#i get to turn my cuties into weapons of mass destruction

[kivaember]

HAHAHA i did this on a fresh run through so no NG+ shenanigans. Hare of Inaba + taunt is too powerful...

Team comp under the cut for any curious

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Stray Kids Headcanons; Stray Kids as Ateez ࿐

A/N: has this been done yet?!?!? I just wanted to see who each skz member would be in atz so this came to be! This is just my opinion- would love to hear urs ^^ (I'm practically passing out so this isn't proofread sorry .-.)

🐺 - Bangchan;

Kim Hongjoong

• The mighty leader of seven pieces of treasure

• The official dad

• The dorky caretaker of his boys

• Needs to get some sleep for the love of God

• Or at least leave that damn studio and get some vitamin D

• Works a little too hard

• Is absolutely untameable on stage

• Raps dangerously

• Can seem like a sex God if he intends to

• Is actually very soft, lovable, supportive and sweet

• Short

• Puts his family above anything

• Pulls off weird hair styles

• Deserves every ounce of love in this world

🐰 - Lee Know;

Kang Yeosang

• Beautiful

• No, ethereal

• An actual prince

• Behaves elegantly at times

• Turns into a savage old man at other times

• Tends to go unnoticed by fans at first, for whatever reason

• Dances like an actual God

• A tsundere

• Not very keen on skinship

• Loves fans way too much but shows it quite subtly, and in weird ways too

• Sweet voice

• Not many lines in songs

• Tears the stage off if you give him a chance

• Also deserves all the love.

🐰🐽 - Changbin;

Choi Jongho

• Buff

• Enchanting eyes

• Can look a bit intimidating

• But is actually the politest, sweetest, most lovable cutie ever.

• Voice of an angel

• Deliciously built thighs

• Tends to get messed around with a lot as a divine punishment for a sin he's never committed!

• Has soft, fluffy, messy bedhair in the morning

• Dresses quite simply

• His giggles are the reason why flowers bloom

• Earns respect for his manners and understanding

• Way too mature for his age, but also an idiot when the time comes

• Give him love and receive his loyalty.

🐭 - Hyunjin;

Park Seonghwa

• The all-too-powerful ace of the team

• A weapon of mass destruction on stage

• Gets literally possessed by Satan himself while performing

• Very, very polite when needed

• The type to have his loose sweatpants "accidentally" hang a little too low on his hips to show off his v-line

• Flirts with the fans in a very subtle/not subtle way

• Knows he's good-looking and does everything in his power to show it off

• Works very hard for his goals and his boys

• Can be quite reliable and supportive

• Not afraid to let his emotions show

• Makes sure his boys are alright but does so in a low-key way

• Overall, the best companion you could ask for in any given situation.

🐿 - Han;

Jung Wooyoung

• Loud

• Loud, loud, loud

• Laughs very easily

• Is in love with his fans and does his best to be the best they'd ask for

• Damn good at what he does

• Will own the stage with his charisma

• Is the little boy of the team

• Happy virus

• Makes jokes but judges everyone else's

• Too cute for anyone's health

• Makes everyone feel included

• Doesn't mind showing off at all

• Makes his attempts at looking good or sexy seem like they're not at all intentional

• Has the cutest bare face

• Should own everyone's heart.

🐣 - Felix;

Jeong Yunho

• Cinnamon roll

• Beautiful hands

• A more beautiful voice

• The softest creature to ever walk the earth

• Duality

• Can seem cold, powerful and ruthless on stage

• Dances too well

• His smile belongs in the sky right next to all the ethereal constellations

• Gets flustered very easily

• But can be quite a flirt

• Does too many goofy gestures

• His eyes shine like the reflection of the cresent moon on the rushing river

• Was most definitely born from an angel tear

• Makes you believe there is good in this world

• Pretty, narrow lips

• Tears up if anyone is crying

• Pure.

🐶 - Seungmin;

Song Mingi

• A whole fairy

• Quite tall between his teammates

• Way too innocent

• Genuine and true to his character

• Gets easily shocked or surprised by things/people

• Works very hard

• Has a hard time opening up to other's about the things he's going through and rathers just keep them to himself

• Conscious about his health

• Can surprise you on stage

• A very cute English speaker

• Quiet, compared to the rest of the boys

• But only because he doesn't think himself very good with words

• Reliable, even though he's young

• Gets weirdly childish sometimes

• And unlike others, doesn't get scolded for it

• Might seem distant/cold at first but has the warmest, biggest heart

• Eye-smile

• Also pure.

🦊 - I.N;

Choi San

• Shouldn't be allowed to do many things

• But gets away with them in some way.

• Stage presence

• The center of attention and innovation for their makeup artists

• Very cute

• Also eye-smile

• Built

• Sweet, unique voice

• Loved by his hyungs

• Gives his all for his profession and his goals and also his teammates'

• Doesn't really do weird things, they just automatically turn into cute things

• Should be kept on a short leash for the way he tends to behave on stage

• Has a contagious laugh and a cleansing giggle

• Has had his confidence boosted over the years

• Treasured by all.

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My Little Pony Re-Watch: Episode 51 & 52 A Canterlot Wedding

*I’m just going to be up front here. This is the episode, that made me a brony. This is the episode that made me realize how great My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic really was. For a long time, it was my favorite episode. So of course it’s one of the most divisive episodes in the whole series. So we’re going to approach this differently. Rather then go over events individually, I’m going to stick to talking points more in the style of my video reviews. If i didn’t we’d be here all day. So let’s do this.

*A big complaint about this episode is how Twilight’s brother, Shining Armor, kind of comes out of nowhere. Maybe it’s just because I grew up with a lot of sitcoms, where siblings kind of appear out of nowhere with no previous establishment, but I just kind of accepted Shining Armor’s existence. Though it would have been fairly easy to introduce him sooner. Between the Grand Galloping Gala and Twilight holding her birthday party in Canterlot, it is weird in hindsight that he was nowhere to be seen during all of that. But again, it doesn’t really bother me.

*And i like the touch that his cutie mark is a shield and his most powerful spell appears to be a protection spell able to encase the entire city of Canterlot. It just adds more to my working theory of how talents and magic work.

*Twilight does have a bit of a right to be mad that she wasn’t told about this wedding until days before it’s supposed to happen. But hey, maybe that message that got burned in “Dragon Quest” was the announcement, idk.

*You want to sum up Pinkie Pie in one moment? The confetti sneeze. That is all

*Another criticism of this episode is the other character that appears out of nowhere, Princess Cadance. Now i don’t think the existence of another alicorn comes completely out of nowhere like many claim. Because there was that illustration in “Hearts and Hooves Day” that shows us other alicorns exist besides Celestia and Luna. And as far as we know, they’re all princesses. So this doesn’t break the lore necessarily, but I will agree that this at least was poorly established.Then again the show was never great at presenting Cadance’s role in the world, as we’ll go more into in the next episode.

*I will admit that her supposed love spell is both underutilized and morally questionable, but that’s not a discussion for this post. I think Silver Quill has covered everything on that topic.

*I used to hate the “Sunshine Sunshine Ladybugs Awake” rhyme and dance, but now that they don’t do it anymore, I feel a bit nostalgic towards it watching this again. Is that weird? It feels weird.

*And personally, I think the mystery behind why Cadance is so different from how Twilight remembers her works. Because while Twilight may know Cadance, we don’t. And therefore we can’t really tell what exactly is wrong even when the show tells us something is off. It’s not obvious what’s going on on your first viewing is what I’m saying. We’re just taking Twilight’s word for it that, if nothing else, Cadance has changed a lot. Being dismissive, insensitive, and hypnotizing her fiance to stop asking questions. But that last one probably isn’t that big a deal.

*The rest of the girls may be a bit too dismissive of Twilight’s feelings on the matter, especially after what they learned in “Lesson Zero” but Twilight does have a tendency to exaggerate and be paranoid. So I do get why they wouldn’t just take her word for it. It’s something that they could easily brush off as Twilight being Twilight and not as a red flag.

