#in case you weren't aware

[hawkeykirsah]

50 Things I Love About Kaidan Alenko

I love that little smile he gives Shepard in the med bay after Eden Prime.

I love his slip of the tongue on the Citadel in ME1 when he indirectly tells Shepard he thinks she’s beautiful.

I love his dry comments when you take him along groundside in ME1 and his snarky remarks when you talk to him back on the Normandy.

I love how annoyed he looks when Joker interrupts that almost-first kiss in front of the lockers.

I love that tentative smile he gives Shepard at the beginning of ME3.

I love that strut when he comes to Shepard’s aid in the Citadel DLC together with that smirk and the “Looks like you’re having a bad day, Shepard.”, and his smirk after asking the volus to open the gates for them on the Cision Motors skycar lot.

I love the entire Citadel DLC dinner.

I love his “Next time … wake me.”

I love the love and admiration you can see in his eyes when he comes to Shepard’s quarters before the assault on Cerberus headquarters. 

I love his “I lied. I didn’t come here for a quick drink”, and the grin on his face when he carries Shepard toward the bed.

I love how his voice wavers but doesn’t break when you talk to him in London and how he doesn’t care that everybody can see them when he kisses Shepard good-bye. 

I love his “Don’t Kaidan me!” on Mars.

I love how he turns half around and looks over his shoulder when Liara asks Shepard how they manage.

I love his incredulous “Me?” after Shepard tells him he’s always been stubborn.

I love how his voice drops at “ … can be the difference between success and sitting at home in your PJs taking red sand” when you talk to him at Huerta. (I’m certain he’s speaking from experience.)

I love how he places his hand over Shepard’s briefly after they tell him they care about what happens to him.

I love the determination on his face in the elevator during the Coup before he encounters Shepard and their team.

I love that short laugh of relief when Shepard tells him they couldn’t imagine facing the Reapers without him.

I love the moment you walk into the Starboard observation after he rejoins the Normandy and you see him staring into space.

I love how nervous he is on that first date on the Citadel.

I love his “I love you, Shepard. I always have.”

I love how he takes Shepard’s hand and presses it against his cheek.

I love his banter with Tali aboard the geth dreadnought.

I love his worried “Shepard!” when they step on that first mine on Rannoch.

I love how concerned he is while Shepard is in the geth consensus.

I love how he places his hand on Shepard’s shoulder on Mahavid.

I love his “Let’s make sure we never let time just slip by us, okay?” after returning from the mining facility.

I love his “I’m not too crazy about this plan” on Despoina followed by that little nod he gives Shepard after Shepard tells him they’ll be fine.

I love his worried “Never do that again” in the shuttle after Shepard talked to Leviathan and his “You scare the hell out of me with those risky stunts …” back on the Normandy.

I love his “Nah” on Eden Prime after Liara realizes he was joking.

I love his enthusiasm back on the Normandy after finding Javik.

I love his level of snark on Thessia. (”Reaper convention”, all his “… looks like a Prothean” comments at the temple, etc.)

I love his comment about liking a challenge when Shepard tells him Joker has a terrible poker face.

I love his reaction to James “Flawed implant” comment during the party.

I love his “Wow, Shepard. Did you really just say that?” if you side with James at the party.

I love watching him and James doing push-ups (and that Kaidan wins even without Kasumi sitting on James’ back).

I love his “You’re the boss. Except when you’re not. And in that case … find me later”.

I love the wake up-scene after the party.

I love the once over with that predatory smirk he gives a male Shepard in the romance scene.

I love that he wants to be Shepard’s rock and soft place to land.

I love the look on his face when Shepard runs their fingers along his cheekbone and then down to his chest before gently placing them on his chin and giving him a kiss after waking from their nightmare.

I love his “Yeah, that’s not gonna happen” after getting injured during the run for the beam. (Stubborn, remember?)

I love his “I love you, too. Be careful.” (Just rip out my heart and stomp on it why don’t you?)

I love his “And I’m not leaving, either!” at the beginning of ME2. (*cough*stubborn*cough*) 

I love his integrity.

I love his friendship with Ash.

I love seeing him and Shepard remembering Ash’s sacrifice after disarming the bomb on Tuchanka.

I love his “Why can’t it be both? Ow, my heart!” before entering the casino and his disappointed “And here I had this good cop routine all planned” after finding Elijah Khan.

I love his apology for tripping at the Ardat-Yakshi monastery.

I love his shoulders. Seriously. They do things to me.

[magicalmysteryperson]

Before watching the first two episodes of Gen V: Oh boy! I can't wait to watch another fun season of "The Boys", also called "Gen V"! I'm gonna have so much fun! (forgets all the trauma that happened in the series)

After watching the first two episodes of Gen V: WHAT THE F--K WHAT THE F--K WHAT THE F--K WHAT THE F--K WHY DO I SUBJECT MYSELF TO THIS???? *cries in the corner*

[brendleellipsis]

Me, eating a baked treat that looks like the main villain of Samurai Jack: "All according to Cake Aku"

[le-velo-pour-dru]

Did you guys know I like Dallon Weekes ☺️🩷

[angeart]

hhau grian has Issues™️

[shiinsei]

i love vocaloid btw

[scorching-passion]

@wingsdreamt​ asked: "I'm just saying, if you've hidden snacks around Sleipnir or your toolbox--" Zack holds up a finger and waves it back and forth, "Ah, ah, ah. Labeling it with stickers vaguely in the shape of your name doesn't count-- as some kind of litmus test to make sure people haven't been messing with your stuff..." He trails off, fully leans his weight on his palms as the back of his legs cut against the brushed steel top of the workshop counter with an almost disappointed shake of his head.

