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[red-blood-on-the-countertop]

why must you boop me so aggressively 😔

noooooooooo, they're friendly boopsss 💛💛

boops of love and appreciation ;)

[robin374]

alastor x daughter reader angst If you do, you will be very happy. The reader does not know that he is his father and when he finds out, Alastora will be very angry. PLSSSS

ehem thanks <3

𝔊𝔢𝔱 𝔞𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔪𝔢

ℭ𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔯 : Alastor x Reader, platonic

𝔑𝔬𝔱𝔢𝔰: Hola. I got too carried away sorry if it's too long. BRUH I JUST FINISHED AND I PASSED THE WORD LIMIT, let me just do a part 2 LMAO

Back when you were alive, you were an orphan. You couldn't remeber who your parents were, but you were angry. You were angry at everything and everyone, if they didn't love you when you were born why didn't they kill you? Was it necessary to abandon you? You didn't want to meet them and start over again as a happy family like your friends at the orphanage dreamed. You wanted to meet them so you could make sure you never talked to them again. Then, when you died, you wandered around Hell. You didn't exactly have a house, you just strolled around the city, maybe even killing someone to let your rage out. For someone who had deer resemblace you were quite agressive, to be honest.

You had died young, in your 17th birth to be exact. You bumped into a group of drunk men, they were drunk enough to pick a fight against whoever crossed paths with them, and you happened to be there. You just didn't survive. You may had born crying knowing nothing about life, but you died with that youth rage and you blamed it on your unknown parents.

One day, you were sitting on the floor reading a book you stole time ago when someone stopped in front of you. You didn't lift your head, you just flicked your gaze to the black dressing shoes and red pants that the person was wearing. "What do you want." You didn't ask, you demanded. "I...I have been informed that you were alone and homeless. So, I've decided to give you a room at my hotel, The Hazbin Hotel!" It was a girl's voice, the Princess of Hell's voice. You recognized her from seeing her singing around the streets not long ago. "Why would I want to go there?" You asked closing the book and putting it inside your bag. "It's just a hotel with a porn star and a pathetic victorian snake. I would prefer to sleep next to a rat with rabies than that, so, thank you but no, thank you." You started to walk away from her, you didn't even want to see her face. You knew you just had been mean to Lucifer's daughter, but she didn't even seem like it. You scratched a spot near your antlers, since you became a demon you didn't manage to get used to them. Then, a shadow appeared out of nowhere and it transformed into a tall man, who smiled at you.

"Now, that's not the best way to talk to someone, sweetheart." He said, his voice was accompanied with a stereophonic effect, it sounded like the radio you used to have in your room when you were alive. "Do I know you?" You said as you straightened your back to look more challenging. He just laughed, which clearly offended you a bit. "You should."

How did he manage to smile for so long? You couldn't remeber the last time your lips drew a genuine smile on your face. You were always with a frown on your face, angry, furious. "You seem to be quite the rebel, aren't you?" He said and before he ruffled your hair you flinched away. "Don't touch me." You hissed. "Ooh the fawn is angry," he laughed causing you to frown even more. "Where is your mother? Did a hunter shoot her?" He smiled even more -if that was even possible- you clenched your teeth and your ears curved downwards, you were trying so hard to not to hit him right then and there, who did he think he was? "Okay, let's calm down. How about you come to my hotel, stay one night and then you decide if you want to stay or not?" The princess smiled, her smile was kinder. You scoffed, "if that means that you won't bother me anymore, alright." They started walking down the street with you, it was the first time you walked with someone by your side. You expected it to be a silent walk but you were wrong, the blonde girl talked you about how she planned to redeem a lot of demons when she got the proof that they were able to do it.

While you were walking up the hill that led to the hotel, your gaze fell on the radio tower coming out of one side. You didn't pay attention to the strange Zeppelin or the huge letters that spelled 'Hazbin Hotel' you just looked at the radio tower. You heard a radio static near you, you didn't pay attention to it though, thinking that it was the coming for the tower. Once you were inside, you were greeted with more people that you thought. Of course, the porn star Angel Dust was there and wasted no time in flirting with you not even knowing you gender. "Oh you're the quiet type? Let me see what that mouth does, pretty please." He pouted and you raised your brow. If that was what he wanted, he would get it. "Get the fuck away from me." You said, shoving him away. Then, you heard a deep chuckle and you turned to your side, you noticed a black cat with wings laughing at the white spider. He had a bottle in his hand. Charlie, made you greet everyone there, but her brows frowned in confused way the moment she didn't find someone called Nifty.

You were about to walk towards the bar when you hit something with your foot. You heard a high pitched voice laughing and telling you to hit her again. You stepped back from the small woman with a scared face and your ears curved downwards. "Hi! I'm Nifty, I clean." She quickly climbed up your body and stopped at your face, her big eye looking intensely at you, you swore she could read your mind. "You are very young to be dead, what happened to you? Oh! What's your name?" She shook you, she was surprinsingly strong considering her small body. "Tell me everything." She growled. "My name's Y/N." You said, and ignored again the radio static, had it been sounding this whole time?

After greeting everyone, you told Charlie that you wanted to rest and she showed you your room. You closed the door and let your body fall in the bed. Even though you didn't want to admit it, you had the feeling that this couldn't be as bad as you thought. It had an old-fashioned aura that made you feel at home, somehow. You hadn't felt like this for a long time, you were always running away from demons that wanted to kill you, harass you, make a deal with you... You were at peace here.

PART 2 HERE

I AM SO SORRY

[icarusredwings]

Bad boy!

A sfw puppy Logan fic.

Tw: Cursing. Mentions of abuse and Abandonment, Agression, Sad.

Pt 1 Bad boy

Pt 2 Howling

Pt 3 Good boy

Not beta'd

It wasn't always odd to come home and find that your husband has given in for the day, laying on the couch all bored and droopy eyed.

What was odd (for most, but not Wade) was said husband jumping up to growl at you and give you a death glare as you walk in through the door, only to immediately look guilty and get off the couch. Walking to him, Logan puts his body against Wade, closing his eyes to nuzzle him, only to stop, starting to sniff all around him like when Puppins smelled another dog on him.

"Uh oh, vibe check." He mutters, used to this by now. In his hands, Wade was holding some takeout from the local Olive Garden and a coffee in the other. Holding them up so he couldn't spill them. Trying to sniff at the food, Logan stands on his tiptoes only to use a hand, pulling it down. "Excuse me, where are your manners?" Wade teases.

Sniffing the hell out of it, Logan huffs through his nose, giving Wade a glance of betrayal.

"What? I asked if you wanted to go to OG with me and Vanessa. You didn't wanna go."

"......" The head tilt makes him roll his eyes, playfully smiling. "But yes, I did, in fact, bring you back some breadsticks. Honestly, though, why don't you ever come with us? I mean, it's OG, not RL."

Red Lobster. Wade steps into the kitchen, setting down the food and starts to take off his coat.

"Then you can eat as many breadsticks as you want!- Hey, no. That's my parm. Don't mess with my parm, peanut." He says, pointing at him sternly with a glance, seeing Logan leaning over the counter, his nose nudging the bag as he proceeded to sniff.

"Oooh...Hi pup." He tests the waters, realizing what was going on. Logan has been stressed out recently. A bit too stressed out, with the big city and all, the noises, smells (and the fact Althea was on some kind of cartel trip with her 'girls' to LA this week) he was on edge. It seems either it got too much or he let himself go, becoming a state that was much similar to a nervous rescue.

Logan looked up, blushing, and tried to hide his face against the counter with his hands, whose fingers were curled up close to his palm.

Wade smiles, coming around to try to touch him, but Logan jolted away, lowering his head and baring his teeth.

"Okay- okay.." his hands go up as he comes to the hook where puppins harness and leash was, pulling a blue collar off the wall. Crouching, He holds out his hands, smiling. "Logan. Here pup." Wade whistles some, showing him the collar.

"You want this big boy? Or do you want your other one?" The one stuffed under his bed in a shoebox labeled 'Logan's, DON'T open'

Dropping down, he sniffs the collar, backing away if Wade moves at all, taking a step forward with such hesitantcy. "This one? Blue? Or your red one?" He asks, letting Logan take his time only to sit, holding still and looking at him through those gorgeous hazelnut eyelashes of his. "Good job, champ, good choice." He says, carefully snapping the nylon around his neck.

With the snap of the collar, Logan backs up, shaking his neck and body to relieve stress.

"Better?"

Without a word, he crawls away, going to the corner of the room where puppin's small round pink bed was, stepping into it and circled a bit before laying down. The majority of his body didn't fit inside of the bed. Curling up best he could, Logan pulls her hello kitty blanket over him, too.

"Oh.. i.. Wolvie I don't think you fit in there. And that's not yours.."

