#please let me know what you consider 'proper' promotion

[jmdbjk]

Why I don't expect promotion for Muse to be similar to RPWP or Golden...

...or any other release before that.

Smeraldo Garden Marching Band is doing well for not having it's artist available. In fact it is outstanding. There were many other prominent artists who released music on the same day and are currently hitting up the interview circuit and other promotional activities. Our boy debuts at #4 on Global Spotify and he's somewhere on a military base.

See the post here.

That is pretty outstanding for not having the artist available to promote. Name another artist in which this has happened.

Perhaps a dead one... let's just not go there.

"But the Youtube views are low..."

I think since the popularity of Tiktok, the use of YouTube and therefore its influence has diminished somewhat. That doesn't mean there shouldn't be more views. We all know the challenges we have with YouTube. We just have to do the best we can with using YouTube.

Help boost views. Watch the MV here.

"But Right Place Wrong Person was heavily promoted..."

Namjoon was all over his own IG often, almost every day for a while, along with the staff he appointed to post on the @rpwprpwprpwp Instagram account. Perhaps this created a perception that RPWP had some heavy promotion when he was doing all that himself and it was keeping it in front of us so consistently.

The BigHit instagram chat channel is being used for Muse and has been very engaging. It is convenient for Jimin in case he is able and does repost or create a story with any of that content.

I've seen a lot of buzz in the media on both sides of the Pacific regarding SGMB and Muse. That means BigHit sent out press kits. I saw at least one radio group posting they had the song and it was ready to include in their rotations. We'll see if they actually follow through. But that means BigHit sent it to radio.

"Jimin and the members need to post about it..."

It is more of a challenge for Jimin and Jungkook to be online because of the location of their base. If it is in the mountains as was mentioned earlier this year, their internet connection may not be as reliable or strong enough to allow much use. Soldiers may also be restricted as to if they can even use it if the base itself needs it for military operations or if its encrypted for security or whatever myriad of reasons why they can't access it.

If they had reliable internet service where they are, we'd be seeing JK on TikTok more often. But... perhaps TikTok is one of those apps that they are discouraged from using as it is China-based and why JK created the Instagram account for Bam.

Perhaps they are free to do what they want only when OFF base and out of the area during their days off. We don't know what their restrictions are.

People just have to come down to earth and think. Jimin is in the military. I'm most certain that Jimin is being Jimin and focused on his duties. He is wearing fatigues and a helmet and going out everyday doing drills and training including firing ammunition out of a big ass piece of warfare equipment. He is listening to reports from his commanders about what is going on regarding North Korea and what his base will be expected to do if anything should escalate. He should be focused on his duties not focused on what is happening out here.

It is Saturday. Not sure what their alert status might be on a weekend. But we have to be cognizant that JM and JK are the closest to the DMZ of any of the members and will be activated first should anything occur.

I am constantly thinking about how every time we hear of nonsense from NK that JM and JK have to hear it every day too and any contingency they will be ready for in case anythng happens.

NK fired missiles the other day. Yesterday maybe? Some sort of rocket that can launch multiple missiles in one shot. It's chilling. Now imagine you are mere miles from the border and must react with your own weapons of mass destruction should anything become more aggressive.

Jimin worked and created, then he left it for us while he is doing his duty. I'm never going to expect him to do anything else until he is discharged. Unless he is able and wants to. Otherwise I want him doing what he feels he needs to do in order to get through this for himself and Jungkook.

I am very, very happy Namjoon was able to and wanted to participate in his own album's release as much as he was able. But some people have the same expectation that Jimin should too.

I'm never going to expect it from Jimin.

"The company is not doing enough..."

Surely everyone knows this is not a big long vacation for them. It may be a break from their careers and their real personal lives but its not a vacation by any means.

They keep saying its not easy. Perhaps they mean its not easy sitting in a military base carrying out a routine day in day out.

Or perhaps they say its not easy because they are on constant alert. They cannot give any details because their locations and their activities are classified information. Surely, surely, people can realize that right?

See? My brain is always thinking I just don't say a lot of what it comes up with. Because it serves no purpose to talk about it except to create worry. Just like people screaming at the company, it creates stress and negativity.

There is only so much public facing promoting the company can achieve especially when its been planned with the artist's involvement. Since I don't know (and neither does anyone else) what the entire promotion plan is, how can anyone speak on the promotion plan? Just because another member's release was handled a certain way does that mean it should be done the same for all? Not necessarily.

Stationhead listening party schedule:

This is an ad I just saw from BigHit.

Yes, this is an ad and not a repost, I've seen it twice already and it is not on the @BTS_bighit accounts feed:

These are posts promoting SGMB on streaming platforms:

Of course, if you use any playlists on streaming platforms, check the songs on the list and turn off/delete the ones you don't want to stream. Or create your own playlists.

The people printing their own posters, putting them up in public and asking for them to be displayed is WONDERFUL! THAT is the energy Army are known for!

Also the UK issue with the random inclusion making it disqualified. A fix may or may not be in the works. Constant screaming to the company won't make it happen faster or at all if it can't be done logistically. All screaming does is make everyone feel bad, including Jimin if he sees it.

@OfficialCharts is UK based and posted about Jimin and SGMB:

But since people began screaming since day one, every time another step in the promotion process occurs, screamers will take credit for it and vehemently scream it only happened because they were screaming when the reality is, no one knows whats on the promotion schedule.

Those of you telling people not to buy the album now but to wait and buy it when it releases? THAT IS USEFUL AND PRODUCTIVE INFORMATION!

We, as Army, know how, what and when to buy in order to impact the charts. I know you didn't forget any of that. So stop screaming and do something productive like tell people how to work around this apparent obstacle until it is fixed or in case it never gets fixed.

The screaming at BigHit to do their job is not productive or useful at all in helping Jimin at this point. It only displays negativity and lowers morale for those who don't know what to do.

We are a month away from the album's release for god's sakes, the pre-promotions are paced to keep interest.

They can't all be thrown out all at one time.

Whatever comes out as pre-promotions will be things that were planned in advance and not knee jerk reactions to the screamers.

"If we don't say anything, things will never change for Jimin."

That is your perception. Jimin is very much in control of his own life and career. He can change anything he wants to. Feel free to scream about it, I know its different strokes for different folks. But constantly screaming and trending it surrounds Jimin's activities with stress and negativity. I know you know how to communicate your concerns to the company discreetly. And we know they see our communications because they ask us for help to identify those who are carrying out slanderous and illegal activities against our guys.

If you want to help, communicate to the rest of the fandom the steps they can take to actually help increase streams, views and sales.

Even if the company plasters posters everywhere, WE, THE FANS, are still the ones who do the streaming, buying, viewing and supporting. Its in our hands now. We know what to do!

After all is said and done, I trust Jimin. He's in control of his life.

And he has Jungkook with him. That's the smartest fucking thing ever.

Please go stream it now on your preferred streaming platform.

Please go share some of the various positive news media stories out there on your socials.

[tadpoles-and-daydreams]

An intro to my blog; Witchcraft, tarot, and general unhinged energy.

Bare-bones/TL;DR: My name is Frog or Froggo, whichever you prefer, I use he/him pronouns and this is a blog dedicated primarily to my practice as a witch. I do tarot readings over on Ko-FI, as well as some on here that are donation-based (You tip if you want, but you don't have to.) Donation-based readings are temporary to promote the paid readings, and I'll be closing requests once I feel I have a decent amount of people interested (or if i find that it isn't working and I'm just instead giving free readings and no paid readings.) Send in an ask for a donation-based reading, or head on over to my Ko-Fi if you want more of a guarantee that I'll get to your reading/want your reading prioritized. Please check the bottom of this post for what readings I do/don't do before sending an ask.

Me:

I go by Froggo or Frog

He/him pronouns

Trans, panromantic, polyamorous, and just generally queer.

auDHD

20

Quiet sunshine and rainbows type of guy, until you get to know me and then suddenly I won't shush and I keep talking about psychological horror

interests outside of witchcraft include writing, Genshin Impact (I promise I don't associate with the fandom they scare me so bad), music, anime, and "weird miscellaneous facts."

My craft:

I've been practicing off and on for about four years, but I've been around witchcraft my whole life. I no longer consider myself a beginner, but I wouldn't consider myself a beacon of knowledge either lol. I know enough to be comfortable practicing on my own, and giving others a few resources. If I ever post something with inaccurate information, something that appropriates any closed practices, or something that is otherwise not advisable, PLEASE let me know!

My interests in witchcraft include Tarot/oracle cards, deity work, crystals, and working with dragons. (Although, that last one is very new to me so I have very little experience to share so far.)

My work as a witch has begun to shape out as involving things that others fear and reject. I personally find this hilarious considering that I used to be so scared of everything.

I work with Persephone, Hades, Medusa, my familiar, Loki, Apollo, Aphrodite, and Khaos. They appeared to me in that order, with Aphrodite and Khaos being fairly recent additions as I'm typing this. (5/12/24) Note that this is a list of EVERYONE I work with at all, and some of them (like Medusa) only rarely show up in my life currently while others are more active.

I have a sideblog about my work with dragons, @officially-other, but it's so heavy on UPG, identity talk, feelings, etc. that I keep it separate from this blog. It's brand new as of editing but I plan on it being completely transparent.

Things to expect from me: An unreasonable amount of witchcraft memes, lots of fun little stories about my guides/deities and interactions with them, general stories about my craft. My asks are open, but I may not always have an answer to any questions! See the "not a beacon of knowledge" bullet point earlier.

DNI: Racists, misogynists, trans/homophobes, ableists, bigots of any kind, pɘdo, I feel like I'm forgetting something but overall just don't be an asshole okay??? Plz???? Thank you. 16+ minors are okay, below that you can follow and lurk just please don't start a proper conversation. (/lh, lighthearted)

TERMS FOR READINGS

Yes I know this is a bit long. I don't require that you read this but I don't answer asks with problems that could be solved by just reading this. I am no longer doing readings for anon asks, so please be off anon. Paid readings and any Tumblr readings that tip/donate beforehand will be prioritized, but other than that please be patient- when I post readings, I often get a lot of asks that takes weeks to get through.

Readings I will do:

General readings

Love readings (PLEASE check that it doesn't fall under "won't do" first)

Readings with a specific deity or entity (Paid readings get channeled typing,)

Pretty much anything that isn't on the "wont" list. (I reserve the right to say 'no' if something is brought up that I'm uncomfortable with but didn't think to put below.)

Readings I wont do:

Physical health readings (go see a professional)

Anything that constitutes "mind reading" (instead of "how does [person] truly feel" try "what's left being unsaid" or "what do I need to know" type questions.)

Sexual readings

Readings on a voice chat/call (yet)

Deity Identification readings (just not confident in them)

future spouse readings for free (I will do them paid, I just do the free readings to promote + for fun, and future spouse readings aren't fun for me)

[terresdebrume]

"I want to try something," David says one Friday evening, after they've gone to bed.

Joe sighs, rolling his eyes in as long suffering a way as he can manage and plopping the latest adventure of Dick Tracy on his bedside table.

"I told you before, I'm not going fucking diving, if you wanna—"

"Not that," David cuts off impatiently no doubt remembering the way Joe called the entire practice a nutjob's hobby.

"Well I ain't going horse riding either," Joe says, irked by the interruption.

"What? Oh, you—just because I said I don't mind horses one time—"

"Please, like I didn't see you make puppy eyes at that pony."

They'd found it right there, on their street, munching on the flowers on Mr. Berkowitz' windowsill and causing quite the fucking ruckus. Half the neighborhood was gawking, wondering how the fuck it had come there and how to make it leave, when it had somehow come out that David's sister had used.to.ride horses and he'd accompany her sometimes. Promoted to the rank of local expert, David was then tasked with catching the pony—took about five seconds and a bit of quiet muttering—and hold it until the proper authorities could be summoned.

It was painfully easy to see David had grown fond of the beast in record time (faster than he'd grown fond of Joe back at the beginning, at any rate) and that he was sad to see it go. Also, if Joe had had any doubt on the subject, the mulish expression that appears on David's face would have tipped him off. Nothing makes him stubborn like Joe being right about a thing he doesn't want to admit to.

But hey, they must have both matured a bit since the war: Joe doesn't keep pushing (yet) and David ignores the jab in favor of pouting:

"I meant in the bedroom."

"Jesus Christ," Joe says, because that's who he usually blames when David gets some kind of harebrained idea in his head.

David rolls his eyes at that, and Joe would scold him except, well. David may have a penchant for making sex more complicated than it really needs to be—Joe had never thought fucking could require accessories before he started having his way with David on the regular—but there was one particular episode involving a blindfold and Joe's mouth on David's ass that would be hard.to describe as anything short of a resounding success. Joe likes simple dick-in-hole stuff if left in charge, but sometimes hearing David out pays off.

"Fine," Joe says eventually, "let's hear it. With any luck it'll get it out of your system."

"If you're going to make fun of me then—"

"Jesus, sweetheart, don't be such a wilted flower and spit it out."

"I want to play a game," David sighs after a moment, audibly frustrated. "A game of trust."

Joe stiffens immediately, and not in the fun way. What the fuck is a game.of trust anyway? Is this a fucking test? Is there a correct answer he's supposed to give if he wants to keep this thing he and David have been working on for over five years stable? Is that what it is about? Because if so—

"I mean," David continues, clearly having sensed Joe's sudden step back, "I want—I want to have the initiative, this week."

The whole week? Granted, Joe's off work, but still. And besides:

"The fuck you mean, you want the initiative?"

"I mean," David says, clearly clinging to that overly factual composure he uses as a defense sometimes, "I want to be the one to start things, between us. And I want to be sure you won't."

"Webster," Joe warns, if you think I'm gonna let you—Fuck, I don't even know, you asking if you can tie me to the bed or what?"

"No," David says immediately.

He doesn't sound like he's lying, but he's also turning deeply pink in a way that makes Joe wonder if he should consider using the bedsheets in unprecedented ways. It's an idle thought, but it makes him feel immediately and needlessly embarrassed, so he groans:

"Then fucking what?"

"I just—I don't want to tie you up!" David repeats. "Just. If I start something, you could just. Keep your hands to yourself."

"And what, just lie there and think of England?" Joe provoques, and David finally leans away from him under the light sheet they use in summer.

"No! Jesus, Joe you make it sound so—I just want to be allowed to tease you a bit alright?"

Joe scowls at him.

"So like. Tying me up with a promise instead of strings."

David let's out an exasperated sigh but nods anyway. Joe should probably say no. It's stupid and unnecessary, and it's not like David minds when Joe's the one in charge, quite the contrary. In fact, Joe's starting to think if anyone's ever going to get tied to their bed it's likely to be David. But then there's. Mmh.

See, the thing about the blindfold was: Joe may have complained about how ridiculous it was right down to the last minute, but the way David reacted to it was—well. Resounding success. But even before that, there'd been something intriguing. A current of curiosity Joe would rather chew his own tongue than admit to, but which had run shivers down his spine anyway.

Right now, there's a tingle behind Joe's ribs, and so he only Rob's David for a few minutes more before he pretends to feel very magnanimous and ask:

"So that's it? No other rules, just... No touching you?"

David hums and tilts his head, and Joe's suspicions are confirmed: this is a game of control. And David played Joe like a fucking fiddle by calling it a game of trust. Fucking hell. Well, two can play that game, and it may not be this week but someone's definitely gonna get fucked until they beg for mercy in the future.

