#i'm not gonna make a whole post about this

[kamospeach]

plot: richboy!gojo takes his cute girlfriend golfing

content warning: exhibitionism, very nasty, pervy rich boy gojo mix, gojo is the biggest horndog ever, girly girl reader, established relationship, cunniilingus, fingering, missionary, public asf, they get caught, tad second hand embarrassment, cowgirl, dirty talking, breeding, implied blowjob, very nasty

peachy's yap: idk how i came upon this idea but it makes me wiggle my toes. posting to distract y'all from the fact the thukuna fic is gonna take me a while

you weren't exactly sure how you ended up getting your guts rearranged on your boyfriend's golf cart. you do remember being in his bed as his head laid on your stomach. while your fingers lazily ran through his white fluffy hair.

the two of you had been insanely bored for the last three days. you were both back home from college, and your parents had the audacity to go on a trip together, leaving the two of you alone in satoru's gigantic mansion for a whole week.

you weren't overly excited to see each other either, you went to the same school for fucks sake. this summer was a bust, suguru was in italy, shoko was with her girlfriend's family, and you two were... there.

"toruuu," you whined lightly pulling at his hair to get his attention. he groggily lifted his head to look up at you. forcing his eyes open after your fingers lulled him to sleep.

"yeah, baby?" he asked, chin resting on your stomach as he tried to keep his eyes open. he was failing terribly by the way. you had finally come up with an idea, knowing gojo would be all for it.

"remember how you said you wanted to take me golfing?" you asked, and gojo jumped up as if he had never been asleep. he quickly walked off to his closet, grabbing what you assumed was the golfing outfit he bought for you, probably well over a year ago. just as you suspected, he walked out with a pleated skirt and cropped polo.

"i've been waiting for this day for a year now," he laughed to himself, throwing the clothes at you. "i'm about to go get dressed." he giggled, running off to the closet. an hour later, the two of you were on his golf cart off to the private golf course in his very own backyard.

"i can't believe you made me wear this short ass skirt." you huffed arms crossed and gojo had the nerve to just laugh. the skirt was so old you didn’t even fit into it anymore. your ass peaked out but gojo reminded you that the course was private.

"i didn't make you do anything, i just gave you a sense of security." he nodded to himself as if that was the smartest thing he had ever said. you shook your head at his statement, not even bothering to argue with your strong-headed boyfriend.

when gojo had finally taken you to where you would play, he got off the cart. you watched his every move not understanding a damn thing he was telling you. all you did was admire how mouth watering sexy he looked in his richie rich get up. a black short sleeve polo that unironically matched yours, and beige slacks.

this fit was almost more attractive than his workout compression shirt. the way his arms bulged under the cotton mesh as he slipped on his gloves, or how his big muscular thighs were visible through his pants, and the veins in his arms were protruding due to him pulling the gloves on.

"get up, girl, you ain't think you were going to sit there the whole time, did you?" he asked, reaching his hand out for you. you grabbed his hand, stepping down off the golf cart, following shyly behind him. he handed you the club, standing behind you. "hold it here," he instructed.

he was hard and he shamlessly pressed it against your barely clothed ass. you didn't acknowledge it, knowing that it was best to breeze past it. so you let gojo show you where your hands were supposed to be, and you listened. he even helps you get a little power in your swing, the ball flying a solid 10 feet in front of you.

"i did it!" you giggled, turning to look at gojo who blinked in disbelief. and when he saw the seriousness on your face it took everything in him to hold back a laugh. "what? if i didn't do good, show me how it's done."

"alright," he said, grabbing the club from you, walking the short 10 feet to grab the ball. you stood back watching his big swing and the ball fly across the course. your jaw was practically on the floor in shock that he was so good at it. "that's how it's done."

"no fair toru... you're good at like everything," you whined, and gojo scoffed.

"don't do that, y/n, it takes practice." he pecked your lips, helping you get in the cart so you could go to the ball that was all the way in timbuktu. on the ride there, gojo had the bright idea to play strip golf.

the rules were simple, however, many tries it took for you to get it in the hole, was as many pieces of clothing you had to remove. you weren't confident in your abilities, but you were determined. how hard could it be? every other challenge you did with gojo you won.

well... except this one.

it took gojo all of 4 tries to get the ball in, and it took you 27. which resulted in gojo shaving it down to 6 since you didn't have 27 pieces of clothing. so all gojo had to take off were his socks, pants, and shirt. for you, that was your socks, shirt, skirt, bra, and panties.

"toru i'm butt ass naked," you said as gojo basically got a strip show from you. his eyes never left your body for a second. drooling over you like a virgin who had never laid eyes on a woman's bare body.

"and fine as fuck." was all he said grabbing you by your waist so that you were standing between his legs. he kissed along your neck moving his kisses to your lips. the kiss was heated and urgent, gojo was needy and wasn't afraid to admit. "i need you, so bad."

"wait... baby? right here?" you asked, and he nodded, not questioning it or hesitating. he didn't say much, he just picked you up and placed you down on the backseat of the cart. pushing your legs to your chest, giving you a knowing look, but you didn't obey. "t...toru, hold on a second." you said breathlessly making him deadpan.

"hold em," he said, and you sighed, grabbing the back of your legs, holding them up and open. gojo dropped to his knees, not even caring about his knees digging in the mud. his focus was on sending one teasing swipe of his tongue up your slick folds.

he hummed at the taste of your essence on his tongue. he was so sure he could use your slick as honey for his desert. so sweet he needed a glass of milk to wash it dow-

"toru!" you yelled at him for the third time, knocking him out of his trance. once he came back to reality, he dove into his lunch. his tongue lapped at your juices and teased your poor delicate clit.

sucking and spitting and licking and slurping, it was a mess. he even began to finger your tight cunt with not one not two but three fingers. digging his unnaturally long digits to the deepest parts of your pussy being sure to stimulate that spongey spot inside of you.

moans were spewing out your mouth as your hands ran through his damp hair. pulling at the white locks, your eyes to the back of your head as you delve in the pleasure. you were quickly coming upon your climax, and gojo knew it too. and not because you were violently squeezing down on his fingers. no. but because you were chanting it out as gojo finger fucked you with no mercy.

"cumming i'm... m'cumming toru fuck fuck fuck so close." you babbled and he smirked pulling of you puffy clit with a 'pop!' this was his entertainment watching you squirm as you creamed all over his fingers.

"cream on my fingers so i can clean it up for you," he tells you and you do just that as you cum violently. your eyesight is blurry as you see gojo looking down at you with a shit eating grin. he doesn't say anything as he slips out his fingers licking them clean just as he said he would. "so fuckin' perfect," he mumbled pulling your hips closer to him.

he pulled his boxers down, stepping out of them. his angry red cock slapped his navel leaving a string of sticky precum behind. his hand gripped the base of his cock slapping it against your clit. he chuckled watching your body react to him. he wasted no time using his thumb to push his cock head in line with your entrance.

"fuck." he grumbled from the feeling of your tight entrance trapping his tip. he fought the urge to cum right then and there. he pushed himself the rest of the way into you, bottoming out with nothing on his mind except you.

"s...shit toru you're too deep," you whined and he grunted pulling halfway out and slamming back into you. all the wind was knocked out of you as you gasped for air. followed by a moan that could probably be heard back at the mansion.

"so wet, squeezing down on me so tight," he hummed enjoying the feeling. after waiting for you to finally be ready, his hips snapped into yours. his pace was feral and needy as moans and groans flew from his mouth. his lips crashed onto yours, kissing you sloppily, spit spilling out of your mouths. rolling down your cheek and onto the bare skin of your chest.

that was one of the many things you loved about gojo, he was not afraid to moan. which only encouraged you to moan and whimper louder. it wasn't like you had to try very hard with the way he dug in your guts. so here you were, finally remembering how you got in this position. strip golf, never ever again, you thought to yourself.

while gojo was relentlessy fucking into you, his hips stilled. you were about to protest until he held his finger up to his lips. you quickly closed your mouth as well, hearing someone talking.

"today was supposed to be my day off, but mr. gojo asked me to tend the garden today." the person who you figure was the gardener said. gojo leaned down, covering your body with his.

"same, he asked me to clean the pool." the pool cleaner added. there was a line of trees next to the two of you, and it sounded as if they were behind them.

"my ass is out." gojo whispered in your ear with a light chuckled. you swatted his arm, light telling him to hush, but that only got him started. the motions were small, but you felt the way his hips ground into yours. the way his pelvis stimulated your clit and his dick pulsed in you.

"i guess we better get back to the mansion," another worker said, and you whimpered from the feeling. it didn't seem like they were really planning on going back. but eventually the footsteps got further away and you both loosened up. he quickly picked you up and sat on he seat instead.

"ride me... please?" he practically begged, looking up in your eyes. his bright blue eyes burning a hole into your face above his shades. you nodded shyly, always getting bashful when it was your time to be on top.

you wasted no time riding him slowly, teasing him with your deathly slow pace. his large hands gripped the fatty flesh of your ass holding on for dear life. his head was thrown back, jaw clenched as you squeezed down.

"you're driving me crazy," he grumbled lifting you and fucking up into you like crazy. your hands grabbed his forearm, begging him to slow down. "you gonna stop teasing me now?"

"m'sorry i'll stop i will," you whine and he eased up letting you take control. with your feet planted on the side of him, you began to ride him this time faster. the disgustingly loud 'plap, plap, plap' of your skin slapping was turning you both on. pushing you closer and closer to finishing.

you grabbed his face, forcing him to look at you. the way he licked his lips and bit his lower one to muffle his groans. it just made you desperate to press your lips and steal a kiss from him. but gojo was two steps ahead of you, noticing the way your sight was trained on his lips.

he leaned up, forcing his tongue down your throat. the two of you kissing sloppily swapping spit as your bodies were conjoined. one of his hands left your ass to reach between the two of you. using two fingers to rub your clit sending your body immediately into overdrive.

"close," you mumbled against his lips to which he simply mumbled 'mhm' against your lips. it didn't take much his pulling away from your lips to whisper a gruff 'cum'. even if he hadn't said that you were bound to cum right there and then. "fuckkk...!" you yelled your cream coating his cock and collecting around the base.

"m'right behind you baby shit i'm cumming." he groaned loudly as he shot his warm loud inside you. filling you up completely, not even bothering to pull out. he thrusted up into you a few more times being sure to stuff him cum all the way into your womb.

"you were right toru... the thrill of getting caught makes you cum harder." you huffed and gojo nodded.

"i told you years ago." gojo smirked, kissing your forehead, leaning back as you climbed off his lap. "you'll clean me off, won't you?" he asked, giving you those sickeningly effective puppy eyes. you didn't verbally comply, but he knew when you got on your knees, assuming the position. just like gojo earlier, not caring if mud would get on your knees.

"are we sick?" the poolboy asked the gardener who shook her head his fingers stuffed in her mouth. "fucking to our boss's son and his girlfriends moans."

sidenote: 

gojo’s hair was damp from thinking he was in high school musical 2, playing with the water and sprinklers, trying to make you laugh. 

