#i cannot tell you how much i flippin love them

[michelangelo-the-cool]

One of my first Tumblr posts lmao didn't know what to put. Just wanted to peek in and say hi as I get my account up and runnin

[spevvy]

The fact Joel is so SO excited about and committed to the meet & greet he's arranging in CDMX is honestly giving me so much life at the moment and giving me a bazillion more reasons to adore him (not that I needed any I'm already totally on board with his entire everything) cos like:

. He's posted about it at least a zillion times in the last 2 days—this little cupcake is SO HAPPY AT THE PROSPECT OF SEEING HIS FANS IT IS SO BLOODY SWEET I CANNOT

. The amount of polls he's made to make completely sure he gets to see as many people as possible at a time that's most convenient for them rather than just being like "yeah this is the date I'm giving you, it's in 8 months time, if you can't make it tough shit" like wow my guy genuinely and actively cares about every single person and is going out of his way to make sure he gets to see as many of his fans as earthly possible just because he loves them like holy shit folks I cannot think of any other artist who would do this and put so much effort into making it a great experience for everyone. He's a goddam angel.

. It's literally next week. He's arranged it, he's doing it, it's all happening immediately, HE CANNOT WAIT, go and meet him if it's at all possible. ISTFG if I had the funds and a valid passport I would be on the next flight out to Mexico in a goddam muthaflippin HEARTBEAT.

. THE GODDAM PRICE. IT'S FIFTEEN QUID TO MEET **AND HUG** JOEL FRICKIN PIMENTEL BLOODY DE GOSHDARNED LEÓN. And just look at him, you just KNOW he would give the best softest warmest hugs of all time. You just KNOW.

. THE FACT HE SOUNDED GENUINELY APOLOGETIC FOR HAVING TO CHARGE FOR TICKETS . I REPEAT. HE'S CHARGING **FIFTEEN QUID**.

. "FOTO Y ABRAZO GARANTIZADO" — I swear my heart melted into nothing. When there are so many celebrities that do M&Gs but they're so goddam arsey about it, like they're too good for it, and they have all these rules about having to stand a certain distance away or not being allowed to even touch them, like their fans are full of The Pestilence™ or something. Yet, here's one-fifth of the most successful Latino pop group of the century lit-er-a-lee going "IDGAF WHO YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE AT MY MEET AND GREET YOU WILL BE **HUGGED** GODDAMMIT!!!" Just. Ugh. How. Incredible scenes here in the De León fandom. I'm living for it.

. The way he keeps on reiterating how excited he is about this, how much he misses his fans, how he can't wait to see everyone. I mean Jesus Christ, there's no way in the world I could go, there's no way I even really get to call myself a fan compared to everyone who's adored him and supported him for the last 8 years, nothing about this is For Me™—and yet the way his excitement about getting to spend time in person with his fans again is just so pure and real and MASSIVELY contagious.... It's really making me feel so loved and appreciated by proxy. I don't deserve this happiness that I'm not even directly experiencing!!

*sobs uncontrollably in Fangirl*

I hope so so so much that the whole event is a massive success and everyone has the greatest night and he gets back every single ounce of the love he's giving out, multiplied to the power of a bazillion—because honestly him and his fans genuinely deserve this, it's absolutely beautiful. He's such an absolute sweetheart and I just want soooooooooooooooooo many good things to happen for him, I can't wait to find out how it all goes. I can't even begin to tell you how much joy it's bringing me just thinking about how happy it's gonna make so many people, especially him.

I just have a LOT of feelings about this, okay???? A LOT.

^^^^^ actual footage of my entire reaction

[thatcutenerdygirl]

YES!!!!! OH MY FLIPPIN GOSH YES!

JASON TODD! You beautiful looking man you came back.

I cannot begin to explain how much I loved this one. A slow one got to me again. I love Bruce and Jason.

Soooo, Bruce is starting out as a bit of a over protective father/under the red hood batman. He and Babs are arguing which is tending to become more of a frequent, unfortunately. She's gonna send Cass out, but then shirtless Dick Grayson comes out and tells Babs that "I trust him".

Bruce goes into a building, holding smoke bombs and expecting Cass, but finds Jason. Jay says "...I need you Bruce. We all need you". Bruce has an "awakening moment" where he realizes that he's hurting the people he's been trying to protect. Then he drops smoke bombs and they laugh about it

(Which I really like. It breaks the tension [which I know is not the right word, but it's the best one I can think of as of now] a little so I could laugh through tears [I was crying internally].)

Bruce and Jay proceed to go to a roof top to talk. Bruce said "It was easier to fight him before, when this [myself] was all I had". Jay asked if Bruce regrets taking him and the rest of the bat kids in. And he's obviously is not sure what to expect, and the illustrator made that clear with him looking away and fidgeting.

Bruce says "never" and then hugs Jay. He says that his lives were changed for the better because of them.

Jason then gets up, says "I've stalled long enough" while walking away. Which is funny actually.

THEN SELENA SHOWS UP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MINI-EPISODE #1 !!

[tonberry-yoda]

Please could I request the fluff alphabet for Caesar Zeppeli as I love this man so much 💙💙

Caesar Zeppeli Fluff Alphabet

notes: I honestly love doing these fluff alphabets so flippin much dude. I get to expand on characters and just have a ton of fun!! thanks so much for the request and I really hope you enjoy!!! sending lots of love and hoping you stay hydrated <333

based on this post

A CTIVITIES - WHAT DO THEY LIKE TO DO WITH THEIR S/O? HOW DO THEY SPEND THEIR FREE TIME WITH THEM?

kiss you. i mean kiss you. i mean kiss you. i mean kiss you. i mean- No fr tho this man loves to kiss you. Like he would take you on TONS of romantic dates and then just get home and kiss you everywhere

B EAUTY - WHAT DO THEY ADMIRE ABOUT THEIR S/O? WHAT DO THEY THINK IS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THEM?

Everything. But especially your eyes and lips. Eyes are the window to the soul and that man will never take his eyes off of yours. But like he would also look at your lips all the time lol

C OMFORT - HOW WOULD THEY HELP THEIR S/O WHEN THEY FEEL DOWN/HAVE A PANIC ATTACK ETC.?

He would whisper lovely things in your ear and try to help you as best he can. He would hold you close and just let you take your time. If you need anything, he can help in any way possible <3

D REAMS - HOW DO THEY PICTURE THEIR FUTURE WITH THEIR S/O?

MARRIAGE. Omg he thinks about getting married to you everyday. He honestly can't imagine you two breaking up or separating. He loves how close you are and would do anything to keep that going

E QUAL - ARE THEY THE DOMINANT ONE IN THE RELATIONSHIP, OR RATHER PASSIVE?

He acts like the dominant one, but we all know he's babygirl. That's all I'll put here thanks.

F IGHT - WOULD THEY BE EASY TO FORGIVE THEIR S/O? HOW ARE THEY FIGHTING?

He always tries to avoid fights. He doesn't like to see you upset so he never wants to be the one to cause any of it. So when you do fight, it's SUPER rare and he will always apologize and forgive you immediately. Arguments never last long luckily, so you never have to worry about fighting.

G RATITUDE - HOW GRATEFUL ARE THEY IN GENERAL? ARE THEY AWARE OF WHAT THEIR S/O IS DOING FOR THEM?

THIS MAN CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH YOU DO FOR HIM! Even you existing makes him grateful. He is more than aware and thanks you every day for everything you do and always returns the favor <3

H ONESTY - DO THEY HAVE SECRETS THEY HIDE FROM THEIR S/O? OR DO THEY SHARE EVERYTHING?

He will hide nothing from you. He feels like he would be a bad partner if he did that, so he is super open and honest because he doesnt want shit to be caused because he lied. It's stupid and he would rather just tell you the truth and you be mad for a second then let it brew

I NSPIRATION - DID THEIR S/O CHANGE THEM SOMEHOW, OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND? LIKE TRYING OUT NEW THINGS OR HELPED THEM OVERCOME PERSONAL PROBLEMS?

You made him more open. He was willing to tell you a lot about his past and just talk more about his life without being scared. He made you more romantic lol ;) But you guys have been through a lot so just getting through that together has helped you both be better

J EALOUSY - DO THEY GET JEALOUS EASILY? HOW DO THEY DEAL WITH IT?

YES YES OMFG. Literally he sees you talking to another guy and he loses his mind a little ngl. He will run up to you and just grab your arm either pulling you away from said guy or letting said guy know that you two are dating by either kissing you or just hugging you and nagging you lolol

K ISS - ARE THEY A GOOD KISSER? WHAT WAS THE FIRST KISS LIKE?

O M G. Have you seen how he kisses women in the show???? HM??? HAVE YOU?!?!?? Like I would love a kiss from this romantic Italian man omfg. He always tastes good like mint or wine or something and he kisses you like it's always your last. God, that sounds wonderful. Your first kiss was under the moonlight after dinner and you can never forget how lovely it was <3

L OVE CONFESSION - HOW WOULD THEY CONFESS TO THEIR S/O?

He would walk up to you, kiss your hand, and tell you how beautiful you are. Then he would take you on a date. The rest is history. You really couldn't help but fall in love

M ARRIAGE - DO THEY WANT TO GET MARRIED? HOW DO THEY PROPOSE? WHAT WOULD THE MARRIAGE BE LIKE?

OMG YES. Literally more than anything. To be able to see you all dressed up for the wedding is his literal dream. He would propose to you in a very romantic setting (beach, fancy restaurant, etc.) and then the wedding would be wonderful and just like a dream. He wants it to be perfect and it really is <3

N ICKNAMES - WHAT DO THEY CALL THEIR S/O?

babe, baby, darling, honey, dear, love, my love, cute nicknames in italian

O N CLOUD NINE - WHAT ARE THEY LIKE WHEN THEY ARE IN LOVE? IS IT OBVIOUS FOR OTHERS? HOW DO THEY EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS?

This man fell for you HARD. He cannot take his eyes or thoughts off of you. You pop into his mind every second causing him to smile at nothing. He would always get you stuff that makes him think of you and always remind you how much he loves you through words <3 It is definitely obvious to others lol

P DA - ARE THEY UPFRONT ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP? DO THEY BRAG WITH THEIR S/O IN FRONT OF OTHERS? OR ARE THEY RATHER SHY TO KISS ETC. WHEN OTHERS ARE WATCHING?

Have you watched JJBA by any chance? Yeah. This man will brag you especially to Joseph and always kiss you or hold your hand right in front of him too just to piss him off and to get another kiss out of you. He really doesnt mind PDA like at all so yeah lol

Q UIRK - SOME RANDOM ABILITY THEY HAVE THAT’S BENEFICIAL IN A RELATIONSHIP.

