#i love those spy crabs

[sesameowo]

I'm addicted to drawing them

[bangobeep]

Recent discovery/theory me and a bunch of other jazzpunkers have been talking about.

Considering the little crab at the beach congratulates Polyblank on his birthday, and the dates on the guestbook, we thought it'd be silly if he WAS actually on vacation ON his birthday. Which we left somewhere along the lines of the 6th of May. Polyblank birthday yay! :^)

Something else we noticed was how some of the people in the book didn't add a date, but a symbol, such as the encrypted one (that I'll get into later), milktruck, Hunter S. Thompson and The Editor.

First of all, who are the people on the guestbook?

RAYMOND SCOTT -> In our world, Raymond Scott is considered a pioneer for electronica music! He was an American composer, band leader, pianist, record producer, and inventor of electronic instruments.

ENOCH LUSTIG -> Not a person from the 20th century I could find, though the name Enoch does appear in the Bible. Though I don't really think it's a biblical reference, the character of Enoch is known for living 365 years alongside God, and ascending to heaven in life.

GERD ALBERS -> Though somewhat hard to find information about him in English, Gerd Albers was a german architect and urbanist, prominent in the 20th century.

TILO LYMAN -> A possible reference to Theodore Lyman IV! He was an American physicist and spectroscopist known for important discoveries made regarding ultraviolet light, among others.

DAVID COCKERELL -> A direct reference to the real world person of the same name: David Cockerell! He is an electronics engineer and designer. Regarding this first bit, he's known to have designed countless synthesizer engines which were revolutionary for the electronica community!

JOSEF ARNTZ -> Found genuinely nothing about this guy. Mystery!

PROHÍAS -> A very exciting one!! Antonio Prohías was a Cuban-American cartoonist, known and recognized for many artworks! Among those, is Spy vs. Spy!

黒川 紀章 -> Kurokawa Kisho, or Kisho Kurokawa is a Japanese architect! Probably in here because he's the founder of the Metabolist movement! It was a radical Japanese avant-garde movement pursuing the merging and recycling of architecture styles within an Asian context. This is the Nakagin Capsule Tower (which Luis Hernandez loves so much) guy!

XAVIER ESPERANTO -> Probably a reference to Esperanto, the language! It is actually artificial, and it was devised in 1887 as an international medium of communication, based on roots from the chief European languages. Not too sure what the Xavier bit refers to.

JOHNY THE ROBOT -> The one under Xavier Esperanto's is Johny (with one N, yes) The Robot's! It's written down in the international telegraph alphabet, which you can see here. The complete message says "HELLO MY NAME IS JOHNY THE ROBOT". The telegraph was a huge thing in the 20th century. Meant to be short and meaningful, it started getting used during the war in the place of letters to communicate messages regarding enemy attacks and positions.

B. MARY -> Bloody Mary or, as you may know her, the Lady in Red! She confirms her name is indeed Mary in one of her unused voice lines, which you can find here.

MILKTRUCK -> Explanation not needed. Love you, milktruck.

HUNTER S. THOMPSON -> A direct reference to the real life Hunter S. Thompson! He was an important American journalist and author known for "Gonzo", a journalistic style in which the writer becomes a central figure and participant in the events of the narrative. In Jazzpunk, you can see him as the confused guy hanging around, lost at sea, asking Polyblank for a date at the bar, and being confused about Why Polyblank is in his room (when he breaks in with the master key).

THE EDITOR -> Needs no explanation.

NOW, A FUNNY LITTLE DETAIL:

THESE. As you can see, they all have something different in the 'DATE' section.

As for Xavier Esperanto's, I am not too sure.

Johny The Robot's is unintelligible.

milktruck's is an n/a. Does this mean the milktruck doesn't want to date. Not Applicable. milktruck doesn't date. We love aromantic rep.

Hunter S. Thompson is confused about being asked to date. If you can recall, from the times he's seen in game, he's always generally confused about everything.

Finally, The Editor has a money symbol. The Editor will go on a date for money. LOL! Fitting.

[devilsrecreation]

Watched the new MAW episode and I HAVE THOUGHTS

Roger Rogers seems like a really fun character, I like him a lot! I know I don’t have the best intuition with fictional characters, so I wouldn’t be surprised of he were secretly evil or a spy for Fear Co. or something. For now, he seems like a genuinely sweet guy :)

Awwwww Duncan you’re such a mama’s boy I love you sm 😭

Unsurprisingly, Monster’s Inc was done dirty by getting a spot near the bathrooms. Though it’s sweet seeing Fritz and Val making the best of it

As an introvert, Val saying “A day talking to hundreds of strangers? This is gonna be the best day ever!!!” made me die inside. I really don’t know how extroverts do it, that sounds like a nightmare

I’m agreeing with Mike. What happened in the last episode was cringy af

Sully being the best mentor to Tylor ever omg

It’s okay, Tylor. I suck at talking too

That purple monster (Terry, I think his name is?) is having the time of his life hfhfhf

Smitty and Needleman are so much fun to watch. Dorky lil dumbasses/aff

No but I actually LOVE the lore we got in this episode. Johnny’s dad founding Fear Co is really cool. Predictable, but cool!

Is it me or is Johnny having a picture of himself behind him just downright arrogant? Or maybe it’s just a celebrity thing and scarers are kinda celebrities in the monster world but idk-

“With all due respect” my ass, he’s being pretentious as fuck

Awww Tylor’s lil wave

HEEEEYYYY IT’S CRAB CAKES! (I’m gonna refer to Chet as “crab cakes” from now on and nobody is gonna stop me)

YASSS TYLOR SHOW THOSE ASSHOLES WHO’S BOSS! YEAH THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT! Nobody picks on my boy. Also that green guy’s “scare” was lame as hell

Poor Sully’s got stage fright

Best speech ever 10/10

Scream + laugh power=chaos. Me likey chaos 😈😈😈😈

That being said, good on Tylor for closing the curtain and not humiliating Sully and Mike

That bathroom scene was too good. Tylor’s comments were killing me

ALSO I REALLY DON’T WANNA KNOW WHAT THIS GUY WAS THINKING 😭😭😭😭😭

Cutter collecting everyone else’s merch is a fun gag. Also her getting hit on not once but twice in this episode is so funny. What a queen.

MIKE AND SULLY’S LAST LINES ARE SO FUNNY HELP. SULLY STRAIGHT UP EXPOSING HIS BFF ON HIS COMMITMENT ISSUES

There’s Johnny again. He’s still off the hook for now but I got my eye on him

I think my favorite MAW background character is the founder of Scare Masters

He says his name is Alistair Clawbottom and I LOVE his voice and design. I like the other old guy from the last episode, but he’s giving steampunk vibes and I’m into it. Also the basement setup he’s in makes me wonder if his company focuses on scaring kids from the basement 🤔

I hope they bring him back

[ask-the-spycrabs]

What is your favorite game?

"OOH! OOH! I LOVE PLAYING GAMES! THERE'S CHESS, AND CHECKERS, AND TAG, AND GO FISH, AND-" ❤️🧭

the blue one moves the camera closer while the red one is busy listing off, every game in existence i guess

"so, um, my spy, really likes card games, and, h-he'll play them with me, sometimes! and, i guess, i-i'd call, any of those, my favourite..." 💙💧

eventually, the red one finishes their rant, picks up the camera, and searches for snow for a bit, before eventually finding them

"SNOW CRAB! WE GOT A QUESTION!" ❤️🧭

"and do i have to answer it." 🤍💥

"yes!" ❤️🧭

"*sigh* fine." 🤍💥

"well i know of exactly one game, which is hide and seek, so, i guess that." 🤍💥

"any elaboration, or-" ❤️🧭

"no." 🤍💥

[crehador]

brother crab's winter 2024 parting thoughts: high card s2

WHAT THE HELL

HIGH CARD IS GOOD?!