"Yeah," David says. "And, you know."

Yeah. There was an incident early on when Joe hadn't quite realized David had been serious when he'd laughingly told him to stop touching him after he came. David isn't shy, and a solid push of his thigh against Joe's head was enough to get him to actually stop, but it seriously soured both their moods for a couple days. Since then, they've learned to be a little more careful when they play those games where one of them might say stop without really meaning it.

And, well. David's games are often irritating and tend to bring Joe pricklier attributes back to the surface, especially at the beginning, and Joe knows himself enough to realize he might not be able to stop his mouth from running away from him. It's good they've always been good at hearing each other past the mouth noises.

Armed with this knowledge, the tingle on Joe's spine shivers south, and Joe hears himself ask:

"When do you wanna start?"

David, beaming rolls them in bed until he can pepper kisses all over Joe's face, and by the end of the ensuing solid—normal, classic—bout of lovemaking that follows, he's all but forgotten his question.

ETA: More from this first draft in reblogs.

ETA 2: Currently publishing a cleaned up and fleshed out version of this over on terresdebrume @ AO3 for those who would like more of that kind of porn :P

[seventeenlovesthree]

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, I HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS. They're still rather scrambled, so bear with me while I'm trying to get them in order. So, what do we have? Let's summarize first:

In late March of 2025, we will get another PV (Promotional Video), more specifically, another music video. In contrast to the "Butterfly" PV we got on August 1st 2024, featuring newly animated/interpreted scenes from the OG Adventure anime, this one will play to "Brave Heart" and will show what'll happen between "now" (presumably after the events of Kizuna/The Beginning) and the infamous epilogue of 2028. It'll be produced by Hiroyuki Kakudou (!), who also drew the poster depicted above. It'll be animated by Yumeta Company, which was already responsible for Kizuna, The Beginning and the previous PV - and the character designs of Taichi and Yamato we've been shown were made by Rie Nishimura, chief animation director of The Beginning.

It will depict all the characters as adults, and "you will see Agumon (!!!) and their team working together a little differently than before. I think it will be especially pleasing to all of you who have always believed that you have a partner Digimon as well".

OH BOY, WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN??? Beware of some rambles under the cut:

Seeing how Kakudou had just recently commented on Taiorato in a somewhat official interview, you can say that I am genuinely surprised to see him return to such a project. A project that, dare I say it, feels like it could potentially be the final chapter, the definite closure to the Adventure timeline...? It is meant to finally summarize what'll happen until we get to the epilogue. Which is interesting if you consider that Tri and the previous two movies all told somewhat separate stories revolving around "outside characters" (Meiko, Menoa and Rui) without really breaking through the status quo. Granted, we had a few very... Mixed messages in between, questioning the reasoning behind, the foundation of partnerships, dealing with separation, isolation and sacrifices for various side and main characters alike. There was a lot of heartbreak, but Digimon wouldn't be Digimon if there wasn't also always room left for a hopeful note.

And seeing how Kakudou, who had been mostly absent from the previous projects, seems to tackle this "in between" period is very interesting to say the least. There are so many loose threads to tie up that one probably cannot fit all of them in one music video. Nevertheless, this may be his final say in how he wants to see the timeline "end" for his characters. We can already assume that the fighting scene depicted above implies the FINAL return of Agumon and Gabumon, giving closure to Kizuna's ending... But there are still so many other questions unsolved (including Sora's and Piyomon's return to the group as well).

Granted it's always possible that they might use this as a stepping stone to a new series and, really... I wouldn't be opposed to that at all, because these character designs are probably among the best we have gotten in years. You may know that I have my love/dislike relationship with the Kizuna designs and The Beginning had improved on it slightly (Hikari was still the biggest win of the century in my book), but still felt like there was room for growth...

But this? This looks promising as heck and it absolutely has evolved/changed from what we've gotten before. And it's also pretty curious, leaving room for speculation.

Remember how Kizuna basically framed Yamato to be mostly prim and proper with his neatly cut "old" haircut, the hipster glasses, stylish biker jacket, green shirt, while pants and his motorcycle? He was obviously still very distinctly Yamato, especially when you put him next to Taichi and Takeru, but he was very... Well, neat, prim and proper. We know both him and Taichi have been on their way of reconnecting with their true selves, passions and goals post Kizuna, so... Having Kakudou decide on giving Yamato his 02!haircut back is HUGE. And has two potential implications:

02's intention had always been to show a side of Yamato that was more chill. Granted, he still had his emotional outbursts and strong opinions, but he was allowed to be goofy, silly and live for his music. He may never be a 100% people-y person (and never really fancied the fan attention either) and that is perfectly fine, because... Then he wouldn't be Yamato. But he still enjoyed playing his harmonica, playing bass, singing in his band. Personally, I always found that change a bit drastic, but boy needed to figure himself out, grow his hair out and give his emotions an outlet. Having him return to such a state visually is simply... Interesting. Especially because most recent fandom depictions (mostly on the Jyoumato side) have depicted him in his "rockstar aesthetic" as well, INCLUDING the piercing (!). It may just be a temporary state, but it still implies that something in him has changed, bringing him back on track, slowly but steadily.

What does this mean from a production point of view? My personal guess would be - and I could be completely wrong here, so take this with a grain of salt -, that Kakudou wants to put his foot down. Yamato was among those characters who lived through various hairstyle changes in recent years (to the point of returning to his signature hair in Kizuna, probably for nostalgia/promotion reasons if Koushirou's hairstyle change back to his Adventure hair gives you any clue). 02!Yamato is Kakudou's Yamato. This is going to be HIS vision and thus, we're likely to see a LOT of things he would have liked to portray in the previous iterations as well. Whether or not that means he will adjust the FINAL outcome of the epilogue, changing singular aspects about it or not, remains to be seen... Because we know that Yamato's final hair did not look like it does in the concept art, so he may go through more changes after reuniting with Gabumon. We'll see.

When it comes to Taichi, I do not have a lot to add here. If you've read all my analysis posts before, you know how much I hope for my boy to find happiness again, to finally find his path, reunite with his partner... Seeing him wear wide clothes as he does in the poster feels very reminiscent of his "young" self again, so I am curious to see where we're headed with him. Until then... Excuse me while I keep swooning over his concept art (and get absolutely giddy just thinking about how the others may look like!!!), I am absolutely in AWE of how gorgeous he looks there. I cannot wait to see his signature smile again in this art style...

I know, no matter what we'll get, not all answers will be answered. There will still be controversies, there will still be fandom wars (probably). Kakudou wants us to get that final note, that future where everyone will end up with a Digimon partner (despite all the hardships - and everything we went through with the previous three bigger projects in this timeline). Not everybody will be happy with what we'll get.

But I'm still looking forward to it.

Edit: It's also possible that Kakudou will just completely ignore everything that happened post 02 and just go straight from there. We will have to see.

[peachymilkandcream]

I love the royal Au. What would Levi do if Evelyn was begging him to let her raise her son?? Can you please write that, if it’s not any trouble?? Also love your work. <3

Suddenly You Care | Kingdom of Ash and Greed AU

(A/N: Hi anon! No trouble at all! It usually takes me a hot minute to get to requests with my schedule so hope you weren't waiting too long! I was just writing another chapter of this AU to hide away in my drafts until they're ready so all of this is fresh in my mind. Hope you enjoy and thanks for the request!)

WARNINGS: implied noncon/dubcon, big age difference, kidnapping, slavery, violence, power imbalance, implied somnophilia, forced pregnancies, mind breaking, yandere behaviour, yandere themes, forced cuckolding, etc.

===============================================

Ever since the birth of his son and marriage to his now wife and Queen, Levi had been in the midst of a small domestic dispute.

Since Evelyn had been promoted from being more than a fertile womb and bed warmer to queen, she believed she had the right to run her mouth to him whenever she pleased.

"And why should I raise my son? I gave birth to him, isn't it my right as his mother?"

Levi rubbed his temples, this was all his fault, he had bred a woman he knew was a spitfire, he should've been more selective with his choice.

"Because you're the queen not some wet nurse. What skills do you have to raise a child let alone a man and my future heir?"

"The boy needs his mother-"

"The boy needs his mother to learn her fucking place!" He snapped at her angrily, he already had a headache and she was making it worse.

"I've done everything you've asked of me. Please. Just let me have this."

"It's not proper-"

"For what? A mother to nurture her child?"

"Exactly. It's unseemly and unbecoming of a person of your status. Why if any of the nobles-"

"Who cares about the nobles!?" She had actually gathered the courage to cut him off. Little fox had a spark in her, and Levi couldn't help but try his hardest to stifle a grin. Now he remembered why he chose her. She wouldn't roll over and spread her legs like most, she was a challenge.

"You should care."

Evelyn paused a moment before creeping to him on the bed, a devious smirk on her face. "Last I checked, the King could do as he pleased."

He smirks at her attempt to sway him. "The King does have to have high public appeal."

"Did you feel the same way as you decimated land after land?"

He hated that she was getting to him. She knew what to play on and that was his pride. "No."

"Or what about when you brought me here for the first time?"

"No."

"Or when you got me pregnant out of wedlock and dismissed that noblewoman who was to be your wife?"

He shakes his head. "No."

"What about when you married me knowing your country would despise my rule?"

"I didn't care then either."

She was to him by now, crawling onto his lap and straddling him, the lack of clothes under one of his night shirts adding to her point. "The King I serve in court and in his bed would tell the nobles to be damned and do what he wanted. Your son should be raised by a woman who knows you're values and what you want. Not some sniveling coward who bows to your whims. Your son will grow up to bow, I will teach him how to stand up for himself and push back against any and all authority, and when to submit."

Levi was quiet a long moment, considering her words.

"Very well. I'll send for our son to be brought to you from the nursery."

She smiles. "Thank you my King." She starts to get off of him but he holds her still.

"Not so fast. I've done as you've requested. Show me how you serve me."

[joltai-showa]

naruto chapter 4 omg omg

say sike now

what do you mean the snake toad slug combo appears on the cover page of CHAPTER 4

kishi are u kidding me

i mean it's not as much of a shock content as the one in chapter 16 (Kishi put a literal jumpscare on that cover page there lmao)

based ngl

but anyway, Kakashi, just run. these three are about to make your life so much more eventful. and you know you don't want to live an eventful life.

also again why are we entrusting children to jonins who really should be in therapy instead of stopping ten year olds from running head first into an iron fence. like, Tobirama 50 years ago made the foundation of shinobi education system and nobody (read Hiruzen because Minato simply didn't have enough time for such reforms THANK YOU OBITO) bothered to update it. BRO PLEASE TRAIN SOME PROPER EDUCATIONAL SPECIALISTS FOR YOUR GENINS, I SWEAR IT WON'T NEGATIVELY AFFECT KONOHA'S PRODUCTION OF GENIUSES.

oh, another funny thing I remembered. let's talk about the at what age senseis get their kids and have to essentially raise them. thank you, past me, for making the timeline to be able to keep track of this stuff, because shit gets wild, in particular when it comes to the nepotistic line of Hokages.

Obviously, we can't exactly calculate this stuff for Hashirama, Tobirama and Hiruzen, because the first two don't even have canonic ages and Hiruzen was born about 20 years before the foundation of ninja Academy in Konoha, so we can only start off with Hiruzen and sannins

Hiruzen was 24 when Tsunade, Orochimaru and Jiraya graduated (all of them were 6 at the time)

Jiraya was also 24 when Minato became genin (who was 10 at the time)

(I am omitting a certain someone for the funny at the end)

Kakashi was 27 when Team 7 became genins (who were 12-13 at the time)

Okay, so everything seems mostly fine (giving Hiruzen a bunch of 6 year olds to teach is certainly... interesting. no wonder all of them grew up messed up in some capacity), only people in mid-twenties were given students which, considering that the average lifespan of a shinobi in pre-villages era was like 30 years, seems reasonable.

But then we remember about Team Minato. Oh Team Minato.

Now it's a bit of a weird case here, because we can't certainly say at what point Minato was given his first genins as Kakashi graduated at 5, while Rin and Obito at 9. I've seen some absurd ranges for Kakashi's age in OG Naruto/Shippuden and people trying to somehow move his birth date to accomodate for a lot of things (because Kishi likes parallels and never considers if events he is showing make sense when compared to what he has already given in the manga/databooks), but for the sake of me not going insane I'm making my calculations with assumption that all three kids from Team Minato were born on the same year. Now, we have two possibilities:

Minato became a teacher when Kakashi graduated (year 55 after Konoha's foundation)

Minato became a teacher when Rin and Obito graduated (year 59)

And I'm inclined to believe in the second option, because a) genin teams in Konoha operate on three-men basis, so it's really weird for this rule to be broken and this 5 year old kid to be given to a really young jonin (even if both of them are GeNiuSeS) b) Hatake Sakumo aka Kakashi's dad lived until year 58 and was one of the best jonins in the village, even compared to Sannins, so it seems reasonable to me to assume that through years 55 to 58 it was Sakumo who was teaching Kakashi and the year following his death Kakashi got assigned his team and a proper sensei c) I am choosing to believe in Konoha's educational system and them NOT giving children to a literal teenager

Of course, all of the above is valid if we ignore Kakashi's chunin promotion age. Which is 6 years old (Konoha what the fuck are you doing giving the officer rank to 6 YEARS OLD????). If we still work under assumption that all kids were born on the same year, then Kakashi should never have been on the same team as Obito and Rin simply because he became chunin way before they even graduated the Academy. If we choose to believe that Kakashi was younger than Obito and Rin AND graduated the Academy on the same year as them, then he really should have been like a full head lower than Obito during the Kannabi bridge mission lmao, that's a 13 year old beefing with a 9 year old (upd I checked the wiki and while databooks have no info on Kakashi's height during Gaiden, Studio Pierrot did the sheets for his design and he is 148 to Obito's 154, so yeah, no way they are that far apart in age in Gaiden). Anyway, there's really no way to take all of the facts that Kishi dropped over the years and force them to make sense on a single timeline, so some stuff has to be ignored, because other important events will simply never take place because they contradict things from the databooks/other scenes.

Anyway, back to the topic of Minato. Now that we've decided that he got his team on the year 59 with Rin and Obito graduating, let's look at how old he was at the time... oh dear.

So fun fact, Minato is older than his students by whole wooping 10 years (yes, Obito's got a bigger age gap with his senpai than his sensei), meaning that at latest Minato started teaching his kids when he was 19. Oh, and another fun fact: the Third Shinobi World War had been ongoing for a full year at that point.

:)

:)))))))

Honestly, props to Minato. It only took 4 years for someone on the team to die. If I was given a bunch of 9 year olds (one of whom was already severly traumatised by his father's suicide and the other two formed the messiest love triangle since Hashirama/Madara/Uchiha's mossy rock with weird inscriptions) when I was 19 and a war was raging on right outside the village, someone would've been dead in, like, a month max.

(and no I don't care if Kishi repeats "OMG HE'S SUCH A GENIUS" twenty times when referring to Minato, being a genius at shinobi stuff and being a genius at teaching the shinobi stuff is, in fact, two completely different set of skills)

Oh, and one more thing. If I was given a penny every time a 19 year old man with blue eyes and blond hair had to mentor Uchiha Obito, I would have had two pennies, which is not a lot, but really weird that it happened two times.

