#omg me academy era posting?

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Of course you have blue hair and were turned into a puppet :/

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part 2 to this post of analyzing everything we see of Tenten from the show and data books to help me get a consistent character for her!

this one is gonna go over moments from all the post-series filler arcs she’s in from naruto original, or her genin years. this will also include the three genin-era fillers from Shippuden that she's in, up to the second chunin exams arc. These are all anime-only fillers, so these can be as canon or non-canon as you’d like them to be. We get quite a few moments where Tenten feels OOC to me (because yknow. filler), and I’ll point these out.

Some of these episodes aren't particularly important for Tenten's character, but I'll go through them anyway bc all that she ever gets is crumbs anyway. If you ever wanna do a Tenten rewatch of the show, these are some good filler arcs to watch.

I’ll be going in chronological order of the show’s (terrible and unclear) timeline. Unless specified to be from shippuden, the episode numbers I’m referencing are from the original series.

Jounin Leader! (Shippuden 360)

This is one episode of a long set of flashback episodes to Kakashi’s past, so this is more focused on him angsting than on Team Gai, but we get a few moments here. This one is about Kakashi and Gai’s time as a jounin sensei, and gives us more insight into Team Gai's first year as genin.

We get to see Team Gai’s “bell test” which is them just fighting Gai and showing him their determination. We get a few moments of Tenten using pure taijutsu, which is cool!

This isn’t about Tenten but I have to say it anyway. Gai is such a good sensei.

Just one scene earlier, we watch Kakashi brutally beat up three 12 year olds, and then we see Gai with his kids and he barely even touches them during their fight. He’s pretty much entirely on the defense, just redirecting blows and making space for himself. His most injurious attack is a kick that creates enough wind to blow them back several feet.

He really just wears them down and pushes them to their limit stamina-wise to see if they continue to fight. And they do! And he’s so excited by it!! it’s so cute, I love Gai so fucking much.

They take a little break after they all pass, and end up talking about Kakashi, who failed his team back to the Academy. It’s Tenten who brings this up, going “Good thing we didn’t get that other sensei that everyone talks about.” and looks around like she’s about to share some shady gossip. I love her sm, little busybody. She’s the one that tells her teammates all the tea in that scene, and they’re just sitting there like omg whattttttt :0

I think this dynamic absolutely continues on forever, with Tenten keeping her boys up to date on all the gossip and goings-on throughout the years.

Then we skip forward a bit to the chunin exams for that year, where Gai asks his team if they want to participate. Lee says no, because he believes he isn’t ready. Gai asks Neji, who also says no, and Tenten. She says that they’ll all train hard, and then take the exams again next year, together.

Their bond is so cute to me, and Gai clearly agrees because this drives him to youthful tears and he’s seen bragging to Asuma and Kurenai that he’s so lucky to have students like them.

Anyway, clearly some development happened with their bond during their first year as genin, and now Tenten doesn’t want to leave either of them behind or take the exam without them. She’s grown to care for them a lot in that first year. Neither want to leave Lee behind, even if Neji won’t admit it, and I love that sm. Team Gai forever 😭😭😭

The Neji Chronicles (Shippuden 192)

I already went over most of the Tenten moments in this episode in my last post, but a few more small details.

When Neji mentions that "perhaps I've made too many blind assumptions about the way things are", Tenten looks more relieved than surprised by this. It feels like something her, Lee, and Gai have been telling Neji for a while. I think Naruto was the push Neji needed to actually listen to/internalize everything that his teammates have already been saying to him.

Tenten actually looks annoyed to have Kiba along, probably because he was talking shit about Neji literally five seconds earlier and she yelled at him for that, but she accepts it because she knows they need the numbers.

She tells Neji to go ahead without her, and gives him a little wink, which is important to me bc Tenten is so cute! I love her sm

This episode also ends with the iconic ending 15 of Team Gai sparring with Naruto.

Deploy! Team Tenten! (Shippuden 184)

This episode takes place after the Konoha Crush arc. Tenten, Neji, and Naruto are sent out on a mission to get ninja tool supplies for the village from a research laboratory. This also my all-time favorite episode of Naruto.

Gai picks Tenten to lead the mission, and she's immediately surprised. Gai admits that he would usually pick Neji, but she's better suited for it on this mission.

We get a lot of Naruto and Tenten being cute asf in this episode, I love their sibling-like bond so much. She makes fun of him like I do with my brother, saying that he's lame, and when he tries to say maybe Neji should lead the team instead they start fighting.

Neji tells them to lay it off because it's just a D-rank mission, and then once she says let's get going Naruto's immediately back on board. Peak siblings.

I headcanon that Tenten and Naruto knew each other from the orphanage, and that's why they act this close with each other.

Through this whole episode, Tenten is more excited about new ninja tools than the actual mission, which is why I think her interest in weapons has been there for much longer than Shippuden 237 implies. She can immediately tell that all of the inventions he shows them are kind of useless, which isn't hard but again, shows that she knows weaponry very well.

She's also rather... I wouldn’t say rude, but not particularly well-mannered wth Io. At least in the english dub, she speaks fairly casually, and ends up yelling at him quite a lot. This goes with the first headcanon from this post from @tentenismybitch that Tenten isn't quite as well-mannered as Lee or Neji because nobody ever taught her that at the Konoha orphanage. It's not quite as bad as Naruto, but it's actually pretty close to that level of informality so. I'm sure she picked some stuff up from Gai during her first year as genin and that's why she's a little bit better than Naruto, but still a bit abrasive and not perfectly well-mannered.

She explains Team Gai's usual formation to Naruto, which is Neji, Lee, and Gai doing close combat with Tenten backing them up from a distance. This makes good use of Tenten's pinpoint aim, and to me, also shows that she has very good eyesight, like 20/10 vision (I'm a glasses wearer this is stuff I think abt sometimes LOL). She expresses a desire to fight on the front lines herself instead of always being backup.

Tenten can tell that Io and his apprentice have a passion for invention, which I think she also recognizes so well because she feels the same.

When they go through the trap that Io's set up, Tenten hands it off to Neji first, and he fails, and only then she says she's got it and gets through easily. This is really just supposed to show that even Neji can't do it but she can. I interpret this as a moment of Tenten's insecurity, reflexively leaving it to Neji because she underestimates herself ever since her fight with Temari.

She instantly recognizes the quality of the tools Io kept hidden, again showing how much of an expert she is with weapons. She also admits that getting through that trap was easy for her.

She relegates herself to support when the rogue ninja attack. When Neji gets knocked back, she quickly covers him by throwing some Fuma shuriken to put them on the defense and giving Neji some time to get up and recover. A good insight into Team Gai's usual formation and battle strategy.

Tenten figures out how to use Jidanda very quickly, and even Io comments on how well she uses it even though she's only seen it for maybe 30 seconds before starting to use it. He lets her take all the other tools she wants, and she seems a little disappointed, but takes Neji and Naruto's compliments.

Ah, My Hero Lady Tsunade! (Shippuden 237)

This episode is a full recap of Tenten’s genin years all the way up to Lee's surgery, so in a chronological sense it can fit anywhere before the second chunin exams arc. I’m just putting it here with the other shippuden genin era episodes.

This episode is pretty much entirely focused on Tenten and her self-worth, and while I talked about it a lot in the previous post, there’s a few more details I wanna go into.

In the opening scene, Tenten is shown on a playground listening to other girls talk but she doesn't really join in on the conversation. Interesting to me, since she grows up to be someone very personable and friendly, even with people she doesn't know well, so why is she different in this scene? We also don't see her with any sort of parental figure, implying that she likely doesn't have one.

So we move on from early childhood to her first year as a genin, and Tenten is shown to be the least physically strong of her teammates, lagging behind and struggling with most of the exercises they do. I will actually accept this because her main skill is accuracy and precision, not doing 1,000 pushups or running 500 laps. Every time they're doing the pushups or pull ups or whatever she's lagging behind after they get to like 1,100 so honestly she's not even doing bad at all.

When Gai tells her that Tsunade inherited the talents of the first Hokage, Tenten immediately asks him "are you saying talent is more important than determination?" This seems to be a real sore point for her throughout the episode, as she brings it up again and again. Again, she puts herself in with Lee in terms of talent, implying that she doesn't have any.

Clearly she underestimates herself, because even when she was trying to learn medical ninjutsu, she makes it up to the lecture of high-level medical ninjutsu, implying that she did make it past the lower levels! She fails to do the Mystical Palm Technique, but even Tsunade herself says it's hard to master in a different episode with Sakura. Tenten just doesn't have the fine-tuned level of chakra control to do higher levels.

I do disregard this sometimes, outright saying that she can't do any kind of medical ninjutsu because it really sets her apart from every other girl in the series and feels more right for her.

Tenten learns she's good at the summoning technique when Gai has her try to summon a weapon from a scroll to test if she's suited for summoning an animal. This inspires Tenten later after she fails to be like Tsunade to pursue becoming a weapons' specialist. Again, I tend to disregard this because I prefer the idea of her having always had an interest in weaponry, for various reasons.

Either way, Lee's determination to get stronger at what he's good at, taijutsu, inspires her to start working on seals and weapon summoning. She makes her own summoning scrolls, and clearly learns it all from books, which is really cool!

Given that she's described as a research enthusiast, this fits really well. She probably spends a lot of time at the library, and does a lot of her learning on her own by trial and error.

Again, because Gai doesn't have expertise in this, I think he sees her interest and gets her higher-level books from the library, talks to people for her, and helps her in any way he can since he can't directly train her on this.

Lee calling what she can do amazing, and calling her a ninja tool specialist makes her so happy, it's really cute how much she relies on him and how much it means to her that he admires her.

After his injury, when Tsunade tells him to give up on being a ninja, you can see Tenten's admiration for her kind of go down, which I think is fair. The image of Tsunade she made up for herself is very different than the reality, and when that illusion is shattered, Tsunade isn’t really much of an idol to her anymore.

She stands on the same roof that they first met on with Gai and Neji and starts crying, saying "so it means determination means nothing. so if you don't have talent, then..." and Gai stops her, tells her to trust Lee's resolve, and her own. Gai clearly recognizes that when Tenten talks about Lee, she's talking about herself as well, and that she clearly doesn't believe in her own strength. He does everything he can to uplift her.

"Trust Lee's resolve, and your own. It got you this far, and it will take you even further." This means so much to Tenten, and it makes her start to cry.

We flash back to the present, where Lee is stuck underwater, and Tenten jumps in to save him, saying "you never give up Lee, that's why I promised myself that I would never lose you, and I was able to give it my all too!"

Tenten and Lee's bond means SO MUCH to me. The two non-geniuses of Team Gai, they clearly rely on one another so much, and take inspiration from one another to push themselves further. Tenten equates herself with Lee a lot, especially in terms of how much they have to work to keep up with Neji, and I think it's really important how deep her and Lee's bond is as a result.

The Third Super Beast (Episode 195 - 196)

This arc is cool! It focuses on Lee and Gai's bond, as Gai takes on a new student who knows taijiutsu a little too well for a rookie genin. I think (??) this arc takes place before the other fillers, simply because Lee seems to still be fresh post-surgery, still not quite able to be on active duty and not able to train fully, so i'm putting this arc here in the timeline.

Naruto gets out of a medical exam (iconic Tsunade line of "you're not sick, just stupid"), and Tenten is waiting outside with Neji. She asks how it went, and he tells her he's all good, to which Neji responds snippily and walks off.

Naruto asks her what's wrong, and Tenten just rolls her eyes and tells him Neji's just "in one of his moods". She sounds annoyed herself, and I'm 100% sure Neji was being bitchy to her too. She isn't afraid to call him out for being moody, but she does give him a bit of leeway in not saying it to his face.

Given that Tenten is observant and good with people, I think during their first year as genin, she recognizes that Neji’s whole thing with fate and all comes from something deeper. Maybe not immediately clocking it as trauma, but at least understanding that there is a serious reason why he’s being Like That, so she’s a bit more lenient with him when he’s in a MoodTM or talking down on people.

She doesn’t let him walk all over her—she’s got more self respect than that—but she is a bit more forgiving than most. And this doesn’t go unnoticed by Neji. We see him being far kinder to her than anyone else, and letting her in on things he doesn’t normally share, and I think this is where it comes from.

All this to say: this is another of those moments. Neji is in a mood, and Tenten lets it go because she understands there’s something else going on there.

They bring in Lee for his exam, and he comes out looking sad because Tsunade told him to chill out on the training or else he risks permanently injuring himself. Tenten and Naruto see him looking all sad, and Naruto fully misunderstands Tenten saying that his diagnosis must have been very grim to mean he's going to die soon. In his defense, Tenten also doesn't correct him on this. I think it's because she thinks it'll be funny. Very sibling-coded.

Naruto and Tenten run to the training hall where Gai has introduced his temporary new student Yagura to Lee and is about to make them spar. They spar, and Yagura is as good as Lee is, and nearly breaks his ankle with a move that ends the spar.

