#i literally stopped dead in my tracks irl

[clevercorvidae]

WAIT

the whole thing with that axolotl that fidds got ford recontextualizes EVERYTHING about how he acted about shifty if that happened beforehand oh my god. dude.

while reading journal 3 it did feel kinda odd and out of character for mcgucket to be so dismissive about what was, assumably, a pretty harmless wild animal that they were raising from birth. he just seemed so eager to get rid of him and now im realizing that it wasn't just his typical anxiety about the paranormal but also because Why TF Is Ford Treating It Like A Pet When He Just Tossed Out Frilliam?

can you imagine that? you got your partner who you think has been lonely a cool, rare pet that isnt easy to obtain whatsoever. you come home to find that said pet was unceremoniously released into the river with little to no explanation. and then suddenly hes bringing home a new animal and is acting all paternal towards it as if he didn't just toss out the pet you went out and adopted for him. thats fucked up man.

no wonder he wanted to freeze the little dude so bad. and then shifty fucking ties him up and impersonates him! like cmon! frilliam would never!

[melanated-writersblock]

Confessional - A Yunho Series: Prologue

Seminarian!Yunho x Black!Female!Reader

~ You and your childhood friend Yunho promised to do everything together. But as you got older, things shifted, and you began to feel differently towards each other. Now, Yunho’s joining the church and any emotions you meant to share with him will have to be disregarded. Or will they?

A/N: I'm genuinely struggling because I have so many routes I can take this story and there are so many things that I've thought about including but idk. I don't want it to be all over the place, I want to make sure the story makes sense and reads well. If there's anything you'd like to see happen, I'm always open to suggestions, my asks are open and you can always post a comment! Written with a Black Fem reader in mind but anyone can read!

Content Warning?: Nothing going on this chapter, angst if you squint? A bit of humor, a bit of wholesomeness, BUT you do have a potty mouth🤭

(Disclaimer: I do know how the hierarchy of the Catholic church works irl and this fic DOES NOT reflect that. And if you’re a devout Christian reading this and you’re mad: 1. I’m also Christian (I kinda suck at it though unfortunately) and 2. What are YOU doing reading this? That’s not very Proverbs 31 woman of you🤫)

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How does a little boy who would spend literal hours laying in the grass stargazing, sharing dreams of traveling the world, living life unapologetically, meeting new faces and doing any and everything all at once, turn into a man who’s shut himself off from it all?

With your head bowed, you steal a glance at a praying Yunho in the adjacent pew as your Pastor leads the church congregation in a closing prayer. Your lips curve upward at Yunho’s form. His hands clasped against his chest, body hunched over, forehead resting against the back of the pew in front of him. The same way he’d always pray when you both were little. A creature of habit.

With Sunday Service concluded (finally) you make a b-line for the door as subtle and polite as you possibly can, but the endearing nature of church family wanting to see how you’re doing and what you’ve been up to stops you dead in your tracks, much to your dismay. You rush through your interactions, finding yourself more invested in how natural Yunho looks as he speaks with the Pastor, both laughing at a funny remark one of the Deacons say in passing. Damn him for being so good at this shit. You hug your last inquiring church sister and slip out before someone decides to start asking about your dating life.

The drastic change of temperature from the inside of the warmed church to the frigid December afternoon seizes your body for a second as your common sense and critical thinking comes flooding back to you in an instant…You left your coat on the fucking pew. “You’re shitting me.” your annoyed words of condensation visible in the cold air. You stare blankly between the ground, and up at the overcasted sky, your internal battle deciding if walking back inside to face the music is even worth it.

“Fuck no.”

You straighten yourself up with what little defense you have against the cold, folding your arms across your chest and nuzzling your face deeper into your thick slouched turtleneck as you make your way towards you car near the end of the parking lot. The faint sound of fast approaching footsteps get louder as someone gains up on you from behind. You feel the welcoming weight of your coat cover your back, slipping your arms in to get acclimated to the warmth of the garment as quick as possible.

“Now, you and I both know that wasn’t a good idea.” Yunho now joins you, walking in step but still a little winded from the run. “I wasn’t trying to go back in there to get bombarded by them.” You both continue towards your car, “Come on, it can’t be that bad.” “Yeah it kind of is.”, “How so?” “Really?” “Well, I know but I was just wonderi-“ “Look babe, my relationship with God isn’t as tight as yours, and I’m sorry that I don’t get as much of a kick from being in church as you do” you fish your keys out of your bag to unlock your car, “not like I used to, at least.” Yunho opens the driver’s door waiting for you to get in, his eyes downcast in thought. “Then, why do you come every Sunday?” you sigh, defeated, “Not every Sunday, I only go when you’re back in town.”

You don’t know what inspired him to do it, but there was some sort of paradigm shift when you both hit puberty that made Yunho change the trajectory of his life. One minute you’re up all night watching tv and playing video games, doing each other’s class work, planning to go to the same university, get matching tattoos, share an apartment together, get careers in similar fields so your jobs can line up that way you probably end up at the same workplace, use your paid time off and sick days at the same time so you can travel and go on vacations together…he even bought you a fucking bracelet.

He bought matching fucking bracelets.

He said gold compliments the warm glow of your skin.

He got his in silver.

He never told you how much it cost, anytime you asked, he was always avoidant.

Feeling a familiar sting in the brim of your eyes, you steal yourself for a moment.

One minute it’s all this, the next, he’s going off states away to some Christian University bible college. Then when you think the war is over, he turns right back around and goes to fuckin’ seminary school to become an ordained priest. You didn’t quite understand it, but whatever makes him happy you guess.

“Whenever you tell me you’ll be back in town I come to church to see you.” “But we still hang out even outside of church? I don’t get it.” “Oh my God Yunho, just don’t worry about it.” somehow, he got you to laugh at the situation. You put your keys in the ignition as the car hums to a start. Yunho finally closes your car door, leaning on your newly rolled down window. “Do you still want me to come by later?” He earns another laugh from you, “Why do you keep asking questions that you know the answer to?” “You’re acting like plans can’t change, what if you actually had to do something!” “You know I’m not doing anything later though!” “Okay but what if you-“ “Don’t piss me off.” “Alright,” he smirks, backing away from the vehicle as you reverse out of the parking space. “Text me when you make it home safe.” He calls out as you pull out of the church parking lot, the rest of the congregation finally starting to file out of the sanctuary. Yunho smiles to himself, heading to his vehicle to leave for the day.

To be continued…

YALL OMFG the way I STRUGGLED just to get this out!?!?! Anyway I’ve decided the interactions will happen in time jumps and the tag I use for Yunho and what he’s been ordained as will reflect that.

Also, please be active. If you like the story (and you would like the other chapters to see the light of day) please let me know. Share your thoughts and stuff, you can comment and my asks are always open! And reblogs do a whole lot more than likes!

- Lai✨

[cyboppy]

I had a dream last night and part of it had msm. quick note this is kind of disturbing of you don't like voidcorn and I guess body horror (nothing super extreme) oh and light gore for the lack of better word and mentions of heart attacks but nobody dies or even has a heart attack it's just idk

there was a new big green dof island full of faceless woolabees faceless edamimis faceless mammots a single faceless pongping and also voidcorn was there. it was the only thing making noise it was just the demented dream track and the laughs from the fuckin majin sonic thing I can't remember the name and this song was playing distorted in the background but it didn't have bass or drums it was just the. instrument that is the loudest

also I think the faceless monsters all tried screaming like you could tell they were trying to speak but voidcorn wouldn't let them

then the words TACHYCARDIC ARRHYTHMIA!!! TACHYCARDIC ARRHYTHMIA!!! TACHYCARDIC ARRHYTHMIA!!! TACHYCARDIC ARRHYTHMIA!!! TACHYCARDIC ARRHYTHMIA!!! TACHYCARDIC ARRHYTHMIA!!! HEARTATTACKHEARTATTACKHEARTATTACKHEARTATTACKFATALHEARTARRYTHMIAFATALFATALFATLHEARTATTACK went all over the screen from voidcorn like an emergency broadcast on the tv and I started yelling at my tablet for them to stop because while it was yelling about my heart the woolabees on the island just started dropping dead and i think the pongping accidentally. uh. ripped it's face off and fainted (specifically I knew they didn't die for some reason) so I'm really creeped out in the dream at this point and also panicking because my heart was actually beating pretty fast and it hurt (in the dream not irl lmao)

then the camera zooms in on voidcorn while I'm still yelling and they reach their one of their hands out of the screen and grab my chest and they take my heart but for some reason I didn't react to the fact voidcorn. literally stole my heart of my chest then so they go back to the island

and I'm finally able to leave the island so I do and continue playing normal dof like I'm not actively bleeding out. and crying from being terrorized before

[reaperkaneki]

top five most surreal moments irl that only stuck with me the way they did because im a terminally online otaku clown:

the week my workplace kept getting prankcalled by some dumbass kid asking if we had pikachu hentai. thus resulting in me having to explain what hentai is not once, but twice, to two of my white women managers who are both grandmas and barely know what anime is. then the little shit actually came into the store and asked me directly, and in a fit of rage i had a gamer moment, told him to leave, and threatened to kill him. he nodded, understanding, and then proceeded to walk his ass to the front doors, whereupon he paused, took a deep breath, and yelled at the top of his lungs, can i get some pikachu hentai, and left.

the last time we hit the karaoke bar at a jp-style place where there’s also private rooms available. it was not our first bar of the night, so we were slightly buzzed, and walking in, three of us stopped dead in our tracks. because hold on. i know this song. what the fuck is this song. and we look up at the tv and the lyrics are in jp except the last line weigh anchor wait holy shit is this motherfucker singing the fucking? kancolle opening? yknow? the ww2 imperialist japan shipgirl series? (also i always thought that line was wake up but in retrospect weigh anchor makes sense i guess). (they’d queued up cruel angel’s thesis right after and fucking struggled so i actually did take pity on them and sang the first verse up through the chorus because i do actually know the lyrics to that one and i’m better than them. even w/o a mic.)

the day right after our local anime con while i was still completely exhausted because i’m an idiot who never remembers to request monday off, where i was, in typical customer service fashion, chatting up two guys in the weeb section of the store, and they let slip that they went to the same con, and i accidentally let slip that i had also attended, which is like. fine. normal. except they asked what i cosplayed as, and anyway long story short i think perhaps we should invent technology that will automatically teleport customers away from an overall sfw retail establishment if they have seen a worker’s ass in fishnets. (it’s fine, they weren’t like. weird about it. but dear god. mortifying ordeal indeed.)

when my bf and i went to a ramen place and i suddenly, before even sitting down to eat, felt violently ill and had to run to the restroom to puke. and as i was kneeling there, on the tile, bile surging up my throat, i realized i recognized the song. and it was neither a jpop song nor an american radio song. it was. from fucking rwby. and as i reached for the paper towels, there was also, conveniently, a mouthwash dispenser. with little disposable cups. (this was in an american mall, btw.)

when my bf and i went to a different ramen place (smaller, local, used to go there often) and we sat down to eat, and jpop is fine and normal and expected here, but what i did not expect was the tv broadcasting not sports, but esports. they were playing the fucking overwatch league? what. why. literally why.

