#okay ughhh I’ve been thinking about more ships and I’ve thought of a few that fit and one that definitely fits but I’m adding reluctantly

[true-bean]

I’m goin through it lads

[dottie-wan-kenobi]

DOTTIE’S BATFAM FIC RECS

hi!! so, no one asked for this but,,, I wanted to make one anyway! I really love the batfam a lot and I see a lot of ppl in the fandom wishing it was easier to find good fics. this is by no means all of them but they are some of my faves, generally not too fanon-y! all fics are gen/family fluff with little to no ships (which are not bat/cest). 

feel free to message/ask me about triggers if you’re unsure!! and lmk if I forgot to tag anyone ❤️

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Homecoming by Ionaperidot / @iowriteswords on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10966704/chapters/24414906

Summary: “Your son’s grave. It’s been disturbed.” In which people actually notice when Jason breaks out of his grave, and Bruce finds him before Talia does.

My thoughts: Bruce’s voice in this is seriously perfect, plus Dick, Jason, and Tim are great as well!! This fic honestly helps inform me of my Tim characterization!

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The Wound Begins To Bleed by audreycritter / @audreycritter on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13295661

Summary: Now that Tim’s moved back to the manor, he just wants a few afternoons a week without Damian around. Funny how getting that was the catalyst for him becoming a better big brother.

My Thoughts: it makes me emotional okay it GETS me right in my HEART!!! both Dami and Tim are so so so good I can’t rec this enough

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just hold a smile by RecklessWriter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22777705

Summary: That's the thing about smiles, Dick thinks. If you flash the right one, no one knows there's something more going on inside. Five times Dick faked a smile and one time someone saw through it.

My Thoughts: Dick & others, including Tim and Cass. Dick is really good at hiding his feelings from others, and I love how in this fic, a lot of times, he’s hiding them to “protect” whoever it is

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life, if well lived by CaptainOzone

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18378512

Summary: Jason wakes up from a time-travel mishap to find Thomas and Martha Wayne hovering over him. Just another day in the life, right? ...Not quite.

My Thoughts: this one had me crying like a baby!!! the characterization is great and I love CO’s Thomas and Martha

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one shot, two shots in the night by discowing / @dykewing on tumblr, @/wlwdiscowing on twitter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18871864/chapters/44792710

Summary: The New York Times ✓ @nytimes · 4h

“A Shot in the Dark” remains on our bestseller list for the fourth week in a row! Read our review of @brucewayne’s tell-all memoir here: nyti.ms/3Fs9k2E

My Thoughts: TALK ABT MAKING ME CRY. this gets me every time, and it’s absolutely worth ALL of the rereads. such a great Bruce.

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The View From Jade by lowflyingfruit

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11329791/chapters/25359972

Summary: Being transported to the past is not the sort of thing one normally expects. But this having happened, and with no easy way back, Jason's determined to make the most of it. Though the Bat still stalks Gotham's streets, the city's crime is run by the mobs instead of the rogues. There's no Joker yet. There's no Robin. Maybe there shouldn't be.

My Thoughts: Jason & Dick, and also Bruce somewhere in there too. this is SO! GOOD! I absolutely love Jason’s voice, and Dick is so in character. plus Bruce and Alfred are awesome as well!!!

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The Birds Who Smile by Raberba girl / @raberbagirl on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12972324/chapters/29656290

Summary: "Dark Nights: Metal" AU where Bruce adopts three of the Robins who once belonged to the Batman Who Laughs.

My Thoughts: I think this was the first fic that introduced me to Duke, actually! and while there are a LOT of characters involved, they’re all pretty great and realistic. they have their moments to shine and it’s,,, *chef’s kiss*

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The Thing about Apples and Trees by Cdelphiki / @cdelphiki on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22192747

Summary: When Jason agreed to let Bruce adopt him, he thought that meant Jason felt happy and safe in Bruce's home. But when Jason's nightmares only increased, and his panic attacks and meltdowns started happening more often, Bruce was at a complete loss for what to do. But then, Jason finally opened up to him, and he was able to quell some of Jason's worse fears. Perhaps a midnight chat and a few hugs wouldn't fix everything, but it was a step in the right direction.

My Thoughts: this is part of a series but might be okay to read on it’s own? tho really I suggest the entire series, it’s amazing. but this fic specifically has great kid Jason characterization (and also made me cry, I think!)

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Kitten by lurkinglurkerwholurks / @lurkinglurkerwholurks on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18194294

Summary: Bruce opened his mouth, prepared to give the unemotional, no-nonsense explanation he had cobbled together between his walk to the car and now. Instead, his mouth went dry and nothing came out.

“Bruce?”

Bruce was saved from answering by the thin cry that cut through the silence. He winced, then reached back with one hand to shush the dimpled, kicking legs.

“Bruce, tell me I did not just hear what I thought I heard.”

My Thoughts: so so so cute! plus the gangs all here!!!

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Yes Ma’am by lurkinglurkerwholurks

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22004695

Summary: Jason had shuffled into the bedroom and had just finished pulling his shirt over his head when he paused, arms still trapped in the fabric. A pair of eyes glowed at him from the bed, reflecting the dim light from the hall.

My Thoughts: I also have to include this one bc it was a gift to me, and it’s so cute & angsty & just dkjsfsdjkhfksjah I love it so much

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The D-Word by AutumnHobbit / @autumnhobbit on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/9597686

Summary: "See, Tim?" Jason called over his shoulder sardonically. "Dad agrees with me."

He turned back to his food for a moment before the thought suddenly occurred to him that the Cave had gone near silent. He cautiously glanced back at the others. Alfred was still working away at stitching Tim up. Tim looked a little pale and sweaty, but he was glancing over at Jason with a look that was a mixture of concern and confusion. Bruce was standing stock-still, seemingly staring off into space.

My Thoughts: I constantly reread this when I want funny and then heart breaking Jason & Bruce feels. I always know what’s coming and it STILL GETS ME

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baby wonder by drakefeathers / @drakefeathers on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1887807

Summary: (baby!damian AU) Bruce dies, Dick becomes Batman. But the Damian that Talia leaves in his care isn’t a ten-year-old warrior, he’s a ten-month-old baby.

My Thoughts: oh my goddd this is so good, it hurts but it’s SO CUTE at the same time??? ugh dskjfhkjsadhf

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a hat fashioned from tin foil by discowing

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14356020

Summary: nightwang @karakurachou – 8 hours ago

jason todd is alive and faked his death so he could become robin: a conspiracy theory thread

Batfam conspiracy theories meet social media.

My Thoughts: !!!!!!! so good!!!! seriously one of the best social media fics I’ve ever read.

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Bet Your Bottom Dollar by jerseydevious / @jerseydevious on tumblr and twitter

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17971160/chapters/42447017

Summary: Dick's been having kind of a hard time, recently. When it boils over, Bruce is there for him.

My Thoughts: I reread this one a LOT when I need Dick & Bruce feels

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Metanoia by AlannaOfRoses / @alannaofroses on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21943249

Summary: Jason's bleeding out, Dick's overtired, and a half-serious offer turns into their new normal. Sometimes you just need somebody else around.

My Thoughts: this one was also a gift to me!! it’s got amazing brotherly bonding and it made me laugh a LOT

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a hundred miles through the desert by acrobats

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18197330/chapters/43045388

Summary: Finding himself nearly three decades into the past hadn't been part of Jason's plans for the day, but he could manage. Having no idea how he got there, no clear path home and a recently orphaned Bruce Wayne determined to drag Jason into his search for his parents' killer - that might be a little more complicated.

My Thoughts: ughhh this is such good Jason content (and such amazing Jason voice, too) I adore it

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oh, where do I begin? by LazuliQuetzal / @lazuliquetzal on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21988693

Summary: “No, no, nothing’s wrong,” Jason says. “We’re a-okay. Just peachy. Good times.”

“Oh,” Duke says, lamely, working himself out of crisis mode. There’s an awkward silence for a moment before he speaks up again. “Why did you call?”

“Right, right," Jason mumbles, which seemed a little out of character to Duke. His sort-of wayward brother was generally intimidating, even when he wasn't trying to be. "Uh, Dick said that you had a guinea pig when you were younger. How do you take care of a guinea pig?”

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AKA, not-exactly accidental guinea pig acquisition

My Thoughts: this was ALSO a gift to me but it’s so funny and sweet and there’s amazing Duke & Jason bonding so I absolutely must rec it

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Latchkey by goldkirk / @goldkirk on tumblr

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21672928/chapters/51685639

Summary: or, How Tim Drake Found A Family, Became A Photojournalist, Learned To Love Coffee, and Grew Up, not necessarily in that order.

Tim Drake is thirteen, runs the famous BatWatch blog that has spiraled hilariously out of control, has absentee parents that suit his purposes just fine, is training himself to run the streets at night, and is doing absolutely peachy, thank you.

Alfred and Jason disagree, and get Dick and Bruce involved in figuring out their weird nextdoor neighbor kid’s life. Everything goes uphill from there.

My Thoughts: this is SO GOOOOD the Tim feels are amazing!!! the family interactions!!! everything! sdkjfhsjdfhksdhfajh

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Blood in the Water by MishaBerry

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12734052/chapters/29037474

Summary: We all do stupid things when we are lonely, and in faraway lands, we hardly expect the consequences to follow us. Bruce certainly never thought twice about an American woman in Jaipur after one night with her. He hardly expected to see her ever again.

The universe, on the other hand, had different ideas, and the tides of time and chance brought Tim Drake to Bruce's life over and over again.

My Thoughts: this one is more AU than a lot of the others on here but it’s a lot of fun!! it has Tim & Damian & Jason feels, plus the rest of the family on a smaller scale

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so these are just SOME, and honestly you should go and check out other works done by all of these authors!! also would like to suggest reading the fics of @renecdote , @caramelmachete , @redtruthed , @rredarrow , and @schweeeppess !!!

[thesomberfest]

Star Wars: Timestamps and Thoughts; The Empire Strikes Back

Salutations to all. Welcome back to my blog thing? Anyways today is the one and only The Empire Strikes Back which I think may be the most iconic Star Wars movie. But, don’t quote me on that. I’m only saying that as someone who has heard about Star Wars movies from the outside and honestly out of all the movies The Empire Strikes Back is the one movie I’ve always heard about; name-wise. I don’t think I know any spoilers about this movie, so we’ll see. I’m new to this and I don’t know what I’m doing so please have mercy and help a sister out, thanks. I have some idea based on what the movie is about based on the name but I’ll just take what Disney Plus tells me. I honestly have nothing to say. Should I start writing predictions before writing the timestamps and writing my reaction if I’m right or wrong based on the last movie I watched. Does that make sense? I can’t think of any other way to word it differently but if it makes sense then okay, let’s continue. This isn’t a prediction but um is this the movie where Luke finds about his parentage? Or is it a bit too early? Am I too early? Oh well. While adding timestamps I thought it would be a cool idea to add a “Favorite Scene” section under my “Final Thoughts” sections, I hope y’all like it.

03/9 Edit: Y’all sorry this is late but tomorrow is my birthday and I decided to not do my schoolwork and instead watch Star Wars and write. Before y’all get any ideas: yes. I am in fact still a minor. thanks. 04/3 edit: I AM SORRY THIS IS LATE I HAVE NO EXCUSE

Movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

Release Date: 1980

Summary(?): So obviously the Empire is going to strike back right? And Luke has to find Yoda to learn the ways of the Force? No? Oh and a final show down with Vader? Am I wrong again?

Warning: spoilers (yea no duh bibi) and mild language on my part

Timestamps

00:00:06- 20th Century Fox is here, hello.

00:00:22- the words on the screen have made an appearance

00:01:41- the iconic words have left, bye-bye

00:04:28- Han Solo

00:04:43- It’s Chewie

00:05:04- Ya’ll it’s my queen Leia. She’s looking badder than ever

00:05:22- so the guy we first saw was in fact Luke, whoops.

00:05:40- Han is leaving? What about Leia? Am I missing something?

00:06:00- Okay so I’m convinced that something happened between Han and Leia, right? She looks pissed, he also looks pissed. Uhhh...

00:06:03- Oh shoot, she called out his name and went after him.

00:06:27- the way Leia feels about him? Sexual tension?

00:06:34- does Han want Leia to admit she has feelings for him? Does she have feelings for him?

00:06:42- “Afraid I was gonna leave without giving you a good-bye kiss?”- woah there Han

00:06:47- yeah, something did happen. I’m calling it

00:06:53- YES 3PO and R2

00:07:12- Oh shoot, Han doesn’t want to talk to Leia no more

00:07:19- ain’t nobody know where Luke is

00:08:06- aw Han said Luke is his friend. Character development

00:08:36- um is that Luke being hanged upside down?

00:08:47- uh oh, it’s the abominable snowman, let’s uh call him Yeti for short

00:09:00- Lukie-boy that might be a bad idea 

00:09:34- he’s using the Force to get the lightsaber, nice

00:09:40- oh no, the Yeti noticed

00:09:48- he got the Lightsaber yayy

00:09:50- did he just cut off Yeti’s arm???

00:10:00- run forest run

00:10:40- aw R2 :( I want to give them a hug

00:11:58- Leia looks really nervous. Uh-oh

00:12:53- I’m sorry but Chewie wailing/crying a few minutes earlier makes me sad.

00:13:42- omg Yoda? Han found Luke I repeat he found Luke

00:15:16- I wondered where they filmed or if this was effects or something.

00:16:01- are they going to be found? oh I hope so

00:16:13- yay! Found at last!

00:16:35- i’m sorry. is that a man baby???

00:16:48- oh wait was that man baby Luke? Oh god i kinda feel bad now

00:17:02- aww Luke and Han. Their friendship gives me life (junior)

00:17:05- my queen!!!!

00:17:15- ok but seriously what happened between Han and Leia? I know something happened.

00:17:25- I know Han did not just call my boy Chewie a FUZZBALL, please

00:17:31- alone? South passage? was that when Han claimed he was leaving? Her TRUE FEELINGS

00:17:50- why does Luke look sad? Is it... is it because HE HAS FEELINGS FOR HER???

00:17:58- (lets out a female lead in horror movie scream) OH MY GOD. I KNEW A KISS WAS TO HAPPEN BUT SO SOON? AND ON THE MOUTH WITH A PEANUT GALLERY LEIA HAS SOME BALLS. SO IT WAS NOT A PECK LIKE I’D ASSUMED HUH OMG tho I feel bad for Luke ‘cause (i think) she only did it to spite Han also if my math is correct IT WAS FOUR SECONDS LONG. But like is this the only kiss between the two or is there more cause ummm...... AREN’T THEY RELATED? SIBLINGS? TWINS I THINK? *Sweet Home Alabama now playing*

00:18:13- why why does he look so smug? also Han about to kill Luke a man

00:19:14- idk what’s happening

00:19:18- pew pew

00:19:44- THE IMPERIAL MARCH omgg yess... I live for the movies music

00:20:32- oh no, the music ended

00:20:38- wait nvm it’s continuing we stand

00:20:40- breathing problems much?

00:20:52- It’s Darth Vader

00:21:47- wait, didn’t he (Luke) almost die? shouldn’t he like oh I don’t know RESTING?!

00:22:47- have i mentioned that I live for the Imperial March? ‘cause I love it

00:23:39- OH

00:23:51- he really dying in the background huh

00:23:57- so he’s like dead, right?

00:24:02- what’s happening? Are they gonna go against Vader?

00:24:12- what the hell is a stardestroyer?

00:24:44- i’ve been told the dark side has cookies so uh peace out. If you would like to reach me please send me a letter via mail. thanks.

00:25:39- once again shouldn’t Luke be resting???

00:25:53- aww I want those binoculars. Is that what they’re called? Idk but I want one

00:26:05- what the hell are Imperial Walkers?

00:26:27- oh. are those Imperial Walkers? Those robot-looking dogs? omg I thought they were talking about Stormtroopers.

00:26:30- laser beam robot doggies did not hesitate

00:26:40- aw look at Luke being leadership material

00:27:09- wow these walkers are slow huh as to be expected

00:27:50- OH NO DAK bruhh nooo

00:28:09- are those robot dogs really gonna win?

00:28:21- LANDING? You mean Vader isn’t even fighting down there? Is he going to join? Or just find Luke and kidnap him and spill the beans? Or is that just my active imagination running too far?

00:28:39- the music...*beautiful*

00:28:58- tying the feet and tripping the doggies seems to be the moves huh

00:29:15- ooh and face first into the snow. how embarrassing...

