#like he said. if you wouldnt go up to a stranger and say something why would u say it on twitter about a stranger?

[diwtara]

Yes, Sanji and Zoro fight constantly, but afterwards Sanji goes back to the galley as happy as can be.

Growing up in the baratie, teasing each other, throwing insults, it was the language he learned to speak

And he knew just as well that Zoro grew up a fighter, that testing himself against others he considered strong, fighting without inent to harm, was Zoros language in much the same way.

And it was freeing to meet each other, have these playful conversations daily, to blow off stress with someone who spoke their language

Sanji heard people comment on how badly the two of them got along, but he laughed it off. These strangers dont understand them at all.

But then Usopp says it.

Sanji is confused. Because Usopp must know that the two of them are friends. Maybe even best friends, happy to share a drink, or their chores, or even the quiet together

But then Nami says it

And now Sanji is questioning everything. Has he been misinterpreting Zoro this whole time? Maybe Zoro had never been asking for a sparring partner. Maybe Zoro didnt know how to say he didnt enjoy spending their time together.

So when Zoro teases him he starts biting back his own taunts. Swallowing all the things he normally would say.

When Zoro challenges him, Sanji will meet him just as always, not willing to take away from Zoros training if thats all he can offer the man.

Sani finds theres less joy in himself when he returns to the galley after these one sided talks.

Zoro for his part has no idea whats going on with the Cook, doesnt understand the way hes holding back. Their captain is all about freedom, yet Zoro watches as Sanji locks a part of himself away.

He racks his brain for something hes said or done to have the cook shut him out like this but cant think of anything. He could try to ask, but the common tongue had never been Zoros strong suite

When they land at a new island and Sanji volunteers to be the one to stay behind Zoro knows something is up. The cook loves to explore new places and explore new markets.

So Zoro takes the pocket change Nami allowed him and instead of looking for a bar he went searching for something else.

It took a while, and took even longer for him to make it back - someone decided to put a whole forest between this harbor town and the docks while he was shopping - the food he was carrying had long gone cold, but hopefully it still tasted fine.

He pushed his way into the kitchen and dropped the plates on the counter. "Local specials" he said with a shrug, hoping that the Cook would understand all the things he was trying to say with this.

"And...why are you bringing them here?"

"So you can try them." Zoro huffed and quickly looked away, "maybe it will improve your cooking, shit-cook"

Sanji was just staring at the dishes, leaving zoro to squirm internally, knowing he wouldnt have the words to explain more than that.

"Zoro," Sanji started cautiously, still looking at the plates rather than at the swordsman, "are we friends?"

Zoros head whipped around to stare at Sanji like he was stupid. "What are you, stupid?! Of course we're friends idiot!"

Sanjis face instantly flushed red with anger "oh you are certainly not someone who should be calling other stupid you directionally challenged, mossheaded, excuse for a swordsman -"

It wasnt long before insults, swords, and legs were flying, smashing into each other in ways they both understood.

Nami sighed, hearing them clash once again. Shaking her head and lamenting how those two can never just sit down and talk to each other.

Luffy laughs. He hears what they are saying just fine.

[bestlilithian]

The lilithian experience (lilith dominant chart)

Personal experiences w having heavy lilith influence

- Older people being creepy subtly or overtly, but usually subtly with certain looks or touches or comments, especially strangers in public or distant family friends

- Being told Im scary or intimidating, or that I look mean (a girl once told me she thought I wouldnt want to hang out w her and her friends because I looked 'too pretty and kinda mean') [this is esp w lilith/asc harsh aspects]

- Lilith square asc culture is walking into a room a little pissed or in a hurry and everyone shutting up (also works for mars/pluto)

- Now Ive never heard anyone else talking about this but as a lilithian woman Ive always been disgusted by the idea of having sex with a man because in our culture a woman who has sex w a man is seen as having been dominated and degraded by him ("I fucked her" "I hit that" "I scored") also the act itself is very power struggle-ish like no *I* want to bend over a man and make him suck *my* dick

- Being hyperaware of people looking at you (even if youre dressed extremely modestly or without makeup)

- Lilith/moon aspects 🤝 your mom making inappropriate comments about you and your body

- Lilith/sun aspects 🤝 your father insulting you or making weird comments (more subtle w soft aspects so you might brush it off but its still not okay girl)

- People thinking youre flirting with them or others (esp men) but youre just hot and talking, and you cant help that ppl have strong reactions to anything you say really

- Loving eye contact <3 (w the right people)

- Lilith square saturn culture is not being afraid to stand up to authority <3 and having to quite often because they have a pick on you and try to tear you down

- also w lilith square/opposite saturn grown ass adults will have beef w you when youre a kid, esp those w authority over you like teachers, coaches etc

- Lilith/asc harsh aspects and overthinking whether a fit is too revealing or not (because you dont want to get harassed and looked at again) (but then youll grt harassed even if you go out in a priests suit so 🤩)

- People (esp men) trying to use you for sex

- Always being the one guys want to be friends w benefits with while theyre crushing on another girl

- "I dont like what you do to me" - most men Ive interacted with for a while

- A guy told me he liked me for who I am but he couldnt stand "the effect I have on him"

- lilith in 4th house culture is attracting men w mommy issues and being looked at by guys in relationships

- lilith/mercury and needing to know all your friends bdsm test results

- People liking when youre mean 2 them

- People who hate you often want to have sex w you

- Ive had so many guys in my class literally have to gather up courage to talk 2 me, even for basic things like asking me to help w something, they approach me looking all tense and worked up like Ill slice their head off for asking me to help them with their math lmao

- A classmate (and friend, apparently) of my friend once didnt want to come out and meet me when I went to my friends school to give her something because she thought Id beat her up (for context I found out she said some nasty things to my friend and was not happy about it)

- Being told by ppl (esp men) that I remind them of characters who are villains

- People esp girls not liking me for no reason or being rude

- Guys in relationships being extremely cold and rude to me or even shittalking me to their gfs (you can guess why)

- People trying to 'put you in your place'

- Recognizing other lilithians immediately

- Being insecure about your private parts, your body in general and your appearance

- Sex obsession since a young age

- Sexual harassment unfortunately

[lullabyalikpoptarot]

a few readers have been saying they're feeling sick recently while reading for stray kids, certain members incl. han especially. hes showed interest in occult things in the past (he said he watched that dating show where the contestants are all shamans and tarot readers), could it be that theyve had some protections put over them?

because if you think about it, you're a stranger reading all up into their energy asking quite personal questions sometimes and it could be that they dont really consent to that. their energy might be open for you to read and publish on tumblr but perhaps they consciously do not want their business out their like that

im not against tarot readings for celebrities, but multiple readers doing consistent readings on topics that they wouldnt usually answer, all while their physical body is also consistently busy, could cause major energy draining and if they have had something done to protect their energy i honestly think its long overdue

You are absolutely right, and I don't knock idols for doing so, but as public figures, it is bound to happen. People are curious about the "real" them. Not saying we show the real them, but we people who do Tarot and read/watch Tarot know there is more there. But I get it, protect your energy.

