#idk how fast i'll be able to keep getting chapters out

[thatguywrites]

Caffeine Dates

Idk why but this picture of Shen does it for me

So here we go

John Shen x Tea Lover!Male!Reader

As you sat down in your usual seat in your usual Cafe, with your cup of tea, book, and headphones, it seemed like it was any normal day. A day that would see you stopping by the Cafe to get your daily caffeine and get through another chapter in your book.

However, this was interrupted when someone came into the Cafe and loudly asked for the most sugar filled coffee you'd ever heard of. Trying to hold your judgement to yourself as syrup after syrup was added to his order, you fought the urge to look at the sugary offender, widening your eyes at your book, and keeping your head down, but this facade was interrupted by him collapsing down into the seat next to you.

Now that he was so close, you allowed yourself a peak at him. His coffee was nearly white, as he mixed in the added sugar he grabbed as well. The man himself was quite handsome. He had a jacket on over black scrubs, where a small nametag stuck out. John Shen - Doctor.

For a moment you got lost in looking at his photo on his ID. Despite the fact that in every professional photo you'd ever been in, you'd looked like some kind of wet rat, he looked incredible. You got so lost in checking out a picture of him, that you didn't notice him turn to look at you staring at him.

"Find something interesting?"

Startled, your eyes snapped up to meet his. The picture didn't really do him justice. His face seemed to have some natural charm that lured you in, although he did have an infuriating smirk on his face. Maybe you weren't exactly subtle.

"No."

You forced yourself to look back at your book and take a drink of your tea, but you could still feel his eyes on the side of your head.

He chuckled and quickly finished off his coffee. "Well, I'll leave you to it then," as he stood up, you unconsciously relaxed your shoulders. You hadn't even noticed how tense you were. "But if you ever need anything, just give me a call, pretty boy." His arm reached over your shoulder to drop a card onto your book.

He gave you his fucking number. Good God this man was insane.

You hadn't planned on texting Dr. Shen that day, as you trudged through work and got home as usual. But when your nightly cup of tea slid out of your hand and crashed to the floor, shattering into hundreds of pieces and cutting up your calves as it went, you didn't really know what else to do.

You managed to press your jacket into the largest cut to try and slow down the blood loss, but you couldn't do much else. You wouldn't be able to walk or drive to the hospital in this much pain, and lord knows the thousand plus ambulance fee would bleed you dry (haha). He was really was your only choice. Really.

When you called him a bored voice answered you, "Dr. John Shen, how may I help you?"

"Hey, um I'm the guy you gave your number too this morning? At the Cafe?"

"Oh! Hey, glad you called! How are you doing pretty boy?" His voice was much happier, and he seemed to actually be paying attention to you now.

"Well, not very good. A cup broke and cut up my legs and I was wondering if you could help cause I know-"

"Holy shit are you ok?" You could hear him grabbing things on the other end, keys and jacket and such, "No, that doesn't matter, what's your address?"

As you told him your address over the phone, you started getting really anxious about the bloor you were losing. You managed to put John on speaker phone to put pressure on another cut, but you were still losing blood from the smaller cuts. Less than ten minutes later, John was sprinting up the stairs to your apartment and plugging in the code you relayed to him over the phone.

"Hey, hey, hey, I've got you, it's ok," He began to work fast, picking you up out of the mess that made up your kitchen, and pulling out a first aid kit to begin patching up the biggest cuts. As he sewed, he kept repeating for you to take deep breaths and that you would be ok.

Once he had sewn up and bandaged your legs he managed to get you situated on your couch with pillow supports for you legs. Sitting on the floor next to you, a small, pitiful smile came across his face "How'd this happen exactly? You must have some fancy cups for them to shatter that much."

As you went through explaining your nightly routine, and it's disturbance that night, John sat, leaning against the couch, and rubbing his hand up and down your leg. Small smiles and laughs escaped him as you went on to complain about how you were now missing your nightly cup of tea.

"All this for a cup of tea, goodness"

"Well at least my tea is good for me, that coffee you got this morning is probably going to give you diabetes." You pouted and glared at him as he slowly rose to check your bandages again, "As a doctor you should probably know that"

"I assure you that as a doctor, I consume a very healthy amount of caffeine and sugar each day" He laughed as he wiped away the drying blood that covered your calves. "You seem to be missing some for the day. I'll go clean up your kitchen and make you some tea. Without breaking a cup."

Despite your protests, John simply placed a blanket over you, before making sure you wouldn't get up and possibly reopen your cuts while he was away.

"I'm not a baby, you know. I know I shouldn't exactly be walking" you called as you heard him sweeping up the ceramic that was most likely covered in your blood.

"Sure, but that doesn't mean I don't want to treat you like my baby. I gave you my number for a reason, you know"

Too flustered to speak, you stayed laying down until he returned with another cup of tea. "So, you wouldn't mind going on a date with me, Dr. Shen? Maybe one with more tea and coffee than blood next time?"

John's face broke out into a smile as he handed you your tea. "Sounds good to me, just as long as you don't judge me for the sugar that will be in my coffee."

"You mean the coffee in your sugar?"

Rolling his eyes, John picked you up yet again, following your directions to your bedroom and placing you down in the covers. "You'll have to see your regular doctor soon, make sure it doesn't get infected, and that they heal well."

"Can't you check them?"

"No matter how much I want to give in to that, that's not exactly above board, dear. I'll come back tomorrow morning to help you around. You should try to keep off your legs for the next few days. Take it easy."

"You don't want to stay? You might as well so you don't have to drive back and forth."

"I really sh-"

"Should! What if I need to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night?"

John smiled, reaching out to play with your hair as you smiled. "Alright, pretty boy, you'd better scoot over then."

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[ravenrambles6229]

holy shit wax and wane author your fanfic has made me run up walls and chew concrete thank you for your blessed work

damn, now i might actually have to write the next chapter huh

[the-blog-of-a]

PREVIEW

Hello it's been a second I hope you all had a great new year, I've been slowly working and adding onto the story so I figured I give a sneak peak i have no idea when I'm actually going to finish the chapter but I'm working as fast as I can with my schedule.

A couple notes idk If you'll be able to infer ( or maybe the writer doesn't know how to incorporate it or remember if it's already been said lol) but Novas mother was born and raised in America as well as her and her father. After her father died Nova's mom moved them both to Japan when she was 7 months old.

I also said I wanted to make this a Omegaverse fic but I'm trying to be subtle about it like it's supposed to be and everyday thing just like a quirk so I'm going to treat it as if it's already a known fact that the world runs on an A/B/O scale. If that makes sense

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CHAPTER ONE: Nova Kamiya: Origin

The first incident was in Qingqing City, an extraordinary child was born who radiated light.   After that, reports of people with superpowers popped up across the globe. No one new what was causing these powers but, before long the supernatural became totally normal.

Dreams a reality.

The world became a superhuman society, with about 80% of the population possessing some uncanny ability called a quirk. The streets looked like scenes from comic books. As cities swirled with chaos and confusion over these new quirks, a new profession dominated the collective consciousness. 

   It was an age of hero's.

With the rise of superpowers came an explosive increase in criminal activity. While governments were stuck trying to to figure out how to reform laws with quirks in mind, courageous people started performing heroic acts to keep the cities safe.

  Protecting the citizens of the world from the people who abused their powers for evil. With overwhelming public support, heros found an official place as peacekeepers, overseen by the government. Those who preformed the best were paid the most, and got all the fame and glory. Their careers depended on their ability to stay in the spotlight. 

Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep*

That you hear is the sound of an alarm clock, one that sits on Nova's side stand on the left side of her bed, which she purchased last week at her local retail store in the hopes of motivating herself to get up on time in the morning for school. Her phone alarm just wasn't cutting it anymore, if she got one more late mark on her attendance sheet Izuku was bound to have a hissy fit as well as his mother.

Nova's love for her bed and sleep always outwayed the "need" to go to school. As her eyes crack open to the jarring sound, she groans in frustration.

*God that's loud* she thinks.

Sitting up she tries to rubs the sleep out of her eyes as she blindly reaches for the alarm clocks stop button. It takes a couple comedic slaps to find it but she finally gets it off and throws herself back into her mattress with a loud huff. 

She stares at the posters and other miscellaneous tapestries hung around her room contemplating if she should get up and get dressed or if she should just go back to bed. Her bed was so warm and cozy, how could she not want to stay in bed. She could feel her eyes beginning to drop already, it's not like she was learning anything important today or had a big tests so she let her eyes shut. 

bzzt* *bzzt* *bzzt*

The sound of her phone buzzed softly from its hiding place under her pillow. Reaching for her phone she pulls it out and turns it on, momentarily being blinded by it's light before lowering it

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Zuzu : Hey are you up?

Zuzu : I'll be there in 5 minutes!!

Oh. Right. Izuku. Her best friend.

She completely forgot that Izuku asked to join her, on her morning trek to school and it's not like she's ever say no to his requests.

Nova <3 :  Am now I'll be ready soon ;)

Zuku :  :/

Yup about the reaction she was expecting.

Nova <3 : I'm up I'm up don't worry

:Read:

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Nova's daily routine wasn't very hard or partially interesting. She didn't use any special serums, or face creams, or any of those bullshit face masks. No she thought all of that was a waste of time and money, for a bunch of shit that makes her feel bad about herself. No she'd rather not buy into the bullshit they try and sell girls her age. The most makeup she ever wears is mascara because what girl doesn't wear mascara in middle school.

Nova likes to take her sweet time waking up because she takes 10 minute showers, short and efficient. Getting dressed was the easiest part of her routine. After wearing the same school uniform her entire life or different version of the same thing, shes learned a thing or two about getting dressed quick. So why wake up till she REALLY needs to when her routine is so simple and short. Regardless to the 6 tardie counts against her, Nova would say shes got a great system going for herself. 

Getting to school though was a whole different story. That trip she swears is worse than school itself, with all the hills before all the traffic, and then maybe a random villain attack if the universe decided to shit on them once again. It takes at least 30 minutes maybe longer depending on the day to get to school 10 minutes of walking and a crowded 20 minute train ride, so you can imagine her reluctance to go anywhere really. The trip does suck a little less when she has Izuku to make the trek with her. They always play little games like eye spy and 20 questions to make up for the long walk.

Izuku Midoriya has been Nova's best friend since diapers. They have done everything together since they were kids, they played together, they ate together, they took naps together. Inko has many photo albums dedicated too just the two of them falling asleep together in random places around the house. They even have gone to the same schools their whole lives, a perk of living in the same school district. 

Izuku and Nova have been glued to the hip from day one, so it's no surprise they stayed glued as they got older. Despite being two very different people they were friends through it all, Nova was there when Izuku was told he wasn't going to gain a quirk and thus would never be a hero, and she comforted him when he cried to her for hours on end afterwords.

On the other spectrum Izuku was there for the very first time Nova got her quirk granted she was a late bloomer getting her quirk at nearly 10 years old, and not to mention she nearly hurt Izuku with her quirk awaking, badly.Which she'll never forvige herself for, even though too this day Izuku says it was the coolest thing he's ever seen, despite the pain.

They stayed together even when they both presented as omegas in their first year of middle school, and everyone around them laughed and taunted and tried to make weird sexual jokes towards them because of it. No they stayed together as one and lifted the other up when one was down and out. Despite being so close, they were two very different people.

Izuku was a morning person, he likes to get his morning started early to motivate himself for the day he'll eat his breakfast and maybe take a small walk around the block before school just to get his blood pumping for a good start to the day.

