#i literally am not a succession poster but i NEEDED to get this out of my system

[softlyher]

crazy to me that a decent chunk of people hated the finale because it just makes so much sense to me dramaturgically. like especially the later half. kendall inflicting pain and comfort to roman at the same time, pressing romans fresh wound into him as he hugs him. roman falling into place because thats the only form of comfort he can stomach. shiv seeing, once again, roman fold under the command of violent older family member, seeing kendall say "thats fucking right" after roman votes against the gojo deal in the same way logan would when roman complied to his demands. shiv being confronted with seeing her older brother turn into her father, and reconsidering everything. and kendall only digs his hole deeper, turning vile and mean. when you grow up with a mean man in your house there's always one there even if hes gone. shiv confronting kendall about the waiter and he denies it even happened. says it wasnt real. no real person involved. kendall again using violence towarda roman as a motivator but this time its different and he fights back because nothing fucking matters. shiv votes for the deal and kendall is once again too late to do anything. its already been done. tom sucking the biggest dick in every room.

[iskratempestmadness]

Hey! Idk if you're requests are open or not so feel free to bypass this request if it's the latter. Could I get a jack hanma x female reader who's insecure about how skinny she is (not unhealthy)? Mainly her Arms and she wants to start bulking up a little bit but she's too scared to do it on her own. How would be find out? Would he help her?

Thanks another xoxo! <3

Oh, my orders are still open (they are, in principle, always open) so do not hesitate, I am always at your service. Sorry for the wait.

Oh, that was wonderful. This is your first thought after you've just woken up. In the last few months, you have been suffering from sleep deprivation only on rare days do you manage to get a good night's sleep. What is the reason for this? Probably with a change of lifestyle. You moved in just a few months ago, and you're still getting used to your new home and job.

You got out of bed and your gaze was drawn to the poster hanging literally in front of your bed. It depicted a rocker from some popular band about 20 years ago. It hung there not only fulfilling an aesthetic function, but also covering a stain of unknown origin that you inherited from previous tenants. Despite this, your apartment is pretty good, has a place to turn around and is well furnished. A fairly large bed, a medium-sized TV in the corner of the room, two large closets, one for things, the other for books, a workplace and an armchair. Pretty good, especially considering the price.

After lying down for about five more minutes, you lazily got out of bed, put your feet in fluffy warm slippers and went to the bathroom. It was Sunday, there was no hurry, but a couple of things had already been planned.

When you entered the bathroom, standing in front of the sink, you saw a painfully familiar face. Yes, your thinness is not visible on your face, but it was only worth looking down a little... A thin neck, well-defined collarbones, a part of the chest peeking out from under the pajamas... You didn't like that about yourself.But what I thought was even uglier were your hands. Very little fat mass, weak muscles... They look like two thin straws that are so easy to break... Another thing is what was going on under your T-shirt. A normal waist and thinness combined to make your chest look quite impressive, despite the fact that it was small compared to others. The hips were particularly pronounced, the skin was almost clinging to the bone. The legs are as thin as the arms. And all over the body, if you looked closely, you could see the clear outlines of veins.

And yet you weren't sick. On the contrary, if you do not take into account the appearance, then you were absolutely healthy.

Throwing on a hoodie and jeans, you headed for the exit. There was no doubt that you were definitely hiding your appearance. But what brought you to this state?

It seems that it is not necessary to colorfully describe your past, you can do it briefly. Because of the school billing, you started losing weight in order to achieve the "norm" despite the fact that you were never fat. Your parents tried to support you, but they ended up just shoving food into you, which also didn't help solve the problem. The result was the same. You're standing in front of a mirror and you don't like every part of yourself. You just dream of gaining weight, but your attempts do not end in success.

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Now, the day had already passed, the planned plans had been fulfilled, and all that remained was to return home. But as the day was free, and you needed to unwind, you decided to take a little walk.

Park. It's pretty peaceful and calm. It's just the thing to relax. Sitting on a bench, she began to read a book she had picked up from the table in the morning, but involuntarily drew attention to a towel and a bag lying next to it. But you didn't pay attention to it, so you didn't leave.

But you had to take your mind off the book when a guy came up to your bench. He was... peculiar. Very peculiar.

The first thing that caught my eye was, of course, the height. HE WAS HUGE. Much higher than others. The second was his physique. Broad shoulders, huge muscles, an impressive chest visible from under a T-shirt, incredibly large, toned legs in light shorts. But what was perhaps the most unusual thing was that when he spoke to you, something flashed in his mouth, you did not immediately realize that it was platinum teeth.

You met him, it turned out his name was Jack, he wasn't particularly friendly, but he was a great conversationalist. Despite his intimidating appearance, he was even sweet and surprisingly well-read and erudite. And you had no idea what he was doing, but it didn't bother you.

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In a couple of months he became a friend for you and perhaps one of the most important figures in your life. Since your relationship was built on trust, you could not tell him about your complex, you could not show him your thin thin pens, could not tell him about your past. Your friend listened carefully to your story and when you finished it shared your story.

After the narrative he offered you to start slowly gaining weight , said he knew one good doctor who would help you.

You said you had already tried a lot and you tried a lot, it didn't improve your condition. Besides, your worst is not dangerous for life

However, Jack was not satisfied with this answer and continued to insist on his, bringing the argument that you will be treated by one of the best doctors in Japan.

Under his pressure, you gave up pretty quickly and the next day you were in the clinic in which this best doctor worked. It was a gorgeous clinic, polite service staff and excellent doctors. When you entered the office you saw a young man with long red hair.The doctor was nice to you, and very polite to you. This doctor was no one else other than the Synogies of the Curich. He examined you, learned a couple of nuances, prescribed diet and demanded full compliance.

Jack gave you all the help: helped to keep the diet safe, began to train you, of course, he didn't give you much trouble.

But it's much more difficult you've had to do with psychological terms. Because of the dislike of yourself and because of the habit of life with features, you were quite difficult to get rid of complexes, but your kind friend helped you get rid of it, bringing you to the idea of what you need to turn to the psychologist and gave you all the way to support you and helped you to love yourself.

It was strange that Jack didn't require you to be in the Ham. Why? It's a good question. And there is no answer to him, but there is a sea of questions. What if he had met you at the first meeting, he learned in the girl reading book himself? What if he had compared his desire to become stronger and your desire to become a normal physique, and came to the conclusion that they were equal? What if he put on you a projection of his past? What if he helped you to help you and himself?

Wow, this is the first time I write this job, I hope you like it!

[rubyreduji]

Talk about your moots; what do you like most about them (could be a paragraph or a single sentence, spread the love!!)

IM FINALLY GETTING AROUDN TO DOING THIS OKAY FDSJAKL

its too long so it's under the cut :') i just have to much love ig

MIKA (@toruro)

my mika...ah...what do i even say about her. tbh i shouldn't say anything because if i talk about why i love mika then you guys will fall in love with her too but she's MINE. jk the real reason is bc if i talked abt how much i love her i will write a whole essay BUT here are few reasons why i love mika: we just click, like i can't even remember how we went from like having one conversation to suddenly talking all the time but i would not have it any other way i love listening to mika's 30 minute voice messages and like she just supports me so much not even in a writing aspect like i can just talk abt my problems and mika will be there for me. she's also SO TALENTED??? like i will always hold her to the highest praise bc she is perfect and amazing in my eyes forever ☆☆ things that remind me of mika: coffee dates, flower fields, pretty trinkets in antique shops

BRIE (@leejihoonownsmyheart)

one of the first moots i ever made and tbh the most important one, she was the only person on this site i talked to for like months and she basically held my hand through the first few months of this blog as i figured out what the fuck i was doing and she has never been anything other than supportive. brie literally is so nice to anyone she interacts with and she just has such a sweet presence, like i love whenever we talk even if it just for a few mintues like brie really is my big sister and i will forever be greatful for her xx ☆☆ things that remind me of brie: friendship bracelets, ice cream on a hot day, blurry candid photos

SAR (@cheolhub)

me and sar's interactions are super sporadic but always so funny and i love how unhinged sar can be like she will be feral over her men and i support that like we don't talk that that much (talk to me more sar djkfsal) but like i know that it will always be such a good time ☆☆ things that remind of me sar: stars (obvi), cool sunglasses, fun wall posters

SAVV (@savventeen)

I LOVE SAVV OH MY GOD i just love talking to him like the vibes are always so chill and like he lets me bounce ideas off of them and it's so nice because i have no clue what i'm doing every and also just his fics are like a giant warm hug and so is his personality ☆☆ things that remind me of savv: pillow forts, running a successful show (theatre kids unite), board game night with your best friends

ELV (@userelv)

I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND LIKE FDJKLDSLA elv is a caratblr legend in my mind like literally friends with everyone, writes the most insane amazing fics, and super unproblematic like i am blessed to be moots with her. i just love seeing her on my feed or in my activity it makes me all giddy and happy AND she tags me in snoopy content >>> taking her out on so many arbys dates fr ☆☆ things that remind me of elv: sunflowers, honey pots, fun photobooth photos

EM (@gyuswhore)

okay so em's whole energy is just the cutest thing every i can't explain it but like literally just makes me so happy whenever we interact like UGH WE SHOULK TALK MORE but also like i just feel like em is so funny i need more of her in my life and like her writing is just so feel good to me i love it so much (also soooo talented at drawing like wtf dfjklsa im obsessed) ☆☆ things that remind me of em: golden hour, late night baking, homemade jewelry

KAI (@lovelyhan)

you guys kai is just so cute and sweet and like fjdsaklf first off their blog theme is always so cute and well put together i love it and their writing???? HOLY SHIT I ASCEND EVERYTIME I READ SMTH FROM THEM but also just in general kai is so sweet and nice to talk to and like you can see that in the way they interact with people on their blog and just how everyone loves them so much (as they should) like i would love to talk to kai more just bc like i want all the good vibes they bring ☆☆ things that remind me of kai: cute novelty stamps, doodles in the margin of your notes, linking pinkies

SALEM (@hoeforcheol)

RAHHH FDSJKLSA so brie is basically the reason why salem and i are moots and its insane because like SALEM IS SO SWEET AND SUPPORTIVE??? we haven't talked in a hot second tbh but like i fr feel like i could talk to them abt anything whenever and wouldn't feel like a bother like it's just a safe feeling around salem i love being moots with her and talking to her and just everything ☆☆ things that remind me of salem: screaming to ur fav song in the car, silly inside jokes, exploring a new city with your best friend

[ssuminshan-official]

《Team dimple + hauisang, chilling at night》

Xue yang: the deed is done.

Su she: ahahaha good.

Mo xuanyu: what about guanggoile?

Su she: he's sleeping.

The guy literally sleeps on a mat lol.

Huaisang: a mat?!!

Su she: nah, I lie. He sleeps on a couch.

Yao: what are you guys up to.

Su she: we snuck into his room, and stuck drawings of Madam Meng all over his wall while he was sleeping.

Yao: *laughing* oh my goodness

Mo xuanyu: also we let some people go near his room to talk about a made up story to scare him.

We told them to say that the spirit of empress- goddess Shi still haunts Jing Manor. And she would appear to those who had angered or pleased her.

If you anger her you'll see her picture all over your room and your tea will turn red.

If you please her, the place will brighten up.

Su she: then I secretly slipped some red cinnabar into his tea.

Xue yang: we added that, if one had exploited her, she will come and castrate them right there.

Huaisang: spooky right! I know that he'll turn cold.

Yao: you four are so crazy. And I love that. Hahahaha.

Now guys, what if A-niang appear to him?

Huaisang: how??

Xue yang: Jiggy! Are you going to??

Su she: dress up as Madam Meng!!!

Yao: of course I am!

Mo xuanyu: that's so cool!

He'll shit his pants!

Yao: that's what we want, lol.

Xue yang: and you resemble her a lot!

Yao: exactly.

Huaisang: aw, foxy is so mischievous.

Su she: and use your hulijing powers too!

Yao: that's a must.

Su she: I'll give you a teleportation talisman.

And one to disguise your voice.

Yao: thank you so much!

~ Some minutes after getting ready~

Yao: *dressed as a woman* team dimple, how do I look!!

Su she: awwwww sooo beautiful.