*Plus not Cadance is pretty good at being manipulative. Getting rid of her old bridesmaids so the Mane Six could fill in. Such a gesture makes it easier for the girls to get wrapped up in the planning and see Cadance in a better light instead of listening to Twilight. 

*Lyra speaks! That is all, but when a famous background character finally talks, you acknowledge it.

*I love this episode, but Spike playing with the cake toppers constantly is a really lame way to keep him out of the story.

*Twilight confronting Cadance the way she did might seem like a dumb move, and maybe it was. But keep in mind. Twilight has tried alternatives. Her friends wouldn’t listen to her, the princesses are busy guarding the city, and when she tried to talk to her brother about this, she saw Cadance put a spell on him. She’s in crisis mode here, and wants something done to stop her. So she takes action into her own hooves. The only problem with this plan is that Twi doesn’t really have, proof that Cadance is evil. 

*How much this plan backfires is kind of devastating. Even Celestia scolds her for this stunt! By the way the facial expression on Twilight when that happens is one of the saddest faces in the series.

*Then we get a really sad reprise of the previous song, but all anyone cared about was the cute little pointy pony style. It’s crazy how popular this style became! Some fan animation series are made just in this style. It is really cute, I’m just always blown away at just how popular it got, and still is.

*One of the best things to see reactions to in regards to this episode is when not Cadance engulfs Twilight in a ring of fire and sends her to the depth of Hell to cover her tracks! Okay it’s not Hell, but still. It was the best cliffhanger from the show for a while.

*How has the show never used these caves beneath Canterlot since this? I know there’s a line where they say that most ponies forgot these caves even exist, but could you imagine if maybe,  the Diamond Dogs wanted to get down here or something? There’s potential to use these caves again, and I’m shocked the show hasn’t.

*And here’s where we learn what’s going on. That Cadance was replaced by an imposter. Now I knew what was going on because I knew who Queen Chrysalis was. That’s what led me to watching this episode. But the story is clever at revealing this twist. There are hints to fake Cadance’s true identity, but since we don’t know Cadance, we wouldn’t notice things like her magic looks different, unless you were paying very close attention to the flashback.

*Ah, This Day Aria. I’ve said that this is quite possibly the moment that sold me on the show for good. And i stand by that. The Disney Renaissance vibes you get from this gorgeous duet are powerful. Between the villain celebrating maniacally and the hero racing desperately, it creates tension and an amazing contrast, performed by the same voice actress. There’s even this clever bit in the melody of contrasting between an Authentic Cadance and a Deceptive Cadance. Everything about this song is marvelous! It’s a beautiful moment to watch play out, and a great way for us to see what the real Cadance is like. I love everything about it!! Obviously.

*I don’t think the way Twilight and Cadance escaped the hypnotized bridesmaids should be as funny as it is, but it is. It’s so funny.

*Queen Chrysalis’ reveal is epic! Her design is incredible and eye catching, her voice s sinister and distinct (I really miss that modulation though), and the introduction of Changelings into this world is such a great concept! The only part that’s kind of weird is that they never say Chrysalis’ name in the episode itself.

*Celestia finally gets to do something and fights back! Only to be immediately defeated. This is one of the most controversial scenes in the episode and i get why, but as far as the moment itself goes, I don’t really feel the same way. In the moment it’s a way to show just how much of a threat Chrysalis is while giving Celestia some agency. For the sake of tension, it works. No what bothers me is the larger trend this started of Celestia getting her flank whooped whenever possible. 

*And I get why Chrysalis was surprised it worked. She would have had to take on Celestia eventually, but she might have figured she’d have her army with her by that point. So being able to get the job done herself gives her more of an ego boost in this grand plan.

*And do I even need to comment of the Mane Six battling the changelings? It’s AWESOME! The combat is exciting, there are a lot of funny moments, and between the return of the Party Cannon and using Twilight as a weapon of mass destruction, Pinkie is a master on the battlefield.

*This episode is also unique by being the first two part episode where the major threat isn’t defeated using the Elements of Harmony. Giving a great twist on expectations that I think gets taken for granted.

*Another major point of contempt with this episode is that Chrysalis just stands there and lets her enemies plot to defeat her. And I get that too. I do, but to me it’s not, completely unjustified. After all, Chrysalis’ plan has gone without a hitch. She’s managed to stop anyone in her way at every turn. Now that she’s taken away all major power, why should it be any different now? She’s deluded by her success and doesn’t see a way she can be stopped.

*The only way she is defeated is by something she wouldn’t expect. True and pure love. The changelings manipulate others to gain power from their love of the person they’re impersonating, and Shining Armor was their latest victim. Not believing his own sister because he’s literally being controlled by someone who says they love him. And it’s not Twilight or any of her friends who break that curse, but Cadance. The one who truly loves him. Simply by being there and expressing how much she cares about him. Add to the fact that Cadance’s magic centers around love, something Chrysalis might not have known, and you get an even bigger power boost. It’s pretty cool when you see it at first  and beautiful when you think about it any deeper. 

*Plus I love cheesy stories where love and friendship and bonds that make us stronger save the day. It’s really my jam and why i stick with the show. And this is one of the best demonstrations of it’s power.

*And the fun little trope twist of the princess saving the knight in shining armor. And then it’s both of them together that stops the villain.

*I know everyone’s made this joke, but because one of my most well know loves is Pokemon “Looks like Team Rocket’s Blasting Off Again!!”

*Hey Twilight and Shining Armor’s parents are back! And they still don’t get any lines. Hooray!

*Props to Dashie for pulling off a Sonic Rainboom so flawlessly!

*Luna?! Where the hay have you been??!! Okay this is another complaint about the episode but this time I have to agree. Where were you??? The only props I’ll give here is that at least they acknowledged she exists. Unlike Return of Harmony.

*I personally think Twilight should’ve gotten more of an apology from her friends, but at least the message still comes across. Not only is there the power of love in it’s toxicity and purity, but also Twilight journey to persist even in the face of doubt. If something seems suspicious to you, especially when it effects the ones you love, pursue it. Investigate and see what you can do to help. And it’s because of Twilight’s actions that she’s able to reunite her brother with someone who genuinely loves him. You might not be able to save someone you love from someone who is just using them on your own, but you can do your best to find someone who can help them. Twilight may not have technically saved the day this time, but she played a very important part.

*Ending with a fun reception with a really catchy song and the reveal that Vinyl Scratch’s eyes are magenta and not red. Breaking the hearts of fan artists the world over... And isn’t that what we should really take away from this episode?

Screw the haters. This episode is amazing! I should really do a full video on this one because I truly love this episode. If anything, the criticisms has made me realize in other ways why I love it so much, and why it sealed the deal for me on this whole magical pony thing. So I suppose I should be grateful for that. There were a lot of other things I could have mentioned, but again, these are just supposed to be short thoughts. Like I’ve said, this is the episode that made me understand why so many people loved this show for little girls, and i will always be grateful for that. Next Time: The Crystal Empire!

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Devil’s own Luck pt5

Warning: Mobstyling warlords

Masterlist link

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Chapter Five – New Plan

Mitsuhide guided [Name] around some of the building on their journey to dinner. He was enjoying watching her reactions as he opened doors like on a game show, she was mostly awe struck. It was true the building was large; the top six floors were part of the private housing complex they used and he was more than aware after visiting her apartment that any one of the rooms within the building would have swallowed her modest one-bedroom apartment whole with room to spare.

It appeared that after a feature length style lecturing from Hideyoshi that the others had made themselves scarce and crawled back to their perspective holes to lick their wounds. Introductions would be easier if they were present. After wandering around doing his brief mini tour he stopped outside of one door and turned to her.

“We still have time before dinner my dear so how about we see what is on the menu hmm?” He gave her a pat on the shoulder as he turned the handle and pushed the door open. The air was buzzing with smells of spices and sounds of food cooking. It also was carrying the rather disturbing sound of someone singing rather badly out of tune. Ah, I knew it …  he’s here.