tl;dr very flashy and aesthetic, consistently good in that regard, but the story was not always gripping to me. however, with the ultimate payoff in the last three eps, totally worth it imo

full review:

wow wow wow i'm kind of glad i fell way behind on anime and had the last three eps of s2 to binge all at once because hoooly shit i enjoyed that immensely

at no point did i think high card was bad, but it definitely had moments where it didn't fully grab me. there were times when it felt like all flash, no substance

and it's definitely not perfect, i have some serious and fairly significant gripes with it. mainly i'm really bummed that leo, wendy, and vijay never really got fully fleshed out. i mean i get it, finn's the main character and chris is the thinly veiled love interest also important so obviously they're going to take up most of the time, but i really feel like the other members of the crew had so much unexplored potential (especially wendy and vijay, because leo did sort of get his moment as a factor in the old man yaoi situation)

speaking of which THE OLD MAN YAOI!! man there were a lot of moving pieces in this show, and sometimes they came together in messy ways (or didn't really come together at all... some bits do still feel pretty disjointed and jumpy to me, tbh)

but overall the payoff of the s2 finale was absolutely worth it to me, particularly since it dealt with my favorites of those moving pieces: the old man yaoi and the sudden YANDERE ONIISAN ARC

i find myself really wishing the show had gone harder on both of those threads sooner, but like... honestly i'm not disappointed with how they played out. the whole theodore and ban thing could not have been more tropey (YEARS of loathing only for a "the one i wanted to protect all along was... you" and then dying for each other like HELLO yes an absolute tropefest BUT TROPES THAT I LOVE. GOOD FOR THOSE TOXIC DOOMED YAOI MFERS)

tilt has always been fascinating to me right from the character design and i am more or less satisfied with how things played out for him too, though i kind of wish we'd had more of this development spread throughout the series. i guess it was there, but... i dunno. in some ways feels like there could have been More (but i may be biased)

like you gotta feel bad for him, it's a sad story, but also that extreeemely creepy unhinged yandere oniisan "i have been stalking you i literally have a wall with giant blown up photos of you i hate the other guy who is calling himself your brother" sequence was SO FUCKING DELICIOUS LIKE WTF??? stunned and absolutely blown away by how hard they went on that, what a delight

(ironically it makes me think about how unhinged matakara in bucchigiri?! just doesn't work while unhinged tilt in high card works super well, but this is not about bucchigiri?! so i won't get too into that)

i am still admittedly just. kind of like. idk. i go back and forth on finn and chris, as characters and as partners. i don't dislike them but they aren't always all that compelling to me. sometimes they definitely are, but sometimes they just fall a bit flat to me. this probably isn't an issue with them as characters, though, just a matter of taste. i occasionally found the chemistry between them lacking as well, but sometimes it was really on point

same feeling about the crew dynamics in general. i looove a good like heist crew or spy agency crew, whatever it is, when the dynamics just click. and sometimes they didn't, here. i am too sleepy to articulate it properly right now but it just felt like there was something missing, some pieces not really fitting together. i didn't dislike any of the characters, but just... i guess wanted more team shenanigans? maybe there was no time for that but it would have been nice (like this is one show that could have done with a few filler and/or fluff episodes, imo!)

anyway. christ. my eye emoji-ing at tilt based solely on his character design finally paid off after two gay ass seasons lmao. good night

[popculturelib]

Crustacean Week: We heard that Tumblr likes monsters and crabs.

Well, here's a message for you, from The Crab Monster, in the foreword to The World's Greatest Monster Quiz (1975) by Dan Carlinsky and Edwin Goodgold:

Me and my fellow monsters would just like to tell all of youse how much we appreciate your loyalty. When a guy works hard scaring the pants off of youse, it's nice to know you're loved. Dis book, which I was privileged to read in manuscript, t'rilled me. I'm sure it'll do the same for youse too. Happy readin'! Love, The Crab Monster

Aww, we love you too, Crab Monster!

The Browne Popular Culture Library, founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States.  Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.

Full transcription below the cut

Introduction

Let's be honest: What can you say about a book that tests your knowledge of creatures who have bitten, swum, crawled, lurched, limped, marauded, clobbered, murdered, maimed, tortured, slunk and slithered their way into your hearts?

Well, to start with, we're sure you won't say it Boris you. In fact, it's bound to give you a fair share of Bela laughs. And when you're through you'll think the book is underPriced. But maybe that's Carradine things too far. Let's just say this book can serve as a thorough test for those well versed in monster lore and as an educational guide for the young scholar, for it scrutinizes both Hall of Fame and journeyman monsters.

Chances are there's a question or two on your favorite monster in here somewhere. If not, bear in mind that no book can cover all the monsters in the world; monsters are . everywhere. In fact, better be careful—there might be one looking over your shoulder right now.

Foreword

Me and my fellow monsters would just like to tell all of youse how much we appreciate your loyalty. When a guy works hard scaring the pants off of youse, it's nice to know you're loved.

Dis book, which I was privileged to read in manuscript, t'rilled me. I'm sure it'll do the same for youse too. Happy readin'!

Love,

The Crab Monster

About the Authors

Dan Carlinsky and Edwin Goodgold wrote the first Trivia quiz books ever published, Trivia and More Trivial Trivia (recently re-released in one volume as Trivia and More Trivia). They have collaborated on other books and on numerous humor articles for the Sunday New York Times. Dan Carlinsky writes for many major magazines; his other books include A Century of College Humor (re-released as A Treasury of College Humor) and Bicycle Tours In and Around New York (with David Heim). Edwin Goodgold is also author of I Spy and To Be Continued . . . (with Ken Weiss).

[its-raining-cats]

Idk how many of my followers play genshin impact but the 4.0 trailer came out this morning and I Must Scream.

I LOVE UNDERWATER EXPLORATION I LOVE ANCIENT RUINS I LOVE INTRICATE PUZZLES I LOVE BOATS I LOVE AIRSHIPS I LOVE CLOCKWORK AESTHETICS I LOVE MAN VS TECHNOLOGY I LOVE MAN VS AUTHORITY I LOVE PROPHECIES I LOVE UNHINGED WOMEN I LOVE MYSTERIOUS ENTITIES THAT ARENT SUPPOSED TO HAVE CONSCIOUSNESS BUT TOTALLY DO

More ramblings about the special program and trailer under the cut bc I have a lot to say. Seriously this post is LONG.

Trailer thoughts!!

I’ll go into thoughts on the scenery/environments/aesthetics first

As usual, it looks incredible. Genshin really knocks the aesthetics and environments out of the park. The city and the world outside it look beautiful, the underwater is full of life and i know I’m gonna get lost in there for hours. The seal(?) looking things are cute, even though it uh. Looks like one of them might be a ghost. The ruins look super interesting, and i think i spy an oceanid? We’ve been getting quite a lot of lore on them recently, between the Realm of Farakhkert and the most recent event. They’re almost definitely gonna have a part to play in the archon quest. It also showed us what appear to be some of the new world bosses, the crab-looking thing and those dancing robots in the second half.

Before i go into thoughts on the story, I’ll just start by saying that I’m really looking forward to where the story is going. Sumeru’s archon quest was leaps and bounds above Inazuma’s (in my opinion,) so I hope they can keep that momentum going.

Right from the start, they’re presenting quite a few plot threads in the trailer. The prophecy about the people “dissolving into the waters” is certainly foreboding.

There’s also that structure in the stormy water surrounded by ruins that we see twice, and some kind of creature (possibly an oceanid?) that doesn’t know who it is, followed by someone (Lynette, i think) saying “the water is gradually swallowing our memories… it won’t be long until it swallows us.” This is definitely connected to prophecy, and given the memory thing it’s probably related to the possibly-oceanid.

What is the Oratrice? All they give us is that it has a consciousness when it’s probably not supposed to, and it can talk in coherent sentences. I’m guessing it’s related to the clockwork robots in some way, maybe controlling them and causing them to go rogue?

Some clockwork stops, Navia comments on the rain, and Lynette quite literally dissolves into the water. Is the “Oratrice” the one causing the prophecy to come true?

I’m already betting on a Sabzeruz Festival-esque 0 to 100 where everything goes from ‘fun cute having fun experiencing the culture’ to ‘what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck’ real fast.

There’s the secondary conflict, Fontaines fucked up justice system that’s been hinted at for so long! The spectacle of the courtroom, baby. The Gang Becomes Enemies Of The State Part 4.

In the scene where the Traveler and Navia are surrounded by the Gardemeks, Traveler doesn’t seem to be doing so hot. You okay, buddy?

And also Childe. Mister Worldwide is back. Surprise bitch, bet you thought you’d seen the last of me.

As for characters, it sounds like we’re gonna be meeting Focalors pretty early. Still can’t tell if she’s an ally, enemy, or something else entirely.