00:29:20- I just know someone is losing their job or life like that one dude from before

00:30:18- i like the explosions

00:30:52- while one of the those little planes fall i’m sitting here thinking: most book/movie/tv shows that have the whole two sides thing (good vs bad) there always seems to be a traitor which makes me wonder if the good guys have a traitor? possible plot? idk, we’ll see won’t we?

00:31:18- the way these little doggies walk keep reminding me of some eerie Tim Burton movie and idk whyyy

00:33:04- two robot doggies down one more to go

00:33:25- man I just know someone from the Dark Force is gonna be dead fired

00:34:08- are those stormtroopers? They run funny

00:34:12- Darth Vader!

00:34:45- wait i’m dumb. did Vader invade the building/camp they were hiding at?

00:35:18- what does Vader want exactly? Princess Leia? Luke? the so-called “rebel plans”? What am I missing?

00:35:42- they really said: “peace out”

00:36:30- not regrouping? and what the hell is the Dagobah system?

00:37:30- did two ships just crash?

00:39:10- the music really makes this asteroid field detour awesome

00:40:25- did they--did they just go in a asteroid? Orr..?

00:41:18- and just what the hell is Luke thinking? he putting my baby R2 in distress?

00:42:04- where in the HELL are they?

00:42:21- did my baby R2 just fall in the water? Can he even swim? Is it safe? Is he going to die? Idc how cute Luke is, I will hurt him if 2D dies!

00:42:33- what. how is R2 okay? I thought--

00:42:53- Is that R2 whistling?

00:42:57- oh god, is that Nessie? oh no--

00:43:10- OH MY GOODNESS DID NESSIE JUST EAT MY BABY R2 WHAT THE FUC--

00:43:41- R2 MY BABY WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU

00:44:01- YEA LUKE it was a bad idea going there! You put my sweet summer child R2 in danger! He almost got eaten as dinner!

00:44:18- ughhh the music is just AMAZINGGGG

00:44:38- whose brain is that? Is that what’s left of Mr. Anakin Skywalker? ooh now that I think about: what does Darth Vader look behind the helmet? I feel dumb for never thinking about that

00:45:34- hey you leave my man 3PO alone Solo

00:45:46- oh did Leia just fall into Han’s arms? ooh

00:45:56- “Captain, being held by you isn’t quite enough to get me excited” Leia woke up and choose violence 

00:46:56- oh OH Luke is looking for Yoda?

00:47:22- omg it’s YODA

00:47:48- man idk but lighting does wonders for Lukie-babe

00:48:26- is Yoda mocking Luke? ‘Cause I’m here for it

00:48:57- why is Luke lowkey being a pushover?

00:49:09- I KNOW Yoda isn’t hitting my baby R2 with a STICK the disrespect I-

00:49:56- at this point Yoda is just pulling on their legs for kicks and giggles huh

00:51:02- oh? alone? Leia and Han? my oh my

00:51:30- oh so now they hand-holding?

00:51:50- OMG when did they get so close to one another? I’m nervous

00:52:00- KISSING KISSING KISSING I REPEAT LEIA AND HAN ARE KISSING OH MY

00:52:04- ofc it’s 3PO to be the one to interrupt the kiss

00:52:14- oop-- Leia just left the crime scene. She’s going to pretend it never happened isn’t she?

00:53:04- wait. Vader isn’t emperor? Someone else is omg. I’m so dumb eye-

00:53:07- ew his side profile is not so good

00:53:10- the front is even uglier 

00:53:23- “young rebel”? my bby boy Luke?

00:53:25- “offspring of Anakin Skywalker”? wait a damn minute. Isn’t Vader oh idk ANAKIN SKYWALKER? Does that “emperor” guy not know? Or have I been lied to? WHAT AM I MISSING?

00:53:57- does this mean Anakin is considered to be a different person from Vader? I’m confused, someone explain please!

00:54:00- “could be turned”? say like Kylo? *dun dun dun* orr am I thinking too far?

00:54:16- “master”? you mean to tell me that Vader isn’t even the one pulling the strings? how embarrassing...

00:54:34- WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE R2 IN THE COLD RAIN?!

00:56:07- Luke my beauty dumbass just realized that Yoda was with the whole time

00:59:19- What is it?

00:59:29- Mynocks

00:59:35- oh hell no. I’m out

01:01:39- satan works hard but man does Luke work harder

01:01:57- “skinny boys are still the best oh i love when they slam and sweat.”-- Jack Off Jill, Lollirot (jolly good song) this one sentence describes it all :)

01:04:19- idk what’s happening but man does he look good. How long until y’all get tired of me simping over Luke?

01:04:40- wait WAIT THE FINAL SHOWDOWN IS IN THE FOREST? I THOUGHT-- I WAS TOLD--HOLD UP

01:05:01- but like, why it feel fake? Is this a dream? 

01:05:09- OH--[luke just decapitated Vader I-]

01:05:20- wait. it couldn’t have been that easy. This feels wrong-

01:05:29- omg. it’s luke! Wait what does this mean?

01:05:50- when i enter a room I would like the Imperial March to play, thanks.

01:06:26- uh, is that Boba Fett? If not I’m so sorry I’m new.

01:06:52- y’all I have a cofession to make: I have a fear of driving and my mother is forcing me to. How does this relate to the movie? Well, Han is steering the ship(?) so...

01:09:16- titanic part two?

01:10:31- my poor baby luke

01:11:37- luke please don’t give up :(

01:12:32- my man yoda showing up luke huh

01:13:35- uh oh. just like the first guy, he dead too. they’re just dropping like flies huh

01:16:05- and another kiss. a small peck, luke.

01:16:34- so is that Boba Fett or not? someone tell me please.

01:16:38- someone please run my baby R2 a bath

01:16:44-y’all the only time I can do a handstand is when I’m underwater (fun fact: i don’t like the pool)

01:16:51-[R2 is being levitated rn] if he falls and BREAKS into tiny pieces i’m quitting star wars

01:17:28- R2 good, he good “... I saw a city in the clouds.” you mean heaven?

01:17:37- “friends you have there” THEY’RE ALL GOING TO DIE WAIT--

01:19:50- they’ve [leia, han, chewie, 3PO] landed they’re safe, for now (i think)

01:20:25- [chewie replying “gahh!” to han] tell me why I laughed. I actually laughed like Chewie made a joke oh my...

01:20:34- uh oh [some dude just called han a slime(y)]

01:20:49- [they’re hugging now?] oh, wait. so they good now? or is this a joke?

01:22:01- i like the interior design of the building

01:22:49- [3PO gets blown up I think] what the hell just happened? 

01:25:13- he’s not coming back is he? [luke left to save han and leia]

01:26:13- finally. someone save 3PO or what’s left of him also I like leia’s new hairstyle it’s pretty

01:26:44- was 3PO decapitated? dismembered?!

01:26:55- good for chewie to fight for the parts of 3PO hopefully it’s all of his parts

01:27:35- my man 3PO in a box freaking dismembered and Lando out here flirting? 

01:28:30- what the hell? [its vader sitting at the head of the table] wait did Lando say a deal? as in turning in the princess? I--this is all happening so fast

01:28:41- [han and co. are now surrounded by boba fett and troopers] i bet they wished they’d stayed back in their rooms huh

01:30:31- oh so i’m assuming it was a stormtrooper who shot 3PO. what are they doing to han? omg is han being cooked alive?

01:31:33- wait I thought boba fett was a good guy? what the fvck.

01:32:05- what happened to han? mans looks traumatized 

01:32:34- oh leia...

01:34:14- i had also assumed all these years that vader was top boss and now i’m being told about some emperor guy? what 

01:35:18- i don’t understand why does boba fett want with han so bad? it can’t just be money, can it?

01:35:54- oh and another kiss and with an even bigger peanut gallery

01:38:22- what’s gonna happen to han now?

01:40:30- wait, is this where the showdown happens?

01:41:06- why is vader (his breathing) so loud?

01:41:10- OMG red vs. blue lightsaber

01:41:19- so this is it

01:42:01- oh, is lando helping them? does he feel guilty?

01:42:17- [chewie is currently choking the life out of lando] fuck yeah chewie

01:43:14- oh thank god R2 & 3PO have reunited once more

01:43:34- is it too late to save han now?

01:44:01- [back to the showdown, luke just lost his lightsaber] uh--this is why you never get too cocky too early, luke

01:44:27- [luke just flew?!] did he just fly like superman? what

01:44:31- who’s the emperor? I had assumed it was vader but i’m being told it isn’t?????

01:44:56- this showdown is a beautiful fight and those lightsabers are freaking cool 

01:46:15- it’s a beautiful dance and the Imperial March is giving me chills

01:46:32- [vader is throwing random objects at luke] aw that’s cheating. and nobody likes a cheater.

01:46:42- luke just flew out the window oh wait he good, now i think

01:47:12- hold up I just realized that they (han, chewie, leia) put 3PO in a fishnet bag (?) chewie really running around with 3PO like a backpack

01:47:49- [the citizens (?) are running] i’m getting titanic vibes and idk if i like it 

01:49:17- i hate to say it but these stormtroopers have really bad aim.

01:50:26- [vader just cut off luke’s hand] *shock* I-omg. He just did that. But, at the same time, I now understand the ERB Harry Potter v. Luke Skywalker so much more, make sense.

01:51:08- “father”? oh my...

01:51:17- “i am your father” oh my god. people this is not a drill, it happened, it happening uhh---

01:51:28- i feel so bad for luke. he looks like he’s about cry.

01:51:41- probs a bad time but luke’s kinda an ugly crier

01:52:14- [luke just fell & left vader standing] luke really said “i’d rather die”

01:54:04- wait, how does leia know where luke is? this some kind of force thing? maybe twin thing?

01:54:37- oh thank god they found luke

01:58:01- does vader care for luke? I mean probably not a lot since he DID chop off his sons own hand so idk

02:01:58- credits/the end

Final Thoughts? Wow. No yeah, I totally understand why Empire Strikes Back is a loved by all. It was amazing. I understand why it’s so talked about. This movie is beautiful; Leia/Han romance, 3PO and R2 banter, the good action. The soundtrack-THE SOUNDTRACK is SPECTACULAR and I would often fins myself rewinding scenes just to listen to the music. The visuals were so striking and appealing and it really showed during the showdown between luke and vader. 

Favorite Scene? Luke meeting Yoda and not knowing that Yoda was Yoda and every scene that included the Imperial March in the background.

If you have made it this far, thank you. I hope none of you people get tired of me fangirling over the Imperial March whilst simultaneously simping over Luke. Thank you for joining me on my adventure of watching Star Wars for the first time. If there’s any grammar mistakes I apologize. Also I got a cute R2 lego keychain from the lego store. Also if you want leave some comments I’m lowkey lonely. Thank you once again for joining me.

x bibi

[alwaysupatnight]

Since you sent me an a bonus two, I am taking that as a greenlight to send even more! How about Kate Fuller and looking through your tags: Joel Hammond (Santa Clarita Diet) and Edward Elric (Full Metal Alchemist) 💖

omg this took forever!! lmaooo Thanks for all the characters though!! :D

Kate Fuller

Why I like them: My love!! I went into FDTD already a fan of Madie’s but Kate quickly became one my fave characters!! I love that she’s so small and cute but will absolute wreck you if you mess with her or someone she cares about!! lmfao She’s so fierce when she needs to be and doesn’t take shit from anyone, but she’s also so nurturing and forgiving and I think we all need a little of that in our lives. Absolute sunshine, not to be taken for granted.

Why I don’t: Sometimes she goes a little too far tbh. She doesn’t know when or how to say no. It’s not that I don’t like that about her, but it absolutely gets her into situations that could otherwise be avoided.

Favorite episode (scene if movie): Again season 2 episode 1!! I love how she sasses Seth in that episode. lol

Favorite season/movie: Hmm... maybe season 1.

Favorite line: “...So you’re gonna put this car into drive, and you’re gonna step on that pedal, or I’m gonna Bible-thump your ass all the way back to Kansas! NOW!” LMFAOOO

Favorite outfit: I think her black American Eagle jacket and jeans with the black boots outfit has become so attributable to her character in my mind. When I think of Kate she’s wearing either that outfit or the one she wears at the end of s1. I think those are my faves. Also Amaru’s outfit looked totally amazing on Madie!!

OTP: Sethkate obvs

Brotp: I’m gonna go with Kate and Rafa. He was too good!! I totally would ship them romantically too ngl. They were precious together!!

Head Canon: Ugh again with the head canons... lmao I kinda always believed she’d wanna study engineering of some kind if given the chance to go to back and finish school. Everyone always wants to make her a nurse or a teacher or something, and I can totally see that. But I like the idea that she’s interested in how things work. I totally wanna write a mechanic Kate au one of these days.

Unpopular opinion: idk that I have any unpopular opinions about her... She made some questionable decisions in season2, but I forgive her for making me suffer.

A wish: That she hadn’t mf DIED!! BECAUSE I SUFFERED OKAY. WORRYING FOR MONTHS THAT IT HAPPENED TO ME YET AGAIN AND THAT MY FAVE WAS DEAD. Also that she had gotten more screentime in season 3. She barely had a few minutes. It wasn’t fair. And I wish that Richie had owned up to his part in her death.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: Romantic tres geckos. No thanks!!

5 words to best describe them: Too good for this world

My nickname for them: Seth’s badass beautiful young wife. That’s my tag name for her. :P Also Kate Gecko.

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Joel Hammond

Why I like them: OMFG I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!! lmao I love that he’s so dedicated to his family. And he LOVES Sheila more than anything, even though she’s become a zombie and her entire personality changes on him and eats people now, but he stays with her and never gives up on her. Even though he’s highkey stressed 100% of the time. :P

Why I don’t: I don’t think there’s anything I don’t like about him tbh??

Favorite episode (scene if movie): Ughhh idk I loved all the episodes tbh. But one of my favorite scenes was in season 3 after he and Eric do the zombie killing training and Eric says “Joel touched me” XD

Favorite season/movie: IDK. Maybe a tie between s1 and s3.

Favorite line: haha idk I can’t remember any in particular except “You’re killing it!” when he finds out Abby soaked his iron skillet in the sink :P

Favorite outfit: I don’t think I have one? I never really paid attention tbh.

OTP: Joel and Sheila!! They belong together!!

Brotp: Joel and Eric!! forever dying at those two. I love their relationship so much!!

Head Canon: I never thought about it tbh...

Unpopular opinion: Don’t have any!!

A wish: THAT THE SHOW HADN’T BEEN MF CANCELED AND WE COULD’VE GOTTEN TO SEE WHAT ZOMBIE JOEL WOULD’VE BEEN LIKE. FOREVER SCREAMING AT NETFLIX FOR CANCELING ALL MY FAVE SHOWS WTF.

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: that his personality would be really different from his original one after turning into a zombie

5 words to best describe them: Best husband in the world

My nickname for them: don’t have one!!

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Edward Elric

Why I like them: I really loved his relationship with Alphonse!! They meant everything to each other!! I haven’t seen FMA anything in a long time, or I’m sure I would remember more things I liked. :P

Why I don’t: Okay I found the Brotherhood anime Edward pretty goddamn annoying sometimes with all the screaming and cartoony reactions to things...

Favorite episode (scene if movie): idkkkkk

Favorite season/movie: I definitely preferred the 2003 anime... Brotherhood might be canon but idgaf!! I still haven’t read the manga. :P

Favorite line: “You’ve got a good, strong pair of legs, Rose. You should get up and use ‘em.” haha idk I haven’t seen either anime in so long but that one comes to mind... there’s so many different versions of it. :P

Favorite outfit: He literally always wears the same thing. lol

OTP: ehh... I mean everyone ships him with Winry but I didn’t really ship him with anyone? I know he and Winry are canon. idgaf though. I hated that she was always fucking hitting him in Brotherhood and though I did think they were really cute in the 2003 series it didn’t really go there?

Brotp: Ed and Al forever!! Their relationship is my favorite thing about the series!! omfg I cried when I watched the Shamballa movie when Al says “brother” in his sleep, stuck in the other world. T_T I know it’s not “canon” but the brothers’ relationship is developed soooooo much better in the 2003 series and movie.

Head Canon: don’t got any!!