The thing that is weird is why I get sick, there is no need for that. I know plenty of idols, Jun from SVT and Ni-Ki from Enhypen that are pretty private and they just simply don't share information, it is that simple.

I get very little messages from them, Changbin is another example. They give me a few messages and I get nothing else, but I feel literally nothing in their energy. And yes, some of these answers can be invasive to some energies, and when they simply give me cards that they don't want to answer, got that from Ni-Ki and Jake sometimes and I am cool with that, but when I get sick is when I question things a bit. It is like dude, just don't give me messages and I will get it. I get people like to continue to pry for more information, but that ain't me, I am too impatient and don't care enough lol I will move on.

And I will say no group is looked into more so than BTS and Blackpink, and I am sure they deal with more crap than Stray Kids, yet, I barely get sick in their energy, so that is also what makes me question there is more going on there. And it is only Han and sometimes Hyunjin, Seungmin's energy is weird, but no sickness either.

But you make valid points. All love here. I don't want negativity. This is just different perspectives here.

[sweet-thangman]

hey pretty boy too proud to say hi now that you’re whoring around with the prince?

you never respond to my hi’s. not politely at least…

doesn’t mean i don’t enjoy ignoring them. 

oh my apologies then… good evening jason…

…

as expected. goodnight, my good knight…

okay, okay, hello? shouldn’t you be helping clean up the ball?

shouldn’t YOU be helping clean up the ball? it’s YOUR engagement.

i’m on watch here? every night?

you know… your view of the hallway is completely obstructed by that column.

the only thing i’d have to miss behind that would have to be even smaller than you. 

i’m not THAT small. 

oh yeah? come get it…

HEY GIVE THAT BACK!!!  I DONT HAVE TIME FOR… DEMEANING CHILDISH GAMES! 

i suppose where you’re standing is… acceptable… i just was trying to be helpful.

hmph. word at the ball was that you left to chase the prince… i didn’t think he was your type. 

he’s actually an ex-ex prince…

wish he was the ex-ex-ex prince.

THAT’S TREASONNNN!

like the king hasn’t had the exact same thought… what’re you doing around his harem? i thought you at least cared about doing your job in addition to everyone else’s. 

people can have a sense of duty without sacrificing ALL semblance of fun. 

drinking until you pass out and sleeping in a strangers bed doesn’t seem like fun to me. 

and what would you consider fun? having the same dreary job for 8 years in a row?

9 years actually.

9 years. positively thrilling if you ask me… y’know, if you wanted to join, you could just ask.

i have a fiancée!— also, i don’t want to!!

mhm.

Good day sir here are the knights letters what do i look like an errand boy deliver them yourself fine just thought youd want to deliver them to your friends guess ill just have to go over there and tell them what a wonderful friend you are to me fine give em here oh my engagement present how is it oh um its really good actually thank you the guy who writes them is great at what he does i already have birds of the southern isles and finches around the world but i've never had an illustrated one before though mustve cost a fortune oh it was nothing im so happy youre enjoying it might be the best engagement present ive gotten the king got me a sword with his coat of arms on the pommel which is nice but its also what he got me for my graduation and im not really sure what to do with two swords wow im honored if we ever visit the provinces i can show you all the birds in real life im never gonna visit the northern provinces im needed here well i grew up in the north as a kid my memories not the sharpesg in the world but i could try and describe what they were like youre from the north i never wouldve guessed you seem like you sprang right into being a fully formed courtier well thank you i moved here when i was 7 so i had time to learn the ropes and lose my accent how about you oh uh well i was born in a nearby town i think or the king thinks im an orphan but ite completely fine i have a better life here than i could ever dream of with the king taking care of me and a job i love a job im good at so not as interesting as you thats way more interesting im glad you found a home here yeah are you in love with maya did she put you up to this she said we'd talk about this later no i swear im sorry if its a touchy subject no its fine i of course im in love with maya we're engaged id be the biggest fool in the world if i wasnt in love with her right i wouldnt know dont you fool around with a lot of guys i thought youd have figured out love by now thats nowher enear love sometimes if i want something from someone and they want a little intimacy in return well why would i turn thay down you shouldnt i mean you cant its not a currency you can exchange why not im cute even worse you have to use it responsibilty how do you know they dont think its love i dont wanna contaminate your big knightly brain

Sorry i did that all from memory i think a lot of that is wrong anyways JASONLOUIS IM CRYING GG O,,,,,...MMLL

[h4venpha]

songs that make me think of trimax vashwood and why

MAJOR TRIMAX SPOILERS !!

like im serious please do not read if you haven’t finished the entire manga

oceans & engines by NIKI

- i saw a post on twt talking about where at some point in vashs immortal life, he starts to forget wolfwood. he begins to forget what his voice sounded like and how his hands used to feel in his.

- and instead he misses him more than anything. he misses the thought of him. and it hurts so badly that he cannot remember the only one he loves.

- oceans & engines is vash's last stage of grief: acceptance.

- “how is it now that somehow you're a stranger? you were mine just yesterday": this represents how regardless of vash's immortality and the decades he has lived after wolfwoods death, he still finds himself living the days he did with wolfwood. thats where he feels he truly belongs. hes finally caught up with the fact that its been years after his death and hes realizing that wolfwood is just a stranger to him again

- “i know ill be alright, some day ill be fine, but just not tonight.”: vash’s final push, a swear to himself that he’ll get over it and he’ll drop it for good. that this night will be the last night he grieves wolfwood. he knows that at some point he may forget everything about him but his name. too many years meeting too many faces and he can barely form wolfwoods in his mind. and hes accepting it.

- “this is the last falsetto, ill ever sing to you, my great lost love.”: his great lost love, what better wording for him and wolfwood!

welcome and goodbye by Dream, Ivory

- this song because of the unspoken mutual understanding of each others motives and wants/needs. so honestly this song can be from both perspectives.

- “thats the reason im afraid, youre the thoughts that cant be tamed.”: no matter what either of them do, its so very obvious of the vulnerability and understanding they share. even if they bicker so often (as seen in the manga), they cannot ignore the bond they share.

- like how is it that this man knows these things about me? how is it he knows exactly how i will act? that somehow hes the one who knows everything about me with ease?