She moved carefully into the room as he beckoned her lightly with his hand. Her large eyes looking at the bright space before resting on the counter top looking admiringly at some of the dishes that were finished waiting to go out. Aesthetically pleasing to be sure. Flavour … well he would have to let someone else guess that as he couldn’t.

– La la la, <SMASH, BANG, CLATTER> –

“Face to face, out in the heat… mmm mmm mmm mmm. For the kill with the skill to survive…” The loud intermittent tuneless warbling of Masamune got closer as he appeared from deeper within the space to put another finished dish up to the pass. Glancing towards the door he stopped his private karaoke session and gave his best 1000W smile at his visitors. Mostly towards the girl, Masamune was a bit of lad when it came to the opposite sex.

“Well now if I’d know exactly how much of a cutie our little Princess was, I might have busted into that room myself.” Masamune propped himself on the counter with one elbow as he leaned down below the heating elements of the food warmer to get a clearer look.

“If you had ‘busted’ into the room there would have been more broken about you than your ability to kill a decent song.” She snipped back just as fast as any of the other men would have. Equal parts lightly joking and threatening. Oh, this one can play …

“Pft… Ha, Ha. Oh, that’s great Lass. I see I won’t have to worry about you. I like that fighters spirit you got.” Masamune laughed heartily whilst pinning her with an admiring gaze.

“I’m not much of a fighter.” She had backed up ever so slightly and she was now standing close to Mitsuhide’s elbow. You aren’t seriously trying to hide behind me, are you? Mitsuhide was slightly shocked by her apparent trust in him. Poor little thing … you either have appallingly bad taste or no sense of danger.

“There are several innocent sake bottles that would argue differently Princess.” Mitsuhide jovial tone poking a little and he smirked as he watched her glare at him.

“Oh, yeah I heard about that. Hideyoshi was saying the hallways are dangerous enough without some lunatic smashing up bottles in it.” Masamune was back busying himself with some pans on the cooker again.

“I often wonder what must have happened to the guy to have such a grudge against hall ways. It’s like he think’s they are a secret assassin or something.” Masamune’s musings earned a sniggering laugh from Mitsuhide who noticed [Name]’s confusion.

“Ah, sorry my dear Hideyoshi is … well shall we say he is a bit over protective. Think mother hen and you wouldn’t be far wrong.” She smiled at his description and moved out from hiding clearly relaxing more. Timid curious little mouse. Hideyoshi will probably be even more over bearing when he sees you.

“So, um… are you the chef?” [Name] looked between the food and Masamune quizzically.

“Um? Oh well I can see how you’d think that Kitten as Mitsu here hasn’t exactly introduced us properly.” Masamune glanced back over his shoulder. “But no, I’m not I do the cooking because I like it and it’s been a great way of helping my business. Live-in testers you see.” Masamune was fiddling with some spices and something that was bubbling in a frying pan.

“Kitten!? How did I become a kitten all of a sudden?” [Name] had a look of indignation on her face. I wonder if she gets compared to animals a lot and it annoys her? But then if that’s the case why has she never chastised me for all the times I called her a little mouse?

“Because you’re cute, you don’t hold back on using your claws and it reminds me of my pet and how he plays too. Anyway, as I was saying I run the hospitality enterprise ‘Aoba’.” Masamune spoke clearly over what he was doing as he poured out the contents of the frying pan over a large fish and in a cacophony of fizzing and crackling the skin of the animal popped, curled and cooked under the intense heat of it.

[Name]’s eyes widened at his statement. Apparently, the Kitten remark was acceptable as that subject was dropped quickly.

“You mean you are that catering entrepreneur that was in the news for a while? You took over several companies really quickly and turned them around so fast people started calling you a dragon because it all went so fast like magic.” Her eyes were practically sparkling as she recalled information that she knew to the forefront of her mind.

“Ha, yeah that’s right Kitten.�� Finished plating another dish he turned to lean over again fixing her in a flirtatious grin. “Masamune Date, the One-Eyed Dragon.” Mitsuhide chuckled at the sight as Masamune flipped a kitchen knife in his hand as an extra risky flourish.

“You seem rather well informed about our resident potato peeler.” Mitsuhide joked teasingly. Mitsuhide looked down on [Name] as he made a move to re-join the conversation. She was clearly interested in food and had a keen knowledge of at least the publicly accessible news on big business. I wonder what else she is interested in. Wait, did he seriously just think that?

“Hey Man I do a lot more than just peel potatoes! Masamune’s agitated retort pulled Mitsuhide mercifully out of his train of thought.

“Indeed, you do my apologies. Would you like me to taste test some of the dishes to make up for my faux par?” As innocently as possible Mitsuhide smiled back at the chef who still had the knife in his hand. You want to start a fight don’t do it in a room full of useable weapons and cleaning supplies. Although if you were sure you were going to win then there are far less well stocked rooms to do it in.

“What would be the point in that? You can’t taste anything anyway. I have no idea how you manage to eat what you do and keep it down you must have a cast iron stomach.” Masamune put the knife with the rest of the used items in the dish washer as he finished up his cleaning.

“You can’t taste anything?” [Name] inclined her head in his direction. That look of confusion really does suit you my dear…

“Mmm? Oh no I can’t.” Mitsuhide shrugged in response as if it was nothing and gave her a thin smile.

“Word to the wise there Kitten, if he offers you food, treat it as highly suspect until proven otherwise. He gave Ieyasu a rice ball that he made once had the guy choking.” Throwing her his tip over his shoulder as he pressed buttons to start the washer Masamune wrinkled his nose at the memory.

“Why, was the rice under cooked or something?” Curiously [Name] inquired the look of confusion deepening on her face.

“It was stuffed with a ghost chilli bean paste. Honestly, I know Mitsuhide can’t taste anything but you’d think he would be able to smell that.” Masa replied in disbelief at the memory.

“I apologized to Ieyasu, I thought it was quite good personally. And I know he loves hot spicy food.” Mitsuhide pointed this out after [Name] cast him a searching glance.

“Yeah Yasu does like spicy dishes, but there is a limit. I still can’t believe you can eat what you eat without being sick Mitsuhide.” Masamune gave a shudder as if recalling all the revolting dishes he had ever see Mitsuhide eat.

“It is your ability to turn basic ingredients into weapons of mass destruction somehow that is exactly the reason you are no longer allowed near the cooking. Well looks like that’s everything.” Masamune gave the space a once over with an approving eye.

Waving a hand over the hot plate as if displaying the dishes on a shopping channel. Masamune yanked off his apron and finally emerged from the heat of the kitchen walking cheerily towards them. Casually throwing an arm over [Name]’s shoulder as he did so.

“Shall we go to dinner then Kitten? I can guarantee you won’t be disappointed.” Masamune proudly declared with a cheeky smile, leaning close to her ear.

She shrugged off his arm putting some distance between them as she looked his square in the eye.

“The last man that guaranteed I wouldn’t be disappointed and touched me without my permission ended up with a black eye and as you only have one I don’t like your chances of being able to see tonight.” She stood there firmly with a straight back and fixed a glare at Masamune that would have put Ieyasu to shame.

Standing stunned the two men looked at the woman in front of them until finally Masamune burst out laughing and Mitsuhide joined him.

“I like you Kitten. Ok, how about I be your friend?” Masamune offered his hand in a friendly handshake.

“Ok I’ll accept that.” She nodded and shook his hand with a smile.

“We’ll discuss benefits later.” In a conspiratorial tone Masamune winked at her still gripping her hand.

“NO BENEFITS! There will be NO benefits!” She nearly shrieked as she yanked her hand back free of his grasp.

She swatted at Masamune’s head as he nimbly dodged her attack and they left the room. Mitsuhide followed on smiling at the entertainment in front of him.

Masamune’s flirty personality did little to mask his genuine interest in the princess. It was practically all over his face when he looked at her like she was a meal and he was a starving animal. Mitsuhide was happy to see her holding her own against him, at least it looked like he wouldn’t have to clean up a broken-hearted mess after she leaves.

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On the outskirts of the city…

It was a dark and wet night with a biting wind that cut right through to you bones. The sound of his shoes as he walked solemnly to the side door of the meeting place was the only other sound around him. He raised his arm and banged on the door, water dripping off his sleeve as the rain continued.