[goldentsum]

━ thirst post with idol! reader - libero ver + yamaguchi

CHARACTERS: nishinoya yuu, yaku morisuke, komi haruki, komori motoya, and yamaguchi tadashi

GENRE: more like simp-y themes, crack

AUTHOR’S NOTE: heyyy~ i’m back! what better way to come back than posting the most awaited libero ver for idol! reader ehe~ this is a little something to forget i was even away lol UNEDITED AS ALWAYS CUS I’M FOOKIN LAZY

setter ver. | captains ver. | middleblockers ver. | wingspikers ver. | spin-off ver. | spin-off 2

━ nishinoya ♡

our rolling boy is a little enthusiastic when the subject change to you, well he changes it to you every time, that his friends just nod and goes along with it because when they tried to change the subject, noya literally growled at them--

noya would probably tour around the world to just see you again in your concerts and meet and greets- you know him because he’s the enthusiastic fanboy who just gaped at you in awe the first time he saw you face to face in your meet and greet then screamed when you shook his hand

this boy drinks his respecc wamen juice all year around but sometimes you just make it hard with your pretty lips and thighs D:< 

[ourqueenandsaviour(y/n)]: iS THIS REAL LIFE?! AM I DEAD? I JUST BOUGHT A ROYALTY TICKET FOR (Y/N)’S CONCERT AND THE PICTURES DOESN’T GIVE MY QUEEN’S BEAUTY ANY JUSTICE-!! PRETTY LIPS, EYES, AND JUST EVERYTHING-!! THE THIGHSS! ma’am where can i sign up as your man? 

━ yaku ♡

rich boy yaku would buy all your merch and will buy tickets to your concerts, ALWAYS ROYALTY TICKETS!

yaku LOVE LOVE your seductive looks! he knows it’s just a concept and melts when you’re off stage and you turn into a soft cuddly baby 🥺 simp

bet that him and kuroo would fight about who knows you better-- yaku prides himself that he knew about what type of brand your charger is... detective yaku is always working hard for you

[sugarbaby(y/n)isTHEconcept]: a big F for people who haven’t seen the glowing goddess (y/n) irl-- ya’ll are missing out. the way she pouts when she talks??? i would kill anyone for her. just say it, my goddess. i will do ANYTHING for you.

━ komi ♡

sucker for pretty girls but for him, you’re the most beautiful woman that has graced the dark world of men

a big F cus he’s broke and can’t see you in your concert or meet and greets D:

SCREAMED when konoha bought tickets for your concert, though it’s gen ad seats, HE’S THANKFUL FOR IT-! When you appeared on the stage and the screen showed your pretty face, he might’ve blacked out for a second there. you were so close yet so far </3

[(y/n)mylight]: THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS GLORIOUS DAY-! I MIGHT’VE LOST MY VOICE FROM ALL THE SCREAMING BUT FOR (Y/N)? I’LL DO ANYTHING!! she still look so good even when she’s sweating i--- may i lick that off, ma’am?

━ komori ♡

soft boy #1

just loves you so much! he knows he doesn’t really know you personally but can anyone blame him when you’re so sweet and funny PLUS YOU’RE SO PRETTY D: 

he lives for the comeback when you had that black short skirt paired with black fishnets <3 he short-circuited AND COULDN’T FATHOM HOW ANYONE CAN BE SO SEXY AND CUTE AT THE SAME TIME

[softgirl(y/n)enthusiast]: i know it says soft girl (y/n) enthusiast in my username but E-GIRL (Y/N)??? SHE’S SO PRETTY, I COULD CRY RN! THIGHS FOR DAYS!! wRAP THY THIGHS ON MY HEAD LIKE A SCARF, QUEEN!

━━ yamaguchi ♡

soft boy #2 YAMA BEST SOFT BOY

just like any soft boy, he loves that you’re so soft and sweet! your soft voice when you talk, the melodic chime of your sweet giggle, and the way your eyes just show so much gentleness is making him clutch his heart-! 

BUT WHAT HE DIDN’T EXPECT WHEN HE FELL DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE OF (Y/N) WORLD IS THAT YOU WERE A PERVERT AND HAVE A DARK HUMOR THAT MAKES PEOPLE JUST STOP ON THEIR TRACKS yama is done with you pls. someone help the sweet cinnamonroll goddamn

you: /smirks/

yamaguchi: /chuckles nervously/ i’m in danger

[dualityof(y/n)makesmescream]: can someone please tell our queen, (y/n), to stop and slow down?? BECAUSE MY HEART CAN’T TAKE ANYMORE OF THESE THINGS-!! I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD TIME BUT NO-! (Y/N) HAVE TO BE A TEASE--!! ...the devil works hard but (y/n) works harder, i’m sure of it.

[forestwater87]

Okay, for all of you who don't feel like watching Miles RP as David

Here are some of my favorite quotes. Context may be added if I feel like it. Reactions are my goblin brain screaming. All of these came from a discord so if they don't make sense . . . see goblin brain comment.

(That link should start directly at the point where he becomes David; if it doesn't, skip to 1:40:33)

In roughly chronological order:

David: "Teachers are sort of like camp counselors during the rest of the year."

The thing is David is absolutely up his own ass enough to think this.

David: "Trail mix is expensive!"

^ said to show he understands why not everyone can donate to the charity for teachers. Very adorable, am crying.

David's "ooooh" seeing one dude was extremely non-heterosexual. Fucking bicon. Him losing his mind that one of the arenas is called "Survey camp"

David: "A person's hitting me -- I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry this is just pretend!"

This is just canonically how David plays video games. Either this or he's unwilling to commit violence at all, but I'll defer to Miles.

David: "That's very goat of you!"

Spencer: "Is David popular amongst his campers?"

David: "I like to think so! There's only 3 staff members, so I'm definitely in everyone's top 3."

"That also means you're in the bottom 3."

David: "Well, I choose not to think of it that way."

(I have to keep adding reacts so you can tell when one quote ends and another begins. Judge not lest ye be judged)

I think the other person in the stream is named Spencer. Friend of Miles. I know literally nothing else about him and am not even confident on those facts.

Every time he says something so non-David in his David voice I die: "I have a lot of grenades!"

David: "Oh my goodness, would you look at this beautiful scenery! Can we hike that mountain?"

This is so goddamn cute. I am dying. Miles looked at his fans and said "they will eat tonight" and I am so relieved.

David: "Not to be a couple of Greedy Garys, but I say we get this [care package] and then I'll drop another one!"

The fact that Miles is grinning like a lunatic the entire time is very good. (Also if this is formatted badly then I'm sorry but not all that sorry. I'm doing my best and David would be proud of me.)

David: "Didja getim? Didja getim? didja getim? How 'bout now?"

Spencer: "I didn't get 'em."

David: "Well, you tried your best and that's all that matters."

He calls healing "a little health kiss." I'm not sure why but it's very important to me.

David: [while jumping to murder someone] "Hi! Scuse me!"

(i just need something to separate the quotes okay)

David: "Well you know what gang, we did our best. You don't always win the 3-legged race. You did a wonderful job!"

Then there's a bit where they talk about Spencer's time at summer camp:

David: "ooooh hand-holding's pretty serious!"

David is too pure.

David: [dreamily] "Did you fall in love, Spencer? A summer love?" [puts hands up to his face]

Then there's the fact that David/Miles gets to pick where they play each round, and he keeps insisting on going to the one called "Survey Camp" every single time because it has the word "camp" in it.

David: "Now, I don't like to disagree, but . . . I was thinking we could go . . . to Survey Camp!"

Spencer reminds him that technically since David's the one with the power to choose, his opinion is the only one that matters:

David: "Everyone's opinion matters. And my opinion is we're going to camp."

David just steamrolling over Spencer's interests is very good. There are these little selfish nuggets sprinkled in among the wholesomeness that really capture the full David experience.

David: "Well, he's climbing up . . . he's coming my direction . . . oh, he looks scary . . ."

Spencer: "Is he coming towards me?"

David: "Oooh, I don't know. I'm dead!"

The positivity is relentless. I think Miles said on twitter afterwards that this whole thing was exhausting and I can see why. Being David is no picnic . . .

David: "I have a question: do we have to shoot each other in this game?"

And then a few seconds later:

David: "I'm just wondering if maybe there's a way we can, you know, help others. Talk through our issues."

And a few seconds after that:

David: "I was asking if they wanted to be friends in the game!"

I believe that moved killed him, too. Precious.