Seeing the big man on the floor usually meant he wanted to play, coming to him, puppins tail wagged going around to sniff and lick at him only for Logan to growl lowly. And not the good kind. The kind he rarely did, mainly when feral.

"Oh- No, Logan, no. That's her bed you can't-"

With a brisk walk, he goes to pick up Mary, not wanting anything to happen that might damage their trust in one another.

But Logan snapped, instantly getting up out of the bed, hairs raised, snarling at the both of them. He didn't like being cornered. And he didn't like Wade standing over him like that.

"Alright, alright.. but that's not yours." He says to him. "Your beds in the bedroom, remember? Come on, pup. Here puppy puppy puppy. This way!" But He didn't come, Puppins did.

He sighs, leaning down to pet her. "No, not you, silly girl. You're such a good girl but papas trying to- Logan? Peanut?" Wade stands, stepping back into the livingroom before finding him in the kitchen slowly pacing like a caged tiger.

"Whatcha doing, big boy?"

Flopping down on the cool tile, a deep sigh came from him as he lays here like an old dog trying to soothe the aches in its bones.

"What's wrong, pup?"

Logan only stares, his eyes cold and glazed over as if his mind was far from here.

"Oh.. I see." Crouching about 2 feet from him, Wade sits cross cross, his hands in his lap. "Logan baby... they're not coming to get you. I won't let them. I wouldn't ever let them get my puppy. You're okay. We'll be okay."

Still, he is still, curled with chin on the floor, his tag making a small jingle sound when he moves slightly away.

"Okay.. alright. I can take a hint." While Wade wasn't perfect at this yet, he totally understood when enthusiastic consent wasn't given. It was kind of their whole shtick.

Standing up, Wade walks away, deciding he should do something productive while Logan needed space, he needed a calm environment, somewhere safe and sound to remember his past. Process it. He wondered what triggered it this time. Was it being alone? He knew how clingy Logan was and he hated being along. But he asked if he wanted to come along! He really did. And he would have paid for all three of their meals too. He hated when Logan did this. When he agrees to something he can't handle because his 'manly man' state of mind, that needing to be with Wade at all times is-

Dont say it. Dont say it. Don't say it.

PAWthetic.

You're a moron.

Worth it.

When Wade starts to walk away, Logan's head perks up, tears softly streaming down his face as he stares, watching him leave the kitchen. The hot tears hit the tile with a tiny 'Tnk' that only he could hear. Standing up, he slowly, silently follows him. "....."

His head stays lowered, more tears hitting the carpet, his face wet and eyes glossy with cloudy glaze. Sitting down, He watched Wade work throughout the apartment, his eyes trailing him as he starts to fold clothes on the bed, litsening to him hum.

The dead stare he has is enough for Wade to jump when he turns around, seeing nothing but the bright teary eyes in the dark hallway.

"JESU- Logan! You're going to give me a... oh honey.. what's wrong, baby?" Putting the folded shirt down, he crouches down to him. "Can you tell me?"

Logan tilts his head, innocent and terrified all at once, puzzled as to why Wade was even speaking to him. As if Wade was speaking a language he didn't understand. His ears rung, a high pitched beep coming though his ear, the other side holding the rhythm of his own heart beat. It was loud. Too loud.

His eyes, wide and wet, staring at him, the salty stream drenching his shirt and dripping down his chin.

"Wuhan? Ahutz uonhg?"

His head tilts the other way, blinking just the once, still staring.

"Sentwart?"

Wade takes a step forward. Logan's pupils get smaller, baring his teeth again. He can feel the growl inside his tight throat.

It's now that he realizes his stomach hurts. When was the last time since they fed him? Turning, He scampered away with a glance behind him, being sure Wade wasn't following him. He didn't like him right now. He smelled weird, he talked weird, his eyes stung, he didn't want him to touch him, but he didn't want to be alone either.

Coming back to the kitchen, he began to sniff at the bowl on the floor, trying to determine if it was safe to eat or not. Mmh... it didn't smell poisoned.. didn't smell good either. But it smelt better than some of the other mush he's been fed before. Taking a bite, he began to chew it up, making a scrunch in his nose at how dry the food was.

The small pitter patter of feet running over made Logan start to growl lowly again, pulling the bowl closer to him and tensed up, putting his bared teeth in front of the tiny dog.

There was a snarl and a yelp. A scream of pain. At least that's what Wade thought. Rushing out of the room, he gasps, witnessing Mary on her back and Logan standing over her. "Logan!! That's enough! Off! Go!" Shooing him, the man flinches away, backing up as he picks her up, Searching for bite or claw marks. Turns out she had just been so scared that she had just pissed herself, and was not injured.

Wagging her little tail, She licks Wade's face submissivly, looking guilty for peeing on the floor but not as much as Logan, Who's eyes were huge, looking up at him with his head almost all the way to the floor, limbs close to him.

"You can't do that, pup! She's tiny! And you can't eat dog food?? Why are you eating dog food? Are you hungry?"

Logan doesn't say anything. He doesn't even move. He only whimpers, But he's so stiff that Wade knows if he tried to go near him, Logan would bite his leg.

Sighing, He puts puppins down, letting her go to her food bowl. Logan shifts, pulling his head back up with a growl.

"Hey! Leave it! That's hers. I won't let you be mean to her, I know you're going through some stuff right now but you can't eat dog food Logan!" He expresses, his voice strained and stressed himself. "Puppins is your friend. You can't... You can't... She's not a wolf, peanut. She dosn't understand when you-"

Logans eyes are back on puppin's glaring as if this was her fault. He was being scolded because SHE tried to take the food HE was eating. He wasn't - no. Couldn't- process that this wasn't even his food to be gaurding.

Wade sighs. He needed Logan to understand this, that his wolf like corrections weren't going to work on the tiny bald dog. He didn't want to have too, but he felt there was no other way.

"Bad boy, Logan."

His head jerks up to him, mouth slightly open.

"That's a very bad boy!"

His entire demenure changes. The tears get thicker as he blinks, sniffling and looking at him as if he just kicked him in the stomach. His heart strings snapping as he stared at the ground, whining and shamfully went back to the kitchen, curling up in the corner.

He was bad ....and that was finale.

Wade had said it, immediately regretting it as he followed him trying to apologize, but it was as if Logan couldn't even hear him or just blatantly ignoring him..

"Alright, alright.. well...No. I can fix this. We can fix this. I really am sorry, though. I didn't mean it I just -" seeing Logan not even blink, he was convinced that he was millions of miles from here, mentally in a forest somewhere, burrowed and alone. "Okay- You stay here. Okay? You stay here and I'll get you your own stuff. Mkay, big boy? Here. I'll turn on your playlist. Come on, puppins. You can't stay with Daddy today. Were going to the pet store, princess!" He says, the little dog wiggling around as Wade clasps the harness around her.

Why wade Wade leaving him? Was he really that mad at him?

Logan's head perks up for a split second, watching Wade clip the leash onto her. Why was he taking puppins and not him? Oh yeah...

Why would Wade ever love a bad dog like him?

He wouldn't..

His head lowered back onto the floor, a sigh coming from his lungs as his eyes began to sting again, tears falling into his chops and down the crease of his nose.

"Oh! Right almost forgot-" clicking a few buttons, the speaker began to play. Turning it down a bit, Logan I'm going to the pet shop. Ill be back soon. Here, have some bread sticks. No more dog food! And stay out of the trash. I love you, wolvie... please don't do anything stupid while I'm gone.." he says, shutting the door behind him.

He turns away from the bag of bread sticks, curling up tighter on the cold floor.

..He wouldn't.... but he promised..

[bitchy-craft]

The Difference Between You And Your Future Spouse's Ex

Hello and welcome to this Pick A Pile! In here you'll find a the difference between you and your fs's ex. I hope you guys enjoy and find this useful. Do make sure to leave comments down below on your experience! I want to remind you all that this is a General Pick A Pile which means this is for a lot of people: therefore keep what resonates and leave what doesn't.

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Pick A Pile!

Pile 1:

The ex of your future spouse had a personality that was way smaller than yours. They weren't openly passionate about a lot of things, didn't show their excitement in big gestures. They were mostly neutral when it came to expressing their emotions and needs. They found everything 'just fine' and if there was something wrong they had a tendency to use a form of the silent treatment as a 'punishment', even though that made it even more difficult for your future partner to fix anything that was going in.

Because of this your future spouse had trouble communicating with their ex. This being one of the reasons why the relationship eventually broke apart.

Pile 2:

The ex of your future spouse was really clingy and jealous. They had a hard time letting your future spouse go out with friends, even when they'd be invited. And if after a lot of complaining they did decide to tag along they'd often make passive agressive comments and try to go home really early.

Your future spouse likes socialising with friends and family, likes having a big social circle. Their ex had a ton of problems with that and showed that in different ways like the one I just talked about. Eventually that was one of the main reasons why the relationship broke off.

