#like she def was not doing what she was supposed to already but damn oops
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incorrectsibunaquotes Ā· 1 year ago
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bro i'm laufghing at kira doing everything you're not supposed to do with a bad concussion. girl is taking pills that could make her brain bleed. She could DIE
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I will be honest I didnā€™t know that certain painkillers could cause brain damage after a concussion šŸ§šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø
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rafeysbafey Ā· 1 year ago
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āœ® 9. bed sharing ā€” ethan landry MDNI
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summary. sharing a bed with ethan turns into something more
warnings. dick!ethan (he gets better ^o^), enemies to lovers type beat, smut, language, riding
word count. 1.1k
a/n. def got carried away, so i think i rushed at the end oops lol. also this is going to be put on my regular masterlist as well as my kinktober list because itā€™s so damn long lmao
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ā€œwhat do you mean i have to share a room with ethan?!ā€ you asked, completely flabbergasted at this sudden information.
anika and mindy had only booked three rooms when the group decided to go on a trip together. sam and tara sharing the second room while you and ethan share the other.
chad was sick the day before everyone was supposed to leave so mindy just decided to cram you and ethan together.
ā€œim sorry, babe,ā€ she said, frown on her face as she tried spewing out ideas to make it better.
ā€œheā€™s going to hate this,ā€ you pointed out, looking past her to see where he was, ā€œheā€™s going to hate me.ā€
ā€œwell, more than he already does,ā€ you added under your breath.
you and ethan had aā€¦rocky relationship, to put it nicely.
he absolutely hated you. with the mean side comments and the not so subtle shoves he would give you when in passing.
it hurt because you actually liked ethan, when joining the group you actually found him cute.
you would see the way he conversed with others, the nerdy, kind ethan he would be in front of the group.
but with you it was different, for whatever godforsaken reason.
ā€œethanā€™s not going to hate you,ā€ anika chimed in, giving you a look filled with pity as you sighed in annoyance.
ā€œethanā€™s not going to hate who?ā€ a voice asked from around the corner, the devil himself making his way round before stopping a few feet away from you guys.
his eyes immediately fell on you, a sour look taking over his face as he narrowed his brows at you.
not being able to hold his gaze, you looked at the ground with a huff.
ā€œthere was a mix up apparently,ā€ you mumbled, looking at your feet as you forced out the next words.
ā€œweā€™re sharing a room.ā€
his mouth went agap and a certain glint flashed in his eyes, but you werenā€™t aware since you were looking down.
ā€œno way, id rather rip my hair out one by one than share a room with her.ā€
ā€œfirst off, fuck you,ā€ you spat, your head shooting up as you glared at him, ā€œsecond, i told you,ā€ you turned towards the girls.
ā€œguys give it one night! then weā€™ll figure something out. right now itā€™s late,ā€ mindy sighed, giving attention to how late it had already gotten.
ā€œsam and tara already went up, letā€™s go.ā€
the room was small andā€¦cozy, to put it nicely.
and to make things worse, there was only one bed.
ā€œim taking the bed,ā€ ethan announced, tossing his suitcase on the mattress before kicking off his shoes.
ā€œwhere am i supposed to sleep?!ā€ you asked, watching as he narrowed his eyes toward you with a chuckle.
ā€œon the floor? outside? i couldnā€™t care less.ā€
ā€œdick,ā€ you muttered.
ā€œwhat did you say, brat?ā€
ā€œjust forget it,ā€ you scoffed, shoving past him and heading into the bathroom.
after brushing your teeth and taking off your makeup, you changed into your pajamas and left the bathroom.
the lights were already off, the soft glow from the moon outside shining through the room.
you could see ethan sprawled out on the bed, resting comfortably on the cushioned mattress.
walking over to him, you shoved his side, almost pushing him off as he sat up abruptly.
ā€œwhat?ā€ he hissed, shooting you a dirty look as you rolled your eyes.
ā€œat least give me a pillow.ā€
ā€œso fucking needy,ā€ he mumbled before grabbing an extra one and tossing it towards you.
you didn't know how long you were awake for, tossing and turning, your body aching from the roughness of the floor.
"god, could you stop being so loud?" ethan's sudden voice boomed through the silence.
"says the one who has the bed," you spat back.
before you could process what was happening next, you felt two strong arms snake around your waist and hoisting you up on the bed.
"there," he mumbled, "now stop complaining."
it was a tight fit, the bed was so small it was probably a twin.
you could feel your back pressed against ethan's chest, his hands uncomfortably resting by his sides because if not there, they would have to rest on your hips.
"y'know how angry you make me?" he suddenly whispered, voice so quiet you almost missed it.
"what?" you asked, afraid of what he'd say next.
"how angry you make me," he repeats before adding, "how stuck up you act and think you're better than everyone else."
you furrowed your brows together as you forced yourself to flip over, eyes squinting in the dark to try and read his expression.
"how do i act stuck up? i've done nothing to you," you defend, confusion laced in your voice.
"that's the point. you've never given me a chance."
flabbergasted, you scoff in annoyance, "because you're so mean to me!"
it was silent for a second, the air thick and quiet as ethan tried mustering up words.
"so if i wasn'tā€”wasn't mean, i would have a chance?"
"a chance with me? ethan what are you talking about," you were genuinely confused.
ethan was always mean to you, making remarks about what you wore or how you did your hair, shoving past you when needing to get something, and most importantly sending jabs about how 'ugly' you were.
"i'm in love with you, god damnit."
before you could ask why, why he was in love with you if his actions and words spoke different, you felt his lips clash into yours.
you didnā€™t know how to react, being completely off guard as he quickly pulled away.
ā€œfuck- im sorry, i-i should have asked i-ā€
you didnā€™t let him finish as you leaned back in, kissing him this time gently as he melted into your touch.
you rolled on top of him, straddling his waist as you intertwined your hands together, squeezing ever so slightly.
ā€œyouā€™re so hot,ā€ ethan rasped out, one hand leaving yours to cup your waist as you slowly started to move against him, grinding down on his hardening cock.
ā€œfuck, y/n.ā€
ā€œwant me to ride you?ā€ you asked, innocence laced in your voice as you batted your eyelashes down at him, the moonlight hitting your face perfectly.
ethan could have came in his pants right there, the boy quickly nodding as you lifted yourself up to pull down his sweatpants, his boxers following after.
his cock slapped against his lower abdomen as he let out a sigh of relief, his tip an angry red as you stared in astonishment.
he was big.
ā€œso pretty,ā€ you mumbled, leaning down to kiss his tip as he hissed ever so slightly at the feeling, your pillowy lips sending vibrations through his body.
you quickly took off your pj shorts before doing the same with your underwear, tossing them somewhere random in the room without a care.
leaning down to connect your lips with his, you allowed yourself to sink onto his length, a small cry falling from your mouth as you squeezed your eyes shut.
ā€˜fuck this hurts.ā€™ you thought to yourself, the feeling of ethanā€™s hand cupping the side of your face causing a warm feeling to go down your spine.
ā€œdoing so good fā€™me,ā€ he whispered, his thumb stroking your cheek softly as you leaned into his touch.
after what felt like forever, you started to move, the both of you sighing in relief at the friction you two were making.
ā€œjust like that, fuck-ā€œ he groaned, head falling back against the pillow as he held both sides of your hips with his hands, helping you bounce on top of him.
ā€œso good, ethā€ you cried, ā€œso so good.ā€
you felt your legs tremble as you tried your best to be consistent, ethan noticing as he took hold of the small of your back and leaned you into him.
you rested against his chest, hand wrapped around his torso as he started fucking up into you, small moans leaving your mouth.
ā€œyouā€™re so pretty, you sound so pretty,ā€ he groaned, his hand still on the small of your back as the other cupped the back of your head, ā€œso so pretty. all for me.ā€
ā€œall for you,ā€ you rambled, nodding in agreement as you felt the familiar pit in your stomach form.
ā€œbout to cum, please let me cum,ā€ you begged, snuggling your face deeper into his neck as he cooed you softly.
ā€œdonā€™t need to beg, baby.ā€
with that, you let yourself release on him, your body stiffening before falling back into him, jolts traveling through your thighs.
ethan followed quickly after, groaning lowly in your ear as he held your hips still, allowing him to dump himself in your used hole.
ā€œso perfect, fuck,ā€ he moaned before letting out a sigh, his hand now stroking the back of your head.
using all the strength you had left, you pushed yourself up to face him, a tired look on your face as you gave him a small smile.
ā€œstill hate me?ā€ you mumbled, slightly teasing him but not really. you did believe he hated you, maybe not right at this moment, but things could be different in the morning.
ā€œnever hated you,ā€ he whispered, frown on his lips as he pushed the lose strands of hair away from your face.
ā€œim a jerk,ā€ he added.
ā€œa cute jerk,ā€ you giggled softly, causing him to smile just a littleā€”knowing you werenā€™t being as serious as he thought you would.
ā€œbut really, it hurts when you treat me the way you do.ā€
ā€œi know, and im sorry for everything,ā€ he said, pure sadness in his voice as he leaned into you, forehead meeting yours.
ā€œi think i love you.ā€
ā€œid hope so,ā€ you snorted, pecking his lips softly before adding, ā€œi mean your dick is in me.ā€
ā€œcanā€™t you be serious?ā€ he joked.
