#most facinating i can take but best?? best ?????????? if you dont love him at his litterally hangs up at the sign of any emotions you dont

[cryptidm0ths]

moth is always scared that they are completely offbase when talking about himeru but you know what they will never be as wrong as the person on tiktok that called him the best older brother in enstars

[sweetheartsaku]

—HAIKYU!! various ; better in the dark

a/n ; [gn!reader] how deep is your love pt 2???!?!! AND YES!! the title is a tv girl reference :3c please dont let this flop!! praying that all the ppl who found pt 1 found this 🥹🩷 tysm for all the notes everyone!! <3

— characters : akaashi, kenma, kita, semi, kageyama, suna

part 1 ! ♡ oikawa, osamu, tsukishima, hinata, sakusa, kuroo

tea roses !

keiji akaashi ; tip toe - HYBS

THIS MAN. he will take you out on absolutely BEAUTIFUL dates. they are scheduled and well thought out, all without you knowing. knows what you like, can predict what you order, where you will sit or do, and KNOWS how to fluster you effortlessly. UNSPOKEN RIZZ AT ITS FINEST YOUR HONOUR!!

at one point he had to resort to the notes app to write what you're like but had realised he had subconsciously memorised all of it by heart. deleted it and still knows you like the back of his hand!!

weirdly knows how to pick the best candles.

the warm, nostalgic smelling ones. candles that are the perfect dash of nostalgia, that feel comforting and warm. i wonder if its in the brain or an instinct thing

for anniversaries or literally just whenever, he makes paper flower bouquets. they are so intricate and every little detail, colour and fold makes it so perfect. in-between classes or when he finishes work early, he'll be nonchalantly folding another smaller flower for the arrangement. he does it so effortlessly too 😭!!

sometimes likes to fiddle with your fingers especially if you wear rings. one of the only and very sweet moments of PDA!! gently rubs his fingertips over your knuckles and tracing all the lines. i need an akaashi keiji in my life

will send you the most beautiful, heart-wrenching and mesmerising poems at an insane hour. you'll wake up with a couple paragraphs about how important healing or taking one step at a time is, making sure you fall in love with yourself everyday too. (please do)

kozume kenma ; cherry wine - grentperez

facinated by painted nails. on holidays he might paint them black, or maybe get a little cat sticker on his index!! pick the colour he'll love it either way

cherishes your little trinkets so much 😞 polaroid of you two and stickers on the back of his phonecase, keeps some of the random stuff you give him in his pocket. you could find a rock you gave him like 3 months ago but he kept it because you said it reminded you of him??

perfectly able and capable to order things by himself, but you know he isn't the type of guy to actually seem to WANT to do it. he is too lazy to actually get up but not lazy enOUGH when it comes to you. he might hide behind you. "HE SAID NO PICKLES!!"

CRAZY beef with your plushies. or anything you hold dear honestly. he can and will get pouty. BEWARE!! you must give him a lil' kiss to earn his attention back. (loves the forehead ones)

sometimes he forgets or just doesn't want to eat. it will get to the extent where you have to spoon feed him,,please remind and encourage him to ! eating, sleeping... just can't do it without a little push.

does this thing with his hands when you cross the road. i don't wanna say grabby hands because its pretty cringe, but it is definitely grabby hands. has no idea why he does it but its such a sweet and small gesture╰(*´︶`*)╯♡ !

cat parents but not exactly cat parents? 🤔 you found this stray cat once, and started visiting it everyday on the way to school. you cared for it, and when kenma picked that up he was also instantly fond of it too. now you both kinda feed it your leftover lunch when you visit the cat after school.. he's so precious with the little cat ueue.. take pictures before the moment fleets!

has the date you two met written on his controller... (he was so hesistant at first though LMAO)

shinsuke kita ; old love - yuji, putri dahlia

uses your initial for math variables. he'll use x or y sometimes, but his first option is ALWAYS your initial. you found this out on a study date once, math talk blablabla and he uses to what seems to you a 'random letter' NO. it is your initial!! 😞 when you ask he seems unfazed, but his ears are pretty red... idk guys i think he wants you

one of the people that make you stiffen up when they get physical. when he lays his head on your shoulder you instantly freeze up, trying not to move a BONE so you won't disturb him. it's like muscle memory to you LMAO.

really pretty, long lashes... if you've read part one, oikawa and tsuki are very similar :0!! loves when you graze his lashes with the back of your index finger

like akaashi, learnt how to make flowers but they're crochet 🥹 i think growing up his grandma had taught him how to crochet and all the little patterns. overtime, dedicated himself to making an arrangement every anniversary... they come with little heartfelt letters too!! (kita boyfie material COME HOME!!)

very routinal as well!! like kuroo (he is the full package) he never misses a morning or night to say good morning or good night. AND he places sticky notes around your desk or places he knows you'll be in reminding you to smile or something along those lines !!

what took the cake for me was when he left a little bag filled with goodies once he realised atsumu was sick 😣 definitely does the same for you... sends bag with a bowl of hot soup his grandma made at your front door

eita semi ; i wish you roses - kali uchis

weirdly immersed in the painting of nails as well. sometimes he'll ask you to paint his in black but he got dress-coded a week later 😓 SIKE gives NO shat and kept them on anyway. they are way too valuable to him to just erase. nails done in a simple colour he likes?? by his s/o?? wiped off?? very funny shiratorizawa

i think + the neighborhood, he likes tv girl, kendrick lamar, childish gambino but has a duality of laufey and beabadoobee's bedroom pop and fuzzy rock??

sick of people making arctic monkeys his personality 😞 musicians arise!! apart from the VBC, hes probably in a band too. small gigs here and there for school, and a few fun sessions with his friends just to play whatever. come to his gigs! (sometimes he'll magically play 10x better when you're around, he says)

share earphones with him PLEASE. on rainy bus rides or walks home, he'll play something you like hehe c:

takes you out to the mall closest to shiratorizawa to go pick up some fast food or a drink. it usually gets really crowded from all the surrounding schools so he keeps you close by the waist

and obviously the basic, will sit with you and teach you the basics of bass or electric guitar. i think he'd play a bit of percussion too (о´∀`о) sometimes he'll take you into his lap, but thats when he feels pretty clingy but very discreetly!!

