#love team rocket gay icons

[blacktailmon-uver]

I might start watching the gen 9 pokemon anime and doing some liveblogging of it here, even though I don’t like pokeani, cause I’m curious on how they’re gonna handle Liko and Roi

[bluestarjay]

Atsumu miya is a gay icon.

He realized he was gay in middle school and had a crush on Aran for several years. Contrary to popular belief, mostly everybody was shocked when he came out bc he tended to flirt with girls a lot and seemed to have a lot of crushes on girls, but he'd never felt anything for them.

A lot of fics have him as bi, but I think Osamu is the bisexual one. Their behavior and, by extension, their sexualities are defining traits between them. Even though everybody was shocked when he came out, everybody was supportive, and years later, they realized how obvious it was. Looking back at old pictures of the twins, there is one of them watching TV, particularly Pokémon, and Osamu looks bored, while Atsumu stares attentively at the TV, which is a close up shot of James of Team Rocket. There are other pictures of him wearing princess tiaras and jewelry unbothered, whereas Osamu looks annoyed as they play dress up with a younger neighbor. Even in high school, atsumu does a pose in which his hip is popped, hand propped up on it, and knee bent outward. It looks incredibly gay. Like his body is bent in a damn zigzag in this pose, and people thought he was straight. There's a picture of him and his female date to his middle school dance, and there are several inches between them, and her hand is on his waist, and his is around her neck; like he was too uncomfortable to put his arm around her waist.

Osamu thinks he's straight for a good 15 or 16 years of his life, and then when atsumu falls in love with shoyo at nationals, they talk about it, and atsumu talks about the feelings in his chest and stomach, like a burning sensation but in a good way, and osamu discovers that that's how he's always felt about Suna. And perhaps Komori from Itachiyama? But he'd deal with that later,,, so he put a tiny bisexual flag in his phone case. And then he put a bi flag pin on his Onigiri Miya hat.

Osamu is very chill, and at first glance, straight appearing. But then you get into conversation with him, and you start to think he's just a good ally, what with his brother being gay and all. But then he starts to use more slang, and he starts getting sassier and sassier, and it becomes very apparent he's not straight. With atsumu, you can tell he's gay almost immediately bc of that damn stance of his.

He becomes much more comfortable in his sexuality after coming out because he no longer feels the need to hide behind the kind of play boy facade he had before. He's very masculine but isn't afraid to wear something more traditionally feminine. (Shoyo likes to paint his nails sometimes, so atsumu always offers to help him so it's cleaner.) I think Atsumu would have his ears pierced too.

Btw, yall remember the Gay Little Monkey at the Apple Store meme?? Yeah, that was actually Atsumu,,,, since his and Osamu's bday is October 5th, as a late bday present, their mom let them get new phones and it just so happened to be Halloween that's why he's wearing a monkey costume!!! Idk why a monkey specifically, but wtv. They found the picture while looking through the photo album and started questioning everything they knew bc it was so obvious that Atsumu was gay,,,, and obviously they posted it online, and it went viral!! I'm actually Furudate, guys, so this is canon information 🙏🙏🙏 this is just my burner acc 😝

[fnich-enthusiast]

Let's talk Olympics AU Javid because they are my FAVOURITE

It's 2016, Davey's attending his 3rd Olympics in Rio, Jack is attending his first

At this point Davey's an accomplished olympic diver, having won silver for men's 10m and bronze for mixed synchro (3m springboard) at London 2012. He's v much the US diving golden boy, and makes the decision to come out publicly in Rio by pinning a pride flag to his opening ceremony outfit, so while the games are happening he's facing a media storm and is under Intense scrutiny from the media, both from left wing media making him a gay icon and right wing media deciding he's a national embarrassment.

Meanwhile, it's Jack's first olympics. At this point he knows that he's bi but has pretty much made up his mind that he's only going to act on his attraction to women and be, in his mind "functionally straight." Dude's on a rugby team, he's going through it lol.

They meet at the opening ceremony where they're both shitting bricks for different reasons and Jack notices Davey's pin and v quietly tells Davey that he likes it.

Davey takes one look at this bi disaster and goes ok cool so he's deeply closeted

Throughout the games they get closer, but Davey also very consciously keeps them hanging out in public spaces super platonically because he's waking up every day to more invasive and homophobic headlines and messages and comments and he doesn't want Jack to get caught up in the crossfire. Him and Sarah both have to switch comments off on their instagram, and their parents and Les have to go private and remove all identifying information from theirs, it's not good

Meanwhile Jack's reconsidering his "only women" rule

Davey and Sarah win silver at the mixed event, Sarah posts about how proud she is of her brother for competing under the pressure of the media storm, and US diving finally acknowledges everything by reposting her, including the #lovewins caption

I think it's this that gives Jack the courage to come out to Davey, it's not his sport but a US sporting body has officially come out in support of Davey (even if subtly). He tells Davey how he's in awe of how strong he's been in the face of everything and how he doesn't even seem scared, and Davey confides in him how Terrified he's been the entire games. It's very obvious to Davey that Jack has a thing for him, and that it's reciprocated, but he doesn't say anything about it because honestly, Jack needs time

In the absolute cuntiest move ever, Davey wins gold in the men's individual 10m, and captions it one of the homophobic headlines.

I can just see Davey pulling a Simone Biles level petty post with him biting both a silver and gold medal captioned something like "David Jacobs' woke agenda is an embarrassment to Team USA"

Jack is so deeply in love lol

It's after Jack's team loses in the quarterfinals that he decides that he just absolutely needs to tell Davey he likes him because girls would be easier but he Cannot lose Davey. They both live in NYC so decide to try but date in secret because Jack's not ready to come out yet, and Davey's not ready for more media attention

By Tokyo 2020 (or 2021 really lol) it's a pretty open secret that they're together. Davey gets more attention than Jack bc lbr some random American rugby sevens players would not be dealing with too much media attention outside of the olympics but Davey is like the American Tom Daley. Jack becomes the captain of the men's sevens team and makes it clear to management from the get go that he's dating a man and will be joining a team supportive of that or he won't play at all. They've not made a statement about being together by the start of the games, but they are openly going to each other's events wearing customised tshirts and stuff so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that they're very in love

Jack once again doesn't medal, but Davey medals in both men's individual 10m (silver) and mixed 3m springboard (gold). They make their official "statement" after the games, which is really just a video Jack takes of Davey adding his medals to his display case when they get home which Jack captions something along the lines of "the only reason I haven't medaled yet is that my boyfriend's hogging all the space in the display case"

They get married in 2022 and go into the 2024 and are So Openly each other's biggest fan. Jack's team wins a silver medal and the cameras cut from the team celebrations to Davey openly ugly crying in the stands and making little heart hands at Jack. Jack posts a photo with some cheesy caption like “only the second best thing I’ve won at the Olympics <3” and Davey gets to go from a scared kid being ruthlessly attacked for being gay to posting a photo of himself kissing his husband in front of the Olympic rings

I love them your honour

OG post and bestie credits here

[nerdyenby]

Orange time :D Ranboo pov

Pregame

Oh my goodness this bit

Sir you do not get to “Hey everybody” us after all of this

Garfield Kart????

