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mercurial-chuckles · 1 month ago

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Savage Saturday Thought!

Pairing: Steve Rogers x F!Reader Warnings: Just fluffy fluff | Mutual pining | Smitten Captain Rogers | Dad kinda playing cupid | Unbeta'd | Lemme know if I'm missing anything. | WC: 832 A/N: This drabble is more of a case study. With all the weird stuff going on with my blog lately and the lack of interaction, I just wanted to see if my fic-tag posts are getting filtered out. Anyhoo, I hope you enjoy this blurb--and if you do, please take a moment to interact. It would mean the world to me. Drabble based on a prompt @buck-star (Thank you, Sydney 🩷🫂) shared it with me a while ago "Friends, that's all." "I've seen that boy almost snap his neck because he heard your laugh and wanted to see why you were laughing. But yes, keep telling yourself you're friends." Note: Do not Steal, Copy, or Plagiarize any part of my work! GIF credits to the OP. Thank you. Check out my other works: Masterlist

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"Stop it," you grumbled.

If you could, you'd have fled, but the cabs cost a fucking fortune from the compound, and the shuttle services weren't running for the next four hours anyway.

Your dad shook his head, chuckling. You bet his eyes were glinting, too. But you didn't dare look his way, so you put your entire focus on staring at the lake.

The water was too still. A little breeze would help. Unbeknownst to you, your eyes shifted, catching sight of the man you'd been trying your hardest to avoid.

Holy moly! What a glorious man! Golden boy man, indeed.

He looked divine. That t-shirt he wore looked so good on him. A light shade of olive green. It suited him. Who were you kidding? You bet that man could pull off any color.

"Really? You can't keep ignoring me, young lady!" your dad piped in. And your attention immediately snapped back to the lake.

"I could try," you mumbled.

Your dearest dad was being far too annoying right now.

This was all Tony's fault, really. Tony had stumbled upon you having lunch with your dad near the compound one day while your father was in town. Unfortunately, Tony had been craving a milkshake that day and happened to spot the two of you.

What followed was Tony's overt excitement at seeing you there as if he hadn't seen you in forever. He was so loud it nearly made poor Derek drop the tray he was carrying to the next table. Tony had invited himself to join, and to your dismay, your dad had been utterly delighted. That was the beginning of it. From there, it had all been a downward spiral for your sanity. Tony and your dad had a common taste in music and a penchant for sharing your distressing tales.

Worse still, your dad now had access to the compound. This morning, he'd even called to say he'd pick you up himself since he was heading to the spring party anyway.

Not that you really minded. Not deep, deep down. Truthfully, you were happy your dad wasn't brooding or getting lost in his paintings anymore.

But the real dreadful issue?

Your dear father had become far too intrigued by your interactions with a certain man. Your dad was no fool.

So, when he'd innocently handed you a lemonade earlier, you should have recognized the look on his face. You should have braced yourself. But you'd been none the wiser.

Because.

You were sitting on one of the lounge chairs by the beach, busy enjoying the view. The scenery, the warming lemonade, the hubbub, the still lake, and most importantly, one extremely gorgeous Captain Rogers. The sharp nose, that jaw, those muscles, those thighs, and…

"It's for him, isn't it? Those special art supplies you requested for a "friend's" birthday last year. Those were for the good Captain. Weren't they?" He remarked casually, and you froze.

You'd been fighting your case, nonchalantly, but your dad was grinning at you with that weird smile.

That was three whole minutes ago and you were counting, just trying to keep a cool-as-a-cucumber look, which was, mind you, not an easy task in that scorching heat.

You did consider begging someone to take you home, but that would only mean handing victory to your father.

Maybe you could walk. Yeah, the heat was really getting to you. Wasn't it?

"Friends, Dad. That's all," you insisted, trying your best to steer clear of discussing your one-sided, clearly non-platonic affections for Captain Rogers. You were careful not to tread into that dangerous territory, even in your own thoughts.

"Uh-huh! Friends!" Your dad echoed, nodding.

"I've seen that boy almost snap his neck because he heard your laugh and wanted to see why you were laughing. But yes, keep telling yourself and me that you're friends." He continued, looking far too smug.

Your dad was overthinking Steve's reaction--the too kind-hearted, goddamn gorgeous man's reaction--just like you often did, and chastised yourself for doing that exactly.

You shook your head, a scoff ready to escape your throat, but you held your ground, and turned to face your dad.

"Excuse you, old man. Aren't you supposed to detest my guy friends? Isn't that, like, your thing?" you demanded lamely, feeling a flicker of satisfaction at gaining some upper hand in the conversation.

However, he simply laughed.

"Yeah, I do. But I don't mind this guy." He shrugged, gesturing subtly in Steve's direction before continuing, "I don't need to lecture him on taking care of you. He already does it better than I do. And he loves you." He smiled, completely oblivious to the emotional grenade he'd just tossed.

You gasped, the lemonade slipping from your grasp and spilling all over your sundress.

"Hey, you okay?" Steve's voice came beside you, sending your heart into overdrive. Your breath hitched. Your dad's little speech about Steve Rogers loving you had reached its perfect and utterly humiliating climax. Now, here Steve was, handing you a handkerchief, perched beside you, his brow creased in concern.

To your utter annoyance and Steve's evident confusion, your dad burst out laughing harder.

"I rest my case, cupcake," your dad exclaimed, clearly enjoying himself. "Steve's got you. Now, if you'll excuse me, Clint said he'd show me some cool tricks."

With that, your dad briskly walked away, leaving you to stare at Steve Rogers' balming blue eyes.

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amalthiaph · 1 year ago

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I took an interest in The Bad Batch around the tailend of S2. It's not news to Tumblr that I almost slept on this show. And I cannot thank Caleb Dume enough for being the reason why I pressed the play button for this one. While I haven't been around for most of its active run, and I wish I had been, the last year has been among the best months of my life.

This show challenged my morals, and taught me lessons that I will forever take with me.

Tech taught me to embrace and take pride in who I am. I now think that I am not something that needs to be cured. I needed to be understood and accepted. He taught me that we deserved to be loved and be allowed to live the way we want to (as long as we are not causing harm to ourselves or to others).

Hunter taught me that at the end of the day, we're all still humans. We make mistakes. We fail. But we can learn from them, and we can strive to be better. And I should also take care of my hair bec I cannot accept that a man in a galactic war have better hair than me (Okay, did you honestly think I'm gonna be serious this entire essay?)

Crosshair taught me that at the end of the day, we really are still humans. Sometimes, we make choices that not everyone will understand or agree to. Sometimes, we don't even understand our own choices. But we can learn from them, and we can strive to be better. And that I should also go to therapy bec istg my hand shakes like hell I always need to rely on a pen stabilizer when doing my artworks.

Wrecker taught me that in this world where we can be anything, always choose to be kind. He is a great man who would always be there for everyone, and I hope that one day, I can be that person too. He is afraid of heights, but he climbs and go on high places anyway. Like him, I should also start conquering my fears. Dear Wrecker, I did try conquering my fear of heights last March 9 but I can't. I will try again.

Echo taught me to always fight for the greater good. Almost two years ago, me and a group of people campaigned for a great tomorrow. With pink flags and pink balloons, we worked on our little thing I like to call our rebellion. Sadly, we lost. At times, I am thinking of just giving up bec that's democracy and I cannot go against the people's decision, but characters like Echo and the rest of Rogue One taught me that nothing should ever stop me for fighting for the people's rights and that my love for my fellow citizens should always come first before hatred.

And lastly, Omega taught me to be curious, or more likely to not be ashamed for being curious. Learn about the world. Learn about lots of things. We never know when we need it. While I could say be good at strategy and win 30 grand on card games, nahhh, I'm not that smart.

I also learned to reevalutate myself as an artist. This show taught me integrity. I had ranted about this lately but these characters challenged me in terms of art. I knew that the creators aren't best at proper representation. While I could draw them as they are in the show, I choose to stand for what is right, and represent them as properly as my skills could. In the more technical side, I became good at drawing armors. And this little Actors AU Draw Series taught me to be responsible; I tried my very best to create and post them on time. This increased my productivity.

But enough about me.

There's something I realized two nights ago; we, the fandom, are Bad Batchers ourselves. We can consider ourselves a family, but not one of us is the same and we're all interesting, and capable in our own unique ways. We can have our own opinion and stand about something and still coexist. Like our favorite charactera, we embrace and celebrate our differences.

This show may end. No more Bad Batch Eves, no more cryptic tweets that cause us to hyperventilate, no more Bad Batch Wednesdays but it will live on, through us.

I know there will be a day where we decrease in number, one by one, little by little, but still, the show will live on through our actions, our opinions, our choices we make after May 1, 2024 because I know that all of us were changed in some ways by these characters and this show.

To the crew, your cryptic tweets caused me sleepless nights, but thank you so, so much. It is through your hardwork that we had this wonderful show. Thank you for making every second of the past year so worthwhile and enjoyable for me and for everyone.

However this show will end, whether happy or sad, I am glad it happened. However short my time was with them, I am happy I had been here. However short my time with everyone in the fandom was or if some of you leave one day, still, thank you so much for being part of my life; I am so happy I met all of you.

To Clone Force 99, thank you. I've never loved anything like this before. May the Force be with you.

#the bad batch #tbb s3 #tbb #star wars #amalthia cried while writing this

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komihoyinsblog · 1 month ago

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Thank you so much for such a great post about Team Minato relations from Obito’s pov. I really looked at the Team Minato’s relations from a new perspective and this, one might say, makes the Team Minato’s fate even more tragic.

