#poor blorbo looks shocked

[protect-daniel-james]

Unai still has toxic codependency with Arsenal, he just can't overtake them in the table!

[majorproblems77]

Another day another LU analysis with me!

Dawn 9 is here and with it the end of the next arc of the LU comic is done!

This update did a lot and is also a full 10 pages long! So there's a bunch to unpack!

As always linked universe belongs to @linkeduniverse and Jojo, I own none of the pictures I'm using and please give the original post some love. It's very well done and I love this comic so much.

You can find the comic here!

Oh, and obviously spoilers for the most recent LU update if you've not looked at it!

Now, checklist. Popcorn, water and time to read half an hour worth of rambling.

Without further ado!

The letters!

So, Twilight, four and Time all appeared to get letters, with Time getting multiple (More on that later)

Twilights reaction to the super sale was my reaction while playing TP (I recently finished it for the first time! :D) when they opend the store in castle town. Every time i couldnt get there to get potions i was low key gutted.

And Four. Four's grandpa is a mood and i hope we get to meet him.

HE

blorbo blorbo blorbo

The master of standing 🧍

Beloved blorbo i love him

Okay im done

(Im not done)

Poor Sky He's so sad about it D:

But... I, as a part of the The team is heading to Skyloft next, team. Believe that Sun has done this on purpose. (Or that the Skyloftians dont have the mail system for him to retrieve anything) but i like to think its the first one.

Hmmm.... Time got multiple letters. (That takes care of the letter discrepancy)

Twi asking about the ranch, Time looking to one of the letters. This tells me one of two things.

The letter he's looking to could be from Malon, and he's genuenly not concerned.

or The letter he's looking at isnt from malon. Infact, by the way he's looking at it i think its from his Zelda. Possibly a report about black bloods in his time period. (As last time we see them in Time's era. They dont actually fight anything)

Twilight being cheeky and Time's dad face are giving me life.

But... as we know, Time is Twilights direct decendant only by a few generations at most. With the infomation we have from Twilight princess with Shade. And from jojo with Time and Twilight. I'm seeing this conversation as more of a father and son conversation over brothers.

And the rest of this conversation follows this same pattern. Twilight is very much being scolded. He's biting back with what he see's as Time's own words. (not that time know's as such)

Twilight looks genuenly shocked to hear this.

From the hero's shade (Time) in twilight princess.

"You may be destined to become the hero of legend...but your current power would disgrace the proud green of the hero's tunic you wear. "

I am screaming

And now im screaming more. Twilight nooooooooooooo

The we care about Twilight's well being gang. Spoiling us with the full body shots againnnnnnn.

Give me more of these three i love them all together.

And I'm convinced that theres going to be something bad happens to time directly after the end of the LU timeline.

Time is missing an eye. So we know that Shade and Time are closer together than the hero of time (In game). SO.... If time dosent Die on the adventure with the chain. I'm almost convinced he does almost right after he returns back to his time.

The armour is almost identical. He has most of the scaring which lines up....

If the helmet turns up, then i think Time dies during this adventure. It's the only thing i can see as missing.

Twilight.... Now i think Twilight thinks that the gods are giving him an opportunity to save the hero of time from dying to become the heros shade. but thats the funky thing about timetravel.

(Depending on how Jojo and LU time travels works.)

I believe that the timetravel in LU solidifies the adventures of the other links. And that nothign that occours in this adventure impacts their adventures. Even if something was changed it wouldnt change the past.

IE - Twilight breaking his shadow crystal wouldnt mean that wild didnt remember having the wolf on his adventure - as its already happened.

(I hope that makes sense. - time travel is confusing i see it as an alternative timeline type thing)

Moving on!

Wild is best brother 101

Also twilight getting flustered about a girl oh bless this man i low key love him okay

Her!

Also

Smiley man

Epona is a wonderful girl and i love her so much okay

Also Warriors!

HE LOOKS SO HAPPY AGAIN

Man got his emotional support scarf and is no longer stressed (Atleast not visably)

HE!

BELOVED AGAIN HE IS SO HAPPY I AM NORMAL ABOUT THIS MAN

okay

Please understand how much i am cackling at the shenanigans of these three.

Wind rolling around because it is clearly faster mode of travel

Go zoomies wind go zoomies!

Wind rolled down the stairs you cant convince me otherwise. Look at his little superhero pose as hes moving around the corner.

Older brother alert, dont ruin the kids fun warriors they are just getting excited about being on the road again.

Also Warriors, This is normal link behaviour. Just ask Time. He would eailsy tell you that he rolled around hyrule field.

I LOVE HIS LITTLE FACE OKAY

MY BELOVED BLORBO 🧍

(if i run out of pictures i swear to hylia)

There's so much brotherly energy in these panels i love them all so much okay.

Also Sky offering to Pay Time back for the Inn Fee this is why i love the wonderful blorbo okay

Guys im sorry, he's their dad. You cant change my mind.

Thats a dad walk, with a dad sentence.

'Okay guys i need to make sure you are not gonna get killed please have swords.'

The blacksmithing gang getting the love they deserve.

Sky leading the charge! (I know its cause he knows the way and stuff But...)

It also makes a lot of sense. If Sky is the slowest of the group(Again not confirmed but we have had jokes about his stamina), it makes sense to put him at the front to maintain pace of the group. Stops people going too fast and prevents people from being left behind.

Which i might add has already happened. (Warriors and Hyrule im looking at you.)

We just need to read the boss partterns for a bit so we can then decide how to fight it. You know, like we did when we were in our adventures and had to figure out boss mechanics.

Important that hyrule is saying this as his game is arguably one of the hardest. He probably spent a long time on each boss learning attack patterns.

Oh this arc was fun! So much fun i love it so much okay

Thank you so much again for hanging out with me while i write these. I love making them and i really appreciate all the support on them. (If you could share it around i'd really appreciate it :) )

Have a wonderful day! :D

[applebuttercringe]

Arcane Episode 6 Immediate Thoughts

Spoilers

-Give me the doomed Jayvik content, I'm ready. Jayce is an off the wall murderer hell bent on destroying Arcane and Viktor is the new Herald of the Arcane.

-Viktor is a full on magical girl transformation dimension. The floating and glowing, start patterns, glowing hair.

-Huh

-So Viktor is straight up God?

-This Caitlyn training scene is dope

-OOOH they're gonna go to Viktor to cure Vander. Thats a cool way to tie all these stories together. I wonder if any of them will recognize Viktor. Did Caitlyn or Jayce tell Vi about him?

-Look at Jinx's face, she does not give a fuck about Vi and Hucks stand off.

-Man the council didn't know shit, Viktor should have been in charge this whole time.

-Man Jayce is gonna show up and destroy it. 🥺

-HAHAHAHAHA VIKTOR IS SO JESUS, the long hair, the robe, the staff.

-Viktor has his original eye color in the Hexcore universe.

-cookie

-Even Jinx knows Viktor is a straight up snack.

-Fortune cookies are canon? What Americanized Chinese food restaraunt is Jinx going to? Is there a Panda Express in Zaun?

-Viktors Steel Oasis is realized

-Oh hey it's the kind of plant that he experimented on the hexcore with

-So is this real Sky and we were all wrong in thinking the Hexcore was just using her image?

-Does this take several days? How long is it taking Jayce to come to the undercity? He seemed in a hurry when we last saw him.

-I don't care if these animatic style visuals are the result of a mismanaged budget. Arcane's 2d music video style visuals are so good when you aren't being told they are just for cost saving.

-"We"

-This is nice, this is what I wanted for Thor and Loki

-Singed has a Vander tracking compass. Like the Vampire compass in Vampire Diaries.

-Does Caitlyn know the Herald is Viktor? How will she react?

-Ooh the Singed-Viktor reunion!

-Why is Viktors voice more metallic than before?

-"Evolution has a destination" I mean technically no, you're a scientist Viktor c'mon. Thats a common misconception.

-GLORIOUS EVOLUTION MENTIONED

-And he had the voice distortion when he said it, this is the desire of the Hexcore not of him?

-Is Viktor dating a ghost?

-OH DAMN, the Caitvi reunion is a violent one. Not looking good for the Caitvi stans, or the future of this ship. They're doing a Catradora.

-Caitlyn is a dictator who is offended by being called a mongoose, and by her ex-gfs new style. Be glad she didn't get bangs Caitlyn.

-"Cupcake"

-Ambessa eating an entire raw meat hunk with her hands.

-Oh damn, the betrayal.

-HOLY SHIT JAYCE, ITS HAPPENING, IM NOT READY!

-The music, is this the start of the inevitable end of a three episode arc music montage fight scene that cuts between the plot points while a pop-rock song plays?

-SPIT ON HER

-Oh no, this is the sweet conversation that happens to make everything happy so they can rip it away by killing one of the characters isn't it? Is Isha gonna die soon?