Nova was NOT a morning person she liked to sleep in as much as she possibly could, she will sleep the whole day if you let her. She loves her bed and everything about it, it's very hard for her to convince herself to get out of bed to do something she doesn't like, i.e. school, or chores

Izukus favorite food was a pork cutlet bowl, he liked the slow process of cooking the meat till it was just right, he also liked the process of putting together his cutlet bowl, it makes him feel accomplished to make his own food he says in defense. 

Nova liked those too but she didn't like cooking much, getting rice cooked properly was too much work in her case already, so to cook a whole pork cutlet after was a total no in her book, just plain ole rice was good enough for her. Which is what she had most days even if Izuku has scolded her plenty of times for it, saying that it's "not a true meal" but food is food in her mind.

Izuku loved tea, any and all kinds, his favorites are white peach tea, sencha, and roasted Hojicha. Izuku likes to savor his teas especially during dinner. He believes having the right tea for the right meal enhancese the flavor for both items.

Nova thought tea was just nasty leaf water, in Izukus words she has "No appreciation for the finer things in life" but she stands buy it. Nova prefers American energy drinks, Monsters, Red bulls, and Rockstars just like her mom. Sometimes they are  hard to find due to them being American made, but if prompted she'll buy out a whole shelf of energy drinks when she finds them just to have some for later. 

Nova absolutely loved spicy food. Any kind of food she deemed too plain would get doused in her favorite hot sauce or spices to make it as hot as possible. Spicy Motsu Nikomi was her absolute favorite, even if she didn't like to cook when she would she would make this dish with the utmost care.

Izuku couldn't handle hot foods they made his eyes water and nose run like a mother fucker. He much preferred a tearless and snotless Motsu Nikomi so spice was a no go for him he'll stick to his pork cutlet bowl thank you very much. 

Nova absolutely loves cage fighting in any and all forms, her love for watching and participating in this event of hers shocked most people she knew. Despite her small appearance Nova enjoyed the fighting because it gave her an emotional and physical outlet, weather she's watching a cage fight or participating in one (which is rare because Izuku would kill her) she always finds herself completely and comfortablely worn out after, she falls asleep like a baby almost everytime afterwords.

Izuku despises cage fighting, even though he wants to be a hero he would never condem violence onto another innocent person just for fun. So to see Nova actively like and try to partipate in such a sport unervered him and he's expressed so many times but Novas reason of "needing to know how to protect myself" always trumps whatever argument he has cooked up. Though using self defense as an excuse to beat someone up for fun was not one of Novas finer moments. 

Her likes aren't all violent Nova likes to go volunteer at her local animal shelter whenever she can. Nova absolutely loves animals, cats are her favorite so soft and cuddly so she mainly works with them.Fostering some on occasion as well. Nova has a kitty of her own at home her name is Holly her fur is white  with black and orange spots and she is the sweetest girl on earth. Nova lives for Holly she can and does everything for her cat, to the point where she's made her kinda chunky from how many treats she been getting. 

It's not that Izuku doesn't like animals but his family only ever own one cat and it was mean to him and very old and it died when he was 4 so he doesn't have much connection to animals, but if he sees a stray dog or cat wondering around, and it will let him pet them, then he will because he's not heartless. 

One thing they did have in common was their love of hero's Nova was just as big of a fan of All Might as Izuku was she didn't show it as much as Izuku did, but she had her own couple of figurines to prove enough, she didn't need mounds of merch like Izuku did. Her favorite hero at the moment is a new and upcoming star Kamui Woods, his quirk was called Arbor.

His quirk allows him to enlargen and control his wooden body parts into strong tree branches. The branches are excellent for binding. Thought he's not much use in a fire he got many wins under his belt and a great attitude to match. She also thought he was quite cute like most girl in her class but she's never let them know over her dead body. 

She didn't need to give them another reason to make fun of her for. Shes dealt with simple ones like stupid, idiot, and nerd she can deal with these, they don't hurt her in anyway because they are not really hurtful.

She puts the insults into tiers that is teir 1,  teir 2 are names like, Chucky, fire crotch, and her favorite the lorax, teir 3 belongs to the worst of the worsts, starting off strong with bloody mary. The next one gingervitus you know like gingivitis but ginger.....how creative. The worst of the worst belongs to blood clot, and yes if you have guessed it was given by a man. So she really didn't need tree lover added to the list.

Her red hair and Omega status made her the blunt end of every joke from bullies and her so called "friends". That's why her and Izuku got a long so well,  he saw her for her and not just by the color of her hair. He also got bullied often, mainly by Kacchan and his "gang" she too has been on the wrong side of Kacchans bullyling. 

He was another reason Nova didn't like going to school. Katsuki Bakugou has been the bane of her existence for as long as she can remember, even before he had his "gangs" he was mean and scary even more so after he got ahold of his quirk. Since he also lived in the same district his whole life he has gone to every school Izuku and Nova have. Making it impossible to escape his bullying. 

Groaning Nova gets up for the day forgoing a shower since she didn't the have time. She was around and ready in under 2 minutes brushing her teeth as the doorbell rings, alerting her of Izukus arrival. Grabbing her school bag she collected her books off of her computer desk on the other end of her room and heads out the door into the hallway.

Walking into the living room her mother is passed out on the couch like always, wearing her work clothes and shoes still. Cans of beer and a bottle of wine litter the table as well as the energy drinks she seemed to have used for chasers,that she no doubt stole from Novas stash. This is the sight that usually greats Nova every morning, everyday her mother gets off of work she comes home and drinks herself to sleep a routine she has gotten used to. Sighing she grabs some cans dumping the full ones and throwing away the empty ones. She corks the wine and sets it in the cabinet before the doorbell is heard again. Nova throws the throw blanket that rest over the couches armchair over her mother and leaves for school. 

Unfortunately her mother has always been this way even when she was little, for what she can remember of her childhood her mother was always drunk or drinking. She wasn't mean, or angry or hurtful, she was just sad, she always smelled sad, she never really got over her husband's death and this is the state it's put her in. Nova's tried multiple times to no avail to get her to go to rehab but she just gets the whole "you hate your mother why can't you just accept me as I am speech" so she's stopped trying to help. 

Walking down the hall and putting on her shoes, she resists the urge to cry for her mother, but it will only worry Izuku. So instead she puts on a big smile and opens the door.

"Hey you!!!" She says brightly flashing her best smile. Izuku gives his in return "Hey yourself, let's get going before we're late." With that they start their trek to school. For 10 minutes they just walk in comfortable silence admiring the open landscape before it because endless traffic and skyhigh skyscrapers. 10 minutes of silents is eventually too much for Nova, she decides to break it.

"Did you see All Might on the news last night?" She inquired.

"Oh my Goodness yes, I cant believe he *mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter*. 

 And when they showed the part of him *mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter mutter* 

Izukus rambling was one of the one things she liked about Izuku, Nova liked the sound of his voice and loved when it was full of passion when he talked about the things he loves. It made Nova feel good that he trusted her to not yell at him when he droned on, given by the fact that most found it an annoying habit. It also soothed her nerves and calmed her mind down. She would give everything for him to continue talking forever.

"He just the greatest hero in the world isn't he Nova?" He questions

"Oh yeah, Izuku, he-" 

*CRASH*CRASH*CRASH*

RRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRRRRRRR

*VARIOUS METAL BREAKING SOUNDS. ETC* 

Nova didn't get to finish her sentence before she was interrupted by a terrible noise. "Oh God no not another villain attack." She said with distain. 

Izukus reaction was completely different "Come on Nova if we hurry we can catch the fight!" Before she can protest she's being pulled by her arm in the direction of the loud scary noises. *Christ sake does the man have no fear* she thinks but with no choice but to follow along she's pulled up too the block of the exact train station they need to get to school and just their luck there is a giant super villain standing on top of the train tracks destroying everything in his path which includes the station. 

"Woah thats one huge super villain!" Izuku immediately pulls out his notebook and gets to writing, meanwhile all Nova can think about is how their going to have to walk the rest of the way to school.......great. 

[leighsartworks216]

Hello! I know you prolly have been asked about this a lot of time but can you give me a small guide/tips about how can one start writing, pretty please. Like hear me out okie

I have this idea alright, I know the characters, the basic storyline, maybe a pinch of plot but I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START- it's like whenever I am daydreaming everything is flowing so smoothly but when I sit down to actually write it down, boom! what was my name again? How can I not remember anything? How can I even start the story, it's always so confusing :( because whenever I try it just doesn't seem enough, so what's your process of writing, like how to put down/draft the idea? Also Idk how to post on Tumblr as someone who want's to start, like who/what should I tag and stuff. Ig I am a lost cause ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ

Also I am sorry if I came out rude 😭I am genuinely so interested in writing but I just don't know where to start.

This only took me too fucking long to answer 💀

My writing process is a little chaotic and weird because it's what works for me. I've had to work with and against my ADHD and chronic pain in order to come up with ways that make writing possible, so some of this stuff may not work for you

My process goes roughly like this: daydream/get hit with inspiration from somewhere/something; write it down in my notes app on my phone, usually until I have a complete fic; transfer it over to a Google Doc (either by copy-pasting or re-typing it all word for word (depending on how much editing I think it needs)); format (I change it to font size 12 and set it to add a space after paragraphs); post

Writing in my notes app removes the "blank canvas" wall that I get when I sit down to write in a doc. And because it's on my phone and I can be laying down to do it, it also removes a lot of the strain on my hands and back. The majority of my fics lately have been entirely written in my notes and then just put into a doc for formatting purposes before posting, because I feel more motivated to work on them this way. I'll go over posting in a minute

But first, my first tip based on what you've said: Do NOT wait until you're sitting down to write, to write. If you get an idea, if you can, write it down right away. Whether that be on paper, a napkin, your phone's notes app - write it down. If you have the time for it, write down as much as you can (ie. descriptions, full sentences, an entire scene). Don't worry about the context for what you write, just write the thing as-is and add context later

Another tip along with this: Writing is much, much harder than daydreaming. Daydreaming gives you a full sensory experience built in; you can see everything that's happening, you can be there in the moment. But when writing, you have to build everything you see with words that never quite capture it perfectly. Daydreaming definitely helps, though! Most of my fics wouldn't exist if I hadn't imagined being in them beforehand lol But it's never going to really flow smooth from daydream to writing because of the nature of them both

As for crafting the plot of a story and like having an outline for it, I'm also awful about it. What helps for me, though, is laying out what I want to happen chapter by chapter. For my ongoing Dragon Sylus fic, for example, I wrote out what I wanted to happen in bullets, explaining as much as I needed to for future-me to understand what I have in mind or any random ideas I may be able to include. These aren't hard and fast guidelines, but they let me visualize better what needs to happen and if the story can get from A to B to C. For something like my Witcher fic (that I really need to finish one day 😭), I have entire docs with character notes, chapter layouts, potential plotlines, scrapped stuff from past chapters that I may be able to use in the future, etc. This can help keep more complicated or bigger project under some control

Which reminds me of my next tip: Do NOT delete anything! In the sense of like, writing paragraphs or even entire chapters that you decide you no longer want, don't delete them! Make a new doc or note or what-have-you and copy-paste them into it. A lot of the time, it can be repurposed later on, or even just give you ideas for other things to write

Now, posting! Since you asked specifically about posting on tumblr, I'll only provide advice on that, but I can give advice for AO3, too

Tumblr posting can be confusing and honestly threw me so far off when I first joined. To preface all of this, I highly recommend only posting fics when you're on desktop. I also recommend NOT writing your fics directly into tumblr and saving it as a draft. That's a disaster waiting to happen