Looks like Navia will be featured heavily in the early acts! I love her aesthetic, especially the parasol in the overture teaser. She seems to have beef with the way the government/judicial system is running things. I’m considering pulling for her on aesthetic alone, but I already have good Geo units so that might sway me.

Lyney and Lynette are intriguing. Lyney is a 5-star while his siblings are both 4-stars. I was expecting him to be a catalyst unit tbh, the bow is a bit of a surprise. They’ve both got cat motifs, but Lynette is the only one to have actual ears and a tail.

Freminet! If they actually manage to make The Bell good on him… hats off. It’ll be interesting to see what his relationship with his siblings is like. Lyney and Lynette are such a duo, so I’d guess there’s probably gonna be some tension there.

Neuvillette seems to be taking an antagonistic role, but is that just the nature of his career? He’s seen in the audience of Lyney and Lynette’s show, so maybe he’s not a total hard ass when he’s not working, but for better or worse (probably worse, at least early on) he takes his job seriously. Villain or adversary? We’ll see.

Clorinde makes a brief appearance! I’m 90% sure I’m going to pull for her. I love her design and I need a good electro unit. I can’t tell if she’s an antagonist or not, she seems to be fighting Navia and the Traveler, but a few shots later she’s destroying the Gardemeks. We’ll see!

Also Navia using Whiteblind and and Clorinde using Iron Sting hmmmmmmmmmmm 👀 dare I say it.

I also spotted Charlotte a few times, but she didn’t have much of a presence in this trailer.

No Arlecchino, Sigewinne, or Wriothesley yet, but what’s this??? It’s Childe with a steel chair!

All in all, the trailer was really good. It’s got me very excited for the new areas and story, and was just put together really well. They’ve come a long way with their version trailers.

Onto the rest of the program!

I really appreciate that they didn’t put an oxygen/regular stamina bar on underwater swimming, and the fact that they did that specifically so players can explore to their hearts content without having to watch a meter every second is really nice. Just from seeing them talk about it, it’s clear that they’ve put a lot of thought, time, and work into the environment, movement, and pseudo-combat in the interest of keeping the experience fun and user-friendly.

Arkhe… I’ll have to experience it in-game. The lore implications are interesting, but I’m not sure how I feel about it’s supposed effect on gameplay. I guess it encourages players to try out Fontaine characters, but I’m not sold on it just yet.

In that fight with the baton-wielding Meka… I saw that red crossed out plus symbol above the health bar. We are so fucking back. We are SO FUCKING BACK. They laughed at us when the rifthounds came out. They laughed at us when the black serpent knights came out. Who’s laughing now. VIVA LA SHIELDS, MOTHERFUCKER.

So this strange energy source was invented “over 400 years ago”…….. and the fact that it’s called an “annihilation reaction”……… suspicious.

A machine that harvests people’s belief in justice and uses it to power everything in the city…… man there’s no way this could possibly end up leading to corruption in the judicial system.

Praying to every god imaginable that they don’t fumble the morally gray characters.

I won’t go into detail on the state of my wishes at the moment but… hoo boy. These banners are not being very nice to me. My pity is high but I only want the four stars. Pain pain pain.

CLORINDE HAS A ~COMPLICATED~ CONNECTION WITH NAVIA 👀 👀 👀

The Icewind Suite boss looks so cool… I love the figure skating inspiration.

“The first underwater areas you reach are actually shallow seas. Since it’s the travelers first time diving we wanted to make sure the underwater experience is comfortable for players :)” oh I just know they’re gonna send us into the Mariana Trench later on. Wether it’s one update from now or five, it’s gonna happen. And I’m gonna be terrified the whole time.

MULTI LAYER MAP THANK FUCKING GOD. Better late than never.

The 16th… my computer is probably going to be out for repairs then :’) maybe when natlan releases I’ll finally be able to participate in a launch day.

This post went on way longer than I thought it would. If you read all of my ramblings then uh. Thanks I guess? Have a good day.

[tsuki-sennin]

The second part of our super intense school trip to Kyoto reaches a fever pitch! Will we help our poor pal Kajiki through his heartbreak? Who is the mysterious man who greets Hijiri after escaping the police? Will Hotaro stop Clotho's evil plan with the vine guy?

...probably, but let's watch anyway~!

Spoilers, I guess...

-Oh I'm sure Kajiki'd love to Gatchanko with her, but he's just gonna have to wait.

-BONK

-Dash!

-Chani!

-Crab Motorcyle.

-Quite hard to picture really, I'm impressed by how creative this design is.

-...I wonder if he can only move by drifting or doing donuts?

-Ooooooh, an axe kick!

-JungleJan~!

-Poor Kajiki.

-There's plenty of fish in the sea, lad. You'll find somebody new. Might not even be a chick!

-Tsurugi Himeno!?

-Little sister?

-...is this going where I think it is?

-Is Kajiki gonna be our Malgam?

-That's their parents, eh?

-Awwwwwww, Hijiri :)

-He has now been traumatized.

-"Ohhhhhh, brother~! Haha, okay, okay, my bad~! ...wait."

-"I did though. I love burning things."

-B

-Battery

-...ohhhhh, like electrical fires. I get it.

-Big zappy.

-God those fire effects are so cool

-What a cruel man Tsurugi-niisan's become.

-It's him! Kamen Rider!

-Chemy time!

-Ganbare, Kamen Rider!

-"Okay... no need to shout man..."

-This is peak

-I love this so much

-Rising Fighter~!

-Thanks Renge! Sabi too!

-Fire truck! Rose!

-HiikesuRose~!

-This is so beautiful.

-Roundhoused!

-Oh no

-That's

-That's a lot of malice coming out of her.

-"Sibling moment. >:)"

-Ahhhhhh, so a significant enough electrical charge can fuck up the rings.

-Seems like Tsurugi realizes how horribly he fucked up.

-Oh! Okay!

-Gotchard can just do that!

-Absolute madman.

-He understands people too...

-It's him...

-Do it, Kajiki.

-All the swords!

-...apparently made of real metal!

-Man...

-Shared beliefs...

-My heart.

-This is so beautiful.

-Denji...

-RaiDenji...

-Clotho is well and truly furious.

-"The hitodama. I saw them too."

-Can we leave this one alone, sensei?

-...30 minutes...

-The UFOs!

-...and just like that.

-So that's the famous Level 10.

-All these direct memory wipes can't be good for Kajiki's brain.

-Man...

-They meet again

-:)

-Oh no you don't buddy!

-Take one for the team, bro.

-Oh!

-A spy, huh?

-And just what is that Driver we see?

[eviltiddyproductions]

Alchemy of Souls, Part 1, Episode 1

[I’ve written this so sincerely LMAO I have an exam to study for 😭✋]

ahahah we literally start with the subtitles saying ‘ominous music playing’

nooo that growling thing behind the door actually scared the fuck out of me WOAH

what in the marvel just happen??? like where did this superhero man come from and also what are these cuts 😂😭 whiplash !!!

Monster person fight back ???! 

ummm did this mom bring those 2 food to offer them AS FOOD to her demon son? what’s going on 🤨

the son’s dementor era omg he just took his mom’s soul?! 😭 he said:

rip to the dementor son but also the way his body sort of fell into the ocean, it looked smaller and smaller and looked like a little toy 😭

this place is so gloomy woah

hmmm maybe it’s time for me to google what alchemy actually means, ahh got it

if my king asked me to switch bodies i’d say give me a day and never come back. the mage is clearly better than me

you could screenshot so much of this show and make it your wallpaper

so I guess the baby gets the mage’s genes 🧬

the king looked a little too old for this bride woah. everyday we thank we are not in the Middle Ages 🙏

why is my man dying already ?!? also the king looks so bothered ‘why are you bothering me with your yelling I’m trying to have sex? 🤨’

I have no idea what happened because they dropped a title card and Netflix didn’t bother to translate

MAGIC ELEMENTAL FIGHTING I REPEAT MAGIC ELEMENTAL FIGHTING. I love this 😭‼️‼️‼️

SISTER NO! my girl got hit

people were not helpful at all lmaooo Naksu dragged an unsuspecting girl and everyone was like

I have no idea what this show is about or what it’s doing but I already love it so much. Like them training to shape water or I guess make water move as they want to. I love these things !!!

