#i wish i had all the volumes right now i wouldnt have to wait to keep going

[unforth]

Somehow on my first read through I completely missed that the girl in the tangerine story was Luo Fenghua's little sister. Probably because I forgot her name. (Like I absolutely caught the Xu Shuanglin stuff in there, though hell if I remember all the details, my memory is shot, but...yeah). I guess, fortunately, I DIDN'T forget Luo Fenghua's name, so then seeing Luo Xianxian's again...yeah. yeaaaah.

[darishima]

BONESY BONESY HIII BONESY

remembwr when i said this

i am home now!!!! here is a pic of both shelves

its a little messy n not well lit.. shelves are a little disorganized too especially the bottom two but its fiine ! lucky star shelf i showed you before is third down on the left. im gonna take better pictures to post here and on mfc once my sega power figure comes in and i move my toga and midari sections around

basic explanation, starting from the top on the left shelf: -combination toga and midari section, with my full ohshc manga set in the back -jiro section, with all my mha manga -lucky star section <333 -misc section, largely demon slayer, w assorted manga -another misc section, kinda where i stuck my least favorite figures LMAO im sorry guys right shelf: -mostly one piece section, partially disgaea section -yamato shrine plus kakegurui section runoff -mainly my edward shrine plus funkos lined up along my tokyo ghoul + tg:re manga sets, but my NSO section is slowly growing. plus miku -hxh section! mostly meruem, komugi, and neferpitou- theyre my 3 favs. couple misc figures next to them too -red box on the right of the lowest shelf is where i stash all my weed LMFAO isnt it a genius spot.. nobody would ever look or suspect. im soo smart.. anyway rest of that is misc manga and its kinda cluttered just pretend you dont see that

speaking of midari and toga sections! here are closeups of both !

midari section is currently cramped and messy.. usually has kakegurui manga behind it (hence the empty spot) but hunter is borrowing the first few volumes rn so it looks sad and empty :( need to move the midari section to another shelf because it and the toga section next to it are getting too large to coexist on the same shelf anymore they need more room. and speaking of toga section

wonderful angel.. also getting crowded mostly because banpresto always makes giant ass bases which take up lots of space on shelves </3 take a hint from pop up parade bp your base game SUCKS.

also just now realizing how BADLY tumblr annihilates quality... pls click on the pictures nd zoom in i promiseee they are better quality than that pls..

here is my jiro section !

gets a whole shelf all to herself (except for the dabi figure.. who is my bookend). im on a quest to get every single (non-gk) figure of jiro EVER made and so far i am missing seven out of sixteen :( most of the rest are trading figures and funkos except for the bellfine scale figure which is hella expensive.. like $100+.. but she will be mine eventually. here are the ones im missing

top 3 are trading figures, middle is still on preorder i think so it cant be mine yet , jst need to track down the other two somewhere. on the bottom are two of the funkos which are easy to buy but i dont LIKE having funkos and i dont WANT them but because its jiro i have to buy them anyway :/ im just putting it off. i almost ordered the first one the other day but decided to wait for the price to go down a bit. middle one is a gamestop exclusive thats bundled with a t shirt and i could easily buy it rn at, yk, gamestop, but i dont want the t shirt so i gotta buy th funko individually off ebay. last pic on the bottom is the bellfine scale, found it for $90 on a site recently when it usually goes for $120/$130+ so hopefully it'll be mine soon!1 anywayy sorry 4 yapping.. just love jiro will collect all her figures 4ever. wish i could do that for toga but she has too many :( 62 compared to jiro's 16 :( anywayyy more shelfies

the midari section was formerly just the kakegurui section but i had to boot these 3 figures out cause they wouldnt fit:

mary nendoroid (which i got for a STEAL at $28 unopened, they usually go for like $70 or more), plus mary and yumeko pop up parades (they are holding hands). and next to them:

yamato section! my beautiful prince yamato! the angle of this one sucks.. wtv. the big figure between the manga is the most expensive figure i've bought so far at $45, not counting the kangel L pop up parade figure i preordered for like $64 (doesnt count cause i dont have it yet). and SPEAKING OF KANGEL...!

kangel pop up parade!!! i got her yesterday!!! and the goodsmile bonus p-chan (the sad kitty)! put her in front of my nso manga + switch game, im so so happy i got her :3 and i'll be even happier when i get the kangel L figure, which is wayy bigger and imo prettier

anywayy hope you liked my yappings bonesy if you see them n read them.. ^_^ and also anyone else who saw this on their dash and checked it out,, sorry for clogging your dash :(

figures are my passion my love my light my one true joy.. would love to answer any questions u have about them ever. need to take more closeup pictures also bc its so hard to see details in that shitty ass full shelf pic i took.. will take better pictures another time <3 shldve taken a closeup of my hxh section its so good,, or my edward section,, oh well

[demadogs]

Wait so do you realistically think Mike and will are gonna get together in season 4 or later on or is this wishful thinking?

Also how would you feel if they didn't end up doing that, I know a lot of people would be a bit pissy about it but I would prefer if we were all g with the new seasons and whatever decisions they make

i think at first it was just wishful thinking but as i thought more about it i realized a big reason for why it would make more sense for them to get together at the end of s4 than s5. and when i say “get together” i mean they admit their feelings or kiss on the last or second to last episode. i dont expect to actually see them dating at all this season. it’ll probably mostly be angst.

the biggest reason is i dont think they would brush over their whole coming out process, especially considering how much it looks like mike is going to struggle with internalized homophobia. they wouldnt have them admit their feelings early in a season bc its a huge moment for the characters. it would just be much better storytelling if they had it at the end of a season. but if they put it at the end of s5, the whole coming out process would likely only be a couple scenes in one episode, which i just think wouldnt depict how big of a moment it is to the characters and again, especially mike. its the 80s. theyre not just gonna kiss and everyone will be like “yaaaay happy pride”. people will have different reactions and itll be an emotional process. i think if they make an effort to show mikes internalized homophobia this season, which i strongly believe they will based on the quote that they gave finn “really big hard-hitting stuff this year”, then they would also make an effort to show his struggle with coming out and there’d just be much more room for that if they got together at the end of this season.

i probably wouldnt think this if the season wasnt twice as long but it is. each volume will feel like an entire season. they have so much time to grow their development so that it wont feel like it came out of nowhere or that it was rushed so having them admit their feelings at the end of volume 2 seems likely.

if they dont do this i wouldnt be too upset as long as they give the audience 100% confirmation of both of their feelings. not just heavily imply it. but if s5 came out and they did kinda skim over the coming out process bc they had them get together at the end of the season then i would be pretty upset. but again, i dont really think thats likely. this has been a very slow burn so far and even after they get together they still have to come out and there’s no way mike, who has been pretending to be straight with a girlfriend (even if its subconsciously) for like four years would be like “cool lets go tell lucas and dustin!” it’ll be very hard for him and i highly doubt he’d be ready to tell people right after they get together.

hmm now ive lowkey convinced myself that they for sure will get together this season. hope im not setting myself up for disappointment.

[blackhallow]

I CANT BELIEVE ITS FINISHED ALREADY 😭😭😭 CANT WAIT FOR WHATEVER U HAVE PLANNED NEXT !!!

SUGURU AND MAKI BONDING WAS HONESTLY SO SATISFYING THAT ENTIRE PART WAS VERY SLAY (I GET WHAT U MEAN WHEN U SAID SUGURUS REALLY GOING THROUGH IT)

NOBARA BEING #LOYAL🙏💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥

yuki's little ducklings 💀 im just imagining those ducks that cross the road woth the milf duck being at the forefront and the ducklings following and then just people road raging in the background because of the traffic

todosistermaki 😍😍😍 (that is all i cannoot express it in words....so my keyboard smash will have to do pojigyuvgedckvogturjnewkgt....hope u got all of that)

nobara and todo might be getting into fights with students at their school (im genuinely assuming abt nobara but tbh it rly sounds like something she would do like she would totally get into a fist fight with someone) but yuki's getting into fights with the parents. every parent-teacher meeting is a nightmare for nobara WAIT I JUST REALISED THE IMPLICATION THAT TODO DROWNS HIMSELF IN AXE BODY SPRAY HELP IM DYING AT THIS 😭😭😭 (SOMETIMES I GENUINELY FEEL CONCERNED BY WHAT YUKI TAUGHT HIM.....THEN AGAIN SHE PROBABLY HAD AN AXE BODY SPRAY PHASE TOO....)

UNSURPRISINGLY THE SIBLING BONDING WAS MY FAVORITE

she rly took her takada shirt off just so that maki wouldnt come to know 😭 todo wanting to marry takada (poor thing was so engrossed by the idea of marrying an idol he sees like maximum once a month idk how often fan greets happen that he didnt notice the way takada made moves on mai 😭😭 maybe one day very far into the future)

OREO STEALING THE SPOTLIGHT AS ALWAYS <333

“Oh so when he wants to cuddle he’s yours but when he’s a problem he’s my son?” 😂😂😂😂😂

KFC???? IN THIS HOUSEHOLD????? NAUR WAY LMFAO (i thought for a second this was abt the satosugu breakup but then i realised its actually a tradition in japan for people to get kfc during christmas HELP)

NOBARA FUMI SAORI REUNION AT LAST !!!!! fumi being unsettled by panda (he probably catches on at some point and starts messing with her on purpose)😭😭 saori not batting an eye like the true city girl she is 💪💪 nobara being very!!!! obvious!!!!! abt maki but its so sweet tbh

(SATORU'S ROMANTIC ESCAPADE BEING TRAUMATIZING FOR HER HELP 💀💀🙏🙏🙏🙏BUT ALSO GOOD FOR HIM I THINK)

I LOVF THE YUKI APPRECIATION IN THIS CHAPTER OMG I STAN OUR CLEANLINESS QUEEN ( I TOO CANNOT STAND THINGS NOT BEING CLEANED IMMEDIATELY I LOVE HER FOR THAT) GETO DESCRIBING HER AS "BEING LIKE A CHILD" 😭

THIS CHAPTER WAS JUST SO SWEET OVERALL OMG

JDHFSJDHSJSJ HELLO YOU ARE VERY SLAY!!!!

It is over and that makes me very sad but reading all of this has made me extremely happy so tyyy <3333 And now I wish I could draw because that image of like Yuki and the kids as ducks crossing a road is going to be forever engraved in my brain and I love that!!!! Omg. She's truly embarrassing yes she is, poor Nobara man she has to deal with that but in return Yuki has to deal with HER so .... idk who is more stressed out.

And omg I was rereading Todo's scenes in the manga right and volume 5's extras say that he always smells nice and it bothers the girls at the Kyoto school and I was just like mmm why would it bother them??? So that's where the axe thing came from kshdfkhasSDJ not to mention the extra also says he's mad at the rule that bans idols from dating because he wants to marry Takada RIGHT NOW (literally Gege's words, not mine) This man is so unserious that girl is clearly gay but anyways. Teenage Yuki having an axe body spray phase... no words. That has killed me. But !!!!!! I'm actually so glad that part was your favorite because I was kicking my feet twirling my hair writing it I found it hysterical sdkfhds

And I wondered if anyone was going to mention stsg with the KFC thing SDHGFASJFGD listen. They have appropriated that in this fandom but I'm taking it back. It's normal ok?

Stoppp Panda messing with Fumi SDHSDJF that is so real. Mannnnn like always your asks just make me laugh my ass off. In regards to Geto and Yuki I am obsessed with the idea that Yuki just has fun in her time off and she's just like. very chill. likes to party. And Geto's like... a boomer who goes to sleep at 7pm and complains about jetlag. LMAO.

