#i could've talked about this much more but i didn't want this to be 1000 words long

[themeraldee]

Hello, I don't know if someone has you this in the past, but how would Homelander feel/react to a reader that wants to wait for marriage before doing it lol?

Blue balls would be an understatement 😂

It would start off with an incredulous "you've never fucked? in this day and age??" And he would accept your answer whatever it may be.

But ofc he wouldn't let it go. Asking all sorts re: your experience. (Idk how committed reader would be to 0 sexual interaction or if it's purely about penetrative sex but still)

"ever give head? or have you ever gotten head?"

"alright, don't tell me some horny teenage boy didn't manage to sneak those clumsy fingers under your skirt? no, really?"

"surely you got some over the clothes action eh?"

if all of that gets a negative answer he's less upset over your "stupid rule" and more excited by the fact that he'll be the first one. Of course you were waiting for him!

His good mood would soon turn sour once you'd refuse all of his ideas of getting down and dirty. From "come on, I can make you feel real good with my fingers (or tongue)" to "trust me, just the tip doesn't count, I won't tell anyone." Or "do you touch yourself? what am I saying of course you do. You could at least let me watch? Throw me a bone will you?"

But of course he doesn't want to force you. He wants you to want him. No point in strongarming you into it just to have you upset with him later. He wants you happily whimpering for him 🩷

So instead impromptu proposal it is! He gets everyone around you to slowly plant the seeds of marriage and extract information regarding your ideal proposal/wedding so when he pops the question very shortly after you can't help but feel swept off your feet 🤭

[dxrksong]

Jason 13 au memes part two

Bruce: *slams a door on accident*

Batfam: you slam door on Brood? YOU SLAM DOOR ON BROOD LIKE GROUNDINGS???! OH!! OH JAIL FOR FATHER!!! JAIL FOR FATHER FOR 1000 YEARS!!!!

Jason 13, calling Danny on speed dial: JAIL FOR FATHER!!!!

-----------

Kitty:

Jason:

Kitty: YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU WERE BUILT LIKE A BRICK HOUSE!!!!!

Jason: to be fair, I forgot???

Kitty: speaking of which, hows that going out for you?

Jason: it's been....emotional.....not to mention the whord of shades trying to mother hen me 24/7

Kitty: I've been meaning to ask you about those.

Jason: I thought you wanted to talk about our relationship?

Kitty: we have communication rings, we can do that later. I'm more worried about the tall intimidating city spirit behind you.

Jason: oh that's just Gotham

Kitty:

Gotham: *tall black lady that can kick your ass* ;)

Kitty, sweating:

Jason: don't worry, she's nice. She's just a litte over protective of her kids.

Kitty: there's MORE of you????

----------

Kitty:

The batfam:

Kitty, surrounded by baby ghost cores like stray kittens: I don't know what's worse. How much they look like you or the inane urge to just adopt them all, oh nooooooooooo!!

Jason: now you know how it feels old man.

Bruce: *confused in bat*

--------------

Kitty:

Catwoman:

Kitty: crimes?

CatWoman: hell yes, kitten!

[LATER]

Jason: WHO THE FUCK DYED MY SUIT PINK?!?!?!

--------------

Kitty: you know considering my name it's a little odd that you're the one being all cat like.

Jason, laying his head on her lap while she cards through his hair: shut uuup, it's not like I can ask anyone else for attention like this. It'd be weeeeiiiird.

Kitty: *sighs* better hope you didn't leave your comm on.

Jason:

Kitty: Johnny.

Jason: I can't remember if I turned it off or not

Dick: you know little wing, if you wanted attention you could've just asked-

Jason: SHIT!!!!!!

---------------

Spectra: so are you still dating him or..?

Kitty: you know? We died basically around the same time and we were introduced to each other first before anyone else, so we kinda just stuck together. And really everyone had kinda just started calling us boyfriend and girlfriend, and we just didn't think otherwise to correct them.

Ember: wait, so you two HAVEN'T been dating??

Kitty: it was never official, if anything it was an ongoing bet to see how long it would last before people started to notice. We're more like.....siblings but not quite. Or emotional support ghosts for each other.

Spectra: that....actually makes a lot of sense. You two are hardly seen without the other and you haven't exactly been dead for long, so it would make sense you're still settling down from the trauma of dying.

Kitty: did you just psychoanalise me?!

Spectra: You basically gave it to me on a silver platter!! It's a force of habit!!!

--------------

Jason: hey squishy

Blob ghost in Johnny 13's bike: ?

Jason: think you can get this blob ghost out of my corpse-

Squishy: *Rev's backwards out of the bat cave*

Jason: ouch! Not even my own pet will help a zombie out.

------------

Danny: so how you feelin Jason?

Jason, sarcastically: oh just great, I've only had ONE murderous breakdown this week due to Zom!

Danny: Zom????

Jason: the blob ghost possessing me.

Danny: You named it????!

Jason: WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?!?! IT'S A FREAKING BLOB GHOST, IT'S NOT LIKE IT HAD A NAME BEFORE!!!!!

Danny:

Jason:

Danny: I'm telling frostbite-

Jason: Don't you DARE!

--------------

Dick: Hey, Jason? Can you come over? I need your help.

Jason, muffled by a humming noise: sorry, I don't think that'll be possible at the moment?

Dick: what do you mean by that Jay, and what is that sound?

Jason, swallowed into the shadows and getting fussed over by the shades: would you believe me if I said I got readopted by shades?

Dick: U Wot?

---------------

Batman: Jason, what's this about shades adopting you??

Jason: look I didn't ask for it, it just happened.

Bruce: and are they....good? Parents?

Jason: well they like putting me in shadow jail alot.

Batman: Shadow jail?????

Jason: not to mention the constant babying-

Bruce: WHAT?!?!

Jason: ?! Jeez Bruce!! Wha-

Bruce: YOU LET THEM BABY YOU?!?!?!

Jason:

Bruce: I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT SINCE THE FIGHTING STARTED!!!!

Jason: .....are-are you JEALOUS?!

Bruce:

Bruce >:'(

--------------

Dick: ok, so to recap! *pulls out a projector and a Google slide document*

Dick: Jason got reanimated by something going awry and messing with reality, accidentally reviving Jason. *click* He gets scooped up by Talia and revives him fully. *click* this leaves him with powers and uncontrollable emotional problems *click* apparently he can talk to ghosts and they are often friendly to him back. *click* so much so, according to Jason himself, he has been adopted by the entirety of the ghost population in Gotham *click* including the SPIRIT of Gotham herself.

*it's a vague drawing of what Gotham looks like*

Dick: any questions?

Tim: yeah, uh. Who's that?

Danny: hi! :D

Dick: no clue, next question!

Danny: I'm phantom! I used to beat Jason up when he used to go by Johnny 13!

Batfam:

Cass: does the Lazarus pit taste like lemonade?

Dick: no, it tastes more like sprite.

Duke: wait-how do you-

Dick: NEXT QUESTION!

--------------

Jason, 'living on his own':

The Shades: :)

Squishy: :)

Gotham sometimes: :)

Kitty: :P

Danny: >:)

The various bird and/or bat: :)

Damien: :

Ember: lmao I'm the older one now! >:D

Spectra: (usually only when Kitty shows up)

Skulker: (target practice training) >:)

Technus: (built Johnny's bike believe it or not) >:)

The box ghost: (this man has dad energy, change my mind) >:)c

The lunch lady: (every growing ghost needs proper calories!) :)

Jason: ...............I need a bigger house....

-----------------

Batman steps into the batcave to see green fire everywhere, Jason in his ghost form, and Damien trying to stab him with a sword.

Damien: it was Todd's idea!

Jason: Damien, you fucking snitch!

Batman: language!

Damien: yeah Hood, watch your fucking language!

Batman: DAMIEN!

(Reference to this)

--------------

Jason: remind me why you're here again?

Danny: what? Like I can't visit my favorite Rouge?

Jason: I thought that was plasmius?

Danny: he's my arch nemesis, not a rouge! He doesn't count!