ā€œfine, i love you too.ā€
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iiasha-archived Ā· 4 years ago
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genshin anon! oops turns out i totally forgot to respond lol. yeah the sacrificial is nice. ive got the bow, claymore, and catalyst. almost have 2 r5 catalyts as well.... oo that's nice! yeah xiao has kind of turned into my not used character as well which is kind of sad. i love him so much. but hu tao doing 30k+ crit up to 50k is uh... going well for me one might say. and yeah i also think the rate theyre doing things is okay. people constantly are at the game for not having end game content
lmaoo donā€™t worry about responding!! feel free to absolutely ghost me iā€™ll totally understand hehe <3
(2/5) but like.. the game isnt a year old yet. like half the game isnt even out yet. i get theres not a whole lot to do ar 45+ but :/ its a gacha game so its not really supposed to be a play for 8 hours a day thing. although i am torn on that. it is a gacha game but plays and acts like a 'proper' game so i get where everyone is coming from in that aspect. i am so in love with venti. mostly wanted him to collect everyone and for spiral abyss but damn i use him CONSTANTLY and i dont think i could
(3/5) ever not use him now. sucrose is great though! def try to get here she is such a great support! zhongli is so useful though haha. he kind of just fits in wherever. i cant wait for childe i so hope i get him. im saving up all these windblume primos for him haha. and hoping to get rosaria in the process (my pole arm team will almost be complete). yeah the windblume has been great! the STORY THOUGH. it made me so happy? haha. loved seeing all the characters again. and it was just a sweet
(4/5) story :'( the games are pretty cool too! im not a big fan off the freefall one though. the other two are great. and peculiar wonderland! that one is a lot of fun in coop! i kind of really want them to keep the dandelions floating around in mondstadt? they look so nice. oh nice! yeah polearms are fun haha. i used to use a lot of claymores but idk, im just not overly fond of how slow they are? plus none of them really -vibe- with me. xinyan is my fave out of them though. i just walk around
(5/5) with my faves and hope for the best :') chongyun and xingqiu bestest friends <3 that sounds funny ill have to be xingqui when i do chongyuns story quest lol. still havent done any of those but yeah its nice that they do let you skip what youve already done lol. yeah rosaria did show up in the windblume festival which i figured she would. got to remind everyone about her before she is released. did make me like her a bit more honestly. cant wait to (hopefully) get her! she seems like fun!
R5 DAMN.... i think my highest is like R2 lmao again weapons are like the last thing i invest in ajdfklaj i have like. two good swords and 2 good claymores and thatā€™s it. my poor catalysts and bows.......
30-50k crit omg..... i only JUST got the achievement for like i think 20k+ damage with xiao the other day and it was during peculiar wonderland with the plunging/crit buffs LMAOOOO i am not a numbers type of gal </3Ā 
yeah iā€™ve honestly seen a lot of gacha games that like fucked around before discontinuing and not making a dent in the story... not saying that i want that to happen to genshin of course (knock on wood) but just the rate theyā€™re doing things is definitely fine lmao. and yeah sometimes i donā€™t even bother playing every day if i just donā€™t feel like it adfjklajd sure iā€™m losing primogems but also like. iā€™m tired bro lmao idk how people can spend hours every single day without just spending a copious amount of money on it.Ā 
but it does definitely feel like more than a gacha game for sure. botw was popular for a reason and i must say genshin ripped it off well LMAO. ughhhh despite what i said i keep pulling for venti and Iā€™VE GOTTEN NOELLE IN EVERY SINGLE 10 WISH THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS FJADKLFJSA i did get keqing for my pity though who i did also really want though so!!!! i guess i can be happy with that lmao although i wish at least 1 of my noelles was a sucrose or something...
and yes! even if it was just brief cameos iā€™m glad they brought a lot of characters in; really helps build the world especially seeing the friendships between certain characters! i know we got a spoiler in the trailer but i was so excited to just see like. diluc/kayea/rosaria together hahaha. and razor and bennet are so cute!! i think people already knew they were friends from their voicelines? but actually seeing them hang out together/interact really solidifies it.Ā 
oh nice iā€™m not the only one who isnā€™t a fan of the freefalling one LMAO the others were a lot of fun tho <3 and yeah the dandelions are definitely really pretty!!!
ahh yeah i think with claymore users i tend to really focus more on their elemental skills/burst than them actually fighting lmao. like with chongyun at least he has a pretty fast cooldown compared to how long his skill lasts and just switch out with another character meanwhile. polearms are fun as well and xiao has been GREAT but i think i was also off put by how little damage my xiangling was doing when i first tried out polearms lmaooo
chongyun and xingqiu are really the best i love them so much... people keep comparing them to buzzfeed unsolved which i honestly havenā€™t really seen much of but it makes SO much sense especially since their whole thing is like. chongyun looking for evil spirits and xingqiu giving him shitty leads jasdkflsa.Ā 
also idk if youā€™ve seen this but apparently the tassels they wear on their visions are friendship tassels they gifted each other and JDAFKLAJSKLFDSJ THATā€™S SO CUTE GODDD
and yeah!!! again with the diluc/kayea/rosaria group i really want a storyline surrounding those 3 specifically lmao they seem so fun. i actually didnā€™t realize the similarities between kaeya and rosaria are until they were put together but aside from kaeya being more. idk flirty/extroverted lmao they actually have sort of similar like. idk. vibes? roles? jobs? way about doing things? and cryo users ofc
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riskeith Ā· 4 years ago
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hi bb!
oh rip... the olā€™ laptop fan situation. it must sound like a plane when you play genshin right? yes, weā€™re more prepared now. i remember the first few years there were so many fires and stuff to the point where they even made bbq illegal. such a mess, but it took away a fire hazard which is good. i believe aus had the same situation right?
awwww sounds so cute! pokĆ©mon go? no i donā€™t! i dropped it after that summer sjsksjdk. do you play while youā€™re walking thatā€™s so adorable. wait bakudeku zine??? youā€™ve peeked my interest.
ooh that makes sense! i thought about the gold seelie too actually! the babie might bring you mora which is always good to have. also thereā€™s fanart of the gold seelie being aether and those are sooo cute. have you seen any?
help i hope xiao knows how lucky he is to have such a devoted fan as yourself!! youā€™re really pulling all the strings for him i applaud your patience and determination. dude albedo is like... easily one of the prettiest animated character iā€™ve seen! heā€™s gorgeous! also i like his elevator move that could be so handy. and for the dancing videos, just search on yt baron bunny dancin or something hehe.
WAIT. WAIT. WAIT. WAIT. WHAT THE FUCK? wait are you serious? ventiā€™s jpn va is HINATA? I HAD NO IDEA WTF???? god..,. thatā€™s it iā€™m switching to jpn dub thatā€™s insane... i was actually gonna ask you once if you could apply haikyuu characters to the game who would they be and the only one i was sure about was that hinata would be venti.... šŸ˜­ youā€™re so talented for knowing that hehe.. also you can say that youā€™re studying when youā€™re gaming then lmao. study smart not hard. god iā€™m still in shock over venti. this made my morning ngl.
i have no idea how fic collabs work either. i had a friend that did it once and she said they each wrote a chapter but i feel like that might be confusing if the writers use different writing styles..? idk it seems fun but kind of scary too..
ilytttttt little blushing girl.. <3
it always goes back to dragonspine does it not... šŸ˜¶ but damn itā€™s been about a month and youā€™ve saved 12k thatā€™s super solid. since xiao will be coming around feb that means youā€™ll have another month-ish to save up as well... so girl youā€™re def getting him sjdksjdk.. <3 and so much other goodies as well. unless you donā€™t pull him on the first try you might get some other great characters and weapons/artifacts as well. you need to force me to start saving up too bc if venti is really coming back.. i /have/ to get him esp now that i know about the va..
theyā€™re adorable! i donā€™t know much about their story but i think theyā€™re best friends, right? which makes it even more adorable. and thereā€™s so much fanart of them as well. dude speaking of, genshin stans make the BEST fanart. i spend hours just looking at them and itā€™s perfect. i imagine thereā€™s so much on twitter too, right?
god. remember shiro and adam. dreamworks would def not do that.. lmao...
your bravery for even considering posting wip. iā€™m taking my hat off for you. also, one writer to another; how does your writing process usually go? iā€™m always interested in seeing how other fic writers work bc it varies so much.
oh!! i was all over the place but i really liked sm groups. and loona! you donā€™t like slow songs? like even slow indie? aksjjdhdkdhf im gonna keep asking to find a middle group bc right now iā€™m super lost help...
i donā€™t really like sleeping in so itā€™s fine HEHE itā€™s 9 am now and i woke up about an hour ago which was perfect. 10 hour sleep? immaculate. not yikes. sleeping is always good never stress about it shjdhdjd, think about when you go back to school and have to pull all nighters etc.
kiss <3
heya!!