Xue yang: smoking hot!

Huaisang: cute!

Mo xuanyu: I think I'm straight.

Can someone make a person straight?

Yao: heehee.

You are all so cute and kind.

Now I got to go.

Su she: Huangdi......well, Huanghou, some of your guards are hidden near that area, so that they can protect you from evil guangshan if he dare tries to do anything.

Don't worry, they know the drill, so they'll address you as empress instead of emperor.

Yao: lovely.

~~~

《The haunting, lol》

Yao: *hides in jgs's room

Jgs: *wakes up from his sleep* No!! *panting*

Gosh it was just a nightmare.

That evil emperor's minions keep talking nonsense, and having me dreaming it.

Yao: *throws a fire talisman, which lit a few candles*

Jgs then let out a scream when he saw the Meng Shi posters.

*now whose prank is this!!

Tea. I need tea. I'm feeling thirsty.

*pours tea* oh my goodness!!! Why is the tea red!!!

*laughing nervously* evil emperor. You did a good job scaring me. Which one of your team dimple did this. Hehe.

Yao: *walking in, as Meng Shi.

His hair and clothes blew fiercely, while his ornaments, hairpins and eyes glittered in the moonlight seeping through the curtains.* you fool!!!!

Jgs: haha......ha....you prost*tute, what are you doing here? And you posted your fanart all over my wall.

Yao: *knocks him off the couch, with his power*

Jgs: n.....now how did you do that!

Yao: *dimpled smile*

Jgs: you wh*re! Go from here!

Yao: is this how you greet me, you insolent being!!!

Jgs: who are you then!

Yao: I'm Shi Huanghou!!! The goddess of Hulijings!!! You dare cause atrocities towards my son!

Jgs: *whimpering* that bastard. He deserves that treatment.

Yao: the one who brought success to the Jin sect!! Who listened and obeyed your stupid demands without question!!!

This is how you repay him!

Jgs: leave from here! Get out

Yao: everywhere is mine, you fool! I can go anywhere I wish! I can take that couch away from you, and make you sleep on the cold floor!

Jgs: no no. I'm sorry, Madam Meng.

Yao: Shi Huanghou!!!

Jgs: *covers face* Shi Huanghou.

Yao: *knocks over a jar of water and sausage*

Jgs: *sweating* n...no.

Yao: this could be you!!

Jgs: no...I'm not afraid of you! Get that away from me.

Yao: *uses his spiritual power, to toss him across the room, by his neck and hair*

Jgs: *screaming for his life*

Yao: no one will hear or help you!!!

Jgs: stop! Stop!!

You evil thing!

Yao: how dare you!

Is this how you speak to a highly elevated hulijing goddess!! I can rip your core from your body!

Jgs: noo, not the core.

Yao: you don't even use it!

Jgs: *shivering in fear* stop, stop throwing me across the room like your rag doll!

I beg you, goddess of Hulijings.

Please.

Yao: *drops him*

Jgs: ouch! You could have dropped me more delicately.

Yao: why the hell are you here!

Jgs: your son and Zixuan had hired me!

Yao: I see! Serve them properly!!!

And have some respect!

Jgs: I can never!

Yao: you never learn, don't you! You mistreated my A-Yao!!

And how dare you exploit me and innocent women*

*pulls out knife* guess I must chop it off.

Jgs: *covering his crotch* no no, empress. Not the baby maker. Stay away from me. Move.

Yao: *sauntering ominously*

Jgs:  stay away!

Yao: *starts chasing him*

Off with your dck!

Jgs: you're insane!

Yao: ahahahahahaha. 

Jgs: nooo empress!

Yao: I will castrate you!

Jgs: Please, spare me, empress! That's my manhood!

Yao: you're a creature! Not a man!

Jgs: empress, please. I'll do anything you ask ok! Do you want jewelry?! Should I light joss paper for you?!

Yao: you're unworthy of serving me! And you are broke! I don't want anything from you!

Jgs: *sobbing*

Yao: fine then. I'll spare you ok. But if you even look at my A-Yao in the wrong way, the dck comes off!!  

And you will sweep the steps of my temple!

Jgs: oh gosh, you know I don't like to clean.

Yao: then get used to it.

Jgs: ok ok. I will attend to the emperors ok. Just don't castrate me.

Yao: fine then.

I'll be watching you.

And if you don't think I am, then look at A-Yao's face and you'll see me.

Jgs: this.....this Yao do resemble you *shivers* doesn't he.

Yao: *disappears*

Jgs: *faints*

~

Next morning......

Jgs: *wakes up and checks below* whew! It's still there.

~~~

Yao: *elegantly walking with team dimple, and yes huaisang too*

Su she: you look so happy today, Huangdi.

Is it because of your performance?

Mo xuanyu: Yao gege you're so amazing.

Xue yang: and hot.

Yao: *smiling* right. I feel elated, leaving him petrified.

Huaisang: lol I could imagine

Xue yang: did you castrate him?

Yao: no, but I threatened to.

Su she: lol.

Xue yang: that's like our foxy master.

Yao: wait till I tell Zish.

Meanwhile.

Jgs: *entering* Fuying. You're *gulps* Huangdi's attendant right?

Fuying: yes. And I shouldn't speak to you.

Jgs: why?

Fuying: because you're the enemy of Jingjing. Hulijings see you as a Lanling demon. And speaking to you is like treason.

Jgs: cut the crap, and listen. I saw empress Shi last night.

Fuying: aww really?!

She's revered here.

Jgs: the woman.....the ghost! Haunted me last night. I experienced her full wrath.

Fuying: well you deserved it.

Jgs: what?!

Yao: *arrives with his entourage*

Fuying.

Fuying: *running to his side* Huangdi.

Yao: was he troubling you?

Fuying: no Huangdi.

Jgs: *trembling* empress Shi!!!!

Yao: what happened to you? Have you lost it?

Jgs: s...sorry boss. Just don't let empress Shi hurt me. *kowtows* please!!!

Yao: we love respect. Maybe if you respect us then you'll be safe.

Jgs: the baby maker too?

Xue yang: aka his dck, Jiggy.

Yao: yea yea, that will be safe too.

Now get off from the floor.

Jgs: yes boss.

Zixuan: can't a person get some peace and quiet? Why is he screaming so early in the morning.

Jintang; your majesty, it's 9am.

Zixuan: oh you know that I'm a late sleeper.

(*zixuan wakes up at 9am, while Yao wakes up at 8am or 7am)

Jgs: *screams when he sees Zixuan*

Zixuan: *startled*

Has he lost it?

Yao: wondering the same thing.

Mo xuanyu: can't loss what he doesn't have.

Su she: lol. Diabolical Jins.

Xue yang: best kind of Jin Siblings.

Jgs: y...you look like your mom, Zixuan.

And you look like boss too.

Zixuan: yea so?

Jgs: will Madam Jin come to haunt me too?

*cries* I don't want to see Madam Jin!!! She'll hurt me toooooo.

Zixuan: she's still alive, and is living in Jinlintai remember.

Jgs: would she threaten to castrate me?

Xue yang: oh heck yea she's coming for those bagaballs.

Jgs: why are they all coming for my g*nitals!!!! Why do they want to chop it off.

Zixuan: ugh!I don't have any time for this. Where's your composure old man?! We are in a palace!

Yaoyao, *grabs A-Yao's arm* team dimple, let's go have some tea and breakfast.

Yao: right.

Let's go.

Jgs: how should I help you two?

Zixuan: no need. We'll call you when we need you.

Yao: can you go cut some bush in my backyard? It's looks outgrown and ugly.

Jgs: sure sure! But boss, which backyard? You have two backyards.

Yao: the left wing. Where the koi ponds are. Oh, an you can feed the koi afterwards. They're vegan by the way. Tata.

Jgs: vegan fish?!!

Yao: did I stutter?!

Xue yang: even the fish here are divas?

~~

~having tea and breakfast~

Zixuan: now what happened to him?

Yao: *tells him the whole story, along with the various names made up by team dimple*

Zixuan: *laughing* oh my goodness! Yaoyao!! *pinches cheeks* you mischievous little foxy!

Su she: now he can perfectly do his job without insulting you two.

Zixuan: marvelous.

Mo xuanyu: you and our Yao gege deserves the world.

Xue yang: definitely do.

Zixuan: Yaoyao is so powerful and genius.

Yao: oh Zish, I'm flattered.

  

Zixuan: finally guanggoile learns some manners

Yao: yes!

@verycatbluebird

[kinetic-elaboration]

April 3: Oral History

Oral history day today and it was a long one. I left at 11:30 and didn’t return to the law school until past 3. I literally just had time to say hello to people, eat “lunch” and then go home. And as soon as I got home I zoned all the way out and I’m only now starting to zone in again. I think tomorrow I might nap? I’m not sure. But I need to be ready because Friday is another oral history, and one I’m more nervous about.

This one was my former boss, who I know pretty well and like a lot and feel comfortable around. He did keep trying to get me to talk on camera and he was successful so now my voice has been recorded. So. Hmmm. Or the mic didn’t pick it up and there’s just weird soft noises in the interview in random parts, hard to tell. The interview was so long we did it in two parts. I don’t even know how long it ended up being. I’m kind of afraid to know. We messed around with the lights a lot but yet again I feel like the framing—the part that cannot later be changed—was not really right. I was trying to get it not centered, because we’re not centering them, but it sort of was. I don’t know. I tried my best lol.

Basically what I’m saying is I’m going to be nervous about this until I see it on the editing screen and understand that you know what, it is fine. We got video, we got audio, it’s good.

It was a fun experience, though; there were stories I did know and stories I didn’t, and as always I’m glad I was there. Even if I’ve now been captured for posterity on tape.

But I’m also up way too late and am way too tired.

Also I did ask a co-worker to get me food from the food cart but one of the items I wanted was sold out and I doubt I’ll see them again before the fall. A bummer. But at least I got my delicious street corn today.

[aemiron-main]

need to know if you guys see the Vision TM

older byler in their 40s and they’re That gay couple who’s been together forever and are still completely in love and can basically read eachother’s minds

and will still wears flannels even though his hair’s shaggier now, not as much of a tight bowlcut but still vaguely bowlcut shaped.

and mike’s hair has grown out a fair bit, not super long, probably about the same length as his s4 hair, maybe a bit longer, but he’s grown out the bangs into longer bangs/shorter in the front with a middle part and he’s got grey streaks in his hair and will teases him about it because “going grey at 45, Mike? am I really that stressful to deal with?” and Mike laughs and tells Will that he’d deal with a million grey hairs for him and that if Will-related stress was the reason for his grey hair, he would’ve been fully grey by the age of 13 between things like Will’s disappearance and the upside down and his own feelings for Will.

(will “making fun of his husband” byers and mike “responds to the teasing in a genuinely affectionate way” wheeler)

Both of them still play dnd, and so does the party, and they’re a successful writer-artist duo, and Will still sleeps with a lamp or nightlight on and Mike still turns said lamp/nightlight on for Will because he’s been doing it for the last 30 years and isn’t gonna stop now.

They’re still just. Themselves. Mike grins at Will in the same way that he did in s1 during dnd, and the same way that he did in s3 after the “Not possible” scene, except he does it more often now, every morning while Will complains about being awake at an ungodly hour because he stayed awake painting until 4 am the night before, and his shoulders are sore and Mike makes fun of him for his poor choices but also makes Will coffee and presses down on Will’s shoulders to try and loosen them up.

They’re!! Domestic!! And able to be with eachother!!!!

And El visits all the time, by herself but also with Max and Lucas and Dustin in tow, and Mike still makes comments about how having Will and El, two twins with both telekinetic powers AND a mischievous streak, powers aside, in the same room is a “workplace safety hazard because I work from home and therefore the whole house is my workplace���

Max makes fun of Mike’s taste in home decor but then Mike is a petty freak (affectionate, as always) and so lies dramatically and tells Max that “Will picked out that piece of decor and it has a deep sentimental meaning to him, actually,”

And max has to point out that “she’d buy that excuse and feel bad about making fun of Will’s taste in furniture (not mike’s), if it wasn’t for the fact that the item in question is literally the beefy dragon poster that El told her had been hanging in Mike’s bedroom since highschool”

Mike sputters and tries to accuse max of being homophobic because “it’s an artistic representation of my sexuality actually, because I’m gay and it’s a dragon man” and Max laughs her ass off because a.) she’s bi and b.) mike please it’s a shirtless buff dragon just give up at this point

(will and Lucas witness the whole exchange and are sharing a Look TM and quietly laughing with eachother.)