- “and im trying to be sane, and im trying to be sane.”: this line is more vash imo. at the end after he kills legato, when hes talking about “you[wolfwood] died for him[livio], i couldnt let that go to waste”. this line and what he said shows how even in death, wolfwood has such an affect on him

- how vash went against his insanely stubborn, strict morals because of wolfwood

pistol by Cigarettes After Sex

- post trimax vash to deceased wolfwood

- “and ill waste my time, til you lift me off the floor and love me again”: vash talking about how he’ll waste the years of his immortal life waiting for wolfwood to come back to him. oh he knows its impossible, but he can’t help but hope, hope that somehow wolfwood will find his way back to him

- he knows wolfwood won’t come back? yet he still waits, he waits and waits for all of eternity for him because he doesnt know what else to do

- “i know if i saw you, and we kissed just once; you could be happy, maybe you’d come back”: hes oh so desperate. vash who only realized the depth of his feelings for wolfwood as ww was dying. he cursed himself day and night that he never got the chance to kiss him at least once

- maybe if he kissed him or said something he wouldnt have died, its silly to say but hes so so desperate.

- he wants just one more chance to see wolfwood, to feel him and kiss him, maybe then he would decide to come back to him.

[marunalu]

She never said she felt no remorse, you are assuming she doesn't based off her self-sacrifice. Itt is obvious the League of Villain will go the route I said if you watch the story closely. If you can believe in something as stupid as All for One sacrificing himself to save Izuku then this is not hard to believe in this either.

The only way for afo sacrificing himself for izuku that would make actual sense storywise is if he is his father in a darth vader kind of style and that absolutely still WOULDNT redeem him or forgive his crimes! If he isnt izukus father, then no it wouldnt make sense at all even to me! If toga is ready to sacrifice herself for a girl she barely knows I see no reason why a father wouldnt do the same for his child even if said father is a villain! And afo will die 100% no matter what anyway! He wont get a second chance in life and have a happily ever after with his family and I NEVER claimed he will!

Okay so I checked an other translation (the one I did read left some things out) and I give you that, she doesnt say she feels no remorse for her actions BUT she also doesnt say she does! She says she refuses to get arrested and thats the only logical thing that will happen for the lov if they survive. Toga STILL choose death OVER a chance for rehabilitation in a hospital or jail for her crimes! Are you seriously trying to tell me the lov members should get a happy ending after they DESTROYED the happy endings of hundreds of other innocent people, just because these people are faceless strangers for us readers! They even killed CHILDREN or turned them into orphans by killing their parents! They helped to destroy ENTIRE citys full of normal people, killed whole familys! Seems like you have forgotten that or you just want to ignore it because you see no fault in your favorite characters! Im an afo stan, yes I believe he has a fucked up past too which is responsible for why he ended up the way he is and I still guarantee you the LAST THING I want is for him to survive or rehabilitate himself. He NEEDS to die or at the very least put into prison for the rest of his life!

Like I said, it would be a terrible message espicially to younger readers if the lov members get in the end what they took from innocent people - a second chance and a happy life. Hori would literally tell his readers that massmurder is okay as long as you have a tragic backstory! Do you seriously think after everything the lov pulled hori will just use eri for example as a plot device and let her heal all the villains and then let them face no further consequences for their crimes?! Like do you think dabi will just return home and live together with the rest of his family as if nothing ever happend? As if he hasnt killed or helped to kill dotzen of people himself? What do you think the rest of japan will do? Go to them, clapping them on the back and tell them that everything is okay and forgiven now?

Listen Im fine with you not agreeing with me, so lets just agree to disagree on this topic! You believe that the lov members will get an happily ever after, I think its unrealistic! I have no further interest in interacting with you any longer and any other ask send by you will be ignored so spare us both the time!

[away-ward]

Did you notice the conversation that the horsemen had in that Lolita class in high school perfectky describe their characterisation.

Michael thought the teacher, Lumbert loved Lolita, when in fact, Lumbert groomed Lolita. Now what have Michael been doing to Rika since she was born? Grooming her as a show of his "love"! Especially after that snippet in Corrupt's epilogue. (Michael grew up always being denied what he wants, and he felt restricted with his options, so he always made sure to go against everything he thought was "rules" to him.)

Kai thought its was abuse and it wasnt on the fault on the girl to be responsible of the situation. And how did he responded to Banks' love with Damon? Yep, he called them out because their co-dependency was borderline abusive and weird as fuck. (Kai grew up to a good home but his father was strict with him, from his choice of friends, manners, education, etc. and Katsu didnt like Gabriel and Damon. AT ALL lmao.)

Damon said "abuse felt like love" because of his relationship with Natalya and Gabriel. Gabriel grape Natalya and Natalya grape Damon. It's a cycle. So Damon's response was like how he felt being Lolita instead of looking at the situation in a birds eye view. The difference between Lolita and Damon though, Damon kept on excusing his problematic behaviour and inflict those similar pain towards innocents, especially the ones he loved most like Banks, Will and Winter.

Will said something like "why did Lolita still went back to hop on Lumbert's dick and not speak up then" and this solidifies Will's characterisation of making things about himself (because he always felt like nobody would choose him) instead of putting himself in Lolita's shoes. And look at the way he responded to Emmy's abuse, it was always "why did she never told me about anything", "you couldve told me and my parents wouldve yada yada yada", instead of just being there for her after he found out something weird about her situation. He was insensitive about the whole situation, not because he was naive or thought the world was good, but because his character was selfish and unkind first before he was anything else. At that age of 17, only a person who's so unkind and selfish would ever say something like that. Mind you, i never went through what lolita, emmy and damon went through, but i cannot ever imagine go so far as being insesitive like that to people, even at the age of 14. It was too much. Will's response, even at worst, shouldve been like Kai. There was no excuse for him here.

I think the Lolita class conversation was very interesting, but it was never really brought up much. It perfectly shows us how, even if the horsemen would help emmy then if she asked, they most likely wont halp her the way she needed to be help, patiently, kindly, and sincerely. They just werent ready for this conversation yet, if not, Damon wouldnt have kept his problem to himself and thought nobody woukd help him with everything, no? Thats why this story was never as easy as just "opening uo to people". The people that they open up to, should be on the same wavelength as them, because then, they would be like Corrupt Michael who just shouted at Rika when they found out about Miles Anderson. Even if Damon who had spent his youth wth the horsemen cant ever fully open up to his friends about his home situation, why would Emmy, a stranger to them was able to open up to the horsemen too.

And as much as Emmy knew about Banks, and even though we never git much Emory Banks in the past or presence, i was glad that this story didnt took the ridiculous route of an 18 year old girl suddenly manage to defy patriarchy and high profile men and criminals to save a girl her age in a well restricted mansion. Like think about the security, their financial situation, Banks education... the logistics of having another live in your life after saving them... crazy. I like that PD didnt do some Wonder Woman shit with their storyline, because i dont think its possible.

What do you think about these?

I did notice that! But I haven’t been able to put it into words like this. Thank you!!!

I wouldn’t say Will was selfish and unkind in his response though. Not to disregard your opinion, but the way I see it, he wasn’t intending to be insensitive. He was just privileged enough to be ignorant of what abuse can look like and how it can make a person feel. He needed to have his eyes opened to reality. But Will’s always had autonomy, so it makes sense to me that he wouldn’t necessarily understand how someone who appears to have free will would choose to stay in a bad situation. The key word being “appears.”