yeah HAHAAH it gets so hot omg.. and my laptop is supposed to have pretty good specs so i canā€™t imagine what it wouldā€™ve been like if i tried to play on my old one yikes šŸ˜¬ oh shoot! yeah we have a fire danger rating too, the second lowest one isĀ ā€œhighā€ and it goes beyondĀ ā€œextremeā€ toĀ ā€œcode redā€/ā€œcatastrophicā€ lollll. and weā€™ve regularly got fire bans in the summer to try and prevent anything!Ā 
hfsdkjfhs summer 2016? god i remember that time so clearly... iconic šŸ˜© i do play sometimes! normally if there are any mystic gyms around me to join, otherwise iā€™m kinda lazy about actually catching the pokemon HAHA oops.Ā https://twitter.com/kotatsutomikan1Ā here!! does that mean šŸ‘€ you main bkdk šŸ‘€šŸ‘€šŸ‘€
oooo i thought the seelies were actually just there for decoration? AHAH. yessss I saw one with a whole lineup!Ā https://twitter.com/icedkappe/status/1347555831831699457Ā look how cute šŸ„ŗ ugh but that reminds me of something i was thinking of earlier today, i hope theyā€™ll introduce skins or something later down the line? fshdk like think of the potential. it always upsets me when i click the hanger icon and it only lets me change their glider fhsjfskfjsdjkf
god when i saw albedoā€™s hair... <3333333 and also his eyes??? um chief alchemist? more like PRETTIEST alchemist. yesss iā€™ve been doing plunge attacks a lot more recently (preparing for xiao?) and honestly ugh if i had albedo.. I LOOKED THOSE VIDEOS UP!!! THEY ARE SO FUCKING ADORABLE WHAT EHE FSUCJK!!!!!!Ā  my god. fancam for characters who? ? from now on only fancams of baron bunny are allowed šŸ˜¤šŸ˜¤šŸ˜¤
AHAHAH YEAH HE IS!!!! wait have you finished the world quest with him tho?? either way iā€™m sure youā€™ll be able to find clips of it in japanese dub online... hisĀ ā€˜eheā€™ is so cute my god.. study smart not hard my motto!!!! <3Ā 
yeah I feel like chapters is confusing which is why separating by POV might work better? definitely scary tho lol .... such uncharted territory for me
IM DEF GETTING HIM!!! xiao i am patiently waiting for you to come home šŸ‘šŸ™‡ā€ā™€ļø yes!! i really hope the four stars on his banner are good bc iā€™m def gonna be pulling it a lot AHAHHA i hope hm.... i wanna get xingqiu to match with chongyun but beido seems so cool too šŸ˜© tho i already have so many claymore users fsdhfksdfhsjd. oh that also reminds me ventiā€™s elemental burst dialogueĀ ā€˜kaze da!ā€™ is so cute... like his voice is so melodic??? omg.... WAIT lemme send you this interview i foundĀ https://youtu.be/g3floaU41UcĀ !! AND START SAVE UP MARRIAGE ANON!!!!! tho i think heā€™s like 5 banners away so you still have time if you do wanna pull now... fhdsfkjds
they are!!! chongyun has this line in his story profileĀ ā€œWho could he possibly trust, if not his fine friend Xingqiu?ā€ šŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗšŸ„ŗšŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­ how cute is he i love him so much :((((((((((((( yeah there are so many on twitter!! i donā€™t see much on tumblr tbh bc i donā€™t look at my dash too often AHHAHA but itā€™s all over my twitter timeline~Ā 
my writing process depends!! but typically i type out the outline of a fic/write out certain scenes, then fill in everything around that ahaha. usually my ideas come from a line i thought up that i really like or just a concept. i usually also type out my plans in all caps LOL. i hope that makes sense lmaooo how about you? do you just go for it or plan everything out first?
ooo yeah sm have some really nice stuff... and nice! i never gave loona a shot FJKDHFKSJ. i donā€™t think so?? the slow songs i do like are usually exceptions rather than the rule LMAO but i like hozierā€™s stuff even tho theyā€™re slow (but who doesnā€™t? AHAH) honestly i couldnā€™t even give you examples bc i canā€™t think of any FHSDKFJS like i guess for example, lovely by billie eilish and khalid, i like the song but on a normal day if it came up on shuffle iā€™d skip it? FHSFKSD im so sorry legit i am no help at all fhskdfhsjdfjsdkfhsdhkfhk but what are some artists you listen to often?
i never pull all-nighters!! itā€™s kinda like my rule, even if iā€™m absolutely fucked iā€™ll deal with it later rather than not sleep fhskjfsdf. (or maybe i just havenā€™t reached that stage yet... i hope not!). also wait a second i just registered what you wrote.. YOU WOKE UP AT 8AM????????? my goodness... legit i donā€™t think i did that a single time in 2020. there was a week i woke up at 8:30 every day but very quickly i started sleeping in again omg... that energy! iā€™m also gonna try start waking up early but itā€™s hard when i go to bed then read fic šŸ˜©
kisses!!! hope your day has been swell so far xoxo
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drunklander Ā· 7 years ago
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Drunj!Der Yells About Outlander
Thoughts on Ep. 306
GUYS THEYā€™RE FINALLY BACK TOGETHER AND THE WHOLE POINT OF WATCHING THIS DAMN SHOW IS ACTUALLY ON MY TV AGAIN!
Like I feel like Iā€™ve been waiting for this episode since the end of season one. I didnā€™t get sucked into the show because of the adventures du jour. I got sucked in because of the relationship between Jamie and Claire. Their intimacy. The intimacy they had even before the wedding. Yes, shenanigans need to happen around them or itā€™d just be a bunch of fluff, but watching how they go through the shenanigans *together* was kind of the whole point for me.
And the beginning of this season was obviously supposed to make the reunion feel earned, but with the lack of story on Claireā€™s side, it really kind of felt like a chore to slog through it at times.
But!Ā This episode really was a great reminder of why Iā€™ve stuck with the show with one glaring exception which Iā€™m still salty about but not at all surprised by, and I *really* hope that theyā€™re not going to treat it as a one and done.
Like in season one no matter what else was going on in the episodes, time was spent on building Jamie and Claireā€™s relationship before they got together and then time was spent figuring out what kind of couple they were going to be. *pretends the search doesnā€™t exist* Season two started with them dealing with Jamieā€™s rape, which it should have, but then when they came back together it was for like *a minute* before they basically then just started fighting over ā€œsavingā€ Frank. And then they lost Faith but the show skipped over them coming back together after that. Like suddenly they were just all ok and happy again, but literally for only one scene before going off to war. The investment in their relationship was put on the back burner and I think the show suffered because of it.
So now theyā€™re *finally* back together and I *really* hope that this episode is just the jumping off point for showing them rebuilding their life together. Yes, Iā€™m very much aware that they canā€™t spend every episode in a room together in various stages of undress. Iā€™m not asking for that. Iā€™m just hoping that the show goes back to the way they did things in season one. Where yes, stuff is happening and shenanigans ensue, but their relationship is still regularly given the attention it needs.
Anywho, that got longer than I meant it to... Sorry... Rambling nonsense and pterodactyl screeches are under the cut.
Apparently Jamie inherited his motherā€™s curse of having literally everyone fall in love with him or lust after him. Like are they trying to make it that Mme Jeanne is super into Jamie or something?
The music from Lallybroch as Jamie walks to work gives me life but also kind of makes me sad. Like heā€™s built a life for himself! He has his shop! He has shenanigans with Fergus! Heā€™s content! But at the same time heā€™s living under a different name and his home at Lallybroch is no longer his home...
Although Iā€™m glad Iā€™m not the only one in this fandom who went straight to Beauty and the Beast as heā€™s walking through the street, tipping his hat to literally everyone. *group high five*
Him like polishing the sign with a finger and then being like nope, gotta go full arm makes me smile.
How did Hayes not get transported? Like itā€™s def the same dude from Ardsmuir, so how is he not in the Colonies with everyone else? Whatever. Not important... Treason is the point here, haha.
Geordie looks like Young Simon Fraser/Lovat so much itā€™s mildly distracting. And tbh, as much as he has a stick up his ass, I def feel him on wanting to know the required morning duties in advance.
Hai Bonnie! Whoā€™s a good press. You are!
Ok holding the sheet up like that in the title card is cheesy? Idk. The second sheet just lying there worked for me though? But who cares. Itā€™s a fucking title card. Moving on.
OMG SHEā€™S REAL AND HEā€™S REAL AND THEYā€™RE REAL IN THE SAME PLACE AND OMG GROUP HUG BECAUSE ITā€™S FINALLY HAPPENINGGG!
I wasnā€™t really a fan of the alepot thing in the book? Like itā€™s already awkward without Jamie needing to take off his pants?Ā 
OK BUT THEIR FACES THROUGH THIS WHOLE BIT WITH HIM LOOKING AT HER RING AND HER TELLING HIM HOW SHE NEVER TOOK IT OFF, I CANNOT HANDLE IT.
Asking if he can kiss her is my favorite. Except them kissing. Thatā€™s really my favorite. But consent, yā€™all. Itā€™s sexy af.
BEAR WHY DONā€™T YOU MURDER ME WITH THE SWELL OF THEIR THEME YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD.
Jamie, this is a beautiful monologue, but she def touched you at Culloden. They literally had her touch him in ep. 301. But whatever, it was a vision, you canā€™t feel a vision. This isnā€™t the point. The point is OMG THEYā€™RE TOGETHER AND REALLY THERE AND MAKING OUT AND AHHHHHH.
Ok, Iā€™m 1000% blanking. Was theĀ ā€œdonā€™t be afraid, thereā€™s the two of us nowā€ line in the show before this? I canā€™t remember. Or is it just a thing for book people that weā€™re supposed to just accept was at some point a thing between them off-screen in the show? Iā€™m really asking.
Oops, that distracted me from squeeing over how they like remember all their whatever the word is for an in-joke thatā€™s not a joke and is actually something really romantic. Because squeee!
In Geordieā€™s spare time, heā€™s part of Edinburghā€™s recreational cockblocking league. Weā€™ll meet some of his teammates later on in the episode. No one really likes them. Theyā€™re basically the worst.
ā€œOur child?ā€Ā ā€œOur daughter?ā€ *has feelings*
LOOK HOW HAPPY CLAIRE IS TO TELL JAMIE ABOUT BREE! LOOK AT HER! SHEā€™S FUCKING BEAMING! SHEā€™S FUCKING GLOWING RIGHT THERE! I CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I SAW FUCKING CLAIRE LOOKING THAT FUCKING HAPPY. ITā€™S A BEAUTIFUL FUCKING SIGHT.
Ok but them being insecure about aging is fucking adorable and I love them so fucking much.
Ok so the pictures. Iā€™m a bit torn about this sequence...
I hated that Jamie tells Claire he doesnā€™t like Breeā€™s name in the book and I hate that thatā€™s his first reaction here. Like seriously, dude? This is your child. The child you sent your wife away to save. The child she raised without you because you made her go. And the first thing youā€™re going to tell Claire after she shows you the photos is that she picked an awful name? Wtf. I donā€™t care if heā€™s kidding around or whatever. Itā€™s a fucking weird thing to say.
I *do* love that he brings up Faith and calls her Breeā€™s sister. Because she is and he hasnā€™t forgotten her and neither has Claire because how could they and it makes me want to hug them both.
ā€œYouā€™re a doctor now?ā€ ā€œSurgeon.ā€ ā€œYou always were one. Now you have the title to go wiā€™ it.ā€ Yaaas. I will always and forever love how much Jamie appreciates and respects Claireā€™s skills.
