#one piece ccg

[verycoolcardgames]

First time setting the poll length to one week, instead of one day. Trying this out, since pervious polls did not get much votes.

[ccgscans]

Buggy The Clown - One Piece

[formallyaskplushponies]

Got my hands on some cheap One Piece cards to try my style of shadowbox on them. Kinda love how they turned out.

The card stock they used on these cards is so different from what Pokemon and Yugioh use. Almost looks, feels and cuts like foam board.

The only downside of them are the long thin borders, kinda annoying but not too much.

[versussystem2]

TM GAME TOURNAMENT MAGAZINE ANNOUNCEMENT 07 PART 01

Table of Content: Announcement 1-6 Recaps Repetition In My Daily Life Nico Robin

Announcement 1-6 Recaps Announcement 01: I try to sum up the problems in my life and the situation I'm in. At the same time, I want to point out that I'm being pressured by limited of time and funds. Also, as for me, I want to emphasis on redemption. Example: A chance to redeem myself.

Announcement 02: I'm giving myself a break by letting myself talk about the past. The past memory I talked about is living with my father. Also, how his passing away have effected my life.

Announcement 03: In this announcement, I want to emphasis on why I have to move on and not dwell on the past. To do this I talked about the "Painful Truth" in my life. Also, in this announcement, I begin talking about my "New Schedule".

Announcement 04: I'm trying to be in the same page with my surrounding by talking about my early life neighborhood. I headline that section as "Rough Neighborhood". There were a lot of activities encourage that "Rough Neighborhood" to step up or show courage. Backing away or chicken out is consider a bad thing. The follow up to "Rough Neighborhood" have the headline, "X-Game In Pacific Beach". So happen during this same period of time, the "X-Game" decided to used the public parks (Belmont Parks) in my neighborhood, Pacific Beach as the location for their competition. In the "X-Game In Pacific Beach" section, I wrote about my experience about the "X-Game" including how I felt about it. In summary, I think in those early years, because I was the creator, manager (regulator), and participant of the unofficial local Empty Handed Combat establishment. Also, I won all 20 fights in those 6 years of time from 1993-1999. Could have effected my early life. Those early life memories could have effected my current status quo. The Empty Handed Combat is the main activity among those activities. The "Rough Neighborhood" activities are the reasons I want to be on the same page with my surrounding.

Announcement 05: I felt that if a reader have read through Announcement1-4, then that reader would knows about some of my background. This mean I don't have to feel like the whole world is against me. And, I have lost touch with reality. So, in this announcement, I gave myself a chance to talk about how I felt about my situation. I would argued that talking about my feeling to me is not losing touch with the reality. But, what if talking about these feelings only make things worse. In addition, there is the argument "Suck It Up" or "Deny It By Discipline". In summary, this announcement taking step to see my denials. Those denials are related to my worries that people might see my situation as no hope or last resort. Also, those denials is about the problems in my life have made me in a situation of looking for supports. In addition, I'm writing the reasons why I have decided to want to write TM Game Tournament magazine.

Announcement 06: In Announcement 06, I pushed myself and putted pressures on myself to write the following: "Believe or Not" I'm an animator (creative writer). Because the stereotype of an animator is a social awkward person. Also, a person who is in his or her own world and have lost touch with reality. Lost touch with reality is lack of management and priority. As for me, the reasons I want to write about me as an animator is because 1. A chance to redeem myself why I have set goal to be an animator. 2. A chance for me to point out the works I have created. After I have finished writing Announcement 06 Part 1-3, I felt that the lost touch of reality is happening again. Example: Because I point out the animator stereotype mean I want myself not to fall for that stereotype. So, I self-criticized myself as a hypocrite. Example of hypocrite is a person who tells people not to be an animator, but he or she became an animator. So, in Announcement 06 Part 4, I explain about that I do want to have goal on management and priority. Such as I do want to have a manageable schedule. In addition, I explained about how the TM Game Tournament magazine begin in my life. Also, why my father, Chung Wun Lam play an important role that inspired me to related myself with the TM Game Tournament magazine.

Repetition In My Daily Life I keep repeat the following over and over: "Priority. Management. Please don't make my situation as last resort. Have my life back. And, so on." Have My Life Back: Because I have self-criticized my past events as sad and lonely. So, it is hard for me to says that I want my life back. Example: To have a life again mean I would be back on my feet and have a manageable schedule. To not self-criticize myself with all the problems in my life. I want to bring back that scene on 1999. When I told my older brother, Ho Hong Lam I'm going to train very hard to compete in the weekly TM Game tournament. I will make a name of myself through getting first places in the TM Game tournament. Now, I have accumulated 199 First Places in the TM Game tournaments from 1999 to 2014.

The self-criticism is "It had been 26 years since that scene happen. Why bring back memory from so long ago?" The self-pity is "Please someone gave him a self-pity that he is being humiliated daily by voices that he can't see." The confusion is "Have some self-respect. Court the girl. Or, kiss the girl. For 5 years. Then, lets that girl betray you. Instead of continue to humiliate yourself daily. The daily humiliation is you are being court by the girls you should have courted or kissed."

Demon Hunter Or Vampire Hunter I'm currently on Book 5 Chapter 3 on writing Arowra Series Books with about 70 Chapters rough drafts from Book 5 and Book 6. Look at the "Repetition In My Daily Life", the problems in my life is equivalent to those problems are characteristics that indicated it is related to Underworld, Darkness, or Satanic such as there are demons or vampires in my life . The argument is because I'm being occupied by demons or vampires. So, I need to add a Demon Hunter or Vampire Hunter into Book 5. In a way, I felt maybe that is the reason I took a break from writing Arowra Series Books, because I'm being forced to add a Demon Hunter or Vampire Hunter into those books.