Naruto asks Lee why he's trying to train, and "didn't the hospital say your condition was grim, very grim?" and when he looks to Tenten to verify this, she goes "well, they didn't exactly say that..." LMFAOOO what a little shit.

Then they all go to ichiraku with Neji to fill him in on the gossip, with Lee outside listening to them, and they all start talking him up, saying that they owe him a lot and that he's amazing, which is so stinkin' cute. They love him so much. Neji even admits that hard work and perseverance can mean more than natural talent.

Tenten does concede that if he pushes too hard, he might risk permanent injury and that would be impossible to recover from, and Naruto immediately yells at her for being negative all the time and calls her "the voice of doom" which made me laugh for no good reason.

But we can tell that Tenten generally seems to be a bit... I hesitate to say pessimistic outright, but she's very realistic and down-to-earth. She's not a constant damper on the mood, but she does cut in and remind us that yes, Lee's situation is pretty precarious because his injuries are severe, his surgery was life-threatening, and that's something to keep in mind.

It seems like a perfect in-between to Neji and Lee, where Neji is a major pessimist, and Tenten is optimistic enough to balance that out, but also real enough to balance out Lee's wild dreaming and overboard optimism. She warms Neji up and cools Lee down to bring them to equilibrium.

Tenten says she has a lot to thank Lee for, and the thing she immediately think about is... Gai trying to give them all those green training suits. She really respects Gai but she definitely still thinks he's lame, especially when she's a genin, and thanks Lee for taking the brunt of his attention and enthusiasm so her and Neji don't have to also become Green Beasts.

Yagura goes on a mission with Gai after shit-talking Lee, but he turns out to be an imposter so Tsunade has to get a team to go after him and Gai, and everyone please look at Tenten's ninja registration photo. She's so cute I love her so much. What a diva

After this we see Tenten fighting alongside Naruto, Neji, and Lee to save Gai.

As soon as Neji tells them that the enemies have Gai trapped in a structure infused with their chakra, Tenten is quick to start attacking the jutsu users, which seems to actually stop them from attacking Gai within the structure.

Neji also tells them the training dummies they're using to attack are controlled by seals on the back of their heads, and removing them will disable them. Tenten fires out kunai with perfect accuracy and just shreds a ton of the seal papers on the dummies, disabling many of them in a single attack. And then goes "Man, that was too easy!" Cocky ass mf, I love herrrrrrr.

Given that this is so soon after her fight with Temari, she's probably working slowly to regain her confidence, so it's nice to see her feeling good about herself!

We spend the rest of this episode with Lee and Gai and focus on their bond. Naruto even comments on how Gai and Lee have a really good bond, and that he wishes he had something like that with his teacher too. It's a super cute arc, and I really like it.

Curry Of Life Arc (Episode 152 - 157)

This arc is my favorite of the post-series fillers.

Gai gets deeply upset that his students have to go with Naruto on the mission and begs Tsunade to let them go alone, which I think is so funny. this is the iconic "why can't it just be my students who are beloved by all the world" line.

After Naruto embarrasses all of them and Neji pisses Tsunade off, Tenten leaves her office after telling Tsunade "Sorry about them! They have no manners, ahah", which is funny coming from her, given her behavior for the rest of this episode.

Tenten disses Gai, and Lee gets mad that Tenten thinks Gai's information might be wrong, and I just paused here and thought this screenshot was funny.

Tenten says that Raiga burying people alive is the worst thing she's ever heard, which fits with my headcanon that she's a little claustrophobic. It's not debilitating, but she gets a little uncomfortable in tight spaces and has trouble staying in them for extended periods.

Through this whole mission, and honestly a lot of the filler arc missions, Tenten follows Neji's orders in a way Lee and Naruto don't. Like him, she's a little more calculating and takes her decisions based on logic more than her morality, like a shinobi is supposed to. She’s always the one to get Lee and Naruto to try and see Neji’s viewpoint when they question his decisions, explaining the logic to them.

She's also the first one to notice that Neji is on edge when he spots Raiga for the first time, and immediately asks him what's wrong.

After Raiga is killed, they leave Ranmaru tied up in a cabin and go back to the town. When they get ambushed by the rest of his gang, Tenten gives them this look as they're about to fight, which I think is so cool.

She seems to like a challenging battle where she can really test her skills, and she's the first of the group to attack once they go on the offensive, clearly excited to fight.

Once they come back for Ranmaru, he tells them he has no reason to be alive, and Tenten immediately starts shitting on him. She says that everyone ought to be able to live on their own, at least the basics, and that she can't stand weak, indecisive people. Even as he tells everyone his tragic backstory, Tenten is the only one who reacts with barely any sympathy.

I like to think this mentality comes from her being an orphan. She's had to do these things on her own since forever, and she doesn't like people like Ranmaru or Haku who rely entirely on another person as their reason to live. She hasn't really had anyone to rely on like that until Team Gai, so to her, being able to live on your own without needing anyone is a basic skill.

Her disliking weak and indecisive people also explains why her self esteem is so low after losing to Temari. She felt so weak and useless in that fight, and she hates herself for it.

When they're back at the Curry Of Life shop, Neji sends Tenten back by herself to check on Karashi and Ranmaru. When Karashi comes back and tells Neji that Tenten slipped and fell off the cliff, Neji is the only one that knows immediately that it's a lie. He trusts her skills, and knows damn well that Tenten isn't clumsy like that, no matter what anyone says.

There's an awesome fight scene between Tenten and Raiga, where she very nearly overwhelms him, quickly binding him with her chained sickle and flinging a scroll's worth of weapons at him with one hand. She fights very smart, switching to a wooden staff after getting struck by lightning through her chains, and also noting she still can't hold her staff up too high because of the storm.

She flings dirt into Raiga's eyes, and even manages to disarm him of one of his swords by catching it with her staff and throwing it away, all in one movement. She gets knocked out after getting her staff broken and blasted with lightning, but overall, she handles herself with great skill in this fight.

Tenten is also weirdly uninjured for having been struck by lightning thrice during this fight, which fits with my headcanons of her having lightning-natured chakra.

Once she wakes up again, Tenten grabs Ranmaru, who passed out after bringing back Raiga, and brings him to a safe place. She takes care of Ranmaru and tries to nurse him to health. When Ranmaru says that he'd rather die, Tenten tells him that she won't let him get off that easily, and that he has to live and take responsibility for all the people he killed.

She's not completely lacking of sympathy for him though, because when Ranmaru starts coughing and looking worse for wear, Tenten stops yelling at him, and wraps him in a blanket to head to the Curry Of Life Shop, and takes him there through the rain. Even in the shop, she expresses her determination to save Ranmaru, and sits there taking care of him while Grandma makes the curry of life.

She coerces him to eat by saying that if he feels nothing after seeing Karashi and Grandma work so hard to make him the curry, then he's a "horrible human being" LOLL. She really does not like this kid. But it's her expressing all of these things to him that finally gets him to eat, and know what it is to feel alive. Even though she yelled at him more than anything else, it's her strong morals and worldviews that move him.

Just like we saw in the Forest Of Death, Tenten's medical care when it comes to Lee seems to be "shake him really hard and yell at him until he wakes up".

Her medical care for Naruto is to put a plateful of curry in his mouth, force him to chew it, and call him an idiot for passing out. And then she calls him a dumbass when he says he thought she fell down a cliff.

And then with Neji, she gets annoyed and tells him to get up and get going, feeds him like four spoons of spicy curry, and kills him immediately. I love her so much.

She really has great bedside manner LOL. Another reason why I think people see her as unfit for medical ninjutsu + more proof for those headcanons on her being a little bit rude because of her upbringing.

This arc is really fun overall and I think it's a good rewatch for some cool Tenten scenes.

Academy Student Leading Mission (Episode 158)

Tenten is in this one (1) frame of this episode, but it’s important to me because look at her using the Dynamic Entry!!!! We don’t get a lot of Tenten Taijutsu moments and this is one, so I just needed everyone to see her using her dad's sensei's move.

The Appearance of Strange Visitors (Episode 161)

This episode is really funny actually, and it features Tenten, Sakura, and Tsunade being absolute little shits, which is always a treat. This is just a very brief Tenten moment. Two people come into the village disguised and Lee and Gai, but nobody is fooled... except for Naruto.

So to drive them away, Tsunade, Tenten, and Sakura assign them missions to get them to go away. Tenten is the first one to take a crack at them, and we see her coming out of an apartment building to talk to them. She's also wearing her green outfit instead of her usual pink one!

Character-wise this episode isn't anything to write home about, but it's confirming that this green outfit is her "casual" clothes, while the pink is her ninja clothes, and that might be her apartment??

In the shot of her apartment from Shippuden 237 (and later in the RTN filler), we don't see any relatives, and she seems to be by herself in the apartment, much like Naruto. I think this is evidence for her being an orphan, living by herself after making genin.

This also raises the possibility that she met Naruto and/or Lee there when she was young.

Cursed Warrior Extermination Arc (Episode 162 - 167)

This arc feels like it should not be this long for some reason, there's just always some dumb bullshit going on. Either way there's not any noteworthy moments here, there’s just one thing I want to mention.

This arc features Neji, Tenten, and Naruto out on a mission to the Land Of Birds to stop The Cursed Warrior, who’s been haunting the land. After encountering the Warrior once and fighting it, they regroup and discuss who could be dressing up as it, and decide to come meet Lord Sagi, the feudal lord of the land to see if he knows anything and will tell them.

Tenten sees him and immediately calls him "a cutie" and "totally her type" so... her type is quiet and refined pretty boys?

Real quick, Tenten's type being "cool people" also speaks to how she wants to be perceived as well. Her embarrassment toward Lee and Gai's antics, her general refusal to participate in them unless one of them forces her to, it all shows that she really wants people to see her as cool and competent. This is also shown with the people that she admires or finds cute. Sasuke, Kakashi, and Sagi here, who is shown to be somewhat similar to Sasuke in personality and motivations, all have a similar disposition.

Tenten doesn't try to emulate the cold personality type they have, she still acts like her usual personable and open self. She just wants to be perceived the way she and others see them. People look up to and admire Sasuke and Kakashi and Tsunade, and that's what Tenten wants too. To be admired and respected. She wants to be "cool".

In the end, the feudal lord turns out to be Sagi's sister pretending to be him, so actually a woman, and Tenten doesn't take back the fact that she called Sagi cute soooo... personally for me? Bi Tenten confirmed. thank u naruto filler.

Star Guard Arc (Episode 178 - 183)

I won't lie, this arc is barely interesting the first time you're watching it, and any rewatch gets super boring quick. They sing this one song so many times and for like 2 mins at a time too. I skipped so much of this on 2x because it's so slow, and with very minor Tenten moments.

Anyway so it's Team Gai + Naruto going to the Hidden Star Village because they called for help from the Leaf Village and Tsunade sends them out. They meet a boy called Sumaru who wants to be the village's Hoshikage and make their village great again or smth idk and they're supposed to be guarding a star that some mysterious ninja keeps trying to steal.

There’s not a lot of big Tenten character moments here, this arc really just has her on screen and doing stuff so it’s here.

Lee and Tenten get assigned by Neji to keep an eye on the village leader's men, and it's Tenten who keeps Lee from confronting them directly, as Lee feels there's no honor it in. Tenten has to keep yelling at him to just be quiet and follow along, and Lee is reluctant to do it but listens to her anyway, which is also a testament to their bond and his trust in her, if Lee is willing to put aside his principles if Tenten really insists that this is what they have to do for the mission.

Tenten also just seems to be very good at convincing Lee to go along with her ideas in general.

We have a really silly scene of Tenten and Lee literally just hiding under a barrel with a peephole as a disguise, and Lee questions if this is really the way of the ninja.

There’s not really many big Tenten character moments here that I could gather.

Konoha Plans Recapture Arc (Episode 197 - 201)

I really love this arc! It's a fun one all around and it's one of the few where we get to see all of the k11 working together. It keeps the tension up all throughout, and has a good mystery element to it.

We don't see Tenten until midway through the episode, when Shikmaru is ordered to form a group to find the stolen blueprints. Team Gai + Hinata all go to each of the construction sites to check if the spy Genno had left any traps there, but find nothing. They reconvene in a dango shop and Tenten quickly notices that the only places Genno went to are restaurants around town.

Team Gai + Shino and Kiba then get assigned to go check the site of Genno's "death", and Tenten notices and points out that some trees are burned on both sides, which isn't normal unless the explosions came from multiple places, not one like originally suspected.

She analyzes the positions of the burns on the trees and determines that a ring of bombs on the outer trees was set off first, and then the one in the center, and that if he'd timed the explosions right, he could have made it seem like one blast.

When they find the escape tunnel Genno used after the explosion, Tenten also recognizes that the construction of the tunnel allows for it to collapse on itself.