Jason: if you say so. But why am I your favorite, and I'm pretty sure I no longer qualify to be one of your rouges?

Danny: dude you're the only one I can have a serious conversation about! Vlad's a fruitloop!!

Jason: yeah but at least he knows what he's taking about half the time.

Danny: psh. 'Half the time'

Danny:

Danny: you can still turn into Johnny, right?

Jason: I mean if I concentrate real hard I guess? But it'll take a lot of energy.

Danny: wanna convince Vlad he's going insane?

Jason: only if I can record it.

Danny: DEAL!

[aquarius-cookie-jar]

Thank you so much to @pinkvaquita and @quibbs126 for your design suggestions! I know someone else has commented on the og post, and I do appreciate that. Though I may have immediately started working on a design the moment the two mentioned above commented.

Anyway. Here are some concept designs I made.

This is what Powdered Sugar Cookie looks like so far! She's based on 2 types of powdered sugar cookies; crinkle cookies for her dough, and snowball cookies for her general aesthetic.

Btw yes, she is blind in both eyes.

I'll admit, I did see what she'd look like with pale skin, but I didn't like it. Idk, she looked like someone from Naruto. I swear I've seen a character that looks like her somewhere.

EDIT: The text below talks about her previous "backstory" before the stormbringer update. I have an updated version of her story in the making alongside a hypothetical 'update' au of mine. Here's her updated design as of current.

Her main weapons are a spear and an instrument called dangbipa. I think I may make her an ambush or magic cookie. Idk.

(images for reference below are from ebay and wikipedia respectively).

I don't have her complete backstory fleshed out yet, but she was someone Cacao met back when his kingdom was still fresh and newly established (so like, probs a 1000 years ago). But she needed to leave to serve the two great dragons at some point and left some of her life powder to Cacao.

She asks that he can do whatever he wants with it, and that she only asks him to remember her.

But I'm not sure if it'd work. She has somewhat immortality because of a deal she struck with the two dragons so there's that, but I'm very much not sure if I wanna go with the 1000 years ago route. It feels too long to hold onto a silly crush. Maybe just 100 or 200 years would be enough?

But anyway whatever happens, these things stay constant:

She and Cacao met before the Dark Flour War. Though it was clear they clearly cared for each other, they never officially married, let alone actually dated. It would later become one of Cacao's biggest regrets (besides yanno, not showing your son enough love lol).

When she was called away to serve the dragons, she gave him some of her life powder, and told him he could use it however he wished.

After the Flour War, he used that powder to create Dark Choco because he felt so lonely.

Her Distant Radiance costume is more so a daydream as to what life could've been had she not left her kingdom.

Anyway. Let me know what you think so far.

[xo-blue]

Acftl Review 🍎🗡️ Spoilers Included

4 ⭐

Look, I'm happy, thrilled, ecstatic, over the moon, excited, joyous, exuberant, tickled pink, merry and delighted that EvaJacks are together 🩷 (God I love them so much 😩🩷)

BUT... I'm also disappointed.

Acftl felt rushed and anticlimactic which is so ironic because I feel acftl was supposed to be the longest in the series. It felt very different and the pacing was off. I have many questions and not enough answers.

Ouabh and Tbona were so so good and Acftl just kinda fell flat.

Where was the flirtiness? The banter? Why didn't he fight harder?? It was too easy to let her be with Apollo. He's said time and time again that fates are jealous and obsessive. Where was the jealousy?? The obsessiveness?? I wanted UNHINGED behaviour 😭

I needed MORE. SO MUCH MOREEE.

More:

Jacks chapters

EvaJacks content

Pining

Fluff

ANGER (I needed Jacks to set things on FIRE. I needed him to KILL Apollo not some tree. Thank you tree of souls but I would've preferred Jacks)

PAGES (I could've read 1000 pages of EvaJacks and not get bored or tired )

The only thing I needed less of was Apollo (he's literally the main character in this book tbh).

°•°•°•°•°

Thoughts

Where tf were Marisol, Luc and Tiberius?? They all have significant roles in ouabh and tbona. Why were they excluded entirely?

Now, Lala and Chaos do y'all need a room? Cuz damn. I NEED a book about that right now. Lala brushing off Eva's question about Dane was suspicious as well.

The Valors... I'm not even gonna talk about them. I don't like any of them. Let me just say Aurora, you'll get what's coming for you... with your dusty ass ugly purple hair and your stupid face. You manipulative bitc- *takes deep breath* At the end, you didn't get him and I'm content with that.

The quotes were BEAUTIFULLY written and something that made me scream (like actually SCREAM OUT LOUD) was when Eva called Jacks my love. OH MY GOD 😩🩷

Stephanie was tryna be cheeky at the end with the apples question but they were for controlling the urges. He has Eva for that now 🌚

°•°•°•°•°

Stephanie Garber...

I do hope you're planning to write 7,000 novellas because we need them. I NEED THEM, OK?? PLEASE...I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEM 🥺😩🩷

Overall it was a good book (not as good as it could've been) but I'm partial for Evajacks 🩷

°•°•°•°•°

That's all I have to say.

[starburstbubbleswitch]

MINORS OF THE TICKLE COMMUNITY!

Gather 'round if you please children, there is yet another announcement for you. Whether you read or not I can't control, but at least it's out there and ya hopefully realize we ain't trying to be jerks for no reason. ANYWAYS!

When we, the adults of the community, tell you "Do not interact/follow"(DNI/DNF) IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BE RUDE OR PUT A DAMPER ON YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE. It is 1000% a SAFETY ISSUE.

What some of y'all might not realize is that, interacting with adults this way can be SUPER HARMFUL in more ways than one. Let me explain:

1. POWER IMBALANCE:

Now I'm sure y'all have seen this a gazillion times over but may not fully understand what that means. As much as y'all may disagree and say "I don't bend to peer pressure so this doesn't apply to me." You're right, partially, because we aren't your peers. We are older, by society standards we are your elders, those you look up to and, like it or not, we are those you are swayed and influnced by. You try to fit in to appear grown or mature. I'll say it now:

Hang onto you're childhood for dear life because honey the struggle doesn't get easier just cuz you're older; quite honestly IMO it's worse because the consequences are worse and society has less sympathy for you. That phrase "They're just a kid" saves ya more than you know.

Anyways back on track here; with tickling, it IS an intimate thing, whether most believe so or not. Now I don't mean intimate as in "sex related". A lot of people try to slap "intimacy" and "sex" in the same box when intimacy itself is the umbrella subject and sex is a subcategory. Just because someone doesn't view tickling in a "arousing light" shall we say, does not negate the fact that it is INDEED an act of intimacy.

So this is clear: INTIMACY. IS. NOT. JUST. ABOUT. SEX.

DEFINITION OF INTIMACY:

Intimacy: a close, familiar, and usually affectionate or loving personal relationship with another person or group.

While this may seem fairly innocent in definition, with online strangers you don't know and have never met, this can be highly dangerous for both parties.

2) LEGALITY ISSUES:

Minors y'all might not realize this, but if something happens to y'all because of "online interactions" with adults, y'all get abducted/run away/ just flat out disappear, we could end up on that suspect list.

We could be jailed and stuck on a "child predator" registry without even really talking to you. But because we didn't block you, or we might've been unaware of the fact we were talking to a minor when there's no age in your bio anywhere, or heck even if we were unaware ourselves of the intimacy/power imbalance issues, we are in the running for being someone that influnced you or could've taken you. Bottom line: WE COULD GET IN HUGE TROUBLE.

3) MENTAL HEALTH:

As I said before, we are adults and not your peers. Because of this factor, we could seriously influnce how you view yourself and how you let others treat you.

We could have a certain control over you and you wouldn't know, you could take it as someone just being friendly or someone who is finally treating you "like a grown up" and not think twice. They completely alter your thought process and self esteem without you being aware of it.

Obviously you could say "that's not everyone". Again you're right it's not everyone. But the problem is, you don't know which ones have nefarious and disgusting intentions and who doesn't. Your parents/guardians can protect you from a lot, but with most of y'all having cellphones/internet access from the time you're like 5 years old, there's not much they can do to protect you from the online world. So you need to protect yourselves and one way of doing that is not interacting with adults.