Also we're interrupting the real Miles!David content to share something my friend suggested to me while I was watching this and giving her quotes; she said that maybe David just calls everything camp to make life more fun, and then sent me this imaginary exchange that actually killed me all the way to death:

David: Gwen Santos would you go to marriage camp with me

Gwen: I'm going to have to change this story when I tell everyone

It made me laugh quite a bit.

Anyway, back to the video!

Spencer: "How do you sign up for [Camp Campbell]?"

David: "Well, um, you can fax, uh, an application to CameronCCampbell@hotmail.realwebsite.noreallyrealwebsite.com. And . . . you can know that myself and Gwen and Quartermaster and sometimes Mr. Campbell will do our best to make sure they get what they need! Which more than anything is love and support. And friendship."

Spencer: "How many dollars does this camp cost?"

David: "You know . . . it is, um . . ."

And then the conversation switches subjects and David breathes a sigh of relief.

Very shortly after this he changed his character from a woman (she was wearing a yellow shirt, which he liked because the campers wear yellow shirts) to "a Forward Scout with a positive attitude!"

"I like his style."

Spencer: "Does everybody abuse David verbally?"

David: "You know, sometimes people have harsh words. Mostly Max, and Neil, and Gwen, and Quartermaster, and Nurf."

Spencer: "Did you just list almost everyone?"

David: "Mmm . . . I'd say maybe a third."

Poor David. Somebody please protect him.

Spencer: "Yeah, I think people abuse David. I get that vibe. Or at least, I feel it in my heart. Like I wanna put ants in your bunk or something."

David: "Well, I think that says more about maybe some of the hurt you're carrying with you. And sometimes when people don't know how to process that, they act out. Do you want some trail mix?"

David just said his favorite part of trail mix is the raisins which is so cute. "They have a little bit of salt on them, which isn't typical for a raisin."

And he keeps telling chatters to watch their language.

David: "Who is my favorite camper? Aww, you know I couldn't pick a favorite! . . . But I know who has the most potential, even if he doesn't want to admit it."

I KNEW IT!!!!!

I've been saying for years that David doesn't have a favorite and gravitates towards the ones he thinks need him the most AND I FINALLY GOT ONE RIGHT!

David: "Well you know, Gwen swears and that's okay."

shipping intensifies

David: [gasp] "The moss is growing on the north side of the rock!"

Every time he nerds out about weird shit in the game I gain 3 seconds to my life.

Spencer: "Did you get teabagged?"

David: "What's that?"

Spencer: "It's where somebody places their most intimate bits on you for . . . friendship."

David: [softly] "Oh, I don't know about that."

Also David confirms that the whole show has been a single summer, so please see the "vindication" gif above.

David: "I know a lot of fun camp songs."

Spencer: "Sing 3."

David: [starts singing] "Bum-bum-bumblebee, bumblebee tuna, I love bumblebee, bumblebee tuna . . ."

Spencer: "Okay, please stop. I immediately regret this decision."

David: "Max said the same thing! One of my campers. And, uh, and my co-counselor, Gwen."

He's literally made of sunshine. I would die for this fictional man.

Spencer: "Are people at camp against their will? I feel like they are."

David: "No! . . . They don't always like it immediately, but it grows on them."

Spencer: "It sounds like they're there against their will."

David: "Well I just think that's a negative way of looking at it."

FWIW Spencer makes an excellent foil to David. Not as aggressive as Max or as dour as Gwen, but he brings a very . . . like, straight-man energy to the conversation. Like how a normal person would react to David IRL. I'd enjoy seeing these two interact more.

Spencer: "It's like your overpositivity is wanting me to balance it out with negativity."

David: "You know, I feel like that dynamic's pretty popular with me."

eeeeeeee <3

And the last one that I personally found noteworthy:

David: "One day we'll be able to afford safety equipment. Until then, we'll just have to deal with Quartermaster's Ropes Course. And a lot of pillows."

There's point near the last 20 minutes where either it got kinda boring or I just got too tired to keep track. But if there are any quotes you think I missed, please share them! This was a really lovely bit of content to feed our starving maw, and I appreciate Miles very very very much for taking one for the team.

[fific7]

Dangerous and Divine - Part 10

Billy Russo x Reader

Summary: Billy Russo is an itch you don’t want to scratch. But he’s all over you like a rash.

A/N: This does not follow canon, it’s mainly fluff & lemon zest 🍋 In case you hadn’t guessed, this is my ‘Real Love for Russo’ AU. The GIF is from Exposed, unreleased pilot show in case you’re wondering 😌... Billy vibes.

Warnings: 18+ NSFW due to sexual content including oral and unprotected* sex between consenting adults. A little voyeurism. Some drinking & swearing.

*Irl, please don’t go wild in the country without protection.

(My GIF)

His eyes looked huge as he gazed at you, “I, uh... think I’ve fallen in love with you.” He stroked your cheek, “And it scares the shit out of me.”

You realised you must look like a fish, your mouth had dropped open in a big O. No sound came out of it though, as your brain had frozen solid when you’d heard Billy’s words.

He looked at you, worried frown on his face, “I know! I know what you’re gonna say. It’s too fast. I think it’s too fast too! - but I can’t help how I feel. It’s like I’ve run into a wall or something. Can’t stop thinkin’ about you. Wanna be with you all the time. Wanna make love to you all the time.”

You scratched the bristly hairs under his chin, running your fingers through them and into those on his neck. Still trying to think of what to say.

“Uh, I...” you stuttered, thinking ‘good start, “...Billy, I really like you. I’m enjoying being with you, and I’ve definitely got feelings for you. Already. And it scares the living shit out of me too. Not sure exactly what they are just yet,” you smiled at him, and were relieved to see him smile back. “But, yeah, I think I’ll hang around so I can find out. If that’s OK with you.”

He was still smiling, and leaned over to kiss you softly. “That’s more than OK with me. We can both be scared together.” Your arms went round his neck, your lips dotting little kisses onto his eyes, his nose, his cheeks, his lips. “Yeah - let’s do that.” His eyes were still closed and a happy little smile had appeared on his face.

Oh, and Billy?” Dark eyes opened slowly and looked at you, “You know how we didn’t use a condom?” A tiny little frown on his brow, “Yeah?” “There won’t be any mini-Russo’s running around, don’t worry. I’m on birth control.” He chuckled, “Okay, I suppose that’s good to know. Wouldn’t have been a problem if it did happen, though.” You burst out laughing, “Really? Not a problem for you, so you say, but have you thought about how it might’ve been a problem for me?”

He sat up a bit, “Well... no I guess I didn’t. Would it be that much of bad thing?” You lay down and stared up at the ceiling. After a moment or two of silence, you hummed and said, “Well, having kids is not in my immediate life plan, but I’m not ruling it out.” Billy perched his chin on your shoulder, and you turned your head to meet those deep dark eyes again. He grinned, “Okay, I hear you. Guess it’s not in my plans right now either. But I have to say, we’d make beautiful babies.”

You smiled, “Maybe... but you still aren’t getting me pregnant and locking me in the kitchen!”

Billy had just laughed, giving you more of the puppydog eyes.

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After Billy had finally enjoyed a very pleasurable joint shower the next morning - he’d been fantasising about that ever since that time she’d locked him out of her bathroom - he’d dropped her at the Chelsea café before heading out to Anvil. He had a huge smile on his face as he thought back to the two of you playing around under the warm water of her rainfall shower, having immense fun and indulging each other with erotic pleasures.

But then his smile faded a little bit. His mind had moved on and was now playing over their conversation from the previous evening. Should he have told her how he felt? Not that he’d meant to, to be honest, but his sex-drowsy brain and loved-up mindset had let his mouth just blurt it out. It wasn’t like he was lying or anything, he’d just not planned for it to happen that way or at that particular time. She hadn’t said she was in love with him, but he was very pleased that she’d actually admitted she had feelings for him, which was good enough for him for the time being.

He was making his second cup of coffee by the time Frank arrived, so made him one too. The two buddies lounged back in their chairs, sipping at their caffeine hits, and Billy started catching Frank up with the dramas of the previous day, who listened with an increasingly amazed look on his face.

When Billy got to the bit about Madani’s visit to Anvil and what she’d done as soon as she arrived, Frank swore out loud and said angrily that he shouldn’t leave it like that, he should report her. Billy sighed, “Now’s not the time, Frankie. My girl’s got the right idea, she wants to wait till the case is done and then we’ll see. Madani’s crazy mad enough right now without us stirrin’ up more trouble for her.”

Frank grumbled, “Even more unhappy havin’ to work with her now. She’s a loose cannon.”

Billy shrugged, “You know we don’t have a choice, Frankie. And it was my dumb idea to lead her on in the first place.” He looked over at him, “This hotel meet tomorrow should bring this whole fuckin’ thing to a close.”

Their case was coming to a head. There had been shady goings-on back in Afghanistan when the two friends had been in the Marines, involving black ops and drug-smuggling which had led to Madani’s then-partner getting killed, and Billy getting his Anvil funding from CIA bad guy Rawlins. He was dead now too. And Madani was determined to get his remaining accomplices, one way or another. Homeland was using an undercover agent to lure them into a trap with the promise of selling them video and phone tap evidence, and Homeland had agreed to work jointly with Anvil on it.

Frank and Billy had insider knowledge which was crucial to keeping the undercover agent safe from discovery. They were originally arrested after the gun battle which ended Rawlins’ life because Anvil had muscled in on the confrontation between him and Homeland, and Frank had killed Rawlins in the course of it. Once the remaining two accomplices were under arrest - tomorrow hopefully - Homeland had promised Billy and Frank that all pending charges against them would be dropped.

Frank frowned, looking like a huge irate teddy bear, “It better,” he said darkly.

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You were immersed in paperwork, but your mind kept wandering. It was a busy little bee. All the stuff that had happened yesterday... it was a lot to take in. Madani’s two visits to you, her full-on assault of Billy, and then... Billy and what he’d said. Yeah, those three little words.