If he understood the reality of how abuse can make a person feel, how autonomy can be stripped away from a person even though it doesn’t appear that way, and he still called them weak and blamed them for their situation, that would be a different situation for me. I’d be more inclined to agree with you. And this isn’t to say that I think Will handled everything in the correct or right way, but people grow and mature at different rates and a big part of Will’s story is how he resisted growing up and accepting reality for so long. Understanding and sympathizing with an abuse victim takes maturity, which he really didn't have at the time.

Whether his ignorance was intentionally turning a blind eye to the obvious, or a byproduct of his privilege is up to the individual, I guess. I choose to think it was a byproduct.

I haven’t thought about why they were discussing Lolita, other than it was a quick way to bring up abuse and for Damon to get in that quotable line. But what I took from it was that none of these kids, save for Damon, were really thinking something like that could be happening to in their midst.

I still think Damon would have kept everything to himself. I don’t know if it’s pride, or shame, or him just being messed up, but I have no doubt that even if he were sure that his friends could and would help him and not judge him, he would have kept that to himself as long as he could.

The horsemen get mad when they see what they perceive to be injustice. They don’t think about why they think that way, just that they feel angry because they saw or heard something they didn’t like. And that’s part of the problem throughout the series: they reaction to things, and not always with thoughtfulness. And we can disagree with how they react – their actions – but not always why they’re upset.

Of course, they’re mad about Anderson. They think he’s scum to begin with, and now they know he’s attacking women. They don’t like men attacking women, so now they’re mad. It’s as simple as that for them. As a reader, removed from the narrative, we know it’s stupid that they yelled at Rika. But their reason for being mad is valid.

And it goes on like that. They learn of a situation, they react, and then they think. So, I don’t think Damon was worried about their reaction – even if they didn’t understand, they would have been of his side. I truly think this was a pride thing. Or Damon being Damon. He likes his secrets.

With Emmy, obviously it makes sense to us that she wouldn’t open up to them. She has no reason to rely on them for anything. She’s been so alone for years, and they certainly aren’t her friends. But from their perspective, obviously they wouldn’t have let the abuse continue if they’d known about it. Does she think they’re heathens????

easy answer: “yes, you idiots, because you haven’t shown anything different,” but they don’t know that.

Oh yeah, when Damon told Emory about Banks my first reaction was “why? What is she gonna do? You already know that Emory is barely handling her own situation, why are you trying to add to it?” And didn’t Banks have people in the house and a mom she can turn to in truly desperate situations? Like, I know she never went to high school, but she’s been doing his homework and we know she isn’t dumb. But Damon is Damon and like the rest of them, his reactions aren’t usually the most logical.  

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I really enjoyed reading them.

[castlebyersafterdark]

plot was resolved and then something right at the last minute implied it was open ended to allow the possibility the terror wasn't over or the villain wasn't completely defeated

I really wonder if they'll pull the old cliche there. It's cheap and easy, that's for sure. A mostly settled ending but a ... what if!!

i don't think a horror movie is a horror movie if this trope isnt used lol. its a key part of the genre, to prevent a total happy ending

esp w ST, theyre doing a spin off, so something has to be left open ended. hoping it isnt the question of el, because that would mean THIS story is unfinished. and literally who wants an El spinoff? can you imagine how lame she would appear as some sort of superhero outside of this particular story? they almost ruined her in s3 and s4 with the repetitive hand throwing and yelling. she wouldnt survive in another series.

i truly believe that the early seasons were endearing BECAUSE they were kids. the teens were endearing because they were pulled into this mess even though they clearly wanted to be dealing with personal problems instead. and the adults were cops/parents who had a built-in tie to the story. a show like this wouldnt work if the party were teens originally or adults, people who just wanted to go on badass adventures, a whole group of murrays. stranger things works in the tension between what the characters want - to live their lives - and what is happening to them. this is why mike has become curious because he is now chasing after adventure and oddness in the form of having a superhero girlfriend. so clearly this belies his deeper want, because maybe that he does not feel its possible to live a normal life as his true self. i wonder why lol

sorry this became mike analysis but really... yeah i can see ST having a cheesy ending, but leaving any of these characters open ended would be unsatisfactory. at the bare minimum i'll accept a little cheeky goverment wink with hopper, sort of like end of s1 and s2.

Yeah, true re: horror and I know they'll do something that leaves some aspect open to continue. I know it's a classic horror trope but that doesn't mean I like it! Sometimes I do like an ending to just be an ending!! But I guess... that's what differentiates a horror. The unease in the content, unsettled by the unfinished, can't completely leave things finished as to favor that settled emotion of a tidy ending. Room for more, keep you aware. I see that.

All that to say - there's gonna be something in the ending implication, but personally it would be so great if it was literally anything but an open ended moment regarding El. Enough! Right? They're not going to continue that character, realistically. I feel like they've said for the spin off her story is absolutely done so that doesn't lend plot to leaving her in limbo at the end.

True true and agree that for any of the main cast - open ended for any of them is very unsatisfying. They can do that with the supernatural itself, but character stories need to be tied up. I can accept some genre typical cheesiness as long as it doesn't sacrifice proper send offs just for a cheap "twist" in the final moments. I think often times this kind of horror trope makes the story feel frustrating to me, an "all that and this is still occurring?" I guess I do prefer a true happy ending with little to jeopardize it. We'll just have to see now, won't we.

[diarythatihate]

its funny because, when we started dating, he was the one to pursue me first. i only fell in love with him after he asked me out, i was completely enraptured. but after the first year or so once he had me, he stopped pursuing me, stopped pretending to be interested in what i liked, and i had to work three times as hard to make up the difference.

at first i thought it had been the platform. long distance is not easy, and using a laggy app that you were unfamiliar with is even harder, so i switched over to discord as per his preference, which is now my main mode of communication

and then i thought it was the difficulty of planning dates, so i took up planning all of them, scheduling, locations, watching movies together, you name it (of course, at this point i hadn't noticed that i was the only one to bring them up. if i hadn't pushed him to think about it, he never would)

and then i thought it was his drivers license, he had promised me that he really would drive as far as needed just to see me. i think he believed it as a nice thing to think about back then, but when he got it, it never happened and wasnt going to

and then i thought it was his depression. of course he would not talk to me for days at a time and barely say anything when he did, thats typical for when you can barely even get yourself out of bed

when he got medication for it, and had told me it was working, its only then that i had started wondering on why nothing ever changed. maybe he wasnt talking to me because he geniunely didn't like talking to me. everything i said, no matter how much i cut it down, was too long to read.

