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centralsaints · 4 years ago

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mcl headcanon masterpost pt.1 - armin

let's start this off with my long term favourites; the twins. this is armin's part, and alexy is next!

will start this with his full name being armin frederic lemaire

if you name a joint, he has probably dislocated it at least once in his life. he’s always been hypermobile, having chronic pain (mistaken as growing pains) and fatigue, being prone to dislocation. that later becomes a diagnosis of hypermobile ehlers-danlos syndrome.

that makes him also prone to getting migraines and headaches regularly, explaining the whole hating bright lights thing

he has had an eating disorder on and off since he was about 15; partly diagnosed, he meets the criteria for OSFED, so his ed is a bit. weird and all over the place. it’s mostly periods of restriction with a fear/disgust of food, followed by periods of binging and eating more or less normally. he’s closer to atypical bulimia, in terms of specifics, because the binge/purge episodes aren’t that frequent. he went inpatient once, and still jokes about how he was the only guy there. only his family knows about his eating issues as of now.

another thing about the ed is that it was already kind of in the making when alexy had his unaliving attempt, but that was really what kickstarted it all.

around UL, with nathaniel going absolutely off the fucking rails, armin and amber struck an odd friendship. they both could clock the other on their fucked up eating issues, but neither said anything for a long time, until amber did. they agreed to try and recover together.

his favourite pokemon type is ghost (thank you anon, idk anything about pokemon but i wanted to include this)

he plays animal crossing with kentin (who doesn’t like admitting that he plays it because it’s very relaxing for him) and jade.

he’s a gemini sun, cancer rising, libra moon, same as alexy.

he has add (adhd inattentive type) and his most common stims are bouncing his leg and chewing his pens. his object permanence is also absolute shit, if its out of sight, it doesn’t exist.

he doesn’t untie his shoes when taking them off or putting them on, and has ruined many perfectly good pairs of shoes that way.

he has made tik toks starring rocket the ferret

his playlists are lo-fi music, video games and movie soundtracks, and like. twenty one pilot.

his nose is crooked from when he broke it around 11 years old

he also bruises really easily (mostly due to his EDS) and his legs are always covered in various bruises. he’s also very clumsy, which doesn’t help

he doesn’t like alcohol; he doesn’t like the taste, the way it makes him feel and the aftermath; it doesn’t take much to affect him and he’ll sleep for an entire day. but he’ll sometimes drink in social situation just to not feel left out.

he’s bisexual. the less obvious stuff; what’s his type?? I know having a “type” isn't really a thing and u like who u like. with that said i think hed like slightly androgynous looking girls (soft spot for shaved heads. its soft;;), girls who are very very feminine but in an out of the ordinary way (think lolita, hyper pop fem vibe, goth girls in corsets, etc), guys who work out (he has a weakness for back muscles), in general people who stand out in a crowd be it with their appearance, style or their attitude

no i still have absolutely no idea how he would come out. i think he probably didn’t. he just started talking about it naturally, because it wasn’t a big deal. i think one day, either his mom or alexy made jokes about oh, when would he finally take this one cute girl on a date, and he just said, or maybe it’ll be a boy. it just happened like that

ref post for his fashion sense

he can do a killer winged liner. look, man’s into cosplay, of course he can.

he’s played mystic messenger ironically at first and then ended up actually liking it

he actually can draw, because he spent all middle school drawing anime characters in all his notebooks

he always sits kind of awkwardly (proof is the episode 12 illustration lmao) because 1. bi people can’t sit right (source: me) and 2. he’s just. really lanky and has long limbs and doesn’t really know what to do with all of it

this one is from an anon last year: “I have this weird hc about the twins. Alexy sleeps with like a million pillows and blankets , while Armin tries to sleep with pillows but throws it out every time even though he's asleep.” and i love it. he also probably sleep in very weird positions which leads to him waking up hurting a lot of the time

he also has a weighted blanket that he and alexy kind of just. get turns using when they both still live at their parents house. it helps armin’s pain, and alexy’s overstimulation issues. when they leave, armin gets the weighted blanket

armin has a dimple on his right cheek when he smiles

he helped alexy dye his hair until they moved out and started living separately

he has his driving license, but alexy doesn’t

he’s scared of dogs (he probably met demon at one point bc i like him and cas being friends, and he was so nervous about it, poor boy

he likes taking ice cold shower in the evening because the cold water and then sinking in a warm bed make him sleepy and actually helps him fall asleep

he probably played dnd at one point

he smokes ouid occasionally, at first it was recreational, but it kind of helped with his joint pain so

i think this is all of them? i might be missing a few ones i never wrote out or that are buried in my files but i honestly don't feel like going through the dozen unfinished fics and compilation documents that mention armin in my drive or i would still be here next year

#my candy love #mcl #mcl armin #long post #mcl headcanon

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50-points-for-ravenclaw · 6 years ago

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Sheith playing monsters and mana with the gang

Disclaimer: Idk like anything about DnD so most of this is wikipedia and guessing with a little creative license thrown in

“So I just make stuff up and you guys react to it?”

“Sort of. We all play off each other, and Coran controls the rules and our level of skill for each activity,” Pidge explains.

They’re seated in a wide circle on pillows and beanbag chairs that they’d dragged to the roof of the Garrison, all wrapped tightly in blankets and comfy pajamas. Allura and Coran seem to have fully adopted the tradition of brightly colored fuzzy socks from the Holts, and Krolia has thrown on a pair of Garrison issued sweatpants only reaching mid-shin borrowed from Keith’s collection. The night is luckily not cold enough to drive them away, but the slight chill in the air calls for the comfort of thick cotton and the small fire they created in a makeshift fire pit in the middle of their circle.

Keith remembers the last time he’d been on this roof, back when he wasn’t allowed, when he was still just a student at the Garrison, when Shiro’s loss was still fresh. He liked to come up here to stare up at the stars and remind himself why he was there. Sharing it now with his extensive family felt better than anything he ever could have imagined.

Keith glances at Krolia, who looks equally as confused as he, as Coran finishes explaining the rules and then Shiro, who gives him a small encouraging smile.

“It’s actually pretty fun,” Shiro says shrugging. Keith thinks he believes him, especially when Shiro looks at him like that.