For tagging, I follow a sort of pattern that I follow on most if not all of my fics. I tag them "fanfic" "fanfiction", followed by the character name(s), [character name] x reader, the fandom/show it's from, and because my fics label the gender of the reader, my last tags have that gender specified (ie. "gender neutral reader", "fem reader", "masc reader", etc). This is what works for me, and if you look at my tags on fics, you can sort of see my process and order of tagging things

Don't tag characters or ships that don't appear in the fic. Putting a story in a tag it doesn't belong will most likely get it marked for spam

It's a good idea to tag potential triggers if they come up. "cw spiders" or "tw spiders" for example. This way people who have triggers or phobias can filter out these things and be more aware. I also put warnings up top with all the contents of the fic (this used to just be only things I thought may be triggering and then I just started writing out my ao3 tags and that works better for me to know I'm being thorough)

Okay that was a lot and this took me so long to answer, but I hope it was a little helpful! If you have more questions, I'd be happy to answer them! (Hopefully within a more reasonable timeframe 💀)

[soaps-mohawk]

hiii!!!! im back girliee :) sorry i fell of the face of the earth for a little bit. no pressure to answer this fast its not super important lol

the last few chapters have been so delectable!!! love getting kyle action but also ghoap/gazsoap/ghostgaz was YUM!!!! 🤤🤤 I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited to get back to the camera/Simon's bond conflicts too tho lol 😅

haven't been able to play much COD recently due to being busy :( (+ I've been playing The Last Of Us and I may be a bit obsessed with Joel Miller.....I really need to stop playing multiple video games at once lol) (also actively playing Genshin Impact)

I HAVE FUN HEADCANNONS

idk where this idea came from but I have a headcannon that the TV in the rec room is just lowkey the worst. Old, slow, and the base is out in the middle of nowhere so it limits a lot of their TV options.

Don't have streaming because it requires a payment/subscription and something about not being able to hook it up to an account/being on a military base/not safe to have clues to their money or personal lives (I know nothing about the military forgive me). They do have cable but because their base is in the middle of buttfuck nowhere they get only the strangest, most low-production channels out there.

I saw a youtube video a while ago about a British reality TV show where a female contestant is shown a bunch of dicks, nothing else, and she has to decide who she'd want to go out with based on that alone 😂😂 it was completely uncensored, so dicks would just be fully hanging out there. that's the type of shit that they get on the cable in the rec room LMFAO

feel like the only option for personalized TV/movies is the old DVD player hooked up to the TV (that was there when they moved into the place 😭) so the boys constantly have a collection of DVDs they're always rewatching, or they buy new ones/ship them in when there's something new they want to watch

I'm the type of person who will watch bad movies or reality TV shows just so I can giggle at them, so I FULLY believe that the pack would find some shitty knock-off reality TV show and lock in to watch the new episode every week together

if the boys and/or 'mega ever want to watch something popular/that would usually be on streaming they just have to get it off some backstreet website or something like that (they have burner laptops specifically for this purpose)

hope you're having a good day/night/afternoon and that you have a good week as well :) stay safe, slept, and hydrated!!!<3

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Aww no need to apologize!! Things happen, people get busy. I'll always be here, hanging out (well, not quite as often right now but i'll see stuff eventually!!)

Aww thank you, thank you I'm glad you enjoyed them!!! They have been rather delicious, but don't worry, we will be getting back into the fluff and ANGST very quickly. I've been dragging the plot out more than I wanted to so now I'm rectifying that lmao.

I own The Last Of Us (it came with my PS4 when I bought it four years ago) but I still haven't played it because I suck at playing games lol. I either play all the way through at once or I play for an hour and then turn it off and don't touch it for months lol. Same even with the Sims. I go through cycles of playing for hours everyday and then not touching it for weeks and weeks.

No but like that idea would be so true lmaoo. Just an old fuzzy TV that has no streaming capabilities. They have a very vast collection of DVDs (organized by Simon of course) which is how they keep themselves sane lmao. They get like ten channels and flip between sports and daytime TV and game shows 😂 it's a routine now, sitting and watching some random game show at night.

Hey, they break a lot of laws already, what's the shame in playing pirates? 😉

[themurderrose]

yiling fertility thoughts [test tube baby A Yuan cultivated via resentful energy by WWX]

further to my evil author day fic post available at the end of this post, I am HAVING THOUGHTS about how to write more in the verse. So, let us get into it:

THINKING ABOUT WWX WHO WANTED HER OWN FAMILY SO MUCH SHE CULTIVATED A CHILD ALL BY HERSELF ONLY NOBODY BELIEVED HER AND THOUGHT SHE'D GONE AND GOTTEN HERSELF KNOCKED UP SO THEY DISOWNED HER AND LWJ DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT UNTIL SHE WAS GONE FAST FORWARD 4 YEARS AND WWX IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF FERTILITY RESEARCH AND CORUNS A CLINIC WITH WEN QING

I'm thinking about wwx who uses resentful energy in her fertility work, and lwj who uses like purity rituals and stuff in her fertility work, and thinking about them meeting at a medical conference where they're both lecturing

thinking about lil baby a yuan in the conference daycare, and lwj falling Fast cause there is Literally No Other Way for lwj to fall thinking about them

thinking about lwj seeing a yuan and immediately forgetting her uncles teachings about 'those born from resentful energy are poisoned and wrong' and going 'how can anyone as cute as this be poisoned and wrong'

I'm thinking about yanli and her hubby ended up with Yiling Fertility. I'm thinking that they were having lots of trouble conceiving because despite how Prevalent his father was, jin zixuan is practically completely infertile. thinking about them going to lwj and it not working even after they've gone through 3 rounds of 'pure 'Purely cultivated' ivf, and then yanli sitting up one night crying about never being able to have a child because 'a xuan i'm getting older'

thinking about zixuan going Right. thinking about him down wwx because he'd heard something through a grapevine, and booking an appointment with just him first and being all 'i know a li's family have been awful to you - your family - but professionally, do you think you could treat her? us? we really want a child, and we've been to the lan clinic for three rounds

so wwx is like 👀 👀 👀 'how is shijie? or, well, Jiang Yanli? or does she— is it Jin now? How, how is your wife?" and jzx is just, not horrified, he'd known how badly the jiangs had imploded but he hadn't known you know? And he's like 'call her Yanli, at least for now. And yes, it's Jin privately but she keeps Jiang professionally' (idk if they do that in china?! but for now at least they do) and wwx is nodding and nodding and then wen ning opens the door "can i get you tea? coffee? boss?" and wwx is like "coffee please, a ning. Jin Zixuan, I'll be five minutes, you can tell A ning what you'd like to drink." and darts from the room, running into the loos and having a controlled 3 min breakdown, washing her face, reaplying her makeup and returning to her office, controlled, in charge, The Boss ™️

thinking about how they make plans to bring Yanli in for a check up, scheduling things and wwx opens a file for them, taking notes etc. [the fic part that ive published]

thinking about JZX saying 'if you need our notes from the Lans—" and WWX is like Absolutely not we do things my way, but secretly like ooo lan zhan cause WHEN IS SHE NOT.

thinking about wwx choosing not to contact the Lan clinic because she knows she'll only get condemnation there and they likely will not pass on their records, and although she's always liked lan zhan, if wen qing taught her anything it was self preservation

anyway thinking thoughts about maybe a lz pov for another chapter...

if that intrigued you at all please check this out 👇

[imtouchestarved]

Chapter eight

Idk how to write combat, so I REALLY tried my best. Don't judge me. it's my first time😭(this chapter is quite long tho, just warning!)

"Oh no, the train already set off," (Y/n) said as she was panting from the nonstop running to the station. 'Come on, think.. you have to get there somehow.' She thought and looked around her.

She already asked the people in the station when the next train is going to arrive, but no one could give her an answer.

'If only I would've arrived sooner,' she pouted and crossed her arms, angry with herself. 'I assume I have no other choice,' she came to the conclusion. 'I'll have to get there on foot.'

...

Her eyes felt so heavy, she won't be able to sleep tonight, theres a few hours left till the sunrise. The only thing that kept her awake was her crow that kept repeating :"Kaww! Kaww! This way, this way!"

'God.. keep yourself together, (Y/n).' She thought as she rubbed her eyes. At that point, she already ran for hours nonstop, only stopping to drink and regulate her breathing.

She followed the railroads, but the view hasn't changed much since the beginning. She started to lose hope she would get there on time.

"How much do I have left?!" She yelled at her crow, praying she would get a normal answer considering the last ones.

"800 meters! The flame hashira is only 800 meters away!"

"800?? Thank God! Only a little bit more!" She started speeding up, and in the distance, she began to see the train. Only it had completely fallen apart. What the hell happened? Did they kill the demon?

As she got there, the first thing she saw was Zenitsu and Nezuko helping clearing out the people from the train. When they saw her, they looked surprised. "(L/n)-san?!" Zenitsu yelled, "What are you doing here??"

She only shook her head, signaling she had no time or air to explain. "R..Rengoku-san..where is..Rengoku.." she managed to blurt out, desperately trying to regulate her breathing.

"U-um.. I think him and Tanjiro are over there," he pointed forward. (Y/n) bowed as a thank you and started heading there. So many questions started to cross her mind. Did they kill it? Then how does her feeling not go away? Why is it only getting stronger?

A few seconds later, she started to hear it, Rengokus breathing style. Is there another demon here? It surely felt like it. "(L/n)-san!!" She then heard and turned to the source of the voice. Tanjiro was lying on the floor, looking wounded and panicked. A few meters away from him was rengoku, fighting savagely with a demon with pink hair and criminal marks all over his body . That aura.. could it be an upper moon?

"Please!" Tanjiro begged, "please help Rengoku-san fight! I tried to help, but they're too fast, I can't find an entry!" She took a minute to stare at the battle. Even though she was full of worries, she couldn't stop admiring the fight. Such an amazing power..

She then snapped out of it and quickly rushed to Tanjiro, "No, it's a good thing you were smart enough to back off. Are you okay? Where are you wounded?" She started to scan his body for injuries but was immediately stopped by him. "I got stabbed in the stomach, but I will be okay. Forget about me, go help him!" He pointed at the battle, and she had no choice but to nod, and find a way to enter.

Tanjiro was right. It was almost impossible to keep track of them. The demon didn't use a weapon and used his fists, but he looked as much as intimidating as an upper moon could be.

"Aha! Is it my lucky day? Two hashira has honored me with their presence!" He laughed as she succeeded in entering the battle. Rengoku took a quick peek in her direction, and a smile started to spread his lips. "Now then.. let's see what you're capable of..!"

It was a tough battle. considering the amount of energy (Y/n) used just to get here, She was at her limit. If Rengoku wasn't here to cover up for her, most likely, she would already be dead by now. But her being a little bit slower than she usually is doesn't mean she wasn't a hashira.

"Ice breathing, fourth form.."

"Flame breathing, second form.."

They began to say. Only less than an hour until sunrise, they have to keep up fighting.

"Snow drifts!!"

"Rising scorching sun!!"

They leased their attacks. But Akaza didn't budge. He effortlessly dodged them as he jumped in the air, beginning to unleash his next attack. "Nice team work you got there! If you both become demons, you will definitely be one of the upper moons!" He called as he successfully landed an attack on (Y/n)'s shoulder. if she wouldn't move in time, it would've definitely ripped it off.

She moaned in pain, but her grip on her sword didn't loosen. (Y/N)!" Rengoku called as he blocked Akaza's attacks. "I GOT THIS!" She replied. "I got this.." she whispered to herself.

"Ice breathing, sixth form.." her lungs burned; her body ached; and she definitely had at least 2 ribs broken.