Ok for real they should have just cut the dog. I get itā€™s in the book. And they forced it into that other episode just so they could have it in the pictures. But like it seems like a weird, super not important thing to go out of their way to include? But whatever, who cares.
So the Willie stuff. Iā€™m glad theyā€™re getting it out of the way now. It always seemed super weird that Jamie never told Claire until almost the end of the book and it was weird that LJG was the one to tell her first. But the way they did it doesnā€™t work well for me. Like yes. Tell her up front. Tell her when youā€™re talking about your children. That makes sense. But the way they have it play just doesnā€™t work.
Like the whole time heā€™s looking at the photos of Bree, his child with the woman he loves more than anything, the child they were separated to save, he keeps his strong emotions in check. Like heā€™s clearly moved, dumbass comment about her name aside, but heā€™s restrained. And then heā€™s talking about Willie and he like becomes so animated and excited. Like I get that this is one of the only times heā€™s been able to talk openly about Willie being his son. And to share how much he loves him. But it definitely makes the two of them talking about Bree seem shortchanged.
I kind of wish heā€™d given Claire the gift of knowing that Willie was conceived under coercion or at least that it was a one time thing. Like no need to get into all the details, but just saying heā€™s a bastard doesnā€™t provide much context. Especially for someone whose husband had a longterm affair. Which he doesnā€™t know, but still...
Maybe theyā€™re playing it this way so that in ep. 308 or whenever Claire finds out about Laoghaire and her girls, the Willie stuff might come back around in their fight? Maybe? Bueller? Guess weā€™ll find out in two weeks...
Same with how it was for Claire to be with Frank all those years? Like in this initial convo she gives the most watered down, BS description of her life with him so maybe thatā€™ll come back around too? Because they didnā€™t reallyĀ ā€œmake it workā€? He was terrible to her and treated her like shit and she just endured it for the sake of Bree?
Really Iā€™m just looking forward to that damn fight. Because they need to have the fight to get into the meaty work of coming back together.
HAI FERGUS! Fergus got hot. Fergus knows he got hot. Itā€™s somehow endearing.
Iā€™m so fucking glad they changed the hook to a wooden hand. So. Fucking. Glad.
This scene really makes me wish that weā€™d gotten something of Claire missing Fergus during her half of things in the earlier episodes. Like my kingdom for a scene of Claire telling Bree about her French Scottish pickpocket brother. I know technically Bree knows about Fergus because Claire told her the whole story, but like, they expanded that relationship so much last year that I wish he had come up at some point. *forces self to stop dwelling on my general dislike of how Claireā€™s story was handled*
They really doubled down on the bookā€™s already not-at-all subtle foreshadowing that Jamieā€™s already married...
Wouldnā€™t Claire have given some thought to explaining where sheā€™d been before she went back? Like she definitely knew if she found Jamie, sheā€™d probably be running into some of the other people she knew also? Whatever. Wherever they said she ended up, itā€™s always going to be weird because like how would she have known where to find Jamie?
It kinda bugs me, and by kinda I mean it really bugs me, that Claire starts to say Randall when sheā€™s introducing herself to Willoughby. Like yes, thatā€™s the name she went by for the last 20 years. And sheā€™s in the habit of saying it. But she literally just went back in time and found her husband and is like in the midst of a very emotional time where she is very aware of the identity sheā€™s actively reclaiming. It would have worked better for me if sheā€™d started to say Fraser. Like sheā€™s excited she *finally* gets to say that again only to have Jamie cut her off and that leading to the same questions she has as it plays out now, but with like the added layer of emotion that comes with not being able to use the name sheā€™s wanted to use for so long.
Iā€™m cautiously optimistic about Willoughby? Like fuck him for cheating the hooker out of her money, but he can be a garbage person without being a racist caricature?
Cool so now we have treason, questionable marital status and smuggling drama for Jamie. Seems like plenty to set up the shit thatā€™s going to hit the fan next week without a certain scene they decided to end the episode with...
Ok but with Jamieā€™s face and Willoughbyā€™s grin, itā€™s super obvious he didnā€™t *just* say honorable wife, implying again that somethingā€™s up with Claireā€™s status as Jamieā€™s wife. But Iā€™m glad they changed it to Chinese because the first wife thing in the book was like so on the nose that it was weird Claire never asked why he kept saying that.
For real though. Theyā€™re not being subtle at all...
I love that Claire calls him Yi Tien Cho as she says goodbye though. Yay for treating him like an actual person and notĀ ā€œJamieā€™s petā€ as heā€™s literally described in the book.
This introduction to the brothel is very Game of Thrones-y in terms of the randos banging everywhere.
I didnā€™t like Mme Jeanne being a bitch to Claire in the book and Iā€™m not a fan of it here. Like the lady clearly has the hots for Jamie or whatever they decided to do for the show, but we already have one person whoā€™s terrible to Claire because she wants Jamie and that person is about to come back so do we really need another? And I know that itā€™s partly so that Claire feels insecure or whatever and questions Jamie, but like I feel like the fact that heā€™s on friendly terms with Mme Jeanne and has a room in the brothel accomplishes the same thing well enough? Maybe itā€™s just me...
For real though the sex sounds from the other rooms is a bit much. Like we get it, show. Itā€™s a brothel. And these two want to bang but theyā€™re still a little awkward. The noises are more distracting than anything.
Ok but the look of like pain on Claireā€™s face when Jamie says he doesnā€™t know why she came back and then reduces (maybe the wrong word, but close enough) her to just the mother of his child. Like bro, itā€™s an important question. I know you want and deserve to know the answer. But I do feel for Claire a bit in how he chooses to word it.
ā€œSo I took a chance.ā€ Understatement of the centuries, Claire.
Throw her a bone, Jamie! She took an impossible leap! Give her something!
Claireā€™s ā€œdo you want me to go?ā€ breaks my heart a little. Like I 1000% know what Jamieā€™s getting at and why he wants and needs to know why Claire came back. But I really do feel for Claire here. She made the choice to risk everything to find him, and Jamie knows what it cost her. (*cough Bree cough* Remember her? You literally just looked at pictures of her.) Maybe lead with the fact that youā€™ve burned for her for so long, dude? And then bring up the knowing each other less now than at your wedding? Because it *is* a valid observation...
I know that basically everything in this room is like verbatim from the book, but I do kind of wish some of it had been tweaked.
BUT WHATEVER BECAUSE THEYā€™RE TOGETHER AGAIN.
OK BUT THE FLIRTY WAY CLAIRE SAYS THAT SHE MIGHT BE A HORRIBLE PERSON MAKES ME FEEL THINGS. LIKE SHE SPENT SO LONG BEING TREATED LIKE AND TOLD THAT SHE WAS ONE BUT HERE WITH JAMIE SHE KNOWS SHE ISNā€™T AND SHEā€™S JOKING AND SHEā€™S HAPPY AND SHEā€™S GETTING WHAT SHEā€™S DREAMED ABOUT FOR SO LONG AND Iā€™M JUST SO HAPPY FOR YOU CLAIRE. ILY, LADY.
The recreational cockblocking league really should be disbanded. I feel like there are better options for extracurricular activities out there.
OK BUT JAMIEā€™S FACE WHEN HE LOCKS THE DOOR AND CLAIREā€™S FACE WHEN JAMIE LOCKS THE DOOR. YOUā€™RE GOING TO DO IT, GUYS, YOUā€™RE GOING TO HAVE THE SECKS.
You know what would be better than this voiceover? Not this voiceover. I get that they wanted the parallel to the wedding voiceover about getting to know their new spouses for the first time, but Iā€™m just not a fan of the majority of the voiceovers and was kind of hoping they were not going to use them as much this year...
I like the parallel to the wedding with them talking first, I just could have done with more actual talking and less VO about talking.
Also like Claire, we know youā€™re both thinking about banging. Thereā€™s no reason to VO the fact that youā€™re thinking about it.
OK BUT THE SASSY LITTLE WAY SHE PULLS OFF HIS STOCK OR WHATEVER ITā€™S CALLED. HERE. FOR. IT.
AND SHE OPENS HIS SHIRT LIKE SHE DID IN EP. 103 WHEN SHE WAS CHECKING HIS WOUND AND IT WAS HOT AF THERE AND ITā€™S HOT AF HERE.
AND HIM PULLING OFF HER SCARF THINGY AND IT GOES DOWN HER FRONT LIKE THE RIBBON DID IN THE WEDDING WHEN HE UNTIED HER LITTLE CHOKER THINGY.
MY KINGDOM FOR ONCE THEYā€™RE LIKE COMFORTABLY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AND ITā€™S NOT LIKE 20 YEARS OF EMOTION BUILT UP FOR JAMIE TO JUST LOVE ZIPPING AND UNZIPPING CLAIREā€™S CORSET THINGY AND HER LIKE PLAYFULLY SMACKING HIM UPSIDE THE HEAD.
THIS IS AWKWARD AND ADORABLE AND I LOVE IT AND YOU REALLY ARE BEAUTIFUL, CLAIRE.
Ok they held hands in the wedding episode at one point right before Claire cockblocked herself by asking about Jamieā€™s family, but the stuff about touching making things easier wasnā€™t actually in there, right? Itā€™s just another book thing theyā€™re putting in that we need to pretend happened off-screen? Which is fine, Iā€™m just trying to keep the book and the show straight...
ā€œDo you want me know?ā€Ā ā€œOh, God, yes.ā€ SO SAY WE ALL.
The subtitles say [both breathing heavily] and OMG SAME, SUBTITLES, SAME.
I KNOW ITā€™S FROM THE BOOK BUT I LOVE THEM BUMPING HEADS AND GIGGLING AND JAMIE KISSING HER ON THE NOSE AND THE LITTLE NOSE KISS IS MY EVERYTHING AND GUYS I HAVE SO MANY FEELINGS RIGHT NOW AND ALL OF THEM ARE WONDERFUL.
