#i have always always always wanted to be the big scary buff as fuck dude with a big fuck off sword

[girlscience]

sometimes i wonder why a very specific flavor of big toxic masculinity influencer guys appeal to me so much and then i am forcefully reminded that's what i've want to be my whole life and i 😭😭

[all-doggirls-go-to-heaven-2]

it is crazy how sad the gymbros tiktoks are like. I dont know if the girls know but they ALL have severe body dismorphia, there's just a lot of young kids going through puberty and then putting the weight of "being buff" into constant training, constant breaking down their bodies, to make a couple of poses they HATE because no matter how big they get they will always see themselves like their "before pics" which are, in their majority, normal teens and pre-teens. I know we like to mock men and all but this trend of gymbros tauting gym and protein powder and steroids as this self-improvement bullshit to 16-year olds is doing IMMENSE harm. The fact that if they get involved enough with the scene they will get offered steroids that will just destroy their system like it ALWAYS DOES. Calling someone "Natty" as if it's like, an achievement and not THE FUCKING NORM. its scary as hell. Im very lucky to have gym friends that didnt fall into these traps and are into the game for like, phisiotherapy reasons. And they're buff as hell. But mostly just to treat back pain. And like, I do train. I like my body being strong and all. But I realize that if I had like 20% less media awareness (and didnt want to look like a strong lesbian, not a buff dude) I would 100% fall into this rabbit hole. Its fucking scary. If you have like a young cousin, brother or some stuff like that and they seem to be falling into that trap, TALK TO THEM. You have the opportunity to save them a lot of pain in the future

[pugs-cats-bb-8]

Persona 3 Reload Part.8

A fucking cult.

You want something that tries to kill you? At least in the movie she does.

Long legs

My man there are lots of people dying. What is he dying of?

💪🏻🥔Buff potatoe? That's a scary image.

Did anybody really want to know more about these fuckheads? (Minus Chidori).

My dude I'd be surprised if you can feel anything. Damn cult leader.

I hate Jin's new portrait. It's like when Pokemon went 3D. (Pokemon should go back to either Gen. 5 graphics or Firered/Leafgreen graphics).

I don't see any blood.

Did they make Mitsuru and Akihiko colder?

They run funny.

That poor kid climbed that torture device. Again people should not bark.

It looks like a Sandygast in the background.

That kid sounds familiar.

Ken reminds me so much of Akechi.

Great posture in the background. 🤣🤣

Labrys❤❤

Ngl if I came home and Shinji was waiting for me. I'd turn right around and head back out.

"Nah, I'm not going to pick on Junpei, today". 😔😔 How about you leave him alone for the rest of the game?

From what I can count, there are 12 burgers. 12 heart attacks.

"I have to report this to Elizabeth". No, my man you have to go to the hospital, for the heart attack you'll likely have.

I hate the whole suppressants angle.

I straight up thought he was going to give you the cigarette butt 🤣🤣

Hardboiled detective makes me think of a hardboiled egg solving mysteries.

Cabbage

I don't blame her for hating hospitals. Nothing good comes out of them.

I love these two.

A little romance side plot. Reminds me of how you basically date Akechi alongside the plot.

"What do you want a fruit knife for? Oh, to cook". 😐 No, my man I'm going to stab somebody with it. What the fuck do you think I want it for?

Can you not be such a dick, Shinji?

Giant bowl of ramen.

Jerk.

Poor Akihiko.

Charm, my ass.

How old is Chidori?

It's funny how you can basically leave people on read for half of the game, then go back and finish their link. Like do you even remember their story at that point? Or how you can work a couple times and never go back.

A sumarai Do they even still have those? I love Bebe. 🤣🤣

Bebe's link feels a little fast.

Why does the culture festival get canceled?

Are Monks allowed to drink alcohol? (No)

Poor doggy.

I like how nobody wants to talk to Ken, so they have you do it.

Did Ken always have a hamster, named Hamburger?

No offense, but shouldn't that hamster be dead by now?

You were allowed to smoke indoors in 2009?

What is your son getting into?

There are days when I want to drink, but I don't. Honestly, if anything I'd probably be a smoker (which I'm not).

Why does gun Jesus want to meet when there's a typhoon coming?

Something tells me that he doesn't have a permit for his gun.

No one offers you a towel. 😡😡

Why would we release her into the typhoon?

They make you sit through the entire cutscene soaking wet😡😡

Maybe I should go see if the crops survived the typhoon.

You slept for two days! Isn't that a coma? No one came to check and make sure you were still breathing?

Mothman isn't big on words, is he?

I wish more people got lost in Tartarus. It would make going there less of a chore.

It sucks that you have to get missing people one at a time from Elizabeth. But it's better than waiting for Morgana to go off.

Drink it, soak in it?

"Watch out for that one". Naw, we're gonna battle it. 🤣🤣

Tanky mother fucker.

It hits like a tank.

It hit everyone and itself?

That thing is huge!

Is this like the I think it was a Jack O' Lantern that stole a desire in Strikers?

It taunted you 🤣🤣 So we have to chase it.

The hand looks like it's wearing a onesie.

It painted it's nails, Blood Red. The blood of it's enemies.

Just try punching it. 🤣🤣

"Their ass is grass". 🤣🤣 I have to give it to Shinji, that's funny.

The clock is expensive to use.

He ran into a pole. 🤣🤣

The miss rate is insane.

The 'Bad Boys' song kinda sounds like it belongs in a horror movie.

Makoto used the force.

Is that a rocking horse?

"Flashing won't work". 🤣🤣 What?

Let us rest, they say. 🤣🤣

Unless by creeps you mean gun jesus, then no.

550 M =1,804.46149 F

And Yukari is dead.

The Therugy machinic is interesting, but I would probably forget to use it. If it's not shoved in my face, like the showtimes. I'll forget about it especially if it's on the side of the screen, looking at you Voltage meter.

Running down stairs is funny.

"It sucks to suck". 🤣🤣 In which Shinji channels a 10 year old playing Minecraft.

I like the way he says Sarasvati. That thing sucks in Strikers on Merciless.

I am forever grateful that you don't have to pay for Futaba's skills.

Shinji, in his swimsuit, looks like Akechi.

This teacher's got issues.

Is he talking to Makoto or Koromaru?

Poor Mitsuru.

Makoto really took on three guys.

You were surrounded by three guys.

Yukari's dropping hints.

Yeah, rob shadows.

250,000,00=15,975 dollars

What happened to Bede's parents?

Do you need a 🗑 or a 🏥?

I thought that said Kuma Sutra🤣🤣

Yukari doesn't strike me as a mountain girl.

I love the giant Jack Frost snowman.

I thought Ken's mom died when the/a house collapsed?

There's an odd irony in that Shinji wasn't long for life, even if Ken didn't kill him.

I think that spear got longer.

The cutscenes look like normal gameplay which makes it hard to tell when it goes into cutscenes.

Don't they spring Chidori?

The first casualty? Like I know Makoto dies but that sounds like they're going to get picked off, one by one.

In a way, I think Shinji dying was less sad this time around.

[inosukeslefttoe]

lmao i just... think that they r soulmates.... not even in a romantic way (but YES in a romantic way bc im gay and love lesbians) but just seriously dude i feel like their connection is so unique and it makes me start having feelings when i think of how attached some of the characters are to each other in this game but like,, they maybe never wouldve rlly met or become close under any other circumstances rather than this one yknow ?? so in a way the beautiful relationships that came from this situation were such a blessing BUT ALSO FUCKIN HEARTBREAKING BC THEYRE ALL GONNA DIE YOU FEEL

so ,,, first im gonna talk about why its so epic that sakura was able to find this friendship right... shes this big scary buff woman and i remember her saying that its been hard for her to find friends in the past bc everyone fears her and her main goal has been fighting and getting stronger her whole life which has been especially hard since shes a woman and feels like she has to prove herself to men (this is also similar to how taka bent over backwards with his studies but in doing so sacrificed friends and social life). im assuming most of her close relationships have been born from rivalries and fights n shit or any relationship she has at home, even with her family and bf, revolves around her wanting to become better than these people by defeating them,,, i think thats also how she shows affection to ppl now sometimes by fighting them. bUT,, then she meets hina who is super bubbly and friendly and ditzy who immediately trusts her right away and asks her to stay with her during the night or smthn like that and sakura is like “homie... shes not scared of me at all... and she gets what its like to be competitive... and to yknow keep working hard every day of ur life to keep getting stronger...” and i think that was a super important moment here bc they seem so different but hina was so open and willing to start a bond with sakura that she prolly hadnt experienced before and so therefore sakura is like HOLY SHIT I GOTTA PROTECT THIS WOMAN WITH MY LIFE but like,, not in a way that she thinks hina is weak,,, but in a way that shows she respects the hell out of her and will always stand by her side to fight with her. 

OKAY AND NOW FOR HINA OKAY. it pisses me off that everyone always picks on hina for being so driven to work out and all that bc like,, while yeah i could NEVER live like her bc sports arent my cup of tea (lmao clearly since i spend all my time watching anime and playing this game) and the thought of waking up before 10:00 on my free days makes me wanna cry,,, HINA IS SO FUCKING DEDICATED TO WHAT SHE DOES AND SHE SPENDS ALL HER ENERGY ON WHAT SHE LOVES AND WHAT MAKES HER FEEL GOOD AND SHES DAMN GOOD AT IT !! AND SHE NEVER SACRIFICES HER HEALTH OR HAPPINESS FOR IT EITHER !! SHE MAKES SURE SHE GETS GOOD RELAX TIME AND STILL GETS TIME FOR HER FAVORITE FOOD EVEN THO ITS “UNHEALTHY” AND SHE DOESNT FORCE HERSELF TO BE HAPPY ALL THE TIME SHE BALANCES HER EMOTIONS AND LETS THEM OUT IN HEALTHY WAYS !! SHE IS A QUEEN !! okay but n e ways,, ppl pick on her (by ppl i mean in game characters along with like,, actual ppl) for being shallow or whatever for being so into sports/fitness and nothing else but homie thats her p a s s i o n and shes so driven and someone i admire so much,,, and i think when she meets sakura,,, she sees that sakura rlly gets that about her yknow ?? theyre both into fitness and all that and hinas like “oh cool a person i can totally bond with over this !!” which is why she starts a friendship with her so early on. she doesnt care how anyone looks or what theyre into shes always been so fucking sweet and warm and open to every character in this game and i think thats the absolute best thing ever esp considering how toxic some of these characters can be lmao. but YEAH her relationship with sakura is so special bc they have that shared bond and passion and sakura is the first person here not to poke fun at her or call her dumb bc sakura fully understands how into her passion she is and it creates so much mutual respect and the strongest bond. 

in conclusion: sakura and hina are fucking soulmates and i rlly like to think they wouldve met in a non-despair world bc i think having each other as partners/being by each others sides is such an amazing thing for both of them since they see each other for who they really are and they can both fully understand what it means to be so passionate and driven for the things they love. 

a-also... big buff lebsian a-and... her cute tiny gf.... hggnnnhhh THEYRESOCUTEIMIGHTCRYAGAIN LMAOOOO (also i just started chapter four and i just KNOW smthn bad is gonna happen with them teehee i will not make it out alive after this)

[monstersmutpeddler]

The Quarry Master: A Grumpy Boss Romantic Comedy

By Amanda Milo 

Monster Scale

Level 04: Actual Monster (Physically)

Dude is big, scaled, healing saliva, has spikes, horns and a tail. And can BREATH FIRE.

It’s like, having a dragon alien human hybrid. It’s awesome.

My Overall Rating For The Book

“I Bought The Ebook or Will Read On Kindle Unlimited” 

This book is so much fun to read! Very much a grumpy/sunshine book, 100%. 

This book can be read as a standalone, but a lot of the characters in the background you’ll meet are in STOLEN BY AN ALIEN: AN ALIEN MATE ROMANCE , so I personally recommend reading (at least) that one book first so you have a better idea as to who all these people are. 

Overly Simplified Summary

Humans are living peacefully on a new alien planet and are preparing to build a town! Problem is that the have to help build/get the necessary materials to do it. So now have to work the most stubborn, grumpy boss of all time. 

If you’re looking for a sci fi slow burn (no pun intended), grumpy/sunshine book, this ones for you!

Keep reading for ‘This Book Has Everything’, possible Trigger Warnings.

This Book Series Has Everything

[x] Touch them and I’ll kill you vibes

[x] Big buff love interest 

[x] Soul mates or fated mates

[x] Miscommunication happens between leads at some point

Yeah it’s not fun, but lasts only a chapter or so. 

[x] Plot first smut second 

If you count banter/flirting as plot. 

Also slow burn. (no pun intended)

[x] Love interest goes on a rampage when main character is either hurt or kidnapped

[x] Love interest either wins or kidnaps lead

More like, willingly takes her with consent. 

[x] Girl ends the book pregnant or is pregnant

[x] Straight 

[x] One’s a sunshine and the other is a grump

Oh boy is this one true!

[x] Language barrier 

Sometimes words/phrases will go over Bash’s head, which is always funny. 

[x] Main character and love interest talk about their problems or tragic pasts and heal together

[x] The side character steals the show and makes you want their own book

Pretty sure all of them actually do have their own books. 