-OH, the Caitvi reveal! Caitlyn did a good! Nice. All it took was to be in her ex-gfs presence one more time and she completely flipped. Poor Maddie.

-The blind fold is kinda kinky tbh

-is Caitlyn gonna see Jayce? Will they talk? Has Caitlyn seen Viktor?

-Now Jayce has a leg brace, my how the turn tables. I little ableist maybe that a leg brace is used to show who is powerless in the dynamic but still.

-I wish we knew more about what Jayce went through, or how long the time skip is, to have context. C'mon writers what was it?

-Once again Jayce is about to nuke a child with the Hex Hammer

-Is Jayce gonna come be healed?!

-The come to Jesus music when he goes to meet Viktor.

-Viktor is the Avatar, or a Jedi

-Caitlyn will be saved by Jinx! Will this cause another snap change in her alignment. Who knows!

-Its honestly shocking this is the first time someone has tried just grabbing her uber long hair in a fight.

-JAYCE NUKED VIKTOR!

-IS HE DEAD! MY BLORBO! JAYCE YOU BITCH!

-UNREAL

-Vander is crying lava?

-No Viktor Jayce is the reason your commune failed.

-Jinx crying on the floor after being struck by a loved one like when she was a child.

-Aw this is cute

-Isha better not die, don't you dare show. Don't you DARE.

-They did!

-They killed Viktor and Isha in one episode, Now Caitlyn is just chill with both Vi and Jinx, why. Awful. How dare they. First genuinely bad episode.

Final thoughts: AAAAAAAAAH! I'm actually mad. They killed Isha, they killed Viktor. Both in dumb and unnessecary ways. Jayce's motivations have not been explored in any depth or meaningful way this season which would justify the story move. I was fully ready to call this a flawed but good show till the second half of this episode. I think this arc release will genuinely divide the fandom. Beginning of the end. Oof. Sorry boys. Arcane is Fumbled.

Let me in the writers room, I just wanna talk.

[whoishotteranimepolls]

Can someone please tell me when Dracule Mihawk became an anime sex symbol? Because excuse me, that is my dorky goth dad who doesn't know how to use an air fryer. So when did he become a big titty Goth Daddy?

To start with, I don't even think he bangs. Well, he and Shanks may have had a thing when they were in their 20s. But everyone makes mistakes in their twenties, and that is part of the reason why Shanks drives him crazy. He's the biggest fuckboy to ever whore about the grand line. You're telling me Shanks doesn't have at least a dozen illegitimate kids sprinkled throughout the grand line. I'm shocked Beckman hasn't put that boy on a leash yet, at least to mitigate some of the drunken shenanigans. Poor Beck, that man needs a vacation and a raise. But back on topic, Mihawk’s too mature for that stupidity, so Shanks drives him absolutely crazy now because he hasn't grown up past his fuckboy stage. So I'm pretty sure he's like Zoro. As in, his sexuality is swords, and he falls somewhere on the ace spectrum.

But if he did bang. His lazy ass doesn't have a top/Dom bone in his body. He's a complete pillow princess. Remember, he sails the ocean while napping, and if anything dares disturb his beauty sleep. They shall face his wrath. He will wipe them out of existence and feel completely justified in doing so. And you're telling me that doesn't sound like something your lazy coworker would do if they had the option. So, I don't think he will be your daddy-dom. So I hope you have dreams of doming him. I think he'd like it. Again, I don't think he has the top / Dom bone in his entire body, a complete and utter pillow princess. So spoil that man rotten or take him down a peg or two. He does have an ego. But he's worked so hard to get to where he's at now, so that ego is deserved. It's not cocky if you can back it up

So, be respectful. That is my reluctant goth dad of two. He may not know how to use an air fryer or a TV. But he's a world-renowned expert in his very niche field of expertise. Don't judge

And what is this about his slutty sleeves? Am I missing something?

Defend Your Blurbo #19

Please remember this post is about curiosity and genuine fandom discourse. Be kind with your answers because this is not a debate essay, this is a discussion between fans.

Meet Dracule Mihawk, The World's Greatest Swordsman from One Piece. He did kinda adopt Zoro and Perona, but only after they broke into his house and refused to leave. So, a reluctant father makes sense. If you don't know who Zoro and Perona are, a GIF of them is below

To answer the question, about the slutty sleeves it comes from the live action specifically this one moment I'll find the GIF

If you look, the sleeves are not sewn on. They're laced on. One, it's extremely practical because of freedom of movement. Two, it's historically accurate, and three, it shows just a little extra bit of skin, and the people went nuts. That should also answer your question of why Mihawk is suddenly considered so hot now. The live-action did him a solid, and the actor nailed the performance.

So, One Piece Fandom, I'm already scared for my inbox just based on the content of this one. Get ready and Defend Your Blorbo

[all-pacas]

rushing to be the first person who says ‘house’ for thr ask game

SHOCKING

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

this is not going to shock a single person. but it's the goddamn australian. he's like 90% blorbo and 10% i want to make him suffer. i joke sometimes about having a character type and the venn diagram of that type and chase is a circle. parental trauma. fawn response. apathy/distraction/cheerful facade covering a deep well not of sadness but of nothingness. silly guys who don't take things very seriously until it matters. i could go on. it's awful. i stood no chance. i also really like the dichotomy (in characters and this asshole) of "comes off as a little dim, is actually super smart and capable when necessary," it's not like the main thing but it helps. i love that he keeps failing up in life, pure nepobaby trajectory, but every year he also gets a little more miserable. i love that no one has ever loved him. i love that he gets a six month marriage and, while cameron is not blameless, he also does a lot of the work to screw it up on his own. awful. i even love (to hate) his horrific little outfits.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

hmmmm. you know what. i'm going to go real left field here and say taub. not that i'd define it as cuteness aggression exactly. but to me he's like a perfect little dash of salt and pepper in a scene. he improves every scene, he usually has a fun line, he's rarely my favorite part of the show but i always enjoy his presence in it. you know what one scene in s6 where foreman and 13 are fighting, and house tells "everyone who hasn't slept with thirteen" to leave the room. chase is basically a chase-shaped hole in the wall he is gone before house finishes talking, but taub just sits there deadass for a solid minute. that's what i mean when i say he improves everything. incredible, flawless joke.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

foreman to me. i don't understand why, in myself and in others. he's like. he's literally the main character of the team. he gets insane focus and character growth and arcs and development and he's so good. and yet no one talks about him. i don't talk about him. i can only gesture to him like -- look at this man!! he's so great!!! -- and then i have nothing. however i need to state for the record that he is great and i love him and also love to see him struggle and suffer and be a little bitch

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

nurse brenda why did they ever get rid of you. star of s1. whenever she appears on sceen, hatred in her heart, i'm just blushing and giggling. love her in kids when foreman is trying to act all important and she sends him to the back of the line. love her giving the gang the sideeye in the euthanasia episode. i bet every single one of the team has gone "well, it makes sense she hates them, but she respects me" and been proven wrong. perfect background character

i'm also going to throw thirteen in here, not because she's all that obscure but she falls into the same foreman character slot of "i adore her and think she's very fun" for me, but i talk about her slightly more and think about her slightly less

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

i feel like half the characters on house are this tbh. however i'm going to give this award to cameron, my other favorite child, because i swear half the reason i love her so much is that the rest of you don't understand her. like i do. i can and i will just yell about this for hours. hate how fandom treats cameron, either by just straight bashing her or by completely rewriting her and erasing half her traits to make her your nice OC who you can put in situations. i do think she has done many things wrong in her life, i think she is unkind and selfish and sometimes hypocritical, and i do not think these traits need to be smoothed or addressed or erased. i think she is super nice and sweet and lowkey depressed and highkey a control freak. i love how weird and horny she is. i love how normal she thinks she is. i bet, even though she is a scientist and knows better, she lowkey also believes crystals can heal her

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

both cameron and chase are this for me. chase needs it less because he keeps fucking up his own life and then staring at the mess with tears in his eyes, so there's less of a challenge, however i think cameron benefits from torment and situations because she's such a freak. because she's so fun. it's building character. it's exciting. she always reacts in insane and yet fascinating ways to stress and challenge and self-awareness and i want her to do it more.

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

all of them. house. none of them. chase

[slobozan-shitposting]

Ok, but can we talk about the most overlooked female characters from ABD's "betrayer"?

I get why y'all love Lotara - don't get me wrong, I'm obsessed with her. She's my blorbo and poor little meow meow, after all. But what's sad is that other female characters are completely overlooked by the fandom, although they deserve as much attention as Lotara and Cyrene have.

Note that it's not a Cyrene and Lotara hate post and I don't encourage anyone to hate them - in fact, it's the opposite. Warhammer fans, especially the female ones, should simp over women harder.

