#runaways spoilers

[stardustalien]

something i love about how they handled the polin angst this season is that i still always felt the love colin and penelope had for one another. at their wedding, you can feel it wasn’t just obligation but bc they love one another.

i never doubted for a second they still loved each other, even with all the hurt feelings and messy situations between them.

[melikes-reads]

Nick and Charlie watching the Doctor Who Christmas special at Christmas...

And not just any Christmas special, but The Runaway Bride.

The Doctor and Donna.

David Tennant and Catherine Tate at their finest.

Well done, Heartstopper.

Well done, indeed.

[griefpersevering]

runaways running the night ⚔️🕸️

Summary:

Wade Wilson's entire world is nine people — who live in a dying timeline only one man can save.

Peter Parker's entire world is Spider-Man. When Deadpool drags him out of his pity party to embark on a dangerous quest, he only wants to go home to his shitty, damp-ridden apartment and day job working at the Daily Bugle.

But it isn't just Wade's world at risk. The entire multiverse is about to die, and there's only two people brave (and crazy) enough to save it.

If they can stop bickering long enough to survive.

(AKA a spideypool deadpool & wolverine rewrite)

Read now on AO3!

[farsight-the-char]

Momoko-san's art for (NEO) Ultimate X-men issue 5 debut.

5 Girl Band. Hope they survive the experience.

[snivyartjpeg]

what if we were raised together but also raised apart, unaware of each other until the day we meet and then- only then- do our lives begin to make sense?

more lore under the cut! (it's a lot)

The labs raised them in somewhat the same way- and both methods dehumanizing. Yuma solves a puzzle for a juice reward. Makoto solves a puzzle to avoid getting shocked. Both get shocked at the slightest display of disobedience anyway. Both have strict routines and regimes where every aspect of their lives seems set in stone. What the scientists didn't take into account was that raising a little genius in such conditions will eventually backfire.

They both escape their labs on the same day, shortly after they turn 20. They also name themselves Yuma and Makoto around this time, only being referred to beforehand as "Subject No. 01" and "Subject No. 02." These escapes simultaneously piss off the researchers but also fascinate them- how much of their identical choices were made based on nature vs nurture?

For the first month traveling alone, Yuma spent his time trying and failing to do everything alone. He eventually receives the help of a stranger and starts helping random people, learning he'll receive kindness in return.

Makoto spent his lonesome travels scraping by and barely surviving without the assistance of anyone else. He's still bitter and angry about what the scientists have done to him. He regrets not burning the whole institution to the ground.

They both meet at a bar, where they, of course, instantly recognize each other's faces as their own. After a lot of guarded questions, they learn that they were both cursed with the same upbringing.

So Makoto asks Yuma to help him return to the Amaterasu lab and exact revenge.

Yuma doesn't wanna hurt anyone, but agrees to come along... with ulterior motives! He wants to show Makoto that this world isn't so bad, and dwelling on getting revenge isn't everything. Think like the core relationship in Mad Rat Dead, between Heart and Mad Rat.

And why is Yuma so stuck on this pacifist philosophy? Well, he'd already gotten his revenge. Turns out, putting a bullet into the head researcher who raised him only made him feel hollow and scared. He doesn't want Makoto to go through the same thing.

They meet the other cast members on the way, doing odd jobs and favors for them and forging small bonds with all the strangers they meet. They help Halara, a pet rescue volunteer, get a cat down from a tree and in return Halara teaches them a few survival skills. The meet Fubuki, who is lost in the supermarket, but it's also their first time in the supermarket so they all end up going on an "adventure" together until the clones escort her back to her limo. She tips them a fat wad of cash that keeps them fed and housed in hotels for like 3 months. They help Desuhiko, an up and coming music star who's anxious about getting on stage. The decide to do an opening act as a comedy duo- Makoto and Yuma are familiar with street performing for money after all- and it not only has the audience in a good mood but eases Desuhiko's anxieties. The clones see their first concert together and it's the most fun theyve ever had. Desuhiko, in return, patches up their clothes for them (though, they do end up messing the clothes up again later, lol) with his impressive sewing skills. They save Yakou from getting beat down by some debt collectors and Yakou lets them crash in his shitty little apartment for a while.

This is really just a really endearing and cute road trip story in my head. It starts off tragic but once they get out it's just two guys who only understand each other trying to explore a whole new world while making other lives better.