Kindness and empathy. He will always be able to show you how much he loves you and respect you as well. He will never fail to be this loving boyfriend and make sure he is doing what he can to make you happy

R OMANCE - HOW ROMANTIC ARE THEY? WHAT WOULD THEY DO TO MAKE THEIR S/O HAPPY? CLICHÉ OR RATHER CREATIVE?

Sorry, quick question... HAVE YOU SEEN JJBA!??!?!? LIKE HELLO?!??!?! This man is SUPER DUPER romantic. Always taking you on walks on the beach and getting fancy dinners out. Expect roses all the time and chocolate too lmao. He might be a little... too romantic, but that never hurt anyone before lolol

S UPPORT - ARE THEY HELPING THEIR S/O ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS? DO THEY BELIEVE IN THEM?

Oh, 100%! He cares about you and your feelings and always wants everything you do to be validated by him. If you have support for him in his dreams, he will 115% show you that support right back. He also believes in you a lot because he knows you're both talented and capable :)

T HRILL - DO THEY NEED TO TRY OUT NEW THINGS TO SPICE OUT YOUR RELATIONSHIP? OR DO THEY PREFER A CERTAIN ROUTINE?

He really doesn't need a thrill. Sure, he's an adventurous guy always doing something new, but that doesn't mean he wants it in a relationship. He likes the routine you guys have set up and sticking to it makes him have a nice breath and never be scared to try something new

U NDERSTANDING - HOW GOOD DO THEY KNOW THEIR PARTNER? ARE THEY EMPATHETIC?

He probably knows you better than anyone. He can tell how you're feeling just based on body language. As said before, I think he is very empathetic and willing to help you in any way he can <33

V ALUE - HOW IMPORTANT IS THE RELATIONSHIP TO THEM? WHAT IS IT’S WORTH IN COMPARISON TO OTHER THINGS IN THEIR LIFE?

THIS RELATIONSHIP IS EVERYTHING TO HIM. Without you, he feels empty. He cannot simply live without you and he will be willing to help you out with anything that isn't sticking with you if that is the case. He loves you so so much and you truly are one of the only things that makes him feel loved <3

W ILD CARD - A RANDOM FLUFF HEADCANON.

He is really good at braiding hair. If you have long hair he loves playing with it and even if you have shorter hair he just loves playing with it <3

X OXO - ARE THEY VERY AFFECTIONATE? DO THEY LOVE TO KISS AND CUDDLE?

One more time... HAVE YOU SEEN JOJO'S!?!?!?? Ofc he loves kisses and cuddles. Mans needs that from you. He cannot get enough of you kissing all over him and snuggling in his arms and vise versa

Y EARNING - HOW WILL THEY COPE WHEN THEY’RE MISSING THEIR PARTNER?

Pouty. Yeah. He will piss of Jojo saying how much he misses you lol. he really just feels sad and lonely and gets VERY pouty lolol

Z EAL - ARE THEY WILLING TO GO TO GREAT LENGHTS FOR THE RELATIONSHIP? IF SO, WHAT KIND OF?

Oh ofc! He is willing to take a bullet for you and protect you at any cost! He loves you so so so so much and will do ANYTHING for you <3

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[wheeboo]

— bias tag game *ੈ✩‧₊˚

rules: you're going to pick 10 of your biases (or as many biases as you have and then fill in the rest of the spots with idols you like) and number them 1-10. then answer the questions below! try not to look at the questions before you make your list!

thank you @fairyhaos for the tag <3

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rania's bias list:

seungkwan (svt)

wheein (mamamoo)

jeonghan (svt)

wonwoo (svt)

hoshi (svt)

jun (svt)

seulgi (red velvet)

yunjin (le sserafim)

soobin (txt)

lee know (skz)

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1. between 7 and 5, who did you bias first?

i biased my girl seulgi first :> i started stanning red velvet in between peek-a-boo and bad boy era and i literally love her sm i gay panic whenever i see her and she's so cute and quirky i fell in love instantly !!!

2. between 2 and 6, who are you more attached to?

umm,,, how dare u give me this question rn. wheein has been my ult for the past 5-6 years and i feel like i can declare us as a v chill married couple lmfao and i love her w all my heart. but tbh jun has grown so much on me and finally putting him in my bias line is just ugh <3 <3 got my heart flippin and feet kickin (it doesn't help i have like,, a lot of ideas for him in terms of wips)

3. if you were to spend the day with either 3 or 1, who would you choose and what would you do?

again... what the hell U R MAKING ME CHOOSE BETWEEN MY TOP BIASES IN SVT?? absolute insanity. ugh,, okay jeonghan ily babe but i gotta go with my fav boy seungkwan <3 i feel like he'll take me out of my comfort zone n just take me out to places n just be the most supportive person ever. like i can imagine our arms locked together while walking down the avenue or sum idfk

4. what is your favorite physical feature about 9?

his MF DIMPLES OFC. i have such a thing w dimples on my biases its actually so funny

5. what is your favorite part of 6's personality?

i just,, i love jun's quirkiness and awkwardness sometimes i always swoon over him <3 he may be quiet at times but he's such a big source of strength for not just me but for all his members. i get why they all love him sm

6. if you were to tell 8 anything you wanted, what would you tell them?

my gf yunjin KEEP BEING YOU MA'AM. do whatever you want that makes you happy. you're such a big inspo to me and so funny and talented and beautiful and all those synonyms i cannot grasp how much i love her

7. between 1 and 2, whose closet would you raid?

ohhhhh definitely wheein. our styles r very similar and honestly she's the reason why my style is like this to this day!! she has such unique fashion taste and omfg i'd love to raid clothing stores w her. altho i'd rlly love to steal some of seungkwan's sweaters,,,,...

8. what is a style that you want to see 3 try?

omfgomfg uhhh honestly jeonghan can literally pull off any damn style he wants, and im too scatterbrained rn to think of a specific style. i love his soft boy looks tho n the style/clothing he wore in berlin got me feeling some type of way yk IT SUITS HIM SO MUCH

9. between 5 and 4, who are you closer to in height?

hoshi LMAOO even tho there's barely a difference between him and wonu. they'll both still tower over me tho im only like 158cm fml

10. between 10 and 9, whose music do you like the best?

soobin n txt! i love their discography so much. some of skz songs r just not my style and i can rlly only listen to them when i'm feeling that kind of energy yk. still love them tho ofc

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tagging (no pressure!): @slytherinshua @itadorins @hannyoontify @wqnwoos @icyminghao @etherealyoungk @blue-jisungs @mirxzii @yeonjuns-redhair @rubywonu @ylliris-hanniehae @rubyreduji @toruro @weird-bookworm @planetkiimchi

[jessahmewren]

Hi! Hope you're doing well! I just wanted HAD to tell you that I found your Cee & Ezra series last night, and immediately fell in love with it and with your writing. I started reading close to when I normally go to sleep, and had only intended to read the first two pieces in that series before bed. Well. That is not how it went. One more part became four more parts, and I only stopped because my eyelids were out 3 tons each at that point. I seriously cannot wait to get to the rest of them - as well as the rest of your masterlist.

The relationship that you are building for them is so beautiful and caring. These two characters are so special to me, and the way that you're creating a future for them, one where they can both thrive, makes me so flippin happy. Ezra is brutal when he needs to be, and Cee is tough when she needs to be, but that's not all there is to either of them. They both have vulnerable sides, they both have dreams, they both want to matter to each other, and you're showing all of these things and more so wonderfully well.

And your writing?! It is so visual and flows so perfectly and I can see and hear and smell and feel so many things while I'm reading it. You're extremely talented, and I am grateful that you share that talent with all of us here!

Hi! I'm so pleased you were able to enjoy my little series. I hope I didn't cost you too much rest, and I hope that you enjoy the continuation.

I talked to you a little yesterday, and I very much enjoyed that. I can't thank you enough for this ask...it will be printed at some point and kept in a discreet place so that I may take it out out periodically for motivation's sake. It was so supremely kind of you.

I think the way you described Cee and Ezra as having vulnerability, and there being more to them that meets the eye is so spot on and right in line with the way I view them. I think they are people who have been deprived of a lot of the simple pleasures in life (to love and to be loved, for one) and I just want to give them that. I probably haven't put them through enough angst to create emotional tension (from a writer's standpoint) but I just love them so much and want them to be happy. I apologize for all the fluff.

Thank you again for reading and for sharing your thoughts. It was so generous of you and It means a great deal to me. I can't wait to read your work, as well; I will be sure to tell you how much I enjoy it when I do.

[teeterarting]

here's a list of things i love about PSMD for no reason other than i think it deserves appreciation (spoilers)

the hero gets adopted by a nuzleaf. Hero, a young child that doesn't know why they were brought into this world, attacked by beheeyem, scared and alone, finds someone that takes them under his wing and gives them a home. it's really sweet that once Nuzleaf brings them to the Village, Hero's not alone anymore.

yes it was all a trick, he deceived you. but being betrayed by your father figure hits so much harder. it's much more personal, especially when both Hero and Partner are kids. and when Nuzleaf goes through all that ordeal in the post game, then gets accepted back into the village?? And his little speech to Hero????? it's heartbreaking and incredibly touching at the same time

everything is just so cute!!!! you go to school with your new friendo and you're friends with the schoolkids, and you make the trip to school every morning taking in the scenery, the smell of dew and fresh grass, and the sun on your face... and you take classes about Mystery Dungeon mechanics, and principal Simipour is a big BRO, the school nurse Audino is super kind and helpful... and you get to play with your pokemon friendos in summer vacation, and explore a dungeon with 'em... AND your bond with your Partner begins to form, getting stronger and stronger from then on. PSMD's beginning arc is so warm and pleasant, it's like reliving childhood memories all over again, when things were happier and you didn't have to worry about how cruel the world is. this story section's one purpose is to get the player used to the game's mechanics, as well as foreshadowing. unfortunately most of the school kids get forgotten later on, but I still love this part for everything it is, even if unintentional.

it's not just the beginning that's cute. PSMD'S ENTIRE WORLD IS ADORABLE. It's just filled with life every town you go. there are a bunch of pokemon locals and they all have interesting things to say, in the main story and the post-game. there's a point where their comments get repetitive, but that's bound to happen in any PMD game. Even then, the days are never the same. one morning you wake up and the Lively Town locals are exercising, then the next they're having singing lessons, and then they're practicing martial arts. and you get to connect with (or recruit) some of them just by.... chatting!!! Sitting next to that big ol' venusaur and sharing stories, laughing and having fun. it's good stuff.