tobio kageyama ; what would i do? - strawberry guy

please don't try to flirt with him he WON'T UNDERSTAND!!!! *gunshots*

if you say literally anything that isn't directly stating your point, he will not get it. using metaphors or just figurative language in general he is STRUGGLING. you need to say, "you're pretty." because things like "i fall in love with you every day" or "i'll find you in every universe" he will actually look at you BAFFLED. please help this man

thinks about what YOU would do. like when he is in doubt or feels like he's about to lash out, he will take a moment and literally ask himself what you'd do or say. even in tests or something completely unrelated to you he will literally ask himself what you would put in the answer box !!

face scrunch when he gets jealous ! he kinda has a lil' pout but can't bring himself to say anything. when you finally notice him he'll have this lil' (๑ˋ^ˊ ๑) face... please kiss his eyelid or the corner of lips cuz HE HAS TOO MANY PRETTY BOY PRIVILEGES!! (and he'll get flustered it's the cutest) revoke them THIS instant!!

his favourite type of kisses are the ones where you'll push his hair back and give him a forehead kiss. he'll take you in by the waist and keep you close, he likes to listen to your heart because you have his. when he feels clingy, he'll nuzzle his head into your shoulder. what a dork

will attempt to find you at his games pre and post timeskip. before the game he will try to make it not look frantic but one of his members eventually catch on 😞

rintarou suna ; SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK - joji

camera roll is either 0.5's of the most jaw dropping, majestical sunsets and sunrises that he's experienced with you or literally anytime the sky is feeling a little different (if he's not with you at the time he WILL send them to you at either 5am or 7pm saying it reminded him of you) or the CRAZIEST 0.5's of you losing sanity or of you off guard. its wild blackmail material but he chooses not to LMAO. (because of the love in his heart, he says)

has a little photo album for you and anything you related!! he also takes the best candid photos of you and post them on close friends!! (´∀｀)

no. #1 victim of couple tiktok trends. pretends and looks like he doesn't like it, but doesn't want it to end. once you press post he will stare you down with his beautiful ahh olive hazel eyes (he wants more)

last one on the social med side, he mentions you in posts with your initials all the FLIPPIN' TIME!! his dedication is quite endearing

on days where everything becomes overstimulating, he will notice. will eye you for a while, but once he knows when it gets to a certain extent he will hand you an earphone.

anyone who says suna is an arctic monkey's listener is a LIAR I SAID IT I SAID IT!!!!! *more gunshots* JOKES he probably has a couple of their songs in his playlist, but i personally think he's more tyler the creator coded. people who get it get it (avril lavigne sk8r boi? keshi beside you? definitely)

hot adams apple

[bippiti]

Can I have head canons for the demon bros + diavolo (if it’s too much I’m okay with just beel, Satan, and Dia) with an Mc that us just fascinated by their sin? Like whenever they do actions based on their sin the Mc is just standing there the a stupid smile on their face, with so much light and amazement at them💕✨

𝐦𝐜 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧

↳ summary the brothers and how they’d react and interact with an mc facinated by their sin

↳ characters beel, satan and levi

↳ warnings none

↳ a.n for sure!! ill do beel, satan, and levi bc i dont think diavolo really has a sin tied to him

#navi

BEELZEBUB

- right off the bat, you were interested in beel the most, you would watch how he’d interact with others, and how he handled himself and you would just be amazed every time his sin would kind of pop out

- beel would catch you staring occassionaly, but he didn’t really mind since you didn’t mean any harm

- once, when he had been rummaging through the fridge

he had found some human food

- he thought it was odd, but didn’t give it much thought as he bought it out and started eating, and that’s when he heard you come down the stairs

- after walking to the fridge and looking around a bit, you turned to face him and asked him if he had seen any of [your favorite food] in the fridge

- when you saw his eyes widen and then look down, you knew it was him

- “i’m sorry mc- i just couldn’t help it i really am so-“

- as he looked up he was caught off gaurd at you smiling up at him

- “it’s ok beel, i know you didn’t mean any harm, and plus you’re the avatar of gluttony, i was wondering when this was gonna happen” you say with a small laugh “anyways its ok i dont mind, really. wanna help me bake some cookies?”

- he’s somewhat shocked that you’re not mad at him, but he shakes his head and smiles

-“of course mc, i’d love too’

SATAN

- out of all the brothers, satan probably has the most self control when it comes to his sin, after all he can’t just go about being wrathful all the time, can he?

- and thats what drew you to him, the cats and the reading were also an extra plus, but his nature and how he handled himself had piqued your interest

- you would occasionally ask him questions about his sin, and what it was like being the avatar of wrath as you both read, and he would take note of your starstruck face

- even though you never saw him angry, you learned a lot about satan and other things as well

LEVIATHAN

- now when you first entered devildom, you barely saw levi out of his room, but that changed when you recognized one of the mangas he had in his hand, and after that you both were joined at the hip

- even though you were aware that he was the avatar of envy, you found it a bit odd that he was so self depricating, and often found yourself trying to hype him up

- one day however, he had been gaming and started raging, and envy got the best of him, for a few moments, he had forgotten you were there, but he quickly looked back at you, horrified that you’d hate him

- saying he was surprised when he looked back was an understatement, you were smiling? for some reason? it woyld take a bit of explaining on your part, but then he’d give you this look of pure amazement

- you were interested in him? you didnt think he was a yucky otaku? he liked it, afterall, he wasn’t used to people being like this around him

© chandinii 2021, don’t copy, reupload, or modify my writing in any way without my consent.