ā€œDo it now. And donā€™t be gentle.ā€ OK BUT THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE 18 YEARS THAT CLAIRE IS WITH SOMEONE WHO ISNā€™T HER HAND AND SHEā€™S CALLING THE SHOTS AND YOU GET YOURS, CLAIRE. YAAAS.
Unpopular opinion, but Iā€™ve never really been a fan of theĀ ā€œgive me your mouthā€ line.
BUT WHO CARES BECAUSE THEY JUST DID THE SECKS. THEY JUST DID THE SECKS, GUYS!
GUYS THEY GET TO CUDDLE AND BE CUTE AND TOUCH EACH OTHER AND KISS AND BE SILLY. MY SKIN IS CLEAR AND MY CROPS ARE THRIVING.
Can we do a kickstarter for a NSFW webseries about learning new vocabulary? Or is that only cute with these two?
I CANNOT WITH ALL OF THEIR LITTLE KISSES AND CLAIRE JUST LIKE LOUNGING ON HIM AND HIM LIKE STROKING HER BACK AND I AM DED. I AM THOROUGHLY DECEASED.
Cool that weā€™re establishing all of this stuff about Jamieā€™s current situation with the law. So we know all of the stakes and shit already. So maybe thereā€™s no fucking need to end the episode how they did just to get a cliffhanger.
ā€œTo find you again... And to lose you.ā€ Like he has to know that heā€™s basically lying by omission about being married, right? Like Jamie isnā€™t perfect. If he was heā€™d be boring. He doesnā€™t tell Claire about Laoghaire because heā€™s scared to lose her again. Which I get, but like how did he think it was going to play out? He knows/fears how itā€™ll play out and we know that from this line. Iā€™m not saying I wish heā€™d done anything differently. Because thatā€™d be cramming too much into the episode and iron out a flaw that leads to one of my favorite parts of the book...
OK BUT I LOVE ROUND TWO BECAUSE LIKE OMG THEY JUST NEED TO BE TOUCHING EACH OTHER AND JUST BEING WITH EACH OTHER AND GUYS THEYā€™RE TOGETHER AGAIN AND I JUST WANT TO HUG THEM BOTH EXCEPT LATER BECAUSE I AM NOT PART OF THE RECREATIONAL COCKBLOCKING LEAGUE BECAUSE Iā€™M NOT A MONSTER.
LOOK AT THESE BABIES FALLING ASLEEP ALL CUDDLY AND ADORABLE AND I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH.
ā€œMaybe Iā€™m a ghost.ā€ Donā€™t get cute, show...
CASUAL WITH THE HAND SECKS WHILE RECALLING A CONVO THAT INVOLVED HAND SECKS THE FIRST TIME. Iā€™M OK.
Thanks, Claire Bear, for not wanting to burst this perfect little bubble. We can definitely wait to hear about who Jamie may have gone to in blind need. No need to sully this episode with anything like that.
And high fives for understanding the difference between sex and love and yet omg I canā€™t wait for everything to blow up because theyā€™re both human and emotions are messyĀ and then for things to get better again in a wicked real way.
Ok is the recreational cockblocking leagueā€™s season over yet? Canā€™t Jamie ever finish his full English breakfast without someone trying to interrupt him? Wtf.
Lady boner for Claireā€™s little salute.
Lady boner for Jamie saying Jell-O.
Iā€™m trash for Claire calling Jamie soldier. Sorry not sorry.
And I love that itā€™s the same fucking shot of her very satisfied face as ep. 110.
Perfect Young Ian is perfect. And so is his pause beforeĀ ā€œwoman.ā€
Glad they clear it up right away that Claireā€™s his aunt.
ā€œDo you live in a dun?ā€ Are you being sassy, Ian? Or are you legit asking about fairies? Please tell me youā€™re being sassy. (Either way, I love show!Young Ian.)
ā€œVery please to meet you, Uncle Jamieā€™s wife.ā€ I LOVE YOU, YOU AWKWARD GOOBER WHO IS APPARENTLY VERY BAD AT HIDING THE FACT THAT YOUā€™RE PROCESSING INFORMATION THAT WILL BECOME RELEVANT SOON.
Ok, tbh, I would have been fine if they ended the episode with Young Ian leaving. Like awesome. Set up Jamie and Claire cautiously and optimistically back together. Set up Jamieā€™s various things that can come up and pop their little bubble of innocent bliss. Reintroduced the Murrays. Cool. Done. End it. Roll the credits. Great ending is great.
Except...
I donā€™t love the whoreā€™s brunch like some people do, but while I donā€™t think itā€™s necessary it is nice to see Claire interacting with the community around her. Like to see how at ease she is with these women even though they have nothing in common. Except, you know, having had sex the night before.
Nice little coda. Cool. Done. End it. Roll the credits. Ok ending is ok.
Except...
Ok I hate the last scene with my whole heart. Hate. It.
Why the fuck did they include this? Why the fuck couldnā€™t they just end the fucking episode on a hopeful note. With all the other shit like the treason and smuggling and questions about Jamieā€™s past few years all nice and set up so we know not everything will be smooth sailing?
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Yes, in the book thereā€™s a dude who shows up and manhandles Claire and thinks sheā€™s a whore and flicks her boob while telling her thereā€™s a reward in the form of a percentage of the seized contraband thatā€™s being smuggled through the brothel. And I was hoping theyā€™d change that in the show to like dial it back to just like him menacing over her or something instead of actually grabbing her and touching her boob. Because do we really need more sexual assault? No.
But apparently this fucking show thinks we do.
ā€œMaybe if I fuck you, itā€™ll jar your memory.ā€ *grabs Claire by the throat* Yep. Instead of even just sticking to the fucking book, they fucking take it up five notches.
Fuck whoever decided to end the episode like this. Fuuuuck them.
And donā€™t give me any bullshit likeĀ ā€œoh it was needed to set up the next episode!ā€ orĀ ā€œoh, but the 18th century is so dangerous, thatā€™s just how things are!ā€ No. Fuuuck that.
Not everything needs to be a fucking cliffhanger.
WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE FUCKING ATTEMPTED RAPES.
We spent fucking two season with everyone and their brother getting raped and sexually assaulted. Claire knows itā€™s fucking dangerous. Claire has been assaulted more times than I care to count at the moment. She doesnā€™t need to fucking get nearly raped *again* within like fucking two days of being back in the past.
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK, SHOW. WHY DO YOU INSIST ON MAKING ME HATE YOU.
But hey. Theyā€™re back together again. Woot.
Ok I tried, guys. I really did. But I really donā€™t care for the majority of A. Malcolm. Consider this a one time only sober!Der gets honest about Outlander...
I watched the episode four times. Not because I loved it, but because I thought watching it more would help me convince myself that I loved it. I watched it twice the night it came out, but I figured I was just like missing something because it was late and I was drunk and maybe it was actually really awesome? So I spent the next day reblogging smutty gifsets at the regatta I was working, thinking that would get me excited to go home and watch it again. And I did watch it again, and was like oh I must still be missing something because Iā€™m sleep deprived and have been day-drinking. So I livetweeted and posted a recap with what I though were the requisite amount of squees and shouty caps so I wouldnā€™t be The Girl Who Didnā€™t Like The Reunion. Because Iā€™m always the downer fan. And this was *The Episode*. So clearly I was just watching it wrong and I shouldnā€™t rain on everyoneā€™s fangirl parade.
But I watched it again yesterday after work, sober and rested, and tried to watch it just as an episode and not like comparing it to the books or over-analyzing it or anything. And yeah, apparently I wasnā€™t watching it wrong. I just donā€™t care for a lot of it. So if I were to have written my 100% honest take on it without worrying about being a buzzkill, this would have been it:
I hate how they played Mme Jeanne. It was like they were forcing it and it just didnā€™t work for me. Seeing Jamieā€™s day before Claire shows up? Sure, ok, Iā€™ll sit through it because I know whatā€™s coming. But it should have been the only sidequest of the episode. And then Claire shows up and instead of getting sucked in and emotionally invested, Iā€™m stuck watching Jamie take off his pants for no reason. Itā€™s already awkward, thereā€™s no need for that. And then theyā€™re like oh hey remember this motto/catchphrase thing we shared that never happened on screen? Instead of playing like ā€œaw, thatā€™s sweet,ā€ it just took me out of the moment because I was like ā€œwait, when did that happen?ā€ instead of being swept along. Like, thereā€™s a difference between referencing something that happened off screen and doing whatā€™s supposed to be a deliberate callback to a meaningful thing when that meaningful thing was never established. And then theyā€™re interrupted for the first of what seemed like a fuckton of unnecessary times because lol nothing matters.
The scene with the pictures was just terrible. You canā€™t have Jamie basically be stoic while looking at the pictures of his daughter he sent away his wife to save, shit on the name his wife gave her and then wax poetic about how cool his other kid is. Wtf. Iā€™m all for having him bring up Willie, but they completely fucked up the execution. Jamie barely showing emotion about Bree and then fangirling over Willie seems out of character and cruel to both Claire and Bree.
They needed to move locations so I was fine with meeting Fergus en route, but even that didnā€™t work as they played it. They built up the Claire and Fergus relationship so much last year but I felt like nothing at their reunion. It was a quick like oh where have you been? Oh cool. Btw, I need to talk business with Jamie. Because clearly that takes precedence over letting the emotional beat of a mother and son seeing each other for the first time in 20 years land. It just felt wicked rushed. I wish they had skipped everything at The Worldā€™s End. We already know Jamieā€™s doing treasonous stuff from the cold open and heā€™ll give Claire more details on his illegal activities and their potential consequences later in the episode. We didnā€™t need to meet Willoughby in this episode or the shady dude in the basement.
