butt all day, spank your but all night! Spank your butt 'til it's red and sore, wow I hate your face!" They chanted in Drex's face. He couldn't hear them or see them, but it was gratifying nonetheless and the second-best way to celebrate.

"Miss Danger..." Ray slid an arm around the young woman's waist as she smiled mockingly at her ex-boyfriend. She turned to him with a teasing smirk and mirthful eyes, her fingers trailing up his chest.

"Yes, Captain Man?" She looked up at him through her lashes, making him smirk as he bent down to pull her lips back to his. She smiled into the kiss and threaded her fingers through his groomed, chocolate hair, enjoying the way the world was drowned out by him; the feel of him against her, the scent of his cologne surrounding her, the taste of mint and bubblegum on her tongue, all of it told her she had him, just like he had her.

Yeah, this was the best way to celebrate and they were ready to party all night long.

[chaisshitposts]

I RELATE SO MUCH WITH THE JJBA ARTSTYLE BUT IT WAS WORTH IT

hxh is soooo good oml but i still can't get over gon and killua separating🫠 i genuinely had one of the weirdest impressions on kny when i saw the wisteria house scene of inosuke, zenitsu, tanjiro, and nezuko chasing each other💀💀 it still hurts cuz you realize kny is going to end soon😭

i still haven't watched jjk s2 yet, waiting for it to be completed until i can binge watch it! absolutely gonna cry cuz i know it's gonna destroy me when it's completed but all's okay as long as i can see yuta hihihi

LET'S BE NERDS TOGETHER

my fav animes are the promised neverland (i'm so sad that they didn't follow the manga for s2😭😭 i didn't see my fav characters animated :c), the apothecary diaries, bungo stray dogs, and moriarty the patriot! i'm obsessed with detectives and animes with smart characters ngl (heck even the books i buy are murder mystery genres lmao)

question: what is the first anime you watched?? Mine is ranma 1/2!

🐧anon

UGH ABSOLUTELY, NOW I TRULY UNDERSTAND THE JOJO REFERENCES !!! and no those two have never separated idk what you're talkin' about 🧍 and ayo... THAT was the weirdest impression you had??? Not the first episode of absolute CARNAGE of tanjiro's family??!?!? understandable. and bruh ik, I need to buy the fuckin' manga but I don't want it to end, my cousin bought all the mangas and finished it and oml 😭 !!!!!! I can't wait to watch s2 of JJK, I'm tryna see scrunkly man toji in all his animated glory, even tho I hate his English dub voice 🧍 I think dio fits him tho... and oOOh a yuta fan 🤭 yuta is such a sweetie baby pie who'd prolly kick my ass if I crossed him

YES !!! NERDS UNITE 🫡🫡🫡

promised neverland... I definitely tried to watch it but god it was way too eerie for me and that's comin' from someone who watched attack on titan and some other messed up junk. I've only heard of one of those!!! bungou stray dogs, I never finished it despite the pretty character designs ☹️ might give it another try if I remember— and omg ranma!!!! I know that one hehehehe my first anime was katekyo hitman reborn! it got me into anime in the first place and created a deep love I have for super weak protagonists who secretly have hidden powers within them or they appear weak and people often underestimate them until it's too late. I dunno what it is about the badass feelin' it gives but it's like a shot of caffeine

are ya watchin' anything currently or have finished anything? :D personally I just finished mashle: magic and muscles!!! I'm excited for the next season tbh OH and I am also watching zom 100 and it's actually pretty good !!! a lil' depressin' but still a very intriguing plot

[eolewyn1010]

Charité, season 4 - episode 4

I'm here to spoiler, and don't say I didn't warn you!

"Two more Paleobacterium deaths" - not Maral's very first patient tho! He will conveniently stay alive until the very end.

Does anyone else think it'll be a depressing blow to Julia to come home and find that, when Maral finally puts in an effort into unpacking boxes to furnish their new home, all she unpacks is her work stuff?

"Extreme heat wave continues" - but we won't show our protagonists sweating! They have to look like models.

It's not that actress' fault, but her facial structure reminds me uncomfortably of season 2's Magda Goebbels. Plus, she's 1st, dressed like she has too much money (and she probably has if she can afford 4 in vitro treatments), and 2nd, remarkably unscathed for someone who has recently been in a car accident that ended fatally for another participant.