They eventually reach the Amaterasu lab again, but by that point, Makoto doesn't have it in him to exact revenge anymore. He hates the place, but it was still his home. It's complicated. He tells Yuma that all he wants to do now is keep traveling the world together.

That's when Yuma reveals he's been secretly planning with the other people they've helped together to expose the laboratory for the corrupt place it is and get it shut down. That way they can get their revenge the right way. Makoto is ecstatic.

After they expose the dirt on their respective labs and have those places shut down, they're free to travel together again and continue helping any random people they see who need it <3

if anyone has any questiosn abt this au ill gladly answer bc it's rotting my brain <3

[alethianightsong]

Not dating, just being a mate and giving Gwen somewhere to stay.

[elizaaarts]

[AU] Little Nightmares: DARK FATE (PART 34).

YES! YES! YES!

> NEXT

> PREVIOUS

YEEEAAAAHHHHH MIRROR MAN! It was already a little obvious that he would appear XD Only God knows how long I waited for this moment and how I LIED to the people who asked me if it would appear. I'M SO SORRY!

He is the villain of this saga called "The Mirrors Saga", where we will discover what exists behind the mirror. Furthermore, this saga will last around 7 or 8 parts! And a lot of interesting things will happen... hehehe... HEHEHE

...Did you notice how Mono is acting strange or is it just me? 👀

[rhllorthered]

Can we talk about Sylvia's entire arc? At the start of season 4, she's really oppressive but in Turn Left we see back even before the events of Runaway Bride and she's VICIOUS. I mean, to the point of saying "I've given up on you" to Donna. Then, cut to now and she's adamantly navigating having a trans granddaughter and examining her own behavior with such care and concern. Not to mention frantically shielding Donna from any alien shenanigans. Bravo, Sylvia.

Bonus: "My father would be impressed. I have no higher compliment."

[bananabasedidiot]

the start of the book of bill is legit so funny

WARNING: do not open this fucking book

Then it's all "Time to get weird y'all"

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH"

then bills all "I'm back baby! I said we'd meet again well here I am bitch!"

then this silly little Dorito has the gall to say he's fine. ahem are you so sure about that?

then he steals my blood. the end /j

you just know Stanley's spirit is metaphorically screaming in horror.

[saintyasha]

it’s not bells hells if there’s not a two hour escape sequence (affectionate)

[horatiocomehome]

wait hang on. wait a second. I’m cooking okay so I was thinking about real life AU loop and. what if they were Siffrin’s older sibling?

like this lends itself to a complete au to make it work so here goes. hear me out

Loop and Siffrin are siblings in an abusive household. Loop is older by say, 3ish years

When Loop is a teenager, 15-16ish, they run away from home. They don’t take Siffrin with them

TIMESKIP. Siffrin is 17 and in foster care. He doesn’t remember anything from before then. He’s being matched with a new foster parent. Also they’re trans (this will be relevant) but haven’t really been able to go on hormones yet

It’s LOOP. 20 years old. Transitioned, looks completely different now. you wouldn’t even recognize them from the person who ran away from home. They also don’t remember much but they remember they ran away, and they remember they left a little sibling behind.

they meet. Loop doesn’t realize Siffrin is their sibling at first bc of the name change (and memory issues). Siffrin doesn’t recognize Loop at all. He doesn’t even remember he has a sibling

Loop soon realizes who Siffrin is, but… Siffrin doesn’t even remember they exist. What are they supposed to say? That they’re his older sibling? That they left them behind? What if they mess this up and siffrin hates them and this all falls apart?

The guilt and anxiety win out. They won’t tell Siffrin… yet. They’ll figure out the right time, the right way

And thus we obtain Loop, the knower, helping Siffrin, the unknowing. Loop, who ran away, blames themself for it, tasks themself with helping other people like them through fostering. Ends up helping someone far too similar to them for comfort.

I don’t even know how to tie in the rest of the family or the loops(??) yet. This was custom engineered solely to get the juicy Loop and Siffrin dynamic lmao I’ll think of more as I go

[hunterbloodknight]

"She was my best friend in the whole wide universe"

[pencilofawesomeness]

Guys I'm having such a bizarre moment. I didn't expect to win like this, or to have my personal headcanons be confirmed so directly, but I also feel simultaneously robbed because Akutami is reaching into my head /jk

We received so little about Sukuna, but those brief brief brieeef moments of existentialism really caught me and I've thought about him for so long because of it. He was a fantastically terrifying villain, but there was always that dissonance there, between some of his words and actions, that portrayed that aimless longing and hurt and what that meant as a characterization point, and I'm honestly so hyped we turn around and get this in 271:

(scanlation for this panel because I think it gets the sentiment across better)

Followed by

I'm—

Y'all I started my draft for my Sukuna Reincarnation AU months ago and I never expected canon to validate me. They leave it easier and more open-ended, of course, but I'm coming on the record to say I wasn't crazy for my stretch of a character exploration and also I called it.