You could tell by his eyes when he’d said it that he’d surprised himself. At least he was as scared as you were. Did you love him? Really not sure. You definitely had feelings for him, that was for damn sure. When Madani had told you she was seeing Billy, you could have cheerfully murdered her. And again, when Billy told you what she’d done to him.

He’d told you this morning that in all honesty, if you hadn’t been in his life, his prior persona would have just let her carry on with it. You’d appreciated that he was being completely truthful with you, about that and also about stopping her in her tracks. He’d actually seemed quite shocked about how she’d behaved. And really not looking forward to seeing her again.

But he’d also told you that the case should be coming to a close tomorrow, and he couldn’t wait for it to be done and dusted. He also said he had a surprise for you which he’d tell you about tonight.

A smile crept onto your lips as you thought about seeing him that night. He was going to pick you up at your place and then head over to his, as he was cooking you dinner this time.

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Billy was flitting around his kitchen area, tea towel over his shoulder, wooden spoon in hand, picking up and moving pots and pans around his cooker, and basically just being a domestic god.

You were sipping wine, sitting at his kitchen table and watching this vision unfold in front of you, as you’d been told that you weren’t allowed to help. He looked edible, never mind the food - which smelt delicious. Billy was making pasta with meatballs in a tomato sauce, joking that it wasn’t quite as fancy as the lunch you’d made for him. And he’d also sliced fresh crusty bread with some olive oil and balsamic vinegar alongside for dipping.

“How’d it go with Mizzzz Madani today?” you asked, drawing out the “Ms” mockingly, dying to know what had happened. You could hear his sigh from where you were sitting. He looked over his shoulder at you, running a hand through his hair and frowning as he did, “Uhhhh... how can I put it? Really. Fuckin’. Awkward.”

He turned back to the food steaming away on the cooker top, continuing, “She just literally glared at me for the whole briefing. Like if she’d had knives with her, they’d all be stuck in me right now. Didn’t speak a word to me the whole time.”

“You know, Billy - that really fuckin’ annoys me! She’s the one who created the whole situation.”

Again a sigh, “Well, like I said to Frankie before the meeting, it was my dumb ass that thought leadin’ her on was a good way of getting her to keep us in the loop.”

“Yeah, you’re right but listen, she escalated this beyond reason when she stalked me and jumped you! You know what, Billy, once this is done and you and Frank are free and clear, I’m going after her ass.”

Billy started dishing up, chuckling as he did so, “That’s my girl!” “Billy, I reckon she thought I’d crumble when she marched into my café with her power dressing and big shiny badge. She picked the wrong person to piss off!” Strolling across to the table, Billy put the two plates of food down along with the cutlery, leant in and kissed you long and slow. “Mmmm,” he grinned, “yeah, she really did!”

His eyes softened, and he whispered, “I love you.” “Oh Billy,” you whispered back, and kissed him. Then you drew back, looking down at your dinner, “This looks and smells amazing!” “Stop changing the subject,” he grinned, sitting down and starting to eat. “Now that I told you, I’m just gonna keep saying it to you, and one time you might say it back to me!” You stroked his jaw, dragging your fingers through his beard, “You big sap.” He nodded, “Uhuh.”

“Now, tomorrow...” he continued, “...we’re finishing this thing. Can’t tell you details, but we’re gonna be based in one of the big hotels downtown. I’ve booked a room. Can you bunk off work to spend some time with your boyfriend? Sexy times in a fancy hotel room before he goes on his mission... and afterwards?”

You smirked, “Might do. If he makes it worth my while.” Bigger smirk from him, “He will, you can bank on it.”

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Billy had dropped you home after dinner; he had to head back to Anvil as he, Frank and their team needed to get prepped for the next day. You felt quite giddy when you realised he’d taken time out just to make you dinner. Maybe you did love this guy!

You texted Jake & Jen to say you’d decided to take the next day off, but they could of course get in touch with you if need be.

Jake: No problem, have a great day off 😌

Jen: Lucky you!!!! 😉🥵

You laughed at Jen’s reply, cheeky woman! She’d guessed exactly what you’d be up to on your day off.

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Packing an overnight bag after you’d showered and dressed very early the next morning, you made sure to include some pretty lingerie. Billy was in for a treat.

Speak of the devil. Your phone chimed with a new text.

Your Boyfriend: I’m outside your place, my angel 😘

You: Do you have to be on time, all the time? 🙄😌

Your Boyfriend: Ex-Marine, darling 🥷😉😘

You: OK big boy, I’ll be down in 5 😘

Your Boyfriend: 🍒🍆😈

Twenty minutes later, you were driven into the hotel’s underground carpark in Billy’s SUV (no Wraith today!) and he asked you to wait in the car until he came back for you. Once he returned with the keycard, he took you up to the lifts via the fire exit stairs, so you wouldn’t have to walk through the lobby. Very cloak and dagger, you thought.

The hotel room was very fancy indeed, all boutique hotel chic. You’d just put your large tote bag down beside the bed, when two arms grabbed you, spun you round and threw you onto the bed. Billy nuzzled into your neck, making low growling sounds. His hands got busy unfastening your shirt, so you started on his, both of you kissing each other’s skin wherever you could reach it.

Billy groaned, “Angel... sorry, this is gonna have to be a really quick thing, m’nearly due to get kitted up for this fuckin’ op.” “That’s okay,” you gasped, “just get your clothes off, Russo.” He grinned, sitting up on his knees and stripping off his shirt, followed by his boots, jeans and CK boxer briefs. You were just lying there, eyes drinking in that fine body of his, until he took hold of his erection and gave himself a few strokes, stiffening even more. That snapped you out of your trance, and you sat up and stripped off your clothes quick as a flash.

You and Billy then kind of leapt on each other at the same time, and you found yourself tumbling backwards again onto the huge bed with Billy on top of you. He slid two fingers gently inside you before finding your clit and rubbing at it hard with his thumb. He was kissing your neck and then your breasts, licking your nipples roughly, making you give little squeals.

His fingers left you, and you felt him move his hard cock between your legs with his hand. He pushed inside with one big thrust and you gave a big, deep sigh at how good he felt inside you. Hearing Billy sigh out your name as he buried himself in you, you thought you also heard a click. Billy was kissing you hungrily and had started thrusting into you at a pretty fast pace. All thoughts of anything else went out of your head.

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Dinah Madani had calmed down quite a lot over the last 24 hours.

She’d drunk herself into oblivion when she’d got home after leaving Anvil, and had to sit through that excruciating briefing with Russo and Castle the next day nursing a raging hangover. Did she regret what she’d done? Any of it? No, she didn’t.

To put it mildly, she wanted Billy Russo, and had thought she was going to get him. While she knew that she’d lost her head over him, that she’d looked so desperate when she’d jumped him in his office, she really didn’t give a shit. Madani had decided to take a shot at getting him back, and she’d taken it.

It hadn’t worked. That had really surprised as well as humiliated her. What did that bitch have that she didn’t? Anyhow, yeah - he’d kicked her to the curb, so she was just going to have to take it on the chin and move on. Not that she was happy about it, and easier said than done.

She’d decided to hunt Russo down in his room and go over some last-minute details with him. And if she was honest, maybe see if being in a hotel bedroom with him changed the dynamic any. The hotel manager had given her a master keycard as she was Agent-in-Charge of this undercover op. She was going to go in unannounced she decided, well she was the boss on this op after all. Maybe Russo would be in the shower, she mused to herself, with a pleasurable thrill.

As she opened the door and walked in, about to call out his name, what she saw did not please her in the slightest. Billy Russo’s naked tight ass thrusting up and down, him sighing and groaning out loud, lying in between a pair of legs, and she could just guess who they belonged to.

Wanting to turn round and get the hell out of there, Madani found herself rooted to the spot. It was like car crash TV... she just couldn’t bring herself to look away. So, she stood there and just watched.

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@blackbirddaredevil23 @galaxyjane @omgrachwrites

[sad-boy-hank]

Kso, [tucks hair behind ear] because i might be simping for an 8ft roided out humanization of mr. clean's dead grey ballsack (Mr. X). I'm just gonna ramble ab an resident evil mpn au real quick (I've only played 1 through 5 bare with me I Want to kiss vamp lady but im broke);

aahw starts out as a pharmaceutical company that decides they should prepare and strengthen the subject vessels before stuffing the s3lf energies back in but this ends up with rapidly mutating zeds roaming nevada. Phobos just sees it as potential personal bonuses for when he finally figures out how to apply it to Gestalt but without his crimes against grunt morality coming to bite him in the ass.

I don't have the heart to make Christoff or Hoffnar play the roles of Annette and William Birken as much as I'm in love with the idea of Tricky being a tyrant variant he's going to have to be his own feral case, likely trying to stop Crackpot from injecting himself with a bioweapon variety when having enough of a cat n mouse game with Sanford n Deimos (taking on roles of Claire and Leon, respectively).

Crackpot is selfish enough to take on the role of William Birken so he gets B.O.W. rights. as a treat.

Hank (Mr. X, my Detested. wasted too many grenades on him only to find out post chapter that you can't fucking kill him on the lower levels) is sent to destroy any lasting evidence of the Company's previous projects outside of making vaccines and cough medication, this includes the S.P.D. (I suck at coming up with names for the madcom universe so I just use actual places in nevada </3 sparks city police department, will not be based on the irl buildings though bc they don't fit the madcom aesthetic). Which deimos had just recently joined, the night of elimination being his first day. Now, Hank was going to kill him but Sanford got a lucky shot in and ended up shooting off the chip on the side of Hank's head that kept them on track with the Organization's orders. He doesn't ever forget his original orders and wants to complete them on his own but the moment San yells at them to drop Dei they listen. San took off the radio so he must be their new handler right? Now Sanford and Deimos have a B.O.W. that no so secretly wants to kill them but prioritizes their orders as long as it's never too off track from his original.

Sanford was just lookin to visit his family for the first time in forever, Deimos was just living his silly little life. Now they gotta worry about escaping a more than usually hostile environment and hopefully figure what the fuck is going on. If when they get out they're goin out for mcdonalds gil's.