WHY ARE THEY LIKE THIS?? /aff

Ran made it a whole 12 minutes without laughing at himself, I’m so proud of them

“I don’t know who you think you are, Philza- phil- philza? I don’t know who the hell you think you are but his favorite food is goddamn lasagna” garfieldfan2487 my beloved

“Stop making me think, get out of here you ganti” losing my absolute mind

The eye contact and “… you like Garfield?” killed me

GARFIELD KART IS REAL?!!?! I thought they were clowning

Leaving himself a message and creating lore for their MCC scuffed persona is so Ranboocore

Aimsey instantly becoming Garfieldfan2487’s best friend can be so personal

Ran and Callum’s interaction is everything

“Just like Garfield gets destroyed by Mondays, I am getting destroyed by the IRS”

Ran FINALLY breaking character, it’s been almost an hour my liege, cmon /lh

So I was under the impression Martyn was pg, guess not lol

All the skins 😭

The music just being a single kazoo note on repeat is so good

Bingo but fast!!! :D

BINGO BUT FAST?!!

MCC really said no to democracy and I respect that

Bingo but Fast

Are… they actually all going to be bingo? I don’t know if I want to believe that

Shoutout to Martyn for actually having played this game before

Why are there elytras???

They have to say bingo 😭

I feel like they’re killing it but they’re in fifth lol

Ewwww why is the savannah green?????

Battle Box

Excuse me why isn’t this game sillier?? /j

Thus Noxite and Ranboo’s rivalry begins

Sneeg mvp :))

Martyn mvp!!!!

Eat the carrots!!

ORANGE V YELLOW MY BELOVED!!!

“Fist up or die” so true Kara

Magic school bus conversation my beloved

Ran and Phil throwing their chickens at each other is so silly of them

Hole in the Wall

The hitw logo <333

Ran is so excited, I can stop smiling

Ranboo could I get you to consider: accents

This whole event is just going to be overstimulation central and I’m ready for it

Martyn’s “Nuh uh, if my parents couldn’t get me to eat me vegetables then you can’t either”

Sot music <333

THEIR SPRINT :((

MY STREAMER POPPED OFF

Garf permission granted, still don’t know what that means tho

They’re so real about how ideal the stimulation of hitw with hunger is

Ranboo zooming in and making eye contact is so intimidating what

Survival Games

“I’m so garfed up right now” “damn dude” KARA

THE SURVIVAL GAMES LOGO <33333

What does MCCAF stand for?

Everyone laughing at Martyn taking fall damage is so silly of them

The way the music cuts out just before they encounter their first other team is legit terrifying

“Is there a /top command?” 😭😭😭Ranboo my favorite Techno stannie

“You can now use /top” MCC MY BELOVED 😭😭😭

No clue how or when they got in first but I love that for them

Phil is merely playing Rocket Spleef, okay? Let the man enjoy himself /lh

The scoring is scuffed, don’t worry about it

SYLVEE TOP 5!!!

High key thought my computer froze when Ranboo just walked up to Phil and stared into the camera

TGTTOSAWAF

“I’m trying to maximize our garfage, okay?” “You can’t garf when you’re dead, Sneeg! There’s no garfing in hell!” […] “Of course you can, you’ve never been more surrounded by orange, that’s where we’re supposed to be” “I jump into the lava to be reunited”

I expected the dark to be darker ngl /lh

Now THIS is dark darkness

This is exactly the level of chaos I was craving

I was restraining myself from making a “gay on gay crime” joke when Ant justified punching Ran with “the chick-fil-a took over my keyboard, I’m sorry”

Slow falling into the void is so painful

“Who’s being a guy?” “Not me” RANBOO 💕💗💖💕💕💗💖 or should I say 💛🤍💜🖤

Kara asking if she can swear in game 5 is iconic, Sneeg is right there queen /gen

Kara going feral, as she deserves <333

Why is Martyn surprised? He was popping off

Martyn getting a screenshot of himself in the top ten “Sending that one to mum” I love him, okay??

“Dodgebolt with multishot” Sneeg is so real for that

Kara just had a kazoo on hand?? And perfect pitch??????

Sands of Time

Kara and Martyn having a whole “no you first” “no YOU first” over who gets to run is so!!!

Ranboo calling H a nerd, my streamers <333 (but seriously I don’t know if they’ve really interacted? Like they were both on dsmp but I can’t remember anytime they’ve actually spoken)

That sound effect is so cruel but if that’s the only thing scuffed about sands I’m happy

Omg what if all the vaults were down the same path

“Oh surely” “don’t call me Shirley”

Ranboo you idiot

You died in lava pal, the key is gone

They are merely gaming

That reaction was so delayed lol

Ran snickering at “under where?”

That was terrifying but so cool, it’s really lucky that they went in with like 30 seconds left

I really do want Ranboo to get third

Martyn being terrified of buildmartmanager!Grian is so real

Ranboo is so Techno-coded this MCC :((

Big Sales at Build Mart

Awww it’s the og map

The new game logos are everything, I would sell my soul for stickers of them

“Oreos!!” “No, that’s ore” “Oh” me too Kara, me too

Ran falling twice in a row and Sneeg just laughing at them

I’m actually down for the little nether run

Ran and Aimsey stopping mid game to wave at each other my beloved

Noooooo

Wow they are really bad at this /aff

Skyblockle

This event is just a love letter to everyone who’s been here since the beginning and it makes my heart really happy

The way they made a scuffed logo for this game because it’s the only time it’s getting played does something to me

WHY IS RANBOO TAKING A SELFIE???

I’m so down for end crystals actually

Sneeg mvp!!!

“I think I’m the April fool” we been knew Ran

Martyn mvp

Oli my beloved

BLUE!!!! IM SO PROUD OF THEM!!!

GEM WON!!! MASSIVE DUB FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE

Yeah yeah, I may be a Ranboo fan first and foremost but I’m rooting for almost everyone but him, they deserve to maintain their status as career loser /aff

Dodgebolt

HELL YEAH!!!

Ok I got spoiled (saw Skeppy won) but yellow and green!!! Aimsey and Oli!!! My bois!!!!

I think Oli wins no matter what, actually

PUNZ /pos

OLI MY BELOVED 😭

This is insane, I want a 1v8 here lmao

JOEL!!!! Blue was my pick going in so I’m happy no matter what lol

THAT TRADE!!!

FROG WIN!!!!

INSTANT BETRAYAL!!!

ANOTHER TRADE?!!?

Revenge lol

“Babes I died” “It’s okay babes” GLOWDUO OWN MY ENTIRE SOUL

Punz and Krinios are IN SYNC

EMPIRES WIN!!!

Martyn popped off <333

Chicken infection????

THEY ADDED THE PLAGUE TO MINECRAFT

Martyn’s chicken noises are everything

Every MCC should end with zombie tag, actually

I love this team so much

Martyn just sounds like Elmo now 😂

“I’m working, honey. You gotta bawk to pay the bills” I’m dying

Can’t believe Noxite is vaccinated smh /j

I’ve said it a million times and I’ll say it a million more: SCOTT SMAJOR NEVER MISSES!!! He always does a superb job of making teams and matching vibes and he absolutely deserves to be proud of that

[halfling-myth-lady]

(for the ask game)

The other Feenie this time (epithet erased)

Also James from team rocket

Oh

I actually haven’t gotten around to reading PP yet,but I’ll do my best with my current impresions of her

8/10 love her already

I think it’s because i tend to like stupid characters a lot but I really like her so far(just hope that when I get around to read PP she shines just as much as she did in the preview)

My otps with this character: I think her and roxie have potential (again no spoilers please)

My notps with this character:I think this one obvious but her and rick shades,but also i headcanon molly as aroace so her and molly also

Why I like/dislike them:again,I just really like characters with five brain cells to their name

Random headcanon:Ramsey taught her the f word when they did that plushie comercial together

James

10/10 nb icon

My otps with this character:not really any

My notps with this character:I’ve seen that people ship them with Jessie,and while I hold no ill will towards them,to me they are peak lesbian-gay supremacy

A random headcanon:at first they and Jessie’s arbok HATED each other,but after Jessie took a slice of cake that a coworker joked had poison in it(it did not) they banden together as a team to get rid of the “poisoned” cake.the result was that the team rocket office was destroyed and they had to relocate,both James and arbok held the slice of cake while in chicken costumes while pondering wtf is a chicken also while escaping from the police on a tricycle all the while an assassin was after the person who made the joke.