[x] Society where men have drank respect women juice 

[x] Open communication 

[x] Kinky af sex

She gets chained to the bed.  

[x] Lead or love interest has a disability

Isla is missing one of her arms. No tragic accident or anything she was just born like that. 

[x] Lead or love interest gets injured and the lead or love interests drop everything to take care of them

[x] Happy Ending Guaranteed

[x] They purr like a FUCKING CAT

[x] Super scary/dangerous but very gentle and sweet with the one they love

Here’s where you can read/buy the book!

[callmeblake]

READ ALTPRESS’ FIRST INTERVIEW WITH GERARD WAY OF MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

The vocalist discussed the band's 'Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge' in great detail.

By

Alternative Press Magazine

-June 8, 2021

Featured in the August 2004 issue 193, My Chemical Romance made their major Alternative Press feature debut before appearing on the cover of issue 197 in December 2004. Following the release of their sophomore album in June 2004, ‘Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge,’ the group were interviewed by Leslie Simon and shot by Anthony Saint James. To celebrate the 17-year anniversary of ‘Three Cheers,’ we’ve unearthed the full first interview with vocalist Gerard Way.

(see an MCR  poster out of this magazine here)

While it seems that everyone is trying to sell you a CD or a silk-screened hoodie, My Chemical Romance just want you to feel something, and they don’t care if it’s heartfelt or dirty.

My Chemical Romance seemingly came out of nowhere in the winter of 2003. Nowhere being Newark, New Jersey, where vocalist Gerard Way, guitarist Ray Toro, bassist Mikey Way, guitarist Frank Iero and drummer Matt Pelissier sharpened their vampire teeth at basement shows and shithole dive bars, and though together only a couple of months, managed to land themselves coveted opening slots for acts such as Taking Back Sunday, Finch and the Used. With music more ghoulish than a Halloween party at the Osbournes’ and a stage presence more intoxicating than a pink at Harry Buffalo, MCR were a hit with their peers but a harder sell to audiences.

The band’s debut, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, introduced My Chemical Romance to the world (did we mention that the Brits practically worship them?). But the new disc, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge, establishes them as long-awaited heirs to the arena-punk throne.

The production is slicker and the songs are shorter, but the band haven’t lost any of their boo-scary theatrics or violent fetishes. “It’s passionate; it’s really strong and aggressive, and I think [Gerard’s vocals] are genius,” the Used’s Bert McCracken raves, who lent vocals to a titillating track called “You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison.” “They’re a kickass band, and they always have been. I’m just a fan.”

AP caught up with Gerard upon his return home from MCR’s three-month stint playing with labelmates Avenged Sevenfold. In addition to learning some tips for toning up (courtesy of A7X gym buff M. Shadows), Gerard was also practically overflowing with details about the band’s new album. Three Cheers is about a pair of lovers who thought they died together but end up being separated posthumously. The only way for them to be reunited is if the dude goes back down to Earth and does the devil’s work of killing 1,000 evil men, not to mention some nosey angels. Now this we’ve gotta hear…

Lots of people, especially here at AP, were surprised at how good

Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

is. Do you take that as an insult or a compliment?

It isn’t an insult at all. When we wrote our first record, we were a band for about three months. We just really wanted to be a touring live band. That was the goal.

The way the band operates is that we always like to come in under the radar. Especially this time around, with this record. We were saying to ourselves, “All right, this is how we’re perceived, and this is how we’ve progressed. Let’s be really quiet about it. Let’s not make a big stink about it. Let’s not toot our own horns. Let’s not even tell the fucking label.” It’s this squeaky-wheeled operation that we run: Come in under the radar, slap it on the desk and then they’re blown away. We just don’t like to talk about things—we like to do them.

The album’s part concept record, part band-therapy session. What kind of outside forces seeped into the storyline and caused it to go on tangents?

We’re still a relatively small band, but it was such a rapid progression from literally [playing] basements to full national tours instantly, [and] obviously the crazy and/or dangerous shit that happened to us. There are all kinds of tests of your moral character. All these things hit a band, and it’s how they deal with it. Does it bring them closer, or does it drive them apart? The other people you meet on the road, the camaraderie you get, the jerks you meet—that all came into play. We had a really fucked, crazy year.

Then, personally, the death of my grandmother changed everything. I had this huge story, this huge concept record worked out. That happened in November, and that was when we were coming really close to finishing up writing. At that point, we only had another month-and-a-half. It was really sad because I had just gotten off tour, and she died the next day, and we’re talking “the tour.” If you combined all the tours together and called it “the tour,” I missed the last year-and-a-half, practically, of this woman’s life. And I get home, she dies the next day and I didn’t get to see her. I was pretty devastated because she taught me how to sing and paint.

Basically everything I apply to this band, I got from her. So when that happened, I was like, “Fuck. Oh, God. How am I going to deal with this story? Does it even matter anymore? Is it just fucking pretentious? Is it bullshit?” And then I came to grips with it and said, “Fuck it. I’m going to write the songs that I want.”

Your lyrics are riddled by all sorts of supernatural powers, which seem to be metaphors for real horrors that you face.

The story is a metaphor for what you’re willing to go through for either somebody else or to prove yourself. It’s almost like your revenge is living your life the way you want and doing exactly what you want to do. All the people who shit on you or picked on you in your life, it’s your way of getting revenge. Our record is revenge, in a way, for any struggle we’ve had in our lives, being told fucked-up things like “Your band’s gonna be broken up in six months after you’ve started,” “You guys don’t have what it takes,” “You’re not going to make it,” all that bullshit. And then not even dealing with the band but just growing up, like being in school and being called a piece of shit and not fitting in with people. So that’s what the record is to us; it’s our revenge, in a way. It’s a different phase in our lives.

Tell me how you managed to wrangle Bert McCracken into singing backup on “You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison.”

Sometimes it feels like jail when you’ve got eight or nine guys in a van. It smells like jail, that’s for sure. Sometimes it feels like a prison, but sometimes even the guys in prison, as fucked up and rough as it is, they buddy up and stick through it together. I think that’s definitely one of the reasons I wanted Bert to sing on it. He’s one of the few people that I’ve met on the road and really connected with.

He was like a cellmate, in a way. He’s already been through the crazy rock star shit, and I’m just new to this. [The song is] definitely about that camaraderie and obviously touches on lost masculinity. I think that just comes from being around dudes so much, and you actually start to lose your masculinity. Especially because we’re not the kind of band like Mötley Crüe where we fuck around with groupies or anything. In that respect, we’re very monk-like, in a way.

But the song’s pretty homoerotic. Certain lines…

Definitely. There are straight-up lines about going down by myself and going down with my friends.

Exactly.

I also wanted, at the same time, [for] the record to be a testament to self-expression. Putting stuff in there like that, while not being a homosexual myself, but expressing myself in a homosexual way, is either going to push your buttons in a negative way or you’re going to identify with it.

Well, this whole scene wants to be sensitive but not

too

sensitive.

It is extremely homoerotic, especially the whole emo-sensitive thing. Everyone’s wearing women’s pants; everyone’s got women’s haircuts; everyone’s wearing youth-medium shirts. I don’t have to come out and say it. It’s blatantly obvious. Wearing a leather jacket is an extremely masculine thing to do in this scene.

Even the hardcore bands, the really hard ones, you see them in makeup and stuff. I like that. I think it keeps it dangerous. It keeps it exciting. In a way, sex has really been missing rock, especially because of all the sensitivity. That’s what I really wanted to convey on the record, too. I wanted the record to be very dangerous and sexy at the same time. There’s such a lack of sex in music. It’s been more about getting in touch with your feelings and being there for each other, which is great, but it’s definitely lacking this sexual duality.

Before you look too far into the future, what’s My Chemical Romance’s present mission statement?

The main thing that we’ve always wanted to do was to save people’s lives. That sounds Mother Teresa-ish and outlandish, but it really does happen. It does make a huge difference. We’ve seen it in action.

Leadership has become a really big factor in the band and for me lately. I feel like there’s a lack of leadership. I feel like there are so many people out there who have the kids in the palm of their hand, listening, but there are few people saying something. That’s really what, especially with this record, we hope to accomplish. In between songs, too; not so much cursing and drunken banter but really go back to the way it was and really say something and connect with people in that way. It becomes less about merchandising and more about really saving lives.

[wherearemyglassesbro]

i saw that you play genshin impact, so i’m kind of curious... what’d be the axis and allies’ vision and weapons?

Uh oh...now you got me started. Be warned, it’s a long one cause I have no self control

Some key terms for those who don’t play genshin impact and want to be included!!

Cryo -> ice, Hydro -> water, Dendro -> nature, Geo -> rock, Pyro -> fire, Electro -> lightning

Hilichurls: a common enemy found in the wild. Despite looking like hairy trolls, they have a district language as well as texts, art and song that they share together making them an advanced species!

Ruin guards: another enemy. Giant, scary robot...they scare me...

Knights of Favonious: an organization of knights within Mondstat that keep order and peace :) very nice guys and gals over there!!

Mondstat: modeled after Germany

Liyue: modeled after China

Alfred: pyro, claymore, Springvale Mondstat

Alfred would be a super heavy hitter in battle but his drawbacks are that despite his energetic nature, he’s slower because of the weight of his weapon

He blows stuff up a lot and sets all of the grass around you on fire so if you fight with him...His teammates will take damage from him Jeez Louise!!!

Since we don’t have all of the nations of Teyvay unlocked, I don’t know where he’d be from! I’d have to explore to get a sense for it so for characters that don’t have a place on the map yet, I’ll mark them with an asterisk from now on! :)

Idk where he lives but I do know that he’d be a devoted member of the adventurers guild! He’s always willing to offer a helping hand to anyone in need! Wether it be helping Granny Ann make hash browns or taking comissions to go kill a huge ruin guard who’s terrorizing the town!! He’s always leaping into new jobs! He isn’t even in it for the money or rewards! He just loves helping out!

Arthur: Dendro, archer, Mondstat

Artie is a beast in battle! Shooting vine Aries at enemies to tie them up or temporarily blind them??? Sick as fuck. Keep in mind, Genshin doesn’t have any Dendro characters that are playable yet so idk how they’d fight but I think I can guess :)

Artie is technically part of the knights of favonious because he works in their library. He translates books written in ancient texts into the standard language so historians and others can read what the old civilizations had to say

Instead of having normal eyes, they’re slit like snake eyes. And he has leaves instead of hair :)

He has a little seelie that floats around at his side. He talks to it but it doesn’t really do anything but provide company to a lonely guy :’) he needs more friends

Matthew: Anemo, catalyst, *

It’s always good to have a catalyst on your team! Ningguang is a great example of an underestimated catalyst cause she can do INSANE damage man!! So I think Mattie would be the same way

Matt isn’t violent and doesn’t enjoy fighting so his in-game voice lines would say that lol

Mattie is an alchemist! Well...A student alchemist. He didn’t take up an interest in alchemy until like, 3 years ago so he’s got a lot to catch up on still! He’s doing his best!

He gets very annoyed with Alfred since Mattie is detail oriented and gentle...Alfred is not any of those things. But he still loves his brother and on rare occasions, he’ll assist him with his commissions

Ivan: Cryo, catalyst, Liyue(temporary)

Ivan would be a support character for sure but he’d do a damn good job of doing it

He’s buff but he doesn’t do hand to hand combat, he’s mastered magic for a reason

Ivan spends most of his time studying hilichurls. He writes books about them, translates their texts and acts as a peace keeper when he can. He gets information from them about the Abyss Order in return for free reign of small portions of protected land where they can live without fear of being killed

Because he’s from Schneznya(spelling?) he’s kinda expected to be a bad guy but he left a long time ago. But he still sounds like he’s from there and...He’s super pale too so there really is no mistaking where he’s from

Ivan can’t stand how ignorant humans are towards hilichurls so he does everything he can to advocate for them. He’s covered in scars from when he first started engaging with the beasts. A huge scar runs down his face but he doesn’t mind it

He’s got big, sharp teeth!! So he doesn’t often smile cause he thinks he looks weird

Francis: Hyrdo, long sword, *

Fran is underestimated when it comes to combat (like Kaeya...I see you slandering this man) but he has so much potential!

Since he’s a hydro, he is so useful for elemental reactions! If he’s paired with a cryo or pyro user, he’d totally boost them!!

Fran is a traveling entertainer, he goes between the 7 nations as a singer and actor for small stage plays. He has a crew of friends who travel with him, they’re one jolly bunch!

He always acts all nonchalant and stuff but once he’s in a battle, he’s wild. Especially if the abyss order holds up his crew on their way to their next tour destination “We need to be in Liyue Harbor in four hours you are NOT holding us back!” *tidal wave*

He’s a regular tavern hopper! A very recognizable face since he’s been banned from a handful for getting too rowdy

He can make not one, but 2 special dishes :0

Yao: Dendro, polearm, Liyue

I just imagine him as a shorter, richer and cooler version of Zhongli

He’d do that kick move that Zhongli does with his polearm oh man that looks SICK dude!!!