We know y'all just wanna be included and ya want validation that your not "a weird kid" for liking tickling or that you aren't "childish" by getting conformation from an online community or adults that like it as well. But in the end, stick to interacting with your peers for those things. I know it may not seem like a big deal when your friend on here is only 5 years older than you at 20 or that at 17 it doesn't seem like such a problem when your chatting with an 18 yr old but the reality is that, it is. It's a giant problem and can cause a world of hurt for all involved.

THIS GOES FOR THE ADULTS TOO, BUT MOST OF YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER BY NOW AND IF YA DON'T, NOW YOU HAVE AN EXPLANATION TO DERIVE FROM.

So in summary:

MINORS: Don't interact with adults/ageless blogs

ADULTS: Don't interact with minors/ageless blogs

[ultimatepokemontournament]

Gratitudes Combo Post! I shall be bulk replying to nice messages that people have sent me here in an attempt to minimize clutter! I hope this works for you all as well!

@roodllle I'm very very glad the system works for you!!

For those that weren't here at the start, I actually did initially have set polls up to be daily, but after a bit of poking at it, I was able to figure out how to make polls weekly and still keep things moving on at a good pace! It seems people have enjoyed that a lot more so I'm very glad I put the work in to make the switch!!

I found the reblogs important too, just cause I know how fast things can disappear on the dashboard, and how hard it can be to remember what events are going on, especially if stuff if happening on a daily basis! Plus I talk to a lot of people in very different time zones, so my morning is definitely someone else's midnight.

(Many more below the cut!!)

@pileofrats It is indeed a full time job gjfisjgfi but if I wasn't willing to do such things For Science, then what kind of scientist would I be? :D (It says Science twice on my diploma, not that you need a degree to be a scientist, but just to show that I am dedicated.)

@vampiredeliverylady I have indeed been thanked, but it's very nice to hear it every time!! Thank you for taking the time to write such a nice message and it's wonderful to hear that this tournament is making a positive impact for you !!!!

@samuwhal Thank you so much! I'm very glad you're enjoying it and hope you keep having fun!

Thank you! I hope you have a wonderful day (and I hope all of your interceding days have been wonderful too) as well! I'll admit I maybe wasn't thinking about how much work 1000+ Pokemon would be when I started, but I'm dedicated to seeing this through! (And they've added new ones since I've started!! I'm going to have to go back in and work those in after I'm done here. </3)

Thank you!!! 💙💙💙

I am !! Sometimes it gets a little stressful, but at the end of the day, I'm very lucky and very happy to be here!

Thank you!! I definitely gotta keep it organized, because I absolutely would lose stuff if I didn't ahaha, so it works out for everyone! (And if I am occasionally secretly hoping that sometimes people are finding about this tournament from individual Pokemon tags that they're browsing, well, let's keep that a secret between us ;D)

And needless to say, I am also very lucky to have you all here with me :D !! A tournament is not a tournament without all of you participating and hyping up your favorites!

Thank you so much!! It really means a lot!! 😊

@taintedhallows you know it!! :D 💪💪💪

@commieorcs Thank you!! I hope you're having fun participating! :D

@indiana-grace Thank you! They're definitely a huge help to me too because I absolutely would vote differently if I couldn't look them in their little eyes before casting my own votes hahaha. My hope is that it also makes it more newbie friendly as well, since I know not everyone voting is familiar with all of them!

Thank YOU!

gjiofsjgf I'm glad it's working out then!! I too am often too busy to pay attention to other polls I'll admit. Often times the only thing I do on Tumblr in a day is work on this tournament lol

Ok, I think that's a wrap! I shall now clear these asks out of my inbox, but one more collective thank you to all of you and everyone who has said nice things!! It's very very sweet and kind of you all and has given me a lot of energy and motivation to keep pushing forward with this!

Sorry for taking so long to answer some of these!! I know I wanted to avoid clutter, but I could've made smaller grouped response posts and answered these collectively sooner!

[iholli]

Can we talk about Justice Lord J'onn for a moment? Because I feel like I was robbed. A Better World could've showcased how J'onn had changed due to loosing yet another person he cares for, and I frequently think about what the conversation between him and his Justice League counterpart would've been like.

Like Justice League J'onn would be so critical of him but he'd be like, "You'll be like me eventually." And that would've scared Justice League J'onn so badly IMO.

I also wish we could've seen more of how people's freedoms were taken in the Justice Lords' universe. Because something tells me Justice Lord J'onn no longer has an issue with using telepathy on those who don't accept the new regime.

YES PLEASSEEEEEEEEE. I can talk about J'onn all day and I can DEFINITELY talk about Lord J'onn omg.

YOU'RE SO RIGHT. He really didn't get enough screentime in the episode. I love love love what he got though and it says a LOT to me about his character tbh. He's very close and even kind of casual with the other Lords and he honestly seems like he doesn't want them to be on the ground [away from the Watchtower where they're protected ??? take it as you will] at least until they convince him it's necessary. He's got no problem lying to outsiders and taking advantage of their trust, and just generally going along with whatever the group decides. He reads kinda "I survived the loss of one family and I won't fail my new one [again]." to me. [this has me thinking like, what if Lord J'onn has this immense guilt bc his morals didn't allow him to read Luthor's mind without permission and that would've prevented Wally's death. SO HE DOESN'T HOLD BACK ANYMORE. fellas he makes me so sad. I make myself sad thinking about it. ow]

OH I TOTALLY AGREE, and to add, I think the conversation in Divided We Fall would be "You're already like me." [ALSO I'M STILL MAD HE'S THE ONLY ONE WE DIDN'T SEE FIGHT IN THAT SCENE.] I've got a little on this coming up in my J'onn ramble part 2 but we can see in JLU that he's already going down that road, however he knows and regrets it, he doesn't WANT to get to that point. So having that version of him that he KNOWS exists, that he's trying so desperately to keep himself from becoming, telling him he's already past that point would be a horrifying wakeup call. And I could easily believe this was a big driving force in why he ends up leaving four episodes later [he DID try to leave at the end of A Knight of Shadows sooooo 👀]. That's not going to go away especially for someone who's so intensely empathetic.

GOOOOOODDDDDDDD, I could genuinely just watch an entire DCAU series about the Justice Lords, they scratch such a specific itch in my brain and I'm so fascinated by them. I 10000000% agree with you. J'onn with no holds barred, J'onn who has lost too much, J'onn who genuinely believes it's him and his family against the world for better or for worse, he's not going to lose anyone else. LOOK AT STARCROSSED. When everything was at stake he didn't just invade Kragger's mind, he DESTROYED it. And J'onn is already incredibly impulsive as is, so if it's going to come down to the safety of his League family or the world ?? Game over. He's not even going to think twice. I actually talked about the telepathy issue in my long analysis and you are 1000% correct. In JLU J'onn already has less and less issue just taking whatever he wants from others' minds, it would genuinely only take a slight push for him to start using his powers to force people into line, so it's easy to assume this is the case for Lord J'onn. And honestly ??? League J'onn is angrier, he's more involved, he's kind of ruthless doing whatever it takes to protect his family [and only stops short because he constantly, consciously knows he has to keep himself in check. even that holds him back less and less as JLU goes on]. I think he'd be even scarier than Lord J'onn had Divided We Fall ended differently. Hell, he nearly sacrificed the world once, and that was way before he really saw the worst humanity had to offer.

or perhaps Lord J'onn was the same way at the same point in his timeline, and we just saw him after the world was already secured and he could sit back a little ?? that could explain a lot tbh. like I said, I could talk circles about him 😂

[disfrutalakia]