it was only then that i started thinking that it wasn't the long distance, i was just incapable of being loved

being cut off by my best friend affirmed this(if they didnt want to talk to me anymore, who else would?) after that happened, he was there for me for exactly three days before he got bored again. the only time he would ever be focused on me long enough for a conversation was when i either sent hot pictures(jingling keys in front of his face) or was in mortal danger

at one point i had started to wonder if i should hurt myself just to give him a reason to talk to me, fortunately it never came to that.

i asked him directly, are you interested in me? you know that the long distance wont change in a while, are you even okay with that?

he said something along the lines of "ill think about it". i despise him for that. i wanted him to reassure me.

a few weeks later, or months, i dont know. it got worse. he knew i was all alone, and he never talked to me anyway. i finally asked him one last time "are you even interested in me?"

he never replied, of course he didnt. i told him he should be with someone he actually enjoys being with and broke up with him, he still hasnt said anything.

of course he wouldnt say anything, what is there to add? i was right about everything i said. but its terrible that im not even worth pursuing after five years of being together, im not worth being friends with after eight years of being attached by the hip, im too estranged and unknown to want to be friends with by passing strangers, even when i reach out to them with my whole heart. im not somebody to fight for, and i never was

[thegirlwhotalksaboutherlife]

So I am currently listening to Flare Guns by Quinn XCII & Chelsea Cutler. While I took a shower, I was reminiscing my memories with this guy. Whom I used to date 3 years ago? or 4 years ago? I forgot. So anyway, when I was listening to this song and read the lyrics, I thought of this guy. His name is H. So, I met H on social media. We talked and we were compatible I guess. But sadly, it didnt work. While we were texting, He wanted to meet me and of course I was nervous! hahaha but I said I was down meeting him. While I was waiting for him to pick me up, I was so damn nervous cus I have not dated anyone since ages! so yeah we met and we talked. He was so sweet and gentleman, he treated me really nice. So we talked about ourselves (of cos introduction is important haha). ok enough talking about the date, so we texted but not constantly. The thing about me is I want the guy to initiate not me. I know i know, I was wrong. It shouldve been both. I was into this guy. I really liked this guy. Sadly, we decided to be strangers again andd he is seeing someone. I am happy for him but sad at the same time. I was so disappointed when I found out he has a gf :( haha thats okay. Shit happens anyway. surprisingly, we keep on bumping intoo each other lately. The last time I saw him was at the airport, I was waiting for my brother to send me cus I was going to KK. I saw him, I wanted to say hi but I couldnt. I was afraid, I was gonna approach him but he seemed busy at that time. So I decided to go upstairs and checked in. I shud’ve approached him guys. I kinda miss him, we always bump into each other. I remember, I went out with this dude, I was looking for something at the pharmacy. And guess what?? He was there as well!  with the girlfriend of course, He was literally infront of me guys!! but we pretended we we didnt know each other. I mean of course we couldnt say hi, he was with his girlfriend and I was with someone either. I dont know guys why am I sad at this hour?? I was reminiscing my memories with him.it is so sad that we didnt work it out. maybe he tried his best and i didnt try my best. I liked him....I really did. I wanted to try our relationship but I was so scared cus he was too educated and I wasnt that time. he told me to pursue my degree and i did. I shudve worked it out. I just miss him, there were times I wanted to text him but i couldnt do it. I was afraid... afraid of being rejected. sigh..... maybe this is a lesson for me guys. If I ever met a guy, I will take my opportunity? idk haha i mean i will not lose another guy. I had the opportunity but i was such a coward!! I am currently reading the lyrics and it is so sad. It is about a person who fell inlove and the relationship didnt workout. Its about who ghosted who? and just like that we didnt talk out of no reason. i guess we both ghosted each other? I remember I kept on reading our chats..... I lost his number and of course I wouldnt text him ahahha I have to respect his relationship with the gf. it is just so sad that thing didnt workout the way I wanted to.... why is this always happen to me? I want to be happy, I deserve to be happy again. Why is everything falling apart everytime I wanted myself to be happy? Sighhhhh I miss you H. I miss our convo, we may not text constantly but I had a feeling that you were the one for me but i was wrong. U were not the one for me, U deserve someone else and I deserve someone to make me happy. It is good knowing u H, though we knew each other for awhile. But the memories, good memories will always be remembered. I will always remember the good things about you H. U were nice, sweet, gentleman, honest man. So long H.

[cowchickenbeefpork]

( not trying to start drama, i don't have anything against you i like your artwork on the two i just severely disargee and want to voice why, i dont wanna start drama i just want to explain my thoughts)

no???? we see edward be an unreliable narrator multiple times in the story ( his most popular and infamous being one where he lies to himself and a ghost of oswald) so why as an audience member am I supposed to believe him when he says he got over it when he cried to the point of dissociation right after he realized she was dead???? i know Gotham has shitty writing all the time but this isn't the last time we see him show gulit for what he did to Kristen, the isabella arc shows him having gulit over Kristen multiple times in that episode. this is how he is characterized, the show kinda leads us into thinking hes lying on how much it affects him. someone who got over her in a day does not do this, it reads way more like npd/bpd splitting instead of just using and disregarding. also the whole dissiocation thing gotham does can be read as pyschosis its pretty easy to do that to the point 99% sure the writers didnt know the difference. ( also his whole bond with oswald implies what he says about kristen is a cope, no? he said love was not for people like them but during season two and season three he does sacfrice alot for oswald, he could've recieved oswald's affections by just waiting for these problems to be done but he went over the moon for him, edward is a liar through and through)

im not going to sit here and act like he wasnt being selfish, he was but it wasn't intentionally malicous. him killing kristen wasn't the worst action he did here, the worst action was him finding a way to rewrite what transpired in a way to make him believe it was always going to happen, like he isn't at any falut and did nothing wrong, he did see her as human and not a fantasy atfer he killed her, but he made himself forget that in order to feel better. the death made him be confronted by the fact that she didnt only exist just to meant him feel good or become a grand person, he denies this reality since if he wants to keep his ideal ego then he has to find some way to justify this and so he says it was just fate, meant to happen. edward cannot accept being in the wrong because of his black and white thinking, he cannot have both bad parts and good parts of himself, it has to all be good or life is not worth living. also he wouldnt kill her later on purposesly, he justifies his murders against people he knows by " they did something bad to me" if she stayed alive he would likely treat her simlarly to how he treated grundy. like he took a bullet for that woman why would he disgard her like he does so easily with strangers? she would have to like do something big to convince

we see him have a gulit hallincation of kristen in season three, stress out over the mere idea of killing isabella as a accident to the point oswald has to go confront her instead of him, and when edward finally confronts her he tries to escape when he sees her dressed up as her. my problem with the arc is they could've easily tied it to the court of owls and also have the isabella arc be edward getting a taste of his medince, expriencing what he put someone else through but it was not, they romantized isabella when in reality her actions would never help someone like edward and would likely harm him more. i wanted the arc to be that he was drawn to isabella because she was an easy soltution for any remaining emotions he had for kristen, she was a new fantasy of normalacy and so he ran for it and got this in return.