So then they get to the brothel and Jamie just like immediately starts interrogating Claire. Basically my biggest issue with the first half of the episode is Jamie. Like, can he at least pretend to be happy to see Claire? I get the shock and disbelief and stuff, but jfc dude. Itā€™s like he doesnā€™t even want her there. They doubled down on his secret and it, for me, sort of ruined his half of their reunion. Like Claire has told him what going through the stones was like for her (we hear him ask her about it in ep. 111), and she literally just gave up her entire life and modern society to come back in time. Plus she left *their daughter* to come find him. I donā€™t know how many other fucking big red signs you need to tell you why sheā€™s there, Jamie. Stop being an idiot. Like yes, he can and should be vulnerable. He can want to be sure she knows that heā€™s changed and be scared she might not want him for who he is now. But thatā€™s not how it played. It played like he almost didnā€™t want her there and was questioning her motives rather than him being vulnerable and scared she might not want him. Putting it all on Claire with how they had Jamie question her wasnā€™t a good look for him.
I hated the voiceover while they ate. Just let them talk. Donā€™t VO that theyā€™re talking. Have them actually talk. And sorry, but I really donā€™t think we needed to watch them silently undress for that long. They could have gotten the same emotions across with a shorter montage and leave more time for, you know, actually catching up after 20 years.
I did like the lead up to round one once they were naked and Claire was all adorable and insecure and Jamie finally acted like he wanted to be there. (Minus the second instance of attempting a meaningful callback to a thing that was never established.) And yeah, round one was going to be awkward. I know, it should be. But then round two wasnā€™t hot at all? Like they shot a rape scene in ep. 304 like soft-core porn but when the main couple gets back together itā€™s like awkward side-flopping? Yes, they need to touch each other and look into each otherā€™s eyes and thatā€™s all lovely and should happen, but like the way it was shot didnā€™t match what the scene should have felt like? Also, their wigs are terrible. Like distractingly terrible.
Them talking in between rounds one and two, and them talking after round two through round three until Jamie leaves I did like for the most part. And I was glad that I did, because I really did want to really like this episode and I feel like if there were important parts to like, it was those parts. And honestly what they talk about there was enough to set up that they werenā€™t going to stay in this little bubble for very long, so the Worldā€™s End stuff and the very not subtle convo with Jamie and Fergus and the stuff at the end seemed even more unnecessary.
I did like Young Ian. Because itā€™s Young Ian. And I heart that awkward goober. But everything after that, especially ending it on another fucking attempted rape, I could have done without.
So yeah. There were a couple scenes I liked, but as an overall episode? It just didnā€™t do it for me. And what I did like didnā€™t really drive me to full on fangirling. It was just like oh, this is better than those other parts. And with the way it ends, it left me feeling angry rather than happy that these characters are back together. Not a great aftertaste for whatā€™s supposed to be like the biggest episode of the series.
And yes, I *know* that they canā€™t please everyone and that they arenā€™t making the show specifically for my exact tastes and vision. Iā€™m well aware Iā€™m a #BadFan. But I think Iā€™m still allowed to be disappointed that the episode I was looking forward was kind of a let down for me.
Holy shit this got way longer than I thought it would. I meant to just write a short update and hide it in an old post so I didnā€™t get yelled at... Because for some reason, bullshitting about how I felt about this episode wasnā€™t sitting well with me. Whatever. Brevity has never been my strong suit...
Hereā€™s hoping ep. 307 is amazing...
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Thoughts on chapter 152
Phewie! This chapter was probably very emotional to all of us, especially us Mirio and Big Three fans! Iā€™ve just finished reading the new chapter and I myself, am all jittery and just sjdsdjksdk WOW this chapter is A LOT to digest. Feelings? What ARE THOSE. MIRIO. Mirio. A mirio chapter. The third one in a row which makes me go WOW but also kinda anxiously screaming and just. THIS MIGHT BE TOO PLOT INVOLVING TO MY TASTE but also I rly want that to happen and Iā€™m thirsty for Mirio content so GIMME.
First of all I want to say that this chapter didnā€™t get to me to the fullest until I got to the flashback scenes, but I wanna try and calm myself and stay consistent with my commentary and hold my horses ahah. Before the chapter, there were three things I had in mind:
1st) something WILL happen to Mirio. (even if all the deathflags in his tag made me go eh, I still believed sth will happen.) And if itā€™s not death, itā€™s probably gonna be that he will lose his quirk, due to the last scene in ch 151 with the bullets.
2) It (the sth that happens) will be plotrelevant. We saw it coming. There was so much going up to that arc, and so much was relevant to Mirio, to introducing him, making him sb that Midoriya looks up to, sb who COULD have been like all might, kinda was, could have been what midoriya probably will be, sb who had a hard time but tries even harder. This all made it clear that the arc will have sth abt Mirio which will get the story going and have a greater impact on the storyline.
3) whatever WILL happen, I probably wonā€™t like it due to my habit of picking favourites and not getting genuinely warm with the main-main cast (Iā€™m so sorry, the third years caught my heart, even more than once...)
TL:DR - I analyze what Horikoshi is probably trying to do with Mirioā€™s character and why the stuff is happening that happened, while being extremely disappointed on how it was carried out. Also I donā€™t want Mirio to lose his quirk bc I think itā€™s so... unnecessary. Cheers.
(disclaimer: Iā€™m trying to be critical while still enjoying Horikoshiā€™s work! Also I love Midoriya just a -- eh-- heads up...)
ALSO I WROTE THIS AT THE END OF THE DAY COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED PLS DONT MIND GRAMMAR OR ORTHOGRAPHIC MISTAKES THANKS
There was the whole debate going on, will Mirio die, will he live but ā€œloseā€ something veery important to him, will he be able to save Eri but get harmed severely... So when I first saw the first few panels my first thought was ā€œoh god he will def get shot and probably lose his quirkā€. And thatā€™s probably what would be the ā€œbig plottwistā€ that gets the story going and I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THIS.
For one thing, I would absolutely love to get more ā€œangstā€ for Mirio going, I love when my favourite boys experience some sort of pain and grow from it, but on the other hand he already had to go through so much to get where he was and become this strong so it feels a little unnecessary to make him lose his quirk completely. We already have All Might for that kind of storyline and there are plenty of other characters whose quirks could probably called ā€œuselessā€ but they prove that wrong. Not to forget that the whole point of boku no hero is that someone who is /quirkless/ can actually find a way to get one and become a hero this way... so yeah... this is why I conclude: A Midoriya/Mirio thing.
The whole point of Mirio ā€œLemillionā€ Togata existing in bnha is most likely to make Midoriya stand out as the pro hero to be as Mirio himself loses his quirk and experiences pain that way and I donā€™t like it one. damn. bit. People would probably disagree and I want to disagree myself but when I think back to earlier chapters when Mirio was just introduced, suddenly there is this whole new stuff about All Might and how Mirio was actually supposed to be his successor and there was a lot of drama (Midoriya even cried bc it was too much stress with all the stuff going on and the internship and then he wasnā€™t even meant to be the one? Well congrats Midoriya now Mirio doesnā€™t have one anyway...). It definitely was on Midoriyaā€™s mind a lot and it was clear that there was supposed to be some kind of mentorship between the senpai and kouhai, both kind of successors of All Might.
We already had All Might losing his quirk dramatically, what even is the point?
The point is that Mirio is probably here to show that one can be a hero despite not having a quirk. And I would laugh my salty laugh if he manages what Midoriya couldnā€™t: become a hero without your favourite hero maigcally appearning from the sky and handing you his dna to become the protagonist of a super hero story. (oh wow my salt level is rising with writing this oops...)
Donā€™t get me wrong I love Midoriya with all my heart, I love his relationship with Mirio and that he finally has somebody to ask questions and hang out with a third year senpai. In fact I think itā€™s lovely. Iā€™m just questioning whether it was really necessary to put Mirio in this position for dramatic effect. And what will Mirio do about it?
We donā€™t know the extent of Eriā€™s powers nor do we know if her qirk even fully manifested. Sheā€™s still a child, her quirk could be weak, her quirk could be something entirely different, or later in life she could even be able to grant quirks or give them back, however you want to see it. I would definitely love to see that, give Mirio his angsty arc where he overcomes his frustration and sadness and then Eri appears and helps him recover. If anyone would deserve it than Mirio.
Even more so after reading this chapter, and noticing all these panels of the flashback scenes (and GOD am I weak for childhood flasbacks aaaa MIRIOā€™S FATHER DJSDKJSD and the miritama childhood panel absolutely KILLED ME), it opened my eyes just how bad Mirio thinks of himself. How low of an opinion he has on himself. It was shocking because you get introduced to Tamaki and think ā€œyeah, he feels so bad about himself, good that there is his buddy mirio to cheer him upā€... JUST THAT ITā€™S ACTUALLY THE OTHER WAY ROUND. Tamaki might have felt inspired from Mirio to strive even harder bc of his hard-working attitude but boy does Mirio need all the cheering up from his friend.
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I mean just LOOK AT THEM SOBS. This was actually my favourite part of the new chapter, that we get to see more of the Big Threeā€™s origins and how they came to be friends. I always thought that Mirio and Tamaki were practically always a duo from point one since they started at UA and gradually Nejire appeared in their lives, but no, itā€™s actually Tamaki that stood out more in the beginning and so did Nejire.
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It was actually so heart-warming for me to see Nejire talk to Tamaki first and be interested in his quirk. Mirio looks so adorable as he stands in the back, not rly sure what to do with himself, even if itā€™s also a little sad bc that was before they were the big three so he must have dealt with his own amount of self-doubts. Poor boy, but heā€™s not giving up!!
This is something very positive I find about bnha manga, the energy spent on showing characters back stories and interpersonal growth, even for villains and side characters. You donā€™t find that in every shonen manga and itā€™s a pleasant surprise (Iā€™m talking abt beyond main cast-flashbacks here!).
And when Sir compliments him and tries to encourage him, he looked so happy and excited I honestly nearly cried.
So yeah, in my mind itā€™s still unlikely that Mirio will lose his quirk forever and never be abe to use it his whole life, but there is definitely something that happened to him that canā€™t return to the way it was before. The scene with Tamaki waking from his unconsciousness to worry about Mirio is kind of a proof to that. He worries about his friend, his gut feeling tells him that sth happened. And Miro himself was thinking about Tamaki and other people that are important to him.