Whoever they’re yelling at has earrings and blonde hair and is adorable! I love it 😂 I guess we’re not being period specific after all (to be fair they’re doing spells and soul shifting, they can have blonde hair)

Oh the old man has blush !!!

how did she shift into the girl she pushed lol I thought she was playing I guess she might be blind? oh she’s not.

they were going to sell this girl ?!?! <///3 history is always cruel to women 😭

wait are we not going to see more of warrior Naksu? I miss that girl.

But also she’s so hilarious here 💀💀💀

Naksu was vegetarian ??? sometimes we win

The lady talking to her is so cute 😭🫶

I’m not even writing anything meaningful here lmao just jotting down anything like if I look back at this I’ll be so confused.

Four Seasons, beautiful beautiful women, unfortunate name

also I thought they were going to say the blondie earring man was going to be cool as the water. he’s hot like summer 😭

I love all of them woah.

My girl means revenge and I am on her side !!!

not sure about later but lady is such a sweetheart

he recognised her in someone else’s body so fast ??? like he saw her put a crab leg to his neck and was like Naksu 😭? he’s so #real

it’s been 30 minutes and I am already being looped into a love triangle 😭 but he’s cute so why not

that’s why she kept the bird whistle !!! the younger version of the guy kinda (KINDA gave haechan from NCT)

I found the crab leg guy cuter though but that also might be due to the heavy tumblr gif bias

‘menacing music playing’ I love the subtitles here 😂😂😂

I trained her to be the ultimate assassin. Oh it’s giving the garden from Spy Family. Naksu x Yor Agenda (or me just babbling anything, ignore me)

I love how seriously she inspects everything. It’s giving me Mr Queen when Bonghwan travelled and was like 🤨🤨🤨 at everything. But I also love how everytime she tries something in this new body she fails 😭💖

My dumbass just always assumes Kdrama actors are older why is our lead only 24??? woah (takes a little break for an existential crisis to process this information) he reminds me of Dew from F4 a lil.

Now I know where I saw her childhood bird whistle crush!!! I just saw his thumbnail for Hybe lol I think he might be releasing a song.

The lead actress is 33 ??? And that’s on good genes woah! she’s so cute 😭 the way I’m just saying anything like cut to the next episode and who knows Naksu would start shape shifting.

LMAO her going ‘what is wrong with this guy is he not in love with me’ as soon as he starts messing with her. 💀

Oh he’s making her work WORK Alexa play 9-5 by Dolly Parton 😭

I adore her because she’s changed her ‘when I get my energy I will kill this person first’ like 3 times already

he’s got a nice voice, I register, as I see him getting sucked in a bathtub whirlpool

I forget how bad it used to be for the pre photography people like at most you’ve got a painting of your loved one. AT MOST. a painting on something as fragile and flimsy as a paper.

the child actor looks nothing like our lead oh no 😭😭😭

I thought he was going to think about his mom but I guess he’s still thinking about unlocking the spell

my girl is just searching in the loudest way possible LMAO

Hiding under the bed 😭😭😭 she’s so #number1assasinbutatwhatcost

girl we all knew he was awake

awww she decided to be here on the worst day. everyone is so loud and everyone is awake. they’ll be on guard now 😩

now what did they set fire too?!

oh that’s her teacher!!!

now how did he get in without his amulet but also I knew he’d save her by pulling her away. just felt it in my bones 🦴

also thought that the guy who was chasing her would just jump from one of the roofs of the houses

[rosethornewrites]

1/10-1/24 NR, E, & M reading

Moving after this so may be a gap.

Finished

Not Rated:

Deliver Us, by b00mgh

When Wei Wuxian gives himself up before Wen Ning and Wen Qing get the chance, everyone who loved him steps in to protect the people he gave his life for.

Don't worry, they bring him back B)

rulebreaker, by straelamo

Wei Wuxian returns to Cloud Recesses, and the world is set right.

in this close hand, by twigofwillow (2nd in a series)

Just a very cozy rainy day in the greenhouse

Birthday Cakes and Bunnies, by Hauntcats

A-Yuan wants to do something special for his a-Die's birthday. Who better to help than Bunny-gege.

Explicit:

lightning in a bottle, by bigbabyjeno

“You don’t see me,” the man hisses, creeping down the corridor with his back pressed to the wall, arms spread like he’s some sort of secret agent on a top secret spy mission.

Lan Zhan watches him for a moment, trying to decide if he’s worth any concern. The man is currently crab-walking behind a row of potted ficus, though, so Lan Zhan is reasonably sure he doesn’t need to alert security about this one.

[Or; Lan Zhan is photographing a wedding when he catches someone trying to sneak in. The man claims to be the bride's brother and begs Lan Zhan to make him his assistant for the evening so he can watch his sister get married. Lan Zhan reluctantly agrees and gets a lot more than he bargained for.]

At the End of the Road, by trickybonmot

It is the stupidest, most transparently terrible idea. Wei Ying’s hand is fisted shut on the fabric of his t-shirt, twisting it up far enough to reveal a glimpse of golden-brown skin. This is the worst idea. Lan Wangji is going to say no.

“How do you imagine that would work?” he says instead.

Wei Ying gives a little half-shrug. “I guess I would jack off,” he says. “And you could, like, spot me.”

The Nines of Winter, by ArcadianMaggie

When Wei Ying misses his flight home from college for winter break, Jiang Cheng arranges a ride home—with Lan Zhan, whom Wei Ying hasn't spoken to in over two years. When the weather takes a turn for the worse, they are forced to stop for the night. Luckily, Lan Xichen's house is en route and they are able to wait out the storm. There's weather (frightful) and a fire (delightful), two rabbits and a puppy, plus Lan Zhan's emergency preparedness kit.

Snow-Covered Jingshi, by squishh

He hadn’t even realized he’d moved until he felt soft silks beneath his palm and plush lips against his own. The pull of those eyes had made him sway forward, drawn in like a spell. His hand was on Lan Wangji’s thigh, his weight pressing his hand down as he leaned against firm muscle. The heat of Lan Wangji’s lips made him feel like he was burning.

Nothing could have ever felt this good. It felt safe, and it felt dangerous. He was in danger of never wanting to do anything else but kiss this man.

______

What I imagine should have roughly happened when LWJ and WWX were in the Jingshi in episode 43 if the censorship laws weren't whack and WWX weren't so oblivious to his own emotions lol

Mature:

Get it right (this time), by AmiraAlzilu (30 chapters)

Death would be a fate too kind for Wei Wuxian. He should pay for every sin he committed.

At least that’s the only explanation he has for this impossible situation. After falling from the cliff he woke up in his 15 year old body, just before his months of study at Cloud Recesses.

So, thinking it was for the best, he decides to disappear when he was supposed to be searching for their lost invitation.

Little does he know someone else came back in time with him.

Reset, by SuperiorJello (11 chapters)

What if things went horribly wrong at the end of episode 50, and Wei Wuxian sent himself and Lan Wangji back in time to Cloud Recesses to save them?

Follows mostly CQL/The Untamed canon, but I have also read translations of the novel and seen some of the donghua, so some of that is in there too.

This fic is part of a series!

Part one only takes place in Gusu, detailing wwx and lwj's arrival in the past and the immediate repercussions thereof. It is now complete.

Part two will continue the story as our characters head to Yunmeng Jiang and forward.

Too Much To Bear, by madwriter223 (10 chapters)

Coming back to life and being immediately thrust into a quest to discover the origins of the demonic arm that had murdered nealy an entire clan overnight was not something Wei Wuxian ever thought he'd have to deal with, but it was fine. He had Lan Wangji and together they were unstoppable.

However he had no clue how to deal with discovering Nie Huaisang was apparently a wreck on the verge of collapse at any given moment. How in the world had this happened?

AKA

this is filed under 'nervous wreck nhs' in my fic folder for a reason

if i had the strength, by agloeian (6 chapters)

Jiang Cheng seethes, gripping the bridge of his nose. “I don’t know how to help you,” he admits, “so I’m sending you to the people that do.”

It nearly slips out then, the truth of the matter. Wei Wuxian opens his mouth to snap back ‘There’s no helping me, not now!’ but the words stick in his throat. Shijie is crying and Jiang Cheng is defiant and Lan Zhan is staring at him so earnestly that Wei Wuxian simply doesn’t know how to tell them all that he’s living on borrowed time.

So he doesn’t.

