#saving mons yknow

[fdrsamericanflagduckfloaty]

Ça va, mon ami?

... Oui?

[mettywiththenotes]

I wonder if Mon-chan will appear in the void, like Tomura's family did

Tomura loved Mon-chan so much and that dog isn't connected to any hate or frustration (apart from its death)

So I think, if the Shimura family is connected to Tomura's hatred and rage, then maybe Mon-chan will be his connection to happiness

[c0smic-coral]

Deja Q Rewatch: Qcard Analysis

I am rewatching every Q episode of TNG (which means Qpid is next! Yippee!) and I thought I’d like to write a bit about this…

First of all, MY POOR BOY IS A HUMAN AND EVEN HIS LOVE INTEREST DOESN’T BELIEVE HIM. He literally requested to be sent to the Enterprise. Why? Because Picard is “the closest thing [he] has to a friend”. I posted this in the Qcard Fic Discord server, but I have a theory that yes, Q has been attracted to Picard for some time, especially during Q Who. Bro nearly kissed JLP’s ear. But he wasn’t fully aware of it. He enjoys Jean-Luc’s company. He wants affection. Now here he is, experiencing human emotions. Along with all of that fear and anxiety of feeling pain and such, and maybe a little bit of butterflies in his stomach?? I had a theory of an off-screen moment that might have gone something like this, perhaps in the few moments it must have taken to replicate 10 chocolate sundaes, right before Guinan shows up:

Q: Data… I may have felt a different sensation in my stomach earlier, when I first was dumped here by the Continuum.

Data: I’m listening.

Q: Sort of… fluttery. I-I’m not sure. It didn’t feel like… hunger.

Data: It could be possible it was a sort of nervousness.

Q: I’ve been feeling nervousness all day. I only felt this way near Jean-Luc. Maybe even a bit while I was omnipotent.

Data: It could be possible you feel some form of romantic or sexual attraction to Captain Picard.

Q: Sex with… Jean-Luc? For a robot, you have a sense of humor!

Data: …I am an android.

Q: Whatever!

Even if that didn’t happen, Q may have figured it out himself that fluttery feeling he got around Picard was love because after Deja Q, he was flirting even more!!! “Mon capitaine” starts to stick!!! Qpid, the way he was on the couch!!! Tapestry, flowers for John-Luck Pickerd!!!

THE IMMORTAL BED SCENE.

Now, I am going to discuss “Red alert” below the cut but a few other things first:

It was so hard for him to manage. My boy full of fear. Yet it’s that thing he has for Picard that keeps him forgiving him even when he’s pushed out of the way. Also, Q is not interested in “human interpersonal relationships”. In truth? As he sorts through his feelings for Picard, he’s still the only human he cares for. Riker was just for the Continuum. He could care less about Riker now that he knows for sure Riker could care less for the Continuum’s abilities. It’s all Picard. Definitely could care less about Geordi. Worf’s a Klingon, but he could care less about Microbrain as well.

And now to discuss Q’s sacrifice. Obviously he did some thinking after Data saved him. It is possible in this moment he realized he loved Picard and would do anything to protect him. So he takes the shuttlecraft. He would die for him. And he’s teased by Q2. “Selfless”. He knows the Calamarain would destroy the Enterprise to get to him, which means the death of everyone on the ship, including Jean-Luc. And of course he was growing depressed in that human form. But as Q2 said, there was a selfless aspect to this.

That selfless aspect? Q’s feelings for Picard.

Alright, on “Red alert”…

He’s naked in front of Picard. He can’t control the smirk that shows up on his face when he lands there. This is definitely Q’s more sexual emotions for JLP, and what if…

What if, he got a, yknow, a 🦴?

Just saying. He doesn’t know what happened. He might have had a guess. Why is it doing that?

Well, Q…

And that’s all I’ll discuss that. If you made it this far, thank you for reading my thoughts on this episode and how it sets up Qpid and Tapestry, and ultimately All Good Things… Now I didn’t mention True Q, and I believe @stellarred mentioned this in one of their posts at some point, but the reason we barely got any Qcard there is because Continuum business. But wait, Hide and Q was similar in nature. Well, Riker was closer to Picard so it was different. Besides, he was more of a free-range carefree Q then, before the fear of being a human set in. Okay that’s the real end of the essay.

[pinkhairandpokemon]

Introduction Post

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I’M A BAD BITCH YOU CAN’T KILL ME!

hiya! name's Blake. you might recognize me, you might not. rotomblr is confusing with all the multiverse stuff. basically, I'm an ex-champion who's kinda just doing my own thing now. saved the world a few times. met a few gods. y'know, the usual. I even died once! technically. oh, and I’m a university student at Blueberry Academy! mostly here to post about my Pokémon- but my friends Hop and Auberi have access to this blog too, so you might see them on here occasionally.

also!! I have a wonderful partner here’s his blog: @thunderblessedhero I love him sm

that's pretty much all you need to know, I think! signing out!

-Blake

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Auberi Bellerose- 21, they/them, demisexual/greyromantic

Hop Laventon- 20, he/him, asexual/biromantic

Blake- 21, they/them, pansexual/demiromantic

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Current Arc: Frozen Over (ON PAUSE)

Mini Arc: N/A

Summary: N/A

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OOC:

Pelipper Mail/Variants: ON (ex. Pelipper Malice, Musharna Mail, etc.)

Union Circle: ON (for short visits, it’s fine, but if it’ll be a lengthier visit to Blake’s universe I would like to discuss beforehand)

Magic Anons: ON (within reason, nothing permanent)

other rp blogs: @thunderblessedhero @partnersintime @scarlet-rider @pokehorsegirl @bisharpenjoyer @coolguyhilbert @keldeochamp1on @weirdcelebi @sapphireseafarer @justanothercastelian @winged-golden-wanderer @sword-reborn

Warnings: mentions of past trauma will be brought up occasionally on this blog, and will be tagged accordingly. mod is also an adult, so there could potentially be suggestive content from time to time- but I’ll try to avoid anything explicit.

Boundaries: not super strict rules on who can interact! eebies, legendaries, sapient ‘mons, etc. I might be a little more iffy towards crossover blogs, I’m sorry ;w; nothing wrong with them, it’s just a personal boundary of mine. I’ll try to make a post as some point elaborating further

flirty and/or suggestive interactions from adult muses WITH adult muns are fine towards Blake and Auberi. I do not feel comfortable with anyone attempting those kinds of interactions with Hop. and while flirting is fine, I would prefer if you got in touch with me and asked for my thoughts before having your character pursue any kind of romantic relationship with them.

also, in character hate is allowed! just yknow, don’t go too overboard with it.

Info about my OC:

basically Blake is my protag in several pkmn games, specifically SW/SH, X/Y, and B/W! the timeline of those games’ stories are in that specific order in my OCverse. (Pretty much any semblance of a canon timeline in the games is destroyed in my OCverse, except for any games w/ sequels like Gen1/Gen2 or BW/BW2. I’ll probably put together a proper timeline eventually, but essentially it’s just in the order I played all the games. Rn that order is FRLG -> HGSS -> SM -> ORAS -> SWSH -> XY -> DPPT/BDSP -> BW -> PLA -> SV -> BW2)

Bio: Blake was born in Nuvema Town, where they lived until they were around seven before moving to Aspertia City. They lived there until they were about thirteen, before moving to Postwick in the Galar region with their mother. There, they met one of their best friends, Hop. At the time, Blake was super closed off and shy, as their social anxiety made making friends difficult. The only one they’ve ever really let their guard down with was Hop. Watching Leon’s matches on TV with Hop was what inspired them to become a trainer, though for many years they didn’t actually think it’d be possible for them- considering they came from a family who didn’t really like Pokemon, therefore they had nowhere near as much experience with them like Hop did. They feared their social anxiety would get in the way, too.

Once they were 16, they unexpectedly got their first Pokemon from Leon- a Sobble named Kappa. After getting endorsed by Leon and some encouragement from Hop, they agreed to sign up for the Gym Challenge. They had a rocky start- losing battles pretty frequently was putting a huge dent in their already low self-esteem, and it was impacting Kappa as well. But over time they learned the ropes of being a trainer and was quickly becoming a rising star amongst the Gym Challengers. They went on to stop the Darkest Day along with Hop, catch Eternatus, become champion, and earn the trust of Zacian.

During their reign as champion, they trained at the Isle of Armor and explored the Crown Tundra. These small adventures slowly helped them realize just how much pressure their title was putting on them- and finally caused them to slip up during the final match of the next year’s Gym Challenge.