You mentioned that Minato and Kakashi have their nuances too. If you have time and desire to make a post about what you think about them, or Team Minato’s dynamic from Kakashi’s pov, it would be really great. 🙏 As not a long time ago I saw an interesting post on another platform that despite Kakashi spending his free time at the cemetery at Obito’s memorial stone, Rin’s and his father’s graves, he doesn’t visit Minato’s one and another post from a different fan who mentioned how Edo Minato didn’t spare even a moment to say goodbye to Kakashi. So since then I think sometimes if they were really close

Glad you appreciated this post! Okay, part two: Minato's team and Minato himself from Kakashi's perspective.

I'll be honest, I don't really have much to say about Minato and Kakashi's relationship. Like... Kakashi just respects Minato? He trusts him and listens to him, he cares about his opinion. Even if it's something he's relatively sure of.

On the other hand, the way Minato relates to Kakashi... When everyone on the team was alive, he didn't single him out in any major way. I mean, there was no overt favoritism. Sure, Minato relied on Kakashi, he trusted his skills enough, but that was it.

After Rin and Obito died, he sent Kakashi to the anbu. I can't say for sure if that was a bad or good decision. On one hand, Kakashi was close and Minato could keep an eye on him. He didn't want to lose his last apprentice and even trusted him with his most valuable asset, guarding Kushina. That's a sign of supreme trust. On the other hand, the anbu is a pretty bad place for an overly traumatized 12 year old. It's almost as if he doesn't belong there.

Here I want to mention something I didn't mention in the last post. Minato is fine with the existing order in the villages and the shinobi world. We haven't seen him condemn Konoha's treatment of Sakumo in any way, or speak out against the situation with genius children and their use. He seems to be fine with everything.

See, I love the fanon too, that Kakashi and Minato were something like family. That Kakashi and Minato knew each other even before Sakumo died, that after his death, Minato took Kakashi in and helped him. That they had a close and trusting relationship. I love reading fics like this and saving arts with them to my gallery. But canon paints a pretty opposite situation it seems.

Yes, Kakashi officially admits that for him, Minato was one of the people who helped him deal with the hollow in his heart. But in reality, Minato was also someone who didn't do anything about Kakashi's condition after his death. He didn't talk to him about how his conclusions about Sakumo's situation were wrong. He just remained silent and that was it.

The reason Obito's words about Kakashi's father being a hero had such a strong impact is because Obito was the first to say it out loud. Not Minato. I think it's important to their relationship. It may have been another nail in the coffin of the relationship between Obito and Minato. The fact that Minato supports the current shinobi system and isn't going to change anything, even though he was one step away from being hokage at that point. Just another pebble on Obito's scale and the realization that this whole world is shit and needs to be fixed, since even his sensei can't see anything wrong and is already blind.

At the same time, I want to emphasize that out of all three of Minato's students, Kakashi took the most from him. Chidori is inspired by Minato's image and rasengan. Kakashi also inherited that unwavering loyalty to the village that Minato had. The desire to protect Konoha at all costs. Even at the cost of his own life. And in the future, when Kakashi became sensei, he too behaved in a similar manner. Many people forget this, but it wasn't Obito who instilled in Kakashi the importance of teamwork, it was Minato. Though how successful that was, everyone can judge for themselves.

Kakashi is Minato's legacy, along with Naruto. And like dear anon said, during the fourth shinobi war, it kind of got overshadowed. We hardly ever see them interacting or even saying goodbye. There was even one particular moment that really pissed me off.

It's your job, Minato, wtf???

It's like Minato is shifting Obito's fixing to Kakashi. I didn't get the joke at all. Yes, Kakashi was responsible for them too and was a little adult to them, but to say it so bluntly? It's one thing when Obito sees Kakashi as his pillar and compass of action, it's another when Minato directly puts the blame on Kakashi. That's something I can't understand or forgive. Especially considering the fact that Kakashi was hyper-traumatized at that point.

His dead little hero friend turned out to be a very much alive supervillain, and now he's getting extra kicks because of it. Yes, thank you. Of course, he can find a million appropriate words to fix Obito right now. And we'll completely ignore the fact that it's Minato who is Obito's sensei and it's his role to set Obito on the right path. That's the reason why Minato and Obito didn't build a great relationship. Because in all the moments when Minato had to do something and be there for him, it was Kakashi who did it.

There was even a moment where Obito turns to Kakashi and says "you see me as a kid again"(415 episode). And Obito smiles happily at that. He's fine with the way things are, with Kakashi taking care of him and helping him out. Maybe it's nostalgia for the past, or maybe a desperate need for love and care, who knows.

Either way, I did a joke post about Kakashi being forced to be a babysitter for other kids from a young age. And Obito and Rin being the first test case, so to speak. Kakashi has always had a slight arrogance (understandable given his status as a genius), but in his younger years it was even more noticeable. It partially complicated his relationship with Obito (Rin was more tolerant of Kakashi's arrogance because she was in love).

I'm quite critical of the system of putting the best and worst student on the same team. In life such a dynamic is not workable, people cannot find common ground due to different performance and common understanding of the matter. While one is solving the fifth equation, the second is only on the first. At the same time, the first cannot discuss the results and any of his thoughts, while the second feels dumb and incapable of simple actions. The ego of the first grows even more, and the self-esteem of the second falls.

In the world of Naruto, this kind of system ruins people even more. Since shinobi academies are all about becoming a ninja, the ultimate test of how well you learn skills and fight is essentially just one test. There's no such thing as one is good at math, one is good at chemistry, and one is good at literature. You're either a good shinobi or a dead shinobi. That's it.

Kakashi, as the best student, was actually carrying the team on his back. Rin didn't fight and just stood there while being protected. Obito made frequent mistakes and generally showed incompetence(hello candy). That's not to say Obito is completely useless, no, he's just on a level far removed from Kakashi. And Kakashi tends to make the same demands on others as he does on himself. And Obito, while desperate to be more powerful, didn't meet them. Kakashi didn't like that at all, hence their conflicts.

I'm not saying Rin and Obito were useless. They just weren't at Kakashi's level. Rin and Obito had great qualities as people and shinobi, it just wasn't something Kakashi could appreciate at the time.

I think this team was doomed to failure from the start. Maybe if Sakumo hadn't died, they would have worked out and worked together. Or, say, if Minato had noticed the hollow in Kakashi's heart and intervened (something Obito later regrets not doing, even though it was Minato's job, again).

I love Team Minato with all my heart and soul. I love all their flaws and all their virtues, the ones I considered and didn't consider in the post because, again, the post came out too long. But I have to admit to myself that they are the right people for each other, but not in the right circumstances.

Team Minato in canon originally had no chance of a future in any version of it. Even if all four members had survived, they would have been separated and someone would have definitely stopped communicating with someone else (Minato and Obito, for example). They're just victims of other people's mistakes and bad choices. And their own.

Maybe somewhere in another life, they're all together and have a good, warm, friendly relationship. But not in canon.

(I didn't touch on their whole love triangle because that would have made the post twice as long, but things are pretty sad there too - no one would stay with their first love, which would further complicate their relationship and dynamics)

#naruto #kakashi hatake #obito uchiha #hatake kakashi #uchiha obito #team minato #minato namikaze #nohara rin #rin nohara #my post #i will keep my fic tags here because they represent what i think about it #again #fic blinky #fic cck #babysitter kakashi

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bekkathyst · 25 days ago

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I have a bunch of different thoughts and memories I want to write out, but it may not be for you. I touch on some heavy topics in this post, so just giving a warning. This is more personal than anything.

I’ve been undertaking the project of organizing my jewelry-making crystal stash for the first time ever and it’s hitting me that I’ve collected tens of thousands of dollars of these gems over the last 12 or so years of owning my shop. It really gives me hope that I can rebuild my business up to the level it used to be. Or maybe even higher.

Up until we moved to Austria, hard years in my life were hard because of abuse, trauma, horrific things going on in my family or otherwise. Things I almost never spoke aloud. But last year was hard in a different way. It felt as if the cumulative damage of two decades of shouldering more than I could actually bear and taking care of way too many people finally caught up with me. It felt like the stress of moving continents pushed me over the edge.

I may have talked about it briefly, but sometime around late 2019 I started trying really hard to take good care of myself and I got into eating healthy and hiking. It helped me so much, and in 2021 I was in the best shape of my life and felt the best I’d ever felt. But after we moved here in 2022, something happened. That winter after, it was like my whole body fell apart at once and the health I had worked so hard to maintain just slipped away. I lost so much time to feeling so unwell I could barely make myself leave my house. I was constantly sick and miserable and it made my mental health slip, too.

I lost a lot of work. I couldn’t make myself focus and then of course this plus the plummeting economy caused a big hit in my business. This all came together to make 2024 the worst year my shop has had since it really started to take off in 2017 or so.

I started 2024 by falling down the stairs and giving myself a knee injury that took months to heal, and then later in the year I was hospitalized twice and diagnosed with a couple chronic conditions. I poured the rest of our savings into the shop to keep it afloat, and so I could allow myself to figure out my health and rest.

I’m so grateful I could heal, but now I’m facing all the consequences of those choices. I’m realizing if I don’t act fast and pull everything together, not only will I lose my business, but we’re going to have problems with immigration next month when Antonio goes to reapply for his residency permit. We have a month left to rebuild our savings and in order to do that, we have debt from last year to pay off. Right now we’re just barely staying afloat as it is.

But I keep envisioning the future. I can see a future where we catch up, flourish, and open a physical shop so we don’t have to rely on the ever changing algorithms that want to see small businesses perish. I can see a future where I can focus on my art and prosper. Where I continue to improve my health and refine my skills and learn and grow. And most importantly, a future in which we can give our daughter all she needs without a second thought. Maybe I’m delusional, but just 10 years ago I had similar delusional thoughts about moving back to Austria one day.

#as always I’m so thankful for all of you #things are just so heavy right now #because of this but also because of the whole world #I know I’m not the only one struggling #original #personal

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supermansweakness · 2 months ago

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Hello! Is my first time posting on here so I’m quite nervous. I decide to post a bit about my selfship/yumeship. Here’s a little introduction about my OC and their dynamic. This is all based on My Adventures With Superman.