---

At the behest of his siblings, Wei Wuxian is sent to Gusu to recover from the strain of the Sunshot Campaign.

If only he knew how to do that.

The Yu Temper, by madwriter223 (2 chapters)

How the confrontation between Jiang Cheng and Wei Wuxian in episodes 27/28 could have gone if Jiang Cheng had let loose the temper he'd inherited from his mother?

or

Jiang Cheng goes apeshit on the morons he's surrounded by and fixes (nearly) everything

or

A pissed off Jiang Cheng adopts everybody, because fuck you, Wei Wuxian!

Unfinished

Not Rated:

Rise of the Peacock, by JustAWanderingBabbit

Killed at Qiongqi Pass, Jin Zixuan wakes to find himself in an old and familiar scenario; the day he and Wei Wuxian fought in Gusu Lan. The day his betrothal to Jiang Yanli came to an end.

Unsure whether or not he's dreaming, Jin Zixuan decides to seize the chance and change the future. But for that he'll need help from his bastard brother, Meng Yao.

you can have the best of me, baby, by stiltonbasket

Twelve hours after Jiang Cheng and the others escape from Mount Muxi, Wei Wuxian risks wading into the lake and discovers that the underwater passage to the stream in the maple wood has been blocked behind the tortoise’s body.

“It’s sleeping right beside the opening,” he whispers, when he and Lan Zhan are safe in a tunnel of rock too narrow for the Xuanwu’s neck and head. “Judging by the current in the water, that passage was the only way out.”

Trapped in the Xuanwu's cave with no means of escape, Lan Wangji suggests a surprising course of action to strengthen himself and Wei Wuxian for battle: dual cultivation.

The session proves successful, but despite their best efforts, Wei Wuxian's golden core yields unexpected consequences for them both.

Explicit:

unfated; unscripted, by homeybee

Lan Zhan finds Wei Ying on tinder, the first time. He isn't someone Lan Zhan knows, or he would have swiped left. It is his smile that draws him in initially, causes him to swipe right when ordinarily he would have closed his phone again, put on his pajamas, and tried properly to sleep. It is, after all, past his bedtime.

Half an hour later finds Lan Zhan, undeniably not in his pajamas, driving down the highway to the next tiny town over.

...

A series of 'first' meetings.

Discarded, by teawater

Children in Cloud Recesses are succubming to a dark curse. There's one person who may be able to help.

Time Unwinds in a Kaleidoscope of Red, by vamprav

Wei Wuxian falls through time and hits the ground in the Burial Mounds. After taking stock of his situation he decides that things will be different this time, even if it kills him, starting with that disastrous reunion with his brother and future husband.

Heart of the Beast, by WaitForTheSnitch

“Wei Ying?” Nie Mingjue prompted him gently. “Where are your parents?”

“They went on a night hunt,” Wei Ying said, a bit evasively.

“Your parents are cultivators?” Da-ge asked in surprise. “Did they leave you here while they hunted? When did they go on their night hunt?”

“Four summers ago,” Wei Ying said a bit uncomfortable.

“Four summers ago,” Nie Mingjue repeated. “What are your parents’ names?”

“My mama is Cangse Sanren and my baba is Wei Changze,” Wei Ying told him, and recognition registered in Nie Mingjue’s eyes.

“Wei Ying,” Nie Mingjue said, sounding a bit regretful, “Your parents aren’t coming back.”

Or, Nie Mingjue and Nie Huaisang run into Wei Ying while in Yiling and decide to bring him home. And it changes everything.

We met again but in a different time, by akumanomiyu

Jiang FengMian never found Wei WuXian after he lost his parents, so he spent his life on the street, alone.

He didn't have a clan to protect him and teach him how to become a true cultivator, but he still managed to grow up a strong and righteous man.

People hated him or feared him for the demonic tricks he had to learn to survive. His life wasn't easy but he lived it as he wanted.

Until one day, a good action made him discover an evil plot against the cultivator world and cross path with the Lan clan...

you'll find my heart on the mountainside, by lulu_kitty

After parting ways with Lan Wangji on the mountain path, Wei Wuxian takes some time to consider what it is that he wants with this new second chance at life.

The answer finds him coming back to Lan Wangji, his zhiji, but after they reunite and set forth to embark on their new life together, an unexpected surprise awaits them on their journey home.

Or, a post-canon CQL/Untamed getting together story: accidental baby acquisition addition.

The Communication Effect, by draechaeli

If only there was more communication, or the right kind then everything would be all right. Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi might be bad when it comes to talking to each other about the important things, but they are still leagues better then the older generation that use communication like swords: concealing, revealing, and striking as they please for their own gain. From apologies, to misunderstandings, to sieges, to rumours and gossip, to cold wars, to lies, to civil wars, Wei WuXian and Lan WangJi navigate the world together once their brothers make sure they’re engaged before the classes at Cloud Recesses are finished.

This fic is finished at 186k in 37 chapters + 3 extras

most barren peak and bleakest winter, by WhatTheOwlHears

He drank. Set the cup down. “I understand Wei Ying would not choose to behave that way ordinarily.”

Well that was certainly true, but it felt like a lie anyway. “Haha, yeah.” Wei Wuxian put his elbow on the table so he could put his face in his hand. “Definitely would not normally make attempts on the virtue of my dear dear friend Hanguang-jun.”

Mature:

can't find a way home, by KouriArashi

After giving away his golden core and being thrown into the Burial Mounds, Wei Wuxian takes his revenge on the Wen sect without crossing paths with the Sunshot Campaign.

With no trace of him found, his loved ones have no choice but to believe he died in the Burial Mounds, and go into mourning.

But then strange things start to happen around Yunmeng ... and in Lanling, Jin Guangshan has only begun to take advantage of the power vacuum left behind by the war.

Second Summer, by Anonymous

“So, this is awkward,” says Wei Ying, with a little laugh. It sounds fake. “But I think you have mistaken me for someone else.”

A year after the mysterious death of the Jin heir, Lan Wangji runs across the secret, long-lost, amnesiac love of his life while on a night-hunt.

Tragedy That Befall Upon Us, by xoxoholic

"Hey! What's this?" Jin Ling yelled, pointing at the glowing, black and red orb. Jiang Wanyin marched over to Jin Ling, but the young Jin sect leader had already touched the orb.

"Jin Ling!" Jiang Wanyin yelled in anger. If his golden core was not sealed, then Zidian would be cackling furiously.

"..Oops?" Jin Ling sheepishly smiled as he hid behind his friends. Lan Jingyi laughed at Jin Lings predicament while Lan Sizhui sighed. Ouyang Zizhen laughed with Lan Jingyi in amusement before he was hit in the back of his head by his father.

Hound's Tongue Tied Up, by Stepdavii

“I’ve figured out a way to keep us safe. Forever,” Wei Wuxian replies, still writing out all that he can think of that would possibly help.

“Oh? And whats that?” Wen Qing asks blankly.

“I’m going to make the world forget we exist.”

--

In which Wei Wuxian figures the best way to keep everyone safe and make everyones life better, he should make it so that his and Wen Remnants existence become forgotten. He just doesn't realize how much an impact doing so would be.

Dreams of Paradise, by Hauntcats

This on begins during the siege of the Burial Mound. Wei Ying is trying to destroy or nullify the tiger seal before anyone else can get it. The results don’t work out quite how he thought they would. His essence is trapped in between time where he witnesses different scenes of the lives of those he cares about. (The 13? 16? Years when he was dead.)

Then he wakes up in a place he didn't expect.

Once again, not Jiang friendly. If you don't like that, please, don't read.

Seeking Solace, by DragonHeart (Taer01), Taer01

Months after the Siege of Burial Mounds against the Yiling Patriarch, the cultivation world gets a rude awakening.

We're Alone Now, by Forever_Marie

"Did you hear, did you hear? Hanguang-jun deserted his clan"

Lan Zhan deserts the Lan Clan in favor of protecting Wei Wuxian and warns him of the pending Siege. They all run for the hills and everything is quiet for a decade until one day Xichen wanders upon him in a market in Yiling.

Impossible Remains, by Jengabears

Jiang Cheng wakes slowly to the feeling of spiritual energy swimming through his veins. Not just swimming. Singing. Flooding. He was filled with it. He didn't know if it was because he had been without any for so long or if Baoshan Sanren had chosen to make him stronger, but he had never felt so powerful in his life. It was glorious. It was everything. He felt alive again. Whole. Better than whole. He had to thank her. He had to scream his joy across the mountain. He was so infinitely grateful.