Pile 3:

The relationship between your ex and your future spouse was mainly good but as life progressed the two of them parted ways with no big feelings. This most likely happened when going to college / university and deciding not to try on long distance.

Your future spouse and their ex went along great with one another but did have different passions, and different views on things such as life, morals, the future. When comparing their ex to you, you allign way better with what your future spouse likes in a relationship, what they need, what they enjoy doing and are interested about. This really is the most healthy pile of all.

[oconist]

I posted a note saying how bad I feel for Esteban but how glad I am he's leaving Alpine (meaning to say that I hope he goes to a good team) and a good friend of mine replied with "yeah I don't like him, bad driver, agreed" and I have no idea how to respond to that... I'm a new F1 fan so no stats ready but I DO know he's not a bad driver but all I can talk about is his background growing up but IDK I need help responding pls?

hi!! same sentiment here, hope he has a contract but glad he left that toxic team.

he's not a bad driver, despite what people say. if u check his stats in feeder series like f3 n gp3 he was a consistent driver that was usually in the podium. if you check his early f1 stats, he had good first full year in force india (points in every race except a retirement and a p12) and was usually close to checo in the standings (if he wasn't being disqualified or had retirements) or his other teammates (last year with 6 retirements vs gasly's 2 and like a 4? 6? point difference)

the year with the biggest position difference is 2020, covid year, in which esteban had not raced in an f1 car for a year against dric who had already a year on the team.

most people think he's a bad driver because of the collisions he has been in, specially with his teammates, but only two of them have been fully his fault (a collision with perez and now in monaco with gasly). the problem is the people he gets in collisions with, and the reason why most people are quick to blame him. drivers that, as usual, blame the other before checking the on-board after the race (which is normal behaviour btw and totally expected, it's weirder if a driver doesn't defend themselves) but ocon never really defends himself, and his biggest/most memorable crashes are with drivers like checo, alonso and verstappen that have big diehard fanbases.

it's true that his style is agressive, but he has also proven he is a team player when needed (defended gasly in australia 2023 after the crash, does follow team orders on the radio, not to mention that he has never talked badly about any team nor teammate he has had and is always cheering the team up on the radio [radio this year after alpine sucked, he was the first to open the radio and cheer the team up, while gasly said the car sucked (true)]). people forget that your teammate is your first rival, but ocon doesn't and unless he is told otherwise, he races them as if they were any other driver. and he normally is on par with his teammate, so of course there are going to be fights between them.

most of the time he does deliver with his overtakes and defense. he is good at managing tyres (record for longest stint in c3 tyres in baku, turkey 2021 where he didn't change tyres, alpine relying on him to manage tyres for all their one pit stop strategies all these years) and good at qualifying.

also, he has never been in a good car, either backmarkers (now and his first half year in f1) or midfield cars and yet he has a win, a 2nd place and a 3rd place. he is consistently in the points if the car allows it, has been praised by prost and is a good test driver and at giving feedback.

i hope the reason why he left alpine is because of the disrespect he has been put through and i really hope that he has a contract for next year. i have never seen a driver been more attacked by his own team (rossi, bruno, otmar) than ocon in the recent years.

[sophsicle]

haha so like who is jack hughes he’s all over my fyp

oh my god.

thank u so much 4 this ask.

lets talk about it.

let me paint u a scene.

SO. Jack Hughes. he is, first and foremost, a middle child. this, i feel, is important information. he also looks like a lil doll.

WHICH. is a complicated thing 2 look like in hockey. because, on the one hand, u have mass appeal amongst teenage girls (boys and theys) but you automatically have the hatred of all old men who watch hockey and young men named some variation of Brayden who "would have made it if they didn't break their pinky finger in juniors" or whatever. and now they look at jack hughes who is both pretty and talented and they hate him. so sad 4 them. they should probs get over that tho. also he is 5'11. which he will tell you. agressively. is not small. but average. AVERAGE HEIGHT. SO. just - jot that right down, okay???????? (again, 4 context, anything below six ft. in hockey is small TM)

ANYWAY SO. Jack Hughes, pretty lil boi that he is, goes first overall in the draft in 2019 (i think) at age 18, because the nhl is a cradle robber, and, if u don't know how the draft works, the worse the team the earlier they get to pick, so he goes to one of the worst teams in the league (the new jersey devils) and in a SHOCKING turn of events this teenager does not manage to save this team immediately and therefore is attacked.

(sad jack hughes edits are my JAM i'm gonna be real)

HOWEVER, Jack Hughes's super power, and i say this with the utmost love and affection, is that he is. dumb. and he simply never once stops believing in himself. like truly, the dumber u are the less anxiety u have. one time. his team was not that great but they were winning games somehow and a reporter asked him about it and he was like "yeah we're just too stupid to lose. like we don't know we're bad so we don't know we're supposed to lose" which. tbh *inspiring*

being dumb also means he is unintentionally one of the funniest players in the nhl.

ALSO, idk how to explain this. but like. there's a whole thing where he didn't know how to cook broccoli one time, and it haunts him 2 this day and it makes me laugh.

BUT the most important thing to understand about Jack Hughes is that he loves his brothers. he has an older brother, Quinn, who is A GEM. a gift. the sweetest hockey play 2 ever hockey. and a younger brother Luke, who plays on his team. and these boys do nothing but support each other 24/7 it is truly HEART WARMING. and precioussss.

"my brothers are good hockey players, but they're better people" - Luke Hughes

Last, but not least. Jack Hughes is a member of the NHL boy band known as Trevor Zegras, Cole Caulfield and Jack Hughes. All pretty and very good players who were on the same juniors team and are now in the NHL

AND THAT is Jack Hughes lore 101 I feel

[meowmeowmeowmeow4x]

Dark Blue Moon and the Suffering Sun Capitulo 2

credit @brekitten @bucketorandomness @hermit-scribe-vibe for help and inspiracion :D

Danny clamped his teeth down on his kill, at last a fish big enough that to feed the both of them, and which hadn't escaped. Ear fins fanned out, he kept wary of approaching hums of boat engines.It could've been only a few minutes, but to Danny it was as if hours had passed. He'd already failed Damian once, and for his distraction he earned a new gash or two from his hunt.

Danny startled when he came back. Damian had not awoken just yet, but the transformation was complete. Dark green scales enveloped every inch of skin on his body, soft from youth. Spots of gold scales like freckles gathered around his cheeks, and at the base of each of his fins and transitioned into full golden membrane with the faintest red along the tips.

And of course, Damian had no legs, none at all, replaced by the thick sinew and muscles of a siren's tail. All of this Danny knew would happen, and expected, but he never thought about how tiny Damian looked at the moment.

From head to tailfin, Damian's new height (or length?) only equalled half of his human height. Siren children were small compared to humans, for sure, but even Youngblood was easily a head or two taller than Damian at this moment.

Before he could ruminate further, Damian's eyes shot open. Faster than Danny could blink, the new siren launched himself at Daniel with a piercing shriek of a war cry.

Damian's talons gripped onto Danny's scales, and his jaw snapped down upon his shoulder like a vice. Danny yelped and fell upon his back and bent his sail.

Damian's tiny hands wrapped around the elder boy's neck. His tiny young face twisted into an honestly shocking amount of anger and agression. His hackles rose and his fins stood at full attention.

"Where am I?! What have you done to me?! Return me to my original form or perish!" Damian spat out in hissed clicks and chirps. Despite the situation, Danny finds himself thinking he had to be really upset if he didn't even notice the change in voice.

"Answer me!" Damian hiss and bared his teeth. Danny gulped, which was difficult considering the tiny hands vice-gripping his neck. Suddenly he realised he'd never had to comfort a newly-turned before.

"H-hey hey hey now, there's no need to get all murderous over here!" That was the wrong thing to say, because suddenly there was a katana straight for his neck. "Where did you get that?!"

"From my clothes, you buffon, the clothes that you violently relieved me off. What other untoward things have you done with my body? Speak!"

"Look I didn't do anything untoward to your body I swear! I was trying to save you!"

"You mutilated me! You kidnapped me and drowned me and now you clain innocence with nothing to prove such a notion!" Damian's grip wavered for a moment, and Danny realised something. This kid was probalby scared out of his life, and his shouting wasn't helping anything. The smaller boy's gills flapped open. His breathing laboured, heavily.

"You need water. You're not gonna survive long.

"I can kill you long before that point." Gently, Danny picked the child up by the waist, his arms far outreaching the boy's tiny limbs. "Unhand my you psychotic murdering wretch!"

Horns blared in the distance. Damian's body seized up, his ear fins curling in on themselves in Danny's peripheral vision. "They've caught up to us."

"Good, now it means you can be put to justice and I reunited with my father."

Danny coiled his tail and pulled Damian against his chest, against the boy's protests. "The only thing they're gonna unite you with is a scalpel."

"I said unhand me!"