Luna Linares is a young gal in her mid twenties from Tecate, a small town in northern Mexico. Through hard work, she earns a scholarship to study Marketing at Metropolis University. During her internship at the Daily Planet, she develops a digital system to modernize the publishing operations and is eventually gets hired. Though her role as head of marketing sounds fancy, it’s really just her and her laptop in an unused office.

About a year into her job, she meets Clark Kent, a new intern training to be a reporter. Luna is intrigued by his age, he’s seems young, which is unusual in a newsroom filled with older staff. She shows him around, and due to limited personnel, they end up working closely together, with Luna technically becoming his “boss”.

Luna is confident, sharp, and a bit of a diva; traits that helped her earn respect in a male-dominated field. At first, she’s tough on Clark, but he sees through her guarded nature. Over time, she warms up to him, realizing he’s kind and genuine. Eventually, she falls in love with him, despite thinking she’s “too much” for someone so good.

Second plot twist: Luna joined the Daily Planet with a secret agenda she was investigating rumors she’d read online years ago about a mysterious flying man helping people in Metropolis. When Superman’s existence becomes public, she becomes obsessed and starts documenting him anonymously through a fan theory account. Her insider access through Clark gives her exclusive information.

As part of her research, Luna ends up meeting Superman multiple times and develops a deep admiration almost a platonic love for him and his “divine” presence.

(She eventually discovers that Clark is Superman somehow, let’s not worry about how!). When Clark confesses the truth, Luna reacts with pure joy. It was like a dream: the two people she loved were one and the same. She cried, they had a heartfelt moment, and they officially became a couple. From then on, Luna allowed herself to be truly vulnerable and affectionate with Clark, showing her real self at last.

Art: my own, @/ivann.art & @/johen_art

#my adventures with superman #maws clark kent #yumeship #self ship #dc comics #dc universe #maws #clark kent

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abalidoth · 1 month ago

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Southpaw

What was once steel, made flesh. What was once whole, made broken.

Inspired by a post by @transhuman-priestess.

CW: Medical trauma.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65250568

“Good morning, Ethan,” said my jailer, with a cheer matched only by my hatred.

I looked up from my bed. I didn't bother to correct her. My name is Zenith. Ethan had been gone for years, an old skin that never fit me. But contradicting Sister Sarah leads only to punishment – the last time I’d snapped at her and asserted my real name, she assigned me to “meditation retreat” for a week. Seven days of solitary confinement in the dark. I’d rather claw out my remaining eye.

“I have good news for you,” she said. “Your hand is ready!”

I shuddered. I had been dreading this day.

She led me out of my cell, and locked the door behind her with a click. There were two Wardens with her – Brother Elijah, who I recognized from previous excursions out of my cell, and another one, a hulking man that I don’t recognize. He glared at me as he steadied an arm under my armpit, and Elijah took the other.

“Brothers Silas, Elijah, please, with me to the operating theater.”

It’s an ordeal, moving around. The Edenists took my bionic leg, so I can’t walk without crutches. But they also stole my robotic hand, so I can’t use crutches on my own. Most humiliating of all, my eye – so not only can I no longer see the ultraviolet patterns on flowers, I don’t even have stereoscopic vision. I wasn’t sure why they didn’t just put me in a wheelchair; maybe, despite what they said, the deprivation was part of the point.

Unnatural, they call us. Perverse. As if there’s something natural about intentionally maiming a person, removing parts of them and dragging their shambling half-corpse down a hallway to –

Actually, I wasn’t ready to think about what happened at the end of the hallway yet.

Sarah walked ahead of us imperiously, owning the space, projecting a confidence that belied her short stature. Even though I could only see the back of her neatly coiffed auburn hair and blue dress, it felt like she was staring at me.

I averted my eyes, instead looking at the Scripture passages and kitschy art that adorned the otherwise hospital-like walls of the compound.

Sarah led us through a pair of double doors to a room that I knew all too well. An eerie blue glow suffused it, almost ultraviolet enough to hurt the eyes. Rows and rows of tanks were mounted to opposite walls, filled with actinic blue suspension gel.

Each one held an organ.

Some of them were recognizable horrors, eyeballs and fingers and lungs, even a little bit of brain. Most of them were internal organs, undifferentiated little blobs of flesh, the bloody red of them shaved down to indistinct blacks and browns by the cyan of the gel.

I had to remind myself that most of these were going to people who needed them, who actually wanted them. Most of these weren’t atrocities, but acts of deep mercy.

But three tanks in this room – one hand, one eye, and a big one for my leg – were for me.

“Here it is,” Sarah said, gesturing at a tank near the bottom of the stack. A pristine left hand floated in it. A mirror of my right floating in the middle of the tank, tethered by gummy strands of tissue to the growth matrix surrounding the tank. A twin – or perhaps younger sister – of the one that I had lost in an accident three years ago.

A spasm wracked through the hand suddenly, curling it nearly into a fist.

Sarah laughed, a fake, brittle sort of sound. “Ah, they do tend to do that sometimes. To keep the muscle toned.”

I retched a little, barely keeping my breakfast down, and pulled away.

“Come now, there’s no time to wait. We’ll get you off to surgery.”

She peeled off, presumably to consult with the surgeons, leaving me with Silas and Elijah. Elijah considered me as he always did – basically a sack of potatoes that he sometimes had to haul from place to place. But Silas was still glaring at me.

“Hey, new guy,” I said. I never wanted to mouth off to Sarah, but the orderlies were another matter. “First time seeing a real-life cyborg, huh? Booga booga.”

Something unreadable crossed his face and he looked away. “Let’s get you to surgery.”

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They didn’t even have to strap my body down for the procedure. What was I going to do, hop away?

It was never more than lying down on my back that I missed my leg. It was obvious when I was standing how much the lack of balance threw me off, but the constant tension from the asymmetry when I was laying down was horrible. The operating table was uncomfortable, and the room was drafty.

The surgeon was a man I’d never seen before, wearing surgical scrubs and a hairnet, with a neatly trimmed moustache. He came in without greeting me and grabbed hold of the stump of my left arm. He turned it this way and that, tut-tutting at something objectionable, then swung a board with straps up from under the table and strapped my forearm to it.

“If only you’d come to us right away,” he said. His voice was reedy, higher than I expected. “That hack job you did with the machines made this procedure much more difficult, there will be a longer wait time than usual.”

“I didn’t come to you,” I said. “You kidnapped me.”

“Don’t be dramatic,” he said. “You’ll see how much better your life will be here, with real humans, with real body parts. And once they see how successful we’ve been with you, we’ll have a much easier time bringing in all those pitiable drifters in the desert.”

“Please,” I said. “Don’t do this. I don’t want this. I just want to go home.”

He smiled gently. “Poor thing. You are home.” And he strapped the anaesthetic mask to my face.

—

There was nobody around when I awoke. I was in a different room, one that had windows, although there was no light from outside.

My arm was still strapped to the table, swaddled in gauze. And at the end of it was a pink, fleshy hand. The fingers were wrinkled as though I had just gotten out of a shower. It had none of the callus of the hand I still had on the other side, and the skin of the palms was strangely smooth and shiny.

The hand twitched, sending pain coursing down my arm. I turned my head to the side and retched, hard. Nothing came up but a bit of stomach acid.

I could feel the cold air through the fingers, but it felt wrong. Tingly, staticky, much worse than when I was adapting to the neural feedback of my metal hand years ago. It felt like I was feeling everything through tinfoil gloves.

I looked away. I couldn’t stand the sight of it, couldn’t tolerate the feeling. My tendons and joints were on fire from where they had spliced them together.

I thought of undoing the straps on the board and at least freeing my arm, but I didn’t want to do any more damage than they had already done. If I had to live with this thing, I wasn’t going to make it any worse on myself.

The door creaked open. I turned to see who it was, but backlit by the bright hallway all I could see was a hulking silhouette. He carefully locked the door behind him, and approached me. It was Brother Silas, the new guy, the one who was so disgusted by me he couldn’t keep it off his face. His hood was down, now, revealing a mop of curly black hair.

He put a hand on my shoulder, pushing me into the bed. Before I could shout out, he clapped a hand across my mouth.

I struggled, but his hold was firm. He leaned down and whispered into my ear. “Silicon City sent me.”

I stopped moving. He retracted the hand across my mouth, and the hand on my shoulder became more of a reassuring brace than a shove. “W – what?” I said quietly.

“Vixen knew me from jobs she had done before,” he said, in a low rasp. “She hired me to infiltrate the Edenists and get you out. Everyone misses you, Zenith. We’re getting you out of here.”

Tears came to my eyes, unbidden. “Now?”

He shook his head. “Still need to lay some preparations. A week, probably. I’ll try to get you out before they graft anything more to you.”

“Thank you,” I said. “Thank you. We can’t let them take anyone else.”

“I know. We won’t.” He grabbed my right hand with his. “Stay strong, ok?”

His hand was rough, calloused, but warm. “Okay,” I said.

The thing at the end of my other arm spasmed in response.

#tessa writes stuff

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casualavocados · 10 months ago

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im gonna break down my last gifset: the second half of the ep12 intimacy scene, because nat and louis are such good actors ive been rendered slightly braindead more than once due to how well they SOLD this scene and SOLD ai di and chen yi's love for each other through their physicality.