Sometimes you find travelling pokemon in dungeons and it's jsut the coolest thing. Imagine you're exploring a dungeon, then your Connection Orb notifies you there's a fellow explorer in the floor. First thing you do is try to find them, and when you do - oh dang a travelling Archeops!!!! And then they just,,,, exchange their experiences and thoughts on exploration and how hard it is to fend off those enemies and the cool treasure they found the other day (the game calls it "[Team Name] and [Traveller pokemon] compared notes"). then the traveller heals you, fills your belly and restores your PP. and they go on their way. idk man it's such a cute interaction. explorers chatting, empathizing and helping each other, bc their job is not an easy one...

PSMD Partner is the most developed Partner in any PMD game yet. They start off as this naive, hyperactive kiddo, then stuff happens, and worse stuff happens, and you get to see how they grow and change and by the end they're a different person than they were before (in more than one way ...). It's just so nice to be by their side, from the beginning to the bitter end, and watch their growth. in contrast, Hero is a little unbalanced in that their backstory is not explored as much, and their personality is kind of a blank - probs meant to be vague so the player can be in their shoes. to me this just gives you the opportunity to shape their character however you want, so you can have tons of different hero/pardner dynamics.

The music is rlly flippin' good. Some of the tracks are recycled from previous entries, but when they go original??? it's a blast!!! "Echoes of the Mystical Forest" is one of my favorites in all four entries, it has no right being so amazing for a random dungeon. "Time to Set Out" makes me cry immediately (also i think it would be a better fit for the parting ways scene at the end...). Don't even get me started on "Second Dark Matter Battle", it has everything an epic climax needs and MORE. the Partner remix????? absolute genius

speaking of which, Dark Matter ITSELF,, is freaking amazing. Its actions were foreshadowed in the very beginning, though they were not blatant through the game. i do think they could have done a better job at showing the pokemon's negativity raising in the world, as well as negative feelings in the characters... but it's not like Gates did a good job at it, either (outside of cutscenes, all the locals in Post Town are incredibly nice to you and fights didn't "break out often". it's like the game tells you the world is a dark place, but what it shows in gameplay doesn't add up). so i'll cut them some slack. Still, I find Dark Matter a more compelling villain than the Bittercold for several reasons. it is sentient. its speech is a jumbled amount of voices all talking at the same time - the anguished voices of the world. It actually concocted a plan to hurl the planet into the Sun, using pawns like Nuzleaf and Yveltal to do its dirty job. in the Voidlands, Hero and Partner discover its past, and how it'll come back after defeat, like a cycle. when Partner accepts Dark Matter, they accept negative feelings as something everyone has within themselves. Most of all, the fact that Dark Matter is a manifestation of negative feelings doesn't make it just a generic threat, a final obstacle to be defeated so the world can be saved. It makes Dark Matter - negativity itself - a natural part of the world, the yin to its yang. and that's why I LOVE IT SO MUCH DANG IT EVEN THANKS PARTNER FOR THEIR ACCEPTANCE

The fact that Dark Matter can possess pokemon that have "even the smallest amount of darkness in their hearts". it makes me think of Mr. Nuzleaf and what he might have gone through in the past to make him so easy to be controlled. Did he hold a grudge against someone?? Did he commit a crime?? Had Nuzleaf always been malicious???? And if so, is this why he shows so much remorse in the post-game??????? because he had always been this vile fiend and then he met this small kid and got attached, but still carried on with his evil actions because his malice was still stronger than the positive feelings and Dark Matter's hold on him intensified?????? I don't know!!!! and as much as i wish the game could have given us that sweet mr. Nuzleaf backstory, it's pretty fun to have freedom to come up with your own version.

Everything about Super's climax is just phenomenal. Every single flippin' legendary is there to help you. Arceus is in the game. MEWTWO IS THERE. and when things are looking hopeless, they really seem hopeless. First the Tree of Life is dying, then your allies get turned into stone and sent to hell The Voidlands, Arceus gets turned into stone, the entire world is stone (except for several mon' that are still safe and holding onto hope, but they're so few). Your Harmony Scarves stop working and you and your Partner are back to your feeble, basic stage forms. You are bordering exhaustion, you have no Emeras, it's just you and your Partner against an eldritch abomination that's killing the life on the entire planet like a parasite, devouring all hope. but you still fight back. Given how adults in the game always discourage the village children from going adventuring, that they cannot do this or that because they're so little and fragile, it's awesome how Hero and Partner beat Dark Matter as tiny kids.

PSMD is not a flawless game. in fact there's plenty of things that hold it back and i even mentioned some... but it's still full of love put into it and it resonates w me more than PMD Explorers of T/D/S and Gates to Infinity (Rescue Team is a close second). its my all-time favorite PMD game.

[the-blind-assassin-12]

writer wednesday #14 - 8/17/2022

Well, would you look at that - it’s Wednesday again! I hope everyone is having a good week so far, and that it only gets better from here. Here are three things that I read this week that definitely helped my week improve, and if you haven’t read them yet you absolutely should because each one of them is undeniably GREAT. This week the theme was parts of a whole. 

*as always, this list is ordered by length.*

Burning Bright - Prologue by @tropes-and-tales

Oberyn Martell x Female Reader (& Ellaria Sand!!) 

First part of Burning Bright 

WC: 1.2k

OKAY, SO. I have been meaning to dive into this story for a while now and idk what took me so damn long but boy oh boy am I glad to be here now! Oberyn Martell is one of my favorite fictional characters, and he is perfectly portrayed here. Especially when he’s lusting after Lannister blood 🥴 I’d love to watch that man carve a swath through those assholes, lemme tell ya. And then there’s Reader, who is just as intriguing in her own right (sort of reminds me of Tyrion’s backstory a little)… and seemingly just as against marriage as Oberyn is. I am SO looking forward to what happens when they meet!

Perhaps This Life Was Not My True Life by @prolix-yuy​

Jack Daniels x Female Reader 

Ch. 4 of Cognitive Dissonance 

WC: 2.5k  

YEEHAW, FRIENDS! I’m playing catch up with this one because I - like a wayward cow - fell behind, but I’m about to giddy up on through the remaining available chapters faster’n Jack can call me Sugar. I continue to be in flippin’ awe of this Golden Circle x Westworld AU and the way that details from both universes are woven so well together. This chapter in particular, especially the Host communication log included (!), was a ton of fun and the action here set SO MUCH in motion. I cannot wait to see how this all plays out. Also? Totally correct, I’ve never wanted a man more. 🥴

All-Star Break by @something-tofightfor 

Jack Daniels x Female Reader 

Part of the On Deck Universe 

WC: 9.2k 

BATTER UP (the fried foods!) Because it’s time to head to the fair with Baseball Jack! This entire AU is just so much fun and feels so warm and I know it *IS* summertime, but everything about this make me feel nostalgic about summertime. Its the CLEAR love of not only Jack Daniels as a character, but also the game of baseball - and all its quirks, regulations and superstitions - that make this one feel so full and fleshed out. Getting to see this side of Jack, when he’s relaxed and happy and things are easy and light? That’s a bigger treat than the fries or the ice cream or the fireworks. (But getting to taste ice cream on his tongue WHILE watching fireworks? 🥴) Everyone needs to read this one and all the accompanying parts before the meat of the story starts, which I am VERY much looking forward to!!

[uwuwriting]

Among Us with the boys

Request: okay so who do you think would like playing among us and what would they be? like would they be the imposter or the crewmate, who would die first?- anonymous 

HAHAHAHA! I SWEAR WHENEVER I PLAY THEY ALL THINK IM SUS. AND I HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING. Anyways, I really like this game makes my paranoia useful. Love ya.💖💖💖

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masterlist

warnings: umm nothing? idk.

Kaminari Denki

-Sus af without even trying. 

-Legit.

-He just messes up that card task in admin and has to do it over and over again.

-So the others just see him lurking in admin and immediately are like .....you lil bitch.

-He is always the first to be voted off. 

- “Kami is sus yall I’m telling you.”

- “I AINT DONE NOTHIN!!!”

- *coochieman69 was Not an Impostor*

-It really gives him serious gamer rage. 

-My boy is really bad with the whole voting stuff. 

-He keeps forgetting what color his avatar is and votes himself. 

- “yellow is kinda sus.”

- *kami who is yellow* “Yeah he should go.”

- everyone: ......

-Bad spelling. 

-Like really bad spelling. 

-To the point yall can’t understand what he wants to say. 

-Um voice chat has been banned when you play with Kami. 

-The sounds this guy makes. 

-Good lord. 

-Pierce your eardrums with the first accussation thrown his way. 

-Comes to your room for comfort after he gets voted off on the first meeting. 

-Cried once bc no one believed him. 

Shinsou Hitoshi

-Impostor KING.

-No one EVER suspects him.

-He’s just so non chalant 24/7 that people just assume that him running around is normal bc he’s doing tasks so he can go chill in security. 

-In reality when he’s a crewmate that is exactly what he does. 

-But he will never say that aloud. 

-Pairs up with you. 

-Impostor or not he will follow you around to keep you safe™.

- “Babe just vent.” 

- “But they’ll think you did it.”

- “No they won’t.” 

- *someone else gets voted off.*

- “Told you.” 

-He knows how to use vents and NOT get caught.

-Like legit he never ever gets caught. 

-No one knows it how he does it it just happens. 

-Doesn’t really speak in the chat. 

-Even when he is being accused. 

-Boy couldn’t give to flippin fucks. 

-He really never has to say anything bc he never gets blamed but anyways. 

-Trolls people when he is a crewmate. 

-Just follows them around and stands there doing nothing. 

Dabi 

-Is accidently good at it. 

-Maybe its the villain life style but he knows how to turn others against someone???

-Like blue may have been with three other people for the majority of the game but for a few seconds he left and came back. 

-In that time ladies and gentelmen blue murdered dear green in cold blood. 

-I swear its amazing how much people believe him. 

-Like look at him. 

-He just oozes trust. 

-He has one of those faces. 

-When he is the impostor he legit kills everyone in 0.5 seconds.

-Goes on a killing spree killing 4 crewmates on his own in a matter of seconds while you on hte other hand have been trailing white from the start of the game. 

-You always get ejected no matter what. 

-Mostly because you always find the bodies..... and Dabi is a lil shit and says he saw you venting or killing. 

-Like, sir I am your s/o please defend my honor. 

-Got voted off once and almost burned his bed. 

-He got really REALLY frustrated because for the first time in forever no one believed him. 

-And he was ejected. 

-When he was just an innocent crewmate. 

-The only reason no one trusted him was because you guys were playing with the LoV and they know what type of person Dabi is. 

-Next in line was Shigaraki......crusty ass man got ejected so fast. 

Shigaraki Tomura

-Gamer rage. 

-No one trusts him. 

-Its worse than Kamis’ situation. 