After losing their title, they decided to look for a new path- which lead them to Kalos, where they helped in putting a stop to Team Flare’s plan and caught Yveltal, and eventually back to Unova, where they fought against Team Plasma alongside Reshiram. Following the defeat of Plasma, they’ve enrolled as a college student at Blueberry Academy- and have done quite a lot in the past two years, such as visiting the Paldea region and catching more Pokémon. Now, they’ve returned to Unova, and are resting after having helped in the fight against Kyurem.

Blake is also the main character in my comics, Adventures in Kalos (on my instagram @/xgolden_latiasx) and Unova Fates (on Tumblr, insta, and webtoon). this blog will probably contain spoilers for those comics!

their ref:

More rules/info/explanations/etc.:

all three of these characters are friends with multiple legendaries, so if they seem overpowered to you… sorry? I’m just having fun over here. they don’t really use any of them for battle that often, though they might threaten to sic their legendary on someone as a joke (but they won’t actually). but as of right now the only legendary that’s actively with the group is Reshiram, he’s the only one who’ll get involved in whatever shenanigans/event the gang finds themselves in. (Unless I’m participating in an event from another person and they say they don’t want Reshiram involved.)

I’m relatively willing to join in on high stakes stuff as long as I feel up to it, but please ask me first if you want one of my characters to actively participate somehow.

also, this blog runs with the idea that Rotomblr is a weird site that links other universes together. So for example say if… Kalos is blowing up or something on another person’s blog and someone tries to get Auberi involved, I’m just going to say it’s happening in a different universe. Or if a different SWSH/XY/BW/PLA protag character tries to interact.

please please please also understand that I have realllllly bad social anxiety and awkwardness. I apologize if it takes me a while to respond to something, or if my replies seem short and uninterested (I promise I’m interested in the conversation I’m just bad at words). or long and ramble-y. please tell me to shut the fuck up if you need me to

Past arcs/plot lines:

#Storyline: Haunting Regrets (Explanation of Auberi’s past)

#Story Event: The Calm Before The Storm (Set up for a future arc that. got retconned)

#Story Arc: The Press Conference (This arc was discontinued, but I didn’t really feel like going back and deleting all the tags so it IS still canon but nothing important happened.)

#Typing Through Time (Mini event where a pair of mysterious siblings, supposedly from the future, take over the blog to document their search for a special Celebi.)

#Interlude Arc (BW2 event.)

#PB Takeover (Takeover of a version of Blake that joined Team Plasma.)

#Summer Camp Arc (BBA Summer Camp)

List of everyone’s Pokémon (will probs be updated frequently):

Blake:

-Kappa (M Inteleon)

-Go-Go (F Coalossal)

-Venom (M Toxtricity)

-Charlie (M Boltund)

-Jeanne (F Corviknight)

-Lancelot (M Sirfetch’d)

-Athena (F Urshifu)

-Tulip (F Venusaur)

-Lizzie (F Charizard)

-Tater (F Flapple)

-Potato (M Galarian Slowpoke)

-Audun (M Flygon)

-Zuzu (F Dragapult)

-Azi (F Dreepy)

-Shiverbolt (Arctozolt)

-Alto (M Grookey)

-Oran (M Munchlax)

-Fwoofy (Cosmog)

-Stormy (M Sobble)

-Dewdrop (M Sobble)

-Nessa Jr. (F Sobble)

-Bubble (M Sobble)

-Neptune (F Sobble)

-Zacian

-Eternatus

-Red (M Delphox)

-Stardust (M Meowstic)

-Ryu (M Lucario)

-Flick (F Vivillon)

-Verde (M Venusaur)

-Basil (M Sylveon)

-Granite (M Tyrantrum)

-Snooze (M Snorlax)

-Yveltal

-King (F Serperior)

-Cordelia (F Simipour)

-Beau (M Swoobat)

-Lumiere (F Chandelure)

-Kilobyte (M Eelektross)

-Phaedra (F Krookodile)

-Toothless (M Deino)

-Scylla (F Druddigon)

-Stormchase (F Swellow)

-Larkspur (M Venipede)

-Reshiram

-Chip (F Pawmot)

-Tiny (M Braviary)

-Salad (F Floragato)

-Cranberry (F Flareon)

-Pecha (F Grookey X Fomantis hybrid)

-Dart (F Cyclizar)

-Mantis (F Slither Wing)

-Hermes (M Corvisquire x Galarian Zapdos hybrid)

-Odin (M Corvisquire x Galarian Articuno hybrid)

-Vulcan (F Corvisquire x Galarian Moltres hybrid)

-Spark (M Galvantula ✨)

-VIOLENCE (F Scream Tail)

-Galahad (M Skarmory)

-Snart (F UD Archen)

-Titanium (F Revaroom)

-Goober (M Scovillain)

-Banana (F Latias ✨)

-Fluffernutter (M Totodile)

Hop:

-Cloudy (M Dubwool)

-Flint (M Cinderace)

-Percival (M Corviknight)

-Rumble (M Snorlax)

-Needle (F Pinchurin)

-Jasper (M Silicobra)

-Thor (F Boltund)

-Whisperwood (F Trevenant)

-Summer (F Heatmor)

-Watts (M Toxel)

-Crest (M Cramorant)

-Zamazenta

-Galarian Zapdos

-Mango (F Squawkabilly)

-Arlo (M Quaxly)

-Deedee (F Gardevoir x Whimsicott hybrid)

-Carrot (M Tatsugiri)

-Lumi (F Joltik)

-Koda (M Inteleon)

-Dusk (M Mightyena)

-Flurry (F Cetitan)

Auberi:

-Korrin (M Greninja)

-Calypso (F Meowstic)

-Blaise (M Charizard)

-Glacé (F Aurorus)

-Cantrelle (F Noivern)

-Reaper (F Absol)

-Estelle (F Flareon)

-Sunrise (F Talonflame)

-Chester (M Chespin)

-Ignis (M Hisuian Typhlosion)

-Blanche (F Hisuian Zoroark)

-Aries (M Paldean Tauros, Blaze Breed)

-Spitfire (M Skeledirge)

-Anne Bonny (F Kilowattrel ✨)

-Voltaire (M Joltik)

-Fondue (F Fidough)

-Arceus

-Rouge (M Hisuian Zorua)

-Anastasie (F Hisuian Zorua ✨)

(A note: These aren’t necessarily all Pokémon that are registered to them. Most of the legendaries, for example, are just ‘mons they’re able to call upon or are associated with)

[ghost-types-and-sweets]

Hi, you can call me CB! i use he/him and have a haunter named Willo, a sylveon named Lily, a zorua named Laven, and a funky purple lizard thing named Wisteria. born and raised in mauville, hoenn. i like sweets and warm blankets and ghost types. I teach programming at Naranja-Uva academy! maxie and archie of team magma and aqua dni

Currently hopping between Sinnoh and Paldea

Legendaries met (in person only. arc save me): Darkrai (dad!) Zekrom Ho-Oh Dialga Palkia Celebi Latios Mew Entei Cresselia

ooc: Hello! I'm Sigil! i like pokemon if you cant tell!

I tend to not participate in many high stakes events, though I might if I feel like it. Here is a post of my own talking about high stakes, and here is someone else's, and another person's.

I handle a lot of darker themes when it comes to CB's backstory (which doesn't come up that much but yknow.), so Don't like don't read. Themes include but are not limited to; death, suicide, self harm, poison, murder, trauma, bullying. I do usually keep it lighter though. Here is a post about a proposed tagging system for stakes events that, when i remember and am involved, will be using.

there is a pokemon irl tumblr discord, made by bench, the person who runs the blog of everyone's favorite tropius, Tropius! (@wingsofachampion / @gildedgaggle / @teamgardeners / @ifbench ) the link is here.

btw, every tag that goes before the cb blogs! tag or its variations is completely in character. the cb blogs! tags themselves are also technically in character so do with that what you will. (Except cb blogs! lore and (when i get around to posting again) cb blogs! untagged ic )

list of some of cb's tags (all start with cb blogs!)

ghosts and such spooke mon snacks naptime chronic pain poisons and flowers teacher moments character tags:

allen the aurora prince dadrai floooooo zekrom apparently cringe fail blond coworker (v)

i have another tagging system that is out of character! these start with ooc tags! so! idk might change it later. so far we have:

ooc tags! cb does a dumb <- for when cb does something stupid ooc tags! cb does a dumb and gets hurt <- for when cb does something stupid and sustains a substantial injury (currently unused)

[applexi]

aw man, if only either shopee or lazada had the wakko funko pop, i could have bought for u 🥺👉👈 anyway is there any chance you're coming to my hometown again bc i wanna give u a gift for ur birthday (which will probably be very, very delayed) maybe. is there anything you like? i can only reach 2000php ;_;

XELLE!!!!! STOP IT MY HEART IS ACHING OVER YOUR KINDNESS AAAAAA 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I'm glad you even bothered to take note of my appreciation of the bby boy 💙💙

sadly there's like, 0 chance that I could even fly!! I'm not exactly in a cool position to get what I want either (in this case: flying) I'd even have to have a lot of medical proof (swab test, etc) and testing just to fly there, and im a minor as well and they're serious. huhu!!