[sincerlypadfoot]

Horcrux (Chapter Seven)

~A little unknown secret about yourself, your Voldemorts daughter, from when he was just turning into a crazy man, just as he killed Harry Potters parents you were born a year before, turned into a Horcrux just like Harry, without knowing the consequences Voldemort made you into a secret.

A/N- This book will come to a end soon, and i’m proud of the ending i’ve come up with, so hope you all love it and i’m glad to have written this <3 -Hailey

Word Count-2K

Tag @p0gue420​

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Harry and I laid on the Gryffindor common room couch together, him on one side and myself on the other, I had a book in hand well Harry was playing around with a Snitch he had boughten last year when the Weasleys went to the quidditch world cup.

“Do you think,” I broke the silence closing my book and looking at Harry. “Everything will go back to normal, after my father is killed once more, everything will be okay again?” I asked catching Harry's attention.

The snitch closed and dropped on his stomach and his attention was now focused on me. “I hope so, but at the same time I dont think everything will go back to normal Aspen,” His eyes told stories as he talked, so did the frown on his face.

“This may be my fault,” I frowned as well placing my palms on my book and shrinking into the couch. “He’s my dad, and i’m me,”

“Aspen none of this is your fault, I promise that you won’t turn out like your father, I wouldn’t dream of that happening,” Harry paused moving himself to my side sitting beside me now. “Plus you're a Slytherin in the Gryffindor common room, cheerful and brave, nothing like your father,” His voice swallowed.

“Oh Harry,” I whispered leaning my head on his shoulder. “All my life i’ve hidden who i’ve been, seeing Ginny fearful of me because of who I am made me think that no one would wanna be my friend outside of the Slytherin house,”

Harry placed his head on mine, his arms slowly sliding around my waist. “I never thought of you as a threat, I thought of you as a friend, because I know that you wouldn’t hurt a fly, and that,” Harry paused lifting his head up, I did the same, our faces only inches away.

“That what?” I asked feeling my heart race, Harry’s face formed a smirk. “Your just gonna cut yourself off?”

“I think so,” His voice lowered leaning forward, before he reached me I pushed my head forward as well, connected our lips. He felt gental, his hands roaming around my waist and his lips wet, my hands, every time our lips would touch my heart would skip a beat.

“How scandalous,” Harry whispered as we broke, “That’s what I was going to say, that your scandalous,” his hands were still around my waist but his face backed away a bit.

“Scandalous indeed,” George Weasley smirked causing Harry and I to turn our heads towards the stairwell, where Fred and George stood leaning against the wall.

“Bug off Weasley, go back to bed,” Harry snorting shaking his head at the two. His arms gripped tighter against me.

“I think we could keep this as a secret,” Fred paused with a smirk, looking at George then back at us. “For a price,”

I took of my hair tie quickly, turning to face the twins and shooting it at them, watching the both run up the stairs laughing.

“They’re always like this, don’t worry about them, they won’t tell a soul, they’ll have to get through me,” Harry’s voice died down once more, leaning forward but I stopped him.

“Is this the wisest choice?” I asked backing my face away, I frowned looked at Harry who looked confused.

“I know what i’m doing Aspen, and I know what the consequences are,” His voice sounded serious, the most serious I had ever heard him before. “You know when I first really met you, Mcgonagall had you in detention for turning the twins hair black, I thought that was pretty funny, it’s how I knew I wanted to be friends with you,”

I felt my cheeks blush and my lips couldn’t help but curl a smile. “Yeah that was pretty funny, detention with Mcgonagall not so much,” I sighed leaning my head forward falling on Harry's chest.  “But i’m serious Harry, do you really think kissing me was the wisest choice?” I whispered smuggled in his chest.

“I don’t care about what people have to think, you’re perfect Aspen, no matter who your family might be, because you aren’t your family, your Aspen Dandry,” His hands were wrapped around me, now the both of us laying completely on the couch on top of eachother.

I felt sick to my stomach, knowing that I was going to die, no matter if it was tomorrow or in five years, both Harry and I are meant to die, meant to be together.

“Goodnight Potter,” I whispered, closing my eyes and listening to his heart beat, the only thing I wanted to be thinking about, enjoying our moment together, hoping that it lasted longer than then I though.

Harry planted a kiss on my forehead, I felt his arm move then a blanket wrapped over the two of us, everything felt perfect in that moment, if there was a time in my life I could have frozen a moment, it would have been this one, wanting to stay here forever.

Harry's breathing become heavy, and little snores come out from him, once in awhile he’d speak parseltongue, then stop, but his arms stayed steady around me, making me feel safe, forgetting about the horcrux and slowly letting myself fall asleep.

~(One Cuddle filled and snoring in Aspens ear night later)

“Hey, Aspen, you should wake up,” My head flew into the air and I looked around, confused where I was for a second, then seeing Harry and feeling comfortable.

“Whats wrong?” I asked looking around the common room, it hadn’t been to early since birds were only starting to wake up now.

“I just thought you’d wanna get back to your room before everyone woke up,” I had just woke up too since his voice was raspy and his eyes fault to stay open.

“Oh Harry,” I placed my head on his chest and closed my eyes. “Just go back to sleep, five more minutes then i’ll leave,” I whispered getting confertale again.

“Five more minutes,” Harry whispered back, wrapping his arms around me, I listened to his heartbeat, feeling safe in his arms.

“I really like this, laying here with you,” I whispered leaning my head up just a bit and looking at Harry who was already looking down at me, his fingers lightly ran though my hair and I looked towards the firepit, listening to his heart beat again.

I felt him plant a light kiss on the top of my head then take a deep breath in and out. “Come on, i’ll walk you back to your room, we’ll see each other in class Aspen,”

I nodded my head, laying my head in Harry's chest, never wanting to leave this moment. “I guess we can do that, and I can come back tonight, do this again?” I asked looking into the fire.

“Yeah, we can do that, christmas break is in a week though, you’ll be coming back to stay with us won’t you?” Harry asked running his hands along my back, causing shivers to run down my spine.

