#shaow work

[alinktoana]

so i gotta come clean about a couple things 1. i've filtered any and all ofmd s2 spoilers

2. i've also been watching 01 episode a week

and i gotta say, it's one of the best decisions ive made this year lol i had no idea if lucius was coming back or not, i wasnt looking at bts, i stayed off nathan foad's social media for months and. it's been great! lol i used to be the kind of person that didnt care about spoilers but as ive gotten older, i dont know... a third of my day is so boring (9 to 5), holding on to these fun surprises is really worth it.

but enough with the debbie downs, im actually really proud of the last facial expression. and even if it's just a simple sketch with some shaows thrown in, it's a step forward to me. i spent like 10min deciding if i was gonna sign it or not so i just did, whatever lol slowly but surely working on that self confidence i hear so much about

[sloppysequinz]

Iamsdko adruank shaows usrdayy agohing?

It’s going good!! I’m busy with work and I can’t drink so you should get even more extra drunk on my behalf <3

[ittybittybumblebee]

Im back to tumblr again am I allowed to.. maybe possible.. show you my oc art.. if not that is ok.. /gen

YES ABSOLUTELLYLYYYYYÝY SORRY FOR LATE ANSWER IVE BEEN SO TIRED AFTER WORK BUT YES SHAOW ME THE OC PLEAAAAASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IM EXCITED

[iereiaio]

𝕾𝖚𝖗𝖕𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝕿𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌

I’m fairly certain that today was a test. I woke up on my own this morning, but because of my blackout curtains, had not a clue what time it was. Considering my alarm hadn’t gone off yet, I assumed it was 6 or 7, and thought maybe I had woken up because I needed to pee since I drank a lot of water last night. Nope... It was 11:30AM. 

im pretty bummed, not gonna lie, but I woke up, went on instagram for a few mins to wake myself up enough to do my meditation without falling back to sleep, and now here I am at 11:46AM, trying to hurry an do my morning journaling as well without losing any more of my day. For the record, my alarm was on, my volume was on, everything was on; no settings were changed, so I’m not sure why none of my alarms went off today (including my fitbit alarm that usually goes off at 9)

I feel like it was a test to see how I would react to a setback; waking up late and losing 3 hours of my day is pretty upsetting, but I still have what, 12 hours before I put my working stuff away? That’s so many hours! Just because my day isn’t going how I planned doesn’t mean I should let it dictate how the rest of my day goes. I’m allowed to be sad about it, and feel like I lost some hours, but perhaps I needed the extra sleep. Or maybe, again, it was just a test to see how a setback would make me feel- if I just laid in bed all day after and did nothing. 

Anywho, I’m gonna do a small reading and get it done, hopefully it doesn’t end up more than 4 cards. But who knows with me. I’m a sucker for clarifiers. 

So it would be 4, if 3 cards didn’t also fall out.

So for fallouts (since they fell before I pulled):

10 of Swords (R)

2 of Swords (R)

Knight of Swords (R)

and I pulled: 

Justice

Queen of Cups (R)

Temperance

Ace of Wands

I feel like the fallouts are telling me that I’m doing really well, but I’m still very scared about the future, and still being really unnecessarily rude to myself; which is true. I am healing and doing better with managing time, but I’m still mean to myself. Yesterday for example, I spent 15 minutes bawling my eyes out over how I’m not good enough to produce this comic I’ve been working on for 2 years because I don’t know all the art fundamentals. I felt like I was stupid to think it would get anywhere, because I was scared to start then learn stuff and have my art improve as the comic went on? Like, that’s how most comics work...

Anyway, for the card pull I did, which was, again, a Haides Message reading. 

I feel he feels, again, I’m on the right path. I’m bringing a lot of harmony into my life, however I need to be weary of sulking about things. I need to retrain my mind to not do all that, because it will conflict with my new artistic beginnings. However they’re coming, and I’m gonna be scare but I need to stop it. I’m valid for  having these feelings, but I can’t let them affect my whole life. 

[kaimactrash]

Eyy, okay this group is a little lacking, and it's entirely my fault.I've been pretty oblvious to the asexual identities until a few years ago, and since quite a lot of my characters were made before that, the number of non-allosexual OCs I have are currently small.I don't really love like re-writing characters sexual identiites unless it comes from inspiration, and quite often when making my characters I have a pretty clear idea of their personality and identity, that can change, but i don't like to force it, so instead I look forward to seeing which identities will occur, now I have a better, but still a little shallow, understanding of the aroace identities.

read more for info on characters!