Unpopular opinion: NGL I loved the 2003 anime soooo much more than Brotherhood because they didn’t cut every potentially emotional scene off at the knees with some comedic BS to lighten the mood. The 2003 series really gave the story and characters time it needed, and it really allowed us to get to know the brothers and grow an attachment to those characters. That series just had wayyyy better character development imo and I really grew to love Ed and Al so much because of it!! I haven’t actually read the manga still after all this time. lol I’ve been meaning to.

A wish: idk... I haven’t been in that fandom for ages...

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: I can’t think of anything...?

5 words to best describe them: haha I hate this question

My nickname for them: don’t have one :P

[clovis-enthusiast]

Little thought about The Tyrant’s Tomb. [SPOILERS!!!!]

oKAY, so I’m gonna start off by saying that, as usual, Rick Riordan’s writing style never fails to impress and draw me in to keep reading and not stop until I’ve devoured every last word. I was DESPERATE to read this book because it took me longer to get it than usual, and I was trying to go into it spoiler free (aside from reading the snippets that Uncle Rick posted on his Twitter every now and then.) I pretty much managed to do so, and it made the experience that much more emotional for me. I went into The Burning Maze KNOWING that Jason was going to die, but I had absolutely no idea what I’d be facing in this book.

Camp Jupiter

I’m just gonna flat out say it; I was never really all that interested in Camp Jupiter in the beginning. I didn’t like the majority of the characters (aside from Dakota who is my legal son) and the camp structure (though accurate to the Romans) seemed too strict and harsh to me. The ranking systems confused me, and it all in all just did not appeal to me the way Camp Half-Blood does. However, the more I read, the more attached I grew, and although I still MUCH prefer Camp Half-Blood and would choose it in a heartbeat when choosing between the two camps, it still became an interesting place to read about. I ADORE the idea of New Rome and the sharp contrast of silly demigods like the fifth cohort vs. the strict rules and upbringing of the camp.

When Jason died in The Burning Maze and the next book was set to take place surrounding Camp Jupiter, I grew excited. I REALLY wanted to meet more of the demigods of the Roman camp and explore them more (mostly Dakota but I digress.) Although I knew reading about everyone’s reactions to Jason’s death would be hard, I fought through it and was somewhat surprised by the lack of grieving that was presented. I mean, the ENTIRE first few chapters were ALL about Jason’s coffin and Lester and Meg grieving and trying their best to get it to camp but when it actually got there there really wasn’t that much of an uproar. At first I thought that was strange but looking back at it the Romans are brought up to be strong and not let emotions take over them, and people like Hazel have to show absolute strength. Besides the camp was already in mourning over DOZENS of other campers at the time.

That was another thing that sort of bugged me. I was absolutely ITCHING to meet some new characters and granted I got a few, but the majority of the ‘newer’ characters had already been killed and served only as the undead army.

THAT WAS SO FUCKED UP. It was one thing that I think Rick did a really good job with in upping the deep and darkness of the Riordanverse series. Can you imagine fighting your undead comrades and friends?? Like holy shit, that was emotional. I was super worried I spoiled something for myself on Istagram bc I read a post someone made about Jason trying to get the undead Romans to follow him instead or direct them away from camp, but I should have known it wasn’t true since he was literally burned.

Frank

Speaking of burning, I ACTUALLY thought Rick killed Frank off. Up until this book, I hadn’t really realized how much I loved this man. His character is just so well-written and likable and when he sacrificed the wood, I was like NOOOOOOOOO. I was SO grateful he came back in the end because I was sure Rick would never hear the end of THAT one if he allowed it to really happen. On the bright side, my baby boy can now enjoy his life with a little bit more vigor and less fear now that the stick is gone for good.

New Characters

Lavinia Asimov: Okay, Lavinia is a REALLLLLLLY weird character to me. She reminds me a lot of Lou Ellen to be honest, but for some reason, she doesn’t appeal to me as much as Lou Ellen does. (Maybe it’s just because I tend to prefer minor characters) Her rebelliousness seemed a little too... forced at times?? And her whole thing with the dryads and fauns was kinda weird too, but I guess since she likes Poison Ivy, it makes sense. However, she kinda did grow on me, I suppose, and I wouldn’t mind seeing more of her.

Poison Ivy: I REALLY wished we could have met her even just once. Lavinia would not shut up about her and was CONSTANTLY rebelling against the rules in camp just to see her, so I wanna know just what kind of a character she is. I’m sure she would have been very interesting and sassy to have been Lavinia’s love interest lol

Pranjal: He’s a good boy!!! Not quite sure how to pronounce his name properly, but his appearance is adorable and I LOVE the fact that he’s a son of Aesculapius because he’s one of my favorite gods soooo... I really wish we could have seen more of him!! He’s kinda like Clovis in the way that he has like one important part, gets mentioned like two times afterwards and then never again :^/

Aristophanes: he’s a cat,,, i love him,,, 

Harpocrates: This was SO interesting and out of the blue to me having gone in spoiler free!! He’s earned a new spot up in my favorite gods list because of how interesting and mysterious he is. His concept was great and although i was sad to see him sacrificed, I hope that he and Sibyl are together wherever they are bc that was damn cute and made me so emotional afgkjldg why did Apollo have to be such a dick as a god,,,

New names with little to no info: Carl (Roman demigod,) Reza (Roman demigod,) Reginald (faun,) Felipe (faun,) Harold (faun,) Lotoya (dryad,) Buster (unicorn,) Muffin (unicorn,) Whagadoodle (unicorn,) Shirley (unicorn,) Horatio (unicorn,) One Eye (pegasus,) Small Ears (pegasus,) Boost (pandai,) Ida (Roman demigod,) Caelius (Roman demigod,) Thomas (Roman demigod,) Colum (Roman demigod,) and Terrel (Roman demigod)

Lester/Apollo

MY BOY HAS GROWN!!! He’s so human now, and I’m so proud. He doesn’t even second guess sacrificing himself or humiliating himself to save his friends. I just... I have a lot of feelings over his character development. Rick handles him SO well, and I just,,, I love him,,, i am,,, in love with him,, i would date lester papadopoulos

Meg

She’s grown to be such a doll!! I was SUPER annoyed by her in the first books, but now she’s my daughter. I love that she’s actually expressing emotions other than ‘annoying 12 year old’ now. Like I wanna protect her.

Reyna

She was a pretty good character in this book and her leaving the camp was a HUGE surprise to me. I kinda wish she was still praetor because idk Hazel just doesn’t rlly seem as fit for it as Reyna was, and I like Reyna a lot, but idk i guess it’s coolio. I was also glad Rick cleared up all the romance discourse about her too though the way he did it was kinda weird (she literally was using the word ‘ship’ out loud like wh-- and i don’t remember the venus thing at all so maybe i missed it from a different book? idk it came out of nowhere to me)

Ella and Tyson

I actually like Ella a lot now!! I used to find her quite annoying, and her relationship with Tyson felt forced, but now that I had the time to get used to her and figure out her character a little more, I do like her. She sort of treats Tyson weird, but I think towards the end, I fell for their relationship more. Tyson was literally excellent, show-stopping, breath-taking, amazing,,, like YESSS KING I LOVE YOU AND YOU PEANUT BUTTER-SMELLING SELF (that one scene where he just started dancing and apollo didn’t know if it was for the ritual or just bc he felt like it killed me)

Character Deaths

Dakota: I AM NEVER GOING TO GET OVER THIS ONE FOLKS. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY TIMES I HAD TO REREAD THE SAME SENTENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT I WASN’T HAVING A NIGHTMARE. I PHYSICALLY CANNOT BELIEVE THAT RICK KILLED HIM OFF. I’M STILL EMOTIONAL OVER IT, AND JUST AJSDHF;AMNJ ‘;  NOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS THE SECOND SIBLING POLLUX HAS LOST IM GOING TO  S C R E A M  HE WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS AND HE DESERVED BETTER DAMN IT I’M LITERALLY IN SHOCK LITERALLY DO NOT TALK TO ME LIKE I’M STILL IN SHOCK FROM CREST’S DEATH IN THE LAST BOOK TBH AND NOW THIS??? NOW I’M SCARED CLOVIS IS GONNA DIE JSDKLFKS the only thing that gives me comfort is that Jason can be with his friend in Elysium now fuckkkk,,, rick why did you do this to me,,, I LITERALLY CANNOT EXPRESS HOW UPSET I AM I WILL  N E V E R  HEAL

Don: Don was sort of a comic relief character in SoN, and it was very sad to see him go. He reminded me a lot of Grover, and his death scene with Lavinia ACTUALLY made me tear up. THIS BOOK MADE ME SO EMOTIONAL GOD DAKOTA AND DON WERE LITERAL BABIES RICK GIVE THEM BACK

Bobby: listen,,, we never even met this kid rlly and i was still super sad when lavinia had to kill him again and hannibal is without him and just ughhh whyyy

Julia’s mother, father, AND foster parents: HOLY SHIT RICK WASN’T THAT KIND OF OVERKILL??? I felt so bad for the poor girl, especially cause she’s like six??? But it’s very sweet that Terminus adopted her. I really liked that.

Jacob: AAHHHAHA this one made me sad too!!!! he was such a minor character, but he reminded me of Damien White and Ethan Nakamura (if he were allowed to actually be a kid,) so I think that’s why I was sort of partial to him. The way he died was SUPER horrid too, so I just,,, im big sad for him (on a good hand, he went down F I G H T I N G)

Mentions of anything relating to Hypnos or his children

Yes, i am keeping track, sue me. Somnus was mentioned one time in this book as one of the gods Apollo briefly considered summoning to his aid, and it is presumed he has some sort of tribute at Camp Jupiter had he not before. You’ll make another appearance someday Clovis, I know it :’^D 

Final Thoughts

I literally CANNOT wait for the next book (which I presume is the last one.) From what it seems, we’re returning to New York, so Camp Half-Blood will be present. I can’t wait to see my babes again, and I’m REALLY hoping more minor characters will be allowed to shine (cough clovis cough) but like i KNOW some will die and just,,, im sad,,, dakota’s death has wrecked me,,, but on the side note, the new book is coming out in my last year of school!!! i’m so excited because this series holds emotional value to me like i’ve literally gone through my high school career with trials of apollo like it was with me the whole time and it’s one of the only things that keeps me going. i just,,, i have no words to express how much this series and all the others mean to me...

thank you so much for keeping me going, uncle rick. i can’t wait to see how this all ends :^) <3 

[smooch-that-bot]

Howdy!! May I request MTMTE Megatron crushing on a human poet/singer? Tysm I'm the big gay for him

{We’re all big gays for this big man}

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You’re the new liason from Earth. Sent to the Lost Light to restore relations between humans and cybertronians. As you enter the room a smaller red and white bot rushes over and the first to greet you; asking a whirlwind of questions before Ultra Magnus pulls him away to let you breath. Everyone has questions about the status of Earth wondering how humanitys fared after all those years dealing with the war on earth. Everyone except Megatron. He stands in the back and watches everyone crowd around you. When your eyes meet he quickly looks away before leaving the room. 

Eventually the excitement dies down and bots slowly trickle out of the room. Soon it’s only you and the bot you now know as Swerve. He looks like he might explode from not being to talk. “Hey..um it’s Swerve,right?” He nods and puffs up his chest. 

“Swerve’s the name,serving drinks is my game! Oh,I’m also a metallurgist.” You chuckle at his outburst and before you know it the two of you are walking back to Swerve’s bar chatting up a storm. “So Y/n what do you get up to when you’re not… ya know restoring peace?” Swerve stands behind the counter polishing glasses and making sure the energon is in stock. You sit on the edge of the counter;kicking your legs back and forth while thinking. 

“Oh well I- I sing and write poetry. Kinda dorky right?” You hear clinking and turn around to see Swerve fumbling with a glass before putting it down and staring at you.

“What! No that’s awesome! Ya know you should...oh primus! You should perform at my bar.” Swerve smiles widely. He’s almost vibrating in excitement. You bite your lip and fidget with your clothes “Swerve I don’t-” “Please Y/n this place is in desperate need of entertainment.” Swerve tries to pull out the puppy dog eyes or at least you think that’s what he’s trying to do. “Oh fine how could I say no.” You grin at Swerve as he pumps his fist in the air. 

“I’ll see you later tonight superstar!” Swerve sends you a wink as you hop off the counter and exit the bar. You playfully roll your eyes and wave goodbye.

“See you Swerve. Try not to talk some poor bots audials off.” 

You wander off towards where Ultra Magnus said your room would be but the ship is so large and the hallways begin to blend together. Before you know it you’re lost and tired. Your feet throb with every step you take and your stomach rumbles loudly every so often. “Ughhh why does this ship have to be so huge, who designed this thing?” As you complain there’s the thump of someone walking up ahead. A spark of joy flares up inside of you and you run toward the sound. You round the corner and run smack into the back of some bots peds. “I’m so sorry I got excited and uh guess I didn’t have time to stop.” You stand back and look up at the bot you ran into. 

Megatron’s red optics stare back “It’s quite alright...erm excuse me but I don’t know your name.” He almost looks nervous to speak to you. He constantly shifts his eyes and hesitates to get closer to you. “I’m Y/n. I saw you in the back, you didn’t say hi or anything.” Megatron crinkles his eyes and sighs. 

“I apologize Y/n. I didn’t think you’d want me to say anything.” 

“Ahhh because of you and your history with Earth.” 

“I’ve done many terrible things to your planet and brought unnecessary conflict to innocent people.” He clenches his fists. Trying to shift further away from your gaze. 

“We’ve been able to rebuild. The wars on Earth are now our past. Many people have moved beyond that; we look to the future now. All that happened millions of years ago; people just want to move on.” Your lips curl into a gentle smile. You look at Megatron,his mouth is agape slightly but he quickly shuts it. 

“I see.” There’s a long pause between the two of you. With only the slight hum of fans to provide alleviation from the silence. “Well enjoy the rest of your night.”He takes a final glance at you before beginning to walk away.

“Megatron wait I- well I’m lost. I was trying to find my room.” He pauses barely turning his head to face you and nods for you to follow him. 

As you trail him you find yourself having to jog to keep up with his long strides. At some point Megatron takes notice. He kneels before you and lowers his hand.

“It’s easier this way.” You hear the hum of fans starting up as you gingerly step into his palm. You shake as you try to keep your balance while Megatron rises and starts walking.  “Thank you, this is easier.” Megatron grunts in acknowledgement.  

Soon after you come to a stop in front of a large door. You look down and see a smaller door was built into the existing door. Megatron carefully lowers his hand down allowing you to hop off. You turn to him and pat his hand “Thanks again. You should stop by Swerve’s bar I’ll be performing poetry later.” Megatron’s optics widen slightly before he regains his composure,

“I’ll see if I can make it.” With a curt nod he turns on his peds and disappears down the hallway.

You check your watch and realize there’s only a few hours before you have to be at Swerve’s. You change into more casual clothing and grab your poetry book. You quickly rehearse what you wanted to perform then skid out the door in a hurry. From where your room is it’s a straight shot to the bar and you arrive with just enough time to talk to Swerve.

“Hey superstar, ready to dazzle the crowd?” Swerve greets with a fist bump then leans in to whisper to you,“I’d been practicing my fist bump.” He grins as you groan at his utter ridiculousness.

“Great job Swerve really knocked it outta the park.” Swerve ushers you to the stage and helps you onto a stool then places a microphone in front of you. He scurries back to the bar counter and gives you a thumbs up.

You look out to the crowd and many glowing optics look back. You fumble with your poetry book a bit before opening to a bookmarked page. You take a deep breath closing your eyes and letting go of the nerves that rack your body. When you open your eyes there in the back you see Megatron and for whatever reason your body relaxes and you shoot him a smile. 

“This poem is called Nothing Gold Can Stay.” You see Megatron’s interest peak as he shifts his body to face the stage and leans in to listen. “Nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; but only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.” Swerve claps loudly and soon others follow in suit. Your eyes meet with Megatron's he smiles and claps then gets up heading out of the bar. Offering a glance over his shoulder. You climb down from the stool and rush out of the bar, careful to dodge bar patrons peds. When you get out of the crowded bar you find Megatron staring out a nearby window watching the passing stars. 

“That was a lovely poem. Perhaps we could write something together.” He softly glances at you from the corner of his optics. You turn to the window a smile growing on your face.

“I think I’d like that.”

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(Okay that was long here’s some headcanons: 

- Megatron is really supportive of your songs and poetry. You both like to just sit and write together it’s very calming

- Eventually after your relationship becomes a more public thing on the ship he would sit up front to watch you perform every time. If you ever got extremely nervous he would offer you gentle words and reassure you that you’d do spectacular.