-Sir, we do not trust you please leave our space shuttle. 

-And it gets to him so fucking much. 

-Like you will just hear a random anguished scream at 3 am bc he was once again... ejected. 

-For some reason can never be the impostor. 

-Like the games’ algorithm is fighting against him and never gives him a chance. 

- “This game is bugged!”

- “You a crewmate again?”

- “FUCKKKKKK!!!!!”

-Cannot get the nuclear reactor task right. 

-Keeps forgetting the order of the buttons and will spend the whole game there doing just that. 

-Until he gets killed. 

-He ruined two phones. 

-He got so angry he accidently turned his phone into dust. 

-Kurogiri is a tired parent. 

-Like a really tired parent. 

-Dabi and Toga troll him while playing together.

-Angers him further and no he is chasing them throughout the hideout to turn them to dust. 

-You have to calm him down with cuddles so he can sleep. 

-Bc bby boy cannot sleep if he’s mad. 

Hawks/Keigo Takami

-Can’t really play??

-Can’t do tasks and always self reports. 

-He’s just dumb. 

-Dumb and easily distracted. 

-You’ll be playing next to him and he will be watching you game.

 -And then he will see you go near him and he’ll wake up from his trance and try to get away. 

-But fails.

-Like fails miserably. 

-Gets chopped in half in no time. 

- “SONGBIRD!”

- “There are no rules in love and war, darling.”

-Fuming.

-Tries to convince Endeavor to play with you two. 

-Will staright up call the man in the middle of the night and give him the code to your room. 

-Makes sex jokes while its just the three of you in the room. 

- “So I have been thinking....now that I have you both were I want you.”

- “Hawks...” “Keigo.......”

- “Let’s have a threesome.”

- *1#hero left*

- * ~mommy~ left*

-Is a really bad impostor. 

-He just tells you that he is the killer the moment he gets his role and you just report him with zero hesitation. 

-He has been betrayed. 

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[reidandweep]

I’m So Proud of You

Spencer Reid x Reader (female)

A/N- I can’t believe all the lovely comments from ‘Stitching’. Thank you so much! Once again, any requests, send them my way. x

Word Count- 2179 words

Warnings- Fluff, mentions of drugs, and cuteness.

Being part of the BAU for the past five years, Y/N had seen many people come and go: Hotch, Derek, Alex, Kate, and Stephen. Some in sadder ways than others. She had also seen people return like Emily. But throughout those five years, Y/N had formed a bond with these people and those who were still a part of the team. None more so than the resident genius, Dr Spencer Reid.

Throughout the years, Y/N and Spencer’s friendship grew stronger and stronger as the days past. She could easily say that he knew her better than anyone. He knew her quirks, habits, her secrets, and stories. Spencer could say the same for Y/N. She knew about his life, his regrets, his worries, and his dreams. About the highs and lows that happened before she even knew him. Y/N never judged Spencer and Spencer never judged Y/N. Even though the duo knew so much about the other, they still surprised each other every day.

The BAU was quitter than usual. Whilst a case was in the horizon, waiting to be called, the team worked flittered around the building. Paperwork upon paperwork stacked high on the corners of desks, slowly but surely being filled by each member. Spencer and Y/N sat side by side in silence, a single pile placed on the end of their shared desk, as the other members of the team had left to get lunch Not long after Y/N was first appointed, the team realised how she gravitated towards Spencer. They could see the looks shared between the pair. It was never a shock that when someone would be looking for Y/N, she would be situated at Spencer’s desk or vice versa. The silent company seemed to calm the pair and keep up their motivation. It was much easier for them to have a larger desk to share.

Y/N pushed up her glasses, carefully rubbing her eyes, trying to rid of the ache she was beginning to feel behind them. Pushing her glasses back down, she leaned her head on Spencer’s shoulder as she glanced up at her best friend. Spencer paused his writing and looked down at the woman, smiling when he realised, she was staring up at him.

“Taking a break?”

Y/N began to nod her head but ceased as the pain shot back.

“Yeah. Had a headache behind my eyes for about 10 minutes. It doesn’t seem to be going away.”

Spencer placed down his pen and slowly moved his chair to face Y/N’s; his shoulder moving from underneath her head.

Y/N lifted her head back up and watched as Spencer cupped her face with both his hands. Moving her head from side to side, he looked into her eyes. The action was unexpected for Y/N, and while the boundary of touch had disappeared over time between the pair, Spencer’s hands cradling her face still made her nervous. They brought her comfort; soothing her flushed skin.

“Your eyes are not red or swollen. There is also no excessive tearing so it cannot be a cluster headache. It is most likely eyestrain. We have been filling out the paperwork for an awfully long time. Let’s both take a break. I will go grab you a cold coffee as you seem awfully flustered.”

Before Y/N could say a word, Spencer’s hands had left her face and he had started the trek towards the break room.

Y/N stared at where he had headed. Her heart melting at the man’s compassion. He always made sure she was alright. Whether it was her physical or mental health, he made sure that she was happy and healthy. Y/N tried to do the same. Often times, it led to the pair knocking on each other’s apartment door, or even hotel door when on a case, and asking for the others company. Derek and JJ often joked that they may as well book one less room when on a case as it was rare for the pair to stay in their separate rooms.

Whilst waiting for Spencer to return, Y/N grabbed her phone from her pocket to quickly check her emails. Looking at the date, she suddenly remembered the importance of it. Pushing her chair, Y/N swivelled around to her desk draw, opening it as she reached in to grab a small giftbag.

Quickly closing the draw, the woman moved back to her original space; holding the gift in hand. Placing the giftbag on Spencer’s side of the table, she eagerly awaited his return.

She did not need to wait long as Spencer walked back into the bullpen not even a minute later. One scolding hot, sugar filled coffee in one hand, and one freezing cold, syrup filled coffee in the other.

Oblivious to the gift before him, Spencer handed Y/N her drink as he took his seat.

“Thanks, Spencer.”

Spencer smiled at her gratitude. Turning his chair to place his own coffee down, Spencer became perplexed at the sight of the giftbag on his desk. Looking between the bag and Y/N, he could detect her nervousness and excitement at his reaction.

“It’s not my birthday for another four months.”

Y/N could not help but smile at the man’s confusion.

“You know for a genius, you sure are oblivious sometimes.”

Spencer continued to be confused by Y/N’s words.

“What is it for?”

Y/N smiled at the man before her. She couldn’t help the tears that began to collect in her eyes.

Spencer sprang into action, moving his chair closer towards her again, as his hands cradled her face trying to stop her tears.

“Is it the headache? You should’ve told me it hurt this badly. I’ll ask Emily if I can take you home.”

Y/N shook her head in his hands, letting the watery smile stay on her face.

“No, you goof. I’m fine. My headache is nearly gone now.”

Spencer let his hands fall from her face. He watched as Y/N pulled a small black box from the bag, placing it in Spencer’s hands.

“I didn’t know you when it happened, or when you were first fighting against it.”

Spencer listened, trying to correlate Y/N’s words with a specific event in his life. It couldn’t be his time in prison, as it was merely months ago, and she was there for him every step of the way. Spencer still kept her letters she sent him in the draw of his bedside table.

“But you have told me how hard it was and how it is still sometimes hard to forget. You’ve been through a lot more since then, and you’ll continue to go through it and more. So, hopefully, when you look at this, it can remind you that you are so strong and brave. That no matter what, you have a family who is here for you whenever you need them. That I’m here for you. I’m so proud of you Spencer.”

Spencer looked at Y/N as his mouth went dry at her words. Swallowing the lump in his throat, he watched Y/N motion at him to open the box.

Ever so slowly, Spencer opened the black box, unsure of what would be inside. Once the box was fully open Spencer could not help but admire the content as he lost his breathe. Pulling the item out the box, Spencer turned it in his hand.

Inside Spencer’s clasp was a signature ring. Made of silver, the ring shone in the light, as the engraving of a compass laid proud on the top.

“Read inside the band.”

Spencer did as Y/N instructed. Flippin the ring, he looked inside the band to see the words ‘we acquire the strength of the battle we have overcome’.

Y/N watched as Spencer couldn’t help but let the tears well in his eyes at the realisation of what the gift symbolised.

Pushing her chair closer, it was Y/N’s turn to cup Spencer’s face.

“I know you don’t like to think about it, Spencer. But you’re 10 years clean. That is such an amazing achievement. We are all so amazed at what you do every day and how hard you work. I can’t even describe how amazing you truly are.”

Spencer looked towards Y/N; his eyes still filled with unfallen tears. He never really acknowledged the time passed since he stopped taking Dilaudid, and neither did the rest of the team who knew. It was a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ kind of conversation. But Y/N had known for a long time. While she thought she was being sneaky, Spencer noticed when she would check certain things with him. Often glancing at his arms to make sure no new marks had appeared. Unintentionally keeping a closer eye on him when he seemed more agitated than usual. She did it because she cared. Because she loved him.

With his empty hand, Spencer slowly cupped Y/N’s neck, and closed the distance between them. Y/N instantly reciprocated the kiss, happily surprised at his reaction, as she guided her hands from his face to his hair. Before they could go any further, wolf whistles were heard across the bullpen.

Pulling apart, the pair looked in the direction of the noise to see Luke, Emily, and Tara walk through the doors; food in hand.

“Wasn’t expecting to see that when we came back.”

Y/N and Spencer both went red at Emily’s teasing.

“Sorry Em. Spencer was just really happy with his present.”

Luke and Tara laughed as the pair pulled a part. The three walking closer to the duo’s desk to see the empty box on the table.

“Must have been one hell of a present.”

The group chuckled at Luke’s words.

Emily began to head towards the debriefing room.

“Well, I’ve gotten everyone’s lunch so you better hurry before it gets cold.”

Luke and Tara soon followed her, smirking at the pair still sat at their desk.

Y/N began to stand, walking towards the debriefing room. Noticing Spencer was not by her side, she soon stopped, turning around to see him sat at their desk; admiring the ring with a smile on his face.

Walking back over, Y/N grabbed Spencer’s hand and pulled him to stand up. Spencer watched as she grabbed the ring from his grasp and placed it on his finger. Smiling up at Spencer as she held his hand, Y/N pulled him towards the debriefing room.

“Did you know the tradition of wearing the engagement ring and wedding band on the fourth finger of the left hand can be traced to the Egyptians, who believed the vena amoris, vein of love, ran directly from the heart to the top of this finger.”

Y/N couldn’t help but giggle at Spencer’s fact.

“Don’t you think you should ask me out before talking about wedding rings, huh Spencer?”

Spencer flushed at her words, pulling her to a stop just outside the debriefing room door.