About the last two panels, I honestly to god am very disappinted that for once, Mirio doesnā€™t get to end his angst chapter himself, but no Midoriya had to steal that spotlight from him. Because the oh so mighty protagonist appears, and saves his poor quirkless senpai from the hands of the villain and/or death. Like really. We really didnā€™t need that. What we wanted, at least after all that, was a Mirio that stood to the end, presevered, standing and not losing his hope, grasping Eri into his arms and carrying her to safetly (preferrably outside where he could be tended to too bc damn did you see those wounds...)
Alright those were my two hundred) coins, I am a salty Mirio fan who is curious about what turn his storyline will take.
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chapter 23
ā€œlol elk youā€™re a bit behind did you forget-ā€ no. this chapter fucking murdered me.
First thingā€™s first
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Ivan is a cheating cheater who cheats, so he has a crit rate at range with the shadow sword, which in theory is not supposed to be possible. I found this out 20+ turns in to this 24-turn map.
THINGS Iā€™VE CHANGED:
I tried to train some of my lower units (Itsuke, Yue, Arthur, and Rex; Lirin to an extent) on my previous attempts. I will not do that. I am bringing Team Steamroll because I need someone who has a fucking chanceĀ to hit the boss.
re: having chance to hit the boss: I cheaped out on weaponry last attempt, and what few attacks could hit couldnā€™t finish him and he would murder anyone on a counter.
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What do these four shots have in common?
...
These are my only units with 20+ Skill. I have 33 Units - including a number of Prepromotes - and a grand total of 4 of them have 20 or more Skill.
Iā€™ve said it before on previous chapters, but this playthrough more than anything burned into my brain that, at the very least, Skill is not a dump stat when you donā€™t have enough of it.
With his paltry Defense but excellent Luck, Anakin had the least chance of being critted to death but could barely survive a regular hit. And a 4% chance to lose a Plot Character is officially Too Damn High.
Levion will be my Tactical Nuke of choice this run. Not only does he have the best Skill of most of my army, he has the defenses to tank return fire and enough Con to keep his Speed above being doubled, not to mention access to Lances.
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While I was in here - and I need to clear some Inventory space for this and the next stage - I realized thereā€™s no reason notĀ to promote Kelik. Heā€™s capped, Anakinā€™s promoted, Shonā€™s going to promote this run, and Sieg canā€™t use it.
Note that Kelik cannot go head to head with Ivan either. Iā€™m not really sure what Blazer was thinking - Shonā€™s promotion gains are far better (though that might be a slight on Shon, since he needs all the help he can get).
Oh, and his official titel is...
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Suuuuuure, Blazer. Sure.
Actually, he has a support with Althares and Levion, so it may be worth bringing him next attempt.
Anyways. Upon actually checking the numbers, trying to Dodge Ivan is nigh-impossible, which is a useful consideration.
Iā€™ve replaced Yue, Itsuke, Arthur, and Rex with Levion, Inanna, Tamiko, and Ace.
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Yes. Inanna. Why?
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Because Triangle Attack if Levion canā€™t nuke Ivan in time is why.
Alice is an absolutely amazing Prepromote and comes equipped with an Elixir, Silver Lance, and Wind Sword(40 charges!). She doesnā€™t take up a deployment slot nor require inane recruitment shenanigans to start. One of my few regrets on this level was not requipping her better so that she didnā€™t need to keep using Wind Sword charges.
Oh, and I have a save file from my failed previous attempt if anyone wants to figure out how to kill Ivan with 4 turns to go and a passel of units that would melt if he looked at them wrong.
I just noticed that Inanna and Alice are the same level. After being fed like 3(?) Angelic Robes, Inanna is +6HP, -4 Skl, +1Spd, -6Lck, -3Def, and +1Res. Ouch.
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Some inventory management. One of my BIGGEST regrets on my last attempt was only bringing the Armor Cutter and then the person wielding it always being in the wrong spot.
Oh yeah, I promoted Mark. He and his shiny new stats look super sweet. Heā€™s a few points up on Liquid, who was my first pick for this level.
If I have to repick, Iā€™ll probably trade out the pegs for Eduardo and Liquid, or possibly Shadow there.
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OH
YEAH
THAT
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An important consideration for Shonā€™s (absurdly heavy) super-special sword is that the Brave Effect takes place before enemy counterattacks. And he caps for-
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-oh god, this is going to be one of THOSE runs isnā€™t it.
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Anyways, Shon fulfills his Destiny(TM). Something I realized is that his sprite looks oddly probably because itā€™s a recolored Eliwood sprite. That hair in particular.
Again, the stat gains! +2 minimum in everything but luck, +3 and +5 to Def and HP respectively. Did Blazer use standard gains for Kelik and not Shon, or the other way around?
I recommend following along Blastinusā€™ LP, btw, since Iā€™m very tired and not going to go over every detail, especially inventory management.
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Iā€™m more careful re: positioning, so the steel Lance cav closest attacks Inanna (miss)Ā  and this mage attacks Mark. Iā€™m kinda surprised he managed that counter, to be honest. No one else is in reach.
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And here we have the True Boss of the map. This Bishop is equipped only with Physic, and is bound and determined to make your life a living hell.
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:( even with Effective Weaponry Karina cannot 1-shot this cav. She and Innana do not have Delphi shields, so I need to be sure to knock out that archer before proceeding. (Archer is also in the outmost range of the hand axe Fighter nearby).
Lirin eats the Steel Lance Cav that attacked Inanna.Ā 
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On one hand, Iā€™m enthused that she can almost double this archer to death. On the other, Iā€™m sad she canā€™t double this archer to death. Also, 33 HP feels like a lot even for a level 16 Archer.
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I always forget about Berserker crit rates
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Everyone piles on the Steel Sword Cav, the last living foe in range. Sieg was doing this on my last attempt, too, as if to taunt me.
I was wrong, Karinaā€™s in range of the Fire mage and a Javelin Cav to the north. Ace runs up to switch her to Javelins.
Anakin refreshes Tamiko and she takes out the Axereaver Soldier through the wall.
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Dream big, buddy, dream big. (She crits them immediately)
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And again! Crit on the second hit.
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This is important: this is the range of the Bloody Rifle Sniper. Iā€™d forgotten that Bloody Rifles are Killer Longbows.
Also, you can see that the jav cav stayed put since the mage moved first (and missed on 70+%. glad itā€™s not just me.)
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Parking Mark on that hill just out of BR range leads to some unexpected hilarity and an excellent level.
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This Fighter makes some questionable choices, though I will say I think this is the first time Alice took a hit on anyĀ of my attempts.
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Jav Cav runs into melee range and joins the ranks of mooks who failed to hit Tamiko. The levelā€™s a bit meh but sheā€™s already incredible.
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Lyam managed, across two turns, a pair of BR hits vs the stationary soldier indoors. I guess the first hit didnā€™t bring their health low enough to proc the Bishop.
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Anakin Motivates Mark and gets this timely, if not exactly impactful, level.
Why did he refresh Mark, you may ask?
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this is why. GET BENT.
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By coincidence (Mark) and design (Shon), this plants my dudes right out of mage range. I will walk someone in there in a second though.
By luck I manage to Rescue-chain Althares to just below that zone, with Alice and Emma and no real wasted movement.
That Knight has the Brave Lance, btw, so be sure to keep them switched to the Javelin til you can kill them.
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oop. Forgot that indoor Knight had a Jav too.
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OH. THIS MAGE HAD ELFIRE. THATā€™S RIGHT.
Karina misses but doubles since Elfire is heavy, and gets a timely level.
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This troubadour is bugged or something - this is the second attempt in a row theyā€™ve run up to a wounded ally and done nothing.
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Of course itā€™s the redundant (Knight Levion just damaged) that you get a crit on. Still better than Storm.
Mark and Shon team up to kill the Knight (Shon has a free inventory slot and I donā€™t want the Brave Lance ending up with Liuke) and Karina takes Lirinā€™s Delphi Shield and soars up to switch Shon back to javelins.
Honestly one of the biggest crimes of this level is thereā€™s no chance Liuke will be mobile, so if you mess up on inventory management sweet, useful loot will drop and have nowhere to go. Thereā€™s no shortcut back to him - itā€™s turn 6 and weā€™re just now in sight of the door.
that lower Mage has Dasher, which apparently has an animation in other versions of this Hack, but not this one.
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Probably the smartest move in terms of survivability. Shonā€™s high Luck negates the Short Bow crit.
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jeeeeez-us. Shon doubles the Dasher mage to death for a decent level whilst I contemplate how close we came to a reset here.
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Aircalibur mage. The tome is fittingly as light as air, so they can put their full 11 speed to work fwiw. I will not be parking Karina in range.
That Fighter has a Steel Axe and the Sage has Thunder. Tread careful.
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Mark dispatches the archer for this dodgy level.
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Itā€™s a good idea, on a map like this, to manually end each unitā€™s turn. For example, while paging through Units, Iā€™d totally forgotten Anakin to the south. That would have been a pain to make up for. Instead he runs up to refresh Lyam for giggles.
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Althares is on a House so he has some terrain advantages. Kinda wishing Iā€™d brought his promotional now. Ah well.
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Oh and I lied. I put the Short Bow (remember, Blazer hacked it to have 1-2 range) on Lyam and put him on the forest in front of the Fighter just to see, and he ends up melting the AC mage for no damage himself.
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I actually got a crit on this potshot on the next turn only to realize that wasnā€™t the Sage and to reset. Sage does not get hit and I reset again because that was for actual joaks. I have no idea with the Bloody Rifle, honestly.
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7 turns in to a 24-turn level and we are just now in sight of the door. A thief is about to spawn btw. The Door Key Knight and Chest Key Mage are buggy - the Knight will unlock the door, while the Mage will step on, but not open, the upper-leftmost chest, which is the first one the thief can reach. It can be pretty hilarious actually.