But back to the chapter

I'm honestly crying at how random and on the nose names in Naruto are lol, like, Hatake Kakashi literally means "scarecrow in the farmlands", Haruno Sakura is "sakura in spring", I'm just so used to Horikoshi's carefully constructed names and hero alias that Naruto feels like such a whiplash

also those ideas for Kakashi's name

you just know that there exists an alternative universe where Kakashi's name means "hoe" and the insults to the guy in fanfiction are just out of this world LMAO

back to the panel and I'm loving his answer, he's any interrogator's worst nightmare

"you on the right" BROTHER THAT'S YOUR TEACHER'S KID

dude chill i'm about to get cut from how edgy you are

(tbf given his backstory this speech really is tragic, but out of context god that's the most 13 year old thing I've read all day)

girlie please he just said he wants to murk someone, chill out

Naruto😭😭😭😭😭

(I mean... eventually? lol)

I just know that Kakashi's looking at all of this and thinking to himself that there's no way in hell he, Obito and Rin could have been this bad🤣🤣🤣🤣

I mean... if Naruto was written by someone capable of doing justice to a female character not once in their lifetime, this wouldn't have been the case, but alas (and this conversation deserves to be done on case by case basis)

"i'm fine"

oh look it's the first honorary "coming late" to Obito😃😃😃😃

dude, please, MAKE A NEW FUCKING TEST

that's the same test that HIRUZEN GAVE TO HIS STUDENTS LITERALLY 45 YEARS AGO, omg Konoha's educational system is hopeless.........

(I get that it's supposed to be a cute reference to teacher-student relationship, but fucking hell, it's the same thing from Hiruzen to Jiraya to Minato to Kakashi, no wonder your villages is still running on the same systems that Tobirama established)

Kakashi you're 27 and you're promising to bully 13 year olds. do you really have nothing better to do. like therapy.

girlie, just yesterday your crush was being edgier than a knife and declaring how he's gonna kill someone, NOW you're worried about things getting dangerous?

Is finding your students in Naruto universe like choosing the flying thingie in the Avatar movies? "How will I know it's the one?" "Oh, it'll try to kill you"

that certainly explains the amount of murder that students seem to try to excercise against their teachers (Orochimaru and Hiruzen, Jiraya and Nagato & Konan, Orochimaru and Sasuke, Minato and Obito, Kakashi and Sasuke, Onoki and Deidara)

[beastdrive]

Beast Drive is a Bloody Roar fanspace for creative contributors and casual appreciators of the series alike, welcoming discussion of existing characters and story as well as sharing various fanworks. Engagement with the series on this blog can include general appreciation and celebration of BR canon, lore analysis (meta), character headcanons, and other methods of creative expression. Everyone is encouraged to not only share already existing fanworks but to also create new original works of your own!

Blog Navigation | Meet the Mod | What is Bloody Roar?

Since this is a new blog for a relatively quiet fandom which surrounds a niche fighting game that's old enough to drink, Beast Drive will rely heavily on assistance from followers to gain traction.

If you would like something showcased on this blog, then please read under the cut for Beast Drive's submission and askbox policies.

Recent Updates

[07/20/2023] - Pinned Post is our 100th post yaaay!

Disclaimer

Beast Drive is an inclusive space made for fans from all walks of life with respect to unique personal identities. To be explicitly clear, this blog is run in support of and makes room for marginalized people who are frequently pushed out of fandom and gaming spaces.

Content ratings must be consistent with the series:

PG-13 / ESRB rated T / PEGI 12 / CERO-B / etc

Check the "What is Bloody Roar?" page for content warnings.

There may be depictions of blood and violence, with special consideration paid toward any flashing gifs. Feel free to request certain warning tags be used for content or safety concerns.

Askbox

Since there is only one mod right now, this feature is mainly a way to reach out to me but you may also posit questions to Beast Drive's followers and other Bloody Roar fans!

Questions directed to the mod, rather than the community, might be answered privately unless requested otherwise.

Anonymous Asks are currently enabled!

Submissions

This helps showcase various fanart, fanfic, and other fanworks by fellow creators who love Bloody Roar! You can help fill the queue by sharing links to BR tumblr posts that you think deserve a reblog, provide information for promotional posts on fics and artwork, or host your work right on this blog. I'd also love to see any commissions you've received and give a shoutout to the artist!

Submissions are currently enabled!

Image Sourcing

Beast Drive only accepts images that you have made yourself or that you have express permission from the creator to let me host. This is to ensure there is no accidental theft or misattributed credit. If there are any images posted in error, please let me know and I will remove them immediately!

Please also be respectful of non-English speaking artists. Many of them do not want their artwork hosted externally, even when given proper credit. Let's respect their wishes.

Community Activities

I'd really like to use this space as a sort of community hub to spotlight other Bloody Roar creatives! Some things I've considered implementing are art and writing challenges through weekly or monthly prompts to inspire thought about the series.

Check this page to learn more about community activities!

Credits

Bloody Roar is the intellectual property of Eighting and Hudson, now owned by Konami. Banner and icon are from BR2 & BR3.

CARAMEL MAMA Naochika Morishita is the lead artist for Bloody Roars 1, 2, and 3.

BLOODY ROAR WIKI The fandom wiki still maintains its own active community.

ZSPN COMMUNITY CHANNEL Catch recent online matches from loyal players around the world.

[permanencia-voluntaria-blog]

The pride in his eyes

1 x 03

The son of an Earl

The officer was a midwingman just recovering from a terrible wound in his abdomen. He had just been promoted to the rank when a boarding party almost captured the capitan of the longwing he was serving. The doctors allowed him to travel home for 2 weeks after he was able to walk without pain and the physician advisedhad light work to get his muscles working and growing. "Not to climb the bloody cliff and get hurt all over again" as the doctors phrase it.

Someone might found curious that Jeremy Rankin knew all of this or condemn how he could insert himself in someone else's business, but he did not have friends to question his interest or care.

Officer Little had really fair skin under the bandages and his untied hair gave him a halo of contrast in his pillow. He did not had a single freckle he coud see from the chair next to the bed, not even in the sunkissed beaky nose, but had a mole in his right tumb. His clothes were of good quality but not as nice as his and had a horrible habit of nail bitting. Rankin was almost sure he was smart and proper but who could tell the character of a laying body.

Rankin was gratefully unsettle by the incident. He was no longer the undesirable in his class, two of his classmates even acknowledge him during lunch and it was almost time for him to finish his "education" and although he had not been asked by any particular captain he was not worried, after all he will be send to a prime dragon in preparation for his future assignation.

It had been almost a week since the accident and 3 days since he had seen officer Little after he disappeared from the infirmary and back to his cuarters. He had not coincide with him in the mess hall, meals or during training. He wondered if he knew it was him who found him. Was he ashamed? Was he grateful? Would he be invited to be part of the crew of the longwing? Just as this thoughs were circling his mind officer Little finally appeared in front of him next to one of the vulgar female captain his father warned him. He straighten his back and corrected his posture and face, however he had just finished his turn with the ground crew so the first impression he could give was a sweaty and dirty one.

"Mister Rankin" he began with a soft but firm voice "I apologize for the lack of proper introduction, I am Agustine Little and this is Capitan Little of Caleum. I have been informed that you not only saved me, but that you suffer great injuries from my fall. I want to express my gratitude for my life and apologize for the troubles I caused. Please let me know anything I can do to begin to repay my debt." after this pretty speach he looked to who Rankin could only fathom his sister as if consulting her on the the property of his speech, hilarious.

"Good day, officer Little, Miss Little" he began " My name is Jeremy Rankin, I am the son of the Earl of Kensington and future capitan of Celeritas. I am happy to be your aqueintance" After all the other boy could not help his relations. "I consider no debt is due as I was only doing my duty and what anyone would do under similar circumstances." and it was true, he would not have considered any other course of action.

The two siblings interchange a look in the rudest fashion and the female captain adress him. "I thank you in a personal manner regardless, my brother is my only living family. Caleum and I have been severly distressed knowing he was severely injured once again." she made a small bow, small talk and left them alone in the middle. The wench had no manners.

"You can call me Agustine" He said to Rankin "I am currently unassigned and you? Who are you serving with?"

"I am not, but I expect the assignation will come any day now"

The deamy expression of Agustine was taken a back and dropping all pretence of formality said "how old are you? Yo should be a runner by now, do you want me to ask my sister? She would be happy to, her enison was killed in Gibraltar and has an opening"

Ranking briefly contemplate the appalling idea of serving under a woman but decided to consider it regardless as the opportunity of serving in a Longwing was no small thing in his future career and it was set.

They spend the walk to his cuarters talking and he could not help to notice how delicate and soft he seem in comparison to his sister. After they separated with the agreement to meet him in an hour for dinner he let himself be satisfied with his path.

He was appointed to Caleum the next morning and went to the longwing clearing to report just to find it empty and after an hour of waiting in anger he went to his instructors to see what had happened. He saw Agustine talking with a well fleshed capitan and continue his way until he found officer Berkeley instructing new cadets in aereal tactics. He patiently waited for him to notice him, but after what he felt an eternity he cleared him throat gaining a scowl as he apparently miss him, he wondered not for the first time if he was longsighted.

"Yes mister Rankin, does Capitan Little require my assistance?"

"She is not in her clearing" he said, going for the direcness of the older man.

To this he scowled even depper and after a few more comments he sent one of the cadets to check with the ground crew. The officer ignored him and continued his boring lesson and when he was almost finishing the cadet returned with another runner and said without missing a beat "Where have you been? The capitan send me twice to look for you"

Rankin was appalled by everyones manners and general appearance and tried his best to show by example the correct behavior, but this was too much.

"I have been in the clearing! I went first thing in the morning! What do you mean by this?"

The boy was in the process of answering when officer Berkeley interrupted them "You two settle and shout your heart outs where I cannot hear you, off you go"

They went in relative silence only making small jabs until he turned into a different clearing that expected and he stood in his place a couple of seconds until Martin said "What are you waiting for? The dragon will not come tl you if that is what you are expecting"

"I was told the longwing clearing is over there" pointing in his confusion.

"Yes, so?" suddenly Martin's face iluminante with comprehension "You did not know Caelum is a Xenica?" he said, to Rankin dismay.

[yhwhrulz]

Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional for September 22

Morning

“Father, I have sinned.”

We will now look at the third of the three pictures which make up our Lord’s parable: it represents the divine Father’s part in salvation.

Luke 15:11-32

Luke 15:11-16

This is the best the world can do for an awakened sinner. Its richest joys and its best religious teachings are only swines’ meat, and cannot satisfy the soul’s cravings.

Luke 15:21

He did not say, “Make me as one of thy hired servants:” his father smothered that legal prayer with a kiss.

Luke 15:25 , Luke 15:26

He was in a bad state, and had grown self-conceited, as even good people are apt to do.

Luke 15:29 , Luke 15:30

He complained that his religion brought him but little joy, and yet the newly converted sinner was made the receiver of great delights. We have often heard this from grumbling professors who have sunk into an ill condition of heart.

Luke 15:31

If we do not rejoice, it is our own fault for living below our privileges, for all things are ours.

Luke 15:32

Joy over new converts is most proper and seemly, and it is unlovely for any to grudge them the delights of new found grace. Let us imitate the heavenly Father, and not the elder brother.

Who can describe the joys that rise

Through all the courts of Paradise,

To see a prodigal return,

To see an heir of glory born?

With joy the Father doth approve

The fruit of his eternal love;

The Son with joy looks down, and sees

The purchase of his agonies.

The Spirit takes delight to view

The holy soul he formed anew;

And saints and angels join to sing

The growing empire of their King.

Evening

“How much owest thou unto the Lord.”

Luke 16:1-17

Luke 16:8

And the lord not Jesus, but the steward’s master

Luke 16:8

It was not his dishonesty which was commended, but his shrewdness. The steward’s business was to get as much as he could for his lord out of the tenants; and finding that he was to be dismissed he used his remaining tenure of office to earn their friendship, by remitting their rents. In this he was sharp and far seeing; and we, though we must never act dishonestly, should also look before us, and act with our worldly treasure in such a way as to win the friendship of others. Money is never belter used than when we do good to others with it, so that in persecuting times, even the ungodly may think of us in a friendly spirit, while the gracious will love us, and welcome us into the mansions above. Hoarding gets poor interest; giving is true thrift.

Luke 16:10 , Luke 16:11

A man who does not use money well will not employ higher gifts discreetly. To use wealth to promote the good of others is wisdom, and he who fails in this, does not know how to use the true riches, and will not be trusted therewith. It needs much grace to use money well, and those who make it their care to. do so, are among the best of Christians.

Luke 16:12

If you are not faithful when you are under obligation to be so, you will be far more unwise in matters in which you think that you may do as you please. The bad steward of another will make a bad manager for himself.

Luke 16:13

Two principles cannot both be master in the heart. God and mammon will neither of them accept a divided empire. We must serve the one or the other; the two will never agree.

Luke 16:14

Men are very apt to pretend to ridicule that which troubles their consciences. No person is more hopeless than the man who jests at the Word of the Lord.

Luke 16:15

This we should always remember, for it will save us from loving the fashions of the day, or trembling at the frowns of men. If God abhors what man esteems, man’s judgment should be of small account with us.

Copyright Statement This resource was produced before 1923 and therefore is considered in the "Public Domain".

[clearviewskylight]

Maximizing Natural Light with Skylights in Perth

Perth, known for its abundant sunshine and stunning natural landscapes, is the perfect place to harness the power of natural light in your home or workplace. One effective way to do this is by installing natural skylights. In this article, we'll explore the benefits of natural skylights in Perth and how they can transform your living or working space.

What Are Natural Skylights?

Natural skylights, also known as roof windows or rooflights, are fixtures installed on your roof to allow natural sunlight to enter your interior spaces. They come in various shapes and sizes, and their primary purpose is to brighten up rooms that might not have easy access to external windows.

The Benefits of Natural Skylights in Perth

1. Abundant Sunshine

Perth boasts more sunny days than almost any other city in Australia. By installing natural skylights, you can make the most of this natural resource, reducing your reliance on artificial lighting during the day. This not only saves on energy costs but also creates a warm and inviting atmosphere.

2. Energy Efficiency

With the ever-increasing focus on sustainability, natural skylights align perfectly with eco-friendly living. By reducing the need for artificial lighting, you'll decrease your carbon footprint and contribute to a greener Perth.

3. Health and Well-being

Exposure to natural light has numerous health benefits, including improved mood, enhanced productivity, and better sleep quality. Natural skylights allow you to bring these advantages into your home or office, creating a more comfortable and enjoyable environment.

4. Aesthetic Appeal

Skylights add a touch of elegance to any space. They can be designed to match the architectural style of your property and can become a focal point in your interior design. Skylights are especially popular in homes with vaulted ceilings or attic conversions.

5. Property Value

Investing in natural skylights can increase the resale value of your property. Potential buyers are often attracted to homes that are flooded with natural light, making your property more appealing in the real estate market.

Skylights in Perth - Considerations

Before installing natural skylights, there are a few things to keep in mind:

Placement: Skylights should be strategically placed to maximize sunlight while minimizing excessive heat gain.

Quality: Invest in high-quality skylights with energy-efficient glazing to ensure longevity and insulation.

Professional Installation: It's essential to have skylights installed by experienced professionals to prevent leaks and ensure proper ventilation.