“Yeah, but remember you’ve been banned from being a paladin,” Lance says with a hostile squint. Shiro’s resulting pout is so adorable that Keith forgets to ask why the ban had been placed.

“Oh, I’m so excited!” Romelle says with a clap of her hands. The mice sway dangerously on her shoulders with the movement though they seem content to stay where they are. “I haven’t played Monsters and Mana since I was young. It was one of my favorite games growing up.”

Hunk gives her a shoulder nudge along with a grin, which she returns.

“Okay it’s time to choose your character class everyone. Due to the number of players and to keep it easier for the newcomers, everyone will keep their actual names for their characters. Now remember to be as creative as possible here! Think outside the prism, as you humans say,” Coran says with a quick twist of his mustache.

Keith thinks to correct him but decides to stay silent on that one, noticing the rest of the humans present do the same. He and Shiro make eye contact and stifle chuckles behind their hands.

“Alright, Number 1! You go first.”

“Okay,” Shiro says. He rubs at his chin like he’s thinking really hard on the topic. Keith enjoys the small flutter in his chest at the action. His fondness for Shiro’s idiosyncrasies seems to grow everyday. “I’m going to be a Monk who is the last surviving member of his monastery. Ever since the day my people were slain, I’ve vowed to protect others from the evils of the world, and my goal is to one day close the portal that leads to the Dark Ruins of Hades and prevent anything like what happened to him from happening again.”

“What is Hades?” Shay asks, raising her hand into the air a little.

“It’s an old Earth version of Hell,” Hunk explains.

“Oh, I see.” She pauses long enough for Coran to take a breath and then says, “What is Hell?”

“Um, let’s just call it the Dark Ruins of Evil,” Shiro says quickly.

“Your character is basically the same as always,” Lance said.

“He’s technically not a paladin,” Pidge says. though she sounds resigned.

“Number 5! You’re next,” Coran says.

“I’m a rogue,” she says immediately. “I used to be an inventor until one day I was cheated of all my blueprints by a rich lord who sold them as his own. Now I spend my time screwing over the rich by stealing their most precious items and hoarding them simply just to annoy them and make their lives difficult. I sell stuff when I need money. I hope to eventually run all the rich freeloaders out of my village.”

Everyone absorbs that in quiet for a moment. “Geez, Pidge. You sound like you have a real grudge,” Keith mutters.

“She’s been watching a lot of documentaries to catch up on recent events on Earth, and her latest one was about the detrimental gaps in income between the economic classes,” Matt explains.

“It’s totally ridiculous! Haven’t they learned their lessons from back during the two-party era? Trickle down never works! People are suffering because our political leaders can’t get their heads out of their asses,” Pidge fumes.

“I don’t know what most of that means, but moving on,” Coran says. Shiro gives Pidge’s shoulder a comforting pat. “Krolia, it’s your turn.”

“I think I will pass on this round,” she says. “I would like to observe first to better understand how the game is played.”

“Suit yourself,” Coran chirps. “Onward then. Lance!”

Lance smirks. “I’m an assassin.”

“You were an assassin last time,” Pidge complains.

“No, I was an assassin thief last time,” Lance corrects. Hunk snorts. “This time I’m a killer for hire, one of the best, if not the best in the business, going by the code name Dark Shadow.” He accentuates his words with broad gestures, and Krolia has to duck more than once to avoid being smacked in the face. “I’m known for getting the job done quickly without any witnesses. Nobody has ever seen me and made it out alive. Except for my latest job. I was sent into a trap by my last employer and barely made it out. The one I was supposed to kill saw my face, so now I’m trying to hunt them down and get rid of them before they can reveal anything about my identity to the world. But they are highly trained and difficult to catch.”

He spreads his hands and wiggles his fingers, slowly gazing around the circle. Keith lifts a brow at the action and takes note of Allura’s quiet giggle from his left.

“That’s actually pretty cool, dude,” Hunk says approvingly and offers a fist bump across Romelle’s lap that Lance gladly accepts.

“Alright, Romelle,” Coran says. “You’re up.”

“Oh, yay!” Keith can’t really figure out just exactly how her eyes seem to actually sparkle. Then suddenly they turn dangerous. “I am a barbarian known in my village as one with unparalleled strength. I’m the protector of my people, chosen through a long, strenuous set of trials. Any who have challenged me have been swiftly defeated. I specialize in brute force fighting and can use my strength to create trenches and break stone. I’ve been known to take out whole armies with just a few blows. Most run away scared as they know the stories of my power.”

“So, you’re just like really strong?” Pidge says.

“Well, yes.”

“Are you an orc or something?”

“I suppose I could be.”

“Do you have an objective?”

“Oh,” Romelle says frowning. “Well…I am…looking for love. Most fear me and it makes finding love quite difficult. I wish to find someone who will not be afraid, who respects my power and loves me for it without wanting to change me.”

“Awww,” Hunk coos. “She’s just lonely. Being the top of the food chain can be really tough.”

“Yes, it can,” Romelle says solemnly, slowly nodding.

“Number 2!” Coran exclaims. “It’s your turn.”

“Oh, okay. Let’s see… I’ll be a ranger,” Hunk says.

“What’s up!” Lance says with a grin.

“I’m the apprentice of a master archer, but my master mysteriously disappeared before my teachings could be finished. Now I rely on the research he left behind to teach myself while I search for him in hopes of finding out what happened. Most signs seem to point to an evil force, but I don’t have a lot to go on. I’ve mostly been traveling around to try and find clues and learn all I can from other rangers and fighters to better my skills with archery and in knife handling.”

“Oh, that’s quite interesting, Hunk,” Allura says. “I’m curious to know what happened to your master.”

“Way to step away from your branches, Number 2!” Coran says.

Keith sighs but once again refrains from saying anything. He can hear Shiro snickering again, feels the soft shaking of his shoulders from where he’s pressed against Keith’s right arm.

“You’re up, Shay!”

“I…” She hums quietly for a long moment. “I am a cook at the King’s palace! I work there to keep my family fed, but one day there is a fire at the castle and I am separated from them during the panic. Unsure where to go, I travel in hopes of finding where they’ve gone. Along the way I learn new recipes and make lots of friends with my meals!”

“Well, usually you want to choose one of the traditional classes,” Coran says uncertainly.