"No time!" Danny uncoiled like a spring and shot into the water. GiW agents shouted above the surface. Danny held him tight against his body. Motors roared into action and echoed through the water. Sonars rang in his ears. But they could never catch up to even a teenage siren.

Pain rocked up his arm. Danny loosed his grip, and Damian slipped out. After floundering for just a few seconds, Damian righted himself and bolted for the ships. The speed at which he made for the freaking GiW shocked Danny. This kid was a human less than an hour ago!

Shit. "Where the heck are you going?!" Danny shouted. He wasted precious seconds turning around and doubling back. "They're not gonna help you Damian!"

"You cannot fool me with your temptations, siren!" Daman spat out. Then he did the absolute worst thing. He surfaced.

Danny's heart sank again. No, no, not again. He pushed through as fast as he could. Damian shouted something above the water. An agent in cold sunglasses aimed a gun at him.

Damian seemed to realise his mistake. He tried to evade the attack, but his strange body just left him rolling over in place.

Danny's eyes glowed blue. Seawater froze into ice in his hands, and he tossed the spear over water. The spear landed an inch away from where the agent was standing. In his shock, he lowered his gun. Danny shot forward. He grabbed Damian's hand and pulled him away. Harpoons flew into the water. Danny ducked and weaved through all of them and full speed. Soon they were far behind the horizon.

[hoseokslefteyebrow]

Imagine your dad being a Miguel O’Hara variant and meeting Miguel pt.2

Pairing : Platonic! Miguel O'Hara x Earth Bender Reader x Spiderverse

I am back with my rant. anyway, it’s pt.2 to this,

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Miguel O’Hara Masterlist

OKAY SO

We're back on the rant.

Because someone (cough @arianaw30) commented about how Miguel would also be like a dad to Y/N whilst Miguel 2, her actual dad, is on a mission.

And I totally agree. 

Like imagine Miguel 2 being sent out on a mission and Y/N just deciding to hang out at HQ for the day. And this mission is on a regular week day so most teen spiders and regular spider people would be out and about in their regular lives.

Which leaves Y/N with Miguel. (And her bestie Ben Reilly, but he sleeps until it's practically night, soo-)

I can also imagine that Y/N received their own gizmo. And that they'd hack it. Because although they might hate actually learning stuff because they simply can't sit still, they are still very intelligent. Like they'd mess around with the colours, and as a bender with the surrounding pieces of metal as well. They'd definitely change the colour of the screen and remodel the whole thing, complaining before that it looks a little bland and boring.

Miguel would surprisingly be okay with it as well. He didn't make it to look specifically nice, more because it'd be useful. And he's got a soft spot for you. If it were anyone else he'd be yelling already.

Miguel 2 would also have told you bits about Miguel back at home. Like he would have told you that he's cold because he lost people close to him. He does leave out how one of those people was a variant of you.

Miguel and Miguel 2 are very different in taking care of you. Miguel 2 is the type to leave you be until you royally mess up, because he knows you best. Miguel himself is more the overprotective type, refusing to let you go on a mission, and also not to keen on having anyone spar with you.

Anyway, whenever it's mainly just the two of you, you keep him company. And although you're not a kid, you're surprisingly easily amused. (That's also because technology isn't as far advanced in your world as it is in his.) You can talk for hours on end with both Lyla and Miguel. Once Miguel asked how you don't feel offended when he's grumpy or particularly agressive, and you replied with a confused cock of your hand and the exact words 'what do you mean? You're my dad, of course I know you better than anyone.' And although you're technically not 100% his, he realizes you're right. Because Miguel 2 and Miguel are generally the same, save for a specific few details.

And I can also imagine Miguel keeping a closer eye on Ben Reilly when the two of you grow even closer. Neither of you have feelings for one another, your personalities simply bounce off one another with ease. Miguel still can't help himself, Just the classic 'don't marry until you're old type'.

Everything does come to tension when you're hanging out with Ben one day, and your dad, Miguel 2, calls for back up desperately. The call is through Ben's watch, because you're technically forbidden to interfere as you're no spider person. But you're stubborn, double so as you're from the Earth kingdom and an O'Hara. And so you of course jump anyway, sending yourself into this new universe.

You don't bother appreciating the beauty of this universe, instead choosing to directly go looking for your dad. And you're quick to find him, under a tentackle of doc ock. A villain your powers give you an advantage of, as the man has a lot of metal on him.

Now imagine Doc Ock's surprise when you rip off his tentackle with a few precise movements of your body.

There were already two spider people on his ass (your father and Peter B Parker), and now you've also joined. 

Now the battle continues mostly with Doc Ock focused on you, and with you setting his 'tentackles' stuck in the ground, bending them to be unmoveable one by one. Your Miguel is already back on his feet and on his way to you, but meanwhile Peter B Parker is completely and utterly amazed by your performance here. (He hasn't met you yet.)  

Dock Ock has a lot of arms, and eventually he manages to bring a scratch on your face. Not much more, because that was his last tentackle. Unhappy with his doing, you create a ninja star out of lava, and cut this arm off, before whacking him in the face with it. You're not merciless though, so you bend his tentackle arm closed to keep him from making a mess with the fluids that run out of it, closing it off.

Miguel 2 pulls you behind him roughly after that, trapping the man in their odd red prison thingy. Cue a little while later when you're in Miguel's lab with a few stitches in your face, and not one, but two dads being mad at you. 

For the first time, they agree on why they're mad at you; you weren't supposed to be there. The both of them yell in that classic angry dad type of way for a bit, before they eventually calm down. And than they grow all soft when you softly whisper out a 'I didn't want to lose you too.' Breaking their hearts just a bit. And Miguel 2 crouches down to where you're seated comfortably on the ground and simply hugs you, telling you he never would and that you would be okay. All you do is hum in reply, and Miguel 2 messes up your hair as he often does affectionately before seeing the look on Miguel's face and giving you two space by leaving, claiming he needs a shower (you agree).

Miguel doesn't really know what to say, but he wants to comfort you aswell. Eventually he settles with telling you that if something were to happen to your dad, you'd still have a home here in the society. You hum, before looking up at him, a question clear in your eyes. When he tells you to ask away, you fill his heart with a kind of pride that he hasn't felt in a long while. You ask him if you could follow in his footsteps. You want to work in the society as well, and be able to do what he's able to do, admitting that you look up to him. And he smiles in that kind of way he only dies around you, nodding and telling you he'll teach you his ways.

Miguel might have lost a daughter once, but it seems he's gained one along the way as well.

[fl00mie]

Bro if they have just a little milisecond gaze I’m gonna cry and trow up, Top loves he’s son like crazy I cant even imagine the pain of knowing what he has become or has done. And I don’t think ink would stand it neither, let’s remember that the only vial he has left it’s the blue one (sadnes if we consider the prism colection) so my buddy right here it’s avoiding feeling sad over he’s actions at all cost it seems. Maybe it’s actually posible they see eachother??? Since it seems in 0.7 part 2 that ink has some thing planned for the omega timeline and they are there, but who knows.

Maaaaaan ☹️

WAIT YOU'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING WHAT THE HELLLL LIKE imma assume those two are the canon ones in the omega timeline because there's no need (ig) to intervene with their true selves and stuff so WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THEM REACTING TO INK IN UVS AND WHAT HE DID WOULD BE HEARTBREAKING ASF☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️😭 YET i'd be super hyped if it happens I REALLY HOPE SO🙏💔💔💔

and the vial thing, yeah.. i always keep this line of mye in mind about the vials not having certain meanings besides the red and yellow/orange ones (wrath/agressivity and euphoria respectively) and that it is more up to the community to think about them more to detail. i did believe in this more confidently when in the prism collection itself the green sticker of ink wasn't representing any gross situation (which are the meanings many people think of first when talking about green) while blue and pink respected more this attachment to the most common meanings, green seemed to symbolize the nature of craftsmanship and that's neat!! though, i didn't think of this collection when analyzing the blue vial left in uvs— AND IDK WHY BECAUSE IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE

i'm very excited to see what ink has planned ahahhqhwbeb🥹🥹🥹🥹🥲😭🥹🙏🙏 like i don't know if uvs ink does have parents in the first place?? IT WOULD BE VERY FUN TO PLAY WITH THAT AT SOME POINT, sounds delightful that your own son doesn't even know who or what you are..... (my inner xgaster begs)

[mask131]

You know what? I will actually make my post about this problem (and even talk about some misogynistic implications! yeepee!)

It all started with the recent depiction of Hestia in the show "Blood of Zeus". Now... I did not watch the second season of Blood of Zeus, because the first season already gave me enough reasons to dislike the show and rank it among the bad depictions of Greek mythology. But I couldn't escape the massive success and presence of season 2 on Youtube, so I did watch some of the scenes of "Hestia doing battled" and throwing fire-balls and fire-tornadoes at people.