An assassin the neither of them hired.

It’s safe to say that how they got into the situation is a secret both of them will carry to their graves.they haven’t argued since.

[robinplayspokemon]

pokemon anime 1x48-1x49

this feels like the right time to take cops in pokemon way too seriously, right?

just kidding, yay rope!

"bulbasaur's mysterious garden" is an episode i remember watching as a child quite well! i liked that it was focused on one of the starting trio, but i always thought the way it depicted bulbasaur evolving in groups seemed a bit weird? shrug!

look at this iconic shit, though.

this is a pretty straightforward episode that doesn't have any real lasting consequences or anything, but idk! it's nice to just focus on one of the protagonist's pokemon every now & then. b-rank

"the case of the k-9 caper!" gives us some light, child-friendly copaganda, which like i'm a fucking adult so i'm not going to yell & rant about it on my silly pokemon blog, but i did for sure roll my eyes at it pretty hard.

on the other hand,

james looks really cute in this stupid skirt/uniform, and i feel really conflicted about it. wait, it's ok because he's impersonating an officer, right? he's literally being gay & doing crimes? please just let me have this.

but what really makes me like this episode more than i otherwise would is there's this really cute part where team rocket has a voice changer and uses it to confuse the growlithe into obeying them, and try the same trick on pikachu but pikachu immediately sees through it and this happens:

and just when i'm like "awwww i love when brock is all insightful & genuinely good," he IMMEDIATELY ruins it like two minutes later by trying to turn this into a line to hit on the cop lady, sighhhhhh. same old brock.

but, yeah, that one little moment between ash & pikachu kinda makes the whole rest of the episode worth it? also, there's rope bondage! b-rank

new pokedex entries!

[inkyyasteroid]

Hello again! Today let’s ponder this: do you have any ships you like? If so, talk about them! Why do they spark joy? If not totally cool, shipping isn’t for everyone! Alternate/bonus question- what’s your favorite friendship in Pokémon? I personally love Ash and Pikachu’s friendship, but also the main character and your partner in mystery dungeon games! Or, bonus question, two characters who have the funniest mutual hatred. 

YAAAAAAAYYYYY GOOD QUESTION GOOD QUESTION

My first main ship is Red/Green(Blue. *name* oak) I just like them. Also because Green kinnie moment and bf is basically Red.

Secondly I love Ash/Goh! Idk. Probably also Goh kinnie moments but there's just a lot of stuff from the anime that was like 🤨 I guess they r gay.

Ash/Goh/Gary(/Tokio) is a good one too. I just like that Ash's crush and Goh's crush can all get together and be happy.

Friendship-wise... I like Clemont and Ash. I just like Ash having his first loser guy travel companion. Stupid guy rights.

Obviously the TRio are iconic. I genuinely forgot about them because it's kinda first nature to be like... oh yeah Team Rocket are best fucking friends forever duh.

[theuncannytruthteller]

They're isolationist. What did you expect? Also, the term Pan-African is a recent term. Many African nations prior to the Atlantic Slave Trade "AST" weren't Pan-African. Just like Whites weren't united until in unison. They also never gave access to their technology. If you're basing that off the film itself where the characters are all written to act out of character, then sure. They're different from their comic counterparts, who wouldn't give two shits. You name Black Lightning, who literally was a caricature of negative Black Stereotypes he spoke in Jive he was Blackplotation also took orders from a cracka. Static love interest a cracka his best friend a gay cracka with a racist father Aldo Dwayne McDuffie was married to a white woman before he passed and any character he owned under Mile Stone Comic went to DC where many like Rocket, Icon, Hardwire were shelved, Nubia is the sister of the cracka Wonder Woman. Meanwhile yes T'Challa has worked with the Avengers but at his own interest he's also beaten their asses, he's also lead the Avengers and a Black version of the Illunminati, he's also lead in his comics more than one Black Only Super hero team. Killmonger, if you'd analyzed him, would know he wasn't right. Killmonger wasn't Pro-Black, much less Pan-African. He was only out for his own self-interest. His father sold their people out, which led to their people being killed by the same white colonizers he spoke off Killmonger in his own comic, slept with a white woman, and then left her apartment calling her a colonizer. Also, T'Challa has never been a sidekick. If you want a sidekick talk about Falcon, he was literally Captain America's sidekick. T'Challa is the world's first mainstream black leading superhero, created in 1966 four months prior to the Black Panther Party formation. He's been a main staple in comics, and the reason you have other Black Superheros today had it not been for his comic sells. Before judging the character based on the film, base your judgment on the comic counterpart. Lastly, in the newer film, the character is killed off the same way Chadwick Boseman passed. If you want to talk about the wet backs and that film and how they made Wakanda Weak, we can do that all day. That film is written so poorly it's atrocious, it's full of plot holes and had nothing to do with and I'm probably the second one to notice the metaphor of the Underwater Mexicans being wet backs. There's a tone of those in the film, but since we're talking about Black folk, let me introduce you to a few others. You have the baby daddy trope, the single strong independent Black Woman Trope. The fatherless Black Child trope/the bastard child because the father didn't marry his mother trope.

You don't honor the actor who passed away unfortunately by killing off the character they brought to life. You honor them by continuing to tell their stories, you don't need to kill T'Challa at the expense of elevating Shuri or any other character in the film. Both Characters can be alive and share the spot light, both can shine together. Shuri's and T'Challa relationship was the highlight of the first solo film why would you want to get rid of that dynamic? Don't use Chadwick Boseman's IRL illness as part of your plot let the character live, let us see what kind of King he would be once opening the boarders to Wakanda let us get to see him in all his glory. Even if you pass the mantle on we can have both and shouldn't have to choose.

[randum-famdoms]

Sometimes I’ll forget straights exist, and then I’ll see them in the wild. But I don’t immediately remember, oh no, instead I’ll pull a reverse archeologist and think, “omg they’re such great friends, the best of pals, a true sibling bond,” and then they kiss or something equally anti-platonic, and I’ll pause for a moment and think. Then I come to the conclusion of, “OH, they must be bi! Like Team Rocket!”

Moral of the story is, if you want me to clock you as cishet, then you’re gonna have to be wearing a cross or trump hat or something equally America Core, because if you don’t then I’ll forget that being cishet is an option.

[bciwasinlove]

Just adding to the larries liking taylor swift, i think one of th reason is that most of the larries are part of of the lgbtq community. And in our community, Taylor is very loved. She's a gay icon. It's easy to just brush away the shits that happened with haylor since it's in the past. Also these larries thinks it's a double sided bearding. There is this theory about how TS was dating Diana at the time of haylor. I believe Diana also sometimes thirdwheel to haylor's dates. That Out Of The Woods is about when their stunt is ending or smthng. OR this larries could be just newbies that already like Taylor Swift and couldn't careless about Haylor since the y didn't get to experience how horrible that time was.