Clearly she has a knowledge of traps and other such things, and is crafty. The vibes are giving engineer tbh. I really like this detail! I think from what we've been shown of Tenten as this smart and observant character that likes weapons and tinkering, traps and escape tunnels seem right up her alley. When Team Gai sets up camp she's probably the one putting up traps and stuff around the perimeter.

This also plays into her strategic mindset, and I think in any kind of ambush missions she gets, she does the same, setting up traps and escape routes. She's exacting and detailed in her work, and likely self-learned all of this from books or other sources, since Gai's expertise is not in this.

When they find the first paper bomb, Tenten is the one to disarm it, once again showing her expertise in not just weapons, but also paper bombs and the like.

This is also the arc that we see Tenten using this sick fucking bow. It has a scope on it and can shoot 4 arrows. I feel like it's kind of hard to reload?? but I'm sure there's some cool ninja way they do it so.

Menma Memory Arc (Episode 213 - 215)

Tenten doesn't appear until the second episode of this arc, where her and Neji are assigned on a mission with Naruto to take this guy Menma to the Land of Rice Paddies to help him regain his memories.

There's not too much notable here, since this arc focuses more on Naruto and Menma than Neji and Tenten, but there's a few things.

Tenten's observant nature is really put on display in these two episodes, as a lot of the time, she's the first one to point out surrounding details to the others. At one point, when the enemy is in a tree observing them with a spyglass in a tree, Tenten notices the glare of the sun off the glass and warns everyone that the enemy is there. To me, this also supports my idea that Tenten has really good eyesight.

This episode, like many, also shows Tenten having to physically get Naruto to be quiet. She does this with Lee as well. I think it's kind of funny that it's always her having to quiet down the two impulsive and loudmouthed ones, and she always does a pretty good job at it, appealing to their sense and somehow managing to talk them down.

This once again shows that not only is Tenten physically strong enough to restrain Lee and Naruto physically, but also shows her people skills and how well she can convince the two of them to chill out.

Suna Support Mission (Episode 216 - 220)

Tenten only gets one scene in this last arc of the original series, and it's in the very last episode, complaining that she was literally the only member of the Konoha 11 to not go on the mission.

I adore this scene too because we get to see Tenten sparring with Lee using pure taijutsu! And she wins! Another instance of her using the Dynamic entry!

Chunin Exams 2: Electric Boogaloo (Shippuden 396 - 413)

This arc is some of the best Team Gai content we get from this show, since it focuses on on them primarily for a lot of it. I'm not going to summarize every single thing that happens but I'll go over the major Tenten character moments.

During the written exam, Sakura mentions this test would be with Naruto here because he'd just score a 0. Tenten says things would be easier for their team if Lee were as dumb as that. So Lee is not completely stupid, as we well know, and Tenten knows that well.

Lee tells them they should try to arrive first, and Tenten tells him there's no advantage to that. Tenten tends to be laid back, so unlike Lee, she doesn't like exerting more effort than she has to, as we see during some training flashbacks later in the arc. She doesn't want to do anything that won't directly benefit her, and she's... a bit lazy LOL.

Still, they end up going at full speed anyway, which is absolutely because Lee and Neji are both competitive little shits and made Tenten go along with them at top speed. I bet she spent the whole trip complaining.

Lee says that they've never been to the Sand Village before, so I think they actually haven't taken any missions there as genin. This actually is accurate because in the Gaara rescue arc, they also don't go to the Sand, they head for the Waterfall Village in between. Neji says he went there once on an errand for the Hyuuga.

During the dinner scene, Tenten makes fun of Kiba when he calls the shinobi from the Sand "mean-looking", telling him that he's also pretty mean-looking. I think it's cute that she teases all of the other konoha 11 like this, especially Naruto and Kiba.

When one of Shira's teammates mentions a cactus, Tenten also realizes that it was the cactus flowers that caused the genjutsu they were put under. I have a headcanon that Tenten studies genjutsu, or at least has a passing interest in it and that's also why she gets stuck in the Road To Ninja world instead of the full genjutsu during the war. I'll elaborate on this when we get to that arc.

Tenten pulls out this giant ladder from a scroll to get her team out of the sand waterfall pit. We're shown at various points that Tenten is a bit of a hoarder. She has everything in her scrolls, from cooking items to tents to giant metal shelters. Any item that's vaguely useful to her, she'll just toss into a scroll. But she clearly has some kind of organizational system because she knows exactly which scroll and which seal every item is in. Likely, she organizes everything by scroll—so a weapons’ scroll, a food scroll, a camp setup scroll, and so on.

During Lee and Shira's battle, Neji is seen explaining all of the intricacies of their taijiutsu to Tenten. We also see in a flashback that he does this for Tenten all throughout their training, whenever Lee and Gai are sparring or when Gai is explaining a technique to Lee. It’s very cute that he does this, keeping Tenten up to speed with the rest of them. This is also an indication that while Tenten is still fairly knowledgable in taijutsu (since she knows enough to ask Neji follow-up questions), it's not her main focus and is more like something she relies on in a pinch.

After this we spend two episodes with Team 8 before going back to Team Gai and their encounter with Ajisai. Tenten pulls out dinner from a scroll, which like I mentioned before, she's a hoarder and a packer. What's interesting to me is that she has food stroed in there, which means you can store food in storage scrolls. I wonder how good it stays in there. If an item needs to be refrigerated, would that change the seal? Much to consider.

Tenten gets irritated at Lee calling her convenient, because she feels that it makes her seem like a tool that's convenient for her team, rather than him saying her technique is convenient.

She storms off, and during her training flashback, we see her and Gai training with nunchucks. I absolutely think Gai was the one that taught her nunchucks, since it was one of the few weapons that he has a lot of expertise with, so he helped her out there. It made him very happy to be able to teach her something new rather than having to just give her resources and letting her figure it out.

Gai calls her convenient in the flashback and she has the same reaction, telling him not to talk to her as if she's some kind of tool. To his credit, he really didn't mean it that way, but it still irritates her. This is another sore point for her, clearly. It directly goes against her want to be seen as cool and admired, since it makes her seem like just a utility, a bag to pull out whatever they need in the moment, and she wants to be admired for her skills, not dismissed as a convenient thing to have around.

There's a funny moment after Tenten's flashback when Lee calls to her and tells her dinner is ready. She asks if the okunomiyaki turned out okay, and Lee looks nervous and says "I have my doubts about them..." which made me laugh.

When they start to fight Ajisai and her team, Tenten immediately picks Ajisai as her opponent after seeing she uses the same jutsu as her. She clearly still has a competitive spirit, even if it's not as strong as Lee or Gai's.

There's a flashback to her training with Gai, and Tenten doesn't seem to progress very far in the span of two years, especially compared to Neji and Lee.

Even after two years, she says she still struggles with chakra control and that her chakra level isn't very high. Plus she seems to not know that she has skill with the Summoning Technique, which is directly contradicted by Shippuden 237 where she's introduced to it in her early genin days and told directly by Gai that she has the skill for it.

I find this inaccurate and reject it.

Tenten is shown to be a quick learner, an enthusiast for research, and deeply upset over her loss to Temari. There's no way she hasn't spent nearly every day in the past two years honing her skills in more complex fuinjutsu, weapons, and other space-time ninjutsu in an effort to beat Temari, and also prove to herself that she isn't weak.

And about her chakra level not being high enough for summoning an ocean, I think Tenten has much larger chakra reserves than average. That's why her chakra control isn't very good (like naruto) and she can use the Treasured Tools. So it doesn't make sense to me that her chakra level is too low for what she does in the show or that she has to work to increase it.

I think her training with Gai is more about chakra control than about increasing her chakra. She hones her control so she can do more complex seals and can control how much water or fire she releases from her scrolls. To this end, Gai has Neji help her, since he has good chakra control. I think Gai also makes Tenten train with Sakura, though Tenten is slightly reluctant at first, and that’s how they grow to be eventual friends.

I think her aptitude for summoning implies that she could also summon animals if she could get along with one long enough to sign a contract. Personally, I think she should get bears.

The flashback ends with Tenten falling off of a cliff that her and Gai were climbing as training, and then she wakes up in the tunnel. We actually never see what happens after she falls which is really weird.

While Tenten walks with Ajisai, she finds her unresponsive to her small talk and giving her attitude, and points it out directly to her. She doesn't take attitude from Ajisai but is still kind, and doesn't raise her voice or start arguing for the sake of it. She very calmly lays out a logical counterpoint, still sounding pretty friendly, and still jokes around with Ajisai when she's done.

I feel like this is also a fairly good insight into how she used to deal with Neji before the chunin exams.

Once again showcasing her observant nature and situational awareness, she hears the ants coming well before Ajisai does. Tenten also gets grossed out by the dead ant, which is fairly consistent with the rest of the show. Tenten is shown getting uncomfortable when she sees bugs or just anything traditionally "icky". Not human blood and guts tho. She's funny for that.

She also asks Ajisai for advice with the summoning jutsu, which I still reject that she needs to, and gets disappointed when she doesn't have any. She sighs and says "I guess it's just sheer talent," looking visibly upset. Even after two years, this insecurity hasn't fully gone away.

Tenten is also visibly insecure when Ajisai starts sealing the rocks into her papers, and when Ajisai asks her to help, Tenten says she can't, because... she doesn't have the chakra for it, I think?? That or she's not confident enough in herself to be able to do it. But then one flashback later she summons an ocean??? How does this work oh my god.

Anyway, we get a flashback to Team Gai at a restaurant when he asked his students if they want to participate in the second chunin exams. Neji and Lee say a very confident yes, and Tenten goes along with them but looks upset. Gai asks if something is wrong, and Tenten asks if she's gotten stronger since the last exams. Gai says she should have, and Tenten says that it seems like she has nothing to show for it. Neji and Lee immediately turn to look at her and both seem shocked at this.

I actually really like this moment because in accordance with my headcanons from earlier, Tenten has very much improved in the past two years, but due to her insecurities, and specifically her insecurities surrounding the chunin exams, she doesn’t see it.

Lee and Neji are shocked because they can’t believe that Tenten thinks she hasn’t improved over the past two years. And they know best, because they’re the ones who have been training and going on missions with her. This is cute to me, a “I wish you could see yourself the way I see you” moment.

I headcanon that whenever Tenten has these moments of insecurity after the first chunin exams, Lee and Neji both encourage her in their own ways and help bring up her confidence.

Gai tells her that “hard work and determination will never betray you” which really seems to be Team Gai’s second motto, right after “stronger than we were yesterday”.

When they're waiting out the sandstorm in Tenten's little shelter, Tenten looks a bit uncomfortable the whole time, again supporting my headcanon that she's a little bit claustrophobic.

Once the jinchuriki are attacked, the focus goes to Neji and his strategic knowledge to show why he gets double promoted to jounin.

At Neji’s request, Tenten pulls a scroll out of what looks like either a waist holster inside her shirt, or her bra since she reaches into her shirt to grab it, and gives Neji a chakra blade, which he uses to cut into Fu's cocoon.

The chunin exams end after the third round is canceled, and everyone in the k11 gets promoted to chunin, with Neji getting a double promotion to jounin. Lee thanks his teammates, and Tenten says "Our three man squad is forever, right?" and SP clearly hates me specifically because they zoom in on Neji and have him say "yes I certainly hope so" and that's just plain rude when we all know he died literally one arc ago in shippuden.

Now one thing I want to mention here that always stood out to me about Tenten. We never get any backstory for her the way we do with any other character. The most we get of her childhood is a single scene of her declaring when she's young that she wants to be like Tsunade. Almost every other character shares pieces of their backstory with others. Not Tenten though.

I think this shows Tenten to be a very private person. Neji's told her everything about his clan and she talks about his backstory at times, or talks about Lee's, but neither of them ever mention hers. She doesn't talk to others about her past or her motivations. She keeps her goals and hopes to herself. I don't think she's cold about it, but she probably redirects conversations about herself when they come up.

I think eventually, she begins to share stuff with her teammates, but at first, I think she keeps quiet about her backstory, no matter how mundane or interesting it could be in comparison.

Anyway, this wraps up Tenten's genin years! Next we move on to her chunin years in Shippuden!

[thegoldenghost4]

☆Intro Post☆

"I do believe you're appealing to my better nature. And we both know I don't have one." - Spy Master <3

Hello!! I'm Ghost, you can also call me Atlas <3! I'm a Minor and my pronouns are they/he. I'm Agender, Asexual, and Pansexual!!

Some things about me is that I'm obessed with Doctor Who!

Things like the 12th doctor, the spy master, Thoschei (specifically SpyDoc) are my favorite things about it!! I also really love 13 so if you're a 13 hater don't bother interacting with my blog!!! I'm absolutely obessed with the Spy Master btw, I think about him all the time, I have no guilt. He is the 1st of my five Doctor Who Wives <3

I also post art!! Thoschei and Academy Era, and sometimes my original doctor regenerations too!! OC art is famously known not to get popular on Tumblr, so you can find me on Cara for that!!

