#i just got real excited. becasue i like this one.

[syrupfog]

When Penguin starts finding petals littered around the bunk room on the Tang, in the beginning he thinks nothing of it. People track in dirt and leaves all the time— or maybe Clione was trying to pretty up the place at some point. There was an incident a while ago with ornamental candles that stopped after Bepo took a bite of one.

He takes more notice when the flower petals keeps happening, though. 

They’ve been at sea for weeks with their only stop being a winter island to stock up. There’s no way someone’s tracking in bright, fire-red petals from a barren landscape like that.

He considers going to Law about it, but decides against it. It feels like overreacting. It’s overreacting, right? Just some flower petals from time to time, surely it’s nothing. 

Well, it’s nothing for about a week.

A week before he’s walking into the mess hall at dinner and spotting Shachi coughing into the collar of his boiler suit before surreptitiously drawing out a handful of crumpled red blossoms when he thinks no one is looking.

Well, fuck.

Penguin corners Shachi in his bunk later when everyone else is doing actual responsible things.

“Who is it?” Penguin asks, sliding over Shachi and sitting down heavy on his stomach.

Shachi groans from the weight. Rude. “Who is what?” 

“Whoever you can’t get over,” Penguin says.

He knows he’s right when Shachi shifts uncomfortably beneath him. “None of your fucking business,” Shachi says, and Penguin can tell even with the sunglasses that he’s avoiding his gaze.

“Fuck off, I told you the second I was crushing on Killer,” Penguin pouts.

“You tell me the second you find a stranger’s ass hot,” Shachi points out. “That’s not special.”

“Well it’s still important.” Penguin leans forward, arms bracketing Shachi’s head, brims of their hats almost touching. “Come on. Why aren’t you confessing? The flowers mean you’re not confessing.”

“Or that I got rejected,” Shachi points out peevishly.

Penguin blinks. “You got rejected?” he screeches. Impossible. Who would reject Shachi?

Unfortunately, his screeching alerts Hakugan, apparently passing by out in the corridor, who comes barging into the room.

“Hey! Penguin you were supposed to be on cleanup duty with me and I just had to swab the whole mess myself!”

Shachi manages to slip out from under Penguin’s hold while Penguin makes flimsy excuses that Hakugan doesn’t buy.

Damn it. 

Shachi avoids him after that, or at least avoids one-on-one situations. And that drives Penguin insane. When has Shachi ever kept secrets from him?

—

“He doesn’t do this!” Penguin moans, face planting into Killer’s thigh.

“Maybe he’s embarrassed,” Killer suggests, petting his hat.

“Shachi tells me every time he takes a shit and half the time he wants me to rate them,” Penguin grouses. “He can’t be embarrassed.”

He feels Killer’s hand pause for a moment before resuming petting. “Taking a shit might not be as personal as getting rejected,” he suggests. “If that’s what happened. Which we don’t know. But especially so since it’s someone he clearly has actual feelings for.”

Penguin, very briefly, considers the possibility that Shachi has a crush on him.

But then he dismisses it. They’ve made out (and more) many times over the years and Penguin knows he’s not Shachi’s type. Shachi likes them passionate. That’s the word he uses, at least. Penguin’s not exactly sure what he means.

“How long are you lot docking here?” he asks, shifting the conversation out of frustration.

“Log pose resets for us in three more days, so should be four for you guys.”

“Excellent. Lots of time to make out.”

Killer laughs. Penguin likes it when Killer laughs.

Law’s never been a fan of the Kid pirates but he’s made certain allowances since Penguin and Killer started dating. When they’re on the same island, they dock within room-ing distance so that Penguin can be deposited on the Punk’s deck like a child of divorced parents.

But usually it’s just Penguin. Which is why he’s so confused when he comes out of Killer’s room in his skivvies and hat for a midnight snack only to catch a brief glance of Shachi sneaking around the end of the corridor.

“Wha—?“ Penguin says before taking off running after him.

He doesn’t catch him. He turns around the bend and Shachi’s nowhere to be seen.

Returning to Killer’s room, where Killer is splayed out and snoring on the bed, Penguin sits on his stomach and says, “What’s Shachi doing here?”

“Hnnnm,” says Killer, throwing an arm over his face. “What happened to snack time?”

Penguin snaps his fingers at him. “Keep up,” he says. “Shachi’s on your ship. Why is Shachi on your ship?”

“Fuck should I know,” Killer mumbles, turning over onto his side, leading to Penguin tumbling off of him.

But a thought has occurred to Penguin. “Oh no,” he says. “Is it you?”

“Is what me?” Killer asks, pulling Penguin in and clearly trying to go back to sleep.

“Are you the reason he’s got Hanahaki? Does he like you?”

Killer snorts. “Shachi doesn’t like me, babe.”

“How do you know?” Penguin stops. He considers. “I guess you’re going to have to date us both.”

“Peng, I’m not the only person on this ship. You know that, right?”

“But you’re the only hot one!”

Killer opens his eyes and gives Penguin a flat look. “You’re biassed,” he says. “If Shachi liked me, he’d tell you. Your first instinct upon learning that he might light me is to try to share me with him. You know he’d tell you.”

He tugs Penguin back down vertical. “Also, I’m not good at sharing.”

“Yeah, I’ve seen the way you get with noodles,” Penguin mumbles. Trapped under Killer’s arm, he figures he’ll corner Shachi tomorrow. For now, he tries to rank the other Kid pirates in order of hotness, listing them off on his fingers as Killer ignores him. Heat? Wire? Mosh? Boogie? Obviously no one compares to Killer.

—

Of course, the next day he can’t find Shachi. 

He goes back to the Tang (two days until the Kids set off) but no one has seen him. Ikkaku thinks he might have gone into town. Jean Bart says he didn’t sleep there last night. Law rolls his eyes and says nothing, but that’s perfectly normal.

He snoops around the Victoria Punk but he doesn’t know the layout of the ship quite as well, and eventually resorts to asking around. Quincy says she saw him on the upper decks. UK says he was near steerage. Dive says she watched him steal the good pancakes. So he’s been here. Somewhere.

But why?

And then, down another corridor looking for clues, Penguin finds the petals.

It’s a handful of them, smushed and hidden under some equipment boxes in the hallway right outside the captain’s quarters, ironically just two doors down from Killer’s room.

Penguin abandons decorum and throws Kid’s door open.

Which, in hindsight, was not a smart move, but Penguin’s critical thinking is not what it could be right now.

And hey, he finds Shachi.

He finds Shachi leaning over Kid, the fucking captain, swapping spit.

A strangled sound comes out of Penguin’s mouth.

Shachi scrambles off of Kid in a hurry and Kid wipes his mouth, cursing in Penguin’s direction.

“What the fuck you can’t just barge in here,” he snaps, all the metal in the room shaking a little in response.

“Him?” Penguin yells, ignoring Kid entirely and looking at Shachi. “That’s who?”

“Shut up,” Shachi yells, which is very un-Shachi like. He does yell, but he doesn’t yell at Penguin. 

But his yelling immediately devolves into coughing into his fist and Penguin turns on Kid, who’s getting up off the floor.

“You,” Penguin shouts at him. “You rejected him?”

“What the fuck are you on about?” Kid yells back, and at the same time Shachi rushes forward, clamping his hand over Penguin’s mouth and trying to drag him out of the room.

That’s not going to fucking work though because Penguin’s mad and he’s going to be mad. 

He bites Shachi.

Shachi lets go. 

There’s crumpled flower petals on the floor around  him.

“You rejected him,” Penguin accuses. “What, so you’re just using him now, instead? He’s not good enough to date but he’s good enough to make out with!?”

Metal bits swirl through the air around them.

Shachi lets out a very quiet “oh shit” as the door slams behind them, trapping the both of them in the room with a now seething captain.

“What the fuck are you accusing me of,” Kid bellows. “I didn’t do shit. Your little crew member is the one who’s been coming onto me every time we see you! HE’S the one who initiated this, he’s the one who said no string a-fucking-tatched!” He points a metal finger at Shachi, who’s shifted to standing slightly behind Penguin, his fingers digging into Penguin’s upper arm. 

“You,” Kid shouts, pointing over Penguin’s shoulder at Shachi with an accusing finger.. “What’s your fucking problem, was this a joke to you?” 

Shachi stammers something incomprehensible but Kid continues. “What was your fucking plan, fuck the captain and then go brag to your fucking friends about it?”

“Hey,” Penguin shouts back.

He takes a step forward, held back by Shachi’s hands digging into his arm. “Don’t talk to him like that!”

Shachi, a little shakily, says, “I didn’t! I wouldn’t say shit!”

“I don’t fucking believe you,” Kid yells. “Get out and don’t fucking come back here!”

The door behind them is wrenched open, but before they can go, Shachi is collapsing onto the floor, hacking coughs wracking his frame as flame-red petals spew from his mouth and cover the wood. Penguin falls to his side but he can’t do anything to help, and this— this is so bad.

“What the fuck…” says Kid, but it’s quiet now, voice shifted to something between shock and concern. 

And then, suddenly, Killer is there. Scooping up Shachi’s shaking form and taking him out of the room. Penguin follows, not knowing what else to do. This feels like his fault.

— 

The infirmary on the Victoria Punk is colourful and crowded like the rest of the ship, but the cot Shachi rests on is clean and sparse.

UK has made him tea, something in it to help soothe his throat and keep the plant in his lungs at bay.

Killer and Kid are both there, sitting on mismatched chairs, silent and serious.

Despite feelings like he’s in deep shit, Penguin wasted no time in crawling onto the cot with Shachi as soon as he could, wrapping himself around him like he could protect him. Shachi didn’t protest (he rarely does) but he’s not making eye contact, staring down at the tea in his hands.

“I think your ship’s surgeon will be a better fit than I am to get that thing out of your lungs,” UK says after looking Shachi over. “Should be a simple enough operation. Only complication is that you’ll forget the, uh, target of the affections.” He looks sideways at Kid.

Kid continues to look fucking livid, but he’s stewing in silence, shoulder to shoulder with Killer, who’s donned his mask and is giving little away.

After UK takes his leave, Shachi downs his tea in silence, coughing only a few stray petals.

“We should leave,” he says.

Penguin’s about to agree but Kid interrupts them. “No you fucking should not,” he says, leaning forward and pushing Shachi’s chest back down with one hand. “I know you well enough to know that if you leave you’re never coming back here.”

Penguin lets out a low whistle. He’s not wrong.

“What was your plan?” Kid asks. “Just fuck around with me until I fall in love with you?”

“Fucking Christ,” Shachi mumbles, his voice raw. “Of course not!” Then, quieter. “Just planned on doing it as long as I could, then… getting the surgery when I couldn’t handle it anymore.”

Penguin frowns. “You weren’t ever going to tell him?” he asks.

“No!” Shachi shouts. “I’m not naive, Peng! I know this wouldn’t have had a fairy tale ending! I just wanted to— to indulge as long as I could.” He peters off, staring into his cup again.

Kid is back to looking furious but Killer leans forward before he can say anything. “For clarity’s sake,” he says, his voice shockingly even next to Kid’s. “Why wouldn’t this have had the ‘fairy tale ending’?”

Shachi looks at him confused. “Because?” he says, like it’s obvious.

When it seems like no one is on his page, he points to Kid. “He’s a captain? He’s not just a captain, he’s a Worst Generation captain! He— he owns this fucking ship! He’s one of the most powerful men in the world and he’s got a sickass devil fruit. And listen, I know I’m hot. But I’m not, like,” he gestures to Killer. “I’m not even first mate! I’m just some guy!”

“Hey—” Penguin starts to argue but Shachi shuts him down. 

“Peng it’s not about being hot or whatever. A captain, especially a Worst Generation captain, can’t just date a scrawny fucking nobody. It’ll fuck up his image! He’s gotta strike fear into the heart of the Marines!”

He coughs and a few stray petals come out. “That’s why Law can date Luffy but Kid can’t date me, even though I’m objectively much sexier than Luffy.”

“Ehhh,” Penguin says while Killer makes an uncertain hand motion.

“Anyway, this has been good,” Shachi says.“I’m going to go now before I can embarrass myself more. Gonna go get the dumb surgery and then make out with Hakugan or something until I feel better.”

He goes to stand up but is almost immediately pushed back down by a slightly crumpled metal bar levitating through the air and attaching itself over the bed.

“Shut up,” Kid says, pointing his finger accusingly at Shachi. “You talk too fucking much, you know that?”

Shachi gives him the middle finger. “Well you use too much tongue when you kiss.”

“Your teeth are too sharp to bite my neck, UK made me get a rabies shot,” Kid shoots back. “Shut up. Your reasoning is stupid.”

“My reasoning is not stupid,” Shachi argues back flippantly.

“I don’t give a flying fuck what the marines or anyone else thinks of who I date,” Kid says. “That’s a dumbass thought process and you’re dumb as fuck for thinking it.” His scowl deepens. “And you’re dumb as fuck for being such a coward that you weren’t even going to tell me! What kind of idiot lets himself almost die for the sake of a good fuck?”

“Many people,” Shachi says petulantly.

“Shut the fuck up. You’re an idiot. If you get that surgery, I’ll kill you.”

Shachi gapes at him. “What the hell?” he says. “You just want me to die, then? Gonna choke on some flower petals, is that metal enough for you?”

“No you fuckskull, I want you to stop being a fucking coward and ask me out!”

Killer has his head in his hands.

Shachi fishmouths at him. “Well maybe I don’t want to do it right now!”

“Yes you do,” Penguin says soothingly, well aware of how much of an idiot Shachi can become when he gets mad. He’s also been sort of uncomfortably trapped on his side by the bar Kid has stuck over the bed. “Please be sensible and just ask out the pirate captain known for murder.”

Shachi scoffs, throwing his hands up. “Fine,” he says. “Even though it’s a dumb decision on your part if you say yes, will you go out with me, Captain Kid?”

“Yeah,” Kid shouts. “For some reason I like your scrawny ass, so i will!”

Killer���s head is somehow more in his hands.

“Fine.” shouts Shachi. “Move this bar so I can make out with your dumb face, then!”

The bar moves very quickly.

Shachi is on Kid’s lap almost as fast.

Penguin makes eye contact (probably) with Killer through the mask. “Can we be… somewhere else?” He asks.

Killer nods. “Please,” he says.

They evacuate the infirmary and close the door firmly behind them.

“They’re going to have sex in there,” Penguin says.

Killer nods in agreement. “They’re going to have sex everywhere.”

A thought occurs to Penguin as they make their way to the upper deck. “Oh, Law is not going to be happy about this.”

Killer snorts. “Your captain isn’t happy about anything.”

Well that’s true.

The rest of the day is spent dodging bits of metal debris that levitate and shoot off at the most alarming of moments. Penguin learns that this means Kid is “extremely happy”. 

He hates having this knowledge. 

Shachi will love it.

[petras-drizzt-corner]

all done with Passage to Dawn!!

hoo boy man omg Spoilers below, friends!

my rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ pretty good, but Wulfgar's back :(

I knew it. I knew Erttu's prisoner was Wulfgar, I just KNEW IT.

And now, after multiple confessions of love between Drizzt and Catti-Brie, she's like "oh nevermind my fiance's alive again" like kind of understandable but I was seriously holding out for them!!! And yes I know I'm biased because I don't like Wulfgar, but still. I think it would have been nice to have Zak come back. It definitely would have helped with some of that trauma Drizzt is still hauling around.

And ok all is well becasue my girl Stumpet is safe! When she picked up the shard I was like, "if she goes evil/dies I am actually fist fighting Salvatore" but now I don't have to!!

And ok we got like two weeks to have the gang together and Drizzt is already back on his savior complex again. Like please go to sleep and eat some real food. Please.

Overall, though, it was a great book, and I'm so excited for the next one!

That's all for me. How sad are you that now Catti and Wulfgar are gonna be together again? -Petra!

[driftingvoid-155]

Your dead like me au got me thinking and now I'm curious about Liz and Mike's relationship once they meet up again. Like, is mike (justifiably) terrified of his wire monster of a little sister? Does Liz ever realize just how much she hurt her brother? Do they ever make amends?

Also! Does mike still have a hollowed out body? Does he acknowledge it? Use it? Does Charlie and/or phone guy hide in there? Does liz!? (Later of course, if they ever address the trauma.) Does Jeremy even know about it?

I have so many thoughts and questions.