In the 2007 San Diego "International Comic-Con", at the "TokyoPop" booth. That booth is promoting the "Pre-Release" of "Bleach" Card-Based TM Game (Trading Card Game). It is based on the "Bleach" anime TV series. That TV Series is a long series with over 100 episodes on hunting and slaying demons. In a way, "Bleach" TM Game is like a dream come true to anyone who have demon problems. Is the Arowra Series Books like "Bleach" anime TV Series such as hunting and slaying demons? Should I add the following to the Arowra Series Book covers: "If you have demon problems, then you should read the "Bleach" manga, watch the "Bleach" anime TV Series, and/or play the "Bleach" TM Game? I didn't watch "Bleach" or play "Bleach", so why bring it up?

Nico Robin On June 2003, I graduated and got my diploma in Mission Bay High School. At the same time, I already planned and enrolled in the San Diego Mesa College when the summer vacation is over. My thoughts of going to college is the following: A chance to get to be who I am such as I finally get a chance to live my life. Making friends. People will noticed me. And, so on. But, after about a month enrolled in college, I realized that going to college is opposite of my thoughts of going to college would be like.

I'm in denial that I couldn't live the life I have foresees about going to college such as in my middle school and high school years I have been fantasizing about going to college. But, deep down, I knows it is more than the denials of fantasy. It is the self-criticism manifestation. Example: What happen if someone accidentally bring up the word, underachievement? In other words, it is sad and lonely living in denials. But, it is better than have to deal with the underachievement argument. Furthermore, I'm going to college mean I'm away from my family and exploring the world. So, I didn't write the weekly Email letter to my cousin, Elizabeth as much as before. Or, am I planning not to write to Elizabeth anymore and live my college life?

In my midst of going to college dilemma, as I'm learning about the functions and features of the Internet Social Network, I met this dreamy and tranquil web designer Online with the user name, Nico Robin. My thought is could this be like Elizabeth living her life? Like I wrote above, living in denials could be very sad and lonely. So, when Nico Robin added me to her friend list is like I don't have to be sad and lonely anymore. As for Steve Decker, he self-proclaimed to be my best friend back in the middle school and high school years. This mean more or less, I still keep in touch with him. But, I heard my older brother, Ho Hong Lam have made a bond with Steve by going to concert with Steve, shopping together, and hanging out in general. Also, Steve's mother, Linda Decker who is a lawyer, so she was able to assisted Ho with Ho's immigration documents. Going to concert? Buying music album CD in store? Me and Ho couldn't picture we would able to live that kind of life. Is Steve having influence over Ho's life?

I been wanting to buy the music album CD, "Fallen" by Evanescence. But, it is out of the picture if I were to buy music album CD. So, I asked Ho and Steve if the next time they are going to shopping together could they buy that music album CD, "Fallen" by Evanescence for me and I'll pay them back? In a way, that day they pity me by not making fun of me about why I wanted to buy that music album CD. Then, days later, I was surprised when they actually bought that album for me. So, I paid them the money for that album. They only accepted half of the money. In my sad and lonely going to college days, I have been listening to that album, "Fallen" in my MP3 walkman with headphone. Over and over. The same album. The lead singer in the Evanescence band is Amy Lee. The anime TV Series, "Witch Hunter Robin" have the theme song from Evanescence "Fallen", "Bring Me To Life". Nico Robin is not a witch hunter. She is a witch that have made a name of herself. As for that web designer with Nico Robin user name, I'm glad to be her friend. She have the following positive characteristics: clean, organize, well read, and well mannered.

Web designer Nico Robin is so real to me that I'm denying that Nico Robin is not a main character in the anime TV Series, "One Piece". In a way, it is not as sad and lonely, because Nico Robin is my friend. One time, she posted up photos on her website. So, I unintended without notice looked at her photos of her on her website. She have normal appearance and her clothing is fashionable. Her appearance in those photos indicated that she is Asian nationality. Also, she could becomes a movie star if she is into performing art. So, why does she go with that user name, Nico Robin? Even though, I have questions about her, but I'm her friend. Such as I'm not hunting her with questions. I didn't bring up the topic, "Keep In Touch" to avoid I'm hunting her. So, after years of time, I no longer Email with her and chat with her. And, I would only once in months of time visited her website. Afterward, I stopped visiting her website. Exchanging Email and Online chatting with Nico Robin is around early 2004 to 2006. The idea of writing Arowra Series Books started on 2013. On May 2022, I decided to be serious about writing Arowra Series Books. In Arowra Series Books, there are legends of Nico Robin as a powerful mage who have made a name of herself. But, she is not a character with role and plot. Why do I keep listening to "Fallen" album over and over if I'm not a witch hunter in "Witch Hunter Robin"? Is Arowra Series Books like "Bleach" and "Witch Hunter Robin"?

To Be Continue...

[coconutdays]

ghoul! sukuna blurb on...

what if after leaving you, you dont run into sukuna again.

what if months have gone by and you haven't heard of him still. he's been keeping tabs on you of course, unbeknownst to you.

but a car crashes into you one night on the way home. and you're sure you're going to die on the way to the hospital in the ambulance. you can't feel anything, maybe its the adrenaline, but you know that weightless feeling like you're going away isn't good. it all fades to mush with every blink.

one blink at there's white lights above you and someone with a blue cap??

one blink and there's something on your face

another and you feel the world spin into black, this is probably the end.

sukuna thinks you're dead. that same night there being varying ghoul attacks done by him.

you've been a ghoul for a while now, you live in a different apartment on the other side of Tokyo (details forsaken for the quick blurb)

sukuna's been forgotten for a while now, a painful memory you choose to repress among the other ones of your human life.

your life is so horribly perfect

there's money in being a monster

you're on the CCG's top most wanted list for constantly leaving trails of bodies behind you, deserving pieces of shits mind you, but they still want you. you really can't control your hunger though

its the only thing you can't control

and its not like someone can put a stop to you

your kagune is so ugly and gruesome, you're the strongest and nobody dares to fight you after the ghouls you've put on display as a result of your own hunger.

you get paid for letting people feed in your zones and that's all you do.

but when you're not a monster, you're you, for the most part

with all the new money you have, you're constantly shopping: buying new clothes and books. not buying food means you mainly drink blood wine in your apartment most of the time. thus you've all the time in the world to read.

it's all you've ever wanted to do, but the price isn't what you expected.

you get invited to some ghoul fight club by a new friend you've made one night.

unbeknownst to you, some hazing at the beginning leads to you getting your hands on some "snacks" brought in as a gift for being a new guest.

it's all to see your single ghoul eye and gruesome kagune rip apart whatever pervert was in your mouth. of course you're conscious about it, but the taste is too good for you to stop

until sukuna is right there in front of you, staring at you in what looks like? terror? want? is that a tear building up in his eyes?

his jaw is slightly agape

and you've stopped eating.