“I don’t know. That one sounded pretty good to me,” Hunk says. Shay beams at him.

“You could choose one of the magic-based classes, something a little less based in fighting ability,” Pidge suggests. “Maybe a cleric with healing abilities or a druid with nature magic.”

“A cleric! I can heal people with my special recipes,” Shay says with a satisfied smile.

Hunk gives her a thumbs up of approval.

“Well, that will be quite useful,” Allura compliments. Keith is inclined to agree. A healer seems a good idea for any group quest.

“And onto Matt,” Coran says.

“I’ll be a warlock,” Matt says. “I made a pact with a reaper demon to gain power, but only so I can get revenge against the sorcerer who killed my parents. The power has twisted me so sometimes I am consumed by dark urges though I fight against them. My powers are of the undead and necromancy.”

“That’s pretty dark,” Pidge says approvingly.

“If you can bring the dead back to life, why not just revive your parents?” Krolia asks.

Matt sputters a moment. “It’s different,” he argues. “I can awaken the dead but not permanently. And the souls tend to be warped and darker than they were when they were alive. I would never put my parents through that!”

“If they are twisted and only half-there, then I would imagine they don’t feel much of anything,” Krolia says.

Matt narrows his eyes. “It makes sense,” is all he says.

“Alright, moving on,” Coran interrupts. “Let’s see, my turn. I will be the trusty in-keeper again, here to advise and guide you as you embark on your quest.”

“You’re not going to be evil again are you?” Lance asks, pointing a finger across the circle.

Keith grunts in surprise. He hadn’t heard about that part. He can see Shiro frown from his peripheral and almost laughs at his genuine displeasure.

“Yeah, that was totally uncalled for,” Hunk jumps in.

“It is all part of the game,” Allura tries, though she doesn’t sound like she agrees much with her own words.

“That was pretty harsh for our first time playing, though,” Pidge says.

“At least you guys didn’t die multiple times,” Shiro mumbles.

Keith actually has to hold back a snort at that and runs a soothing thumb over Shiro’s knuckles where his hand is pressed to the floor behind them. Shiro interlocks their pinky fingers before he can pull away.

“You will just have to wait and see,” Coran says cryptically and the paladins all groan. “Allura, I believe it’s your turn.”

“I will be an assassin of Fae descent. I am Dark Shadow’s nemesis.” Lance gasps, face lighting up. “We’ve been hunting each other ever since he first attempted to kill me and failed. I was also sent into a trap, set to kill him, but he got to me first. There is a larger conspiracy going on which I will soon discover, one led by dark magic. I have only just discovered some of the true nature of the situation and now wish to team up with Dark Shadow though I must figure out a way to do so without him killing me first.” Lance looks on the verge of tears now, and Keith wonders how they have yet to simply confess to one another yet. “Oh and I go by the code name Blue Dragon.”

“Yeeeeesssss,” Lance whispers.

“Nice, Princess,” Coran says. “And lastly it is your turn, Number 4…oh well I guess you’re Number 3 now aren’t you. You’ve grown a bit.”

“Wait, what?!” Lance exclaims. “No, I’m number 3! The numbers have already been decided. It doesn’t matter if he grew. Besides he got 2 free years. I bet I’ll end up taller anyways.”

He crosses his arms, glaring at Keith heatedly. Keith doesn’t much care who’s taller, but he can never resist riling Lance up.

“The numbers can change, Lance, and I’m taller now. Deal with it,” he says with a shrug.

He can practically see the steam roll off Lance’s head. Shiro interrupts before a full argument can start.

“I don’t think the number system was ever going to work long-term. Maybe we can think of something different, Coran?” he says with pleading eyes.

“Oh, of course! I love coming up with nicknames,” Coran says. “I’ll have to think on it a bit though. They’ve got to be really good. Besides we have more members on Team Voltron now. It’ll probably take a tick or two.”

“That’s fine,” Shiro breathes, shoulders relaxing as everyone in the circle visibly warms at the reminder, though Krolia turns a little green at the idea. He shoots Keith a chiding look who simply shrugs in return, though he gives Shiro’s fingers a squeeze.

“So what’ll it be, Keith?” Allura asks.

He can see his mom watching him with curiosity and knows she’s taking mental notes for the next round.

“I’ll be a fighter who is half…elf,” Keith says slowly. “I am a master sword fighter with special skill in dual blade welding.” Krolia nods along. “I am searching to learn more about my human side since I grew up among my mother’s people in the…mountains. Mountain elves.” He looks at Shiro for confirmation and gets an approving nod. Keith maintains eye contact with him as he continues. “Along my travels I met Shiro. I immediately admired his goal to protect and decide to follow him. I travel with him and help him protect the weak and investigate the…Portal of Evil?” Shiro shrugs in a dismissive gesture, though he’s smiling softly. “In return, he helps me research my father’s family and learn more about humans. He’s the first human I trust.”

“Ugh!” Lance groans loudly.

Keith snaps out of whatever fog he’d fallen into. He snaps his gaze away from Shiro, trying to push away the heat he can feel crawling up his cheekbones.

“Can we just establish that they’re married already or something so they don’t spend the entire game trying to get in each other’s pants?” Lance continues.

Now Shiro’s cheeks light up, color blooming evenly across smooth skin and camouflaging the scar across his nose. Keith coughs awkwardly, attempting to think of a retort.

“Somehow I doubt that will stop them,” Pidge says dryly.

“I second that idea,” Hunk says raising his hand with a finger pointed to the sky. “It’s better than letting them run completely wild.”

Shiro exhales forcefully.

“I think I have to agree,” Allura says with a wince.

“All those in favor of establishing a union between Shiro and Keith, raise your hand,” Coran commands.

Every hand in the circle goes up. Keith looks at Krolia in betrayal though she only gives him a knowingly raised brow.

“Okay. Sorry Shiro, Keith. It looks like you’ve been voted into marriage,” Coran says shrugging.

Keith sighs but accepts it. He can’t say the idea doesn’t please him anyway.

“I guess that means we’re married, then,” Shiro says.

Keith tries valiantly to ignore the way his stomach flips at that. He feels a little better when he notices the slightly constipated look on Shiro’s face that suggests he’s feeling the same way. That’s a conversation for much later with a lot more privacy though.

“I guess so,” Keith says weakly.