I know people hate this arc for being out of character but season three episode 15 streamlines Edward's emotions and brings clarity to why he did so much in episode 14. if Oswald never loved Edward then all of this was manipulation, the mere fact Oswald couldn't even stand more than a week of Edward being in a relationship with someone implies he felt ownership over Edward, of course, Edward would think he was being malicious, he knows that Oswald knows his loyalty and smarts, why wouldn't Oswald use that just to make himself feel good? we know as an audience that is not the case but Edward does not know. also, I know he wasn't being logical in this arc when it came to isabella but Edward fucking framed jim gordon and ruined his life for a bit because he thought he knew about what happened to Kristen from jim gordon just asking a question???? this man was never logical when it came to making his decisions, Oswald shows his emotions more openly than Edward and he still makes decisions that are more well thought out than Edward does. also, next time I like Kristen as a character and don't want to defend Edward's actions, but saying her death only affected him for like one day is wrong. I'm not trying to attack you but Edward isn't this mastermind genius-level manipulator, he does have empathy even if it is low and mostly repressed. why does Edward need to be at this level of self-aware and evil for him to do something as horrible as that? oswald has done horrific things and we still have to sympathize with him in the show while acknowledging that what he did was bad and he should be punished for it, why does this not apply to Edward?

thinking ed killing kristen traumatized him is crazy 😭😭😭 he got over it in like a day!!! she didn’t actually mean anything to him she was just a fantasy! he just likes the chase him killing her would’ve been inevitable and likely not accidental

[meyhew]

.

[dissociativepouter]

eddie hcs part three because hes my babygirl and i love making these

was a leash baby. you know its true dont argue with me

loves the smell of those super cheap perfumes from 99 cent stores

can recite the first twelve pages of the first lotr book by heart

it took him two months to learn master of puppets on guitar because he had to figure it out by ear. spent 80% of his time in his room playing and wayne had to remind him to eat

vaguely knows max because they live in the same park. she screams at him from her window to shut the fuck up when he’s blasting his music at 2 am

peed his pants in the theater when he saw nightmare on elm street. no one understands why he refuses to go to a movie theater ever again

got kicked out of a taco bell for kicking the vending machine when it wouldnt give him his drink

kicks the backs of strangers’ knees when he’s in a line and looks away and pretends he didn’t do anything when they look back at him. also does this to friends but in an affectionate way

absolutely butchers the lyrics to songs but he tries his best leave him alone

tried to cut his own bangs in his bathroom and ended up looking like angelina jolie in girl interrupted.

doesnt know how to divide

accidentally bites his tongue a lot. like SO often. its a problem

watched wwe as a kid and dislocated his arm trying to fight his friend

least favorite food is sour cream because he got food poisoning after eating a taco one time and is now scared to eat it again

hasnt had a vegetable in months

cant swim

loses guitar picks easily and has to buy a new one at least once a week

was one of those kids in middle school who would get his friends to tell him their crushes and he’d yell to said crush across the room and say something embarrassing

and finally, axl rose was his bi awakening

[yengyangyo]

berry | k.s.w

pairings: kim sunwoo x female reader

genre: college au, friends to lovers

summary: you are in denial that you have a crush on your own friend, kim sunwoo until he made you confess your feelings.

word count: 1.9k

note: i wrote this on sunwoo's birthday. its quite late to post it cs i kept on postponing it sksksk but yea this was inspired by sunwoo's berry. enjoy reading! xo

-

you had sunwoo on your mind for days that you are lacking of sleep. it doesnt sit quite right for you to have this 'romantic' feelings for your bestfriend. meanwhile, sunwoo is not helping you to clear up your mind at all. he's just always there beside you no matter what.

he'd wait at the bus stop just to go to class together with you in the morning even when you're running late. lunch time together is a must unless one of you had other plans. both of you are just stuck together anywhere you go.

so for once, you thought it'd be a good plan to avoid him today. you woke up early that morning to get to class and you texted sunwoo that you had a discussion with your groupmates. this went on for a few days, you were making excuses everyday but sunwoo believed you.

until he couldnt take it anymore.

you felt your phone vibrating in your pocket and you saw sunwoo on the caller id. you were hesitating to pick it up until you felt someone grabbing your wrist from the back, turning you around.

"found ya!"

sunwoo appeared in front of you with the brightest smile. you couldn't help but to feel happy and welcomed by him that you started smiling unknowingly. you get back to your senses seconds later and avoided his eyes.

sunwoo knew something was wrong when he saw your expression fell. he glanced at your phone that kept ringing. he ended the call and your phone went off too.

"why arent you answering my calls? are you still busy?"

you couldnt stand seeing sunwoo looking all gloomy and upset. you felt bad for ignoring him so you tried making up excuses again.

"oh yea i was about to pick it up. sorry,"

sunwoo pouted and wrapped his arm around your shoulders. he's using his favourite perfume again today, you noticed. that scent happened to be your fav of him too. you felt weak and wanting to crawl into a hole or something.

"im craving chicken today. how about chicken and beer for dinner tonight?"

sunwoo turned his head at you, waiting for an answer. you looked up at him and his face was only inches away from you. you looked away, flustered. he had always been this way but only now you noticed how you felt about him which made it more awkward to be this close to him.

"i dont know, sunwoo. i'll have to check with my groupmates," you said, pretending to check your phone for your nonexistent messages.

"its friday come on. i havent hang out with you for days already," sunwoo whined and that made you laugh.

"alright but i get to choose where to eat,"

-

you chose the chicken restaurant near your neighbourhood where you both are regular customers there. the place was crowded with youngsters like the both of you, drunken with beer and chicken.

you were also getting tipsy from drinking. the first 30 minutes of the dinner went normal. asking how each other had been doing with the college life.

sunwoo sighed and rested his chin on his right palm. his eyes falters on you, searching for something. you looked away, feeling a bit burdened and transparent, because sunwoo knew you werent acting yourself these days.

"hey," he called you but you didnt answer and still avoiding the eye contact.

"hey look at me,"

you were startled at the warmth on both of your cheeks. sunwoo was cupping your cheeks to make you look at him straight in the eyes. you didnt know if this warmth was from his hand or from you blushing.

"what's wrong?" he asked. now his hand moved to yours, holding it tight. "you're avoiding me these days. do you think i didnt notice?"

silence fell between you two, just staring at each other. the guilt creeping up inside you and you didn't know where to start.

its the smallest gesture from him that create butterflies in your stomach.

that one time he opened the water bottle for you when he saw you struggling and saying that you're such a baby. his laughter filled the room when you frowned at the remark. you know how much he loves annoying you and in the end he always made you laugh too.

on rainy days, he'd always share the umbrella with you and keeping you close to him so you wouldnt get drenched. sometimes he'd gently rub your arm so you wouldn't get too cold.

sometimes he'd call you names like how boyfriend and girlfriend do, jokingly. though, you somewhat enjoyed it and played along. pretending to cringe but actually was flattered by him.

at this moment, your hand in his, eyes boring into each other, you just want to scream at him how much you love him.

you smiled in defeat and pulled back your hand.