“Of course I will, i’m not going back home anymore, not a chance, not a thing could bring me back home,”  My voice seemed to chrisp as I thought about home, a lump in my throat appeared.

“Good Morning you two,” Both our heads shot in the direction of the stairs once again, Hermione and Ron stood together, looking at Harry and I with a smile. 

“I thought something was up when you didn’t come to bed last night, but bloody hell, this is a cute sight,” Ron made everyone laugh, Harry and I both sat up, running my hands through my hair, I took one more look around the common room. 

“I should be going, i’m sure I can walk by myself, i’ll see you in class Harry,” I gave him a slight smile, running my hand through my hair once more then making my way out of the common room.

The school was quiet since it was so early, no one was really up for classes on a monday, and with winter break coming ahead, everyone felt like slugs.

“Are we not going to talk about it?” Draco walked around the corner, I didn’t stop but kept walking, my leg limping from the stairs. 

“There is nothing in my right mind that will make me come back home, you can save yourself and come with me, I can protect you,” I felt bold in the moment, knowing that everyone felt different between Draco and I, we were best friends since forever and I knew he had a soft side in him.

“You know my parents could never do that, you spend the night in the Gryffindor common room, I waited for you to come back, even slept on the couch, hoping you’d come back,” 

“It doesn’t matter Draco, i’m sure that my father can get over me not being home for the winter,  I have to go grab get ready for class Draco,” My pace facined and I walked quickly away from Draco, my leg causing me more pain then helpfulness.

“Did he do that to your leg, is that why your limping?” Draco shouted catching up to me, I stopped at the top of the dungeon stairs, unsure if I could make it down.

“Come on, I can help you, i’m sure I could find a potion to help with your leg,” Draco's arm wrapped around me, knowing I was unable to walk down anymore stairs, I leaned my body against him, letting him help me.

“The Weasleys mom said there was nothing she could do, i’m sure I could live with the pain, it’s the least of my worries really,” I flinched at the pain that shot up my thigh as we got to the bottom.

“Well the Weasleys are blood traitors, come on, i’ll help you to your room,” Draco's hand didn’t leave my back, but my body felt hot.

“Draco you can’t talk about my friends like that, I can make it up on the stairs by myself, thank you but I don’t really feel like talking to you right now,” I hissed pushing Draco away from me and walking myself up the stairs.

“Sorry,” I heard Draco whispered over my ears that wrung with every step I took up the stairs and towards me room. Quickly entering my room where Pansy slept in my bed, fast asleep.

As the pain settled as I walked along the halls, my books clenched  to my side, people ran along the halls, some with horrid looks on their faces, then a pair of red head boys running down the hall.

“Guess what,” Fred said with a smile, bending down and tossing me over his shoulders. “You’ve got a date with us,” I let out a squeal, my hand bangingg off Freds back with every step he took.

“What are you two doing, Fred Weasley you let me down now!” I screamed letting out little laughed, George let out a laugh, then the fresh hair hit my legs, thankful for the leggings I was wearing until my skirk.

“We’re going on holidays a bit early baby, now come on, we’ve got a train to catch,” George chuckled, Fred still holding onto my legs tight.

“But what about school, it’s a week away, can’t it wait?” I asked, my bad legs starting to act. “My leg Fred, don’t hold it so tight!”

“Sorry sorry,” I felt Fred's grip loosen, dropping me just above his ass. “And no, mom wants us two and you home tonight, trust me, you’ll love it!” 

“Well i’m sure I can walk by myself guys, let me down,” I smiled as I finished the sentence, grabbing onto Fred's waist and squeezing.

“Ouch,” I felt to the ground on my back, smiling up and Fred who turned around in a fright and Geroge who laughed at his brothers pain.

[littlx-songbxrd]

ohhhhhh world building world building!!! nice!! if you want to answer, who was your favorite character(s) to write/develop??

I AM SO LATE BUT I USED GETTING TO RANT ABOUT MY OWN CHARACTERS TO GET THROUGH MY HEALTH ASSIGMENT, 2 CHEMESTRY LABS AND INVESTIGATION ESSAY

Now that I more or less finished all three

Lets do this (jesus youre getting so much more than what you asked this im sorry ignore me-) dividing this through main/secondary

Main Characters

Emmanuel José Figueroa Castillas

Manuel was SUCH an interesting character for me to develop into what he is today. He began as just a simple side character, but the more I got into his story the more he opened my eyes to so many opportunities for the plot. I found myself falling ik love with his concept, how he saw the world. To the point I had to make him a main character. Most of what my plot is today is thanks to him. I loved to explore his struggle with guilt, how loyalty to a fault can destroy a person. His arc mostly revolves around accepting he can't fix everything, that there are burdens he must let other people take. And that in the end, hes not responsible for fixing the faults of the past. He shouldnt carry the burden of mistakes that were not his to make

Personally I dont like describing personality, so I'll give you a fun fact that explains who he is as a person. His music playlist is the biggest disaster in this world. Its all old regetton songs and musical theater. You can be hearing gasolina by daddy yankee one moment and go to dancing queen from mama mia the next. He is literally banned from having the aux chord cause it leaves everyone unhappy. He isnt the best singer, but he WILL belt out the entirety of Defying gravity..........and then go "pásame la HOOKAH-.

And to explain his trauma.....His ennegram is ennegram 2 (so two by sleeping at last)

"I dont even know where to start, Already tired of trying to recall where it all fell apart, I just wanna love you, to love you, to love you well. I just want to learn how to somehow, be loved myself"

Honorary mention

Callisto Rocios

This is my favorite pov to write from ITS MY COMFORT POV. Her story is very interesting but I cant explain as I did with Manuel cause hers is SO MUCH more spoilery. But I love writting from her pov, shes one of the original characters that didnt really change as I developed the story. Most I can say, Callie's story revolves around slowly accepting change. It also involves sacrifice, and learning to see the big picture.

Also getting to write a nd character is just AHHH so exciting when writting her pov

As for personality.....does saying she kins Adora from shera enough?