Rengoku's situation wasn't less serious. His ribs were broken; the blood coming out from a cut on his forehead kept blinding him, resulting in him struggling to block all Akaza's attacks, and he kept spitting blood.

"Shattering of a frozen heart!" She yelled as she got closer to his neck. 'I'm close! I'm so close!' She thought, but the minute the cold blade touched his neck, the demon threw his arm, resulting in her getting punched in the ribs.

She spat blood, her eyes winded, and she got thrown away to the other side of the field.

She heard Rengoku yelling her name over and over, but the girl couldn't speak. She couldn't move. 'Am I going to die?' She thought as her vision faded, and her eyes began to shut.

'No..no, get up! You promised, you promised Father you would succeed! You promised to make him proud..' she slowly reached out her arms and lifted her upper body as she spat more blood.

Getting up on her legs seemed like the hardest thing she had ever done in her life, let alone walking and heading towards their direction. She slowly crawled, ignoring any sharp pain her body was signaling to her. The battle isn't done. The demon isn't dead.

When she was a few meters away, it's like everything next was in slow motion. Akaza's fist was getting closer to Rengoku's stomach. (Y/n)'s eyes winded. As this speed, his fist will completely destroy his internal organs and might even impale him!

'Oh no, this is bad. this is bad..' her lips parted, preparing to at least warn him. But then she realized that even if she did, he wouldn't be able to block an attack at that speed. What about Tanjiro? Where is he? She looked in his direction. No, too far, way too far. He would never make it.

Her eyes started to well up tears. 'This can't be happening..' despair started to wash all over her.

"Don't act like a toddler! Get up on your feet! When the time comes and you'll face a demon, it won't listen to your sobs! It wouldn't hesitate to slash your throat open and feast on your flesh! Now get up, always remember :at a When time you can't use your mind first, always attack no matter what! Even if you can't feel your limbs, even if you're blinded by fear. You grip your sword and won't let go until your last breath!"

Her eyes winded by the memory that suddenly flashed her. 'Father..'

She took a deep breath, not minding the piercing pain in her ribs.

"Ice breathing tenth form.."

She got into position.

"Tundra neptune!!"

The sun started peeking from behind the mountains. Akaza's arm was slashed off, his eyes winded, and a smile started to spread on his face. "Such great power, become a demon, (Y/n)! And your strength won't go to waste with the years!" He laughed with joy, what a maniac.

(Y/n), panting and her legs wobbling. "I would never.." she blurted, having to stop as she coughed blood. "I would never become a monster like you.."

She fell on her knees, wrapping her arm over her stomach as she tried to stop coughing. "(Y/n)!" Rengoku put his hand on her back, leading her to lean on him.

Akaza hummed, "Hmm.. you might not survive with those injuries, (Y/n).. with becoming a demon, one should never have to fear death again!" He insisted, but then he noticed the sun rays washing over the field and didn't hesitate to run off. "I will be back!" He shouted as he ran into the forest.

"Ren..goku..san.." she started to say as he held her close to his chest. "What? What is it, (Y/n)? Please just hang on a little more, reinforcement are on the way!" He begged as he watched the girl slowly giving up to her injuries. His hand cupped her cheek. "I'm getting.. tired.." her eyes were close to shutting off, but Rengoku tapped her gently on her face. "I know, but please don't close your eyes just yet. You might have a concussion. Tell me something, anything! Tell me about your family, tell me the reason why you became a demon slayer!"

Her breathing was shallow, and with every single one she took, she winced in pain. "Well.. it night not be.. an impressive nor heart-wrenching story like everyone else's.." she cleared her throat.

"My father..joined the corps.. when he was a teen.. but after a few of..his first missions, he grew so afraid of facing another demon.. and then he left the corps.."

Rengoku nodded and wiped with his thumb the blood that dripped from the corners of her lips. "Good, keep talking. What happened after?" He asked to keep her awake.

(Y/n) looked at Rengoku's face and grinned, "All his exceptions from himself shattered, he spiraled in despair. And then I was born. Ever since I learned how to grip, there wasn't a day I hadn't lift up a sword. At first, it was like a fun little game. For me, it was just another time quality with my beloved father.." her smile then became sorrowful, and salty tears started to stream down her face. "As I grew up, it became horribly suffocating. I couldn't have my own hobbies, I couldn't have my own dreams, because of HIS. My thoughts and needs didn't matter. the worst part was: he was never satisfied. Not when I passed my final selection, not when I slowly ranked up. Not even when i became a hashira."

She shook her head slightly, small sobs came out of her mouth. "When I told him the news, he asked: 'Are you the strongest hashira out there?' And when I couldn't answer him, he frowned in disapproval. My mother was always proud of me, though. And for that, I am forever thankful."

There was a small silence, Rengoku had to take in all the information. "Hey.." she whispered, "I might die right here -" she started to say but was cut off by Rengoku's protests. "Don't say that, you will he fine!" He stated.

She smiled and reached one shaky hand to his hair, tucking it behind his ear. "I want you to say to my parents that I love them. And please, thank mitsuri-san and Shinobu-San for being so, so kind to me.." She placed her hand back to her lap, too exhausted to keep it up. "And I want to thank you too. for your presence, for our little conversations and most importantly, simply your existence. You bring so much joy to the people around you, kyojuro."

She called him by his first name, and it felt nothing but pleasant. She then closed her eyes, too exhausted to keep them open. But the minute she closed them, she felt something warm drip on her face and opened them again.

In front of her, the flame hashira's eyes were full of tears, dripping down his face. He stifled his sobs, but his face was red and wet.

She frowned, "No.. please don't cry.." she reached out her arm once again, cupping his face with her palm as she wiped his tears with her thumb. "Don't cry, don't cry, kyojuro.." she whispered as she tried not to cry with him.

"Don't drown with grief yet.. I'm still here.." she started to say, but then Rengoku closed his eyes and pressed his forehead to hers as he said silenty, his voice soaked with sorrow and pleading: "Don't leave me.." he begged as he sobbed, "please.."

"Please.."

[studentbyday]

me @the stuff i have to do this week

day 50-56 // 100dop && day 29-35 // 100doc

saturday/sunday: finished lab report and data structures lab, spent what felt like a really long time trying to understand the instructions and distro code for speller.c and wrote lots of notes and some pseudocode for the load function.

monday: finished 2 and a little bit of a 3rd section of chem chapter. wrote drafts for the load, check, and unload functions in speller.c but it's returning the opposite of what i should be getting. ☹️🧐

tuesday: it seems i have to accept that as the semester wears on, my study space will inevitably become very very messy with scrap paper (note to self to sift through them tmr and keep only what i need rn)... finished 2.5 sections of chem chapter but didn't take notes on everything yet (halfway through the chapter whooo 🙌). answered tutorial worksheet. also, for some reason i didn't have to change anything except for some minor things in unload and load and check50 works for everything now???? now all that's left to do is figure out why my size function is not returning the same number as the staff's solution and improve on that dreaded hash function...everything i've tried so far takes longer than the one already in there... 🤔 in my impatience to move on, i started the python lecture (YAY PYTHON 😁💗 i'm so ready to be done with C for now)

wednesday: OMG i wasn't expecting to be able to finish speller today but i DID!!!! i thought it would take me much longer to figure out that hash function - i owe it all to cs50's reddit (and stepping away from it and doing smth else when stuck) 💗💗💗 now i can REALLY enjoy myself w python (my beloved XP) and not have that unfinished problem hanging over my head ☺️ also almost done making notes for the sections covered yesterday and finished 3/4 practice assignments.

thursday: i woke up at 12pm 😑☹️ finished all except 1 section of the assignment bc i haven't covered all of the chapter yet. i haven't even finished taking notes on...several things, it's kind of all over the place and i'm just trying to learn enough to do the assignment and then go back in more detail once i'm done bc that's how bored and overwhelmed i feel rn (did not know it was possible to feel both at the same time until uni XD) 😅 watched a little more of the python lecture even tho i should be prioritizing chem rn... still got the lab report to write and a quiz to do after the assignment 😵‍💫😑 (it'll be fine, ik, but if i'm being completely honest, it would be soooooo nice if those things could just do themselves and i could download all the info i need into my brain and instantly understand it and be calculator-fast at the math and not make any mistakes 😤)

friday: finished practice assignment, actual assignment, writing all of the lab report except the intro and references, and the python lecture. got through the remainder of the chem chapter but still gotta write notes on it... it was late at night when i got to the python problems and gaaahhhh coding is sm harder on a sleepy brain, i only finished hello.py XD also dunno how much time i'll have to spend on 100doc this weekend but at least i was able to keep up the streak through the weekdays this time!!

saturday/sunday: finished lab report, notes on chem chapter, quiz, and mario.py. am now working on credit.py and uuuggghhh i did not read the instructions carefully for the checksum!!! 😡 i just followed their example but not all credit card numbers are like the one in the example, so...i have to redo and rethink what seems like a lot of stuff so i basically just wasted all of that time getting confused as to why it wasn't working XD aaaannnddd idk if i should be doing this but i keep converting strings to ints back to strings and then back to ints as needed cuz i lovelovelove iterating through strings but also it seems kinda messy? it also feels super weird writing in python after writing in C for a while...

[1-p-29]

Chapter 5: Great Minds Think Alike

DC x Sans AUS crossover

No spoilers! But I will say that this will probably be somewhat long... Actually maybe not... Idk.

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They sat there, motionless... feeling nothing but fear. What were they supposed to do about something like this...? Are they just supposed to accept the fact that they're powerless against these things...? How many weaknesses, if any, do they have?

As they kept questioning the humanity of these newcomers, someone was riding the elevator. Once it reached the top, it made a high pitched "ding" sound, alerting the others that someone else just got here.

In case it's another "Dark Lords" member, at least that's what they're calling themselves right now, they aimed their weapons at the elevator door.

The doors opened slowly, revealing a face everyone knew, but few of them actually met...

"Lex Luthor!?" They all yelled in unison... Well, everyone except- "LEXY!!!!" *sighs* yeah...him... The Joker.

Lex cringed at the sight of Joker's face, hoping that he can avoid too much contact with him.

"How you been, Lexy~! I haven't seen you since the last time we almost had Batsy!" Joker pointed out.

"Yeah... Great times..." Lex said before clearing his throat. "Now, I heard you have some new faces causing you a lot of trouble, correct?"

"Word travels fast nowadays." Two-Face said, surprised that Lex had already heard about the chaos those newcomers caused.

"Yes... Well, at least if you're me... I have eyes everywhere... At least in both Metropolis and Gotham, anyway," Lex pointed out, before asking, "I assume they're the ones who did this, too?"

They all nodded, too ashamed to speak about it.

"I see... well, I might be able to do something about it... but for now..." Lex snapped his fingers, his men running in afterwards. "I'm going to need you all to come quietly... and please don't fight back, I'm just trying to keep the JLA out of my ass, so you won't be locked up forever, got it?" He winked, giving them the okay that he'll get them out of jail later.

"Fine, but if you leave us in jail to rot," Penguin said, pointing his umbrella at him, "we won't hold back."

"I understand... And who knows... Maybe each of your absences might cause Batman to lay off by the time I get you out... Maybe... Probably not, huh🥲...? Oh well, let's go!😁"

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-Lex pov-

After dealing with all the legal paperwork... I was able to put them in Arkham myself. The League was still weary about me being "good" and all, especially Superman, but I think I have them fooled. I'm just glad they're not watching my every move... That I know of... But I'm sure I would've heard by now if that were true.

Anyways, back to these newcomers...