[swampjawn]

If you wanted to animate an object spinning really fast, there are three main embellishments at your disposal. You could add smear frames, you could add doubling, or if you wanted to get a little crazy with it, you could have that object bend and stretch to really emphasize the inertia of the motion.

Or you could do all three at the same time!

I didn't want to like Zenshu at first.

Saying I'm not a big fan of isekai as a genre would be an understatement, so I was straight up peeved when I found out that what I initially thought would be a flawed industry's unflinching look in the mirror made by THE studio that has become the symbol of the Japanese animation industry's broader problems with overworking and underpaying, this was just gonna be yet another in a long line of paint-by-numbers escapist power fantasies in a genre that was tired from the moment it was born, just like yaboy, sleepy to the max if you know what I'm saying.

And this recreation of a scene from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), (which was one of the first breakout roles for anime legend and Evangelion director Hideaki Anno) certainly helped soften my attitude towards it, but a series of references to old stuff wouldn't be enough.

(both versions trimmed here)

But its tribute to classic anime and animation in general goes beyond just references.

This absurdly over the top modernized version of a magical girl transformation animated by Keisuke Toyoda (豊田 桂祐 ) feels like it contains all the possibilities of animation and imagination in just 3 preposterously dense cuts. There is just WAY too much going on here at once, in a way that feels very self aware.

Every color you could imagine, lighting from three different directions, what looks like three different layers of effects and sparkles, countless compositing effects, what looks like some sort of 3D particle simulation in the background,

this psychedelic background art that seems to represent Natsuko's blood vessels, a bit where you can see what it took me several episodes to realize are Natsuko's actual blood vessels and skeleton through her body,

and… some birds of course.

Most of the main elements are animated on 2's, but there are so many layers -- the timing of each offset from the rest -- that it almost feels like the whole thing is animated on 1's because there is practically no single frame where at least something doesn't change.

It's really an assault to the senses that contrasts hilariously with the mundane action of actually sitting down at a desk and drawing. There's even a little death note reference thrown in there to poke fun at this contrast!

And fully committing to the sailor moon bit, they repeat this stock animation in almost every episode. While it's no masterpiece plot-wise, it is at least more than I expected on that front too, but that's more than I can get into here. I talk about that some more and a bunch of other stuff in this video, from which this post is an adapted excerpt! Go watch it and comment, "wow sWIMP John, I used to like your videos but you've really fallen off hardcore. Go back to making magic school bus AMVs. Unsubbed."

[cursedhaglette]

Solavellan recs you say? 👀👀👀👀👀

OHHHHH POOOKIIIIEEEEEEEEEE here's a lil bit of everything for you, go forth and feast

remorse is not an apology by deciblesque - you will find me gradually losing my shit in the comments of this one. we shouldn't be allowed to read it for free, it's so brilliant. i literally have no words, it's just so fucking good. post-DAV and an absolute must read. (also the author has some very delicious solavelassan smut if you need something to wash it down with)

the shrine of your lies by @swordbisexual - make that everything by ouiser by dear god, this one will have you needing solas so bad

the first six months of forever by lahtays - devastating, brilliant, sexy, post-solas doing his big stupid but written pre-DAV (as if we need DAV though) but they get to live in the world as they fix things and yeah. so so good.

scion by @widowling - we know martyr, we love (and love to hate) martyr, but honestly scion is gonna RUIN me in a big way and i can't wait. a good, like ACTUALLY GOOD, arlathan AU is hard to find but a sexy young solas is also the most important thing in the world to me, especially if he's also just a lil dumb. my beloved widowling nailed it. can't wait for more of this one.

love is not a victory march by @brunchatthebookstore - the inquisitor gets the call to go to minrathous in time for solas' ritual. this is an all-timer in the making, i just know it.

miles below the surface of the dawn by @thefirstaidkit - long form smut that literally made me cry i'm not kidding. this fandom really has everything. you know what's more fucked up? KIT HADN'T EVEN FINISHED DAI WHEN WRITING THIS MASTERPIECE.... shfdkjhjsdfkjshdf

verhas'alhan - to yearn for wilderness by rosemarybagels - centuries spent after the veil falls and this is painful but absolutely beautiful and feels so wonderfully true to both characters and ugh. UGH. how to be heartbroken and hate each other but love each other all at the same time. gorgeous.

her hand was invented before god was by @citrusai - gan'freya woman that she is. solas snoop that he is. this is absolutely delicious and perfect and i've read it twice and i know i will again because it's so them.

the immortal game by @psykergirl - the most solavellan smut of all time. trust me on this.

all new, faded for her by @scaryanneee - putting this toward the bottom only because i've recc'd it before multiple times but not because i love it any less. it's one of my current comfort fics and anna is so so brilliant and perfect at writing the classic romance tropes we know and love but making them soooo sollavellan it's sick. also morinne is there but who cares when ATHERA. QUEEN ATHERA. god.

these hands, if not gods by @gefionne - also at the bottom only because i've recc'd it before and i think the whole fandom is probably bouncing up and down waiting for every update. my other current comfort fic at the moment. imagining young solas whimpering with nipple rings gets me through the day and gef...god bless gef for that.

there's........so much more porn here than i expected. oops. but also it's all literally so good i'm not even sorry about it. also if you want to support moi, i write a lil fic called requited but feel weird promo-ing it more than that. i also have more fic recs for solavellan answered here, here and here!

anyways, have fun and enjoy!

[animatronicappreciation]

As far as I'm aware! I've never actually BEEN to Babyland General, so I can't say with 100% certainty, but I haven't heard any news about him being removed! As long as he stays in good condition, he seems to be here for the long haul! He moves around from time to time when they redecorate, but he's usually spotted in the delivery nursery, which is employees only (with a viewing window). I don't think he's been out in the open where guests could potentially interact with him in a very long time, but I THINK I saw him in some old 90s footage being a lot more "up close and personal". But it's been some time since I saw that video, and I don't think I could find it again even if I tried.

As of this video, posted seven months ago (as of 3/13/25), he's still there! Looking back at the pictures from the original post, it looks like his beak has begun to deteriorate a bit (based on the wrinkles in his beak in the first and third photo), so maybe that's why he's kinda hidden in the back, but that could also be his positioning in those photos causing the wrinkles, so who knows? I truly hope that he's not starting to deteriorate, since he's an incredibly beautiful figure, even though he hasn't run in decades. But he's also decades old at this point, and even under the best conditions, nothing is permanent in this world.

I can only speculate on his condition, especially since the employees of Babyland don't seem to have much knowledge about the figure. I did ask at the time of the original post if they knew the manufacturer of the figure or had a manual for him or anything of the sort, but they came up empty-handed, unfortunately. I didn't really expect them to know much since that's not their area of expertise-- they've got bigger fish to fry, what with taking care of all the Cabbage Patch babies and kids all day and making magic for the REAL kids! But it's still a bit disappointing that we've come to a dead end when it comes to information about this figure.

If anyone ever comes across any footage of this figure in action, PLEASE send it in! From what I heard when asking longterm Babyland fans on FB, he wasn't active for very long at all, and we've never been able to uncover any footage of him in working order. I guess you could call this a lost media mystery of sorts!

TL;DR: Yeah, he's still there, and I wish I had any update or further information, but I unfortunately do not :(

-Mod Possum

OK UPDATE from like five minutes later, I did end up finding a more recent pic of the Colonel, and I'm sad to say that he IS showing signs of deterioration :(

Tumblr is eating the image quality but I'm gonna link the original source on the image, so just click it to be taken to a better quality version.

But two months ago, u/Bananabread365 on Reddit posted this image to r/LiminalSpace [here], and they were able to get a remarkable zoom quality on this image... and what we see isn't very encouraging. It looks like the dear Colonel's beak is beginning to crack. It seems like them positioning him toward the back of the nursery is very intentional to hide his deterioration.

I learned from a post from Mod Rat that, allegedly (Mod Rat didn't source this claim and I can't find anything to back it up, but I certainly don't doubt him), the reason the Colonel was ultimately powered down was because the repair costs would've been too great to maintain the figure in its functioning state. That's certainly understandable, but it's disappointing to hear, especially since that means that the Colonel's odds of his beak being restored are slim. I doubt that the original mold for the beak is around anymore since this is a 40+ year old one-off figure manufactured for a roadside attraction, and the cost of manufacturing a new one would likely be pretty hefty, since it would mean either taking a mold of the original (tough to do without completely wrecking it in the process) or sculpting a whole new one (takes a lot of skill and time that both need to be compensated).

I know that not many people think this particular character adds anything to the Babyland General experience, but I think he's a very unique piece of Babyland history! He's important to the lore of Babyland General and the Cabbage Patch Kids as a whole, and it's sad to see that time is starting to take its toll on him.

This is Colonel Casey, a stork that looks after newborns at Babyland General, the Cabbage Patch Kids “hospital” in Cleveland, Georgia, where Cabbage Patch Kids are “born”.

Although he no longer operates as one, Colonel Casey was at one point an animated figure! I just received confirmation of this via email!

You can find Colonel Casey looking after the newborn Cabbage Patch soft sculpts that are “born” at Babyland General every day! Although it’s a shame that he’s no longer operating as an animatronic, it’s still wonderful to see such a beautiful figure!!

Fun fact: the soft sculpt Cabbage Patch Kids that are “born” at Babyland General are hand-made by artists local to Cleveland, Georgia! Each one is a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork, and no two are alike! They’re quite pricey compared to your average Cabbage Patch doll, but rightfully so, since they’re hand-crafted works of art!

- Mod Possum

[demdems]

Blowing myself up and everyone else in the room

If i let myself add anymore panels from this weeks chapter I'm just gonna upload the whole thing im literally gonna melt into nothing oh my god i need to read the new mafia if chapter oh my god

Was typing but realized I'm going too much, more brain blast under cut

what if you Loved someones, what if the love in ur heart was enough to know that it transcends the need to always be together, what if you love ur favorite people enough to know you can watch them from afar knowing you'll eventually come back together

what if you realised that you can still love urself and the good you can have w urself and the good u have when with others

separation makes the heart grow fonder!! what if you love enough to know the time apart is still a gift!!