Honestly, I just want a merch of anything that I'm into (Lu.pin III, Anim.aniacs, heck even dang.anronpa even if I'm not into it atm) I'm a big fan of keychains, pins and would love to have a figurine lying around my room 😭

heck!! maybe just buy commissions from someone just to have easier access from you to me!

[electrivolt]

// bunch of assorted luxray hcs because yknow what volkner’s cat deserves it

volkner found him when he was still a shinx, has cared for him ever since despite his father’s disapproval. he made it a habit of putting aside parts of his own food to feed luxray since his father basically said it was all on him if he really insisted on being stubborn and keeping him.

luxray is extremely protective of volkner as a result. he refuses to leave volkner alone if he can help it and ends up often walking at his side outside his pokeball whenever they’re outside. he doesn’t hesitate to hiss as a warning whenever someone is trying to start some shit with volkner.

luxray evolved very quickly due to the amount of fights he and volkner got into as he was growing up, mostly growing stronger pushed by his need to protect volkner.

at this point he is basically volkner’s emotional support ‘mon, knowing volkner well enough to tell when he’s having a bad moment or is even moments away from a panic attack, and is always ready to (gently) headbutt him and push his head into his hand to ground him.

on occasions he would bite volkner’s father without hesitation to help volkner in particularly nasty situations. because of this and a few more reasons, volkner has made it a habit of keeping his pokeball in hand almost at all times out of paranoia, always ready to return him to his pokeball to keep him safe. this habit is what has spared luxray from the worst volkner’s father’s team could do. 

sometimes volkner has left luxray with his uncle for at least a few days when things would get nasty at home, just to make sure his father couldn’t retaliate against luxray instead. while palmer was more than capable to make sure luxray would be safe, those days took a toll on them both, and despite knowing volkner had good intentions and was left no other choice being a child, this has resulted in luxray’s separation anxiety.

used to be more on the skinny side a couple of years ago, since volkner was still pretty limited in what he could do to care for luxray even when he went as far as saving most of his food for him. it’s gotten much better nowadays, though.

basically always sleeps with volkner in his bed. it’s a little more difficult now that he’s so big, but volkner tries anyways, he refuses to tell luxray to get out of bed.

acts extremely prideful in public, is basically a lil shit house cat in private.

sometimes just called ‘lux’ for short ever since he evolved.

[simpformckinnon]

memorable

hi I’m back, I wanted to write remus’ first game just because yknow, but would just like to point out that I have no idea about ice hockey at all

characters belong to the wonderful @lumosinlove

if you have any, please send requests or just come for a chat in the asks :) xx

The locker room was loud, it always was, but to Remus, everything was different. Sirius had always told him he was part of the team, but until this moment he always felt slightly out of place. It wasn’t that the boys were cold towards him, far from it. Each of them made sure to include him where they could, but being their pt meant he had had to take a step back every now and again.

He doesn’t have to anymore.

“Pots for the love of fucking god stop harassing my boyfriend and get your kit on.”

From the moment he’d entered the locker room, James hadn’t left his side, either commentating every move he made, asking whether he was superstitious yet or just chirping him for any little thing.

“Why, jealous cap?” he wiggled his eyebrows, letting out an incredibly manly squeal as Sirius’ gloves hit him square in the chest. Remus just laughed, used to watching from he sidelines, the feeling of being involved foreign, but not unwelcome.

Remus continued changing, aware of the noise surrounding him but the buzz of adrenaline blocked out the majority. A hand appeared on his shoulder and he turned, a soft smile appearing as he met Sirius’ eyes.

“Hey.”

“Hi.”

“Are you nervous?” Sirius’ eyes scanned his face, looking for any signs of discomfort.

“A little, but I'm more excited. I didn’t think I’d ever get to be here,” he admitted, finding that the usual stab of pain he feels in his heart when he thinks about the accident had faded to a dull ache.

Sirius leaned down quickly, connecting their lips in a soft kiss and bringing his hand to cup Remus’ cheek.

“Yes get it cap and rookie!”

“Talker, call me rookie again and I’ll get Tremz to ring his sister and see if she's really at her apartment.”

“That’s cold Loops, cold,” Thomas mock glared, before breaking into a grin.

“You ready?” Sirius tapped his side, regaining his attention.

“As I’ll ever be.”

~

“Now that’s rookie Remus Lupin on first line with captain Sirius Black and James Potter. Now I don’t know about you Lee, but I’m wondering how he’ll fit in with their dynamic, as Black and Potter are well known for their almost psychic like play.”

“I did wonder that Frank. There have been some tweets circulating claiming favouritism is the reason for Lupins position on the team, but I’ve had the pleasure of seeing some of his old tapes and if he’s even as half as good as he was, then we are in for a right treat.”

They took their positions, Sirius center, Remus on the right, Pots on the left, Olli and Timmers in defence, Kasey in goal. They were playing Ravenclaw tonight, first game of the season. Remus’ first game for the NHL. He knew Jules and his parents were in the crowd, Jules in his jersey.

He watched the puck drop, watched Sirius steal it before the opposition even had a chance. He shot ahead, calling for the puck before receiving it, increasing his speed as he did. He dodged the defensemen, and raced towards the goal.

Should I pull the fake or save it?

He opted for a slap shot instead, hearing the goal horn blare not even a second later. He was surrounded suddenly, Sirius planting a quick kiss on his cheek, James knocking on his helmet, Olli and Timmers pulling him into a crushing hug. He could get used to this.

His goal set the pace for the game. They won 7-2, Remus scored one more, Logan got a hat trick, and James and Sirius each got one. The atmosphere of the rink was electric.

~

“Re! Re you scored! It was so cool, they didn’t expect it, all of a sudden you were there and you were so fast and it was like a blur an-” Jules rambled as he sprinted into the locker room, barreling into Remus at top speed.

“Still got it hey?” he grinned, wrapping his arms around the excited ten year old.

His mum wiped her eyes, clearing the tears that had began to form. Remus pulled her into the hug too, willing himself not to get emotional. They pulled apart as the rest of the families entered, and Sirius walked over.

“Oi Jules, where’s your Black jersey? Thought I was your favourite,” He teased, pulling the young boy into a loose headlock.

Julian laughed, scrambling to get away, before pulling up his Lupin jersey to reveal his Black one underneath. Remus wished he had his phone to take a picture, just to savour the look on Sirius’ face.  

“I couldn’t pick one of you, I mean obviously Re is my brother so he has to be my favourite,” Jules started, “but you’re my favourite too.”

“Don’t tell Remus, but you’re my favourite Lupin.”

Julians smile could’ve lit up the room, and it stayed plastered on his face even as his mum pulled him out of the room to allow them to change.

“You were amazing out there mon loup, I didn’t think it was possible but I think you just became ten times hotter.”

Remus swatted at him, but a blush coated his cheeks all the same. He pulled Sirius down for a quick kiss, still on a high from the adrenaline.

If this was a dream, he wished to never wake up.