WARNING: if you read this and then use the words top or bottom to describe anything going on here, i will deadass block you. ♥️ don't even think about it. ♥️

this is gonna be unhinged but the mix of horny and pure adoring each other is an ever-crisscrossing line that is simply underappreciated from what ive seen in previous posts of this particular part.

so they've been making out for a while with ai di in chen yi's lap and chen yi decides to push them over… i did not cut a single frame of this btw.

starting with the first two gifs:

i love the way ai di's hand comes to rest perfectly at the nape of chen yi's neck during the impact. then there's a brief "are we gonna kiss?" half of a second before chen yi goes for ai di's neck. and ai di responds appreciatively: with his head tilted back, his hand in chen yi's hair… you see in the second gif his fingers curling a little, to gently trail his nails down chen yi's neck, wordlessly telling chen yi to keep going. and he does, moving from ai di's neck to his chest.

and here we get a moment of ai di going oh. his mouth literally opens a little wider—

—and he lifts up his head as if to check that that's really chen yi doing this to him. all the while his hand has moved from chen yi's neck/hair to rubbing chen yi's shoulder. again in a reassuring "yes that's good" way, and also, i imagine, just for the sake of touching chen yi too.

he looks at chen yi and then full body relaxes into feeling it, while still rubbing chen yi's shoulder. i cant get over ai di's face here, i can't. the whole shot is art, with chen yi kissing just below his ribs.

bc chen yi is so focused on adoring him, on pouring all this love he has for ai di into these gentle kisses and the way he's touching him, too: sliding his hand up ai di's chest to grip his shoulder in return. (also notice ai di's sweatshirt from four years ago hanging up in the background. chen yi has been waiting so long for this too and needs to show it.)

and then— WELL. then ai di slides his hand back up into chen yi's hair…

and chen yi responds to the feeling of it immediately. it's almost like ai di is saying yes, that's good, now come here, and you see chen yi's eyes open and his body immediately follow that cue. perfect wordless communication. ai di's hand is literally pulling him closer (with barely any pressure) and chen yi instinctively responds to it by making his way back up with another soft kiss.

and ai di is watching him, waiting for him. chen yi's hand is sliding along ai di's chest again… you even see ai di's legs open a little at the end of the gif to make room for chen yi to take that space again.

and chen yi does. he really does:

and he does that on purpose. (it's like he's responding to ai di's satisfaction by saying, "let me make it feel even better". while also saying "i love you this much".)

and ai di responds by intentionally adjusting himself to feel more of it:

chen yi moves back from the neck kiss and ai di really said with his body: no, don't you dare take that pressure away.

there is so much going on in those two gifs. starting with the former: you can see ai di leaning back for the neck kiss, and then his hand moves down to chen yi's hip the instant he feels the pressure between his legs, in such a perfectly instinctive movement you can literally see his fingers tighten in chen yi's hair and his toes curl at the edge of the gif. he is completely 100% feeling it. he lifts his head to look.

—& i can't get over the way ai di is always trying to see, to watch chen yi doing this to him. it's chen yi. he has to make sure it's real. he has waited for and wanted this for so long and he isnt dreaming anymore.

and then in the latter: ai di tilts his head back again a little before his shift. his very intentional shifting of hips that physically lifts his back from the bed a little to align them more comfortably and to keep the friction. this movement stops chen yi from kissing ai di's neck again, bringing him to his mouth instead— but not until after ai di's hand on the back of chen yi's neck slides down to cup his cheek. (as if this whole gif says, not only "yes, that feels good, don't stop", but also, "i need you to know i love you".)

they kiss like that: pressed together, looking at each other, ai di cradling chen yi's face with one of his hands. you can see his thumb holding the base of chen yi's jaw in the next gif:

while chen yi in turn pulls his arm out from underneath ai di to prop (only) his chest up a bit higher for the express purpose of just looking at ai di. feeling ai di touching him like this, too. both of them gentle and needy, adoring and eager; all of that fully communicated through their body language.

there is not an inch of them that isnt feeling this moment and isnt completely tuned in to both themselves and the other. it's so intimate and vulnerable and so intentional. and the fact that they are taking their time, always looking at each other, is what makes it so loving and sweet and is also exactly what makes it so hot.

it's chen yi's turn now to check that this is real. to soak this all in and breathe. that's ai di beneath him. against him. loving him.

and it takes a full gif but ai di allows maybe 2 seconds more of looking at each other before reaching up and pulling chen yi into a deeper kiss. he's waited for this for so long—

although first you see ai di's eyes flick down and back up. and let me tell you— he's not looking at chen yi's lips.

chen yi's hand perfectly supports the back of ai di's head and neck as ai di surges up to wrap chen yi in his arms—cup the nape of chen yi's neck in his fingers—pulling himself up and chen yi closer in the same movement.

and this is when and why the camera pans away. because those kisses are getting deeper. they are locked in, they're attached, they are feeling all of it, everything is intentional and loving and very clear about where this scene will be going next.

i just— this is a lot, for me. because it is so intensely loving. and also so intensely horny. like, i've seen some good sex scenes, but it takes some really incredible acting to pull off seeming so fully, devotedly, in love, and be able to show that alongside and through attraction. personally? i haven't seen any bl actors do it better than nat and louis in this scene right here. please notice, as well, that all thirteen of these gifs are of one, continuous, shot.

simply put, it's a very. very. well done scene. AND I NEED TO CHEW DRYWALL.

(final note: a reminder of my warning at the start of this post bc i am serious. there are too many infinitesimal things happening in this scene for these characters to be reduced to stereotypes that, frankly, do not matter in real life. ♥️ no need to respond to this warning either… feel free to focus on what the post is saying instead.)

and that's why chen yi and ai di are better and more real than every other bl couple in existence. ok bye.

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kanmom51 · 10 months ago

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Rebirth - Muse - JM

[**This post was written before the release of today's BTB and the little explanation JM gave us about Rebirth and Slow dance. What can I say other than just how much more my words feel relevant now. ]

As promised.

Thought I'd sneak this one in before Are you sure? lands, cause Idk, I just have this feeling that once it does we are up for 1 of two options:

I'm so overwhelmed by the amount of content we are getting that I'll be so dumbfounded and unable to post at all; Or, I will be so busy ruffling through everything running after my own tail trying to post post post post, that I will have zero time or ability to post this.

Long story short, this was the time. Do or die pretty much.

So Intro: Rebirth.

Before I get into the lyrics themselves I do want to go back to what we learnt from the Minimoni album exchange.

I kind of feel like a broken record here, but then again, I do think that obviously watching that exchange and my post on it can be a good starting point into understanding not only what Muse is all about, but also that out of all the songs on the album, Rebirth, in a sense, is just a little more personal than the others.

JM talks how the lyrics for this one were really hard to write. He mentions this a couple of times.

This was also when JM talked it was hard to write about having a crush.

Before moving on and talking about the song itself I do want to clarify something here.

I was really surprised to see how people are interpreting this.

Do people not know what the meaning of the word crush is? Not only the actual term JM used in Korean (that perhaps got lost in translation), but the actual meaning of the word in English.

짝사랑 - this is the term JM used while talking to RM.

Which basically translates as unrequited or one sided love, which is just that if you understand the actual term of the word.

Go to Oxford dictionary and crush is described as: "a brief but intense infatuation for someone, especially someone unattainable." And if you look up "infatuation" well: "an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something."

Now, when I heard the word crush that is exactly what I understood and it was funny for me to see that there were those that interpret the word as falling in love or being in love or similar to that, when crush means something else all together.

*Side note: JM's love life aside, knowing the concept of JM's album, it's easy to understand why he chose to use the idea of a crush as a metaphor to describe that short lived passion/excitement he was feeling with his work, telling us or showing us, with the development of the songs in the album, that indeed it is short lived and he was yet to find that long lasting feeling of excitement with the things he was doing (work/his art) - still searching for that "who".

Back to the meaning of crush.

As explained, a crush in English means an intense infatuation with another that is mostly unattainable. Two people can crush on each other, but it's a crush only as long as it is yet to be requited. Once it is reciprocated then it's no longer a crush. So, you can crush on someone unknowing that the other person has a crush on you. This crush can fizzle out and end in nothingness. But a crush evolve into a relationship if the two people involved move forward from it. Making that move forward towards each other.

This is what having a crush looks like:

And this is how it looks when you had a crush and are realizing that maybe, just maybe that person is reciprocating.

And this is when you have decided that he really is.

That was back in 2015 btw. August 2015 and December 2015. ALMOST 9 YEARS AGO.

Unattainable.

Short-lived.

Are we surprised JM wouldn't remember the last time he had a crush?

I will repeat this for the rows in the back that might not have heard. When JM says he doesn't remember the last time he had a crush, that doesn't mean he's single. Whoever thinks that is what he's saying needs a crash course in English and/or life.

A crash course in crush... lmao (yes, I am easily entertained).

So, JM had to turn to the youngest member of SGMB (lol) to remind him what it feels like to have a crush. And yet, as I have explained in the Minimoni post, Muse might not be autobiographical, but that doesn't mean that there aren't personal aspects to some of the songs, and the lyrics. Feelings expressed being real feelings drawn from his trove of inner thoughts, feelings and life and love experiences.

I will also add that although crushing is mostly one sided, and when it turns into more, as in the other party reciprocates, of course there are some of the feelings that linger. The rush, the want, the need. But at the same time things change in that the other side is feeling the same. When you look at them, they look back, gazes linger rather than avoiding eye contact, for example. There are the touches when crushing, and there are the touches, just as hesitant, after it becoming MORE. The first are one sided and usually hidden as something else (for example: "I just need to check your arm muscles for a sec"), while the second are two sided, intentional but at times hidden from others.

The differences might be so very slight at times, but if you have a keen eye you can definitley notice them. And they sure were noticeable when it came to Jikook.

Another thing before I start.

One word:

SERENDIPITY

Idk why, but I feel like Rebirth is a prequel to Serendipity. Even though Serendipity was not written by JM (although I do believe he had input into the song just like or even more so with John Billion - remember how JM says he's an American RM...), it most certainly was claimed by him and JK as theirs. You are me I am you being their trademarked catch phrase. A love ode from JM to JK. That song JM said he will gift his loved one and did. Followed by GCFT, JK's love ode to JM. And if I'm going down that road, well, if Rebirth is the prequel to Serendipity I'd say that Letter is the sequel to Serendipity. I kind of think I've mentioned this before in one of my posts about Letter.