- If any bot dared to insult your art Megs would almost flip his shit. His voice gets oddly calm but his aura radiates danger. He tells the bot off with a gentle voice but with an iron grip on their shoulder.

- He likes when you sing to him especially after a long and stressful day. He places you on his chest near his spark so you lay can relax as well. And he just lets you hum and sing a few tunes before powering down into a blissful rest.

- Before you got together he really thought he was being slick by writing romantic poems and having you read them

- You somehow started sending poems back and forth to each other through data pads. Everytime you’d send him a new poem Megs would feel hopeful and happy which he even though he didn’t think he could still feel that way anymore.

- Through his poems you got to know him better and he trusted you enough to even show you his darkest works and his poems about his grief and his esteem. 

- Basically y’all are the cool poetry nerds of the ship 

[atopearth]

The Men of Yoshiwara: Kikuya Part 5 - Iroha Route (S1 & S2)

WOW, that was an intense first chapter lol! I’m not sure if Iroha is really interested in Misao because of how innocent she is, or it’s because of how innocent she is that he desires to sully her. Anyway, although his motives are questionable, undoubtedly, Misao in this route is evidently more bold and “thirsty” LOL, she legit was expecting to sleep with Iroha when she was so shy in the other routes!! As I thought though, Iroha is more of a manager of sorts, so he doesn’t sleep with clients, but…I guess kissing is okay LOL. I don’t know what it is about them, but I have to admit, I love the trope where the guy drinks sake or whatever and then kisses the heroine to give the drink to her mouth to mouth. Like dang, that’s the trash I love LOL. I’m already so hyped about Iroha because he seems to really understand the curiosity and interest Misao has in sex etc and finds it cute how innocent she is but also how “dirty” she can be lol.

It’s kinda crazy how persistent Misao is on Iroha, I kinda feel sorry for him loll! I guess he kinda gave up and decided to like “train” her into becoming more like a woman by teaching her things and then she can choose another guy if she wants. Lmao at them playing games, and if she loses, she has to kiss him and vice versa, I’m not surprised she lost most of the time haha. How beneficial for Misao though! Since Iroha isn’t a courtesan, she doesn’t even need to pay him and he teaches her all this stuff haha, I’m sure heaps of women would want Iroha to “teach” them stuff lol. Well, umm, Iroha turning into an ogre and having white hair and horns is so random LOL. Do we really need such a thing in this story??? Anyway, Iroha pushing her to giving her first time to Kagerou was not nice to either of them when they both obviously didn’t like the idea, it was expected that Iroha would take her back last minute but seriously lol, Iroha is silly. LMAO when Iroha told Misao that he becomes an ogre when he’s emotional (and when he has sexual desire lol), and Misao asks (you can pick the option) if he can make fireballs🤣🤣🤣🤣 It’s really hard to take the situation seriously with that option lmao! Not surprised that Iroha has to deal with gentlemen sleeping with clients that aren’t theirs and so his job actually involves physically hitting them with a stick to punish them. But wow, seriously, Tokiwa is taking advantage of this and manipulating Misao into asking for him, otherwise he’ll tell the higher ups that Iroha as a manager is playing with someone like Misao for free etc? Yeah, I think I’ll just think of this Tokiwa as like an alternate timeline Tokiwa from his route LOL, I’m so disgusted with how the guys act outside of their routes, sigh.

It felt pretty weird how Misao needing to have a baby to succeed her mother’s shipping company was enough to make her think maybe she should listen to her mum and get another husband (since Iroha doesn’t want children who will be an ogre like him). Like, it was such random and unnecessary drama that they’ve barely cared about and now suddenly it’s a deal-breaker?? Anyway, I guess it was expected that Iroha would leave Kikuya to be with Misao and have kids with her, but it was so rushed that it just felt whatever to me lol. On the other hand, I feel like the happy ending is much more understandable in terms of their relationship. Since in this ending, Iroha stays at Kikuya and Misao becomes his wife and manages it with him, dealing with all the troublesome guys lol. It does feel pretty slack to the mum though…. But yeah I just found Iroha leaving Kikuya so easily in the super happy ending questionable, since, would they really let him go that easily? And it seemed so easy for him to leave behind one of the only places that accepted him as an ogre and is his “home”. But yeah, oh well, I’m not a fan of the second half in general so I don’t really care that it feels a bit weird loll.

LMAO at the sequel, Iroha is so childish for running away from home because he didn’t like her mum putting bean sprouts or whatever in his miso soup hahahah. I’m glad he’s fitting in well with Misao and her mother though, enough that they would argue over silly things, get mad at each other, but end up making up in the end. I think it’s pretty cute since Iroha lacks a family (well it probably applies to all the guys lol). Being able to communicate with another person so frankly is a blessing in itself after all.

Overall, I honestly thought Iroha would present a more mature perspective to the story and show how even if you’re retired, you’re still stuck in Yoshiwara somehow or whatever, but instead, I got some supernatural ogre story and Iroha only stays there because for some reason people over there aren’t really that scared of Iroha being an ogre lol. I also thought the story would be more similar to the first chapter where Iroha would teach her all sorts of things about Yoshiwara but no, after the first few chapters it became too focused on the ogre thing and Misao worrying about whether Iroha wants kids or whatever like ughhh, wasted potential on Iroha! Especially since he looks so much better with black hair than in his ogre form zz. I doubt the second season could be any better if the first is like this but I guess I’ll go through it and see anyway…

Season 2 It’s crazy, but I honestly thought I could just see more of Misao and Iroha struggle in being a couple and having couple arguments etc in this season, BUT NO, we’re stuck with another random new ogre guy that has no purpose than to cause trouble for the couple and be an accurate fortune teller saying that their relationship won’t last. Lol, wow Azusa is such an ass. He’s the one causing trouble at Kikuya for not wanting to do anything leading to Iroha having to take care of him, and yet he has the right to complain that Misao is the one causing Iroha to be so tired since he’s forced to work until late and go home just to see her? Dude, I’m not sure if you’re telling fortunes anymore when you’re the one that’s straight up just trying to destroy their relationship and even bad mouthing her to her face.

Wow, I know Misao is demure and easily influenced, but the way she got so affected by the fortune and Azusa’s words annoyed me so much, especially since she ended up saying such hurtful words to Iroha and then she has the gall to cry about it! She’s lucky that Iroha understood why she was like that and I’m glad he finally acted and made the decision to leave Kikuya and Azusa to themselves because his priority should be with Misao now. Misao ALWAYS hides stuff and lies thinking it’s for the best blah blah so that everyone won’t get hurt or whatever, but in the end her decisions always ends up hurting everyone including herself and it annoys me that even after they’re practically married, she still doesn’t understand how important it is to be honest and to talk things out properly. I hate how she always thinks Iroha is going to leave her, like seriously woman, if I was him I would have left you, but since he’s been okay with it all this time, I doubt he would suddenly get tired of you without any reason! Ugh. I’m honestly amazed at how dumb Misao is and how much more frustrating she can get. I was so annoyed when she prioritised hiding the fact that the fortune made her insecure and would rather have Iroha misunderstand what happened between her and Azusa. As usual, Iroha knows she’s too dumb to really do anything, but seriously!! Every decision she makes, everything she does, everything she hides and lies about, she has no excuse to do all these silly things! I find it absolutely crazy that she always prioritises stupid things over communicating with Iroha in this relationship, I don’t know how Iroha can deal with her.

Well, the leader of the thieves (who steals ogre skulls) being Iroha’s mother wasn’t surprising, but it seems that Azusa might be his half brother? And yeaaah, it was obvious that Azusa liked Misao and was jealous but I’m still not into him lol. And lol at Iroha’s mother doing all this to get revenge on Iroha for being distant and not wanting to live with her, like okay lol, you’re causing a lot of trouble for something so silly. The laws were pretty dodgy in this world already, but it was funny to see that a little petitioning etc could get Iroha’s mother out and she could go back to the mainland with Azusa lol. I guess it’s nice that at least Iroha and Misao had a wedding party at Kikuya with everyone as a sweet way to end everything~ oh and Azusa coming back was obvious but unwanted lol.

Overall, the second season was honestly unnecessarily draggy. I feel like a lot of the time, I want the second season so that I can see the couple enjoy their relationship and get through problems relating to stuff like living together etc, but I find it really boring when stories like to put in outside factors causing problems especially stuff like unnecessary love triangles, which in this case is Azusa and the ogre thing again. I’ve never been a fan of the ogre part of the story so it was honestly boring, especially when it doesn’t really talk about how difficult life is being an ogre etc, it’s really just an “excuse” for things to be difficult in the story, so it really makes it bland. So yeah, I really wanted to enjoy Iroha’s story but I think I only liked the first chapter LOL. I thought I’d be getting a nice mature story, but no, it degenerated into a story about Iroha satisfying Misao’s persistent whims and liking how annoying she is, and I honestly couldn’t relate by the second season lol. I like Iroha but I just couldn’t take Misao after a while lol, and the story really doesn’t make it better with how random it is, like the sudden need for a baby being a problem near the end of the first season, yet no one cared by the second anyway lol.

[withallthingslove]

avengers endgame spoiler-filled review

below the cut bc spoilers obviously

even after two viewings this movie is super overwhelming so I’m just gonna jump right in

- clint’s family disappearing was so haunting and traumatic omg

- i didn’t like the music choice over the marvel opening crawl

- nebula was so adorably intense when tony playing footbal with her

- carol is such a bad bitch she just carried an entire fucking ship through space

- steve running up to tony and holding on to him... that was content I didn’t know I needed

- the pepperony hug ughhh I’m not a huge gwenyth paltrow fan but she was so good as pepper in this

- honestly I get tony has been through a lot but he was such a dick back at the avengers compound. I’ve always preferred steve to tony and that scene really displayed why. Yes tony was right something bigger was coming, but his way of going about preventing it was proven wrong both times. I don’t consider ultron to be super canon because joss whedon sucks but tony’s first idea to try and solve it failed, and then the accords also failed and even rhodey regretted it. Infinity war was basically “hey yeah the accords was dumb af and steve was right and now the avengers are scattered.” Both tony and steve were selfish and made mistakes in civil war but the fact that it had been over three years and tony was still soooo angry with steve and holding a grudge just rubbed me the wrong way.

- I really felt for thor when they went to get thanos. Chris hemsworth’s acting in that scene was so good when he realized they had failed

- again who on earth put steve in charge of a support group. And while yes its nice to have some lgbtq representation marvel is way behind on that so to me it did not feel like enough

- paul rudd did so well in this movie and scott is such a good dad ugh

- 10/10 would die for morgan stark. She is soooo cute and it was hilarious when she was like “mom told me to come rescue you”

- i know a lot of people are mad at tony dying bc he could have “retired” but that scene with his daughter before steve, nat, and scott show up shows he could not. He still had a garage where he built iron man suits and suits for pepper. That’s not what someone does when they are out of a fight. That’s why he fell back into it so fast because he never left it. He was still tinkering and preparing and even when he retired he was still fully ready to go back

- i like professor hulk but at the same time i miss bruce

- tony and steve love each other so much it made me so happy when tony showed up at the compound. they’ve had their differences but there is real love there

- speaking of real love I will still never forgive joss whedon for taking clintasha away from us like yes their platonic friendship is great but UGH. They love each other SOOOOOOO much 

- tom hiddleston as loki always steals the show and i miss him so much. I was convinced he wasnt dead so I’m sad that he was still dead in the current timeline. But maybe since there is now an alternate dimension with loki and the tesseract he will show up again

- him impersonating steve, his side eye, just... *chefs kiss*

- the america’s ass comment... amazing, iconic, beautiful. And then steve’s “yeah I know” comment to his 2012 self. I’m so glad the russos let steve be funny

- I love how much winter soldier played into this one especially since it was the russo’s first mcu movie. The elevator scene... steve outsmarting the hydra agents. Secretary pierce showing up... and then steve fighting his past self was just *chefs kiss* again. The fact that he knows his own weakness is bucky and uses it against himself 

- not excited to see tilda swinton’s character because its just a reminder of marvel’s whitewashing but I appreciated it trying to explain the timeline/dimension stuff

- i also loved that at the army compound tony was able to get closure with his dad, something he deserved for a long time. I think that was another hint he was going to die because his arc was completing while steve’s.... the look on steve’s face when he saw peggy just broke me. absolutely broke me. Steggy was my first ship in the mcu and so steve and peggy hold a special place in my heart. The fact she still keeps the picture of tiny steve after all these years (a reference to agent carter)... they both moved on enough to enjoy life but never truly moved on enough to leave the other behind. And so while tony was getting closure, steve was being reminded of what he wanted most and couldn’t have. I also loved the tie in with agent carter and showing Jarvis this movie was truly a fan service to us all

- okay so rhodey/nebula: so ive never been a huge nebula person but i really liked her in this movie. I loved rhodey’s line about “you work with what you got” as far as their disabilities. I felt so bad for new nebula because old nebula SUCKKSSS and I hate she had to face her. I loved that in this movie thanos was wearing his armor because 2014 thanos was not as strong or secure with himself. His energy was SO different compared to the thanos we saw in infinity war so props to josh brolin

- natasha/clint: Well go ahead and rip my heart out. The audience knows only one of them is coming back but they have no idea. And they love each other SO FUCKING MUCH they both tried to sacrifice themselves to save the other person. That is true love. Jeremy renner is such an underrated actor and his reaction to natasha dying just killed me. But so did scarlett johansson’s acting as much as I hate to admit it because I’ve really stopped liking her as much due to her recent acting choices but she played that scene so well. And I will miss natasha romanoff forever. She deserved so much more and paved the way for all the other female superheroes in the mcu

- everyone crying over nat and especially steve broke me. They had such a special friendship, almost as strong as her and clint and I feel so many people forget that because of how natural they were together. And her last words to him were that she would see him in a minute and then she didn’t come back..

- i just realized i havent talked about thor and thats honestly because my brain blocked it out. I like that they explored his depression but dont like that he was made the joke of the avengers and I don’t think it was handled well. I did enjoy his conversation with frigga and by that I mean it made me cry. (also loki deserves a conversation like that too don’t @ me)

- STEVE WIELDS MJOLNIR!!! IT WAS SO BADASS AND MY DREAM COME TRUE I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED IN A MOVIE. To me that was the absolute highlight of the movie

- And then sam says “on your left” and all the characters come and the music... poetic cinema

- thanos is a weak little bitch and as soon as wanda was beating him he was fine with his own troops dying just so he could get away

- TONY AND PETER REUNITING CURED MY DEPRESSION AND THEN GAVE IT RIGHT BACK

- CAROL IS SO POWERFUL MY LESBIAN QUEEN

- sebastian stan has no business looking this good my god

- I forgot how much I missed peter parker

- I didn’t notice mbaku until my second viewing and honestly the wakandan characters were shafted like poor shuri we didn’t even know she was dusted until a few weeks before the movie

- I know everyone loves the scene of all the women characters carrying the gauntlet but honestly marvel has a long way to go before they reach equality and it honestly wasn’t enough for me

- side note pepper fighting back to back with tony was awesome

- ugh tony’s face when he realizes what he has to do and he looks at strange for confirmation... give rdj an oscar like my god. He knows that the past few years have led up to this moment and he is absolutely terrified and determined and I am tearing up while writing this because I am remembering it so vividly

- peter parkers goodbye had me crying why is tom holland such a good actor

- pepper’s goodbye BROKE ME... “you can rest now” I think that is the epitome of tony’s arc. For his entire storyline he has been trying to right his wrongs and save his friends and the world and that is so much for one man to carry on his shoulders and everyone knew it would be the death of him. I know tony stans are pissed off that he died, but I don’t see him just being able to retire. Obviously I didn’t want him to die, but his whole storyline has been leading up to this. He truly got a hero’s sendoff and was solidified as THE hero of the mcu. This era started with him and it ended with him. It was a beautiful sendoff for the character that started it all. And I don’t think rdj would go along with it if he didn’t approve

- Steve’s ending.... so I knew from spoilers what would happen and while it was something I wanted in theory I was pissed when I first found out. But it somehow worked. If you look at steve’s arc, he has always been a man out of time. For everyone getting mad he was hung up on a girl he kissed once, it’s pretty much confirmed in agent carter that he and peggy were on the DL for 3 years. she wasnt just a crush he knew for a few months. They loved each other and fought side by side for three years and time took him too soon. In age of ultron the only part I liked was steve’s vision where he gets a dance with peggy. As much as he moved on in the present, the possibility he missed with her always haunted him. You can tell in peggy’s video in the winter solider that even though she married and had kids, the thought of steve still gets her choked up. When she sees him as an old woman she immediately crumbles. They both have referred to each other as the loves of their lives. 