In Christoff's mission to stop Phobo's projects from causing any more harm and attempting to find a way to cure Hoffnar, (who he assumes is still in a freezer to prevent the infection to progress in ways that'll make recovery impossible) finds himself working with a leech operator (Sheriff gets a little Jill Valentine RE5 treatment, </3) in charge of getting rid of anyone who attempts to leave the state/ccounty?? to get information on who is where and who he has to confront in order to save the world and his fiancé

I can't decide if I want Church and Jorge to be leech queens or two tyrant variants like Hank just working under Sheriff's care? Yeah I'll go with the second [: defective n rowdy tyrants but they'll listen to their weak ass supervisor because she's just a silly goofy gal that shove parasites down people's throats sometimes and gives them kisses on the forehead.

idk what to do for doc yet but if literally anyone reading has suggestions I'd be happy to sit!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I JUST WOKE UP BUT HNGH <3333

[mintchochipkookie]

Yet another thing that Toph and Zuko have in common: Have their symptoms/coping mechanisms/guards they put up around themselves due to their trauma misinterpreted as “lol angsty murder child” when if you actually paid attention to their characterization for five seconds you would find that they’re both deeply compassionate and empathetic people.

Okay, this one is kinda personal to me. One of the major reasons Zuko and Toph are my faves is because I relate a lot to the more broken and insecure parts of them. I have a really nice family and I owe them so much, so I’m definitely luckier than either of them. But I also recognise that they’re not perfect people, and sometimes they’ll do this to me too. Pigeonhole me as the short-tempered emotionally stunted one, even when they know that’s not true because they’ll seek me out when they’re upset. The thing is, almost every character on ATLA is a direct result of their upbringing, I actually do think the show did a pretty good job of giving them layers and tying all of that back to their individual pasts. And also since this was meant to be a children’s show, they would stop dead in their tracks and flat out tell us the more nuanced aspects of their personalities, in addition to intermittently dropping in scenes that allow us to stitch the full picture together ourselves. That’s why these hot takes are so alarming to me. I KNOW that in real life that’s what people do, but this show spells it out for us. Humans are all too eager to take everyone they meet at face value and shove them into distinct little boxes. So Sokka is the dumb comic relief, Katara is angry brown girl, Toph is shallow and aggressive, and Zuko is emo bad boy. It’s infuriating. They are all these things and more and even those surface-level assessments hold so much merit in the context of how each was raised.

I don’t think I need to get into the Zuko thing again but I don’t talk enough about how much I love Toph. She’s the only one who reacts logically to every situation in Book 2. She has so much empathy for people, and she’ll just befriend random old men. She loves her friends so much and is so scared of losing people. She rejects traditional femininity because the way she was raised, it was almost oppressive and as a blind girl aesthetics hold little meaning for her. But as she grows closer with Katara she learns to accept a different way of thinking, she’s not just a little misogynist as people like insisting. She consoles Iroh, Zuko, and Katara at different points. She makes an effort to understand where people are coming from. Funnily, I think with Toph, there’s a little bit of sexism behind the way people interpret her, because god forbid women be multiple things at once.

I think both Toph and Zuko have a lot of growing moments and were both rich kids who didn’t get the love they wanted from their parents. They are extra empathetic because they know what it feels like to be misunderstood and underestimated. Zuko’s journey focuses a lot on this, and I think we forget that Toph experienced the same stuff, albeit on a smaller scale. There was that post about abused kids being hyperaware of other people’s emotions, and there are countless moments where both of them show an insane amount of compassion for other people. Heck, Zuko’s whole arc is spurred on by the fact that he cared too much about their soldiers. This is literally Zuko’s whole thing jfc. Idk I’m having a hard time explaining myself without getting too personal, but I’m just tired of people boiling everyone down to one primary character trait and dismissing everything else that makes them a good and interesting person. This is by no means limited to the ATLA fandom (example: the HP fandom loves doing this shit too) and is very much a real and damaging thing that people to irl as well.

[ziggyzagreus]

do you have a favorite piece of music from the game? what about a favorite level? (tartarus, asphodel, etc.)

OOH this is such a good one!!!

Music is really important to me, as well as one of my favorite parts of the game, so I don’t have a particular favorite, there are so many things I like about each piece. I will list the ones that actually made me stop and listen the first time I heard them, though!!

I also listen to these when I write and study 😳 I have an entire Hades-themed playlist on Spotify that includes the actual OST as well as songs I listen to that make me think of the characters...

Anyways!

The opening title, “No Escape.” The first time I heard it was when I opened the game and I almost crapped myself, it was so cool. Every time I open the game, I always have to wait till 00:08 for that first base line because that shit hits differenttttt at 2 am on weekends which is when I play this game. 10/10 good shit.

“Lament of Orpheus,” the first song we hear Orpheus actually sing... It’s so beautiful, and I’ve always personally loved the actual myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, so hearing that in such a haunting tune tugged at my heartstrings in a particular way. I’ve heard some people find Orpheus’ voice annoying???? But I really love it. It sounds like mist. It’s terrifying in such a heartbreaking way and very fitting for his character.

“From Olympus,��� or better known as “that song that plays when you find Patroclus and he’s muttering about his lost husband.” I love the cadence of this piece because it’s very fitting of Patroclus’ vibes - it’s downtrodden, paced and methodical, there’s a tune to living in it, but it lacks any jarring beats that the other tracks have. I feel like it really encapsulates Patroclus’ dead inside vibes and I love that for him tbh. Very mellow, very chill, very soothing in my opinion.

“Good Riddance,” both Eurydice’s solo version as well as the duet with Orpheus. Again, the first time I heard it, I was absolutely stunned that they had like - good songs with lyrics in this game, so I just stood outside her door for 2 minutes to hear the whole thing. Every time I meet Eurydice I stay to listen to her song before going inside. If you guys can’t tell from my Icarus OC Fic, Eurydice is one of my favorite characters because of how motherly and calming she is. I feel so safe in her presence, and that’s not an exaggeration - even IRL I get a sense of peace when hearing her sing. This song is also in my Crying playlist on Spotify, as it hit me in a personal emotional spot as well as a Good OST spot.

“Final Expense” holy shit, Charon’s theme HITS DIFFERENT. It has like - a dual effect on me. On one hand, I get the same feeling from it as I do Eurydice’s song - I feel very safe and content listening to that tune, and I feel very safe in Charon’s shop. This piece is in one of my “so you’re crying about school and need to calm down and feel safe” playlists, it’s just got that wholesome effect on me. But it also makes me want to go fuck around in a Spencer’s store with my friends, or go to an arcade, and I love that too.

“Final Expense (Payback Mix)” AKA Charon Drip. That shit hits so hard. I love it so fucking much and I fucking love fighting Charon in Erebus anywaysssssss

“Hymn to Zagreus,” if you guys can’t tell, I love Orpheus’ voice so much... and I love the legend of Zagreus anyways!! This song is just so fucking cool and brings so much new edge to the story and Zagreus’ origin (as well as his connection to Dionysus like holy heck aahHHHhhhHHhhHh) i love it sooo much

“Last Words” I LOVE THANATOS SO MUCH. The first time I heard his voice I had to put down the game to process how much I loved him, and so I associate his theme very much with that experience. I love the harpsichord in it, and how the theme itself is very different compared to the other tracks - it has a lot more modern instrumentation, as well as just a generally different and more dangerous, energizing vibe to it and I love that so so so so so much.

“The King and the Bull” I don’t have much to say on this except Theseus and Asterius is my favorite boss fight so I just love this track haha

“On the Coast” I just.... I cried the first time I reached the surface and once again, I associate this tune with that experience. And the sunrise and the snow, just... wow. Just wow, you know? Also I can’t tell if that’s an oboe or an English Horn but I think it’s an english horn - either way I love double-reeded instruments. (Or if it’s a soprano sax then good on them, I have so much respect for sop sax players)

“In the Blood” is just.... so good. And Orpheus and Eurydice duetting hits me in the feelings so hard. I also love this song because it brings so much explanation to the game as a whole, like - Zagreus is the fucking life of the Underworld and that has SO many deep connotations that I have pages on pages of headcanons/thoughts written out about... it’s so cool... wow. Just wow, you know? Also that lyric “Run all you like from the place you belong...” is such a haunting line, it just - wow. Wow. WOW.

I realize I just went on a full rant about most of those pieces to the point that I just started typing “wow” to make up for not having words, but music is very very important to me so I think about it way too much... Anywaysssss.

As for your second question, I do have a favorite level!! Elysium!!

Tartarus is really fun for me because it’s not very hard, and I can just smash through all of the chambers... Asphodel is SO irritating because of the magma, and there’s this one chamber that is literally ONLY witches and it has island terrain and the witches always float out over the magma, so you can’t get to them unless you go out there and it’s just SO FRUSTRATING. I love the aesthetic of Asphodel but hate playing it.

And I hate the Temple of Styx just because of stupid poison and stupid rats. It’s just - not my bag. 

Elysium though!!! It’s bright, it’s pretty, it’s super challenging with the levels of foes you face there, and I love seeing Pat and I love fighting Theseus and Asterius!!! I love Elysium so much... ALSO I love seeing my Good Shade!!! Every time!!!! My love....

Thank you so much for the ask, this was super fun!!!!

[can-of-pringles]

So I just finished the first episode of Double Feature

Here are my SPOILER FREE thoughts:

Nice new intro, not my favorite, 'cause it's a bit bloody (I don't think that counts as a spoiler?)

I guess that means there will be two intros this season.

Ooh, Evan Peters is a producer! Nice! Good for him. (I don't know if he was for any of the previous seasons but I don't think so?)

And Sarah Paulson is executive producer. Cool.

I really love Finn's and Lily Rabe's characters so far.

Nice outro music

and then here are spoilers under the cut

The daughter is such a trip, she's so morbid lol.