He ripped off his blindfold, turned to look around him, praises and gratitude resting on the tip of his tongue. Yet what his eyes rested on was a face he never expected to see. His joy and gratitude instantly snuffed into ashes in his mouth. His eyes widened in horror at the sight which greeted him. He wished he could take everything back. Every thought which had passed through his mind since he'd woken.

How could this happen?

OR

Wei Wuxian dies in the core transfer.

Summer Snow, by Forever_Marie

Jiang Cheng dies after Lotus Pier falls and the Jiang are no more. This leaves Wei Ying without family and a home, now and for after the war, forever shattered. He joins the Lan clan (at Wangji's insistence) to fight in the Sunshot campaign as Lan Wangji tries to fill in the cracks left behind.

[whitepolaris]

The Haunted Island of St. Simons

Georgia's barrier islands are popular destination for tourists. One of the most important is St. Simons Island, settled early by the English. At one time, it supported many cotton plantations, worked by slaves.

The English built a substantial defensive position here, Fort Frederica, as protection against the Spanish, who were known to launch invasions of their neighbors from their stronghold in Florida. The fort's crumbling tabby walls, a unique combination of sand and seashells, is today a fascinating nation park. Here lingers a linguistically talented ghost-or ghosts-heard speaking in several languages: English, Spanish, German, Latin, and even Cherokee.

In 1803, a slave ship docked at St. Simons Island. Its cargo was sixty-five men, women, and children of the Igbo (often spelled Ebo) tribe from Nigeria. Ten of the men, chained together, preferred death to slavery, and they walked into the deep tidal waters of Dunbar Creek, chanting, "The sea brought me, and the sea will bring me home." All drowned, trusting in a heavenly freedom over a temporal enslavement.

The area where the ship docked and the tribesmen died is now called Ebo Landing. For decades, residents have reported hearing, late at night, the ghostly clanking of chains and the low, mournful drone of chanting voices. In fact, many locals refrain from fishing or crabbing in those waters.

Albert Fending, local resident, lawyer, and historian, says that you have to listen carefully. "It's like a low humming around at first; then it gets louder, and you can hear what sounds like metal chains grinding and clanking under the water."

One night in late 1977, Michelle Green, a journalist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, along with a friend, staked out Dunbar Creek, expecting to experience nothing. Suddenly, Michelle wrote, "we hear it-the undeniable and distinct sound of heavy metal chains. It is loud, and it is unlike any sound I have heard tonight." Then later: "I hear the low voices. They come from the same dimly lit spot that seems to have spawned the rude metallic noises. The song begins. I cannot distinguish the words of the low, barely discernible chant, but I know the meaning. The fear is gone. . . . I am touched by a deep sadness. I realize I abruptly that this spying act is incredibly obscene; we should not be here." The reporter and her friend ran to their car and raced off into the night.

Recently, seventy-five people from Haiti, Belize, Canada, New York, Illinois, Mississippi, and Georgia gathered for a ceremony to help the tribesmen find peace.

"They were souls forced here to die without a proper burial," said Adonijah O. Ogbonnaya, an Igbo. "It's a step toward creating rset for us and our ancestors."

The beautiful St. Simons Island Lighthouse is also well haunted by a long-deceased light keeper. Legend has him and his assistant arguing over chickens, the fight ending with his death in 1880. Afterward, light keepers and their families would hear his steady tread ascending and descending the stairs to tend his light, the phenomenon accompanied by the heavy smell of kerosene.

Around 1900, Carl Svendsen and his family moved in. When Mrs. Svendsen heard Carl's footsteps in the evening, she laid out supper. One day after the footsteps were heard, the door opened, but instead of Carl, Mrs. Svendsen felt a cold breeze pass her. Their dog, Jinx, woke from his sleep and growled, seemingly to watch an invisible presence cross the room. The scene was repeated many times during their twenty-eight-year residence in the lighthouse.

St. Simon's most famous ghost is Mary the Wanderer. Orphaned during her journey from Scotland, she was adopted by the Demere family and fell in love with their son Raymond. The young man, also smitten, argued with his stubborn father and set off to sail to the mainland. He disappeared in a raging storm, and Mary lit a torch and paced the dock, fruitlessly waiting return. On stormy nights, her light is frequently spotted on the beach and roads of St. Simons, still intent on welcoming her lover home.

One of the most beautiful sights in Georgia is Christ Church and its cemetery, shaded by great oaks and displaying dazzling flowers in the spring. Passersby often see a mysterious light floating across the grounds at night. There is a story of a young woman who was terrified of the dark and kept candles burning throughout the night. Tragically, she died young and was buried here. Her husband kept candles lit on her grave for the remainder of his life. He passed a century ago, but his devoted spirit still lights her eternal world.

[the-firebird69]

Iseveral other things happening and we are going to note what they are:

-it's a huge deal the people are watching the same sitcoms over and over it's not really true no there a lot of repeats out there you keep on doing it to people and they can't figure out what else to do and they are getting clovered this morning is being issued about the ocean and it's in turmoil water is coming pouring down the river like madness they excavated diamonds offshore and there's a lot of it that was done today and the water is dropping it was done off of Charlotte county a little too about 20 ft dropped from one mile to 10 miles on average 20 ft it's going to make a big difference the water is flowing very fast the fires will be out shortly and off of Sarasota and all the way up to Tampa and North fort Myers all the way down to the tip they took out another bunch of them and it was from one mile to 10 miles about the whole way and they think it's a good idea to try and do the circus acts and they'll be lookouts all around to try and see what the max were up to and they can spy and they're going to try and do it and they'll have other things going on elsewhere but they do have a significant drop at the other areas along the west coast all the way up to Tampa of about 30 ft there's a bunch left from the shore out to 10 mi it'll drop another 20 ft and the sand underneath is about 180 ft deep only a mile out and inland there's a ton of diamonds and other stuff cadmium and calcite which is perfect and then noted it too on the scans in there going to after it there's another significant metal out here white gold offshore of say Englewood at Venice Beach like vein of it in the sand there's a big vein of white gold it's about 50% of it it's about a half mile long and 20 ft wide and 13 ft high not 10 ft high and it is seen and people want to go after it and they're trying to tonight and it'll be good we'll figure out it's all over the place out there and they do find it when they're getting diamonds and they're pulling it out and sifting it's a huge operation they're going to drop the whole thing tonight including in front of Charlotte county probably 20 or 30 foot all the way out to 10 miles and then probably come in a bit too which will help immensely all that s*** will disappear and that's a big change there's a huge group called The pluggers and they're doing tons of stuff and they said there's entertainment to be done and monitoring so they can do the diamond stuff wow this is great so they're setting it up and they're getting going on the carnival stuff in the circus and other entertainment shows live shows music concerts and they organizing it today and they said I feel great like I'm young again and much better than going to get crabs just to eat and be mindless pigs they love it and they have skill and other people don't and they feel great.

-additional news they have been removing ships offshore and inland they're moving they're removing tons of them it is a huge deal they're removing so many ships it's going to depressurize the peninsula they're doing it all around just like the diamond mining on the East Coast it's much deeper water and it's harder so more people came to the West Coast to harvest diamonds and they have bigger equipment and it's going to go faster finally I didn't say they can use those diamonds to harvest more and it's the morlock eventually they will defeat the pseudo empire. And we did purchase part of Harley is not true that is dragging on like nobody's business. A couple of things in the news but they are going after these ships they're getting close to having them cleared and that's going to be something else the diamonds we taking out of the holes but we don't think they're going to be taking that many out at a time and it really doesn't make any turbulence out there because there's nothing that will drop all the way out to 150 MI it's just sand and it moves when you're doing it and then it filters out the s*** through the sand and it creates oxygen and they're not really going to go too far out from there yet they don't have the ability. The harbor in the river are sand and they're doing offshore first it's not even planned they're just doing it because it's easier and they should do it that way but that's not why. Further Tommy F has been recognized as someone causing a lot of problems and then aka Dave noted it and he saw him with the carriages at my son's bike our son's bike and yeah they don't have any bike racks out there and people are upset it's going on and it's going on for a while and people don't use the flagpole her son does and doesn't care they say it might get electrocuted that's true too but it's grounded so we see that he understands it but it is grounded. Few more things we have a number of people who don't understand any rules and we have to clear them out near zombies and we have bugs and bug control did not make it out there and there's a war lock you're trying to draw bugs to the pseudo empire that will work no we might try it though