- So with that said, I don’t think it’s weird or out of the blue that he would suddenly decide to try and go back to peggy. They won, bucky is back and safe, sam is back and safe, he can finally rest, and he has the tools to go back in time. The way I interpreted it, Bucky 100% knew what he was going to do. The look on his face, the tone of his voice. He knew Steve was not coming back, and he also knew he deserved to have that happy ending. So while sam and bruce thought it would only be 5 seconds, bucky turned away from the machine, knowing steve wouldn’t show up there. I ship stucky too because I just want steve happy so while at first I was like “how could he leave bucky??” watching it on screen it made sense. Bucky approved of his choice, and while he was saddened by it, he understood it. 

- In my interpretation, I don’t think steve stayed in the main timeline. I think him going back created an alternate timeline where he married peggy, dissolved hydra earlier, and freed bucky earlier. At some point, those two timelines merged, and he wandered over to where he knew they would be. OR after peggy died, he used the technology to travel back to that timeline when he was old. Or my friend suggested he could have met tony stark in his alternate timeline and asked for his help. Who knows. He literally came back with a shield, meaning he was at one point captain america again in that timeline. I don’t think there is anyway he could just stay quiet for 70 years about bucky being tortured and peggy running shield that was secretly hydra. I refuse to believe that. If the russos come out and say that’s what he did, then I’ll backtrack and say I don’t approve of steve’s ending. But as of right now I’m okay with it. 

[meetmeatthecoda]

EVERY FRUIT IN THE BASKET

OMG

peach: do you have any piercings or tattoos?

nope. i had my ears pierced for a few months a year or two ago but they kept getting infected so i just let them close 🙁 i’m also on the fence about a tattoo. it would be small and tasteful if i got one but idk.

raspberry: favorite flower?

i’m not super into flowers… i love taking photos of them but i couldn’t tell you what they are. aside from the obvious ones LOL i think roses are pretty 😊 🌹 also honeysuckle smells good! 

lemon: do you have any pets? what are their names?

YES i have an adorable and sweet kitty named Lily 😍🐱

mango: what is your trademark?

LOL rampant anxiety? sorry, it’s been that kind of day 😂 idk, i would hope it’s just like being a nice, supportive person that people can talk too and also really loves music 😊

passion fruit: how would you describe your style?

ughhh this is hard. i feel like i don’t have one almost? LOL i’m really pretty boring and bland. but i think i would LIKE to be just chill but still tasteful. like, i like simple things: soft clothing, pretty jewelry, simple designs and logos, etc. i just like being comfy.

pineapple: sexual orientation?

straight 😄

strawberry: favorite desserts?

ALL OF THEM lmao jk kind of anything chocolate is my absolute fav, like i will literally sit and each a plain-ass chocolate bar, milk or dark. i LOVE chocolate. in any form. 

cherry: can you play any musical instruments or can you sing?

lmao yeah, i play flute and piccolo. and a tiny bit of piano. and i also played steel drums for a few years. and, despite the fact that i have a music degree, no, i cannot sing. it makes me sad 🤣

grape: if you could take a vacation anywhere in the world, where would you go?

oooh. i think Scotland. i’ve always been obsessed with Loch Ness. i am determined to see it in person someday. 

banana: favorite horror movies?

i don’t like horror movies. i’m a chicken shit 😂 but i do love A Quiet Place, if that counts! it’s more suspenseful than scary and it’s got a really wonderful story and also John Krasinski. what more could you want? 😂

blackberry: is your life an action film, a comedy, a romantic comedy, or drama?

LMAO what a funny question, i love it 😂 definitely not an action film, i am a sloth. i dislike drama, at least in real life, so i try to steer clear. and, given the complete lack of romance in my life rn, i have to say a comedy. that also fits bc i am a ridiculous mess and what else can you do but laugh about that 😂

cantaloupe: what are your parents’ names?

mom and dad 😊

guava: dark & dramatic makeup or natural makeup?

no makeup LOL like i said, i’m boring af. i could certainly use makeup, probably, cause i’m not very pretty but i have not the slightest idea about what to use/how to apply it without looking like a clown lmao i can manage some mascara, that’s about it, but i usually just don’t bother, i’m too lazy 😂 i would like to get better at it tho! #goals

tangelo: if you could be any mythical creature, which would you be?

MERMAID. NEXT QUESTION.

plum: favorite clothing brands?

lol okay, i found something that’s NOT my style: style 😂 i know of absolutely zero clothing brands, i am t-shirts & jeans all the way. also yoga pants cause comfy. i told you, i’m boring! usually when i go shopping, which is rarely cause i hate it, i just gravitate towards pretty materials and colors and styles. i don’t pay attention to brands. i just like pretty, soft stuff ❤️

coconut: favorite perfume?

again, don’t wear any. but when i was younger and cared more, i guess, i loved a scent called “warm vanilla sugar”, i think! yummy!

lychee: satin or lace?

hmmm satin, i guess. lace looks too scratchy. 

blueberry: what do you want to dress up as for halloween?

ahaha. i don’t really do this anymore BORING but i know one costume i never got to wear as a kid that i always really wanted to was Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events! i loved the 2004 movie when i was a kid and i thought Violet’s dresses were SO COOL and i always wanted to wear one! 

apple: what do you use more, tumblr or twitter?

tumblr! i don’t have/am not interested in a twitter 😁

kiwi: what’s something that fascinates you?

fandom. ships. love. not necessarily in that order 😂 also, unrelated, but the act of writing a full-scale composition. like, yeah, i have music a degree but it’s for playing an instrument. how tf do you write a symphony? that just blows my mind ❤️ 

watermelon: do you have a job? if so, what is your job title?

i’m a grad student, currently. i’ve also been going back and forth between teaching music lessons, so music teacher i guess 😊

papaya: what song describes your aesthetic?

oof. there’s so many to choose frommmmmm. okay. i’m gonna go with the first thing that popped into my head: The Music in My Headphones by Telepathic Teddy Bear. highly recommend, both the song and the guy. awesome music. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iJC8B0Jg-Y)

cranberry: favorite time of the day; morning, afternoon, dusk, or night?

NIGHT 🦉

nectarine: would you consider yourself an emotional person?

lol yeah. probably to a fault 😂 i probably seem pretty emotionless in public cause i’m not very demonstrative but i do go through the process of feeling everything very deeply in private.

orange: do you have long eyelashes?

ummm, no, not extremely, i don’t think. i wish i did 😂

dragonfruit: do you drink alcohol?

nope, not a fan 😊

Omg thank you so much, anon, this was a blast! Sorry i’m so boring though 😂 I hope this was somewhat entertaining though! 😊 Much love to you, friend! ❤️

send me a fruit (though i guess probably not cause i’m about to answer all of them in the next ask 😂)

[wellamarke]

fandom + album challenge

Hi this isn’t a thing, I’m just inventing it right now because I was listening to one of my all-time favourite albums this morning and every single track seemed to remind me of Humans (because my entire mindset is just stuck on Humans obviously)

So I hereby create this challenge: take a fandom, take an album, list the tracks, and relate each song to a character/pairing/other aspect of the fandom. Once you start, it gets almost uncannily easy to find the links...

My fandom is obviously Humans, and the album I’m starting with (I’ll probably bore you with a few of these posts) is Ingrid Michaelson’s Lights Out. The album was released in 2014 and the show started in 2015, so when series 1 was on I already knew the songs, but a lot of my associations have totally changed since then (for instance, there was no Nistrid in 2015...)

1. Home

Shame to start off on such a tenuous one, but “this is my home, where I go when I’ve got nowhere else to go” could be Mia returning to Laura in series 2 (yes I know it’s because she was Anita and was registered to their new address BUT Miaura is life.)

2. Girls Chase Boys

Oh, this is so Mia to Ed! “I'm a little let down but I'm not dead / There's a little bit more that has to be said” she wants closure, in the most epic way possible... “You played me now I play you too, let's just call it over” and then tells him to leave, amazing, we stan an absolute queen.

3. Wonderful Unknown

Nistrid! Because of Niska having just said ILY to Astrid on the phone, and then talking about how the end never seems far away: “Oh, nothing lasts forever but the sound of love astounds me every time that it calls” aaaaah.

4. You Got Me

Umm, do I have to say that this is obviously Nistrid since Astrid literally tells Niska “You won’t lose me. You’ve got me” at the end of s2? But also, this bit about Niska going off to do terrifying things but only so that she can come home to Astrid: “when I see the curve of the earth in your willow eyes, I'm a rocketeer coming home after years at the speed of light / and suddenly you're there, like a pearl in the palm of the universe”

5. Warpath

Ummm... well the word Warpath fits Niska quite well because it’s what she’s always on. If we take it out of context “You’ve got me running round town like a woman on a warpath” is about her gay revenge plot :D 

6. Handsome Hands

This has a faint Leotilda vibe but I’m not sure if it will come out with just the lyrics. Let’s try “I think I'm the only one who really knows / What the emptiness inside of you will show us” with them being tied together by a year of Mattie’s bedside monologues... Also special points to “We are only tiny babies living right here, gone the way of someone else's bygone year” because they are only babies and Leo really has had a ‘bygone year’ hehe

7. Time Machine

Mia and Ed again: “Your broken ‘sorrys’ don't mean a thing: You made that bed, good luck falling back asleep!” Amazing. Also the chorus: “If I had a time machine, and if life was a movie scene, I'd rewind and I'd tell me: run.” 

8. One Night Town

Leo and Mattie. “You're the one with the pioneer heart / I'm the one with the brand new start” I think this fits? I don’t know how to articulate why I think she’s the ‘pioneer heart’ but his complete reinvention as a human is his ‘brand new start’ lol. Also this for Leo’s new way of looking at her in his memory: “Light up our memory, never knew what they meant to me” 

9. Open Hands

(This is a frickin beautiful song ughhh) Miaura? For the parting of the ways at the end of series 1... “Now go on and drift away, the tide can hold you out / Go quiet now, go sound, go safe / Open hands are hard to hold onto anyway”

10. Ready to Lose

Now this is the most Nistrid song I know, in fact. The chorus line is “I’m ready to lose everything but you” which is so Niska, who’s reckless and so brave but also so afraid that it will cost her Astrid (that conversation in 2.8 again). But also this from the verse, oh my life, spot on: “It's the heart in you, I know it in my bones, that made me change direction when I thought ‘better off alone’.” Is this not the perfect line

11. Stick

One of my favourite songs, this one. Anyway, it now gives me Laura feelings, because of her being upset over Neil, which I may be reading into, but I kind of... you know that I don’t ship Laura and Joe, but: “There's a part of you that stays with me someone else gets to know.” Sometimes that’s just how it is. 

12. Afterlife

Another gem... this could probably apply to a lot of ships but we’ll just go Nistrid, shall we? “Living like you're dying isn't living at all. Give me your cold hands, put them on my heart.” Also the chorus is amazing, “We’re gonna be alright, we’ve got the fight in us.”

13. Over You

Hmm... Mia pining for Ed even though she knows he’s a human dumpster fire. “Over, I'm so over you: the way that you said that you'd always be true. And maybe if I tell myself enough, maybe if I do, I'll get over you”

14. Everyone Is Gonna Love Me Now 

A little oblique, but this bit gives me Max feelings, that line to Mia about being alone: “If I knew the way to less alone / Then it wouldn't sink me like a stone”

15. My Darling

Okay! Nistrid! So we have: “Everyone likes the same stupid things / Everyone sings the same love songs” which reminded me of Niska’s lines about talk being mostly noise. Then the chorus: “You make me all the things I wanna be before I’m gone” sobbbb about her line to Mia again, about the end not being far away. Okay, so there’s those, and then..... this.... line.... I don’t know how to feel about this relevance to Niska really: “And I know that I’ve been broken since the first time that my father put me down on the floor.” Well, eek. But it’s followed by: “For the first time in such a long time, I need more” yasss Nistrid.

16. When I Go

Finishing off on a general note for the series as a whole, because organic/synthetic solidarity: “If everybody made a little space right by their side, oh there'd be room enough.” 

idk if I should tag people to do this also or just say: please tag me if you end up choosing an album/fandom to do this with, cause I’d love to read it! :D 

(edit: based on reactions I’m going to pretend as if I tagged @epicfics @sircarolyn and @turned-her-brain all along :P)

[imagines-in-progress]

Dia-Bad Ass

Series: Star Trek

Character: Leonard McCoy

A/N: So, like, this is totally self indulgent. I’m a type 1 diabetic and wanted to kinda write what I think it would be like to be a diabetic in Bone’s care. It’s not romantic in nature at all so, you won’t be finding anything like that in this fic.

You would think that living in a time of medical enhancements, there would be no such thing as sickness. Which is true, in a way. Most of all the major  from the 21st century have been eradicated, most except Type 1 diabetes. Of course, if caught early, the autoimmune disease could be stopped and eradicated from the body. But you were not so lucky. You started showing symptoms at the age of ten, much too old to undergo the treatment. So you joined the few thousand that still lived with it, day in and day out.

Life wasn’t so bad though. Modern medicine helped lessen the burden some, although your father would always say, “Why can they just cure it. Get rid of the whole illness once and for all.” Of course, there’s always more to issue like this. But you grew up despite your malady. You grew up to be smart, so smart in fact that Starfleet wanted you to join the academy early. Saying that physicists are in high demand and that they need the best minds up in space.

After the academy, you were soon placed on the USS Enterprise. You were ecstatic. You could not wait, to go. But you’re parents didn’t hesitate to show their concern.

“You have to promise you’ll take care of yourself. We can’t lose you up there. And if we do, I don’t want it to be cause your pancreas couldn’t hold out.” Your mother hugged you as you boarded the shuttle. And then you were off.

It’s been about a year since you’ve joined the Enterprise crew and you wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. Not to mention, your diabetes never came up, which was a relief. Back on earth once someone knew, it was all you were to them, their diabetic friend. But the only one who knew was the ship’s CMO, Dr. McCoy, and even he said that as long as you did what you were supposed to, you’d be fine.

//////////

I’ll be fine. Just a few more minutes… finish this assignment for Commander Spock. I’ll be fine. You sat at your workstation, pouring over some assignment given to you by Spock. It was important and you were determined to finish. So determined, that you had neglected to eat that morning… or that afternoon. You ate a small snack sometime ago and told yourself that you’d be fine come dinner time. You continued to worked and became so focused that you didn’t hear the door open or Dr. McCoy’s footsteps as he neared you.

“(Y/L/N)?” Dr. McCoy coughed to grab your attention, but you did not look up.

“(Y/L/N)!” He raised his voice slightly this time, you and others working looked up.

“Oh, Dr. McCoy. What can I do for you?”

He held out a cup to you.

“What is it?”

“Apple juice.”

You made a face and turned back to your work, “Oh, no thanks. That stuff does me no favors.”

“Do you not feel it?” His voice was tense, laced with worry.

“Feel what?”

“Your blood sugar's been dropping for the last hour.”

When those words came out of his mouth, you realize that your hands were shaking. That would explain why I can’t focus… You thought.

“Thanks for the heads up… Hang on. How did you know?” You turned in your seat to face the doctor. The look on his face was not a happy one.

“I’ve got an alert setup that tells me when your blood sugar drops or rises beyond the set parameters. It’s all connected to your CGM and pump.”

Your hand unconsciously gripped your arm where your constant glucose monitor sat. You thought you were the only one to receive those alerts.

“That sounds like an evasion of privacy Doctor.”

“Well, when it comes to the medical conditions of the ship’s crew, there really isn’t such a thing as privacy, Ensign.”

He held the cup out once again. “Drink.”

You frowned, but took the cup. You downed it as quick as you could and handed the cup back to Leonard.

“There. Happy?”

You turned back to your work, but didn’t hear the retreating steps of the grumpy doctor.

“Is there anything else Dr. McCoy?” You looked back at him annoyed.

“I’m going to stay here until your sugar’s back up. It should take about 15 minutes, but if it doesn’t come up, then we have to go to medbay.”

You scoffed, “I’m not going to medbay.”

“You are if I say you are.”