Mike is back to his dramatic self, the one that screeched and flailed during dnd games, the one with wide gestures and dramatic monologues and a borderline comedically expressive face. Will watches him quietly, with a smile on his face, because despite Mike’s bantering with Max, mike is grinning, and he’s a great host, surprisingly, despite his years of reclusive, snarky lone wolf behaviour- which, don’t get Will wrong, that side of mike still absolutely exists- but it’s nice to see Mike so full of life, see how just his presence makes their house into a home regardless of any buff dragon decor. Especially considering the frigid atmosphere that seemed to coat the Wheeler house over the years, every part of it except the basement, no matter how hard Karen tried to be hospital, or how bright of and orange cough they bought to put in an even brighter, yellow-cream painted living room, there was still always an air of coldness. A distance.

But now, Mike lives in a house full of life and joy and warmth- scratch that, the house is full of life and joy and warmth because Mike’s in it.

While Max is making fun of Mike’s taste in decor, and Lucas and Will are laughing at Mike’s expense, Dustin and El aren’t letting Will off the hook that easily. They’re snooping around his art. They come out of his and Mike’s shared office/studio area with grins on their faces, and Will immediately feels his heart drop.

El and Dustin have totally seen Will’s latest painting for Mike’s birthday- Will paints for Mike every year, and every year, El jokes about having commissioned it, and this year won’t be any different. Dustin and El are giggling amongst themselves as they walk up to Will, pulling him away from where he’s still watching Mike and Max argue, out of earshot of Mike, and Will knows what’s coming when El starts pointing out things like “Will, I thought we agreed on no dragons for the commission,” or “I think that the sky is slightly too blue,” or “I don’t really think that shade of orange really shows your-I mean, my love for Mike.” and Dustin is laughing his ass off the whole time and Will rolls his eyes and laughs along too, firing back at El and telling her that’s he’s surprised that she finally figured out what a commission is (harkening back to El’s confusion from years ago when Mike had asked her about her commissioning the painting from Will and she’d had to ask mike what a ‘commission’ was)

Mike, who’s rolling his eyes dramatically and throwing his hands in the air and muttering something about “taste,” and when he sees Lucas laughing at him, something about how “max has absolutely none of it and that’s why she’s dating Lucas,” and Mike stomps over (good-naturedly) to Will and El and Dustin, to see what’s so funny, and Max and Lucas follow him, and immediately, El stares wide-eyed at mike, cutting off her own sentence and trying not to laugh because Will is giving her a look that says “okay yes our banter is fun but if you spoil his birthday painting, i Will explode you with my mind”

and El gives him a “no I’m gonna explode YOU with my mind” look right back.

but they both still smile at eachother and El doesn’t spoil the painting and Mike is watching this all go down and whining about Will and El and “telepathy, I swear they can read eachothers’ minds, guys, you should be worried about this too, because once they take me out, they’re coming for you next-” and then whines about “friends don’t lie!” and El snorts at that one because come ON, mike you can’t still be pulling that card, and technically she isn’t lying because she hasn’t said anything.

And Mike flops dramatically onto Will, who’s still standing, and to his credit, barely falters when mike drops the entirety of his weight onto Will, going full ragdoll mode and acting as if his death is imminent. Will, who’s holding mike up under Mike’s arms, in a more comedic version of of how Mike was holding an unconscious Will outside of the hospital in s2, except mike is very much conscious, and facing Will, and looking up at him with fake sad eyes as he monologues about his demise and how he can’t go on and how he can’t believe that Will is keeping secrets from him and Will just hoists Mike’s still-limp and pretending to die body upwards and gives him a little kiss because he loves his dramatic husband.

Everyone in the room makes fake gagging noises at the two of them and mike flips them off, but he’s grinning as he does it because “holy shit even though it’s been like this for 30 years I can’t believe that Will Byers is my husband and all my friends are here and I get to flop dramatically onto him whenever I want and even if my friends complain they’re not actually judgemental and they complain the same whenever Lucas and Max or Max and El are being a couple,”

And then Mike un-worms/de-limps/de-ragdolls himself so that he can stand behind Will and wrap his arms around Will’s shoulders and chat with his friends and rest his chin on top of Will’s head and grab Will’s hand and fidget with Will’s wedding ring while Will has a long conversation with Dustin about some drama in the comic book/artist community, and while Lucas stretches out on the couch and El sticks her tongue out at mike in a “your dramatic fake death didn’t break my resolve, sorry mike, you’ll have to wait to figure out what Will and I were talking about,” way, and Mike sticks his tongue out right back at her in a “I don’t actually want the surprise to be ruined but I AM petty and dramatic” way and El flicks Mike’s face and Mike shouts and dramatically starts complaining again and Will is unfazed and just keeps talking to Dustin and reaches a hand up to soothe Mike’s mortal face wound, and Mike leans into Will’s hand like a particularly pathetic cat and starts fiddling with Will’s wedding ring again.

And they’re all just!! Happy!!! And Mike eventually abandons Will (sorry will, Mike gives him a kiss on the head in apology) to go and bother Lucas because he was fine listening to Will talk, because he always wants to listen to Will talk, no matter what the subject is, but he’s not sure how much longer he can listen to Dustin rant about variant covers and drama between publishers and why he’s certain that if Will would just give Dustin the address and name of the one writer that Will did artwork for but who didn’t pay him, Dustin could persuade him to pay Will what he owes by getting Suzie to hack into his computer and ransoming his data.

Which also means that Dustin might get some ~ insider info~ about new releases and how that’s totally not the ONLY reason he’s do it because the mean reason is to scare him into paying Will, but it’s a nice little side benefit. (you’re late to the party, Dustin, Mike thinks, because Will already had to talk Mike out of marching over to the guy’s house and kicking his ass, let alone ‘ransoming his data,’ whatever that means)

And so Mike goes over to bother Lucas, and they still swat at eachother like 12 year olds, and Max kicks Mike in the shin and Mike howls over it and then kicks Lucas in the shin in retaliation because Lucas was closer and also he’s slightly afraid of Max if he was to kick her (usually he’d go head to head with her but he hasn’t forgotten about the time a few years ago when she picked Mike straight up around the waist like how one awkwardly picks up a pet dog and threw him into a pool despite her being, like, half of mike’s height.) And El laughs at them all and goes to join in with Dustin and Will because Will looks genuinely exasperated now because “no, Dustin, I’m not giving you his address- no, I’m not giving you his his mother’s maiden name either, how would I even know what it is?? If Suzie’s such a great hacker, why does she need it?? And even then, she’s not hacking into his computer!!”

And El distracts Dustin by claiming that she’s “going to get her commission” and running into Will and Mike’s office/studio room and Will appreciates her distracting Dustin but also bolts after her because “oh my god, come ON, El, the painting isn’t THAT gay,” but El is already laughing because “even the clouds have heart shaped in them”

and Dustin is making comments about how “he thought the heart on the shield in the first painting was a little too obvious but somehow the subtle hearts hidden in the pattern on Paladin!mike’s shirt and in the clouds is even worse” (worse in an affectionate way, worse in a “oh my god dude you are SO in love” way)

And once everyone heads home, and does that thing at the door where they keep saying that they need to be heading home but keep talking with eachother instead, but then finally actually go home, Mike closes the door and holds Will close and buried his face into Will’s hair and fidgets with his own wedding ring while his arms arm across Will’s back because he can’t believe that this is his life, that they made it out of everything, that he gets to be with Will, gets to be with his friends, gets to be himself.

[userholland]

you're not racist for not liking zendaya, people are just nostalgic.

so, i have been wanting to bring up this for a while. i do not expect this to blow up or i expect a huge like/reblog ratio. this is a personal rant i've been wanting to give for a while now not only because of how outrageous it is, but how it has also affected my mutuals as well. (and with enough anger, i decided to literally do this so. yeah. my degree is getting put to use.)

a HUGE disclaimer that this is NOT a hate rant nor do i have the intention of hating on zendaya rather i am more focused on how people/fans have been speaking to others when bringing up either her as a person, her acting career and/or regarding her (skeptical) relationship with tom. mainly, these points will be actual reasons why people are slowly losing their interest in zendaya that i've seen brought up or talked about in the last few months. so, this not out of spite, just an increasing amount of unnecessary hate being spread about if one says they do not like her.

please do not blow up my ask box if you're not even going to read what i have to say, and i think it's something that should be said, at least once, and in full explanation than just a quick remark.

overall, the reason why i'm bringing this up is because of the sheer amount of "division" of fans within the spider-man fandom now that the nwh trailer dropped. no one deserves to be harassed or bullied over their preference to a celebrity nor should they be called racist or "someone who does not want to see black women succeed in media, tv, etc." (which i will explain why it's mostly false later). please take this with a grain of salt, but also understand where everyone is coming from aka knowing they are entitled to their own opinion.

1. outgrowing a disney star as she matures / little to no screen time when very promoted.

zendaya is someone we all grew up with on disney channel and for the most part, we all admired her and thought she was one of the best people that came out of the disney industry. i grew up a huge fan of zendaya because she was someone i wanted to be like, we all have those kind of celebrities growing up and she was a good role model.

now, it wouldn't be fair to go off by just her disney acting because let's be honest... all disney acting is overdramatic and not good, and that's really all the young actors can work with when they are given a contract. but for what it was, zendaya was a great dancer and singer in her disney career. she even got to produce her own show & had her own website/youtube channel to post videos of her daily life or hairstyles and cooking videos. she seemed to show a bit of activism as she grew as well. it was empowering to see a successful girl of color take interest in things that mattered to other girls of color. she was this bubbly, fun, and quite an adorable person who seemed to have a lot of passion in her eyes. but, everyone grows up.

as zendaya got older, so did all of her loyal fans so, that means closing the door on her disney life and opening to new and "mature" projects as a young adult. thus, the huge renewed franchise, spider-man, was her first big movie role－ yet she had 2 minutes and 50 seconds of screen time (even less than marisa tomei) and not even the love interest, yet her face AND name were big enough on the poster that you would think she had more lines. laura harrier, the actual love interest, is no where to be found. another factor is that tom holland was not a well known actor at the time, so they probably needed a familiar face in order to get people to say "i'll go see it for zendaya". it sold. it worked.

and of course we want to see our fav, miss zendaya, but for what we got & only for it to be relieved all along that she's mj? (as a new character, michelle jones, not mary jane)..... [opinion] it could have been squeezed into the second film if i'm being quite honest if the budding love between peter and mj weren't one of the main plots of far from home. it seemed sudden that it was revealed she was the new love interest when the role of mj seemed to be a goofy/fun role as one of peter's possible sidekicks in future movies.

there's no avoiding the accusation that throughout the films it seems that ned is becoming less of a main character the further the petermj / t*mdaya narrative is being pushed by both the mcu and shippers. even though mj was more introduced in ffh, she still got her own poster promo while jacob batalon did not. mj went from having 2 minutes of screen-time to 19 full minutes, ned leeds went from 15 minutes of screen-time and cut down to 14:30 in the sequel, less than the amount he was given in the first movie. [ this sudden shift in character stories is not stated or confirmed by marvel or batalon himself, just a theory by fans. ]

since the drop of the spider-man: no way home full trailer, some people do not think the character of mj is deserving of what seems like a gwen stacy parallel, which is understandable considering the big jump her character takes from barely being in the first movie then suddenly peter's girlfriend after the events of homecoming with liz moving + half the population was blipped so, peter & mj's relationship can only be condensed down to a few weeks, maybe 2-3 months.

recently, the dune press was massive knowing that two young talented leads, timothee chalamet and zendaya, were going to play "side-by-side" in a sci-fi movie remake that had an amazing director. everyone expected to see a new dynamic on-screen, yet some people weren't surprised that zendaya got 7 minutes of total screen time of a 2 hour film.

while the argument has been made that chani (her character) has more of a significant part in the sequel of the movie franchise [ set to come out in 2023 ], the question of "why was she bigger than some of the actual main characters?" is plausible. i'll answer honestly... profit from familiarity / knowing the audience that will want to see this movie. same business idea as spiderman: homecoming.

while zendaya did state she was disappointed about only spending a total of 3-4 days on set, it is still surprising for some fans to see how publicized her face/image was and the amount of interviews she had with chalamet yet they weren't in most scenes together within the whole movie.