For me, I think I just tolerate her. Some of her songs are good. But I am still annoyed at the annoying songs she wrote about haylor. 🤢 Can't escape it tho, since two of my sisters are swifties.

Hey anon I do know about those rumors I personally don't feel the same on the matter of her being 🏳️‍🌈 tho I don't know much about her music past the "h**lor songs" to truly say. But for argument sake let's say she is isn't that worse when it comes to this topic? She would know what it is like to be a closeted celeb and yet she still used a fellow closeted celeb to make herself look like a victim and them the "toxic ex womanizer who treats women like trash." She did something that further put H in the closet and madw people think he's straight.

People may say oh it was all her team like sure her team may have initially decided for her to get involved in a fake relationship with H but all the slandering of H from her at one point that's on her. If her team did tell her to say all those things and it wasn't her personal choice to drag H then give her a fuckin oscar bc she did a damn good job playing the role of I'm a victim of a shitty ex and here is why.

So I [along with anonymous mutuals] believe whether she is or isn't 🏳️‍🌈 she still dragged H through the mud with almost all of 2013 promo/award season being her dragging "her ex" aka H and we just can't get ourselves to be ok with that. And during the time period of h**lor's relationship L&H were fuckin miserable every day.

Of course here we are 10 years later and he is STILL being asked about her and whether his songs are for her and to no suprise he fuckin hates it. She unintentional or not caused them a lot of trauma and was the reason H womanizer image sky rocketed in 2013. So it will never make sense to me how someone can claim to love L&H proudly "being a larrie" while idolizing her.

I do think like you said most of those who love her are newbies who just weren't around in 2012/13 time period to know what happened bc if they had been they would know how much it fucked them up. And don't even get me started on how most of these stans think their ✨️ besties ✨️ with her.

This interview from 2012 will always be a huge deal to me in understanding how they felt about the situation and her. When Lou was asked what his thoughts are of H&T relationship Lou makes it clear not only are they not dating but their not even friends. This was literally Lou reaction/body language throughout the whole 3 month ordeal.

Lastly L&H celebrated when it ended. They clearly don't care for her, want her to stop being brought up and to move on from her but some of their own fans sit here and try to paint them as friends.

[everyneji]

Neji in Naruto OG vs Shipputen, which one do you like more? Or maybe what do you like about each of them?

Oh, that's a good question but a hard choice!

OG Neji had more development and focus, so there's a lot to enjoy there. Conversely, it's also when he's at his most miserable, so it's a bit grim to think about him at that age, as much as I enjoy watching him scalp everyone around him with his cutting reads. Post-TS Neji has settled into himself, and it's nice to see the adult he was becoming. (Being old, I prefer adult characters.) I think he shows a great deal of grace and discipline -- he's made a little birdhouse in his soul, and it's lovely.

The real question is which drip is better. 🤔 Kishimoto regretted both outfits and fandom seems to fall to the negative, but let me tell you, the funniest post on this site is the one calling Neji an insta baddie because he is. The beiges and whites, the straight dark hair, the intense look ... he's serving. All he's missing is the brows. He can therefore wear whatever he wants and make it look good. That being said, I prefer his OG look in execution, and his TS look in concept. As Team Gai pull from traditional martial arts (and Chinese aesthetic) I like the idea of Neji wearing something more traditional, and I think white is certainly his colour. I mean, wearing white on the battlefield? You're basically saying nobody will ever lay a finger on you. Iconic.

(Back before Shippuden aired and we had no idea what colour Neji's outfit was, people tended to colour it in beige. It was a bit tragic.)

I will also take this opportunity to talk about Neji the Missing Years, because I was thinking about the nice, simple training outfit the anime gave him for 2 seconds in a flashback:

If I have a Neji opinion that is perhaps unpopular, it's that I don't think he's a very ambitious character. In an anime-only scene, to explain Team Gai taking the chunin exams for the first time alongside the other kids, they have Tenten ask Neji why he doesn't just take the exams now because he's strong enough for it, and his answer is essentially "There's no rush." I think Neji when we meet him is more interested in showing up the restrictions of the main family than the village's ranking system. Why pursue greatness, when none of it will ever prove his worth enough to protect him from the whims of the clan? After all, Hizashi was strong enough to be worth resurrecting in the war, and they still killed his ass.

That, relieved of the worst of his emotional burdens and having achieved a certain zen state in his near-death at Kidomaru's hands, Neji rockets through the ranks in the next two years is pretty funny to me. It's like he's decided to finally turn his attention to this whole ninja business and goes, "What? Like it's hard?" as he gets his many promotions.

[thatoneplantyouhave]

Doing this in the order they pop into my mind, nothing to do with how much I more or less I enjoyed them

1 – The Witcher

Tbh, I only watched one and a half seasons before stopping, but I'll always be thankful for the friends this emo wolf and his sparkly bard gave me!

2 – The Untamed

Helloooooooo sad gay cultivators show! Helloooooooo murder gremlin blorbo! Helloooooooo perfect mixture of crack and drama, like myself xD

3 – Agatha Christie's Poirot

I absolutely love the "one case per episode" format that can be watched out of order! Especially helpful bc TV stations here seem to like throwing darts at a board to determine which episode to show. I also love David Suchet's portrayal of the little Belgian moustache man xD

4 – Our Flag Means Death

Okay, I could gush about a lot of things but the main thing that occupies my mind is: Jim fucking Jimenez. Such a fucking icon!

5 – Naruto

This is such a comfort anime for me, I always feel warm and cozy watching the first arcs up until Sasuke runs off. The bridge arc? The Chūnin Exams? Perfection! And so are Kakashi, Shikamaru and Gaara!

6 – Death Note

I've never finished this anime and I don't think I will, yet I still love it up until SOMEBODY gets killed. Ryuk regularly infects me with a hunger for apples when I watch it, L makes me sit weirdly, the soundtrack is divine. And idgaf how this sounds, but I like Light while hating Kira. No, I won't even fight anyone over it or defend it bc I simply don't give a fuck xD

7 – Pokémon

I by far didn't watch everything, I'd even say I watched astoundingly few episodes in the grand scheme of things, but eh. It's a mostly lighthearted show with some surprisingly hard hitters in between, some seasons are better than others, like with every show, but Team Rocket always stays strong. Also I'm so proud of Ash 🥹

8 – Merlin

How to not realize your queer awakenings, a tutorial by me. Also memories of Wednesday evenings of better times when I'd look forward to every new episode. Funny how now Wednesdays have become special to me through D&D, considering both are fantasy settings and some happenings in the show might as well be funky dice rolls 😂

Tagging: whoever tf wants to? XD @too-many-fandoms-no-social-life @dont-trust-humanity @himbo-half-orc

8 Shows to know you

Tagged by: @fortune-maiden thanks!

Tagging: @marsdiogenes @veraverorum @dangermousie @endrega23

Ah this is hard but I will try

1. Avatar the last Airbender.

I remember when nickelodeon would air the complete series on a weekend every now and again and that was how I originally watched it. Then it was on Netflix and I rewatched it again. And again and again. This is THE show to me.

2. Monk - in which a germophobe is a detective

This show aired the same year I was born so I'm kinda going to be biased. Rewatching some of the episodes in 2023 I didn't expect to find out that my brand of humor apparently originates from an early 2000s show but it certainly appears so!