“Time to roll for first play!” Coran says.

Keith bites his lip and focuses back in on the moment. He and Shiro have all the time in the world now to think about that stuff. Right now, he wants to take advantage of this rare free time with his friends, even if he has to stumble along for the first hour of the game.

#sheith #voltron #fan fic #fics #voltron fic #voltron fanfic #sheith fic #sheith fanfic #monsters and mana #asks #anonymous #oh geez i almost couldn't end it #i could have probably gone on forever with this lol #i wasn't expecting that to happen #thank you for the prompt nonny!#this was a lot of fun to get creative with

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brightpluto · 4 years ago

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reasons why: (i am nd btw LOLLL)

jesse:

her speech patterns are a huge one!!! she can come off as monotone and slower than other characters (which is something common in neurodivergency)

i think her special interest would be dogs/basset hounds mainly bc she just had a lot of information about them?? like she had to have done a lot of research to know how to handle a basset hound (aka it wasn't really as impulsive as it seems)

yumyulack:

good fucking god where do i start???? this mans is the EPITOME of neurodivergency fr

ok so i think his special interest would be hawkeye mainly bc of the one scene where he just kind of has a sticker of him and rambles about how great he is for a little bit (also just. the concept of his comfort items being stickers is just<333333)

he doesn't feel sympathy or empathy all that great, especially with the wall people. idk if this is a neuordivergency thing but i personally can outburst at people i dislike even if i dont know them (his way of outbursting is shrinking them and putting them in a wall LOL) and this could also have something to do with impulsivity

to add on to that, he also literally had dogs turn people into wine i don't think morals are his strong suit LMAOOO

it's hard for him to make friends (this may be partially due to the fact he's a literal fucking alien but shhhhhhhhhhhh) but when he does, he gets rly happy (as shown below) and also tries really hard to fit in with other guys, implying that he feels like he's not the same as them or he's different than them

also hes neither cis nor het i rest my case fuck you cishet neurotypical yumyulack believers ur not welcome here 🖕

terry:

IMPULSIVITY. THE IMPULSIVITY THIS MAN HAS. i hc that he buys a lot of his shirts on impulse and a lot of his actions throughout the series r impulsive as fuck

he is/was a pupa specialist so maybe at one point he had a bit of a special interest in pupas before falling out of the interest for something else (hence why he doesn't seem particularly happy when he's needed for his pupa specialist knowledge/doesn't remember)

also he has some memory problems (and maybe object permanance issues)

rejection-sensitive, especially to korvo.

korvo:

easily stressed out by a lot of things, maybe some sensory problems

he gets embarrassed easily and has been shown to be rejection-sensitive to people he doesn't know

lacks sympathy & empathy and has outbursts a lot

impulsivity AGAIN

it's hard for him to express his feelings to people and does extreme things to make up for it, especially the solar opposites (making dinner parties illegal and literally killing people just bc he wanted terry to himself instead of just telling terry that)

EDIT: ANDDDD his comfort food would be mexican food gn

not a single one of these mfs are neurotypical and if you think otherwise then you're wrong

#op tags #solar opposites #terry #yumyulack #korvo #jesse #yumyulack solar opposites #terry solar opposites #korvo solar opposites #solar opposites jesse #adhd #neurodivergent #autism #i'm right #my tags #IM RIGHT AGAIN #i have receipts #i have never been more right

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chellephire · 4 years ago

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I feel so crazy. I don’t know if I can blame this guy that I’m talking to about not... idk, it feels like he doesn’t care about me? I know that people like me, people with adhd, among other things, have issues with object permanence, and I get that if I’m not on his mind, he’s not going to be thinking about me, or reaching out, etc. And I don’t know if it’s fair to blame that on him? Or if it would change at all if we were together, actually. Because I know we aren’t, I know I’m not anything but his friend, but I have been told that he has feelings for me, and I have feelings for him too! When he is thinking about me, he’s very sweet! It just. Is not always there. And I am very sensitive. To this, especially. I try to be very consistent and very conscious of other people and how my actions effect them, etc. and it’s crazy to expect that back in the same degree, but that is what I want! Call me selfish, but I want to be thought about and considered.

I know I shouldn’t be trying to make anything work, in terms of romance, but I just feel so fucking lonely all the time. I don’t know if it’s healthy to keep trying, with him. I don’t know. I’m struggling hard.

#personal #god #I know it’s a bad situation that I walked into but I did not think it was going to be this bad #sappy fucking text posts on tumblr like a fucking teen #30 and depressed as fuck

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casuistor · 7 years ago

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RAYE PENBER

Pffft this was unexpected.

What I like about them: The fact that he very clearly adores Misora and puts her well being above his own? The fact that he has a strong sense of duty? This is tough b/c Raye’s kind of a generic nice albeit somewhat dated views on gender roles guy, so a lot of my personal feelings about Raye come from a place of “he’s honestly not as terrible as the fandom makes him out to be tho.” The way Misora talks about their relationship in AN really does make it clear that the guy was always willing to bend over backwards to help her out, so there’s that. He’s a guy who cares about his girlfriend and doesn’t want her to get hurt.

What I dislike about them: As alluded to – the dated views on gender roles. To be fair to him, I think a lot of it came from the very real dangers that came along with Misora’s job (since she was apparently doing drug busts etc) and wanting her to quit and settle down to more less life endangering endeavors doesn’t necessarily mean he thinks she should stfu and move to the kitchen permanently, but…. I think there’s certainly an element of him being a touch over protective and shutting her down just a little too quickly.

Favourite moment: Idk if I have a favorite moment with Raye :/ I kinda like that goofy smile he gives Light when he thinks Light’s being a bro after the bus jack incident and he just runs off before the cops arrive? But that’s a pretty superficial answer, haha.

Least favourite moment: Certainly the most objectively frustrating moment is when he just kinda tells Misora to stop thinking about the case when she’s onto something, but… idk if that’s a least favorite?? I think for me personally the most annoying thing (and this is not necessarily Raye Penber’s fault) but how incredibly ill prepared the FBI was in not giving their agents fake badges??? They knew they were trying to track down a killer who very likely needed to know a person’s name to kill them – why on earth was issuing badges with aliases not thought of as a preventative measure?