Secondary character

Sergio Andino Torres

Jesus

I cant say much about him because EVERYTHING IS SO SPOILERY-

But I LOVE THIS CHARACTER SO MUCH AHH. His story so largely surrounds breaking patterns, exposing the premise that what you do to survive doesnt define you as a person. He carries a big part of the plot, and he's so interesting to write. His pov is really realistic, the way he thinks is genuinly facinating to me

Lil fun fact to get you a sense of his personality

Everyone in his school finds him extremly intimidating and cold. He really doesnt care that much about it because he doesnt like any of them anyways. Besides thats pretty much what everyone always thinks. But this kid takes time out of his day to go pet the rats in the chemestry lab, sometimes does hw while holding them in his labs. They have names, Francisco, Cristian and Oscar

lets go with trauma hes a one ennegram

"I've spent my whole life searching desperatly

To find out that Grace requitres nothing of me"

Honorable mention

Alexander Dawncross

JAJAJAJJAJAJJAJAJA i really cant explain deeply about this one without spoiling an entire arc. Lets just say, local deaf pan he/they really likes Rocks and its the best thing I've ever created.

Ennegram 5

Thanks for the ask!

[basically-an-artist]

Part one of my #nanowrimo entry... Feedback welcome

I had to give myself a second to process what i thought i was seeing. Lamont, my brother, in my living room. His hair had grown alot longer since the last time id seen him. Though, i could tell by the way hed tied his locs that it was him. Messy but functional, and somehow always stylish. For him, though, as with everything, it came naturally.

  He looked magical, bathed in the blue light of the tv; as if there was such a look. He scanned one of the posters on the wall, apparently facinated with world war z.  I wondered how he was able to see them at all with only the pale light from the tvs reflection to distinguish them. In his black trench coat and kangol cap he was out of place amongst the empty beer cans, macbooks, assorted drug paraphernalia, and Harry Potter dvd box set scattered over the floor. It didnt help that he was drenched and dripping water over everything. A puddle collected slowly on the rug beneath him. It wasnt raining outside, though, so i could only guess how he'd been so thouroughly soaked.

Either way, he left a puddle under him as he stood, and by the size of it hed been here a while.

"You arent going to say hello to your brother?"

He didnt even turn around to speak, he kept looking at the pictures and posters lining the walls. I jumped slightly at the sound of him. I hadnt realized hed seen or even heard me;i couldnt even hear my own steps as i walked down the hall. It was a few seconds before i answered, roiling over his last visit before i said anything.

How did he get in? Were on the third floor.

"What are you even doing here dude, i told you i didnt want to see you." My voice fell off at the end. Im sure it gave away at least a peice of my inner monolouge.

Id actually kind of wished hed just show up like this, as he tended to do when he was unwelcomed. I hoped the prompt would give him a reason to apologize for our last meeting, or at least offer an explanation.

He completely ignored what id said.

"You know ive actually seen one of these before," he paused as he pointed at the tv, "What did they call them in the books... dementors?" He shuddered slightly before shaking his head. Now he spoke in a hush, like he was talking to himself, "Those things are not done justice by the movies." He looked away now, another shudder shaking his coattails. Water droplets flying.

"Why are you here? How did you get in?" Silence.

The questions hung in the air. My heartbeat rang in my ears for every second that passed

More silence.

The whole room seemed to breathe with my brother as he sighed. He finally turned to look at me and i froze. Half of me wanted to run to him, but the other half was screaming to jump out the window.

Has face bore the scar of a grotesque burn. As if hed peeked into the nozzle of a flamethrower as it turned on.

his eye underneath the scar looked normal enough. It didnt look misshapen or damaged in any way. But he no longer had an eyelid, top or bottom. His right eye almost cartoonish, exposed, and surrounded by the muddied burgundy of the charred skin in the pale blue light. He kept a straight face as he looked at me, but his eye gave his gaze a manic intensity.i had to stop myself from looking away.

I tried to keep my face as neutral as possible, failing apparantly as he chuckled at me in that way he did. The crooked grin on his face saying more than he'd said in any conversation between us. That smile always held secrets.

"I came back to give you something," he began," a souvenir from my travels." He went back to looking at the posters. Staring at them as if taking in some hidden meaning from their images. He did always seem to see some unseen message in everything. You can always learn more the second time around.

"Where have you been?" My voice gave way again. Again i was just the little brother of the infinitely talented Lamont Caldwell. asking questions i couldnt understand the answers to; trying to follow him on his oh-so mysterious adventures. Hed only been in front of me two minutes and hed sent me back 20 years. Again i was a scared and confused 4 year old.

"Dont worry about it. Everything will make sense soon. I told you a long time ago that i had to leave to really discover what it was i was meant to do. There was a purpose for me outside of what our parents had told us for so long." He crossed the room silently towards me, darkening the the floor in wet muddy footprints along the way. He kept eye contact the whole way, that orb of an eye boring into me."Theres a reason for all of this Marion, and i think ive finally found out what it is."

That eye paralyzed me. I was only aware of it because every muscle in my body wanted to back away, to run to my room and lock the door. It felt like minutes passed between each of his steps, like a dream carrying him to me in slow motion.

Stop stop stopstopstop.

He was inches from me now. Eyes still excavating my soul. As i looked into his, though, i could only see the boundlessness of his darkness. He was still an enigma to me; a shadows shadow. Of all the people id known in my life my brother had known me the best, and yet id never felt as if i truly understood him. Now, though, i felt as if i knew what he was thinking. If only for these few seconds.

Slowly, as if his body questioned his own actions, he wrapped his arms around me. His embrace reminded me of dads hugs. He was strong, but gentle. An embrace filled with the love of a long overdue apology. At least thats how i took it.

I accepted it and hugged him back. We stood that way for ten long heartbeats, the seconds passing lazily. I heard a sniffle and questioned for a second if it was him or me that had started crying, but couldnt turn over the thought before he said so low i almost questioned if hed spoken.