Yao would shoot vines out and they’d strangle enemies for a few seconds before disintegrating but if he’s leveled up enough, they’ll totally strangle those stupid hillichurls lol

Yao sells rare gems and other miscellaneous items for very high prices in Liyue where he grew up. His shop is upstairs by the Fatui bank. Rich people enjoy looking at what his shop has to fifer and will argue prices with him. They’re getting scammed for sure. He’ll list a set of cor lapis earrings as $50,000 and the rich will be like ‘I’ll pay $25,000, no more than that’ and he’ll take it!!....Cause thise earrings are worth $5000 at most >:)

Hes close with a lot of the higher ups in Liyue and is often invited to fancy lunches or dinners where they discuss policy, contracts and vendor permits. He doesn’t really get a say in any of that but he benefits from listening

Kiku: Electro, claymore, *

Kiku would be SUCH an awesome electo user are you KIDDING me??? I can see it now, him swinging that huge sword around, purple lightning bolts flying all around and he looks like a total badass? Amazing vibes

When paired with cryos???? He’d do an insane amount of damage fr

Kiku runs a small restaurant where he...runs the place...but doesn’t cook. His restaurant is extremely exclusive and people often throw fits when they can’t get in cause the wait list is over 5 years long. He’ll rest his hand on their shoulder and smile ‘is something wrong? I’d love to take a complaint if you have one’...No one has even dared to complain to his face lol

Behind the restaurant front he deals with the Fatui, buying and selling minerals or artifacts. That’s where his knowledge is at, not with food. He pays his staff to ignore what goes on behind the scenes and the locals are too busy enjoying the restaurant to question what goes on after dark

Gilbert: Pyro, long sword, Mondstat

Gil would be one of the free characters given to you at the beginning of the game but hey, I’m not complaining

He’s highly destructive and very chaotic in battle, he can do that spin move even though that’s meant for claymore users

He’s Mondstat’s biggest trouble maker. He runs an underground gambling room that sits underneath a tavern. He isn’t really into gambling but he makes a lot of money by running it

The only knight who knows is Ludwig which is not good cause...Gil pretty much bribes his brother into not telling the knights of favonious (peace keepers of Mondstat)

Gil never got his gliding certificate cause he kept flying into buildings. He broke his nose doing that lol

Lovino: Pyro, catalyst, *

I can’t add anymore images so imagine a floating, red and black orb. Lovi doesn’t get a book catalyst cause he doesn’t read :) That’s the catalyst thing I’m talking about 😅😅

My guy has the angriest in game voice lines, he’s inconvenienced by every battle, every enemy is ugly and a fuckin disaster. He’s just. Angry.

He’d be a super weak character if he needed to rely on hand to hand combat but he learned magic for a reason babey

He owns a flower stand in his country and makes all kinds of beautiful flower arrangements. He even picks his own flowers in the fields when he can (but usually pays the town’s children to do it for him to ‘teach them the value of hard work’).

Everyone knows he’s a total hothead and will piss him off on purpose just cause it’s funny lmao. But then somehow...Their hair or clothes will just...catch on fire. So is it really worth it to tease him? :/

Feliciano: Hydro, archer, Mondstat(temporary)

I feel like Feli would also be a free character, not cause he isn’t good or anything! But you always need an archer on your team!

Feli has healing properties for his team and doesn’t do an insane amount of damage but when given the right resources, he’d be a pretty sick healer

He moved to Mondstat to join the church there. He leads prayers in front of the church and sings in the choir inside.

He is the sweetest and has never committed a crime in his LIFE but he’s afraid of the knights lol he’s terrified that he’ll get in trouble and be kicked out of Mondstat forever! That would never happen but he’s a worry wart cause of his brother

Ludwig: Geo, long sword, Mondstat

Lud is the only one that I could really think of as a Geo but Geos are awesome :)

He’s a hard hitter but has like...No shield so he’ll take damage fast if you don’t give him those artifacts with shield in them or whatever lol uhhhh I wouldn’t know anything about that cause I suck at building my teams ;-;

He’d totally be in with the knights of favonious! (I think that’s spelled right lol) but he’d take his duty as a knight very seriously!! He’s a familiar face around Mondstat, the elderly absolutely adore him and the local teenage girls swoon over him which he finds super embarrassing lol

He has to work hard to keep Gilbert in check cause even though Gil isn’t a knight, his actions reflect negatively back on Lud very often... :(

Please ignore the spelling errors and terrible photo cropping on my part lol this was so fun!!

By the time you’re seeing this, ive already made full outfit red sheets for everyone mentioned above!!!! :D

[lonelyboxpet]

put back into place || viking whump

this is just a random first person whump snippet without any context lol, hope you like it. it´s set in the tv show "vikings", doesn´t contain any spoilers, only my best friend and me cuz i love whumping myself uwu

cw: alcohol, belting, manhandling, beating, brief mentions of non-con and r@pe, brief mentions of pregnancy and abortions, some heavy language, knife whump, ragnar being protective and getting his revenge on that dumb drunk dipshit, a shit ton of sarcasm

The light of the fire glistened against the metal cups and the candle holders, gold and matted, weakly illuminating the dark hall. Men were laughing, drinking, drunkenly dancing and sharing stories, as they always were, while eating - and making a huge mess, of course.

I sighed. I was holding a cup, almost untouched, and playing with it anxiously. I didn't really like the ale, unlike my friend, who already downed three drinks and now was very cheerily devouring the fourth one. I scoffed a little and sipped from mine. I had to admit it wasn't bad, the ale was pungent and sweet, but I didn't really like the idea of getting drunk around a bunch of two-meters-tall, buff, scary viking men who mostly knew shit about consent and didn't care about what an age gap is. And the last thing I wanted was getting raped and getting pregnant with a child of some drunk-ass 40-years-old fucker in a world where abortion wasn't invented yet.

,,You look like a lost puppy, dude,” Jáchym laughed softly and nudged me, making me smile weakly. ,,What is it?”

,,I just… I don't really like this, bro,” I replied reluctantly, gesturing with my cup to the whole hall. ,,Ragnar and mostly everyone who we know isn't here and were left in the company of a bunch of dangerous drunk dudes who could crush my skull with one hand. Of course I don't feel good.”

He shook his head. ,,Why would they want to hurt us? Look, don´t worry. If you want to, we can go, get some fresh air or something.”

I looked at my feet and squirmed nervously. ,,Nah. You don't have to leave just because of me. You look like you're enjoying this. It's okay.”

,,Alright,” he shrugged and finished his drink. ,,But if you change your mind, just tell me.”

I nodded and decided to try to fight my anxiety. Fuck this, alright? We're here. How many times will we get an opportunity to feast with fucking vikings? I downed my drink in one go, squinching my eyes at how it stung in my throat. Jáchym quietly cheered and quickly followed my example. I smirked at him and peeled myself off of the wooden pillar I was leaning on, diving into the crowd.

My heart was pounding in my chest so loudly I almost choked on it, but I headed to the table, eyes fixed on the big goblet with more ale. I reached over the shoulder of some man, who was laughing loudly about something, and tried to grab it, but he quickly caught my hand and forced me to topple over at the table, getting more laughs from his friends around.

,,Sorry,” I yelped out, trying to pry myself from his iron grasp, ,,I just- I just wanted to fetch the ale.”

The man's eyes narrowed. He reached for the goblet. ,,You wanted this?” he asked. I slowly nodded, feeling my cheeks burn with embarrassment as more looks landed on me.

,,Yes,” I replied. ,,Ye- yes. I´m sorry.”

He looked me straight in the eyes and strengthened his grip, as he slowly turned the goblet upside down, pouring its content onto the floor. His friends´ laughter rumbled in my ears as he grinned at me, without a trace of humor. I squirmed again.

,,Hey, leave her alone.”

Oh my fuck, bro, I swear to gods, don´t fight this dude, I prayed quickly as Jáchym approached us, opening the man´s hand and forcing him to leave my forearm. I backed off as fast as I could, grasping the bruises he left, watching him and my friend with wide eyes.

The man stood up slowly, hovering over Jáchym as he tried to keep balance. My friend was apparently too dumb to do the logical thing, which was turning around and running for his fucking life, but instead, he striked first.

The man groaned and fell back onto his seat, grabbing his bloodied nose. Now Jáchym backed up, probably finally realizing that fighting a viking wasn't the smartest thing to do, but the man grabbed his shoulder and punched him. Well, he tried, Jáchym dodged it at the last time, and the man´s fist just lightly stroked his cheekbone instead of landing on his chin.

I forgot that I was fucking terrified, my blood raced through my veins. My heart was pounding so fast it hurt. I forgot how to breathe. And, I did the dumbest thing possible. I jumped forward, head-butting the man´s face before he could punch my friend again.

He groaned, I felt his already injured nose to crack, and white stars of pain flew across my skull. He grabbed my throat and threw me to the ground, as one of his friends twisted Jáchym´s arms behind his back to stop him from fighting again, even though he thrashed around and tried to stomp on his feet.

I tried to get up, but a kick forced me to fly back to the ground with a pained gasp. Jáchym managed to strike the face of his opponent with the back of his head, but a punch to the gut forced him to topple over, wheezing for breath. The man over me grinned as he unbuckled his belt.

,,You gonna fuck this little bitch, Hrolf?” one of his friends laughed, watching the whole scene while drinking his ale.

The disgusting piece of shit, apparently named Hrolf, just sneered. ,,I´m not fucking dogs,” he snarled, erupting more laughter from his great pals. ,,I´m just gonna put these two sneaky pieces of shit back to their place.”

His belt landed on my arm, leaving an angry red mark. I yelped and tried to pull away, but to no use. The leather of his belt hit my skin again, and again, and again, no matter how much I squirmed. In the end, I just curled up, covering my head with arms, quietly weeping and hoping that he'll get enough soon.

My hopes apparently came true, since the blows stopped coming. Hrolf scoffed. ,,And now the other one.”

Oh well I think the fuck not, I thought, pulling my bloodied arms from my head. Jáchym growled and fought against the two men who were manhandling him, trying to push him down. Hrolf raised his arm, ready to hit him.

I bounced off the floor and flew forward, kicking him in the groin with all the strength I had. Which wasn't much, but it was enough to force him to screech and topple over, falling back onto his seat hard. Jája pulled himself out of the grasp of the two men, quickly stepping away.

The metal buckle of the belt landed on my face, erupting in a white-hot lash of pain. I fell to the floor, feeling the metal taste of blood in my mouth, but I looked up at Hrolf with a bloody grin when he turned around and left the scene with a scoff, swaying and grabbing his crotch.

Jáchym´s warm hands lifted me up. I wiped the blood from my face, hissing as I touched the open wound and splitted lip.

,,You alright?” he asked, concerned. One of his eyes was already swelling up. I frowned, gently touching it, and he softly tsk-ed, pulling away from my touch.

,,No, bro. Are you alright?” I replied, voice full of worries. And blood. It´s sweetness mixed up with the bitter aftertaste of the ale.

He shook his head. ,,No. Let's get out of here.”

I agreed with all my heart. We supported each other as we stumbled out of the hall, into the cold darkness of the night.

>><<

Rangar´s eyes were piercing me as he softly turned my head with his fingertips, examining the marks.

,,You say he beated you two up for getting a drink?” he asked Jáchym, who stood a few feet away.

My friend nodded with a frown. ,,Yeah. He said something about putting us back in place or something,” he confirmed, his face dark with anger. I shivered softly when I saw his expression. Ragnar turned my attention back to him.

,,Um, I mean, it was kind of my fault,” I admitted quickly, stuttering a little when faced with his blue, stark eyes, who did not blink. ,,I- I shouldn't have sneak up on him like- like that, I´m really sorry-”

,,Stop it,” Ragnar cut my stammering. ,,He hurt you. Floki,” he turned to the boat-builder who was watching the whole scene, leaning against the frame of the door, ,,go find Hrolf. Tell him I want to talk to him, now.”

Floki sneered a little and perked up. ,,Of course, Ragnar,” he grinned, as he always did. ,,I will tell him.”

He disappeared and Ragnar sighed, patting my shoulder. I let out a soft gasp of pain and he immediately stopped, gently grabbing my side instead. ,,I´ll deal with him,” he promised to us. I felt the anger building up inside him and I shivered, clinging to Jáchym instead. ,,Come with me.”

>><<

,,Hello, Hrolf,” Ragnar greeted the man who entered the hall coldly, not even turning around to face him. I sat at the heel of the stairs leading to the chairs dominating the room, trying to hide in the shadow. Jáchym didn´t. He sat at the top and was piercing Hrolf with the deadliest stare he knew, considering the fact that one of his eyes was swollen and almost closed.

,,What is it, Ragnar?” Hrolf asked, the trace of sarcasm too visible in his voice.

,,You know why I wanted to talk to you,” Ragnar said softly, still with his back turned on Hrolf as the man approached. ,,You hurt these two.”

Hrolf scoffed. ,,The girl sneaked up on me. She then disrespected me, and the boy tried to fight. I simply put your slaves back to their place.”

Now Ragnar turned around swiftly, facing the smaller man, their faces only a few inches apart. ,,They´re not slaves,” he corrected him, voice terrifyingly calm and low. ,,We found them while raiding, but they're not slaves, Hrolf. I think of them as high as of my own children.”

Hrolf threw his arms apart. ,,Well, I didn't know that you were so keen on them,” he snarled in irritation. ,,They annoyed me. I fixed that. If they learned their lesson, I have no problem with them. Is that all, Ragnar?”