A situation with this character that I want to see explored more: I think it’d be nice to see what Raye and Misora are like together when they’re not dealing with work specifically, but I suspect that they’d be so generically happy coupley that it’d be kinda dull to read, haha.

An interesting AU for this character: The most obvious one to think is if he’d simply listened to Misora and reported to his superiors that he had to give his name to Light Yagami. Ultimately this wouldn’t make for a very interesting AU as this just effectively fast forwards us right to the Yotsuba Arc, but hrm. An interesting AU revolving around Raye Penber more specifically…. maybe some situation where he has to rely on Misora and they end up in a more evenly balanced relationship? idk.

A crossover: DIFFICULT. I can’t really think of any good crossovers involving Raye that I’d specifically want to read about.

OTP (fave ship): Nadah.

Other ships? Maybe low key Misora, but again not too seriously.

BROTP: I kinda want to see how Raye and Lidner would interact actually. Lidner seems like she’d lecture his ear off if he ever tried the “it’s too dangerous for you” schtick on her.

NOTP: ..Raye/Light???? Is that a thing people ship?

An assortment of headcanons! Growing up Raye wasn’t especially proud of his Japanese heritage as he got a lot of “HEY DOES YOUR MOM KNOW KUNG FU, HOW COME YOU DONT KNOW KUNG FU” which he found embarrassing and annoying. Wanting to fit in more, he didn’t really speak much Japanese at home or bother learning about the culture which he did eventually grow to regret. Getting to know Misora helped him get more comfortable with his biracial heritage.

#raye penber #meme answers #namiguchi

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firebunnylover · 8 years ago

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Hannah Watches LoSH - Brain Drain

Brain Drain

I’m so sorry this took so long to finish. A lot of IRL issues been going on. I had to address those before putting full attention on reviews. July sucked.

This episode was another one I livestreamed. Twice. With no regrets. And the featured guests for the stream are @fade-steppin, @peskyshortcake, @cyclone-rachel and @legionworldproject

So the opening to this episode is Superman and Lightning Lad talking to Saturn Girl and Timber Wolf about Brainy acting weird in the last few days, staying inside his room/lab.

Gee, maybe it’s got something to do with the subtext from the last episode?

When Saturn Girl is telling them they shouldn’t have to assume something weird is going on, Brainy comes out of his room.

Why did he do that?!

Superman finally acts on his concern and goes to knock on Brainy’s door, although Brainy tells him to go away.

Yeah, I’m sorry but I need to assume he’s upset about the chemistry between Superman and Lightning Lad last episode.

Superman tells Computo to override the door’s lock, and the group finally sees what Brainy has been working on. A containment chamber. For Brainy.

Superman tells Brainy to explain what’s going on, and Brainy finally does so. Stating that Coluans undergo an alignment every 2 solar cycles that share their intellegence, but that B5’s process will be different because he’s no longer part of the Coluan Hive Mind. And will be unpredictable for 10 hours.

Okay so we finally learn more about Colu. And we finally know what the hologram Coluans from Fear Factory meant by “One with us again”. They were talking about the Hive Mind. Oof.

When questioned about why he didn’t tell anyone, Brainy admits it’s his first time separated for this process, and that it will be embarrassing.

Aww, my self-concious nerd.

Saturn Girl reassures him that he doesn’t have to go through this event alone, which makes him smile.

My baby~

Just as the Alignment is about to begin, Brainy gives final instructions to the others not to let him out.

At first, nothing much seems to happen. But after a few hours, it happens.

I love these parts so much. Brainy is so expressive.

When the Alignment finishes though, Brainy is still acting different from his usual self.

Superman suggests it might be normal, and then the containment unit starts to act up.

Okay, I keep replaying this part, but I'm not entirely sure if that’s what he actually says. Forgive me.

Superman goes to save Brainy from the unit before it blows from a power overload.

Platonic friendship in the background ~

The best animation.

Later, we see that Superman has Brainy wrapped in metal as he’s still incredibly active. Saturn Girl tells the group that his neuron pathways are degrading, and if it continues he will permanently shut down.

Computo tells the group that Brainy needs Zuunium radiation to reverse the alignment’s effect on him. While Brainy says he likes Timber Wolf’s pants.

Oh Brainy.

Computo then states that Zunium is only found in one place, which Timber Wolf instantly recognizes, calling it Zuun.

Brainy then has a particular reaction that at first, just seems like him being a nutcase, but makes more sense afterwards.

No one seems to pay Brainy any mind to his comments though.

Because Timber Wolf admits that he grew up on Zuun, and is then chosen to lead the mission.

I would like to know more about the transmatter gate. Why doesn't the legion have one in the HQ? Are they expensive? It would be convenient.

At the Gate Station (idk what else to call it), we see a Jabba-the-Hut inspired character runs the place and laughs at the Legion’s request at using the gate. When he relinquishes, he gives Saturn Girl a broom, calling the needed gate, Gate 11, “Old Chompy”.

Mm.

Never change B5.

Starting up the gate is nerve wracking for both Superman and Saturn Girl as it immediately sparks.

But we see Timber Wolf show a softer side to him.

Okay, this is the first time he makes a joke on the show. He’s come so far… my puppy…

Timber Wolf goes through first, followed by Superman, who is reported to be a little gate sick. When it’s Brainy’s turn, he objects as Lightning Lad carries him to the portal.

Wow. Great care skills.

However, the machine sparks. A lot.

He’s so mortified.

It turns out that not only did Brainy loose his body, but Superman has lost his powers.

After we see Superman in a suit similar to the one Timber Wolf is wearing, Brainy starts rambling again.

When Timber Wolf tells Superman that it’s not too late to go back, Superman insists on staying. Just before being handed a device to monitor to check B5’s status, and B5’s head.

Back at the gate station, Saturn Girl tells the manager that the body went missing.

RUDE.

As soon as Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad get told which gate to take to where B5’s body has been running rampant, we cut back to Zuun.

This is the major indication that Brainy is trying to tell them important stuff, but is saying it in a way that is hard to interpret.

The group encounters miners, who are not to friendly, and then we learn that Zuun’s atmosphere is toxic, and that inhaling it leads to mutations. The miners attack them, and Brainy’s head is essentially taken hostage.

While Timber Wolf is busy fighting the miners all hardcore style, Superman is stuck in a game of monkey in the middle, with Brainy as the object being tossed back and forth.