Hi!! Thank you for your questions!!! I'm so excited to answer these. Okay, gonna break it down:

Q: Liz and Mike's relationship once they meet up again? Like, is mike (justifiably) terrified of his wire monster of a little sister? Does Liz ever realize just how much she hurt her brother? Do they ever make amends?

It's strained between them at first. Mike is still nervous about what she did to him and that there might be a repeat of what she used the funtimes to do. He never really voices this outloud, but its a subconcious fear that he has and is one he feels a little guilty about feeling. Becasue that's his baby sister and he knew she wasnt thinking right, especially after learning more about ghosts and how they operate, but he still can't help but feel a baselevel fear about what she did and about what she could be capable of doing in the future.

Liz tho, is still scared. She was desperate to get out from under circus babys and once she does, she basically never stops running. She never stays in one place too long, terrified someone will find her and bring her back and she doesnt trust anyone. She hides from any humans she comes across and this makes it very hard in tracking her down once Mike and the gang try doing so.

Upon meeting again, it takes a bit for Liz to recognize him, even as the man that she killed to escape (already her memories from then are hazy and so full of emotion, its hard to focus them) but after it's explained with the help of Charlie, she feels awful about what she did, both to escape and that it was her brother she did it to, and Mike of course immediately forgives her. From there, even though they hold some hesitencies towards each other, they do try to start making amends and becoming brother and sister once again.

Liz up until this point had bascially been running on fear and emotion but once she's in the same safe place for a bit, she starts to remember a bit more and function on a more human mentality rather than a ghost one and this allows her and Mike to connect once again. She'll constantly asks him about their family and have him confirm whether or not something is real or if she remembered right. It mostly only becomes strained when it comes to their father as Liz only remembers him as the loving dad he was to them, nothing else, and has a hard time wrapping her mind around the truth of what their father really was. Something Mike's lenient with her on because under it all, the metal, murder, and being a ghost, she really is just a scared little girl that wants her family and life back and he is a brother that wants to give that to her even if is impossible to completely do so.

Q: Does mike still have a hollowed out body? Does he acknowledge it? Use it?

Yes he does! I actually just rambled a bit about Mike and how he now operates here! He doesn't necessarily 'use' the hollowness of it as he keeps it mostly stitched up (except for when he caves and munches on some popcorn and then later has to dig it out).

Does Charlie and/or phone guy hide in there? Does liz!?

Uh.. not as of right now lol. Is kind of a cool concept tho and one I might keep in the back of my mind just in case a scenario ever comes up lol (thanks for the idea!)

Does Jeremy even know about it?

Yup! Jeremy, as a vampire, is completely aware of what Mike is.

Thanks for the questions! These were fun :) Any more and you know where my ask box is!

[dballzposting]

Watching this over and over again in awe and deference

- Yajirobe with his arms crossed and foot up on the thing just tossing him the beans like hes the coolest man in the world.

- Why? I can't track his thinking. I cant parse his precise motivations. He wanted to look cool for the kid? He wanted to make sure that Goku got those beans? Does he care? Does he actually care? That's beautiful. Where does he get off siding with the side of good like that? Does he care about having friends? Is is just becasue Goku is a crazy and beautiful bastard? Hes gotta respect it when he sees it? What it probably is is that Yajirobe generally acts with conviction and he cuts through farces with his katana. Hes stone honest. And he knew that Gohan was gonna leave with those beans anyway. So might as well cut to the chase

- KORIN GOT ON HIS CASE IMMEDIATELY. And Yajirobe CUTS HIM OFF TO SAY: AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT HE SAYS: "I'm the Bean Daddy this time, Bean Daddy!" That was his best rebuttal. That's what he cut Korin off with. Why was that his best work? Why was that important to him or anyone?

- Did you catch that. He called Korin "Bean Daddy" as a direct address, after titling himself the Bean Daddy. Why is ANYONE the Bean Daddy ?!?!?!?! Oh he's just saying shit now! Is that what you do up there? You just say shit?

- Why is this important to him? Why does he need to be the Bean Daddy "this time"? Maybe because it gets boring up there and the only excitement is when you get to be the one to hand people beans? Why is it said like it's a real title that they should get to share the privileges of, and that this time, justice calls for Yajirobe to be the Bean Daddy? What are the rules on that?

- Well Yajirobe did water them.

- Korin like all hermits is such a nasty crazy bitch. Oh you just come BARGING IN HERE unannounced? And now you want senzu beans? Well what exactly did you bring for ME? <- he behaves in this manner to teach young warriors manners and honor. This approach has never worked on that possum Yajirobe however

- Yajirobe is like "Quit messing with him you were gonna give him the beans anyway!" becasue he has laser vision and he can see theough Korin's old hermit Bullshit and he knows Korin well and he knew that he was gonna give him the beans.

- THE WAY KORIN YELLS BACK ... "STOP... IT WAS- YOU SHUT UP." So sloppy so award-winning. Old wise hermit cat who is a crazy bitch tells Yajirobe to shut up on screen. Hes not too good to have a sloppy messy roommate whom he yells "SHUT UP" to

- Complete and utter dick move by Yajirobe to swipe Korin's one (1) bean and give that to Gohan too. Actually not a dick move at all but just a display of the golden chops he's had since his debut. And Gohan needs the bean more anyway.

- "Why on Earth do I let you live up here" "I dunno beats the heck out of me" DIALOGUE TO BE EXPECTED I SUPPOSE BUT... i mean we all know why why he lets him live up there right. It's becasue hes an old hermit cat and it's his duty to foster virtue and discourage evil and Yajirobe since day 1 has offered a unique challenge becasue hes not bad but hes not all too good either. And he has a fine heart and has behaved virtuously when needed, and that really counts for something. Korin just doesnt have it in him to dispel something that isnt truly evil from him home. Also I guess yajirobe licks him idk

- Why did any of this happen.

[kefalion]

Best fanfics 2021. Star Wars Gen Pt. 2

I read almost 14,5 million words worth of fanfics in 2021 (Most of it Star Wars). That’s a lot. (Embarrasing or impressive? You decide!) I write comments for myself on everything that’s longer than 5k words so I know what I thought of them, what they were called, how long they are etc. As a way to remember them all and honour these fic writers, here’s a list of my favourite ones from 2021. Sorted into categories for your convenince. Some authors will feautre multiple times. Some people are just that good.

List divided into several posts becasue it got too long and Tumblr couldn’t handle it.

Gen Pt. 1

Gen Pt. 2 - You’re here!

Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker

Other pairings

Fingertips by @communistkenobi​ Status: complete Words: 9 739 Synopsis: Anakin and Obi-Wan are in an accident. It forces them to face their attachment Thoughts: Very cute. Very emotional. A perfect take on their Master-Padawan relationship.

if i only knew by wanderlove Status: complete Words: 119 152 Synopsis: what if Obi-Wan didn’t know Anakin had been a slave and neither him or the council knew that his mother remained one and then they find out? What does it set in motion? Better communication. More trust. More understanding. So much love. The defeat of the dark side Thoughts: this has phenomenal characterization, though it’s slightly squishy that the two of them get together after having been master and Padawan it’s still so precious to see them dance around each other for so long, even after they get together. The development of the war with the changes was also very exciting and it wasn't too easy. Defeating palps was difficult and there were consequences. A very engaging read

A Million Wasted Chances by @11paruline44​ Status: in progress Words: 38 856 Synopsis: The day of Vader’s ascent comes to an end, then it starts over. And again. And again. Thoughts: this is a very good Groundhog Day version of Vader’s fall. He’s appropriately dark and emotional and regretful and takes appropriate actions, first full of anger against Obi-Wan and Sidious, then keeping away from everything, then asking for help.

Executor Given by @spell-cleaver Status: complete Words: 14 996 Synopsis: Luke’s on a mission to stop the Super Star Destroyer from launching. When Vader senses him, he accidentally wreaks havoc on the ship himself. Thoughts: the ending was so precious. I love Vader and Luke.

Temper with the Stars and Unfriendly Skies by pipionem Status: complete Words: 52 229 + 34 919 Synopsis: Ahsoka is running from Palpatine in the world between worlds and jumps out on the Fallen Hand in time to see Anakin and Obi-Wan win against Dooku. She’s not about to stay quiet about what the future holds Thoughts: I read this cause I wanted to read the sequel (had good summary + tags), but this was good on its own. It got straight to the point without feeling rushed and everyone was in character and it focuses on things I care about. Very nice. Synopsis: Sequel. Anakin sees Old Ahsoka to the temple on Lothal, then gets trapped. He walks through a portal and right into a firefight between his grown-up children and some stormtroopers. Before he goes home, he’ll see this universe fixed. Thoughts: I really liked reading it. The build-up for Luke and Leia finding out and other characters finding out who Anakin is was lovely.

In Sacrifice, Peace by Artikka Status: complete Words: 5 757 Synopsis: Anakin doesn’t fall. He’s in the temple when the Clones attack. Thoughts: real tears over this. And they were many. How so many feels can be achieved with less than 6k words is magical.

walk by faith/tell no one what you've seen by @killbothtwins Status: complete - series in progress Words: 39 188 Synopsis: Obi-Wan sees the Empire fall, and then he wakes up back when he was twelve and he handles it with dignity Thoughts: I can’t put my finger on what I like so much about this, but I do. It feel so comfortable to read. The pacing is lovely with short scenes that are relevant and then cutting to the next relevant part, then lingering on more major events. It’s angst-free without ever dismissing how grave everything about the fall of the Republic was. (I’m saving up reading the sequels and suspect I’m in for a treat)

Krayt's Oath by SnowflakesandMozart Status: in progress Words: 82 514 Synopsis: Vader learns of a Sith technique to keep someone alive by syphoning the life force of another. He puts two and two together. Knowing Padmé dies so he could live, he can no longer serve Palpatine. He escapes, gets himself healed up and settles on Tatooine to keep away from everything, but everything has a way of intruding. Thoughts: good writing. Good plot. Good characterization. Vader turned Anakin feels believable. The use of ocs, known characters and changes to canon work very well. Kitster Banai is a good inclusion, Cody’s precious, and Obi-Wan and Leia add so much with so little screen time. The section where they assassinated Jaba from the clone POV slowed down the pacing a bit, but was enjoyable for its own sake.

Enter Nowhere by @princessleia9977​ Status: in progress Words: 30 275 Synopsis: four generations of Skywalker are brought together through time travel. Shmi, Anakin, Leia, and Kylo (Ben). Thoughts: a unique set up that’s properly executed. I’m thriving off this. The escalation with things becoming more and more was perfect

Hard Reset by dogmatix, @norcumii​ Status: in progress Words: 20 738 Synopsis: Vader is hit on the head by Ahsoka and loses his memories. Anakin’s not happy about the state of… well anything. Thoughts: the progression of this, the style, the plot. I love it! Anakin freaking out and wanting out of the suit and wondering why the hell he’d fall. Ahsoka being the first to trust him. Then including characters in a steady stream that makes sense and builds up the story. So good.

A Second Chance by @alverrann Status: in progress Words: 20 250 Synopsis: Vader dies. He wakes up mid Clone Wars. The Force backlashed Thoughts: ooh! Proper considerations to issues Vader would have. Can barely walk, has no control of his temper or emotions. Has appropriate priorities. Love it!

Sympathy for the Devil by @justalothcat Status: in progress Words: 85 546 Synopsis: Maul isn’t killed by Obi-Wan on Tatooine. He goes there too late, when Vader’s already killed the old Jedi. He follows the trail left to Luke and joins up with the Alliance to train the young Skywalker. And he gets ghost Obi-Wan’s blessing to do so Thoughts: This exceeded any and all exectations I had when reading the sumary and tags. That it takes place in episode five and on was a bonus and Maul with the rebels is actually a treat. Him dealing with all that nonsense of telling hard secrets and being influenced by Luke towards the light and kinda starting to like  Obi-Wan. Very enjoyable.

24 Hours by @ladyvader23 Status: complete Words: 10 898 Synopsis: Vader follows Luke to Dagobah and they meet Yoda at the same time and both enter the cave to see what they need to. Thoughts: ohhhhh. LadyVader is a pro! The characterizations are so good, and it’s told so well and it ends so sweetly. Love it.

Synchronous by @tykimikkitty Status: in progress Words: 67 856 Synopsis: Luke, Leia and Han Time travel from one year past Endor to one year prior the end of the Clone Wars. Leia and Han get to stay themselves, Luke gets his mind putinto his father’s body. The Force gave them a mission to make balance. Thoughts: the shenanigans are strong with this one. Luke is terrible at pretending to be his father, and it’s hilarious. Everyone thinks he hit his head too hard and that helps for a while, but now we’re reaching a point where it’s too weird to work. The writing style is good, effortless and the multiple pics enhance the story, each with a subtle flavour and each sticking to relevant content. I’m not sure I’ve ever read such an Anakin centric story that doesn’t have Anakin in it. Bonus points for that!

[miss-tc-nova]

Nova’s Warrior of Light

I’m a little bored, so I’m gonna write some head cannons about my WoL (and her relationships with the Scions). 

This is Nova yes, named after me. She’s dumb as a box of rocks but would do anything for her friends. She’s the one always getting into trouble and dragging everyone down with her (that time nearly half the Scions died hunting behemoths). While usually pretty optimistic, she’s susceptible to depression, hyper aware of all her action/in-action that lead to someone getting hurt. This is probably why she’s  quite expressive, often using her exagerated emotions to hide her real feelings/pain or to lighten the mood (even if she’s the butt of the joke). If she ever hits the point of true rage, stay out of her way. However, this usually only happens if her friends are harmed or threatened. 

Thancred is more often than not her accomplice--suggesting just as many hare-brained schemes as she does. It may have been stupid, but those were good times. He’s closest to her, so she put in the effort to drag him out of his ShB rutt, even though she struggled with her own insecurities (light, friendships, death, etc).

Alisaie and Alphinaud are like her kids. No, she doesn’t want kids, but she’ll definitely go mama-bear on anyone who hurts them. Which may or may not be just sheer violence considering her strength and lack of brains. She often goes around saying she’s got shared custody over them with Ameliance, but definitely not Fourchenault. He’s still on thin ice. She’s softer with Alphinaud, teasing but encouraging. That doesn’t work with Alisaie though, so Nova’s often the challenge she provokes Alisaie to overcome (but still encouraging). Alisaie is usually excited to go along on Nova’s cockamamie adventures while Alphinaud is usually dragged, but Nova ensures nothing will harm them, or someone will pay. 

Urianger has a sort of mutual relationship with Nova. He’s smart, but not so coordinated, where as she’s pretty athletic but dumb. They’re chill enough to hang out with each other and help each other in their weaknesses. He does enjoy the odd moment of mentally tormenting her as payback for her laughing at something he fails at (Using a simple card trick to baffle her becasue she mocked him for not being able to swim). 

Y’shtola is the alpha, on paper. Nova will go out of her way to avoid Y’shtola’s wrath but endure whatever punishment is doled out for her dumb actions once she’s caught. 100% Nova could destroy all the Scions, but she loves Y’shtola enough to keep up the appearances of the dynamic and Y’shtola knows this. Nevertheless, Y’shtola is usually the first to tend to Nova’s injuries, all while scolding the warrior. Y’shtola and Thancred are the only people who recognize that Nova could probably destroy the star if she wanted, but have the faith that Nova cares enough not to. Twelve help them should something push Nova over the edge. 

After the Crystal Tower raids (wherein Nova wanted to beat the snot out of his sassy ass) G’raha became a younger brother. But not the annoying “I hate you” kind of younger brother. More like the “always got your back” younger brother. Like the twins, you can bet he’s also tagging along on the antics. That doesn’t mean Nova hasn’t had to save his ass on multiple occassions, but he’s just happy to be here and she indulges that. In turn, THAT doesn’t mean he hasn’t saved her ass either. He’s definiely smarter and there have been plenty of times it was him who got them out of situations. Nova holds a lot of regret for not being strong enough to save him on all occassions. 

Estinien is a bit of a thorn in the side. He’s the one who most often points out Nova’s idiocy, despite not being the brightest himself. (”At least I can read” “You paid 30,000G for a hair tie!”) They see the strength in each other and are comfortable enough to hang out, but there’s a lot of sass and backtalk with these two. If you really want to see these two go at it, just mention any similiarity between the two, just beware that the wrath may turn on you too. (Nova started as a Lancer/Dragoon)

Krile is a good girl friend not girlfriend that Nova enjoys seeing. Nova would do just about anything Krile asked, either just because Krile is sweet or because she bribed Nova with an embarassing Alphinaud story.