Now that I'm done with my precursor, let's move on to the actual song. A song that out of the lot of them in this album seems to be the most personal. The only song that we didn't get to see the process of writing or recording of in content we have gotten so far for Muse (promotions now over).

[Verse] If I'm tryna be special Can I get closer to you? I can feel my heart pounding When your fingertips graze past me If I'm tryna be special So that I can sing while making eye contact with you I'll show you, baby Oh, I didn't realize Oh, I didn't think I'd care Oh my gosh, now I Won't hide You are the light in my darkness Like the sunshine vibe It spreads quietly [Chorus] That I want a real good love, good love, good love I'm tryna find a love, good love, real love I was in pitch black, but I couldn't stop thinking of you all day long I want to take one step and two steps closer without you knowing Stay with you, with you, with you, with you I will be your reason, rеason, reason, reason I hope this feeling rеaches you, to you, you To you [Outro] White clouds The wind passing by Floating petals It feels like it's been waiting just for us When that door opens When I get closer to you I'll tell you this I will be special all for you Special just for you For you (For you) For you (For you) I wanna be with you

I will share with you what went through my mind once listening to Rebirth, all while reading parts of the translated lyrics. The flashing scenes. Parts that screamed JK or Jikook.

"I can feel my heart pounding When your fingertips graze past me"

This:

And this:

I can go on with this all day long. Being one of the most obvious sus behaviours with these two. But seeing that I don't want to exceed my image limit in this post I think this is where I will stop. Point made I guess.

"So that I can sing while making eye contact with you"

This was the first thing that came to mind:

😭😭

Although these did too:

And do we recall JK's sentiments about making eye contact with JM on stage?

They connect on stage. Before, during and at the end of the performance. We have seen it and they have told us so throughout the years.

Was that what JM was thinking of while writing that line?

This is clearly a line that is taken from his own personal experience. Singing while making eye contact is not something that regular people like you or I would come up with to express a feeling of love or want towards someone.

Drawing from his own emotions and experiences, how it is for him and how he might have used to wish it would be.

This line, more than any other is clearly that.

"Oh my gosh, now I Won't hide You are the light in my darkness" and "Like the sunshine vibe"

The latter, as JM explained to RM, was a word game/pun for which he asked permission from Taeyang to use in his song, seeing that his name literally means sun and Vibe was his song, lol.

But, we also know there is someone else, much closer to home, much closer period, that is referred to as the sun. Someone that makes JM happy. Someone that makes JM laugh even when he's sad. Someone that JM chose to go into the army with, together!!! Someone that is the other half of the sun and moon duo, the sun to JM's moon.

And what about this?

I'm tryna find a love, good love, real love

And he found it.

Coincidence? I don't think so.

"When that door opens When I get closer to you I'll tell you this I will be special all for you Special just for you For you (For you) For you (For you)

And he is. JM is special for JK. He has told and showed us this in so many ways in the past.

"I wanna be with you"

I wanna be with you...

Again, JM told us the songs aren't about his life, right? And yet, that doesn't mean they don't have a personal connection, that while writing he didn't take from his own experiences or feelings, that after writing he feels an emotional connection with the song, that even if not intended to it hits closer to home than others. And I feel like this is the case with Rebirth. I do believe that there is a reason it is the connecting song between Face and Muse. That there is a reason the interlude separates it from the rest of the songs.

#Jimin #JM #JM Muse #JM Rebirth #Jikook #Kookmin #Minkook #Jungkook #JK

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introvertedfox · 30 days ago

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nonsims interests

Thank you for the tag @nitrozem! 🧡

I have way too many, so I'll put it under the cut. 😅

Stardew Valley: The only other game in which I have hundreds of hours. I love it so much that I have it for pc, Nintendo, and mobile (even though I never played much on mobile). Just like the Sims, I go months without playing it, and then I obsess over it for months just to ignore it again. xD Still, it is one of my top 3 favourites, and it even made me come up with a challenge for the Sims based on the characters.

Horizon Zero Dawn: Another game that I obsessed over, and it actually helped me get my mind off things during a tough time in my life. It was the first game that I finally realized I could just play on the lowest difficulty setting and just enjoy the storytelling without feeling ashamed of it. I love the story, the world-building is amazing, and Aloy is just awesome. I've yet to finish Forbidden West, and someday I would love to replay Zero Dawn again, and the recent LEGO Nintendo game is on my wishlist too. xD

Drawing/Sculpting: I've been drawing since I can remember, but I don't do it as much as I would like. I recently got an iPad and got to try Procreate, which has made my drawing process a lot better. I love sketching on the iPad and then copying it to a sheet of paper and coloring it with my copics and watercolors. It has been my favourite way to do it lately. And I've been sculpting with cosclay, and I love it! I've done a few little things here and there over the years, but lately I've been doing a few sculptures for my scout friends, which got me super excited to do something bigger. Like the huge dragon I'm currently working on. I'll leave some of my social media here for anyone curious, cause I have art scattered everywhere xD [art blog] [instagram] [bluesky]

LEGO: The first thing I bought with my very first salary was Hagrid's Cabin LEGO set, and I'm proud of it. xD I just didn't know that soon enough LEGO was going to take over my house. I have a set on every shelf and an Ikea glass display full at this point. I guess you can say I'm a child with adult money now. 😅 Even though I don't buy half of the ones I'd like to have. My wishlist is way too big.

Fantasy Books: Two years ago, I decided to buy Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, cause I wanted to read the books before watching the series (and I'm glad I did that, the series is...something else), and I got my love for reading back! I used to read so much when I was in high school and college, and now I can say that I read twice as much. xD The only catch is that I only, well, almost only read fantasy books. Real life is already boring enough. Currently starting Sarah J. Maas' A Court of Thorns and Roses, to see what the hype is about.

OC's and stories: I love creating OCs and coming up with stories. Right now, I have a few stories that I'd love to turn into comics someday, and maybe even post them somewhere. I just need to get to write them properly. This kind of goes with the drawing interest, cause all I've been drawing lately are my own characters.

Music: Not playing, but listening. (I tried learning guitar but never got the hang of it) I have music playing all day, whether I'm at work or just doing house chores, it keeps me focused. And recently I've started to go to concerts, cause before I never had anyone to go with and was a bit scared to do it alone, and my favourites don't come here too often either. I'm also one of the few people who still buy CDs, even though my player is busted and I have nowhere to play them atm.

Honorable mentions: Pokemon, Digimon, Planet Zoo, Avatar The Last Airbender, Legend of Zelda, Game of Thrones, Assassin's Creed, Arcane, Disney, Dragon Prince, How to Train Your Dragon, Loki, Helluva Boss, Good Omens, Howl's Moving Castle...

Sorry for the long post! 🦊

I have no idea who did this, so feel free to ignore! I'll tag @foxena, @minty-plumbob, @kissalopa, @tipsy-clouds, and anyone who wants to do this!

#I ramble way to much #and I could ramble more xD #sorry #tag game #fox rambles

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watchingblsnowandforever · 1 year ago

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Hello!!!! =D

So. We Are ep 13. I don't how they do this, but they keep making every episode better than the last. At this rate, I'll not be able to survive episode 16.

Warning: long post 😊😅 (there will be a smol part 2 because 30 screenshots are definitely not enough.)

We have the Best Parents in BL, but now I present to you: The Best Aunt in BL.

Subtle, Aunt Pui, real subtle. 😭

I get her. She just wants a nice, handsome boyfriend for her nephew. 😌

First of all, the symbolism is hitting me right in the face, but it's also so subtle because no one else knows the whole story, so they wouldn't be able to figure it out.

Secondly. Yes, the red and blue do clash a bit, and it's not the prettiest little painting. But. Not every painting has to be "pretty" or perfect. Just like feelings or emotions in real life. Peem didn't willingly draw over his precious painting because he thought it'd look better; he did it because he wanted it to express his feelings. This also ties into Peem's insecurity at having (apparently) failed at being Phum's comfort zone because see, in the painting it looks like the sea is embracing the roses, or protecting them.

What I'm trying to say, is that what makes art beautiful is not just what you directly see on the canvas/right in front of you. And this applies even to the "pretty" ones. The David is not just famous because it looks very good, but also because of the amount of skill and talent Michelangelo had to be able to create such a thing from a block of marble. (I'm sorry I'm not good at examples or analogies 😭)

Sir. What business do you have, making an expression like that and giving me a heart attack.

If I haven't said this before: find a man who looks at you like Phum (Pond) looks at Peem (Phuwin).

Two sides of the same coin.

Phum still feels guilty (which is very clear from his reaction to what Peem says) about ruining Peem's painting, so he wants to do something to make sure nothing like that ever happens to Peem again.

Peem is long over it (you don't ever forget shit like that, but he has definitely forgiven Phum). He met Phum because of that Incident™, and he has a new, upgraded painting, so this is just a light joke for him. But the moment he sees it's too soon for Phum, he immediately goes to reassure him he's just kidding, and he absolutely does not hold it over Phum.

A simple pinky promise, but how much does it mean to Phum?

He's never had someone to make a pinky promise with; Fang was in a similar situation as him, and Beer knew better to make a promise and have it broken by forces outside his control.

So this, this small, childish gesture means quite a bit to him. (Which is also probably why having broken it hurt him so much.)

And yet Peem, you're smiling so wide while saying that. Almost like *le gasp* you actually like it!

Let's be real here, Peem. You don't mind at all. In fact, you sounded unbearably fond saying this. You were quite literally giggling and kicking your feet. (Which fits my headcanon of him pretty well actually.)

This shot. Just >>>> (actually thinking of making it my header-)

Ma boy never misses a chance 😭👍🏼

And if he doen't get a chance, he makes one and nails that too. <3

SO CUTEE 🥺🫶🏼

Oh the teasing is on.