Some Things You Will Find on my Blog

1. Thoschei

2. Doctor Who

3. My art (pls do not repost to different sites!!)

4. Some of my random thoughts

5. Academy Era (I'm obessed with the Deca omg)

6. Some old stuff you'll find is a lot of Lokius stuff, but the finale broke my heart so I switched to Doctor Who and Thoschei :3

Thanks for reading!! I am on Instagram, TikTok, ao3, and Discord!!

[milliesfishes]

do u have a favorite coryo era? mines academy bc i’m simultaneously jealous + admiring of the curls

tbh I love them all for different reasons and he’s also hot in all of

Academy Coryo is just like a sassy boy who’s trying to survive (and I love his curls so much 🥹🥹)

PK Coryo…listen there’s just something about a man in uniform guys…and he’s just so fjdkkfjg

Post PK Coryo is evil but omg that look is so good 😭😭😭 he’s just AHAHAHSHHAAAAA like I hnggg I know he’s committed various crimes by that point but he- listen- that look with the red coat has me in a chokehold

but Academy is fs my fav both cause of the hair and for moral purposes

[felixravinstills]

Hi it’s me again I’m not done actually LOL I think the Capitol in tbosas is very austere and I think austerity in this case is born out of necessity but is very much a tool of control. like it’s clear that things like food are still relatively scarce (the academy reusing all their leftovers for multiple days…) although we are told that ‘waste’ is creeping back into fashion slowly. Snow would definitely instrumentalise that i think and posit himself as the one who will lead the Capitol out of post-war austerity. I often see tbosas vs the hunger games era as an illustration of the 1984/brave new world debate: how best to control people, through fear or pleasure? and it seems generally that pleasure is an extremely effective tool for control. Does that make sense?

omg, yeah! This is great! It makes total sense! I can definitely see this being the case post-war/during Snow's rise.

I was talking with someone yesterday about Max's rise being more extravagant pre-war, and if there's an implication that extravagance pre-war was in style, then it can't be too far off. I can imagine that Max might want to retain the control that a kind of forced austerity would give him.

Also thanks for the ask!

[messier-47]

Messy's Fic Recs

Main Focus: Politics, Worldbuilding, characterization, story writing, interpersonal connections, reimagining of canon or filling in the empty spaces

Honestly compiled this list just for fun. These are my favorite fanfics that have inspired FUBAR in some way and I know some folks may be wondering where to find more. This list will be regularly updated and polished to include more stories when I find them cause...yeah Messy disorganized her online library oops.

"Sanatize" by sage_thrasher | Absolutely phenomenal story. Founder's Era, OC-insert, the medical advancement of the Naruto world is emphasized with mind blowing consideration.

"paint your lips with carmine" by Keanblade | Fantastic. Founder's Era, Madatobi, cutting edge in terms of reimagining of a different priority for the conception of Konoha. Cleverly constructed politics!

"a symbol of subjugation" by evocates | Don't think I could EVER get away with not mentioned ASoS as an inspiring piece of literature. Founder's Era, the world building so deeply understood by the author that it's incredible to read through first, second, third time. Will admit, some of the subjects and exposition can be somewhat hard to read through, but exceptionally well thought out.

"Count Your Blessings" by MadMothMadame | GOD TIER fanfic. Founder's Era, Tobirama-centric, they got everything here, the politics, the drama, the interpersonal relationship and an incredibly well fleshed out Tobirama.

"Doing the Work" by MarbleGlove | not Founder Era, instead we're set post-Uchiha Massacre with a civilian-OC and holy shit I cannot get enough of this story. A reimagining of civilian culture that live beside their shinobi counterparts, where instead of a complete segregation of understanding between the two cultures they're more interlinked.

"Tsundoku" by CherShare | another GOD TIER fanfic. OC-insert, Kakashi generation but set after Team 7's bell test and omg I cannot gush enough the wonderous worldbuilding, shinobi culture, and refreshing personalities introduced in this story.

"Satori (Between the Lines)" by jaylene | Sakura-Centric, Academy days, incredible fanfic where politics, shinobi career pathing, and the cultures between civilian and shinobi are impressively showcased.

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Non-Naruto Fic Recs

still focused on worldbuilding, politics, culture inclusion, and phenomenal storytelling

"This Bites!" by Xomniac | One Piece Fanfic, OC-insert but the story is PHENOMINAL! Incredible world building, extraordinary plot! if you love political drama THIS IS THE FANFIC to have wet dreams about. Truly a masterpiece.

"have you heard" by peradi | Star Wars Fanfic, Post Episode-7, this story left me speechless by how incredible it is. A reimagining of the culture of storm troopers and while it's not political there is SO MUCH going on in terms of propaganda, rumor milling, and the character of war.

"Certain Point" by esama | Star Wars Fanfic, Obi-Wan Kenobi time travel, the politics and war games in this one left me breathless. Incredibly defining in the priority of wars and how propaganda works to properly display the narrative.

[maiteo]

what are your favourite club football moments over the last year 🤭

oof I need to think hard bc I KNOW im gonna forget something😭 and my concept of time is jacked up I may mention things that happened way over a year ago… anyways! let’s go :)

- ødegaard becoming captain…like I get so emosh just thinking of him, his story, & how he’s home with us❤️

- Emile getting the no.10. I bawled seriously.

- that ødegoal, kt assist….that celebration…everybody moved on…

- thee iconic fede pic you already know the one. 🤳🏼🧍🏻🎄

- omfg the signings we brought in? only emphasized the found family trope if I think too much I’ll bawl.

- omg my lil academy babies making the first team for ALL my clubs….in tears

- MARTINE11I era!!!

- trippin dawg.

- our 0-0 win against pool🤭

- omfg Porto snatching them trophies!!💙

- and the videos and celebrations that came with it (fábio…conceição…y’all have seen them👁️)

- wes’ goal and the fans in the stands with the amerrycan flag😭

- captain miles robinson<3

- saliba going🤪 AND his never ending song absjska omg and HIS gunner era finally kicking off!!

- eustáquio’s full dragão era!! we’re eating!!

- ik arsenals seasons didn’t end the way we wanted too last year and that shit HURT but I was still immensely proud of them❤️ (still am and always will be)

- ik he’s gone now but my Joya…everything..all of it😩 just scrolling thru my blog & seeing how many posts I have for him got me in my feelings

- “if I say what I think I will be suspended six months”

[bytedykes]

COMPLETELY FORGOT TO DO THIS OMG, tagged by @bi-demon-ium HI GREBO!!! HI HI HI

rules: tag game! tag people and have them tell you your top ten favorite characters of all time (doesn’t have to be in order).

i loooove rambling i will ramble about each of these btw ❤ i am my own enabler (and procrastinating hw rn ahahaha...ha...h)

Will Byers (stranger things) - i LOVE will SO MUCH!!!! i love him soo so much he is my sweet can of peach preserves i want to swing him around like a ferret literally obsessed with him rn. everything about him makes me want to scream and cry and throw up every day im so thankful will exists nobody gets him like me. honorable mentions el who is practically one unit with will so i can legally put her on the same bullet point, and also all the other st characters who im also obsessed with who are not getting their own bulletpoints but i still want to acknowledge them bc i love them.... soo much.......

MAGNUS BANE (shadowhunters tv) - *long drawn out scream* tbh hes probably the first character i was like, really and truly obsessed with, like honestly magnus bane kicked off an Era for me regarding my derangement and how i participate in fandom. magnus bane was the catalyst of a whole gender awakening for me. magnus bane is my everything. i love him and his husband. yeag

Phoenix Wright (ace attorney) - OBSESSED WITH HIS PATHETIC BISEXUAL SWAG no further commentary needed. honorable ace attorney mentions go to maya fey and klavier even tho i have not gotten to him in game yet. i know imgonna love him when i do go back to playing aa4 so he counts

Bart Curlish (dirk gentlys holistic detective agency tv 2016) - THE MOST WOMAN EVER!!!!!!!! the peak of grimy murder women. they peaked with her here. we need more women like bart

Farah Black (dirk gentlys) - OUGH couldnt resist putting farah in here too bc shes also SUCH a woman i love everything about her she is perfect. honorable dghda mentions goes to tina and amanda and dirk and every other character in this show. shakes them up and down puts them all into the pear wiggler even

Diego Hargreeves (umbrella academy) - i love insane men with sharp objects and insane morals

Constance Contraire (the mysterious benedict society tv) - i love insane little girls who have plotted murders canonically on screen and have insane familial relationships

Ben Hargreeves (umbrella academy) - wait ok sorry to double dip again but i cant believe i forgot how obsessed with ben i was?? i spent literally 3 years blogging about him and drawing almost exclusively him?? i even created a crackship with him to torment my best friends with??? ben i am so sorry. how could i have forgotten. i love ghosts who are younger brothers who are big bitches

lowkey cannot even think of anyone else lmao. im gonna say Megamind from the movie Megamind bc i love that movie and i love him. me when autistic blue men from space <3

i genuinely cannot think of anyone else i only rlly started having Favorite Characters around age 10-11 but all of the guys i liked from then i dont care much about anymore so i wouldnt say theyre All Time Favorites. and since then i have been majorly into only like 5-6 pieces of media where i had True Blorbos, Personality Shaping Characters, so like. that might be it? im probably just blanking im sure ill think of a few more characters i love after i hit post on this but ehhhh whatever live laugh love <3

edit: TOOTHLESS HOWTOTRAINYOURDRAGON. HOW COULD I FORGET YOU

okkkk thats it i guess !! i love being so so normal about fictional character just me and my blorbos having a normal sane time

no pressure to do this but tagging @tmoblrina @toadstoolillustrations @urlocallesbiab @jonathansbowlcut annnnd my wifi just went out! so no one else <3 peace on earth

[transmasc-rose]

Tags by @seaweedstarshine

#I see my dreams reflected in this post#eleven refusing to talk to river when she comes to nab him out. that lasts all of five minutes.#he's abandoned her in a hospital too after all! right after she gave her lives to him :)#assuming “nabbing” him out implies its involuntary psychiatric hold of some sort and not *just* space therapy.#which I do see River doing out of desperation- because eleven is allergic to any coping mechanism but avoidance#she would be conflicted- but she would do it. no one ever said they were a healthy couple 😭#would he say that she —of all people— should know the value of autonomy? (yeah I think he would stoop to it) (and feel guilty)#but- he was SCARED. he NEEDED her most. in the TARDIS! and she brought him to a HOSPITAL.#yeah. but SHE was scared too! for him! maybe- they should talk about it now. so she knows a better plan next time it gets so bad. maybe?#....and he thinks of Koschei. he thinks of when Koschei stopped talking to him. so he says okay. and he talks to river#mmkay I have a fic in my drafts that this makes me think of a lot- its not posted and its messy and it doesn't matter at all except#what matters omg this post makes me feel seen#(I’m sure it’s very different. mine is also post-tAtM so Amy doesn’t get a say. she WOULD be SO disappointed in River.)#(and its the sisters of the infinite schism hospital from LKH and the Koschei thing is only an implied throwaway- sadly)#(im not tryna be diverting mentioning my random draft just tryna say wow someone who sees them the same way as me ima CRY)#OP if you write this. I would read the shit out of it.#I would adore it so much. I adore your interpretations. Rory *would* give his daughter the thumbs up.#also that ending tag 😭 I personally headcanon koschei killed themself within a couple years of the untempered schism#I also headcanon incidentally that academy-era koschei was mostly a she. we have no evidence that she wasn’t#eleventh doctor#river song#Amy pond#Rory williams#koschei#the master#(eleventh) doctor is neurodivergent tag#psychiatric hospital

Sorry about grabbing your tags, but yes!! Yes you get it.

Involuntary psych hold because River knows the Doctor wouldn't stay, would spend a day or two to try and convince that he's fine, but... he needs to run. He needs to be in as many places as he can, and staying there would be so boring--

So she does what she has to do. Even if she hates it. Even if he hates it. Even if she couldn't stomach it happening to her. Because she will get him out, when he's ready. Of course she will. He won't leave him there for them to decide.

She can't trust them to know. She can barely trust them enough to leave him there. But she doesn't feel like she has any other choice.

I also headcanon Koschei killed himself at some point in the academy. In the au where this happens, its after he tries and fails to seek help. But in au's where he doesn't...

I like to think Koschei and Theta were roommates at the academy, evidence or not. So one day, Koschei goes missing, skips school without Theta. Strange, but it happens. Maybe Theta's jealous. The Doctor has quite the jealous streak.

But when Koschei comes back...

He's changed, physically, and to some extent mentally, but he still has that same look in his eye. The same sort of crazed stare he's had since the day Theta met him.

Because the drums didn't leave. Nothing changed. He blew a regeneration and no one will help him.