Tataru is like a business partner. Nova doesn’t know what she’s doing or why, but Tataru told her she had to get these materials, so she’s out in the field gathering. She trusts Tataru to turn everything to gold, but also knows well enough not to cross the little lalafellin (”I don’t know why Tataru needs eight spriggans, but I don’t want anymore itching powder in my clothes”).

[honeypirate]

Looking Forward To It

In which pro hero Dynamight falls for his high school crush and personal suit designer and scientist, you, and asks you out.

Bakugou x reader (could be gn or fem but i didn’t edit it so i dont remember)

readers quirk works like welding but only works on metals, went to UA as a support student but took extra hero course classes so you could be a hero if any metal villians were to come along. Bakugou and you were friends after second year when you made him a really amazing support item and loved explosions as much as he does. you agreed with him that Lord Explosion Murder was an amazing hero name and that sealed your friendship forever.

Bakugou walks into the warehouse, a smile on his lips, he’s been looking forward to this meeting for several reasons, the biggest reason being you and the second being he is so excited to see what you have made. You were the student behind the design of his current hero suit and since you have grown up you became one the most well known designers and scientists. He has a small jar in his hand of his glycerin like liquid that you needed a little of, for a new idea, the meeting was just supposed to discuss your thoughts and share with him your ideas.

The warehouse was set up with a small office in the front, followed by a few meeting rooms, a public bathroom, and the biggest part being your “office” but it was more like just a work floor for you and your employees to have enough space. There was also an armored testing room and a room in the back where you could sleep that had a full bathroom with a shower.

“She’s in the back Dynamight you can go on in” your receptionist says with a smile and he thanks her before heading back into your office/work area.

As he is making his way back to you he hears a small ecplosion followed by your frustrated voice echoing down to him “Mother fucking bitch! God damn it all! That was not my plan! Mother hell!” he chuckles as he pushes the half cracked door open all the way “Y/N?” he says and you laugh, a sound that makes him smile and brings butterflies to his stomach, followed by your voice “back here!” he walks farther into the room, bast the many tall shelves lined with several different ingredients and different power tools all organized specifically by color, followed by several bins with different metals, he can see your back as you sit at a metal table, a few lights around you and smoke still in the air. As he gets closer he can see the tools around you, things that he didn't even recognize, tools you once told him you designed, and things that look like metal capsules. You hop off your stool and turn towards him “right on time!” you exclaim with a blinding smile that makes his heart skip, you throw your arms around his neck and he chuckles as he hugs you back. When you pull away you pull the dark goggles off the top of your head and set them down on the table. “You bring it?” he nods “of course! I’m excited to see what you have for me” he says and you squeal ''I am too!” you hold out your hand and he places the jar in it. 

You stand next to the table and he stands besides you, “watch this” you say with a smile as you put a metal dropper into the golden liquid in the small jar and get out .5 of an ounce before placing it into a small metal capsule, placing a special lid on and sealing the edge with your quirk. “This is kind of dumb becasue you wont use them very often if at all. But this topper makes it so this will explode on impact and then suck everything back to that space like an implosion. And this top” you hold up a different unconnected piece “is a timer. So its a real bomb!” you say excitedly and he chuckles, your happiness rubbing off on him. “That is really cool I must say. Even if i don't use it often it is a cool option to have” you grin “i'm glad you think so. I felt kind of dumb but i still wanted to try. Do you want to see this?” you hold up the capsule you just made and he laughs “of course!” you bounce on your toes in a little dance as you take off your leather apron and set it on the desk  “okay follow me!” he laughs and follows you out the door off the side of your office, into teating room you made specifically to test Bakugous support items. 

“Okay okay okay you know where to stand” he laughs, he loved your energy and your mind, he stood where you wanted him, behind a very thick piece of plastic so he could see into the other side of the room, you squeal again with glee and walk into the other side of the plastic, you kiss the little capsule and then toss it to the other side of the room, moving over quickly next to Bakugou as it sails through the air before it hits the other side of the wall and explodes before sucking everything back to the middle point of impact exactly like you hoped it would. “Yes!” you exclaim and raise your hands in the air, turning towards him and hopping up and down. “That was amazing y/n!” he laughs and you blush at the way he was looking at you. “I know it isn’t super practical but at the right time it would be fun to use!” you tuck your hair behind your ear and then gasp, bringing your hands out in front of you “I didn't realize i was so dirty” you chuckle, realizing some must be on your face but you didn’t really care. 

“Yeah just a little but that’s how i know you’re making super amazing things!” he gushes and then blushes, clearing his throat “you said you have something for me?” you beam at him “that’s right! Come with me it’s just inside” he follows you back to your office and you quickly run and grab a box from under your desk, “I know you are a huge fan of your black, green, and orange, color scheme. But I made some improvements to stitching and flexibility, with a better flame resistant formula that actually keeps you cool as you wear it. I also wanted to try a semi different color scheme so just tell me if you hate it and I'll make it just the same as your others. But i was thinking since it’s fall and going to be winter,” you pull out a new suit, identical to the last save a few details, the orange bands were thinner and lighter, and now they were a darker blood orange. The black was even more black, a higher percentage of light being lost than the other black (thank you stuart semple) and the green being a darker green as well, more foresty and less tree frog. “I thought the darker colors would look AMAZING when it snows and the orange is more fall. There are even several hidden pockets that make whatever is inside them indestructible, so your phone, wallet, whatever will be safe no matter what”  He takes the suit from you with a smile “y/n this is …. Perfect!” you laugh “really?!” he nods “i love the new colors it’s perfect for winter and i love the pockets. Im gonna go change in your bathroom” and before you can stop him he is off into your private bathroom in the back of the office. 

You hop on your stool and begin making more of the little capsules, just three more with the amount of his Nitroglycerin substance. You place them in the box and then work on some other personal project of something you were making for your moms birthday.

When he comes back he walks quietly since he was behind you “tell me what you think” he says and you grin, setting down your tools you turn around and gasp with a smile “it is so much better than i imagined. Is it too tight? How is the fabric? Is it itchy?” you hop off your stool and make your way over to him while you talk, reaching out and running your hands across his chest to feel how it fits, running your hands across the straps to make sure they fit him well, as he begins to speak you walk around to his back side “n-no it’s all great. R-really” you run your hands across the fabric on the back, the tank like top on his shoulders sat well, you stuck your fingers inside the fabric by his shoulders, pulling it back a little and running your fingers along the inside seam, down until you get to his armpits. 

What you didn’t know was how hard his heart was beating, you always got into the headspace of an inventor every time you gave him something new, not noticing the effect you had on him, how his heartbeat grows rapid and his hands get really sweaty, filling up his gauntlets. You never noticed how he blushed or how his voice stuttered through answers to the questions you ask. You check the way his belt fits on his hips and he gets goosebumps that you, you guessed it, didn’t even notice. 

“It looks so good. I'm so proud of myself!” you  giggle as you walk back to the box on your table, your back to him again now, he takes a deep breath and tries to calm his heart. “I have improved your gauntlets as well, the color and the weight, they can also hold double the amount now so since you wear them all day you won't waste any. Also here is a new head piece, it’s built in with bluetooth so you can connect it to your phone and it will perform voice commands, you can set the word that wakes it up through an app i made that i already emailed you.” he chuckles “always going above and beyond. That’s why you're my favorite” your heart skips and your cheeks flush as he comes over, swapping out his gauntlets and head piece for the new ones, he places his old gear in the box and smiles at you. “I’m glad I can make you happy yet again” you say and smile at him, thinking about all the other ways you wish you could make him happy 

Since you didn’t have anything else for him, it was time for him to leave. You hated this time because it always comes too soon, you walk him out to the door and your receptionist sends you an obvious look before she excuses herself to the bathroom. “So i’ll.. uh.. text you if i have anything new for you” you say with an awkward chuckle, scratching the back of your neck before placing your hands behind your back, rocking on your feet “sound’s good” he says with a smile and you heart skips again, your cheeks feel warm as you return his smile. “Okay then” you say and he goes to push the door open “I’ll see you around.” he pauses for a second and then turns back “do you wanna get dinner with me maybe? As a date?” he asks, rather quickly actually, all of it out in a rush, his nervousness showing. You gasp before chuckling softly “I’d love that” you say with a closed eye smile and he lets out a breathy, nervous laugh. “Okay. cool. I knew you’d say yes (he didn’t. He thought you were definitely going to say no). I’ll call you after work then” he says, a blush covering his cheeks, you beam at him and then say “I’ll be looking forward to it”

[messyfruit]

Christmas confession

(A stand-alone last chapter to my revivied eremin series: An amorous advent)

"I think I’m gonna head to bed." Mikasa yawned and stretched with Armin’s head in her lap. The television was snowing, claiming «no source detected», and casting a pale light over the trio. Armin sat up and blinked hard. Eren was snoring on the sofa behind them. "I think I fell asleep. What time is it?" The candles had all died and the fireplace was just a heap og orange cinders now. The popcorn smelled stale. "Two. I think we all slept through that last one. Who’s idea was it to watch Gremlins anyway?" Armin chuckled. "That was me. Sorry." He staggered from the floor and covered his mouth to yawn. The room went momentarily dark as the TV turned off. Then his eyes adjusted, and Armin could see the filtered glow of the moon outside the window. Were those clouds? Perhaps Eren would get his white christas after all. "I assume you two are done with movies for tonight as well," Mikasa whispered and left the remote on the table. "Good night, Armin." There was a quirious smile on her lips as she slipped into the hall and disappeared upstairs, leaving him to wake up Eren by himself. "…Night." He remained standing for a bit, looking after her, listened to the silence that settled. Even Eren’s snoring had subsided. Armin’s stomach tingled. The house creaked against a wind that was garnering strength outside and he took a slow, deep breath. "Eren?" The cushions squeaked as he sat down by the footend. Eren’s Santa hat had slipped off him and his hair was now once again a bird’s nest - all previous effort to tame it for the occasion, undone by sleep. He rested a hand on Eren’s leg. "You should wake up…" His voice was too soft, and Eren didn’t respond. His chest ached to tell him. Did Eren even know how cute he was? How wild he could make Armin’s heart just by looking at him or taking his hand? And that most exciting dream he’d just had, oh, how he wished Eren would bring it to life. The heat was still playing on his lips. "I think," he whispered. "It’s going to snow… Do you wanna go outside and have a look?" The boy on the sofa finally stirred. His hand came up in front of his face and he gave a drowsy groan. "Armin…?" "I’m here." "God… What times is it?" He sat up rubbing his eyes. His cheek had pink streaks in it after resting on his hand - a mark of deep slumber. "I dreamt we were on a magic carpet ride. You had antlers." Armin giggled. He reached past Eren’s lap to grab his hat. "It’s two. And that sounds like quite the ride. You certain it wasn’t a slead, though?" "He he. Maybe," Eren murmured, blinking sleep out of his eyes. "Um, I mean ho ho." Gently, Armin put the fuzzy red cap back on Eren’s head and dropped his hand to his friend’s shoulder. Eren’s warmth radiated through his shirt like a furnace and Armin loved that about him. Always so warm and comfy. "Was it just me and you?" "No, Connie was there too. But he- uh… Was the genie? Never mind that. Was all weird anyways. Did you say it was snowing?"

The wind tugged and whistled in his hair as Armin stepped out on the porch and into the night. Eren had helped to wrap him securely in a green woolen blanket to protect him against the cold, and now they were standing shoulder to shoulder - quite comfortably in the dark - smiling. The banister lights had been switched off so they could see the stars better. But on the horizon… "Those are definitely clouds," Eren agreed. The mist of his breath whirled away in the wind. "And coming this way, fast," Armin added. He smiled a little wider, sighed and leaned closer, using Eren’s shoulder for a pillow. The twisting of his stomach was distracting, but he felt sure about this. About what he was going to do. What he was going to say…

Just exactly when he’d fallen asleep in Mikasa’s lap, he was unsure of. But the events of his dream were still vivid in his mind, as if they had happened only minutes ago - for real. They’d been older. Maybe twenty. They’d gotten stuck in an elevator somehow, and Eren was hyperventilating, talking about how his girlfriend couldn’t save him if he didn’t get to charge his phone soon. Hearing him talk about a girlfriend like that had stung, but Armin had quickly compertmentalized it and grabbed his best friend by the shoulders to get his attention. "Eren", he’d said. "Eren, it’s ok. Shhh. Calm down." He’d pulled him to his chest, rested a hand against his hair and just let him calm down there. A voice had been announcing flight departures over the speakers. "We’re together in this, alright? No matter what, you’ve got me." And it hadn’t meant to be a romantic statement, but as soon as he’d said it, Eren had known. Armin had known that he’d known. And then he’d just said it, heart wringing with emotion. "Eren, the reason I’m not getting a girlfriend is because all I need is you. Even if all we’ll be is friends, all I need is you beside me. Like this. I love you." Eren had pulled back at that. They’d looked each other deep in the eyes, and he’d replied: "I made the gilrfriend thing up. I was just too scared to tell you I was gay. All I need is you, too." And then they’d kissed. Kissed and kissed. And Armin had felt like he was strong enough to bust them out of that elevator by the power og his happiness alone. Yet, as firework-y as that dream had been, it had simultaneously solidified one thing for Armin: he could not to wait until his twenties to reliev himself of his secret feelings. Now that he knew what it had the potensial to feel like, he couldn’t in good conscience waste any more time. He would make the move soon, as scary as it may be. Please, don’t let this be a mistake.

The wind continued whispering softly around them as they watched the clouds approaching soundlessly. Armin was gathering courage. He knew it had to be now. Just as Eren tilted his head, bumping gingerly against Armin’s, Armin snaked an arm out from between the blanket folds and took his friend’s hand in his. "Eren…?" "Yeah?" The handsome boy stared straight ahead and up at the clouds, but he didn’t shake loose from Armin’s careful grip. Armin took that as a good sign. He swallowed against a lump in his throat and he said: "You’re really special to me…" Eren’s hand jerked, then stilled again. Armin’s heart did a violent summersault. "I’m sorry," he rushed. "No." Eren stared stiffly upwards. "Say it." His palm was becoming clammy. Armin’s cheeks were beginning to burn. "Say… what?" Now Eren turned. They came apart and Armin looked up at him with wide eyes. "Armin, you’re special to me too… So… I’d really like to hear what you were gonna say." "…" "… Please?" Even in the dark, Armin could see the genuine care in Eren’s eyes. His own face was hot, but the scare was cooling off. So he nodded and kept looking into his crush’s eyes. "Y-yeah… I-… Sorry. What I wanted to say, Eren… Ever since, well, a while ago now… Whenever we’re together, I feel really. Happy." He broke eye contact to laugh nervously down at his own feet. This was not at all as transparent as he wished to be. Why had it been so much easier in his dream? He licked his lips and lifted his chin. "I’m gonna do a trust fall. So please… catch me." Something in Eren’s eyes twinkled. "Eren… I like you. I have feelings for you. A-and if you don’t feel the same way, that’s fine. I just ho-" "-I like you too!" Armin shut up mid-sentence in startlement. Had he just- "I like you too, Armin! God, I-" Eren was pushing the blanket flaps aside eagerly, fumbling around for Armin’s second hand. He caught it, and bit his lip like he was trying to restrain the wide, wide smile that was spreading accross his face. It was as though a fire cracker had gone off and changed his sombre mood for that of a hyper tapdancer’s. He hopped from one foot to the other, chuckling, breath steaming as his speach quickened. "I didn’t know what to think. I tried to hint, but I couldn’t tell if you felt the same. I was so afraid you’d hate me or laugh at me." "Never. No way." Armin watched him dance, his sillhuette hopping back and forth in a frame of silver starlight. There was no way not to laugh at him now, though - simply becasue of how adorable he was. And how relieved and overjoyed Armin himself was. It manefested as a tickling sort of weightlessness. "I wasn’t sure either. You’re so- You’re so kind anyways, you know? So I couldn’t tell if it meant something more or not." They looked at each others’ hot pink faces, and then - somehow, though whomever initiated it Armin couldn’t tell - they came together, lips first. They bumped and tilted and chuckled until they found a good position, and then they let the touch linger for a just a few moments before pulling back. It had been their first. Nothing like the dream, but authentic and sweet in its awkwardness. Practice would hopefully make perfect. And it was mistle toe season after all. Armin opened the blanket burrito and included Eren in the wrap. He hid his face against the taller boy’s shirt and just took in the moment - as well as the scent of that heavy handed cologne. "Hey, Armin…?" "Yeah?" "It’s snowing."