ANYWAYS thank you for this!!!!!! Seriously puts a smile on my face :D :D I'm glad you enjoyed it and so happy you take the time to send me these because SDJGEISAKFS

[lostbetweenvampiresandmusic]

could you please do something with either poly!tlb, Dwayne, or Paul (your pick) based on the song Blood by Starbenders? 🩸♥️

I hope you like this! I used female pronouns, but if you'd rather have others, I can definitely change it for you!💜

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A quiet whimper escaped me as I stared out the foggy window. My head was pounding - I wasn't sure whether it was from a concussion or from crying so much. My body hurt all over, and all I could think was how it was my fault. If I hadn't been so naive, if I had waited and actually told them what was going on, I probably wouldn't be here. It all happened six days ago.

On the morning of August seventh I had gotten a letter, from my sister. She'd asked me to come and help, to come home for a while. And I did. Why wouldn't I? She was my sister after all. Of course I knew about her profession as a hunter - but surely she didn't know about my boys? Right? So I left, leaving only a short note for Paul and Dwayne.

"Off to see my sister. See you guys soon. Xxx"

But when I came home, I didn't get the warm welcome I expected. I didn't even get the chance to comprehend what was going on. I was thrown into the basement, my body curling up in it self when I finally landed on the ground after falling down the stairs. I was certain I'd be covered in bruises soon, my body aching all over.

"Tay?" I asked, trying to get my sisters attention. Why was she doing this? My voice was soft and low, I couldn't seem to get enough air inside of me to raise my volume.

"Shut up," she hissed as she walked down the stairs towards me. "I am only doing my job. If you had used your fucking brain and decided not to hang out with vampires - let alone date two of them - two! - I wouldnt have to do this. Honestly," she looked at me as she grabbed some leather straps, "whatever happens is purely on you."

"No, Taylor, I - what are you-?"

I couldn't even finish my sentence as pain washed over me. There were moment when I could feel my entire body - every single limb, bone and muscle aching and stinging. There were times where I couldn't feel anything, despite the constant torture. There were moments where all I could see was darkness, as I faded in and out if consciousness. And there were moments where I couldn't separate reality from delusion. I swore I saw them, Paul laughing at me and saying it was my fault, Dwayne having a cruel grin on his face saying that they never even loved let alone cared about me.

It had been six days now. It was the thirteenth. Six days since I saw the boys. Six days since I was home, since I wasn't in pain. Since I wasn't bleeding, or crying or wishing for release. I whimpered as I heard the door open again, hearing the heels my sister wore clicking on the stairs with every single step she took.

"P-please..."

"Tell me where those vampires are," she said as she put some gloves on, "and I'll let you go."

I shook my head, tears burning in my eyes as I realised what was going to happen. "Never!"

The cave had dealt with a drastic atmospheric change. Where it once had been a place that breathed freedom and a lack of worries - it was now the home of two stressed out vampires, trying to figure out what happened to their mate.

"Y/N is in trouble, why else wouldn't she be home yet?" Dwayne asked as he looked around her room at the cave. They had found the note, and they had hoped she'd been back already. Six days without any sign or message was very unlike her, and Dwayne couldn't help but feel worried.

"She's not a troublemaker. What's the worst that could have happened?"

"A lot. What if she's hurt? Or has been threatened, or -"

"You got her phone number, right?"

Dwayne nodded, telling Paul the number combination. The phone rung, and a woman answered.

"Y/N?"

A moment of silence. A cough. "Yeah? Paul?"

"Babe, where are you? What's going on?"

"Not much. Just -" she paused for a moment, "missing you."

"You sound different," Dwayne said, right before she wanted to hang up the phone.

"Oh," the woman on the phone laughed, "should have realised you'd figure it out. Dwayne, right? Y/N told me about you."

"What have you done to her?!" Paul practically growled, causing the woman to laugh even more.

"Hear for yourselves. We've been having loads of fun lately."

My sister grinned as she held the phone near my face, smiling wickedly as she saw how much I struggled to make a noise. How desperate I was.

"Sorry about that, she's been a bit quiet lately. No worries," I looked on in fear as she grabbed a knife. "I know how to make her talk."

She handed me the phone, forcing it in-between my bound hands, as she dragged the knife down my stomach, grinning as she realised I was getting more and more afraid.

"What are you going to do -" I could hear Paul his voice through the phone, I tried to focus on it, focus on the fact that they knew I needed their help. To focus that they'd be coming for me... I screamed - the duct tape on my face not muffling much of the sound - as the knife was forced deeply into my leg. As my sister twisted it around, she grabbed the phone again.

"See? We're just having fun!"

Paul and Dwayne were quiet as the woman hung up her phone. They stared at each other, not saying a word. Neither of them knew how to handle this or what to do. They just sat there, holding each other.

"We need to go there now. She's probably still at her sister's."

Paul nodded. "How badly do you think she's hurt?"

"I- I don't know. I just hope she's alive by the time we get there."

They didn't waste anymore time as they got their bikes, racing off into the night. They drove out of town, three towns over, where they found the house and address as Y/N had once told them. They parked their bikes, running towards the house. They kicked the door in, realising the house was empty except for the basement. Quickly they entered, sprinting down the stairs, stopping when they saw me, lying on a rusty operating table. I was tired and weak. My eyes were closed, as I was still - or again - unconsciousness.

"Babe?" Paul stepped forward, shaking my shoulders slightly.

I frowned a little, still not fully waking up.

"Love, come on.." Dwayne's voice was soft, as he untied my hands.

Slowly I opened my eyes, gasping for air as I saw them. Both of them tormented by worry.

"No.. No she'll hurt you too."

"Babe-"

"You- you need to leave..."

"Love, we can't leave you here," Dwayne lifted me up, holding me tightly against his chest. I made a quiet pained noise, earning me a sad look.

"Come on, coast is clear," Paul motioned, hurrying Dwayne and me outside.

I didn't rememner much if how we got back, or how I entered the cave. I remember Paul helping me bathe, washing all the dirt and blood off of my skin. How he helped me was my hair, softly massaging the shampoo into my hair. How he helped me dry off, and how Dwayne treated my wounds, softly and carefully cleaning and binding them. How Paul handed me a shirt of his, while Dwayne let me wear his sweatpants, so I'd be comfy.

I laid between them, both of them having their arms wrapped around me. "I- I think she knows we live here..."

"That's okay," Paul said softly. "We'll protect you from her. Besides," he took one of my hands in his, "we have a whole secret passageway no one knows about, that we can use in case of emergency."

"Promise?"

"Definitely," Dwayne smiled, kissing my temple softly. "You know we won't let you get hurt again, right?"

I nodded quietly.

"We love you. A lot."

I smiled weakly, curling up between the two of them, cocooned in their warmth and safety. "Me too..."

[insidetheacademy]

Say You Love Me || iv

pairings: peter parker x reader (both peter and reader are 18+!)

summary: Peter found out that reader is moving away

warnings: angst, explicit language

gif credits: tomholandd

part i part ii part iii part iv part v 

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you were sitting on a stool just painting on your perfectly laid out easel. envisioning the scenery that you had in your mind. frank ocean was playing in the background, basically you were just vibing to the whole scene that you’re in right now. brushes were gently dragged across the canvas while you sing along to frank ocean.

as you were about to drag your brush that was covered in purple paint, someone had rang your doorbell. it was odd as you dont usually get visitors ever. you think it wasnt appropriate to bring guests over since your place looks like it belongs in a dumpster– you dipped your brush in your jar that’s filled with water and walked over to your door. you opened it slightly to take a peek at who it was

and there he was in all of his glory; Peter Parker. you opened the door wide and greeted him, “Parker, hey. didnt know you were coming over,” you said nervously, his lips curved into a smile “yeah! thought i would surprise you,” it was shocking, yes, you hadnt even told him whats your apartment number. he must have stalked you when he’s being Spider-Man.

you invited him in and turned the volume of the radio down so it wouldnt be noisy. you walked over to your small kitchen to make some tea for the two of you. “so, what brings you here, Peter?” you curiously asked him, “i was just about to ask you out for lunch. i didnt know you were busy,” he said while looking around your cozy apartment.

you took out the teabags from their container and dunked it in the teapot. you then took out two cups and pour the tea out. “i wouldn’t say i’m busy. plus you should’ve called me before coming over,” you handed him his tea. he took a sip and shrugs his shoulder

the next few hours, he hung out at your place, you ordered pizza for the two of you while he was sitting on your couch watching a movie that you had put on. “so, what are you up to nowadays?” you asked Peter, he swallowed his pizza and said “well, i’m just doing superhero stuffs, you know?” you raised your eyebrows and laughed at his statement “as in what?” he crossed his arms and said “i’m actually working with Happy now. believe it or not, he gets on my nerves,” the both of you laughed

“ ‘kay, I’m gonna go to the bathroom” you put down your tea cup and your phone on the coffee table and headed to your bathroom. your phone dings and Peter couldnt help it but to take a small look on who it was, it read “congratulations y/n, on getting a job in Paris!! your father and i are so proud.” Peter heart drops as he read the first few lines. he felt as if he had been betrayed.

you walked into the living room “hey, so what do you wanna do for dinner? i can make mac and cheese,” you stopped in your tracks when you saw Peter holding your phone, “what are you doing with my phone, Pete?” you asked calmly trying not to burst, “y-you’re moving?” he asks almost heartbroken like, you nodded to his question which lead to him being furious. Peter asked yet again “when are you leaving?” , y/n looks down on her feet and said “tomorrow,”. he kept bombarding with questions not planning to stop until he’s got all the answers that he needs, “were you not planning to tell me?” he said you walked to him and snatched your phone away, “it’s not a big deal, Parker! what the hell were you doing looking at my phone anyways?!” you shouted at him

“its not a big deal? this could change your life, y/n! where am i gonna fit in after that?!” Peter scoffed, you were offended at his words, “where are YOU gonna fit in? let me remind you, Parker, you are not my boyfriend so stop acting like one!” you spit at him. as if he wasnt satisfied he shoot back “so you dont even think of me as a friend anymore?!” you rolled your eyes, “for God’s sake, Parker, you stopped calling and texting me when you fucked Jane! you were the one stopped being there! so, no! i dont even think you are a friend. what kind of friend ditches their OWN friend for a girl?” you tried swallowing it but tears just rolls down your cheeks,

the world then fell into this huge awkward silence. what you said to him really went through his head. you were right, he was the one who left you to fend on your own. he could’ve just rejected you and still be friends, but why did he had to ignore you altogether? you sobbed into your hands and said “I think you should leave,” Peter tried to hug you and say sorry “leave.” you said at him with anger and sadness in your voice.

he took his jacket and said “thanks for the tea,” and left. you were shocked, what kind of human being just say that after they had a fight?! you took one of the cups and throw it at the front door wishing that it would hit him. on the otherside, he didnt walk away easily, he stopped to think about his actions in front of your door and was startled to hear a shattering noise. he punched a wall to let out his frustrations only to realise that this isnt his apartment. he ran out as fast as possible before he got caught.

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what the hell were you thinking?! Peter thought to himself. he continues to make you distant from him without even trying! he wanted to be happy for you but everything seems impossible only because of his stupid actions. he lies on his bed in the dark just hugging the life out of his pillow, getting everything out of his system.

the next morning, Peter woke up with swollen eyes and dry throat. he heads into his bathroom and splashed a bit of water on his face. words from yesterday creeping on his mind, replaying like a broken record. he walked to the kitchen to get something to eat. maybe a pop tarts for breakfast? he sat down and thinks to himself, what the hell am i gonna do? should i apologise? suddenly there was a knocking on his door, he gets up to open it, “May!” he exclaims with surprised in his eyes, “hey! did you forget that i was supposed to come over today?” May asked raising her eyebrows,

May walked inside and took a good look around Peter’s apartment, “I thought you were planning to decorate it?” she asked, Peter crosses his arms and said “I-I’ve been busy, May” May gave Peter a weird look as he moved out two months ago and he’s still sleeping on the floor. May walked to Peter and cusped his face, “have you been crying?” Peter nodded only to break down infront of her, “shhh.... shhh... tell me what happened,” May said trying to calm Peter down

Peter told May the whole story, “what do you think I should do, Aunt May?” he asks desperately for an advice, May took Peter’s hands into hers, “she’s leaving today right? go and send y/n off. don’t let her go knowing that she ended things badly with you.” May smiles. Peter stood up from the couch to get ready.