In conclusion, natural skylights perth are a fantastic addition to any Perth property. They offer numerous benefits, from harnessing the abundant sunlight to improving your overall well-being. If you're considering skylights in Perth, make sure to consult with a reputable installer to make the most of this brilliant natural lighting solution.

Remember to incorporate your specific business or website information, contact details, and any additional SEO requirements if this content is intended for a website or promotional material. If you need further revisions or have any specific instructions, please let me know.

[mdshariful]

Welcome to my ShortsFactory AI Review. It's Mr max right here from mdshariful.com Information, the place I give sincere digital product evaluations together with superior bonuses for merchandise I consider in. ShortsFactory AI is dropped at you by Andrew Darius, the creator of AI Immediate ACE, an Immediate Service provider, and plenty of different prime quality software program merchandise. [content-egg module=Offer template=list] ShortsFactory AI Review: Overview So the massive query is, is ShortsFactory AI price your cash? I'll let you know if it ticks all of the bins. If it does, I'll provide you with some superior complimentary bonuses you may solely get from me immediately. My purpose is to help you make a knowledgeable choice so that you don't lose your cash. Need to know the small print? Please discover it extra in my ShortsFactory AI Review. Vendor Name Andrew Darius Product Name ShortsFactory AI Launch Date 08/20/2023 Launch Time 10:00 AM (US Central Time) Front-End Price $17 Recommendation Highly Recommend Official Website Marketropartners Refund 30 Days Money Back Guarantee Niche General ShortsFactory AI Review: What is the ShortsFactory AI? Shorts Manufacturing unit AI is like this tremendous cool software that helps you quickly make a bunch of YouTube Shorts. Do you understand these quick, catchy movies on YouTube that everybody's watching? Yep, that's what I'm speaking about! With this software, you should utilize ChatGPT (an elaborate chatbot factor) and one other secret app to whip up a great deal of these movies tremendously quickly. Think about making 100 movies in simply half an hour! Loopy, proper? So, if you've been pondering leaping into the YouTube Shorts development, that is your golden ticket. ShortsFactory AI Review: How Does it Work? It's As Simple As 1. 2.. 3..! FREE TRAINING How to Craft the High-Value Prompts that Sell and Seize the First-Mover Advantage. [content-egg module=Offer template=grid] ShortsFactory AI Review: My Best Experience in Using ShortsFactory AI I was a beta tester for this software program and can now determine how to make the most of ShortsFactory AI. You may depend on my recommendation. Each phrase in this essay is predicated on my precise expertise. I'll do my best to maintain it as real as possible. ShortsFactory AI Additionally Saves You A TON OF MONEY… However, with ShortsFactory AI, you don't pay any month-to-month charges in any respect… And also, you don't want any of these instruments. So whether or not you wish to use ShortsFactory AI for yourself, otherwise you wish to use it to promote to others. Right here's Causes Why ShortsFactory AI Is An ABSOLUTE MUST-HAVE! If Not 1000's Of Dollars With Our Simple To Use All-In-One Cloud App That Works On Any Laptop, System, Or Browser… Get Free Updates For Ever With Assured Software program Uptime Figuring out Your Buy Has Been A Nicely Value Funding In Pushing You Ahead… [content-egg module=Offer template=grid] ShortsFactory AI Review: Price and Updates Entrance Finish Provide is the principal product ShortsFactory AI which can price you $17 For the entrance finish, provide the value you see now solely through the launch interval. After the launch, which ends on the subsequent 7 days because of the launch day, the worth will increase to $47, as they say. Additionally, the frontend entry doesn't rely upon any upgrades to work; it works wonderfully simply by itself, BUT additionally, it is restricted. Now, there are, at present, 5 upsells. You don't need all of them to make use of ShortsFactory AI. However, depending on your state of affairs and utilization, they could be helpful. There may be additionally a bundle deal where you should buy all upsells at a reduced cost. Who Should Buy ShortsFactory AI? ShortsFactory AI is the Best choice for you! [content-egg module=Offer template=list]

Newbies & Affiliate Entrepreneurs who wish to generate income online but need more time, expertise, or expertise to create their merchandise or websites. Skilled entrepreneurs who wish to rapidly create several revenue streams without spending months or years creating them from scratch. Bloggers & website homeowners wishing to add a passive revenue stream to their websites. Social Media Entrepreneurs who wish to faucet from the large bucks within the $441B affiliate internet marketing business Content material Entrepreneurs who wish to use DFY Ai-websites to drive site visitors to their merchandise & affiliate gives. E-commerce Retailer House owners who wish to enhance their gross sales & conversion charges with a focused DFY Affiliate website Native Companies who wish to entice extra prospects & develop their enterprise Anybody else who desires to generate income online and faucet into the large potential of the $441B affiliate internet marketing business! Works For Anybody from all walks of life are getting free laser-focused views, site visitors, and making gross sales. So Whether or not You're A: An Online Marketer A Company Proprietor A Blogger ​An Affiliate Marketer ​​An Article Author ​​A YouTuber ​A Paid Advertisements Man ​A Content Material Creator A TikToker And Even Works If You're A Layman: Scholar ​Keep At House Dad Single Mom ​Pensioner Workplace Employee ​Anybody YES – even a complete wet-behind-the-ears beginner ShortsFactory AI works and advantages all. [content-egg module=Offer template=list] ShortsFactory AI Review: My Opinion This app is unquestionably a recreation changer because of its advantages. And as a matter of truth I hope my ShortsFactory AI Review can help you make a knowledgeable and well-timed choice. If you have any questions, please go away with them within the feedback part of this weblog. Thanks for your time. Better of luck to you! [content-egg module=Offer]

[stalpra-and-100-fandoms]

Damianya Equestrian Race Fanfic

I really love this story I made (I hope I'm original with this), but I don't have the energy to actually type it all out in proper prose.

Super long, you have been warned.

One day, at the end of History class which was also the last class of the week, Professor Henderson tells his class of the quinquennial (something that happens once in 5 years) Junior Equestrian Race that is to take place in 4 months. He explains the race, as well as the fact that only two students from all of the First to Sixth Grade will be chosen to be riders in the race after a rigorous selection process.

"Only those who perform elegantly in the training and audition shall proceed to race"

He also explains that only one student will race, and the other will serve as a backup. The one who races and wins the race will receive 2 Stella Stars, while the other will receive 1.

Hearing this, 11-year-old Anya Forger sees this as the spiffing opportunity to promote herself to the Imperial Scholar status and make Plan A a success. She is currently at 6 stars, most of them being acquired from community service and sports rather than academics.

She asks Becky who answers in the negative, saying that she's not that sporty but will definitely cheer the loudest for Anya at the stands.

She mind-reads Damian's thoughts as follows: This is perfect! I'm only 2 stars behind Demetrius and this race will make me an Imperial Scholar. I *will* win this race.

─────────────────── ⋅⋆⋅☆⋅⋆⋅ ───────────────────

Anya goes home and tells her parents about it and says she wants to join as well. The first thought that comes to Loid's mind is: Yes! This is exactly what we need for Operation Strix! 2 Stellas mean that Anya will be a Scholar and will be in the elite group and can get close to Desmond. Yes!

Anya's face visibly lit up at his thoughts.

But no-

Anya's face was like: Wha-

Loid, thinking: Will she be able to take the strain? She needs to keep up with school work simultaneously and she's only started to get the hang of it. She'll also probably need to stay at a separate training centre as opposed to her own home. I don't know if I should say yes. It will be extraordinarily helpful to the mission even if she's the backup. One Stella goes a long way. But I also need to consider her. Is she only wanting to do this so that she can get a Stella and please me? No, that's not right. That's not the relationship I want to form with her. This should come completely from her wish to participate rather than my wish for her to be an Imperial Scholar. I'll try to ease her out of the idea. She matters first.

Anya was utterly and dumbfoundedly touched by her Papa's concern for her but she held her ground. She eventually won the dispute with some help from her Mama who said: "Since she's so fixed on the idea, why not let her do it? It'll be good exercise too." She also shot a glance to her husband which only meant: And if we don't let her do something that she really does want to do, she'll resent us both later.

(Yor goes on to tell Loid afterwards about that one time when she refused to take Yuri to an insect catching competition [he was young so he needed his guardian with him] due to her own fear of insects and about how he held a grudge against her for the next 2 hours)

Loid is thankful for Yor's intervention, thinking, "Thanks Yor, I really owe you one. I can't take the risk of having Anya resent me. That will be unbearable."

"and harmful to the mission" as an afterthought

─────────────────── ⋅⋆⋅☆⋅⋆⋅ ───────────────────

At the training academy itself, Damian saw Anya on the first day when they were doing warm-ups. He began thinking of all the ways he could make her quit the race so that his chances of winning were higher. Because, to be honest, he was intimidated by her. She might be a dunce at studies but her knack for tactile and physical work was downright terrifying. She received one of her Stellas after knitting blankets for a church relief programme. That in itself is ridiculous, but the fact that she knitted so many blankets that even after the bulk of them was sent amply to all the soldiers at the border and orphans and needy, there was still a surplus amount. This made national headlines and Eden had to give her a Star. She also was runner-up in a volleyball tournament and got another Star that way. Anya, being both ally and opponent, was a force to be reckoned with.

Deciding that he has to get rid of Anya, he gets Emile and Ewen (who obviously followed him into the competition) into the tried-and-failed method of taunting her to give up. Long story short, she didn't.

After seeing that she hasn't budged in two weeks, Damian tells Emile and Ewen to cut it out, saying it was pointless anyway.

However, in all the letters and phone calls he received from his brother, he was ridiculed. Demetrius was a master rider and was condescending towards his brother, saying that he might not be able to win anyway and that getting the Stellas through a race won't impress Father. (Headcanon: Demetrius received all his Stellas through academics.) (Another Headcanon: Demetrius is a total jerk sometimes.)

All this began to get to Damian and he even thought of dropping out of the race, so clearly that Anya was to pick it up from a distance (Note: Anya's powers have gotten stronger, yes, but the distance between Damian and her was remarkable)

Horrified, not because Plan B was in danger (she wasn't even thinking about that) but by the sheer fear of seeing a strong and persistent force like Damian's getting shattered, Anya made it her mission amidst all this to make sure that Damian's spirits were up. No way is she gonna let Sy-on Boy give up!

So she went for the tried-and-true method of taunting Damian (lol). This soon became his motivation to remain and get better at racing: so that he can slap that stupid smirk off her face without ever needing to raise his hand at her. His skills will speak for themselves.

Damian came to enjoy racing in general and also, though he won't admit it, Anya's company as a rider and friend at the training academy.

Damian and Anya are chosen to be riders.

─────────────────── ⋅⋆⋅☆⋅⋆⋅ ───────────────────

It's the day of the race. 12 schools, Eden included, are participating. Everyone agrees that having Damian ride first increases Eden's chances of winning, as he's more skilful (btw he did impress Anya).

Anya agrees as well until she mind-reads the school that'd be riding adjacent to Eden. (Let's call them Dumstrung for funsies [no infringement nor hate intended]) They have planned to injure Eden's horse and rider by digging their studded boots into the Eden rider's flesh. (If you're wondering how they'll be having studded boots in the race, their school shoes are studded boots.)

Mortified, Anya hastily enlists herself as the first rider, much to everyone's surprise, and added dismay on Damian's part. So, this whole time, you just wanted to one-up me? he thought. He was even furious as Anya wouldn't explain her decision. She simply told him that he'll be grateful for her sacrifice. "WHAT THE HELL THAT MEAN!" he yelled as she ran to the track.

Even though they want to wholeheartedly support their daughter, Loid and Yor did think that Anya made a rash decision.

Becky is the only one happy with this development and when she saw Anya on the race track she instantly changed into a cheerleader outfit, complete with pompoms, wristbands, headbands and shoes. (she got Martha to pack all this for her)

The blank fire is shot and the race has begun. Much to everyone's surprise, again, Anya is gaining on the others and is neck to neck with Dumstrung at the very front.

Not wavering from their plan, the student from D kicks to their left and hits Anya's right calf. It happened at the very end, so theoretically Eden should've been too slow to react and Dumstrung should've won.

Anya was not going to let that happen. As soon as she felt the impact, she stood up on the saddle and leaned to her right so that she falls on the Dumstrung student and topples them over, effectively stopping the race and them from winning.

─────────────────── ⋅⋆⋅☆⋅⋆⋅ ───────────────────

Anya was relieved that Sy-on Boy was uninjured. She really felt like a hero then, just like her Papa. But that didn't help with the pain. Bleeding, Anya yelled into the dirt track as security personnel stopped the other riders and first aid came to the track.

Actually, Loid and Yor got to her first. Amidst all this panic, no one questioned how Mr and Mrs Forger jumped all the way from the stands and didn't flinch and ran to Miss Forger at a dozen miles per hour. They themselves didn't, either.

In the interval between the first and second "correction" race, Anya was treated, new horses were brought in and it was decided that all the backups of all the schools were to ride now.

Dumdtrung was obviously and immediately disqualified and disgraced.

Damian ran to the infirmary at the earliest opportunity and found Anya in a cast with her parents and Professor Henderson on either side of her. They share a knowing look and walk out of the room, telling them to "strategize" about what to do next.

No sooner than the door closed, Damian exploded with all his frustrations and confusions and "How the hell did you"s.

Anya had her "HEH" face on.

Anya read his mind how he was beating himself and calling himself worthless for not being able to stand his ground to protect one of his only friends. What kind of shit am I to let her get hurt? Worthless. WORTHLESS.

"Damian," Anya said seriously.

He looked up and blushed a bit as she said his actual name.

"I'll be fine. Just go ride and get the trophy for Eden! The Stellas are waiting for you!"

Feeling reassured, Damian went to the track with newfound confidence.

─────────────────── ⋅⋆⋅☆⋅⋆⋅ ───────────────────

As he continued to race, he felt all the eyes of the spectators. Strangers. Teachers. Classmates. Friends. Ewen and Emile. That Blackbell. The Forgers. Everyone.

But he didn't pay any attention.

He raced straight ahead, the only thought on his mind was of Anya, in a cast. Who had literally sacrificed herself for him to ride safely. It all made sense and he was going to avenge her.

In the last 100 metres, however, as the commentary announced his speed and position, he felt a new pair of eyes on him. He knew it.

It was his father's.

Finally, I have his attention! he thought. At that moment, nothing else mattered. But immediately it did. The attention will be short-lived if he doesn't win the race, get the 2 Stellas and become an Imperial Scholar. I'm so close!

He charged and his head began to feel woozy. Dammit! Damn my family! His father's family had a medical history of blood pressure. Even Demetrius suffered from it. Damian himself had felt it lightly from time to time but never as bad as this.

"But no-" he said nearly aloud as the world began fading in and out in front of him. "I'm so close-" 10 metres, he thought. I'm just there.

As it happens, another school opted for foul play. No weapons were used this time, the student's hand was the last straw on the camel's back.

Why? Damian thought as the dust clung to the sweat on his skin, his face becoming encrusted in the dirt. The other must've crossed the line by now. Second. That's what he became. That's what he'll remain. Forever never enough.

─────────────────── ⋅⋆⋅☆⋅⋆⋅ ───────────────────

Damian woke up in the Cecile Hall Dorm. I disappointed them so badly? he thought. He was moving in and out of consciousness but he got dressed. Presently, Ewen came in and reprimanded him for straining himself, "The nurse said you need to rest, Boss-Man,"

"Shut up,"

"What?"