A short, fat man dressed in what appeared to be a well-worn security uniform answered.

“Yes?” The man’s face was etched with fatigue and he appeared sluggish as if he had just been woken up.

“I’m here to see Him.” It was a brief exchange but the sleepy security guard nodded to him and stepped aside to allow him to enter.

Guided in silence along the sides of large shipping containers that caused the lighting in the building to fall strangely on the floor. After a short while the wall of containers seemed to open before them and in the middle of a large pool of light sat the man he had come to see. Propped next to the man’s chair was a walking cane, it’s brass ornamentation glistened in the florescent lights.

“I see you are well Takahasi. What news do you have for me?” The light cast a shadow over the deep scar that ran from above his eye to his cheek, across the bridge of his nose making him appear even more intimidating than rumours suggested.

“Sir. I’ve come to report that we were unable to crack down once again on the Azuchi group.” Takahasi lowered his head after delivering his news.

“I see. Damn that Nobunaga and the devil’s luck he embodies.” Rising from his seat with the aid of his cane he came closer to Takahasi. Peering down at him with glossy black eyes.

“What will you have me do now Sir? They are aware of appearances and the rumours haven’t proven to be enough to trigger them to make mistakes that mean we can get involved in making arrests.” Takahasi looked attentively waiting for instructions.

“Takahasi you are no longer my subordinate I have long since lost my position in that regard. I am thankful however for your continued support and unwavering loyalty.” The man moved towards one of the container walls, the click of his cane on the ground as he moved echoed in the warehouse, and stared at a collection of photographs, newspaper cuttings, print outs and lots of coloured scribbles plastered on its side.

“I understand Sir but we haven’t forgotten you in the office. You were the best Boss we had and your men will still follow you and your orders. What happened wasn’t your fault… Kennyo. We will stand by you and see Nobunaga Oda fall.” Takahasi’s words were full of a resounding strength that Kennyo had admired for years. Ever since he had first joined his vice squad back when other men questioned if he had what it would take to actually survive the spartan style life of cracking down on hard crime. Kennyo had seen the determination in the young mans face and taken him personally under his wing.

“We need to adjust the plan. I may have to push a few buttons in a different direction to get my playing pieces to move how I want them. But I will have Nobunaga’s head for what he did.” Rumbling anger in his voice permeated out of his body and seemed to colour all around him in darkness as Kennyo looked at a section of clippings on the wall.

“Of course, Sir. Just say the word and we will follow.” Takahasi stood patiently watching Kennyo as he awaited orders.

“You willingly follow me into the fires of Hell?” Kennyo didn’t break his focus on the wall as he muttered his question.

“We will follow you to Hell and back Sir. For what has happened and what will… we will follow.” Takahasi affirmed resolutely nodding.

A grim smile spread across his face as Kennyo tapped a clipping on the wall. ‘Takeda Inc. crumbles’

“So be it…” Kennyo’s voice was low and colder than the bone chilling wind outside as he set his jaw and began to formulate his next move.

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Transformers World Building

@balloonarcade I’ve greatly expanded this from the last time we talked.

@harutemu I was told you’d enjoy this. :)

GEEKERY TIME!

(You can skip to the head canons section, but you’ll be lost if you don’t at least skim this primer!) Radiation. What is it, and how does it work? So, ya got your electromagnetic waves and your particles. Electromagnetic waves are light, but not light we can see. Our eyeballs suck, so we’re blind to anything not on the visible spectrum. Gamma rays, X rays, and UV rays fall under this category. Here is the wikipedia page for your perusal. If you took a look at it, you may have noticed all the rays I mentioned are ionizing rays. Ionizing basically means they have enough energy to break chemical bonds, and knock your atoms out of alignment. They do this by kicking our electrons out of orbit. All the rays travel at the speed of light, because that is literally what they are. Gamma rays can travel great distances, and are the most penetrating of the rays. Favored by hospitals to treat cancer, and sterilize equipment. Gamma rays are usually seen with their posse, the radioactive particles. Alpha, Beta, and Neutron, they can get really wiggly, so wiggly they throw off Gamma light to get rid of the excess energy. Gamma gets around, if you know what I mean.

Gamma rays also hang around cool dudes like lightening, pulsars, neutron stars, and supernovas!

Gamma ray bursts are the brightest, and most powerful events in the know universe. They mark the destruction of a massive star in a hypernova, and the birth of a baby black hole. They release more energy in 10 seconds, than the sun can over its 10 billion year lifetime. Its a million trillion times brighter than the sun, which sounds like a made up number, but is true.

They are thought to have caused a least one mass extinction event that wiped out 86% of the species on earth by shredding our ozone layer.

If one happened close enough to the earth, it would cause a colossal bright flash, people on the ground would have severe burns, and be at risk for gamma radiation to finish them the rest of the way off.

In order to blow up a planet you need to overcome a little something called “Gravitational binding energy”. Gravity is the glue holding all this stuff together, and it’s very strong. It would take a massive amount of energy to destroy earth, a weeks worth of output from our sun in fact. Huh, Flashback //more energy in 10 seconds, than the sun can over its 10 billion year lifetime.\\ Wow, that’d vaporize us many times over! On the bright side it is extremely, extremely unlikely that a Gamma ray burst would hit us head on, and from the right distance to do that.

If a more technologically advanced species managed to weaponize Gamma ray bursts on the other hand.

X rays younger, wimpier sibling of Gamma rays. They’re used to see your bones without removing them first. This is because it can pass through your flesh, but not your bones. There is typically 200cm (6 feet) of concrete around radiation chambers. That stops about 99.99% of the radiation.

Don’t go getting them willy nilly! They are cancer causing, and deadly. They are responsible for half the radiation exposure for people in the U.S. It’s best to only use them as needed

Our Sun’s corona emits mostly X rays. The corona is the millions of kilometers long plasma sweater it wears. It’s also hotter than the surface of the sun.

If you can see an Aurora, then above your head are some X rays. Some space particles bang into our electromagnetic field causing geomagnetic storms. Yes those pretty lights are from particles and magnets fist fighting. Little electrons get lost in the hubbub and crash face first into our ionosphere hard enough that instead of seeing stars, they see X rays. You don’t need to fret though they get eaten by our atmosphere before they can reach us.

FYI if you had x ray vision you wouldn’t be able to see under people’s clothes, you’d be dosing them in dangerous radiation! Oh yeah, the skeleton structure on that one. It’s the only way I evaluate my potential dates, mmkay?

A lot of stuff in space gives of X rays including stars, black holes, comets. X rays gets invited to everybody’s parties.

UV rays also known by their street name ultraviolet ray. This the very same radiation that our sun puts out. Don’t mistake this guy as a friendly. If it wasn’t for our friend, the ozone layer, reflecting and absorbing a good deal of it, it would kill all life on earth. Plants would be wiped in days, you would get a dangerous sunburn in only five minutes, any longer than that and you’d be toast. Which may be the better option, without a food chain, what are you going to eat, rocks?

UV rays would increase to a whopping 650%. Negative side effects include, cancer, blindness, immune system suppression? You can’t win with this guy.

There are levels to them A, B, and C. UVA was thought to be less damaging than the other two, so people used it in tanning booths, and black lights. It turns out Mr. UV has no good side, and it will still cause significant damage to our DNA.

Our buddy the Ozone layer is made up of pure oxygen, which I’m sure doesn’t sound like a big deal to most people, yeah and so is the rest of our atmosphere, what about it?

A common misconception. If all of our atmosphere was oxygen, it would turn into a giant ball of flame the moment someone used a lighter. It’s 78% Nitrogen, so a thick layer of nothing, but oxygen is notable. Earth is one of the few planets that can have a fire at all, because of bacteria who are thought to have produced oxygen, so you need organic life for fires! Oxygen is normally partnered up with other elements, you don’t find this shy cutie on their own.