3. Shadow Hunters

Did I drop this show after catching up with the books and being so frustrated at how they adapted things? Yes. Do I even care about the books anymore? Not really. BUT this show (or rather Malec) is what originally got me into shipping so I think I still need to mention it.

4. Stranger - A kdrama about a man without emotions suffering with chronic pain having to solve a murder and making friends along the way

Living my life I never saw a character that made me go "oh I feel represented by them! I can relate to them!" That was until the Male Lead of Stranger came along. Instead of the show being about his disability it's about a murder that needs to be solved. It's about him solving this murder and navigating through it with his disability. It's about friendship. This show probably has one of my favorite female leads. And even if I'm not much into crime dramas anymore this show is so so dear to me.

5. The disastrous life of Saiki K - in which the anime protagonist has all the powers in the world that he doesn't want. He just wants a peaceful afternoon is that so much to ask!

Not much to say about this show except this is also one that nailed my brand of humor.

6. Tom and Jerry

A special shout-out to it because as a child I was obsessed with it.

7. Mr. Queen - In which a womanizing star cook from modern times transmigrates and now he is the queen of joseon. Political court intrigue on the menu as well.

Everything about this show was almost tailer made for me. The humor that never fades even into the late episodes. The characters and their complexity. The romance between two people who started as enemies. The drama, the intrigue! Perfect! Amazing! Wonderf- WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS THE ENDING

Mr Queen managed to give me the worst ending I have possibly ever seen and still managed to become my favorite kdrama. Because even if the last episode is a crime everything before that really is just too well done.

8. Love between fairy and devil - in which the most powerful man is the universe is forced to take care of a plant

My feelings with this show and Mr queen are pretty similar except that with Lbfad while maybe not the best paced at the end the ending didn't suck. The couple just has so much love and respect for each other. And the emotions ahhh. So many emotional moments!

[goldenhydreigon47]

Thoughts on Every Gym Leader/Kahuna, Trial Captain, Elite 4 Member, and Champion (excluding Gen 7 since YOU become the champion. Plus we'll do Professors and Rivals at a later date and that's when I'll cover N, Kukui, and Hau. And yes this means Blue, Cheren, Marnie, and Bede will be covered twice)

Brock: A simp but a loveable simp whom we all love. 50/10

Misty: BEST GIRL. She was my first Pokémon crush and I love how sassy she is. 100/10

Lt. Surge: Dundabolt. 25/10

Erika: Oh cool, her design looks pretty so her battle should be go- aaaaaand its over. 8/10

Koga: He's a ninja. 100/10

Janine: Girlboss Ninja. 150/10

Sabrina: Creepy but also really cool. 80/10

Blaine: HOPE YA HAVE BURN HEAL! 12/10

Giovanni: I love this mafioso and Team Rocket as a whole so much. 60/10

Lorelei: Big Mommy Milkers (in the anime at least) but also a pretty cool (heh) demeanor. 73/10

Bruno: That's it? That was the battle? 5/10

Agatha: Status Effect O'Clock. 30/10

Lance: The OG Dragon Master... with only one Dragon on his team. 47/10

Blue: Do I even need to say anything? 100/10

Falkner: For a first Gym Leader, he's pretty bland imo. 6/10

Bugsy: Transmasc Icon. NeedsHeracrossAsHisAce/10

Whitney: Fuck Miltank. -65/10

Morty: *[insert unfunny Rick and Morty joke here]* 35/10

Chuck: Boring. 3/10

Jasmine: And the easiest Gym puzzle award goes to. 20/10

Pryce: How did my dumbass child-self get stuck on this old man for so long? ChildhoodDumbness/10

Clair: Sore Loser. Doesn't deserve the Dragon Type. 4/10

Will: Boring. 2/10

Karen: Literally the only good Karen. 35/10

Roxanne: Brock but boring. 6/10

Brawly: Surfer Bro. Probably smokes weed. 15/10

Wattson: Oh hey its the guy who had his whole team one shot by Ash's Pikachu. 5/10

Flannery: Hot both literally and figuratively. I love her demeanor and how deep down nervous she is. 50/10

Norman: The Only Good Father Figure in this series. 30/10

Winona: Boring tbh. Hot, but boring. 4/10

Tate and Liza: Ah yes, Surf Fodder. 8/10

Wallace: Fabulous Gay Water Man. I love him and want to date him one day. 78/10

Juan: Wallace but not gay but just as fabulous. 60/10

Sidney: He just wants a good fight yet uses two Dark Types with one of the worst defensive type comboes in the series. 11/10

Phoebe: Transfemme Icon. We stan. 70/10

Glacia: Boring. 1/10

Drake: Lance but better. 57/10

Steven: How does Hoenn have not one, but TWO hot champions? I love this rock collector. 80/10

Roark: Like father... 30/10

Gardenia: She gives me Daisy from Mario vibes. I like it. 40/10

Maylene: Fighting Type Misty. I love her. 55/10

Wallace: YOU'RE GOIN' NOWHERE! I GOTCHA FOR THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES OF PLAYTIME! 90/10

Fantina: She's 100% from Kalos and just moved from there to Sinnoh. 70/10

Byron: ...like son. 30/10

Candice: WORST. GYM. PUZZLE. 8/10

Volkner: Minato from Naruto but emo. 80/10

Aaron: The absolute balls of this man to use Dustox and Beautifly. 20/10

Bertha: Oh hello ma'am. You look very kind. Welp, time to sweep you with Torterra/Empoleon. 9/10

Flint: Ah yes, my favorite Fire Types: Drifblim, Lopunny, and Steelix. 50/10

Lucian: Why are the Psychic Elite 4 Members the most boring? 5/10

Cynthia: *[WAR FLASHBACKS]*

Also, she's hot and very funny in the anime. 110/10

Cilan: The best part of the Unova anime. 8/10

Chili: Meh 1. 3/10

Cress: Meh 2. At least he's handsome. 6/10

Cheren: Someone tell me why he looks lowkey cute in B2W2? 7/10

Lenora: Hard Female Normal Type Gym Leader but actually likeable. We stan. 8/10

Roxie: She did the whole punk rock thing before Piers made it cool. 78/10

Burgh: The Other Transmasc Icon of the Bug Type users. 40/10

Elesa: Girlboss and very attractive. Only real flaw is a HORRENDOUS battle. StopUsingVoltSwitch/10

Clay: MINER COWBOY. 59/10

Skyla: Lowkey thicc and very attractive with a great personality to boot. 60/10

Brycen: The Best Ice Specialist. 77/10

Drayden: GILF Dragon User. 80/10

Marlon: Hrngh... shirtless male Gym Leader... One of my bisexual awakening moments. 80/10

Shauntal: Compared to other Ghost Type Specialists, kinda meh. 20/10

Grimsley: WHY ARE ALL THE DARK TYPE SPECIALISTS (minus Sidney) ATTRACTIVE. 93/10

Caitlin: Sleeby. Was also a great way to show how she progressed from Gen 4 into Gen 5. 30/10

Marshall: The Most Meh of the Unova Elite 4. 3/10

Alder: Look he's trying his best and is honestly a great Champion. 30/10

Iris: She has a Hydreigon. 300/10

Viola: Easy. 5/10

Grant: Easy and bland. 2/10

Korrina: One of two good Kalos Gym Leaders. 30/10

Ramos: Easy and bland. 1/10

Clemont: THE FUTURE IS NOW THANKS TO SCIENCE! 20/10

Valerie: BEGONE FAIRY USER! -200/10

Olympia: Easy and bland. 4/10

Wulfric: Easiest and blandest: 0/10

Drasna: WHY DOESN'T SHE USE HYDREIGON IF ITS RIGHT AT VICTORY ROAD?! -150/10

Malva: Smokin' hot and very good personality wise. One of the few good Kalos characters. 20/10