Pun: I did that 😌

Beer: Idiots in love. Again. *exasperated sigh*

[From this point on, I am extremely sleep deprived, so most comments made will probably (definitely) be forgotten by the time I wake up (I'm going right to sleep after posting this.]

Well, Chain, I'm sorry to be the one telling you this, but Phum moved into Peem's heart like 6 episodes ago.

Well, yeah, but Peem has to act at least a little bit like the tsundere he is, right?

Chain: "Well, can a cupid shoot an arrow at himself?"

Toey: *very telling side-eye*

Q: You really think one flirty line will trigger his half braincell to understand what he didn't in the past however many years? ...go on, I wanna see how this turns out

Pun: *pikachu meme face*

Beer: Oh damn here goes another one, we must be nearing the last episode

Phum: ????

Peem: Don't say anything don't say anything DON'T SAY ANYTHING DON'T YOU DARE FUCKING SAY A SINGLE WORD- (internally: Idiots. They're idiots.)

Ah, I love the sibling energy here. Also, initially I was like nah you're more like Tan. But then I gave it some thought. And had a Realization: he really is the Fang in their relationship, and Q really is the Tan. (I do not have the brainpower to explain rn, but tell me if you want me too, I'll include it in Part 2.)

Phum can't wait. (And neither can Peem, because I didn't see ya denying anything, babe. Instead, you gave him the softest shoulder bump in the history of soft shoulder bumps and that bigass (smitten) smile.

Oh boy this scene.

Right before this, when Peem called Phum immediately after the last brushstroke, I was smiling so hard and giggling like yesss do boyfriend-y things with each other!

Him waiting on the porch: still big smile. Here comes Phum! Ooh are they gonna flirt in the car??

My smile started dimming as the seconds ticked by and no Phum appeared on screen.

Until I finally realized what was happening.

I almost stopped breathing.

And as the scene went on my heart broke a little more with every text and every call, and I was watching that mall scene again. Except it was much much worse this time.

So long story short, I was heartbroken for both of them. Especially when Peem showed up alone with the saddest lost-kitten face ever.

But, at this point I knew Phum must have had something really urgent/unaviodable to miss his meeting with Peem because 1. He really really loves that boy and 2. He was very much looking forward to doing this with Peem.

Unfortunately, I will have to end Part 1 here (please don't kill me), and I'm loathe to end on a sad note, but I promise the next part will be much happier. It will hopefully be posted a little later today.

If you got this far, thank you so much for reading! 😊

Here, have a pudding 🍮

My previous We Are posts.

#we are #we are series #we are the series #phumpeem #qtoey #tanfang #chainpun #watching bls: we are #let's talk bl #thai bl

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am-i-the-asshole-official · 1 year ago

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WIBTA if I confront my friend about doing things I suggest for the two of us with my ex instead?

I (24F), my friend Lily (24F) and my ex Jamie (25NB) have all known each other for 6 years. Jamie and I split up 5 years ago but we’re on good terms and are friends.

Within the past year I’ve been trying to hang out with Lily, but either she shoots down every idea I have or she’ll commit to it and then blow me off right before the date. Shit happens, I get it, but almost every single thing I have suggested she then goes and does with Jamie.

It started simple. We were going to watch a tv show together, Lily told me to wait for her because she wasn’t free the day the series dropped. So I waited, and then she cancelled plans to watch it with me and told me “yeah I’m just not interested in it anymore” to which I was like ok fair. But then two weeks later Jamie mentioned to me that they and Lily watched the entire show and that I might like it too. Lily’s suggestion :/

It’s not just stuff like this. Lily and I are both artists and I suggested an art trade and she agreed, I drew her character then she never drew mine and instead started a trade with Jamie. When I asked her about finishing the trade she got all snappy at me and said she didn’t have the energy to draw my character. She then drew four more of Jamie’s characters.

We were planning to get our ears pierced together, then Lily bailed last minute saying she didn’t want it anymore. A month later she got them pierced with Jamie.

I think the most egregious example was when Lily told me she wasn’t feeling good and couldn’t make it to my birthday party, but when Jamie posted a picture of the two of us at my place suddenly Lily felt better and was on her way :/

I know Lily has feelings for Jamie. Jamie told me that Lily has asked them out about 8 times and they think the crush is cute but frankly they’re not interested in Lily. But it’s beginning to really piss me off and weird me out that Lily is taking all my hang out / fun activity ideas and trying them on Jamie. I think it’s because Jamie is my ex.

For a few months I stopped hanging out with Lily at all because her flakiness was pissing me off but then she started messaging me and asking me to hang out more and saying how much she missed me. And yeah, I miss her too, but it’s getting to the point where I feel like tearing my hair out bc it feels like she’s using me for fun activities to suggest to Jamie.

So will I be the asshole if I confront her about this? Or will I just seem jealous/posessive of my ex?

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

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vinelark · 2 years ago

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6 for the ask meme 😎

6. Have you written any fanfictions featuring OCs? If so, elaborate!

oh? is it time? is it time to drop the OCBFEU primer??

in short: yes, last year my friends came up with a whole "what if we invented a boyfriend for jason" "what if we also invented a boyfriend for dick in the same continuity" batfam AU with two (and a half) significant OCs. we write little informal fics for each other about them and my incredibly talented friends draw them and we also have an extended fantasy AU of the boyfriend AU that could fill about three TV seasons of plot so far. i love them. they are constantly rotating in the back of my mind; it's a fun time.

months ago we compiled a document with bios and a rough OC bf timeline (with bonus timkon) and: here it is! (content warning for a (past) emotionally manipulative relationship. also some brief underage drinking.)

Batfamily OCBFEU (OC Boyfriend Extended Universe)

Santi

jason’s OC boyfriend; ship name sanjay

[original santi post] [mammutblog’s santi art tag] [90kon’s santi art tag]

santi, short for santiago

5’7”; has to go up on his tiptoes to kiss jason

line cook by day, taking classes toward his teaching certification by night, also volunteers at an after-school literacy program in park row

gothamite through & through—grew up a few blocks over from jason, though their paths never crossed. has two siblings, an older sister and a younger brother, but is mostly estranged from them after their dad died. money was incredibly tight after that and santi still took odd jobs—including some for the falcones—to help his sister finish med school.

an old soul like jason, aka he’ll use his same phone til it’s a brick and does not understand tiktok despite kids at the program explaining it to him over and over

there’s probably a mildly popular tiktok series one of the kids has of them asking santi questions while santi is in the middle of something at the program, because everyone loves santi and he gives funny answers when he’s distracted

santi does not become a vigilante—he has enough on his plate, he’s (almost) a teacher—but he’s certainly not without his own set of skills. also he talks a very good game and can usually get by without having to physically fight (see: confrontation with nick in the below timeline)

Blue

dick’s OC boyfriend; ship name bluebird

[original blue post] [other original blue post]

ex-talon from an alternate reality

6’5” 😳

in his original universe blue was taken as a child and turned into a talon (in this version talons have boosted strength/healing, and were conditioned/brainwashed into carrying out the court of owls’ assassinations. also golden eyes) and doesn’t remember his name anymore. once he tumbled into this universe after an assignment gone wrong, he was free of the court’s orders and re-education for the first time and started slowly unraveling their mental conditioning

he rarely speaks, and takes a while to consider his words when he does. when he texts it’s mostly emojis because he prefers them

when left to his own devices he’s very gentle and likes to bake

he had short/shaved hair as a talon. once he’s in this world he starts growing it out and prefers it long

he eventually makes an excellent crime-fighting partner for dick; he knows and understands dick’s skills enough to trust him to take care of himself, so they work very well together. that said, if you really hurt nightwing you will be reminded very quickly that blue spent most of his life as a nearly unbeatable assassin.

he eventually takes up the superhero name flamebird to go with nightwing

Nick

tim’s OC ex-boyfriend; no ship name we hate nick

nick is a GU college freshman (18 at the time) tim meets playing tennis at the local rec center while tim is avoiding the manor in the early red hood reconciliation days

at first nick definitely plays into the fact that tim desperately craves attention at this point in his life. nick is at turns overwhelmingly nice and startlingly cold, and more and more often “playfully” mocks tim, dismisses his thoughts because he’s “young” (16 at the time), etc. nick is, essentially, a jerk who, despite—or perhaps due to—being a teenager himself, does everything he can to feel superior to tim.

nick also drags tim along to parties/hangouts with his college friends so he can show off that he’s dating tim drake-wayne. other than late-night parties with his friends, though, he insists on keeping their relationship a secret.

none of the bats know about this as it’s happening; tim eventually breaks it off and pretends it never happened.

rough OCBFEU timeline

jason and santi meet while jason is still sort of on the outs with the family but not in Revenge Mode anymore. first jason meets santi as red hood, and later realizes his main apartment/civilian ID lives in the same building as santi when they run into each other in the elevator.

sanjay identity shenanigans ensue! santi is very taken with red hood. santi thinks his upstairs neighbor “uhh, call me jay” is an inconsiderate dickhead for seemingly working out/moving furniture around at 3am sometimes. seriously, how many muscles does someone need. that’s ridiculous. santi also thinks jay has a very nice smile but that’s irrelevant.

meanwhile tim meets nick at rec center and they date for a few months. it’s not a great time for tim and he eventually breaks it off.

santi starts seeing red hood more because red hood will just. appear and shadow santi when he’s walking home from work late, and helps santi out of a tight spot with some of falcone’s men at one point (we learn santi used to work for falcone a few years ago; he needed the money to put his older sister through med school. santi’s not involved with the mob anymore but the past dogs his heels sometimes). santi and red hood start hooking up, though hood still won’t show his face.

santi volunteers at an after-school literacy program (while taking night classes working toward a teaching certification). one day santi’s neighbor jay shows up to the bake sale fundraising for the after-school program, and they have a cute interaction until there’s a surprise rogue attack and the school goes on lockdown. jay disappears; red hood shows up minutes later, helping santi secure the kids before going after the rogue. red hood gets hurt and in the aftermath santi, patching him up, pieces together that red hood is his neighbor jay.

shortly after this santi gets kidnapped in public along with a random teenager (tim drake) who happened to intervene and get himself kidnapped too. the kidnappers saw santi and hood together after the rogue attack, so they’re trying to get information on hood out of santi. tim runs interference as best he can and takes a few hits as a distraction, and soon enough red hood shows up to dispatch the kidnappers. in the aftermath red hood is cold and snappish to tim (jason thinks tim was stalking santi) (to be fair, tim was) and this leads to santi learning a bit more about jason’s family. this also leads to jason breaking up with santi because it’s too dangerous (for santi) to associate with him.

santi does not agree with this decision, and there’s a lot of pining and angsting until they get their shit together over the course of another few months. coincidentally jason is reconciling with his family in the meanwhile and getting his feet under him emotionally.

once they’re together jason and santi are like. incredibly domestic. totally in rhythm with each other. somehow jason now has the healthiest most settled relationship of any bat.

meanwhile in blüdhaven, blue pops in from an alternate reality where the court of owls rules gotham. blue was taken as a child and turned into a talon; when he’s thrown into this universe, he’s free from the owls’ control for the first time. it’s a rough landing—he ends up being fished out of a dumpster by dick and even though blue runs away, he imprints hard on one dick grayson.