Julia. This woman is pregnant and very freshly widowed. Refer her to grief counseling?

Nurse Kachel is only around to literally open doors and talk some platitudes in Berlin dialect, huh?

Nice of Maral to give away a ticket for an event she planned to go visit with her wife. Oughta be good for the marriage.

Also, what do you mean "men's team or women's"? Does that mean sports are still segregated in a way that makes them inaccessible to nonbinary people?

Dylan, just report her. At this point, her trying to treat a patient is illegal. She should not even be in the tract.

With the background that Ferhat probably attempted suicide at some point, it feels hypocritical of him to be opposed to his patient choosing death over a living situation he deems unbearable.

Wait a minute. She's 16 weeks into pregnancy and already knows her baby is gonna be a boy. But Julia's test was the first that turned up the microplastic poisoning? How quickly does that develop / how incompetent was her previous doctor?

Come on, Julia, you can't be surprised that she's desperate to keep the baby.

I'm not entirely sure why they have to plant the child back in at all. If they have artificial (and completely disease-free) wombs at their disposal, wouldn't it be the safest course to keep the fetus in there until maturity?

It's very rude to develop a revolutionary kind of surgery and then not haste to train others to do it when it treats an issue that a ton of people worldwide are likely to have. 1st season at least had a reason for not many doctors knowing a certain kind of surgery - modern medicine was in its baby shoes and worldwide networking was scarce and slow. But with all that technology? Get teaching!

If you're suicidal, try romance! It solves all depressions! ...Honestly, fuck Ferhat. For someone who also gets to do psychotherapeutic treatment, he's so bad at human emotions.

Marlene is one of very few characters this season I give a damn about, and she's being stood up by this dumbass Ferhat. Ugh.

Maral. Wine is not a balanced diet.

"You wanna talk about your work? No, I get to complain about my work now!" Maral, you suck as a wife.

And then, literally just after that, she has the absolute GALL to accuse Julia of not listening to her about her problems! What the actual fuck. Maral, you suck as a wife!

You also have no right to deny Julia information about her son.

"From my perspective, yes." Have you ever talked to your wife in the past weeks, even once? Sheesh.

That telling-off was so overdue. So obviously, the next thing Maral does? Get drunk, be a workaholic, and go to extremes to prove a point! Woo! It's feminism when it's women who make the bad choices! I hope she knows she's on one level with Robert Koch now. And that is so not a compliment.

Discount Daniel Sträßer would seem even shadier if I he weren't surrounded by bad CGI.

Thanks, Nils, for calling Maral the asshole that she is.

Emilia, if you think Charité has to protect its precious reputation, you go and solve the medical mysteries yourself.

Wow. Wow, Ferhat. This episode is titled "Courage", not "Violation Of Your Patient's Bodily Autonomy". wtf, why is this guy a doctor.

Dylan, you should have Maral arrested. She's a walking (ok, lying-down) breach of infection protection law.

Way to go, Julia! And please change your gloves before you operate any further. That's fucking disgusting.

Does anyone else find it sus that Dylan, Maral's declared but male rival at the hospital whom she keeps trashtalking and tyrannizing at work, gets to look so much more affectionate with her than her actual wife?

Thoughts on this season's questionable queer rep aside - my problem is that Maral's behavior doesn't feel as though she wants to save lives. It feels like she wants to prove at any cost that she is right. That is an unsympathetic feature in everyone and a potentially catastrophic one in a doctor. And Ferhat isn't far behind. Are these supposed to be protagonists?

[catversary]

LACKADAISY FANS I REALLY WANT THOSE PLUSHES!!!!!!!

HI so. As we know, Iron Circus is planning to fund more LACKADAISY episodes via Kickstarter with amazing items such as reprinting the books and - what's making me the most giddy - PLUSHIEEEESSSSSS of two fan favorite boys:

But wait.

There's more.

We passed the $300,000 stretch goal and got TWO MORE PLUSHIES!

AAAAAHHH LOOK AT THEM. PRECIOUS BABY KITTIES. If Mordecai has real metal spectacles, I can't wait to see what Ivy's detailing looks like.

Now we have four amazingly cute plushies. But......

What's that?

There could be... m o r e?

Ugh I would love love love to see a Mitzi and a Viktor plush. In total, they'll produce TEN little kitty plushes. (Oh boy... that's $500 for the whole bunch... I'm just realizing that now).