The place on the deer looks like my dog's wound /j (don't worry my dog is fine, she's taking medicine for it)

OK, the deer pull away jumpscare got me.

"It looks haunted." I got Murder Mouse flashbacks.

They found you on Instagram, offered you to stay 3 months to redecorate the house? Sounds kinda weird ngl.

Red lights do be spooky tho.

I'm getting flashbacks to the grocery store Ally scene ;-;

OMG Sarah's first scene ok- O_O

Me trying to write fanfic.

Fox on the beach what will they do?

YO THE FOX GOT SNATCHED.

I love Finn as a dad (I know he is irl but you know what I mean)

Can I get some noise-canceling headphones? plz.

VOLDEMORT?! /j

Ok fr he is scary ;-;

THAT WAS WAY TOO INTENSE

"You didn't Google that BEFORE we got here?" Oh she's smart. I think I'm going to like her.

Oh no no no no NO TAPPING ON THE WINDOW UH UH

ALMA JUST GET YOUR PARENTS PLZ

Is this is Spongebob essay writing scene? /j

Alma, why do you know that? This kid omg

*makes a 'he's a runner, he's a track star joke*

Oh... what a nice surprise on the beach /s

*sees dead bodies* "Oh let's have a date tonight!"

Yeah I really don't think this is a good parenting choice but... whatever.

Well at least Alma won't be alone now?

I THINK WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE SONG OMG I'M SO EXCITED.

Ooh yeah get it I guess

Ok fr it was fine, Evan and Frances were good. I do prefer when Evan sang in Freakshow though.

The bald guys outside the window are so unintentionally funny 💀 they look like they're doing Thriller.

I think I'm going to be an Austin Summers simp.

What do you mean by that Sarah... (I hope that wasn't a joke that just flew over my head but who knows)

BOOM

Austin what was that accent lmao

BALD GUY IN THE HOUSE

Yeah I would immediately move back home I don't care how good the business opportunity is.

It's ok Harry you did what you had to do

Sarah nooooooo

Ok I know this season is about sirens but really it just gives me vampire vibes

Karen literally eating garbage 😃

3 hours... for what...

Not being honest with your daughter... great /s

Oh ok so they're actually smart and wanting to leave unlike Vivien and Ben

"Come in you sad pathetic soul" UNCALLED FOR

Oh wow this is way darker than I thought it would be

Karen how and where did you steal a baby

ALMA stop being stupid

Austin how did you get his number??

Austin: come over

Harry: I can't rn

Austin: I got something to cure your writer's block

Harry: 🏃‍♂️

Austin wearing rings <3

He really is just emo Gallant isn't he

AUSTIN WHY DO YOU HAVE TO SAY THE WEIRDEST THINGS 💀

Harry I promise you there's better ways DON'T DO IT

Jeez Ursula

HARRY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[sukifans]

How are you today! I wanted to ask how you got into writing fics? Cause I've always wanted to try but I have no clue where to start.. - 🍓

i’m doing pretty good and i hope you are too!! i wrote my very first fics way back in 2012 when i ran an instagram account for hp (before jk r*wling was on her public terf bullshit) so i’ve been writing for a reeeaallly long time. i really enjoyed reading, and then i was like hey i wanna be in this universe, so i wrote myself into the universe (literally made an oc with my name for my first fic). back then reader-insert wasn’t really a thing people did (at least in the fandom circles i was in) besides short imagines so i wrote character x oc pretty much exclusively. eventually i wrote almost exclusively for the marauders so that’s what almost all my old fic is for. i stopped posting fic in like 2014 and stopped writing fic altogether in like 2015/2016...

and then i watched atla over quarantine and the worldbuilding made me froth at the mouth and i was like shit i wanna write again?? my first fic petrichor is with an oc because i was super not used to reader fics until i accidentally stumbled upon the zuko x reader tag and the rest is history pretty much. i originally started this blog just to keep track of the fics i was reading but then i actually started posting, so here we are now! cringe culture is dead so i am embracing my old hobby of writing fun things with comfort characters bc it brings me joy, especially when other people like it and derive joy from it. my old stuff is absolute garbage of course but writing consistently pretty much every day for like 3 years made me an excellent writer as far as technical stuff—all my hs english teachers constantly praised my essays and i excelled in the english sections of every standardized test i took. it’s a little embarrassing to tell irl people but hey it’s the truth

if you want to start, i say start! even if you don’t post it, it’s a fun and productive hobby to pic up and in eight years you can look back like wow that sucks but i’m glad i did it. i still have a friend i talk to like every day that i met through instagram in 2013 and we’ve never met in person but i consider her one of my best friends. you can form a lot of really great, meaningful connections with people through fandom that can last far beyond your investment in that piece of media. personally, i get ideas by writing outside of what’s presented in canon because it gives me a lot more wiggle room for creativity, ie modern aus (one of my favorite things to write) and post-canon (or pre-canon in the case of the marauders for hp). fanfic for me is a way to play with characters that i love, so i like trying to work out the core of their personalities and putting them in different situations once i figure it out

so go for it!! if you post you might not get a lot of attention since you’re just starting and since the fandom has died down since the “renaissance” over the summer, but i still think it’s worth it 😊😊

[citrinekay]

What are you predictions for season 3, and what would you like to see happen? Anything particular in terms of Holden and Bills character development?

Oh, good question! I’ll try to answer this as to what I *realistically* want to happen, not what my fanfiction brain wants lol

Predictions: 

The big question mark at the end of S2 is obviously Bill and Nancy’s relationship. I don’t see them reconciling, and I find it far more interesting for them to follow just how a divorce would affect Bill personally and also Brian’s future. I’m sure everything with Brian’s situation would complicate a divorce and custody agreements. I’d also just like to see more development of Brian in general since he represents that foundational aspect of the show which is nature vs. nurture. Are killers born or made? And at what point in a person’s development can an intervention be made to stop them from progressing into something worse? I think him being taken out of that nuclear family environment and thrown into the emotional instability of his parents separating would really increase that pressure. At the same time, this might be a wake-up call for Bill. He might not be able to save his marriage, but it might persuade him to try harder to be a better/ more involved father to Brian. (Not that he doesn’t already love his son, but he openly admits to Nancy in 1x7 that he has trouble connecting emotionally to Brian.)

As far as the BSU is concerned, I think they were really angling towards bringing Jim Barney into the team in S2 so I would love to see more of him! There’s a whole chapter in the Mindhunter book about Agent Jud Ray (who I believe Jim is based on) and how he was one of the first black agent in the department. Wendy’s initial conclusion about his race interfering with the study was obviously proven wrong in the Pierce interview when Jim makes more headway in the conversation than Holden. Atlanta was the big case that really launched the BSU in real life as well, and I imagine they will be much busier between interviews and requests for consults so they’ll need additional help in S3 to keep on track with the study! 

Cases I’d like to see them work on the show: The Trailside Killer (irl, John Douglas predicted that the killer would have a severe stutter! That chapter of the Mindhunter book was so fascinating to me because he explains how he got to that conclusion and makes it sound very simple when in reality it takes someone who is extremely skilled at studying behavior to predict such a thing. I can just imagine Holden laying that out in his profile and all the locals going 😮😮😮) Robert Hansen (he abducted prostitutes in Alaska, took them out into the wilderness, and hunted them like wild game with a rifle. The police actually got his name from a victim who survived and it turned into more of a cat-and-mouse game to actually prove he was the real killer rather than a whodunit!)  Larry Gene Bell (he killed a young woman named Shari Faye Smith and then proceeded to call her family and torment them for days before revealing that she really was dead.) These are all detailed in the Mindhunter book, which I totally recommend if you like the show and are interested in the psychology of profiling. I would also love to see them at some point get into the Green River Killer, but I think that would come later perhaps in a possible S4 or S5. That was the case during which John Douglas fell ill with encephalitis that nearly killed him and almost ended his career with the FBI. I can see them leading in that direction with Holden’s panic attacks and his disillusionment with his own beliefs/techniques, but I think a gradual build-up towards something so drastic would make it even more interesting!

As far as character development is concerned:

Holden: For him to question his techniques! We see the parallel of the dirty shirtsleeve in the end of 2x9 that hearkens back to 1x1 in which he’s questioning their procedures so I think it’s a natural conclusion that he might be wondering whether he is doing the right things or following the right logic. I would also like for them to go more into the panic disorder storyline (which they completely dropped after like 2x3 😐) Another moment I found interesting from the Mindhunter book was that Douglas was both censured and given a commendation within months of each other for different things that happened with the Atlanta case. He admitted it made him question his role within the FBI and whether or not they actually valued his work - a point which comes up again later with the Green River Killer and his encephalitis. Basically, he was so overworked (almost 150 cases at one time) that he was stressed out to the point of illness. Holden started out with that “blue flamer” mentality and I would love to see that broken down and turned on it’s head a bit. Of course, it goes without saying that I want him and Bill to fix their relationship and be close friends again. I know them arguing is good for tension and drama, but I miss the days when they shared good-natured banter and worked together seamlessly 😞

Bill: like I mentioned above, his family situation is going to be a trial by fire. He’s been married for a long time, and says that he doesn’t know what he would do without Nancy. How would he work through the divorce? How would he adjust to bachelor life? How would the stress of that situation affect him in his work? I can see a lot of repressed feelings, anger, and sadness in his future :( He isn’t one to talk about his personal issues at work or complain when it’s becoming too much. I would love to see his friendship with Wendy continue to be a lifeline to him during a difficult period. And obviously, for him to repair his relationship with Holden. 