Why does Brainy say “My nose ring”? He doesn’t have one.

Rather than being saved by Superman, he’s saved by Timber Wolf, who tells Superman to run, instructing him to head to the elevator.

And we see that Superman just forgot what the ring was originally for, and has to be reminded. Wow.

As soon as he takes off, Timber Wolf gets tackled by some more miners, and tosses Brainy’s had to Superman.

Superman is butterfingers.

He stops running for a moment to look back at Timber Wolf, who is still fighting, and Timber Wolf has to tell him to keep moving.

Ok this led to some of the best comments during the streams.

Then we finally see where Brainy’s body went to. Diaphus 3. Again, winging it with spelling. But I think there’s a better description for the place.

Steven Universe’s Homeworld.

Brainy’s body proceeds to terrorize the poor Guidebot 2.9 and running into the towers, destroying the place, as Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad step through. And Saturn Girl comments that he just HAD to end up in that particular place.

Back on Zuun, Superman manages to reach the elevator, and Timber Wolf manages to shake off the miners that were clinging to him…

And then Brainy does this.

NOT HELPING.

And regarding this particular moment during the stream…

PESKY GET UR MIND OUT OF THE GUTTER.

But regardless of what just happened, Timber Wolf just jumps down after the elevator, like a bad ass.

I love you my puppy.

However, three miners hop down after him. One guy is kicked off the top of the elevator – he lives (I think), and Timber Wolf makes one of the other guy’s mask crack open – his mask was the one that was notably the most intact of the miners we see.

The third miner however manages to grab him, and holds him up in the air.

OH NO.

We then cut from the tense scene back to Homeworld – I mean, Diaphus 3, where the poor tour guide is screaming for security. While B5′s body is continuing to destroy the place.

Wow. For once Lightning Lad cane make a good point about something. That isn’t his brother’s bad personality.

The moment is cut short buy Lightning Lad trying to short circuit Brainy. At first, it seems to work. But then this happens.

OUCH.

Sass.

Saturn Girl tries talking to Brainy, and at first it seems to work, but then Brainy runs off after the tourbot.

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

Saying it was worth at least a try, she then asks Lightning Lad if he has any other brilliant ideas.

Wait. Lightning Lad had an original GOOD idea? What did that punch DO to him?

Cutting away from a touching scene, Superman is still inside the elevator while the fight is still going on above him.

Thankfully, our beloved Puppy pops into the elevator, all in one piece.

But then we get some bad news, that without Superman’s powers, the Zuunium vault is not an option they can use for Brainy.

Oh Brainy.

And then we learn that there’s only one active mine left wher they can get the Zuunium, which is the core.

Now, before I proceed, you guys remember how much I kept ranting about the bad use of darkness and details together in the episode Fear Factory?

Well, I need to go at it again.

BECAUSE OF THE GOSHDARN CORE’S DARK SCENES.

Now there are other parts of the core’s settings that are much better drawn/painted, so this possibly bothers me much more this time because they could have followed the better design all the way through for this place. But they didn’t.

I won’t pick out particular shots to complain about, but just know that it pained me physically when making these gifs.

Not long after entering, they have to hide from a robot. It leaves without detecting them, but we get a funny line out of Brainy at least.

Superman asks what that was, to which Timber Wolf tells him it was a mining robot, aka mine-bot, which is the only thing that can survive in the core. And notes they are irritable.

And then they stumble in a huge group of them.

Give the mine-bot credits for strength and skills.

As they try to pull Superman apart, Timber Wolf manages to save him while carrying Brainy – again. But when he dodges one of the robots…

Ow. Poor B5.

Superman gets cornered into what I assume is an abandoned station that was meant for people, but finds something that makes him smile.

Timber Wolf is getting overpowered by the robots, and we see more goofy brainy.

WAIT. YOU HAD EXTENTIONS AND YOU DIDN'T USE THEM EARLIER?!

The problems with us watchers being adults.

When Timber Wolf is pinned down, he is saved by Superman, in what is clearly a reference to Aliens.

Nice.

I love how Timber Wolf says that.

As the two search for him, they stumble upon what at first seems like another mine-bot. But it ain’t.

My feelings too.

And another comment from Pesky.

*sigh*

Don’t change… is what I would insist on, but the monitors indicate Brainy is reaching a critical status.

Returning to Homeworld, where Brainy continues his terror, Saturn Girl and Lightning Lad go through with his plan. Which is to lure Brainy to the gate with a hologram of Guidebot 2.9.

Lightning Lad, you are a constant source of bad ideas. Just look at the last episode.

Really, what did that punch do to him.

But B5 still did a lot of damage.... a lot.

Returning to Brainy’s head, the mine-bots are ganging up on them, and tearing the claw-suit Superman is using.

When Superman urgently tells Brainy that if they don’t get him to the zuunium cave, they will lose him, we get one of the best replies ever.

Superman proceeds to pick up Brainy with the claw machine while Timber Wolf keeps the mine-bots busy. Brainy however interprets Superman as a “big scary space lobster” who is trying to eat him, and pleads him to leave his brains. Even though Superman tells him to hold still, Brainy manages to destroy one claw, although is picked up by the second one.

Superman slides down into the mine, although the claw suit gets rekted. As he and Brainy go further down, Brainy starts shutting down and the suit Superman is wearing seems to be damaged by the radiation.

But that really got me in this scene is what Brainy is saying.

Oof. This stabs me in the feels.

But despite that he’s obviously being affected by the radiation, Superman picks up Brainy’s head, which fell from the robot body, and carries him to the Zuunium, even though he falls flat onto his back from several feet above while climbing down.

Superman does pass out, but does wake up when he hears Brainy calling his name.

Wow. Not gonna take that in any shippy-kinda-way…

Timber Wolf has successfully rekted all the mine-bots. What a good puppy.

Upon returning, Saturn Girl runs to Superman and asks if he’s alright, to which he replies that he thinks so. Interestingly enough, he seems to immediately bounce back as he quickly takes off the suit.

And now we have to assume that just one part of him getting exposed is enough for the effects to be reversed.

Pesky, stop.

The scene then returns to HQ, where B5 is one piece again. Literally.

Important questions.