I know 2 Million sounds like a lot, but we're already hitting 1.2 Mil as of 8/10 (We have 14 days until the campaign ends on 8/24!) Most kickstarters receive the bulk of their funding in the first 24 and last 24 hrs. In the first 24 hrs, this kickstarter raised HALF A MILLION! I believe with just a little more ruckus, advertising, and backing, we can make those plushies a reality!!!!!

So, whaddya say? Please help spread the word and let's hit that $2 Million goal!

[oblivious-aro]

Some thoughts on each season of my Lego Ninjago watch through so far up to and including season seven and the movie:

Golden Weapon Pilots: They're fine, but not very interesting. There's a few fun moments, but I while watching I genuinely wondered if I was going to continue with the rest of the show.

The role of the only girl in the cast was to be kidnapped and rescued, and to be liked by a character who hasn't even met her yet. That's greeeeeeat. Loooove that.

It's very funny in later seasons when they try to pretend that anyone cared about Samukai. Or knew his name.

Season 1: This season's a good time. The writing's pretty messy, but charming enough to keep me watching.

The Zane-is-a-robot plot twist was everything ten year old me hoped it would be, and Cole's relationship with his dad was an interesting episode.

Lloyd's at his best in this season. I'll talk about it more in the season two part, but Lloyd's character was only really interesting when he was a child.

Some of the best jokes are in this season. "I have butterflies in my stomach" is probably still my favourite joke in the series. Either that or Nya getting bodied by a road sign. Sorry Nya, I love you, but I think I rewound that bit seven times.

Speaking of, Nya you really deserve better writing.

Season 2: The first half's pretty fun. I liked it when the plot was just Garmadon and his pirates figuring out random ways to mess with the ninja. It gives us a fun plot and I enjoy watching how the ninja solve problems, and the villains being their charming selves. The stuff on the dark island get's a bit boring. I don't care about The Overlord.

Dino Garmadon is a true beauty, though.

I like Misako. Can't wait to see what they do with her in later seasons.

Very sad that Nya gets sidelined hard. I think the writers actually forgot about her. Except for the occasional time they couldn't think of a way for the ninja to wrap things up and needed Samurai X to take care of things. Oh, and at the end when they needed someone to be mind controlled and have demeaning remarks slung at them.

You really deserve better Nya.

Aging up Lloyd was a mistake. Everything notable about him stems from the fact that he's a child. Watching him grow as the Ninja teach him was a good time, and having him be so young balanced out his overpoweredness nicely. Now all he's got left is being the super powerful chosen one, which isn't really a personality.

Season 3: Boring. Nothing interesting happens, and the stupid terrible 'love triangle' makes me want to stab my eyeballs out. Once again Nya, you deserve better.

The best part of this season is that it's the shortest.

Season 4: Hooray! Quality!

This one's much funner. Especially in the first half.

Skylor seems cool, but unfortunately they spend the first half of the season keeping her shrouded in 'mystery' so we don't really get to know her. We can't develop her and Kai's relationship, because that would mean revealing information about Skylor before the big plot twist. We also can't go into how she feels about helping her dad because we don't know Chen's her dad until halfway through the season. The conversation with Kai in the roller rink implies that this is the only life she's ever known and she hasn't really questioned it before, but because the reveal of her relation to Chen happens so late and there's so many other things going on, Skylor's arc about breaking away from Chen ends up being very rushed.

That being said I did still cheer internally when she told her dad off. Go Skylar! Tell him where to stick it!

Speaking of Chen, very enjoyable villain. Probably my favourite so far. The oscillation between 'ugh, screw this whiny child' and 'oh yeah, he's powerful enough to kill anyone on a whim and no one can stop him' makes him a perfect blend of intimidation, hatable, and fun. Clouse is a pretty decent second-in-command too. I like how petty he is.

Very good season for Cole. He started the tournament by eating enough cake to make him sluggish and still did better than Kai, then he made friends with Karloff and brought hope back to the factory workers, that was great. Zane's reunion with him made me very happy. Cole just has such a great energy as a character, and that really comes through in this season.

Good Garmadon's not bad. I like watching him cringe about all the bad decisions he made when he was evil-drunk, and he has good insights for the team on Chen and the other contestants. Much better than the weird boring lessons he was giving Lloyd last season.