This arc is insane and it's like, so vital to clara's character + love trio development + mairuma's themes overall

I am being turned into concrete holy oh my god [also this is now my analysis sorry if I'm speaking straight nonsense]

Clara's always like, been the foundation of the love trio, at the very least she's to be credited for establishing how the trio defines themselves to each other [to outsiders theyre defined by one member [iruma] since they're called the iruma army, very cute but I'm making distinctions between how that and the love trio name does different for them]

The title iruma's army hinges on clara and azz's devotion to iruma as seen thru the outside perspective and it also makes them kinda, like a love angle, as its how they are connected to iruma but not each other specifically

Love trio is clara's way to define how each of them in the trio are interconnected thru their love for each other [the phrase love trio also focuses on them as a trio, putting them on a more even dynamic with each other]

Side tangent sorry I'm sitting here writing this post almost immediately after reading the chapter, i think love trio encompasses some the fundamentals of demonhood [greed, power, control] as reflected in their evil cycles, my third eye is open, irumas evil cycle was greed [and his character growth is him learning and tapping into these demonic indulgences that're frowned upon in human society] as he wanted more for the misfits which can be seen as greedy as it's asking for more than the class is allowed, azz's is power as training lets him enter his evil cycle to have more unchecked power in combat, clara's is control as her worries and insecurities drove her to store away iruma and azz to keep them with her under her care forever

I digress tho i haven't even gotten into like 30% of my illness about the love trio

This arc really dove into clara's character as, shes been kinda been kept in the dark when it comes to, what she actually may be thinking, like id argue it's intentional that clara hasn't been really given free range to be entirely herself in a way that doesn't outwardly make others uncomfortable

Clara was so, unabashedly herself, but the story didn't punish her for that, it's just that through azz And iruma [even if he very much threw water on a grease fire omg], she learns that she Can feel these things both good and awful, and that one, theyll love her anyways [good point that iruma made, horrible time to express it] but two, that it doesn't mean she should bury these worries within herself and instead of this domineering control over the ones she cares about when expressing her most primal fears, the bad stuff needs to get recognized first and that she needs to let others in to express that

or yk in easy terms, iruma's way was "I'll love you even with the bad" and azz's way was "this is all the bad but I'll love you", basically an inverse approach in how they talked down clara [if im making sense who knows]

I hope that we do get to see iruma and azz make good on indulging clara's wishes to go like, swamp lol, weird girl central, after exams in the extras or [indulging the kinda greed youll see in the bible] in an entire chapter I'm not asking for much,,,

Im getting distracted but the start and end chapters for this arc have the same name, Coming full circle, the arc starts w clara's concern about staying behind in make up classes and not spending end of term w iruma and azz and it ends w her being reassured that pass or fail in make up classes or end of term fun, they still together and love each other and it'll be fine no matter what

Also this is the first time iruma and azz have been shown to be visibly attached to clara as the center, seen in the first few pages [what comes to mind is the times azzclara stuck to irumas sides and the few times i think iruclara did the same to azz], just wanna mention bc they're so cute I'm disintegrating into nothing

The chapter also ending w the little tease of clara's hair sticking up in the same way as in her evil cycle state, my illness

I think this represents a few things but largely what i think is important to herself + the love trio, i think it's representative of how she will keep some of how she was in her evil cycle just more tempered, base/non evil cycle clara is already in touch w love for iruma and azz it was just put on the extreme, i think going forward she'll now just, be more in touch w the different like, aspects of her insecurities, like expressing the bad thoughts she stores away to iruma and azz, but also bc i do think that the love trio are kinda representing fundamentals of demonhood, ill be bold and say she's gonna be even More confident w her love for iruma and azz [expressing control thru more establishment of the love trio in the story, i think]

also i am just, the way nishi-sensei continously draws these intimate moments between the love trio in this shoujo romance manga kinda style, especially when the panel/page feels like it's framed to be from the view point of one of the three, like that's just something that can be so special

Minor thing, among many things I've thrown in here i literally have the chapter open in a different tab so i can reference it during writing, i think clara kinda snapping at iruma and azz for being overbearing in the first pages is like, one of the few times i recall her actually, doing anything of the sort? might be wrong tho but i like this visible development to their dynamic

yea so I'm pretty normal about this chapter,,, <<<guy who folds quick when it comes to love trio content

[cyberphuck]

Hey kids, Jaydee here with an important message for driving in the Spring: Don't Drive Through Water If you can see the water is moving, or if the water is enough that you can't see the surface of the asphalt, Do Not Drive Through It. Literally no excuse anyone can make changes this advice. There is no caveat, there is no "what if," there is no "it's only okay if you." Never Drive Through Water, Ever. "It's not a lot of water/ it's not moving fast yet" Fun fact, it takes a hilariously small amount of water on the road to move your car. I'm not talking about the vehicle floating away, I'm talking about hydroplaning, which is when all four of your tires leave the surface of the road. At that point you are no longer in control of your vehicle and you don't get to decide which way you go. This can happen no matter how slow you are going. Where's the water flowing? Down that embankment? Now you're going down the embankment too. "I know this road/I know when it's safe and when it isn't" You don't! You don't know anything. The road may look fine up top but if there's water going over it, water might be going under it, too. Guess who's going down the embankment again! Maybe that pothole that always fills up in the rain's gotten WAY bigger in the past few days and you're not gonna notice until you're face down ass up in it. Maybe you'll just hit that pothole hard enough to pop a tire, bend the rim, fuck up your alignment, and ruin your day! "Four wheel drive, baby!/Lifted truck, fuck yeah" Not only can I speak from personal experience that 4WD will not stop you from skidding across the highway in the rain, there are countless amusing videos online of Dumbfucks In Trucks trying to cross flooded roads and getting stuck. Sometimes the whole truck flips as an extra spice, even if the water isn't moving! "It's just ponding on the sides of the road" Did know plowing into a puddle at car-speeds can cause damage to your car's engine, electronics, wheels and chassis? You ask any mechanic how many cars they get in with flood damage from 'just ponding.' "I have to!" You don't have to. "No, I really HAVE to, I have no choice, this road floods all the time but I have to get to work SOMEhow!" Okay so there are three choices here: 1. Drive over the water anyway and die, 2. Don't drive over the water which is what this post is about, or 3. Keep an eye on the weather and make preparations ahead of time so that you don't have to drive across the water which is what this post is about. Go to your friend's house, take your precious infant daughter to your mom's house, put the chihuahua in a baby sling while you work, MAKE A PLAN. "I drive across water all the time even though I know I shouldn't lol" Cool! Every time you do that you run the risk of losing your life, devastating your friends and loved ones, fucking up your car (if water gets into your engine's intake you can say goodbye to that engine AND it might also catch on fire just to spite you), putting first responders in danger trying to get you, putting good Samaritans in danger trying to rescue you, ending up on the news because someone whipped out their phone to film you sitting on top of your floating car like a dumbass. DO NOT. DRIVE. THROUGH WATER. EVER. EVER!!

[peachesnpears95]

NAH, THE FANDOM NEEDS TO DO BETTER - IN ACTUALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING ON SCREEN! INSTEAD OF BLINDLY THROWING OUT BLAME BETWEEN WUKONG AND MACAQUE!

I am just done with this; I try to be as chill and as agreeable with people as possible and try to see other people's viewpoints, and try to get behind their thoughts and opinions as best I can- but no more. I'm sick of this Macaque slander and defamation.

THIS ENDS NOW.

Alright so, that's it! Dishonor! Dishonor on the whole fandom! I'm taking Wukong AND Macaque away from y'all until you can play nice and stop bashing on both of them and misunderstanding their characters and saying foul things that are untrue and is utter character- assassination.

Neither of them deserves it!

But right now, we're talking about Macaque, I'll probably talk about Wukong at a later date- but for now we focus on Macaque.

So, let's get into it.

I have to disagree with this person for several reasons.

Forgive me if this seems hostile, I am just very passionate and I am in no way trying to start a fandom war. I just can't sit back and watch Macaque get slandered, misunderstood and treated like he's the worse of the worst by the fandom anymore.

I'm sorry but I have to step in and say something, because I would be remise if I didn't and I can't STAND to see something like this floating around, perpetuating that Macaque is some type of fucking abusive, vindictive, and evil character that hasn't tried to be better or make amends in any way shape or form- because it's not true at all.

"Macaque, who has put in ZERO on-screen effort to become a better person or make amends to his victims"

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my fucking whole ass, no.

I am sorry op but this is a fucking shit take and completely and utterly false and wrong.

All Macaque has done SINCE being freed from the LBD's control is work to be BETTER and make amends through his actions- and y'all and many other ppl of the fandom are really gonna go and ignore all of it?

SERIOUSLY?!?!

NAHHHH! NAHHHHH NAHHHHHHH! Macaque has risked his life for the others multiple times, and put himself in danger over and over again for not only MK, and Wukong but also for the others too. Just because we don't see him VERBALLY apologize on screen, doesn't mean his actions don't speak. There are so many instances where Macaque's actions speak LOUDER than words ever could or will. You can SAY things, but unless you actually DO something to back those words up- they will mean nothing.

If Macaque hadn't finally broken free from the LBD and went up against Wukong and put his life on the line to keep him distracted, then MK and the others would have been fucked.

Also, you all realize that Macaque's HEART was never in playing the big bad villain, even MK said as much. Macaque only did those things to survive. The LBD held his life over his head and told him to fucking DANCE with death. Macaque was backed into a corner, with nowhere to go, and no allies on his side to help him.

He was literally all alone, trying to keep himself alive. Macaque bringing the mayor to the LMK gang should speak volumes on Macaque's TRUE character. Macaque is a complex, morally gray character, and it sucks to see posts like this paining him in such a black/white way.

Macaque was an unwilling shadow puppet for the LBD, and he only did what he thought he had to, in order to survive. Because who was he going to turn to for help? It's like when you back a caged animal into a corner, they're going to bite. Don't you lie to me and say you wouldn't do about anything to survive, even if it meant having to do things that weren't 100% morally correct. Like if you were pushed far enough, if your life was on the razor's edge, wouldn't you fight for it?

Like yes he hurt people, yes he threatened Mei, yes he did a lot of fucked up things- were they right? NO. But it's understandable why he did what he did, he WANTED to live.

Like should he have just given the fuck up and died, again? Is that what you wanted from him? Cause that's fucked up. He's literally a victim (just like everyone else) and was being used and abused by the Lady Bone Demon. He had his freedom and agency taken away from him unwillingly and forced to fight to survive.

But the SECOND he gets free from the LBD's grasp. What does he do? He HELPS MK and the others. He chooses to stay and fight with them. Chooses to BE BETTER and help RIGHT the wrongs he (unwillingly) played a part in. And he does this knowing Wukong is waiting for him. The very person who killed him. He fights Wukong even though he's terrified, and this time he's willing to risk his life, because he actually CARES about Wukong and MK both. They're probably the two people he cares for the most at this point and he's willing to die freely just to save them.

He doesn't really have much of a relationship with the others at the time, but he knows they're important to Wukong and MK, so he also risks everything to help them too.

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Then he helped MK go into the scroll -reliving memories that were probably as painful for him to relive (as they were for Wukong) but he did it anyways, to help find Wukong and bring him back. Which I might add was the final push Wukong NEEDED to get out of the scroll.

And then he helped Mei fight Peng to give everyone else a chance to do what THEY needed to do in the plan, so Wukong and MK could get to Azure.

Making sure it went off without a hitch, risking HIMSELF like how everyone else was risking themselves.

Peng wasn't fucking playing, that bird was aiming to kill with those strikes. Peng even called Macaque out.