[emixion]

Transformation: Maribat March Day 5

this one is short and terrible but yknow @maribat-march2020 _______________________________________________________________________ Just when all hope is lost, she appears in front of them like a saving grace. The shining light in the dark. Their captor has left them now. Letting the trap set in place count down their final minutes. Damian struggles to hold himself up, pushing his weight onto his elbows, his brothers scattered around him. They’ve been beaten. They’ve been taken down and now Marinette would suffer from the fallout of their failure. Marinette. Damian’s eyes widen. He has to get to Marinette before- He doesn’t have time to finish that thought because Marinette is rising, going to stand in front of them, staring in determination at the escape hatch on the ceiling. Damian blinks through the heaviness in his head, looking up at her in confusion. “Mari-“ he calls out, voice hoarse.  She turns and crouches in front of him, taking his bruised face in her hands. “Shhh, Mon Cher. Save your strength.” She soothes, pressing a kiss to his head. “I’m going to get help.” Before he can ask how, she’s on her feet again and this time she’s joined by a strange red creature. She gives the tiny flying creature a firm nod, sparing one more glance at Damian, smiling reassuringly before uttering the words, “Spots on.” The room is filled with a blinding pink light. Damian squints at the brightness, staring in disbelief as the light envelopes his angel. Strange pink magic dances around her hands and she swipes them over her eyes, leaving a red and black spotted mask in her wake. The pink sparkles move along her arms, covering her skin as they move. They flutter over her torso and down her legs, leaving every inch of her dawned in red with black spots, like a ladybug. Red ribbons blossom from her onyx hair, matching the suit. And Marinette bathes in the light gracefully, she dances with the sparkles like they’re an old friend, closing her eyes in contentment as the light flows through her. Through his hazy, bewildered thoughts he thinks she might be an actual angel. She’s breathtaking. And just as quickly as it comes, the light goes, leaving a suited up Marinette behind. “What the fuck..?” Mumbles a half coherent Jason from Damian’s right. He hardly takes notice, too fixated on the goddess in front of him. Marinette turns back to them, taking out what looks to be a yoyo and swings it in a circle. “I promise I’ll explain later, I just need to get us to safety first.”  She reassures the four boys. Her eyes linger on Damian. “Hang tight, I’ll be right back.” And in a flash, she’s gone. Swings her yoyo up towards the escape hatch and soars along with it. “Is she..?” Dick trails off, pushing himself into a sitting position. “She’s a hero.” Damian whispers. “She’s incredible.”

[jokingmaiden]

major spoilers for su:f episode 16 (fragments)

yknow, i just realized something very upsetting about the new episode

we didn’t see steven’s cooldown.

we didn’t see him look around in confusion, laugh slowly dying away as Jasper doesn’t stand back up

we didn’t see him sink to the ground, breath hitching as he tells himself she just poofed, she just poofed. it couldn’t be anything more

we didn’t see how he looked for her gem, finding her in pieces in the dirt, shattered by his own doing

we didn’t see the realization slowly eating up his expression as he scooped up her pieces, trying desperately to shove them back together in a hopeless craze

we didn’t see him, unable to form tears in his panic, as he stood on wobbly legs and held her close, making sure he had every last piece of her before running as fast as he could, as if saving time would change anything

we didn’t see his long trek home, running and trying to block out the sounds of his own thoughts screaming at him, telling him how he’s a murder, replaying the sound of a gem shattering beneath him over and over

we didn’t see him bite back vomit as he realized, in the moment, he’d enjoyed hurting her, and how his selfish outburst had killed a friend and oh god how could he do this he was awful he was everything he feared he’d become exactly what he was avoiding he was a monster a monster a monster a mons te r—

...

we didn’t see steven’s cooldown.

[athena1138]

1, 5, 10, 15, 20 for Asena

*vibrating* my babe my queen my goddess yes good choice thANK you. (maybe now i’ll get back to my fucking story lol) 

1. What’s one experience your character had that made them very afraid?

It’s hard to make Asena afraid. Really, before she met Josephine, she kind of didn’t really care about anything enough to be afraid enough of anything. She was just... there, makin bank and taking ass. Once she met Josie though? Oh yeah no her whole world shifted. The thing that scared her the most was, in the Fade, the Nightmare showed her Josephine being killed by the House of Repose and said it was her fault because she wasn’t strong enough to protect her, that she was always “gallivanting around with the dwarf” (Gemma.) For like a hot minute, she just kind of lost her shit and went berserk. Gemma had to talk her back down, and Asena almost, almost cried.

5. Would they ever turn on someone they just met in order to save themselves?

Oh yeah no in a heartbeat. She gives No Shits(tm.)

10. What were the character’s parents like? What was the affect the parents had on the character?

Her father left before she was born, so she never knew him (but her mother said that was for the best.) Her mother was a hard woman, very stoic and tough love. She’s the reason Asena has always been so detached and distant, but she died when Asena was 14. Her aunt sold her off to the mercenaries almost immediately, and though it was definitely a rough life, she made some good friends who helped her become the suave goddess she is today. (She also met Gemma through them because they did a lot of jobs with/for the Carta.) 

15. What is their biggest fear? What in general scares them? How do they act when they’re scared?

She’s kind of afraid of heights and definitely of magic. Like, the mage companions are all cool and she definitely likes talking to them, but shit’s freaky, man. Mostly she just keeps her distance and watches extra closely when they’re around, doesn’t let her guard down. She knew something was up with Solas pretty quick on, but he seemed at least not immediately threatening, so she didn’t say anything. Her biggest fear is just Josephine getting hurt/killed. It doesn’t even matter if she breaks up with her, Asena just wants to know she’s safe always. 

20.  What was something they struggled with greatly and how did they overcome it?

Just like. Learning to loosen the reigns, yknow? She ran her merc group for so long that she kind of forgot how to just be a regular woman (not that she ever really was one.) She’s smooth and all, but emotional intimacy is very foreign to her, so she has to work hard at it and just try to talk through with Josie. Like, she’s had relationships before, but she really loves her. (Her first thought when she met her was, “Holy shit. I have to marry this tiny human.”) There’s a lot of “research” involving some of Cassandra’s trashier romance books.

Thank you, mon cherie!~

[tumblunni]

Randomly thinking some more about that old game idea of mine that i just call Dark Pokemon for now, lol

Basically a monster catching game where they're treated as monsters? Normal people are all terrified of them and trainers get treated with a 50/50 mix of reverence and hatred. Because trainers are the only way that humans can try and exterminate the monsters, yet theyre seen as cursed people who dont even count as human anymore. Sort of a way to explain little cliches of the genre like kids being thrown out completely alone to travel the world, and you never really having any reason to revisit past towns after you beat the gym. I was thinking itd be a cool way to do it if the game started off seeming like a normal mon catching game and then before you get the big reveal of the darkness you can get subtle hints if you try and turn around and reenter the starting area. Because it goes against expectations it might be missed by a lot of players.

Also the towns are so small and the routes are so straight and narrow because thats how humanity builds society in a world of monster fear. 90% of the world is uninhabited wilderness where only monsters live. Human towns are sorta like sci fi dome cities without the scifi? Surrounded by protective salt barriers and charms and stuff. And if a monster even touches anything its considered cursed, so if one of them makes it past a salt barrier that town is abandoned and any people caught up in the chaos of the barrier's collapse are left to die just in case they've been corrupted. And the roads between the towns are manned by armed guards who are constantly vigilant to repair the salt barriers. But this means they have to live their entire life alone in these limbo spaces between society and the wild, and often most narrier breaches are caused by the guards getting paranoid from the pressure. You need to keep watch for monsters so any movement in the shadows could be one of them, right?? You get situations of roads being blocked off by some crazed guard who starts seeing people as monsters, or one of them pulling the alarm and getting a town falsely burnt down for being corrupted when the monster was really just a leaf blowing in the wind. Or the worst case scenario where nobody ever knows WHAT happened! You just find the road destroyed and the guard gone. It might have happened days ago and nobody knew until a merchant tries to travel between towns and discovers the only road of escape is gone and everyone is doomed to slow starvation. And you can still see the other end of the road just a few meters away, but the superstition is so strong that nobody will risk taking that single step into monster territory. You'll be cursed and that's worse than death, right? You don't want to turn into a trainer...

And then also nobody really knows what determines who's chosen to be a trainer. Inevitably whenever someone shows signs of powers the town will turn on them and make up any excuse that they somehow invited the curse by being promoscuous or athiest or something. And you need to be removed for everyone's safety! Thus begins the ten year old's journey walking the earth in search of a place they can belong...

Tho usually its not just kids, the protagonist and rival is a rare case. All your neighbours are torn between 'its so tragic it happened to kids' and 'they must be REALLY evil to get chosen despite their age!' And i think maybe the rival would be like a sympathetic gary type? Theyre so determined to be better than you because they think if they can prove theyre good then their parents will let them go back home. And this desperation leads them to make bad choices and reject the only friend they have left :( Also them being bad to their monster pals would feel more justified when they were raised in a society that says monster pals are evil and you cant let your guard down cos theyre just trying to tempt you. Listen to the assholes who dont care about you, because anyone being nice is a lying sinner!