Hi it's evillous AU anon again!! Now i've got time and it's not 11pm so I'm going to try and dump all my thoughts on it in your askbox >:D I started conceptualizing this while the election arc was still ongoing and something i've learned is that it's really difficult to make a complicated au of a story with characters that are constantly developing. several times i've assigned characters to one role only for the literal next day have a new plotline start that makes them fit a different role so much better and then i have to change everything around again. So this is 100% going to be outdated in like a week tops lmao. I've also taken a lot of liberties with things like who reincarnates into who and what order some events happen in, so it doesn't 100% fit the structure of either story. For reference i leaned toward making the relationships line up more with the QSMP storyline rather than evillous canon and its still heavily a WIP so things are going to be changed around a lot probably even while im writing this ask. I put a lot of thought into how the original sin arc would go in this au and there's a lot of details to it so to shorten it just a little bit i'll just explain that the federation serves as an overarching force/government/scientists thing throughout the entire story. they're conducting an experiment on the islanders where they're stuck in a cycle of reincarnation for 1000 years and their lives are going to be extensively documented to see what changes about them and how their society develops. The seven sins are something dropped into the world by the codes in order to mess with said experiment rather than being created by one person's soul like in the original story because tbh i hated that. I put ElQ in the role of Irina and Bad in the role of Elluka. I think they fit really well because I can then interpret The Song I Heard Somewhere as ElQ vowing revenge on Bad for assassinating him (in canon, at least. for AU purposes he kills all the other election candidates and wins) and Bad REALLY fits the role of the morally grey immortal whos creation is marked by a catastrophic event that destroys a whole civilization and they carry the guilt of that for their entire lives. As for the sinners themselves I haven't entirely figured them out yet? but for a couple of them i've got really detailed thoughts. For reference I also made it so each of them can reincarnate as many times as needed even if they've contracted with a sin before because I didn't want to remove characters from the story entirely. so: - Lust: I have no idea who i'm even going to begin to put into this role but the most likely candidate would be Pierre i think because of the whole bed thing? - Gluttony: I had Cellbit as this because of the whole cannibalism history thing he's got but other than that I hadn't really thought about it too much. I am sad to report however that the more BBH talks about eating living beings and inedible things he may fit better. it'd also be funny for the immortal assigned the task of gathering the sins to be the demon of gluttony itself. - Pride: tbh this one is pretty difficult to assign a role to because of how specific the original arc is and how it technically involves two characters. It's not something I could've put many characters in without really mischaracterizing them and I was thinking my best bet was probably Forever but then the happy pills happened and there's no way i could've not made him sloth. So my most recent idea was to change the pride story almost entirely and put Pac in the role? But more in the sense of 'two criminals are always fucking things up for the federation get a bit too cocky and have a warrant out for their arrest, Mike getting Pac to flee and as the feds are able to get at least one of them they're like "eh fuck it watching as your platonic soulmate dies is good enough torment for the other one."' but also idk. (1/2)

Ohhhh anon so sorry I forgot to check my inbox to reply to this BUT NOW I'M HERE AND AGH THIS SOUNDS AWESOME

First of all, I love Bad as Elluka (also i'm listening to survival ma, really sets the vibes I think) and also he is such a perfect choice for the demon of gluttony, like he would die by eating himself like Conchita (also who would be Carlos I wonder? Have no clue but someone gotta sing the best Kaito song ever made, drug of gold I love you so much)

And hum lust is a difficult one to pin down, especially cause like there is not many people I can see going the Duke Venomania route and having a fucking harem? Trying to remember who I saw being attacked by the lust mob more than once in the server and I think it was Bad (he really is Elluka hum, constantly finding sins left and right)

I think that Forever could fit well on pride actually, he is not like Rilliane was of course, but he is prideful in a way. Waiting to be the best president he can and not really accepting that sometimes his ways could be wrong.

[deafearsdiary]

2017 All Over Again

I can't relax. I let down whatever wall I built up to keep you out and all of a sudden it's 2017 all over again. Suddenly I'm sending you love songs that explain how I'm feeling. Suddenly I'm feeling so obsessive and pathetic and stupid all over again. I have things that could keep me distracted. Things that should keep me distracted. Do they? Kind of. Enough? Hell no. Not by a long shot. I look forward to the days ending so that I can obsess in peace. It's gotten to a point where I'm so mentally occupied constantly, that the smallest irritations make me boil over.

I'm in my own head constantly. Why would he say he'd drive however far he'd need to if that's not what he meant? Am I really his favorite part of this whole world, because that's not something small to say? That's monumental. Do you really wish I was happy with you? I try to give you the benefit of the doubt by saying well you know he's got other things occupying his time. He's going to get rid of the issues in front of him first so that when he comes to me we don't have to play the waiting game. But the silence kills me. I don't know what you're thinking ever. I don't know how all of this has made you feel. I don't know if you think I'm full of shit or if you just can't be bothered with my dramatics. I think about my sister saying how communication really is key and you can't just assume what the other person is thinking or will say. You just have to communicate your thoughts to get real understanding. And I agree 1000%. Even when it's difficult communicate. Or you think they'll respond in a way you won't like, communicate anyway. You won't know until you do it. But then I think, is it even my place? Do I even have the right to be expressing myself to you in that way, and expecting a response? Am I even worth your time? Do I deserve it? I don't know the answer to any of these.

But I finally did it. I prayed for you. For us. That was probably stupid, but I can't keep on ignoring the feelings and thoughts on an everyday basis. And, I have to talk to the only one that can make us happen, and cover all the bases. I trust that, but still my brain, or heart, doesn't rest.

She says what if you read these. I tell her every time that I highly doubt that. Just because, you're the center of my world, I'm not the center of yours. Probably not even a big part of it. So what I write on here doesn't pass your mind. And I don't even know how you took the first thing I sent you. You were probably done after the first thing you read. Didn't care to read more.

I keep on thinking about how I left you, and sort of moved on. And I know I apologized before, but I wanted to say I'm really sorry. I feel so badly because I can't imagine the hurt you could've possibly felt. I wasn't trying to hurt you at all. I just wanted to be happy. I thought I was doing what I had to do to get me to that happy place, but I never got there. I keep on becoming more and more guilty because of how much I love you. I can't even imagine how I'd feel if I heard you moved on. Even while I was in a relationship I remember not even being able to tell you that I'd want you to be happy with someone else because I didn't mean that. And I know that selfish and trifling but I don't care. It's true. I only want you to be with me and to be happy with me. And I was so angry with you for so long because we didn't want the same thing at the same time. I was so upset with how it seemed so easy for you to just not be with me. Especially because not being with you is SO. HARD.

i want to be yours.

I want you to be mine.

I wish we were soul mates.

I hope the only thing that's keeping us from being together is time.

I love you

Thank you for letting me rant.

[draftingteacups]

Hey Draft, I have been wondering if you would include Jirachi in the Wish Upon a Star event? Soni would tell Deuce, along with Idia, Ortho and Trey about the legend in her world that she heard in the Hoenn region that this Pokémon awakens from its 1000 years slumber cycle upon responding to the Millennium Comet appearance?

OOOH, I loved the Jirachi Movie as a child!

Note: I count the Twisted Wonderland Events as non-canon because I really have no clue as to how to include it into the story without complicating my plans for the future of my fanfic☠️

Thus, what happens in this scenario is to this specific ask.

Without further ado, let's talk about Wish Upon A Star Event!

When Soni hears about the Wishing Stars and the story behind it, she immediately remembers Jirachi as the Pokémon to grant Wishes for one week once every 1000 years.

She knows about the Pokemon due to her traveling to the Hoenn region for a time, so she knows the myths there due to researching about them.

However, the sound of a pure-sounding voice will be able to wake it up (Pokedex entries) and the coming of the Millennium Comet would signal the beginning of the week.

So when Wish Upon A Star happens, she tells Deuce, Trey and Ortho about it.

Deuce is amazed along with Ortho because "Really, this Pokemon can grant any wish?"; Happiny is amazed by the whole thing and wants to meet the Pokemon for a wish

Grim takes that as the chance to take their wish for the Wishing Star Event and Soni just sighs at him

Deuce asks her if it's alright and Soni doesn't really have a wish

Soni: "Besides the ability to go home, I don't really have a wish in mind. I already have what I need."

Deuce: "O-Oh... sorry about that."

Soni: "It's fine."

Of course, Idia thinks that's a myth because every wish can be granted? That sounds improbable and more folk-tale.