Asking him if there was nothing Wukong could do that could break his hold over him. And the answer is NO. Not even DEATH broke that hold.

Macaque is ride or die for Wukong still, and would risk his life for Wukong's sake -even though Wukong is an immortal being who can't die- I'll BET MY GRAVE AND ANYTHING ELSE, THIS! Macaque would throw himself in front of Wukong to shield him just because he cares so much about him. He would also probably do it for MK too, in fact he DOES put himself at risk for MK later on to try and save him from himself, and we will get into that soon!

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And then later down the line he let the others escape Ling Ji's prison by literally putting himself in the line of fire and letting himself get captured instead! He SHADOW TELEPORTS THEM OUT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEY WON'T GO IF HE DIDN'T.

THEN HE DOESN'T RUN OFF, HE STAYS THERE TO BUY THEM TIME. MACAQUE STAYS TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING HIMSELF ON ThE LINE. HE CHARGES STRIGHT FORWARD LIKE A WARRIOR WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHAT IS WAITING FOR HIM!

HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT IS COMING! ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN TO HIM/ANYTHING COULD BE WAITING FOR HIM IN THERE. BUT HE STANDS HIS GROUND.

And then when Wukong is being tormented by the 100 eyed demon? Macaque doesn't even HESITATE to help him from the 100 eyed demon's control. HE IMMEDIATELY comes to Wukong's side to free him so they can go find MK.

He was also the one to strike out at the 100 eyed demon when they DID find MK. Mei might have threatened the demon first, but Macaque was the one that just went STRAIGHT to strikes.

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AND THEN- Tell me who is it that uses his shadow powers over and over against the 9 Headed Demon, trying to protect MK the only way he can while he's literally tied up and was the ONLY one who could ACTUALLY do anything about it?

And who was the one that BROKE out of the chaos powers to KEEP MK from throwing himself into the pillar initially- oh that's right, Macaque!

Look at him, Macaque is GENUINELY fucking terrified.

Because he's seen this happen before, with himself. Macaque has been in MK's position before. An emotional spiral of self-destruction that ended up with him dead.

Macaque KNOWS from experience because HE LITERALLY went through the same thing before. And didn't have anyone to let him know that not EVERYTHING was on him. That he didn't have to be alone and do things by himself. That he could have found a better way, a different way. A path that wouldn't have led him attacking the Pilgrims and Wukong- and then right into the grave.

Macaque knows what's happening, he has since the start of S5.

Macaque let himself spiral in the past due to feeling neglected emotionally, and he went down a path of self-destruction that ended up with him dead (he even says as such in the show during s4) when he was talking about Wukong meeting Tang Sanzang.

Macaque has had to WATCH MK go through the same fucking thing here as he did.

He KNEW at the start nothing good would come of MK's spiral.

That's WHY he told Wukong to be better, because he was speaking from past experience. (Not to be spiteful or vindictive or whatever.)

Macque was truly concerned for MK and he doesn't want what happened between him and Wukong to happen between MK and Wukong- because he cares about the Kid so much even if he doesn't say it.

Wukong has been shown time and time again he's not the best at reading people, and that sometimes he prefers to cheekily brush things off without really listening to anyone else, only getting tunnel-focused on the task and hand.

And forgetting to really listen to the concerns of his friends/family, because he is just focusing on protecting them instead of actually taking their thoughts/feelings/emotions into consideration. ((We can also see this during the Samadhi fire arc, where he keeps the fourth ring a secret- MEI EVEN CALLS HIM OUT FOR IT))

I am not saying that Wukong doesn't care, he in fact cares a lot, but he just forgets to actually let the people he cares for ACTUALLY know.

This is what happened to Macaque.

Wukong brushed off his feelings every time he tried to voice his concerns, or ignored him, instead of actually listening to him. He unintentionally neglected Macaque's feelings as he sought out immortality and to take down the Jade Emperor.

Macaque isn't just pulling this from nowhere. This is a fucking pattern form Wukong, we see it on screen, we see him do this. Unintentional or not, Wukong neglected Macaque's emotions and made him feel like he meant NOTHING to Wukong. This is what Macaque has been afraid of since getting to know MK, that MK would end up being neglected just like him. Remember his shadow play? "The Hero and the Warrior were like the Sun and the Moon. Their light, a protective glow, shining upon the world. Together, there was nothing that could stop the two of them. Either in the Celestial Realms or on Earth. As time went on, the Hero attained power beyond comprehension. As the Hero's light grew, so too did his shadow. And soon, the Warrior was cast in that shadow. In the darkness, the Warrior was forgotten by the Hero." "Well, with ol' Monkey King not around, I thought someone should teach you a lesson. Ah, MK, you really are dense, aren't you? You saw a story about a hero who got handed everything, who didn't have to work for anything, and you thought you were the other guy? The second the Hero got real power; he couldn't care less about his friends. That's you, bud."

"Oh, did you just realize they were missing? Classic hero maneuver. Maybe it's just me but these guys don't look too happy about being left in the shadow of the great Monkie Kid."

Everyone thinks Macaque is lying or embellishing, but he's not.

Not really, he's just showing it from his perspective, which is the only one he's got- speaking from his past experiences about how he was unintentionally left feeling neglected.

Macaque was quite literally projecting his own emotional neglect onto MK. To Macaque, Wukong forgot who/why he was doing all of that for. He felt abandoned and cast aside by Wukong. Because Wukong never listened, he brushed off his feelings, and it obviously left Macaque with emotional scars, due to his best friend's neglect.

Wukong did WRONG by Macaque, by accidentally neglecting him.

This is what Macaque has started fearing for MK, why he's so tough on Wukong to be better, because he can SEE it. He can see what happened to himself, happening to MK. The Kid is on a path of self-destruction, and if he doesn't say or do anything, then the past will happen ALL OVER again. This is why Macaque was rightfully fucking angry and pissed off when he asked Wukong if he ever once questioned why MK had all his powers and could lift his staff, and where he even came from. All because Macaque doesn't want a repeat of the past. He doesn't want MK's emotions to spiral out of control and lead him down a dark path that might end up in his death.

Macaque has come to genuinely love and care for MK and doesn't want him to THROW his life away. HE EVEN BEGS - and LOOKS and SOUNDS like he's going to CRY when he's trying to stop MK. He's so desperate to save MK from himself, because no one TRIED saving him- no one CARED enough to. But MK has so many people who care, and he needs to know that! MK NEEDS TO KNOW IT'S NOT ALL ON HIM!

Macaque has BEEN HERE before. He has LIVED this. He KNOWS how it will END.

He's trying so hard because he cares about MK. and he knows Wukong does too, and the others. And he can't just like MK do this- Macaque CAN'T let MK do what he did and destroy himself.

Then who is it that uses his shadow powers AGAIN to free EVERYONE! So Wukong can go after MK- AH RIGHT MACAQUE! Macaque isn't even concerned about himself in the moment, he doesn't care how he's feeling, doesn't give himself a second thought. All he needs is for someone to go after MK - because he can't fucking do it in his current condition.

Selflessly, Macaque rejects Wukong's concern (what he's wanted for centuries, the thing he's truly wanted most- for Wukong to actually show genuine concern over his wellbeing, without trying to play it off and be cheeky/brush it off- to actually be serious) all in favor of telling Wukong to LEAVE and stop MK.

Macaque WAS right all along what would happen if things continued like they were.

He truly saw the real and deep extent of MK's self-destruction before ANYONE else- before Wukong, or his other family/friends. The others were concerned, sure, but they didn't understand the true severity of it, not until MK is about to sacrifice himself.

But Macaque, deep down, understood where this might lead MK. That MK might fall from the edge, with no one to catch him. Which is why he was so desperate to catch MK as he fell, because no one caught him when he did!

Macaque's spiral destroyed him, he knows what it's like. He lived through what MK did. He lived the path of self-destruction centuries ago. Macaque saw himself in MK, and feared where it would lead MK. Feared he would do something that got himself killed.

AND IT DID!

MK DID jump into the pillar, because he still believed he had to do it alone, that it was all on him. MK went down the path that Macaque did, and he almost DIED for it. (in fact, technically he WAS dead, if you think about it)

Macaque never wanted this for MK, because he knows what it's like to die, then come back to life. The physical wounds might have healed, but mentally and emotionally?

MK might have come back physically fine, but his mental and emotional state will NEVER be the same again. He and Macaque have both DIED and come back to life- changed forever. Physically they are fine, but mentally and emotionally?

They will BOTH be scarred with that for the rest of their lives.

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Macaque HAS changed and HAS become a better person- and it sucks that his efforts have been downplayed by the fandom, all because he doesn't just say a stupid fucking word?

"sorry?"

HEAVENS HELP ME!

Macaque has done nothing but selflessly risk himself, time and time again, since he worked for the LBD. He has worked to make amends through his actions.

He's made it CLEAR that he cares about Wukong, MK and the others, and he will fight alongside them, and hell if he has to- he would DIE alongside them. He hasn't run from a fight once since he's started fighting alongside them. He's THERE, through thick and thin, and he would push himself beyond the breaking point to protect them.

What better way is there for him to make amends/show his remorse than show he's willing to do whatever it takes to protect the LMK gang?

To Macaque, words are NOT enough. There's nothing he can say that would make things better. So, like a warrior, he takes action instead and shows -instead of tells- the others that he's sorry, and he is willing to stand by them and fight.

It wouldn't hurt for him to say sorry verbally, no.

But what the fuck is he even supposed to say: Hey, sorry for almost fucking killing all of you back then?

It would be so awkward of him to say, and it probably wouldn't even SOUND sincere, even if it actually was. I understand people wanting a verbal apology, but being SORRY doesn't always mean JUST saying sorry.

You can BE and SAY sorry all you damn well want to, but it means FUCK all if you don't show you are with actions and with change, and Macaque has done BOTH in leaps and bounds.

Being sorry means you back it up with actions, and with change.

You do better.

And Macaque HAS been!

Macaque understands full well he fucked up, he's not stupid, and he faces the consequences of that by having to work every day to show the others he's changed.

Macaque will ALWAYS have to live with the guilt of what he's done in the past. Is that not fucking punishment enough? Do some of y'all in the fandom have to fucking bash him at every fucking turn possible? Frankly, I'm done sitting by and watching Macaque be misunderstood, misjudged and hated on, because some of you people are as blind as the fucking brotherhood when they wrongfully blamed Wukong for everything going wrong and not holding themselves accountable for their actions.

Macaque does in fact, hold himself accountable, by doing everything he possibly can to protect and fight alongside the LMK Gang. Macaque is trying, and his story isn't over yet.

The fandom is judging him unfairly (as they do with Wukong as well) and failing to consider the nuance, the subtext, and the complexity of Macaque and his character- and just painting him as this one dimensional, obsessive, abusive, and loathsome character.

MACAQUE'S STORY/CHARACTER ARC HASN'T EVEN CONCLUDED YET, AND YOU'RE ALL STILL SITTING HERE CURSING HIS NAME LIKE HE'S A SCOURGE!