Ragnar smirked, locking Hrolf´s arms in an iron grip. ,,No.”

He head-butted Hrolf´s face so fiercely that his head flew back, breaking his already kind of damaged nose once again and leaving a bruise around his eye, similar to Jáchym´s from yesterday. Hrolf howled in pain, but Ragnar´s grip forced him to stay on his feet. Ragnar grinned wildly as he flicked a small knife from behind his belt - and then he turned to me. I shrivelled and curled up under his gaze.

,,Come here,” he ordered me, still holding a groaning Hrolf in one hand and the blade in the other.

The last thing I wanted was to get close to a furious Ragnar with a knife in his hands, but his command was just impossible to ignore. I shakily got up and approached him, my eyes flickering from the glistening blade to Hrolf´s fucked up nose to Ragnar's stone-cold face with a soft smile on it.

,,Closer,” he gestured, softly taking my chin to lift it up, examining the place on my cheek where the belt broke my skin. ,,Hmmm.” He turned back to Hrolf and lifted the knife.

I backed up, knowing very well what he was about to do, and I also knew that there was no use in trying to stop him. I just turned away, trying to ignore Hrolf´s pained gasps and panting as Ragnar slowly, too slowly started to carve the same wound into his cheek. Jáchym softly hugged my side when he felt me shivering, frowning, but not turning away.

Finally, Ragnar was done, the bloodied knife fell to the floor and Hrolf was quietly hissing.

,,Now, I think we're good,” Ragnar said, still not letting him go, watching the blood drip from his chin. ,,But to be absolutely clear…” He pulled Hrolf even closer, so close he felt Ragnar´s breath on his ear, ,,You ever lay a hand on them again, and I will cut it off myself. Understood?”

,,Ye- Yes,” he gasped, gulping. ,,I understand.”

,,Good,” Ragnar smiled and let him go. ,,Now, be on your way.”

Hrolf started to back up, wiping the blood from his face, leaving the hall abruptly, shutting the door behind him. Ragnar let out a huge breath and picked up the knife, wiping it against his pants. Then he looked at us.

,,Which one of you broke his nose the first time?” he asked.

,,I think it was me,” said Jája.

Ragnar grinned and reached a hand out to him, helping him to get up. I quickly stood up too, my eyes flinching from Ragnar back to my friend.

,,Good. The next time, punch out his teeth too, boy.”

[reineyday]

bnha characters as volleyball players (au headcanons)

i have never in my life played volleyball outside of gym class and the occasional beach jaunt, so this is all based off of what i learned from haikyuu LOL

anyways, this started as tags from this fanart by @syblatortue​ of deku, kacchan, kiri, sero, iida and shouto as vball players, and then it got away from me so if you wanna read 2.9k worth of headcanons about powerhouse athletics high school UA then go ahead and press “read more” :)

deku's the calculating setter like kenma and he fanboys over stats from the international to the national to the high school

kacchan used to make fun of him and look down on him bc he used to think too much on court to move properly, and as a kid kacchan used to think that it was spiking or bust so he always gave deku grief and bullied him over being slow and weak

in middle school kacchan was a starter since first year and eventually became the ace but deku was always second string setter

his athleticism was nothing to write home about but he was just good enough to make the bench

in their middle school tournament their starting setter got injured and deku had to step in to set for a match for the first time ever

powerhouse volleyball high school coach yagi toshinori is watching and he sees all the aborted plans in deku's setting choices

he sees the gutsy sets that miss and the one successful dump he did that threw everyone off-guard (even deku himself), and yagi remembers what it was like to be hungry for volleyball seeing the look in this kid's eyes and he recognizes the brain on him

their team loses there though bc the fact is that deku wasnt athletic enough to do it and kacchan is yelling and deku's crying

but yagi approaches deku (who freaks out bc all might is THE legendary vball player of their country, and the nation was SHOOK when after getting severely injured by a malicious spike in the wrong place he chose to coach high school vball, even if the school was a powerhouse school and also his alma mater lol)

but anyways deku babbles and fanboys even through his tears and says he got into UA but he's not sure he can make the vball team, and yagi says he sees the potential in deku's plays and if he trains hard every. single. day. from now until the tryouts at UA, he might make at least the bench

(cue montage)

kacchan is angry to see deku at tryouts and fuckn RAGING when deku more or less keeps up bc deku got buff since their last high school match

unfortunately for kacchan he is actually the one most familiar with deku's playing since they trained together in middle school too, and he almost pops a blood vessel just thinking it but ever since deku started actually being able to get to the ball in time, vball has been more fun ‘cuz the things deku ends up doing are fucking batshit crazy and his sets are begrudgingly his favourite to hit

deku sets right where kacchan can just hit the ball as violently as he can, and it sounds like a bomb goes off when the spike hits the ground

(kacchan also obviously has the best serves and he mixes it up with the power ones like his ap shots, or floaters when he's strategic; he knows how to read the opposing team and either wait or serve really fast and serves up high to blind them like his flashbomb explosions, and he’s really arrogant about his serves but at least he can back it up as per classic kacchan)

anyways they become a really intimidating duo, apart but especially together, because despite the way deku still occasionally cowers from kacchan’s rage and kacchan is often yelling and antagonizing deku, they can read each other really smoothly on court and they match each other really easily, and they both go for the really gutsy shit no one else would think to try (like samu and tsumu going for the freak quick with samu setting kind of gutsy)

kacchan is also antagonizing af and calls the other team extras lol

but yeah, those two along with renown olympic vball player todoroki enji's son shouto are the three most intimidating first years at UA

enji has a very aggressive playing style and where he targets people on the opposing team specifically to make them sweat, makes them feel like he’s hot on their heels even from the other side of the net, always glaring, always strong

shouto hates it and hates the way his dad made him train day in and day out just because he had a good reaction time and instincts for the ball when he was young

fuyumi and natsuo were slow as kids and got immediately dismissed bc of it bc to enji if they werent athletic enough for the ideal vball playing style as children then theyd never be athletic enough to beat all might’s vball career and metrics in the future

touya was fast enough but he overtrained and strained his knees and then continued straining them to play anyways till they were permanently damaged, and by the time he graduated middle school, his doctor put him on orders to never ever ever do anything that might be overly strenuous for his knees ever again

anyways, shouto plays very cool and detached, like even when he spikes the ball right into your face you’ll feel like he wasn’t looking; he’s a middle blocker like suna, stays calm but uses his whole body

deku eventually convinces him that playing with fire every once in a while, especially when he spikes, can be a good thing because at the end of the day, his dad may have taught him the tricks but it’s shouto himself who’s playing, and so it’s not his dad’s style, it’s his own

also the spikes just aren’t as good or as psychologically effective if shouto’s not 100p IN it when he goes to spike one of deku’s demanding sets

and im gonna say shouto is ambidextrous but more comfortable with his left hand in this volleyball au because shouto’s left side is his fire side, and it’s more parallel to the character to make his more aggressive spiking hand his left one but still have him be able to use his left hand for spikes too (it’s also SO stressful for opponents bc angles)

also yes he does indeed only play with his right hand (his ice side) when he gets into UA, and is initially very hellbent on proving to his father that he can become a pro vball player without being as aggressive as enji on court and without using his more dominant hand, the hand that his dad’s been focusing on whenever they trained at home, the hand he’s spent hours and hours spiking and serving with since he was like five years old

one day deku notices shouto’s writing with his left hand and then connects the dots and sort of badgers him into spiking one of his sets with his left hand too and then yeah shouto tells him his life story and deku manages to emotionally coerce him into being okay with his left-handed spikes

(shouto also feels better about it when deku points out the left-handed angles thing)

so yeah that’s the big three scary first year starters: calculating and gutsy deku, who occasionally makes plays so gutsy he’s at risk of twisting one of his limbs in a very scary way (he’s always bruised in weird ass places from volleyball); raging, aggressive but also cunning kacchan, who is undoubtedly the loudest on any court he’s on, and ambidextrous hot and cold shouto, who does a pretty solid general defense with little holes but has scary aggressive spikes

btw shouto’s got a fanclub and they call him the volleyball prince

also at one point they totally play a practice match against shiketsu and UA loses bc inasa starts antagonizing shouto for being exactly like his father (inasa asked for enji’s autograph after a match once when he was a kid and got rudely blown off) and shouto gets offended and starts targeting inasa and then they get outplayed (it was a close match though ‘cuz both of them couldnt get their heads out of their asses and both their teams were suffering as a result)

alrighty, the other players in that fanart lmao!

kirishimaaaaa my dude my bro, super solid libero, always pumps up the team, and his defense is unbreakable! will receive even the scariest, most powerful spikes and smile cheerfully through it; will always insist that you’re manly for playing with everything you have and never letting fear get in the way of going for it

his middle school had a huge and scary substitute gym teacher who didn’t have mercy and spiked hard right to the faces of the students, and kiri really wanted to run forward to receive the spike and yell about how unfair this teacher was but he froze because the spike seemed unforgiving and if he received it wrong, what if his nose broke? what if he fell and broke something from the impact? mina didnt pause though and she received the spike and told off their substitute teacher and then reported it to their homeroom teacher and it was so manly of her, he promised himself he would never hesitate just bc of a scary spike again

btw mina’s all-around athletic and could probably make it onto the girls vball team but she’s probably on the UA dance team (UA is a powerhouse school for many sports, and theyre famous for their athletics department bc they often hire (former) pro-athletes to teach and coach)

iida comes from a family of sprint runners and he’s the one they trust for the most running; he’s their first year decoy and he’s fast af for such a big guy, and he often also provides extra block support from zooming left and right

also enjoys helping out the managers and corralling his team into being good students; he’d offer to tutor kirishima but kiri seems to have fun trying to be friends with bakugou lol; he makes it known that he’s there if kiri wants some extra patience to go along with his studies though

sero guess blocks so accurately people like to say that he’s got tape coming from his elbows, bringing the ball straight to his arms so that he can block; actually he’s pretty known for having weirdly accurate control bumping the ball back from places other than his hands (esp his elbows though), like he’s just so aware of his body, and he uses everything he can to keep the ball off the ground so he’s good at general defense

some other people i wanna mention:

aizawa’s their supervising teacher and the first year homeroom teacher (he gets to hear bakugou explode both first thing in the morning AND right at the end of the day, oh joy); all might just coaches ‘cuz he does other former pro stuff during class time, so he somehow ended up in charge of the volleyball club after the previous teacher stopped being able to

he never went pro but he’s a black belt mixed martial artist, and he still does those parent-child karate classes with hitoshi (who is now close to black belt and on the demo team, since they’ve been doing this since hitoshi was like five) and eri (who just got her yellow belt! aizawa is soft)

only hizashi, nemuri, oboro and his kids know this but he’s also REALLY good at doing aerial silk and he looks graceful af when he does it

hitoshi started kinda learning aerial silk when hizashi took him to a rock climbing place that had the silks on the ceiling (dont at me, there’s a place EXACTLY like this where i used to live lmao) and found out they offer classes there, and hizashi laughed and said “yknow your dad is pro at those right”

ochako is their first year manager, and when everyone is confused about kacchan continuing to call deku something so mean, she talks about how the nickname is cute and gives off the impression that he’s trying his best and when deku grins and blushes and seems to be happy with it, the whole team starts calling him deku with the same intentions and fondness behind it

every time other people hear UA calling their starting setter “deku” theyre so confused

nejire is the third year manager leaving and she does gymnastics and dance outside of school

mirio is the ace and his thing is that he is very strong and very precise, and he moves like he phases through the other players

tamaki is a middle blocker that can adapt all kinds of playing strategies pretty fast as long as he’s got time to digest them and decent food in his stomach—he’s a great decoy ‘cuz his spikes are hard and he’s pretty fast too, and while he prefers read blocking, there are a few times he guess blocks and it’s accurate af and kinda scary honestly

tamaki and mirio are also pretty fearsome ‘cuz people start off scared of mirio’s power spikes and serves (btw his goal is to spike a million service aces LOL), and then tamaki kind of surprises them ‘cuz he seems to be able to just? do everything??? (and theyre extra surprised bc no doubt he’ll be talking himself down and doubting himself before the match and the opponents will think like “oh good he’s mentally weak” and he kind of is but also holy shit??? we got blocked AGAIN???) and so they sort of only keep a peripheral eye on mirio while they start focusing on tamaki, and then all of a sudden mirio’s not where you thought he was and how’d he get there so fast and there other players in the way??? and then mirio spikes one in

this isn’t really related to anything else but you BET mirio can bend low and do insanely accurate bump receives from pretty close to the ground like! his thighs and knees are legend

we don’t really know any second year bnha students, but i’d like to think their starting team isn’t just first years, so i’d say like… hm or mb tamaki is starting setter (all the stuff about adapting and easily digesting strategies still applies, as well as his flexible skillset, it just now includes setting) and mirio is his ace, but all might puts deku in a lot more than you’d expect a bench player to be subbed in not only ‘cuz it shakes up the other team to see such a meek-looking kid do these gutsy-ass sets, but also bc it’s good for tamaki’s mental health that he feels like he’s got a really great setter right there supporting him as well, even though he knows (objectively) that he can hold the fort on his own

so yeah, id say tamaki and mirio for sure starters (mirio is captain), kirishima’s a starter (he’s always been really good, he just used to get a little scared off in matches sometimes, but since the thing with mina, he’s been really gunning for it, and also conveniently their last really good libero graduated the year before and they didn’t really have a good backup), shouto’s a starter (he’s lowkey mad about it bc it feels like he’s fulfilling his dad’s legacy and he doesnt want to be), and probably two second years, that feels fair

bakugou’s benched bc his temper’s still a little too unwieldy for the court (much to his dismay), sero’s still patching up holes in his defense, and deku could stand to watch other people’s playing styles, but u bet theyre all fearsome af when theyre on court: deku seems to be the only one that seems to be able to bring out shouto’s terrifying spikes for now; after their first qualifiers, rumours fly around the vball circuit about his angry pinch server that’s so mad he’s not a regular, he takes it all out on his serves and rip the team that has to try and receive them

well okay, so bakugou is the only that i can qualify as actually fearsome bc even when he’s being intimidating sero is a pretty chill dude, and deku looks too nice to really be scary so the opponents usually arent scared until he starts playing and then for them it’s just this internal monologue of “what the fuck? what the FUCK???”

and sero, while chill, is the type to be aggressively cheerful and grin really wide after he blocks and gives you, the opponent, really supportive feedback that sort of still offends you but in a way you cant refute because every word he said was nice and his demeanour was nice too and yet? you kinda wanna strangle him??? and then he laughs winsomely and blocks your next spike too (like, “awh i noticed you have a tendency to follow here when xyz happens, but better luck next time right? that’s usually a pretty good play”)

and of COURSE their school banner says “plus ultra”

ANYWAYS i went OFF lmao i can’t believe i really wrote 2.9k of headcanons for this

i have waaaay more ideas about what the rest of the class and other characters are up to in this au that is powerhouse athletics high school UA so if for some reason you got all the way to the end then thank you and please interact if you wanna talk more about it!!!