I do not take offense to that. Why? Because this fits the show's aesthetic and goal. As much as I dislike this, the show is about doing huge battles and being an action-piece filled with gore, taking cues from things like God of War, and depicting the gods as violent and destructive and warriors always fighting and killing people. So having Hestia weaponize her fire was expected from this show - I would have been surprised she didn't do it.

HOWEVER! What I take offense to is how people reacted to this. I saw the flood of comments which were basically "Yas girl, show them queen, burn them to a crisp, show you're the oldest and most powerful!". Some even said "This is the best depiction of Hestia alongside Riordan's". And to THAT I take offense. Now I know there is a symbolic plotline about Hestia protecting the omphalos, and honestly this sounds cool and good, but I am not speaking about it. I am speaking about Hestia you know, fighting monsters and demons by unleashing winds and waves of fire on them.

This isn't what the Greek goddess Hestia is about. She is not a fighter, she is not a warrior, she is not a power of destruction or war, she literaly is the most passive and peaceful entity you can find in Greek mythology. And in this light, Riordan's depiction of Hestia in his novel "The Last Olympian" is far superior because Riordan gets what makes Hestia who she is, and he prepares the story to show her in the role she fulfills: a woman sitting by a fire, welcoming people, feeding them, talking to them, guarding and staying awake and behind, and just... keeping the last fort, so to speak. And by doing so proving herself immensely cool and powerful and important. (That's another tip for writers out there: if you are confronted with a conflict of character versus plot... you know you are supposed to sometimes tailor the plot specifically to allow the character to shine as they were intended to be, and you are not forced to modify a character to fit your plot? Don't want to depict Hestia as a warrior deity because she was not that? Simple: don't show her being directly in battle or in need of defending herself. Write about something else instead).

I will admit that my teenage-self would have loved to see Hestia throwing fireballs - because that's the edgy stuff teenagers love (and I guess this is why "Blood of Zeus" works so much, it was literaly designed for your edgy teens). But I am an adult now and I know better. And I have also enough experience to see that people wishing and craving for a fireball-throwing Hestia is symptomatic of something much wider.

This wider thing being: modern audiences have a very hard time understanding that you can have immensely powerful characters who are mighty without being violent, agressive and hostile. I will be biased because events in my life and the real world are revealing we are living in an hyper-violent time, but this indeed led me to think about this topic.

Hestia is a manifestation of this idea that "might and importance does not mean violence". But there are many, many others, and to take a similar example I will dig up a Tolkien example I adore. Melian, from the Silmarillion. People got into a whole drama when "The Rings of Power" was released because of Galadriel's depiction, and I am NOT getting into that. But Melian and Morgoth's fight is linked, because it was Tolkien's precursor to Galadriel's battle against Sauron. So, what about Melian? She is a demigoddess among mortals, a divine spirit more powerful than the magic users we are knowing in the Tolkien universe (more powerful than Gandalf or Saruman), and one of the main ennemies of Morgoth himself, the OG Dark Lord and the baddest of the big bads. She is one of the mightiest entities to have walked Middle-Earth outside of the Valar themselves, and how does it manifests itself?

By the Girdle of Melian. A magical protection of her land. But does this magic wall manifests as spikes of fire? Are trespassers killing by a thunderbolt? Not at all. You can't even see the Girdle. Melian's magic simply... protects her land, and shields it from the eyes of evil. It makes intruders confused and lost and it leads them astray, without actually harming them. And Melian repels all the evil spells and dark curses and malevolent forces. And that's it. Simple, invisible, passive - and yet one of the most powerful enchantments and impressive feats of magic of Middle-Earth, able to keep Morgoth himself at bay.

This later would earn Tolkien's writing some criticism, as Tolkien was very fond of this idea of "passive power" for women (outside of his two famous "active" women, Eowyn and Luthien), and it fed into the unfortunate fantasy stereotype of "women are passive, men are active" (itself a manifestation of the underlyng misogyny among 20th century fantasy literature as a whole). But this is a good manifestation of how Tolkien imitated and took inspiration from old mythologies and legends - where this idea of "passive power" was VERY prevalent and important.

Hestia and Melian are just two examples I took out of my hat, but there are many many more, and they all rely in one principle: you have great and mighty powers that make some characters (or places, or items) dreaded by villains and beloved by the good people ; you have these forces that repel all evil and that are to be considered sacred and to be protected ; you have these ancient and immensely powerful entities that outrank everybody... and yet who never lift a hand against someone else, and who don't unleash floods or storms onto people, and who never even threatened to harm anybody. Because their very power relies on other principles, because they are a form of sacred power in what it has of... essential I'll say. This specific motif is VERY prevalent among Christian legends (at least European Catholic flavors) because it was heavily used when depicting saints and angels. One of the recurring motif of hagiography (the life of the saints and the legends surrounding them) is how the saint does not threaten those that wish to put them to death, never lift a finger against those that try to harm them - but by the very power of their sacredness, love/wisdom/goodness, weapons break against them or cannot reach them, and those that wish to destroy them are rendered powerless. In a wider scope it is also reflected in other Christian-derived myths like the vampire myth: before people decided to "visualize" the vampire's weakness to sacredness by having crosses or churches burn the vampire alive, it was just... the vampire literaly couldn't enter the church, and just fled away, like some mental compulsion, before the cross.

It is a concept and idea of the "sacred" and of the "sacred power" (so to speak) that existed since the Ancient Greeks to modern Catholics, and that heavily fueled and fed our fiction from old fairytales to modern fantasy novels. And it is something that is being completely lost as today power means: fighting, hitting, beating up, unleashing storms and chaos, and threatening to break every single finger of the people who are angry at you. It is even more annoying because we are not speaking about real life here. We are talking about MAGIC and about FANTASY and so EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

And I promised you more misogyny well here it is... I noticed something recently and that might be just me extrapoling things, but while this whole "passive power" idea has been heavily criticized for female characters (in a very right way, as one cannot deny passive women in fantasy was indeed a big problem) and is now fully rejected, I can't help but notice that when it comes to male characters suddenly it is praised and glorified, especially as how it depicts men "not being violents for once". And... I can't help but think, cynical little mind that I am, that maybe by trying to flee one form of misogyny we enter another one, because the implicit of "passive power" being good for men but laughable for women, is that... women need to be active and violent and brutalizing to prove themselves, while men do not have to. The sort of inherent sacredness and respect people once gave to women has now passed onto men - because men do not need to "prove" they're strong anymore, everybody is supposed to know this - while women, if they try to just be a power in themselves and by themselves, get ridiculed because "If someone comes with a mace, they won't be able to defend themselves". Almost as if people can't take seriously anymore the idea that you just have women so powerful they don't even need to fight to defeat you.

I don't know, here I am truly rambling around, and this is a Charybdis and Scylla scenario because you literaly have problems whether you depict women as active or passive, since both sides are hated by different people and both bear their inherent biases and stereotypes.

But conclusion: I wish when it comes to power and magic and gods we had more depictions of passive and non-violent forces. I am tired enough of the violence in the real-world I don't need even more added onto my screen in an unecessary way. If I want to see a goddess burn everything to the ground, I go look for Pele, or Sekhmet. I don't look for Hestia.

[rey-jake-therapist]

I hesitated before making this post, thinking that maybe there wasn't a point in doing it, but oh well... It needs to get out somehow.

We talked a lot of the Elrond*iel kiss, and for me it IS the biggest issue with episode 7 because it's not framed as platonic and it doesn't make any sense for it to be filmed this way... But that's not the only "problem" I see in episode 7, even though I also consider it to be the best episode of season 2.

The problem is that if a *certain theory* doesn't come true, there's a certain number of plot holes that I will try to list here while making sense. Let's start with...

The scene in the tent

WHERE THE HELL IS GIL-GALAD????

I know I'm not the one who finds very strange that Gil-Galad didn't join Elrond and Adar for the negotiations. He is the KING! Adar held Galadriel hostage, he wanted to negotiate with the Elves, but Gil-Galad just let Elron go there on his own? And with only Vohoril to accompany him? For the record, Gil-Galad was right behind Elrond when he ordered to charge. We see him for 2 sec, look, he looks gorgeous in his armor!

Wait a minute.... Gil-Galad? Where are you? Oh you're gone?!

It's a problem I keep coming back to, because when Elrond and the Elves charge Adar, we don't see anyone stay behind. And they didn't charge for long : Elrond saw Galadriel in the cage, and stopped charging. Gil-Galad could have very well joined them for the negotiations, but for some reasons... He didn't. He just disappeared into thin air apparently, and didn't think his presence at a meeting that could be decisive for the rest of the battle was required. Apparently.

As it has been noticed by others, Elrond's face is almost clean in this scene, while a minute before, his face was very dirty. It even appears clean under the tent, we only see a thin line on his cheek under a certain light.