Wendy: For her to get back with Kay!!! She’s such a pro at studying human behavior, but Kay was right in the break-up scene - Wendy’s issue was with herself, not Kay. She judged Kay for the kind of person she has to be to her ex and her son, but is also keeping her identity as a lesbian separate from her work. She needs to work on herself a little bit before she can revisit that relationship. Even though she was out in Boston, I think she still has issues with her sexual identity that she needs to resolve and find peace with. I’d also like to get more backstory on her. We know virtually nothing about her aside from her past in Boston. It would be pretty cool to see her back in interviews, too. I’m not sure if Ted would be down with that or how it would happen, but I loved the two interviews we got with her. She’s so brilliant, I want to see her in action more often 💕

aughh sorry this got so long!! lol I could literally go on forever, but I’ll stop right here. Thanks for the ask 💕

[dabistits]

im super conflicted abt hawks atm but i was thinking abt his parallels with shigaraki and i was wondering kinda why there's a difference between wanting 'redemption' (i dont think this is the right word but i cant think of a better one 'want better' maybe?) for shigaraki but not for hawks? is it bc he made a permanent decision to kill twice as essentially an agent of the state?

Just to preface, I don’t think I’m objectively right for just wanting Hawks to eat shit immediately in the next chapter. I’m just complaining because a lot of people who “love both Hawks and Twice” and “think Hawks was wrong, but…” are hard to get away from without going in the other direction toward a group of people who have shitty fandom behavior, whose opinions about the Hawks/Twice situation are (unfortunately) much closer to my own. I don’t think there’s necessarily a “correct” way to feel about Hawks, but I feel differently than a lot of people I see around (who, ironically, are the ones insisting that there’s a “correct” way to feel about Hawks), and that’s frustrating. I want to be done with Hawks. I don’t want him to get any more focus in canon, I don’t want to see more posts about how Hawks committing murder is an indication of inner turmoil instead of him choosing a side, I don’t want to keep running into posts that tack on “but Hawks is also sad/a victim” in discussing what’s pretty clearly a tragedy for Jin and the LOV that Hawks was completely and 100% solely responsible for.

But, yeah, sure. I’ll also explain what I think is the difference between Tomura and Hawks:

1. Part of it is emotional and not logical for sure. I love Jin a lot. He embodies the person who has faced incredible adversity, and still comes out on the other side ready to love and open his heart to others, moreover to protect others. I’m not like that at all, but I think it’s very admirable. So in that sense, it hurts on a personal level to lose him over anyone else, and I can’t not associate that with Hawks, since he’s the killer.

2. Jin is a significant death. The nameless minions that Tomura has killed (many of whom were active “Quirk supremacists”) don’t mean anything to me compared to Jin, and?? Through the lens of narrative, I think that makes Tomura more forgivable, because I genuinely have no interest in there being any plot “resolution” with, like, the dead anti-mutant cultists, because I just do not care about them.

3. Tomura, especially early Tomura, has threatened to go places that are unforgivable, like leaving All Might’s students dead and forcibly bringing Bakugou over to their side (whatever terrible procedure that may have entailed). The difference is that the narrative never actually allowed him to cross that line by actually killing the kids, who we do care about as characters, so while the intent in itself is pretty awful, he was never allowed to complete the action that would take him over to the point of no return. Hawks, however, did cross the line by killing someone who we care about and who is narratively established as a “good person,” who even Hawks concedes is a good person.

3. a. I don’t like the MLA ideologically and I don’t like the decision to have the LOV team up with them. But, again, their takeover plan has been stopped in its tracks, which I’m actually fine with to prevent the LOV from crossing the moral event horizon, but that’s, like… completely irrelevant to me thinking Hawks shouldn’t have killed Jin.

3. b. Though there’s still a chance for Tomura to cross the moral event horizon, and I’m not going to convince myself that it won’t happen. If it’s going to happen, I think it’s highly possible that it might happen in this arc, because now Jin is dead and we know how Tomura and the LOV have historically responded to their friends getting hurt. I, and many others, have called Jin the “heart” of the LOV (his name is also literally written with the kanji for “benevolence”), and now without him, there is no remaining heart nor goodwill.

4. Although both Tomura and Hawks are, on one level, fighting on behalf of the ideals that they were “raised into,” their fights happen in very different ways. The MLA arc in particular made clear that the villains are, in part, fighting for their very survival in ways heroes just aren’t. The threat that the LOV were living under was constant—when it wasn’t heroes or other villain groups, it was trying to find money and shelter and essential upkeep. Hawks may not be “free” from the HPSC or the occasional villain attack, but he’s free from those constant material struggles. He’s not an “underdog.” 

4. a. Tomura is also, in part, fighting to protect his marginalized friends. It’s for sure not on behalf of every marginalized person, but it’s certainly more than we’ve seen any pro hero fight for. The people Tomura is surrounded with are people who have never been protected nor cared for before, because they were not deemed “innocent” enough to deserve that care and protection, and Tomura continued to care for them even when it was troublesome for him to do so, when they disagreed with him, when they threatened him, and when they fucked up very, very badly. 

4. a. i. Eri is an example of a victim who the heroes fought for, but she’s an easy case to want to love and protect: Overhaul was inarguably an abuser who wanted to elevate the yakuza, she was being used in extended torture-experiment sessions, she killed her father on accident, she’s a child, she’s innocent, she’s selfless, she’s well-behaved. It’s basically not even a question whether or not she “deserves” help.

4. b. It’s people who are difficult who get overlooked. Hawks and hero society are completely unprepared to protect and care for people who don’t behave as they’re supposed to. Hawks did not care for the LOV who didn’t personally befriend him. For the one he did, when Jin didn’t cooperate the way Hawks wanted, he went for the kill. It’s either being easy and “manageable,” or die.

4. b. i. Tomura has specifically spared two people who tried to kill him or actually succeeded in killing his ally, people who he explicitly hated or did not care for. So make of that what you will, I guess.

5. From a leftist perspective, it’s just impossible not to account for the fact that Hawks helps maintain a social structure that creates so much suffering. The question isn’t really whether AFO’s teachings to Tomura are better (they’re not, and I want Tomura to break away from them), but it can’t really be ignored that Hawks is enforcing an ideal that’s wildly popular. Why this matters is that Tomura doing the wrong things will be roundly condemned, and he’ll probably be “punished” for them; but heroes are very unlikely to be punished or held accountable for committing murder, especially if it’s “justified.” 

5. a. This is problematic because it allows heroes, and the state, to define what a justified “emergency situation” is, and who can die in those emergencies. The people who are deemed killable “in an emergency” are usually those who are already marginalized; hence heroes can wait until those marginalized people get desperate enough to commit villainous acts, and then they can swoop in to arrest or kill them to widespread public acclaim.

5. b. Heroes (and law enforcement IRL) don’t address the roots of crime that lie in overarching oppressive structures like misogyny and capitalism. They don’t prevent theft by bringing people financial stability; they arrest people who were desperate enough to steal, and use those people to send a message to poor people everywhere. They make these conditions of desperation more permanent by punishing the most vulnerable people when they slip up, while doing absolutely nothing until the slip-up happens.

5. c. Heroes are punching down, and villains are punching up. That may not be the case with AFO, but I believe it with the LOV specifically, and I believe this matters because it’s exemplified between Hawks and Twice. Hawks targets someone who reached out to him, despite being hurt over and over again by types like him, who has dealt with poverty and fantasy mentally illness completely on his own, and kills him in defense of the very society that allowed all those things to happen to Jin. Hawks was given a choice: sympathize and relate to Jin, and acknowledge his well-founded grievances toward a dysfunctional society, or prioritize the safety and security of that dysfunctional society by permanently removing Jin from the equation. The choice he believes in is the choice he made.

5. d. In order for Tomura to make the same choice with the same implications, they’d have to be living in an alternate universe, in the Kingdom of AFO, where Tomura is a respected noble who infiltrates a rebel group who were going to “commit atrocities,” kills the one person who offered him a way out of AFO’s control, and possibly screws the rebels altogether, but everyone is happy that the rebels are gone. Even if you think Tomura is capable of that, it’s irrelevant because canon!BNHA has completely different power dynamics. Because Tomura’s violence will always be unpopular and persecuted, rather than justified and glorified by the state, he physically cannot replicate a choice like Hawks’. Tomura can approximate it, but even if he does, he’ll be hunted down by heroes for doing so. The circumstances and consequences for making such a choice are totally different.

So. That’s why I don’t think Tomura and Hawks can be equated. Suggesting that this is a level playing field is essentially believing that criminals and law enforcement exist on level playing fields, and they absolutely do not at all. Hawks is particularly abhorrent because he’s already followed through with his choice. He holds power by being part of the policing class, and regardless of how he came into it, he behaves exactly the same as everyone else who “freely” joined, and in his position of power he made the choice to eliminate someone who was socially powerless.

[steve0discusses]

Yugioh S4 Ep 17: Just Throw em on the Murder Pile

Ah, week one of the Stay-at-Home mandate. After a week of getting so little work done, I decided to get Animal crossing so I could get away from the people I live with to our own little virtual islands. So, I spent my time, fishing so many fishes and bugs for the the museum that wasn’t open yet, placing them all over the island so I could use them later. Went to bed having done all this wonderful work, my masterpiece, my beautiful island.

The next day I woke up an hour later than my brother, who spent that time logging into Animal Crossing, not realizing he was sharing an island with me (for some reason you only get one island per switch, which was a decision they made???) and he was like “the hell are all these fish everywhere?” So he sold all of them, made himself an Oricalchos shirt and a Yami third eye in the fashion editor, and then used all my fish money to buy so many oil drums and put them all over the trash side of his island.

I was asleep one hour. One single hour. It is all trash oil drums and fire and a poorly drawn Oricalchos t-shirt.

Ah, the irony when you get a game to escape the people you live with only to realize that you share the location of the game itself--with those same people. The irony. 

So anyways, we found out that our efforts were futile anyway, long story short we sort of...soft locked this children’s game, and had to restart the entire island. lol.

So while I recover from that shock, lets talk about Yugioh.