-the governor is trying to shut off the system to redirect the water and he is getting beat up by the pseudo empire I don't feel like having a flood they are pounding on him and they might lose if they do the empire will take their place and us and the foreigners and and or actually we think foreign minority morlock will you can see them fighting dja and they don't like him mixed race will be on their side too we think that's who the rebels are lots of them even famous ones people think Ray is louis we actually know who she is. And yes she's a girl from the dry cleaners. There's a lot of people that can see her changing into all sorts of stuff and making miracle does it and she's quite good at it it's going on and people see it there are other things happening but this is happening in very soon and the governor is going to be pushed out too by the pseudo empire and then minority morlock and the empire

-tonight we have several movies that are coming to fruition big ones and they're important and they're huge by the way these are massive movie they are franchises and TV programs series very serious stuff it's going on tonight/will continue for weeks and there are several of them that are starting now and there's a preamble for Mississippi burning there's a preamble for the watchmen there's a preamble for several other films not mentioned movies like looper day after tomorrow edge of Tomorrow for starting to see the characters and their attitude is just like their character and other series are starting to materialize like The avengers it is because these morlock are disappearing both sides the pseudo empire and the other side are being crushed by each other and for no good reason except the empire is having it done it's not pitiful it's very bad and disgusting the fight is repulsive it is repelling a lot of people from helping them who used to there are people like Biden to cannot even help him Stan is her father and can't do much for him back Daddy the same Ken is almost knocked out by them and he can't operate at all there's a lot of this going on and it's not a surprise to some this is non-stop what's happening here and it's repulsive it really is bad and more shortly

Thor Freya

Olympus

Zues

Hera I've got a lot to say tonight it's announcements and I'm going to make a time slot

[barovianbitches]

What would the party dress as for Halloween in modern day?

Bettany: I-I really look up to Batman, I think. I love bats. Plus, he's an orphan and wants to help people just like me. I like the classic Adam West Batman though! That's what I'd dress up as.

Rorali: Heh, I'd find the stupidest thing to dress up as. Like a fucking traffic cone or one of those thumb guys from spy kids. OR! I'd go the sexy route and dress up as like... I don't know a fairy, black cat or something demony. Either that or maybe sexy iconic halloween/horror movie characters. Also, I'd threaten the party at knife point to do at least one halloween as the scooby doo gang. They have no choice.

Yvan: Yoooo. I'd wear a Himbo Hooters outfit like a King on Halloween. Bright orange booty shorts, knee high socks, and a crop top. I'll even add some citrine crystals to my locs for the ocassion. ;)

Constantin: For the halloweens, you say? Well... If I am not feeling particularly... festive. I think I would be dressing as the Michael Myers or some other very large masked muscle man. Though, if I am feeling the festives... I think I would be Guts. Sword and all. From the uh... the animating show Berserk.

Thalassia: Halloween?? What's Halloween?? ... Oh! We dress up? I think I'd wanna be a crab. Like pebbles!

Tyyran: I LOVE HALLOWEEN. So many pranks to be had, hehehe. Though I'd probably just take the excuse to wear sweats and a t-shirt. Nothing beats comfy. What if you gotta run away from someone you pranked?? and if someone asked me what I was for Halloween I'd say "Lazy."

[my-misplaced-stew]

The mercs + Miss Pauling and what pets they would have

I was given this idea by my lovely friend who has no idea this blog is a tf2 x reader blog

TW: Ask to tag

Scout

A dog! Yes it's been said a million times but it's right! He's a very high energy guy and needs a pet that can keep up. I can imagine him with any kind of dog really, but if I were to specify I'd say a Boarder Collie. They are very high energy dogs who love to run around and I feel like he would love it. He would probably name it Spot or something along those lines.

Pyro

Any kind of reptile but most likely a snake! Snakes love heat and would love Pyro, they would stick to him like a magnet. Pyro would probably pick a ball python because they're just so cuute! They love to snuggle up with their little snake after battle and watch them slither around. Pyro would totally name them Noodles because why would an animal look so much like a noodle? Its destiny!

Soldier

He already has his raccoons but I think he would find a little baby skunk one day and add it to his army. Everyone is worried about it stinking up the base but Soldier reassures them that it will only spray those to un-American! That doesn't reassure anyone. But he keeps his word and surprisingly no one has been sprayed. The little guy's name is Sargent Nibbles! Because the little cutie just loves to chew on Soldiers fingers.

Heavy

He would want something that didn't need attention 24/7. So he gets a black cat! He believes the myths surrounding black cats are just scary stories and the little kitties shouldn't be so hated. Heavy is very good at naming his guns but couldn't seem to think of a name that suited the little cat. So he just calls her Kitty. He loves it when he sits down to read a book then Kitty jumps up and immediately starts purring. Her fur is so soft he can't believe it! But every now and then he does get startled by a black mass with two glowing eyes staring at him in the middle of the night.

Engineer

He doesn't have much time for a high maintenance pet, so he gets a hermit crab! He keeps the tank in his workshop since that's where he is most of the time. He makes sure the tank is up to par so the little guy can live comfortably. Sometimes he just sits in front of the tank to watch it scuttle around just to relax. He probably names it something normal like Dave or something really weird like Bike Pedal [B.P for short]. When it comes time for it to change shells he alwasy makes sure it has options that are big enough for it.

Demoman

Demo loves aquatic creatures, so he gets a Fire-bellied toad. He wanted something that could keep him company while making his bombs or just relaxing. A main reason he got a toad is because it looked super cool and he had been wanting a pet for a while. Names the little guy Fireball because of his stomach is a bright fire red. When hes drunk hes alwasy mesmerized by Fireball's movements. It's just crazy how such a tiny little toad can jump around so much!

Medic

He already has his doves and he has his baboon if you count that as a pet. He doesn't exactly have the time to take care of a cat or a dog so he decides on a bunch of fish. Mainly exotic fish in a massive tank he has built into a wall. He cleans the tank on a regular basis, makes sure to feed then when necessary and decorates the tank with items that match their natural environment. He doesn't name all them because he believes it's unnecessary to name them.

Sniper

I think he would have a bird. I'm not sure what kind of bird but he would have one. He loves the thing to death. I like to think hes terrible at naming stuff, especially pets, so he just called it Birdie. Often talks with Medic about how to care for birds because he knows the basics but needs some advice sometimes. If Birdie ever got hurt or sick Sniper would be running straight to Medic. He's hesitant about bringing Birdie to Medic but no one else really knows how to care for a bird so he just deals with it.

Spy

Everyone expects Spy to get a cat or maybe those dogs old women keep in their purse but he has a pair of rats. He finds the "rodents" adorable and surprisingly have simple care routine. He doesn't mind if they climb on him while he wears his suit, one of the few things he doesn't mind on his suit. He named them after his favorite flowers, Wisteria and Daffodil. He makes sure he spends lots of time with them and makes sure their cage is spacious with tons of enrichment for when hes not there.

Miss Pauling

I cant really imagine her with a pet. Even if she didn't work for the Administrator I dont think she would have a pet. But let's say she did have a pet. I feel like she would take excellent care of it, spend time and love the hell out of it. She would name it something like Blue despite the animal not even being blue.