I've been told that Elrond proposes "solution for a peaceful resolution" to Adar, which he refuses. It's just wrong though : the only thing that he does is threatening to spill the blood of his "children", and to put a blade under Adar's neck the next time they meet on the field. He also low key encourages the Orcs to rebel against Adar, which is not very "peaceful" either.

The issue I have with that? Well, in season 1 and in season 2, there's an emphasis made on the fact that Elrond is... a politician. Now I'm asking : is the politician in the room with us? Cause I certainly don't see him in that scene. Elrond is agressive, warmonger, and it seems the only reason he came in the tent was to provide Galadriel a mean to escape. There's only person here who tries to propose something (obviously unacceptable), and it's Adar. Elrond proposes nothing. He threatens, kisses Galadriel, gives her the pin and leaves. Oh and he stirs doubts amongst the Orcs to incite them to rebellion too. I wonder who it makes me think of, let me see... what character uses these methods on a regular basis...? Oh yeah. It's not surprising at all that Elrond "negotiates" with Adar using Sauron's playbook. Not at all.

Speaking of the pin : Elrond doesn't take any precaution to take it off his cloak in a way that no one can notice. On the contrary, he looks at Ghûl ofstraight in the eye when he does that, and there are several Orcs behind Ghûl who have without a doubt noticed what he was doing. And yet, for some reasons... No one says a word.

I know what you're thinking : Ghûl wasn't happy with Adar's decision to attack Eregion and Sauron, so he chose to remain quiet and let Elrond do whatever with it. I have three major objections to this idea:

Elrond couldn't know for certain that Ghûl wouldnt say anything. Yes, he saw Ghûl react when Elrond asked if the Orcs were ok to die for Adar's obsession, but he had no insurance regarding Ghûl's reaction. Don't get me started on the other Orcs, who just groaned.

Ghûl had no interest whatsoever in helping Elrond. When she escapes, Galadriel won't stop Adar from attacking! That ship has sailed, she won't do that. What did Ghûl have to gain in this, except finding his buddies dead, killed by Galadriel when she'd escape? Nothing. And he doesn't seem to be involved in any way, as far as we can see.

Also, after he took off his pin Elrond faced Adar again. Adar apparently didn't notice Elrond's pin was missing 🤡 So, yes, Elrond casually removing his pin without caring that someone would see IS weird.

The distraction kiss! Or so called distraction kiss. Sorry, sorry, but I can't make a post about that scene and not mention the problem in the claim that this kiss was just a distraction !

It's supposed to be a distraction kiss, but we see nobody distracted. We don't see the Orcs watching, neither do we see Adar. The only ones watching are the audience. And instead of focusing on the "distraction", the camera focuses on the kiss. If it was meant to be a distraction, why did Elrond wait for the kiss to be over to give her the pin? Why didn't he give it to her while he was kissing her, making sure that everybody's attention was still focused on their kiss?

Say what you want but this kiss was totally framed as romantic: the close-up on their lips, the lightening, the triumphant Galadriel's theme playing when they kiss and not when he gives her the pin, the way Elrond touches her face..... It's ok to decide that this kiss is platonic, whatever floats your boat, but it was not filmed this way to be interpreted as platonic. The people who wrote the scene, directed and filmed knew what they were doing, what reactions the kiss would provoke.

We have no reason to think that it's usual for the Elves to casually kiss their best friends on the lips to say goodbye. It certainly doesn't seem to be usual for Galadriel, who is stunned. Morfydd herself said in the BTS inerview that Galadriel was surprised that Elrond was so..... bold, in this scene. She knows him since he's a little boy, for the record. Meaning : she knows Elrond. She knows how he usually is, how he usually behaves. The fact that Galadriel's surprised by Elrond's behavior should speak a lot...

Any other type of distraction would have worked just as fine : Elrond could have hugged Galadriel tight while discreetly giving her the pin. He could have given her a long forehead kiss. We would have the sincere embrace of a true friend who's afraid he won't see Galadriel again, the distraction trope because seeing two Elves hugging and sobbing would have certainly amused the Orcs greatly, and nothing of the weird romantic innuendos we got instead.

Now the music: many have noticed that it's a blatantly romantic music that's playing during the kiss. But it's not what puzzles me the most. See, Elrond's theme blasts during the entire track covering the Battle of Eregion (that's the title of the track : Battle of Eregion. The music of the kiss can be found playing that track.). It makes sense, since it's Elrond's episode and he's front and center in this battle. But his theme does not play at all during the kiss! Why, while he's the one kissing Galadriel?? There's only a variation of Galadriel's theme, with dark male choirs in the background when it becomes "triumphant" (in the original version, there are female choirs). Why?? It doesn't make any sense that Elrond's theme is absent from this moment. It should meddle with Galadriel's theme. That's even why when I listened to this track before the episode was out, I didn't think Elrond was involved in the scene. Music usually doesn't lie.

Ok now enough with Elrond and the tent scene.

There's another big plot hole during this episode :

Sauron's apparent lack of reaction to seeing Galadriel in a cage.

"How is this a plot hole? He was busy with Celebrimbor!"

Yeah, he was, but see.... We saw Sauron obsessed with Galadriel in episode 5 and 6. The writers didn't even try to be subtle about it : they picked an actress who looked like Galadriel, gave her the same hairstyle and a green dress similar to the one Galadriel had in Eregion. I won't come back to the evidence that Sauron saw Galadriel in her, and also thought of Galadriel when he mind palaced Celebrimbor in episode 6 : the Galadriel look alike, the poem about her beauty overshadowing anything the poet could write... The man is down bad for Galadriel, alright? Charlie said Sauron was pissed after she rejected him, but he thinks he could still get her to join him. And we know he will try!

But he has no reaction whatsoever when he sees her being captive of his old enemy?! There's no way he didn't see. First, he sees pretty much everything. He's an ancient sorcerer, we see him do a shit ton of magic stuff. Second, he saw Elrond's Elves march to Eregion, and watched the Orcs march to meet them on the battlefield. He definitely saw Galadriel in the cage because it happened right before his eyes. And yet.... Crickets. We don't even get to see his reaction to it.

And that my friends, is weird, and it's sus. Because I doubt that the writers would have gone out of their way to tell us that he's obsessed with her, only to take a 180° and decide that he doesn't give a shit that she may be killed before he can propose her anything, after all... and it can't even be said that he decided to settle for Mirdania, since he just threw her over the parapet 🙄 RIP.

There, here are my major grips with episode 7, which I loved anyway. I hope that tomorrow certain points will be addressed in episode 8, starting with Sauron's apparent indifference to Galadriel's fate. Me and several other persons have a great idea of a theory that would fix ALL these problems, but I'm afraid I'll still be wearing my clown make up after watching the episode 🤡

[asmoteeth]

RBA plz,, 19, 3, 2, 17 😚🙏✨

I'm gonna be fully honest the reason this took me so long was because I couldn't find the original ask game list with the questions teehee

19. Current Fandoms!

My current fandom is, no surprise, RBA... but! my favorites that are close are Red Dead Redemption fandom, Team Fortress 2 fandom (they're so poetic when they compliment your fanfics you should have seen them--) Metalocalypse fandom (bc of course) and probably Postal 2 :3c very beautiful fandoms, don't get me wrong, but RBA has been the most welcoming so far (I suppose that comes with it being small as heck).

3. A character the fandom has helped you appreciate

SCORCH... I really didn't mind him at first, then I hated him with a deep passion and then @/whirltherescuebot fanart and fanatism at the time made me appreciate the rascal a little bit more, plus! his episode with Whirl is adorable and he's just a girlfailure most of the time, so I hold him gently in my hands nowadays!

2. A headcanon you weren't sure at first but have come to like!

I don't really have one of those I fear, probably the fanon conception of Wedge being so agressive? In most fanfics of users that don't have him as a particularly favorite always depict him being so insensitive and borderline being a bully; But I have come to like seeing it as him simply being stronk™ and not knowing how to measure his strength or simply being a little dumb and being a little over the top judgy. I know it doesn't really fit the question but I really can't think of any hc of the sort!!!

17. A thing in canon everyone loves and that you also love

I have no idea if this is something anyone else loves but the fact Hotshot is canonically somewhat famous makes me giggle a little, he's literally a teen celebrity and he just dipped the whole field where he's famous and apparently this is no problem??? meaning his fame stayed???? how well know was this little dude,,,,??? does he get sponsors??? if he does he definetly uses the money to go on impulsive shopping sprees; buying mountains of gifts for his friends. Talk. To. The. Hand. /lh

[wenellyb]

"It doesn't help that I've seen some bucktommy fans actually excuse blatant racism"

I saw this on a post from a previous Bucktommy shipper, and I didn't agree with the rest of the post but decided to quote this because it's the only part I agree with.

I will start by saying that I liked the Bucktommy ship from the start, and it was such a cute ship, but the behavior of some people in the Bucktommy fandom makes it harder to enjoy the fandom.