I can already tell that they're either experiments or they're not from this world... Separate reality too, most likely... But why are they here...? What do they want...? Where are they now...? Too many questions with no answers... *sigh*😮‍💨... Typical.

I think my first step is getting myself captured in order to learn more... but how...?

They went after the villains here, but also avoided the Bat... They must be afraid of him, too... I still remember when he snuck into my room and... Nevermind that, I don't want to remember! *shivers*😰 Scary.

If they're leaving the heroes alone... but going after villains... then maybe they have some sort of ability to track down evil thoughts... maybe... at least one of them... yes, yes... I might have a plan... but it's a long shot.

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Oh no! Oh no! Oh no no no no no!

Nightmare was pissed. He nearly avoided being seen in his truest form. They needed to be more careful, but no... He has to come and save them.

"Before any of you say something utterly STUPID... I know what happened... and for now, I'll let you off the hook..." He waited until the tension in the air eased up before continuing, "But if you were able to turn off the lights... Why the FUCK didn't you just TELEPORT BACK!? OMG, I SWEAR YOU'RE ALL JUST A BUNCH OF TODDLERS!!!"

Nightmare kept scolding them for what felt like hours (it was only for 30 minutes), but eventually calmed down.

"Still... you showed them what they were dealing with... so I suppose a celebration is in order... but never, and I mean NEVER... EVER... do stupid shit like that again... do I make myself CLEAR...?"

"Y-Yes, Boss!" Killer and Cross yelled in unison.

"Gotcha." Horror replied.

"Understood." Dust continued.

"Good... also, Dust... Dark Lords...? Seriously...?"

"I thought it was catchy, and that's what we'll be once we conquer this universe, right?" The others agreed, including Nightmare.

"Whatever... welp, anyways, let's-" Nightmare stopped suddenly, holding both his mouth and stomach.

"You good, Boss?" Killer asked, the others too stunned to say anything.

"Oh my... this emotion... this raw... negative emotion... usually I'd absorb the life out of a human with lots of negativity... But this human... Has so much... It's almost sickening... In a good way for me... And they must be close because," Nightmare paused again, falling to the floor. His body grew a little, making him laugh. More tentacles emerged from his back. He kept laughing until he said, "FIND THIS HUMAN AND BRING THEM TO ME! I WANT TO HAVE A CHAT!😈"

"Understood, Boss!" They said before running out the hideout.

"Get ready, whoever you are... because once I find you... you're going to be used until nothing is left!" He laughed again, until he tired himself out, going into his living quarters (office) to rest until his new toy has been found.

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They searched for a while, but it was harder for them to find it since they can't do the same things Nightmare can. Horror can sense fear, but this human wasn't afraid. Killer can sense how powerful someone is, but this human had no magical abilities. Dust, however, can sense how much LV someone has... And boy does he have a lot.

Cross hadn't helped in tracking him down much either since his OVERWRITE was limited to a certain amount, which he'd used up in that building they were just in. So I guess it was up to Dust.

He and the others went their separate ways in order to find him faster, so when he did eventually find the human, he was just standing there... as if he was waiting for something.

He made his way closer until the human said something, "I take it you're one of those powerful newcomers, correct...?" No response.

Instead Dust used his magic to pin him down, surprising the human for a split second before he smirked.

"Interesting ability... what else can you do~?"

"That's enough out of you, human..." Dust said, grabbing his phone from his pocket and dialing the others. "Found him, you each owe me 50 bucks assholes."

They all started bickering before Dust yelled at them to shut them up. After telling them to go back to base, he hung up.

"Your friends are quite... odd," the human said.

"Tell me about it... and they're NOT my friends."

"Whatever you say."

Dust teleported him and the human back before asking, "Oh, what's your name btw?"

"Lex... call me Lex."

"K."

The others arrived back to base soon afterwards, happy that they were about to be on Nightmare's good side again.

"Ooh, I hope I get to play with him later, hmmmhmhmhmhmmm~," Killer said, grinning creepily at Lex.

"He looks tasty, can I-"

"No," Dust said, cutting Horror off.

He gave up and said, "Fine... Whatever."

"Besides... I'm usually in charge of the torturing... so ya snooze ya loose, buddy," Dust told the human, giving him a crazed smile.

I think I might be in over my head. Lex thought, hoping he would be able to manipulate them and their powers... Maybe he should try a different kind of approach.

As he was thinking about how to handle this situation, black goop fell from the ceiling in front of them, near what seems to be a throne on top of some stairs.

"Boss!" They each bowed, giving Lex confirmation that they were indeed followers to someone.

"You did good bringing me the human, Dust... Bring him over to me, yes?"

"O-On it, Boss!"

Lex floated towards the now skeleton-like figure before falling in front of him.

"Good... now leave us!"

They each yelled, "Understood," before teleporting away.

"Now that we're alone, human..." He grabbed Lex with his tentacles. "Tell me... What do you think you're gaining by your current choice...?"

"What do you mean?" Lex was confused. Was this thing onto him!?

"Now, now, don't lie... I know that you figured out how to get my attention, regardless of knowing about my existence in general... So let's drop the act, ok?"

"..." Silence tells Nightmare he understood.

"Good, you can tell me what you want... Be honest."

"I was... p-planning to... use your abilities for myself."

"Makes sense... but why...?"

"I want to... take over the planet."

"Oh... well it seems as if we have a common goal... well not really... I was planning to conquer this entire universe."

"Well... it just so happens that I know what you'll face out there..."

"Such as...?"

"Gods, Aliens with abilities that might challenge your own... And much more that'll take forever to explain... Basically, you're outmatched."

"I see... y'know for a human... you're oddly... calm by my presence... this isn't your first time being in this kind of situation, is it?"

"Guilty as charged, your Honor."

"Heh... funny... y'know, I was about to absorb your negativity and keep you as a pet... still might do that, but... you're now a key asset to my plan... so I'll leave you be."

"Much apprecia-"

"But you work for me now, no one else... understood?" Nightmare grabbed the collar of Lex's shirt, almost choking him.

Lex hates working for anyone but himself. He's his own boss... but this might be the only way to get what he wants, so...

"What shall I do first... Master...?"

"Hm... good boy... you may gather whoever you want to join us... but if you or any of your buddies try and even think about betrayal... Consider yourselves DEAD WHERE YOU STAND... clear?"

Lex gulped, genuinely afraid of him.

"C-Crystal."

"Good... now go! Bring me your people." Nightmare threw him down the steps leading up to the throne.

Lex left to go get everyone out of prison, ready to face the JLA once they get there.

"This is going to be so much fun~, Hmhmhmhmhm~."

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As always... Lex NARROWLY evades the JLA trying to escape with a SHIT LOAD of people in tow... at least they were out... that's all that matters right now.

Getting them through without retaliation might be harder than he thought though... The Sanses and Villains argued with each other, upset with their Boss's/Current Leader's decision.

"ENOUGH!" Silence soon followed after Nightmare had yelled, sending chills down their spines.

"Finally... everyone come inside before a man in a bat costume hears us. Understood!?"

They all remained silent, following Nightmare into the dark building.

Once everyone was settled, Nightmare appeared on his throne, smirking at how many people this human had brought.

"Listen up... you all work for me now! Lex here desires world domination... I crave power over every single being in this universe... So he works for me now in order to gain access to this entire planet."

Everyone mumbled and whispered in disbelief, Lex bowed to this thing!? No way! He must be a genius if he could outsmart Lex Luthor himself!

"If you want to live, BOW."

Everyone bowed down as fast as they could.

"Good... Boys, it's introduction time!"

They teleported on the stairs, spread out so everyone could see.

They all took of their disguises.

Multiple gasps filled the room, drowning out the sounds of traffic outside.

They're... LIVING SKELETONS!?

Lex never saw their faces before this, but wasn't surprised since Nightmare's shape was a skeleton.

"Hello! I'm Cross! Y'know, cuz I'm covered in... crosses...? No...? Okay...🥲"

"Anyways, I'm Dust, nice to meet you... Absolutely NO questions about my name! K? K. Glad y'all agreed."

"I'M KILLER~! WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOOOOO MUCH FUN TOGETHER~! HEHEHEHEH~."

"I'm Horror... if you hear my stomach growl, don't come near me... even if I'm eating... Also, I eat people, so there's your reason... stay away from me."

"And I'm Nightmare, your new Boss! Any questions...?"

". . ."

"No...? Good... now y'all can mingle for a little while I decide what to do with those pesky heroes."

"Sir, yes sir!" They all saluted.

Will they all get along?

Will Nightmare's plan be a success?

Can the heroes stop him from doing this?

Will the Stars ever get here on time?

STAY TUNED FOR MORE

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Yep, this was definitely not long.

Lex Headcanon: He installed hidden cameras in both Metropolis and Gotham City, that way he can keep an eye on both his greatest enemy and the most dangerous man on earth all at once.

Want more? Please follow to catch up!

[nathank77]

4/27/24

10:59 p.m Edited/Added to

So I had heart palpitations when I closed my eyes again last night... luckily they passed and fell asleep on just the half MG of xanax. I didn't need any other drugs, thankfully.

I woke up around 12, that's the longest I've slept straight through the night since psychosis minus after microsleep, while I was smoking weed. The nights I didn't microsleep during October I could sleep through like 7-10 hours. That was only like 4 or 5 nights between October 10th and November 3rd... and then when I started sleeping regularly again I was able to sleep like 6-10 hours straight when I was smoking pot. Then I quit pot and insomnia got terrible...

And before Xanax when I finally fell asleep after, "black heading," for hours I could stay asleep longer like 6-10 hours but it took so long just to fall asleep and some nights I never did...

Then I started Xanax and I've been able to fall asleep but usually i wake up ever 2-3 hours...

Anyways I took benadryl at 12 and then passed back out. Woke up at 2 p.m and then fell back to sleep without benadryl and slept until about 3:30 or 4 p.m idk bc microsleep fucked with my ability to know if I slept or not... all I know is that's why I keep a sleep tracker...

I decided not to do my laundry... I need to do my bedding and I've been putting it off bc my hoodies pile up so fast from Contamination.. and I need to have them to use the sleeves to grab stuff, so i have to plan to do my bedding the day after I do my clothing and towels bc otherwise I have a huge pile and can't do it all in one day.

However I needed a day with limited to no bathroom time. My laundry machine is in the bathroom, and even if it wasn't, doing laundry triggers major OCD. So I just decided to have a red bull day aka two 12oz red Bulls in a day and play video games.

I'm glad I made that decision. I'm playing bully and working on chapter 5. I am cooking dinner and taking a break. I should have that finished and uploaded prob around 3 or 4 a.m depending on how slow my MacBook is bc I've had to piece together the video bc of breaks... I'm taking pictures so I can submit them to apple so I can get my computer looked at and have a case at the apple store but I have to do it over the phone first and submit pictures. To combine a 1 hour video I have to wait 20 minutes it's ridiculous.

Anyways, I got my sneakers, I love them but the right shoe squeezes my baby toe strangely I've been fucking with the laces but I can't seem to get it right. Idk if this is one of those beauty is pain things or what but I might return them bc it's uncomfortable and if I get lines in them, they won't take them back but we see. It's actually both toes when I walk... I might do a return.

I'm hoping I can get some good gameplay today. Unfortunately I'm stuck on my old Xbox one s bc my stupid cloud saves won't transfer over to my series x which is fucking obnoxious...

Idc about most of my saves but I care about some-

1) Silent Hill 2 bc of my 10 star thank God that transferred over.

2) far cry 2 bc I have a over 20 hour save file and I'm half way through the game but it won't transfer to my new system......