Brainy thanks Superman for what he did, and Superman says there’s a way for him to make it up to him, to which Brainy promptly replies “Anything.”

Superman asks him to help him figure out why he lost his powers, to which Brainy immediately replies because his powers only work under a yellow sun’s light.

Now, recall what he had been rambling about earlier. Red ants. Too much red in the sun. HE WAS TRYING TO TELL SUPERMAN THAT WHILE IN CRAZY BOT MODE.

Putting that clever trick of the writers aside, Superman is shocked that Brainy knew and asks if he thinks he should be telling him stuff like that. To which Brainy says no, since there is stuff Superman needs to learn in his own time.

So final thoughts on the episode overall and characters

Plot wise, I think this is meant to be mostly a comedy episode, but the few moments that are more dramatic are deep.

So, first thing I want to discuss is Brainy and how clever the writers were with hiding accurate information on Superman’s weaknesses/backstory with his outburst. Very good. This went over my head when I first saw it. Heck, I didn't even realize the red ants part until someone brought it up a while back.

And another thing that I feel is worth mentioning is the exact order of the production episodes and what it implies. So, this episode originally came out before Lightning Storm, when the production is in reverse. In Lightning Storm, Brainy shows up briefly, but doesn’t contribute much. But with this episode, we can assume a reason why.

He was busy getting ready for the Alignment. It makes perfect sense! Lightning Lad says he had been in his lab for days, and while that can easily have been blamed on upcoming auditions and roaming kids who want to audition, it makes more sense that Brainy would have been working on the containment unit.

Although I still want to believe some of the sulky behavior was from the chemistry between Lightning Lad and Superman in the last episode.

I can’t believe this show got away with so much.

As for his personality during the Alignment, we see him go off the walls. Which we all enjoyed thoroughly. Unlike in his usual logic mode, he doesn’t hesitate to blurt out important stuff about Superman. But he does so in a way that people won’t understand easily. As for his weirder comments, hard to tell if that was revealing more of his interests, or if he was just blurting out random things.

Regarding his expressions/animations during these parts, I really wished we got more stuff like this in other episodes.

And as for his serious mode, we see more of his insecurities. He doesn’t want to be embarrassed by his behavior, hence why he went to such lengths to hide what was going on.

With his whole secret hiding habits, we can under stand why with Superman’s case. No one wants the world to come to an end in this show due to time continuum getting botched up. But we see it goes beyond just Superman’s life. And if the other’s didn’t intervene, he would have died.

As for the Alignment and Colu itself, both remind me of what I said about Coluan culture in Fear Factory. Lack of individuality. There is a Hive Mind, that all Coluans are naturally linked to. Intellegences is uploaded and shared with other Coluans. That… indicates a good lack of privacy. We don’t know the extent of how much data is shared. But good chances are it’s a lot.

Brainy is a private person. That much we know. No wonder he cut himself off from the Hive Mind.

Second topic to get into is Timber Wolf.

He has grown so much from when we saw him in Phantoms. From the team’s reclusive lone wolf (get it?), who took everything seriously, to a more social being who is a bad ass leader that makes jokes and saves his teammates, repetitively.

With no complaints.

Like, every time. And tells Superman he can go back when he lost his powers.

He was… almost…

Dad-like…

Well, I guess we’ll put this in the evidence locker that Timber Wolf would make the best dad.

So, rather than spending his whole life on Raal, he spent some time on Zuun as well, possibly more because he states he grew up there.

Zuun is not a good state. It’s like, a type of Post- Apocalypse bad. Toxic air that mutates anything that breathes it? Definitely not a good sign. I’m putting my money down there was some kind of industrial/chemical disaster that ruined everything for anything organic, hence why mine-bots were so numerous. But there are still people who are stuck living there. And there are a lot of buildings standing, in good condition. Plus we don’t find out if the air can actually kill people or not.

Well, I doubt the show would have been allowed to say it outright due to censorship. But implications would have been nice.

And remember that Timber Wolf seems to lack knowledge on certain (trivial in 31st century) stuff? Seeing the state of Zuun, it’s not hard to imagine a lack of sufficient educational sources.

So Zuun is not the ideal place to live, even if it’s inhabital in some degree.

We don’t learn much about the people who still live there. Which to me is a disappointment. We could have learned more on Timber Wolf’s background before he was transformed.

Ironically, Raal is in a way the opposite. It’s biologically safe to live there. If you just look at that aspect and had to pick between that place and Zuun, you would go there in a heartbeat.

Unless you knew someone was performing illegal experiments on the wild life and his children.

Moving on.

Saturn Girl is once again the Team Mom, and we see more chemistry between her and Lightning Lad in this episode. We also see that she will attempt to talk to people first before taking more aggressive action. And we see more of that wonderful sass of hers. But not much happens with her in terms of development.

Nothing much to report on Lightning Lad… except he had an original GOOD idea. And if there’s anything we can go off from the last episode, original ideas of his own are NEVER good.

And finally down to who I really want to talk to. Superman.

This is the second time he loses his powers, although this time, there is initially no explanation. But he still insists on helping Brainy out. He is that person who will go out of his way to help others.

Even though he’s constantly the damsel in distress. Not that I’m complaining.

We also see how much he has adjusted to his powers, given that it doesn’t even occur to him to use the flight ring when the suit is too heavy to really run in.

Recall that in the first episode, he’s learning how to fly, and is shaky with it. It reminds us that he needed someplace to safely explore his powers, and that Smallville wasn’t that place.

But then there’s the part towards the end when he learns Brainy is hiding secrets from him.

Recall what Drax told him in in Phantoms, that Brainy is hiding more things than Superman is aware of. Superman doesn’t seem to take this to heart then. But now… he will. He should realize Drax was telling the truth with that.

This is definetly going to effect their relationship.

… But sadly, this aspect is hardly played in the show as much as I would have seen it go. As Rachel did mention in the chat image at the end.

The first time I watched this episode, I legitimately thought we were going to get some serious plot line, revealing Brainy’s lineage to the original Brainiac. And build way more on the Colu culture. But the writers went in a different direction. A very different direction, that was still good, but I still wish they could have delved in deeper.

Well, that’s all from me for now. Assuming I don’t get any surprise shifts from work, I hope to get the next review in two weeks at most.