WHAT THE FUCK YOU GUYS?! Also like, the characters in the show seem to have already forgiven Macaque (or ARE on the verge of)- so like, why can't we all fucking do the same?!

Has Macaque not suffered enough from dying, being revived, used and abused, and then risking himself and his life over and over for the LMK Gang (Showing he's changed from selfishly seeking self-preservation.)

Seriously Macaque went from an I only want to survive mindset, to a mindset of- I will die for Wukong, MK and their family/friends if I must.

Macaque really sells himself short, saying he isn't a Hero. But is that not what heroes do? Do they not forgo themselves and the threat to their life- to save others. Which is what Macaque has been doing ever since the LBD Arc.

Just how many more times must Macaque risk his life to prove he's changed to the fandom? To prove he has regrets/remorse for what he's done? What does Macaque have to do for some of the fandom to stop treating him like the spawn of fucking evil? Does he have to DIE again for you lot to be satisfied?

I cannot take this Macaque slander and hatred anymore. I am sick to death of it. I'm usually not this fucking mad, but this post ENRAGED me.

Op I promise I do not hate you.

I just HATE what you wrote and put out there, because it's simply not at all true or correct, and Macaque already gets enough misplaced hatred.

(if you want to block me, I don't blame you. I just needed to get this off my chest and your post just made it all come to a head.)

I am not defending Macaque simply because I think he's hot/can do no wrong/is perfect uwu baby victim. No, I understand Macaque for his faults. I know he's done wrong, I know he's not a perfect victim.

But he's NOT who you're making him out to be either. He has changed, and has done better.

Can't we just PLEASE acknowledge this?!

Seriously, I'm at my limit, I cannot fucking take it anymore. GET ME THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!

If I pissed some of you people in the fandom off, then just fucking block me. I don't care. Just don't engage with me. I don't want to interact with people who can't even see that y'all are wrong about Macaque and he doesn't deserve half the fucking hatred he gets! Just because he isn't what you want him to be, or act how you want him to act, or say what you want him to say- doesn't make him a poorly written character. He's just flawed, messy, complex, and makes mistakes in LMK like everyone else, and I'm sick of people demonizing him.

I am revoking the fandom's right to play with Wukong and Macaque for the time being, until the fandom can learn some media fucking literacy, look beyond the surface level, and learn to be SHOWN THINGS AND PAY ATTENTION and not just be handheld and told things and to think for your god damn selves and actually use your noodles!

MOMOCHI KID OUT!

“You need to do better.”

(This gets vitriolic, and is a full-blown criticism of Macaque’s portrayal in Season Four and Five. If criticism of a character/franchise you like upsets you, I do not recommend reading.)

Wow. I had no faith in his character writing, and I’m STILL disappointed.

And it only took one episode! How impressive!

Macaque, who has put in ZERO on-screen effort to become a better person or make amends to his victims, is criticizing Wukong for being a bad mentor! And does Wukong criticize him back? NOPE!

After getting screamed at and berated, does Wukong defend himself? NOPE!

Ooh, but there was a second long reference in a dual yelling match that mentioned that Macaque was a genuinely bad person who took glee in hurting innocent people! Oh, fucking delightful! Ooh, Wukong even points out in one episode that Macaque goes without consequences!

Pointing out a flaw in your writing does not make it less of a flaw.

Macaque will always be allowed to do whatever he wants to anyone he wants- power theft, attempted murder, insults, deceit, assault-

And the narrative and characters will never hold him accountable or force Macaque to look inwards or become a better person.

Macaque will always fall upwards into redemption without any obstacles or pushback.

There will never be a struggle to goodness with a satisfying conclusion. There will never be a moment where falters in his newfound goodness and questions going back to his old ways. There will never be explicit remorse or regret. He will never have deep introspections on his crimes and atrocities that provide a reason for him to want to change.

The sum of his “arc” will always be “you were a good guy all along”, and that lack of depth is where it will stay.

RIP Seasons 1-3 Macaque. You were fun and interesting and cool and lovable.

But the man they replaced you with was destined to be a boring and brooding “anti-hero” who has no real connection to the actions you selfishly and violently performed with your own two hands-

And you will always be a less interesting character for it.

The execution of the actual arc boils down to a single heroic (but ultimately self-serving) moment and then Macaque is immediately forgiven for all the crimes he’s committed and is a magically better person without any effort and nothing he’s done is ever brought up again.

It severely weakens any character’s arc to cut them off from their past actions. If MK forgot his traumas every season instead of carrying them forward- we’d all agree that doing so was a case of poor writing.

It was the reason that people disliked Mei’s portrayal in Season Four- she immediately moved on from the Samadhi Fire arc and “no longer wielded it” after spending a whole season gathering and learning to use it.

Why can’t we agree that it’s bad for Macaque, too?

You can’t “develop” a character by dropping an entire plotline and writing it off with one line.

You can’t “redeem” a character by pretending that they were a good person right from the start.

Sorry, bud.

I really did like you. I just wish I could like your writing.

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And, what is more clear to me now than ever?

People only defended Macaque’s shitty writing because they think he’s hot.

I know this now, because I’ve seen white-hot Li Jing arc hatred from fervent Macaque arc defenders.

So we all agree that an “I didn’t really mean it!” isn’t an excuse to abuse the people around you? That you don’t get to mistreat innocent people just because you’re stressed and upset?

Hmmm.

Hmmmmmmm.

I wonder why people despise Jing for his dogshit “one nice thing redeems all your bad actions” arc but love Macaque for his??

(Because they think the monkey is hot.)

The funny thing, though?

Li Jing apologizes to at least one of the victims of his actions. He expresses regret and remorse.

Macaque doesn’t even have that.

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Anyways here’s a line that I hate because Macaque has in no way developed enough to have the right to deliver it-

AND NO, SUDDENLY HAVING AN AFFINITY FOR PERFORMING KIND OR SACRIFICIAL ACTS IS NOT GOOD CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

HIM MAGICALLY OFFSCREEN BECOMING A GOOD PERSON WHO CARES ABOUT INNOCENT LIFE IS NOT GOOD CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

IF ALL IT TAKES TO “BE BETTER” IS ACTING LIKE A HERO, WUKONG IS LITERALLY A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OF A PERSON THAN HE IS

THIS LINE IS DOGSHIT

“You need to do better.”

Really, Macaque? Maybe you should take your own damn advice- try apologizing to one of the people you tried to hurt and tried to murder in cold blood!

Like when you trapped MK under his staff after stealing his powers and tried to murder him when he was helpless?

Or when you kidnapped MK’s friends and tortured the kid by forcing him to fight them?

Or you led a violent assault against a palace full of innocent people?

Or violently beat his dear friends until they were screaming in pain?

Or assaulted Tang, who posed no threat to you?

Or threatened to murder an innocent girl if you didn’t get your way, then ran away (and encouraged MK to abandon her) first thing when it put her into a life-threatening meltdown of raw power?

(Isn’t it cool how NONE of these people have interesting or varied reactions to him doing this and ALL immediately are cool with him like a gelatinous hivemind.)

(Oooh ONE mildly questioning line from Pigsy but no anger over his adoptive son nearly being killed multiple times over)

(Isn’t it cool that no one has complex or interesting thoughts on this.)

(Isn’t it cool that by robbing them of unique feelings on the matter they robbed Macaque and the Monkie Kids of compelling and interesting interactions that could’ve helped flesh out their personalities and strengthen their characterization.)

(Isn’t it cool that Macaque and the Monkie Kids are actively denied intriguing character dynamics so Macaque’s shitty “redemption arc” can happen faster.)

(Isn’t that cool.)

Why don’t YOU do better, Macaque?

(In a way that is more satisfying than “one kind-hearted speech from a kid that I tried to murder changed my mind and now I am a better person but all my character development happened offscreen and without personal introspection”, at least.)

Also what the fuck do you mean by “do better”?

Be heroic and put your life in danger? He already does that! He’s done it more than you have!

Just tell MK that he’s not alone? YOU COULD DO THAT YOURSELF, MACAQUE!

Help MK with his traumas and fears? MK doesn’t tell anyone about those! He keeps them bottled up, lock and key, and actively refuses attempts to help!

Wukong TRIED to reach out to him, and MK PUSHED HIM AWAY! Was he supposed to tie the fucking kid down and torture the information out of him?

He respected MK’s boundaries by not pushing any further and letting him leave!!

WHY IS THAT A BAD THING??

What the fuck, man

[buckley-diaztruther]

every ep fans are so sure THIS will be the time eddie finally tells buck off for being reckless, this is when he finally breaks. and every episode we are proven so wrong. and honestly I'm never mad about it. I think it really says a lot about the role eddie plays in bucks life, that whatever he feels about it, he doesn't turn it into a punishment for buck (I've made a whole post about this before but ill never shut up about it). largely because I think eddie knows that it wouldn't be effective. buck is used to being yelled at about his recklessness, and its never made a difference. what he needs instead is eddies gentle but pointed reminders that yea, bucks being stupid about his life but he's just gotta remember that he's got a lot of things worth living for. and i think that's beautiful.

THAT BEING SAID

Im so curious to see what the breaking point might actually be one day. what will be the thing that breaks eddies cool? it'll have to be something with very specific and unique circumstances to make it happen, and even then I think it'll only happen once. one big blow up that lasts however long, and once tbey pass that hurdle and the root of whatever it is that sends him off the edge, eddie is gonna come back to center and resume his role as the safe place that buck can always come back to and remember "oh yea, this is a home that won't ever leave me, I don't have to keep sacrificing myself to keep it"

[rekino2114]

I'd like to request a continuation of Veronica genbenshshicova heartfelt love letter and in response to s/o giving her an atomically correct chocolate heart to let her know that the feeling is mutual

P.s I thought about the atomically accurate chocolate heart a while ago for Veronica but the whole bit about her ripping out her heart as an act of eternal love it's so well with my idea I couldn't help but make it a response sorry if it's a bit much

[You're in the hallway with a heart shaped chocolate box waiting for Veronika]

Y/n:o-ok calm down, I'm sure she's gonna like it just-

Veronika:daaaaarliiiiing~

[You see her come in and she immediately hugs you and kisses you all over your face]

Y/n:.....hi vero I got you something

Veronika:Oh really? i'm so excited, what is it? Well, if it's from you then I'm sure it's something amazing

Y/n:.......it's this

[You hand her the box as she grabs it]

Veronika:chocolates? That's so nice of you darling

Y/n:open them

[She does and gasps when she sees that inside it's full of little anatomically correct hearts shaped chocolates]

Veronika:really? They look amazing how did you get them?