"there were just so many thoughts going on my mind lately, sunwoo. im so sorry,"

he didn't question you any further and he nodded his head.

"whatever it is youre thinking, i just want you to know i'm always here for you,"

you smiled, this time sincerely at him.

"you always are sunwoo. i appreciate that,"

he smirked, "after all, i am the best that you got,"

you rolled your eyes and gave him your disgusted face.

"so are you gonna tell me what's bugging you?"

"i think i like someone. he's just always running round in my mind these days,"

you didnt know where the courage came from to blurt out that out of your mouth. sunwoo who was halfway shoving a piece of chicken in his mouth, stopped. he put it down and looked at you, doubting himself if he heard that right.

"i couldnt stop thinking about him. that pretty much explains that i like him right? or is it just my mind playing games with me?"

you swore you saw his face fell for a second but he went back to the usual sunwoo after that.

"does he know about your feelings?"

you shrugged, "nah. im still trying to find out what i really feel about him. should i tell him?"

sunwoo didnt say anything and chugged down his beer until its empty.

"yea why not," he answered simply. "he must be really lucky to have you,"

you laughed, "i havent done anything yet. there's a possibility that he'd reject me too anyway,"

its funny how you talk about this like its some stranger to sunwoo when you are talking about him. you felt light hearted a bit after letting that out.

"who'd reject you?" sunwoo said while playing with that piece of chicken, not looking at you anymore. "you're pretty and fun,"

you raised an eyebrow, wondering if you heard that right. he was still poking the chicken with his fork, eyes hazy and lips pouting.

"so you're not gonna tell me who is this guy you have a crush on?"

"you'll find out soon,"

-

sunwoo offered to walk you home though you kindly told him he didn't have to. he insisted and now you are walking beside him. he was suddenly quiet after the conversation you had with him.

"is that why you're avoiding me? because you have a crush on this guy?"

he asked, hands in his pockets, eyes looking forward. you looked at him, feeling a bit weirded out by his cold tone.

"no... okay maybe? i dont know. i just needed some time to myself,"

sunwoo fell quiet again for the rest of the walk home. when you reached the front gate of your house, you looked back at sunwoo. he looked like he was upset. you walked up to him and pat his side.

"hey thanks for walking me home. i'll tell you everything when i'm ready okay?"

sunwoo didnt say anything and you turned around to get out of that awkward moment.

"no i'll tell you everything right now okay? hear me out,"

you stopped in your tracks and facing him in confusion. he was pacing around, his hands are restless in his pockets.

"before you confess to him i guess i have to make a move on you first," sunwoo said, this time he raised his voice. "this is why people are saying we should always tell what we feel before we regret it and i dont want to regret it but i think im too late,"

you are worried at him. he looked like he was about to break down right in front of you. you wanted to comfort him but you didnt get what he's trying to say.

"sunwoo, i dont understand. what is it?"

sunwoo stopped pacing around and stopped directly in front of you. you swore you saw his eyes tearing up and you wanted to cry too. you thought, the alcohol has made both of you emotional.

"i like you,"

you both felt like the world is weighing down. it was as if the time has stopped for you two. you were staring at each other in disbelief.

"i know you like someone else and i shouldve told you sooner. i kept on putting back my feelings behind," sunwoo halted, gasping for air. "im too late now but i have to tell you this,"

"sunwoo-"

"i dont care who he is. but i want you to know that you deserve of love. you kept on telling yourself you dont deserve anyone. you know how badly i want to tell you that im here? i want to love you," sunwoo was practically shouting at this point. he sighed, "shit im already am in love with you,"

at those words, your tears came streaming down like crazy. you've never seen him cry but tonight he looked beautiful even when he's crying. you lurched forward and wrapped your arms around him. he buried his face in your neck and you felt his warm tears on your skin.

"im sorry. i just wanted to let that out after keeping it for so long. this is the worst timing huh?" he murmured under his breath.

you shook your head and laughed. you let go of the hug first and cupped his face in your hands. teary eyes staring at each other.

"sunwoo its you,"

"what?"

"i love you too,"

you closed the distance between the two of you, kissing him for the first time. that caught him off guard but then smiled in the kiss. it was sloppy but sunwoo is for sure leading you well at this. you both craved for this for a long time already. you were still crying of relief and touched by his confession.

"you should've told me before i start crying like an idiot," sunwoo looked down at you, smiling with his swollen eyes.

you laughed at him and you snuggled more into his embrace not wanting to let go too soon. you realized how much you miss him after those dreading days of ignoring him. he rested his chin on your head while gently patting you.

"im sorry ive been ignoring and denying my feelings for you,"

"its okay. thank god we actually like each other though," you both laughed at the same time and you havent felt this happy and giddy before.

"so i can actually call you my baby now?" sunwoo asked smirking at you playfully, knowing how much you hated it before.

"that's still cringy but sure, babe,"

[biwetch-hunter-general]

*Teen clearly pleased with his ability to get on this man's nerves. It makes him feel so proud. The only task ahead is to keep this level of trolling up.*

*Philip drammaticaly rolls his eyes and clicks with his toungue.* "Jesus fucking Christ why you had to make it all sound like I am taking an exam?" *Philip bites his bottom lip and tries to imagine how he can lie funny enough to break this short man completely.*

"Whatever. ...Alright, what can I say..." *He says slowly, looking away in thought, while scratching his chin.*

"First of all, I have a sister named Caleb, duh! We grew up in a mansion with the rich-ass parents where we were privately tutored. But my childhood was still the WORST, because I wasn't allowed to play Xbox all day and kick neighbour's puppies when they bark at me. My main interests always were mad kind of science and cyberbullying Australian kids."