Soni tells him that belittling the power of a Mythical Pokemon would just get him nothing but pain; she's seen it happen to many idiots who think that they can make a Pokemon (a normal Pokemon, mind you) do what they commanded

Yeah, Idia and the others are suitably terrified by the horror stories that happen to terrible trainers ☠️

When Trey and Deuce step out in their fancy clothes, Soni thinks they looked very pretty and somewhat similar to her own Ceremonial Crown Cloak when she became Champion

As the others gathered their stars and such from the other students, Soni managed everything from afar and monitored the whole event.

Don't worry: Crowley was bullied for monetary compensation for making her do this, along with the added bonus from the TV station that was going to watch the show.

Yes, he cried.

ANYWAYS

Deuce and co. worked on their dancing skills and the whole conflict between Deuce and Idia sprang up

When Idia said that he didn't want to go the real-life event, Soni jumped in before they could escalate into a fight with Deuce.

Soni: "Shroud-senpai, if you don't come to event, I'm sending Swanna to pick you up."

Idia: "!!! You wouldn't!"

Soni: "Well, if it causes chaos (for you) and gets things in line, then it should be fine. Besides, Swanna dislikes seeing Ortho happy, so Swanna would probably do that regardless."

Idia: "Gah... such a pain..."

Deuce does his part of the deal in collecting the stars as an additional thing on his Star Gazer duties

When Soni said that she could've helped him in getting them all, Deuce says something like this

Happiny's helping him carry the Stars and looking very cute in her new Star Gazer ribbon to match her Daddy 🥺💖🎀 (imagine the bow is blue alkfjlkasjl)

Deuce: "Prefect, I know you mean well when you tell me that I can rely on you. But this is something that I can carry out as a Star Gazer."

Soni: "...Okay. I understand."

Deuce: "Besides, we all rely on you too much. If I made you do this, I'd feel ashamed when it was something I'm supposed to do, y'know?"

Soni knows that wishes are something that most people brush off as nonsense, but in actuality, wishes are meant to be cherished since they can become reality

She understood that the most since her greatest wish as a child was to be the Pokemon Champion of Kalos

When Soni finds some punks who tried to take the stars paralyzed because the Wild Grass types defended the tree from harm as well as Croagunk

Deuce was also there doing the same

Soni felt anger at the fact that there were people who were petty enough to try and cause trouble like this because just because they were angry didn't mean that they had to do this kind of crap

Thus Soni made sure to get them to the proper authority with Croagunk getting a few more jabs in there for good measure

When Deuce tells her about his dream to being a police officer (a specialized part of the police force, but I can't remember the name at the moment) and says to look forward to seeing him in uniform

There was a part of Soni that wanted to say that she would most likely be home by then

Soni says that she had high hopes for him and he beams

When Soni hears about the rain clouds coming in, she looks for Pokemon that had abilities to clear the clouds and does so to ensure that the ceremony would go on

Soni wants the event to progress because even if people don't believe in these sorts of things, that didn't mean that they were meaningless

As the clouds came with the Pokemon there to assist them to clear the skies, Idia reveals Ortho's suit

Ortho asks Happiny to throw him as hard as she could to get a good start and to prevent the scorching of the grass

The little bun agrees, ready to help out for the wishes of everyone o(*￣▽￣*)ブ

And then the falling star scene commences

Soni just thinks it's a beautiful sight to see

Then Deuce's mom calls Deuce and they chat with one another; Happiny joins in and squees at her Grandma

Deuce's Mom: "Aw, how's my little granddaughter? You sound very happy! Did you have a good time?"

Happiny: "Hap Happy!" I'm very happy!

Deuce's Mom: "Ah, is Soni there with you? Can you hand the phone to her?"

Happiny does so and looks very pleased.

Soni looks at the phone and says: "Hello?"

Deuce's Mom: "Hello, Soni. I'm thankful that you're taking good care of my Little Deuce. In fact, when he told me about being a Star Gazer, he told me that he wanted to be able to handle it so you could enjoy the Event!"

Soni: "...Huh?"

Deuce's Mom: "Aha, yes. He told me that since you work so hard at the things you do that he wanted to make the nicest show for you to enjoy as a part of his appreciation for all that you did for him at Night Raven College. You've really inspired him to do better things and I'm happy that you're his friend. He really needs those in his life."

Deuce's Mom: "He also said that you weren't able to make your own wish because you gave it up for your partner. Personally, I think a thousand shooting stars for a thousand wishes is a lot better than one!"

Soni is shocked by this, so she's silent: "..."

Deuce's Mom: "Please take care of my Little Deuce for me, Soni, but make sure to take care of yourself in the process. I've heard plenty about the things you've accomplished, but as a mother, I hope that you rely on other people when things get tough, okay?"

When the call is over and she hands it over to Deuce, Soni takes the time to enjoy the beautiful sky with everyone else

When the others were gone with the Star Gazers behind and Soni having to clean up the mess (she'll bully Crowley later, don't worry), they were all relieved that it was all over

Then at the moment, Soni sings the song that they were dancing to before

She thinks about home and wonders about how her biggest wish had been granted years ago

The song carries off into the breeze...

Jirachi: "Chi... Jirachi?" Hello... Blessed... What is your wish?

Soni: "?!"

Grim: "Wh-What the heck is that thing?!"

Deuce: "Prefect... get back!"

Jirachi: "Jirachi... Chi Chi?" I sensed your sincerity in your song... You long for home but also found it here in this strange land... What is your wish?

Soni: "... I wish..." And she says her wish to Jirachi, making her voice as quiet as she could make it.

Trey: "!! Prefect, is that Jirachi?!"

Jirachi: "Chi..." As you wish, so it shall be...

Deuce remembers the one wish that Soni had: "Prefect! Wait-!"

Happiny: "Happiny...?" Mama...?

And then the wish is granted.

The very next day, Deuce cannot remember what happened after that. Happiny was still there, curled up next to him.

Trey-senpai and the others were there, looking fine.

Immediately, Deuce (Happiny was being carried) runs over to Ramshackle...

Hoping that Soni hadn't made the wish to go home because they were friends- she wouldn't leave without saying good-bye- that wouldn't be the Prefect that he's been friends with since he came into NRC-

Entering Ramshackle and hearing the familiar noises of the Pokemon living their lives gave him peace

He still couldn't hear Soni though

He moved through the Berry trees and weaved his way through the Pokemon

Until he stops and stares-

Happiny waddles forwards with her arms in glee, chirping in happiness

Happiny: "Happy!" Mama, you're here!

Soni was standing there next to Jirachi who was working with her on something.

It took Deuce a lot of willpower to not collapse at the fact that Soni hadn't wished to go home like she told him

Because Soni was an inspiration to him in becoming the best part of himself.

Even as she yelled at him and Ace for the things that they did, she always gave a reason why (he couldn't really blame her for feeling that way either), they were still friends

So the thought of her just suddenly leaving them all without a second glance back honestly scared him more than he'd ever admit out loud

He'd never really had friends before coming to NRC; they were more like underlings

Getting to this point and almost losing a friend in the process- that really scared him.

Soni: "Deuce, what the- You're supposed to be resting up. Jirachi's power knocked you all unconscious."

Deuce: "Pr-Prefect... what did you wish for?"

Soni picks up Happiny and holds her: "I wished for a portal between the worlds. It would be something that only I would be able to use or summon. I've got some fail-safes and conditions in place just in case and a whole lot more. Better safe than sorry-"

Deuce: "Your wish- to go home...."

Soni: "Ah, that. Well, that hadn't really changed. I just modified how I would go home. I never said the way I would go home. This is where you learn wording tricks, Deuce."

Soni wouldn't tell Deuce the reason that she modified her wish to bring the two worlds closer together in the form of a portal.

Not when she could tell what he was thinking about. Deuce was always the easier to read between their small group of friends. He always showed and did what he thought was right.

He was worried that she went home.

And he wasn't wrong about that.