Siebold: Pokémon is art as a game but battling itself is not art... unless you use Smeargle. 6/10

Wikstrom: The fact they had a KNIGHT BASED STEEL TYPE ELITE 4 MEMBER and didn't give him Escavalier gives him a low score immediately. 3/10

Diantha: Wait this battle can last more than 30 seconds? 1/10

Iida: I want to date him. Handsome and he is a very nice guy. 50/10

Hala: BUFF SUMO GRANDPA. 100/10

Lana: Wait, did we somehow get a BORING Water specialist? 4/10

Kiawe: Best character in the Alola anime outside of Gladion. 33/10

Mallow: Grass Type Misty. 8/10

Olivia: Would let her step on me WITH her heels. 80/10

Sophocles: Annoying Brat. -4/10

Acerola: Adorable and surprisingly tough when unprepared. 20/10

Nanu: Police Officer DILF, and somehow is also lowkey attractive. 40/10

Mina: BEGONE FAIRY USER! -200/10

Hapu: Acerola but boring. 3/10

Molayne: I mean, he's okay, but still kinda boring. 5/10

Kahili: ... Idk/10

Milo: I would let him crush my skull between his biceps. 90/10

Nessa: HELLO MA'AM PLEASE GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS. 95/10

Kabu: Hey guys, I found Flannery's father. 60/10

Bea: HELLO MA'AM PLEASE STEP ON ME. 110/10

Allister: PROTECC THE SMOL CHILD! 120/10

Opal: She uses a Togekiss and is a very respectful elder, so I'll give her a pass for being a Fairy User. 7/10

Gordie: Would let him hug me until my spine breaks. 90/10

Melony: If you looked up MILF in the dictionary, you'd see Melony next to Lisa Lisa from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil. 85/10

Piers: STEP ON ME GOTH PUNK DADDY. 140/10

Rainhan:

YES HELLO SIR CAN YOU PLEASE STEP ON MY FACE SO HARD IT LEAVES A BOOT MARK AND AND THEN KISS ME ON THE LIPS PLEASE AND THANK YOU

170/10

Marnie: Best Girl. Is goth but also a complete sweetheart. 160/10

Bede: One of very few good Fairy Specialists. Is also very handsome. 130/10

Leon: The only good Charizard user. Also is very handsome and I'd let him step on me. 150/10

Klara: How ironic for the relstionship with a Poison Type leader to be so toxic. Still love her though. 110/10

Avery: He radiates Frieza Voice energy. I like him. 95/10

Mustard: Chaotic Old Man. Very much love him. 120/10

Peony: Everyone's dad. Too bad his battle theme's the worst in the game. 100/10

[iam93percentstardust]

hey! i hope you’re having an amazing day. this is just me popping in your inbox to say that’s youre one of my favourite writers and you got me really interested in winteriron (honestly one of the cutest ships) are there any fics/authors ii could reccomend?

Hi there! Thank you so much! I love this ship so much, they’ve got such potential for both fluff and angst. They really are one of my favorite ships to write and I’m glad I was able to write so much for them this year. I certainly do have plenty of recs for you, starting with my favorite authors:

@riotwritesthings: started writing last year, I highly recommend just about everything Riot writes but especially Road Hazards, Melt into Me (Your Words are My Own), and When is a bed not a bed? (When you’re not in it)

@hddnone: so many stories and all so good! Has nearly 100 Winteriron works on ao3 and you will not regret reading any of them, though fair warning that some of them are Team Cap Critical. Especially recommend Honey Pot, You’ve Got Mail, and A Bit(e) of Danger

@monobuu: mostly an artist but sometimes writes stories as well. i recommend Ravioli, Invincible Summer, and Meet the Fam

@tisfan and @27dragons: can’t make a Winteriron rec list without including the both of them. They work together a lot but you should definitely take a look at their own stuff as well. I recommend Safe and (the) Sound, Kiss Me Thru the Phone, and Stark, Naked

@ad1thi: currently taking a bit of a hiatus and working on non-Marvel works but I love everything Adi writes, particularly her entire Bollywood but Make it Gay series, which isn’t always Winteriron but wonderful nonetheless. I recommend the Greek Gods AU, 1000 Lives (For You), and we’re connected

@the-winter-writer: lots of smut and all absolutely fantastic! I like Precious Treasure, Winter Wings, and Instinct

@rayshippouuchiha: definitely an iconic writer for this fandom. Really great if you’re looking for genderbends. Writes a lot of absolutely incredible fics and not just for Winteriron but my personal favorites are The (Not So) Great Pretender, Fearful Symmetry, and The Mistletoe Kiss Polka

Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar): once again very iconic. you’ve probably read at least one of their works even if didn’t know. I recommend Shameless, Today’s Forecast, and Practice Makes Perfect

@lovelyirony: mostly writes ficlets here on tumblr and a multishipper (I don’t know why I’m saying that like it’s a bad thing, I’m a multishipper), also a fan of Sharon Carter and that’s the thing that made me follow her so you know

@amethystinawrites: I only recently started working their works but I’m loving everything I’ve come across so far. I recommend Tech Support and I Won’t Hold My Breath

AvocadoLove: also writes a lot of Stony and Stuckony, which I love a lot, but for their Winteriron works, I recommend Amalgam and Dead Man’s Switch

Dracusfyre: another one I’m new to. I literally just started reading their works today so I don’t have any recs for them yet but one of my friends loves them so I’m going to go with you should definitely take a look at their works

Eirlyssa: has some anti-Team Cap works so keep an eye out for that if that’s not your thing but writes very good Winteriron. I recommend Guide Me Home (Guide My Heart) and Always (I’ll Be There)

@imposter-human: one of the first MCU blogs I ever followed! I recommend childhood memories, speak my language, and lost in translation

As for specific works I like:

Four Strings and Second Chances by Vashoth

It was reluctance to let one of his finest inventions ever out of his grasp that made him take a couple days over a week to send the arm to Pepper’s office. But all things considered, Tony figured that sending finest prosthetic that had ever come into existence--literally grasping an olive branch--was one of the classiest gifts he’d ever given. He’d included a note and everything. ‘Barnes,

Can help with installation. Or not. Up to you. --Stark'

Who is the Mechanic? by @akira-of-the-twilight

The Asset watched as his handlers brought in a stranger—a man with a metal object stuck to his chest that was hooked to a car battery.

The handlers shoved the man onto the stool where many who had operated on the Asset’s arm in the past had sat before.

“Asset,” one handler said, “meet the Mechanic. He will be responsible for the upkeep of your arm. Should anything malfunction, kill him.”

The Asset eyed the Mechanic. The Mechanic was glassy-eyed and unresponsive.

He’d probably be dead in a week.

The Fix by SleepsWithCoyotes

Right, because Tony...Tony fixes things. He remembers thinking that, not for the first time.

Paths are Made by Walking by @potrix-the-queerschlaeger

The road to recovery is long, winding and a different one for every person walking it. Bucky chooses to help himself the only way he knows how; by doing what he does best.

Or, alternatively; the one in which Tony is a mess and accidentally kick-starts Bucky’s protective mother hen instincts.