Anyway, here's all my character so far who fall on the spectrum, starting from the top left we have Saulo! They are an elder demon in my story, as are two of the other characters here, because I designed the elders much more recently than the other characters in my story! Saulo is a pan/demi and non-binary, they're a jokey playful little imp who doesn't take their role as an elder too seriously, rarely taking on under demons like hokeys, sucubi, and incubi. Spends a lot of their time making music, reading comics and manga their underlings show them, and looking for their best friend Calo, who's been missing some time. Their extremely into lovey dovey stuff, love core style, so their wand and magic has heart shapes too it. Top right is our second Elder Demon, Delde, she keeps herself far from her fellow elders, married for thousands of years to her life partner, Emesh, a demi-god who you can check my galley for more info on like Calo, she's ace/bi and trans woman!She's a very quiet shy woman still getting used to her physical limiatitions, but having plenty of time to do so, and a loving support system around her. Bottom right is Milo! the 3rd and final elder, hes very bubbly and sometimes intentionally niave, he has a good heart, but he doesn't do enough to oppose his other elders, and participates in the recruitment drive his co-elders push for. Still, he'll chose the right side when it really comes down to it, currently it's easier to coast and not make waves, and a big part of this is his sudden development of diablities, such as losing his hand. he's an ace/omni trans man! Bottom center is one of my older characters, and she was one i really struggled to figure out identity wise, but as I got to know her more and finalised her design and story arc, she felt like an ace lesbian above all else! an absolute unit of a demon, she stirred up so much trouble for elder Rilo she was chuffed, and eventually banished by them. This leads to a lot of fights with large beasts, leaving her scarred physically and mentally. She's partially blind, with only shaows visible in her left eye. She was a much more anthro creature before becoming a demon, being a Cathze, a cat like speices of bipedal humanoids. she also featured on my lesbian pride pic from last year! the design change is intentional, I am always trying to find lotties perfect look, I think this may be it? I feel it has a much more unique look versus the last design. Last but not least left bottom is a character not too old, but who I am obcessed with. :lmao: IDK why but she just give me dopamine whenever I draw her, it's the one eyed fitness nut, Greip Tavros! She's a rather charming woman with a lot of power behind her punch, she loves socialising and gets on really well with most others. She tries her best to know about as many popular topics as possible to make sure she always knows atleast one topic to discuss to help newbies out when joining the rebellion on frenrar. She works constantly on the defence plan agianst both a small group of elders, and from the mages college who are over stepping their jurisdiction and commiting some very unethical acts to ensure a continuing supply of new mages coming. She's aro/pan! Welp, probably a good time to explain where the hell I've been all pride month, since I'm posting my first pride piece, on the 25th of June? Yeah, well, first of is kinda nice news. I've adopted a dog this month and I'm still very much getting my footing with my life balance changing up! And secondly is massive despression and anxiety becuase this started as an awful time to be trans at pride, to an awful time to have a uterus during pride, I can't say I've had a lot of time I've felt safe being proud this month, but i did get a new binder which I'm completely in love with, so thats the only good pride month thing for me so far. Feels like theres been a shadow looming over us this whole time that is rappidly hurtling towards us. Anyway, take care of each other.

[southernconstellctions]

⌠ sebastian stan. 37, unlabeled, cismale, he/him. ⌡ wait a minute, is anton nicolescu still in town? i thought i saw a flash of (three day old cologne, rubber band bracelets and five o clock shaow)! last i heard they were working as a private investigator. when it’s the (leo)’s birthday on 08/13 i forget that they’re intense and celebrate that they’re determined. i hear inspector gadget theme by haim saban and shuki levy every time i think of them. ⌿ @liminalintro 

* Born in Romania, Anton moved to the United States with his family when he was six years old.  There is nothing noteworthy about his childhood, or the move to the US.

* Extremely nosy, he was always getting into things he had no business being in.  Sometimes this got him in trouble, but the reward was often worth the risk.

* Very secretive; not a lot is know about a lot of his life because he is not forthcoming at all about himself.

* Whipped through school, studied to be a police detective, but quickly turned to private work because he didn’t like all the rules he was supposed to follow.

* Very morally gray; he doesn’t ask questions, he doesn’t tell anyone information they don’t need to know, and if you pay him enough, he might not even tell his original employer what he was hired to find out.

* Mostly gets hired for suspicious partners, the occasional family drama, but he doesn’t have any hard lines that he won’t accept a job for.

* Moved to Centralia six months ago because it seemed like a nowhere town he could disappear to when he needed to.

* Rarely talks about his job - he’ll tell you what he does, but he would be very hard pressed to share any details (unless the price is right).

* His work makes it hard to get close to people; he’s so suspicious himself with his limited information and late nights that he’s often pegged as a cheater himself, and he hasn’t found anyone who can withstand his life for more than eight months.

* Loves kids.  He will take a night off to babysit any time someone asks.  Has lots of family back in Romania and he is happiest when he goes to visit them and their kids.  Definitely wants a kid of his own, but likes his job too much to quit and start a family.

[ao3feed-p5-boyslove]

by Fitific

Shadow Crow would often be walking around in the metaverse. Crow would take down shadows nonstop for days so that he could become stronger. Shadow crow looked up to someone. (By that he means it both figuratively and literally) Shadow Crow looks up to the strong and stoic Shadow Phantom thief’s leader Mao. His hair is ruby red, his eyes as golden as the sun, his height and build as strong and as powerful as a Greek god. Mao is good with others. He is a good leader. Strong and cares for others although tries to show his more stoic side when he needs to. How Crow hoped that he would join him, and the rest of the shadow phantom thieves someday. Crow wishes he could be someone Mao could rely on; someone he could depend on. Someone he can come to care for, perhaps more so than the others.

Words: 1253, Chapters: 1/7, Language: English

Fandoms: persona - Fandom, Persona 5

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: shadow thieves, Akechi Goro, Persona 5 Protagonist, Mao, Shadow Crow, Crow, Shadow Joker

Relationships: Shuake - Relationship, Akechi Goro/Persona 5 Protagonist, Akechi Goro/Kurusu Akira, Akechi Goro/Amamiya Ren, Shadow Clone Badgerclops/Shadow Clone Mao Mao Mao, Shaow Crow x Shadow Joker

Additional Tags: Shadow ShuAke week 2021, shuake, Persona 5 Scramble, Persona 5 Strikers - Freeform

[stinkysidebitch]

BNHA students as youtubers! Pt.1

Ft. Midoriya, Bakugou, Tenya, Todoroki, Kirishima, Tokoyami, Kaminari, Jiro, Shinso, and Asui

-Midoriya

FITNESS CHANNEL!!!

He's all like: 😁🏃‍♂️🏋️‍♂️💪

He's not a douche abt it tho, its genuine tips and tricks to help other people 😌

Common guest in All Might's vlogs too

Generally discusses health and sometimes how to get in shape if you arent already 😋

Very helpful

Did I mention he's helpful?

Because he's helpful...

Does Dad vids with Eri sometimes 😍

Often features the Dekusquad 🤭

He was also on Present Mic's podcast but he wasn't talking about anything juicy so his airtime was cut in half 😔

Sorry my boy, but you aren't very creative with names... his channel name is just "Izuku Midoriya" 😩

-Bakugou

Step tf off Guy Fieri 🤬

Our boy is a youtube chef 👨‍🍳

Thinks that us "extras" need to learn from a pro

Yes, yes he actually does call his subscribers extras...