They’re still on the Caltrain and Yami is still appearing to have a lot of difficulty remembering how to use cards without Yugi. But, we find out at the end of the episode, he’s mostly just pretending to have difficulty. We’ll get to why this bluff is so mind boggling later--Yami just has a lot of weird layers to him, and most are just so...so lovingly stupid.

Anyway, Timaeus doesn’t work with him now, but honestly it wasn’t clear why Timaeus ever did in the first place since Yami is both two people and a dead person at the same time. Yami shouldn’t exist.

This doesn’t matter in the end, because Yami is good at cards when he isn’t actively trying to get cursed to give himself a handicap like he did with Raphael.

Unlike Yami, Joey decides to reflect upon the moral consequences of Hella Killing a Guy, which youknow...should mess you up a little bit.

But obvi, Rex has to die for the plot to move forward, so RIP.

(more RIP under the cut)

Yugioh made sure to give Rex a big send off that took waaaaay longer than Gurimo, just saying.

Lololololol

Just two u’s, sleeping so pleasantly.

And I’m just guessing, ps, but I feel like it’s a good guess. I feel like this wasn’t like this in the original.

Back at the train that should be crossing the ocean at this point, Weevil has pulled out some misdirection. Knowing that Yami has been misdirecting Weevil this entire time, it is just so baffling that he’d totally fall for this.

If someone did this to Seto Kaiba--that I would believe, instantly. But to Yami? OK there, Yami.

Mind you, Yami is grieving, and he’s not mentally all there in both the literal sense and in the mental sense, but wow, Yami. You fell for that.

Yami has lost his entire mind and is just kind of winging it until he gets arrested.

He has no reason to be better than this. He’s like “FML. I’m gonna go ape, I don’t freakin care”

Like, Yami has this anger problem, which the show has said out loud a few times this season, but we haven’t really seen too often in previous seasons to a great degree. So we have to give him some places where he can demonstrate getting super pissed, to make up for the fact that Yami’s character developed has mostly been about “I’m too lonely and cursed to make friends, Yugi.” and “I’m DEAD, Yugi, I don’t want to learn about my history.” and “Gods why are you always making problems for me to solve for you, Kaiba?”

Not saying he hasn’t been mad and vengeful before this moment, but he hasn’t been as explosive before this season--it’s always been a chill anger, a quietly menacing kind of crazy, youknow? But...characters change. Yami’s developed to be different now and that’s fine. Being pissed someone killed your soul bud that you share a body with, I feel, is a natural thing to be pissed about.

But, Yami is permanently in a state of anger and brooding since Yugi left, despite being pretty chill for most of the past 4 seasons. It’s like the first time we get to experience Yami be Just Yami since the beginning of Season 1 and it’s a completely different Yami anyway.

I guess this is to point out that they really did rely on the other to complete their personality. Which is weird, but that is a thing you do with people that you’re spend a ton of time with--you kind of forget how to do things solo.

Like there was this interesting study where they took married people and asked them simple grade school questions, and they answered them fine when they were together in the same room. But, when they were separated--they suddenly would blank on random stuff. They couldn't remember capitals or multiplication tables--simple stuff. But people who were single, were able to do these things fine alone or with a friend.

People who spend a hell ton of time together learn to help eachother answer the questions as a team, and the parts of the brain you use to like...memorize capitals and multiplication might decay because there’s someone else who will just always do it for you.

So anyway, the takeaway I get from this is that the part of Yami and Yugi that could read if Weevil is lying was Yugi and that’s a lot to take in. Yugi might be smarter than Yami? Weird. Low bar, but weird.

So, Yami won’t need to justify to himself like Joey, he’s just gonna kill this guy outright. Immediately. There was some card shenanigans, and I guess he had the opportunity to beat him even further after he was dead? I didn’t fully pay attention to the card logic but it was so brutal that Tea had to get involved.

She was quicker to save even S1 Seto Kaiba, just throwing that out there. Tea was like “I’ll step in between you two, but I’ll be run really slow about it.”

I think she was more worried about Yami going dark than Weevil who’s...already dead. And again, you don't have to worry about Yami going dark. I say it a lot but he’s a dark wizard. This is kind of his zone.

And then, they actually touched for the first time in like--kind of a lot of episodes. I kind of forgot about this ship.

How come when she’s wrestling him it looks more like a hug than the few times they’ve hugged? These writers, man. They’re just...so close to figuring out how to write a ship but just so, so far away.

I just want to remind y’all that the Oricalchos broke Valon’s arm but Tea and Tristan just walked away because they’re that hulk IRL.

I just love that Yugi is so short that Tea has to be on a ladder below him in order to have this pose happen.

After that awkward moment that Yami lost his entire mind and killed a guy, he had another weird moment where he just...looked down at his hands and was like “I’m the real monster?????”

He didn’t think about the moral consequences until AFTER he killed Weevil. And honestly, that feels a lot more like the Yami I know. That was maybe the most Yami thing he did this episode. Reminder, they got into this train duel while trying to stop a runaway train, and they did nothing about that.

So anyway, how’s this train going?

(San Jose has over one million residents but don’t tell Yugioh.)

And then, sadly, I had to say goodbye to my penultimate favorite character in Yugioh, second only to the storyboarder. Goodbye, forever.

At least the death sequence for the Caltrain seemed appropriately long, as it should be. Rex’s went ON but the Caltrain? Lets get that slowmo pan for it. Goodbye, first train in Yugioh (that wasn’t shaped like a dragon.)

And I just figured it was Darts who did this, but apparently Darts was just as upset as I was when he saw that train derail and then soar 500 feet above the track like a figure skater.

Y’ALL

First off congrats to Darts’ fluffy as hell lower eyelash extensions, I’m lowkey jealous.

Second off, every year on the ballot we get a measure that wants to funnel money into the Caltrain. Every single year. It almost never passes, and when it does, the money sort of vanishes into the aether. It’s really annoying.

To think that THIS ineptitude is what helped Darts loose track of Yami and I’m going to assume save the whole damn world.

I can’t believe the auto lobby and the corrupt Caltrain management just saved the world like that.

I can’t believe that’s Canon to Yugioh.

My expression when I found out that after we just mercifully cut the cast by two, they decided to stick in this new guy?

Ugh a new guy.

So Yugi and Tea do say at the end “you ok?” “yeah” so it’s nice that Tea can survive a train crash off a cliff into a ditch. Tea, and this reincarnated ghost. God tier.

Anyway if you just got here, this is a link to read these in order

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

I feel like I say every week “ah, I finally have time to catch up” but I still post at exactly the same rate anyway but...I guess we’ll see, huh?

[taltos-seidmadr]

Trick or treat!

You get a TREAT!

Okay. Story time. 

(Stories have been both tricks and treats by now but who even keeps track. Believe me, this one is definitely a treat.)

It was August 2018 (yes, the timeline is going to be important. I only remember it though because I looked it up in my journal) when I had a dream. The dream was I had to go back in time and relive a part of my life when I was about 13 years old (No don’t ask me about this part I have no explanation for it either). I was still living back in my hometown, and precisely during this period of my life, I got acquainted with this guy, who owned an antiquity store like two streets down from where I lived (the store doesn’t exist in real life, only in my dream-memory, but the street does). This is not out of character for me as I’m obsessed with antiques and flea markets IRL and I would often visit them still when I have the time and means. It very likely could have happened.

The owner of this particular store was an indescribably peculiar character. He had the fashion sense of a 18th century vampire who last left his castle in the 70s and no one has told him in the meantime that that era has already ended. The framework of this dream was surprisingly realistic for the most part, so I didn’t think he was a vampire, but I did have a suspicion that something about his age just doesn’t quite add up. His hair was white as snow, even though based on the rest of his appearance he rather looked like someone who is not a day older than fifty, just maybe smoked a lot or once led a very stressful life; and he always walked with a cane which I doubted he truly needed, as he seemed extremely spry and energetic, even flexible, at all times.

Oh, and he looked like this. 

It’s hard to find one thing about him that didn’t seem odd. Most of the things he would say were bafflingly cryptic. Never did I once see him take his glasses off, nor did I ever see him coming or going anywhere - whenever we would meet in the open, he would just sorta appear in the vicinity while I wasn’t looking or at the turn of a corner. 

So he was extremely eccentric, surely, but once you gave him a chance it was hard to say anything bad about him really. I found him an endlessly amusing character with a good heart that very few cared enough to discover. If people even bothered with him, they seemed somewhat respectfully, yet suspiciously wary of him; but I thought that was because he was so obviously queer and outrageously bougie that these two things merged together in people’s minds resulting in a weird mix of disgusted shunning and envious reverence as a reaction. I was under the impression that he must be extremely loaded because he looked rich enough not to care what people think, and the whole antiques business seemed very much like a side gig. I barely even remember anyone else even walking into his dusty, stuffy shop other than myself where I would frequently hang out when I had the time, until I eventually moved out of town to go to university, after which we never met again.

That is to say, until I went back in the past for some reason. 

I did not just time travel but literally skip backwards in time, being a younger version of me in the flesh but same old me in mind. I was walking up this street (which exists in real life too) not too far from the abovementioned shop, on my way to do something that seemed way more relevant to the plot of the dream but funnily enough I don’t remember at all - when suddenly I saw him, walking down in the opposite direction (even though just a moment before I didn’t see him where I should have) and since I already had all the knowledge I didn’t have when I was 13 but I have now, the memories that my dream planted in my mind immediately flooded my brain, and as I put two and two together, I screamed out loud in the open street:

“LOKI?! WHAT THE FUCK?! THAT WAS YOU!”

He stopped dead in his tracks for a second, even a bit startled, and looked around as if he had heard the voice but not known where it came from. I ran towards him and he finally noticed, his steps gradually slowing down as we approached - and as we saw eye to eye, he slowly raised a hand, and did this:

Besides the fact that there was a confirmation embedded in the dream that yes, Loki really was here in my life before I knew who it really was - and now I know how that could have been possible - to this day I still wonder whether he was trolling me about good omens (2019) almost a whole year before it came out