[maiaphaelsource]

anon’s great cornucopia of maiaphael prompts, part 21 [and final, unfortunately :(]

ANYONE CAN FEEL FREE TO GIVE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THIS PROMPT

Also do they ever get a pet? Cause I’m just imagining like a cat or dog, your choice, hanging around takis and all the new downworlds love them and it’s like the unofficial pet of the downworld

personally i have the headcanon that the clan becomes a sort of animal shelter. like, not exactly, because i don’t think they would want to force the animals to stay there, but like... they have water and food and space for them and all sorts of pets can feel free to just go there for shelter and pets and company and food. so there are a few “regulars”, a few who live there, and a few occasional pets there, and it doesn’t matter because they love and take care of them all (like if one of them walks in there with matted fur they shave it, if they are sick they take them to a vet or warlock, etc) 

just because for so long the dumort wasn’t a home, it wasn’t their place, it was... camille’s, really. but most importantly, it was a lair. it was so impersonal and steel-like and had no communal spaces that were actually used and it felt like living inside a torture chamber daudsaiuh which is terrible because vampires in particular are super lonely, they can’t go out in the sun, they lose their families, they can’t have comfort food, and then the new york clan for so long was denied even their downworlder found family and company, you know? and raphael and the others sure as hell want to change that 

like obviously it’s hard for all downworlders but the pack is way more tight and more of a family, they have a home and their own space and each other even if they fight all the time diuadsia they also can blend with mundanes more easily. and same with warlocks. obviously they all have issues, but... vampires and the new york clan in particular is just starved

so they all want to make the dumort more comfortable, a better place, a home. and what could be better to help them achieve that than pets? it’s not like they have allergies anyway, and pets can bring in some much needed warmth for people who are always cold and in the dark. plus, they all like the idea of making the dumort a place where strays can find comfort, because it’s what they want for themselves, and they sure see themselves in those strays, you know? so everyone is immediately into the idea. they also get some plants (i like to think courtesy of meliorn and the seelies, like, they’re gonna know plants that grow well in the dark or can even enchant some) and make the place more comfortable and inviting, get some couches that aren’t leather, a tv and games and a library and stuff. taking care of others is also a good way of feeling better, and pets as a whole are therapeutic. so like. you know. they’re all into it

and eventually the communal area of the dumort is just this huge zoo dahudsaih and every once in a while someone walks in with a cat or a dog or a fucking pigeon in their arms/trailing behind them and brings them in. it’s frequently raphael, because he’s out all the time and he just... seems trustworthy to animals, particularly now that he’s so much happier. he’s not going to invade their space and scare them off, but he will also not leave them hanging if they go after him or are in pain. so animals tend to follow him. and he’s fine with that that’s a lie. he’s totally tearing up. it makes him feel so worthy. so human

and some of them of course take a liking to some vampires in particular. simon frequently wakes up to like, 7 dogs lying on his chest. some of them are rotweilers. they are very heavy. many many many cats love raphael because his style is more suitable, but there’s also one abandoned deaf pitbull who has... a lot of trauma and trusts him more than anyone and is just the sweetest bean. she likes to lie down on raphael’s chest and look at him with those big sad eyes and he pets her and it’s nice. she doesn’t leave the dumort much, whereas the cats come and go, particularly at night. she’s their friend and they all welcome the big unhearing giant and it’s very sweet

eventually she opens up to the rest of the clan members as well, especially to play. pitbulls love to play (they are the SWEETEST beans it’s really so unfair that they have such a bad reputation) and in fact can actually genuinely die because they enjoy playing so much they just drop dead of exhaustion, so it’s something to be careful with (and raphael gives them strict instructions to make sure she rests and is hydrated and shit), but since raphael is not-at-the-dumort a lot of the time because of the many things he runs (not to mention clan business itself) and doesn’t have a lot of energy to Play the way pitbulls like to, the others usually do it with her. but whenever raphael is back home she immediately goes back to following him around, and it’s sweet

maia of course loves them all and makes it a point to visit the dumort to “see raphael and simon” (she’s there for the pets) and always brings some meat/fish for them. she’s really like “hey there babe, how are you doing? *kisses his cheek* anyway hewo my wittle beautiful baby, how are you doing? are they treating you well? yes they are! oh you are looking so happy today, oh look at your little tummy, oh look at you-” and raphael just rolls his eyes affectionately and goes back to whatever he was doing

the pitbull also loves maia, she’s clearly the second in her hierarchy of trusted ones. she always starts barking in delight when she can sense that maia is coming and goes out there to greet her, which is like, the only time she ever leaves raphael’s side when he’s home dohasudioa. the cats tend to be a bit more wary of her cuz you know, werewolf, but eventually they all opened up to her (it helps that they’re used to canines at this point, but also, she is just great and doesn’t push them and smells similar to raphael and simon. also, she brings treats). tiny dogs are just jumping on her and it’s a whole mess whenever she’s there. and it’s the best thing (maia buried in a huge pet pile? maia buried in a huge pet pile!). there’s also a parrot that absolutely fell in love with her, and because parrots are assholes and also monogamous, she won’t let anybody touch maia. she and raphael are mortal enemies. raphael doesn’t even mind that she’s in love with maia like hell yes bro good taste, but she won’t let raphael hold her hand. he also hates that she picked up on the fact that raphael calls maia “cariño” and started calling her that, too. thief. thief! no he doesn’t have beef with a parrot but also yes he does

whenever maia is coming the parrot starts screaming “cariño! cariño!” in delight and raphael wants to smother her

i know this is a lot of pets but also they are immortal so they have time to have all kinds of pets and stories over time. no i will not get into the fact that the pets die and there’s angst and they probably have a cemetery in the back haha it’s fine i’m fine

i also like to think that the pack gets one (1) dog. who is like, a pinscher or something. like obviously none of these are Breed animals (don’t buy animals, y’all!) i’m just mentioning the breeds that they are the most like/descend from for reference but they’re all strays/rescued animals okay. but like, still, they just get this very tiny and very angry dog who definitely thinks that she belongs 100% with literal wolves. so sometimes the pack is running around in their wolf form and there is just a tiny pinscher running after them, keeping up with their fast, long-legged pace by sheer force of will. or there is that scary looking biker gang filled with buff ass dudes and one of them is carrying the pinscher with him. she has a little helmet and everything 

and okay this is DEFINITELY too long so i’m going to stop now but i just!! love the thought of downworlders and pets!! so much!! especially the clan!!!! 

again i want to thank you immensely for all these prompts you’ve sent, i loved answering every last one of them greatly. thank you so much and remember everyone, the inbox is always open for more!

[aberzombieandwitch]

Nope Forever Woods by Eek_afreak 🎃👻

Made this account purely to participate because I have a recent weird experience. This story is from about two months ago. I have no clear explanation for what the hell happened and it took me three attempts to work myself up to remembering it in enough detail to write it down. Here goes.

My husband and I are moderately unambitious hikers. As in, we enjoy going for a bit of a hill climb in the morning and then visiting a local brewery or something in the afternoon. In about mid-August of this year we decide to head over to a nearby civil war battlefield (we live in Virginia, about 85% of our parks seem to have been civil war battlefields so this is not considered a strange thing to do at all). A friend of ours and her two kids is visiting from PA so we invite them along.

The group is composed of me, the husband, our friend who I’ll call Sara and her two children. Tyler who is 14 and Alicia, 11. We set off on one of the marked trails but it’s more difficult than we had planned. We scramble up and down about three heavily wooded hills (about 40 degree incline up and down) on trails that are eroding pretty badly thanks to all the recent rain. We stop at the bottom of hill #3 (looking up at hill #4 from a bridge over a creek) to catch our breath. Sara and the husband are both trying to stay positive. Alicia is huffing and starting to whine and Tyler clearly thinks we’re all idiots and wishes he were anywhere else (admittedly he’s a 14 year old boy so he’s always seems on the verge of this attitude).

While Sara and the husband are working to rally the troops I’m retying my boot and craning my neck to see if there’s a secondary trail that’s a bit less vertical we could follow. At which point I see him. Now it should be noted that we have seen no other hikers until this point. That is a little unusual as this park is not far from town (it’s accessible through a neighborhood and we’d seen several dog walkers on the way in). However, we’ve taken what is clearly more of a nature trail than the flatter, better maintained ‘historic’ trail to the battlefield and cemetery. So I’m not initially concerned by the appearance of this new person. Quite the opposite actually. I’ve been worrying for the past 30-40 minutes that we’ve lost the normal hiking trails and have been mistakenly following temporary stream cuts over hill and dale.

In my newfound enthusiasm I wave at the figure, who is too far away from me to make out features except they are wearing what I think are dark long trousers and a long sleeve shirt.

As I do my husband says, honey, who’re you waving at? I turn and say, that guy, pointing at the top of the hill. But he’s no longer visible. I shrug it off, thinking he must have started down the trail.

We finally make it to level ground about 20 minutes later. The trees are even beginning to thin out as we walk along a long ridge. We stop for another breather/water break at the first historical placard we’ve seen in the park. As Sara reads aloud about general whomever and his exploits in 1860-something I notice Tyler standing about five feet away looking back down the path. I wander over to check up on him.

Who’s that? He asks me as I get close, pointing down the trail.

He’s acting weird. Tyler says. I remember feeling my scalp shrink up a bit under my hair as I say, trying to sound unconcerned and like the responsible adult in the situation, weird how?

Tyler says, I think he’s crawling or something. Look.

Now I really, really don’t want to look. But there’s still a possibility that Tyler may be fucking with me because he’s bored and 14. So I look. And I don’t see whomever Tyler is pointing at for a minute. Until I look at the ground near where the trail levels off at the top of the hill. Where there’s a dark, man shaped thing laid out on the ground. Kind of belly crawling. This is the point where I realize two things. 1. I cannot make out any features of this person, not clothes, not a face, nothing. They are just uniformly dark, like they’re perpetually in shadow. Even while they are crawling across the sunnier parts of the trail. 2. We need to not be in the woods anymore.

As I turn to Tyler to tell him to move for the visible battlefield area (where there are also several tour groups and dog walkers visible) my husband, Sara and Alicia suddenly join us, having noticed we were not participating in the historical marker read-along.

The husband asks me what’s up. And I say (quietly so nobody panics), we need to head out, that guy is creeping me out. My husband squints down the trail and says, what guy?

I look. Dude is still there, he’s paused in the belly crawling and is kind of concealed by some brush (also he’s still looks like he’s in shadow) but he’s visible. The guy crawling toward us. I say, sure that this will convince my suddenly unobservant husband that shit is not right. The husband squints right at the guy, clearly does not see him, and looks at me confused.

Tyler, proving that all my bad assumptions about teen boys are wrong in his case, sensibly decides that he’s not going to wait around for the adults to sort this out. He takes his sister’s hand (which I have NEVER seen him do btw and I have known this kid since he was 10) and starts walking quickly toward the sunlight and non-shadow people. Sara follows them immediately without a word to us. At which point the man-shadow starts crawling towards us again.

I’m done, needless to say. The woods, which had been feeling very cool and nice on a hot August day, now seem clammy, cold and inexplicably quiet. I drag my husband along with me without explanation as it’s clear he still isn’t seeing the crawling man or whatever the hell it is.

We make it out into the maintained, sunny battlefield area almost at a run. I do not look back until we are well clear of the woods and in glaring sunlight with many non-shadow people nearby. I cannot see the man in the trees. The tree line we have just emerged from appears extremely dark in contrast with the bright, sunny field.