The letter story line was...not handled great. It's built up to be this big bombshell, but it's really more awkward than anything. Also kind of pointless since Garmadon dies at the end of the season. The whole Misako love triangle is just very awkward, and the Ninjago writers really don't know how to write romance or women, huh?

Also speed's and element, I guess. And poison. 10/10

Why'd they leave the blind guy on the island though? Seems mean.

Season 5: Oh hey, Nya finally gets to be a ninja. Took long enough.

History of terrible writing choices aside, her arc this season was great. You really feel for Nya, watching her figure out her elemental power and how to deal with her perfectionism. I'm glad we got to really dig into one of the Ninja's journey facing their greatest weakness more deeply (I like the true potential episodes, but devoting more time to them probably wouldn't have gone amiss). Watching Nya's take out a giant monster with her freshly unlocked tsunami powers after an entire season of struggling with her powers was just so freaking awesome. Go Nya! Woo! True potential!

The picking a new leader subplot's pretty fun. I like exploring the characters by putting them all in the leader position and seeing how they all react. That's the good stuff, even if Lloyd's position as the leader is debatable (more on that later).

I like how Misako and Wu work together and bounce off each other and have differing ideas on what direction the team should go in. It's more interesting than Wu just being the one with all the answers. Wish they'd give Lloyd and Misako's relationship a bit more development, though.

Cole's ghost transformation is sending me. I like ghosts. They're cool. Ghost Cole makes brain happy.

The episode right after where we watch Cole struggle to adjust to his new form while his friends support him (showcasing how building up your teammates is way more effective than trying to bring them down) is actually the best. The moral is set up really well, and I think that's actually a great lesson for kids. Also d'awwwwww :) fwiends.

And the conversation between Cole and Nya is so sweet. I friendship them so hard. See writers? This is why you should let Nya react with the team more, it's great. Also let the Ninja be nicer to each other. Favourite episode.

Unfortunately for Lloyd, kicking him out of most of this season really worked in it's favour. That's probably not a great thing to say about the main character, but I honestly haven't found Lloyd all that interesting since he aged up. He doesn't really feel like he has a place on the team outside of 'chosen one'. They say they're missing a leader without him, but he's never really led. Usually it's one of the adults (are the ninja teenagers? I can't really tell) giving commands and on the field they all kind of work together and it's never felt like there was an official leader.

Ooh, Jay's vision of the future...oh that does not bode well. I hate that. Ninjago, you were doing so good this season, why are you like this?

I love this season so much. It's got my favourite episode and it's my favourite so far. By a lot. Good luck topping that season six. Bet your theme song won't slap as hard.

Season 6: And coming right off of the high of season five, we have-

"I just want to be given a fair shot."

"Why? To make things easier?"

Misako, wtf?

"Nya made it clear there was no way we'd ever end up together. But I know for a fact from seeing my future that we do. Maybe a wish is what it takes. Maybe this is how she falls for me!"

JAY, WTF?

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Nya you really deserve better.

The worst part is, unlike season three, this season actually has a lot of intriguing elements. The sky pirate crew is crew charming, Nadakhan's wish manipulation thing is fun to watch, and Jay's storyline is...well...a lot of it is actually really interesting, and this is the first time the show has dug into an individual character so deeply, but the endgame being Jay 'earning' a relationship with Nya for completing his arch leaves a very sour taste on the whole thing.

Speaking of Nya...oh boy. Okay, so I do appreciate the writer's trying to acknowledge their writing mistakes with her in previous seasons, and the lighthouse monologue was pretty cathartic, but maybe try talking to some women before you slap the feminist badge on yourself so proudly, yeah? Also you gotta put your money where your mouth is. You've shown you're aware that Nya never getting a choice is problem, then you destiny-bind her to another character and kill her for his development.

I could complain about this season and Nya's treatment throughout the show for ages. One day I may lose my sanity and try to rewrite a nicer season seven that doesn't completely screw Nya over.

The Ninjago really do not know how to write romance or women.

At least Cole's still a ghost. That's fun.

Day of the Departed: I love the atmosphere. Being in the dark forest and house, surrounded by the monochrome transparent ghosts really emphasizes Cole's feeling of isolation. It just gives off the perfect vibes for a children's Halloween special. It just looks so cold. I can practically feel the wind as Cole punches ghosts on the roof.