" Dont let our secrets burn you."

I felt my face contort in confusion before he ended the embrace. As i opened my mouth to speak the door to a room behind me opened, the noise startling me as it broke the tense silence.

I jumped and turned to see my roommate billie exiting her room in her hot pink bathrobe. Hair tousled, expression caught between annoyance and confusion. Shed just woken from a satifyingly deep sleep.

" dude. Have you seriously been out here watching harry potter this whole time? I know we said wed watch them all straight through but you had to realize that was a suicide run. Go the fuck to sleep. We both have work tomorrow." She shuffled past me to the kitchen turning on the light and then the faucet.

As she filled a cup with water i scanned the room for my brother. He was gone. His absence left a hole in the room, a void of energy where he should have been, but that could have been me projecting.

Of course.

Just like him to come raising a million questions and leave answering none of them.

How the hell did he get in?

I shook the thought out of my head, only then remembering what id come to the livingroom for in the first place. I began to pick up the room, the aftermath of an attempt at a pre-thanksgiving break movie marathon. It was supposed to be an all nighter. Unfortunately, the mixture of wine intoxication and primo bud had most of the participants passing out in their seats before the third movie started.

I picked up the candy wrappers and swept the loose tobacco into the trash. Only seeing the, clearly out of place, bound leather book when i cleared the pizza boxes from the table. This must have been that souvenir he was talking about.

It was dark brown, almost black, and encircled in thick metal bindings. An archaic iron-looking latch and lock protruded from the front. I wasnt sure how he expected me to open this book or if he expected me to.

I turned it over inspecting it more closely. Even in the dim light i could see the textblock was lined in silver. It glow eerily and reminded me somewhat of a bible.

On the back was a post it note:

Hold on to this. See you soon. -L

I rolled my eyes and tucked the book under my left arm. Its not like i hadnt seen my brother in almost 2 years, at least he gave me a completely useless gift too.

Billie crossed back into her den warning me to not make any loud noises on pain of death, which i obliged. I quickly finished straightening the room and headed back down the hall to my own bed. I tossed the book onto my dresser and collapsed under the weight of the night onto my pillow, not even bothering to cover myself with the comforter. The questions still swirling around my head settled in my skull as sleep took me.

As i drifted into the land of dreams a single thought peeked back through the veil before being silenced by the void of unconciousness.

How the hell did he get in?

[nemirutami]

I'm a huge fan of your work, and seeing that piece for hackers memory reminded me I still need to play that game. I had a lot of fun with cyber sleuth but I was worried there wouldn't be enough new content to keep me interested. How would you rate hackers memory compared to cyber sleuth?

Thank you for the kind words!

Alright, full disclosure, I have a lot of opinions, so I apologize in advance.

I did not enjoy cybersleuth past chapter 10 when Nokia [insert spoiler here] and ever since then, I always felt like we (as protagonist) were secondary to the plot. Which would have been fine, had Nokia gotten fucking development within cybersleuth to take over as protagonist instead of us. On top of getting no development to [insert spoiler], she’s extremely irritating, which didn’t make me like the fact she was considered more important to the plot at all. She even talks to you as if you’re her sidekick and let me tell you, this shit can be cute because DRV3 managed to do it in a way where the character (Kaito) is earnestly trying to help the protagonist (Shuichi) develop past his anxiety and fears. But that’s not what they did here. It didn’t work. It just felt like Nokia was putting us down, regardless of how “uppity” and “positive” she was trying to phrase it. Sidenote: I also absolutely detested how she treated Agumon and Gabumon so lmao when chapter 10 dropped I had no fucking idea WHY because imo they should’ve hated her. 

We never SAW how she got into the position she got in (Ch10). It felt absolutely hamfisted and undeserved. Kind of like a “oh yeah, it’d be cool if this happened now” shit. Then, to top it all off, the protag magically breaks the rules Suedou sets before them, basically slamming a middle finger at the screen saying “you thought this would make sense? no, we need to hamfist a happy ending sort of kind of maybe, it’s all very unclear WE DONT KNOW”. Honest, I completed all quests and side quests, got max hacker rank, entire field guide, I did everything to cover every last bit of the game, and I’m still sour on the turnout and the payoff because the game so clearly didn’t give a fuck about its own rules since it constantly broke them and failed to foreshadow Kuremi entirely. I enjoyed a bunch of the sidequests more than the main plot of the game, and to be fair, I believe I also remember the sidequests better than the main plot and this should absolutely not be the case.

That being said.

Hackers Memory does not fuck around, and I say that in the best way possible.

It presents you as secondary in the big scheme of things at the very start, (in regards to the original cybersleuth ending, because the story takes place at the very same time events are happening in cybersleuth) but it makes you a protagonist of your own story, and this is truly where the game shines. 

It really makes it all about you- as Keisuke- as an individual, from the very start to the very end. It feels more like a journey of a specific protagonist with a fixed personality, and if the original had done this instead of give us a more flat character, I think I would have enjoyed the game more. I couldn’t stop playing this game the moment I got it, and easily beat it in about 4 or 3 days because I was so invested. Hell, in Cybersleuth, I never gave a fuck to collect all medals, and I decided to actually do it for this game just because I adored every last aspect of it? I did gacha in this videogame for 8 hours that gave me absolutely nothing in return, this is how you know I’m serious about the quality of a game- I waste time in it doing POINTLESS SHIT and I still have fun.

I went in expecting to be secondary, but the plot absolutely knew how to shine the spotlight on this protagonist (Keisuke) flawlessly and draw out his best characteristics. Cybersleuth protag is a clean slate at best, but Keisuke has a variety of very unique responses even without giving you the option to respond. He reacts very fixed to certain events, giving you a general feel of what he’s actually like, which is different from the signature way Cybersleuth Protag simply cocks their head a little or does the “:o” face when someone says something surprising. Keisuke has a lot more expressions, and you can easily tell what the characters are feeling (once you get to know them) just by their expressions alone. There’s a scene at the very start of Hacker’s memory where Yu (Protag’s best friend) and Keisuke share 4 silent “...” dialogue boxes with only a small variety in expression. 