2. she plays the same roles (as of now) aka it doesn't matter that she won an emmy.

she's had roles in greatest showman, spiderman: ffh, malcolm & marie, HBO's euphoria, the OA and most recently, dune & spiderman: no way home while also having voicing roles in childrens' movies such as smallfoot (zendaya is meechee) and the space jam sequel as the iconic lola bunny.

now... if you don't already see a theme in zendaya's physical roles, look a little more on the surface of all of them. it's no lie and not unseen to almost everyone that she always plays the "too cool to care" character in most of her acting.

rue bennett, michelle jones, and marie can all be compared to being the same character. the basis of a cold, bare-faced character with a monotone voice who tries to be emotionless until provoked, has a rough backstory (2/3 are being a semi-recovering drug addict) and someone who subconsciously pushes away the people they like because they are too scared to care. this character has not only had trust issues from others who have wronged them, but they has some mystery to themselves－ enough that the audience can either hate them for being unnecessarily angsty or love how blunt and quick-witted they are. it's common trope used in media, not just zendaya's way of portraying her characters.

important to say that no one is saying winning an emmy is easy!!!, but there was much speculation that zendaya won because of how well-liked she is. her performance as rue bennett was amazing, a bit more emotionally driven than most of her acting, there's no doubt in that. she even admitted how she feels connected to the character of rue in some way & wanted to take same levinson's personal story about addiction and treat it respectfully. but, people still questioned the nomination, wondering if because she was a hot, relevant and talented young person contributes to that award when winning nothing huge previously [ since she was the youngest person to receive that award as of 2021 ].

"And she [Vernieu] argued vehemently to showrunner Levinson that the series needed the magnetic good-girl Zendaya to draw in the audience, giving them someone familiar to make them feel secure within a challenging contemporary milieu that often feels too authentic for comfort." stated by casting director, mary vernieu in an Indiewire interview in 2019 about the casting of euphoria.

zendaya, herself, even said, "Essentially [Levinson] said that I was on a mood board for Rue, like he had put me on this thing for Rue," she explained. "And I was like, 'No he didn't. There's like, no way. There's nothing I've done for you to ever think that I could do that.'"

it was never confirmed she had the most likable vote, but speculated by some, especially when the other women in her category were much older than her and in award winning series with previous seasons (killing eve, the crown & ozark).

interviewed by collider magazine with sam levinson, she is asked what she was planning to do after the first season of euphoria wrapped. she says how euphoria felt like home to her and that she'll miss it & wants to be a more open actor, but ends with, "But it’s gonna be hard because this is such a special experience. You don’t get to play people like this often. It’s just a special thing. So, I don’t know what I’m doing. Thank god I have Spider-Man." This statement can be seen as something relatable of an actor or just knowing her luck, either way, she knows she has a safety net/enjoys spider-man.

where zendaya has always shined most is in fashion. not specifically modeling, but choosing the brands she wears and having a personal relationship with her stylist. in whatever she wears, everyone agrees that no matter what she wears, she has the body and struts the pose. but, it's really the only thing some people can say that they think she is expert in.

3. the feuding of t*mdaya... and the eruption of racist comments / the problem with shipping celebs / how hollywood pr is a profit driven business within its own industry.

while the other points have been proven more as fact, this is where the drama has exploded the most in recent months. drama that no one wants to deal with when simply what happened is they allegedly started dating.

for years, people and fans accused tom holland and zendaya having more than just a friendship. once a small, innocent joke that holland made about having a crush on zendaya turned into an ideal pairing that fans latched on to for the next 4+ years.

i'm not talking just about people who thought they were cute together, but i'm speaking about those creating dedicated pages to stalking any time that both tom and zendaya were together. all of these can be seen on instagram, twitter, tiktok and tumblr while also tagging tom and zendaya in their photos. not only does it cross a line of safety, but also privacy for the two when stories of their friends are screen-shotted by random "fans" only to post to a wider audience to the users own theories.

after denying multiple times that they themselves were not dating, in july of 2021, there were sudden pap pics published of them kissing in a car. while shippers have tried to prove someone (another shipper/fan) anonymously paid for these pictures, there is tons of speculation that this was the start of a spider-man pr relationship. not only are they're millions of followers for these accounts, but there are also trending tags (most likely since 2017).

for example: on tiktok, the #tomdaya has 893.3m views and on instagram, the hashtag is used 298k times. it's not unseen or surprising how it's always been talked about/vouched for before they were seen together + fueling the tag when the papz pics dropped and quickly spread around the internet.

with these, allegedly, candid pictures came a storm of mixed opinions and boy, was it messy, to say the least. a number of accusations were made of the two's sudden connection, including that the funko pops for spiderman: no way home came out later that day or that both of their previous movies, cherry + malcolm & marie did not do well in viewings, ratings and reviews.

hollywood has proven time and time again that it is a business within a business. pr teams, more likely than not, contact the papz because it is their job to publish big news. "According to Rolling Stone, it's likely that 90 percent of the paparazzi photos in Los Angeles are taken in West Hollywood and Beverly Hills -- specifically at celebrity hot spots." A HuffPost article from 2014 posted. so evidence/statements like this can leave people with different opinions on pr relationships, so it shouldn't be so far-fetched to believe that some people believe and don't.

[ this isn't a rant to prove t*mdaya as fake. i'm taking sources that i found about hollywood media and stating facts. do not say it is bias because i don't mention tom's gq article specifically mentioning their sudden relationship. ]

while we'll never know what couples throughout time were and weren't pr, it wouldn't be strange for papz to get called while other family members and friends agree to a contract of said relationship, they are usually never forced to do something they don't because they have the money and management. this is a fact that people have to keep that in mind-- in order to not slam "non-believers" and saying it's false or using the excuse "i know how the business works".

[ this is not truly fact, but been circling around lately, ] some fans have also noticed the attention to "details" on both holland's and zendaya's instagram pages. while tom has posted zendaya a handful of times from july to this november, zendaya has not posted about holland, other than in temporary stories. holland is referred to as "zendaya's hype man" which makes some fans upset since he, as well, is an actor and should be more than a zendaya fan page. basically what i'm saying is, some people think this is all zendaya driven while tom gets nothing in the end.

papz or otherwise, it will still wrong to invade the privacy of both. this is not an opinion, it's something everyone should know. if you respect tom and zendaya so much, as a couple or not, don't ask for their whereabouts or if they're with one another 24/7.

besides the i told you so's and invasion of privacies, the one that stuck out to me the most was that stans/shippers seemed to use the argument that "if you don't like tom and zendaya together, you're racist" or "if you dont like zendaya, you're racist" which brings me to the actual topic of this whole thing. not everyone who doesn't like zendaya is racist & using that it is racism as an excuse is unacceptable and misused.

it's not only abusing what racism actually is, but not an actual reason to say someone dislikes a celebrity. not to mention, i've seen this brought up by more white people than others (again, this is just from what i've seen) who don't/shouldn't have the right to say it unless with true evidence of said racism. shippers gear toward the argument of, "you're just jealous of zendaya because she's dating tom and that's why you don't like her" which is also not true, for the most part. no one wants to see tom or zendaya bitter, lonely and unhappy, but to, once again, falsely accuse others of this with no backup of said accusation is a far reach.

nevertheless, both are weak and immature responses to someone simply saying "i dont like zendaya". people and fans have to have different preferences or the world wouldn't go round. i'm not encouraging any kind hate toward either of them. it's the lack of respect toward others in each fandom that is very disheartening and toxic over celebrities who they, will probably, never be friends with / get to know since they like to defend them as if they do personally know both tom & zendaya (couple or not). i'm also not saying to abuse celebrities for their pure kindness, just know the boundaries they ask you to set.

no one, absolutely no one should have to sell /manipulate others on the idea if zendaya and tom (or any celebrities, for the matter) are dating or not or using racism as a "valid" excuse. both ways are toxic enough and they don't deserve to have their every move photographed or written down. and no i am not saying this was provoked by either tom or zendaya, they are not in charge of the way their fandom decides to act because it doesn't reflect on their characters.

conclusion !

i know this was titled "you're not racist for not liking zendaya" but i think it all simmers down to that let people like who they like and dislike who they dislike. no one has a choice on who admires who or who thinks is an amazing / terrible person or couple. i'm not saying that celebrities aren't human or don't or do deserve anything given to them, but they don't own your world nor do we know them.

i don't know if anyone needs to hear it, but changing your appeal of celebrities can be seen as a part of growing up. it's loosing a flame they once had because they seek out different celebrities who have similar or attractive qualities.

[sanzuslover]

daddy tonight

shigaraki tomura x all mights daughter reader

warnings: yandere behavior, stalking, death threats, misogyny?, kidnapping, non-con, domestic abuse, daddy kink, ect.

<3

you were all might’s daughter, everyone fancied you, you shined bright like the stars. shigaraki hated you so much, you were 2 years younger than him, 18, yet you were still a popular and successful hero.

you were ridiculously hot, but that wasn’t all…you were literally his most hated hero daughter, shigaraki had been stalking you ever since you were 14, he was young too so he didn’t see anything wrong with it.

it was a miracle how he didn’t decay you, he could if he wanted to, maybe when you were younger but definitely not now, now you were a hero a real hero and not one in training.

he had smelled your panties and stolen your belongings in various occasions but you never seemed to notice— of course someone like you wouldn’t.

shigaraki wrote everything down about you, he studied and observed you a lot, but lately he can’t since you turned 18 and there’s a lot of other men dying to marry you, who wouldn’t wanna marry all might’s daughter?

ever since you turned 18, you’ve been acting like those dumb whores he hated, shigaraki is a man who is always busy so he still is a virgin, it made him mad how there’s a small possibility that you aren’t one.

it would be unfair he thought to himself, he waited all these years for you yet all you did was go on live tv and show the whole world your very tight hero suit and that cute innocent little face.

you always blushed when being interviewed, he thought it was cute but only him should see you like that, you always looked so needy, like a whore.

he could tell you were a daddy’s girl, always whining and crying when things didn’t go the way you wanted them to— he thought you and him both had that in common.

•

its 6:38 pm as shigaraki plays with his cock, he keeps on stroking his manhood till he cums all over your face, well the poster in his room that has your face on it.

“i actually am dating someone!” you say

shigaraki almost broke his scarred neck and he looked over to the tv screen and saw you and a man…what? what could you be doing with him? shigarki couldn’t understand.

you smile and blush at the camera and the man puts his hands around your waist, he brings his handsome face close to yours and kisses you, you of course kiss him back, the lady interviewing you cheer you both on.

shigaraki hands fly to his neck and he starts scratching and crying at what he’s seeing right now, how dare you? how dare you (name)? he still can’t understand why.

“…this brat…i need to go now!” shigaraki yells.

he grabs his coat and leaves the new lov hideout, he doesn’t know why but he feels he has been a little too nice to you, you’re taking him for granted.

shigaraki arrives and waits for you, its early and he knows for a fact that you’ll be here late so he just waits in your house, he decayed your front door.

•

you were a bit drunk and your boyfriend senju had left you, you get in your car and drive back to your house, your dress was so tight it made you mad so you took it off.

you prayed and begged nobody saw you like this, what would people say if they say all might’s daughter with only a bra and panties, they were sexy too.

it was late at night so you could barely see and so it made you calm down a bit since you were almost naked, you went in your bag searching for your keys but almost died as you say your door…it was gone?

“hah what the hell” you whisper to yourself and walked in

you wish you didn’t since now someone was chaining you with some anti-quirk chains, you screamed at the person but they only laughed, the lights were turned off so you couldn’t see them.

“S-STOP Y-YOU WHAT ARE YOU DOING???! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM” you said

the person— man now laughs and your stomach now hurts from it, he was a villain, you could tell with that laugh of his, he came close to your ear, his hot breath hit your ear.