May was right. Peter cant let you go to Paris without apologising to you. this was his fault for acting out and he’s going to make things right. he kissed Aunt May on her cheeks and made his way to your apartment.

Peter is now at your front door just fidgeting with his fingers. he went ahead and ring the doorbell. he waited for a few seconds hoping that you were still sleeping in. he pressed the doorbell yet again but there was no answer. suddenly he heard a voice, “are you looking for Y/n, dear?” she asks in a most loving voice, Peter nodded “I’m afraid she’s already gone to the airport,” Peter’s face drops even more knowing that you had left. “Oh, thank you then,” he walks by her.

“though, you might still can catch her at the airport,” Peter stopped and turned around to face her, “I talked to her this morning and she said she doesnt get on the plane until its 1:50pm,” the old lady smiles at Peter. Peter swore he could feel his own spirits lifted, he thanked her with the hugest grin on his face. He drove right down to the airport. not trying to waste any moment more.

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You had just arrived at the airport, the cab driver was kind enough to lend you a helping hand. You smiled and bid thank you. Suddenly there was a big commotion, people were honking their cars and screaming “hey!”, you turned back to see that it was Peter. You tried walking away from him damn it he’s too fast,

“Y/n, wait!” He shouted, “what do you want, Parker?” You asked in an uninterested voice, he took a deep breath and said “I cant let you go. Not like this. I am so sorry for what happened between the two of us. The truth is, I missed you. At nights, I think about the words you said to me when you confessed. I have been a dick and I am so sorry. I know nothing can erase my actions but let’s start this over again?” You were shocked to say the least, you couldnt believe he came all the way to the airport to say that.

You pulled Peter in for a hug. “I forgive you,” you mumbled against his neck, you let go of him and said “I’m sorry too.. for not telling you any sooner,” he wiped the tears on your cheeks, “hey, its okay. I was the one who had no rights to get mad at you,” you smiled at him and he smiled back.

For the next 40 minutes, he had helped you checked in your plane and carried your baggages around. You were both now sitting in Starbucks just trying to forget about what happened. “I have something for you,” you spoke, Peter was excited to see what it was, you took it out from your backpack and showed him. It was a painting. A painting of him as Spider-man. Peter took it in his hands and admired the painting, “this is awesome, y/n!” Peter blushed knowing that you had spent your time making a potrait of him on top of a building.

“Don’t think I had never saw you looking at me when you’re on the building thats infront of my apartment window,” You sipped your coffee, Peter was embarassed to know that he was caught stalking her. “How long have you had this?” Peter asked, “A month ago when we met again. I knew immediately that you were gonna, quote on quote, keep me safe, like you used to,” you winked at him. You were right, Peter sometimes do that to people he loves. Just lingering near their houses to keep them safe.

40 minutes has gone by so fast and now it was time for you to go. “So this is it!” You said with nervous laced in your voice, “I’m gonna miss you,” Peter smiles at you. You leaned it and gave Peter a kiss on the cheek, you then took your bag from him, “I’m gonna miss you too, Spider-boy,” you smirked at him and went to the gate.

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a/n;; hii i am so sorry for the late update, my phone is fucked ;w; and i cant do anything about it since the whole world is in lockdown but here’s an angsty part 4 to make it all up! thank you all for waiting patiently!

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happier (dabi x reader)

A/N: this is like OOC but for a reason! it’s like, he wouldnt be OOC with other characters but you grew up with him so it was different, dont question it. i worksd really hard on this and im proud of it. i hope you all enjoy and YES i am all for that Touya/Dabi theory. it makes perfect sense (edit: i literally forgot to mention that i totally changed his backstory LMAO but i felt like this fit my story better sorry 🥺)

word count: 1.8k

warnings: i mean, heated kissing? angst, parental abuse (verbal, but not really mentioned)

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I.

you held onto his hands, dancing around the playground while your parents fought and his mom just watched. that’s what the two of you did every time your parents argued the way they did. he helped you escape from the hatred you listened to everyday so you could feel that glimmer of hope that they always tried to take from you.

“feeling better, y/n?” his voice was kind and soft and his smile made your fears disappear.

“yes, Touya, thank you.”

you grinned at him before you stopped moving and gave him the biggest hug you’d ever given. he giggled as he hugged you back. even though the two of you were only four, him wrapping his arms around you made you feel safer. what could go wrong when you were in the arms of your best friend?

“of course. you look better when you’re happier!”

II.

“you’re always at work, you never spend time with us!”

“maybe that’s because i’m trying to earn money to take care of this family!”

a 10 year old should never have to endure this. tears welled up in your red, puffy eyes as you remember the latest fight your parents had. you couldn’t take the screams and abhorrence so you ran. you didn’t know where your feet were taking you until you stood, shaking and sobbing in front of the Todoroki household. you wiped at your eyes before hesitantly knocking on the door. you stared at your feet and played with the hem of your shirt as you waited for the door to open.

when you heard creaking, you looked up immediately. your watery eyes met with the soft grey ones of Touya’s mother, Rei. she bent over to wipe off your tear-stained cheeks, the gentleness of her touch making you melt.

“are they fighting again, love?”

when you opened your mouth to respond, the only thing that came out was the quiet, pained sobs that you’d been holding back. that had been answer enough for her, and she quickly ushered you into the house.

you sat in the kitchen with her, your legs crossed as you sipped the tea that she’d made specially for you. the two of you just talked until you calmed down a little bit. soft footsteps brought you away from your current conversation and to the entrance of the kitchen, where you were met with a tired looking Touya.

“y/n? is everything okay?” he yawned and rubbed his eyes as he spoke, his voice mellow despite his exhaustion. you got up and walked to him, giving him a hug without uttering a word. he, of course, hugged back.

“dance with me, Touya?”

he smiled softly before taking your hands and dancing with you, his mother as your audience. the two of you spun around as though you were the only people in the world. nothing else existed in that moment, just you and Touya and your dancing. a smile had replaced the heart wrenching look on your face. dancing with your best friend made things better, even when life seemed to have been falling apart before your very eyes.

“you know, you should smile more often. you look prettier when you’re happier.”

III.

15 was not your favourite age, to say the least. your parents never stopped arguing and it’d become even harder to deal with. when they spoke to you, it was always short and harsh. they made sure you knew they didn’t want you, and they didn’t want each other either. you sat upstairs in your room holding a pillow over your head to block out the incessant screams from the voices that once soothed you.

you were at your breaking point and you knew that. nothing seemed to make you happy anymore. you kept headphones in your ears turned up at max volume to tune out the fighting every single day. it was the only thing that made you feel anything anymore. the romanticisation of life in songs gave you spurious hope.

you supposed it was easy to idealise life when you were living, but you were only existing. you vividly remembered the day the life had left your eyes, even though you weren’t dead. you were no longer who you once were. you felt like you were overreacting with your emotions. your parents never hit you or anything. sure, they fought nonstop, but you had a roof over your head and food to eat and clothes to wear. what right did you have to be upset with your life?

you sighed quietly before getting your phone out and sending a text to Touya, asking if he’d be willing to come over. he always knew what to do and say when you got like this. your phone buzzed in your hand and you smiled at his speedy reply before reading that he’d be right over.

☆☆☆☆☆

you walked to your window after receiving Touya’s text that he was there. you opened it and smiled down at him.

“there’s a ladder on the side of the house,”

he gave you a thumbs up before going to retrieve the ladder. you giggled softly, turning to go sit on your bed while you awaited his return.

minutes later, you saw disheveled red hair crawling through your window. he looked at you and grinned, going over to sit next to you when he’d made it through. you wrapped your arms around his neck while his were secured around your waist. the warmth of the hug made a funny feeling erupt in your stomach. likewise, Touya’s heart was fluttering at your touch.

“Touya, will you dance with me?”

he stood up, pulling you close to his chest. your arms rested around his neck like they had when you were sitting. the two of you swayed slowly, a comfortable silence taking over as you just enjoyed each other’s presence. you relished the protectiveness of his embrace. he rested his head gently on top of yours, making your heart pound.

he stopped moving abruptly before pulling away slightly to look at your face. his eyes scanned over every perfect imperfection that made up your beautiful appearance. his brows furrowed and he bit his lip, deep in thought. his eyes stared directly into yours, making you squirm. you got nervous under his unwavering gaze, so you shifted your head and looked to the side.

he gently held your chin and moved your head back to its previous position before placing a loving kiss to your lips. you kissed back with more force, the neediness exposing how deprived of love the two of you really were. his grasp on your waist tightened and your hands found their way into his hair, pulling gently. his tongue slid over your lip and you opened your mouth to allow him access. you pressed into him as much as you possibly could, a soft moan escaping your lips.

in that moment, nothing and nobody else mattered. it was only the two of you pouring your hearts out to one another, holding onto each other tightly out of fear that you might never see each other again if you let go.

when you pulled away to breathe, Touya took the second to look you over again. when he looked at you he saw his whole life in your eyes. he fell in love with you when you two were kids, and that love has only grown stronger since then.

“y/n, i want to make you happier.”

IV.

you were now 19 years old and you hadn’t seen Touya in two years. he disappeared when he was 17, leaving you confused and brokenhearted. you’ve felt this emptiness ever since he left, like you were missing one half of your already damaged heart. you missed him. his smile, his laugh. you missed his lips and his hugs but most of all, you missed dancing with him.

you didn’t think you’d ever see him again, but you remained hopeful that maybe your paths would cross once again. at first everyone thought he’d been kidnapped. however, as you thought more and more about it, you had come to the conclusion that maybe he ran away. you knew how his father treated him and his siblings, even Rei. you wouldn’t blame him if running way was his only option, but why didn’t he tell you? or better yet, why didn’t he take you?

you laid on your bed, still trapped within the hate and anger of your parent’s house. all you could do was wonder if things would get better. you wish, above all things, that you could go back to when things were better, when you were happier.

V.

by 21, your parents had kicked you out and with no job or house, you had nowhere to go. so you sat on a bench near the very park you used to play at with Touya. the darkness of the night sky was making you drowsy. your eyes were fluttering closed when the shadow of a tall man blocked the moon from illuminating your figure. your eyes shot open and you looked up, your eyes being met with familiar blue ones on an unfamiliar face. there were stitches and burns all over him, his hair completely black.

he stared at you, not knowing what to do or say. you felt in your heart that you knew him, but you didn’t recognise him.

“Touya?”

his eyes welled up with tears for the first time in a long time.

“y/n.”

you covered your mouth to muffle the sound of your quiet cries before you stood up and hugged him. he hugged back tighter than he ever had before.

“Touya, what happened to you? why did you leave? you didn’t say a thing to me, you just left!”

“i know—“

“you could’ve at least told me!”

“i’m sorry—“

“i felt so lost, Touya, you left me alone.”

“y/n, please. i didn’t mean to hurt you.”

tears spilled like a waterfall, your gasps for air breaking his heart. he really had no intentions of hurting you.

“y/n, i truly am sor—“

you cut him off be smashing your lips against his. he stumbled back slightly before regaining his posture and kissing you back.