I feel VERY attacked ngl 😩

He do be kinda cooking doe 😳

Basically just bullies you into cooking properly

Has featured Kirishima a few times but after Kaminari shorted his brain AND the oven out Bakuguo swore to never let anyone BESIDES Kiri feature in his vids 😔

Kami was like: 🥴 and Bakugou was like: 😤

His channel name is definitely "Katsuki's Kitchen"

-Tenya

Ah yes, the CEO of boi hands

Tenya was a pretty difficult one tbh 🧐

Personally I see him as an educational channel on youtube 🤷🏻‍♂️

But not boring education, he talks about different types of villains to watch out for..

Definitely talks about evasion tactics and fighting styles

He's also unintentionally very funny

Does this a lot: 🤚🏻

Also did a series on how to be a good class rep

Please smash like, he's trying his best y'all 😩

He let his class pick his name (of course) so now he's stuck with "1-A's Dad" 🤧

-Todoroki

This guy is multifaceted

Meaning he does multiple things on his channel based on his interests

I see him as someone who teaches meditation and construction

Teaches people about proper Japanese home design and how to renovate it 🥰

YES, this is SOLELY based on when he changed the flooring in his dorm 😭

We do know that he likes traditional Japanese style homes though because he basically says that

I only said meditation because he's usually so chill 🧘‍♂️

I feel like either Mina or Midoriya introduced him to it because of how angry he can get sometimes so he needed it ☝️

Channel name is probably "Icyhot's World" because I really can't see him coming up with anything better, and also it annoys Bakugou 🤭

-Kirishima

The moral integrity of the youtube gaming sect 🤗

He has videos addressing current event issues too like BLM when things get really serious

YES, he is very politically correct

Respects wamen ☺️

His gaming videos are commentary and he usually plays online multiplayer

Expect to hear the voices of Bakugou, Kaminari, Sero, (ocassionally Tokoyami) and Mina whenever Kiri DOES play online

If they aren't all there (because they have their own channels to upkeep) sometimes he may add Midoriya, Jiro, or Shinso fairly often🤷🏻‍♂️

Rlly just depends on whose online, but he's open to playing with anyone

Works really well as a teammate, and is super positive and funny

Says that teamwork in games is just as important as teamwork irl (it's also "SUPER MANLY!")

He also loves to fuck with Bakugou in his videos a lot

Channel name is "Shitty Hair Plays" (much to Bakugou's chagrin)

-Tokoyami

Our goth lord and savior 🙏

Teaches us abt goth culture

He's like: ☻☠🧛‍♂️🖤

This includes goth design, history, styles of goth/alternative clothing, and also darker styles of music

Also reads his own spooky poetry

He's really good ngl 😳

Sometimes records himself gaming

Also his main feature is dark shadow so expect a lot of "ft. Dark shaow" on his page

Overall very interesting and deserves your subscription

And also his channel name is " The Dark Harvest Official"

- Kaminari

CrAcK cHaNnEl

Comedy reaction channel

He's kinda like Jontron, except he's an idiot 🚶‍♂️

At first I thought he might not have the self awareness to do this because he would need to be able to critique, but I honestly think Denki is smarter than he lets on 🤓

Does features, so think of the videos of Drew Gooden, Danny Gonzalez, and Kurtis Connor when they all collabed (or Noel Miller and Cody Ko)

Usually features Kiri and Sero (Bakugou gets too annoyed so he's rarely in the videos at all)

Mineta would get his ad revenue taken away so hes not in the vids

Also I hate him, so... 😌💕

His channel is probably called "Mr. Electric reacts"

We STAN a shark boy and lava girl reference 👏

-Jiro

I think you already know what I'm going to say

Obvs a music channel

Singing, playing instruments.. etc

Step aside Hannah Montana ✋👱‍♀️

She did do a video singing the transitions from the show as a joke though, so she isnt totally serious with her page either

Also has videos bullying poor Denki 🤧

Trys to teach you how to play but also does covers of her own

Has a few random videos of some of her classmates being morons on her page too.

I feel like her name would be "U.A's Taste" or something because sometimes it seems like no one else has any 🤷🏻‍♂️

She would def do a video explaining that

-Shinso

Shinso's page can only be described as a deepdive critique channel

He makes those 30 minute long videos discussing depraved youtubers horrible behavior with receipts, but he doesn't do it for drama, he does it to put the truth out there

And no I'm not talking about the big youtubers like "Tati" or "Pewdiepie", I'm talking like really screwed up abusers like "Onision"

(AN: Sorry this got so dark 😖)

POINTS OUT LOGICAL FALLACIES IN THE EVIL YOUTUBERS ARGUMENTS!!

But he also games sometimes, usually horror or online games

His audience challenges him to scarier games to try to get a reaction out of him but he NEVER flinches

He thinks jump scares are cheap

After one he'll just sit there and be like: 😑 "Well, that was annoying"

Firm believer in "if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen" (Needless to say a few people have deleted their channels from the roasts this man can dish out)

His channel is probably called "Shinso Listens" basically to make fun of Onision speaks 😅

-Asui

This one was easyyy

Our queen is a book critiquing channel

Think of strange æons and krimson rogue if they somehow had a child 😩

Yes, she did critique Onision's books and YES the videos did feature Shinso

And yes, it was entertaining as fuck

"Woah, that's a little harsh Shinso.. even for you.."

They both ripped him a new one in that video 😅

Not that he doesn't deserve it 👏

Mina reviewed Shane Dawson's books with her after he was canceled and sis... when I tell you it was pure genius 🖐😌

She and Tokoyami reviewed Gabbie Hannah's awful poetry book and it was PHENOMENAL

Her channel name is "Call Me Tsu" 🖐😌

Truly a gem on youtube 🤧

[ofcowardiceandkings]

Hi! I really enjoyed the LoZ Pokémon <3

If Link's Lycanroc is a shiny, did you think about shiny colors for the other Pokémon too? Can we see? :D

:'> ahh thanku so much 💙💙

i did for some of them because it kind of helped my thought process but i hadn't done the recolours yet 👀

WHY NOT i'll do it now

while i was there i went n did the vanilla rowlet & whimsicott because they have good colours too and it finished the sheet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Skiddo's ordon goat / straw palette have gone back to meadow green with white goat colours; Marshtomp is no longer "hot-footed" but ... the sticky frog which are very aesthetic imo; Minun & Plusle's OG shinies are barely noticeable so i went Lorule with this, dark purple instead of cream; Lycanroc as seen in Link's team! this one based on Wolf Link's palette matched really well with the other Lycanroc shinies; Rapidash got stormy rather than misty for this one, subtle but i think it works thematically!