[popculturebuffet]

Ducktales Reviews: The Battle for Castle McDuck!

How to sum up how I feel about this episode.... 

Yeah that’ll do it. This wasn’t a BAD episode. It flowed nicely, had two great new additions to the cast.. but after weeks of really good episodes, warts and all.. this one was just.. okay. Part of the problem isn’t the episode’s fault as I went in expecting the answers to scrooge’s immortality, the answers to hortense we didn’t get last week, and you know donald and della actually getting to interact with their grandparents. I got.. pretty much none of that, though I did get some answer as to how Hortense lived long enough to have donald. But we’ll get to that. Point is part of the episodes baggage is on setting my expectations too high, the same happened with “Astro B.O.Y.D.” earlier this season and in hindsight, that one is really excellent even if it wasn’t the fenton episode I was hoping for, it’s still really damn good. THis one... even if it’s not what I was hoping ofr, while not bad it’s still pretty medicore. Let’s get into why shall we? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We open at Castle McDuck, where Webby’s narrating for people who didn’t see the last episode set here and aren’t obsessive about watching the show like you or I. And also because this time she’s not so starstruck that she can’t actually speak or function, so she can actually get all the lore she wants in. The family is here because while the Druid stones seem to be working, the mists protecting the castle, and keeping it out of lockstep with reality every 5 years, have suddenly vanished.  Naturally Fergus blames Scrooge for that. I’m mixed on this version of Fergus. While i’m fine with chanigng things up from life and times, having him live and having him resent scrooge on some level, it worked better last time as there was emotional weight and a reason behind it: Scrooge and him didn’t get along becasue Fergus missed his boy and resented that his sucess lost him a son and made him cold and bitter like Fergus himself. It fit both men to just be too damn proud to talk it out. So while Fergus being a bit crotchety still isn’t ENITRELY out of character him still being a dick to his son for no real reason and given no new one for being an asshole to him just annoys me. The character last time was three dimensional, understandable and likeable. This one is just a bitter old man constantly yelling at his son and doting on his daughter. More on that bit in a bit. 

Downy meanwhile is just as lovely as last time: Since she lived long enough to see her grand children this time, I love seeing her as a wonderful doting grandmother to her great grandbabies. She’s wonderful and I’m thrilled to see her again. It does however bring up one of this episodes biggest issues: Donald and Della are absent and this time for no good reason. Last time, it was fair enough to exclude Donald as there was no real space for him in the narrative, and he likely , even if he loved grandma and grandpa, didn’t want to have to explain his estrangment with scrooge to them and break his poor gram-gram’s heart. That’s fair.  This time though? Their not there because.. frank didn’t want to use them. That’s.. literally it. They could’ve fit fine into the family fued narrative epseically since we’ve seen them sibling squabble, and unlike other adventures they’ve been absent, where they clearly just wanted scrooge to have time with the kids, or in the case of rumble for ragnarok scrooge had valid reason for not using them, this time? There’s no good excuse. Della would want to see her grandparents, Donald would get drug along. They only appear every 5 years. WHy the hell wouldn’t they be here?! I get trying to have character ballance but we’ve had several episodes this season of just scrooge and the kids. We DIDN’T need it this time and the lack of characters dosen’t really change anything. It instead wastes plots like getting to see what Donald and Della’s relationships with their grandparents is like, or their aunt, or finding out how their mother died or at least fucking MENTIONING hortense outside of one word and a photo. YOu think the fact their sister is dead would be important to Scrooge and Matilda but it just.. never comes up. Their niece and nephew never come up and my patince comes up short. I’m fine with character ballance but i’m not fine with wasting a golden opportunity for character interactions we haven’t gotten. I get we just had two weeks of donald and della I do, but it dosen’t make this any less frustrating or nonsensical. Having characters appear two episodes in a row dosen’t magically make them irrelevant or we’d be seeing less of Huey or Louie or Dewey and outside of last week, we REALLY haven’t. If they can show up once an episode why can’t their parents?

Point is a mystery’s afoot, and so is THE PHANTOM BLOT.. to no one’s suprise as he was both in the episode’s description and frankly magic being drained is his mo, this time using a portable generator. Webby dosen’t catch on to this.. but  I let it slide as while she’s the only one to have really met and fought the blot.. she’s also busy with mc duck family stuff and frankly while a missing mystery is here, given how deep the mcduck rouge’s gallery goes, it’s not a stretch to say it could be any one of them. Especially Glomgold, who while not magic is willing to pay for rediculous shit why would “dispersing scrooge’s family castle’s mists to bug his parents” be any diffrent. Or possibly replace them as their son because he’s kind of nuts and entirely made of stupid and that’s why we love him. And Magica has the obvious motives of revenge on scrooge, as this isn’t her first set of dead parents, and a castle full of mystic wonders. It’s plausable to wait and see who it is first instead of just assuming it’s one guy. 

And yup there’s a mysterin town:A set of mystical bagpipes of the clan mcduck that can bring life to where there is none. We don’t know if they can raise the dead but they can bring inanimate objects to life so there’s that. But seriously Donald should take them to his parents graves just to be safe. But before we can get to duck necormancy we have to find them so we get... (checks notes) a Louie and Huey team up again where Louie is an abrasive jackass to his brother for planning ahead, despite the fact he’s been proven wrong on that front twice now, and is entirely insufferable and has learned nothing about trying to find a quick and easy way of doing things depsit elearning this lesson 80 times already. 

As you can tell I hate this subplot and am getting it out of the way NOW because it’s not good and treads ground we’ve tread THREE TIMES ALREADY. and you did it right the first time, you did it okay if sloppiily with let’s get dangerous. Why this ? Louie learns nothing, Huey learns nothing and it’s not funny.The two just search for the mystery, and Louie is impatient. Though talking with a friend in a ducktales server, i’m in one now and it actually really helps with these, did make me realize that Louie’s character development has stalled like I thought... it’s simply a Marco Diaz situation. Like the third season of star vs the forces of evil, it’s basically a coin flip if your getting a well developed verison of the character that’s been built up over multiple seasons.. or a jackass whose learned nothing and treats other people badly. Their different FLAVORS of jackass but jackass still tastes awful no matter who it is. It’s not as BAD as it was there as while it’s not helpign the character, it’s not actively having him do the worst things possible, but it still makes Louie’s plots a chore to sit through at times as when he’s not well written like with split sword, rumble for ragnarok or tickening, he’s just a 2 dimensional greedy jerkhole and I don’t want to spend time with him. And the other brothers have had times of being written one dimensional, not going to lie, but all I get from Louie in these plots is this:

After almost getting his family killed, after getting scrooge’s fortune overnight with minimal effort and having everything he wanted only to learn, suprise, it takes a lot of work to maintain.. and he still just dosent’ get that the easy way isn’t always the way, and after the trickining and let’s get dangerous hasn’t learned his brother is usually right when he’s being anal retentive. This was fine in the last 2 seasons but too much has happened for him to get away with this shit and not come off as obnoxious. It just drags any episode it’s in down with it. I”ll leave the rest of the review under the cut. 

One more subplot before we dig into the main one: The Phantom Blot and his new partner, Pepper! If you don’t remember her it’s fine as she wasn’t named but she was the egghead voiced by Amy Sedaris who showed up for one scene back in the Blot’s first apperance and who frank said they had more plans for. Well we see those plans now as Pepper has been paired with the Blot for this mission as Bradford’s policy for missing mystery missions now is the buddy system. No going solo, despite the Blot really not liking any of this. Which honestly both fits Bradford, as he’s endlessly practical, and is just a good idea: most of his agents are kind of wild cards and have their own agends so forcing them to work together not only gives them better odds with scrooge, but prevents them from working their own angles against FOWLS better instrests. IN this case having the peppy, energetic and talkative pepper go with the closed off and dogmatic blot keeps him from going overboard, as Castle McDuck is basically one large magical nightmare for him to destroy and Blot keeps pepper on task and on stealth since, as we learn now we get to know her, she’s a bit overly excitable and not all that subtle, if not to dewey or della levels. She can stealth when necessary. She’s also DETERMINED to get the blot to bond with her and work with her, and is delighted to work with him, getting the job because.. no one else wanted it becasue the blot scares people and puts them off with his intensity, which he’s shocked about but really shoudln’t be. 

IT’s just a nice dynamic, he helps her be a better agent and she helps him realize he can’t do EVERYTHING alone and that blindly destroying all magic in his path, as much as he’d like to isn’t the option, using some runes to track them. Sure pepper makes their presence obvious once or twice, btu she’s also essential to the mission more often than not and by the end, even if they loose, we’ll get to that, Blot has fully accepted his partner. It’s.. honestly heartwarming when you think about it: The blot’s probably closed him off from personal relationships of any kind because A) his family got brutally murdered by the person he’s hutning and B), he has a mission he can never rest in. He likely wanted to work alone because it’s how he rolls nad i’t sonly through seeing someone who genuinely WANTS to be around him and wants his missiong ot succeed that he realizes he dosen’t have to push everyone away and allies are more useful than none. It’s a warped way of thinking but for someone with as much baggage as blotty, it’s progresss and it’s a really sweet story. HOpefully this relationship will go farther.. I mean strange relationships have happened than a dogmatic dog who hates magic and a peppy go getter both working for an obliviously evil businessman. 

So onto the main plot: Turns out Scrooge wasn’t the first person Fergus called this episode as we meet the DT17 version of Matilda! Horay! She’s voice by Michelle Gomez who like David Tennant and Catherine Tate before her is a doctor who alumnus.. though this time she’s past my time watching the show. I really gotta get on catching up. She played Missy, the female regneration of the master. Gomez is spectacular in the part here, and while I have no past experince with her I certainly want to see more of her work as she’s a delight.  Matilda is Scrooge’s sister. In the comics she was the duitful sister who looked up to her big brother as he left Scotland to make his fortune, sending money and mementio’s back she scrapbooked. She eventually went with Scrooge to america with him... but this didn’t end well as Scrooge took advantage of his sisters as help and when he finally did take them along on an adventure, it was his lowest point, going from an honest buisness man to a cruel robber baron for one moment and left him and his company. She and Hortense TRIED building a bridge with a suprise party.. but by that point while Scrooge had backed away from being a monster, he was still such a dick things blew up. As far as we know he never saw hortense alive again, and he only saw matilda in her old age with the two reconcliing. I’ll get more into ALL of this when I get to those pieces of life and times obviously. Point is she’s a good character.  And so is her reboot version.. but the reboot version did catch me off guard as, much like her dad she’s not really much like the sensible sweet woman from the comics. But given DT17 tends to really play fast and loose with previous versions of characters, and it often works out i’m not going to gripe about it: what  they did here works. As for what EXACTLY they did here, this version of Matilda is more flighty: not incomptient or lacking in charm, but due to sort of bouncing from one improable venture to the next and staying at her parents between ventures. She’s sort of a female version of Jubal Pomp, an itallian duck comics character who modelded himself after Scrooge, but dosen’t have the common sense or work ethic scrooge does. That’s really matilda here minus the looking up to scrooge part: she dosen’t seem untalented, just a bit footloose. She also likes needling her brother and is unsuprisingly her dad’s faviorite since she’s around more.  The two naturally get under each others skin, and we get our main conflict... not just because of their fighting.. but because Webby can’t help but mettle. She’s what makes this plot work: Webby can’t help but try to interfere because she dosen’t get siblings sometimes fight and have long standing resentments, something I relate to, and that stepping in or trying to end it sometimes just makes it worse. Granted sometimes’ it’s necessary, but in this casey Dewey, whose trying to inch her away is right on the money and after the awful plot with these two in SPlit Sword, it’s nice to see Dewey be in the right, but for actually good reason instead of just because the episode says so. Here he’s right that her getting involved will only escalate and her attempt to do so only reveals Matilda kidnapped scrooge’s pet hair clump and died it. She also has something resembling an emu.  This only makes things worse and starts to escalate tensions leading to some between both sides, as Fergus takes Matilda’s and Downy takes scrooges. Again REALLY could’ve used the twins. We do get a nice bit where Webby coaxe Dewey, who understandably dosen’t want to help her further spiral into her own issues by helping mend family issues she really isn’t qualified to solve.. because she’s you know... 13. I mean granted Steven Universe did this sort of thing at her age.. but given he eventually repressed his issues so much he had a mental breakdown and turned into a giant angst monster, and only got better with therapy.. maybe get some therapy instead Webby. Just saying. Therapy everyone? Therapy? But yeah she coaxes Dewey with a statdew, and yes she says that exactly.  This gets the family breifly united, as Dewey fakes an injury.. but finding out it’s fakkkke combined with Huey and Louie coming in just causes the enitre family to spiral into squabbling and webby to shut down a bit, with Scrooge planning to form his own clan after bickering iwth his parents and sister. Oh and it only gets worse when Pepper accidently brings some statues to life, and they get in on it too while Webby’s convinced the families over and she just wanted a place in it. And even if this isnt’ the BEST episdoe the show’s ever done, i’ll get to why in a second, I do like this. Webby’s nearly LOST this family once, way back at the end of season 1 when no one but beakly thought of her feelings about her best friends and surrogate uncle all leaving her after her other surrogate uncle you know.. said some pretty unforgivable things. She’s trying SO hard to force it to fit, so hard to fix things because she can’t stand them being broken, something I PAINFULLY relate to given my own personal issues with not being able to stand people being upset with me. She just wanted a family and i’ts gone.  Of course it isn’t and webby’s sad words coupled with some house crashers get the clan mcduck statues included to kick Blot and Pepper out and get the bagpipes back, while Scrooge points out it’s the good families that can withstand a squabble. So the mystery’’s gotten, Scrooge and Matilda are squareish... and this episodes thankfully over. Happy day! Final Thoughts: This episode is okay. I very clearly have my problems with it.. but it’s a fine half hour of television and funny enough to bounce through it with some good character stuff. It’s just after the last few weeks, and really this whole season.. I expect more. There was no real emotional core besides webby this episode and her issues wer eboiled down to “Families fight but it’s fine”.. which itself is a pretty uncomplicated message when family dyanmics can be complciated messy and painful. My family is thankfully fairly stable, if not without issues because hey no one is, but given other people watching might come from far worse homes where the bickering is far worse and far more toxic.. yeah maybe have some nuance here.  And this is from a show that usualy does that WELL: We saw it with Fergus last time before he was hollowed out for this episode and reduced to an angry dick. We’ve seen it with Donald and Scrooge’s estrangment or Donald and Della’s relationship: Family is complicated , messy and even good ones have problems. That should’ve been the message: family can squabble or even have serious issues but they come back together. Instead we just got a bunch of bickering for a cheesy message that dosen’t quite fit with what the series done. It fits for thanksgiving: family , the good kind, can last arugments and is there for you regardless.. and I know my family is. I just feel they could’ve done the message better. Basically the episode was fine... it just wasn’t up to the high standard this season has set even in it’s down turn and is easily the weakest epseically since Matilda really dosen’t feel all that fleshed out even though what we got of her was great. Basically not a BAD episode.. but it could’ve been a great one, and i’m disapointed the series didn’t try harder.  NEXT TIME: regular coverage for the year concludes as we go back a few months chronlogically to find out why Santa and Scrooge hate each other. IT’s christmas time ya’ll! Until then if there’s an episode of ducktales or another disney series you’d like me to take a look at, suggest it in the comments or comission it outright for give bucks via my direct messages on here or send an ask for my discord. Until we meet agian, there’s always another rainbow. 

[tack-tick]

First Crack

ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31025765

Wrote an SBI Swap One-shot. Mainly becasue Phil and Techno’s relationship gets basically destroyed in this AU and this is the beginning of that. Also, this is the start of Techno’s issues down the line.

So yeah very important fic in the SBI Swap. Thanks to @sleepy-bois-incorporated for beta-reading this fic! They’ve got some good fics that I highly recommend you read!

Thanks for reading and it’s under the cut! It’s about 2.4K words!

Techno was so ready to stop taking care of this farm. Sure, he enjoyed potato farming but there’s only so long you can work on the same farm without getting bored.

He stretched as he finally loaded the last of the potatoes into a sack for him to take back to his base. Techno glanced at the clock stuck on the dirt wall and winced at the time. If he’d known, it was so late would have left earlier. He heard the mocking of Chat, with mummers of “Technolate!”

He heaved the sack of potatoes over his shoulder and started the trek from Pogtopia to his secret base. He used to just stay in his room here but he had decided he needed some space. Well, that was what he had told Phil.