“i missed you so much, Touya.”

“i missed you too, love.”

you held onto him like you’d lose him again if you let go. he held you with just as much protectiveness and love. the two of you swayed slightly, the moon shining, illuminating your tear stained cheeks. finally, for the first time in five years, your life didn’t feel like it was slowly crumbling before you. you wouldn’t say you were happy per se. but the two of you dancing in the light of the gleaming moon brought you back to when you were younger.

as crazy as it sounds, you missed who you were back then, when the two of you were dancing through the angry voices of your parents. when you were dancing through the mess you called your lives. he brought you back to those times, though. he brought you back to when you were happier.

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Shouting In Cafes: Chapter Twelve

Data Acquired

Scarlet meets Sun and realizes some things that are blatantly obvious to him if that aren’t obvious to his roommate. Neptune, meanwhile, wishes nothing more than to crawl into a hole and die.

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“Look at my hair!” Neptune gestured wildly to the absolute mess sitting atop his head. “This takes time, as you very well know!” he yelled, scurrying off the bed and immediately yanking open his drawers to pull together a somewhat sensible outfit.

“You know, Jaune would probably say ‘Don’t worry Neptune! Friends don’t care if their friend’s hair is messy!’”  Scarlet remarked offhandedly.

“Well, I care!”

“Yeah, I don’t blame you. You do look like a hot mess.”

“Oh thanks for the vote of confidence, dude,” Neptune snapped, tugging on a pair of pants while hopping on one leg. All he succeeded in doing with this maneuver was toppling to the ground while Scarlet laughed.

With Scarlet’s help, he finally got into an outfit that didn’t look like he’d just rolled out of bed. “He’s late,” Neptune grumbled, arms crossed.

“One minute late,” Scarlet sighed from beside him.

“He said give him an hour.”

“No one means exactly an hour, Neptune. We can’t all be perfectly on time.”

“Should I seriously wear this?” Neptune asked, gesturing vaguely at his shirt. “I look obscenely gay.”

“I like the flower print. Why? Do you think he’s going to ask you about it?”

“Is it bad? Should I change?”

“Neptune, I was just teas-”

“It’s bad, you’re right. I’m gonna change.” 

Luckily, just as Neptune was spun around to walk back into the room, an echoing voice down the hall yelled, “Neptune! Bro!”

And five seconds later, a large hand clapped onto Neptune’s back, forcibly turning him around.

Sun looked… clean. Weirdly clean. An-effort-was-put-into-his-look clean. What the effort might have been for, Neptune could not guess in a million years. It escaped his notice that he’d also put in similar effort for this “event,” but surely that was unrelated.

His hair was messy, it was always messy, but it looked like more thought was put into the chaos than usual. Like, maybe he tried a couple times before he got the windblown look exactly right.

His shirt wasn’t horribly wrinkled, though it did say “I’M HERE (YOU’RE WELCOME)” in that same horrible impact font and it, again, had no sleeves. He wore board shorts, because of course he was, but somehow, someway, he was not wearing open-toed shoes. Instead adorning his feet were pristine black and yellow converse, either newly bought or newly dry cleaned.

Neptune had to admit that he was impressed.

“Wow,” he began. “You look-”

“This is the first time I’ve seen you out of your work clothes!” Sun yelled, effectively cutting him off. “You do have a sense of style, I could tell.”

Neptune frowned. “Is that because of the gay thing.”

“Bi thing. And no, I think it was because of the hair. Or the glasses.” Sun raised an eyebrow, a cocky smirk pulling at his face as he began to turn around, arms extended as if to show off what he was wearing. “It’s nice to find someone with comparably good taste in clothes.”

Neptune grimaced in distaste. “My sense of style is not comparable to yours.”

Sun slapped his hand back onto Neptune’s shoulder. “Oh, you look great, don’t sell yourself short!”

Before Neptune could object to this, he was being pulled into a very tight hug, complete with manly man thumps on the back.

Neptune couldn’t bring himself to hug back, but he could apparently bring himself to notice how warm Sun was. And of course how he could feel every single muscle in his arms.

Scarlet appeared in his peripheral vision, giving Neptune a thumbs up. Thanks for nothing, man.

Finally, Sun released his captive, still gripping his shoulders on either side, still smiling like a madman. “You know, I was a little afraid that we were never actually gonna hang out! You waited, like, two whole days before texting me at all!” He was pouting now, eyes wide in that stupid puppy dog look.

“Isn’t that proper etiquette?” Neptune asked carefully, deciding not to mention that it was actually Scarlet who had texted back, and that if it had been left up to him, maybe there would never have been a second contact.

“Maybe for dates, but not for friends!” Sun slid to Neptune’s side, and slung an arm over his shoulders. “Unless this is a date, handsome.” And a wink, always with the damn winking.

Neptune laughed, not nervously, never nervously, and shrugged off the arm. “Not a date, you wish. Just doing… something. What are we doing again?”

“Oh! That’s right. It’s a surprise.” Sun wiggled his fingers, as if somehow that added to the mystery.

“Wow,” Neptune deadpanned, fighting the urge to laugh at this giant child. Can’t let him know that he was actually amused by his antics, that would be admitting defeat.

“You two have fun! Just text me when you get back, Neptune,” Scarlet called. He had apparently been edging himself down the hallway while thie interaction occurred, and suddenly Neptune panicked.

Jesus, God. He was about to be left alone with this madman.

“Oh!” Sun spun around, stepping towards Scarlet and capturing one of his hands in two of his. “I didn’t see you! You know Neptune?”

“Yes, I’m his roommate, Scarlet,” he said. He was tracing his eyes up and down Sun, as if sizing him up. Neptune felt torn between rolling his eyes in amusement at the look of delight on Sun’s face upon meeting a new potential friend, and horror at what the fuck Scarlet was doing, and not even subtly at that.

“Nice to meet you, Scarlet!” Sun exclaimed, shaking his roommate’s arm hard enough that Neptune thought it might fall off.

“Likewise,” Scarlet said, prying his fingers out of Sun’s vice grip. “Nice one, Neptune,” he shot over Sun’s shoulder to Neptune, who was still standing frozen in mortification. Scarlet’s eyes took one last look up and down Sun, who blessedly seemed not to notice. “This one’s a keeper.”

“Scarlet!” Neptune hissed, flushing as red as his roommate’s hair. 

Just at the same moment, Sun rubbed the back of his neck and grinned. “Aw thanks, dude! I try.”

“Just bring him back to me in one piece, alright?” Scarlet asked Sun, shooting Neptune an incredibly knowing look. How dare he. This was betrayal of the highest order.

“Can do!” Sun said and twirled back to Neptune. He moved so constantly that it was almost dizzying to look at. Neptune began to feel ill and fought to get the flush out of his cheeks. Sun grabbed Neptune’s hand, leading him away. “It was great meeting you! Come on bro, let’s go!”

“Agh, Jesus, you haven’t even told me where we’re going!”

“It’s a surprise!” Curse the delight in his voice, how dare he sound so excited about potentially kidnapping him.

Neptune caught Scarlet’s eye as he was dragged away. He was leaning in the doorway of their shared room, arms crossed and one eyebrow raised sardonically. 

‘Help me!’ Neptune mouthed at him.

He was yanked around the corner before he could get a response in return.

Sun was blathering away, talking about nothing and generally making a huge ruckus. Neptune’s phone buzzed in his pocket and he fished it out as best he could while being yanked down a hallway by an excitable child.

Red Rackham: You said he was tall, you never said he was cute

Ocean Man: Dude what the fuck?!

Red Rackham: Hey, I’m just telling it how it is

Red Rackham: Just don’t do anything I wouldn’t do, you two lovebirds ;)

Ocean Man: Theres nothing you wouldnt do!

Ocean Man: And we are not lovebirds!

Red Rackham: Sure you’re not

Red Rackham: I’ve only seen you have one conversation, and you two were acting like an old married couple

Red Rackham: He even tried to get all spiffed up for your little date, it’s adorable

Ocean Man: It is not a date!

Red Rackham: Bullshit

Ocean Man: And he is not adorable

Red Rackham: Bull

Ocean Man: Were not even friends!

Red Rackham: Shit

Ocean Man: Come on man dont be like that

Red Rackham: I think he likes you

Red Rackham: He was flirting with you hardcore

Neptune froze. Or he froze as much as he could while getting tugged down a stairwell by a giant with volume control issues.  

Neptune had long since  tuned out of whatever conversation he was having with Sun, but luckily Sun was talking loudly and enthusiastically seemingly without needing any input from him. He was waving one of his hands around excitedly as he talked, but not both.

Sun was still holding his hand.

His phone buzzed.

Red Rackham: Earth to Neptune, come in Neptune

Ocean Man: You really think he was flirting with me?

Red Rackham: Oh I know so

Red Rackham: He said you looked great, complimented you at every turn

Red Rackham: The man could not keep his hands off you

Ocean Man: Thats just what hes like with everyone it doesn’t mean anything.

Red Rackham: Neptune

Ocean Man: It doesnt mean anything!

Ocean Man: And even if he was flirting with me.

Ocean Man: Which he is not.

Ocean Man: Its not like I have a crush on him so it doesnt matter.

Red Rackham: Whatever you say

Red Rackham: Have fun on your not-date-totally-a-date

Red Rackham: I have to update Jaune, he needs these deets

Ocean Man: Scarlet I swear to god you better fucking not!

Ocean Man: You better not be texting Jaune.

Ocean Man: Scarlet?

Ocean Man: Oh god fucking dammit.

With his roommate abandoning him, and the very real idea that he might be getting into cahoots with his coworker to cook up some sort of horrible plan based on very untrue accusations, Neptune felt fear of the likes of which he’d never felt before.

He barely even noticed Sun holding the door of his car open for him to get into. He definitely didn’t notice the too-fond looks Sun kept shooting at him as they drove too many miles over the speed limit and Neptune panicked.

Sun only let go of his hand to drive. Neptune wondered behind the panic of the drive if his heart was racing from the high speeds and the wind rushing through his hair, or if it was from how Sun seemed unable to stop himself from glancing expectantly over at Neptune every time he made a joke or a sly comment.

Or if it was how Sun’s cheeks flushed and his eyes twinkled with delight whenever Neptune shot back with snark of his own.