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God. Even Siegā€™s super-special effective sword isnā€™t enough to keep his ass intact. We donā€™t do this. instead, every non-magic-proof ally moves up to just out of range and every magic-proof one walks in.
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Almost forgot to finish this joker off.
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All the enemies on this level are high enough that low-promos can get decent chunks off them. Iā€™d complain, but honestly Iā€™m okay with these stats.
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Every single JaveKnight goes for Lyam. He crits one, fells none, and doesnā€™t get hit once.
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Lirin, meanwhile-
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OH SHIT HEā€™S FAST ENOUGH TO DOUBLE
Yeah, I did not brain that good. Thankfully her Luck-Res-HP are all high enough to keep her in one piece.
Crunch the numbers, kids. Donā€™t end up with dead ponies.
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Tamiko restore Lirin to full and she annihilates the Sage for a decent level. Wish sheā€™d had that strength before - she could only do 14 with an Iron lance so I gambled on Steel instead.
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Cia incinerates a remaining Knight for her first Sage level. Outstanding.
I doofed up and had Cia end turn after refreshing her so Levion and Lyam step into Hero-Merc range
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Ow. Also, wishing Iā€™d brought a sword for him after all. Didnā€™t use it at all last attempt. Guess I could have trade-scummed it.
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Itā€™s a good thing none of them can double him. He canā€™t double back, though (Cia can). He misses the Hero, too.
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Shon smacks the Hero down and snags the Angelic Robe from them.
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Lyam notches the Steel Sword Merc for a level I have no right to complain about.
Liring and Innana finish off the Mercs; Emma and Althares dash for the left side treasure. I come to the realization that Emma could very likely solo the entire left side, since the Mage drops the Chest Key. I want to try grabbing the Lockpicks this time, though, so Althares joins her.
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Okay, solo is an exaggeration but not by that much. Also, dammit, I should have kept her at the edge of range. Ah well, Javelin drop is good too.
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...well okay then (thatā€™s the Emblem Axe btw)
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Iā€™ll take it!
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The chest key Mage steps down to fail at hitting Althares, but the Thief still goes right. Maybe the Mage isnā€™t meant to move.
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Althares, with Anakinā€™s help, steals both Lockpicks and Dracoshield. Howard kills the mage (needing a steel sword for it too) and Emma obligingly melts the thief for an odd-for-her but very welcome level.
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Right side needs to be cautious. I donā€™t think itā€™s an accident that this Cappricio-wielding General is right in range of that cracked wall. The Shaman just has Flux, but that Physic Bishop is right there. That Warrior at the bottom is carrying a silver axe, too.
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Yowch. Alice and the Shaman both land a hit, Alice whiffs the second.
Althares grabs the Earth MasterĀ Animate Seal and the squad swings back around.
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Levion gives no fucks about your critty lance, though I actually sit him on a pillar instead.
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Enemy phase, everyone misses.
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not Levion, though.
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Honestly, having this guy out of my hair is well worth the Silver Axe uses.
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Innana and Lyam knock down the wall and Mark has better odds with Iron. He gets up to 98 EXP too.
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Ace and Levion finish off the General for a surprisingly decent level.
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Thanks to some trade shenanigans, Alice pops the chest. I decide to send the Axe on since Levion is about the only person who has a chance landing a hit on the boss with WTA
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ACE IS BA-
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-ck?
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Halberdier with Drizzle
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Archer with Steel and Longbows
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I really wish Anakin had a prestige class of some kind. His high utility means he earns EXP super fast - ten per phase just from Motivating - and heā€™ll ram 20 sooner than later.
Innana and Lirin kill the Archer and Alice grabs a Bloody Rifle from the chest.
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Levion and Mark move into Drizzle range- thanks to WTA Mark can justĀ scrape by not getting critted to death and Tamiko heals Lirin for a decent level
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times like these I really wish I had the Heavy Lance. I keep forgetting to trade the Armor cutter off Howard too - all the armored units have Lances so I keep forgetting.
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OH SH-
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THANK GOD
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Mark initiates The Slaughter and gets a great level for it.
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Drizzleā€™s low hit (Aceā€™s on a pillar) means that no one has gotten hit yet, thank god.
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Inanna finishes the job and gets a level.
Yup. That sure is a level.
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We donā€™t start the final offensive just yet, but I check the numbers of Swordslayer vs Swordmaster and conclude that I love Levion.
One of the biggest problems I had in my last attempt is that no one had the HPĀ to tank a crit from that damn thing. Levion can take a crit, as well as a single Silver Sword Crit I believe and the double.
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Also, I canā€™t tell if this is deliberate or a coding bug/fail, but unlike other ranged swords the Shadow Sword uses Strength at both ranges and can crit at both ranges. Donā€™t get crit if you can help it.
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Althares opens the leftmost door and Karina snags this, sending the now-redundant Delphi Shield back to the convoy. Be absolutely sure you have space before you play this level. The next one gives you a ton of shopportunities too.
Alice and Lyam take down the Shaman. What does it say when it takes two prepromotes to kill an unpromoted enemy, I wonder?
Oh, btw.
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Ace can double a swordmaster.
we wonā€™t be doing this (jfc that crit) but still.
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It takes Howard (2 misses with the Emblem Axe) Sieg and Cia to kill the true boss of the level.
NOW we can start on Ivan.
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Bad: Ivan doubles and hits twice while Levion misses.
Good: He doesnā€™t crit and has switched off of distance attacks. I forgot about plinking.
Althares grabs the last item - an Eclipse tome - leaving boss and throne all thatā€™s left undone.
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Even with his Accuracy woes, Ace whips out two Javelin hits. I love you, Ace.
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just for chuckles, I let Howard take a shot with the Killer Lance. No one dies and he doesnā€™t hit.
I move Anakin up for Motivating Ace before having second thoughts.
Remember what I said about Light Magic being a good finisher due to its high accuracy?
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No one dies, but he makes both hits.
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Oh. Huh.
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Iā€™ll take it.
And this chapter is FUCKING FINISHED. I have so many regrets, largely due to making bad starting choices and not knowing how to finish. I probably didnā€™t need to steam roll it this hard, but Aside from some scares no one was actually at risk of death at any point. And thereā€™s an arena next map for actual training and purchasing purposes.
Night all.
(if you have interest in my failed attempt, itā€™s a private post over here)
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I was tagged by @painpackerrisingsun ty u beautiful gina <3
rules: once you have been tagged you are supposed to write 92 truths about yourself. at the end, choose 25 people to tag.
LASTā€¦ [1] drink: water heh [2] phone call: my mom [3] text message: a friend asking me for some info I forgot to ask for oops [4] song you listened to:Ā Iā€™m listening to a Buena Vista Social Club album rn but idk the name of the song [5] time you cried: ummmm a few weeks ago when I finished GSV...
HAVE YOU EVERā€¦ [6] dated someone twice: naw [7] been cheated on: na [8] kissed someone and regretted it: also na [9] lost someone special: yes, todayā€™s his birthday too~ [10] been depressed: ye [11] gotten drunk and thrown up: naw
LIST 3 FAVOURITE COLOURS: [12] red [13] coral [14] old rose
IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOUā€¦ [15] made new friends: yeah! [16] fallen out of love:Ā hmm no [17] laughed until you cried: hehe yes [18] found out someone was talking about you?: yes actually [19] met someone who changed you:Ā many in fact [20] found out who your true friends are: hmm people come and go but a few have stayed despite my life changing so much in the last year, Iā€™d guess thatā€™s a yes? [21] kissed someone on your facebook list: nah
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FIRSTā€¦ [51] surgery: umm when I got my wisdom teeth removed? since they had to cut cutĀ  [52] piercing: in my ears when I was... ...12? [53] best friend: That girl w glasses at kinder whose name I canā€™t remember...Andrea? idk [54] sport: never liked themĀ  [55] vacation: Florida, incredibly o: [56] pair of trainers: the earliest I remember were pokemon ones hahaha but I must have had some before that
RIGHT NOWā€¦ [57] eating: I ate a giant plate of pasta and then a giant piece of chocolate cake [58] drinking: watre [59] iā€™m about to: idk tbh. post this? [60] listening to: still Buena Vista Social Club [61] waiting for: my common sense to convince me to go to bed [62] want:Ā to be over with college already and focus on playing viola [63] get married: for convenience with someone whose presence I enjoy. HAH idk it isnā€™t a priority or even a plan for me [64] career:Ā hopefully as a musician but I have a long road ahead of me...
WHICH IS BETTERā€¦ [65] hugs or kisses: hugs def [66] lips or eyes:Ā AW MAN both [67] shorter or taller: taller [68] older or younger: dfsdfsd both [70] nice arms or nice stomach: haha Iā€™ve never stopped to Appreciate stomachs but both are nice... letā€™s say arms bc I like Looking at them [71] sensitive or loud: sensitive pls my delicate musician ears canā€™t stand loud lmao [72] hook up or relationship: any as long as everyone involved is respected and happy [73] troublemaker or hesitant: a healthy middle please
HAVE YOU EVERā€¦ [74] kissed a stranger? na [75] drank hard liquor? ye [76] lost glasses/contact lenses? Ā back when i could afford contacts i lost one once lmao [77] turned someone down: many times [78] sex on first date? noh [79] broken someoneā€™s heart? maybe? it wasnā€™t intentional in any case [80] had your own heart broken? i have no heart heh [81] been arrested?Ā nope [82] cried when someone died? yeah [83] fallen for a friend: nope
DO YOU BELIEVE INā€¦ [84] yourself? itā€™s a struggle but I try [85] miracles? not really [86] love at first sight? I donā€™t know if Iā€™d call it loveĀ  [87] santa claus? hahaĀ  [88] kiss on the first date? why not [89] angels? nope
OTHERā€¦ [90] current best friendā€™s name: ehhh I donā€™t know if thereā€™s someone Iā€™d call ~the best~Ā  [91] eye colour: ? what? mine? hazel [92] favourite movie: UNFAIR I canā€™t pick
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