Link's Fakemon shinies!

the base Shaowing line were coloured after the crimson loftwing so i went with the blue/purples of Zelda's for the shiny - and the "belts" have been shifted a colour over. not much esle to say it was part of the Choice I Made at the beginning lmao

I didn't REALLY think about the Epona pokemon's alternative colours ngl but honestly a good pale buckskin never hurt anyone lol, maybe leaning a little more into the fairy typing ?? i did think a bit about basing it on one of the other repeating game horses like a white royal or a spooky ganon horse but honestly this is a vibe, and the other Lon Lon Horses are a more saturated version of this

aaand for Zelda's fakemon !

i had also always planned on the Ryunai shinies being Light Dragon adjacent, but getting the prevolutions to look alright and make logical sense gave me a HEADACHE, i think she looks good though ;3;

and the other one i didnt plan for lol ... it took me a loooot of aimless recolouring to land here but it makes sense i think; if the original Accipion line are coloured to look like the Champions' clothing of bright blue / gold / red, then the shiny can be Royal Guard inspired !! uuuh i actually really like these ngl lmfao it took a while but yessss (.... these should be the normal really huh ... maybe the champion colours are the shiny ........ makes u thonk)

i hope you enjoyed and they lived up to expectations !! 💙💙

original post here 💙

[superemeralds]

You should draw Sonic ans Silver in similar clothes like your recent shaow pic of him wearing a mesh shirt and platform boots.

been meaning to dress em up for a while but ive never had the time and motivation to work on it at the same time yet TwT I’ll def keep it in mind

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

Their Hero Academia – Chapter Forty-Nine: Another Three Stories

Presenting the next raw and unedited chapter of my on-going, next-gen, My Hero Academia fic, Their Hero Academia!

Earlier chapters can be found here

Kenta Sato in Working Lunch

“Oh, who’s that?”

The sound of Nejire Amajiki’s voice made Kenta jump.  He’d just closed his phone after checking his notifications—Takuma had somehow managed to upload a half dozen videos in three days and Kimiko kept texting him about how she was going crazy studying and needed him to make her work harder.  He’d also gotten a few hits on the video he’d uploaded at the start of his Internship, but he was actually trying to take it seriously.  No eating stuff for clicks this week.  Plenty of time for that later.  Assuming of course that Tokoyami’s dad didn’t kill Takuma for some of the stuff he was putting up online.  Kenta swore he was half of Kimiko’s impulse control and nearly all of Takuma’s sometimes.

But when he’d closed his phone, it had shown his lock screen, with a picture of himself, Takuma, and Kimiko:  himself on the left, Kimiko on the right, Takuma with his arms around both of them. He remembered the day they’d taken it, right after they’d gotten their UA acceptance letters.  They all looked so proud (though Kimiko had claimed that she’d blinked).   Takuma had his usual “this is a good idea, trust me” grin and he could tell Kimiko was smiling (he always could).  But if you really looked closely at him, though, you could see the smile didn’t entirely reach his eyes.  He’d been too worried then, about whether or not his Quirk was good enough for Hero work. Even now, he was still pretty sure that he’d come in dead last in the Entrance Exam.

And yet here he was, interning with a Top-Ten Hero, Suneater (He was very sure there was some backroom dealing going on, even if they did both have eating-related Quirks).  Which also meant his wife.  Who made Kimiko look positively sedate.  He wasn’t sure how it was possible for one human being to be that perky or ask that many questions.  At least, not anyone who wasn’t Shota Shinso.

She’d apparently gotten a look at his lock screen.  “Just me and my friends,” he said.  His best friends, really.  As far back as he could remember, it had always been the three of them.  Of course, Takuma was spending a lot of time with Tensei these days, but given how much time Tensei spent in the lab with his sister, it still left plenty of time for the three of them.

Nejire peered at the picture.  “She’s cute!” she said, speaking of Kimiko.  “Is she your girlfriend?”

Kenta nearly dropped his phone.  How could she think…?  Why would she…?  He didn’t… Did he…?  “What?  Kimmie’s not…”

“Are you suuuuuure?” she asked.  “Do you have a girlfriend already?  Or a boyfriend?  Or a special friend of some kind?”

Kenta started backing away. Maybe he could book it?  This really wasn’t a conversation he wanted to be having.  No point to it.  There was no way Kimiko thought about him like that anyway.

“Nejire, you’re scaring him.”  He hadn’t heard Suneater’s arrival, but Kenta was very grateful for it.

“I’m just asking some questions, Tamaki!”

Kenta really didn’t understand how someone as reserved and shy as Suneater had married someone like Nejire-Chan.  Even now, he flinched slightly at her exuberance.  

“Can it wait?” he asked. “We’ve got a call.  I’ll take Sato here and investigate.  You stay on standby.”

Just so long as it didn’t end like last time, where the paparazzi had splashed a photo of them with a caption implying Nejire-Chan was interested in him.  He could have gone his whole life without seeing it, but Kimiko had just had to share it with him and Takuma.

He was never going to live it down.  At least he was pretty sure Suneater and Nejire-Chan hadn’t seen it.  Or were polite enough not to mention it.  

***

Things went gloop.  The Villain they’d been dispatched to stop had a Quirk which let them produce vast quantities of some kind of strange, vaguely greenish colored… gunk.  There wasn’t any better word for it.  It wasn’t a solid, not really a liquid, and it was sticky as hell.  Kenta and Suneater were already buried up to their necks in it, along with most of the street.  