3) Bully bc I have almost a 100% completion save file and one achievement left for 100% but it won't transfer.....

4) Minecraft bc of my castle which I've invested over 36 days working on thankfully that transferred over.

5) Silent Hill Homecoming bc I unlocked all the endings but whatever I can live without it even though it's obnoxious.... it won't transfer..

Anyways I won't play fc2 on my old system bc I'll easily play over 20 hours on the second half so I have to troubleshoot it..... I already tried for hours last night.

I'm sucking up bully for now to finish my playlist and I may accept losing the 100% completion save file which is fucked.

It's nice trying to relax but technology is a bitch and yea... I only picked Bully bc it doesn't trigger my OCD.

Also I've noticed at least in one way my hallucination has improved. When I played bully months ago the entire experience was intruded upon by the hallucination... however I think the last time I played it was like November when it was much worse.

There is a lot of dialogue so it helps drown it out. I've noticed with games with dialogue I can enjoy them mostly.

[shadowsong26fic]

Coming Attractions!

First Monday of the month, so here we go.

As per usual, this also means an open question night--my askbox is always open, but I'll be actively keeping an eye on it tonight. I do take prompts, but am not necessarily fast in filling them. Any fandom I've posted about here or on AO3 is fair game, as is any of my original stuff.

Short one this month, because I didn't get much done last month, whoops...a big work project took up more brainmeats than I expected it would, ah well.

Mostly moved, mostly everything is sorted; a few things I still need to finish organizing/putting away/etc. But that should also free up some brainspace hopefully!

Anyway. Actual updates.

Star Wars:

Pretty much the same as last week--need to catch up on OTP meme fills; poking back at my original plan for last year's SWBB so I can use it for this year. Not a lot of progress, but hopefully this month will be better!

BSG:

Big Bang matches have gone out! I'm excited to see how everything turns out. And hopefully get actually back into writing the many plotlines that are floating around in my head, lol...particularly The Other Battlestar which still needs an Official title and has been waiting to come out of my head and get Shared for like. over a year. even discounting the like 8-10 year gap when I wandered away from the fandom...

I should be picking up my rewatch soon, too! I have the back half of season 3, plus season 4, and maybe the webisodes (I have access to Face of the Enemy but not Resistance, so we'll see if I actually watch those). Which does mean we're coming up on my absolute least favorite episode in the entire series, haha. I haven't even gotten to it yet and I'm already mad about it (and have found an Additional Reason to be mad about it that I hadn't had before! Yay!) But also after that I get Lampkin, who I love, and while season 4 is a mess in terms of cohesion/continuity it has some of my very favorite episodes in the entire series, So.

Castlevania:

I haven't actually sat down and watched Nocturne yet (mostly because of the aforementioned work stuff), so I haven't quite fallen back into this fandom yet. I do want to get back to Incinctus, and I had one other plot thread idea for another fic based on the first series (essentially, shifting Alucard's S3 timeline by six weeks so the night Sumi and Taka plan to attack him is the same night Greta's messenger gets there, and then see where things go from there).

It's kind of interesting--I have approximately zero knowledge of the games, apart from a few bits and pieces I've picked up from reading fics and/or hanging out on a discord server. Which, of course, has been talking a lot about Nocturne...but almost entirely in the context of how it relates to the game characters/plotlines it's drawing from. Which means I'm both...more and less hyped for it? I don't know, I'm not sure how to word how it's impacted my interest/excitement/etc. for the followup series, because a lot of the comments about certain characters/choices completely fly over my head but they Dominate the server and I'm like "...okay?"

Anyway, we'll see how I feel about it when I watch the series. And if I do end up building a VC crossover in my head (because like. armand and the theatre are right there and while I was able to confine myself to a quick Easter Egg reference in Incinctus...lol.)

Les Mis:

The next chapter of P&J is coming, I swear. Also planning to debut Acheron this month because...I mean I know it's technically a Groundhog Day AU set in June, but it feels appropriate to start posting it around Halloween? IDK XD

Original Fic:

Again I do need to catch up on OTP memes. I do like the one piece I put out this month, which was about the Horsemen in Lux. They're a Delight and I love them.

...yeah, that's about it. Like I said, short post this month because I didn't get much actual writing done last month. Hopefully October will be better for me (if nothing else, hopefully I actually will catch up on all the backlogged OTP Meme fills, lol...)

[fishklok]

Hey I hope it's okay to ask you this but do you have any advice for writing quickly? You always seem to update your fics fast.

Sorry this has been sitting in my inbox for a while ;0; ironically defeating the purpose of your question lol.

I'll see if I can explain it to the best of my ability.

The most helpful thing to me by far has been incorporating writing into my daily routine. It has gotten to the point where I feel weird if I go to bed without writing. That's just a matter of perseverance. If you use Discord, the bot Sprinto has been incredibly helpful. Even if you're not in a Discord group with a lot of people, it can still help you a lot. I have Sprinto in my personal server and just being able to block out set chunks of time to write can be all I need.

But here's some more advice. Idk how universal this will be, so I'm just going to detail my process.

I used to over-plan as a writer. As in, I would plot out every trivial detail before I ever started writing. This was just a fancy form of procrastination.

This is part of my proto-outlines from 2013 (this would later be expanded into another outline). Not only would i plan out each story beat, but I would color coordinate the scenes based on what the main character was feeling during them. Maybe this method works for someone, but personally I found that it just prevented me from writing. It also tended to push me into a corner. As in "my character has grown and evolved since my outline, but my notes say they feel sad in this scene so...." It can lead to inconsistent characterization.

What has worked for me recently is to keep my plans as rough notes at first, and only write a formal outline once I'm deep in the story and it's too big for me to keep track of without a road map.

Here's my outline for one of my Metalocalypse fanfics.

My columns are "chapter, date chapter takes place during, ages of main characters, key moments". I also use a spreadsheet so I can easily add/delete chapters. I only make spreadsheets like this for fics that are so long that I need to keep track of the story. I also only include the dates if the time frame is relevant. Don't let yourself get bogged down in too much detail. Also you don't need to list everything that happens.

This is literally the only plot point I have in my current fic chapter:

That's it. That's all I have to go off of. But I'm currently 2722 words into this chapter and I'm still not done. Give yourself all the information you need to remember where the story is going, but still give yourself room to play with. Again, I only make these outlines once I feel grounded in the story I'm writing. Basically, treat your outlines like a map -- not a gps. As long as you know where the major roads are and where the destination is, you don't always need to plan out each turn.

That's the biggest piece of advice I have. Plan your stories out, but don't let your plan overpower your writing. Remember why you're actually writing in the first place. Having an end goal is the number one thing that keeps me motivated to keep working on a story.

And here's some general unorganized advice.

Find a reliable place to keep all of the writing ideas that plop into your head. Sometimes I get ideas for dialogue exchanges 20 chapters from now, but I know I won't remember them when I get to that point. Personally, I have a separate channel in my personal discord for out of context writing stuff, but even just a notebook will work.

Go out and experience life, and think about how you'd write it. I'm not just talking about major life events. The mundane details of your life can provide so much ammunition. Even if you're not physically writing, just the act of noticing things can really strengthen that muscle. Practice noticing senses you don't usually incorporate into your writing. What does the food you eat feel like in your mouth? What goes through your mind when you walk down the street? Really dig into everything you feel. Were you bummed that your favorite restaurant closed down? That might feel small, but if you take that feeling and expand on it, you can use it to express your own characters' sadness. Notice the world around you. View every experience as a potential piece of writing. You can easily milk 2 paragraphs out of that.

Your rough draft doesn't have to include every detail. If your first draft simply says "he felt sad", that's fine. "He felt sad" is three more words than you would have had in your wip if you didn't write that day. As time goes on, you can expand that sentence into exploring the nuances of how that character experiences sadness at that specific moment. Boom, 2 more paragraphs.

Think about which projects you want to see to completion. If you're only working on a story because it's popular or because you think you have to, it's going to feel like a slog. Now, I've definitely stuck with some fics even though certain plot points felt slow, but I continued writing because I was excited for what came after.

Reread your stuff. Not only is this useful for continuity, but it can be a great motivator.

If you find yourself struggling with a wip in a way that can't be excused to just writer's block, delete the last few sentences and see how it goes.

If you're feeling especially inspired, stop mid-thought/sentence before you end for the day. That way, if you're not feeling as motivated the next day, you can easily finish the thought and sometimes that's all you need to get the juices flowing again.

I hope I can make my advice more useful and specific than "just practice lol", but that's really the best advice I could give. I have slow writing days too. Lately, I'm lucky if I can get 200 words out of me. I've been really stressed lately so my daily word count has taken a hit. But the amount of words you write doesn't matter as long as you're consistent. It's a muscle. And like working out, doing reps with 5 pound weights is much better than forcing yourself to do 100 pounds and hurting yourself in the process. Just write a sentence. Just write a word. Maybe that's all you need.

I'll probably add more to this, but I hope this is helpful!

[amerasdreams]

Novelember Day 5

2900 words today!! (I think it was 2990 but I didn't make myself go yo the end bc I'm not making the main focus be word count. It's just cool to find out how many words. But it's the quality that matters and if you are having a good time)

I got like 8 hrs sleep yay! I was sleeping really heavily when my alarm went off. Rainy out. I ran out to visit pets, then back to write!

Even with notes it took me a bit to get into it. Maybe bc the stakes are so high. This is the edge. Overwhelming.

I edited all I wrote yesterday (of course need more editing before posting) so... maybe it didn't take me that long. I drank some caffeine so I would be at optimum. I was a bit tiredish yet, or mind not awake, maybe the meds or catching up sleep or weather or mind felt like need a rest (kinda felt like the last one)

Anyway. Once I got to writing... actually the 1st part I changed from what I thought yesterday. I had to get into Gray's mind and see how he would really react, not impose any preconceived actions on him. Ended up in general with what I was thinking of. A sort of low point to be able to think a certain way....

Waiting game for a bit. Dealing with what happened. Suspense. I realized suspense fan be created when characters aren't in the action but know something is going on, and there is nothing they can do about it. Nothing they should do about it.

Then--

Some action and then I couldn't type fast enough. I had ideas jotted down on my notebook and filled them in writing... wrote down so wouldnt forget/organize complex ideas/actions to keep straight in my mind, keep authentic what's happening offscreen so I can write the reaction authentically.

Some minor characters (bit parts) get killed. I even feel sorry for them bc they had lived now it's cut off :(

Chapter 50 is finished!!!

Yay!

Now I'll post it (soon)

It ends on a cliffhanger

I'll write what happens next in the next chapter bc I want to know. Don't want to lose momentum.

This is it

When getting lunch and watching a show I was actually shaky. Idk if it was the cold, the caffeine, or the excitement of the story-- finally heading toward climax, the events lining up generally anyway. It's been a long time leading up. I'm entitled to excitement (long time leading up, foundation, leads to lots of finale suspense as well)

[autumn-foxfire]

Im sorry ill be adding onto ur ask box but u talking about bnha again made me think of bnha again and ughhhghgg

Latest chapters have been BORING. We know Star wont defeat afo cuz of course so its really annoying that so many chapters are being dedicated to the fight. We dont know shit about Star and afo has rapidly been losing my intrest so its just like watching two action figures clash while also knowing how this is inventibly going to end cuz it would make no sense for a newly introduced chara to defeat the big bad. If this was a half a chapter to chapter it would have been fine but its been several chapters so far n its so annoying to read something u give so little fucks about cuz ur hoping characters u DO care about will eventually show up again. This just seems like hori binged a bunch of marvel movies or smtng

Adding on to that....isnt Stars intro v similar to Lady Nagants? Like we randomlyget introduced to these two female characters we havent heard a thing about up until that exact moment, who seem to have a significant connection to an already estsblished character but it turns out that connection is flimsy at best. They fight an already established character, lose and are nuked off probably never to be mentioned again.