Tim (18 now) realizes his longtime crush on kon might be reciprocated; cue panicking.

tim lies his way into a gay club to Research (because nick always kind of mocked tim for not having dated any guys before him; tim thinks he will have one shot to not disappoint kon so he has to figure shit out). gets drunk, starts making out with someone who is not uhh handling him gently. gets spotted by jason and santi, who are there on what was supposed to be a fun date, and they intervene. at first jason is annoyed, thinking tim’s following him again, and then realizes something is Wrong. he and santi dispatch the asshole other guy, and they bring drunk tim back to crash on jason’s couch.

the next morning tim is hungover at jason’s and mortified. santi makes him sit and eat breakfast and tim is like i’m sorry, i wasn’t even following you guys this time, i swear. which leads to tim haltingly explaining the nick thing. santi and jason (who is lurking in the kitchen listening to this convo) don’t know who this ex guy is yet but they’re gonna kill him ❤️

tim’s net gain for this ill-fated excursion: one (1) splitting headache and one (1) new older brother unit.

meanwhile back in blüdhaven blue is slowly un-conditioning himself, keeping to the shadows, and leaving little gifts on dick’s windowsill. the gifts are like, keychains, a lost earring, a random postcard. all tend to be blue or have blue in them, so dick starts nicknaming this mysterious gift-giver blue.

during patrol a week later jason finds tim on a rooftop and has an awkward but earnest talk with tim about uhh. consent and healthy relationships and stuff okay yeah we’re never talking about this again but also if you ever need anything. call me right away or i’ll kill you. okay good talk.

blue gets invited inside dick’s apartment for the first time. god bless bluebird they’re in their own little world over here.

tim and kon kiss 😳

an anonymous, “scandalous” tabloid story from someone claiming to have dated tim drake-wayne drops. resulting fallout, salacious rumors abound about tim + the waynes, etc. also, obviously, bruce and the family find out about nick. jason and santi figure out who nick is and separately visit him to put the fear of god in him.

nick: what the fuck, are you with the guy from earlier? i got the message! tell that guy i’m moving to star city this fucking weekend!

red hood: what guy

nick: you know the, the guy with the earring and the tattoo and he said if i didn’t lose tim’s number and leave town i’d have an accident

red hood: huh. no, not related. so you never made a deal with me. bummer for you, i still get to break one of your arms.

(jason obviously realizes the other guy was santi so he goes home and climbs into bed where santi’s awake reading and he’s like “productive night?” and jason’s like “mmhm, and i heard you had a productive day” and santi shrugs and then jason kisses the hell out of him)

over in blüdhaven blue witnesses dick get really upset over something (this article) for the first time. dick says “i’m going to be away for a few days but you can stay here while i’m gone, okay?” (when dick returns blue isn’t there but dick’s apartment has been deep-cleaned) (this leads to dick insisting blue stay there more and more until they accidentally end up as roommates)

batfamily deals with the nick aftermath and much-needed convos are had with tim. this also brings santi more into the family fold because everyone approves of him essentially making nick shit his pants.

bruce, up to this point, has been kind of wary of santi solely because santi is NOT immediately impressed with bruce. santi sees bruce as being on thin ice until he gets proof that bruce is in fact doing his best as a parent and then they have a slightly more chill dynamic.

meanwhile in gotham, mid family crisis, dick is having his own crisis/rooftop breakdown with tim and jason about having feelings for blue and going through his gay awakening at the ripe age of 20something and jason is very upset that he has somehow become the to-go gay relationship advice sibling.

because yeah, between dick and jason, JASON’s relationship is the more normal/aspirational one for tim looking for like queer mentors. bluebird is great and perfect for them obviously but they are not a blueprint for anyone else.

dick: [sitting on blue’s shoulder after describing how blue wooed him with random tchotchkes on his windowsill and then moved into a corner of his living room for a month and—] anyway do as i say not as i do

dick literally let a secret organization-trained slightly undead assassin into his house for fun bc he got like a few cool rocks as a gift

if tim asked dick for advice dick would be like “oh shit you like-like him? i just thought you were really touchy friends”

no one should ask bruce for advice, ever

so here jason is, somehow the most stable gay of the family

by the time damian appears with his first crush jason is like [sighs] [gets out the powerpoint]

timkon officially get together!

aaaand then months later dick shows up to family dinner with a giant ex-talon in tow like “heyyyyy guys, so guess what—”

there are also plenty of fun post-timeline adventures like “blue and santi get kidnapped together to target nightwing and red hood; kidnappers regret this almost immediately” and “tim takes blue on restaurant adventures because blue really likes fancy food; one day they run into nick who says something nasty about tim and blue breaks nick’s wrist (tim’s net gain: another older brother unit)” and “santi is frantically trying to catch the bus one night and steps on one of poison ivy’s vines—whoops, it’s sex pollen; santi gets introduced to PAID forms” or, alternately, “jason gets hit with the poison ivy special and that’s how santi finds out he’s on jason’s PAID form” and “bruce and blue surprisingly get along very well and trade sparring tips (meanwhile, bruce is trying so hard to get santi to tolerate him and it’s slow going)” and also “dick realizes everyone else in the world knew he and blue were dating and in love six months before he did.”

extra content:

santi, blue, and kon end up in a robin bf support group gc. one day kon gets added to a group chat that’s just like [(372)846-XXXX and (124)234-XXXX has added you to a group chat] and nothing happens there for like 2 hours he’s just like

kon: ?

kon: hello?

kon: is this spam? is there such a thing as spam gcs?

kon: am i getting blackmailed

kon: how did you get this number??

(blue added kon while santi is in school)

the gc also ends up nonstop unintentional comedy due to their communication styles. kon’s gen z (👍 = declaration of war) and santi is technologically elder millennial/boomer (thought 🙂 was a normal smiley until corrected)—but blue is none of the above. blue knows the nuances of every emoji but has no social rules for using them. he’s an emoji artist. he is unbound.

from @90kon, in a version of the timeline where santi hasn’t seen jason’s face/doesn’t know his name before their sort-of breakup:

after their not-yet-together-break-up they should have an argument. like santi confronts jason about him saying he doesn’t want this thing between them to go on but wont give santi an honest answer but also keeps lurking and santi cant move on like that. bc either he’s done with him or he’s not. and umm yeah jason is not rly saying much but eventually santi is like alright. just tell me this: do you want this or not? forget about everything else…do you want me? and santi barely has time to finish his question before jason says yes. in a tight voice. i want you so much it scares the shit out of me. and ummm well eventually santi is like look. you can have me. but i have conditions.

and he’s like. whatever idk uhh don’t lurk out my window unless you’re gonna come in. dont investigate me; if you want to know something, just ask. at the end he should say "and i need a name. it doesn't have to be your full name or anything, but i need to call you something other than red." and jason is quiet for so long santi sighs and is like. "yeah i didn’t actually think that one was gonna fly. whatever, forget i said--" and jason says "jay." like it just slips out of him. and santi stills, looks at him, and from the way jason said it he somehow knows it's real. it could be short for any number of names but it's real. so he repeats it. "jay."

family game night from @mammutblog:

collected OCBFEU tag

[OC boyfriends created in a lab by @90kon, @mammutblog, @cairoscene, @vinelark, @feyburner, @bluecrystalrainingdaggers!]

#OCBFEU #is there any purer form of fandom than making up a guy and letting your friends give him trauma #and romance #anyway yeah. the OCs.#my fic #vinelark asks #batfam #as soon as i saw your ask i was like !! the primer!!#jason todd #dick grayson #tim drake

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lyralit · 1 year ago

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4.1.24 - the importance of learning new things

As much as I think academic & work focus is incredibly important going into the new year, one of my other goals is to practice doing more: to learn all of the things I want to do, in addition to work, in addition to writing. I want to know how to do thousands of little things, and I think the longer we wait, the less likely we are to do them.

Picking up a new hobby doesn't have to be buying a dozen textbooks and spending hundreds of dollars on lessons because you might have the slightest interest: it can be from whatever you have here, now, and you'll never learn if you don't get started.