The first woman I'd like to talk about is Keeda Bly, moderati secundus of the Syrgalah. Honestly, I love everything about her. She's got a short background story which makes her way deeper. On a surface level, she's just a silly girl, but the fact that she's a former enslaved child soldier makes it look like a coping mechanism. As if she must have this light attitude, otherwise, if she'll take the situation with all seriousness, she'd be mentally unwell. Her relationship with Toth Kol looks interesting too. It truly doesn't matter whether they're friends or lovers, it works either way and that's the reason I love them so much. Whatever is between them, it's not spoiled by heteronormativity. They're equal: both are silly, both are good pilots. Toth doesn't treat her differently only because she's a woman (for a comparison, both Lotara and Cyrene were called wh*res by Delvarus and Angron), she's never a damsel in distress - in fact, it's the other way around and she's the one who saved Toth. Keeda is an empowered woman, but not a power fantasy - sometimes, she acts unwise, worries about her comrade, grieves the princeps and experiences fear of her own death. Perhaps, she's the most relatable character of the entire book. Besides that, I adore how her relationship with Toth has "yes, life is rough, war is horrible and the reasons why it's happening are beyond our comprehension, but it's not that bad as long as we're by each other's side" vibe. Note, btw, that they both declined Audun's promotion so they can stay on Syrgalah together. Isn't that adorable?

The other female character is Lehralla, the scrymistress of the Conqueror. Not gonna lie, I have mixed feelings about her. It feels like she's there only to provide shock value and be a named woman who talks with Lotara about something other than men, so they can pass the Bechdel test. On top of that, she's definitely not a good disability rep. But there's something about her that stuck in my head. Undeniably, Lehralla is cute. But the position she stuck in isn't cute. She's surgically bounded to the console, which means no freedom of movement, no privacy and no body autonomy. I wish the psychological aspect of her condition was elaborated in the book, but unfortunately there was so little about her and she doesn't appear in any other book. Yet, I wonder how she felt. Did she ever regret anything? Did she want to be free? Lehralla is a mysterious woman and I love it about her. Also, consider this: there's a huge yuri potential between Lotara and Lehralla.

[andypantsx3]

Ok Andy this had been on my mind for a while now and I really want to hear your thoughts on this!

So we all know that Shouto is pure husband material, the kinda guy you'd be proud to introduce to your parents! But yk all those years of abuse and trauma (our poor bby ;-;) would definitely take a big toll on anyone, right?! So I was reminiscing about the earlier episodes where he is all closed off and cold to everyone, and that really got me thinking... what would dating Shouto REALLY be like.

How much of his behavior in a relationship really be affected by his past? Obviously nobody is perfect and even though our princess man comes close what do you think his shortcomings are as a person/partner? What do you think his toxic traits would be? What could be some of his bad habits? How would he react during an argument? I used to hc that he would be really calm and passive but then I remembered this scene

Ofc us being his partner would change things, but he DOES lash out at times. The police officer hadn't yelled at them, he was just explaining what they did was wrong according to the law (which could be unfair but thats his job) and he straight up called him a slur 💀 (well yk in this society where so many ppl have animal related quirks it probably is a slur? Idk tho). He was sorry later but still. I was so shocked when I internalized the fact that Shouto does infact have quite a temper, even when he's not rude/ aggressive about it. It doesn't make him bad or anything because 9/10 times it's well warranted and I am just a pussy who doesn't handle other's anger well but yk...

WHO WOULD EXPECT A TEMPER FROM THIS LIL FACE?!

I am really wanna take his character and study him under a microscope and I am really interested to see your pov on this. Also don't feel inclined to agree with anything I said if you dont, I asked you precisely cuz I wanted a different way of looking at him from mine.

Btw none of this is to paint him as a bad person or partner because of a few shortcomings or his trauma. We all know he's too precious for that and that would be hypocritical of me especially since I have many of my habits and unhealthy ways of dealing with stuff that I dislike, but I also feel like he has so much angst potential in issues that aren't necessarily rooted in his family but moreso his own personality. Healing is often a "one step forward and three step back journey" and while I hate to watch him struggle, his perseverance gives me a lot of strength. Also obviously people change over the course of time and character development and all that, but we see even after the MASSIVE amounts of character development Bakugo has he still retains a lot of his previous qualities and obviously still struggles with a few things. I wonder if it's similar for Shouto. I wonder what he struggles with 🤔 (idk why I am scared but I don't want ppl to take these dumb sleepy thoughts of mine the wrong way yk lol)

I support my mans rights, his wrongs and everything in between :>

(p.s. I am so sleepy rn I don't even know if any of this is coherent cuz the points are flying all over the place but I hope you get a gist of what I am trying to ask. I love myself some sweet angst when it comes to all my blorbos but when I think of Shouto nothing obvious comes to mind. Also whenever I write even an ask or question like this my respect for writers keeps increasing tenfold! How do you guys write fics at like 4 am and it's still a masterpiece and I can barely string my thoughts together... )

Yes!!! I have so many thoughts about this, particularly as someone who also has daddy issues and a hot temper but actively works to be better as well lol.

I do think for the most part we've really seen Shouto move past who he was in those earlier episodes. That is not to say he still doesn't have those feelings, but he arguably manages them in a more regulated way. He has the temper but now he also has the tools and the perspective to better articulate himself.

I think generally Shouto would work hard to be calm and patient during an argument, but as with any human being, mistakes will be made and tempers will spike. I think during particularly bad arguments he'd get more closed off, like in those earlier episodes, would try to go off by himself so that he doesn't explode with that white-hot rage.

I do think, thankfully, that Shouto's ability to show empathy and compassion even in the middle of what we know are the most emotionally trying times of his life (the fights with Dabi), bodes well for his future ability to communicate and regulate himself on the whole. I do not see him as the kind of man who would yell or break things; I see him as the kind of man who now does everything in his power not to be like that.

And also with a face like that, would we not just let him win any argument anyway?? LOL

[blocksruinedme]

About to go insane. Jimmy SolidarityGaming cannot catch a break in any of the series that he's in. Loser in Empire Smp. And as of yesterday, still a Loser in Life Series. And yet so many of us unconditionally adore him?

So last night, for reasons, I got into the shower to wash my hair at 3am, while decently intoxicated. While the water was heating up I looked at the mcc team list, and started thinking about Jimmy and mcc and the decisions he makes as a content creator and how he has to hustle because he doesn't have natural bonuses like "being good at minecraft" or "being booksmart" or "having a good memory". As I stepped into the shower almost said aloud "I'm worried people don't appreciate Jimmy enough." And wondered if I should go back a "Reasons Jimmy is Great #373-402" tumblr post.

But there I was just standing in the water in the middle of the night afraid[1] people don't appreciate Jimmy. I soooorta thought I would have chilled out about this (gorgeous) wet paper bag of a man with (charming) loser boy swag (and great comedic timing and a kind and loving personality and big heart) nine months later, but *apparently not*.

Anyway to address the ask - I like Jimmy winning things cause it makes him happy. It does not affect how much I adore him, because... I don't care about winning? I'm thinking about why.

I grew up in a Sports Household that was devoted to a team that has not made it out of the playoffs since... many decades. This both gives me "caring about winning is bother a sucker's game and setting yourself up for misery and meh" and "if you drop your team/blorbo because they haven't won in a couple decades, you're Not A Real Fan".

I am very competitive in some ways, but only a few really translate out of "I want to personally excel". This is hard, actually, to think about why I don't care when my first though was "but why would I care?"

Also coming in 40th at mcc makes the 1v3 dodgebolt wins so much sweeter

In the end what I care about is that I adored watching the Bad Boys and Jimmy had a blast. Would I have enjoyed him beating the curse? Yeah! Am I sad he looked so bummed? Well yes for sure. But my boy chose to be silly and jump off bridges *so many times*, I don't even want to count how many times he did it total. He made his bed, and he fell off a bridge into it.

Meanwhile Empires... yeah there's no "oh poor Jimmy" when the whole thing is what he wants. I listen to a lot of streams, mostly of him but also other people, and he's literally asking for it. fWhip once said it's because Jimmy's much more comfortable roleplaying/acting reactively, instead of coming up with the thing. He loves making his shocked faces and using his affronted voice, and he asks his friends to do things for him to react to.

PERSONALLY I'd love if they expanded Jimmy's empires reactions to be less about other PCs being mean to him, I'm hopeful that this fae can expand to a huge disaster where he's totally fucked but it's all by NPC/environment and his friends can help him. (As someone who used to play/run boffer LARP campaigns, it just feels SO larp. spouse and i sit around and point and shout about how we would do these things. 100% the reason i started going here was because last life felt like an awesome larp.)