Like

I get that Hori is trying to show that afo is an international threat now but wasnt there a better way, couldnt he have established star sooner? Like all mights bedn doing fuck all how hard would it have been to throw in a scene of him talking to her on the phone here n there? Just so we can know she Exists before her big finale lmao

Idk...u here about big shonen manga crashing n burning at their end but its sad to see it happen n bnha is sadly inching towards being completely unenjoyable with each chapter. By now im almost hoping Hori will put it out of his misery fast if this is all we can hope for quality wise feom incoming chapters

Don't apologise for speaking to me Lucy T-T I love our chats and I've missed them since I've been afk (or would it be aft because it's more tumblr I've been taking a break from XD)

I can't believe the drop in quality in the manga. Stars and Stripe was a bigger mistake than Lady Nagant at this point and now that I've seen from the new leaks, I'm left hating this character more and more. Stars and Stripes wasn't needed.

There has been no reason for this battle whatsoever and yes, I'm taking into account the new leaks which, if you haven't seen them yet, I'll put them below a readmore:

She dies but her spirit seems to live on in the vestiges realm and we see her attacking AFO in there.

My question is why Hori had to introduce a random character we have not attachment to do this. Surely, if he wanted this grand moment where someone lives on beyond death and shakes AFO, it would be a member of the ESTABLISHED CAST that we have grown to love, not some random woman from America he introduced 4 CHAPTERS AGO.

You're right Hori could have shown AFO as being an internation threat and one of the simplist ways would have been AFO having a villain uprising in multiple countries. You know, he's said to have an underground empire, nothing says Japan will be on it's own when you have other countries fighting tooth and nail to keep villains in control in their nations and can't spare any help to Japan. There you go. Done. It was as simple as that and wouldn't have wasted 4 fucking chapters on a character we do not give a single shit about.

BNHA is crashing and burning and I'm watching this flaming wreckage hoping that I'll be able to salvage my favourites at the end.

[sweetescapeartist]

MY DBS MANGA CHAPTER 72 REVIEW... 😒

Hey there... Here comes the review.

Imma start like this and use language some ppl may find offensive. Goku, Vegeta, & Granolah are retarded. Now that that's out of the way, time to dissect this "Dragon Ball Super coloring book."

Goku & Vegeta land on the planet & its peaceful. How are they not immediately suspicious? They see that the planet isn't in danger & no death. Its obvious they need to ask a question to figure out what lies they've been told.

I was gonna say its dumb for Granolah to be able to supress his ki because it seems only Earthling have that kind of spiritual understanding. But Namekians have that spiritual understanding too so maybe Monaito taught Granolah how to suppress his ki.

I lost interest in the Heeters' past. You can only tease me so long until I stop caring. At least mention something like Freeza almost killed Gas on planet Cereal so now that's why Gas keeps trying to get stronger. There's so little info about "important" stuff that's supposed to be important. Give readers a tease, hint, a different hint, some valuable info, then another hint, then a reaveal (or something similar!) Instead its tease, hint, tease, tease, hint, tease...

In all honesty, the chapter didn't even need that page with Gas & Elec. When Maki said Gas & Elec are coming, that was all we needed to know. Then we anticipate their arrival in the next chapter. Showing them is a waste of time & they add no real purpose to the chapter. That was just a waste of ink.

Also I'm bored of Gas now. He only looks interesting but does nothing. 👎

Granolah shoots at Goku & Vegeta. Base Goku closes his eyes to use UI (UI Omen?) while Vegeta goes SS. Base Goku dodges easier than Vegeta. Goku is leagues beyond Vegeta.

A better way to have Goku & Vegeta encounter Granolah would be for him to snipe at them right when they get off the ship. Granolah wanted to kill them so bad so why wait for them?

Somehow they go towards Granolah but he's too fast for them & they lose him. They can't sense him firing ki for some reason. Idk why Goku didn't use Instant Transmission when Granolah shot ki at them?

I don't get why Goku closes his eyes either. Its as if Goku can't use UI now unless his eyes are closed but that wasn't the case before. Eyes were opend when using UI Omen & Mastered UI. Toyo could have conveyed that better but instead he's making Goku close his eyes like how Roshi covered his eyes when fighting those prisoner women because their beauty distracted him. Is Goku distracted by Granolah's beauty or something?

Wait a sec... I gotta backtrack real quick. Goku used the Ultra Instinct technique in his base & didn't go into Ultra Instinct Omen? But thats him using it in base right? Oh boy... This is about to get dumb...

Ultra Idiot Goku & Super Stupid Vegeta are surprised that the guy having the title of "strongest in the universe" is capable of moving faster than them when they aren't at full power. Such genius writing.

Goku gets shot in the neck... & it knocks him out... Ok. But later Granolah comments on how Goku's body moves on it's own before Goku can even process an attacks. Not to mention Goku & Whis have said the same thing. Goku should be untouchable at this point, but for some reason he is not.

So, Vegeta takes a senzu bean from his "training bra" and gives it to Goku. For some reason they decided to only take 2 senzu when knowing they would fight a guy possibly stronger than them. Stupid monkeys.🐒 (I'm starting to sound like Freeza now)

How did unconscious Goku eat a senzu? Yaoi fans would had loved it if Vegeta chewed the senzu up for Goku and fed it to him. Sorry, it just reminded me of Trunks spitting senzu mush into Mai's mouth since she was unconscious.

Then we have this dialogue from "sensei" Vegeta, The Ultra Instinct Expert...

"You rely on Ultra Instinct too much! If you haven't perfected it yet, then dodge using your mind!" - Vegeta

"Yeah, you're right..." - Goku

"WTF Toyotaro!" - DB Meta

... I'm unsure who is the stupid one in this situation. Is it Goku or Vegeta? It could be Vegeta because UI is the ultimate technique that allows you to move without thinking. But Vegeta says that because Goku hasn't perfected Ultra Inst-...

...

...

Sorry, I had to restart my brain...

Didn't... didn't Goku master Ultra Instinct? Silver hair? Silver eyes? MASTERED/PERFECTED ULTRA INSTINCT? Before that, Goku perfected Ultra Instinct Omen & could go in it at will... So, Goku is listening to Vegeta tell him he hasn't mastered UI? But both know that Goku did master UI? What does Vegeta know? Vegeta can't even use UI.

I almost stopped reading the rest of the colouring book when I got to that dialogue.

Also, Granolah wants to kill Saiyans, so why is he holding back and not hitting them with deadly attacks. He only needs one alive anyways. He said so himself.

At least there was a good pose Goku was in. The art looked nice there.

Now here's another place I almost quit reading. Granolah apparently has all the abilities of Goku & Vegeta. Hack writing. Sounds like a Moro, 7-3, & Cell copy cat. Toyo just cant leave the Cell saga alone.

Granolah is bumping his gums & rattling his tongue (old slang for "talking a lot") but when Vegeta asks if Granolah holds a grudge against Saiyans, Granolah suddenly says that's enough talking. He responded to them 3 times & spoke like 5 sentences to them. If you're gonna chat then chat. If you hate Saiyans then don't say anything to them & try to kill them. Dummy.

Granolah uses Hakai. But aparently he's not using Hakai or Instant Transmission. Its just "similar." Sure. Confirms that he has been using something similar to UI in previous chapters too.

Granolah says they're stronger than expected because they escaped into the air. Escape doesn't equal strenght. Mai escaped Goku Black, doesn't mean she's extremely strong.

But seriously, Vegeta saying he's gonna prove his training is better than Goku is stupid. He wants to prove he is better than Goku yet he tells Goku to fight first (that's beta). It's as if he isn't confident & wants Goku to wear Granolah out first, so he can come in and look impressive. Kinda like in RoF after Freeza was tired from fighting Goku & Vegeta wasn't tired at all & he easily beat Freeza up. Looked cool, but actually wasn't too impressive.

Granolah saying that he's gonna shoot them if they don't fight him is ridiculous. Why is he showing mercy to the tribe that didn't show his ppl mercy? Why give chances to the ppl you wanted revenge on for years? Realistically he would just start blasting at them.

Unecessary dialogue from Vegeta talking to himself about how he needs to learn who Granolah is. Show don't tell Toyo.

Why is Granolah waiting for the Oozaru form? Maybe he wants to kill them in that form? What about revenge? Just kill them.

Goku screamed to power up from SS to SSG. That's possibly dumb, but I gotta let at least 1 thing slide this chapter.

Why did Granolah let them power up? So unlike what we've been shown what Granolah is like. Why would he want to give "murderers" of his entire race a fair chance to fight him?

Next, Goku doesn't try to explain he isn't savage like other Saiyans when Granolah accuses his kind of being so. Instead Goku just agrees & says "Oh... Yeah." I guess he really just wants to fight. I can't tell if this is OOC or just magnifying a Saiyan flaw of Goku just to push the story along. Idk. I'm losing brain cells reading this chapter.

Granolah's fighting stance is cool. Hey, look. I said a nice thing. (But why is he doing close combat when being a sniper us his specialty?)

So, Goku uses UI in SSG form... Bruh, is Ultra Instinct a technique, a state of mind, or a transformation? I'll tell you what it is. ULTRA INSTINCT IS A PLOT DEVICE! It does whatever Toyotaro decides at the moment. So freaking inconsistent... 😓😒

Ultra Instinct becomes more accurate when in conjunction with a SS form?! How tho? I thought it was just a goldy technique that needed a clear mind and control or whatever. Or is UI a transformation like Toyo stated many times in previous chapters, while also calling UI a technique? How can mixing a godly "technique" with a SS form enhance it better than Goku simply using UI Omen? It doesnt! Vegeta, you can just shut up! Every time you talk about UI, you've been wrong! It should be illegal impersonating an UI Expert.

Goku is using the Ultra Instinct technique in base form against Granolah.

UI Omen is Goku using the Ultra Instinct technique in base form.

Goku uses Ultra Instinct technique in the Super Saiyan God transformation.

Mastered UI is Goku mastering the technique or maybe using the technique as a transformation? (Toyo is confusing.)

So why isn't Goku going into UI Omen when using UI in base? Why does Vegeta say "Ultra Instinct... becomes more accurate when used in conjunction with a Super Saiyan form"? Does that mean Mastered UI is a Saiyan form in conjunction with the Ultra Instinct technique? So, there's an unknown silver haired Saiyan transformation that Goku was utilizing in conjunction with Ultra Instinct? I guess this confirms that "Super Saiyan Blanco" is real y'all.

I suppose that if UI in base isn't the same as UI Omen, then by that logic, there is also an unknown "Super Saiyan Noir" form we haven't seen yet.

I'm done with Ultra Instinct in the manga. Toytaro doesn't know if UI is a technique or a transformation. I could explain it better than him, but I'm not tye one writing official material. Why should I make sense of his bad writing when he will change things later? HE should explain it clearly to US. He is extremely inconsistent with his explanations and will change them when he feels like it.

I dont care what Geekdom101 says about UI being both technique & transformation, because Ultra Instinct IS NOT a transformation nor a technique anymore. ULTRA INSTINCT IS JUST A PLOT DEVICE. 😑

[You can skip this little section. I'm talking about inconsistencies from the Moro arc]

I remember when I talked about how Moro's life draining powers were retconned multiple times.