[apollodarling-writes]

Hii, can i please ask for some fluff and comfort for Suzuya Juuzou (from Tokyo Ghoul) with a ghoul reader?

cws ; dissociation, hurt/comfort, trauma implications, established relationship, possibly ooc juuzo — it’s been like three years since i’ve watched tokyo ghoul, spoilers!!! , kind of short?

when juuzo showed up at your doorstep without so much as a text, you knew something was wrong. you could see it in the way his eyes were unfocused and red-rimmed, in the slight tremble of his hands, and the way his bottom lip quivered when he tore his gaze from the floor to meet yours. it was a drastic change from his usual bubbly and eccentric demeanor, and it worried you to see him in such a state.

your boyfriend had shown up clad in CCG gear, his knuckles white from the effort of holding onto his quinque, and based on the state of his appearance, you could only assume that he had one hell of an evening.

as juuzo met your gaze, a fire had been ignited. his features twisted into anger and grief, his lips curling back into a cruel snarl as he pointed the quinque at you. “if ghouls didn’t exist, then… shinohara-san would be okay, right?” he asks, his voice oddly calm despite the emotion swirling in his gaze.

your voice dies in your throat as you watch juuzo tilt his head at you, the sharp end of his quinque digging into the meat of your chest. your throat constricts, tears bubbling at your lashline as you open your mouth to speak.

“ghouls are abominations. all they know to do is take. just like that ghoul was going to take shinohara-san from me.” he murmurs, interrupting you as his weapon falls limp at his side.

you can’t bring yourself to do anything but nod, opening your door further as you gesture for your distraught lover to come inside. a flicker of recognition passes through juuzo’s gaze as he peers into your apartment, a picture frame of your first date with him catching his attention. he swallows thickly, his trembling fingers gently reaching out to wipe away your tears.

that leaves you here, with a cold cup of tea on your coffee table and juuzo in your arms. he refused to talk about what happened earlier that night, but now that the sun had risen and he was seemingly out of tears to shed, the young man finally speaks up.

“i’m sorry,” he mumbles, his voice hoarse and cracking. juuzo’s fingers idly toy with the hem of your shirt as he takes a deep breath. “i was so angry that i…“

juuzo’s voice trails off, his arms snaking around your midsection as he rests his head on your chest again. he doesn’t say anything more than that, simply opting to listen to the steady beat of your heart.

“you don’t have to talk about anything until you’re ready, juu.” you murmur, you fingers threading through his hair. you could piece two and two together — a mission went wrong and shinohara was hurt as a result. you knew how special that man was to juuzo, and you could understand why he was so upset.

juuzo quietly hums in response, his cold fingers reaching beneath your shirt to soak up the warmth your skin provided. as you gaze down at him, you recognize the way his eyes seemed unfocused — staring at everything and soaking in nothing. oh, juuzo.

you press a gentle kiss to the crown of his head, feeling the way his breath shudders and a shiver wracks down his spine, his arms tightening around you as if you would disappear too.

“i love you, juu.” you whisper, unsure of what else to say. juuzo’s throat bobs as he swallows, his tongue darting out to wet his lips.

“i love you too.”

[thewertsearch]

FUTURE terminallyCapricious [FTC] 0:42:00 HOURS FROM NOW responded to memo. […] FTC: HEY BEST MOTHERFUCKING FRIEND. FTC: what all seems to be the motherfuckin problem? :o) […] CCG: OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD FTC: i'm in your future, best friend. FTC: I KNOW WHERE YOU MOTHERFUCKING ARE. FTC: and what you'll motherfuckin do. […] FTC: and also. […] FTC: i'm all about to be meeting up some friends. :o) […] FTC: i wonder if you can all be at with me in time and make me get my reconsider on?

... is it just me, or does it kind of sound like Gamzee's asking for help here?

Instead of directly threatening his friend, he's asking if Karkat will help him 'reconsider' - almost as though there's a piece of him that doesn't want to be trapped in a murderous rage, and it's trying to make itself heard.

Do I spot some ominous purple text in the corner?

I do.

Well, Terezi isn’t the worst person for Gamzee to run into on his rampage. A Seer like her will immediately understand that he's snapped - and she's no slouch in the combat department, either, so I don't think she'll be easy pickings.

Things might get dicey, however, if Gamzee pulls out the power he used against the Black King. We have no idea what that even looks like - but Terezi does, so she at least shouldn't be blindsided by it.

Anyway, what does our resident detective make of the dearly departed Tavros?

Before the full investigation is underway, a legislacerator will always have a chief suspect in mind. The one she will hold guilty until proven otherwise, a process customarily taking place after the execution.

That sounds about right for the Alternian ‘justice’ system. I’d ask what happens if a suspect is proven innocent after their execution, but that presupposes that Alternia even has a concept of 'proving someone innocent'.

In any case, a stopped clock is still right twice a day, and Terezi's corrupt methods have lead her to the correct culprit. What's her next move?

Above, you detect faint traces of what you reckon to be special stardust, such as the kind left behind by the flapping wings of a mischievous fairy.

I knew Terezi’s sense of smell was impressive, but I didn’t think she could go full bloodhound. She really is the most well-equipped troll for this new, more dangerous Veil.

And not far from that, you detect bright trails of white light. It smells... hopeful.

All three killers are in the vicinity, then.

... look at me, already calling Gamzee a killer. To our knowledge, he hasn't harmed anyone thus far - but I'm fully convinced he intends to, based purely on the strength of his most recent Pesterlogs.