(And Ten says the drums are all in his head, that they know they are. Which means he knew. Which means Koschei told him. Which means he didn't believe him, and he didn't help, and he didn't care to look, because Ten heard them. When they touched minds.)

(Maybe Koschei didn't want him in his head. Maybe he put up walls. But that isn't what it feels like to him. It feels like he was left behind.)

(And then he was.)

Otherwise there's: Eleven goes through a mental health crisis that results in River putting him in Space Therapy.

(The location had once treated another Time Lord, a long time ago. Very few places could claim that without also being... well, prison planets.)

(The Time Lord was Koschei. It didn't work out.)

[carnalpleasure]

hey omg thank you to everyone that read my fic!!! y’all are so sweet and encouraging i decided to keep going<3 i seriously love all of u

i’ll probably post the second half, “The day after” later tonight!! it gets better soon i promise we’re getting to the fluff n stuff 🥰

The day before..

Michael had been attending Hawthorne for barely over a month when he was once again summoned by the Warlock Council.

Baldwin, Behold, John Henry, and Grand Chancellor Ariel Augustus himself sat waiting at their respective seats along the long wooden table that divided the room in half. Countless rows of novels and grimoires lined the shelves behind them, opposite a warm crackling fireplace that lit up the windowless room.

The halls were dead silent, aside from the click of Michael’s heels on the marble tile as he entered through the corridor and approached the four master warlocks. He came to a stop just before the table and gave a slight nod, folding his hands behind his back. “Gentlemen.” His tone sounded bored as he greeted them. He was expecting them to administer another pre-test for the seven wonders. Michael, find the book. Michael, make it snow. Michael, Michael, Michael. As much as he loved feeling superior over them and being praised for his power, he hated being treated like a trophy boy.

“Michael! So good of you to join us,” Ariel spoke with his usual upbeat enthusiasm. He stood up from the table and walked around to Michael, putting his hand on his shoulder and giving his collar a firm squeeze. His face beaming with pride like it always did when he looked at his Boy Wonder.

“What is it today, Ariel? You want me to make your dick bigger or something? Make it rain wine?” Michael was clearly not in the mood today. The other warlocks were shocked by his blatant sarcasm but Ariel was unfazed. He even chuckled.

“Michael, as you know, we have been at war with the witches for some time. It has been a long, dark era for us, living under the shadow of those bitch Supremes for centuries, waiting for the Alpha to rise. That is, until you came along Michael, and you gave us back our hope, our pride, and our glory.”

Michael was losing his patience and his interest. Did Ariel always need to make a speech? I mean does he write this shit down beforehand?

Ariel continued, “But if we really want to take down those witches, we’re going to need all the help we can get.” Ariel motioned with his hand and John Henry opened his laptop, turning it around for Michael to see. A video of a boy in a small office room started to play. He was being evaluated by a psychologist. They asked him all kinds of questions about the monsters in his books, each time waiting for an answer he wasn’t going to give. Then they would pause to scribble something down on a little notepad before asking him the next redundant question.

After a while of getting no response, the doctor started to get impatient and agitated. “They aren’t real, Richard. We’ve been through this. They can’t harm you, just like they didn’t cut your friend, Jonah. He did that to himself, remember?,” the male voice spoke from behind the camera.

The boy on the screen said nothing but his expression said everything. His brows furrowed together, jaw clenched, peering through his eyes with such intensity, such hate that what happened next couldn’t possibly have been just a coincidence.

The man behind the camera suddenly went quiet except for a faint, choking sound. His voice straining as he gasped for his few last breaths. Richard didn’t move a muscle. His hands still folded in his lap, body slouched back in his chair. But his eyes stayed focused on what was happening behind the camera. Even when the first nurse entered the room, shrieking in horror at the sight of the doctor sat up in his chair with his eyes swelling up, blood dripping from his eyes, ears, nose and mouth. He had been choked so tightly it left lacerations on his neck.. and Richard still didn’t move.

A couple other nurses stumbled in after hearing the scream, and rushed to try to help the dead man. Followed by two large men who grabbed Richard by each arm, pulling him aggressively out of the room. And the video on the screen went black.

Michael looked around the room at all the men’s faces. John Henry looked sympathetic. Behold looked alarmed yet hesitant. Baldwin looked like he was seeing dollar signs. And the look on Ariel’s face was the same look he’d given Michael the day he freed him from the jail cell. The kind of look a mad scientist has when seeing his creation come to life for the first time.

“Michael,” Ariel spoke, “this boy has a gift. He sees things, creatures that most others only dream of in their worst nightmares. I believe he has a gift much like Miss Cordelia’s infamous Sight. And I believe, if used correctly, he could be instrumental in bringing down their coven once and for all. Cordelia thinks she is seeing visions of a demon looming over her academy, well with this boy’s help, we’re going to give her just that..” Ariel’s sinister smile was spreading and he chuckled darkly. The other warlocks shared in the celebration, quickly masking their concern with cheer. After seeing the power in Michael, they were nervous to see what dark gifts Richard may possess. But as Grand Chancellor, Ariel of course had the final say.

Ariel then gave Michael precise instructions on how to get to the clinic, how to find the boy, and how to bring him back to Hawthorne safely without word ever reaching the coven back in New Orleans. And then wasting no time at all, he sent Michael on his quest to the Goldcoast Psychiatry Clinic to rescue the young warlock.

taglist: @sexwon131 @jimmason @whatcodysaid (thank you guys especially, you all inspire me💕😭)

[bucktitties]

pre-Eddie Begins thoughts

NOTE: I wrote most of this up last year at the beginning of the hiatus, so keep that in mind please, I just never finished it. But I want to have it posted before it all gets jossed by tonight’s episode, so here you go

So I had some thoughts about the upcoming Eddie Begins episode and how it can theoretically lead to buddie but are abso-fucking-lutely not going to happen let me live. I just want them out there in case they inspire someone else to write fic (y/y?)

Some background facts I/we know:

•Christopher is at least 8, possibly 9 y/o, by the end of 2019 •CP is usually diagnosed by the time a kid is 2 y/o*  •Eddie said he found out about Christopher’s CP diagnosis near the end of his first tour overseas and that’s when he signed up for a second one •Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed in 2010 •I don’t know shit about the military

Therefore, it’s very possible that Eddie grew up pretty closeted considering his background, and when he decided to join the military/entered the Academy, DADT was probably still in effect. So this could be an excellent way for the show to introduce us to the idea that Eddie’s not as straight as we thought. Eddie’s very big on duty and that sort of thing, so I doubt he’d actually cheat on Shannon while overseas. Though I could see him maybe almost kissing a guy (and then of course they agree never to speak of it again because DADT) or some kind of parallel to that really intense kitchen scene he had with Buck (“I’d take you” jfc nobody fucking talk to me) and then feeling SUPER guilty about it. 

OMG WAIT what if he has some serious UST with a guy in his unit that ends up dying in that same mission Eddie ends up getting a silver star for?? and this guy is like the one that got away or something** and Buck reminds Eddie of him??? no I need a moment.

tl;dr- Eddie could very well be closeted based on his upbringing and being a part of the military during the DADT era 

*based on the preview clip just released, Christopher was probably much younger when he was diagnosed, but the point still stands  **I DID NOT KNOW 3x16 was going to be called that when I wrote this, so mark that one as jossed 

sidenote: we better get some Shannon scenes. I liked the actress edit: yay we are!

[shipsrulemylife]

Jily Fic Rec

Surprise, surprise. Guess who’s back with another fic rec!

It’s Jily this time because who doesn’t love a good enemies to friends to lovers trope?

EDIT: apparently the links only work if you click on the read more??? why is tumblr so weird

Key Limes by cgner [Rated T]

In which Academy Award winner Lily Evans discovers the periphery of internet fandom and the mysteries of Prince James’s gold star system.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7402624

Mother Deer by GhostofBambi [Rated T]

Euphemia Potter is the unequivocal boss of everyone, including and most especially her son, and if the sweet, bright-eyed redhead who frequents her coffee shop doesn't know that yet, she's about to find out.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13594827

Polyjuiced by ladyoftheknightley [Rated T]

A very pregnant Lily invites the Marauders round to help her entertain James. Somehow, this degenerates into 4 Jameses wandering around her living room, with her having to guess which is her actual husband or (horror of horrors) lose a bet against Sirius Black.

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/10101206/1/Polyjuiced

Salmon Fishing in the Olympics by GhostofBambi [Rated T]

Modern Era AU: When Lily Evans seeks assistance from James Potter to avoid the attentions of a suitor who just won't take no for an answer, she accidentally lands them both on the front page of every gossip magazine in Britain. She should have thought about that before pretending to be the girlfriend of a famous athlete.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11393601

Cat in a Fifth Floor Flat by GhostofBambi [Rated T]

Modern Era AU. When Remus Lupin moves out and Lily Evans moves in, James Potter finds himself instantly drawn to his beautiful new neighbour. Little does he know that a mysterious force of nature is secretly pulling the strings.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10610682

The Yeast I Can Do by elanev91 [Rated T]

Dr Lily Evans had an absolute shit day at work. Luckily, there's a bakery nearby that offers a course that she hopes will take her mind off of things.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11677191

Try, Trial, and Try Again by BeeDaily [Rated G]

Spell engineering has never been so complicated than when an afternoon of trying and trialing leaves James and Lily in an interesting position.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12404292

Supermarket Sweep by GhostofBambi [Rated T]

Modern Era AU: James Potter can find anything he needs in his local supermarket - bread, milk, the woman of his dreams - they've got it all.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11608353

we could be gigantic by elanev91 [Rated T]

Lily and James have been best friends since they were kids. Uni, a band, a trip abroad, a few tours and a couple of albums later, things start to change. Half an email fic, half a regular ol' narrative.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13926795

Swipe Right, Swing Left by ShadowRose997 [Rated T]

The unspoken rule of using dating apps in D.C. is that you always start with where you work. James Potter, it seems, never picked up on that one.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16743499

Erotic Porridge by elanev91 [Rated T]

Euphemia Potter thinks her doctor needs to go on a date with her son. This story is so named because I saw it somewhere, could not stop laughing, and my best friend professor-riddikulus hates it so much that I just had to. This story has nothing, literally nothing, to do with porridge. (I really should give my stories better names) - Muggle AU

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10475154/chapters/23112117

Elevator Love Song by BeeDaily [Rated T]

James unexpectedly finds himself trapped in a dodgy apartment elevator with Lily Evans.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/13814355

Motionless by lovesickjily [Rated T]

James Potter always had thought that he was the only person in the world who had the power to stop time, but somehow, just the sight of Lily Evans makes every second feel like an hour.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16720791

Pickup Limes by elanev91 [Rated G]

Lily loves to blow off steam in Waitrose. Tonight, she spots an unbelievably gorgeous man in the bakery. Modern AU, Muggle AU, Grocery Store AU (still def not a thing)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11603553

Orange Cardamom by ShadowRose997 [Rated T]

James may not believe in love at first sight, but he's beginning to think there may be some merit in love at first sip.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16412123

Too Fic Too Furious by elanev91 [Rated T]

The M25 needs to undergo massive emergency repairs and the entire motorway has been shut down for, well, probably the rest of eternity. Lily Evans was foolish enough to think she could make it through before the traffic properly started. She's absolutely dying of boredom when she spots the guy in the car opposite.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14990837

you exist behind my eyelids by lovesickjily [Rated T]

How could they be in love with someone whose existence was only known because they frequented each other's dreams?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15861750

the one with the white suit and the red beanie by Apalapucian [Not Rated]

james agrees(?) to be a model for lily's photography class project, and jeanne, james, and lily all fall one way or another in the duration of it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16018502

Wishing you all a Good Evening by thejilyship [Rated T]

Lily Evans is a news anchor for her college news station and James Potter is a football star who has gained quite a bit of local notoriety. Lily's not impressed by him and his arrogance, but James is quite impressed with everything Lily does. After the blunder that was their first meeting, James is determined to change her mind and she's determined not to let him. College!AU

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15408027/chapters/35760174

So Just Act Like You Love Me by twilightstargazer [Rated T]

Lily was looking forward to a nice, quiet Christmas by herself. Instead she's heading back home for her sister's engagement party with a fake boyfriend in tow.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/11616078

the one with the storm and all the texting by Apalapucian [Not Rated]

James and Lily get stuck in a coffee shop during a storm.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16044326

Unexpected Perks by thejilyship [Rated T]

James and Lily meet in an airport after missing their flights, though by the end of the day, it all sort of seems like fate.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15368979

Sing A Reckless Serenade by twilightstargazer [Rated T]

“What kind of work thing?” James asks, warily. Lily takes a breath. It seemed like a brilliant idea last night, when she was more than three drinks under, but now in the light of day it just seems… pathetic. Still though, she needs help, and needs it soon, so she finds herself blurting out: “I need you to fake date me for a week.”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/9794741

Dr. Jones and the Witch by jamespotterthefirst [Not Rated]