I won't go into the specifics of my "study Sukuna like a cockroach" notes now I just wanted to come grab the mic and announce that I beat Akutami to it >:D /lh

I'm being a good noodle and not stretching myself thin by starting a new multichap now, but I've had With the Storm in the works since January, and in light of the end of JJK and this lovely little tidbit, I'm tossing a sneak-peak from Chapter 7 because why not:

But maybe it could be. Maybe, just maybe, Uraume could accept this proffered hand and continue to hope.

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Yet… things were different now. Things changed. Uraume changed, Sukuna changed, and even though they were still themselves, there was a myriad of shifts that piled on their shoulders until something gave way. Maybe a subconscious part of Uraume had braced for that to be a crash, but instead, Sukuna had been nothing but accepting and open. It only made them more nervous about losing him, just as they feared losing Pops. Uraume was not used to wanting, or hoping, but there was a powerful need in their chest that childishly demanded that they should get to keep both their kinder father and this happier Sukuna close, even if that may not be possible.

They nodded, not trusting their words at the moment, and Sukuna relaxed slightly.

“Good. Though that reminds me… You never really answered my first question. What do you want to do? With this life, I mean.”

There was that want again. Uraume felt the pull at their lungs until it was unbearable. They knew what he was asking; the question didn’t hinge on his involvement anymore, just them. Sukuna said he wanted to live peacefully, so what, then, was Uraume’s answer?

As much as they felt like a coward saying this, maybe that was okay. Sukuna felt the same way, after all. “I like this life too…” Uraume answered, and it was very different saying those words aloud. “Pops isn’t a shaman at all, and he’s good company and a good father. If I wasn’t able to find you, or you were not of this world, then… I would stay as his family.”

“That’s good,” Sukuna agreed, lifting yet another anxious weight from their chest. “I get that. Nobody else in my family are shamans either—at least, not really—and they’re all good people. It’s a good life, and even though I would have never expected it… I don’t want to lose it.”

It was amazing how similar they were, then and now. Uraume…really shouldn’t have worried about a lack of understanding. Sukuna didn’t have to say it, but it was clear that their thoughts had wandered down a similar road yet again. Their families, full of normal people living normal lives, were an unexpected treasure; to willingly become a monster, to become a scourge upon the world for whatever reason, would forfeit that. More than that, having people to care about made the desire to spread destruction lessen, rather significantly. Maybe that hurt and rage and bitterness was still there, in between their ribs, but in the ones that were dead and buried—a part of them, but also not quite there anymore, like when a scar ceases to constantly itch and ache and becomes only a mark on functioning skin.

They didn’t have to be monsters anymore. There were calmer, kinder things available to want—available to receive, even.

“This is so weird,” Uraume blurted, staring at their small hands and thinking of the strange miracle their lives turned into.

Sukuna barked a quick laugh before it was muffled into something like a snicker. “I know, right?” He leaned back in a stretch, his face catching the sun and lighting him in something that wasn’t a fire, but equally bright. “It’s not bad though.”

It was weird, to be a child, to be without some far-off goal, to be loved and happy, in the sense that it was absurd and foreign and absolutely unexpected. It was a breath of fresh air after years and years of having frozen lungs. Weird, surprising, but unmistakably good after so long of believing that no such term, deceptively simple, could have ever been applicable.

“Not bad at all,” Uraume agreed, a bright and blooming thing in their chest as their life began to slot into a new place. Still open-ended and perhaps a little terrifying for it, but Pops accepted them, and Sukuna accepted them, so maybe they could truly accept themself now, and whatever that will look like.

[griefpersevering]

enjoyed deadpool and wolverine but wished it was gayer and had more spideypool? boy do i have a fic for you!! the first chapter of runaways running the night is now up for everyone to read <33

[farsight-the-char]

Peach Momoko variant for her (NEO) Ultimate X-men, issue 3.

Mori (Molly Hayes), Nico Minoru (in all her goth glory), and Natsu (presumably a Cyclops variant).

[fairyspheres]

the runaway bride // the giggle