“of course i know who you are (name)” he said slowly

you screamed and started moving trying to fight against him but it didn’t work, he only laughed at how pathetic you looked trying to push him off.

“come here, i won’t hurt you” he whispered in your ear and you just cried and closed your eyes

he grabbed you and pulled you up the stairs where your room was at, he laid you down on your bed and locked the door, he then turned on the light.

you instantly cried when you saw him, he was the villain who invaded ua— the school your dad worked with. he started laughing like a psychopath.

“…that face, ive waited years to see you like that” he said and sized you up and down

you shook your head and cried even more.

“i can’t believe you became such a slut, wearing that really? are you trying to provoke me?” he said as he walked closer to you, he touched your hair with 3 of his fingers

“…(name) do you know who i am?” he asked

“…y-yes” you told him

“no, do you know who i REALLY am?” he asked and looked you in the eyes

you only shook your head and he smiled at that, he started taking his shirt and pants off, you looked at him confused, he was getting naked.

“s-stop!” you told him

you started to move around but shigaraki quickly sat on top of you, he looked at you and you cringed, you shook your head ‘no’ and he laughed.

he grabbed your face with 4 fingers and looked you in the eyes, your eyes looked so innocent and pleading to him, he creepily smiled when you started gagging.

“hahahahah hahahah, so…you smelled me right? i haven’t showered in weeks!” he told you in a mean manner

you gagged and looked at him as if he was the ugliest creature ever to exist.

“plwease ewa you’re so smelly! and ugly! get off me!” you screamed and cried but shigaraki had enough of you

he slapped you and pulled down your panties, he started pumping his 2 bony fingers into you in a unpleasant and fast manner, you cried even more.

“S-STOWPP!” you yelled

“hah, don’t you EVER treat me like that bitch or i’ll kill you!” he yelled back at you

you gasped and looked at him with a scared face, he was threatening to kill you…he wouldn’t do it right? he could end your life with all 5 of his fingers, it terrified you.

“n-no s-sorry…” you whispered and shook your head trying to convince him

“im going to hurt you real bad if you act all naughty now” he warned you

you started to cry and moan when he kept on scissoring you with his fingers, he did it so rough and to his surprise you were really tight, he smiled at this.

he started kissing your cunt and he pulled his fingers out of you, you felt empty and he chuckled when he saw your disappointed face.

he kept on kissing and tongue fucking your pussy so hard and good that you couldn’t stop crying and moaning, this was like heaven to him.

“you like it don’t ya” he asked you

you moaned and cried out to him but this made him mad, what did you do wrong? you should be the one mad, not him.

“when i ask a question you answer me…got that!” he slightly yelled at you

“mhm!” you screamed and cried when he slapped your pussy, it hurts so much.

“s-sir shigaraki” you said and he slapped your pussy again, causing you to moan and cry

“it’s tenko” he said

“h-huh?” you asked, he looked at you and told you

“i said call me tenko” he said and then started rubbing his fingers up and down your cunt.

“ah~uh” you moaned

“imagine what all might must think if he saw you like this…getting fingered by a villain…” he evilly stated

you started crying and screaming at the thought of that, you were a hero…getting fingered by a villain, a villain who hates your dad, how disappointing.

shigaraki turned you around and pushed his dick all the way up your pussy, he then grabbed your hair and whispered in your ear

“your daddy must be proud don’t ya think?” he whispered

you shook your head ‘no’

“doesn’t matter cause from now on im your daddy” he laughed and pulled your hair even more

“w-what do you want ah~” you moaned

“y-you” shigaraki was slightly out of breath, your body looked so perfect like this, all for him.

“w-what do you mean?” you nervously questioned

“you know w-what i mean ah” he moaned as he started slamming faster into you, your ass bounced on his belly and he smiled at this.

“so good~” he whispered

“ah AH t-there!” you moaned and whined, shigaraki groaned.

“so fucking good for me ngh” he moaned, yet all you could think about was your father, it was killing you.

you were getting off to a villain fucking you, how disgusting. you should be ashamed of yourself, what if he came in you?

“hey pay attention bitch!” shigaraki snapped his fingers at you “can’t believe you’re ignoring me”

“s-sowy” you cried and shigaraki pulled out and flipped you over, his hair hitting your face, he was sweating and so were you.

you’re cheeks and lips were red, his cheeks were red too. he then started to put his very long veiny dick in your pussy, he groaned.

“ah~ yes… a woman like you deserves to be treated like a slut…not a hero” he told you as he looked you directly in the eyes, his look was so intimidating.

you whined when he said that, you knew, well more like you believed that if you were a boy all might and everyone else would be way more proud of you.

“i-its hurts s-sir tenko” you whined for him and he started aggressively slamming his hips into you “AHHH~ T-TENKO!”

“mhm i knew you would like this, you’re such a dirty girl, call me daddy” he groaned out, he watched as your tits moved up and down, so hot.

you thought about it, he’s literally fucking you without your permission! he came and disintegrated your door, it was expensive! how will your dad react to thi-

“AGH NGHH D-DADDY, TENKO S-STAWP” you moaned with tears in your eyes and shigaraki drooled all over your tits and stomach, it was so nasty.

“mhm, my good girl, i see you’re learning your place…” he said and a feeling inside your stomach started growing, it felt so hot and you knew what was gonna happen.

“im g-gonna i-ima cum!” you moan out and cum on his dick, your pussy clenched around his dick in a filthy way, how file of you.

“uh-uh what a bad girl…and here i thought you were behaving good” shigaraki told you with a dry laugh, your eyes widened in fear as his hand came to grab your neck.

with tears in your eyes you looked up to him, his bloody eyes were staring into your soul, you started shaking and gasping for air, you thought he was going to kill you.

“i could kill you right now if i wanted to…” he told you and looked down to your red glossy lips “but i won’t…never”.

he forcefully kissed you and you allowed him to since you were scared he was going to disintegrate you, it was a horrifying thought.

he moaned into the kiss, he was waiting for this, to feel your lips on his, even if it was by force…he doesn’t regret anything at all, he loves it all.

with his free hand, he started playing with your right breast, he pinched your nipples and you opened your mouth to protest but shigaraki just inserted his tongue into your mouth.

you arched your back and started kissing him back, the feeling was good but it was bad, this felt like a sin, a very dirty and taunting sin.

he then let go off your neck, and allowed you to finally breathe, it felt good but then he started pulling it in, again, you both moaned.

he started moving, it hurt, he was going a little too fast and the look in his face scared you, he looked as if he going to kill you, what did you do wrong?

tomura had remembered why he even came here…because of that damn tall handsome male, he was jealous and he lost control, something in him was telling him to punish you— that you deserved this.

“you know, i was mad at you…no…i AM mad at you! how dare you go with that brat…he doesn’t deserve you, no one does!” he screamed at you with angry eyes, he then started pulling out of you.

“w-wha-“ you tried to talk but he shushed you and sat on the right side of the bed, he grabbed a fist full of your hair and looked at you in the eyes while talking.

“i spent almost my whole life loving you! and this…this is how you repay me! how embarrassing of me to fall in love with the daughter of the person i most hate in the world! i hate everything and everyone!”

you shook at his words, your tears were falling down your face like a lake, your lashes were wet and scalp was in pain, he was gripping your hair a bit too tight.

“i’ll kill him, everyone! him, your dad, all of them!” he screamed and then started crying.

“don’t you understand…? these heroes, your dad, they don’t love you! i did and do everything for you! yet all you is be ungrateful, i’ll make you learn!”

he pulled you by the hair and off the bed, he pushed you on your knees and forced your mouth opened, you started crying even more and trying to stand up but couldn’t when he pushed his dick all the way in your mouth, down to your throat.

“a-ah yes…now you’re being useful! you need to understand that im the only person who loves you” he said and you looked up to him through your thick lashes and rosy cheeks.

you looked so cute, like always, he thought he could take a picture of you and so he let go of your hair and grabbed his phone that was on the bed, you started shaking and asking questions but he just shut you up with his dick, again.

“i love you but you gotta learn” he said and started pushing your head up and down…faster and faster until he came, it felt so good and he pulled out to let some of his cum fall on your face.

“aww don’t look at me like that, smile, all heroes smile right!?” he said and slapped you when you didn’t smile, you cried and obeyed him this time.

“good good…” he said as he took a picture of you with a sad smile, you looked so hot, all for him, oh and your dad.

“i wonder what all might would say if he saw this…” shigaraki tormented you, you cried and begged him not to show anyone the picture.

“t-tenko p-pwease n-no…” you cried and crawled to him, he looked down on you and kissed you, you kissed back, scared.

he picked you up and sat you on the bed, he told you to go to sleep, but you shook your head ‘no’.

“(name), i said go to sleep” he said as he walked over to you, he got a blanket and covered you with it, he didn’t take off the chains on your wrists.

“…i w-won’t tell anyone about this…just please…don’t show my dad that picture, tenko” you looked at him with sad eyes.

“…okay” he whispered

shigaraki wanted to laugh in your face but, he decided to be nice and so he turned off the lights, and waited for you to go to sleep, and so when you did, he turned on his phone.

everything was going to be so good now, he’ll finally have you, he’s going to cum in you and breed you, he knows you’ll be a great mom.

he laughed at the thought of how all might and everyone would react to this, what expression would all might do if he saw your belly growing, his grandchildren will be the children of a villain, the one who hates him the most.

shigaraki looked at your beautiful sleeping face and smiled, he planted a kissed on your forehead and looked for all might’s number on his phone, he had it since he stalked you.

he clicked on it and send it to him, shigaraki laughed at this, would you get in trouble? doesn’t matter cause tonight he’s your daddy.

{end}

[divinechieko222]

oh good gracious i can’t even. gender is a social construct none of what you’re saying is even real.

so you’re saying women who are “outliers” and do those types of jobs are masculine. do you even hear how you sound? a job isn’t masculine or feminine. qualities and traits in human beings are not feminine or masculine. gender identities outside of the man-made concept of the gender binary exist. i’m a nonbinary and i also identify as a black woman as the experience of being a black woman is an experience that is different from the rest. your idea of gender is so skewed and that is due to our socialization is human beings, so i don’t fault you for thinking in the way you do. i don’t know if you’ve seen my other reblog but i’ve already stated, that support from the opposite sex doesn’t have to equal a partnership. you are correct in saying that all gender identities need each other. we need each other to exist and our support and empathy for one another relies on that. people need to be raised as good human beings, not based on traits that certain individuals only apply to one side of the gender binary and vice versa.

also am i supposed to care that you saw my post referencing your call out as laughable? i mean i posted it publicly. you’re prayers and thoughts were pushed away because i am not religious and i don’t have to respect your beliefs and prayers that you wish to impose upon me. i don’t pray so i don’t want yours, simple as that. i’m the original poster……i literally posted the blog post that you reblogged. regardless if you reblogged my original post from another tumblr blog, i am still the OP. my post generated discussion therefore i am involved.

you say my femininity is performative but you have no idea who i am in the physical world. i dress what you would describe as “masculine” all the time. clothing is not gendered for me as i am nonbinary as i’ve already stated. i can wear the clothing that you describe because just as you i’ve been socialized. i’ve spoken on my blog about my gender identity conflicting with the ways i’ve been socialized. there’s nothing wrong with being a successful mother and wife. there’s nothing wrong with women who align with a more traditional lifestyle. that traditional lifestyle is also a social construct by the way.

i’ve never been assaulted by a man nor do i have traumas from the things you’ve spoken of. once again you don’t know, but thanks for trying to use that as a gotcha lol. the audacity is astounding, it’s honestly quite impressive i’ll give you that. yeah gender is a social construct how many times must this be explained.

you seem to have far too many deficits in your understanding of gender socialization and the social constructs that shape the world. this conversation will obviously go nowhere because your arguments are based on things that aren’t based in fact. they are based in man man concepts that are reinforced from socialization. i feel like i have to keep explaining this. you also have no real knowledge on how the patriarchy affects women every day or else you wouldn’t have said what you said. the patriarchy affects every legal and social system in the world meaning it will have real world consequences for those who are affected by it. you think the patriarchy doesn’t hold women and femme people back? that’s once again laughable.