Y/n:I had to go through a lot of shops and bakeries but eventually I found them

[She hugs you again incredibly tightly this time]

Veronika:I love you soooooo much my darling, you really didn't need to

Y/n:Well, that letter you wrote for me before was so sweet. I just felt like I had to do something to show you how much I love you back

Veronika:but you do that every day, just being with me proves that

Y/n:i know but still, I'm glad you like it

Veronika:like it? I love it, darling, I promise I'll get you an actual heart next time

Y/n:.......i-it's probably for the best that you don't

Veronika:a chocolate one then? A really big one?

Y/n:that's better, I'd love that

Veronika:it's decided then, I love you so much my darling

Y/n:I love you too

A/n:a shorter post today cause I had to study and I'm working on the rin fic cause I genuinely love it so much it's my current obsession

[ednaarel]

Not dev stuff, rather Severance stuff. I posted it to Severance community but I'm gonna post it on main too.

Spoilers for Severance season 2, episode 9. Additionally, TW for discussion of eating disorders.

In TLDR terms: I do think Helena suffers or suffered from an unspecified eating disorder. I'll explain my reasoning down below.

First of all, you need to understand that Helena is more or less a marketing tool. She needs to be pretty and look good in the pictures that Lumon propaganda is throwing into the world. Her getting severed was a giant PR stunt. She had so many moments of her work and possibly her life documented on camera. Therefore, she's got a lot of pressure on herself when it comes to her looks and her image - after all, she's not just representing herself but also the entirety of Lumon and the Eagan family.

Second: Lumon controls food. The vending machines on the severed floor have small portions of Lumon-branded snacks which can only be retrieved with special tokens, which are limited. Gemma gets her food in small, droplet-shaped form. The egg bar (which is, of course, coveted as fuck) is considered a reward, tying food to something you have to earn instead of something you need.

You need to remember that Helena doesn't exist outside of Lumon. She needs to be perfect as Kier's descendant, she most likely grew up extremely isolated, and if we believe what she said to Mark - that she never brought anyone home - she still is isolated and lonely. Her whole life is dictated by her family, by Kier's word, by Lumon principles. When she's told to go back to the severed floor, she does so, even though she clearly doesn't want to - she's treated like an asset instead of a human being. She's not in control of her own life.

This is a really fucked up combination: expectations of perfection, lack of control and already strange culture around food. Eating disorders in women can originate from the lack of sense of control - the food intake is a way to feel in control of something for once.

Which leads me to another point: the weak enamel line. In certain eating disorders, a person will binge eat, then purge, or, vomit in order to not gain weight. Frequent vomiting erodes your enamel. Lumon's obsession with tiny food portions could lead Helena to eat extreme amount of food as an act of rebellion... just for her to feel shame about it afterwards. Lumon is, after all, quite big on the shame factor (remember the break room?).

I thought about this line a lot but everything clicked into place only after today's episode.

Helena swimming. Rigorous exercise often accompanies eating disorders.

Jame telling Helena to eat and that he'll "watch her". This wasn't just a creepy line (though it really was creepy). Ill-informed people will often try to make sure that a person with an eating disorder will eat as they should, and to achieve that, they will watch them as they eat. This, however, often only adds to the stress and shame, especially if you behave like Jame (not engaging with a conversation that's NOT about food, for example).

Helena cutting that one egg into smaller pieces, clearly being particular about the plating (one half of the egg on one side, one on the other), eating in a highly specific manner (only the white, she didn't touch the yolk).

Jame commenting on Helena's egg preference. If you remember (and I don't blame you if you don't), Jame would prefer her to "take them raw" because Kier's favorite breakfast contained raw eggs. Helena's exercising the little freedom of choosing her own way to have eggs and even then, her choice is being commented upon and scrutinized through the lens of her ancestry.

If I got something factually incorrect, please feel free to tell me, I'm in no way an expert on this stuff. I just think that the whole thing is extremely tragic.

[all-pacas]

entertain the idea of transmasc chase for me?

i want to preface this by saying i am not trans myself and so i'm always a little cautious about this kind of thing; i kind of always worry about "doing it wrong" or being weird or ignorant or just getting involved in something that isn't For Me To Get Involved In. so now i'm just going to talk without thinking too much about it:

EDIT: okay having gone on at length, uhhhh, warning for? i guess? it being kind of depressing? like more "sad realism" than "fun hc"vibe. i'm sorry

considering that chase himself is already like - his whole life is about trying to, in a real way, define himself. redefine himself. he keeps landing in these situations - be a good boy and please your father, be a good boy and obey god, be a good boy and daddy issues again, win house's approval, stop wanting house's approval. get married and have three kids - he did love cameron, but that wasn't a particular desire of his we ever saw before or after her, right?

it's a weird thing to say about chase, whose morals tend to be fairly fast and loose, but: he loves a good Set of Rules. he is used to living in a world with strict and impossible expectations, and he is used to trying to meet them. he never really rebels or resists. he slacks off and doesn't try hard, but he did go to med school and do very well at it. he knows what is expected of him. he does what is expected of him. we even see it with post-divorce slut chase, we see it in s8 when he's pressured to ask out adams: he is pretty, so he needs to sleep around. he likes the priests and nuns at his school, so he needs to be super catholic. you give this kid an Expectation, and he is going to make his entire fucking life about meeting it. he isn't all that … rebellious. he isn't all that strong willed. he sits on things, he doesn't fight.

and honestly if you throw in transmasc or transfem, it adds an incredible (and lbr: fucked up) extra dynamic. because, first of all, chase was born in the late 70s. he came of age in the 80s and early 90s. even if he had the words to explain his feelings, culture was way behind, and it's so easy to imagine this i must be good at my role as a direct result of that: pre-transitioning transmas chase doing their fucking utmost to suppress their feelings and be good and going nuts about it. transfem chase deep in the closet for a very long time.

there's a sort of implication scattered throughout s1-2 about chase and drugs, right? he always thinks teenagers are on party drugs, and he knows way more about them than foreman, lowkey: he's suggesting snorting printer toner and foreman has never heard of it. we also know chase's teenage years were… troubled, to say the least. to me, i've always kind of assumed he had some kind of breakdown over his parents and parentification and mother's alcoholism and sort of dipped into his slut era, 16-year-old edition. partying and drinking and pure rich kid bullshit, because he's trying to escape. and tie this all in. tie this in with gender stuff. with his need to get approval, to be accepted.

i think transmasc chase doesn't transition until after rowan dies. i think, even halfway around the world, even convinced he hates his father and no longer cares, that need for approval is just too strong. but i can also see him transitioning in med school, learning about these things for probably the first time (beyond whatever 90s grossness/joking he would have grown up with), and just having a crazy breakdown over the possibility and sudden awareness and the struggle between i want this and this is not what dad/society wants for me and chase is… kind of a chicken, tbh. it would not be an easy choice. especially without a support group. either way, i think what he does next is decide he is going to be the best, most… stereotypical, most masculine, he's gonna sleep around and drink hard and do sports and get a good grade in being a boy, because inside chase there are two wolves and they're named daddy issues and god and he's never met an expectation or authority figure he isn't going to try and impress.

(he probably also hopes rowan will like him more as a boy. naturally he is wrong. it has nothing to do with being trans, rowan is just always going to find a way to be disappointed in him.)

[synergysilhouette]

Hot takes/unpopular opinions with DC and Marvel Comics (Part 3)

I'm back with another "hot take" post on the aforementioned publishers and their properties. Hope you enjoy!

"Grayson" should've been a Tim Drake series--While I'm not a fan of "Grayson" from the perspective of it feeling like a downgrade for a hero in the main universe to become a spy, I think it would've benefited Tim Drake, given the fact that he needed something new, and it would've been a good way to highlight his reputation as the smartest Robin (which has since been kinda undermined). I also think it could've worked for Damian, but seeing how underrated Tim is, he has my vote.

2. Ric Grayson could've been brought about with the memory crystal--I know hindsight is 20/20, but I do think that Dick Grayson becoming Ric Grayson could've easily been done with the mind control crystal Joker used on him rather than going the cliche amnesia route. At least it would've made Ric's arc a little more likeable. OR we could've had Dick Grayson as a villain while he had amnesia instead of using the memory crystal. Either way, it works.

3. DC really puts the bio kids of SuperBat first--While Nightwing is still popular, I do feel like he's kinda become underrated over the years (not least because of the objectification he's faced in comics and other media), while Red Hood and Tim Drake's Robin definitely feel even moreso. Damian is definitely the face of the Robins now, making it feel like DC prefers Batman with his biological son. A similar thing happened with Superman, with his clone/son Kon-El being kinda forgotten (though I did enjoy him being part of the Titans in "Titans United") and his biological son Jon taking up the Suberboy mantle and getting more space.

4. Damian should've been bi instead of Tim--While stuff like this is gonna get negative attention no matter how you slice and dice it, Damian's youth (both as a person and as a character) would've been less controversial than Tim being bi, especially since DC, definitely showing favoritism to Damian over Tim, would've made sure that Damian's sexuality wasn't all he was, unlike Tim, who only seems to get major attention when it's time for DC Pride. Like, is that all Tim is now? Not the smart Robin, not the heartfelt Robin, but the Robin who's attracted to guys as well as girls? Definitely think Damian would've been treated better--plus IMAGINE if he and Jon started dating. I'm sure that'd make some headlines (plus all of the next-gen Trinity would be bi).

5. Starfire needs another series--Given the success of the "Teen Titans" tv show, I would've thought she'd be a lot more relevant in DC, but she's mostly tied to the Titans now rather than any other property. And even when she gets the spotlight, a lot of it is tied to the tragedy of her homeworld rather than expanding on her culture and Tamaranean history. I don't even remember what Tamaran's current status is, but it'd be nice to explore it in present-day, as well as seeing more of Starfire's family (ie her parents, sister, brother, and cousin), and perhaps retconning Ph'yzzon's death so he can be a love interest to her--even though I do love her with Dick and Roy. Plus I kinda want more diversity in terms of phenotypes; most of them all have the red hair, orange skin, and green eyes going on except for people like Ph'yzzon (perhaps they're different races on Tamaran; IDK, but I'd still want a bit more differentiation within the same race).

/'6. The O5's return should've been an AU--I stand by this, mainly because they were sent back in time with memories erased later, and their contributions and relationships are short-lived (RIP Storm/Cyclops, Iceman/Romeo, and Angel/X-23). It could've also allowed for more creative storytelling rather than the whole "culture shock" thing with going forward half a century and having to deal with everyone having different feelings about them thanks to their present-day selves. Maybe it's also my desire for a spiritual successor to "X-Men: Evolution."

7. Loki/Scarlet Witch was done dirty--I remember being so frustrated on this. I've only been into comics for half a decade and don't keep track of all of them, but from what I understand, Loki's been making growth from a villain to an antihero. However, Scarlet Witch's comic not only teased us with the possibility with a romance (something I never knew I wanted), but said a romance between them was impossible because Loki wasn't honest with himself and wouldn't change. I feel like that was such a weird slap in the face, telling us that a couple would exist if a character's growth meant anything to the current writers. (Oh, and I'm not making this another bullet point on it's own, but Loki is NOT rocking the black lipstick. Maybe it's just the artists I've seen so far?)