*Philip tried to sound genuinely enough to be infuriating. At least, he said the things he would hate to hear from another person. His face is dead serious, without any sign that he finds this situation hilarious.*

"Ehh.. Yeah, I am left handed, I thought it was obvious. But witchhunts? No, sorry, but in our house we werent allowed to use Twitter." *Philip chuckled to himself, remembering the -chronically online- kids at their new normal school that were so dedicated to argue with strangers on the internet. Sometimes Philip is glad he wasn't allowed to have a phone for most of his life in the orphanage.*

"Of course me and my brother came here from the Human Realm, what a useless question! Or do i think we look like we spawned on the Boiling Isles stright out from the seas like the Aphrodite? Personally i hope i look HUMAN enough." *Philip gives out an irritated sigh as he closes his eyes and throws his ponytail back most preppy way possible. ..Ah, Philip understood wgo he was copying. Tashdalia the crapiest. Well HER behaviour should be able to make anyone loose their shit, so Wittebane was on the right track.*

"But i LOVE bitches and witches with my whole tiny dark heart." *Philip gives out a smile he always notices on Odalia, when she is able to brag about something, and waves his hand dismissively.* "I always curse them for being so kind and loving." *It was the lie Philip based on his half-truths and Caleb's opinions. Philip didn't like witches, but at the same time he dislikes everybody with few exceptions. If it was Philip's will, human world and demon world with magic would never interact, because is is "how things are suppose to be" and "normal".*

"But even if i am so generous to answer your questions i am not going to give you my address, you creep." *Philip thinks he gone too far with that, so he coughs into his hand awkwardly before continuing.* "Anyway, I have several palismans, because i work with the 3 Bat-Kings." *This statement is horseshit, cuz they werent even introduced to the Palismans in Hexide, yet. It is not going to be soon in their study program and, honestly, Philip was hoping to "go back home to the human realm" before that happens.*

"And no, I dont use magic. I wouldnt try to extract it and destroy it otherwise." *That was only partially a lie, cuz Philip was using magic due to its necessity, despite him wanting to limit his interactions with it to a minimum. But since Alchemist already knows about this Philip's will to research the nature and extraction of magic essences, Philip couldn't fake that fact, since it would also give out his whole untruthful story.*

"I dont know any... Ebvelyns? And dont want any more sisters in my family! One is more than enough!"

*Philip tries to keep his dead serious expression with glimpse of his usual annoyance on his face and hide his want to smile because he likes acting like a little menace to others. He stares at Alchemist Philip and crosses his arms on his chest.*

"Are you happy?"

"Greetings young lad."

He holds his quill in his right hand as he holds some kind of journal in his left.

He looked to the person right in front of him.

While some features felt familiar to him, some things were quite off and different.

"I have been informed by my sons friend, Luz, about the existence of different universes. It peaked my interest so I wanted to conduct a study on how different each universe is."

He explained calmly as his eyes now looked down to his opened journal.

"If you got time to answer some questions and explain how your world differentiates from mine, it would be greatly appreciated."

*The teen slowly gives out a wide shit eating grin. * Look at who we have here. Mr. ButterTwink, long time no see! *Philip spreads his hands to the sides, slowly walking up to the Alchemist as if he was the villain who got the protagonist in his trap.*

Since i am so nice, of course i am going to answer your stupid questions. With all seriousness and honesty. *It is unclear how many layers of fat sarcasm and meta-irony there is to Philip's statement. But he definitely wants to have fun with this conversation.*

[komoreangel]

𝐝𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

pairing: scaramouche x kamisatoclan!reader

scenario: when you least expect it, faces from your long forgotten past come rushing back to you…both figuratively and literally. he wants to know how you’re doing, but you can hardly answer the question yourself.

or....

dubitation: a deep feeling of mistrust. what does he want from you?

request: Omg I literally love your thantophobia (fic? is that what people call it?) sm 😭 can you post more of it like the ideas you said in the a/n at the end?

a/n: aaaa hi! i’m glad u guys all liked thantophobia :) here is the semi sequel i was talking about in the last one ! the title is still a wip so it may be subject to change - but how are you guys liking inazuma? i am very very sad about losing the 50/50 but its fine im fine everythings fine. anyway enjoy <33

genre: and now i give u,,, readers pov! reader reunites with scaramouche but is kinda dumb about it

you found yourself stargazing a lot these days

it was something you used to do with...him.

you had heard the news that the fatui had settled in inazuma from your father, and you weren’t surprised

being well read about politics and foreign affairs, the shogun, who had called all three commissions together, decided to let you attend the meetings on the situation

you were grateful she let you have your say, but you suspected it was only to get on your father’s good side

even she has to bow down to humanity sometimes

what you weren’t expecting was for the reports to say a harbinger had been spotted on one of the boats

the sixth harbinger, to be precise.

“father, what do we know of the sixth harbinger?” you asked

he grimaced

there wasn’t much info on this guy, he was a complete mystery

he wasn’t a novice, or a trainee by any means. he was a fully fledged harbinger, who had apparently been working with them for years even though he was your own age.

you didn’t think much of it, the militia your father dispatched would take care of it, one way or another

but then, while taking your nightly stroll to a stargazing spot, you heard conversation in the hills

quickly darting behind nearest tree, and kneeling in the bushes, you began to hear bits and pieces of information

“milord, are you sure it’s wise to take camp in these lands? they’ve got a vendetta against you specifically, more than most-!” a woman, who went quiet, seemingly shushed by her superior

“shut up. we’ll be fine, we haven’t aggravated them. they won’t even know my true identity. they wouldnt care in the first place.” the man seemed resentful, but for what reason, you couldn’t decipher

you decided to leave, the info you had was enough, and you didn’t want to risk being caught by the fatui

just as you began to make your way back down the path, the talking in the tent stopped

you froze, whipping your head around to see a dark figure behind you, wearing a large hat.

you began to race for the trees, praying to the shogun you would make it without him catching you

fate had other plans

you felt a jolting pain up your side, and fell to the ground in shock

an electro vision. a large hat.

was this the famed sixth harbinger?

“who are you?” he asked

he dug his sandal into your back, keeping you pinned to the ground, facing the dirt

“what did you hear, and why are you listening to my private conversation?”

he talked like he owned the world, and was just waiting for it to fall back into his hands

however you didn’t plan on going down without a fight

you’d stand against him until your last breath

you summoned an ice crystal via your cryo vision and whizzed it past his ear

he was startled, and his foot loosened

there was your chance

you slipped from under his grasp and summoned your sword, preparing to flip upwards and strike

he summoned a polearm to meet your advances, and you two battled to the edge of the hill

the moonlight was shining behind the woods, and he finally got a good hit on you, knocking you down until you gripped the cliff edge by your hands, struggling to get up

“well, as entertaining as that might’ve been, i can’t have you spilling all my secrets. so goodbye, now.”

as he was about to kick your fingers off, he glanced back at your face, the moon’s light allowing him to finally see you clearly

he faltered, clearly stunned by what he saw

“y/n?” he asked in a low voice

you’re not even sure he meant to say it, but you used that moment of weakness to grab his spear, pull yourself up, and bounce off the top of his hat

“goodbye, fatui.” you dashed back to the city, not looking back, just wanting to get away from him

you had no clue who he was to recognize you. you hadn’t even got a good look at his face

the man was left there, standing shell shocked, staring in the direction you ran to

“milord?” the attendant from earlier asked him

“who was that stranger? you seem shaken.”

he blinked, staring down at his weapon in his hands

“it’s...no one. there wasn’t anyone there.”

“are you sure, i swore i heard fighting!”

he looked at her with a glare that made her stop talking

even though he dropped the subject, he could not stop wondering what exactly had happened

and how on earth he’d explain to the tsaritsa that he no longer sought to destroy ‘everyone in inazuma’.