Who is the stranger Lily drunkenly met at a party? And why can't she stop texting him?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16477184

no matter what (i love you) by softjily [Rated G]

When Lily’s aunt Rose introduced her to a scrawny twitchy eleven year old boy with frantic hair and glasses that were too big for his face, she certainly didn’t think she’d spend the next seventeen years beside him." Or, the VirtueMoir AU no one asked for.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16216460/chapters/37903337

Have a Biscuit by PetalsToFish [Rated G]

No matter how many biscuits it took, Minerva was too invested in James Potter's relationship with Lily Evans to tell him that he needed to stop eating all her biscuits.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/16301453

The Engagement by itsa_bee [Not Rated]

Lily and Marlene decide to go wedding dress shopping, even though neither of them are even in a relationship much less engaged. One thing leads to another, James Potter enters the scene, some fake dating ensues, and then they eat an engagement cake!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15728991

Sixty-Nine, Nice by a_collection_of_nonsense [Rated T]

In which James Potter and Lily Evans are in a math course together and have absolutely no chill.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/15663510

#Jily by Chie (Chierafied) [Rated G]

Twitter seemed awash with the hashtag Jily. Lily blinked at in confusion, until she realised it was one of those silly couple monikers people had bestowed on her and Potter. …Though there was a small dissenting crowd following a tweet from Potter’s bandmate Sirius Black: Jily? Hah! More like LAMES.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7292149

victorem by gryffindormischief [Rated T]

When God closes a door, sometimes you have to jump out a window.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14134368

Cheers to That by wotcherpotter [Rated G]

Breakout star James Potter has seen success on the new hit comedy Have You Ever, and has been nominated for his first BAFTA. Upon the announcement he receives congratulations aplenty online, including from fellow actor and long time crush Lily Evans.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12185553

follow your heart gently; by lilevans [Rated G]

social media au + “after lily spotted james on campus, she posted a video to her university’s campus story, telling james: ‘To the cute guy wearing the blue jersey in the university’s snapchat story, I’m seriously in love with you. find me.’ a modern day cat and mouse game ensues with the whole campus urging romeo and juliet to meet because oMG its love at first sight!!”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12130413

Questions and Answers by lizardcookie [Rated T]

The simple question of whether or not they're dating doesn't exactly have a simple answer. Seventh Year Jily.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7723105

Upside Down by Bob_The_Other_Zombie [Rated G]

Lily’s pop star career seems to be hitting a rut, until her publicity team comes up with the perfect plan- a fake relationship with James Potter, frontman of the hot new boyband The Marauders. Lily’s less than enthused- last time she and James were in the same room together, there was vomit involved, all over her nicest pair of shoes. After a few dates, however, lines begin to blur, and suddenly things between them don’t seem to be just PR anymore...

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7500300

Sweet Tooth by mylifeissocoollike [Rated T]

Lily and James were best friends growing up, but when he moved away and they drifted apart they thought that would be the end of their friendship. But fate has a funny way of working out, and Lily can’t keep herself away from the brownies in the grocery store.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7301335

Lilium Regale by jewishwondergirl [Rated G]

Flowershop!AU. Lily works in a flower shop, and every Friday James comes in to buy flowers. For this prompt: "you keep buying a bunch of flowers so i think i have no chance but it turns out theyre for ur mum" Written (early) for Jily Trope Fest! Nothing but fluff.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7065067

The Benefits of Recklessness by madnessandbrilliance [Rated T]

Some people really were lucky they had good medical insurance. A Jily AU.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6779974

Darkest Night by thelittlegreennotebook [Rated G]

"It’s a tiny place, warm and welcoming with soft light and softer croissants. A place so small that if you happened to, say, run into the bloke you had been hell-bent on avoiding—well, there would be no avoiding about it." The third and last in a series of Jily college AUs for the November Fanfiction Challenge.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/2563049/chapters/5699597

Happy reading!

[history-rover]

Fic Writers Week (Day One): Words of Validation

Day 1: Words Of Validation - Fic Readers, take some time to leave new comments / Fic Writers, share some of the comments that stuck with you the most.

First and foremost, every single comment that has ever been left behind on any one of my fics means a great deal to me, and I can’t even describe how happy they all make me! Seriously, you all make my day! I’d like to put every single one of them into this post, but I don’t want to clog up peoples’ dashes, so even if you don’t see your comment here, just know that it is in this post in spirit.

One Available Copy

aaaaaaAAAAAAAA this is amazing??? i love this so so much asdfghjkl. Your characterization was on point and I literally laughed out loud a bunch of times. Thank you so much for sharing with us!! 

This was so lovely, sweet, funny and i can't really cope right now :D Your characterisation was spot on and this au in general was so good! And the thought of Kirishima and Bakugou sharing their assigned reading is doing funny things to my heart! 

This is so so so so cute!! I just love the progression of their relationship from emailed library notifications to post its to face to face talking and texts.... it's just so so adorable. Plus the idea itself is genius! And I've never seen a college AY that talks about library stuff like this and it's just a really cool concept and a really good idea...!Also, all the tiny details you wove into this really made it as good as it was: the inclusion of so many characters, Tsuyu's livestreams, Endeavor and Monoma's humiliation, the humour, the tododeku making out between the shelves and literally not giving a single fuck.... everything was funny and cute and the ENDING!! The ending was super well executed and wonderful and cute and I absolutely loved it. All of it. Thank you so much for writing this because it's seriously hecking amazing <3 Oh my gosh this is my favorite college AU fic! I really love everything about it. Your characterization of Bakugou especially was on point, very good, A+ LOVED IT 

Oh my goodness this was so freaking cute? Bakugou's attempts at flirting going right over kirishima's head is so in line with these two boys I'm yellinggggg thank u sm for writing this fic!!! u really made their college feel like a real living breathing place especially with the addition of all the meme pages!! 

I wrote One Available Copy (OAC) with the goal of making people laugh and smile, and to hear that I had done that made more happy than I could have imagined! I’m always second-guessing myself on characterisation as well, so these comments meant a lot to me, and I can’t thank people enough for them! Also, to hear that I had made the world feel alive and real...thank you all so much!

Wedlock

WHAT. A. FIRST. CHAPTER!!!

I am so excited for this AU omg?? I love that they're in an established relationship already and omg the playfulness? Flirting?? YES, MY BOYS, GO OFF AND START A SCANDAL. I AM ROOTING FOR YOU!

And magic!! Oh my gosh I love the incorporation of magic in this era and the fighting--the fighting. It's amazing. Intense. I love it.

Thank you as well for the superb attention to detail. I can tell a lot of research went into representing the era accurately and it makes your world all the more vivid and fascinating! (the sweets, i am remembering the sweets hahahaha)

I'm definitely looking forward to more of this AU! Great job!!!

Special shoutout first of all to @todorokishouts for this giant comment, after having to deal with my sobbing of research woes for this fic, and cheering me on through it, and consistently being the first person to comment on every new update along with @dystopiansushi! And yes, never forget #sweetgate2k17

I really loved how many cool elements of the time you included, it shows such an amazing deal of research!

Holy shit I'm loving this fic already!! Their established relationship is so playful and sweet, I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes next in their schemes!Also, your attention to detail in the setting while still managing to seamlessly infuse magical elements is really impressive! You've got me wanting to learn more about this world :DI hope to see more soon!! Thank you so much for this great fic :DD

Wow this is great so far! :D. I thinks it's really cool how much research you've done too, the accuracy of everything is awesome :0. Can't wait for the next chapter

I already love this and I can't wait to read more! I love how much research and knowledge you put into this au because it just shows how much you care about writing and the characters. A truly incredible first chapter with all the romance, humour and action any good story has. I loved it!

Did I mention that Wedlock is the most research-intensive fic that I’ve ever done? I swear I did the same amount of research (and still am doing research) for this story, as I did for my thesis, and to know that it wasn’t for nothing, and that people appreciated it, made me weep with joy. 

So this is fantastic. Like, excellent start. Established Tododeku? Awesome magical period romance? Actual Magic Frog Tsuyu? Appearances from numerous lovable minor characters? You are on a roll, my good sir. So I've noticed this trend in most fantasy and royalty AUs that feature Tododeku, and that is the trend of Commoner/Servant!Izuku being shipped with Royalty!Shouto. In light of that, can i just say that it is SO refreshing to see a story where they don't have to get around a weird societal imbalance of power in order to properly fall in love? It's beautiful and wonderfully uncomplicated, while still having the court politics that make stories like these so delightfully intriguing.But yeah, you've started really strong and I went back through your stuff to realize that I also read and loved your college AU, so needless to say, I'm super excited for this fic! Izuku and Shouto's dynamic is so wonderful in this, and I can't wait to see where it goes!

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL OML THIS IS ONLY CHAPTER 1 AND I CAN'T STOP SCREAMING ALREADY!!! THIS IS SO REFRESHING IN SO MANY WAYS LIKE: TODODEKU (all of it) FANTASY AU (it is always refreshing in a way) DAD MIGHT (ADOPTED IZUKU) CLASS 1-A & EVERYONES COMMENTS (they are easily the best) URARAKA AND TSU FIGHTS!!!AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST: THE WAY YOU WRITE EVERYTHING FROM THE CHARACTERS TO THE ENVIRONMENT IS BEAUTIFUL. I'M HYPED!!!

PitViperofDoom messaged me yesterday with a link and one word- "READ"And boy howdy am I glad I did! This was fantastic! I love the historical aspect of it mixed with magic and quirks and the romance was just. So good. I died with the cord thing very nice 11/10, perfection! I think you really stayed true to characters while giving them interesting influence from the setting and your writing skills are just amazing. I could really see every moment playing out. And the plot! Scheming boys and scandals, oh my! Great job. I can't wait to read more!

These three comment made me collectively die of happiness on the spot, to the point where my mother actually ran into my room asking me what I was screaming about. I think that pretty much sums up why these comment stood out to me.

Path of the Wind

I love this. I'm so happy I got to be the first to read through it; I love the premise, I love your Izuku, I love your Inko and your cryptid All Might, I think the whole thing is a fantastic and original idea and I absolutely can't wait to see how you continue it <3

None of this would have been possible without my beta reader @dystopiansushi, so thank you so much!

All aboard the hype train - whoop whoop! I'm an absolute sucker for fantasy/mystery/supernatural-esque AU content, with a side serving of Tododeku, so here I am! I'm excited to see how this plays out!

I’ve never written anything in the realm of the supernatural/fantast type before PotW, so to hear this was a big boost in confidence for me!

Whoah, I love your attention to detail here. The potholes especially caught my attention. It's something people think about, but most wouldn't think to describe distance like that. I'm excited for this!

I’ve always been a sucker for big detailed scenes, and I was so happy to find out that people enjoyed them as well, and that they didn’t take away from the story like I had been worried about.

Todo sure left an impression, poor boy Also I'm SO ON for how supportative and cute momma Inko is? Fuck, I love everything about your writring and I don't know how to describe what I like more and susbsusbsjs You're amazing

holy shit i cannot get enough of this story. it’s so well written, and extremely intriguing.i love how amazing the characters are?? just their mannerisms, midoriya’s mumbling, kirishima’s touchiness, and todoroki’s bluntness are so on-spot. also your Iida is perfect i love him!!im hardcore relating to midoriya right now, just itching to know the town’s secrets haha (as well as todoroki’s cause damn that kid is mysterious)

This is such a good update! You have such a soft way to write, I like it so, so much 

*crying emoji* thank you so much for complimenting my writing, and my writing style, and for validating me!

My Neighbour Totoro? I think you mean My Neighbour Todoroki (I'll walk myself out). Hums loudly at the mention of glinting eyes watching Midoriya enter Yuuei Academy. Who could that have been? All Might isn't really size appropriate to be slinking around there after all. And just what is Todoroki up to? Midoriya has a lot of interesting questions, thats for sure. I hope he gets the answers to all of them, because they're making me wonder too. Having the Todoroki's as the fire department will certainly link Shouto to finding the necessary evidence Midoriya's searching for in regards to the old Yuuei fires where All might was spotted, and I bet Endeavour has a huge role to play in that too. I wouldn't be surprised if the fire was instigated in an attempt to successfully lure All might out, although I may be stretching the theory bar a little on that one. I just hope Endeavour hasn't forced Todoroki the impossible task for trying to track All Might down once and for all. But, he seems genuinely scared of Midoriya's "haunted" place, or maybe he's just scared of Midoriya? What's going on Todoroki, communicate with us here. I hope Midoriya doesn't get lost trying to track shouto home. Good luck boys! Until next time!