"I'm still gonna find 'em and eat 'em just to mess with you." Unprompted Asks - ALWAYS ACCEPTING

Was this about that one time he’d so affectionately mixed bandersnatch urine in with Zack’s shampoo?

Roche was quite certain he’d apologised for that fiasco when the Second had unwittingly stank up the entire 49th floor, resulting in its immediate quarantine and sanitation for the following week or so. 

Not Roche’s finest prank of all time - clearly he hadn’t thought it through, and it was possibly for the best that he not be asked just how he’d acquired bandersnatch pee, it was not a pretty story; at least one member of executives had gagged when he was forced to relive that tale in his disciplinary hearing - but certainly one of the most devastating after the hilarity had worn exceedingly thin. 

A truly dark time for SOLDIER for sure. 

Still, that was some time ago, so the Third was currently attempting to process exactly what he’d done this time to warrant one Zack Fair into his workshop with his threats of theft. Funny how the man knew just how much Roche detested other’s touching his belongings; an old habit he’d developed when he’d had little to nothing to keep for himself. The orphanage had always commanded that sharing was caring which in turn caused him to later become aggressively possessive. 

And his Super Secret Snack Stash™ was certainly no exception to that rule. 

But this was Zack Fair, why’d he believe the only way to obtain a tasty morsel from Roche’s Super Secret Snack Stash™ was to steal from it? Had he simply asked the Third would have certainly offered... Alas, Fair had not asked. 

A furrow of blonde brows as he crouches there beside his steed, contemplating this dire threat between friends, when he would suddenly pull the lollipop he was currently savouring out of his mouth with a wet pop and offered it up to the raven-topped swordsmen leaning, oh, so casually against his workstation. 

“I cannot possibly offer up my treasures, Zack Fair. Far too many hours and gil have I invested in acquiring it all. But never say I do not know how to share~” Though were Zack Fair ever to make good on his warning, then Roche can think of many things far worse than monster droppings to make his life exceedingly difficult~

[twoplustwoequalsjellyfish]

PEEPAW LEO!! WHAT MAKES HIM SO YEEE :DDD AND THEN CURRENT LEO IS JUST SO GRRRHRHEHDGSGGRHRGRGRGRRRR >>:[[[

[cosmicdreamgrl]

prettiest hyung line for @epiphanytear 💘 [ cr : namuspromised ]

[rocketbirdie]

(it is his birthday)

[expelliarmus]

[discodisorder]

can you believe the only safe space for me in this randomly generated torture dungeon has been the blood pit?

[antigonenikk]

"i wish we were going together"

[brendleellipsis]

Anyways, I want to make myself entirely clear when I say this:

*turns into glass*

You ever have a joke in your head and then you realize "hey this is fucking nothing?" Like. "Damn dude, I'm never going to be able to use this joke in conversation, and even if I do, it probably won't even be all that funny, so now I'm just stuck with this Moderately Amusing Sentence and nothing to do with it"

I hate it when that happens.

[compacflt]

YOU'RE ALIVE??? - my reaction upon seeing your most recent reblog

Anyway, your fic and blog single-handedly kickstarted my U.S. military history obsession <3

im alive!!!! yeah I've been away for a while. it, ah... has not been a grrrreat time to be a military historian or a Big Fan of military propaganda pieces like Top Gun for the last year or so...

lmfao I just saw that the second trump admin plans to haul up all the commanders in charge of the Afghanistan withdrawal (which HE negotiated btw) in front of congress with the plan to charge them all with TREASON per the UCMJ (good fucking luck dude)

but um in my timeline... that includes navy secretary 2021-2022 tom iceman kazansky, bro... so in case you're wondering what these characters are up to in the present day apparently the answer is "getting investigated for treason." sorry to bring down the mood. my happy ending's a little sour now.

mostly I've been insanely busy. I graduate university in may & have to have a journalism capstone, an English research thesis (my paper on military commanding officers in fiction inspired by my top gun fics tbh) and a creative writing capstone (novel) done by march. plus job applications, work for the place where im currently freelancing, apartment hunting... so im a wee bit crunched lately.

some minor updates for anyone who still cares: I am, extremely slowly, still editing WWGATTAI & the other stories. I've finished a complete overhaul of the Carole-dies chapter, chapter 7, but have yet to post it because I'd like to sync a logistical change in the story across the other pieces. and I'm mostly done with a COMPLETE overhaul of chapter 6 (aka "the nineties" chapter where ice & mav move in together & build their family) which goes into much more detail about how... emotionally and logistically... they could pull that off. + a lot more baseball stuff + the Clinton sex scandal. which leaves just chapter 10 left to do. ugh, my least favorite, which is why im putting it off... and then debriefing etc. which won't take as long because I don't honestly care about debriefing at all and I just have very minor changes to make to it. slider doesn't need editing and idgaf about the other pieces.

once I finish with the edits, which will happen eventually I swear because more than anything I just want to hold the updated edited final thing in my hands the way I did with the first draft, I'll upload my pdf (with meta analysis and notes that go back to mid-2022) for u guys to do with as you wish

also for the m:i doubleheaders I am planning on editing my m:i fic pre-m:i8 next year and pending ilsa life status will write much much more

[eightyonekilograms]

probably the difference between #26 and #30 is so small this is just statistical noise, but this still sort of feels like an indication of how completely dead the old order is and how miserable we can expect the next couple decades to be.