He wouldn’t say him and Phil were fighting, that was a pretty strong word after all. It was more like they had been having… disagreements. Almost every day. For a couple of months. That more often than not ended in the two shouting at each other before someone, most likely Tommy, would yell at them to shut up.

So yeah, Techno could admit that things were a bit rocky between him and Phil. That was only because Phil had become a paranoid fool down here. He was working with Dream, of all people! He had been saying they were the bad guys and that he was going to blow it up and all this other nonsense. Techno has given up two whole lives for this and there was no way he was letting Phil throw it all away!

Techno stopped and took a breathe. No, he was getting worked up again and it couldn’t help that he could hear Chat started to get worked up too, causing red to spread at the edge of his vision.

Even if Phil had been acting very different than normal, Techno couldn’t just leave him behind. Phil had gotten screwed over by so many people and there was no way Techno would add another knife in his back. It was why him and Ranboo hadn’t just run off to the cabin in the woods. Far away from wars and duels, where Wilbur and Fundy were safely tucked away.

He wished he told Ranboo to go without him. He stopped in front of the hole that separated Ranboo’s room from the main area. He didn’t really know why his feet had taken him there but he might as well check on him. After all, Ranboo was his… brother? Maybe? Techno wasn’t sure but Chat was awfully protective of him after the whole fireworks in the chest thing.

Techno poked his head into the room and saw Ranboo sleeping on his bed straight ahead. His arms were still wrapped up tight with white bandages but at least he wasn’t having a bad dream tonight. Techno could see the faint glow of the purple burn scars on his face and through the bandages. Ranboo had said that was just an enderman thing.

“Looks fine to me, Chat,” Techno whispered and he left the room. Certainly better than a couple of weeks ago. Techno continued on past Phil’s room and heard the faint caws of the injured crows Phil kept in there. He hoped that they would get better soon, considering that Phil hadn’t cleaned that room for months now. As Techno was about to go around the corner, he heard whispering.

He summoned his sword from his inventory and pressed his back against the wall. He inches closer to the edge and tried to make out what the voices were.

“Come on Phil, he hardly looks in these chests!” Tommy said with a whine. Techno slumped a little in relief. He put the sword back in his inventory. While he would normally confront Tommy about stealing his stuff again, he really didn’t feel like it tonight. Besides, he could let Phil handle this one. He casually leaned against the wall. If Tommy wouldn’t budge, he’d step in and make it two against one.

“Tommy, I’d really appreciate it if you didn’t piss him off,” Phil said. Techno heard the opening of a chest lid and the annoyed sigh of Phil.

“Ah, but that’s the best part Phil!” Tommy said with a small chuckle.

“Tommy, we need to keep Techno at our side,” Phil said and Techno frowned at the unfortunately familiar paranoia in his voice. Was he really paranoid of even him? Sure, he’d talked about how they couldn’t even trust Ranboo. It was what one of their bigger arguments had been about but surely Phil knew that Techno would never in a million years betray him.

It was why he hadn’t just left all of this behind when Ranboo had asked if they should run away.

“Techno? Psh, that’s about as likely as me betraying Tubbo or Wilbur,” Tommy said flippantly. He heard the chest lid close and creak as he assumed Tommy was leaning on it. “Besides, we’ve gotta stick together! We’re family!”

The silence seemed to fill the room as Techno waited for Phil to agree.

“Right, Phil?” Tommy said, his voice softer and more hesitant than it had been before.

“I mean, I wouldn’t say we need Technoblade exactly,” Phil said, slowly and thoughtfully. The chest creaked again as Tommy presumably shot to his feet.

“Let me finish,” Phil said with a small yet dark laugh. “I said we don’t need Technoblade but,”

“We do need The Blood God,”

Techno had clamped his hand over his mouth in a desperate effort to not cry out, to not scream. He slid down the wall and onto the floor, his back against the wall. Chat was ringing in his ears, their voices mixed with rage and grief.

How long? How long had Phil been thinking of him like this? When had Phil started thinking of him as just a weapon to fight for him?

Techno tried to focus back on the conversation, but everything in his head was too loud.

Sure, people had used him before but most of the time they were honest. Pay him to go fight something then separate. He was fine with that but sometimes it seemed like he had made a real friend. Then, when the fighting was done they just… left.

Not Phil though, never Phil. Phil had been the one to save him from himself when he was just a kid and Phil had been the one who had held him tight when Chat got out of control.

A sharp slam on a wall wrenched him back to reality.

“Are you fucking serious Phil?” Said Tommy. “He’s not a fucking weapon, he’s a person!”

“I don’t need a person right now!” Phil said. “People stab you in the back but weapons never do!”

Techno heard Phil chuckle at that but it wasn’t the warm laugh from the old days when him and his brothers would bicker about something stupid. No, it was darker, the one he used when he insisted that they needed to be the bad guys and blow it all to kingdom come. When Phil insisted that they couldn’t trust Ranboo, even after he got himself blown up with a damn firework because of his spying for them.

“Phil, you’re starting to freak me out a little,” said Tommy and Phil let out a bark of laughter at that.

“Oh am I?” He said, “What, you gonna run back to Wilbur? I thought you wanted excitement!”

“Phil, this isn’t you! Stop saying this shit about him!” Tommy said and Techno heard two steps on the floor. Whether it was two steps forward or two steps back he wasn’t sure.

“Stop being a naive child, Tommy,” Phil said, “I can’t afford to be too personal with anyone anymore and The Blood God is the best fighter on this entire server and you know it!” There was a sharp bang on the chest lid. “If he decides he wants to work with Manberg, we’re fucked!”

“Surely you know Techno would never do that,” Tommy said. “Surely, you know how hurt he would be if he knew what you’re saying right now!”

“I don’t care how he feels. As long as he can fight, that’s all I need,”

With that, Techno heard the flap of wings and he guessed that Phil had flown off. He heard the sound of running and then everything was quiet.

However, quiet never lasted long and Techno held his hand against his mouth even tighter as the Char roared in his head.

“Used us!” “Lied to us!” “How could he…” “We trusted him!” “Kill him!”

Techno stumbled to his feet. He was still clutching the potato sack and his knuckles had turned white. He started walking then he was running.

He had to get out of this suddenly too small ravine right now. His vision was flashing red and Chat was only getting louder and louder by the second. He bit his lip in order to keep quiet even as he tasted blood on his tongue.

He finally reached the winding stairs and ran up them, almost tripping on his cloak. He got upstairs and flung the door open. The cool, fresh air of the night hit him and he was never so grateful in his life for it.

He wasn’t in the clear yet, however. He still had to get to his base. He started walking through the woods. Chat had quieted down a bit but now he had a headache that rang through his skull.

He got to the river and dove in. He swam down the bottom and opened the trapdoor. With that he finally landed in his base.

He sat down on the couch in the… oh.

He was in the living room. The one place that Phil had helped him decorate before he had started acting unlike himself. It was filled with potted plants and a cozy rug on the floor. It didn’t match because they had been forced to smuggle out old furniture that had been thrown out. He sighed and put his head in his hands. He sniffed when he felt a strange wetness on his cheeks. Did he have a leak on the ceiling again?

He wiped his cheek and he realized.

“Oh,” Techno quietly said. He was crying. He wiped his cheeks again.

“Who else is…” he muttered to himself. He thought he had finally found a group of people that wouldn’t use him. He had trusted all of them. He really had!

He… he had trusted Phil. What a fool he was.

He got up from the couch with a jolt and started pacing the room.

“I gave up everything for his fucking country!” He said, his vision getting redder and redder by the minute. “What else is he lying to me about?” His pacing was getting faster and faster.

“I don’t need him!” He said with a watery laugh. Chat was in his ears fully now but they were being so loud. They were being so loud, too loud. He couldn’t hear anything. His eyes were burning and why the hell was he still crying for someone who he wasn’t sure had ever cared about him.

“SHUT UP!” He yelled and slammed his fist against the stone wall. He stood there, with his fist in the wall and trying to catch his breath. Cracks spread from the fist like veins.

Suddenly, Techno felt something small on his chest. Still leaning against the wall, he used his other hand to reach down and grip it.

Oh, he’d almost forgotten he had this. He looked down at the small emerald necklace in the palm of his hand. The emerald was lined with gold.

Techno remembered this. Him and Phil had found these on one of their many adventures. They had found a village and Phil borrowed an anvil to carve something into them.

He called them Friendship Emeralds. He remembered they had laughed at the cheesiness of it, but Techno had still kept his. All this time, he had made sure the emerald necklace had stayed around his neck.

He clutched the necklace tighter. Did Phil still have his? Had he thrown it away?

He had promised Phil the world once and he gave it to him. So why was Phil going to take what he had given him and render it useless?

With an angry yet sorrowful roar, Techno ripped the necklace off and threw it across the room. It hit the wall with a crack.

“Oh no,” Techno said and he immediately went to where he saw it shimmering on the ground. Chat’s laughter filled his head.

“Serves him right!” “Ha, emerald is gone!” “Technothrow!”

“Please don’t be broken, please don’t be broken,” he muttered to himself as he bent down to examine it. He sighed in relief. Despite little bits of emerald surrounding it, the core was still intact. All that was there was a long, thin crack that stretched from the top to the bottom. Techno stuffed it in his cloak’s pocket. He’d have to find a replacement gold chain later.

Techno just sat on the floor. No, he had to start thinking straight. Even if Phil said those things about him, that didn’t mean he was giving up on him. He was only messed up because of the war and being stuck in Pogtopia for such a long time. However, even Techno wasn’t sure what Phil would do in a week’s time. After the fighting was finally over and they had reclaimed their country. They would get back L’Manberg, no doubt in his mind about that. If Phil decided to do something stupid, then who could talk him out of it?

Suddenly, Techno knew exactly who he needed to write to. He could hear that Chat had the same idea and was saying his name over and over again.

Techno quickly got up and rummaged through a chest and found a pen and paper. He sat down on the couch and started writing a letter in what was probably the worst handwriting he’d ever write but that didn’t matter. He had to get this letter to him as fast as possible.

The person who was supposed to be here in the first place. Who hadn’t come becasue he had a son to take care of. Who had the charisma and charm to convince anybody to do practically anything. Who was one of the smartest people Techno knew. The one person who Phil would never think would have any reason to betray him.

“Dear Wilbur…”

[sortavibing]

what the haikyuu!! boys/girls favorite songs/bands are📼

hello! this is my first post so i hope im doing it right :P anyways enjoy!

karasuno💾

daichi: Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey. he’s such a typical dad holy shit so yeah he 100% listens to this i don’t know what else to say like- 🤠 yeah he probably sings it in his minivan (you cannot convince me that he doesn’t drive a minivan)

sugawara: WAP by Cardi B. yes we stan this bad bitch. he LOVES this song like he can do the dance and everything and he pulls it off like the baddie he is please someone animate this i NEED it anyways yeah he doesn’t really sing it but he 100% has done the dance in front of daichi.

asahi: Lullaby by Johannes Brahms. this baby hes such a slut for classical music and he always listens to it before a big game to calm his nerves. he pretends that he’s listening to something “tough” but everyone knows that he listens to classcial, they just pretend to not know.

nishinoya: Old Town Road by Lil Nas X. yeah, he hasn’t gotten out of the old town road phase and he unironically sings it and does a yeehaw dance. no one can stop him because everyone (except tanaka) is too embarrassed to be around him when he sings and dances, so he thinks it’s ok (honey, no), also, tanaka sometimes joins in and it’s painful to hear and see.

tanaka: GOOBA by 6xi9ine. he thinks it’s “badass” and tries to rap it whenever it comes on, and he fails horribly, but nishinoya always hypes him up saying that he did a good job, causing him to start singing again please save karasuno from hinata, nishinoya, and tanaka’s singing

ennoshita: Cough Syrup by Young The Giant. though it may not seem like it, but this man has got music TASTE like- yes. anyways yeah this song is a vibe and he really likes it. he once tried to introduce good music to tanaka and nishinoya, but they said it was “boring” and “sappy” and he never wanted to beat them up more than he did then.

kageyama: he listens to like play by play volleyball games or podcasts that talk about improving your skills because he’s a hoe for that volleyball shit try and prove me wrong i dare you

hinata: Red by Taylor Swift. he has terrible music taste and he literally just listens to what’s popular and like what his sister listens to. he likes to sing outloud and his voice is worse than oikawa- like karasuno cannot handle hinata singing at all it’s literal earrape.

tsukishima: Fancy by Twice. tsukki is a hardcore kpop stan, and he 100% listens to twice religiously, like that's the majority of his playlist, and he refuses to play his music out loud, and everyone thinks he listens to like rock or some shit like that. only yams knows that tsukki listens to it and he was sworn to secrecy.

yamaguchi: Sports by Beach Bunny. he likes to hum it quietly to himself because he really likes the beat and the lyrics. tsukishima has this song saved on his playlist just for yams and he plays it whenever they share headphones.

kiyoko: Body by Megan Thee Stallion. i dont know what to say, she is just a baddie who loves the confidence boost she gets from listening to this song as she should kiyoko is amazing she even learned the tiktok dance to this song and she performed it to yaichi yaichi.exe has stopped working but she won’t show it to anyone else anyways shes just a baddie and we stan.

yachi: Green by Cavetown. yeah she really likes the calming peaceful vibes this song has and she likes to sing it quietly when she is in a public place, like a bus or a subway to calm herself down and she also plays it when she studies.

aoba johsai 📼

oikawa: Bubblegum Bitch by MARINA because it just raidates that “i’m hotter than you” energy (just like he does our twink king). he prob sings it in the locker room while everyone is changing and his singing bursts everyones eardrums omg the whole team hates oikawa’s singing so much

matsukawa: Toad sings WAP he’s such a memer like- yeah so he and makki probably obsess over these toad sings video because 1. they are funny as hell like it’s some god tier comedy and 2. they say oikawa sounds like that when he sings it’s true tho

hanamaki: Toad sings Sweet Home Alabama. he and mattsun have a running debate about which one is better, and they ask the opinions of literally everyone they meet about it. so far more people have chose maki’s favorite song and he’s a little smug about it.

iwaizumi: Ride by twenty one pilots. this is probably like one of his secret pleasures. most people think he listens to like rap or something like that, but he really likes this song. he hopes that oikawa will never find out about this, because he will never hear the end of the teasing, so he just listens to this song while he is by himself, or just without the team.

yahaba: Walking On A Dream by Empire Of The Sun. idk this just feels right, like i really have no explanation why i think this works it just does🤠

kindaichi: Wake Me Up bye Avicii. this man is borderline bad taste, but we will let it slide for now, so yeah again, he just gives me the avicii stan vibes, he probably thought he would like rap more, but one day he heard avicii playing on the radio and he was hooked. he still pretends to like rap because he has a “reputation”

kunimi: Advice by Cavetown. this man gives absolutley zero fucks about everyone’s opinions you bet your ass he listens to this song. he 100% puts headphones in to listen to this while someone is talking to him because he just doesn’t want to have a conversation with them. everyone hates when he does that, but again, he doesn’t give a shit.

kyotani: We Will Rock You by Queen. yeah this is probably his pump up jam and he always listens to it before a game to get hyped up. if anyone dares to talk to him while he has headphones in, he will not hesitate to bite their head off i know this for a fact.

nekoma💾

kuroo: Yarichin Bitch Club OP. ever since kenma introduced him to anime OPs, he’s been obsessed, and he loves the yarichin op becuase 1. it’s dirty and he thinks that’s funny and 2. it actually slaps like why does it go so hard i’m in awe- anyways yeah he always sings it in the most public places just to get attention bc he’s a whore for the spotlight like that 😌. he also sings it with bokuto whenever they are together bc we stan the dumbass duo.

yaku: Arms Tonite by Mother Mother. yeah he is kinda obsessed with mother mother but this is hands down his favorite song. lev once heard yaku listening to this song and made fun of it, and let’s just say lev got the ass whopping of his life, yaku takes no prisoners- anyways yeah he just vibes with it and it’s great.

yamamoto: Who Let The Dogs Out by Baha Men. the whole nekoma team HATES his music taste, and they never let him play any music becasue- it’s just so bad i’m sorry this man has no taste like have you seen his hair? (the slander is real :))

kenma: Hikaru Nara (Your Lie in April OP) kenma loves to listen to anime ops while gaming bc they are highkey all bops and he says they help him concentrate. he tried to get kuroo to listen to the songs with him, and kuroo started to like listening to anime OPs, so they usually listen to them together.