But I can’t shake the feeling that he’s still back there, just past where I can see. I don’t want to freak everyone out more, especially Sara and Alicia(both of them are notorious scared-y cats, like Sara almost threw up in terror on the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World once and Alicia is just like her mom). So I don’t say anything. I just watch the woods very closely as we explore the battlefield.

The biggest problem now is that to get back to the parking lot we have to go back into said woods. Luckily the trail from the historical area is not the one we were on and is much wider, flatter, shorter and full of people. I make the executive decision to behave like a heard animal and manage to chat our way in amongst one of the tours of civil war buffs. We all walk off together toward the parking lot without incident but I do note that Tyler is again sticking close to his mother and sister and is not objecting to having to move at our new groups’ slow pace.

Once we get to the car everything seems fine. The cicadas and peepers have started back up and the oppressive feeling is gone. It’s just the Virginia woods in August again. We wait for most of the group to climb into cars as we say our goodbyes. We’re toward the end of the que following one couple in a big SUV down the one gravel road out of the park. Suddenly the SUV slams on the breaks and we almost rear-end them. And then they sit there in front of us, on the only road out of the park, for no discernable reason, for several minutes. Finally, the chorus of annoyed horns behind us seem to snap them out of it and they start driving again. We follow and, as they exit the park, they pull over.

My husband decides to check and see if they’re okay, because he’s a genuinely nice person. He pulls up and rolls down my window. The driver rolls his down and my husband asks if everything’s okay. Sure, the driver says, but boy that guy crawling across the road about scared the life out of me.

At which point I hear Tyler say hell no from the seat behind me. I can feel sweat popping out along the small of my back despite the A/C.

My husband says, what man? The SUV driver, who I think looks pale and kind of freaked out but that could be me reading into the situation, says, you didn’t see him? A guy in dark clothes army-crawled across the road in front of us, you didn’t see him go into the brush on the other side of the road?

No, says my husband.

I’m on the verge of hyperventilating at this point. Seeing this, my husband wraps up the conversation with a comment like, huh, so weird. Well, if everything’s okay then we’ll just be going. Then he rolls up the window and drives damn fast out of that neighborhood.

We compare notes that afternoon (carefully so as to keep Alicia and Sara calm). Tyler and I saw the shadow man (whom Tyler independently described as a man shaped shadow) crawling toward us on that last ridge. Sara would not admit to seeing anything though she seemed extremely uneasy for the rest of the day and would not let any of us mention it to Alicia (but again, she might have just picked up on the vibe of the rest of the group). My husband didn’t see anything but did note how quiet the woods had been for the last five to ten minutes of our hike.

I have not the slightest clue if what we saw was a very messed up person trying to scare us (if so, mission accomplished) or something supernatural. But I can tell you I will not be hiking that particular park any time soon.

Submitted 2019 scary stories from Jezebel

[hyunsracha]

your world — han jisung

word count: 1.8k

summary: jisung was a lover, not a fighter.

han jisung didn’t like to fight.

he was kinda weak and didn’t know how to throw a punch :/

when you first met jisung, you thought that he did fight.

you didn’t want to assume, but you couldn’t help it.

he only wore black and had tattoos trickling down his arms. he Also had a lip ring...but you later learned that was fake.

he dropped out of school bc Fuck That.

but he told u that he didn't fight ! he just ……… stole things sometimes

jisung, showing up at ur house: hey baby i got u some snacks !!!

u: did u steal those >:( jisung if u stole those we’re going to the store RIGHT NOW so u can apologize >:(

jisung, handing u the helmet that he bought for u: can’t u just let me be a good boyfriend

you were the only person he was whipped like that for :/// if anyone else told him to return the stuff he stole he’d tell them to go fuck themselves

but just the thought of u being upset with him :(((( broke his heart

jisung always said that he was a lover, not a fighter.

you always called him dumb and rolled your eyes when he said that, but on the inside u were kinda glad :////

u had a friend who was dating jisung’s friend minho and they told u that it fucking SUCKS when ur boyfriend shows up at 3am all bloodied and bruised.

so at 3am when jisung showed up on your doorstep, bloodied and bruised, you nearly had a heart attack.

the knocks on your door had woken you up from your Beauty Sleep, but once you saw your boyfriend and one of his best friends you went into PANIC MODE!!!

“hey- hey- y/n calm down-”

“FUCK YOU CHRIS DON’T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!!!”

apparently. a lil gang from another school had found them when they were doing typical bad boy stuff-

“???”

“like yanno … hanging out in an alley, smoking-”

“JISUNG WAS SMO-”

“NO!!! jesus…. let me finish my story.”

and these other dudes just JUMPED THEM !!!

like skz are little tiny boys they’re Very Weak they got their Asses Kicked.

some members, like changbin (although he is short he is Very Buff) or hyunjin (long.) or felix (also tiny, but is a taekwondo Legend) were able to hold them off for a little while, all nine of them kinda got their shit rocked

even chris, who was standing in front of you with blood coming from . every orifice on his face .

“okay.” you said, pulling your boyfriend from chris’s arms into yours, “and you didn’t think to take him to a Fucking Hospital.”

“i DID! he said no! he said he wanted to spend his last moments with you-”

“LAST MOMENTS???”

“god. you’re both so dramatic. you’re perfect for each other.” chris rolled his eyes, “now if you’ll excuse me, i have better things to do, like go to a Fucking Hospital.”

you close the door, wasting no more time and dragging jisung’s weak body to your bathroom. you pushed him down - gently - onto the closed toilet seat.

you had a few first aid kits in your house, mostly bc jisung wasn’t the Best on his bike. you’ve handled many cuts and scratches, but nothing like this.

you take this moment to finally look at him and assess the damage.

he’s staring back at you, his eyes only half open. but you assume that’s all he can open them.

his lip was busted, and he had a large gash on his cheek. his arms were covered in various bruises, but that’s all you could see.

“c-can you lift your arms, sungie?”

jisung nodded, slowly lifting his arms above his head, wincing the whole way.

you grabbed the hem of his shirt, pulling it up slowly.

“fuck, jisung. what did they do to you?”

“is it bad?”

“um!” you didn’t want to worry him, “no-”

“you’re lying, aren’t you?”

“i am. i really really am.” you folded his shirt, setting it on the sink. you would wash it later. he has shirts here.

you sighed. his stomach was painted with a mix of red, purple, and blue. that couldn’t be good.

“do you need my pants off too?” when you looked back at his face, he was smirking -  or at least trying to.

“are you- are you trying to be fucking cheeky with me right now, han?”

“is it working?”

“no.”

“fine,” he sighed, “i think i have a few cuts on my legs. get out for a second.”

“get- GET OUT? jisung. i need to fix you up. i can’t leave.”

“fine!”

there was nothing Intimate about this moment. yeah, he was taking off his pants, but you were worried out of your fucking mind.

and he was right. there were cuts on his legs. in particular, a really long one that ran halfway down his thigh.

you let out a groan, deciding that That was what you were going to clean first. you took rubbing alcohol and a pad, mumbling a quick apology to the boy before going in.

he whined and pouted like a fucking Baby, but he was a big baby most of the time, so you didn’t even flinch.

you started off cleaning and patching up all of his smaller cuts, and pressing soft kisses around his bruises because you know it makes him happy.

and you’d do anything to make him happy, especially when you know he’s in a lot of pain like this.

but you waited to do his face, because he was Extra sensitive there and would demand More kisses.

“i don’t know what i can do about your stomach, sung.”

“who cares?”

“what the- i care, jisung.”

“listen to me, baby,” jisung grabbed your wrist, pulling you closer. he wrapped his arms around your waist, propping his chin on your stomach as you looked down at him, “i don’t really care if i die. i’m here, and you’re here, and that’s all that really matters to me.”

see, that was something you never understood about jisung.

he was so determined to have a future, and he was talented enough to have one. but he also...didn’t care?

if there was an opportunity for jisung’s life to be in danger, he would take it.

he said he was just Living In The Moment, but he seemed a little extreme about it.

“or. i could just take you to a Fucking Hospital.”

“baby,” he whined, “i don’t wanna go to a hospital. they’re scary. if i’m gonna die, i’m gonna die. i can make sick beats for jesus.”

“and what makes you think you’re going to heaven?” you giggled, pushing his arms away so you could go back to your first aid kid.

“because i already have an angel down here on earth with me.”

you blushed, but hid it with an eye roll.

“okay, cheeseball. let’s work on this face.”

you made sure you were extra careful with his face, especially his eyes.

he was Definitely gonna have a black eye, and the thought of it made you pout.

you moved the pad away from his face, watching his eyes wandering around your face, the fondest of smiles gracing his cracked lip.

and then you thought back to his stomach, and oh god what the fuck were you gonna do?

and then you had the thought of losing him.

losing jisung, your rock. the boy who had you head over heels from the first day you met. the boy who picked you up on his motorcycle and took you anywhere, no questions asked. the boy who sat with you and listened to you stress over exams and college, even though he couldn’t relate to any of it. the boy who meant the whole world to you, and you couldn’t imagine life without your world.

unbeknownst to you, you were crying at this point.

“hey, hey, hey, what’s the matter, baby?” jisung’s hands came up to hold your face, wiping your tears away with his thumbs.

“you’re so fucking dumb jisung, getting your ass kicked like this.”

“well, it wasn’t really my intention, baby.” he smiled.

jisung feels bad.

really, really bad.

he woke you up at GOD knows what time and he’s bleeding all over your floors and he’s bruised to hell and he feels like he’s dying.

i mean. he doesn’t know what dying feels like. but he Assumes it’s this.

it’s hard to keep his eyes open and he feels so, so weak. he just wants to go to sleep.

but you! you were his angel and if he was gonna go to sleep, he wanted you to really, truly, deeply know how he felt about you.

jisung had read somewhere (yes, he reads) that you could put all of your feelings for a person into a kiss.

so he tried that!

and you could feel it.

he tasted like blood and rubbing alcohol, but you could feel it.

every time jisung kissed you, you felt sparks, fireworks, the whole shebang.

but this one was special. he was kissing you like it was the last time he was ever going to be able to, because he felt like it was.

you knew it wasn’t, but you didn’t really mind how breathless a kiss like that made you.

then he smiled at you, small but blinding, and closed his eyes.

“god, jisung, you really are something else, huh?” you whispered to him.

jisung was fucking HEAVY when he was asleep.

dragging him to ur car was like dragging 18 million SANDBAGS.

ok not that heavy but ur Dramatic ok.

that was one of the scariest drives of ur whole life!

it was silent, so you could listen to him breathing.

the doctors took him in and fixed him all up (and some of the nurses had to help u steady ur breathing).

you sat in one of the annoyingly uncomfortable chairs next to his hospital bed, your knees pulled up to your chest as you waited.

there was nothing seriously wrong with him, but he did have a broken pinky.

how u didn’t notice before? i dunno man u were more worried about the Crime Scene on his belly.

which was fine!

jisung was fine!

he was kinda grumpy when he woke up though >:(

“i told u i didn’t wanna come to a hospital >:(“

“and I Told You i didn’t want you to die.”

“u never said that :)”

“i don’t think i have to say i don’t want the love of my life to die i think that’s implied-”

“i’m the love of your life? :D”

you scoffed, reaching over and flicking his forehead lightly.

“bite me, han jisung.”

yes, he was the love of your life. but you wouldn’t give him the pleasure of hearing that.

don’t worry, he knows.

and besides, you’re the love of his life, too.

[tumblunni]

More thinking about the story big sis Bane is from

Lol this is SO awkward how on earth did i create the bff/mentor supporting character before ANY OF THE REST OF THE PLOT but man its been so much fun thinking up different stories she could fit in

* i was talking with a friend and they suggested she'd use a warhammer in battle ans now im like "hmm yes this story must be a game with combat" and that at least narrows it down a bit! I absolutely support her being a buff blacksmith cuddlebug who protects her friends with her fists as well as her mentorly perfectness. Also this friend said they're gonna design me a cool battle outfit for her IM SO EXCITED HOLY SHITTTT

* I'm not sure if the character she's bffs with would actually be a grandpa or just.. Grandpish? I just have this sense that its someone frail and depressed who doesn't believe they deserve friends and family, and they're all hermitty social anxiety until they meet this blacksmith lady who is like Fuck I Will Devote All Of My Considerable Power Towards Making Your Life More Alive. Seriously man i love Bane SO MUCH already!! She's basically a shonen hero archetype?? THE GRAMP AVENGER! Or a grandma or a dad or a whoever this person ends up being COS IF LITERALLY ANYONE IS IN NEED OF HELP SHE WILL BE THERE!! THE BANE OF DEPRESSION!!

* oh but im pretty sure that neither her nor the grandpa are the main character? I dont know why but i just feel like they would be better experienced from an outside view. I wanna be someone making friends with them! Also i feel like the protagonist should maybe be a young kid hero? Like, represent a different archetypal family role in this lil found family of hugs and sads.