So my love is unconditional because it's for a silly guy in London who loves his friends and minecraft, is kind to his fans, and makes me smile every single time I see him. If I'm sad, the best thing to do is put on the intro to any Jimmy stream or video, it's his big hello everybody! smile that warms my soul. He makes me happy and he makes me laugh and he could be the worst at everything and it would mean nothing. He is my blorbo, my special little boy, my wet paper bag of a man, and even my therapist thinks he has a good effect on my life. <3 <3 <3

...though I do hate watching him be inefficient at stardew valley, I don't play minecraft but i'm good at sdv and now I think I get the pain of watching him play minecraft. But I'm there for Jimmy, not the games. <3

[1] note: you do not have to appreciate Jimmy! It's fine. Trashed Vee really wants you to, and sober Vee thinks it makes life better to love Jimmy, but please don't take this post as weirder than it already is.

[sevarix-blogs]

overall, would you recommend triangle strategy? 👀 (asking as someone who enjoys strategy rpgs like fire emblem and octopath, but also in terms of story, characters, problematic aspects, etc?)

hmm it'd say i'd only recommend it if you are itching for a strategy rpg and it's on sale.

pretty blunt review below, i dont' recommend reading if you are a big fan already. i'll keep it spoiler free

first off, the story. it was lackluster. the beginning is soooooo boring bc they just dump all this lore on you. and listen, i enjoy a game with lore! but the way they do it is just so much 'telling' and not enough 'showing' that it becomes boring. like in one cutscene (albeit an optional one, but one meant to establish the lore) they just have the pixel 2d characters march onto the screen and then explain who they are. it's so boring. all the optional cutscenes are just to show added story bits, but the ones at the beginning are especially boring. anyway basically there are 3 nations, one has a monopoly on salt, and it's causing problems for everyone. that's it.

the battles at the beginning are also few and far between bc of all the lore dump cutscenes. it actually gets more interesting by like ch 10. i don't know how far the demo lets you go, but i'd say it gets much more interesting after the demo ends.

the characters are a bit bland. the main character is just Some Guy. Frederica (another main character) was the most interesting character in the game for me bc she actually has an arc. roland has the opposite of development, then a tiny slight bit of development in the golden route. benedict is just. there. the rest of the main 8 are forgettable. my liking of the characters depended mostly on how good of a unit they were LOL (shout out to ezana and hughette)

there aren't really many ways for us to get to know the characters. there aren't supports like FE, just like, a couple cutscenes for each character. most are boring or cheesy. i should mention at this point that a lot of the dialogue is pretty bad. the voice acting is fine, but the direction of it is a bit poor. like some characters who are clearly meant to have accents don't actually have any voice acting in the appropriate accent. it's a bit jarring at times. the way the VAs deliver some of the lines is baffling. like it's just the voice direction that is questionable, the actors themselves did their best with it given the poor direction they were getting.

the character designs themselves are actually quite good. the women have real actual practical armor!!!!!! and they look badass for it!!!!!! but also. there is a bit of orientalism in some of the designs of the hyzante characters... overall though the character designs are nice. if only the characters had more development... in the end i only cared about like 1 character but even then like. none is blorbo-able for me.

i will also say this regarding the story and characters - all the endings aside from the golden route sound so frustrating. like not the battles but like 'this is a stupid choice why are they making me do this' kind of frustrating. like the stupid trolley meme choice. i had to use a guide to get the golden ending bc it is not easy to figure out on your own. in fact i'd be shocked if anyone got it without using a guide.

the gameplay itself is all right. the battles can be pretty fun! but there are usually lots of cutscenes between each battle. and if you want to level up between battles, it gets pretty repetitive... all you can do is replay the same couple stages over and over until you're leveled up.

there are some interesting differences from fire emblem in terms of the battle. the direction the units face is important and can be decided when it's that unit's turn. and instead of moving all your units in one turn and then the enemy doing the same, it's more like octopath where the order of each character's turn is mixed in with the enemy's turns. so only one character is up at a time, instead of your whole army like in FE.

mages are fun and do lots of damage but they can also be frustrating bc they run out of spells (TP) in like 2 turns and then have to wait to do anything basically. unless you use julio or w/e to give them more TP (this is what i did usually). there's really only 1 good healer. you can't change anyone's class, either, or their weapons. you can only upgrade what they already have. upgrades are a little confusing and frustrating at times but once you get the hang of it it's not too bad. you can't upgrade everyone, so you have to choose wisely (i learned this the hard way). i played on easy mode (which was actually pretty difficult at one point in the golden route) but you can change the difficulty at any time.

the characters you are able to recruit depend on the values of your 'convictions'. there are 3 convictions, and they get added to by taking different actions, from dialogue choices to using items in battle to finishing battles, etc. unless you play on NG+, you can't see what the value is for each conviction. i'm actually kind of curious about playing on NG+ next so i can see if i missed recruiting anyone.

the soundtrack was nice! i have nothing much else to say about the music other than that.

one comment about the controls - during battles, you can turn the screen 360 degrees horizontally and about 90 degrees vertically. this might seem like a boon but it made the controls extremely difficult at times. like the direction you press on the D-pad changes based on how you angle the screen and at times it gets really confusing about which way is 'left' or w/e. i got frustrated with it at times.

anyway. like i said, if you are itching for a strategy game and it's on sale, i'd say might as well try it. i wouldn't buy it at full price. also i highly recommend doing the golden route, and avoiding the other endings.

[fanfic-corner]

Marvel Humor Fics

As much as I love angst, I also love to laugh at some of the predicaments my poor blorbos get into! So here are some of my favourite humor fics from the Marvel fandom.

He's a Real... Bare... Devil? by 94BottlesOfSnapple (772)

The real problem with no longer wearing body armor, Matt considers, is not actually the higher risk of injury. It’s that sometimes even when you don’t get hurt, you still end up mostly-naked in an alley that smells like day-old Chinese takeout.

Daredevil manages to lose his clothes while on patrol with the Defenders. They only make fun of him a little.

Footie Pajamas by Triscribe (1.1k)

*What?* Tony demanded. *What is it, what’s wr-*

“Ohmygosh, Mister Stark! It’s too cute!” Peter beamed from ear to ear. “There’s a little girl in the car next to me wearing Spider-man footie pajamas!”

Silence reigned for a long moment, before Tony burst out laughing.

How (Not) to Meet New People by aloneintherain (1.4k)

“Why is there a teenager in our office?”

Foggy stood in the threshold of the office, mouth slightly agape, most likely wondering if he’d walked into the wrong building. The kid waved at him, smile huge under a blooming black eye and spilt lip.

“Foggy,” Matt said, far too calm for someone who was in the presence of a beaten, bloodied, teenage stranger. “This is Peter.”

oh, jesus, not the both of you! by FRAMEW0RK (1.6k)

He’s gonna pass out.

Yup, it’s happening. Foggy can only tell because he’s passed out before, when he was twelve, after he got his finger smashed in the large metal door of their cooler. The intense pain first. Then the cold flash, then the sweating, and then the spots surrounding the corners of his vision. All of that was going on. In the middle of a courtroom. Surrounded by tons of watching people.

“Mr. Nelson?” the Judge calls out. He probably looks awful. His mother told him that he went deathly pale before he passed out the first time. Didn’t she take a video? He remembers there being a video. Is the room spinning or is that just him?

“I think ’m passing out,” Foggy mumbles thickly, hand flailing out for purchase but getting nothing on his fingers. The world was starting to go underwater. Someone yelled, and then there’s this gasping sound all around and then there’s darkness and nothing.

Team Red by SalazarTipton (1.9k)

“Ned, for the last time, I’m not going as any of the Avengers! Can you imagine what would happen if they found out? They’d think I had a favorite and--” “But you do have a favorite,” Ned interjects. Peter throws one of his fries at him. “That’s not the point! They don’t know that and can I remind you that you’re forbidden to talk about that? Going to the Tower would be hellish. Can you imagine Mr. Barton and Mr. Stark trying to prove they’re the better choice?”.

when the pretty birds have flown (honey, I'm still free) by the_crown_jules (2.1k)

“I can talk to birds,” Sam said, a little more loudly than the situation warranted.

Bucky's lips twitched, a battle playing out between his attempt to take Sam seriously and his clear desire to snicker. Laughter won out, lighting up his face in a way that was becoming more and more familiar.

“You’re such an asshole. Okay, Torres, I assume you’re listening, you can go now, you’ve had your fun.” He looked around as if he’d be able to spot Torres watching them on camera. “What is this, Falcon initiation?”

New Year's Regrets by whumphoarder (2.5k)

In the midst of hosting his annual New Year’s party, Tony is called away to rescue a very impaired Peter from a rooftop in Queens.

Happy Hibernation Day by for_the_night (2.7k)

Tony and Pepper return to the tower on Valentine’s Day to find Peter asleep on the couch. Only he won’t wake up.

Good job neither pseudo-parent panics.

throw all your lucky coins on me by keep_swinging (3.2k)

i. shock (denial) ii. pain (guilt) iii. anger (bargaining) iv. depression v. the upward turn vi. working through vii. acceptance (hope)

Sorta Kinda Kidnapped by happyaspie (3.5k)

Peter gets kidnapped on his way to school. It's fine, though. He's perfectly capable of saving himself. It happens so fast and it's so uneventful that he forgets to tell Tony it even happened. Until the kidnappers call to collect their ransom.