They’re better as a long distance friend, they’d be smog on the ground, and would suffocate us. Gamma ray bursts are thought to cause Ozone to form on ground level, which is the icing on the cake really, Gamma ray bursts. Why you always gotta be so excessive?

Particles as in subatomic particles. They’re a natural part of radioactive decay. Decay happens when large atomic nuclei notice they are unbalanced, and start shedding these guys like fleas off a dog. Eventually they’ll stabilize, which means they stop being radioactive. The bigger it is at the start the longer it takes, some materials last millions of years.  Don’t underestimate them just because they aren’t as cool as rays, they’re still ionizing. Alpha particles are basically helium gone wild. They are big and heavy. They can travel only for a few centimeters, before they get tired and need a nap.They get stuck in your dead skill cells, and your clothes; they can’t get at your living cells. They’re unlikely to be dangerous, but I wouldn’t suggest eating some of it, that will kill you. Imagine Skyfire trying to fit into a human house, he’s unlikely to manage it, but if transported inside via unnatural means. He’ll destroy the house and everything inside it. Very bad, these guys are no gentle giants. Beta particles are hopped up electrons and positrons. This teeny tiny duo can travel 10 meters away. It’s best to keep your distance, unlike Alpha particles they’ll slide right in you, causing some serious damage. But you can stop it with some aluminum foil.

They are speedy, but they run into a few things, and they get discouraged, and give up. Poor microscopic schmucks.

Neutron radiation is what the name implies some freaky neutrons that have been spat out. This stuff is fairly rare, you aren’t going to find it laying around.  Sprung from nuclear fusion and fission, It’s most common in places like nuclear reactors, particle accelerators, or our atmosphere (cosmic rays run into it). Technically this isn’t ionizing radiation, it can’t touch your electrons. These jerks are able to make things radioactive by shoving themselves into the nucleus of your atoms, causing everything to get unbalanced like a jenga tower.

This means no matter how far you run the radiation killing you could be yourself. Talk about poetic.

They can travel several hundred feet! Neutron radiation is stopped by high hydrogen sources like water, concrete, and certain types of plastics. Boron is also effective at absorbing it. It isn’t stopped by lead or any other heavy metal, unlike the rest. This guy is a wild card who doesn’t play by the rules.

Luckily for us this nasty customer only lasts for about 12 minutes.

They can be used to make things called neutron bombs. They don’t damage buildings, only people. It was appealing, because then you could go in and occupy cleared out land without having to rebuild every dang thing. They got very little, if any use. Because 1 nuclear weapons, no matter how small, are a PR nightmare, 2 they weren’t able to stop tanks which limited their effectiveness, 3 and, this is just a guess, nobody wants to live in a radioactive building.

Radiation that doesn’t fit in the above categories, but are still cool.

Cherenkov radiation happens when particles move faster than the speed of light. But wait, I hear you gasp, nothing is faster than the speed of light!!! That is true, in a vacuum, but light moves differently when it has to travel through stuff, like, say for instance, WATER!

What does it do you swoon. Uh, yeah, it does this blue glow.

It seems to be mostly UV rays, and that’s pretty much it. Seriously, that’s it. I’m not kidding.

Pretty great right??

Hey! Hey! Cut it with the tomatoes; this is dry clean.

Cosmic rays are liars. They are not actually rays, they only said that in an attempt to make themselves look cooler. If you take off their fake nose and eye glasses, underneath are just a bunch of particles. I propose we rename them to “Cosmic fastballs” or “Rude aliens”. 

These guys are not very good at steering, so they’re always bumping into our planet, and they don’t even have insurance! They speed around at near light speed, because these outlaws don’t follow the speed limit their electrons fly out of their seats. Only 1% of electrons make it on this dangerous ride.

If you’re planning a trip off planet you to have be prepared to run into these punks.

Hawking radiation also know by its alias, black hole evaporation. This is a theoretical radiation, because nobody is willing to get close enough to a black hole to see if it holds true (The ones on earth are too small to see the effect!).

The idea is you have pairs of antiparticle and particles flying around, but they never see the light, because they cancel each other out. Taken from us too soon, but black holes work some magic, by eating one of the twins, and presto changeo, we have a healthy baby particle!

Except, they’re right next to the event horizon of a black hole, and black holes are able to move around, and they’re invisible, so the particle will never see it coming... We will remember you, brave little prince.

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Nuclear radiation There are three guys you’ll see mentioned Alpha, Beta, and Gamma. These are the deadly trio. Nuclear reactors generate heat, a lot of it. Cooling is the utmost priority of any reactor without it you’ll have a meltdown, or an explosion. The explosion at Chernobyl had been so intense that the people closest to it were vaporized. Ouch.

The core got hot enough that it burned through the floor, the people who went in after it found radioactive lava! It’s called corium, after the reactor, a proud parent. Meltdown is not figurative language. It’s still burning to this day. If it reaches the ground water it might cause another explosion or get its contaminants in peoples drinking water.

It is called the elephants foot for obvious reasons. Any photographs taken of it have to be done with a mirror, because if you stand next to a melted nuclear reactor core, you die.

Geiger counters are used to detect radiation, but during Chernobyl they used dosimeters that could only detect up to 3.6 roentgens per hour. Which is alarming, but not immediately fatal. In reality it was giving off 30,000 roentgens per hour. Hot damn!

They wanted to put a lid on all that radiation it was spewing off. The roof was covered in debris impeding them. The roof was too rickety to use a bulldozer. Well, I’d like to see how stable you are after an explosion the roof harrumphs. They thought they could use robots, autonomous robots. The robots took one look at this mess, stopped obeying orders, and flung themselves off the roof. I’m outta here echoed in the dark. Only one didn’t, but it sucked at its job, kept getting stuck.

So they used a new type of robot called people. The workers would have about 40-60 seconds to clean, before the lead shielding would no longer protect them. It cannot be reused.

This is because lead acts as a net to catch the radiation. It’s really dense so those slippery rays can’t get past it. The more electrons it has the more likely it is that the radiation will smack into it. When those electrons are gone there’s nothing stopping them from having a hoedown showdown in your body.

There is material denser than lead like gold, tungsten, platinum, uranium...

Wait what was that last one?? You cry. Yeah depleted uranium, it only has lazy Alpha so it is the lesser evil.

They weren’t the only disobedient machines, camera film would corrupt, helicopters crashed to the ground.

The people who died from radiation poisoning were buried in zinc welded coffins.

Radiation exposure can cause a giant list of diseases, most notably cancer, schizophrenia, burns, and radiation poisoning, also know as acute radiation syndrome.

*WARNING* GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS OF TERRIBLE SUFFERING.

Radiation poisoning is a terrible way to die. Vomiting and nausea begin after a few moments of exposure. Your eyes and tongue will swell as will the rest of your body. You’ll be weakened, unable to move easily.

Your skin will turn dark red within minutes, nuclear sunburn. An hour after exposure you’ll get a furious head ache, diarrhea, and fever. Hopefully by then you’ll have passed out from the shock.

Often, after this initial bout of symptoms, you’ll seem to recover. The swelling and nausea will recede, but the other symptoms will remain. Depending on the dose it can last for a few days. Just enough to hope, to make it that much worse.

The symptoms will return with a vengeance alongside delirium, and agonizing pain throughout the body. You’ll bleed from the mouth nose and rectum. Hair falls out, your skin will crack, blister, then turn black. One man from Chernobyl had his skin slide off of him, like a sock, after he stood up.

Your blood cells hemorrhage, the GI track shuts down.

Your bones rot leaving you unable to make new blood cells. Towards the end, your immune system collapses. Your internal organs begin to disintegrate, you’ll start to cough them up. Then you finally die.

There is no cure for it only prolonging the inevitable. The most famous example of this is Ouchi Hiroshi.

A victim of the Tokaimura nuclear criticality accident. He was kept alive for 83 days after exposure.

His chromosomes had taken a direct hit from radiation, and now looked like this.

They had fragmented into pieces. Cells need the recipe contained in them, without it you begin to slowly decompose while alive.

Within a week he needed a stem cell transplant from his sister, the theory was if his body won’t make any white blood cells, so somebody else’s will!