The writing there was genuinely impressive. In just a few dozen lines, Hussie has completely sold me on the idea that the funny meme clown is dead fucking serious about violently murdering his friends.

[hunn1e-bunn1e]

*t-poses into inbox* TIS I! 🎨 ANON!

We don’t talk about how I had to spend 5 minutes making sure this complies to your rules because I have a lot of mental disorders so I had to make sure this doesn’t cater to them lmaoooo

My hyperfixation is Tokyo Ghoul despite it being literal YEARS but whatever (I’m watching it again currently)

Ayato Kirishima with a male!S/O who has a hard time controlling his kagune (i.e when he’s scared he accidentally activates his kagune, when he’s angry it’s there. You can essentially think of it as emotion based) so he has a hard time hunting for food and doesn’t like to go out in public because of that

If you need more I gotchu but do your other requests before mine I know I get priority but nah I can wait

Kirishima Ayato - With Ghoul Male Reader Who Can't Control His Kagune

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Hello 🎨pallette anon, I'm finally going to write your request after however long after you sent it to me. Sorry about that. By the way, college classes have been a major reason why my posting schedule has been all over the place, I swear I meant to get to this sooner. Anywho, I hope this is to your liking, and once again sorry for the delay. —Benny🐰

Warnings -> Mentioned Death, Mentioned Cannibalism, Mentioned Murder, Alluded Past Trauma, Ayato Being a Sweety

                                                                                                   

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🐇 While he definitely wouldn't say it out loud, Ayato is incredibly concerned about you almost every hour of the day, though when he has important matters to attend to that worry is pushed to the background but is certainly still there. He's worried that you'll end up getting caught and killed or, worse, taken and experimented on by the CCG, so he's the slightest bit thankful that you stay inside more often than not. Ayato does make sure to drop by your place often to see if you're still there, and if you go out, he makes you tell him what you're leaving for and the exact time you left through the front door; he's not fucking around when it comes to your safety.

🐇  Usually, Ayato hunts for the both of you; he wants you to be able to go and get food on your own eventually, but until he's able to help you keep your emotions in check a bit better, he won't allow it. He may or may not enjoy being relied on by his cute boyfriend, but you didn't hear that from me. When he brings home a meal, he'll snack on it on the way to your place, but don't worry, he always makes sure to leave your favorite parts alone; Ayato just adores when you give him that happy grin while your cheeks are stuffed with the flesh of his latest game.

🐇  Often if you begin to have a panic attack or have strong emotions and your kagune begins to show itself, Ayato will 'reluctantly' grab onto your hand and give it a comforting squeeze. Although that squeeze tends to be a bit too tight most of the time and leaves you with an aching hand afterward, don't tell him that; he'll beat himself up for accidentally hurting you and won't touch you again for quite a while after that. If you're both at home, Ayato will drag you into bed and pull you against his chest, his hand rubbing your lower back under your emerged kagune to coax you into slumber.

🐇 When you both go out, be it for house essentials, food, or new clothes to replace the ones permanently stained with blood, Ayato always stands behind you and watches for potential threats or things that may stress you out. Suppose he sees that something is beginning to upset you, he'll grab you by the arm and physically turn you away from it, distracting you with an interesting object that's being displayed in a shop window or quietly telling you a piece of information about himself that you didn't know. Ayato is a pretty closed-off person even to those he's closest to, so he uses these hidden nuggets of information to his advantage whenever he's taking care of you.

🐇  Ayato is a very busy person, so he can't be with you as often as he'd like to be; to solve this problem, he's taken to leaving you little gifts around your place. A cute rabbit phone charm that he asked Uta to help him paint to look like his old mask, a few of his hoodies, random stuffed animals that he found on the side of the road, a couple of severed fingers for you to snack on in a take-out box, anything he thinks will make you feel better, to be honest. One time, Ayato even went out and bought you one of those cute squeaky stress balls whose eyes pop out when you squeeze them; it was a rabbit, of course.

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[tg-headcanons]

Frothing at the mouth (positive) over the fact you're the only person aside from myself to put their whole ass into the fact the CCG is largely propaganda-based and they barely know shit about ghouls, and only publicly share twisted "facts" about ghouls to get further government money for their ghoul-genocide activities. Whats some CCG propaganda you think they push most aside from "ghouls wre animals and can't think/feel like humans can?"

YOU UNDERSTAND ME

The CCG does a lot more propaganda work than the general public, and even most investigators, realize. It’s human nature to want to bond and relate to one another and even things that aren’t human, and if people tend to humanize animals, plants, and even machines, a big part of what the CCG does is work to ensure they don’t try to humanize things that look human

Within the CCG there are rules policing language. Ghouls are to be referred to as “it,” and described as male or female rather than using man or woman. Reports referring to them with “he” or “she” are corrected to remove human language from them, and if a superior wants to they can easily use “humanizing language” as an excuse to punish an underling

Because the higher ups rely on their employees not understanding ghoul minds and social structure, they withhold information and most investigators don’t understand how intelligent they are. A study was done on particularly unwell ghouls in cochlea in order to engineer the conclusion that ghouls have the base intelligence of a nine year old child, and that their skills and language ability are mostly mimicry of humans. Because of this, a lot of ghouls have gone under the radar because they’re simply too complex or intelligent to be suspected. When some measurably intelligent ghouls are discovered, the higher ups take over quickly and the ghoul is either declared an odd outlier, or some cover up is utilized to deny their accomplishments

Because the only ghoul research happens in cochlea, a place designed to be as distressing and unhealthy as possible, the results are incredibly skewed. They do not understand social behaviors because the only captive interactions are between stressed and doomed ghouls. They do not fully understand kagune usage because they’re all drugged with rc suppressants. They do not know about ghoul hormonal cycles because the rc suppressants tend to make them fatal. As far as there doves know, ghoul are all erratic, mindlessly violent, and prone to unexplainable deaths in captivity. What little research there that is a good representation of ghoul complexity is often destroyed and falsified