Not Completely the Worst by mainstreamelectricalparade (4k)

Peter's spidey-sense had been going off all day. If he had to stay at school for literally another minute longer, he was probably going to go insane.

And of course, there was one person at school whose single goal in life seemed to be ensuring that that happened.

“Yo, Penis! Where are you off to in such a hurry?” Flash called after Peter as he took the steps three at a time in his attempt to make a quick getaway.

Peter squeezed his eyes shut in exasperation and kept walking. Maybe if he ignored the problem, it would go away.

Because that had always worked so well for him, in the past.

Don’t Judge a Knife by Its Color by blondsak and Grace_d and whumphoarder (4.4k)

“Whoa, hold up, hang on,” he says, taking a step closer to get a better look. The blade is probably four inches long and neon purple, while the handle is white with a friendly-looking colorful silicon grip. “Is that a toy knife? Is this a Fisher Price mugging?”

“Fuck you, Spidey,” the mugger replies, fumbling for the knife before scrambling back to his feet and brandishing the weapon at Peter.

Or, Peter is stabbed by a misleading knife, Tony plays a high stakes game of Operation, and May retains the one brain cell.

Dollicia Elizabeth Cowleen the Third by Spideypool_supremacy (4.6k)

Peter frowned. "Why do you have such an obsession with that cow?"

"Getting jealous, Pumpkin?"

Peter looked at him, unimpressed. "Oh no. A cow is stealing all your affection. Whatever will I do." He said sarcastically.

Wade grinned. "Don't worry, Petey. I love you both the same."

"That's actually insulting."

quaranteens by blueh (6.6k)

“Peter Parker,” Cindy says. Peter’s head snaps up so fast that it almost looks inhuman. “Did Tony Stark just waltz in and pick up his child in the background of your Zoom call?”

Peter freezes. Wide-eyed, with ‘guilty’ written on his forehead in 72, bold, Times New Roman font. It takes a solid thirty seconds before he can put himself together enough to click the unmute button.

“I—no?” Peter says. His voice is startlingly high pitched and his expression is nothing short of horrified.

Damn, if that isn’t anything but a confession.

The Glass of Sand and Fog [Fan Comic] by neonbrutalism (7k)

"To be honest, I think time is scary enough without a giant axe clock." "What, worried about getting old? Daredeviling getting hard on your knees?" "No, no... It's hard to explain."

Another day, another villain, another kidnapping. Foggy gets kidnapped, Matt avoids awkward conversations, they both suffer from an inability to talk about their feelings and Kirsten is no help at all!

Learning To Say Hello by heartsdesire456 (11k)

Clint had woken up one morning about three weeks ago (Well, Clint guessed about three. Definitely more than one. Maybe.) and stumbled down to the living room only to realize there was a guy on his couch. The guy just happened to be the Winter Soldier, who Clint knew was actually Steve’s old best friend, Bucky Barnes.

Barnes had been having a staring contest with Lucky (one eye shut, to make it fair, Clint had noticed) and Clint had decided to just leave him to it and make decisions after he’d had some coffee.

(In which Hawkeye befriends the Winter Soldier and discovers the Epic Love Story of Steve and Bucky nobody knows about)

but what is a hero, really? by mjscorner (17k)

"Flash," Peter pleaded breathlessly, "you don't want to do this, okay? They're armed. Trust me, you don't understand."

"No, I think I do understand," Flash scoffed, unsurprised. "You've been a loser your whole entire life, but everyone here still adores you. Well, I'm done dealing with that, okay? Time for me to be a hero."

Peter's heart sank as Flash bumped into his shoulder and marched forward.

He stopped before rounding the corner when the faint sound of a gun being cocked echoed throughout the hall, freezing Flash right in his place. Peter turned on his heel in an instant, standing beside Flash protectively.

"But-but what is a hero, really?" Flash croaked with a nervous smile, side-eyeing the weapon suspended beside him as it softly nudged the side of his skull. 

Peter slowly raised his hands in surrender, staring at Flash until he did the same, dropping the cans of pepper spray and the walkie talkies.

"We are so, so, so monumentally screwed."

Let Me Know if It Gets Above a Six by Sundial_at_Night (65k)

“Mr. Loki?” asked the Spider cautiously. “Aren’t you—like—a bad guy?” he asked, voice full of only curiosity, as far as Loki could tell.

His first thought was, yes.

His second thought was no.

His third thought was, sometimes?

“It varies from moment to moment,” Loki answered honestly, prying his eyes open after they threatened to fall close.

“But on a scale of one to ten, where are you at right now?”

“Maybe a three?”

The Spider-child nodded. “Cool,” he replied. “Let me know if it gets above a six.

The Devil's Hangin' 'Round My Doorstep by 94BottlesOfSnapple (96k)

There’s a lot of things Matt Murdock doesn’t allow himself. His best friend is one of them. But put on a mask and suddenly everything seems so freely available, Foggy included. On the other side of the coin, Foggy’s still trying to stifle his big bisexual crush on his best friend and has no idea what to think of the vigilante who’s suddenly and inexplicably taken an interest in him.

it's always who is spider-man, never how is spider-man by i_regret_thatpersonalityquiz (176k)

"Stay?"

Peter finally looked down to see Harley Fucking Keener, Iron Lad, the boy who had caused his shoulder to be throbbing all night, looking away with a slight tint to his cheeks. Peter opened and closed his mouth, no sound coming out.

And he sat back down.

OR: Peter had been living on the streets, dealing with your average homeless vigilante stuff. Things got a bit more complicated when the Avengers started to chase him down.

I hope you enjoy these!! I'll have to make a part two at some point because there's so many brilliant fics to share. Thank you to all the fabulous writers who shared these fics with us, and happy reading!

[aces-and-angels]

WIP Whatever Day

i am an impatient spirit- so here's a brief snippet of the beginning of the next installment of into the wind-verse, ft. @saibug1022 beloved blorbo, magnus bishop (he/him/they). this story takes place before magnus gets recruited to work for mcgraw byrne:

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Jensen Legal; Cincinnati, Ohio

“Angus, could you be a dear and take these files over to Debbie in finance?” 

Magnus groaned inwardly, barely suppressing an eye-roll that was aching to be unleashed. Three years working as an associate, yet no one had the decency to remember his name, let alone delegate menial tasks like this to one of the many paralegals on-staff. He took a quick breath, unclenching his fists hidden underneath his desk before taking the folders with a sickly sweet smile plastered on his face. “Sure thing, Magnet.” 

“Uh, it’s Margret, actually.” 

Magnus gasped, feigning shock. “Oh, my mistake. I’ll make sure to remember that for next time,” he said, not bothering to look behind him as he marched these precious files over to Debbie in fucking finance. Yet another piss poor, sunshine-y day in Cincinnati.

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[ticklish-n-stuff]

Featherary day 5: Sounds

I was originally gonna write Tsukasa and Kohakuchin having a tk fight buuuuut lee Kohaku is too cute kajdkskejskdh

Happy birthday to my 2nd fave pink blorbo!

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Kohaku x Tsukasa (PLATONIC!!)

Lee: Kohaku

Ler: Tsukasa

Warnings: Tickles! Cussin'!

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Kohaku was currently comfortably sitting on the couch, happily texting Love~han as they were planning to go on a date later to celebrate Kohakuchin's birthday, when suddenly his peaced was disturbed.

"GYAH!" the pinkette yelped as he was tackled across the sofa.

"Happy birthday little brother!~" Tsukasa grinned down at him, straddling his waist. Although he was only met with a scowl from the latter.

"Get off of me, fatass!".

Tsukasa mocked gasped at him "My, that's no way to talk back. Turn that frown upside down~" the redhead teased, but Kohaku's pout only deepened. "C'mon birthday boy, smile~" with that, Tsukasa started to playfully wiggle his fingers against the younger's side.

Kohaku's eyes widened in shock for a moment before squeezing them shut, clamping his mouth as tightly as he could. Tsukasa chuckled at his reaction "What's wrong? Are you still horribly ticklish?~" he playfully cooed next to the pinkette's ear, a soft snicker escaping his lips. "Aww look at you, already giggling. You just need a liiitle push to fully laugh~". He playfully poked at his cousin's bellybutton, causing him to squeal. And that's when the damn broke. Bubbly laughter errupting out of Kohaku's mouth as Tsukasa playfully scribbled all over his stomach.

"S-stap thahat! Wehe're too ohohold for thihihis!" Kohaku tittered out, trying to sound angry, but all the goofy sounds and cute smile made it hard for Tsukasa to take him seriously.

"Too old?! There's so such thing as being "too old" to tickle my 'lil brother~" Tsukasa grinned down at him with a slightly menacing aura as he moved his fingers up the pinkette's ribs.