They had to stop using tape on him, because the skin would peel off with it. Not long after that the rest of his skin slid off.

On day 11 he needed to be put on a ventilator. After this point he can no longer speak.

Day 27 the membrane of his intestines are deteriorating, causing diarrhea. This causes his intestines to hemorrhage. He was losing 10 liters of fluid a day, so he needed daily blood transfusions, up to 10 times in 12 hours.

They tried to give him skin transplants, but it wouldn’t bind to him, even though they were using special bio skin.

56 days after his admittance he goes into heart failure. They were able to revive him, but it happens again 2 more times for a total of one hour without blood circulation. For reference brain death begins about 6 minutes of no oxygen.

Day 83 it’s over.

There are written records of this being against his will, that he had said “Please stop”, “I’m going home”, and he had begged for his mother. They continued for, at the most generous number, 72 days after hearing his pleas. They sincerely thought they could save him.

Radiation poisoning is a terrible, terrible way to die.

Well I’m not going to go into detail, but here’s a couple of cool tidbits about nuclear bombs!

The nuke map used in said video. This allows you to see what would happen if various nuclear bombs hit various cities, and what the death toll would be.

HEAD CANONS TIME!

Are you still with me? Haven’t fallen asleep yet? Great! Time to talk about what the heck this has to do with transformers!

If mechs are covered in heavy plates to protect from radiation what are medics scanning for? I like to think they’re looking for things like temperature, if spark activity is detectable (i.e, is there a breech), maybe fuel line pressure. This is why medics need to hook up to their patients to get direct access to their bodies readouts!

If Cybertron lacks organic life, thus no free oxygen, what protects their planet from all those rogue rays? There have been interesting theoretical talk about magnetic shielding, but nothing concrete yet. Lucky for us we can make up whatever we want! I say they do have magnetic shielding that is able to reflect most of the radiation.

Shuttles needing to be heavily reinforced, because they have direct exposure.

Mechs needing to get their plating checked like a trip to the dentist!

Or their sparks protect them from damage, by extending a field of electrons that interrupt the radiations wicked ways! When injured it reduces the energy released, so it opens them up to other aliments, like rust, nanobot parasites! Low yielding sparks having more problems or even an equivalent to immune system suppression.

Or Sparks need particle radiation to live, without it they’ll slowly get sicker and sicker. Trapped by alien captors who don’t understand why’d you want dangerous stuff like radiation. They assume they got a crazy robot, as the guy fades.

There are a lot of fun ways to add it to your stories, some examples!

A gamma ray burst destroys their ozone layer entirely. Medbays now have to be heavily shielded, because to operate on their patients they need to remove their protective plating. A place where being outside is a death sentence. Like with Chernobyl machines you have mechs slowly go crazy the longer they are exposed. This is great Apocalypse fuel. Or! Or!

Imagine Ratchet going where angels fear to tread, an irradiated colony, that was left to languish after a quick pronouncement of their “inevitable fate”. Ratchet is like Challenge Accepted. He has to deal with supplies being thin on the ground, the only support he manages to scrounge up himself. He has to fight his patients into to submission first, before he can treat them.

Sideswipe and Sunstreaker crash land on an alien planet after exchanging fire with Decepticons. Sunstreaker is severely injured by the landing he’s left insensate. Sideswipe has to carry him across a radioactive desert, while the planet beneath him gets hotter and hotter from decay.

Decepticons have weaponized Gamma ray bursts. They wipe out several Autobot outposts. Ever since, the Autobots have to live like scavengers, constantly on the move, sometimes they have to leave the sick and wounded behind. There is a last ditch effort to end this internecine madness. Lead them into a naturally occurring Gamma ray burst. Incredibly dangerous. What suicidal moron would do that? Oh yeah realizes Getaway unfortunately.

Thank you for reading this giant mess.

Feel free to shoot me an ask if you have any questions. I’m not an expert, but if I know the answer I’ll tell you it.