Had Soni been given the chance to go home at the very start of her time at Night Raven College, she would've done so in a heartbeat. Now that she got attached to the people here- despite her friends' lack of thinking at times and the chaos that ensued- Soni wasn't just going to leave them in the dust. She would've found a way home and figured out a way between the worlds, and against all odds once again, that was the case here.

"Prefect-" Deuce cried and Happiny followed after him, sensing her daddy's emotions. "I'm so glad you stayed-!"

"Alright, you two..." She brought Deuce and Happiny into a hug, trying to calm them down from their crying. This reminded her of that time when Deuce had told her his past and cried so hard. Happiny had been only an Egg at that point, literally found a few moments prior to that.

As the two wailed in her ears, she thought of her own mom who she could bring over to Twisted Wonderland. After all, her home wasn't that far away anymore, not when wishes really did come true.

[magpiefngrl]

Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

Oh what a pleasant surprise, thank you, lovely anon!

Choosing five out of fifty isn't an easy task. I've been looking at the list of works on AO3 pointing at each one in turn and going "you", "No, you!", "no, you, of course". My faves also change with time or depending on my mood etc.

So let's say these are my 5 fave right now that I'm typing these words (incl. 2 WIPS because I couldn't resist):

Through the Looking Glass and What Draco Found There

I think it's a pretty unique premise and I'm happy with its execution. The Shrieking Shack is a house we rarely see in fic and I'm pleased with how I used it here and what I came up with. There are some lines that make me laugh, still. A few years ago, I discovered a mention of this fic on fanlore, which made me feel really proud.

Tangiers

One of my least popular AUs, but one I love the most. I could've done a better job at the execution of it, but I'm still happy overall. I've also written a prequel (with lovely writing imo) but it didn't make sense to have it after the fic so I deleted it. This fic is close to my heart: Indiana Jones is a figure from my childhood and I love 'getting back together' as a trope.

The Boy Who Died

This is a fic where I worried less about my prose and more about the story. I wanted to write some beats that would wring as much emotion out of the reader as I could manage, and I enjoyed stretching myself in that way. I also loved the dystopian, totalitarian setting. I'm itching to write another one.

Sometimes a man needs

I just love this one. I love the idea of talking flowers, I love the banter between drarry, and I love the narrating voice (Harry's). I had written half a dozen beginnings which I deleted, but it was when I got the voice right that the story flowed.

The Glass Hearts

A dark fairytale about Andromeda Black and her sisters. I love love love this one. I'm really pleased with the prose and with the Black backstory. I'd love to write more about their childhood one day. It's not drarry so few people bother to read it, but it's one of my most fave stories ever.

2 WIPS:

9 ½ Days

This is my fave drarry of all. The writing here is 1000% the writing I love to indulge in; the story has all my ideas and feelings about the ship and their characterisation; the setting is a delight to describe. I do love this story very, very much and it's a painful to me to know how late I am in finishing it. Life and writer's blocks and fandom issues reared their heads in the past 2-3 years and I've been unable to continue. But I do plan to finish it.

secret desires

I only have a chapter online but have written 2 more and am currently in the process of editing. I love the mood in this one. I started it with no end in sight, as a project to break my writer's block, and have fallen in love with this world. I don't know if I can explain my attraction to it; I just love the mood. Oh, and I enjoy modernising the MDZS canon.

Thanks for the fun ask!

[bernadettelovestokiohotel]

"I care!"

Hi!This is another Vinney fic,about the Brance fic...imma do it tomorrow,in this fanfic Vance is 17 and Finn is 16

The two teens were dating for about 2 months or so,they never really had any heated arguments,or ever yelled at each other,but..sometimes that has to come too,doesn't it?

One day,things got a bit out of hand.Vance and Robin had a huge fight where they both got physical and ended up in wounds,both of them.

Of course,Finney was terrified,he finally thought that his best friend and lover would get along eventually,but...that didn't seem to work out.

"What were you thinking?!You two could've killed each other!"

Finney yelled as he put a cotton wool on Vance's bloody wound that was on his hand,near his wrist.

"He started it!He was being a dick,not me!"

Vance argued back,as he groaned while Finney put alcohol on his wounds.

"It doesn't matter who started it!You both need to understand that fighting each other isn't gonna win me over!"

Finney said as he closed the first aid kit.

"well I'm sorry,Mr.Politeness,but what else was I supposed to do?!He tackled at me!He asked for it!"

Vance argued as he got up from the bed.

"you both need to stop with this shit!You aren't children anymore!"

Finney was filled with fear of the day they might break each other's bones or worse.

"children??"

Vance asked,he felt offended being called a child.

"yes!You two have a mental stability of children!"

Finney said angrily.

"Oh-ho-ho!You wanna talk about mental stability of children?!Look who's fucking talking!"

Vance laughed angrily.He didn't even think about what he was going to say.At that point he just wanted to tell Finney off.

"what are you talking about?!.."

Finney asked,clearly upset.

"YOU CRY WHENEVER I LEAVE THE FUCKING ROOM!I MEAN..HEH..ARE YOU THAT DESPERATE OR SOMETHING?!YOU FOLLOW ME AROUND LIKE A FUCKING DOG! HOW'S IT MY FAULT YOU HAVE ATTACHMENT ISSUES AND LOVE PEOPLE SO QUICKLY EVEN AFTER THEY GIVE YOU A LITTLE ATTENTION!"

Vance stopped.He realized what he said.The guilt already ate him alive.He heard sniffing,and whimpering,he looked into Finney's brown eyes,seeing they're filled with tears.

"Finney..I-Im so sorry.."

As Vance is about to grab Finney's hand and pull him into a hug,Finney gets a mental picture of his dad grabbing his wrist and hitting him with all strength.

"DON'T HURT ME PLEASE!IM SORRY!"

Finney yelled as he cried out.This reaction terrified Vance,a lot.Finney slowly sits in the corner of the room and curls up in a ball and starts shaking.

"Finney!!I'm not gonna hurt you!"

Vance said as he tried getting closer to Finney,but Finn just get more scared and scared.Finally,Vance pulls him into a hug.

"I'm sorry i said all those awful things to you.I shouldn't have lashed out at you like that."

Vance apologized,in a calm and gentle tone.Finney's still shaking uncontrollably and still trying to catch a breath.

Later that night,it was awkward for both of them.They didn't know how to talk to each other or how to react to one another.

As they're laying on the bed,facing separate ways,both of them are re-thinking their choices of words a few hours ago.

Finney then gets the idea to hug Vance.

He hugs Vance's back,and breaks down in tears.

"..Please don't hate me..."

Finney whispered.

"Finney..shhh...I'm sorry.."

Vance apologized again,he knew damn well he will apologize over a 1000 times if he needs to.

Vance cuddles Finney softly,his arms around his body while Finney curled up in a ball,resting his head on Vance's chest.

"shhhh...just sleep,darling..it's okay..it's over."

Vance comforted Finney softly with his voice as he kissed Finney's head.

Finney calmed down a bit.He wasn't crying anymore,he fell asleep pretty fast.Vance didn't sleep that night.All he thought was about how much of a garbage person he is.

The next morning,at 6 AM,Finney walks into the living room,seeing Vance making tea for him.

"hey sunshine,how'd you sleep?"

Vance asked,he was smiling but you can see he didn't close an eye last night.

"go-good."

Finney said,being quite surprised Vance is even talking to him.Vance hands over the tea cup to Finney and offers him to sit down.

"I know that you're still upset with me,and that's alright.It's my fault i said those things,that aren't even true.I know i havent been the best partner in the world,i doubt I'm even a good one at this point but-"

Before Vance could finish his sentence,Vance already hugged him,tightly,not letting go.

Vance smiles gently,holds Finn's face and pressed a kiss against Finney's lips.

"how do I make it up to you?"

Vance asked as he went through Finney's messy hair with his fingers.

"well..there are a few things."

Finney giggled.Vance couldn't help but smile and giggle himself.

That day they did everything Finney wanted to do,and they've made a promise to never ever talk about each other like that again.Let's hope they're keeping that promise.