Moving to face her, Spencer never let go of her hand. Biting his lip, Spencer took in a deep breath.

“Would you like to go on a date? With me? Preferably tonight to the Doctor Who exhibit?”

Y/N beamed at Spencer’s words. Squeezing his hand, she felt the coolness of the ring in her palm.

“I would love for nothing more. Except to eat my lunch right now. So, let’s go.”

Spencer chuckled as they let go of each other’s hands to walk into the debriefing room. Taking their seats across from each other, Spencer and Y/N soon tucked into their food, adding to the present conversation going on between the team.

As Penelope reencountered a story from her hacking days, JJ eyes caught the gleaming ring on Spencer’s finger. Leaning towards the genius, she pointed at the object.

“Emily mentioned that you got a gift of Y/N. Is that what she got you?”

Spencer nodded at JJ, his mouth filled with his lunch.

“And you gave her a kiss as a thank you.”

Spencer swallowed his food, and glanced towards Y/N, watching as she laughed at Penelope’s story.

“Yes, but also because I haven’t felt the way I do about her before.”

JJ looked shocked at Spencer’s confession.

“Not even with Maeve.”

Spencer shook his head, looking towards JJ.

“No, not even with Maeve.”

JJ looked towards Y/N seeing her smiling at Spencer. JJ couldn’t help but smile herself.

The team all ate their food as they shared stories between them. Laughter filled the room that is usually so dark and solemn.

While they all knew a case would be called any minute, they couldn’t help but appreciate these small moments. The whole team sat together, enjoying each other’s company.

“So, what’s this I hear about canoodling in the bullpen?”

Y/N and Spencer flushed at Rossi’s question as the whole team laughed.

The pair shared a look, their cheeks shining brighter as the team continued to tease.

Spencer unconsciously played with his ring, as Y/N glanced down at his action and joined in on the laughter.

Spencer wouldn’t change a thing that had happened to him, if it meant he got to live what was happening now.

A/N- Just a little cuteness and warmth for Spencer. :)

[ladyloveandjustice]

Fall 2020 Anime Overview

I started out watching the a ton of anime for the Fall 2020 season, but then ended up not being caught up with most of them by the the time the end rolled around. I still pretty much intend to catch up with Yashahime Princess Half Demon someday (I do like the three leads, it just the plot’s been dull as dirt and the fights aren’t very inspired either) and though I dropped Wandering Witch after bad press started rolling in (I CANNOT deal with pointless tragedy in my current state of mind) I might check out a few more episodes someday just to from my own opinion. For now, let’s just quickly review the anime I DID manage to finish on time this season.

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle is exactly what it says on the tin: Princess Syalis isn’t too bothered about being captured by demons and locked in their castle, but she does value a good night’s sleep, and she is absolutely ruthless when it comes to getting it- so ruthless, in fact, that the demons realized it might not be that she’s trapped in here with them, but that they’re trapped in here with her.

Sleepy Princess is top tier comedy comfort food. It rarely got a huge belly laugh, but it always but a smile on my face and was a great thing to watch before going to bed. Syalis’s single-minded search for some shut eye is a joke that could have gotten old very quickly, but the show consistently found creative ways to expand on the gags and build it’s world and a fun cast of characters along the way. 

Though Syalis is downright brutal to the demons when it comes to getting what she wants (and has a knack for getting herself killed at well), thanks to a demon cleric that offers easy resurrections, you never feel too bad for anyone involved. In fact, the demons and Syalis form a strangely heartwarming bond over the course of the show , and it’s clear by the end that Syalis definitely has the ability to come and go if she damn well pleases and just finds this castle a fun place where she can find respite from her princessly responsibilities. 

A nice bonus for those of us who like a little subversion is that the show has a lot of fun playing with standard adventure tropes- the demons often lament that Syalis is not at all what they expected from a captive princess, for one, but my favorite fun little twist is how Syalis feels about the hero currently on a (seemingly endless) quest to rescue her- she manages to both hold him in contempt AND consistently fail to remember his name. That level of disregard takes some impressive effort.

The show has the same director as the Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun anime and as such has a similarly nice comic and visual flourishes throughout. It definitely gets two sleepy thumbs up for me.

Jujutsu Kaisen

Jujutsu Kaisen follows a young man named Yuuji Itadori who, after tangling with a demon, ends up with one inside him. With a death sentence hanging over his head, he’s inducted into a school for “jujutsu sorcerers”, and begins training to use his newfound powers to defeat demons and curses.

Jujutsu Kaisen quickly tells you on no uncertain terms it is Action Shonen, introducing a huge cast of a characters and powers and super high stakes and hey there’s even gonna be a tournament arc soon. It is really, really pretty to look at, with a killer opening and ending, some seriously great animation and cool visuals for the fights especially. But is it particularly memorable otherwise? Noooooot really, so far. The sea of technobabble it tends to descend into when trying to explain how the various powers work often has me zoning out and wishing they’d just let me watch the pretty punches. The villains and the general plot isn’t particularly compelling. The characters are nice enough, but haven’t given me much to be attached to so far. Though I do appreciate this one dude who is the embodiment of millennial ennui:

I’ll keep watching though, because it is a visually stunning, action-y thing to my turn your brain off to and god knows I want to turn my brain off all the time lately. 

And the characters do have potential- the One Girl of the main group, Nobara, has a really fun personality in that she’s a total shitlord doofus brawler who can thus doof around with our equally dumbass protagonist, which is an pretty fun, unusual personality for the One Girl to have! Her interactions with Maki, the weapons expert senpai girl, are promising too. I’m just waiting for her to actually, you know, DO something that really shows off her skills- I’m told she DOES eventually get to (gasp) win fights on her own and do cool stuff, but so far show has kind at that of failed miserably and underused her like most action shonen underuse their girls. Plus, taking Yuuji out of the group for such a long stretch seems like a weird choice, we’ve been deprived really seeing him for relationships with his peers. The pacing seems off. But maybe the upcoming tournament arc will make up for that and actually be worthwhile!

Talentless Nana

In a world where kids with superpowers are sent to island schools to fight mysterious “enemies of humanity”, one class of such kids is thrown into chaos when they find themselves targeted by a deadly force.

It’s pretty much impossible to talk about Talentless Nana without discussing how it deviates dramatically from what its premise appears to be in episode one, so I’ll just say if you like stories with superpowers and intrigue, you should definitely sit through that first episode and see if the plot that’s eventually revealed is something that you’re here for. But if you want to avoid spoilers, DON’T GO BELOW THE CUT, because I’m about to get very spoilery.

Basically, Talentless Nana pulls a bait and switch, starting it’s first episode posing as generic superhero anime where the protagonist appears to be your standard meek-but-powerful anime boy (Nanao) who just needs some support and encouragement from a pink haired mind reading manic pixie dream girl (Nana) to unlock his self-confidence and ~true power~ (ugh)...only to take SHARP swerve when  Nana ruthlessly murders Nanao and reveals she’s been sent by the government to take out the superpowered kids one by one because THEY are the considered the true enemies of humanity. Oh, and she doesn’t have any superpowers, or “talents”- she was just able to sus out everything Nanao was thinking through basic deductive reasoning because he was so flippin’ obvious and basic.

As my love for a certain character in a certain game may have clued people into, I am ALWAYS delighted when what appears to be a generic, underwritten girlfriend character is then revealed to be an interesting, ruthless mastermind. And having an anime appear to be about a bland boy with a Dream Girlfriend but then actually turn into a show about a deeply cynical, morally dubious girl who’s clearly holding down a lot of messy feelings as she considers everyone her enemy...well, it may be a cheap trick to some, but it also feels a little bit like justice for all the underwritten female characters sacrificed to bland male leads. It’s still rare enough that I dig it when it happens. And the metatext of Nana zeroing in on this kid as the most standard of main character boys, assessing him as the biggest threat because of it and knowing the perfect way to take him out, is pretty inherently funny to me.

But if the show JUST banked on that twist and was about Nana brutally and cynically slaughtering these kids, it would get boring quickly and Nana would be a bland character herself. Fortunately, it doesn’t go that route. Nana struggles and grows a lot over the course of the show. She finds opposition in transfer student Kyoya, a stoic (and socially awkward) young man who pretty quickly becomes suspicious of her. A lot of the tension from the early episodes comes from her sweating as she tries to outmaneuver him and she makes plenty of mistakes along the way. She also slowly but surely starts to question her mission, and we get an idea of her backstory and how the government specifically has groomed her into believing people with powers to be evil. That belief is one that’s challenged by her friendship with another girl, and it’s pretty rewarding to watch Nana’s feelings and world expand little by little.

The show is definitely a little schlocky-some of the plots (as well as the general premise of the government thinking this is the optimal way to get rid of their superpowered kids problem) fall apart if you think too much about them, and some of the kids Nana goes up against are sleazy and unlikeable in over the top ways (which makes it easy for her to stick to her convictions all these kids deserve to die at first). In particular, I have to give a heads up for some sleazy guys doing and saying sleazy things, though the show never gets too overbearing or graphic with it (and the gore is generally PG-13 level as well). 

Basically. There are some truly ridiculous happenings in this show. But how ridiculous and pulpy and over the top it is can be part of the appeal, and it’s fun to just sit back and watch the spectacle of Nana and her peers head-scratching machinations. 

So, while certainly not an anime with airtight construction or flawless quality and depth, I found Nana an overall entertaining watch, especially as a fan of cat-and-mouse murder-y shenanigans, and thought it has a very compelling main character and managed to end on a heartwrenching (but earned) note. I definitely wouldn’t say no to a second season and would be interested to see where things go from here.

[there-must-be-a-lock]

Lou! Happy Monday. I am off sick today, and I just read Green, twice. Once for the smutty self indulgence, and a second time for the therapy session.

I have so much I feel I need to tell you, and I don’t know where to start, but I think you really need to know how amazing Green is and how impactful it is to probably a lot of people, not just me.

In my early twenties I experienced a lot of sexual trauma from my first real love. I closed the door on a lot of my kinks and sexual fantasies after that because I blamed myself for a lot of what happened. I felt like my sexual desires caused the abuse that ensued.

I used meaningless hookups and triggery literature as exposure therapy for years. I think I was also hoping to find out how some of my desires could be carried out in a safe, healthy way that didn’t leave me winding up feeling like shit after. It’s hard to learn about sex sometimes. As far as fan fiction goes, this is the most realistic HEALTHY depiction of a fantasy done right, at least that I have ever read. As you mentioned in your author���s note- so often we see scenes like this over- simplified, glossed over, under explained. They never “do” anything for me. I know I can’t go back in time, and I’m okay now, but boy I wish I had read something like Green when I was younger. There is so much to learn and unpack from Bucky and the Reader’s relationship and I think it prompts the reader to inwardly reflect on “what specifically about this kind of kink turns me on?” (I mean I know it’s Bucky, but aside from that), “how could I bring aspects of this fantasy into my love life in a safe way?” Green is so flippin’ HOT but to me it’s hot because the pairing mutually understood each other’s needs and respected boundaries, and communicated well. The non-con was just like icing on the cake. Also, kudos to you for writing about a topic you yourself aren’t even really into. That is amazing, you captured the entire situation so so well.