“you can’t tag you’re as “coquette” then be unable to use that seductive advantage towards men to get what you want or don’t want”………explains itself.

for fucks sake i’m arguing with a terf/tradwife. an “experiment” to be a man……yep transphobic. babe you are not an ally at all. i don’t know what led you to believe that. and so because i see how the patriarchy is an inherently and fundamentally oppressive system i want a penis¿? the math isn’t mathing. my brain is glitching. you acknowledge that the oppressive system of the patriarchy hurts men…..but then you say how women can use that to their advantage. explains itself. right……let’s uno reverse here. who needs to take off their rose colored glasses.

can we please stop pretending like men are important. i don’t want to be taught how to lean into my feminine energy by being submissive to men. i don’t want to learn how to be softer and quieter to make men more comfortable. i don’t care what men want. i don’t care what they find fucking attractive. i don’t want my existence to be a performance for men. i don’t want to be sexualized by men. i don’t fucking care.

[sketching-shark]

LMK fandom: Oh, what do we do about this guy who has nothing but hurt Xiaotian, tried to replace Sun Wukong and his crew, hurt Tripitaka and ordered servants to cannibalize a monkey? Oh I know! We’ll turn him into our little meow meow~ he’s so innocent and Sun Wukong is obviously the villain!

What doesn’t help is this idea is perpetuated by multiple fan fic writers and artists for some reason. Especially some aus they make that turn SWK into a bastard for the sake of the story rather than considering cultural context and thinking they should be respectful.

And almost everyone lets them get away with it just because the art or fanfic is good and they get so popular that no one can point what is actually wrong without feeling like they’re going to get attacked.

I'm starting to feel like my blog is the one anons go to specifically to vent their frustrations about the Six Eared Macaque in his lego monkey show form & the associated fandom lmao. But I guess this makes sense, as I’ve had fun quasi-dragging him before & will in fact use this anon submission as an opportunity to have my own, to put it academically, bitch fest about not just this fandom's favorite protagonist-traumatizing meow meow, but about the way villains are often treated in not just fanon, but increasingly in canon works as well. But same policy as with the last anon; I'll post my opinions below the cut, and as fandoms love to say, don’t like don't read if you don't want to see me dunking on the six eared simian & common fandom tendencies towards villains.

Oh man I would say where would you even begin with this but anon you’ve pretty much started yourself with my main gripe with a lot of ways that the Six-Eared Macaque is portrayed in fandom; there seems to be this unspoken agreement that his acts of violence towards Sun Wukong, Qi Xioatian, and Qi Xioatian’s loved ones are either to be framed as somewhat or totally justified, to be immediately forgiven/excused, or to simply & completely be ignored. Like friends maybe this is just me not seeing the proper posts but while the fandom is inundated with art and fanfics of Macaque as a generally decent individual & a true member of team good guy, I have yet to see one person address the fact that this monkey literally kidnapped & mind-controlled Xiaotian’s best friend and father figures & forced them to brutalize Xiaotian while ol’ Six Ear looked on and laughed (X_X). Like this kind of fandom villain treatment is definitely not something that’s solely at work for Monkie Kid, but it is kind of nutty how fandoms will swing between yelling that people should be allowed to like villains without even mild critique, and then will just flat-out not address the villainous behavior, and will even bend over backwards to frame even characters who committed genocide as just poor innocent widdle victims who need a hug. At its worst, I’ve even seen tons of people in a fandom get really angry at other people who don’t like a villain, and will even start accusing those people of hating real-life mentally disabled or abused individuals all because they don’t like the fandom’s favorite literal war criminal. The Monkie Kid fandom is FAR more chill & better than a lot of other fandoms I’ve come across in that regard, but that is an exceedingly low bar, & the tendency to woobify certain kinds of villains-- as with Macaque and the extreme emphasis on his bad boy/sad boy thing--is very much at work.  

 I’ve also talked before about a kind of monoculturalization of certain character interpretations and story beats in fandoms, and one of the more popular ones that seems to be applied to Macaque a lot is the “hero actually bad, villain actually good” cliche, as observable from the general fandom assumption that Mr. Six-Ears he wasn’t even slightly lying or remembering things through a rose-tinted or skewed lens when he gave his version of his and Sun Wukong’s past. Like at this point it seems the possibility that people WILL NOT even consider is that Sun Wukong never did & still doesn't care that much about the Six Eared Macaque (in JTTW they weren’t sworn brothers & in Monkie Kid the only thing the monkey king really said to Macaque before attacking him was a pretty contemptuous "Aren't you ever going to get sick of living under my shadow?," & responds to his "beloved friend" getting blown up with "You did good, bud" to Qi Xiaotian, who did the exploding), or that their original fight may in fact have mostly been instigated by Macaque. After all, to repeat what this anon summarized & what I've said before about their original JTTW context (& in an example of the things that do feel like it's often lost in translation) is that the Six Ear Macaque was a villain not just because he beat up the Tang Monk, but because he wanted to take over Sun Wukong's entire life and identity so he could have all that glory, prestige, and power for himself. To quote the macaque himself from the Anthony C. Yu translation, "I struck the T'ang monk and I took the luggage...precisely because I want to go to the West all by myself to ask Buddha for the scriptures. When I deliver them to the Land of the East, it will be my success and no one else's. Those people of the South Jambudvipa Continent will honor me then as their patriarch and my fame will last for all posterity." And in order to do this, the Six Eared Macaque had apparently made Sun Wukong's "little ones," his monkey family, his captives through either trickery or force, and gotten a number of them to take on the appearance of Tang Sanzang and the other pilgrims. It's also made clear that in very direct contrast to Sun Wukong, he doesn't care about these monkeys beyond how they might serve him. In fact, after Sha Wujing kills the monkey posing as him the Six Eared Macaque not only all but immediately replaces him with another, but also "told his little ones to have the dead monkey skinned. Then his meat was taken to be fried and served as food along with coconut and grape wines." So this monkey is not only willing to risk the lives of a lot of other monkeys for his own personal benefit, but is also a literal cannibal. And yes yes, I know a lot of people have argued that Monkie Kid shouldn't be considered a direct sequel to JTTW & that's fair enough (for example, Sun Wukong probably shouldn't be smashing anyone into a meat patty in a children's cartoon lol). And of course, it needs to be noted that there are a buttload of really out there & really cursed pieces of media based on JTTW & that were created in China. Yet the above description is the oft-ignored in the west original facet of the Six Eared Macaque's character. And it is this selfishness, entitlement, and treatment of other individuals as tools for his own self-serving ends  that is, from where I’m standing, still very much present in Monkie Kid. Like besides repeatedly going out of his way to physically and psychologically traumatize Xioatian, with the last episode Macaque seemed to be going right back to his manipulative ways. I’ve seen people frame their last conversation as Macaque softening to Xioatian a little bit, but personally that read a lot more like that common tactic among abusers where even after they’ve hurt you they’ll dangle something you want or need over your head (in Macaque’s case, the promise of desperately needed training and information about a serious looming threat), with the implication that you’ll only get it if you do what they want you to, such as, in this case, Xioatian going back to Macaque as his student even after having been so terribly hurt by this monkey, which would give Macaque power over Xiaotian and probably Sun Wukong as a result. And it is this violence and manipulation that it seems the fandom at large has tacitly decided shouldn’t even be addressed, instead leaning more towards a (and this is an exaggeration) “Six-Eared Macaque my poor meow meow Sun Wukong has always been bad & has always been wrong about literally everything” reading. 

And while it is the case that I am not Chinese and feel that as such it would be best left to someone who actually comes from that background to provide more context into how common interpretations of the Six Eared Macaque from China may clash really badly with the stuff the western fandom creates, it also must be noted that, as much as we all want to have fun in fandom & in spite of all the out-there versions of JTTW from China, we westerners should recognize that there is a very long and very ugly history of western countries stripping other cultures’ important religious and literary works for parts & mashing them into their own thing while implying or even insisting that what they present provides a true understanding of the original piece. And while I trust most individuals in regards to Monkie Kid are able to step back and think “this is a lego cartoon and not a set guide for how I should understand JTTW” (especially given the insistence that JTTW and Monkie Kid should be considered there own separate works) there does nevertheless seem to be something of a tendency to take the conclusions people come to, for example, about Sun Wukong’s characteristic in his lego form & then assume that’s just reflective to Sun Wukong as a totality. I imagine a good portion of this is due to people not reading JTTW & especially to not having easy access to solid information or answers about JTTW’s many different facets (like geez awhile ago I was trying to get a clear answer on what is considered the most accurate translation of the names of Sun Wukong’s six sworn brothers & got like 5 different responses lmao), but that tendency to take a western fandom interpretation & run with it instead of doing any background research or questioning said interpretation is still very much at play. As such, & as made prominent in the way people have been interpreting the dynamic between Sun Wukong and the Six Eared Macaque in the lego monkey show, tbh it does seem kind of shitty for western creators & audience to sometimes go really out of their way to ignore all of this original cultural & narrative context for the sake of Angst (TM) in Macaque's favor, demonizing Sun Wukong, and shipping the monkey king with his evil twin (X_X).

And speaking of which, even beyond the potential inherent creepiness & revulsion that can be inspired by this specific ship given common interpretations of the og classic's original meaning (again, it's my understanding, given both summaries of translated Chinese academic texts I've been kindly provided with, my own reading of the Anthony C. Yu translation of JTTW, & vents from a number of Chinese people I've seen on this site, that the Six-Eared Macaque is commonly interpreted in China as having originated from Sun Wukong himself as a living embodiment of his worst traits, hence why only Buddha can tell the difference between them & why the monkey king is much more slow to violence after he kills the macaque), I'd argue that in the face of all the uwu poor widdle meow meow portrayals lego show Macaque is, especially if you include JTTW's events, still in the role of “Sun Wukong but worse” as he is very much a violent & selfish creep. Like he was basically running around in JTTW wearing a Sun Wukong fursuit, but there he had the sole reason of wanting to replace Sun Wukong wholesale so he could have all the good things in the monkey king's life without actually having to work as hard for them. But if you combine that with Macaque now claiming that he used to be best friend with Sun Wukong in his pre-journey days (something that's made funny from a JTTW context given that that status actually belongs to the Demon Bull King lol), his original violence has now blown into this centuries long and really unhealthy obsession with the monkey king. Like he's apparently gone from wanting to literally be Sun Wukong to being so obsessed with getting revenge on Sun Wukong that he's got basically nothing else going on in his life. Like he's only appeared in two episodes but...does he have any friends? Any family? A career or even a hobby that DOESN'T center the monkey king? Anything at all outside of his "get revenge on and/or kill Sun Wukong/use his successor as my personal punching bag” thing? Like dude! That is extremely creepy and extremely bad for everyone all around! As I’ve said before, this seeming refusal to see beyond the past or to do something that doesn’t involve Sun Wukong in some capacity is a trait that makes Macaque an interesting and somewhat tragic villain--he even seems to be working as Sun Wukong’s reflection in a mirror darkly, with lego show Sun Wukong pretty clearly not being able to heal from his own past which is hinted to be defined by one loss after another, and with Monkie Kid even kind of having these two characters somewhat follow their JTTW characterizations in that in the latter half of the journey Sun Wukong often gets sad & starts crying in the face of what seems insurmountable odds (& Monkie Kid Sun Wukong does seem to be hiding some serious depression behind a cheerful facade), whereas the Six-Eared Macaque retains a worse version of Sun Wukong’s pre-journey characteristic of getting pissed and lashing out if things don’t go his way--but it’s also what would make any current friendship or romantic relationship between these monkeys horrific. Although to be fair even the fandom seems to recognize this in an unconscious way, in that a lot of the art & fanfic seems to swing erratically between them kissing & screaming at each other in yet another example of bog-standard fandom adulation of romanticized toxic relationships lol.  