The CCG makes an effort to locate people with violent tendencies or struggle with connection for their academy. Staff there knows that if a student is suffering socially or gets in fights, they are to be fast tracked to training. Many of them could have gotten help and thrived elsewhere, but the CCG training program encourages and enables these behaviors so long as it’s directed towards ghouls. They engineer investigators who are taught to cope with otherwise treatable issues by taking them out on something that looks human, but is okay for them to harm. These people are quickly promoted so when there are “complex cases,” they have someone they can trust not to humanize the ghouls and kill them as quickly as possible. They end up struggling to acclimate to anywhere else, more or less trapping them there to be attack dogs

A lot of news about ghouls has to be run through the CCG for approval. There’s a law on the books prohibiting the spread of dangerous misinformation regarding ghouls, which requires “professional input” on any officially released pieces about them. There are some public personalities and so called Ghoul Experts who absolutely don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about, but the CCG allows them to speak on it because they parrot the dehumanizing propaganda they feed the public and it helps to have supposedly independent researchers confirm it. They all know Hisashi Ogura is full of shit, but his fearmongering makes their job much easier

Many investigators die every year because they were not allowed to know what the higher ups know. Countless employees were killed by ghouls they didn’t know how to locate due to misinformation about ghoul psychology or were killed with fighting techniques that were kept confidential for use by the washuu family. A good amount of deaths are preventable, but the CCG will never tell the lower ranks the things that would have saved them. Besides, having a brutal, fatal ghoul attack in the news every day is good for image

[coloradocharmiegirl]

Chapter 42 here --New 4/20/24

Summary:

With Armie heading out to fight the wildland fire at Murphy Creek, Timmy faces some uncomfortable truths about what loving a firefighter really means, and makes promises, to himself and others, about how he'll make sure they never end up in such a mess again.

Excerpt:

Timmy reached up and brushed a finger over his medallion, the piece of Armie that had hung around his neck since that very first night. Life had somehow brought him back here, back to Armie–the man who made pancakes laced with vanilla to celebrate 3-month anniversaries, who touched both his body and soul in ways no other person ever had. The man who unlocked hidden desires, tied deft knots, and matched Timmy round for round–the noble man who cared so fiercely and, though he’d never said so in so many words, made Timmy feel loved.

He’d wobbled at the worst possible time, and now Armie was far away, facing danger. Timmy brought the medallion to his lips and pressed a kiss against it, sending a prayer to the universe for Armie’s safety, knowing he needed to be strong. He couldn’t fall apart, not now–not when Armie needed him to take care of the things he’d had to leave behind in the face of duty.

Or start from the beginning here.

Hello! I know it's been a while, and I'm sorry. But hopefully this will have been worth the wait. I sincerely appreciate each and every one of you who has hung around and is still reading--thank you from the bottom of my heart, truly. I was recently reminded that this story has been going on nearly 3 years now and isn't finished, and that it's a lot to ask people to keep reading after so long. And I get it, I do. There's more to come, but if you ever want to stop reading, just know that these boys have a happy ending, so you can step away with a happy heart.

💙💚CCG

[astravis]

Mannn Amon-post-Takatsuki-Sen-interview would have been a great time for him to run into Kaneki. What if he didn't take that information to his 'grave.' Hear me out: his faith in the CCG has been shaken to the core and he doesn't have anyone on the inside he can corroborate with let alone talk to. He doesn’t know how to move forward with it. and so it died with him But it wouldn't be so hard for him to believe the ghoul who’s been on a near parallel investigation has information he can corroborate with. If Kaneki can admit he was chasing down Kanou that is. Confiding in a ghoul on CCG matters may be a blow to his morals, but he’s been convinced talking to Eyepatch will help him understand the world his past ever since their first fight.

They're both in the throes of their world being upturned and are trying to pursue the truth. (Kaneki is already in the 20th ward at this point learning about V. That’s a whooole other can of worms.) Hearing the CCG side of things with Kanou / the Yasuhisas would be of interest to Kaneki.

Amon is also like. Less than a half step away from piecing together that Eyepatch was another one of Kanou’s experiments in the underground lab. He saw those bodies with identical kagunes. He saw Kurona’s kakugan. He knows what human experimentation took place. And it wouldn’t take long after to deduce he’s likely Kaneki Ken given the timeline of when & where Eyepatch first appeared. But, at this point, it’s information Amon Knows he can’t trust the CCG with.

Anyway, this is the last time in TG they'd be able to have that long-awaited conversation before everything goes to hell and they swap roles. And it would be So interesting with how much they've learned and changed as people.

[verycoolcardgames]

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[ccgscans]

Dragon: Revolutionary - One Piece

[javaghoul]

You know how the CCG monitor the eating habits of suspected ghouls? Do you think they also keep an eye on people that buy copious amounts of coffee? Do shops have a phone number for their local CCG branch where they can report suspicious shopping habits?

Alright, so Ken's talking about smelling human flesh for the first time and it's reminding him of home-cooked meals. This gives me the impression that ghouls can primarily taste umami flavours. So to Ken, that body smells savoury, rich, and meaty (obviously). So if good "meat" tastes umami, and coffee is bitter, do ghouls taste "sweet", "sour", "spicy", or is everything other than umami and bitter just disgusting?

I h a t e d Nishiki at first, and now he's one of my fave arrogant pieces of shit 🥰 the fabric of his jacket (and the shading) on his face looks like snake skin to me.

The inconsistencies in tg is funny. Nishiki was practically on top of Kaneki in the shop, yet couldn't smell him, however later on during the fight he noticed immediately that kaneki smelled like a female ghoul.