The Evidence by StrivingArtist

Didn’t notice. Right. Sure. Two brilliant minds, two super spies, and a god didn’t notice when the chattiest man they knew stopped making sound. They just seemed happier than before. Brighter and more cheerful than before. They just seemed like they were more comfortable with him around when he was stone silent.

Fuck it.

He knew they noticed.

And he knew they liked him better this way.

Shadowed Hearts and Winter Souls by NotEvenCloseToStraight

The mid-1800s and Antonio Carbonell Stark is caught in a scandal with his lover. Desperate for a chance to escape the trouble and his own broken heart, Tony accepts a proposal from a mysterious Russian heiress and flees the country.

Natalia Romanova is in trouble of her own and has enough secrets to make Tony's head spin but somehow they settle into a fake marriage and calm day-to-day together, and everything works... until her half brother comes home and their life is disrupted again.

James is somber and silent, brutal and nearly broken and scarred, a soldier of the resistance. His heart is cold and gaze like ice, but his hands are hot and lips are warm and Tony finds himself ignoring the blood on James's palms and the shadows in his soldier’s eyes, and falling in love.

When danger lands at their doorstep, Natalia and Tony have to pack up and leave, running away in the middle of the night and leaving their men behind.

The distance between Tony and James gets longer every day, and Natalia has been keeping a secret for that can’t be hidden much longer. With no place to call home and a thousand miles between them and the men they love, what are Tony and Natalia supposed to do?

Puppy Love by Reioka

Bucky is learning to become a person again. When some guy starts crying all over Natasha's dog, he decides he's doing better than he originally thought.

Describe Your Perfect Date by ali_aliska

After getting turned down by Bucky, Tony decides it’s time to move on from his massive crush. He tries online dating—Pepper’s idea, not his—but the only thing worse than getting rejected is getting rejected and finding out your soulmate-level match is Clint Barton, all in the same day.

Clint, of course, does not let opportunities like this go to waste, but he’s driving Tony nuts for a good cause, he swears.

Bucky’s just trying to do the right thing and fails spectacularly, but it all works out in the end.

Rocket Science by marsmaywonder and orbingarrow

Sleep-deprived and under-caffeinated, grad student Tony falls asleep in a conveniently empty classroom and wakes up in the middle of Bruce’s Physics 101 course. After seeing a groggy Tony fumble a simple question, actual-student Bucky offers to tutor him. In a moment of “oh no; he’s cute” panic, Tony takes him up on it. Now, in addition to his already complicated life, Tony has to figure out the answer to the incredibly messy question: “How do you look like you’re failing the class, when you literally wrote the book?”

What’s Good for the Goose by Taste_is_Sweet

For this nonny prompt at the Imagine Tony and Bucky comm on Tumblr:

"A soulmate AU where an immortal goose shows up one day to lead you to your soulmate, the challenge is surviving the goose." (Full prompt in notes.)

We all have soulmates, and every soulmate pair shares an animal guide. The Guide is there to lead you to your One True Love, and they represent the aspects of the psyche that you both share. They appear when you're about to meet your soulmate, and often materialize in moments of great personal crisis, offering hope and support. There are stories upon stories about how someone's Guide appeared to lead them to their One True, or how the barest glimpse of their Guide eased their hearts and gave them hope in the midst of despair. The newly-rescued almost always attribute their Guide with giving them the strength and courage to hang on.

Animal Guides are ephemeral, ethereal, and elusive. They are, most often, no more than a warm presence or flicker out of the corner of one's eye. They are incarnate symbols of perseverance, optimism and hope. Foretellers of happiness, and the grand destiny of love.

Except for geese. Geese are assholes.

and so, we unfold by TheKitteh

Senbazuru. Thousand Cranes.

An ancient Japanese legend that promises anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by the gods. Some stories believe you are granted happiness and eternal good luck, instead of just one wish, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury.

Bucky’s not big on believing in any legends, not after all that has happened. He just wants to create something for a change, not destroy.

He needs to prove himself that he can be trusted to handle something delicate. He doesn’t need a promise of a wish come true. He just,- needs to do this for himself.

He doesn’t need noticing how sad, tired Stark looks. Doesn’t need to want to do something for the man, when he can barely do anything for himself. --- Tony simply goes through days and motions. He deals with the Avengers, with R&;D, with the rewritten Accords. All of it, it’s nothing new really. He just wants to get things done.

What’s new is seeing Barnes hunched over the coffee table, one step away from ripping a glossy magazine apart in the middle of the night.

And why the hell Barnes keeps looking at him during the days after like he’s a puzzle to be solved?

Welcome to the Winteriron fandom! We’ve got a lot of incredible authors and artists both and this is just the tip of the iceberg!

[nerdyenby]

Purple time :D I’m watching Oli

The depression is simply no match for an oli mcc vod

Ain’t oli like… 29? That’s not old king *looks it up* 28!! Dude, chill /aff

This team hasn’t had a single call, iconic

Ah yes, young, spunky, and full of beans, that’s my streamer

Sniff and Oli interactions are all I’ve ever needed in life

Charles bringing Sniff drugs, as they should

Harvey is so chaotic oh my gosh

“I don’t think I’ve heard your voice before” this can only go well guys

I thought Sniff was gonna make an ace joke, but nah, they’re just self-deprecating

Sniff and Oli 😭😭😭

“Harvey, I really feel like you don’t love this family right now”

This team is not chill, Pete is chill, everyone else is on a backpack leash

Harvey is such a mess lmao

Rocket Spleef

“Meltdown doesn’t like me” “Ok well, have you tried talking to her nicely?” “… I’ll try that next time” I love them

“Now that I’m reflecting, maybe I’m the problem” Pete my beloved

The team synergy!!

“We all did great!!” “Yes, and I was also there as well” and then Sniff hyping up Oli <333

I love this team, they’re all just saying words, it’s great :D

“I’m not a fan” “I’m not a fan, I’m an entire conditioner” thank you TapL Harvey :))

Harvey sounding so genuine when he said he was proud of Sniff ended me

The absolute power of Pete’s “That was like the fastest round ever, where’d everyone go?”

Pete and Harvey’s shock(?) when Sniff gets faux-emotional over being listened to is so

Grid Runners

Sniff on its igl arc :D

They’re crushing it!!!

Even struggling they’re doing such a good job keeping morale up

They’re genuinely laughing it off so well I love them <3333

They killed uppies!!!!

Grid felt so short that time it’s not even fair

I love their energy so much, it’s everything

Battle Box

It’s not that old, the only time it was played was in mcc26 (i think, it could’ve been 25 tbh)

This map is so wild

They’re not doing amazing but I’m having a great time

The guilty silence when they found out Callum dced and then goodnaturedly boasting when they found out he died first

THAT WAS SO CLOSEEEE

Sands of Time

Sniff and Oli going back and forth offering sandkeeper to each other can be something so dear

“Don’t be wrong again, okay?” “Okay 😭”

Oh that was a bit rough

“The captains aren’t captaining right now” Sniff 😭😭😭

WHO is honk mimimi-ing in my mcc?? /lh

THATS SO SCUFFED OH MY LORD ;-; /nm

“I’m a hard working sand gatherer and the billionaires up just taking time away, I’m sick of this!!” “Well personally — as the ceo of sand — I feel like you should’ve known that and should’ve just tried harder” this team’s chemistry is so!!!!

Ace Race

I love this team so much you guys ;-;

The music is so loud oh my gosh

The amongus remix 😭😭😭

“If you wanna blame the map, you’re gonna have to go through me” so true Pete!!

“What would be the funniest ending?” Harvey asking the right questions!!