At the end of the day, of course, this is nothing new. You'll find versions of this dynamic across a ton of fandoms and now even canonical work. And as such, I can only look at this kind of popularized relationship dynamic with a kind of resigned weariness whenever it pops up, & my frustrated question with the popularity of this kind of pairing is the exact same one that I have for a multitude of blatantly toxic villain/hero ships, given common fandom discourse & the tendency to either ignore or justify the villain's actions & demonize the hero: if you're THAT convinced that everything is the hero's fault, if you believe THAT much that the hero is the one in the wrong for the villain's pain and their subsequent actions, then why are you so set on them not only becoming a romantic pair, but framing this get-together as a good thing? Like I know we contain multitudes but that's waaay too many contradictions for me to wrap my head around. And it definitely doesn’t help that one branch of underlying reasoning behind this kind of pairing seems to be the ever-present “you break it, you fix it” mentality, where the assumption is that if you’re in a failing, abusive, and/or generally toxic relationship (platonically or romantically), if you put in enough time and effort & attempts to compromise, you’ll be able to restore/have the relationship you dreamed of, even with someone who hurt you really badly. And this assumption isn’t limited to fandom: I’d even argue that it’s everywhere in the culture, hence why a lot of people feel like they “failed” if they have to get a divorce or make the choice to leave an unhealthy friendship. Personally, I feel like people could really benefit from more stories about how it is not only the case that the people you hurt don’t owe you their forgiveness & you can still become a better and happier person without the one you hurt in your life, & that while it can be really hard it can also be a good thing to leave a relationship, even if it’s one that once meant a lot to you. 

  But in all honestly, from my own perspective this kind of pairing is starting to read far less like enemies to lovers and far more like a horrible fantasy where you can pull whatever shit you want, even on the people you "love," & never be held accountable for your terrible behavior or even have to consider that maybe you were in the wrong. It's another facet that makes me larf every time I see people insist that fandom is an inherently "transformative" or "progressive" form of storytelling like friends you are literally just taking status quo toxic monogamy & rebranding it as somehow beneficial & romantic (X_X).

But as to anon’s last frustration, it is hard to know what is the appropriate response with this kind of thing...like for my own part I’m keeping my frustrations to my blog & now increasingly to posts that you would have to click on the “read more” button to see what I have to say, but I totally get the hesitation to give even a mild critique to big names in a fandom. Like I've now seen it happen repeatedly where someone who has a big name in a fandom will make something that's kind of shitty for one reason or another, someone will message them with some version of "hey, that's kind of shitty, you shouldn't do that," and the typical response is either to blatantly ignore the issue completely, or more popularly to make a giant crying circus that seems deliberately geared towards stoking emotions on both sides of the, for example, fiction does/doesn't affect reality issue so that something that didn't even have to be that big a deal gets blown out of all proportion, with the big name often framing what often started out as a very mild critique into a long crying jag about how the initial response to their kind of shitty thing was so mean/cruel and they're just a poor innocent & that YOU'RE the true racist/sexist/bigot etc. if you don't agree with their opinion. It must of course be noted that there have also been numerous instances of people taking it too far the other way & sending not just big names but smaller creators literal deaths threats over stuff like innocuous ships which like holy hell bells people that’s a horrible thing to do. But for the big names at least, the end result of all this fighting is usually that once the dust has settled they have more attention/fame/money/power in the fandom than before, and with anyone who might have a problem with their stuff feeling afraid to voice their opinion lest they be swarmed by that person's fans. In that way fandom does often seem to increasingly be geared towards presenting an “official” fandom perspective about various facets of a piece of media instead of allowing for a multitude of interpretations, and with criticism, no matter its shape or form or how genuinely warranted it may be, being hounded out of existence. I feel like a lot of this could be made less bad if there wasn’t this constant assumption & even drive to think that a different interpretation of or criticism of your favorite work of fiction or your fanwork isn’t a direct claim that you are a thoroughly loathsome individual (& maybe also if people cultivated an enjoyment of learning things about important works from a culture outside their own, even if what you learn clashes with your own initial understandings), but I guess we’ll see if that ever happens. 

So these are my general thinks about the Six Eared Macaque’s current fandom meow meow status & some of my bigger gripes with fandom tendencies as a whole. I stand by my idea that the most interesting & beneficial route for Macaque moving forward would be a kind of “redemption without forgiveness from the ones you hurt” arc--as I think was done pretty excellently with the character Grace in Infinity Train--and if for no other reason than gosh dern this monkey really needs to cultivate some sort of identity beyond his “Sun Wukong but worse” persona. 

[funkymbtifiction]

Hello!

I fill in this ask because I wanted to react on the ongoing discussion about "the mbti obssession". You may recall that I myself filled in a few asks for help on your blog.

I am in a similar position as the other poster (except I'm 25 now and it doesn't go to the extent that it makes me wake up at night): I keep having identity crisis about my mbti and/or enneagram type, reevaluating everything, trying new ways to rationalize and get to the ultimate truth about my type. But a few days or hours later I find myself dissatisfied or ill at ease with my new found type and here I go for another cycle.

So why are you leaping up to reconsider? Is it possible that instead of focusing on what fits you, you are zooming in on what doesn't work or doesn't apply to you, and using that as an excuse to rethink it? If so, those are 6 attachment behaviors. "I can't stay here, because this one thing doesn't make sense... I have to get to the truth!!"

I would say instead of focusing outward, you need to start asking questions about yourself -- why you can't let this go, why you aren't satisfied with your answer, why you are second-guessing it, why you never settle on anything, and if that tells you something about your type. Typically, the people most incapable of finding themselves in this system turn out to be ENPs who can "imagine" that they fit any type that they think they are, who live out that fantasy for a hot minute and then start imagining themselves another way -- when in reality, they don't know functions well enough in a practical sense to identify it in themselves (skim reading and assumptions and filling in the blanks and rushing to a premature conclusion is the problem with them) or in other people. Inferior Si retains no details and can come up with zero evidence that isn't vague/unspecific. Is that you?

I know the system and read about it for about 4 years now. I successively typed myself as INFJ (a classic coming from 16p), INFP, ENFP, ENFJ, ISFP, ESFP, ENTP and as 8w9, 9w8, 9w1, 2w1, 2w3, 1w2, 3w2, 3w4, 6w7, 7w6 (the order is not chronological). A friend who read a book about enneagram says I'm a 8 with no doubt, my roommate who knows mbti always compares me to xSFP or ENxP characters. People on the internet said I was ENFP, ESFP, ENTJ, ESFJ, ENFJ.

Both not finding the truth about my type and the fundation of the system frustrates me. I can find evidence for each function axis. If you asked me 3 years ago I was persuaded to be introverted and an intuitive. Now I question literally anything, but I try not to bother people with it too much. Sometimes when I get frustrated enough I end up questioning the system and its construction in itself, which is objectively questionable. I have obsessions about various stuff frequently, but it's "not like that" usually, because it's about things that are external to myself. The reason it frustrates me so much is that I work as a medical resident, meaning extensive work hours and I end up "wasting" precious rest time on mbti overthinking. It kinda makes me angry that I don't use this time to get better at playing the guitar, or at climbing and dancing, because like everyone my time on earth is limited. I haven't find the exact reason of it, my guess right know is I use that to reassure myself that my type, being in my nature, will automatically get me the life I want or that I use it to control myself and my behavior. Which is bogus in both cases as mbti never had a real use for growth personally. Actually this last point frustrates me also.

If it's adding nothing to your life, and causing you angst -- dump it like an abusive ex and never look back. Knowing your type isn't going to get you a date or a job or make your life amazing. You will have to do that for yourself by being proactive and going after the life you want. MBTI is just a facet of who you are and you will "be" your type even if you can't 'see' it.

Go learn to dance, play the guitar, and climb! Let it go.

[7ban-sama]

for posterity

I need to document this interaction that happened between me and my wife in bed that I think about all the time now, because it really surmises how we can rile each other up. WE WERE doing our usual thing, laying around and fawning and giggling about fandom with one another, having some sort of discussion about JSHK specifically.

we were sort of roundtabling potential scenarios for what the keys nene gets from amane are for, and like i have an inexplicable delusion that nene is going to time travel one last time and use those keys to enter a pivotal scene. namely, like, running in and witnessing the yugi twins’ murder first-hand. whether it’s like just as it happened or in the aftermath, just as amane is going to kill himself, w/e, we’re just sitting there talking about it.

and in my mind’s eye, i see it like... nene has a moment of haunting eye contact with amane, while tsukasa is deceased beneath him, clearly having just been murdered. and i tell avvy my thought, about the prolonged eye contact. but avvy is like “see i was envisioning it like [the scene in hannibal with] garret jacob hobbs, where he goes ‘see? you see?’ *avvy doing a ghoulish impression*” and—

in saying this, avvy totally rips me from my immersion, and. okay so, when i imagine stuff, it’s kind of “happening to me” very easily, I feel as though i’m in the scene, so i uncontrollably react to suggestions of events. you can think of it like, in detailing events, i start experiencing them in real time, even if i don’t like what’s happening. i cannot control this. you could describe to me that i’m eating a spoonful of peanut butter and i’m like mm yes yummy yummy ^^ and then you could say the spoon is now full of spiders and i’ll like panic. so.

in this case, avvy saying this line, immediately made the dead tsukasa in my mental image, like 1. blip out from under amane to propped up in the corner somewhere instead 2. open his eyes despite having just been dead, and speak in a scary ominous voice at nene (whose POV i am gazing through). 

so. my reaction to this, visceral scary nightmare vision, was just to let out a tiny scream, like, [kinda muffled and quiet cuz we’re in bed but still high & sharp] AaaAAaaAHHH . and then, immediately in succession, avvy let’s out a tiny scream in mirror to me, because she got frightened by her own concept that she just created. 

so literally we’re laying there in bed like SCREAAAA!!! and clutching and comforting each other over the scary images in our head like wahhh. mwah mwah nuzzle nuzzle shoosh shoosh. it’s just soo cartoonish and funny, that it could happen like that...

[viscountess-sharma]

I was just thinking out loud. I feel people who are saying we should have patience and not attack the cast and crew etc. They have to understand that the fandom has been patient so far. They've complained about the problematic PR but time and again they've again put their faith in the show runners.

If say the PR had been bad initially and they'd course corrected after fan complaints, people would have moved on.

But they keep repeating the pattern and other groups come around condescending to the unhappy fans that you need to keep patience, we still have xyz more weeks, you're over reacting blah blah. I am tired of people invalidating the genuine frustration of fans by constantly making excuses and putting the showrunners on some pedestal beyond criticism or reproach.

Sorry about the long rant but at this point I feel tired of the same group of people going around muzzling any dissenting voice by trying to shame them for feeling or voicing their unhappiness.

If the showrunners can't take criticism, the show will not improve and the unhappyfans actually want to see it succeed. The only thing that will save s2 now is the fact that Kathony are fan favs and Jonny and Simone deserve all the success in the the world!

Peace✌

I totally understand you and this is exactly how I feel too.

It all started with that ew interview which was totally a dumpster fire (expect of course the newton part cause it was too cute) not to mention them giving the lamest of the lamest reason about not getting the leads for the shoot. Then the triangle thing. When it was feeling like the dust was settling around that we got the posters. It made everything worse.

Personally I was really hoping we'd see a poster with Kate ,Edwina and Anthony, given that Edwina being the biggest kathony shipper I really wanted that (It would have made more sense if Kate stood inbetween Edwina and Anthony tho). Also where is mary? I wish the Sharmas got their own poster.

I know that the book and the show are not the same and we can't expect them to follow the book line by line. But can you imagine how weird it would look if that was the book cover? Cause It is totally irrelevant to the book plot.

Atm I'm trying very hard to convince myself that they are saving the main couple poster for the tv tie in cover release.

This is the only season we'll see both simone and jonny getting huge media attention. Though they'll be in the next seasons it won't be the same like their own. Take phoebe for example we didn't see her in any of season 2s promo content and they didn't even include her in the posters after even after first seasons huge success. So kathony fans have every right to demand this.

I am very disappointed at kathony being constantly sidelined in every official promo content they drop. It is so exhausting. Like can't they even give us a poster featuring the season 2 leads? It's so tiring that we have to beg them for literally everything.

I don't really expect you to understand this if you are not a kathony fan but may be in years when your favourite couple get the same treatment you will. I'm really hoping they won't repeat the same mistake again with other couples because I don't want any other actor to experience what Charithra went through. She unfortunately got caught in to the middle of this between the fans and the pr person.