[Sorry for Miss Paulings part being so short, I will try to write more for her next time]

[presidentbungus]

um uhhhhh headcanon from Me :] pyro makes every1 in tha team strange little gifts . engineer gets a weird conglomeration of fused metal n crayons , heavy gets a rlly crudely stitched 2gether an kinda singed teddy bear , scout gets a piece of paper that Sort Of resembles a baseball card , medic gets a "special med-kit" that jus has syringes full of glitter glue an stickers an shit , etc etc . tha strangest thing pyro's ever given som1 was w demo , when they gave him a fucking Human Skull ? nobody knows where they got it . they refuse 2 reveal it . demo absolutely loves his new skull

also they keep giving spy Live Crabs . there's so many crabs in spy's room now . he can't escape

cackling. theyre such an artist💞

everybody absolutely TREASURES their presents too. engy keeps the statue like right in front of his work space where he can look at it while he’s doing stuff. scout puts the card in like a special place of honor in his baseball card binder bc he 100% has one of those. Medic full on tries to inject whatever’s in the needles into whoever’s unfortunate enough to have a “”spontaneous”” medical checkup sprung on them first

demo loves his skull. demo carries it everywhere. engy isn’t sure why he has to have a conversation with him about carrying a human skull in the middle of a grocery store that normal people shop at but apparently he just has to now. this is where his life has gone. I think he interrogates pyro for a Very long time trying to figure out where the hell it came from but they never reveal their secrets :)

every night pyro quietly comes in while he’s sleeping and dumps a bag of crabs on the floor. I don’t think spy even knows where they’re coming from. he just wakes up and stomps to the breakfast table and there’s like 8 crabs hanging off of him and he’s like “WHO DID THIS????” and I think everybody kind of knows but tbh it’s really really funny so they haven’t said anything. sometimes spy like dips into his suit pocket for cigarettes or something and there’ll just be like a little baby crab hanging off of his finger when he takes his hand out of the pocket. every time he cries. it’s really really sad

[botherkupo]

7 days of lovesquare (day 3)

here’s part 2 of Keeping in Character

ao3

Marinette frowned at her fake identity card. The woman in the photo had black hair, blue eyes, and a similar nose, but no one who saw it would think she was Ladybug, let alone Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Chat Noir’s was probably the same.

“Eva?” she said, scrunching her nose. “That’s the name you picked for me?”

“My contact chose it, actually. That’s how I got stuck with Maël.”

“Contact?” She raised her eyebrows. “Please tell me you just watch too many spy shows, because I’m beginning to seriously wonder if your day job is being part of a crime syndicate.”

He belted out a laugh. “I promise I’m not a criminal.”

“That doesn’t assure me at all.”

He wrapped his arm around her waist, drawing her closer so that she was pressed against his side. His breath was warm on her ear. “Save your suspicions for later. It’s go time, darling.”

Heat blazed on her cheeks. Unfortunately, they were already at the door and being greeted by two neatly dressed men—one to check their invitations, the other to confirm their identities—so she couldn’t make a retort, not without breaking character. Damn it.

“I knew it,” she muttered as they headed inside. “You’re enjoying this way too much.”

“Hey, all I’m doing is making people believe we’re a loving couple. You could at least put in a little effort. Those scowls aren’t going to convince anyone.”

She smiled through her teeth. “Worry about yourself, darling.”

No way was she going to let him tease and fluster her the whole night. This meant war.

They mingled with the other guests, keeping an eye out for anyone who might be Hawk Moth. (Just because this particular miraculous wasn’t part of her miracle box did not mean that he hadn’t got wind of it. He’d even turned up in China that one time.) And while she allowed Chat Noir to take the lead, since he seemed more at home with all of these wealthy people, she made sure to ruffle his composure whenever she could.

“Shmoopie buns,” she said loudly, clasping his arm and practically draping herself against him. “Could you get me a glass of champagne? Eva’s feeling thirsty.”

His eyes widened. “Shmoopie buns?” he mouthed.

She played with his collar, pouting in the cringiest way possible. “You’re not going to make Eva get her own drink, are you?”

He stared at her in glassy, twitching alarm, and she had to bite her lip not to giggle. No guy wanted a girl who gave him awful pet names and spoke in third person.

“Well?” she said, pouting even more, but there was a glint of challenge in her eyes.

They had a silent standoff, but then a smile was plastered on his lips and, to her horror, he pinched her cheek. “Of course not, sweetie. I’ll go get it right now.”

Damn. He was good at this.

oOo

“Okay, truce,” she said, collapsing on a chair and closing her eyes. “No more goading and trying to one-up each other.”

Her heart was still racing from her last attempt—a seductive caress to the cheek that had epically backfired when he’d moved at the last second and she’d ended up touching his lips. So soft. So taunting. If she kept up this act, she was only going to torture herself.

He took the seat next to her. “Pretty sure we’ve convinced every person here that we’re a couple anyway.”

“Probably.”

Awkward silence settled. Perhaps he was also thinking about the accidental lip caress. It had certainly destroyed his composure, judging by the way he’d stared at her, wide-eyed and flushed.

She fidgeted with her dress. Bit her lip. Glanced to the side.

“Are you thirsty?” he asked.

She opened her mouth to respond, but he was already standing up.

“I’ll go get us some drinks,” he said, and scuttled away like a flustered crab.

Damn it. He definitely had been thinking about it.

oOo

It was almost time for the auction. They’d found a quiet spot on one of the gallery balconies and spoke in hushed voices as they discussed the people they’d met that night, trying to figure out who might be a contender for the brooch. Unfortunately, it was an effort for Marinette to focus on what he was saying rather than the way his lips moved.

Stupid Chat Noir. Stupid heart. She should have never tried to stoop to his level and play his silly games. It had only made things worse.

“What do you think?”

She blinked. “Huh?”

“About the hospital director. Seems like she’s going to—”

The balcony curtains parted. Chat Noir glanced over his shoulder, then suddenly froze and spun Marinette around, pressing her back against the wall. He clasped her face with determination. Her eyes bugged wide.

“What are you—”

His lips crashed against hers, snatching her breath and sending tingles down every inch of her body. “Go with it,” he whispered urgently. “My father is right behind us.”

Father?

He kissed her again, but this time she didn’t bother to put up even a token offer of protest. After all, they were only doing this to protect their identities. There was no need to feel guilty. No need to scold herself for tugging him closer by his suit and slanting her lips against his over and over again, tasting silk on her tongue and fire with every shared breath.

Yes, this was just a duty she had to fulfil as Ladybug.

His hand slipped into her hair, no doubt ruining the style. Thunder drummed in her ears. Her heart pounded and pounded and pounded.

“Perhaps we should go somewhere else,” a cool, oddly familiar voice said. “This balcony seems occupied.”

“Ah, yes. If you’ll just follow me …”

The voices faded. Marinette knew she should pull away, but instead she took his bottom lip between hers and drew him back into another kiss. Dizzying. Pulse-jumping. His fingers traced electricity down her neck, her bare shoulder, and settled on her hip. Never had she been so glad that they weren’t wearing their superhero suits. It was so much easier to feel his touch, the heat of his body.

But then he pulled back, and she had no choice but to open her eyes and meet his gaze.

“I think they’re gone,” he said huskily.

She licked her kiss-bruised lips, conscious that his hand was still on her hip and their bodies were heart-thuddingly close. “Looks like your plan worked then,” she said. “Get that one from a romcom as well?”

He laughed, if a little breathlessly. “You know what they say: easiest way to drive someone off is to make them uncomfortable.”

“And you figured kissing me was the best way to do that?”

His gaze drifted to her lips, lingering too long. “Sorry. I didn’t expect my father to be here tonight.”

Damn it. He was not allowed to do that. Not with those eyes, and not with that voice. It put terrible thoughts into her head, like how she should just yank him down by his collar and kiss him again.

“What was the point of wearing that wig, then?” she said, trying to look arch but probably failing miserably. It was hard to tease him when they both knew that she was the one who had continued to make out with him even when there was no need.

“Fair point.” His fingertips pressed into her hip, more like a reflex than intentional. “Guess I just panicked.”

Her breath got caught in her throat. He was staring at her lips again—staring in a way that made her skin burn with pleasant shivers.

“Wanna panic again?” she said softly.

It was the cheesiest line she had ever uttered, but it did the trick for him. He tugged her against him and kissed her as if he was discovering oxygen for the first time—intense, almost desperate. Not that she could restrain herself either. Years of denial were shattered. She wanted him. Wanted his desperation. Wanted his adoration. Wanted him to feel every beat of her heart and every electrifying pulse that he burned into her veins.

“The auction will start soon. Please make your way to the gallery.”

Marinette could have cursed the announcer. Why did he have to interrupt then?

They broke apart reluctantly.

“Guess that’s our cue,” she said.

“We should, uh, probably tidy ourselves up first.”

She laughed. Right. His suit was rumpled and he had smears of lipstick around his mouth. She doubted she looked much better. Still, it didn’t take long to make themselves appear presentable, and then he was once more offering his arm to her.

“Ready to go win a miraculous?” he asked.

She linked arms with him, her lips curving into a smile. “Lead the way, darling.”