[blainesebastian]

expectant (ccg universe)

words: 1,844 ship: austin butler x reader summary: (anon request) “how reader tells austin she is pregnant” warnings: none notes: other anon i got your request for disneyworld, etc. will be writing it, just might take a min. i’m leaving for a long weekend vacation, but will begin writing something for it when i get back :3 thanks everyone!  tag list: @killerqueenfan, @karamelcoveredolicity, @elizabethrosecresswell, @gigisworldsstuff, @stylespresleyhearted

Here’s the thing about plans—you enjoy having them but also realize that a lot of perfect surprises come along when you’re not restricting yourself to a step-by-step checklist. You’re not gonna lie to yourself that you’ve had a ten-year plan or even a five year one, that’s too far in advance, too many things can happen. You’ve known people with these stipulations, have watched them break themselves into small pieces to achieve goals that don’t even make sense anymore.

You’ve decided a long time ago that that wasn’t going to be you. There has to be flexibility or you’ll drive yourself crazy.

So when it comes to starting a family with Austin, it’s not something you both have mapped out exactly. You’ve talked about it plenty of times, that promise of eventually lingering like a pleasant breeze, just passing through.

Maybe that’s why it comes as such a shock when the third test comes back with the exact same notification: pregnant.

You stare at it a long moment, tapping your fingers against the sink. Well…you suppose that makes sense. The past week or so, you’ve been off and on with feeling funky. You just figured you were run-down from work, another script you’ve been working on, characterization just not clicking for you despite positive feedback from Austin and a few other writer friends you’ve met on sets. There’s always something you’ve been able to blame for feeling sickly—not enough sleep, too many drinks at the bar, staying up too late with a cup more caffeine than you usually do.

Apparently none of those things have been the culprit.

“Pregnant,” You whisper and that single word seizes you, closing around your ribcage, pushing the bones together—it suddenly feels very real.

--

Somehow a hundred plans come to mind along with nothing specific at all. There are so many things out there that catch your eye about telling your significant other that you’re pregnant. Some ideas range from adorable, to ridiculous, to overwhelming. There’s nothing wrong than just…showing him the pregnancy stick? But at the same time, you want more.

Next time you see him, when he comes home from work, you can just tell him…there’s no need to do anything fancy. Save that for the gender reveal, right? Even though you’re not about to overdo that either. Maybe cupcakes with different color icing on the inside.

Universe must be working against you though because an hour before Austin is due home, you can feel a migraine coming on. You can’t take your medication while pregnant and you feel like you barely make it into the bedroom before it completely takes your knees out. You squeeze your eyes shut, telling Siri to send a text to Austin just to keep him in the loop.

And that’s how he finds you, in bed, covers pulled up and over your head.

Austin comes into the bedroom quietly, moving to the blinds to pull them down. He then sits near your hip, his hand stroking along your side in patterned, even strokes. You move slowly, not wanting to make the pain any worse, like sharp shards behind your eyes. You let out a long breath, removing the sheets from over your head. Austin gives you a gentle smile, pushing your hair aside, his thumb rubbing a tense muscle at the back of your neck.

“You expired?” He teases with a whisper.

A soft chuckle rumbles in your chest and you shrug your one shoulder—kinda, maybe. Not completely. Your temples are pounding and the light, even dulled by the blinds being down, hurts your eyes. It’ll pass though. You’re not sure whether the nausea is from being pregnant or from your brain feeling like it’s being tapped with a hot poker. Your stomach does a full swoop, glancing up at Austin and…

Right, you were going to tell him. The words get stuck right in your throat, thick as molasses.

“Can I get you anythin’?” He asks, moving to circle his fingers at one of your temples, massaging. God—feels incredible. “Meds? Water?”

Your stomach does another flip and your fingers tighten their hold on the sheets you have pulled up to your chin, “Maybe some water, meds didn’t work.” And that’s happened before, if you don’t take them in time. You clear your throat, reaching for his wrist though when he goes to move, “Don’t go yet.”

You run your finger along the inside of his wrist, debating on words that crawl up into your mouth. You had nothing special planned, it didn’t matter how you told Austin the news. But…part of you keeps repeating not like this—not when you feel like you do, miserable and kinda sick and a pounding against your eardrums.

Austin hums lightly and moves to crawl in bed beside you, wrapping his arm around your waist. You sigh out, comfortable, allowing your eyes to close as you catch whiffs of his cologne as he draws you close.

You’re so close to telling him, almost—right here. “Austin.”

He shifts, his one leg slipping between yours, pressing a kiss to the back of your head so you know he heard you. He’s patient; quiet.

“Nothing,” You eventually say, shaking your head. “Nevermind.” Your head tips back slightly to look at him, “I’m glad you’re home.”

He smiles at you, brushing his nose against yours before squeezing around your hip.

--

A few days pass, not…exactly on purpose. But one thing happens after another, getting lost in the normalcy of time passing. You keep promising yourself that you’re gonna find a perfect moment, even though you know nothing like that is going to come. Tonight, tomorrow, next Tuesday, it doesn’t matter—you just have to tell him. You’re not sure why you’re so apprehensive about this…or well, maybe nervous is the better word.

Saying it outloud makes it real and while you assume you know how Austin is going to take the news, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s still just a ‘guess’.

You turn into Jillian’s kitchen with a half empty fizzy juice in your hand, your best friend throwing a small get together that feels long overdue. It’s completely lowkey, comfortable, the gathering of close friends to drink (or not), eat a lot of food and play intense, silly games of cards. You’ve been mostly catching up with people, Austin offering you a drink once or twice, but you lie and tell him you’ve got a headache. He brushes his lips over your forehead and doesn’t press…which is good because you’re still formulating those words, teaching your mouth the syllables for I’m pregnant.

Jillian’s trying to talk Austin into a game of flip-cup and you have to bite down on your tongue because you love that game, you’re actually pretty decent at it?

“You can be on a team with Y/N,” Jillian grins, “I mean, that’s practically guaranteeing a win here.”

Austin laughs, mostly air leaving his nose. He looks over at you and gently shakes his head, refilling his own cup with beer.

“I’ll let you play with wine,” Jillian then starts in on you— “I know beer isn’t a good sell.”

Crinkling your nose, “I’ll play with water,” You offer, “Not interested in wine tonight.”

“Oh come on, you never turn down wine. It's like one of your five food groups," Jillian laughs, "What are you—pregnant?"