* first initial idea- grandpa is a mysterious dark sorcerer and you are his apprentice! Or rather he just SEES himself as a dark sorcerer? Like all magic is considered evil, so even thougj he chooses to use his powers as a town doctor saving lives he still feels like he's a cursed monster. So he has an awkward dynamic with his apprentice cos he just Does Not Know How To React to someone hero worshipping him like this?? Like this orphan kid just came out of nowhere yelling BE MY TEACHER and hugging him and he's like OH NOOOO I CANT LEAVE THEM TO DIE IN THE COLD and theyre like SEE THATS PROOF YOURE GREAT and he's like NOOOOO!! xD i think a sort of "guy who never planned to be a gramp but had grampness thrown upon him" And he rose to the occasion spectacularly!!

* Another idea is that potentially instead of just being a random orphan, protagonist apprentice's backstory is shrouded in mystery? I was thinking maybe of a reveal that gramps actually did use to be a grandpa and his granddaughter died, and the protagonist was his failed attempt to ressurect her using dark magic. And for a long time he's been holding out on the hope that he really did bring her back, and that the protagonist will be able to recover her memories if he just tries hard enough. But as he grows to know you and love you like his own child, he realizes that you're your own person. (Or, well, your own homunculus?) And he takes responsibiluty for the new person he created, and helps you deal with finding out that you're not human, and you just form this very strange cute little family together with also the badass blacksmith lady yay! Also possibly LGBTQ elements because why not? Have the original dead grandkid always be a different gender to the protagonist, and them being trans could resonate with the themes that even though you're a clone you're your own person. And maybe have some sweet sad dream sequence where protag meets the ghost of the dead kid and you see a vision of what they might have looked like if they grew older. So throughout the course of the story you've become very different looking, and now you can embrace your big sibling for the first and last time, and feel like you really are a family. And they tell you to take care of gramps *sniff*

* Another idea is that maybe the protagonist is a secret government weapon? Like the gramps is still a dark sorcerer but instead of the dark incident in his past being a dead family member, its that he was part of a team of magic scientists and found out that his coworkers were crossing moral lines in their pursuit of power. So he finds a bunch of people locked up in a lab being turned into monsters and he managed to save only one of them during his great escape. And now he's trying to hide from them and raise this poor little monsterized kid to have a normal life.

* OR another idea is maybe taking this oc idea i had for a mismagius belonging to charon, because when i headcanon i tend to headcanon so deep i give everyone a full party and every party member needs a deep backstory too, lol. Anyway in that original pokemon version this mismagius was a lot more like an original ghost critter anyway i guess. His name was Hex and his concept was sorta like.. Charon meets kid charon? The other pokemon i gave him were all cute and bubbly to contrast him so i wanted to have one who was equally cynical. But also Hex is actually just a little kid even though he tries his damn best to be a Big Scary Evil Demon You Made A Contract With In Exchange For Great Power but really he's like a nine year old larping as one XD i think the whole concept could work better if he really WAS a magic spirit demon thing that this sad grandpa made a contract with in order to get the power to make his dreams come true. But also he's kind of a reject amoung other contract demon spirit thingies, and he's Really Just Babbu. I had this really sad idea for how he first met his trainer back when he was still a pokemon oc. From charon/new oc grandpa's perspective he found this big ominous scary demon lord and made an unholy contract! But from the demon's perspective he was just a tiny pathetic lonely lil kid who'd been hurt too many times by everyone he once trusted. So he grew to hate all those monsters who make friends with humans, and tried to act all egotistical like he chose to be alone. But eventually he just couldnt take it anymore and he decided he'd just go with the next human who tries to take him. Even if theyre evil.. Itd still be better than being alone. So he put up all those barriers around his true self and was so reluctant to trust gramps, but eventually being togethee has helped him regain his faith in having a happy life, yknow? And meanwhile grandpa is just like "oh god oh fuck youre a BABBY oh god how did i never know WHO WOULD LEAVE YOU ALL ALONE!!!" "Dude im a demon its not exactly normal to care about my wellbeing." "FUCK THAT, I AM YOUR GRAMP NOW"

* so yeah lol loads of different ideas about what the story could be, all kinda similar at heart but wildly varying from an innocent cute protag to grumpy cynical who's secretly an innocent cute protag, lol!

* in any case whoever you are and whoever gramps is, Bane is still be love u as big sis and support u thru the everything, yes

[bunniope]

ALL TIME FOR GLASSHEART, or like as many as you can answer without spoilers. =) =) =) alternatively 5-7, 10- 45 because I am weak and just wanted them all.

for the sake of answering all of em, i’m gonna do my gal ginaara for all of em too

Does your character have siblings or family members in their age group? Which one are they closest with?  ginaara is an only child so Nah

What is/was your character’s relationship with their mother like? ginaara had a pretty good relationship with both of her parents, and they inspired her to become a vindicator (this...also answers the next question lmao)

What is/was your character’s relationship with their father like?

Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know? ginaara’s home was straight up destroyed by demons (and on the same day she uh...killed her first husband oops)

On an average day, what can be found in your character’s pockets? glassheart usually has a couple gemstones, a sack of coins, a bunch of lockpicks (about half of which are broken) and a pen and paper (fantasy pen and paper? whatever) / ginaara keeps a small religious book written by the leader of the draenei, prophet velen, a necklace given to her by her mother when she entered vindicator training, her first wedding ring, and a smooth rock

Does your character have recurring themes in their dreams? glassheart sees a lot of ravens flying in clear blue skies/ginaara sees her life before draenor was destroyed

Does your character have recurring themes in their nightmares? glassheart sees a lot of eldritch horrors in his dreams (on account of being in a pact with a great old one oops)/ginaara sees....the destruction of draenor lmao

Has your character ever fired a gun? If so, what was their first target? glassheart aint seen a gun in his life/ginaara has probably fired some guns in the woods just bc the man she’s married to a dude who uses Only guns

Is your character’s current socioeconomic status different than it was when they were growing up? glassheart is kind of a homeless drifter right now and he Was Not one growing up/ginaara is in...pretty much the same situation she was growing up but she’s an adult now

Does your character feel more comfortable with more clothing, or with less clothing? glassheart is pretty consistently comfortable as long as he’s wearing his coat just because he feels like he’s kinda....hiding in it? like he’s disguising his personality to the best of his ability/ginaara literally only dresses for temperature lmao

In what situation was your character the most afraid they’ve ever been? def when ginaara had to kill her husband because he got corrupted (? idk how that works lore wise but i Dont care)

In what situation was your character the most calm they’ve ever been? glassheart felt weirdly calm when he was saving that elf kid (and robbing those dragons lmao)/ ginaara feels really calm when she’s around ytheas (haha gay)

Is your character bothered by the sight of blood? If so, in what way? GOD no, glassheart has been doing a Lot Of Fightin, and so does ginaara (ginaara does...a lot more killing tho tbh)

Does your character remember names or faces easier? glassheart did NOT know the names of any of his current group until like a month in/ginaara finds azeroth naming conventions...confusing, so she does better with faces (with draenei tho shes great with both)

Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not? glassheart used to care a LOT about money, but now he doesn’t care too much (i say while he’s p much hoarding 2600 gold)/ginaara literally throws money away she does not care

Which does your character idealize most: happiness or success? glassheart just wants to settle down and become a ballet dancer he just wants to Chill/ginaara really just wants to go back home

What was your character’s favorite toy as a child? glassheart had a toy sword (which really inspired how cool he thinks rapiers are now)/ ginaara had a carved wooden elekk that her dad made for her

Is your character more likely to admire wisdom, or ambition in others? ambition for glassheart and ginaara lmao

What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before? ghhhhhhhh glassheart doesnt like opening up with Anyone just bc of who he is as a person/50%of ginaara’s marriages have ended in murder, but otherwise the problem is her mostly just being pretty intimidating (on account of her being...7 feet tall and buff as fuck)

In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism? glassheart thinks he’s the worst fucking person in the world and he hates himself/ginaara is constantly trying to improve herself so the people around her will look up to her more (she’s pretty much everyone’s mom at this point)

If something tragic or negative happens to your character, do they believe they may have caused or deserved it, or are they quick to blame others? GLASSHEART THINKS EVERYTHING IS HIS FAULT HONESTLY/ginaara takes responsibility for her actions, but she knows when something isn’t her fault (for the most part)

What does your character like in other people? glassheart just appreciates people who will be around him tbh/ginaara lvoes compliments

What does your character dislike in other people? glassheart doesn’t like people who treat others poorly/ginaara is.....the same

How quick is your character to trust someone else? glassheart doesnt trust fucking anyone (he trusts roq and crimson a bit more than most but for the most part he is Untrusting)/ytheas was probably the first night elf ginaara ever met and she trusted him almost immediately so

How quick is your character to suspect someone else? Does this change if they are close with that person? glassheart is suspicious of everyone around him if something has gone wrong/ginaara is a surprisingly good detective and she manages to keep a cool head

How does your character behave around children? glassheart is kinda bad with kids just because he’s always cursing and doing scary magic (not that all magic is scary but glassheart does kinda Fucked Up magic)/ginaara loves kids and adopts everyone she meets as her child

How does your character normally deal with confrontation? glassheart tries to get away, but he’ll fight back if he knows he has to/ginaara mostly intimidates others into going away, but she’ll absolutely resort to hitting someone with a big fucken hammer if she has to

How quick or slow is your character to resort to physical violence in a confrontation? i kinda answered this already oops

What did your character dream of being or doing as a child? Did that dream come true? glassheart wanted to be a ballet dancer, which uh...hasnt worked out super well/ginaara wanted to be a vindicator, which worked pretty well for her (she didnt know she’s be in azeroth but uh whatever)

What does your character find repulsive or disgusting? glassheart straight up will throw up if anyone around him does/ginaara doesnt like rust or having hair on her clothes

Describe a scenario in which your character feels most comfortable. glassheart’s ideal is just chillin on an island and Drinkin/ginaara is most comfortable in a forge, making weapons and armor (which she makes mostly to sell at this point)

Describe a scenario in which your character feels most uncomfortable. glassheart doesnt like being put in a situation where he has to kill someone (like that one session haha oops)/ginaara doesnt like being outnumbered

In the face of criticism, is your character defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve? glassheart and ginaara are both absolutely willing to improve (although glassheart mostly does it out of seeking constant approval from everyone, while ginaara just likes being admired)

Is your character more likely to keep trying a solution/method that didn’t work the first time, or immediately move on to a different solution/method? glassheart switches up techniques constantly/ginaara has been doing the same stuff all the damn time since she left draenor

How does your character behave around people they like? glassheart tries to act distant, but you’ll usually find him as close as possible to the people he likes/ginaara is fucken CLingy

How does your character behave around people they dislike? glassheart is a real shithead to people he doesnt like (they WILL know he doesnt like em)/ginaara constantly intimidates people she doesnt like until they go away

Is your character more concerned with defending their honor, or protecting their status? glassheart dont care about NONE of that shit/ginaara defends her honor mostly

Is your character more likely to remove a problem/threat, or remove themselves from a problem/threat? glassheart is most likely to leave a situation to the best of his ability/ginaara stands her ground Always

Has your character ever been bitten by an animal? How were they affected (or unaffected)? glassheart has probably been bitten by lharast a few times and he just started doing stuff that she prefers more/ginaara gets bitten by wild animals all the time because she’s Alwaays Fightin

How does your character treat people in service jobs? glassheart is as kind as he can be/ginaara is the same

Does your character feel that they deserve to have what they want, whether it be material or abstract, or do they feel they must earn it first? glassheart feels like he has to earn Everything, including everyones respect/ginaara is the same, but she feels like she doesnt have to do as much

Has your character ever had a parental figure who was not related to them? Nope Neither

Has your character ever had a dependent figure who was not related to them? Mope Neither

How easy or difficult is it for your character to say “I love you?” Can they say it without meaning it? ghhhhhhhh glassheart is an emotionally fucked up dude and he wont say ANYTHING about love for forever (but he can say it as a lie without feeling anything if he has to)/ginaara will tell anyone she loves bc she’s a sweetheart, and she would never lie about that shit

What does your character believe will happen to them after they die? Does this belief scare them? glassheart’s 90% certain he’s going to either Fantasy Hell or the far realm when he dies and he is Scared/ginaara knows she’ll join the naaru when she dies

[henpeckedho]

taggity taggity too

tagged by @flowerchildasriel! Gracias!

Long post so snipping it. Sorry mobile!

1. Are you named after someone? Not my first name! I was originally going to be Elizabeth but after my parents met 4-5 in a row something like a week before I was born they thought it was “too common” and they changed it to Anna (yes. really). They found out after I was born I have a great-grandma with the name.

My middle name is after my aunt! She’s also my godmother and she’s amaaaazing.

2. When was the last time you cried? Like three times today. I’m such a crier! It was only tearing up though over something sweet being said in a podcast. Like sobs....don’t remember, it has been a while.

3. Do you like your handwriting? Ehhhh....it’s getting better. I have to be neat for my work so I like how it’s kind of turning swoopy and block-y. When I’m rushed it’s fucking atrocious tbh.

4. What is your favourite lunch meal? Nothing! I don’t usually eat breakfast or lunch. I just snack constantly once I’m done with work.

5. Do you have kids? Negatory good buddy.

6. If you were another person, would you be friends with you? Oh. This is a toughie. I think I’d be like a good acquaintance but I’d probably get on my own nerves tbh.