[kendrixtermina]

I think Wilhelm was a False Friend to Rhea. He played the part of the supportive friend to her face to get her help in overthrowing Nemesis and becoming the ruler of Fódlan, but privately saw her as just a monster. He wanted to get rid of her himself, but never got the opportunity during his lifetime. The royal family being taught a version of history that blames everything on the Nabateans came from his view on them, even though he got all the political power from the war.

There is no way to know what actually happened, so a lot of things are plausible/possible, but from that one line that Rhea gets describing him in the tailteen plains battle it sounds like he was a true believer much like Catherine or pre-fiasco Jeralt. For Rhea to fondly remember a human she met so shortly after the massacre they must've been on good terms.

She could've been fooled of course & despite her not trusting anyone(her own words) she's plainly not good at playing detective seeing as she missed all the moles at Garreg Magh, so it's not implausible.

But Rhea's the only one who knew the real Wilhelm in his own time. His descendants would only have stories that they'd be interpreting through their own lens; If you see the need to explain a discrepancy there it seems more likely to find the explanation in the 1000 years in between, where any number of things could happen.

The change in perspective could have literally happened any time between Wilhelm's time & Ionius. If you want to postulate a drastic reinterpretation, The expulsion of the sourthern church 100 years before seems a more likely candidate.

However the Nabateans were a ruling class before Nemesis' (that was unambiguously stated by the devs in an interview) massacre.

However, once we move from Wilhem's own person to how whatever he did or didn't pass on might affect his descendants in the present, I'd like to remind you that Edelgard combed through the monastery archieves in search of additional evidence before declaring anything to Byleth, looking to corroborate the story, and that she takes a pretty dim view of her ancestors, seeing them as sellouts.

She is not at all just following what she may or may not have heard.

And do you even need to be told some tale to come to the conclusion that Rhea is a bad ruler? Is it not obvious from her behavior?

I really hate this tendency to take all the agency away from Edelgard & act like she is just following something someone told her - she is portrayed by the actual game as someone who is all about self-directedness & proactivity, humanism and logic, who, if anything errs on the side of being too logical & detached/looking only at the numbers. She gets like all the tropey spock dialogue like "Mathematically it's possible"

...and yet some ppl seem incapable of seeing her as anything else than misguided & lashing out blindly, & the way it so crassly contradicts her actual in-game characterization so blatantly is hard to explain by anything than the common prejudices that 'young people can't know what they're talking about' and 'women lash out emotionally'/ 'women are reacting victims'

I honestly hate it more than the ppl who just see her as deliberately evil/megalomanic cause at least that still acknowledges her as making decisions.

People don't just have opinions because somebody tells them to have them - how would new opinions ever get started this way?

You can see that Rhea is, if not a tyrant, then at least a grossly negligent incompetent ruler just by playing White Clouds with open eyes and ears.

& it's not just Edelgard who thinks that.

Rhea herself says she is the de-facto ruler ("I have only been ruling this wayward land in your stead")

Claude blames the church for the state of fodlan, he just takes it over via intrigue & manipulation cause that is what makes sense for his skillset, principles and the alliance's political situation.

In White Clouds alone you put down several rebellions. Rhea's regime is just objectively inefficient & unpopular; Edelgard is just a rebel who happens to have a lot of funds and soldiers at her disposal; It was kind of inevitable that one would eventually arise with such widespread levels of dissatisfaction.

& if we want to talk about who she blames most of her rhetorical vitriol is on the human collaborators, the nobles.

But she's not really driven by "blame" or "hate" - to the point where she'll consider an alliance of convenience with her most hated enemies (delaying/suppressing her feelings rather than indulgently following them) & is usually content with just jailing or dethroning even her worst enemies.

Which isn't to say that Edelgard is always perfectly rational or never affected by her negative experiences - this shows in her secretiveness for example or her categorical refusal to be captured alive; But that doesn't mean she's completely incapable of making any logical decision whatsover.

Perfect objectivity is no more achievable than, say, perfect love or perfect justice, but that doesn't mean that anyone who genuinely tries hard to pursue it in a self-aware manner is instantly a hypocrite the moment they don't 100% live up to it.

You can certainly fault anyone who just claims they have it all figured out & can never be questioned, but that's not at all what Edelgard does - all her supports show her as someone who questions herself a lot & is always willing to learn from others & this is honestly one of my favorite traits of hers.

[mistlekissy]

I think both sentences are true that Jason shot himself in the foot and also that he made people hate her even more.

Not on Harry twitter, but at the time of the Cinemacon thing, most people were on his side, there was a bunch of hit tweets with tens and hundreds of thousands of likes either calling her a dead beat mother or saying she deserved to get served that way because she was probably dodging papers for months. Of course people now know that was not the truth because of the leaked court documents and him doing this in such a public way definitely didn't help his case.

Also, only harries were pissed by his comment about them breaking up in november, again, the general public was on his side at the time, talking about how she did him wrong.

I think when people were only calling her names because of her boyfriend or speculating that she cheated on Jason she didn't bother to correct the narrative, and tried to be gracious about Jason, that time when Ted Lasso won the critics choice and he thanked her and she congratulated him on twitter seemed to be a very deliberate show of piece on both of their parts. But when it started being about her as a mother corroborated by the actions of her ex, that's when she got pissed enough to say something about it.

I do think both of them should avoid talking about each other in the future, because of their kids, but this instance definitely felt justified.

while i don't believe he was behind her getting served AT cinemacon and his intention wasn't for her to get publicly humiliated, he 1) was def 1000% wrong about not wanting her to get served at harry's place which would've guaranteed this to stay private (also suggesting the airport is so weird too and dumb too) and 2) jumped the gun to begin with, they could've probably talked this out more in private instead of him serving her bc he got scared which dragged this all into the public as well. so in conclusion, very bad moves on jason's part but i can't see how his intention with that was to make ppl hate her? like that's the conclusion ppl came to and she def has every right to be upset about the reactions and the way jason filed for custody and i'm not trying to shut her up or anything but imo it just doesn't makes sense to talk more about the situation in the same interview in which ur also realizing how bad this is for ur kids and that relationships are better kept private, like her comments in court were sufficient and she would've come out as the MUCH bigger person in my eyes at least if she had left it at that, but agree to disagree etc etc

[reavenedges-lies]

I loved that elaborate answer, thank you so much for that! 🫂 Two more because they're quite hot issues around the league: 1) the Flyers benched Yandle when he's 11 games away from 1,000 straight games played during his career worst season. I get the outrage, but if he was playing so bad shouldn't they have sat him out earlier? 2) your honest thoughts on that incident during the Yotes vs Ducks game. What was it like live? I've heard the TV commentary was really bad

Glad to hear the answers were well received, and no problem.

I understand the outrage, I really do but I don't think the loss of his streak is any problem. If anything it could possibly be better for him. He is 35 and has had a steep cut of in his quality of play over the course of the last 2-3 years, and while he is on lower value single year contracts, the idea of Having to keep his streak going regardless of his play is a tough sell. His average TOI drastically decreased this season from the 17/18/19 minutes range in the two seasons prior, to roughly about 14:30 and in his last five games it was honestly closer to 10 minutes of ice time. That's even with the amount of injuries through the season for the flyers and I think that makes it worse, that even though he should've had more ice time, due to quality of play he was played even less. I will genuinely say I don't think his Ironman Streak meant anything as no team/coach wanted to be the person to break it even when it should've been. The streak should've ended sooner, but with nothing left to really lose it is just a slap in the face to be so close to 1000 games in a row and see it end like this.

I had a blast at the game, I was surrounded by other Yotes fans and we we're all joking up a storm and talking shit about the refs. The community here at the games is amazing because we aren't going because our team is good. We go because its fun, and we love the team and the game.