fukunaga: he listens to like john mulaney comedy shows becuse he’s a little dork like that and (timeskip spoiler) he becomes a comedian later on so it just fits 🤠

inuoka: Roar by Katy Perry. again, it’s just the vibes that i get from him, i can’t explain it, he just seems like a big dork who would like this shit. so yeah, he probably sings this song really loudly when it comes on and the whole nekoma team just has to tolerate him when he does it.

lev: Ra Ra Rasputin by Boney M. he probably started listening to this song as a joke because he’s Russian, and the songs about Russia, but he genuinely started enjoying it and whenever it comes on, he starts singing. his voice isn’t actually that bad but yaku still gets annoyed as hell when he does it and beats the shit out of him.

fukurodani 📼

bokuto: Mr. Brightside by The Killers. he gets really excited when this plays and always gets up to sing it really really loudly, and do a really energetic dance. akaashi calm your child please he’s not a good singer, but he’s not a terrible one either, so the team has just gotten used to it.

akaashi: This Side of Paradise by Coyote Theory. eep akaashi the hopeless romantic we stan- anyways yeah he found this band in like his first year of high school and has been addicted ever since. he doesn’t really share his taste in music with others, but the one time he let bokuto listen to music with him, bokuto got way to excited and accidentally dropped akaashi’s phone and cracked it.

konoha: Spirits by The Strumbellas. idk i just feel like he would listen to this song. he would never play his music out loud though, because bokuto always takes the aux cord/ speaker before anyone gets the chance to.

shiratorizawa💾

ushijima: he doesn’t listen to music. like if tendou offers to play music with him, he’ll accept, but like he’s just confused why people like listening to music so much, so he will just listen with that face he always makes (😐) while tendo is jumping around, dancing, and going batshit crazy.

semi: All I Wanted by Paramore. he is flat out obsessed with this band and he learned how to play this song on his electric guitar and has went to a couple of their concerts. semi 100% makes fun of his teammates music taste as he should

tendou: Yoda CBT remix (i linked it if you want to listen), ok but seriously, i think money machine by 100 Gecs. tendo is so chaotic and i think his music taste reflects that. he cannot listen to music without dancing or singing, and he always plays his music on full volume (hearing? what’s that?) tendo never gets the aux cord, because the last time they gave it to him, the speakers almost broke.

goshiki: Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. this little dork omg i really don’t have an explanation for this, it just fits and i take no criticism on this because y’all know it’s true.

shirabu: Cigarette Ahegao by Penelope Scott. semi introduced him to this song and he pretened he didn’t like it but he’s secretly obsessed. i think he generally doesn’t like music but this song- this song is such a vibe that he has to like it. (anyways yeah go listen to this song its so good)

inarizaki 📼

kita: Animal by Neon Trees. he isn’t really open about listening to music, he only listens to his songs when he is alone and when he has earbuds in, and if someone walks up to him to talk, he takes his earphones out (we stan a respectful boy). so yeah, he isn’t a big fan of music, but he still likes to listen from time to time.

aran: You Know It by Colony House. he will never listen to music in front of anyone because whenever he hears this song, he has to sing, and he doesn’t like singing in front of people (the miya twins are annoying he can’t do anything in front of them🙄), but yeah, this songs really good we stan this man’s music taste.

atsumu: Girls in the Hood by Megan Thee Stallion. this man LOVES this song like- he is obsessed. if you ask him something, he will literally reply with “can’t talk right now, doing hot girl shit” and he just walks away and ur just like- what the fuck bro. anyways yeah he thinks he’s a bad bitch but he really is just a dork.

suna: 505 by The Arctic Monkeys. yeah, the basic choice would probably be “why’d you only call me when you’re high”, but i feel like he would like this song better because it starts off kinda vibey, and then it goes into this great guitar bit, and just- the v i b e s so yeah i think he really likes this shit.

osamu: cooking podcasts. like he literally doesn’t listen to music, just shit about cooking. atsumu makes fun of him for it and he is just like “bitch shut up and go do ur hot girl shit 😐” and just walks away and keeps on listening to his cooking shit. (we stan this petty bitch)

others💾

saeko: E-GIRLS ARE RUINING MY LIFE! by CORPSE and Savage Ga$p. this is self explanatory, she just is a bad bitch and this is what bad bitches listen to 😌 she def has played this song while getting it on with someone.

terushima: Bust It Open by Lil’ Wil. we all know terushima listens to these thirst trap songs and tries to do the tik tok dances that are associated with them. he probably posts videos to these songs on tik tok and they get a good amount of likes (cough cough he has a following of many thirsty girls).

sakusa: 24 hours of nothing yeah he doesn’t listen to music he just puts this on with headphones so people won’t bother him. he finds the silence relaxing and hates it when people interrupt him (cough cough atsumu)

btw: for some of the songs that aren’t on basic streaming services, i linked the youtube video for them.

anyways, i hope you enjoyed my first post [eep finishing this made me really happy]! have a nice day!

bye for now🌊

[bonsai62]

Skate The Infinity Epsiode 7

2min into the episode: “Woah, pretty good!”

6min into the episode: “Oh, that guy’s some lowlife that just hangs out with him”

Towards the end of the episode: “You and I aren’t a good match anymore”

First of all people...

Wtf??! Omg wtf 😭?! Who—-I-huh?!

Them mf really got us the first half tbh!! Like who in their righteous mind said “Aye, let’s make Reki be jealous of Langa, yeah?!” I really want to know who created this storyboard? Who is in Skate♾ team??! We just wanna talk??!

Aint these the same mf who did some of yall dirty in Banana Fish? (I never watched it but I heard it’s sad) well I hate to tel you is that they’re not done with your depression yet!

Ok! Ok! Ok! Real talk now!

Reki:

So, I started watching the episode with a big smile on my face but after 5min to 6min, I knew some bullshit was gonna go down when even Reki’s friends were saying that Langa is learning hella quick. Plus, Shadow kinda disrespected him too by saying “the one that’s not Langa” like cmon. That isn’t cool, I think everyone in that anime knows that Reki was the one that trained him! Don’t get me started on the dudes who were talking shit about Reki behind his back. They should know that those two are two peas in a pot and they’re always together so why the disrespect?

But of course we know! It’s at the fact that Langa is hella good at skating compared to Reki. However, we don’t know that fully yet. Reki hasn’t shown his whole self because he is busy training Langa. Literally, Reki dropped all of his self skating to train Langa. I have a small theory that he trained Langa and wanted someone to skate with him becasue his other friend gave up skating. Why did he give up skating? Who knows tbh... but now since everyone is putting stuff in Reki’s head he is gonna start feeling insecure. That is totally normal and realistic because honestly I would’ve noticed it too if people kept saying something. However, Reki was starting to notice but he didn’t pay much attention until episode 7.

Reki is a good ass character and puts his friends before himself. I know he is having a mental breakdown since skateboarding is something he’s been doing for a long time but he’s gonna give it time. I doubt he’ll drop a Langa just like that but to him he feels like he is way behind Langa and someday Langa would probably find someone better to skate with. That’s how I somehow see it. However, I don’t think that Reki sees that Langa is probably his number one fan and supporter lol!

Langa:

I’m a say this... you cannot blame Langa for having that rush feeling again. It isn’t fair telling him what to do and what not to do. But I see where Reki is coming from amd Reki is right; skating is fun and enjoyable not like what Adam thinks of skating. However, since again, Langa is all new to skateboarding of course he’s gonna have that rush and excitement feeling. You cannot stop someone from doing something they have missed. And to Langa skateboarding reminds him of snowboarding. So every time Langa sees someone who is good at skating, he is easily impressed and wants to probably skate with them. On today’d episode, he took it a lik too far on going fast which he could’ve gotten hurt but luckily Joe snapped him out of it.

Again, we all know why Langa has a big advantage when it comes to being good on a skateboard; it’s becasue of snowboarding. Reki and everyone of Langa’s friends notices that. Also, we have to remember that he’s been snowboarding since he was two. That is hella young age to start something and guess what! The more you practice the better you become at it. It’s the same with skateboarding. He got better because of snowboarding and becasue of practicing.

Today’s episode was overall sad but yet I had a feeling it was coming. I’m not going to worry too much about it becasue I think both Langa and Reki need to talk and express how they both feel with each other and everything. I honestly feel like if Langa heard what those guys were saying about Langa, he would defiantly tell them off. Ugh, if that happens please, it will make Reki like “damn so he really does care” 😭

[loveyabooo]

Never Though I’d See an Angel (JJK x Everyone)

Chapter Two

-

Namjoon reached his hand out to see if it was real.

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

Apparentley that was a bad idea.

Jungkook was a genuinly shy and inverted hybrid who tended to keep his distance from prey- or well anyone and everyone. He wasn't exactly used to skinship, some could even say that he's touch starved.

So when Namjoon had reached out to touch his so called 'halo' he didn't exactly react well.

Jungkook flinch when he realized the hand was coming out to touch him and he pressed his long ears against his head.

He jumped back whenever the hand actual touched him.

He immediately apologized to both Namjoon and Sejin, who he had bumped into whenever he jumped back.

"It's fine Jungkook, really. It's my bad for aproaching you like that." Namjoon chuckled.

The young omega blushed profoundly as he waved his hands and stuttered out in disagreement.

Cute.

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

Jin didn't know why, but he felt extremely protective of the omega.

He would've blamed it on his instincts, but it was more than that. Jin could just tell there was more then meets the eye.

He knew the look of fear when Namjoon had reached out to touch his hair wasn't due to anxiety, there was more to it.

But the omega wasn't to blame, it was obvious that the omega didn't have a great past.

Jin personally blamed Namjoon and was about two seconds away from hitting Namjoon across the head. He should've at least introduced himself or approached the omega in a more calming or approachable way.

Though he doesn't exactly blame Namjoon for the way he reacted.

He's so cute.

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

Yoongi didn't exactly know how he felt about the whole ordeal.

On the bright side, having an omega in the pack wouldn't ruin their dynamics. It would make them more complicated, sure, but it wouldn't cause as much conflict in Yoongi's opinion.

The omega didn't seem all bad either.

He was actually kind of cute in Yoongi's opinion.

But it'd be another person to open up to so Yoongi decided he would just keep his distance.

It was better that way.

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

Hoseok was ecstatic.

He had never actually met an omega or a bunny hybrid until now.

Especially not one as adorable as the one standing in front of him.

He did however wonder what the omega had actually gone through in the past to have been so scared of Namjoon.

But he could always question that later, he had to get the omega to actually talk to them first.

Other than that Hoseok couldn't be more excited.

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

Namjoon didn't honestly know how to feel about the whole situation.

At first, he was a bit anxious annd annoyed over the whole situation.

He honestly didn't get why they needed another member until now.

The band was equally balenced, sure, but that was the issue. They didn't do it for the media or the public either.

They did it due to the fact that even if peditory mind sets were gone now in days, everyone still has their instincts.

And having three alphas in one dorm with no omega is never a good idea.

While Namjoon knew why they had to do it, he couldn't help but feel bad for the omega. He seemed as if he had gone through a lot in the short years he's lived his life and now he was going to be used as a support system for their group.

Namjoon decided that he would talk Sejin later about the whole ordeal.

The omega seemed nice though.

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

Jimin honestly liked the omega.

He was shy in a cute way, but calm and quiet when it came down to it.

He had a cute stutter when he was nervous and the most adorable shy smile Jimin had ever seen.

Jimin couldn't help but wonder what an actual smile from Jungkook would look like.

He was glad that it turned out well and he couldn't wait to get to know Jungkook, becasue he... was cute.

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

Taehyung liked the omega.

The omega was just a bit too shy for Taehyungs liking though.

So Taehyung decided that he would be the one to bring the omega out of his shell, because...

Everyone deserves a chance.

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

Jungkook didn't know how to feel.

He was incredibly excited that he got accepted into bighit, and sure it was a small company, but it couldn't have felt more right.

But he was a bit confused with the leader of the group he might be joining.

When he reached his hand over Jungkook's head, Jungkook had flinched back.

The omega was afraid that he was either going to, one, hit him or, two, take his flower crown.

While the second one wasn't as bad as the first one, he couldn't help but worry that it angered the alpha.

Alphas were scary in Jungkook's opinion, but they all seemed nice.

Maybe this wouldn't turn out as bad as he thought it would.

Maybe this would turn out well.

But who knows, he says that every time.

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

"So it's been decided, Jungkook will join you all in your journey to success. Welcome to BTS Jungkook!" Sejin had said brightly as he smiled at the young boys.

The six members that were already in BTS cheered.

They had come to terms that getting a new member wasn't a bad thing, it was a great thing and they couldn't wait to spend more time with Jungkook.

They were glad to have Jungkook join them, and they couldn't wait for what the future held for them.

The boy Jungkook smiled brightly at the six others and it felt as if their world was complete.

Seokjin was the one that did it this time.

Seokjin reached out to touch the 'halo' that sat on the omega's head.

[rosenpacht]

(jaehyun’s) ESTP as a person😘 pt. 3

DISCLAIMER: This post is in no way trying to describe how Jaehyun is  in  real life, or to tell what his likes and dislikes are. This post indicates on ESTP’s traits, how they think, what they like and  what   they don’t like, what they usually do in general. Although, I might try to  make insinuations here and there, but that’s just it, an insinuation.

Click here to read pt. 1

Click here to read pt. 2

Click here to read my analysis on Jaehyun’s MBTI

Hey, y’all!!! I’m backkkk. As I said in the last post, I’ll be writing about ESTP’s love language. There are a few references on this, and some are different than the others, so I’m just gonna try to pick the ones that probably suit us the most. Without further ado.....

ESTP LOVE LANGUAGE

So, in general there are five love languages:

Acts of Service

Gifts

Words of Affirmation

Quality Time

Physical Touch

I found a couple of sources that state the ESTPs love sign, and there were different versions of it. But I feel like this one is the one that is closest to what I feel ESTP is like

(source: thoughtcatalog.com)

Now, I’m gonna try to explain one by one and try to rank it based on which one I think we would most likely do to the ones that we care.

QUALITY TIME

ESTP, being the ever so present type, we love to do things in action. That being said, spending time with our significant others is always a number one for us. ESTP will take you out to do things with us, it could be as simple as a walk together in a park, or even travelling together. We love to share life experiences with our partner, because we want them to feel the excitement that we feel when we do something. I feel like long distance relationship would be hard for us? I’ve never been in one actually, but I feel like we would always have the need to see each other, or else we would be occupied with the side of the world that we’re currently in, and in turn start to forget about the other side of the world? Because we’re very present, and it’s kinda hard for us to dwell on things that’s not in front of our eyes. Anyways, that’s just my analysis though. Let me know if you’re an ESTP and you’ve been in a long distance relationship.

So, if an ESTP is constantly bugging you to go somewhere with them, just know that you mean something to them. Trust me, we don’t like wasting our time with people we don’t want to hang out with, we’d rather stay home and do something else altogether (lol).

I’d like to share one of my kinda funny experience. So I was interested in this INTJ guy one time. At that time, I was already into MBTI but I was still learning a few things and I absolutely didn’t know what INTJs were like. Turns out, they’re like probably one of the most introverted types. Whereas me, I was like 95% extroverted. So, my kind of date was like going to the movies, shopping at the mall, etc. And I was the one who was always initiating it, like, hey, let’s go out tomorrow. And by the end of the day, I was like, what are you doing tomorrow? Are you free? Let’s catch this movie. And by the SECOND date, he was like, “Don’t you ever get tired? I’m actually tired from just keeping up with you.” HE LITTERALLY SAID THAT. And he literally got sick the next day. I’m not saying that he got sick becasue of me... BUt... maybe, tho? This is like soooooo funny once I read about INTJs, becasue they’re almost like the polar opposite of ESTP. SHOUT OUT TO INTJs OUT THERE! Y’all are intellectuals! (That dude is like a genius and a psychic I swear)

PHYSICAL TOUCH

Contrary to the chart above, I feel like this type comes second to quality time. Touching, for me at least, kinda shows affections. It doesn’t necessarily have to be sexual, just a simple pinching your cheeks, or caressing your hand casually. Those simple things, coming from us, shows that you mean something to us. We are not good with words (again, because FE is our third function), so we refer to touches to convey our feelings.