'Somewhere in the distance, there's the sharp trill of birdsong, followed closely by the frantic flapping of wings, the sounds a concert accompanied by the occasional whisper of a breeze rattling the leaves and branches of the forest, and his own discrete pants for air.' Okay just gotta say that line is absolutely gorgeous and I can picture it perfectly in my head. There are so many descriptions throughout this chapter that are just SO PRETTY!!! FIRST CONTACT WITH THE CRYPTID AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! This was adorable?!?! All Might is a sweetheart through and through! And Izuku fanboying? Oh my dear boy. (Izuku concerned for Shouto? oh my aching heart. BUT IZUKU THINKING ABOUT HOW PRETTY SHOUTO IS IS THE BEST THING EVER OKAY) Inko! Please take care;;;;;; don't worry your mother too much Izuku!Now, onto Aizawa. He cares a lot about his students, yeah........ but is that all? Hmmm? Do you know more than you let on, Aizawa? *eyes emoji* Could there be more teachers behind the scenes, helping All Might out? The plot thickens.

That would require finding said clearing, Shouto, and all things considered that sounds like quite the challenge. People often don’t remember directions well when rushing around.I wonder why Shouto wants to meet All Might so badly. Is his home life anywhere near as bad as it is in canon? Perhaps hopes All Might will help rescue his mom from wherever Enji stashed her.

AND TOTORO MAKES HIS APPEARANCE - i mean All Might. He's like the local friendly bigfoot. Bless him and his accident-selfie. Midoriya had such a rough tumble - it sounded both super painful and really dangerous - I'm glad he got saved in time. Todoroki ironically lead Midoriya to the clearing by running away from him to begin with - I see you trying to benefit yourself and your goals in this invitation. I worry Midoriya won't be able to find the clearing since he woke up there and was carried away from there - without a definitive route. Todoroki might not be as patient when he realises Midoriya can't find it for him. Aizawa's behaviour concerns me. Is he in contact/affiliation with All might? I feel like he knows. Until next time!

I honestly did not expect to get this initial comment, much less speculation about PotW, so I was absolutely floored, when the speculation began to come in with later chapters, and I must say that it gave me so so much motivation to keep on writing!

Man so much of this is so Ghibli; Izuku leaning out of the window, the tiny house on the edge of a giant forest, Shouto appearing in the dusk to give an ominous message, only to retreat to his mansion home across the moor (okay the moor is Gothic lit but STILL WHAT A MOOD). He has the biggest combo of San & Haku going on and I dig it so hard.

You write EXACTLY as a Ghibli movie is animated and just Wow It’s gorgeous

This is absolutely gorgeous. You capture the atmosphere so well. I’ve always wanted a regular high school au for these kids and while it isn’t the main focus, I really enjoy that aspect of the story. The plot so far is amazing, just the right combination of Ghibli and BNHA that it creates a new story entirely its own. I love every moment of this and am excited to see how Todoroki and Midoriya’s relationship evolves.

Studio Ghibli is one of the biggest influences in my life in terms of media, and I desperately wanted to do justice to it through PotW, so these comments literally made me cry from happiness.

Wow, this got really really long, and I wholeheartedly apologise to anyone reading this on mobile, and I just wanted to say once again, to everyone who has ever read my fics, to everyone who has ever read my fics and commented, thank you so so much! Your comments, reblogs, and supports give me so much motivation, and sometimes they’re the only things that get me through a tough time!

[jimkirkley]

Hey, I saw your post about betaing a story. Actually I wanted to start looking for a beta when I saw your post, so it seems like destiny xD It's a McKirk fic, academy era, and soulmate AU. I wrote it last year for NaNo and had not the energy to look at it again because there were some part I really disliked and I certainly need to change but I looked over it again last week and it's not as bad as I had in mind and I would really like to clean it up and get it out there. Interested to help me?

IM SO ON THIS OMG. MESSAGE ME ON HERE? OR FACEBOOK OR PHONES? EMAIL?I LOVE SOULMATE AUS

[theartofbeinganerd]

you are so amazing at writing the bickering omg!! loved the swamp fic and i have to ask for FS academy era ft. bickering and whatever else you want!!! whatever comes to mind! i just love your writing sm i could read anything you wrote ever not joking :)!

Here’s day six of my week-long blog anniversary celebration (which…um I finally thought to double-check the date and…the anniversary is actually today so oops - but I’m still going to post the last prompt tomorrow, don’t worry, sorry I’m such a mess)!

@poursuislesetolies So first, thank you for the prompt of course, but also ahhh thank you so much for saying that!! It means so much for me to hear, truly, so thank you again! :)

Here’s some Academy Era bickering, feels, and…baking? Enjoy!

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“Alright, what is it?”

Jemma glanced up from the neurobiology textbook she’d beenleafing through, meeting Fitz’s knowing gaze. “What’s what?” she askedinnocently.

Fitz rolled his eyes, not believing her terrible attempt atplaying dumb for an instant. “C’mon Simmons, you’ve been on the same page forthe last fifteen minutes – you could’ve had the whole bloody thing read in thattime. Not to mention you’re fidgeting.”

“I am notfidgeting,” Jemma argued defensively, but the protest was a bit much because sheactually had been tapping her feetand drumming her fingers off and on for the past few minutes.

“Simmons.”

Heaving a sigh, Jemma closed the textbook, placing it on thecoffee table in front of the couch in Fitz’s living room. “Oh alright, I’vejust been thinking…”

“About?” Fitz set aside the magazine he’d bought earlierthat day specifically for the article it contained on Tony Stark’s latestinvention, giving her his full attention.

Jemma released a quiet breath, nervously wringing her handsin her lap as she tried to find the right words. However, what came out was ablurted, “I want you to teach me how to bake.”

Fitz’s eyebrows darted up his forehead, then furrowed inconfusion. “What?” he asked blankly. Clearly, whatever he’d been expecting, ithadn’t been that.

“I was going to ask your mum,” Jemma admitted, the wordscoming out in a rush now that she’d started, “but she’s so busy with worklately, and she’s always talking about the days you two used to spend in thekitchen together and she’s taught you everything you know about it, so…”

“Yeah, okay, but…” Fitz made a face, shaking his headabsently. “Why?”

Jemma sighed, her shoulders sagging slightly as sheexplained, “Well, you know how I’m not…fond of…lacking in certain areas –”

“You hate not being perfect at everything, you mean? Yeah, Iknow a thing or two ‘bout that,” Fitz surmised, smiling knowingly at her scowl.“Well, do you deny it?”

She let out an insulted huff, crossing her arms over herchest…but a moment later, she answered grudgingly, “…No.”

Fitz smirked triumphantly. “So…what? You hate the fact thatyou can’t bake cookies? I mean, you had two PhDs by the time you were sixteen –I don’t think anyone’s gonna look down on you because you don’t fit someridiculous stereotype. And if they do? Screw ‘em.”

“It’s not because of stereotypes, Fitz.” Jemma sighed,gazing at him imploringly. “I can’t really explain it. But…will you just helpme? Please?”

Fitz studied her for a brief moment, likely attempting todiscern the true reason she wanted to learn how to bake. But, it wasn’t longbefore he answered, “Yeah, alright. But only ‘cause you said ‘please’.” He gotup from the couch, nodding for her to follow him as he headed through thedoorway into the cozy little kitchen his mum loved so fiercely. “And, uh…justpromise me if you blow the place up or something, you’ll take the blame? Ithink my mum would murder me if she thought it was my fault.”

“So you’d rather she murder me?” Jemma asked in mock-insult,leaning up against the counter next to Fitz as he gathered the necessarysupplies.

He scoffed loudly, peering around the cupboard door to giveher a disbelieving look. “Oh, come on.My mum loves you – she wouldn’t harma hair on your head! In her eyes, Jemma Simmons can do no wrong.”

Smirking, Jemma shrugged innocently. “Well, I can’t help itif your mum loves me, Fitz. Perhaps I’m just a loveable person, have you everconsidered that?”

“Yeah, maybe, to people who haven’t studied for final exams with you. They don’t know thePerfect Score Monster living inside of you, not like I do.”

Jemma rolled her eyes, groaning in annoyance. “Ugh Fitz, you’re so dramatic. So what if westayed up late a couple of nights? You aced all of your exams, did you not?”

“Stayed up late a couple of…” Fitz put down the glass bowlhe’d retrieved, turning to face her completely, his mouth agape. “Simmons, you kept me awake for forty-eight hours, shouting questionsfrom your flash cards and throwing things at me until I got the right answer!”

“But you aced all ofyour exams,” Jemma repeated, emphasizing the words. When Fitz continued tostare at her in disbelief, she rolled her eyes and asked pointedly, “Are yougoing to teach me something about baking, or are you going to continue to gapeat me like a dead fish?”

“That’s the monster talking,” Fitz muttered under hisbreath, but did turn to finish gathering what they’d need. When all of thesupplies and ingredients had been laid out on the counter, he turned back toJemma and said, “Okay, so the first step is easy: just pre-heat the oven.”After she had proudly done so, he went on, “Next, you’re going to melt thebutter.”

“That’s easy,” she commented happily, picking up the stickof butter, removing the wrapping, and dropping the butter into the glass bowl,which promptly went into the microwave. And when the timer went off, sheremoved the bowl and held it out proudly.

“It’s not melted enough,” Fitz observed, shaking his head.

Jemma gaped down at the melting butter in the bowl. “Whatare you talking about? It’s perfect!”

“I think I’ll bethe judge of that.” He took the bowl from her and replaced it in the microwave,setting it for a bit longer and completely ignoring Jemma’s disgruntled look.  When it came out this time, Fitz noddedapprovingly. “Okay, now you’ll mix it with the sugar.”

Jemma eyed the small group of ingredients gathered togetheron the counter, taking a deep breath and nodding. This was just like chemistry,and she excelled at chemistry – howmuch harder could using food instead of chemicals be? “Alright, so I mix thebutter and the sugar. Easy enough, I suppose.”

Taking the wooden spoon Fitz handed her, Jemma stirred togetherthe butter and sugar as he monitored. “Okay, now it’s time to add the flour,baking powder, salt, and vanilla,” he instructed after a few minutes.

Overwhelmed, Jemma glanced back to the remaining ingredientson the counter, then to the mixture of butter and sugar in the bowl.

“It’s easy,” Fitz encouraged, handing her a measuring cup.“It’s just like measuring out chemicals, okay? And you’re great at that.”

Except, Jemma apparently wasn’t great at it when it came to baking ingredients, given that when shedumped the flour unceremoniously into the bowl, a cloud of it went up and hadthem both coughing and sputtering, now partially covered in the fine whitedust.

“Be a bit morecareful with your pouring,” Fitz advised, automatically shying away from thefierce glare Jemma shot at him. “I’m just saying.”

“Thank you, Fitz,”she ground out, carefully pouring therest of the ingredients into the bowl. With that finished, she picked the spoonback up to mix all of it together now.

“Simmons! Be careful! You’re going to…” Fitz trailed off,heaving a sigh and planting his hands on his hips as he stared down at theflour and baking powder that had been forced out of the bowl and onto thecounter. “…make a mess,” he finished after a beat. “Well…at least it wasn’t methis time.”

“It still could be,”Jemma pointed out, and he held his hands up in surrender, staying mercifullysilent as she finished mixing it up.

“You’re going to add the egg next.” Jemma obliginglyretrieved the single egg from the counter. “Use the side of the bowl to crack it,”he suggested, and she took the advice, knocking the egg against the edge of thebowl and promptly breaking it apart in her hand. “No no no! Simmons, stop!” Fitzfrantically pulled the bowl away from her, immediately beginning to carefullypick out the tiny pieces of eggshell that had landed in the dough with the yolk.“Christ, just drop the whole egg inwhy don’t you!”

“Well how was I supposed to know that it would break apartlike that?!” Jemma demanded, planting her hands on her hips.

“They’re eggs,Simmons! I didn’t think I had to tell you they were fragile.” Sighing, heglanced from the meager amount of shell pieces he held in one of his palms,then grimaced at the dough. “Well…I guess a little bit of eggshell never hurtanybody. Okay, stir that up, then we’ll add the chocolate chips.”

Taking the bowl back from Fitz and grimacing down at it,Jemma mixed in the egg yolk (and the remaining pieces of shell, of course),then picked up the opened bag of chocolate chips Fitz had been sneaking everyso often (she’d been pretending not to notice).

And without preamble, she began pouring the contents of thebag into the bowl.

“Wait! That’s too much!” Jemma lowered the now empty bag, wincingat the pile of chocolate chips now lying on top of the dough.

“Sorry,” she apologized, sighing softly. How had shepossibly managed to screw up almost each and every step? It was baking cookies!

“Y’know what? Don’t apologize.” Fitz nudged her shoulderlightly with his. “A little extra chocolate’s never killed anyone, yeah?”

“Well, actually, depending on the circumstance I can imagine–”

“Simmons.”

Shrugging at Fitz’s clearly exasperated tone, Jemma told himplainly, “You did ask me a question – I was just trying to answer it.”

He groaned, dropping his head back and rolling his eyestoward the ceiling. “Just stir in the chocolate chips, alright?”

Jemma did as instructed, and once the chocolate chips hadbeen worked in as well as she could manage, Fitz made room on the counter for abaking tray, talking her through separating the dough into little round balls.