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script: my wishful thinking

oscar needs some Validation and im sappy. gonna quickly @littlemisssquiggles

VOLUME 7 SPOILERS!!! i cant figure out how to do readmores on mobile so hopefully youve got the tag blocked

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[jaune and oscar are in a jail cell in atlas. its only big enough for two people. they sit on opposite sides of the cell.]

jaune: ... well, this sucks.

oscar: kinda, yeah. but at least we're one step closer to ironwood.

jaune: we're still in JAIL!

oscar: i mean... yeah.

jaune: did we seriously go through all that just to wait in some... some box?! ... ugh. sorry. im just frustrated is all.

oscar: no, dont get me wrong, im frustrated too.

jaune: you seem pretty calm about this, though.

oscar: ... i guess im just kinda used to roadblocks like this by now. i dont have to like it, i just have to get through it.

jaune: ... well, its always a good idea to vent your frustrations. and weve got a lot of time.

oscar: ... do you... want me to scream or something?

jaune: no, no, not unless you WANT to, that is- i just figured... i dunno.

oscar: ... figured what?

jaune: i dont know, i was making conversation and then probably started overthinking things.

oscar: ...

jaune: ...

oscar: ...

jaune: ... you know... youve come a long way.

oscar: huh?

jaune: i just, looking at you right now, you just seem... older, somehow.

oscar: ... thanks, i guess?

jaune: ... dyou think it has something to do with oz?

oscar: ... i dunno. hes been quiet since he helped me land the airship... maybe im just tired.

jaune: yeah, its been a long day...

oscar: ...

jaune: ... ugh, im sorry. i just dont know how to talk to you.

oscar: oh, thats... its ok. to be totally honest, id... rather not talk.

jaune: ... oh. i. yeah, sure.

oscar: i-its nothing against you, i know youre trying, i just... dont want you to feel like you have to, if that makes sense.

jaune: not... really.

oscar: i mean, its fine if you dont wanna talk to me. i dont mind.

jaune: what makes you think i... oscar, youre my friend.

oscar: ...

jaune: ... you dont believe me?

oscar: i- no, thats not- no, no, i... nevermind.

jaune: listen, if this is about argus, i-

oscar: no! no, no, no, no, no, its not, i promise. you- thats all- its really okay, i just, um, wasnt quite sure where we stand.

jaune: what made you unsure...?

oscar: n-nothing in particular. i think. i dunno, im being stupid. just forget about it, okay?

jaune: ... no. i wont just forget about it, i wanna know whats going on.

oscar: i-i. um.

jaune: ... are you... scared of me?

oscar: no!  no, no, no, im not, i- i just, i dont know, im trying really hard here okay? i dont know whats right! i just want it to stop!

jaune: ... oscar...?

oscar: um. l-lets. not talk about this.

jaune: honestly, i dont even know what we're talking about.

oscar: just... mngh, i dunno.

jaune: ... oscar, you know i dont hate you, right?

oscar: ... o-of course. yeah. of course i know that.

jaune: so... why dont you trust me?

oscar: n-no, no, i- no, i trust you, really, i do. i just dont wanna bother you.

jaune: ... ugh. i know you said you forgave me, but... i still messed up big time.

oscar: no, jaune, you didnt. its okay.

jaune: its NOT okay. i HURT you.

oscar: ... well... im fine now, right?

jaune: ... are you?

oscar: ... um. o-of course. yeah, why wouldnt i be?

jaune: cause you dont really seem like it.

oscar: ...

jaune: oscar, you dont HAVE to be okay-

oscar: of course i do!

jaune: -?

oscar: im not HERE to be a PROBLEM, jaune, im here to FIX problems! ... i, oh, oh my gods, im so sorry, i didnt mean-

jaune: no, hang on, oscar, hey. youre NOT a problem! youre- youre allowed to have FEELINGS. i- we, all of us, we care about you.

oscar: ... you shouldnt.

jaune: huh?

oscar: im not trying to say youre wrong, but the facts are that im not... im not permanent. i cant... i cant take up peoples time like that, im not THAT important.

jaune: ... yes you are.

oscar: you dont have to say that.

jaune: i know i dont. im saying it because i believe it. what- what made you think that youre not?

oscar: im sharing a body with an immortal magician fighting against the forces of ultimate evil. a farm boy from mistral kinda pales in comparison to that.

jaune: well, ozpin isnt exactly around right now. and even if he was, that doesnt mean youre not still here!

oscar: but for how long?

jaune: who cares? no one lives forever, oscar. that doesnt mean we're all insignificant. ... i lost someone... REALLY important to me, back at beacon. she did everything she could, fought with everything she had... she wasnt perfect, but... she was amazing. and i'll never forget her. ever. and i promise, if i can help it, i wont forget you either. and... youre still my friend. okay?

oscar: ... im not... im not worth remembering.

jaune: ... oscar... do you really believe that...?

oscar: ... if im honest, when i left, before, i was kinda hoping youd forget me.

jaune: why...?

oscar: ... i... didnt wanna be a burden. you guys are the important ones.

jaune: ...

oscar: ... i, um, im sorry, did i-

jaune: no, stop, its okay. i... dont know if i can convince you that youre wrong, but... im gonna try.

oscar: ... oh.

jaune: what?

oscar: nothing, i just... you... really care.

jaune: yeah. yeah, we all do.

oscar: um... th-thanks.

jaune: dont thank me. id... like a hug, though.

oscar: ... that sounds really nice.

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Road trip:Part 6

Sam nearly jumped out of his skin hearing your voice “u-um no (Y/N) we still have a couple of hours left.” Sam cleared his throught and you knew he was thinking about if you heard him or not. “Well if so can we stop at a welcome break so i can get food and i can pee. Also what time is it?” you asked this so the tension of the air would lift and it did slightly but you knew what would make it go away. You unbuckled your seatbelt and leaned across a confused Paddy, you turned the volume right up on the radio and turned on the bluetooth, connecting your phone to it. You picked the playlist ‘ 80s’ and hit play. Fame came on from the film Fame and you were instantly turning up the volume on your phone so you can just dance. After about five seconds of the song someone paused it ,you saw Sam reacch over to do it, and the car was filled with sillence until Sam’s shouts filled the air. “Why the fuck did you lean over the seat and take of your seatbelt, the police could have seen you and I could have been pulled over and got a strike on my liscence and then i wouldnt be able to go to Ibiza with Elysia!” you sat there in stunned silence. Sam had never shouted at you before, he might of gotten mad but we had promised to never shout at eachother. You looked at him with your eyes squinted and you breathing becoming heavier. Elysia. Is she the girl Tom was on about that he was talking to. Or is she just a ‘friend’ as Sam will probably say. “Well there goes our promise and trust. I was just having some fun ‘babe’ jeeze” you try to laugh and act like you didnt hear that name or that they were going to bloody Ibiza together. “I said can we go to a welcome break cuase i need to pee if thats ok with you or is that another one of my ‘falts’ or does she not need to pee, is that it Sam she doesnt need to pee like eveyone else o-or shes skinnier or prettier or she actually has a birthday that you can remeber huh cuase they are all the things that I am not or I dont have. Ohhh do you remember my birthday, yeah two days ago now it was so fun do you know what we wait no I did yeah just me little old me siitng alone with nothing, no presents or cards or anything not even a small text from my boyfriend. I got one from my family who are all togehter in australia because they have good jobs and can afford stuff like that. They got good grades and got good jobs and live in nice houses that they paid striaght out and now they are all sitting together on an austarlian beach with there kids enjoying life and here I am with my boyfriend who is cheating on me and his brothers who just want to go on holiday because that all anyone ever wants and well most of us cant afford. So I sat alone on my birthday sam, do you know how that feels to wake up after getting nothing the days before and just waiting around for the door bell to ring and you would be there with a card atleats becuase even being with you would be  a nice birthday wish but I guess they just dont come true do they. So I walked to Nandos realised i didnt have enough money so i went to mackies. Then i walked home and got mugged and cut and was left all alone but hey aslong as Sam is ok then woopie fucking do the rest of the world is at peace.” When you finished talking you didnt even realise the streams of tears that were falling down your face. You just sat there in silence looking straight ahead. Finally you pulled into a welcome break and you climbed out of the car running of into the crowded center. You didnt know what to do, your breathing was icreasingly getting heavier if that was even possible. The people around you started to spin and they beacame a blur of colour. You staggered towards the toilets past caring about the onlookers. You finnally reached the toilets and you ran in and sat down on the lid. You knew they boys couldnt get to you in hear even if they saw you go in. You sat there for a while you decided to sit on the floor and rest your head on the cold porcalin lid to try and help your rackin headache to calm.

You didnt want to see Sam because it would just make everything worse but you had never cried infront of anyone before and you just wanted someone to hold you and tell you its alright. You wanted a person who could be you sheild and protect you from the world and just hold you close and be there for you and love you but that person was nowhere to be found and when you did think you found them they always left you for someone else ,leaving you stranded. Your headache seemed to ease but the toilet seat became warm from your head and was no longer sothing. You slowly stood up and unlocked the toilet door. You walked over to the sink and splashed your face with water. You stared at yourself in the mirror, you knew that after this you wont be seeing the Hollands. You couldnt process it, its like to many things had ‘sunk in’ and your brain was just not allowing anymore information to stay. You didnt know what to do with yourself. You would have to keep up your five jobs to try and get your money back. You decided to take a break from people and focus on yourself.

[fakesurprise]

“Fact: there wasn’t a dragon-octopus before he found one this morning. And brought it to a university to show to a biology class. Proudly. Fact: every Admiral in the world woke up this morning entirely certain that Jay has many adventures. Without context. Fact: Jay demolished two buffets before six in the morning and then...” The fae trails off.

Fae are magic, among other things. They can push their power too far, wear themselves out. Anything can do that. But this fae is still, looking to be made of some combination of moss and tree branches. Barely three feet tall, slumped against the back of a metal chair in the diner and having over two dozen humans just staring at them.

I reach out with my magic, and most look away. The fae blinks, and a moment later seems to be a tired human.

“I’ve never seen a fae drop their glamour before; I didn’t think you could,” I say carefully.

“Neither did I,” the fae admits. “Even for Jay, the volume of adventures he has had today, the things he has done – has been –. We are having trouble keeping up glamours to – to hide things. In the last five minutes he has danced with a storm, convinced a forest spirit to unseal an ancient evil so that he can make a new friend and convinced a medusa to stop making statues because it damaged the status of other artists.”

“Ah.”

“You know what fae are.” The fae doesn’t wait for my nod. “I don’t believe you wish to see what happens when we have a nervous breakdown?”

“No. Probably not.” The fae vanishes. I finish my coffee and raise my voice. “Jay.”

Jay appears. “Honcho? I’m kinda busy right now with a rogue rainbow and did you know that if you try and raise Atlantis, that’s a hugey ooops?!”

“I imagine I did. What have you been doing?”

He stops, looking baffled. “Having adventures of course, Honcho!” Jay freezes for a moment, colour draining from his face. “You – you think I don’t have adventures too?”

“Pardon?”

“Only @admiraljane thought a Jay doesn’t have adventures and and and that everyone else was having adventures except for me and –.”

“Jay. I imagine that was a joke, since anyone who knows you knows that you have, do, and are a great deal of adventures.”

“Oh. But what if admiraljane forgot, cuz the fae do glamours and people forget what a Jay does you know!”

“The fae are doing what we asked them to, Jay. Because you can’t hide from the world like a Jay does and also do the kind of things you do.”

“But I can do bindings, like fix leaked o-rings on a car and...”

“Yes. I imagine you can,” I say carefully, not wanting to know how that connects to anything else. “But people need to fix their own problems when they can. A helping means you help, not that you do everything for someone.”

“Oh, right! Like how people won’t buy ruined property because of glory holes!”

The diner goes silent. Jay is eleven, and an excitable Jay’s inside voice has an impressive volume.

“...what?” I say, and there’s nothing of the magician in that at all.

“Because of for sale signs and fixing embarrassed trees is really hard, but that’s an adventure too!”

“I don’t think that involves holes like that, Jay.”

“But it was a poem, so it was all metaphorical and about bathrooms.” Jay beams. “There are lots of holes in bathrooms, Honcho.”

I know the next thing he’s going to say is that he doesn’t use bathrooms. Which is true, because Jay. I cut it off with: “I know that. So do bathrooms. And other people. The fae want you to have a break from adventures, because they’re getting stressed. And I don’t want to see that happen.”

“But if people think I don’t have adventures they’ll be confusled about jaysome,” Jay wails.

I’m not about to point out that many are. “They won’t be, because it wouldnt be jaysome.”

“Oh!” And Jay grins, gives me a huge hug and vanishes.

I text Charlie to warn her, but I suspect even a text won’t be enough.