Sooooo before I say anything else I just need you to know that I had to like... read this three times, screenshot it, save the screenshots in my "things to read when I feel like I'm a terrible writer" folder, and then cry a little bit before I could even consider how to respond. Just... yeah. You have no idea how much this means to me.

A lot of what you said was like reading my own life story; relationship, sexual trauma, shame, having to stay away from kink for a while... yeah. Fucking same. It wasn't until I started reading and writing fanfiction again (after a break from about 2009-2017) that I really started to process a lot of things and untangle a lot of unhealthy patterns and attitudes.

I've written a LOT about my own recovery; Marked and All That I Ask are probably the most blatant examples in my masterlist, but it's been a major theme the last few years. It's just empowering and healing in ways I can't even explain to a) be able to put certain messy difficult things on paper and then b) get messages from people who needed to read those things just as much as I needed to write them. If I can make somebody feel a little less alone or a little less ashamed, that’s pretty much as good as it gets for me. 

In short: I genuinely mean it when I say that messages like this are what keep me writing, and I appreciate it more than you will ever know.

(Also. Idk if you're a Stucky fan, but @dsudis has written two absolute fucking masterpieces about Bucky/trauma recovery/rape roleplay: Lamb and Martyr and There Is No Shortage of Blood. Cannot recommend enough. They’re dark but in the most honest and cathartic way.)

[onetine]

I saw this on @ahhhnorealnamesallowed's tumblr and i am ALWAYS a sucker for these so I'm tagging myself lol

1- how many books are too many books in a series?

Parroting Billie's answer in that as soon as it no longer benefits the series. I used to read a bunch of urban fantasy novels that were 10-20 books long, and without fail they'd always reach a point where it was just the same thing over and over again.

2- what do you think about cliffhangers?

depends? I don't think stories need to wrap everything up in a bow, even with standalone novels, but I do think you need to have a complete story. There's "this is one part in an epic overarching story" and there's "this reads like we're at the end of the chapter and absolutely nothing has been completed". I am pretty against books that wrap up really nicely, then tack on an extra chapter in a very obvious "this is supposed to be a trilogy cause that's what the publishers said I have to do" manner

3- hardback or paperback?

whichever. Generally the longer the book, the more I want it to be a hardcover so it's easier to hold, but I have no strong preference for physical books.

4- least favourite book?

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. I'm pretty brutal about dropping books I'm not enjoying, but that one I had to read for Art History and I haaaaaaaaated it so much. I ended up writing my paper as this bitter angry rant about how ridiculous the premise was and how all it was doing was feeding into paranoid disillusions about grand conspiracies and white straight mens' superiority complexes. Ended up acing the paper, mostly because I think I made the teacher laugh.

5- Love Triangle, yes or no?

Generally no, but I'm holding out hope that it will one day be written in a way that the end game is a polyamorous relationship, but alas.

6- the most recent book you just couldn’t finish

And Yet, You Are So Sweet by Kujira Anan. Got a few chapters into this manga and was bored so I dropped it. I'm sure it's fine, I've just read too much shojo manga in my day that I need to really be in the mood for it, or it has to have an original enough premise to get me to read it

7- book you are currently reading

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik. I was in a soft sci-fi mood, and this is delivering on what I was craving. I was telling @theladyw that the male lead in this book is described as this gruff mercenary dude who wears dark generic military type pants and a black tank top, is bald, has shiny reflective eyes that allow him to see in the dark, and that I cannot for the life of my not picture Vin Diesel in Pitch Perfect. I realize I meant Pitch Black, but NOW I have a cross over of his Pitch Black character singing in college choir stuck in my head and that's not leaving the ol' gray matter any time soon.

8- last book you recommended to someone

I generally don't recommend books, but I will say the last book/manga I read that I think everyone should read is I Think Our Son is Gay by Okura. It's just SO FLIPPIN' CUTE AND SWEET

9- oldest book you read

I've read the Odyssey in school so probably that? I'm not much of a classics person, and since I went for a Bachelor's of Fine Arts, I wasn't required to read them really once I got outta high school

10- the most recent book you read ?

Just finished To Beguile A Beast by Elizabeth Hoyt. It was fun enough if you want a historical romance retelling of beauty and the beast, but not something I'd recommend since there is one point where the romantic interest uses some really degrading language when talking to the heroine, and how they talk about native americans is REALLY awful. There's some hand wave context reasons for both things, but they were really flimsy and were extremely close to making me DNF it

11- favourite author?

I don't particularly have one, but I'm a big fan of the duo Ilona Andrews, I've liked a lot of Tessa Dare's books, loved a lot of Seanan McGuire, and when I'm in the mood for flowery Becky Chambers is a fav

12- buying books or borrowing books?

Borrowing. I primarily read books from the library because I don't re-read books. I have been trying to only purchase books if I have already read it and loved it, or if I'm getting it more as a souvenir

12- a book you dislike that everyone else seems to love

The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett and Link. My friend and I buddy read it on her suggestion, and it was very apparently VERY quickly that, as someone who doesn't watch their show, I was not the target audience for it. I finished it because I was buddy reading it, but I found the pacing all over the place, the storyline fun enough, but I loathed the authors' self insert characters and would dread every chapter that focused on them.

14 - bookmarks or dogears?

Bookmarks no question! purposefully damaging books is so beyond me, I cannot understand how people fold pages, break spines, or write in books. Actually story time, when i worked at Disney, one of the tracks I would often work on was the fairy track that was basically just sitting back stage twiddling your thumbs and helping the fairies with their wings every 20 mins or so. One day Belle came through with Cinderella and Aurora and wanted to do a photoshoot and asked if I could help. I said sure and while we were setting up Belle noticed the book I had been reading and asked if she could use it as a prop. Again I was like yea sure have fun. First thing she does is brutally break the spine so it would lay flat for a better prop and I about died. There was no way I was going to yell at Belle about book treatment, but also that spine broke like my heart.

Unrelated, but while working on that same track, Tinkerbelle told me to never have sex while doing ecstasy cause it will ruin any sex you have while not on drugs for the rest of your life.

15- The book you can always reread?

I don't re-read books. I've got way too much I want to read and not enough hours in my life. The only times I'll re-read something is if the sequel/next book in the series came out, and I read the previous book far enough back that a vague reading of the plot isn't kick starting enough of my memory

16- can you read while listening to music?

Yes, I can tune out basically all background noise, but I prefer silence

17- one POV or multi POV?

Whichever as long as it's clear which POV we're reading if it's multi POV

18- do you read book in one sitting or in multiple days?

Whichever. I tend to read between activities (which is why i adore ebook loans from the library) so I generally can't read novels in one sitting. Manga, however, are always a one sitting read

19- who to tag: whoever would like to! I'd love to see @theladyw's answers :)

[crispyjenkins]

I’m resending it now! ok so what if for some reason Obi’s lightsaber either gets destroyed or the crystal stops resonating with him & He’s with Jango who goes with him to wherever the force guides him to find his new crystal at & like Obi goes through some wack vision/trial from the force and when he gets through it his new crystal reveals itself and it’s the same type of crystal like in the dark saber? And Jango is just losing it when he sees it bc he thinks “HOW?! but also, That’s HOT” hehe

(my DUDE i’m so flippin glad you re-sent this, i’ve had to force myself not to write this one so i could get other people’s prompts out, and i was at first unsure of how to spin this, but holy FECK is it all i can think about now. i just. i just want to write so much of this obi. i’m sorry i didn’t get to jango much, but you bet your butters he and obi are connected every which way in this, in ways beyond force bonds because i’m a dramatic bitch.

i hope y’all enjoy this one as much as i did!!)

edit 6/26/20: this is now part of a full fix-it! you can read it as it updates here on my Ao3! updates on fridays.

  Illum is colder than he remembered, though the last time Obi-Wan had been here, he had not feared wrapping himself up in the Force. It’s been... Force, he hasn’t been back since after Melida/Daan, and something in him breaks again at the thought that he’d lost the ‘saber that had been with him for more than a decade. But, no, a lightsaber is a small price to pay to have saved his master.

  His former master. He isn't Qui-Gon’s apprentice anymore, Anakin had made sure of that. ��

  Obi-Wan had been sent to Illum alone, no younglings in need of making their first ‘saber, and no one else needing to replace theirs; Anakin has a few more months in the crèche before he can build his, and Obi-Wan can’t thank the council enough that he doesn’t have to walk the caves knowing his replacement is somewhere doing the same. With Qui-Gon still in the Halls, Master Plo had stepped forward in offer to knight him, and had almost had to fight Master Depa for the honor, which was... strange. He’s used to quite the opposite of masters fighting over him, but an amused Yoda had almost used his lineage status to refuse them both for himself instead, until Mace, as Master of the Order, had given the right to Plo Koon. And Jedi do not gloat, but the Kel Dor had certainly been smiling behind his mask.

  The doors to the caves open easily despite the ice, so maybe his great-grandmaster had been right about Obi-Wan rebuilding his lightsaber before his knighting ceremony. This thought doesn’t settle the feeling of intruding when he steps over the threshold, the marrow-deep feeling of being an imposter in one of the most holy places in the galaxy. 

  The kyber hums around him, as if he wasn’t at this exact moment considering walking away from the Order.

  He’s hardly a proper Jedi, is he? Killing a Sith with a sai tok, falling in love with Satine, holding a grudge against a nine year-old freed slave for taking his master away from him. Hadn’t he drawn on the dark side to defeat the Zabrak? Killed him not out of duty to his vow but in revenge for the fallen Qui-Gon? His lightsaber might have cauterised the wounds, but he has blood on his hands all the same.

  So he keeps walking, refusing to touch a single crystal he passes. The Force tugs him deeper into the caves anyways, and he has half a thought to ignoring it (does he even deserve to listen to it anymore?) but for all his tumultuous thoughts, Obi-Wan is beholden to the Force, beholden to the grip it has in his viscera. 

  He follows it as his breath forms clouds before his lips, frost on his skin that he cannot even feel. Where would he go, if he left? Stewjon is insular, they would not want him back, but he cannot stay at the Temple. Naboo, perhaps? Padmé would surely welcome him, but could he really settle down on such a peaceful planet after spending over half his life running around the stars with his master?