It comes out so simply that you don’t even think about schooling your expression, but it’s already too late. Austin glances over at you in amusement, a smirk on his lips, until…he gets a good look at your face. Gentle excitement, a tiny bit of uncertainty, fear—joy.

You realize right then you’re taking too long to say anything, your silence is becoming an answer.

You were so unsure of what your husband's reaction would be, it's been a distant plan but…so many of your passions and work are concrete. How does this fit? Can it fit? All those thoughts evaporate when Austin's mouth opens and closes and he takes a step towards you, reaching for one of your hands. His eyes glaze down your form like he's…looking for a difference that he can't see.

"Are you—" It's somehow more of a statement than a question and you let a soft laugh, eyes beginning to brim with tears.

"Yeah," You sniffle, just going for it, nodding, "Yes."

Jillian gasps into a loud exclamation and you—you pictured telling Austin in a completely different way. In a handful of different ways, but you realize that this is just as good as having a plan. His face is…something you'll never forget. Profound awe, love, nothing is better than that.

"What a great reason to turn down wine." Jillian amends with a grin and pours herself more as if to clink glasses with other people in support. She wanders over and squeezes you tightly before going into the other room and you don’t have to hear her to know that she’s telling everyone else.

You let her go, you’re completely focused on the person in front of you.

Austin cups your face, leaning in to kiss you a few times before he draws you into a tight hug. You close your eyes, pressing your face against his shoulder, breathing him in, allowing him to ground you with his arms firmly around your form.

There are slow eruptions in pockets of cheering from the other rooms and Austin pulls away just enough to gently grab onto your hand and tug you somewhere more private. A small balcony Jillian has, the glass door sliding shut able to drown out most of the sound. You wipe one of your cheeks and smile at your husband, Austin cupping both sides of your face again and kissing you.

Slow and intimate, your foreheads resting together afterwards.

“I haven’t known long,” You promise, knowing he’s happy but not wanting him to think you were trying to keep this secret from him. “There were so many different ways I wanted to tell you.”

Austin shakes his head, “I can’t think of any better way of finding out,” He smiles, glancing inside, “Though at the rate Jillian’s goin’, we might not have a chance to tell anyone else.” He says as another bout of cheering rings out.

You laugh lightly, curling your hair around your ear, “I’ll talk to her,” Making sure she won’t spill anything to your families. You love that she’s excited, however.

You’re smiling, fondly, looking over Austin’s face as an eruption of nervous butterflies kiss the inside of your stomach. You hold his gaze for a moment and he squeezes your hands, waiting.

You’re so incredibly happy but…at the same time, “I’m scared.” You admit in a soft whisper, swallowing over a lump of unsaid words in your throat.

Austin smiles a little, running his thumb along your cheekbone before he draws you close, “Me too. But whatever happens? We’ll figure it out together.”

Together, you repeat, pressing a kiss to his lips. A promise.

[pretentious-art-love]

Comic Reviews #7 - Tokyo Ghoul:re

Tokyo Ghoul: re exceeded all of my expectations about it. I started reading the previous manga, Tokyo Ghoul, and I came to the conclusion it was not about the duality of being a ghoul or not, but the pain we inflict to others as humans, Tokyo Ghoul: re goes deeper into what the previous manga did and explores what it means to be an outcast, what it means to have no choice. This manga is important.

I will say, if you are an outcast, you will identify with Ghouls, and with this story, a lot. You might say “yeah but ghouls eat people.” Well, here is the thing: ghouls eat humans so they can survive, the author made this so everyone can feel it how it feels to have to hide your true self, regardless of who they are. By writing a story where murder is part of your reality, every reader will have to put themselves on the shoes of someone who can't give in to others’ beliefs, because if anyone gives out, that means death in the story, but you can extrapolate that to put you in the shoes when nobody can give up their points of view, their beliefs. If the story used anything less intense for its metaphor, people would say "why don't ghouls just stop doing that so they can be normal”, no friend, there is no normal here, that's why it works so well. Tokyo Ghoul:re is the apotheosis of living as an outcast, and I mean it.

My two personal examples, as an autistic person I make people uncomfortable in a lot lesser ways, when I am in a group and I keep messing up the mood of the convo and say something weird, it makes you think, huh this girl is odd, I wish she was more normal” But I can't!! Trying to be normal takes an effort, it is a toll in the soul. That's what you have to accept have to accept, the first manga made me think that if you come into the realization that your goals don’t align with others or that you are selfish, you have to suck that up, because they are your dreams, but the sequel showed what it means to have no other path for you to choose. I can't stop being autistic, I can't stop being trans or lesbian, and I mean it, by writing characters that kill not by choice but by necessity the story makes you confront what it means to have no choice, to know you will never be in the status quo.

Spoilers will follow now.

First, we get that disorienting new beginning that some anime and shows do, we get a new normal that is confusing and distracting, in the first manga we got in the shoes of an outcast and were told that the people in the system were wrong, but then in this manga we are brought back to being part of the system, we have the connection to the outcasts but now we also have people to root for on the inside and the outside. The story stops being about who should win, but about who is going to die.

There are a lot of bits and pieces that seem like part of a power fantasy at times, but the manga never follows them through. Remember in the first manga when Kaneki got super strong after being tortured? We never saw all the destruction he did first hand, just the consequences of it, like Touka getting disappointed in Kaneki for him trying to act as a hero. Here the same happens a lot, we get the amnesia trope, Kaneki loses his memories, and a duality between him and his new self, Sasaki, appears. You think, alright, I have seen this, shouldn’t Kaneki be the evil one and then go on a rampage and destroy all CCG investigators so Sasaki could say, “please don’t destroy them!!! they are my friends!” and then Kaneki would be like "my friends… are ghouls!” but the manga doesn’t take that cliched route, and it’s so good!