"HAH?!" Kohaku surprised himself with the high-pitched squeak that escaped him, making the redhead laugh at him, which only pissed him off more. Tsukasa couldn't tell if his face was red from anger or embarrassment, or maybe it was a bit of both. Regardless, Kohaku looked very adorable with a flushed face.

"Aww! That was so cute!~" Tsukasa cooed down at him, softly digging in between each set of ribs.

"N-NOHO IT'S NAHAHAT- *snorts*".

They both stopped dead in their tracks for a moment, both processing what just happened. Kohaku's face grew redder in embarrassment and Tsukasa's grin grew in amusement.

"Did you just... snort?~".

"N-no!" Kohaku spat out a bit too quickly, having gotten too embarrassed by his own sounds. He tried averting the older one's gaze, but of course Tsukasa wouldn't let up that easily.

"No? So... you don't mind if I do THIS again?~" at that, Tsukasa playfully dug back into his ribs.

"GYAH! Y-YOU AHAHASS!" Kohaku squealed and lightly arched his back, kicking his legs out aggressively from behind Tsukasa. He laughed and snorted up a storm, he could feel his dignity slowly evaporating.

Once he started hiccuping through his laughter did Tsukasa let up. He got off from the younger male and playfully ruffled his hair "Hope you enjoyed your birthday present~" he sent him a playful wink as he turned to leave.

"S-screw you..." Kohaku spat out weakly, heavily gasping for breath. Trying to forget what just happened.

"That was so cute! I love~".

Kohaku jumped like a startled cat at the sound of his partner's signature catchphrase. "H-how long were you standing there?!" he stuttered out, feeling even more embarrassed of the thought of Aira witnessing all that.

"Long enough to hear you snort~" Aira walked over to him, playfully nudging him on the side, making Kohaku yelp at the touch.

"Ack- Ugh... let's just go..." Kohaku quickly grabbed Aira's hand and the blonde could only giggle at his boyfriend's cuteness. Poor Kohaku wasn't going to live that down.

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Ofc I had to throw Kohaku x Aira at the end huehehe~

[findmeinthefallair]

Lol Hunter is not only very comparable to each main or supporting character in Owl House, but also damn comparable to other blorbos.

Anyway I visited my demon son Akira in some episodes of 2018's Devilman Crybaby..

(this anime is dark, sad, violent at times, thrilling and bleak...also do not watch it unless you're alone because it can get pretty NSFW too)

Wild hair? Dark T-shirts? Sad bois:

And I was reminded that looking at other stories and similar cases can strengthen my headcanons and metas. Referring to The Hunger Games, since its protagonist and Hunter have the same mental health condition, could convince me that Hunter will spiral into extensive depression after Belos's death before he shows signs of recovery.

But..I hadn't given serious thought to rage being one of Hunter's several grief responses after Watching and Dreaming's final battle..not till now. 🤔🤔🤔

Because Akira is a darn similar personality to Hunter: very gentle, empathetic (in fact, Akira is an empath, literally experiencing other people's emotional pain, feeling it for them when they don't really want to..hence the show's title). And Akira has also never wanted to harm another person. You'd initially expect gentle souls like this to like, never get angry.

After Akira's mother passes away in traumatic circumstances, his behaviour is such that he puts up a front to appear fine but he isn't holding it together well..

It's not visually shown but from the first person perspective of Miki (his best friend) looking at her ceiling, she and the audience can hear him screaming in rage and breaking objects in his bedroom right above hers. Right after their chat on the balcony (shown in the previous screenshot). It's one of his bereavement responses. But this rage only comes out when he's in his own space, not with anybody else around.

Idk..now I wouldn't put it past a poor grieving Hunter in the early months of those 3-4 years, to have at least one very unexpected explosion of rage after some bad trigger comes along. He might subconsciously feel safe enough in the company of the Noceda family, that he'd create a mess in Luz's basement in a frenzy like that. It would happen so fast, seemingly out of nowhere. Of course, he'll feel so awful and guilty after expending that energy, shocked at himself and disgusted with himself. And/or it may happen if he decides to visit the castle ruins.

Or....(and this is sadder but idek)..what if it happens in the early days of him learning the palisman-carving craft? He wouldn't touch and destroy anything made from palistrom wood but some other objects might be pushed off shelves or something. Hunter is someone with a long fuse, but a lot of little frustrations building up could light that fuse. In the case of the carving workshop, him making mistakes and getting splinters on his hands in the process of learning...that might leave him frustrated enough to have a one-off temper flare. He'll feel awful but Dell is very kind and would treat him so well and help him.

I was also told by friends that Hunter would feel very off balance with no more staff to use, since he relied on staffs for so much of his life that they'd feel like an extension of his own body. With no staff, the sense of his physical center would feel different and I wonder if this might feed into frustration that is part of his general grief...to the point that this frustration does indeed build up into a brief rage explosion at some point.

Like Akira, he'd definitely not direct that at any person or living thing. But inanimate objects might be destroyed. 🤔🤔🤔

Our bodies sometimes do instinctive but frightening things out of nowhere to release emotions and attempt to restore psychological balance, and it can happen in a flash. Wails that you can't control which escape your chest, keening, or heaving with sobs, and in this case anger and rage. Anger is the most immediate natural response when our boundaries are crossed. Rage is an especially big outcry after we have been violated, fueled by fear and grief.

[wc-wild-rewrite]

Fire and Ice reread!

I didnt enjoy this nearly as much as the first book, so 7/10, i give my reasonings in the My Thoughts section. The writing is less clunky in the way its written, but the writing itself is, eh, its not terrible but its not book 1 standard.

On the bright side, i'm loving Windclan and the thunderclan apprentices.

Prolouge

Poor morningflower, having to give birth road-side without her mate

Its been nearly a moon since windclan was driven out, so they were there when rusty joined thunderclan

Deadfoot my beloved

Honestly ashfoot your complaining isnt unjustified, id be mad too

Chapter 1

They need to grow in their leafbare fur, interesting! Probably never brought up again though

"After many moons as an apprentice" its been 4 moons max, and you spent one of those moons not actually training, how did you even qualify for this

Ah yes, exposition monolouge on what happened the previous book

God i love how respectful whitestorm is

"Only been warriors for a few days" you literally just finished your vigil, dude, its not even been a whole day

Honor is a big thing for the clans

I like the idea of longtail just walking around camp giving the least subtle hints for days on end

Aww swiftpaw was so anxious for his ceremony, thats adorable

Way to have double standards, longtail. Still love you tho

And theres the full moon

Ah, more exposition, on lionheart this time. Thank you, erins, we get it, we did read the last book

Interesting how easily bluestar takes ravenpaw's leaving. I mean, not the tigerclaw part, but the leaving the clan part.

Chapter 2

Whitestorm still being respectful, even to the enemy

Oh no, whiteclaw, your not gonna see the end of this book

Yeah, so he did spend a moon looking after her

Im shocked Tigerclaw wants Windclan back

Chapter 3

Slow slug

Yellowfang seems rather chipper today

Chapter 4

As of the gathering, its been two moons since windclan was driven out

They have wood ants

They know what a year is

Apparently windclan doesnt patrol its borders often

Chapter 5

Ok so this generstion of windclan cats are DEFINITELY traumatised

I can't imagine tnp journey is gonna go well for them

I admire their sturdiness though, still willing to fight despite everything

Chapter 6

Ooo smart move, Fireheart, asking to go with them instead of offering help

Gorsekit is officially a little creature

Deadfoot!! My boy!!

I love fireheart's comeback to the apprentice

Aww barley likes sharing food with his boyfriend

Chapter 7

I love deadfoot so much, little blorbo man

Damn ok riverclan chill out

"Lame warrior" can we not

But also yess tigerclaw save my boy

Chapter 8

Oh no, whiteclaw!

Yess willowpelt protect your son

I wonder how much the story would've changed if sandpaw had dropped instead of whiteclaw, or both of them

Tigerclaw i see you trying to get your cronies new apprentices

I hope fireheart and greystripe share the story with the elders, i like them

Ok apparently brackenpaw is ginger now

Awww cinderpaw babie girl

Lil moody brackenpaw there, love him

But also they are like 4 moons didnt we just learn this was bad

Chapter 9

Honestly it is so irresponsible for bluestar to make these two mentors, they are like 10 moons at best, theres only 6 moons between them and their apprentices

Someone get Greystripe in therapy

Queens tell boogeyman stories of kit-snatching owls

Again, tree scaling, this time by smallear

Aw cinderpaw, my adhd babie girl

"When you brought them home" girl that was you, you were that kit. I know this is a writing error but i like to think its a mental disconnection due to the trauma of it

God, the "that cat in the forest...was his sister!" Is such a 2009 writing style

Chapter 10

Rip tulipkit, i think your the first of that litter to die

I wonder if fern and ash ever remembered their littermate

I love the difference between cinderpaw's wild bounding and brackenpaw's careful thinking

Awww princess and fireheart bonding is so cute

Chapter 11

Aw i like seeing them mentor, its so cute

Greystripe u kitten

Silverstream!!