You can just ship your ship, you don't have to justify your ship. It's canon, you could just be enjoying it, but you decided to make it harder for non White fans to enjoy the ship.

Bucktommy shippers go out of their way to say stuff like:

"Tommy has changed, he apologized" (Spoiler alert he didn't).

"Hen was friendly with him so he's not racist anymore"

It just shows how much people don't understand anything about racism or don't care.

Stop blaming people who can't get past Tommy's racist behavior in season 2. They don't have to, and it's not because they're "salty Buddie shippers".

Yes, some of them are, but it doesn't mean that what they're saying about Tommy's past actions isn't true.

It doesn't matter that Hen seemed friendly with Tommy in season 2, it doesn't necessarily mean that "she forgave him".

Non-White people are friendly with racist cowokers all the time, especially if they need to keep their job. They're the ones who have to make an effort in order not to seem agressive or "hostile" or whatever.

Hen didn't even keep in touch with Tommy throughout the years and some people are saying they were friends.

I'm not saying Hen hate Tommy, I'm saying people should stop making up an apology scene that never happened.

TL:DR: ship any ship you want but don't talk over fans who were hurt/ are still hurt by Tommy's behavior.

[leggerefiore]

Back in your inbox to discuss Cyrus bullshit again lmfao. I am normal. Totally normal.

So media literacy decline aside (no really, the reports are scary, less people can interpret nuance and hints), I blame 1) how young most of us were when we first played the games, 2) the OG Diamond and Pearl characterization (because it was a little different than Platinum's) and 3) the Pokemon Anime.

Largely skipping over the age thing because it speaks for itself. A good number of players were probably too young to catch all of the hints or grasp how irrational and emotionally driven Cyrus really was. Like, a legit Trauma Meter for our age group (20s) would be to ask if Cyrus freaked them out, or if they thought he had a point. Whatever the collective's first impression was would've colored YEARS of discussion and content. And I'm pretty sure I remember his reception being negative. Of course, the theory that he wrote the old notebook and that the old man was his Grandpa (meaning Cyrus was an abuse/neglect survivor) always existed. But before USUM and PokeMas added more implications, they were treated as "Just Theories" or after Platinum, retcons. Likewise, I think a good number of the older players WANTED Cyrus to be evil, so they kinda ignored it. Though there was an equal faction WISHING for a well written Sympathetic Villian. They missed Giovanni and had little hope GameFreak could write a worthwhile sympathetic villian because while Maxie and Archie weren't evil, their plan was just so stupid? Maybe it's because I grew up in a rural area at the start of the Going Green era, but I can remember being taught basic ecosystems in like 3rd or 4th Grade Science and learning that major changes to the environment were bad? And they were supposed to be super smart scientists?

On to game characterization, D/P Cyrus and Platinum Cyrus were portrayed slightly differently and I don't know if it was intentional or not, given how subtle the changes in the overall story were. But it boils down to a matter of A Means to an End, where D/P Cyrus seemed like he was changing the world to become a God, while Platinum Cyrus wanted to change the world and has to become a God to do so. Likewise, I don't think the implications that Cyrus was the abused/neglected grandson of that Old Man and the author of the old notebook were as strong. Also every scene with Cyrus in the Distortion World didn't exist in D/P so you didn't witness his breakdown or him admitting to his own faults. Charon/Pluto also wasn't in D/P, nor was the Rotom Room which was the first thing to give the "Cyrus wrote the Old Notebook Theory" any credibility.

My last reason was the Poke Anime and I talked a bit about it in a comment the other day. I have since looked it up and the D/P Anime aired the same day as the D/P Game Release, in Japan at least. So the 2nd most prevalent and remembered version of Cyrus is an ASS. The Anime did a great job of showing us the double life he was living, smiling and dressing/acting normal, albiet hammy, in front of Cynthia and that one old lady. But for a cold, stoic villian, he was super agressive, loud, short-tempered and dismissive in the anime. In that clip you shared, he wasn't calmly explaining why fighting was useless, he was about to snap on his admins. He yelled at someone else to (Ash I think). So it didn't even do a good job of portraying him as the kind of villian he was supposed to be, though this may have been because the series ended in 2011, so it may have been affected by the Platinum retcons.

But yeah, I'm also kinda sad about how people see Cyrus, but it isn't surprising. For everyone who "grew out of" pokemon or just never played Platinum, USUM, PokeMas or BDSP, they have to go back and relearn everything and not everyone does that. Nor will everyone want to because again, some people wanted Cyrus to be genuinely evil. And even if they do want to learn what changed and are open to it, they have to sift through years of content saying he was actually that bad.

It was a nightmare explaining to two of my homies why I was suddenly trying to write fanfic and draw fanart of him because they didn't get the memo.

Quick correction - It is not a theory that the old man is Cyrus's grandpa. It's confirmed from my understanding. Which it means Cyrus is likely an abuse victim (though, what Cyrus was going through was never entirely specified. Just that it was bad enough to concern his grandfather.)

I will note that his characterisation did change between Diamond-Pearl and Platinum (and now BDSP has introduced younger people to the pre-Platinum story), so I will give them that. But specifically, I was on the USUM battle theme still seeing it. (Interestingly, not at all on the BDSP rendition, though. Maybe because it's just Sinnoh fans who already know everything.) One of the top comments was ironically a joke about him seeing the Rotom Dex and wanting to kill everyone.

I think his character is really just generally misunderstood because of how subtle everything was is what I was originally trying to say. Like you said, some of it is general literacy issues. It just makes me sad to see him so misunderstood... I think Game Freak did a really good job writing him. Though, he does clearly read as emotional in both Diamond-Pearl and Platinum. At least, seeing his little chibi march up to you in BDSP after you ruin his plans really shows how emotional he truly is. While the Rotom Room journal is clearly only a theory, I do truly think he is the only logical character who fills that role so well. (Charon 100% would use Cyrus's childhood trauma journal for its precious Rotom research without a doubt seeing how quick he was to try to take over Team Galactic.)

I am glad that they gave him depth rather than just making him a generic bad guy... Actually, considering that Platinum was just before BW (well, a few years but development wise, I mean), I think it might have been their first steps into more character driven plots. I do hope people end up looking more into Cyrus, but I know he isn't the most popular villain at all. (I believe that crown goes to either Archie or Guzma. Or. Well. Lusamine, actually, probably.)

I convinced my friend by telling her about the Rotom Room stuff, actually. She already liked Cyrus since she is super into Sinnoh, but apparently, learning that he was besties with Rotom when he was a child sold her. Now she bravely helps me write for him sometimes lmao. My other friend, however... She still doesn't believe that he's actually 27.

Granted. Youtube comment section opinions should probably always be discarded.

Except maybe... This one. This is the only good and acceptable one lmao

[nickeverdeen]

Heyy, can I ask for match up and sorting at the same request? I think it would be super annoying for you to read me talk about myself twice, so🙈 so, firat about the hcs sortings. The ones I'm gonna choose is Avatar The Last Airbender = sorting what bender you’d be and The Last of Us 1 + 2 = sorting which (human) group you’d be part of.

For the match ups: The last of us (Part 1 and 2) and MCU. I don't really care if it's female or male, I don't have preference.

So, for my description:

I'm a teenager and my pronouns are she/her. I'm a hufflepuff and my zodiac sign is aquarius. I love art in any way possible, but drawing is basically my roman empire. I'm always with a sketchbook and sometimes I look at random places and people and I try to imagine how would I draw them. I usually draw and paint listening to classical music and orchestras (I even used to play Erick Satie pieces on a kalimba!!!), but I also love Rock and Metalcore. I'm that type of person who has a headphone on her head 24/7. I'm very introvert and usually have difficulty communicating with other people, simply because I'm bad at continue conversations. My mom says it's because I spend so much time at the little world in my head that I forget how to get out of it, and as much as she doesn't mean in a harm way, I know this can bother people around me (I mean, somebody called me autistic in a perjorative way once. I'm don't even have autism, it's just my personality). Even tho I'm introvert, I can be very chatty around people I like and trust. I also don't like fighting, I hate fighting, and because of traumatic experiences involving bullying and problems at home, I start feeling anxious when I hear arguments. So I'm usually a very chill person and try to keep things smooth till I can, but I can also get exaggeratedly agressive when people step on thin ice with me, and that caused me problems before. I also love animals (at this point, I don't even have to explain that I prefer them to people, right?), I would totally be a vet if I wasn't so afraid of seeing injuries, and I could also study astronomy if I didn't hated physics/math. I'm not very patient, but I also change my mind easily, so I'm the type of person who tries something new and says "I won't ever do this again" and it goes wrong, but is trying again next day. I looove eating, and even tho I have some pet peeves with food, food bribery can work a lot with me lol. My favorite types of films are drama and science fiction (cry for a good story and think hard are my two favorite things). I'm a very perceptive person and I am very vulnerable to see through people, I know there's something wrong in the air usually before everyone else, and can see how people may be feeling even if they don't tell me right away, that's what makes me a good friend to the few people I'm friends with, because my intuition is good. I'm also very criative, and even though my imagination can get a little morbid and sad, it also gives me good ideas and experiences. On the other hand, one of my flaws is not doing things I'm supposed to do like fufill tasks, and I get over disappointed when things don't go exactly the way I plan. I'm also not that good at talking about my feelings, but I like hearing others. I don't like hot weathers and my favorite season is fall. My favorite holiday is christmas, and I usually spend the whole year deciding what to wear for halloween. I don't really get happy about my birthday, but I like the cheap excuse to eat cake.