Also I'm sick of people asking us to be patient. Like we've been very patient all this while. Fans have every right to voice out their valid opinion cause Netflix/bridgerton are hugely benefiting from them too.

Speaking of season 2 Jonny and Simone are going to raise the bar so high and season 2 is going to be absolute flames!!! 😌♥️✨

You are always welcome to rant in here!

[let-this-ship-sink-already]

Followers Mean Money and Exposure

From the words of Jennifer Aniston who recently stated that casting is made now by followers on social media than talent. Ever wonder why Zendaya was pushed to the front for Dune? Why she was pushed as the star of a Spider-Man movie when literally no one sees those movies for Mary Jane Watson? And now why she was recently tagged by the uncharted film poster when she was not even in the film at all? It is all down to her follower count on social media. Right now, the industry is banking on that for good turn out at the box office. While it may help, the implosion of Space Jam should be a warning sign that it does not equal box office success. Spider-Man was actually a good film, as was Dune. They would have been hits without pushing her to the front. I think when they crunch the numbers, they will see that. But the reopening of the theaters put producers in a panic. And her team saw an opportunity. Trust me when I say that this showmance made a lot of money, not just attention. It tied her to the public interest because it gave a story to sell to the press to keep her in the public eye and elevate her so she can use that exposure to try and get high profile parts in more serious films. That is why she was seen cozying up to big named producers and directors who have a long history of Oscar bait films. She wants that nomination or a win. Despite her lack of talent, never underestimate what a good promo team can do. And a nomination is prestige she can carry with her through her career. This is her end goal. So when you see Tom doing his passive aggressive stuff in photos and why she is driving this, just remember why. This is a long term plan being engaged. The problem is she is limited in her talent, and she is boring as hell. They wanted to be seen like the next big celebrity couple, but when has Zendaya the person ever generated that level of interest? Her photos get attention on social media, but her personality? Not much because she as a person is boring. She is not smart, she is not funny on her own, and she is not insightful. She has always relied on the promo game and is very good at it. To get to the level she wants, she needs more. Some of those actors who get nominated are themselves not very famous, but they are interesting, make good choices, and got lucky. Not to say she can’t get it, but I am predicting a Gwyneth Paltrow kind of career for her, but with less talent. This showmance will end when it no longer serves them both. I predict he will want to bolt first though.

***

Good to see you back! ♥️

[outrunningthedark]

HOLY CRAP! JFC! SWEET HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! What was this finale?! I mean SOOOOOO much amazing - like straight-out-of-fanfiction - Buddie content...not gonna mention all the stuff I didn't like....but Tina...Eddie made Buck Chris' legal guardian! Buck staying with Chris during Eddie's hospitalization! Eddie called Buck 'Evan'! which I didn't know how much I needed until now 🙏🙏🙏 in a sense I can't WAIT for season 5....but then again I'm kinda scared seeing some of the writing directions Tim&co decided to take (with TK and Buck) ...even if they are temporary 🤔

SO MUCH GOOD STUFF TO SCREAM ABOUT! 💖 Buck becoming visibly angry and rolling right under the fire truck 💖 Buck lifting Eddie into the firetruck with what seemed to be little effort (I want those bloopers 👀) 💖 "Stay with me, okay?" 💖 "Are you hurt?" *Buck suddenly remembers he's covered in blood* *doesn't want Eddie to worry about him* 💖 The way Buck's anxiety was seeping through his words as he said "We're so close. I just need you to hang on." 💖 "You okay, Buckley?" "No." 💖 The view of the universe poster in Christopher's room as Buck talks 💖 "Your dad is tough as nails. He's a fighter, right?" (Wow, Buck. Does Eddie know you admire his strength?) 💖 Buck allowing himself to cry in front of Christopher once he finds out Eddie's surgery was a success 💖 Buck and Chris literally leaning on each other for support 💖 The revelation that Buck is staying at the Diaz house while Eddie is recovering in the hospital 💖 Christopher teasing Buck about his loud snoring 💖 Buck telling Carla "The team feels off without Eddie." 💖 Buck being angry with himself that he "couldn't do anything to protect [Eddie]" 💖 The kiss being immediately followed up by Buck running to see Eddie and sharing a relieved smile 🥰 💖 Christopher getting to talk to his dad 😊 and Carla reassuring Eddie that she and Buck have everything under control 💖 Buck telling Eddie that Carla offered to have Christopher stay with her, but Buck wanted to maintain a sense of normalcy for him and decided to stay until Eddie got better 💖 "I kinda lost it when I told him you got shot. I should've held it together." BUT YOU COULDN'T. BECAUSE IT'S EDDIE. 💖 "You were there for him when I couldn't be. That's what matters." 💖 "I think it might have been better for him if I was the one who got shot." Eddie: *is annoyed* 💖 Buck driving Eddie home from the hospital 💖 "It's in my will that if I die, you become Christopher's legal guardian." ----PAUSE---- BUCKLEY-DIAZ FAMILY IS OFFICIALLY CANON!!!! 💖 "My attorney said you could refuse." "You know I wouldn't." "Nah, I know you wouldn't." 💖 Eddie made Buck Christopher's other legal guardian knowing his family would probably fight for custody, but he trusts Buck to fight back 💖 "No one will ever fight for my son as hard as you. That is what I want for him." 💖 Why is Eddie telling Buck this information NOW when he changed his will a year ago after almost dying in the well collapse? "Because, Evan. You came in here the other day and you said it would have been better if it had been you who was shot. You act like you're expendable. *audible sigh* But you're wrong." 💖 Buck watching his boys reunite at home Heteronormativity aside... I had a good time! BT becoming a couple just as Tim is being less than enthusiastic about EddieA*a makes sense, annoying as it is. Now it's Buck's turn to be involved with someone else while Eddie is on the outside looking in. Although, given what has transpired in the last 24 hours, I am not expecting the Buckley-Diaz boys to suffer as a result. Their interactions will carry a different vibe now that Buck knows he's basically Christopher's other parent. Girlfriends come and go, but that family is forever.

[hangekitty]

Tea for 3

Erwin x Levi x gn!Reader Headcanons

Scenario: the three of you decide to open up a tea shop together

Warnings: none!

Genre: fluff! Polyamory

Universe: Modern AU!

A/N: it’s a little short, but it’s definitely sweet. These headcanons have been on my mind a LOT and I just had to write them down. I feel like I mostly write polyamory stuff (even my private work is like 70% polyamory) but I am working on monogamous relationship stories as we speak! Should I keep writing polyamory? 🤔

First of all, it was Levi’s idea to open up a tea shop, even if he doesn’t want to admit it. He had first brought it up out of curiosity to see what you or Erwin thought. It wasn’t brought up again till Erwin found a little shop that was up for sale, to which Levi pretended not to be excited; in truth, if Levi was better at expressing himself he would have been jumping up and down with pure happiness.

Levi will probably need some convincing to actually go for this opportunity. I can see him being a little insecure as to whether he deserves such a chance at this; so hearing the two of you, the people he loves most, give him so much affection and encouragement he couldn’t refuse.

You three spend long nights together designing the interior and exterior of the tea shop; going for a sleek botanical look with a hint of rustic charm.

You were the creative of the three, designing the logo and even the menu; Erwin would be like 😧 being super impressed with your talents. He is very good with his hands in the DIY department, but can barely draw a stick figure!

You decide to call the tea shop Ackerman & Co. (as much as Levi tried to argue against it, it is of course his dream and thought it would be a lovely gesture of yours and Erwin’s love towards him). Needless to say, Levi loved your reasoning and eventually accepted it.

The three of you visiting the store before buying it, Erwin ever so vigilant with his questions. From “Is there a persistent mould problem” to “are the neighbours noisy?”

Luckily it seems things are perfect, the store is located just off the high streets but close enough to attract some wandering customers. A little detail I would like to add is that the store is close to a cathedral and one of Levi’s favourite things to do (especially at night) is to open a window and listen out to the bell chimes.

“Is it big enough for your bed?” The answer to that is yes! As you insisted that the three of you share a King size bed (although Levi doesn’t sleep that often as it is, he still enjoys the company) you worry that the living space may not be enough. Don’t worry, Erwin sized out the place; he measured the entire flat above the shop out with only a measuring tape.

You ask Miche, Hange and Moblit for help when it comes to building up the tea shop! From painting to decorating, Hange goes a little overboard with the plants, but it only adds to the charm. “Who the hell is going to water all of these?” Levi groaned, “don’t worry love, I will” you reassure him, he will of course make you keep a diary so you can keep an eye out and record watering times!

Erwin insists on adding a bookshelf into the shop; this means that customers can read whilst they are there, even setting up a weekly book club! You also suggest keeping a spot out for a book exchange, keeping an on-going flow of new content for the regular customers.

Before you officially open the shop, Kutchel (Levi’s mum) visits with a gift; it is a large kettle decorated with a giant green bow to ‘baptise’ the place (also came with a bouquet of flowers because she is a sweetheart). “I am so proud of you baby”

Levi won’t cry, but he’ll cry

Let me just say, Kutchel adores the two of you and is so proud and glad that Levi has people in his life who adore him as much as his mother does (although initially explaining polyamory to her was a challenge, she just didn’t understand at first! But she supports and loves you once she grasped the concept!)

The first day of opening was BUSY. Little did you three know, but Hange had invited EVERYONE they knew and even going up to people in the streets to come to the opening.

The most confident was Erwin, he was the main spokesperson in announcing your new place. Levi barely spoke, mostly to contain himself from just crying out of happiness. So to keep his strength, he will hold onto your hand all night, giving it tender squeezes if he started to feel overwhelmed.

Levi would be the manager, mainly working on the teas and coffee orders, Erwin is most definitely the baker, making muffins and cookies and all sorts! You were the waiter/waitress but you also had your hand in baking and/or tea making when it was needed!

You put up a message board in the main room so that customers and/or friends and family can leave post-it-notes on the board. Most of the notes you get are compliments of the establishment, but you will get the occasional “I love Erwin/Levi/Y/N” notes from your loved ones; those notes you keep up forever. - if ever you get any missing cat posters, Levi will make it his mission to look for said cat.

Levi insists on getting WIFI, but Erwin annoyingly will point out the large bookcase, stating that books are enough. He does eventually give in, but will purposefully set the password annoyingly long and complicated for the sake of being petty. The password would look something like L1v1nYNrmYl0vr$

You notice that Levi spends more time in bed with you three! He has definitely settled down a lot more, feeling so much joy that his dream came to light. You and Erwin of course enjoy the extra person to cuddle in bed.

Frequent visits from your friends, Hange will bring their laptop into the cafe to finish their thesis or other scientific reports; they would quite literally spend all day there and will sleep on the sofa if they could get away with it. - you do at least have a spare bedroom so if Hange stays too late, they have a place to sleep.

Levi putting out cat food for the local strays, a cute little quirk you only started noticing when a dozen cats were lined up outside the back entrance of the store.

The tea shop will of course be successful, so Levi decides to experiment and start his own line of teas. Starting off with the basic breakfast and earl greys and then into the fruity and herbal teas. Once he got his customers approval and satisfaction, he then sells the tea bags (and loose tea leaves) to customers to take home. He calls his tea ‘Teas of Freedom’ (like wings of freedom lmao) which become very popular.

GLASS TEAPOTS; you get to see the water change into beautiful colours once the teas infuse. The most popular being the jasmine tea where the flower blooms when the hot water is applied; Erwin’s face lights up EVERY TIME Levi prepares this kind of tea.

Can you imagine Levi’s face when someone comes in and asks for a Starbuck’s like order, he would be like “HUH???” But don’t worry, you step in and take the order effortlessly; Levi is a tea man, coffee is somewhat a foreign concept to him.

On quiet days, Erwin will come up behind you and wrap his arms around your waist, whispering sweet nothing into your ear and rocks you side to side. This man is so in love with you. He does this to Levi but not as often...mostly because even on not so busy days Levi is busy.

Imagine catching quick little kisses whilst its busy, hugging is one thing but a quick kiss on the cheek is honestly so cute; Levi would 100% get distracted and a lot more clumsy if you plant a forehead kiss on him whilst he’s preparing tea.

EEEEP I hope you enjoyed it!! I love EURI as it is, but being a x reader it meant I got an excuse to write them!