#losh #hannah watches losh #legion of superheroes #brainiac 5 #superman #timber wolf #saturn girl #lightning lad

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Rainbow: okay 1: I’m glad to get to talk to you, lol. but 2: tumblr is bad. I’m not gonna say “delete this tumblr”, but like. seriously.

Ethan: *shrugs* I’m following like a few thousand people (or more). It would take forever to unfollow everyone who posts discourse or anything.

Rainbow: yeah.

Ethan: Not to mention, I don’t want to unfollow someone who’s like 90% good posts but 10% upsetting things.

Rainbow: yeah, I know. it would be pretty impractical to unfollow everyone who’s ever transphobic/exclusionary/ableist/whatever. and that would be a little similar to the people who are like “if you ever reblog any post originally written by anyone who follows anyone who’s ever written/reblogged/liked a Bad Post then you are also Permanently Bad!!” etc. your death tumblr is like 99.9% fine though, lol. you should just make a completely positive blog or something.

Ethan: Yeah, I have considered it, but I don’t know if I could completely stick to the theme(s) or if I’d completely avoid anything upsetting.

Rainbow: most people tag “discourse” though, don’t they? so you could blacklist that or any variants?

Ethan: I’m pretty sure there’s a ton of variants. I only know of “acecourse” and “syscourse”, but there must be one for like every community or subculture.

Rainbow: well, a lot of them don’t get their own name, so it’s not “shipcourse”, it’s just “discourse” (I think), and not “transcourse”, just “discourse” or whatever. (there’s too many things that one could be, anyway) I guess just see what people tag things like that as? idk. anyway, are you okay?

Ethan: Yeah, I guess. Are you?

Rainbow: yeah, idk. I don’t like the weird feeling.

Ethan: Me neither. I think it’s at least partially due to being in America? As in, it’s new and different so it’s disconnecting me/us from reality. It was the same whenever my dad visited before.

Rainbow: yeah, that is likely it. I hope it wears off before we go back. I don’t want it to be like this never happened.

Ethan: It does kinda make adjusting to things easier. :P

Rainbow: yeah, but it’s annoying for fun things to have just effectively never happened. also, just, weird feeling. I don’t like it.

Ethan: I know. *shrugs* I can’t control it or anything. I am trying, but nothing makes a difference.

Rainbow: I know. don’t worry. anyway, didn’t you want to write things, or at least think about it? lol

Ethan: Yeah, I’ve been trying. :P

Rainbow: to like mentally get yourself to do it?

Ethan: Yeah. I’m getting closer.

Rainbow: lol. (I’m not laughing at you as such, I do think you’re doing great)

Ethan: Thanks. :P

Rainbow: do you think caffeine pills are actually making you feel more in reality, or just making you feel a familiar kind of fucked up? lol

Ethan: I have no idea. I kinda lean more towards the latter.

Rainbow: I feel bad for that robot in this movie. D:

Ethan: I think we’re meant to feel bad for him. I think he’s the one good robot, or something like that.

Rainbow: ^

Jamie: This movie is confusing. I just don’t know who’s good and who’s bad.

Ethan: I think it would be easier if we were properly paying attention.

Jamie: I mean it reminds me of every season of Digimon: “AI is Perfect and Rational and humans are Bad and Impure and so humans must be destroyed” but then the humans win because of emotions or something and because destroying humans is actually bad. :P

Rainbow: lol

Jamie: Just, if AI is “objectively better” then why is it bad to destroy humans? It’s only bad from the humans’ point of view because humans have the emotions thing. The point I’m making is that they present “AI destroying humanity and taking over the world” as the objectively good outcome and give evidence for that, but then they’re like “actually no” because humans don’t like that idea. It seems inconsistent.

Rainbow: lol

Ethan: We (the audience) are meant to assume that destroying humans is bad (regardless of evidence) because we are humans. That’s basically it, I’m pretty sure. In the same way as people are expected to want the main male character and main female character to end up together, or whatever. As in, that’s what people are “supposed to” think/want etc. Except “humanity shouldn’t be destroyed” makes more sense to expect people to automatically think than “the guy and his friend who’s a girl should end up together”. (Though I do like it when people end up together)

Rainbow: !!! let’s complain about that movie we watched last night!

Ethan: Yes!

Rainbow: like?? the one movie ever where the guy and his best friend (who are of compatible genders+orientations) don’t end up together in the end also just so happens to be the one movie ever where they’re gay? like seriously?

Ethan: Exactly! As you said, in a straight movie, the two main characters remaining friends instead of being together would be good to see, because the being together in the end thing has been done a million times already. But a movie with two gay main characters has barely been done ever at all, so it would make more sense to let them have the cliche ending thing since that hasn’t been done before. “Let’s just stay friends” stops seeming progressive and seems more like a cop-out.

Rainbow: yeah exactly. though to be fair I didn’t totally get what they were saying.

Ethan: I’m pretty sure it was “let’s stay friends”, as opposed to “we should stay friends but let’s be together anyway”, because they hugged as opposed to kissing. Even if it was the latter, it was too ambiguous, I think.

Rainbow: if it was the latter I think that would’ve been good since they’d be calling attention to the potential issues.

Jamie: The good robot is actually bad, isn’t it?! Is it? Oh, wait, what? Oh, there it is, there’s the speech, lol. “humans must be destroyed because they’re irrational”. Oh!!! He is bad! I think?

Rainbow: didn’t she reprogram him though?? so like that would be what caused him to become bad?

Ethan: I think that’s it. This would be much less confusing if we were properly paying attention. :P

Jamie: Wait what? Was he just pretending to be bad???

Ethan: Oh, yeah, he was! He pretended so that he could get them away from the actual bad robot.

Jamie: Oh, okay. How are they gonna kill the robot when she like... Is the building?

Rainbow: why did they program gender into robots?

Jamie: lol. I think it makes it easier for humans, idk. The other robot can do it! Yay!

Rainbow: why do they all just... conveniently turn red whenever they’re being evil?

Jamie: Didn’t the guy who programmed them know they’d do that eventually? So he probably did that in order to make it easier to defeat them.

Rainbow: self-destruct button. remotely-activated self-destruct.

Jamie: lol

Rainbow: I’m just saying.

Jamie: I think it was too late by the time he anticipated that? idk

#imaginary friends

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