“Make sure you keep them small, okay?”

“Okay.”

“No no, that’s too small.”

“Alright.”

“That one’s too big.”

“But it’s bigger than the last one!”

“Yeah, but now it’s toobig. They need to be somewhere in the middle.”

“Fine.”

“And…try to smooth them out a bit more, okay? They’re a bit…lumpy.”

Releasing an exasperated sigh, Jemma replaced the chunk ofcookie dough she’d been holding back in the bowl and whirled around to facehim. “Fitz, do you really have tomicromanage the way I’m rolling cookiedough?”

Fitz let out a startled laugh, his eyebrows shooting nearlyup to his hairline. “Do I have to…? You’re kiddingme, right? Simmons, you’re practically the queenof micromanaging! You’re always complaining about my part of our projects,trying to tell me how to do my job,not to mention telling me what to eat, when to sleep, how much to study!”

“Oh, you should be thankingme for that. The amount of unhealthy habits you have is ridiculous, Fitz. At this rate, you’ll be dead before you turnfifty!”

“Yeah well at least I wouldn’t have you constantly naggingme anymore,” Fitz muttered. When Jemma threw a dark glare in his direction, henodded toward the still nearly empty cookie tray. “Just…go back to making yourcookies.”

Letting his snide comment go, Jemma focused back on rollingthe cookie dough into balls that weren’t toobig and weren’t too small. When the bowl was empty and the tray was covered withthe uneven, chocolate-chip-infested cookies, she finally placed them in theoven and turned to Fitz. “I guess we’ll know in twenty minutes if I’ve failedhorribly or not.”

“I bet they’ll be fantastic,” Fitz told her optimistically,but Jemma wasn’t so sure.

However, as the twenty minutes passed, she began to growmore and more hopeful that, despite all of the mistakes she’d made, the endresult was going to be much better.And by the time the oven timer was going off, she was nearly bursting withexcitement once more, winning out over her upset at her disastrous firstattempt at baking.

“How do they look?” she asked Fitz, bouncing anxiously onher toes.

“Well…” Fitz cleared his throat, and Jemma felt her heartsinking once more.

“Oh.” Shoulders sagging, she dropped her gaze to the floorand blinked rapidly to stop herself from tearing up. It was just a silly batchof cookies, nothing to really beupset over, but…

“Hey, wait, no. Simmons, don’t cry, okay?” Fitz opened theoven, putting on an oven mitt and removing the tray to place on top of thestove. “So they’re a little…oddly-shaped, but I’m sure they taste great.”

Jemma sniffled, rolling her eyes and hugging her arms aroundherself. “Fitz, you don’t have to say that, alright?”

“I’m not! Really, I can’t wait to try one.” The amount of excitement over the disgustingcookies he managed to infuse in his voice brought a grateful little smile toher lips.

“Fitz…”

“I mean it!”

And sure enough, about fifteen minutes later, when thecookies had cooled down, Fitz actually picked one up and took a bite out of it. The big grin he was wearing for her benefitfaltered just slightly, but ultimately remained plastered on his face as hechewed and swallowed, giving her a thumb’s up.

“They’re awful, aren’t they?” Jemma asked knowingly, smilingsadly.

Fitz let out a little cough, then cleared his throat acouple of times, made a face, and admitted, “Yeah, wretched, actually. Mighthave to have my stomach pumped.”

“Fitz!” Jemmaslapped his shoulder, very much not amused with his ill-humored teasing.

“Sorry, sorry!” He tossed the rest of the cookie in the bin,giving Jemma a supportive smile. “Hey, so you can’t bake perfect cookies onyour first try – you can’t be born great at everything, it’s just not fair tothe rest of us.” When she smiled slightly, he elbowed her lightly in the ribs.“Hey, all you need is some practice, okay? I’m sure if you work at it enough,you’ll be a genius in the kitchen just like you are in the lab.”

“Thanks Fitz,” she murmured, sighing softly.

-

When Fitz woke up a few mornings later, he knew his motherwould’ve already left for work and he’d be alone in the house for the day, buthe was sure Jemma would be up for chatting on the phone, which brightened hisday considerably. After all, neither of them had much else going on in theirlives at the moment.

However, when he descended the rickety old stairs andentered the kitchen to make some simple toast for breakfast, he was startled tofind Jemma herself sitting at his kitchen table.

“Simmons?”

She looked up at his surprised call of her name, beaming,though it seemed to be tinged in nerves. “Hello Fitz! Your mum let me in, Ihope that’s alright.”

“Yeah, um…” He threw a quick glance at a nearby calendar,but the days of Jemma’s planned visits were circled in red – and today wasn’tone of them. “We didn’t make plans that I somehow forgot, did we?”

Jemma laughed, shaking her head reassuringly as she stoodfrom her seat. “No no, don’t worry.” She didn’t move from her position in frontof the table, and her strange behavior was beginning to freak Fitz out a bit.

“So…? I mean, not that I’m not happy to see you, but…what’sgoing on, Simmons?”

She blew out a nervous breath, nodding to herself. “Okay,um…” Turning around, she picked something up off the table from behind her, andwhen she turned back around, Fitz realized it was a cake (a lopsided cake, but a cake all the same). “Happy Birthday,Fitz.”

Fitz knew he’d been staring blankly for too long now, but ithad finally hit him why Jemma had been so desperate to learn how to bake, andhe was absolutely floored that she’dgone to all this trouble just to make him a birthdaycake.

Shifting a bit anxiously at his lack of response, shehurriedly explained, “I knew your mum was going to be working, so you’d be allalone and she wouldn’t have time to make you a cake and I know you likehomemade ones more than store-bought, so…” She chewed her bottom lip briefly,then went on, “I hope it’s alright.”

Swallowing thickly, Fitz finally found words to tell herhoarsely, “It’s perfect. Thank you, Simmons.”

Her beaming smile was back, seeming to brighten up the wholekitchen. “Oh you’re welcome, Fitz.”She held the cake out to him, asking excitedly, “Would you like to have a slice?I haven’t tried it, but I’ve worked on perfecting my baking abilities eversince my unfortunate attempt with the cookies.”

Fighting back the warmth bubbling up in his chest and makingit difficult to breathe, Fitz blurted out the first thing he could think of totry and get himself back on even footing. “You sure it’s edible? If I take abite of that cake and die, I’m gonna haunt you for the rest of your life,Simmons.”

“Of course it’sedible! Ugh Fitz, would you quitbeing so dramatic? I’m never doing anything nice for you ever again!”

Chuckling at the indignant look on his best friend’s face,Fitz gently took the cake from Jemma and set it back on the table. “Come on,Simmons, I’ll get plates and forks and if your poison cake is gonna kill us,then we’ll both die and haunt Professor Vaughn together.”

It was clear she was trying to fight it, but Fitz could seea tiny smirk tugging at the corner of her mouth. “Oh hush, Fitz.”

After he’d retrieved the plates and silverware, he pulled upthe chair beside Jemma, watching as she carefully cut into the poor lopsidedcake, and he felt that swell of warmth rising once more in his chest.“Simmons?”

“Yeah?”

He paused long enough that Jemma glanced up curiously, andhe took a deep breath before repeating sincerely, “Thank you.”

Jemma smiled widely, handing him his plate of cake andsurprising him completely by ducking closer to press a quick kiss to his cheek.“You’re welcome, Fitz.”

[diehard-fangirl]

FANGIRL ROMTASTIC ASIAN DRAMAS IN 3...2...1

So my girl @thecrankyagnes​ recently got into the Drama fandom, AND WELCOME CHICKADEE! 

She said it was cool-beans if I threw some title recommendations her way, but then I started writing and I figured “Eff it. I’ll just make this a Tumblr post.” 

So for her (and yalls) benefit, HERE ARE DRAMAS WORTHY OF MY FANGIRL STAMP OF APPROVAL!

Coffee Prince: Tom Boyish heroine works incognito as a dude and her boss falls for her and accepts his love for a dude, even as she is most assuredly NOT a dude.

Jealousy Incarnate: Heroine crushes on hero for years with him ignoring her, but shiznit changes when he gets breast cancer & she falls for his BFF.

Que Sera Sera: HELLA passionate drama with one of the most intense romances and internal conflict love triangle ever.

Secret Love Affair: An older married woman and a younger man do the forbidden love AND DAT CHEMISTRY WILL SET YOUR BLOOMERS ABLAZE! (Open ending)

I Do I Do*: Another noona romance (older man/younger woman) but she’s his boss, they have a drunken 1 night stand and BAM, there’s a baby. He’s a hero in pursuit and she wants to Single Mom it up.

We Got Married As a Job*: A Japanese drama forced proximity, fake/contract marriage where the heroine hires to be the hero’s cook and maid.

Flower Boys Next Door: Shut in heroine and the most beta-tastic hero you’ll ever see fall into next level hearteyes.

Good Doctor: An ER-esque show about an autistic doctor being hired and

Arang and The Magistrate: Historical drama with a ghost heroine and a a “sheriff” who fall in love while playing Dead Body Figure It Out.

King of High School Savvy: High school hockey player has to go incognito as his CEO twin and falls for the older, awkward wallflower office worker. SO MUCH DAMN CUTENESS! (You will fall in love with Seo In Guk, the male lead actor)

Master’s Sun: Heroine is tormented by ghosts but finds that when she touches her Mr. Selfish Cold Boss, they disappear. Cue much comedy and awesome acting and adorable feels.

Secret*: Hero thinks heroine is responsible for the hit and run that kills his unborn baby and baby mama, when really she takes the fall for her fiance. He falls in love with her as he spys and plots his revenge on her, even while not knowing the truth. MUCH FEELS AND ANGST AND HEARTEYES!

Full House (the Thai version): Thailand remake of the kdrama and SO MUCH BETTER. Forced proximity roommates fall in love.

Healer: ONE OF THE MOST CRACKTASTIC DRAMAS Super duper beta hero is a thief for hire and the heroine is a journalist on the hunt for him; He Clark/Supermans it while working with her as a reporter.

Cheer Up (AKA Sassy Go Go): Tough, outcast dancer chick gets forced into a cheerleading team & much feels ensue.

Weightlifting Fairy: A beta-tastic hero swimmer falls for a plucky, misfit, confident weightlifting heroine AND OMG SO MUCH EFFING ROMTASTIC CUTENESS.

In Time With You: A Taiwanese friends-to-lovers romance with the OTP having been life long friends, each in love with the other, but each afraid to screw up their friendship if they feel-spill.

Splash Splash Love: A 2 episode short drama about a high school girl who time travels into ancient Korea and has to survive incognito as a dude palace guard while falling for the King.

Dr. Champ: An alpha heroine doctor hires onto a sports organization where she falls for Mr. Broodastic Doctor, but REALLY it’s the beta sweetie athlete she’s destined for.

Ho Goo’s Love (AKA Fool’s Love): Friends-to-lovers where the heroine gets pregnant by Not The Hero while a sweet, unassuming almost innocent hero just wants to help and be there for her.

Protect The Boss: Heroine is tasked with getting her slacker boss to grow up AND SHE KICKS ASS AT DOING JUST THAT.

Queen In Hyun’s Man: Hero from ancient Korea time travels into modern day Korea and falls for a tough alpha actress who’s starring as the Queen from his era in an historical drama. Again, he’s beta on beta on BETA.

Scent of a Woman: Frumpy, woe-begone office worker heroine starts living for herself when diagnosed with cancer, and her boss sits up and starts noticing her. (Open ending, TONS of actor chemistry)

Sungkyunkwan Scandal: Historical drama where heroine goes incognito as a dude to study at an All Male academy, and has 3 dudes who fall for her one way, or the other.

Me Too Flower: Rich beta hero CEO falls for poor, unassuming alpha police office heroine and oooooh dat class divide tho.

Marriage Not Dating: Hero gets our heroine to be his a fake fiance to get his parents to shut up but neither can stand each other...OR CAN THEY?!

What’s Up Fox: Older heroine helped raise younger beta hero but he’s been in love with her for forever, while she never noticed. BUT HE COMES BACK AND FEELS START POPPIN’

My Lovely Sam Soon: Chunky heroine is hired as a chef by her hot boss who has NOOO interest in her...until he gets to know her and realizes HOLY SHIT HE GOT FEELS.

Some quick notes:

Many of these are titles I’ve reviewed on my YouTube channel

I Do I Do, Splash Splash Love, Secret, Marriage Not Dating, & What’s Up Fox are available on Viki.com and if you want I can message you my password.

We Got Married As a Job & Full House are available on KissAsian.com (No ads)

I will say that I have both Viki and DF subscriptions but many in the fandom find Viki to have superior, and more nuanced, subtitles than Drama Fever.

All these are ONLY dramas that are next-level shit-your-fangirl-pants good...at least by my standards.

Sorry for throwing so damn many titles your way, but I DID restrain myself I swear, LOL.