I've heard some people say the pacing was rushed and it's bad writing that the ninja defeated villains in one night that took them whole seasons to beat, but I disagree. They're a lot more experienced now, and those villains had whole armies and time to plan.

The only gripes I had were that ending to the Zane and Cryptor fight was weird because Zane...pretends to surrender... and then Cryptor...trips and dies? Also the Lloyd and Pythor fight was pretty underwhelming. It was just very floaty and awkward. I think they forgot that Misako is a skilled fighter too, so she just stands there being frustratingly useless. Other than that the fights were good. Especially Jay's with commentary from his delightful parents, and Nya reversing a rocket back at Chen.

Of course, the special's not really about the fights is it? Cole's fear as his friends start to forget him is incredibly gripping and you're really sold on how desperate he is as he fights through the haunted house.

And when his friends show up and give him the hope when he's about to give up? YESSS! it's such a triumphant moment when he gets his body back that I'm not even sad that my beloved ghost Cole is gone. That ghost story line had a great run, and this was a banger of a conclusion.

Season 7: Not bad, but drags a lot in the first half. I wish I had a nickel for every time a character was cut off before they can say something important. I also wish I had a nickel for every time a character acted like a plot twist was more shocking than it actually was. Or was clearly on stupid pills (Kai forgot his father's blacksmithing symbol? Really?) I was on episode seven when I originally wrote this, but it honestly felt like episode three. None of the other seasons had such a pronounced pacing issue.

While I'm glad they're finally trying to do something with PIXAL, I'm sad that she comes off as a huge jerk because of this season's obsessive mystery mongering. Hey writers, we all know she's Samurai X. You're not building intrigue, you're just dragging things out and making PIXAL be really mean to Nya for no reason.

Crux and Acronix are pretty fun, but there's something off about them. It might be the voice acting, I'm honestly not sure. I do like how they squabble about technology and how intimidating they get when they it's time for business and they put their childish bickering on the shelf.

I like how they've started to do some digging into Wu's psyche and are exploring how years of working alone after losing so many friends has affected him negatively. It's a shame they won't really be able to go further with that next season, since he'll be lost in the time stream.

Also at one point Wu and Lloyd tell everyone to stop having fun and it's terrible. Yeah, why would a kid's show be fun? I hope this isn't an indication of where the future tone of the series is going.

2017 Movie: Oh my gosh, it's hilarious please watch it. Even if you're not a Ninjago fan, it's just so goofy and the characters are so loveable, and they had to stack two body pieces on Garmadon to properly give him four arms.

There's some scenes where the natural character chemistry flows so well, that the jokes just keep coming so naturally one after the other. I found myself rewinding quite often.

I've seen some complaints that the other ninjas didn't get as much focus as Lloyd, but for a standalone movie I think it's fine to mainly focus on one person. Their characters may have been reduced, but everyone feels like they have a place in the team and they all get some great lines. Honestly nobody really feels left out of favouritized.

I love that Wu's kind of a weird jerk. I love how energetic but inexperienced the ninja feel. I love that Nya's on a motorcycle the whole time they're at school, including in the secret locker elevator. I love that Zane's an adrenaline junkie and is trying his very best to fit in as a human. I love that Jay somehow became the best ninja despite being the worst ninja in the show (he's just such an incompetent loser, and he's aware of this fact and has decided that he's just going to try his best anyway, I love him, Kumail Nanjiani is so charming and killing it).

This film does have one major flaw, sadly. I do like Lloyd, but the conflict he has with Garmadon is bad. This guy has caused him nothing but trouble, and he has a lovely mother and a supportive friend group, so why is he so desperate for a relationship with Garmadon? In the show the two of them actually having a decent relationship and the conflict is driven by the tragic fact that Garmadon doesn't want to be doing the evil things he's doing, and Lloyd is hesitant to be fighting against someone who genuinely cares for him and vice versa. Movie Garmadon is just generically evil of his own accord and shows no interest in Lloyd.

Dave Franco is giving quite the performance during the serious bits, but there just isn't a relationship to sell. You know who Lloyd does have an interesting parental relationship to explore with? His mother. And the writers know this too, since Lloyd thanks his mom for being the one who was actually there for him all those years. Why wasn't this the relationship we were focusing on? It's just better in every way (I know the answer).

My problem with this movie is pretty similar with MCU Peter and Aunt May.

Despite the weakness of the main conflict, it's a really charming goofy movie, and I already want to watch it again.