Some of the things I've been getting into (as I've mentioned before) are baking & crocheting. it just feels so cozy and nice & I love the idea of comfort.

here is a list of things I want to / you should try that's new!

learning a new language. fifteen minutes a day, I kid you not. I'm learning latin on duolingo and I don't ever think about it, but when I do it (25 day streak 💪🏻), I'm starting to notice my improvements

consuming good media. and that's not scrolling for half an hour on tumblr. it's books—deep ones and silly ones and ones about romance and dragons and apocalypses. it's movies! I watched keira knightley's pride and prejudice twice in the last few months, and also three men and a baby which is something I never thought I would watch, but it was quite funny I think. and I learn from it: I cannot write humour or romance for the life of me, so it's basically studying to write (is the self-gaslighting too evident?)

learning to crochet. I made a silly little headband today, after scrolling through pinterest and desperately wanting one. I started crocheting in december to give as gifts (I completed none of my wips, much like when I write) and used the tools I had around me: an old rainbow loom hook and whatever string I could find. now I'm proud to say I can read somewhat fluently crochet acronyms.

baking. I keep saying this. I know. but when I tell you a two years ago I was exploding cupcakes in the oven and last month I made bakery-style cookies...I made bread! a loaf of bread! (in a bread machine, but it's so good and I instantly made another. there is one in the bread machine right now). honestly it just made me feel that much better about improvement, and trying new things, and that is the mindset I want for the new year.

learning to code. in all honesty, I never thought I was a compsci - engineer kind of person. then this year, out of sudden (masterminded) urges, I joined a bunch of tech and robotics initiatives, and maybe it's the sense of community (I can rejoice in finding another nerdy group) but now I am happily chauffeuring myself to these meetings 4h a week. I'm looking into pursuing more into the fields of eng and science. and I'm learning some code from one of the friends I've made!

starting a blog. ...I know most of the people who linger around my blog stay for the writing content (the last posts have turned this writerblr into a digital diary, and I'm only half sorry for that). but since I've joined tumblr (almost three years ago now!) I've got to meet so many wonderful people (including you!) and want to try so many things.

and I get it. it's overwhelming. so here are some starting goals that maybe I'll try also.

start doing art. -> make a card for someone as a gift.

learn a new sport & start exercising. (I'm trying out track & field in the spring, so stay tuned to figure out how that goes) -> see if someone will come play ball with you. do 1 or 2 youtube workout videos a week.

film videos of your daily life. it doesn't need to be for posting! -> edit together clips you've taken for a last year recape.

start a scrapbook. -> print out photos and dig up construction paper. decorate a page.

make a poetry journal. -> go on pinterest to read poetry! pin styles you like and set fifteen minutes to writing.

make a regular journal! -> write once a day. just try: goals for the day in the morning, or a recap at night.

try your hand at gardening. -> research plants that grow well in your region. see if any of the seeds you may have at home are useful. water your lawn. buy a plant and try to keep it alive (set reminders, leave it in front of your sink)

learn to make candles. -> watch a youtube tutorial. see if you can play around with candles you already have.

play chess. -> see if someone will play chess with you. no? chess.com is right there. go make an account. go find a stranger.

learn to play an instrument off youtube. -> maybe you have a piano sitting around, or a guitar you've never touched. you don't even need to master it. pick a song you like and google that. no instrument? maybe there's a way to play drums with home items.

go for a run. -> once a week. a set time. just shoes and the outdoors. too cold? go to a gym and use a treadmill. maybe that's not possible? skip rope.

start / join a book club. -> just you, or some close friends, or people online. a book a month. talk about it.

** on that note, would anyone like to join a tumblr book club? slide into my asks and maybe we can get a blog list!

thank you for reading again <3 until next time.

#lyralit #writerblr #blog post #creative writing #writblr #writing prompts #writing ideas #writers block #writing #writers #mental health #taking breaks

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lanonima · 7 days ago

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Talking about anime @docholligay and @sola-nine

*prefacing this with I don't like watching things in Japanese so I watch anime in English and donghua in Chinese, those are the specific versions that I'm talking about

**also not including Mushi-Shi, Kino's Journey (2003), or Frieren as Doc already watched some of/is watching those, though I'm happy to talk about them!

It's a little bit long. It's 10 anime I love a lot, and sort of roughly in order of things Doc might like from most to least likely...?

Starting with the queen of my heart, my most beloved, probably will not ever be dethroned

The Twelve Kingdoms (2002)

I said a little bit yesterday but this is primarily about a girl who gets violently ripped away from everything she knows and dropped in the middle of the strange, hostile land by herself after being told that she is supposed to be the queen of these people that she knows nothing about. It has a focus on iskeai as something difficult and horrific that isn't present in a lot of shows of this nature. I love the art, I love the character writing, I love the whole package.

As the title says though it does focus on more than just one kingdom, and there are running themes about what it means to be a chosen one, who's doing the choosing, and what they have to gain by telling people that they're special.

My only complaint is that the last few episodes start the next major story arc and then get cut off, so it always leaves me wanting more u__u

Eighty-Six (2021)

Look my top 3 anime had been Twelve Kingdoms, Mushi-Shi, and Kino's Journey for almost 20 years until this show came along lmao

I do think that you probably should at least Enjoy: mecha shows, war dramas, and/or post-apocalyptic stories to really love this, but I still think that this is a perfect example of its genre and one of the best animes I've ever seen, if not the best. I read the first novel and while I think the base story is solid, it gains a lot from being adapted into a visual media because they're just so clever with how they do things!

I would say the running themes of this one are what it means to be human, what it means to be alive, and what it means to be able to make your own choices in life (as well as the cost of war on the people involved in it).

Fantastic Children (2004)

This is perhaps my most obscure cut, at least as far as the purpose of this list goes, but I love this anime. I liked it a lot when I was young and finally got a chance to rewatch it about a year or two ago and not only did it hold up but I actually like it more as an adult than I did before.

Probably the anime that I have the most pretentious things to say about. I don't know how to talk about it without giving a lot away but running themes are death and loss and reincarnation and the effects of not being allowed to die.

Link Click (2021)

Chinese show about two guys who can enter the past using photographs and the ways that this goes compoundingly wrong almost immediately. The first two seasons are both really solid, I'm still part of the way through season three so I can't say for sure that it continues to stick the landing, but so far the third season has also been really good.

I don't want to say too much about it (again) because it's mostly mystery and suspense, but it's difficult to do time travel stuff well and I think this is a very interesting take on it that hasn't let me down so far.

Trigun (1998)

I know that most people preferred Cowboy Bebop as their sort of Space Western choice but Trigun has always been my favorite.

While it might be a little bit goofier than Doc would particularly prefer (the show is definitely over-the-top), it is another fun example of a character who suffers for his choice to be a pacifist.

The new one is okay, but it's missing some key things in my opinion. (why would they not make the main characters insurance claims investigators, that is such a funny choice and they should never have gotten rid of it, also the guns are really boring compared to the original)...I just like the old one lot more.

.Hack//Sign (2002)

I know these days there's a lot (A LOT) of shows about characters getting trapped in video games but you know what, this one was here first and it's still one of the best.

I think it's fun that only one character is actually trapped in the game. Everyone else plays as normal, and the other players who encounter them end up getting pulled into this mystery of who they are and why they're stuck and what is actually holding together this game that they love so much. And it also deals a little bit with their lives outside of the game too. This has just been one of my favorite animes for a long time and it's a very solid choice in my opinion.

Last Exile (2003)

It's been so long since I've seen this one that I think I will struggle to talk about it succinctly, but I've loved it for a long time (also has one of my favorite soundtracks NOT made by either Yuki Kajiura or Hiroyuki Sawano).

Essentially airship delivery pilots get pulled into horrific and mostly senseless conflict happening between their country and another country, there's a lot about the spirit of exploration and how the greed of the upper class is destroying the planet and how you can do totally horrific things and not be censured for it because ~it's not war crimes as long as it's following the rules of chivalry~.

The Heroic Legend of Arslan (2015)

Arlsan is a Story Of All Time for me and while I don't know which adaptation is definitively my favorite, I wouldn't necessarily say the newest anime is it…but it is certainly one of the most accessible in terms of availability and also understandability. (I have a soft spot for the 90s OVAs but they don't explain Jack Shit about anything. Beautiful art though). I do actually like the new manga more than its anime but I do still enjoy the anime too. Also this newest adaptation was spearheaded by the chick that wrote FMA so the art is familiar haha

Anyway this is a historical political war drama set in a fake medieval Persia and deals with issues of war, religion (lots of tie in to the Crusades), inheritance, what it means to be a good king, etc.

The Elusive Samurai (2024)

This is a partially fictionalized account of a real historical figure from Japanese history. Most of the characters are children and it does lean a little bit into juvenile humor BUT I've been saying it all along, ever since the manga started coming out, if you like historical war dramas, you should check this out.

Also if you're a big fan of animation, you should check this out. The animation in the peaceful scenes is beautiful but the animation in the action scenes is stunningly fluid and experimental.

I love this one enough that I watched the anime as it came out in Japanese which is really saying something, and the experience of watching it did not disappoint me.

Seraph of the End (2015)

I will be fair and say that I don't think this anime has much, if anything, for Doc but I love it. It's created by people who thought "I want to write about A, B, C, D, E, and F" but never had the thought that maybe those should be separate stories...it has everything. It has vampires, it has demons and demonic possession, it has horrible plagues as proof of divine wrath, it has an interesting idea about angels, it has the apocalypse, it has monsters, it has cults, it has human experimentation, it has political maneuvering, it has battle and strategy, it has high school bullshit, it has a decent helping of homoeroticism...

Not to say that I have no complaints about the show, I certainly have some complaints, but nothing that seriously affects my enjoyment of it. Do I think that the authors know where they're going with any of this? Absolutely not. Do I think that they're going to be able to land any of the planes they have in the air? I also have no idea.

I think anime is insane, and I personally think that it's really fun. That's all.

#anime #uhhh you can tell probably that I really like strategy and war dramas and historical stuff #everyone who knows me is Shocked by this #most of these are so old #I'm nothing if not loyal to stuff I love lol #realized after that I meant to put Baccano on here but oops it's so long #uh I can recommend that one too

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