The Villain somehow seemed capable of walking on top of the gunk he’d created.  How that worked, Kenta didn’t know.  He was tall and skinny, with hair the same color was the gunk. No flashy costume, he just wore jeans and a t-shirt, along with a black trench coat.  

“Imagine me, Yuck-Raker, taking down a Top Ten Hero!” he laughed.  “I thought filling the streets with my gunk was performance enough, but winning a fight like this?”  He pulled a cellphone from his coat pocket and snapped a few selfies with Kenta and Suneater in the background.   “My hit count’s going to skyrocket!”

Great.  He was one of those. The kind of guy who gave Viewtube bloggers like Kenta and his friends a bad name.  A Villaintuber.  Someone who used their Quirk in villainous ways just for the hit count.  A trend that had started ages ago, but had picked back up in the last few years.

“Chomp,” Suneater said, using Kenta’s Hero name.  “I can’t morph anything to break loose.  Can you move at all?”

Kenta tried to move his arms and legs and struggled to move them at all.  No good.  Only his neck and head were free.  He could move that pretty good, but…   Oh.    “I think I can get us out,” he said.   The Yuck-Raker was still getting away, but taking his time with it, taking selfies, occasionally spraying more gunk.

This was gonna suck.

He lowered his head and took a big bite of the gunk.  It tasted awful.  Kenta’s sense of taste was, by necessity, a little wonky.  He enjoyed the taste of most metals, especially iron and steel and minerals like rocks were decent.  Wood tended to be a little dry and rubber was way t0o chewy.  And plastics were a whole mixed bag.   He’d even eaten a battery once, on a dare.   It had turned out to be a good thing his ability to eat anything meant his mouth and tongue were pretty much indestructible and that he couldn’t be poisoned.  Battery acid would have been a hell of a thing otherwise.

This gunk?  Absolutely the worst thing he had ever eaten.  And that included the time Takuma had dared him to eat his dirty socks and then filmed it.  It was slimy and sticky, like old gelatin.  Kenta had eaten actual dirt before and this made him want to throw up. But he powered through it, taking bigger and bigger bites, until his arms and upper body were free.  That gave him the leverage to start eating Suneater free.

It didn’t take long. And fortunately, the Yuck-Raker was still taking selfies.  This time, Suneater launched a pair of tenacles at him, wrapping him up. Yuck-Raker tried to fire more gunk at them, but Kenta got in the way, opening his mouth wide and catching it in his mouth.   So gross.

After that, Suneater had the Villain wrapped up and that pretty much took the fight out of him.

“Good work,” Suneater told him.  And for a moment, Kenta did feel a surge of pride.  Maybe some of the others could have done something—Todoriki probably could have frozen her way out and he was pretty sure Tokoyami’s Frog-Shadow wouldn’t have gotten stuck—but he was just as sure that several of them would have been just as stuck as they’d been.

Maybe he Quirk had its advantages after all.  Situations like this were probably few and far between, but he’d take the win today.

His stomach rumbling, Kenta let out of a long and loud burp.  Suneater gave him an incredulous look.  “Uh, excuse me,” he muttered, weakly.  He was going to need a mountain of antacids.  

And then maybe he’d called Kimmie.  

He was feeling lucky.

***

Asuka Tokoyami in The Sound of Silence

Asuka’s Internship with Mob-Goblin (a dark-skinned woman with pointed ears whose Quirk could summon up to a half-dozen small goblin like creatures under her control) had been quite ordinary so far.  A few small-time Villains stopped, a lot of training, and even more meditation.   And while that might have worked for communing with her creations, it hadn’t done nearly as well for Asuka.  Frog-Shadow liked to hum show-tunes during meditation.

Until now.  They’d been chasing a Villain with some kind of powerful blast Quirk.  They’d both launched their familiars at her, only for the Villain to unleash a burst of power that had shattered windows, set off car alarms, knocked them both off their feet, and ripped Frog-Shadow, who was at virtual ground zero, to pieces.

There was a wave of pain unlike anything she’d ever known and then she screamed.  And screamed and screamed and screamed until her throat was raw. Her world went white and even the sound of her screaming faded away into nothingness.

She became aware of being shoved back into consciousness by Mob-Goblin shaking her.  Her goblins had been wiped out too, but they weren’t as connected to her as Frog-Shadow was to Asuka.  “Tokoyami!” she said.  “Tokoyami! Speak to me…!”

Her vision cleared and Asuka found herself staring into Mob-Golbin’s face.  The other woman’s features were marred with worry.  “I…” Asuka began, her voice weak from screaming. “What… what happened?”

“Bad guy got away,” Mob-Goblin said.  “Took us both down.  Knocked out all of my goblins and our girl.  You okay?”

Was she?  Asuka took a moment to take stock of herself.  She appeared uninjured, at least, other than some soreness from her throat from screaming.  As for Frog-Shadow…

No.  It wasn’t possible.  But it was quiet.  Too quiet…

If you’re pretending to ignore me, Asuka thought, your timing is quiet terrible.

Nothing.

Frog-Shaow?  Frog-Shadow?  Are you there?  Speak to me!

“I,” she mumbled, “I can’t hear her.  She’s gone!”

***

As far back as Asuka could remember, she’d never been alone.  

Oh, certainly, there was a window from when she was born (not hatched, as some people might have thought) to when her Quirk manifested shortly before her third birthday, where, while there were always adults at most a few feet away.  But after Frog-Shadow appeared, there had always been another voice, another comforting presence in her life.  Whether that voice was only in her head, with a warm glow inside her body, or whether that voice was external, flitting about with a life of its own and embarrassing her, it had come to be one of the defining features of her life.

Both she and her father had been endlessly studied by and interviewed by Quirk researchers and counselors over the years.  They’d all ultimately thrown up their hands in frustration, unable to fully understand how their Quirk and the symbiotic relationship they shared with their familiars worked.  While the number of people possessing Quirks that could create semi-independent beings had risen over the last couple decades, they still made up less than one percent of the kinds of Quirks out in the world.

Which made the silence all the more deafening.