8. Trying to retire Cyclops was stupid--Chris Claremont's desire to retire Cyclops was always weird to me when I found out about it. I know the X-Men face a variety of threats, but at the end of the day, they're superpowered humans who are the next step in evolution, and was made as an allegory to racism. As such, you don't really retire from being the victim of racism; even if Cyclops kept his head down and avoided showing his gift, it felt like going against everything he stood for. Maybe someone can explain Claremont's thought process more for me to understand, but I found it ridiciulous to simply write him as getting married, starting a family, and essentially "forgetting" about the X-Men. It'd be different if he was a mutant with no prior experience in heroism. Plus if we never tried to go that route, maybe Madelyne and Nathan would've gotten better treatment (or maybe they'd never exist at all).

9. Cyclops and Professor X's modern characterization is awful--Okay, my experience as a new(ish) comic reader is definitely showing, as is my exposure to X-Men media. I'm not a fan of hardened Cyclops, and I kinda miss his boy scout personality, as well as a time when Professor X wasn't self-righteous. What are the odds of a soft reboot of them back to their personalities? How easily could they fit that back into the modern Marvel narrative, and how would fans feel about it?

10. Animated theatrical universes should be considered--The DC Universe Animated Original Movies reigned for a long time, but the films were direct-to-video and pretty underrated and had several universes that they took place in. It'd be interesting if a major animation company worked on it--though probably not a big-name, since a cinematic universe would block the development of other films.

[luckymousey]

Comments about the last updates I finally got to watch (parts 295~327)

⚠️English is not my first language⚠️

Warnings: possible gramatical mistakes, yes, if you haven't seen the last updates of book 7, there will be spoilers

I swear to the Sevens, I love Gasmask, Gasmask is carrying the whole EN fandom who are desperate for updates and people who don’t have the game like me 😭😭😭

I’m not writing ALL my opinions of the updates because that would make this post too long, but…Leona shaking off the sand like a true dog would…the Heartslabyul gang saying theirs numbers…Sebek’s trusting and respecting Riddle…this is only the start, but I’m loving everything

A/N: HELP, Gasmask uploaed THE LAST updates, and I can't watch them until their night because I'm busy 😭

ORTHO ‘CRYING’ BECAUSE HE’S WORRIED ABOUT IDIA, FEELING HUMAN EMOTIONS AND EVERYONE BEING WORRIED ABOUT ORTHO (Sebek did his best and Trey is really the most amazing consoling person ever 🥹❤️) , MY HEART

Ngl, Idia’s photo Mrs. Shroud showed Ortho looked like the ‘have you seen him? Call xxx-xxx-xxx’ posters, maybe I watched too many mystery movies

The fact that Ace said that Riddle is not very good with digital stuff made me think of this

When Riddle heard he would have to repeat year for 1000 years he was like: “nuh uh, that Malleus Draconia is gonna hear some things from my pretty mouth” and “re-peat?” *sweating bullets*

I love Idia’s voice when he’s speaking as fast as Rayo McQueen would run, when he’s not stuttering, you get me? 😩

i need Yana, Aniplex or whoever is working on the anime to confirm 7-8 seasons, I NEED TO SEE IDIA’S HAIR TURNING RED

Idia abusing Riddle 😭, he was like: “and this book, and that book, and another book…oh, you’ve three minutes”

And Riddle turning red because of Idia’s arguments about he and his unreasonability, just look at his smirk! He’s enjoying it!

“You say you can’t remember just a few manuals!” IDIA, LOVE, YOU GAVE HIM THREE MINUTES, AND I'M SURE THOSE WERE LOST WHILE YOU TWO WERE DISCUSSING, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE GAME DIDN’T COUNT IT

Riddle convinced he can learn everything in three minutes is just like me when I’ve an exam and I say: “I just need five minutes!” Except that he can but I can’t 😭

I can’t believe something as simple as a crossword can make Riddle happy in such a dangerous situation, protect him

Riddle and Idia are like grandpa and grandson, one does it the traditional way and the other one sleeps with his phone

“You invited Rosehearts but you left me out? What a shame” WAS THAT A PUN TO HIS CHARACTER???

I swear, when the ‘missions’ you guys have to do appeared on screen I was mentally doing them and I got so fucking stressed 😫

Riddle complimenting Idia in the middle of the situation warms my heart and it only makes me more nervous for my boys

“Is your watch full of sugar and butter and broken?” Girl, I’m loving the references

TWISTED WONDERLAND IN TWISTED WONDERLAND, GANG, STYX VERSION, GET YOURS NOW, LIMITED FREE DOWNLOADS

“A twisted wonderland of me, by me and for me!” Every single TWST fan that writes, draws edits or creates a scenario in their head.

IDIA’S DORM LEADER UNIFORM REVEALED 💦💦💦 I LOVE IT, YES, THE COAT SIZE WAS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY

I’m sure that 90% of Idia’s stans are just because of his sudden personality changes

IDIA GETTING ONE SSR CARDS AFTER ANOTHER, THIS IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE

And more SSR cards!? I can’t believe it! I know this is the power of the script, but damn, he got lucky

OH, DAMN, I JUST REALIZED HE WAS SUMMONING THEM WITH THE INVITATIONS HE GAVE THEM BEFORE, I’M DUMB

“I’m very honored to be invited. Don’t worry. I’m used to violence 😊” we know, Jade, we all know

And Azul still talking about ‘give and receive’ they’re saving your life 🧐

Everyone complaining once they heard they could use cheating, I mean, I understand them, they’re going to fight against the one and only Malleus draconia 😫 but Idia and Riddle did their best, leave my boys alone

Oh…my, DREAM FORM CHANGE

I’M LOVING THE BACKGROUND COMPLAINING, IMMA SAVE THE VIDEO

“we’re only here because we want to punch malleus ☺️😊🥰” lmao, this reminds me of book 2, when Jamil and Trey told the staff to let Savanaclaw play so they could kick their asses

Idia’s scared yell will never not be funny for me, especially after discovering he had been ignoring his mom’s messages

I LOVE MR. AND MRS. SHROUD, THEY’RE MY FAVORITE PARENTS

Sending a magic stone tool such as Lilia’s weapon via mail is such a Lilia thing to do

AWWW, Ace is crying, AGAIN, I love my little crybaby😭❤️

The Heartslabyul gang bonding together melts my heart, I love how well written every single character is written 😭😭

I love how Cater and Trey took their role as seniors so seriously, what a chaotic family

“It wasn’t something that was created by my will.” Lies! Jade Leech! Lies! We all know how you see Azul and Floyd!

Kalim and Jamil having a conversation without hidden hate or overwhelming excitement, that’s what I’m talking about

Idia having followers is so cute 🥰 I just can’t with how excited Idia is 🥹❤️, it feels just like yesterday when Idia refused to look anyone in the eye and now he’s having one of the best days of his life even though his life is in danger

The blot monster (I dunno how it’s called) complimenting Ortho is something I didn’t know I needed to witness

Malleus villain laugh 😩, honestly, I expected him to choke on his own saliva, like a funny scene interrupting the most important momento of the story, but yeah, I guess that wasn’t possible

Heeeeey, I just saw the ‘Idia ‘s plan video’ on YouTube and people weren’t joking, this shit is funny asf

[buzzybee26]

Gonna spitball a Magnus Protocol theory just before the new episode (more of a potential story idea, but who's keeping track), spoilers for TMA and TMAGP under the cut

So this post was gonna be "I think the watcher is trying to make a new aspect of itself to exist fully in the MAGP universe using alchemy and Colin's body" and then I had a brain blast and the theory changed completely. I've seen it suggested a few times that Colin's body parts showing up in the OIAR's computers could be John, Martin, Jonah or Colin trying to escape FR3-D1, potentially with alchemy. I agree with the alchemy bit, but I have a different take on who is trying to use it and what for.

Firstly, I'm fairly certain FR3-D1's behaviour is because of the fears spreading through the multiverse at the end of TMA. In TMA, one of the final reveals is that it's not the eye making the tapes we listen to, but the spider. In fact, a lot of the events of TMA were a result of the spider specifically manipulating the eye's thirst for knowledge. I think this same dynamic is playing out with FR3-D1. It's monitoring everything all the time, it speaks in Jon, Martin and Jona's voices, obviously it's the eye. Just like how the tape recorders are constantly monitoring everything in TMA and recording them is how Jon eats, obviously they're the eye. Or so you think until actually, fuck you, it was the spider the whole time (I really don't like this twist in TMA, but it makes a nice parallel for my theory so I'll save that for a different post.)

I think the talkers are the equivalent of TMA's real statements. The ones that only go on tape. Any incident that's not a talker? Not real. All the talkers? Real. Jon, Martin and Jonah (or at least their voices), once again, unwittingly talking to the spider while serving the eye. Saves the spider the effort of parsing all that information for what it needs and lets it do a bit of manipulation to tide itself over until it knows what it's doing.

Whilst the eye just craves knowledge, the spider needs understanding. It manipulates and plans and in order to do that, it needs to know how shit works. I think the spider is once again using the eye's thirst for knowledge, but this time it's to ascertain as much information about this new universe and its mechanics as possible. And why stop at just information? Why not get a practical understanding of it as well? I don't think there's a specific goal with Colin's body, or at the very least I don't know what that goal would be. I think the spider is just messing around with it to try to figure out alchemy so that it can start laying plans and satiate its hunger for manipulation whilst taking full advantage of its new environment.

I could write more but tired

[criminal-sen]

I never thought the day would come but I finally finished this comic. I never want to make a full color comic ever again, at least with any expectation of finishing it even remotely promptly:D

A light warning: the first page dips into some uncomfortable territory - Mayuri feeling grief/guilt over Nemu, who is very recently deceased (it picks up where the scene leaves him after Pernida fight, passing out in one of those regenerative pods). That being said, there's nothing too shocking as far as violence or whatever so I'm not going to put it under a cut. Like, the tone gets lighter after the first page and is probably more comedic than you might expect.

What else... I flubbed some minor details like Mayuri's sleeve not being ripped but omg Who Care... I also forgot what the regenerative pods looked like and had to change them for this comic to even work? Like they very much do not have windows smh. Also idfk if or how they fill with liquid, so didn't bother. I didn't see Hitsugaya awkwardly sloshing away in his boots so idk about that anyway

It reads from left to right, enjoy<3

heehehhooo i don't think i told anyone it was Kenmayu, so am feeling quite sneaky>:3c

Edit: if some of the pages are hard to follow, I divided every page in half for some fn reason- so read across the top half first, then the bottom half. Is more obvious on some pages than others, I'm just now realizing

below the cut is all the thought bubbles/dialogue for anyone who needs it in text (it's actually finished for reals now)

Page One

Mayuri, narrating: Nemuri... It's actually quite an ironic name, come to think of it. Dreams are emotional, illogical... and thoroughly unscientific. And so, despite my best efforts,

I can't

fucking

CONTROL them.