So I will say this about the Beagle fight and what Nash said. I was at the game and in the upper bowl on the Ducks side, so i was watching it from across the arena. From my viewpoint Zegras was digging at the goalie/blue paint after the whistle blew and that lead to Beagle cross-checking him. Terry then came up in defense of Zegras and swung at Beagle first, Beagle then beats the snot out of Terry because the Refs couldn't get a hold of the situation as quickly as they had in the prior scrums. I don't like how far Beagle took it as it looked like Terry never got his gloves off and while he didn't necessarily start to turtle he wasn't a super active participant in the fight. If Beagle had stopped at the Cross-check and it got called it would've been fine, but with how quickly each of the prior incidents had been quelled without any steam really getting released (and the lack of any physical response after the Keller injury during the SJS game) i wasn't surprised at the intensity of the situation. I don't think what Beagle did was wrong in terms of protecting Kořenář, I do think he could've stopped sooner as he had proven his point.

I didn't hear what Tyson Nash said until I had woke up this morning as I hadn't had the opportunity to grab the game footage before going to sleep. What he said and how he said it was out of line. Nash saying "I love it" and "That’s the problem with these young players. You wanna embarrass guys? You wanna skill it up? You better be prepared to get punched in the mouth.” is the problem with the scenario. People are getting mislead with what is happening as Nash isn't calling the game as he should nor is he framing it correctly and going after Beagle for what he did under that context is wrong.

Also all the people who're saying "Yeah the young skilled players are the problem with the league not you guys playing in a college hockey arena lmao give me a break" are part of the problem. The arena and where we are playing has nothing to do with our players skill or lack there of. It was emotional and letting the color analyst/broadcaster's biased words color how you think of a player or franchise as a reporter is disgusting. Genuinely what does where we are playing have to do with last night?

I can and will elaborate more if needed but those are my two cents on the matter

[cattles-bians]

the 'um. are our exes dating' damie thread

post directory

em: unfortunately i have ‘rebecca as jamies old flame’ brainworms and ‘viola as danis old flame’ brainworms bc lesbians sure be forming these intricate webs of exes

obsetress: bestie the best part of this is that, like all exes, dani and jamie end up together, but so do rebecca and viola, yes this is canon and no i will not be taking questions

em: holy SHIT now THAT is a rarepair!!!!!!!

em: i mean they have a lot of free time stuck in that lake.......

obsetress: so what if i made custom discord emotes specifically so it would look like they were on a date

em: WHAT IF

em: viola: on her nightly wander through the grounds

me twirling my hair: haha do you come here often

obsetress: sometimes i just like to think about how viola is a taurus and rebestiecca is a virgo and they have the swankiest flat in london together with marble countertops and stainless steel appliances and rebecca is a high powered attorney and viola buys all the designer clothes she wants and dani and jamie will come into the city to visit them but then rebecca and vi immediately start fighting and dani and jamie are like "uh owen can you come pick us up they're fighting again" but he's too busy taking hannah out to a nice dinner so they just end up getting a hotel instead and then show up to brunch the next morning and rebecca and viola are there smiling pleasantly like nothing happened and viola didn't throw a box of biscuits against the wall just last night and when dani can't control her big mouth and asks about it (jamie elbowing her in the ribs as she takes a big gulp of bloody mary) viola and rebecca just look confused and rebecca furrows her brows and is like "what fight?" and dani and jamie just look at each other and jamie shrugs and slings an arm over dani's shoulder and then they order another round of drinks but like i said i only think about this sometimes it's not like it's a full-blown headcanon or anything)

em: there is so much to process here hannah but: taurus viola is such a god tier take & i can’t believe i never thought about it?? earth sign queens

obsetress: thank you i agree and i promise you this is not my taurus ass projecting, viola is actually a textbook taurus and in this essay i will––

em: i love typing a response and by the time i send a reply there is a full fic in my mentions

obsetress: like i said! not something i think about all the time or anything!

em: yeah viola is a little volatile sometimes but they always talk abt it after and most importantly they never go 2 bed angry! violas workin through some stuff n rebecca doesn’t let her push her around

em: i MEAN or they’re totally dysfunctional but i’m dying at damie like ‘ah owen cna u pick us up the girls are fighting again’

obsetress: rebecca sits her down and makes her talk about it and she gently steers vi towards "i feel" statements, focuses on stating "you did x, and it made me feel y," and when she covers vi's hand with hers, gently stroking her thumb over her knuckles, all the tension leaves vi's body

obsetress: and viola's willing, just for a minute, to acknowledge that maybe, just maybe, rebecca was right. but only this one time

obsetress: (rebecca does her best to hold back a smirk, because "only this one time" seems to happen every time, but she's not about to say that to viola's face, not now, when vi's leaning into her and nuzzling against her cheek)

em: oh this is Tender

em: damie sitting in the restaurant completely baffled makes me Lose It like yeah ok we all wanna be gentle emotionally intelligent lesbians dani clayton or jamie taylor but some of us aren’t quite there yet!!

obsetress: viola, staring at jamie's arm slung over dani's shoulder and the way dani's beaming over at her, tangling her fingers with jamie's: do you two... need to be doing that? why are you doing that

obsetress: rebecca: they're in love, babe

viola: i don't feel the need to do... that, and i love you just fine

rebecca: i love you just fine, too

dani and jamie: (staring, horrified, across the table as their waiter serves them their eggs benedict)

em: @ dani @ jamie some people aren’t on the cusp of fucking at Any Given Moment

obsetress: you: (that)

dani: i don't understand the question

rebecca: it... wasn't a question

obsetress: they're just tryna be cottagecore and vi and rebecca are out here all big city earth sign power lesbians fighting in their penthouse apartment and dani's just like "wow you two have a dishwasher???? how neat"

em: vi constantly answers the door in expensive dressing gowns that show way too much leg and the first couple times dani and jamie are suddenly v interested in the wall paper but eventually they’re just like congrats on the tits maam can we have a spot of tea

em: violas like, gloating about some business investment or properties or a lucrative deal she was ruthless enough to land and danis like oh cool :) i’ve been making a lot of jam lately. would u like some jam

obsetress: inflated property value ex-gf and homemade jam ex-gf

obsetress: meanwhile, their respective gfs, won over the jury in closing arguments ex-gf and successfully integrated a new bee colony and harvested her first jar of honey ex-gf, are sipping their whiskey and watching, enamored, as it all plays out

em: viola cannot understand they’re perfectly happy in their cosy little apartment above the shop n she’s like ‘i have some gorgeous new properties if you ever want to-‘ and rebecca and dani have to figure out how to change the topic before jamie goes off w her Kill Landlords polemic

obsetress: jamie, later: i will tolerate her, dani, i will tolerate her because you love her and because rebecca loves her, but i swear to GOD if she "not all landlords" me one more time i'll––

em: jamie ‘card carrying socialist’ taylor cannot fucking stand viola half the time n eventually she half jokes that dani ‘downgraded’ to her drop out working class ass n danis like ??? oh babe. baby cmere. me and vi broke up for like 1000 reasons but the class difference didn’t Help

em: way later dani mumbles something like ‘i said the $2 aldi wine tasted perfectly drinkable and she didn’t speak to me for days’ and jamies like ‘pardon?’ but danis already Zonked Out

obsetress: ldkjfslkdfjlsj this part SENT me just. the idea of dani's final, dozing thought being viola pressed over the two dollar aldi wine

obsetress: sometimes jamie doesn't understand how dani could've dated viola at all, but then they'll be at dinner and rebecca will make some comment about some case and dani and viola's hackles will raise in the exact same way and they'll start popping right tf off down the same lane

obsetress: and jamie's like "oh, right. that"

obsetress: (it also doesn't hurt, jamie begrudgingly admits to herself next time viola answers the door Tits Out™️, that viola's hot. super hot)

———

bonus:

audacity: just. the chaos of capitalist vi and socialist jamie being in the same fucking room

audacity: liberal versus leftist ding ding ding round one fight

obsetress: i’m crying liberal vs leftist that’s literally it

obsetress: “of course i’m a leftist, jamie, i’m gay” “that’s not—“

audacity: i love you vi but my money’s on jamie HSKDHSKDHSJSH

audacity: GOD

audacity: VI NOT EVEN KNOWING LIB IS NOT LEFTIST I—

obsetress: “it’s not like i’m a conservative just because i have money, please”

audacity: jamie looking at vi’s ostentatious new dress and going “how many renters did you make homeless for THAT”