Your ATLA bending is…

Waterbending

Waterbenders often have a calm, reflective nature that aligns with your introverted and artistic personality

Your love for art, particularly drawing and painting, reflects the fluid and expressive qualities of water

Your ability to perceive others’ emotions and your strong intuition are traits often associated with waterbenders, who are known for their empathetic and perceptive natures

Waterbenders can adapt and flow like water, much like how you easily change your mind and try new things

Your creativity and ability to imagine different perspectives also reflect the versatility of water

Waterbenders often prefer harmony and peace over conflict, similar to your aversion to fighting and arguments

Your efforts to keep things smooth and your anxiety around conflict align with the waterbender’s desire for balance

Your love for animals and preference for them over people is reminiscent of the water tribe’s close connection to nature and its creatures

Your preference for cooler weather and fall also aligns with the water element, often associated with cooler climates

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In The Last of Us you’d be part of…

Jackson Community

The Jackson community values safety, cooperation, and a sense of family, which aligns with your desire for a peaceful and stable environment

Your perceptiveness and ability to understand people’s emotions would make you a valuable member of this close-knit community

In Jackson, you would have the opportunity to contribute through your artistic skills, bringing beauty and creativity to the community

Whether it’s through painting murals, teaching art, or simply creating, your talents would be highly valued

Jackson provides a relatively safe and conflict-free environment compared to other groups

This setting would suit your aversion to fighting and arguments, allowing you to live more comfortably and without constant anxiety

Jackson is a place where your love for animals can thrive

There are opportunities to care for livestock and pets, fitting your preference for being around animals rather than people

The supportive and cooperative nature of Jackson would help you feel secure and understood

Your friends in the community would appreciate your perceptiveness and emotional intelligence, and you’d find a place where you could be chatty and open with those you trust

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Your The Last of Us 1 match is…

Ellie Williams

Ellie shares your love for drawing and would be fascinated by your art

You’d spend hours sketching together, sharing tips and admiring each other’s work

Ellie’s interest in music aligns with your love for classical music and rock

You’d bond over listening to and playing music, maybe even teaching her a few pieces on the kalimba

Ellie understands your introverted nature and wouldn’t pressure you to be social

She’d enjoy the quiet moments with you, appreciating the peace and creativity you bring

Ellie would be sensitive to your aversion to conflict, making an effort to create a calm and safe environment for you

She’d step in to defuse situations if they arose

Ellie’s love for animals would resonate with you, and you’d often talk about your favorite animals or even take care of pets together

(Let’s ignore the fact that she killed that precious rabbit)

Ellie would value your perceptiveness, knowing you can sense when something is off

This would make you a strong support system for each other

Ellie’s adventurous spirit would inspire you to try new things, while your creativity would bring a new dimension to her experiences

Ellie would enjoy your love for food, often bringing you treats or sharing meals to cheer you up

Food bribery would definitely work on her too

Ellie’s experiences have given her a darker outlook, which would complement your occasionally morbid imagination

You’d understand each other’s perspectives deeply

Ellie would be someone you could eventually open up to about your feelings, creating a mutual space for trust and support

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Your The Last of Us 2 match is…

Dina

Dina would be impressed by your artistic skills and love for drawing

She’d often sit with you while you sketch, maybe even asking you to draw something special for her

Dina loves music and would appreciate your eclectic taste

You’d share playlists, and she might even join you in playing music, appreciating your classical choices and rock favorites

Dina respects your introversion and would ensure you feel comfortable

She’d be patient with your social awkwardness, making you feel understood

Dina would be protective of you in conflict situations, stepping in to help keep things calm and support your need for a peaceful environment

Dina’s love for animals would match yours, and you’d bond over caring for any animals you come across, sharing stories about your favorite creatures

Dina would trust your intuitive nature, often seeking your advice or perspective on situations because she knows you can read the room well

Dina’s adventurous side would inspire you to step out of your comfort zone, but she’d always respect your limits and ensure you’re comfortable

Dina would love your enthusiasm for food and would enjoy trying new things with you, often bringing you snacks or cooking together

Dina’s experiences have given her a nuanced view of the world, which aligns with your occasional morbid imagination

You’d find solace in understanding each other’s darker thoughts

Dina would be a great listener, helping you navigate your emotions and encouraging you to express your feelings more openly

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Your MCU match is…

Peter Parker 1

Peter would admire your artistic talent, often asking to see your sketches and paintings

He’d be your biggest fan, encouraging you to keep creating

Peter loves music and would appreciate your taste in classical music and rock

You’d share playlists and enjoy listening to music together while you draw or study

Peter is empathetic and would understand your introverted nature, never pressuring you to be social and appreciating your company in quiet moments

Peter, being a peacekeeper, would respect your aversion to conflict

He’d step in to resolve any arguments, ensuring you feel safe and comfortable

He may not look like it, but Peter’s affinity for animals would resonate with you

You’d bond over your shared love for them, often talking about your favorite animals and maybe even caring for a pet together

Peter would value your perceptiveness, often seeking your insights on situations and trusting your intuitive understanding of people

Peter’s adventurous side would kidna want you to step out of your comfort zone, but he’s very careful with you

Peter would love your love for food and would enjoy trying new dishes with you, often bringing you snacks or taking you out to eat

He’d joke if you love him more than food or not

Peter’s experiences as Spider-Man have given him a complex outlook, which would align with your occasionally morbid imagination

He doesn’t like it, but he also has one

Peter is an awesome listener, always there for you and he lets you to even spar with him to let some anger out while he’d hold back, but not too much so you’d notice

He cares both about your mental and physical health

He’d appreciate your support in return, knowing he can rely on you

[azure-sorceress]

I finally finished The Lost Metal! Here's some (a lot of) thoughts:

Spoilers below.

The biggest problem this book has is that the stakes are too high. Wax & Wayne books work because, unlike Era 1, they are fun low stakes steampunk detective novels with a great cast of characters.

I was really sad that MeLaan left immidiatly after the beginning of the book. I wish we had had the whole gang together like in BoM, but I guess it wasn't meant to be.

I think this might have been the most agressive foreshadowing for a character death that Sanderson has ever done. It was so obvious Wayne was going to be killed off by the end of the book. Also it made me really sad. As in, I spent the last 30 pages weeping.

The problem with having a lot of Cosmere connections and a literal god/shard as your villain is that the regular villains of this series seem weak in comparision. Yes, I'm talking about Telsin. Such wasted potential...

I'm not sure I'm too excited about Era 3 to be honest... But you know what this book made me excited for? The Elantris sequels.

Omg what do you mean you can use a seal to turn yourself into an elantrian??? This makes seals so much more OP than they already were.

Also, is Moonlight Shai? Or is it another forger that we hadn't met?

I'm really worried about Sazed. I think he's right not to trust Kelsier, but I also think that Kelsier is right about Sazed losing control of the intents of the shards. I really wanted Harmony to work and be a decent god (because we are lacking in those), but I see things are about to become dangerous again. I feel like there should be a way to completely merge Ruin and Preservation because they were already merged at some point when Adonalsium was whole...

I really don't like the Ghostbloods. Maybe it has to do with the bullshit going on with Shallan in Stormlight and all the manipulation they did with her. Maybe it has to do with the fact that they are stealing Investitude from other planets. Or maybe is just the fact that Kelsier is the leader and I don't trust him even a little bit.

But it strikes me as odd how the Ghostbloods get great people like Moonlight, TwinSoul and Kaise?? And then you have Kelsier, Mraize and that creepy guy with the mask in the epilogue (also, who the hell is his sister and what do you mean she's in Roshar???).

I'm so glad Marasi didn't accept to be part of them, I didn't think she would, but you never know. In fact, she actual puts it very well when she turns them down: "I won't keep secrets when the truth could save lifes". Kelsier "there's always another secret" Survivor could never.

I wish we had seen more of Marsh. This feeling is for the entire series, in fact. He was one of my favorite characters in Era 1 and I would have liked to see him be Death a little bit more.

Overall a good Cosmere book, but a weak Wax & Wayne book. If I ever reread Era 2 I think I'll stop at BoM because I don't think I can ever reread Wayne's death.