Mayuri, thinking: I need to get out of here.

Page 2

Mayuri, thinking (this whole page is solely his thoughts): oh, how annoying! Can't this shit wait?! I need to be resting!! And HEALING!! Stupid fucking... piece of shit brain! And of course I didn't bring any sedatives!!

Hmm? That brainless sack of meat is still here? I suppose I could jump in there with him. His blissful stupidity must have an area of effect, as I never have nightmares during those... ... post-coital lapses of judgement known as 'cuddling'. Ughhh he's all sweaty and wounded... I bet he smells like a rotten carcass

A VILE CREATURE, INDEED!

Damnit, I'm stalling. I need to get a brace on my leg before I go anywhere. I really don't feel like dealing with it, though.

Oh, fine! It's going to hurt, though!

IT HURTS! (sfx: CRACK!)

(flavor text)

It Fucking Hurt

Damnit, this is so reckless! Some batshit Quincy could destroy this area at any moment! I'm going to die a slow, disgraceful death under a pile of rubble! And for what?! Because I was having a bad dream?! Have I lost my fucking MIND?!!

...That's the issue at hand, though, isn't it. I can't start coming unraveled in the midst of a war. At best, the meltdown will render me useless... but I'm a man of extremes, so... ... best lock it up until I have some privacy.

Well, here's my diversion tactic... god, he looks like a neanderthal in a block of ice... sleeping so soundly, not a care in the fucking world!

Hmph. I'm going to have to wake him up, aren't I? He'll need to help me get in. Huh... how incredibly inconvenient. How irritating! I should've let Pernida turn him into meatballs!

Page 3

Oh for crying out loud. His stupid face hasn't moved a muscle. Damnit, am I seriously going to have to yell?

(Mayuri yelling sound effects) !!ZARAKI! WAKE THE FUCK-GODDAMNIT-THE FUCK IS WRONG

M, thinking: Still nothing?! Well, so much for being nice!!

M, aloud: ZARAKI!!! If you don't wake up RIGHT FUCKING NOW, I'm STABBING you again!!

Z, aloud: You that eager to DIE, Kurotsuchi?! I'll fuckin- ...huh? Wait, where am I... Man, I got NO clue what's going on right now... but you look like shit. And uh... ...I'm not even gonna ask... ...but do you seriously not have like... a bag or somethin'?

M, aloud: Zaraki. For once in your life, would you just shut up?

Page 4

M, aloud: I'm tired. And I don't want to repeat myself. So. You're in a pod I designed that speeds up healing. As so was I until it... hmm... malfunctioned.... forcing me to exit it. And I'm in a rather dire state, as you can see. Just standing here explaining is taking a lot out of me. So... clearly, the best solution is for me to squeeze in next to you! It's just basic common sense! So, ehrm... do.. you mind?

Z, thinking: Ha! I bet he's blushing so hard right now. But somethin's not right here. Didn't he fight that... thing... that took me out? He's alive, so he must've won. But he's not being' all smug about it. What's he hiding? Nah... that's a dumb question to be askin' myself. Especially when the answer's been staring me in the face... since the moment I opened my eyes. They had a tough fight... ...and I don't think Nemu survived.

Z, aloud: Uh... look. If Nemu's uh... well, if somethin' happened... then... I'm sorry. Yachiru's gone, too. I, uh... I'm not good at this shit, but-

M, aloud: Didn't I tell you to shut the fuck up?!! I can't do this right now, okay?! So just can it!!!!

(sound effects of him breathing harshly, then saying 'ugh' and wiping his nose. Next line over, he's fidgeting and clicking his tongue)

M, thinking: ...goddamnit.

M, aloud: I'm... sorry about Yachiru... and I suppose I shouldn't have screamed-

Z, aloud: HEY. (jab sound effect) Hurry up, will ya? And quit bein' all sincere before you have a fuckin' stroke.

M, aloud: You bastard!!! I'll give you something to stroke! (he's also growling while Zaraki's talking, with text pointing at his forehead that says 'hurts like a BITCH')

oh and I didn't want to break the rhythm, but the little drawings of both Yachirus (middle right) have text that says 'the Yachiru he means' pointing at pink haired Yachiru 'but uhhh idk:p' above Yachiru Unohana. Since uhhh he technically lost both of them (though 'lost' is maybe not the most accurate word for pink haired Yachiru)

Page 5 (btw I'm giving up on trying to write the sound effects bc it's late and I want to go to sleep lol)

Z, aloud: That's better... thought you'd lost it for a second there.

M, aloud: You goddamn-put me down, right this instant!!

Z, aloud: Oh shuddup and hold still, will ya?

M, aloud: Tell me to shut up... I'll kill you... ... You careless oaf, can't you see I'm hurt?! And your breath, what the fuck!! Are your insides rotting? This is completely unacceptable!!

Z, thinking: ... This fuckin' guy, I swear... ...didn't he say he was tired?!

Z, aloud: Oh, quit yer yappin'!! I'm sorry you twisted yr stupid ankle, but I'm missing an entire arm!! AND!!! If that wasn't bad enough?! YOU FUCKIN' STABBED ME!!

M, aloud: heh... Stabbed, you say??? Such an ungrateful term, I think I might cry! But this can be a learning opportunity! Next time, just say I saved your l-

Z, aloud: You, uhh... you alright, little buddy? You gonna cry it out?

M, aloud: I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU AAAAAFUCK

[cheruv-ii]

With all due respect, people are "missing your point" because you did a terrible job at wording it as anything but an attack on those who hc him as gay. You immediately came out swinging, declaring that those who were disappointed to see in a "straight-passing" relationship were doing so because they fetishized gayness. This fandom is filled with queer people, especially younger queer people, who saw themselves in Ben, I've seen multiple people who have stated that they got into CC, saw Ben, and resonated with him so hard it helped them realize who they were. So yes, people are going to be upset when you claim that's no more than fetishization.

Since you are sure that people responding to this are "missing your point", I'll include the parts I'm specifically referring to just to make sure it's clear.

Yes, people have HCed Ben as gay since the beginning, however, memyselfandmya was right to say that this was nevee purely based off stereotypes. Ever since s1, Ben has had moments that very much could've been seen as queercoded and relatable to other queer kids. His having to grow up so fast, his fear of the world and being seen as different, the way he responded to Yaz's coming out, to say it was all, or even mostly based off stereotypes is imo, ignorant.

As for the argument of "Ben can be queer coded with a woman" yes! He can! However, there is a large difference between a character that's completely ambiguous characters, with no relationship past, and a character is a straight passing relationship. Yes, you can hc them as bi, but you cannot tell me that its the same as if he ws in no relationship, you and I both know the "Ben's not gay !!!" Crowd are going to have a FIELD day with this.

Yes, the way fandoms can be towards women "in the way" of mlm ships is disgusting, however, for the most part, as someone DEEP in this fandom atp, I have barely seen any hate towards the girl as a whole, in fact I have seen SO much love for her, most of what I've seen has been a general disappointment that their ship may never be canon or what they hoped would one day be real queer rep (yes, before you say it, he can still be real queer rep, but we both know dwrks will not be confirming him as any sort of bi any time soon.) probably will not end up queer rep, which are valid emotions to have.

This point will be quick, but people were shocked she's real because thats HOW THE SHOW MADE IT SEEM. They MADE him look suspicious for a reason, even the CHARACTERS were questioning him. Thats not fetishism, misogyny, or whatever you wanna call it, that's how the show was written.

I'm gonna be real with you, this take genuinely baffles me. You as a queer person should know the "token queer"/"token queer ship" trope is unrealistic and very often used as an excuse to get around having anymore than the basic "look we have gay people!" Points. No, we don't NEED another queer ship, we didn't NEED a queer ship in the first place, but it felt good to have it because it's representation. While I agree Yasammy can be overlooked for gay ships, this is the one fandom where I can pretty confidently say it's very rare, especially since CT, that I see Yasammy pushed to the back for mlm ships, quite frankly this fandom treats its sapphic ships better than basically any fandom I've seen. But overall, to say "no its okay we didnt get mlm cause theres a chance it wouldve overshadowed the wlw!" Is.. crazy take ngl. As I said in another post, queer rep should not be limited in media, it would not be the end of the world to have nore than one canon gay ship.

This last bit is— hrm. God forbid mlm wanna see mlm on screen!

Ik you say that as a bi transmasc you just won't sugarcoat fetishization, but you, AS A BI TRANSMASC, should also know that more than anything, the general backlash about Ben's gf was because this does make it harder to see yourself in him.

Also, ps, as an omnisexual transmasc, the way fandom treats the idea of comphet/heteronormativity in media is gross. It's not erasure if there's no confirmation, to see yourself in a character is not erasure. If you're allowed to hc him as wtv sexuality you see fit then so can those who may hc him as gay.

Tl;dr, don't come straight out of the box with accusations then backtrack when people are hurt by it. Say it with your full chest or don't say it at all.

I agree about the Ben's GF stuff except for 1 thing; Ben being in a relationship with a man instead of his GF doesn't make him a gay stereotype and shouldn't be portrayed as such. It's fans being disappointed about something a bit annoying but it's not reducing the character to a stereotype.

Nah chat, Ben being in a relationship with a man would not be a stereotype and I would never mind that but it is the fans’ attitude towards women and straight-passing relationships you’ve gotta consider

Ever since Camp Cretaceous, when Ben was a small scared nerd character, people have headcanoned him as gay

There is nothing wrong with having headcanons like that and I in fact also used to be a gay Ben truther

But with Chaos Theory, it was revealed he likes women and in fact DOES have a girlfriend

Now, this was awesome to hear, as it meant more expansion towards Ben’s character AND a new character to enjoy. However, a lot of people who headcanoned Ben as gay started complaining about how there was no way she was real and how he should be with Kenji/Darius instead. That is simply just a bad attitude rooted in fetishization of mlm ships. If Ben had said boyfriend instead no one would ever have acted like he wasn’t real, and they’d be waiting in anticipation to see him.

People treat him as if he is only supposed to be gay due to how he acted in childhood and how they perceive gay men. That IS a stereotype, that’s what the mindset is. People cannot accept that Ben, as a man, likes women as well. They act like he cannot be pan, or bi, or omni, or unlabeled, or anything in between. People just want GAY GAY GAY, it’s always been about being able to fetishize gay male ships.

Also..we don’t need another prominent gay ship in the series. We have Sammy and Yaz, which is GROUNDBREAKING. We hardly get canonical sapphic relationships in media, not to mention they are interracial. They are incredibly important representation that already gets slept on by a lot of people in this fandom in favor of gay ships.

I don’t care what y’all say, you just wanna see Ben with a man because he’s your silly little gay white boy to you.

I would’ve been happy with him being with anyone, but there’s a reason why I’m so happy his girlfriend is real. You’ve all got to stop stamping your feet and whining about how he’s “better with a man”..your gay fetish roots are showing and they are blatant.