"Don't talk to me,"

Feeling the shame rising to his throat, Damian countered any attempts at conversation from Ewen and Emile, as he joined them, and walked to the Dining Hall in silence. The students were having lunch and were chatting as always, but upon seeing Damian Desmond come they went silent.

Feeling himself cower into his own body, Damian quietly took his food and sat at an empty table, Emile and Ewen on either side.

"Yo!" someone yelled rather inelegantly, directing it at him. Damian immediately knew it belonged to Anya but couldn't bring himself to look at her. How could he? He literally failed her when she had given him the golden chance.

"Congratulations, Sy-on Boy!"

Confused, Damian raised his head to see Anya's green eyes dancing with delight. He turned his head to see that everyone was smiling at him, some of them rivalling Anya's if that was possible.

What on Earth?- he thought.

Slowly but sure-as-hell loudly, Anya began to clap. The clapping multiplied without warning, jumping to possibly a three-digit number before 15 seconds. The same thing went for the congratulations.

"Congrats, Boss-Man!"

"Congratulations, Damian!"

"You sure put on a show, Desmond"

"Way to go!"

At one point, it began to get so loud that the janitors outside thought that the students were up to some collective mischief and entered the Hall quickly.

As the children barely quietened at the sign of authority, Damian took his chance and asked out loud "But why are you clapping? I lost the race,"

George Glooman said smugly, "You're so behind the times, Desmond"

"What?" Damian began to feel warm in his face, starting to understand the implications, just barely.

"Did you think that dirty cheater won? You're dumber than you let on, Desmond." Becky taunted, holding back a million giggles.

"What?" So dumbfounded, that's all he could say.

"You won, you dummy Imperial Scholar," Anya said, laughing openly.

Shocked, Damian looked down at his uniform. Sure enough, there were 8 golden Stellas, arranged in 2 neat rows.

"The ceremony's tomorrow since you're awake. You really did it Boss-Man!" Emile said that, or maybe Ewen, Damian wasn't sure.

"You're the youngest Imperial Scholar. Just 11 years old! That surpasses even your brother, Damian!"

"Duh, our year is that brilliant!"

"Three cheers for Damian Desmond!"

"Whooooo-Hoooooo"

"NOW YOU NEED TO TREAT US TO CAKE, SY-ON BOY!"

"YEAH"

Damian couldn't hear any of them. I'm a Scholar now, he looked at everyone's jovial faces, You guys...

(Against his will he bawled and laughed.)

─────────────────── ⋅⋆⋅☆⋅⋆⋅ ───────────────────

After the Stella giving ceremony, Loid started up the car as Yor brought Anya. She had been staying at the School Ward since the race. Anya asked to be let down and gingerly apologized, mostly to Loid, "I'm sorry I messed up,"

Loid walked out of the car and held his daughter tenderly, "Why should you be sorry? You did so well, my little peanut,"

"I didn't get two Stellas..."

Fearing that she did this all for the Stellas after all, Loid decided to calm Anya down, "That's the least of our worries right now. You're safe and that's what's important little penguin," he gave her shoulder a tight squeeze, hoping to make her less worried.

Anya instead just smiled wearily and pinched her fingers as she mumbled, "I was this close to completing Plan A,"

"What?" Before Loid could register what his daughter had said, his ears perked up at the sound that was calling to them.

And a running, flush-faced Damian charged towards them, his black-and-red robes flying behind him like the wings of a Griffin. In his hand he held a white paper, now what could that be about?

"Oi, Shri-" he then realized that the Forger parents were right there and so stood in rapt attention, greeted them with a very solemn good afternoon and introduced himself (despite the fact they know him very well already). Good hundredth impressions are important.

He extended his hand to Loid who pointed to Anya and so Damian passed the card to her and began, "Um, Anya- I mean everyone, I invite you all to my mansion this coming weekend,"

Disbelief and surprise were etched on the Forgers' faces.

Yor, thinking: How sweet of him. Desmond, huh? Isn't that... a politician? As long as nothing messy goes on, I think it's fine.

Anya, thinking: Sy-on Boy? Are you helping Plan B yourself?

Loid, thinking: When did they become so close? Anya, my girl, I'm proud of you!

Anya stammered, "But why so suddenly, Sy- Damian?"

He replied, laughing to the sky, "Father's having a party to celebrate Eden's victory and my Imperial Scholarship. Jeeves said that he said I could bring someone outside my usual circle and I insisted it was gonna be you."

Realizing his wording, Damian flushed madly, "I mean- it's only right! You raced as well! I'm not a spoiled sport!"

"See you, then," he said. "Yeah! You too!" Anya waved to him as he stood at Eden's Gates and her father drove out of the parking lot in high spirits.

[erodasfishtacos]

Is this seat empty? " Yes and this one will be too if you sit down" , "Don't be like that my love."

For MLB!Harry first stupid fight in a relationship 😂

Okay this turned into something entirely different then the prompt. Sorry anon 😂

—

Peace & Quiet (Please)

If you enjoy please like, reblog, comment, or come talk to me!

I write for free so if you enjoy my work please consider donating to my kofi page.

-

“Where d’you put m’protein mix?” Harry asks, padding into the kitchen and opening every single fucking cabinet.

“It’s in the same place it’s been for the past five years,” YN bites out with a slight irritation, mixing the pancake batter a little rougher.

She’s been up since three in the morning and Harry sauntered in around six-thirty after coming home late from a baseball game last night.

All the babies still asleep.

“Ah - fuck,” Her husband huffs when he spills the powder all over the countertop and floor she had just swiffered ten minutes ago.

When he goes to open the other cabinet and grab for a shaker bottle - they all come tumbling out onto the floor in a loud clash.

“Could you be any louder? You going to wake up the kids!” YN scolds harshly, pointing to the closet, “Go get the swiffer.”

He obliges - surprised by her attitude, grabbing it and slapping it (by accident) on the ground like a fucking baseball bat, the head of the mop snapping off and breaking.

“S’broken,” Harry states the obvious, shrugging and going about peeling a banana before leaving the peel near the sink.

YN turns to face him, voice irritated, “I’m about to break you, just like you broke the swiffer.”

“Is that a threat or a promise?” He asks cheekily but her glare tells him there is no amusement to be had this morning.

“I just spent all morning cleaning and you’ve made this place a disaster already!” His wife bites before flipping one of the pancakes.

Harry dejectedly cleans up his protein mix mess, neatly places the shake bottles into the right place, throws away the peel, and closes all the cabinets.

“M’sorry,” He murmurs, coming up behind her and kisses the nape of her neck, “Y’seem a bit cranky this mornin’.”

And man. He should have not said that.

“Do you have a baby who needs to fucking feed from your body every hour even during the night? I don’t think so,” She mutters, shaking him off of her.

“Hey, mama. M’bein’ an ass, what can I do to help?” He changes gears, choosing to stand next to her since she didn’t seem to want to be touch.

“Breastfeed - let your nipples feel like their constantly on fire and about to fall off. Make all this post-partum bleeding stop. Let me sleep for a day straight. I don’t know,” YN begins to sniffles, plating a few mini pancakes.

He’s taken aback, eyebrows furrowing in concern, and he leans forward to flip off the stovetop, “Can I touch you?”

She nods, wiping her eyes, and allows him to haul her up into their marble countertop, “Mama, y’need to tell me when y’feeling overwhelmed? Please baby. I’ve asked you a million times to wake me up and I can bottle feed her.”

“No, she…I have to feed her. It helps bonding and it-“

Harry interrupts firmly, “She will be perfectly fine being fed by a bottle a few times a day. You’re putting too much stress on yourself.”

Her head falls on his shoulder and she mumbles, “I just feel so…gross, not attractive at all.”

He pulls her back, searching her face in confusion, “Baby, why would you ever say somethin’ like that?”

YN let’s out a quiet sob, “My nipples are chafed and sore, I’m constantly bleeding, my belly hasn’t deflated -“

Harry can’t help but lean in and connect their lips harshly, he’s pulling her loose shirt up and over her head.

“Harry, what-“

“Listen t’me,” Harry rasps seriously, his hands are tender and careful as they cup her swollen breasts - thumbing at her painful nubs.

“I’m literally obsessed w’your tits, baby. They’ll go back to normal after y’done feeding and even if they don’t - I love them just as fucking much. You fed our three healthy strong boys and now you’re makin’ sure our chunky little girl is eating good.”

Then he hands move to cup her belly, large hands splayed over the still softening, firm bump from where Briar had been housed for nine months.

“Y’gave me four, four fuckin’ babies from this belly. I’m fucking in love with your body. God, y’thighs, y’tummy, the stretchmarks - fuck, getting me hard just lookin’ at you.”

It was true, he was stiffening up in his shorts but neither of them acknowledged it - it was a love boner more than anything else.

He literally got hard from how much he loved her.

“I’m tired,” She sighs softly, letting Harry tug her shirt back on as the children would be waking up soon to eat breakfast.

“I know, mama,” Harry acknowledges softly, giving her another kiss before taking over the pancake station.

-

When all the boys are downstairs and chomping away on their food, Cash, who is just about four decides it’ll be funny to squirt the sticky syrup all over their expensive stool cushions and the floor.

When YN turns from the sink to see the mess, she admits she snaps a little bit, “Really Harry? You’re supposed to be watching them, not checking the sports news on your phone!”

Harry is about to defend himself but his wife is stomping over to where Cash has emptied the bottle and gives him a firm look, “Cash Edward Styles, get your bum upstairs, right now.”

Cash’s eyes widen, his mother rarely needed to use a harsh tone with them, “Mama, I’m so-“

“If you are not upstairs, by the bathtub this instant, you get no outside time today. Do you understand me?” YN tells him, giving Easton a warning look when he licks at the syrup on his finger.

“Yes mama,” Cash squeaks out sadly, abandoning his plate and walking up towards the bathroom upstairs to get clean.

Easton and Ezra are dead silent as they watch their brother leave - not wanting the same fate as him so they sit proper.

“Sweetheart-“ Harry begins, putting his phone back in his pocket.

“No, I have my hands full taking care of four kids. I don’t need you acting like a fifth. Go bathe your son,” YN tells him coldly, an angry stare directed his way.

Harry clenches his jaw, biting his tongue as he stands up and pushes his chair in with force - making a loud noise before following after his second son.

A few minutes after they’re out of sight, Easton thought it’d be funny to wipe syrup down Ezra’s cheek which made Ezra cry and throw a pancake at his older brother - now soaking him in syrup.

YN starts to leak milk at the sound of Ezra’s cries.

“Easton Robin - get you butt upstairs this instant too. You know better - no outside time today,” She informs him as she uses a wet wipe to clean Ezra’s cheek.

“Mama,” Easton whines, fat tears starting roll down his cheeks as he stands up, loitering by the kitchen stool.

“Do not make me repeat myself,” YN warns, swiping a paper towel over the wet spot on her shirt from the leak.

-

Harry had just started washing up Cash who was still melancholy when his blubbering older one comes in - still tearful.

He sighs, looking at his syrupy son, “Wha’ happened?”

Easton looks hesitant, “I put syrup on Ezzie and mama said no outside time today.”

His father is tight-lipped, he can already predict that Easton’s actions upset Ezra, “Alright, c’mon. Let’s clean y’up too. Y’know better, Easton.”

-

Harry had just finished helping both boys dress when YN appears in the doorway with Ezra who has a binkie popped in his mouth.

She steps over and hands their son to Harry before muttering, “I’m going to feed Briar, keep the boys out of the room. I need some peace.”

YN disappears from the room before he can even reply to her.

-

Harry can admit he gets distracted when one of his coaches calls him up for a game change, doesn’t notice when Cash sneaks from the playroom.

It’s less than five minutes later when YN leads Cash gently by the hand back into the playroom, with Briar still latched and feeding.

When she sees Harry on his phone, she’s fucking livid with him.

“Really Harry?” His wife scoffs, guiding Cash to join Easton in where he’s playing with legos.

“I’ll call you back,” Harry replies to his coach before hanging up, “Sorry, it was Donny-“

“Good to know your job is more important than watching your kids,” She spits out before storming back out of the room.

Harry is up and following behind her, jaw clenched and irritated, “Just ‘cause you’re in a pissy mood doesn’t mean that y’say shit like that.”

She turns on her heel, eyes fiery, “You have no god damn consideration. You’ve been swamped this week because of your nike promotion and games. I’ve had the babies all by myself for four nights while you get to gallivant around!”

Harry goes to speak but she puts her free hand up.

“I ask for you to keep our house clean and to let me have one moment of peace with our daughter but you don’t even let me have that! You do not understand how hard it is to push a baby out of you and then have them rely on you to feed them twenty times a day!”

His anger fades when his wife starts sobbing - chest shuddering sobs, “I just had her four weeks ago. I-I haven’t had a break yet. You act like it’s so easy!”

He starts to walk towards her, “Sweetheart-“

YN shakes her head, a desperate plea in her tone, “Please just give me time with Briar.”

Harry swallows harshly and nods - feeling like shit as his wife walks back towards the stairs - all the while still feeding their daughter.

-

“Hello?”

“Mum, I-can you take the boys for the night?” Harry asks quietly, standing in the kitchen while the two older boys are still playing quietly.

Ezra’s passed out, on Harry’s hip with his little face smushed against the cap of his shoulder with parted lips.

“Dear, is everything okay?” She replies cautiously.

“No, I-I don’t know. YN is overwhelmed and I don’t think I’ve been supportive enough,” Harry feels himself begin to sniffle.

Anne doesn’t pry for information which Harry loves about her, she agrees to take them, and states she’ll be over within the hour.

Harry goes about packing their pajamas and other necessities in their little backpacks as the squeal excitedly about going to Nana’s.

“Can we say bye to mama?” Easton asks anxiously as they clear out of their bedrooms.

“Let me go ask,” He murmurs, running a hand through his son’s curls.

When he cracks open the door, YN is sprawled out on her back, fast asleep with Briar also asleep in the bassinet next to the bed.

His heart aches because her shirt is off, and the remnants of her nipple cream which was a pinkish orange color wasn’t fully rubbed in on her bruised breasts.

Harry guides them downstairs, promising that their mama will call them later.

-

After the boys leave, Harry doesn’t know what to do so he cleans whatever he finds that is dirty or messy so she won’t have to.

He does all the laundry in the house, cleans up every single toy, and when Briar starts to whimper - he sneaks in to snatch her up so she doesn’t wake YN.

Then he takes her out to the shops with him to grab groceries, her favorite snacks, and maybe he does stop by a jewelry store and buy her something nice.

(casually a pair of 20k earrings)

YN fell asleep around eighty-thirty in the morning and doesn’t wake up until about nine at night, Harry had put Briar in her nursery about an hour ago.

When she does awake, Harry is sitting in the living room - watching a stupid action movie to pass time and dwell on everything.

She comes in quietly, stands in front of her husband who looks up at her with anxious eyes - she looks brighter now that she’s had adequate sleep.

“Will you hold me?” She rasps quietly, just in one of Harry’s shirts and soft pair of sleep shorts.

“Never haven t’ask, mama,” He murmurs, guiding her until she’s straddling his lap and burying her face into the crook of his neck.

His hands sneak beneath her shirt to massage the sleep-warm skin as he kisses her shoulder - over and over again.

“I’m so sorry,” YN whispers into his skin, voice croaky as she tries to not get upset.