  Closing his eyes at the memory of Satine, he allows himself to... consider it. Would she still want him? They haven’t spoken since, but sometimes he can feel her in his mind still, a little warm bud that could bloom, if he let it. And even if she threw him out, Mandalore isn’t a bad place to restart.

  “Could I really?” he muses out loud, stepping over a great crack in the stone floor and setting his feet to follow a barely-there path towards the lake, only for the Force to have him veer away from it. Could he really give up being a Jedi? After every trial the Force had put him through to even become an apprentice? Oh, but he had tried so. kriffing. hard. to get this far, could he really do anything else?

  He swallows thickly and almost desperately pulls the Force back around himself, as if in apology, as if in repentance, as if anguish—

  Peace, it whispers, brushing over his mind even as it sinks claws into his ribs and pulls him up short.

  Obi-Wan is twelve again, wind whipping around him as the Jedi transport takes off from Bandomeer, Qui-Gon Jinn staring down at him. Force, but he hasn’t ever felt worse than when he feels their raw bond stretching with distance, yanking deep in him until he’s breathless, doesn’t Master Jinn feel it—?

  And Obi-Wan is sitting in the living room of their Temple apartment, kneeling on his cloth meditation mat across from Qui-Gon’s bamboo one. His master’s warmth surrounds him in a glittering cloud of comfort and ease, and they’ve been at this for five years now, and still Obi-Wan holds this as his most treasured memory, something to cling to when things seem desolate or he’s been arguing with Qui-Gon, or—

  He’s in the glass city of Sundari, brushing a hand over Satine’s cheek as she laughs, and Force, she’s even more beautiful than he remembers— She’s dying in his arms, bruises violent red around her throat, a sizzling ‘saber wound through her middle, and she’s beautiful even now, oh Force not like this—

  Obi-Wan is older, his joints a little creakier, his hair grey at the temples, and he has a beskad sticking out of his chest. Above him is a boy that looks suspiciously like him, red hair and green eyes but with Satine’s lips and eyebrows. Korkie, the Force tells him, as the boy leans over Obi-Wan and why is he angry? Ah, so this blade had not been meant for him—

  Anakin, little Anakin with a padawan braid beams up at him in a training salle with a practice saber in his fists. Obi-Wan moves to correct his kata, and though he’s... sure he had never learned this from Qui-Gon, he knows it’s Form III, he knows it’s Soresu like he knows his own name, like he knows the padawan bond in his mind and the warm nova glow of Anakin attached to his core—

  Obi-Wan is an old man, seated on a perfectly smooth grey stone above a green, green cliff battered by ocean waves and briny air. He meditates with the knowledge he had come from here, the Force here as close to home as he could ever hope to achieve. He had not searched for the family that left him on the Temple steps, and that’s just fine by him, he could not have asked for a better place to begin his seclusion studies than Stewjon—

  Obi-Wan is an old man, seated on a perfectly smooth red stone, the desert cliffs around him worn smooth from the sand that batters around him, ripping through his robes but never touching his skin. The Force is feral here, claws and bone and teeth teeth teeth, but somewhere out in the dunes, there shines Luke, pearlescent and good and proof that Obi-Wan has not failed just yet. 

  Satine is screaming at him as she shoves Korkie behind her back and raises a beskad that seems wrong, wrong in her hands, but he doesn’t have time to think about his heart wielding a blade, when he’s wielding the darksaber, whistling as it cuts through the air against Tor Vizsla, why had they trusted him, he knew he could not be trusted, and now his family is going to pay the price— His ‘saber, black as space, connects with Vizsla's, black as night, and Obi-Wan is not wielding the darksaber, but something else entirely, with a beskad’s edge, with a hum that’s almost a scream, that moves towards the darksaber with the intent to shatter—

  A Mando in blue and silver beskar’gam hands him a hilt, hammered durasteel wrapped in black leather, so unlike any Jedi ‘saber hilt he’s ever seen, but Obi-Wan knows it’s his from the way it sings, the way the Force insists it’s his his his—

  The blue and silver Mando with his helmet off, a man so unspeakably gorgeous that Obi-Wan wonders how he even copes— The Mando’s gloved hand grips Obi-Wan’s wrist, the face he knows so well twisted into dread and anger. Don’t go, they beg, but Obi-Wan must, he cannot abandon Mandalore, he cannot—, Don’t you realize that Zabrak’s fucking crazy? Obi-Wan, he’s going to kill you—

  Obi-Wan is older, but not much, pinned underneath blue and silver armour as Sundari glass and blasterfire rains around them—

  Obi-Wan watches the Beautiful Mando sleeping with his head pillowed on Obi-Wan’s arm, a new scar curling through his eyebrow that he hasn’t asked about yet—

  A mini Beautiful Mando eyes him suspiciously, hands on his hips while his buir stands behind him and tries not to laugh—

  Obi-Wan is on Illum, but he is not, he weaves his way through dusty streets he has never seen before and yet knows the way by heart, following that heart towards the hangar where his aliit waits. He has beads braided messily in his hair, twisted by pudgy fingers insisting Obi-Wan deserves to look just as pretty as his buir; that durasteel and leather hilt bounces against his hip, and he has a single blue and silver gauntlet on his right arm. He is a Jedi, the Force assures him, in the way light bends through him, but he is also Mando’ad, he knows that without needing to ask. He belongs to a planet and to a people that he did not start with, in a strange Force-willed way that he can’t explain, and he’s a Jedi, but he knows he has a family waiting for him in an old police craft. A black-bladed ‘saber hums at his side.

  Obi-Wan opens his eyes in front of a rock wall, glittering kyber in every colour rising up the sheer face until their little lights disappear into the darkness far above him. Just above eye-level, there is a small crater in the wall, as if the rest of the kyber cannot grow around the single crystal at the crater’s center. 

  It is opalescent and space-black, and looks as if it had been cut for a piece of opulent jewellery. The Force whispers heart heart heart, and he supposes it does look the size and shape of a beskar’ta, and isn’t that fitting?

  When he reaches out to take it, the white glow at its edges seems to suck in the light from around it, and it sings higher than any crystal he’s ever touched, whistling trials and heartbreak and pain and blood, but also love and laughter and family, if he lets it form the notes just right. It sings in Mando’a, in war gods and clans and beskar, and it sings for Obi-Wan alone.

-   Across the galaxy, Jango wakes on Jaster’s Legacy in a cold sweat.

Translations/Other: sai tok — the ‘saber move of cutting an opponent in half, frowned upon by the Jedi for its roots in the dark side. beskad — traditional Mandalorian curved saber made of beskar. allit — Mando’a for “clan” or “family”. buir — Mando’a for “parent”, gender neutral. beskar’ta — Mando’a for “iron heart”, the elongated hex-shape common in Mandalorian armour designs (great post here comparing them to katana tsuba). also called ka’rta beskar or “heart of the iron”. Jaster’s Legacy — Jaster’s old ship that Jango found and used post Galidraan, and pre Slave I.

[tonberry-yoda]

Hi! I would like a romantic matchup with Jojo part 7 please! (I love sbr so much, it's my favorite part), but if you think I fit better with another character that isn't from this part, that's okay!

I'm female, my pronouns are she/her and I'm heterosexual.

I really don't like Valentine so... Ew💀

I am shy, smart, a little jealousy, quiet and introverted, but when I feel confortable I become a more talkative person who likes to make jokes.

I like listening to music, watching anime, dancing, reading books, playing with my dogs, and walking around the city.I don't like noisy places, I prefer to stay in my room with Cookie (my dog) watching some series.

I definitely don't like introducing myself to new people lmao. I think my type of guy is the one who is quieter, who would respect me and always support me in all my plans

Musical taste: I like a little bit of everything, but I like listening to pop, like Harry Styles, Rihanna and etc. But I like listening to classical music when I need to relax.

My love language is physical touch, I really like to hug the one I love despite being ashamed.

I would like to mini fic, first date and wedding if you don't mind!

Thank you if you read! Please take care of your health and drink lots of water! (This even serves as a reminder to myself lol)

Hi anon!! I LITERALLY HAVE THE PERFECT MAN FOR YOU OKAY??!?! I literally cannot wait any longer, so let's jump right in!

the character I chose for you is...

JOHNNY JOESTAR!!!

you and him are so similar it's adorable

like when you both meet each other you're both really shy, but he definitely initiates the conversation and then you both get along really flippin well

he thinks you're really funny

its cute when he laughs at your jokes. like his giggles give you butterflies immediately

HE LOVES YOUR DOGS and your dogs love him it's literally so cute

they freak out whenever he comes over

he'll walk with you as best he can (unless we're thinking of the end of SBR when he is able to walk again)

he loves walks nonetheless because he will never take fresh air and a chance to exercise for granted

he will definitely cuddle up and watch TV with you and your dog it's really flippin wholesome

gyro definitely introduced you two to each other lmao

you liked johnny right off the bat because he was shy, but also super sweet and respectful of you

will 150% listen to music with you and chill

HE LOVES HUGS

needs them really

i mean come on, look how sad bubba is all the time, give him a big hug and tell him you love him and he'll love you forever

loves you with all of his heart and will support you always <3

and per your request, here are the add ons you asked for anon :)

FIRST DATE + MINI FIC (i combined them <3)

"I'm just sayin' Johnny," Gyro picked something out of his gold teeth and turned to Johnny, who had his hands in his lap, looking a little nervous. "You should already have asked her on a date."

"It't harder than you think it is, Gyro." Johnny sighed, leaning back in his wheelchair.

"Maybe for the cute little shy boy named Johnny." Gyro grabbed both of his cheeks, making them squish together. "But I really do believe you, buddy. She's pretty and I know that can be intimidating, but hear me out! She likes you. I think she does. Just ask her."

"But-"

"Ah! No buts buddy!" Gyro grabbed Johnny by the shoulders and pushed him to the place where you worked.

You smiled at Johnny as he entered the coffee shop you worked in, your dog Cookie running up to lay kisses all over his face after stepping over his paralyzed lags and onto his lap.

"Good to see you too, Cookie," Johnny giggled, pushing the dog away. "But I didn't come to see you unfortunately."

"Cookie," you laughed, snapping for your dog to come back over to you. "Come over here. Hey Johnny! Want anything to drink?"

"Uh..." he rubbed the back of his neck, avoiding eye contact. "N-Not today. I uh... Can I..." His face went bright red.

"Is everything okay, Johnny?" You finished up someone's coffee, placing it on the counter.

"Do you wanna go on a date sometime?" It flew out of his mouth so fast that you could barely understand him.

"Y-You really want to go on a date... with me?"

Johnny nodded, still trying to avoid eye contact with you.

"Of course I do, Johnny!"