[demadogs]

I wish the whole season was focused solely on Max and everybody’s plot line revolved around trying to find a way to help her the same way season 1 was entirely focused on Will and everybody’s plot line revolved around trying to find a way to safe him

i totally see where youre coming from with this i LOVE the hawkins story so much. with how things left off in s3 it was inevitable that everyone would be in different places, but there were definitely times where i was bored of a certain story and just wanted to skip to the hawkins story. same with cali. i think russia and el in the lab couldve been cut down a bit for more cali and hawkins.

my favorite episode is dear billy and ive watched it like four times and i only just realized yesterday that el isnt in that episode at all. so they had more time to show hawkins and it just worked better. my second favorite episode is episode seven and as much as i love the cali plot, the fact that theyre not in that episode at all works well because, especially at that point, hawkins was the most exciting.

i often read books that change perspective of different characters and sometimes im much more interested in one of the characters story than the others and i end up ditching the book because im impatient and cant get through the other chapters that im not that invested in. if this season was a book i probably wouldnt have finished it for that reason.

i liked el’s story before she got to the lab, and this might be an unpopular opinion im sorry, but i was kinda bored with her story once she was at the lab. and i know it was necessary bc one is literally vecna but i did find myself just waiting to get back to hawkins or cali. same with russia after his first failed prison escape. the poster made it seem like joyce and hopper reunited right away and i was just impatiently waiting for that to happen.

the duffers said that in volume two they switch between storylines faster and soon therell be less stories bc now joyce and hopper are in the same story and cali will get el and theyll all join hawkins so i dont think this will be in issue with volume two.

but yeah if this season was literally only the hawkins story i would still say without hesitation that its my favorite season theyve ever done.

[groundramon]

for the ask the blogger thing... ☂ - favorite season? ✐ - fave types of movies? ♪ - music you like?✌ - favorite bands/ singers? ♒ - fave animes? ❦-.fave characters? ღ - mottos? I'm spamming u with those sorry

SHHH NO I LOVE BEING SPAMMED WITH QUESTIONS SO THANK YOU

Also thank you for including the questions with the emojis that makes this 10x easier for me lmao

anYWAYS

☂ - favorite season?Winter!!  Nice and cool AND you dont have school for two weeks lmao

✐ - fave types of movies?Generally animated; I enjoy animation and movie animation tends to be consistently pretty high-quality (even the fucking emoji movie looks pretty decent) not to mention live action movies always seem to have really bad sound mixing??  Meaning important things you NEED to hear like whispering are too quiet and explosions are too loud even when you dont change the tv volume.  But even then, saying I prefer animated movies isn’t exactly accurate because….I haven’t gone to the theater for a single animated movie this year.  The only ones so far that I would’ve considered were Lego Batman (which I have on dvd now but i havent watched) and Cars 3.  I’m hoping to see Coco in theaters but other than that….i can wait for it on dvd or just not watch it at all because I’d prefer to rewatch a movie I like.

I also dont like calling animated movies a genre, so if we’re going by genre, I’d say fantasy-adventure stories tend to be my favorites, but sci-fi can be fun as well.  I just want a good, heartfelt story that doesn’t take itself so seriously that you can’t have fun but also takes itself seriously enough that you really feel for the characters.

♪ - music you like?GOD I WISH I KNEW??  I’ll literally listen to everything from vocaloid to mainstream pop to techno music to video game OSTs and everything in-between and outside of that.  I’m generally more picky with rap music, techno/electronic music, and just anything that gets screechy or is too intense with its instrumentals, but….I can listen to hard metal music when im trying to fall asleep at night, so i mean.

✌ - favorite bands/ singers?Again, god I wish I knew.  I have a tendency to think “oh, this is alright, I’ll listen to a few of this artist’s songs” and then moving on and never thinking about them again.  One artist that I’ve come back to repeatedly is Sabrina Carpenter though, her music is nice and a few of her songs are some of my all-time faves, its probably not for people who cant stand mainstream pop tho.  Also shout out to Mystery Skulls for officially licensing Mystery Skulls animated instead of taking them down for copyright infringement lmao also their music is some of the techno music that i actually like

♒ - fave animes?I havent watched enough animes aaAAAA but I will always and forever love Digimon.  Like I dont think any anime will surpass the personal attachment I have to the Digimon series.  It’s just so silly and charming and for a long time it was the best thing I had ever seen and it’s honestly still just….really enjoyable.  (Honestly it gives me fossil fighters vibes, I think I like them both for the same reason tbh)  Digimon Adventure is definitely my favorite, Tamers is really good but I actually have a bit of a personal bias against Tamers because it scared me as a kid :’D its still a good season tho and i appreciate it a lot more now that im older.  And FRONTIER IS ACTUALLY GOOD, PEOPLE CAN FIGHT ME it’s got the same vibe as the first four seasons, even if the concept seems vastly different, and is really enjoyable if you arent blinded by your love for the digimon partners in the old series.  After that though its kinda….ehhh.  Data Squad and Fusion didnt have the same feel, although Fusion did it much better, but…its just not the same.  I really dislike Marcus so it makes Data Squad less enjoyable, plus i just…idk, it doesnt seem to have as much life as the first four seasons and is written and animated in a different way to me.  Fusion is kinda interesting in the second arc (ive only seen the first three arcs; the third arc/seventh season [idk which it is] hasnt been dubbed yet so…) but it takes itself too seriously because it removes its primary comic reliefs - and also the best characters - after the end of the first arc.  So we’re left with the Digimon as the only comic reliefs and….ehhh….theyre not as good.  Also I havent seen the Appmon anime and idk how good it is but im still salty that they stole the name of the project that ive had floating around in the back of my head for years so i havent done anything related to Appmon.  AND Digimon Tri is good but i still need to catch up on it ahaha cries (planning to get a trial at crunchyroll to watch the last two parts when the last part comes out)

But enough about Digimon.  Besides Digimon, I really did enjoy Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood; I do have some gripes with the series (namely the earlier episode and how much happens in the earlier episodes vs how much happens in the later episodes, so pacing problems basically) but it’s still really good and I LOVE AL.  There was an anime I watched with my dad several years back called Blue Dragon that I remembered enjoying a lot, but then disowning because it turns out in the original my favorite character was a perfect example of the anime pervert trope.  Dubs are fun lmao.  But I feel like I’d pick up more on the changes they made between the two versions now (the sub version being riddled with swears and innuendos, and the dub version being dubbed for kids) and probably wouldnt enjoy it as much anymore.  I also barely remember shit about it except a plot twist at the end that i spoiled for myself but still had no idea it was coming.  I was like 11 when i watched it, its been a long time.

❦-.fave characters?Well I already mentioned loving Al, but I also love Pidge from VLD, Amanda from Dream Daddy, Baymax and Hiro from BH6, and Napstablook from Undertale.  Also like all of the main characters in Fossil Fighters Champions but shhh.

I really want to add Hunk to this list but honestly as the seasons in VLD go on it becomes more and more apparent to me that he’s just a running fat joke; Lance looks like he could be building up to something, but I haven’t got a clue where Hunk could go besides more of the same.  So :’) my boy deserves better, he can join the group again when Dreamworks gets its shit together.  Sorry Hunk, I still love you and I’d treat you better if you were mine (//looks at my characters all burning in hell and sweats// well maybe not better but…)

ღ - mottos?Uhhh idk?  Does this mean like, mottos I follow, catchphrases I use a lot, or inspirational quotes?  Idk I’ll give all three

I try to live my life by the policy of “do to others as you would have them do to you.”  That’s like my number 1 rule about doing anything.  I dont understand how people can be intentionally dicks to other people or so something that they would hate happening to them; what, dont you realize that other people have the same feelings as you?  I know I’ve hurt other people but still, it’s always been in instances where the pros outweighed the cons if I put themselves in their shoes.

As for catchphrases I use a lot, probably “mood” or “god same” because this site has completely broken my sense of anything

As for inspirational quotes, well here are some copy-pasted directly from my dA page:

“No man deserves to be trapped in jelly.” - Rupert from Fossil Fighters Champions“what motivates Scart? That’s right: the nut” - Tumblr user claratyler“I am slowly going crazy” - Dr. Jean, songwriter of children’s music and my lord and savior“I’m still mad at Seth McFarlane btw but im more concerned with my tree cookies” - me“I was out of the third bean” - Yolei’s mom from Digimon Adventure 02

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OH MAN HOLY SHIT IM FINALLY GETTING TO READ THE NEXT VOLUME OF SHOULDER-A-COFFIN KURO

man it was really fucking sweet that  bunch of friends the travellers made in earlier chapters helped nurse Kuro back to health after [the spoily bad thing] happened

and I TOTALLY FELL FOR the misdirect in the opening chapter! this series often has out-of-order flashbacks just casually thrown in, so i assumed this was them taking a break from the sad ‘will kuro be okay’ stuff to show us one of her pas adventrues, especially cos she was alone without nijiku and sanju. But NOPE this is her dream while she’s sleeping, and all the people she just helped move on to their next journey are actually all already dead and she was giving them hope for stuff they never really managed to achieve. Like HOLY SHIT when the last person she saw was a glimpse of an actual alive person and then she steps off the train and wakes up?? And you only realize it cos she says ‘But I thought his eyes were getting better’ about the last guy Kuro met, who had that head injury from the war, and its like ‘but he’s right there? why are you saying ‘I was too late’- OH GOD HOLY SHIT’. Like seriously, was he on the way to go home and died on the train and then she was there at the station and had to see it, after she’d waited for him for so long and just AAAAA. And like, if Kuro is briefly visiting the afterlife and having a choice to take the death train because she’s in this paralyzing moment of depression, is that why the lady was there too? Did Kuro accidentally save her from comitting suicide to be with him? Its really fuckin’ good luck that they were able to cross paths in this dreamworld and she could pass on his last words. But also its REALLY DEPRESSING that her telling him to ‘take the train home’ is like.. thats what he was trying to do when he was on the brink of death, and being unable to do it is why he stayed here waiting in this afterlife train station, hoping against hope that he’d somehow be able to actually see his hometown and his girlfriend again, when the only option he had was a far more depressing journey to take. So even though its good that kuro helped him be able to pass on instead of being in pain, but still, would he have actually been able to talk to his girlfriend if he’d waited just a few minutes more??? god this mysterious dream is so confusing and tantalizing aaaaaa it would be a really good way to kill my heart if we actually meet the girlfriend character in the real world later on and see how she’s getting her life back together after his death or if we meet more relatives of the dead folks we saw in that dream

ALSO its really good that Kuro is battling her suicidal inclinations now and actually feeling like she wants to live, because of these lil kids but at the same time its tragic cos she’s still got this deadly plague thats gonna kill her anyway, and its like.. having hope makes it hurt more and OH GOD the line about how she’s decided the new purpose of her journey is to ‘make a new path for them to follow when I’m gone’ she’s decided that instead of having to choose between them and her goal, its just gonna be that if she fails and ends up dying she just wants to have taught them enough to survive on their own afterwards. she could still feel her story was completed if it ends with her having given these kids a new life, even if she never finds out who the witch was or how to stop the curse. OH GOD I CRY SO MUCH FOR THIS WEIRD LITTLE FAMILY

and then OH MAN the mysterious flashback too! that was a good misdirect without even being a twist, sorta?? there’s no big revelation moment and knowing the thing doesnt really change anything, and honestly it makes me feel a bit ‘whoops i should have figured it out straight away’ lol Its a really cool way of delivering a stealth backstory for Sen! Cos we never saw his face in human form before, we kinda were expecting it to continue being shadowed or at least be revealed in some sort of actual reveal scene. but nope, we just get introduced to apparantly some new character who’s a loner prince everyone thinks is a vampire, and then WHOOPS it was sen all along! (also LOL DUDE YOU’LL BE A VAMPIRE IN LIKE FIVE SECONDS, DONT WORRY) And its so obvious in retrospect, we even see that he has a lil girl as his apprentice and he's like ‘just call me sensei, i dont want you to get attatched to me’. But she looks completely different to Kuro so at most I just thought ‘oh it’ll be some sort of analogy or moral to the main story or something’. And then seriously there is NO INSIGHT TO ANYTHING and no explanation of what happened to them or why, its just horribly shocking both to them and the audience. We just get some disconnected cute 4-koma adventures of flashback kuro and sen, revealing a little of how they first met, and then literally kuro just turns around the corner and the panels dissolve into horrifying shadowy hands that tear her apart as she begs sen not to touch her or he’ll be cursed too. AND IT JUST ENDS Like seriously, there wasnt even a STORY to the witch cursing them?? she just appeared in their house one day?? she was fuckin lurking in the library and cursed the first person she made eye contact with???? and sen got dragged into it too cos he was trying to save the poor kid, after all these panels of him being cynical jerk saying he doesn’t care about her, and just.. *SOB*