He pulls her back to study her face, “Do not apologize, y’allowed to get mad at me and feel frustrated. You’re emotions are valid. There’s a lot going on and I could be doing more to help.”

YN wipes a tear that trickles down as she laughs in disbelief, “No, you can’t do anymore to help.”

“Wha-? I can, I promis-“

She interrupts his with a kiss before telling him sincerely, “You can’t do anymore help because you’re already doing the most amazing job. As a husband and dad. I was just tired and stressed - it’s not an excuse.”

It warms his heart, he fucking loves her so much it does make sense, has to button their lips together one more time.

“You have a really hard job too, on top of being a husband and dad. You give us all this, support us and take care of us.”

“Are y’kidding me? Y’the one who keeps this family together. Y’the fuckin’ love of my life, you know that? I love you so much, so so much,” He emphasizes, rubbing a thumb across her bottom lip.

The kiss one more time - the anger was subsided and they were okay once again.

Harry laughs and agree when YN murmurs, “S’time for bed again, m’tired.”

“Okay mama, anythin’ for you,” He responds before peppering her in kisses to make her giggle lightly.

[thelostgirl21]

For those of you still arguing that Kaidan does not outrank Shepard as an Alliance Officer during the Citadel Coup...

...he does.

Actually, being a Staff Commander in ME2, Kaidan Alenko was already outranking Shepard when they met on Horizon.

First, it is important to understand that, while inspired by it, the Human Systems Alliance does not use the exact same ranking system as the U.S. Navy / Marines. [Edit: I've fixed some (hopefully, most!) of the "he/him/himself" pronouns I'd missed the first time around... And that was... like... 90% of the time I was referring to Shepard. *Facepalms* Sorry about that! I'm so used to writing for M!Shep, that I instinctively say "he/him/himself" when referring to them (and my brain does the weird French thing of including the feminine into the masculine while proofreading, apparently!). If you still spot a non gender-neutral pronoun in there, please feel free to let me know.]

Therefore, according to the System’s Alliance’s own ranking system (that can be found in the game’s codex entries; I’ve also added that information at the bottom of this post, with in-game examples) the rank of Major (and, in ME2, Staff Commander) is above that of a Lieutenant Commander (Shepard’s own Alliance military rank) within the Alliance.

It is the rank of an Alliance Captain (Navy), not that of an Alliance [Lieutenant] Commander (Navy & Marines), that is considered as being the equivalent of that of an Alliance Major (Marines).

Meaning that, by the beginning of ME3, Major Alenko has now risen through the ranks to the point where he holds a similar level of responsibility within the Systems Alliance as Captain Anderson used to hold in ME1. At the very beginning of ME1, Captain Anderson was a Navy Captain, and the Commanding Officer (C.O.) of the SSV Normandy.

Lieutenant Commander Shepard was his Executive Officer (X.O.).

And Staff Lieutenant Alenko was head of the ship's Marine detail*

By the beginning of ME3, Major Alenko is now a Marine Major, and the Commanding Officer (C.O.) of the 1st Special Operations Biotic Company, a covert operations unit of the Systems Alliance.

*Note: I just discovered yesterday what “Marine detail” means, and I just have to say Kaidan’s position on the Normandy is ridiculously cool! 

Basically, it’s Kaidan’s job to determine which personnel position, assignment, or duty station each Marine should have on the Normandy.  While basing his decisions on the person’s professional milestones, taking into consideration the Marine’s personal aspirations and stated preferences, considering their marital status / family lives and responsibilities outside of the military, evaluating whether they have the proper qualifications for the job or require further training, looking at performance reviews...

They are described as the Marine’s “advocate”, trying to make sure that not only are they the “best Marine” for what their actual job requires, but that it’s the job that will bring said Marine the greater level of work satisfaction / align with their needs and personal ambitions.

So basically, after Jenkins was KIA at the beginning of ME1, it was Kaidan’s job to find a suitable replacement to take over his duties on the ship.

So, after Shepard wakes up in the medbay, and expresses that they’re glad that Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams was still on the Normandy, because she’s a good soldier that deserves it, and Captain Anderson answers them: “Lieutenant Alenko agrees with you.  THAT’S WHY I added her to our crew.”

He literally means “After seeing her in action, Lieutenant Alenko reviewed her file, checked her qualifications, past performance reviews, family status, her documented professional aspirations and stated preferences, numerous past (denied) applications for a transfer to a shipboard posting, and based on his very own assessment of Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams, determined that she was the single best Marine in the System’s Alliance for the open position we now had on the ship.”

I’d always assumed that Kaidan had more or less informally gone “Gunnery Chief Williams was really impressive down there!  Maybe we could use her!”

And Captain Anderson had essentially gone: “Sure!  Why not?  We’ve got an open position.  Let’s keep her!”

But I’d all but forgotten that, with Nihlus dead, there was absolutely no Spectre on board that ship at that point in the story, and they were thus likely bound by the System’s Alliance rules and protocols when it came to handing out assignments to fill the vacant positions available on the Normandy.

It’s therefore highly likely that whoever was in charge of the ship’s Marine detail (in this case, Staff Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko), would have had access to a list of applications of suitable candidates that had expressed an interest in serving on that ship.

And that, whenever there was a position vacancy, or a need to add a new position on the Normandy, then the head of the ship’s detail would have the responsibility of taking a good look at those candidatures, and selecting the very best suited Marine for the job.

As a Spectre, Commander Shepard might have had the level of authority required to spontaneously go: “they followed me home, I’m keeping them!”

But Captain Anderson most certainly did not. And, while he was the Normandy’s C.O. (meaning that he’d likely have the final say on whether or not Ashley got the position)...

Well, the person  officially in charge of finding someone to fill the position left vacant after Jenkin’s passing - after having carefully reviewed Gunnery Chief Ashley Williams candidature against those of other potentially qualified System’s Alliance soldiers - was literally Staff Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko.

And one would assume that the reason why Kaidan got his own position as head of the ship’s Marine detail, would be because he’d be considered as being very proficient at determining whether or not a given soldier is going to be the right fit for their job, and the best asset for their team.

So, when Captain Anderson tells Shepard that the reason he added her to the crew was because Lieutenant Alenko believed she was a good soldier that deserved a position on the Alliance’s most advanced starship, that was because it was Kaidan’s job to make such decisions.

He had to choose which Marine in the System’s Alliance would take over Jenkin’s duties, and he chose Ash.  Kaidan’s the reason Ashley was assigned to Captain Anderson (and later, Commander Shepard)’s ship.  He’s the one that made it happen and allowed her to advance in her career.

Should Commander Shepard have tried to do the same (i.e. be the one to request Gunnery Chief Williams assignation to the Normandy, in a context where Ashley wouldn’t already have been added to the team while they were out cold); then Captain Anderson’s most likely answer would have needed to be: “I’ll let Lieutenant Alenko know about your commendation, but he’s not done reviewing candidatures and making his choice among them yet.“

I don’t understand how anyone can call Kaidan “boring”. He's such a layered, fascinating character...

As he once told Shepard:

“I’m an enigma. I’ve got skills.”

Yes, yes you do... and, over 10 years later, I’m still discovering some skill-sets that you have that I’d never even suspected before!

And boy, am I pissed we'll never get to know about your run in with the vorcha mafia, five thousand credits, and a bottle of whiskey!

Still, no wonder Anderson was so adamant on Major Alenko being the one offered the Command of the 1st Special Operations Biotic Company.

Besides his very own unique history as a L2 and ability to relate to those kids, he apparently has an eye for military talents, and he likely trusted him to be a very good judge of character when it came to assessing whether those young biotics would be a good addition to the Company, and able to handle working with the rest of a team while on high risk missions without needlessly further endangering their teammates.

However, as a Spectre, when operating under Council authority, both Commander Shepard and Major Alenko are no longer bound by the Alliance military’s chain of command.

And it seems that most players do not realize it, but when Captain Anderson stepped down as the SSV Normandy’s C.O., Shepard did not receive a promotion within the Alliance military in terms of overall rank; but exclusively one regarding their position in regards to their assignment.

They went from being the ship’s Executive Officer (X.O.) to the ship’s Commanding Officer (C.O.), but they still remained an Alliance Lieutenant Commander, regardless of the position they held on the SSV Normandy itself.

I’m thus guessing that Shepard dying so shortly after the Battle of the Citadel, had prevented them from being promoted to the rank of Staff Commander (or even Captain / Major).

And then, in all of the investigations surrounding their claims of having been dead for 2 years, brought back to life through Cerberus technology, the time they spend working with them to hunt down the Collectors, Shepard destroying a batarian system (Arrival), the time they spent in detention between ME2 and ME3 after having been stripped of their rank, etc.  Well, I’m guessing the Systems Alliance never thought to offer them a promotion, either.

At the beginning of ME3, the Normandy SR-2 has been recovered by the Alliance, and is intended to be used by Admiral Anderson (who would have become the SR-2′s Commanding Officer).

With Earth and the Alliance Headquarters under Reapers attack, Admiral Anderson chooses to reinstate Commander Shepard’s rank as a Lieutenant Commander within the Systems Alliance instead, and puts them in charge of his ship (thus, stepping down, once more, as the Normandy’s C.O. in favor of Commander Shepard).

Therefore yes, Commander Shepard is not as highly ranked an Alliance Officer as Major Kaidan Alenko is. However, they were given an assignment as the Commanding Officer of the Normandy SR-2 by Admiral Anderson.

Meaning that, after the Citadel Coup, when Commander Shepard offers Major Alenko a position among the Normandy SR-2′s crew, accepting that position means agreeing to recognize, and respect, Shepard’s authority as the ship’s C.O. as well.

Regardless of Kaidan technically becoming the highest ranking Systems Alliance Officer on board the Normandy SR-2, the position as the Normandy’s C.O. was given to Commander Shepard by Admiral Anderson.

So, if Major Alenko has a problem working under the authority of a lesser ranked officer as part of a Lieutenant Commander’s crew, then it is his responsibility to either refuse the offer and request another assignment (something that Kaidan can do in the game, actually - he can be the one to turn down Shepard’s offer), or take it up with Admiral Anderson, to try to request a change in leardership.

What I also find particularly interesting, with how those scenes play out, is that in both versions where Kaidan doesn’t join the Normandy’s crew, he shakes Shepard’s hand, but does not salute them.

Otherwise, after the handshake, when Shepard tells him “Welcome aboard, Major”, Kaidan straightens up and tells them “Aye aye, sir / ma’am” with a military salute, therefore acknowledging Shepard’s position as his new C.O.

Essentially, Major Kaidan Alenko is not bound by rank to obey Commander Shepard’s orders or accept to serve on their ship...

It is only once he CHOOSES to join the Normandy’s crew and take that offered position that there is this obligation for him to respect that Commander Shepard is the acting C.O. of the Normandy, and that they report directly to Admirals Anderson and Hackett.

As a Spectre, they report directly to the Citadel Council.

And so does Kaidan.  I’m guessing that, should he ever wish to leave the Normandy, he’s got the required authority to do so, and would simply need to ask Admiral Anderson or Admiral Hackett for a new assignment.

He may discuss his decision with Commander Shepard first, out of respect.  But I doubt that Commander Shepard could try to force him to stay and continue to work under the Command of a lesser ranked Alliance officer if he wished to leave the ship.

The only known people that could deny his request for a transfer within the Alliance would be either Anderson or Hackett.

And, as a Spectre, he could very well go “yeah, screw this!  I’m out!”

So yeah, his being willing to take orders from Commander Shepard, and join the Normandy as a member of his crew regardless of him being a higher ranked officer in the Systems Alliance, only highlight the amount of trust and respect he has in Commander Shepard’s abilities and leadership.

Knowing Kaidan, he likely values Commander Shepard as his C.O. based on the man’s actual military, leadership, combat qualifications and training, rather than rank.  Not to mention his ability to recognize their more personal, human qualities, how much they care for their crew, and Kaidan’s own willingness to help them share the burden that’s been put on their shoulders.

I think that, in order to gain Kaidan’s respect and have him gladly follow you, you need to use the power you’ve been given by whatever position or status you hold for the benefit of those serving under you, and/or those under your responsibility, rather than try to dominate and overpower others with it.

Kaidan won’t hesitate to call Udina “a bastard” for what he perceives as him “selling them out”, express dissent when a superior officer is out of line, question the motives of those in charge, and often flirt with insubordination.

He’s one of the most NEUTRAL good characters of the series - letting his integrity dictate his actions first and foremost, rather than being strictly and rigidly bound by ranks, rules, or protocols.

His main source of worry, when it comes to Shepard potentially cutting corners, appears to be the price that THEY may have to pay in the aftermath.

He seems more concerned about the Council or the Alliance openly using Shepard as a scapegoat if things go south, and/or disavowing their actions and leaving them without support, rather than over Shepard themselves breaking the law in such a way that they would make innocent people suffer.

I've always seen him as trying to make Shepard understand that they won't let them go down alone with the ship, figuratively (and perhaps event literally speaking... He sure tried in ME2 until Shepard reminded him that the rest of the crew were also in need of his assistance and counting on them to keep them safe) and share the responsibility of the decisions Shepard makes as long as he also supports them.

And yeah, Kaidan did put his own happiness first when it came to breaking the rules of fraternization.

He even says that the galaxy will just keep going and the only thing that will never happen again is them. And that they are what's most important in that moment.

If it wasn't for how very lucidly attached to the Alliance he is (he sees the flaws, but still considers that the Alliance does more good than harm overall, and is proud of being an Alliance soldier / officer), I'd almost have been tempted to put him into chaotic good territory.

He's dedicated to "doing what's right" (the principle of goodness itself) and acting with integrity, but not so much to "honoring human / citadel laws" or even moral codes per say.

His moral code is very much about remaining true to your own ideals and who you are in a way that promotes the greater good, and allows you to be at peace with your actions. And he's seen constantly questioning his perspective of good and wrong in the world, and adapting what acting with integrity truly means to him (for example, when he was trying to come to terms with the fact that Cerberus scientists could also be good people).

So, I very much consider him someone that is more Neutral (chaotic leaning) good, than Neutral (lawful leaning) good.

Rules and institutions need to make sense and serve a useful purpose to him, and avoid getting in the way of him doing what he believes to be right according to his own personal moral compass that no one dictates him but himself. Otherwise, screw the rules!

It may also be good to remember that Spectres have absolutely no command structure.  To prove themselves to the Council, they have to demonstrate both exceptional abilities and self-reliance.  If they thought that Major Kaidan Alenko would be the type to defer to Commander Shepard’s judgment based on seniority and rank alone, I’m guessing the Council never would have agreed to grant him Spectre status in the first place.

Yeah, Councillor Udina was the one that submitted his candidature, but he couldn’t have actually granted him Spectre status without the Asari, Turian, and Salarian Councillors’ approval.

Meaning that they all saw something in his service history that made them go “Yeah, this is a guy that can totally go rogue, disrespect orders, and do whatever must be done for the sake of the greater good of the galactic community if need be.”

People that see him as some sort of “whiny, Alliance lapdog” seem to forget that  we are talking about a 17-year-old kid that continuously got in trouble with Vyrnnus for talking back (to the point where he started punishing the other kids to get to him), found a way to hack communications on the station to secretly contact his parents on Earth, after having been explicitly forbidden to do so, and angrily stood up to Vyrnnus after Vyrnnus crossed a line while bullying more vulnerable than himself.