“No, I’m not. It’ll come up, just leave me alone!”

“God dammit woman. I’m not going to let you sit here and pass out. If I think there’s a danger to your health, you’re going to medbay!”

“Is there a problem here Doctor?”

You jumped at the sound of Commander Spock’s voice. You hadn’t even noticed him walk in. Dr. McCoy looked toward the vulcan, “Tell your Ensign that she needs to listen to me.”

“I am listening to him Commander, I just don’t like what he’s saying.”

“Perhaps I may be of some assistance?”

Leonard looked to you, a smirk on his face, “I’m sure that would be helpful. (Y/N), would you like to disclose to Mr. Spock on the medical issue you are currently experiencing?”

Damn. Dr. McCoy knew you didn’t like telling others about your diabetes. You shook your head and scowled up at Dr. McCoy, “No, that won’t be necessary.  I’ll return shortly to finish this assignment Mr. Spock.”

Spock nodded as you followed Dr. McCoy to medbay.

//////////

You ran down the corridor, not very well, but still running. “(Y/N)! Stop!” You could hear Dr. McCoy yell after you. It’s been like this for a week, Dr. McCoy chasing you down to scold you about your diabetes so, you had made it your number one priority to avoid Dr. McCoy at all costs. But you forgot that he could still track your numbers and ignoring a low blood sugar for the second day in a row, Dr. McCoy was sure to track you down.

“(Y/L/N)!” You could still hear his shouts come after you, you rounded a corner and into an empty meeting room. You stood still as you waited for McCoy’s footsteps to pass. When they did, you let out a sigh of relief.

“Who are you hiding from?”

You jumped at the sound of the unexpected voice and turned to face Captian Kirk.

“Oh Jesus, you scared me Captain.”

“Sorry. But this is my hiding spot, but I’m willing to share. If you tell me who it is you’re hiding from.”

“I’m hiding from Dr. McCoy.”

Jim laughed. “I’m glad I’m not the only one who does that. Why? You owe him a medical examination too?”

“No, nothing like that. It’s just….um. Well, I don’t like talking about it much.”

Jim’s expression turned serious. “It’s not like a personal problem right? Like a romantic issue?”

You made a face and shook your head, “Ew, no. He’s like twice my age. Not gonna happen. Ew. He could be my dad. Omigosh, why would you say that? Ughhh. That messed up my whole day.”

Jim laughed once more and sat down at the table. “Okay, okay. I get it. Then what's the problem?”

You looked at your boots, You should let him know. He’s the captain for crying out loud. It’s not like he’ll go around and tell everyone. You sighed and said, “I’m a type 1 diabetic.”

Jim straightened in his chair at your words, ready to fully listen.

“I haven’t been doing too good lately. And apparently, Dr. McCoy’s got my pump and monitor hooked up to his own PADD, so he can track my numbers too. It’s been a rough week. I’ve been forgetting to eat and waiting till the last minute to deal with my lows. I know it’s dangerous, but I don’t want Commander Spock to lessen my workload, just because I’m diabetic. I can do the work, I just wish… I just wish-”

“Bones wouldn’t worry so much?”

“Yeah.” You sat down next to the captain and pulled out some candy from your pocket.

“Are you low right now?”

You didn’t look up at him, just chewed your candy. Jim sighed.

“(Y/N), I’m going to tell you something, but you can’t tell Bones I told you this or he’s gonna make my medical exams worse than they already are.”

“Tell me what?”

“Leonard has a daughter, Johanna. Super sweet kid. Just turned five.”

“Okay?”

“Sometime before Bones and his ex-wife split, Jo got diagnosed with type 1.”

Your breath hitched. “But she’s pretty young right? She should’ve gotten the treatment.”

“Just barely. Bones will tell you that that’s one of the scariest moments of his life.”

“Huh…”

“So, I mean, let him worry. He’s scared for you, probably thinks of Jo every time he looks at you.”

“Yeah…Doesn’t make it less annoying though.”

Jim smiled, “No it doesn’t. But try to be better. I’m sure if you explain to Spock why you need to take some more breaks, he’ll understand. I’ll even talk to him if you want.”

“No, that’s okay. I’ve got this.”

Just then the door open and there stood Dr. McCoy with his ever present scowl plastered on his face.

“Bones! How nice-”

“I don’t have time for you Jim.” Leonard cut him off and look to you. “How are you feeling?” He asked with an edge to his voice.

“F-fine.” You said quietly, “I ate some of that candy you gave me. I can feel it kicking in.”

“Good. Let’s get to medbay. Make sure it gets up and stays up.”

“Right.” You stood and look to Jim. He gave you a smile and a wink before you left the room. Leonard stayed behind for one second and looked at Jim, “I’ll see you tomorrow for your medical exam.” The last thing you heard before the doors closed was Jim’s loud groan.

//////////

You woke up to the sound of beeping. Well, you tried to wake up, you were awake, but your body didn’t seem to follow suit. You sat up, immediately understanding what was happening. You looked to your PADD, a message from your pump flashed on the screen: Critical: Blood Sugar Low. You tried and reached for the small bag on your bedside table. Dr. McCoy had just given you a new bag of glucose tabs to treat your lows, but your hands were so unsteady that you couldn’t get a good grip on it. You heard it tumblr to the floor. Crap. I got to… I have to get to medbay. You were too weak to do anything yourself. Dr. McCoy. I have to call Dr.McCoy… You tried to sit up and stand, but you could tell that you wouldn’t stay upright for long. You tried to type out a message to Leonard, but your PADD slipped from your fingers and crashed to the floor. You groaned to yourself, it’s not safe to go by yourself. But you had to get to medbay some how, and it’s not that far from your room. You decided that you’d try and tough it out and get to medbay. You left your room, boots over your sweatpants, down to medbay. You stayed closed to the wall, not sure when your knees would give out.

“Ensign (Y/L/N)?”

You looked up to see Commander Spock coming down the hall.

“C-commander…” You stumbled a bit as you walked forward, grateful that Spock was there to help steady you. He held you up as you looked at him.

“Are you alright (Y/L/N)?”

“Medbay… I need to get to…” You didn’t get to finish your sentence before the world went black.

//////////

You sat up abruptly, instantly regretting doing so as a headache greeted you. “Shit.” You mumbled, looking around. You made it to medbay. Good. But I don’t really remember how i got here… You were in a private exam room, and just then Dr. McCoy walked in.

“(Y/N). You’re awake. How are you feeling?” He came up to you and checked the screen next to the biobed.

“I’m fine, I think. What happened? I’m getting bits and pieces of what happened, but…”

“Your sugar was so low, that you passed out. Spock found you barely conscious walking down the hall. What happened?”

“I… I woke up late last night. My PADD was going crazy, I tried to treat it but my hands were so shaky, I couldn’t even grab the glucose tabs.”

“You went low in your sleep?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, Let’s fix your insulin intake so that doesn’t happen. You’ve been doing better these past couple days.”

“Mostly because I’m tired of you hovering over me.”

Bones laughed, “Well, I wanna make sure you’re okay darlin’.”

“Well, thanks. I probably need someone to look after me.”

“Yeah, that’s what your mom said.”

“My mother?”

“Yep. She got in contact with me your first week here on the Enterprise. Made me promise to keep an eye on you. Of course, I said I would. It’s my job.”

“Yeah, well, I don’t like it when people hover.”

“She mentioned that as well.” Dr. McCoy handed you a glass of water and moved to the door.

“Let’s try and avoid another incident like this, okay?”

“Will do Doctor.”

Part 2

[stray-tori]

| 2017 Personal Rewind |

for two hours over here, actually. But it’s time for me to ramble about it! But I won’t make you scroll over it for an endless time, instead I’m offering you to read it by clicking keep reading ;)

FANDOMS

Okay, so fandom-wise, this year has been quite Cartoon-dominated. I think I watched like 10 cartoons, but only 2 anime. And that’s with someone who actually called cartoons out for how childish they can be and how they don’t fit my humour (I’m all about them anime-humour apparantly). So I myself was surprised when I noticed how many cartoons I watched this year:

Steven Universe I watched this one before 2017, and 2017 had the longest hiatus for SU ever, so uhhh yeah it wasn’t the best year but we had the Zoo and Abduction Arcs SOOOO yay? Like most, I have noticed a drop in excitement, but I still love this show for things it does so I can’t be too mad.

Star vs the forces of evil I am not sure if I watched season 1+2 this year or last (damn my memory), but I know I wasn’t too fond of this show. I didn’t think it was bad, it simply didn’t fascinate me the same way SU did. Even with battle for Mewni, I only liked the Eclipsa and Moon Parts and not much beyond that. In the new season I’ve grown to really like Tomstar for some reason, but I still think the episodes are too random at times and there is sometimes too little connection between them. But maybe I’m just too used to SU being slow-paced that I can’t handle how fast Star is jumping between events.

Voltron I'm not sure if S2 was this year or last year, but any way Voltron has been part of my 2017. I’ve had a phase where I really shipped Plance due to the Ouran High School Host Club Vibes it gave me back when I watched S1 and this year it decided to come back at me.  Else, the material has been great! I love the series, and how serious it is and how it doesn’t focus on romantic love AT ALL. I really like that, even if I started this Section with saying what I shipped. I’m so hyped Matt is back and the Keith almost-sacrifice scene really got me like I actually thought they were gonna do it. They never get me with almost-deaths. NEVER. 

Wakfu As Season 3 came closer so grew my expectations. When I finally watched it, I was blown away. I won’t sugar-coat that the Time-Paradox thing was 1000% Bullshit, but it won’t stop me from loving this season, even if it had it’s weak elements. But I just loved the rest too much and while I am picky with it, I can’t get myself to not enjoy it (which I’m really happy about because I hate it when some elements ruin something for me). If you wanna hear more of me rambling, go here for the post and here for the s3 tag.

Miraculous Oh I have a love-hate relationship with this show. I can see the potential and all, but it’s just too episodic for me, relies a bit too much on the cute love-square that changes progress every episode. The characters don’t always feel like what is established about them (for example, Adrien loved Ladybug, yet in the new season he KEEPS being overly nice to Marinette like dude sure you’re a bit oblivious but ughhh) and there are no conflicts present for more than one episode.  I really don’t like how they lured me in with the first episode being story-heavy and then keeping nothing happening for like 5 episodes. The only episodes I can even remember what actually really happened were “The Collector” bc of the obvious Gabriel-Adrien-Drama, the episode where her aunt (?) visits bc I heard she’s plot-relevant, but I don’t see how tbh; the episode with the Owl because it actually went out of the usual formular for an episode and Robustus because it had some story I guess in the last few seconds.  I really hope the season picks up soon, I’m like 10% invested haha.

Tangled The Series Holy fucking shit. Like I started watching it while doing other stuff and I started right before “Queen for a day” aired, so by the time I caught up, I could actually watch that episode and what can I say? The animation is beautiful, and you think it’d be a cute little series and suddenly there’s death and everyone’s hopeless and betraying and ??? WHAT HAPPENED. Varian and Cass are super enjoyable and I love the way the series is going! I’m super sad it’s going to end so soon! If you wanna know more of my thoughts, go here.

Teen Titans I BINGE-WATCHED THIS IN LIKE 1-2 WEEK/S. While I had to study so yas. Well I have to thank Tangled for the short hiatus I guess, because I was like “Man I need something else to watch then” and was like “I could just watch 1 or 2 episodes of Teen Titans each Saturday, I wanted to start that for a while!” and suddenly I was 10 episodes in. I love the characters, I love Raven, I love Star and I love Robstar as you probably noticed. I was surprised how much plot the show actually had (and how brutal Robin could be if he wanted) and I never really found episodes annoying except the ones that focussed extremely on other teams or superheroes, I’m just not invested enough in the DC Universe to care about these guys haha. I thought S3 and S5 were kinda weak and it also bothered my how Characters sometimes really shift in their characterstics SOMETIMES to further the plot. But it never got to the point that it annoyed me extremely.  Also it doesn’t even feel like “Stranded” happened at all in S5 cri hahahahaha. Also I don’t know where to place Trouble in Tokyo but I wasn’t too fond of the movie anyway so I guesssss it doesn’t matter. I liked it, I really did, but it felt a little too straight forward sometimes and depending on the placement to the seasons, it doesn’t fit a lot either. BUT that’s nitpicking.

So yeah, anime-wise, I don’t even know what I watched this year and what was last year. I just remember Akatsuki no Yona, which was fine I guess. Reverse-Harem for the win! Though it’s the first time I actually found the main love interest so unlikeable I ended up rooting for someone else completely even though I know who was going to be end-game. I’m honestly just sick of these man-ly, seducing men who play hard and are all like STRANGE honestly?? Like I wouldn’t want to be treated like he treats Yona. I ended up really liking her and the guy who looks like a girl (Yoon) together; I just loved how Yona influenced him and made him stand up for them on the boat and everything.

PERSONAL LIFE

 This year, especially the second half, has been quite hard on me. My family has been horrible the whole year and I finally feel like it gets to me. I’m just... tired. I’m just numb. I’m so good at pretending I’m happy --- even to myself. But it tired me out and I finally start to notice it. I’m selfish, I know that, but I couldn’t even get myself to be sad - and that’s... an excuse. I know that. I just don’t want to actually be sad. I wanna enjoy my life, I don’t wanna drag myself down, but where did get me?

Anyway, on a more friends-based level, I guess it went good? It was a good year. It was one where I found new friends, deepened some other friendships... and feel like I’ve lost another one... Maybe some of you noticed the time when I got together with a friend for a short amount of time because we both felt like it was where we wanted to go. It went good, really good - at least that’s what I thought. It was slow sure, but for the most part I realized that what I really want is someone close, not necessarily a romantic interest.

More or less out of the blue that ended per text message. And after that, I half fell apart and half felt like it was no problem. And then I really began to get socially paranoid. I was paranoid before, don’t get me wrong. But suddenly I felt like everyone (especially he) was avoiding me, like they pretended to like me. And always when I wanted to express it to him, it stopped. It was like he was playing with me, but I know it couldn’t have been that, because he couldn’t read my thoughts after all. It got better in like November/December too and I hope it stays that way, and maybe one year to do in 2018 is to actually address my feelings -- even if it may end up making everything even more awkward and maybe ruining how good we have gotten.

On the bright side, I’ve gotten closer to two other friends and have made like 3 new friends this year whom I hope to grow closer to in 2018. 

ALL IN ALL

I can’t say this has been the best year, especially the second half. There were too many self-doubts, too many crisis, too many thoughts I’d like to stop, too much school-stress and too much emotional garbage. But at the same time, there was many to balance it out. Most of that being friends, old and new ones.  

[fanfic-inator795]

WoY After Verse Drabbles: Rigel’s Welcome

Just some quick drabbles taking place in the WoY After Verse all about the new Skeleton Dance fanbaby OC that @prismasandpie and I have created, Rigel. Enjoy! ^v^

1. Birth

News of their Lord Wander possibly going into labor started to spread across the Skullship as early as 3 AM. By 5 AM, every Watchdog on the ship was awake, and most of them were standing outside sick bay, eagerly awaiting their new prince or princess.

“Come on, Orion!” Lily said, occasionally mumbling an apology as she carefully stepped to the front of the crowd, “We don’t want to miss the announcement!” The eightteen year old had been so excited that she hadn’t even bothered braiding her hair. She just wanted to meet her new sibling already!

Right behind her, Orion was just barely keeping up, looking tired (and maybe just a bit cautious). “I’m comin’ I’m comin’, grop... Pa probably hasn’t even-”

“Ooh ooh, there they are!” Before he could even realize who was talking, Orion ended up getting a camera shoved in his face. “Prince Orion,” Andy started to ask while Bean zoomed in, “How do you feel about being an older brother?”

“Um, well...” He rubbed the back of his neck, “It’s going to be... different, I guess.”

“And we can’t wait!” Lily added, looking over her shoulder at them.

“Yeah, sure...” Truth be told, Orion hadn’t been nearly as thrilled as his sister had been when their parents first told them the big news. Now, that wasn’t to say that he was angry or upset about a new baby. Just... worried, maybe. It had been the four of them (seven if you counted Aunt Syl, Uncle Peepers and Captain Tim) for so long. Wouldn’t it be weird having a new person around? A new person that would almost always be crying, and would have diapers that would need changing, and-

Suddenly, the crowd around them shushed, with all eyes turning towards the opening double doors. The doctor stepped out... and smiled. “It’s a boy!” The Watchdogs errupted in cheers (though a few groaned as they handed other soldiers small amounts of cash. Clearly they had assumed the baby would be a girl.) as Andy continued his special newscast. “You heard it here folks, we’ve got a brand new Prince of the Hater Empire!” 