Sometimes, though, it also means that we enjoy being around you. Like an affirmation that ‘oh, you’re here with me, and I love it’. Even in a platonic relationship, we like to touch. Like a friendly slap on the arm, or like hugs or cuddles. I am widely known for being touchy with my close guy friends. At first, I thought nothing of it, because I just love kidding around with them and would sometimes like poke here and there, and would hug or cuddle out of nowhere. UNTIL, one day I found out that their girlfriends actually despised me because they thought I was flirty and being... cheap(?). Anyways, I just laughed it off because, come on, that’s just who I am, it’s not like I sleep around with their boyfriends or something.

ACTS OF SERVICE

We don’t do things for people just for the sake of it, or to please other people. If anything, we hate being told what to do. ESTPs are free spirited people, and we don’t like being obligated to do something. And we’re very efficient and practical people. So we don’t do a lot of things for other people.

Don’t get me wrong, though, we’re not ignorant. We just always have to have this reasoning behind everything that we do. Like, why would I go through so much effort just to do this to this person. I mean, they would probably still survive without even my help. But, of course, if you ask for our help, we WILL help you. We’re just not gonna help you out of the blue. You gotta ask for it.

BUT when it comes to someone we truly care, we will know if you need our help. We will spot where you lack on something, or where you’re having a hard time, why you’re going through it. And we will have this feeling inside us like we want to help you overcome your hardships. Because, even though it’s our third function, the EXTROVERTED FEELING function of us is still there, lingering in the back of our mind. And I guess it’s being triggered when we see someone we love or care is in a hard time.

So, when an ESTP is suddenly giving you help without you even asking it, it means that they care about you, and that they’re thinking about you.

Now, in Jaehyun’s instance, I can see why people mistook him for an ENFJ (I finally see some light in this matter). In some cases, the members say that Jaehyun helped them get through things, like I believe Jungwoo said something about this? And someone in the Dream too said that Jaehyun was a reliable hyung. And it’s actually very visible with Winwin. Like, we can all see, at the beginning period of Winwin joining NCT, Jaehyun always put him under his wing. You can see it in NCT LIFE where they had a cooking competition, and the one where they went to Paju(?), like he was always helping him, and keeping him company, more so than the other members. I think it’s because he was finally having a friend (same aged friend)? Like he realizes that Winwin is having a hard time, and it’s his friend, so he wants him to do better. This thing is mentioned by other members because it’s probably memorable to them, but I feel like it’s actually not something that Jaehyun would do out of nilly-willy. He does that because he cares about those members alot. And that’s why people mistook him as an ENFJ (which is an FE dominant).

GIFTS

This one is related to my last post.

I feel like ESTPs don’t like doing things that aren’t practical(?), because we’re very practical. So, putting efforts into something that we don’t think is worth it, or is getting us to what we want to achieve, is a waste of our time. That’s why, I’d like to think that ESTPs are very efficient. So, to us, buying things for other people just for the sake of it is inefficient.

For example, if you read my last post about the graduation, while my other friend will buy tons of gifts for her friends out of.... I don’t know, obligations perhaps? Or just simply for the sake of being kind? Us ESTPs, we’re gonna have this thought inside our head like, why should I buy them gifts? I mean, yes, we’re friends, but we barely talk to each other. If I buy them gift, then does that mean I have to buy others gifts too? That’s too inconvenient.

So when we do buy something for other people, it means that we’re thinking of them. That they’re in the back of our mind. It’s not necessarily in a romantic way. For instance, I am somehow known for being insensitive becasue I barely even gifted my friends on their birthday. And one day, I was doing internship at this hospital, and it was on a huge religious holiday where we would usually spend time at home with our family, but we were here at this hospital tending to emergency patients. At that time, my friend, who was an ISFJ btw, the most big soft hearted person I’ve ever known, she was soooo sad that she was stuck at the hospital and she cried, saying like ‘i should be at home at this time with my family’. And I understood where she came from, and I actually felt her sadness. And to add to that, when we ordered some Mcdonalds and she ordered a mcflurry, we couldn’t eat it immediately because the emergency room was packed with patients, and the ice cream ended up turning into milk and she never ate it. That kinda added to her sadness, in my head. So what did I do? I actually went to the convenience store and I bought her an Oreo ice cream. And she was SHOOKETH that she tweeted it. Because never in her life had she’d seen me buying something for anyone. Lol. Anyways, that’s just an example to give you guys some image of how ESTPs feel.

And I feel like, if you receive this treatment, if you’re at this stage, it’s like you are legit in our inner circle. In our heart. No doubt. And this doesn’t come often, mind you. Like the chance of it happening is only 15%. Lol.

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION

Now this, is definitely the last. This is, to me at least, is the hardest thing to do ever. I don’t know if it’s because of our FE tertiary function? Or is it just the way I was raised in? I don’t know.....

But I do know that ESTPs feel uncomfortable in emotional situations. We avoid it. It’s not that we’re heartless, we just feel awkward. Like we don’t know what to say. Don’t know how to convey things in words. This is actually one of the reasons why I like writing, because it’s easier than to have to say it out loud.

Like, when one of my family member passed, I never spoke a word about it, not even to my mom. But I actually wrote a blog about it, like a really long one.

Some even say that ESTPs hate emotional confrontation. And it’s mainly because of our FE tertiary function. We feel awkward having to deal with situations using this function. We can go through it, but we just prefer not to, you know? But a debate? It’s a whole different story. I’ll talk about this particular trait in the next post. It kinda explains why ESTPs have a strong personality.

Anyways, back to the love language. So, yeah, it’s hard for us to say like ‘I love you’, or like ‘you’re so amazing’, or ‘I really admire your blabla’. I feel like it’s too... I don’t know... cringy? And it’s like, again, we have to put so much effort in order to be brave enough to say those words to the people that we cherish. And when we DO say it, it means that you’re important enough for us to put effort in being brave and say it.

But, don’t get too excited already. We usually don’t really say it directly in your face. lol. For me, I’ve actually conveyed my feelings to a dear friend, like how I was so proud of her etc., through a twitter and instagram post. hehe. I don’t know, I just can’t find the need to say it in her face, like it’s too cheesy. But a post is I feel like even more special becasue other people get to see it? I don’t know.

I’m rating this the last becasue the probability of it happening is like probably only 5%? So if an ESTP is making a post or saying words of affirmation to you, you are THAT special to them.

FINAL RANK

Now, as a final, here’s my personal rank

QUALITY TIME 30%

PHYSICAL TOUCH 25%

ACTS OF SERVICE 25%

GIFTS 15%

WORDS OF AFFIRMATION 5%

SO, THAT’S OUR LOVE LANGUAGE. Mind you, I’m not an expert on this, so this is like my unreliable analysis, and very very based on my personal experience. Lol. I still have a few things to say though, so, probs 1 or 2 more post?

Do you guys want me to do other member’s personality analysis? I know Haechan’s an ENFP, and I have a couple of ENFP friends. Hmmm, I’m currently trying to guess Johnny’s MBTI, becasue I see some similarity between him and my ENTJ friend. And the way that he vibe with Jaehyun is similar with me and my friend. I’m not sure though. I’m also interested in Doyoung’s. And Yuta’s actully. I read that Doyoung actually mentioned his MBTI on Vlive? But I forgot what it was. And I’ve been trying to find it becasue I kinda want to do an anlysis on him, but couldn’t.

What do you guys think? Do you want me to do an anlysis on other member? Lemme know!! Cheers!

  To be continued...

[cloudy0103]

WARNING: OPINION => WHY MANDALORIAN SEASON 2 FINALE SUCKED

So this is how its going to go.... there are spoilers and I am also going to into negative feelings and my own take away from all of this so just far warning 

This season has been a disaster in my mind. All of a sudden, Mando is incompetent, Baby Yoda has no powers, and all these random people from different series show up continuously. I am not a die hard fan but at the same time I have a general knowledge of the series. What I loved about the first season was that (1) it could stand on its own (2) it mostly made sense about their universe, and (3) it always felt like time went too quickly and I wanted to stay with them for longer period of time. This season, however, it took away all of those things and every episode I either got bored, confused and even frustrated with all the characters that I grew to love as they mostly just forgot who they were. This happened throughout the series and what frustrated me was everyone that just blindly praised it because it was better than the movies (which is a plus but not the reason I should be watching this series) I have watched the finale and I cannot contain my emotions without spelling them out. 

So, up to this point, baby yoda has been taken by Moff Gideon and we got Boba, Fennac and Mando on the case to get back our baby boy! This was a weak setup but I knew that this was a formula that has worked and I was ready to see my dad son duo back together. We open with Dr. Pershing (why? because!) and that Mando takes him into his care to get the kid. I could understand this as he is a Empire underling but we forget about his presence just as fast as he boards the ship. Next, we have to do a finale rollcall and need to get Bo-Katan and her other lady friend (and what the hell happened to the other guy?? I guess he just wanted out) and what is the first thing she says? “Hey Boba, you are not a Mandalorian”... what was that line for you may ask for context as I could just be misremembering?? Well it was for Boba and the lady friend to get into a fight otherwise this was completely pointless!!! They do get into a fight and the lady friend has just basically become OP and Boba is an old man. This, in my opinion, should have gone the other way with Boba beating the crap out of the friend. Why? Because he is more experience and we just saw him recently TAKE OUT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE LIKE THE BADA$$ HE IS TO JUST BE BEAT UP BY A PERSON I COULD NOT GIVE ONE RIP ABOUT! So of course because Bo-Katan has to be idk strong or crafty or whatever you want to call her, she needs a motive to go with (I thought she had one since idk SHES BEEN LOOKING FOR MOFF GIDEON THIS WHOLE TIME) but they figure it out yada yada lets go get my baby! 

Well! Not just yet because we need to talk about the plan first! Usually I would be ok with that kind of scene HOWEVER we have not had that father son bonding in the previous episode and I was worried about my little guy! But this plan was also very stupid as they are going to send a distress signal from the TIE fighter that Dr. Pershing was on to Moff Gideon’s ship as Boba plays the bad guy chasing them all over the place to “look convincing” but they forgot one little itty detail that I think is super important THE EMPIRE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR TROOPS! WE SAW THAT OTHER GUY KILL THEIR OWN PEOPLE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE EPISODE AND THROUGHOUT THIS SERIES SO WHY THE HELL WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT THIS ONE TIE FIGHTER? OH THATS RIGHT PLOT! Then the one underling that usually gets permission from Moff Gideon’s just blindly sends out a TIE fighter to help! I don’t think we are dark side anymore... my feeling is that this would work for the Republic or Rebels but not the Empire or First Order... what would have made more sense in my opinion is if Moff Gideon sent out the TIE fighters to get rid of both ships as they are in his airspace and because he’s just evil that way. But anyways we have our fight and they crash land a la star wars fashion and get inside. Gideon must like playing with his food as he took forever to initiate to Dark-troopers. Now, these guys look cool and have been built up all this time so I got excited “yes I finally get to see them in action!” Just for Mando to close the door and only ONE to figure out to get the door open to fight him and the others to take a coffee break or whatever as they seem to just give up on following orders. So we get the fight but we knew he had to get out to save our boy but he gets completely beat up and gets one lucky shot to stop it and then the haha joke of opening the airlock (except before they had jetpacks so this wouldn’t have worked but whatever I want to get to baby yoda as fast as possible) Throughout this whole time we have been going back and forth between him and the girl squad. This was fine and all but then Bo-Katan had to open her mouth and say” Where is Gideon?” ARE YOU SERIOUS LADY? OF COURSE HE IS WITH BABY YODA AND NOT ON THE DECK BECASUE HE KNOWS ITS MANDO! DID YOU HIT YOUR HEAD?!?! 

So right, you are probably thinking “ok, well finally they get reunited” yes they do however, our beat up Mando got a one up or extra life because he beats up the two guards with ease and gets in to find dun dun DUN Moff Gideon with baby yoda with the shiny dark saber. This is when I turned off as Moff Gideon has his “I’m evil let me explain why” speech to Mando who basically tells him he doesn’t care. Then he does the evil villain thing of “oh you just want the child, you can have him, haha psych!” and we have the fight. This is what I was waiting for the final duel but then I realized that the dark saber kind of sucks. It cannot cut through the Beskar staff and he struggles they whole time so of course Mando wins. The one thing that I really wanted to see what Mando kill Moff Gideon. I know that everyone wanted him alive but then again, Mando has killed for less. Plus he KIDNAPPED BABY YODA! HE NEEDS TO DIE! HOW DARE YOU STEAL MY CHILD! 

But anyways he get the saber and they go to the deck and we have the “why do you have the saber?” And I just sighed as I knew what was coming next. The “I am not the leader unless I have said object” plus the “must be won in a real fight otherwise I didn’t earn it even though no one would know unless I told them.” Mando says he yields and Moff keeps having his evil dialogue. If I was Mando I would have just dropped the saber and say “Anyone can take it now” but after that rambling dialogue, what should happen? The Dark-Troopers come back and remember “oh right, we have jet packs! We can go back to our initiative!” They are all freaking out and forget that they have a prisoner that we are definitely not watching as he shoots at Bo-Katan and then back to baby yoda where Mando uses himself as a human shield. Of course he fails and tries to kill himself but is unsuccessful because he did it so slowly and Cara Dune is lightning speed. Well, it looks hopeless as the Dark-Troopers are coming and they are not prepared and only two blast doors between them... what should happen? THE EAGLES OF COURSE! Here comes 1 and I mean 1 X-wing fighter into the hanger bay (which is still open??) which is Luke Skywalker (who is one of my favorites in the original trilogy) as he comes in with so much confidence and just god-mode activated as he just slices through every Dark-Trooper like they were toys. Let’s talk about the Dark-Troopers; they built them up to be so evil because they are just machines and will just do what they do best which is kill things. Well, apparently they had a safety on because they won’t work as a unit (even though they had that weird formation when they first kidnapped baby yoda) and slowly just wait for Luke to just to cut them down. So right he gets into the elevator and the music is intense as they all look at the security screen for way too long as the dark troopers just wait for him to come and kill them so I thought “green light?” and then mayhem ensues. So after all of that, Mando does the smart thing and says to open the doors. Well the girl squad had a problem with that (why? IDK HE JUST SAVED YOUR LIVES!!) but he ignores them and opens the door. So we have our heartbreaking scene of them saying goodbye which I was already upset about because I’m like can’t they like idk give Mando a ride since he has no ship and he could be his R2D2 because even in training they were allowed to see other people so idk why this is a problem now.  

Well if you read this far, thank you for taking the time to read ALL of my ranting as I did really want this to succeed as I loved the first season so much! But with all of the rosy glasses and just random action scene praising, I just wanted another prospective to be present.

[minbbydoll]

Dauntless (003)

⇨ Pairing : Yandere Dauntless born!Jungkook x Divergent!Reader

⇨ Genres : Angst, smut, action, fluff, adventure

⇨ Summary : There are five factions; Abnegation/Selflessness, Erudite/Intelligence, Dauntless/Bravery, Amity/Peacefulness, and Candor/Honesty. These five factions are the way of life, everything you’ve only ever known but what happens when the test fails you and you get caught in a web of lies. Trust the test they say, it’ll be okay they say, what happens when it’s not okay.

⇨ Word count : 3.6k

⇨ Warnings : Crazy Kookoo is back, I’m using DK’s real name so if you don’t know who Seok-min is, it’s DK from seventeen, I just wanna say rip reader (I’m sorry, I love you), use of the r-word it’s only once and I know that doesn’t make it okay but it’s not that bad I promise, bad jokes becasue I’m not funny 👉🏻👈🏻, cursing because it happens so naturally, yandere themes (obviously) that sounds mean I’m sorry, controlling people 👀 *cough* JK *cough*, violence warning (it’s not that bad promise), lemme know if I missed something

⇨ Minnie’s note I : It’s 1 in the morning for me which means this is unedited and I meant to post this I swear but with my computer breaking and everything I just kept pushing it back. I’m going to do another part of dauntless and then I’m continuing So Cold just to those of you wondering why I haven’t posted So Cold, I’m making the parts even and then I’m going to alternate posting each part. So Cold (005) is coming after Dauntless (004) and y’all I cannot express how JUICY Dauntless (004) is going to be anyway, enjoy. 

-

You were still upset about your parents but decided to try your best not to think about their piercing eyes and cold stares. The way they looked so disgusted with you just broke your heart, but you couldn’t focus on it now.

You had to focus on your new family; dauntless and as it just so happens Jungkook, you turned your head to the side to take a look at him and he was already looking at you like he usually does.