Commander Vyrnnus taught Kaidan that some would-be leaders only cared about holding power over others, and were not worthy of being respected nor followed.

Major Alenko simply is not someone that can easily be intimidated into obeying orders, and/or be impressed by power or rank.  What will make him “fall in line”, is the belief that the one giving the orders is the very best suited person for the job.

So, when it all come down to it, I’m pretty convinced that he could care less about Shepard “only being a Lieutenant Commander”.

He cares about Shepard doing the right thing, and about being able to trust their leadership and intents more than anything.

And, while Kaidan Alenko may have all the required qualifications and abilities to handle his own command, too...

...this is not what makes him the happiest.

He’s a soldier.  He likes getting his hands dirty.  He likes being right in the center of the action, and making a tangible difference.

My own partner, whose personality often reminds me of Kaidan (or, actually, Kaidan’s personality often reminds me of him!), has been offered countless of times the job of a team supervisor or coordinator in his work as a computer programmer (systems architect).

Sure, it would come with a salary increase and some advantages...

And sure, he’s a rather assertive guy, with a talent for seeing the greater picture, quickly noticing people’s own individual strengths and resources in a team, finding ways to take full advantage of said strengths and resources while organizing the work to complement every skill-sets they have, and thinking about creative solutions to a problem that others might be missing...

But what he loves most about his work is the coding itself.

He’ll gladly offer his input (actually, nothing you do or say will stop him from voicing his opinions, suggestions, and solutions to an issue...  especially if he thinks you’re being inefficient in the way you’re approaching it, and/or overlooking some variables), but the thought of actually being in charge of the whole working team all the frakking time, and having to manage complaints, conflicts, etc. - when his time would better be used in front of the computer, figuring out why something isn’t working properly - is enough to drive him insane.

He has everything it takes to be a good, efficient, more than qualified supervisor and coordinator...

...except the interest and motivation.

The things that make him happiest at the work he does, lie within the programming itself.

Similarly, I very much perceive Kaidan Alenko as being someone that has every required qualifications, skills, and abilities to be in Command of his own ship or his own squad...

...but typically prefers being a soldier, getting out there in the field and doing his work without having to handle what everyone else has to be doing on top of it.

He made an exception for Admiral Anderson by indulging him, and eventually agreeing to assume Command of the 1st Special Operations Biotic Company.  And, from the way he speaks about his students, it seems that the nature of his job, and his ability to connect with what they are going through and nurture their potential as soldiers, fellow “freaks”, and human beings, ended up making that command worthwhile and an overall positive and stimulating experience for him.

This is one of the many reasons why I lament the lack of interaction between Kaidan and Jack.  They are both powerful biotics that were abused in the hopes of getting results and making their powers stronger.  They both share a deep seated hatred of Cerberus.  And they both ended up becoming teachers and mentors to younger generations of human biotics.

Beyond the potential for humor and entertainment, I think it would have been interesting to see how they might have related to each other, talked about their students, shared a few tips, etc.

But otherwise, Kaidan seems to be happiest while doing his own thing (ex: being sent to investigate certain situations for the Alliance / Council), or serving on a ship while using his skills to offer his support to his Commander, rather than being the one in charge of everybody else.

Given how he tends to be more task than ego oriented, I therefore really don’t think that he has any issues following the leadership of a Lieutenant Commander regardless of his own rank.

As long as he can trust Shepard to be a good leader and get things done, he’ll gladly let them assume command.

But during the attack on the Citadel, Commander Shepard is not Major Alenko’s C.O., as Admiral Anderson never officially assigned him to the Normandy, and after they left Earth in a hurry and headed for Mars to retrieve data, he ended up in the hospital.

If we want to argue that Major Kaidan Alenko was showing any kind of disrespect towards Commander Shepard by refusing to stand down in front of a superior officer during the Citadel coup (an argument that’s occasionally been brought up by those that highly disapprove of the confrontation)...

Well, I hate to break this to you, but per Systems Alliance military protocol, Shepard should have been the one to salute Kaidan, not the other way around.

But it simply doesn’t matter either way.

Because that confrontation was not an “Alliance Lieutenant Commander vs Alliance Major” issue.

This was very much “Spectre vs Spectre” issue.

You simply had two highly trained, experienced, and dangerous Spectre operatives that were interacting on absolutely equal footing, outside of the Alliance’s chain of command.

And they both had the exact same objective: Protect the council from Cerberus.

In the end, it all boils down to trust.  And to whether or not Commander Shepard has the required empathy to understand that Kaidan Alenko has every right to be human, to have doubts, to question people’s motives - regardless of how much he loves them - and to be scared to make mistakes based on his personal feelings towards them.

Kaidan (and Ashley) have the most realistic, healthy, and human reactions that one could possibly have to someone being brought back from the dead by a terrorist organization.

On Mars, he wasn’t trying to attack or hurt Shepard.

What he clearly told them was “I’m confused, I’m scared, I do want to trust you, but I don’t know how.  I’ve seen some of the abject horrors of what Cerberus is capable of doing, and the thought that they might have been using you, or are still planning to use you, against the rest of the Galaxy terrifies me.  I need to know it’s really you - that you haven’t been cloned, brainwashed, or they didn’t plant a chip in your head or something -  and I’m at a loss at where to even start.”

(I’m thinking that should they have discovered that Shepard had been altered in some way and/or was being manipulated by Cerberus, but was still in there somewhere, then Kaidan would have wanted to do anything he could to help free them from Cerberus’ grasp, too.)

And he has every right to feel that way, to be afraid, to be concerned, and to express it.

Actually no one owes any of their friends their “blind trust”.

If someone I strongly care about is doing something stupid or I disagree with, I fully reserve the right to oppose their actions and let them know I’m not on board with it.

I can trust that they are a good person and believe in them.  But I can also occasionally distrust their judgment and whether the decisions they are making are the right ones.

So by openly verbalizing his fears and doubts, what Kaidan is actually doing is letting Shepard in.  He’s reaching out for that connection they share, not shutting them down.

He’s almost desperate to try to explain to them how he feels, so they can open the dialogue and start figuring these things out together, rather than remaining alone in their little corner while allowing those fears and doubts to fester and take root.

If Shepard is able to understand that.  If they can reach back towards Kaidan, show interest in getting to know each other again, rebuild trust, and work through those issues, then as I’ve already demonstrated a little while ago, getting Kaidan to stand down is so ridiculously easy it’s almost laughable.

If they do cut themselves off from Kaidan following Mars, and never reach back towards him, then they are allowing all those doubts and fears to keep on growing...  thus leading to tragedy during the coup.

But yeah, anyone reasonably expecting Kaidan to just step aside the moment those doors opened (when he was fully expecting to see Cerberus operatives come out of the elevator shaft) - especially based on supposed “higher ranked offircer superiority” - is having utterly unrealistic expectations regarding Major Alenko’s personality and behavior.

Either they were too quick to dismiss him as whiny and boring, and thus kept him out out of every mission, skipped conversations, and/or quickly rushed through them without really listening and seeking to understand the character...

They are unable to perceive videogame characters as well-rounded people, but are rather exclusively seeking to immerse themselves in some fantasy world where every single person they encounter either automatically adores them or fears their superior power and influence; and those characters are something that should solely exist for their own entertainment (unlike reality, where they can more easily recognize that each of their friends have personal aspirations, opinions, thoughts, careers and dreams that exist entirely outside of themselves; and they never would realistically expect one of said friends to “drop everything” they are doing on the fly in order to blindly follow them into a private jet that’s being borrowed from a well-known right-wing terrorists organization instead).

Or, they literally have a God complex.

----------

Systems Alliance: Military Ranks (Mass Effect)

The Alliance uses a modified version of the ranking system that has been used for hundreds of years. Soldiers are classified into rank-and-file enlisted personal, experienced non-commissioned officers (NCOs), and specially trained officers.

The divide between naval personnel and ground forces (“marines”) is small. Ground units are a specialized branch of the fleet, just as fighter squadrons are. This unity of command is imposed by the futility of fighting without control of orbit; without the navy, any army is pointless. The marines, as a matter of pride, maintain some of their traditional rank titles; for example, marines have Privates and Corporals instead of Servicemen.

In ascending order of responsibility, the ranks of the Alliance are:

ENLISTED

Serviceman 3rd Class/Private 2nd Class

Serviceman 2nd Class/Private 1st Class

Serviceman 1st Class/Corporal

NCOs

Service Chief

Gunnery Chief [ex: Gunnery Chief Williams (ME1)]

Operations Chief [ex: Operations Chief Williams (ME2)]

OFFICERS

2nd Lieutenant

1st Lieutenant

Staff Lieutenant [ex: Lieutenant Alenko (ME1)]

Lieutenant Commander [ex: Commander Shepard (ME1, ME2, ME3),  Commander Williams (ME3)]

Staff Commander [ex: Commander Alenko (ME2)]

Captain/Major [ex: Major Alenko (ME3); Captain Anderson (ME1)]

Rear Admiral/General [ex: Admiral Hackett (ME1)]

Admiral [ex: Admiral Hacket (ME2), Admiral Anderson (ME3)]

Fleet Admiral [ex: Admiral Hackett (ME3)]

[bokuroskitten]

𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔪𝔬𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫

〈Kuroo never seem to get the promotion, unless he has the help of his good luck charm(s)

❉Genre: NSFW 18+ (minors dni) ❉warning(s): tw: blood, Poly relationships (Bokuroo x Reader), DDLG dynamics (Papa and Daddy titles used), fingering (female receiving), oral (male receiving), slight exhibitionism.  ❉Character(s): Timeskip! Bokuto Koutarou x Kuroo Tetsurō x Fem!Reader

❉

Fucking hell.” Bokuto murmured to himself from the back seat of the sleek sports car he sat in. The white button up he had decided to wear to the job today was sprinkled with droplets of blood. It had been a messier shift than usual, and now his shirt had paid the price.

His thumb brushed over his collar bone, grumbling out an annoyed “fuck” when blood was smeared along the pad of his finger. Akaashi looked to Bokuto through the review mirror, before he turned into the private driveway with ease. “You’re usually never this messy, Bokuto-San.” “Yea well, that guy was an asshole.” The grey haired male barked out, knowing very well it wasn’t Akaashi’s fault but sometimes unable to hold back his frustrations. He hated coming home like this, despite Kuroo working along side him most of the time. He just didn’t like when YOU had to see it, the violence or the dark stuff that came with the jobs him and Kuroo had to do. Even though you were all aware and stayed with them regardless, he still didn’t like bringing it home. “Thanks for the ride Akaashi. See you tomorrow.” Bokuto spoke as he quickly opened the door. Akaashi nodded to his leader, rolling down the window to speak. “Did you need me to call someone to come pick up that suit? They’ll get all the blood out.” Bokuto waved a yes, knowing Akaashi knew him well enough for his answer without having to actually say it. The male sighed as he easily clicked open the front door. He expected to be welcomed home by at least one of his partners, but it only made his brows furrow with more irritation to be met with silence. “Hello?” He called to the open hallway, finally hearing the muffled voice of Kuroo. “One moment please— Bo, in the office love.” Bokuto was rolling up the sleeves of his dirtied shirt as he headed for the office. “Are you on the phone or something Ro? Where’s Birdy? I thought she’d be home. Today was such a shit sh—“ He paused when he finally walked into the office, his eyes meeting those of Kuroo’s which were currently lit up with devilish mischief. He was indeed on the phone, having it pressed up against his ear with shoulders as his palms...

One was pinning your arms against your back, while the other was buried between your trembling thighs. You were stuck over Kuroo’s lap, ass up and bruised and body naked. You looked to Bokuto and whimpered softly into the tie that had been stuffed between your lips, the one he assumed belonged to Kuroo. “Ah~ this is why y’all couldn’t respond.” Bokuto murmured, lowering his voice as Kuroo continued on with his business call, fingers still causing a mess between your legs. Bokuto had to chuckle, approaching slowly as to not make a sound. He took hold of your chin, slowly rose your face so you could look him in the eye. They were wide and filled with tears, another whimper muffled through fabric making Bokuto’s grin grow even bigger. He bent at the knees, thumb quick to scoop up the tear that slipped from your eye. “You look so pretty like this Birdy...~” Bokuto spoke in a whisper, his eyes darting up to Kuroo only to see that his voice didn’t disturb the call. “Daddy’s really been giving it you huh?” You nodded desperately, wanting to reach for him but only having Kuroo’s large palm grip your wrists tighter, his fingers only leaving your core to give your rear a quick swat before going back to work. Your eyes widened as your body jolted, facing lulling into Bokuto’s warm and inviting palm. Bokuto chuckled again, this time slowly pulling the tie from between your swollen lips. You gasped softly when it was removed, chest heaving as you caught your breath, whined softly at Bokuto. “P-Papa~” you pleaded, only to be shushed by Bokuto who ran his thumb over your bottom lip, knowing you’d happily suck it between your petals. “Only a little longer Buba, you’re Daddy’s good luck charm remember?” Bokuto encouraged, pressing kisses along your dampened face. It was more that Kuroo just loved teasing you while he was on business, the threat of someone hearing your pretty cries turning both you and him on. But things did seem to work in his favour whenever he had you begging and whimpering for him while on a business call. So it became a regular thing. Kuroo let out a hearty laugh into the phone, his eyes peering down at Bokuto and sending a wink his way, all the while two of his fingers pressed into your sweet spot. You bit down gently on Bokuto’s thumb, an attempt to stay quiet as possible and failing as you curled your toes in sweet delight. Bokuto’s hissed softly, biting his own lip as his own excitement seems to build within his pants. Considering his suit was already a mess from earlier, he thought a little more fun wouldn’t hurt. “Let’s keep you quiet hm Birdy? Want papa to help you?” You nodded, struggling to find proper words as Kuroo massaged that spot within your spongy walls, edging you on closer and closer to a high. Bokuto pulled his thumb from your lips with a pop and was back to standing. He eased his belt off, unzipping his slacks to easily pull his cock free of its confines. It was semi hard as he held it towards your face, watching the ways your eyes glazed with desire and your mouth lulled open submissively. “That’s it pretty girl.” He praised, easing his length between your lips. You kept your eyes glued on him as he pushed all the way into your shallowed cheeks, gagging ever so softly as his tip brushed against the back of your throat. Bokuto groaned softly, rolling his hips at a low pace so he wouldn’t make too much noise. He ran his fingers through your hair, grabbing a handful at the nape of your neck that had your eyes watering. He looked to Kuroo again to see he was blushing a bit , eyes clouded with desire as he watched Bokuto thrust into your pretty mouth. “Sounds good, what day do you think we can have this all planned?” Kuroo spoke into the phone, the pace of his fingers suddenly picking up within your clamping walls. It had you gagging around Bokuto, fists curling up tight as you sat on the very edge of pleasure. Bokuto had to lick his lips, picking up his pace just a little bit as your little moans of delight sent vibrations all the way up his spine. “Good girl, let’s both cum for daddy and give him double the luck? Can you do that for me Birdy~?” You nodded as best you could, nosing into his pelvic bone as he stuffed your mouth with his cock. Kuroo was smirking from ear to ear at that remark, and yet his voice stayed so professional over the phone. Bokuto’s grip on your hair tightened as he picked up his pace, the lewd sounds of him thrusting into your mouth almost making him moan out loud. You had such a perfect mouth, and you took him so well as he fucked into your hallowed cheeks. You could feel the way he pulsed against your tongue, drools dribbling down your chin as you let out the softest whimpers around his shaft. When your core clumped down on Kuroo’s fingers he had to take a deep breathe, his smirk grown to it usual cat like grin as his employer gave his usual bullshit ending speech. Kuroo took that has his que to press harshly against your sweet spot. Your eyes widened, body jolting as you gagged on Bokuto’s cock and finally gushed over Kuroo’s fingers. His fingers kept up that pace so you could ride out the high, the feeling of you squirming and whimpering in his lap only making it all that much more satisfying. All the while Bokuto bit back a moan, finishing quicker than usual as he watched you crumble so easily under Kuroo’s touch. He saw the way your cheeks bulged, tears finally spilling as he shot his warm load down your throat. “Thank you so much Sir for your time, I look forward to working with you.” Kuroo spoke, before he hung up the phone. As soon as the conversation was done let out a hearty laugh, his fingers finally slowly down between your throbbing walls. “I got the promotion!! It was going south so it’s a good thing Bokuto came home when he did.” “Congrats babe...” Bokuto huffed out, his cheeks still a bit red as he slowly pulled out of your mouth. He groaned softly when he pulled out with a pop, watching your naked form slump into Kuroo’s lap. Kuroo hummed, finally letting go of your pinned arms so he could massage them out instead. “C-congratulations Daddy...~” Your voice was raspy as you spoke, which made both of the boys chuckle softly. “I couldn’t have done it without you and this perfect pussy kitten~” Kuroo teased, allowing you to nuzzle yourself in his lap to calm down after the high of your orgasm. Kuroo looked up to Bokuto then, brows furrowed when he finally noticed the blood that stained Bokuto’s shirt. “Oh? A messy day huh? Why don’t we all shower together then?” “Movie night?” You questioned softly, finally rubbing away the drool that tried to dry on your chin. Kuroo held you tighter then, pressing a kiss to your hairline. Bokuto happily agreed, stripping down right there in the office. “Oh fuck yea. We’re cuddling all night long.”