“I can’t believe it!” Lily grinned, already blinking back tears of joy. She grabbed her twin’s wrist and pulled him forward. “Come on, let’s go see!” Of course, the doctor happily let them in, and after a few minutes of waiting, they were allowed to go see their parents in Wander’s private sick bay room. 

Thankfully, the small room was much more quiet. Wander was laying in bed resting his eyes, a tired smile on his face. Meanwhile, Hater was cradling a small bundle wrapped in a red blanket, smiling and trying not to cry TOO much. “Oh wow...” Lily whispered, clasping her hands together as she tried to get a closer look. 

Orion on the other hand stayed near the door. “...You gonna be okay, Pa?”

“Oh yeah,” Wander nodded, opening his eyes just a little, “I’ll be fine. I’ve done this before, after all... And besides-” He glanced over towards the new baby, now being held by Lily “All the hard work is worth it...” 

“I guess...” Feeling his curiousity start to get the better of him, Orion took a small step forward. From the bundle, he could see a small puff of orange fur that was maybe just a shade or two darker than his pa’s. “Huh...”

“...You wanna hold him?” Lily asked, holding the bundle out.

“Er, well, I- I don’t-” Before he could finish, the bundle was placed in his arms - and it was then he realized that the bundle actually had a face. Squinty eyes with teal irises, and a tiny mouth that occasionally let out a small whimper. He already had long, poofy bangs, and just barely poking out of the sides of his head were two small, yellow nubs. Baby lightning bolt horns. 

“...He’s... so small...” 

Hater chuckled. “Yeah, tell me about it... You two were that small once, you know. But trust me, your brother will be all grown up before you know it...”

The baby started to squirm, whimpering a bit more. “H-Hey, hey it’s okay,” Orion told him. He looked up at Wander, but the nomad just gave his son a small smile. You can do this. “...” Taking a deep breath, Orion adjusted his hold on the baby, holding him closer. After a moment, his brother began to calm down. He nuzzled up to his chest, and began to fall asleep. “Heh... W-Wow,” Orion smiled, barely noticing the tears in his eyes as he continued to look down at the baby. 

Not wanting to miss out on the moment, Lily moved over to him and started to gently pet their brother’s head. “So cute,” she cooed. And of course, all Wander and Hater could do was smile at the sight. Truly, there was nothing better than seeing your family get along.

“His name is Rigel, by the way,” Hater told them, with Wander adding in a confirming nod, “Rigel Threat Skulldrion.”

“Heh, sounds like a good name to me,” Orion commented. Though, after a moment, he frowned. “Wait, ‘Threat’?”

“Jeff’s been such a good friend to us, and a big part of our lives,” Wander began to explain, “And it’s actually pretty common to make part of someone’s name a tribute to someone else - like how your full middle name is ‘Hater Jr’, Orion.”

“Yeah, but ‘Threat’ is a way cooler middle name than just ‘Jeff’,” Hater added, “So we went with ‘Threat’.”

“...” The twins gave a small giggle. “Like I said,” Orion grinned, “Sounds like a good name to me.”

2. First Night

Despite all the excitement of the day, the Skullship had grown completely silent. There weren’t any incoming ships or asteroids to avoid, no landings to make - it was all smooth sailing. Really, it was the perfect first night for anyone. ...And yet, Hater couldn’t bear to leave his new son all alone, despite the fact that he was already fast asleep.  

Giving a small sigh, Hater reached down into the crib to gently brush some fur away from Rigel’s eyes. “...Glad I’m finally able to meet you,” he said softly, “See you... Hold you... Let you know that I’ll always be here, to protect you and to make sure you have a good life...”

“...I know the exact same feeling, Honeybadger.” Glancing over his shoulder, Hater spotted his husband in the doorway, smiling back at him while Hater’s old pink blanket hung over his shoulder. “It’s kinda nice, you know?” he continued as he walked into the room, “Havin’ a baby on the ship again.”

“Hmph, yeah,” Hater nodded, wrapping an arm around the nomad once he got close enough. “And, it seems like he’s okay. Doctors said he was healthy, and he’s sleeping just fine. But...”

“...You wanna sleep in here tonight just in case?” Wander asked, already taking a seat on the floor next to the crib.”

“...Yes please.”

3. Siblings 

“I think he’s getting ready to crawl!” “Heh, I think he’s still a bit too young for that.” “Hey, you never know, sis! Maybe he’s special or, I don’t know, maybe being half skeleton gives him stronger bones or something!”

Lily giggled. “Yeah, maybe! But for now, let’s just let him go at his own pace.” Looking back down at their little brother, she gave him a light poke on his cheek, making the baby let out a small squeal of laughter. “Grop... He is just the sweetest baby ever!” Her smile softened. “...Makes me wonder what it’s gonna be like when I - er, when Sam and I - have a baby.”

Orion raised an eyebrow. “Lily, you guys aren’t even married!”

“I know! But... I don’t know, I’m just thinking!”

“...Yeah, I get that.” Glancing away for a sec, he grabbed his old cobra-bear plushie. He shook it in front of Rigel’s face, letting out a low growl. But the baby just laughed again, taking a swipe at the plushie. “I thought I was overthinking things before Rigel came around, but now... I keep wondering what he’s gonna be like when he’s older, if he’s gonna deal with the same stuff we did as kids-”

“Technically we are still kids, Orion,” Lily pointed out, giving a small smirk. It was still a month or two until they turned nineteen - and even then, a good portion of the galaxy wouldn’t consider them adults until they turned twenty-one.

But Orion just smirked. “Whatever. I was just thinking... You found your music when you were little, but I didn’t find cooking until after- ...Well, I just hope he finds what he loves to do sooner than later.” As he continued watching the baby play with the plushie, Orion’s horns began to fold down slightly. “...Do you think he’s gonna grow up to have powers like me and Dad?”

“...” Crawling over to him, Lily gave him a hug. “If he does, then he’s gonna have TWO great teachers instead of just one.” Orion smiled back at her, quickly returning the hug. He would never let his brother feel as frustrated or hopeless as he had at one point, and he knew that both he and Lily would protect him as much as they could, just like they protected each other. After all, what are siblings for?

“Ah!” The twins blinked. Glancing down, they saw Rigel looking up at them - still laying on his belly, but trying his best to stretch his arms towards them. Almost instantly, he was scooped up and placed right in the middle of their hug.

“There we go!” Lily told him, giving the baby a quick kiss on the hug, “Don’t worry, Rigel, we wouldn’t forget you!”

“Heh, and trust us, squirt,” Orion added, grinning, “In this family, you’re gonna get plenty of hugs!” And at this, Rigel smiled back at them, clearly not minding.

4. The Bath

Hater growled. Where had that kid gotten off to now? ...And how did he know EXACTLY when to start running? (or rather, crawling and hiding.) “Come on, Rigel! It’s just a bath! Just a, uh-” He paused, wondering what his husband would say to try and coax their son out of hiding. “Just a... fun, happy, water-filled time. So yeah, looooots of fun, right?”

While Rigel still didn’t come out, Hater did hear someone blow a raspberry. 

“Ughhh!” Okay okay, he could do this! Now, if he was a one and a half year old, where would he hide...? Quietly as he could, Hater continued walking down the long dark hall, keeping his eyes out for anything that would maybe give him a clue. An abandoned toy, or a footstep, maybe a certain smell or noise or-

The skeletal overlord stopped, giving a smirk. Or, a tuff of dark orange fur poking out from behind a recycling bin near one of their meeting rooms. 

Sensing that he had been caught, Rigel quickly moved out from behind the bin and flopped down onto his stomach. Getting onto his hands and knees, he tried to crawl away as fast as he could. Unfortunately- “Oh no you don’t!” Before he knew it, the baby was lifted up into the air, surrounded by a green aura. “Heh, nice try, Rigel.”

Rigel pouted at his father, giving a small growl of his own as he was pulled towards him. “Yeah yeah, I know you don’t like baths,” Hater told him, “Though I don’t know why...” His siblings never had this problem. Maybe because Rigel had longer fur, which meant it took longer to dry? Or maybe the kid just didn’t like water. Whatever the reason, it couldn’t stop the inevitable. “I promise it won’t take long, and you can play with bath toys and bubbles and-”

Hater stopped. His son’s pout had turned into full-blown space puppy-dog eyes. “...No. Nonono, Rigel, don’t you give me those eyes!”

The baby began to sniffle, lip quivering a bit. 

“It’s been three days since you last had a bath! Don’t you want to be clean?”

Rigel’s eyes got bigger, quickly filling with tears.

“Y-You... I-It’s just a bath! A bath that you HAVE to take, got it Mister?! There is no way - NO WAY - that I’m going to let you skip it again. Understa-?”

His son let out a sob, a single tear rolling down his furry cheek.

“.........” Within a second, the electric green aura was gone, allowing Rigel to land softly on the floor. “Eh, one more day without a bath couldn’t hurt, right?” Hater asked him.

Rigel simply gave him a big, toothless grin.

5. The Art

“...Wander.” “Hm? Yes, Hatey?” “He’s doing it again.”

Wander glanced over at their son - who currently had more food splattered all over his tray and on his boney hands (and even a little on his “Babe’s Great, Best Toddler” bib) than in his mouth. But the nomad just giggled. “Babies play with their food, Hater.”

“Yeah but, shouldn’t he actually be eating it?” Hater countered, “He’s gonna be hun-” Before the skeletal overlord could even finish, Wander scooted over closer to the baby and offered him a spoonful of mashed carrots. Spotting the spoon, Rigel opened his mouth, allowing his papa to feed him without any trouble at all. “...Oh. Hmph, well, at least he’s eating.”

So, the meal continued, with Rigel only eating what was given to him on a spoon and playing with the rest of the goopy food in front of him. And, with the boy now eating his lunch, neither one of his dads really minded. Wander was more than happy to let his baby have a little fun at the dinner table, and Hater could care less about wasting food.

Eventually though, it did have to end. “Alright, Rigel! Time to get cleaned up! And then maybe we can read ya a story befor- Oh!” As soon as Wander started to pick him up, Rigel gave a cry of protest. And, once he had shaken the nomad’s hands off him, he leaned forward towards his tray, focusing on moving his food around once more. 

“Geez,” Hater commented while Wander could only watch, “He really likes playing with his food.”

“Hmmm...” Suddenly - DING! - Wander had an idea. And, thankfully it was an easy enough one that he would be able to put it into action right after naptime... 

It took a bit of work finally pulling the little skele-nomad away from his tray, but once he was cleaned up and settled in, he quickly fell asleep - and that was when his papa went to work! The Hat provided the materials, naturally, but Wander was the one in charge of setting them up.

So, with an excited grin on his face, Wander set down several paper plates around one of the playrooms the Skullship had. Once that was done, he began squirting paint into each plate - one color per plate, though he did make sure to mix a couple so that his son could have all the colors of the rainbow. Finally, with all the paint-filled plates surrounding it, Wander placed a big piece of paper (practically a tarp!) in the middle of the room. “There! Perfect!” 

“Wan?” he heard a voice from the hall, “Are you done in there yet?”

“Yep!” Wander answered, “Bring ‘im in, honeybadger!” Hater nodded, doing as he was told, stepping carefully into the room so he could avoid stepping in any paint. A slightly sleepy but still curious Rigel was in his arms, and the boy became even more curious once his father placed him in the middle of the giant piece of paper. “Go on, sweetie,” he heard his papa say.

Rigel babbled looking around at all the colors. Slowly, he began crawling towards the red - a color he knew very well simply because of where he lived. He touched it, and yelped slightly in surprise. Cold! But... not bad. He touched it again, letting it squish in-between his boney fingers. Giggling now, Rigel pressed his hand to the paper, rubbing it and moving it around as he created... something. He didn’t know what it would be and neither would his parents, but it was still something!

And, as he continued to giggle and play with the paints, his dads could only smile. “Well,” Wander started to say, leaning into his husband as he wrapped his arms around him, “Looks like we’ve got a little artist in the family.”

6. First Word

Sometimes, Hater wondered how he could be so lucky. A little over two decades ago, he was a warlord. A villain determined to take over the galaxy, all while chasing down a wandering weirdo and hoping to destroy him.

And now he was married to said weirdo! He worked with planets, forming fair treaties with them instead of conquering. And, in-between meetings and checking in on his planets, he spent his days sitting on the couch, watching his kids play or spending time with friends or simply taking it easy.. And honestly? It was a much better future than Hater ever could have imagined.

Hearing some babbling at his feet, Hater reached down and picked up his youngest, placing him on his lap as he continued watching the twins play their video game. “Remind me to teach you how to play sometime,” he told Rigel, “You’re going to love Super Zamboni Bros.” 

Rigel simply babbled, grabbing his father’s finger and laughing a bit. “...Huh.” Hater said suddenly, frowning slightly. “...Rigel? Can you say ‘Daddy’? Come on, daaaaa-deeee.” But Rigel refused. He mumbled and grurgled, but no words. “Hmph...” 

Glancing back at them, Orion smiled. “Hey squirt, I bet you can say ‘bro’, can’t you? ‘Big brother’ or maybe just ‘Orion’?”

“Or how about ‘Lily’?” Lily added, pausing the game, “Or maybe ‘sissy’? Come on, Rigey, I know you love your big sissy!” But again, the toddler refused to say any actual words. Instead he simply concentrated on sucking on his father’s finger like it was a pacifier. 

Despite his disappointment, Orion shrugged. “Guess not.” And with that, their game continued. ...But Hater’s smile didn’t returned.

Orion and Lily didn’t take this long to talk... And Rigel was almost two! “Should we be worried?” he asked himself, “Maybe we should take him to sick bay, or-” He stopped, hearing a curious gurgle. Rigel was looking up at him, curious but still smiling and enjoying his father’s company. 

“...” Hater smiled back at him, taking a moment to ruffle the boy’s hair. Words or not, Rigel was still the greatest toddler in the galaxy!

“Hey everyone!” a very familiar voice greeted from the hall. Now THAT definitely made Hater smile - Wander returning from a trip, no matter how short or long it was, always made the skeletal overlord smile. 

And of course, it made his kids smile too. Turning off the game system, the twins raced to the couch. “Hey Papa!” “How was Auntie Syl?” “Did you guys see anything cool?” 

“Oh we saw lots!” Wander answered excitedly, “And I’ve got plenty of pictures too~! So-!” A small cry interrupted him. “Huh?”

All eyes were now on Rigel, who had gone from happy to pouting, fussing as he squirmed in his father’s lap. “Aww,” Wander coo’d, holding out his arms, “I’m sorry, did you miss Papa, sweetie?”

But Rigel refused, not even bothering to crawl into his papa’s lap. He just continued to fuss and whimper. “If he doesn’t want to be held by you, then what does he want?” Hater asked, furrowing his brows.

“Maybe he’s hungry?” Orion offered.

“But we just had lunch. So. maybe just a clean diaper?” Lily suggested.

“But he doesn’t smell!” Hater told them, “So, what-?”

“BA!” Rigel shouted, throwing his little fists up in the air and waving them around. Eyes wide and breaths being held, his family leaned in. “Rigel...?” Wander asked, voice hushed.

“B-Ba...” The toddler’s pout deepened, and he reached out, trying to grab his papa’s hat. “Ban’jo!” 

“.........” While the rest of his family’s jaws dropped (in Hater’s case, almost literally), Wander just smiled. “Ohhh, so THAT’s it! Heh, yeah, I guess it has been a while since you’ve gotten to hear one of my songs, and I know how much you kids like ‘em! So let me just-” And that was when it finally hit him. “...You, you said banjo. GAAAAASP! YOU SAID BANJO!!!”

Unable to help himself, Wander scooped his youngest son up and hugged him tightly. “Oh Rigel, I am SO proud of you! Oooh, your first word! I’m so-!”

“Wehhhhhh...” The toddler pushed against his papa, still pouting up a storm. “Ban’jo, ban’joooo!”

“Heh, alright alright,” Wander told him, giving him a quick kiss on the forehead before passing him off to his sister - who, at this point, was smiling just as much as her papa, as was her brother. “How about I sing a special song just for you?” he asked, taking off his hat and pulling out his trusty instrument. Rigel smiled, clapping his hands and giving a cheer. “I’ll take that as a yes!”