But actually, I’m wondering why his curse was so much different compared to the formula we’ve seen for every other case of it? its always been this one same disease that makes you rot apart into shadow stuff until you die. Why did he turn into 1000 bats instead? A random theory: maybe he actually did die, and this isn’t really the same curse as kuro’s, this is something that happened to him to save him. The first time we saw the curse in action was from that kid who innocently talked to the witch and wished to use magic too, so maybe it like.. actually is that? Maybe this curse is a literal granting of the wish, maybe this is how she passes on her powers and it just kills people who arent worthy, or something. So i dunno, maybe Kuro has some degree of witch magic locked away deep inside her rotting heart now, and she subconciously used it to save Sen’s life by cursing him with this different curse? that could be A Good Depressing Twist later, cos it could mean that if Kuro gets cured, Sen will die. And I mean, it would explain why Kuro doesnt know she has witch powers, maybe the constant upkeep of maintaining Sen’s spell is taking up all her energy, or something? We never get to see if Mo actually got her wish for magic powers in that terrifying flashback, we just see how she started dying of the shadow plague and then how Kuro found her on the last day of her life and they became friends and then HER LEGS FUCKING FELL OFF AND CRUMBLED INTO DUST AND HER EYE FELL OUT OF HER HEAD and then kuro’s last scrap of optimism died and she decided to carry Mo’s coffin forever out of certainty that the curse would indeed kill her, her quest would fail, and she’d better be prepared for her own funeral And like, when i first read that chapter I thought that this was where Kuro got the curse?? I thought it was contagious from touch or something and by giving Mo a bit of peace on her deathbed she’d picked it up from her. (Though that wouldnt explain why nobody’s ever got infected from interacting with kuro throughout the rest of the story, so it was a bit confusing.) But now we know that apparantly Kuro got the disease way earlier and Mo was just the closest clue she’s ever got to finding the witch again, and a horrible vision of the future that will await her when her curse finishes its course. It makes the whole chapter way more depressing, cos you know the whole time she was suffering from the same disease and she just didnt wanna ruin Mo’s hope that she’d met some cool traveller who was totally gonna go on and live a long life of all the adventures she wanted to have. GODDDD THIS SERIESSSS

and okay seriously THE WORST BIT THAT DESTROYED ME is that we find out the evil witch who did this to both of them is actually the same person as the apaprantly good witch we saw in an earlier chapter who befriended those kids and had a badass retort to the asshole guy and just was really cool?? And its even more depressing if she isnt really evil at all and maybe somehow thinks what she’s doing is helping? she was really innocent in that first chapter and didnt seem to know much about humans. So like.. who did she meet? What did she do? Who taught her something very VERY wrong in the time between that flashback and now? is this just the result of some small shred of her old self left, her wanting to ‘help’ more children...? Cos actually it was kind of a big hint in that chapter, she said ‘i will give you one of my voices’ when she taught that kid how to read as ‘payment’ for him helping her learn what a ‘witch’ is, and that she can be a good one if she wants to. So I mean.. is this just her trying to more literally give part of herself to others to help them, not knowing that it’s hurting them, or maybe being so twisted now that she doesnt even care? ITS SO DEPRESSING! Its funny how I loved and trusted this literal eldritch abomination I saw in this chapter goofily dressing herself up in people clothes and practising pick-up lines, and how terrified I was of what I assumed was a perfectly normal human witch who hurt these poor children. But now its even more depressing if we have this strange nonhuman creature who everyone treated as evil, who was good at heart, who made her first friend, who had so much futrue ahead of her, and then just SOMETHING has happened that sent her down the path of becoming that evil thing everyone said she was in the beginning...

Oh and also i really like the theory I saw that she’s another alchemy experiment of the professor who created Nijiku and Sanju? Cos people call her ‘Hifumi’ and thats a name that can mean a number, same as those two. And it might maybe explain why the professor died in the first place. We just hear him saying he has to finish something before he can allow them out of their cage, and then he never comes back down that staircase ever again, and kuro sees some other empty cage next to his body... Oh and also WHY DONT YOU JUST FUCK ME UP, FINAL CHAPTER IN THIS VOLUME, HOLY SHITTTT It actually fits A LOT with this theory... The last chapter has Sanju accidentally horribly injuring a kitten she was trying to hold, and being terrified because it cant just be stitched together like a toy, or.. well, like herself. We see a flashback of how the twins would break a lot back when they were first created, and the professor would just stitch back Sanju’s one arm that kept rotting off. And they’re like.. kinda terrifyingly eldritch too, more than just simple lil kids who can shapeshift into animals. There was that earlier flashback about how they took a long time to adjust to having physical bodies, and used to phase through walls like ghosts until the professor explained how a cage is supposed to work. Like... only being limited by the laws of reality once they hear them spoken aloud. And apparantly they sat sleeping in those alchemy tubes for a long time and might have even like.. slowly developed into humanoid forms, they might have been some sort of visually terrifying thing in their newborn state. We the audience know that they’re just the same as any other innocent kid in personality, that they’re good kiddos no matter how they were born. But then sometimes we get reminded of their actual origins, and how they’d be potentially VERY dangerous in the wrong hands. And like.. even now we’ve just had a really sad reminder how they can be dangerous even when they’re being raised as normal kids by our kind protagonist, how just forgetting that they lack something that normal humans have can lead to this traumatic experience of one of them killing a small animal and not understanding that it cant be fixed, gAAAAAAHHHH :( Also the associated flashback was REALLY FUCKED UP, holy shit! you see the professor talking about redesigning their next beta with a sense of pain, so they stop accidentally breaking themselves, and apparantly he only managed to finish that modification to nijiku before he died. or, perhaps he only intended to give it to one of them, and is having this creepy detatched view of them where he can think ‘hey I’ll deliberately leave one broken to act as a test case’. that would actually fit a lot with the subtle stuff we know, like how apparantly when they were first born they’d randomly grow and de-grow and fluctuate everything between humanoid and animallike. And he notes how Sanju’s hair always returns to a long length whenever its cut, and just... like, he didnt fix that in her but it seems like Nijiku doesnt have the same problem? Does this mean that he actually did give nijiku a bunch of extra features and not fix mistakes that were hindering sanju, that he’s been doing that from the very beginning? I just thought it was maybe that nijiku never had the same hair problem, but I mean it seems like they started off identical in every other way. God I hope its not gonna be revealed that the prof never loved them at all and he was an abusive dad :(

GAHHH THIS MYSTERIOUS GODDAMN MANGA WITH NO ANSWERS FOR ANYTHING AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[yakuzen-ryori-blog]

 (( ESSAY NIGHT ON HISAKO X ERINA BECAUSE OF @gallowsgrove

So a huge, huge part of their general dynamic is a massive amount of ironclad loyalty. Hisako would do absolutely anything for Erina good or bad and vice versa. This is important to understand before I proceed because even without applying any shipping this is a hard to break constant in their relationship. 

From the very first time we see them together Erina puts on a professional front to maintain her stubborn arrogance against people in public (to not do so to her would ruin her reputation and not let her be taken seriously); however deep down inside she trusts Hisako and wants her to be ok. She shares her famous recipes with her as they’re created, something others would literally kill for. She tells her to take time for her own relaxation if she notices shes really tired/stressed, and talks to her with a sense of respect (respect and Erina being two things that are one in a million of ever coming together) at all times. Erina handles Hisako with her own way of care and gentleness; craving her companionship above anyone else’s. She even extends this into openly complimenting her abilities (found in an Extra of vol 7). Finally and most important of all I’d say, is that when Erina is bored or lonely, or feels like she needs someone to run to, Hisako has been the first one she latches on to no matter what (the extra side story about her summer vacation before the Autumn Elections and an Extra in vol 8 being prime examples before we even count how she acted when Hisako left the first time). She also incredibly values Hisako being independent and using her own skills in cooking, stating that this is how any aide of hers should truly be. It helps that the two have been friends since they were merely infants still breastfeeding, and raised together for an entire lifetime. Even during their early childhood all Erina wanted was for Hisako to come to her and stand with not behind her. One could say they were meant to be together in some form (this primarily being Hisako serving Erina as both servant and secretary though that is not all they turned out to be). 

When Hisako took it upon herself to leave with only a letter to Erina explaining why after losing to Akira, Erina was so heartbroken that it took time for the reality to mentally set in.  She tries to go about her regular daily routine as best she can, but ultimately fails (god I can’t even begin to describe how sad it made me feel when she’s reading the Shoujo manga she likes, that Hisako ran around getting for her to the point of bags forming around her eyes, and she asks her out loud to pass the next volume but theres no one there. THEN WHEN THE DOORBELL RINGS AND SHE THINKS ITS HISAKO AND COMES RUNNING SAYING IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU AFTER ALSO SAYING THAT HISAKO HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR HER JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP) 

Then when Hisako finally does come back she fights for control of her emotions and warmly welcomes her, more than likely wishing with all her might that she’ll never leave her again. It’s very touching, and it moved my heart strongly to truly see that Erina of all people can and does love with all her heart if someone is important to her. 

Hisako herself on the opposite end has done nothing but dedicate her entire life’s purpose to serving, caring, and making Erina happy. Any victory she wants to achieve, she does it for Erina not only to cement Erina’s prestige but also because she believes only victory will satisfy Erina and make her give praise (which is completely wrong in Hisako’s case because even though Erina does say she’d like it if Hisako won something its because she believes so strongly in Hisako’s abilities and because she cares for her so much that she wants to see her succeed). For Erina to ever share something with her or ask something she treats as the highest honor anyone can ever grant. She’s also extremely protective and willing to pick a fight for so much as perceiving right or wrong that someone would be a threat to Erina. When she opens up to Soma during their first Staginaire, Hisako describes Erina as being perfect in her eyes; a person who deserves only the best. However because of this she not only admires her but feels distant and out of reach. She thinks that on a fundamental level unless she herself is also perfect with no flaws or failures, she is nothing at all. When she recalls with pain Akira’s  honest criticisms after her loss, Erina again flashes before her mind, throwing her into a fit of rage at having let the one person who matters most to her down. In fact she herself even says that because of her loss to Akira she cannot return to Erina because her loss would shame Erina’s image; essentially destroying the beauty she finds in her imagined perfection of Erina as a person. And to hurt Erina knowingly in any way is something Hisako can never do.

It’s through Soma telling her that the only way to move forward is to change herself to stand beside Erina and not behind, that we finally see her attitude shift. This was absolutely a moment that not only made Hisako start to evolve as a person, but represented a drastic turnaround in her view on Erina. Pretty much before then, Hisako was so wrapped up in thinking she was out of Erina’s league that she couldnt see how she not only stagnated herself but couldnt realize how happy and grateful she makes Erina feel everyday. She wouldnt be too honest about her love for Erina to the girl’s face because she hadn’t learned to so much as give herself a chance (and see past her anxiety and low self esteem). During the time they were first separated they were nothing short of a mess without the other. Because unknowingly for years and years they’d built their lives around taking each other for granted, Erina in needing someone to ease her problems and Hisako in wanting someone to ground herself in her loyalty to ( in essence she seeks to find her “place” where ever she imagines that to be, which until she spoke with Soma was at rock bottom.) 