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The Ace: She's a pro gamer, an expert mech pilot, a pretty good shot with her energy pistol (managing to impress even McCree with her shooting), and if the posters in the Hollywood stage are anything to go by, a successful actress as well. Action Bomb: Her MEKA has a self-destruct ability that does 1000 damage to anything in direct radius of its Area of Effect. Before a patch adjusted it, it could also harm D.Va herself. Always Someone Better: Amusingly, despite being one of the most mechanically-skilled players in existence, one of her pre-battle lines is "솔직히, 스타로 아빠는 못 이기겠더라" translating to "Honestly, I can't beat dad at Starcraft." Animal Motifs: The rabbit. Her gameplay icon consists of a white bunny, she has a bunny decal sticker on her chest, and her gun even has a pink rabbit keychain. Even her Mini-Mecha somewhat looks like a bipedal rabbit with machine guns for hands. One of her skins from the beta is even titled "White Rabbit". As the icing on the cake, her Facial Markings resemble rabbit whiskers. Her "B.Va" skin has a bee theme, complete with yellow-black color scheme and stylized insect wings and carapace, in addition to being a shout-out to the Transformers character, Bumblebee. The "Junebug" skin, its recolor, is alternatively based on June bugs. Artistic License – Military: Given how much of a tactical and security risk it would be, it's unlikely that someone like D.Va would be allowed to stream her combat operations...let alone expressly displaying real, dangerous battles for entertainment purposes. Ascended Meme: Though she doesn't transform into a nastier diminutive version of herself, one of D.Va's new emotes of August 2016 has her chowing down on D.Vas and soda while playing video games like her infamous "Gremlin" counterpart. The Halloween 2016 update turned Cardboard Meka D.Va into an official spray tag. Attention Whore: She's a very visible celebrity, appearing in live streams, movies, and other forms of mass media. Some of her dialogue gives the impression that she's more interested in putting on a good show and getting cheers than whatever the mission is about. Attack Its Weak Point: While every character receives critical damage when shot in the head, D.Va's weak point in her mech is her cockpit, which is comparatively easy to hit because it's in the center and very large. This is to offset her MEKA's high HP pool of 600, the fact that it can be hit only from the front and her ability to completely shield it with Defense Matrix. Awesome, but Impractical: When reloading her pistol, she does a little Gun Twirling before slapping in the next magazine. If she didn't, she'd presumably reload much faster, but it wouldn't look nearly as cool. The Baby of the Bunch: Though technically an adult, she's by far the youngest human member of the cast (Orisa is even younger at one month, but being an Omnic, her case is more ambiguous), and some of the older members will brush her off as Just a Kid. Badass Adorable: She's a 19-year old girl who is a professional gamer that can keep up with seasoned combatants. Badass Armfold: Her default pose in the game's menus. Balance Buff: Pre-patch, D.Va's Defense Matrix was rather lackluster: it only lasted for a few seconds, had a monstrous cooldown, and would shut off immediately if she fired her main weapon. Since said main weapon only does good damage at point-blank, this made D.Va a non-issue at a distance and (thanks to her unforgiving headshot hitbox) laughably easy to kill in close quarters, which is pretty bad for a Tank class. Post-patch, Defense Matrix's cooldown was instead replaced with a charge meter a la Reinhardt's shield or Pharah's jetpack, giving the player more control over it and making it much easier for D.Va to do her job. Bare Your Midriff: Her "Junker" and "Scavenger" skins replace her jumpsuit with a cropped top and a pair of pants. Becoming the Costume: Her B.Va and Junebug skins give her a few bug-related lines, including "All systems buzzing!" or "Did that sting?" Her Junker and Scavenger skins adds "Hear me baby? Just hold it together," as one of her respawn quotes. Bilingual Bonus: Her name means "one" in Korean, and one of her voice lines translates to "I'm number 1!" in Korean. Bland-Name Product: No, those aren't Doritos she's chowing down on in her Game On emote. Those are "D.Vas◊". Blue Is Heroic: Her suit is predominately blue-violet. She's also one of the playable characters, and all her ego problems aside, she's still genuinely committed to the defense of South Korea when the Omnic struck there. Body Armor as Hit Points: Or rather mech's armor. If she loses all armor points, her mech is destroyed and she has to fight on foot, and if she sets her mech to self-destruction, she loses all armor points. Bottomless Magazines: She can fire her mech's fusion cannons all day long, no reloading needed. The catch? Her movement speed drops to a crawl. Bubblegum Popping: Does this during on of her intros and victory poses. Bunny-Ears Lawyer: While most heroes have this to some degree, D.Va is notable in that she talks and acts like combat is simply one big video game to her. Yet she's a hero to South Korea who was deployed on the front lines. Justified, in that the government was scrambling to find new recruits and decided that drafting professional gamers was the best answer. Car Fu: Her Boosters give her mech enough momentum to damage and knock enemies down. Chicken Walker: Her mecha has this design, with back-bent legs and very claw-like toes. Close Range Combatant: Her Mech's Fusion cannons deal well above-average DPS at point blank range, but at a distance deals some of the worst. She can also use her boosters to ram an opponent and follow up with a quick melee. This starkly contrasts her Mechless form, which is a Long-Range Fighter. Comically Missing the Point: D.Va is fully aware of the fact that Sombra is a hacker, but the reason the latter has earned the gamer's ire is the fact that D.Va thinks Sombra uses her skills to cheat at video games, making it easier for less skilled gamers to believe that the skill of professional gamers are not genuine. Sombra is rather baffled at this accusation. Competition Freak: From her dialogue, this seems to be her reason for fighting at her best. She seems to treat battle like a game, but one she "play[s] to win". In the Hanamura arcade, she boasts, "No one's beating my high scores!" Concealment Equals Cover: In regards to her mech's ultimate, as long as you get out of its line-of-sight, it won't even scratch you. Theoretically, someone could stand behind a wall a foot away from the explosion and not be harmed in the slightest. Or, alternatively, one could survive her ultimate at ground zero of the explosion by standing behind a pole about an inch wide. It won't kill, but it will hurt like hell. Conscription: She, along with other top Korean gamers, was drafted into service. The Cutie: Youngest human character in the game, in her late teens, has a highly competitive streak, and has a rather petite body in a form-fitting plug suit? Yes, she absolutely qualifies. Damage Reduction: Armor in general allows a significant portion of damage-per-bullet to be reduced and (prior to the Year of the Rooster patch, D.Va (in her mech) had the highest quantity of armor in the game). However, the effect is negated by other factors in her design—particularly, the wide hitbox of the mech, as well as the absurdly large critical hitbox directly in the center of it. Also, armor is not very effective against weapons with high damage bursts (such as Pharah's rockets, Junkrat's grenades, or Zarya's fully-charged Particle Cannon — all of which, again, are easy to hit her with thanks to her bulk). Thus, she takes so much damage and so easily that many players don't even realize she even has Damage Reduction. The aforementioned patch brought her down to 200 armor, which is the same amount of armor as Reinhardt. Death from Above: Since the self destruct took time before it actually explodes, a common tactic that is used by D.Va players when they use her ultimate is to boost her mech upwards right before they activates the ultimate, taking advantage that the boosters would remain active even after D.Va activates her ultimate. When her mech drops to the ground, the enemy team are potentially being caught off-guard and would have less time to avoid the area covered by the self destruct explosion. Disintegrator Ray: Defense Matrix completely atomizes any projectiles in range, hence why explosives don't even detonate. Drop Pod: It's never specified, but her Call Mech ability looks like an orbital deployment via teleportation. And it can be used to flatten people. Early-Bird Cameo: She was initially revealed on Blizzard's Battle.Net page as a Starcraft II player who had to retire to defend her nation. Also, in the Hollywood Attack stage, she appears in a poster of a movie, apparently her pro-gaming sensation turned her into a celebrity/actress as well. Eject...Eject...Eject...: When her mech is about to be destroyed, she gets a warning about imminent ejection; a bright red message will flash on her HUD, reading 비상탈출 (pronounced as bisangtalchul), or "Emergency Escape". Ejection Seat: Well, not an actual seat, because D.Va lies in the cockpit instead of sitting, but her mech is equipped with ejection system. Explosive Stupidity: Averted in the current patch, but back when D.Va was subject to the same "Your own explosives hurt you" rule as every other character, she was notorious for dying to her own Self-Destruct Ultimate. The devs mercifully removed this weakness later on, partly due to Self-Destruct's countdown being made shorter. Facial Markings: Pink "whiskers" on her cheeks. Fighting Your Friend: If she kills a character she's friends with, she'll lovingly quip, "I still love you!" Frickin' Laser Beams: Her Defense Matrix fires very small lasers that shoot down incoming projectiles and other hazards. Frothy Mugs of Water: She can be seen on advertisements for Nano Cola, which looks exactly like Soju. This ad can also be unlocked as a spray. Future Spandex: She wears high tech skin-tight jumpsuit.h Fun with Acronyms: Looking closely on her default skin, will reveal that MEKA stands for: Mechanical Exo-force of the Korean Army. Gamer Chick: She's a professional gamer. It seeps into her actual combat speech; when using her Defense Matrix, she calls it raising her APMnote and when she activates her MEKA's Self-Destruct Mechanism, she boasts "Nerf this!" Additionally, her MEKA makes distinct low-bit sounds that one would expect from an older video game, and her sidearm is called the Light Gun, even going as far as to resemble a controller from a light gun game rather than having realistic ammunition and firearm colors. Gatling Good: Her mech is armed with twin rotary fusion cannons. Genki Girl: She's rarely ever not cheerful, and she treats the action around her like a game rather than an actual combat zone. Glass Cannon: In her mech-less state, D.Va can do heavy amounts of damage with just her pistol, but she can die to one or two high damage attacks and has no means of escape or defense. Goomba Stomp: It's difficult, but very possible, to crush someone with D.Va's mech when calling it in. Gun Twirling: Part of her reloading animation. Hell-Bent for Leather: Her "Junker" and "Scavenger" skins give her leather chaps, bracers and a cropped vest. Hidden Depths: A conversation with Mei reveals that