“...Wait,” Hater said, finally finding his voice, “His first word... was BANJO? SERIOUSLY?!” But the rest of his family just laughed. 

THE END

Heh, hope you all enjoyed reading this ^v^ I’ve got a few other Rigel related ideas so, hopefully this isn’t the last time I write about him. Thanks again for reading!

[sabraeal]

Suzuri and obiyuki modern double date. ;w; maybe a gaming night and wine with dinner at obiyukis home, or Suzuris. :D

Shirayuki smooths the gauzy layer of her skirt, her palms sticking unpleasantly with her sweat. Her heart flits in her chest, beating triple-time, threatening to flutter right through the gaps in her ribs if she lets it.

Obi buzzes the box before laying an arm on the wall and staring at her. “You look nervous,” he observes, the corner of his mouth canting fondly.

“I–I am,” she admits, shuffling her feet on the stoop. “I’ve never done this. A–a double date, I mean.”

He lets out one of those sly chuckles, the kind that rumble in his chest and make her toes curl in anticipation. “Yeah, I didn’t think you meant a foursome or anything, Doc.”

“Obi,” she whines, twisting in anxious agony. “Don’t tease me.”

“Okay.” His smile fades from his lips, but not his eyes. “What’s the problem? What do you think is going to go wrong?”

“I don’t know.” Even just telling him make her heart return to it regular rhythm, though it doesn’t help how her stomach twists. “I just don’t know how to…act I guess?”

He blinks. “Around Yuzuri and Suzu?”

“No, like…” She huffs out a sigh, hating the way she can be so smart and still lose her entire vocabulary. “I know how to be around Suzu and Yuzuri, but I don’t know how to act when I’m being…” She flicks a glance up at him, before telling her feet, “When I’m being Shirayuki and Obi, and they’re being Suzu and Yuzuri.”

“You’re worried it’s going to be different?” It’s not judgemental, the way he asks, just curious.

“I just don’t know what the expectations are,” she says, wrapping her arms around her shoulders. “Should I be – flirty? Or, am I – am I allowed to kiss you? Do I sit in your lap? I don’t – I don’t know how to do…this. Be a girlfriend in front of people.”

“Shirayuki,” he breathes, and there’s something in his voice that makes her look up, makes her look into those gold eyes that made her knees weak right in front of her dorm so many years ago. His palm cups her cheek, thumb rubbing along her cheekbone. “I think just being you is enough.”

“Obi.” Her voice is stronger than it’s been anytime in the past half hour. “Can you kiss me now?”

His fingers are brushing just over her belly, mouth open and wanting against hers, when the door clicks open.

“Really?” Yuzuri says, incredulous. “Right here, on my doorstep? This is where you two want to make out?” She blows out a breath. “No wonder you two didn’t come up for air for a whole weekend.”

Obi, to her surprise, goes a shade darker. He’s blushing. “Well, next time open the door faster,” he grumbles, slouching past.

Shirayuki hovers awkwardly on the stoop, watching as Obi disappears inside.

Yuzuri whistles. “Dang, girl,” she says, impressed, “if someone kissed me like that, I wouldn’t kiss and tell either.”

“Ughhh,” she sighs, covering her face with her hands. “Don’t start.”

“Settlers of Catan?” Suzu hisses, incredulous. “That’s the only board game you’ve ever played?”

“And Monopoly.” Shirayuki mulls the question over. “Actually, I was really good at Sorry as a kid too.”

Yuzuri slings an arm around her. “You poor, poor little forest nymph.”

Suzu pinches the bridge of his nose with a groan. “Okay, that’s it. I’m getting out Tales of Arabian Nights. I just – wow.”

Obi grins, leaning over to whisper in her ear. “Don’t tell him I’ve only played chess.”

“So there’s no difference who I pick?” Obi asks, strangely uncertain.

“It’s just aesthetics,” Yuzuri assures him, “you literally just pick your skills out of a bag.”

He hums,  eyes darting between the figured in each hand.

“Aladdin is very you, man,” Suzu ventures. “You know, the scrappy street-rat thing. I bet Aladdin can throw a punch, you know?” He thinks about it for a moment longer. “And he gets Jasmine, so like, total plus.”

“Yeah, but Ali Baba is a master thief,” Obi argues, no heat in his voice. “He has forty thieves, Suzu. Forty. Thieves.”

“Oh man.” Suzu sits back. “That is a good point.”

Yuzuri stares, uncomprehending. “I did mention this is all aesthetic, right?”

“Okay,” Suzu starts. “You’re encountering a –” his fingers run down the matrix – “an evil sorcerer.”

“I seduce him,” Yuzuri says, no hesitation.

“What?” He stares at her. “The evil sorcerer?”

“I have been lost for four fucking turns,” Yuzuri snaps, finger tapping the board. “There is no wizard dick I will not suck to get out of this.”

Obi flips through the book, stopping when he reaches the right paragraph. “Do you have magic?”

“No.” Yuzuri leans over, trying to peek. “I have appearance though.”

Obi hums, non committal. “The evil wizard is offended by the offer of your powerless form, and he – oh, oops. You’re cursed.”

“What?” Yuzuri grabs for the book. “No way. I AM SUCKING THIS WIZARD’S DICK, AND HE IS GOING TO TAKE ME TO BAGHDAD.”

Obi shrugs, letter her take it from him. “Looks like this wizards doesn’t like getting his dick sucked.”

“Okay, babe,” Obi says, staring down at the matrix. “You run into a…lonely efreeteh.”

Shirayuki traces the name on her board shyly. “What’s an efreeteh?”

“It’s like an efreet, but female,” Suzu offers.

Yuzuri rolls her eyes. “Yeah, real helpful.”

“It’s a fire spirit,” he amends. “Like a genie, but no wishes.”

She stares at the figure of Scheherazade, and wonders what a storyteller would do. “I, um…help her?”

Suzu flips through the book. “Okay, so the efreeteh had some curse on her, yadda yadda yadda, you have – storytelling? – so you tell her a story and –” He blinks. “Her misery is lifted, and she wants to marry you.”

“Oh.” She pictures, for a brief moment, Kiki made of fire. “Sure, okay, I guess.”

“I mean you can’t actually,” Suzu tells her, and for no real reason, her heart sinks. It’s not like Kiki-efreeteh actually exists, but…

“What?” Yuzuri frowns. “Why not? The efreeteh asked!”

“B-because she’s a girl.” Suzu takes one look at her face and flails for the rule book. “It’s a rule.”

“It’s a stupid rule,” Yuzuri snaps, folding her arms under her chest. “We shouldn’t use it. If Shirayuki wants to marry her hot fire babe, let her marry her hot fire babe.”

Suzu hesitates, thoughtful. “Yeah. Okay. That is a stupid rule, never mind.” He turns to her, smiling his wide goofy smile. “So how about it, wanna marry a fire babe?”

“This is bullshit,” Yuzuri shrills, hands posed over the board like she would like to scuttle the whole thing, just like her ship last turn. “I have been riding every last sweet wizard dick, trying to get out of this hell hole that is –what, Australia? Am I in Australia? – but you go on a ship once, and now you’re fucking married to a mermaid princess?” Her hands tense into claws. “This game is sexist, man.”

“Because you’re not winning?” Obi asks, giving Shirayuki a sideways glance. She smothers a laugh in his shoulder, letting his arm curl around her.

“Exactly.”

Suzu frowns. “But I’m not even winning. Shirayuki’s got the most points.”

Yuzuri throws her hands up in the air. “YOU MARRIED A MERMAID.”

“Being married to a mermaid is such a drag man,” Suzu says after his ship to Indonesia is scuttled by yet another storm at sea. “I mean it’s bad enough that you have to travel back to visit them after you reach a city, but I gotta keep traveling back to the ocean, you know?”

“Oh my god.” Yuzuri rolls her eyes. “You are in the Valley of Diamonds, cleaning fucking house. I am curse, maimed and grief-stricken, and somehow you dragging your ass back to see your wife is some hardship?”

“She’s in the middle of nowhere though,” he protests. “It’s inconvenient.”

“If I was not maimed, I would be sending Zumurrud to come kick your ass I swear to god.”

Shirayuki’s efreeteh wife is based more centrally, but she can’t disagree with Suzu’s assessment that it is a total hassle. Especially since she’s supposed to be eating cuisine in cities, so after every meal she is hiking it back to Mecca, hoping that her children come out beautiful.

“Wow, how terrible,” Yuzuri drawls. “Here I am, sex-changed, possessed, and insane, but you’re right, having sex with your fire babe is way worse.”

The turn after Suzu is named Vizier of Spain, Obi very quietly marries a princess who allows him a chance at the Palace of a Thousand Doors. He gets a pile of gold for his trouble, and a wife.

“Suzu, piety is fucking cheating and we all know it,” Yuzuri snaps, a few turns later, when he ends up inside the Leviathan. “You prayed to Allah and you found a ship with a crew inside a whale.”

“Listen, your strategy was to seduce wizard dicks, mine was to pray to Allah for all my problems.” He shrugs. “Both valid ways to play.”

She lets their bickering fade into background noise when Obi’s turn comes around, leaning into his side and giving his thigh a squeeze. “Where are you going?”

“Well,” he starts, pressing a kiss to her forehead. “I just left a city, so…back to my wife.”

“Oh no,” she laughs, “that’s a pain.”

He shrugs. “Nah, I don’t mind. It’s better than the game letting you just ignore your family.”

She considers the point, thinking about how he’s been to at least three cities in a the past few turns, silently and happily heading back to Cairo each time. “Yeah,” she says, pressing closer. “I guess you’re right.”

Suzu scores enough points to win the same turn as she does, and it’s a mad dash back to Baghdad to claim victory. She thinks she’s going to lose – she’s all the way in Korea, and he’s in Italy, but at the last second his piety fails him.

“What do you mean I need appearance for Allah to save me!” Suzu shrieks, leaping up from his seat.

“HA!” Yuzuri’s grin is feral. “Where’s your god now, Suzu?”

Shirayuki shuffles Scheherazade’s pawn the two spaces she needs for victory and grins.

“You know,” she says, staring at Yuzuri and Suzu’s dismayed faces, “I’d always win Settlers of Catan too.”

Obi chuckled, pressing a kiss to her temple. “That’s my girl.”

[gumihoni]

Ok, so a bunch of lovely people have tagged me in things and I have been very dumb and scatterbrained, but I am gonna answer them now (really only because I am still dressed like a functional human at this moment, and that is one of the questions somewhere) Happy new year! List 10 good things that happened in 2016, then tag 10 people to do the same. tagged by @dgalerab uhm, okay, I’m really trying here 1) went back to Korea and rediscovered what it feels like to have energy levels and like, be happy, and just generally my love for travelling 2) in the same vein: made the decision to go to Korea for a few months this year at least, which finally gave me some perspective 3) my brother came home for Christmas (it’s a delicate situation and the only time I’ve seen him in the last 2 1/2 years was a funeral) 4) ...fell in love with Bokuto :’) 5) i’m improving at art (it’s subtle things, but i am much faster, and slightly better at anatomy) 6) met a bunch of cool new people (a lot of them on here, too!) 7) met a few travelling friends again after 3 years 8) I didn’t lose my love for martial arts, despite being mediocre at it, after reaching the goal I set for myself (black belt) 9) saw a band I’ve liked for a loooong time in concert for the first time 10) hxh came off hiatus!!! it’s on hiatus again lmao but we got new exciting chapters! Rules: answer the questions in a new post and tag people you would like to get to know better tagged by: @livecement​ and @risquetendencies 1. Nickname: Ginny works, I guess. Anything you can do with my url sounds really dumb *shrug emoji* 2. Star Sign: Gemini 3. Height: 5′1″ 4. Time rn: 11:12pm, I need to sleep soon because I agreed to take someone else’s shift :’) 5. Favourite Music Artist: The Matches, Meg & Dia, Protest the Hero, Mamamoo, The National... i want to list more because when I look at that singular there I suddenly don’t know how to read : ) 6. Song stuck in your head: since I’m listening to it right now... a Korean song: Ssaunal (Fight Day or Fight Me) by Bolbbalgan4. 7. Last Movie Watched: ...I have no idea. Possibly Phantom Rouge in German? 8. Last TV Show you watched: if it’s last episode, probably Haikyuu!!... I am bad at watching things 9. what are you wearing rn: an actual outfit!! how exciting I am a real human today! A long grey cardigan over a loose sky blue dress with a very scattered white leaf print and a lace trim, and black tights. 10. when did you create your blog: end of March 2015 11. what kind of stuff do you post: hxh, haikyuu, a lot of mental health stuff, i am sorry, memes, deep sea animals, animals idk, pretty things, a lot of stuff really 12. do you have any other blogs: i have painpackerrisingsin saved for if i ever dare to start a nsfw art blog :’) 13. Do you get asks regularly: No, and often when I get them I am convinced I mortally offended someone and they’re out to get me. (which has obv not happened ever, except for some... shitstirrers i should have blocked long ago) 14. why did you choose your username: i hate this question, i meant to lurk and chose a dumb url because i thought it didn’t matter but I hate change so I am stuck with Feitan’s hatsus (and it’s so long to type or write on stuff) 15. Gender: *Kurapika voice* what’s a gender; dfab and I don’t experience any dysphoria but I find myself caring about labels less and less 16. Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw 17. Pokemon Team: Instinct 18. Favourite colour: Periwinkle 19. Average hours of sleep: anything from 1 to 10, my life is a mess 20. lucky number: none really. I have attachments to 4, 5, 587, though. 21. Favourite character: Bokuto, Leorio, Kurogane (i have a type rip) 22. how many blankets do you sleep with: two 23. dream job: i need someone to pay me for learning languages for no one but myself :’) 24. Following: 83, but 4 of these are rou and 5 doomsday so... there’s a few other mutuals with more than one blog. I get overwhelmed when there’s too much stuff on my dash... Rule one: Always post the rules Rule two: answer the questions the person who tagged you asked and write 11 new ones Rule three: tag 11 people and link them to the post tagged by my love @sayoko0

1) Favorite color? answered up there!

2) How do you think birds communicate? tone of their singing and in more direct interactions body language?

3) Can you identify a tree from its leaves? not many, but a select few, yeah. My mom would be so disappointed.

4) If you could make a ship canon which one would it be? ughhh this hurts my heart but probably Leopika, because I need Kpeeks to be saved. It’s my angstiest ship... Kurofai is as canon as gay ships go in CLAMP and Bokuaka, there’s SOMETHING and... I don’t need it as much in the manga context, because there’s so many amazing fanworks. 5) Fav song atm? Ho boy... I’ve rediscovered Hypocrates by Marina and the Diamonds. My all time favourite is Clumsy Heart by The Matches. 6) A song that cheers you up? Butterflies Pt.II by Lana del Rey 7) A song that makes you sad? The One by Meg & Dia 8) One of your fav vines? Describe it if you don’t feel like searching for it. The one with the Korean girl, where the other girl is like “xy your bra strap is showing!!!” and she’s dancing to a song going I don’t give a fuck wearing tons of bras everywhere 9) What’s your comfort food? LASAGNA. And warm chocolate pudding. 10) I can’t think of anything else so tell me whatever you were doing before answering this, or plan to do after finishing. Answering more tag stuff because I collect them for months ;_; 11) Oh! Tell me the last weird dream you remember having. Oh my god... Okay, so, you know these people who always have these little notes and go “just be happy!!!!”, “positivity!!!”; I was silently judging them in my head, but then later had to justify myself in front of some heavenly court and hold a long speech about how I tolerate other people’s way of life even if it’s different from mine, and if that doesn’t tell you a lot about me as a person, I really don’t know. Oh yeah, there was also the dream where I got to meet Britney and had so many questions and the only thing I could get out was asking if she was planning a duet with Psy (but she was!!!). There’s more, I am really useless but I am tired and need to sleep, I will, one day, maybe get back to some of the others because they were interesting but... my energy levels are so low now. Tagging: If you tagged me in one of these, feel tagged for the others if you haven’t done them yet. Uhm, take the questions here, my brain is not functional. Also tagging: @daiousamashittykawa​, @pyro-madder​, @schwanendreher​, @sirwallahoo​, @bbmelon​, @yescabbageguystuff, @thewiselearnfromhistory, @the-smallest-kurapika uhm, anyone i’ve ever spoken to who feels like doing it? If you want to do one or none or all, just, do whatever you want, I want you to be happy ok.