Moro can absorb life energy from a planet while he is in outer space, then he is nerfed to only being able to take life energy by directly touching you, later Vegeta says they need to get off the ground because now Moro (who is stronger and fused with the planet) can only steal your life enrgy while making contact with you. He could absorb life energy from entire planets from space, but has to make contact with somebody once he got stronger?

Let's not forget it's said Moro drains life energy, but can't drain 17 & 18 because they say they don't have life energy. I guess that means Krillin had a daughter with a dead woman? No. Multiple times, 17 & 18 contributed to the Genki Dama (a collection of life energy). Goku gathers energy from trees, animals, ppl, everything living. This means 17 & 18 do have life energy because they are living beings. But the energy they fight with is unlimited artificial energy.

So if 17 & 18 can give life energy to Goku for a Genki Dama, then Moro should be able to take their life energy just like anyone else. What he can't take is their energy they use for battle because itsunlimited & artificial. Toyotaro does not understand this important detail nor does he understand many other details about these iconic character. So why is the the writer if he is getting so much wrong? Why is he not soley the artist?

Goku uses UI in SSG form to dodge a barrage of attacks from Granolah that are aimed at the planet. They must be weak attacks because the explosions are tiny. Is Granolah really trying to kill them?

Goku using UI in SSG but somehow gets caught off gaurd. Did UI just get nerfed so that Vegeta can look like he is on the same level as Goku in a later chapter? I think it did...

Granolah took Goku down a second time... Wow Goku, you kinda suck. In DBS CH 65 on page 11, after Moro broke his arm on UI Goku's chest, Whis said "When Ultra Instinct is honed to this extent, the body will automatically grow sturdier as necessary." Why is Goku holding back against the strongest in the universe? Oh yeah, that's right... UI is getting nerfed.

Vegeta, what do you mean "How is he learning Kakarot's weaknesses so quickly?" Everybody has similar vital spots in DB. Thats not learning, thats just knowing. Are you just a dummy, Vegeta? Do you not know where vital spots are?

Granolah can tell Goku's body is moving before his brain tells him to react. Granolah the UI "expert" can see all with his eye. You know who else can see with their eye? Tien. Speaking of Tien, I wanna go back to Earth now. What's Piccolo doing? I bet everyone on Earth is chilling or at work. Is it bad I'd rather watch Gohan at a conference than watch Goku, Vegeta, & Granolah be dummies? I'd rather watch Chi-Chi cooking with vegetables instead of watching vegetable puns fight a cereal pun. I'm sorry, the dialogue is just so bad...

How does Granolah's right eye being able to observe blood flow & muscle movements let you know where to strike? Dude, vital spots are where your organs are, & pressure points, & your head area, & you arteries, & so on. Ya ain't gotta observe blood flow to know that. Granolah just making stuff up now to sound cool. News flash, you failed. If he was sniping and able to track them based on blood flow and muscle movement, then that would had been smarter writing.

Granolah: "This right eye of mine is the sharpest in all the universe. It sees all."

Your eye sees all Granolah? Can you see past the Heeters feeding you bullcrap too?

Yo, where did Granolah's barely existing personality go? He wss once driven by revenge, and now the opportunity for revenge is right here in front of him & he's acting like he doesn't want it. If revenge is his only noticeable personality trait, what happens when you take it away? You get bland and dry Granolah.

So then Veget- hold on! Thats it! Granolah's name pun is granola because he is meant to be a bland character! I get it now! So all his moves must be cereal puns!

I never realized how genius this character is!

Detective Vegeta: "A tribe driven to extinction, known for their evolved right eyes... This is starting to sound familiar..." 🕵

Tien?! Oh wait... he said right, not 3rd eye. Jiren?! Oh wait, that's both his eyes... Jaco!? That's both eyes too... I give up.

Granolah's eye can tell that Goku is not using his full power, yet he can't tell he is being fooled by the Heeters. I think he needs new glasses or at least clean the revenge smear off of his monocle.

Granolah casually chats with a Saiyan who is one of the ppl he wants to kill. He would be better if he barely talked and just acted. Granolah should be like Iron Man in "Captain America: Civil War." Not trying to talk, just trying to kill because he is angry and wants revenge.

Goku: "Granolah, we don't work for Freeza & the two of us didn't attack your planet."

Granolah: "I dont care... Your people killed my family."

Boom! Gimme an award!

Back to the chapter 72 colouring book...

Granolah: "Hurry and get on with it. I have no duty to wait for your sake."

Yet you've been waiting all this time for them to arrive, fight them, chat with them, & even waiting for him to transform right now. You got time. You got 3 yrs to waste. You can chat for 10 minutes or so.

Granolah tells Goku that he doesn't have time to wait, then says "It's no skin off my nose to kill you where you stand." Then he waits for Goku to transform... Just kill Goku and be done with it already. Its not like Vegeta can win if Goku can't.

Granolah: "I dont have time for talk."

Goku: "Ok lets fight!"

Granolah: "Ok but, let me tell you about what my eye can do. I'm really proud of it. Mind if I talk a bit? So I sacrificed my life to defeat Freeza, the guy you're working for."

Goku: "What? You don't like Freeza? You're not a bad guy?"

Granolah: "Shut up Saiyan! You'll pay! Fight me!"

Granolah doesn't want to talk about Freeza all of the sudden when Goku implies they both have been tricked. Granolah becomes stupid just so the fight continues. There's a better way to keep them fighting. SHUT UP, GRANOLAH! If he talked less then convoluted stuff like this wouldn't happen.

Granolah yells "Take this!" He powers up instead of doing an attack... Why yell "take this" then power up if you aren't gonna attack right away? You even knocked Goku out of SSG, so now is the perfect time to finish him.

Blah blah blah, Goku goes SSB and they fight, blah blah blah.

Hey look! In my last review I said something about the planet should shake or be in danger from the battle. Looks like Toyo made the planet shake from the battle. Good job. I like this detail. Will it matter later on? Probably not.

Also, ya notice how god ki and god transformations are limited in this chapter? It seem they got too powerful for there to be any stakes. So we see Vegeta in base & SS. Then we see Goku in base, SS, SSG, base, & SSB so that false tension can build. Its smart but the dialogue doesn't compliment this smart tactic.

Aparently Vegeta doesn't care about the fight. Detective mode activate! (🕵) Vegeta standing in that Oozaru footprint looks like he's in Jurassic Park lol. But why did Detective Vegeta have to touch the footprint? He could had just looked at everything when he was high up and had a bird's eye view. Did Detective Vegeta taste the soil & gain knowledge by tasting the past?

Detective Vegeta: "I think I know who he is."

The Heeters said his name is Granolah, dummy. Shouldn't you say "I think I know what happened here." or something like that? Gimmie your detective hat, your trench coat, your bubble pipe, & you magnifying glass! You give detectives a bad name! I'll give this to somebody more deserving, like Jaco, Videl, Krillin, or Hit.

Did ya notice that Vegeta didn't get hit once but Goku who is using UI gets hit multiple times? Vegeta tells Goku to think instead of use UI? Oh yeah, this chapter was to pander to Vegeta fans. Toyo is poorly trying to convey he is equal or above Goku somehow. Like Vegeta mastered his training but Goku hasn't despite having mastered UI as a transformation thingy.

In conclusion, I was right. Freeza still hasn't been seen yet. Show a pic of him in somebody's thought bubble at the very least. This is all happening because if his influence y'all. Still no visual of Freeza yet... Whateva.

This chapter was wack. Too much unintelligent & unreasonable & unrealistic & unnecessary dialogue, plot went nowhere, Goku is being handicapped so the fight can continue, everyone are stupid idiots, Vegeta is being built up to lose his battle or get lucky & win. No image of Freeza still... This was just a very, very boring chapter.

I expect the next chapter to be boring too. Probably won't see Freeza either.

Prediction

Goku got knocked down twice by Granolah, Vegeta decided to fight second, Granolah said he doesn't need to keep Goku alive, & Vegeta told Goku he should stop relying on UI... Sounds like UI is getting nerfed & Goku is gonna need to be saved by Vegeta so that Vegeta can show off his Hakai training in comparison to UI.

[deniigi]

Okay so I'm about 30k into writing a fic, with about the first 20 chapters roughly plotted out, and I was thinking about starting to publish the first chapter with weekly updates, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep up with the publishing. Do you think it's better to write a large portion then sit back and post regularly or start posting and kinda wing in the end?

What’s a good chapter length?            

Idk if this is the same anon, but these asks seem like they go together I think!!

Okay, so I’m not here to tell you how to live your life or write, but I can tell you how I think about chapter fics and chapters.

Starting with chapter fics and posting:

lot of it depends on your motivation. What drives you? What encourages you and makes you want to write?

If comments and kudos drive and encourage you, then by all means! Go ahead and post a couple of chapters. I often post around 3 chapters of a long-fic to see what kind of reception it gets. If folks are excited about it with me, then chances are that I will extend it into a longer piece than originally intended or plotted out because I want to give those people time and space to play in the space with me. An immediate and broader reception puts a little more pressure on me to keep a fic moving and that pressure often takes the form of excitement, which can be really fun for everyone involved.

If folks are a little lukewarm at first, then I take that as a sign that I’m writing mostly for myself and a handful of super cool folks and that means that I’m going to work at a more leisurely pace and trust that those readers will stick with me and indulge me (and they usually do because readers are great!) This means that I’m still having fun, but I can post in a more erratic way and people aren’t going to mind or notice all that much because we’re all being chill in a little bubble together. In this case, a lot of times, I’ll just write out the whole fic and post it at once or very quickly over the span of a week or so. (Whispering Seas and Level Up were like this. I wrote them primarily for a limited audience and myself and so they went up lickety-split because I wasn’t so invested in building suspense or keeping the momentum rolling. It was about what I was enjoying.)

So from there, it depends on you.

What feelings are you chasing friend? Validation or relaxation? You interested in rolling around in the writing process or are you trying to get/fling an idea out into the abyss because it just needs to be out there?

Either way is totally fine. But knowing which way you lean will help you decide what posting method will help make sure that you finish the fic (because that’s the hard part and the end goal here.)

For chapter-length:

this depends on your fic, your pacing, your writing, and the overall length of your piece.

For me, when I write chapter-fics, I want to give my readers a good 15-30 mins of reading time per update. That feels like a really satisfying chunk of time for an update or chapter to me. I, personally, read pretty fast and luckily, I write at the speed of light, so my chapters tend to be around 4,000 words.

If I’m writing a climax, I’ll take it up to 6,000 words. But when I start butting up against 8,000 words in a single chapter, I’ll start to consider breaking it into 2 because usually there is a natural splitting point in there somewhere and around then, you start to run the danger of having too many ideas in one long stretch.

That can exhaust your reader.

Also for me, personally, I find that chapters that are shorter than 2500 words are a little frustrating. Chapters that are around 1000 words are especially frustrating, because I just have to keep hitting that ‘next’ button and every time I do that, I break out of the story.

So if you’re doing short chapters (around 2,000 words I would say) your pacing needs to be on point. You need to make sure that you are driving those transitions (i.e., there better be a cliff-hanger at the end of every chapter to keep me wanting to crash forward in spite of everything telling me I’ve got important shit I need to do) And you need to make sure that you have a very specific reason for keeping the chapters so short (i.e., building suspense or moving between POVs or settings).

Obviously, this is different if you’re writing a slow burn or if you’re doing something with more purple prose, in which case more is more and less is more, but if you’re trying to drive a plot, these would be my suggestions.

They may not work for you and your story-telling practices and likes, though, so definitely don’t consider them a rule!

Hope that helps, anon(s)!