You sped up your running a little to tease him and when he tried running faster, he tripped over his own two feet. You stopped, the both of you falling behind the other dauntless teens and laughing enjoying the freedom and happiness you had for now.

“How’d you fall?” You questioned Jungkook as he dusted off his knees, “you have me falling for you all the time.” You stop walking and he follows suit, “that doesn’t even make sense. Oh my god that’s the worst pick up line ever.”

Jungkook tries to stop you as you walk away, “no, no that’s the thing I was looking at you when I fell so you made me fall.” You scoffed and continued walking with him side by side, “Jungkook if you have to explain you know it’s bad.”

Jungkook tried to talk again but you stopped him not seeing any one of the dauntless transfers or anyone at all, “Oh shit, where’d they go?” Jungkook and you ran faster, the both of you were out of breath when you finally came to a stop, “I’ve never done so much running, holy shit are they up top?”

Jungkook looked up to where you were looking and saw everyone, he looked down shaking his head as he continued panting. You looked so excited even though you were tired, he was tired too but offered you a boost because he didn’t trust you to get up there by yourself even though there’s a ladder.

“The things I do for you,” You looked down at the ground to where Jungkook was, “Did you say something?” Jungkook smiled and yelled out, “No!” Before he started tiredly climbing the ladder too, once both of you were on top you started running on the lined roof, even though it was secure and Jungkook was sure nothing was going to happen he couldn’t help but worry.

You’re like a curious child who wants to explore a dangerous machine and he’s your mother who has this instinct to protect you; you’re going to be the death of him. Jungkook ran after you, “Be careful [Name]!”

Jungkook ran faster to try and catch up to you but he was so tired, he was running out of stamina, Jungkook pushed through it and caught up to you only to be scared by the oncoming train he didn’t hear because he was too focused on your safety; even though you were having the time of your life.

It passed by the both of you and you saw the other dauntless jumping into the train, “oh shit… Jungkook come on.” The both of you continued to run with Jungkook constantly worrying about your safety.

You both finally caught up to the train and you grabbed onto a handle to hoist yourself up onto the train and off what Jungkook thought was an unsafe unstable runway. “Jungkook give me your hand,” you were inside of the train now and had your hand out for Jungkook, “No I’m too heavy.”

Jungkook was worried about being too heavy and dragging you down when he was literally about to run out of the runway and have no choice but fall to his death. “Come on Jungkook,” he pushed your hand away and grabbed onto the train.

Jungkook just barely made it, one of his legs hung out of the train before you pulled him further inside, “why didn’t you just let me help you in?” Jungkook shook his head as he panted, “what if I-I pulled you down with me, me getting you hurt, not a chance.”

-

Jungkook turned his head to the side, “are they jumping?” You looked to the other part of the train and saw some dauntless jumping, others ran to the back and coward in fear, and some that did jump didn’t make it.

You turned your head to your side of the open train door, “there’s an edge we have to jump to.” Jungkook shook his head, “you’re not jumping.” You whipped your head towards Jungkook, “what you mean, if I don’t, I’ll become factionless, I’m doing this Jungkook.”

Jungkook shook his head, “what if you get hurt or don’t make it.” You grabbed Jungkook’s hand, “you should believe in me Jungkook.” You both went to the back of the train and ran before jumping.

You were about to hit the ground when you felt something under you, you saw Jungkook’s dorky smile as he held onto your hips, “Jungkook, fuck, are you okay?” You quickly got up and tried to help him up, “I’m good as long as you are.”

He assured you even though he had a long burning scratch on his arm, “But you-,” he interrupted and pointed towards where all the other dauntless were gathering up. “Come on might be important.”

“Hey, everyone, I’m Hyungwon now let’s find out who’s brave enough to join dauntless, who’s going first?” Hyungwon wore the usual dauntless attire, the color consisting of black, he had a tattoo by his eye that was a small skull and he had small black gauges.

Everyone stayed silent as expected, who would jump into the unknown, “Me.” You said with a straight face and the small man who messed with Youngmin snorted and said, “As if a stiff is really gonna jump.”

Jungkook slammed your raised arm down, “no way in hell are you jumping.” Hyungwon tapped his arm impatiently as he watched you and Jungkook argue, “I’ll jump instead.” Hyungwon raised his eyebrows surprised, “But I wanted to jump.” You pulled your arm out of Jungkook’s grip.

Hyungwon decided to speak, “Why not let ladies go first?”  You quickly nodded and made your way towards Hyungwon before Jungkook could hold you back, “fine then I’ll jump with her.” Hyungwon put his hand in Jungkook’s face stopping him from standing next to you, “Why are you so adamant about being with her?”

Jungkook grabbed Hyungwon’s fingers and squished them painfully tight, Hyungwon winced from how tight Jungkook’s hold was, “I��m jumping with her and my reasons why are none of your concern.” Jungkook spoke through his gritted teeth.

Hyungwon tried to pull away from Jungkook’s grip but his fingers were weak, Hyungwon wanting to leave with his dignity and not show weakness even though he felt like his fingers were gonna fall off replied with a simple, “fine that’s not against any rules.”

You were surprised, upset of course, why would he want to jump with you, this is something you’re supposed to do alone. Why can’t he just jump after you? Jungkook held tightly onto your waist, “Are you ready?”

You didn’t respond vocally and just nodded, Jungkook possessively held onto you before jumping with you making sure he was back first. It wasn’t as scary as you thought it’d be especially since Jungkook was with you, your heart was racing wondering how long it would take to get to the bottom or what was at the bottom.

Jungkook being with you defeated the whole purpose of this jump and you didn’t feel brave in fact you felt weak, you weren’t able to jump without someone to hold your hand. “Oof,” Jungkook had some air taken out of him when you both hit the net and you landed on top of him.

You felt unsatisfied, you didn’t get the thrill of wondering if you were going to die, you didn’t get to really go first because Jungkook was mostly hugging you the whole way and shielding you so either way you knew you wouldn’t get hurt. You lifted your hand out to another man in front of you offering to help you out the net.

Jungkook swiftly stuck his hand out faster and smacked the mysterious boy’s hand. Jungkook stepped out of the net first and then helped you out, “don’t pout baby at least you’re safe.” You were too upset to pay attention to the name he called you and looked towards the shocked boy.

“Wow two jumpers is a first, I’m Min-hyun what’re your names?” You wanted to speak but Jungkook lightly pinched your hand just enough to distract you. “Mines Jungkook and her name isn’t your concern now if you would get out of our way.”

Jungkook pushed away Min-hyun and grabbed your hand, when Jungkook wasn’t looking you looked at Min-hyun with a sorrowful look and mouthed an apology and he mouthed back that it was fine.

“Hey stiff, still alive?!” The rude man who messed with Youngmin, yelled before jumping down himself. He hopped out of the net with help since he was quite short and, “guess you are, surprised you made it to the bottom stiff.”

You weren’t even able to speak because Jungkook was pushing you behind him and tightly holding onto his shirt, “If you have a problem speak to me about it.” You could see how wound up Jungkook was, his white knuckles were wrapped onto his shirt so tight it looked like it was a part of him.

“Wow can’t even fight your own battles stiff,” The short man snorted and shook his head while walking away. If he stayed a second longer Jungkook would have surely ripped him to pieces. You couldn’t help but think because of how on guard and ready Jungkook seemed.

You lightly touched his shoulder and watched him flinch and turn his burning glare into something sweeter, something you couldn’t yet decipher.

“Listen up recruits, we’re doing something different this year!” You turned away from Jungkook to look at Min-hyun, “your old faction is now meaningless, you’re either dauntless or factionless.”

The dauntless born cheered, but people from other factions gave a small cheer, they were still kinda iffy and turned off by the fact that it was either dauntless or being factionless but didn’t want to show it.

“I know all you dauntless born think that you’re all that but you’re not.” The room was now silent as Min-hyun continued his speech, “I wasn’t dauntless born either, so all of you who think you are all that, you are not. You are no longer dauntless born you’re all clean slates.”

Min-hyun paused to push his hair out of his face before continuing, “There are probably braver people in the transfers than in actual dauntless born so all of you will fall into the same category, we’ll be your instructors and we’ll pick thirty-three of you by random to go with each of us.”

Min-hyun smirked at you hiding behind Jungkook as he quickly changed his view to the other transfers. “Jungkook, [Name], Yoongi, Mina, Jackson,” Min-hyun continued listing names and the fact that not only you and Jungkook were on his team but the man who messed with Youngmin and now won’t leave you alone seemed like he had a certain motive for this.

“Follow me!” Jungkook pulled you with him behind everyone else when Min-hyun yelled out, when you followed him all of you ended up looking at other dauntless just causally hanging around each other.

“This is the pit,” You weren’t small, but you weren’t big either so being all the way in the back even behind Jungkook you couldn’t see everything you wanted to. You took a chance and pushed your way to the front, “[Name]!”

Jungkook called out after you as he pushed past others too, “wow.” Being in dauntless was your dream and there was no way you were going to let some boy you just met ruin this, you left your family for this, even if you could get lost in his dark brown doey eyes- no, no way, you are dauntless and you’re not letting anyone get in the way of that.

Everyone in dauntless looked so cool, it wasn’t like abnegation; the same mundane thing over and over again.

Jungkook grabbed onto your waist protectively and true you were still mad at him but something about the way he touches you makes you feel love and protected, something you didn’t exactly have in abnegation, to be honest love for a child isn’t something showed often in Korea.

If you’re lucky you get parents who love you because of their kind nature and faction, because they were raised that way, most of the Koreans who survived were cruel and heartless for a reason but then there were the Koreans who were okay and tried to be positive.

One of the main reasons they split into factions was because of that reason, they had disagreements many disapproved of being happy and positive because there was no point and it was just a bother to others.

They found a way to work and the one who got the short end of the stick from each faction had to be the one to mostly communicate with the other, happier factions the rest didn’t want to deal with.

You wanted to feel loved, longed for it so you let yourself indulge for just a moment even if you were mad at him for ruining an exciting moment, being loved is more important, right? Min-hyun tsked as he watched you and Jungkook, “Come on!”

-

“This is where you’ll sleep.” Jungkook’s body was no longer wrapped around you but he was still very close to you, as if shielding you from everyone else; you paid no attention to it.

“Girls or boys?” You think Seok-min was his name, you don’t exactly remember because of your horrible ability to put name to face or to remember anything at all and because Jungkook was basically covering you the entire time you couldn’t see anyone’s face who jumped down and whose name was called out.

“Both,” you heard Jungkook audibly gasp, a few other dauntless did too and it was understandable but you’ve gotta be brave right and if Jungkook can’t do that is he really dauntless?

The real question is, is Jungkook concerned about exposing himself or you being exposed? “Both.” Min-hyun said again as you looked up and saw everyone in the bathrooms, “you should be in your natural habitat candor.”

Jungkook scowled at the ground, he held his hips and sighed before hearing, “change.” His head quickly shot up as he saw you ready to take off your long skirt, as much as he would like to see your legs, he wouldn’t like to see it in front of everyone else.

“Hey, what’re you doing?!” Jungkook pulled you towards the bathroom where luckily and stupidly no one else was changing. “What’d you do that for, it hurt?”

Jungkook quickly let go of you, “I hurt you, where, how badly?” Jungkook hit his head so hard you could hear it, “God I’m so stupid, I’m sorry [Name].” He was going to hit himself again, but you grabbed his arm stopping him, “Hey it’s good, I’m fine.”

He looked at you like a kicked puppy, “but I hurt you.” You shook your head, “No it was just a quick sting, nothing to bad.” You were against the gray wall and Jungkook was blocking you, “you should hurry and change.”

You looked at him curiously, “with you alone, staring at me, is that why you brought me away from the others.” His eyes widened and he quickly turned around with bright red cheeks, “N-no, I just wanted to give you privacy.”

You laughed as you took off your skirt and let it fall, he would love to turn around, love to kiss you and push you up against the wall and make sure you know who owns you but that’s what the perverts on the other side of the wall want and Jungkook refuses to give them that.

He was glad it was over as soon as it started, and he could get away from the situation, but he wasn’t happy about the big bulge left in his pants.

-

Jungkook had chosen a table and had you sit with him (more like forced) having you sit on his right side and unluckily Min-hyun was sat on your right side. A couple more people joined your table but Jungkook is just too focused with Min-hyun to care.

Everyone at the table was a little uncomfortable with Jungkook’s tension but there wasn’t really anywhere else to sit so breaking the tension had to be best. “Ahem, hello I’m Jackson Wang.”

Someone from the table replied, “are you Chinese?” You didn’t understand because they said it in Chinese, “yeah are you Chinese too?” The other nodded, “I’m Xu Minghao.”

Jackson looked towards you and you looked at him with your spoon of rice halfway in your mouth, you quickly ate your rice before holding your finger up to him. “Hello, I’m [Last Name] [Name], I’m Korean mixed with [Your Ethnicity].”

Jackson nodded and stuck his hand out for you to shake but Jungkook smacked it, “What the fuck?!” You too looked at Jungkook questioningly and he reached for a fry from Mina’s plate, “hey!”

He smirked at Jackson as he chewed on his fry, “did I say you could have that?” Jungkook may be in trouble with Mina now but at least he has a reason for his actions. “What can I say, I’m dauntless, I take what I want.”

“But you already have fries, dumbass.” Mina growled at Jungkook and you laughed at him as he did a double take to his plate of fries. Min-hyun chewed his food unfocused as he stared off into space. “Hey,” you elbowed him, “you okay?”

Jungkook looked like he was looking at his food while being yelled at by Mina, but he was really listening to your conversation. Min-hyun looked at you with a glare, “did I say you could talk to me?”

Jungkook clenched his fists so tight his nails were making dents in his skin, how dare you, talking to her is an honor! Jungkook couldn’t believe his ears, how could someone be so disrespectful?

“Must be because you’re so approachable.” Min-hyun let out a laugh and continued eating his food. Jungkook was in disbelief, you had the decency to talk to Min-hyun and he completely just brushed you off.

You chuckled too and confusingly tried to eat your food, “Ya, [Name] are you retarded?!” You shot up to look at Mina who was glaring at you, “fucking eat your food properly.” Mina originally from candor, looked like she was going to kill you.

Jackson looked at you all and didn’t like the tension, he reached over and slapped Jungkook on his face, taking the furious boy out of his trance. Jungkook was busy thinking of ways to slice Mina open just so she wouldn’t bleed out fast and he could have time with her.

He thought about smashing her face into her food over and over again until she begged him to stop, he wanted to break her nose by smashing it onto the table so many times and pull her hair so hard it tears right from its roots.

Jackson ended up seeing his deadly glare and was shook to his core, that isn’t normal. Jackson tried to defuse the situation and laughed, “look man, you’re making a mess everywhere, you should stop squeezing your food like that.”

You looked at Jungkook ignoring your situation with Mina and he indeed had his burger all squeezed, “yeah chill Kook, poor burger only wanted to be eaten not destroyed.” Minghao laughed at his own words, “oh come on, no one, really?” He pouted and muttered, “fucking dicks,” under his breath.

That’s when it started, you heard and looked around to see everyone banging their cups onto the table. You were obviously confused and looked to the other initiates, but they seemed just as confused as you.

It stopped when you heard a throat clearing, an old looking middle-aged man came up, “You all have chosen a faction meaning bravery, a faction dedicated to protecting what’s left of Korea and all of its inhabitants.

You will make our faction proud by working hard and being a warrior who protects everyone.” Everyone cheered and clapped as he walked away you were suddenly pulled and hoisted up into the air with hands holding you up.

You saw other initiates being lifted up too and Jungkook looked really angry until he saw your bright smile. You were so happy to finally feel like you belong, everyone seemed so happy and welcoming with your presence, how could you not feel at home?

Jungkook wanted to hurt and slowly, painfully kill the ones who touched you but when he saw your smile that melted away. How could he crush your happiness, you had an amazingly wide smile and it was something he wanted to see all the time; 24/7.

The smile reached your eyes and it was contagious because Jungkook soon enough smiled a smile just as big as yours, his bunny teeth making it even cuter and his nose started to wrinkle.

You really need to enjoy this moment because if only you had foreseen the true horrors held within those cute doey eyes and the hidden consequences for choosing your dream faction would you have really known how much you wanted to stay frozen in this moment. 

-

⇨ Minnie’s note II : also can y’all guess who messed with Youngmin and [Name], if not it will be made clear in (004) but for now if you want you can guess. I also changed arrows because I thought these were cute, I’m still trying to find formats for my fics. @alyxandraz sorry forgot to tag you the first time.