[violettelueur]

— JUJUTSU KAISEN EPISODE SEVENTEEN || KYOTO SISTER SCHOOL EXCHANGE EVENT - GROUP BATTLE 3

↳ featuring : basically everyone at this point from jujutsu kaisen

↳ warnings : mention of killing + mention of explosion + EXTREME grammar issues

↳ form : story

↳ published : 02 april

↳ pronouns : she/her

↳ word count : 2.5k

↳ synopsis : within the jujutsu world, there were three famous clans to be aware of, the Kamo clan, Zenin clan and the Gojo clan. However, unknown to many sorcerers there was one last family that was known to be apart of the three, only for them to disappear after the golden era leading some to speculate that they had died in battle after the sealing of ryomen sukuna, but....

↳ previous episode : kyoto sister school exchange event - group battle 2

↳ next episode : sage

↳ barista’s notes : hehe you guys really don’t trust me anymore ʕ ꆤ ᴥ ꆤʔ...but here is the real episode everyone ╲ʕ·ᴥ·　╲ʔ i hope you enjoy it with all your hearts and don’t worry about anymore pranks, i am not that type of person unless it’s april 01 ʕ – ᴥ – ʔ

BEFORE READING, I NEED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THIS:

1. the whole story belongs to Gege Akutami and the credits go to them and them only.

2. the spell curses used belong to Tite Kubo due to them being the ‘Kidos’ being used on the manga and anime ‘Bleach’ - but none is mentioned in this chapter.

2.5. for the ‘cursed spells’/kidos (bleach) i will link this video here and tell you the time stamp to check out what i am intending to show - remember i add a few twist here and there by adding the katana to link with Y/N’s cursed technique : hopefully this video is slightly better...

no cursed spells used this episode..

crescent moon shape cursed energy swing : here

3. if you are confused on anything, please don’t hesitate to message me since i know this whole thing is so confusing.

“You want to become the head of the Zenin clan?!” you questioned in a surprised tone before turning your head to the side to face the weapon specialist sorcerer, only for your upperclassmen to continue to take a swing from the water bottle that you had brought her.

“It’s to spite them. What? Don’t you believe in me?” Maki responded to you once she twisted the lid of the water bottle closed before turning to look at you with a small smile.

“No, it’s not that...it’s just the process is just a whole drag, you know the paperwork, the connections with the other clans as well as your own family, it’s draining,” you commented before slowly laying down on your back leading your head to land on your track top that you had placed as a pillow.

“I’m surprised that you didn’t mention anything about the criticism,” Maki mentioned, leading you to stare up to the sky for a second before shifting your eyes to her direction, only to peer at a face that didn’t show any hesitation nor worries but rather confidence.

“I don’t care about criticism at all, it’s just a whole drag ass of a process, especially when you have to deal with two other male clan leaders,” you muttered under your breath since you didn’t want to mess up by saying three since you were technically the head of the L/N clan unofficially.

“I guess so, but I can’t wait to see the look on my family’s face when I become a hotshot sorcerer though,” Maki mentioned as she took her glasses off to give you another smile causing you to fully turn your head to the side to gain a proper clear view of your upperclassmen before giving her a soft smile back.

“If it’s you, then I wouldn’t mind at all Maki-san,” you declared causing the sorcerer to giggle lightly at your comment leading you to follow on since the laughter of Maki became really contagious for some odd reason.

‘If it’s you, then I wouldn’t have to hide anymore…’

“By the way, where is that idiot taking you this week?” Maki suddenly questioned, causing you to look at her with a slightly perplexed expression on your face before you came to the sudden realisation that she was talking about the strongest sorcerer that became your adoptive father.

“He’s taking me somewhere this week?” you asked confusingly as you quickly sat straight up only to find the mentioned man wearing a pair of black tinted glasses with the classic outfit of a simple white button-up shirt with black suit-like pants waving at you.

“Looks like he is, have fun on your daddy-daughter date,” Maki teased before standing up to continue training with the other second years as well as your classmates that gave their teacher a glare since they wanted to train with you a little longer.

                                            ꕥ

“Why does Maki-san have to suffer because of that stupid clan?” Nobara shouted loudly causing you to jump slightly because you didn’t expect her to be yelling in the middle of Starbuck with her chocolate Frappuccino in hand before you started to look around to make sure no one was looking in your direction since people weren’t supposed to know about the existent of sorcerer as of right now.

“What’s wrong?” you asked in a concerned tone since you didn’t really want to cause a scene right now as you moved your vanilla cream Frappuccino straw away from your lips. 

“I don’t get why the Zenin clan are halting Maki-san’s promotion, it’s stupid!” Kugisaki declared as she waved her arms around to exaggerate her statement nearly making you giggle at the sight since she looked like a sea creature right now.

“Well, it is quite common for families to do that when one of their members do not have cursed energy within them, they don’t even take the Heavenly Restriction into consideration,” you answered before taking another sip of your sugary drink.

“But why, isn’t superhuman physical prowess a good thing?” Kugisaki asked, before beginning to scroll through her phone to look up other places that you and she needed to visit before you both left to go back to Jujutsu Tech.

“Well, once they reject someone, they won’t take someone back, it saves them from the embarrassment of taking someone back,” you answered before looking to the side where there was a window, showcasing the roaming crowd in the city of Shibuya as some students were roaming around with books in their hand to head off to the library and some office workers, who were rushing back to their workplace from their lunch break.

“To be honest, it’s quite pathetic, it’s better to have someone that has superhuman strength and speed than a pure jujutsu sorcerer sometimes,” you commented, causing your classmate to look at you with confusion on her face.

“Why do you think that?” Kugisaki questioned as she was becoming intrigued by what was going on in your mind right now.

“Sometimes they survive things that other sorcerers can’t, it’s like a cheat code from certain death,” you answered as you turned to look at your friend before taking another sip of the vanilla drink that was right in front of you. “Besides, the Zenin clan are just full of weak men that are scared that they have to bow down to a woman, it would be funny to see them shocked,” you stated with a smile on your face leading Kugisaki to look at you with a surprised expression before seeing the slight hint of amusement in your eyes once that statement left your mouth to which caused a small smirk to appear on her face as well.

“There’s a reason why the queen is the most important chess piece on the board,” you comment before taking another sip of your vanilla Frappuccino letting the sweet flavour fall onto the tip of your tongue as if you could already taste your victory if you ever went against the Zenin clan in your lifetime.

                                        ꕥ

“Do you get it?” 

Snapping out of her thoughts, Kugisaki quickly looked up to discover her opponent in an extremely irritated expression, who was currently in the air as she was sitting upon her broom that just minutes ago slammed across the face.

“They don’t demand strength from female jujutsu sorcerers, they demand perfection! And on top of that, Mai-chan is also fighting against even more outrageous demands,” Nishimiya declared as she stared down at Kugisaki while trying to explain the disadvantages of being a female within the sorcery world that they were both currently in while trying to make Kugisaki conscious about the situation of her lower classmen and somewhat make her feel some sympathy towards her.

“I get that you’re a pain in the ass!” Kugisaki declared as she used her cursed energy to raise up three nails before swinging towards them Nishmiya leading her to dodge with her broom effortlessly before using a huge gush of wind towards the first-year, only to her surprise that Kugisaki was still standing with a smirk on her face, just like the one she showed you back when you both went on that Starbucks date.

“I’m used to getting knocked around and that attack isn’t even enough to compare to what I’ve been through,” Kugisaki mentioned while lifting her bangs away from her face as she began to recall the amount of time you had made her lose her footing as well as violently hitting her to the point where Panda had to save her a few times before she could even hit the tree she was going to crash into during the two months of training that everyone had.

“All done with your lecture?!” Kugisaki rhetorically asked as she raised up more of her nails before violently smashing them with her hammer towards Nishimiya again leading the sorcerer to dodge them once again while continuing on with her speech.

“Perfection is easy compared to what’s demanded of Mai-chan! She’s from the Zenin-can, one of the three major clans of elite jujutsu sorcerers. Perfection is expected as a matter of course there,” Nishimiya commented as she continued to ride her broom before stabilising herself once the attack had finished. 

“‘Inherit the Zenin clan’s hereditary technique.’ Anywho don’t meet that demand, start their sorcerer lives as failures. Among those, women aren’t even allowed to stand at the starting line. Without the Zenin clan lineage, they’re not considered jujutsu sorcerers and if they’re not jujutsu sorcerers, they’re not considered people,” Nishimiya yelled out as if it was her own story that she was reciting to Kugisaki, leading to the first-year to somewhat zone out as she began to remember something that you had mentioned to her one time.

‘Gender should not matter at the end of the day, if you can beat or exorcise them...why should you care what gender they are? You won the chess game, right?’

“She’s lived her entire life with such scorn in a family without a shred of affection. Can you imagine how much Mai-chan and others suffered just to obtain what we enjoy as a matter of course? Why don’t you try thinking over with that brain of yours that confuses curses for friends?” the blonde-haired sorcerer questioned, before swiftly dodging a nail that was thrown at her suddenly.

“Shut up. Do you think misfortune is a free pass to do anything? What, then? You’re satisfied with those who are blessed getting trash-talked behind their back? That’s how Saori-chan…,” Kugisaki questioned in a low and threatening tone as she began to reminisce about her childhood friend that was run out of her countryside town just because she was from the city.

“I can’t stand her, regardless of her upbringing and I love Maki-san, who endured the same upbringing. Have you all even bothered to think about what kind of person the idiot you’re trying to curse is?” Kugisaki asked once again, only to get a silent and annoyed expression as her answer. “What makes us obligated to meet such perfection or such absurd demands? Gojo...she doesn’t even strive for perfection as a special-grade sorcerer. Is your entire life just a job?!” the first-year yelled out before lifting her hand as she angrily activated her curse technique leading to multitudes of large explosions of cursed energy to surround the entire forest, forcing Nishimiya to fly around the area in a panic towards getting hit by any of the blasts.

Suddenly, as Nishimiya tried to, once again, stabilise herself on her broom, another nail was thrown causing it to land on a tree trunk only for a sudden foot to make its way on top of it as a stepping platform leading Kugisaki to jump up with full strength to reach up towards her opponent. However, it only led her to grab a few bristles of the flying divide.

“You might have brought me down, but you still won’t reach me!” Nishimiya declared as she released another gust of wind to push Kugisaki back down to the ground only for your classmate to land roughly on her feet as she took out one of her straw dolls from her school jacket.

“No, I reached you. This is plenty,” Kugisaki mentioned as she stuck one of the straw bristles on the doll as she continued with “I don’t give a damn about ‘men’ this and ‘women’ that! You can keep that shit to yourselves! I love myself when I’m pretty and all dressed up! And I love myself when I’m being strong!”

“I am... Kugisaki Nobara!” Kugisaki proudly declared before slamming her hammer down on her doll letting her cursed energy flow into her equipment, suddenly causing Nishimiya’s broom to malfunction as she began to drop.

‘If I hit here with my hammer, I might kill her,’ Kugisaki thought as she remembered what you told her leading her to smirk, yet she knew she couldn’t break the rules causing her to reach behind her back to reveal a red and yellow hammer that suddenly expanded to which lead the Kyoto sorcerer to identify it as a squeaky hammer only to be violently smacked with it across her face.

“One more time!” Kugisaki yelled out. However, before the hammer could even connect to Nishimiya’s face again, a sudden small but large impact was felt on her temple causing Kugisaki’s body to be flung over to the side leading Nishimiya to look surprised before facing forward as she wondered who was the person responsible for saving her.

                                          ꕥ

“Hello? Momo?” Mai greeted as she placed her phone on her ear trying to communicate with her teammate. “Don’t worry, it was a rubber bullet,” she then reassured Nishimiya as she knew that the third-year already sympathised her and now she was worried that she might have killed someone during the Exchange Event.

“Most importantly, that light was Ultimate Cannon, right? But I can’t get in touch with Mechamaru. If he was cornered enough to use such a powerful technique, and now this, he most likely lost,” Mai informed her schoolmate as she was trying to relay information that she could assume since it was important to know the status of the Kyoto team right now.

“Panda will likely be returning, you should leave that spot and support everyone from the air. We’re all in trouble without you,” the Zenin member mentioned leading to the other person on the line to agree before she slowly uttered her name.

“It’s all right, Momo, I know,” Mai mentioned in a soft tone, trying to convey to her friend that it was alright before hanging up once Nishimiya got the message.

“What? Not going to call your friends?” someone yelled out as they stood on a branch, directly opposite to Mai at this current moment in time. “I don’t mind going two-on-one,” the second-year confidently stated with a smile on her face.

“There are many ways to enjoy this, right?” Mai asked before processing to stand up on her feet. “I could have everyone beat you together, but I’d like to enjoy you...by myself,” Mai declared as she raised her gun with a vexed expression displayed on her face as she faced her twin sister.

“Call me ‘Onee-chan,’ little sister,” Maki stated as she raised her katana.

However, before they could even start a fight another deafening explosion was heard causing them to turn in the direction to where it was heard, only to see a similar crescent-shaped wave of cursed energy flung into the air leading Mai to took at the scene with widening eyes as she slowly came to the realisation who was the cause of it.

“I think you should call Kamo and tell him to stop fighting with Gojo...it might lead him going to the hospital,” Maki mentioned before pushing herself forward to attack her sister.

‘If it’s you, then I wouldn’t mind at all Maki-san’

© violettelueur 2021 : written and published by violettelueur - do not steal or repost