Also i was thinking maybe you catch monsters with a magic song or throwing herbs at them or absorbing them into a jewel pendant or something else more magicky yknow? Maybe magical bandages enscribed with spell runes that wrap arpund them like a collar? And so trainers are divided up into weavers who make these catching tools, and then the actual kind of trainer who uses them to catch mons. Weavers are able to stay in human society and act like the pokeball shops, theyre sorta like a 'town witch' or something. Like 'we will tolerate your magic if you never actually make a contract with a monster'. But then of course catching monsters is necessary to defend against monsters, so weavers have to be allowed to make the catching threads and sell them to travellers. But only travellers are allowed to do that sinful mon hugging! But also hey sinful traveller will you please save us from our doom? Basically this is why most trainers work as mercenaries, all this bullshit means that you gotta be employed by some asshole who hates your guts just cos u need food to eat. But blablabla town limit of X days before you have to leave, etc etc...

Also i was considering an element of different towns having different mythology around monsters and trainers? So you never really know whats real or if all of it is bullshit. Every time you go to a new place theyre equally fanatically convinced that some new thing is the real sin and everything the last guy said is eeeeeevil corruption. Sigh! And a subplot i was thinking of is a town with very sexist mythology, where the roles of weavers and tamers are seen as one gender only. And the town weaver is this nice grandma thats trapped in an abusive relationship with a super misogynist gramps. And one of those cloyingly fake-softspoken "rational" sexists who's all 'im just trying to protec u, wrong gender roles are bad for your immortal soul'. And has a million "logical" explanations for why his bigotry is true. Like technically he's "valuing her as important" by not letting her leave the house or socialize with friends, because yknow "im a nice guy who's nice to you trainers, i know your job is important so shouldnt the weavers be working 24/7 to support you?" The frustrating feeling of starting to trust a guy cos he's not bigoted against your particular minority, but then finding out he's bigoted against someone else... Ugh. So ultimately in the end you can succeed at this sidequest and help the grandma make a pact with a cute fairy monster and kick his ass and leave. And possibly get into a cute and mutually healthy relationship with another grandma in another town, so you get to see that and have a bonus happy note to the sidequest, yknow? Also they give you a hug and bake u cookies. (The monster is wearing a cute chef hat!) And then you'd have a place to stay in that town that doesnt have the 'it gets more expensive every night to try and make you leave' bullshit of all the normal inns. And you get to see a cute animation of your monsters all cuddled up in bed too cos they dont force you to leave them outside in the Designated Monster Containment Cage.

Oh! Also randomly i was thinking of another way of foreshadowing! Like when you go to the first inn you dont know any of this stuff about people hating monster tamers and not trusting your tamed mons even if theyre tame. So you'd probably just think that you not seeing your monsters when you sleep is just the game's limited graphics or you keep them in some pokeball equivelant thing. But when you walk arpund the outside of the inn you can see a door to a basement cellar that's got weirdly heavy duty chains and bars even if you assume they store their valuables down there. And maybe when you heal at the inn it never restores your mons to full health, always 10hp away from maximum or something? Or other small hints that theyre afraid of going to the inn and your protagonist is wary about doing it even if you'd think theres no downside to healing. Or maybe you can see another monster tamer visit the place at one point and you can hear banging and growling from the basement...? Or see some of the chains have bite marks in the morning. And the townsfolk wpuld be all 'can you believe how much noise they made?' and expressing fear about monsters being in the town, though itd have to be written carefully to remain vague. But yeah 'lets mistreat these small animals because we fear them' -> they panic and cry for their one human friend in the world while theyre forced to sleep in a damp dark tiny room -> 'that just proves theyre inherantly violent!' Also the trainer is an ungrateful bastard for acting so sullen when they couldnt sleep from worry over their friends :(

But it wont be all depressing yo!!! All the darkness of the setting is dark but the monster pals are still just as pals! I give u grimdark world so i can give u a protagonist of kindness who fights the system and saves people in every town who eventually rise up and are swayed by their kindness into fighting The Old Ways and making a better world as the story goes on! Its like an adventure of creating the pokemon world? You try and sell everyone on the idea of trusting cute monsters instead of being so damn paranoid you inflict all these atrocities upon other humans and even yourself because 'sacrifices are necessary to keep the monsters away'. Fight the symbol of all bigotry!!! The evil team is Team Bad Dads And Politicians!!!

...sorry lol my story ideas are Weird.

[pulitzerpanther]

🔥 ~ anything about Supergirl

@forthewinn sent me a meme seeing if I can lower my follower count || Meme Status: Still Accepting

Send me a “ 🔥 “ for an unpopular opinion.

//absolutely unpopular and DIVISIVE topic:

I do not believe that Mon-El is the spawn of Satan incarnate. 

But that’s not what I’m gonna go into. The real unpopular opinion?

I think he had the potential for a great, multi-layered foil to Kara’s character in season two and they absolutely wasted both of their characters on the arc that came. He could have been a wonderful foil for Kara’s unrealistic heroism (propagated by Superman/Supergirl all the time), but instead became a Grade B char to what he could have been

Let me tell you why (tw: unpopular rant below):

Obviously Mon-El was destined to be Valor (though that’s arguable given the fact that Winn Schott Jr. didn’t become a fellow child-serial killing maniac who wanted Cat Grant to be his mom bc his dad killed her kid, aren’t comics fun) but...what if he didn’t? What if his constant desire to live his own life/be an agent of impassiveness towards crime was...actually used?  Actually discussed? Actually presented as plausible?

I thought it would have been a fascinating story to see Kara faced with someone who just wanted to be normal, but their obtaining normalcy wasn’t burdened by the overwhelming urge to become a self-sacrificial hero. Yes, Mon-El becomes a bodyguard to earn money...but they didn’t even delve into why. They didn’t really see why he was doing those things. Why he felt the need to use his powers for ‘evil’ instead of good (which...is debatable). Kara just immediately saw his character as ‘not immediately redeemable’ and that always bugged me. Broke ties (for a hot minute in season two) and the idea of Mon-El being a foil to Kara’s desire to push the hero narrative immediately shattered. 

And then Mon-El changed? 

What a waste of potential!

I think the hero(tm) narrative is...complex. I think it’s something a lot of comics don’t dive into nearly as much as they should--the controversial topic of ‘what is everyone’s inherent responsibility to do good’. Does doing nothing mean you’re as good as killing people if you have the means to stop it? What if you upped the stakes--what if protecting those people could kill you? It’s a philosophical question, and a truth:

Being a hero, in the real world, even for an alien, would be dangerous.

Kara has this notion that she’s not doing all that she can for 23 years of her life, so clearly that was morally wrong--to stand idly by while she could have affected change in the world. She could have been saving people’s lives--she could have spent all of that time helping them--so isn’t the same as dooming them? Kara is shown to believe the mindset in s2 that if someone has the skillset, does that mean that they’re obligated to put the needs of others over their own? 

That’s the question I wanted Mon-El to ask of her.

Mon-El is introduced as Kara’s foil--culturally and morally. Inherently selfish, yes, but at the start of his character introduction...he just wanted to do nothing. And the show frames that as such a negative point from the get-go: ‘I don’t want to potentially sacrifice myself, so I’m inherently evil’. Now, in terms of superhero shows, that seems like a valid narrative, right?

Why? Why have we, as a culture, so inherently coded ‘heroes’ with ‘sacrifice’? There was an obvious reason for this during war-time when comics were so prevalent--when they were gaining such traction--and this is an idea that continuously resonates with people, imo, because it helps add weight to sacrifice, adds meaning where losing a loved one in war might have been meaningless...but is that always the most compelling narrative in a story? 

Is that always the most compelling narrative to ask ourselves?

One of my favorite moments of season two was when Winn was genuinely terrified for his life because he realized how close he would come to dying on a daily basis. This cookie-cutter, rose-colored glasses version of superheroes faded into the grim reality (of which Kara had been trying to warn both James and Winn of all season but yknow hey they gloss over the fact of that, too) that being a hero is dangerous.

And Winn is not equipped for this.

They gloss over that, too, in the end--wrap it up in a neat bow of self-triumph like the pressing question of Winn almost dying was just self doubt, instead of a real danger in their line of work...but man I would have loved that. I would have loved that with Winn, and I would have fucking loved that with Mon-El.

Yes, Mon-El has superpowers. Yes, he is mostly invulnerable, but the moment he becomes a real ‘hero’ in the classical narrative sense, it immediately showcases itself as self-sacrifice (which I know a lot of people on here will think is a controversial statement, in and of itself), he becomes the hero by sacrificing himself and leaving the planet.