According to doctor, there was nothing wrong with her Quirk factors.  But with how poorly understood living Quirks like Frog-Shadow were, there was no telling how long it might take her to return.   Mob-Goblin had suggested that it might be psychological, that Frog-Shadow was simply within her and too afraid to come out.

Which was why she was trying meditation again.

She remembers playing in the park, father watching from the bench, Dark Shadow reading the paper over his shoulder and interjecting his opinion of world news, whether it was wanted or not.

She’s not quite three years old, the feathers on her head soft and downy, more fluff than feather.  

Asuka feels strange all of a sudden, warm.  She thinks she’s just been playing too hard when, with a slight pop and a lime-green flash of light, a tadpole shaped ball of light is floating next to her, tethered to her midsection by a glowing cord.

“Hi!” the light thing says.  It’s a girl, somehow she knows that.

Asuka’s eyes go wide.  She stares at it for several long seconds.  Finally, she lets out a shrill scream, starts running as fast as her little legs can carry her.   “DADDYYYYYYYYYY!”

She runs to her father, who’s already leapt up from the bench in a panic, Dark Shadow flying around him like an angry bird of prey. It’s only as she gets closer than she noticed the light-thing still following her, and she grabs hold of her father’s leg, crying.

“It won’t stop following meeeeee!”

“Hiiiiii,” the light thing trills.  She locks eyes with Dark Shadow.  “Daddy!”

“What?” Dark Shadow gasps, surprised.  He gives her father a confused, guilty look. “I’m not…  I mean, maybe?  It’s confusing!”

Her father looks over the both of them, instantly assessing the situation.  Carefully, he peels her from his leg and bends down next to him.  The light-thing keeps trying to hug Dark Shadow, darting this way and that, while Dark Shadow dodges out of the way.  

“Little Bird,” her father says, putting one hand on her shoulder, “I need you to take a deep breath and listen to me.  Can you do that?”

Asuka takes a deep breath, trying to still her tears. “Uh-huh…”  She can’t help but watch the light thing now, she’s managed to corner Dark Shadow and is snuggling up against him while he looks on helplessly.

“Fumi!  Help!”

But her father ignores Dark Shadow to focus on her.  “Asuka,” he says, looking to the light thing, then back to her, “this is your Quirk.  It may seem scary, but there must be light to be shadows, and every shadow needs the light. This is your light and your shadow. Do you understand?”

She shakes her head.  Sometimes, her father talks too funny for her to understand.  But she’s not crying anymore.

Her father pauses for a moment, thinking.  Then, “You know how Dark Shadow is Daddy’s friend?”

This, she understands.  She nods.  “Uh-huh.”

“I think this little one is meant to be yours.”

He stands up and turns to Dark Shadow and the light thing. She’s settled down in Dark Shadow’s arms now.  “May I?” he asks.  Dark Shadow nods and passes the thing to him.

Carefully, her father bends down again, holding the light thing in the crook of one arm.  He runs a hand along the tether connecting it to her.  “See?  Just like me and Dark Shadow.”

The thing gazes up at them, her eyes wide.  “Do you have a name, little one?” her father asks.

She gives them a confused look.  “I don’t know!”

“Maybe you’d like to her give a name, Asuka?”

Asuka looks over the little light-tadpole, how innocent it seems now.  It’s just a kid, like her.  “She’s a tadpole… so she’s a frog!  Like Mommy! So maybe… Frog-Shadow!”

“Ooooh!  I like that!  I like that!” the newly named Frog-Shadow claps it’s flippers together happily.

“It’s a big responsibility,” her father says. “Mommy’s going to have a new baby soon, and now this little one is here too.  You’re going to be a big sister twice over.  Can you be a good big sister, to both of them?”

Asuka nods.  “I can! I will!  I will, Daddy!  I promise!”

“Say, Fumi,” Dark Shadow says, “do you think this is because of the time we…”

“SILENCE!”

Since then, Frog-Shadow had been her constant companion, slowly growing from a tiny tadpole to a powerful frog-shaped light being.  And definitely into a being with a mind of her own.  The number of times Frog-Shadow had appeared of her own volition, to embarrass her or just to insert her own thoughts on things…  Asuka wasn’t sure whether or not having all that out in the open was better than having to just deal with Frog-Shadow’s voice in her head.

But right now, she missed it more than she had ever missed anything in the world.  It was as though a piece of herself had been cut out.

Thoughts of her promise returned to her.  Had she been a good “big sister?”  She often yelled at and argued with Frog-Shadow, tried to shame her into behaving properly.  Maybe she should have been more understanding?  Maybe she shouldn’t have tried so hard to make her fit her idea of good behavior?

“Please,” Asuka said softly, “please, come back.”

She felt a warmth growing in her middle, and with a pop, Frog-Shadow appeared!  She looked weak, her glow very dim, barely floating, but she was back.  

“Hiiii,” she said weakly.  

Asuka let out an unintelligible squeal and pulled Frog-Shadow to her tightly.  “Never, never worry me like that again, you!”

“Hey!  Hey!  I just took a break, okay!  No need to get so mushy!  But… okay, if you insist…”

“Love you, little sister,” Asuka said.

“Love you too.”

***

Tensei Iida in a Flight in the Limelight

Tensei fired his Jetpack, doing math in his head rapidly.  If he let the falling woman’s velocity equal x and his own speed equal y and the distance between them equal z, then he needed to maintain his speed and then reduce it so she would not become a greasy, crimson smear on his armor if he tried to catch her.  

He applied another burst of speed, then immediately cut his forward acceleration, just in time to catch her in his arms.  Her screams stopped, suddenly surprised at no longer falling.  

“I’m…  I’m not dead?”

“Please remain calm,” he said, trying to be reassuring.  Their teachers and his father had always insisted that reassuring the civilians was just as important as the physical rescue itself.  “This may be somewhat jarring.”

Carefully, he activated his Quirk again, slow bursts from his Jetpack to continue slowing them down, before shifting to a steadily decreasing stream to bring them down to the ground.  