"Cant you drown in your own territory" your honor i love her

Haha mischeivous cinderpaw

Chapter 12

Cinderpaw is a good liar confirmed

"Where were you when i was training" asked fireheart, the liar. "I found somewhere quiet to rest" said greystripe, also a liar

I cant tell if tigerclaw really is that observant or firepaw is just the king of overthinking

Brackenpaw's such a nerd i love him

Cinderpaw sweetie your adorable but please dont sneak up on your mentor

Chapter 13

They lost 5 kits to greencough last year, we never get info about them

Still very interesting that each prey has its own stalking technique

Chapter 14

"He was breaking the code by meeting up with another cat" oh really, sound familiar buddy?

Fuck it, im with greystripe, go see your code-breaking girlfriend

Since when the fuck has speckletail had a kit, but also hi mistlekit!!

Chapter 15

Dude your a hypocrite stop yelling at your bestie's girlfriend

But i do like how leader's daughter seems to be an important title

Silverstream's got a point, their love isnt affecting anyone

Ohhh the tabby kit was mistlekit

Ok damn why is dustpaw so aggressive

I wonder how dustpaw feels, technically being the cause behind cinderpaw's injury

Chapter 16

Explicitily described as twisted, noted

Chapter 17

Tigerclaw honestly didnt mean to, huh.

So now theres two kits with whitecough

Oh willowpelt absolutely heard that

Chapter 18

Unfortunately, fireheart, i gotta agree, its frustating watching people react to tragedies and just move on

Chapter 19

You've changed your tune awfully fast, Sandpaw, are we gonna get a reason for that or do we have to guess?

Willowpelt feels like shes covering for her son, but im definitely looking too far into it

These patrols are always longtail, darkstripe, and willowpelt. I know they probably just dont have any other warriors but its suspicious

Chapter 20

Oop, greystripe got sent to his room

Goddamn dustpaw chill out

Chapter 21

Princess honey you cant just spring this on a cat

Oh shes so sweet

Aaaand heres the ooc writing, this doesnt make sense

"It'll be at least 5 moons" would you rather he bring in a 5 moon old kit whos already adjusted to kittypet life?

Ah, there goes elderkit

At least the queens have some compassion

Ah, tom's first panic attack

Chapter 22

Has it been one moon or two? Im not sure

Cinderpaw i still love you

Asha and fern recently stopped nursing, meaning their about a moon old. Only a moon's differemce between them and cloud, then

"With all that white fur" what, like Frostfur? Or Whitestorm? Shut the fuck up, darkstripe

Chapter 23

Yeah, so its been 2 moons since the gorge fight

Deadfoot!!!

Yeah ya'll better shut up, starclan's displeased

Chapter 24

I still dont think fireheart would be this against greystripe's relationship

Ok no yeah fireheart's definitely overthinking this, he was talking about the mossball, dude

Chapter 25

Again! Willowpelt and Darkstripe in the same patrol

I can see Whitestorm being really pissed off at disrespect like this

Tigerclaw really doesnt think before he acts, huh

Good brackenpaw, run boy, run!

Hello brokenstar, you mangy motherfucker

Chapter 26

Spottedleaf's death was six moons ago, though this feels incorrect

Also fireheart, dude, you barely knew her

Kick their ass, frostfur! Kick their ass!

I nearly forgot yellowfang was a warrior before a medicine cat

Pathetic ass brokenstar, wheres your gloating now huh

Eugh can we not have this burden to the clan thing. Like shes allowed to feel like that, but only if the narrative shuts that shit down

Yay whitestorm back at it again being logical

Chapter 27

Yay, sandstorm and dustpelt!

I dont like dustpelt tbh but lets see if he redeems himself

Yeah, yellowfang, you shut that shit down!

Ok damn, greystripe, calm down, i dont even know why your angry anymore

Chapter 28

I might not like incredibly stubborn characters much, but i gotta give it to cloudkit, hes like a moon old and he caught a vole

Ugh i forgot spottedleaf is his messenger

Chapter 29

He just can't get it into his head that he's a hypocrite, huh?

What part of "dont leave the camp unguarded" was missed here, you just took every single warrior with you

Im not as fond as cloudkit as i am with cinder and bracken, but he knows what he wants

Chapter 30

Tigerclaw you arrogant bastard, i still love you though

I didnt see my boy deadfoot, where was he!!

About fuckin time these two reconcile, good god, this could've been sorted chapters ago

My thoughts

Eh, 7/10, a lot of it was just frustrating to read. Im really not a fan of miscommunication tropes or whatever hypocritcal shit was going on between fire and grey. Im also getting really sick of spottedleaf, The cloudkit being brought in scene was bad and weird, and dustpaw's just an asshole.

I liked the mentoring scenes, the apprentices, and yellowfang. I quite like brokenstar and tigerstar, even if their both bastards, and my boy whitestorm is still well written. I like that the queens are good fighters, and how supportive princess is of her brother. We didnt see much of runningwind but im fond of him. They still havent explained why sandstorm warmed up to him so suddenly, but its only book 2

Overall, a bit of a sour one, i definitely prefer the first book, out of the two, and i still think fire and ice should've been the name for the 6th book

[dalmascan-requiem]

Lente's Hymn: Reunion

(Vierapril Day 15 - Sacrifice)

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This fic is outdated now! Instead, check out the Resistance fic, which includes this prompt as part of chapter 2.

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When Kris heads to Gangos to aid in the effort to free Bozja from the Garleans, it's not long before he has to deal with fragments of his past.

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Read on AO3 or keep reading after the jump

content warnings: none

Check out the main Vierapril 2023 post here

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I feel like the WoL has to sacrifice a lot in the name of heroism, and this explores what that sacrifice was for him. It makes me sad, my poor blorbos.

Also, this fic arc takes place during the Ivalice/Bozja storyline (the latter of which is moved up from post-ShB to post-Stormblood as it just... makes more sense there), and it's been about four years since the start of ARR. Just to get a feel for the timeline at play here.

"Kris."

The Rava's chest tightens. The voice that said his name was familiar--far too familiar. While he hadn't heard it for years now, it was a voice he'd never be able to forget. But to hear it now was quite the shock. It can't be…

He slowly turns to face another Viera. His long, brown hair was bound back in a ponytail, though the setting sun still caught hints of his natural red highlights. As Kris finished turning around, he noticed fuchsia eyes fighting through a wide range of emotions, though it wasn't long before they settled on one--anger.

"Laurent…"

The Viera lets out a frustrated huff. "Well, it seems as though you don't have amnesia." Laurent crosses his arms, saying nothing more--clearly waiting to hear whatever explanation Kris has for disappearing over four years ago.

Kris knew that coming to Gangos to help the Bozjans fight Garlemald was a risk, but he also knew that not coming was a bigger one. If the Warrior of Light refused to help the Resistance out after working to liberate Ala Mhigo and Doma, questions would be asked, and not the type he was thrilled to answer.

He did figure he would run into Laurent at some point, and he would need to explain why he never tried to contact the other Viera… but Kris also thought he had more time. He didn't expect to see his partner again within days of landing on Gangos' shores. For once, he wasn't sure what to say.

"So you're the one Lethe's Tears sent." 

"Yes, I am." Laurent is silent for another moment, taking a deep breath before continuing. "And you are the vaunted Warrior of Light, savior of the realm, the one person to turn the tides of the decades-long war." The bitterness is more than clear in his voice. "I thought I'd have to deal with some arrogant child trying to give orders, but little did I expect to find you here."

Kris looks away from the other Viera, not saying anything in response. I cannot blame him for being angry. Had the roles been reversed, I'd feel much the same. But--

"Really? Nothing to say?" Laurent takes a step forward, hesitantly. "It's been four godsdamned years, Gale! What, too busy gallivanting around as the Warrior of Light to let me know you were even alive?"

"It's not that--"

"Then what is it, Gale? Tired of being a soldier? Got a little stronger and decided you didn't need me arou--"

"It's not that." Kris could feel his own frustration bubbling over, and it was his turn to take a deep breath before continuing. "It was to keep you safe."

"Safe? Have you forgotten that this is a warzone? It's not exactly safe here--"

"Don't you think I know that?" Kris looks away again. "So many people have been hurt or died just because they were near me. I didn't want the same to happen to you. Even here… you were safer."

"I…" Laurent stops for a moment, and Kris looks back at him. The dark-haired Rava's expression is unreadable… until it once again settles on anger. "My supposed safety is not your decision to make! I am not some pampered noble who can't even raise a blade." 

Laurent looks down at his hands, his bangs covering his face, but the hurt in his voice was evident. "I didn't even know if you were dead or not. You just disappeared. All these years and you were alive… making a name for yourself, even. Even if it was a different name, as if you just discarded the past like it was nothing."