When Kaneki fights Eto you are all like “man, I ship them, they are both smiling, and they are like… you know, insulting each other, which in a way it means they are amused by each other, isn’t this the epitome of romantic tension between enemies?!” But at the end of the day not because they are both mentally ill means they are suited for each other, so the manga doesn’t follow through that idea either. It’s so good, it sometimes feels like the writer was all like “hell yeah I will make a story about me being strong and destroying everyone and mwhaha” but then they realized, every single time, that the worth is not in the suffering, the worth is in what we fight for. Every single time the manga could have taken a cliched power fantasy route, it always did something more humane, more realistic, and that’s another reason as to why I love it.

There is also a big, important part about the truths of systematic discrimination. The more the CCG created more ghoul-like soldiers the lines started to blur, and the revelation that it was handled by ghouls themselves also gives you a huge piece of the puzzle. You realize that it never was about stopping ghouls because in real life is neither about who is right or who is wrong, it never was about any of that.

It is all just a game of power dynamics, and it will always be.

The ending of the manga hints that the only thing that would make you join forces with the enemy is an even bigger threat, the apocalypse, probably, and even then, more power systems would eventually appear, because that’s… how does the saying go? Ah right… because we live in a society. Damn right, I said the thing.

There are so many characters I loved, but to keep it short I will just mention two, one that I liked for personal reasons, and other for aesthetic ones. Tokyo Ghoul: re also has a trans character, Toru, a trans guy. He's cool because being trans is a part of his backstory but not the whole character. When I read Tokyo Ghoul first, I liked the duality of being ghoul/being human because it mirrors me being transgender and not, so I like having a trans character acknowledged here, it feels neat. Yonebayashi is the other character I want to mention. She has an awesome vibe, like she has this tiredness all the time but she isn't like cynical or negative she's just aimless. She has these dead eyes all the time but it's not because she is mean or anything, she just lacks will but has a warm heart and that is so refreshing to see, like she is practically useless and you relate to her lack of will and she has this cute but tired cute and defeated smile like she's done with everything and everyone but she tries to smile it’s so awesome I love her. She turns motherly and cute down the line; she is amazing.

Tokyo Ghoul: re does not have the answer to give you a happy ending, even the final chapters show that not everything is perfect, and what you can do at most, is hope, but it will touch you deeply and make you see what it means to be outside of the herd. Of course, a lot of outcasts are terrible people, a lot of people will never fight with their nature and how they hurt others, others straight up enjoy it, the story is not about accepting this or about “well, folks will be folks” but about understanding about how pain shapes our lives and how it shouldn’t be rejected. There might be times when the manga might make you feel it romanticizes pain, but it doesn’t, at least, not just pain, but the entirety of existence itself (characters can, in fact, get stronger when they suffer, but this never makes them happier or more mature, it just makes them feel more miserable), it romanticizes the whole true of struggling as the symbol of being a sentient being, and I'm okay with that. In the review of the first manga I said that ghouls could probably be metaphors for selfish people, but here, I can see the whole picture, its not that ghouls are selfish people, but that there will be points in your life where you will have to think in yourself and accept the consequences that come from that.

This is everything Evangelion should have been too, it is incredibly better to have the message of struggle in the story itself, and not just in some obscure symbols and then the lyrics of a song. Everything Evangelion aimed for and failed at, Tokyo Ghoul:re achieved it, like seriously, it is not even funny. The whole “Hedgehog's dilemma” that was in one of the episode titles of that show? It is all here in the story, fully, no need for symbols, no need for silly stuff, no need for rebuilds, the story being so depressive as it is, succeeds at tell you why it might be worth to fight it, something Evangelion does NOT do.

Tokyo Ghoul:re is not a perfect manga. The world of Tokyo Ghoul is small, it is called Tokyo Ghoul, sure, but it never tells you what is of the ghouls of the rest of the world, I think only once, in the final chapter, there is a reference to ghouls outside Japan, which makes everything feel small. Sometimes I felt things went always too fast, like... I felt I found a new kind of normal, but then it was taken away from me, every time, although I guess the same can be said about life. A few of the monologues were a bit too on the nose, the tone was too on the nose sometimes (for example, the clowns keep playing the fool to stay sane sounds a bit silly). Tsukiyama was always to me a lame character I never found the worth on, he is just dumb, unlike Nimura Furuta, who also had certain comedic appeal on his persona but that felt like an actual person with true goals that affected the metaphor of the story in meaningful ways. I also felt there were too many characters at times, I confused a lot of the secondary ones, but I also have issues with my attention span that also affected that too. Can you believe I didn’t think Eto was the writer until the final volume when I asked someone about it? I still think some characters made me lose of the plot more. I could have liked more gore, like sure we saw the kagunes and quinques a lot but everything that could have been a human organ was basically depicted as a black goo in the ink of the manga, I mean I guess some people would prefer less gore and the story is not about the gore even when tone of the manga is fairly "edgy" always but still... everything else is so good though!

The message, the core, everything I felt it so vividly, so vividly, how many stories have touched the core of my being in so many levels? Not just transness, or just homosexuality, or just autism, or just depression, or ADHD, or simple places where I felt my needs affected other people’s needs, or simple fricking matters of taste in groups I am trying to fit in? As silly as it sounds, the sentence "the clowns keep playing the fool to stay sane" is incredibly on point, and down right awesome. Tokyo Ghoul:re depicts all of these issues at their core. To be an outcast, to be a reject, an outsider, an outlaw. How many stories have made me feel heard or seen in a world where everything about my existence is often a political point? How many stories have encompassed the entirety of my experience and told me “Yes, you are an outcast, but that doesn’t mean your search for meaning and your search for a place to be is invalid! Because… we are all looking for a meaning and we are going to end up hurting others! That is what it means to live! Don’t let the fact that you are not part of the system or the status quo stop you! Don’t let have people telling you are wrong and that we should all try to coexist with each other stop you! Because one day we will all be forgotten and what matters is the fact we choose how now!” I want to fight, I want to fight for something real, and I will hurt you if I have to, because I want to fight for what I believe in, for what I am and for my own existence. I won’t say that it’s not personal, because it is. I will fight even if I am still broken, if the people I love are broken, because I am here, and I am alive. You know what? Fuck it, it’s a 10.

10/10