On the ground, he was met by the Hero he was interning with, the gold and black-armored Veloci-Queen. She was able to generate a frictionless field around her body, which combined with the disks built into her hero suit, let her move at incredible speed.  The perfect fusion of science and speed, which Tensei respected.  She had a highly credible record as well, which he also respected.  The only blemish, it if could be called such, was her insistence that he needed to “lighten up.”

Of course, his boyfriend (He admitted, he truly did love thinking that word, even if they had only been able to exchange a few texts since the start of the Internship) occasionally said the same thing.

The fact that a mid-air rescue was how he had gotten his boyfriend in the first place was not lost on him.

“Good work, Jet-Blue,” Veloci-Queen said.  “You all right, Miss?”

The woman Tensei had caught—he vaguely recognized her from some Instaglam pictures Takuma had shown him—climbed out of his arms.   Paramedics were waiting for her.  “I’m fine,” she said.  “Thanks to this guy!”

She was blonde, with green eyes with vertical slits.  Now that he looked at her more closely, he could see that she has small scale patterns on various spots on her body.  Tensei was a poor judge of female attractiveness, but if this woman—Or was it girl?  He now realized she was not much older than him.—was an Instaglam content producer, she was likely attractive by those who found women attractive.

“So what caused you to fall like that?” Veloci-Queen asked.   Tensei knew she had little patience for so-called “internet celebrities.” She had found him watching one of Takuma’s videos during a lunch break and made some unflattering remarks about the kinds of people who made such videos.  He regretted not speaking up more in his boyfriend’s defense, but he also felt obligated to respect his mentor.

“Oh, I was up on the roof, trying to get the perfect picture!  The skyline is to die for!”

“…Be careful.  You won’t always have my intern to catch you.”

“Speaking of your intern,” the woman said, “I haven’t said thank you!  Can you take the helmet off?  I want to see the face of the guy who saved me!”

Tensei looked over to Veloci-Queen, who shrugged.  He reached up and snapped the seals on his helmet, lifting it off his head and holding it in the crook of his arm.

Before he could blink, the woman leaned in and placed a kiss on his cheek, snapping the whole thing with her phone.  

***

What was the word that Takuma had used to describe when something spread through social media faster than one could track?   Ah, yes… viral.  He hadn’t quite understood it before, but in the last few hours, Tensei had come to see that the term was very apt.  Like a virus, it first infected one social media platform to another, spreading to various digital news outlets faster than he could blink.  

Instaglam Star Akebono Hebi Kisses Rescuer and U.A. Student Tensei Iida – Is Romance On the Horizon?

There were so many inaccuracies with that he did not know where to begin!   One, he was already in an established relationship!  Two, romances resulting from rescues were highly inappropriate!  Three, one kiss did not a relationship make and it very poor journalism to assume as such! And, of course, four, he was gay!

At least his boyfriend was being understanding.

Takuma Sero: You met Ake?  Super jealous.  She’s got, like, a bajillion followers!

That is entirely beside the point!

Why are you not scandalized by these accusations of disloyalty?

Takuma Sero: Babe.  I know you’re gay.  I’m not exactly worried here.

Nevertheless, this is all highly inappropriate!

Takuma Sero: First time going viral?

Takuma Sero: This can’t be your first time being in the news, Tensei.

Takuma Sero: Your family’s super-famous.  Mom, Dad, Uncle, like, everybody.

Yes, but that has only been in association with my more renown family members!

And furthermore, this has nothing to do with my own merits!

This is merely her using me for…

What is the word I am looking for here?

Takuma Sero: For clicks?

Yes!

This is her using me for clicks!

Takuma Sero: Didn’t your mom use your dad as an advertisement

the first time they met?

Yes, but that is entirely beside the point!

Takuma Sero: Babe.  Relax.  Ake’s a bigger attention whore than me.

Takuma Sero: By this time tomorrow, she’ll be going viral for something else.

Takuma Sero: And you’ll be yesterday’s news.

Takuma Sero: Except to me.

You are much wiser in the ways of the social media than me.

I shall defer to your expertise in the matter.

Takuma Sero: Though if you did want to go

viral for kissing someone

Takuma Sero: I could always stream it

Takuma: Sero: Joking!  

I should hope so!

Though I would not object to the non-streaming part of that.

Takuma Sero: Why, Mister Iida!

Takuma Sero: Did you just say you wanted to kiss me?

Takuma Sero: I thought your sister was the expressive one!

I am fully capable of expressing my own desires!

And please do not discuss my sister.

I have no wish to think about whatever she and Toshi may get up to.

Tensei hoped Takuma was right.  At the very least, he was grateful that his father was not active or interested in social media.  The last thing he needed was more reminders about upholding the Iida family name. That had been impressed upon him and his sister often enough.  Father simply wanted what was best, but even Tensei could admit, his line of thinking was somewhat rigid.  

More importantly, he was even more grateful his sister seemed not to have noticed this.  She would never have let him hear the end of it if she did.

His phone buzzed.

Sora: You now also have a girlfriend?  You really must allow me to better vet your romantic entanglements, Little Brother!

Tensei just sighed. Some things, it seemed, never changed.

[citizenscreen]

Actor, director, producer, Robert Montgomery would have celebrated a birthday today. Montgomery, the handsome New York native, often played the role of the sophisticate in movies, many of which I’ve yet to see. Of Montgomery’s work I am much more familiar with radio appearances with his Suspense outings among my favorites. Mr. Montgomery had a rich, clear, resonant voice, which made him a natural behind the microphone. As you’ll hear, dramatic encounters are heightened by his presence. I hope you enjoy these shows as much as I will revisiting them for his birthday.