Now I’m not caught up to the latest arc in the SnS manga, in fact I just finished the anime maybe a week or two ago (I am reading the manga right now actually). However I do know that Erina’s dad comes in and takes over the school. In doing so he seeks to control Erina as well for his whims. To fully achieve this, he went for an artery of her heart by getting rid of Hisako and slipping himself into a mockery of her place. Being her father, he knows for a fact that Hisako is one of the few cornerstones in Erina’s life and who has been so from the moment she learned to walk. He’s fully aware of all of Erina’s emotional weaknesses, and making Hisako suddenly and in Erina’s mind permanently disappear I’d say would be shell shocking to her. Maybe even traumatizing to an extent. I mean imagine the one or one of the people you’d do anything for and hold dear, friends, family, lovers etc. being taken away without your warning or consent. I’ve heard that this experience among many other bad things end up forcing Erina to break out of her stuck up shell and evolve just as Hisako had to. I also accidentally spoiled myself by seeing a panel where Erina decides to commit to changing by being more open to working with others so she can save the Expelled Ones (Hisako being one of the people who flash before her). While I’m really excited to keep reading and see all the advancements before Season 3 of the anime is out, it did feel really satisfying to see that their relationship remains strong even with severe distance; this time coming in a form that neither of them wanted. They have an amazing and compelling bond. Something that frankly I have rarely seen in a Shonen. At least of the one’s I’ve read that stuck with me growing up and otherwise. Normally someone like Hisako would be exactly what I mistakenly assumed she’d be, a nameless side character who functions solely as a plot device. Erina, being her prissy master, would pay her hardly a thought and go on to be more important. That’s the usual bread and butter you’d expect a relationship like this to go in Shonens, but goddamn am I glad I was wrong. As with the rest of the series, color me impressed (especially being someone who loves Seinen more than anything) 

So as just best friends or ultimately lovers in the future, I expect to keep continuously enjoying everything they have to offer for both each other and the reader. Kinda still hoping for the latter though because I’m a sucker for loves where both sides would sacrifice anything for the other and I’m also a Hisako fangirl so I want her crush to be fulfilled but its up to the writer

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Tord smiled at him, something of amusement but also strangely warm.

The moment was cut short by the sound of a phone ringing. Matt quickly reached into his pocket and fished out the device.

"It's Edd-" he begun, searching Tord's face for a reaction.

Tord raised a brow.

"Well, Matthew. I guess you will tell them I'm here?"

Matt looked down at the phone screen.

Had he forgiven Tord?

No.

He'd killed their neighbour, tried to kill them, and blew up the house they'd lived in for so many years! And worst of all, he'd ruined Matt's beautiful face! Of course he hadn't forgiven him! Matt knew he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he wasn't stupid enough to be sitting here in a cafe with Tord, and genuinely believe nothing was wrong. He knew that the situation was insane, and he knew that Tord was not a good person, and yet.....

"No."

A look of shock crossed Tord's face, as he was momentarily taken aback.

"No?"

"No." Matt repeated, before answering the phone.

"Matt? Where are you? It's been a while now." Edd's concerned voice came ringing through.

"I'm fine," he replied. "I got stuck in the storm so I had to wait it out in a cafe. They make some lovely tea!"

"Oh....ok. Well, as long as you're safe I guess. Anyone else with you?"

"No, just-" Matt cut himself off.

"Just who? Matt?"

"Just....just me. And the bags," he nervously laughed, cursing himself for that slip up. "Not that there's anything wrong with that, I do love my own company!"

He heard Tom groan in the background. "Just tell him I'm coming over in the morning for my smirnoff."

"Did you get that?"

Matt nodded, "yup, I got it! Alcohol ahoy!" Matt could FEEL the eye roll.

"Alright. See ya."

"Byebye!"

Matt hung up, placing his phone back on the table. Tord was looking at him with an unreadable expression.

"What's wrong?"

Tord mused. "Nothing. But I have to wonder...that was your opportunity. You could have easily told them I was here. Why didn't you?"

Matt blinked, not really sure of the answer himself.

"Well, I guess...I don't....know. I mean, what good would it do really? It's not like things can go back to what they were like before. Even if I don't really remember...what they were like before."

Tord's eyes flickered with a dash of sympathy. "Ah right, your amnesia."

Matt rubbed his arm. "According to Edd, I don't really remember a whole lot about what happened before....well...before you left."

Tord straightened his shoulders. "Matt, I assure you, I would nev-."

"I'm not saying you did!" He replied, perhaps a bit too quickly. "I just...I wish it didn't have to be like this, that's all. Edd said that apparently, we all used to be really close, and that you used to be a really good friend to me."

Tord's voice softened. "Do you...really not remember?"

Matt looked up at him. "Well, I...I found a hat, once."

"A hat?"

"Yeah!" Matt's eyes brightened. "Like an explorer's hat. And, I don't know why, but staring at it made me feel all weird. Like, happy and sad at the same time. And I don't know why, but it made me feel like I'd forgotten somethi- /someone/ important. And, that was when I started to feel like my memories might be coming back to me."

Tord gave him a half-smile. "That's good. I remember when everything was....simpler."

Matt frowned, looking away. "I don't understand. If everything was so great back then, then why..."

"Why did I leave?"

Matt nodded.

Tord sighed, looking out of the window. "I had to leave. I'm sure you've heard all about my...activities by now. I became part of something greater."

Matt narrowed his eyes. "So are you saying we weren't good enough for you?"

Tord groaned in frustration. "No! Well, yes- no! It was my duty to leave, Matt. Of course I enjoyed it, it was fun, but I had to go for a greater good. You wouldnt understand."

Matt got up, feeling his blood pumping angrily into his veins. "I wouldn't understand WHAT? Edd and Tom may not be the nicest people, but they're my friends. I can say that about them at least. Who are you, Tord? If you don't need friends, then why are you even here? Why did you even bother staying with us in the first place! Did you even care about any of us? Tom, Edd, me?!"

"Of course I did!"

"Then why are you still here!"

Tord faltered, looking at the ginger. "...i don't-"

Matt's eyes widened slightly, before he slid back into his seat. He sighed, fatigue crossing his features.

When he spoke, his voice seemed tired, as though his usual energy had been completely drained.

"Edd was really happy when you came back. So happy that he completely ignored Tom. We fight sometimes, but I've never seen Tom get so mad before. Not enough to actually... leave...And, when you were here, you were kind of mean to him too. Well. More then a little. But I guess I was just happy to have someone else there, you know? I really thought of you as a friend Tord! And I thought you felt the same! Was any of it real? Did you mean any of it? Maybe you were mad at me for not remembering you."

"Matt, that's n-"

"Let me finish!"

Tord closed his mouth in surprise, unsure how to react by Matt's outburst.

"I get it, I probably wasn't even that important to you," Matt spoke. "But I don't understand. What did Tom ever do to you? If you hated him that badly, why didn't you just leave him alone. Edd thought of you as a friend. If you didn't feel the same, why bother coming back. Why go through all this trouble!"

His hands tightened into fists, which trembled as he spoke.

"Why didn't you just stay gone?! Then Jon would s-still be alive, w-we'd still have the house, and-"

'I wouldn't have to feel so bad every time I think of you', he finished in his mind.

"Matt....you're..."

Matt snapped his head up, suddenly painfully aware of water trickling down his cheeks. He raised a hand to his eyes, and found them wet.

Fuck.

He stood up quickly, grabbing his bags and then rushing through the door, despite the rain pouring outside, and the sound of Tord calling after him.

He could hear him following after him, but he refused to care, as wind howled in his ears, and streaks of lightning flew across his vision. He felt a heavy hand fall on his shoulder, but he angrily shoved it off, until it gripped him again, tightly enough to make him turn around.

Matt opened his mouth to speak, expecting an apology, but stopped, at the sight of Tord's face.

"You're wrong," he growled. "I had nothing- I HAVE nothing. Tom hates me, Edd moved on fast enough, and you-! You didn't even remember me! So don't you pretend like you cared, not really. Why does any of this matter to you, huh? Is it that hard to move on?! What did you ever do for me, Matt?"

Matt's cheeks grew red with these accusations. "Don't you dare," he hissed. "I liked you Tord! I considered you a friend, I really did! And according to Edd, it was one of YOUR devices that made ke lose my memory in the FIRST PLACE! You never even offered to help! This is what you do, isn't it! You just come and go as you please, and leave a mess every time. You don't give a damn about us, you never did!"

Tord flung his hands up into the air, "WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO, MATT!"

"I WANT YOU TO STAY!"

A moment of silence passed between them, until a flash of light, and the rumble of thunder passed over them.

Tord crinkled his brow. "You...want....me to stay?"

Matt huffed, and nodded. "Stay with me for a few days. If you can prove that there was more to you coming back then just the house, then..."

"Then what?"

"Then I won't tell the authorities where you are," Matt finished. "I'll even help you get out of the country if you need it. I won't tell Edd or Tom about you. But I need to be sure Tord. I need to know you aren't going to hurt them again."

Tord studied his face, looking for any sign of untruthfulness. He must not have found any, because he soon nodded, eyed shut in agreement.

"Ok. I can do that."

Matt felt relief wash over him, and he smiled at Tord cheerfully. "That's great! Now, shall we get out of the rain?"

Tord looked at him and snorted. "You know, I always did quite like storms. Especially the thunder. You know, the lightning kind of reminds me of you."

Matt quirked a brow, "how so?"

"It tries to get your attention and it's scary to look at."

Matt scoffed in annoyance, feeling insulted by the comment. "How dare you! I'll have you know I don't NEED to try. Besides, that's only two similarities anyway."

Tord chuckled next to him, and as the next bout light filled the sky, and thunder filled their ears, and for a split second Matt couldn't help but think he heard Tord mumble,

[I]"But it's beautiful like you as well."

-

They soon reached the apartment, after first stopping to buy an umbrella. Even though they'd already been practically drenched anyway by their short moment in the rain, they thought it best to stay at least somewhat dry on their way back. Matt especially, having only gone out in his hoodie.

Matt held his breath as he and Tord tip-toed across the corridor like he'd instructed. Though he hadn't let on to Tom and Edd yet that he was home, he still didn't trust one of them to not burst out of their door unannounced.

Of course, he tripped.

He felt his foot catch on a creased up bit of carpet, and he flung his arms around uncontrollably as he dived straight towards a the potted plant situated next to his door.

"AHHHH, NOT THE FACE!", he whisper-screamed his signature catchphrase, mindful of his volume.

He felt a pair of arms wrap around him from behind, halting his descent, and steadying him against the other. He looked back to see Tord bending over, holding onto Matt tightly.

"Wow, thanks Tord," he grinned sheepishly. "It's a good thing you caught me."

Tord rolled his eyes. "I see you haven't changed much."

"Hey, what's THAT supposed to mean!?"

The sound of a lock clicking was heard behind them.

Tom's room.

Without hesitation, Matt quickly fished out the key from under the plant, and opened the door, flinging both he and Tord inside. Just in the nick of time too, it seemed, as he heard Tom's door open, and footsteps pass from outside.

He sighed in relief, before turning to Tord. "Well Tord, welcome uh- home I guess?"

Tord took off his jacket, hanging it up, and looked around the room. "Wow, it really brings out your...personality?"

Matt's eyes sparkled. "You think so?! I decorated it myself!"

"I can see."

Matt made his way over to the kitchen and Tord followed, popping down in a chair next to the counter.