WTF? Why? Why couldn’t he have been allowed to be the ‘well...is being a normal alien in hiding actually bad?’ character at the bar? The bartender--a friend--a confidante--a reminder that aliens could have ‘humanity’ that allowed them to be normal? That we can make a difference in our normal lives as humans. Why did his showcase of ‘heroism’ have to be giving up his ideals to code to a more publically accepted idea of heroes? 

Why do we always have to make heroes sacrificial? Why do we have to push the narrative that if we’re not saving someone (Cat pretty much said this to Kara s1 the moment she was revealed and no one can tell me that it didn’t resonate) you’re practically killing them. Why does everyone have to fight/be a vigilante/sacrifice to be a hero?

Why can’t it be dangerous? Why couldn’t Mon-El be used for this?

I would have loved to have seen the ramifications of this on the show. I would have loved to see that conversation--that debate. The fact that being a hero doesn’t always require sacrifice. The idea that Jimmy could stay at the paper ala Cat Grant and be a ‘hero’ without needing to punch things (s2 wrecked that). The idea that it is not evil or wrong for Mon-El to not want to be a hero. That it’s entirely valid as a choice for him to choose not to sacrifice himself...as long as he grew his character. Or even if that’s not the narrative they wanted to push, the show defining where those boundaries would be. I would have loved to see that struggle--that foil between Kara and Mon-El. Her pushing him too far and him pushing back. 

He could have grown without becoming her ‘protege’--without sacrificing his character struggles. He could have learned how to be a good person/she could have positively changed him as supergirl/Kara while narratively showing that you didn’t have to be the Red and Blue hero in order to make a difference.

Instead, you just got some candy-cutter love story about growth. It was a waste of both characters imo. A waste of good character growth and an interesting moral question:

What’s the humanity obligation to ‘help’. What does being a hero mean? 

But...yeah. Unpopular. He’s not Satan. And he could have been so much more interesting.

[pinksweatergettingbetter]

warning, the following has mainly snarky (and possibly furious) opinions on Spirit of Justice. Reader discretion is advised.

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Alright, on to part three, where Phoenix’s big fat mouth gets Apollo and Athena into deep doodoo.

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QUICK CHILDREN, INTO THE MANHOLE!

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SDUFGDGSF YOU CAN ‘MOVE’ WHILE YOURE BEING CHASED 

way to ruin the moooooood XD

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well athena if its any consolation, smelling like a rotten egg will probably delight sadmad.

y’know. cause youre a putrid egg yolk.

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“Once a rebel, always a rebel!”

apollo was never a rebel

you sent him back to America before he could do any rebelling.

>OH MY SNARK IS CONFIRMED BY APOLLO

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oh everyone’s met up now

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“It was like watching a pair of ostriches bury their heads in the sand”

the FUCK does that mean, Phoenix?!???

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“dubious hovel”

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whats wrong with athena? i thought she was huddling up in the corner because she saw something unnerving, then maybe because of all the sudden people there–– but it’s implying she’s disgusted by the shitty state of the place?

what, is Athena a germaphobe now??

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“He said he hopes you’ll come back and take over this office someday.”

“M-me?”

“Those were his words! He might have been half-joking though.”

I’m not sure which I’m more offended by; the fact that Dhurke still assumed Apollo would make a shit lawyer, or the fact that Apollo does indeed take over. Spoilers. Haha.

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“must’ve been because of you, dhurke!”

no it was because of Phoenix Wright because he was a cool guy, once upon a time. also because, unlike every other lawyer in the gotdamn series, Apollo just really friggin loves the law. He thinks lawyers are legit cool and he wanted to be one because he just happened to have a passion for litigating. He’s not a prop in your stupid story, he’s his own interesting person.

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“Dhurke was never a hands-on kinda dad...”

you can motherfucking say that again, vore machine.

“...but not a day went by that he wasn’t thinking of ya. That much I’m sure of.”

yeah he sure was

thinking of the favours he could one day ask of him.

“Doesn’t get more paternal than that!”

Athena, you don't even have a dad. Your opinion on the subject is completely worthless. 

“(Dhurke... And to think, I really did spend my days trying to forget you...)”

god apollo you don’t deserve this. you deserve trucy and klavier and thalassa (being an actual mom for once) HELL you deserve your ACTUAL, REAL DAD.

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“The victim’s passport and any pictures of him were burned up in the fire. Without knowing his real name, no divination seance could be performed.” 

So you’re telling me Jove brought every single glossy of himself into that blaze? And after the fire, nobody bothered checking the dental records on the corpse/asking where that neato musician from the other night went?

Once again, DDSOJ police, at their best. If there wasn’t a coverup involved, I’m gonna be pissed.

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( My real dad... I was never really interested in learning about him. )

While this is a totally understandable and natural reaction... I really wish–– Actually, no; it’s best Apollo never learned that he once had a father who actually gave a fuck about him. That’d probably break his heart.

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“As the son of the terrorist Dhurke, Nahyuta was expelled from the royal family.”

i.... why did Dhurke keep him in Koooraheen, anyway? He really couldn’t have sent him to a happier life in America with his half brother?

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huh i think that face-palm is a new expression for Vore Machine. he almost looks reasonable.

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“As his son, Yuty no doubt got the cold shoulder at every turn.”

amazing. not only was Apollo abandoned in America in some shit orphanage with zero contact from anything he knew as family, but Sadmad was forced to stay behind in a country that hated his guts. The perfect situation for both boys!!! No wonder they’re both so fucking grouchy all the time! Dhurke, you parental genius!

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“Dhurke’s the kinda guy who can become fast friends with just about anyone!”

guess that explains the fandom popularity 

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“Lol come over n play some jams bro”

“Ok dawg is it chill if i bring my kid my wifes uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

“Yeah its cool I'm great with kids”

“tight”

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“It’s like Dhurke’s done nothing but save me all my life” yeah... from messes he made.

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“Jangly Justice”

god. i want to root for Jove but like. He looks like a tool, he sounds like a tool, his stage name is the tooliest thing ive ever heard... 

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originally this section was me ranting about how Thalassa would never have just ‘stopped looking for Apollo’ when she heard that Jove perished in the flames, since Apollo’s corpse was never found and the rebels were out looking for her to give him to her– but instead I’m just gonna leave you with ‘that excuse is mad weak and the writers need to try harder.’

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“You should try on the jacket, Apollo!”

“Yeah, yeah!”

Look, I can excuse Athena, because she doesn’t know. But Datz knows its mold infested and disgusting. And he just finished talking about APollo’s tragic past. What the everloving fuck is up with this sicko?!

Also Athena, you can’t laugh at him wearing an eyepatch when he just got done wearing one all last year. 

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“I’d recognize those horns anywhere!”

“Is that really the only way anyone recognizes me?”

cue Phoenix harrumphing from the corner and brushing his spikes

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yknow maybe ive mentioned this before but why /hasn’t/ the queen found the safe house? It’s Dhurke’s old law office; that’d be like, the first place I’d check. Its like wondering if Dumbledore’s Army is based in Hogwarts.

I mean I guess you could say the Queen assumes theyre not stupid enough to hide in their old main haunt but... they’re stupid. they’re really, really stupid. it’s been proven like 800 times.

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so we just had a ladder convo about lizards?

also what do you mean geckos like to live in houses? i thought they just climbed around outside them. aLSO WHY ARE THEY EATING THEM 

... I appreciate that it ended in a Bugs Bunny Switcharoo though.

...And Phoenix ends it with “theyre just a plain old lizard”

I guess Phoenix doesn’t know flowers or lizards. 

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i really don’t know why none of the revolutionaries think sadmad’s playing the long con. they’ve all just completely given up on him. what if he was pulling a snape??? they talk about trust and shit and yet none of them trust their own leader’s son? shameful.

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“It seems like Gar’an has some serious leverage over him”

okay, they suspect he’s being controlled with some kind of blackmail... and yet do nothing to help him? they’re dumb enough to risk their lives doing something like that, but not compassionate or caring enough?? to their leader’s son???? what the fuck??????

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aww i missed Beh’leeb. I hope she and her (born/ unborn? cannot tell if she’s pregnant or not) kid are doing ok.

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“So she’s trying to help the revolution along... in her own special way!”

that sounds enormously patronizing phoenix, shut up. she’s pregnant and she has to deal with fucks like Datz running around blowing off firecrackers at government officials.

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...youre giving the orb to datz.

ill eat my hat if nothing happens to it.