  We begin with the final show of the Lux Radio Theatre‘s third season, from July 5, 1937. Here’s  “Beau Brummel” in which Montgomery stars opposite Madge Evans and an all-star cast.

https://ia801301.us.archive.org/9/items/OTRR_Lux_Radio_Theatre_Season_03_Singles/Lux_Radio_Theatre_37-07-05_140_Beau_Brummel.mp3

  Next is the Lux production of “The 39 Steps” starring Robert Montgomery, Ida Lupino. Isabel Jewell, and Gene Lockhart

https://ia800404.us.archive.org/26/items/LuxRadioTheatre/LuxRadioTheatre1937-12-13-154The39Steps.mp3

  Also from Lux Radio Theatre from 1937, “A Star is Born” co-starring with Janet Gaynor, Lionel Stander, May Robson, and Lou Merrill.

https://ia800404.us.archive.org/26/items/LuxRadioTheatre/LuxRadioTheatre1937-09-13-141AStarIsBorn.mp3

During the “A Star is Born” performance – Stander, Robson, Montgomery, Gaynor, and Lux host and producer, Cecil B. DeMille

  From 1939, Montgomery stars alongside Bette Davis, Basil Rathbone, George Murphy, and Louise Beavers in The Gulf Screen Guild Show presentation of “Can We Forget.”

https://ia800301.us.archive.org/31/items/ScreenGuildTheater/Sgt_39-01-22_ep003_Can_We_Forget.mp3

Performing “Can We Forget” – Beavers, Montgomery, Davis, Murphy, Rathbone, and directing the episode, Frank Capra

  From 1947 here’s the Lux presentation of “Rue Madeleine” missing the introduction and post-show commentary with the stars, but still worthy of a listen. Here Montgomery stars with Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, and Vanessa Brown.

https://ia801306.us.archive.org/2/items/OTRR_Lux_Radio_Theatre_Season_14_Singles/Lux_Radio_Theatre_47-10-20_586_13_Rue_Madeleine_no_open_close.mp3

    Following are Suspense episodes on which Robert Montgomery acted as producer, host and sometimes star.

On Suspense as host and star of “The Black Curtain.”

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/11/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles_By_Year_1948/Suspense_480103_278_The_Black_Curtain_128-44_50976_54m02s.mp3

  On Suspense as host of “The Khandy Tooth” starring Howard Duff as Sam Spade.

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/11/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles_By_Year_1948/Suspense_480110_279_The_Kandy_Tooth_128-44_56411_59m50s.mp3

  On Suspense as host of “Love’s Lovely Counterfeit” starring James Cagney.

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/11/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles_By_Year_1948/Suspense_480117_280_Loves_Lovely_Counterfeit_128-44_56581_60m01s.mp3

  On Suspense as host and star of “The Lodger.”

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/11/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles_By_Year_1948/Suspense_480214_284_The_Lodger_128-44_56447_59m52s.mp3

  On Suspense as host of “Beyond Reason” starring Robert Ryan and Ruth Warrick.

https://ia601309.us.archive.org/11/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles_By_Year_1948/Suspense_480221_285_Beyond_Reason_64-44_28709_1_59m52s.mp3

  On Suspense as host and star of “In a Lonely Place.”

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/11/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles_By_Year_1948/Suspense_480306_287_In_a_Lonely_Place_64-44_28744_1_59m57s.mp3

  On Suspense as host of “Nightmare” starring Eddie Bracken and William Conrad.

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/11/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles_By_Year_1948/Suspense_480313_288_Nightmare_64-44_28619_1_59m58s.mp3

  Finally, on Suspense as host and star of “Night Must Fall” alongside Dame May Whitty and an all-star cast.

https://ia801309.us.archive.org/11/items/OTRR_Suspense_Singles_By_Year_1948/Suspense_480327_290_Night_Must_Fall_64-44_28756_1_59m58s.mp3

  ◊

Robert Montgomery (May 21, 1904 – September 27, 1981)

Robert Montgomery Old-Time Radio Shaows Actor, director, producer, Robert Montgomery would have celebrated a birthday today. Montgomery, the handsome New York native, often played the role of the sophisticate in movies, many of which I've yet to see.

[ladyomny]

At work all day today but I did knock out a lot of my outfit for this weekends @markstercon #enchantedpubcrawl. I will be going as The Shaow Man Tiana cause I loved this art when I found it. Just gotta finish the estimated, make the necklace and add the skull. Who else is going and what will you be wearing? #cosplayerforlife #cosplay #cosplayer #cosplayerofinstagram #cosplaylife #markstercon #pubcrawl #tiana #princesstiana #princessandthefrog #shadowman #disneyprincess #disneytiana #Disney #atlantacosplayers #quickcosplay

[katgamer1103]

Phew! After several hours of work, I was finally able to finish this! And on time too! I decided to be ambitious and try to draw SHAOW FOR THE FIRST TIME. Overall, I think it turned out pretty great! Happy Anniversary to 2 of my favorite hedgehogs! 🥰🥳

Edit: lol I forgot to mention I did this with no reference pic

[theangelofangst]

"You're Master cannot save you, boy. He's unfocused and undisciplined." 

 "Well, then we're perfect for each other." 

Ezra Bridger + showing concern for his Space Dad, Kanan Jarrus. 

(I couldn't help but notice how Ezra's facial expressions when Sabine wrapped that lasso around Kanan like he was afraid his Master was going to get hurt and how utterly sad he looks at Kanan when Sabine said he was a lousy teacher. He's like “Oh Kanan.... It’s okay,”. Because he knows Kanan is not a lousy teacher, and probably didn't like Sabine saying something like that even if it was out of annoyance. Because he remembers that he said something similar to Kanan way back in “Step into the Shaows” and he feels guilty about his attitude back then and Sabine’s now. 

I think as much as Ezra understands Sabine's frustration and nervousness of their situation but he also is on Kanan's side because he's connected to Kanan in a deeper level as Master and Padawan and he also knows that Kanan's teaching does work even if Sabine is reluctant to learn.)

[project-writers]

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF JESUS’ CONVERSATION WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF JESUS’ CONVERSATION WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN

A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF JESUS’ CONVERSATION WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN

ABSTRACT

It is a known fact that Discourse Analysis is the analysis of language in use. This

work  shaowed  how  discourse  analysis  and  pragmatic  elements  can  be  used  in

decoding facts and foregrounded information in the Holy Bible especially Jesus’

conversation  with  the  Samaritan  woman.  The  discourse  elements …