His eyes finally met your smiling figure. He smiled back. "Y-Yeah! Uh... we can get dinner tonight! Or... whatever you want."

"Dinner sounds great." You smiled, Cookie standing at you arms.

---

"W-Wow." Johnny blushed. "Y-You look... really pretty."

You smiled, and grabbed your dress that complimented your figure perfectly. "You really think so?"

He nodded and grabbed your hand, leading you into the restaurant.

You ended up staying there for hours, laughing and just talking. He offered to buy your meal, and you didn't decline. It didn't even feel real.

Thank god for the wingman Gyro, right?

WEDDING HEADCANONS

he would be able to walk at this point

he would be so nervous omg

and like he would be so giddy

he doesnt want anything too big especially since his dad is a dirtbag, he definitely doesnt want him there

gyro would be the flower girl/best man

well your dog is the flower girl, but gyro has it on a leash

your dog wears a suit/dress

just super small like backyard style wedding

you two would dance the night away since you can now

super romantic, gyro does bawl his eyes out

I hope you enjoyed! thank you for the kind note at the end, please stay hydrated yourself! i also love sbr with all my heart so i hope you loved it <333 thank you!!

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@tonberry-yoda

[magnusgoetia]

Transcript of a Sinner’s Conversation: A Meeting with Caecus

--Begin (In Medias Res)--

Sinner: You kiddin'? Dyin' was the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Caecus: There’s nothing you left behind? No family to miss?

Sinner: My family? Fuck 'em, I'd ‘ave hired 'elp to kill 'em already if it meant they'd be dead-dead, and I wouldn't have to spend time wiv 'em down 'ere. It wouldn't be right for me to force this on my friends either, but they'll be 'ere in due time anyway. I can wait.

Caecus: So, you’re expecting your friends to join you here as well. The wait must be awfully lonely.

Sinner: Ah, not really. I’ve made friends while I’m ‘ere. The shit I can do ‘ere is like, fucking magic and with it I can make up for what I lack in a lot of different ways. Just wish I could remember how I ‘ad died.

Caecus: Maybe it’s better not to remember… Not all of us intended to be here, after all.

Sinner: No. No, perhaps it’s best not to remember. I quickly found out that it's not just evil folks that end up here, lots of good folks, plenty of weird ones too. I'm sensing you’re of the “gooder” ones, you radiate...well, it’s 'ard to describe, but I don't sense any hostility from you at the very least, even though you were born ‘ere.

Caecus: How amiable of you. But remember, a birth is just a new beginning of sorts. You couldn’t have been alone since you were… delivered to us.

Sinner: Ah, you’re a poetic type aren’t ya? Anyway, I’ve not made many friends but I do ‘ave a particular fondness for this one clown...me an' 'im seem to 'ave this weird connection wiv each other. Actually, he's more of a jester type, though rather embarrassingly his name escapes me...

Caecus: Are you, by chance, referring to an imp named Blocko?

Sinner: Yeah, don’t surprise me you know ‘im. He seems like the type to ‘ave a particular reputation.

Caecus: That he does, and yet a divine will connects us. I’m being led to believe your intriguing appearance has an even more… intriguing history.

Sinner: Riiiight...Well, you know what they say about skeletons and closets. Though I suppose I ‘ave nothing to hide ‘ere...Well, to put it simply, I was a broken kid. I never got help, and I did... unspeakable things to anyone who ‘ad wronged me—or simply didn't like.

Caecus: Even the purest of souls can be corrupted by another’s sins.

Sinner: Yeah...Well, it's not like I'll stop doin’ what I did while I was alive, with all that murder and hedonism. Though death has a way of humbling some people...In any case, the murders mostly stopped as I grew older. I seemed to have preferred to just traumatise people instead, ruin lives of the people I saw as bad or evil.

Caecus: Then you found a different punishment for those you had judged.

Sinner: I suppose so. A lot of it involved me spying on groups of people. I'd worm my way into the seedy societies that thought they were safe in their little circles and collect dirt on them. Really sick shit too by the way but don’t worry, the hypocrisy wasn’t lost on me either.

Caecus: Oh? You judged yourself a hypocrite yet continued along a path of self-appointed righteousness... Why?

Sinner: I don’t know, maybe a sense of catharsis? A lot of these were people who I wouldn’t have to feel guilty about killing or whatever. Sometimes it was more personal too, there were—still are people I am attached to up there that got hurt, and I took my revenge on them in their place.

Caecus: Ahh, how noble. Fighting for your friends.

Sinner: Yeah, there was this one particular bastard. Actually, there were a few…but…eh, nevermind…this one particular guy who was essentially lying to one of these “friends” and caused them a psychotic breakdown. I didn’t take action right away, but I did end up killing ‘im. Didn’t even bother hiding the fact it was a murder.

Caecus: What made you wait?

Sinner: Money, mostly. It makes the world up there spin, and you need a lot of it to get anything done, right? Well, I ‘ad to wait until I ‘ad enough money to fly to the states on top of all that shit involved in immigratin’. When I settled in, that’s when I made my move on a buncha grudges. This guy was just the first. Moving to the states made my life a lot easier in some ways. Was a lot easier to sleep when I took care of the grudges too.

Caecus: Oh, wow. You must have had remarkable resolve to keep a “grudge” that long… Tell me, did all of them truly deserve it?

Sinner: No, most didn’t, but I am…was, an angry person. I found I was very much capable of venting my anger, to put it mildly, and I was much too young when I had...shall we say...discovered it.

Caecus: Young minds are impressionable.

Sinner: Right, and the fact that I was generally good at getting away with it made me feel just that little bit better about it.

Caecus: So, you exploited that validation to continue justifying your actions. Most sinners in your position never reach awareness...

Sinner: Yeah? I’ll take that as a compliment, but I was totally emotionally disconnected when committing my crimes. Afterwards I pretty much always dealt with conflict. Cognitive dissonance is a bitch. Though I had largely stopped my ways. I’m ‘aving way too much fun down ‘ere, and even though I won’t drag ‘em down here with me, I’d love to have my friends join me eventually.

Caecus: Would they be pleased being here, embrace this existence like you have?

Sinner: I dunno, some of them have a hard enough time as it is with one existence, I doubt they’ll be too happy to find out there’s another waitin’ for ‘em. The others I’d imagine would be quite surprised all the same, being atheists and such, but I reckon they’d come to like it.

Caecus: An existence you cannot escape is itself a prison. Albeit, choosing to enjoy it in spite of that perspective is a marvelous thing. If you could imagine them in your presence, what would you do?

Sinner: Again, I dunno. It’s hard to tell when they’re not here yet but I am somewhat interested in what’ll end up happening should they get here. I dunno if I’ll be able to tell if it’s them even.

Caecus: And how do you dare to enjoy existence now?

Sinner: Well, I’ve been doing everything I’ve ever wanted to do but could never do in life amongst other things. It’s kinda embarrassing, but I played a bunch of video games, so I miss those quite a bit. I’ve found plenty of ways to fill that void though. Some of your movies are pretty sick down ‘ere, and importing goods from the other rings to ‘ere means I don’t miss out…mostly, on their fun too. I just wish I could explore the other rings; I don’t get why us sinners can’t.

Caecus: Decretum is often difficult to understand. However, it would seem a blessing that you’ve been placed with the multifarious company of the pride ring.

Sinner: True enough, whatever that means. There’s a lot of strip clubs, greedy businesses and shit, stuff you think you’d only find in the other rings. Though I think I probably would’ve ended up in wrath if we landed in the rings based on our sins.

Caecus: Most catechisms view wrath as an excessive anger. You strike me as having more control than the average sinner.

Sinner: A lot of people on the surface woulda said the same too, I was and I suppose still am really good at keeping it in check, well, good enough to not make it obvious anyway. Though it’s been a lot tougher down here.

Caecus: This is a realm of collective temptation, after all.

Sinner: My only judge here is myself and perhaps my peers if I let them. I still kill down here, but it’s been in self-defence. I don’t think I’ve killed anyone out of anger yet but let’s just say I’d feel sorry for the poor sod who happened to piss me off on a bad day.

Caecus: You’ve always been your own judge. I suspect the lack of good comparisons for your behavior here has coaxed you further.

Sinner: Actually, I could tell you about the first person I “killed” down here. It was soon after I woke up. I suppose this guy thought it’d be easy—fresh sinner, just in time to be another tally mark on some statistic.

Caecus: A second death, the lake of fire…

Sinner: Uh...yeah, I reacted on instinct and it musta been a sort of “kiss of death” type shit. I only touched the dude with my hand, and he just kinda…shrivelled up and died. You know…like when a cartoon character eats a lemo—ah sorry, you can’t watch TV.

Caecus: Ah, yes… a shrivelling death is nevertheless descriptive.

Sinner: Anyway, I have a bunch of other powers too but that one I’m most afraid of you know? I can drop the ambient temperature of an area so shit gets cold, have some form of telekinesis and a buncha other stuff, like I have some kinda control over this weird glowy energy, it’s how I have my eyes, which are purely for show, I don’t need them since I can see perfectly fine without ‘em...not that you’d know I even have ‘em.

Caecus: I’m aware you observe our world, in a traditional sense. My observations are just a bit more… unorthodox. And I feel as if your fear is not from a lack of understanding.

Sinner: Well I seem to have it under control, but I’m afraid in a moment of weakness I might react without thinking, you know? I’ve not had it happen yet, but it would be so easy when flippin’ out that I just give ‘em the ol’ touch of death.

Caecus: Even a king’s heart is just a stream of water to the hand of… fate.

Sinner: Gonna be honest, I haven’t the foggiest of what you just said. Though if I’m being honest myself, I couldn’t care less if it was someone I didn’t know anyway. Only really care about my friends and such. You seem pretty neat yourself.

Caecus: The impression is mutual. It’s not often that I’m seen as anything other than senseless and intimidating. I don’t find it unwarranted, granted; my appearance is as disconcerting as my psyche.

Sinner: How do you even know what you look like? It’s not like you can just look into a mirror.

Caecus: I was presented with a vision soon before I arrived, my last blessing I suppose… Regardless, my rebirth is a tale for another time. I’ve relished in your company long enough, and I must answer my calling. I’m sure our paths will converge again.

Sinner: Hey, I hope so too...uh....

Caecus: Please, call me Caecus.

Sinner: Well, it’s only polite to give you my name too. I go by many names here, but I am quite fond of “Mr. Death” as silly as it sounds.

Caecus: Silly, yes, but very becoming of you. A pleasure, Mr. Death.

Mr. Death:Well, don’t let me keep you. I’d like to see you again sometime, Caecus. I’ll take my leave.

Caecus: All in due time.

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