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“We’ll attract undue attention if we go in too large a group”

oh also because youre dressed like baby’s first paint set but

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“AAAH!!”

“Do you know something about this?” “Nope! Just felt like shouting is all.”

yes, this is definitely the guy who should hold onto the orb for you. also i presented the attorneys badge. guess he has nothing to say about apollo’s proof of profession, eh?

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“Yeah... You’d think Nahyuta might’ve cut his old man some slack, but no.” Dhurke you thick son of a bitch

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wow. one single flashback occurrence where Dhurke wasn’t a dick. Well, 1/1000 ain’t too shabby...

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“What? You came to visit me and you didn’t even bring me a present?”

What, like your plate of ‘my son is NOT a failure” sushi, Dhurke ?

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“But I’m not a rebel.”

“Don’t be ridiculous– You’re a member of the defiant dragons simply by being my son.”

HE’S NOT YOUR SON YOU FUCK

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If you present him your attorneys badge he jokes about dying happy and apollo makes it explicit that he means via execution 

dhurke. that means apollo would die too. stop fucking joking about him dying you prickwad.

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Apollo: Hey Dhurke know anything about this necklace

Dhurke: OOOAAHHH!!! OHHH!! AHHH!!!!

Apollo: So thats a... 

Dhurke: Hahahahah its a no son give it here

Apollo: Yeah ok i see nothing suspicious about that at all and i sure hope the secret behind it wasn’t important to this case or anything..........

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me: jeez i hope that stupid necklace was the last thing we had to present

phoenix, appearance from god knows where: hey maybe ask about the hostage

me: bless you baby. also i forgot you were here

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Phoenix: Sounds like the minister has someone you really care about, cause you totally obeyed everything he did.

i know what youre trying to excuse here SOJ staff but no, straight up lifting right out of JFA will never be ok.

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“Is there a new lady in your life?” “WHAT?! DONT BE RIDICULOUS SON!”

I’m gay now! Hahaha. But seriously. Nobody wants to date Dhurke.

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“Amara was the love of my life, but she’s gone now, and there will never be another.”

cue Dhurtz shippers furiously jamming their fingers in their ears and whistling 

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wh

what the 

fuck is happening 

to his aRM

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“You tensed up” HIS BROKEN ARM STARTED VEINING SO HARD THAT IT SHOWED RIGHT THROUGH LIKE 2 LAYERS OF CLOTH

THATS SOME KRISTOPH DEVIL HAND SHIT RIGHT THERE

JESUS CHRI

oh there’s something hidden in there THANK GOD THAT SCAREDTHE FUCK OUTTA ME

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“Oh I see– so youre hiding a woman’s photo up your sleeve”

oh yeah, a 3D photo. that has bumpy bits. absolutely apollo.

“You don’t need to keep secrets like that from me– You’re an eligible bachelor now. But you’ll... introduce her to me at some point, right?”

this has that creepy ‘parent insists you have a crush on that one kid’ conversation vibe to it, especially since it’s not like Apollo ever had an attachment to Amara to make him see her as a mother; she was ‘dead’ before he could even walk.

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“Mon dieu! Are you into younger women, Dhurke?!”

Athena,,,,,,,, athena,,,, Apollo,,,,, he’s 

it’s 

oh never mind.

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“Heh heh. Dhurke, you old dog, you. You got yourself a younger lover.”

ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, NO, NOT NEVER MIND. YOU HAVE A PHOTO OF AMARA. YOU KNOW WHAT AMARA LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT DHURKE BECAUSE THERES NO WAY HE COULD JUST RANDOMLY CUT HIS HAIR AND THEN HAVE IT GROW BACK THAT FAST.

I KNOW YOU THINK SHE’S DEAD BUT AT LEAST FUCKING SAY YOU THINK IT’S HER TWIN SISTER YOU UTTER UTTER NUMBSKULLS

“This is Amara before she died. If you look closer, you’ll see that I was younger, too.”

“Hey. You’re right.”

“Aww, that’s no fun.”

MY ULCERS ARE NO FUN BUT GUESS WHAT NEITHER IS LIFE

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“Wait a second... Haven’t we seen this woman before?”

DAAAUUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHH

GOOD FUCKING BALLS PLEASE PLEASE LET THEM BE TROLLING DEAR GOD AAHGGDFKAFAGF

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i really love that photo though. everything about it is generally just really nice.

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wait hang on. they. they just. they kept her around? after her fake assassination? they just–– WHERE YOU COULD GET A PHOTO OF HER?!

EXPLAIN–– THERE’D BETTER BE A GOOD EXPLAIN

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“She was confined within the grounds, but she was fit as a fiddle.”

Ga’ran. Ga’ran. Ga’ran. You stupid, stupid, stupid bitch.

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“She was being held under virtual house arrest, so I freed her, and we made a run for it.”

“Of course, we didn’t just proclaim it to the people so that they’d realize Ga’ran was a dirty bitch; that would have been way too easy hahaha.”

Ohhh I see. They didn’t know Ga’ran was the one who did it. Except Ga’ran was the one who kept her under house arrest and faked her death so... It’s pretty obviously her? Amara would know that by putting 2 and 2 together? But no... Apparently Amara was suspicious enough to suspect Dhurke of being the arsonist like Ga’ran said, but brave enough to ‘accompany him so she could ascertain the truth for herself.’

hey remember when i said brave. i meant stupid. she was stupid enough to go with someone she thought might have tried to kill her, completely unsupervised. though i guess you'd have to be that dumb to actually fall in love with Dhurke in the first place.

AH, and she was immediately recaptured. Because Dhurke sucks. 

Waaaaait wait wait. How long and when did he ‘rescue’ her? The incident was 23 years ago, but Rayfa is 14– and Amara would need the usual 9 months to gestate– plus, the room she’s holding Rayfa in has the Defiant Dragons handbook in there, so it’s probably someplace of Dhurke’s–– 

Meaning there was a nine year gap but they still didn’t show her to the general public to depose gar– AGHHH. ITS ALL TERRIBLE!!!

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“Apollo. We need to grill the queen about Amara when we have the chance.”

Hobo Nick’s ghost: Hey uhh me, that might get you uhhhhh murdered i thought we got over that after von karma tasered the shit out of u––

SOJ Nick: DOOOOHHOOOHOO I LIKE SOLVING MYSTERIESSS

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Apollo: hey maybe the baby Amara’s holding is me. 

Athena: Nah it’s too cute to be you.

Apollo: ....i just want to have proof that I’ve known the loving touch of a mother at least ONCE ATHENA OKAY???

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“Hm? Oh... well, either way, it’s not you, son.”

yeah fuck you apollo the Sadmahdis only love their REAL children

also its Rayfa. it was in the safe next to Rafya’s letter; Rayfa basically identified it as herself when she saw it, it’s Rayfa.

Apollo: wow youre sure acting vague and suspicious about this; guess i’ll just accept it for what it is.

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Dhurke: [tells apollo’s he's going to die and leave him fatherless again]

Apollo: [immediately assumes its another of Dhurke’s jokes because Dhurke’s jokes are horrible and always at Apollo’s expense]

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phoenix: ...are you sick?

NICK

OH MY GOD 

i shriek laughed 

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Apollo: [clearly emotionally distraught] 

Dhurke: [continues to dance around the issue, thus prolonging Apollo’s suffering]

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(Why is this happening now? Just when I was finally starting to feel like you really are my...)

HE DOESN’T DESERVE YOU, APOLLO

GET OUTTA THERE

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So far Apollo hasn't said “i’m gonna do x and x and x, or die trying!” and honestly i know it’s a bit on the nose but it’s more true for this situation than any other ones it’s usually said in.

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Dhurke: I’ve got a big secret

Apollo: You’ve been hiding something *ELSE* from me?

Dhurke: I’m afraid I can’t tell you what it is. I’d be betraying a certain someone if I did.

WHY DID HE EVEN BRING IT UP THEN!? WHY IS DHURKE JUST THE FUCKING WORST?!!!

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“You’ll discover a truth that is hard to accept. But I know you. And I know you can handle the truth, no matter what it turns out to be.”

After all, you’re super great at accepting all the misfortune my existence has heaped upon you! Hahaha!!!

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“Apollo... Are you okay?”

“...I’m fine.”

they ask you how you are, and you just have to say that you’re fine, when you’re not really fine, but you just can’t get into it b

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h e r e   c o m e   t h e   r e b e l s

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and once again you have to manually move there. 