“Toad in the hole in the wall” made me legitimately cackle

Parkour Warrior

“That’s how you get a UTI and then you can get a kidney infection and then you can get sepsis and then you can die” “AHH!!” “Yeah, that could happen” “But if I get top three in parkour warrior, like, does it matter?” they’re everything to me

“Oh I hope I don’t throw” “You won’t” “Well, I might. You don’t know me, you don’t know what I could do. I could throw really easily, actually, I’ll do it right now” “I do know you” *romantic music starts playing* THEM!!

I quite enjoy that they’re just chilling in vc together

WHY ARE PETE AND HARVEY BRITISH 😭😭😭

“I love pressing space bar” “Space bar is one of my favorite bars” “That’s right, you know what else is a nice bar? M&M” ah yes, thanks harvey

Who let these iTMG stand into MCC?? /j

I’m shocked we’ve made it this far without any gay jokes, we were overdue, truly

Clown to clown communication fr /aff

Y’all I started stimming so hard when oli first tried the medium ending it’s not even funny

THEY KILLED IT!!!!

HOLY PURPLE!!!!!!

Everyone hyping Oli up :))

Hole in the Wall

Oh they thought it was still food mode 😭

Sniff needing out over the fog effect with glass while Oli makes jokes about loving men my beloved

Oli calling Sapnap an absolute cringelord before deleting his message is so real

They’re popping off!!

Oli is absolutely carrying these comms

Their comms are so polite, I love this team so much, they’re so calm in between all the chaos

OH MY GOSH THAT CLUTCH

Skybattle

“I have fourandahalfhoursofsleep” “No you don’t. I’m actually- just so you know, I’m about to gaslight you: you have eight hours of sleep” “Ah, I feel so great now!!” This team is pure crack

Sniff is MrBeast and is gonna give Harvey Twitter memberships to use as currency to buy sleep, mhm

Can’t believe oli hates women smh /j

I’m losing my mind /pos

That was an absolute blur, I have no idea what just happened

Oli is an Aimsey supporter, as he should!!!!

Dodgebolt

Oli and Harvey making so many sounds that Pete thought he was lagging 😂

Harvey cheering on Scar is everything I didn’t know I needed

Sniff clowning Harvey for only just now realizing red is fnaf my beloved

WE TALK ABOUT SEXISM IN THE COMMUNITY!! Sniff saying it and the men loudly agreeing that “it needs to be said”

I was so hyped for this team’s chaos and they did not disappoint, great times great vibes :))

[rpgsandbox]

                                         *desperately* click! click!

Thirsty Sword Lesbians battle the Lady of Chains when her enforcers march down from the frosty north. They rocket through the stars to safeguard diplomats ending a generations-old conflict. They sip tea together and share shy glances at the corner cafe with their old classmates and comrades. Even when swords are crossed, they have the potential to connect more deeply than anyone expects.

A sword duel can end in kissing, a witch can gain her power by helping others find love, and an entire campaign can be built around vagabond matchmakers piloting their sentient gay spaceship from system to system.

If you love angsty disaster lesbians with swords, you have come to the right place.

Thirsty Sword Lesbians by April Kit Walsh is a roleplaying game that celebrates the love, power, and existence of queer people—specifically queer people with swords and a lot of feelings. Flirting, sword-fighting, and barbed zingers all mix together in a system designed for both narrative drama and player safety. This innovative take on the Powered by the Apocalypse engine is a breeze to learn and ensures that no matter how the dice fall, something interesting happens to move the story forward.

In this game, you will solve problems with wit, empathy, and style, fight when something is worth fighting for, and redeem (or seduce) at least a few of your adversaries. You’re part of a community that embodies important ideals and you’ll strive to protect it and make your world better.

Play as one of nine character types: Beast, Chosen, Devoted, Infamous, Nature Witch, Scoundrel, Seeker, Spooky Witch, and Trickster. Each explores a particular emotional conflict that drives the drama and shapes your character’s story. Are you a Beast, faced with the dilemma of expressing your inner truth versus fitting in to a society that demands you conform? A Devoted, who sacrifices for others while struggling to care for yourself? A Trickster, who craves closeness but fears vulnerability? In long-term play, you may even resolve your initial arc and advance into a different playbook as you continue to change and grow, facing new challenges.

                  Backers get immediate access to the playbooks too. 

                                          They're form fillable!

Thirsty Sword Lesbians provides clear, robust guidance and support for running the game, including how to make appealing adversaries, set the tone, structure play, and create a safe environment at the table. Handy reference sheets help you narrate appropriate twists and drama on the fly, depending on the feelings and character types you have in play.

Want to jump into a one-shot? The game includes six adventures that can stand alone or kick off a longer series: Sword Lesbians of the Three Houses, Best Day of Their Lives, Constellation Festival, Gal Paladins, and Monster Queers of Castle Gayskull. For even more inspiration, it features The Starcross Galaxy campaign setting along with five more settings from these contributing authors:

Lesbeans Coffehouse by Dominique Dickey

Neon City 2099 by Jamila Nedjadi

The Three Orders of Ardor by Whitney Delaglio

Les Violettes Dangereuses by Jonaya Kemper

Yuisa Revolution by Alexis Sara

We also provide ample guidance on how to create your own tales of fighting with swords and falling in love, along with a world building worksheet, variant rules, and a set of starting scenario seeds to play with. Because the game focuses on feelings and relationships, it’s a lens you can use to play in a variety of genres. If you like slashfic of characters with swords, you’ll love this game.

Thirsty Sword Lesbians is explicitly designed to tell melodramatic and queer stories; tales fraught with relationship triangles, mystery, intrigue, relationship anarchy, celebration, and revolution. It includes rules to highlight different identities, emotional connections, and setting elements.

This game is not for fascists, TERFs, or other bigots. The team behind Thirsty Sword Lesbians supports racial liberation, intersectional feminism, and queer liberation. We love and respect transgender people, nonbinary people, intersex people, and women. This game is a joyous celebration of lives and identities otherwise marginalized. If you don’t agree, fix your heart before sharing a table with other people.

What if... not Thirsty? The game fundamentally assumes that the characters crave connection, but that connection doesn’t need to be sexual or romantic. We offer you options for changing how the game addresses connection in our variant rules section.

What if... not Swords? It’s simple enough to swap out a different hand-to-hand combat option. Your campaign or your character can use a labrys, the double-bladed axe that became a lesbian icon in the late 20th century. You can use different styles of unarmed combat or even grapple using telepathic self-projections. It’s also possible to replace the swords with mecha, starships, or guns, but it requires some thought and the book will help you think about how to ensure that it stays intimate and relationship-focused. The conflict doesn’t have to be physically violent, either; you can use any kind of conflict that’s adrenaline-inducing and close-quarters.

What if... not Lesbians? We’ll let you in on a secret: you don’t have to play a lesbian. The game plays with themes that are common for all sorts of people who are marginalized on the basis of gender and sexuality, as well as feelings that go beyond the queer experience. If you want to play thirsty sword cishets, we’re not going to stop you—just don’t be surprised if the game turns them queer.

What if... I’m not good at flirting or zingers? You don’t have to be witty or good at flirting in real life to play a character with those skills, and not every character in Thirsty Sword Lesbians is good with words. Shy and awkward sword lesbians find love, too. You’ll find them well-represented in this game.

Ready? Let’s Go!

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Kickstarter campaign ends: Thu, November 12 2020 9:00 PM UTC +00:00

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