At my first playthrough, I had NO CLUE what this meant. I assumed it was all an awkward silence (since it’s quite literally at the start of the game) but after knowing exactly every little aspect of their personalities- that entire scene bears a different meaning. I could TELL what both of them wanted to say, and what they wanted to convey without actually having to use words. That might be because what facinated me most about Hacker’s memory was exactly Yu and Keisuke’s friendship. What’s great here though isn’t just the fact that this happens with Keisuke and Yu. It happens with every character. I replayed, noticing the quirks early on, and knowing the backstory- was aware of why they were acting the way they were. I knew of the secrets, I knew of the motivations, and honestly, I think Hacker’s memory only gets better a clean run right after you beat it. Yes I... I’m being serious. I replayed it the very second I completed it. This might also tell you something of how invested I am, and how big of a change this was to experience in contrast to the original cybersleuth which left me glaring at the ceiling angrily begging for the plot to make some lick of sense. And unlike cybersleuth, the plot here, is quite honestly, really good. Despite the stakes not being as high, and ultimately won’t matter in the end (because cybersleuth end)- you... FEEL like it matters more. Just because of how intimately you’ve come to know the characters that’ve been with you for so long.

All the relationships are developed, focusing mainly on the team at Hudie (your new hacker team). When I say the relationships are developed, I mean, quite literally, every important character has some role to play in the other’s life. Ryuji: the leader, a mentor to Keisuke, who later becomes a follower of Keisuke’s- outlining a good start and end for their dynamic as leader becomes follower and the student becomes the master. Chitose: Aloof and carefree, never quite speaks up against Ryuji despite the shit he knows Ryuji is causing, but becomes more mature and manages to put Ryuji in his place after he loses control. Erika: A shut-in with a one-track mind (Ryuji’s little sister), doesn’t open up to anyone, not even her brother, especially LIES to her brother to protect him (and Ryuji does the same to Erika, outlining the fact they’re both trying to protect each other but simultaneously hurting each other in the process without knowing) but she learns to rely on Keisuke (Chitose and Ryuji are childhood friends, so naturally, she can’t tell CHITOSE her worries because he’ll get worried and relay the message to Ryuji, so Erika in a sense sees her oppertunity to open up and ACT once Keisuke joins Hudie) and opens up to HIM later more than anyone else. Chitose acts like a second big brother to Erika when Ryuji isn’t around, and he also acts like comic relief character that’s there to give Keisuke some time to relax between cases. Unlike the first game, you actually FEEL like a hacker this time around, giving you a wider variety of hacking options, including minigames (which sadly arent that fun but- hey, it’s something. The part that IS fun is the BONDS you get to rank up- THEY’RE LITERALLY CALLED “DATE TIME!” and they’re the ONLY reason I played so so many of those minigames).

The game isn’t dominated by women anymore (If you play as female in CS, you’ll quite LITERALLY only see Arata every couple of chapters in a sea of tits, and while this is usually an aesthetic I can get behind, I hated absolutely every goddamn female character with the only exception being Kuremi. I detested Date so much. Every time she opened her mouth I wanted to mute the TV. I absolutely LOATHED Nokia for everything and anything she did. I couldn’t stand Fei because of how aggressive she was (even if Fei and Yuuko was something I definitely would have shipped had Fei just been toned down, and LUCKILY- I absolutely love Fei now, but that’s ALL thanks to Hacker’s Memory- I actually like NOKIA now too- which is all thanks to Hacker’s Memory as well). I liked Yuuko bc she hit all my right notes, until she proved to be a tsundere in disguise (she also manipulated us and admitted to it so I quickly said FUCK NO to that and she dropped on my list) but even she managed to get better treatment in Hacker’s memory. I hated Jimiken too, to be honest. I disliked a LOT of characters in cybersleuth, but once they appeared in Hacker’s memory I? I saw a new side of them that I didn’t before. There’s 1 particular “Hacker Memory Fragment” you pick up about Yuuko that details her visits to the hospital to check up on her brother and honestly? This shit. This one hacker’s fragment managed to give me so much better insight into her character than ALL of cybersleuth. Now that shit is admirable imo. I admire Hacker’s memory for making me LOVE every character I disliked. Date was one character I disliked thru Hacker’s Memory too, but towards the end, even she grew on me. I still don’t like majority of her dialogue, but she doesn’t seem so one-dimensional anymore. My main problem with Cybersleuth was that everyone seemed to have “THE ONE MOOD” and that was it. I loved Arata because he varied a lot, and he and the protagonist had some really, really good chemistry, but that’s about it? Compared to how I love everyone from Hacker’s Memory, I wouldn’t even consider the two games on the same level, simply because of how well the second one was executed in comparison?

I took my time with this reply, because to me, cybersleuth was average as a digimon game for me. Cybersleuth had a villain i absolutely ADORED!! But they did piss all and nothing with him. He had such an interesting goal, but when everyone gathered to stop his plans it was like. He lost all motivation for his goal? What the fuck. You don’t even get to fight him he’s just. There. He was awesome, they shoulda done more with him, and my only qualm about hackers memory is that they STILL DONT DO ENOUGH WITH HIM. He gets a bit of a backstory without WORDS really it’s all implied and shit but it explains why he acts the way he does in cybersleuth. You understand the reason behind his actions now, what got him there, and his motivations more clearly. God I wish we got more of him though. Cybersleuth for me was a 4/10 as a game and a 6 or a 5/10 as a Digimon game. I’d honestly play DW3 over Cybersleuth if I had to be perfectly honest...