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action bomb over here from Vore Machine 

also beh’leeb sweety youre doing amazing

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“Dhurke belongs to the people!! Give him back!!!”

he what now

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(sigh)

..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................hi.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................sadmad...............................................................................................................................................................................

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“They’ll be arrested? Just for protesting?!”

Apollo... you live in the real world, r–– oh well technically he doesn't hm

that point’s moot

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“They are aiding and abetting a criminal by seeking his release”

uh pretty sure that’s BS yut

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“Her Eminence, Queen Ga’ran, has ordered they be arrested and judged en-masse”

ok im fucking 

im 

I'm wheezing so bad not ONLY do we have to save a revolution and Dhurke the rebel leader, but we are now about to defend most of the population of an entire country at once. Stakes RAISED bro

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good fucking lord apollo stop being all “weren’t you a defiant dragon once?!wehh!!”

even Phoenix, with his Edgeworth obsession, didn’t really question it when Edgeworth was being his shithead prosecutor self.

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Nahyuta: Sigh. Guess I can’t escape you. I mean I could use my magic beads to tie you up and then prance off but i have a plot to advance.

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“Enough with the zen monk act, Nahyuta– Tell me how you really feel!”

Damnit, Sadmad, it’s not like we have someone who can read emotions by listening to-– oh yeah.

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“She’s being held in secret where nobody is allowed to see her.”

second time’s the charm!

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Apollo, simply bringing up the reason he’s doing what he’s doing won’t get him to stop. Remember the Phoenix and Maya situation? Until you can guarantee her safety, Sadmad’s just going to keep steam rolling along.

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OH FINALLY 

ok athena dish the dirt

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alright, here we go, folks. time for Nick to get all their asses killed. i mean just listen to that ominous music :/

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i love her laugh sprite. 

“a lawyer AND  a comedian, HOW DROLL”

the royal guards weird me out a bit though. its those masks. I'm getting high lady gaga gives 

lady gagaran

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Apollo: better give her evidence to burn–– i mean, jog her memory with some evidence.

Ghost of hobo nick: future me!! stop this!! don’t you remember what always used to happen?!

SOJ Phoenix: DOOOHOOOHOOO WE GOT HER NOW, APOLLO! 

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...........that worked

....no it didn’t. just spring you damn trap already, gagaran.

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Apollo: Hm better not tell the people, that could stir up the revolution and actually make it happen. Especially since there might be REAL terrorists hiding out there, just waiting until someone goes, “Hey, that dead queen isn’t really dead!!”

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lol

something went wrong?? no way

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“Eeeek! Apollo! Don’t strip here!!!”

why is athena such a ditz in this case???

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I HEARD A BELT 

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wow. apollo’s ass canonically bared in AA6

klavier gavin cries a million miles away

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“HE WASN’T HIDING THE BULKY ASS ORB IN HIS CLOTHING, YOUR EMINENCE”

“damn i really thought he was hiding it in his skintight pants and vest. also ignore the other two, they couldn’t possibly have it.”

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oh lord pls don’t hurt rayfa

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“Your mind has been poisoned by the barbed one.”

“It was an honour and pleasure, your eminence”

phoenix i know that was highly badass and all but youre literally sitting pretty to be executed 

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“”””discipline””””

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“Well, Apollo, let’s head back to the safe house for now.” 

yes, just in case any spies follow us! so that the queen can get her hands on the orb that much fast!!

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oh hi edgeworht, youre in this game

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WOO YOU TELL’EM EDGEY

DOWN WITH PLUMED PUNISHER!! DOWN WITH PLUMED PUNISHER!! DOWN WITH PLUMED PUNISHER!!

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“Moving along to things that actually matter...”

it’s true, but he shouldn’t say it

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“Yeah, it’s like the more we learn about this case, the less we understand.”

just like me and this game’s writing process

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“A trial without evidence...”

there’s evidence, you wankers, what do you think that photo of amara, the old case files and the necklace are????

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“Athena, you’re too young and extra to die. Sit this trial out so we can save on sprite space.”

“Gotcha, chief.”

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“Plus, there’s prosecutor Blackquill to think of. he said he’d use me for sword practice if he put you in harms way.”

Yeah, if Athena dies, who’ll his new punching bag be??? don’t think i haven’t forgotten story teller. i will not forget. i will not forgive.

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“Remember; the worst of times are when lawyers have to force their biggest smiles.”

ugh, finally it’s used semi right. 

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And so, we come to the end of another frustrating chapter. It’s finally time to move on to the final trial. I’m actually kind of curious to find out how everything went down– though something tells me my suffering won’t end when i do. 

Welp, friends –  till next time. The final hurdle is at hand. Or at least, part one of it.

[lordzuuko]

My darling, I know there's already two parts but, I NEED a third Addams Family AU post, pleaseeeee. It's so hilarious and I just- I'm so glad it's a thing.

Tbh this is my fave AU because it’s just so ridiculous i love it LMAO

The Addams Family AU Part 03 (1 & 2) 

Every morning when Keith comes down the stairs, Shiro takes a moment to just appreciate how beautiful his husband is, even with just his dressing gown.Shiro: You look so beautiful in black, my love.Keith: Takashi, I always wear black. *smirks*Shiro: *takes Keith’s hand and kisses it* And you’re always beautiful. And last night… *sighs*Keith: What about last night? *raises an eyebrow teasingly*Shiro: You were amazing. You almost killed me. I adore you so much. *kisses Keith’s cheek* Later?Keith: *whispers* Oui, mon amour. 

Pidge: May I please have the bread?Shiro: What do we say, Pidge? Pidge: NOW. Shiro: Better. Here you go, sweetheart. *hands the basket of bread* Always demand for everything. 

Shiro and Keith went out to go to the mall. The usual staring happens until one guy with his friends got Keith’s attention.Guy: Dude! You going to the anime con? Nice cosplay! Keith: *horrified* Cos… play? What on earth is that? Guy: Yknow? Costume play? *looks at Shiro* You both aced the whole Dracula couple look! Awesome! *thumbs up*Shiro: *raises an eyebrow* I can assure you, young man, that Dracula doesn’t dress like this. He’s less fashionable. Believe me. *rolls eyes*Keith: He needs to wear clothes with accents. But I heard he’s in Ukraine at the moment. *whispers* Monetary problems.Shiro: Oh! You think we should wire him some cash, my love?Keith: That would be best. Wouldn’t want a relative dying of hunger—yet. I plan to do that myself during his next visit. *smirks*Shiro: Oh, you little bat. *kisses Keith* Tell me all about it later. It needs to be grand! Guy: *weirded out* Oh-kay. You guys are really into this—

Shiro drives the kids to their new schoolLance: Where are we?Pidge: This looks and feels oddly familiar. Shiro: Of course. *grins* It’s the gates of hell. Don’t forget! What do we say when we’re making friends?Lance and Pidge: Be afraid. Be very very afraid.Shiro: Perfect, my little devils. Now give father a kiss. 

When Lance invites Hunk to the family mansion, he’s so enthusiastic showing the boy around that he’s having so much fun. Keith and Shiro sees this from a corner.Keith: Look at him. My very own child. Happy. *looks at Shiro* Something is wrong with our son, Takashi. Lance is sick.Shiro: *takes out his phone* I’m ringing the ER already.Keith: I hope they electrocute him hard he goes back to his senses.Shiro: *cups Keith’s cheek* We can only hope, mio caro.Keith: *looks back at Lance* Only howling demons can save him now. 

[expfcultragreen]

Au contraire mon frere! it's not Thailand's reputation you're trading on, its white guys

And who do you think is upset with you for that

The same demographic that produced the dude who verbally sodomized you for trying to be useful. Yknow, right before you called him a creepy old man

Which he demonstrably is, why was he talking to the press about what should be shoved into your ass??? He's like 20 years older than you, thats an enitre generation gap. How do people keep ignoring this

Well, some people will ignore it because Elon Musk is a dude and some people will ignore it because it was just words and some people will ignore it because Elon Musk is a smug Rich f*** which is why captain-cave-here-to-save(-no-but-why-is-that-guy-there-seriously)-the-day-so-backoff-theyre-mine was pissy to begin with............presumably

And all I'm hearing is that the guy who was paid to investigate it isn't actually an investigator, and the fact that, when he lied about his credentials the first rich person he thought of as a fake reference was George Soros, kind of implies to me that he just got involved to f*** with Elon Musk

This is what you get for expecting BuzzFeed to do your work for you

And for messing Azealia Banks around like that