D.Va has an adventurous side. She loves reading the former's journal, and wishes she could visit all the different places the climatologist explores. A quote on Eichenwalde also shows a quieter, more pensive side to her. I Know Mortal Kombat: Her mastery of video games, including Starcraft II gave her the reflexes and instincts necessary to pilot the mech. McCree: D.Va, just tell me one thing. Where'd you learn to shoot like that? D.Va: 16-Bit Hero! Improbable Age: She's only 19, in a game where almost all the other characters are at least in their mid-20s, if not 30s and up. Doesn't stop her from kicking ass alongside and against fighters with far more experience. Irony: In her MEKA, she has the most durability of any Hero in the game, at 600, a good fraction of which is armor (Roadhog also has 600 HP but it's all health that offers no damage reduction or self-regeneration).However... Outside of her MEKA, she ties with Tracer for the least HP of any Hero in the game, at 150. In-Vehicle Invulnerability: Nothing can hurt D.Va personally until her mech is destroyed and she gets out, though Sniping the Cockpit does do more damage to the mech for some reason. In the Back: D.Va's design makes flanking or attacking enemies from the rear the best way to use her offensively. Going head-to-head with anyone is a bad idea because they can "headshot" her much more easily than she can do the same. For the most part, D.Va's job in a head-on fight is to cover the rest of her team with Defense Matrix until the other team falls apart and scatters. Jack-of-All-Trades: In terms of a tank, she has the basic tools to achieve whatever the team needs (she has decent mid-to-close-range DPS, mobility and flanking options with Boosters, and her on-foot form system gives her slightly more survivability and long-range options). She excels in primarily two areas. One, her Defense Matrix destroys any projectile that comes near it, allowing her counter most forms of burst damage. Two, her ultimate itself has the highest burst damage of any attack in the game, making it instant death if the enemy is stunned or has nothing to get behind. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: D.Va's a bit bratty and arrogant and absolutely relishes the spotlight, but she takes her mission seriously and her interractions show her to be pretty chummy with other heroes, accepting without a second thought to sign autographs for Reinhardt and Lucio and complimenting Mei on her travel journal. Its also shown with some of her voice lines that she is legitimately saddened by what the Omnic Crisis has done to her country and hopes to restore it back to normal. Jet Pack: Her Boosters ability. The Juggernaut: While she activates her Boosters, few things can stop her. She can push enemies away with it, and yes, that includes punting them down into Bottomless Pit. Kid-Appeal Character: The closest Overwatch has to one, being the youngest human hero and clearly made to appeal to the young gamers. Kid Hero: Slightly older than the usual example, but is otherwise the closest example of one in Overwatch being that she's 19 in a game where the majority of the cast are above 30. The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Is a fan of Lúcio's music. When Lúcio asks her for an autograph, she will ask for his as well. Knockback: Her Boosters can push enemies out of the way, disrupting their positions at the least and potentially sending them into a nearby Bottomless Pit. Call Mech will push back any enemies in proximity of the incoming mech, meaning that someone who tries to go against a mech-less D.Va may suddenly find themselves falling off a cliff to their deaths, not helped by her Ultimate gauge charging very quickly while in this mode. Leaning on the Fourth Wall: An interaction with Soldier: 76 displays this but it isn't certain if D.Va has fourth wall awareness or she just thinks this as a philosophy or if it's just a reply to his statement. Soldier: 76: War isn't a game. D.Va: Are you sure life isn't a game, Soldier: 76? Lethal Joke Character: Mechless D.Va might seem like an easy kill, but her Light Gun shouldn't be underestimated: it has a fairly fast fire rate, doesn't suffer the harsh damage falloff of her MEKA's Fusion Cannons, and is capable of headshotting. If the player's aim is good, it's entirely possible for them to take an enemy from full HP to zero with one clip. She also gains a lot of Ultimate charge on each hit, meaning that a good on-foot D.Va can get a new MEKA within seconds, essentially negating what would be death for any other character. Lightning Bruiser: In her MEKA, she's one of the most mobile characters, has a ton of health, deals good damage, and can block incoming fire as well. Outside of her MEKA, she becomes a Long-Range Fighter. Long-Range Fighter: Outside of her MEKA, D.Va has access to an extremely accurate automatic pistol with no damage drop-off at range. Provided that she can land all of her shots (preferably headshots), she can kill most average-health characters in seconds. However, in that form, she has no mobility, no offensive or defensive abilities, and low health, so most characters able to close the distance can kill her easily. Magic Skirt: Averted with her Palanquin skin, her short skirt behaves much like a real skirt would in a fight, luckily she wears some Modesty Shorts. Meaningful Name: Her first name, Hana, means "one" in Korean. She was a world champion professional gamer who was enlisted in a special mecha division of the Korean army before joining Overwatch. Mechanically Unusual Fighter: She has two different states (in mech and on foot), and a different Limit Break for each (manual self-destruct, and summoning a new mech respectively). She also changes to a Fragile Speedster when outside her mech, and she can stay alive after her mech is destroyed if she can survive long enough to summon a new one. Military Superhero: Even though she's supposed to be a gamer, decal MEKA logo stickers on her suit and mecha indicate she's a member of MEKA - "Mobile Exo-Force of the Korean Army". Mini-Mecha: Rides around in her MEKA, which is a relatively small mech shaped like a rabbit. She calls it a "suit" when summoning it, but it's not actually Powered Armor, since it uses a cockpit and its limbs are controlled via joysticks. Modesty Shorts: When wearing her Palanquin skin, she has a pair of white biker shorts under her skirt, which is a good thing considering how often the skirt rides up when she is taken out on foot. Ms. Fanservice: She isn't the most curvaceous female member in the cast, but that bodysuit is pretty form-fitting. Additionally, D.Va also fulfills the non-looks fanservice, being a Gamer Chick that drops in a lot of gaming lingo and references, thus she's also won the hearts of male players in the 18-21 age range. Mundane Utility: Apparently her MEKA Defensive Matrix can also be used for dancing lights and playing a top-down shooter. No Sell: Her shield has a very small effective zone compared to Reinhardt or Winston, but their shields will break under fire. As long as hers is up, she will stop every projectile that meets the shield. She can negate an entire Roadhog ultimate, completely nullify Pharah's ultimate, and prevent Hanzo's, Mei's, and Zarya's ults from happening at all with her shield. Pink Means Feminine: She decorates her entire arsenal as well as parts of her costume with the color pink. Post-Apunkalyptic Armor: Her "Junker" and "Scavenger" skins wouldn't be out of place in Fallout or Mad Max. Power Fist: Her mech can punch enemies with its fusion cannons. Product Placement: Referenced and parodied In-Universe with her own brand of chips◊ named D.Vas◊, in the Game On emote, and played straight in the real world with Blizzard Entertainment's logo can be seen on her right leg of her out-of-mech suit. Pre-Explosion Buildup: Precedes her mech's self-destruction, complete with Pre-Explosion Glow and Sucking-In Lines. Product Displacement: It isn't clear just what type of soda Hana drinks during her Game On emote. The white label over the can completely obscures whatever it could be. Punch-Packing Pistol: At range, her laser pistol is more deadly than her mech's Fusion Cannons...and more accurate, too. Ranged Emergency Weapon: Her laser pistol has no damage dropoff from range, and has no accuracy spread. If you can line up every shot at a distance, you can deal massive damage in one clip. Self-Destruct Mechanism: Her ultimate has her eject from her mech while it self destructs dealing a wide area damage. She Cleans Up Nicely: While she was never unattractive to begin with, her "Palanquin" skin has her wear a traditional hanbok and a braided haircut, and she looks gorgeous. She's Got Legs: Her "Palanquin" skin has her in a hanbok with a very short skirt that accentuates her slim, feminine legs. Shoot the Bullet: Her Defensive Matrix ability is actually two laser arrays plus incredibly fast reflexes. Sore Loser: When she's killed and revives, she says, "I'm not a good loser!" That seems fitting, considering that she was a professional gamer. Stance System: Using D.Va in her mech and outside of it means essentially learning to play as two separate characters: one, a Lightning Bruiser mixed with an Action Bomb, and the other a Long-Range Fighter Glass Cannon. Super Reflexes: The reason she was drafted. It also shows up when she uses her Defense Matrix, where her Mech deploys holographic distance markers and lets her individually shoot down every projectile that comes into it. Fans have done the math, and it turns out her APM is frankly superhuman: An individual Tracer's Pulse Pistols fire 40 rounds per second. If 6 Tracers were to simultaneously fire into D.Va's Defense Matrix, D.Va can shoot down 240 rounds per second without fail, meaning she's fully capable of 14400 actions-per-minute. To put this into perspective, the highest real-life APM ever recorded was Park Sung-joon's 818. She can also fully withstand Roadhog's ultimate, which according to this post fires approximately 145 projectiles per second. If she were to face against 10 Roadhog ultimates (5 enemy Roadhogs and 5 on her team deflected by an enemy Genji), in a best-case scenario, her maximum APM would be 87500 APM. Damn. Throw-Away Guns: Taken to an extreme whenever D.Va's mech is destroyed or she triggers its Self-Destruct Mechanism. Given a little time she'll just summon a new one without incident. [Verb] This!: The enemy team hears this when she uses her Ultimate. D.Va: Nerf this! Victory by Endurance: A D.Va vs D.Va fight is this by default. Since D.Va can't fire while using Defense Matrix, one D.Va blocking the other is a complete wash. Also, trying to charge at another D.Va only results in taking the full damage of her Fusion Cannons. Thus, the vast majority of D.Va mirror fights are decided by who attacked first and who had the most health. V Sign: Does this during one of her intros and victory poses. We Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties: Not unlike Gazlowe in Heroes of the Storm, if D.Va is hit by Ana's Sleep Dart, she will move the joysticks desperately to try and get her MEKA back online. Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Her Summer Games skin changes her bodysuit and mech's colors to those of the South Korean flag. What a Piece of Junk: Unlike her shiny, high-tech regular mechs, her "Junker" and "Scavenger" ones look like they were made from whatever parts were scavenged from the nearest scrapheap.