7. Do you use sarcasm? Nooooo, never. (Yes.)

8. Do you still have your tonsils? Yeppers.

9. Would you bungee jump? Hecky yes, it’s on my bucket list! I don’t ever want to skydive though.

10. What is your favorite kind of cereal? Nothing since I discovered my wheat allergy. It was Lucky Charms before that though.

11. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Not unless I have to

12. Do you think you’re a strong person? Like emotionally? No, I am a glass flower. Physically I’m pretty strong. Like, I am called up along with buff dudes for moving needs because I can tote like a boss.

13. What is your favourite ice cream? Mint chocolate chip if it has FLAKY CHIPS. If you’re going to give me that chocolate block bullshit it’s coffee.

14. What is the first thing you notice about people? How they’re holding their body. I read the body language first and always.

15. What is the least favourite physical thing you like about yourself? My current lack of ab muscle. I’m working on it (I don’t care if I can see it I just want it to exist)

16. What colour pants and shoes are you wearing now? GREY POKEMON SHORTS. No foot coffins! (no shoes)

17. What are you listening to right now? The sound of traffic and the storm blowing in.

18. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? BRIGHT YELLOW because I’m annoyingly upbeat in rl.

19. Favourite smell? Cinnamon

20. Who was the last person you spoke to on the phone? Husbando!

21. Favourite sport to watch? FOOBAWL. Followed by hockey.

22. Hair colour? My actual color so a really dark brown.

23. Eye colour? Blue with bonus colors.

24. Do you wear contacts? Nope, can’t do that.

25. Favorite food to eat? CHEESE. Followed by something + sour cream. Sour cream is so bomb diggity but cheese is slightly better. Only slightly though.

26. Scary movies or comedy? Uuuuuugh comedy if it’s the right comedy. I like scary movies but I REALLY have to be in the mood for it.

27. Last movie you watched? Still Lego Batman

28. What colour of shirt are you wearing? Black (like Batman’s soul)

29. Summer or winter? Winter. Cold cold cold cold yes please.

30. Hugs or kisses? Huuuuuuuugs. Kisses are nice too but hugs are an always thing.

31. What book are you currently reading? I’m in between books because of a big school project that is going to absorb my next few weeks of life.

32. Who do you miss right now? My sister.

33. What is on your mouse pad? A mouse.

34. What is the last TV program you watched? the Great British Bake Off. It’s one of my comfort shows and it’s on repeat right now.

35. What is the best sound? Thunderstorms followed by ocean waves.

36. Rolling stones or The Beatles? Um. Hm. Rolling Stones even though I technically like more Beatles songs. But you can rock to the Stones, so they win.

37. What is the furthest you have ever traveled? Uh....I’ve been all the way across the US (which is really fucking far!) but I’m guessing this question means out of the country which would be I went really deep into Canada on a family trip once. Otherwise I’ve stayed close to or in the US.

38. Do you have a special talent? I can wiggle my ears and I love embracing the void making me annoyingly cheerful when literally things are burning down around me.

39. Where were you born? Southern California. Which, now that I’m not in California anymore, always surprises people. I’m....not very Californian in nature, lmao. And I got a drawl now.

[tumblunni]

Also it still makes me Super Sad to know they were at one point considering giving Viera a similar remake to the Mithra and having them be a both genders race with like.. actual normal people and it being the player’s choice if you wanted to wear sexy armour or not. Seriously i hate ‘they are sexy race’ as a concept for a ‘culture’, it’s like finding the planet of everyone has the same job in some star wars thing, except the creepy version...

Tho also these more ‘sexy race’ designs for them still work MILES better than FF12 when they have sexualized dudes too! Apparantly this concept evolved into (ugh) the Au’Ra, so you can kinda see here how they decided to go ‘nah, extra buff power fantasy dudes and even more over the top fanservice women that also look 12′ instead of like.. fanservice kind of muscly man, at least... :( srsly he looks like that sexy armour guy they censored in that spinoff game or that sexy armour they censored for Ringabel yet nobody seemed to care and instead whined about 1 singular additional belt being added on the sexy costume for girls T_T why do the worst of the worst internet douchebros always throw a fit at the slightest bit of equal ass for all??

wow this ended up going into a big ol lol image heavy post so lets have a cut!

also this sexualized lady armour at least has a different and visually interesting design, and they were thinking of more hairstyles too! like the FF12 viera were even more bad for how they all looked like the same person in 1-3 minor variants of the same xenomorph lookin metal thong atrocity. (and like.. one robe model for npcs that somehow managed to still sexualize a robe?? wtf?? leav whit mag alon)

Another beta viera design that just appeals to me a lot, somehow! I think its the interesting idea of having a fully furred head and then just a quiff of human hair on the top, it feels more like an actual animal man instead of a human in cosplay. Same for the idea of them having big black cute button eyes!

Also look at these other really cool designs for different beast races, even stuff thats not based on anything we’ve ever seen before It’s hard to believe that the Au’ra were even conceived as a ‘beast race’ concept, like holy fuck it should be illegal to throw out 47 Actual Designs and just go with Human Again But More Fanservice...

also they made this april fools thing as a fake Au’Ra reveal and like... it doesnt say much good about your designers when this could legit pass as real like the joke here is apaprantly just that Sexy Bangaa looks ugly, not that having a race with a monsterish man and a sexy lady is a dumb idea, cos they just went ahead and did it anyway...

the au’ra concept art shows pretty much EXACTLY the same ‘sexy bangaa’ principle and I’m glad they at least fuckin toned it down to the man having AN ACTUAL HUMAN FACE, even if its also a lazy fuckin design change. i’d be so fuckin mad if we got a legit cool only-nonhumanoid-race-in-the-game and it was men only!

also like Wow, I am actually getting excited about just the same super tiny demure unfitting lady to a massive man except Less Sexualized And More Magical/Ethereal ...unless that isnt meant to be a dragon familiar but actually another design for the men or something, that’d be going WAY too far! XD

Hello Welcome To Bottom Of The Barrel With Bunni, wouldnt it have been nice if the weird succubus-y ladies like.. looked in their 20s or something i am actually advocating for big fanservice titties cos it would be 99% less disturbing than the same damn camera angles on a ‘childish’ design... also seriously 99% normal fanservice lady with bigass actual monster horns on top would be better than same thing sans the horns

oh sorry they do have ‘horns’ but they look like fuckin this

and i fuckin can’t even.. i jsut fuckin... they don’t even let us have THE MOST BASIC TINY BEASTIE THINGS! why does it bug me so much that male au ra get to have black schelera along with the black horns like even this super minimal actual dragon trait isn’t allowed?? even when removing it makes no sense?? even when its supposed to be a nationality indicator in-universe cos you put a really nice amount of worldbuilding into each ‘race’ having actually two races of sun and moon based designs. which are EXACTLY THE FUCKIN SAME FOR FEMALE AU’RA, seriously why not just make horn colour an option in the editor then... actually is this a thing that has ever existed in any real world country, is there a place where men have [visual trait] and women don’t? I mean aside from like.. cultural or religious outfits, where only one gender’s is different to the west but its not like the west is default anyway lol. But seriously imagine EYE COLOUR! Imagine if blue eyes only happened to american men and like.. american women couldn’t have blonde hair and all looked identical to.. I dunno.. west indian women. Just a whole country where dudes have all the abstract concept of ‘race’ and the women don’t. That’s how nonsense it seems when you make a fantasy species where only the women look human!

tho also i’m still pissed off too that the human nationality thing actually comes with a different body build (FOR DUDES AT LEAST) and different hairstyles and starting outfit, instead of only a colour change. it stands out a lot that they only did this for their first attempt at the concept. also it makes male au-ra make even less sense cos you can already have a muscle human and an even more muscle human who has a dumb ogre face and also elf men are muscular somehow and you kinda only have miquote if you wanna be a skinny dude.. or even just an average dude...

also it kinda sucks that you can’t turn off or choose anything about the weirdly complicated scale patterns on their neck and upper arms only. like why is that even there except to be like ‘hey we did the bare minimum to be considered a dragon’...

ALSO LIKE EVEN MORE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL I would have STILL been happier if we got this fuckin terrible fanservice lady design but she at least had ears and claws as well as we-say-its-horns-but-it-looks-like-cute-hair-decs. like seriously throw me a fuckin bone here, give them SOMETHING to justify the ‘beast race’ category... also did i mention that its really fuckin stupid how they did the worldbuilding too? these guys are meant to be nomads and warriors yet the women look like this. its just.. never explained. its just that all the Lore applies to the dudes and the women are just for ~cyooooot anime girl who does the stubborn kiddy pose with her tits hanging out~ (SERIOUSLY THEIR ANIMATION SET IS REALLY CHILDLIKE AND ITS SO CREEPY! theyre like the sex appeal of miquote with the lalafell animations...)

seriously holy shit looking at this pic makes them it look like dads taking their daughters to soccer practise like seriously fuckin christ

and ALSO on top of fuckin everything else we get to see they even had designs for the same creepy loli fanservice ladies but if they had Some Sort Of Actual Unique Features and Cool Aesthetic Choice like wtf you even abanded like 40 cool horn designs and just gave them plain gross triangles in only one of two colour choices... T_T also like.. that loli lady at least gets to wear an actual gothic lolita fashion style, and i love the aesthetic of armor plates hanging as accessories on a non armour outfit. Do they jingle like windchimes? or does this mean Au’ra were meant to be fully scaled below the neck, so this kinda IS a skimpy outfit but you cant tell? XD

Also l kinda like this aesthetic of this other equally lame and super humanoid design with overly sexualized females. Like i dunno if this is just shading but if they actually had this colourscheme it would be super distinctive! And it reminds me of amarant’s trance form, The Amazing Battle Banana Hammock. Even if it also suffers from the same problem of technically showing a man in a skimpy costume but like his design is supposed to be monsterous and badass instead so it still doesnt deliver the same as the female equivelant. The top left version could kinda be a fanservice guy but like.. only if he was naked like that? like drawing someone in a style that’s supermodel body shape and has giant boob outlines and super sexualized poses and doesn’t look monsterous despite being a monster and ET CETERA, that’s what we mean about a character design being sexualized rather than just sexy. If you put some pants to cover this guy’s impressive bulge then he’d just be another scary boss guy. I mean Ifrit is a nearly naked guy with horns in every damn game but he’s very VERY rarely sexualized! The FFXV version is like the first damn time, except when we had a female version of him. It sucks cos ifreeta has a pretty damn cool design but still its really weird how she’s so much more humanoid and has attention drawn to her having boobs in a way they never did with ifrit’s constantly-on-display pecs and loincloth... Man why is it so hard to explain these weird nuances of how people draw ‘topless monster’ characters like this? its like they go out of their way to try and backpedal on the fact they made a topless guy. he can show more skin but its supposed to be less appealing by the artist, thus its less offensive cos it isnt boxing a character into this one sexualized role while the plot says ‘no, they’re a monster, honest!’ YKNOW?? god am i making ANY sense here? XD

nakey man, not meant to be arousing to audience

nakey lady, suddenly just because she’s ‘the lady version’ she looks like this

the same nakey man, redesigned, this time indeed meant to be just as sexy

and like it sucks that there aren’t many good examples of nakey ladies who ARENT meant to be arousing in this series cos I mean that lady ifrit design is so much more sexualized despite being in a chibi art style game for kids?? this was really not the right time or place!

Also it sucks that ‘is nakey’ is a common trait of monster man characters, because well there’s been an established history of dudes being topless and you’re not meant to be aroused. So then whenever they try and make ‘monster man race’ they go for a topless dude and are like ‘then the woman needs to be topless too!’ except the only way they can draw them is sexy??? except its like a false premise to begin with, you can totally make a beast race that isn’t topless, you guys! or even a beast race that isn’t buff, so you don’t need to be all ‘what’s the female equivelant of buff? oh yeah, sexy!’. or, yknow, just draw a buff woman. it could work... or like just have neither and make a beast creature that’s supposed to be cute or mysterious or comical or whatever.

completely random moment of interjection to say that nu mou are pretty neat

Actually, FFTA’s version of the ivalice races was pretty good about this, aside from the dumb thing of ‘theyre all male except viera, and just coincidentally viera are the only humanoid and sexualized race’. (Tho it was funny that somehow they accidentally made all humans male only too??)

Also another reason the Au’ra’s version of fanservice bothers me more than the simple option to wear a bikini as both genders for every other race: like none of them are DESIGNED FROM THE GROUND UP to be ‘they are all biologically born in an idealized supermodel shape and also look twenty years younger than they really are and also all culturally do j-pop poses for fuckin everything’. Even if you picked the sexy catgirls and catboys race you can choose to play a perfectly covered up version of either. And none of their animation sets or voice lines were inherantly fanservicey. Thats kinda what bugs me more than the Au’ra’s designs, its that they’re all ~uguuu senpai~ anime fanservice lady poses and squeaky voices even if you make their design not sexualized in the customizer. Even tho like.. at least a character in full armour doing j-pop poses is kinda funny/cute, so that’s one consolation. But couldnt you have just made them simple emotes for all the characters instead? I WANNA SEE IDOL ROEGADYN OMG :D

ANYWAY UHH BACK ON TOPIC

we almost got a dreadlocks hairstyle? That looks cool

ok.. okay.. I’m done Okay I’m Done sorry i just saw these concept art pics and got really fuckin wistful for what we could have had...