Now, Hackers Memory however managed to score 10/10 for me of all the digimon games I’ve played- putting it at the... top, actually. For good reason. The characterization is consistent, every characters motivations are clear, every character has reasons to take the actions they take, and none of it seems forced or random or even undeserved. Sometimes, you’ll dislike a character the game wants you to dislike. It will lead you in to turn your expectations around and force you to think of a character in a completely new light. You’ll end up loving each and every character regardless of how shitty they act because you can understand the way they think. You can empathise and you can relate much better than you could in Cybersleuth IMO because so many characters in Cybersleuth made me think “well, Angela, if you weren’t such a BITCH maybe i’d feel sorry for you” which was a perpetual mood tbh. I felt absolutely no sympathy for a lot of the characters in Cybersleuth bc I felt like they deserved the shitstorm they got. Whereas, in Hacker’s Memory, the only character that DESERVED to be punished, actually GETS PUNISHED, and the character that does something wrong goes out of his way to REDEEM HIMSELF. Now this is some tasty characterization I tell ya. 

To top it all off, because the game has to follow cybersleuth logic, I absolutely thought they were going to fuck the end.

No.

No, it was.

It was absolutely perfect.

It was emotional, it didn’t feel forced, and best of all?

It made sense.

As fucked up as the ending from cybersleuth was, in this universe, they can’t control their end because of the first game--- so this ending has to happen regardless of what they FEEL is fair. Which means, yes, the ending is unfair. But it leaves you with this... bittersweet feeling of longing- wishing they COULD have made a change. It’s a really nice metaphor for how things sometimes are out of our control, and we’re forced to deal with a fate someone else drops on us regardless of what we may feel or want to act on. We just have to make the best of it?

10/10 as a Digimon game, and 9/10 as an actual game because I do believe I am nitpicky as fuck and I rarely give 10/10′s but if I wasn’t a nitpicky fuck, this game would DEFINITELY easily be a 10/10.

If this ramble wasn’t indication enough, I really love Hacker’s Memory. You should definitely play Hacker’s Memory.

[chrissheridan552]

Best storylines- Hulk

‘IMMORTAL HULK’

the second superhero civil war seen the hulk killed by fellow avenger hawkey, and in typical superhero fashion he didnt stay dead for long but write al ewing brught him back in amazing fashion. He wrote the hulk as now immortal, instead of the hulk coming out when angry this new persona known as the devil hulk comes out when banner is killed or it turns nigh time. 

this is the most amazing story i think i have ever read period.

each issue makes me long for the next one and explores the hulk in every way that makes him great. this immortal hulk explores one of the most facinating aspects of the hulk, the fact that banner has multiple personality disorder, the comic shows that banner has a ‘system’ and each version of the hulk can ‘take the light’ and control banner when he needs them too. the story has everyhting, from hulk going to hell to the hulk becoming a god like being, i could not reccomed this story enough as it touches on everything that makes the hulk great along, his D.I.D (dissassociatibe identity disorder) the horror elemnts, bringing back old versions of the hulk like joe fixxit and the devil hulk etc with intoducing new aspects that have never been touched on before and will definatly be included on my site.

‘PLANET HULK’

This is the story line that actually made the hulk good for me, its consistently ranked as one of the best tales every and with good reason. the hulk was considered too dangerous and powerful to be on any side of the superhero civil war so reed richards alongside other heroes sent the hulk to a different planet, it was supposed to be a peaceful planet with no civilisations but the spacecraft carrying the hulk fell into a wormhole and he landed on a planet named skaar. The planet, humbles him physically as he is no longer the strongest one there is and he's forced to work with others and to play it smart to survive. He thrives there, gaining brothers and sisters in arms, and even finds love ... only to once again have it torn away from him.

this story is a hulk story, it barley even features puny banner. and would be a great kicking off point for new readers as it started a new era of the hulk.

‘WORLD WAR HULK’

The hulk gained it all during the events of planet hulk, he finally had some sort of peace, he was happy. only to have it all torn away from him. And that made him angry, very angry and we know the angrier the hulk gets the stronger he gets. This is the Hulk at his most powerful, known as “world breaker hulk” and he cuts a bruised and bloody swath through the Marvel Universe in his quest for justice. 

'HARD KNOCKS’

Everyone loves a classic thing vs hulk storyline and in my opinion this is one of the best. The Thing and Hulk discuss their differing recollections of their first fight, you can really feel the camaraderie, competitiveness and begrudging compassion between the two, but that doesn't mean there aren't going to be a few choice punches thrown before the day is over. 

‘FUTURE IMPERFICT’

This story seen a future version of the hulk called the maestro(picture a bald hulk with a  big beard) that his lived through multiple nuclear wars and the only civilization left is a single city, ruled over with a iron/green fist by the strongest one there is. 

The story sees the modern day hulk brought to the future by a small band of resistance fighters led by an elderly Rick Jones who have fixed up Doctor Doom's time machine. This story is a fascinating look at the very different type of character the Hulk could be with one too many bad days and could be an interesting look at the character for new readers

‘GRAY’

Marvel has ongoing series that feature their most popular characters but they alos have standalones which dont tie into the overall continuity and one of the best is their ‘Colour’ series which includes Daredevil: Yellow, Spider-Man: Blue, and recently Captain America: White and Hulk:gray.

this is one of the best tellings of the hulks orgin for the modern era. the story is basically bruce banner turns up for a therapy session with long lasting side character doc Sampson and flashes back to the hulks early days. The flashback sequences detail and flesh out Banner's transformation and earliest days as the Hulk, back when he was gray, not green. It's a somber but engaging telling of the origin, and a thoughtful exploration of the emotions that both Hulk and Banner were feeling when they first began their relationship, in essence its a great character study for new readers.

‘THE END’

This is the story of when Hulk is not just the strongest one there is but also the only one there is. Countless years in the future, everyone is dead except Bruce Banner. He walks the scoured Earth, alone, until the swarms of bugs come, and then he turns into the Hulk, and bugs devour the Hulk, then the Hulk regrows and changes back. Rinse and repeat. It's a horrible existence, and one where the Hulk's rage has no other recourse but to be turned completely inward towards puny banner. another great standalone that focus on the inner turmoil btween the hulk and banner.