Kris's chest tightens again. He wanted nothing more than to return to the past--to embrace him, tell him he's sorry. He wanted nothing more than to ask Laurent to be by his side… but he doesn't move. "Reyna--"

"Do not call me by that name, Kris." Laurent suddenly turns his back to the light-haired Viera. "Just hurry up and end this war, oh Warrior of Light, and you can go back to ignoring the past."

Kris watches the other Viera walk away for a moment, before turning back to the nearly-set sun. So this is how it will be… He wished it didn't hurt so much, for either of them. Just another price to pay. Another sacrifice to make. But at least when this is over, he can move on and be safe.

He sighs, idly spinning one of the rings on his finger as he makes his way back toward camp. I best get this over with quickly, then.

[sarcasticdolphin]

“Painted Feather” Smrtolf. (Todolf based on the Czech production of Elisabeth).

Cut not really needed. This is mostly just Rudolf being a soft artistic blorbo. Time wise this would be the earliest of my Smrtolf drabbles - Rudolf is a teenager here.

The steady beat of the rain on the roof was even and soothing, and Rudolf found his movements with the brush going to the same beat.

It wasn’t anything fancy - just a feather he’d found outside, laying on the corner of his desk. But the feather itself was more interesting than most - black, but with a deep iridescence to it - appearing green or blue at times as Rudolf glanced back at it, then down to his painting.

The watercolors seemed dim in the light, and the color just wasn’t quite there. Rudolf signed, and began altering his mixture of pigments once more - the green seemed too yellow. It should have been almost blue.

But no matter how much he tried, Rudolf just couldn’t seem to quite find the color. Soon his paper was covered with little tests, but he found that he liked each one less than the last. It was too yellow, too blue, too black, too green, and too yellow once more. 

Rudolf placed the paper and brush down, rubbing his eyes, trying to clear his mind. He didn’t want to think of Vienna, of the court, not here, but the thoughts still prowled the edges of his mind. Only two more days, and then he would have to return.

But he didn’t want to leave - it was so peaceful here, and Rudolf quite liked it. He could hear his own thoughts in a way he never could amid the noise of the city. Rudolf let his eyes flutter shut for a long moment. It wasn’t that he was tired, but he was weary, as it were. Of the cruel, loud, uncaring city. His father’s city.

But here? Mayerling was Rudolf’s place. His home, even. In a way Vienna never had been.

Tapping on the window rouses him - there is a raven, perched just outside. Rudolf finds his lips curving into a smile as he looks at the creature. It is wet, and the little quirk of its head seems to say so much.

What are you waiting for? Let me in.

He stood and made his way over to the window, carefully opening the window just enough that the raven can flutter in. 

It is sitting on the floor when he turns, ruffling its feathers. They look so dark and almost oily, but the poor bird is soaked. Rudolf takes a cautious step forward, and the bird looks up at him, quirking its head left and then right before launching itself into the air, landing upon the surprised prince’s wrist.

Rudolf starts in shock, but the bird remains on his arm, carefully watching him. It’s beautiful - the dark eyes and hints of color in the feathers are so much more apparent when he’s close, but the bird is still wet. 

Slowly, steadily, his eyes never leaving the little creature perched on his arm, Rudolf edged over to sit in a chair by the fire, so they could both take advantage of the warmth.

The bird hops off his wrist to move closer to the fire, and Rudolf finds himself almost entranced as he watches the little thing attend to its feathers as it dries, though once the feathers no longer have the wet sheen the bird begins to preen itself with a delicate touch.

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It’s dark outside when the bird turns back to him and hops up onto his wrist once.

Gently, delicately, Rudolf reaches out to touch the bird, his finger first gliding along the smooth feathers of its head. The little creature almost seemed to turn into his hand - nuzzling him, as a horse might. 

He ran his hand over the feathers again, but this time there was an oddity - not just the smooth feathers. When he returns to that place, the pin feather is more obvious. 

He rolls the pin feather between his fingers, and the sheathe falls away, the bird giving a little noise that Rudolf thinks is one of approval. It certainly doesn’t move away, and Rudolf lets his fingers find another, drawing another little noise from the bird.

They continue like that for some time, until Rudolf can’t find any more pin feathers - the raven had dealt with most of them, just not the ones it couldn’t reach on its head.

Rudolf is so entranced in his new friend that he doesn’t even notice the shift in the air that heralded the arrival of Smrt.

But the low chuckle gives his friend away, and Rudolf turns to see his oldest friend smiling lazily at the sight.

“My friend.” Rudolf finds himself smiling as well. Smrt is holding his discarded painting from earlier, the one that is practically covered in color samples. 

“I see the pigments were not your friends today, my prince.”

Rudolf nods at that, giving the bird an affectionate scratch even as Smrt continues to inspect his work before plucking the feather that Rudolf had never quite been able to paint from the table and striding over to sit in the chair across from Rudolf, twirling the feather between his fingers.

It - the feather, that was - looked larger than it had before. Too large to be the feather of a raven, as Rudolf had thought. And no eagle feathers shifted in color like that. His eyes flickered to the plumes on his friend’s shoulder, but those didn’t quite look right - Smrt’s had a deeper blue to them, whereas the one he twirled had more a shade of green to its iridescence.

Not one of his friend’s feathers, then. He glanced down at the raven, still perched on his wrist but looking over to Smrt. Its feathers had that same green sheen.

A lazy gesture from his friend had the raven fluttering over to land on Smrt’s fingers, and Rudolf looked up at his friend’s eyes.

“Would you give it one more try?”

And normally Rudolf wouldn’t. But for Smrt? For his friend, he’d do it, and he rose, finding a new piece of paper, a board on which to paint, and his watercolors.

Rudolf glanced at the feather, but even as he mixed the pigments once more, but when he started to paint, it was his friend, the bird across upon his fingers, that emerges from the page as Rudolf paints more and more.

The blacks shift, the subtle differences between them so apparent, so obvious in a way they hadn’t been before. The green and blue iridescence comes through, lovely and full. Just as it is before his eyes.

But then Smrt begins to sing - soft and musical, the tones lulling Rudolf’s nerves, his hands moving to the tune that his friend’s voice set. 

He places his painting on the table when he finishes, but Rudolf is content to watch his friend’s fingers dance over the raven’s feather - searching - and to bask in his beautiful voice.

“You preened her.”

Rudolf flushed and looked down. It sounded so intimate when Smrt put it like that. “I did.” He whispered, not wanting to look up.

But when he does, Smrt is smiling, his expression soft as he rises, taking the few steps to gaze at Rudolf’s watercolor.

“Beautiful.” Smrt means it - Rudolf can hear that much in his tone.

“I-” he isn’t sure what he’s going to say, but the sound of wings and the sensation of the raven landing on his head breaks Rudolf from his thoughts. The feeling is a little odd, for the bird is so incredibly light, the little pricks of her claws only barely discernible. The sensation of her beak picking through his hair is odd until it dawns on Rudolf - she’s preening him. Or trying, at least.

And Smrt’s expression confirms it. His friend has picked up the painting, inspecting it more closely. A lazy gesture summons the bird back to Smrt’s fingers, but it isn’t a bird that lands on his fingers, but rather an angel - feathers the same color as the raven’s, the same color as the feather Rudolf had tried in vain to paint for long.

He sputters a bit in surprise. Smrt’s attendants weren’t strangers, but he’d never imagined they were birds. And there is a little pang of jealousy, that this beautiful creature can happily tuck herself into Smrt’s arms in a way Rudolf can only dream of. The kiss his friend presses to her brow is insult to injury in some ways.

But she’s leaving only a moment later, stepping up to the window. A moment later the raven is once more in the wind, and Rudolf finds himself turning back to Smrt.

“I don’t want to go back to Vienna.” He wants to fly on the wind like Smrt’s angel, to feel the freedom of the breeze, the touch of Smrt’s fingers, the finality of his embrace.

His friend must divine his thoughts by the softness in his pale eyes. “I’ll stay close to you. Nearer than it seems.” 

Rudolf nods. His friend’s words are familiar, but they soothe his anxieties all the same and he rises. The night outside the window is black, and Rudolf’s fingers go to the buttons of his shirt. The jacket had been discarded the moment he arrived, but he didn’t want to wear this shirt while he slept.

Smrt hands his sleep shirt to him, and he’s in the soft creamy material soon enough, slipping into bed. His friend sits on the edge of the bed, gazing down at him.

The song is different than the earlier one, soft and gentle. A lullaby, and Rudolf finds his eyes growing ever heavier. He’s falling into Smrt’s voice, into the soothing darkness.

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The feather is gone from his bedside when he wakes, but it isn’t empty. The new feather is Smrt’s - longer than the angel’s, and beautiful, with a rich iridescence to it, the tinge more blue than green.